Fel ee es 17 %,8 OR, THE PONVICT'S DAUGHTER. rr 4 hown in speaking of im he could n t , was no ira irdea oh 0! she a {bere heart-whole be toed x Ge, bare to bla feng rm nipbebitne oan in the pet he unceasing! oven sought her eee Soon, he sone himse into ay eyes rein mon self, he would She w vine sigh be . is eughing gail vy feel- ing of disappointment ihe aly A ie pees looked, ed. If only she would not ~ Uncle Ralph left his suid Lady Larkin, . Life was a ae death was W 'hear a pon ea fortune. ie tan very fe usl say it is S 58 a née paused and 'no o say T- bu Has oom t tuber Her "You must ., are not often "Your aunt seems rs Seta She is coming to London-to be with se ie mata: she told me. L--4 know i og she a less for some thought 'arid oa 'a Sian lucky done!" she suppose ma is hs . t there, led my gt luck thal he have awe s a how you left dear ee serious and zh te ready tears sp me to know you are them, They did not want Bocatiee his ¢. never had it before, added. a! Ages pape going about ten pies te cyer nr loss fs sho rang not think me eshamed urmured, "I Jove them back to er aunt not fo really am, out of my thou JB pe haven't | told a ¢ trust aun not be able to go a where she is, 5h unknown +t man now, for she has found you, and et cid eyes on her. A'sudden his mind. He won- 'spok rts her cyes, of as i still re ig i 1 shall never for- Therefore, they ughts." t Hetty ae Eereealt faa that to. But Y will: not have him oe Spouring her as the words Bz = z "7 to at _ os thet she now c koew why the paces heiress had shcwn such unkindness stcod 'that' a truly feminine war sre been md | aecle red betwe2n them. 0 be continued). any- -------+----_-- GREAT RAILWAY STRIKES. "the etoe poet fo her Ping es ne ; answered the and bana ot relief swept thi Noah "bee. For do Se on. Maver to, the & dainty. Fig Jelly. heavily with gered os eS The gir] laughed. "Ik I or more. Stile freq ly to pre- slag wen, Seen, mean, Adele. 'Dow t| Though once or twice 1 longed to tell vent burning. One iailt ur before 6ake that he js 1 va Warmer nace eR hes you were safe and happy." estroyed, | romoving .from fire adil slightly chop- or ae what T have woul gost Though pe sind Bes nantier we would se tion One ut | rath ean be pt. ape need that he is marrying me for n nf hes into Nelling er abe Les wave gives] & asses, Ah! money is a. woman' curse) "With |i, '2 him. sb woe Marmalade.--One sorely apreees, it she po § knows how much she, her- reer cn was lke ht lke that" to weue n Geto-) grape fruit, 'two lemo' Slice trait, = "il a # L$ L a dships and her| "yer distrust of netics 1 at It She tind and all, mn pking ut pips. To feudana : ig how Uhat you are may still think me a detective, And yet} °; scen 'every und of fruit ints of luck that places you pba e tie stiail the |T now have ather ts. Fool that I|' waler. stand twenty-four hours. of a back biting sy "a ee picion | was not to have them m_ when 'with her IT : Bail slowly till dender and, stand an- fate you with all my heart I ongralu-l-relt me, do you rem of}. : seine dither twenty-four hours. To every of Uncle R i mek x when you were a babe? Did ycu know Wenhon pound of fruit amd syrup add one nele Ralph to think of you, your mother?" { was {a half pounds of oe 'BOR one-half He smiled his thanks. lie could not!" Shes ae her head | there j hour, or until fruit is transparent and trust himself to speak. For u "Sh a edi ; ees in jelly glass, This he say Ps gh ras icnger end: His ie ACE "Hey. little. tori : une bu ened tt asses, - that bound tlm to 'hen Though his ine mother 'Svs Says sme the "ner self beat tumultuously at hig hea é as they did. crying, "Have done with it--put her lod er now 1 am old from you at once," pride and reluctance seek hice erie it "te giana Cer ; have such though ct nt her _ aaralringty as the . carriage stopped a Larkin's dcor. potted herbie pa to oe veniiiagp his unspoken had kept me to my position things might} "Yes, I'm coming back until to-mor-| D8Vve different. but. - row she exc 'and inet a little ye fish Sire teense Epaelrien, hat Two Cakes fe One Extg. ise e plann lor An i a half of flour, one | su to-night she takes us to Carlion and the now says Ee he educated me in order | { cup ph eae -- pera, | , you will ol that, I kno "hi rel = = of the do nt seem overwhelmed with aetght murmured Eileen with a lite "My earest ,I was thinking ho it was of Adele to-- to--to keep nie! he fcr plicity, and a that she had really too im we fe "Dear little other man He "bent over her, his eyes 5 cocking hundreds o} -™m kers feil Sunbeam, what 1 I did, an y | © the bayonets and bullets of the would have But 1] rs. So was, ord red. aes Iw presen (00,00) and $15.000,000. In 1 in, at to | strike of the American Railway Union, Debs, its The Union's headquarters with h your | father--and, since you mus' your were at Chicago, and it was here that "But you. have promised to be good, t the war was waged longest and most > well bury the past "soon you will year at aah ae poiyll bev biar tment sa oi aver he Ents tightly. y, the trown seine Fae breed ey lta women who forget tie result: that the ce commerce of a con- And case, m tnent was para ou on. fo the pav inte risks for eg Mcwrihen "fi Bays ~ Bg terrible The strikers «made, however, one He wondered--w' e-would -say--ffit-wes-in a Fs ot un: t she coukl read his ey as he followed her up into rawing-room. Fer tr she spcke, hei thoughts had flown to Sunbeam. she back? Woukl he at home, did not appear, and he did want to upset Ejleen again by esking for her. But when Eileen had gone to her room to ets and Adcle was abcul to: follow, she said carelessly. "Sunbeain is in the schoolroom, Dun- can, if you want to see her. She is = erally there. 1 or she would like that hig gion better, and baby's geverness uch o nice girl, u member that poss must nol make us late. The carriage will be d in an hour and you haven't r Her husband leu "Adele evidentely thinks you may be caught in the toils of little a y, as we ail are!" he exclaimed. ut Duncan had vanished, : fact that mnde the baronet laugh "ena found Sunbeani meses when he tered | room, She sprang up with a little cry and came to hi cheeks crimson, her cyes full of delight. bh, Mr. Sinclair!" she mui falteringly as he tcok her rot know that you were her "I came -- ago, little 'Sunbeam, ant ee 'lo 6 u then, bul----- "Oh. I have nar just come home frem Lady Cruse; that is w id not Bee me. And the others are still cut at 8 Se yon -- ae re alone! And we can have a ise Tittle falk. Tell me bow you are, bow you like London. how--but I need not soy thal, for you lock the picture"of hea iy s have come back » Are you really happy, little "a did [) ain. rh?" 'Be version eyes ------ from his. is kind te me, althou thes now hat me people would not----" gr rue, the hot blood surging tc could they hate yor?" he ex- "tia sa | " iu could blame or pun- igh you for that." "They might doubt me all the ee vad hecanded, cme ¢ timidly al hei He smiled as he released it. "That would be impossible ! Cruse has» become your fri very seas for she bed fd man, Do you like he "Can you ask?" che --_--- her "Iw er! What So Lady T nin sind wo- aboul * me--my birth--my gee oe 'calls me her daughter, 'ou know her ond, story How she lost her child, "Yes, Tknow. A And I'm afraid my poor amg oe more than he ever said, 9 A pa in not | hey do that. ached. ht ere, €, call later, and th "Ah! Meant then. rible to after this. how conid lady "How, ing her still c the ite cy 'her woved away. "Se | --! r hind t "The ro you the cause Smile. that aboul nr ol oy ig ce But you new. ules--are _--s As ye disa ius! "@Bvt 1 think Lady Cruse is a lucky wo- made a mistake I think. € us a servant somewhere, and yet, after my whole life of indeed he ejaculated, baal 1, You are now i pos rmured | been trained for. Make the best o ar oe hear "turnec 1 Her eyes ee ge with malice. omsoler suits you, Dun- can," she a ontinued spilefully, all thal you wil make late, "It is mihing," she murmured. NO | foolish, ye Sapprov 'lngay, beam he took her hi beam if only he could 'tel her his own, and m whisper "Lite Sunbeam, But. sie i not. know what 1 I meant that it will be ter- back to them all -- aly 1. knov Tithing i Lark ink it will be more tha Lady 'ort I can bear, I know ycu' gh pap onl so am I. Whe can I do? e have a loser tc him, "Poo genlly from him, Iming. Pas e Sunbeam is caught in -- tained @ mocking voice be- of the storr Sunbeam dried her at and forced a is all. Mr, Biteen's lip curled "How interested be must have been ! Her ss moe wandered [rom " w he takes an irlesent in the lower clases to Dune: "I kno { defer the conversa Duncan, be stari in a few- min e@ replied, or turning fo Sun- ady 7" 1 am O-TROFFOW. iad is o her of marry ed, his mouth be 4, orive. The esc will break. sooner or by destroying a 8 ew Tee ws » but oad pl or pal bis the ar ind that fed -- 1 och to have SG ke oA Rech hot jose heart now thinking of and The longing to clasp her i. his heart was overwhe a sion and Beneence struggled afresh in There and faced his fiancee, "Bul moa "Ll was Sinclair has been = kind to es and | was talking -bye, Sun-, 1 will talk to oa y stop 'ains conveying the mails. This: gave the Federtl Government 'excuse to" in- n ed. But before finally giving in they soaked by petroleum a miles of and set fire to them, there- inane accord- ing to the official report of the rallway companies 84,000,000 worth of property. ions, 100, -- suffer. €d in like fashion at one time fr an- other in connection with similar dis- pules, Germany hos twice 'her en- lire system at a standstill, In ftaly. uring one black week in May. 1898, s°arcely a train was running. and bread lecame so scarce in consequence that the frenzied populace rose in revolt. Railway Strikes in Great Britain _ by comparison with thesé, been small fe he nhenaion and North Brilish strike was. perhaps, the big. fest affair of the kir t-we have so far be And it involved only s n, a8 agninst the 200.- 000 af.the American (1894) strike, and the 1,000,000 {including telegraph' opera- MY/ tors and others who struck in sympa- thy) of the great Russian railway war, don Tit-Bits. n nd n POSTMEN'S WALKING FEATS. Distance Traveled by Men Long ™& ~ Brith; "_ Service. must ew, ¢yen amon "men of letters," ve like Joseph | Hunt, 4 Lincolnshire postman. can claim to have tramped a distance af, 'roughly, 240.4) miles, nof much less than the equivatemt of ten journeys around the a carth. siys the Westminster Gazgtic. Net long ago George iInpson, lired from service ns péstman in the ©! Lengrick district Yorkshire, afler onwacing on fost 125.000 miles in Iwenty- Six vears of jelter carrvin servi fouricen years shorter than. that of his Line iinshire rival, In thirty-four years ome M. Brown -- 114.000 a3 postman be- ween Oupar and Kilmany ond -Logie-- ot the appro- him of an chair, nearly pea fo half that which acnarales m from the John Ragnonds... at sonien on It | iad "< -Thames, -- toe." the result of forty years tramping: while meet amaz- ing of all, ® posimon in. the Chipping Norton district, wos efMdited swith an aggregate v oof | 4.00 mile Ketween te yea ; "y Did your ever notice how much easier * Je tr the average man to be poor een ; honest, 840 and }' cup, he op with: _ Sin flour, fouria comand coe ait etir; add baking powder dry and beat five rogu- bask Sd flavoring and bake half second cake like n hour. ~ above, y | using yo of egg, A eg Cobbler.--Tave about ten ap- ples, peel and slice in quarters, put on stove to stew a little with a piece of butler. the size of a walnut and a lilile water to prevent burning; also add one- half cup. of sugar; take off slove anid pul in a deep pu if pan and 'line top with ao jayer of pastry' rolled out to the ickness of one-half inch; put in oven, and. cook till @ nice brown, and serve with 4 dard seuce-thus: One cup pulverized sugar; one-half-cup of A: beat Pn ------ place a lablespaontul cn eac! USEFUL It HINTS. HM 'a bedstead - creaks a move- ment of the sleeper, remove 7 he stats and wrap the ends of each in news apers, If your tubs and pails fall to pieces when not in use, try an inside coating of glycerine and you will find then, to- ethes! wikh your lemper, periectly TOSe When the feathers on 1 hat have lost their "curl" through dampness or wet hold the hat. feathers down, rad: or near a stove, "curl" pat pas quickly. To Gover Old F --Take fable oilcloth; you ne get it that « closely represents oak. Make flour paste ond k glue, helf and half; spread on se ok] brush or rag. Lay cloth on and brush down tight. x wat box fas' ont to the wall near the kitchen table is a "tnost ul article Meat dills, grocery bills. etc., that daily come into the house, should te dropped into it at once: When pay day comes nonce will be missin If you have a fern thot does net graw fast enough try putting the, pot in hol ne boiling, but fom hot lo bear the hand. This is especiaily good ped the Secutthis. jieree fern that re- sembles fhe wild fern that grows on some shady hillsides. ut up sauerkraut or any kind of pickles tnke n flour sack or any clean anck. pul your kraut in if, ton put in yeur jar or keg. or wholever you have fo use. Your kraut or pickles will al- wenther ap- vorking their way torn oul with plasier moistened with a Hille water. will not only keen the mice away from the sharp points in Ihnal-place but will make them shy of atlempling to. work their way through in ofher spots. When woven wira' bed. as hogin fo sag take two pieces of Be as long as spring Is wide and one or one and pol ena inches thick.and twa or three inches wide, ref_oft ane cor- done .with «in whi sae is | wile, aie | sé Hae = # rebre B oe o Ee ae ing British rule highly unpopular?" KEEP POWDER DRY. Finally, he says: thal may the Engl anny bl 'aways in this keep their pow d go as their con- to as good to the people = large, but only benefit the selfish : from feeling graieful for the boo AID, NOT REPRESSION. ; The newspaper mail brings the full text of "ihe address which Lord Minto, viceroy of India, Legislative Council. af the Sedi Meet tage | stge : vernment o: be-blind to shut its eyes to the awaken- the ing wave which is sweeping over eee world, ag gg a ie traui- ns, and bearing on its c a flood of new ideas, We'cannot Prone its flow; we can .but vor to direct it into channels as may benefit the genera- ns that aro to come may ecitlon--we wil it with a repress the SSNESS O| new-born dnd 5 agen Pegs a we Sormat retrees, . He importuned her to take §$200,- i ts sated with with hetp end guide dance, We | 000, $250,000, cnly cease waging her ; Taaen". first | Successful bat r . 'atts coun Finally, he' : oy san as this, ""Meammae" Viaud, gather- breadt bie fer the develo of internal S, her vital necessities, and the gencral happiness of her Is it too much to hope that the ct Indian political thought will give that assistance to the Government o india. A HEAVY RESPONSIBILITY. * sure my honorable colleagues that o y resporsibilily rests on the poulders of Indian reformers, for it 4 lteter 'aint ia large | ly be peony eran I will not believe that oll ap bulk of ie educated commun- -ily-are-opposed Wan and} do allows Ahat the aie of the "Indian peo r loyal ge lo their King r. I repudiate once for ail of one cétnmuntty against ihe in those of another. It has been the pride] , - the British Raj ta balance without rejudico the. claims of the natio 4 religions, and of castes, It will con- tinue to do so, =, Iam --"-- * r the alty 1 have reocived from ruling c nels. i » conclu- sion he said that, case he would not hesitate Pony a the full powers of the Act, though he hoped no such aciion would be maceneary. a atialiaacanionbl BY GAS. Perhaps the Next A Advance in Marine Engineering, ugh, during his sojourn in Eng- the Director-Gencral Line, Altho lond, Herr Ballin, 4 the Hamburg-Amerika 'the "opinion, pl Properties of the Lusitenia and Mauretania, that his company would be content fo kel "the blue ribbon" re- main with the Cunard Company, since his return home has been even move 'emphatic n this point. other day: "What is needed successfully to cul strip all competitors new mans ™f propulsion. -- ™ will be I am not prepared to pred Gas and rice- tricity have yet to ra develo, Pre sonally, I dm a bellever in the 'u! ure of gas as a power for marine eng'ars, and f 1 fancy that the great objections t electricity Ne in the necessity of u huyo yencrating stalion or in the im- mense weight of the accumulntors nee- essary for the <-lorige of the power Bul, then, again, oe can say Bair' the future Ims in store for us, so raid El iaveloning nd perfecting their work? "Wilhin the next 'ow years thers will at advance i the facilities & r i pagan and , be he develapmeais in the past: 45 tabure will be U certaaiv te innrgety re duced, and, taking all things into co sideration, 1 fully pelleve that in twen, fy years' lime the deope will longh at eur existing po = As we hays an even greal- et degree, will they neil cur bet el- forts." a Comment Teme ITS SHRINKING DISPOSITION. "This shirt isto small for me now," Dubley, "i's funny how wool "Oh, isnot so strange," 'You fold me it was ako know~what a timid ois pe evidently had retired. and ' aimee and sew the 'od woman raking re far ru delivered before the} 7 quletiset t ; | The He said the | °8S Hed his j* LAUGHTER WAS MOCKING. One night the old- woman lost nearly all her slore. As she passed from the r her ing chuckle--startied us, uncanny. "Betler watch the old woman !" one of the official lookcuts told a delecti He followed "Mamma" Visud to her hotel. He listened quiside of asf "e There was no alarming sou short while ney extinguished her lights and RAKED IN THOUSANDS. The following evening she reappeared in the gaming hall. Her eycs still spark- led, her cheeks were still flushed. her wero several noicrious gamesters. They epproached oa table. Mamma" Viaud began to play She won. the gam lers, who had loaned her money, ictes. She played . second time and penclh and « third es mblers bwoked in thousands of Ros During the ev old woman sal by the table. pl Playing persistently. doubled, trebled, qued- DETECTIVES pine The ars became luck. report Spiel agatgiod bees ee " Vinud was Playing @ mb mation of num- rs that oe ariably wc "ies of the dtreclors besought the old wornan to desist pleying. The bank woukd broke, he declared. She smifed and continued to play: COMPROMISED FOR $300,000. The director offered her $50,000 to cease playing. He doubled the figure if gether her fortune, told him very hat in passing the table the night before her'quick eye had detected thal the ball of this particular wheel alopped la certain place al regular intervals. managers cxamined the wheel, found that it was out of'order and con- gratulated themselves pon having ecmpromised with the old woman, --___--_ s+ - BACK TO eV "L.3 ISIE. 3 | Eighs Escaped Peenka 1 Convicts Will be Returucd. Eight convicts who esataped |ust month from Cayenne, tha Freseh piral Setilement known thed's Island, ha ande authorit'es "efter desperate adventures in Brilish Guiana. They arrived off the coast of Essenqui- bt), 400 miles from Cayenne, on Novem- ter 3, ullerly without lood, ond in a boot that wes rupidsy sinking. Afler strenuous struggle thry reached shore sential Rendered desperale by hun- ger, they greatly alarmed the jnhabi- tants of the lownship of Anna Regina, bul a strong body of police look them Into custody, subsequently releasing them on the undorstanding thal (hey would at once Jeave the British colany. ean day, however, the altitude of the nchmen one more threatening, pha they were sent under a 6mall es- cart to the county al at Suddic. Al n desolate part of the 'road the Frencti- men overpowered their guard, and es- sh. An alarm jet beck to Anna Regina, and poliec and gvillagers set oul in their tracks. For some time the efforts of red pcdiarhs gee unavailing. Ow- r, the close walch kept i <9 virinity of all houses, the refu- fees were unable to obtain food, and overcome by hunger they were arrested in twos and threes, exhausted ond in a very low state, and taken into sefe fod was ¢ yi Of late the arrival in British Guiana ef escaped prisoners from Devil's Island has become mare common. H they are guiet. no objection is taken and they ean find employment in the rice fiekls. The French "authorities, as a rule, ap year for from anxious to receive the refuyecs back, 4 ------_ cere DRINKING IN FRANCE. Dr. net, on cae French physi- enn. te ond 3 by the Brilish Medical whol as authority for the statement that, the use of coffee has increased France fo such an extent that it is now common for the people of ihat country to drink a quart or more of a decoction cf coffee daily, The habit is especially common among laboring women, great agli of whom are received at the huspila for treatment for disorders solely altributable fo it. meee ow aE NEW ZEALAND SAVINGS BANKS, savings banks were established in New Zealand in 1867. ber 31, 1906, - savings ban counts, covering $48,766,325, an fi eel a ieregnting ae 50 for each account, i eres} to $56 a hedd of Mbe ¢ eatin pe tion of the colony. On this United States ice snes ank rel would have 27,400,000 accounts and" $4,600,000,000 in deposits, "Have you got-n good ck?" "Oh, she would tell him the secret < her suc- pats cess, ready. aihond 1 nae stools. Py : -tt-hand m J Aue rd Tailed - nc oa seat more comfortable, while the' o 3 rds the shed, you may be pretty sure they are hungry for salt. Give them some right away Scoldin ing and eet pl cows that ave sore teals is mend _ mica. as much. n the crac' paces, night and morning, after milk- copie ere fine for feeding needs some ba pul them on, in rid ef him and buy o good one some where. It will pay to work up. Let's not travel around In @ be belf bushel al} our lives. It is cneough bo drive a dog out of a tannery to sce how some folks use their aos aeies ar farmer i fik and butter just as liltle as yqu pos- can with the hands. Use the pe eee o! ladies, and never forget that iho hands which touch the ladles should be perupuicusly free from cven a suspicion of dirt. _ Believe in signs 'eH, whenever you ser a bunch of al huddled ae in the lee of the humped up like lace 'rabbits, - enn fighting for a place in the patch of sun- light while -- the butt ends of ccrnstalks, it is a 6ure sign that dairy- ing on that 7 cosis more than if to, reatest moncy makers in the dairies are the separators, and {hose whe © them wonder how they ever alcng without them. The separator not only gets all the butler fal out of milk, bul it i the heavy hau! to the creamer, reserves the skim- muk for the Caives nd hogs. ihe quantity of salt fi pny were a or In the dairy the guess used in the butler. now, The wooden cores around which fence wire i convenient. and hole in the other end allows the stoo; lo ~ hung on a nail oul of the way whet net | See. to. it that all entry doors are pro- roper fasten singe and are vided with kept closed. A etiff spring on each doo weuld make assurance doubly sure. A valuable cow bloated af the meal ches$ is not a comfdrting spectacle. Dairymen should keep up the baltlq for better milk prives, Nol the least pon that may be used viclory are scrupulously clean stables, ulensils, and dairy house. Cieanliness in the dairy is really as essenUa) as Godliness in the church. It fs the very foundation-stone of higher prices u ever stop lo think why the very liltle cat iy not afraid of you? IL * because ft ye olf enough ie) Ly, oul how aoun "a cruel men can 'The ideal dairy barn is celled overs h and is kepl srrupulously clean When this is impossible, as it doubtless? is in ninety-nine cases oul of u . floors over the cow made sieht so thal no hay particles silt through. reover nor the slalls ought to be Irequently, swe Where cows are watered once o day, amount of feed ' warmth. This method of watering will show in the milk pail as well aos in the feed bills Loud ine boisterous converention is nol practised i sociely and is equally oul of place in the dairy. There are somet hings to learn about running o cream separalo he {he machine changes the per cent, "the cream. w speed usually gives' a large audntity of thin cream. Don't sell Lig your oe calves at fae- rilice posal Good dairy are worth snyenere fram $50 lo it wilt pay to raise Lhe calves and make them Into good Will it pay to have any cows loafin around this winler? It takes a cov pre comes enough during six mon keep for boarding her ike the other six months. buller shows flavor, just take a peek into the churn and info the milk pails. We don't like fo say il, but these things may not have been washed thoroughly. If one of your good cows begins to fall off, don't slight her or cut neg her co) = cows ration Bewter see that she is getling pienty of water, and if her oe gery hae been dull, give her a changé of feed for a few days, We believe in turning cows out in the middle of the doy all through the win- ler, bul wo do not lhink it just the thing fo turn them out and make them drink out of a hele in the ice. A water tank heater costs only a few dollars and it vs. A guod calf let run wilh the cow will put on from 160 in six weeks. prices the er -- a most profilable --e mac Tt will ati "conta work this winter to keep the heifers milking. have to coax eed, but ee value as dairy cows depends upon how wel? you keep them at work duting the next five or six months. ed ele POOR CONSOLATION. "The man who longutshes in jail," shige the home-grown philosopher, one consolation, ot a. : nvhate thal " que -- the « "That occupies ha most ol the worid is barred oui wered the phinsophy dispenser, Patera yes, she's good enough, but ber cook: Ling: ien'tt"*