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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1894-11-16, Page 2t,1N&3R A. GL,OU A . TaluLLING TATA OP FTVMAX IFI L. CHAPTER VII,.-11.1alolnpau,l "Sir Mark, I'm it plain men, and >; think liy lila lime you pretty well know my hie• tory, .1 ought to be over iu 'Trinidad sup, eiintending the cocoa estate my poor Wilt.,, or left me, but I detose the West Indio, WI 'love European life, It is my min. fortune be be too Weil otl, Not rich, het I he" o oomfortab'e, modest ;wools. Naturally idle, I suppose." °Ngueenso, it 1" said the admire' gruffly "One of the most active men Iever met." t"Thnnk you, Well, idle, awarding to ke accepted ideas of some of the Ameri- *arts we meeb abroad, Dollars --making riollereo—their whole conversation chinks of the confounded coin, and their ladies' doesaes rustle with greenbacks, I hate aeoneymaking, but I like money for my [lave, which burn me into good society and among the beauties of nature. Yes, I am en idler—full, perhaps, of dilettantism." "Rather a long preface, Mr. Barron" lila Sir. Mark gruffly, "Make headway, please. What is it you wish to say ?" "I think you know, air," said the other warmly. "I lived to thirty-seven, hardly giving a thought to the other sex, save as agreeable companions. I met you and your niece and daughter over yonder at Macugnaga, and the whole world was changed.", "Humph 1" "I am not s boy, sir. I speak to you a a'mon of the world, and I tell you plainly tkat I love her ac <strong man only eau lave. "Edith 7" "Don't trifle wi.10 me, sir 1" cried Barron bringing his hand down, heavily upon the table, and gazing almost fiercely in the old eaitcr's eyes. "Humph ! my daughter, then. And you have told her all. thie?" "Sir Mark Jerrold ! Have I ever given you cause to think 1 was other then n gentleman ?" "No, no," said the admiral hastily. "I beg your pardon. kat tm's is all vary sadden ; we are such new acquaintances." "You might call it friends," said Barron reproachfully. 'No; aoqueintanees—yet,' said the old sailor sturdily. "Then you do give me same hope ?" dried Barron excitedly. "No, I did not, sir. I'm out of sound- ings here. No; hang it, I meant to say, sir, in shoal water. Hang it, man, I don't want the child to think about each things for years." "Sir Mark, your daughter must be twenty." "Eh ? Twenty ? Humph ! Well, I sup- pose she is." "There is no hurry, sir. Let matters go on as they are, only let it be an understood thing that you do, say in a lateatmay, en- oenrage my suit." "No, sir; I'll bind myself to nothing; I— Oh, hang it all, man, why did you spoil a pleasant trip like this t" "Spoil it, Sir Mark? Have some aampas• pian for the natural feelings of a mon thrown into the society of so sweet a girl sa— "That will do, sir; that will do," cried the admiral, frowning. "There; I'm not going to quarrel with you, Mr. Barron, I was young once myself. I was a good sailor, I'm told, but this sort of thing is out of my latitude. if my poor wife had lived Phew 1 it's growing hot, isn't it? Thunderstorm, I suppose." "I'm very sorry, Sir Mark." "So am 1, sir," said the admiral. "There's aa" end to ones rip." "Sir Mark 1 Don't talk like that, I'll leave the hotel to -morrow. I would not on any consideration--" "That wilt do, Mr. Barron ; that will Op. I'm a man of few words, and whet I say I mean. This ciao go no further Isere," "You don't mean tbatyou will go away ? "Back to England, sir, and home a alit as Icon." "But my proposal, sir?" "I have a sister there, air, my counselor it all matters concerning my two girls," "But you will give me leave to call—iu England?' " Tohah, man! You'll forget it all in a month." Barron smiled. "You'll give me leave to call at your house?" "As a gentleman, air, I oan hardly refuse that." Barron limited and bowed. "I see, sir. I have been too hasty, Admiral Jerrold. I ask you a favor, if you do carry out your hasty decision, to make same inquiries reepeotiog Mr. Barron of Trinidad." "1 shall, sir, of comae," said the admiral. "You'll excuse me now; Ym going to join my niece and daughter." He left the veranda gallery, pulling heavily at his oigar, while Barron stood watching him. "Hit or miss?" he muttered. "Hit, I think, and game worth bringing down. She's cold. Well, naturally, I don't think l managed [150 badly, after alt" "Oh, here's uncle," said Edie half an boor later as she saw the big, burly figure of the old sailor approaching. , " Oh, you dear, good old uncle. Come and sit down kers, end you can see the color ohangiog on the ice peaks," "No, no no. Come hadk, girls, and peck up. We're off by the first tram to- morrow "VY here to now, papa?" "Bourne Square, W., my dear, as soon s we oan get there. Come along ! "Myry—Mr. Barron passed as we game into the hotel, and only raised hta hat." "Have, papa and he had soma misunder. sbandingover the cards?" " Perhap,s: over the hearts," '"Edie 1" cried Myra coloring. " What do you mean?" "He 'has been proposing for you, and taste sold no.; and now he is going to carry Ate off home to be safe." "Proposed for me," said Myra thought- fully, and in the most unruffled way, as her eyes hammed a dreamy, wondering look. "0f course you love him dearly, don't 'coq?" "I? Oh, no," said Myra celmly, "Whata strangegirl oho is!' thought Edith that night as she went to bed. And Myta said to herseifagain calmly and thoughtfully : " Proposed for me, Perhaps Pldie is right. Bub how strange. CHAPTER V11T. etneteren'[ 050081001, "Yes, sir, We dame," said Mee, Brittle, looking sadly in at the doorway on the left aide of the tire; " and I hope it will titre eat all right, but my experience of piper is that they always bushes to the wieter,end drowns all your nelglibera out on the next floor," "Well, Ihops this will bo an oxesption," raid Strettoe, laughing. "I hope do, too, sir, and it's no laughing mettsr, and for my part—though, of course, gentlemen have a right to do se they alto- I think there is uothiug like tt big, fiat cine bath peinbed oak ant, and white in, set Qn a piece of oilcloth, in a gentleman's bed- room, Then you've your big spongo and a can of water, No trouble about them get - Wog out of order." "But the trouble, Mrs. Brads," said Stratton. "No filling; no anything." "No, sir, of course not; but you're always at the mercy of the plumbers ; and if these men don't always leave their work ao that it'll make another job before long, I'tn nob a Chriatiau woman," "0h, you object to it because it's oew fashioned," said Stratton merrily. ' Which, begging your pardon, I don't sir What I do object to is your taking up a beautiful closet to make into a bath room; and out of your sitting romp, and none too much cupboard root* adore. If it had been a cupboard in your bedroom I shouldn't have said award." "Bat there wasno cupboard there, lira. Brade, and that closet tlttod exactly,so say no more abort it." " Ocrtalnly not, air, if you don't wish it; and only too glad am Ito have got rid of the workmen; though as I lay in bed last aizht I said to my husband, 'Mark my word, 5ehn, ii Mr. Brettieon don't go hay ing a bath made to his room, for there's the fellow-olosst is imatohes bir. Stratton's exaatlyl' a To be sure, I never thought of that," said Stratton merrily. " I Il give him a kint," " Mr. Stratton' sir, if you've any respect for me sad my rhenmetistn, don't. The place smells horrid as it is of paint, and F.reoeh polish, and plumbers, without counting the mess they made, and if you'll be guided by me you'll buy a sixpenny box of }testifies and let me barn one every lay till the smell of workmen's gone." "0h, Idon't mind the smell, Mrs. Brads, By George, yes, Mt, Brettieon ought to haves bath put to his," "Mr. Stratton, sir, don't, please, He's sure to if you say a word; and if the work- men come again we shall be having the whole place t ambling about our ears." "I hope not. Oh, the old plate is strong enough." I don't know, sir," said the pastor's wife, shaking her head ; " It's a very old and tumble-down sort of place and I've heard noises and orackiugs, and rappings, sometimes, as have made my flesh creep. They do say the place le haunted." "With rats." "Worse, sir. Ob, I'm told there was strange goings on here in the old times, when a Lord Morran lived here. I've heard that your cupboard—" "Bath room." " Well, sir, bath room, was once a pas. sage into Mr. Brettison's chambers, and his closet was a passage into yours, and they Asad to have dinners and feasts; and dancing, and masked balls, at which they used to play dominoes. The gambling and goings on was shameful. But please, sir, don't say a word to bit. Brettieon. I've trouble enough with him now. There never was such a gentleman for objecting to being dusted,and the way those big books of hie that he presses his bits of chickweed and groundsel In do hold the dust to awful. If you wish- ed to do hien some kindness you'd get him away for a bit, so that I could turn his rooms iustde out. Postman, air." Kira. Breda hurried to the outer door and fetched a letter just dropped into the box, and upon this being eagerly taken, and opened, she sew that there was no further chance of being allowed to gossip, and say- ing " (Good morning, air," she went out, and clown to the porter's lodge. Malcolm Stratton's hands trembled as he turned the letter over and hesitated to open it. " What o manly hand the old lady writes, and how fond she is of sporting their arms," he continued, as he held up the great blot of red wax carefully sealed ever the adhesive flap of the envelope. Then tearing it open he read WE:MelRNE Tuaneco, Thursday. Mt DEAR M. 5001110N : Thank you for your note and its news. Accept my congratulation. You certainly deserved to gain the post ; the work will be moat congenial, and it will give you an opportunity for carrying on your studies, besides placing you in the independent position for which you have worked so long and hard. I wish my dear old friend and schoolfellow, your mother, had lived to see her boy's success. Yon must go on now o ith renewed confidence, and double that succee0. Very sincerely yours, REBECCA J DRRoan. Malcolm Stratton, Esq. P.S.—I shall be at home to -morrow evening. Come and see me, and bring your friend. Nobody will be here but the girls, who are going to give me a little music, as my brother dines out Stratton's face flushed warmly, and he stood staring beforo Trim at the window. "I could not go there now," he mutter. ed, "without seeing the old man first. It would not be honorable. I meant to wait, but—I must speak at once." He re•rend the letter, and his eyes.spark., led with pleasure. eyes. " And 1 asked her point blank, and she does not even refer to it. Then it was her doing. God bless her! She has been us. ing her interest and working f dr mo, It'e her work, and she must approve of it." He hurriedly, thrust the letter into Fla breast as a double rap Dame at his door, and, upon opening it, Percy Guest came in. • Got your wire, old chop, and came on at.onoe. Something the matter ?" " Yea; something serious." "My dear old man, I'm so sorry. Want help—tunny? Don't keep me in sus- pense." "No, old fellow," oried Stratton proud- ly ; "the nowe came this morning, and I telegraphed to you directly. "Not---" "Yes, I am the successor of poor old Professor Raymond—the new curator of the Hesdly Museum." "Hurray 1" cried Guest, snatching up a greet bird•skin by the beak and waving• it Mend his head till he wrung its neck right off, "Oh, bother! Three cheers 'for Pro fewer Stratton 1 Bravo 1 Why, you'll be tin awful eeleltti6q swell. Idateohn, old chap, ant glad," lie Qontintled,tIhlging the ohoioo and vai;teblospectmen dpIuntoe 'melte case, and grasping hue friettd's hand, "Yen shall dine with me to•ftight, and we'll pour Out ehednpagne libations to the gods,' " SR. Hewn and bo quiet, said Strettmt gravely, "No old fellow, I can't dine with you tonight; I've sametifing par- tieular to de," "(ionto and have a big 'emelt, bion 1 we most go mad somehew, Why, its glorious, old man 1 They've had big, scientific, bald-headed old heifers there before—, regular old dry.ae-duote. Come aft ; you can't and I can't work today.", "Bit down, I tell yon, and be aortae!). I want to talk to Yon," " right—I may smoke?" "Smoke? Yee,'' "Bub are you em o you can't come ?" said Guest, taking out a pipe. " Quite. I have made up my mind to go to Bourne Square to -night." " To tho admiral's ?" cried Guest, start. ling, and ohaugtng color a little. ' Yes ; there ie an invitation just Dome for me to go to Miss Jerrold's tomorrow night and take you." " Indeed i" said Guest eagerly. " She soya in a postocriptthat the ladies will he there." " Well 1" said Guest uneasily, and be. ginning to smoke very hard. " Dont you understand ?" •• Eh? No." "Then 1 most ;peak plainly; old fellow, Por a year before they went out to Switzer. land we were there a great deal, and met them after," Guest nodded aid hits pipe did not seem. to draw. " We have met them often during these three months that they have been back." Guest laughed sad struck a match. Rio pipe was out. " Well, have you not assn anything ?" "Yes," said Guest quakily. " I felt that you must have seen it, old fellow. I have no emote from you. I have loved her from the first time I saw her at lliisa ;rerrold's, and it has gone on growing till at tinier I have been almost in despair. For how could I speak, poor and hard up as I was—just a student, earning two or three hundred a year?" " Always seemed attentive enough," said Guest, looking away ae kis friend paced the room with growing excitement. "" Perhapa ; but I have schooled myself to hide it all, and to act as a gentleman should toward Sir Mark. It would have been dishonorable to act otherwise than as an ordinary friend of the family." "I suppose. so," paid Great dismally. "And now ?" "My positiea le changed. Poverty does not bar the way, and, feeling this, I cannot truat myself. I cannot go and meet her to- morrow evening at her aunt's without see- ing the admiral first, and speaking out to him like a mac." " And—and—you really—me for her ao much, old fellow ?" swarf Guest Imaraely, and still in trouble with his pipe, which re- fused to draw. " Cure for her—so much 1" exclaimed Stratton, flushing, " And she ?" " How can I tell ? I can 'only hope. I I think she --no, itsounds presumptuous, but I must tempt my fate." " And if the lady—" " Refuses me—the admiral does not air prove ?" " Yea. What then ?" " I trust try and beat - like a man." There was a few minutes' stlenee, though it only seemed a moment, when Guest spoke again in a curiously changed tone of voice. "But about that Mr. Barron, Stratton ?" "Yes ; what about him ?" "He is a good deal at Sir Mark's, isn't he ?" "Yes ; a friend the old gentlemen picked up abroad—yachting, I think." "You don't think that be has any in- tentions ?" ";Chat Mr. Barron No ; molt an idea never crossed my mind. Absurd ! Ho 113 quite a middle-aged man, I hear ; I've not seen him. He is no favorite either of old Miss Jerrold. But what's the matter ? Going?" "Eh? Yes, I'm going now. You won't Deme out, old fellow, and I thought we'd put off the oongraculatory dinner till an- other day." "Yes, we will. Pin awfully sorry,Peroy; don't take 10 ill of me.' "No, no ; of course not." "And—and I'll communicate with you about to.morrow night. Though, if I don't go, that is no reason why you should not.' "No, of course—that is--," faltered Guest, looking at hie friend strangely. "Good.by, old fellow. You are going to the admiral's tonight?" " No, I'll go this afternoon. He nay bo off one to dinner. Wish me luck, old fel- low." Yes," said Guest slowly, "I wish you luck. I wan afraid so," he said slowly, as he descended the stairs, looking careworn and wretched." I ought to have known better. They were always together, and she likes him, Oh ! I could break his neck. No, I couldn't. I'm only a fool, I suppose, for liking him. I've always been as if I wee her dog. One's own and only friend to Dome between. Oh, what a crooked world it is 1 Round? Bosh 1 It's no shape at all, or it would have been evenly balanced and fair. Good -by, little Edie ; you'll jump at him, of course. He's worth half a dozen of such poor, weakminded beggars as I am but I loved you very dearly indeed, indeed. I shan't go and make a hole in the water, little one, all the same. I wonder, though, whether an enterorising young barrister would have any chance in Fiji or the Caro. line Isles ? I'll ask someone who knows," Percy Guest went back to his ohambero in Gray's Ino and about half•past throe a cab set down Meloolm Stratton at the admiral's door. No BD CONTIN UDpj THE SEAL CATCH. -- Reports from Retiring Sen Show the Istg. est In Illstory M the Victoria Fleet. A dospatoh from Victoria, 13, 0„ soya :— The sealing operations of the Victoria fleet are now at an end for the season of 1894 and the last vessel having been reported the total patch is found to be, despite th new regulations, a great improvement upon the former year, and, in tuct, upon any year in the past. Next season when the white hunters may be expected to have become expert in the use of the spear, the take will probably reaoh 100,000 skins at least. In 1893 the Victoria fleet took about '70,000 skins, which was the beat catch reoorderl to that date. This year the total is 87,512, and fewer schooners went out than for some years. The catch of. the Triumph stands asa landmark for the year, there never having before been taken any. thing like such a profitable aeaortmont of skins. The Behring sea catch on the Whole is also exceedingly attiefaotory. 0710 Illni IPBY'S 57.1110001, BRANDED THE BABY'S THIGH. The Devlco:ROsorted to by 100 AOeen"no• doting Phy$toinit 'or0tnt t'ranelaco. A few nights ego a girl baby was brought to the receivlug hospital at Soh Francisco by a messenger, who said he had been in- struoted to bring it there by Dr. E. Id. Griffith, who keeps a lying-in hospital on McAllister street. When Matron Hunter of the reaoiving hospital disrobed the infant for the purpose of washing it she found a mark on its thigh. Inquiries were et once iaotituted and it was learned from Dr. Griffith that the mother was a rioh young woman whose name he retused to give. He THE BRAND ON THE DAB'S 011101!. thought that possibly the mother might have some interest in the child, and seemed to think it possible that she and the father might marry. For the purpose of making it posoiblo to identify the child boyoud any doubt he had branded it. After making this statement the doctor added in a mat- ter of course tone that "he always branded babies, those kind of babies,so that mothers can identify them." He denied using a hot iron for this purpose, but the surgeon at the receiving hospital declares that there oan be no doubt tba brand on this child was made in that way. The burn is about an inch square and the mark will be visible as long as the child lives. Dr. Griffith talked with great caution and refused to give any hint as to the parents. AFGHANISTAN. The Country May B1Ootne Once More a Contention Between England ane Bessie. Afghanistan, with its 400,000 square miles of territory, and 4,000,000 of inhabit• ants, mostly tribesmen, may become once more a contention between England and Russia, should the Ameer die while the legal statue of his government remains as it is, indefinite. The four provin0es, Oahu], Turkestan, Herat and Kandahar, are under governors ; but as the population is largely nomad and tribal, only military despotism prevails. The present Ameer was born in 1830. Hie uncle, Shore Ali, was on the throne when he reached manhood, and on the breaking out of a civil war the nephew sided against his kinsman, thirty years ago, and won several important battles. Defeat- ed by Sherr Ali's son, Abdur Rahman fled to Russia, in whose interesthowits believed to be oonspiriup and fighting. The Russian government provided him with a place at Samaroand and a generous pension, In 1879 he recovered his influence with the native leaders and succeeded in getting upon the throne with English help. The Queen's government retains his friendship by an annuity of 5800,000. Lust year the British government in India sent an em. bassy to Abdur Rahman, who received it with great pompand agreed to new delimita- tions, by which the sphere of British influ- ence was largely extended. The Ameer has done material service for Q.fghaniatan by encouraging modern agriculture and by introdnoing some industries into Oabnl. Arms and intnitions of war are manufucttt . ed there under direction of English and German officers. Proximity of Afghanistan to the Indian empire of Great Britain will make the Ameer's death a political event of no trivial character. • A civil war is like- ly to follow, with Russian and British influences at work on opposing sides, During the Gzar'e Indisposition the Russian jingo is rampant, and the Brat conflict in the mat between European powers may not be over Corea. Electric Roads to Hamilton. A despatch from Hamilton says :--The Hamilton Electric Radial Railway Company, has completed the pnrohase of the Niagara Central railway for the sum of 5400,000. The road is 13 miles in length, extending from Niagara Falls St. Catharines. The Cem• pony proposes to build the road on to Hamil- ton and operate it as a steam road, Brom here electric radial roads will bo construct. ed to Geeph, tort Dover, Woodatook and otbarpointa. Tho portion of rho etee,mroad from St. Catharines to Hamilton has already been hennaed by the Government to the extent of 33,500 a toile. The company hes also un application in to the City Council for boosts of 312+5,000. THE BABOON. its; Seita,, Organiztftion and Ills Titiovin!t 11a0lts. Some very interesting baboons have lately joined the aolleotiou of the .1ardin d'Aoolimatation in Parie. Sketches of them are printed here which give a good idea of the personal charaoteriatics of those animals. They belong to the hamadryas species 0 baboon and aro natives of 'Africa. They comp of a family that Was worshipped and commemorated in stone images by the ancient Egyptians. The hamadryas is an intelligent animal but little inclined for human society. Among those of his own race he is, how ever, eminently sociable. The organization of a hamadryas community is admirable. The methods by which the baboons plunder farmers are peouliarly interesting. A body of young and aobive monkeys of minor rank in the community are sent to anorahard'to gather fruit. A long line of other baboon of ascending importance is established' between the orchard and the tr,onnta,a home of the animals. As the fruit is gathered itis passed along the line till it finally reaches the old boss baboon up at headquarters, each retaining a certain share as the plunder passes him. Scouts are also sent out to give timely warning of the approach of the farmer or any other man. The new baboons in Paris number four. With their long, gray hair and thin faces, they have.a resemblance to ahort•aighted and invalid old gentlemen. They spend much of the time plunged in somewhat gloomy msditatioo. Theyare doubtless thinking of their lost African home, where they robbed farms with so much, success. From time to rims they utter a strange and very harsh cry. When angered they exhibit a fine collection of canine teeth. Theseperticular baboons come from Abys• stain, They snake their home by preference among the mountains. The males go forth to fight and plunder and the females stay at home anti rear the infant baboons. They appear to go out in search of food at fixed hours. Then they return to their dwelling place to rest. At eveniug time they go to the edge of a lake to take part in a sort of soiree. They drink their fill and then have a concert. The females have an extraordinary love for their young, which is shared to some extent by the males, a thing very ram among animals. Apart from this, it is said, they havefewamiablequalities. They are ferocious and, when full grown, un- tamable. It an hardly be urged, however, that men have established any peculiar claim to their gratitude. They are often naught by trioks whioh appeal to their sensual instincts. One way is to put sugar in a block of wood having a hole considerably smaller than iia hollow interior. The baboon having filled his hand with sugar is unable to pull it out. He is tee greedy to give up tate sugar and gotta hopping away with the wooden block. He is then easily overtaken and oaughe. Another triok is to put a pitcher of atrong drink in their way. They lose no time in getting drunk, and are than help less. They are incorrigible drunkards. The canine teeth of the baboons are long and pointed at the tips, and their inner edge le as sharp as a knife. When the ba- boon tights he leaps upon his enetny, and, drawing it towards him, flxea hie teeth in. its throat. He then pushes it away with his feet, so that the teeth euttheir way out. The leopard fears the baboon. When rear- ed 10 captivity baboons of some species are tamable, Carriages and Horses of the Czar. The Emperor of Russia has four separate "services" of horses and carriages—the gala net, and the French, English and Russian sets, Each set comprises at least fifty horses. The Ruasiau set aeeompanieo tho Emperor wherever he goes, and at Gatehina it is used together with the English set. The gala and the French horaea and car riages are used at St. Petersburg, in the Winter Palace stables. Tito gala horses are Hanovarian, and of the booed of whioh a apeoimen figorea in the legend of the whole borse of Charlemagne. The horses are perfectly white, with blue eyes, and anything more magoifioeot in the way of trappings than their harnrss oan hardly he conceived. The, state carriage aro of the Louis XV. style, and the ono which oarrlea the sovereigns to their waddings or coronations has large ciroles of diamonds set insido,among the cushions and the roof. The imperial crown surmounts this state carriage, whioh is drawn by eight horses, oaoh led by a postilion dressed in white hid gold• The Deadly Music. The et0ry which half been going the round of the newspapers, writes a correspondent, of a bird finding its way into 'One of the pipes of the organ in Bangor Cathedral has its parallel, In the crypt of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, aro preserved the skele- tons of a mouse and acat which were found In one of the recesses of the organ during' the restoration of that cathedral in 1876. The oat ruahod into the recess in pursuit of the mouse, who had taken refuge therein. The oatwas unable to extricate itsolf,heiog literally j emceed in, and both oat and mouse perished, Novl,M 13 R 16 +1894 PUR1LI CANADIAN NE' S, WNTEI1.ESTING ITEMS ABOUT OUR OWN COUNTRY. Slathered front Yarlega Pointe Orem ilia Aitavelle to, the l aeilie. Meaford has an aabronomioal society. Schomberg would like to be a pollee rll' Inge. A. new wheel has been opened in Wipnf' peg. A pig at the Ottawa fair weighed 1,070 pour s. The (Ir.& exhibition ear is going to Now York State. Ottawa will have a winter carnival open. ing Jan. 15. More than 000 horses were entered at the Brampton fair, The skeleton of an infant has been found at Owen Sound. There was a poor yield of Honey in Perth County this year.. Dr Lumleyis the president of the new •' Glencoe Cub." A number of dairy stations are to be lo' Dated fn 1\Sanitnba. While in Brookville Gen. Booth scoured 3400 for the Army, Meaford will vote' as to a waterworks ayatein next month. The market prion of British Columbia 6 per cents. is now 140. Evangelist Horner got $500 for , two weeks' work at Cbesterviile. The sealing season this year has been ono of the best on record. A v000phone band is to be organtzad fu the village of Wellesley. Fifty acres of peas yielded 900 bushels ou a Bruce County farm. The new Methodist ohnrelt at Now Lowell has just been dedicated. ,Tames Finlay, St. 'Thomas, has fallen heir to l"00,000 sterling. Camp McKinney, B. 0., people are peti- tioning for a post office. It is said that the 0. P. R. office staff at Vancouver°will be reduced. St. An7rew's church, Belleville, will be rebuilt ata :est of 530,000. A new German settlement is to be estab. fishednearStonewall, Man. A Newmarket man recently slept sixty- three ixtythree hours without waking. Anow f rctbyterian church is building at Kettle River, Grand Prairie. The go a: debt of this Dominion has now reached thesum of 3310,190,727. Good coal is selling in the Edmonton dia• triot for 50 cents a waggon load. The Vancouver Knights of Pythiaa will build a hall for their exclusive use. A new company will operate the Penning. ton -Baker seating works at Dundee. George Griffin, of Perth, recently killed a 300.pound beer in that neighborhood. Tuberculosis has broken out among the cattle in Kent county, near Chatham. Rev. Geo. Flower, of Guelph, is the new pastor of the Christian church, London. It cost the pity of Winnipeg $15,000 to stamp out last year's smallpox outbreak. Thera are *tore, 'medical students at Queen's University this term than ever be tore. Mr. Masters, a British veteran, died in the Home for Incurables, Winnipeg, last week. It took eight men and a pair of doge to take a coon at Thompsonville, the other night. Roderiok McKenzie, of Brandon, Man., formerly of Ontario, recently attempted suicide. The mission boxes of the Glencoe Presby• tartan church were recently tilled of their contents, A genuine carp weighing five pounds was caught in the Niagara River at Lewiston last week. L. G. Jarvis, London, has been appoint- ed Superintendent of the Agricultural College at Guelph. The Megantio branch railway in Beaton', county, Quebec, was opened on Thursday, at St. Rootlet. A Goderiuh lady has a dahlia 4 inches in diameter, tis inches deep, of exquisite tint and beauty. A stock company, known as the Oxford Horse Breeding Association, has been organ- ized at Woodstook. Michael Montatene,formerly of Kingston, was killed at Buffalo, having been blown from the top of a oar. A private trial of the Hamilton and Grimsby Electric Railway has been made with satisfactory results. A special train containing 192 Chinamen passed through Winnipeg last. week. They are on their way to China.. The Grand Trunk elevators at Sarnia are blocked with grain, and there are no cars available to relieve the glut. At the Brantford Polios Court last week a man was fined 525 and costs for maliciously shooting a St. Bernard dog. The St. Thomas street railway has been taken over by new proprietpre, and an fm. proved service is promised. Grundy,the ex -deputy registrar of Peter. boro', has gone to Chioago to take, a course in the Moody Bible Instituto,. The expense to be borne by London and activity in oonneetidn with the juries for the Middlesex Fall Assizes ie 51,478 40. Guelph citizens are trying to subscribe 520,000 towards establishing a rolling mill for the mannfacturb of iron from scrap. An effort is being made to reform the Kent constabulary and the appointment of a salaried' high constable is reoommended. In a Woodstock barber shup there is a beautiful specimen of the floricultural family in the shape of a flowering maple, about six feet high and in bloom. Found at Last. Inventor --"I've bit a moneymaking thing at last. The preachers will go crazy over it, and it will sell like hot Oakes. It's a' church oontribution'box," Fc!ond—" What good le that Inventor—a" It's a triumph. The loins fall through slots of different sues, and, all dollars, halves, quarters, and dimes, land on velvet; bot the nickels, and pennies, drop on to a Chinese gong," Russiale said to have 3800,000,000 in gold within reach for a rainy day, though he feet docs not appear in the treasury etatetnanta.