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and are prepared to do business iu hat una at prices that cannot be beaten tutus casu wm malloy b a editor axd psoraieroa vol vi no 45 stolffville ontario thuksday dec 2s 189 whole number 305 hankers daleys blocl stonfiville money to loan w3ssst33 bmld3 lkgal g smith macdonald babei8teb soucixob comvsyakcma notaxt weilt tc fiu remorcd to the ofseo in sander block form erly occupied by the uto k w kill 100 loan at 6 per oent on terms to suit borrower special am srfreerto minntm eo stoufville 0nt james muimgil ll b barrintor sohcitoi eto daleys block stouffville ont jsaoxtsr xo loan kerr macdonald davidson 4 patterson babbi8ter8 solicitoes notaries public etc orrices masonic buildings toronto st toronto and main st stouitville j e kekrqc w davidson oh oood security sale and farm notes gashea and taken rott collection drafts issued tit tie imferial bank and its branches and am all feints in canada and the united states american ftiirninct ilought and sold savings department intorei t alio wed on deposits- notes collecteoti lowest rates in the midst of alarms by robeut baur in lippixcotts magazine chapter xiv w mcdonald jno apaxlkiuon r a okan1 geo f downes barkisxicr solicitor coxvxtjnccb kctabt ac spoffords block stouffville ont money to 3oa3st jdknjljr dentist stouffville ont l ds ef the royal college of dental surgeons ont- d d s- of toronto university- bcks to inform the publio of stouoville and vicinity that owing to tbe increase ofhis practice and the solicitation of his many friend he has permanently located here and his office will bv open daily except monday lor consultation and practice in mertens block whore he has been during the past year anesthetics for painless extraction uold and crown work a specialty call if possible on wednesday thursday or fri day to make appointment oatterson fenton dentists spoffords block slouttrille office open every thursday and friday a 3r013i1vsoiv dentist wihbeatmhlershotelstouarvile 00 the istli andjit he tremout f house markhautoq bo 20th ol oach month i koacman hotel mu viberton tbe uih victoria square on the- 21st- when those dates fall on sunday the followinr hinday will bo understood y ate stood for a moment regarding the dejected attitude of hi friend ucllo old man hecrid you have the most harkf romthetouibaappcarnnce i ever saw whata the matter rentuark looked up ob ita you it v of course it i iteeu pectin g an y- body eae f no i have lecn waiting for you and thinking of a variety of things you look it well keany congratu late me my boy shes mine and im hers which is two wiya of stating the same delightful fact im up in a balloon kenny im engaged to the prettiest awcetcst and most delightful girl there is from the at lantic to the pwific whatdye think of that say renmark theres nothing on earth like it vououehtto reform and go in for being in love it would make n man of you champagne isnt to bo comiwed to it get up here and dance dont sit here like a bear nursing a sore paw do you com prehend that i am to be married to the darltngcst girl that lives v god help her thats what i say every lay of her lite bless her rut 1 dont say it quite in that tone renmark whats the matter with yon one would think you were in love with the girl yourself if such a thing were possible vvhy is it not possible if that is a conundrum i can answer ft the first time because you aro a fossil you are too good renny there fore dull and uninteresting now there is nothing a woman likes so much as to reclaim a it always annoys a votimi to know that the man she is interested in has a past with which shehas had nothing to do if he is wicked and she cau sort of majko him over like an old dress she revels in the process she flatters herself she rmikos a no at man of him and thinks she owns thai new man by right of manufacture we owe it r it to the sex renny to givo em a chance at drafts issued ami e pheet ion v sl reforming us i have known men who hated in cawidii at lowest rate rarmera notes oii o oonntcd sale ntes and coodbusmess paper tobacco take to smoking merely to give i ocioellou n 10a i to 3 pm saturday 0 m to 2 p m m w a stark teller walter miller manager stasriaitl bastk ojt canada head office toronto capital iaid ur reskuvh fond si 000000 525000 bowmanrilld bradford brant ford brisritoo brussels campbcllioro montreal winnipeg aobncies at cannington cbathain col borne durham forest suutttille also agents at new york london eng northwest provinces and british columbia harris ton mrkhatn newcastle parkdale picton negotiated at current rales of interest a savings bank has been opened in connection with the branch st stouffville whero deposits of sllaud upwards are received and interest allowed thereon at current rates- deposits of a special nature trust fund ac received on favorable terms- office hoars from 10 am- to 3 pm saturdays fromloa-m- tol pm for further information apply to up joyfully for the sake of the woman they loved now if a man is perfect to begin with what is a dear iniuisteriiig angel of a woman to do with him manifestly noth ing the trouble with you kenny is chat you are too evidently ruled by ii good and welltrained conscience and naturally oil women you meet intuitively see this and have no use for you a little wickedness i would be the making of you john elliott agert famous mete0ei0 st0mes 1 take that back too cried the pro fessor hastily i didnt mean it it strikes me youve become awfully funny all of a sudden dont yon think its about time we took to our banks its ate renmark agreed with him but did not turn in he walked to the friendly fence tid his arms along the top rail and gazed at the friendly stars he had not noticed how lovely the night was with its impress ive auunos as if the world had stopped as a steamer atop in midoccan after quiet ing his troubled spirit in the restful stars he climbed the fence and walked down the road taking little heed of the direction the still night was a soothing companion he came at last to a sleeping village of wooden bouses and through the centre of the town ran a single line of rails an iron link f connecting the unknown hamlet with all civilization a red and a green light glimmered down the line giving the only indication that a train ever came that way as ho went a mile or two farther the cool breath of the great lake made itself felt and after cross ing a field he suddenly came upon the water finding all farther progress in that direction barred huge sand dunes formed the shore covered with sighing pines at the foot of the dunes stretched a broad beach of firm sand dimly visible in contrast with the darker water and at long inter vals on the sand fell the light ripple of the languid summer waves running up the beach with a halfasleep whisper tht be came softer and softer until it was merged in the silence beyond far out on the dark waters a point of light like a floating star showed where a steamer was slowly making her way and so still was the night that he felt rather than heard her pul sating eugines it was the only sign of life visible from that enchanted buy the bay of the silver beach renmark threw himself down on the soft sand at the foot of a dune tho point of light gradually worked its way to the west following doubtless unconsciously the star of empire and disappeared around the headland taking with it a certain rague sense o companionship but tbe world is very small and a man is never quite as much alone as he thinks he is renmark heard tho low hoot of an owl among the trees which cry he was astonished to hear answered from the water he sat up and listened presently there gratea on the sand the keel of a boat and some one stepped ashore from the woods there i emerged the shadowy forms of three men do you think then that if a mana j nothing was said but they got silently vktkr1nary j 1 storey veterinary surgeon graduate in honors of ontario veterinary college and honor ary fellow of the veterinary medical society all diseases of domestic animals trcntcd skilfully on the latest scientific methods orders br tele graph or mail night or day promptly attended charges moderate special attention given to dentistry office and residence same as j- weitkodstoufftille- auction kicks n e smith licensed auctioneer for tbe counties of york and ontario sales of farm stock ett attended to on shortest notice and rcasoaablerutei stouttville ont- james obrien licensed auctioneer for tbe eountleiof york and ontario orders by mall ortelegraph will receive prompt atten tion chare es moderate stouitville ont tonsorial artists call at the paris tonsorial parlor jror firstclass hair dressing and shaving sat is faetlon guaranteed hvstotk of shaving soap cosmetique maa- aesia lather braibea streps -to- is complete also flrstelsis rasors for sale and guarantee 1 raior honing and shears sbarpeningla sped- 1u- j w shankel proprietor the largest known weight 50000 pounds and wan found in 4reenland a meteoric lone which is described by pliny as being as large as a wagon fell near egospotami in asia minor in 467 b c aboii a d 1500 a stone weighing 1400 fell in mexico and is now in the smithsonian institution at washington the largest j meteoric masses on record were heard of first by capu ross the arctic explorer through some esquimau these lay on the west coast of greenland and were sub sequently found by the swedish exploring party of 1870 one of them now in the royal museum of stockholm weighs over 50000 pounds and ia the largest specimen known two ramarvaxfel iriotoori ten have fallen tru iowa within the past twenty years feb 12 1875 an exceedingly brilliant meteor in tho form of an elongated horseshoe was seen throughout a region of at least 400 miles in leneth and 230 in breadth lying in misaouit and iowa it is described as without a tail but having a flowing jacket of flame detonations were heard so violent as to shake tho earth and to jar tho windows like the shock of an earthquake as it fcll about 1030 pm a few miles east of mar engo iowa the ground fer the space of somi seven miles in length by two to four miles in breadth was strewn with fragments t of this meteor varying in weight from a few i ounces to seventyfour pounds on may 10 1879 a largo and extraordin arily luminous meteor exploded with ter rific noise followed at slight intervals with less violent detonations and struck the earth in tho edge of a ravine near jsthcrvillo emmet county iowapenctiat- j ing to a depth of fourteen feet within two miles other fragments were found n a of which weighed 170 pounds and another i thirtytwo pounds tho principal mass weighed 431 pounds all the discovered parts aggregated about 010 pounds the one of 170 pounds is now in the cabinet of tho state university of minnesota tho composition of this acrolito is peculiar in j many respects but as in nearly all aero- lites there is a considerable proportion of iron and nickel it is generally held that meteors at ojo time or another formed integral parts of a comet the meteor enters the earths ut- mosphero from without with a velocity relative to the earth that is comparable is with tho earths velocity in its orbit which is nineteen mites per second ry the re sistance it meets in penetrating the air tho light and the other phenomenaof the lumin ous train are produced manysmalmeteor- iteaare undoubtedly consumed by this fire caused by friction before they reach the earths surface issuer of marriage licenses green river ont j l baker issuer of marriage licenses residence coiner of main and albert sti west oi o t- k stouffville ont impulse ia to do what his conscience tells him is wrong he should follow his impulse and not his conscience 7 you state the case with unnecessary seriousness i think that an occasional blowout is good for a man but if you ever havoan impulse of that kind i think you should give way to it for once just to seo how it feels a man who is coo good gets conceited about himself i half believoyou are right mr yates said tho professor rising i will act on your advice and as you put it see how it feels myconscience tells me that i should congratulate you and wish you a long and happy life with the girl you haj i wont say chosen but tossed up for tho natural man in me on the other hand urges me to break every bone in your worthless body throw off yoir coat yates oh i say renmark youre crazy perhaps so ho all the guud if you boliovo it times dang more on alunatio isaomo- igoroub oh go away yonrodreaming- youre talking in yoursleep what fight to night nonsense do you want me to strike you before you are ready v no renny no my wants are always modest i dont wish to fight at all espe cially to night im a reformed man i tell you i have no desire to bid goodby to my best girl with a black eye tomorrow then slop talking if you can and de fend yourself its impossible to fight here in the dark dont flatter yourself for a moment that i am afraid ou just spar with yourself and gctlimbered up while i put somo wood on the fire this is too ridiculous yates gathered up some fuel and managed to coax the dying embers into a blaze there ho said thats better now- let me have a look at you in tho name of wonder renny what do you want to fight me for toniht i refuse to givo my reason then i refuse to light ill run and i can beat you in n footrace any day in tho week wily youre worso than her father heat least let me know why ho fought me whoso father i kittys father of course my futuro fatherinlaw and thats another ordeal ahead of me 3 havent spoken to the old man yet and 1 need all my fighting grit for that what are you talking about isnt my language plain it usually w dp iiartistey dealer in lumber mtbshldrlea salt plaiter coal water iimuiier rri coal tar tar taper fir brio firoclj fall caih pm for llidel wolsheerslilnind all warebou oppotito hallway station stonltrllle kikahcial r j daley insurance real estate -and- flnoncio1 broker oeneiul aobnt for the son life insurance company af eat for leading fire insurance cos ivtonet xo loan on farm an vil property farms and village property for sale and to rent office daujs blo sloattrillc go to the mole tflou sluggard- the llardworltlnp little animal nt at n initatrlom at the anr a moles life is by no means a gentlemanly sinecure according to the cornhill magazine he has to work harder in all probability for his pittance of earthworms than any other animal works for his daily bread ilia whole existence is spent in perpetual raising and removing large piles ol earth by sheer force of muicle in order to sustain auch constant toil and to replace and repair the utedup tissue the mole requires to be al ways eating his appetite is voracious he work like a horse and eata like an cle- he ia ffhftt bart film- i dont mind your rafoslog me cold vic- nala maam sw th tlnuworn and sreuufned pilgrim at uw kitchen door bxnignirmwdtofacoatunder irvbnt when too call me a worthless poxcneuojauce i have iw offer of 15 maam from on of usut stdlttl college i tsmcosjauy for tizsia down um l his hire such ceaseless activity can only be kept up by equally ceuclesafeeding and so the moles existence fs one long savage alternation of labor and banqueting his heart and lungs and muscles at o working at such a rate that if ho goes without food for half a day ho a tar res and dies of actual in anition he is a high pressure engine his drinking is like hi eating immoderate in all things he must have his liquor much and often so ho dies many pit in hii tunneled ground and catches water in them to tup- ply his needs at frequent intervals ho doesnt believe however in the early closing movement day and night alike he drinks every few hours for day and night are all alike to him ho works and resta by turn after the fashion ol the navvies em ployed in digging tunnels or measures hit time by watches as is the way of sailors the cheapest way to get rid of rotting treestomp if tere it no suitable means of pulling is to i ore a one and a quarter inch auger hole town tho centre of the stomp about ciphtern fnche deep and put in one and a quarto pound of saltpetre fill the hole with watet and plug it tight in the spring take oat the plug pour into the hole a halfpint c crude petroleum oil and set it on tire he hump will burn and smoulder to the ends of the roots leaving nothing but ash a on the island of st george one of the vribilof group in behringsea tbe breeding of blue lores has become very profitable they generate rapidly and when an island of good size orva becomes well stocked it is timpoasiblc to deplete 1 1 as the law provide that they most not be shot bat trapped th reatrsctiot being imposed mainly to keep to whom are you engaged as i understand your talk it is to miss bart- lett am i right right as rain renny this fire is dying down again say cant we post pono our irncas until daylight t dont want to gather nay more wcod besides one of us is sure to be knocked into tho firo and thus ruin whatever is left of our clolhes what do you say say j i say i am an idiot hello reason ia returning honny i perfectly agree with you thank yon then you did not pro- pose to mar to miss howard now yon touch upon a sore spot ren mark that i nm tryintr to forget you remember tho unfortunate tossup in fact i think you referred to it a moment ago and you were justly indignant about it at the time well i dont care to talk much about tho sequel but as you know tho be ginning you will have to know tho end because i want to wring a second promise from yon you ore never to mention this episode of the tossup or of my confession to any living soul tho telling of it might do harm mid it couldnt possibly do any good will you promise certainly but do not tell me nnlcss xou wish to i dont exactly yearn to talk alout it but it ia better you should underrtand how the land lies so you wont make any mis take not on tny account yon icnow hut i wonld not like it to come to kittys ears yes 1 proposed to margaret first sho wouldn t look at mo can yyu credit that well now that you mention it i kractly i sfcti you can credit it well i couldnt at first but margaret knows be- own mind theres no question botit that say i shes in love with some othor fellow i found that moch out you asked her i presume well ita my profession to 6mi thing j out and naturally if i do that- for my paper it is not likely that i am goix a to be behindhand when ftcocies to mysojf she denied it at first but adml tted it after wards and then bolted you must- have used great oct and delicacy see here renmark v im not- going to stand any of your sneering i cold yon this was a aore subject with me- im not telling you because i like to bnt hecaio i have to dont put mo in fighting liamor mr renmark if i talk fight i wont be gin for no reason and then tuck cut for no reason ill go on ill be discreet ai box to zako hack all i said what else nothing else s3t that enough it was moro than enovsr for me- at tho lime i tell you renmark i npmta pretty uvl halfhour silting oralk fence and thinking about it so long aa that v yates rose ivsm lh firrndignaaoy into the boat which might have been charons cratt for all he could see of it the rattle of the rowlocks and the plash of oars followed while a voice cautioned the rowers to make less noise it was evident that some belated fugitives were eluding the authorities of both countries renmark thought with a smile that if yates were in his place he would at least give them a fright a sharp command to an imaginary company to load and fire would travel far on such a night and would give the rowers a few moments of great discomfort ren mark however did not shout but treat ed the episode as part of the mysti cal dream and lay down on the sand again he noticed that the water in tro east seemed to feel the approach of day oven before the sky gradually the daydawned a slowlylightening gray at firsu until the coming sun spattered a filmy cloud with gold crd crimson renmark watched tho glory of tho aunriae took one lingering look at tho curved beauty of the bay a horeshook the sand from his clothing and btarted back for the village and tho camp beyond the village was astir when ho reached it he wassurpriscd to see stolikcr on horse- hack in front of one of the taverns two assistants were with him also seated on haraec the constable seemed disturbed by the sight of renmark but ho was there to do his duty hello v he cried youre up early i have a warrant for the arrest of your friend i supposo you wont tell me where he is you cant expect mo to givo any infor mation that will get a friend into trouble can you especially as he has done nothing thats as may turn out before a jury said one of the assistants giavely yes assented stolikcr winking quiet ly at she professor that is for judge and jury to determine not you well said renmark i will not in form on anybody unless lamcompelled to hut i may save you some trouble by tellinj- where i have been and what i have seen i am on my way back from the lake if you go down there you still see the mark of a boats keel on the sand and probably foot prints a boat came over from the other shore in the night and a man got on board i dont say who tho man was and i had nothing to do with the matter in any way except as n spectator that is all the formation i have to give stolikcr turned to his assistants and nodded what did i tell you ho asked wo wero right on his track you said the railroad grumbled the the man who had spoken before well wo wero within two miles of him let us go down to ths lake and see tho traces then wo can return tho warrant renmark found yates still asleep in the tent he prepared breakfast without dis turbing him when tho meal was rsady ho roused the reporter and told him of the meeting with stolikcr advising him to get back to new york without delay yates yawned sleepily yes ho said ive been dreaming it all out ill get fatherinlaw to tote mo out to fort erie tonight do you think it will bo safo to put it off so long safer than trying to got away daring tho day after breakfast im going down to the bartlett homestead must have a talk with tho old folk you know ill spend the rest of tho day making tip for that interview by talking with kitty stolikcr will never search for me there and now that he thinks im gone ho will likely make a visit to the tent stolikcr is a good fellow but his strong point is duty you know and if hes certain im gone hell give his country tho worth of its money by searching i wont bo back for dinner an you can put in your time reading my dimo novels i make no reflections on your cooking renny now that the vacation is over but i have my preferences and they incline towards a sinai meal with tho bartlctta if i were you id haves nap you look tired out i am said tho professor rcimrk intended to lie down for a few moments until yates was clear of tho camp any other date in the history of the tw countries at tiroes wild ideas of getting blind fall and going home to break every breakable thing in the house rose in his mind but prudence whispered that he had to live all tbe ret of his life with his wife and he realized that his scheme of vengeance bad its drawbacks finally be untied hh patient team after paying his bill and drove silently home not having returned oven by a nodany of the salutations tender ed to him that day ho was somewhat re lieved to find no questions were asked and that bis wife recognized the fact that he was pissing through a crisis nevertheless there was a tteely glitter in the eye he un easily quailed under which told him a line had been reached which is would not be well for him to cross she forgave but it mustnt go any farther when yates kissed kitty goodnight at the gate he asked her with some trepida tion whether she had told any one of their engagement no one but margaret said kitty and what did one aay asked yates as if after all her opinion was of no impor tance she said she was sure i should be happy and she knew you wjjii to good ns- baol j tr shes rather a nice girl is margaret remarked yates with ths atr of a mm willing to concede gooc qualities to a girl other titan his own but indicating after all that there was but one on earth for him i she is a lovely girl said kitty en- j thusisstically i wonder dick when you knew her why you ever fell in love with me the idea j i havent a word to say against margaret but compared with my girl and he finished his senteno with a prac tical illustration of his frame of mind as he walked alone down the road he reflected that margaret had acted very handsomely and he resolved to drop in and wish her goodby but as he approached the house his courage began to fail htm and he thought it better to sift on the fence noix tho place where ho had sat the night before and think over it it tcok a good deal of thinking but as he sat there it was destined that yates should receive some information which would simplify matters two persona came slowly out of the gate in the gathering darkness they strolled to gether up the road past him absorbed in themselves when directly opposite ren mark put his arm around margarets waist and yates nearly fell off the fence he held i his breath until they were safely out of hearing then slid down and crawled along in the shadow until he came to the side- road up which he walked thoughtfully pausing every few moments to remark well 111 be but speech seemed to havefailed him he could get no further he stopped at the fence and leaned against it gazing for the last time at the tent glimmering white like a misshapen ghost among the sombre trees he had no energy left to climb over well im a clmnpanzce he muttered to himself at last ihe highest bidder can have me with no upset price dick yates i wouldnt have eliered it of you you a newspaperman you a reporter from way back you up to snuff yates im ashamed to be seen in your company go bock to new york and let the youngest reporter in from a country newspaper scoop the day light out of you to think that this thing has hecn going on right under your well de veloped nose and you never saw it worse never had the faintest suspicion of it thrust at you twenty times a day nearly got yoir stupid head smashed on account of it and yet bleated away like the innocent little iamb that you are and never even suspected dickyouro a threc-sheet- potr ool la colored nk and t think that both of thorn kno all about the first proposal both of tbcm well thank heaven toronto is a long way from new york the em in tab sheriffs hands ihe oiribao gold miao to bs sold u satis tj a claim of 1603- a tale with a herat a halifax n a special aays the truro gold mining companys mine at cariboo including all its machinery ii to be sold by the sheriff toaatiafy the claim o mr gardiner cliah one of its directors for sixteen hundred dollars this is an bcct lesson to people who invest in gold mine less than two years ago the company wts floated with a great loom a brick of gold said to be worth 15000 and alleged to have been taken out of the mine iu a few weeks was brought to town and on the atreugth of this tho property was boomed as one of the richest gold mines ever dis covered in canada iu manager was george w stuart a w ll- known mining speculator three hundred thousand dollar of its stock was offered to the public at fifty cents on the dollar and so confident werw the direc tors of the wonderful richness of the proper ty that they undertook to reserve from the proceeds of the stock viz 150000 asotn sufficient to pay six per ceul dividend on the whole issue for three years tho proa- pectus declared that the mine was yielding at the rate of four thousand dollars of gold to the ton of quartz and that the prospect was steadily improving special efforts were made to unload thb stock in toronto bat the torontouians quickly caught on to the fact that the stock of a nova scotia mine producing 1000 to the ton of quartz where ten dollars a ton would be a good paying investment would not be offered to outsiders at fifty cents on the dollar they refused to swallow the glittering bait and had a lucky escape where old rags go after which he determined to pay a visit but nature when sho got him locked up in sleep took her revenge he did not boai stolikcr and his satellites search the prem ises just as yates had predicted they would and when ho finally awoko ho found to his astonishment that it wu nearly dark but he was all tho better for his sleep and he attended to his per gonal appearance wlh more than ordinary caro old hiram bartlett accepted the situ ation with tho patient and grim stolidity of a man who takes a blow dealt him by a providence which he knows is inscrutable what ha had doco to deserve it was beyond hff corn prehension ilea lien tly hitched up his horses and for tho first time in ms life drove into fort krie without any reasonable exonsofor going there he tied his team at the usual corner after which he at one of the taverns and drank strong water that had no apparent effect on him no even went so far as to smoke two native cigars and a man who can do that can do anything would dell states and to have a wife and abet auch an action giving oemfort and support to the enemy seemed to him traitorous to all the uaditsosas of isi2 or bbifif and interesting- england has 4000 idle clergymen women of rank go bareheaded in mexico moat workers in switzerland labour abon eleven hours a day only 9 per cent of cases of am putation are fatal the catgut in tennis rackets is made from tho entrails of sheep the island of malta is the most densely populated spot on earth twothirds of the gold now in use in tho world was discovered during the last fifty years pawnbrokers are not allowed to tako wino and spirits in pawn tho czars royal yacht the polar star cost over 1000000 sterling three persons are cremated on on aver- ago every week at woking england thirteen million four hundred thousand bank of england notes are issued yearly an oculist says that scarcely one in twen ty of watchmakers suffers from weak eyes tho greek church employs two rings in the marriage ceremony one of gold tho other of silver the longest artificial watercourso in the world is the bengal canal 900 miles the next is krie 363 each cost nearly 10- 000000 some of the healthiest children in tho world are found in tho scottish highlands where shoes are seldom worn at an earlier age than twelve and thirteen it is said that pansy eaves spread srnong furs and woollens will protect them from moths the united states have 245 lifesaving stations 181 on tho atlantic 48 on the lakes 18 on the pacific and ono at the ohio falls louisville ky the slag that accumulates about iron furnaces and that horetoforo has been a great nuisance has been discovered to con tain valuable fertilising qualities and tho german farmers are using it freely mr sims reeves it is said receives t0s per hour for ujachtttttt tho guildhall school this is in addition to the fees he receives from pupils statistics show that 21010000 inhabit ants of tho united stales are maintained by agriculture 15020000 by manufac tures clusters of clover if hung in a room and left to dry and shed their perfume through tho air will drive away moio flies than sticky suiscrs of treacleand other fly traps and llypapcra can over collect in germany when the vote of tho jury stands six against six tho prisoner is acquit ted a vote of seven against five leaves tho decision to the court and in a vote of eight against four tho prisoner is convicted a frog cannot breathe with its mouth open its breathing apparatus is so arrang ed that when iu mouth is open iu nostrils aro closed to suffocate a frog it is neces sary to prop iu jaws so that they cannot hut a lady physician attends tho queen of corca and receives pay at tho fate of xvi- 000 a year when the qoeen i sick the salory stops and of course the physiclanat och time fech almost as wretched noble patient a rainmaker now operatlong in india has an apparatus consisting of a rocket capable of rising to tho height of a mile containing a reservoir of ether in iu descent it opens a parachute which cause it to come down slowly the other la thrown ont in a fine spray and its absorp tion of heat is said to lower the temperature about it sufficiently to condense the vapour and produce a limited shower while making soma excavations beneath a church in the prussian town of anger burg the workmen mad a horrible discov ery a small walledin space in which they found a human skeleton a broken chair ng to bring np a daughter who found a deliberately accept a man from the and the remains of a helmet and a pair of and to hare a wife who would aid boots the walls bore marks aa of finger nail scratches and there was other evi- dnoo that some person had been walled la alive dewshnrr in yorkshire the creat centre itni the cholera fear has paralysed limine those familiar with the street traffic of dewsbury will knew that iu distinguishing feature during ordinary business hours is the great number of lorries laden with bales of rags these bales says a writer in tbe manchester guardian are being con veyed to the great warehouses erected specially for their reception and belonging to auctioneers known far and wide or are being carried from those depsu to tne pre mises of buyers in and around tho town and neighbourhood or are being sent to the rail way companies goods stations forconvey- ance elsewhere with the public generally old rags are old rags and nothing more and very few people outside the clothing districts of yorkshire know what an important position they take in trade and commerce old rags for the purposes of this article aro of woollen or have in their warp and woof a mixture thereof they are brought to dewsbury by hundreds of tons weekly aro put under the hammer at the well- knowi sales and in a very short time aro rags no longer but ragwool otherwise shoddy or mungo according to their quality and kind just now dewsbury to use an expressivo yorkshire word is pining forrags the bnlcladen drays aro comparatively few and the extensive warehouses except in cases where british and irish rags are dealt- with are empty or nearly so the cause in dewsbury is only too well known when cholera began to ravage certain parls of the european continent ond threatened to extend to this country the local government board issned au orderprohibiting the importation of rags it was a most necessary measure but ic inflict oil a severe blow on the woollen trade and now an effort is being nado to bring about a relaxation of tho order so as to permit of rags being received from the continent for example after they have undergone a process of effectual disinfection in rags there is an immencc variety as everyone will know a torn dress of mousselinedelaine differs widely in texture from the discarded ulster or tho soiledwrap of iu original owner and those fabrics havo but faint resemblance to tho jersey of the sailer tho coat of tho policeman or the soldier or to the donewith eveningdress suit of the man of society rags come to dewsbury from all oarts of the world tho debris so to speak of tho clothing of most nations is brought ordinarily by every tide and from almost every foreign and colonial port the rus- sian the german tho italian and the turk ish soldiers as well as tho men of arms of other nationalities surrender their uniforim at slated periods and when these habli- j ments have perhaps found other users and aro ragged beyond repair they are put into j bales by native buyers and shipped to england for the dewsbury sales it is tho same with tha discarded carpels and blankets the bed curtains the window hangings the woollen shirtings the stock ings to of the people of all countries they are packed up and consigned to firms here some of whom pay as much as from 3000 to nearly 5000 a year for carriage alono an experienced buyer will look over a few score bales in an hour or so and will be able to tell you where this and that came from by the packing in some cases by tho smell of n bale in others he can say whether the levant germany now zeal and or ireland for example lias sent the goodr ho arrives at an estimate of value very quickly and checks his catalogue accordingly at the sales hundreds nf pounds quickly change hands and soon the railway com panies and other lorries are taking the bales away and tho outioneersclerksaro actively employed in advising consignorsas to the prices realised andon specified days forward ing cheques in payment in many cases mer chants in dewsbury and the neighbourhood receive bales that have been purchased from agents abroad and these are sorted and classified and then sent to the sales the rags composed entirely of wool go direct to the grinder whose devils pull them into shoddy or mungo the material being according to the class of rag used tho dust and there is much of it is blown into a receptacle and in duo course is sold for manure tho kentish hopgrower taking a largo proportion rags of cotton and wool mixed require to undergo the carbon i si ngor the extract ing process in othor works to havo the vegetable fibre destroyed without tho wool len material being injured this is soon done and then tho raw material as it is called is sold to cloth manufacturers not only in yorkshire but on thecontinentani in america and in duo time it may be months or years it returns to dewsbury and passes thro ugh the sales there to under go onco more the same processes already named insane at sea iarinc jlall steamer iletomet a tloallnz lunatic atluni a san francisco despatch says tho pacitio mall steamer rio de janeiro which arrived yesterday from china was a float ing lunatlo asylum during the voyage it brought tho corpse of american consul- general alfred d jones of shangport who died seven days after leaving port a raving maniac and it also brought purser 1 h mahar lateof the steamer peru who was also violently insane consul jones seems to have been suffer ing from melancholia when taken aboard at shanghai but he soon became violent and smashed article in his cabin and tried to rnn amuck on deck ho was manacled and a watch put over him but he steadily grew worre and died on dec 0 parser mahar became insane at hong kong and was tentl ck here for treatment he smashed windows in the steamers saloon and hsd to be put in irons on the voyage to china one of the kioa chinese passengers developed insanity and raj amuck with a big carving knife he was knocked down before ho hart any british defences unmasked- the riaa or rmw isapertast aagu ladlaa rerta taken sjr a feaek py advice just received from rangoon british burmab anew that the british government defence at- aden kurracbi bombay and rangoon are probbly a well known now in pari as they are at the army headquarter in londoo the plans of these most important defences of the indian empire were secured by a french man who onder a german name obtained employment aa an engineer in tbe british india service last september he obtained leave of absence at rangoon but when he failed to return an investigation was made which revealed his treachery the dis closure created great excitement in ran goon and bombay and there was much cabling between those cities and the home office in london bat it was a case of lock ing the stable door after the steed was stolen the man who secured accurate plans of the fortification of these four indian ports was known as wald his real name was d boulanger and home of a prominent family in marseilles he was educated for the army and when still under age served in pondicherry but a quarrel over a woman forced him to leave the colony he was transferred to algiers but soon tiring of this bard life he came back to india and obtained a position as corresponding clerk in a bombay commercial house while there he tell in with somo british officers and as he went by the name of wald and claimed to be a german he was induced to enlist in the royal artillery at colaba bombay this was six years ago he was assigned as gunner at aden and it was noted then that he spent much time in his room making drawings and notes all of the latter being in french he was soon transferred to kurrachi then to bombay and finally to monkey point rangoon he was noted at each place for his close atten tion to work and his studious habits at kurrachi he gained a place on the staff and became chief clerk which gave him unlim ited opportunities for securing information about the defences he spoke english french german and italian and his com maul of hindustani and burmese was per fect his labors in his room were supposed to be supplementary to his regular work and no one suspected that he was a spy in the service of france his disappearance coincided with the departure of mms n- a french woman of rangoon and it is thought tho couple left together at bombay he bought two tickeu for paris but he had already reach ed the french capital before suspicion was aroused as he had cunningly applied for three weeks furlough seeking a wash e0u3t- nanner or flight and the speed hide br tugraterr birds nearly all the native canadian summer birds make migratory journeys southward at the approach of winter a few of the varieties such as the swallow family leave as early as tho latter part of august as soon as tbe young are able to leave the neat much time is spent on tho wing by those birds that have the fall journey to make and when the breeding time is well over they bunch into troops having a holiday time feasting on the new crop of seeds and enjoying the fine weather children all grown up no household cares the young rejoicing in the use of their developing pinions they frisk and flutter scoor tho surrounding country but no one sees them leave singularly enough the warblers make these journeys in the night that noisy and nowvonwrioom and voirmclonr pet tho english sparrow is not migratory- so far as autumn journeys pertain to im migration they were imported to this a strange climato to them and have not learned to leave with the approach of winter w bother or nob they are an in sectivorous bird in their native isle they certainly could not be otherwise than granivorous here in the winter they are hardy pugnacious and aggressive well typifying the peculiar character of the briton a puzzle to tho scientist is to solve the problem of where tho tnergy can come from to sustain the expenditureof force involved in many occasions of bird flight that a diminutivejbit of stomach charged with a few seeds a fuel should generate a force to cleave the air- continuously bear ing the body forward at a rapid rate for hours and sometimes days seems incred ible no land or water locomotion can compete with it a goose swan or duck may start from labrador andaoonerthan an express train conld do tho distance ninny reach the everglades of florida and this ia probably done on less than the equivalent of half a peck of corn wo understand the physics of their motion we can grasp both the mathematics and tho mechanics involv ed in the wing- movement but how this necessary energy is conserved is a matter that simply confronts our researches with defiance one versed in ornithology should know tho kind of bird in iu flight and walk as well as if in hand each family of birds has a wingstroke peculiar to its class buz zards and tho familiar chickenhawks fly in circles with the wings ouutretched and still much of the time the crow affects a peculiar swagger in iu walk a quail and pheasant can not sustain a long flight owls have a lightbounding movement as if much lighter than tho air nearly all small birds fly by jerks and of course rise and fall and these also hop when on the ground woodpeckers open and close their wings when they fly the lino being i series of rising and falling curves urk walk the killdeer is a runner and when not on the nest is never at rest the hum ming bird has a wing stroke almost as rapid as that of some insects but this can not be much prolonged the grain and grass eaters are fhe speediest and sustain tbe longest flights birds of proy all have a wide base of brain large combativeness and destructiveneas and very fow aro the kinds that deserve destruction the weeks news can1dia mr a f gault has been called to the directorate of the bank of m out real succeed ing the late sir john abbott mr thomas cochrane a big rancher and mine owner of alberta ia of the opinion that the ranching basineia in tha north- west has seen iu best days nicholas k connolly who is undergoing imprisonment in carieton gaol is suffering from insomnia and loss of appetite atsadwich h f white late of walk- ervitle malleable iron works was found guilty of embezzling funds of the firm th nova s u lgiilaur hit basa gammoned to meet for the despatch of business mr grafton smith agdd s and mrs pocock aged 7j have been married in woodstock ont a montreal despatch says a cleveland syndicate with mr h a everett at its head has secured a controlling interest in he richelieu and ontario navigation com pany mr h a mnllins formerly of toronto now of binscartb manitoba left there on thebthinst with 14 carloads of fine west ern cattle for montreal hugh steed a young farmer while rid ing one horse and leading another into the town of essex yesterday was thrown and trampled upon his skull was crushed and his recovery is doubtless it is proposed to erect a small memorial hall at victoria industrial school mimico as a tribute to the late mr w h how- land who was the founder of lbs school and one of its most generous friends the hamilton ont shareholders of tho dominion building and loan association threaten to enter suit against the association if it persists in its do term nation to repudi ate all responsibility for tho actions of its absent agent mr john wright there were 1g4 deaths from influenzt in london eog last week and the disease is increasing the prince of wales is supervising a circular that will shortly be issued for the purpose of founding a society having for 1u object the carrying out of historic re searches concerning old english families in the cose of alfred john monson charged at edinburgh with the murder of lieut hambrough the jury broight in a verdict of not proven the right hon edwin sunhone sec retary of state for war in tho cabinet of lord salisbury died suddenly a seven oaks kent friday morning he was fifty- three years of age major forbes commanding tho forces in pursuit of king lobengula has telegraphed to cape town saying that he had repeated ly beaten the matabelo and that the brit ish forces were safe and well united status the coughlin trial at chicago has devel oped nothing new so far a plot has been unearthed at topeka in which five men were engaged the object of whizh was to kidnap ruth tbe little daugh ter of president cleveland gross irregularities amounting to millions of dollars are stated to have been discovered in tbe new york custom house by a special agent of tho department recently detailed to make an investigation the hebrew charity ball at chicago on tnpday nhfht notlod ichteen thouaandf dollars the largest sum realized in pre vious years was fifteen thousand dollars tho chicago pesthouse is almost full of smallpox patients and measures are being taken to prevent the spread of the disease by almost universal vaccina ion through out the city while excavating for the foundations ol a house on boyle street allegheny pa james dixon contractor unearthe 1 a crock containirg nearly 500 in gold it is supposed to have been buried by james graham an eccentric old gentleman who died fifty years ago general itho king of siam is seriously ill emperor francis jcseph of austria is su f foring with an attack of influenza the italian troops have gained a decided victory in northeastern africa over a stroij force of dcrviihes a rand vaccination ceremony took place ii wednesday aftho french ministry of tho interior a heifer was brought into the courtyard and the clerks from ihe highest to the lowest grade all children servants and porter were inoculated six aoarehiau hare been expelled from itoectos ay res wh0areteez7 an interesting couple whs went le t- rope hy the s3 latin a london special says- among the passengers on the north german lloyd steamer lahn which arrived at southamp ton from new york the other night were a man and a woman who travelled under tho namca of harris and graham respect ively they landed at southampton with a quantity of new trunks and valises and came to london where they put up at the hotel victoria harris is thought to bo the man ruhman who claims to bo the husband of zella nlcholaut who has brought an action against georgegould for a cheque for 40000 which she claims ho gave herand afterwards recovered neither the name of harris or graham appeared on the latins passenger list bat in the dining saloon list the name of harris appeared harris or ruhman is apparently a german jew both persons when interviewed refused to talk about the matter of the cheque though harris willingly conversed on impersonal subjects mrs graham would not talk stall a few of their fellow passengers stato that few persons ou the lahn knew their identity mrs graham was sick on the voyage and appeared in her scat which was at the captains uble only three times harris introduced her as his wife they occupied separate cabins part of the voyage harris admitted that he was rahman to ono of tho passengers and he was also known as rahman to the officers and stew ards the couple made many friends on their trip across the ocean there was quite a flatter of handkerchiefs nd mary snouts of goodbye from tbe passengers remaining on the lahn when the two left tbe steamer and boarded the steamer that took them ashore i maud did yoa know that chaperon in where law is not resp3ot id quite recently two freight triuson the boston and matt railway were stopped by bands of trump who broke open the seals of somo of tho cars and attempted to rifle them before they had accomplished their purpose in either case tho arrival of another train reinforced the cvptured train hands sufficiently to enable them to make a successful fight against the tramps who were finally routed one of the train hands was badly wounded tho despatches said that none of the tramps had been arrested and they are quite silent as to any measures being taken by the officers of the law the despatch recounting the second attempt sutes that the company has armed the trainmen of all outgoing trains on the section of the road on which the attempted robberies were made it is a very remark able fact that in the united states moro than any other european or american nation the defence of life and property and the punishment of crime is undertaken wlthllttle protestonthe part ofthr properly constituted authorities and powers by the individuals companies orinobs who aro in terested or who interest themselves in many western states mining camps are ap parently expected to administer justice for themselves with little assistance from any legal or responsible authority in the great manufacturing and mining middle and southern states the great industrial com panies depend moro for defence of their property upon hired forces than upon the police or militia even the railway compan ies of the northern states do not despise the aid of pinkertons forces in the south ern states the white people take all the punishment for certain crimes on the part of negroes entirely from under the hind of law and authority and summarily execute justice or injustice as it may happen it is ceruln that the united states needs to givo more attention to the properly consti tuted administration of law and justice just now thero is a great deal more atten tion given by congresses and legislatures and the public generally to tho work of enabling people to mako money easily and rapidly than to tho lawful security of either life or property the condition of things disgrace to civilization and what is i comedy of errors chapter l tub maukass mr farqtthar was thirty years younger than ter husband tbe fact originally a pleasure to him became afterwards an offence and he quarrelled with her for no better reason at least so said mr ne vili his cousin and so said every one at all acquainted with th harmleas lady old john farqohar died at aeventyrix and left his widow not one penny of money and her son young john as good a boy a ever was seen a smart yoosg soldier who bad nerer offended his father till a year ago and then only by overwarm in tercession for bis mother found himself cot down to a pittance of two hundred a year while on the other hand mr nevills daughter little jessica whom nd one knew and who was totally insignifi cant became tbe possessor of a boose and a park and a hundred thousand poti it was scandalous of coarse gentle mrs farquhar cried herself ill and said it was all her fault and of course young john was aghast and be lieved himself on the workhouse threshold but mr nevill took the matter more to heart than did either and his very hair stood on end with dismay for he was an extremely hghsouled gentleman horrified to think a member of hi household should pro fit by ruch monstious injustice jessica at this time was eighteen pretty and the apple of her fathers eye rather a clvr little person who having left school want- ad now to go to college but she did not understand money matters and became under the present ciscumstances just a littlo annoying to her papa for her remarks were perfunctory and childish and one moment she was building with her wealth some extravagant castle in spain and the next clamoring to pick i u i parcel and send it off by post to her cousin john clearly however there was bat one comfortable solution of the difficulty the heiress most marry john farquhar and so restore to him his inheri tance this project was the simultaneous invention of both mr nevill and the widow it was propounded to john who after a tittle hesitation and having no fancy for the workhouse agreed provisionally that is in jessicas interest he inserted in tho treaty a saving clause if he wrote your daughter is perfectly willing at present and when we shall have become acquainted very proper commented mr nevill conld not be more proper every word john says is admirable you aro to be congratulated on your husband jessica sit down my dear and write him a cordial response jessica obediently took a pen and wrote my dear cousin with a full stop after it what my love is the matter inquir ed her father jessica threw down the pen and began to cry then it came out i dont want to marry john farquhar sobbed jessica mr nevill bit his lip impatiently de manded reasons and jessica found it supremely hard to make them intelligible i dont want to marry till im at least twentyeight paps i shouldnt mind if i were an old maid i want to go to girton japa and to be to be cultured i mean want to be superior you must try to express yourself mors clearly said mr nevill papa said jessica who till this moment had imprisoned her mpiraurns in her breast and who though she loved her father dearly was not much in the habit of talking to him papa lady sterne was married at my age and now she is so stout and has so much to do and she always seems so tired of her husband and so tired of babies and every one thinks her so stupid you have not yet made your meaning clear jessica said mr nevill i should much rather be like dear miss snow who is always so nicely dressed and who reads so much and writes for tho sunday at home papa 1 mean what is tho good of marrying at all cried jessica and if ever i do get married i want to marry a person whom i esteem and worship here jessica colored mr nevill explained that she was at full liberty to worship john farquhar but that shemuat not keep himtenyeara waiting for hi money and theni drii hr to go on with her letter jessica tried again but john far quhar seems quite an ordinary person papa and i dont suppose i shall find it the least possible to esteem and to worship him then you had better love him said mr nevill dryly that willdoas well jessica grew very pink papa i could only esteem and worship and and here she blushed furiously love any one who was quite my ideal in every single way mr nevill put on his spectacles and star ed jessica are you thinking of mr hobson mr hobson tbe curate had made a sud den prosposal for jessica two months ago and had been declined with a few tears papa you know i hate mr hobson i know nothing of the sort said her father testily are you thinking of sir edgar lee papa sir edgar has never so much as asked me and i hate him worse even than mr hjbson of whom are you thinking i am not thinking of anyone excuse me my dear you called him your ideal i think he isnt any one murmured jessica oh a figment of fancy then i cant allow him to be a rival to john a fancy is of no importance oh papa it is it is 1 and besides you want to upset my whole life i am not one of those girls who are always talking and imagining about falling in love i think all that is such nonsense i want to fo to girton as flora williams did and earn a great great deal and and be sen sible oh i cant explain ended poor jessica in despair my dear said mr nevill falling in love is not nonsense it is very serious especially to women who are judged chiefly by tho way they tfo it they teach nothing about it at girton i think that is my chief reason for not sending you there but all this is irrelevant you need not study the question in the abstract you aro to marry your cousin john and the sooner you fall in love with htm the better write your letter my love jessica could not mako her lather under stand that he was trampling on tho finest sprouts of her delicate soul she submitted j and in the summer john farquhar was to come to nevill lodge to mak his betrothed brides ncquaint- ice now it must be confessed tho young man did not altogether like the part ho was playing in this affair for he felt himself turned into an object of com- ftaulon the role least salted to ar eng- ishman and moreover the malo animal relinquishes with a had grace his privilege of wooing still he hoped for the best having heard that jessica was pretty and he was enamored of getting his position re stored and his few debu paid besides which ho wanted to please his mother and i to make her comfortable for john was romantically devoted to his mother and sho was in ill health and altogether unfit to cope with poverty and disappointtment the wedding was fixed for the auumn and the cousins were to bo introduced in the summer just now it was spring and alas in tho spring a young mans fancy lightly turns to thoughts of lore john farquhar the engaged man was not sufficiently alive to this springtime danger in which ho stood to itg contixoed worse a discouragement and a hindrance to progress throughout the world african ants dr sharp gives the following extract from dr livingstone narrative of an expedition to ths zambesi we tried to sleep one rainy night in a native hut 1 tit ciuld notbecause of attack by the fighting battalionsofa very small species of formica not moro than onesixteenth of an inch fn length it soon became obvioas that they were under regular discipline and even attempting to carry out the skillful plans and stratagem of some eminent leader oar hands and necks wore the first object of attack largs llies of thesa little pests were massed in silence round the point to be assaulted we conld hear the sharp shrill word of command two or three times re- peated though until then we had not be- french was mascnlinenolftmioino mario lieved in the vocal powr of an anl he realy howl wish i had been born in instant after w felt lie atoiming host fraaeer i over headend nock hungarian railroad tickets- the railway marks invented by the hungarian minister dr ltikals wero adopted by all hungarian railways on de cember 1st for the future no traveller on hungarian railways will ba troubled to sund waiting at the ticket office for his ticket lie will be in a position to make out bis tick t for him self on a blank card ho will write the name of the station frcss which ho takes his departure and that of tho station to which he means to go and he will stick on to the remaining empty apace on tbe card as many railway marks as bis jonnrey will cost the blank cards will be obtain able at all tobacco shops giving himself away yes air said mr callnchcr it was fanny enough to make a donkey laugh i laughed till i cried and then he saw a smile go round tho room grew red in tho face and went away an