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The Exeter Advocate, 1895-11-1, Page 2, Now First Published—All Rights Reserved a fool at the Other, He visited various. shooting boxes advertised for sale, and art ranged in his own mind how the most at- • tractive a them should be refitted and decorated to receive his bridea-if Angela would consent to be his—of which he felt less and less seeure as time paesed by. He began letters to hemmed tore theni up, sec • ond thoughts suggesting that he muse not disobey her injunctions; but the longer he was absent frou her the more inteusely he longed to see her again, and the more his heart and his thoeghts dwelt upou every minatiae of their meeting and ac- quaiutance. Ab last he began to revive, as his term of banishment was more than half over, and the companionship a an old friend, the ex-surgeou-major ot his regiment, who bad retired and settled him- self in good sporting quarters to enjoy the sweets of a comfortable bachelor existence, helped hin not a little to get through the days, and especially the evenings. From this retreat a letter from Dixon summon- ed him. . 'I wish you would return at once. I have a letter from :FIenderson, the Sel- wyns' solicitor, who asks for an iaterview to -morrow. I fancy he has something im- portant to communicate, you had. there- fore better be on the spot," wrote the law- yer, and Forrester jumping happily to the conclusion that his opponents had found their position "'untenable and wisheel to make terms of some kind, and rejoicing at any necessity for returning to London, packed his portmanteau and droye off across "moor and mountain" to catch the night mail train at the seation nearest his friend's house, where he had been staying for the past week. "You have bad news for me, Dixon!" was Forrester's exclaraation as they shook bands next morning in the former's office, where he hurried. after making his toilette and eating his breakfast with appetite un- impaired by the anxiety, which neverthe- less had grown on him through the dark- ness and silence of his jouri ten "Yes, real bad news, I ani sorry to say," returned Dixon, gravely. "Out with it, then," said Forrester, lay- ing asidehis hat an.d drawing a .hair op- posite his friend. "The interview proposed by Miss Sel- wyn's solicitor was prompted by an un- usually conoi.hatory spnit. It was to show me the overwhelming proofs they hold of her priority to yourself as heir to your late grand uncle, and propose an ami- cable settlement of the affair, so saving law expenses." "What the devil! Do you mean to tell me that I must give up the fortune and go back to the old battle with insufficient means, without making a fight?" "lam afraid, my dear fellow, there is nothing else for it," and Dixon proceeded to lay thelacts of the case before his client. It appeared that Miss Selwyn was legiti- mate. The certificate of her father's and mother's marriage in au obscure eallage church, as well as her own birth, a couple of years later, in a German town, were in her solicitor's hands. George Selwyn, a man of weak charac- ter, bad been overwhelmed with grief when his wife died, iaot long after the birth of their daughter, and gladly accepted the offer to adopt her made by the child's ma - "G000 -13T, CAPT. nellatESTER." ternal aunt, who was housekeeper in a noble fa mily. and well off for her station. Froin thence forward he seemed to forget that he was a father, and his sister-in-law, never quite believing in the legality o *his marriage, and tog glad to keep the moth- erless little girl as her own, lost sight of Selwyn until, about a year before his death, she received a packet addressed. her in bis handwriting and accompanied by a letter in which he directed that the packet should not be opened 'until th e little Sarah was nineteen, or his brother John was dead. He had always cherished the hope of reconciliation with his wealthy, power- ful brother, who would never have for- given him a low marriage. But death took him from mundane hopes and schemes. The news of John Selevyn's death did not reach his niece till a considerable time after the event. Then her aunt opened the packet and found the papers now in her solicitor's hands, nor did the fact that his intestacy transformed her adopted daughter into an heiress occur to her till suggested by a friend of her husband who also recommended her to a solicitor. 1 ms 4litit I canto by the wish of Miss Selwyn,, r. whole% I could not reuse" 1 a, "Whatl do you know MISS Selwan?" "Yes, intimately. I am here by ber Wish, e, to open a rather delicatematter—whielenn te She paused. . i "1 ani very. pleased she has chosen smell le an allibassadress," pat in Forrester, =lit- er ing, "Wily did, you not answer my note? er It bas beets no small addition to my g, troubles, your silence." se; I "I knew I should see you to -day," she s said, "mut preferred to wait mita you had e' heard Miss Selwyn's propositiou." I "Whet proposition?" asked Forrester. "Does she vatat to divale the property with me?" And he laughed bitterly. "Something of thet kind," said Angela, gravely, "She says she does not like to deprive you and she does• not like to re- turn to poverty' herself; so if it seems eocal e to you, ,perhaps you might enjoy it to- nd. ge,talisei4sh'is an offer of marriage?" exclaimed it Forrester, a look of amusement relaxing a his countenance. 11 "14 is, Capt. Forrester." o "And pray did you not tell my kins- woman that Forrester was not in the market? Who knows, as well as myself, that there is but one woman I would marry at present," t "But, Capt. Forrester, I have no fortune a- to replace that which you have lost; and 1, it would never an for you to burden your. s- self with a penniless wife. I thought it ✓ best to give you this message and to as - 11 sure you that so far as I am concerned you 1 are free—quite free—" p 1 "There is something I cannot fathom n under all this," cried Forrester, a strange s flash of suspicion darting through his a. brain. "You are playing some game. Tell d me the truth, Angela. Who is Miss Sel- ✓ wyn? Where is she? Can I not see her?" O He caugbt both her hands and looked in- tently into her eyes. I"Yes, you shall see her, and you will , nob be too harsh in your refusal," ea- u claimed Angela, her sweet eyes alight with 1 a smile, arch, bright, joyous. . I "No! But she must understand that my e heart has passed into your keeping! 'That e my future is in your. hands!" r 1 "She will forgive it all! Nay, she will : love you the better for it. Ali! Can you s not guess? Do you not see through my - little ruse?" 1 - "Good God! What do you mean?" cried Forrester, clasping her in his arms. "Do , you—can you love me?" e . "Yes, I do love you. No one will ever I love you better than your kinswoman e Sarah Selwyn! Will you forgive my de- r , ceit?" r 1 "Give me one kiss, a long one, and I'll - forgive whatever you like. Now tell me ; what the mystery about Miss Sela-yn is?" , 1 "Simply, that weare one and indivisible. I am Sarah Selwyn, bat I have never used my real nam,e1 My dear parents, as I con- sider Au.nt and Miele Cavallo, in adopting me, wished to separate me as much as pos- sible from my father and his people so • • is only a short time ago, not more than they renamed me after my mother, and it I 1 two years, that I knew I was not really , their child! You must let me go, Capt. Forrester! I can speak better if you dol It had been settled that I was to come over to Mrs. Bartlett to look for an engagement to sing at concerts. Then this wonderful news about old Mr. Selwyn dying without a will came to my dear good • ather, and he said he must urge my claims, but Lthought it so impossible that I could ever become rich or gland that I begged to be let to look for an engagement all the same, so I I came over to London, and met you, and I you. thought you too were rich and offered to share all you had with me. Now I am • rich, so you must not refuse my offer to Ishare what I have with you!" There was something infinitely bewitching in the i sweetness and piquancy of her voice and look as she said this. "My y darling, I canno.. believe that such a solution of my difficulties, my despair, is possible. But never rnore willI call you anything save Angela! Are you really my opponent—my victorious opponent?" For answer Angela walked across to a door which opened into Mr. Henderson's room. "Ray, come here and explain to Capt. Forrester who I am," she ex- claimed. I "Certainly," said Henderson, joining them. "This lady is Miss Selwyn, your second cousin, and heir of the late Mr. John Selwyn. I trust her generous sym- pathy with you in your disappointment 1 has not betrayed her into any imprud- ence." . "It has," rejoined Forrester • looking . radiant. '"She has committed herself frightfully. Three weeks ago she all but refused me; to -day she has promised to be my wife. But to you I leave the tying up of her property strictly on herself." i Ahem! said Mr. Henderson, taking off 1 and wiping bis spectacles. "Then I pre- sume this case will be settled out of court." aria ElsTD.] • "Good heevens1 how Menai ibis it seer IQ me," said Dixen, a$ if to himself., Fo rester continued his troubled walk wit out heeding hint. "Give me pen aed paper," be exclairae after a few minutes' silenee. "Iwill wri and ask her to eee Inc to-merrow. Then eau explain all to her ad she will tied( what's to be done." Dix= pushed ov the blotting pad to hirn and- Forrest wrote a few lines rapidly', then, as he a dressed and fastened the envelope he sal "1 leave myself ‘enbirely in your hand Dixon. suppose the best thing I can d le to get back to my regiment as soon as can, Thank heaven I did not send in my papers. It's all like my cursed luck." Ile wrung his friend's hand and was gone. CFIAP TER 71, The news of John Selwyn's death did not reach Ins niece till a considerable dm after the event. Then her emit opene the packet and found the papers now i her solicaor s hands, nor did the fact tht bis intestacy bransformed her aclopte daughter tato an heiress occur to her GI saggested by a friend of her husband wh also recommended her to a solicitor. As the story was unfolded to him an ex- pression of grim despair gathered over Forrester's face. "You see a will be impossible to figh against such proof," said. Dixon,' symp thetically, "I am awfully sorry for yot any dear fellow. The only little bit of po sible good in the whole affair is that you kinswoinau may let yen off the debt yo unconsciously incurred to her estate." "My God!" cried Fort, eter, starting u and begiening to pace t : soom. "It isa. Iawful blow! I aro hare t in more way tban one. I have asked the sweetest git in the world, as I think, to marry me, an • I hoped to bear her say `yes' to -morrow o next day. Now marriaee is too wild a imprudence. I dare not'' drag her into an abyss of poverty." "A girl! What girl?" exclaimed Dixon impatiently. "You don't mean to say yo have been such idiot—" "Yes, I have!. I know what you mean I have followed up my acquaintanc with my traveling companion, and to giv her up will cost me more than any othe loss—fortune, station, anything!" "Good heavenst how incredible it seem to me," said Dixon, as if to himself. For I rester continued his troubled walk with out heeding him. "Give me pen and paper," be exclaimed after a few minutes' silence. "Iwill writ and ask her to see me to -morrow. Then can explain all to her and she will decid what's to be done." Dixon pushed OW the blottin 0- pad to him and Forreste wrote a few lines rapidly, then, as he ad dressed and fastened the envelope he said "I leave myself entirely in your hands Dixon. I suppose the best thing I can do is to get back to my regiment as soon as I can. Thank heaven I did not send in my papers. It's all like my cursed luck." He wrung his friend's hand and was gone. Somewhat to Dixon's surprise Forrester did not appear next day. and in the even- ing when. the former, who felt rather un- easy about him, called. at his hotel he was informed that Capt. Forrester was out— had been out all day. "He has been running bis head into some noose, I have no doubt," was Dixon's mental coniment as he took his way to his snug bachelor's quarters in Victoria street, and spent the evening expecting a visit from his unlucky friend. He was disap pointed, however. It was not till noon next day that For- rester made his appearance. He looked 'haggard and depressed, but bad evidently endeavored to pull himself together and spoke with more composure than at their last meeting. "Here's a note I received this morning," he said, handing it to Dixon. "Rather startling, eh! I suppose I had better keep the a ointrneut " "Dixo.e read as follows: "DEAli Sin—I should very much like to speak to you respecting the property we both claim, as I cannot help feeling for the disap- pointmeet you must have had. Will you meet me to -morrow at IVIessrs. Henderson's office about two o'clock? If you will not or cannot, please address to me, their care." These lines were written the day before and bore no address. "Go!" cried Dixon, handing back the note, "of course you must go. Why don't you go in for the heiress? It would be a splendid solution of all difficulties and she may be a tolerably looking girl." "Thank you. I don't fancy the under- bred niece of a housekeeper," said Forrest- er impatiently. "Besides (am not a free man until I have come to an understand- ing with the lady I asked to be my wife. I have just come from her place. I was so puzzled and worried at having no answer to my note yesterday that I went up to Kilburn this morning and found she was laid up with a bad cold. Still she mighb have sent me a line in reply." "Probably she has heard that you bave lost or are likelyto lose your fortune." "No. That cock won't fight, Dixon. She can know nothing of my affairs. She is among a totally different set of peop'e. However, I will see this Selwyn girl, though I can't see the use of an intervieve. One must not be uncivil." "No, certainly 110b," returned Dixon,and they continued to talk of Forrester's affairs for a considerable time, Dixon perceiving with grave uneasiness what a strongholcL his friend's passion for his fascinating traveling companion had taken upon hitn. At last it was time to start fpr Parlia- ment street. where the office of Henderson was situated. Forrester walked. thither in a sort of dream. It was cruel hard lines to be eob- bed of love and money by one fell blow. What a different aspect life bore to -day from what it did two days ago. Why did Angela avoid him? It looked. like avoicl- ance. If she loved him and would wait for biro, there was something still to hope for, but how pale and aim compared to the ivid colors hope wore for the last rnonth. "Yes, Miss Selwyn is expected," replied clerk to Forrester's inquiry, when he eached his destination. "Please walk up, ir," and Forrester, with the .same sulky nriosity stirring in his mind, ascended to he private office of the solicator, a graVe, edate man, who received him civilly, and hen conducted him into another roota, ob. canting that Miss Selvvyn was anxious to es la m alone, though he (Henderson) did et quite approve of the step. "I myself don't see that an interview an do any good," returned Forrester, loomily. Whereupon., having given him he Times, Hendersoe closed the, door and eft bum to his own reflections. The succeeding ten minutes seemed ex- eedingly long, but at last the clear opened nd a small, slight figure dressed fa bleak ntereid. • Forrester gazed at her it speeehless as- onithment. "Miss Cavallo," he cried, re - o vering himself, "This IS most unexpect- di X thought you were too Unwell to calve your rooint" and he took her band o both his Own. "It is imprudent!"' she returned, un- teadilv. flushing and theirgroveing White. CHAPTER VL v As the story was unfolded to an ex- a pression of grim despair gathered over r Forrester's face. "You see ib will be impossible to aght 0 against such proof," said Dixon, sympas t tactically. "I am awfully sorry for you, s ray dear fellovv. The only little bit of pos- t Bible good in the whole affair is that your s kinswoinate may let you off the debt you s unconsciously incurred to her estate." n "My God!" cried Forrester. starting 'up and begiening to pace the room. "Itis an c awful blowi am hard hit in more ways g than one, have asked the sweetest girl t its the world, as X think to marry' me and 1 hoped to hear her say 'yes' to -morrow or next days Now marria,ge toe Wild an 0 imprudence. I dare not drag her into an a abyss of poverty," "A girl! What girl?" exclaimed Dissent, impatiently. alrou don't mean to say you, t have been such -au ittiot—" "Yes, I bevel knovv what you mean. a I bave followed up my acquaintance veith traVelbas companioti, and to give 1 het up will cost the more thee any other lotea-fOrttiner station, anythingl" IN OTHER LANDS. OUR OTTAWA. LETTER TRAQIES. THE LIBERAL. LEADER'S TOUR AND OTHER MATTERS, A Direrence of Opinion—J. nurrana Appointment—The :Crouch, cannot Rove Their way -.-The Premier and Dlr. Green_ way--Tarte's Ifistory Recalled. At last the yeomen of East York have heard, the lascivious pleadings of the voice of Wilfrid' Laurier. The progress of the great e'rentsliman lase Saturday brought him to the riding for so many years represented by Alexander Macken- zie, the Liberal party's first leader in Federal 'sondes. At Markham, the chief town of the riding, the facile Frenclunen made one of bis clever speeches, and the fiery Israel Tarte contributed, in his inuolafritetured English, what the Liber- al papers described as an arraignment of the Governmeut's actions. It was not until his twenty-seventh birthday had come and gone that, Israel Tarte took up the study of what to him was an alien language. He never has been able to make a success of speaking it, though he writes it with elegance and farce. While in French this pocket orator is one of the most telling speakers in Canada, in Eng- lish he stammers inost woefully, and inaltes a sad mess of our to him impos table gutturals. William Mulook, the Liberal lawyer who sits for North York, and W110 has already pre-empted the portfolio of agriculture against the incoming of the Liberals, was also of the party. On Monday the missionaries journeyed to Lindsay, where, in the home of Major Sam. Hughes, relentless foe of Rome and Separate Schools, they addressed a North Victoria audience, may get any opinion that you please con- A Difference of Opinion. As you speak to Grits or Tories, so you corning this expedition's benefit to the Liberal party. Alex:alder Smiths the Libetal organizer for Ontario, is delight- ed with the reception that has been ac- corded his leader in this province. The people have turned out in large numbers, aud the speeches that Mr. Laurier has delivered have been listened to with great attention. Conservatives say that curios- ity to see the much -talked -of Laurier had all to do with bringing out the crowds. "They have made few conversions," said a Ministerialist the other day. "The people in a country town have so little to do with their evenings that they will do anything to pass them away. Political meetings, beiug free, are in great favor with them. They will turn out to hear anybody, but they will vote just as they have been in the habit of voting." Which opinion was not unprejudiced, and which is, therefore, not so valuable as it otherwise i ht bo. J. J. Curran's Appointment. J. J. Curran, Solicitor -General, has gained his end, and is now a judge of the Supreme Court of Quebec. Sir Francis Johnston, whose death left the vacancy that Mr. Curran's appointment has filled, was an English Protestant. The English members of the Montreal bar. and elie English-speaking people of the province, are up in arms over the appointment. When it became rumored that Mr. Curran was to be given the posi- tion, the Protestants drew up a largely signed petition, pointing out to Sir Mac- kenzie 33owell and his colleagues what they consulered to be an unjust proposi- tion, and sent a gentleman to the nation- al capital to present it. Sir Mackenzie was unable to give the ambassador any satisfaction, and the appointment was made. Now, Hon. W. B. Ives, the Min- ister of Trade and Commerce, who is the Cabinet representative of the Quebec minority, has bent himself to the task of "squaring" the Government with these disgusted Protestants. Mr. Ives points out that Sir John Thompson promised a judgeship to Mr. Curran, a promise which Sir Mackeniie Boveell afterwards repeated. The successor in the Govern- . ment to the Solicitor General is to be a Protestant, says Mr. eves, and the (Jot- lectorship of the Port of Montreal, a posi- tion which is vacant, is to go to a Pro- testant. But many of the reformed faith will not be content. IL D. McGibbon, Q. C., a well known Conservative, bas made the throat that he and many of his friends will go over to the Grits. "They have made it impossible for us to con- tinue to support them," said Mr. Mo - Gibbon, speaking of the Government, "and I think many a former Conserve- ' tive will vote Grit in the Jacques Cartier by-election," The French Cannot Rave Their Way. It is "curious that such a tempest; should have arisen in Montreal over this matter. In the commercial metropolis, even more than in Toronto, the Conserve- ° tives are well -organized. It ie amazing t that even such an independent minded ish gentleman as Mr. McGibbon should make au onslaught on the Government But he state of affairs is significant. It hews that the English minority is de - ermined to stand upon its rights. For wenty years past the French have monopolized almost everything that was oing in Montreal. Before that time the English had the reins of power in the ity, both in parlianeentary and muni - 'pal eireles. The time came when the French, by sheer force of numbers, wan- d civic control. Now it seems that they esire that the Protestants shall be con- ent with a 'very small slice of whatever 5 going. Premier and Mr. Greenway. Mr. Laurier bas been discreetly silent n this appointment. To be sure, it ould be the worst orpolitics for him to iv,e vent to any opinion. Tbe game hich he is playing is to give the Gov- rnment plenty of criticism and little true. With thole supporters out fer t ut general election is too near by for the . capital the Ministers have no insist° personal demands to fulfil. They can teethed only by letter„ or by a lo 'et W f y beglnniag of 0 session, au a joyfal wh the guns. ot prorogation boom out. Taste's IfistorY RecAlled• When, In 1891, Israel Tarte lied th memorable rupture with Sir Heat° Langevin; whets the pursuit of MoGreev 1 and Connolly, that ended only at th I doors of Carleton county jail, had oom menced, there wen few Conservative who believed that la.trte would maintain his severance from the Ministerialists. For thirteen years he bad been a man o prominence tb o counsels of the Con- ,servatives of Qnebee. He bad been the trasted friend of Sir Hector and Si Adolphe. When he withdrevy from the party he said that he left it because the complexion and tho methods of Couserva dm had changed. To evlaich the Con- servatives ansvvered that he had forsaken them because the supply of loaves and fishes had given out When be returned to parliament as the representative of L'Islet he hart the hatred of bis quondam party -mates. He had not the entire oonftdence of tho Liberals. They distrusted him, and some of them --English Canadians—saw in him no de- sirable rooruit. When, in the session of 1893, . he re-entered :the chamber of the Commons, leaning on the arm of Wilfrid Laurier, there was no great outburst of applause from the Grits. Slum that day it has been his constant aim to convince the country and the party that he is for good and all a Liberal. To that end he has developed a fine streak of political rectitude In Ottawa last session he told us that he bad looked in hissbreast very many of the secrets of the Quebec: Con- servatives. "But I shall not divulge them," said this modern Sir Launcelot. "I will tell nothing that came to me when I was the trusted confidant of the gentlemen opposite." Whereat the gentle- men opposite grinned appreciatively, as who should say, l'If you did so you would implicate yourself." At Markham, though, Tarte broke his pledge, thougle to be sure, his backslid- ing was not great in degree. Be told how he had endorsed a note for Hon. Charles Langelier. and he hinted that the money raised -81,000, less discount— had been used in the election in Mont- morency, in which he was a candidate. When this, and other similar notes, Dante due they were paid. The Cooservatives charged that the money necessary to take them up came out of the Bale des Chat - ours "swag." At Markham, Tarte told his hearers that the story was a lie. And we shall have 10 accept his version of the case. To do justice to this fiery little Frenchman, the Royal Commission whith was appointed to enquire into this most malodorous of scandals, failed to fasten any guilt upon him. Further than this, Tarte is notoriously a poor man. He would not be in straitened circumstances if he had been in any ex tensive boodling transactions. Tarte live frugally, and, unlike other French Cana diens who are suspected of being har up. has not lived "en prince," as he him self would say. be remain empty for seine time yen A be Administration th allow any strong eziocildate$ to retire into ern ats life, 10 The men, of importance, elrouard and en Lauren and Patterson have entered into their ewer°, but the lesser fry must live in hope—and on promises. at r HISTORY OF CAST STEEL e now SOCret of its Manufacture Was Revealed to the World. s ▪ The history of oast steel presents a ourieus instauce of a Manufacturing SOOret stealthily obtained uuder the f Weak of en appeal to philanthropy. The main distinotiou between iron and 3110SG people know, 18 that the' r latter contains carbon'. The one is eon- verted into the other by being heated a cousiderable time in contact with - powdered charcoal in an .iron box. Now, steel thus made is tineqnal. Tee middle of a bar is txtore carbonized than the ends, and the surface more than the center, It is, therefore, unreliable. Neverthelees, before the invention of ease steel there was nothing better. In 1730, there lived at Atteroliffe, near Sheffield, O watchmaker named Huntsman He be- came dissatisded with the watch spriugs in use, and set himself to the task of making them bomogeneous. "If," thought be, "I can melt a piece (V steel and cast it into an ingot, its composition should be tho same t throughout." He succeeded. His steel soon became famous. Huntsman's ingots for fine work were in universal demand. He did not call them casb steel. That was his secret. About 1770, a large manufactory of this peculiar steel was established at Atteroliffe. The pro- cess was wrapped in secreey by every one within reach. True and faithfnl moo were hired, the work. clivided and sub- divided, large wages paid and stringent oaths administered. It did not avail. Ono midwinter's night, ' as the tall • chimneys' of the Attercliffe steel works belched forth, a traveller knooked at the gate. It was bitter cold, the snow fell fast, and the wind howled across the moat. The stranger, apparently a plow- man or agricultural laborer :seelting abetter from the storm, awakened no suspiciion. Scanning the wayfarer closely, and moved. by motives of humanity, the foreman granted his request and let him Feigning to be worn out with oold and fatigue, the poor fellow sank upon the floor and soon appeared, to be asleep. That, however, was far from his inten- tion. He closed his eyes apparently only. He saw workmen cut bars of steel. into bits, place them in crucibles in a furnace. The fire was urged to its ex- treme power until the steel was tnelten Clothed In :wet rags to protect them- selves from the heat, the workmen drew out the glowing. mold. Mr Huntsman's ' factory bad nothing more to disclose. The making of cast steel had been dis- covered. - Effect of Enforcing the Law. tr The New York brewers and saloon- - keepers naturally do not like the thorough way in which the present Police Board of that city is enforcing the Sun- - day -closing portion of the excise law. 'Under the former regime the saloons were s not molested so long as they loyally sum - ported the Tammany ticket. The New York Times states that the enforcement of the law is costing the brewers $16:2,000 each Sunday. The loss to the saloon- keepers on each "dry" Sunday is esti- mated to be about $331,000. Five hunch., red men have been discharged at the breweries in New York City on account of the shrinkage of their business The appropriately named Hell Gate Brewery is one of those which mourns a heavy falling off. In a recent speceh, Commis- sioner Roosevelt proved by statistics the falsehood of the statement thatunder the new administration of the police de- partment crime had increased. He show- ed that the number of felonies bad de- creased but the number of arrests had increased. In an article in the Inde- pendent, he says: "The Police Board is a unit in insisting that the law shall be observed. The Board will not be swayed by any considerations personal or partisan, and it absolutely declines to take the view that it is necessary, in the interest of reform, that reformers should violate the laws they are sworn to enforce. We believe that the majority of the people are lavt-abiding, and will uphold tho honest observauce of law. But, be this as it may, whatever the outcome the Police Board clearly sees its duty, and 1 will not shrink front performing it." I Let us hear no more of the cant that "Prohibition cannot be made to prohib- it," and that liquor laws are 8nm:tad to be broken instead of enforced. Au Old Covenanter. lip in Mount Forest lives James Mc Mullen, the Liberal who sits for North Wellington. This lanky legislator ha joined his leader on his tour, and is pre pared to do his best to lay the iniquities of his enemies before the electors. The stern spirit of the old Covenanters is in McMullen. He smites and spares not. His voice is borrisonant in its harshness. In the old days, when Charles Hi/Alert Tupper was a wild young scamp in tbe Conservative back benches, he used. to lead a chorus of cat calls teat sprung up whenever lrfoMullen arose to speak. But McMullen would not down. He had something to say, and he' was bound to say in Nothing was too small for him to criticise The price of the crockery sup- plied to Rideau Hall; the cost of carpets; the appropriation for gardeners' supplies. All of these were discussed by him. The Conservatives—most of whom he could buy oat twice over—made gaane of him, and esteemed hlin parsimonious, which was unjust. There is no more liberal man in the House, but he is prepared to make a point wherever be can. He de- nounced the Governinent because of the expense of Sir John ahompson's funeral, and he voted against granting Lady Thompson fifty thousand dollers. No Conservative was with him, and many Liberals voted against tho motion. Mc Mullen cared not a jot. Be had done that which te him seemed right, and was satisfied. Blair Again in Power. The astute Attorney General Blair of New Brunssvick is back in power. The no -man Government has been victorious; he Coalition Administration has tri- mphect over the straight Conservatives. ord comes from the East that die cry Federal issues do not count la the pro- vinces," was of great aid to Mr. Blair. The people were told by the supporters of the Government that the question wag purely one of administration, that the Coalition had saved money to the province, and that direct taxation would follow the election of a partisan Govern- ment. The free and independent became dismayed. They felt baecls on their purses, and they voted for Blair and low taxes. What a bagnear is direct taxa- tion. Your Anglo-Saxon, as William Lyon Mackenzie truly said, will pay twice if he has not to hand over the hard I cash. Here in Ottawa the New Brunswick Ministers attach no importance to the result of the election. The Minister of ' Finance feels auto that Ina. province will I remain true to the Conservatives, although 1 he tound it advisable himself to cross am Kings, which he now represents, York, which is it Government hive. wicked Independent named Doneville 18 hard cutter Foster's scalp. Doneville has large interests in the riding, and at last election had a majority over the Minister ca a Mance. But a complaisa,nt return- ing officer was found, and, on the re- count, the Minister hacl the necessary votes to elect him. When next the ballot - boxes go out, Mr. Foster ill be found standing for York. Old Thomas Temple, the sitting member, has been promised a senatorship, and Foster need have no fear of DoneVille. or of any other oppoh- out A bouquet of frozen lilies has aarived t from Now South Wales as a present to s Queen Victoria. The flovvers traveled in t a block of ice, and look as if freshly t gathered. The largest wrought -iron pillar is at g Delhi, in India. It is sixty feet high and weighs seventeen tons. 1 c Mr. Farquharson, of Invercauld, has c decided to restore and render habitable Old Mar Castle, Braemar, the building e in which the Jacobite rising in 1715 was d hatched. 1 t Sir Henry Irving bas received his arms frorn the Herald's College. The shield is sable, with four swans argent, and a lau- rel wreath in the center. °Orel duty was charged at Lille on w the vvater brought from Lourdes by re- g turning pilgrims. The officials classed it w as snineral water, but their decision has e been apppealed from. Austria bas put a stop to pool rooms; book -making is to be allowed only on the The Influence of the Flower Garden. The flower garden is not the toast im- portant auxiliary to the home. What satisfaction is derived from the result of labor bestowed upon it! 'While viewing, the delicate sweet peas, the flaming nas- turtiums, the stately. dahlias and hoay- hocas; while bending low to examine the rich velvet pansies, the verbena, ad phlox, and inhaling the fragranee of other and rarer bloom; the housewife in i her admiration forgets the hurried, busy ' season of the spring, when stern duties 1 met her face to face, that almost forbade / thought or attention to aught that savor- . advice. His snagestions on the School fr question have been heard at Ottawa, and ts° it is evident from the tone of the Minis- fa race courses. The reason for the action t is the shameless way in which agencies ° have been SWindling the pubic erica press, thee Sir lrfackenzie has hopes f arriviug at an understanding with the ✓ ainier of Manitoba. Mr. Greenway 01311.11110S to keep silent. Not even the icisb cunniag of interviewers has been ble to elicit an opinion from bine and he uotebooks have comeout of the Pre- ier's ofnce containing no shorthand re - ort of what this little king thinks bout the question. One thing is certain, nd that is that if any sott of sathifactory ettlement can be arranged, there will be n election before another session of arliament shall be held. To many a iember of the Commons this will be vil news. The thousand dollars session - 1 indenmity Would go far toward paying he expenses of it cainpaign,. So there ill be inaty a protese lodged with Sir ackenzio—protests which will bo of uo ' tvr Vail. If the Government think they will up o returned the inenthere Will be put off H IP England's wheat area was diminished by 510,000 acres, or over 220 per cent., Met n year, while at the same time the number 4,3 of pigs was Increased half a million, Or 21 per cent. It is evident that the country In cannotprofltably prothzco stuffs, Init no reason has yet been found a for the turn tOWard pork. a Tunneling through the Simplon Will 8 a begin early next year. There will be two nOvftIInl tu 1 , h 66 00 about 12te miles loneetg, 67 iap, art, and connected at intervals of 225 feet, They 0- will )S� 15,000 feet longer than the St, t Gothard and 21,000 feet longer than the ' Mont Cenis tunnels, but wal be 1,500 14 feet lower than the two others, which a 'vein diminish the working expenses. It b A. Liberal List. A,t the close of last sess on some of the Liberal newspapers publiehed a list of Government members who sought to serve their country and to draw desirable salaries for so doing. 1 think there were enty-eight or . thirty names Ineeribed an this toll a honer, beginr lug with on. J., (3. Patterson, who siskett for a titenant-governorship, and enclittg with vid Heederson, the member for Halton, ose •ambition would have been saddled tit a country poetnastership. These itty iningry gentlemen will have to ) 15 OXPOOICU toat tileplete .five yearls' rend win e hal)fe, t(TirMee- yeaes less time, that is, than• Was requit- ed for the St. Gothatd. The estinlated cost is $11,000,000, with sat' WordS and hints of favors to rib mule. Sir aodonald once said; Da "There is nobody in OM in awhalf so glad wit to see the blioles of the Conservatives as wi the Ministers." Which was and is meet r adornment She now loses sight of the moments which' she mighthave stolen for rest, which' her weariness so much demanded. But her instinctive love for the beautiful and her desire to culdvate It lie the hearts of those around her, prompted her to the sacrifice, which for weeks, yes, for anontha shall bring her sweet reward. Wives, mothers, daughters, we oftentimes build better than we know. We must dis- approve the neglect of real duty, but by encouraging an appreciation of the beau- tiful in nature, hearts are often inspired with love for her Goa. The flower garden furbishes teachers arid clolightful com- panion shin. It diseeminates refining in- fitionces. It engenders holier thoughts that should lift us above the leVel of those who toll and drudge, with an eye single to earth's sordid gain. The laieytaist as a Political Factor. In some places it is proposed to tax bicycles to add to the revemies of the county. The reason advanced, for the pro- posed innovation is that the extensive use of wheels has cut flown the businees Of liverymen and kindred lines, thereby re- dwing the taxable property to an extent Which shouldbe made up by the wheel. - men. An alb usizig sidelight on the grow- ing impoetance of the wheeling eoMmuna Ity 15 en In Ibe faot, that the only reason why the tax is not made legal is that the Board of Supervisots or other. officers of the county do not care to antagonize the large number of wheelenen who are atnong their oonstitttents,