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AS GOOD AS GOLD. wl CHA stopping there 1 I fell quite il, ana in| me tl hagas my” illnes: one 5 o ‘on entering his own door, after watch os Sermetim =f stffer roman the Mayor afternoon a akast bub not have aanoe when Hi day that ow, I never feel like it,” said e: ‘then Paid to God that you never ane in ee mnie man. {I vee aie pity —a. | fe young lady 7 Eat ec here lhe fey, well bred, and well ilitary. officer me, ag at nto difienlties ‘and had me item? | trates apt you, if t) He std tind Fartrae's cai wateh- 1 This youn, the boarding- ard came, said dryly, “This is: a very coe) op- = fh bap for me to ‘eres you to pe day. Susa @ poor woman smiled faintl: did not enjoy. Padre ona sit tion into which she had entered solely © the gake of her, girl's, reputation. 01 4 Ge. liked them so lit Fae bj ne explanation ‘ichael,” she said, “I am afraid to baffle even the Se The sorn-factor's 5 mien, was half admiring, and yet it w audilen trolley wae f pity for he. farxibie coandal wien ald-ins no ive but was of course h finikin details. Ge NUE rae uate etn eat tan sto cally unfit fi has nei anes ee mes ae nor ly unfit for grubbing subtleties from #12 "But Lam bound to admit that | re that Ldid a didn’t, forget to tell ‘| one after another ; til, ow you shall! 1) owed her somethin He ese the ac- would make count-books with friendly f B _ Donald had wished to get ‘to his lode. phe marry me, suc for 38 and we shoul have been married—but, behold, Susan onal showed ‘his 0 far beyo! impulses, and he yielded gracefully. He liked Henchard’s warmth, even if it in- convenienced him; the great deren 8 inthe oe adding to the likin They e office, and the young man followed his companion through the private little door, which, admitting directly into Henchard’s gar- concern at ne oy the de- jn a very melancholy | | it jition, and that’s true!” om fruit-garden, where the “ : re! For myself Idon't care— ied espaliers, as ay as the old| ‘twill all end one way. Bat these tw 0." house itself, stout and|Henchard pa Teverie. ‘I feel cramped and, gnarled bey cee had pull-| Should like ‘tot treat f Bi second, ino less he ground, and | j not be hely Weald | the other ‘with foe woefulnes: melt so sweetly were . ite to the youn: not discernible ; and they passed through them into the house. ‘The hospitalities of the morning were turns ou’ your Wil, the first faving cane t 5e Pe aS eect it, pc da make a, blaze—there’s nothing £ ny like a black grate, even in Septem! st He applied a light to the laid-in fuel as and a cheerful Tadiance, spread around. moe td, ae i ats iets lone purely. ponte ground, mo tte ae Fthe end of the first day I should wis! n of money to ‘her, I suppose—just je reeompense-—poor girl. . Now, will you help me in this and draw xplanation to her Con all | T've vol eaking it as gently you. cai wis Shoulda t. ae fell ie to you? ar it, if I ca qu skull, and flanked by | heads of Apollo and Diana in low "yeen always, what di : canta ‘ fener ig frm ee disgrace fe the girl by letting her know so litt . ice? snot Disinky | under that strange in- fluence which times prompts men fecnew? -found friend what be- risk, and tell She'll forgive ‘Fe bothr “Never!” said Henchard. am not mother a Li and it will not only enable us ta retain | F child's respect, fat it, will bem BD Susan looks upon herself asthe: rd_in the town that you were eallor’s widow, and won't think of a hee in “Ah, ‘ou would naturally have heard that. Well, I lost my wife oigh- | right. 7o—by my own fault. Farfrae thereupon said no more. The it bout. Gne sum-| letter to the young ee waa was Teligiots ceremony—and he baby, our only child. country fair. ee Farfrae, Iwas a drinking man at that time. You see now that t Henchar sed a moment, Casterbridge is not so thriving as hia| i seems he might be from a ths state ‘ot his pocket.” aid Hartree bility on ‘his fullest detail'the incidents of the trans- action with the sailor. inge of ates had at firs vis-| he walked bac “Can it be that Alen phe sai tempts to find eee swore; the solitary life ‘he, the years which my rr eighteen iene” he wen’ ae pea risen to what you see me ew And it’s not a small counterbalance to the grat years that ye've done| name so much si By Well no wie could I hear of in all ter morning. ae ainte to “Can't ye a 8 “and live with her, and so make = ‘That's ‘s ee att dave, pasted eal Hen with 5 it Sant gether a MORES t usual touch of melancholy that ‘a wes- rge t in in that fat line: Weht, one pe when t | Henchard looki to her oONot at all” said Henchiard in rough rin, |benignity. “his is only a cottage—it | costs ee ee to nothing. | And my. ti his 1 | Diack ‘vieage kindly By satisfaction mire. - splendid “teow to man whose That | {such 2 poor fragile woman shou |be his choice was aioe except on the Pate that engagement was He ie a on_the ee aca ve his union, or r: ners! his reunion, wit! ed unflinch- © eecennds ee wo! conceived from his ‘outward Bee to the going on in his gaunt, great house nothing but three large es elves: ed Susan, another. t oo provige a Sonica home for Elizabeth-J © ou must put ora aa acth eriny his dignity in public opinion by harrving so comparatively humble te ew up at the’ door on the w day to take her and Elizabeth Jane to indless morning of November rain, which floated down Uke ee ands} ay in orm on coats. ple ‘had a guthered round the church though they, were well Sele The. Scote cpa Md ‘ithin. who agsisted on Longways, vs. But the: you do— | ast going to let her know the rule Her | rn; ‘0 marry again; | ¢ man’ wait afte ge mark was addr |e stood! behind is, jouer the as for vell, (lower coi) ea ‘prentioet srouldn’ say it or aul “the @ poor parish ’ nd Iam sorry for it a ba “nd and so a minute he’s a man to be con- sidered 1” ing he saw a cireular lated wth creases, Cu t] lere’ Mrs. Newson, a mere skellinton, ot another’ husband to keep’ he while a woman of your Reece aye “i fave not. Nor another to beat ‘i, yes, Cuxsom's gone, and | So, shall’ leather Bresches| is tperrtanee worth my gt while to think = | of another, husband.” continued Mr et 1 mind her. the Agricultural Society for number of healthy assistance, an t_us so low up- ee es be many the mother rel Blah go. anjed in England ‘two fine olde. and freckled, do ye mind” ae hee-hee, I dol” said Christo- Phd well do I—for Iwas syhen we were comi ee ee such a byate wppeareie ot Gi with, that ambiguous gaze eV ell—there’ ‘s a Gitterence betwee ven; and nwa out in time.” “Stuff—he's well enough. Some folk ranking woma: Jumps t nthe mist, and the idlers dispersed. tl 31” said Solomon. Peter D) malay not so very oer aon’: bee but that Tm as (To be continued). ‘ RAS eS. JAPAN TEN YEARS HENCE. e-| Mer Provisions for Strengthening Her Army and Her Fleet. popearil are certainly not excessive. tener exe pith brought that buge, Jumberin standing army in 144,000: strong. That ae we the res maintaining this great eaabuatieue will be not pver $14,- © | 000,000. As with the British Isles, however, i t gral 1s comple. basis. the new fleet is the Li at that time battding in ae SUS ee ier tans aie taal oer large battle ships, have since been launched, mice afar long will be added to available flee in, adaitiens the Japanese Diet ¥ Here, ene isa provision for no fewer than 117 vessels with an aggregate of 115,785, tons, to be completed ten as out thi very woe war indemnity from China, Which. can be laid out onthe first eos! h among the navies of the world is plain, ie she at once 9 destroyers a four first-class forpedg vill’ be built abroad, and two of pariag taselt tor a tee ieas termining the fortunes of the far East. HIS COMPANION. in I should think you would get tired of walking by yourself. ‘now I can hardly step vibost their luck buttered oe so ° Sodsent ce ath eas Maral a pair of The plain Tittle * prongham drove off a “Vell na we haaly meats how to look at. ee veste: many miles from here : and what wi' that, and this moist ia as I pass Imay as jlomon,” said Chris~ a cockle- arkal n Asiatic nation, but relatively to the Japan called into action men enough China, and easily Last night I took a long stroll with 3 the one T love i the world. | — Work so Profitable That They Ran Line of Pirate Vehicles of Their Own, One of the heehee hunting grounds ~ Bounis baye ose: dacual: ieeaaaed st d | and over again; notices are kept contin-~ the, = wine, net ratioe snuffers; | ually pasted on the doors an and how Joan Dummett was Sn of the rises ae ee watch -witl suspic doul a belie ing by working cae entirely in pub- were eut short | lic conveyances. Sac oe oa One gang in eis Ay broken. up long ago. It consisted of about is, hich at onp mement se an | twenty-three men, = Zallstaction, iA BP cone Sey ce pina TED, BG NLA ee a ibuses a lic conveyances Baas Pore eta: bers oe WORKED IN PAIRS, the one thieving and the other watch- ot heat his fellows, appointed, tor dividi ir spoils; and @ tair idea of the profits of the concern her the military nor the naval wilt be gathered from the fact that they have divided as much ie conductors of the tree pee Sven ‘at last business became oe in- ureter ver. Co etap dressed and respectabl Pookie people, and it was a strange thing it a pas- 1 did not miss something before ‘he ached the end of the journey. Each person who entered the ‘bus was, of course, m cAnerU LLY Ms ae Phe cry “AN fares, the thie’ a clue to the ‘wherestotts is the purses; the; could. sugar tongs, and he steal one, remove all the, money, and in tl hg the slightest Suspici Fora awhile these “pirate” ‘buses suc- ceeded bus as yield- eat over peas purses 2 some of containi oa as Si, and it ket was picked without something oval Yale belng found. At last, howevs ts at Scot Peo anne Special detective ——_——__ — MAKES HIS HOME IN A TOMB. Eccentric Suaninaw ana Reed Has Furnished His Vault Sumptuousty. The officials of Evergreen cemetery, in Brooklyn, N.¥., have asked Jona- than Reed, an eccentrie ‘millionaire, “fe t of his wif Mr. Reed's wife died three year’s ago. He was sevnenty attached to her and a year see to be rem father's eae and placed vergreen cel enc are two han c of ey the same size. In one re- the body. of his wife; the other is ly to be constructed each LONDON’S OMNIBUS THIEVES. iw of Ra 2 for a pickpocket js a London omnibus! stretches out the forest, ‘This spot 1 Empress calls her Compeign affords the Traly returning fr ey ne to rest in the ney how, prerlod the promontory. She struck by the beautiful re- ia’s youngest and faeries aegis ana inee Henry of Battenburg. thrifty lito, besides the Hae ee al, in Scotland, anid Osborne, in the | {Ho eres Tale of Wight. Tho savings, dee said, | Pauit a beaatifal vile ‘phish 1 Victorias find as nearly para- lace. cal , to tain in royal sta Ao Fchapniticant ee Seated. [ne eet yoluntax: hat erished In 1882 ¢ German princling 2 ve Indéed, her mother former Empress Euge th third Napoleon, has lately drawn her | merchants y to i id by an creeat re- ie ieee ‘that the the Ban aren would grac pl Torwelve years safer tthe. ae Mar- seillaises repented of a gift which could oe ner friend, | no longer react in a s tothe | sued the widowed es to ‘regain ion. Their petition was ed contrast to, the sycophantic g! Fir Bri “We have summoned,” said the Coun- the Dame sche Pe oe via of ee - Nay na~ fi the es al carriage ‘ive words. Bee hich he. had starved “while “fats ras overlooked. On the con- eee nis ‘and | trary, much ingenuity was displayed in es ‘Queen Bee. Seige him ae the | making ‘the, document as offensive as “How wonderful, With a glimmer of her old-time nd a titi ‘o- | ve ress did acts, of her life. She gave ihe pork RADE natG te the people in | etuity ino a spirit which is best Cit to the exile, who | "In defending amy rights seemed ee to ey her guest's so- | tribunals I was chiefly Staated. by ¥ it recent t for the French ma for se, 10 ament, € aah ego svackuoied certainly resulted happily for ihe | Keep has the widow of Louis ya ce the “re-| auisite se sian f for giving the city, in my, Paro, which the Emperor erected at us acting ae ares the, ia 0 are no more, and I wo were their devoted friend, ni ee OF SUTHERLAND. Sutherland and her two beautiful little dae eealtsactiy awe always fond of It was a ra thik thiey yeas ao! ee a Empress wi mest her sister, the Countess of Warw not in point of jooks, though even there , but In the style Both are whole range note of t taste in dress is eee She likes to wear a toilet composed of cream mus- rsal lin or grass lawn, belted with a pale tne ee eed a AS y blue sash, and a demure mushroom hat, Baran aes eu, Fence |aiy trl with fers ets his tutor, Filon; to Conneau, Epin- a izot—each 1, $20,000 5 to ends. man can bestow thes fore only. cokens to be subtracted | are a the magnificent total left suit her girlish beauty yet in all points Sais di 4 perfectly attired. ‘here was even sometiiin | ,,iels elaboration on the other al ity 6 pe from her loving tyrann: Chiselhurst ‘yas sold five years ago. ‘The is living now at Farn- 4 Pat ii t he U a Toney long, 20, the report arose 86 that T come from my bouse'to your rty for him.” It was of her private purse, =e hers to be- ee oat aoe ae Stow a8 she pleas fe eee gases. te wit out rere een e lugenie has m: nse. Few ousehold at’ Camden Hi err bese fell the wedding biped account M2 etaraent pail ty, gente sherelt le, “How 1 brought, back fi bear. the inperial arma The servants, though not | 6, A SMOKING CONTEST. A tobacco-smoking contest was re- eanceelee at a St. ‘Maurice, near Lille, ables whole et ‘character of the flouse give it far more the telomaing to, wealthy commen titors, and the ‘@ gentleman ‘consum "quantity. in exactly 18 minutes, as a smoker Who tories Sage and are. splendid, Se ay Of tie park Ties | allowance gs of siete a ec eae markable a Dass fore ee: re- | he eet ie ee A CANADIAN ON CANADA ory RSE | ‘The latest developments of modern = urgical science are making it ele SIR JAMES GRANT AT THE BRITISH that good looks are now no longer to ASSOCIATION MEETING. be confined to those born with a Age tage to them, but may be purcl He Speaks of the Ghent Dersleynise ‘of| in the open market, says the Pall a rte: Gazette: It will no doubt be good news to the promis- about it, and the spinster lady, proboscis is “parrot” type, and whose matrimonial chances have consequently suffered, will bail with a good deal of satisfaction, and possibly lee ope, the statement nee a generous fee to the facial sur- will Ponaen te offending or- ong other people, not only the feeling aie into the dearest of little ‘“Gre- of unity as far as they were enagerd cians in the world, while an extra pay- concerned, but of attachment to the | yent will secure for her two or three Mother elapse He had the ee of coquettish dimples on the cheeks and er that great ae in i company with the present Lo ‘. Mayor science of facial enue = of Liverpool a year or two ao and Shite OE “a ‘ond Eebaris a ie in the London ad continental lee past. It is nol very long ago Thi tho. epavation ot making a very decently formed nose for ‘a young wonian whose face had been mutilated in an accident was success- fully performed at the Royal \'ree Hos- bone of a blackbird carti- he made by the surgical edie Rau aan ye a great | joaled. stimites. pout bel QUESTION OF TUCHATION as ae ne the Domini red pre As might be eee facial surgery sae ey ag admirable situation tinent, the protific na- | ones, too, the American con! Hohe oe should, bo added. me i md tl i | cultivation, 5,000,000 the 28,000,000 acres would sup- ond ski deep, ‘a posses Worth having, ant woh paying for o far, only those with almost unlim- eto avail themselves and they were | their cgcenary renools, teat the 1a LOS PR! he country were be- mechanical skill self-possession, a most marvellous ©x- | nerve on the part of tie operator, (hat ee dast ears, I HoH — ah gru rous fee. sensitive map a Goll Gat and iron did much | the ea ist foward giving Eng: and “its: reputation iBrowgh ‘te fall cs mae anufacturin, , the} hat * at ie | was found eee in hs f to | was estimated that there Sere 150, ‘000, tor a oS 2 in New Brunswick,and ee arity must unfold itselt i . Daw under the magical had arrived at, the conclusion thet, the 3 jcoal area in the North-western Terri- tories alone was over 000 SQUARE MILES, | which acid find fue: tor generations J red to set- aa Saati ati tae In ii the y lucratives. fiuotina of cold exceeded the average tion by 7,000 ounces, and tion arisin; wife Se jurian measures in 33 yt 0 the ea nae up ua 1605 fa fully ret partner being t the ‘man Ww! itar !"” een fy hae would ni on 1 easy 9 The Aiea the science, how- disadv: ring “hen a toy about 100 WANT BETTER MAIL SERVICE. be municipality of Alberton in the district, is ee ae bess ‘Winnipeg, where there were seams of quae ye GOLD Ra Grant ex: ini establi a miles ss eaten, "th on ple was proudest ‘colonies of the British Empire; one that every Canadian roud of, \d._ om the of ie albrine wektard from nes pa State of cee eee eign er Par wert ae _ VANCOUVER ISLAND. ‘They nad the ‘Cin Tock floating over ly desire of eee, continue a Brit- TE they de- the She+ mae tefieve that BIDE enit*entore the door loves fie out of ee eee at all: Tt was Fo Eee a at all: over! Gn esa soe toll in dove Iargely in a state of nai imiring one spain enviable position of tbe gentleman sho of ees eratae as ) led her re oe ever, undoubtedly Aah outweigh is |t rf i AVaoae ao the Gee FROM WHITE TO BLACK. IS STANLEY, THE GREAT EXPLOR- ER, TURNING NEGRO ? ia not a new thing to hear of negro gradua!ly turning white as the result of a peculiar skin disease. ea cases are quite frequently recorded in medical journals. But to find a white man gradually turning black is Bak ly one of the curiosities of the German observer has recently called as attention of scientists to the fact that reall “the. fact that ne was hee! quite ts the color of by avery es ie of malari one of following ea Guiani eae or "This fever, io simi the malarial fevers of the Ee differing oniy in severity When Stantey pearelae through thls Africa it was observed that who madd up his 7 the terrible fever. It is learning of cs im- | btood transt foreigner = the | operation five a To wae of tl tube there ae atisehed metallic needle- beari what 2 ORs vista of happi- | Pointed tu ‘Before using the apparatus the air is forced out nee burb and tube by fill so. ution of salt. Then ihe Pa compresses, the bul b, the pre: nected Ww: ith | ie. ses et the ont of the donor it essure a wt oaticient blost tricity is'@ useful help to the fac- PANLEY TU: Bee COLOR. ‘and by its aid all kinds a German re above claims th»: Le) only be- e an immune to oe fed wal that, At -ansiuses question of imnmun one with’ the Blood of an immune, is certainly rea- Many may that the ley’s ease, \e ois # he suffered neither ons nor the | of atte there are those ¥ ae ioe is due ts “ons seat heat able sup] fact that ot only i the fark, but the skin ot his entire body eed’ to be. unitor -__ his, then, demolishes the Jeaves us with the one advanced by erhosTeitonts obearver, ca mily believes that Stanley, throu the absorption of African blood, with constantly growing: GOOD-BY, SIR! You stay too long! But Mister Winter's comin’ strong! Mister Summertime— yen ee too ae But Mister Winter's comin’ strong! ‘You stay too replay But Mister Winter's comin’ aa