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3y the accession of Edward VII to rnal,'utalo the King of Greece at Ath-
the Throne of his alienators, a new ens, cold• the lata Khedive Towik at
and deeper interest naturally attueh Cairo—having experience of men rind
cid to His 11lajoety's second and only tillage wherever ho went, Ariel. an -
surviving son, the Duke of York, other course of gunnery training nt
who, by the elevation of his father -`Portsmouth, to which ho volunteered
Ga kingly rank, at once became !Iola be was next appointed to the North-
=apparent of the :Crown, while else =butane, slag -ship of tho Channel
suceeeding to the title of Duke , of Squadron, and during the navalMan-
Cornwall, But this was much iuoro oeuvres of 1889 ho was placed in corn -
than a title. ' 1t has often Happened hand of a torpedo boat—which, by
than there has been a duke without the way, also tools part in the grand
ducats, but the Cornwall title is ono review itt Spithoacl in honor of his
not merely of a dukedom, which cousin
night conceivably carry with it nal -
thee land 'nor lucre, but of a duchy, I THE GERMAN EMPEROR.
with its solid acid "delectable" lit- Asa result of his solid merits
come of £60,000 a year— a sum Prince George was soon thereafter
which lois fallen to .the heir to' the (May 1890) appointed to command
Throne as part only of the laconic es tele gunboat Tliruslt for service on
sontial to the 'keeping up of his dig- the North American and 'Vest Indian
rtity; and in the case of our last Stations, a connuand which he held
Prince of Wales this income amount- for thirteen months, and it was clur-
ed to over £100,000, apart from Mg this period that ho was deputed
X10,000 allowed for the separate use by the Quenu to represent IIer Ma -
of Itis Consort, Sixty thousand a jesty at the .opening of tho Indus -
year alone from the Duchy of Corn- trial Exhibition in Jamaica, on
well is a handsome enough revenue, which occasion he specially request -
and it may truly be said that it ecl of the Adini_'al in charge of the
could not have devolved upon a more station that he might simply be
careful economist than its present _rented as an ordinary naval ofacer.
possessor, in whom there never was On returning to England the Prince
anything of tho wild "Prince Hal," was ,promoted to the rank of eom-
still loss of the Prodigal Sou. mender (of the second class cruiser
HIS CHARACTER efolampus) being then only in his
was formed in the two best schools twenty-seventh year and the four -
of our national virtues—the family teenth of his naval service, but with
circle and the fleet. In his messages as good a record behind him as any
to the navy and army on succeeding of his contemporary mates. This
to the Throne, Edward VII. rightly was in August, 1891, and a few
thought ho was paying the former months later it seemed as if his car -
tee highest compliment in Itis power act' were to be suddenly cut short by
when he reminded it that, as her de- a serious attack of enteric fever,
ceased Majesty "had made it the pro- which caused his mother to hurry
fession of my late lamented brother, home from Livadia, where, with her
se I also chose it for the early edu- daughters, she was on a visit to her
cation of both my sons," imperial sister of Russia. From this
After two years' training on the dangerous attack the Prince eecov-
Brittania, tho Royal brothers were erect, but a few weeks later his bro-
transferred to the steam corvette ther, the Duke of Clarence, succumb -
Bacchante, commanded by Captain eel et Sandringham to a similar mal -
(now Admiral) Lord Charles Scott. • ady, It being fated that one should
of Ws
DUKE OF CORNWALL AND YORK.
aud as "middies" on board this ves-
seI they made a memorable voyage
round the world, visiting among oth-
er places, Halifax, N.S., the West In-
dies, South America, the Cape, Aus-
tralia, Fiji, Japan China, Singa-
pore, Ceylon, Egypt, the Holy Land
and Greece; a voyage of which the
Princes kept a careful diary -record,
which was afterwards published as
the "cruise of il.11,S, Bacchante,"
with additions by Mr. Dalton, and
was ,'cad by the public with the deep-
est interest.
00 returning from the voyage
round the world the two brothers
went to Lausanne, in Switzerland,
for six months to perfect themselves
in french, and then their paths for
the first time diverged, to their great
sorrow—for they had ever been a de-
voted pair—Prince "Eddy" coating
ashore, so to speak, to acquire those
graces and accotnplislunents, inde-
speuattble to a prince standing in di-
rect, succession to the Throne, which
were impossible of attainment: on the
clink of e ship; and Prince George
STICKING TO TIIE SEA
es to a scene of future honor and
usefulness. Asa midshipman on the
Canada he served with dist inction on
the North American told Rest Inditun
Stations, which gave hint an oppor-
tunity of visiting the Dominion, then
under the governorship of his uncle
by marriage, the Marquis of Lorne.
On his nineteenth birthday (Jame 8,
libIl) he passed as sub -lieutenant,
obtaining, a "first-class" in seaman-
ship; and 10 111110 more than a year
thereafter, having spent the interval
is Ilurd study at the Naval College,
Greenwich, and H.M.S.Excellent at
Portstuoutlt•--a ship tvhich is not a
ship but an island— he obtained his
lieutenancy, after taking at "fleet -
class" in five of his subjects— sea-
manship, navigation, torpedo, gun-
nery and pilotage; and it is known
that his severe examiners were no re-
specters of persons.
After this his career was as rapid
as it could be by dint of honest mor -
1t and net of rank, width is not a
thing to conjecture with In tho Brit-
ish Navy ih matters of promoti.oi,
Fleet appointed to the Thuederer on
the Mediterranean Station, Ito was
transferred to the Dreadnought, and
to the Alexandra, flag; ship of his
sailer -Uncle, the Delco of l;dinbnra,•h,
under wham he remained for lees
years, during which time he visited.
the Sultnn et Stan.00ul, his mater -
be taken and the other left. And
now the life of Prince George took a
totally different course. He had
been, looking forward to the further
pursuit of his naval career, but he
was suddenly diverted from his path
as a sailor to prepare himself for bo -
coming a sovereign.
To begin with he was created Duke
of York, a title which, created by
Richard II. in 1385, had always been
confined to
THE ROYAL FAMILY.
IL hacl generally been conferred on
the Sovereign's second son; and in
three cases at least they had suc-
ceeded to tho Th'ote—two of them,
Henry VIII. and Charles I., after the
death of their eider brothers. The
last lie:u'er of the title had been the
soldier sea of George 1IL, woo was
our commander-in-chief for many
years. Ilaviug thus succeeded to his
• brother's posiliou as heir apparent
to the Throne, the new Duke of York
after a decorous interval, also step-
ped into his brother's shoes in re-
spect of his iwtrothed, Princess Vic-
toria Mary of Teck, whose formal
engagement to Prince "Eddy" had
only been announced a few weeks be-
fore he died. This matrimonial ar-
rangement has its analogue in the
case of the Czar Alexander III. of
Ruesia, who ,had similarly taken ov-
er the matrimonial engagement of
his elder brother, the C'zarevitch de-
ceased, to Princess Dngmar of 'Den-
mark, sister of the Princess of Wales.
It wa„5 said that Prince George had
long been • an admirer of Princess
May, but had stood aside in favor of
his elder brother, and had now shn-
ply reverted to his old love. This
was the lust time since Jaynes 'II.,
who had also been a Duke of York,
that an heir to the Throne had chos-
en an English bride, so the British
public were ell the more in favor of
the marriage, though tho blood of
Princess May was not exactly a fresh
introduction into the Royal family,
she and the Prince, among other con-
sanguineous ties, having had a coin -
Mon ancestor in tiro person of George.
III. Never wits a Royal marriage
more popular, and its celebration on
July 7th, 1898, will always rank as
ono of the most splendid and ane-
morablo pageants of tie Victorian
era.
'1'le Duke had Once ahrady, 1r 1u
new could be trusted, returned to his
old love and now he wns to go back
to an older one still --,tis
AFFECTION FQ11 TIM 111111..
Before Itis marriage 111 1808, be
had been raised to the rank, of cap•
tele in the lteyal Navy, but it was
not till 1808 that he wee given his'
first commission. Tho interval bad
been sedulously devoted to the learn"
ini, of all 1 Iris now ceremonial duties
ea Heir Apparent—duties which -in -
eluded a semi -state tour In Ireland
In company with his wife, when he
rendered a realservice to the. cause
of Hibernian paeilieation and Inger
Jai unity. But the time had now
coin° whoa ho thought Ire might safe-
ly exchange, for a little while, Ills
functions As Sovereign -in -waiting for
those of an active sailor •om the
waves, and in the summer of 1898
lie assumed command al the Crescent,.
This flue vessel he commended for
three months, partly tet the Manoeu-
vres, the rest of tiro time in various
Channel ports, and in the solotet his
vessel was visited by the Queen, who
ooniplimented hirn on its very smart
appearance. As the Duchess of York
had shared her husbitnd's society
during a pert of his time on the
Crescent, so she is again his devoted
companion on the Opine for his se-
cond voyage round the world, com-
mencing with_ Australia and
ENDING WXTeI CANADA.
That the Heir Apparent is steeply
imbued with the idea of imperial un-
ity _nay be inferred, among other
things, from the fact that he and his
Consort, conferred the significantly
additional names of Cleorgo Andrew
Patrick David-tlioso of the patron
saints of our four nationalities—on
their eldest son, Prince Edward, who
now stands itt direct succession to
the Throne and tints in his own boy-
ish self incorporates. the United King-
dom. 'The Duke of York is now en-
gaged in a mission which is bound to
result 111 the closer unity of the whol
Empire. Apart from its purelypolit-
ical aspects, this mission, with its
bracing sea -breezes and its healthful
changes, will also, as we all hope,
have the effect of strengthening the
constitution of its illustrious chief,
whose illness prevented him from, be-
ing present at the final scene in the
momentous life -drama of his grand-
mother's reign, as well as the open-
ing scene in the drama of King Ed-
ward VII.
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BOERS EMIGRATE.
Are Leaving for German South
West Africa.
Twenty Boers, who live in Amster-
dam, will leave for German South-
West Africa shortly, and in Decem-
ber 200 Care Colonists will leave
Cape Town for the same destination.
These people have been influenced to
emigrate by the favorable reports re-
ceived from Cape Colonists and
Transvaalcrs who emigrated - there
last spring, They are, . without ex-
ception, perfectly sasisfied. Twenty
five of the forty who went there
have bought land and are very busy,
cultivating it. They affirm that they
havo seen nothing of the German
bureaucracy, which had been painted
to then_ in such dark colors ; on
the contrary, the kindness of the
Governor and his officials cannot be
praised enough. All find the climate
very good. Some have started sheep
breeding, and, beginning with only a
few hundred, they havo had a great
increase in lambs, which thrive very
well.
The plan conceived by the Ger-
man administration of the Canier-
into the country
oohs to penetrate t t y
as far north as the River Denue,
,ttnd to found a settlement at Gama,
is now to be carried out. First
Lieutenant Dominik will load an ex-
pedition through Adalnara, and es-
tablish himself at GGerna. It will
not be a military expedition, but
will consist of a caravan of carriers
and workmen. A large military ex-
pedition cannot bo sent owing to the
lack of men. The Colonial Adminis-
tration will, for the present, only
gain a footing there. The settlement
will establish relations with the na-
tives and accustom them to German
rule. The intention is not to ad-
vance as far ns Lake Chad, which is
situated 400 kilometres from Benue,
and could only be reached with a
great military force. Owing to the
distulbances in the coast districts
of the Cameroon, the whole garri-
son must remain there for some
time to come.
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THAT "OFF" FLAVOR CHEESE
Prof. Harrison Thinks He Has
Found the Bacteria.
The dilliculty over the ill -flavored
cheese from a number of Ontario fac-
tories is in a fair way to be cleared
up. Hon, Mr. Dryden is in receipt
of a letter from Prof. Harrison, bac-
teriologist at the Ontario Agricul-
tural College, stating that he has
found a species of bacteria, which,
he thinks, is responsible for the
"off" flavor. Ile is experimenting
with it to ascertain, if possible, if
it is the same as that found in the
mill: about which complaint is made.
Prof. Harrison, who is assisted in
the investigation by Prof. Dean of
the dairy dopartumut, has instruc
tions to spare no ellort in the at-
tempt to solve a question that for
some months has puzzled cheese -
rankers and farmers alike. It is in-
tended that Ito should examine the
milk cans ie which the whey is car-
ried back to the farms, and also pos-
sibly the stables. It has been iiotie-
cd that the "oil" flavor is irregular
in its ttppearnatce, and sometimes is
not present for days at a Limo.
'l'Ite conplaimt came first respecting
cheese mode at the Innerklp factory,
The "off" 'Inver has since been de-
tected et a score or more other fac-
tories nt irregular Intervals, cud as
it affected the price of tho cheese in
the, English market it wee deemed
necessary to find the cause and the
remedy et once,
—
Bottvtien 1830-1860 ono and a hail
Million people etnigrated front Ire-
land.
TI, It, 1I. Princess Victoria Mary
.Augusta Louisa Olgo, Pauline Olaud-
inn Agnes, Duchess of Cot'uwall and,
Yorlc, is a great-granddaughter of
:King George 11x, of those Minis.
Icing George .III, had fourteen child-
ren, but, of these there wore singulet'-
ly few descendants in tile' second
generation. Sevoeal of his sons
either did not marry at all, till
quite late :in. life, their' mart'iages>
were lturrled on bee.uee 11 was seen
tient the line was in danger ui failing
while others only contracted child
less or unrecognized unions.. • The
Duchess of York's grandfather,
Prince Adolphus, Dulce of Cnntlnlidge,
was one of those who married to
"oblige the nation, when he hnd
reached the ' ago of forty-two, Ho
then had three Children, the Prince
11010 10110lv11 to us as the Duke of
Cambridge (the late Commander -in -
Chief of the army) ; Princess Au-
gusta, who rnerriee the Grand I)uke
of elociclonhurg-Strolitz and Prin-
cess Mary Adelaide, who married the
Duke of 'lock, and became the anoth-
er of the present Duchess of Corn-
wall and York, as well as of three
sons,
PIRINCESS MARY ADELAIDE
Was the only young Princess about
the Court in the late Queen's young-
er days, and thence bore something
like the relation of a younger sister
towards her. But, though thus seen
end admired by many, it was not
till she was thirty-three years old
that sho met her fate. Then a young
Prince, a few years younger than
herself, and alinost as handsome as
the Queen's husband, appeared on
the scene. He was Prince Francis of
Teck, the only son of the then Duke
Alexander of Wurtemberg. The chil-
dren of this union, the eldest son
being the father of the Duchess of
York, were called ''Teck," as that
is ono of the lesser titles of the
Kings of Wurtemberg.
found it necessary in 18813 to glee)
up altogether their London apart -
month in Kensington Peleee, and 10
close White Lodge end spend solve
,time as economically es possible
abroad, The greater pert of their
period of absettpo. was passed in diet
Immo of art — Florence, and there
Princess May, now an intelligent
maiden in her teens, studied art
under the guiclanco of her motltet',
and with the willingly-givett. aid of
the authorities on tate subject who
Cluster' itt Florence, amidst the tree-
slues of the Pitt! and Uffizi Palaces
and other galleries, ITere,;too, she
perfected her knowledge of foreign
languages ; tied she returned to
land with with ]ter parentsafter crit ab-
sence of some eighteen months to
take her place in LONDON COURT CIRCLES
a more accomplished and cultured
young lady than she could possibly
havo beenbut for that experience.
Princess Alay attended her first
Royal Drawing -Room in the 5pring
of 1886, and was present at two or
three other Sato functions 01 that
year. She was a constant compan-
ion of her mother at all the private
gatherings which the Duchess of Took
honored with 11gr presence, as well
as at the theatre and other public
places, and the bright, soli-raliant,
almost audacious countenance of the
gay and happy young Princess be-
came familiar to many people.
i 'Constantly together ns they were,
Princess May could not but bo in-
spired with the characteristics of
her "English" mother. Of those
perhaps the most notable were char-
ity and industry. The Duchess of
Teck was very industrious. All her
housekeeping was done by herself ;
she wrote innumerable letters, both
friendly and charitable, with her
own hand ; and she always had some
Piece of needlework ready to take
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DUGHESS OF CORNWALL AND YORK.
The young Prince Francis of Teck
wont to England in 1866 to visit
the Prince of Wales, whom he Mad
met on the Continent. Ile was pre-
sent at a dinner at St. James' Pal
nee on the 7th of Mauch, and there
ince the Princess Mary Adelaide ; on
April 7th, while walking with her in
Kew Gardens, near New Cottage,
where she lived with her widowed
mother, he proposed to the Princess
and was accepted, and the wedding
took place on July 1ilt1h, after some
sixteen weeks' acquaintance. Queen
Victoria was present at the wedding
in Kew Church,
The Duchess of Cornwall and York
was the first child of the young
couple, and was born at Kensington
Palace at one minute before midnight
on May 26th, 1867. The baby was
baptized in tho long string of names
above given, in Kensington Palace,
the Queen being ono of the sponsors
by proxy, and the Prince of Wales,
who was present in person, another,
PRINCESS MAY
remained her mother's only girl ;
three brothers did not take the place
of the one daughter, and the tender
relation between the Duchess of Teck
and ber one girl was of the closest
and fondest throughout their life,
Between Princess May and her
brothers and the children of the
Prince and Princess of Wales there
was a good deal of intimacy and fre-
quent family visiting. They wore
much 'of an age, the Duke of Clarence
the Prince of Wales' oldest son, be-
ing three years and the .Duke of
York only two years Princess May's
senior. Prince George (now Duke of
Cornwall and York), was the
"pickle" of his family at the time,
full of gaiety and pranks. IIo had
not then hanging over him the re-
sponsibility of being 1101r to the
throne, but expected to pass his life
in the perhaps really mare peete11111
Comparative obsrttrity of a younger
son, Princess May was very gay and
lively too ; but porlrnps the gentle
and mare melancholy elder coushi
was more attractive to hoe lively
spiritat that time.
Many ns aro the mils and respon-
}sibillties of n, 'Royal heuaet:eepnr, and
costly as le Cia oducnlian of Sone,
tho Duke and Duchess of Took, whose
income for thole sLetion was email,
up to fill unconsidered trifles of
Wm. In a little paper that she
once wrote to recommend the
"Needlework Guild" to ladies, she
observed that bot)_ she and her
daughter always had a piece of knit-
ting or needlework lying ready to
take up at an odd moment, and the_
the result of these accumulated mo-
ments was astonishing. Charity, in-
deed, took almost the form of a.
business—at least it was an ever-
present duty—with the Duchess, and
in this respect, too, Princess May
was trained to follow her mother's
example.
Sucle work as all this is not done
so whole-heartodly and kindly with -
but winning recognition ; and whoa
11 was announced in December, 1891,
that the then Heir to the Throne,
Prince Edward, or, as the public
knew him, Albert Victor, Duke of
Clarone°, was betrothed to his pretty
cousin May, public satisfaction with
the
"ENGLISH PRINCKSS,"
the daughter of tho beloved Princess
Mary, Duchess of Teck, was very
great. The Queen, who had always
felt and shown great kindness to ler
cousin's family, gave her hearty ap-
proval to the match, and prepara-
tions for the wedding wore innle-
diately begun, Alas 1 those happy
plans were clouded over almost in-
stantly, Only two or three weeks
after the betrothal, induenza broke
out with great virulence at Sand-
ringham. Prince "Eddy" was taken
i11 only on January 8, and on. Janu-
ary 1d he passed away 1
Something snore than a year elaps-
ed before it was mado known that
the Duke of York had offered him-
self to his cousin, and that after
ell Princess May was to be the bride
of the ITeir to the Throng. The same
reasons that had trade the original
marriage with the Heir popular Were
now added to by public sympathy
with the loss that she had sustained,
end the •marriago eves generally ap-
proved. The Queen g0vo it all the
teeth -lotion in her power by attend-
ing in ;;tate at the ceremony, which
tools plaeo in rho Chapel- Royal, St.
James', on July 6, 1808.
Apartments in St. James' Palace
called York House, were provided as
_'town residence, and York Cott(4ge,
in Siuidringhem Park, was enlarged,
attd boOtetno
T111'i C0i)NTIIY 1r10M9)
0f Ilio yuueg eouplo, This marriage
has proved fruitful, the Duke and
Duchess being already the parents of
foal qrtllroit
Who ToIt Presumptive
to the Threw), Prince Edward of
York, was born at White Lodge,
where the ,Duchess had gone to Neve
her mother's tender caro and 0119 -
port, an ,luno 18 Tlto Duchess of
Teak's death in the following year
was a great grief to her dttughlot',
10110 had the melancholy satisfaction
of being proaent at the last, though
the demise was very'suddon. The
Duke of Teck has died since, •
Many public functions have been
pot•foetned by the Pubo one iluelees
of York, Ono of the most iinPorLanb
events in thole history wits their
State visit to Ireland. But the in-
creased. consequence now given them
by the' accession of the Drake's par-
ents to the Thione wil1render their
public LPpeat'ances even more num-
erous end Interesting' In future, and
the journey to Australia, South Af-
rica arid Canada Inas proven that
they can fittingly fulfil' valuable hig'1
'ceremonial duties. -
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THE HBRMIT Ok' CAPE MALEA,
Pathetic Story of An English Sea
Captain.
About twenty-five years ago there
was a young English sailor tvlio, by
dint of hard work, integrity of elute -
actor and firmness of will, reached at
the ago of 20 the sutnmit of his am-
bition—becoming a roaster of wltttt
then would be called a good-sized
steamship, some 900 tons register,
Upon this accession to good fortune
ho married the girl of his choice,,
who had patiently waited for him
since as boy and girl sweethearts
they parted on his first going to sea.
And with rare complacency his own-
ers :gave him tho inestimable priv-
ilege of carrying Itis young bride to
sea with him,
How happy 11e was ! How deep
and :all -embracing his pride, as
steaming down the grimy Thames he
explained to the light of his eyes all
the wonders that she was now wit-
nessing for the Gist tine, but which
he hacl made familiar to her mind by
his oft -repeated - sea storiesduring
the few bright days between voyages
that it had been able. to develop to
courtship. The ship was bound to
several Mediterranean ports, the
time being late autumn, and conse-
quently the most ideal season for• a
honeymoon that could possibly be
imagined. Cadiz, Genoa, Naples,
Venice, a delightful tour with not
one weary moment wherein to wish
for something else. Even a flying
visit to old "Rome , from Naples had
been possible, for the two ofllcers,
rejoicing in their happy young skip-
per's joy, saw to it that no une
necessary ca.'es should .trouble him,
and born willing testimony, in order
that he should got as much delight
out of those halcyon days as possible
that the entire crew were as docile
as could be wished, devoted to their
bright commander and his beautiful
wife. Then at Venice came orders to
proceed to Galati and load wheat
for Monte. Great was the glee of the
girl -wife. She would see Constanti-
nople and the Danube. Life would
hardly bo long enough to recount all
the wonders of this most wonderful
of wedding trips. And they sailed,
with hearth ororbrimming with joy
as the blue sky above them seemed
welling over with sualigltt.
WIND AND WEATHER
favored thein, nothing occurred to
cast a shadow over their happiness
until nearing Cape Mala a1, that
fatal hour of the morning, just be-
fore the dawn, when more collisions
occur than at any other time, they
were run into by a blundering Creel:
steamer centime the other way, and
cut down amidships to the water's
edge. To their peaceful sleep or quiet
appreciation of the night's silver
splendors succeeded tho overwhelm-
ing flood, the hiss and roar of es-
caping steam, the suffocating em-
brace of death. In that dread fight
for life all perisbed but ono, he so
lately the happiest of men, the
skipper. Instinctively clinging to a
fragtnetlt of wreckage, be had been
washed ashore under Cape Dlalea at
the ebbing of the scanty tide, and
his strong physique reasserting it-
self enabled him to trach the pla-
teau. lIere ho was found gazing
seaward by some goat-herds, who,
in search of their nimble -footed
flocks, had wandered down the pre-
cipitous side of the mountain. They
endeavored to persuade hint to come
with them back to the world, but in
vain, He would live, gratefully ac-
cepting Some of then poor provisions
but from that watching plate he
would not go. And those rude peas-
ants, understanding something of
his woe, sympathized with him so
deeply that without payment or
hope of any, they helped hint to
build his hut, and kept him supplied
with such poor morsels of food raid
dt'inlc as sufficed for his stunted
needs.
And there, with his gaze fixed dur-
ing all his waking 'hours upon that
Inscrutable depth wherein all his
bright hopes hadsuddenly been
quenched, he lived until quite recent
years, "the world forgetting, by the
world forgot," a 111111g monument
of consLaatcy and patient, uncom-
plaining grief. By his humble
friends, whose language ho never
]earned, he was regarded es a saint,
and when one day they came upon
his lifeless body fallen forward upon
his knees at the little unglazed win-
dow tlu'ougli which lie was wont to
look out upon the sea where his
dear ono lay, they felt confirmed in
their opinion of the sanctity of the
hermit of Cape Melee,
A NEW BUILDING MATERIAL.
Ait excellent building material, re-
semhliug pressed brick but harder, is
e110 being made at ICuropean gas-
works from coke ashes, hitherto a
troubieseine waste, The ashes ere
carefully powdered, mixed ^ with a
tenth part. of slacked lithe, formed
Into a still paste with water, and
pressed into bricks like ordinary
Clay. Tho bricks, protected froin
rain,/11118011 in the air without the
aid of artificial heat;
BO BONNIE S fTIIMIIi,
NEWS 33'g XKAXL 11'ROI\I IIET°,
BANKS AND Ii1RAl S,
MV/eny Things He.ppsn to Tntoroet.
the Minds of Auld Scotia's
Sorts,
r, Carnegie has 91 Yen 1400 for
alt organ for the East Free Ohurtlit, •
1<ilbiruto,
,
o
o rs 'bon
Ir. Nathaniel 'Dunlop 1 a
A 1
elected deputy -chairman of the Clyde
Trust by 14 votes to 0,
Sheriff Fria:epee Lees bite apeeint-
ed ox -Provost Cockburn, Falkirk, OM
iJonoi'ary Sherhl'-Stibstltuto.
It wets so foggy at Chlasgow` re,
conLly that the electric cars had to
run all day with their lights turned
Ili', J; W. Bailey has been elected
as representative of the Sixth Ward,
Greenock, in room of the late Dailio
(look,
'1'111 Council -of Aye hes decided
that o 1 y Il
1 t n electric street ears shall bo
run until a plebiscite has been taken,
to ttscot'titin the popular will'
The Rev, William Robertson, for.
mor'ly of Philipliaugh Congregational'
Church, Selkirk, has accepted tate ,
pastorate of 1,110 church of Paula,
Shetland.'
Tho „Tear! of Galloway has con-
sented to run for the position of
provost of Newton Stewart, in 5110 -
cession to Provost Kelly, who -has
resigned.
A new Established Church is to be
erected at Annbank, Ayr, the cost of
which will be 132400. A consider••
able portion of tho cost has already
been subscribed,
The'fiehing season at Stromness is
almost at a close. The total catch
is 40,000 °vans, representing earn-
ings to the fishermen of nearly - as
many pounds sterling.
Contracts are being called for with
a view to the construction of an
alectt9c railway at I{irkcaldy, and
itis proposed to enlarge the 'same()
so as to take in Dysart.
The death is annouueee of Mr.
Gordon Pirie, of Waterton, father of
Mr. D. Vernon Pirie, M.P., for North
Aberdeen. at the Chateau de Vow
relines, Marne et Loire, Prance.
A well known musioian of Edin-
burgh died recently in tho person of
Mr. J. C. J)ibdin, Mr. Dibdin was a
grandson of the famous Charles Dire
(lin, the writer of so many of Eng-
land's sea songs,
The inauguration of a handsome
organ, Mr. Andrew Carnegle's gift
to tho town of Kirkcaldy, in tho
Adam Smith Ilnll, was celebrated 'by
a recital given by tilt• (1 W Per-
kins, organist to this Corporation of,
Dirmiagham. Provost Hutchison
presided, The, Proceeds of the reclt-
1t1 were devoted to the, Pr'ovost's war
fund,
Tia new Gifford and Gat'vald Baf1-
way, whish opens up a considerable
portion of Fame Lothian. to traffic,
has been inspected -for the hoard of
Trade by Major Pringle, ILL., Tho
lino, which has been in course of
construction for fully two years,
will probably 1)0 open next month.
At present tho terminus is at Gifford
but it is hoped it may prove suee
cessfui enough to encourage ex.•
tension to Clarvttld..
Provost Keith, Hamilton, has ro-
neivod tt letter front Mr. Andrew
Carnegie intimating his intention of
presenting a free library to Hamil-
ton on coidiLion that the bur'tih
adopts the Freo Libraries Act and
provides a site. It is hoped that in
connection wi h
L the library n 1 erhni-
cm.l Instituto may be erected. 1111.
How Morrison, curator of the Edin-
burgh free library, who is Mr. Car-
negie s adviser in such natters, was
In town on Friday; and, accompanied
by Provost Keith, had a number of
suitable sites Inc the library pointed
out:
THE CORNER STONE. •
There are men fn business who are
not taking advantage of their oppor-
tunities. There are men who are suc-
cessful because they have just acci-
dentally fallen. foto the groat whirl
of prosperity, 'l'hey succeed and
can't tell why. There are other men
who fail even after a conscientious,
determined effort. It seems strange
to some especially to the ono
who fails. The man who stuiubles
into prosperity 1s fortunate. Ho
would probably never have gotten
there any other way. The 01011 who
fails gets Consolation and pleasure,
perhaps, out of the activity which
should have but did 1101 produce re-
sults, ITe gets benefit out of his ex-
perience and next time can go about
his work more wisely, with a greeter
chance of whining. Tho whole rea-
son for success may not be because
of good aciveetisittg, but good adver-
tising is a foundation upon which to
build success. That foundation Intal
have for its canter stone honesty
and persistence, Those points arc
commercial requisites. They give to
the merchant his reputation, (l'hey
make his advertising valuable. They
cause people to know that when the
man says it tiring it can be depended
upon. It is easier to get busiuess
front advertising after the rnpitlatiotl
for Itollesly Inns beau establishecl, 'It
is easier to secure Citstortlet's when
people know what they have bought
in tunes past has proved satisfactory-.
The reputation established by a firm
is tho strong petite that clinches the
argument; atncl caused people to note
the values offered will prove worth
the price asked or the establishment
will make it word, while for the cus-
tomer to call attention to the goods
that were not of the right quailey.
0' ---
AN. OPPonT'f NTTY,.
Supposing' I give you ,your supper,
said the tired -looking woman.WIlttt
will you, do to Carn it 3
'Vedette said Meandering Mike, lrll
give you de oppoeitoniLy of 50e111' a
man go t'roo tt whole meeI iv11'0111
findh1' fault wit' 5, single ting,
Tho woman thought t' minute and
then
settiltolletablhie,rn to c,::'mc til mid she'd