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 M' f .4 Vi ST. MART OF THE MGEL3 OR, HIS FIKST AND LAST LOTE BY THOMAS A. JANVIER. CHAPTER HL- They would go back â€" (COITTCHnED.) to the States, of course not to ^Pennsylvania, but to some live place in the West, where he could earn a good living right aWaj-, and in eight or ten years could make a comfortable fortune. He had not cared until now to make money, but in ihe course of his wandering, aimless life he had found out where and how in the West money could be made quicKly by an energetic man. Now he would sail in and make it. When he got his pile they would go to Europe. Mary always had wanted to go to Europe â€" and if any of the queens they met were better dressed than she was, he'd know the reason why la a contemptuous way he recalled his old-time plan for keeping her shut up all her life in the Wyoming Valley. And then his thoughts drifted off into the thne when this plan was formed, and one cupy him. Tlie down passenger train was picture after another of Mary as he remem- not due for two hours the down freight not bered her in those days formed itself in his j for an hour or two later, and the up freight touch it was an avowal of her need for protection and of her trust in his shielding strength. Hardy ate his breakfast in silence. He could not trust his voice in talking common- place talk with Mary and he could not trust liis temper in talking mth her husband at all. Fortunately, Barwood kept silence too. Even in his present mood of sullenness he still seemed to desire to maintain peace. He waited at the table until Hardy had finished his breakfast, and then said, sulk- ily, "Well, we'd better be movin' I s'pose. " Hardy accepted the situation and left the house at once. But a quick gladbe as he went out assured Mary that in some way he would compass the meeting that they desired. At the station there was no work to oc- mind. How he did love her then, he thought â€" ^but how much more he loved her now As he sat there in the cool darkness, think- ing these pleasant thoughts, the time slipped away rapidly. Toward ten o'clock a soft, silvery haze began to loom up in the east and a" little later the full moon rose above the mountains, and flooded with a brilliant light the great, desolate plain. The shadow of the 1 luilding fell over him â€" a shadow so sharp and strong that at a distance of fifty feet his darkly clad form would have been invisible; and to his eyes, looking out from this covert, the effect was that of an atmosphere of liquid radieuca. He was not ordinarily an imagin- ative man, but in his present excited and ex- alted frame of mind this outburst of splendor seemed to him emblematic of the way in which from his own life a melancholy dark- ness had been banished by the great light of love. He accepted the good omen gladly, and liis thoughts became still more sanguine and more bold. A sound of footsteps and low voices start- led him from his reverie. Two men were walking up the track toward the station, coming from the direction of the tank. Their wide-brimmed hats cast deep shadows over their faces, but the voice of one of the men he recognized as that of Barwood. They were speaking in Spanish, and, before he could distinguish their words, he inferred fi-om the tones of their voices that they were engaged in some sort of argument. As Ihsy drew near to the station he saw Barwood place his hand restrainingly on his companion's arm. The man turned im- patiently. ' • It is better to kill him now," he said, "" and so be rid of him. A dead dog can not bark." "Patience, Senor Alcalde. If we kill hiiii this iirst night we shall cause much talk aud until our great project is ac- ;om;)lished we do not want to be talked was not due until afternoon. Hardy natm:- ally was an energetic man, and this- dull, enforced idleness oppressed him. He brought the chair out on the platfoim, in the shade of the building â€" for the heat already was potent â€" and sought consolation in his pipe. In the course of half an hour he saw smoke rising from the valley, beyond the tank, and a few minutes later heard the regular strokes of the pump. He paid no attention to this sound at first â€" save that he found its rhytlmiic monotony soothing^but after a while the thought that as only firve engines had watered at the tank since the pre\'ious morning, when it certainly had been full, there was no need for wasting wood by starting the pump so soon again and then he became thoroughly aroused, for this waste of wood was the kernel of the matter which the superintendent had sent him to Santa Maria to- investigate. Hfc got on his feet briskly, plumped the chair inside the station, shut and locked the doors, and walked quickly up the track to the tank. The gauge showed fourteen feet of water â€" just about what he had expected to find. Obviously there was no need for pumping for at least two days. On the other hand, Barwood's confessed disposition to let mescal get the better of him now and then gave a valid reasOn â€" though not exact- ly a resaonthat the company would recognize â€" for not permitting hi.s water to get low. In keeping his tank full he was only making a prudent allowance for the factor of error that is to say, providing jthree days of lee- way in which he might get drunk with im- punity. While Hardy was thinking the j matter over, irresolute as to whether he should or should not go down and order the pumping stopped, he perceived that there was 110 sound of water running into the tank and then, looking closely, he saw that the gauge was not moving. As tlie pumping ' still went on, it Was evident that there must be a bi-eak in the pipe. This, of course. about. And I tell you again that if we can was a matter to be attended to at once, persuade him to join us lie will be most j From the tank the pipe was carried on usijful. There is no need for haste. Let us ' tall po^ts to a rocky hillock,' and thence, wciit a little and see what will come. He is raised a little above the ground, through a in our hands shoidd he not do what we tangle of mesquite scrub down the steep bank reijuire of him â€" " Barwood drew his h-.nd to the pump. Half way down the bank, H;ieklv across his throat, " it will not take emerging from the mesquite bushes, was the long I" i aceqvia that fed the plantation below the Hardy sat rigid in the shadow^, his finger ' town. Through this aceqiiia the water was on the "trigger of his self-acting revolver, j running merrily; he could see the glint of it One s-ingle step forward on the part of the in the sun. t\vr men would have been certain death to I Hardy followed the line of pipe into the both of them. They were not sixty feet dis- bushes with some difficulty, for the way taiii their forms stood out sharply in the â-  which had been cleared when the pipe was brilliant moonlight a prettier shot could laid was now so obstructed by mesquite not reasonably have been desired. For a ' ruo'iient the Mexican stood irresolute. Then, yielding to Barwood's practical reasoning, he turned slowly, and the two walked away toward the town. As lie turned a shiver w.-rit ovcT- him perhaps, insome curious M'ay, liis body knew how near it had been to returning to the dr.st out of which it came. Hardy's tense niii.-cles relaxed slowly, and ihe' h^.iid that hold the pistol hung down str.iijht by his side. His first strong feeling w.\s that of disappointment. Had the uvjii advanced, he would have been amply justified in shooting them, and there was no doubt that lie would have made a clean job of it. So good a chance was not likely to come again. His luck had gone back o-.i i;im, he thought. However, this m ich g"od had come cut of tlie encounter h; knew now certainly what to look for from the other side. He had not, it is true, B -riously doubted Barwood's amiable inten- tlons toward him, but it was omforting to hive heard them so clearly staled from his O'.vjilips. Now they were on even terms, j g^j^g j^g 30 far as intentions went and he had a little ' the best of the situation, in that he knew something of Barwood's plans. The dry, cool night wind played over him soothingly. After so much excite- ment came the languor of reaction. Pre- sently he dropped off into an ea-sy, refresh- ing sleep, that lasted until he was aroused by the whistle of the coming train. When he had attended to the shipping of the ore, and the train had gone on again, he brought his cot out on the platform and slept there comfortably un- branches and long spines of cactus and other thorny growths as to make walking both difficult and painful. He wondered a good deal over this condition of affairs, for com- mon sense dictated the necessity of keeping a clear way along the pipe- d these ob- structions obviously had been put in place purposely. But his wonder ceased when he succeeded, at the sacrifice of the integrity of both his clothes and his skin in forcing his way to the point where the line of the acequia was crossed â€" and here also the mystery of the pumping was effectually dispelled. The pipe was not broken, but carefully unscrewed at one of its joints, and from the opening thus made the water was discharging at the full power of the pump into the acequia. A monkey-wrench screw- ed fast on the sleeve of the joint made the repair of the break possible in a moment. A well-beaten path went along the bank of the acequia for a hundreds yards, and then dipped downward through the bushes in the direction of the engine-house. As Hardy made these interesting discov- whistled to himself softly. The case perfectly clear. Barwood was using the company's firewood to supply his Mexi- can friends with water for irrigation and he was doing it so cleverly that the chances of his beiug discovered were only about one in a thousand. However, that odd one-ten- th of one per cent, had gone against him at last, and Ids little game was spoiled. Hardy had lived long enough iu hot, dry lands to appreciate fully the benefit that Barwood was conferring on the community â€" at the company's expense â€" and how strong in con- „ N J J XT 1 sequence must be his hold on the popular til morning. He had expected to spend the good-will. And he further perceived that night in the station, with the doors locked ^bout the surest and quickest and the windows barred but from what he to get a knife or a bullet had hoanl he knew that for the present he himself and so could safely in- i He awoke way in would be to report his dis was not lu danger, and so couia saieiy in- 1 ^overy to the superintendent, and so dulge m the uixu^ of fresh air. He awoke ^^^^ ^.i^^ shutting down of these eminently thoroughly refreshed, and as he came up to i„egular water-works. That he must make breakfast from a bath m the river he enjoy- g^d, a report was inevitable, but, as he re- ed the pleasant sensation of feeling fully able flggted^ it need not necessarily be made at to hold his own agamst anybody. once. The company's interests would not Ba^^v-ood, ah-eady seated at the break- g^g.^^ gg^^^j y, ^^^^^^ ^j j^j^ ^-^jj^^j^ fast table obviously was the worse for hig action for a few days, and in the meaS loss of sleep His eyes were red and ^j^g j^ig knowledge gave hun a power over hea,vy, and the me^ccd that he had taken Garwood that in larious ways he^ might use to brace him up had done little more than excellent advantage. dispose mm to snap and snarl on small j • j provocation. He had been venting his As he stood beside the broken pipe, revolv- ill-humor on Marj' apparently, for she "*8 "^^^ thoughts m his mmd, a sudden had a nervous, frightened look, and cunous, creepmg thrill went through bun, seemed to have been crying. His saluta- chmmg him m the midst of the hot sunshine, tion to Hardy was an inarticulate grunt. *°.^ causing his heart for a moment to stand Mary tried to say good-morning cheer- j"" Almost in panic he turned hastily fully, but there was a quiver in her voice I a^^y- I* was over in a monent, and he that went to Hardy's heart. His eyes i ""g^^'i ** l"â„¢self as he forced his way back must have shown her how much he felt """ '"' """ " *^" ~~~ '-â€"â€"' '^- f or her, for her eyes filled with tears and then a delicate color csune over her pde ce. She poured out his coffee from ^e tin pot Btawiding on the stove and as she stood beside him for a moment while she plae«d the «iip on tbe tiMe; her hasd, very lightly, pressed a|{aiii8t his arm. ni^ was BCMiieBig if^iealiiig in tips returned to the station, and when he h^ washed the blood from his scratched hands he aetded himself to ancAinfu in a vwy comfortable state of mind. Both for the company and for himself he had done an exceUeat morning's work- At diimer Barwood was in a less cantank- erous mood. Either he had worked off the effects of his early morning mescal or else, which was more probable, he had dis- tilled within him more of the milk of human kindness from additional libations. He even was jocose in a heavy way, chaffing Hardy clumsily about his failure in love- making, and bringing a flame of scarlet to Mary's face by telling her that now she knew that sweethearts were like chickens and curses, and came home to roost. Hardy found these pleasantries so gallinz that, as the only way af avoiding a collision, he declared that it was too hot to eat, and so left the house. His host looked at him suspiciously as he made this abrupt move â€" and he had better ground for suspicion than he imagined; for, while Barwood was washiug his face and hands out- side the door before dinner. Hardy had se- cured Mary's promise to meet him an hour later in the valley of the stream, beneath the bluff. Hardy had thought the matter over care- fully, and had decided that this hot time in the early afternoon was the period in the whole range of the twenty-four hours when they would be most secure. Every human being at that time almost certainly would be asleep â€" a general somnolence that by no means could be counted upon at night in so irregular a community â€" and even should some accidentally awake person see Mary, water- jar in hand, going down or ascending the path that led" to the river, suspicion would not be aroused. At the most, her action would attract no more attention than would be embodied in a terse comment upon the American-like folly displayed ingoing for water during the hours which all right- thinking Mexicans hold sacred to the deep slumber that is begot of heat. While Hardy waited at the station im- patiently for the hour to pass, he was sur- prised by hearing again the sound of the pump. He had counted upon Bai-wood's ac- quired Mexican habits to place him among the sleepers, and for a moment he found this evidence that Barwood was awake de- cidedly disconcerting. After all, though, he reflected, whether Barwood was asleep or at work in the engine-house, the practical result was the same and, on the whole small though the chance would be of his waking up from his siesta, the chance of his lea-, ing his engine was even smaller. And having arrived at this conviction he dismiss- ed the matter from his mind, and. gave his thoughts free rein concerning the strange meeting that he was about to have with the woman who once had filled his whole life,and whom he now had found again in so des- perate a case that his reawakened love had added to it the tenderness of a great pity and the fierceness of a concentrated rage. (TO BE COXTIXUED.) MODESH SOBZH»)]rQBVSO£S. "Don't Blame the World. Don't blame the world because the thorns are found among the roses The day that breaks in storm may be all sunshine when it closes, We cannot hope to always meet Avith for- tune's fond caressing And that which seems most hard to bear may bring with it a blessing. The buried seed must rot in earth ere it pro- duce the flower. And the weak plant to fructify must have both sun and shower. So man, to gain development, must struggle with life's crosses. And view with calm philosophy his trials and his losses. A deadly, pois'nous weed may yield a salve of surest healing. The sweetest bloom may pois'nous be al- though its bane concealing, Thuigs are not always what they seem, but still 'twas Heaven designed them. And we should class them all as good, and take them as we find them. Little we know of this brief life, and notliing of its sequel. Then let us take in humble trust all that may seem unequal, God's ways are not our ways, and He should certainly be trusted J All that is wrong in His good time will surely be adjusted. Selfishness is'not Oluistian. We find ah interesting address by Prof. Drummond, in a late number of the British Weekly, delivered before the Young Men's Christian Association, in Stirling. Among other things the Professor said " Young men are learning to respect more and more the word ' Christian.' Time was when it was synonymous with cant and unreality and strained feeling and sanctimoniousness. A cynic defined a christian as 'one whose chief aim in life is a selfish desire to save his own soul, and who, in order to do that, goes to church, and whose supreme hope is to go to heaven when he dies.' This reminds one of Prof. Huxley's examination paper in which one question put was: ' What is a lobster ' A student responded ' A lobster is a red fish that moves backward.' Huxley said this was a very good answer except for three things: 'First the lobster is not a fish second, it is not red, and third, it does not move backward. ' So if there is anything a real Christian is not he is not one who is selfish. The Meanest Man. along the line the pipe through the thorns. Hardy was in a state of high QatisfacticKi. He had accomplished already the purpose for which he had boeh sent to Santa Maria, wid he felt that now he hfA jn ]f6werfa lever with which to work inaccbmplishing the ?«e that ha^form^ i^' ©• Kll^.r#ere- He The traditional man who stole the pennies from a dead colored person's eyes was a fine, generous fellow compared with the whalers who, it is asserted, stole from St. Paul's Island the provisions and supplies that the British Government had placed there for shipwrecked seamen. The result was that when the crew of the Holt Hill were cast ashore on the island they found nothing to â-  support or shelter them, and had they not been rescued before it was too late by a pass- ing vessel, they must soon have perished. "The British (rovemment should offer a liberalreward for the discovery of the thieves. • Among the crew of the ship which stripped the island there is sure to be some one who will aid in bringing the officers of the sneak- i pirate to justice. I- I ^w ^M^ â€" â- â- â-  â-  Street ^owiiB grow more sad, more quiet and Puritanical in effect. The reverse is j seen ,in the honse gowns rf all kinds for fiiuiiBr3,-MtH;-at hoitae in Hit tatb^uovna or Bays Am sHd Takem â- â€¢â- se. The Captain of the ship Holt Hill, which was wrecked some weeks ago on the barren and desolate island of St. Paul, has sent the owners of the ship, Messrs. W. Price k Co., of Liverpool, full particulars of the wreck and of the Robinson Crusoe-like adventures of the crew on the island. The Holt Hill, 2, 366 tons, was a four-masted iron sailing ship. " While going from Rio to Calcutta in ballast," says the hondon Standard, "she got ashore at St. Paul's Island. Strange to say, she ran in a cove between the rocks. She had a crew of thirty-three hands, and the only way of escape was over the bows of the ship, where thei-e was a drop of forty to fifty feet. A rope was put over the bows, and one by one the crew dropped into the surf. All escaped but the mate. It was 9 o'clock at night when the vessel struck, and all night the poor fellows had to remain on the beach, nearly frozen. The men escaped just as they were when the ship struck, and for the most part they had no shoes on, and were but partially clad. Rocks 200 feet high faced them, and as precipitous as the side of a house. The safety of the men was not assured until they reached the summit, â- but this was A PEKILOtTS AND DIFFICITLT TASK. Capt. Sutherland, while climbing the rocks, fell solne twenty feet, and when he reached the top his hands were dreadfully skinned by the sharp and loose rocks. 1^" When all had gained the summit they divided into parties.^some to catch penguins some to fish, some to. get wood and water, and others to explore the island. The cook had one mateh,and on this the hopes of the thirty-two men rested, as the nights were so cold it meant death without a fire. The soli- tary mateh was watched by the entire com- pany with the keenest possible interest, and to the joy of all, a fire was kindled. This was kept up day and night, special sentries being told off to wateh'and prevent it going out. The whole island iwas explored. The only fresh water, besides some rain that had log- ed between the rocks, was that contained in some boiling springs. "After getting the Water, the men had to wait until it cooled before they could drink it. The penguins were rank and oily, but, after being steeped in salt water all night, their black flesh did not taste so badly, though the surfeit which the poor fellows had of the food caused nausea, and, in sever- al cases, the vomiting of blood. Crayfish were caught, and some nettles were the only vegetation the men had. For tobacco, the men, from two old clay pipes, smoked some rope yarn. Their beds were formed of dried grass, and in most cases the men had simply their trousers and shirts for a covering. Some huts were found, but only one had a roof. When Tis si?:^03.iN':t PA'irr found the rain water they brought back a supply in the legs of a pair of oilskin panta- loons, the legs having been tied to keep in the water. There were rabbits and goats on the island, but they were too nimble for the shipwrecked men. Some old fishhooks were found on the island, and Others were made out of wire. Several fish were caught, and formed an acceptable dish. The water in the springs was so hot that the men could half boil the fish in them. "There was not a tree on the island, which was covered with thick, rank grass and rushes. It was most t^ing for the poor fellows to travel ov^er the prickly substance in their bare feet. A small lagoon was found on the north east end of the island, but it proved to be salt water. There were cliffs round this lagoon to a height of 2,000 to 3,000 feet. St. Paul is an island on which the Government is supposed to place provisions and water for shipwrecked sea- men, but neither food nor water was found by the crew of the Holt Hill. It was said that whalers visited the island, and, though not shipwrecked, made off with the pro- visions. Eight small boats were found on the island, though several were ouite un- seaworthy. "^On the eighth day a vessel was sighted, and a boat was put off from the island. A fire was burned and distress signals shown, but the ship disappeared. She was so near that the shipwrecked crew could see the man at the whe eL Just as their hopes were GIVING WAY TO DESPAIR another sail was sighted. The dried grass was burned, and the smoke as it ascended was seen by the stranger, which proved "to be the bark Coorang. The rescued men, thirty-two in number, were ninteen days on board the Coorang, and were most humanely treated. All oithe HolfHill's crew behaved well, Capt. Sutherland being remarkably-cool under the trying circumstances. It was thought that if the Crovemment could put a supply of fresh water in tanks and a quantity of biscuits on the island periodically, as well as a few fish h«oks, they would prove a bless- ing to some shipwrecked people. " St. Paul is a volcanic island of about ten miles in circumference, large quantities of lava all roimd the coast testifying to the many eruptions. It was the opinion of the men that had they been compelled to spend another eight days on the island many of them must have succumbed to their suffer- ings. None of the crew has yet arried in Liverpool. The ship, though of immense strength, was soon smashed to pieces by the frightful seas that from time to time struck her on the stem as her bow lay fast, wedged between the great rocks." Imgation in Northern Lidia. In an official paper just published the Lieutenant Governor of the Pun-jaub, re- marks with satisfaction that the irrigated area in the province has been increas- ed within the last five years by as much as 1,000,000 acres. During the past year the estimated value of canal-irrigated crops showed an increase of 67 lakhs of rupees, a fact of no small significance ' in " a country like the Pun jaub, where, owing to the scanty rainfall, there would in some oistncts be no cultivation at all without canals, and in ma,ny others nothing bnt the precarious growth of poorer »tpB. In the lieutenant Governor's opinion the OMnplete success of *^.B»ri Doab Cuial, (whidbhas now cleared offits bolanee of interest xhaiges,) the very promiang start made by the ffirhind Canal, ^« *P^»jn4 development rf the Swat and StdhBuOanabahim that IB this OMmtry ?£*S?^'i'^•**'**^^»'»â- *«»»f ""d land ^^^ta^ GomiUMwt««a piovide foe ih^ tpxm^ qjf tte TOpofiktion 'and at iheaanib tima benMHr Wv^htttiea of "ilia B«ii«e. A GM Who Sewed •m^^T?^ The death of Marv Oww^T**^ Island, New Bruns^ck T^' 8^ week. Shewasknowubal'Wt "the girl who sewed^th hir****i 2^8 bom of French parejfe ^^"^^sS fi%-five years ago. Shrtt^'^t hands, legs or feet, or at l^}" l way developed, these mewW T" ^^ grown after she wa^ born. srilS of full si2« and her senses goS ^^ yenrinteUigentgirl, conveS "»«» in both French and EngUB?\"y^ she developed a fondniss for 'V* life astonished her relatives by beL^^' •«*1 with her mouth. Finally '»*» expert that she could cut the m,r^») scissors, thread the needle an^k "'*4 sewing, using only her mouth t^** operations A great many peopi L*" *• city and from the sur^t^"'"' tki. witnessed her perform this woSfJ?"**^' and some people have i„ th?^. squares of pateh-work ouiU a^" J^^oi ited steam space, Inapaperrei ana some people have in thoir '«*. ^M toPOBte. J" -.{"" T squares of pateh-work qui/tte h^?- â-  -^^Tlc^, Henro-Pneumonia in U. S. Catt! In the Imperial House of Cnn Monday Mr. John Leng, ra^^TCC dee, asked whether the demrtm agriculture was ready to crant tl.pT •"' oF the Scotch fanners for equal facnit""" others for importing cattle from th^ r*!* States and Canada." He also S^^ the condition of the United States 'tf justified the regulation providine fr». tw^' slaughter at the port where they were! Jz," Mr. Ilenry Chaplin replied th^'SS States government was not compljing â„¢f the conditions of the Act of 1878 a" .!" therefore, the present restriction's could ' be relaxed. In 1889, he said, 47 "„' from the United States affected with pleur pneumonia, had arrived in England a recently as February 21 a bull suffering frl the same disease had been landed at Dent ford from New York. Communications h i regard to the enforcement of the promos, of the Act of 1878 were still proeecdins with the United States government. â€" â€" â- â-  ^^ â€" Died Like a Hero. A despateh from Toronto says :â€" Qu i^i urday afternoon, while hur.dreds of yomw I men and boys were skating on the \ml man whose name is not known broke throuk the ice some distance south of the Yorkstreei wharf. As he was in great danger of drown' ing, a young man named Roljert Bailey, o! 75 Walton street, phinged in to save hia After a few moments it became apparent to those who were looking on that Bailev to more in danger of diowning than themal he was so bravely attempting to rescue. I and a friend of his named Tliomas Milk, who lives at 75 \Valton street, leapt in to I help him. Bailey sank, lio-.vever, liefottl Mills reached him and was drovnied. TJiel body was found at six o'clock thesameiiigli;| by Constable Williams, and at present lies in I the Morgue. The othtr tw,) men wiio were| in the water were rescneiT after souic d culty. Bailey was '2U years of age ?.iid wal a gardener by ti-ade. His father liv« a\ England, and his only relative in this coraf try is his brother, who lives in Winnipeg. Dawn. The eager light of morning I A clear bhik| Of arrowy crimson shooting to the flakes Of cloudland snow â€" then ruffling the ' lakes From starlit silver to a dimpled fiusli Of rosy water. Now the slumlirous ' Yields at the breath of breezes men breaks. And carolling of lark and throstle wakes A world to labour. When the herb islus On sheltered mead, the lev el gleams of ligii'«| Persuade the daisies to a wider rounil Of stretching petals. Morn ' the stir, tli J^'ght, The Wonder of young being, with sweei sound " â-  Of questing voices as the golden height Of heaven dawns and earth is suniffler| crowned. C. A. D.4\v50 No Bisks Eun. Pretty Girlâ€" "I called in reference your advertisement for a type-writer. Cautious Bachelorâ€"" 1 advertised tor young man. " " Yes, I know, but I was in hopes In do." ' Hem Can you cook T" «'Cook? Why, yes."" ' Good housekeeper?" • "Oh, yes." ' Fond of society " "No, I seldom go out unless obliged" " Take that desk there, please. â-  â€" â-  ♦^ Not Mad Enough for That- ' Angry subscmberâ€" I am mad all the' through, an' I want my paper stoppea- Editorâ€" Yes, sir do you want I what you owe j ,«« Angry subscriber-No I am t mad for that. Like His Compliment. Miss Pert (who has fallen on the P ment): "Oh, dear me! I ^^'"" spramed my ankle."' Her rff^^^ shouldn't wonder. I noticed, when that it was very neatly turned. On the Co-operative Plan- Bossâ€" You run the place for a fe* and let ine be bartender. lj^ f Bartenderâ€" Whatjer '•â- '^nt^*°^ ^t the t Bossâ€" I'd like to have a era n Mabelâ€" "Did you hear that Be^^^ was married yesterday to^ ioro ^^^j^ Maudâ€" "Really.? I thougiit;^ » jj^, hun- the last person to marry "Well, she was, wasn't she Mrs. Dusky_"Am ^emdeg^^^^ youtole me 'bout buyrn \^'ieJl "Yes, dem is de ones, V"^rLrdey cob' seventy-five cents. f 'goi' ' "Not 'zactly, but dey're jes a^fc^ fje will dey wash " "Pat I don ki" had 'em fo' weeks." ^^r Mistress (kindly)-" Jap/'^b, " have beenseenmthe P^^^-^Z^ â- .. ,. Jane (defiantly)-" '^:Tj^^^\ Mistress (still more kmdiy) .^^i,^ you are a good gu-1, and Kl^lJ^^t ^i fcot I cannot have any one a irfsi keeps bad company. »»' Tjtfoa rf a manne boi ^iner shell The "Lhetweenthetwo s 2«itf of applying aneut; ^^e to the innershel raSreen the shells is t( rf, lower pressure than 1 i-t^mner shell, whicl ^^ pressure of steai ^gjfopt of the steam bet k^ventor claims that isspieially adaptable for trttwre. a"" could be m mt of being readily t ttd'pepaired. Hie preparation of Bri the next annual manoeuv: ed, beQi steadily going on Wim the exception of th Barham, all the ships at to take part in them havi ^»re in a state of com] It is thought that, should tions include the Straits c (rfthe smaller ships whicl of last year's flotilla will 1 Antmnn's programme. I voold be a good idea to c jnaneeavres in the Medi test the effectiveness of G post and coaling station shiw and system of warfa jj toonght, would also affi ploying more ships of rec( other, and test the truth (tatement that ' ' Gibralta is of little use to the navy The British Admiralty altered the regulations at identification of deserters a relations between the civil ties aremore clearly definec and provision is made wlie taken identity are rend I It is reported that an •ffith the royal doe'syai ds f of British war ships is al existence, and will appeal Under the style of t Naval Works Company (I kg acquired the premises t Mordaunt Co. who, du teen years or thereabout, 1 eitensive shipbuilding bus JThe manager of the new c( E Biles, the designer of t!ii Reina Regente, and El De «ev«nJ years past, hash nlKBnpson, on the Clyde. \M, the naval architect v the fastest mercantile stes the most efficient w^ar cru may well be looked upo I strength in himseK. The j/company is considered of Iportance in England, espec litnated on the English Cii The British gun1x)ats tepwr, recently arrived at that the Tui-kish man-of-- \mg m Smgapore Harln there for the last two or th was unable to pay the poi Mtgot enough money to b herte^Tweed to Japan wit fortte Mikado with whic mtaBted. It would almos I no ammunition, for th« «ie port has never been C*"*â„¢r has, in consequen thatAe Erz^roul is not «ni»iw»f-war. Itisunderst^ Si" *r^ waiting for rem K./^ disgraceful stat hriS^*' ^^^^ hardly exi •TWany European countrv Q«ch things have happ 2« nationaBties for ins "«-«-war, someyearsago, ^7 Harbor for abou "no money and almos nntish cruiser Speeds jnt of Davenport for tl a! **ries of steam tri ^t- The Speedwell i "ister ships in bei ' and slight dififere m the engines and m consequence of the « the type, was deeme( â- "^todemand the presei llfr nT®*^'" *»* ^a,^'a »T^-."'^ton, the engmec '",* '^rt of the trial s ?»ch less vibration th£ of the class, but ttials there was no bi 5 faUure. The Sp riin to Poi o so many leak in the boiler tr.hos t ' w"" '^^^^ 20.' of r;. ^«e proceed;.. g on t,n,r'^^®^o* theengii jA^'^w 4.500 horses.bu ttti-^^ tbem at this j^*bemg about the "â„¢^ displayed themsei '^gull type of a had been slow! number of revolu' r*"*^ begun with *.j«« inches, but i " -^ unlikely tl 'we realized, '^thin five minr â-  â€" *| â- JiiiifMi^^iiifTir'-Yi"" "" .^-MiiM m.