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CTHAI'TER i. keep hien-till death claims him, that
Will be bad m ins I I'm Celan' ye 't w I l t
*What Is love! Tis not hereafter. • • )se for your undoin,' miss."
,Present mirth hath present laughtarI
" What's to come u still uoaure.'
"Bridget I Bridget I" cries Bridget's
young mistress, in a ;leer. sweet tone.
There is something of anit'ty in it
-enough to make tbe old woman to
whoru the name belongs hoeble more
twiitly from the kitchen to tbe rdG
tine -room than is her usual custom.
"Nonsense!" says the girl. scornful-
ly. "What superstition! Besi les. he le
not go.ng to die because ills arm (1
broken- Patsy, give a hand bere-to,
the north room., I tell you 1" -
"Miss Dulcin, dar;i u', be sinsible now,
I tell ye • hurt man br age no luck.
An' yer father. r:arlLn'-think ov him'
What'll he say 1"
"'rhe McDermot, whatever he faults
would not grudge hospitality to a
'An' what ie it egret" says she, step- fai,oting man."
ping over the threshold and looking up "Well, well! maybe. But look bere
the big, bare room to where, in the new. my dearie 1 There's Sir Ralph to
he thought off It be should bear of
third window. a tall, slight, chlldish thea
figure is standing. "Let bin bear of it I" says the girl.
"Something, dreadful, I'm certain. angrily. "Am I to study his wishes
Come here 1 Come here I" beckoning hur- even before I— t" She pauses as it to
finish the sentence is distasteful to ber,
and a frown contracts her exqu.site
low, broad Greek brow. "Pm Lred of
bear'iog of Sir Ralph!" says she a neo-
ond- later in a char, ringing w rat hful
tone.
A tone loud enough to reeeb.tbe ears
ot the foremost of two aiettl"w'bo now
ester the halt by the laser door.
riedly to the old woman without talking
ter eyes off tbe window. "Hurry, can't
your Look out over there," pointing.
"\Vha. ie that f A main, eh f-$ man
hurt. wounded,"
"Fait., 'tie that r soya tbe'eld woman,
laying her band to her brow and star-
ing into the growing darks:A of
November evening.
"What can be the matter with b1ae.
Bridget t"
"I don't -kraus ;-me•deat
look bad, whatever it lel"
"He sbouldn't have come this way,"
stye Mies McDermot, anxiously. "Yon
know those bogs down there, and those
.Mr levee;
!Iwlytidas is spoilt� by use."
.
"There Is a garden' in ber fan."
He Ls a tall man. between thirty and
thirty-two years,, but lookioe can iler-
ably older. Not a hon i.ome man -not
seen a commonly goo.u-tooting ups. A
— Oh, Bridget! did you seat Hews/ More de.i-edly plain man in a well -
nearly in thenl'' ._ _ brad way thew 1l•ipa Anketea it
"May the divil carry hint" saysld be difilliat- i Lind. That l.[+
large mentis is Ideally and his salad
Bridget wrathfully, "whoever he ie. for Nei sar•oest does little W reueem Lis
troublin' ye like this! An' may tbe I face. But cores thing at .ea t he bas;
heavens and him Biose, to tape hire i•a mag•ni.r eat figura. A Letter set -
for the future from scarcbi,n' for cowld, mp,re viam:w thangorous, be1s or onehardly atruton�erfound or
. be
mud baths at the Kaplan of the year.' i in the trial county to which he be -
"You never care a pin about any- Wage.
_thLng..,$ridgei.bur:["Fa11s0iC.IR •I /
Mies McDermot's last words haze
glancing
tri'filad
trees
g ing angrily et het'sifat ber giga,i .Lo ;ler he may be Eardoaed for
shoulder, "except -L" I rot flo .inss them v.,actty pw.atub,e. De -
"You, me dear!" retorts the old wore- ymd a swift Om* at the s;lrl, how.
am promptly; whereupon both mistress etJrr ar. be tab"'
•,tray, notice ay of shtheebl''�m'oo-k=
and
gl•ltare goes
and maid laugh in a subdued sort of at the prostrate figure on the
way, as iia itttiss-xirstri-ef'twing bra t him -a fat that
"'Pon me conscience? he'll be there noires bog to Amketell with a little
all night if the morning doesn't see ehR
He had entered the big hall, heautl-
bim in the other world" says the old fill even in its decay and disorder. by
woman. presently, who aga',u has re- toe lower door tacit leads to the gar -
turned to her watching of the distant dlatten. followed by Dulcioea's father. The
M Nl,, tali
figure that ie trying in en uncertain gaunt man.er-The wits dullDermot-is eyesa co&erreed b,
y
fashion to cross the morass. overtianeing brows, and a must dog -
She is a rather haudsome old woman, geld mouth. Perhaps from him the
with masses of snow-white hair, that girl Wars taken, her obatina•y and h.tt.-
rend ()rig
if from the ..sad mother
- are but partly hidden beneath ber still ahe hon iaberit dd the great lo.e of
More snowy cap. Her dries is that of truth awl honor, and the well of hit -
the ordinary Irish peasant, with a Lig dna affection that lies almost nasus
petted within her breast.
white apron flowing over the elirt of \\•bat id this? What is thiat de-
- the gown.:manes her father. hurrying to. %bete;
"Whoever be is," fifty. Miss McDer- in the dem growls.; of the autumn
mot peering over the old servant's twt.i,;ht, the .silent figure ilea.
shoulder through thenparlor window. I Duk-Lnea, in a low !teas' and with ee
R slender ban 1 uplifts , if to Ln ore
"he Certainly known nothing of the quiet for the woua lel man, tells her
aeigbtorhood- Oure is about the moat te!e-
dangerous log about here. Don't you The whole eroise makes a picture
hardly to be forgotten if on.e seen -
as once seen it weal
The soft gray. dying light that
scarcely lights up the grrin•t oil hall ;
poll, whoee Christian name is Bri !get, the central [inure prone, inanimate;
"I don't know who ye can and; as yetilt ofd woman there' w Ith h'r n bite
kat cap and scornful uir; t:e
know well enough yersslf, rains, an. bending figure of the man seri ant an l
fait 'tis you've had cause to know it; bare, where the lights from the+ ca.tern
the master niver kat. Patsy out ov his
window fall toll upon her, the proud,
sight from mornin' 11.1 ni,;bt. ;would slight figure of the girl, drawn to its
be ridir'lrws to count on him. An' tie- fullest has;ht, end wish the lovely fame
sides --Glory be, puss t d1.1 ye see Lhat i up,ifted. The rays ,1r. m ate r.e ratt-
ture on
For t winged bird, he's • wodcrful i ternut-brownihair, lizhttngrit
oll
in tarts
lappet." to gold. She •is looking , tarred, an x -
think, Bridget, we ought to send some
one to help him!'
"Unison ye mane me," said Mrs. Dris-
iced, the man in the bog betnw
bottling with an injured arum. ettr.ord_ toward her father, sail her eyes -sum h
inarity full of life. The 111 ludo that has eyed Rue. deep, heavenly b,ue; blue,
led him into this dangerous mase of like the o ean when it dreamt of storm
water and sponge soil is not strong li aro arnerned expectantly to h4 s. IIer
enough to destroy him; elven as the two parted. Ant in tae hie k -
women. watching him brcathkssly In gru.uryi the two fignreb-We tathar's
the windL
ow of the gaunt old house, have and ails lover's -both refloat woader-
kI��ppnoeet given way to desl air, he makes n'
Blasi effort and, fan ling on a firm bit He ls El. father, he will db it nov-
a( turf, jumps from that again to the a l' says aha girl. in soft tones fraught
a
'firm land beyond. with fear.
That last effort ;mems, however, toI Ilei -who is het" asks The McDer-
h•ve exhausted him. Ho staggers ra-•: m"t erra:toatly.
tber than walks toward the house. As
"Ah sat flat we know nothing." Her
he Weare it, the girl watching him eta band is still uplifter. 'But BrW)zet
see how ghastly is his fe •e; and fling - 'says he is to rest afore -there I" with
ing open the old-fashioned casement • swift gesture toward the comfort-
ing
mar abrupt gesture. she springs. leen lounge. "until the doctor comes."$ -
down to the soft grave beneath, Pe-' Cetaaiott rtainly note" says Tbe Mc.Der-
gaedtae* of the old servant's remunstic- gerw, pat what re you about.?
•°res' ry this stranger Co -Whom.
- A few minutes brings her to noe} "The north room is the warmest. It
stranger's side. has been prepared for And ; but he
"You are hurt, sir. You are faint. May not come," says Mia ) eDermot.
Lean on um. Ohl we watched you cram "And even if he dose— Take care
ing tbat terrible bog and at one time patsy. Father, his arm is broken."
we feared- But you are safe now. You flee rum to the body they are lift -
will core int Your arm. 1 fear. is-" Leif(, and thrusts her own young firm
' atoken," sate the young man with arm under it, where tilm broken limb
• nervous smile. Immohelpings.
Oh, I hope not. Sprained, per- Shu, La a eeeond inter • little .ur-
baps-but not broken. '1 her. -are you eelesa at fin/ling berself thrust gently
easier nowt bran heavier nn we I If somewhat unceremoniously .ids,
don't mind it a bit, and -oh, don't faint! "This is • m•rn'a work, not a wo-
Oh, Patsy I Patsy I" to the groom, gaol-' man's," says Sir Ralph curtly, it coat-
ener, boot -r 1 •Ker, man -o' -all -work aha tmoudly. "You must try to fos'Rive me
tomes hurrying up to her. "Catch it rot firvt the In the war,"
Inert l He's awfully heavy " '
Patsy catches him.
"Is he dead entirely, d'ye think,
miss 1" -
"No; only fainted. There! Be care-
ful I its arm. he says is broken. '!'here
bowl Oh. is that you, Bridget t" to the
elf' woman who has hobbled out to ber know ; an fey. I wouldn't wondher.
n • very angry frame of ruind. "1Vbere Who but the null hoy could corse
_au we put hien do you thinks In the through that bog alivet What did be
trertb room?" mane at all, h wonctlrr, by eomin'this
"The hall wU1 do him, I'm thinkio', wey 1 Wan there use one to warn him?
till the docbtor tell us where to Siad or harinft hs an see in his own heal,
him." says the old woman, icily. But what's the gond of an eye wid
With open unwtllingneas she lends a them Esegliab t Why. they haven't a
hand to convey the fainting man into grain o' sines between thief."
the house. "You think halo English!' eagerly.
Two or three chairs arranged in the "Couldn't you sea that mach In the
hall make an improvised stretcher; but cock o' Lis ttsnue? Palr ere near as
Um • uttoonecious man lying on them, blind ss he is himself it ye enilda't
looks an miserably annomfortable that nota that mush. sad the •tranp•a twist
the girl's heart dor within her. o' bis tosene. Orb I English. sere!"
"He can't stay there? Take him to "I don't think hs looka Ent/nab! He
tbe north room," she says, sharply. la so dark.1J1A mu notice thatl
"M!.. Duldnea. don't do that I" says had frcan webers M �e t What. Is her'
Brill ct. oaenpressing her lip•, and re- "Om o' duan yreuner stnttsms• up
;iardutg her yourig mistress with ae at Ratlybeg, I'm thlnkin'. Two of 'em
anal/won lease. "'T1s nsluoky enough emus. last night, as I'm twold by Larry
that a half-dead erature shnnld erase Murphy, the molt debar. Yen know him
miner
"No -no." dreamily. "Not at all."
"Whet I Not I.arry the 'Thief t Ar -
rah. e. hat ads ye at all, me dear P"
"Oh. Larry f Oh I of course," blush-
ing furiously. "I thought you were
talking of -of-"
"\Ve,l. 1 wasn't," says the old wan -
an: dryly. "I wouldn't presume to let
me tangos run a rave about them Eng-
lish folk."
"You really till ek the poor man we
rescued was -!s -an 1 n4tWham u1"
"Sorra doubt of it 1 Bad wren to the
day we saw him. Yell see now, miss,
'twill bring W no Luck. An' naught
but a wandberin' arti*t, I'd bet me Biel
The ould lord above there is cracked on
tools o' that kind. I'm Wield." .
"\Vby should artists be tools!" arks
Dulcinea perhaps a little coldly.
"\Nell, for one Gang, they never has
a penny to their name."
"We haven't a penny pi.tber." says
the girl with a superb straightening
of her lovely figure.' "Are we fools f"
"More or test" says Mre. Dr'a:oll,
serenely-"yer father anyway! 1Vhet's
be bin dole' wi 1 the property all these
Tears? Makin' ducks and dhrakes o'
't. However," says the old woman, "tet
'fci ermot do what he likes. It's not
of
tbe likes of him I'd dare scam the
unk'nd word, but thLm other!" with a
cn• templuous sniff. "\Vhet's thim
Moth' ' 1 People as go thravelin' here
I DIMS EIP RIENCES,
A FAMOUS SCOTCHMAN TELLS
STORIES OF HIS LIFS.
W►ew KGs Katt Torsed l Ylte--awful 5I k$
at Ib* WreeY of 11. K. a. Lary/Ike -.
l'areroa a timerlesoe w &bas M/rleb
-- r,rforirod as Ae$ which 4iavw Kls a
Pe..ws fee WIN -several Naar Breadth
E scapes.
I had been a boy in the British nary.
said Andrew Cameron, but st tbe agent
18 (the prescribed age) I took tbe posi-
tion of torpedo dTvef:
My first real diving experience was
off Trincauiulte. Isle of Ceylon. The
mail boat Bgnkow had capsized and all
hands oo board were drowned.
The daughter of the governor of that
island bad been to England and was
going home on this ship. I was at Sing-
apore at tbe time and was sent for by
Admiral Ryder, to recover the mails
and bring the bodies back. When I
had gotten up about everything and sU
the luggage and bodies I could find I
was informed that trjle -pvarnor's
''.them. through the .country an' moor daughtef was stilt nelebintE
a roof to the r heads, or a grandfather At,. ast I. found ber itg a tewll state
-
nottheir. portion,-.4.•-McDermotahoutd
not be named in the same day said room, wbere ibe bsiI iesn sittilie wttb
thin penny or no penny." her satchel in ber band ready to go
"Ab. ahs. recount, --Btidge2.:' aabatse- L -had• no thought. of-,=indiag
sees the girl with a quick 'but heavy any one is the roam as the ports were
it
" Wid them that are ride', bat bei tank "whereas si! the ret of the peels
wid the mold stork' says the old won- were fin. hypes entering the door, s
nn eagerly "A Mellkrmot poor is Nie
Name as a 11TeD•'rmot rich."
"No no shaking her bead Badly.
"Ye toy that? The more shame to
th''m as makes ye feel ill" cries the
o'4 woman ferrety. ber lips quivering.
"How dare any one forget the days.
pot so long distant ayther, when this
ould house wag the best in the County
Cork. and when the Mcl)rrmote could
shake their fiats In the faoes of all their
enemies r
"I suapoie we could do that, now,"
says Delcinee laughing 1 r trite of her-
self. Then gong hark to her.igrmer
net r!_.-"TYsit ettmre mitt esre-lee"
seen she ,m. atiently. "The ani of the that u soon as I was able I went down
akt)errrots has come. Father, _you!
know ie th•r lest of them." end
"Neerice• yore,` tbrre'e! • -. _.B11O11GHT UP THE BODY.
1" cr'ea the old woman hastily. I ][yDemigod diving operation was oft
"A reelaneb.ly ;nee'men." Nays the til • Isle of Wight. HM S the Eurydice
with s rather sell--laagi.- "Las k and 6071 boys airmen- were7irill?l6=
afrrd 1 shou'd never summon up en -
moth eourage to shake my fists at any- ed, only two own having escaped. Your
body." j humble servant being at Portsmouth
strong tirculatiag current was caused
and in an instant tbe life -like body rose
at me with a bound.. Perfectly dazed,
I finally came to the surface. When
they naw me the men cried: "Scotty
bas seen a ghost." .When I recovered
a little bit I said, "You had better
go down yourself andd the ghost."
Then they told me -that my hair was
white; end I want to a glass and saw
that my bair which hatl� been very black
bad inatantly cbangbd and was half
'wbftoe t- wee'the stfaly 1tlitveT "utero, ea
"There's one at wham you shake it
oaten enDngh" says the otd worran. re-
nroerhfnlly "Take care ye don't do it
onee too often."
"1Vould the enneequenoes", (saucily)
"he an disastrous then 1"
"Ab 1 nowme dear 1 ye know bet-
ther silent that than I could tell ye 1"
"Who could tell me i1 you couldn't P"
Foron.»tv mieunr'eretending her. "And leading down to the main deck jammed
the men as they had rushed to -
to get ap, was the vilest 1 have
n. It was necessary to Asper -
"Ah yon will have rear ?oke. sienna t $5P1 L m one by one. and pass them to
I kenw that. whativer comes o' it. nut mol "ziates The work had to be done
rbn't go too far w'd Sir Palph. miss: ciretully, as they would e1iQ sway it
he enrefu! fen t-llin' ye. He's none o'
yer sola sort. H---" . i neral• touched. We found men slitting
"Oh t other S'r Sal -11r • says the ` at a table actually writing letters to
ore tor-ing with a little petulant gore., folkit at home. -
tore and walk'n�,'twee. 'cVibile lying in the Suez canal, on
To Be Continued.
at the time, I was telegraphed to go
down and get the bodies. etc. I pro -
seeded with the work, raining them by
mean of • heavy case with iron bind-
ing.
'rb wisrk wen at a depth of twenty
fatboms, and the s ght oI the hatchways
Who is he. do you think $rldgstP'
saki Mies M •Derm•,t. half an r, lat-
er of her hen. hwrrman. w heft ala has
soothed down that angry deeps( to ave
prover frame of mind.
"Haw can I tell, hinne f He may
be the devil himself, for aught I
an i shake mye,feet at you Bridget/ wit
And when I do it once ton einem what" iget
(m'weierous'•1 "what will you do to
me then eh r'
BORN TPA ' WAY.
rby.Iea1 ladle.Iia.,,, .f 174 rrlaa Kat
•• Mem ■ role." •t(
Degeneracy betrays itself among men
in oereiin phyai:-al characteriatics,
which are denominatel stigmata or
After gots$ tep for a spell 1 return-
ed to find uoe of the men sitting near
• glimmering light and a boy Drying.
As 1 approached
THEY BOTH RAN BACK.
thinking I was a devil, although I tried
to motion to them. I found a spike nail
and going all the way out of the water
I re,m.ored my mouthpiece. This was
rather dangerous, as my guide wigbt
have drawn me into the water. When
I got it oft and tatted to them they
wanted to know what day it wen, as
they had been three days without food.
I then west to the top of the pit pend
took food to them in a tie con. I open-
ed it with my diving knife and gave
the mei a share. There were bun -
reds at people at the pot awaiting for
the good word, and I think the first
manly thing I ever did was to bring'
this little boy on my shoulder thirty
yards through the darkness and water
and send him to his mother, where s
Dr. Kirk took him In hand. By tills
time the water had abated conaldtrably,
and 1 succeeded in getting all banal
out. In tbree hours more the wester
would bare filled the shaft where the
masa were located.
iii greatest feat, which made me the
world's record dimer, was at • Loch
Cr'etg Inverness, Scotland. It was
where the embankment had given awn
M s olincidant sbmi!er to the reoent wreck
SW the New York Central railroad. Tits
heavy supply d rain caused the em-
bankment to subside shout six is beg
and the rails being oft the level, the
embankment gave way and the engine
lett the railswgeollipped into the wet.
.r.
14 saes a t elassa *Tabs and only the
engine went Over, the couplings yielded.
Dwers failed to go down as it was !OC
feet deep. I was called from a place
camlee Dow Bay, where I was working
for the Northern Lake Co. 1 proceed -
al at Dote to 'parch for tbe two biedies,
being a government certificate auto
IHAD TOGO.
I fogad I would need lunger shin$
tackle. I bad but two sixty' -foot
lengths. 'When I had gotten more tub -
Ing I went down with three lengths
sad landed s short distance from tbe
engine at the bottom. I fitted up two
iron railway chairs which I used in
making the descent. I -sank them to
its .betteen see s oral el ..tneetyne ret
rope, and I had to go up and down it
like a monkey.
On m first actual descent I landed
en the funnel of the eng ne. I ellmbee
down and found the eng n^er stencils
with his hand clenched on the throttle
falvra The firemen wamitandinK with
arch a death gr.p cpm The bandbrake
that 1 found it difficult to get him
away.
I made them fast to the Tree I had
with me and ascended. I reckon I wee
down thirty minutest The weight at
the divlrg dreas is no small Item in
the work. the actual weight -icing 180
pounds to carry about -twenty-eight
pound on each foot. 188 pounds setae'
weight without helmet and breastplate
When I came up I was bleeding at the
nose. ears and month, as tb ',pressure
on my body was eighty-four pounds to
the aiusre inch. in addition to an outer
prelssare on my .bods of the water.
III M.S. Penelope., near Ismailia. it seem-
ed that every night the man on seatry
used to be shot or stabbed, and it could
n ever be found out who did it.- One
n ight 1 was put on sentry on the twins'
like any other British man-of-warsman.
Orders wen given that if we saw any-
thing suspicious to fire on it, and turn
III; hands for quorters. There was morel
y.ng and Winking Dt the rest Dena
redes on tbe post before me than
brand marks. Such stigmata consist of i watching that night.
deformities, the unequal develo,iment Muwever, about 12 o'clock, I thought
of the tee o halves of Ole face gill Bran- la shadow crossed the water. and .look-
ium; then im;erfectione in the Bevel- ° I saw a large ostrich. Some
tog tool. my euspecion at then way It
SUGAR -EATING RATIONS
Flgsrer nkat sadleate Trot Marstiese Peep S
Exsel 1. 11* Ces.e septi...
The sugar crop of the world amounts
in a normal year to about 8010,000 toile
of which the larger part, about 4,600.-
000 tons, comes from beets, and the bal-
ance, 3,500,000 tons, from sugar case.
Of the latter the largest proportion
Domes from the West Indies and alarms
amount from this Island of Java. Ala-
• tbe countries producing beet su-
gar, Germany comes first with about
one-third of the world's crop; then Aus-
tria with about as much. and then
France. Russia and Belgium and Hol-
land together, with sebstantially the
same quantity.
Amonseientists,,tbe mdpiop has been
000E icuous for its enormous size or not move, though these birds are timid general that a moderate amount of .n-
protruchn from the heal like a has lin. generally, and run very swiftly.
1 gar like a moderate amount of salt.
Tbst which a:arly all degenerates thought of my orders, end fancied I should enter into the dietary of the
lack is the sense of morality ani right Would take the bird for its feathers,
ani wrong. In or•'er to eatisfy any When 1 up and fired. Lo and behold people of ;soh nation; but it is only
momentary impulse or incboation or there was a mmmin cry came from the when the figures of the eoosamption
Int rine they committ crimen and tree --13r& -d etre! are examtLmvdihst it h seen
s•aasea with tee greatest calmness and It teas an Aub'/ robe; be was rigged that the are ata coo/lamed varies Mato
silt c lacenoy. � in the skis of an ostrich and the
the tkr.ebol(t; last to take his la-te
Another mental stigma of the deg•o- foga of the bird were tied dower his side
Fealty. and it is a curious tact that in
erase is his emotionalism. He laughs Under the wings be carried an assegai. these countries, in which the maritime
until he shah" tears or wee- s copious- The no se of the tiring aroused all hands spirit -the spirit of emigation. com-
ly without adequate occasion. sad they turned to. I went -ashore in merce. traysi tad colonization -h
the boat to get the bird, and foeed it strong. there is a very considerable
THE COMFORT OF LABOR. w.. ronsumpt ion of sugar per capita, where -
A MAN INSTEAD. as in (bone countries in which these
qualities are not predominant among
e could speak a little brakes English, the inhabitants. the o0mouns tion is
wee dying. t4Nit--elik-say -tater smaller. In England, first among -the
t1e toive bin a drink, when he maritime natioua of the world, the con-
I:ew out h:s saregsi aid_ gtabhsd ne gumption ot swear is 86 pounds a year
the right breast. I wM taken aboard for each inhabitant. In Denmark it is
46. in Holland 81, in Franoe 90, sod in
Norway and Sweden 25, whereas is
Rus'a, it is only 10, in Italy 7, in Tur-
key 7, in Greer; 6. and in Servia 4.
The oonsunl<stion of sugar seems to have
very little connection with or relation
to the prodnctinn of sugar. for in Aus-
tria, the sugar product of whish Is
large, the average consumption Is only
1 pounds. while in Switzerland. in
Which then is no production to speak
a, it is 44. 'And another curioa,'pbase
of the matter is that there ie a great
disparity in the'conenmpteon,of sager
in the two tea drinking countries. Edge
laid' and Roasts. Tbe large amount of
sugar consumed in France is attribut-
ed, in part. tothe fart that the .French
confectioners and caodymaket., sad
More espeeially those dotsg business In
the city a Paris. use in their trade
enormone gsaatlties a sugar in a
year, *Adios atrnorm►lly tie the aver-
age consumption of sugar in the French
Republic.
" I suppose,' said Mr. Styholt, "that
most, of us, as between wealth wit
nide AEI poierty with-'becup*, os.
would choose wealth; but 1 am sot w
etre t I;wa.Td thyself. In tact, t1y
older I grow the more I am coaviaosd l "` til the bird. 1t was sent to
thoo
that next to ie lore we hold dHreat ' • MeyHnextong Kexperigencennreea1,umos. M the Pens-
ot i aredls, wives and children, til. lope was at Alexandria. Tbe council
grcai oat boon to man in labor. Power- leant word to Admiral Hornby that
tit witty occusrwtioe would Imply the i torpedoes there were torpedoarranged to de -
1 'r to tailor. anal that wool" mean, atroy the fleet. One Thursday after -
freedom from want. And oocatlatioa; noon the signal went up for divers to
m• ani also freedom from rare. Tb� look for torpedoes, this being at the
man elm heroines .. in:frested Is h , time of the bombardment of Atexaa-
work forgets his troubles, and he finds.: dria. i went down under fire, and it
besides, a eleaaure in seeing the re- happened that I was the only man who
sults of his la: or take form. and grow; reached the bottdm i found a white -
the pleasure of atta'nment. The masa
who does not tint enioyment in labor
gtiseres the most eatistacto l of life's
pleasures." ' •
THE BRIGHT MDR.
The habit of (unk4ng at the bright
side of thing• la e gond ane and hs wortb
a great deal to each one who minerals*
it. Certainly one should not cultlbate
bead torpedo the most dangerous kind,
witb fuse attegbebd. 1 did not know
what aninnte i mi ht go Olt, but With -
WA hesitation I cat the wire with pin-
chers. For tbis art 1 wan awarded a
pension for llle. My term of service
having expired, I returned to Rath -
gate and went to work in a nosh pit.
Shortly alter, 1 received a telegram
to proceed to Bonnie, Scotland, and go
down a pit and open • trap door in •
coal min., where eight persons were
the habit of looking on the dark aide. hemmed in by • torrent of water. Be -
especially when ha merit draw net his fore going down. i bad to get dn'ie
forebodings and apprehensions for a gear. going
Bat gilt a gerod dra s, Mt
'hetisn'et that dark ads. and thus dee as there were live. •t .rake 1 went
a groat risk. t got within thirty yard.de
not only wbat does not exist bolt of the victims and cot away st the door,
what may newer exist. God promisee but i was in absolute daemons, and tie
`rase for each time of need, hist mot
for earth time of worry and anxiety.
He premises to be with hhs people ellen
they peas through the fire, but He doom
not promise to extinguish tbe firs be -
fora It bas bees lightest H. asyyea that
*ben His people par through the wat-
ers the shall not overflow them• sad
en
wought to 1* satisfied with that. 1t
we trust le (God the disasters wedrmsd
mast will awwr epos*. or k baa do.
A1tiwIlll champ the diwter tete
resifts water drew taste away. I then
managed to tis myself to . poet with
the life line and preeseded. This fined
wee caused hj the water from ass old
mine nearby finding its way to the
me. The boy oat finned st the trap door
where the tabs are raised bad gone to
sleep, and the miners workirl� up an
Wel.. shaft were not. war of 1.M
osrosting flood. As the shaft filledthe
oleo were nut off from the maiaf shaft,
as they nnald notget over the hutches,
the read beteg very ammo.
SENRATION IN STATIONERY.
The Latest sensation in stationery is
paper and envelope of the same vise.
[vistaed of rotator thle sheet of note-
paper to tit into the envelopes', an civ-
ilised notices have dons since enviehipev
were lev.at.d, the entire sheet la elip-
pad late the outer revering without
folding it eels' ones. The paper is lin
esu bond, mottled bine in tint, and comas
is varioeu sizes. A quire of paper is
thlrty meta. and a package of envoi
apes is the same pries. The problem
of getting thea* huge envelopes into
the ordinary letter hos 1. going to be
• marines eo. 01 the new tashtow.
FISH STORMS FROM THS NORTH.
floe Ora/ *& ad..., of Flakes heat see
t'.Ie.,bla 1. Ike Tmkes.
" Tbe waiers of Alaska, both oceanic
and infant, have a food supply equal to
the demeada of a continent," said H.
C. Denting, of Vancouver. "Nobody who
has not actually seen the teeming lite
is times waters can tiolieve the truth.
1. Bearing Sea there are Ilahiag banks
where ood and menhaden are caught
in numbers that put the Newfound1ani
bomb away into the shade. The herring
runs are enormous. 1 have seen the
peculiar ripple caused by herring shoals
*steadies over the surface of the sea
as far as the eye could roach, sal fish-
erman tell me they are actually in-
oreasieg, aotwitbstaading the terrible
slaughter Iby seals ,and a Weakfish
which seat only eats this. but catches
seals, and when wounded will attack
an ocean steamer.
' But it is the morainal ruga that fix-
olte the greatest woader. These tido
go up the rivers is the spring and early
summer to spawn and sometimes in the
abaUower verta sofa stream are so Wok,
that they actually oiieeb over.ach other
sad the Indiana and others secure ell
they wast with oluhe and pitchforks.
When they encounter a perpendicular
fall they leap to an astoniabtng height
and minima ars kill.d by falling back
to the water and rooks. Only the
strongest succeed in reselling the high-
est points on the streams, and they are
generally so battered up that when
they ars .aught ea their return they
are not considered tit for food by the
white residenta of the coast. I have
seen the banks of the Skagit and the
Snoqualraie. Washington streams, pil-
ed'up two feet high with dead salmon.
that ars hauled away in immense num-
bers to enrich the farm lands, ani
yet tbere is apparently no diminution
in toe vast numbers that Doors trona
their winter home in the dee,, .ea each
seams. Some idea of the wonc'.rfnl
extent of the salmon fisheries may he
obtained from the fast that the sal-
aam rens -erten* from Ahs De emobia
to the Yukon, including • nowt line
art more than 2.010 miles.
" The strange creatures of the sea
that are usually toned in tro;,ic•l we-
anters are also found I bate seen
octo;rue with arms item feet long
caught La Seattle harbor, and sea
anemones, sea cucumbers, sea urchins,
atartish, unoontiah, dogfish, ani sharks
are to he found everywhere in the
greatest abuodaooe. Ronk col. Bea hag.,
ling, and other game fish of the sea
are very plentiful. and clams are so
abundant that every saloon bas clam
bouillon on ftp fres to every comer.
The Northers Pfeifle and Behring See
are wonderful storehouses."
TO WASH VELVETEENS.
Fill an enameled -not siao-hath
three parts tat[ of bot water. thea
shred in finely as much white curd
soap as will make s very soapy latber;
take the material to be weehsd--if a
dream it should be unpicked, though this
is not absolutely neesssary-and shake
11 beekwar'ds and forwards in this wa-
ter until the hitter becomes dirty. The
velvet must Bot be rubbed. merely
shakes to and fro through the sole.
When the water best:ns to cool throw
it away, and repeat the same process,
shredded soap and all, with some fresh
water, and while you are preparing the
second lather hang the dress or me -
lariat over a clothes line; do not leave
It in a heap. Repeat the shaking until
the dress is thoroughly cleansed. Then
rinse out several times in tepid. and.
finally, in cold water. Do not wring
it. Stretch !tout. U Lathe material.
across two clothes lines; it a dress. pin
on to Its fliT `extent' -by tberltas.
using for the purpose pins. not clothes
pegs. It will take a day or two to dry.
and when dry should siniogy be stretch.,
ed sod knocked between the bands, to
raise the pile. or it can be ironed on
the wrong side if treat by two f•oople,
while a third irons. or pian,' i oa the
book of two chairs. stretched as far
as it will goo and ironer from under-
neath; but it must on no account be
irooed upon a table In the ordinary may
or it will be moiled. It must be un-
derstool that it is only velveteen not
velvet, which can be cleaned in this
way. The latter, eontaining silk. W on-
ly amenable to the ordinary process of
dry sIssaisi.
-Ammar."F_-'�
,IIASSADORIF SALARIES. - _
Waal Offal Mrlltall e r'aysAker anpresBses.
Uvr at tae TsH.-s C.urrs.
It Is announced that Dr. Leyds is to
receive B17,000 a, year as representative
o[
tbe Traitress' in Europe. Tbis sal-
ary is greatly in excises of the amount
which Great Britain deems sufficient
for any one of ber representatives in
foreign eoantriee. Our moat higbly-
paid ambassador is thou British repro -
tentative in Paris, though be receives
1e more thea half the sum Dr. tweets
1 to irate --s betimarly 160,000. Brie
PURELY (MNADIAI 1�5.
INTERESTING ITEMS ABOUT' OUR
OWN COUNTRY.
Gathered Iron V.Mesa Potato tram gm
Misstep to the Penna.
Chatham public schools are over-
crowded.
Brantford meet $1,096.03 on the ra-
lief of the ioor in 1807.
Brantford has now postal delivery.
and six brand new postman.
rMeatord clergymen are agitatlag for
Use abolition of Sunday funerals.
8t. Thomas penile are agitating tee
a market adjolslag the new slily ball.
Reports from lumber Damps in the
Parry Bound district •re encouraging.
.7. Gordon Elliot. a wail -known mall
clerk of the M.C.R. died in Fort Erie
Wednesday.
B. M. Britton has been elected passt-
dent of the Kingston branch of the
Bible Society.
The amen& tsfl/na1 eat fibs Meattesal
jail shows L842 -nnlimogin omumitted
Aerie( the years ---4"!7------
• tramp from idafllatio Amok Miller,
when arrested at $raatfaad, warn found
to have dtpbthstiE
Brantford is -eonstdertng the advth-
ability of a:pointing a permanent as-
sasam.at commissioner.
Moises's Bank will open a branch at
Edmonton, N W,T., with P. C. Rhodes,
of Woodstock, as manager.
Albert Lyon. an Ottawa motorman.
had his arm broken throngh his oar
runn'ng tato a load of wood.
Brantford Township voted by a ma-
jorityof 84 to abolish the toll gate o0
the amilton and Brantford road.
Mr. W. M. Gouenlook. of the Inger-
soll Collegiate Institute, is the new
matbemwtle-i Blaster at Lo0•lon t,ol-
legiate. '
Bella Atiriti •lrtoatreal girl its 14,
who nn away from ber horns, has been
seat to the reformatory for girls for
two years.
Some one cut a farmer's new har-
ness in a hotel shed at MidlaaI ibis
is only ow, degree lees massa-.tbsti
i sheep stealing.
1 Henry Valley, a March Township
• tanner. has been arrested. el -Arced
i with having crimtna'ly assaulted his
eighteen -year-old emeestic.
Greenflies Bros., of Milton. bays par -
chard 1,700 acres of timber in Foley
township, and will move the Clarkson
mill from Milton to Foley.
Tnere la considerable agitation on in
St. George in favour of a trolley ties
from. Hamiltos by way of Co^etowo,
L7nrten. St. George, Paris an 1 Wood-
stock.
Lacrosse gave way to tootls11,• foot-
ball dwielled into hockey., and still
large numbers of tbe rural lopulatine
are able to walk without the aid of
crutches.
A farmer named Rich of Horming's
Mills, was /seining bind $ los' of i ay
when the binding tole got lease and
smastr,d his sone. Even farming has
its perils.
Alfred Bs:. 0l Bran'ford, ha 1 s fel-
low -hoarder arrester for tickl'og his
ear with •Diene of match on a string.
The P. M. thought the Daae toe tritliag
'Ad dismissed it,
A party of man who lett Groats.
Fowl bland. near Pen& sag. to go to
the mato land. got lost in a mow -
storm. They finally struck solid ice
aid walke•1 sabers much ext•ansted.
The 3 -year-old son of Rohl. O'Neil,
Enniskillen township. got bold of seats
rough on rats argil 1 rooee'el to est
jam-, 'Wit b the aid of a rteetoy sad
goof--... UE t13 win r�eover"
Lord Strath000s has given the Mont-
real Highland Calot Corps $;t10 as a
Christmas box. The money M ill be
spew. in providing uniforms for two
tlgtrs Dom; anise it is proposed to raise.
'Yr. Robert Fisher. of Colonies.
Man , who at one time gave Hun. Alex.
McKenzie a job as mason on the King-
ston pity hall. is visiting in the Lime-
stone City. He in over 00 yearn of age,
Robert Coutts, ot Elmvale, had his
team mired on a chattel mortgage,
He arose .o the night. harnessed the
team, loaded his worldly effects in a
waggon, and disappeared- Whoa be
arrived in Parry Sound be was arr-
'rM-t er theft.
tsliln'5 ambassadors to Germany, An►
tris-8angary and Turkey receive £.8,000
a year each. The representative in St.
Petendva g has the next largest w-
ary, £7,gb0; while F.A00 lees is considered
.cough for the British ern, aviator who
takes up his residence in the Eternal
City. For some reason known only to
the diplomatic mind, nut representa-
tive in Washington is mnrb worse oft,
receiving but £6.600 a yrsr, through /la
Dae probablyto work tar harder for his
country. Te tient'masador to Apoin re-
ceives £3,500, while the representatives
in China and Panda draw 050.1 etsob less.
The beads a Ur legations in Japan,
$razU and A.lgypt, each receive £4,000;
hot Lord Cromer has bealds £1,000 M
a "personal allowance," The British
agent at Pretoria, ewbo is paid by the
colonial offices receives only £2,1100 a
year.
WATER TRANBTT.
He aakeel the Male to fly with him,
Hid tensriwith lame .tat.;
Der an over learned Nos -o14 and grim-_
SbM *old : Oh, sin; let's Skate.
THE OLD GAME VARIED.
-What is the romptalnt against
the prisonert asked the Klondike
Your Honor, replied • man with
a melancholy, be unless expression
on his face, lee sold ms this gold
brick.
Weil. what's wrong about thatt
Why, Your Honor, be cheated
me.
He did, How did you find out tbat
the hriek was not mere ;old?
'i hat's Jnat the treeble, Your EOM
or; it 4 re gold. ,
Then khat are you +nuking aha
Why, good heavens, Your Honed'.
the scoundrel represented it to me -
a chunk of brown bread. '
018 DESTINY.
Doting mother -i do net know whet
we are going to make of little Rodnet.
He d.clnre 1 to -day that when he grows
up he is going to he a !Otter and de-
spoil i,00est people a0 their hard -eerie -
.d gold
Shrewd father-H'm l J it take the {it-
ch+ reseal dowa town is the wniniaaa
and apprentice him to Skinner the ttegi
.state dealer.
POETRY VS. PROSE.
Th• poet laves of the be•mtifui
hair
That crown; hs lair idol'* head.
And calls the man • poesy old
bear
Who Ignores its splendors i*,
atm* d-
Fea. the poet of It make' a fad,
ita glerios In verse he will group,
But like "t by mortals he's mad
if • strand et It gets is the Neap