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The Exeter Advocate, 1897-11-18, Page 6'DOCTOR JACK. By ST. GEORGE RATHBORIVE. Coerriertata. ,Tack never had such a hard tussle with We features in his whole life—he manages to Iteep them straight, but it is a severe strain—the thought of the N ew York dude facing that mad old toro is inexpressibly comical, arid he imay laugh heartily at another time. but just now he does not want to hurt Larry's feelings. Again, there may be more grit to the square inch in this little body than most big men carry with them. Jack has not forgotten the scene in tfie hotel, where Larry knocked the big bully out who was trying to pick a, quarrel with him. "Besides Pedro, who else?" asks Jack, anxious to keep the other on the right track. "There's the rascally old pasha— perhaps you know why he hates you am, for I don't." "Yes, I'll tell you alt about it later on. It concerns a brother of Avis Morton's." "What Aleck 1 The duse you "Go on, please. You shall hear the story when your own is done." This is an incentive to urge Larry on, and he goes into turther detail. "Besides, there is another in the deal—a man you have called a friend." Is his name Don Carlos ?" "That's it exactly. So you see bere's a triumvirate plotting trouble. You must skip from this beastly city, doctor, o.nd give 'ern the slip." Doctor jack shows no sign of excitement—his manner is calla, and the hand that raises the glass without a tremour. The ream who dared to conquer—all unprepared for the eneounter as he was—the terror of the arena, twelve hours before, after the pride of Ma- drid had been tossed out on the horns of the mad toro is not ant to show the white feather bemuse a new kind of danger menaces. He will meet it with the same unflinching front he showed the raging bull, Quick to take ad - ventage of an adversary's mistake, and always ready. He has another question to put, though somehow he seems to hesitate about it. as if the subject were far from pleasant. "Tell me, Larry, was there any hint droppea about a fourth party—a fe- male ?" "Yes, to be sure—I had forgotten. What's coming over this head a mine? There is a woman in the deal—he said she was beautiful, and would make YoU forget all about Avis. See here, now that I think of it, she raust be that darling you were with when I met you in the old curiosity shop they call a museum." "It is Mercedes," says Jack, sadly, for somehow the thought that this beautiful creature is connected with the pIot against his life gives him pain —he does not understand why it should be so, but the facts are as plain as day. What strange motive cam Don Carlos and his niece have for their action? Surely it is not robbery, for in what manner would they profit by his death? There is some deeper, darker rnystery back of it all, and he cannot hope to pica up any crumbs from Larry—still there is no harm in try- ing. "The Turk did not take you into his full confidence, I presume, old fellow ?" he queries. "No, but he gave promise of doing ao if I would consent to join them. You see, he talks broken English, and as I have not burnished up my Turk- ish tongue lately, wc did not get on as well as we might." Larry says this with a peculiar smirk, for, as a lin- guist, he is a dead failure, knowing nothing bt t his mother tongue, and precious little of that, some of his ac- quaintances are fain to believe. "I am bothered over one thing. Pedro has a cause for hating me—he Is a Spaniard, e.nd I am the man who supplanted him in the fickle affection of the public. As for the Turk, there es abundant reason why he should wish to see me sent, arazeppa-like, over the plains of Tartary on the back af a wild horse, but for the life of me If can't understand why Don Carlos, whose life I have saved in the Frye - zees, and hislovely niece should con- spire against me. Perhaps you can throw some light on the subject, my gcod friend." But Larry shakes his head—he is tunable to solve the mystery that puz- zles Jack. "It seems to me unreasonable that •a man like this Spaniard should join An the hue and cry against you. He's -of noble blood, and owes you much, because, as you say, you saved his Eire when bear -hunting. I have no clew that will open the mystery, but I am convinced there must be some deep secret back of it. Are you sure you have given him no cause for such undying hatred ?" It is Larry who turns cross -ques- tioner now, and sonaehow Jack does not think it odd. Ho answers in all frankness. Never—I am sure of It, We have been good friends ever since we met lin Paris. I cannot remember having offended him by word or look." "What was the nature of your meeting ?" Larry is endeavouring to earode around much after the manner of a young surgeon zee -robing for a bali which he hopes to hit by chance. "Well, now that you speak of it, our meeting was a trifle singular, Let me briefly narrate it. I have spent :many months in Paris, and am fa- miliar with almost every part of the city, even beyond those places general- ly greeed upon by the average tourist. "Oe night I was returning to ray quarters with a friend, who, by the way, is a Spaniard, the Duke Arroyo, whea he proposed that we peep in up- on a secret meeting of some sort, I've forgottea what. He had the entree, and I saw a good deal of mummery, arta to this day rve never been able to decide whether the Spaniards in that den were plotting for or against the present dynasty in epain—I anew not whether they were republicans, fellowers of Don Carlos, the Pretender or of the nrekent government. However, it was here I met Senor Carlos—we became friends under these rather peculiaxecircumstances, and he had stuck close to me ever since that hcur. I cannot see any explanation in that account of our meeting to justify this strange enmity on his part." " 'Pon eonali ! now, but I do!' is the startling announcement the dude makes, much to the astonishment of Doctor .Tack, whose respect for the monkey -man increases the more he sees of him "Explain it, then, my dear fellow," he begs. LasrY glances around cautiously, not that he has any idea of being over- heard, but because what he is about to say might involve him in trouble If hostile ears did catch it, then close to Doctor Jack's tympanum he says: "Those men you sew in Council were the trusted adherents of Don Carlos, who has never given over plotting to snatch the throne of Spain. At the time, the Duke Arroyo was esteemed cate of their most trusted friends, and any person he brought with him could be greeted with warmth, and a feel- ing that he was true blue. Are you following me, doctor ?" Sack nods eagerly—the truth already begins to dawn upon his mind. He re- aliees that a strange freak of fate has hurled him Into an arena far more dangerous than the one that held the black toro—the battle -field of human passions and piottings, where wetl— and women, too—scheme for power, sworn to stand by their cause uo rna.t- ter at what sacrifice. He has unwit- tingly become mixed up in Spanish political intrigues—a worse fate could not well overtake a roan. "Since that time it has been dis- covered that the duke is a royal spy, sent by the present government to learn the Plans of the plotters, and he is a, marked man, doomed to death. You, as his friend, have been put on the same footing—perhaps certain things you have done make them be- lieve beyond a doubt that instead of a wealthy American you are paid out of government funds to watch the friends of the plotting Don Carlos. At any rate this seems to me to be the whole truth." jack puts out his hand, and seizes the diminutive member of Larry Ken- nedy, which he shakes with a, gravity ()tate natural to him—for he is not impuleive, la his ways. " As sure as 1 live I believe you have struck the truth—it is a most reasonable explanation or this deep mystery. There is only one thing puz- zling me now." "What may that he? Perhaps I can prove to be a magician in that cese also," laughs the strange little man. "1 arn wondering liow you, Lawrence Kennedy, of New York, come to know these things ?" The dude's laugh freezes on his lips, and when he turns directly toward Jack to look him in the fane—they have removed their half masks long before— the athlete can detect the slightest shadow of anxiety upon the queer physiognomy, as though Larry realizes the fa,ot that he is playing with fire. "Doctor, there need be no seotiets between us. To tell you the truth, I belong to the revolutionist party my- self," he announces, with a forced grin. " The duce you do. Really, you are the last person I should expect to tind meddling with such dangerous busi- ness. Couldn't you find excitement enough in hunting or kindred sports at 46 to 473ec, and SOO of oats at 24 to 25e without risking your neck in this WaV 9" The other assumes an air of import- ance that ill becomes his small stature. "1 prefei red to engage in a game that required the exercise of brains, for do you know I am something of a Richelieu in ray way. These parties wanted an American representative, and I joined them. Oh 1 I'm a double - dyed plotter, and don't you forget it, doctor. That is how I got on the track of your game—I knew about the duke, and your mention of him put me on the scent, you know." "Well, this is a singular business, I must szy, all around. I wonder if I could convince your friends that I have no interest in expoeing them— that the duke was but a casual ac- cuaintance of mine, and that not for worlds would I betray them ?" Jack is serious, because he has other matters on his mind, and does not care to be mixed ma in this political in- trigue. "Once the gun is aimed it is next impossible to check its Bre. I know hat these men and women are, erlatit terrible oaths they have taken upon themselves, and the fate they doom an informer to. Perhaps by this time the duke may have met his fate—it will aepear to be some accident, a fall from his horse when riding, or the discharge of his gun while hunting, but his doom is sealed. Ugh! it makes me shudder to remember the vindictive manner in which they took the oath that the royal spy should die within the next moon." "As for me, I have never yet turned my back upon any danger; hut a man would. be a fool to fight a league as powerful and unscrupulous as this. If I cannot make these parties under- stand that I am innocent, 1 presume the sooner I shake the dust of Madrid and Spain oft my feet the better. As for you, my friend, give me the chance some time to repay your kindness." " Nonsense ! it is nothing. I merely —" begins Larry, when Doctor Jack stops him. "Say no more. You are risking your life for me. The man who does that is my friend." " I don't think St take any risks—I have been dused careful how I came here, you know, and I'm sure you'll never whisper a word of it to a living south "For my life I would not, but 1 have just made a discovery that concerns you—that will doubtless cause you to cast your fortunes with mine, and leave Spain behind." Larry shows signs a excitement. "What do you mean—what have you discoveren The asks, watching the cairn face of the doctor. In the first place, remain coot Now, careleesly look in the mirror behind ma You can see the whole of the cafe—laugh as though I had uttered a Joke—at the same- time cast your eyes upon the seeming monk near by—do you recognize him, comrade—that man is the old Turk—our foe." CHAPTER XII, These startling words, if true, tell Larry that be aas been followed after all, and that the intelligence will soon be communicated to the terrible Coun- ail ot Ten, concerning his warning the man they have doomed as a spy. It is enough in itself to make a man's flesh creep, and those who professed to more bravery than the little dude of Gotham might well be pardoned for trembling, When he sneaks again, aowever, there is no emotion discernable in his voice—perhaps the calm dexneanor of the man of steel who sits opposite to him has a. quieting effect. "Are you sure of what you say, doc- tor ?" he asks, after having glanced at the monk, whose gown and ma.sic baffle him—" how have you guessed such a thing? I would not know any own brother in such an outlandish rig." "Perhaps I would be as badly off, only for one thing, and that has given me my point. I noticed the Pasha in the museo—watched him like a lynx out of the corner of my eyes. for wanted to know him again wherever I might meet him. As a result I got on to a certain little trick he has of teesina Ws head in a Peculiar way, as if---" "There he goes now," interrupts 4arry, with a gesture of delight—then drops his eyes as the masked monk turns that way, Yes, that is it. I know positively that this mart is the pasha, and if so I'm afraid your disinterested kindness bas gotten you into a, scrape." "Don't worry about me. I don't flunk when clanger calls. There are ways of outwitting these bloody Span- iards—trust a Yankee's long head for that, my bay. Have you any sugges- tion ?" "Let me think a minute." So Doctor jack reviews. the situa- tion, and sees things in something of a, new light, It makes him wince to realize how near be has come to fella:a in the pit dug for hirre-not only mica at the house of Don Car- los, but in the arena—far with his new vision he believe s Mereedes was play- ing a deep game when with voice atta eyes she urged laim on to meet- ing be bull—no doubt believing and tail -amine he would never leave the hul-rb'g elive. Sone atae this thought makes him feel cheap—he does not care for Mole cedes, hut he is a man, and does not like to have been made a plaything of a boatity's So lio rapidly reviews the situation, and endeavours to see something in the future that will warrant his form- ing a plan, while Larry sips the con- tents of his glass, and steals furtive glanoes at the disguised pasha, who seems to be paying no attention to them. " Come, we will go out of here," and Jack rises, settles the account, than passes beyond the portal. "Look back, Larry—is he follow- ing 9" he says. "Yes, he has arisen, and walks this way, the old heathen. I'd like to—" "No, no, we must do nothing rash. At all events, it is essential to the success of my plans that A.bdallah Pasha lives to return to Turkey, for X intend to meet him—to outwit him In a tremendous game being played, the stakes of which are contained in a human life." They pass along to the fonda near by, with the same merry crowd jostl- ing the e the same frolicsome senor- itas pouring rice upon them from over -hanging balconies, amid shrieks of mischievous laughter, and all gay- ety and laxity that is always a part of the grand carnival. At another time Doctor Jack might have joined in the mirth of the hour with all his heart, for he is a convivial fellow, and believes in getting a cer- tain amount of pleasure out of this grim old world of ours, with its fleet- ing shows; but just now so many things are on his mind that the music and laughter bother him a little. He feels that a net is being spread about lam, and not only does the dan- ger menace himself, but that fair girl, Avis, as well. She is not suspected of any connection with the govern- ment by these political conspirators, but the look Abdallah Pasha gave her was enough to cause alarm in the mind of the American doctor. Used to reading the faces of men— his power fails short when tried upon the other sex, for they baffle his pene- tration—he has discovered that the evil eye of the Turk has picked out Avis as the one creature above all others he would delight to see in his harem. Beautiful slaves he may buy in the mart in Constantinople, but never one of her animation. Besides, the vindictive pasha has doubtless 'knowtt from the start that she is the sister of the man he hates —the prisoner of the palace—and it may lee he hopes to thrust another thorn into the leart oZ Aleck Morton when he can be able to show him his beloved sister an inmate of tbe grand seraglio. Thus it wili be seen Doctor Jack has no child's play before him. First he must outwit the league that seems bound to wind up his mortal affairs for him, a.nd when this has been ac- complished, by a bold a,nd ingenious plan he means to hoodwink the pasha and save Aleck Morton, if that worthy is in the land of the living. In this undertaking he will need help, and hence is not at all sorry that circumstances have arisen which will necessitate Larry's accompanying them cut of Spain. The dude is just' the man to assist —his mind is crafty, and it Is more upon diplomacy they must depend for success than strength. So Jack, re- volving these things in his mind, de - termites upoii hie course. They have reached the roomy fonda, and as there ie a corner where the papers are kept Jack draws his companion, thither—they secure a copy, and go to Jack's a,partreent, where the latter immediately consults the rail- way time -table. Used to American methods, one would be dietracted endeavouring to understand the jumble in whichthe arrivals and departures are announced --there is a lack of system in every- thing throughout Spain, just the op- posite of what the traveller finds through France and Germany, where things are done according to a set rule. Jack is good at deciphering enigmas. however, and he soon makes eat that a train leaves the city for Bordeaux and beyond by way of Zaracoza at eight thirty in the morning, which may be construed, as nine o'clock in, Spain, for few things are done on tixne. (To be continued.) THE RING AND ITS MEANING. Beautiful Pieces of Workmanship—Eings of Different countries. Few know how much the finger ring means, or how it has been used, both for love and warfare, since the earliest agos. From the kipg to the peasant it is used as an emblem of faith. The king's signet Is as important as his crown. for with it he is wedded to his kingdom. It not only was an emblem of betrothal and =mato'but it was placed upon the finger of her who became the bride of the church, and on the finger a the widow who wits "espoused to God." The gladiator's ring was a huge affair made of iron or carved out of stone. It was not a beutiful piece of workman- ship, and on the hand of a inan fighting for bis life it became a formidable wea- pon. The "knooker ring" was quaint and was generally made of brass or iron. It was used to kneel> on the house doors for adnaittanoe before electric bells were ever dreamed of. The rine of Cesare Borgia is still silowe and is a harmless looking little affair, but with it he got rid of many people whom he did not like. It: has a key fastened to it, and the person to be clisposed of was told to take it and open a superb casket. It maim' some effort to tare the key, when a concealed spring In the ring would open a tiny knife, tipped tvith the deadliest poison which would fly out and deal the deatlablow. Tae episcopal ring is of tbe purest gold and is set with a ruby, uncut. It was used to seal the baptismal feat from the beginning of Lent to Holy Saturday, The pope's ring is never weal by him and at the death of eiteh pope the car- dinel breaks the ring with a golden mallet anti his successor has a new one. The Romans combined iron or steel with the gold le their botrothal and wed- diug rings. One bas been found =mug the ruins in Rome with the word "llama" in steel letters riveted on the gold. The Germaus bare a pretty idea in tbe double hoop., which fit olosely together, the marl wearing one-half and his "fair hair" tho other, At marriage these two rings are riveted together and become the wedding ring. One "gimmal ring," as it is called, must not be forgotten. It leas two golden hoops, each set with diamonds in such a way as to form a perfect heart when joined This ring was given by Mary, Queen of Scots, to Queen Elizabeth, and it was thee haIf ring which was sent by the unhappy Queen to Elizabeth asking for pity. Mourning or memorial Annie are still in existence, and in many olwills may be found a memorandum of "money for a memorial ring." It was sometimes en- graved with the device of a skeleton, or death's head, and sometimes had a con- cealed picture of the deceased; occasion- ally it was made of hair, between bars of gold. So when the maiden has the betrothal ring placed upon her finger she may know that the symbol of good, faith is almost as old as man, and when the plain gold circlet emblem of wifehood, surrounds tbe finger the artery of which Is said to lead directly to the heart she receives the emblem of eternity, the never ending cirole, which shall go with Iter "until death do them part." and. even on into tan presence of the eternal. —New York Tribune. A Lucky Surprise. "Talkiag of surprises," said tbe oldest man in the company, a forty-niner, with a fine head of gray hair and a patriarchal beard, "I remember one that was one of the most welcome I ever knew, although neither life nor liberty was jeopardized by its absence. It was like this: We were a parta of miners from the States—four of us—and we bad left everything we needed in a camping outfit that had gone to our destination by another route, when we stopped for the night on the bank of the Feather River. "There was a stream of running water there, ice cold. that came down from the Sierra Nevada Mountains and I was delegated to wash the dishes in it after supper. Now, supper didn't mean much variety of grub in those days. There were no canned goods, and our stores were of the lowest just then, for we had been a long time on the trail. "Washing a few tin dishes was not much of a chore, but the one who was dishwasher for the camp often stuck it riob for all hands and the cook. With one eye on the dishes I kept the other on the sand at the bottom of the stream." "Looking for gold?" "'You're rigbt, pard; looking for gold. And that night as I stared into the water I saw something that made me yell as if a Comanche had got into my hair." . "A nugget?" "Naw; a fish. A beautiful, speckled, sparkling mountain trout that played about as if just asking me to catch him." "Was that weir surprise?'" "Wait a little bit just. The boys came tearing down from camp, and says I, 'Get me a grasshopper and A cord off some of our buudles, and put the pan over the ooals, for I've a New York hunger for fish this blessed minute.' " 'Where's your hook?' says one of the boys. " 'Bend a ping says I, and with that he did, and put a fat grasshopper on, and scooped that fish in before you caved wink an eye. And, gentlemen, when I came to dales that nsb—and this isn't any fairy story, either—I found as neat a nshboole in its interior as you ever saw. And the need day we caught all its mates." "Wbat became of the gold?" "Gentlemen," said the old miner, with a look of reproach, "that is another story."—Detroit Free Press. Sounded etteer. Mrs. Wickwire—Aren't you a trifle late In getting heene? Mr. Wickwire—I went to the theater. They had a nautical. piece on. I have been to a good many plays of one kind and an- other, but tine one is one you want to gee to see sea scenery— "Henry Wickwirel Have you been drinking?"—Indianapolis Journal. CUR OTTAWA LETTER, MR. WILLIAM LOUNT TO GET A JUDGESHIP. Another TOP to Washinalon--Mr. Whit- ney's Success --Dr. Tarte and the Ontario ID1.7a:pii= Wand—J.1:h° Senate and the 1 [From Our Own Correse.00legoo; Ottawa, Nov. 9.—Since lase week Mr. Tarte has eiteral his resolution concern- ing his European trip, and now tells us that he will not depart until after the coming session. The fact is that the -Minister of Public Works is compelled to stay in Canada in order that he may not be effectually knifed by his enemies within tho Goveremeht camp, These gentlemen are deteemined to make things so unpleasant for Mr. Tarte that he will be compelled, in self-defense, to grant them what they want, and that is, a share of the spoils of office. Ala. Pre- fontaine, a Montreal, and his associates, announced not long ago that they would not make any compromise with Tarte. They know that it is the endeavor of the Minister of .Publio Works to keep bis friend Greenshields well supplied with the best the Government affords, and they want to get theattme treatment as is given to the Montreal lawyer. There- fore it tampons that there are strained relations between the Minister and some French Canadians of his own party. It will new become the duty of The Globe and the otbor Government newspapers to deny that thew is any split in the Government ranks. In days gone by The (Robe usezl to exalt itself as the incarna- tion of everything that was good and right, and Liberals believed it when it toiti them so. But the organ bas come upon parlous days. Tr has been compelled to defend t.tiell erooked deals as the Crow's l'.est transaction. It has to act as the aeolneist of Tarte, and, only this level:, it has had to print two columns (0f falsehoods, eencernirg the retirement of Mr. William taunt. tho Liberal, wbo for two stag:tine luie sat for Centre. To - Deno\ Everybody in Ottawa knows that Mr. Lount has the promise of a Judge- ship Li Lis pocket. The Premier denies it, hat ;de. Lunt knows dust he will get the Judgeship, And The Globe pro- eeeas to leetare the critics who have the audacity to coninierit on tho !natter. Mr. Lomat has otter tame anything for To. rent() SiliCe be entoreti Parliament. He has been chasing that Judgeship for eighteen months, and now he has got it. He will be elevated, tO the bench before six months are over. These are facts which everybody kuows; why should the Liberal organs attempt to conceal them? They have brazened out muell more serious. offences. They have denied that there was anything wrong with the Governiuent's pledgee to spend Dominion money in order to carry the provincial elections in Quebeo, Nara Scotia and Prince Edward Island, This sudden ac- cession of virtue is Inexplicable, unless Is is that Premier Hardy has implored The Globe to turn on the morality tap. Mr. Hardy has no "Evidences of Chris- tianity" to fall back on, and so has to make the newspaper men do the moral- ity not for him, Another Trip to Washington. And now a Liberal anthem' has gone to 'Washington, there to sue for favors at the hands of Uncle Stun. Sir Richard and Sir Louis hail a try at it last year, and evero unsuccessful. Now Sir Wilfrid and Sir Louis have started off in search of another rebuff. The fact is that Can- ada will never eat reciprocity from the republic until she is ready to discrimin- ate against the Motherland. Blaine said so seven years ago, and it is as true now as it was then. The republic does not want reciprocity with Canada. We bave little to send them except agrioultural products and the farmers of the United States do not want competition. They find things hard enough as they are. The Maritime Provinces would like to get some sort of reciprocity, and the other parts of the Dominion do not care about the matter one way or the other. That Is why Sir Louis Davies has been a !bom- ber of the tvvo expeditions to Washing- ton. He has to do something to keep the Maritime Provinces in line. At Char- lottetown, just ten years ago, Sir Louis Davies waved the flag of Commercial Union. He told the people down by the sea that the Liberals, so soon as they should attain power, would adopt a sys- tem of ideutieal duties with the Unitod States against all other countries. For- tunately, the country believed the Lib- erals, and took good care to keep them out of office. Latterly the Liberals have shown indications of a desire to make reeeprocity with the United States one of the planks in the Government platform. They should have done this before the Jubilee, when Sir Wilfrid became so suporloyal. As things stand now, the highly democratic: Government here in Ottawa will have to go in for a new preferential tariff against England and her colonies before she gets anything in the way of concessions from the United States. Of course, the present trip to Washington will be quite restatiess. . Sir Wilfrid and Sir • Louis know that quite well. Their idea is to let the people of the Maritime Provinces know that they are doing their best to get what they want for them, and, perbaps, to hata pleasabt littie trip at the same tine. Washington, in Novenaber road March, is at, its hest so far as Northerners are con- cerned. The climate is delightfal. We all may envy the two knights their trip. it. Whitney's Success. Mr. Whitney has continued his Sour through the province, and will continue to address audiences until the opening of the Legislature. In every constituency in the province the Conservatives will have strong candidates. Bore in Ottawa Messrs. Bronson and O'Keefe are certain to be defeated, They Were elected in '94 only by a split in the ranks of the Cone servative party. These differences have now been settlea, and the party is as unieed as ever. The sulit is noW in the Liberal organization, the members of which are engaged in a perpetual squab- ble over the patronage for the city. The rank and 2110 of the Liberal. party think that they should have some say in dis- tributing the Federal offices, while' Messrs. Belcourt and Hutchinson, who represent the city in the House of Com - mops, make no concealment of the fact that they intend to keep the patronage for themselves. Some members of the Ottawa Liberal Club stand by Hutchin- son arid Belcourt, and the result is a series of meetings,each of wheal termin- ates in a "scrap." At one of these gath- erings the excitement grew so intense that a prominent member of the club dropped dead of heart disease. While our friends the Liberals are fighting amongst themselves, the Conservatives are quietly organizing, and will certainly carry tho three seats for Ottawa and Carleton at the next eleotiou. Mr. Whitney is ex- pected to visit tho Capital before the opening of Parliament. He will speak all through Eastern Ontario before the day of election. The Senate and the Doodlers. In the meantime we bere little of Mr. Hardy. His good friend, Israel Tarte, has promised to aid him in the coming fight with both men and money. He has lately announced that, in 1894, he con- tributed $700 to the Liberal campaign fund in the provincial elections, In the celebrated Grenier case, Mr. Tarte swore that for five years his income had aver- aged only $1,000 a year. ale must have been particularly liberal to hand over nearly three-fourths of his income to help to carry Ontario for tbe Liberals. It may have been, of course, that Mr. Tarte bad been lately in receipt of a donation from Mr. Greenshields, If so, and if Mr. Greensbields had "ponied up" with his customary liberality, Ma. Tarte could well afford to hand over it portion of the gift to Sir Oliver Mowat He could do so with the consciousness that whatever he might spend would acme back tenfold if the Liberals should attain power in She Dominion. Tito esteemed Israel is a icing -beaded individual, end never errs where cash is concerned. He told a news- paper interviewer the other day that he was determined to go ahead with the Drummond County railroad deal. The Senate did its duty in April last, when it prevented this iniquitous measure from going through. Tarte's friend Greenshields is to benefit very largely by this scheme, if it over reach fruition. It is to be hoped that the Senate will ogee more stand up bravely for the country's rights, The Globe even, before it received instructions from Ottawa, deuounced, the Drummond County proposition as un- necessary and costly. The Mblister of Railways, I happen to know, looked with no favor on the plan. But Tarte was triumphant. He was determined that the Cabinet should father bis plan, and the Cabinet; did so. By dint of their majority in the House of Commons the Government got the measure through the lower body. When they reaohed the Senate they struck a snag. It is to bo hoped that that some snag is tieing business in 'the Red Chamber. Before the eleetions John Chineton announced that the Morale would not be ill power thirty seconds before they would abolish the Senate. Doubtless the gentleman from North Norfolk voiced tho sentinaent of the present Government, but fortunately neither Liberate nor Conservatives can abolish the Senate any more than they cap institute a third House of Parlia- ment. The usefulness of the Senate Was never more clearly proved than in the stormy days at the end of last session when, led by Sir Mackeezie Dowell, the Conservative majority stbod up for the country's iuterests against those of the boodlers who aro Tune's greatest friends. The light is to be renewed next session. Let us hope that it will have the same termination. A Sincere Bffort. It has been a matter of much diffloulty to impress upon a Detroit boy the de- sirability of interspersing his conversa- tion with those phrases of formal cour- tesy whiob, without being inmortant itt themselves, relieve human relationships of so much raggediless One reason for his backwardness in acquiring the art may have been his father's natural brus- queness of manner. Seeing his own de- fects reflected in his son not only made him anxious to polish hiinself, but in- creased his determination that the boy should grow up to understand the value of politeness It was Sunday morning and the head of the family was enjoying the sleep late into the hours of morning Shat is possible at no other time. His wife had gone to call on a neighbor and the boy was itt the next room reading. A sharp ring of the door bell interrapted his nap. Nobody gave It any attention and the ring was repeated. "'Thomas " said e boy's father, "go to the windth ow and see who that is and what ho wants." Thomas put his head out of the win- dow and saw a man with a petition. "What do you want?" Thomas in- quired. "I want your father to sign this peti- tion," was the reply. "He can't come down" And Thomas shut the window In an instant the bell was ringing again, and Thomas opened the window and exclaimed :— "What's the matter with you? Are you going to stand there all week ring- ing that bell?" "That's right," put in the father; "give it to him—only remember your manners." "I want to seo !your father," said the caller. "I have something to say to him." "Yes, and Pee got something to say to you." "What is it?" ' "Just this. Please, sir, will you have the kindness to oblige us veiw much by going away from that door -bell before somebody comes down there and kioks the collar off you?" Sel f-Saeri ace. As a gladiator trained the body, si) must we train the mind tO Self-sacrifice, "to endure all things," to meet and over- come difficulty and danger. We must take the rough and thorny roads as well as the smooth and pleasant, and a por- tion at least of our daily uuty must be bard and disagreeable, for the mind can- not be kept strong and healthy in per- batual sunshine oply, and tho most dan- gerous of all states is that of constantly mourritag pleasure, ease and prosperity. Most parsons will find difficulties and hardships enough without seeking them; los them not repiue, but take them as a paet of that educational discipline nacos- sary to fit the mind to arrive at ite high- est good. She Participated. "He stole a kiss from zne," said the blonde. . "Why not have him arrested?'' asked the brunetie. "He might retaliate by claiming that I was an accessory during the fact."