WHILE IN GARD * LORD LANSUOWNE THEN SHOW- ED GREAT PROMISE, bio ad a Certain Austerity Tha Well Became Him-----Lady Lans- dowrie Gave Distinction to a Young Sociefy, Canadians will remember Lord Lane downe, now prominently in the public eye owing to the contest be- tween the British House of Commend and the House of Lords, a8 GOVermer- general, ! - If he lacked the warmth or the spontaneous brillianey of a Dufferin, or the bluff heartiness of a Stanley, he offered a dignity, a weight, a lu- cidity of utterance, a scrupulous ex- abtness, A foresight which marked hime out for leadership in the large place, ¥ : A certain austerity wad marked, but it well became him. One 'could not well think of him as greatly relaxing, and yet he had warmth and genialty. At the same tithe he was the representative of Her Majesty; he was the copy of royally; he was in a position requiring dignity and measured relations. In all his public functions hé expressed this sense of responsibility. In all his public speeches he offer- od grace and illumination. He had the ehosén word, which fitted its plsce like a glove. His dictioh was polished like a cameo. Something of Celtic fervor he missed, but there was always weight and meaning, and value in his deliverance He showed a deep interest in the progress of art and learning, and his addresses at the eonvocations of the various universities were models of clearness, of weighty reflection, With the abounding life of this country he was in full sympathy, and kept in touch with all its minifesta- tions % Lady Lansdowne was stately and queen-like, of a delicate, patricial beauty, and well fitted to give dis- tinetion to a young society, whose : growth she encouraged in all charm- ing Ways. The term of office of Lord Lans- downe was' not marked by any large . event; but it was contemporaneous with the beginnings, it may be said, of the C.P.R., and 'all the develop- ment. which was eontingent upon the completion of that system. It may be remembered, at the same time, that a sensational episode mark- ed the beginning 'of Lord Lansdowne's rule at Ottawa. His lordship owned and still owns (if he has not récent- ly sold under the Purchase Act) ex- tensive estates in Ireland. At that time (18834) the Land League was very active, and boycotting was in full force,. and the landlords had rather a lively time of it. A certain unpopularity attached to Lord Lard downe as an absentee landlord, who; it "was alleged, insisted upon his "pound of flesh" in the form of rack rents, i Before Lond Lansdowne landed on our shores the press of the world was filled with the alleged details of a Land League plot to assassinate him the moment he landed in the Domin- fom: Al h names were mentioned, "yot the was Risusibly concocted, "and many in the Mother Country ex: to hear of the "remov of {his lordship, after the manner of the {Phoenix Park murders. ' Nothing happened. The governor- general, with Lady Lansdowne and suite, proceeded to Rideau Hall une harmed. .The story was made out of whele A certain news agenéy in ndon was arraigned before the London courts in the connection, and (admitted that beyond a few vegue dines of cable from this side, it had nothing to support the story, which was written up in the office of the 'agency. - ©. The incident was soon forgotten, but the story, which filled pages of the - public press, gave the whale world one of Those shuddering thrills, "iwhich, while it dreads, it at the same time seems to long for. "A Song of Canada. - Tt will interest many to know that Canada has found her way into th popular songs of the motherland. An enterprising Scotsman, realizing that many of his countrymen have settled fin this country, and assuming with grounds of prabability that the: ave sweethearts at hom~ waiting t 'come' out here, has written a lov song for use in the towns of the mos therland, entitled "Won't You Come #0 Me in Canada?" It starts off . "Across the broad Atlantic, in Can. ada's domain, 'A ecolonist was working for the lass nh longed to gain, Inside his little cabin, he pictured day 'by day The i of his sweetheart, and with Jonging he would sayy Won't you come, come, come to-me in Canada, Conada, in Canade-- 'Won'} you come, come, come to me 11 Canada, far away across 'the foam' 'With the. church bells ringing on ous i »" a In my cosy Canadian home" A Beautiful Canadian. The Marchioness of Donegall, whe was Miss Violri Twining, daughter of the late Mr. 8t. Géorge Twin dng of Halifax, N.S. is one of the } Canadian wom +» Canadian 5 . x ge to th: fifth marquess took place in England, her husband being many years older than herselt. She has on» sen, th sixth marquess, a remarkably hasnt some boy, who numbers amoag his dis wy Saat of bei Hefaditary Lord Admiral « ough Noagh Lady Donegall is a fair, Sender and very pretty woman who is always r y well drefssd Sinai: hm widowhood she has visited Canada on several ocessions. : Bhe is devoted 1c Aravel and spends much 'in oul-of-the-way pleces. ~ Waalth of Northern Ontarie? | * The railway surveyors estimate th clay belt that is away north of Cob of hor tim: ! algo "called wild suceoty could not fathom THE WEED PROBLEM. Department of Agriculture Has [ssyed : a Book on It. This question of weeds is interest- ing to many; to the farmers it is vital importance. That Is why the Départinent of Ag : issued a large bopk devoted to weeds, It is not am ordinary departinéntal blue book, forbidding in apptaranc: and dry in matter. It is a book fit for the library, substaniially #nd at tractively bound, well printed on fina paper, and profusely and besutiully illustrated. And, best of all, it is filled with information presented in a mest entertaining and instructive form. Every farmer should have a copy and study it during Wis hours of 1'- sure that approaching winter will bring to him. And, having studied it, he should begin next spring (fo put in practice the kbowledge gained. In this book will be found a d= scription of practically every nosiou weed known in Canada, and secon panying the description is a full-pag colored plate of the weed. The lates are large, they have been ears. ully PA and are accurate ro resentations of thy weed in gquestio he book also relates fhe great los: sustained through . weeds and it de scribes in deen the best manner oi fighting them Take one weed for example, oh whose bright, blue - blossoms. look pretty enough along a road side. wnd which is very common throughout Eastern Canada, It is wild ehlcory and bia sailor. Tt is said 0 have a history and like the history of 30 many things it is downward and net upwards. IH several countries of Europe, particu larly in England and France, chicory was cultivated, principally for is root, although ita leaves made goo! food for cattle. lis blanched ledv.e could also be made into a salad. Bu! it is the root that is chiefly valuabis This is roasted, ground to a coars powder and used either as a substi tute for coffee or as an adulterant of coffee. , Many people liked the addition: flavor it imparted to coffee, and es it gives off a deep' brown color to water in which it is infused, it added ti appearance of strength te coffee 'with which it is mixed. The early French settlers of Can ada brought out chicory seed and planted it, and the root became wid) ly used for the purpose of making » beverage. But control was lost of the plant and it beemme wild, just as © is wild in England and Franee. The book on Farm Weeds tells all aboo: it and how to fight it. And there ar two hundred pages in the work fill J with just such useful information. ART IN GOWGANDA. The Prospectors Knew Fidelity to Na- ture When They Saw It. Bome men are art erties, and others know how to 'blast rock. Generally & broad chasm divides men who exo: cise one or the other of these trlenty Boome of the miners who tou 1 oft dynamite ure likely to fall in qetect ing' the more subfle tones or oitlines of 'a Work of art. e - of . ieulture has just: Paint the picture of a minor eat. | ing soup from wu sieve with a fors and the miner will roar at the ab surdity of the thing. I.mention {hi beacause it is preliminary to th: fist wave of controversy that ever swept over the mining country, in which art detail was the indpiration. This is the way it happendd: A now theatre was being ofeoted on {' Smyth side of Elk City, and an tist, one of the really ood ones, w selected {0 peint the drop curicin He decided to paint a picture tht the miners would appreciats, Forost of jack pine rose under the magic of his brush. Rushes were planted rn. thrived at proper places on the ein vas. A mountein loomed un like a blue shadow far in the background The water was so real that you could drown yourself if it. Then eame the crowning indpira- tion. In the centre of a rivet he painted a ecsnoe in which two ronzh men were soet~4 padding grecetully, thin sleeves rolled up to the slbowe and muscles, standing out lik~ rords, as the fragile craft wep forced through the water. It wes a fine p'etare. There wes life snd spirit in jt. The artist thrilled with the pride of a wan whose work. well dons, was its own reward The pight that the thestrs open there was an uproar in Elk City. The miners como in end sedtad themse! ve yes were confrad om. the canvss Men grew fillgoty and could not look at the picture without get'ing nerv. ous. Just what the trouble wos they until somes on~ the roar shouted: "Sev, men, thou feliers are both paddlin' on the one side." That sterted the racket, Tha absoe dity of the thing dawnvl on thes men, who live hali the time in thew canoes. For days it wes the talk of at Eik City. cod finally the mapaigemen' | of tha theatre eltogether, Where Junho Was Kiisd 8t, Thomas Fites: Ob Sept. 18 text it will bs just a qureter of & eontncy sinoe the {amouk elsphant, the ma moth Jumbo, wus kiliad «nas 45. Grand Trank Railroad o gon Wondworth avetoe, 8t. Thomds, B ~ num's Circ had Been exhibiting She i tcte let, Jott ot the hee, roo is known asthe Mara Hm, and Where Hens tents het antualty pitched for vears. maid tha cuarte'n 14 ecres lying on the south side f the track, is now boing ofercd tor sale. Er ian ll ie Immigration For October. The total immpatiin into Caniia 1 Octobsr was . As compared Tn soko in October of lest year, 8,032 arrived at' peean ports, en in creese of TH per cent. and 9.269 fro United States, an increase of 08 pr cent, as compared with the ane . money voted for a tin have | historic spot, along with ths] i i ae fin in whose favor the balance / greatly --Otta: ) ONLY TWELVE YEARS. | In That Time Canada Has Made Im mense Strides. | No parflle]l to Canada's rapid de-! velopment of Her natural resources can be. found in the history of any other country in the world. With her vast riches and especially with her agricultural possibilities; with a government polidy in force for over twenty-five years by which an actual settler eculd 'obtain d& free grant of 160 acres of the richest grain-produc- ing and stock-raising land in the world, to be selected out of an area of three hundred million acres, it ean with difficulty be believed that. barely 1,800 persons, or less than one- | tenith of one per cent. of the number that could have found homes on those fertile western prairies, actually set. | tied there in 1896. The fact is that, up to that year the West was practi- | eally an ugknown region. Since then, | or within \the past twelve years, the number accepting the offer of free land has grown until the total for the past! ten years is nearly 270,000 persons | who took up free homesteads offered | to sctual settlers. These entries re. | present forty-five million acres taken | up for developmnent by farmers from | Ldstern Canada, the United States, | Great Britain and Continental Eu-| rope. The Canadian West is no longee | in an experimental stage. Its fertility | 4s a grain-producing country is now | established beyond question: Its yield during the season just closed, al-| though not yet exactly known, is es timated by the best-informed to be nearly four hundred million bushels of grain, of which one hundred and | twenty-five million bushels are wheat. | The population of the West is fully a million and a quarter, which is six or seven times greater than was the population of twelve years ago. { During that same period fruit-grow- in the West, and partigularly in | Tish Columbia, has developed won. | derfully. Where there were then less than one hundred acres in orchards, there are now one hyhdred thousand acres set out with apple, pear, peach and other varieties of fruit trees. The Yukon goldfields have been dis covered and one hundred and twenty | million dollars extracted from the gravel in the valleys of Bonanza, Ki. dorado, Hunker, Dominion and other streams in the Klondike district. The silver deposits of Cobalt during the -past five yeaps have proved enor- mously rich, and millions of dollars have already been taken from those rocky hills, which contain perhaps the richest world. The great iron industries of Great Breton and Northern Ontario heve come into existence, showing vast possibilities for thes future. Tha discovery and development of seemingly illimitable coal area ns less astounding. With the open. ing up of the West and the on-coming of the tide of settlement in the prai- rie provineed, whose supply of wood- fuel is limited to a comparatively small area, comes the discovery of de- posits estimated by competent auth- ority to contain 'sufficient fuel to sup- PI the West for thousands of years. ith these discoveries behind us, wht can -foretell the discoveries of the future? So far only the fringe of it resources has. been touched. hile this development of our nat ural resources has been going on, changing the whole aspeet of the coun- try, the expansion of our manufac- tories and ecommerce has made steady progress. Our railway mileage has innrensed by. thousands of miles of new lines in every part of the Dom- inion, 'and our shipping has grown enormousty, The Canada of twelve years igo ean searcely be recognized whan compared with the Canada of w-day ~Canadien Life, i in is A Football Hero's Experiences. Someone, in' congratulating Btron- seh, of the Ottawa Rugby team, hail ed him as chiefly responsible) for the Tigra' recent defeat. The big Seot deciined the honor "Péaple are very kind" said he, "but Williams-won the game." His interviewer tried him on anoth: er tack. "Which game do you prefer, the English or Canadian?" Th: Rough Kid :rrthought he couldn't ex- prise an unprejuaiced epinion. : had been brought up in the Old Coun- try style of play, and had played in Cansda only two years, but the Cana. di; n "game wes well enough "Po they make it rough for yom?" "Xe. Stronzceh, gently rub- hing ths centre of his forchead whene: a nondescript bruise extended to th» bridge of his nose 3 ! "Just - whera Ben Simpson's tos landed when 1 throw him once," h: 1 f=pia i i n Sootiand, he volunteered, he had ! experienced 'a few knocks. His col leibones wes broken and his skal | fractared. "1 lost the originals of | these in one game," said he, remov- | ing en upper sot of store teeth; "then | 1 had an ankle broken, and my knees havin't boon any good {or a long Hm. Finglly, my best friend was the oé- sanion "of my suffering a fractured thigh, and curiously enough, he sus | tained the. same injury at my hands liter on. But it's all in the day's work." ; Means Nothing. i The whole question revolves back | to the only logical position, real sid | to the British navy... A Canadian BAYY..». ch a5 has been gutlined, is a farce, a blowing in of millions for nothirg. Money voted to s'rengthen -hé British mevy means something; t Canadian means nothing --Winnipeg Tre Lavy bune. i A: the Capital A glimpse of the development of Ottawa during the past ten years mist convines the average man that any portion of the urban and subur. ban area which is now sparsely set. tled will be within another ten years prety well filled up. --Ottawa Journal. Not Be Canada. ¥: would be a calamity if commer. cial war shuld come between Canada and the United States; but if it is to eome, the chief sufferer will aot be Canada but the Daited States, THE BRTISH DAILY WHIG, SATURDAY, known deposits in' the-- DUFFERIN'S LOSS. Late Dr. n Barr, M.P., Was Be loved In Mis District. The County of Dufferin is just be- | inning to realize the great loss it has sustained in the death of its Federal member of Parliament, the late Dr. John Barr, who died recently. Al- ready scores of people are heard dis- cussing the impossibility of filing his place. From the busy streets of village to the lonely homes on the township side roads a unanimous | expression of regret is voiced by the people regardless of their political opinions. For nearly hall a century he was a resident of the county and became | sor identified with its interests, both in his private kindnesses and public benefactions, that he was looked upon as a county institution. Some idea of his great popularity as a physician | may be gained from the fact that in the Township of Osprey there was only one house to which he was not called in his capacity as medical ad- | visor, although this township is' not | situated in Dufferin, its nearest boun- | dary being 15 miles north of Shel buarne. : Upon the formation of Dufferin as a separate county in 1875, he became its first member of Parliament, and" with the exception of the short period when political lines were obliterated by the transient patron movement, he has been in public life ever since. "He knew the County of Dufferin better probable than any other man who ever lived. in it, and hundreds looked upon him as a personal friend. He was a great dispenser of hospital ity and the very antithesis of the modern politician, who forgets his' supporters after the day of election. To those in trouble he always gave a sympathetic ear and did whatever lay in his power to aid them in their dif- ficulties, and although he saccumu- lated a fortune in the practice of his profession, he was never known to enter court to recover a claim. To these many excellent qualities he owed his great popularity as a public man, and was goverally Rebate ed to Parliament with one of the largest majorities in Canada given to rural members. As a public man, his influence was always exerted for the benefit of his constituents and he was looked upon as one who could not, under any cir- cumstances, be influenced to betray this trust. To his influence may be | traced many reforms in the law di- rectly benefiting the gommon people He was pointed out by representatives of the Quebec press in Ottawa as a model member for a rural constitu- ency. Although a Supporter of the Temperance and Moral Reform Move- ment in Parliament, he was a great lover of individual freedom in person- al tastes and was looked upon as a connoisseur in all the requisites for the convivial board. He had the happiness to be united in marriage to a lady who had the grace of perfect breeding and enjoyed in her s ns of action an equal popu- larity ith himself. MelvinJanes on the Bench. Among the prominent residents of Toronto recently fined for exceeding the speed limit with his sutomobile, was Senator Lyman MelvinJones, who contributed five dollars to the civie exchequer. And this is not the first time that Mr. Jones has paid a fine and helped to swell the coffers of a large eorporation. : The other incident was in' Winnipeg back in the early eighties, when he was mayor of that city. It was then a common practice for men to saw cordwood on the streets, for the pra: rie capital had not acquired anything like the metropolitan air that it has to-day. A bylaw was passed by the City Council that no. wood-sawing should be done on the public thor oughfares. Yet, what was the poor average regident to do? There were few back yards fenced off, and wood sheds were not numerous. One day an offending citizen was summoned by the police for a viola tion of the bylaw. Mayor Jones pre sided in the Police Court that morn ing. The defendant acknowledged his guilt, and the acting magistrate, for the parpose of siting an example to 'other probable offenders, taxed him a dollar and costs. The man asked if he could have, time to pay, and was allowed a week. Before the seven days had elapsed, the mayor went down in his own pocket and settled with the city. After that the police were allowed to overlook the practice of sawing wood an the street, as it was felt by his worship that to en- force the regulation too rigidly would be a hardship in those pioneer days Mr. Jones is probably the only Cana dian mayor who ever taxed a citizen for violating a bylaw and then paid! the fine himself. Duck Hunting With Nets. JANU Amin" Duck hunting with. nets, which is declaréd by E. Tinsley, chief game | inspector of Ontario to be "the dirt- | iest form of law-breaking ag has cropped up again 'in neigh- borhood of Belleville, where it used to be rife some years ago, and the | department is taking vigorous meas. | ures stamp it gut. One offender, who has been apprehended, in addi tion to having his nets confiscated, has had to pay a fine of $20. Port Rowan, Fort Erie and Belle ville were formerly the resorts of gangs of law-breakers of this stamp, who set the department at defiance and on one occasion even murdered an inspector. These, however, had been pretty weil £% Ti i § ARY, 135, TRADE WITH JAPAN. gion It Has Great Possibilities Says W. TT. R. Preston. The return to Canada of Mr. W. T. R. Preston, Commissioner of Trade to Japan and China, has given an im- petus to the desire for an ex ion of trade with the Far East. No west. ern country stands in such favorable geographical relation to Japan as the inion of Canada. Our western ports are nearer by hundreds of miles than those of any other country. The requirements of Japan are simply in- calculable. The entire area of the smpire of the Mikado is less than that of the Province of Ontario, and less than one-fifth is available for successful agriculture. Within such limits there is a population of fifty millions "increasing at the rate of half a million annually. : The market this country will af- ford to the world in a comiparatively short period, ns up a most profit. able channel for very many Cana- dian products. The opportunities that will be offered for an expansion of the trade of the Dominion should not be peglected. In many ways Japan is going to be a competitor of 'the West in the markets of Asia, and perhaps eventually in the western world as well. The empire must de- velop on some line, and as the limit of expansion has about been reached mn its agricultural life, the only avenue likely available for expansion is alorig industrial lines. But the great changes that will be brought about in the life and habits of the people by. such expansion, must ne- cessarily create a demand for west- ern conunodities. ¥ Japan's necessity, therefore, is go- ing to prove Canada's opportunity. Japan will require very many of our natural products and raw materials. But the demand will not by any means be confined to.the usually ac- cepted list, such as wheat, flour; pulp, paper and lumber. Iron - and steel products from our great eastern industries will certainly find a mar. ket, not only in Japan, but in Korea and China, also. As in all these coustries vast railway construction is already certain, the Canadian Gov. ernment will do well to put forth its bost efforts to cultivate and develop our trade with these eastern markets it' is evident that Sur neighbors to the south thoroughly appreciate the possibilities of the far eastern trade. This is evident from the fact that an influential imperial business commis- sion is at present touring the United States for three months as the guests of the chambers of commerce of the western coast. A few members of this commission .were persuaded to make a brief visit to Canada, and they were deeply impressed with the resources of the country and the possibilities for an expansion of trade with this country. The subject is most impor- tant. The Government at Ottawa, in co-operation with the commercial in- terests of the Dominion, should leave nothing undone to foster and protect Canadian interests in the Far East. Buying Corregios. One of the older residents of To- ronto was recently telling of a capital ist, long sinee deceased, who had made a fortune by the purchase of regs and the development of the in- dustries of which they are the raw material. In time he set up a man- sien which he was desirous should not be surpassed in the land, and en- gaged in the process of filling it with works of art. Some one told him that no mansion wag complete without a' Corrvegio, and, having business in Eng- land with regard to the shipment of a veal copsignment of rags, he decided to pick up a Corregio or two if he got a chance. He happened to meet on ald Toron- to friend who was a university man and familiar with art subjects, and asked him where he could get one He would ¢ to see one anyway. The - friegsf" too' him to the: Bouth Kensington Mudéum, and finally came upon a small specimen of the paint er's work. "Oh, that's a little one," exclaimed the eapitalist, "how much would it be worth?" "Somewhere in the neighborhood of ten thousand pounds," said his friend. "Pshaw!" was the reply.' "I can buy pictures like that in Montreal for $27 a-pieee, A f»w weeks later the cultured friend met the capitalist in London again; he had been to Paris in the meantime "What abcut the Corregios?" quer. ied his friend "Oh, I bought a pair of "em for five hundred francs," said the capi talist; "they don't try to rob you over there" And sure enough he had brand new ones boéring the signature "Corre in round, clear letters. 8i* Wilfrid Is No Horseman, There are some things not general ly known about Canada's Premier snd one is that, although he guides the reins of the administration with masterly skill 'and diplomacy, he can. not drive a horsé. When Bir Wilfrid goss to his pretty rural retreat al Arthabescaville, where he spends 3 few weeks every summer, he frequent ly takes some intimate frie oul with him. Bir Willrid always insists onydriving, but his companion is nev: ef very easy in mind. While the Premier can easily keep his followers within party lines, he cannot contré pearly so well the lines over the steec that he is-directing. The animal has a tendeney to wander all over the road, and sometimes the carriage is dangerously near the ditch. But the polished end tactful chief of the Lib erpgl party is totally oblivious of dan ger, no matter what haunting fears his escort may have. . The humor o the situation lies in the fact that Si: Wilfrid thinks that he is an ir rble horseman, but otliers, althougt { they do not 'care to openly Heelar: their opinions, says he on the reins like a woman, and are always . thankiul for one mote the journey is ended. Should Explain. dt js up to Great Britain at this stage of the negotiations to come ou plainly and explain what she woul¢ consider a valuable contribution to the strength of the Imperial navy. Thes it wi¥ be up to Canads Ottawa Citi on, escape whey It is asoally the man without menus that is positive that he could draw a will that could not be broken. wha steals your time to marrate rs he Testimony Of The Flag By ANNA McCLURE SHOLL. PAGE EE Shredded Codfish | : UT A BONE IN 11 With a'ten cent package a can make a tasty fish- Gordon was a connoisseur sn fags, | He dsed to explain that ne chose hy tle scions of mistocracy 14 attend him beeaus» their breeding uid tiem to appretato ~uch a splendid pro- duct as himself. Un toe rst day of the teem his usual luck was waiting for him in the shape of a little blond haired boy, with sweet, shy eyes, and a mouth that suggested maternal kisses. Gor- don was a bit doubtful of the square chin. Sach chins have overthrown governmoenis. = "Your name!' he demanded severs tone, The #vid looked up from under his long lashes, with a frightened air, but in another moment he wore %a smile worthy of a Correggio cherub. "Heginald Le Roy Maitland," he answered, 'What are you here for!" went on steely. Then, tuck some Greek under those curls, | suppose. Or, more like ly, to gef into mischief.' The small kand went into a side pocket and" came out with yellow trea sure. "Look at all my tgs," gleefully, "You sordid little beast, and wo doubt your mammie's crying her cyes out for you this minute." The child's face grew grave. "It's hard on mothers," he Gordon looked unutterable things. "Well you are--"" he began; en broke off "You've got to be some body's fag, you know. Would you like to bo wine 7" The small boy surveyed the big one from: head to foot. "Confound your impudence ! you taking an inventory of me ?' don cried. I'he lashes bahyish cheek. "l just wanted to be quite sure,' answered with a little quirk of smile n'a Gordon he said, said, Are Gor® dropped shyly to the he a Gordon put it down to that small square chin few at until He un The child was rebellious for a weeks, then adoring He trotted Gord m's heels like a puppy that worthy would roar him off would sit and gaze at his hero til books were shied at him. Gordon confided to his peers that he liked to be appreciated as man, but that infant's adoration made him feel like a fool Nevertheless he took pains to hide his Jess noble self from Reginald He solemnly exhorted the child never - sinoke, drink not wear He concealed what he pleased to eall 'my eveatic tempera ment" from the gauze of those eyes, One night Reginald found his lord and master in a pensive mood. ~ He was disposed to listen to the chatter of his fag, such opporiunities rave 'and the 'small boy made best of them. He told Gordon his twin sister at home and of fun he was going to have tion came. She must have wonder, this twin sister She could climb trees like a squirrel, and watch a fellow fish in the deep pool by the willows, without giving littla squeaks at every nibble From his sister he digressed to his mother "She used to tuck me in when | was a little fellow--I mean before | to school." took hie pipe out of his There was a look in his face that Ahe fag did not understand "Young un," he said, *if you're over {empted to think I'm u bad lot, kindly remember that I never had Mummies' "Never, Gordon "She died when | The fag tooked around out. of it. Then he beamed 'Mine'd be only too glad to you, She's deeply interested ia she wrote just that." Gordon gave a spasmodic laugh 'Avwoman who could lave would, I fear, decline adopted son." i : Reginald did "not andbret ine this A week later the fag was introduc ed to tragedy: When the school sembled morning his Gordon standing by the head mas- ter's desk, with an expression upon his ani well as any to was were the of the when vaca ben a came Gordon mouth. a war boro tor Wis have vou von m for , an as one blu he discovered | face that Reginald had never seen i there, a white look of repressed pain land pride. His beautiful eyes were fixed steadily wpon the face of the {head master, who seemingly conscious {of that gaze, kept his own éyves turn led sadly away, What was coming ! A sense of alarm oppressed one {small boy in that assemblage. of boys who were gazing with canosity or {sympathy at the motionless figure by ithe master's desk. le longed to ask 'those dbout him what was the matter, | 'but he was too proud to. let them know that he, Gordon's very own fag, did not know evervthing about his Imaster., He grow anxious and restless {and miserable as the suspense grow greater. He felt that they were going to hurt Gordon. ; The head master rose and stopped forward to address the school fag's heart began .to beat violently with fear of something tervible and strange. "John Marston Gorden," began the master, "has been guilty of a misdemeanor, for which it would ap. pear, expulsion can be the only ade quate punishment, On the evening of the twelfth he was discovered in the town in a state of intoxication. There can be, I think, no excuse made for him, nor for the doing away of kes punishment. ' But since it is our eus- tom I put 'the case before you, ap- pealing to the constience and honor of the school. I any owe knows of a just reason why the offonder should not be expelled let him now speak." For moment there was profound silence. Then a small un steadily to his feet Please," he said eagerly, never had a Mummio ! She he was born. Please ask him! tell you it's true." That night the head master wrote in his private journal this record 'John Mamton Cordon saved from expulsion by the of his fag." a boy rose 'Gordon He'll testunony solid Comforts To Gowganda, The Grand Trunk Railway company announce that they are placing in the hands of their agents the necessary instructions that will permit of through ticketing, and checking of baggage to the Gowganda district The service from Charlton to Elk Lake, Long Point and Gowgdnda will be performed by eight covered sleighs, accomynodating cight passengers each, and containing foot-warmers The sleighs are modern in every respect. "Fhe distance from Charlton to Gow ganda ix forty-nine miles, and the route will lie over the new road, upon which the Ontario government has spent over 850,000 within the past few months, making thgyroad the finest in Northern Ontario, : The route is undoubtedly the finest good roads) and regular service bwing w i afforded. Mcleod's Witch Hazel Cream, A delightful, dainty toilet prepara kon for softening avd beautifying the skin. Neither sticky or greasy, dries at once. into the skin Nothing to equal it for rough, chapped hands, Excellent for. after shaving. 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