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“I WAS A PHANTOM OF DELIGHT we presented our passports. We pass: ed over and breathed the comparative- ly free air of Russia. Our first duty when we were in Kiakta was to go straight to the governor and lay out THE GRAND TRUNK WILL She was: hantom of deli ht ' fl AVE TO P AY MORE l When first Is,he gleamcd up?!) my sight; A lovely apparition sent To be a moment‘s ornament: ' Her e es as stars of twii'gl t fair, , , v _ For the Water Used for Their Like fwmght,s‘ mo, bullish. hair, complaint before him. he was agitato Engines at Lindsay But all things else about her drawn ed when he heard of the ceremony at From Maytime and the cheerful dawn; A dancing shape and image gay The regular meeting; (if the Water com‘ ‘ To haunt, to startle and waylay. mission was held Monday afternoon in Mr. Hopkios’ office. Present : President Flavelle, Secretary Hopkins and Messrs Brady and McNeillie. Mayor Smyth was away on his holidays. The accounts were passed, applications from Alex. Cathro and others for serge: s granted. The secretary declared than to may servicg-s‘are being asked for: that It. Woods is getting two expert men to do the work. THE GRAND TRUNK At the last meeting the correspondence Mm Solicitor Hopkins and G. T. R wields re the water supplied that com- pany here was incomplete. In reply to Mr. Hopkins’ letter to the mechanical superintendent saying that the town will mtbebound by the contract with the old company, a letter came from G. T. R Solicitor Bell of Bellevills. It was read at Monday’s meeting. It said that the contract was valid till 1902 and thab_t_h_e town must assume the obligations of the concern it takes over. If not it would be “easy myto get rid of irksomc con- tracts by selling the business. Unless high authority could be produced to the opposite Mr. Bell would advise the company to fight it out on that line. To this Mr. Hopkins replied that ihe town bought the works and can do what u likes with themâ€"shut them down if it wants to. No bargain made by former the frontier, and told us that the Badâ€" dhist priest had put into circulation two coins which had received the sun god's course and that these coins would circulate throughout the world, harm- less to everybody except the two they were destined for. The instant posâ€" session of either of these by the person cursed would mean immediate destruc- tion. “Nor was this all, the coins might not come to us as brass ‘cash,’ they might come to us as a kopeck piece, or as a ruble, as marks or pfennigs, as francs or centi-mes, as anything, wherever it might be. We should never know when they were coming; we should take them in the ordinary way; we should handle them, but only for one moment, the next moment we should be dead.” ‘ One day Tom sent for me, and it was to tell me that he was going to be married. This struck me as something peculiar, for I had thought Tom Mor- ton was one of the last men likely to fall in love. The wedding duly came 0E, everybody was pleased, and Tom and his bride went away to the south of France. A few more weeks rolled by and Tom returned. There was to be a reception at their London house, and the invitation which .was sent me was one which I could not well refuse. In the evening I had the opportunity of a chat with Tom. We had gone out on the balcony. which overlooked the garden. and there I purposely made absorbed in the story he was telling reference to the superstition which be me. He put out his hand as if to pick had for the llnma’s coin. the money up, but seemed to rcmembcr “l’crhaps.” said I, “now that you something, for he drew his hand back have gone liliScuilied all those years, I saw her upon nearer view, A spirit, yet a woman too! Her household notions light and free And steps of virgin liberty; A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet; A creature not too bright or good For human nature’s daily food; For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears and smiles. And now I see with eyes serene The very pulse of the machine, A being breathing thoughtful breath, A trav’ler between life and death; The reason firm, the temperate will, Endurance, foresight, strength and skill; A perfect woman, nobly planned, To warn. to comfort and command, And yet a spirit still and bright With something of angelic light. â€"-Williun Wordsworth. during the past monthâ€"selling Summer Clothing for about the actual cost up the material. Customers have looked the town over for bette ‘ ‘ GOUGH, “The Wonderful Cheap Man,” had the pull and got th W S A Story of Tibetan Magic. g .1 . There are still many special opportunities to buy desirable up-to-datc Clem-1 Int-rm ‘ ' , have put on for this week ‘ ‘g’ The waiter brought us drink and the change out of Tom Martin’s halt sov- ereign. I pushed the latter over toâ€" ward him with my lefthand, and with the right raised the water bottle to dilute my Whisky. “Your change, Tom,” said I. “Yes, of course,” said Tom, who was I: suddenly. you are beginning to lose faith in the V , . ~ rs owners could be bladlnfl “’1' the coutractr “Good heaveni" said he. “and I had yuiv'ill'y oi zhut pi-opliccyr’ are not with the town, and hence the forgotten that.” “Well. to It‘ll you the truth.” said: town cannot. be held. He would pro. lie took out his liaiulkcrchicf. wrap Tutu. "l mu coming a liilic sliui-zy ‘. duos no au2hori1ies for he thought no pod it around the forciingcr of biz: about it. and win-u one begins to rm» l right hand and then, with the fore sou supwrstizinn on any Sill)j1‘(,'tl$ like» ‘ linger so covered. gently scraped ilu? lg: 10 got Rum-Ind out. it has struck , money toward him. piece by piece, and me that. after all, it may be but more earnestly looked at each coin. foolery.” such absurd question had ever been raised before. Here is a has point on which the democracy are permitted to whet up their "Now, look here, Tom.” said I, “this We entered the room once more but Man 3 ll - . . judicsl wits, and on that line the gubjm. is a very pretty story that you have I was dying for a smoke, and, making y 0 I 656 50115 are worth JUSL DOUBLE the price. NO matter What Q‘i‘i "F ‘ been telling me, but don't try and give some excuse. I slipped away to the it an air of reality by a performance snmking room. 1 had been sitting there iv... -. was debated by these legal lights through or how low the price you pay, several letters. A; last, after the most you Will carry away the greatest bargain of goo: I55. . f di like that.” about live minutes when Tom Morton positive and professional sort 0 sagree- "You can believe it or not, just as came in. , ' ' 7 u v ' ~ rv - neat they pr0posed that the companye you like.” said Tom, ‘bnt I tell you, “d but do you think." he said. “My . oficial should come up and discuss the matter with a view of an amicable arrangement. Mr. Hopkinsâ€"I would fix thejfiat rate at $1,500, or have the company put on ;a l-‘rcd, that piece of money is coming wife has got this Mongolian slory into along this way some day. i have sci-r hur bond so much that she is peril-wily it once nnd-l left it on the table ridiculous. Simluas impll tcliinzm'cry- You don't ciiicl) lilo touching any coll) l)<l(l_\' about it, null, of i-oursl‘. ilu-y :ll‘L‘ ‘ while I am certain that one is in do all laughing. and ilm woi'si of it all is 5 culation. int let me conclude what i that she is inurhiu: with them at me. ‘ nezre. was tellin‘r vou. lint conic ('(Jltiw old rpuuw 1 want .0 ‘ 6 . . ‘ . - . '3 . . . . . . .. . . t. \ (an. d3 71h] . l r . Mr. McNeilii -If they get 85,000 “Ergo is one of the most peculiar show you something.” ’ 3 S WEEk In Hats, Caps, summer Shirts, I\e‘:l\VVear and Lnderuiear places you could think of. and one of l rose. throw my cigarette czul away our first duties was to present our- and followed him. We wcntaloug the selves to the grand llama. We had to corridor to the drawing room. which not a palauquin. for it was only meal was crowded. and (’\'('Il as we entered that Europeans of our importance [hoard Mrs. Morton's voice. i l l l l I l l l .. . . . ., . . . . as a. should go in state. and it was Wilhc en "1 rcully do ili'llt‘VO it will be such '. : ‘ n - «w “IV: V ’ route that we suddenly came to the fun. she was S:l_\'ill:.’. “more comics lg? f 3,’ praying mill. This was a sort of Tom, and now we will try. A ""“W ' i " -l - l l l gallons a day for $1.000 per year it is cheap waterâ€"about 3; cents per 1,000 gallons. That is an eighth of what ordinary consumers pay. Mr. Hopkinsâ€"Toronto (dizlals say 7 cents is the EOW;SU they Can suppPy 1,000 gallons fir. Mr. B-adyâ€"-What would a metre cost“? Mr. Fiavelleâ€"SSilO. Mr. Bradyâ€"Couldn’t we rent one for a while and see what is being used. Mr. Eiwpkius~Tne Company could take water at near points and make their taking appear much less during that time. Mr, Bradyâ€"Most of the water is used in washing out the boilers and that would still be done here. The pumphouse man topmost pace. The square where the around the room. With a quirk. impul- ? would be 3b” to tell if there was any mill was erectvd was Pretty Well tilled sive movement, he drew off his right great Falling ed in their taking. Twenty- :11? 33?.)2101' “fillliij‘:\l'll(‘l'll Some] Of those $12“? ,, . . . five engines are washed here onaSunday. i‘l}\'llill"fx‘ll(l\\'fltl'(tl u tn; one tip)’ carols . “all, . he said. and I saw: his lips . > .â€". ‘ s. -‘l‘)lltlna (“1‘1 at: “rcutlie into a hard. unmmihud made It was agreed to Walt til‘. Mr. Morse ticulziting. I’bil bad undoubtedly come ' the official should come. mined a sacrilcgc. and I was fearful â€"â€"many prices lower than cost. ‘rouudabout.’ with huge wooden posts if you please, from cuch of you. Let sticking out at the side, which every me sowâ€"how many are there here?â€"-â€" Buddhist passing was supposed to take 2'}. Good! Then I want 26 coins. hold of and push the will round at Now, Tom." she said. “take off that least once. . wretched glove and lot us dcuionstrme “What caused Phil to do what he that you can touch money with your did then I don‘t know, but something Ullfs'lOVt‘d hand." seemed to impcl him to get out of the Tam was pale, and i saw his brow palanquin. make a run over to the mill. shining with perspiration. Ilc mutter- catch hold of one of the Wooden posts ed something, but who: it was was lost I and (‘Olllllll‘liL'L‘ to push it around at its in the laughter and luntcr which \Vcnt - at HALF-PRICEâ€"soihe quicker you ccmc the better ior you and the cor ": get the kind of su1t you intended to buy for just HALF what you intended ._- . ' ~v’ ~‘V. We’ll soon be loaded to the muzzle with New Fall Goods. 5 “[ will take the coins just to show you l . . that I am not afraid.” THE EXTENSIOND’ f0!“ his safety. lhcsc fanatical H.011- Tlicn, one by one, his wife counted A h ' {1011mm once thcn‘ religion 13 assailed out the coins into his hand. 'l‘wczuy copy of t 6 resolution of council ll) any shape or form. would certainly were already there, when, unable to «ring that $1900 had been appropriated have 00 11181'03' 1111011 the assailant. control the impulse which came over for extending the mains. as reported in ““1 Fame hurriedly bad; to me' me, I started UP and cried: “limb it. last week‘s council proceedings. The jumped into the palanquin and order- Tom! Why challenge such a thing as d t z: .. - . president said he had asked Manager 9 he bur-em to Mt on. 3‘” tluy that! were struck dumb with terror. The He looked at me and 1 qrmv h . , .. ow )ale ngl" to attend to that matter and be mob came for US. $1135th in the doors and how stern was his face. He Laid present at the meeting but: as he was not of the palanquln. dragged us out, and nothing to me, but merely turned to his item the meeting adjourned till Tuesday for two minutes there was the liveliest wife with the whisper ‘:Go on’” afternoon. light on record going on. We got the “’1‘“'(\n[y-Qlle, 21:, :13, ‘24, L5, 26, 27"... g .._.._ . “Ol‘St 01’ it and, bruxsed, bleeding and “"wcnty-scvcn.” i cried. “what is . Clinu’l Faith In Weakenlng. insensible, were carted Off to prison. that. there are only 26 people her, there ' No town in either Siam or China 1. “We were taken before the grand is a mis"- But I could get no further. considered complete without a pagoda, llama. and then and there he ordered Tom bad staggered back his bmlv us many large cities have several. There us to be sent across the Siberian fron- shrunken in so: He fell to the floor must be nearly 2,000 in the two empires, tier with the utmost dispatch. The A dcathlike silence {on over the as: among which Wat Chang is erha a th ' "lauded. It is “up to gee : next day we were burned along under semblnge. I strode over to my friend’s m pagoda, and the ruinous condition an escort 0f soldiers. and it was not prostrate form. at most of them indicates the weakness long before wearrived at the frontier, Tom was dead and cold, and in his _ 4! the faith which erected them. They the town of Miamatsbin, which really right hand there were 27 coins. 1 look- 7‘17 1? height from 5 to 13 mm” and is the Mongolian portion of Kiakta. ed at the top one; it was 3 German are built mostly in so solid and substanâ€" we were taken along to the .YGUOW piece. value 20 marks. I took it to the soul a manner that they are likely tn reâ€" posts which marked the actual frontier. light and gazed upon it. Across the I for centuries. and there the SOldiel‘S 0" the llama profile of Emperor William 11 I saw a An Inquiring ”mm stopped. We were removed from the mark which described a true square, 1 little east end girl who had bash for Dalémdlgn in WhiCll we had been 031" and then I knew that the llama's curse West the other morning looked at the me an were commanded to Sit down at length had had effectsâ€"Penny Pic- last mouthful of her share long and ear- a few yards from the DOStS' NM 20 torial Magazine. 3m. urn. “ “ nevi mm,’ 1900 RETURN FARES T0 Winnipeg - . ; . ‘~ Deioraine £1335):ch 1$30 5' ‘ 1 .1. £333; gorkton } . u Binscart'n (2:11:23? ' $3 bottle of Burdock 5:.an "0080mm Madeod e :3“?! 5‘ Hamiola Re and gave it to him. and ‘by ‘53: "1W1; Swan River 3.51:3?!) 1540 51115th the second coins 12:2,“; “9’, V ' . sb‘ . . . sore to be seen. On accomn C2 “ . From all pomis in Ontario, scar-3“” on 5 "V r Marie, Ont... Windsor and East. Ipzng, Ssult Ste derful cure. I can ,EZM“; 32v case“ .For further particulgrs Ipply .0 the nearest Cans. B.B.B. to all who sane. W. . . neatly as she poised it on her fork. Then feet away were the black and white “Ciao Agent' ONO arising from had blood" . mm. ’1. ’ 311183113553 it out of sight. posts of the Russians. and it was in- Took No Chances A. H. NOTMAN, 327.033verj-2'SE'1" . u 0 mystery still engrossed her deed something to gladden our eyes to ° Assistant Gen a] p (magnezcwn. j". ‘ " The asserb vh - - . er ”39‘8" Axent. - - gt" 1 1 l mind. see the brown coat and the astrakban p y ‘ 0 happened to look 1 mg Street Bast’ 1°r°m°' CURES “"5”“ “S if k " “Daddy,” she said, "what was hash through the open door of an up town ""1" s . . . . . aggzsix sir-“r ,- 5 ‘ TI iii i m it was alive?” fgzrgfot::elsltl:;mn COSbaCK who StOOd fire engine house the other day might Every lady apprecxates jEW~ BOILS' 13......» 3959:". , g» :3 P 2. ' have wondered wh on a horse ' T c H Wang; b.~:;_,,;‘m.;..;' '22 g, ,5“ 1... n -â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"_._..._ “Our guards spread themselves out, engine team was kgpt siandin" Z: :2: ,elry’, Even the-ordinary Sort ‘ .' alone“, A cut could ct nothinw 5 215’- 353.1: 1‘ i'f‘ ‘ m1; . . .3, At t;:etl;tn:noitngl R127?! .Visitors. h then there came forward a Buddhist pole of the engine hitched blip the IS enjoyed While 1t 18 new, but “up.“ OFFICE ' ' " KENT STREET resort firicd Burt-sod}; ii };;:te1'5~ 7-}? ?: weir. ‘1 .9 _ , 9 Is one Visit of t a priest, who beoan to talk to us in a . b ’ .’ . - , ;. M. C‘Vb\‘;i5.2"~“ l . frame of Wales to the White House. in jargon which, 3,, course, We could not hmse belonging to the other being m the largest pleasure goes With “We complete!) m . . .. agrees- 1860, President Buchanan had to vacate ' his own bed chamber and sleep in the understand. He finished at length and public anteroom on the office door. Even produced from his robe a wire on then five members of the mumps suit had which were threaded some hundreds to be turned away from the executive Of brass ‘cash,’ WhiCh the Chinese 31‘ mansion and taken over to the British ways carry. He t00k two or the ‘CaSh’ his stall. The reason was extremely simple. Some men on electrical wires were occupied in front of the borse’r stall. where in case of an alarm they would have offered more or less im- _ . M ' bucrzzzn ; the best quality. To Insure health was ncxer e 7/, permanent pleasure you must New Bonding Stables LIGHT sunifif , . , . _ diment to his free movement from W k ' ‘ mister I house. 0E t1 _~ . - De . e ma 6 a S 603“: Of t r 5 3! us odillliriozhlifii laid them 111 front or the stall to the engine. Of course the t and PT .y he H . i For Summe- $5 Intuition. “Then the priest be an wavino‘ h' firemen took no chances on anything bes . Your g1 it Will argue Ba:::§nyemdk the Jew-ti: Accommodation W. 5. Inttgtion l8 decidely strong in W011). arms about and, the fignoonansbtool: OfithlS SOI't, SO “‘hile the “'Oli'k was your case {or you conStantly horses to b£d.%;§::::::€ripzzedt°teoe§vle 1* 585'? 5f " an. '0 ma , ' 2 '7, ' . ’ '0 our on ' - . . . reasons 4: h . INK-"115 5' " to know, exile; iydfeacfsigdzgtgf£311: out their hand prayer millsvand began as 5.180921:?thizglgpgetbz‘ggriiagpnin 1‘ You buy Wisely here- :33 F'St'd‘ss 31°“ hm Chflge day and as: c;:pthem 3 in; around, how many times the matters mmmg them for all they were worth. so comfo a . - ' ”m5“ an at as coming m m“ ' - ~ * Tings * In a hat tour‘pews behind him have been The yoice 0f ,the priest then rose on fectly fret: silliifgll‘edliindfaitsigzgdnignpg‘s “â€"- can have lhell’ horses carefully looked after, Some new lines Of Trouse me over. the air. He said three or four words and chls taken care of. Comfortable office. to hand i“ ‘ ' l- ‘H’ , [In cont Parcel Deliver oh 4' ‘ F M GA" .0 5 deIiVered to “y, 9"“ slats: Give me a trial for your next 5..»- l I c l I , PM“? y. M gumm- First-class low flack tor W ' roomy stall would have been but the and spat deliberately at each of the ' Curious, coins which had been put on the horse apparently appreciated the sites salient-Women an all curious. ground before us. ation fully. ‘While he was the reverse ' Wiccaâ€"And yet the most canons “That was all. mm mm departed. :3 a??? Smiftfit as {he ‘38: “ML" “flung .3 .th°.?hfxlld‘$;a woman who has the soldier (‘S'i‘m‘tn to posts. the BMW . e pore an aid his estuary. phia 3““ an... ' Bosnian sentry preach...“ his rifle and ‘ ' we” and. 9" , , floaterâ€"New horn Dan. ”M M ...--.... . '~ , W.W.WORKMAN J» J. RICH’ ’ Millennium W ’