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THE NEW INMATE OF HILFONT. A THRILLING STORY OF OLD ENGLAND. CHAPTER VII. " I want to hav* a peep at old Eitoourt, Cousin Clara, before 1 leave," aaid Bsrtia ; " can't you drive over lome day ? It U not so very far. " " lateen mile*," mid I. "and back again ; and do you think I could take a dangerous fellow like yon among to maaf ghewf "Dangeron* ! I am their brother," aaid Bertie, with a laugh aad a blush, and a 'ook of iageniaat gratitude and thanka. " We're all in th* i tin* boat, and hav* a right to be friend*. Here's to-day as bright a* Tune, aad nothing particular to do with it let us all got" " With the greatest of pleasure. I should like abovs all things to go over to Eitoourt nod see year arrangements, Clare. I am told they are quite admirable," said Mrs. Robert Crofton, " Aad -jo oae U admitted I It will be quite a privilege," cried Mr*. Crofton of Stoke. "May I bo of the party, aunt?" aaid Luny, quietly so quietly, a* if thit gentle girl bad no wiU of her own. but lived oaly at my pleasure, that it wanld bsvs been barbarous to any ao. I giv* in at last against my will We set out, th* whole party of as, except the older gentlemen, the three Mr. Crof tons, who had no partic- ular mind to follow their wive* over th* country on such aa errand. Usury and Bertie were to ride. We alder ladies and tbe children filled two carriage!, while Mary Crofton of Stoks, wbo was th* l*a*t thing of a hoyden, proposed riding with " the boys," a* she was pleased M call them. " Aad I oaa mount yon, Lacy," aaid Uarwont; " are you up to fifteen mile* ? Rather a long stretch for a lady. I expect you'll both give in long before you reach Ketoourt." ~ Doe* Lucy rid*?" asked I, in lupnse . " The best horseman I know." said Der- want, laughing while she with the root went to get ready. 1 was supriaed perhaps something more than surprised for all Lucy's attainment* came upon me uneipectedly. Modesty perhaps, and bumblaaess of mind, a desir* not to boast; but it was somewhat annoying to find out ths gift of one's inmate and companion so luddenly. Virtue so superior aad out of tks way somehow never gate th* appreciation which it is luppoaed to deserve. Alice, the o'.her Mary Croftoo, aad the little Forteocuee were in the other carriage. Alice we* no horsewoman, an. I I saw with a momentary regret tbe young people ran toring before us, Bsuis keeping close by Lucy'* rein. That, of course, wai a more accident; but still I should have prsfer. ad that Alioe had boon there. Lacy termed to manage her horse with as -nuoh . ( uietneea. and ease, sad propriety ai *be did everything olae, not exuberant like tbe Stoke Maty, who wai wild with limple spirits and girlish gsysty. But thsu I wa* voted and put out by discovering again, for ths fifth or sixth time, that I knew nothing about Lucy, snd that shs did not choose to bestow nay of her ooafldrac* oa n>.e. I oould Lot help thinking over it a* w drove along. Wat It my fault ? Yet why should she hav. hesitatod to tell me that shs rods aad liked riding ? To b* sure she did not hesitate, she only said nothing about it. It was hsr way. It was past icon when wa reached Bet court. There wa* no lessons going on then . The teachers had gone home, and half of the children, the other half, ia that holiday tims wsr* doing their own pleasure. ^Thia pleasun consisted ia some secret ami TwS . terious work, abonhioh I, dropping in by chance an.) aloneJrVy old morning-room, found ihsm cluttering iheir heads as busy as possible. Th*y wsr* rather diiturbed at my suddsa entrance, and plunged th* work ir i ., a mighty work-table of Mies Austin's, one snd all sxclaiming in dismay, " If Alioe ehonld see It ! " Then thirteoret mgbouti ad to me after I had taken an <_? atrirt silence. It wa* a veddingflKasnt for Clara a magnidoent tabla-oo^Kfrorked in twelve square*, one by every^fTrl in Eit- oourt a mystery whioh the sisterhood were bound uuder grievous psnalties not to di- vulge till the completion of the work. "But Mrs Crofton will not tell ? " said th* least uf the little embroiderers, looking doubt- fully in my face Mnoatod my vow vi th the greatest seriousness. " And oh, plsaee, don't let Alice oome her* t " cried another. I oould net promise that, but remained till Miee Aailia'i work-tebl* wa* carefully ockod up ; then sarsly, the seorst wae safe. After this little adventure I returned to th* drawing-ro >m, where Mia* Austin had re aived the party, aad where th* young peopie waited for luncheon with agreeable impatience. The two Mm. Crof teat and the twe M iss Crofloas looked about them with considerable statement, especially tbe elder ladiee, aad Lucy oait quiet in veatigating look* at th* door. Rut there waa aaly plain, homely, iron-gray Mia* Anatla who wa* now to confirmed snd es- tablished in her authority a* to b* half re Mntful of the Intrnaioa of visitors upon hsr quiet. Nothing to b* seen ! Th* aitonlsh- meat bunt forth at las'. " Bat this ia not th* eetablishmsot ; wa M* none of Mrs. Cref ton's arrangement* here," said, ia a tons of disappointment, any namesak* of Stoks. Indeed, I do not think I promiMd to -.iw you any," said I. " I brought you to MO Ketrourt, which ii a very cosy old hoiiM, and has a littls picture gsllsry and jhamher nf state, which etraagsn often k to see ; lor otherwise we hav* no ar tngsmsaU hare." " Yea, my dear." laid Mrs. Robert ; "but th* initiation th* asylum " " Mr*. Crofton means the roome for the orphans, aunt," explained Lucy. By this tim Alioe, blushing, yet looking somewhat indignant, had withdrawn be- hind Miss Austin's chair ; and Bertie, gen- erously trouble! and uneasy for her, follow- ed her there with a nook in hi* band, fond- ly calling her attention to it, " Look here. Alice, " cried Bertie, " hire' a mark of old time* : here'a where yoa scribbled in the days of your youth, and spoiled the title page, and caught a blow- ing up. Look here t aud your name written in my own admirable hand-writing as it was in ttioai day* ; yet you leave such a valuable autograph lying about anywhere for shame ! Bertie's speech restored my good humor. " Do yon call Ksoourt anywhere, yon saucy boy ? " aaid I. " Leave thr memorial where it 1s; I like to eee it Come, luncheon i* ready. The children are aom*wh*r* about ; it i* holiday tims, aad there ii noth- ing to do. But a* we are going to soars i heir roast mutton, we shall eee them at table. Com* ; but I am afraid there ii oaly i pie fare." With amaxed facet, my visitors followed to th* dining-room. " I don't understand it at ill," said Mrs. Robert Crofton to Mr*. Crofton of Stoke, in an audible whisper, which I oould not help overhearing. " The arrangement* here are those of a gentleman'! home ; where ar* th* children kept, do you suppose? " The othsr lady shook hsr head ; *h* wa* as much in th* dark at my respectable lister -in -law. " If this i* charity, I only wiab my chil- dren were a* well off," continued Mrt. Robert, who wa* a lawyers wife, and lived, in Rumell Squsre, and they did not at all know how to treat the six little girls, who, though shy, w*r* a* frank in their speech, so far a* I was concerned, a* though they had been Crofton*. Mrs. Robert looked ro'ind the room, and held up her hands in telegraphic horror. Shs was shocked to think that my orphans were ao well off aad in virtuous indignation was quite ready to luggoit that scores of poor children might have been educated and clothed in blue frocks and white tippets for the sum which lupported in this luxury my unjuitly favored twelve. It might have beea oold for so much, aad given to th* poor. I could read that ancient sentiment in my sister-in-law'i face ; but I fear she was thinking, not of the poor, but of hsr own Harry and Mary, Frank snd Kdward, who had no such gardens as those of Eitoourt to luxuriate in. As for Lucy, she began to enter into conversation with th* littl* girl next her, and aaked how *h* lik*d to be here, and aaid how kind Mrs. Croftoo was, till th* child was atricken mute with amazs- meat, not knowing, till it was suggested to her, that there was anything so very re- markable in her lot. Atallthis Alice Hsrley looksd on with a thoughtful face ; she had ceased to speak to any of our party, and sat by herself among ths lull* girls, with a certain air of pride andressntntent which I nsvsr remember to hav* seen on her lace before. And Bertie wat not now by her aids to speak of old timss, aad shs could besr at the other side of the table Lacy quietly informing Mrs. Crofton of Stoke that the wat an orphan, and " no better" than these children, aad once thought sbs should hav* been very glad to bo admitted to Ketoourt. " Where, I suppoo*. aunt qualifies them all for gnvera*s*ee," laid Lucy. " So good of her ! I thought I ihould hav* had to b* a govern*** too. 1 ' It wa* an odd eccnc in it* way, aad aot a very pleasant one, though 1 am very sure there was nothing in ths roast mutton and no* pudding, which my honest Berti* de- molish*! to such alarming sxtent, to make anybody envious. Yet I found the two Mrs, Croftoot quite without interest in th* picture gallery and th* chamber of state. Lucy desired to bo loft behind to make ac- quaintance with the little girls whom shs was so sager to show hersell on aa equality with; but of ail the other incident* of that visit, I was most concerned by th* Hidden cloud whioh covered Alice Harle/'s fao*. CHAPTER VHL Th* morning af Mr tafe xpadilion, I found Clar* and Alice together in very close oca- vsrsatioa in thsir own room. The rest of th* psrty wsrs all down-Hairs, discuning thsir plans for th* day ; but the twoiiiten had contrived to steal away immediately after breakfast. Alice wat seated on the ottoman at th* foot of th* bed, whil. Clara half knelt, half sat on ths floor before hsr Isaning on her sister's knee. Alice wai the speaker, and Clara's earneet little face was gating up to her with wistful wonder and distress. They both started and lo-kod a little confueed at I entered. "Why are yon here, children ?" mid I. 'Have you no opinions or inclination! to add to the general council as to what i* to b* done to-day '" "Oh, pleaee. we would rather act go dowa : we would rather not go anywhere, Mrt. Crofton." laid Alice. Nobody will evsr miss us : we will stay here." " And how do you know nobody will misi you?" said I, "Am I nobody, and Mr Crofton, aad Bertie, and tbe children ? It Alice oroat to-day, Clara, tell me ?" "Alioe is nsvsr cross, said my godchild, with some spirit; "but, oh, pleaae (peak to h*r i th* oavi such dreadful things. Shs has be* n *o low and dull over tince yestor day." " Low and dull T I do aot nnderstaud that. Has any one rexed yon Alioe '" "No," said AHoe, with a certoin youth ful dignity ; " only 1 have been thinking, if you please, Mrs. Crofton, I think I ought to go out as a gorernees." " Oh, godmarr.ms, liiten to her 1" cried Clara, with a sudden burs', of tears ; " ihs baa basn going on so all ths morning, ami just when thit has happensd to me. and ws wsr* all to he so happy. Speak to her, godmamma I" " A governes. !" laid I ; " indeed I do not please, Alice, What does ths child mean?" " Ah, we are not children now," iai< Alios, pathetically. " When we were child ion it did not matter. We had no experi sac*, ws did not understand any tiling ; hut now !" and Alioe ended with a profound igh, and shook her head sorrowfully, %i n....,.,h k || ths troubles of existence w*r hanglag heavy upon that pretty white brow. I wa* orry for the poor child, yet I could scarcely hslp laughing. " Do, you know, that oae is always the better for telling one'* troubles?" said I. "Com*, open your heat and let me know what they are." "Mrs. Crofton," said Alice, solemnly. after a little pause, "I oaght to go out a* gov*rnes* ; I know I ought. Clara is go ing to be married, aad to be) rich, and I hope sbs will bo very, very bapp/ ; but I have read in books how gentlemen feel to their wives' families, aad I will not go with her to fret her husband ; ao Clara hat no caua* to b* angry, nor grieved either, and that is one part of it qaita settled aad clear." "Very well ; now for the other," said I. I rather think Alice wa* half offended that I reosived her "settled and cleat" so quietly, and consented to it with so much readiness. She look*d as if abe would lika to cry, but after another little pans* pro- ceeded again. "And, then, mamma ha* not very much 'or the rest at hone. I could not go to make them poorer. I will go and b* a rovernem, pleaae '" "Let us go into it quietly, "said I, show- ing no sympathy for the iu lilen break -down which accompanied thii exclamation. "I* t becana* mamma ha* told yon *h* has very itile, or because you have aeon the other on** suffering from your presence, that you inve com* to this sudden resolution, Alice?" "Mamma would do anything rather then let me think myeelf a burden," aaid Alioe, with indignation. "It was lome of the little ones, then." aaid I. "Oh, godmamma '." cried Clara, "you do not think so; yon know batter- It waa what enms ons aaid yesterday , when yon were at Kstcourt, about the girls." II And I don't mean to be) ungrateful," cried poor Alice through her toe- j ; " but f mamma was too poor to bring ui up at nome, I ought to work for her, and help her BOW. I know it 11 all true. I should never nave learned anything but for your kind- nee*. I have no right to be proud, and aay they were cruel to toll me ao. I did not know indeed we were all brought up for {overneeses; but I must not be dependent on mamma, who is poor. I must do my daty now, 1 know," " I truit yon will," said I; "bat do you Lh ink, Alice, Mrs. Robert Crof too is a much lietter judge than I am, and than mamma, what your duty ia?" ; Oh. it was not Mrs. Robart Crofton ; it waa -very one," aaid Alice, turning away her fao*. " Alioe is naughty, Clara," aaid I, "and ill tempered She i* puuiihing you and me lor other people'* faults ; never mind I We are good, ana don't deserve it. Now listen lo roe, yon foolish little girt Young ladies in novsls go out as govsrneeaea whan there i* BO neceuity for it, to ihow that they are high minded, and of an independent spirit, and to exhibit tbe emelty of all those on Fortunate people who employ governesses ; but I had much rather my Alia* did not do that. I had rather now doa't look aston- ished : you are a gentlewoman ; you can't help being a gentlewoman, whatever yon may do. I had rather, for my own part, ee* my A I ire tbs housemaid at home." " The housemaid '" They both looked at me with pale face* aad dilated eyes. " To be lure, the housemaid ! Don't yoa think it would be delightful to be able to do everything all with your own hands and head and nobody helping yon, (or mamma and the children at home ?" At whioh laying A 'ice suddenly got up and kissed me, and a bright blush of cur- I rue and pleasure, sham* and satisfaction, w over her face. She peroeived what I meant, but so did uot (Mara, whoa* little head wa* running on h*rown future grand- cur, and who repealed that terrible name of lumssmai.i with di*m\y. " Yee, my dear child," mid I, delivering a littl* speech for the oooasion (whu-h waa an indulgence, however, which I rarely permitted myself. ) " I doa't agree with the working-women idea vary much. I don't think any lady dot* aa unbecoming office when shs iweep* h*r own hearth and serve* her own table. Serving one's own, evea in menial otticee, u a privilege, aad does aot lower in all ranks. I t kink they are happy who can do It; but everthing that is not necessary is unbecoming Your mamma's incomo is a certain one, if It ia aot very large, and you oaa do your daty a great deal better by remaining at home. Look me up that text whiob speaks of voluntary humility and will warship, Alioe for.a punishment. Whoa I take to preach. I shall take that and harp upon it ; but I bop* my dear little girl hat bad her thar* of the lemon, aad will not require aay more. " Alioe roes with a blasa to do as I told her ; but paused when she bad taken a top or two toward* th* table. ''Did mamma ask yoa to take ui, Mrs. Crof ton?" ihsaaid, with a little timidity. I remember long ago something Lady Greenfield aaid about aa orphan asylum, aad it all cam* back again yesterday. Did mamma aek you toko us ?" No." sJd I ; "I took yoa beoanss I wanted somsthing which you bad to give." " And what wa* that ? Oh, what wa* that? Tail ui," they cried both together with th* greatest ragernus. "I wa* very solitary then," aaid I ; "it at love t" In a moment they were both clinging round me, twining their soft ana* about my Beck and my waial My heart warmed . I felt the dull pain that wat alwayi there lateil aad relieved with a taddaa sensation of happiness. I bad children t I was aot a '"I think I got a little of it." aaid I, "and comforted myself. S now, ohildrea, when Mr*. Robart Croftan, or any. body el**, lays anything itant-i about Kit- court, tell them they do not know. " I left after awhile looking even brighter than utual, aad with all th* cloud blown over ; but mil I was uneasy about the chil- dren. U was not Mrs. Robert ; it waa every one. Tbey wore tender little heart*, aad they were at the meat saamtiv* age. I should have been very graj t* have ant tbem away tram HUfent, I* be ant W trouble ; bat tkat wai impos- sible. Then I oonld aay to Mrs. Robert, "O* not aay anything aboat an orphan aaylasa, plans* ; K loo art it not an orphan aeyluav and the little Htrleyi ar* raor* highly oocrioo'rod than I am." Bat I oould not .ondesoMid so far aa to raak* aay ueb it-qiieii t > Lucy. I know by laitiaot how obligingly abe would consent, aad what car* aba would take to "save the feeling*" o! Aunt Clera'i yoang friends. But it wss just this, 1 fear, whioh provoked me ia anticipation, aad mad* me perfectly silsnt oa ths subject a* far a* she wa* con- cerned. However, Lucy was fully occupied at present with her relations, the other Croftou*, amongst all of whom ahe waevery popular, aad wbo on* aad all oeagratnlat ed mo oa p^caeeteiag her. It wa* delightful to tot her anaelftsbne**, her eoatiderhtion for ethers, lira. Crof ion of Stoke aseursd me that vary night, and how ah* watched my every movement, aad tried to anticipate my wiobea. I said " Yei," aad I dare asy my excellent kmi woman thought me very ungrateful. However the conclusion of my thought* about Alto* and Clara wa* twofold, first, that they must hoar something of tbe kind sooner or later, and had bettor get it over BOW ; and second, that Mr. Sedgewiok ws* coming to-morrow ; Derwoat had invited him to join oar Christmas party. I was a little curious to see how he behaved to his little fiance, and felt that hi* arrival would at least effect a diversion ia aay lii'le schemes of annoyance toward my two girls. (TO M COXTIirUBD.) COAL IK BAGS. A n*aalr aad CaavealoM Way of a>ellve*- lag raoL In the European countries the custom of delivering coal in bag* i* universal. Theee are filled at the yard so many to tbe ton and these ar* carried on tbe back of the DBXIVIBINO THI OOAL. driver, or hi* assistant, to their place in the houss, where they are emptied, a clean- ly aad simple operatioa, that offers no ob- struction to traffic, and that ehonld com- mend itself to every oa* as th* only aoasibl* plan of doing the job. CONTAGIOUS DISEASES. A Croat flacae Bagtag la Calaa-Meatt. eel Wtui the L*a*a riacae of lae Mvsatoealk Ceatary. Reports that have thus far thi* year reached ue regarding tbe existence of contagions diseases have not been startling although in several places a diminutive epidemic ha* been announced. Chicago has had several hundred oseee of mallpox; Brooklyn had 778 casee of measles ia May and 106 in the first four days of th* present month ; and cholera i* aaid to hav* broken out in the taored city of Mecca, la St. Nai- air* on th* wee -*rn .-oast af France la several dutricta ia Russia and Prumia. aad ia Li- D. Theee outbreaks, however, have aot boon alarming but from China come* a story that 11. In Hong Kong, Canton and other cities a great plague ha* been raging sino* March. The conrg* carries off whole f am lies during a night aad the terrified Chinese, wbo ar* I lie principal notion, spend their time in paradiag th* itreete, night and day, praying to their Joesea. Th* mortality ia aaia to D* fearful, reach- ing eighty per cant, in some localities, aad th* disease is spreading despite the efforts of the authorities, to cheek it* growth. Attending phyiieian* aay It U almost identical with the great London plague of th* seventeenth century, aad it traceable to the filthy habit* of the Chinese, aad th* wretchedly inadequate system of drainage. There i* little or no ratisn for Christendom to fear a visitation of each a kind. PREFERRED WHITE MEAT. A Uen Msreajards a KasBr Takaa an amgleanaaau. "Thongh lioni re timid enough in tke daytime," aaid a well-seasoned African banter, "when theiun basset and darkness oomee on they become bold aad fetrleas, aad often when urged by hunger reckless aad daring. It ia by no means unusual far oxen to b* seised at the yoke or horses to b* killed insids a itebls, or when tied to th* wheel el a wagon ; wb il* is Mashes laad alone four men were oar ned off and eatea by lions during the first two years of tke occupation of that country. One of the** aafortuaates wa* a yoaag man wbo we* about to start a market garden la tbe neighborhood of Umtali settlement He bad gone away with a cart and fear ozea ta buy some native meal at oa* of the Kafir kraals, and bad outeoanned for the sight at a spot abont nix mil** distant (rom tbe little township. Th* oxen wore tied up to th* yoke*, aad Mr. Teal* was lying asleep under ths cart, alongside of a native, whan a lion walked up >nd seising him by th* houUUr carried him off and killed and ate him. This lion, b* it noted, showed a re- fined taste ia disregarding th* Kaffir and siting th* Ku repeal." Manitoba protest* against the influx af undesirable immigrant*. The city of Banian, la Qreat Baoharia, is out ia th* aid* of a mountain. There are 1 2,000 artificial cave* some very large, and two state**, oa* ninety, th* other twenty feet high, each hewn from a tingle ttoae. PURELY CAIADIAI HIS INTERESTING ITEMS ABOUT OUR OWN COUNTRY. Calherael from Various relate freas taw j| Hmtlfll ta) ttaff *aV*^lHf Dugald. Manitoba, want* a deetor. West Selkirk i* to have a bicycle club. Aug. 15th will bo Kiagaton'i Civic holi- day- Stratford'i rate af taxation may b* 99 ill*. Aagust 6th u th* data for (i uelph'i civic holiday. The Lutheran Syood will meat next year in Klmira. Th* Kalmar station oa the C. P.R . ha* beee burned. The Methodist church of Princeton it aw- ing repaired. A ckoeaa factory i* to be established on BMO* Island. Diphtheria i* prevalent ia BOOM parti of New Brunswick. Chairman Skone, of the Oalt Pnblie School Board, bat resigned. Rev. .lames Ballantyne. London. Oat, has moved to Ottawa, A ledge of ths (Knights of Pythiai is be- g formed at Rat Portage, Mrs, Hannah Sparr, oae of Stratford'* oldest residents, i* dead. Two artillery men have deserted from "A" battery Kmgiton. The Hudson Bay Company'* store at Rat Portage ia to b* enlarged. It is reported that a barge line will run from Owaa Sound to DulutL A lodge of I. 0. F. ie to be established at Maseey Station, Maaitonlin. Canada ha* now 8,477 post offices, an in- ease of 18V lino* last year. Patrick O'G rady , a very old resident of Paris, is dead at the age of 70. Dunda* i* opposed to converting the H. A D. Railway into a trolley line. Rev. Mr. Pr noser, Baptist, ha* moved rom Leamington to Bidgetown Andrew A. Wylio, euatoms appraiser, died at Hamilton at the age of 08, A four-foot live snake i* on exhibition ia a Uunda* street window, London. A Urge party of Scandinavian immigrant* wili go IBM the Edm >ntea district Sweet potatoes are being grown tail sea- son on Cedar Island, Chippewa Bay. Canada hat thirty-eight d: visual of the Brotherhood ot Locomotive Euginsara. A new aohool building is to be eracted at Fort William, th* cost of which will b* $18,900. London bat issued 1,111 dog tag* and about 300 uatagged dog* yet roam tbe streets. Tbe county of Wontworth ha* a net balance on hand of tT.>.52i.2.Vover all lia- bilities. Th* Baptiat C 10 vent ion for M an i tcba and the North- West will convene at Winnipeg July 0th. Th* corner-stone of St. Paul's Evangali- eel Lutheran church ia Kllioe township bat just beta laid. Th* Hobb* Hardware Company of Lon- don pays $1,000 every week ia wages to it* employee*. Rat Portage is swaratiag with oomaer- oials, prospectors and capitalists from all pom u of the compass. A eoaiignmeat of orchid* aad amerylli* from British India ha* just beea received at St. CoL C. 8. Jones and Major T. Harry Jones, of the Dufferio Rifles of BraaUord, have n signed Joseph D. Johnston, of Lower FertOarry. died recently. He was fermeriy of Moat- real aad London. e Peter Baraett. a retired farmer lirgkj oar Ksrsus, attemp o by cutting his throat with a raaor. Th* Beckett Mountain Park Company, (Limited.) with a capital atoak of 940,000, ha* beea incorporated. Custom receipts in Halifax last month ar* $71.867.38, a decree** of $2.703.23 compared with May, 1893. JL Miss A. Laven, ot tbe vTellaadwVigh School ha* been appointed entrance examin- er by the Separate School Board. The St. Joan, M. B., Board decided to send a delegation I oppose the feat Atlantic auk The Maritime O rand Council of the Royal Templar* of Temperance will be held on July 9, 10 and U at Woodstock, N. B. A company of rich Winnipeg will develop the new found ooj Baaalo Point, Lake of th* W* The cotton factory at Me copied a out of 10 per oen Tbe London Y.M.C.A. building on the old Dm free Library Board will ha' thelM. A four hundred and fifty pound bear, slain th* other day in Antigoniah county, N a., bad killed twenty five sheep of dinar. out farmer*. At a recant meeting of the Watford and Zion Congregational churches it wa* decided to extend a oall to the Rev. Mr. Madill. of Alton. Judge* and lawyer* in Kent County are agitating the app reporter meat* mi Mr. Ephraim Lumley, of Ridgetowa, ia auiag ta* Wabath Railway for $59.000, for injanee luiteioed in a switching *aouid*nl on that road some four years ago. MU i.wyr u rvini uoaaiy ar* I the appointment of a ikertntad to record th* ev^aaoe and jadg- t important eaata.m ' I'M. It U alwayi refreshing to learn of lawyers who will not undertake/an unjust oa* Of judge Ira Parley As biographer aayi- He believed ia the jUtio* of his client's cause; b* would aot enlist in it otherwise. At oao time a sharper tried to retain bias, and wai smoothing over bU crooked can- duct, at well aa a* knew how, when th* judge astonished him by exclaiming: " I think you hav* acted like aa Infernal scoundrel, air !" " I* there nay charge for tbaA niaioa t" "Yes. sir; five dollars'"