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“Name Patten, I think,â€"a big womm, considerable thin. She come from you: ofice, she said, and had noticed for days a. black-looking man a-following her, and she sees him waiting for her in the street. So she strolls, cum-like. towards fine City “ Sorry to trouble you sir,” said the man, awkwardly, “ but the old lady said you was to be sent for, as you could testify to the bad character of the man in charge.” “ What old lady?” asked Oliver,sha:p1v, much annoy ed at the matter. I THE TRUUBLESOME LE? ,, O.“ - -.._,... “N ”van. -_yuv.u; Joni: uUW,â€"-gfeaal§ OBKS H Sam, after a. discreet knock, put in his acorns grow.” tousled head. “ Perlice to see yer, sir,” he} “I’m too startled, too dazed said breathlessly. ' decision. You haven’t been East “ \Vhat ‘2” l years, to my knowledge.” “Perlice from City Hall.” i “Never too late to mend. Be Oliver went hastily to the outer office. i going to Newcastle. I would 1 Could she be in their hands? W'hat new | how the Troublesome lady is, and horror was the Troublesome lady to em I like the aunt, -â€"-g::od old Nev dure 2 Or was this some freak of the kind, honest as the day, narrow, Frenchman’s? he was capable of any mean- but solid worth. In another g ness. The two clerks were looking side- 3 those old maids will be as math ways at the braWny man in blue, but Sam : dodo.” gazed in open~mouthed admiration. Going i “It does not seem to me the prc to fires, he felt some days he must be a’to call on them when neither h: fireman ; the longing was intense as engines , any word. ” sped by at lightning speed ; but in a. row or 1 “That’s Aunt Hannah, bless a deed of mystery how necessary the police, 3 heart,” smiled the doctor. “She how high their positions, what chances for ; you with suspicxon, Craig, for Mr seeing things and driving the crowd, prin- f is a. married woman, and down cipally small boys, away ! g a married woman goes into 1 “ an-uv on s--.-L1_ _AA ,, 0 n . . i. “ You can trust me,” he said, soberly; and after she was gone he sat long in thought. He wanted the good opinion of that grim, honest old maid. She was as unbending as her own granite hills, as stern and bleak to a. world of easy-goers. He imagined «luty ruled her always ; a. wicked thought crept in themâ€"how poorly duty had rewarded her 2 mentally and physically angular and hard, ruled with an iron rod of conscience. Yet the soft little creatures of curves and beauty like her ungrateful niece knew nothing of conscience or duty,and the world loved then: and gave them its best. ‘ uli‘ll ll. “ You done righo, Mr. Driver ; and if she should come to you again, â€"as she might, having no sense of propriety,â€"you telegraph me to Newcastle, Maine, and send her straight home to me. a bit afore I go home. On account of taking care of pa and ma in their old age, I ain’t Seen much of the world. I cal’late even to stop awhile in New York, for there was a Blinn there that married a Blake, and I’ll board with her. Now remember, Mr. Oliver, she is alittle young thing. and you’re old enough, I take it, to be her father, and the world is a censorious place. She shan’t go back to him, I’m resolved on that ; and the world, without giving no other reasons for talk ” I’m going to travel, iinnocent and strangely familiar: no doubt I Doctor John freqilently discussed the whereabouts of the “Troublesome lady,” - as he always called her, but Oliver seldom .spoke of her. If, however, a fluffy Syke :terrier ran up to him in the street, he ' would look around eagerly, and sometimes a wave of color would flood his face, while his heart quickened. If something had happened to her on the long journey could he ever forgive himself ? He owned, with a sense of anger, she was senselessly she had told her story to everybody on the train who would listen. :3 One June day the doctor came into his . ~ lifriend's oflice in a jaunty gray suit with, being a (livm-ceu woman is bad enough in i immaculate creases and a 3 fashion and newness general air of quite dazzling. m.-..A. L- A . u . “VA“ “ Thank you. Ishall be glad to know she is safe ; for sometimes I think I may have done wrong in helping her that night.” 5 a may oacnelor, you know, sot; you : but here’s my hand in and I’ll send you word if I find “ I understand ; and, Mr. Oliver, I’ll apologize again. Till I see that woman to the Springs I did half think you knowed where Minn'y was ; the doctor’s joking and your being a. city bachelor, you know, sot; a... -fl. ‘, . wâ€"v-v --------4z1-r Wgeztylcfb-‘zhsa they“ gi‘mfiask- ing your pardon for being plain-spoken, for I always speak my mind.” “ You are a. little severe on us,” he laughed ; “ but I should be happy to advise you in any way,and to recommend a. young lawyer I know here who would do well for you. Of course under the circumstances I myselt could do nothing. ” (6 T “.UIMHL-M J 1y ” , W. D""‘" --u v; cu Luulu‘ “ I ham’t in general,” sighed Mlss Pat- ten, “ much liking for lawing : folks gics in “I am, as you folks say out here,” said Miss Patten, grimly, “ going on the trail, and shall watch out most for the dog,which I know she’ll drag around with her. 1 don’t doubt but I shall find her when that money’s gone, Mr. Oliver: as I told you, she would not appear until it was all spent. I think it’s my dooty to pay you now.” “ Don’t you think it would be better to let her settle her own accounts? She must be taught the value of money someway ;‘ and when you find her, if she is determined not to go back to her husband you should 5 institute a. suit to make him account for’, her property. They to'd me up in the ; mountains he was getting- rid of it ranid- ; I" 9, , ~_~-__. °--~ v C Jest as rats m a. trap, and there am’tg‘g “ I hope you have good news, Miss Patten,” Oliver said, eagerly. “If no news is good, I have,” she ans- wered, with a sigh. “I’ve heard from Mr. Perkins that keeps the depot, and he says she ain’t been there at all. nor no word‘ come. There wa’n’t no man] for me, neith- er. I seen that woman at Colorado Springs; she says Minny got there all right, and she bought her a plaid ulster, a hat, and some other things, and Minny and the dog went by train the next day, and Minny promised to write to her, but hadn’t. The only one] that kuowed anything down here was the ticket-seller, who remembered her and said he sold her a ticket for Chicago. She must have been afraid her husband would ask. He said lots of the conductors were dis- charged about that time, and that was why, most like, all I interviewed hadn’t set eyes on her.” “Still, it is almost impossible for a. girl to be lost travelling nowadays. She prob~ . ably took elaborate precautions, for fear 1 De Restaud would follow her; but if the _. dog went along she will be found easy ’ 1 enough.” l -_ _ ..-â€"‘.u~\o vv- “ It’s eithe} breach er promise or some feller wot’s cheated her on a. land deal,” he said to the clerks as be shut the door care- fully. “I guess there’s meal: in it ; for the boss grinned when he see her.” A week later Oliver’s office-boy, a freckl' l ed and red-headed youngster by the name 5 of Sam, changed to Slam by the much-tried l clerks, knocked and announced hoarsely.j “Lwdy to see yer.” He threw such mean- l ing in the words, his hearing and manner? were so full of dark mystery, liver almost f expected Mrs. de Reetaud, instead of Aunt i Hannah. No letter had come from the little i lady of the Troublesome; and that discour- § tesy showed she might almost merit her; connections condemnation : it was certain- f ly frivolous to neglect assuring her preaer- 51 ve: of her safety. The doctor had beenll especially unpleasant about it. “You see,” ‘ he would say, “I told you there were two sides to every story ; and the Frenchman l may have becn a much enduring man.” The ' office-boy dragged a chair near Oliver’s desk, and with a. significant look withdrew. ls 5‘ I‘V’n A:LLA.. L_-n,,L , . (C re wno would do well for 5 As days lengthened into weeks, and nder the circumstances I 1 weeks into months, without a. word from othmg.” Hannah Patten or her erratic niece, Oliver ;_and, Mr. Oliver, I’ll 3 felt the force of her remark. He was hurt Till I see that woman to l and angry. At least they might have sent halt think you knowed V him word. De Restaud found his missing ; the doctor’s joking and ' servant on the chain-gang after two days’ bachelor, you know, sot, incarceration in the city bastile. The mas- but here’s my hand in 3 ter blustered a good deal, but finally yield- lsend you word if I find E ed to reason: certainly there was a law . lagainst a. man’s being a walking arsenal. [shall be glad to know ' Oliver, conscious that threatened men live >metimes I think I may 3 long, went calmly about his business, often ; in helping her that a meeting De Restaud, but neither spoke. , CHAPTER V. “Never too late to mend. Besides, I’m going to Newcastle. I would like to see ‘ how the Troublesome lady is, and her aunt. I like the aunt,-â€"-g:.-od old New-England kind, honest as the (lay, narrow, perhaps, _ but solid worth. In another generation i‘those old maids will be as extinct as the ; dodo.” ,:____,_ and strong charactérs. Iwill Write tmnNewcastle. as all events.” “ Perhaps ; but, remember, Maine is pro- lific in divorce cases.” “‘Nell, they live too shut in, folks do down there, and they are all opinionazed “That’s Aunt Hannah, bless her good heart,” smiled the doctor. “She looks on you with suspicmn, Craig, for Mrs. Minny is a. married woman, and down in Maine a married woman goes into her tomb when the service is over. Young girls may go to dances and other village jollifications, but a. married woman’s place is at home, doing the J. apoleon act and raising citi- zens. I like that law, too : it saves lots of trouble.” “It does not seem to me the proper thing to call on them when neither has sent us anyyord. ” “I’m tao startled, too dazed by your decision. You haven’t been East in fifteen year} to my knowledge.” ' “A trip East, my boy. I want to breathe the fogs of my native State. My lungs are shrivelled up. You never suspect;- ed I was born in Skowhegan, Maine; I never told you, it would have been such a. background for feeble jokes. Besides, what: man would want to say he was born in a place called Skowhegan? I had to be born somewhere, though, and Colorado is too young for me. The Achorns are an old family in Maine, and, though some of us call in .-\el1~orns, I like the old way. Please your joke now,â€"â€"grea.t oaks from little acorns grow.” “You must; be going to bein‘grried,’ laughed Qlivqf. ‘ “\Vhy phis state?” One June day the doctor came into his friend's office in a. jaunty gray suit; with, immaculate creases ands. general air of fashion and newness quite dazzling. 11‘? . - - .. 7' -- " '“I'”“‘" ~ I Louis resisted, with frightful profanity, but the search was made,a.nd the result was a. loaded revolver and an ugly knife. r , “A greaser outfit,” said astalwart police- . O . man. “ You can keep him in jail a day or two ,‘ on this charge,” continued Oliver. “ to give 3 Miss Patten a. chance to leave the city. I 1’ tell you on my own account, knowing the ‘ man up at my shooting-place, he is a. danger- } one character. I had an encounter with 5 him once, and found him an unpleasant {person to deal with.” The exasperated Frenchman was led away, ibreathing curses and defiance. In Oliver’s 5 gray eyes was a. smile of malice that Louis : well understood. He had paid up that rudeness, and the accounts were squared. j .T!....,. ....__31 L a ---v..._-. u v-v nu uIILUU. I There would be a. debt. still when Louis i fulfil: was free again : the man who laughs lasu‘ laughs best. Tush now Oliver was decided- 1 1y amusezd. ' WIL‘ “ I’m obliged to you, perlice,” said Miss A Patten, rising, and pinning her shawl, l “ but I don’t want you to think as I was“ may mOrtel feaf of II)e Restaiglfi’s hired ,' Unnc man. I‘wa. at ;\ “i 7 can’t .g‘nt- men '5 with their-0%" weapons o'f'stfefifzth I can } . A outwit ’em.â€"Good-by, Mr. Oliver; l‘m ‘ Madis sorry my family has brought you so much upon “ trouble, but I cal’late from now on you’ve ; roman heered the last of us." 3 _--_ - j “ Me,” said Miss Patten, majestically, “ afeard of that taskill '3 Not a. mite. But I won’t have him trailing of me around,and if the perlice can’t, stop it my umbrella will : so there ! I won’t go into no court.- room for it, either.” “ Sl‘qppose you search the man,” said Oli- ver.s ' g. {2.1 will make aclzarge against him of tying concealed weapons.” 1"”; -.- -A----‘* __ 5-- Jvâ€". ; testimony.” I “ I’ll go down at once,” said Oliver, Epicking up his hat. “ I fancy I know the 2 man.” i “ 1’11 walk behind, sir,” said the police- !man, politely, “ for seeing me walking with .you in the direction of the lock-up your friends might think you was being run in.” At the station, as he suspected, Oliver saw the man was Louis, De Restnud’s ser- vant, and black and ugly he was, swearing to himself in French. but refusing to answer ‘ any questions. Oliver had seen master and 1 man the past few days in Denver, and knew he himself was under their surveillance. He told the Chief that Miss Patten was justified in her proceeding; the man had a. bad reputation in the North Perk, and had certainly been acting in a. suspicious manner; the past week he had seen him watching about the streets. The Chief ad- l mitted the man was not handsome, might have acted oddly, but there must be some charge brought against him. \Vas the lady willing to go into court and swear she had fears of her life from this man Louis’s hands ? Hall, sir; right near she see’s he’s still after her, and she turns and grabs him and :runs him in herself, as neat as any of the force could ’a’ done.” “ You don’t know the man '2” “ His face ain't in the gallery, sir,” as if in apology, “ but it’s black and ugly enough to be, I'll say that for him. She tumbled the man down the steps right in the Chief’s room, and he sent me here. She wanted the man arrested for a suspicious character, so the Chief sent me to get your testimony.” “ I’ll go down at once,” said Oliver, picking up his hat. “ I fancy I know the i you Diogenes never went a-fishingmever stole harvest apples or melons, never attended a huskinb-bee or spelling-school, and he passed away Without a suspicion that; the barbed-Wire fence was to come after him. “ Several people. It has been common talk.” Her anger gave way to sobs. “ 0 George,” she pleaded, as she flung herself on his neck, “ it isn’c true.” A great: load was lifted from his heart. “ No, George,” she went on, “it isn’t true ; there were only four.” a---“ _..auaJ , uuv 3 Dr. Jackson realized that by no means the fullest measure of success was being achiev- I ed, owing to the general inefficiency of the imported Sibel-lens in treating the reindeer. ! He therefore concluded to go to the real [ home of the rein-leerâ€"Lapland--and se- I cure some of those people to whom a. rein- deer 15 horse, cow, sheep an-i goat all com- ? bined. ‘I They tell me," he said painfully, “ that you flirted desperately with no less than six men this summer.” Her cheeks flushed and her eyes blazed. “Who told you that ‘2” she asked angrfiiy‘. --.v IVA-5, ‘ULIS umva. Novfilshc had réifi‘rfled, and he had bgen hearing many things of her and was sore displ_e_a.sed. U She had been at the seaside and in the country all the summer and autumn, and .er industrious fiance had been working and waiting for her during the long, long days. \T-_..L-L...1 __A.,, 1 . . . - _ I The object in transporting Laplanders to l Alaska is to obtain the benefit of their 3 knowledge in breeding, developing and ' using reindeer. The whole scheme is a government venture possessing the greatest ; likelihood of having in it elements of the l highest practical utility. At Port Clarence 5 a little coast fishing is done, but in the in- j terior no industry has yet been established 5 of any value whatever. To all intents and , purposes the land back from salt water lies ‘, idle and nonproductive, and yet it abounds l in the choicest of food for reindeerâ€"moss l and other lichens. Not until within three years has any efibrt been made to domesti- cate reindeer, but three years ago Dr. Sheldon Jackson. who, under the federal bureau of education, has direct charge of the educational and civilizing affairs of the government in Alaska,obtained an import- ation of the animals from across the Strait of Siberia, and now there are about 400 of them in the peninsula. He also brought over some native Siberians to instruct the l Eskimos in their care, and the experiment I proved fairly successful. The native l Alaskans took to the innovation kindly, but I ‘l\.. T__r__n,, 1. , .. . f ' A Madison. Wis.,‘ special says :â€"1 Madison man has just been selected to go . upon a. very pecuhar and interesting, even , romantic,mission. William Kjellman is his f name and he is a. young Norwegian of 34 ‘ yearsâ€"a. man who for three years past has been working in this city as a carpenter. He has a. wife and a. 3-year-old daughter, n‘\IJ All A: LL--- ekn‘ (TO BE CONTINUED.) "M-me WILL BSTABLlSH A REINDEER FAR M- ~â€" Unilcd States Government to flake an Ex perimvul in the Far Norm. I l I i Â¥ ' 9 . .- nuns) been deputed by the United States govern- ment to go to Lapland, get five or six Lep- lander families, and their dogs, then pro- ceed with them to Port Clarence, jutting out into the narrowest point of Bering Strait, there to remain presumably for the remainder of their days. __.~- “numb vLu. ; woman,â€"“ the dearest, prettiest little 3 thing, and as innocent as: a. child.” ‘ruly, l to disappear in this world is to leave behind ;a. trail of broken hearts and long days of Eworriment and pain. Sad enough in con- 5 treat it is to be among the miseing with no 5 human being left to cure, to ask, and to be ‘;buried in the potter’s field,â€"to have been ‘a. bright-eyed baby loved on its mother’s ,breast, hoped for by her fond imagining, § dreamed of in the great future, and to be the fulfilment, unclaimed clay. \ A 4 l n “am: seen a. gaunt old woman overcoming a. shuddering horror in some great city and then venturing timidly to see a. dead face in the morgue,â€"an unknown young and beautiful, found dead. Nor would Mrs. Minny have known herself as pictured by the trembling lips of that fast-aging old annn *6‘ ‘1‘... .1_A,,, . _ ‘ n- _ .....vu uv uuc UUuDl'i’ll'y) lan honorable man. I shall think you a. - scoundrel if my suspicions should be verified. At least make Mrs. de Restaud write to that poor distracted aunt wandering about the world looking for her. It is like uprooting a. plant to tear an old woman away from her I home.” Oliver wrote a. few lines in reply : “ You had better return before paresis sets in : you will be kindly cared for here. Soberly speaking, if I were the man you suggest, I ought to be in the penitentiary. {I assure you I know nothing of Mrs. de Restaud : I have never heard from her ; the fact that I assisted in sending such cm irre- sponsible young person adrift in the world will always be a. worriment to me.” So there were many hearts to belightened by Mrs. Minny’s appearance ; but of this she had no knowledge. Her lightest mom- ents would have been saddened if she could have seen a. gaunt old woman overcoming a. shuddering horror in some great city and then venturing timidly to see a. dead face ! ._ $1.- 1 assure you I I Restaud: I have 1 fact that I assisbe sponsible young p will alwavs be a. u ,_ a.--“ rAVWUHLU Lu iuysuuy- ing the infuriated husband. “ Dear Craig." the letter ended, “ I think I am getting senile, for I begin to doubt my best friend. Do you know where Mrs. Minny is, and have you known all the time? I believe you (until I know to the contrary) an honorable ma." T at...” .L:-1_ "no , ,,_- -.-v.u \Ayuu uauus Ann, and 'he'wasn’ u going to tell a black- looking foreigner where she was if he know- ed,” and he took much pleasure 1n mystify- in” the In; ‘urmtpd hnukunn'l h: Only Part1 y True- 1e man. I shall think yet a. my suspicions should be veyrified. _ fin-..b v“... wdearest, preitiesc little nviction that, with the be world, he had done a. . Minny had never been Patten had been at home e during the winter and oflagain, “wandering- said, and seemed not Mrs. Perkins {00k care Pythagoras gave us the problems of Euclid‘ and was welcomed in the councils of the wisest men, but when he saw a. sliding hog- pen door for the first time he was so taken back that a. friend had to lead him home. "They are Having trouble Over the Duties on Grain. A Berlin special says :â€"The Frankfort Zeitung is authority for the statement that Russia and France have exchanged notes I respecting the duties imposed on Russian grain imported into France. Russia, the paper says, while disclaiming any right to interfere with the internal affairs of another power declared that she must protect Rus- 1 sian interests and if the French duties on 3 Russian grain resulted in a derangement of the Russian export trade she must and ‘ would notify France of the termination of ‘ the Franco-Russian commercial treaty. France,in reply,said that she must respond to the popular feeling of protection,but the duties on Russian grain would be limited to the minimum provided for by the new tarifi‘. This reply according to the Zeitung, was not sttisfactory to Russia, who replied that, notwithstanding its receipt,she would continue to adhere to her previously express- ed views on the subject. Murray recognized that the fortunes of war were against him, and, after a hard fought battle, with victory so near, he re- luctantly turned northward to report pro- gress to the managers of the Bank of Hamilton. He arrived at Toronto late Saturday night last not much the Worse in appearance because of his many hardships endured in chasing a cunning criminal over the mountains of South America. first by Aitkin. He found Murray hot after him and started across the Andes mountains. Murray followed. Aitkin ar- rived first at Buenos Ayres, and made at once for Rio. When Murray arrived at Rio he found that city under bombardment, the citizens in terror, and military law pre- vailing. The civil and criminal courts were closed. The British Minister had gone to England. Yellow fever was rag- ing, and those in authority ofiered no as- surance that they would assist in the cap- L..._- ture. [and Great Britain. When Murray asked I for the warrant the Peruvian Minister of ‘ Foreign Affairs said that he would be glad 1 to assist him, and would issue the warrant :3 it the British Minister would guarantee the f return of a Peruvian refugee at present in ‘London, England. This the British Min- lister was not authorized to do, and so the i Warrant could not be obtained. Murray ' then decided to take another tack. Rumors were circulated to the effect that a treaty was under consideration. It had the de- 1sired elfect. Aitkin’ fled south and Mur- ray after him. He left; Tottenham in August, 1892, and it was not until last September that the Bank of Hamilron decided to send Detective Murrayafterhim. Murraysecured excellent photographs of his man and with but a. most indifferent clue started on the still hunt. He got; This was an old method. He discounted his own notes, it is said, for large. amounts and gave the bank as security forged notes purporting to have been signed by well- known tradesmen and farmers. His alleged crime left; many a. wrecked nome. When the crash came it was discovered that Ait‘kin had been speculating in the Chicago market and his losses had amount- ed to over $100,000. The bulk of this sum belonged to his customers ; the balance he had secured, it is said, on forged paper from the Bank of Hamilton. THEIR HARD EARNED DOLLARS were placed for safe keeping in the strong vaults of his banking establishment. It was not remarkable that farmers and towns- people trusted this man. He was trusted by the managers of the Bank of Hamilton, with whom he did business. It will be remembered that a. year ago last August the citizens of Tottenham were dumbfounded to wake up one bright morn- ing and find that their trusted private banker. Charles H. Aitkin, had, it is said, absconded. Aitkin had lived in Tottenham for years, and had secured the confidence and respect of every man for miles round. There was not a. farmer in the whole district who did not trust him, and thousands of Detecllve Hurray Finds lllm at the Cap. ital oriirazil. but Could Not Bring Him Back as the Place Was Under Martial Law. One of the most remarkable cases in the annals of crime ever developed on this con- tinent has just been revealed through the chief of the Provincial Government detec- t-ives.John Murray. Murray is considered in official circles to be one of the most astute and subtle officers in America,aud where he fails no other men need take up the trail. ‘ During the past six months he has been on the track of an alleged Canadian criminal. His man had 13 months’ start, but the detective followed him step by step,through the United States, Cuba, Panama, Peru, Chili, Bolivia, Brazil,Argentme,and finally located him at Rio. Ai’akin, the Tottenham Banker, Lo- catei. ’I‘WAS A MING, HARD GHASA. FRANCE AND RUSSIA. VALPARAISO \VAS REACHED WORD 0F HIM AT NEW’ YORK â€"_ wn on a f'3'1'I’ei7-tack or to see if i2; was running, Cato never sat do touched E 131122.33“, ACharacterisuc of Florence Nightingale From ller Earliest Youth. Florence Nightingale, the world-famous nurse, was born in Florence, Italy, in 1823. Her Father, William Edward Shore, of Eng- land, inherited the estates of his grand- uncle Peter Nightingale, and in pursuance of his will assumed the name Nightingale. As the child of wealthy parents, Miss Nightingale was well educated. From early childhood the care of the sick was a. favorite occupation of hers, and in 1849 she entered as a. voluntary nurse; a school of deaconesses to qualify herself to minis- ter to the sick. In 1854, at the solicita- tion of Secretary of VS ar Sidney Herbert, she went to Constantinople as the superin- tendent of a staff of nurses to care for the soldiers of Great Britain who were wounded in the Crimean war. By her rare executive ability and thorough knowledge of what was necessary she made the hospital, which was in a most deplorable state, a model in the thoroughness and perfection of its appointments. So immense were her labors that she frequently stood for twenty hours in succession giving directions. Notwrth- standing this. her pleasant smile and kind words to the sick made her almost idolized by the army. She returned to England Sept. 8, 1856. Her services have secured her the sincerest gratitude of the English people anda World renown- nnpnn mm ALWAYS POND or'NURsmG PEOPL E W, 7 -V '_D v-..°-wu, JUQJ". On two occasions Mr. Goodwin has act. ed as hon. examiner in engineering and practical electrical work for the Crystal Palace School of Engineering. He is a. member 0‘. the Institution of Civil Engineers, and president of the Society of Engneers. v- .- yu-‘JVL vu UUU “ {elative Merits of \Vorkmz Hoisting Machinery by Steam, Water and Electric- city,” which was prepared for the Chicago Engineering Congress, 1893. sewage aqueducts made of wrought iron six [feet in diameter, with bridges for carrying them, and machinery for a cable traction station. While in Australia be constructed a 720 foot_susnension bridge for, a. private company. He also superintendcd the rolling stock for the Smyrna and Cassaba railway, winding and hoisting engines, and air com- pressors, with regulating valves for the Transvaal, being a patent of his own, and having for its object an automatic gear to relieve the engine of all work without stopo‘ ping it or varying its speed. He also acted as consulting engineer for two companies, and one of his notable achievements was l the fitting up of steamers for carrying froz- ‘en meat from Australia and the Falkland Islands to England, the Selem‘oria, tor the service from the Falklands, being the larg- est carrier at that time, having a capacity of 1,000 tons, equal to 30,000 carcases, with four cold air machines, each of 70.000 cubic feet capacity. Among his other extensive undertakings were the designing of a sea pier for the eastern shores of Asiatic Russia, drawing plans for an extensive installation of hydraulic power in one of the chief cities in the United States. and the superintend- ence of the maior portion of the superstruc- ture of the Liverpool overhead railway. Mr. Goodwin practises as a technical ex- pert in engineerinjq law suits, and has had the scientific can not of several important 1.--..- 11‘- :_ Ll, , v _ cages. He is the auchor 'Among the important works he has since had charge of is the construction of the Eveleigh running sheds, a. building witha. semi-circular rib roof of 100 feet. span, and the Evelei h workshop, with a hip roof of 50 feet. span, 150 feet; long, to say nothing of numerous railway and road bridges. A most responsible undertaking was one for the New South Wales Govern- ment, which included the ironwork for the immense NEW SOUTH WALES. Government, for whom Sir John is the consulting engineer. His next engagement was with the Hon. F. Cadogau, of London, and the Prince de Sagan, of Paris, to carry out aseries of experiments, in the appli- cation of super-heated steam to locomotives, which was done on the G. E. railway. After that he was busied with cold air re- frigerating machinery, the first cold storage chambers at the Victoria docks being; built and fitted under his immediate supervision, as also the fitting up of several steamers with similar plant. In 1881 he started business as a consulting and supervising engineer, which he has carried on up to date in England and the continent with equal success. One of his first professional engagements was in the service of M 1-. John Fowler, now Sir John Fowler, Barn. K. C. M. G., and there he filled the important position of cthief inapector for all the work sent. out to t e Uualuvvl-v' _â€"â€"â€"~ one, especially in view of the fact that Mr. Goodwin is not yet 40, and the honor is one which indicates not only success, but the possession ofzood abilities and fine qualities. Some information about Mr. Goodwin’s career will be read with interest,not merely by his friends in. Canada, but by all who are pleased in the success of Canadian brains and Canadian worth, especially as Mr. Goodwin has been engaged in large engin- eering operations in every quarter of the globe. The new president of the Society of ‘ Engineers, who now resides at :28 Victoria: street, London, was born in Montreal in 1854. He left Canada at an early age, and received his education at Paris, London and Manchester,compieting his studies at Lon- don. {titer a five years apprenticeship he gained1n1875 a \Vhitworth scholarship, which at that time had a value of £100 per annum, and was tenable {or three years, while he carried 03' other prizes at the end of each year in his other examina- tions. ur. Goodwin‘s Brilliant Successâ€"The Car- eer of the Presldentor the Society of Engineers. A recent cable contained the information chat, Mr. George A. Goodwin, e. Jamedmn, ollowmg his profession in London, had been elected president of the Society of Engineers. This distinction is a notable A CANADIAN ENGIFE‘E. ABATTOIPs AT SYDNEY, ngale, and m pursuance 1 the name Nightingale. wealthy parents, Miss well educated. From her of a papex: onrtgé of \Vorkmz Hoistipg ‘TTK‘-" Experience shows that factory, that- is to say, the used,features of the establis swimming baths. They ful tions which they were built the indiVidual hot water washhouse arrangements d expectations so far as. canoe People will go much farther they will go to was}: thei merely bathe their Bodies. ‘ it could be performed by primitxve appliances availal in their ow :1 homes. , ,_ _â€"-, “any, UL divided by low iron pal ber of “ stalls,” each a with a complete wash tubs, hot and cold wate boards, soap, etc. Eacl rack which can be p: drying closet extending the room. The washhm the largest of the lot, d eight stalls. The small Gorhals, has fifty-eight facilities are placed at t poor women of Glasgoi cents an hour. Two hat the average time require of the place. “’ASHHOUSES xo‘r sri‘nc Now, a. notable fact i the washhouse is that w vides 316 “stalls,” the families who appear to t the accommodation. Eal nine or ten women in the Twenty hours a week,< hours per day, is the avei each stall. There must; the municipal apparatu ‘ quently used. And there city made the mistake of l establishments instead of shall ones. It is prom that there are few women washing to manage uh carry their loads more tli mile from their dwellings 3. mile back again. This enterprising men of Glasg system of small washh throughout the city, per tenement block. The lat ever, has not yet passe stage, nor is it likely ml Another interesting fact ' women who are known to so at least once a week. so cost of the family washin about $4. “’hen we consi provided it is reasonable the work is done better a The washhouses w}: the bathing buildingsa tion of all dwellers id because the accommod by bhe municipalityâ€"t well provided by prisj because they show whi the way of supplying a1‘ all thickly populated g house consists, first, of \ nuns r011 m‘ The five huge swiq by the municipaiity last year 453,718 bag when the temper-aim high, the baths do i An outdoor temperil considered a high 1 when the mercury n swimming ponds bri of $64!). In some can baths for women as in places where the d has not been providu apart for the use 0f 6 The charge to:- admis ponds is 4 cents for 1 persons under 13 yea! tickets can be putcha Swimming clubs may baths for $1.50 a. nig more than forty me charge of 2 cents is I in excess of ma: mm the water in the gm daily ; in the winver c In each main bui’dinq arately fitted with tut use of one of Ihes-z- ha: cents, or for .S cums, commodation. 8:30 at night, exq they are open for 7 a.m. tall 8:30 3.11 The buildings 3:1 would not: be Scotc stantial. The mo any of the bathing-j ming tank. One d capacity of nearly 75 feet long, 40 feet, deep at its deep em deep at its shallow sides are faced with water is always m1 able temperature, 5 well as in the sauna: resorted to. ed with sufficxen concentrate l at h around which, wi of a mile, a prodii and scrubbing 11 places without ch left practically un did was to esbab baths and washho: buildings in as m A description of a description of all. was from $235,000; The total capital cost of land for thj house buildings, h sent, somefhing-ovl are open Irozn 1 0 AAA Twenty years paign against d< I: earned on ‘ militant examh imitated by othe But. after an e Gthow finds ch "P00 which 31134 the gospel 01 most unclean pat as eificacious ts The drawback 3e Operations were 2 the forces of 303.: Mln lcipal Swi ‘ld \k’ashil 11me A Lengthy now