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tit g per cent f er ananm will be allowed oa depotit r pt provided the money rccaina in the bt ik oot leas than til 6 monlha and thtce 3 tnoatha notee be givtn ql its ulhdrtwtl thoicas v gffet ilinigcr the travelliers life icoiieiit ins oo trinity loweeti cj c t hiill -fon- or hjtctroni cats dotal escsakqe hothi ac- jlvtoir lis campbell proprietor kr cutotell late f the rosiji hoose star gte station uket plesare in an- aoaneacg a hit many old f nendx and pt- tama that ipf has recently porchxsed ted re fitted theetl eichange in the neateat and mmi confer ible atyle and ia prepared to aocommodat u who may faroar htm in tha moat emjorttble rctrner cho ce winea lq car cigart tnd cool aanuncr dnnkt abnp in ttcck- stable m charge of ta attaatitetloatlti th patronage of the pablic ia reapctfally aolicited and no effort wdl be ipartd o give the very beat attention jas cajcpetll aash fob stdcs i aai prepared 0 pay the highest cai price for afi elittc of lamb and sheep vtn delivered 1 my tannery lace leather eoaataatly e hand lyjj jahes moore i ucttost sale trgaenienti inatrtcd r ia thefacros fetpuss at icwrater tna beat loei paper of hjtab co rirths ilarriaget anlpetfhi inaerted fteiothe actpsfeiipeisstoebeit ptpejof haltmco v kds t and ciruith of erery rrphon executed aeatlt the acro5 fcis oihce the beat lal paper of ia co coifmulf icatioks oa local qeationa of inferei will gadly be receiri by fie acrox feb peess the best local u of haltoncoj elt velopes pnnted in the neatottjtyle and if the lowett pricer tt the ix fan peta the beat local ptper of xal- tort co rf yoa h ve f or farm stock for a airertie them ia the actos feeipiri tl e beat ic al paper of halton co 7 f eechaxtb and farmers alike ehoald ill tdrertiae and aapport the acres feix itxts thejbtat local paper o halton co strati d or stolen adrertiaemenu of tint titare iaaerted very cheap in the actoic fe ae fezi lxtl pp o halton cot in the way cf artnee ninestfonecl nte exerylhiog deniabli life aad accident ii bites 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ihjjtpiaouiiad j and kcluiic allotud p ej ax thau linos tby critttioni dt j lint 4a6 for ffc ix buatu krpeat cf the dt til faff boafu timeu 0 b t wbf dtmt uw brvftrt taptar utxr lavbale crriecw vcith cuat ihlu4iki manatc cmt u ouftt to pjbbltj thos tt caoo bet txu to ittaip haa t tv dui i kore in drdar o mifcis room for qui crctt chrlttemu itory the ooatinttlon o curiijj by 8tam ictu bo bold otcr forlliepromtitj lassies ride fosufb the story of a christmas eve chapter i we had been to tare that the troablii that weis overwhelming othert ia tho man- afactanng wirld woad neier loach ua 1 we htd been to tare that dclegatet ftom the anion might prowl about car bandtand never gain ooo amglo adherent 1 i thoaght oar aafcty foaoded oa a rok i thoac ht wo ccald calmly tnd lympatn i- mgly look down npon the troabea of oar neighbour kow whenlixy vre i mem john and l thit tottadi ttroagaunded yoa ue ready lo tty well i dont know what othr people may cbooce to call it bat ia trath i have been very prond aad glad that ever aiace the day married the owner ot otway ilult he hat liked me to take an intereit in hit wotk aad ia hit people i dont mean to aay that he talka to me aboat the price of yarca oc telta me cf the riiet aad falla ia the cotton market thoagh i thuik lltt if any great anxiety came apon him even of that kind jack woald give me i a hint of it and i am lore i thoald try my adtamob make lad la my lore for baby let the evea he milli like a labyrmtl dearer pouoailon of ray hoabaada ccm- made ittrred and frlghtt jiinionahip frota mf hold however bjr j olinohel fliti ujieatiaed the world for dearly a man lorca ha children he doea net griovancei brought tboat by the bad coca- want lo be alwtyt heating aboat them el of kicked men and the brute reaolte and icait if all wfcea ho comoi home fired with itabboraceu of uccalfnred natoroa thodiyi work cor jot dcoi ha like to oc many caica of low fetor the reault of ia- itogi itrifo bat only one or two other turbulent fpiriubko hhnicif would be led into plot tins gsln the iflaiter thne thed hid laid a tuauftot the plot that poor faith ful lltrietiad lot her bei pf weivneu tad pail towmli me of- iq ix 001tix0ed l greek oolage greek oolaage towever roiiett firat toon icqaixedaiaaty and perfection lurpacaing all oar modern cuorta the itirten for in- rtanoe ef f hillp td of alexander the coina ofgyracuaeandmotjrpontpnipreaeiittouitbo mott lovely female facet and deities perfect modeli of htnnau betatr aninuli are alac admirably roprnaotfd dot only the horae the lion ic but other smaller creator er ai mattered carats the harreat mot- on en ear of weeat oh a led women harry j lfetapontcm ooinand even iaaecta iv or limil becomo little better than a narteniatd i laow all theao thlngt now bat in thole early daya i might have lot tho freihnett of johni ivmpitiiy for mo aad mice for him if it had aot beea for the geallo word ia leatcn that fell froai hit niothcrt lipa tad made at it were acalei to fall from my eyes she ipoke with her hand on my ihoulder and her dctfbeaalifal face all aqairer ia the dtcad jet ithoald be ready lo reaeat her counaclj dont let the baby keep ou from beia the heart ot juhaa life child ahe atid let ao one ever have the power of taking that from ya xhea i remembered bow the aight before i had been chattering away aboat babyi re- markahlo featt and marvelloaa doiogi tud how wttry john had looked nay how i had caaght hus in the loving hiding tray of a yawn that would aot be wholly reprew- ed end wiadotn came to me ai i pon dered s timet were bad trouble vtai atound n ever where ia the mercantile world evil cjonrd waa leading hoaest men tatray and wanton haada were aowinr the acedff of dit- aatia ia the hope of reaping harvesta ot idvtaugo to themielvct firat one caat of opcrilivea weot on strike and then another the c at thia mill or that refaied to go oa working except under the apar of higher wager aad so the baay nhirrwhirr of the machinery wat tunt antit stranger haada coald be fcaad to let it giog again duker ahadowt cteptfatjhe pctare after this mea an hoar ago sue and hurty were maimed bhaded btata4 almoat out of hie and these crimer wesioae ia the dark the matters did aot escape ooc wat deed at the cowardly bullet comiar from na one knew whither i grew fearful and in apile of struggles after courage more than once i had to tarn away my head after jahai goodbye kiss- had preeaei my lips aa he set off for otway mills oar haada seemed all right aa yet vet i taw day by day how the cloud deepeaei on my naabanda face i used to tit very quiet jaatwiibjia reach ot his hand of an eveaiag or we woald stroll down to ifrt otwas john very silent bat yet i kacw by the magnetism of touch happy ia the feeling of my hand resting on hia arm a hint ot it aam am sure i snout iry uy th mother and son spoke fto- beat to look as wise at yoorg owl indntfsethtrof the state of trade and tie dark 1 hnmff iwf hn rtmth pnnnar and lalscieat food and fuel ccarrod imong the vuvm tad ohildrtm of o rrebeliioai opertw tivot j od my tuna wu- iooa uken nf hy mmjitentig to the nccosdtiei of tho rick fa thii work john neve trove o hioder me not rat in the tintstricken homes of the mo pie wu one word of reference to thai true ever nuewd ia ray hearing the people were kindly tod gntefnl to me in their own rough wry md 1 croued no threshold thifc a weloome did not greet ma gad knowi how fall my heirt wu in thote divi of dorkneu 1 he wu fetching ma the deepest leuoas far life for en the diy of ray eorrow i ioagnt the lord not with 1 mg pry ere or mt outward tct of dorotioa hat with clwe depeodac oa hi eirtj tht becune at the rery ait 1 hrathel kor wu i without comfort the sympathy cf those dependent upon us it i beautiful thing ia time of troabje and there wis not a semnt in oar faoaaehold wboae bent did not biia sympathy with me ia the safe return of the master evening by evening and cater jato mj repressed aariety a wo taw him ride away in the morning at length came a dayjue of those days thai are t3 bo foacd va most lives a day that haw ever long we live however far awty from lu sccnea otir ifter lite may drift av is trice i apoa par memories ia iat delible coloars and fortnt a picture upon which we turn and look back to marvel un acd igtin how wi lived through iu hettor and its snguiio ceapteku it i wu cbrutmu vj sad late ta the afurnooc the shadoof were lengthening oat the snow- wu filling softly and slow- ly and robin wu piping the first notes cf his plaintive evensong i i sat alone in my coxy morningroom my mother i call her it has becaase ia my creetl johns belongini were mine too had been ailing for a jday or two- the strain of anxious loving thought for her son had told upon tjiat fragile frame wearing it u the sharp- swordv wears the scabbard j j far our troubles wetejblack aroand ns u r if i had dealy unfairly by a tingle man j on to the wrong my darling said hardware of all limit paints and oils hinges and locks nails glass k puttv baksry confectionery mjses b e kick s would mti mate that they hav opened up their new bake shop os tar comer of mux anc main sts aotok and shtt they will always be tapplied with a 1 bread beaidtx bam cakes paatry be ic i uege stock or chotcx confeotionery will be foaad oa bind which is til new tnd freeh- 0atheal coehheai buokwrfriaj itio 0eacke1 wheat fee ad ways ia stock that will be found to he the juce where the belt goods will be kept tt the lowest prices 13txzxs cixie b 4 e kicbtuh 8alt 0 t cash et the barrel all cheap for go to- hills mill street acton pomps pumps pomps fei ffixte ilanatscitarcr of aapcrior well end srttrn famrt which wiu be pat in on thrt notice impairing promptly done ci argot moderate also aawt mod and stt lite him a calk shop on frcder- ick strcetfeporle dr gfjfifa cljl wax plow hade at- cro nt iron worfa anelpn iaahct oftllkmpttitortfreneralpttr harness harnesa any person in want if a good set of harnett either i siitgle ob dqltblb should call tt creechs saddlery aotojs wheij they can get better value for their rceiey than any pace tti the county a g od assortment of tlhjhks ahd valises on hatd all of which nil bo wld chctp tor csal s3t bspainng promptlj attended to creech acton fob ic 1s73 ires ittm si eoard end irsmid of special hard iron cheap 4 week fa your own town fodnacapitalruiecl yoacn s the betincs atwlwithcut expense- the tert opportunity idfntsosewiffingto lo ever ofie v t te for fcyotufcstheweaa we yourself fj be vou can 4 f tae 5 ntrar spe m tfzrte women m mike rfarrioarihtt yoa work a etnen u jnrn send for special private term am particulars which we mail free v- ronmlain of hard iimtt manhood we htto recently puhliahed a new edition of dr csnlterfeus celebrated ggy oa the eadicai asd peehxkest otee without nedian of nervous de bility mental ini physical incapacity impedimenta to marriage etc resulting from excesses i j53 price in a sealed envelope only sir cents or two postage stamps the celebrated aathof in this admirable essay clearly demonstrates from thirty years successful practice thatalarmtngeou- seqaenccs may be rtdiiiliy cared without the dtngeroct nae of bxternal medicine or the application of the knife pointing oat a mode of care at once kimple certain and effectual by means of whica every sufferer ao matter what hia condition may be may cure himself cheaply phvately and radical- ly- this lecture should be in uie bands of every youth aad every span itt the land address 1 l ta cjulverwetl hedliad co 47 inn st new torfc post office box 4586 t beattts guide to elegant writing beattys guide elecast weitisc la a rerfect senlnatroetor in 1 eek1l4nship by ths aid of which roonr peonle may become cood writers in a very snort ami heonslittof a bsoi of fifty ret eonlalnlne analrsla and ex planatlona a lace nnmber or copy sunt tor practletnjy a beaaural ornamental gbeet and a handsome ease to eon maintain the whole pricep0stpaid81 address bobineon johnson ontarlobutlnesacotiese agents wanted organs -a-mtcd- sewind machines sk robt craihe actoh xsprgpared lo call on canons reqoinnf etiher sewlna mnclianes or orean he has agrxcres peok the best manusctorers in the m wm tuaranlee sauafaeuon g pumhuerj terms very reasonable ko residence or addressed tohlmloaeloa ru wltlrecotvopromptatlentlon i kceaike if the int snd oalt of the trifle were ftau- uar subjects tomyinouiricgand enlightened mind yen tx i have had tuch an cxtmpla in johns mother jgawd thee well my tmily ttoaght that flight t have done better than mstry a ltcctshire millowcer and they said a good many bitter things aunt denison used to give her shoulder the least utile shrug and draw her shawl tboat her aa iftheshivcrcd slightly when i allnded to my future home and when the shock hands with john she alwaj s managed to convey to me tntffected misgiving lhtt she nther feared her delicate fingers might be soded by the contact these things hart tt the tune thoagh they lost their sttng quickly enough when i got him all to myself tnd he held nxe close in bit srms tnd told me how hard he would trve to make me happy hsppy 1 well well i woader docs there live a happier woman than johns wife in all the length and breadth of england yet no lite is without it days ot trial and the story i am going to tell yea now it of one of those dark times that comas to us all sooner or later tho way that aunt denison snd others of my own kith tnd kin behaved tbout my marriage naturally pat me tomewhat oat ia the cold with them and threw me more completely upon johns people than might have been the case otherwise and how good they were to me 1 i had never seen ilrs ralph otway johns mother aatil i cxme to tne land of smoke and tall chimneys for she had not come sastscto oar wedding her delicate health wu the eicaae put forward bat my own private opinion is that john was afraid of auntie he could pat up calmly tnoagh with that shiver and shrug when directed against himself but both he and i had ooce inadvertently heard het say that she be lieved that til lancashire lidiei spoke ia a load voice and had very red hands and i think that was enough tor john when first i taw ifrt ralph otway this saying tt once darted into my miad far never tmong all the grand loudon ladies that visited at my guardians house had i trer seen a lady so completely beautifully refined in look voice and manner tboa her hands why they were saeb saft white womanly things and closed over ones own with such a tender faithful clasp that once sitting by her knee i could not help bending down aad kiasingthem as they lay upon her lap she used to tell me stories of jacks bay ish days stories that she never tired of telling or i of listening to and sometimes she spoke of her dead husband and af how he had been revered aad looked up to by everybody untd at last his name became a sort of proverb and people in the business world bad been heard to speak cf him as honest ralph otway yoa coald hear a tremor in her vice whea she spoke of things like these aad lee a faint flash like the pnk in the inner side of a seashell lite to her delicate cheek it ia a great responsibility to hive so many hands under one head and to be answerable for the welfare of them all it needs wisdom to rale them well and to be jast as well as hnd she would say to me speaking of the great mills where the ma chinery whirred and borzed all day long and the hands came rushing out when the dinnerbell clanged its noisy cummone like beet swarming from their hive listen ing to her wise and tender words t was boraeiaupoamo that from his early boy hood john had been trained in the best school to make a man good and true he had wanted his mother to live wit a us sgon fe bownes palatable castor oil is prepared n a form perlecdy agreeable to clul- drcnaaamostscoittirepcnont lulls nuaabetuk the properties of the olltiut produce palaaad trf pin art elunmttedabdttis rendered not only ia2d aodpleannt ta its action but absolutely usteleas sfldpalaubte it is preeminently che finest ltn tire and cathartic icacvriud ti trcmeorfor cc- titcficu cocsnpttioa via alt iatesuisl ccraoge- tsentslt is unequalled snd is dattned to ue on placeof crude ctl sad sit dnuu pais sad puxvs- otec for isle bysll drugraust zc cents t hoc- tit dont tail to try fcj and yau may be sate i had no will apart from hisbat she sad no mir- nedfolktre best left to themselves she had her way bat wo coald not let her go far from us only a step or two u john said so thtt we could ran tores of an evening and she coald come t os withoat fatigue- by the end of the first year ot my mtrried lifa i seemed to have forgotten the fact of being a southcountry woman i foaad that ihere were pleaty of nrtlovera and musiclovers among the people whom aunt denison once told me went info society with little ftafly bits of cttoa sticking to their dresscoats while for honest warmth of heart and true aagradging hospitality i soon came to the conclusion that the south couldnt hold a candle to the north i wu very hsppy daring that itrange new year happier itill daring the one that folio ired whea i held johna son in my arms end taw the clear grey eyee that had won my girlish heart look op tt me from ray bra at lint motherhood seemed to ma such a i mists hanging over the north country and wellltypined by the black smoke that came from the big chimneys and haag like a can opy above the town who shall tell of the tribute paid fa pain aad tears by the women tnd chddroa in those troublous days sorely ao bitterer paogthere can be than the aharp stab that goes throagh a mothers heart u the cry ot her child lor bread i breed f has to be smothered against her breut lest the sound drive the brooding martbytte fireleaa hearth to ma p and violence this is what being on strike meant to the wives and little ones of our mill hands i say our because alu that i should haw to vrtta u the day came what john returned from town looking as i had never eeea him the mother who hare him had never seen him otway wills were stopped the mea whose relations with their masters had been a proverb ia the trade were on strike john did not sty much he wat never a man of many words and silence ii natural to mea u a refuge from possible tears our turnhu come etlut it is hardly the mens faalt thia sort of thing is u catching u the plegae they know they have beea fairly dealt with that black- guard jim stevene ia at the bottom of it he wax ken talking to one of the delegatcs f com the union 1 i that was all john sai his mother tud i listened aad noting the set line of his lips and the stern look in his eyes we knew that jet the mea tt otwty afiils be u stubborn u they might the muter woald not yield in inch oar home the dearest spot on eartct to tne the fairest too in spite of its nearness to a manaftcfarmg centre was some three mileatnut of the towa johnused generally to drive in and out to and from the skills but sometimes he rode hia bag black horse king cole and now and agam i would ride by him on my pretty little bay mire littie returning with the groom well the night ifter he told me of the strike i lay wideeyed throagh all the long long hours hearing each one strike below stairs and thinking those thoughts cf min gled love snd fear that gather about a wo mans heart like a dock of illomened birds whea her aearest and dearest are threatened with daager the stillness of night ia a terrible magnifying medium possibilities taka gigaartc proportiona seen throagh ita voiceless quiet how glad i wu whea faint hues of ught began to creep into the roomt it waa put that night of thoxghta that were almost prayersaadprayeri that were only like thoaghts that i trusted to god to read the meaning of breakfast over the pusioaate protest in my heart bubbled op to my lips bke a spring that mast well up to the light jack i oh jack i you will not go lo the mills today the answer came calm and clear smiting ma with a bitter despair i did not think my wda woald try aad make a coward of me he did not speak harshly i cald have borne it better if he had he kissed me a momeat after hed me very fut and close then before he went he kissed me again that is for the youngitor upafairt he said with a tender amue softening the set look otiis mouth give it him whea he wakes the grocm ai old aad faithful servant of theotwayr icokei grave u he led up king cole and gave the bridle info his routers hand tliea john rode away and i went into the house seeing nothiag clear ly fr the mist that gathered round me aot even babys face as narie met mc with him at the foot of the stair teat night and morning formed the ini tial letter o a limn of toxious foreboding that seemed long to me though in reality lu duration wu scarcely a fortnight threatening letters miuives of that most cowardly character called anonymous came at intervals hfany husbands would hive hidden such things from a wife but i think john knew that of all trials i coald have least endared the thoaght that he kept a trouble from me mrs otways face grew pallid with a more transparent whiteoeu every day her eyes always tearless had a fixed hard look the look that comes from gnef re strained from oatwsrd show by might or wiu in myemploy i would and make reparation j some hands nave jast cause to complain of the muters mine have none i will not budge one inch it teems to me that ijam telling my story in a strange desultory union but i cannot help it i give yon the memories of thoee days u they rise one by one before me the illness of ilrs j otway kept her a prisoner to her own hotne aad day by day i went to sit beside hef ooach and talk of john and of scarce aught else wotrum who are lead and true can give sweet store of comfort to each other in time of trouble by community of sympathy even if they be but close friends now much more then could we two to each cf whom the man npon wbxxto head aorrosr had ialien wu the best and dearest f j baby ion the day of j which inow write and trom which 1 seetn ever wandering in devious pathways of thought had seen fit to fake his sleep at unwonted hoar and i wu all alone for once j the house wu very still just then for the servants were at their tea and a thick greenhaired door shut off their premise from the rest of the rooms it- was so quiet that icould hear lassie whinny softly in her stablcacrou tceyard so quiet that the sound of my own name spoken hurriedly and almost in a whisper made me atart and seemed sc it were to tear the maiiile ot silence that tia brooding over the early winter evening i ifistreu otwsy i idostresl otwty 1 said the voice for gods sake coom round to t door aad let me in im nigh drooping- ia a moment i had reached ths porch opened the door aad wu halfsupporting half leading a figure so ghostly io death like list it might almost have been taken for a vuitant from the spiritworld it wu jim stevens jwife a woman hag gard and feverwasted whom i had seen only the day before lying weak said wan with her twtdaysoidj baby by her side ltxzie r i cried us she tuggered into my room and atili holding my arm m a wild convaflfivq grasp guped oot some- thing i could aot understand en you mad ay amoat she whispered raising her feverbright eyee to mine and wiping the sweat from her poor thm face with a corner of her shawl listen lady she went on it they miss me fro my bed and jim learns u tve coom cop herej tm a dead woman hell brak every boaa in my body u sure u theers a god above bat i dunnot care ynve bin a good friend to me and the like ome snd 1 woant see yo made a wilder and yer little cue fatherless the words struck me like blows felling me where i stood with their terrible force oa my knees with jmy head ia that poor crealares lay i wrestled with a pang so rewfal tost u i write about it now after long years it seems to rive my heart again 1 tay said linfe lifting my bowed instance the prating mantis tho heads on the earliest coins represent gods and god desses the fint banian head bcng that ot alexander the great on a ooin otlysima- chas snd even in this esse the great con- qoerer is represented h his divine character si descended frcm upiter ammon which is indicated by the rams horns- it woald not however u fair to modern hints to attri bute tho comparative povetty of modern eoias to want of tkill it is a great con venience that coins should lie flatly one on snot her and the greater boldness of anc ent coins however it may add to their bewjy necessarily rendered this impossible not only were the greek coins admirable for ther beaaty bat they were also made of pure metal and fall weight offering in that respect a striking ooatrut lo thoee of most other countries there werrf however of coarse exceptions thus the money of phocau wu noionons for its bad quality herodotus mentions thoagh with aomo doubt that polycrates tyiaat of samoi having to pay a large sum to the lacede monian coined a large quantity of the coaotry money in lead had it gilt and give it to them and that they having received it thereupon took their departure that the true theory of coinage wu well under stood in greeca we may see from the words of anstofle who thus describes the origin of coins it became necessary therefore to think of certain commodities easily man ageable and salely transportable and cf which the ases are general and so namerous that they iasnied the certainty of arrays i obtaining for them the- articles wanted in exchange the medals particularly iron and silver snd several others exactly cor respond to this description tney were employed therefore by general agreement u tho ordinary standard of valne and the common oeuut of exchange being them selves estimated ai first by their bulk and weight snd afterwards stamped ia order to uve the trouble of measuring an 1 wci jhing them ia aaciaot greece aa aow the light of coinage was prerogative of the sovereign and here we find a cuiioas dif ference betweea the baiileaa and the taraa- noa the former coined in his own name but the turannos however absolute never did so their money wis issued in the name o thejeople coins are of course very instructive from i historical point of view nevrtbeiee it is somewhat remarkable that the greeks do not seem to have ever struck commemarative medale even on their coins they did not for a low time ad- mit any sllasious to contemporary events snd theil only in an indirect manner ai most the only exception is the enormous i gold piece struck by eucratider king of pactnana of which the french possess the only known example the tact that it ia jast equal to 20 staters does not prove that it wu ever intended to serve u a coin against which its size must have been a great objection moreover it would ap pear that very few speameas were struck indeed there is some reason to suppose that the french example is the only one ev er made u the die appears to have ben brokea ia striking ii neither the greel nor the bomana had any nune for a med si ai distinguished from a true ooin that i wu reedy itobe overanxious i might have fallen i into the mistake that so many youag wives sweet new precious jcy the i imigl at length negotiation for the employ ment of alien bines men willing to work for the wage that was all ths misters ooald give in those bitter times were spoken of wrath that had simmered now seethed scowling men gathered in groups about the narrow streets that surrounded hud with ker poor listing hands yo muana greet yo man be strong aai hale for the sake o him- uiovetyo if summit sint done hell be carried whoam to yo dud this nect wia bullet i his bress ify god my god i cried staggering fo my feet help ma t ay i my ajnen to that lady sad lnic catching my jhaad aad pressing it against her bosom iyove helpt others happen god nh mind that now and help yo i whatcanldo tell me tell me the whole truth lizzie see im strong and hale now god hu helped me already he hu put courage info my heart xhoull need it jmy isar said lizzie forgetting ia her eager trouble all barriers of clu for psin ths great leveller set as for the nonce side by tide just two sorrow ing timorous women and nothing mora its jim u is st t bottom o it all may god forgive me for speskin agen my moo mistress otway i wndnthat itsta hinder murder hein done and afore i tell thee wilt swear that neer a word shall pass thy lips to hart him hes a bid man i know bat for a that hes my men snd its hard for ony womea to speak npagtn her monl in sorest anguish ot impatience i wrung my hands the one ia tho other snd with lips u white u lizzies own swore the oath she craved for then she told me til the shameful story the foreign workmen whom so report bad it john had decided to employ were oa their wsy to the north there wu no chance now of bringing the owner of otway mills on his knees the furnace of bate heated seven times iwilh the fuel ot drink j teethed like a mighty cauldron jus stirred it with bitter angry words he had been at fault more than once and at bat dis missed be had wrongs to revenge he said they all had 1 that the svil toogue tried to stir up the waisbsove of mnsic- at the welsh musical festival there wu a rare musical treat u well u a meat enjoy able national reunion tho bono aad sinew ot the assemblage were the coslrcgion miners and workmen these with their city compatriots have preserved to their children and for their childrens children the language of their native land and have cultivated not only a love for music but the science cf it toa degtee that enables them to present grand choruses with wonderful precisioa and effect the lan- kgethat looks so hard and repelling to erican eye imprint when wedded a the welsh national airs produces fine musical effects marked however more by force than bqaid sweetness the singers them selves were nearly all miners or- members of miners famthee thffigh there were choirs from the larger ctties of the anlhraato legion which combinea the hardest under- ground toilers with men and women who have hid better bpportunities for musical culture the feature that marked all the singing even of the combined choita where twelve hundred singers joined in the national airs of wales and america war that there were no laggard cdea taken their cue from other singers from the youngest to the oldest and there waa probably a ranse of fifty years of difference in the sgea of the singers each anderstood his or her part aad sang it with a will gaided by the bstoe ot the director to whom all paid strict atten tion sacb results coald not be reached if the welahmen of pennsylvania had not well maintained the national love maeicu something more thsn a sentiment that they have done so wu shown by the pre sence ia the choirs of whole ftmiea of miners the hatband and wife with the children the mother attending in some cues with a child in her arms the large county choirs that competed foreomeof the prizes have had few opportunities for re hearsal thesa in made up of a large nnmber of the smaller choirs and glee dabs organized in the mining towns but music is so thoroughly studied by all the sincere that they can mute together without rehearsal and sine with evea better effect than many weildrulcd choruses composed of leu skilled vocalists if any part of what hu been said by philosophers of the tefining influence of music is true these cultivated welshmen thoald serve ju leiven for the wholo tnthracite region it certainly is true that these love of music are- the reverse of the rough characters who have heretofore been aooepted as typical miners a more ardsxiy goodnatured happylooking set pf lingers is seldom seen at an puhlic gathering it is to bo regretted that their festival wu not seen and thelr music heard by ai much larger propdrtinn ot pluladelphians than the assemblage gathered in the exposition building t 1 a theroagh man of the worid is bne who can shake hands cordially with a friend whom he has just blackballed at a club two bue ball elubs composed entirely of deaf mates havobeenplayingiaoiio they iay it is the saddest thing in the world to see tho club that gets beat swearing at the um pire and calling him a hideboand back- oearted liar with jheir thumbs and fin gers ths spiretf the rnsaiaa admiralty in st petersburg is hard tunes notwithstand ing to be regdt tt the cost of 815000 the admiralty ocoopies a vast squsre facing the neva snd one wing of it ia confronted by the imperial winter palace the gilded amre forms the final point of perspective of five long prospects and is sarmotintecthy a gilded ship in toll ssil ir ever we begin to feel gloomy at the ra- pid approach bf our shortest days we should oall to mind such ptaoes as hamburg in germany where the shortest day has only seven hours btockholm where the shortest is only bve snd a half hoars long j or st petersburg whose shortest day is five hours oatheothe w the longest julysod a three and t halt months on the othefhand at wondorbtts norway the longest day extends from may slat to july 2nd and ai spitsbergen the fongeht u y p 1 i