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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1899-2-16, Page 3Pendine the Gofd Queen. By JAMES MOM TLIT, (Copyright as. W Ile higher 1 Douglas Gaskel), aged $0, native of Scotland and mlufug expert by prefer - d on, (bought himself iu very bard luck Indeed when, fur the first, time in his life, be seated himself in le fashionable New York restaurant. He was suffering from au attack of the blue., which not even the hum of cheerful, motive 1Ite around biro could overcome, although lee had fled to that tbrobbiug center of gay postpreudial life to escape the gloom of his own thoughts and the bli- the refleotions which gnawed at his heart. And as he reviewed the situation under the soothing influences of his cigar and his coffee be reassured him- self that be had most excellent grounds fa repining, 1f not indeed for despair- ing altogether. Glanol-„ g backward • few mo &hy be saw btetaeltoeetaeartng to tit relive laud aim inaey lung years of sell de- nial and hardship In the mining dis- tricts of India and South Africa, with enfeebled health, a few hundred pond.. • good reputation for honesty in • busi- ness of some temptations and a ripe ex- pelienoe In mining matter& Then in his retro.peot amid the ham of cheerful humanity around him be saw the fairest face fn Scotland smiling on him, be saw an obdurate oid Sootob laird who utterly retuied to let hi' daughter be engaged to a "penniless mining fellow," and after • long siege by soft, peraterteat womanhood's erre•• instible arm., he saw the grim old bor- derer yield so far se to gay that if be, Gaskell, could satiety him before be started for Norway in July that he had means to maintain his daughter suit- ably he would then be willing to ma- dder the propriety of on engagement on the clear, magus' understanding, how• ever, that Gerken most steer off for good if he was unable to satiety the old man within the three mouths which he allowed him. This had been • most despairing de oi.Ioo to the mining expert, who term- ed it the offer of "a 90 day option on the woman I love, with impossible con- ditions, and the wreck of two lives as • forfeit." But Madge, the lady of his heart's affections, had declared every- thing was possible of achievement to Woe love, and big .tarn face softened as be recalled the bright, hopeful, loyal look with which she had dispatched him to London to take counsel with bar enols, ber dead mother's favorite brut her. He remembered bow the uncle bad obtained him • commission to examine an American gold mine as ■ step to- ward finding on bis own amount, while in the mining districts of the (Jailed States, some good property imitable for the British market. "If you find such • mine," he bad said, "d will do my beet to place It to you, mad yon can honestly add $100,000 to its price as discoverer if It is large *Dough and provided the terms on wbicb you obtain tbe control will jus- tify It. That Is the only way that 00 - curs to me In which you oan honestly oomply with the old ourmndgeoa's ab- surd condltinos within the time." The face of tbe silent and absorbed man grew dark as be recalled bow in the execution of his oommiedoo be had arrived in New York only to learn that the property he came to examine had been withdrawn from the market. The fact was tbst the gentleman who had offered the property In London and wbo had a000mpanied him acmes the ocean to Introduce him to the propri- etors had taken his measure accurately during the voyage and had reported to his colleagues and joint owners that be Wei quite satisfied that Gaskell cooed aot be tampered with, bet would Incl. .Upon making a tborongb examination, each as most inevitably disclose the worthlessne.s of the property. The own- ers were simply ■ gang of unscrupulous adventurer', wbo had thought to avail themseted of the existing craze for American mining properties. It was the announcement of the with- drawal of the property that bad plunged Douglas (Jaskol' into the depths of de- spondency in wbicb this narrative finds him. • As his retrospection ended be eat lost in thought and barely 000.cious of the ebb and flow of the city's gilded youth and the men of affairs wbo throng Del- monlco's in ever incresaing number& He was all unem.ofously being very closely observed by three gentlemen seated et a dietaot table—Mr. Oswald, wbo bad accompanied bis across from England; Hector Marble and Hamilton Gilbey, •I1 "speoulatot.," in otherpeo- ple's money. They were, in fact the owners of the withdrawn mine. Mr. Gilley broke the silence al their 'able. "11 1. just as easy to mete a large haul as • this'll one," be said. "We mast manage to fix something up for this Scotch expert who is sitting over there looking so glom. He is dis- appointed at our withdrawal of that Mine, and 1s, 1 imagine, ready for a fresh suggestion. Now, I have been casting abont for eomething to suit him. and I think I have disoovered it at last." The three drew their chairs closer to- gether than, strictly honest men found it necessary to do In Delmonico'a, and the champagne in their glasses grew fist and their cigars went asst while Ohs sat expounded and the twoseeedvedeed ap- proved one Ot the Advert plane whish Villainy ever oon000ted in oonnention with international syndicate or (sorpo- rate baseness. The proposition laid by Mr. GHbey before his colleagues with much graphic forte and a wealth of Iominote illastr•. lion began with the preamble—they mast have money. The Pcatohmen sit- ting near by suggested a means of get- ting 1L He was only useful fie conno- ting with mins; he could not be tooled as to the quality of a mine; therefor* be must he foaled 1n gime other way, es they oonld not promptly get the eon - Mot ret any honest mine on terms whiob would he temptable to the syndinete and profitable to them. That was the argument, and it was onndder.d as be- ing to the point The propn.ltlno was as follows: 011bey knew of a mise Balled the (Ioid Queen to California whlnh had at One Hnim embraced • great antler of elatsml and covered • eoesdd- srable extent of t•rrieory. Thea mine bean[• quite • vinable property, and • dispel. b•ving arisen en to the nether ship of ole -bait of it the property was finally divided between the two litigants deoiaim of the court of appeal& retained the title_ PI Gold Queen, and opwlags had ;rases made in .both, about 71)0 yards apart. The watrkinge 1u one bad proved enor- maorly suouesatul, and that mine could not be purchased. The other had result- ed in failure, and very little, 11 auy, la- bor war uow being expended oo It. Mi. (.itlbey's suggestion was that the Gold Queen wlue, which had proved a failure, should be optioned to the Eug- Bah syndicate), and that wbile its anr- vey should be correctly given on the op- tion step' sboold be taken to get Mr. Gasket' to examine the gold mine, me der the belie( that be was luspeoling. the one optioned to his syudiwte. "Al- though you oau't deoelve him as to the existence of payiug ore In amine,"000- tlnmed Gilbey, "you can readily confuse him as to the identity of the property be Is ez•mluiug, more especially if be Is simply • miueralugtrt and not • sur- veyor urveyor as well." 'I know the manager of the Gold Queen now In operation—No. 1, let as call it—and 1 can *esthete* that be will see this buriuess through if we di- vide with him. Na 1 is known to be well woeth a large sum ot money. and 11 won't do for as to offer the other property at less than half • million. Th. owner d the latter is willing to give me ■ four moitba' option on it at $15,000." Their plans being matured, the illus- trious pair were presently introduced to Mr. Gerkell as the owners of the mita which bad been withdrawn. They had exerted themselves to find him • prop- erty of equal promise. and had at last after much trouble succeeded las obtain- ing for biro an option on the Gold Queen. .M.r .Oaakall had notified Madge's uncle of his first di.ppointment by ca- ble. and two boon after meeting Gi1- bey's partners be walked across Madi- son square and cent smother cablegram intimating that he had heard of an - Other property and seas •boat to go west to examine it at his owu expense. Two days later Mr. Gaskell left for San Freecisoo, where en his arrival be met the manager of the Gold Queen, No. 1, wbo had received • telegram from Mr. Gilley to go to San prancinoo to receive an importaut letter, which letter be bad carefully read and very cordially approved. The days which followed bad many aas1g9eloemtlaiatur the three specula- tors In New York. "I do most devoutly hope this business won't land os in state prison," murmured the less cour- ageous Marble. "Wiest tatiQM111& Wit have not male any incriminating statement in writ - Ing „ "True, bat you forget your lancet* the manager of the mice. Won't that abow conspiracy?" Has "That 1s all right," wO(lbey's airy rejoinder: "The manager is under my tbumb. By the way," oontinued the tranquil Gilbey, "did you notice that Gaskell "I' WOW 10. manager of Oce Gold Queer." had the 90 days' option which you gave him made ont to himself personally and not as representing the syndicate?' "Yea" replied Oswald, "1 notioed it. He would not take the responsibili- ty of spending the syndicate's money in making investigations which the mem- bers bad not ordered. If he approves the property, be will recommend it to bis !syndicate." A soft, sweet, childlike smile crept over tbe faces of the precious three as they separated. A tortnigbt later Mr. Gilbey pre.ent- ed to his delighted associates the fol- lowing dlrpatcb from Gaskell, dated San Francisco: I approves of the mine, optioned subject to some amendment In prioe, and start eset to - might. Douro -es Oeswerr. When Mr. Geekelt returned to New York, be 'aid he had made a very care- ful examination of the mine and would be willing to accept an option for it if the price were fixed et 9230,000 instead of double that nom. This radical our- taI1inent of their Sgnres somewhat dampened the ardor of the three confed- erates, but finally the prioe was fixed et $125,000 oath, with many protests On the part of Masers. Marble and Gilbey. Mr. Onwald had throughout taken only snob interest In the matter at a friend might manifest. His name did not occur on any of the papers given Mr. Gaskell, and on this occasion, es on the others, be took little part in the arrangemaats. In sine time the purchase money was laid over, and Masora. Marble and Gil- ley, (wee w11b $100,000 to his credit decided that they would seise the np portonity to •stilly a long telt ambition to explore southern America, not In the least—they were careful to assure the cynical Oswald—because they were fear- ful as to what view the oold jndioial ey'rtii'iii Taw might take of their ac- tion. Mr. Oswald, wbo, as stated, had pur- posely kept in the background and in 000aegienoe contented himself with a smaller there of the profits, 'ermined In New York. • • • • • • • L411 mor ,b. later Meagre Gilbey and Markle were in the Oity of Mexico, wearied beyond the power of word• with the vended derma of that cows - ley, gid maims only onn. more to Le Within sight of New Ynrk. Many a time they echoed the sentiment of the eft, wanderer at which we smile eo of- ten, "A wonl(' rather he • lamppost on Bre way than a king anywhere else." Bot respite was at band. A letter to Mr. Oswald making apparently rascal inquiry as to whether be had heard any thing further of the (cold Qneen sale aliofted the following oharactari.tlo re- piy f1 yen ar,t rw,VteI yearse1ei rip te the Qty sltabo a...o.• roe •r. sleek) t. mama ea mamas of say troublesome developesute la We Gold Quests be.lneas, los ms, as well mane book at ow- The Engllabaen have not yet diouv.red Weir blunder, and 1 du not think they ever will. 11ure a good slur, to tell you which It la worth your whits to come {,Wo tulles to hear. gleet me sI dinner ou the Yth. usual time and pleas, aed 1 11 tell yes the story. There's no plan ilk. kumel Within three bowre the two specu- lators were on the way to New York. Wbeu the second bottle of obswpagne bad been opened •t Mr. Oswald's din- ner, the host lit a clg•r, saylug that he supposed they were dying to bear his deny. The 1111. of the two twitched a little and a hardly perceptible pallor indicat- ed a pauiug nervousness. "When the Scotsman got to the mine," Oswald began, "the manager took him to Gold Queen, No 1, as you ---or as we --arranged. He remained nn- durgroand 48 boors. The manager was cautioned not to loos sight of him for e moment, but be gave in after 86 bourn and went home to bed, as the Soot look- ed like spending • week in the bowels of the earth. When the manager re- turned. 12 hours later, be found Gaskell just Doming to the iurfaoe. In reply to his inquiry be said be bad completed his inveeligatiou and would take some rest. Whether this was merely • blind to put the manager off his guard or whether be obanged his mind 1 don't know; "bet' atter he had seen the other descend the mine and had bad come breakfast be took the map which you gave him out of bis valine and proceed- ed very carefully to compare It—first, with the bouudaries of the No. 1 mine, which some loafing miner pointed out to him at his request, and then with the map of the same mine banging in the company's office and which the manager had stupidly omitted to re• move. "As nearly as can be competed, it took that fellow just about five min- utes to detect the trick. Of course this L mere guesswork, for the man himself was as silent as• clam. The profundity of his silence when be unraveled our tangled plots grouses my admiration. "After be learned the game be plac- idly deeoended mine No. 2, the ooe of which be really held the option. H. remained in that mine jest 16 hours, , and all that time the manager conclud- ed ha was to bed and asleep. I'm sure I don't know why, except on the as- samptioo that a man must sleep some time. "With the assistance of in o1d Mexi• can miner, who practically lives down lea IAN atlas to aas of arse abafts, be thoroughly explored the mine, more es- pecially at that part which 1. In • straight line with the rich vein in No. 1. "H• bad to all appearances some queer theory about that vein, for he and the oid Mexican worked for more than 19 boon cutting in Be direction. The result of these efforts was (it was ascer- tained after the purchase) that while the Mexican dept Gaskell 'truck ■ con- tinuation of the vein belooging to Na 1. Having satisfied himself that be had struck the tree vein and after taking out several specimens of the ore be care- fully covered up his 'find,' awoke the old man and returned to the surface. 'You will understand the discovery Gaskell had made when I tell you that baro the vein in No. 1 to where it waal' identified In No. 2 is just 700 yards, of which 550 ran through the land of No. II, go that eleven -fourteen tbsof the greet vein belong to the mine that Gaskell bought. " Well, gentlemen, Gaskell gold that mine to his syndicate --it was hie own venture—for $750,000, half cash, half stock, and his syndicate sold 1t to the public for 91,500,000. The new oom- Pny has already taken $600,000 out of the mine in four months' working, with the prospect of taking out 20 times as much in the next two years. The Scott man'• profit of $825,000 taken In stock Is now worth 91,000,000 in the mar- ket." Marble and his associates gazed al each other fixedly for $ minute, and, although their eyes spoke volumes, nn word was uttered. The situation was altogether too deep for words. With me impulse they roes in grim silence from the table. "I find the air in this room suffocating," finally ejaculated Gilbey. "Let us go." As the now silent trio passed into the vestibule in making their exit to Fifth avenue Oswald shattered his preternat- ural calm by ejaculating, "Great Jupi- ter;" The exclamation Was not surpris- ing. for there. Doming toward them, was Mr. Gamlen. the man they had done their best to swindle, and his bride, the beautiful and queenly leadgn. For • moment a wavering in the nnke of the three was perceptible and jnst the rnspbohw of • desire to stampede. but the , sot -moon on the expert's face reassured them. "My dear," be said, addressing hie With "let me present to yon some friends of mine who once rendered me a very great eervioe—eomesbat ined- vertently, 11 in trne"--is faint shiver shook the throe—"bot nevertheless • genuine service. They helped me to win what I wanted moot on earth." And his eyes rested fondly on his wife. Mrs. Gaskell commented to her hus- band afterward on the strange, shy modesty which almost prevented the three gentlemen from meeting her ease, and his smiling reply was, "They couldn't stand the battery, dear." After the three friends had escaped Into the street, Oswald, probably for the first time in bis lite, wore a meet - fallen sir. "Boys." be said, "he orris too many gone for as all round. Just think of it ! He ha. never even mentioned to her the—to put it mildly—somewhat peculiar pert we took In that mining deal." "How do yom know that?" "Bene•• you on always t.11 by the expraavio n in a woman's sys When yon are pre.entod to ber bow her boebend has been in the habit of speaking about you to her. I would tether have faced a hair trigger revolver than thane greet gray eyes 1f ale had known our game." Mr. Gaskell ber taken other 90 day options since his marriage, and some of than have proved very valuable, but he never expecte to find one to equal that marvelous pair by which he won both fortune and bride in 1885. Carried idealism Too Per. "Speaking of applying the artistic to ordinary duties," .aid the biggest 11.r in the drapery shop, "reminds me of my unmarried aunt ()pheli•, with whom I lived wben I was m kid. Sb, need gomatimes to do mach a fine job of mak- ing the beds that aha would make ns kids deep on the floor beeense she had Del the heart be s.e her work spoiled." —Nta,M.. �— _ NOBILITY AS SP-ORTS. Princes and Potentates Sized Up by Tod Sloane. TUE PRINCE OF WALES AN IDOL 'g• Airs or Neaaease About film," ■ay• the Tarr Mldgete-Eaglteramea amt Their Beta—A Lord Who never Lie.—Buklag Moate Carle. Tod Sloane, traveler, gentleman of lei - were and lncideutxlly king of jockeys on two oonUnents, was busily engaged enter Seining •number of idents in his palatial epe.rtnients at the Imperial hotel at New York when a tap on the door announoed the presence of • ltveried flunky Dearing In • silver salver the card of • Ituadan prince "Tum him down," returned the midget monarch of the turf loftily after • con tern ptuci sglameadobepa"itehu•r'd- -•'Ha'. a tin born sport and an heiress chaser. I've got no use for such guys," and he lackey delarted amid the ptaudlts of the select coterie to wbom such sportsmanlike ssntemedts seemed ennobling. The noble man from the tsar's icy ewplro has been for yens a persistent hunter of American belree.es, • defaulter on the English turf and a welcher at Monaco, • combination ort crimes which my little Lord Tod holds to be of greater moral turpitude than murder, arrow and piracy on tete high seam. It was indeed a"mlxed easemblage," as our amateur scribes put 1t, which Tod had gathered at his cheery board. Among Others It contained Julian Hawthorne, the distinguished novelist; -Kid" MoCoy, the eminent boxer; Senator Timothy -Dry Dollar" Sullivan, the celebrated stater mac; Burr McIntosh, the statuesque ac- tor; Pat Gleason, the gentle czar who until • year ago reigned peacefully over Long Island City and its stock exchange.; Ed- die Bald, the (earned bicyclist; Little Abe Hummel, the oon.cienttous jurist; l'at /Moody, the divinity student, and smiling Mickey Finn and asturnine Marshall P. Wilder, the literary undertakers, rend Rich- ard Harding Davis, the modest yet meri- torious journalist. Tod patronized all these in • gracious manner while he charmed them with his e prlghtly stories about the British tdrf, kis expertencea thereon and his estimate of the great sportsmen he had met abroad. "Englishmen," said Tod with • dog - math) emphasis which seemed to challenge contradiction, "are the best sportsmen alive. Over there everybody who has • pound in his pocket gone to the race track. and evrdL way bete. Here it y tai downy f� sporting men coupled with a u plink' of the wealthier clean who go to the grand stand, not to say &he pad dock, and plant their coin. Candidly, 1 must say the English are ahead of its as aporia. And 1 don't know but what it's n•t- ora1," the little fellow went on reflective- ly, "for the very belt fellow in all Eng land, the Prlooe of Wake, is the chief pa- tron of sport, whether 1t be on the turf. the water or cross country. I will ride f ,r him and Lord Beresford the Doming se-. son to England. People in America don't understand atm the prince's patronage helps the turf the way It does in England. I'll explain that in • nutshell. Suppose that James G. Blaine when he was at the height of itis popularity was elected presi- dent and took an active interest in the race track? Suppose he had • stable of bosses, entered them in all the great event and went to all the races? What effect would that have on our turfy Bring every man who had • 95 note in his pocket to the race track, wouldn't It, and with hie best girl at that? Every man, woman and child within 100 mule. of the race track who had the necessary change would get there to get a look at the popular ruler of the people, and they would bet their mon- ey freely too. Well, flat explains the situ- ation In England. The prince is just as much of an Idol there as Blaine ever was and hey just as winsome • ran, too, big democratic and with no airs er nonsense about him. I tell you he's an •ce." Tod evidently regarded the likening of England's future king to the highest card 1n the poker deck asthe climax of eulogy, for he impressively rested a moment and then returned his discourse: "The three Stretford brothers, Loris Charles, William and Marcum, rank next "YPrwniwn 00T Tf*1$ OWN MmrtY, mon moo AMRIRICAN IX,LLARS." to the prince as princely aportsmen. Lord Charles is such a thoronglflnred that he a1 - most equals our own Washington in hie .gnarenees. Hewes the high mucky muck In the Prince of Wales' set, and when he thought the pale was too fast and that he would go broke If he kept it up, he quit, and even when the prince coaxed him to attend one particular stag he telegraphed. 'Can't come; lie will follow by poet.' Thet's the man who stormed Alexandria and was afterward high lord of the ad- miralty. Like Washington, he couldn't lie. Hls two brothers are Pant like him. Lord William, for whom I will ride next season, L • particularly fine fellow. He thinks nothing of betting $100,000 on • single event 1f he likes the mount I am on. "I shook hands with four dukes the day I won five etrafght ranee at Newmarket. They were Weret.minrter, Norfolk, Marl borough end Manchester, the first two be tug old men and the other two youngsters. The Duke nt Westminster 1. the richest man In Knglend and only beta onnaslon ally. When he doss bet, he would mak, Riley Gronnnn or Pittsburg Phil turn pale with the else of the stake he will put up upon what he considers • gond thing The young Duke of Manchester wants to be a sport like his father, wbo embed Ir his chips re few year" ago after a hot en oar. bet he don't know bow. Beale. - he's gat to find some rich Amertean girl who will marry him and give him a make to Mart into the betting ring with, for he haven't got en.,ngh of eotn to buy a brass monkey with not, to say • stable of bn,eea. The old Duke of Norfolk and the young Dnke of Marlhomugh (Comanelo Vanderbilt'a huahand) like to sen the mewl all right, but they get cold feet when it comm to walking Into the betting ring "At Monte (Tarlo i met anme noblemen wbo were Manta et spending—not their own money, but gone; A mere an dollars. Nay, the way them fellows blew In Mw gold over the Wilms at Monism would make your Neel swim They had no ant- hem yetent of playing, and their tackier= diene gntd far- money ehenrret that they never earned s dueller In their lives. I won 96,- 000 In just eta days' sitting by simply tollowiug the old plan of erogreadom When 1 heel uuough, I just quit. The ma jority of player.; at Mont.' Carlo ia.e no tired syStein They are people who are simply crazed by the hunger fur play and go It blind. t'h'en tiro people who play systems keep at it -until either they go broke or the bank does. 1t is the players who generally go that way, of course. " Tod 1d now enjoying • trartroontlnental trip through file own e,untry In • style becoming a man of his Importance. He. rut: rpa-1a1 train with palatial a000nuno- diLlans and is ouvempenled by Blcyele Champion Eddie Bald rills few other con- genial followers. lie will Soon hunt griz• alks its the Kooky muunoilte and their re turn to New York' by easy stages prior to hos departure fur Europe on Marsh 81 to ride fur the prlice and his chum, Lnord Berisford. The race trucks of America will not be favored by the midget won. arch's prerenoe this season WILLIAM STANm1SH Rates. Acether Ckalaleee Wheel. Among the many efforts made by 1n mentors to produce a bicycle which will be novel in construction art design one gen Anima erheats t hoc- with. umswith. The middle spur gear 1s an"idler" and merely serves to tranrndt the power New SPUR GRAIL from the large gear to the small one on the rear axle. ' The gearing Is inclosed to a ease, protecting 1t from dist. The most striking feature of the frame lines is the closeness with which the whole hi built The seat post tube is upright and In the rear wheel almost touches the front. Ex perigees has proved that a short wheelbase le ape to result fn sensitive steering. Golf Handleapa. "TThe question of handicapping at local *vets," ,Pmartea golfer, '"ie bee6TShgl more vexing with each suooeeding season, and where the matter 10 not handled in- telligently contests aresapt to result In a Abaco, and even when It is handled In- telligently the results are not always sat- istactury, for there are, unfortunately, two diametrically opposite aspects in which • player may he regarded. Theep two as poets are very slnmple. They Melted* the player et b and the player away frau, home, and it nems almost inevitable that sooner or later • golfer must be accorded two distinct handicaps, one for each as - pest. The man on his home links 1s a very different individual from the one e0mpeting on that of his neighbor. He know. every distance, every undulation, ovary patch and roll of turf that can aid him on his journey, and once he has reach ed the top he wins, and steadily goer on winning. Now there 1. nothing app.r ently for the handicap committee to sit but to bring down his allowance so that the other members may reoslve fair play in the prize getting. But in doing the does not the committee overlook the (act that a nan'. handlasp 1s. the boasts for rat log him on other courses? At home tier bandloap may be fair enough, but when It fe taken as indicative of hes status on other links trouble arises." Club Beslag Contests. "I would rot gives dollar," myaan old New York Athletic club ruse, "to witness any of the boxing °entetts decided news days before our clubs. They simply amount to nothing. They are pretty spar- ring contests, 1'11 concede, but as for de- ciding chainpionablpat they cut nothing but gate reoelpu. I omni imagine ewo men boxing 86 rounds to decide a chain plonehlp unloose one or both of the men do D ot went to flght the way they should Can you imagine any of the men who met in thls city ten or 19 years ago fighting 26 rounds? Never. Why, they boxed too fest and too well! Up to a short time ago 1 patronized teeny of the local oonteete, but after wltneaing a half dozen bouts in which the men did not try to knock each other out, why, 1 quit the game. -There are followers of boxing who may like that kind of sport, but I am not one of therm. Can you tell me wbo Ie the champion fee -- thee, light, middle or heavy weight? 1 would like to know, but u near ea I can understand the championships will never be decided 1f we wait for the boxers to art Ile the questions Involved. I believe Ihat the present system of paying the boxers la altogether wrong. 1n the first place, they are paid too much money, and the percent- age system of dividing the gate receipts is clearly prudue$he of humbug." It very Ove to HL Trate. Sproekett—When I wee in Havana. I bad my bicycle with me, and a native I had met asked are to loan it to him for a des. Bloomer—And you did, of couree? "Ob, yes, 1 told him be could her. 11 for a couple of clay'. He was hea the rotund tiny, bright and early, with the wheel, and the machine was a sip ht 'Take your infernal machine,' be said. as wall an a cot lip and a nwolle° feet would permit hien. 'l'li go back to bullfighting—that's gond enoo b fun me.' "- Neash •a the Darter, Mrs. Bright—Johnny. did the doctor oome while I wee out? Jobony (suspending bis play)—Yes, ma. He felt my poise, looked at my tongne, and phalli hie heed, aud said it was a merlons case, and be left a pre ecription and mid he'd all again the evening. Mrs. Brigb4•-Grtlpiou. me' wpau't you I tient him IA M6. It Was the baby. —Ally Eloper. His Prin.Iple. "Are yon in fever of an npen door policy?" "Well," said Agnlnaldo, "i mppnre Um door will have to be open. Bot 1 want to understood right now that 1 propose to be there taking tickets."— Wsabinrtom Star. A Doable RoaMd nate. On the ore -nasion of a pnhlle reeoeptimo at Napier, Australia, the school chll dren of the town. after being duly elm pllm.nted by hie excellency from (Conn ty Tyrone on the hearty manner ft: wbleb they had rendered the matinee! anthem, were sniemnly ••eared that It they pot their .hnnld.re to the whore they would lee etre to raanb the tap of the mewl Iipon whip • nnmpatrtn: torted to me and avid, "Sore, It wo• an •Ri.trae be meant, boded. "—$per near. Nemedle• Pur ('orae. To cure sr. ordinary fere of chilblain, lake • piece of lemon, sprinkle fine melt ever 1t and rub the tout a el l A sure cure for brulen chilbluius le :be fullowlug:- Take a glu.rter mf u pint of ell of sweet alruutats, nue muses of aeoke turpentine, three ounces of lanoline and one 0unt+e of beeswax cut Into shreds; emelt all together to • white were pot, and then put aside to cool, stirring ocomil •aIIT to prevent tlw ppreln.ratlou (nen buuumilug too Marl. S toned this olutraaut on lint, and keep the ebllblalna covered with It at night and tee much of the teary la practicable. 11 you ere Nnqublttl with 'eft tmrum, tilt D ot fail to try the following treatlue Soak the fent well at night In hot w+,., r In which have been disauhved a few cry tale of ptvutanganate of putaah. ';'teen to: carefully, especially between the toes ens; duet the ,kin In thaw parte freely with as mtsfut4. " nins acid and botineie acid Next mor slog wtueh carefully with pun soft soap and told water, thoroughly do and powder with bura:lc (arid. A piece of lemon or a split raisin bound on a land turn will very often euro It. '1 he flntapplicatbon may produce our eness, but 1f trestmen( 1■ pers►st.d In a reasonable length of time • cure will likely be effect - ado,. -if no t+ 7 tbelvitewtlhr-pe. Thirty grains oriallcyllhecid a grabs of lndiau hemp to be dissolved in half an minced oolludlon.—Brown Her- ald. Aetreaeea wad rake Aderameate. It is a wcU known tact that even when actresses have beautiful jewels and lace of their own they nearly always wear lrnita tion jewelry and paper lace on the stage. for "front the front" the odunterfeltree- peclally In the way of jewelry—looks al most better than the real thing. Jewelry for the stage Is a specially tuade-articie and Is frequently of 1ta eft of not a little value, for antique patterns aro often faith - bully eopi.xl. and the counterfeit stone's. made for effect over the footlights are splendid imitations. The lace le also sup- plied by eepeolal dealers and 1s modeled after oel'bruted and snot beautiful de signs, and, in fact, no expert on earth could tell from tete front that the paper Lee was not the genuine article. ;butte tion flowers, too, are generally used, and often the magnificent bouquets handed up by the conductor of the orchestra are e( moll entirely made of artltctal flowers. Many of the bouquets which are thrown by apparently ardent admirers are as • matter of feet supplied out of the pickets of the management or even the actrem ber,ell.—t xckanga Like other Girls. Helen Keller, whose afflictions and'clev- erness have made her an interesting object to the world at largo, has not been so very different In general characteristics from other girls of her age. An affliction like bdesitatea'Aereernwir} man? peoples to Ur a per'100 epart, as she is to some extent, but she is very natural Inc all that. A few years ago a visitor calling upon her expressed admiration for and Interest to • little story she had written fur a oh114 paper. This remark was repeated to begs by her devoted Mend, companion and teacher, speaking slowly, while the young girl followed the words with her fingers on the Ifpsof theepeaker. A rather silly, self oonsclous smile appeared on her face as she comprehended the meaning of the words; she was placed, but einbsrrna- e$, aa another child would be. She was corrected, bowever, immediately. "Don't be silly," mid the teacher; "yew should only he too glad that you can do anything to give pleasure to any one."—Naw York Time& He Didn't Lois. Any Time. The women of French-Canadian house - bolds work themselves out sooner than the men, who, as a rule, marry again very quickly. A girl, too, considers it a die grace If she l,aen't a beau to see her home from cltur'h. A little hnbitent servant of 16 was found In tears by her mhtrsm one Sunday [Horning "What is the 'natter with you, Celestine?" asked her mletrea "It's the fleet yumjay since I was 19 1 haven't had a young man to walk with," sobbed Celestine. "Think, nasi , of the disgracer" "Buthow about Jean Seguin'" "Oh, tut night Jean came In to smy he had met a girl with a uow and a feather bed, and he liked her better than me and wanted his moments; tack. Don't he sorry for me, madame. I'll try to get another bean before this afternoon and to married first just to spite him." Five minute later .he sailed forth in cherry colored ribbons In search of afresh beau, and brought him back in triumph to dinner. a• rreaehy, Yoe Knew. An elaborately gowned woman with an aooent as cronsplcuously District of Colum- bian as her bonnet was Parisian was hook ieg over the new (coke in a (.moue book shop down on the avenue the other /hey. She one aeeompenlel by a friend with a limner at'crut and a similar species of bonnet. Ono book scented to touch her fancy. "What is the prima of this book?" Laid as. to tete wlrsman. "Two dollars," In welled. "Teen dollars,r'r repeated the elaborately gowned lady with an air of icing rally punted, don't you know. ' Two dallnrs! Won't you tell tun how many (rano,. tent W I've beet, ere used to the French money I really can't remember how touch It Is. L it a or 10 fronts?" But then, you know, we Americans an, iso adaptable. She had been abroad six mattha.—Vi'4Altiton Star. Their Bnldeu 0am.a; -10 The following iv a 000mplete 11et of the maiden names of the mothers of the pnyd dents of the United Statue: Wnshingtn, Mary Ilalb; John Adnan., Susanna Boyls- ton; Jcffurw,n, Anne Randolf; Madison, Nellie Cone ay; Monne, Ellin Jones; .1. Q. Adams, Ahignil Smith; Andrew Jack son, Elizalni1, Ilntchins,n;, Van Buren, Maria Hoes; Harrison, Elizabeth Bassett; Tyler, Mary Annlet'nd; Polk, Jane Knee; Taylor, Santh Strother; Fillmore, I'boebe Millard; I'lerce, Anna Kendrick; Suel- •nen, Eliznio•th ;(peer; Lincoln, Nancy Banks; .lohnsn, Mary MoI)onough; Grant, Hannah Simpson; Hays, Sophia Birchard; Garfield, Eltra Mallon; Arthur, Malvin& Stone; Cleveland, Annie Neal, Harrison, Elleabth Irwin; McKinley, Nancy Campbell Allison. The Vanilla aw.ea. Queen Wilhelmina -of Holland love. Christmas, and celebrates' It vigorously and delightedly. She has Always had a treason 4)1miatsase eve, has alweys hang np her stocking and loves to give prereente. One of her chief joys on C.hriatmAe morn fag 1e to follow the ancient Dutch custom of app. -ming nuldcnly at a door, flinging into the room a gilt rolled in a hlg ball of straw and Winning away add feet a. Ore can. Another Chri.ttnaa hahlt of her. 1. to drive about the snowy Ferrets and tea handfuls of bonbons wherever she .is. • group of children. The Coarse of Ambltie.. "I tmppowe yen are .till clamoring fore independence, " said Agnineldo'a friend "Well," wa. the &newer, "that i. what I started in to clamor for. Boit i can't he •atidlel with independence. now. I want to he haughty- W__Mh !ngton Star. Time te 5.... Hnehend There, the hone+ (a f?sr- Method at lout, and now we can begin to cave money. Wits—Yee, we const twee all we awn. for tly,larnitnre we got fgi�t will noon he out of fa+hion.---New Tori Weekly PDOOFFROM - Port Hope, Qct. Mr. W. A. Russel, tb7A Popolar Dis- trict Agent for the Singer Sowing Machine Cbntpany, {'roses that Doan's Kidney Pills Cure Kidney 111s. This is his statement : " 1 suffered for ,„five or ant years with pains across my back, heada.'hes, dizziness, and kindred kidney trouble& I gut very bad, and when driving would often have to stop the horse, as the pains were so sc.cre that I could not stand theme. I tried a great many medicines, but tory„ did me no good. 1 then got Dean's Kidney Pills at Watson's drug store, took them for one month, and ani completely cured. 1 regard the cure as a remarkable testi- mony to the virtues of Doan's Yells, and am only too glad to recommend them to all sufferers from kidney trouble in any form." Uoen's Kidney Pills are a neve:-falling remedy for Itrighra Unease, Diabetes, Loop- -or� ii•sirt"• aa4 ]►ank 1Racic�litaaal, -da0e to 15. tretaa,and all -Urinate. troubles v- �--- of children or adult• frits "IS a Iona, , for 4r.. ail dreviosta. Tb• Loan Kidney 1.01 Co., Toronto, (int. Remember tbe nameDoae's sod refuse an other & - T—a ABonin .&YiCti' INtiTITVTB.F GODggI(-n YECHANI('tc iNttTITUTI I.IBNAHi' AND HEADING YUUII. e•& ur Eat aReet and blurs tui stain). Open from 1 to s etc . and from r to las r ABOUT 2000 VOL'S IN LIBRARY. Le,.d.,,y Lolly. Weekly and Illnatrated Papers, liagati.oee. ac , aro r.le. mann .BMHIP TI('KFT ONLY 51.00 Oranung free use .•f !wary and Heading - Application for membership received by Librarian 1n mom. H. 00LitoRNE, M.II Ali L.bnua Secretary. Ooderlch. Wrote 12 teM. WE EAT TOO MUCH. Reetrlet,ed Dirt le the Sala (tire of All Chop Health R.eort•.' 'Of the many suns In vogue arid recog- nized from their yenned' as worthy the tame nefte-teuthe of thein depend upon re- ducing the diet for their effecttveneei," is the peitton taken by Ella Morris Kreetecb- mar wetting on "Tbe Subject of Diet" fn The Woman's Home Companion "A wldeep' sd fad during the last few years has been the 'no breakfast euro, and thousands of dyapepttcs have reined health, the stout have grown thin and the thin have grown scoue all through lifting -tis bomiss& fauna overtaxed derestione. As equally popular cure preceding this was the leaving off of the evening meal—equal- ly effective of bourne, just as • 'no mid- day meal iftrs' would be if it should be promulgated "One of the most splendid cures Inc an ills In Europe is the grape cure. practiced in Germany, and It is said that any one taking the treatment drops off the wear and tear of five yore—actually renews himself by en much The sanitariums where this treatment is given are beauti- fully and healthfully situated and com- fortably appointed The patient Is given nothing but unfermented grape juice for • period of .tour weeks -beginning with • generous amount, dea+eseel ma minimum allowance (as little aa the gstem will bear without gnat weakening) and grad- ually Increased to the first amount. "At all European spas and American springs, where people are so benefited, what Is the course? A restricted diet and • flooding of the system with pure water —resting and washing the system, in oth- er words "Animals, those not dominated by the habit. nod thought atmoephete of man, do out oveextt. and even drmmeatic animals stop shun their nourishment when In any - when H1 A dog will bury the food DOS Immediately relulrxi Other enlniala Imes) off before or at repletion. Man alone will eat without hunger solely to tickle his palate, being indeed the only gorging *mimed save (truth le men:11ese) the occu- pant of the sty " MAN'S BET STIMULUS. Th• Waw al.t.r I. mho .t h.. E•Inee.e Int M Her troth•r'. 5.,111cult.. Belo, that unfortunate creature on only child, we have often wondered what It moat be like to tars • merry family of brothers and sf.ten ■boat you In whose alms you tab an (mere..(, were, sorrows you feel n. yoor own and wine. .00hs you pereonaliy resent. Talking of the girl with brothers a few days ago It • sums from our unloosed stantlpolni that Interest I. the hest stimulus •" man can bave, whether he Le gram{ or'ruall In his eharxcter, and the Wise stater 11 sly who evinc,vt this Internet to her Leather e Ideas, p'tnnit., atnblttone and friends. This is the slider who will 11nd beruIL_ occupying that n.nat enviable posltfou, •burn and confidant to bar brother, and GO. Is the mister who wffl tlbd that her gentle Influence I. e guiding star le his Me. ueoouuoiou.ly to-ning his thought and arnlntl me In a right direction, aria westing out ninnh that may be bad and fnclened to injure the ripe hermit of fin tire. v'ynfcs may .noor, politicians may preecb and um 1:.•* of the modern .moot may go on df.covering their new eis:nen: - in 02101.. bnt the fact remain■ that u wotnnn's inliaenee le the area:est tower In the world fon good or e.11. It Is. lits, Out seer-tv::lenIng ripple. In it river wh.N • stone bas been armed. '1 boy atret.:h and 1neroave and go an stretching until they are lost to view, and no one even knows how o• where they ens. '1'h5ee ripples nearest the on- looker ere the deepea4 jurat as theme nears eat the woman reenl,, the greatest and Mot of her heneffte, and of these purely the brother le ono of the nearest. A Me- ter's smile may be jn.t a. sweet and pretty am any other girl's to a peeing man, 11 she wills Om, and with the right beginning, which must be made by tbe girl, there Is very little doubt that the ending will be Alf that it should b., •Ld . e ll Shat either can desire. PROUD OF HIS VOICE. The (.a, P.r. ItIm..lf • romnllrn.nt rte. hors so .ppr.ri•Ure e'nnr, Sodlrnre. A letter from St Peeereborg relate, that the Czar, who le rather proud of hie Senor volas, whleh 1a sweet and ad- mirably trained, thongh not of groat volume, WWI 1n very gay spirits; and In •rnellent form at a recent nominal parte at the imnerlal villa at ',beadle. He sang s (maple of ariae partlnnlarly well. and was so pleated with hlmaelf Oise tarn - Ing from the piano to an •ppreelatlre court audience. be 'anentngly ex- claimed- "Well, x- elalmed-"Well, my children, my enemies.. say many harsh and tinkled things nt m., and annnea me of tieing de•titete of many enameled, Mut 1 defy them M sal that I cannot sing a well as the beet of them." 61 l Pil00NefIkv ) rOR mal a Languid & Weary w 4.