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i ntatn lt What the Anmual Report Shows in Ke. ward to Canada‘s Shipping Interests, The annual report of the Department of Marine shows the. asmount expended on the various branches of the service during the year ended 30th J une last was $842,242, â€" %2.. The salsries of the establisned staff, ‘ncluding Marine and Fisheries, amounting o $66,447,21, The whole number of perâ€" Jous in the outside service of the marine \wanch at the date of the report is. 1,536. ‘During the past fiscal year the â€" expendâ€" | & ‘bure for maintenance of lighthouse and. joast service amounted ; to. $475,885.45, \id for construction of lights, $27,474.80 ; Jotal for maintenance and . comstruction, %fl. while for the previous year the e diture for lighthouse and <comst rervice, including construction, . was $485, MeT rfi. showing an increase of expenditure CHAPTER XL the year ending 30th June last of $17,â€" | . Three weeks had &rm by since Ruth 371.47. . The appropriation for this service | sent off her letter to Mr, m'h!:‘. aud s was $525,295 ; the expenditure being $21, {:;t:lbcdl nos boo:dulwcgod. lr.!:;h;: ‘ » owly 3‘.‘“ consclousness, *74.75 less than the appropriation, was now able tosit up ; but his left leg was MERCHANT SHIPFING, useless, and his face ‘was still_alightly The tatal number of vessels remaining on | dT@WD. ‘The doctor told Kuth that as the the register books of the Dominion on the | Weather became warmer her father might 8186 December, 1893, including old and new P"'“"li recover the use of his leg; he ressols, sailing vessels, steamers and barges, also told her that the invaiid must be kept was 7,113, measuring 912,539 tons register | free from worry or discussion of any toln?. being an increase of 106 vessels| kind. Ruth, had listened . in silence. and a decrease of 51,500 tons registerp as It was evident that her. father could compared with 1892.‘ The number ofsteamâ€" | 20% be _ moved | in lh“mn-t state., oupnao.:fuu’m..mm date | She : had mun,tn ‘thi that . Mr. . oi o. aeonnce norus 10 be | letery is t "‘m..':.-‘."u': e tous, ‘ Assuming the average value to be | l¢tter; he might possibly be travelling, Dut ____ LIGHTING AND BUOY SERVICE & The number of light stations, light ships and fog alarms in the Dominion on the 30th of June last is said to have been 649, and of N"hu shown 749, and of steam whistles wnd fog horns 58, the whole attended to by 624 men. Since the 31st December, 1868, the number of light stations, ships, 1‘?9‘ horns, etc., has increased froni 227 to . The cost of maintenance last yéar was $480, mections of rivers ‘buoyed by the P Wuicen ce e oi e en m‘ 'Tbcexpnxmln on account of the Doâ€" minion steamers Newfleld, Stanley, Lansâ€" downe, Quadra, Alert, Druid and Sir James Douglas was $145, 220, the net cost being lessened by theamount of receipts, $13,209. 31st December, 1893, was 190, n)(mnt.ing a tonnage of 59,421 tons ister, ‘and the amount of loss, both pu-:i'a and total, to versels and cargoes so far as ascortained was $807,113. _ The number of lives uiporud lost in connection with these casualties was 49, * There was an outlay also of $35,451â€"for . Thouo-iru on account of the sick mariâ€" mners‘ fund for the fiscal year ended 30th J;nu nu;n;unbsd ul,: .46.‘1“%.64, cn-ium';u of $808,77 over the ing year. The increase, or dcoruzr in. teceipts of sick mariners‘ dues in the various provinceâ€" was as follows : Quebec decrease $531.76 ; Nova Scotia, increase $157.62 ; New isrunss wick, .increase $494.79;â€"Prince Edward 'filnd. increase $8.76 ; British Columbis, croase $679. 36. * The board of examiners of masters and maces examined 96 > candidates for foreign going certificates and passed 64, 24 as masâ€" ters and 40 as mates. / Inland and ooutins certificates were granted to 62 masters an 21 candidates presented. themselves for mates‘ certificates. 4 seaâ€"going vessels in waters other than those of Cl_lud's during the twelve months ended in the dcveloé)uunt of Western Austra» fim the gold fields seem destined to play an‘ important part, . Gold watt discovered t{m by Dlm'gior as far back as 1688, but it was not until about ten rnrl ago ‘that the precious metal was found in sufficient quantity to start the industry in real earnâ€" est, Toâ€"day it is knowna that the gold country extends over a great area from north to south, New districts \r: being opened up, townships are being laid out, stores, hotels, churches, and banks are providing for the varied wants of rapidly increasing populations, settled, in some instances, on the desert wastes of only two or three years ago, while the trauscontinental railway â€"from Fromantie to Adelaide is regarded as hsving already been started by the line to the Zilgarn goldfields. Southern Cross, the ‘"capital‘" ot this particular district, and a place whose origin dates back only & i?w years, can now gout of boln! a reguâ€" ing the past fi"“-;’ni”’" 28,440 tons tonnage. . Esti the value of the new toun at $45 per ton it gives a total value ol‘s.l,WB,SOO ?:r now vessels. The total number of casualties to British, Canadian and foreign. seaâ€"going vessels reported to the department as having ocâ€" curred in Canadian waters and to Canadian larly organized munlelrliby, wnd its imâ€" portance has been greatly increased by the opaning up of the rich fields at Coolgardie, 120 mifn ?nrthor east, where the specimens of goid sent to London by the Western Australian . Government for: exhibition pnr&om were obtained. The rainfall is, on the whole, hirl& good, but there have hitherto been no efficient means taken for for storing if for the dry semsons, The (Government, however, have resolved to construct storage tanks at a cost of £15,000, and it is hoped that the water difficulty will now soom be surmounted. In the meantime, the Westernâ€"Australian press and sovmmut officials have been urging wouldâ€"be g;:d--nkcn to keep away for the prosent. rapid has been the a‘mdn i npeppammaanndang £115,182 in 1891 to £421,000 last year, and it is expected to reackh £1,000,000 this year. To eat maize pudding from the same plate, or to eat in uny way together, is a vkl.ll{ distributed marriage ceremony. | In Braz ‘w1|o may be matried by drinking brandy togt or; in Jus::;by so many cups of wine; in Russia and dinavia it used to be one aup for both. . The joining of hands among the Romans aud Hindoos is common to m':g rm of the world. . In Scotland it is cal "handâ€"fasting," and couples live torfinr after. To sit together on a seat while reâ€" ceiving friends, or to have the hands of “t’dh&-ficr with grass, or to smear with each 0 lr'ubhod,othrthcmn‘n tie a cord of her own twisting around naked waist of the man, constitutes marriage in one part or another. In Australia a woman carries fire to her lover‘s hut, and makes a fire for him. In America she lays a bundle of rods at the door of his tent. A Loanga negress cooks two dishes for him in his own hut. In Croatia the bores the bride‘s nn,.l:lh :I; m-mviiyâ€"lottnhnfl-o‘:nd then gave the wespon to her husband. In#n to the present it is & custom in Bu‘w{ for the bridegroom to give the bride a kick after the marringe coremony, to make her feelher subjection.‘ Even with all civilized people the servitude of the bride is clearly indicated. s He was a rich bachelor and he was talk tng about getting married, _ _ _ .. _ _ *‘Why, my dear fellow," said a triend of his, ""flm;u talking about getting fih!-x_ on hmfnh- kr_s‘i:t haven‘t," he roâ€" _ Woeil, ho, 1 presume J haven‘s, " ho Tt There are about 300 harbors, bays and ‘ve got monay." Emblems of Woman‘s Servitude DEPARTMENT OF MARINE atopping his work a minate, Marine and Fisheries, amounting 1,21, ‘The whole number of perâ€" he outside service of the marine the date of the report is. 1,536. the past fiscal ‘year the : expendâ€" maintenance of lighthouse and Australian Gold. More to the Point. mlghfluvo been ylad to see het belovâ€" ed father so far recovered, sho should have ohosen this sad music. _ Was it s watning, she wondered, that they should soon have to take their leave of Appledore? She left the pianoforte and went again to the winâ€" dow. She was ?;om:’ impatient to hear Mr. Clifford‘s opinion of their position, Mr. Bryant spoke very little to snyone, even to xClifl't'al'd‘fo He seemed glla‘.nzvhen} his friend came after the first greetings, to be lett in e. _ He listened to ‘the talk between Klifl'ord and Ruth, buthe rately joined in it; and his daughter fancied. that be liked best to be left undisturbed, . Toâ€"day, after dinner, he went to his room and lay down ; and Ruth felt relieved.. She was, almost sure that Mr. Clifford would come, as he had not been at Appleâ€" dore yesterday ; and. when she had seen. that her father was comfortably asisep she stood by the front window of the sittingâ€" room, nerving herself ,to say what lay so huvi!y on her mind. Formoréy she could have said anything to Mr. Clifford, but: now she was selfâ€"conscious on two different E:i;u: he was their benefactor and she reason to believe that he loved her, She bl‘fln to feel shy. _ She crossed the room and opened her pianoforte, which had remained olosed all through her father‘s illness. She had a passionatelove of music, and she had had a fair amount of instruc~ tion, which had helped her natural gift; but while Mr, B-vin& was at Appledore her music had entirely nofleflt«od. She had Ton- back to it with "fresh ardor when he loft; it seemed to blend with the thought ‘of him; it took her away, too, from anxious meditation about the {umn. Ruth had an excelient memory, and could pl.‘y without music; and now she felt herâ€" self in w sort of happy . dreamland, as she fl:‘::d old favorite melodies that she had, ed years o\%}}-â€"'bitl from Mendelssohn and from "Les Nuits Blanches," and then unconsciously . her ‘h!;' wandered _ into the pathetic notes of Schubert‘s. "Adieu." . qowever, AEERCS» V UnE mRA UIICC & Wl& study as a bedroom for Mr. t, while he sat close to the window in the May sunshine Ruth was trying to make her sittingroom look more like itself. Melped b{ tall, l':l'ofl% Sally Voce and a stout eratchâ€"stick, the invalid could now manage to cross the hall; and the doctor had pronounced that his patient would be all the better for the change. This time she had not lon% to wait. It was one of those mockingly by bright days which seem â€"to be a parody of summer ; they have all belonging to it except its warmth. "A keen cast wind was searing the edges of the fresh green leaves and nip« ping the fruitâ€" blossoms. Mr. Clifford usuall rode into _ the ~ farniyard and |{n his horse there; and !{ubh went across to theâ€"back window. to . see if he liad arrived, _H6‘ was standing there talking to John Bird and Peter.~ q‘he two men faced the window, and she could see that they looked troubled. Sbe went back sure they should have to Jeavethe farm, and that Mr. Clifford had come to tell her they must go. a m lt 'Jo came fn looking very cheerful. s «* This is good news," he said ; " Mrs. Voce has been telling me of your ~patient‘s move. I believe we shall soon havé him in the garden if he continues to progress at this rate." + r _ Ruth pointed to the sofa, and took a chair opposite him. _ _ _ _ _ _ w'TYo'l: he is much better," she said. I am so glad to see you alone ; I want to ask you something." .« «//_ & tA usn 0o g:n her to talk about leaving the place she "W ht should o delay 1 said, « we. » iy, he fancied ; "if »Ith’a fi a..‘.':fi sooner it is over the better." & ** Your father is not well enough to move Helooked eagerly at her, but she kept her cyes fixed on his without any sign of consciousness ; her lips quivered slightly, but she did not seem nervous, he thought. He had been longing to see her ‘wlote, and to get a few words with her, ‘He was d.urm:-d not ta lot hor gness at his mt‘ tachment till her fathor‘s affairs were in a more settled -m? but he had notredkoned on the strongth of his Yuflm for het, It was as much as he could do to keep silence on the subject, and the effort gave unintenâ€" tional stiffnass and coldness to his manner which deeply v.on_ndad. .hr. C i i ll{.hfid." whe said . in a hard voice, @‘can be moved now, We may have to wait months for him to be able to walk, even if he ever recovers the use of his leg. T ark sorry to trouble you, Mr. Clll-lt.‘. but I do not know anyone else who â€"can advise me. 1 want to know whether we must give notice to the landlord, or "what we must do." wurjie + ‘*I want to inow," she went on, *‘what you think we had better do when we leave Appledore ; we tent}o. !onva it, you peow.” _ **Â¥our father has told me so, but I see no cccasion for hurry." . _ 3 Ryth gavehim a sudden indignant glance; he spoke so coldly, so indiIE:nl«ly, she thou?.tr, when he must know the pain it gave her to talk about leaving the place she He was looking nxio::{ at her, but she went on im the same h tone : "*I also want to knowâ€"1 fancy you can tell meâ€"if we have anything of our own to live on wbunlnnAcld-n. The doctor says news."* . She spoke as if she were n?un( a lesson. . There are moments when Nature is so much wiser than we poor mortals onâ€" team ourselves to be. Michael Ciiford longed to ask Ruth to go back to the old triendly terms and to put full confidence in him ; but he also longed to declare his love, and to put everything he powsessed kt her :ruh-rl aMnd-m. nduniy .:‘iu lok‘flll.l was fl“lr&l‘l.'.. #o it seemed wise‘ to him to take a middle course. . He was unâ€" }mn the sterh affort to repress his feelings how very unsympathetio he apâ€" _‘#@u far us 1â€"know of Mr. l.rnn‘- a#uirs," he said, and even then he to speak indifferently, lest ner keen wits *% YOL IV; The Weston Times APPLEDORE FARM.: suddpnly left off playing. She wonâ€" should discover how . much he knew, * I am sure that you will be able to rent & comfortable un’:. If you will allow me, I will speak to Dr. Buchan, but I am alâ€" most sure that Mu say wait till summer really y jpe: eather has been hither> to .so cold and wet, so different from last x:r. that we may reasonably hope for & August. I»ly:- like, I will try to find you a cottage ugugt," ... She looked dissatisfied : f ** I cannot think it will hurt my father to move sooner," she said caldly ; **except for his lamences he seems l_Al_l'{i.\'.u:_ J Mrs. Voce has “rroniud to stay here until we leave Afl’l ore, so that really we need ‘very little help besides." _ _ __._ _ _ **YÂ¥ou are too young to have such things put on you," he said impatiently, " * Why not go on as you are till you move? Then you can start as you mean to go on. I am afraid in this large house you cannot manâ€" age with fewer servants, andâ€"and it would grieve," he paused, and then said, ‘:;ri.v“e your father oxt.umnlly if he discovered that you did any household work yourself." Ruth laughed in herâ€" old bfl,ht way. ‘*I have a better opinion of my father than that; besides, ever since his illness began I dusted his bedroom dlllfmdy, and he never made an objection, I am sure, Many women in a better T-Mon than mine lelp with the housework," she said. tri« amphantly. . â€" . warh tha‘s the doctor objects to his talking about business because he fears the effect on his brain.‘ I fancy a change of surroundings would be good for him just would. be a‘ rest for you to have a little quiet after your Anxious nursing." _ _ _ _ ** You are very good," she said gratefulâ€" ly, for his klndn-flmnbz'_ her, though the proposal troubled her ; she was so sure that they alreagy owed much to hir. Clifford, that she sbrank from increasing the debt, It had, however, shown her that this old friead was notâ€"as indifferent as he seemed ; and she added that she would speak to her fathor. *4 . ** Thank you," Clifford said. She looked up and hesitated: ..** I have noâ€"right to bother you," she‘ said, ** but do you not think I may lessen our expenses without waiting till I can speak to father ? I want to send away all unnecessary telp. Mrs. Voce has promised to stay here until He was greatly surprised; He had been u:ounomox to {ook on Ruth as the light and sunshine of the home rather than in a more domestic character. Even when she had spoken of ‘her wish to go out in the world he had considered her unreal ; and also he had fancied that she was tempted by the prospect of change. It was gri"- ous, he thought, that this beautiful,bright creature should be: so early burdened with the sordid cares of life: He looked at her hands and he The idea of seeing this beautiful his own preciohs n-fl. liardâ€"worked, robbe ; herâ€"wellâ€"kept daiaty aspect, was ; pleasant ; but he could not find any . Teason against her plan than those <he had nln-,:d_y given. _ ; j ‘"I fancy you will tike your own way, whatever happens.". _ â€" . .. . . _ ... cheeks flushed, and she closed her lips Semly, /: 8 easenc e 00L o bTh He did not mean to spéak coldly, butâ€"his voice sounded harsh and full o{ rebuke. Tears lpnn{ to Ruth‘s eyes, at whatâ€"she considered his persistent unkindness. Her She had always ‘done this as & ohild when she was vexed, aud Clifford know it. He forgot his resolution to avoid all emotional subjects. It.was time for him to leave her, but he could not go away and leave her mg? with him. q \ *«‘You are not yexed, Ruth t" ~~+‘~*\ She flushed yet more deeply, .and he thought she looked haughty. Eb_hul callâ€" .:’.1'."“‘.“-.4 he was practics ho ly Weiplesst pe was His back lo%m helpless he could ot move. He was always a sufferer and kept moaning af * wllnhfi. Dr. Maley thought when he first saw the dog the most humane thing to do was to kill him, but he ed her Ruth years ago, and it had seemed natural thnz{o :honTt; do so. Toâ€"day she little cocketr. wflw "hr:glc to u-.:' short time carvature the ni:"-'hr-uholn kick adminiaâ€" uredTK some brute. © 4 â€"â€"The little fellow‘s baok was twisted: out not so much for herself as because she felt sure it would give offence to Mr. Bevington that any one else should â€"call her by â€"her name. : _ He is d he waw shimge" riaks without. trouble. snd gots about with jast as much cass as any dlhmflon The doctor is quite :.:'a )ob-daomc.ol-;hh‘ u.dmai.'n-dr_"',_; ~**Tam not vexed, Mr. Clifford," she said stiffly, but I think, if you will excuse me, that I ought to go and see after my Suther ; he has been a long time asleop." _ / > A unique operation has béen successfully performed by Dr. James Aaley, a veterinâ€" food. Finally this week the rlnhr was temoved and the dog stood on his feet for : moment In.;:?fl-d w.r:dol way then e w?(«l , gave a ing into the air and with a loud grk nnrd off on a dead run in a cirolé, barking like mad. He kept it up for about 10 minutes and seemâ€" :.‘uxhu to show everyone he was all 6. f “%ood-b{ 1" We held her hand a moâ€" men‘t, and looked wistfully at her, . "Then you will think over that idea of trusting us with your father? It would be a great pleastize totethiol 0. col0 1. ce .0 She said this more cordially, but though she came out into the hall to see hlnr'!o- part, Michael Clifford felt that somehow he was farther away from Ruth Bryant than he had been at the beginning of his visit. ‘tro as conttnuep.) After administering an ansthcic the spine wak nfi\l‘hhnts and the dog was encased in a plasterâ€"ofâ€"Paris jacket, awn in straps and given proper medicine .:3 ~ ‘"Thank you, I‘will tell my father of your kindiess." was such a bandsome little fallow the doctor thought he would try to save him. Professor Graylocksâ€"*" You do not to be much interested in the study : historie man." . . _ _ F 46 _ Miss Goldenhairâ€"‘"Maercy, no! He‘s dead." f Clifferd smiled ; and, as if a new idea ist come to him. hesaid > warmly : \** \ ‘Teacherâ€"" An oys for an eys and a tootq for a toots is not dtanded Sn . _ _ tooth now, an‘ stead of givin‘ you another bue. he makes you pay g-my”:ut' one, he makes you pay him fifty cents, No Interest in That Kind of Man Tommyâ€"** No. â€" The dantist takas your Repailred the Spaniel‘s Spine. The New Disbensation A. Whaling t:"- Mistakeâ€"He aml «&A # Fertune. Two m one of Maocgregor‘s (Tas mania) _eaptains, baving out the blubber fepm a | whale, was about to cast the rest adrift, when there came alongside two Hobart fishermenâ€"** Portuges (Joe " and his mate, an African negro. The Porâ€" tuguese begged to be given the oarcass, so that they mi" it mahore, and make what they could of it, * Alright," said the *kipper, with firnmit.y of a satisfied exploiter, who the blubber: business to its emega. . Joe, hav ob leviathan‘® frameâ€"work on & bn:fgn‘n to search for rgris, which drug was quoted at that time in the curtent price lists at some: whare abs gH,‘b per ounce. He found 174 pounds, Many peop! interviewed him and | m ‘»;.4 * # i ‘:r + “‘m”m" forâ€" o%; but .the man understood placé t4 9 ‘communication . with s Pegt Londén o esn w 'l& imbergris was lodged in & bank which was M vec I with an injunction, on beâ€" alf of the wegor firm, to restrain the sale of the preciot pondinj a discusâ€" sion re ownership. But Mlufi fireworks fizeled out, and the ambergris is still being realized in London, the two fishermen hayâ€" ing ;dlrudy received ‘:nnl thosur:iin of unds apiece, e way, a Dunedin, Rw Zealand, gh’Blbol“ gave a fow hunâ€" dreds for a ln-&:l ambergris, which he -ltol“ndl sold $45,000. ‘The chemist knew *‘too imuch, though not quite enough," At the then market rates, he should have aot $300,000, instead of $45,000. Ambergris m substance that ‘has baffled scientific Gdefinition. â€" It is found floating on the sea, and :::;1 infi;ifid unh:llol t.l}a cachalot, or speri ol whale. It appears to hl:.n its oth‘ l‘nu!omo of the whales theat diet, and has been‘ rogarded: by some‘ as being in the nature of biliary calculi. In connection with the above the followâ€" ing atory comes from ‘British Columbia:â€" Mr. Harry T. w, a few weoks ago threow uw:x as worthless a mass of amberâ€" gris valued at over %000 Mr. Read was mfl as cook on the str. Capilâ€" ano, which was under charter to the West~â€" minster. Fish Co, <to pg betweeh Westâ€" minater ::fib Qmo hlmrlm.v.%‘f Sound, catryin ut. _ On the trip before the last, w&ih in »awn Charlotté Sound wultingot:r fish, Mr. Read took one of the ship‘s boats and went out for a pull. While p_c_«fdling about he brought the %ub alongâ€" side a massof dull yellow stuff,the peculiar smell from whigh @ttracted ‘his attention, and with the aid of a gaif he got it aboard and took it to the Capilano, where it was P”’ on deck. Everybody aboard had a ook .at it, but noone knew what it was, and the next day, on the homeward trip, when off Goschen Island, the captain took an axe, out it in two, ‘and threw it overâ€" to beno as the value the "throw. board.. The weight was fully 200 lbs., and LWW search for the $200,000 worth of nb‘;!fl- thrown overâ€" board as worthless from the Oniihno a few weeks nqo. Tedd is confident he can locate the précious stuff, _ A number of Vancourâ€" srites have formed a partnership ‘and are fitting up a eloop for a cruise north in seach of the lost ambergris, and Mr. Harry Read and a small party will leave this city ‘in a few days, by ateamer, on l-lil?illr errand. Since the story of the unlucky ohtowin% away of this immensely valuable mass 0 ambergris, it has been learned that some two or three years ago im Victoria mlin& schooner rlokd up & lump of the same stu which weighed about 70 Ibs. It was cut into pieces, melted down and used to polish the masts, and to this day the captain of the craft does not know that he made a subâ€" stance much more precious than . gold take the place of the commonest kind of grease ,g:gh_ggt‘goqggn_fin or six cents per \ [AAIMEAAams..concmemmmmcand ~&~â€" Australiad®@Rough Riders. * Tog and clap s Bistider, wuffice to 6 # Orn the gate !" roars the manager, "Look jout, you b'{l t" and, with a mad rush, out Lies the cclt through the open gate, like a shell from a howitzer. g‘.ér twenty yards ho races at full speed, then sole. 0 "0 6 FEue Snd n 20. C en en of the bugk breaker, -,::hn to the back of a timid colt, and be, tened out of his life, as K&s monkey perched there, exhausts hi and . permits the rider to mount and ride away with but littie resistance. Sometimes, indeed, the colt turns in his tracks, and being unmanâ€" ageable in his paroxyams, charges the crowd, whom he scatters with great screaming and laughter as they fall over each other or slimb the boundary fence, But very shortly, with lowered head: and trembling frame, he allows himself to be ridden to the gate of lelll Slaw e 620 Po PPB ""propping" as if galvanized, shoots upward. m’:h f{: t‘ino deet‘s leap, all four }:ot in the air at once, (from which the vice takes its name,) and comes down with his head between his fore legs and his nose (this I watched narrowly) touching the girths. But the rider has awayed back in his saddle with instinetive ease, and is quite r:p.ud for a succession of lightningâ€"like nndoâ€"ddow:a. upward, . downward, back wardâ€"as agile and. frantic animal appears to turn in the air, and to come down with his head in the place where his tail was when he rose. .. % 5 _ For an instant he stops ; then perhaps the spurs are sent in so as to accentuate the next p-rfoflnn«.h The crowd 'mnn'h:]lu of six or seven ”‘3:.' mostly young or in: th’_'__i‘;:‘_:__&A_, , follow cheer» _ There he is halted, ‘and his rider, taking h:l‘: of hli:h:l.“ llr."lfi his bridle shl..d' swings y to w‘. elosely alongâ€" side of the shoulder. he not #so _.h‘_h.t, egress the agile mustang / is ot a lightning .a.:f‘..a -dnpm. Indeed one tider dismounting . cnrelessly _ discovered this to his cost after riding a most unconâ€" scionable performar. Returning to Palestine. Bishop Biyth, the Anglican Rishop of Jerusaiem, assorts in his aamual report that * about 100,000 Jows have entered Palos tine during the last fow years of whom 65,â€" 000 have come -M*Mm:n ;;dthmn':dnv*hih_ :‘: 0 one can , says, foreomst extent d.lwfl-m to Palestine within the noxt seven years. The Mannheim tailor, Dows, gave an oxâ€" MH: §{ his "*(!-pd sont recently beâ€" fore !rml. ongrems, now in session in Berlin: builets at a twent five feot d. the ..5 ol it.. When the tast was was applaadâ€" IN .AMBERGRIS. is is" $65 per ouncd; Mr. Read over $200, DAY. MAY 17. 1894 YORK. HERALD. there appears 'frc_nh attempt SHADOWED AND TRAPPED A TRIO _ OF BANK . SWINDLERS FOILED BYA MONTREAL A DETECTIVE. Bogus Drafts and a Cunning Scheme for Realising Plenty of Wealshâ€"Not Cunâ€" ming Enough MWoweyerâ€"Mas Been Tried in Hoston, â€" A great scheme to rob three Montreal banks has just been unearthed hy Detective Silas Carpenter, Ten.days ago there arrig) in Montreal three Americans. . Huge mond rings ‘ gleamed from their fibgers, whilv massive gold chains ‘hung carelessly from their wsistcout pockets.. The impres sion they were anxious to create was that :q'u‘y men of means, and they succéded n the name, of Hilton T. Richards, Under: the name of m he also deposited in the Merchants bank $300. Money wasalso deposited in the City and District Savings Bank. ‘The pair now ‘had money in the banks and in order to work the scheme they had in view it was necessary to get itroduced to the managers of the banks by wellâ€"known business men, and also to proâ€" duce an impression on the minds of the bankers that they both were MEX OF VAST WEALTH, abde so that if a question should come up later about paying over large sams of money to them the bankers would have no hesitation in instructing the tellers to do so. _ â€" _ Richardson soon developed a mania for wanting to bu1Â¥ out large business concerna. He went to Fraser Bros., grocers, Bleury street, where he said his name was Copâ€" land, and thathe had beenâ€"looking round for weeks to find a grocery store that he could bnl out, . He was shown all over the store and while in the basement said, ‘"This store is just the place I have been looking for. ‘I will build a bake oven in this baseâ€" ment and go into the bread business, too, He then asked Mr. Fraser to introduEBléign to the mnhn::er of the Merchants nk (xhuro he deposited $500), as he wishâ€" ed to make arrangements for rying over the money for t,ge store by cheque.* Mr. Fraser. go.Jdâ€"maturedly introduced :him as requested and he =Riolnrdmn) then promâ€" madk to: seeâ€"Mr. in a few days and make ® Of course he did no such thing.. He also went to ‘Mr: Ness, â€" dealer in â€" electric supplies, and told him the old -w? about being & stranger from Ontario and wantâ€"« ing to buy out a business like Mr. Ness was blessed with, which he would willingly ,slve a cheque for $20,000. Of course before oing so he whuld like Mr. Nes to ‘intro‘â€" duce him to ker, say the manager of the Molsons bankâ€"again a bank . where For days Detective Carpenter had Anderâ€" son and Richardsonâ€"shadowed, until he finally understood the‘‘game," the two fellow were anzious to work, whlc}n after[all was a simple one, and one that had frequently succeeded in the United States. 1t is this: As soon as these sharpers became known to the bankers torfiod drafts, made out by themselves, would be placed by them to their accounts in the banks. Before the draft was found to be a forgery,‘ they would go to the banks and went to draw out ALL THELR MONEY, With the draft, the cheque they presented mig:n be for thousands of dollars. Before. cashing -uodh alarge cheque, of course the teller would goand see the bank manager, and he, naturally would remember the name of the man who {nd been to see him, and who was going to buy out, l:{, & $120,000 business and of course all would _likely be well. . Before arresting Richardson, Detectâ€" ive Carpenterâ€" got the following letter from Detective Robert A.â€"Pinkerton, of New York : eremetisenns f -'.Mi;:â€"é;rp'onur arrosted Richardson as being a suspicious cHaracter and searched his room, where four bank books made out in different names were found.. He pretendâ€" ed to know nothing of Anderson, and said that he had come from Hamilton, but when questioned about the place he knew nothing about it. ‘The managers of all the banks mh’.:otinpd:f*nbmhhuh:mu be upon them. A i opt in cusâ€" i ue mm namnnn as. ' t to arrestâ€"had time to""work"the draft do n omey set or ie maiv thL ioh mm wikh Anderson and the unknown man. In China th‘hg‘:n' are organized into companies, each having its own disâ€" trict and all owing iance and g-ri-‘ tribute to a ""king of the irs," who lives in almost regal s . Rvery r hai his ov-n.uucs. Mhyulwuoh ha'hml- lowed,under penalty of severe punishmen t, to go, _ He is Mfifiw visit each hgun on his beat once, and but once, every day, and on making hhlprnnoe at the door if his appeal tor charity be mot at once attendâ€" ed he may shout, sing, ring a bell, or make any other noise he pleares until he has reâ€" ceived one "cash," the smallest copper coin in use, after which he must move on, . Some merchants, to save time and trouble, have a frame hn‘g in front of their houses with as many nails driven into it as there are beg: gats in the district. Every morning a serâ€" vant hangs a "mh"uoubnn,udfl beggar comes in turn, takes one coin, moves on. K ww down South has canght some eparâ€" rows and trained them so that he can open their cage and tbq'm:xuu-dhut Sg,wifiutq,ofintl ucement than t of their love for their home. This trainâ€" or watched thflnhmhlzlnd made up his mind that spartows be trained .n«mmdm-rn,-dfifl. as they were much smal .tlzv-flh more valuable in onse of war. gave one of his sparrows to a friend who was, going nihmdn-b.td-l!'qm: and told him to free the bird when he reached m-‘dhk'mdhb- him when he had fraed The bird dh Itissaid t e in a over an hour and a ball. FINAT ARRANG EMENTS, Sparrowsâ€"as Carriers Beggars in China. \ . Punishments Have -:;-u qu-; herâ€"Beciety Too Tolerant. During the present century the genéral tendency of penal legislation everywhere has been toward a decided mitigationâ€"0â€" severity. The old codes have been merciâ€" fully revised, diminishing the gravity of offences, shortehing the terms of imprison. ment, and requiring humane treatment ~of prisoners. ‘ There has developed a wideâ€" [ _‘Laq sentiment againstcapital punishment in any form, or, if it must be inflicted at all, against soy but the quickest and most painless method. . Women are seldom conâ€" victed of serious crime. _The courts have created and construed rules of evidence so strongly in favor of accused . persons that convictions of all sorts are difficult to obâ€" tain. Great improvements have been made ‘in the construction, sanitation, and general healthfulness of prison buildings. Nas ) ) : Bs RICGIDITY oF FRISON "DISORLIY® 4 0_ C o lie heary type. The â€" has grown more and more rélaxed. Prisâ€" | water between Canso g: onrs get better food than formerly, see M’"‘"’“‘I”m“ their friends oftener, hear from the outer thhi-m-h m w‘d onl worl‘. almost ~as. they please, . and MTO| preat d hmflom allowed to receive books, newspapers, soft g:-h:.fl fluw ¢roswtn bedding, and nice things to eat, in. practiâ€" | he e "‘“‘{, cal -;:?v‘a nlo;“ ":f‘:m:':uut.: have | 08 fleet at anchor there. C ‘st0@. m up anchor they have often been enacted. providing for the tonder| cable, and sometimes, rather ‘treatment of criminls, such as those ¢"®=] anchor, they have ' ating reformasories and houses of 1C/UZ®| annmemese=.. for youthful vilenders, providing a large . _ OUT THE CABLE commutation of sentence for %ood behavior, | _ ‘This, of course, ‘was disast and so limiting the terms of confinement| »,)}> sompamies.. The Comi that prizoners are not discharged at an /pany, however, owing to th unfavorable period of the year. The PMDâ€"| uonsrous policy. have suffer commutation of sentence for 10«1 ‘*'MV"“"] This, of course, ‘was disastrous to the and so limiting the terms of confinement| »,)}e sompmmies. ‘The Commercial comâ€" that prizoners are not discharged at an Fpany, however, owing to their wise and nnhvonbhml of the year. The PUDâ€"} ronsrous policy. have suffered less in this ishments su to be inflicted on refactory ‘ respect than there competitors,innsmuch as and mutinous prisoners have been decreased | whap a fishorman hooks up théir cable they The cause of this is the general civilizing and humanizing char/ ter of our century, in which we a?l w just pride. Yet there is a ggowing]wnvicfion on the part of intelligent people that society is getting his sanity© hasbeenâ€"allowed the law, un{ there is an. nfimb’dui_n‘ London Nurse Maid Fincdâ€"for Obstract Ing the Street.With a Perambalator. Throl:gi:onz all England the desire to punish the reckless bicycle rider who dashes through crowded streets at breakâ€"neck‘ speed seems to be paramount. / This desire to inflict punishment upon those who inâ€" terfere with the rights of pedestrians came Lto a alimax the other day in the Eastbourne, London,'polleo court when a nurse was sum> moned for r-hunt.li obstructing the pavement, Y:-ppun that she u‘»s two others of her class, each with a perambulaâ€" tor or mail cart, formed in line abreast in front of a draper‘s in the most crowded part of the Terminus road, turning all the other‘ foot pn.n.sen off the patsmont.. When remonstrated with by a policeman the ;nr-l simply turned around and m ‘ ed Rim. _ Two of them were even y prevailed upon to move, but the female in question utterly declined to hdsf- inch. Lult..b_.wupnlhd-&. ore the *‘ beaks" and mulcted in a and costs. maeu e none % noree the it ion that, as a matter of apigrtit o s ie falstnm J bownt with & aTeo Wl nrnhntastiay anmad dbranteiibides is a reaction against the state of t uo en se d ‘ the protess of Baropsan sctofogints, against the protest uropean soci any turther.coddling and cosseting of the social outcasts who are inmates of our penâ€" al institutions. Criminals should not be regarded mmlw unfortunate individuals to be .:icied rat :::‘nfnnilhod, who have sinned by force of ity or too strong umrutinn and bardly by their own fault at all y but as wicked‘ creatures who. have deliberately assailed ‘law and order, whose punishment. should be made dreaded and terrible ; men who are, for the most part, thoroughly desperate and hardened, inonz- able of reformation, who ou’htw be thankâ€" ful that society has mercifully spared to themm their wretched and abandoned lives. THE BABY CARRIAGE IN LONDON which evidently astonished her. Residents of the Fremch Capital Scem United in a Destre to K1N Themselves, The epidemic of suicide continuesin Paris, Rcoentl.y a domestic wervant threw herself from a fifthâ€"floor window in the Boulevardde Courselies on account of family troubles, A marble mason commited suicide by drownâ€" ing himself in :b“o"tlu. A washer woman, agod £0, made necessary préparationa for uphy:::s herself with charcoa! fumes but was in time. A young .n aged 17, hanged himself in a lighter at ‘the Quai Valmy.~ Amother unknown man took a cab, and while being driven to the destination he had given to the drivor shot himself while n-hx along the Rue Fevres. . The most extaordinary case of all, however, was that ot anâ€"slderly woman livâ€" ing in mmum&:\«. She tied her child to hersolf and jamped from a fix:-floor mw ground. The whild was n ies menninnaie m Aeuptinl." "She had conecived the idex that hoapital. had the idea that the child '.*7 from «nd took this means n‘hl‘mz A'rorvul law that any new bailding strected mdumllhv’.mfiufim leas than twenty feet from the midda of the powh hewrt thictyâ€" dmhh%gfi:g of +a66r 7 , af about $40,000,000 wonld b4 smcrificed. PUNISHMENT BY THE WHIP. M ‘Footy SUICIDE EPIDEMIC IN. PARIS. Narrow London Street s. ® *°®°°°** 7 "| up anchor they have often ,, UP ® for the tonder| cable, and sometimes, rather than We an ich as those ¢"®~] anchor, they have ' houses of 1CCUKG| aummmemee.. x roviding a â€"large . ___ OUT THE CABLE or 10«3 behavior, | _ ‘This, of course, ‘was disastrous to the » of continement| »,)e compmnies. ‘The Commercial comâ€" isGBAFROE Mb 40 . 100 "hoameme eabne (An enb eatnn nmil NO 44L population flocked to see h« and the equipment for layi j?m_o_l intense interest. than 30 years ago.. At present the cable ... ship Faraday majestically rides in Halifax > harbor, engaged in laying for the Commerâ€" j clal company the finest cable ever mapufac» .. Lafaun, an Irishman with 5 French name, and manned by a crew of 180 men, On board are some of the most fumous cable and electrical experts of the day, including Mr. Siemens, the t Sist sale facte artd ‘yer the qranal a6d first cable itself, arid yot the arrival and presence of this magnificent vessel and her miswlon is regarded as such a common matter in Halifax as scarcely to éxcite comment. The Feraday is commanded . by. Capt, WORLDâ€"FAMED MANUYACTURER of the commercial cables. After laying, 143 miles of the Irish end of the cable, the weather got so‘ bad that the cable wat buoyed and the Fursday proceeded on het voyage across the Atlantic to lay the Cam adian end. She experienced L‘-‘hd winds all the w. but the voyage wan very uneventful. We saw no sea serpents, said Mr, Siemens to a reporter, ‘‘botk Sydney and Canso h‘w with ioe, ‘Joumo-u!duu conl. We sbal. fll our bunkers with 750 ton of coal, and then, as sconâ€"as the ioo will enable us to to the Grand Banks, â€" This section is of ar especially heavy type. ~The depth of the Snd o oo n t ca‘ water between Canso and the end of th« bot i o g "mh.:hw m valleys, b-t ttom of great bills an this is lhnflov water oo:ruod’ â€"with ghc great dagtln in the 1,450 mile deep sea secâ€" tion. All the cables crossing the Grand Bankshave suffered ‘mfl"v from the fishâ€" ing fleet at anchor there.. hen they pull the Grand Banks will be about 200 â€" maies north of the existing commercial os\)c=. _!* the weather is favorable we eball â€"{ny entire cable at the rate of about _|0 ‘mil« an hour. Asscon as we finish layjn;. the Canadian end we shall continue rl%ht a soad the Atlantic, take on board the : duep . sea section, steam to a point 148 mss o# Waterville, where we bouyed‘ the sh shore end, splice the cable there, and â€" 40 mediately â€" continue : westward with . the deep sea rection until the connection is completed at the easterly .df of . the Grand Banks.â€" The time in which all this will be accomplishedâ€"â€"depends, . of course, upon the weather, but with ordinary weather, within the next three weeks, the Commercial third eable, the finest and most rapid in the world, will be in complete wording order, and be able toâ€"transmit 33 perâ€"cent. mote business than any other cable undar the osean. f in augenint~ hag + sen designed tor one of the Touainh tightnbusts,. e me? to wihhduawwfi-dos $ P amother, when it may . be desi o ninoames ananeda ns in fowes 5 e ed arising from the necessit ydk-pim spare lamp out of the apparatus . en s so as to prevent its iltm‘ with the light emanating from the Jamp in use, _on account of the light showing all around the horizon. The change required wnder these circumstances is -ooomplinhoq by means of a unique arrangement of rails, and thre turn or shunt tables, on which the lemp® can be freely run, which are placed . on the service tables, One of these is in the centre of the apparatus, and is on the trapâ€"door, working vertically in guides and counterâ€" balanced, after the manner of m hoist, s¢ that a lamp may be lowered from the level of the top of the case to the floor of the lightâ€"room ; bere the lamp is again received on rails, on which it can _ be conveniently oo onb n â€" run ou* of the case to be recarboned "and adjusted. * The -rnnwul’t is such, thereâ€" fore, that a lamp ca n raised â€" fromâ€"the floor of the lightâ€"room: in to the â€"apparat=s,â€" the lamp in focus withdrawn on to one. of the turntables, and â€"tbe freah hm into focus, the original lamp also on to the hoist and lowered out of the apparatusâ€"all in about eight seconds. Another feature perfecting the t is that providing a threeâ€" wick ml lamp, kept trimmed and ready for ‘useint case of any failure of the electric current; and it can be lighted andâ€"put in focus at Tommyâ€"** Paw, what is a Anastchist ?" Mr. Figgâ€"**He is a man whocannot stand other people‘s prosperity." Scrofula in the Neckâ€"Bunches Al_. Hood‘s Cured=© After Others Failed " €. 1. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass. "Gentlemen:â€"I feol that I cannot say etioug) in favor of H6od‘s Sarsaparilla. ... For five years 1 have been troubted with serofula in my noek and throat. Several kinds of madicines which I tried did not do me any good, and when fâ€"om monced to take Hood‘s Sarsaparilla there were large bunches on my neck so sore that I could gone, and beforeâ€" I had In the Lighthouse by. the mm oed wE wiu