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Te: And m. L HENRY‘ 00., wuouasm and unmâ€" ru; 41» We“ Rice paid for batter and um wish a special cut 14»: us know and we will supply you. A 01.10178." PROJIPTLY DELIVERED 145' 3' PART OF THE 1'0 IVS. PET! (212‘ [0% PARLImrw King-32.. lilecok, opposite Wood a: Ken's bank. 2 Sharing._Hair-cutting.Shampooin and av fling else In the roman-la! line can: fly anon In, CITY BARBER SHOP. T. H. BRYANS WV. _-..-.vv.v-nnl AND \J asaignce. Books opened and closed. AcA count.»- cotlvctexl. Agaignments taken in charge me on details compkted. '5 clnl attention given to hoolz-kucpc-r'u Wurk W cm services of a permanent book-kogpn are no: required. Communicuuons from neighborin towns ro- ceivc prompt. attention and sew ces in such places Max-med moderate-Hy and satisfac- .ory. ( files: 379 Water street. AddmsmPost omce box 125. Peterooro. Ont. 7 in -V --_.w u. vv., nanthS. sum..- 1 o BROOK. Famcm’ud other good notes discounted. Draft» issued. on on points of Can ads and m: United states at lowest. rates. The collection 0! sale and other notes a. show“: made on real camp. No commission has-god. Qg‘ce._port_l_l 8940703! Kin: sue“ D...“â€" A- ,___» x... .v .. u. nuum.) Registered and "Ion. (influx-L20 09)::th Veteriu Cg; e, ’ oronm. 1e erjmu-y Surgeon .‘or 133m Mounted Polio?“ Calgary. Attended Clinical Lectures. Royal Veterinary College. London. Eng. Dentistry 3 specialty. All 0- mefizicuted animals treated according to latest scientific methods. union on Klngfltn o podte Dominion hotel. Millbrook. 1y. “I BLA ND. VET ERIN O ‘Succu‘sur In '1‘ II n.“ m): syagxox, _ __<. .-‘ .- I w .1.‘l :1 ed according to hues: sci Dentistry a specialty. Call! promptlv responded to. BETH :L‘CY -..... . u. . - oxmmo. {LL nouns no “‘21) X\nx.u.s mm?- c‘llCCol'd inc tn lunar _..u ‘-.n , Trynu'x'Twenty-five can: tea, best. due in town, also amalgam Lal’s pure “Jim; Tu». at Fifty _c ts. eiemuon or the nun-u teem. Stu-on. Oxide Ga (m- tho min- )eaa uni-action or :cclh. Good “g? teed. Will be at. Bethany the 2nd and h . ondaga 0! Inch month. Pontynoul In and 9-2 "u General Groceries, l0. utcher Shop. HNEIDER’S IV/zen in 3/37 [’22wzomlg li’zzttées, 21/52}. Etc. {'ifepaz'n'lg in [3221250565. L~1 [I work guar- A. vuuw. BARRIST ATTORNEY. A: Law, Solicitor. etc. 0 co in Ontario Block. Walton Street. Port H Money to land on the sccurily of real ’1‘ own and property (or we. GENERAL STORE: .......... â€". 1 MC. “U. 1) Utflcc in Wood. 5: Hells Wfilbrook. Ont. A: Bethany on 2m! and . ondays or every month. Private and company funds to loan at. lowest rates. Spices, 7 Wines, Liquors, Tobaccos, Provisions We take this means of in- .mrming the people of Millbrook imhich pcrhaps. ts generally Known) that. we 'have always ‘4 baud .1 choice 10: of meats. N C. MCKINNON. M. D" C. M.. (SUCC 0 nor to Dr. Aiddrie) Tax-onto J View Unwewuea. Lien-name 30 :6 o ‘ynl ‘ouogo : goons. Edinbu 'h. Member to Pb sici IndSnrgconu, tax-lo. 02!!th A. '1‘. lic store. Aflcr onicq Mun gt. Mr. “ Ric ‘ n‘a residence. King 6L. mubm. Anrfi’lhai‘hbc Kgfi ' / OYA l. (‘A VAX LODG 53.0 {X IAN 0R DER 0P ()DDl-‘l-IWHVS. eats the first and third Tuesday evening» of h month in the Home Circle rooms. Ki -st.., Mfllhrook-â€" hour of meeting. 8 o'clock. _ benefits of this Soclety are worthy the c sidrration or every person. lnfnmmtion “finished on application. \V'. ARCH ER. S. G. GEO. DUNCAN. Sec. 6 ..... u. yanauu.‘ qua“: CIRCLE A‘l No. 6 Meets the-second Honda ill/every month in Home Circle Rooms, Nougat Hells block. at 8 o'clock sharp. \\'. ARCI‘EZIE. G. \V. H. ANDERSON. ma PEOPLES? w. FISHER. VETERINAR s [G V‘ o_ (mice qurcaidence. wmefomgfinfiir chmaker and Jeweller :trass; 8; Dunford. $1.00 pEn‘ANNUM IN ADVANCE. BOROUGH. rm. Solicitor. ‘XoLaryi'g \I'A...| A. I' , I '. s. SCHNEIDER, WAITIOIP. , ACL‘QL‘NTAXT COLL12u' S CQ., BANKERS, Dun-r v-_._,, REMEMBER 391 George Street, I Wish to inform t in a position to an Choicest “eats. 13-3 season. A call solic 3:) George S MISCELLANEOUS. WmlhnkotCo “a“ a memo. MARRIAGE ”03m .1 Tonsorial *Ayfist. r- > x \. 3mm I..â€" nun Iu: .1 1.7 Pfiiyvggo Isnud 3rd Ledger. 3H: 0. LESLIE. AVIXG pt (less of M‘ "elcrl-nr)‘ 5-55; ‘ f A. A. SMITH, J. R. YOUNG. Fin. Pnorzssxokfil TO THE PUBLIC! BANKS. .-... - uunyunu.‘ red 8881111.! lfiegiste ..-z..¢ xv Say 1121]. LA N G. :.\.\'.\m'.a.\ Rpm: CIRCLE nurchased the BUTCHER busi- lessts. Lanmshire Scott,_.we nform thg’ public than-We are to an p customs "with the :3. fig]; PM Fowl in D" C. ”H (SUCCES Toronto d Victoria 1!”anch 5.". ‘35.???“ 9 Ehxfiiciuns ..-.....‘~ :l\r..1l- scientific methods. 11: by xelegrayh ONTARIO Io Ph 4-. '11-- siciuns ljo; t.‘ n M 0213mm 0F Sec'i'ét'ary. gljc. L'. NEW SPRING GOODS FRESH GROOERIES, Which together with the noel: lately purchased from M. Parlor win be sold very cheap ‘ WHITE 81 FELL 8-3111. Bailie-boro, shortest" notice tion at the lowest possible rates. rely on getting the Very test satisfac- village and gsurroyfiding country can photography/and thq Photo Gallery ! Total. . . . $27,324,201 - $314,142,135 It In uy be pointed out in connection with the above that the business mitten by the SUN during the past yeax is much in excess of that ever before written in one year by , am y Canadian Compete . - “3'. H. HILL, Copying and Enlarging I specialty. All work guaranteed. HENRY ARGUE. Crayon and Oil work done on the Have now a. full asssorzment of (3.“.an LIFE. . . ...... Cox FEDERATIOX. ...... . . . Ox'mun) Ml’TUAL. ...... NORTH AMERICAN. . . . . .g .\I.\Xl'F.\(‘Tl‘R£RS. . . . . . . . FEDER.\L.............. . . Gan-r \Vu’r....... . . . . . Txuramsw stsmx. Lemmy“. ;. ....... I)umxrox.......... Millbrook hay/now a. permanent SUN llFE OF CANADA Comparative Showing of Canadian Life Companies for year 1893 : WHITE FELL Whatever Cluods May Arise We Ree cbgquiitly on h And a large Atack of umiture of all kinds. Our stock is Well assorted wd displayed in three large show rooms. No trouble to show coda. We are £150 manufac- turers 0 the Excelsior Walling Ma.- chine. Best in the market. JOHN GILLOT ' SON Undertaken anql Practical Err-banners. , ’ 8‘ Best. of Testimogifils can be ,iv.en The Jeweller, .3: REMEMBERâ€"we ere hound toWr pres thing in our line you have I chance to get a bargain now. in town give new call. we will be plei present low prices will surprise yuu. AWAY DOWN k V H ‘ ‘ U V 1 ‘ I By prbmpt attenm t3 business, square.- dealin" and $Â¥â€"_r____,; reasonable prices, I hope to receive u. fair share of pub- lic patronage. . "I also keep in stack Sash, D0013, Mouldings and Dressed Lumber of every description, also bull. Lend Salt in Sacks, and Peerless in barrels. Also sack and barrel Plasger. Ma- ternal delivered anywhere in town or country. BOOTS and smss, Udlce and Yard u: Ruilwaylsmtion SEE 0UB WATTRASS, ELGIN AND ROCKFORD WATCHES The new sporekse; BUILD Inspection Smite d. TOALL THOSE INTENDING TO Millbruok. March 2|st, 1594‘ SEASON NA J! E. Agent, Millbnok. THE COMING O. G. GREEN, Tot ul HATS and GAPS. (FROM REPORT OF sL’PERINTEN DENT OF INSURANCE) .Veu: Policies taken up in ”1393. Photographer. J;STEELE, w. H. MeCARTNEY, And if you want anything in the \Vatch you will strike it riclyky calling on us In and we must make "Mora. fresh and m uist of the hands est, nubbiest and m Wedding pregn’ts ever hruught into Mi pple of the Manager for Central Ontario, Petepbovo‘ trade this season than ever beforp. 3 AM POSITI VE~ LY SELLING LUMBER FOR LESS MONEY THAN IT CAN BOUGHT FUR AT ANY OF THE LARGE MILLS IN THE NORTH COUNTRY, withina. rad- iance of 100 miles, and my customers say that m ' ONE DOLLAR SHINULES are equal, IF NOT BE TER, than those they paid .25 for in Peterboro’. I have a fullnsaortment of L L ER 01“ F ' ‘RY DESCRIH TION, so that. you an x. ' iing you need in the building line. 1 1 ve a! ‘ EY and WHITE LIME and keep them co 1 .y‘vfm limd I WOULD SAY: Graduate of the Cleveland School of Cutting, can guarantee satisfaction. We Defy City Competition. ' V G. H. WALLIS, I-‘ASHIONABLE TA ILOR, N ohhy Suit {gum on hand“ a la. 6 stock 0.! COFFINS" 1 kinds 0“ l ndertakef? Bedroom, Parlor and: Home" ”.335 of Furniture. hand-made, at. 1'4 3‘ WW5"!- a- Do not!“ to call THOMAS GQLLQII Gabinetmake‘q" MED YOU , WANT . Fox SflxLE â€"A good youn" nmtched team of Chestnut dun en: T. W. LARMER. IF If you Want a. first-class horse, a good rig, or tum-out of any descrip- tion, don’t fail to call at this stable. semest, nubbiest and meat. unique designs for :n’ts ever bruught into Millbrook. When you are to show you on c and we are certain our spectacles are in 1:. position to suit. you. 3653:7355!) LAKMEK’S LIVERY 1 PONTYPDOL, Stable and office on Tupper strééi ' G. H. WALLIS, MILBROOK, 1,109,858 2.00220 5,475.01» 3,393,443 2,051,000 s) f] fill/Shines. ggent, Bethany. hing in the \Vatch, Cluck or Jewellery line 40’ calling on us now. Our stuck is large awful-u. fresh unfl new stock, which will com ourpreseut stock and if you need any- on. .M . PONTYPOOL. King-sh, Millbpook, Undertaker; W. TH EXTON Tba‘a 1 am In ubetter positinu to supply the .\'ul‘ I’m/id“ [uh/I up [4: [$93. $7,060,324 AND EAST DURHAM ADVOCATE. W‘\\\\\\\ 2,543,369 2,231,453 2,044,630 1 560,800 1,17s;5oo l, . 00,000 --. .1,.). 2,75!) 3,725,1nu) 2,730,252 ‘, I 0‘) 'v'“w.h'ch cue he‘mould havergf- on V jug way to Peézridge - neat-95:33:32; Mon and halw-Jo 4c ‘ . . ' thm : m telegnpby: path borrowgd u couple of pounds. ug h of the 00d 11 fr , f the “ Bull 41 so have hurried taking time by making assurance doubly MILLBROOK, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, APRIL 26, Andromeda, chained up by her hands to the rock, was not. more hel less. But, she had a chance which I ha not. At any moment, the sea. monster might. put in an appearance and devour her. I had n prospect of any such sharp, sudden and merciful end to my sufferings. There I wasâ€"chained. Twenty years from now I should be an old woman. And the twenty years showed no hope, prospect. or even chance of release. It was horrible. One day there came a break in this terrible monotony My father received a. letter which evidently puzzled him. It. could not have been a. County Court lum- mons, for hennticipated thote and knew their contentza before their arrival. Neither wan “(an 95g: of pre ment, in These were a. few of my youthful trinis. So the years slipped away until I was twenty. I kept no account of time ; why should I have done so '! There was nothing in the past to which Icould look ba. ck, nor nothing in the future to which I could look forward. That: youth had a. very fair alto voice, in virtue of which he sang in the parish choir. It. was unpleasant. to see him put. his tongue in his cheek when my unhappy father stumbled through the words “ manifold sins.” My father had forgotten all that he ever knew, if, indeed, he had ever knowu any- thing ; and in the private bar-room of the village inn he was, as I knew perfectly well, the general butt. of the company. They pretended to listen to him. they treated him to whiskey and weter; and when the time came for closing, he was, in consideration of his position, sent home in charge of the stable-boy. Always struggling to make both ends meet, he somehow contrived to satisfy the problem from his own point of View. For my own part I know no more dull, wretched. miserable being then a. stupid man w3th a few worthless and fourth- rate university credentials, on the atren th of which he believes, or has once e- heved, that he can take the world by storm. ....-....v “5‘" His own views of life and his arrange- ments, so far as they concerned himself, were simple enough. He had his income as Vicar and his bit of globe, which he pru- dentlyietout. Durinzthesummermonths, when London was empty. he made a clear profit. Some fashionable London reacher would come down and take the icarage for thne months, undertaking all the re- sponsibilities of' parochial service. Out of this temporary transfer my father used to make a comfortable annual sum. In fact he farmed his Vicarage, and the summer months in which he let his house were the season of his fat kiue. My father was now perilously close upon sixtyyenrs ofage,buthad apleasant habit of telling everybody that he was somewhere between forty-six And fifty. Age had cer- tainly put a very few traces upon him. Like all selfish men he was thoroughly well preserved, and if he had been a duke, with the medical resources of a duke, and with ducal opportunities for travel, change at climate, and special attention to every min- ute detail of comfort, might, perhaps, have lived on into his tenth decade. With nothing to worry you. and with plenty of money, it is perfectly possible to trifle with Providence up to an immense age. 111‘ A,“ ,- .- ... . . . He once in desperation thought of writing a book on antiquities, county history, and natural history of Devonshire, but he never got further than ordering several reams of ioolscup and a. big jar of ink, for both of which he was ultimately sued in the County Court, when an order was made against him to liquidate the amount by monthly instal- mentsflof four shillings each. ion. I have since heard that he was a disap- pointed man. He ought to have taken high honors as his university, but instead of that he somehow failed to take a. good de- gree. He ought to have had a. Fellowship and 30011239 living, but his claims were passed over. As he got on in life, or reth- er in years, his friends persistently gave him the cold shoulder. The livings he had been positively promised. and which had been given to other men, were more numer- ous than the number of pounds in his own wretched stipend. “ We mull: be all thingsâ€"lo all men,” he used to say solemnly. I famy he gave this precept a somewhat liberal interpretation, for I know now that the peculiar condimou , r_-_ in which he used to return home was due to strong waters, and that his late hours the next morning, with his anxiety for dry toast and weak tea, had the same explana- Hisgreat occasions were when a nei; bouring farmer asked him to dinner. always acceptgd such invitadons. bed. * ae. __.- In summer there were apples and plums. After dinner I could forage for myself in the kitchen, for my father dined alone. Sometimes I did not. see him for several days together. When his own dinner was over. he used to sit In an arm-chair in his. room, smokes long clay pipe and drink spirits and water. When he had enough tobacco and enough spirits, he used to go to I..-) Myfather often wondered why his hens did not lay as regularly as they ought to have done, but he never reamed to trouble himself as to how I got my breakfast, or, indeed, whether I got, any breakfast at. all. I was happy, however, in my own Way. For I could not even remember the loss of my mother, and there was nobody to care or trouble where I went or what I did When I was six years old, I recollect, that I used to steal the fresh eggs early in the morning. make little hole: in them with a pin, suck out the contents, and carefully pulverize and bury the shells. 0f myself, and my education, with the exception of Greek and Latin which he taught me more or less thoroughly, and of anything that might concern me, he took no heed whatever. Except that I had to go to church twice on Sundays,l was as little looked after as an Exmuor colt. shgp_. Out-roof was thickly covered with yellow stonecrop. houseieek, and other such parasitic plants. In the garden my fa.- ther allowed old gooseberry and current trees to run to waste, and there were a. few wall-flowers. Once or twicr a. year my faiher went to Exeter, coming back with clothes for himself, a supply of tobacco and spirits and rough stuffs, flannel, calico,print, null serge, to be made into garments tor his daughter. He used to bring back some ready-made boots and a. few other domestic necessaries, not to be procured it the Village J gin... My father was the Vicar of Ossulston, and I was his only child. The Vicarage was a. stone house of eight. rooms, roofed with stone roughly chipped intoheavy slabs. We kepbacouple of cows, some pigs, and of course poultry and ducks. I need scarcely any we had an orchard, but. the trees had not. been grafted for years, and worn long past their prime. We burned wood and turfâ€"being many miles from the nearest railway station, am! even from the canal. Oeeuleton was I think, the most miserable village in all North Devon. For miles and miles there was not a hedgeâ€"nothing but heavy, squat, stone walls. The river ran through the parish, and there was a mill, of course, and a mill-dam with trout in it, which used to lie under the shadow of the ‘ old atone bridge ; you could lean on the parapet and watch them hanging lazily about the stream, each in its own especial nook. When I look back at the earlier days of my life, I wonder wh I did not. follow the example of Bampfyl e Moore Carew, and run away with the gypsiea. Many of them came through our parish on their wey backwards and forwards between the south, and Exmoor and Dartmoor in the north. I THE DEAN AND HIS DAUGHTER CHAPTER I. T56 gold in his waist“. ‘ elasticity to my father’s” ‘opent‘ic air: as we wa'ik'ed been, In his younger days, leading Hymns of a musical was erect, of a poute was poaitiv picture my silk dreu, a a plate set. qf '1 To forego a very doubtful debtof seventy shillings for the prospect, however remote, of an advantageous lease, is not, as things go, a bad speculation. Evidently Mr. Thacher did not think so; for, as his Vicar left, he prened a sovereign upon him, with some incoherent remarks about the number of turnpike: upon the road. He must have forgotten, in his excitement, zhnt his reverend visitor had been a foot passenger, and did not live more than halt m‘ 19 away. “What does it matter, Mr. St. Aubyn '3" he profoundly observed. “Some of us ride to the hounds in pink, and some in black. ’Tisn't those who ride in pink that are always in at the death. Give me a man who knows the country. Look there, the HJIIands are your way. It’s only April now. Wait till the hunting season. I shall see you in gaiters long before you’ll see me in my old tops. When you’ve got the gaiters you must remember an old friend, and let me have a good Cathedral lease. Inever like to trouble a friend, especially a gentleman and a reverend gentleman like yourself, and that little mattercf three pound ten last Michaelmas may stand over as long as you like. Here’s my hand upon it.” _ Mr. Thacker added that, good nen were scarce, and he, for 111: art, shoull like to see my father made a ishop or a Canon at least. Tfiis was a home thrust which made my father gulp his Hollands at. the temporary risk of suffocation. ~ “Hehad always himself." said the church- warden, “been a. hard working-man who had paid his own way, every {arching of it, and never been beholden to anybody for any- thing.” And herewith my excellent parent strol- led away down the village to visit his senior churchwarden, intimating that he wished to accompany him. By a. singular and happy coincidence it was one o’clock. Mr. Thacker, a. prosperous blacksmith and wheelwright, was just about to dine off bacon end broad beans, with a treacle dumpling to follow. The call of the Vicar was positively opportune. My father and I stayed to dinner, and after it he smoked a pipe with Mr. Thacker, over which they djscussed the present average prices of market produce. He also intimated the nume and rank of his expected visitor, whereat Mr. Thacker put aside the tobacco air, and produced a box of cigars, together with}. choice bottle of old Hollands. - ' "* z """ .I ””4"“ can. Jugqms. our churchwarden, has a. greenhouse, and no doubt Mrs. Juggins will lend you a few geramums or culceo- larias, or something of the kind in pots. And if you have a. muslin dressâ€"I believe you haveâ€"you had better get it washed and ironed, for you’ll have to dine while Sir Harry is here ; and you'll want a little blue ribbon round your waist, and some velvet, or something, round your neck. Here is a two-shilling piece. And now pray be as quick as you can, for money ll: travelling expenses is no object to Sir Henry. He thinks nothing of ten shillings for a fly. It is odd that the good things of this world should be so unevenly divided. He may be here very shortly. He must on no account find us unprepared." “My dear friend, Imay guy my oldest friend, for long years have not diminished an afl'ection which was commenced at Rug- by, continued at Cambridge, 'md ' confirm- ed and consolidated in riper life; my dear, friend, I say, Sir Henry Craven, is exhaust- ed by his manifold duties in town, and writes to say that he wants a. few days or weeks of entire rest. Of course I have asked him to share our humble roof; his wealth is enormous, his influence immense. I believe that to marrow he could get me made :1 Bishop; you may be sure I shall not lose the chance, and you must use your wits to aid me. He is a man of the world, and men of the world are captivated at once by an ingeuue. You see, my dear, this place is lonely, desolate, and remote. You have no com- panions of your own age ; you have not these pleasures and innocent enjoyments, 3 which it is the chief sorrow of my life that Iain unable to provide for you. And I too," here my father expanded his chest, and assumed an appearance of intense re- sponsibility, “ feel myself a laborer in the Vineyard whose allotted work has not yet come to his haud. I am wasting my abili- ties and my time in a small parish, when I ought to be leading public opinion, warn- ing against the errors of the time, and pointing out the true path to take among the many rocks, shoals, gulfs, and quick- ssnds that beset our ago. And so, my clear we must be practical. Get the house in order : get some ammonia and sponge the grease spots out of my Sunday suit; see that my study is put in order. and make the reception-room look as pretty as you I"... T.._.‘:__ , , tain. My parent arranged his necktie, and run his fingers through his hair ; then he twisted his only ring round upon his little finger, bringing the small brilliant diamond hold in its claws into prominent play. Then he cleared h‘a throat and begin. “Take a. seat, Miriam,” he commenced Then, when I had obeyed, he proceeded cheerily. and in a. tone of usstmmcems if hes‘ possesaed the secrets of the Universe, and it lay with him only to hold up his little finger and to at once stop ti on rotation of the earth upon its axis. l My father was in an old wooden arm- ‘ chair, in which he looked almost. venerable. It. was close to the table, which gave him an appearance of having that very moment abandoned his work. Then must. have been in him, at. some time (I other, some vague instincts of art, for lie pose and the surroundings were really clever. As I opened the door I almost. seemd to hear a smell bell jingle for the rising of the cur- .-._ ing._ I entered this sanctum eenctorum with- out terror. I was too old for my father to smack me, and there was ieally nothing else of which I need be in the least degree afraid. But I knew it was his habit to transact important business in the study. Unimportent business, such as the bill of the baker, he used to transact at the gar- den gate :und so, when - summoned to the study, I knew thmt there was something more important on hand than the weekly accounts, or the prospects of the potatoe patch, or the precise reasons why the old brown Cochin hen should hwe left 011‘ lay- I'na . ”or, v...-l .. uvnucuuca, unu few stray naval: in yellow pasteboard; “ Barchester Towel-s," “ The Last Chron- icles of Bax-set.” ”Dr. Thorne,” “Tom Jones,” “Peter Simple,” and other such ecclesiastical and unecciesiasticnl romance: ()1: the mautclpiece was a tobbacco jar. and by it were one or two clay pipes; there Emu fa shelf filth bottles white and black, ‘ most of them empty. On rails against the. walls. hung in various stages of dilapid- ‘gtlon, overcoats, leggings and water-proof garments. There was also an old double- barrelled gun, a. powder flask, and a shot belt, for my father, being on terms with the surrounding farmers, considered rabbits nlawful part of the tithe of which the State had iniquitously despoiled him. ,V___...-...,. yuuuu, unl'l‘uw bum Til'ntrzn. There was Stunley’s “Sinai and Palatine," an old edition of the “Encyclo :uulla Britannica ;” Alford’s “Greek estameut," Harold Browne on the'Arcticles, Paley’s “Ev1dences,” and a In“. ,A. Evidently it WM none of these things. Equally clear was it that it meant seme- tliin , and as the something in question i can! not pcuibly be for the worse, I was content to wait. . That. afternoon. my father, at an enrlier hour than usual, betook himself to the room which he called his atudy. Let me give the inventory of this apartment. Tlere were severe! battered volumes of Bolm’e Translations of the Classics: there were some odd volumes of Snuth. Barrow volumes of Snuth, Bat-Ea; There was Stunley’s “Sinai . .. .. . , old _editio£ ‘offl‘Eh: British agricultural returns for 1893 show the remarkable fact that during last year some 150,000 acres of land in Great Britain were withdrawn from cultivation and turned into pasture. This is spoken ofas "actual abandoment of cultivation" of this area. The main point deducted is that Great Britain is rapidly ceasing to be a wheat-producing country. Comparing the present wheat area with that of 1873 the decline is 1,800,000 acres. The returns also show that fruit farming and market garden- ing are largely increasing. In 1393 there were 65.487 acres in this kind of cultivation as against 62,148 acres in 1892. Argtf' inent has been largely made of late that if English farmers would give their attention to truck-farming and fruit raising they might retrieve their almost ruined [oi-tunes. They cannot compete With America and India in wheat-growing and they lO_SB mot ‘3 money every year. At the same time im- meme quantities of fruit, vegetable”: batter, cheese. eggs and even milk, are imported from abroad. Butter and 087-5 come in ship-loads even from as far as Aus- tralia. Last year butter, cheese. and eggs alone to the value‘oi £25,820.000 were imported into Gre 'Britain. The econo- mists are nfiWearn why this splendid insane canno it... gamma 4'-.. 12.:.:-i‘ n-1,, PROTECTION AGAINST COLD, mosquitoes, and ssndflies. It was ar- ranged that the second engineer and secondjmate, who were the strongest swim- mers in the party. should push on ahead. This they did, and after severe trials. swim- ming rivers, dodging alligators, living on raw beche demer, rotten apples, rotten coeoanuts, and fresh cocoanuts which were washed ashore, they reached the mission station on the 4th of February. One of them had nothing but 9. shirt on, and his legs were terribly burnt and wounded. At the mission station they were most hospit- ably treated. Constable Thomas Smith, the special oflicer stationed at the mission, then left with five natives in a whaleboat in quest of the other men, and found them, but had great difficulty in landing. The boat swamped. Their provisions were washed ashore, but the boat was so much injured that it had to be left behind in a creek. Smith and his men eventually escorted the Knnahook a survivors in safety to the mission. V--__ ... ~vuu~yv with the mission station and traders took the part of the survivors, and the natives handed over the cars and described the mission station as being so many days’walk away, with so many rivers to swim. The natives all along proved of great assistance, helping all they could, although they had no food to give. Mr. Bradley. the chief otficer, considers their survival due to the influence of the missionaries with the natives. When the oars were returned the party started to pull along the coast, but made little progress owing to weakness. want of sails, head wind and tides, finding it almost hopeless to battle against the adverse elements. During the time the men were on the beach they lived on little else than water, and they dug holes and partly buried themselves at night as SK.” FFRRED TERRIBLE PRXVATIONS, and the captain and chief engineer were eventually drowned, the two remaining survivors being picked up by a stockman. Meantime the rest of the crew in the mate‘s boat had experienced terrible hardships. They left the sinking ship in an open boat ‘ 18ft. long, with only two oars as a means cf propelling it, and they drifted tor two nights and days before the wind and sea. They then struck the coast near Duyfhen Point. The boat capsized nearly a mile from shore,but the wind drifted her ashore. Two of the men were unable to swim, but; got ashore in safety with the assistance of the others. The party then started to walk towards Batnvia River, feeling it hopeless to try to pull the boata‘gainst sea and wind. They could see Duyfhen Point in the dis- tance, and travelled some miles towards it, when; their route was bloclred by dense, impenetrable scrub, and they were com- pelled to return to the boat. They next found that the natives had stolen the oars and rowlocks, and they had no sails. For several days the party kept traversing the scrub, a distance of nearly fifteen miles. in ' hopes of getting through. For eight days ’ they had nothing to eat but occasionally sand crabs and berries. Some of the latter : nearly killed them. Some of TH l“. NATI \‘E'i came and were friendly. but desired the survivors‘ clothing. Shortly afterwards three young men who had been in contact i, 1894. 16 t) ‘the’ Vcfiue of £25 82000 “a borted mm. Gran ’Britain: The Dee‘s: ’5 are :2.. I g m learn why this splendid me cant") be secured for British pock- 'H‘k Sun. 3 5005' PARTED COMPANY in the darkness. The en; tain’s boat arriv- ed off Mitchell River on the sixth day ; but when near the shore she capsized, and one of the crew, named Murray. was drowned. The remaining seven men swam nine hours towards the shore taking the boat with them. The craft then righted, and the captain ani three men went ashore in search of food, leaving three men in the boat, which kept withir. hailing distance. The boat, however, was eventually caught by the wind and the current, and was Italen to sea again, and after drifting 'rfifty hours was sighted by the steamer Victoria, wlich was unable to rescue the occupants owing to the shallow water. The Victoria, however, reported the mat- ter a: Norumnton, and the Government steam launch \‘igilant went out and rescued the three men. The captain and the three , men ashore A terrible story of the sea is related by the survivors of the steamer Kanahooka. which founder-ed in a heavy gale in the Gulf of Carpenterie, North Queensland, on the 19th of January. The Kanehooka was bound from Rocky Islet, which is about 120 miles WNW of Normanton. to Launcestou, with a cargo of guano. When about fort) miles of? the west coast of Cape York )eninsule,u south of the Lntavia. River, on hursday, the 18th of January, the Kannhooka en- countered a tremendous gale. The after- deck house and skylight were carrietleway. Tremendcus sees washed aboard, and the crew were ordered to batten down the large hole in the deck made by the loss of the deckhouse. The men had to be lashed to the rails when at this work. They were frequently washed overboard and hauled aboard again. The water continued to find its way into the hold, and was soon soaked up by the guano, the extra weight caus- ing the vessel 'to settle. The pumps were worked continuously from Thursâ€" day nighttill Friday night, when they wer: abandoned. As the sea. burst into the thd the fires Were extin uished, and the vessel sank. The crew hag mean- while lowered and manned two boats, which, however, Dmudl’ul Suflcrlngs of Many of the new. , """ " B_' thn Mrs. Peel, our old domestic, in which we rehearsed the household stores, and went into a. number of minute economic There is an infinite amount of trouble involved in such small matters as linen, the best chins. tea. service. and the te mporury reproduction of slmost forgotten household treasures that are resting in lavender and must be furbished up’ for this special occu- sion. But my father did not interfere with us, and so upon the whole We settled mat- ters more expeditiously than might have been anticipated. (To In: CONTINI’BD.) Agriculture in Britain luxuries for which I had often yearned when sitting alone in the Lwlight upon the kitchen hearth, knitting mittens and stockings for the winter, and sorely puz- lzlledl.ovei- the stockings in the matter of ac I held a brief council of war that night with MPH. Peel, our old domentin in whit-1‘ TERRIBLE STORY OF THE SEA. 5y to D91 There is no part of the process involved l in making an extra quality of butter that is of equal importance with properly Work- ing it. That the buttermilk and water must be taken out of it and the salt put into it, are matters of necessity, and the man who can invent some cheap method by which this can he done without working the butter will be the dairyman‘s benefactor. To make fine butter we must retain the grain in it, while all working, much or little, tends to destroy this grain. The modern plan of working butter is to do away with working it as much as ossible, and do that little as lightly as can e, and at the some time expel all the milk and water and introduce the salt. To do this, stop the churn when the butter granules are very fine, draw 1 buttermilk; “and introduce water at a . pereture near {)5 ° R. which hardens vex butler, and when the water rumI clear in- troduce the salt. mixing it ”with theuiii granules of butter in the cum. ‘ ‘ '- move the butter to a table ond‘ pl“! shnpe for nmrket. This will need no se working to remove the mottled oppem Do at expect tosncceed pe eotly with ., first trial. out: little experie cs Will ‘ mach ho to owl-come the di nl ' is well a firat to wash the hu churn wi' ostrongbrine, ins water, I) ‘ more skill is prwti- ‘ ~ l Many young farmers propose to become dairymen some day. They have learned that dairy products have no unprofitable years. unlike wheat, corn, cotton; beef, pork, and other farm products. It is a cash business, or nearly so, and the authorities say that dairy products have not sold below the cost of production but once in twenty years. The first thing to do is to examine the market. How can the milk or butter be sold? Find out how much can be sold and the prices. Regulate the size of the dairyto the amount of milk to be disposed of. One had better start with four cows than with more. Bear in mind that a cow can- not pay unless she is well housed and well fed winter and summer. Get boards if possible; if not, build {our good stalls of poles and straw. Make the cow-house so warm that water will never freeze in it. Have the bottoms of the stalls high enough to be always dry. Have a ditcn six inches deep and two feet wide behind the cows, and bed them with dry leaves. Keep the cows and stable clean. The first lesson in successfully handling cows is two control of human temper. Never, under any circumstances, strike acow and partic- ularly have patience with the heifers. They do not know about the work required at them,and nothing teaches them more quick- 1y than kindness. Make pets of cows and there will be plenty of milk. The most important part of all is to feed the cows pro erly. The dairyman must make a stu y of this; he must learn how to mix a proper ration with the feeds at command. It will not do to depend upon one thing alone for cow feed. 'lhe ordi- nary mixture is corn meal, bran, a little oil meal, and hay or fodder. Every cow re- quires a certain amount of feed for the sup- port of her body, and the profit depends on the amount of food she digests beyond this. That is,every cow must be fed almost up to a point where she fails to digest the food profitably. Do not be afraid of over- -feeding her. Not one cow in a thousand is overfed, while about 993 inl,000are under- fed. This means with good cows. It does not pay to keep poor cows. A cow that makes less than 175 pounds of butter in a year does not pay, even i! one does all the work himself, and raises most of her food. Unless there is an ice house and extensive apparatus on the farm, it is easier to make butter in winter than in summer, while the prices are very much higher. Indeed, it is hard to sell either milk or butter in summer at any price, but in win- ter there is always a top price demand. Therefore, have your cows drop their calves in the fall and go dry in hot weather. Butter making is a business that needs care and study, and no one can succeed with It unless he is willing to give it this kind of attention. If one loves the work, it is the most interesting, and by far the most pro- fitable occupation on the farm, but, like all good things, it means hard Work. . her the young man just beginning his business life there is nothing about the farm that‘promts- es so fair a future for him as the dairy. Preserving the Grain of Butter. Young chicks should never be put in the same pen or yard with those much larger than themselves. After they are nearly grown, the cockerela will become quarrel- some, and should be removed by themselves to other quarters entirely separated from the pullets. 11' there should be any ailing chicks, put the sullerers In a pen by them- selves. and feed a more tempting grade of food than used ordinarily. Medicine may sometimes save a sick low], but oftener it will not A certain number of the flock may die each year in spite of all precautions or medicines. If the poultry raiser will persistently observe system in feeding and watering, in cleaning houses and yards and have a watchful interest in his flock, hecannot fail of reasonable success from the-xtart. Poultrynraisiug requires very close attention to details; and proves nmst profitable with small flocks and abundant foB‘d‘sm‘d space. "w“ mu. m weumg mem meal, it must be well cooked and cooled. Keep fresh Water where they can get. it at all times. After the chicks are half grown, they will get along with about, what. the older fowls get. in the way of food, but will eat and gain faster on the especially prepared fool] above described. At. any time after the young chicks are a week old, they Will be greatly benefited by an occasional run in the grass, if, it is possible to arrange for this. To insure a succession of eggs next win- ter, set the first hens early in the spring, then, cne or two months later. set again, and so on. Hens’ eggs will require twenty- one days for incubation. If not enough hens are handy at once, wait until there are more, for in setting several at once, two broods of chicks can often be put with one hen, and the other hen will soon again be laying eggs. Also, as the chicks grow, there can be more of them in one pen, as all the chicks in any one pen must be of nearly the same age ; otherwise the larger will crowd out the smaller, finally killing them. When the chicks are hatched, they should not be disturbed for at least two days. Have ready for them a small pen, a good-sized box or barrel laid on its side, in it warm place, out of doors, if not too early in the spring. Connecting with the pen, there should be a yard or run, four by six feet will do, covered with wire netting, or slats, top and sides, to keep out cats and , other animals, but so arranged that the 1 top can be easily removed for cleaning out, , or spading up. A part of this run should E be roofed over With loose boards to keep E out the rain. and, until the chicks are a 3 month or six weeks old, the whole pen l: should be covered with boards during any ,, continued rainfall. (letting wet kills more chicks than all other causes combined. 1! C the weather be warm and clear, the mother d and chicks can be put into their pen, when ii the chicks are a week old, and kept there 1] until they are two months old. Then take w the mother hen away from them and put 5, them in a larger pen, which need not have tl a covered top, unless it is impossible to w otherwise keep oil" cats, skunks, or hawks. u, Until the chicks are fully feathered, at they should be fed six or eight times's day, F oiving them bread, the best portions of a. table refuse, oatmeal, or corn meal mush, with as large a variety of other food as possible. They will eat, and should have, agreen food after they are two to four weeks old. In feeding them meal, it must pe l... u..." .‘.I__.: s . . ._ --..-. .. u... I-uw vu mun, Until the chicks are they should be fed six or aiving them bread, the table refuse, oatmeal, or P RACTICAL FARMINl A Four-Cow Dairy. The Care of Young Poultry. $1.25 IF NOT PAID ~Sig. ‘Maeatmcci recommends the mil’f non of 20 per con; of wood sawdus: sun 5) ~ 1 ‘ " \\ L A 0 pet cew- W d, whzch makes ‘ : ,fill srrn- . . the gs’cumemwu aohd. hpjéin and Amcrh - ,-__. -v'-â€" “a “W interposed the clerk as soon as the ex-j: mm hsd gone, “do you know who c mm in that you exempted 3" “No.” “ is an undertaker." a , , _ _-_---. ou‘.‘ m uuccunm- es, and returned home filled with the spirit of reform. But whatever the temporu-y check imposed by the Porte.the young men of Turkey were aroused, and change ieinev- nable. . Lord Hannen, the distinguished EnglisH judge,whose death was recently Inn was knovm es 2. very stern and strict ruler of his court ; no man dared to take a. liberty with him. and he was never known tobehonx- cd but on one occasion. A jurymn, dressed in deep mourning, serious and downcut, in expression. stood up and claimed exemption from service on that day as he was deeply interested in a. funeral of a. gentleman at which it. way his desire to be present. “011. certainly.” was the courteous reply of the judge, and the and man went. “.3137 143111," inferno-M oh- .!._I. __ L ,, W ._ v", «gym-nuvu. 116 ml bibed his dan gc rousdoc Lrines in the congreul es, and returned home 511.4 -m. .L- - Echoes of the great words spoken in the World’s Congresses in Chicago are heard in Turkey, where the law school at. Con- stantinople has been closed because of the liberal ideas advanced in the lectures of Ihmhim Hakki Efi'endi, who WIS Turkish (“ammissxoner to the Exposition. He im- LHuul l.:-,l__ _ . . , W. S. Gilbert describes his method of cclluboration with Sullivan. He manta the composer and proposes a subject. which they discuss freely and fully. After the plan is settled, Gilbert writes a fairly long scene and that is discussed and um several times. Anything that. Sullivan thinks unfit. for musical treatment in auicken out. After a number of conference- Hilberu begins in. earnest. and send: hi- libretto to Sullivan, always keeping ail-E5: ahead. we can off‘ General Booth. of the Salvnjo- Army, announces his purpose of mixing ._cn.- pzign of four months’ duration in‘ the United Scenes and Canada. next £511. He Wants the army to raise afund “$250: 000 this year to celebrate m: “fiftieth vear of Christian life,” and proposes t1)» an international jubilee congress be held in London next J uly. He will use the money, if he gets it, to further the work of the army. ~ u.» yuyuutuuu ox nus amulet amount. *0 over 70,000, and the Grey Ludiea, so ullei from Che habit they wear, visit thuick,n\~1 try to educate the well. They his. one day a week for resL. ‘ Fourteen women, known as the Grey Ladies cf Londoufimve dedicated their lives to working among the poor of Blackhath. he populationp: thins disgricjb amounts *0 __ A, -n AAA Lady Aberdeen’s futhex’. the late Lord Tweedmouth, was a. most diligent collector of medizeval and eighteenth century ob~ jaws of art. His seat in the Highlands. Guisachan, contains a. magnificent collection of all kinds of treasures. ._ "rr" -.-- eta. Strengflxcning weak places will not only avoid vexatious breakage: when one in very busy, but may also avoid runways, nnta i . of which are caused by the breaking of thc harness. can he ume“ «u BOW}: on hand a: all Lumen supply of 1m thread wax, a half dozen assorted nee'dlea, “1- and especially ..n nssorcmeng of <30pr; riv- n.“ \.m __-L .,,:, The capacity of the horse for . work de pends much upon his harness. Stxfl' hag-neg. tires and worries him. Oiling the heroes. ' will make it flexible and will also make it more durable. There is no better time for oiling harness than some stormy day on which outdoor work is forbidden by the weather. A mixture of three parts Lam‘s. foot oil to one part of beef ta‘low, la a splendid application. A little lamphlach may he added, to blocker: the leather ; and also a. little custor oil, to prevent the 21.1w from nibbling. But the best way to pru- vent the mice from nibbling the heme» :s to hang it in a tight closet and keep two or three good mousers about the barn. When the harness is being oiled is the pro- per time to make any needed repairs. This Work also can be done indoor. cu stormy days. It is certainly much better to gig" then, and not to have vexatio'm‘ W, when plowing is pressing to by doze. Vet, nearly all the repairing_ that“?! .nmury I Ingmarking on; ground for .corn or pom. 15068, if one horse is used it as noceo e", to drive in a. at ' ht lines: when two-hon. are used. If a. single horse is used It win go straighter and better if it is_ nllowed no go slowlv. A horse that is Jetted m yelled at“ becomes nervous and does not know What, it, is about. and mnot do but no Well as when he is unexciwd. Give: horse a. loose rem when he is n work. 3. cannot use his full strength if his head is drawn up with a might check rein. Pet-hep. it is not beat {or all kinds of work um there be no check rein It :1]. for; hon. will be reaching down to the ground when standing still, but it, should certainly allow the horse to get his head down to a level with the rest of his body. Some home. naturally csrry their heads high, even When at work, but, most of them do not need to get their heads down to throw all their Weigh: into the collar to move a havy load. tionary fine, W evgrything r infiéfi schoolé matefi “m9 ’t neglevt to $2“ Linimcnb for Horn)! Frostileue tor the hail IF you want anvth! SOLID ' PETROLEUM FUEL. TURNER’S ‘j I that the “on": 5‘ ”I ’ u we mm frequeln gall. Loose collm m sponge the shoul- sause of sore should“? wi era night and menu's coction of white 05“ wk hardened. Mwy much trouble to 1’8"” . _ . ll repay but I wml‘ n’ would vie hone. It is like hen you come in u. 1 in added comfort“ t taking 011' your hot W a. . strong do- until thoy get’ {men think :0 too W, the coll-rs on noon, the trauma at work. noon, tired and heltéd by yo __ _L:l‘ .L, Reholixlifim collars no goon wnue the horses are «Ling gives the shoulders ‘ When u gull doe. Chance to become cool. ‘ “me. bathen uncut three amen . d" with cold water. If possible. let the ani- mal rest mm] the place is heeled, but by all menus try warrnnge by wmdmg cloth around the collar to relieve the pressure Upon that Spot. Do no: hurry the team am much. but let it take its own nltnnl pan. and is will not need to rest so ofoen, and will leave the field fresher then if hurried liking will: a Whip. n {,4 A___ ‘_ â€"_., 1:... them do lig Care of Harness for Farm Horses. PERSONAL POINTERS. 'h;£r work for the 5m few d"... ’ â€"-¢nh Inn 9,,- “'14 [hrs u, noon while 11,. fives the shoulders . >01. When 33:11 doe. mat, three tines . d" ' noesible. let the uni. EC. P. a: