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By MARY J. tiOLMES.
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CHAPTER XXIL—Continued. brought his Cane, and Annie who
ery" „re tenni yet, 1 see, ben elly attended to isis wounded arm. The
belied your ankle might be well, she Phythean did not come the day ; Mrs.
state glaneing -at ins eaoe, whicia be Carleton was sick; and Roese positively
earried more from habit, and eeettuse eoald not touch it and so Arnie tiuid
it had been given him by an officer, IS' offere4 her services, anti Jimmie
than from tiny teal necessityknew from actual experienee just ho
Elie sprained ankle was almost well,
and enly troineett tent at timee; but Pulse throlibing and, the blood thigh
after ennie*s leoa of eoneniseration etitz ectraerre3; acks.he dtreord,..alis Ira
the cane, and her evident intention to
pity him for his ankle rether than his
sujitlethtr very badly, Be would he
arin, he found it vastly easy to be fliexmartyrdom sooner than lo
lame nein, and even made some ex- ' h' opportunity of feeling those so
fingere upon his flesh, and so it cam
euse to cross the room in order to
show off the limp wbieli had not been About that. Annie was his surgeo
very perceptible when he first came and ministered daily to the out
In whisat beled f
A.nd Annie was very sorry for linia -Lptdyi
end ineuired with a great deal of in- the young man, who began to shells
wounded, and kindly sat where he
aould look directly at ter, and thought
Islas 1 how =eh be was changed from
the fashiorrahly-dressed, saney-faced
young man who went from them, only
a few reottlas before. Short hair was
not beeoraing to him—neither was his
thin, burnt face—neither was that soil-
ed blue cot; and he looked as little
as possible like a hero whom maidens
could wership, tiome such thought
passed .througla Annie's mind, while
.T.H.H TUT
bled look alio% ber heir. and a rent
in the blacie deem, made by a nail on
the of the boxes, Annie woe waiting
for the carriage, arid, holt wishing, aa
idle looked out into tbe bright ration -
light, that she was going to walk
home instead of riding, The tresh air
would her good, she thought, just
as Jimth
Jimmie appeared at e loot. He
had (mane to see if there was anytbing
be could do for Mrs. Simms, he said,
arid esoort Orithene home.
Annie's theeke \vele Yarn red as she
went ter ber shawl, arid then bade good
be to alan Simms, whom the did not
eth
xpect to eee on e morrow, As
soon Os Limy were otitside the gat e,
Ji-infuie drew ilex' Shawl close rouad
her eeck, end taking her aim le
Wseed to her; "The nieht is very fine
Is and warm, ten for the firet Novem.,.
ber soft fingers felt upon hia arm, h
ug ben M
You Won't bad taking the
hed longest route hereto,. I am sure, as it is
the last time I may evee walk with
ve etne arid there is wallet:tang I must
le tell you before I go back to danger
ey
and poseible death."
He had turned into a long, grassy
at lane or newl3r opened stink, where
a there were but few. 'mums yet, end
Lt A,nnie knew the route would at lea.st
be a mile out of the wae-, but sbe
• , • . h• ens from a retu,0 ttx the life he had fowl
so irksome
Tom had written twit* for him to
come as soonas possible, and now only
one day mine remained of the reenth
he was to spend at home. The Widow
Sinuns was ready to go with him;
Susari bad gone to hex mother, and
the cottage was to be closed, subject
to a continual ovexsight from leers.
Bakes' and an occasional inspeetton
from both Rose and Annie. The box
which Isaac hi h'dd ' - th barn
tou d not resistthe man who held her
so thisety to his side, She must heer
what he had to say, and with an up-
vher'aid gltbe fancied George was looking
anee at the, clear blue sky
down upon hen she nerved herself le
"Annie," he began, "I've called you
Mrs. Graham heretofore, but for to -
yon must be Annie, even it you
give me no teght to call you by that
name again. Annie, I have been 'a
camp, a wretch, a rebel, and almost;
veTything had. deceived n. ;young
girl in New London years, ago when
was * boy. Rose told you menet.
biter about: it -ono% ' Tier was013it!C --LOW X cellea b Made
ethesilte loved e",
"And dishet—aeu lave her?' Annie
Rose, too, felt the change in her hand- waiting, for the bonfire which should e
come brother, and, with a puzzled ex- celebrate our nation's final victory,
press -ion on her fee, said to, hon, as had been brought fecen its hiding -place is
shestood by his Ride: and baptized with the Lest end only: e
"How queer you do look, with your tears the widow had Shed since she L
hair so short, and the hyllawe in your went .beek te her humble heMe h,p4i
eheekel ,,Does war change all the bo Oe left hire m the graveyar4. Sacred to
•
so much? Are Will and Tom such bee was that box, ant d she put w th
her best table and chairs, bidding An
"Rose!" Mrs. Carleton said, reprov- nie Graham see that no harm bele
ingly, -while Annie looked up in sure it, arm saying to her, In ease 1 neve
prise pitying Jimmie, whose chin quiv- cone back, and peaee is declared, bur
area even more than his voice, as he the box for Isaac's sake, right there
said; • on the grass -plat, which he dreamed
about in Richmond."
And A.nnie promised all, as she pack
ed the widow's trunk, putting in man
little dainties which Rose Mather ha
supplied, and which were destined fo
tee soldiexs whom the widow was t
nurse. She bad been eel day wit
Mrs. Simms, and Rose had been bee
and forth with her packages, curtail
ing hes calls because of Jimmie, wit
whom she would spend as much the
as possrble.
Jimmie was not in a. very socia
snood that day; the Meese was ver
lonely without Annie, and the youn
asked ;matte:0y, her voice. ringint
the still night and making Jimmie
11 start, there wae semething en quiet
1. and, determined in its tone.
"Tont and Will have not been aick
like me; and then,—there's no denying
it—officers have easier times, as a
general thing, than privates. I do
not mean, by that, that I regret ray
position, for I do not. Somebody must
take a private's place, and it would
better be I tinen a great many others;
but, Rose, I shall regret it, perhaps,
if by that means my looks become ob-
i:melons to my sister and friends."
There was a. marked emphasis on the
wore friends, and jimmie's eyes went
over appealingly to Annie, wbo re-
membered how proud the boy Dick Lee
used to be of his beauty, and guessed man did nothing but walk from on
bow Rose's remarks must have wound- window to another, looking always i
d birn. Rose suspected it, too, eee the direction of Widow Simms', an
e
winding her arms around his neck she scarcely heeding at all what thee
his mother or sister were saying t
trlortgoiva-eP°mIlizseimmie,„ she said , .1 him, When it began to grow dark
did eot ,mean anything; only your hair !T•d, be .hero -d Rose speak of sendin
is sc short—,u1 like the convicts at p'aenaciaraXatdedof!rhe saidAnse she aa
Charlestown—and your coat is so ro
"I. ought to see Mrs. Sinanas -mysel
, tumbled and dirty : but Hannah can
to-night;land know if everything is i
onewash that, or I can buy you a new
ausl Rose.stumbied on, making readiness for to -morrow. I will g
for Mrs. Graham, awl Rose,—don't ox
d‘as,neadi'lkt.h„.scheeari_rt•ibag,—
she,
—ie is a
would
1000edirath
Junmie spoke hurxiedly, and some
thing in his manner betrayed to Ros
wthaeufeason why be preferred t
"Ob, Jimmie 1" she exclaimed, "Ina
so glad; tell leer so frorn me. I though
at first you did not like each other
Still he had no suspicion that the
woman beside him was the girl be had
left On the beach at New London. aed
_the continued; "Yes, Annie, I did, as
, I boys of seventeen love girls of four -
a teen. • She was pretty and soft, and
r ;pure and goad, and I kissed her once.
0 1 her forehead, and then I went
h I away and never saw her after, or knew
k !what beestrite of her. And I am tell-
ing you this by *ay Of confessing
h 'my misdeeds, for rye. been a fest and
e !reekless young man. I've gambled;
. sneered. at the Bible, and broken
1' the Sabbath heaps of times, and flirt-
y ed With lucre than forty girls, some of
g 1 them not very respectable either, and
e ; none as pure as Itttle, Lulu. 1. ran
n away from home and nearly broke my
d mother's heart. I joined the rebel •
✓ army and fought against my brother
0: ar the battle of Bull Run. I was sap-
LuredBill Baker and led with at
leaner to tWathingeons rind there sant
ete aw .prison. -A' thee character-tepee-
inyseif, and yeti -after • all thie-,kaene.--
t, tiered to love you, Annie Graham, awe
O I have beoughl yows this way to aeksif
matters ten times worse, until Ars.
. Carleton succeeded in turning the con-
versation upon soniething besides her
son's personal appearance.
Annie was very sorry for him, and
lier sympathy expressed itself in the
soft light of her blue eyes which rest-
ed so kindly upon him, and in the low,
gentle. cadence of her voice when she
addressed him, and her eager haste to
bring him whatever she thought he
wanted, and so save him the pain of
DOMINION PARLIAMENT.
What the Legislators of the Ouuntry
are Doing at Ottawa..
YUKON RAILWAY B1LL.
Another Yukon railway bill is to be
introdased, lietessrs. Win. Mackenzie
and L. Mackenzie, of Toronto, and
D. D. Mann, of Montreal, are seekirte
incorporatith as the Canadian Yukon
Rolle -ay Company, with power to
build a line from a port in 'British Col -
amble to the anthems. river, therice to
Dawson CitY vie Lake Teethe, also a
branch line from the head of Lynn
canal to Dawson.
API'LICATIONS Eon, cRA.B.TErts.
Application will be made at the pre
seat sessioa for an act confirming a
deal of amalganaation between the Ot-
tawa, Arnprior ec Parry Sound Rain
way Company and the Canada Atlantic
Railway Company, and to incorporete
the companies into one corporation
under the name of the "Canada Atlan-
.
ai e a3, with powers as xn the
several acts relating to the two corn;
pt tee tespectively.
Another application will be, maxie for
an act to incorporate a company under
e name a he Canada Mining at
Metallurgical Company." Lire/tett, for
the purpose of exploring for mining,
smeltine treating manufacturing, ex-
traeting, reducing, refining and selling
gold, silver, Nipper, 1, ad, iron and °thee
axes, metal arid mineral substaeces,
witb power to oonstruct and operate
Such railways, tramways, vessels,
s , elevators, telegraph and tele-
phone lines as are necessary fox the
ptirpose of the coeupany's. busioess.
Application wilt also be; made for an
ecnailtberizing. the.' copstructien: ande
'eperatioei of a railway -team' the Town'
of Sudbury northeasterly a diet:ince oi
50 melee to a point near the seethe/a
4Nisi.jeibisernegocifisLtraikeet Taniagaming, in the
The. Roman Catholic Episeopat Cor-
poration of Pontiac will at the pre-
cerncaonav oacite, aectsibs loazonngcnufg Ptah -tee inerna mett t 0 fa ptphley s anitar
Episcopala o teh? purposes.
plIcoentseRs° ImP" 331ebaLt.°11k°e117'
The Great Northern Railway Com-
pany. will make application for extend-
iflg. the tnne for the completion, of the
railway, changing its name, ratifying
agreexnents made for the purchase or
tease of connecting lines, authorizing
the issue .of bonds, debentureentook
and other securities required
out the conditiens of such purchase or
lease, authorizing the &instruction and
working of branth lines and of grain
elevators, tvarehouses, hotels and
wharfs, and the building and operat-
ing of steamboats and steamships
on navigable waters, touehe'd or
reached by the said railway and its
connecting lines, and .for other
PAST ATLANTIC SERYICE: •
Inon R. R hee returnedsfeeM
England, Whitbee he went in eanneco
tion with tbe fast Astleptie seretee.
• you wilt be my' wife. Not now 04i
heeWednesdna •precedirig his - defier-.
ture. for Canada, air. liobell ,etterided
a "Meeting of the Cartadian trade sec-
tion of the London Chamber. of C-oun
mercer at- wheat he xnade .a.n.sexplana-.
tion on behalf of the Canadian Govern-
ment with a view to the removal of
the "No British North America"
clause which underwriters now insert
insuranee policies. The clause is
especially aimed at "tranip" steamexs.
and the sectioa passed a. resolution
requestipg the. Canadian Governroent
to legislate against excessive deck
loads, so as to meet the views of the
underwrites's. In the course et lus
speeth Mr. Dobell explained that the
Canaeban Government were taking ac-
ive steps to improve the navigation
f the St. Lawrence by erecting light-
itilleett, foghorns, and hells, and also
y means of piers to prevent the, ice
loating up, and down the ninety miies
or so of tideway: Lieutenant -General
Laurie, M.P., presided -over the meet-
ing.
_. comae; nonbefore I go back; buteif I
.1 come through the war alive Will you.
✓ be mine. than, Annie? Tell me, darling,
and don't • tremble so or then .vour
_ • faee away."
e Annie was shaking in every joint,
o and the face which jiminie tried in
vain to see waa white as eshes. She ;
had expected somcthbag like Ibis when
t he led ber down that grassy lane but
and everything was going wrong. T.
ern so glad; though I had picked he
walktng
out for Tom. I 'most know he fancied
Mr. Carleton saw through that ruse
her, and then, he is a widower. I
at once. She had notieed no limp
would be more suitable."
when Jimmie first came in, and she
Rose meant nothing disparaging t
readily suspected why it was put on.
But it was not for hex to expose her (Temmie's suit. She did think Toni
son. From a lady who had spent a 'with his thirty-two years, better suit
ed to Annie, who had been a wife tha
fe-w days a.t the Mather House, and
Mrs. saucy -faced, teasing Jimmie of onl
wile once lived near Hartford,
nevertheless it came to ber with a
sbock. making her. feel as if in some
way she had injured her dead hus-
band by listening to anoteer's love.
And still she could not at onee repulse
e young man whose arm was around
o her, and who had drawn )aer to a gap t
, in a stone wan, where he made her sit
- down while she answered him. Strange 1
O feenngs bad swept over her as she
y heard Jimmie Carleton's voice telliog
Carleton had learned that the Dr.
Howard, who had died of cholera in
'49, was highly respected, -both as a
gentleman and a practising physician,
and this had helped. to re•eoneile her
in a great measure to whatever might
result from her son's evident liking
for AntieiGrahana, nee Annie -Hower&
anti as;ethe n.tore than beef auseeeted,
the heroine of Jimmie's boyish fancy.
How very beautiful Jimmie thought,
Annie ,vvetesafter. he hed had- time to
xecover hiMeelf a little area look
her eloieiee She was in better -health,.
and certainly tx antler spirits tban
Whim he saw her taste Her cheeks'
were rounder, her eyes were brighten
and her hair more luxuriant, and worn
more in aecOrdance with the prevailing
style. This was Rose's doings, as was
also the increased length of Annie's
dress, which swept the floor with
so ground, he thought of Tom, — old Tom
long a trail that the Widow Simms he called bine—wondering how much
b
ad made it the subject of sendry in-- he had been Interested. in Annie Gra-
vidious remarksbare and asking himself if it were just
,
"Needn't tell her that a widder the thing for hint to take advantage
could wear such long switehite gowns,
co , of Tom's absence and supplant hire in
and think just as much of the grave 1 the affeetions of' one. whom he might
by the gate. She knew better,
and !perhaps, have won had he an opportun-
Miss Graham was beginean' to get litY-
frillieky. She could see tbrough on "But Tora has bad his day," Jimmie
raill-stone." thought. 'He can't expect. another
This was Mrs. Simms' opinion of the lwife as nice as Mary was, and it is only
tong gored dress whieb Timmie
eon_ !fair for me to try my Peek. I never
.
ed at ()nee, admiring the grace.ful, hived any one before." .
stria:metrical appearanee it gave to Jimmie stopped suddenly beret stop-.
Annie's figure, just as he admired the 'Ped in his soliloquy and his walk, and
softenlng effect which the plain white lo. king up into the starry hky, thought
collar and cuffs bad upon Annie's la the boy al New London, rind the
'dxess When he was home beforet!hillm beyond, arid the hotel on the
everything about her was black of the heath and the etilte-robed lit tie fig -
deepest dye; but tow the sombreness ; ure with the blue ribbons in the golden
ot her attire was relieved somewhat, I hair, and the soft light in the violet
and Jimmie liked the . change. He eyes, which used to watch for his eons -
could look at her without seein,. eon- ing. and look so bright and yet so
stantly before him -the *grave by .the widest withal when he. came. Louise
churthyaed gate, wbere slept the taan her aunt had called her. and he had
whose widow she was. She did not designated her as Lu, or ituln, just as
seem like a widow, she was so young el t be lanes, took him
ly :
ontwenty7one, as Jimmie knew from ".E did love her. Some," Yu:Wylie
Rose, who, delighted with the friendly thought. "Yes, loved her as -Well
meeting, between her brother and las a boy of seventeen is capable of lova
frienel, was . again building castles of ing and of deceived her. 'shabbily,
what' might he. Could Rose have bad Wonder where el -e is? . She mist. be
her ehoice in he matter, she would twenf3r or more by this lime, and a
ha.vt, selected Tom for Annie. He. was 1 woman meth like Annie. 11! T eould
•onier, steadier, while Me letters seem- find her, who 'mows that f might not
ed very much like Annie. Torn had lihe her beet?" And for a moment
femme the Saviour of whom Jsame trnie revolved the propriety Of leaving
Simms ()nee talked ma earnestly in the Annie te Tone while he Nought for his
Innen baton niehmond, yfe was first love of the Pequot tamee.
bel ettthen Mamie, Rome /Teethed, But Annie Grairon het made leo
anti more likely to suit Annie. !Still, strong an inpression upon him to be
if it ewe to be otberivise, she Woe given for a former leve, who might be
ea I tented, and in a quiet way she aid- dead: for aught he knew end :10 TOM
and abetted Jimmie in all his pilule WW4 easi overboard, and Jimmie. rosum.
to he frequently alone with Annie. ft ed his walk in the direction a Widow
wai, Annie who rode with him when Simms' rottage,
twenty-four. But love never consult
the suitability of a thing, and Jimmie
was desperately in love by this time
It was not possible for one of his tem
perament to live a whole month witb
Annie as he had lived, and not be in
love with her. Her graceful beauty
brightened by. the auxtliaries of dree
and improved health, and the 'thou
land. little attentions she paid him
just because he was a soldier. finished
heel heg-tin -when he was borne be-
foreestrid he' coula nbt go beck withou
hearing tram her own lips whethie
there wag' any hope for Mee—the searap
the scapegraee, the rebel, as he had
been called by turns. What Rose salt
id Tom brought a sbadove to his face
and as he walked rapidly toward
Widow S'reinse not limping nitre or
scarcely touching his cane to the
a her how much she was beloved, — how
e from the first moment he saw her he
had been interested in her, and asking
- her again if she had anything to give
the .'recreant ;fine"
He said the last playfully, but there
, was a great fear at his heart lest her
s silence pertended evilt to him.
• "No, Mr. Carleton. I have neliart
to g,iye you. I buried it' with George'
I can never, love another. 'Forgive
me if in any way I have misled you. I
was. oely kind to you as I would he
to any soldier.." • . • .
' 7 "Mai. riaker,.—for . t 4..nee," came
sevag•ely from Jimmie's lips
'• He was eruelly. dieappo:nLed, for he
, bad not believed Annie wduld refuse
lien as she had &me. Ile thought a
good deal of him-telf as a Carleton.
Nay, he believed h:nseH
o
/Woe Carleton was itdisposed, and Rose
did riot rare to go—Annie tv-ho read to
him the hooks whien Rose prouounced
too stupid for anything Axinie who
The widow's trunks were all packed
anti ready; every thing was dorm in the
tentage weld) Annie could do, and
with a tired flush on her cheek, a turn
-
QUEBEC JUDGES.
Mr. Ca/ruse/1, M.P., .will call (be at-
tention of the House 1.0 a ca.eing elythe
in connection with tele judicieyy in the:
Proviece of (Seabee. , Mr. Caegrion
points out that there are 31 Superior
Court judges in the province, and that
during the year 1897, eleven of. .those
judges Pendered less than 35 judg-
ments, or an aveeetae of elitee eacb per
entime Moreoe-er; .f.en* or the'inllit"qn
have had less tlian tido natietbs• sverk•
during the year. Mr. eitiegiain thinks
all the' requirements of the prOV111Ce
will be met by re -organizing the judi-
cial services instead of increasing the
number of judges.
the man who was standing between
ben and the woman he coPARIS EXHIRITION REGULATIONS.
veted, and to
be no decidedly refused by one *,17tio' The Canadian Comme. Commission for th
had been content with a Person in Paris Exhibition has issued* in imam -
10
e
a
/ 1
soy Quebec not later then.3st of Novem,
ler next, and exhibits from the Mari
time Provinces al Halifax not later
Gesrge Graham's position a ngrred him
for a moment. Ain& knew he was
offended, and when he spoke of 13111
Baker she said to him gently:
"You mistake me, Mr. Carleton. If
ne(e;snry, I
1(1 do • V' -a
Baker more than I have done for you;
but it would only be from a sense of
duty,—there would be no pleamnce in
,
it; while caring for you was a pleas-
ure, because you are Mrs. blather's
brother. and because,—because—"
She did not know how to finish the
sentence, for she cedd not herself tell
why it lied of late been so pleasant
for her to do for jixomie Carleton
thine tittle acts of kindness whieh bade
devolved ot .her. She was only, inter-
ested in him its a soldier, she insisted,
and she tried to make him understand
that he deeision was final; that were
George dead a dozen years, eliesbould
give him the same answer as she did
now, She amid not be his wife. And
Jimmie understood it at last, and by
tbe terrible:tent/1gs OL disappointment
whi h crept sever leen, the'eabgeot
was fully avenged for the many times
she haci watched from her window- of
the lintel. 'or walked sadly along the
road by .the bay to see if Diek r,es
were coming. But Annie. had 710 wish
for revenge. She was only sorry for
him 1.11141 she. tried to eteritort bira
with the amsuranee of her intexest in
hien and -by telling him that, if ever
he was sick in hospital or eaMp, and
unable to come home, she would sure-
. ly go to him ag readily as if he were
bet brother.
To be Confirmed. "
**INV v**IONsi. 4.r...A •
LEMON BATHS.
Lemon baths are popular in the West
Indies, Three or four lemons are cut
up and left to soak in water half ari
beer. Pl.& bath re very refreshing,
phlet form the regulations and genera
classifieation of exhibits from Canada
It is stated that accepted exhibits from
Quebee, Ontario, and the Weal, pack
ed in strong cam's, must be delivered
at the exhibitnrs expense at Mont ren
Militie fore() has been ruled out, it h
iag tiontrany to the rulea of Parliame
to reeelve any petition asking fo
raofonaenc .eftrhalud.„te or financial afisiffnunou
RaMilit'Velyt°C1=eirssditlinvi.11 Move It "stIlu"
tion in tavoer of the appointment of a
Mr. Bostook will introduce a hill to
provide for issue of railway passes
to Senatore and members,
sInitra :tiro 'DI aivt-itre Netvt°31,1°117l Tslok (ifffe();(3LeiPtieel(14)' Z.1:71ein' 1114:
ZotiireetlQinnstlitce> 11.11"kik(Oe.Wade, 'C' r".13 41;-
11,1a, Charles inane president of the
United. Counties rtillway is in Ottawa
interviewing the Governixient with a
view to securing a subsidy' to a tine of
freight steeniers to run between Sorel
and Routh, France; Whittle he will es-
tabliele He also wants %nue dredging
od(benaen-going
to acoommodate
. Mr. P, Martel, of Paris, has arrived
feet/lean-a to interview the Govexu-
merit in regard to the eetelaishment
of a direct line of steamships between
Canada and :France. It will bet remem-
bered that the) Government has, made
several efforts to secu're such a line,
but lest year the negotiations collapse
ed, owieg to a.differeuce Of opinion
Inttattleui..h:troreents)ell.v‘Icoet.-ernment tee to the
It; is evident that the Government
has abandoned all hope. of complebn
the 14 -foot navigatiou in the St, 'Law
renes canals by the let of july, Te
contractors on tee Soulanges cane.
have been notified that:Alley must giv
an uninterrupted channel by the 15th t)
May, and that: the worke must be. own -
Weed by the ast of Octeber, nehloh,
.g° t toe tutrisfel,1970e.ans the. opening of e.,avt-
s.Theeaermerse .nhatitete bf Portage le
Pratrie, a—,petitioni, •Perliantent;
states that .vertaally . raelwa'y etono-
poly exists. in:that poi•tinit sof. Canada,"
whioh is higlayi injutious to the in-
terests of agriculture and the develops
meat of trade. They thereeore urge
that the Governme.nt should purchase
and manage in the interests or Mani-
toba and the North-We.st the Manito.
ba andtSouth-Eastern railway, the On-
tario and Rainy River railway, and
the Port Arthur, Duluth, and lliestern
railway.
The Seines Bay Railway Company, of
which Mr. Willie/Tr Mackenzie ie preei-
dent, and the Nipissing. and James Bay
Railway Cenanany, of which Mr. W. 13.
MeAlurriela. is president, are asking for
an extension of time to enable teem
to conapleteathe roads. •
The bill introduced, by Rev, Mr. :Dou-
glas, in reference to seed grain indebt-
edness a North-West farmers, states
that tbe total sum due. to the Govern-
ment on account. of seed grain advances
is $153,002. Th.ese advances were made
t:o 5,384 farnters in Manitoba and the
North-West, of whom 4,648 are simply
bondsmen, -while 3,439 axe principal
debtors and bondsraen for others. The
individual sums due ave.rage about $59.
Dr.. Douglageepeeposes that the debt
eseall be a Inez), en a quitreer-sectiOn. of
Leine sin .the. meek - et. a, ex i ipel • deb tare
and: that after july.lst the 4;643 lacinde-
1
e- SEEDS FREE OF CHARGE.
nt Ontario herrlanitteral—and eenerimentel
r
le4gurlifILL'or.e0.nOratiNe Experimenes ill
Co-operative experiments in agri-
melt-tun have been coratected through-
ottt Ontario in eath of the past thirteen
Years. In 1886 the worlt was carried on
f.1.),;itr 112hifsa;unarepioas,emenin680 japulmotbs,o;v has
bueeoend
steadily increasing sincetthat date, urn
tit lei 1898 these •co-opera.tiee tiePerie
merits Were conducted hy..,3,0028 farmers,
and upwards of 12,000 plots were Lured
Lot' the work. Object lessons in prue-
Heal agriculture were thus lpeated oe
fully 3000 Ontario farms in the past
year. Those Nebo make these tests in
their own fields with varieties of farm
crops, methods of uultivations, ways of
beireasing soil fertility, ete., obtain
valuable infermation which they can-
not poseibly get in any other way. Up-
wards of 1000 varieties of farm .crops
were tested in the Experimental
Depaxtraent of the Ontario Agricul-
tural College tor at least five years lei
g. esuxcpceersansio:,:ure seed of the very best
V'11161155 are used for the co-operative
-
e tELST OF EXPERIMENTS Want. 1899.
i 1. Testing nitrate of soda, super-
ee 1.1tilindospuhoatme,anmuurreiawteithof opoortnase mixture,
2. Testing nitrate of . soda, supers
phosphate, muriate et potash, mixtueia
and no manure with mangels.
0-: Growing grass pees en „ ..
vfoa.iriegil:iee6sn oftcovdeetre.hea •. for g„ reee fodder.
. 4, Growing three inatteires Of grain
,gri!eliantTI.leiitii(inneggr'f4oloittrrys,'.'ritiiii7,8°: en:irinietf."
9. Testing tbree varieties of book -
8, Testing four varieties of clovers.
7. Testing four varieties of grasses.
whi0e.at TaenlinognethorfeeapvrairniegtIresyeo.f-8Pring-
11, Testing four varieties of barley.
12. Testing four varieties of oats,
13. 'resting four varieties of field
peas.
14. Testing three varieties of field
jbeaJap.51:::eTseestbienagns. three - varieties of
16. Testing four varieties of carrots.
17. Testing three varieties of man -
gels and one of sugar beets. .
18. Testing two varieties of Swedish
and two of fall turnips.
19. Sowing peas at different dates to
ddetermine the amount of injury done
by the pea weevil.
20. Planting potatoes the same day
and five days after being cut.
, 23. Plent nig cern: in rowet• eteel ip,
squares.: •,, • s • . - • • -, ,
, . Interested. perSOna in Ontario wishing1
.to join 'in the -teak Piny. select any
Men Khali be relieved from aespoielieil-
ity,
Mr. Douglas 0,1S0 4th -educed. bill
to compel railwatt compa.niee to
furniath faeilities for the saipment of
• .
grain. lens measure was before Par-
lien:rent last session, and was stvongly
opposed by the railway companies on
account of the drastic nature of the
provisions. Me. Douglas has it:edified
it somewhat thie itession.
PABLIAMENTARY NOTES.
Mr. Galles gave notice of a resolu-
tion in favour of reducing the present
high ditttes on tobacco.
Mr. Taylor is asking for the corre-
spondence between the Imperial and
Dominion Governments in referenee to
Ationatiscotshteireicland and Mr. Menier's ao-
.
George Smith,. for 39 years me.ssen-
ger in connection with the Governor -
General's office, is to be retired., He
will be suoceeded by Sergt.-Mejer:Irlor-
gans, until recently eif 'Kingston..
The Chief. justicethip of Manitoba
beeornes. vacant on the. 1st of April.
The 'resignation ef :Chief justiee Tay-
loetexptree. on -March 31. The general
opinion es that justic Xillam will. be
MPIV9.3:Citieter. ettptheen1;9Qh!Cef.; relifsustieeedshtte.
appointment, ,Tbere e eiroba Wily
of Mr. Carripbeetheing the Government
eendidate fee thetCommone Winne.
.pete at 'the., a.Ceretic tang 1)3 (-(131.11 • • • - • '
e
• THE Il8Eletk.LADY,BUG.
•
Not many yeas ago Australian itid.y-
bugs were imported into California to
make war on a species of scale wh.ich
was then rapidly destroying the orange
roves ol the Pacific coast. The little
mercenaries did their work effectively.
nd now California has sent them to
he aid a Portugal, whose orange and
emon trees have lately eufferea sev-
rely from att.:mks of the scale -insect.
'rom a few individuals sent to Lisbon
wo years ago, millions of the ladybugs
ave since devempea, ii
and t s reported
bat they are making short week of
he scale pest in Porn/gal.
han 151:11 November, to be shipped lo
Paris by the Canadian, Commission
free of charge. Exhibitors will lie free
to ship their goods by other.routes not
later than the 3st of January, 1900, but
al: their own personal expense. Forms
of application for space muet be re-
turned to Ottawa not later than. June
BRITiSII COLUMBIA FISHERIES.
Mr, Alexander [Ogg, at Victoria, 13.-
C„ is to interview, the Government
in connect ion wit Ji ihri ug a t range, -
menet., for developing the deep-sea fish -
mien of. British Colalethiat TJe het/ had
an interview with the Commissicier
:7,ot:immigration in eider .f p, tnthiee .hlut
to encourage the .400er/tent of seafar-
ing men end fishermen on thei coasts
of Brit ;sit Columhitt. The halibut hien
ories, off Vancouver Island; are most
prolific; but unfortunately, they are
being negienied by Canadian% the only
companies exploiting thern being Ale-
erintin fishing concerns,
SESSIONAL NOTES.
Mr. Louie Sample Demers, flie newly: -
elected member for Levis, was intro -
deceit by Sir Wilfrid Laurier and More
Cha ie ritzpat rick.
Mr, john Charlton introduced hia
per -Menial bill le amend the oriminal
e°'1(1*4he•°pfetil8t9i4on from the County Courtrai
of IVfidtilesex aitking Parliament to
grant: an extra 26 cents per day .to tho
11
WHEN PEOPLE CEASE To GROW.
Dr. W. W. Hastings, summarizing
observations made in this country and
Europe, says that the regular growth
of thildren continues from two up to
19 years. Prom 16 to 17 growth is
usually retarded. A man does not
fully attain his growth until after the
age of 25 and athletic exercise extends
the period of growth to 30 years. Be-
tween the ages of 50 and 60 the size
of the human body diminishes. De-
prival ion of toodeind herd work inter-
fere ev it VI, bedily gro-tv
MAGNETIC BRICK.
PrOin time to time experts have
noticed Certain unex,plainable peouliars
ties in magnetic instruments in var-
ious buildings. It is now declared, as
the result of experiments and inves-
tigations, that ihe vagaries are due
to the presence of magnetism in bricks.
They are Made. of earthy matter con-
taining a greater or less proportion of
magnetite. or magnetic iron ere
STRENGTH OF ]AIR.
A single human hair will support
lour ounces without breaking.
nrt“, •
POST OFFICE BUSINESS,
THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE POST
1111,AS'FER GENERAL,
'test 'increase in the Ataierratit or elan teem
ed—A, Numb Improved eervire -all
Titheel"'rtellPIOrIto
Meiuire4' Pestnetteter-Gen•
estgrol d -for• tiThe leworkingsYeai'.ltt
-80hasjaheeedreipprut
cit
pa ,
merithave daring the year, been mark-
ed by several thanotie, including a far-
tlier'reduction in the deficit. , de-'fieit, which far the finial year eddies;
Jeme, 80, 1890, amounted to e781,152,
was reduced' to, $4,7,¢02. atethe close of
the fiscal year 1897-8, a result render-
ing possible the reduction of the dp-se.
mesa° letter rate from 3 to 2 cents er
ounce, and the rate between Cana
and the mother country and a large
fi
Se$Siona •'t rota ve-tolw
ounce,
o eeets'per half-
. ,
;umber of Great Britain's colonial pos-
SAVING ON CONTRACTS.
During the past year 1,064 mail ser-
vices have been let by public t
for sums aggregating 0139,923.
previous yearly .eost of tbese saine se
vices was $167,617. The result of thes
changes was an annual saving of $27
721, or for the four years that the co
tracts run, $110,880. In several case*
ratal services hays :been •transferred
vices; tlie result being that ,the
thadftrui:tic egme sed.snistat,ajgigie.est, eobi,ruav t: :tewn:ia,ifY• ti 'te,ledsvur sil nwe:galyi:seaer
mileage of the pen:Mined' railiviaand
or
1897-3 exceeds that for. 18ii5-6 by 938,283
the report last year it was stated
that there had been a large reduction
in the cost of the mail service, but that
owing to the length of time which had
to elapse before the contracts entered
into that year would go into operation
the results could not be included in the
financial statement of that year. The
department is now- in a position to re-
port the extent of such retraction, -whit%
is as follows: The railway and stage
service for the •year ended June 30,
1896, wnich aggregated 29,538,600 miles,
cosi: 42,192,948. "At the same rate, that
is 7.424 cents per mile, the cost of the
service as it stood on June 80, 1898, wife
an increase of 938.283 miles, would
have been $2,262,602. The accounts
show tint the cost of this service was
only $2,117,918, wbich shows a saving of
$1-46i650 Pee.. anteurne or, for -the time
Years' 'eenteatta. terare.45787,4e`i16: During
the fintencial Year 1897-8e ireiroased fie-
- .
quency in the man sereice was given
to 176 pontoffices.' At the close of the
fiscal year 1897-8 therebad been a net
inerease.of 179 in the number of post -
offices, as ,compared, tbe numbee
in operation on June 80, 1896. ,
During- the year the number of money
order offices has been increased. trove
1,349 to 1,739, an increase of 390, and
the rate of commission on money or-
ders increased. These increased facili-
one • of the e\per4men,tt Lot 1899 and'
inform the Director at thee of' the
choice made. Au material will be fur-
eished,entirely fees of thaite le ee"ele
applicant, but he will be expected to
oonduct the test according to the eu-
structions sent with the seeds, and to
report the results of his tests as
soon -as possible after harvest
Material for either No. 1 or No. 2
experirnett will be sent by express,
and for each of the others by mail.
The supply of material being limited.
those NOM apply first will be surest: of
obtaining the desired outfit. It might
be well for each applioant to make a
second choice for fear the first co.uld
not be granted.
Particular -varieties need not be men-
tioned as the kinds to be distributed
are thbse which have done exception-
ally well on the trial plots in the Ex-
perimental Department at tit'5' College.
C. A. Zanitz,
Director.'
Ontario Agricultural College,
Guelph, Marva 131h, 1899.
MOST TERRIBLE SNAKE."'
•s +" ' • • .••
if Voil 1(11) Jt' mate Imo HaniiiitryiniWilt 3
Io
ties, accompanied by cheaper rates, .
have resulted Man notecase of 2,648 in
the number of money orders issued
(luting the year, and an increase of
en531,249 in the amount of Morley or-
der business of tb,e department asconi-
paeed with that of tbe previous fiscal
year.;
11,000,000 MORE LurERs.
The estimated ntunber of lettereesent
througb the Ciastoffice during the year
exceeds that of the previous year tv:
11,145,000, the total. nurnber of 1898 bee:
ng 134,975,000e Ten years' ago the •
number of—letters sent through .s. the
mails in Canada was 80;200,000. .In ae-
ditionno letters ,atinilled, last yean tempi
vefe'28,153,000 neeteitedeis3,e34,500tregea
inked lefteese5;673,0(Wthieestlettere,
. There is only: one dbeast that wi.L1 :g
and urgiiom and%.;141'elL
ert'odioals, 3,-
er:
72:flee 'packages- ofeeteriiitereetedi ,
ilS 113'
;t11r-: 0ti.'e
wee 14,036,649, and the eeeleyeisue, al
er allowing for deductiotts, was 03,52'4-
_9, an increase over the revenue of the
irevious year of $824,871, equal to about
.14 per (mot. There was paid out by
ceeck from the Parliamentary appro-
priation e3.575,411.
During 18s8 money ord.ere to the value
of $1.4,518,000were issued, of Which OM -
082,000 were payable in Canada. The
-aggregate baianee at the &edit of the
depositors in the Postoffice Savings
ank at 1 he close of the fiscal year was
34,480,030, n increase of 4,100,00o over
he previous year. libe average amount
t the credit of eaeh individual was
$242.4'7 as against 0238.55 in 1897. Post-
age staraps to ihe value of 04240,000
were issued to postmasters, tan increase
over the previous year of $8,042. The re-
venue from sales of stamps during 1,898
exceeded that of the previous year
0837,000.
'CORONTO AND MONTREAL CCINI-
The revenue oPf AthReRTDO;Onto Postoffi°
was 4413,771; nember of money ordei
iesued, $23,212; atioupt 'of money 01
d ars issued, 349,04 cement sees n
(teived from publio, 42.317; Money ' or
dere paid, $2,621,297. It interestin
to note the relative impoetance of I h
'Toroeto awl Montreal Postoffiees. Th
grass 'postal reeenue of litintreal we
$355,469; the number of Money'order
issued was 20,759; ;in:taunt of Mane
orders issued, e257;915; tiommission r
ceived from nubile e2,618; ton.ount,
Eata0hny etY:0 osttdaeteratraltd'thSt141c6Ifl'iT 01"1`tsi; (1!sto(jidrit'l
include the returns' from the Nott
itivpnignSinittley:f, f8iiFfitti4077M27»i)Ittani•teatini,v1,tetvlil°Li 01171 ini°tgo$4atili el;
TOrOnlo will be increamed by 0,000, a
tb:take tao:eyint 0or.d 5530,eebttripsti slise 071,1.vreorsitt)t(en
postal bueinese, If Toronto d'uneti
:Montreal comes far behind, Toronto
track you. dove to avenge ttlie ,death
• • • e -
of i t8 Mate"; :file'. in:atter *how 'idr you', .f
bit ht:relarmgo,se:t r'of;isililehlecobi_f
I soeious variety. 'Its time is the Man- ,
.d d. A bitef thisreptile
8
kill the strongest man in two minutes,
and, of cou-rse, tbere is no remedy. No t
Eonatsit.bitten by a hamadvyad has ever
survived. It ehiefly belongs to the Fax
There are generally two hanandryade
if there is Ono, and if- you kilt one of
them the other will be on your track
before long in an probability. Short
of taking ship anross the sea, there is n
no way of escaping UnleSS you watch "
for the snake and shoot it. ft wilt fol-
low you for miles for the chanee of n
a stealthy stroke, and you may tilimb -
trees or mountains or ford rivers, but
tbere is no way of evaeling the liam-
adryard. It is a sort of nightmare
hunt to be thesed by one, arid when
the chase begins either one or the
other will have to die within a day or
NO. The mate of the slain snake never
makes a mistake, but always kills the
slayer of its companion, and him alone.
This reptile grows to letgth of 15 feet
sometimes, and is fairly eommon in
Malay and. New Guinea. One scrateh
from its fangs is certain and instant
death.
,1liE LEAST-WaRKEI) OtoloiCElt
teABOARI) SHIP,
Two bIllejaekets were once, over-
heard arguing as to WilU bad the leassi,
work to do on board it man-of-war,
ro4 the parson, said one,
'Ow d'ye make that out? queried Ibe
01 her.
'Cos 'e's got. no work to do, and ell
day to do it in.
You ititin quite got it, Bin, retorted
his friend, while an inSpillid, grin il-
lumined his features. 11. ain't the par-
son, it's the Cap% o' Marines.
'Ovvet that'? •
Wal , as you say, the parson's got eto
work te do, and all day to do it in;
but the Cap% o' Marines 'as not hie' to
do and all day to do it in, and 'as
Levaenit o' Marines to "*lip 'int to do
iti
Um) is compelled to work Lor t'l
emelt other animals:get, fr*'
•