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"My deter Dorothea., I sal 1 1h111 t orifY3
more. I roteet. Yet yell Meet itaiow al-
lri ady evtiat my vtittee sere upon tlii.,
nlatttee, Ye it? 3itefiey is a eirb ect sit
Hsieh I have little or L9 inti eeot. In
deaf, I heartily wish I Could' forget '° it
altogether. It` is ere ill" i>ilt to , leave 1.
discuss such ; erdid detnilsP" .
Ashley , Crcete waved ved his bane !.,
though, .to disreess tet'; topic -Ter all time.
Dorothea Spray regardei Uric atlnnir-
ingly, .
"You ala so, different fi'orn the . rest of
amen," she said tremulously, "Everyone
told me that I should end nay money a
great temptation to avericie►us people.
They , said. I should be courte. -.for its
,sake alone and he deceived, , nde-and
I have found you r'
She settled complacently, Clearly her
advisers were at limit"ia their judg-
' merit of Hien and their:motives. For
here was a stun who would not so much
as allow her to tell him heaw much mon-
ey site really bad -who loved her for her
own -sake and vigorously opposed the
discussion of a topic. which, as he him-
self affirmed, was an itxsu t to love.
"I ,want nothing whatever`-ttfecita ti
our. money, "Dorothea," he said finally.
1 le vee my foo r__hUn erecta v ear, And
that is all .which concerns )ale. •
But the girl had riot yetmade herself
understood. It was rather u delicate
»object to broach. :But she had already
ade up her mind as to thecourse she
ould pursue.
"I kncnv-1 know," she said. "But
that is not quite all, dear.. Ashley. Othr.r
people are saying horrid things about
you. They' ;tlo not know -you as I do.
And -and I • want • to prove to them all.
that they are Wrong. : ':I want to .triumph
ever thein and showy, them how splendid
and noble you ore," • '
A look of interestcame into .Ashley's
faee
"•
slut such 'people are obstinate. and
rattic dxeult to convince," he reminded
her. "You had much .better . let. them
alone."
But Dorothea Was not to be dissuaded
• from her -purpose.
"No," she said decidedly, "1 have
found .a way to show them all how
wrong and unjust -they are. 1 want you
to"remain in this room duringthe inter-
• view 1 am about to have with my dear
friend and solicitor,. Mr.Lucian Orme.
Ho, is: corning: up the stairs at this mo -
aunt." ..
There, was no tittle to de anything
else. So the .man kept his seat. It
i ----could- -note- Make him any the less dis-
Interest ed• to be obliged .to listen to the
approaching discussion of legalities.
And he was not altogether free from a
feeling of. curiosity. 'eft showed itself eh'
a queer little nervous uneasiness that
now .tools possession of him. • But this
the- girl did .not see. The door :opened
and Lucian Orme was ,anria{anced. ».Ire
wasp au 'man of close, upon .forty, with
rant en face and genttetnanly' Frear-
Ing. is, greeting with Doixathea Was
1'nore t an, cordial. ' indeed, one•:might
even have.. suspected, . by the curious
way in whiciitk his' deep°oyes rested -Upon.
her from tint , totime, diet he too was
•in `love.. Wit his slender, graceful gird,
She motioned him . to "ft chair, told .•,be-
gan her explanation, heAshley Creet'
feigned indifference and looked .aut.•••01,
the window.
"Mr". • lrme," she said deliberately, "I'
am going, toy ask you • to • do a curious
thing, 1 teat going to be married to Mr.
Creet .acs soon •as arrange'lents`:can' be
made.. My ' friends are shying horrid
,things' about it, ane/ .am going to_ teach
#hertk lesson. may.. tastes 'ar '"tis" you
know, of the simplest. My Money
*lever used, and the capital accumulates
ear:by year.Mr. Greet is quite indiffer-
t. to it, and declares that he will not
touch it.Ile'bas . faurehunf1red a year
11! hist own, which will be 'ample for aur
wants. So I am going. to make n deed
of giftinn favor of my old nurse and
companion; Margaret Swan. She shall
live in ease and luxury for the remain.
der of her 'days. And people shall 'know
1 `a truth that my husband is above
their unworthy suspicions and insinua.
;ions." a r '
-She stopped. ''here was a glow on
. her face as she triumphantly.proclaimed,
,
ler plans. There was a slight move-
ment in the direction of . "the window
flute Ashley held his peace f-ueialj
"This is rather a staartling proposal,'
he' said slowly':
Dorothea • had anticipated his •bbjee-
Iioris, rend was ready Iqr then).
"it is not 4 proposal," slie replied
ly. "It !s the outline of my Present
>kris 4 tions, Mr. ,smite."
Thee an colored.
"Vert; ell," he aaa.ic1 curtly. "I t' ll
have the '' ; drawn up ` at. once. You
willhe abIsigh it tri -marrow After.
nobn."
. DorothEam. nc" eel. Then the Went
acrose to A lile d aai:ed hirci to kayo
them for a little \ lite, •
"I don't waintis rookie you evith tires
• rest rl my 'biisine affairs," she said..
"They are only. trivi 'r etanils, 'You have:
heard till that 1 wish • - d ycu to hear, 1.
liopu you are cori1eri'• `
Ile ,got up quicl.ly .;' d left.'etre; room.
As teem as they doter/ s elute, 1)orothcd
drew her chain c?'': to that, of ° the
j'tlwvye1'..
"Now li ;tii1,"fi, OW, r cl in low twee
"All t!iiei is a padre pr ninon o, ' I alai not
going to rob tiny hu:3lin 1• of what he Brie
a right lit tee tinned. t. slut' cat must remain
rein)
a seerrt 1.'4".'c: 'i you "tact viae' for the
present, alio ()rate. I salt send tiny old
. for a holiday.
That will prevent her lie wean! the newo •
last, 'But the oorield we think that 1 nal
•forfoeing my money id wilt -IA -re-
ale) is not to Imow.
him all on' Ow day evhe ove aro mart
free quitiefie tifieitt in lee le and eine
piloting to eoe that the phai
etie have
"I with. teire eil tee -eerie lie retie
Fier le-a,"cr. IIS was eLnver:-: g. N,?„-altt c 1
M rger,ct. SW43 in an ediei tine k'Urara.
ALi-J�p,1
et he Bern .. at ler cet ,iin de
civet -
ticti Cn_ discif 's the pian to etiettie she
itee given 6:), sista eetrie_t a,(.1 airs caUr
WO3 e forenight cat ' , ;tea Luellen
Grine fat 00110 un .leo pri Mato' deice.
`!'hese wa.',13 a tete et the do e a>zid a (Merit
entered.
"Mr. A3 Tilley Creet .to e ee sir," it.P
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�ict. :.
'1"tiata• eded.
in;' eind tbk (lett
Then he learner ' lel* in his r. volving/
chair and €t tmeer little•inserideblir . linitca
Zayed for aan, instant Upon his dear=ctat
ce.• Thera °tile door opened again en•1
Ashley Ceeet' 'was formally e.nnmtknced.
•fle tool' the chair Which wvas,pro1fcred'
Jere' aid earne':to the point at.,once.
"1 called in references to that little mat-
ter of Mis,; Spray :s deed of gift to her
nurse," he said •airily/ "I roily a5., wall
Intimate from the outset that the plan
in question was carried out with my full
and complete approval. It was the very
best .thing my affianced wife could have
done to establiob my true position."
Lucian bowed. stiffly.
-"And your wishes?" he asked curtly.
A faint time of color came into Ash-
ley's face. ,
"Are not too easily expressed," he re-
plied. "But I am delirious of knowing
whether or not . Miss Spray `actually
Carried out her intentions. She h
never referred to the matter since the
day when she gave you her instructions.
You. _with your; experience of the world,'
Mr. Orme, must be aware that--ci
ladies •often, revoke a decision within an
hour of its formation,. And" pow that
this matter this gone thus far, I am de-
termined to see it through.. My honor
demands it. And if you have not yet
drawn, up a deed of gift in favor of
Margaret Swan, 1. must• put my aversion.
to such topics to the background and in
sist- en its immediate fulfilment.",
The , lawyer opened a`; drawer enrl
drew: forth a large legal ' document..
Glancing at it for a moment he ;handed
it to his'visitor. The': latter took it and
devoured its contents , eagerl ,.• Then :,tie ,
handed. it back :and rose to .;go. '1
" l'hanls," he said, .with ' a • gulp.
am delighted to see' that thio matter has,
beers legally -carried aut. Good -day, :Mr .
Orme,"
�1-te, walked briskly to, -the door. Lucian
Orme watched him. ° His step' was 'jaun-
ty, his head erect. There was no dis-
guising.
isguising: the .'fact that he ';really vas
"delighted." Yet the. smile on the .law-
yer's face When 'the door closed boded.
no good for the man • ;whose motives
were so disinterecied',:
Five minutes later.. Lucian. •Orme care-
fully pot. the legal -looking doclirnent
within ,the Empty „grate; and held a
lighted lunch ,to its lower edges: The
flame. spread - rapidly till but a ;.few,
'blackened asides rem.atned: ;•
"What a .00ll"he; soliloquised grimly.;
"I� a •never even sow that the deed lacked,
ii senile '
He waled back Co, his" writing -table:
and sat down. An.. hour passed, .ancl t e
' was once more immersed in work when
a~hurried knock souiite' ion his door.
1Ie
teemed, to recognise it, and" rose;
hastily,' •
• 'At, last!" lie muttered. "Well; it wad
bound to Cornet Pone 'little giril .1 wish:.
T could spare her." t._
• He opened the do r; A white face
looked at him . piteo' ly. from without
• and 'two trembling ha ds were held out
to hints " He took 'then and drew , her
into the room.. Then he lad. her gently
to ;a chair and she sank into it with a
stifled .sob.' •
"Oh, you ' can't think wlaat. has hap-.
tamed!" she .cried piteously. "It•'is so-
.so dreadful/,' ,never-never thought it
of him!"
Lucian Orme drew , his ehair ' n tape,
nearer to her own. E 7 r
"`Dorothea," sig said gently, "eve have
been olcl friends for ever so long. r11.
'that concerns your welfare is of grave
importance to me,- Let us forget, for' a
little while that' I arn'ycitui lawyer arid.
you my client. Let tis reirnernper oily
that we att. friends. .Can -you do this'?'
She looked at him tearfully. 1 -le had
neyer,seeriied so strong ,before. She;
wvdered how it : came about that'she
hadnever before realized `how splendid
he was. It seemed Se natui-al,to•. run to
liiin whenever she was in trouble. She
hod done-so'irorn a child, 'and was only
now beginning to -realise what all this
meant to her.
"1 can't tell yowl" she sobbed. "It's so
-so humiliating to have to toll It to any-
one -even to you!"
Ile flushed. ,
"You need' n.ot," he said gently; "I.
know it already."
She dropped her lace handkerchief with
a start.
"You know ill" she gasped. "Oh, ibit
that is impossilalet
He smiled. ,
"Well," h0 Omitted d quietly, ,9,e -nay
not mete la.y� Clain to positive' know-
ledge, tut ears -guess. Mr. A.ahley
+l:reet .and Mis-Mnrgaret Swan have de-
eided to throws in their lot together, and
have been' quietly married this lntirriing
Ari I not riflit?"
She nodded.
""Flown did you , know?". she milted
tremulously'.
The lawyer glanced .at the ashes in the
Otherwise eritlity grate.:
"Ile count to ui '. little; more tliaui an,
bout* ago," 1, i . said drily'. ""t think zi;-
wait"then on his way, to' the church. Ile
wanted to see th+ deed of gift.''
'prsrr-does, loolzed up.
"But you 'hadn't one;" the cried. `1
don't chid rstand."
:'tie lawyer tanned °gain.
"1 had one ready for Ina," he said.
"p .IH' iii �1iue�t told me that he wvoulid.
conte. So I rigged este up a and ;ceiblib 1
tt fie,�r 'iiaa114 ; at the font, " tii'ile? people
i iiitAt• iu11 it forgery. But 1 tva<. ready
to ri le, that. lie;' Low it and wvas the
[.e�fwed, Thee I' l uee it."
Ile peeled to the little, !leap cif
noel wait relent. '
"Fie hats' fia';t, weitten t o nie,'" raid the
p 1. "llu't; tied, horrid rile! .w�;c,rptan Ittt .
'they t' eeit, married liatlf=:iu h ,;oar ,scree.
iiia, elea i° it -what ri,} iiiiitor ble, heat-
) i'4.:ael.itiy? world flee ter "
iiiw'. L ainaile €1.
"You. should ito thaabtLful it Yrs tact
L�irig' •t'�' iii' 1'e, iii'i :1, 11ei'r "''i', 1 £.t,6•E;
li:�e9 tZ ti aY'y'F►��' t :� iE1�i �. h i"C t). i. Aehloy
a?t' S1Vfetive�;; w',%e•1 !.►eerie Y~ i'y eate'r' l
:ill, s.iitil I iiiietaye blew It. I too felly
tee !Masil icq ir_re er'li,ei' teat Ite otti
k_•. reel tl,rliti r�t �a�err e,wi;11 plea. He
wet 1;. alai pee 1�rNt►4s,h'�'el wc1 � rt .lee hiatus
the truth."
She
nodded. y 17Zee
FsYq n9 ocrve i�P3n rigid. she 17-0111ftt"
ed. 1 w;mm never helaeve alt Giii n aro
lung as 1 Dive1''
Lucieui h d,
"Itia't that rather Friel -teat -ore -net to
cey rued Fre ttlquitrett.
he looked irate his deep ea..ey eyeo
egad hieki out her hand,
"Stir pt your," the sato sloyiet. 9 know'
f can tris it 3 ou. "
"Manley—Qui" ho salol snnply "I mtiy
;petit Yell to the test some day, Dorothea.
She blushed prettily. lie had let her.
SU.) lets] ecrete ehe ruse td—go....
"aonad-bye," she said t iti diy.
He held' -her hand for an instant:
utiood,bye,,"• lid'' said, •
Then he opened the door for" her•.to
pest; through.;
"May I collie and',sce youi on TI urs-
tiny;'"': he asked.
-!1'1W;" she, said, and•left:.birit standing
there by the open. do. or, a guile upon/' his
face.
Presently he closed the door "very
.softly end went back to his scat. But
he could not settle again to his',work.
For he know now that the way lay
clear before his feet, and that sooner er
later he would reach 'the :goal in which
his dearest hopes were centred. --Pear
son's Weekly.
FROM BONNIE SCOTLAND
fil'OTES OF INTPIREST raga
lands a:nd Lowlaucle of
The King has sent e. large.signed.pote
trait* of himself to the Soldiers' Home at
Mr. Edward Bell of John "Bell & Sea,
tweed- merchant's,' Langtiolm; died, rec-
ontly 'at his -home ,there. .
A bazaar in aid of the Rotral Alexan-
dra Infirmary was opened at Paisley oy
The. body of -a woman, ItIrs:' Smith,
aged 40, has -been , found in a "disnsed
A purpose of marriage hetween 'a
bridegroom aged 76 and a brlee •of 24
was among the ,icriee" in a Dundee
,e; Mr. William .Pirle, landlerd, of the
Speead Eagle' Inn, Maxwelltoten died
in Dpmfries Infirmary from, ',the 'effects
ago at- the farm 'of. Gleirgyte, parish cf
duff, has died at -the,. age of/96. Mr;
Strachan •carried oh a sue eesful bust.
/r
gess hi.ihe town fee over orty years.
• For ehocking cruelty to' his tee-year-
olc soh a' Glasgow Inen anted William'
'. James High. ete), a /reenghmen et
Purge,vie-Lintrathern. /was killed in-
stanteously, at Loya or' Brae Road*,
'Alytte, by 'es itieung olt, Winch he was
. Lord Linlithgow/was resented with'
the . 'freedom -Of' iStrapr r am* alter -
wares.' opened ithe public-, park, . which
has been presentede to the toWn by
John Morristintejtee 19 years., of age,
son of Mre John Morrison,t. farmer,
West Maine Knockatido was found
dead on the *farm, as the result of a
member of the Edinburgh' Fie'e ,Brigade,
in whieh he 'served for 33 Yeerse >died
at bis" residence, 9 Oxford street. He
watt'63 years of age. '
been yery successful. en the west coast
,Of Irelafidu One crew earned. X00 in.
a week and between 4700. and eeti00 ih
By the explosion of an 'oxygen mein -
.der at the Soottish Oxygen Company's
works 'at Glasgow, James Werde e7,
was hurled through two doorways Be-
- An innovation has been Made by the
Aberdeen School Board iri. cennection
erected in Frederickestreee. The 'play-
geound is siteated on the roof. '
Rev. Mr. Whillaso of Motherwell, brie
been presenteeby the Motherwell Tem
perance Ceuncil ovith to table, and type.
president for the' Past -25 Teats.
Sheriff • Henderson has awarded ' 450.
hurgh, in respect of breach of pri Ilse
13ruce,:e publio hens° manager, Tint
A new carbine range which. has beep,
given by Captain Werritiss, of Wemyss
Crtstleg for the use of the ."WeraYes Com-
pany of the 1st- Fife 11. G. A, Voluns
tgeree was 'opened by General Ste John
of about 20 feet. Two escaned practi.
cally unhurt, , The other, Devid Plain,
Dundee, was, uneonseious for home
time, and had a thigh bone broken;
•A tragie incident put a, sudden ter-
ftelavil. near-Kingusole, when Alava'.
del Macdonald. it forester in the ein-
ploy of ter, Mete/stet' filacpheritan, own-
er of Dalavil, died ,„ euddetilto in the
iterth ;green Camel! have res61VOC1 to
approach the Wait Office pointing , out
the advantages et the city in view' of
depot for thri whole of the Ireeiinteits
toreprising the Ilighlarld Brigade.
leAlIGIteiT MOTOR FIRE -ENGINE.
Loudon. eret new hae the largeot, and
Crum. It 'et prepelled by a eteain
weter-tithe boiler, heated by a petrole-
um' len•nee, which epratie the fuel inio
Ilia furnace. The machine 13 of title
horee-power, and; capable of throoving
etre gallone of -water a minute ht
height of feet. It can travel forty
eneluoo go up at a walla with the molt
foliewine, en fore, the new melee. eic,
emeriti auil eight h1611. at a f'pe: .1 e,
;Won an home
A Idlie ;fel - beet; to take 61V0 651
Itaby ithi,64 r. ell fie . lithe Ley
MUST WONDERFUL FIGIIT
' II,
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RE RUSSIVS STRUGGLE FOlft
Maxim Gorky, the Rustian Author,
Says the Struggle Cannot -
Lest Long.
Dr. C. Ilagberg Wright, *of Paris,
France, rualies public the following
titre Which he bee teartetilied, et
intah. eGorlityy! °t‘tivtij'. at•ll'ululas;111:
"My Defter Friepd: You ask MO Wild
think of the everits;of the' Cauea5uat
Well, I feel fall of sharne and sadness -
en reading arid hearmai toi that is
going mo there. I am so passionately
fend• of that beautiful country', tile PM -
it; Mountains ' covered with ',meow," Ats
valleys, end its eavines full bf the hap;
py noise of the milt ,and singing liv-
ers, and its beautiful, pliouel children,
When, lowaa in the Caucasus I :eaw the
ly and contentedly f eide by side with
the Tartar and the Armenian. /low
happily 'and simply, like children, they
played and. saeg and laughed, and
how different now to believe that these
simple, deiightful people are buee
way, ob'edient to dark and devil Mau -
PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND,
"What oppresses me Is noteso melt
the cruelty as the stupidity ''of the
people, , who' do hot understend that e
their evil passions. • It does. not gem
to Me that the bloody tragedies enacted
in Dolor differ in any respect as regarls
their rnotiVea from tilos() tragetbes
Warsaw, Kichineff, end ether places.
In Riga, Kursk; etc., the .dame hideons
Work ef a group of peoPle- who -nave
lost their senses is eieible, This groap
tire el conscience, which is ,gleatning
in the Russiare people, at last awakened
tri the knowledge 'of its right to .choose
,own form, of ' existence, Thege Poet
aro aceustorned. to power. Life istpleits-:
ant to them 'while .they can' diepoee •ef
the fate. and 'riches et our country,, the
strength end Woo -C-0 bur 'peeple, and
,thet without givipg ah aecouott to filly -
one of their acts. They have been ne
estate; they have forcible -kept -theene-
and. squalor rtin order to, weaken *its
spirit, ,and to prevent „the ..grewth of its
like blind -and dunib slaves, ebedient to
their will. With the cynioism of osr-
,sens cerrupted. with impunity, with 'the
frank ruthlessness ef 'animals who o"?
done everything to kill tho 'creative
Writ in 'there, , But these contemptible
geardians of the Whole, life of the court:
try ore ignorant and steel& they , do
not understepd that to "turn a /latent
just -as impossible as' to change the
granite mountains of the Caueasue ie.
to a. luitip of clay.
"The senseless and Inhuman oppres-
sion has -flOtt been. able tb extingtush
the Ore of bleed and tree 'thought in
oue country, It is brealdne, fortb Mt*
eryeihere' with greater' strength. Even
the blind now see .its angry flame, This
flame is spreading unexpectedly in
'all directions; and is struggling tIo buret
into ono strong, glorious .blaze, into a
thoughtful and -honest rnere against the
tvioience which le used by Ian incapable
group ef paresites who have been neer-.
!shed on the best sap of the country.
EGGING ON THEileflUTESe
,- "The .pareeites feel that the hour e
their agony 'ie approaching. aed
dea.th ie neette but they wish to live;
'and SO they 'etruggle as far it,S theysere
able agairist :the . ,w111 • of the people,
ern- raising froth the depths of•life ' ell
thariet dark -end evil; everythiog Writ
ig selfish, vepal, and lew, and they
have incited this ' dumb 'mass Of bre-'
talized beings -tigainet the best people
of thelend in 'Order to crush them, and'
to Iteee the power in ,their own' inoap-
able hendse if only for another y,ear.
sluggish peaeant, dulled, by hunger, en
students and even on thildren; anti,
perhaps even tt to -morrow the Tartars
demanded the acknowledgment. Of their
'rights,. they would send them againet
the -Girghlz and the Moldavians, fir -
.der to oppress them. 'Everywhere 'one
and the , smile thing. ' These evil para.
sites have dtawn round them for the
protcetion, of their position, in the cotin-
teit the wildest end Most .ignerant ,r,f,
who sineerely and un
good and freedom: theewhole of' bee
man history and in no country hes the
struggle of the ruling,elass for the pre.
servation "of -its power over the People
been fought 'go basely, rio.
and SO oynically OS it jn being fouglit
at our eountry fe these bloodthirsty
drunk with the blood' whiter, in spilt,
and %vile:feel, their end
MOST WOEFUL: IN' HISTORY.
"'What contempt Mast tour country
eseite in Europe when they see' those
who rule lie tailing to lifeit, all that
savage barbarous, and-iiheivilized, and
really honest, human, and creative. 'rile
-days. theough which we- ere living ale
regeneration, but the struggle ovincle
ireginif hi 'lassie Will Le 1,VIILLC11
hitiLOrk orie of the moot woeful'
evente in the Wee)* of mankind.
putrefection. But. thooe, wilt) to -lay
may eleal inel kill with 'impunity ntil
not lightly let go their pewee. etlie
Laud ethich yeeterday' broke the Loam
of- the Armenian de tlio love, totomint
right to fro.(10111 f_1(10lIN'
Si;t11 (IP 414'1 Cali Lill (ill
Wii,W() head ehe lianil \till fall hewer --
row? It hi ofiey to Moo tie betel and
rteldoei reverie, Let all lioriere
eferl mon of the tatif;&,M3,
fill dillY tor fri(qii14, rand 'LIMY A:5 lin a la 11
ALL HAVE
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Tarter; fleet:an, ArteePian end Jew,
dosire one thieg, to Dive Leiter teen
they have dem hitherto. Not one
Meet has litteety, net one of them 1:339
too rigtit to live RCCOrd!no to his raetal
find reNteoue convictions, which thintie,
aeovo all, aro neceosary for the grew-th
of his spirit met that of his race.
"104fen the Armenian indeed dereave
the Tartar of his freetioni? Does the
Geergian? Aro not the Russian and
.1cw find Pole bound hand ond foot et°
the same poWer which pretexts equaliy
heavily on the shoulders of the 'Tartar?
have hut ono, enemy. All goo
Yitose reason. is clear, and •whose,
enelavecIS must ,unite 'in the.
etruggie against this evil end senseless
power which .presses ell .of 11-15 An'
ilf1ViR hut one enemy.: Let, •equality and
brotherhood 'be Sere. .Let the light el,
reaeon shine on ne all apd Weld too
gether jn 'one greet
FACTS ABOUT rue SE
'no ;ire of the Mon 'Who roVed Abe
Allied Fleets.
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Rises ot 4 '4. in, Nislor bard. Fitts
little. „
. Is practically his own Foreign 41ine
Is afraid of the • dark.e,
Pays $900 a night to have his Led-,
rerun guarded by eight generals. -
Smokes cigarettes incessantly.
Takes -this meals wherever he happens
to be,
They are • brought to hirit in silver
dishes with covers ,sealed, The seals
are broken -only in his preseece.
The kelardjihi, or official taster,
responsiale 'for evere dish,
The Saltan's. food is mostly eggs' nl'al
entrees. -It does not cost over $5,000, a'
To feed and keep his' hoeseheld,
however, coetst$60,000 a week..
Passionately fond of revolver shopt,
throws glass balls into t•he air for the
Abdul Flame is very fond of animals.
, lie hag over 200 horses in' his stables.
Spends much time ,in eiviary
among his birds,. •
' Frequently has a ettimitgr of pot
deer 'brotight to his apartments.,
-*Likes to, play the Piapo, but is a peer
tSeleetems "limn e91 Trovatore" ere
his favorites.
Puts bens on all elasgical rraisit. in
Sits in the auditorium and sips raid
'bitters. t
tIleads a great deal, mostly 'sense -
home fict on. ;
Has often re -read the French Mies
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'London, -•Erigland, is'. paying the pen-
alty ptieg thy all tarp:cities. CriMC IS
Inside her" gates.hiln rOund numbers slit
hi e to•pay nearly $8,00000 year to
keep criminate in tetece; 'for thet fs the
:sum plia ,out to het' courts, prie
to include stolen propeety, losses duer
LE4JJING h1ARKETS
er, Silo for itio. 2 %vitae aria rein for red
Wheat-•elieuiteteteeQuetatione of lake
foe No. I Northern and kiiie to 83tec for
Floure--(mtarie-Quiett exporters bid
$4.1e to $3.15 for tio per 'cent patentei
riii.les'btuicYefezi?1:eebazigts$'3!3tit°t!nttbeig31°,45P,uiMlitasi.lit'oallbit't
steady; ai.age to Kele for, first patents,.
$4.3a to $tAd for secehd patents, -and
'Ade, ehmits $17 to $10; Manitoba bran,
Toronto and equal .freight points,
Oats -44c to 350, outeide, for No. 2.
itariey-46c for No. 2, 440 for No. 3 etta
tree and 410 for No. 3, Outside.
Peas ---177c to ,78c, outside.
flye-In demand, at 70c.goutside.
Buckwheate-Nominal; al 510 to 52e,
Quetsoirnde.-7.. Canadian - Holders ask 44e,
peohianttbsaT ,freights, 4.2o bid; Ainerlean No.
Toronto, and 20 to 40 more 'at outsider
3 yellow is easier, at 50c to 50e0,.
Oats -$5 in barrels and $4.7S
in begs Orl track - here; 2e0 more tor
broken Jets here and 40c outeide,
COUNTRY PRODUCE. , eats
Br:Ater-Prices a.re quoted unchanged.,
do solids 23c•to24e.
Dairy le. rolls, ,good to choice aloto220.
olo -medium .. 20c to 214
do inferior 19c to 20e•
Cheese -13o for large and 1334c fore
Egget-tQuotatioris unchanged at • .24e
tot'250 for fresh gathered, 22c to -2-3e for
•e„old storage and 200 to elc for limed.
• Poultry -Pair •lots are corning forward
tut the, demand is nOt brisk. Pilties are -
7e; ducks, lic to, lec, thin 6c to 8o; geese,
,10c llcs turkeys 13e, with *13e0 for
choice small lots. • •
per'beg Oh -track here.„75e to 85c oilt. cif
90e to 9573 'ont. or store.
Baled Flay -Easy in- tone and' quoteil
unchanged at $$ per ton for No. 1 thn-
6:1hy in car lots'here and $6 for No. 2.
Baled Stravre-Car lots OD track here.
are quoted 'unchanged' at' $6 per tone
BUFFALO- MARKETS.
Buffalo,' Jen,: Firth. NiT4eo,t.
-Spring, unspitled1 I Northern,:
ked 'Ohre Wint no
Barley --Strong; .47 -to IlyetteDulle
Nee 1* on track, 726.
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NEW YORK, WHEAT, MARKETS.'"t"
95ege, f.o,b. afloat; No. -1 Norther** Mi -
injured 'parties, etc.„, Serious crinies,1
Such . burglary, housebreaking court -
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Arregie, ate , :Mere. frequent than ,fer
pense,aod loss accone,ti be, the city. List
„nitrates ptit the bill of the city's cx-
.penses. as high. as $10,000;009. Aln other
words, each -.taxpayer. or, bead- of ,a
-household of five ' pe.rsons•pays $6.S1
.a year, for Loodon's 'crime: Nor do
these rnillione* Make up the total loss;
There tire thee hundrede of .thousan„is
lien away, loSt, or destkoyede• Add, then,
le these Vie aniounts paid by, private
parties tri prevent ' burelary; etc ,
watehme earetekers, burglar alarms,
door an window. fastenings, safIs,
rine begins to get .a fairly good idea of
what are the 'losses dtie. to trime ;n a
'pelice.epd courts down for $0,149,041,
fr t $1,216,625, loss by Injuries, essaults,
-8i5 'These impaling figures Cover of-
ten only the well-known items. ;low
millions escape the viglia.nt, eye Of the
experts. ' No millions like thieteete ne.
' LAUNDRY WORK, Al° SEA.
New Inventku Allows diaries to he
NifasIktleon the Liners.
The ovOnlierwernen, or Man, has
hitherto been a person for.. whom
there bas been no place o en ship -
Tho redden. 'for this does not lie in
the fact that sailoro. either in the+
Tapia or Merchant cervicei: have, no ,
to the fact that it 'me bden 'practi-
factOrily in sea water.
Many inventors heve endeavored
to riolYe the problem, and Amity woe
tehte-one dating 03 faribnek as 1771'
—have been taken out, "but still the
difficulty remained.
At, lost, 110WeVer„ a new soap has
been , introduced, for which it ;1st
claimed that linen twashed with its
aid even in nett water may be, etarch;
"Ocean-going ithipe." Geld ao, mane -
I. -Tr of the firm reeporieible for the,
Pelio temp, "carry from 60,00o to
100,000 plecee of bed and table linen
becauee they halve to take
enough to laet, during the entire
to take with ttient linen taillielent for
But with thin new soap the wail -
anti eeperiett, time, aod ripace wilt be
El;f4t1.1W On V.. 0.1 tiail)!; witted be et levy
pteet, lame, At retoielit nil wird* Din,
• CATTLE MARKET.
Toronto, Jan. 9.—Teade in all lines of'
"stock coetinued active at the , Western
Cattle Market •this morning, The 'run
wasi heaviee than it has been for- some,
time, but everything wadt pretty Well
cleared up, aod en butcher cattle prices.
were firmer. _
".Export Coetlee-Choice are guided .f,t
,Buteher Cat•tie--Picked tote $4.10
goodl to choice. $3.75 do $4; fair tte
good $3 toette,50, common $6.4riO to $3,
Stockers and • Feeders et; Short - keel",
feeders are quoted at $3 tO to $4 good
feeders ati$3.40. to $3.65, medium at $2.5ao
Mileh Cches-The range of pieces
quoted is unchahged at $30 to $60,each.
Caives--•The meeket is .quoted at $4 to•
$12 each and 4c to 6)ete per lb.
.,Sheep and Larribs-Export sheep ard
gpoted•steady at $4.25 to $4,40 per cwt. im
fer 'export owes $3.25 to $3.50 for bucks
and wethers and $5.50 to $6 ler Mixed ,
Hegeo-,Quotationi; ere 15e higher, lit •
$6.25 for choice litildilefeighte and $0 !'or
heavies.
There are two very distinet.varieties et
frost, a • "black" frost and a "white*
frost. A. white frost is inditative of tha
probabilities .of fain, but two white
frosts seen on coneectilive mornings,.
rind, still more?' three white froste so
seen, aro certain forerunners- of rain
within a few houre. Oa the other hand,
black freet, espetielly. if it comes Om
gradually during two or three deyse in-
dicates oak" land dry weather. If during .
'freely a/cattier mite daipersett and small
detached ciititocumulus elouds appear in
the upper air, a thaw may be expeeted.
tlio5o eloudo which ore familiar to
everybody under the name of. "mackerel
sky." :Some other eigna of tin impene-
ing: A watery rein at eunricie; tlet sun
fleeted rays into them; the eters, loolting
dull, and the tuner 01103 only vioilfico
the moon's horns looking blurt ed
• PARADISTe FOP, ANClielilltSt
fikt in the world which offers
hor may catch two dositu vine -ales
met haply aliCt VONIC11,01
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