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4 . k. Stinumecctuitmends RemiPeranci B DRA LWOE > > Mb >â€"cngmanetizn: : o2 ons 0 o e marone y â€" ie meh in all that makes life beautiful‘ bad been a _ hunted felon, on whose bead a price had been set? Incredible as it seemed, it was yet but too true. If proof positive were needed, there was his arm still in a sling to furnish it. His eyes turned fondly to the sweet face of his wife, to which the sunshine and roses of other days were already beginning to come back How brave, how loyal, how devoted she bad _ beep through all the dark days of his trouâ€" ble! The care and love of a lifetime uld scarcely repay ber for all she fid gone through for his sake, _ She bad indeed â€" been " that crown _ of glory to her husband " of which the sage made mention in days long ago. Clara, who while talking ‘with her aunt hbad been absently gazing through the open window on to the terrace. suddeniy gave utterance to a shriek, and springing to ber feet, flung herâ€" aunt were talking togetber vyouwe on the sofa at the op of the room. On the bhear back to the empty fire place, ald. As be fazed on the pre tic scene before him, he cou realise that all the strange the past year were anything the dream of a disordered b it be possible that only a weeks ago bhe who now stoo« rich in all that makes Tif. Dinner was over and the company bad returned to the drawing room. The lamps bhad been lighted; but so _ soft and balmy was the evening that the long windows bhad been left wide open. Uutside, terrace and garden and the miles of woodland atretohing far beâ€" youd were bathed in a tender sheen of moonlight, Lady Fan was at the piano, turning over some music _ Mr. Tom Starkle was stooping over the canterâ€" bury, trying to find a certain _ piece of Schubert‘s he was ! desirous _ her ladyship sbhould play. Clara and ber T , Gerald still carried bis arm in _ a sling, but his other bhand was clasped tightly by bhis wife. Neither of them sould speak as the carriage â€" wheeled into the avenue and the old home they had at one time thought never to see again came into view. Nor was there much said for the first few moments after they alighted A kiss, an emâ€" brace, a bandâ€"grip, told more than words, of tears the ladies shed not a lew, but they were tears which had their source in the daysprings of bapâ€" pinese. Flitting in and out and _ round xlx‘gjgodd éiifi;fi“:iâ€"s:ri;a"vifig;e-b;y_. P an | This man made up his mind _ to ..hout was Margery, s'pwk'sbn;’d .p & murder you. It was your life against in a new gown and gay ribbons, and | );, j may beâ€"mind, you, I only & timny aprom all pockets and embroidâ€"| say it may beâ€"that that fact bad ery. For the first time im her life she ‘ %arfitehwilthxg tt(l);e ;qggmnce doIf hts: in 3 p 5 rotherhoo which you an had on a pair of French hd. ahoes, the honor to belong. If such were the and she could not help stealing & / case, they were bound by their laws glance at ber feet now and again when | to take his life rather than allow! him no one was looking. She scarcely knew | to take yours. But this is nothing more than guesswork. In any case them far her own property, so changed|tho scoundrel is dead, and your life an appearance did they present. This| is safe ; but it _ was _ touchâ€"andâ€" evening she was to enter on her new | Koyd with you, my friendâ€"touchâ€" P rror _ | andâ€"go.‘ duties e OwH maid" to hber be | The unexpected appearance of Karâ€" loved mistress. _ Who so happy . as ovsky, following so closely on the grim Margery! [sr_:ene just enacted before his eyes, reâ€" The turret clock struck seven, but | ;1"54 in ?};‘F?I‘;’Sdmllnd (t:)ertz:im nlpprset-, s ensions that had slumbered almo Mr ‘f?d Mrs. Brooke had not yet arrivâ€" ] undisturbed for many months. All his ed. They were to drive down _ frOM | fears {ook flame at once, as his memory London, and ought to have been bere . tr}?vellehd back s,o ltlllna.t April evening 1 k s j | when Karovsky‘s illâ€"omened presence :le" I, anbhunr se h;"el‘y ml'.nute‘hrst crossed the threshold of Beechle iss I‘ritoiby greow more fidgety. S0Me | Towers What if, at some future day, accident must bave bappened, she felt | when all the world seemed full of sunâ€" sure. _ Perbaps the horses bad run| Shine, he should suddenly appear again away, perhaps a wheel had come off | ;)v(;:thl a message of the same dire imâ€" the carriage; perbaps any of tWeDLY‘ Gerald‘s heart seemed compresse possible mishaps had befallen the traâ€" as in a vice, as this thought with all vellers. Fidgets are infectious, and beâ€" ‘ its dread significance, forced itself on Â¥ ks 8 a ) | his mind. Karovsky," he said, in a fore lqug Tom Starkie peg.m to conâ€" | dry, bard voice, "now that you â€" are sull bis watch every minute or two | here, there is one question I would fain and to answer ber ladyship at _ ranâ€" .s'l"l .Vt(;ly"k ; t of dom. So many strange things had hapâ€" | it," uu:?veredcatl;mgul:fssfs?: pwithr h(i)s pened to Gerald during the last twelve ' imperturbable smile. "You need â€" be months that anxiety on the part _ of | under no fear, mon ami, that I or an_S i his friends might be really excused. The (;tvh.vrcemx&?zryoof “:L‘? B;?:fier‘lvlfiOd tYd suspense was brought to an end by | i.n;; 0.1"';; mayn ‘:‘i% :vnaa (lzondeemned to the suddem inroad of Margery, â€" who : die is dead, and although he did not bad been down to the lodge, and, now | meet hi.shfate :atlivnur hrmds,hthat ltl)lat- To & CaFrr} ir ters nothing. The sentence has een | frought word that x wr‘ruge and palt } earried into effect, and such being the bad just turned the corner of the | case, by the rules of the Supreme Triâ€" highâ€"roud half a mile away. This news / bunal, you, Gerald Brooke are absolvâ€" sent every one trooping to the main | *4 in ’f‘ull from ever being called upon entrance to the Towers Not long bad | Sgalts. (The End. | they to wait. | f ‘ Six weeks had elapsed since the events recorded in the last chapter. It was the evening of the return of Gerâ€" ald Brooke and his wife to the home which they left under such tragic cirâ€" cumstances nearly a year before. Gerâ€" ald‘s wound had proved a trouwblesome one; and after his release from custody, which was merely a matter of a couple of days, he had bhurried up to London for the sake of obtaining the best mediâ€" cal advice; and there be had since reâ€" mained; a few friends had met to welâ€" come the homeâ€"comers; there was to be a grand reception by the tenants and others on the morrow. First and foremost, there was our dear Miss Primby, not looking a day older than when we first made her acquaintance. She had been {filling the post of mistress pro tem. at the Towers for the past month. She was of an anxious mind, and small responsiâ€" bilities assumed a magnitude in hber eyes they did not really possess, and thereby worried her not a little She will be thank{ul when Clara resumes the reins of power, and she herself is allowed to subside into that life _ of tranguil obscurity in which she finds | her only true happiness There, too, | deep in conversation, were Lady Fanpny Dwyer and Mr. Tom Starkie. Her ladyâ€" ship was husbandless as usual, but | seemed in nowise put about thereby. She and Tom struck fire frequently in the arguments and disputations they . were so fond of holding with each other ; they agreed to differ, and differed to agree, and perhaps were none the less good friends on that acâ€" |‘ count. f A DEAD RECKONING. CA oarclBteco es d adc ic C disordered brain. Could CHAPTER XIX. akes life beautiful, ted felon, on whose een set? Incredible » yet but too true. re needed, there was sling to furnish it. mdly to the sweet which the sunshine days were already back. How brave, e place, stood Gerâ€" the pretty domesâ€" be could scarcely strange events of hearthrug, bis & few short stood there, so more than Porter, who has not been tipped by Buggins.â€"Strikes me yo‘ ought to be mighty thankful. sah, ‘stid o0‘ makin‘ a fuss about it. it. Bugginsâ€"See here, porter, this mirâ€" ror is so dusty I caa‘t see myself in i+ New Womanâ€"Simply because a man marries a man is no reason she chould take his name. Old Backelorâ€"That‘s so. The fellow ought to be allowed to | something he could call his own. the major was taken prisoner. He conâ€" trived to communicate with bis wife, telling her she might save the fortress | by securing the plans, which were hidâ€" | den in the bui.ding, and conveying them |to the imperial camp at Kamenitz. It | was a sacred duty she owed her counâ€" | try, and should be done at all bhazards. | She contrived, after running considerâ€" Iahle risk of being captured as a spy, in gaining admission to the fortress after luveral futile aitempts. She found the plans and inventorles, and succeeded in | concealing some of the papers in her stays and some in the mattrass of ber child‘s cradle. To pass the line of solâ€" diery beyond the town confines with ’hex child required the strategic inâ€" stincts of a general, the enemy beinfi under the strictest orders to cut off al retreat on the part of the citizens. She, however, reached the imperial camp in safety, and delivered the plans at headquarters,. and, subsequent to the capitulation of the fortress, was reâ€" warded by the Emperor with the gold cross of merit and bravery. The popular Austrian General, Christian Von Steeb, was the child above mentioned, and the lady veteran delighted her numerous military guests by narrating the stirâ€" ring episode with remarkable vivacity on her eightieth birthday. The Austrian Military Gazette eulo gizes the patriotism and interpidity of a lady veteran on the occasion of the eightieth anniversary of her birthday, who, in 1849, rendered a signal servâ€" ice to the Austrian army in Hungary. The story is well worth recapitulation. The lady veteran Frau Ida Von Steebâ€" Rebhm, wife of an Austrian major, was quartered with her husband at the close of 1846, in the town of Peterwarâ€" dein. In the revolution the town fell into the hands of the Hungarians, and wWOMAN‘S INHUMANITY TO MAN. "I think I can guess the purport of it," answered the Russian, with his imperturbable smile. ‘"You need _ be under no fear, mon ami, that I or an other emissary of the Brotherhood w'S ever come to you again with evil _ tidâ€" ings. The man who was condemned to die is dead, and although he did not meet his fate at your hands, that matâ€" ters nothing. The sentence has _ been earried into effect, and such being the case, by the rules of the Supreme ‘Triâ€" bunal, you, Gerald Brooke are absolvâ€" ed in full from ever being called upon wain‘)| Gerald‘s heart seemed compresse as in a vice, as this thought with all its dread significance, forced itself on his mind. _ ‘"Karovsky," he said, in a dry, bhard voice, "now that you _ are here, there is one question I would fain ask you." _ _ Not more than halt a minute had | elapsed from the begi{ming to the end | of the tragedy. Undel the d'u'ection«ofi Starkie, two or three of the servants who had burried in, now proceeded to| remove the body to another room.| While this was taking place, the Rusâ€" | sian drew Gerald aside. "Look hbere,‘ Brooke," he said. "It is never wise to inquire too closely into matters when no good end can be served _ thereby. This man bad made up his mind _ to murder you. It was your life against his. It may beâ€"mind, you, I only say it may beâ€"that that fact hbad come within the cognisance of the , Brotherhood to which you and I have the honor to belong. If such were the case, they were bound by their laws to take his life rather than allow! him to take yours But this is nothing more than guesswork. In any case the scoundrel is dead, and your life is safe ; but it was touchâ€"andâ€" â€" "Karovsky, have you had anJ band in this?t" demanded _ Gerald, sternly, as bhe pointed to the dead man. " I, my friend 1 what should 1 have to do with any such _canâ€" aille?"" demanded the other with a shrug. The portiere was drawn aside, and all eyes turned on him who stepped into the room, \[t was the Russian, looking as cold, pale, and impassive, as he always looked. of mingled hate and madness blaziog in bhis eyes. Tom Starkie sprang forâ€" ward, as Crofton, with an imprecation on bis lips, raised his revolver to fire again. But quicker even than Tom,.was a darkâ€"cloaked figure which . sPrang suddenly into the range of vision framâ€" ed by the window and dashed the up lifted weapon from Crofton‘s hand. For & second there was a cold gleam of steel in the moonlight, and then the cloaked figure vanished as quickly as it bad come. With a loud cry Crofâ€". ton flung both arms above his hbead and staggered forward a pace or two into the room. "Gerald Brooke, y9u bave won the game!" he exclaimed mi boarse accents, then making a clutch at his heart, he gave a great gasp | and fell forward on his face. Gerald ; and ‘Tom raised bhim. A tiny stream of blood trickled from his lips; he was stoneâ€"dead. | HE WASN‘T LOSING MUCH hbead, crashed into the pierâ€"glass beâ€" hind. At the open window _ stood George Crofton, hatless and bhaggard, his white drawn features distorted by a scowl of fiendish malignity, the light self upon hber husband‘s breast _ and clasped him round the neck with both arms. An instant later, a pistolâ€"shot rang through the dusk, and the bulâ€" let, passing within an inch of Gerald‘s A LADY VETERAN. ituete une Neal Lrom the outside air to the ice. Use boards or planks twefve inches wide for sils and plates. For studding use 2x6. 'Ihei should be placed two feet apart. Each alternate one should be flush with the inside of Lt e en ce e ie Where sawdust cannot be obtained cheaply this is my plan. ‘There must be at least one dead air space in the walls, and this must be comtinuous, and there must ‘be no continuous solid conâ€" ductor of heat, such as timber, to conâ€" duct the heat from the outside air to hn s EN pist ’ If one is located wihere sawdust is plentiful an ice house of the size menâ€" tioned can be built very cheaply. From 1,200 to 1,500 feet of timber is suffi~ 'cie-nt. and, 2x4 studding two feet apart and boarded up with a single thickness !oi beards with a battened board roo is about all that is necessary. . The ice should be cut in cakes all of the same size and of such a size that when they are packed in there will be a space of eighteen inches on all sides next to the walls. This space should be filled with sawdust as the ice is put in. There should be some sawdust or straw put on the ground under the ice. The ground, of course, is frozenm hard at the time. About six or eight inches of sawdust should be put on top of the ice. A large space in each of the gable ends should be left open for ventilation over the top of the ice. Now bank up with earth around the outside so that water cannot get under and the ice will keep with but little waste. Basswood or other soft wood sawdust is best. Sumpc l on og y e mae ‘ An ice house twelve feet square by ten feet deep will be large enough to keep ice sufficient for the use of one family if it is built so as to prevent ‘am undue amount of waste. The manâ€" ner in which it is best to build one ‘depemds very much on cireumstancesâ€" â€"the kind of material available and its cost. _ Certain principles must be obâ€" served and then there will be no trouâ€" ble. The walls must be so constructâ€" ed that there will be no conductors of solid material /that will conduct the outside heat to the ice; and they must also be airâ€"tight. The ground must be in such a shape as to prevent water from running or standing under the ice. The space between the ice and the roof, strange ns it may seem, will conâ€" tain warm air. Provision must bel made for allowing this air to escape. dnauil 2l onl eny oi ie sions 1 BUILDING A sMaAL: D ho e e en Aed As shown} above. the s« trogem far more than F minerals, but they canne« charged in that way. E: them is on hand to grow crop. All catch crops ; but some are much mo than others. Mlaslp ce EVC + PUGESH, I0¢ pounds; phosphoric acid, 55 pounds. A soil wihich will grow the oats withâ€" out manuring would still have to be fertilized as follows: Cow peas, per acre, muriate of potash, 100 pounds ; acid phosphate, 150 pounds. _ Crimâ€" son clover, per acre, mMuriate of nop.uy woslcs a 2 T15 8 24 AADCOE ET 800 pounds ; neid. phosphate, Uo diisecs c ces u2 7 700. 9L course, either cow peas â€"or clover camnot be grown without manuâ€" ring with potash and phosphoric acid, but. as the facts show, it will pay to tous manure them, The figures in detail are: â€" Oats, Per acre, nitrogen, 40 pounds; potash, 45 pounds ; phosphoric acid, 22 pounds. Cow peas, per ncre nitrogem, _ 135 pounds; potash, 90 pounds ; phosphoric caid, 80 pounds. Crimson clover, per acre, nitrogen, 212 pounds:* notacw 4w ag ; _:C* LO€ oats is, therefore, ($20.â€" 25 minus $3.18) $17.07 less $6, or $11.07 per acre; and it must be remembered that the $3.18 in extra minerals are not expended, but are ready for growâ€" Ing another crop. â€" The same â€" figures for crimson, clover show a net gain per acxt'e of $15.30 over the catch crop of oats. These figures are pratically â€"ftrue, and deserve n farmers‘s serious attenâ€" tion. Of course, either â€"cow peas or clover camnot be grown ‘vi,UhoutmaQU-‘ ring with potash an, s y â€" 263 â€"C i {Hanlt 6 cents per pound equal to $8.18, Tt peas over the oats 20 minus @4 10. ai~ WeinHidi cce isch ts 1 at 15 cents, equal but it will requ mhnerals. Cv'hargi] over the quantifu sill and plate and the others with T CYURRDOD m Audies . o tannnimediriadt Lc d phoric acid. Crimson clever will conâ€" tain, under the same conditions, ~212 pouwnds of nitrogen, 187 pounds of potâ€" ash and fiftyâ€"five pounds of phosphoric Sumict _ _ _"_" CPover and cow peas are at their best when making a rank growâ€" th, and they must be liberally fed with fertilizer minerals to store up nitrogen freely. For example, a fair crop of oats fom a catch crop will contain per acre about forty pounds of nitrogen, fortyâ€"live pounds of potash, and twenâ€" tyâ€"two pounds of phosphoric acid. Cow peas used as a catch crop will contain 135 pounds of nitrogen, ninety pounds of potash and thirty pounds of phosâ€" It is not strictly just to claim that the nitrogen storing legume will not cost any more than say oats or rye. Both crimson clover and cow peas are at CBeit bash t Tam raTelmns i hsn qo n k PROFITABLE CATOH CROPS& It frequently happens that in the two or more ways of doing a thing, one of AGRICULTURAL w;j O 1001, 0 @e0.20 per acre, will require applications of _ Charging for the excess _quantity the oats contain, at per poundâ€"total 53 pounds ; w 8‘81118. The net gain of cow sn io oi ie riat that way. Every pound of hand to grow the g;lowing catch crops are profitable, are much more profitable s in déetail are: Oats, ogen, 40 pounds; potash, osphoric acid, 22 pounds. r nere nitrogen, â€" 135 h, 90 pounds ; phosphoric Is. _ Crimson clover, per k/ 212 pounds ; potash, 187 ove, the sole gain in niâ€" re than pays for these they ('angot be properly M auver c MDlloris & _ muriate of p(;t_d-s;fi, ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO . ICE HOUSE 250 pounds ished in 1903, and although it will 1e main mortgaged to *he -indlcat.. as security for the loan o $20,000,000 which the former has undertaken to advance to the Chinese treasury, yet usoonnl.tmoomplotadxtinto%a man:}'?s ?fd run exclusively by Chinâ€" It is to a Belgian syndicate, under the cloak of which German capitalists are believed to be concealed, that the Peking Government has accorded the concession for the construction of the railroad in the southern portion of the Chinese Empire. The line is to be finâ€" The human beart is practically a force pump about six inches in length and four inches in diameter. It beats sevenâ€" ty times per minute, 4,200 times per hour, 100,800 times per day, and 86,792,â€" 000 times per year, and 2,575,440,000â€" say two thousand five hundred and seyâ€" entyâ€"{ive millions four hundred and forâ€" ty thousandâ€"times in' seventy years, which is " man‘s appointed three score years and ten.‘" At each of these beats it forces 2 1â€"2 ounces of blood through the system, 175 ounces per minute, 656 1â€"4 pounds per bour, or 7.03 tons ner day. All the blood in the body, which is about thirty pounds passes through the heart every three minutes. This litâ€" tle organ ll.p.lunps every day what is equal to li tu;g 122 tons one foot high, or one ton 122 feet highâ€"that is, one ton to the top of a fortyâ€"yard mill chimney. During the seventy years of a man‘s life this marvelous little pump, without a single moment‘s rest, night or day, discharges the enormous quanâ€" tity of 178,850 tons of human blood. yourself. If you do, I‘ll go elsewbere for my meat." From what happemed next, it is to be presumed that Brown did not lose his customer. "Of course it‘s not allowed," repeatâ€" ed the captain, "and I shall make you ‘n’lpl:'monert." took bis pipe 1 e sentry too is pipe from his mouth and tapped the captain‘s arm with the stem of it. ‘The captain,. be it remembered, was, in time of peace, the sentry‘s butcher. ‘"Now look here, Brown," said the smoker, ‘"don‘t go and make a fool of yourself. If you do, 1‘ll go elsewbere for my meat.". 1 An Incident of the Matabele Warâ€"The sentry‘s Threat Had Hts Effect. Colonel Badenâ€"Powell has written a history of the Matabele War, which tends to show that the severest discipâ€" line is not always maintained in outâ€" lying provinces, and that class distincâ€" tions are not forgotten there, On one occasion he found his way back to camp by the pipeâ€"light of a Boer sentry. He owns that ‘"at home" it might seem strange to talk of a "sentry‘s pipe, but he goes on to say that in Africa smokâ€" ing is not a serious offence. Thus he lllustrates one phase of the question : A colonial volunteer officer, hearing of the English army orders on â€" the subject, thought he would freshen up his own men a bit. Bo, finding one| of the night sentries m;ok'mg, he orderâ€"| ed bim to consider himself a prisonâ€" ec. "What!" said the man, "not smoke on sentry ? Then where am I to smoke ?" in many sections farmers say they would gladly keep sheep were it not for the dog nuisance. It is claimed the Dorset sheep can pretty well protect themselves from dogs, as they handle their borns in quite an expert manâ€" ner. The Wool and Cotton Reporter thus proclaims the value of Dorset sheep: Among the important points combined in the (Dorset breed is its great ability in reproduction or the prolific qualitiee of the ewes. They may be bred at any season of the year, and three crops of lambs can easily be produced in two years without any decrease in constitutional strength or feeding qualities. The milking qualiâ€" ties of the ewes are certainly of the most wonderful proportions, and deâ€" monstrated to me their ability to care for two or three lambs at a time, which 16 & common flock. The lambs, when dropped, are always strong and active and are able to take their rations withâ€" out assistance from the shepherd, ; which canmot be said of many other breeds. The ewes invariably prove the best of mothers, and with reasonâ€" Iqble care will come into condition for mutton after raising a pair of fine ‘mutton waisabs An important feature »f the Dorset breed is their ability to resist the attack of dogs, which are such a common nuisance in this rountry, and in no sense a decreasing one. Where other sheep would run, this breed will stand their ground and fight, and have beea known in many instances to drive the dogs from the field. The horns on both ewes and lambs are a favorable accompaniment in this direcâ€" tion, and are an attractive ornament to the animal. It is especially pleasing to |tJh.e eye to look upon a flock of Dorset ewes with this addition, or at least, I find it so. The woolâ€"producing qualiâ€" ties form an important feature of the breed, the grade being a fine class of combing wool of great length and strength of fibre. having a fancy apâ€" pearance which could not fail to please the imanufacturer of worsteds and other goods in which these wools are desirable. while the weight of _ fleece averages from seven to ten pounds. The result of crossing Dorset rams upon other breeds was shown to be of a most satisfactory nature, as an excelâ€" lent mutton lamb was obtained, which would mature in three or four months, reaching from 80 to 100 pounds and making a high class of mutton. | the outside. It will be seem that th-] will make an absolutely hollow wallt entirely around the building, corners; and ll{ from sill to plate. Now it abould be sided up both inside and out, so as to make it perfectly airâ€"tight, by the use of tar paper and good lumber. Some marsh hay should be put on top when the filling is done. An ice house built this way will do very well with out any sawdust or material of that kind. They are sometimes made with two or even three dead air spaces which, of course, will preserve the ice better than one. POWER OF THE HEART CHINA‘S RAILROAD CAPTAIN AND SENTRY. DORSET SHEEP. #*Sagh and Door Factory. bably In time be gave up the ferrule and | became a bookkeeper with a Yorkâ€" | shire manufacturing firm. This wa.s[ the turning point of his life, for, while } working at his ledgers and journals his mind went back to his shawl-weaving apprenticeship, and he became interâ€" ested in the manufacture of woollen cloth, and sought to construct a maâ€" chine for carding the wool. For years | he studied the problem, making many | apparently fruitless experiments. All | his savings from ms saiary were givâ€" | en to the enterprise. The friends to whom he confided his scheme looked | with little favor upon it. But his perâ€" severance and genius finally trium hâ€" ed, and he completed and pertectecf a carding machine which has revolutionâ€" ized the wool industry of the world. Happily, he secured letters patent upon | , the invention, and as a result bandâ€" | , some profits soon came to him. He ; established mills in Yorkshire, literâ€" i ally creatl.qf large centres of industry, | j He also built several mills in France, 1 For many years his income from ( 21'1" was enormous, averaging proâ€" 8 4n ed to attend evening classes when ’working as an operative in a cotton mill some fourteen bours a day. His studies enabled him to accept a posiâ€" tion as a teacher, and it was while serving in that capacity that be beâ€" stowed upon the world a great beneâ€" fit, which was, bowever, slight benefit to him. This was the invention of the lucifer match, which he came upon unâ€" expectedly while making some chemiâ€" cal experiments for the instruction of his pupils. Other men took up the disâ€" covery, and hbe made nothing out of it. 4 1 an apprentice to a sbhawl weaver. But removal from school onily stimulated his ardor for knowledge, and hbe managâ€" _ Sir Isaac Holden, who died on Friâ€" day, at the time of his retirement {rom political life two years ago was the oldest and probably the richest memâ€" ber of the House of Commons, and hbe was certainly one of the most remarkâ€" able men in the United Kingdom. He was born at Paisley in Scotland, in 1807. His origin was very humble, his father being a working miner, too poor to keep him at school. So he was put at work to earn his own living at the early age of 10, when be was made The Remarkable Career of Sir Isanc Mol den, Whose Â¥early Income Was $1, Lumber, Shingles and Lath always In Stock., to FILL ALL ORDERS PROMPTLY. We keep in Stock a large quantity of Sash, Doors, Mouldings, Flooring and the differâ€" Having Completed our New Factory we are now prepared THE INVENTOR OF MATCHES. ent Kinds of Dressed Lumber for outside sheeting. Our Stock of DRY LUMRE is very Large so that all ordef# can be filled. N. G. & J. McKECHNIE, °. _ _4A , . _1 WWP0°r as a pavement for streets was tried on a bridge in Hanâ€" over, Germany, a little more thanp a year ago, ufi roved so satisfactory that experimen& are being made in Berlin and Hamburg with it for ordi= nary roadways. It is said to be perfecâ€" Uy noiseless, unaffected by beat or cold, and less slippery â€" and more 2u‘able thin asphalt, P en o ELC â€"OmE onl 4 â€"â€"SLEWEL 4 o‘clock in the morning as fresh, as ray, and as ready for conversatic n as if it were 12 o‘clock in the day. Indced, he never showed fatigue and never comâ€" plained of work or worry, remaining as buoyant and energetic in the eightie@ as a man of 35. Sir Isaac was an ardent Method ist He became a local preacher | am« the Wesleyans; but, though pr(mine:f, was never popular, being "strongly Puritanic, often bitter, â€" and a Iwaye siern." Like many millionaires, _ hig habits were as simple as those of the poorest paid clerk in his employ, Throughout his whole life he had never ‘ missed a day‘s exercise, unless, _ inâ€" deed, he was confined to bed. _ Eight miles a day was his "constitutiona}" walk, rain or shine, hot or cold. _ No matter how busy he may have been. or how many bours he had to work, he always took time for such a walk, and continued to do so even after he had reached the age of 85. To this habit and hbis abstemiousness at the table he attributed the excellent and vigâ€" orous health which he enjoyed as ap oclogenarian. Never could {:e be temptâ€" ed to eat meat oftener than once a day â€"at lunch. Breakfast and dinner were made of fruit and some little farinaceâ€" ous food. The House of Commons hours have greatly improved in re ent days, but in the worst of times they bad no terrors for Mr‘ Holden. GOitep be was to be seen between, 1 and _2 niptante Em qq sc ul oa C C Rend F Mr. Holden entered political life in 1865, when bhe was elected for EKnares boroughb, which he represented uptil 1868. In that year, and again in 1872 and 1874, he was defeated. He reâ€"opâ€" tered Parliament in 1882, when he wase returned at a byeâ€"election in the Northern Division of the Wost Riding of Yorkshire, after the assassination of Lord Frederick Cavendish, who had held the seat. On the Queen‘s birtbâ€" day in 1899 he was crenteR a LV onet India His French mills were founded in part» nership with Mr. 8. C. Lister, the famâ€" ous "silk king," (of Bradford, _ and were situated at St. Denis, Rheims, and Croix. He dissolved the partnership with Mr. Lister in 1858, after it had lasted nearl{ eighteen years, and then the present firm of Isaac Holden & Fon was formed. INDA RUBBER PAVEMEXNT ac was an ardent Methodist me a local preacher @1nc eyans; but, though pmminv:f, er popular, being "strongly , often bitter, and a Iwaye Like mgnylmillionaires. hae $1,000,000 aA YEAR a barâ€" T BCotiand 0 ard. is watch on the arriva chists. as it is rum is to be an active con Befm inen rince of The sugges bly to create of Ire‘land. a Ro Capt. I ringit Somoa 1 18®9, has health. warning rush to The crowd ol sig bad so press about whenever he nppear caume his Royal Hi npyance. shows a consideral number of bankru The son of the 1 the former t’gresidan emy, will shortly ; (‘Jnr. The prospe eng i neering pears to be a The Britis have \x« don. Mr. aged in s were a‘x» broken &Ss la start« Mr. Inver positi in C« whicd will be cons Canadian te: length of the dred miles, as about two thousand dol which ed of f and the 1 sand tons Mr. Ge Governms« figures w It ment John Arno and his comy old son of _ m)bahl_\' fat over a F anee, their train. Sir 1 Mr. prelers. rraspe um i>ia will at portan by pe ent n tor le powe : nu@t | Jam Blox» verd The « der cas bim facture: Mr. G the man Railway bam * ern Mr. K. F, | msays there w the honey or The date of scamp at Kings fi:‘" Beptem se r Exâ€"Mayor D1 ed City Clerk @eadiock in the weeks. shou dent ering W Unuin renl y« order ; m isse Th dnteresting Items Great Britain, Mr. Fred. C been appointe: tThe Supreme « trict THE VERY La At Port Dal to the Toronto was carried or The Ott the price that the 1 Â¥en cents Mrs. G+« dren wer that dests Rapid Cit 8 NA Seventeen _ ad will be eprected : Work on anot} gara Falls will | It has been d in Guelph to sel at night. There was a 1 peg Wednesday â€" babiy lose result o| beated cu Mr. Roi Lake est in at 22 was don« sal H Chamber M Dr. Peirson ha M sa 1x U M 11« Kane (OU W H. M. 8 M alth <Off yy Davies M K e for t 11 ne B 1 1J