OF SOME FAMOUS SONGS, LYRICS THAT HAVE TOUCHED THE HEART OF THE WORLD. Song Inspiration‘and Personal History— Lucky Irish Doctor, Robin Adatr— Every song, has whab may be called » Personal history, or, if the expression is Preferable, a secret history, In mi joure remain unkno' nd meter, are otten chary of tell- inspiration thenarrative was usually hidden a way in the uniformly dull pages of a|he private correspondence printed long after it had lost its interest to all but the mem- bers of his family, or confided over a glass and bottle to an intimate personal friend and divulged perhaps many years after the death of the narrator, To this general rule of reticence there are some exceptions, among the most notable\being Burns. The tax him with egotiam nor suspect him of it, he was singularly confiding, Yet even the a history, which, however, was forever lost when the grave in Dumfries was closed above the coffin of the greatest post of his age. “ROBIN ADAIR’? Al “Robin Adair” came from the pen. of | Scote! that he must attend her th remainder of the journey. ,e supposed, he was nothing loth, nor after a w ith Lady Caroline Keppel, the sister Gbahe olshreted Adisieel Lo: ly’ father, had a better match in view for her than a poor Irish doctor, and ordered her she fully informed wn, for even poets, fond as | lt they are of setting forth their own feelings | ® }| ordinary about this fact ; there have beer wr h is claimed by | Word name had been borrowed for an opera and secret of its authorship was not fully Ann “KATHLEEN MAVOURNEEN.”” There was nothing Lips abt sisen os composition of the words o1 this well-worn song, has tory th ability, but eee Manna e. The song was thought himeelf very lucky. ed tremely eecenttio, and marvelously impro ae ill-fitted him ferertiyee Glands veding the receipts very hi tothe extent of 1 and a shabby tramp, by aiding to move the elfecte of the compaiiy, managed te the hail, went out into the night and disap. poare veas never heard of again, and probably diedaot long “ANNIE aa) he an illustration of ly 3 revealed, until after the death of'Lady| i y FW.N. 4 Tos musician, who had much | Macy sechioey ba ot Sir peeid cA etal 2.6, on Tuesday, hens till thi savings bai seoret history of “Annie Laarie™ i Commerc The cami Lanrie’ i* | reasurer of British Columbia a cheque for | turbe g rs, being the| enquiry inte the massacre, THE NEWS IN A NUTSHELL THE VERY LATEST FROM ALL OVER [E WORLD. Gre: ited States, a All Parts hi: the Globe, Condonied and Assorted for Easy Reading. CANADA. x _ Manitoba crop prospects continue favor. ford of Hamilton was nearly ler, #4 Crac killed by an leew of epee tor are has been appoin Peles of of ope Gn Canna Caloge in see, ee Wilson, POE seresied lor robe bery in Chatham, was removed to the ng | London felt for the In: 4 Millers! Association for Manitoba and. the Territories was organized ab Brandon ps ped ariel It is pr cababiastat tee unveiling of the scdonald statue in Kingston will be pos! aie os Inte Secretary of the tment of Public Insteaction, Quebec, a distinguished educationist, died at Mon: treal. ual returns of the show that the deposits made ash Your oe slightly lower than in U preceding year. It is not believed in Ottawa apn there is pleuro: fey two yeuce of age, has been thirteen years in Parliamen n De Maren of Trade and franeinitied to the Provincial ing ortion due to the provinee of t on Chinese entering the peated | during the last fi ee ‘wit and beat eae. iepebslege suitors from | Car far and near, was nothing ‘extra: d the English-speaking world, presented in here bestowed, does ms “sppeat cats ter much now thing certainly known being the fact thatthe poem did not | i Moore's greatest song, now associated ith the aame of the most 3 Chicago, accom; was duly | other eit lem manila of Patlia ment to en< Hamner cee ner a winch be e says, have | a be t disaster ieee ag! heathen waltabed’ tnonaeaa dol n,aged 17 years,daughter of fe G Mr, Alex, Gibsons Waskada, near Melita, was the victim of a terrible accident pet ale e died on 2 Mr. Kennedy, chief engineer of Mei Mvceeal Hache Board, has gone to anied alfa dozen eal reports the death of .D aulles on Sunday morning at the age at seventy-seven. Mr, Dessaulles was Legislative Councillor before Co: Htest es Ae led the Liberal organ Le 8 prominent part in 4 Cartan ‘polltiss care the fifties. contuealind Yo the. Trish e dissefsions in the to the National canse, most certain that UNITBD | STATES, K e Tron Age says the iron trade is| 6,55 likely to sustain the present high level of i well told by Charles Wolfe, the auth Lasts ati tdoas dat ag the the «t Burial of Si "In the| ‘The. California Labor Commission wis along, found all Bath | len days, when every petty Irish chief-| starting a movement against Japan singing about Robin Adair, discovered that |*®in’¢ court contained a minstrel, one of | immigration. " brute | these influential characters had the misfor-| |New York State is quarantined against ae 6 Worst persecuted | tte to offend his lord and waa driven out | Connecticut cattle on account of tuber- heroine in the world, wisely gave his |9f tbe domain. For yeare nothing was | culosi ; consent at once, and the young ovuple were | heard of him, but one ALA CAE Hindle! fire car ferry for service between soon married. suddenly reappeared in the village, rite ane Dover and Conneaut was launched at * AULD ROBIN GRAY,” astonishment of the old and sa BAAS of ord This famous Scotch song has connected “¢ ao) 5 & 2 poetic gifts, but of singular shyness. She wrote the song for her own amusement | §! » during Berite time, thou aR i her to be the riter. ‘The neare ef herself’'an'a post wan ima letter to Sie ‘Walter Scott, im whieh she inclosed a cop the verses, made by her own hand, eamaiteed that she had something to. do} es their composition a: him per- | 17! on to te his ** dent friend, the author is of Waverly.” Yet, during. this lf cen ary, @ Fomance had been founded on the found dead. | He was the lest of his Dai brief story told in the simple lines, a play | Dut the song is destined if | self in a recess in the youn; c immediate vicinity, where he sy him. of the church | ™ and sang bis one song to all ed and had been written on the same subject, the tolive as long a8 English is spoken. Statis | Burean of In A & aid 0. The | poten Bakers’ Association of ‘ork Cit the price of Hts one cent & fiir It is reporte hington from Brit’sh Columbia tin on. in the ahr Sea are practically ex: Spring Val is Il, is under mob law. The Italians refuse to allow the coal ompany to operate their plants or the le | negroes to re-enter the the saloon-closing jae rr. Roosevelt point blank r 8 received at the aes ton a 7,000 Indians in the United States to-day engaged in farming, stock. ee and other civilized pursuits, A pra e only persons in the postoffice . pit aphasia cubic feet of water id will seriously interfere Pith ehoparr: onthe St. Lawre ving pert counterfeiters, who for two it have beener ving and Bete States geld ooktidiontes and 4 loodii Canada with notes of other denominations, n | Voyages, ai , leader of | 5 Ree has cee S| ure have been discovered, and four of hf aire of fiveare under arrest in Jersey Over 1,000 Gel asia are expected, of the Smitheoniin (In- “orarded aylei of London, for their carer of argon as 8 constitu sak a oet fof the ‘atmosphere: Bisod prise, $8,000, wus nobeyarded none Of the contestants fulfilling the conditions, GENERAL. Business prospects in Newfoundland are peg H, net, @ second-class twin- screw pastor has arrived at Foo.Chow. Continuous have ruined the rice crop, ond a famine is % a ed, republic has been organized by the Caben rebels, and a provisional organiza- tion is under ae of formation. Sikh troops will escort the British conmul, who snmlonsey wistehere. was sentenced to two weeks’ imprisonment nda fine of 600 marks for insulting an official. Cholera Russian Podolia, d when t mporary hospitals were erected an the inkal bitents resiste: Foo the a Sk soldiers hundred ada will carry the New Valea ionile caro th aiaedtinedy fice tf pearson in/Oblun, the tide Foreign e has instructed Mr. R. O’Conor, the insist upon a full wded meetin, he European residents of Shanghai ‘peethes condemnin; the action of the Chinese authoriti 5 aries a resolution was adiiptaal to ne sppeal directly to the Abe ropean Govern- ments against the ontra, Pilla ESD TE AES GROWING IN cavadlane ieee h the Exception of Ire} 1e total increase in the population the British isles in the four years since 00 in the period, the increase for England, Scotland and Wales is more ae than appears on the surface, The e king. a oms, a iad 39,303, ne ‘ote four d now as having his of increase, the population of Great ain proper grows, proportionately, as rapid- ly as that of Canada, which is a remarkable fact—particularly remarkable in view of the loss to the mother country through ae and eae Bol Cua migeation. | The ntry is not dead ecole s i aie detailed fig- 91 95 Stes and Wales...33,303,414 423,288 4,142,471 Ts, 7 4,522, wend 's people evidently still continue o leave their native oil in nambers which Eis cancer uy the natural birth increage, =| Fogards feaptlataias wbetoan lees Gisa Hite years ago the population of Ireland was considerably more than double that of fhe green isle contained nena dis aceeecus Senay argu- ment that something is not. right there in some way or ot How the Earth Quaked. eemieg sisted of a plumb line, suspended o and so arranged that the slomubhor ths oot ark the surface of the disk vias asuliasien Sak pike selemogram la from a its correspondent: in Florence, shown were traced duting about three seconds of the quake Always Seented. A highly, perfumed. young. lady—The myrrh-m z | e \ ins in many parte of Japan |P" ; PRACTICAL FARMING. Seed Bed for Winter Wheat, ‘his year on account of drought in many sections and consequent grass and clover s Hhostfatlence: there will be at breadths of stubble lands broken for whi The usual custom ia to roll it down for seeding. The plan appears to be to do as little work on the land as possible. If the land breaks up cloddy, in most cases winter frosts will have to mel- low them. There are few requisites necessary to secure n perfect seed nd have perfect drainage either tural or artificial. Without this the itoops were | F of the recent massacre of | 18 The ate Te Reser 2 sags t ‘A monk in the Italian city of Florence |"0™ that ai stubble land is to be prepared, other tools than the plow should go to the feld at the beginning, Before starting the plow, the harrow, drag and roller sh ton nud be out, iu sliane’'tada: ee: Bese work wheniesded. they should be ready eng |to hitch to without sine Gane ler of til he plows should have jointers of drag anak put all stubble and weeds out of sight. chaliging: the teens cieea alice pli working. ‘The plowing shoul early as possible, and miaeshontit betas Theseed bed cannot be tuosolid underneath, nor too mellow on top, thi ee a few lines as to how th ey are secured will be in order here, The corn should be grown on clover sod, made rich by man- ures,and should have frequent and continu- ous cultivati corn may, not nee 80 much, bi ane ry preparation 1 the wheat to get all it needs in the wa: food from the the oil. Level cultivation of for the corn will be found a great advan when wheat seeding is to be done, Care should be taken not to have this seed ae doakes, fe Ratings ei sine tocls will be best in its preparation, r two inches of the surface cannot inde toaltins leeutze cgi diane the highwa; more profit in ou a 6 acreage harvest time the maximum yield in bushel, sounds better. Weaning Young Lambs. Concerning the time, or rather the age, of weaning young lambs, little can be said. Their varying ages and conditions, together with the intended management of the flocks pene largely into any discussion which had for its object the settlement of this question. It is very important to the successful weaning of the lambs that they be grown - as rapidly ae Gale as possible from the r tart, ‘To d a and at the samo time secure the tie eat pays to grain the goo pastul iaeut ate to onenamada itisa qaettl adjunct to the shepherd's 0 ere are so many ihetalee of the sheep ance of keeping the lambs, and sheeps, too, in a thriving condition. heavy losses, should any disease or malady reduced when sure the safety forty-eight hours, and to i o ders this process shouldbe repeat- ed a second t A Business View. Business ea, George, i's going to rain, Here. you! I'd like an umbrella. se "il sell sic oni GbGhe Bhoase Wa Halt Umbrellaemender-—Dese umbrel not mine, Business Man—I know. That’s why I thought you'd sell them cheap: Not Adulterated. Customer—I suppose this ground coffe is half peas, Dealer—No, the coffee is not, but the ae PENT ‘The pepper'is? ‘Of course. Tae ine dislfuaey, SAILORS SUPERSTITIONS 5: a VESSELS TO WHICH JACK TAR GIVES A WIDE BERTH. Time-Honorea Ideas of the Orthod British Seaman Concerning “*U lucky” Vessels and Captains. A recent writer in London Tit-Bita says Jack Tar is notoriously as brave as a lion. Strangely enough, he is at the aps the most superstitious creature empl Tn almost Suey port in Britain to which sailors, acquainted at their history, give @ wide berth, These are not necessarily craft with a bad reputation as to seaworth- ines. They may be as fine as any afloat —but wack looks sakancere at them as ** un- Incky.”” In the vessel was launched from month of June, four years ago, » a ship-building yard on the ‘Tyne, bailt to the order of a second mate and eight of the crew losing She was quickly repleced by exactly similar vessel, receiving the same name as the er one. What be- ed, Jack regarded ber with an evil eye, an REFUSED TO SAIL IN HER. ne hid to be re-christened before her go vessels. sailing Ss between London cal ite Wer ie aie ‘@ phenomenal record as a ‘ death ship’ from the rof men lost hy diseaso and ace ead t length | Tt fewer than four chief officers in nine years, be re-named agat shunned by euP a track of blood bel d_ doomed to diaaster, So general is this feeling, that upon such an occurrence the offend: ships are most often re-named at once, the |Tt is in many owners seeking thus to disconnect her with ji ae ipa Thore. is a ship at the present time | mission. I know of no attached to the port of London which, While sailing under her former nome, one] have wi ity RAN DOWN A VESSEL, in the Channel, causing her to sink with | 4 all those aboard her, Snoh an evil reputa- captain is most frequently put on the shelf fas soon as he gets that reputation with his owners, Ahoy don't dase: Uhnmetat) to resign and seck a command under an. ther firm, tt iaby mo mesns uncommon fo! sailors to omens some queer power of pre seeing whether a ship's voyage will be Sige g ae the reverse. N OLD LADY OF THIS si Seat dle i du of Sha cist nee ees! west coast, and who died which she mistook for no Jess than 723 sovereigns, kept in a box under her ese did not wholl; Pepfooent the money, gi¥ant0 har by. “poor | s Jack” when consulting her as to how his voyage would turn out, aptain had helped to swell thab “pile,” for great waa “Tar Meg’s” influence over hands with her good appara er with arable “foresight” for thelr voyage. which came under my own nee pee being offended with a| N such effective ictions regardin, J see fade ot abe sah Mind all tte occupants, that he at length, acify his fect patents) £5 to the aid lady, who promptly Appeared o on the quay he nee 0 ble to “take of me time | volted, g conducted in the private offices of the | quadruplex over one wire, a1 in all Probability, have econ to Throngh the inventive and legal ability of 3 | patent ai is largely augaged sin she? WeevernUnjon'| N nore [castle have had priv worth | 10 | palaces of the ki toyes a decree of prosperity over the juch casesare, of course, rare, but now a ain Jack recognizes among tho about to sail on board his ship one with ‘> tempt Davy Jones. An ars a a NEW TeERGRAEEY INVENTION. Marvellous meni » lated to Have Been ‘Words Sent and. The Western Union officials in New ch elated over what they telegraphy. Western Union building in New York City, upon the long cireuit between New York nd Chicago. The result of these experi- ment: tated it jiasti of one of the leading officials of the West- ern Union Company, is thi secured the invention, which advanced of anything that has ony at each end produced upon a printed we have done it. There is no delay about it. 1t is not a system le to be obstruct: ed by delicate and impossible mechanism, It is nota fancy or a fad which can pro- inventors have been striving for since the carly days of telegraphy. It is the Wheat. stone system very greatly modified and Periested, so that « single wire can worked both ways and yield the result Considerable reduction in tele- cake tolls, so goon a ee sytem ean be put into Pantaliaeaton ye “ln that aatd thie oficial, ys yen possibly 8 8 fected the invention, instances too cheap. There esoribed, or of any other that is understood that the Wheatstone een greatly improve attorney. ni ingham, who service, AROYAL tetas en SHOP. Queen Vietoria Has a New Picture Taking Ou cat coe Windsor and Her Own “Dark Roo There is a brand-new project in the buetstald of the Queen at Windsor a royal ing events that have taken place about the castle and in the grounds photographed that she might have on hand a sort of con- tinuous historical record. Iain hes finally ordered the purchase of a paratus, Several of the servants about the fet faving pictiven fan Covelupine than, hud wonderfully complete“ dark r oom” haa this way. e first is that privacy is ai Peg in regard Ghedsee ant mind the printing of relitareated adel the amateurs well-mounted photographs. Sound and Distance. heard fifty times soled than the horse, 3 Area bedent gers ae thm ob aerate nd for the | 9 “2° | treal and Hurepe. camera and a full eet of photographie ap- | Poun al ‘The roar oe the Jion can be heard farther | i LONDON’S RIVAL TO LONDON’S ah WHEEL GOING. It is soa A de Feet t igher Than Was th0 e and Will Carry 1,60 Three handed feet from the ground rises years,and which is now in daily operation, | It isin the exhibition’grounds at Earl’ fey 4 Es which it was modelle ‘t is built to carry 1,600 passengers, and it is expected to earna lot ofmoney. There are forty carriages suspended around the edge of THE FERRIS WHEEL, 0°} | this immense steel and iron fabric. Thirty of these are ordinary cars and five others are for smokers. r five cars are used by first-class object to riding with the ‘A magni- d its environs may be obtained from the top of the wheel. ‘| PROVISIONING A STEAMER ‘°| LARGE QUANTITIES CONSUMED QN AN OCEAN VOYAGE. ec—The Cost to Rui iis ie each ana pao 7s aad Seamen's Pay, Few if any outside those directly con- nected with the steamship business have The requisition is a printed document of no. mean It is printed in blank and filled out in ink, Ibis the Besides the beef, there was every- thing one could think of, Of matton there were 1600 pounds and of pork 600 pounds, Veal was represented by just one-quarter of @ton, here were 120 pounds of ham, 155 pounds of sausages and 16whole oe This finished tl we followed 20 ox tongues, 50 ox tails, 50 kidneys, 6 hearts and 4 livers, followed up mi 6 sucking pige. That sweet-breads 70 turkeys and 209 pigeona, One would naturally suppose from the amount of fish called for in the pee that the Parisian would spend a SIX FRIDAYS AT SEA instead of only one, The bill of fare was: Spanish mackerel 48 pounds; fresh cod, 250 pounds; halibut, 100 pounds; haddock. 150 was represented by just 950 pounds—700 dairy and 250 creamery. Tn fe vogatable line wan enamorated 180 bushels of potatoes, 30 pounds of rhubarb, 28 dozen cauliflowers lettuce and an ae St be wae hekea gee all travellers donot stick religiously (0 Scotch and soda is snown in 250 gallons of milk. which is the cans were much the same and the ca ee as far as the dog. Strang: 'y Gan be Heard forthe thal that ot althenstte { purchased in ‘ontreal and Que In Quebee a beteer sopnly, of fralt wea om tainable, [ fresher Lfcartaes ety Won teiel i ft sai dimensions. chickens, 48 ducks, 150 ducklings, 30 geese, 7 8 ai The largest ae en in the Parisian, as in all other eee eee Between Montreal and Liverpool on one trip the P burns in the neighbor- Hood of 1160" tone af coal. r the expen- se to Liverpool and return. The salaries of the officers and men on a re jeans exe aggregate . fact of all thelr living expenses being. paid 0 makes the pay even better than is at fat pines Palaea atta ee a pean liner of the better class is. pald from three thousand to and dollars a year, though fev te sine as aye thousand or six soca dollars. ‘The chief engineer's salary is next in size, and is usually about twelve Phanrecinunlets jee ar. His aasistanta! pay varies and. runs from one thousand to four hundred and eighty dollars per pees THE CHIEF OFFICER receives nine hundred dollars, and the officers under him ry jollars per month fro: 0 oceasional fee from 5 a S voyage without a phy: oc SLR aed Lots of Luck. Fire friend—"Fiad any luck ? Second friend—“Bully. Why, it a been an hour since I hada lovely nibble.” Not Easy. QHinks—There oughtto bo some easy way iors man Xo acquire a for ras ee ‘Why not iaeee at ug dsiei tay © mld ban ice me TY 1s alo againat the law'for al; steamship carrying pasi atger to make a! with MARKET IN A PALACE. Viennese Buy Lea ‘able. sha. Royal In the Austrian courtit is contrary to ustom for perishable articles to appear twice on the Findaccs table, The result is large perquisities for the attendants, To one man falls all the uncorked bottles, to another the wine leit in the glasses, to another the joints, and to another still the game or the sweets. Every morning a sor of market is held in the basement of the palace, where the Viennese He Suet to Purchase the remains. Ani other means of procuring sible Tokay than this, Long ago in England even the greatest The ceremonial that the nega swept away from the ne rte wae noe form, the minature painter, gave SEVEN REHEARSALS with, wooden dolle appropriately dressed ie seven ceremonies that wi re to be intricate, th person in the gall plain Hi pbaencacefully traced with chalk oa ithe fibsey Thin was’ the doce of thingin which Tage especially rejoiced, nd fe d before “hand all the det ee at unie Lane inte Wesabe uit ot his subsequent marriage er. Amon; particu! fous ‘ing what was hua! pea territory, the Archduchess was conducted into the rest of the party. . de soph ialer ll is proceedings, having jored holes with a gimlet in the door of the middle room had a spleudi through the degrading ordeal, Directions were given to the JAPANESE ATHLETICS. bers Oncela be cae the Seveet Children En. ein Athlet but subor- Athletios hold an TagaGeE miles were entered to take part. A circular race-track, roomy enough for an army, allowed four different kinds of games to be perfcrmed at the same time, ere were Taces between the best run ners of different schools; and races it runners were tied together in pales, nd left leg of one to the right leg of lown | the Litt tle: ha pretty as butterflies, in thelr aby bladuakars eat po ser resteatin enoee a SE d up aes different colors out of a number scattered ver the The m acle was the d thousand boys and girls, masse about five hundred ira of arms rising an together ; six thousand pairs of sandalled it adva or retreati the signi e mast e the opening tunes of a musical chorus. Pleasant for the Neighbors. Friend—I should think your daughter's four hours’ practice on the piano woul zy. Hostess—Oh, not atall, She opens all the windows, and most of the sound goes out door nf eae! rofessor—The leather apron as worn by the Praca ts meragesb by Pliny as in usé at this tim Stndent—T'll bet thet galico apron thins the landlady wears at our boarding house ‘was one of its cooKemporirlek, A Little Wise Caution. x First Burglar (at tack window of big tore)—I’ve got the hole big enough now, and we can git in without any more trouble. Second Burglar—All right come ahead; but don’t make so much noise, Some ° eteot ere watchmen might bappen to be ake,