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The Brussels Post, 1891-8-14, Page 22 LYNDON OF HIGH CLIFFE, AN OLD SOLDIER'S LOVE STORY. -- By C. DosrAnn, Author of" When the Tide WaS High," "]he Artist and the tlan," "Into a Larger Room," Eta., Etc. CHAPTER NIX. TISE snAtion, The anguish of Airs, :Morton, who loved Letty almost as much as if she had been her own daughter, whem late on the morning that followed that terrible night, she fonud her room empty, it passes the power of 'words to describe. Her hoase was full of visitors, for those of her guests who came from any dithance had been obliged to put up Wall her Inc the night. Mrs. Merchant, who lived only a fevi doors away, was not amongst the num. ber of these, nor was Lady Glenaveril. Those isa whom Mrs, Morton did confide coold tell her nothing. They had seen the girl ; they thought she looked very well, and some of them retnembered that shelled left the drawing -room early. The servants were still more at sea. They remembered nothing whatever about Miss Morrison. They had not even seen her leave the house. One of them, however—Airs. Morton's lady'sgnaid, a person of a melancholy turn of mind --had heard, towards the small houre of the morning, the sound of low sobbing by her bed. It was her belief that Miss Morrison had done herself a mischief. " I will do you or some one else& mischief if yon talk to me in the way," cried Mrs, Morton, "Why should the poor ohild hurt herself ?" " There's no saying ma'am. She's gone, anyway. And such a night too ! I shouldn't wonder if she was found buried in the snow somewheres, when it breaks up." Mrs. Morton spent the day in frantic inquiries and desperate efforts to trace Letty. In the evening she made up her mind to telegraph to Castle Ettrick. It was too late, however, for her telegram to be sent, Ettriek being many miles from tu railway station, and by the time it arrived, which was not until noon of the following day, both Colonel Lyndon and Percy Wie- stesaley had started for London. Thinking that the telegram, which was addreseed to the colonel, would arrive in Londou almost as soon as he would, Lady Floie did not open it, but enclosed it in an envelope and sent it by post to his chambers. And so it came about that when Percy and his friend, the aolonel,reached London, they were totally in ignorance of whet had takeu place at Airs. Morton's They traveled at night, and arrived very early in the morning. Percy, who had been in the wildest spirits through the journey was persuaded by the colonel to take a little rest; but the day was still young when, dressed faultlessly, with a flower in his button -hole, and a smile of the serenest satisfaction on his face, he started to see Letty, and hear from her own sweet lips what, in his heart of hearts, he knew al. reedy—that she loved him. Before going out he wrung the colonel by She hand. He did not know all he had done for them: this was a dead secret be- tween Colonel Lyndori and Lady Flora; but he knew that it was to him he owed it that he was going to Letty with his mother's consent and approve/. " I shall never for. get what you have done for me, colonel,' he said. "If everything comes right, I shall feel that I owe it to you." " You will owe it to yoorself, my dear fellow," answered the colonel. "If I had not seen that you were manly and true- hearted—if I had not been sere that you loved her, I should not have tried to help you." Before the last words were out of his lips, Percy had gone. For some tfine the colonel stood at the window, looking after him, thee, rousing himself with difficelty from the fit of ab- straction into which he had fallen, he turned to his table, where lay a heap of unopened letters and papers that hitd come for him in his absence. He became interested in the task of looking over them, und was taking no note of the flight of time. Suddenly his door was flung open, and before he could gather his scattered eenses together, his shoulder was being crushed in a vice.like pressure, and a pair of fierce, wild eyes were looking into his. In a moment he was on his feet, "Percy !" he cried, in a horror-stricken voice—" You!" "Yes, Il No wonder you don't know me.'' "Letty must be dead," thought the col- onel, a Malta of tenderness and pity sweeping over his great heart. "My dear boy," he said earnestly, "my poor dear boy ?" "Do you know ?" cried the young man, leaping up. "1 will call you to account. It was you brought ma bask. I was on my way to find her. I should have found her if I had spent all thenight searching for her. She would have known—known at least— Forgive ane, colonel" (he had met his friend's sorrowful game—met those clear, kind oyes, which no one who had once looked into them could distrust)—" if it wus your fault, you did it innocently." "Bet what 15 11?" asked the bewildered colonel. " She has gone," " G one ? Who? Letty 7" "Yes, Lathy. isby Letty 1 My little (laid- ing I Think of it. Threonights ago 1 Three flays and three nights, alone—without friends—wandering about—who knows 1— in the cold and the darkness)." By this time the colonel was as white as a sheet, and almost as agitated as Percy. "Who told you this t" he asked sternly. " Mrs, Morton." "Does Mrs, Morton know why she went away ?" "She has not the slightest jam ; but I hear that Lady Glenaverilhadbeen talkingto Letty. Yon know her 5" " Yes, I know her. She is a proud and selfish woman. Her heart was set on your marrying Veronica, 13rotvee. She has said something to Lathy, aml the poor ohild wits frightened away. Bat I think T shall hear from her. She has every confidenee inane," said the colonel. He put on his hat as ho spoke. "Where are you going ?" asked Percy. "To see Mrs. Morton." "It will be of no u80—only losing time. She hen told me all ehe knows, No one saw her go." The colonel stopped for &moment. "Letty had friends in London 1" he said. "No intimate friends —so at, least Mrs. Morton tells me—except ono, Miss Browne, Do you think she can have gene to her'!" There le just the chance," answered Go colonel. "But OVell if bot, the is a woman, and a good and clever woman. She will help us, if any one on," Time fent/us th toll of the various efforts inedo by these throe—the colonel and l'erey Winstanley, and Veronica Brown—to find Lotty. Every well-known paper in Eng- land wee adverteted bus; but elle, no we know, was upon the sea, , and there watt no response. If, oil that snowy night, she had pee body and spirit out of the world, she, could not have more completely disitppenred from her friends. The only perlom who could have given any information that would have letl to her discovery wae Mm. Mer- chant, and she was seriously ill, nhe had tried to make her svay to Reston the more. ing of her daughter's departure, but was driven beck by the inclemency of the weather and the disappointment, with the results of the exposure, had been too much for her. She did not leave her room again that winter. A fortnight event by in fruitless efforts. At last came the moment to whieh Percy had been looking forward with sick dread— the moment when his leave was up. Twice it had been prolonged, and he knew now that he must either give up the armyalto- gether or return to his regiment, His first idea was to take the former course, but the colonel and Veronica, who was strangely old and motherly in her ways with him, pointed out to 1min how foolish this would be. "When we hear of her—and we shall be certain to do so sooner or later," said Vero- nica-.-" we will let you know at once. Yoe know she would be the first to regret it if you gave up your career for her." "1 know it, I know 15," answered Percy; "but how I shall manage to live, go about, my ordinary duties and that kind of thing, I can't ceniceive." "To have to go about your duties will be just the best thing in the world for you, my dear fellow," said the colonel with a smile. And so it proved, for when Percyfound himself amongst his own friends again, and going about, the little round of tasks which his position demanded of him, he recovered himself a little. Not that he was what he had been. His gay.hearteeness, and that i pleasant assurance n his power to please, Shat madehim so delightful a companion, had .gone.. He was much quieter, far more thoughtful, end his consideration for others, especially for the women, of any rank, whom he ceme across, was touching to witness. There were moments (for he still paidoccasion- al visits to Ettrick, though it always gevelihn pain to go there) when it made his mother weep to wateh him. Not once, but a thou- sand times, she blamed herself for ever hav- ing allowed Letty to leave her. A year passed away, and no news of the wanderer came. Colonel Lyndon and Ver- onica who have never ceased to search for her—their variously -worded advertisemente were well known, by this time, tonewspe.per- readers—still believed that they woeld hear of her some day. But Percy made up his mind that she was dead. " I don't think she could have held out so long," he said to mother. In the absence of other distractions, he had given bis mind with increasing ardour to his profession. He had been studying for the Staff College, and in he course of that year he passed his examination brilli- antly. Lady Flom Winstanley and her sister Lady Glenaveril, had some interest in high quarters. It was partly due to this and partly to his own fine soldierly qualities, that in the autumn of the year that follow- ed Letty's disappearance—it was the year made metnorable by the opening of the second Afghan war—he was given a staff appointment in the magnificent little army that Sir Frederic Roberts held ready to march into Afghanistan, should the Vice- roy's linal remonstance with Slim Ali fail of its effect. Percy was a soklier te the very backbone, full of patriotic ardour, and lost no tine hi preparations or farewells. A$ fast as steam and rail could oarry him, be harried out to India, and, feelinghappy Inc the first thee since the blow which struck him to the hemet had fallen, reported himself to his new chief. (TO BE CONTINUED). Hints for the Household. Benzine will take out grass stains. Powdered rice sprinkled upon lint and tsp. plied to fresh wounds will stop bleeding. Irish potatoes grated and applied as a poultice is a quick and sure relief for burn or scald. Lard applied at once -will remove the dis- coloration after a bruise. Peach leaves pounded to a pulp and ate - plied to a bruise or wound from a rusty nail or a simple cut will give immediate relief, A good remedy tor sunburn is a wash made of twelve ounces of elder flower water, six drams each of soditend pulverized borax. This is said to make the skin very soft and Lime wither may be made cheaply by take. Ing a. fresh piece of lime as large as an egg, pouring two quarts of soft water on it and allowing It to stand two or three hours, shaking it occasionally. Bottle and keep for use. Salicylic suet is used in the Germen army OS a remedy for foot sores, &o., instead of the salicylic powder formerly employed. It is composed of two ports of pui e ealicylic acid and ninety.eight parts of the best mut. ten suet, If any person who is liable to poison with poison ivy will take pure olive oil after being exposed to it he will feel no bad effects, and the oil will neutralize the evils of the poison Ha few doses be taken oven after the poison ham broken ont. A Russian plan for removing a rusty screw is to heel a but iron bar to a cherry red and press it in the head of the screw for a couple of minutes, niter which the screw becomes loosen ed and is theist extract. ed with a screvs driver, A good plan for keeping butter cool and sweet: in summer is to till a bee with sand So within an ench or two of the top ; sink the butter jars in the thud, then thoroughly wet the mud with cold water. Cover Om box air tight, The box may be kept in the kitchen and used as a, table, This is a season when many housekeepers aro putting rip fruits, vegetables, no. There are few who do out have trouble with the cans or jars, eepeoially those who make use of cans Inc the eecond or third season. A care will save a great deal of tronblo. In canning it is sometlines found that the little eans will leak around the top. This may often be remediet1 by tieing an extra rubber ring—that is, use two rubbers, Tiwn the sans upside dosvn and if the pith escapes the eatt Is not aft, tight. Eder° putting the fruit into the Jarfi lWays test them, Xis bet ft inommit's work and may save many ajar of carefully prepared sweet. meats Put a little water into the bottle, thake, screw on the cap tight end turn up. eide down, If no weter escapee it is snfo tus .111b rubbers um often eta:tolled bv previous uso I'm the glass noek is chipped or the setow bent, Ily taking noto ef this beforehand the work of canning is safor. T H R BRUSSELS POST. HOUSEHOLD. The Word She Remembered, " You remembered the sermon you heard, my dear in Tho little ono him:1M, and dropped her oyes, Then lifted them bravely, with look of cheer, 1a that were blue it4 the .itunmer " afraid I forgot what tho mlulstor said, lio said so inueli to ills geove-up Men, Aml the pulpit was way up over nly hued lila I told mantilla that ho said ' Amen.' " And 'Amos .' you know, means 'Lot it be,' Whatever our I.ord may pleme to do. And that Is sermon enough for me. If 1 mind nd feel so, the whole week through,' I tool; the little one's word to heart.; I wish I could carry it all day long. he " Amen " epirit, whiell hides the art, To meet each epees with a happy sang. —Mrs, At, 11. ,s'anaster. , The Habit of Borrowing, It is the easiest thing ba the world to be- gin by borrowing a newspaper, then a pat- tern, then a recipe, then a book ; some clay a gown is borrowed to look et ; another day oue is borrowed to try on to see if it would be becoming ; then a little note goes asking that a fun be bent; and the fan onee burrow- ed it becomes the easiest thing in the world to get a bodiee,a bonnet, or an embroidered petticoat. Now, when you began, if any- body had told you that you were a moral thief, you woulcl have been most indignant; and yet that is just what you. are. It would be much more honest to borrow your neighbor's money and never to return it, than to keep up a constant borrowing of your neighbor's belongings, getting out of them the wear that is not yours and the pleasure that is by rights your neighbor's. What the mistrese does the maid does. In the kitchen they do not hesitate to bor- row a patent coffee pot and never retern it; a pudding dish, a little flavoring extraet, some baking powder, or some oil. If they were asked if they returned all this, they woeld answer Certainly not,' why we would'be jest as glad to lentrto them." And the result is that your servants, imitating your example, become systematic plunders of your neighbors. My friend, do not get into the habit of borrowing. It is one of the most vicious you can possibly acquire. It makes you lose all respect for the rights of other people, and it San certainly give you none for yourself. The persistent bor- rower is a more or less well.spoken.of thief. The borrower does not hide her light under O bushel, for in time her friends and ac- quaintences grow to know her weakness and avoid her. So stop at the book, and do not permit yourself to drift into, what it is eharity to tall, a very bad habit. Good Manners at Home, The presence of good manners is nowhere more needed or more effective than in the household, and perhaps nowhere more rare. Whenever the familiarity exists, there issa tendency to loosen the cheek upon selfish conduct which the presence of strangers in- voluntarily produces. Many persons who are kind and courteous in company, are rude and careless with those whom they love best, Emerson seys "Good manners are made up of pretty sacrifices," and certainly noth- ing can more thoroughly secure the harmony and peace of the family circle than the habit of melting small eacritices one for another. Children thus learn good. manners in the best and most natural way, aud habits thus acquired will never leave them. Courtesy and kindness will never lose their power or their charm, while all spurious limitations of them are to be despised. How to Grow Plump. Any woman not preelisposed to extreme thinness and in comparative good health can, by care to her diet and her temper, reach the state of plumpness she yearns for. But first of all she must not worry. Women sell° arenervoes and worry over every trifles will always remain thin. The young woman desiring to get fat must take life calthly ; hurry about nothing; and as far as possible rest a great deal. If her nervousness is extreme, then she must apply tn her physi- cian, who will uive her a sedative and a proper diet, Eat freely of green salads put upon thern as much oil as you like, but giving up the vinegar. A man who counted gastronomy as a fine art, recommends first of all, that she who wishes to gain 'flesh should eat as much of the crumbs of the bread RS possible, leaying the crusts Inc people who are reducing their flesh. Drink ch000late or cocoa, eat eggs, cutlets,or anything else fancied for breakfast. At dinner take as much soup, fish and meat as you like, but avoid aeids and ohooso aib vegetables haying farinaceous qualities. Eat as many sweets as you choose. All dishes containing Hoer, eggs v.nd sugar in quantity are most desirable. Do not take cold baths or too much exercise. Let the air you breathe be pure, but above all con- trol your tempsr, as nothing will meke you so angular or give your face such an undesir- able look as the free indulgence of your own will. Exercise for Girls, There is no greater fallacy current thisn the belief that the amount of exeraise which should be beneficial is only boundesi by the capacity of the person to take, Whether it be taken with a view to strengthen tho meseles, or to invigorete the itervous system exercise should always be gradual in its Iry crease end accommodated to the actualetu,to of the vital powers of the individual. We are not to consider that, because we wore once capable of walking so many miles with- otit fatigue, or performing some gyinitastic fest, we are to try and keep up this power indefinitely, when the body has become less robust, All that can be safely borne is regular and easy exereise of the body, continued OVer a long period, so as give tone to the vital function without producing the exhatistlon which inevitably follows upon any excessive demandupon their power. A physloian says ;—"I asn inclined to re. gard peoperly conducted gymnastic exercises vs decidedly beneficial to girls. There has been hi; some itistanthe loss headaches, in others marked improvement where varitme disturbances to health had ceisted, I look for benefit tn all who practice regularly and faithfully. Gymeastics strengthen more sets of ninnies then walking or rowing," Lut regulithed gynmastio exercise is only one meat% of pbysical culture; modes of death, ont.of.door exorcise, bathing and sleeping are equal in importance. From neglect of precautions in childhood, which seem trifling, but are very important, there are few, if any, perfect forms, The shoulders ere either too round, or ono is higher than the other ; the nook be sunk too deep into 0i:slimly or twisted ; the figure is thick, too thin, or all of a piece, PS it WOCO, and Ilia litiabs ere more er lees distorted, ‘A'hen the shoulders of & young girl show se terolthey to become too round slit) mnst be made tri throW bisb 0111OWN Wan in the rear and her chest forward, mill to tileep on her back, An hour's exerciee every day under the eye 01 55 judicious teacher of Willi, theilies i5 all excellent preventive of d ()fermi 1 ies, The neck should be carried thatiglit, but without stiffness ; isu their it way, in float, that the fleshy part below the jaw may form, as it were, a tiouble-chin, 11 welkiog horeehaelt p tie les, lie stead of being, as now, well-nigh unliefura of ainong our girls, were every day naive, aml there was not a point of interest svith in ton miles which overy girl, and woman, too, did pot itnow well, it would prove a benefit, to them which would be almost incalculable. If, besidesthese things, sh e will determine that as much as possible of the thee of each day in which she is sitting down, she will sit with her head and neck up, trunk erect and shoulders low, and thet whenever she stands or walks she will at all tiines be upright, she will shortly find that she is getting to be far straighter than she wail, and if she has a larger and finer chest than formerly it will be nothing strange, for she hes simply been using ozte of the means to get it. " Now I Lay Me." The nre upon the hearth is low, And there be SW/Ma everywhere; Like troubled spirits hare and there, The firelight shut -lows fluttering go. And as the shadows round me creep, .A. childish treble breaks the gloom, And softly from the further rootn Comes: 'how I lay me flown to sleep." And, somehow, svith that little prayer And that sweet treble in my ears rtfy thought goes back to distant years A.nd lingers with a dear one there; And sen hoar tho child's amen, My mother's faith comes back to me, Crouehed at her side I seem to be, And motherbolds my hands again. Ohl for an hour in that dear place I Oh 1 for the peace of that dear time! Ohl for that ohildlsh trust sublime! Oh 1 for a glimpse of mother's few I Yet, as 5155 shadows rourd creep, Ida net seem to be alone— Sweet magic of that treble tone— And "Now I lay me down to sloop." • Two on the Terraoe.• Warm waves of lavish moonlight The Capitol enfold, As if a richer moonlight Bathed ib a white walls with gold. The grant bronze Freedom shining— Her head in other shrining— Peers eastward. as divining The now day from the old. Mark the mild planet pouring Her splendor o'er the ground; Soe the white obelisk souring To pierce the blue profound-. Beneath the AID heavens haunting, The lighted town Iles gleaming, In guarded slumber dreaming— A. world without a sound. No laughter and no sobbing From those dim roofs arise, The myriad pulses throbbing As silent as the skies. To us their peace is given, The mead of spirits shriven, 1080 tito wide, Pure heaven Reflected in your eyes. Ah, lore! A thousand mons Shall range their trooping years ; The morning stars their pmans Shall sing to countless ears. Those married States may' sever. Strong time this dome may shiver, But love shall lost forever, And lovers' hopes and fears. So lotus send our greeting. A wish for trust and blii‘s, To future lovers meeting On frosofr nights liko this. Who, in these walls undoing Perforce of Time's rough wooing, Amid the crumbling ruin Shall inoet, clasp hands and kiss. SettniNEIt'S MAGAZINE. _— Slumber Song. Tho mIll goes toiling slowly around, Wiih steady and solemn croak. And my little one hears in the kindly sound Tho 05100 00 the old mill speak ; While sound and round thoso bigwhito wings GrItilly and ghostlike creel), LIy little ono bears that the old mill sings I" ' Sleep little tulip, sloop !" Tho sails are reefed and the nets are drawn And over hie pot of beer, Tile fisher, against the morrow's dawn, Lustily maketh dicer ; Ho mocks at She winds that caper along From tho far off clamorous deep. But we, we love their lullaby song Of " Sloop, little tulip, sleep I" Shaggy eld FrIte, in slumber sound, Moan; of the stony mart" Tomorrow how proudly he'll trot you around Hitched to our now milk cart 1 And you shall help me blanket the kina, And fold the gentle sheep and sot the herring a soak in brine ; But now, little tulip sleep, A Dreanionne comes to button the oyes That wearily droop and blink, While the old mill buffets tho frowning skies And scolds at tho eters that wink ; Over votm face tho misty wings Of that beautiful Brosm—Ono swoop, And, rocking your ern.dlo, alto softly sings; "Sloop, little tulip, sloop!" EUGENE MELD. A Life Lesson, Tharo !little girl. don't cry I They have broken your doll, I know : And your tea sot blue And your playhouse, too, Are things of long ago; But childiali troubles will 5000 laws by : There little girl, done; cry I There I little girl ; don't cry ! They have broken your slate, 5 know; And the glad, Wild ways Of yaw schoolgirl days Aro things of Moe a -go; But life and love Will soon come by : There ilittle gl le, don't cry I Tere llitile girl, don't cry! They aaVO broken your htmet, I know; And the rainbow gleant Of your youthful dreams Are things of long ago But heaven holds all for whichyou sigh ; ',I hero I littlegirl, don't ory I JAMES WI tracoatu RILEY --- When Is beildfen ? " What la Mayen ?" Child, how can I toll Of the beauty that rusts on " the city of God?' IVIino oyes hays not soot It, my feet have not trod Its golden paved streets sot with jewels WI1080 worth Outshine soul ontendue the jewels of earth. And what le :Heaven 1 T know only this : tap birthplace of glory ; and tho ossonoo of bliss.' "Where Is Mayon ?" " Boar, bow do 5 isnOW 7 We gaze Into alleee thrOugli bite blue throbbing Sun-cui ovn end star -gemmed, and Mislay, "It isaAbovn, =Owned um, more high andmorehigh, God's palace, whotto floor is our beautifulsity, Aud Where Is, Heaven? I know only thie Tis the hopo of all ages wherever 15 55," A Snatch gesatiemutus of fortune on his cleath-bed, as ed the mil -other whether, if he lefe a large sum to the kirk, his salvation would bo witted, Tho ssuetinsue minietee responded I would not like to be posi- tive, but ie's weel. worth trying," A Traveller, on leaving the dinner.table at the hotel, was sorry CO leave anything liehind, He, therotore, slyly appropriated a thicken and put it in his pocket, The waiter in attendemoo naked the proodeding, but said nothing. Ho took the gravy tureen , and deftly emptied Go =Acute into tho ; traveller's pocket, Tho latter, fooling t etratige warmth, turned round and mid, I" What R.VP ysus doing,waiter ?"—"Sir, yon forgot the gravy, they both go together I" Was Lite reply. 1 The Peeftlen of Terente. The Goyern men t of a el ty such as Toronto has grown to be, is 0 lath ofconsiderable inegnittula end one which ineffives the solution of many etimplex and intricate problems, In the development of any great contra of industrial end teercentile activity many things may be done of which the unanimous voice of the people might not approve, mistakes may be made, ehd the taxation mity at times feel burdensome, but the tenest test of the genuine progress of the city will isiways be found in the prosper- ity of ite inlinbitants, the growth of its trade and the increase of its population. The population of Toronto has grown during the last ten years by leave and bounds, the number of inhabitants in 1881 being 77,000 anti in the current year 200,. 000. or an inerease of 159 per emit, Com- pare this with the advance of the leading oittes in the United States and it will be found enormously in our favor. 1,050 /800 Pcr cent, DI3neltiftrliotic155,134 255,1564 64 itor e 328,313 434,439 30 B a 1111,340 205,876 76 Newark, N. ,T. 136,508 181,830 30 New Orleans216,000 242,099 12 New York1,206,299 1,515,801 25 Brooklyn, N. Y 566,663 806,343 42 Philadelphia847,270 1,040,904 23 Pittsburg inereased 52 per cent. ; Provi. denee, R. 26 per cent. ;Rochester, N. Y., 49 per cent. ; St. Louie, 28 per cent, ; San Francisco, 27 per cent., and Washington. D. C., 29 per cent. It will thus be seen that none of the large American centres compare with Toronto in the increase of their population. Turning to the question of civic indebted- ness and expenditure we find much to con- sider. Toronto has tidded a very large ex. tent to its jurisdiction, has spent, and is spending, a great deal of necessary mousey to place it in the position which the capital of a great province should occupy, but this expenditure can hardly be as heavy when present enterprises are completed as it has been in ehe past. The question is also cone plicated by the /ocal improvement system which has given so much power into the hands of sections of the aity, to the possible injury of the whole. The increase in this expenditure is shown bythe flgures for last year, which have been given at 31,200,000, as compered with 8320,000 in 188'2. No wonder thitt Mayor Clarke should have said in his last inaugural address that " No dim- inution in the rate of taxation is to be expected while the city is pnt to so large an expense in almost every depertment—of adinimetrittion, of police, of smite Lien, of works—by the looal improvement syStenl," Even with this burden, the debenture debt of the pity compares favorably with the bonded indebtedness of many American centres, as the following table will show : Population. D Toronto 200,000 812,43b110,415 Beltimore 434,000 27,730,107 JyBeorssteon . 448,000 50,084,095 City . . , . 163,000 18,195,545 Newark ...... 181000 10,033,000 Brooklyn 806,000 44,003,2(14 Now N. ork 1,515,000 14(1658389:200278 n Cincinati 296,000 2 Philadelphia. 1,046,000 50,986,920 When we glance at the comparative civic expenditure on services or administration apart from improvements, etc., the differ- ence is still marked. CITIES, EXPENDITURE PER CAP118T.A8.7 S 21 :33.. 57 48 Toronto 8'109,09,71-71:802888 Boston , 13,081,1143 17,84 DBLuemt1f0:lielYt n 4,098,054 12.81 23.89 2,535,152 56,203,653 New York Cincinnati 5,206,638 2111 37777 ,:: 290556214: Afinneapolis '2,888,298 Providence 2,275,400 St. Paul San Feanoisoo43,617705:9174:23 Philadelphia 14,624,662 13.97 • Turning to tho trade of Toronto, it is seen at a glance that this city is not only the political capital of Ontario, but has a total commerce of 322,000,000, and is the great distributing centre for the province. Compare its import trade with that of Atnerioan cities, many twice as large in population and in other respects, and it will be easy to trace the effect of New York coinpetition upon the cities of the Repub- lic. 3201,1110mon,0T00s. IT3aoirtoinmtoore 13,140,000 Buffalo Detroit 5,73001:000000 3,127,094 Duluth Louisville 426,000 14,600,000 Nose,IvvegOor,loNan.ye 4,000,000 Pittsburg 596,000 Providence 852,000 Chicago 10,560,000 Toronto at present unquestionably occu- pies a superior position. A splendid loom - Hon, a fine suerouncling country, growing industries and a beautiful °Relate, it will indeed be a wonder if she doers not continue to prosper. The preeerit administration of the city is juse now bearing considerable blame for increased taxation, but without going into partioulars it must be remember- ed that every city has the periods of depres- sion in roal estate end other property, evith a consequent increase:in the apparent weight of individual taxation. We can be assured also that Toronto will never be in the cos,. dition of the fifteen largest American cities, which from 1860 to 5875 showed an iberease in population of 70 per cent., full inevease in taxable valtuthion ot 156 per cent, in debt of 270 por cent., and an addition to the taxa- tion of 363 per cent. A. memorial, indeed, from the leading citizens of Philedelphie ns 1883 complained that " inefficiency, waste, badly paved and filthy sleets, unevholteome and offensive water mild slovenly end costly management have been the rule for years past through. out the oity government," Professor James Bryce seri that " he who should intereogate the good citizens of Baltimore, Olnainnati, New Orteens, New York, San Francisco, Chicago, would hoax complaints * * e all glowing the objectss for which municipal governmentexists havd been Very imperfectly attelned." nit comet he odd of Toronto, and its citizens should endeavor at, all thnos to preserve the good name and fame of the rity of which they aro so proud, from that bane of modern theiety and netions—pee- slmism.—tEmpire, A Warm Pap The hest method to resolve doubt into natality, iP any such doubt exists ass to the °Money sr St Jaeobs Oil, ie to use it and bo convineed. 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When General Wolseley attacked the Egyptians' stianghold at Tel•elleebir, he mooched his army at night across seven miles of sandy tleeert. It wile a dark clear night; there was no moon, but the stars shone out. A ila,Val lieutenant, Wyatt Rawson, had been detailed,becautte used to navigating by the Kara, to guide the army across the desert to the enemy's entrench- ments. With his eye on the stars lie steered the force as lie would hone steered his ship. So accurately did he lead that the first ,gleam of She breaking day revealed to the 13ritish troops the long line of solid earth- works, 300 yards ahead. The assault, with- in half an hour, put the earthworks and She Egyptian army into the pussession of Wolseley's troope. The skilful steerer," charging with the men he had led, went aeross the ditch, up the embenisment, and over the first line of earthavoters. Then he fell, shot through the body. "Didn't lead them straight,, generel ?" he asked, as the Commander -in chief bent over him. " Those words should find an echo in the hearts of all true liritons," writes Chaplain Male, in "Scenes Through 13ettle Smoke." "Every man is c soldier if he live truly," adds the chaplain, " end before each stern duty stands to lead Min forward to things highet aud nobler." erman Syrup "I have been a great Asthmasufferer from Asth- ma and severe Colds every Winter, and last Fall my friends as well as myself thought because of my feeble condition, and great distress from constant cough- ing, and inability to raise any of the accumulated. matter from my lungs, that my time was close at hand. When nearly woreout for want of sleep and rest, a friend recommend- ed zne to try thy valuable medicine, Boschee's German Syrup. I am con- fident it saved my life. Almost thefirst dose gave me great relief and a gentle re- freshing sleep, such as I had not had for weeks. 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