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MAY 29, 1891
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I ever sinee. It -ss alw:tys my itha that :dm
I should be 1%1 illy's govarness awl that is etie
! reasod why I did not have het. here atelier,
t We them -0G tthe would take up her pesition
AN OLD l•lOLDIER'S LOVE STORY. ! bettor if she (same to it ita a tioMparative
— . stranger."
MI: pgsrAnn, Aothor t• When 1 tat Title Was High," ".The Artist twa the NI um( I She paused, and the fastfood, who had
" 111, A 1.11.11.s8 Room," Ete., Ete, i been lietening with the deepest attention,
said in a moved voice --
ehoerfal, hele their elders meal night, and
went r111 10 the bright room in oue of the
turrets, of the castle which they shared to.
Fee eeveral hours of that evening Lady
Flora Winstaeley and Colwell Lyndon ad
to -miter deep in talk on the terrace that
(overlooked (11' moorland end the hills. Mr,
Winettonley had gone off with his son in
Eldill14111,11, and "they had the house to
t Mooed% (ts, Theegh the eolonel win(
Hosted tut erishly mixfous to hear the
stot winds had, la en pi oinised to
hint earlier, he managrd to listen
with pat nonce whilo Lady 'Flora, no
1(10 11' uplifted ly the envious *elks of
aceid,
1110 11081 lout 1,rought r son and om,
1 tho ilehest armee» ni lingland together,
'.3 (11(1 her contitlenees. She thought
ett Innen error ; Nye are too fond of fancy.
i in; ourselves speeially ktveured by 'knel-
t detwe- that toineilleing.S of so signilivnnt a
charneter pool plainly 10 (8 Imppy•termin•
t iou of her brilliant Same. " It is st
dent," she se hi, " that Percy never was born
, la, a pour man. 1 have mill 00 from the
beginnieg. lint I did not 11)1011 ho would
actually tall in love with a rich woman.
, He is in love."
" 1 am sure he la," returned the cont.
Fluent colonel, It wa), Is Case of En 0 ift
first sight on his part. 11 alms Browne had
I()thing, it would be just the same. I
believe it is only her money that has pre -
I vented hint from throwing himseli
•
" Poor boy 1 How like him ! " mermured
the proud mother, " fie was always tlis-
interested from a child. 13ut yon must
talk htm out of his 1 ittle shyness, Colonel
Lyndon. I am rather afraid of saying too
much myself. It is a delicate matter. But it
would ie a thousand paws If they were
kept apart by any foolish overdiensitiveness
00 hie side. 1 am certain she admires him,"
" They seem to get on very well to-
gether," seid the colonel.
" Oh, yes 1 and then, how mneh she likes
this house ! How interested she seems in us
all, even ifl yon, Colonel Lyndon," said
Lady Flora, with a smile. " I told her
What a friend you 1081 1)0011 to Percy, and
she would have your whole history ; who
you were. and where yon came from, and
all about Hie') Cliffe, and your life in the
c1-111?1,1):13, Vill.
(.1)5 elne5o1i5.
Up the valley and over the moor, with
the glories of the sunset lying out bt fore
them, dal a pale half-moon clearly defined
against the Mae of the eiedon shy, rising
up over the live] plaid behind, drove the lit-
tle party irom 1:1,1.lelt 10 0115 end ot that de-
light -fel day. t'oloeel I,vodei, Was delete; ;
Letty sat beside him, and alilly, whove eye))
were heavy with ;deep, varied he r,olf up on
the nag at Let t y lett, 111 o e.t.t,1 0131 at the
sky. Before they hol goic 1 1811 8, rcy
11,01.11 fart (dosed, and ;ton Letty draw her
tip into hei mins, and (1 8111:' imt Ler
head against her shoulder,
It 11(18 (1111 tral that, uni.er oiremied
such es these, io the deep 0!1.11ve of the
evenilm, with her yovi tole( p in her
arms, Letty shotild be moo ed to apeak
her trouble to the frhael by her solo. she
was seesitive and elinglog to an :mused
degt'ce, lLtrt,eotiv 110801.00 to be owl do
the very best Unit war( possible, the wen
given to a distrust of 1et)(011 whieh wee tot
times almost morbid. Alone, she lAt astray,
, like to creature lost and wandering. More
empecially was this the 01100 11051', when her
terror lest for her own comfort and ease she
should be sacrificing the higher intere0t8 00
one so dear to bee as her little pupil WAD
'shaking her gentle soul to its depths.
In the quiet of throt lone drive acroes the
moor, Letty, led on by a few kind and 01:100
questions, let the full story of her troubles
escape her.
It was easy to Apeak of thorn to Colonel
Lyndon, for he (11(1 not put her off as others '
had done, epoli 0.1011151 occasions, I y
vagne talk about over.sensitiveness. He
heard her to ole end end then beetle as he
would have said, to 1,111 (1 out. When, by 1
his statement of her difficulties, he 1011 made
several of them lose their character, glving, ,
partienlar, most excellent- i•easons for his
belief that 8he was the right governess for ,
!dilly, Letty felt wonderfully relieved. 1
It did not occur to her to ask how the I
colonel could have arrived at his intimate t
knowledge of the nature and requirements
of a girl of ?dilly's ad& It was tnough for
her that he was wise end good, that he
spoke with a sineerhy that was above sus-
pidon, and that he was Lady Flora's friend.
;Ivy element or you, 1,, 11,8,
reit:Ming forth lute au tuilturrom of lastilty
and wmider, tadoti)..11 hie whole being 1
as ((1101(1',f item, as 1 111 1 Ed ardent Pa'''1".1(
Young Ile 1(1103111 have 'wen 1)03',WA.
es if all those lotig ystrs of (meg,. ho 111
111111, with theirmyriad strange ex fag Solutes,
had never hem,. And with it ttli there 11.814
r00 bars !well 50( 3' good and generous, ill his heart 18 lent1or110.40 of letting whioll
t lady Flora. Anil now yon ore rotopitig your madam known by the young. Ile thought
0
'v''81
l";1111,';cos, I am satisfied; for Milly, (hat been otherwise - how new mid ellartithig 111-
of 5(1(8 11111101100110 i (10(11(1 have
im to say. She has never been so happy as thrests would he given to his life, how his
I She IA 11011:, bia sometimes, I confess, 1 feel distant h0me--1 ligh his mother
1, troubled about Lei ty'm futnre. Milly will ad loved, and 10 which she had hoped he
not '(('111(1 11 governess always,
‘Nvonloono (lay brng a mistress, wind'
1*1118e!1?X1!1"'4'1205,,ofheriseautilied afel 1'111131, (al by the gen Ile pro.
oW1; 8011tc 11;•, 81 001 Stnsoofthe
sweet woman who had 1,8011
" She may marry, you mean 1 That is t heart. But of her he thought lar mere than
possible, and I intend, of course, to giv • of dinsell
, her evrry advantage. lint 51:11a1 elianee has Poor, timid, alivinking chill! Little
n girl iit her position 3 She la pretty, : witedering bird that had never had a holm,
yes, 1 grant you. tlutt. But, think 01 1,' r 1 \Int1 a home he 'would make her 1 11 (1. WILD
fr1"1,"11('"net's 1 . 1.1 1thlr, ° in the power of one 111000.11 11121(4 to make
the young men win; (01110 1:1511111(41108C1011(llhl'I'co1„„,-,1 th„fight
were , to holt in love Ninth her, am might lie -betty ehouhl be the happiest wo•
wish to marry her, there would be a lino man meet earth.
outcry. My dear colonel, I am sorry to seen I So t hint:tug and dreatillog, Ida great heart
eynical ih your eyes, but, 'unforlattiately, 1 full of tendernese the Z
e olither wendetsal
hew what the wot1(1 is ) besides, the poor 1 on, until the twilight that lutd lingeeed all
ehild herself is sosensitive-auclinging. Lin
thele '5 she was loved 101' herself, anil received night, upon 1111' hills heightened, and in the
soremn east " Cud. made Himself nu ;mild
lose of dawn."
ero en. (toNteixestml
111 11, ft lendly manlier by the faintly of the
1111111 vim loved her she avoold be wretched.
3,1(11 afraid you sytil think one sentimental
about Letty," said the artful lady, with a
smile.
"bit ! no, no ; I umlerstaxel how you feel I
your feelings clo you honour," said Colonel
" And perhaps," returned Lady Flora,
who had been thinking with a little remorse
of the incident of the morning, " you will
undeistend also that ono mus1 not lot her
be too sensitive. Hardnessisnecessary some-
times."
" olo 11 —" the colonel stopped abrupt.
ly. " I was going to say something foolish,"
he amid, with an awkward laugh.
11 51)100 Lady Flom's tire to hesitate now.
After a few moments pause, sh seal delib-
erately, " Are you so very sure it was fool-
ish, Oolonel Lyndon."
At these words, simple in themselves, but
capable of several curious interpretations, a
wave of emotion, that surprised himself , by
its intensity, swept over the ordonel's heart,
and an answer such as he had never intend-
ed to -make leapt to Ins lip( " I wonder,"
he said, " if you are serious, Lady Flora 3"
" Why should I be anything else ?" she
asked quietly then in a lower 1:0100, " Tell
me your foolisn saying, Colonel Lyndon. I
"'81013' TWA' T..111.18rn OP MIMI AND 11150 SEMOrS•MATTERS, TILL Tna TrArrY nfirvn was ()van.
"Oh 1" she said, looking up at hire with
dewy oyes, " I tom so glad you think I nm
doing right. I shall go (011(10011 more Imp
pity vow. Are you sure I If aVe not t rood 'led
you by telling you toll this nonsense?"
Th s trenutlonsness of her tone went
straight to the poor colnnel's heart, which
began to beat in 81:811100513 irregular fashion.
"My deer little girl," he said earnestly,
"I like to be confided in. It's D. sort of
weakness of mine. Ian) never so happy as
when somebody is making a m(3101(1111' of me.
'You will remember that, will yoa not?
When you ((1:5 31) difficulties, you will say to
yourself : " There's an old friend not hor
away, who may be able to help me. I will
speak to him.''
" Thank you, thank you," murmured the
young girL "1 know you say it because you
are kond, but I can't say no. I have never
hada friend in my life -that sort of friend,
I mean. Hove Lady Flora, of course, and
my dear, sweet little Milly, and every one
at school was good to me. But when I speak
to any one as 1 have spoken to you, they toll
me that I am morbid and over -conscientious.
*Can one be over conscientious, do you
hink? '
"That is not a very easy question," said
the colonel, stniling. 11 was rather amusing
to him to find himself lifted so promptly
into the position of a young girl's
conscience -keeper. "1 should feel inclined
to sayboth Yes 'and No ' to it," be wont
on. " One cannot wish too much to do one's
duty ; 1310 0110 may think too MUch about
what one's duty ie. I look at these things,
you know, from a soldier's point of view.
If we were always thinking, we should never
fight a battle. We must often make &dash,
and we have to risk 'something."
"I suppose we can never be quite certain
aboutanything," said tatty, in a low voice,
" Except that if we honestly wish to do
right we shall not be allowed to go far
wrong."
" You mean that God will show us the
right way," said Lotty reverently.
" Yes, that is whatimeant. I believe his
old-fashioned to speak 80 0008 21)10 there is a
comfort in the old thotights which WO do bot
And in the new. That, at least , my experi-
ence," sad the colonel, emilioig. "Have I
lectured yon enough ?"
" You 11050not lectured nu) at all 1 OT. il
that ie teetering, I shoul)1 like to be Irian,
ed very often," said Lotty.
" Why, an you may,' answered the nolo-
nel, looking with an intereat that grew
deeper every moment tot the moat blue eyes
Pplofted lo hie,
And then they talked of other and 1000
serious Matte:re, till the happy drive was
over, when 1)1 illy and Lotty, worn out Ina
army, It wits really amusing,"
'• Very amusing !" echoed the colonel
absently. It is to be feared that he scarce-
ly so (mien as heard what Lally Elora said. I
lie was thinking of Letty Morrison, to I
whom, by an 1111.0i1 reminder of the promise
made to him 01521101: 111 the day, he presently
brought round the conversation.
" !" said Lady FlOra amiably. " Letty
--I promised to tell you her story -a simple
story, Colonel Lyndon ; but I think it will
interest you. It is -let me see -how long
ago 3 Letty is nineteen now, she was six
then -thirteen years since I sadv her first.
How the time flies ! It seems almost
Mandible. I was giving EL dinner -
party in our London house, and one
of my guests 01:100 a well-known physidan,
As I WEIS leavieg the table with the
ladies, I 08110 10111 that a messenger had come
for him ; this annoyed me a little, for the
doctor was my liveliest guest, and I had
been relying upon him for after dinner. I
went out to question the messenger, and find
oub of anything sertous WAS wrong. :oho
was brought to me in the hall, and I 81)&11
never forget what I felt when I saw her -a
ehiltl, a mere baby, with tiny white face,
set like a woman's, and %ego blue eyes
brimful of tears. The poor little thing was
trembling ; I suppose the lights, ancl the
servants, and my fine evening:dress alarmed
her, I spoke to her kindly, ILlid 111011 she
burst into tears. I took her up in my arms,
and held her close to me until the doctor
came out and went off' with her to her
father, who, alio said, WaS worse.
"The child was Letty :Morrison, and that
was the beginning of my interest in her. I
asked about her the next day, and heard a
very sad story. Her mother was dead, and
her father, who had mado a little success it
literature during her life•time, had taken
some kind of wrong turn. Either his intellect,
or his imagination, or his will had failed
hint His short seamen was followed by con-
tinual failure, lie Wall dying of poverty,
care, and bitter disappointment.
"As it happened, my heart was very soft
at that time. A few months before, ony
wholo nursery -two dear little boys anti a.
baby•girl-hatt been wept. away by world -
fever. hilhly Wan not born, and Percy and
my eldest girl wero at school. " And 00 it
(1(8010 810111 that 1115(4510 to take au Interest
in poor little Letty, the laby•messenger,
who, for her father's salce, had braved the
fine people. and the fine house on the night
ho watt taken worne.
"3 visited poor klorriann, and before lie
died 3 prooniaed te befriend. Letty, and not
lose eight of her until ehe was of an age to
look after hereelf. When he died 3 took her
into my house, and as Noon cm 1 thought her
old enough, I sent her to Halloo'. There, ex-
am very much interested in your happiness,"
Tile.re W108 no mistaking her 110W. It WEIS
certain that sloe, the friend of his boyhood,
had read into his heart. It was certain too
that she dil not consider the dream -Which
he himself had scarcely ventured to give a
plats to in his mind, so lovely and strange
it was -altogether unworthy of being serious-
ly thought of, And so in a SOW moments
the colonel found that his droam W118 more
than a dream, that it had shaped itself into
tremtilous pocsibility of happiness.
"I have been interested in that sweet
girl since I saw her first," he saitl ; " even so
lately as this morning I thought of her 100 0.
child, and wished that sho belonged to me,
that I might have the right of caring 101.
her ; 110W 1 ELM 111080 than interested in her ;
I have talked to her, and entered into her
feelings, and made her, T hope, a little hap,
pier by a few of my clumsy words. She hag
trusted me, and I love her. Laugh 151 010,
iny friend, for this is my folly ; the child
has become 0,080108101) to me, and has stolen
into my heart. I would give my clearest,
possession -my life itself --to gain 1)15(4(41.
11050 for her ; but the happiness I wish to
make for her I should like to share. Now,
what do you say to me 1"
" I say that there 18 no one in all the
world to whom I would rather confide my
hittlu Lotty's future," said Lady Flora, in a,
deeply moved tene,
" Thank you! Thank yen I" answered
the colonel earnestly, and after a moments'
hesitation he went on : " Thiele your feeling,
but how will abet% think 9 Consider the
difference of age."
" A mere nothing, I assure you; differ-
ence on the right mdt."
" 13u1 I (Planet young for my years."
" Are you not ?" said Lady Flora, with a
charming smile. " You will pardon me if I
disagree with you, In my humble opinion
you are I go very ynungest man T know. I
0v1eati,t;ure to prophesy that yott will 120120501'eyebe
A boyish color which fully justified Lady
Laura's opinion, oveespeoad the oolootel's
face 1(1 11(15 testimony of lois youthfulness.
Ho did not Nolotore on any protest, for, as a
fact, he fell ridiculously young that evening.
Ilelistened while his friend gave him vari-
nue wise advietio ; to de nothing banto ; 1(1
Id the young girl Ile loved become locum-
tomed to him as to friend before he spoke to
her of any warmer feeling ; to be guided in
everything ly Lady Flom, who had large
experience in these matters, and to stay on
quietly at °natio Itttrick until his 'snit Was
YTOT1 ; alla 110 111.0111114011 to be obedient and
patient, and when, the hour being tato, Lady
Elora bade him good night, ho walked off
with a long swinging stride through the
grounds DAM 0508 1110 moor,
QUEER CHILIANS.
-A-
They Mee Their Own litutldfugs to create
to Little Fun.
Seine of the institutions of Chili are won-
derful creations and gotten up for display
rather titan usefulness. Thus all the natives
are compelled by law to settee as firemen or
floe militia men, and as tho former is more in
the line of a carnival 1 he small yoting men
prefer it. The firemen are wont( of -their
uniforms and seldom in case of fire venture
so near the flames as to mar their beanty.
Their effort(' in cheekirg fires aro directed
more to prevent the spread of the dames, by
deluging adjacent buildings tin hooking
to extinguish the file alien:han 1y started, end
which frequently could be biought into sub-
jection by well-timed action. It is 1105 alt
111100111111011 thing for a merchant near the
scene of a fire, whose stock in trade would
be hopelessly tanned if the firemen were
allowed thew own reckless way, to pay
sums of moeey to the chiefs of the com-
panies to indnce them to turn the hose in
another direction ; or, failing in that, to lock
doors and windows and stand in front with
drawn revolvers, to keep the destructive
firemen at bay.
The firemen approach the scene of a five
in various ways. Some arrive with the en-
gine ; some walk ; many ride in carriages,
but all are in titne to partake of the re-
freshments that are served after the con-
flagration is over.
Some time ago the city of Concepcion
procured a fire engine at enormous expense,
but as the city had fow fires the biddies had
to be content with showy parades, in which,
the engine was the chief object cif attistetion.
The citizens, however, resolved to get up ex-
citement, and after Picturing their properties
for double their value several of them start-
ed MS. Everybody turned ont to See the
fun ; church bells tolled jubilantly and the
epgine was dragged through the streets in
triumph. Everybody rejoiced except the
insurance companies, which had to bear the
expense,
A SURGICAL WONDER.
--
Transplanting, Hearts Front Ono 1,Iving
Animal to Another.
A recent press dispateh from the City of
Mexico announced that Dr. Raphnel 'Mar-
tinez, of the ancient Aztec bailiwick, lons
succeeded in transplanting hearts from one
living animal to another, and is prepared
to undertake a like transfer in the case of
human beings, upon proper surgical occa-
sion.
The discovery, if it be real, may serve a
useful impose in rare cases. Thereof& some
persons afflicted with heart troubles of a dan-
gerous character, with mithalregurgilations
and the like, who very much want to go on
living for a time for various reasons more or
less personal to themselves and confidential
when communicated professionally to the
doctor. Also there tuna good many persons
with perfectly sound hearts who desire to
get out of this world as quickly as possible
and with as little pain to themselves. Some
of them commit anieide, but most object to
the mode of exit as unbecoming and perhaps
positively sinful.
Now, all that Dr. Marlines willhave to do
will be to keep in stoolt, as it were, a supply
of wouldthe suicides whose cording organiz-
ations de sound, engaging to remove then)
painlessly, and in the order of their registry
on his books, from a world that does itot
satisfy them. When 0. patient thenned by it
defective heart; presents himself for treat-
ment the thing will be perfectly simple and
satisfaetory. Ether for two ; operatioe ;
ono funeral and one recovery 21'. big fee, and
everybody satisfied.
41r
STANLEY'S NARROW ESCAPE.
The Exigence waited tpeto by II Slob at
Sheilleid, Eng,
A London special says : While Henry M.
Stanley was delivering a lodure at Sheffield
the other night) tho hall was invaded by a
gang of socialists who began to soll among
the audience to pamphlet attacking the ex -
lot er. The pamphlet was freely bought
under the belief that it contained ti, report
of one of Stanley's lectures. When the
fraud was disoovered there 08180 (41:0(11 com-
motion and the vendors wero violently ex-
pelled, The gang lingered around the
building and as Mr. Stanley left the hall
they attempted to mob him, His friends
gathered 01011101 11110 and with the assist.
once of the police kept off hie assailants.
Ho was then hurried 3113.0 18 carriage and
driven to his betel.
Deserted Her Babe.
A deerplotch from Chatham says: George
Kialm, Who liVetti near the CI. 'P. 13, station,
lioard in the neighborhood of his house a
plaintive wail, and investigating ho found
O baby whose residence in this inhospitable
woricl could not hove been more than two
months, l'Ito pollee were acquainted with
the eirounistanee and attention at once
turned to the dation, where 18 301111(4 W01110.11
who confessed to be the mother of the met.
lowityr, was foetid, waiting to leave on the
eastern train. Sho gave 1101' 11E11110 tis Ellen
edul hor limn° at Romney. In her
pocket was found a ticket from I3lonheim
to Torontn. After keeping her in the rolls
all night( the chief allowed her to go to hor
destination. Mho promised to stood by the
child 11110110 could got to a refuge of some
8011 in which to leave it.
Tim Palmier.
(From vrenni, iit 15, rongerd
()mine 14,1' built. it ni'1;; enththig
The far o 111.4,11 .L. 1110 1,10,, Or 1,1
11011Vini smiling o'er thee. 1.1.. winds eoftly
rhittl.tur,
011, t,t tt .11 1111, 11:111`1,, glide gully 1101m.,
'111,:41ms-behind 4 h, riton her
A ct1111,180, seeing rito by 11/1y
A 11111005, 110111 01/118 as 1 110 ntilr
(ItIovo,1;11 0.01. 11,,' bus.
Q110011 et the w,t1 ere. I Iry bark gerttiv guiding
trhe far oeliees wok,, tit he v,,ice t
Ileaven 0.01' 11100, 11(1 WW1.' -only
tni, Quern ..f the waters glide golly along.
CANADA'S ittail
W1111 11 11 Antertean Traveller Says or
Therm
3 Perkin., Irtving returned from rt
trip over the Commit:tit Piwille from :\ 1.111110pul
10 V101011111'01. 01111 1/0011. 1,, Q111.1 08., spoke
thus in an interv i OW With R New 1" orIc re.
porter :
What about the Onnailistn mines 't"
V1181 ChM/ T1111 1111111/11111118 11110'0
the ,io1,t /010011 011 0115 continent, Ike
1 'ittittil hut l'aultie URI% between Lake Superi-
or and Winnipeg wore full of old Colorado
experts awl prospeutont. They had bags of
A captive, in the Idoom of youth. rt. 11 stimp.es of nickel, 00111(1 1:, ei leer, and
thoelt (2(131 111 I lila 111,1'10d 1 g(1111."
1 W01! 11V 001111111; I1), 111 1 111111. 1V1101.0 110 11111F0 mines?"
um) for liberty's swret 1.0tir. " The Hooky Mu intain mines are tiler
(300,0 or waters. ,hy bark (4,111 1!' ISM 081:01 ef WiliiiirOg (((((10, 1.011 Lin
Ths tar sea., wake 01 (.1'' ('(0''' '11 1 11, nf the Colorado and Wyoming Mines. They
Moron ,miling 0 01. 11,,0, 111'' ‘"1.‘1' 48,14 111'0 111010 V010.1/011, 1011 the Algotim field ec
oh, wonee of tile water. whit:gaily ;thaw, slow 'edify; worked. The Algoma field ex.
tends Irom the niekel mines of Suhury, all
111011 net mirrored in the wateN Moe, along the divide separating the \valets of
'thy dgure tall. (1,1' graceful form 1 Lake :-tuperinr frcen 1111(1001, Bay and the
or seeks thy sail emu,. Inver truer
or courtslt Mu 1110 zephyr warm! Al clic Wean to Port Arthur and oil up
Qiloon of tho wothfg, thy hork gimtly gUld ta Rat NV age. Rat Portage is 00 high
1 ; `,,,fiinj.,;(;,0111101,4.; "AkIr 1111? 08(1,11,, 5141"ltri; 114110.6ttilu'rdir'tage the waters flow north 11110 1.111t11
100 1111103 1mst of Winnipeg, Prom
\ nutmeg mod Hudson Bay mid 0011111
through Lake a ow wood8 and 'Rainy
River into Lake Superior. This is to vol-
eanie 00g1011 full or gold and SilVer T11080
0,80 111011s1111(10 of miners and prospectors
about these mines (51)11 many Inning mills
aro rn luting."
" WI10 OW1113 these mines?"
" The present, owners are mostly Amer17
cans who have had experience in Colorado
and they aro backed by American capital-
ists. Senator Payne of Ohio, lir. Ritchie a.
banker of _Akron, and Air. Rockfeller of the
Standard 011 are working the Sudbitey
nickel mines. 'They bought the mines four
years ago as copper mines for a small sum.
They t urn out to be the richest nickelmines
in the world. D. 0. B. Girwood, a milling
export, tette me that the Americans have
refused $8,000,000 for a half interest in
these mines. Angus and *McIntyre, Canadian
!midi° officials, aro also interested in these
mines.
" The Port Arthur mines," continued lir.
Perkins, " are owned largely by Gov. Res-
sel 0. Alger of ;Detroit. They are Hell 111
copper and silver. Many of the samples
brought 00 11,0 cars remind one of the ...Aspen
mines in Colorado. Exports say the Canadian
mines from Sudbury to Rat Portage will
prodeoe to billion dollars."
"Then Canada has got valuable assets to
balance her 8224,000,000 debt?"
" Yes, splendid assets. Her debt of $221,-
000,000, for 3,000,000 people is egni v111031 to
a debt of three billions for our 03,000,000
people, litth she has assets to meet it.
President Van Horne of the Canadian Pacilie
tells me that the road is paying 4 per cent,
011 $200,000,000, The (Irand Trunk is worth
a 11 1111(1 1.11(1 1111111011. The Dominion has SOO,.
000,000 acres of unocounied wheat1 land in
Assiniboia, Alberta, Saskatchcowen, and the
Northwest Territoeice. This comprises . a
wheat country seven Unice as large as Dakota.
Away up on Peace Rover and the North
At the touch of a baby's hand. Saskatchewan they had their wheat all
f seeded April 22, when hardly au acre 08EE0
sowed in Iholcota."
Oh, Queen Of the 011E11.1, glide golly along,
'With bounding hope my hearl Is stirred,
Thou wilt unbar my erken door,
With lime 10 Ile, like edged bird
That sonnes it., 'sleds to pine tie timee,
Queen of the waters, thy hark amity guiding,
The far 8011005 wake at the volet, 011hy song;
!leaven smIllog o'er thee, the Winds softly
chiding.
Oh, Queen or the waters glide golly Wong,
Thou lleSi tat est and my grief
A moment dints thy pitying eye ;
Alm, 1 vainly honed relief,
'noted g101P. ind 1 am left to die.
Queen 00 10(0 waters, thy book gently en iding,
The for CO 11.04 0001081 1,1,,? VI of t hy tong:
Ileaven sinning oar thee, the whods softly
Oh, Queen of the waters glidogaily done%
11105110,hae enchanted mo ;
Al; no. she beckons 1(01. 10 scorn;
311,81 01' my life. I trust to thee,
To usher in sweet f reedom's morn.
Queen of the waters, thy bark gently guiding,
1'110 far 0011008 wake at the voice of thy song.;
Heaven smiling o'er thee, the WinEls softly
chiding,
CM, Queen of the waters glide (410115 (088(4.
C01.1711 ma.
The Outcast.
Slut ht end in the midst of the Jeori»g orowd
With featurea dark with eeorn.
And oyes del -Maly, boldly proud,
And skirts bedraggled and torn.
And 001110 080111011 prayed, and:some wornen
frowned
And tossed their heads with aterk
And some men pitied13111-, more turned round
Ancl laughed at their handiwork.
Alike to both prayer 01111 JOC1',
With clenched hands, alone
She stood. with 10111101: 100011 nor tear,
As mute as a sculptured stone,
When, through the twilight's falling mist,
A child that could scarcely stand
Came forth, nnd on her clenched est
Replaced hie tiny hand.
rho fir E0 rel. 1it hy heartless mon,
liy 1110tbdaless women fanned,
Wore Quenched ; for the floodgates opened
CUTTING THROUGH SCOTLAND.
Itrommed Shin Canal to Connect the
Au:tune and German Oceans.
A 11008 scheme nes tmen orought forward
for the construction of the Forth and Clyde
Ship uttnel, the object of which 10 wadi-
cally to unite the Atlantic and the German
oceans by memos of to waterway, navigable
by ocean-going steamers, through central
Suolland. The total length of canal from
Yokel', a Mint, on the Clyde, a little below
Glasgow, to Grangemouth, near the head of
the estuary, above Leith ttnd the Forth
Bridge, would be slightly less than thirty
miles. There is already, as in the case of
the Manchester Ship Canal, a canal for barge
truffle coneecting the two estnaries and
suggesting the suitability 01 111,0 mete as a
highway tor ocean tralhe. It te propped
that the ship canal be 20 fed deep and 100
feet wide at the bottom, w1th a minimum
surface width of 120 feat. The canal would
therefore be of the some depth as the .Mato•
theater Ship Canal, but would be slightly
narrower. For to considerable portion of dm
route the proposed ship catnal Nvould be a
deepening of the beds of the rivets Kelvin
and Carton, The existing barge canal was
operted in 1700.
Several projects for the construction of
this ship canal hove been advanced tot differ-
ent times, one dating as far back as the
year 1723. The present plan, adopted by
tho provisional committee, provides for to
summit level 03 feet above the ordnance
datum. There would be twelve locks, six
at the Clyde end, with lifts of front 113 feet
to 113 feet ; five at tho Forth end, with
similar lifts, and it tidal look where tho
canal would join the low•water channel of
13,,' Forth. The length of the summit, level
would be 1 74 miles, and the minimum dear
headway of bridges over the canal would be
75 feet. Six public milwaym cross the lino
of the proposed canal, 38111 110 101:0 00005 11 10
intended to provide swing bridges. In :01.
dition to those two private railwaye, which
also cross, the route, would likewise be ar-
ranged with swing bridges. With the ex-
ception of necessary diversions tot ono or two
pomts, the existing barge canal would not
be interfered with, It is estimate(1 that ton
annual supply of 3,000,0110,000 cubic feet of
water would be obtainu,ble from the water-
shed, for the top level, or &hod 10,000,000
aubie feet per clay. Vie majority of vessels
Passing through tho canal would, 111 18 be-
lieved, be from 200 to 1,000 tons register;
and it is estimated that the above water
stpply would, be ample for a trallie Of at
least 0,000,000 net registered tOnS par an-
num. The construction of the canal would
necessitate some htav'y cutting, principally
throngh sandstone, for two miles at the
Clyde end. Tho total oast of all the works,
including railway and other crossings with
a liberal allowance for reservoirs 18111 0011-
11113)5100105, is estintat,ed at $30,000.000,
rrom a commercial point of view the pro.
posed mutat would afford groatly increased
facilities for the trade of Glasgow, Paisley,
Renfrew, Port Glasgow, Greenock, Arcleos-
san Ayr, Dumbarton, Clydebank, Kirkin-
tulioch, Donny, Falkirk, Grangemouth,
Edinburgh, Leith, Stirling, Alloa, Dundee,
Aberdeen, &a. Some of those towns are on
the line of the meal, and have important
engineering and other Inclustrieis fond coal
and mineral &Inuits. Other towtm could
bo oonnoetod by canalised rivers, and the
great ports would bo put into communication
with the 0(1(881, 0100 the opposite mides of tho
country and with Ghtegow and Leith. The
English Government( is to bo asked to
guarantee a dividond of 14 to 11 per cent, on
the cost of the WerkS.
is
"T aht sorry I didn't mono and (line here
a fortnight ago," observed the cuatomer,
blandly. " Very good of you to say So,
I'm sure," Raid the landlord, benming the
boom of the Met and command. Yee,"
51:0011 0(1 the mosionter, as 11 3.1) hinonelf, "I
should have liked trying this fish when it
51:100 180011,"
The Russian View of the Behring Sea Dis-
pute.
The sit. Petersburg corresponded of the
New York 11, mid, who claims to speak n
knowledge 01 (110 facts, advises Mr. Blatt e
to 081)110 01100 of his ground in respeet 00 11,-
0110111,10 arbitration on the Behring Sea
question. He aseerts that there 18 nothing
(no reeord in the capital of the Czar to allow
thnt ituseia intended to 0011503' 10 1101
Onited States any special rights OVer 1110
open waters of 'Retiring Sea. On the con.
trary, the sale of Alaska was the resnit of
private negotiations between Edward
Stoeekl and Seeretiory of State Solvated 3150(1
that Russia purposely left the question of
spechtl jurisdiction or special privileges in
the 000 00(1 of the bargain. " The more hit.
Blaine searches foe evidence 011 this 3)01100,"
1c continues, the mare ne Nvill be convinced
that when Alaska 'WU SOLI 10 010 Milled
States, the late Czar and his advisers had
ceaked 10 (10(4180(1 the claim to control OVer
the Rea as an important one." As to the
right of the United States to protect seals
while passing through the high sea front
one feeding ground te another thwter
is ri
slates I may say that '.51(110e Russia re -
garde the right of protecting seals even on
the high seas as inherent in the nation to
which the rookeries belong, this right is so
modified by the internationality of toll high
seas, 111111 by the contiguity Of British joists -
diction, that the only way to dome the great
controversy is to acknowledge a limited
consellative right on the part of Great
Britain, and then provide for the protection
of the seals and seal industry by agreement
between the United States, Russia, and
Great Britain. This is the RUliaiall Yi0W.
All the other propositions are regarded as
nntrustworthy, ' That such an arrange-
ment as this would be satisfactory to Eng-
land admits of no doubt. Neither England
1101' Canada has any desire to soo the seals
exterminated '• nor was it to bring about
011C11 a result tllat the elohns of the United
States was originally opposed. It was
simply tloo preposterousness of the claim
that induced the contest, a claim which vie-
imally implied the right of jurisdiction over
waters which all authorities on international
law agree in declaring Moo Women property
of all nations. Let Mr, Blaine admit that
the lJnitecl 'States has no right to interfere
with foreign vessels engaged in sailing out-
side of "territorial waters," and he will
find none more ready than England to enter
1110 fib agreement for the protection of the
seals and the seal industry.
London Under the R—onntus,
To form a true conception of the Roman
oily we must sweep away all the accumula-
ted results of modern art and industry. We
meta remove, as the mere figments of fanoy,
the Cathedral, the Abbey, the Tower, the
swarming throngs of Cheapside, and the
endless squares of brick buildinge that
shelter the millions of the London of to -day;
diastole() the splendid vision, anti think only
of the past. Confined within the narrow
limits of those walls, its greatest length the
river front, its greatest breadth between
Cripplegate and the Thames, wo see the
Roman city. Tb its enclosed by a wall of
stonework fond cement from twenty to thirty
feet high. Towers appear at intervals- It
WEla 13,0111803)00 the phut of all °thee Roman
()Ries, and resembled ,Potripoii or Lindun&
Its four thief steeds, at least forty feet
'wide, met in its forntn ; they were per,
featly straight, and led directly to Illegal -es,
At their side were narrow lanes, nil ()tinnily
sttaight and free from siunditice. The
Roman engineers laid out their strata with
uncluonging regularity. Every street WM
paved with smooth stone, like those of
Pompeii. Beneath the 01(0010 (3811 the sewers
and tlin water pipes -we may assume -so
invariably found in every 'Roman eity.
Bragg (monpously)-" I mo a molt(
made man I" lt`lagg-" I dare say you look
like the kind of a man you'd lio_apt to
make