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“Precisfly. I am very fund at Squire Tempest. When I first rode to hounds 2! was under his wing. There's my mother beckoning me; I am to go and do the civil to people." M“‘ROderkk walked away from the “Of course she has the prior claim. But a: I was going to hand myself over to her bodily at seven o'clock. lo be specchified about and rendered general- }; ridiculous, after the manner of young men who come of age. I felt I was en- titled 20 do what I liktd in the interval." “Aridlherelor‘e you went to the Tem- pezts’." said Mabel. with her blue eyzs sparkling. “I see. That is what you dc“ what :you do what you like.” “I see. You sent the luggage nn 110-4 for». and come by :1 Wu 2min?” “No, I didn't. I stopped half wag: be- tween here and Lyndhurst to sc-e some‘ old friends.” _ “Flattering for my aunt.” said Mabel. “I should have thought she was your] oldest. friend." ' “51w nwdn'i. have fidgeted herself af- ter three o‘clock.” answered Roxie, cool- l_\, “my luggage must have come home by that time.” "”uw into \on arrived this evening!" sh..- said a 'ter a pause. “I came to ket~ ”mix-um uith my aunt. and found her quite anxious about you. If it hadn’t lwen for your telegram from Southamp- ton she would have fancied there was semi-thing wmng." His lmvels had impmvcd him. That bronze hue suiteJ him wondtrrfully well. He 10km mnru manly. He was no long- er a bvardless hwy, to be patronized with that gracious elder sister M? )f Lady Marel‘s. She felt that he was furth'r of! mun hor than he had been Post- sons m in London. This xx as a practical of pulling things, union was too much {01' Lady Mabel. She fanned herself gently mm a great [an of blue clnudy-lnoking feathers -â€" such a {an as Tilanin might lime used that midsummer night near \thens. She relapwd into a placid silmce looking at. Run-i9 lhouuhliully with her calm bluA eyes. “What‘s the use of talking of a place? If it’s so lovely that one can’t live with- om it, one had hcftu go back there.” “Well. I won’t bore you any more about. it." said Lady Mabel “but 1 con- !esc m\ dbappointmcnt. I thought we should ham such nice long talks about Switzrfland. " “The Suenery was very nice,” said Rorie, thoughtfully. “Yes: there were times, perhaps, when I was a trifle stun- ned by all that grand calm beauty, the silence. the solitude, the awfulness or i' all; but l had hardly time to feel the thrill when I came bump up against a party of tourists, English or American, all talking the same twaddle. and all patronizing the scenery. That took the charm out of the landscape somehow, and l coiled up. as the Yankees say: And nnw you want. me to go into sec- ond-hand ruptures, and repeat my emo- tions. as it l were writing a tourist ar- ticle for a magazine. I can't do it, Mabel.” ' ,_ "V--- “v nu. holo‘l.” ”Roderick!" crird Lady Mabel, with h" disgusted look. “I don’t lhink you have a vestige of poetry in your nature." “I hope 1 haven‘t,” replied Rorie, do- vmiily. “Ynu cauld see those sublime scenes, and never once feel your heart thrilled or your mind exaltedâ€"you can come} home lrom your first Swiss (our and talk about billiard tables!” cnalets the image men carry about the London slrevls. and no candle-end: burning inside to make ’em look prelly. But I liked Lucerne uncommonly, tin-re was such a capital billiard table at the "V... V...v‘. ”unbxa. nu“, uuflb you think they are rather disappointing?â€" such a cruel plagiarfsm of those plaster chalets the image men can-v nhmn. Hm I] The, Ashboumn party were among the first, to arrive; the duke portly and al- lablr; the duchcss delighted to welcome her favorite nephew; Lady Mabel look- lng very fragile. flower-like, and grace- ful in her pale blue gauze dinner dress. Lady Mabel affected the palest. tints, hall-colors which wore more like the shadows in a sunset sky than any carth~ 1y hues. She took possession of Rorie at, once. treating him with a calm superiority, as it he had been a younger brother. “’Pvll me all about Switzerland,” she said, as thoy sat. side by side on one at the amber oltomnns. “Which was it. that you liked best?” “The climbing, of course,” he answer. The dinner party was as other dinner parties at Brinrwood; an the arrange- ments perfect; the menu commendable, i! not. new; the general result a little dull. in his life. He wag entitled to some favor. CHAPTER II. Somewhat. to his surprise. and much L) his delight, Roderick Yawdrey es- caped that. maternal lecture which he was won: undumully to describe as 'i “wigging.” When he entered the drawâ€" ing-mom in full dress just. about. ten minute.- below the first of the guests was announced. Lady Jane received him with a calm affectionuimiess, and asked him no questions about his disposal 4f the aflernonn. Perhaps this unusual clemency was because of his tweniy- first birthday, Rorie thought. A man; courd not. come of age more than once} ymmumm+mmmmmmmmm W +_ VOL. 18. N0. 31 mm and Vixen; 'ay from the OR, A HAPPY MARRIAGE. )relly. This last is felt to be a strong point. tin-re as it. implies that an English gentle- at the man must. needs be much better than any other gentleman. A Continental vith :‘iwgcntlcman might. of course, be guilty have of an unworthy thought. and yet pass 8." currcnt, according to the loose morality 8. denm‘ his nation. But the English article must be flawless. :encs. And thus the duke meanders on for rilled live or six minutrs or so, and there is comela subdued gush of approval, and then ' and an uncomfortable little pause, and then Ruric gets up in his place, next to the said I ditches, and returns thanks. ‘ “Oh, I don’t mean a home inside {our lwalls. Tho forest is my home, and Briarwood is no dearer to me than any other spot in it.” “Not. so dcar as the Abbey House, per- lhnps." “We“, no. I confess that fine old Tu- dor mansion plensgs..be'better than this “1 would rather live in a field and strike my rants deep down like one ff those trees. than be a homeless nomad with a world-wide ambition.” answered Rm'io. “I have a passion for home.” “Then I wonder you spend so little lime in it." . “Your speech would have been capi- in] half a century ago. Rorie.” she said, “and you don't, arra, arm, as poor papa does. which is smnething to be thankful tor; but all that talk about the forest seemed to me an anachronism. People are not rooted in their native soil now- a-days, as they used to be in the old stage-coach times. when it wasa ion}: day's journey to London. One might as ‘w( n 1.).) a vegetable at once i! one is to ‘ be pinned down to one particular spot of (mm \\,‘hy. the Twelve Apostles,” ex- claimed Mabel, innocent of irreverence, for she meant certain ancient oaks so named. ‘see as much of life as your fine old English gentlemen. Men have wider ideas now-a-duys. The world is hardly big enough [or ambition." I There was a burst of applause alter fRorlc's spoech that made all the ’Jr- lchids shiver, and nearly annihilated a thirty-guinea Odonloglessum vexillar- ium. His talk about. the forest, irrele- vant as it might he. wont home to the hearts of the neighboring land-owners. But by and by, in the drawing room.‘ when no rejoined his cousin, he found that fastidious young lady by no means complimentary. . . V ' 5““ and primrose carpeted bottoms close hmne.” ins well as I know the friends round me to-nigfut. I was born in the forest, and may I live and die and be buried here! 3 have ju<t come_back from seeing some cf the finest. scenery in Europe; yet, with,- out binshing for want of poetry. I will confess that the awful grandeur of these snow-clad mountains did not. touch my heart. so deeply as our beechen alades He tells them all how fond he is tut them and the soil that bred them. How he means to be a Hampshire squire, pure ’3"! simple, it’ he can. How he has no |~tttglier ambition than to be useful and to do good in this little spot. in England ’which Providence has given him [or his inheriinnre. How, it he should go into Parliament. by and by, as he has some thought of attempting to do. it will be in their interests that he will join ttmtl noble hotly of legislators; that. it- will :be they and their benefit he will have always nearest. at heart. “There is not ft tree in the forest that I do not love,” cried Rorie, fired with his theme. and forgetting to stammer: “and I believe there is not a tree from the Twelve Apostles to the Knightwontl. O:tk,'or a patch of gorse from Pickett Post to Stony Cross. that I do not know ,, at- ...V, ...uu ”nu u Providence had permitted a~snn of his own to attain his majority, he (the Duke) could have hardly felt more deeply than he: felt to-day. He hadâ€"arraâ€"arraâ€" known this young man from childhood. :mdâ€"had-â€"erâ€"uxn â€" never found him guilty of a mean actionâ€"orâ€"an‘aâ€"(Iis- covorzrd in him a thought unworthy ul an English gentleman.‘ _ . .. ,__ ---~ "“J ,1} or one blood, landed estates, diamonds, ,‘ t lace, :atin. and velvet, and sell-import- ] 5 ailCE. All the magnates of the soil with- ,in accgssibte distance of Briarwood had assert-bled to do honor to Rorie’s com- ,ing of age. The dining-tables had been arranged in a horseshoe. so as to ac- commodate seventy people in a room lwhich, in its every-day condition, would not have been too large for thirty. The torchids and ferns upon this horseshoe :i table matte the finest floricultural show vâ€" I ~â€"‘-â€"avi the' had been seen for a long time.‘ There were rare specimens from New Grenada and the Philippine Islands; wondrous flowers lately discovered in the Sierra Madre; blossoms of every [shape and color from the Cordilleras; richest varieties of hue, golden yellow, I glowing crimson, creamy white; butter- ffly flowers, and pitcher-shaped flowers! that had cost as much money as prize tpigrons, and seemed as worthless, save tie the connoisseur in the article. The Vawdrey racing plate, won by l’toderirk's grandfather. was nowhere by compari- son with those wondrous tropical blos- soms, that fairy forest of fern. Every- body talked about the orchids, con’ fessed their comparative ignorance of fthe subject, and complimented Lady Jane. “The orchids made the hit. of the even- ing,” Rorie said afterward. “It was their coming of age not. mine.” There. was a moderate and endurahle amount of speechifying by and by, when the monster double-crowned pines had been cut, and the purple grapes, that were almost as big as pigeon‘s ~ eggs had gone round. 5 The Duke of Dnvedale assured his friends that this was one of the proud- “ est moments of his life; and that if!“ l‘\_ ,n ‘ t raMwâ€"oA_‘ ’1" $1 per annum. IL was a very grand party in the way of blte blood‘ landed estates. dinmnmh Otloman to the spot where his stood, with the Duke of Dovedale side, receiving her guests. It was a 0131: bgechen gladeg spot when: his mother by compari- tI-opicul blos- fern. Every- orchids. con. ignorance of at “Well, upon my word, you know. Vixen, I was just» the least. bit staggered. Your little white figure loked like some- thing uncanny againsb the black oak bnlustmdes. half in light, half in shu- dmv." " “How nice!" exclaimed Violet. “But. my dear Violet what can have induced you to come downstairs at such an hour?" said Mrs. Tempest, in an ag- grieved voice. » t “i want. to hear all about thc party; mamma.” answered Vixen, coaxingly. “Do you think I could sleep a wink on the night of Rorie’s coming of age? I heard the joy-(bells ringing in my ears all night.” ’ 1’ ‘ {rm be Continuedfl n ghoét!" .éet up a family ghostâ€"a whité Izayivit}: a dismal history of a broken heart? You darling papa! I hope you took me for ‘ “Bless my soul and body!” cried the squire, “what‘s this?” ’ A gush of girlish laughter was the only answer. “Vixen!” . “Did you take me for a ghost. papa?” crind Violet, descending the last five stairs with a flying leap, and then bounding across the hall to perch, light as a bird. upon her father's knee. “Did I really frighten you? Did you think the good old Abbey House was going to ”A: um . Pnn‘nu _L--l A at her pat. Is it a ghost? No; ghosts are noise- less, and those little slippers descend from stair to stair with a gentie pit-a- _-L thhl what is this creeping softly down the old 011k stairmsL? \ slender white figure with cloudy hair, a small, puc face and t11o dark e19: shininrz with vxcitemcnt: little feet in Llnck vei- vet slippers tripping lightly upon the polished oak. The clock had just. struck two. ”In household was a! rest, the logs blazed and cracked merrily. lhe rod light shin- ning on those mai1~clnd ofligies in the corners. lighting up helm and hauberk. giancing on greaves and gnuntlets. H was an hour of repose and gorxsip which the squire dearly loved. “Roderick is evidently in love with hor," suggvsted Mrs. Tempest, pouring out anolrherx‘ cup of tea. “Heaven forbid! Vixen is war”: twmty smh“ finc- drawn misses. lady Mabel has been spoiled by over-train- ing." “Oh, but surely Edward. she is gnu-o itself;‘quile on clhoroal creature. It \‘io- let. had mom of that rcfinpd airâ€"”â€" “Do you call her Involy‘.’â€"l don‘l. Lips too thin; waist too slim, too much blood and too lilllc hon-e." “0h. Edward. at my age-l” vxclaimcd Mrs. Tompn‘st with a pleased look, “when there was that lovely Lady Mabel Ash- bnume.’ t lhink it'é rather gon'd style; Theodbi-lé will charge me horribly for it, I dart: Sfly H “I don‘t. know much about your dress, Pam. but you were the prettiesl woumn in the room." H‘lr'lr‘lxév dresses were lovely,” said Mrs. Trmpest. “but every one looked bored. 3‘1“? 51i(l_you like my dress, Edward? “The dinner was excellent,” said the squire. "but the wine went. rmmd too slow; my glasses wore empty half the time. That‘s always the way where you’ve a woman at the helm. She won’t put out enough Wino. and she won’t trust her servants with the keys of her cellars.” Mr. and Mrs. 'l‘empost [alked over {he Brim-wood dinner-party. and arrivedâ€"- wilh port's‘ct good natureâ€"at Ihc can- clusiun that it had been a failure. The squire lked to stretch his logs bo- fnrc hfs mm fireside after dining oul: and with the squire, as with Mr. Squeers, the leg-sh'etching process in- volved the leisurely consumption of 9 good deal of brandy and water. Paulinec came to fluke off her mis- tres ss cloak. and wus praised for her thoughtfulm‘ss about the lea, and than dismiswd for the night. He said nulhimr about the hmmh \\ hich ho \\ us pom ng into the lull "1: ss “ith a libcml hand. pest carriage drove through _the dark rhododendron shruhheries up to the id 1 Tudor porch. There was a great pile lot logs burning.r in the hall giving the l I it was past midnight when the Tent- home-comers cheery welcome. There wm an antique silver spirit stand with its accompaniments on one little table for the squire. and there was another little table on the opposite side of the hearth for Mrs. ’l‘empcst, with a dainty tea service sparkling and shining in the rtd gluw. A glance at, these arrangements would have told you that there were old ser- vunts at the Abbey lionscgservants who knew their master’s and mistress's ways, and for whom service was more or less a labor of love. “How nice!” said the lady. with a con- tented sigh. “Pauline has thought J1 my cup of tea." , “And For-hes has not forgotten my soda water.” remarked the squire. She played presently, and afterward sang some French chansons. Both playing and singing were perfect in their ‘_:_ j H... \..u.- sh I\\lulll be a hum-h. and went home and told IESs' privileged pmple about the evident attachment betwoen the duke’s daugh- ter and the young.r cmhmouer. But Rorie was not strongly drawn toward his enusin this evening. It seemed to him lhatshe was growing more and more of a paragon; and he hated paragons. ‘ubadc of straight linss and French win- dows, plumâ€"glass and gilt moldings." They sat side by side upon the am- ber ottoman. Rorie wilh Mahle’s blue feather fun in his hand, twirling and twisling it as he talked, and doing more dimmgLx to llmi. elegant article in a quar- ter of an hour than a lwolvemnnlli‘s li‘gilimnle usage Would have done. Peo- ple looking at. the pi't‘lly pair smiled significantly and convmiled that it would i CI IAPTE R V. VMILLBROOK ONT.. Would Place Prince Arthur of Con- naught on Servian Throne. A despalch from London says: In connection with the recent rumors of a plot to place Prince Arthur of Con- naughl. on lhe Srrvian throne, M. Mija- tovitch, ex-Servian Minister in London, Iin a published inferview, admits that twice within a year delegales from Bel- grade have vainly endeavored to inter-‘ est him in the proposal, asserting that King Peter would be induced'to abdi- rate peaceably in favor of‘ a Briti’sh Prince. M. Mijatovitch said he declined to have anything to.do with 511(th a fan. laslic suggestion, butdeclums" here ,5 a definite polilicnl party in Sent." ”33% fling grefihange in the dy‘nasst‘x.”~ Milch cows were steady lo firm. Prices ranged from $25 to $55 each. _ Hogs were quoted at $6.15 {01‘ selects, and $5.90 for lights and fills. Sheep hnd lambs w. 10 steady at. 35. 25 to Sb’.’ .5 for lambs: 8’». 54) to $4. 75 fm 0\- port ewes, and $3 to $3. :30 for bucks. Short keeps, $3.75 to $4: (coders, $3.25 to $3.70; stockers. $1.75 to $3 per cwt, according to quality. Picked butchers‘ cattle. $4.35 to $’+.7fl; heavy butchers’, $4 10 $4.30; Ial. cows, $3.25 to $3.60; common cows, $1.50 to $3 per cwt. No good straight loads of exportcrs‘ cattle were _on the market. The prices were almost nominal, the range being $4.25 to $4.75 per cwt. Toronto. Dec. Winâ€"Quietness was the predominant feature at the \V‘cslern Market to-day. New York. hm vnsy; .\'0. 2 red. 79c f.0.h. afloat; No. 84%c c.i.f. Buffmo; 78%c c.i.f. Buffalo. .\'0. ‘2 while, 47%c. Vliurlc;vâ€"â€"\"(fi‘y slruug; \\‘vstern, in store. quolcd 520 In (Sic. lyeâ€"Dun; nothing dune.” Buffalo, Dec. :24. â€"- Flour â€" Slvmly. Wheatâ€"Spring, quiet; N0. '1 nul'lhoz'n. 87c. (Zornâ€"Strong; No. 2 yellow. .iXXL'; Eggsâ€"The market is in a wry quict mndiliou. A goud local lrudo has bum ([0110; m-w-Iaid, :Sv; late fall selects, 25¢: lo 25%c; cold storage and Hum], 200 to 201m. Milllomlummilolm hram. in bags. $21) lo $22; shorts. $21.50 lo $22: Ontario lxrun. in hogs. $18.50 lo SH); sllorls. $21.50 lo $22; lnlllrd moujllio, $21 lo 82:3; straight grain. $28 to $29 per ton. llollml ()nlS-~P(‘J' 1mg, $1.95 to ‘52 in nor lots. $2.10 in jabbing lots. [layâ€"No. 1. $13.50; No. 2. $12.50: No. 3. $11.54); clover. mixed. $11; pure clover. “0.50 to $11 per [on in car lots. l i’rox‘isioxxs~Barrrls. short on! mrass.‘ "22 to $24; hull’oburrels. $ll.:.’5 l0 31!.75: clear fut backs, $23.50; long cut heavy moss. $20.50; half-barrels (lo. $10.75: My :allvd long clear bacon, loge lo llxc: barrels plate heel. $12 to $13: hall- lmrrels (10. $6.50 to $7; burrols llum'y moss beef, $1]; lmlf~burrels ([0. $6; com- pound lard. {ll/4:0 lo 9c; pure lard. 12};- lo 13c; kelllo rendered. l3},{.c to l-ir: hams. 13c lo 1040, according lo sizr): lxroakfust, bacon. 150 to Mir; Windsor bacon. 15c lo 16c; fresh killod abattoir dressed hogs, $0 lo $9.25; alive. $6.50 to] $6.75. clear fut backs, $23.50: mvss. $20.50; half-bar :h'y aaltvd long clcm' Waxâ€"Boiling pens $1 111 curmud lots, 231.10 in jabbing: lois. l"'l(1111â€".\[1111iluhu spu‘n‘hr \\'.,l1vut $11.25 .0 $4605110ng bukms. $3. 90 10.1.1”): “inter “heat paicr1ts,~$/1-.IO 111 $1.25: straight 111111115 $3.61) to $3.70; do, in bags $1.05 to $1.75; CXQI‘aS, $150 10 l .55. NEW YORK \\'llEAT MARKETS. Monlrml, Doc. 24. A firm lone pre- vails in Hm local market, but wry little business lwmg (lone. Buckwhcutâ€"Sfic to 56);: per bushel. L‘X-Slul'L‘. Cln'nâ€".-\nwrican No. ‘2 yellow. 5:30; ND. 3 mixed. 13-h: ox-sture. Outsâ€"On spul. N0. 2 while, 42%(:; No. 3 while, 41%0 lo 42c; N0. 4, floygc to 451C per lmshg. ox-slm-c. \VANT A BRITISH PRINCE. Balm] Six'zm' var lots here. uuufnuls, dressed 7c to OC Fowl ..... (3010106 Ducks ‘ Sc to 10¢ (Fm-so ....... ..... .. 70 to Dr: 'l'ln‘lu‘ys .....; .......... .. 11c to 130 l’ulutoosâ€"(‘Jnlnrim 550 to (30c per bag. in cm- lots hex-0.2 eastern. 65C to We. BMW] Hayâ€"$11.50 to $l2 for N0. '1 :imuthy and $94” No. :2 m car 1013 l‘u‘n‘. , Poultryâ€"Prices depend ‘bn \vhivh Is very varied: Chickens, dressed . . . . . . . . . '7‘ Fowl ..... . . . . . . . . (31 Dutks (IOU “SC ............ nun l\l l (‘hcose~l’1ices are holdnw mm [Bye for large an!!! 14c for twins. EggSâ€"Slm'hzgo 23c 10240; Iimcd," .2‘ New laid are quoted at 30c. Butterâ€"Tho n very steady : Creamery ...... do. solids Dairy prints do, pails do‘ tubs ..... Inforim' ........ Flourâ€"Dull; Onlario, $2.70 asked for 90 per cent. patents 01‘ .export. buym's’ bags, outside. $2.65 hid: Manitoba first patents, $4.50; second, $4; bukvrs’. $3.90. ()ats-.\'o. 2 while, 3634c asked 5c rate lw'l‘m-onm: 361/.” bid' 13m 5 cars January shipment. No. 2 mixed, 35340 bid 5c rate In Toronto. 35%(: asked. Bnclm'hcutâ€"Nn. 2, 55¢ asked outside. Brun~\'ory scarce, $17 1.0 $17.50; shorts, $IS to $19. ‘ Barkymxn. extra. 5% usko Pens~No. 2‘ nskvd. Jox-onto, Dec. 24.â€"V\'healâ€"Onlm~iuâ€"~ \\'inlor wheat, No. 2 whib, 69c bid, 700 asked; {\‘0. :3 rod, 60c: bid, 71c asked east. .\‘0. 2 mixed, 70C asked outside. Spring. .\'n. 2 loose‘ 650 bid oust, (580 asked (ARR. north; 66%c asked cast... \Vlmnlâ€"Manilohu, No. I northern, SW/gc hid, Owen Sound; 81c asked. l’uinl, Edward. Toronto, Dec. 2. Wimpy wheat, No. asked; No. :2 rod, 60 .\‘0. 2 mixed, 70C as NO. 2 100519. 350 LIVE STOCK MARKET. LEADING MARKETS BUFFALO MARKET. MONTREAL MARKETS (IOUN'I‘RY PRODUCE. DOC. ‘2". -~ \\ healâ€"Spot We in elmnlm andSl/c (‘0. 1 northern Duluth. no; No. :2 hard winter. \‘n. 2, 51¢ hid .C.P.R.; No uskr‘d outside. '3 market {or good butler is 'â€"Fix'm at $6.50 to $7 in BREAD-STU FFS. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1906 , 79%0 bidoulsidc,81cr .......... 150 to ('07 holding firm quality. .A Melbourne dcspalch says savers; 131;; gold nuggets wm-e' discovered recent! 1y pear 'lamaguila, and two were fmmd‘ \vclghing respectively . 967 and 3731 Cd. , - ‘ ‘ ‘ n . . { Emmivmé Wm, “QB-f?“ Amalia m1 British Government Enquires ii He. Will be Acceptable. A despalch from “lashinglm: says: The British an‘ermnenl has enquirr-ll oi the Slate Department. it James Di‘ym‘. Chief Secretary for lreland in the Gov- ernment at. London. would lie arcan- luble to the United States as the King's Ambassador to succeed Sir Mortimer Durand, who is to retire from active service soon. The appointment of Mr“ Bryce. it is learned, would be perfectlyl satisfactory to this Government, al-l though the State Department has made no formal reply to the Foreign Office in I London. It is expected he will come to America to take up his new mission late in February or early in March. Sir Mortimer Durand will leave Washing- lon shortly after Christmas. w . who had worked [he bogus cheque game in Guelph. At first he vigorously {le- nied [ho charge. lhI-Pnlnning roprisnls. bul. finally \vnnkcnvd and mlmiHM tho whnlv thing. In: said he was the son of a farmer nmnnd I-Iomco Brown. liv- ing nt‘m' Cainsvilln. :1 short distance from Brantfnrd. He would make no further statement as to how long he had been operating. 1 A Bogus Choquo Operator is. in the Toils at Call. A doxlmtch [rum Gait says: A Gait woman's timely pointer to the police um [Thursday led to the arrest of a man who has confossod to beingr a passer :i~f hugus cheques, and is believed to be the swindh‘i' wanted in a number [I ('fzmzuliun tmvns and Cities. Thursday morning.’ a strange mun eiitvrr‘d Joseph Hall‘s store. New Ainslie Street. and; asked Mrs. Hall whether she had any blank cheques she could spare. as he wanted to fill somv out. Mrs. Hail su-l spectra the man. and on his depm-tm-r‘l notified the chief of police. who ptncod' the man under arrost. At hemlqunrtnrs the man was taxod with being the party] ...L- L-a.. ,,Jn, . 25c ‘23. 20C 20c 18C 27c lNcu‘r So Much Money Was Paid Out For Freighls. A dwpalvh {mm Chit-ago says: Never below was so much money paid for rarrying freight in lake vessels as dur- 111;.r tlw season just. cluscd. A rough es- timate places it at $61.!‘l00.000 {or coal. iron are. grain and lumbar. The profits tv) the vessels were perhaps the largi-st in the history of the. lakes. Careful mmputatlons, based on the earnings of. typical steamers. show a not. profit on stm‘l ships of l3 prr cent. 0n wooden. ships at between 3.000 and 3.500 tons iuapucily lhv profits have ranged as high as 30 par cent” with an avorugc‘ of mm‘e than :35 per cent. on their insurance valâ€" uation. The cause ')i this great, prosper- ity was the demand of the country for iron and steel. The total movement of iron (ll‘l‘ for tho sousnn was 27.58589 tons. an increasv of 4,036.083 lam over l905. Grain from Duluth muwd in a! lat-gar volunw than (nor hotnre. 'l‘hcrol worn shipped from the head at Lala‘! Superior 81.008000 bushels‘. as compared with 50.678,000 bushels in 1905. A South Atrican Veteran to be Deputy Minister. A despatch from Ottawa says: (101. E. l-‘in-t, b.1510“ has been appointed Dc- }:nty Minister of Militia anti Defence ‘0 surcml Col. Pinautt. 'l‘lic order-in- t'Ionnml appointing Col. Fisvt to his 130- :3ition was passed on \V’otlncsday altar-l noon. Without doubt the militia t! Canada will receive the news that an oilicw who has shown his sterling “‘Cl'tll upon the battlefields of South Africa (in more than one ocuasion is to iieooino Dvputy Minister with satisfac- ‘tion. Especially in Ottawa is the ap-i pointmvnt popular. (30]. Fiset, is a sonl (if Svnatoi‘ Fist‘t. He went to South] Africa in 18%, mi tlw first contingent. lining connected \xitli the Army Medical Scrvir-t‘. llv St‘l'Vlll in tho t)pt“il“t.ms in the Orange Free Stain, and at. the m- gngvinrnt nf l’aai‘itt-hr‘i'g holpoil to hear oil the fiz-ltl on a Sit't‘lt‘hCI‘ Capt. Arnold, who was wounded. For his distingu- isiimt bravery on this occasion he was mentioned by Lord Roberts in de- spatchos. v - BRYCE FOR \V.-\SIIINGTON. V NV.» ..--- NV Auvpl‘lw AI'JIII ’ch taxation or railways. The income of title Provincial Secretary’s Department is largr‘r than over before owing to the in- creased (-onunvrcial ur-tivity on the one hand, and to the augmmtalion of fees [or liconsvs, such as to sell liquor. on the other. Finally the (-xrtwqucr will he further filled by ten pm' (-mt..0l the purâ€": chase price of Cobalt and Kerr Lakes, which must be paid at. once by the pur- chasors of those valuable miningr rights. 'l‘o counterbalamje these there has been ClinSldL‘l'flbJO expenditure on the impor- tant pn‘douts inaugurated by the Govern- ment «hiring; the last. session of the Legislature. Receipts ot the Province This Year Beach High Point. . A dc‘spatch from 'l‘oronlo says: ”on. Mr. Mathoson. the Provincial 't‘reasurer. is a happy man because he foresees that Ontario will weather the storms of the financial year of 1906 with vase, “We shall make both ends moot.” ho has; said. “The revenue will he the largest in the history of the province,” he added smilingly, as he spoke of the subject on Wednesday. At the same time the 0x- pcnditure wilt ho larger, yet the 'l‘i-ea- surrr appears to expect to have a cam- forlabl'o balance. Last year the rvvr‘nue reached $0,0t0,000, while thn f‘xfn'tltti- turn was $5,31Ki.(l00. Asked whollmr the ii-cceipls for 1000 would he as much as $7,000,000, Mr. Mitlhosnn would not he too sanguine, but the indications are: that. [1103; will not fall far short of that sum. The provimo has received an in- come of $1,000,000 from ounces-stun . duties atone. There will be receipts from f ‘ lhn In..-|:,,v PROFIT IN LAKE BOATS. S\\'INDLI'7R CAUGHT. SE'I SI'CCEEDS PENAL'LT THE LARGEST REVENUE YET . Sfaln, and at. the m- mlohr‘rg helped to bear strelrhcr Cnpl. Arnold, 10d. For his distingu~ I lhis occasion he was Lord Roberts in de- u...u.u uul.Alb uu, unuuu. \ l r . l The volume of freight handled inlagoes,fivc a‘ Fort. William during “10' season ex- weré. “st coeds by far. lhal. of any previous ‘yfi-x: T1334 "i in [he hislnry of this p; 1- , andfanhou. ' ‘ ‘ lhe. 0m???” 5“" r "13“..«1not 11': > . ’1". w " “W9 employed sinCe. lastFull at. the Canadian Pacific freight sheds, drew their cheques, thus marking the close of the season'. There are still engaged at the freight docks 300 men, most of whom will be- retgincd during the Winter. 7 3‘, A (Ipswich from I’m-t \\‘i!!imn, Ont. says: I‘Vvurim‘r lhn sms-un of nuviguhm jus! ulna-ml 811x} \stls arrival and R31 dcpux'tcd at the port of Fort \V‘iiliam. A trifle more than 1030.000 tons a! freight. of all kinds was received during the season, and about 2,135,000 ions for- warded. Six hundred and seventy-two vessels arfived last year. For the last time, 1,200 truck handlers and checkers. FREIGET TRAFFIC DOUBLE) Returns at Fort William Show an Immense Increase. [Death 0! Patrick Langane. l’ormkan in ‘ Lumber Camp. A dosuzllclz from Mignclcuam says: Patrick Langnne, foreman in Burton Bros.’ Camp Nu. 3, north of here :1 few miles. tank a dose or mrbolic avid un \Vodnex'duy night about 6 o’ciock, mis- lnking,r it for cough mixtm'r‘, and died from the effects in less than Ion min- utes. The unfortunale man was a {Lind forcnum and his untimely death is wry much regrelled. A dcspatch from Rome says: The death was announced on Tuesday of Mgr. Adami. one of the mast, wealthy Roman prelutos. Mgr. Adnmi made val- uable presents to Pope [.00 XIII. and Pius X., his gift to the latter being a gold pocloral cross sot with brilliants. ’.y his will he left 31 £00,000 to the Pope. \Vmilhy Prclmr‘s “'ill Gives: Sl.000,000 lo Ponlifl. The Leader of Potomkimi Rebels Gets Four Years. 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The past became :1 blank to him. and he could not rt-mmnbcr what had tnkm placo cvvn a low hours before, and al- though his othvr facultins worn and are unimpaired, his memory is gone. MUTINOL’S SA ILORS HENTEN’CED. LEAVES FOR'I‘I'NIC 'I’O POPE. . -7 1"“ \IO\ lkxml 5‘.“ '1« being almost, a total failure to Tao Yuen. In Antong and Fung Townships lhc crops practically are a total failure. The Country everywhere is under water and [he penplr} are compelled to wade often waist drop and in some cases, up t- their necks. Immpdiawa west of Tsixmho what A dnspawh from Washington Says: OHit-inl advices received here regarding Hm famine in North Kiangsu, China. con- firm the stories of suffering and want .‘n that, section. The crops are reported '1K heinu ahnmt n mml Man“. 4,. m..- Great Famine Follows Total Fai of Crops. TOOK CARBOLIC ACID. GLANDIZIIS IN “'INNIPEG. CIMJIBERLAIN‘S MEMORY. ,000 WWW SUFFE Tsingho what] . RICHARDS, Publisher arid ”211’ the mnmwv r-ecehed “as 0’3 arr emu. ,s'mlxr Wm ”11! at HM”). .. Dming 1110 last 6:, dugs 280.000 flow at fref g II in. d ”our new uninadcd in 1‘4 .‘t \\i' Iium as r-ompurcd “Rh 191000 ms for the corresponding pvriod a year a; o. The incr use was confined to no muti- The Italian Foreign Minister has stntt‘d that» a. war at the present tirne would reduce Europe to bankruptcy. The French Government has ordered prosecutions for holding religious svr- \~j«:-ms discontinued for the present. A (kspmch {mm 0‘ 5.! Excvllvnm has com SOICI (I (10:11]: in thu cuco Indian “110 “as “q fuund ,qnillx (AL-H.” mm}.- 110 “as to ME Fridm. 11 mm lrr-p‘ -_.l . ' ‘- and confinement hm. that. he could only livn a“ Government therefore naiure and not. the law lowvd to lake its course. Woolly Bear's Smlc: Cannot Live. [ been naturalized 11 1o! 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' NOTES 0F HOLT; DOMINIGN/I‘ARLI me" 31:: \. \, {formerly was a fertile plain is a V85 ? lnke extending 20 miles aHhe narrowest.~ point, and stretching for over 40 mflysé toward the south-west. “Here ,t there," the prefect. says, “are the o! cottages which rise above this“ , of water and can only be reac ' , W boats. The people are in a state! solute (institution, ‘not only theim" but also the ponds which .constita" (not being destroyed by the " A“ urgent appeal is mag; ‘4 IhS A'- REF sum m0.“ 9“" ”Lest 13nd Barber Sh: ””{clcan and mud )LD N ATTRAS; CANADIAN IMMIGRATI DUTY ON HORSES. PROCEEDINGS 5 SE OF COMMONS "aur patro cited. o‘.‘ '13 “do 'tes. up-t