THE HAUNTED “HOUSE. As those sounds slowly ceased, Tiel the whole room vibrate sensibly nd at the far end oe re fom the floor, spain: as in’ ‘the awing room “how advanced Ercan, the al witunee “apparent aj ghastly as a ° the. nae Lew that of ‘0 the Astening, watching, aan The shade of background 0) man’s. e last century, or OSs, ee such 4 and buckles, pect and hea like Hoel of the fli wi ined he had died cof fright. But what. ing that his inference Another surprising | circumstance— was restored to the ~table fe Broad daylight did T quit hs ham house. Before I did so, I revisited the little blind room in which Sir—l humbly entreat your pardon, though 1 hope that you fea he il squalid child, with faa Mat its cheeks s I lookdd . Lam Hines going. inlaw af Melbourne, ‘Che ship sails ortnorsow. Berhops ‘the long oyage may set me up. I do nothing ie vy but start and tremble, and fancy it is behind me. e due to may mothers ab, Walworth ddress. Tie letior ented with “tational apo ogies, somewhat incoherent, an planatory details as to effects hat had late quickly wh topped me, and ‘id though with much politeness, that 0 longer any ever ae ined at least to tell ae of ead, cions to id meee tenes prejudice. in the grate. The whole room ce more civ. healthfully. in- Sees and inform you of their re- could admit the "What! you tallere it is all an im- ure? for what object 2” amy sarily supernatural. conse iously to myse meric influence, conveyed to me from a man being wl seauired, power aver me by previous rac ing mesmerism, so far car- Hed, | to ve a fact, you are right. id infer from this that a mes- tainty; the reader’ may draw Ke gen pie ei ne Kia kane aiyetary ileitione tat py in her early betes cohich eat q “Or impress our senses with the be- lief in No. constitutions witb certain ply eat Sap and cultivated by . Bub you can, by chem- out of the burnt dust of that spectrum of the flower, emed in lif be sams with the human, bein ; a8 aS much escaped you essence or cloments af the flaver. BH They aiject=they seldom s some; they utter mo ideas above that rdinary person on. ear orlean \ spirit-seers’ have published Wore c= [MINES OF NEW ONTARIO. VAST WEALTH THAT IS WAITING FOR DEVELOPMENT. What ee! Bong tact jnformation © Sciyets Auneal Report— Stnttates of hast Tears Output ‘According to the Tein of the Bu- as for the five years 1892-96 the num- ber sold and leased was 1,016, with an The revenue de- year from 99, whereas t was only $131,518. ey itol entalameeetance mpanies incorporated was 140, @ capital stock of §101,531,000, while.during the previous 29 years only 146 companies had been incorporated, with capital amounting in the total to $62,399,380, ROOM FOR DEVELOPMENT. “There is room,” the report goes on, “for large de velsihene i nb antneral industries of the province. Not only does the varied list include all of the principal and more commonly found metals, such as iron, copper, lead, sil- ver, and gold, but it also embraces the ume: verse, which they assert, a t! most mn, ing the best, are certainly , not a Shakespeare and Plato sald and) wrote nay bes granting them to be erathtul, I see much that philosophy may ques- tion, ‘nothing thet if is inodmbenh on y. fluid, call iv electricity, and these pro- But they dif- myself, was the remote originator a believe unconsciously to himself as 0 the exact effects produced, for this A FARMER'S PARADISE. For the past few years the agricul- tural element has predominated in Be Legislature of ames a the islation has been largely in the intas 3 boasting ore are’ al ae N solicitors for rare metal nickel, the deposits of which in the Sudbury dis- trict constitute one of the two sources more than sufficient to supply our own needs in the way of iron for perhaps centuries to come. “Among the non-metallic substances we possess the basis of two permanent and important industries in our a beds and petroleum wells. Ths shore of Lake Huron, from the latitude of Kincardine southward, and for many of troleum industry leads all others of a mineral nature in the value of yearly output, and ca an ee ex- ample of what e nd skill can do in the profitable enteiay of raw material. Another instance of this is at in the cement business, which has istactory | development anne bis posh toe yee “In oducts of aay a ANE ih t d, or about double the is cost of pro- matte. present selling and copper i he ts, the value of nickel sae ores o! six years ‘ould be Mok caiokel, Te 25 an for corporation copper $2,947,162, or a total of it, 745,287, but for a portion of the period the selling price of nickel has been much higher than it is. PRODUCTION OF GOLD. - The total quantity of gold ore treat- ed in 079 are available, and if this is font to be the per ton of free-milling ore isample for the ast up of a great gold-mining us rtial returns have been col- lected of gold properties in Process lopment, and no_ estimate formed Of the cost of the rried on upon nearly fifty A GENERAL REVIEW, ‘The remainder of tne report, after 4 brief review of mining accidents and and cuts pelt are dispers- a omebont the bos (TA EO ISB KLONDIKERS RETURNING. —_— Many of The ed by the Hard. s Way. the loss of life caused by the Chilkoot avalanche. The steamers Queen and Rosalie, the other day arrived at Ta~ coma, Wash., with several dozen men who had started for the Klondike, but concluded to sell their outfits and re~ turn. They say that many will fol- low them. Those who haye reache re repor' a Weather line casei nals ‘the interior, and. tl seen gliding over the smooth lake ice toward the gold land. All reports from Dawson are en- couraging exce; i ikea ta uostiyy The pneumonia cases who hay Daws re fifty miles abors Seventy Mile Creek's mouth. The gold is very. ure, being worth $2 an ounce ee thon. the Hlondike vi Mlestitgan dred men from Dawson have staked claims. PRETTY PIANO SHIELD. A dainty accessory, considered indis- pensable to her drawing-room by the mistress of a well-appointed house, is the Loe shield. re than any Hes object present this room it is really decorative art, for it unites DeMey and utility, and may be a mute revelation of the most graceful taste. It is a cover fitted to the keyboard, h P phrase must be. Slasca melodious and resiful quotation, a theme tune un! Embroidery or painting is used to decorate the keyboard cover. While for its finishing there is only one rule, the dded, lined with soft rd- yt THE VESTIBULE OF MEN'S SOULS. THAT WONDERFUL yeaa: THE HUMAN E. A Very Rock of Strength and Detlance, Such nite Nieet oF hat It iy Wite Open to of Sound, Rev. Pauastel April 17-_Rev. Dr. ‘Tal- d this morning from th 9, “He that planted the ear, shall he not hear?” He saul. Architecture is one of the most fascin- ating arts, and the study of Egyptian. Grecian, Etruscan, Roman, Byzantine, ‘Moorish, Renaissance styles of building any Gothic cloister fey ever spree ed is the human ear, ‘Among the most skillful and assi- duous physiologists of our time have n those study of its arches, its walls, its floors, its canals, its aqueducts, its galleries, out of sight, next door to the immortal soul. Such scientists as Helmholtz ad lainville and Rank and fully trodden but by two feet—the foot of sound and the foot of God. Three 8 on each side the head—the exter- the middle ear, the internal by won- aepiringt » to be ic. atted like a ena ‘se bia which @ of the car is actually alten like a aatoray sound a bent yer The eai that by the estimate of it can catoh the sound ot T5700 ia ids of sounds, ash of an avalanche or way by air, part the way by the grandeurs of an ae to Nee softest be tow ger es t ‘Small riety made, not for ealanent "S beaet.on bird, ‘bnk forthe ears ago, in Venice, lay Spartans and the Persians fought for the defile at but the ears, and on the of the ears, on the path 3 hian the ear, on the mastoid ceils of the ear, bo who to be deaf, for it cri‘ them, sie that hath ears to b = vi deformation of the musicians of all ages have fought for » mastery of the auditory canal and the defile of the immortal soul and the Thermopylae of struggling cad- mces. r the conquests of the ear Hayd: of the ocean of the To conquer the ear Handel struzzled on from the time when his father weuld i. mareh of our great, obseaul serine eeu guage es every Eas- rt mori rx the ear bt take ee) rpers rine with thei Botte eax cated oe tare and te of quail and chirp of cricket andi dash oceanit frees, ail Tullabys, Sib ofchestration. Ob, the ear, the ry and pera bs is of divine marsha! A Dervetul point ing to God. but the wonders of the ie ingly sacred the hum’ gel ou bad teller be caretal Tew let the sound of blasphemy cleanliness step int plain sa ob ae by nerve—theslow- ey eS Ww d. Small Hal Tictajah! Ps Toscope eel with only one ad been St, Cloud and Ver- ing his foot into the the physiologist a Woes bei the stirrup of the ear. of my text? Hav ‘oynbee imyen' instruments by Wiis pwd fey o "he Bible ir ntitoniay ‘that ight do ‘Their complaint God. “The bath.” Did poor girl last night as on ‘the soul God does right until ay prayer dg AT. °f| hospital clumg to my ear for weeks, hae ‘a te organs of hearing and vet | of the deaf} alar |b n cured, corrected,chang-| wh on éartW will ‘bave a d he ert aa aes called “ ‘veting the “allelueh ” dscending i to, open. at the bring, the oor ae the way to, and yet wo sare you ready. now for the question r : é "|IN THE BIG WHOLESALE HOUSE. private ds he or bas dogo of HET: ED the 2 ull thelr Datteris at ios e at Water ‘He that the an just as a heard while vassing throngh Bellevue just as a horrid blasphemy in the ted the away all sin. aac put tt t ander the ‘tet ° up in the midnigi could, wrot mi i. the musical ladder of that heavenly AN APRPECIATIVE sea Custe kind of door ‘spring, one that won't a te of order. Hardware dealer—A door spring? stomer—Yes, and one that won't ru ITAy sCHaHH at anieleanane Dealer—Hem “Customer nd yet it must, be stron; h to ere She dons Alb the wey fo and not leave it swinging open -2 couple of inches. Dealer—I see. Customer—And. when T don't want ib to seen abit Ike aicat apult with a i shakes the house the door cl aler—Yes; you want one that will Siner"‘That’s the -idea. ytd I complic: ment that requires a skilled mechenta ta attend t Dealer. Bie ie course something simple, yet strong and e! fecti: —That’e- the tal 1 aler_We don't sey) doce’ eprinizs. A STRANGE EXPERIENCE. First Drug Clerk—I had a queer ex- Mia wig ae wa the sat bell— Drug Clerk-—He; be, ha! Aft: ate e stamp, e ? First. Drug Clere— No. He prentea cond Di Wanted or maybe wanted to know what street it was First Drug Olerk—Nothing of the sort, You might guess all day and not hit it Second Drug Clerk—Then what on tj part ayas it First Dag Clerk—He wanted a pre- scription, filled. WHAT SHE WORE. Bey famous woman, Annie S. Peck, as been noted as having scaled the 7 and broke the record pa att of a tri top gloves, but for the Matterhorn re facing the severe weather. Comme: Traveler Who's that swearing and talking so loud, and kick- ing up such a fuss back there in the Stfice ee uonchalant!s—Ob, that’s the iown to sleep,” as hears the Fortissimo of b Pi tte Dusseldorf festival, as easily as not; you pant be CANADA AND THE STATES. N “The negotiations for the settlement of differences between the United States and Canada will probably be brought. to afocus at ‘the conference ids | Sir Richard Cartwright, and Sir Louis Davies. The latter goes to Washington ee e aero the preliminaries. rstood the Imperial Gov- very anxious to see. friend: about. the he an ary will speedily follow. Six topics are to be discussed as follows: TL theauestion ‘of the pelagic and proposed revision of the Bebring Seu gedling regulations. 2:"Transhipment of fish in bond. A Bepber) protection of fisheries on the pan la Alien Taba rocity in trade “without un- necessarily pecaseis any existing in- dustry in either country.” portation of the troops of either country though the soe of POINTED PARAGRAPHS. It never improves musty opinions to air them, ently outwits himself in trying to enna other: woman can sharpen a pueklaROKe as quick as a man can thret a needle. Every father is the father of a bright son is a tis bolovent in here- if rriter' ’s cramp may affect either the wrist or stomach. False teeth are Lend perfect unless they ee imper: It mal pt cheap when a ena him dear in public. n hard to bring a girl of the vero | ton full stop. a fete profit a realized on the ertioles sold et a church fa oe politicians, like pacts are re or less crooked, but they have a strong pull. ‘A LOVER'S PRIVILEGE. A lover, it is only just to suppose, much as he might, or as his sweetheart would aon but the privileges, exist all the sai Ri iigeaetiie Lie privilege of a of intrusion, for him to appea ‘a regularity and frequency whi sometimes tedious to the other. everything is understood and con- doned. He has acertain claim upon h sae dna aren ven the girl ho is most persistently bent upon discouraging? hi cannot refuse to grant him the aus gt trying to make her like him. Tt is onl owes, ‘him in return courtesy and hear- ing. He has the privilege of supplying her with her ea flowers, of brit d fifty fancies that before it, and whether tng really meant — this time mou, after eli the privileges of i inferior to those one when he As well pelt Bp Gee the ‘blossom when might eet into} ing, oan him remember this, and n masterfulness wach mn ever pad looked upon as her most fencted, oung man into. society nowada: eat what. would be do. with them. after he