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Jndge Cox `and family among the large Washington colony at Narragan- sett Pier.- u yancu LLULIJ LUU I` HVIU of Forth in lived and ourished in captivity until>1887.. ' g vs. 195`: ssavnsu 0 Sweetheart, he said; turning his dark" eyes full upon her. I think,of you every day of my life. There isn t a day passes that I don't get a dun from Stoneking & Co. for that diamond ring on your nger. - ,,._.V. _.-.y --. Jvuo Maud-I.e.;'-I.1=a;;,'v:>n the whole, it is well that neither of us- should be en- lightened. * - V . He (Dii(l.~ Harold. do you even think of,` me when you are alone? , JL&_-_4I,-, A I Quits. : V Mwud--Kitty. do you know what `awful things people are saying about you? 'IE{tty--No, dear, and I suppose you do not know what terrible things peo- ple are saying about you. `|.1....A `l"n....1.__... - - _..._, ..._...__v,_ .- -..w; nuyen Lamp glasses were invented by Aime Argnnd, the inventor of the fa. mous lamp and gas burner Wjnich hem his name. He had been experimenting _i.'o_r some time in.trying"to increase the light; but to no purpose. On the table bfdre him lay the broken neck of an oil ask. This he took up 0:111-Iessly and placed it. almost without tlgougm, over the wick. 'A brilliant ame was the result, and the hint was not lost upon the experimentaiist. who pro- ceeded to put his discovery into prag. tieal operation at once. Bow Lump Chimney: Were Invjentet Lamn glasses wpm I'nvnn+nA L, -~-. . . "`.`""""' .= r A and can 1_1oW1ul:0.no mOl'c.. ' ' 0 the ` 0?. ' 'I.`he1iV_e Stock tl`a(l~e of the cohntr ' inSt wn7 showed muoh - {LCl.i\ it_v during _ the 09115 ; year.- The 'shi.~ments to the Old . " Qolltry ma1_'ke tsI-- were heavy, ` ;and n119P:'f ' until recent1y\ ;n syhpn the G ovemmetnt; %1:n'(': 1?` 0' "prohibited is f-he,_oshipm~:'nt of cattle, g - C rm through the Eastern Status to the - u1'a.rkets`bf the United liingdom,` ow-- rison "jug to fth9.I 6I)0l`tS of disease. the docs im he ` ~'ma._nd_for e!q)o1`t'.xvas quite brisk."}`he I (61 See :_paqking `trade. of the country, a how._. upon hi ;ev,er, has'bc-on increasing, and it.is gtand it ' likely ttha.-st the diicultiesof shipping I `Ward bf Canadian cattle on the hoof to the l S`;,ean-n _ `Byitish mankets will sti1_u1ate the ' uq W91` dressed-meat tmde, especi-any as the ! `,;0'-,.th b Dominion Government has in the: ` - ~ ih cold storage to G1'e_a't_ .. . th - ',` Britain, '1`J1e pork packing industry |'1,ac;::es: n "also showed great act.ivity_, mud the -l,e,.ju,.'e,.E . farmers received muth money. .be,. of R through the increased demand for onemak hogs. .Some years ago Ontario ship-1 ten',_.'e-dra peat 10,000,000 bushels of bal`ley an- ` V _ _ lows did nually to the United States, The 1n-" an-d tin crease in the duty on that grain somarv f practically 'cut off that formerly large ,- natigm ' export,` but since then. the devclop- ishment, meat of the stock feeding in"dustry' men at t .has absorbed the grain'that former- scm.._.e1V 137 was export-ed, ct_ndi while the -prices connnr paid howffor the gfain are not as "cps are 1 large as previously, when barley sold .0,-y far`! . up to 80VcentS and $1 per bushel and they insome Seasons, that trade is scarce- Stone. 30 ly` missed now, this opening of new his jello` channels of trade having DI`0V.ide_d a this ext, market for a._ grain which, it was incluqes thought by some, 1 any of the far- -pension; mers of Easter-n on ariowould have The cm: to give up growing. The d-eman-'d_ for he was 5 Canadian wool fom the United },e'~0u].d States continuesgoowd. In the year tum g-om just closed pra.ctica,lly that whole of could pm the clip of some 5,000,000 poun-ds },m.~ .befC was shippgd to the United States ])~ha_$`e or in a:ddition_to large quantities left amus.e.]11 over from the previous year; in spite found ha of\the high duty im-posed on this pro- band, ( ducts by the AmericanTGovernm-ent;` ' his _wjfe -fnln... ......:,....`I......1 ......._.n_ _: A ` 5 __A_\A3l|urchKlcker. , 7l?..v",VV1!e_D _1" 80] to . the theater, ga ' chm-`chman quoted in the Phllaaelm Record, `'1 .sitcln a nely upholstlemh .'g1t.' Underneath is a. rack for my hr? and on` the back_ of the seat ahead if place tohang my overcoat. In til` .<':hur'ch.whlch I attend every gum` -ls" an uncomfortable, straight ham; pew, into which the ushers lllwayg m A sist upon crowding visitors after mu 1 "wife. and I- are seated until sometime. ' six persons are seated in a space "scarcely large enough for four m M "comfortably. Hats and WI':1p_~; must . look out for themselves.` V I .O1f`course, when I go to the theater 5 I pay for my seat: but, in .s:_me of the fact that salvation is free. I also Day l pew-rent in-church. I might also enter h `a protest against Women Wearing their hats in church, but I won t. some_ times It s a relief` to retire behind OW. A sea anemone taken from the Firth .0 YB.-.51.. 1.. Inna as , -I STROU '~;r3g;manicuung only` a pan. of 2, nail le, an .\ `:1//;h_8'mois,"pollsher, a borne of vami . and a box of rose. salve or nail 8%` Tare` necessary.-Mary E, walrh _D_,',~!nLadles Home,Journa1, ' M- r; in the new store. ,,_, __ 3,. _.J.... >anAInI\(JvIll="fUl.I$J,_'< "`p;`(5% 6._1th4iSr*fa.1-ff:f`." _ `.nd1:_i_lrL soun('e_s ofj thecoun-_ :;,1'y`f3.-a,titrt!L ` tti"e aptentiod of ' Lapn} ' ta'li}_sts`. at.home";as .well `ask in the; "fMot_her"-Cou'ntr3 ; and in the United` ; 'S t'a.ft.es_. ` La`rge,:sums of "moncy_ we`r_e`. Exilivsted in the H0\0lQ[)lIlCnt~Of the; 7gt'V\gl'i_cultiura_l rosourccsl of the` coun-' i V t,l`yg.in5ith..i(*of1 and steel` `in-dustr1'e_,s;.` ' in; `Che " steamboat-'buil-ding _indus_try, V j the `dem`a_n s. of tiraimsportat-ion V on . `both the ocean and inland Waters; l1`a..ving heavily." stimulated the' de- :,man'd for vessels; in the 211a1xufg1pt.ure ; of `woolen and other lines of fabrics ] _ .-and in various other lines of manu-; .f'ature. The diiculty with `many of; the} Canadian milis that _a_re' now; {"]rq1a:l{_ing 'a`A h,ig'h-class of -goods is that f it- ey are,unable to meet the `demand ` of the `hon_;e"n1ar*kcts. This is not only"on' a"ccou`.nt.Vof` the fact; that the iim`.it- of 7 their (`apa('iLy for produc-! tion has been reached, but also on xtccollnt of the scarcity of skilled layf -ho,r.1.` In some castes mills .11-uxze gi\en`: . .no_tice to their customers that they ' are filled with Ql`deI's thz1t'Wi'.1 ,k(*ep 1 them busy for'the rixt six months,! anti} now -take i no more. ` . VPLA I.'--. --L -~'- `~ ` ` ' git -ou gpercd j 'ne1_ sa flow a much ders. ' .nu , _ -w -*7" ' s7", .- m"-'., " has. expeficsncing wlia ` .,`- Called"-;tLhe; ` gr`o\vn1g*I-.t1ime." _ " of this: has J`9uzjd' amp1, D1}69f_{ 'inf; the igre-at `expansion that has place -in manufacturing, `1ner- . '.Cai1t.,i1e,`111d` nancial qirclc, a,s.';well-~ ;&g s$f`_i."lVIflt-his ag'I`.ic.u1tuml sect;1ons'fof the o'iint1'5-.,'1'hei e was a vast`inl`1`eas'e _in_the '-wrialfh of -"the cotgntry during th Past yea)`: \/,a.rious gures` and- 8Atia.tTenient`s "6w.1'ncou;'se offp1`epa- 1_'1'a1tfip fqr 1; 3:c;Llcnrdm' ye1r' just; L-'-nd'- _ rid; blit7_"vvhicIr"';u`c. still incomp1ete,L . unmistakablv %m-rm: Maia *-~- `A % :.v%'caz_z`uu,ia?L1n 1902. IrId+ 3- %says: 7. 'Ch.1'(ada ~ rust-i'.we'ei1:` , ` ;f'r{)'rr1` a btjsipess 15oim;_`O"f;- `most successful yea`.r,in'her 1_l.i_',`S,_,1'aA(1!_'37.. ..*- F0l` the" .pa}.t five years the` 1)6h$ih1on has `been experiencing what 331:` . A * gliiof` 1-.v"t3*`I":`f-'=..'rr->-`!4,1* !.. `-3- + 1.` ; ` hi*ijr~_'%1{m mm.-. Teara. ; 4 -~ .. `J ' "'T."'l"" --W-c WW : punishment by ,1"evealino'V the plans of Gov ' ' , mm nt I the (`rdoks to rob insurance compan- t oi ` ies. He `is pu;';zled, to u-riaerstand `,`t*` 19 how they escaped. serving terms in E`,":E'=;'S t:`h-ec;"c';" prison. When this was explained to t . , . * . J- h . -,d: - . - R` brisk. The I 1111 e obselu. T on,` 1'...-.'.IH` -' ' ` 1..-u\..v. uauuu. uuu usugcu Lobubcb I13 an illustration. A hundred years ago the population of the'r'e`publics was five millions, a`,_bout.that of Can- ada to-day`: the membership -of the evangelical churches was 360,000.`"=In " 1902 the population was '75.000,.0"OO, the membership` s of -_ yhe eva.ngeli<:a;1 .churches 16,0_00,000.. fwhile the pop; ulation had "increased fteen times , the church _rqembex'ship `had increasda _fm'*t.y times. .;Speaking`- _to the`, ooh-V gregatiovn as -Met.h'odists`, he` said their duty -was to support liberlly`. _ those ir1stit_u1;_ions'speia1,l'y'_orga,p1ged` to foster; -. education `and-.,ev;a.ngel1`2a} Z Um)... the` ed.ucatiofxA1/`and Vmis'sion'q ry_ ` oo;"`?..`:'.4i-"-Pi;".S-~'v .- .. 4` n1;_>.~ `-. ;.`_,... . ,;,....,.y._`,_._ _ `4 ----.,-.y w. -.IInInII|- Q11: \\ i;111ipeg, Dec. 24.--Jacobz Kreeg- er, `a young~.:M'enno nite, resident ; .of/` `the town of _Niyervi1le, Mam, .wasf convicted ye.sVt;e'1"d_a,y` at "the ;Pqli6e Cvu`1ft of th_e,XiqriQus'btIence ..-of fqgl-,3. 3 :` Jcempti}1s.to h.;;l`_i.up;, Geqrge .Martgi. an-f ,rfa1'x`n`ei';, . rebidirig t_.3Lb'o`ut;; .`wp_. - 1 , -_V. r'x_~;~xx:_:;. *tqm;~ .on.-_- the I3ni gh,t:' .; xi . TI` llllillfll Ul. v`un_uuu'. ` Chancellor" .Burwash- of `Victoria (t`ollep;e in a. ` `recent sermon said; Canada, had passed "through years of trial and .di'icult.ies in` overcoming the obstacles and solving the pro_b%- loxns incident to the settlement and devetopmen_t of `a newicountry, and had reached an era. of. great prosper-- it.y_. It was now time: to inquire, as David had done, how the cquntry was- to be made permanently prfc`)s`- perous.~. Good citizenship _wa.s ess'e'n.+f tial to_ permanenpprosperity. a (1 tb secure this the": multitudes of i mi- grants and the ris_`in_g_`genera.tion'had to [be eadticated and evangelized, The pram-her_ cited the Unit_ed'States gas on 1lnn4~...;!.... ' pull.` `band, e cannot recover. ray A A ~ 5 ulll ll. I415`; - convict s wife has ma.r ried since imprisoned. "He declares that he would not ta.l her back for all that twelve dra.ug'htfhorses He had suspicions on before he was convicted. This of the ne,qro sVl.ife seemed" to amus-e._l1im gre-.1t,l_v'. He hopes, she hup1_:iness with her new bus- even if he is but 24:, While hiswife is 48, explained the huge JlaI1u\3. negro, with a grinthat showed `his .whi.l,e teetlh'and wide expanse of blue g'lIl`l'1S, for Jim. is, in the parlance of the street, it l)1ue_-gu1n1ned.f1igger." . 'l`her_e'is `a tradition" that a A person bitten by a nigger. with blue gums `This is so rmly believed in the with blue gums is feared to an amaz- ing degree by; those of his own.ra.ce.. .. J__im.Ba_1lafd is going `toothe States I to begin life over again, i and V he seems quite clieeiffnl. A citivzens shook hanxls `with the negro and praised `hi'1nlf~o1' the p'hi1osophiG- - al way-he views the future as Well, as..thepa:st.' ` ` T ~- - South that a,` negro ._ Many" of "the" : u- uu uuh1lUI1ll;,'_l'.1.UOUC 110W." : ' , Jim Ballard says the penitfentiary I is about the loneliest spot on earth. There, are `about 500 men -conned `there, many ofthem ci-iminals of the ! hardest type, thugs, thieves, forgers, perjurers and murderers. The num- female prisoners is only 50.-If fone;ma} up hi.s mind to be con-. Ltented; as Jim, and some of his fel- V did, he can get along very well ` time passes speedily enough. Solitary confinement for insubordi- ' appears to be terrible pun- foi" Jimeseys he has seen the end of it coming forth ` scarcely "able to Walk. During their connement in- the dark cells " prison,-, ers in complete darkness, their oirly fare is a little bread and water and have to sleep on the bare oor. Neithe'r Jim nor any of fellows, however, ever suffered, extreme punishment, which often` the`las_ih_. and sometimes sus- ' ....v.4.uuw;u,u-1-111 suuumg mm to the V5 cells. The. big negro manifests a. `a `good deal" of resentment toward _the; f members. of`. the "gang who. escaped ' ; punishment ,1"evealing` plans ` CrnI(kS 1n '|v(\l\ {nouns-nun- 4-A------ .f..... ....w \/lJL\l Ju1A1oIlL`1|'-allu, W'l11Ul|'UlL8n inclugges the lash. and sometimes pension by the h.n'ds.[ VIVI.-Us 1......-v.'..A.'7._ .__'l | - ' ` ' " i T Jim `deCla'1_'es`. thgt he` .and- `his ' 00mPayI.1'i0ns" we1'q,.f;`lledg with[hto`;'ror- `4\vhen~Jiinforn1t_'.d` of their -sentence_s._~ J They did not expect to li.Ve-e thrdugh " their .-termS. yet they "soon became ` actually conteutcid. Imprisonment he 5-did not nd such a ,terrible thing. ` ; He was `T placed in` the stbnecutting 'depe,t't1`ne11t at once. N`ow, he 'is` a master. stonemason and expects`; `to -1` 1 ol':ow the t,w_on'k for `a living. The {other ,c`onvicts in this gang have 1earne-d useful trades. Dave Ballard g is afcarpenter, Smith a b1acksm'th : aVn'dVRei`d is employed on the p1'isn far-.:_r. 'l`he`n'1an a, pears to feel 0A 1 bitt.erne`ss toward he prison oiciils ; or the officers of the la_u`v who '.were [ instru`menta.l" in sending him "to" the t 3 cells. 'I`hn him mm..- .--..:r~L I u;u; uu Uub'Cl`\L`UA . [ I see, ] see!V'- as the fact dawned V him, but I could never under- it before. And that's the `re- Wrd of those" gents for all their s\vea.I'ing_against me. and the rest "of us. Well, well! I suppose it's not worth bothering about now. .-'n1 .nt\rnIv1-I ...--~ 4'L- -- "` ? Qdo?-?s=;Itsi.i-9a AI:9si:hqa,}Vith:9,123dr "V I ` s'fni~cLei.__:pi'_9- s_g_gvo`-3:_sg)o conhts Thbre. " A;Iiim_V--1_3a.1l;1_'El`,.` on" 7-6; the `Melpnb. .:'-~t~hon *i.1.1c=c3n`;ji:i,1';i.73e";`;;V;, hgq returnd ftp) f 0i'an`g,e vilfe V fivom : A-`the -. Vpen`i_tentiary... 1 1-Ieyfwas sept"to `T er_v9`aA=ten;n 0 f.',"t\\K lV'(`" y ea5i's. Thain- Lercession of. friends secured his` re-_' M (3px'bet,t:.q1i'd`Wi1lia.m Reigl. ?e`veral of the -gatfg e_'scaped_ j by Qtlecrrfs evidence. . Bal1ard.is a. stal- wart `negro, with a genex'ous quan; tity of w~h.it:e blood in his veins. The ex-L-oi'1vict talked freely, of his"\exp>eri-> % ences % in `prison and :g'iV1:s' a Vgrzpphic Kingston; *in)1897 to " lg,-as.e. With Jim Ballard -was his ' bro_t.her ,Da.ve, Alonzo Smith, _James - :ur'ning . ~ dscripyion of the worst .fcat,ures' of . com-ict l_i1'e._ He says,- however, tha/t. he feels more vigorous and bqt- ` 't9r satisfied than at any time befdre being` .con1ined. : ' ' 'l:'. A---` -- --nrvI'\J', th'aX- vigorous and`bet- tgzx`-`satisfied than time bef6}` 'b`eing`~ .con1ined. v .. Jim declares`. -thgt he his coxnp'a,n'ions' Vwerq, lled with horror- Vwheninformqd` their sentences, Thnxy. rl-IA \I\J . . . _ -- ,,r,,,._,..._. . - a --1 ;% .::. 1* 2* = 4:` r I 3 am BALLARQ. RELATES HlS.S`|`OR.Y OF` _% KINGSTON Psngrgnrwiv. _ . with ;.ir;stuc t'1gns 7to"::p1gi1{ "t , ;thrt;4 of'c'.71idd'v'hin1 an : Guilt}-out _HgS1dIng upj "Future of Canada',. o. With am-;',;.' " GA W003. i1'ns~ '(3siHSfll:1?l hisjxexpleri- I'lS(`.h nnrl .n-inns .. .....-.u.__* ` v~- Q-vv-"]).'\lI 11;g-cAHU"1- n .=g'1,ves' _ .~ grgphic -worst .1`eatures ' 58333.` | \(\Y`n Iffvv-:\in:\nn .......`l I_-A H- "nu us uun. > V ` " I the S`lu"g 4 ;<.= gomnmnigng with the_In- In tlian princess" aga.in,.rema'rked` one 00, of the subs, who knew the old man s Q31 failing for liquor, with grim humor. op.` - ' The foreman sr*ol to `the queer,fel- keg, low, but received_ the assurance that; no drunk was cdntemplated. VBut~ On. $lx_;_g'.-. dgfsk manner _\'v-as _so changed ,3 mid ` that: ;h.Fl`i5P"1-t0"10;'mYf .<>,Ii..~the9- 11y _ stgne` and sgggost,cd tflutpiey waL_tch _ `zed ~ mm and if p(_1_'ssib1e._ pv_evx;t`~ him; ,s_ta. rtin,g again, with t.hc_hop ofjs.a,v- ;H my mg` ;h,i'm; . ;<\vhe'u_2 I);m:y;,. 1`1oLi'g_q' = .. , the , - <' m`an_n,e`r ` in `rsvhichithe-boys.,1:ega;dgq `.,vhjsferousness h9_dap_p_eared:.to re,sejr_1t.j= '.,;i1.t.,,;;f '_`*`._EIVa_..j- g,'r;'ev;cv'.4;__:.319zV3g; nn1oody V}.w -3.; L .1 ;~-not.2;wv`6!?kiiI's,-'hnt.:sn3sh #9? 5;-.,.7'j-Wl$fT,YI"mSii`*:'*?1`1513i1Es., - ' y.IrIuh,! he would snort, "you re bug-house--absolutely nutty;" and then the stream of metal would flow faster than ever, as if to c~.mtraulic-t 7 the idea that , there was any neces- sity for linotypes, Jp _s-"pite of his genial airs, there Was an unfathom- able mystery alfout theTold_ print. ifeared when sober, and ~a_question When . he was in his cups he some- tim_es_ grew, confidential and hinted atvthe past and his stormy life; but it,Wa`sv evidentlyaeshadow that he along` that line. was sure to provoke a savage answer. i .The first suggestion of . a spree was A a serious mien that he asstxmed; and now the grisly foreman ob_sferved this `menacing symptom- in Slug 4 s atti-V tudef He had. been phalanxed early the night before. `He approachedthe foreman nervously. On the eve of a `drunk Old Darcy always grew con-- dential with the foreman, as_.if the` great, strong temperance `mantmight. save him from his approaching de-- iner near hisj,den on- s'uch;'occ'asions, bauch. He `would shrink," into a.f.c.or- 4 shiveringly, as if tryingito Ward `jo the monster threatening." his very soul." `Then as. he imbibed 'f.reel_y' his nervons_ness, departed, and he would insist on regaling everyone with his _ belief in stra.nge..doetrines. . 5 At such times he was -a theoso- phist,' a.nd,in'sist'ed, `on telling the ,-men _in the ne;:t~ alley thatythis was this-th,irgl' appearance on earth; `and `that-~the rst"time he was an Infdiul-g ;.p`rinces"s.i The` _ loreman observed _Slug7;4 s' changed:~= ;dem e'and'r.'and felt `-tlier_;drTznl(<; \; . V that the -`old ie11 _ow Was`.*dfl 6 'u`4QI.."._ As . 7 ~ .;t.ei~ ano`-5.. l . - -.--- v vvuuuu. I Ill! 11] . `-7010 strings (in th`i`s'benighted individual. Slug 4 always declared that an be could steal from `the,Shylock he_ga.~ve to charity. But,he would not Iwldl cases--said it was too much trouble to pick `up a_. sub. whenme "got up in the _a_,ir," as he termed his sprees. He preferred to sub; It agreed with an artistic temperament, he `insisted-.. He could get all the work he wanted and was swigt enough to earn twice as much as the average printev`. When he picked up a stick it was mu- sic to listen to the steady"'Cli.ck,. click, click; Old Slug 4 never made- a false move. And how he (lid hate ' anyone who had the temerity to sug-` gest that a machine woulgl, be manu~ iuctured some day. that would see. HI_T..I..oH L- W '- - _.,.,..! _,...uyuu .uuu UVL`1' one D81` and. attempted to make the half-savage; '~bea.s.teat the -whiteaapreoned bartend- er. The guns of that Worthy had no terror`-for the rider. The story was attributed to some of. the lurid space.-writers of that. section. Later Slug 4 was credited with being the man." He never denied this and oth- er more than one equally crazy jag was attributed to Darcy. . But his, sincere nature,_.his whole- soulfed generosity,` endeareq him to his companions. Drunk` or sober, ' Slug 4 was a gentleman and scr.,1pu-'- . lously honest. There was no alleged debt he would not pay except the claims` of the Shyloek. He took a pride in beating the man who had V-scalpcd his string at 20 ier cent. discount. He tvould run in cold strings on thisibenighted individual. Q1"... A ..I.-. ---I .. - val quuuvu WUU. Down o in Toronto canie the story * one day from Moose Jaw'_a.bout an o1'd-time rnewsp'a.per man Who rode` his broncho into the` Red Light sa- loon, jumpedvhim over the bar _'and nffnrhvxfnrl 4.. .....1._ AL- I-- -d"I%'.1:os.pering as `a; weeklj editor, he_ married; Ilis geniu coAmmanded"h_im -.5, place *among' men. .-, Those "who `knew Darcy in those` days received with as_ton-ishment the report of` his eccenAtric`ca)reer_in later years. They did i'ecall' something about a misfor- tune that had overtaken him-his wife. and `children had died_suddenly, `or something -`of the kind. Of a con- viviald `natu re,. he gradually drifted into. the habit, so fascinating to some temperaments when confronted with sudden woe. ' ' Darn - 4 _ nu. ufo .uuuq:u.u1uu.s anew DOT..." ' ~ ``He`' was an ~61-d`i-oadster `and had held cases on" every daily from Hali-- fax,to Vancouver. 7 He, was a swift and very handy man'to have around .5}: oice. Vague storis had oated in '1;r()nxV Vdierent parts of Canada. -cdnrgctizig. Slug 4_?.Wih a Wild and via.1'iedica,ree1'. `IIis` right name was Darcy"as the stories went, and. _he had `drifted -out West in the early days. ' ` days. TI..- +r.18.~t.> V A I .HHehad._ not touched a. drop for fbur Vmonth`s.. This was not unusual, for Slug`4 was a. pree man, or a periodical `drunk, in the vernaculr, of the print shop) How long he had been gursed with the absorbing appe-_` tite hi s Ico1npanions knew `-"Flat mun ..... .11.: < -1- - A-1, _--.. .>-\..-a-`Ina-OlA\Illk1 ucu. IIUV CJyUUh 1ll.l..I.l. to deviate from the accepted rule. And yet. they were hoping that the popular old chap would pass the las_t dgv_f9_f the holidays without indulg- 3 ihsr` = construction 91 one new .transconti-_ t_3nl ._,rai1wa,~y ;.be.in`g' a1te}`gdyin. -`ggxyegln and the plans f_orV *ar`1_ot'.her Lziw-railway to the ,Pa.cic coast b'e-V g `well unde1f'w'ay_.' Another sign `of reaS.inE.`. wealth of `the country] _ ""otice'a.ible dur1n`g 19.02 was; am J171!:Q}:the-_tQ3,-sdndtlf: bcpd e 0f11.I3.. .,gh __ )4`:-i' ';<">Ji:15-7=i'zii41`eit; Til-`IATII % ;.1s`venv_ lNTERESTl_NG. I I _llo;iI_|;ls't3.i-A i1"i.i" '0:-o-_ > A'qn_ ;l3iz'o1fy,`l)al`ly Froufilitxy to Van}- o $uvor'i-:-.Aj_'l`orro`I'v to :-no Whllo,and an " 0h]et`r'otL/` fity `LSt_Ol_.' On Among nu _ 1r.u.?..-`._na. -Niw Your nbuonptnon. I It/'. was th eve of "the -New "Year, `emu Sl_ug' 4 .wa plainly nervous. The_ o1d;print'_ had ushered in` so" many New Years with a. erce drunk that his .comp_anions did not expect him deviate -_ .___- -...- and IA} $..IU1' ` den on- silch (occasions, ' 5 trying to off very VS imbibed `freely enarfmi and Kn -----'4 _When ca._n`you come?" askd . t'h6 surprised merchant. . . ; ' u*n....u. `L---- A = - 5- - ""A job." e . ` < .. "You do? Well," snotted the man of business, why are you in such a. hurry?" ` ` Got {:6 h}urry, replied the `boy ; Left Ischool yesterday. to go` to work, and ha,Ven t struck anything yet. I can't waste time. - If you ve got-`nothing for, me-,.say-4 so, and I'll look elsewhere. The only place 1 can stop long is where they pay. me iior it." ` _ - . .. II. gu.ro;uvu v.|L1O.|\41ld.al.lDn 1 . "Don t have to c`on;te, _ he was told. I m here now, and would have been to work beforet_his_. ~5if you'd said so." - ` ied.` No Time to Lose. I Amercha.nt in Yonge street has be- "come very fond of an oice boy ` he engaged last June, says 8: Toronto paper. The boy entered. very early in e the morning; when the merchant was reading the - paper. The latter glanced up and went on. reading with- out speaking. After three minutes the boy said: A . - e Excuse me--b'ut 7I m in a. hurry-." What `do you want? he was ask- AH - - " ` ~countr:'e.<,V and'pul1 gs and cocoa-4 `nuts where he can nd them; and if" The Canadian Apple. The finest fruit that grows is the Canadian apple. If anybody doubtsv _this let. him travel the world over, and he will come back convinced of it. He may visit the `orange groves of the South, and on into--the land: of the banana; he may tourrthe grape ` be but stay long enou~gi r..at each point in his journeyings, he will'tiren `of the native fruits,- and come home ruuy. persuaded that the apple is the leader of them all. We do not pro-` perly appreciate. phe Ceanadian apple. ate LO __me nuptial altar. The renuptiql arrangements, it'is said, provided for a, settlement of $40,000 a year on the marquis for._ life. He is 81 years old and feeble: He-cannot live long, and.M1's,.. Twin- ingis credited with having driven a rather clever bargain in pzrocurj-_ng- the exalted title of marchioness for 0 her daughter. . ` A V The marquis has a,dmittod* that his `advertisements, placed in the New 'York_ papers with the. expechtationbf attracting an Americanne heiress, brought. no response. A November. J anuxiry, 0 . `- " 1002. ,`~I a_id-up cnp1itul.. .$ 71,'.)00,000 " Reserves .. . . . . .. 2,600,000 ,-,Total liabilities 408,000,000 A '.lbt`uxl assets . . ,0:z3,30u,0oo Notes in circuiah - t u 0 rm `-0 0 I 0 64,"100,(xm . Public deposits ..402,000,000 ' Baiances due from the` United. States .. 12,300,000 g`*Ca1'l or short. loums 051,000,000 " Owl! or short loans ' 'r fin Ups --09,500,000 .. :,'.l`rade or current ` ; '.`-loa`ns . . . . . ..317,100,000 3;-='1`rade` or `cu-rreut . loans in U. `S, .. 34,300,000 ';_;0veu'!_l1ie debts -. . . ., . 1,700,000 1?; banking .business - or the c f:` 'Di`iC88' nf-..`1)'1Ii'k Stocks in` .t 1902. A S 67,600,000 37,400,000 0 439.90U.000 550, 800,000 48,500,000 0 364,200,000- 12,000,000 38,000,000 -44,100,000 . ;2s7,z0o,0oo ` 23,700,000 A I . ' :f. .,100,000_ 0" '0_w ing'to' this" expahsionu . in` the ; guntrfy the." ho .f`.ani:"rI:_ uuu--,y u_-vuo L_1uul.U1uu1l- A It was soon a matter of ,general `knowledge that the Marquis of Done- gall. was the a.uthor"of the advertise- ment-and was willing to, swop his, title for a cash consideration; VMrs. Twining, . `who: had the" most ambit~ ions aspirations for her. attractive and wealthy daughter, is: said to have placed herself; in communica- tion withfithe marquis. An arrange- ment was made by which the`noble- man was presented to-Miss Twining at the Isthmian Club- V The. tall, ` young Canadian beauty, ax 1r_eaI1y re- ` gal girl, -made a deep impression on the patriarchal noblen1am,.;ap.nd the was not slow in pressing his suit. - Within ve Weeks of the day he was presented he -led the Wellbsl ey.g'radu- ` ate to _,the nuptial altar. ` Tho I'\'i9IL_\rIIIi\`-:_` ---7 -~ - `V. vacuum While `tL.l:* scrainblwe "forv seats , in l Westminster_'Abbey was at its height an advertisement appeared in the London and New York papers offer- ing the title of niar;hiones:s,v -which, of course; included a huslban-d and tire financially sought for privilege of a seat in the Abbey in return for th" ?settlement_ of $100,000 upbn the anonyngous nobleman. I4 nu... ...-.._- V ` How Gertrude Twiolpt; Canadiaji Heiress, V ` Got the Donegall Title. A despatch from London, Enygluandk the other day says: V n,.Th`e' marriage of we octogenarian Marquis " of Donegall and the 22.- year`-old Canadian` heireSs,d Miss Ger- trude Twining, granddaughter of. a great shipbuilder of Nova, Scotia, is now said to have resulted from the ` peculiar T advertisenients ` which so startled London society for several weeks previous to the coronation ceremonies. ' ' `III- '1 was a, tear on Slug` 4 cheek as the boys_passed out of the,room`, and. the white-haired mother buried her faceon his shoulder. /- nu `;;;J -fva 1 \(\VO unuvc 1116` IA] U1 AHA. _-',I`_he_ committee stood with bowed heads; ` ' > I V ` ' uavs vvanuua ;J - Boys, _this` vi-'sAmVy"1-nothe'r;~I bake % sworn off ,.fqr. good; I wanted to, tell, the boys that, but -they . wbuldn"t `- listen to-night`. I'h_`a,ve_ just fpqnd her after many years search; she thought- I was d_a.d-killed, the night my wife and babies perished and my sorrows drove me` to drink." 'I`l..n ...............'4A...... ..J. _ - .1 _.:- "".'.`. "V"" "`T""."" , ` ' L` ` He walked tip -'.to ;d_ silv`e`x-`-h'a.i`redi `woman and placed the. owers 1 be-'~ nit-{H157 on her bosom, as he kissed her tenderly. ' ` I 4`T.`In-n.. `L|=a~ :`...`_.-__4 -_--LI_-_-, 1' I_`_;__ tlie-f 9: ;:r";%vos-: ., . , 9`-V'1 h" 1j1115!i`t*3i-?9?-?`44ii1E"1.t" 5P" ..with Lhim. `as .vv_a_,;ked:,ra.pi_dl y down `the: street- He" seefmed` wo_unded *`f_or; a mon 1e_nt,T than invited: them `to 4 go; with` him.` `He held: the Lpapr `pack- age inhis' ~ha.nd. ; As he passed. into his boarding-h'ouLse ; he untied it` and a. bunch of violets; was exposed`. His_ room was reached. V ;' . $7,114,,` In `AN 'A4D\`/ERT>lSlNG YARN. '5' ` _+_~1 _, . '_ _. V_, 1; E d A ' .2, .. rt "~..:"` ~ L, ` `f. J Boom. Gollior-a .; .`; .` ._ .ra uv -vwu `)\oI-IN I V No figures in "connection withfthe` ~'trade expansirfn of H the 1)o'minion 'that are at present available give as - gtccurate an idea of the growth of `-`the business {ind wealth of Canada during 1902 as fche Govermnnt --"chartered banks,-` which have .just "afbeen is_s-ueod. ".l`he gures are for No-' veinber, and the `leading items in the =`sta.teme_nt conmawe with those for ?-~January as follows: .__v.... ....v 1 sic;1'_f_rs-lxin should; be gently push- ' . ed back from the nails- before they are polished. It should never unless abso- lutely necessary ,be cut with. the scis- When about to manicure the hands, 1 dip the ngers into warm, soapy wa-1 ter and hold them there for a minute! or two in order to soften the nails and the scarfskln about them. I To remove white spots rom the nails use a mixture of rened pitch and a lit- I tle myrrh upon them at night, wiping . it of! the next morningiwith olive oil. | _ When the nails are fragile, a little! wax and alum rubbed. upon_them Will - strengthen them. If brittle, a little; almond oil or cold cream. will be found 9 benecial._ - - V I POINTERS ON MANlCUR'l;'NG'-. But the other companies in the- city possess plate of` even. greater ivalue. The Goldsmiths, for instance, own. the most priceless collection; the worth of which it is impossible to- estimate. It includes Queen Elizabeth s~ coronation cup, for which an offer of 5,000 was refused some time ago. The Fishmon- gers company boasts of; among other things. it silver chandelier, and esti mates of its value have never fallen below 3,250.-London Tit-Bits. I - .. v-.-5 uuu uuu vv nuuu UISUIJOB De Callahncul -Sietew th_e Bookseller. it 7 In addition the Vlond` mayo1? s otcial regalia is costly, in the extreme. The diamond pendent that hangs about his neck could not be bought for 1,000, and his 01181: cost as quarter of that sum, while his pearl sword necessitat- `ed the corporation spending 900 when it was new. Owing to this expansion in ='b'anking_business cguntry the _ prices of/bzirgk stocks` inf the -Cuna.`di- market advanced 10 to 20 per ` jcentgdurin-g _thq past. 12monphs._ `A strikingv ill\`;stI`ation of the progress '2, made` in Canada in -1~902"is 'found- in, the a_3.rrangement* for incregsed _rail- gi`-way` facilities -now being made, the f;'_ nat,r_uct.ion_ 01-` newA.tra!tnsicont._-4`- 7 V;-2:1` ..rai1;w'aa ;bQi,n`g` `~ a1ve5nv~in; n}: &'s3"` .-v,vvv- `_ T/hlseollectlon of plate is constantly 1' guineas. being Increased, for every lord mayor at the expiration o`_his- term of oice is expected to add an item, the cost or which must not be lower than 100 7.. -.1:Io-:0- ,, VAI c c an .. . Agnails, improperly called hangnzils, 1-----3., -_ -_.- vv-.'-vpv---V-- -v- vvvn -- `mauve.-. - ' ;-Mo1"eover, there are a gross of silver ,dlm 1er plates ` worth 1,500, 200 ice ,pallsg_v'alued in nearly 1,000, 200 en- /tree dishes, 'the "cost ofwhlch 2,000 would not cover;"80 solid silver meat dishes `worth another 2,000, and hun- -dredsof other articles, such as grape scissors, salt cellars, wine cups. walt- ers ,trays,|decanter labels, etc.. all of ` solid; gold or silver and valued at over 0:! Alan ` .u._ -v -.---v v- w-u-r -o..w-v-w-n e The .two solid silver soup tureens I '"wh_lqh.__are employed at the banquet to "dl sftrihute,100A8allons of clear turtle to V the guests are valued.` at 500 apiece `and are said to have been in possession 61? the corporation for over a. century. ,I'f__._____. 4`. ____ __-_ _ _. _ .3 ._2I____ `Owing to the necassitf of having more oor space to store between Vickers Drv Gn.-In nrnrn nnrl #51:: n...:, . _..c_.._ ---v _$- -_.- V V t1m ft'l.i'a1f(:' E1-zho~11-1; 1;":v1s'r;g)u1d not buy It .ow_ing to th historical" interest} attach- ed,-to many of the articles. IIQL- L___- _,-I!- __ 4_,___..__._ iiiii "0;<-`,1-`in-i-iii-lA`v!- it-vioil 1! _.l~n`t'1-entin'_s `sgrvleeu. , iiopfe. ,at' least In this country, ' ipassess, pla,tveVwo1;th_ such a. fabulous .-au_mI as.`that"ownd by London's lord `-mayor dtirfng his term..of oice. Its "face. va1t'1e,ha's `been computed to be sng ht1y_ over 20,009, though three ` '._.. .... A. _--..I.1 ..-L 1.___ u. xx... -_ 1.I_'_'L uuvv` IJJ uuu (111101 suau LIUVUI IIIIMJIXL. "T-he Vagrfi-:u1tAur`u1 growth of `the D3- minion during `the past year was very `marked. The Wheat productionv of Manitoba _increased in 1902, from .g!:5,O00,HOO0 to 60,000,000 .'1_)ushel_s, ; `and owing to the large. inc1ease~in gthe, liumber of settlers who took up `land `in, the _Nort.hwest, during the, 5',lear,_Lit is expected that in 1903 the wheat `crop, with conditions as fair- _. orable as 0experie'nccd~ last year, will _ 136 double "C11-at of the crop off1901. - 1`he,ax crop in thc.Northwest, last year.` was 'double that of the year be- .io1'e. and the DI`0ductiqn' of` oats and ` {other grains was la.rger than in any previous year; ` - - '- ' ' * "KT- l!........,. .... '..A.__.._..A..'.___ __SAI '1-u 4BAR.R lE AN D JC .9$I,9Y;{9ATE=. It reaches Simone Counfmeople, best FOR ADVERTISING IN BARRIE Tani USE vvvno E500 which cannot be Equaled Elsewhere at 7-3.. Juuuu nstscts ... ., N ates cc ornuonunl Public deposl ts. . from. S Tfnlfn Qi-nfnu