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"We are not strangers,” she ex- plained. “Mr. Basset has spent many an hour with dad in the studio at home, and has often bestowed bn mic valuable criticism â€"- and still more Valuable kets 9f strawberrieg. ‘19 once excn managed thé cacam. d: «in 't, we Mr. Basset?" _ "You sent me for it" ; Ella. glanced {ram oné'to the other in almost pathetic surprise. Oliver had never spoken to her 01‘ these Msits. yet. he was alookfng’ dEITfiht- ll to hear them spoken at my, Ella. went as formally through the introduction as if she had never been told that these two had met before. ()liver bowed. his features a. little stiff, but a. suspicious duskiness mounting slowly to his hair, but Der- ry held out her hand. the pretty cup- ablc hand that he had Watched at its busy task. "ML'Oliver Basset, Derry. My el- der sister, Oliver.” The heavy arched door of the Tow- er stood wide open when she reached it, and she heard voices in the hall before she had seen that her sister and ()lixer Basset were there. When she enterea with her light free step, and the sunshine lingering in her lovely hair, they little guessed how painfully her heart was throbbing. or that the delicate blush was born of loathing for herself. "It will seem more friendly to go early," she said to herself, pausing In the fix- grove and addressing Stev- en Basset's dachshund. who generally followed her in an indifferent manner, ,While he constantly seemed to be .Watching and “aiting for his mas- 'ter. “You must not come. Fitz, be- cause you always argue with Jess. andâ€"" but she did not. finish that reason even in her thoughts: her new resolution Would break down utterly it she permitted herself to remember ‘anything Steven had told her. She must. no longer let her :houghtS‘ touch him. . l She made her way slowly along the green slope of the downs that any gone seeing her would have thought that sh_c was idling away the fresh morning hours, rather than carrying out. a determination so hardly fought over. But apparently she shrunk most of all from this one thing she could do. {or again she had sought Ella. and pleaded to her. before that. miserable night. when she had to give up all liope. and to form that determination from Which she had shrunk with such abhorrence. She watched the wake- !ul night (lawn into a. fair spring morning. and rose very pale and very lad. but with this new resolve strong and steadfast in her heart. She had promised to go soon and see Prim- rose Basset, and she would go that very morning. Once more Dena-‘3'. in piteous ear- nestness, and now with tender loving words. entreated her to break of! her cngagement with Oliver Basset, but even while she pleaded. she knew Ella. would not consent. She even knew it was not natural to expect. it. "There is only one way." she cried to heme". wax-fly, when she was left alone. ”There is only one thing I can do.” "I know the feeling girls have when a. rich one is engaged," observ- ed Ella. patiently. “They never think it. possible that she is loved {or her- self. Now I must. go." "May I prove him? May I?” quer-' ied Derry. eagerly. "You may try,” with a. laugh. "If I can prove itâ€"ii I can show;- you that he admires another wom‘an' more. will you be 'convinced?” cried. Derry. feverishly. "Will you reject. him then?” .' "0n am‘, on all," pnuted Derry, "so that you'dismiss him. 01:. Ella. let. me implore you to do this!" 5 "You are cruel," said Ella. tears of real alarm gathering in her eyes. "What. right have you to say to me that ()liver wants only my fortune?" "Then that explains your odd idea. Jealousy is always unjust. But I can forgive it, Derry. it is so natur- al. But on which plea." (with a smile) 7"am I to dismiss Oliver? For his dishonor in not telling me he had flirted with my sister among others? For his general heartlessness in hav- ing flirted with a. hundred others? 0r lior his mercenary motivcs in finally choosing me, not. to flirt. with, but to woo in earnst‘?” ' vv~â€" I.“ AIVIIJ- _, - . .-..,.... Tier strange cold manuarwould have revealed to some that she was forc- ing these reasons, but it. did not to her sister. "He did me the honor. El- la. to pretend he cared for my favor above that. of any omer Woman in the world.” "He cares for your fortune," corâ€" rected Derry, every word an efl’ort to her. "Only that. He knows you are Mrs. Martin‘s heiress. He knows you will be rich. He courts your fortune." "This is not like you, Derry.j' ob- served Ella. in genuine astonishment. .“How can you even pretend to know these things?" "I know Oliver Basset." "I recollect now that you told me so." rejoix 3d the younger sister, ra- ther pointedly, "though I fancied you must have been mistaken when I found that he himself never mention- ed having met you." "Does not that prove what I say? Would not it have been more honor: able to haveztold?” inquiredelkrry. mm ,A ‘ thing a; other again.” A sudden fire blazed in Dcrry's cycS, as she forcibly put away One thought and seized another. Her whole uLti- tudc as well as expression seemed Changed, though she had not moved. 'You can not. know Oliver Basset. Ella. Ho isâ€"hc admires every girl-~â€" may girls, I mean. and he can not really love â€" ()h. Ella, you will change. You will not do this?” {tankfllhoss if you 11! dream!" "Why 51‘0"“ it be u. dream? You have no right to say that. sort ui thing. Derry, about. your â€"- thank- fulness.” me this is a ' Oliver cares VUL. VIII. NO. against him if he Girls before. MARY CECIL II AT. ; mean. and he can not â€" 0h. Ella, you will ‘u will not do this?” Lres for me. It is no- ‘t him if he has cared for before. He will not (cu-myozn.) "May Iâ€"may we call for you when v- c take another drh c?”' They were \ ithin sing” of Hug-pains. and she ‘. stood to dismiss her escort aJ-_I_.ca.__ll 92-- . you?" hassisisd “I scarcely rca'ugnize myself," she answered, coldly. and then was silent as a picture rose before ner at this careless, handsome, self-satisfied young man seated on an old cloth- cmered pedestal in the studio, gre- cicusly ofl’cring her all that. he had in his power to ofl’er; and 0! how, be- neath her chill unmoved refusal, ran 9. rather rcgretful Wonder whether it would ever be possible to her to love any man 0 den; 1 he loved her father. T on viv 1y, ”saong 1" 1y, followed’a fiictl m: of the gziéhmill in the beautx‘ 6. he star-crowned night, 11:19 â€" but she forced that memory awav. her heart throbbing in its great, pain. As she knew he must hzvc seen the change in her 53360 the time when he used to plead in vain to accom- pany her anywhere. she liked him all the better for alluding to it. Indeed. she hoped he despised her for it, as she dcsyised herself. “You have made me very happy to-day, Miss Hope,” he said, as they Walked tugether. "After your cold- ness to me in town, it is little won- dcu' that in your kindness to me here I scarcely recognize you." ready?" ”Then you do not wish me to come?" "I nééd ino escort.” said Derry. briefly. I could take that short cut, acrrss the downs now blindfolded." And then. as if relieved of a. weight which had threatened her. she indulg- ed herself in silence, as. through all the previous hours. she had dreaded doing. When they reached the Tow- er, they all went in for ten. loitering over it; then when Derry rose to go, Oliver coolly observed that Ella could have a. further rest with I'rim- rose while he saw Miss Hope to Ilar- rack's Beacon, and that they two could Walk to the Pines at their lei- sure. as he was going to dine there. "I! Miss Hope will accept my esâ€" cort,” he added. more humbly. Ella thought, thanshe had cVOr heurd him Speak before; but then it seemed less happily too. 11‘ en during their stru‘nl, and during their rest and vamh beside the lake. the party never prop. erly divided as parties do when two of the four are amanced 10\ers:zmd when the time came for starting hOmcward, Olixer suggested to Ella. that as the road on the return jour- ney would be new to her sister, she might. possibly wish her to have the front, seat. But the gentle words stung Derry. Hastily she drew back. not only re- fusing to tgke the seat. beside Oliver. but even changing with Primrose so that she should be exactly behind him. “I-â€"I shall have to do things 1 hate.” she said in her miserable thoughts. “but. there is time.” “And I feel quite sure," comment- ed Ella. “you scare him more by pron-riding to be in a panic." It was a. beautiful day, and a. bountifu! drive. and when Primrose Basset said the way to Arundel had never seemed so short before. and looked lovingly at, Oliver, Ire-ling that it was his restored pres'mce which had made it so for her, she found ho- had looked away from :21] his companions. with again the dus- ky color mounting to his torch-raid. “Thank you." said Ella, 1"! was gging to propose it." It. gave Derry no surprise ‘to 3m: ,her sister blush over this outspoken lrcquest, {or she new she should have {done so in Ella’s place. and how 'could Ella understand that it, had . been hard to her when she had seem- ictl to ask it with such case? Ella scruinizcd hor lover's face to see how hq- received this demonstration of hr-r sister’s forwardncss. and rho saw that. he must be annoyed. for [he at once turned away and wont to the door: but than he had heard the {who-ls. Just. then Miss Basset came :in rvady to start. and her delight. ;at finding she was to have Derry “ith her (for she naturally suppos- ed ‘they two would be thrown to~ :gethcr) was recompense enough 1:) Derrv for the humiliation she had impose‘! upon herself; It was a Esmall light \vagonettc which Oliwr “'iln Amos. and how he was :m‘arm- bly seized with alarm when they apâ€" proached a gate lest she should be tno u-v‘rified to 'old the ‘orse. To Ella's surprise. the party newr fell intu couples. Primrose had, in her thoughtful “a1. taken the sat boh-nd Oli1er that. the sisters might be man each other and may time Ol.ver spoke to Ella, ho had turned enough to include Derry in :111 «he had to say: he oxen looked sulky “hen he found Don-1 and his sister tl'nttinh independtntl}. Sonutimcs he c1911 turned only to address Derry , or to listen to her, for :ifter the first. mile or 1110 the 10111! “as new tn her, and she had ple1<1nt fresh remarks to main,1 and had to te'l Min of her modest. little drives had ole-(ted to drive. and when he had assisted Miss Hope and his ms- tor tn their seats within it, Ella made a shy faint. to follow them. “Will you not sit in front, with me, as yesterday?" he asked, and she blushed a. pretty assent. “Priuu-ose is going. you say?” qlwrimi Derry, longing for Miss lins- set 's ndwnt. "Yes, dcar.’ ’ "Then," looking straight into 01- iver Balssct's eyes, which were fixed upon her with undisguiscd solicita- tiou, "will you take me too?" "Oliver was just going to drive Primrose and me ‘to Arundel and round the park and then put up and stroll b3 the lake," Eila explained; "knowing I should like it, he came early to fetch me." Derry had shown a. prompt disdain when Oliver's name had been men- tivnml to'her, yet. she was recalling his presence in her father's studio as if xt had brought happimss to her. And Ella was to be further surpris- ed! Oliver had bum lounging against the old oak table, teasing Jess with his whip while they “'zu'i- ed for Primrose: now he was alert and brisk, his whole form, as well as hi“. face, seeming full of eager de. Sift}. "Oh. I do.” ((-hildishiy), "are yOu 81 per annum. "h'ou will be weary to death of my inmortunitics, Ella," her sister said, as soon as they were alone; "but I must risk that. You sun scarcely can be weary with my terrible wear-£11055. You 1'91 "123- her that man 611m i)» set. did 1'16? love you as your loVer should? As Miles did? 0h. Ella, try to think of Miles only yet! Let 01i- “Andâ€"forgive'me for 'e'éery word that sounds unkindâ€"but, indeod. in- "Milcs is lost to me, thetic. quietly pn- she Was more unwilling lo-‘h'ave Use girls together than she had been be- fore: but as Ella. by her silence. in- dorsed the requést, she had no ex- cuse to linger. VCX' let us be disturbed." If any one had been watching the Woman. with a. groundwork of sus- picion, they would have detected that after this frank little command “Sarah, I want to be alone with my sister and I have not, long to stay. (-0 aw y, will you, and don't let us be disturbed." 1n Lhu Very hour she received this letter, before allowing herself for furthvr thought (was not her heart. already sick with thought”, she went, to the Pines, knowing that. Mrs. Martin scarcely cvcr left bur room before noon. and thqt she could therefore at an early hour he alone with Ella. Sarah Eulvs met her en the stairs, and turm'd and led the way Slk‘l’ltly to her y )ung mistress's ow“ sitting room. then occupied hor- se!!! noiselessly in the background until Derry said, in her straightfor- ward way: Oliver would not, have relished sce- ing the disdain on Ilerry's face while she read his words; but even less “nuld he have relished seeing her in the abandonment, of her miserable self-Contempt. 0n the very next day Oliver's leté ter was given into Miss Hope's hands. He reminded her how he had loved her long before he had known her sister. loved her first. loved her only. all his life. And then followed his regret for the rash step he had taken since, assuring her that the instant, she gave him permission he would confess all "to Ella, and was quite sure she would only too wil- lxngly reject him when she knew his whole heart was given to another. He had expected a gay answer, but he could not complain that she said no word, when she had given him a smile: for he did not. see that the smiling lips this time could not brighten the sorrowful eyes. "Steve and my brother were not. good friends," Oliver went on. "There might be a. thousand excuses for Slchn. As the poor fellow can never explain to us now, we must. give him the benefit, of every doubt and ever}: excuse. But, Derry," in her inexplicable silence, ”may I have am answer? I hake been trying again and again to say this to you, and you have always evaded me." ”Then I will write, " he said, his whole face brightening in his great holmiulhc-ss, ”and you will not keep me lung] in unbearable suspense, I know." ”If you write to me I shall 01 courSn have to answer," she inter- posed, "but as for what you say, how can I remember?" “Answvr?” she queried, lifting her 9y.-hrmvs. "You have Written me no letter ” "But. I have been telling you how dearly I love you. 1â€"" “You feared your poor brother had taken his own life. I understand," said Derry, though she did not. understand the horrible fear he had had. “But you must forgive me if I say noth- ing seems to me more terrible than susm-ctmg"â€"shc caught her breath quickly Even her thoughts could not bear the touch of Steven’s name, and to utter it was impossible. that-but for that, awnful deed which my cousin Steven acknowledged your sister would have been happy nOW. Poor Steven!" in his compunion's siâ€" lcncc. "Pour felloW! But you can never guesswvhnt that confession was for me. I was so miserable a. man before. I had a fear too terrible for me to utter even to you â€"-though God knows I fought. hard Against; that as she had given him hope once more. it would be doubly cruel to rob him of it. That if she would now accept the love that had been ah'vays hers, he Would go at once and honorably tell all to Ella. "Honorably!" she echoed. with such scorn that he, not understand- ing that the scorn she felt was for herSelf. resented what he thought she showed for him. Ilorly he explained that he had tried to be honorable. even in asking Ella. to be his wife. becauseâ€"then his careless young face paled. and he halted. “Derry," he cried. breaking through all formalities. "you lint”? I ..: H __ _ we ilppCLILO sharpened on a. wood- mun's axe or a reaper’s scythe than wealthy indigestion experiences seat- ed at a. table covered with partridge and venison and pineapple. The grandest luxury Hod ever gave a man is health. He who trodes that off for all the palaces of the earth is infinitely cheated. Bless God today, 0 man, 0 woman, that though you may be shut out from the Works of_ a church, and at Bier-stndt and :1 Ru- bens and £1. Raphael, you still have free access to a gallery grander than the Louvre or the Luxembourg or the Vatican-the royal gallery of the noondaiy heavens, the King’s-gallery So the weeks went on. until one day Oliver Basset told Derry that the hours he spent. with her were the only really happy ones he knew, and that as she had given him hope once more. it would be doubly cruel to rob him of it. That if she would now accept the love that had been always hers, he Would go at once and honorably tell all to Ella. "Honorably!" shc ‘echocd. with such scorn that he, not. understand- ing that the scorn she felt was for hersrelf. resented what he thought. she showed for him. lt scarcely astonished Derry to see him at llarrack's next day with his sister. nor to find that they brought an invitation to her to meet l'illa at the Tower in the eveningâ€"it seemed so natural for them to wish to make the party into a. quartet! She went, and as Mrs. Martin's brougham was sent for Ella. it was also natural that Mr. Basset should walk home with the sister for whom no broug. ham could be sent. "Thank you." he replied. with in- gonuous delight, but yet with a sur- prise he did not attempt to con- ceal. Then he watched her out of sight, before he turned homewm‘d with u. new light in his eyes. "If ynu like to call when Prim- rose does." said Derry. with gentle nonchniuncc. "I will show you a photograph at the little group at which you last szuv me working." cmholdcmd by her Simple thana. and their contrast to the Lm'arying refusals of old times. "And Primrose Was tolling mo ytstcrday," he went on. eagerly, “she Wished you would come oftoncr to the Tower." go!” (re 3: coxwmm.) “on, WAD SOME POWER THE GIFTIE GIE Us, TAj CHAPTI K I. PA RT V II. OMEMEE ONT., THURSDAY, JULY 4,1901. Another reason why we should cul- ture this spirit of clu-erfulness is the fact that God knoWs what is best for his creatures. You know What is best for your child. He thinks you are not as liberal with him as you ought to be. He criticises your disâ€" cipline, but you look over the whole lield, and you, loving that child, do what in your deliberate judgment is best for him. Now, GOD IS THE BEST 01" FATHERS. Sometimes his children think that he is hard on them and that he is not as liberal with them as he might be. But children do not know as much as a father. I can tell you why you are not largely alluent, and why you have not been grandly suc- cessful. It is because 'you cannot stand the temptation. If your path had been smooth, you would have depended upon your own sure-footed" 11055; but God roughened that path so you have to take hold of his hand. If the weather had been mild, y)u would have loitered along the water courses, but at the first howl of the storm you quickened your pace lieaiveIIWard. and wrapped around you the warm robe of a Sr 't-‘vimn s righteousness. Would (‘ od that we could understand that. our tiials arc the very best. thing for us If we had an appreciation of thnt'trtu h then ave would know why itvwas tum, John No~ es the warty-13in the my midst of the llama reached down and picked up one o! the fag gets that Another reason why we should come to this spirit inculcated in the text is the fact that all the din‘eren- cos of earthly condition are transi- WI‘Y- The houses you build, the lands you culture. the places in which you barter, are soon to go in- to other hands. llowever hard you may have it now, if you are :1 Chris- tian the scene will soon end. I’ain, trial. persecution, never knock at the door 01‘ the grave. A coilin made out of pine boards is just as good a resting place as one made out of sil- ver mounted mahogany or rosewood. Go down among the resting places of the dead. and you will find that though people there had a great dif- ference of worldly circumstances, now they are all alike unconscious. The warm hand that greeted the senator and the president and the king is still as the hand that haulen- ed on the mechanics’ hammer or the manufacturer’s wheel. It does not make any dill‘erenee now. whether them is a. plain stone above them from which the traveller pulls aside the Weeds to read the name. or a. tall shaft springing into the hea- vens as though to tell their virtues to the skies. In that silent land there are no titles for great men, and there are no rumblings of char- iot wheels, and there is never heard there the foot of the dance The Lgyptian guano which is th1own on the iield in the East {01 the eniichâ€" ment. of the Soil, is the (lust raked out from the sepulchres of the kings and lords and mighty men. 0! the chagrin of those mighty men it they had ever knoWn that in the aftei ag-i es of the world they would have been called Egyptian guano. than through the opermglass of the gilded box of a theatre. ] find Nero. growling on 11. throne. I 11111! I‘uul singing in n. {1111130011.} find king Ahab going, to bed at. 110011, tluou‘gh me!.111choly,\\h1lc 110111 by is Naboth contented in the possession of a vineyard. I-lanmn. prime minister of chsin, frets himself almost. to death because :1. poor Jew will 11M. tip his l1.1t,a11d Al1itl1ophcl,one of the great, lawyers of the Bible times. through [cur of dying, hangs him- self. Another consideration leading us to I a spirit of contentment, is the factl that our happiness is not dependent upon outward circumstances. You see people happy and miserable amid all circumstances. in :L family where the lust. loaf is on the table and the last stick of wood on the fire, you sometimes find :1 cheerful confidence in God.‘ while in a very fine place you will see and hem- dis- cord sounding her War-whoop undl hospitality freezing to death in u checrless parlor. I believe real hapâ€" piness oftener looks out of the win- dow of of the midnight. sky The first reason that I mention as leading to this spirit advised in the text, is the conside‘ntion that the poorest. of us have all that is indisâ€" pensable in life. We make at great ztdo about our hardships. but how little we talk of our blessings. Health of body, which is given in largest quantity to those who have never been potted and fondled and spoiled of fortune, We take as a. mat- ter of course. Ruther have this lux- ury and have it alone, than without it, look out of a palace window up- on parks of deer stalking between fountains and statuary. These peo- ple sleep sounder on a. straw mut- tress than fashionable invalids on a couch of ivory and eagle‘s down. The dinner of herbs tastes better to the appetite sharpened on a, wood- A desputch from Washington says: â€"â€"Rcv. 1,)1‘. Tulmugo preached from the following tch: "lie content, with such things as ye have."â€"IIc- brews xiii. 5 THE HAPHESI PEGHE. W'hy A HUMBLE HOME We Should Be Content With Such Things As We Have. E SEE DORSELS AS ITHERS SEE US.” ‘ . 5;} mama 0h. ' you don’t? ‘Wcll. [ got the cards printed myself. The society is all a. myth. When 1 Wuutlo go out. of an evening I direct; one of thcsc cards to my house; Ircuch home, and my Wife hands il.‘ to me with a Sig-IL I offer to stay at home and stand the fine of ten dollars, but, of course, she won’t allow that. That’s all. my friend, except that. the scheme is wm'kcd by hundreds of others. and our poor, deluded wives haven’t. tumbled to it yet. He is so cuux'vartod Imp-u He can «19.11 l-‘ncnch and Germ: «:1. dances divin'flJ, 1-. ml" ,. . 1.1.1 1} 2 pi; .10 Learniâ€" fuhy. 1 . Um! '90 .1: he can: a Eivia‘g? ' NQ. But he said he d‘ :1't, think that was ncccvmr'y. Let us all remember, if we are Christians that We are going, after awhile. whatever he our circum- stances now. to come to a glorious vacation. As in summer We put off our garments and go down into the cool sea to bathe. so we will put off these garments of flesh, and we will step into the cool Jordon. We will look around for some plea: to lay down our weariness, and the trees of the grove will say: “Come and rest under our shadow,” and the earth will say: “Hush! while I sing thee a cradle hymn,” and while six strong,r men carry us out, to our last resting place. and ashes come to ashes. and «lust to dust, we will see two scarred feet standing amid the broken sod, and a lacerated brow bending; over the open earth, while a voice tender with all allection and mighty with onmipotence will do- clare: "1 am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth in me. though he Were dead, yet shall he live." Comfort one another with these words. self? In this case, yes, was the answer. That’s; funny. Well, not. so very. Seclthc other side. He held it, up. and the other side rcaul: Bro. Blank, thcrc will be a meeting of the I. O. 0. S. 13.. No. 387, at, the hall, the evening of May 20le. to transact. special business. Members not, present will be lined ten dollarsâ€"J. 13., Secretary. Yes, but I don’ t. ex.1c‘ly catch on. [untested the innocent. '1‘\\0 mun Were standing together in a cmridor of a postomc1\.()nc of them happened to notice that, a post, Why, what, does this mean. he ask- ed, Du you address letters to your- curd held in the tingersol‘ the o-thcr was addressed to the holder. Again: I remark that the religion of Jesus Christ is the grandest in- fluence to make a man contented. Indemnity against all financial and spiritual harm. it calms the spirit, dwindles the earth into insignifi- cunee. and swallows up the soul with the thought of heaven. ()h! ye who have been going from place to place expecting to find in change of circumstances something to give solace to the spirit, I commend you this morning to the warmâ€"heurted, earnest. practical. common~sense re- ligion of the Lord Jesus Christ. There is no peace, saith my Lord, for the wicked, and as long as you continue in your sin, you will be miserable. Come to God. Make him your portion and start for heuv~ en and you will be at happy manâ€" you will be a happy woman. "l‘hey might have taken food enough ‘with them to last them until they got back. Nothing did they take. ,A 1nd who had more wit than all of lthem put together, asked his mother that morning for some ,louvcs of bread and some fishes. They were put into his satchel. He went out ’into the desert. From this provis- iion, the seven thousand were fed, and the more they eat the larger the loaves grew. until the provision that the boy brought in one satchel was multiplied so he could not have curried the angments home in six Satchels. “Oh," you say. "times have changed, and the day of mir- acles has gone." I reply that what God did then by miracle, he does now in some other ‘33! and by na-‘l tural laws. "I have been young.”‘ said David, "but now am old. yet have 1 never seen the righteous forâ€" saken nor his seed begging bread." It is high time that you people who are fretting nbout worldly circum- stances and fearing you are com- ing to want, understood that the oath of the eternal God is involved in the fact that you are to have enough to cut and to wear. I Another consideration leading us to the spirit of the text is the :LS' surunce tlutt the Lord will provide somehow. Will he who holds the waters in the hollow of his hand alâ€" low his children to die of thirst? Will he who owns the cattle on at thousand hills and all the earth's luxuriztnce of grain and fruit, allow his children to starve? Go out to- mormw morning at live o’clock, into the woo-1‘s and heer the birds chant. They have had no breakfast. they know not where they will dine, they have no idea where they will sup; but hear the birds chant at live o’clock in the morning. "Behold, the fowls of the air, they sow not neither do they reap. nor gather into burns, yet your heavenly father feed- eth them; are ye not much better than they?” Seven thousand people in Christ‘s time went into the des- ert‘ They were the most improvi- dent people i ever heard of. THEY DESERVED TO STARVE. such Lhings as you have \‘us consuming him and kissed it, and said: "Blessed be God for the time when l was born to this prefer- mcnt." “They who suITcr with him in lxcuwm.” "Be content, than with NEVER KNOWN T0 FAIL OUT D!" THE PALE the day of mir- rcply that, what. miracle, he does my and by na-' 20 lbs 12c: tin pails, 113C; tins, 3, '5, and 10 lbs. 12 to 12:0; compound rclined lard, in 575-11) ticrces, 7;c; parchment, lined wood pails. 2O lbs,i 8c; tin pails, 20 lbs, 72c; hams, 12; ‘ to 14c: and bacon, 14. to 15¢ per lb; fresh killed hogs. $9.50 to $10 per 100 'lbs. Butterâ€"Choice crcamory. at 20 to 2051:: seconds, 18 to 19c dairy. Wrstcrn, 16 to 1(i;c; Eastern' townships. 186 to 19¢. Eggsâ€"Good sized lots of No. 1 at, 11 to llacz' No. 2. 9 to 9;,c. Cheesew ()iilario‘ and Quebec. 92- to 10¢; slrong‘.’ Maple productsâ€"New syrup, at, 65¢3 per 10, in wood; 70 to 75c per tin; ‘ sugar. 9 to 10c per ll). Potatoesâ€"- 58 to 60c in car-load lots; jobbers’ I prices 80 to 85c. ; iufialo, July 2.â€"Flourâ€"-Dull.‘ easy. Spring wheatâ€"Spot dull; ‘No. 1 Northern. old, carloads, 7513c; do., new, 721a Winter wheatâ€"No. 2 of- fered 74c. through billed. Corn-â€" Strnug; Na. 2 yellow. 40m No. 3, 46¢; NC). .‘3 corn. 4531:; No. 3. (10.. 4530. C!ntsâ€"-1-‘ir:n; No. 2 white, 32c: No. :3, 8.0.. 31 to 1313c; No. :3 mixed, 30%: No. 3 .40.. 2013:. Barley-- Smuii Eats sch! within range 53 to UNITED STA TICS MARKETS. Duluth. July 2.â€"Wheut closedâ€"~No. 1 hard. cash, (59,}c: ‘No. 1 Northern, Cash. (3610; July, 663m September, 66m; No. 2 Northern, Mic. Cornâ€"- None. Oatsâ€"127';~ to 27¢. Minneapolis, July 2.â€"that clos- edâ€"â€"Cnsh, (3430: July, (33 to 635m September, (Mic; on track, No. 1 hard, 663a; No. 1 Northern, 633m. Fiuurâ€"‘I-‘ixjm: first patents, $3.70 to $3.80: first. clears, 82.60 to $2.70; second (10.. .‘2. Branâ€"~11; bulk $11).- 50. . 59.1. mum: No. ‘1, in 51.0115. and on H‘JC‘i. ' , We asked. .- 13mrrri1..1u!y 2‘.--r\‘.'hcu1, dosed-«No. 1 Lime. (1.;511. 70c: No. '2 and. cash, '62:: Ju!v,- hue; S‘Imioiaber. (Hue. 11\71. STI'CO {M‘\1:\"171'S uum, anxou 1.0 cm; Shorts 1n bulk, at, $15.50 to $16. Rolled outsâ€"Mil- lcrs’ prices tn jobbcrs, $3.70 to 83.80 per barrel, and 51.77; in bags. Provisionsâ€"Heavy Canadian short cut, mess pork, $19.50 to 820; select.- cd heavy short. cut, moss pork. bone less, $20.50 to $21;-family short cut back pork, $19.50 to $20,- heavy short cut, clear pork 51‘.) to $19.50; pure Canadian 11m], in 3754b tiere- cs, lilac; parchment. lined 500-1!) boxes, 112C; parchment. lined pails, kct was Weaker today. Wheat, rye? and barley have dropped two or! three cents from yesterday's pricc.: Other products are principally un-‘ changed. The demand for eggs is falling 011'. and Chet-.50 is very dull, 1 though priccs are unchanged. lruin' â€"â€"No. 1 Ontario spring wheat, afloat- Muy, 73c: pens, 76 to 7656 ado-Jul N0. 1 oats. 350; No. 2 do.. 34; tox 35c; buckwheat, 616; rye. 55c; and, No. 2 barley, 500. Flourâ€"Manltobu' patents, $4.20; strong bakcrs’. $3.90 to 84; straight rollers, $3.20 to $3.40; in bags, $1.60 to $1.65; Onâ€"i tm‘io patents, $3.75 to 8-1. Feedâ€"‘, Manitoba brim, at. $13.50 to $14” shorts, at 816; Ontario bran, in Lardâ€"Pails, llic; tubs, 11¢: tiere- CS, 1030. bulk $13 50 to $14; shorts in bulk, WC Smoked Mcatsâ€"Uums.13'0;break- fast. buc0n,14-‘ to 15c: rolls. 1]; to 12c;b.1cks, 145 to 15c; and should- ers. 11c. Checseâ€"Miwkct quiet. and prices firm. Full cream, September, 10c; (10., new, 9;} Lo 10c. DRESSED HUGS PROVISIONS. Eggsâ€"'1 ‘hc market. is steady. with good to rhoicc stock selling at. 115 to 12 -2 e per dozen in case lots. Cracked eggs. 0c. Dressed hogs unchanged at, $9.50 to $9.75 for small lots. 110g pro-{ ducts firm, as follmvs:â€"Bacon. long clear. loose. in car lots, 10;c; inl case lots. 102C to 11¢. Short, cut - pork, $20 to 20.50; heavy mess pork, $19 to $19.50 i Butterâ€"The market continues steady, with the demand good. Pound rolls job at 16 to 17c; large rolls, 14 to 15.11:; good to choice tubs, 14 to Mic; inferior, 10 to 12c: creamcry, boxes, 18 1.0 18.},c; and rolls, 19c to 20¢. 1"lour-â€"Thcrc is a limited trade and prices are unchanged. Millers quote straight rollers at $2.65 In buyers’ covers for export, and shipâ€" pers quote 90 per cent. patents at $2.60 middle freight. For shipment. in bbls. to Lower Pruvinccs $3.10 is quoted. Manitoba putt-131$. $4.15 to $1.20. and strong bukcrs' 83.00. Oatmealâ€"Market quiet and steady. (Tar lots: at $3.65 in bug‘s. and at $3.75 in wood; sum” lots, 20c ex- 1rd. Oatsâ€"The market is quiet with No. 2 white for export, quoted at 29 m 29%: high freights; No. 2 011'ch at 33%; on track here. frei ght Barlcvâ€"Markot is dull with prices nominal in absence of business Ryeâ€"The market is dull. with pric- es nominal at 4.7 10-18;; middle reight. 'l‘orb..2.0, .3 uZ Cornâ€"The market is unchanged, with sales of Canadian yellow at 30.56 West, and of mixed at 39c \chL. ()n track here yellow is quoted at, 44.1. to 450. Ryanâ€"The market is dull. with m-in- Buckwhvntâ€"Txl'arkct 53c mid (flu freight. Pensâ€"M No. 2 mu Millfocdâ€"The market, is bran quoted at $11 to S Offerings small, and [WK this season of your. Shu $13.50 west. MARKETS OF THE WORLD Prices of Cattle,Chn~a Gmim .14).” 11' tire wading Marketa. Mnntrcau. July fer-Tho gratin mar- BUSINESS AT MONTREAL km. 3 .40.. 203:0 a lots 501:1 within 1‘. tar-D1113: N0. 1, “Km; 5% asked. wit. .II.1!;J 2..--r\‘.'l‘c:1‘. ”C.(‘.1;.Ijll. 70C: NC.) J12!‘_;.m"c; Sepia 3 1H: 13 STOCK MA ‘0: 6:21; {.3 \ny :2.-‘â€" . ‘:t:1 -,1- .. :1 5 x . mum-km quiet and firm, with quoted at, 68 to 690 middle DA 1 KY MARK HTS CHAS.\V. RICHARDS, PubliSher and Proprietor l at $11 to $11.50 West. HL“, and prices high for of your. Shut-ts, $13 to within range 53 to No. 1, in store H1 $11 to $11.: L'. dull at. 51 to quiet, with 'Story From Scotland of a Ghost And a Series of Dreams. _ -. Some years ago my wife 113d re- 1peated dreams of a house. the inter- iior arrangement of which she de- scribed minutely, although‘mo idea as to its locality was conveyed to her . sms a writex in the London Spec- tator. Subsequently in the year :1863 I hired for the autumn from Lzuiv Bâ€"â€"â€" a house in the highlands iwith shooting and fishing; my son. who was in Scotland at the time, arranged the matter, neither my wife nor 1 having seen the place. When I went (without my wife) to make final arrangements for taking possession Lady 1%â€" was still liv- ing in the house. and she told me .th.1t if 1 did not mind she p1 o Dosed lputting me for the night into a bedâ€" iroom which she herself usually occu- Died, and which for some time past had been haunted by "a little lady" lwho continually appeared in it. As I was somewhat sceptical upon such tnmtters, I replied that I should ,be ‘delighted to make the acquaipmoe of her ghostly visitor, and 1 ac- ;cordingly slept in the roo gb‘ut no such visitor appeared to " ‘ J aim In :L certain school it. is the cus- tom u hen a. new boy argives *0: ‘Eze muchx to ask his name before the whplc class, so that this :1 serve as an inuoduction to the r 6f the scholars. One day .1 ne'w boy. came to the school. and, as usual,1xeva:5 ask-3d his name. John} Irown. he replied. Six, said the master. severely John Bmwn again ~ Put a sir ‘ roared the master. Sir John Brown'cnxneifiom the boy. ‘ ' - "im rep: v set the whole glass 'nto laughtex; but. as it was 50’ $1.1?an and innocently mid Hm mane: H :- gnu.- him :1: :d jqimd ::. the imrt'n. u. --: [ha :xxpfi‘f's now «WW Sir tic every detail appeariflhgoorre " pond. But, on descendin again to the halL'she said: "No 1 cannot be the house after all, as in my dream thcrc was another suite of rooms on that, side. which E iséing here.” She was at. once ‘ d Lhat there was such a suite of upnrmmms not. approached from the ML; and on being taken over them she hm; nizcd cvcxy room She houeu said that. a bedroom in this sui appeared in her dream to b9 a sit ting room, and it. appeared that. this had been the Case, but. that the ar- xungcment had just. been alte. med A day or uvu after. my wife and . met. Lady Iâ€"â€"â€", and l imrodm-.-. the two ladies to each mher. as It”; had not, previously been quuzu‘nL- Instantly ‘ Lady Bâ€"n cmhxinu "Why, you are the lady “hm hm; ed my bedroom.” 1 have no plunation to offer, nor had my during the rest of her life. a what some might call 0, mm“ Icoincidence, and what. would ' led in» the highlands a. cave cond sight. Cm‘tuinlv my <70' was the last person in the v give undue license to her ix Lion, and further, I can vouch the fact. and so can other members of my family. that. she did undoubtâ€" edly describe accmtcly a house ‘ which had some rather remarkable arrangements. aml'lhis lung Mitre she or any other members of the family were even aware that such a house really existed. - Subsequently, upon e's rival at the house. she, . r,n astonishment. found it 4pm counterpart. of her dr h0‘ and on inspecting it fro Q '19 Choice hogs, per cwt......'6.75 Light. hogs, per cwt ...... 6.50 Heavy hogs, per cwt...... 6.50 Stags, per cwt .......... .. 0.00 (‘ows‘ each...... CalV‘Cs, each ...... stockers, puz- cwt...... 2.50 Export. bulls, Aper cwt... 3.50 Sheep and Lambs. Choice ewes. per cwt. ...... 3.55 Yearlings, grain-fed cwt. 4.00 Culled sheep. each ...... 2. Lambs baxnvard, per mm ........................... 3.1.": do splr mg, each ......... 2.50 Bucks. per cwt ......... 2.50 good .................. -.... Butcher, inferior.-... ...... Stockcrs, pur cwt ......... Export. bulls, per cwt... Shippryrs. Der cwt ...... s4. do light ............... Butchex, choice, do ......... Butcher ordinary to Sheep and lambs are unchanged and fairly steady. Export ewes are worth from $3.50 to $370 per cwt. (lulled sheep fetch from S2 to $3 each. Ducks are worth from 257 to 30 per pound. Spring lambs are selling at from $2.50 to $4.25 each. Hogs are steady and unchanged to- day, and as long as the packing- houses continue the fun of bidding against. each other the farmers will enjoy it, as prices will keep up. Hogs to fétcfi ‘Lh-C Laprpricc must be of prime quality, and scale not. berlrow 160' nor above 200 Tbs. The best pi‘im for "siniéék’i’ is 76 per pound; thick fat and light, hogs are worth 62¢: per pound. Following is the rranée of quota- tions. Lhat. V There Was a slightly better demand for .‘L few export bulls 00-day. but. stockers and feeders were in light supply, with little enquiry. Milch cows are unchanged. no realâ€" ly choice cows were here, but. some are wanted. business doing in butcher cattle: the hot weather and increasing supplies of fruit have about knocked out the local trade, and what little demand there is exists only for the better grades. Butchers, of course, will now only buy for immediate require- ments. and they do not mind taking chance of bcihg a little short. A HAUNTED HOUSE. Milkcrs and Cakes, SIR JOHN. ’* Cattle. Hogs. : acquaintance and; I ac- roo ""‘buc no L0 . myraviie’ s m!- ,tfihcr m: it. 33900 drc um 12% red in alcorrc ' xding_ again to lo this ‘caumot. 00 55 44. r .0 0.3 4.4. 3.50 4.00 y. 6.62; 6.624-