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The Goderich Star, 1899-09-01, Page 3Tr e ews Briefly 'old 1 :440* tket ttaa0**940/At: LaPraeW00011• gatAll0+ MS* piraportion. of :pstmerst to Vas ' 4:0000latiOn Of *inland ia lowor Wow Os* . *V *440)004 tOr 40 laSta. , 'T.4.0, Iirit* VO1Wat ntleltatd PTO: Ai, ti*ii*tiP *8 tei tfletZeleelt or ttlegilreeete1- *0,4 tlis V***qw,14* 411)**4. iA, P*,,:irt ,t* tlo. cillgeti• itieeieglee$ $904ty 144 leeintlieig 1104',4- OP° Pil110411. have died at Attain* en the seat reset- utv Miinet. • . 1,The Hiabee?. et Lereclou bee iestied e lekteriefilciasi tale cieegy oi We dieeese. tip oaey the.- ,decisioest Of tbe Ault, Iliti*Pa' land tO Oliattn.4041titnalletinola- evevellaSee. ifteetteeend lights. Willaton Sintwama, wile+ Mede a greet mentalities ae 4 war artist and. cor- oW,P0mient in 'the Origami ia dead. ale ea.w the Indien metizty, the Abyettins tett eetePedge, Pad the Franco-German war. +Tostet year American low Mob oil killed Yes and injered 216 Londoriere, fet Dee+ pare it bee kitted in loandoe 228 mat inittred 1,024 persona. Afiney newspaperte eentintle to urge tbe Gov- ernment to rabic. the flamh point. ' 4 Londen .- (teepee/la bays thet British Peeserouteet will -14hortiy point teaven commercial eortunietuo to varioue parte of the world. I will be. isubjtect to the embers/Jim, wilt report te the Board ot Tra.de. Sir Hdralnad 'Antrobus, ewner of eetate upon which Stonehenge sta offers tbe (land to the Government £125,000. The price ea big, but value of Stogehenge as an antiqu may induee the Government to bu WOKS% IMITS 11111111111T 011.00180U, SOMPOR 91104 latertetla, Iterseekurs Ilieeeet DeefteThe kolleot Now. of 040 OWel Calaitfiasenelage la law Mother taus41-Whet 0.40$ MS in else MI* elates--NieesPrieve Wertil Ow. CANADA,. Tephoid fever ha becoming primate/a in Brantferd. Brantford talke of extendIng /to water -works toretem. Air. J. AaSnaart, Dealutal Minister at the Interior. has gone to Englaode EstallWay ateackenen meet in conveu- dolt at tattaWa. Seletelather 12. ComPlaint ie made at Hamilton about the blowing of factory whistles. The Canadian Pacific haa procured 15,000 new cars for handling this year's grain crop in Menitoba. Au addition Witt be erected to, the John H. Stratford. Hoepitel, Brautfoed. Aaa isolation hospital may also he built. No. 19 company, Western Divisien Royal Garriaon Artillery, Is to be moved to Esquiertelt. Tee headquartere ef the Yukon field force have been removed from Fort Selkirk to Dawson. Charles Moore and J. H. Houston have returned frolu Dawson City to Ottawa In eleven (leas. Isaac Fox, arreated Hatatilton 'for embezzlement at Marengo, Iowa, has returned voluntarily. Every Amerioan bunter may here- after take with him two deer each year when leaving Canada. Kingston's School a alining cost $2,0/0 more then the receipts last year and in addition a new laboratory to cost $6,000 is required, Typhoid fever is somewhat prevalent in Brantford. Fourteen cases are at the hospital, and us many more ere being treated at home. Stanley fluff, aged seven years, was woreied by a dog and nearly killed at Claatham. When rescued the lad's face and head were badly lacerated. The Government has been informed that Meuritas and British North Borneo, including Labuan, have adopt- ed the 2 -cent. Imperial letter rate. Thd trial of two Indians for the man- slaughter of an insane Indian has just been conclud.ed at Edmonton: One was acquitted. The other got three months in jail. Ottawa will again renew at the Legislature Re request for a reduction in the number of aldermen, the lengthening of the term and election in alternate years. .A bueli fire in West Flamboro' townshei is said to have done damage etiethe extent of about 43,000 to stand- in;':••,91.,eber owned by M Wm. Lak- jag, 6 , woodatock -s,t present suffering from a typhoid fev-er -e'pidemio. There are 25 persons down with it. The health authorities say that ita prev- alence is due to the use of bad well water. The certificate of Cept. Thomas A. Purcell, of the S. S. Merrimac, recent- ly stranded on Anticosti island, has been suspended for three months, and severe censure has been passed on the second officer, Wm. Goulding. Large numbers of deer are swimming the St. Lawrence River, to escape the forest fires. The steamet Empire State passed close to a herd swimming the river, and ode large buck was within a few feet of tee steamer. Frank Kendall, captain of the steam- ship Clipper, of Rat Portage, was drowned.Thursday in the Rainy River rapids. He Was caught in a rope that had been thrown to land and dragged uff thAlloont. A new line of railway between Ot- tawa and Rro3kville is projected back- ed by local capital as an independ- ent one, to furnish direct connection with Breckville and with the Grand Trunk System east and west of that center. 'The Pestoffiee Department has made a new parcel post arrangement with Russia. Hereafter parcels for Russia will be sent .."via Hamburg," the rate being 58 cents per pound, or 41.62 for 11 pounds, which is the limit of weight. Police Chief Powell, of Ottawa, speaking of the operation of Sunday cars there eays, "that while there has been More bustle in the city on account of the cars there has been a marked degree less of drunkenness and crime." Prof. John Welsley Brooks, of Brantford, has issued a writ against Isaac Walsh, a , baker, for 42,000 dein- ages for alleged slander Mr. Brooks im a phrenologist ' by • profession. Walsh's opinion of him is not very exalted, hence the cause of action. , is reported that the statement of the Banque Ville Marie affairs pre - Bente." by the Canadian Bankers' As- sociation showed the& no less than 452,000 had been charged by the bank for expenses in connection with the forcing of its circulation. Barroy Tulley, 'the son of a prom- inent citizen, of Malone, N.Y., a couple. of 'vecelre ago stole 817,000 from his father and came on to Montreal, where he hae been caught, but upon his confession his father declined to have the ryoung man arrested. ' Captain Girouard, a graduate of the Ontario Military Academy at Kinge- ton, who had oharge of the building of the railway during the advance into theeSoudan, ha.3 been made, am- jor in recognition of his services. Ma- jor Girouard is at present visiting in Canada. Prof. Robertson haa gone to the Maritime Provinces to arrange for the ela.rting of co-operative creameries in Nova Sootia, to be managed by department in a eimilar way to tha followed when the department manag- ed the chee.se feeturtes and cres.mer-i ies in Prince Edward Island. A statement from Prince Edwaee Inland shows that last year there were 34 co-operative °heed° race:tries in sue- ceesful operation, and 23 to -operative creameries,. where butter was made. Thee:total value of °hese° and butter available for export in the yeate emounted to 8364,557.63. imr. C. W. Morrison, of Brooklyn, N. y.„is in Ottawa endeavoring to secure a' site fOr 'a pulp mill on elm Gritinemel River, near Chelsea, seven miles from Ottawa, and also to purchase some aprueeilimlbs. If a suitable site la se- curetl it is mid a mill wit') e eap- malty of SOO tons of pulp daily will be buil t. ,A11, the boot and shoe factortee in Quebec will be closed for two or +three weeks. the interval the manueac- turers will draw up a uniform scale of wages ,to be submitted to the em- ployee for.sigeotture. 'Tbe factories will then re-epen as soon as there fa an understanding for not leas than one year between employers. and employed The Department of the -Interior has received most encouraging reports of tlhe preetreee being made by the Doukhobor' immigrant/3, and tbere is every rearm, bo hope that their lot (Olt be +vete as happy and truccessfu,1 a& was /Yoked for. slidaely of the men have obtained work es laborers on rallwey contstrteetion, and many aee fit to give over' Hiatt' atrietly vege- tarians diet, which rather tended te inteefere veins their eniployMent eas laborers. With tho Iteteptence,of the snot, food as other hands end tho adeptitin of clothing better seated to Dainitditin Oonditions, ft is eirident Rest thf4 Doeithollors will seen fit into the nteinrar greaten of the etrantry. GrtHAT BRITAIN. It, is estiMated Oat °vet 10,000 epicene bare (Heeled Efeeletid thie yeer. Thei first cenaightlent Kelat hoes the ale aerie 'hey bet the ride, dor the ity, Y. ITO. rote the to uito the nee Will the Con- ew Me/ ate de, Major Roaa, who was sent to Sie Leone. by the Liverpool School of T teat Daseaam to try to climover malarial masquato, has wired Profesaor Jones that the' mosq has been found, and asking that Government aend eaten to him at o It is believed that the Government eend medical experte to Maoist in researches. UNITED STATES. Ex -Speaker Reed ham resigned as gressman for (Maine. Ex -Judge Henry Hilton, af N York, died Thursuay at bis sum home here. A, 11. Longino, Democratic candid tor Governor of Miesissippi, has clared for Bryan for President. The buaine.ss portion of Victor City, Colorado, has been wiped out by fire at an e,stimated loss of 1,2,000,000. out of 1,000 men who went into the Kotzebue country. Alaska, last fall, more than 70 ha,ve died from disease or accident. The dry house of the Samuel Debbie powder mill near Sheppton, Pa., was completely wrecked by an explosion, and William T. Betaenberger, otie of the proprietors, and, Harry Jones, a powdermaker, were bterally blown to atoms. ' While cressing the tracks of the New .Tersey Southern eitilroad at Seabright, N.J., a carriage loontaining six persons was struck by a train. .31"es Louise E. Terry, Charles Trippe, and Create Terry, were inetantly killed and the °there badly 'injured. Prof. Pickering of Harvard Observa- tory, who eetablished the Misti Ob- servatory of Peru, is seeking a suit- anble location for the largest telescope i the world, being constructed at Cam- bridge especially for observing the new planet due to pass close to the earth within 18 months. at he st a t - Pt sen • The new steel steamer Buffalo, no under course of construction Buffalo, will be launched soon. '1' steamer wus built for the Wester Transit Co., and will be the large package freight steamer on the grea lakes. The new boat is 900 feet i length, 50 ft. beam, and 281-2 ft. i dePth. A Chicago despatch says: "The Can adian Veterans' Association received letter from Sir Wilfrid Laurier, sta ing that he, the Earl of Minto, th Canadian Cabinet, and the members o the Canadian Parliament would acce an invitation of the Chicago Festiva Committee to plurticipate in the fe tival exerciees to be held during th second week of October. GENERAL. There are several cases of yellow fever at Panama. I The Chinese Emphroe, has develope syeaptoms of insanity. The Transvaal Volksraad has refuse by le to 9 to abrogate tbe dynamit monopoly. Serious riots have occurred between C'eechs and Germans, at Gradlite, nea Koniggretz, in Bohemia. Professor Sandi, of (the University Messina, Italy, claims to have discov ered. a cure for eubonic plague, A Boer has been arrested in Bechu analand charged with attempting t stir natives up to rebellion. A Rome despatch says there have been several fatal eases of bubonic plague recently at Palermo and Naples 'A party of Rusaian engineers has been massacred by Chinese brigands at Kirin, on the China -Russian fron- tier. Thu. bodies of over 2,509 victims of the recent hurrietine have been buried in Porto Rico. The injured number 1,- 000 and thef homeless 2,000. At Santiago, Chili, an entire passen- ger train fell into the River Mapocha, which rune through the city, and many lives were loet. .The Nile has risen slightly in the Sinnaar district, but the rise has not been sufficient to allay the uneasiness felt for the, safety of the crops. R has been decided to hold a uni- versal exhibition in Rome in 1901. At. the same time a colossal monument to King Victor Emanuel will be unveil- ed. south Australia harvellt prospects are fair for the time of the year, and the outlook for the colony, es- pecially with the improved agricul- tural prospects are very hopeful. The Sultan of Morocco haa notified the powers that he is destroying the native boats on lthe Riff coast, and is eetabliehing n gunboat service, to pro, tect foreign shipping from piracy. .A despatch from:. Home reports the throwing of a dynamite bomb into the villa of the Archbishop of Gallipoli, Provinee of Leccek, seripusly damag- ing the walls of the building. The mo- tive for the outrage is believed to be political. The ravages caueed on the emit coast of Africa by famine have become so appalling that/ It has been decided to appeal to the Lord Mayor of London to open a (Mansion Baum. Fund for the relief of the strieken British eubjeets in East Africa. A sanitary cordon has been establish- ed around Oporto during the continu- ance of the bubonic plague there. The Lisbon pipets assert that two work- men. who recently arrived there from Oporto, have developed symptoms of the plague. At Rouen, France, a body of 2.000 striking dock laborers. on being re, fused admission to a eernetery during the burial of" the remains of a com- rade returded to the laity, crying; aLong live the ntrike I" Disturbeneen followed. end te number of the leaders were arrestedt Two disasteoua fires broke out in St. Petersburg. In the first the mili- tary apothecary headquarters 'and san- itary warehoteses were destroyed, in- volving rt InS, of millions of roubles. Gromoff s timber wharf anti lumber yards. he largest in Runes. were 'Aso burned, and the) loss in this case (deo wilt run into millione of roubles. Preaident Loubet of ?ranee, in'an ad- dress to Dee Marla Connell of Ram- beuillet said that the whole country ehould bow to the verdict of the Drey- fus, court martial. The judges, be de- elarelfli could bel reliee upon for alien - lute impartiality, He was convinced that the troubles' of the country were mating tin end, itat St. Petersburg correepondent playa that 8,000 Finns have left Finland einee Febiruery. The Finials& Work. IngMen Associrdion has <leaded to eend agentn to °boost hinds in Anal, tyrailit for emigrants. The peoullar 04,4440,1,4„. intereasia POOPY era .gridideller heat earely Celt lukr most inditektrinee aeit .iterttleet .earus. • eteeeseewellellerseee.,--ei,em ,SCQR4 we. 11444"itrilliZeas"Imellata Sellqw*W"erilarieetiltrti"""-- A• 4%1004 fru= Seattle. Nude. aallee-Oet or 1,000 men whu went into the Kotselnie country, Aleslot, belt 4**;* than 70 have died fraan dias ease or aceident. Thisis the atatament of J. K. Jones, of Sycamore. IR. Inethe ef the ReV.W.8. Herrington. Seettle, Mr. Jones ertivo4 oa the Aoanoke, Wideb also brOttoka 85 Men Wbo have beeu afflicted "RV disease. A despatch tram, Banta Barbara. Pala saya that ex-Superelaor W. Al- atola Rayne. who with a party of Santa Herber* people hail been to the Kotze- bue sound region all winter, bait writ - tea very discoturagIng news home. Uis letter, dated July 21, on the Arc- tic circle. 500 mike inland from Kotze- bue sound. gives a list of 42 miners who perished of aourvy aud from other causes. The list dee* not include 36 who were drowned when the Jane Gray was lost, etor the last reported deaths from drowning of the men who left Holbert] inlet for Cape Nome. a The Roanoke reporte that tbe steam- er Portland was to have sailed tor San Francisco ahortly after the Roanoke left. The Portland waa to have about 41.000.000 in gold, beloeging to the Alaska Commercial Company. lionTROLATOROLID erre ee . AV *mat *q.**1 awl Wit Ai nit slivtans* , WNW* 41..! ' Weirs. 04 travel. 111111 „p1441 -***t, .0TIOLPATIONS Qr A nit 1014RTAZ. A11,4 glioution4 t* &peal upatt. Bo Kat: *0 441'40 bethelar nudge hard Laborer* the Bald ot lite. au sgraltati- 4 argued the write oft Wow* am. ili tralteliteg aPtitaVel tihtt """1 goncooto ftroulke at the Other fain *eye gradually been aldellied tea 40 Mialtast requirementa within our hatetble Melina. The uallelata ie agreed upon, Ons suit *pieta tor traveling. 'with as.., three Wile witists *ads oaten Mee aeld ".".4" akort skirt tar knack -000 0if 11114 " WAStOttil two hats. * telt one and and stylish etraw. toad e. thin. easily perked Meer Atetlette steft Aeleulfull nefesee .4101 lasakirtte ar italtgage W 44*3-40.4404% 'Whee 74 geng akfaa Jamie. Fer leeetels the laddia, bo, Menai year* / leave 1°404 Waited. singing the old song that it Steetne alienist toe Ord tO true that it la really Jesus berster. nut "Jamie" who is, ganging aerobe ekes Write* Jean Neal. So taanY y comparisou-ef g nig not loot; have /sighed fez a sight. at eign shore*. Red now 1 aro man off the days uPoa me ten Lagers -- it will aeon he u.tem one hand -=be joining the vast army ea six naigrenta from American shores. before I go I am uot in search of Duke, Or Earl. or even a Hitronet. iti for new sensations that I am go for adventure under different ak upon the bounding billow and in. g fields and pastures new; but they to be adventuee& quite independen the omni -interesting man. For tide tug toolarn or enamor *ilk dress of the °art' our choice. and we a1,1 tare Ws eillaPiellt Make e- this Is tbe lie1it (Wee are to travel in * rime suit case of tor- straw. covered Witte linen. with beau*. tin fully coneenieut strapa for holdiug um- brella and guide Wake; and one steam- aud trunk tor each two of ea, to be left fore with the steamboet company for usa neater on our returu. completes But (OUR MODEST BAGGAGE a And it ia the saute modeet baggage it which b occupying our earuest atten- , Hon in these last days. Suppose we 44. should forget something. Suppona our atOck of supplies proved insufficient, me Suppose we lose on the way a part ell are ouri luggage. Horrible thought* wit oh fill us with despair! We are con - 1 a tinually yielding to them deapite our one as continued awakening to the realize, IT WILL COST YOU MORE TO DRESS. !acre AC lu the Pelee of Calton ANA Weal - len Gaud* Ur From Five to Fifteen Per Fent. A deepatch from Montreal says: - The coneurnere of the better class of cotton goods and of woollen will have to pay a little more for their clothing this winter. Prices have gone up, in aome lines to a eon/Adorable extent, and this will be felt In the retail trade very speedily. The increase will affect the auperior lines of goods most. In fancy cottone there has been an ad- vance of from 2 1:2 to 7 1-2 per cent. made by the mills in consequence of the advance in the price of raw cot- ton. This increase will affect quite a number of lines of manufactured cot- ton goode, dress cottone, etc. Worst- eds have gone up all the way from 5 to 'Steer cent. in price con.sequent up- on the prevailing scarcity in the wool market. This will increase the cost of all lines of underclothing, socks, and other woollen goods. Those engaged in the trade expect that the.se advances will continue ;for some months. - FOR BRITISH MARKETS. Poultry Shipment* From Cattail 1 to be ide Itegniarty. A despatch from Ottawa says :-Mr. RudcLen, of Manchester, one of the largest poultry Importers in England, and who last year handled most of the trial, shipment sent by the Depart- ment of Agriculture, is here making arrangements to ship quantities of chickens and turkeys regularly from Canada. Prof. Robertson has just received a letter from another English import- er asking to be put in communication with Canadian poultry exporters, and announcing that he will be here next month. The Department of Agriculture is going on with its preparations to start chicken fattening stations in the Mari- time Provinces, the intention being to have two stations in each province east of the Rockies, where instruction will also be given in the proper methods of killing, packing and shipping of poul- try. An appropriation was voted for this purpose last session. FOUR DROWNED AT HALIFAX. Water Hushed Into the thimion IN VA lalch .They Mere at 'Work. A despatch frorn Halifax, N.S., says: -In a life und death struggle to es- cape from the water, which broke into the, caisson, four of a gang of 16 en- gaged laying the foundation of a pier of the Midland railway bridge across the chubenacadia river, were drowned like rats in a trap Sunday morning. The caisson was sunk to the bottom of the river. It was supposed to be air- tight, the pressure of air from a plant on shore keeping the water out. Through some blunder the safety val- ves were opened, and the air rushed out, and the water rushed in to take its plaoe. The men scrambled for the ladder in the narrow air shaft, Twelve ascended in safety and four perished in the rising flood. Their names are Luke Peters, Jas. Wilkes, William Donegan, and Jas. Donahoe, all of New York, brought here by the bridge con- tractors. ATLANTIC LINERS CROWDED. Large Selma Offered to Secure Bertha on line Meunier*. A despatch from London says :-This city is crowded with Americana, who express an intense 'desire to return home, and are unable to do so. The steamship offices are crowded to the doors every day, and the officials are worried out of their lives through their efforts to satisfy applicants for passages. The situation would be even worse if many had not returned earlier than usual. Even with the extra ntemtners, the Cunerd line is turning away money. In many cases extraordinary sums have been offered for cabins or mere berths. Every particle of space on the Oceanic, which begins her maiden t rip on September fith, is already taken. One hundred and fifty guineas for a cabin is almost a common price. AUSTRIA'S NAVAL RESERVE. Hemmer. for Improvement and lateremie Kerionniended. A despatch from. Melbourne says: -A eonference of naval offieere, re - Presenting' Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia, and( Victoria, held here on Tuesday. adopted reeolu- lions recommending en increase in the naval reserve under aonditions suitable to the colonies, end an am- algamation of the existing naval per- manent pstabliehments, the latter to be an Instruetional Mail' and a nucleus for the reaerve. It wait also .recrinamended that the force ehould be maintained and eon - trolled by the Federel Government, the' Admiralty to provide ships, effective in time of wer; to be etationed at the principal porta for training the loral forces in time of penes. HARVESTING IN MANITOBA. Twenty Fer Cont. of the tleononlie Ke serve Crop Fed. A despatch from Winnipeg, Man., wipe -Wheat harvesting -is now lue coming general throughout e coun- try. Twenty per cent. of erop has been cut on the Menn te reserve in Southern Manitoba, and if the wea- ther continues favourable for a fort- night the bulk of the crop will be roved. The weather has been showery of late, and In some localities so heavy that the grain ham been lodged. Lebour is warm and Wagts are high. A Rosenfeld despateb loos that Ogil- vie ehippea a ear of No. 1 hard new wheat on Thuradey. Threshing is now general. farmer, If never before foresw the caraway, conversation. attrac and attention of man. For I am ug to make the moat of a mueltee entruted trip to that realm of ends* meat vaguely designated as Yurr and man plays no part (vhatever in economy of my campaign. It has been a moat surprising tra formation scene, the way in which indefinite hope of a future trip abr ha's defined itself into a vague posai dee a brightening probability, an preaching evene• and now at last become an imminent certainty. () laughing "how nice it would be" last fall became wistful "suppose could" in the winter; ripened into earneat "lere do it." and now we a packing our steamer trunks, rushi ear tion that we are not bound for the north pole. or Tartary. or Patagonia. Hon It will probably be possible to find in go- thoae effete centere decadent East- on- ern civilization duplicates of every - as_ thing which we four Garry in our hum- „ ble possessions. And yet. such is our "P. inatinotive distrust of any naarket the other than oar own American omnipro- vident department storea that we us_ almoet tear lest not even Paris oould supply a suitable tooth brush, or my don furnish us with a cake of soap. We oad ere open to conviction, however, bil- Our paesage le engaged and our ap- names are registered on the sailing a list. Our letters of credit - those "" formidable documents whilst) we don't ur pretent to understand are made out of with many flouriahes and aurpriaingly we few blots. Our little bage of fascin- ating English gold, silver and copper en are duly received. and every day we se- re eretly preetioe among ourseivea the lig complicated process of barter and ex - to change with that medium. I think I can foresee now how delightfully we ge shall be cheated by those same please ur ble balfeorowns and 2 -shilling pieces, be_ We prantice with our money and with our Foreign Phrase Book. We he collect presoriptions for seasickness, ov- no two remotely alike. We have re - he flounced improving literature and tours of condensed inforination. Our minds are confused and ologged with t° the chaotic masa of advice and facts e- which -we have been trying to abaorb er durnig the past few weeke. I hope this ce mental indigestion will not join forces with the powers of the great deep to render us easy viotims to the rolling of the ship. But at all events we have s a now only to wait, possess our souls in et patience, and our bodiee in rest, try es to assume a cheerful, unnervous frame us, of mind and leave the stay-at-11'5mm ol- anxioue to see us back et_ In a few days we shall be off -and by who knows what lies before us, "far au across the seat" In a few days now of "for those upon the great deep" your - prayers are desired. distractedly about in vein attempts remember the last indirietisable thin with "when we get there" upon o lips. And yet, I shall not aetually lieve that I am bound for across t sea, Jamie, until I feel the boat m ing curt from under me. and see t wharf doing gymnastics on its own count. For faith! 'tie mighty queer think of myself as a blooming glob trotter, when I thought it waa nev to be my fate to get beyond the tou of THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR. We who have constituted ouraelve mall army of invasion which may 3/ shake orowned heads on their Gunn and make royal banners pale before are a quartette. Three of us are j ly bachelor maids and one is as even j lier matron - constituted clihperon virtue of tier married title rather th through any particular weight yearn, responsibility, dignity or de corum. Kate, in the season an in- structor of youth, is the practical, sen- eible member, who - neaven help her -will act as chancellor of the ex- chequer, She is nearly six feet tall and consequently far sighted. Ella. five feet,•short and saucy, a musical genius, in major dome and will settle the hotel question. Jean, romanticist abd frivolous has planned the trip. and cal- culates to have a voice in council of state, And the first article of our constitution, by unanimousagreement, has been proolaimed - "We hereby swear, for the period of three months, during our eatjurn together upon alien shores, to remain oblivious of and stranger to the existence of man." This is really a very important un- dendanding for any travelling quar- tette to reach, as anyone will readily appreciate. For upon this foundation rest all peace and harmony, al.], disin- terestedness and unanimity of feeling undissevered frieudship and safe re- t urn We have considered our plans grave- ly and with voluble disou,ssion. We are unanimotur in our desire to find unique experience; we want to meet strange events and encounter unsche- duled incidents. We want to do the unhae,kneyed thing in the unusual way, and have things happen. I think there is no doubt that thinge will hap- pen; They always do when Mrs. Kate and Ella and I are on the warpath. Bui we shall eee. Mrs. is an accomplish- ed linguist in American and English, which she speaks almost without an accent. Kate can read all languages print; but can not underetand a spoken word. Ella knows six phrases of Ger- man, and 1 an equal profusion of French. I think things, are reason- ably likely to happen. Among other possibilities for thrills, I have a letter of introduction to a French Countess, to whom Engliah is a sealed book. I think our interview is likely to prove productive of Much interest to us both. I can hardly wait to arrive in Paris. I wonder if ahe is as EAGERLY EXPECTING ME. A quartet in a desirable traveling party from every point of view -espe- cially a quartet so sympathetic and congenial as ours. We just manage to fill a state room on the ocean trip- cloae quarters, indeed, but oomfortable, for we applied early and have obtained the largest room on board. We divide uicely into two bed rooms while trav- eling; we fill a table at dinner or a carriage for sight-eeeing. We can separate amicably into couples for con- venience of following two desirable achemee of action; no one will find her- self a minor third, oornpelled to flock by herself or assent to a majority of two. as would be the ease where "there LB a crowd." No one is committed to three months' tete-a-tete with an unes- capable companion with whom one might be in continual friction, merely from the inevitableness of unseparabil- ity; as would be the case if there were only two of us. There man be no lone- liness. no blues, no homesickness, no lack of cheer with our quartet. One of as at least is sure to be in bighspir- ite all the time, and. she will buoy up the rest. One of us is a treasure house of resources and good counsel, and she will see that we fall into no diffioultiee. One of us Is n mine of wit and wisdom. and dm will make our trip a program' of triumph and instruc- tion. We have identical views upon religion. homeopathy, imperialism and man; therefore, we are remonably sure of peace, Four is an ideal number for traveling, and we are an ideal four. What important council"; of war have we not held. What acres of maps have we not traced in blue pencil and etrategically marked for our ad- vance. How many armies cf guide books and works upon travel have we not attacked nod devoured in the de- termination to seleet the exact places which it is imperative to visit, and to learn the andeairable localities which are destined to suffer still more from lack of our patronage. England was a foregone conelueion. Holland. the land of pluck. for the achool teacher; the Rhine aa a natural avenue to Swit- zerland, for the dreamer and romanti- cist; Scotland and the Highlands for the descendant of turbaned, bare -leg- ged chieftain'', and Paris -for we are a feminine quertet-bow naturally and easily the trip resolved itself into con- eistent and coherent being. Each of ita has her spe.cial objeot and interest, yet all of net are eager to enjoy the whole, and, like the four musketeer'', it Is "one for all and all for one." To be sure. we heve not yet taken the trip, and we may return with very different sentiments from thin sanguine esmadn- derie which I thus complacently take for granted. But I think I know my Port hos, At hos and A meals well enoneb to trust myself to their tender moieties for three menthe without a qualm. Our wardrobes were an Importent question, for. "as little baggage as pos- sible" is our motto, and in quality we B/G SMASH IN ST. PETERSBURG. FAIIMON4 Kelantan Capitalist L044.4 over eneeteeme. The London Leader to -day publishes a despatch trona its St. Petersburg cor- respondent, saying that the suspen- sion of M. Vonderveiss, a millionaire of that eity, has produced a depreee- ing effect on the Bourse and in finan- cial circles. Ilia capital Watt esti- matf,41 to have been between 50 and 50 million roubles, •but after his debts are paid he will iscarcely have six mil- lion troubles left. His fortune has been largely sunk in a group of un- dertaking's, each one supporting the other. Be regarded one of the most important systems of railroads in Brussis. as his own, and be wits connect- ed with this ruled and with n number of steamers plying on the Volga and the Caspian Sea, a machine factory, an in- surance company, a cement factory, anti n number of timelier concerne, among other interests. It is thought the, failure is likely to ruin many other bousem, including that of a Moscow capitalist named Mamatouw, who has muspeuded for 24,- 000,000 roubles. A SETTLEMENT IS EXPECTED The Ere al el. Shore itlaniste Ha. Been Fr. eileally Arranged. A despatch from St. John's, Nfld., says :-The Colonial Government bas been informed by the Imperial Secre- tary of State for the Colonies, Joseph Chamberlain, that negotiations for the settlement of the French shore dis- pute are in progress between Great Britain and France, and that he is hopeful of speedy and satisfactory ar- rangement. It is believed that mat- ters are going well, because the French warships are to withdraw front the coast at the close of August, two months earlier than usual. LINER NOW A BOARDING-HOUSE. Aholta Fitted Up for a Mhiploullialell Employees. A despaAch from London saya-Vic- ker's Sons and Maxim, the great /tittle builders art Barrow, had great diffi- culty In housing t.heir workmen, so they fitted up the old Alaska, once the fastest of the Atlantic, liners, and re- modelled her into a boarding-house, which le to be ope.ned on Saturday with 100 boar -dere. , The men will sleep and est aboard her. The dining, refuting, smoking, and recreation-roomg, the promenade deck, and bathe are all at their dis- posal, and the food will be of the beet quality. Al/ this, with waehing and mending, will co5rt 43.30 a week. THREW LETTER TO THE QUEEN. , Thought 'MU the Kest May to seem,. a I metal of 111. Carte. A despetch from London says A man. evidently a German, sAOIA arrest- ed on Wednesday evening for throw- ing letter into the Queen's eat ring. while her Majeety waia driving The letter was a harmiette request to the Queen to procure a new trial of a ease decided againet the writer The men wee liberated, Ile he said he did not know he wna breaking the law, as it WIIA a commen practise on the contin- ent to throw meesagee into the royal carriage. DIED ON THE TRAIL kitiVItell Won Pertthei of aerie, r Reform In• From the Klondike. A deepetch from Kirigeton, entre .Toilin Tomes', of Adolphust ow n. who left over year ago for the Klondtke. died trod Mnreh on his way home His party endured greet hardahi pa. going by tete Edmonton route, Mr Tierney was first taken down with pneumonia. and on his reeovery, ecurvy reo tn. whieh ennead denth Ile was over rel years of age, rind a highly respected farmer of Adolphe/0 own CHILDREN REPT EAV.11 At Roubaix, one of the %einem stronghold"' of France, t he 11,000 pute I1e school children reeeive fres food and elothing •t the expense of the town. T OLD ORM Tom nomo3 or Tat maw rxo• ittroRTIO PY 11411.4 lisselled tkelteeste taltessg MAK MAK 14,4 to Sae Kase -letereerleg PrOlenalie on foOt to stock as ther Thanma with salmon. The expausso at the gluten's hone*. bald are eetiruated at 417000 a Year. In Landon gore nearlY an hour lase daylight at inttbaununer than 1,* Glasgow. The little daughter* a the Mk, of Fite areettid to be the yourageat !Immo the kingdom. Britein ben been free from tedium:ma forty-three yeara. wheu it reappeared about ten yeere ago. A Lou(km omnibus' earns an au ever - age Ant per day frosts peasetagers, yid Is per (ley from edverWere. Dickens ist the mote popular tit Eng - Hal authors. and the "home in nuvela atilt op the increase. Sir Joalua Reyualdo well-knoseli pits ture of Lady litunlIton haa realized 4,1100 guineas at a sale in Loutton. Owiug to the differeme in Liza aver- age death rate it may be said that three Englishmen live as haw as five Rusalans, Lieut. -Col. J. H. Spurgin, 1st Battal- Soota Fusiliers. vecated the com- mand of that battalion on let July. The London County Couneil has de, cided to puroluuse a rite in High +Orme, Poplar. with a view to the erectiou of a Technical Inatitute. London's great new Roman Catholie cathedral la expected to be sufficient- ly finished to allow of it being official- ly opened in September. 1900. Miss Florence Nightingale residea at Embley Park. Hampshire, (Owe /the ese born In May, la" she is now con- aequently in her 80th year. Fifty tlsousarel pounds is the sum which the Ebbow Vale Iron and Coal Cempany has set down as lta loss over the great Welah ooal strike. It la announced that the Westing- house Elul:ere, and Manufaoturing Company, of Pittaburg, Pa. will build works at Manchester tind e'mploy 5.000 EMMA An old woman named Name! Green. a widow, of White Horse Yard, Wake- field, committed suicide by hanging herself with a towel. which she fasten- ed to a beam. Masters and men of the South Wales tinplate trade decided to reoommend the aeceptanoe of a 10 per cent, re- duction during the months of August and September: A, site in Fleet street, near the Lud- gate Circus London, has been let by auction at a ground rent of £1,700 a year, equivalent to about Efel,300 per acre per annum. Mormonism is gaining ground in England to such an extent that the advimbility of introduoing a prohibi- tive measure in Parliament la being seriously considered. At Nonmouth Frederick Nuttall, a carpenter, was charged with intimida- tion in connection with the building strike. The bench imposed a fine of £6 or three months. On June 26, the French barque which ran a.shore on Christchurch Head, Bournemouth, in Februery last, was blown wp by gun ootton exploded by eleetricity, set in operation by -Lady 5Ierrick. At fk)urnemouth Albert Cox, tnaa- ter printer, was fined £5 including costs, for breach of the Cutitoma Act, by destroying a pint bottle of uncus - turned brandy which had been seized by Custom house officers. A young white sparrow has been captured by Mr. G. D. Scott, who was attracted by the bird's chtrping in a row of beans in his garden in Buries - den. The Archbishops of Canterbury and York have issued a declaration that the use of candles and incense in church eeremoulea Is Illegal and for- bidden by the church of England. At Strrey Quarter Seaslons recent- ly the resignation of Captain Hast- ings, chief constable et the county, was reported. He had held the position for nearly half a century, The Queen's maids -of -honour are al- waym chosen as being clever pianiets and good readere of music at sight, and Princess Henry of liattenburg very fond of playing duets with them for her Majeety's entertainment. Lord Kitchener left Loudon on Aug- ust 8th for Omdurman, to resume his duties as Governor-General of the Sou- dan. Gordon's palace at Khartoum has been almost entirely rebuilt, and will be used as the Government house. A bazaar was recently held In con- nection, with the Scottish cheroh, Crown Court, L0041011. church ie known to be 200 years old, and is supposed to have originally been the kirk of the Crown of Scotland. Fifty years ago the well-known Rev. Dr. Cumming. of prophecy tame. wae nun - Utter there. Proportionately, there IA DO great city in the civilized world that has so few morning paper. as London. This is due to the large expeuditure involved in 'darting a paper In the metropolis. Any one contemplating this must be prepared to lose many thousands of pounds a year for two Or throe yearn. and tlem, perhaps, to fall. The Duke of Albuny. who is now (he aecepted heir -apparent of the reign- ing house of Coburg -Gotha, is in his fifteenth year, having been born in 1885, four monthe after his father's death. At present he Ls at Eton, but under the new arrangement he will have to go to Germany and be turn- ed Into a German prince. The British Treasury has decided to give a grant of £20,000 towards the eonetruction of a light railway from Wick to Lybater. The estimated cost of the line is about £70,000. Of this sum the 9uke of Portland, the Caith- ness County Couneil, and the burgh d Wick Barb contribute £15,000, and the burgh of Poulteneytown £1,000 A donkey, by taking the law into ite ovn handa, or rather into its own hoofti, put a speedy end the other day to a preaeeut ion at Chelmeford, The defendant, James Cordell, a knacker, G'reat Weltham. wrkEt accused of Ill- treating the arm hut he was unable to appear because. on the same day, the animal had paid him with interest in hie own coin, giving him Ruch a kirk t hat he had been laid up for three werekst The animal having thus aveng- ed iteelf. the inapector repreeen I i ng the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty, asked permission to with- draw the stimuli:me. and the bench, ap- parently eonaidering that it wan mil of the knacker and half a dozen of t URA. granted the epplication. Meretre. Vickere, Sons. and Ma x Limited. Sheffield. and Berrow-on- Vurneem, have purehased the At tante. liner Alaaka, built by John Elder & Co. for the Onion line and in her day he greyhound of I he Atlantic, with a view of utilizing her, moored in the dortkat n t Fkirrow, as a floating borne for about four hundred of their work- men. There is a great nenreity of house accommodation at Barrow, and al- though private builders are Moly In putting np new property, Mesere, Viekere are about to ereate a new eolony on Walney Island within palmy reonh et their and build a 'hoe - sand houses there forthwith_ The need of temporary areommodation in very great in the meantime. and henee the neeonnity of enquiring the Alattire The Idea ist vary popular arnongat I ha men PLAGUE PRECAUTIONS. tbseelail Atersorementa Made at eke Fes. 1111.8 Porta. deepa teh f rem Lention gave Special preenntione ere being taken at seeerhamptee and ether Englieh perts in river.' to the bubonic plague end ya I low fever All vemeela arriviree from ilpentah and Portuguese porta rirp rigorously evainined by the medien I officers TOR01111 LIM Woro.454.2 404. neri 44 its* at the 'western cattle yard* to-das Trade all souical was slow, and a large s• qtUtetity ot *tuft WKA held over for tx:. Itilariaroopveawaigentiarkoettm. web doing export cisttlea and prices were unchanged et #4.25 to #.a, with a.n extra 15 mato for ttle174:14:eu:aatied.1 on the market. The fitoodolea of inferior butcher's cat - wain ot pasture 4WD keeping the aver- age quality of offerloga low. For print* ettaff there war g fair demand, but tritding WVA generally dull, with "Iii'msolloawilthangdae'relosowinre of to -day's trans- weenie: - A. load of export cattle. weight 1.275 lbs., sold at 44.5o per owt. Oue load of mixed butebeia' and rough export, weight I.100 Ma., sold at 44 per owe One load export. weight 1.280 Ills., sold at $4.05 per ewe A lot of extra choice export, weight 1,540 lbs.. wild at 5 per cwt. Price& of export bull++ and stockers were unchanged. Good veala were in demand at #7 to ilinet,erwtorith quotatione us low ati f2 for There woa a fale demand tor sheep, of which there was a good run. Price!' were the same as last Tuesday, $3 per owt. for bucks, and $4 for ewes, being the top figures. Cows sold at 423 to $45 each. The hog market was easter; quota - dope are unchanged from Tuesday, but there was a tendency towards lower prices. Too many light hogs are still coming in; 45.361-2 per cwt. was the bigheet general price. though for a few extra choice selections am high as #5.50 was paid. Following ia the range of current illebtla Gone Cattle. Shippera, per owt.. . .#4 25 $5 15 Butcher, choice, do. .. 3 75 4 25 Butcher, med. to good.. 3 25 3 60 Butcher, inferior. . . 3 10 325 Sheep and Lambs. Ewes, per cwt.. . 3 75 400 Bucks, per cwt.. , 2 50 300 Spring Iambs, oath. .. 8 00 400 =Milkers and Calves. Cows, each. . . . . . 25 00 45 00 Calves, anal. . . . . 00 7 00 Hogs. Choice laogs, per owt. . 4 50 5 36 1-2 Light hogs, per cwt. . 4 12 1-2 4 62 1-2 Heavy hugs, per owt. . 4 12 1-2 4 62 1-2 Buffalo Aug. 25. --Sprang whet,' - Strong; No. 1 Northeru, 77 7.8 to 78 I -8o; No. 2 Northern, cafe 75 5-8c. Winter wbeal-Strongly held; No.• 1 white land No. 2 red, no bid, to arrive. Conn-Firtn;'No. 2 yellow, 37 1-4c; No. 3 yellow, 3.7e; Nu. corm, 36 ,1-2e ; No. 3 corn, 36 to 36 1-4o. Oata-Strong; No. 2 white,e215 1-2e ; No.3. white, 24 3-4 to rac No. 4 white, 23 3-9 to 0.140; No. 2 mired, 28 1-2o; No. 3 mixed, 23e. Bye -No offerings. Canal freights -Steady. Flour -Firm. Detroit, Aug. PL. -wheat °I"ssd:-- Noe I white, mate 72 1-2o ; No. red, cash, '73 1-2o; September, T4 1-8o; December, 77c. Duluth, Aug. 25 -NS' hen t No. 1 hard, oatsh, 74 7-8o; September, 73 1-8c. December, 72 7-8o; No. Nurtnern, cash, 72 3-8o ; September, 71 1-8e ; Dec- emaber, 71 7-80.; May, 75c; Nu. 2 Nort•h- erne GI 1-8c ; Nu. 3 spring, 3-ec. Mil w ukee, Aug. 25-W heat -No. 1 Nortlhern, 72 to 74c; No. 2 spring, 70 1-9 ti• 72 1-11c. ; No. 2, 54 to 54 3-4e, Barley -Steady ; No. 2, 41 tat 42c ; sample, 35 to 41c. 'Toledo, Aug. 25. -Wheat -No. 2, Nish, 7201-20; September, 73 1-8e; December, 76.1-8e. Curci-No. 2 trilled, 34e. Oata -Not 2 mixed, 21c. Itytt-No. 2, caulk ,55c bid. Clover seed -Prime, cash, 04.06; October, 44.55. 011-thichting- ed. DON'T EAT ALONE. Allwayli flair t'eirmegany al lour Heal. 1 Vou 1111.ila to A V0,41 Dypipessiila. If blIsineas Mun Wutild only inn' how deadly it te to take one's mid- day Meal alone they wuuld always dine in company. 'rho solitary eater is al- ways tempted to Sake leo large mouth- fuls and swallow them too quickly, and either lc. eat tau much or too little. Those who eat in c-ampany ve to devote a certain amount of time talking and attending to each otherS wants. This makes the period be- tween the mouthfule longer, and givea more time for digeet ion. Converse' btu et meal times ueually takes a cheer- ful turn, and the tone of both mind and body ie raised, the heart and ner- vous system act better, the flow of di- gasnive juicea is stimulated, and a large amount of actual nourishment ie obtained from smaller quantity of food in (Mart, a small daily dose of slow - acting but deadly poitron would be o9 more injurious titan the average busi- ness inan'a midday lunch is. BUBONIC PLAGUE IN RUSSIA. Many Death+ Are nepereei From 11 lune ar kolonoloyefrkft. ,A despn f nen rVi oar IW , mays: - Th., bulimic. plague has at last reach- ed European Russia. Th.• Gevernment has received an official report 'hat the village of Kolobohoffka. In the government of Ast rakhan. Soul la- east- ern 'Russia. is infected, and ha went y -one dent hs have occurred. Energetic measurem are being I liken t o isolate Numpeeted, an well as un - &arid ed _cararta sanilary and medical detarturnafte have ben sent out front Oldenburg. and Gen Eassoulitch has rrivrd wttla trettos to enforce he qua rant ne that ix being established PHOENIX PARK ASSASSINS. “Initn Ihe Lnal leltakarre% unti Hanlon Itelenfteel fooinitY. A despatch from Dublin says -Fitz ha rrirt rel Hanlon, I he last tot' the Phoenix perk prisoners, were releaned (1'0171 I he 51 a r y boroug h goal ,/fl 4 day evening Binh look heti Ithy I'll Al "I !NIA WOre Rpret111144A Fitiharris, oliait -Skin the Gont." ho in May. 1883., watt nenteneed ANIf V iftldr a.s an accomplice in he murder of Lord Frederick Ca von dish. and Mr 'f H Ho rke, 55 men ieneed to RA.rVItil,10. for attempt mg to noirder members of a Jo ry gaged in the trial of persons charged ‘yit h titer, November, 1888, FRUIT FROM GRIMSBY. *erne., atelpersent or Apollo, anill Pear. for 'teetotal. A demia tc h from, Ottawa. ria. The neeond nhipment I hie POI 4,11 appl ea end pears in, marl stiirage from Grimsby for Manchester .4 now going harward by the Manchester Enter prise. a yearn.' of he M a ric hen er Liners. Limited, whirb was to-I/snood this year to develop r 1 tif. 14.1 IN ef.11 that filly anti Montreal Prof Robert -on. who has been ill GrImAhv quite, v ing he shipment. found t he r lot / rot, of hnt rict• goml oro. I lit sot heavy an year RT gni. HARNESS TRACES A *tool flames/. tvaes t he lattud productions of &Midfield A. oar row strip of steel a hook an rich wide Incased in lenther rind 114,41 n I he ordinary way , the steel to ef the heal atutiity anti to pliable that it enn tweeted Pinglillatheleallate ralhaela Wela Igo* Alstrelgetit. _Ake** ot this leste**004000der 044000 agushererter.-4,#untiagtork, 11%, Avid 131x* **14, ‘.14* Aroosolor /4 at45441:4thitile7441P1141$4"1"1:74444414414"1114.07401116.11014tirdit, A weedy scholar roan* theorists*" Of ePaanripmEns, arldpoinay ateetraSititoolt theirobox queetIon regard*/ tile Itist047 iiraoce. Nearly all of tkit bats( ittt money. wins. That la the way earsts Vat liallstooes hare frequently caused great injury to vineyards In 1011. A, aellstorro was about ,to descelad Clotho fillsges uear Mooferuutto, when the clouds were bombarded with artillery and the hail was thus converted [sato light rains. Several years ago tbe body. of John Hollingsworth was buried at Tempe. Arlsona. He was aillIngh bald at Use time of his death, yet when, the body was exhumed, not long ago, his head. was covered with a luxuriant crop of" bah* and bie beard bad grown fully thirteen Inehes. A pistol came Into the possesidort of Willie Porter, aged nine yeera, of Coots. Kan. The m.artial spirit stir- red him, and be played soldier, *I'll +Moot you!" ke said to his little sister, and fired. The bullet passed through the little girl and her mother, killing both. Tbe child of Emieb Roland, of Ches- tertown. Md., was taken ill at West. and the father was leaving bis home in quest of a playsielan. Two police- men mistook bleu for a burglar and both fired their teethe' at him, one of the bullets lodging ln his arm. The obild died. Swedish women are trequently em- ployed as farm laborers. Mothers who are enguged in this work carry their babes strapped to their backa, °mph in a leather bag. This plan en- ables them to use both hande at their labor. Sixiy-six years ago, when George John Stutz was ten years old, his mo- ther deposited 44,000 in a Baden-Bad- en bank, to be drawn by him on resoling manhood. She died with- out informing him of the matter. Fie is now a market gardener in Piscat- away, N. J. He has just learned of his good luck, and that the #4,000 has lnoreased to .75,580. The greet force of the Mannlieher rifle was accidentally demonstrated at Prague, Bohemia. Two gendarmes en- tered a room at an inn and placed their rifles in a corner. One of the rifles fell and was diaoharged. Its bullet passed through a door leading to a room where a party was dancing, killed one man and (Aimed through the bodice eif five other men, all of whom were serioualy injured. The mother of leaac Heiman, a twelve -year-old boy of Jersey City, gave hlm a niekel, aud he determined to have a good time. He bought two ciente worth of candy, and for mafety put the rheum) on ono side of his mouth, and t hen began to munch the i•andy on the other Hide. Thu. pre- eeeding continued for a few minutes, until be three pennies ?Jennie in' zed with the confectionary and slipped in- to bit gullet. doctor took lion Sy the heela, held him head downward and shook the money out uf him. A uhrewd and cautious thief had for 'tenths been stealing the geese, chiek- ens, turkeys and pige ut John Thobliu- akl, of Red :flook, Dutohe,ss County, N. Y. He kept a elose watch, trut never suspected the identity of the rogue un- til the other day, when he heard one of his pigs squeeling. sew an eagle carrying off the little porker. He winged the eagle with a gunslaot and hen rapt u red it by throwing a blan- ket over the bird. - - -- -- UNDETECTED FORGERIES. A 1.4,4..1 lint( tre Nett.. VONINI 41101. Ker. un Old Hank 4 ler... At least OfiN, half of the. forgeries eourmitted in tiny great (tit y are never detected," mild an old bank clerk, " I base that statement upon the obser- vation of years. It ha,Pisqla 00w and then Ahab some man find, himself in desperate need of Money, yields to the temptation and discount a note bear- ing a forged indonsement. The cash tides him over the criSis, amk by Ole titne the vapor matures he is able to take it up tied putt it in the fire. That wipes tett the material evidence and the secret remains tucked in the bot- tom td his heart. Occasionally he fails to tante the money in titne, end then, of course, the affair comes out.' and be is ruined, But 1 am convinced that the proptirtien of thecovery is small. "'lite feelings of a man w hu has been himixat before IA till V. flu permits himself to lake any such desttertAte chances must be terrible A proeperous mer- charat confmmeit a transaction of that to me once, anti I have never for- gotten boa story. It win. hortly attar he stet ted II13:48, and in a moment frtithtful pressure he cashed a forg- ed note for elloo. The paper had 90 1.ays to WA, and be felt certain he would be able 1., collect enongb. out- standing accounts lo pa,y It before the time elapsed. " Bat, onee the deed waft done, he be- came a prey to all manner of horrible apprehensions. Risks and possibilities he had never dreamed of suddenly loomed like meuntruns. kin heard acci- dentally that t he bank cashier and the man w hose, name he had forged be- longed U., the same Viihrst if the note. sere mentioned by chance in con- versation I The thought went through him like a bullet, and he nearly swoon- ed For twe mout he, he said, he Kept a Itotied revolver In the top drawer n desk, fully determined to blow out his braine en the (natant of die- tswery 'E‘tmetuntly he paid the note, and iss real ,..fr sent a stekbed felt a week fle assuret I rno that! the Mein- ory "1 that transaction had kept him on he sty -audit pal h of honour ev et 41 nee '' M.aDE Mr (laver /oily has .00 too, but to make ttp for that he hag two brains I he st r nye iya ri t t hat his Ma tn. are az fely tucked away in that Mr Lid -041.0i' neernn to be very IDU,h "tan:a fi toet Itache, for be keeps hia teeth tri hie eptomaeh he erom hart no heart, but he has ArK potrA ef imitation ones, rind he tgglea along very well with threw The eirangest creature of all, hough, IA a wee chap called the • t meet., ' Ho bast no lege ner any- tbtng Mae When he wante to go any piece he nint lops pert of him - eel( over and drege the rest of himeelf 111, tt • he gets hungry ho Just turns himself inside nut over any moron) of food he happens to come across. rind when he finer, nornething eice Dune hiceself ineirte in over that lite BF:TTER HALF TOO There prima n man who 114 If ‘1011(1. dopen't look it meybe not , but hie wife died tveek. -:41114A21*- -0111111111.: _ .10 r- '