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obw 25 it iytmi i s ck sritrmtt every friday morning ax t oftvxi 1111 stbeet stouffyille o0t terms sjltt ivr yean suoo if paid in advance adyeruisines rates spac l oo column- uslfcolatpa 0c etcllbewl tnuilenl adtttltmcatlxu municipal jte- 8 cents per lino firt iosertioo and 5 cent pr line each tuucjam iuciiva prvfefsjoiial c t1 one inch aod under m per j ar ij fvr 6 uioutli- adr of farms for iale ee icen and under month gtcicb subsequent tuoth 75 ceuu- adr- of stray animals 1 for 3 insertiops- adjfirr3iii ub a lust- house to let servant otcdjte6e lt iucrtioo 75c per m 2 beats all take eiceninr f ettertaln- mcnts tor which the irialiox t don by tbu office 7 cent rer line each insertion lilac sc hue tools 15 cent pot line trautieat advertisements must be sent in not later than thurday iouu notice of caadze of ttatdiccadcrticuieou mut be sivu not liter than alooiaj bows nd eiv must be sent in not later than noon oo lvencjj y advertisement itkut rnecifie directions will be inserted avery issu until forbid and charged aceordidcly- ordrfordirontinuinc adrrtiemenu must be in wittiik ami rent tu iho publishers notice- htihs marriages and deaths free job iluntino a we have also a firstclass jobbioe department in connection and re prepared t do business in that line at mtcea that cannot be beaten tlma taau malloy a keefgr editos ami pkortlktoas jbu3iyia3 3123 vol iv no 7 stouffville ont- friday april 10 189j wholf number if kinatcial stastoaicu bask ob caxvdv head office toronto capital paid ur ittklltj jrlkl 1000000 siuoooo acknciu it sowmanvilu i canni lgton urdforl chatham brantford lvlboive brifhtou durham campbell for fcrest buuutilie usrmton mrkhiu newctftle paikdale fictvu also auenti at montreal new york- london enj winnipeg xcrtbwent proriuces and bttbb columbia im01ilcssionrai fred w hill b a barrister solicitor c formerly with morpajr miller toronto officesanders block formerly occupied by the late mr mclean stcuflvillt out taylor sangster baruisteus m taitloa bcl f h sangjtm l l b ijarriiter solicitor bariuter money to loan office new bank block slouffville geo h stephenson barrister c 13 and 10 mantling arcade toronto at tremont house markham on mondays from 9 am to 4 p-m- and at jnionville from 43y february 2th 1890 52ly w d grkgobt g w iiolmm holmes gregory barristers solicitors conveyancers etc toronto office canada life building 46 kidr lit west uako elevator- markham office town hall markham vluage upstairs mooer o loant six per cent mr- crogorr wdl be at markham office every gaturday lrom 1 a m to p m andat webber bote uuionrillo lrom 5 to 8- 51 ly kerr macdooald davidson s patterson barristkrs sojilcitors notaries public ktc- orrices masonic buildings toronto st toronto and main st stouftville j k kkiir qc mcdonald w davldaov jno a falkkaon r a gkant drafts iuned and oohef tions made on all points in canad4 at loweit rates farmers notes dtf counted sale note and good bustdeu paper negotiated at eurrent ralca of interest a savings bank lias been opened in oo neciion with th branch at t stouffville rvheredepntluef tl and upwards are re dved aad interest allowod thereon at jwr cent deposits of special nature trust fund ac received on favorable terms- office uoois from 30 am to 3 pm saturdays from 1ja-m- to 1 pm for further nformatoi eply john elbj01t aeebt miller co bankers daleys block mojs loan cn qood security sale and farm voles cashed and takes for collection- drafts istuej on t imptrial bank and us branches and en all feints in canada and the united states american curnincr hought and sold savings department interest allowed on deposits notes collectedlvr lowest rstes office hours 10 a ra- to i p m- saturdays 10 a in to2p n walteh miller manager lyndon ofjligh cliffe an old soldielfs love story bv c veilmib author of whe n too tij was uigh the artut awl the mn luto a larjfvr kooui ku- etc clialter i colonel lyndon and uis ntlenps miacasxiaiskjtja w a sangster m b 1litslclad and surgeon stotjffvillic ontario office daloya block main st residence uth door wet of todds block main st west- office hours 9tol2a tol 2 to5 p m and even ing xknxjvij itojbirvsorv dentist will beat 3iiliev hotel stouffville ith leth ud at the tveioon r ithaut an u kctta oi each molli korcninnn hotel ml o uww nwbsrievs iyrrnfffljytu joito ifiiuf monday will derhood tjbtbuiisauy upil of f m field and 0- fomth both of thoterootopoi- will be a thosedeirinbtopracithemfeives under his in- utructions wll kindlv commiinicote i with him at aurora or br s palare furnishinp hooso legeofmuneltiacbevof he pianoforte inatouffvillo odfeaiurdy of cch weok u tio a nuttiotd jts o clarke veteuisary sukgeok graduate in honors of the ontario veterinary college and honorary member of the ontario veterinary aledical society trcauall disease ofdomeslio animals by tho latent scientific methods orders by telesrjph or otherwise night or day promptly attended to chaises moderate office and residence corner mam and albert 6treeudlonnviic ilv losoiilajj jilvis3 a ix hz laris hair cutting ahdshftving prhlqr suidonedoor wcjtof sanders block main street stoutfvillo complete ladles and gents hair drosmg parlor hair cutting binding shaiuiooiiig- curling i eto hair drcsjtng lor mil pwrtica theatres etc in the must faihionablettytcs j v bhaxkll proprietor cehtehhial shavihg parlor easii ion able ii air dressing shampooing scnfoaming ac ladies and childrens litir dressing n specially allfik nttenjud to prouipttv mid done in the latest lylo tiijijurlttnlderrt hlock main titree stouflyillu- ii handhkhkv proprietor aucxionltlkuei n j- armstrong- licensed auctioneer for the county of york- sites of farm btock ac promptly attended to nnd nt moder ate rates- keaidenco kasl find stouflfvlilo n e smith licensicd auctioneer tor tho counties of york nnd ontaro saea of fanattock etc- attended toon shortest notice and reasonable rates- stouffville ont james obrien licensed auctioneer fr the countieiof york and ontario orders by msil ortelcgraph will receive prompt atten tion cliarg ts moderate i stbur llleont w 3- iiartjsfky tkealer in lumber jl latbshiriblmslt pljiter ooi wtr im putler ljti oji tp tr piier fir cwri paid f hijtf vlsbepswrii nd 11 kiod of grain wfehogw iioiit htrirtitli3 stouqmi i crencoxo oouoil ovnot cank0t be excelled try u ud b contlncdf its wondrrtjl aritb projnrtlm fcka u ccau jtkadk jiark try everests liyer regulator for imteatel of the liver btdnejs ac and vurift- lot of the bleed fwcs ii hi bottles tor 86 forhrfa bf aij dbucoistl uannfsctored enlj by geo l stawljo ciuuuar fexase qsi for sale by iv p coulson and all diucgisi wt oimr r wfcy i mm r tteeee itwb mi m tlf ih iiovf r w rm t trt i iifrm hk- rnitmrl- ma swttmftrftssijii f tthf kant afwiwbmr le ks cv rirtws siae touching loyalty the grand old douglas motto tender and true was once touchingly illustrated hytlicrcpr08entatieofanothcrscctcifamiiy the duke of a thole had a disease which was certain to end fatally when ho was assured that lc would soon lw taken away he called on all his tenants nnd bade each one farewell with a cheerfulness that tc-ati- ficd tohis peaco of mind during his last days there occurtcd a touching incident which is told in illackwowls queen victoria vislteil illairathole to hid adieu to the dying duke she had return ed to the station where a crowd of persons had collected but in sympathy with the solemnity of tho occasion thoy maintained perfect silence the train was about to start when there was a shout of stop atop and a brong- ham was seen drivirg rapidly from the castle out of it wrapped in flannels staggered the duke he went to the door of the royal car knelt kiaacd tho queens hand waved his cap tailed out three cheers for tho qocon thcn reentering his carriage he drove back to tho castle and never left it again alive helicon at home the man or woman or child makes the sanctuary after all a woodshed a path in tho woods a bridge under tho maple can 1m for the time ones synagogue if tho wor shiper fool tho nearness of god what if the everlasting light be not there the scroll of the law bo missing tho prayer look ikj not in our hand does that make it less a sanc tuary for earnest thought lofty aspiration sweet and tender resolution that shall blos som into enduring action above all it ts the homo which fs reli gions fairest trystingplace its rites there need not necessarily bo mechanical although outward aids to devotion in the household arc mt to le despised kutif grntlocourtcstes be extended ifthckindly voice prevail there too shall dwell angelic visitant and that home shall 10 blcascd for hero religion abides in its purest and wrenestform freed from the shackles and sting of siicrstitioij and bigotry developing that larger faith in perfect humanity which is tonl and centre of all religion striving jetruh mfmtzgtr what is it all aunt anyhow the anglotiircohussian complication is growing more com plicated ly complex it now appears that the knglishiumanian in tcresls being jeopardized by tho contiguity of the ulterior understanding approximated by the montenegrin protocol and the dis integration of the ultimate conjunction pre cipitatelbytholer7goinianinlerpolations iho elementary attitude of tho signatory powers is thereby annulled and confirmed this while it insures tho rntonomy of the rosphorian conference infallibly re suits in lowering the toll on the suez canal eleven cudosj each way childnn nnd dogs halfprice this in an immaterial d gre devitalie premier crispis ultimatum eliminated by the hungarian a twtro irn- iw oglo and the belligerents return to their careers hut who is colonel lyndon flora colonel lyndon is ouo of the moat re markable men in london at the present mo meut iu what way 1 cauuot you particularise a httlev 44 hut there are so many wayssaid lady flora winstauly with a smile to begin with he ut remarkable- look iu a tine man tall wellbuilt muscular would pass muster anywhere then but i am sure you will laugh i promise to be erious v he is as simple as a little child j 44 in your opinion flora 44 there william i knew you would sayuhat 44 well never mind go on what else t 44 1 dont think i shall tell you anything more you will soon see him for yourself then he has accepted your invitation 44 yes ho will arrive i hope the day after tomorrow 14 and miss morrison and miily i wrote to the colonel about them yestetday most likely they will travel together the scene of tho above little dialogue was the terrace in front of castle kttrick and the speakers were mr winstanley oneofthe largest landed proprietors in a picturesque northern county and his wife lady flora winstanley the time was the forenocn of o lovely day iu july there is nothing but fishing now remarked mr winstanley meditatively 44 or driving does he know the country the colonel i mean v 44 oh yea he used to stay at tho mackcnries years ago they are almost ridiculous about him the old general says it is a thousand pities he has left thearmy and that there is not such another soldier in england ijut dont trouble yourself william colonel lyndon is not one of those men who require amusing leave him to gantr his ain gait as our neighbours here would say and he will be perfectly happy bytheby i suppose you know that a visitor is expected at deep deane know cried mr winstanley i should think there is not a single soul within fifty miles of this that doesnt knov tho whole neighbourhood is on the tiptoe of expectation if i have been asked one question on the subject i have certainly had to answera hundred and the business i never saw anything like it houses are bciog decorated old games furbished up lawntennis and croquet grounds set in order estimable matrons of every degree are drawing their families about them ned this wants a change of air and dick the other poor lad hasnt had a holiday for time untold nnd dont be so cynical william inter rupted ltdy flora of course wo are all ready to welcome a stranger especially one who comes from mj great a distance and if we wish to make things pleasant for her is that any subject for ridicule j for my own part i am sorry that our house is not a littlo brighter just now percy being away makes such n difference every difference said mr winstanley with a laugh well she has not arrived vu iiviik atlvv she wilt iki tiauluuii about tie sartifctiip a k 1j x niriout if llicy mot how should they meet returned lady flora laughing at her husband for his ab surd suggestion she went off to her morn ing occupations one of which was to choose a room with a comfortable aspect for colo nel lyndon and to give orders for the due and proper amount of cleaning airing and dainty decoration to make the room worthy of so welcome a guest- lady flora instanley who was one of the many daughters of a scotch carl who had married wisely when she was a girl and who had lived long enough to see her eldest daughter a wife und mother and her only son a military officer in the service of her majesty was a shrewd and capable woman of the world shb was not without kindness for she had done many a generous deed in her time but the circumstances oilier life helped by a certain prudence of character inherited from a long line of prudent ancestors had made her practical rather than sentimental keen of scent and eye where tho interests of herfnmiiy were concerned and hard towards those who ventured to oppose them or who undesignedly htood in their way that she would have spoken of herself as selfish or worldly is improbable she had a certain position to keep up and not too much fcillfr to keep it up on and there fore shewnsbound wbccarelul xcithersho nor her husband nor her son when he was at home could live at least so she supposed- without entertaining or being entertained or pursuing some of the costly and laborious amusement which make rich men and women old before their lime and since the property was not nearly so productive as it had been it was necessary for her to look well to tho ways of her household and especially to those of her to unmarried children lercy and mildred to plan lor the future nnd provide so for as in her lay for the continued prosperity and dignity of her family what was it after all but a right and proper fulfilment of tho scriptural injunction to care for those of her own household at the time when lady flora and her husband were talking over their expected visitor they had but recently arrived at their scotch home on the moors they had travelled northwards a littlo earlier than usual being anxious to economise after tho expenses of the loudon season which had been unusually brilliant lady flora was fond of the countty and she thought tho complete rest wou id do her good while air wjuntanloy who did not do the coson so faithfully as his wife was always glad of a quiet twelfth of august which happy day would bring the usual batch of shooting mo with their wives and daughters to make tho old house gay that she thought of her friend colonel lyndon of high cliftc and to him sho wrote tagging in her graceful way ami married after a short uneventful courtship the gentletuau chosen for her by her father xoae tho leae did bhe continue as women will to follow with iutereat the career of tho man whom if thing had fallen out dif ferently sho m have loved it was during that brilliant season iu lon don that she beard of colonel lyudous re turn to england he had returned for good and all having a few months before in obedience to hii mothers wish retired from the army no one knew what it cost the gallant soldier to give up his profession and go back into private life ho loved the movement and bustle of camps in the full command which had devolved upon himbot long before he took the keenest satisfaction and delight he wasraware too as turned out to be the case the civilian life at home with no occupation of an absorbing kind to keep it going would very soon pall upon him as for high clitte which his broth er having died was now his it might be a grand place in his mothers eyes but to htm accustomed as he was to the vast distances and palatial splendours of tho east it seem ed poor and small and yet he obeyed his mother had lost her elder eon she wrote plaintively that she had none other than him he was lyndon of high clitte now he nfhst come home marry ami take up his position in tho county it would break her heart to think of the place that had belonged for to many generations to the family being soso or passing into tho hands of strangers on personal grounds also sho besought him to yield to her she was old sho wrote and tho last stroke had been too heavy for her sho felt that the end of her sorrows was at hand she would die more happily if her son was near her sho did not indeed long survive his coining he travelled posthaste to lon don and went down into devonshire where high cliffe was situated nnd for the rest of his mothers life ho remained there it was when he had laid her iu thejgrave whim the early days of mourning were over and he began to look forward to the life which was left to him that colonel lyndon first realised the full imjwrtanceof the step he had taken in leaving the army he had fow relatives anil no near friends in england he was accustomed to have many people about him but of society as it is understood either in london or his own county he knew nothing the pursuits of his neighbours were not his pursuits ho waa expected to be an courant with all tho chitchat of the county and ire scarcely so much as knew the names of his mothers and brothers oldest friends then high cliffo was so well managed that it gave him nothing to do ho had ft certain talent for organisation and if he had found things wrong on his estate it might have jecte departure jom london he found no less than three letter oa his study table th first which he opened nu iu the firm somewhat masculine hand of his friend lady flora vlusianiey it ran a fol- 44 btuu colonel lymkjx i hope i hall no be preaumiug too jar upon your goodnature if i ask you to gire what as- aistpuoo yon can give toa pjir ot cuug travelers wh are gosfiyour vrayl this evening one is f0wn to you i mean my little daughters mtlly i hear she met you frequently it her brothers ehambcr this season hir companion u our new governess miw morrisoa a good and charming girl but timid and inexperi enced they stayed behind me for educa tional reasons and they hajs been under the guardianship of our loniku liouaekeeper whom i would have aiked to come on with them to scotland lad inoroktuberedtbat you were comtuguorthbythtvery same train i do not know whether i u be flattering you or not when i say that in all the circle of my acquaintanceship yoo axe tho only gentleman of whom i wouid renture to ask such a kindness looking forward to rh ou soon i remain v 44 most sincerely yours flora vin3tanlsr a kind and amiable letter j when the colonel had read it he putjidoirn smiling ly thank you lady flora he said half aloud it is clear enough that you do not share the opinion of some of my friends weill i think i have madtu to bfc under stood that 1 am an old bachelor i have been indiucren to a surprising amount of beauty and wit this season now leme see what eomes next he took up the next letter alexander smith what can he want with me tho question was soon answered mr smith like lady floia wanted help for inexperienced travellers 44 my dear lysdos ho wrote i think we are friends of sufficiently old standing for me to venture to ask you to do me a favour my niece and ward veronica browne you will know whom i mean there has just been a lawsuit about her property is travelling to scotland by tonights limit ed mail 1 should have wished to accom pany her at least as far as edinburgh but fin d i can only do so at tws scacrifico of business my niece is not in the least timid but she knows very little about travelling in flnglandandhermaidwhoisoneofthestupi- destof women would be capable of fainting at a critical moment or bursting into tears if she was looked at unhappily she is a treasure and a treasure witt a history so my niec will not part with her i was at my wits end about them when i remember eel that you were travelling by tho same train will you give an eye to my nieco during the journey and render her what as sistance you can i will meet you at the station and introduce you to her 44 relieve me mj dear lyndon very sincerely yours alexander smith this was just a littii perplexing three ladies to escort to the north that night urcly if was hard upon the colonel ho had heard of miss vvtvutca urov court tines of manner which while it amused them ou a lint introduction their cousins brother and uncles having accustomed them to so different a style of behaviour proved after a time particularly fascinat ing to them the colonel moreover had not learned the code of signals which do duty for witty talk aiuougt a certain class in society he could uot converse in jerks and bursts and uot u few of the expressions that ere current coin in fashionable circles seem- d to him positively illmannered many of hi acquaintances called him formal but to most of them there was something refresh ing about his formality 1 love to talk to colonel lyndon said one wuknon lady who ruled society by her beauty and wit at this time he is uot afraid of being origin al other said that the colonel was sym pathetic that heaeemed to know by instinct what would be interesting to his companion of the niowcit there were some who put down his popu larity for in spite of hi oldworld man ners he was popular to his appearance the colonel was such a man as almost any woman would have been proud to own as a near relative tall and broad hot spare in figure like one who has accustomed him self to hard exercise his face finely featured and deeply bronzed by his long years in on indian climate adorned with a long auburn moustache which fell over and portly con cealed one of the gentlest mouths that ever were seen clear blue eyes very direct in their glance and as full of fun upon occa sions as any schoolboys a frank address and a fine erect soldierly bearing such was colonel lyndon of high clitte when he retired from tho array as such he had unconsciously to himself for he did not un derstand how to flirt fascinated more ladies than one that season he however con tinued heartfree since the days when he had poured out pages of ecstatic verse about the lovely lady flora and rushed away to the ends of the earth rather than see her anothers mans bride ho had never fallen in love with any one a fact on which in these days he was wont to congratulate himself ladies in general he would say were so worthy of homage that it seemed invidious to pick out any one amongst them for particular devotion while wo have beei talking about the colonel we must imagine that tho morning and afternoon of the day when we met him over his letters have slipped away it is nearly five oclock everything is ready for a start and the colonel with his watch in his hand stands at the window of his little sit ting- renin which looks out on busy pic cadilly watching for the arrival of his young friend at last it is ten minutes past five and he had to be fidgety a hansom comes tear ing down the street it threads its way skil fully through omnibuses carriages cabs and carts its occupant impatient and is urging the driver on they will get into trouble they will certain y ge into trou ble says the watcher at the window what a scattcrbrain the boy is ah quietly quietly of course they did not hear him for his window was thrco stories high but he could not repress tho exclama tion the suddenness with which that unhappy horse was pulled up would have uery uklucky example tzstf 1 several other question of the tame kind were asked and answered and our talk j titil ii t i nied to be drawing to a close when all an adventure wita trie rrmceoi at once some mischievous spirit f va put it into the prince bead to ask what was tiiat ho would take nity on the loneliness of a pair of solitary old people ami gave them tho pleasure of his company at castle kt trick the invitation arrivedata happy moment and vm immediately and gratefully accept ed the colonel fixed a near flay for ids visit und set himself at once to make ar rangement for ida iourno v colonel lyndon and lady flora winitan- ley wcru friends of old standing he wo her junior though not by many years they had spent some months of their youth as near ucighlmirs and tho timo had tccn he was ttien a mere loy and she a wautlful woman just inginning to feel hcrown power when he had thought of her with a very tender regard he was loo young too poor and too simple to have wen m any sense a competitor fortlio hand of tho lovely lady flora but had ho known hew much she liked him ho might havo made an effort to win her a it fell out tho exigencies of lifo separat ed them he being tho second ron in a family that held to the tradition of tho old landed gentry without having the money to maintain them went away into the indian army aid spent years upon years in exile he was not wanted at home his eldest brother rule in their fathers place in the old family mansion of high cliffe hi mother who had still her home there was wrapped up in her elder son and scarcely to much a thougnt of tho younger he became accustomed after a time to tho life of camp and foreign stations and hi faroff homo in england was like a shadowy dream to him a for lady flora she set aside prudently her fancy that might have grown into s hopeless lore for the wautifnl and chival rons youth who had leen the companion and devoted friend of her early womanhood i ought to have ksown wilt you welle interested him to set them right hut tie steward was so trustworthy tho provincial lawyers who had looked after the property for many years were so able and devoted the land even to the garden which had been his mothers pride was in such admir able order that he felt it would bo not only unwise but ungrateful to interfere with any of tho arrangements after thankingovcry one and confirming every ono in tho posts they had held under his mother the colonel found his lifo so insufferably dreary that he wandered up to london where he had several friends it was then early in tho brilliant season which had been so exhausting to lady flora winstanleys finance tho colonel had not many friends but those- ho did possess were persons of good standing they introduced him to others his soldierly waringand his fine chivalrous manners made him a favour ite especially among ladies nnd had he chosen ho might have been at two or three gay asscinblagcs every night london life howove pilled upon him as lifo in the country had done these people were very kind and agreeable he was grateful to them for tho notice they took of him which did indeed sometimes surprise him a little but in tho midst of gay crowds he was solitary he missed his men ho missed the punctilious order of tds soldier- lifo he missed tho yung officers who had been his friends as wcll on his subordinates and whom it had wen his pride as he would have ex pressed it to keep straight ho was wanted there so nt least he loudly im agined and there was some profit and satis faction in his life here both in tlndcpths of the country and in tho gay whirl of lon don lite ho tclt the same no ono really who in consequence of her large wealth lively manner and curiously interesting story had been otic of tho ktisations of tho season and ho believed from what hclicard that she was exceedingly well able to take caro of herself hut alexander smith was an old friend if ho chose tt go through tho formility of an introduction at the stat- tion tho colonol feltthat he was bound to make himself agreeable if not useful the third tetter woe in the handwriting of his charmiiiir fiivhty young friend percy winstanley and as the colonel believed him tejhave been on his way to africa by this time he looked at it with tome sur- firise it dated from plymouth then he ind not started this was strange the colonel opened tho letter hnitily dkakcoijovki urote thoyoung fol low i gather from your last that you aro off to tho highlands and that you propose to start on the very day when if the post is true to time this letter will reach yon will you lie surprised if i tell you that i percy winstanley mean to travel north in the same train it is a long story which i can tell you when wo meet thunder tor mi off tho lands end negligence smiewhcro samarcmid broke down put iu nt fly- mouth wont bo able t travel for at least a fortnight in tfc3se fourteen hlcsacd days which aro given to mo by my iiidulgcntcountry for my own pur poses i mean to rush up to kttrick nnd havo one more look at the dear old plate and tiilf dear old peoplo before i go what fun it will be 1 i shall do tho mclodrarriuic hunt upon them liko a meteor take every one by surprise hut as i know you my dear nisi tor would certainly spot mo during tlio journey i takeyoiijuto my confidence i been alarming to any ouenot well accustom- o 1 to the ways of ixmdon hansom driver to he continued wanted him to have said that there was am writing in tho ovcningl shall dine and no satisfaction in his lifo would have lice sleep hero and early in- the tuorning start impioui to tho religious sense of tho old soldier ho could not ns yet feel that there was any profit in it when ho mot ijady flora winstanley it was by what is generally called an accident at the house ol a mutual friend the colonel though fow would havo recognised tho fact was beginning to fall a prey to a settled melancholy the unexpected nnd most pleasant revival of an early friendship cheered him not a little ho told lad for london look for mo some time in i the afternoon of tho day you receive this w can dino together at huston and thenhooray for tho north i yours in luxate ami affection wtsstasiky not so oute as he tiouht he wasj one day a tin peddler with an assortment of knickknacks arrived at a certain village in connecticut and called at one of the houses in sell hi wares after disposing of a few articles to tho lady of the house who was surrounded by a regular swarm of children she declared s inability to purchase more for the want of money hut nyiamsaid the peddler aint you got any rags 44 none to sell was the reply 44 well returned tho peddler you seem to have plenty of children will you sell mo one lor tinware j what will you give sir ten dollars ma am in good tinware s sartin maam the best well sir its a bargain said tho lady 14 and you may tako your pick of tho lot the peddler surprised that hi offer was accepted ye j confident that a mother would not part with her child selected a bright looking bay placed him in the cart and sup plied the lady with tins until tho sum of 10 was made up then the jo idler certain that the mother would hasten to redeem tho child as soon ns alio saw him actually starting off mount ed the scat csido the littlo fellow who pleased with tho idea of having a rido was crowing lustily and rodo off a slow pace expecting each moment to hear tho lady calling to him to bring back tho child mat no such call did he hear after proceeding short distance the peddler began to see that ho had msdo a bad bargain and turned his horses head again towards the lady house tho lady had jiat finished ornamenting her shelve with tho tin when tho peddler entered well said lie i dont think tho boy i it vtoil aim ne s uon i vmu www thcro was a ptcasvimightm the colonel ft think you had better tim 11 m1 flu amrillli lll 111 eyesas ho read this effusive letter kit travagaut young beggar ho murmured 44 just like him well hes not a son of d lady mine t and then ho began to feel glad that vmfwishto flora foiiio of his perplexities and was ad- 1 ho would hive n young friend with him to y surprised vised by her to have patience there is a tnkc part in the onerous dutici l the jour- 1 yv k nook in the world for everyone said tho noy and to think will a aitisfaclion which t yyzr hoy to anultcrtrftng wise lady aouwill find your nook in irradiated his sunlmnit face of the rapture j j time i his little friend mhly would ecricnco hy way of helping him to find this nook when she would see in tho crowded station she introduced him to her son percy live the beloved brother over whoso absence sho him some good advice sho said ho is a had been shedding so many bitter tears take him kick nnd let mo have my ware 44 no sir tho bargain was fair mid tho lady and yon shill slick to it whether rish to or not prised at this tho peddler exclaimed 4 why maam how can you think of bless your soul mister i havo no chtb dren returned the lady tho children you see here are pauper children and a you i appear to 1 a good man i will gladly sell the colonel wa sparing of his advice an additional grace to even tho ixatfatouicd ahead but ho made lady flora son his friend of mortal- wo will seize the prevnt oppor- 1 xtoy wa dropped at tho door the and was ah e in the course ol the summer tunity for giving a slight sketch el our col- poller jnmpcd aboar1 hi cart and the way to onti piranceam manners of hi la hi old horse get away from that was a caution it is safe to say that never forgot his pauper speculation nnn w uvwjnttlvh iiim1 puuii jill hilll hci youus iii to him or a young fashioned old maneither percy wa leaving the attractive neighlour- these description might have applied to mm hood of the metropolis and the colonel wa he wa not certainly in the least liko tho wondering what he should do with himself young man or the elderly man who i ordin- for the next few weeks when lvly floras arily to 1 met with in istndon drawing- dear hoy but much too easily led a these moment of kindly feeling give sgflwnl more of them if you wih iu 10 lvico i an additional grace toeven ihchestratoiilcd lj riend of mortal- wo will seta the prevnt oppor- 1 loy wm dropped i miner tunity for giving a alight sketch el our col- r ftik hi k appearance and manners of hi o mado hi old horse get young soldier from tumbling into two or precise age wo cannot apeak definitely and norlw thrco dangerous pitfall looking after indeed there was a diversity of opinion on jc ncv percy in fact became almost an occuatii thi point an oldfashioned young man invilliontouutlokurick mrivr1 n in iho nn ii w prnlamy np ijto trw nl cmtk1 it lromuct equipped the travelling rtxtl thai cyclone in knu liftcl rg tree nl carrie nlxnco from kazuna rororfcc1 mr stetlqck not rmgnt op with rj iho nunncr tho lime ii wftkt i nnilly pi rrptie1 shmlijck tiikk rcttw am mm owiwtte rmi hi mcnccv properly i i lent know whl yon n llc ly lfrc colonel lynon pro when u iullrocl llie it with 1 ciiaitkk ii to hi long njiinv irnn fiil tht he hil not ought up with rte iroo wa eonippe1 for trting i or i lonl know what yon mean i mean that it took it trunk with it wales 44 if i had to live iu a place like this i should certainly go stark mad thought i as i followed a daptn utile blaek-vclvet- edpageiuwaiting through the endless cor ridor of marlborough house the tow a residence of the prince of wles who had sent to ask me for som information shout russias progress in central asia at that moment the chief topic of public interest in the british capital it was indeed a dismal place for the abode of royalty and might well make any one doubt whether being as happy as a king were any great happiness after all at the first glance iu huge gloomy front towering against the cold gray london sky the high blank woodeu palisade inclosing its paved courtyard the redcoated sentry trampii to and fro with fixed bayonet just outside the gate and the two tall grave- looking policemen oil duty within it made tho whole building look much more like a prison than a palace so oppressive indeed was the dead dull heaviness of this courtly dungeon that it would have been quite in tolerable but for the relief afforded byihe pleasant face of cheer old sir kdward knollyr the chamberlain of the household who met mo at the entrance nnd a merry clamor of boyish voieres very refreshing to hear iu that gloomy place from a distant part of tho vast building whero some of the royal youngsters were having a gooel time with three or four small friends who had dropped in to see them but with this exception the general dreariness was unrelieved the long dark silent passages hung with black and filled with a checrleas twilight were so utterly unearthly tint when icame suddenly round a sharp corner upon a white marble statue placed in a halterect attitude as if ascend ing out of the earth i started involuntarily as if i had seen a ghost rising from its grave kvcn the page who guided me heightened this ghostly effect so weirdly elid the funer al blackness of his velvet livery contrast with a face as pale as if he had fallen into a tub of horse- leeches and had all his blood sucked out leforc ho could be rescued nnd i felt haunted by a nightmare feeling of wing fed by a ghost through the gloomy labyi of an egyptian sepulchre all at once a door at the end of the pas sage opened just as we were within a few paces of it and instantly tho page effaced himself as the french graphically phrase it into a corner with a look such as mr frank stocktons doomed hero may have worn as he opened the fatal door behind which tho hungry tiger lay crouching for a spring but instead of a tiger there issued forth a very handsome ami ladylike woman in a tall hat and long ridinghabit that almost hid the slight lameness which was her only dofect for the veriest stranger might have told at a glauce by her likeness to the countless portraits scattered broad cast through every town in england that this lady was no other than the princess of wales herself sho bowed gracefully in answer to my salute and passed on with the faintest pos sible smile flickering over her beautiful face as she saw the pco5fluttening himself against thejj 2t anxiety avoid jostling her and frying hard to look as if ho were nobtherc at all i could see little or no likeness in her features to those of her younger sister princess dagmar whom 1 hnd seen years before in russia when sho landed at peterhofto meet her bridegroom tho future covr alexander iii but there was no mistaking princcasalexau- dras resemblance to lior ratlior kiiiuchriw tfan ix of denmark whom i met in ice land during my iccond cruise through the arctic ocean boh in the beauty of her face and in tho ivok of strange melancholy that clouded it no sooik r had she gone by than the page pointed to the room from which she hael issued and told mo irfa tragic whisper that i should find there the prince of wales him self nnd as i went in he looked after me with an air ff mingled pity and awe which recalled to me at once tho story of how peter the great offended by the slavish timidity with which a russian petitioner approached him was graciously pleased to observe at the full pitch of his imperial voice curse you you fool dont be so scared do you think youre offering buns to an elephant when i entered i found nothing more formidable inside than a stout baldheaded goodnatured locking man in ordinary morning dress who was sitting in a large armchair by the fire for nt that time he was just recovering from a severe attack of ill ness and had notyct shaken off tho effcctsof it was sad to see how slowly and feebly he moved ns he roso nnd came forward to meet me likea man bowed down by age in stead of ono who ought to havo been in the irino of his health and strength and how is hand trembled us ho held it out 44 ho doesnt look much like cricket or deerstalking hoic although he used to be n good hand nt both once upon a time thought i as wo shook hands i wonder what tho fools who are always envying his luck in being born a prince would say to lis 1 tho prince bade mo welcome pleasantly enough but in spite of nil that i had heard of the marked foreign pronunciation which ho and his brothers naa acquired from con stant companionship with their fathers ger man friends in the days of their childhood it rather grated upon my unaccustomed car to hear the future king of england talk with so strong a german accent that a strang cr would never have taken him for an eng lishman at all but would have set him down at once as a german who had learned eng lish remarkably well in fajt i was for ibly reminded of the frenchmans 1 vos peaky ze english parfnitcmaw and of tho inscription over tho door of tho english gram mar school v good grammar leached here then wo sat down and ijcgau to t ik the prince made many inquiries about russia central aia and other remote parts of tho east and it struck mo at once that a man who could ask such clear and sensible questions nnd could so readily com prehend tho answers that ho received must be anything but the emptyheaded swell that so many peoplo itciicvcd him to lie on tho other hand ho seemed curiously ignorant of many things with which not a fow men of half his education were quite familiar and when ho began to speak ot his own travels in tho east 1 iaw in a moment that while honestly eager to learn all ho could ho had been victimized from first to last by that idiotic codo of ceremony which pronounce it to bo not etiquette for a 44 royal highness to acquaint himself in any way with tho history and social con dition of tho towns or countries through which ho may happen to pass go where he might ha had always wen surrounded with a wall of useless formality which hid from his sight everything that lay outside of it why a man who was one day to ride millions of his fcllowincn should w so care fully kept from knowing anything ntout them i could not for my lifo imagine but such was evidently tho first and great com mandment of those who had most to do with tho matter havo you any idea what russia is really after in central asia asked he at length 44 she surely cant expect to take india from us and if sho did sho could not keep it yet if that not what sho wants what the good of her conquering all those deserts which ore of no use to any ono l i should say replied 1 that she has three object in view first to drive nut british goods which have for year past been crowding out her own from every liazaai wtwecn tho caspian sea and the bor der of china secondly to have such a trainingscliool for her soldier a france ha had in algeria or england in india ami south a frlca where they may practice march ing fighting and intrenching without eur ope wing a hit the wier thirdly he want to fret hold ol the rich mine that lie to the east of her which if properly work- roperly ed would my all tho cent of conquering central asm twice over a slip in tne last treaty with england has already given her the precious mwminc of radakhahan ami iv the gold fields of the tienshan mountains shoulders being chilly under the circumstance the most ticklish question of all the papers are saying a good deal just now about a possible split between ger many and russia said he and some of them even hint that it may perhaps end in a war now of course what the two governments may say to each other in such a case means just nothing at all but i should like to ask you as you have lived in russia so long how the two nations feel to ward one another iu fact what the ordin ary russian think of the ordinary german and the ordinary german of him 44 well said 1 i can best answer thst question by quoting a story which the great cossack humorist nikolai gogol wrote in the early port of the present century the tale relates hew a russian peasant being out hyhiiuaeu in a lonely place oa christ- mataia inct by the devil who tried hard to tempt him into committing a great crime which would at once place the mans soul in hi power the russian stood his ground like a man- and sternly bade the evil one wgone but the demon was not to be shaken off so easily and only became more and more urgent in his temptation at last tho pious russian growing angry at wing persecuted in this way called the devil an accursed german at which satan was so deeply insulted that he flew away in disgust antl never came back no sooner had i ended this nice little story than it suddenly flashed upon me that i had told it to a man whose own father was agerman and the greater part of whose rela tives and friends were of the same race and as mr eglestous hoosier friends would have phrased it i low i felt powerful mean but my hearer had no thought of taking offense at this downright internation al joke on the contrary he laughed at it until ho was quito out of breath declaring that indeed it waa a sufficient answer to his query and when i took my leave of him a later on his last words to tne were an assur ance that i hail told him a great many things which were well worth hearing david keu the latest from europe a campaign of murder in bulgaria the wajiiparlisaater tne greatest dis aster sicca the murder of caygaai i at cabol the newfoundland question the murder of m biitchaftat sofia has again roused general indignation againt the halfbarbarous empire of- the north un doubtedly he was killed by mistskke the bullet were mont for m sumbouloff st much ia admitted the prime minuter o bulgaria is the oue man who stand wtweeu russia and the coveted control of the prin cipality hhe and her agents have tried tvefy means conspiracy intrigue diplom acy raid in timidatioo every mean short of murder to get rid of him and have failed nov she has tried murder and that too has failed she has murdered the wrong man it was known that something was about to happen roumanla and servu both under russian influence have of late been swarming with russian ageuts and bulgari an refugees iu russian pay the notorious bendereff was there the roan who for bis services in wtraying and kidnapping prioco alexander enjoys a russian pension plots against prince rerdinand were known to be on foot but what the plots were nobody bad folnd out what europe aaw was that at any price short cf war and by any mean no matter how base the emperor of russia was resolved to crush the independence of bulgaria anarchy is his favorite method to create by artificial means a condition of anarchy which might serve hunasa pretext for interfering in the interest of order to kill m stambouloff to create a panic in the country to establish disorder and then to intervene to depoee prince ferdinand and to put some russian tool on his throne- that seemed an extremely promising pro gramme v the grrateit disaster since the murder of cavagnari at cabul such is the the anglo- indian estimate of what has occurred at manipur the angloindians are apt to take rhetorical views but the repulse of the quinton expedition isadisagreeableincident which will put the viceroy of india on his nettle there are inmompur to complete the parallel parnellite and anliparnelhto factions the maharajah was either deposed or threatened it is not clear which not liking to be an uncrowned king he applied to tho british to help him they acting under treaty sent chief commissioner quinton antl 450 goorkhas aome of the toughest soldiers anywhere cxtaut mani pur homo rulcrsobjccted to this interference in a matter of purely manipurce concern attacked mr quinton ami his tough gootkhas wat them drove them out killed 200 or 400 for accounts vary killed ono english officer captured mr quinton and his staff and proved to a do- monbtratian tho advantages of that system which mr gladstone desires to wsiow on ireland dear old scotland and gallant little wales then came to pass what some day might come to pass nearer loudon the viceroy ordered all the british forces near at band oiie hears with surprise that there are as many as 5000 to move ipin mani pur the next news will probably be that this interesting principality has wome part f the british dominions the agitation about newfoundland if agitation there were has subsided or is in suspense nothing has happened here and nothing is heard from the other side noth ing important can well occur until tho new found and delegation has arrived and had its intervie with tho government there is ap irently no intention to delay lord knutsords bill beyond a reasonable time lord gianvillcs death deprives mr gladstone of one of the few peers of this realm loyally devoted to him and his present pylicy they- two had wen close friends tor f rty years lord granvilles career has bten distinguished he has played a great cflieial part has wen minister during many administiations and finally led the oposi- tion in the house of lords with tact and good temper when both were much needed hotesfortuekitcheb to cook an oldhks when so eminent a scientist as prof w matttcu williams thought it worth his while to experiment witi tlifn oomeirliut lough auhject fur fna tronomie contemplation it may not be nmis to profit by the result of hid experiment he took a hen six years old hut otherwise in good condition and cooked it slowly in water for four hours then let it stand in the water until the next day when it was roasted for about an hour basting frequent ly with some bf the broth in winch it was simmered it was then pronounced as tender and fine flavored as a young cliiekcn toasted in the same way notwithstanding tho good broth obtained by slewing chicken wises a nice dish can w made fiom the wings of fowls by stewing jlowly until extremely tender then makc a puree of peas by boiling a quantity of pens cither fresh or canned in water utitil tend r draining an mashing through a sieve ami seasoning with salt pepper and butter just wfore mashing through the sieve thick en with a ublespoonful of flour to every quart of peas wet the flour with cold water and cok for two minutes serve on a steak dish with the wings piled on top hue cake this is tho real southern hoe cake the recipe was given by a tcnnesr ce lady who makes it to perfection the meal of tho north is said not to w ns sweet as that of tho south butif you will send sweet corn and field com half und half to theniill and have it ground i think you will not complain of tho meal mix a quantity of tho meal with water until it is too thin to w called a dough and too thick to w called a batter grease the griddle nnd spread the hoe cake upon it rather thicker than a bat ter cake brown on one side and then turn over ert hot with butter and break off the pieces dont cut it bkeast ok mutton the french know how to make not only a palatable but a delicious dish of this piece of mutton which americans generally use only for soup tho secret lies in long and slow cooking put over tho fire in sufficient hot water to cover it and simmer until tho bones slip out easily seasoning with salt and pepper when half done tako out and remove the bone press the meat wtwecn two plates and let it stand until firm nnd cold then score the mutton and spread with a mixture of chopped parsley and sweet herbs with onions rubwd through a spoon ful of butter and seasoned with salt and red pepper sprinkle thickly with bread crumbs dot with bits of butter and bake alight brown dish on a hot platter garnish with littlo mounds of boiled or steamed rice and serve with a brown sauce rub through tho gravy in tlio pan two tablespoon f ids of browned flour a large cupful of tho broth in which the mutton was cooked and finish ing the seasoning with a teaspoonf ul of wor- ccstcrshiro sauce this is a very oconotui al dinner as tho broth in which tho meat was boiled will furnish a good soup with tomatoes and other vegetables the philosophy of boiling an egf the white of tho egg is albumen and tho yolk also but containing a peculiar oil it is tho albumen that heated at 1g0 f coa gulates and renders the egg doticious lender and digestible but if tlio temperature ic raised beyond the perfectly coagulating point the albumen will dry shrink and beconto icathciy and indigestible large eggs placed in wiling water will not proper ly jellify or coagulate the albumen of cither the white or of the yolk in thrco and a half minutes then to secure the desirable degree of cooking or coagulation of the albu men of tho egg or of a steak the tempera ture should bw just sufficient when longer continued to perfectly cook and not to sear and hornify tho nutritive element of food until cooking impairs digestibility rather than as it should promote it a meal pre supposes preparation calculation and fore thought then why not a well apply these to uniform certain and rcrfect cooking of egg ten minute wfore tho meal hour put the egg into a vessel into which boil- in water lias previously wen poured cover ami set aside and when the meal is ready to lie serve the egg will w perfectly cooked if aonio of the family desire their egg haul er too or three minutes longer will gratify the wish but still the eggs will w perfectly digestible too much fuel is wasted in spoil ing food that should w made delicious ami digestible but which tooofteniunnutriiiou indigestible and tasteless pk0blem of the unem ployed mllllnm in salter the social problem of today has many perplexing phases but there is ono that almost fills us with consternation what can we say when men want work and yet there is no work for them to elo if a man is not ablo to work the instincts of humanity leod us to help him if he wih not he should cither w mado to or else allowed to starve but if wo open our eyes and look wyond the surface of things we arc led to suspect that there aro not a few persons who wlong to neither of theso categories cateful observation shows that there arc in great britain several millions of the unemployed who would gladly work if they could get work and a million such on this side of the ocean taking the country altogether but how can it w wo ask is not every pair of hands able to add a certain amount o the wealth of tho world to produce at least enough to get iu exchnugo what is ne cessary to keep one alive t ft would seem rational to suppose so how is it then that an ablewdicel person of good habits can go about seeking for work and not finding it the immediate answer is of course that no one wants to employ him but why the re fusal to employ the answer often coints from ito inpfoyer or business house 44 wo v ivfwty ioro labor tbaii wo can profi tably fise notice for a moment what ie implied in such an answer profitably use it means that if a man is hired it is assum ed that his lawr is sufficient not only to support himself but to help in the support i e to add something to the purse of the one who hires him tho lawr that is employed in the ordinary channels of industry has n surplus value it creates more than is neces sary to sustain itself ami the more helps to make the profits of those who employ it it is to gctthis more that employers so far as they act from business motives hire labor and when it ceases to have this sur plus value they do not hire it if this is ao tho question of theunemploy cdprescntaa new face if a man is honest and ndustrious and able to earn his brend ho can find employment only iu case his labor will produce a profit for sonic one else if his labor is sufficient simply to put clothes on his back and food in his stomach and provide shelter for himself against wind and weather and by himself i mean his family too he may not find employment the only alterna tives arc in case he can employ himself or can go back to the original reservoir of nil force and earn his living directly from the und selfemployment however in competi tion with the largo organized industries of the present time is almost impossible nor is getting ones living from the land so easy 0 matter first there is tho difficulty for the poor man of getting to tho land sce- nnd tho land of tho country is fast passing into private hands so that save in rare instances one must pay rent for tho privi lege of getting ones living from it this means tlint the worker shall be ablo to pro duce a surplus over and above what is neces sary for tho subsistence of his family this surplus going into the owners pocket 1 he case standing thus it seems to mo perfectly possible that there should be a considerable body in tho community ready and nblo to support themselves who have cither to secure charity or steal or starve mr mills in recounting his experience among tho destitute poor ot liverpool tells that one cold decern wr morning ho found in a certain house a baker out of work and next door to him a tailor nut of work and next door again a shoemaker in tho samo plight tho trouble with those peoplo was of course so far as each of them was con cerned that their services could not w em ployed at a profit by any one tho markets perhaps wing already stocked with bread and clothes and shoes and their wing no moncyjlll making any more but why could not these peoplo provide directly for each other needs irrespective of whether there was a profit for any ono in so doing why should not unemployed bakers and tailors and shoemakers and masons and carpenters nnd tillers of the soil he taken ont of tho profitmaking system into which they do not fit and making themselves into a colony tho inkers lake bread for all tho tailors make clothe for nil tho carpenters make houses for all the tillers of the soil raise corn and wheat for all each class produc ing not io soil to tho outside world but for each others use and each class receiving in turn of the wncfita of all the others labor once give up tho idea that tho present system is anything liko a part of tho order of nature or otherwise necessary and un changeable save thst selfishness is neces sary and unchanged and tho thought in comes easy of breaking away from tho ay tern and founding an industrial order on other principles such cooperative colonics are the only hope that i can sco for the unemployed sooner or later vo shall understand that there are more people than can w mado use of in a profitmaking system and that if the surplus population in to have any honor or manliness left in it it has got to w remov ed from such a system everything would ultimately depend upon wise directionnud management the state 1 think should have as littlo to do with these colonics as possible i should look with more hope to some volnntiry organiza tion like the salvation army than to the state a at present organized in darkest england seems to mo ono of the hurnxnealand one of tho wisest and most practical book that have wen produc ed in thi century among the books recommendation not the least wise is the cooperative factory and colony idea- 11b mrs suddenrich what awfol nwe w ell said mts mcgndely after her poon them are r dealer ye mam visit to a notable social event i have tceyaraour ulat designs mr s 4 heard alrtntociely showing each oher the they toeat fruit with dealer they aw cold houmcr hot from the way some that aouvenir spoon madam mrr 1 1 saw were drred i dmn t wonder at their gf a dozen our near french io k wm iiu makea elegant ouvenirs mmmrm s spppss