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DICKSON 4: CARLING,
earristeraenoliciters. Notaries, eanveyancers,
counntesienere Eta
Itleeey to Loan az ee per °oh and 3 per cent.
OFFICEe-FANSON'S BLOCK. EXETER.
axe U.kkklarkOv B. 25- L. R. menenese
member of the arm win be aellensall en
IborsdaY o eeeh ween.
AftpicAL
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THBW.,.TBR TIMES
She tall/ never pay for dress,'
"I will have her in cream color,'
.„ said teerd Lasbmar, decimvely; "and.
UNREQUITED LOVE. . w you cart buy her half a dozen saskieS,
the broadest you can get-somescar-
let and some pale able°. I will write
BY T.118S . B. BRAD -VON.
"I wish he were sane," retorted her
ladyship, "and the las would not
have brought home that Radical s
lrap "
. J. B. RIVERS. M. B. TORONTO ITNI "Oh, but if he likes to provide for
VERalTY.,M C.i1.1-'"'"" the little thing, seed her to some
• Onace--Creclitoo, 0414-.
- cheap SebOO1 or some institution-
,
,•
. DUO A IN in . • • • orphanage -don't you knolt. he is
S, Graduate V.eiolis. teversity
k, ad and Leboz.o; rieh enough to indulge his benevolootee
DomUiG»texy. Exeter. • It was ut ram that tile greae
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It. ti.YN1)11AN. coroner rot the
ot ROA: au. oreoe, opeosite
- 'hoe l!rtie.stexe...elseret„, -
N'Ll'Ili.MINARY.
Tennent & Tennent
=ammo oistie
Oraduitecflbe Onterici Vetetinere Co -
CO r /Ruth of Towo leen.
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THE WATEItis00. MUTUAL*:
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:mesktidisiked
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comillny beel,cen over 'i'reettres,i3
in sareeseei orerstiee te ieetterti
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dee nee 11 1.;tra, tekkitkege,_ A•eti'l te bee
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ia eeretie prepertyt lerewikreg tesvere letee
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eca3 heed atki 4Uterns.
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£t'(' Th': • till 4.41! ti, Lee ter . CHAS.
1.4„ Ageat for Exeler end viciattw.
Lay
' Pit land's daughter protested against
her step -son's folly in adoptiug
Pourer's brat an4 Witted that the,
elovea foot of Socialism showed it.,4
Sell iu the act.
"I made up my mirel as we drove
bowe tas• 'nen' lb O slid
gYIVAY, gravely, resolutely4 in a
LQ10:5 41 lut.# her ladyship kneu only ,]
too well. "Spillington and the child
were bob asleep. I mean to adopt
Bolonocia's child and to bring her vept
nay WA daughter. . 1 have long
waelietl for something to love-someb
kg uusehooted creeture thot
shoutet be depeederet upon Me ;Ind t`
skoutitl grow up az my feet. ae it werod
lam very fond a Victorieu, but he
can seltione lee me coo:wanton. Eet a
frientileee gut obotti 11U train
and edueete into compantousibtp. WIU
efiterd we jest the kiud eoleee. jest
the kitat of tootleeut semi -L:14 ahat
bWri0 eighei for. O. tette unite than
olog, Wale bee ',tea ao equel.'
.ou will fine tbe er5-vAtlateS bor-
. rible nuieance before you neve done
nh her. If e sliOtaik 51141144J 4111.
laving. foe toga:Ace."
"I sbali never merry, itever hest
ebildren of my on. Ily the tune
tins gtrl 144S geowu up 1 shali
clizitag into Lite vele of eeees. She
he etly• link with the tutors). I
have been told lately -you amend/ter
- hew, olio te* h ohs Willistat Siren'
ser the teht tittle lie ceme etovu te
see 40t14.1. tjt 1.7.41'W.LWV,
tit' 4i, any live to be au eset
"At: t eott Welt to Inc elatei eecii
Ail as Ilisloweeil to te yoet fraetel
eteasennion yetre %Le j
aoligrel 0: a gypsy alai e dem tge
exeirmatel Lidy Leition tr. uoiebie 40
cot:tool her Mover, .-1401 ioe414)
allowance for hereditary meanies,'
'I believe more iu aesuerttton an
etlueltion thin in hereditary snstinets.
The child bee a fine hrotil forehead.,
bright wtil-woued eyee, seasitilde
nostrils, thin lips, delieete eltie-not
aL all e.bad subject to work upon.'
"X really kbittit She is the ugliest
rhild I ever beheld," soid Lady taslt-
ULu, rapping the table Idltia an ele-
pherit'a tusk piper knife. "How you
who pretend to worship ideel beauty
can be interested in such a little
monster is more th.an lean under -
et and."
"She ie small and brown, but I don't
Link Intr ugly. Iler eyes shut:mince
stars last sught. It Is my idea that
site will grow up a very tuterest-
ing woman."
"You have such odd ideas.'
"Don't be angry, mother," pleaded
Lealimar, with wonerous geutieness.
"Granted that lam somewhat ec-
ceutrio-neture has made me ist
mould of her own, you see- but af-
ter all I have very few whims. And
I pioraise you that this last caprIce
of mine shalt give you no trouble.
The child sball live in this house; but
you need hardly be aware of her ex-
istence. AU she will want will be
a couple of rooms on the top stbry,
where we heve a score of rooms that
only serve as a rat warrea."
"Mice, not rats," protested her lady-
ship.
"Well, we'll call them woe. It
sounds pleasanter; only they are the
biggest breed I ever SS w and the
noisiest. However,. my protege will
help to scare away the mice. I shell
eiagage a maid for her, and arrange
&couple of recens for her and her
maid, those two pretty rooms in the
outhwest tower, for instance. She
will live on that top floor, have her
meals there, plague no one; and when
I want 'her company in ray study I
can have her brought down to me as
I would any other plaything. You
may meet her on the stairs or in the
corridor occasionally. But that is
about the utmost you need see of her."
"This is your house, LaShmar. If
you choose to have it infested by the
spawn of Socialism it is not for me
to gainsay you."
"I hope the day will come when
you will be reconciled to my adopted
daughter; when she- may perhaps be
o comfort to you as well as lo me.'
"Never. Lashmart I can tolerate her
existence in the house out of defer-
ence to you. I should have to sub-
mit if you took it into your head, to
keep a. rattleesnake; but I have none
of your Utopian ideas; and I have not
the least doubt that you will have
cause to repent your generdus folly
before you and your protege are three
years older."
. We will compare notes three years
hence, and 1 hope that I shall c6n-
Yes; but t11 release you from the vines you
„that you were mistaken,'
premise, ma, replied Johnnie, diplo-
said Lasinner with perfect good tem -
mat per. And now, mother, have you
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Tuuialea every Thurstuy Moretti; at
Timrs Stennt Printing Roust
L.14 le ikireet. ne4e4FOlal0kiO4 i.l.1t,dleSidArke47
acre. Usezer. Oat-, by
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liatet, wanz en rta tv weiee.
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14(M'444 4444.i weaseling NeWaritfiera.
Z-4500 vc100 un $C4i(0$ reteelerty
!MSS the 1.et wnether elirreten in Ms
Tearer kV eee.er weether hilA
ed 04 UOII 05 rie•porenbie ter yeomen:.
tIoif Ile:ZAGS oritore birs pryer neeemeettei
uttne pay ab arrears. or the pub tiller may
er rain -mete acnd it tho 14t4inou4 le matie,
one C4 ('14 ee.iect the tape tancuat, wbecher
tee p -pc le:atom from ire Ware or not.
saiteforsubeeript owe thee= may be
4nS01sied HI 404049eenet1tO peeler et puce
a.thetigh the Wit *+Mrit):: 111O3F rend*
lam 44de e neon away.
4. --Tee court* base deci ied that refusing to
tette43 w•papereer oereaticeot from tee piece
t Mcit er removing .41151 teevino them unceeed
one le truce nevi oden e of intentional
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But after all sick h.sad
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HEM Nit to OW SgallnatO
Ait,1•2
AN EXPLANATION.
Mrs. Etta -John, what is th
Ing of "newspaper talk?"
Mr. Hix -It's the only kind of talk
a Man can indulge in witholit being
interrupted by a woman.
mean -
NOT BINDING,
Didn't 1 proluise you a whipping if
you disobeyed me? asked his mother.
tpiraba,
any yon,ng woman oz yearbsl wlao
would make a good maid for Stellar
"There is Barber's niece, her father
is in the garden, don't you. know.
B.arber's niece has 145044 wanting to
come here for the last six months.'
"I should like to see Barbere niece
09 .
The Intruder did uot take kindly
to be new life A. lin and again
with oiteous tears ;sod un-
reasoning iteration, she entreated to
be taken to her father. "Wbere is
daddy? Take we to my dadelnY Take
me 10 ray daddy!" that was the burden
of her cries. So with weak tender-
ness he took the little girl upon Ins
lap and drew her to his breeet ;4told her that she elmald. see her
Lather again some day.
"To-alayl Near she questioned,
"No. dear; not now -not to -day• Be
kas gone oa along tourney."'
"To London" she areleed.
longer eourney tesan that."
"Where'
'To a beeutiful eouut you shall
go th,ere some dry aud u shall be
lime
wiTh again."
"Let me go slow."
"No. dear; no i yet."
"Bat I wilt go," cried tbe chi
tabling off Lashmor s lap and
ruuzdng towards 4185 door.
shmer followed and steeped her;
. caied. toad atortned and struggled
Witil hon.
vent to go tO my daddy; .4 will
go to y decidy.''
V quarter of au boar eooth-
r and arguing with her.
we Your name, little one,'
d.
"Stella! That ie every
ante.'
"It melee a mar," tield the elei
liteddy told me,"
it
you a check for twenty or thirty
ponds before you go. BuY every-
thing at Poneford's, where ber lay,
sbip deals."
trying to kintEe the lire of am-
bition in thet young mind.
"Aa a younger soo you are 'emeriti.
to distinguish yourself, Victor," she
said. " YOur poor brother ie Lerd USIA -
marl he can efford to dream away
dllYs iibrary ; but you will
baVe no distinction, except that which
Vein may win for yourself. YOU. witat
he the arohiteet of your Olifn for -
"The dearest shop 10 33runera, my tones."
"I wouldn't much, miod being the ar-
eleitect," geoid Victor; bot I don't want
to be the builideto-eot to leave to lay
briele upon briok and oarry the hod
lord."
"The dearest shops are apt to be
the eheaoest in the long run,'
"Ten pounda ought to be ample,
even at Peosford's," said Barber. "I of mortar, don't you leeow-not to
shall only have to buy materiala,for have LO work my way upward itikeh by
inch aft some poor beggars do io the
&tent' or in the las."
'You eleed have no protassion but
politics."
Betsy is oety clever with her needle,
and she will make all the ltttlefrocks
and things."
Betsy grinned and reddened at
this praise. " Tholes :deuced sow work and dette-
"Whet a capital Betsyr exclaimed ea Isneel work, I'ne: 'toad. One has to
Lasliraar, "I shall make the check drudge over blue books aila cram sia-
tweotyo and be sure yote boy sat tistios .and sit in the iiitlis.e ou Sum -
and fine stuffs; I want Joy tittle ,g1r1
neer afternoona te ask -questiOns when
10. look pretty."
"Tiatt elm will never do, my lorild 1.'12fttedittollg4iKktia°7 44I'veu'eaitl: 4-ti°114:Ftokluer-ient-
. answered Barber tei h constation, Int i Mead, -ciente ia meeting by the Naga
me and Iletsa- will do our best 10 Make gine. If I conlei Make a great epeech
ber 1017k nice." now 1WM eolue hurteiog queetioo at
i The tamtest upon Jonathan Bold - midnight and wake next .moroing to
wood was held mixt day and Lord one pieeeee famoue."
4,aehnear was present. No 040 came;
eforward out of Boltiwood's peet life tyti"n4r iothaattte re e di. h el,' VAN; tabyt-with W - Obaokyil gT hey or
!to tell whet the man had been or to Amecesa jo
i
the, iaroner eaked whet had heen done .
To be Continued
e .
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temify to any lettere:A 18 him. When'
. with the child Lord Leshmer stepped
forward and eaiel that be hell adopt- SIGNALS a SEA,
..i.ed Ler. .send wouni hold himself re-
lepontible for nor future 'welfare.
. "I dblet think there ia any ape who
will 'diapete that privilege with. you,"
MY load," eald the corolier. " I belie
the ehild will grow up to be grateful
1. x gherre..
yeufouryoar noble conduct in eav,
"Will you lie any stele? Will you
itre witli me in this hoese, and pl
tit those gardens out there. emit go
tai my bolt on the rived'
'oNo," eaiti the little ome
'rhey 41r5 Sew Wing 'Thiele 33411As out
fol Firewaries,
lu the old days it was a mariner's
belief that all signala to be effeotu-
431 be ;ample, but that was yes-
; to -day the case is different.
' oni the many beautiful combin-
ns invented by Mr. Pain, the tam -
Lord Lashireer told the authoritiee clue maker of firework. it wonld Ke-
lm w03eS1 pay for a deet Igo- pear that Mat impliottg once demand-
nd a grave in the tutnoterY out- eet by the old salt in reepeot of sig -
(4 E113443433. nate wied at see la a thing of the
tit' fuutkval P""tt past. for eignaling at sea is now ac
fite'l•ward• 41, e31/S„`'T CoMMOdated with that picturesque,
Y, satire eh tue 1'330301 ulna te,eieeee with the pyrotechnic
IUVUO4 out to
orite .sgitator.
do honor ar:..
ren yeare ago an it
more occurre
to the firm named to bring out an en -
CHAPTER V. tirely new syetem of signaling at sea
Bowood .had taugbt Ws child a' by night. and they broaglit It before
at;er Wee
had contempiated that de- great deal, :teed talked to her ot dub- the notice of the leading ateatuship
iletotte picture for some moments. "1 jecta tar beyond her years. Be had' cowponies who adopted it a.t oace. To-
dient't went to live with you. 1 rwaut tanght her an a. Ulan of large brain day the pyrotechnic spaww la gen-
se live with my daddy.' and ittzy hohhe would be likely to eeet,
Leehmar explained how the jeuroey teeeb. Be bad taken her on his lap Y Every iship leaving port nrist tarry
u %bleb daddy bad gone ousel. taeada and tultleed to her at raudoni, roam- a cortein supply of siguals for distress
last for a long time. how Summer aud lug front aubject to aubject, new tell- • purpoiee, ib -se consisting of rookies
Winter must pees before be could trig her Merge legend of the tildGreek blue lights, detonators ond ao forth,
rue back, or Stella go to him, but fairyland and nuw 501110 strangefact 1 e„ia all, about 100 pieces; but it ie
14ow they should meet 343 the deyte to about the manner., and cuatorna of -left to the cliseretion of the variotia
crocodilea. There Was one subject companies aud owners to carry on
"And you will leave off crying, and which he ba.d never touched upon- board their tomes arty other kind of
be very good, for his sake, won't you, he had told hog nothing about her 'signals, either for private use or, as
Stead' pleaded L itehmar. "Fa,hers God. It woo left to deaahmar tetanal we have „id for ilignalin at aigat,
.. ,
are unhappy when they hear that her to prey. 'That first simple form Up to the time of the creation ot
their ehildren have been naughty, of prayer whieb be had learnt years .the newer apt= there was Tio rem,
You will be good, and you will try to ego from bis nursery governess came °glazed or organized method tor not -
love me, won't you Stella, for daddy $ baok to Ida memory One evening when tug ships that bad Reseed. in the night
sake" the child was bidding him good -night
so that it. wee a difficult metter
Lie saw Barber's niece after lunch-, in the Summer dusk. for officiats statioued ot pants along
6044, 4.1 found her a buxom, chubby- "Stella, I tope you say your pray --
the coasts of the various seas to de-
cheeked young woman, with a. fine, era beside your little bed every nigbt
tersaine the name Ana ow.ners of
honest countenance; so he engaged and .morning," he said.
ves,sel as she passed, but now, if you
her at once to be Stella's spetual at- "What are prayereit" ahe asleed.
ndpett. " Betsy eaid I ought to say my pray- were stending by the side of a Lloyd'a
One of the two rooms was to be ono; but I (Iota kuow what it agent, and in the black nigbt out at
sea. you dastingulabeil a blue light
fureished as a sitting -room; the other toelithl." fore, red light amidships, blue light
and inner chamber was to ooniton "D(1 daddy never teach: you to p
aft., arid two rockets throwing blue,
"Slie ought to thrive and flourish Seilla V"
She shook her head. red and green balls simultaneously,
two beds for nurse .and child.
in sucb a bower as this,' thought ki If it wee good he would hem the same offioer would tell you that
LesLmar and then he gave Barbers taught ma," she said, "he was always
thin line,
that was the signal of a boat of a.cere
.1:or-in future to. be known asBetsy good to Stella."
-some broad general instructions as "Prayer is good for us all. dear. The law does not compel a ship's
to tne bringing up of childhood upon Daddy may have , thought you too owner to carry such signals, but their
erhohtened principles -cold water, "Itug to pray -too young to under- practicability is so palpable that very
fresh air, regular meals. and good stand about the God who created you fetv owners have failed to register
amine food being the chief points. and all of us, and whom we all ought their own peculiar private signals,
eked to the elder Barber, he intrust- to love and to fear." and to secure °correctness this pyro-
ed. the task of proeuxing the child an Daddy said there was no God; he teclartio system of signaling at sea is
outlet. She might be driven over to efitid only fools believed in God." duly recognized.
Brueum that afternoon, he suggest- "My little girl, if we want to be
PICTURE OF BOER, TOWNS,
THEY AEPELOAvxmoTa u)3PEATTiryir.ouT ANY
T8a101: 71141::.111143 ee;ICS "154
Boer toWn is not laid out on aye-
teina tic liners, as ewe seee t owns in Can-
ada or Australia. The streets seem to
van numb: tbey please, or a.s the
etroigreuxinc.ixesdoofubttraiffiltehheale:n uosteda tthoerzau
is ever dream in this country. People
arrive Deed siettle clowo in a happy-
bOuso-iltr elebyealrasersiewneeara,, ale., Ts tzirg uhot ezers
are Owes to Jive in, not to look at.
Thew ia an almost utter absence a
archit ecturol adornment everywhere.
Ais I sit writing' this epistle my eyes
44.044 range Over a large number of
dwellings. They are nearly all alike
-plain, square structures, plastered
STIOW Wilite. There is a double door
in the centre of the front, and a. win-
dow at each eide.of the door, hi stoop
about tshixsytftranOdidteh,wrreieiess nao tfhoolutgf Zoom
to be seen, from the outside front.
These houses look bare and bald, and
axe ae exPreasiOn:ess its a bliod baby.
To me, moat houses have en emeresaion
of their own.
In nn EligIsh town a quiet walk
in the dawning, nutleing a ourvey et
the dwelling places, always leaves the
' mpriession, that I have gleaned an in.
ght luto the oharacter of the elwetle
t !torsi tie
THE CITEEICVeLOOKI.N.TG VILLA
with Ha auperabunsionots of ornament
MORU1110111, in inatieziry to the 81.1C,
oe.ssful mtning jobber on a smell scale,
The solemn -looking, eolid dwelling,
S talidAng in its own grounds, where
ery flower bueli has iie individual
prop, where the Iowa la trimmed with
thematioel exactitade, aud not MAO
vagrant leaf is allowen to stray,
es eke with a. kind or Wick aud mor -
041u54405 et virtue that has SW -
aped the auldime fulness of the
ral text which. eaith:-
• y of the transgressors is hard:"
'the
is the home of the middaanged
Churchman, whose feel room infancy
have fallen amid roses. Ho has never
erred beconae he bas never known
enough of human sympathy and 11U-
111.3ft MI and human struggle to feel
temptation. The coy little cottage
further on, surrounded by climbing
roses and sweet-smelling herbs, where
the gate is 1511. just e little bit open
as if inviting a welecone, aeema 1.0
advertise itaelf as the Immo of two
maiden Mateo, who, though pest the
giddy girlhood steno, stitl have hopes
or being aoutebodre. darling, by -and
bye.
But io a Boer town moat of thopiety
15 knottked out of a man. You stare
at the "mimes, and they stare batik
at you dumbly. 'Imre is nothino pre-
tentious or rakish about, any of them;
no matter bow riotous a. man's imag-
ination might be, be could never con-
jure up a " wink" from a Boer house,
though I have seen houses in otber
parte Of the woeld that seemed to
"cook an eye," at a passing travel -
a44 invite bin to try the door.
They have only two styles of roof-
ing to their dwellings, -either the old-
fiaabloned gable roof or the still old-
er kind of " !canto," tee latter being
nothing but a Oat top, bigh the
front and running lower toward the
beck, in order that the rain water may
carry off ritoidiy. They paint their
doors and windows
A. SOBEtt REDDXSH BROWN,
for your true Boer leis an utter con-
tempt for anything gaudy or gay. Ile
leaves that sort of thing to his nig-
ger servants, who make up for the
ma apseletrisi.lalok..01:0atpipiieioiation in the
matter of coot by rigging themselves
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the way of comerasts, for if the white
master is a Puritan in suoh• things,
out in anything that is startling
the nigger servant, male or female:, is
ira,..rleouseiNenottrrezeu‘ teeit- Eo"ter town is the
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ed, a.nd could make all her purchases happy we must have something bigh- HE TOOK THE PICTURE AFTER
befole the shops were shut, if her cr and better than ourselves to look ALL.
ladyship would kindly dispense with up- We want the consciousness on A. certain artist declares that a
servtees for a few hours. a friend and protector watching over newly betrothed lover commissioned
Inr "I think I can manage to arrange tll5 and caring for us. Happily most him to paint a secluded nook in the
that with Celestine," said Barber. of us have that consciousness; it is
Celestine wee the Parisian and born with us, a part of our being;
takes strange and various forms in
.superior maid, who re -arranged Mrs.
Alonsomos gowns, and repaired her different lands, but is always the same
Ladyships priceless laces.
"Do, like a good soul; and be sure
you thank the coachnian•s wife for
lending the little one clothes for to-
day. Yott will please buy everything
of the best, but of the simplest. When
she is a year ter two older I may choose
bar frocks rayself, perhaps. For the
present I sfhould like her to be dress-
ed always m some creamecolored
stuff -some kind of soft woolen mate-
rial, and than she need have but very
few undergarments, and no weight
of clothing to impede her movements.'
"Lord a mercy, what a mollycoddle,'
•
thought Barber, and then she ven-
tured a remonstrance on econoinical
grounds.
"Cream color so soon gets dirty, ray
lord," she said, "don't you think now
that neat lilac print, a small pat-
tern, and rather dark, wbuld be bet-
ter?" •
".Good heavens, no! Do you suppose
I want her to look like a workhouse
/child? I want her to brighten the
gardens by her presence, like a
beo.utiful human bUtterfly."
"Sale is such a ple.in child, my lord.
noise on the shore, because there he
had declared his passion. The pictiree 'plentitude of trees in the streets.
was painted, but before it oeii done, They are often ornamental, always
the lover said to t,te.....ntist. useful for purposes of shade. There is
instinet-a looking upward."
And then feeeing that his words Of course, pay for that pie- no regularity about their distribution;
tura as agreed, but my engagement they seem to have been planted spas-
modically at odd times and at odd po-
sition,s. There is little about them to
Lead one to the -belief that they re-
ceived overmuch care after they had
been put into the soil. I have found
O very creditable library in pretty
nearly every Boer town that I have
visited and it is a noteworthy faot
that all of our most cherished authors
find a piece on their bookshelves. One
other thing I have noticed, which,
though a small thing in itself, is yet
eery significant. In nearly every ho-
tel, and in many 'of the public places,
Portraits of our Queen and members
of the Royal family have been hang-
ing side by side with .portraits Of not-
able men suet% °A Mr. Glaistene, Lord
Salisbury; Mr. Dhamberiaan, and Mr.
Rhodes. During the course of the
war all kinds and collations of Boers
have had free access to the rooms
where these portraits were to be seen,
but now I find that no damage has
been done to any of these pictures,
excepting those of MT. Ithodee and
Mr. Chamberlain. This has not been
an ievereight on the part of the Boers
for 1 defy anY Person to find estate
tary visitors of the two last-named
gentleraen that hes not been, haolted
with knivee. But the Queen and Roy-
al family photographs ha,ve in every
case been treated with respect.
TALUS OP SWIMMING.
Au listeretike That it rtacticed Tee
Weems
It is rather strange sioce all tams
of athletics have become eueh a fad
with womeo thet more 'of them ,doa
110i. ISO,013, to swim. Stearatalog
more popular than it ualiel to be, but
still the great majority are mintier-
eut, to it, It is 1104 Only an /ideal een
Breese, but the knowledge a it often.
saves life, and this teature Mena
makes it cet sutficie:et impo.rtance to
Ireve it molt/sled as part of everyone a
ednce,tion. Sieriply viewed EIS an ex-,
eroise, it gives harmoeiloua activity to
every port cd the body, expands the
chest, strengthens the 'took and neson
oles, hUlnovea the figure end teaches
coafidence, self-relienee aod courage.
It le excellent, too, for th,t3 complex-
ion, arid those who practice it regular..
ly ere eure to lanve clear skins with
the softoesa end hloene of a Mae petal.
Those who go to Ode Seashore for
thew summer VS-CSIAQUS would get
double the pleasure from the trip it
they coold take an exhilarattag swipe
in the Cieetia toatead et merely dtp-
Ping it or being bulfeted and hom-
rnered by the waves until they feel
at; if they bad bed an encouuter with
Corbett. So if you, are ping to take
gyinamsties of any loud in the wee
future, turn your attention to swim.,
Miug, lead you will get undrearaedrod
pleasure and profit frorct the eXperie
enee,
-0-seyeank things
were outside the child's comprehension
he drew her tot hie breast and told her
the story of Jesus.
The child listened, her eyes wide
with wondee.
"Daddy did not know, on he would
have loved Jesus," she said.
And then Laehmax taught her the
first four lines of that childish pray-
er which he, lead learnt frora his gov-
erness three and twenty years be-
fore: "Gentle Jesus, 'meek and mild,
look upon a little child."
Stella .repeated the words after him
In •bee oleay, sweet tones; the first
prayer those lips had ever sytitabled.
Other prayers followed -the Lord's
Prayer firet and chiefest-ari'd Betsy's
conscience was relieved of a burden.
Stella had lived nearly a month at
the castle before she encountered Lady
Lashenar. The dowager had gone up
to London with Victorian and token
hem to Eton, and had spent a week at
Winclinr, in order to soften the agony
of parting with her idol. She talked
to Woo of his future-his.oareer-em-
phosizing the word with heroic mean -
is off, end, of course, it would be pain-
fullsuggestive to me. If you can
sell it to somebody else I will take
another picture and be extremely ob-
liged besides.
,The 'painter assented to the ar-
raogement, but within a week his pa-
tron again presented himself:
It is all right, he announoed joyous-
ly ; take that picture.
Am I to congratulate you on the re-
newal of your engagetnent t the artist
asked.
The other seemed a little confused,
but quickly recovered his self-posses-
sion and grinned as he said; '
Well, not exactly. It was the same
place, but the girt was different.
' AN ARTISTIC INNOVATION.
Mrs. Nibber-What aits that paint-
ing, Mr3. Fadd it It looks so queer,
and I can't quite make it out.
Mrs. Fadd-Oh, that's Niagara Falls
I've hung it upside down. That ever-
lasting- running water made me so
tired.
A FASJALONABLE WEDDING.
At Greenwich, Cann., receotly, there
wee a wedding -one of the moat re-
markable weddings that has ever
taken place in America. It waa 00-
1
Because it cost the bride's father
500,000.
Because the father's preseua to the
bride was a elleek for at,000,000,
Because it took 150 men to decorate
the church and house.
Beenuse a special wedding ma h
Was written for the occasion.
Became the oldest tapestries in tbe
world were bought for the occasion.
Because the bride's trousseau oost
3250,000.
Because the floral decorations oast
13125,000.
Because the carriages whittle convey-
ed the guests to the cituroh !armed a
line of more than a mile..
lloceuse a boy choir from old Trinity
Church in New York was hired to
escort the bride.
Bemuse a ch.uroll was entirely re.
modeled for the ceremony, and
Because 1,700 persons were engaged
to make the wedding a perfeet sus -
0633,
Gift to bride. . • . .01,000,00D
Floral decorations at church, 100,000
Floral decnrations for houae. 2.5,000
Bride's trousseau. . . 20,000
Collo lion. . . • 50,000
Carriages, 300 3,509
Special train. . . . , 1,000
Deteetioas on guard, 10. . 1200
Gifts to attendants. . 1,000
Music. . . • • . . .95,0D0
Cruise on Oneida. . • . 300,000
Tota.l.
USEFUL VOYAGE GIFT.
rf you have ever noticed how for-
getful and bewildered people become
when Packing a satchel you will not
smile at the useful little parting tok-
en a quick-witted niece gave her aunt.
It was simply a card some four inches
long and three inches wide, Oki which
was neatly written an enumeration
of the necessary and desirtieele arti-
cles that skonlet.go-littO a satek. Be-
a fiall list of toilet. impleeneets
it inoluded soap, scissors, court p1a."6-
ter. corkscrew, needles, thread, clothes
brush, twine, boot laces, collar but-
tons, small mirror, address book and
THE WILL AND THE WAY.
Neli-
girl to love more than one man at' a
It's simply impossible for a ,
Bess -Of course it is; but there is
nothing to prevent sever.al men from
loving one girl at the same time. . a,lit.del
THE GOLDEN EuLE.
He -Why is it that a girl wants to
kiss every baby. she sees I
She -To show that she is willing to
do unto others as she would have
others do unto her, I suppose.
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