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W {x ad scars by which his hind legs on still decorated. Upon these funda- mental mainsprings of his being no crafted other and lesser Ian: and. hater. He loves those that love Miles! Faulkner, and scents out with an Inn-i rring exactitude those that no not qriendly to him; his dislikes, indeed, are more pronounced than hit, "No. tions. Duns are his detestation; oll‘ tradesagen in fort. as the poanitrU hour or» ot bills. come in for I dun“ his disapprnbation, and o cert-In poor cousin. who is in the frequent habit of borrowing money from Miles. in an, object of hi: moot angry vitupen-. Hun. All this, however, is but u‘ The virtues of Trousers' disposition are absolutely without number. He has the fidelity of the fox terrier, the inching proclivitles of the lurcher. ths, weed of the greyhound. the dig- nified sell-respect of the Dturhse-overr thing. in short. is in him combined. In his, tastes, too, he in A creature of sensitive dueriminations. His lead- ing passions are. an nil-absorbing adoration for " master, and an onualiy absorbing hatred for street trors--this latter is no doubt born of bitter efeyyie.Pyet,rfuN thou ring- .." J-___ - - .‘L ct, L,, I I r: u might float before your rye». a theorr, however. that is knocked ut- terly to the ground by a further con- templation of his legs. which are very long, and decidedly of the greyhound type. Take him all in nil, then, Trou- sers belongs distinctly to no class, but has the distinctions of many. His outer dog, however, forms but a small portion of his nature. It is upon his character that l chiefly de- site to dwell. Upon a hard-seated wooden arm- chair. Trousers ant licking his lips. Trousers requires a whole paragraph I had nearly said a whole chapter, to himself. in order that his many vir- tues and pee?littitiiNutio be accur- ately set forth. Trousers is, to begin with, an animal, concerning whose breed end parentage there exists the pruluundeet uncertainty. Consider him by his head, and you might fairly take him to be a tox-terror, did not his earn, in defiance ot all aural and cenine lows, etand erect in the air like the handles of a water jug. Again, taken by his body, which is broken-haired and brownish, your' mind would dwell on the lurcher. or Remington terriers of your acquaint-l ant-e. But it, on the other hand, you regard him from the point of View of e tail that is long, smooth, black and tapering. visions of Dachshund extrac- he he had so patleuntly toGwddnnit 3;; them no more. Madame do Bretour had raised her hand to silence the old woman, but Martine was a person who would have her my. and even the allusion to the “bean jeune homme" was allowed to was unrtprimamitsd, although it made 039 smile in spite of her sadness. And they walked along fast in the darkness of the lane, but not so fast but that the man who followed them kept with them until they reached the station; but here the bright lights made him shrink away into the sha- dow. and hide himself until the train come- up, so that they got into I front carriage, and their watcher In- to one at the back of the train. And when they got to Huston, there was a crowd upon the platform. and a con- fuiinn of porters end luggage, so that he lest sight of the two Women -.. -. - "I.“ my up. any amen to that prayer. though Heaven knows how my sinful Ioul rebels against the desire." "Ah, such goodness ls too much for me, Madame I" cried Martino, impati- ently. “When I see you suffer so much, when I know how you have sent away ce beau jeune homme who loves you. I feel no compunctions in desiring that the Almighty will take that other wicked one away. to finish his repentance in th world where they understand these things better than here on this earth." "Hush, Martino!" she answered quickly, "do not put into words the wickedness of my heart; that is what I daily struggle against. Why should Leon de llrefour die, since he has not lived long enough for repentance? Every day Monsieur prays that his son's life may be spared until he ha- repeated and is pardoned, and every day, I, too, with my‘lip}, any Amen v Vv__- --_r- my. '""" "you HUI. --there '-on one side ot the world or on the other! it makes no difference, nothing can set me free of him. Al- most, my dear Martino. I envy those women of another faith than our own, who ere able to profit by the laws of this country, and free themselves from a marriage yoke when it be- comes insupportiibU." "Ah, my dear lady. It is Heaven, not man, who will set you [reel It is impossible that this miserable one eHs_jivn lorever."l She shook her hand. It is impossible. I should not dare to not him fro... ho would disgrace on again." "Not under another name!" "No man with that face. ecu-red and seemed as it in, could escape do- tection by so poor n strategy. Oh, believe me, Martino, I have thought of t.ttrrtltuyr--ersrrtttlng --tta" thought till my head was on fire, and my heart nick with thinking. and there is nothing else to be done, no other plan." And then a long, shivering nigh broke from her pale lips. “Hero laid. "You should give him money and set rid of him; let him go sway to Series, .3 he wanted long ago." ah. Rose. now that all was our. trem- bled in our, limb. Martino murmur- ed broken words of affection and con- tyrlatfoa to the mistress whom she of then. in the soft nighing of the Int-mar night breoua. and in the murmur of their own voices Ind the boating of their hearts, heard how the stealthy footsteps crept catliko in tht and” behind them. And then she turned and left him "duly, without nnother word, and the women went ewe, out of the desolate house, away down the lane again together. Neither of them no- ticed how, cloee under the shelter of e dark elm tree in the hedge opposite, I man stood motionless watching them some out of the door in the high wall, just as he had watched them so Into‘it helf-en-hour ago; and neither CHA PIER XVII -r-- --..- w an. IF reprusiblo Said of anguish. than, at I threat of his master's hand. tucks his tail well between his legs, lays his can - 7‘ -. - uku uuu [ups his tail against the wooden seat of his chair, but. he is dimly aware, no doubt, that these propitlatox y caresses, this use of his most privete name, are only Intended to prepare him for the worst. The worst ie soon, too soon. upon him. There comes e carriage dashing up to the door, e loud ret-tattilg " theideer,fe subdued autumn of It'; ttltvitr_eyamrraiii'a" “en t e narrow etelmee. end than enter kn. Lem. All“)... uherin‘ in three ledlee Into m1.- Feulkner'e tiny " 7' V‘“ “‘1 he sun soothing l Passing pat. little fore paws his tail anainat Alas! what a catastrophe! No wonder that Troussr's t yes fo!low his master's movements with an utter misery of re- proach in thenttttat have at last the “he: of making him feel uncomfor- table. It is not nice to be disapproved of by a friend who in accustomrd to adore one, even it that friend is only adog. L "Poor old Bags, what is it. old bovl" laaies! "You can get it all an out ready, Mrs. Lane," culls out Miles. "but you had better wait to make the tea till the ladies arrive." So that is it! Miles Faulkner is go- :ng l, have a teaparty in his room for Cakes. butter, cream! Trousers licks his chops, as what dog of intelligence Wuultl not? at the bare sound of the words; but he is well aware of the fact that such duiuties. >Wt'eL-sounding as they are in his ears, cannot be about to be Set forth solely for his own edi- “cation. Then all at once the murder in all its ‘dire atrocity is out. i Miles comes home exceptionally early and in a cab, bringing upstairs with him a small wooden box, which he pro- ceeds to unpack upon the floor with extreme care. There is hay in the box and Trousers sniffs about it with 'sharpened wits, but no odour of crea- iture, dead or alive, greets his little tciistended nostrils, and his excitement idies away into dismay as he watches his master slowly remove from their (trapping, six teacups and saucers eta 'duinty blue and white design, with su- gar and slop bowl and cream jug tor hunch. Miles sets them on the table, wipes each carefully out with a duster,3 and then turns the packing-case and) its hay out on the landing. What dol these gew-guws torebodit Was not the ugly old green and white breakfast cup and the odd white saucer enough for them both! thinks Trousers rueful- ly! Then Miles shouts down the stairs: _ I 'Have the cakes come, Mrs. Lune?" "Yes, sir." l "And the butter and "Not yet, sir, but it's in_tiyae,"', is the answer o this sweeping condemnation. If he. Trousers had his way every woman on lthe face of the earth would be ex- I. I terminated. In short, with the un- e ' complimentary poet of a bygone gen- (C"fr.'/i'lll.', Trousers might have ex- I elaimed-. d "What mighty ills have not been - done by women! I. Destructive. damnable. deceitful wo- t maul" t Now this is why Trousers sits re- r 'garding his master on this partiouUr 5 Saturday afternoon. slowly and disap- r provingly licking his chops, whilst a t puzzled enquiry in his eyes, and a I quiver of uneasiness that vibrates r through his whole body denotes his ', evident disquietude of mind. . What, asks Trousers of himself. do I these strange and abnormal proceed- , ings portend? Why these curious and .' unaccustomed preparations? What l convulsion is to rend the peaceful and happy habits of the usual Saturday half-holiday? For Saturday is to Trousers the day of all other days. Saturday is the day when Miles comes home early from the City to his lodg- l ngn' in Hammersmith, changes his clothes to a tweed suit of dittoes amidst frantic boundings of canine joy _ which keep pace with his toilet oper- ations, and then pot hat on head and I thick stick in hand, he sallies forth I. for a long walk. Trousers following I meekly at his master’s heels so long I as they are in the streets, but when I once in rural roads and lanes, rushing l off with wild barkings and happy cap- ers in a very madness of delight and J ecstucy; or sometimes the programme l is varied, and Miles gets himself into i flannels and they go down to the ,3 river side and charter a boat. And t that is also very delightful to Trou- c sets. He sits erect and immoveable in the stern as his master pulls up q stream, possessing his soul in patience h until, according to a time-honored cus- e tom, he shall pull up his craft under n certain brown oozy banks and sedgy a corners, well known to both master n and dog, that are redolent of water- b rats, and riddled by their holes. Here ti Trousers is allowed to flounder out in ti search of sport. He always sets out with the some keen excitement. He has never yet captured a water-rat. p but he brings with him ever to the . chase tho same burning hopes and the ll some sanguine assurance of success, b: and he is made as happy and as proud if as a king if he do but catch sight of a vanishing tail or sound of a disap- ir, peering splash. I But -on -this Saturday afternoon no such joys either of land or water seem to lo forthcoming. a double tee is net-amt, to induce her to venture with her bucket and her brooms into the chamber, where "that there wild beast" is to be met with. There were no distinctions in tys awgepgng condemnation. If sod growls; the timid little servant- maid lives in terror of her life by reason of him; the laundresa leaves Miles' linen tremblingly at the street door and takes to her heels and flies ttt the distant thunder of his voice: whilst, Y to the occasional charwoxpan, child's play compared to the deadly animosity with wieh Trouserl regards the whole of the females sex. Every petticoat in his eyes the nucleus of possible mischief. The landlady, whom he grudgingly suffers to live only be- cause he conceives that, in some lash- ion beyond his powers of comprehen- sion. she is ot use to his master, comes in for nothing better, even to- trtPt the _i?yter.-.hoi.tr, than suppres- ft,'d YJ,'.', n u that friend is only a dog. old Bags, what is it. old boy!" seemingly, giving his favourite -trisuseii, -Gatiiriri' up and tiowet and Amps uttennoo to on 1,. of 1ntryutt, them " I cream?" sure :0 be here ait. _ “Is not Geoffrey coming?" she asked at length, for the certainly of meeting Geoffrey had been the only plea she had been .ablts to bring forward to her lord and master, as e motive for the expedition. He had not approved of it, but he hadg iven e grudging consent: upon her suggestion that his nephew: would of course, be of the party. But: Mrs. Dane had sympathies with Duleie, [ " well " with Angel, and a true lover affair of the old-fashioned sort - two‘ young hearts drawn together. [tree-l motive of Incomes end ways end leans, was s situation that inverisbly aroused her affectionate interest; end believing that she had here scented out this aroadien condition of things in its 2'ietgtttri she was determined to do her t to help the budding eeuoo sentiment; thus to tarow yo levers wee new, poor lady, one of ”the few emuoements of her lite. Yet when Geoffrey did not appear. ohe began to feel uneaoy. What would her husband soy to her, If he did not come! v..v \muuuu ”. us; VUIUU, and bending a little over the bed as she tstrukvd the quilt admiringly - "how you must value it!" Hut. Dulcie would have been very gmuch surprised if she could have seen, g‘at a latter period of the day, a big young man upon his, knees by his bed- istde, kissing with a passionate devo- lie? the spot whereon her soft fingers had lain: l Well, after they had Been all that twas to be seen and admired everything) that could by any stretch of fancy be} ieonsidered worthy of admiration, the} ilmlies consented to sit round the table; and begin tea. Mrs. Dane placed. herself behind the new cups, which otl, course came in for a share of praise.’ Miles did not mention that they had, been purchased for the occasion, al-l though Trousers no doubt Very much; wished he could have let them know it,' and, at her host's request, she began; to pour out the tea; because a man is ever shy, even in his own room, " meddling with a tea-pot when there its, a woman pres-n1. There was a tea.., cake and what Mrs. Lane called aj "Shilling Madeira," and some nice thin bread and butter, which, it the truth had been told, Miles had cut himself, not being over-confident of his heavy- handed attendant; so that titotrether,) what with the cream and the steam- ing tea, there was quite alittle feast in the Hammersmith lodging; and they all became very merry indeed. Mrs. Dane caught herself listening and looking towards the door. -- ____ V. “II - " tau] Itt,y,eyt, runs upon in connection with ‘a poor helpless young man, who has nobo‘ly but a landlady to "do for him," but the girls were shy. and stood at the doorway, content only with a fur- tive glnnoe into this Holy of Holies. Then said Miles td Dulcie. red " I peony all over his big fair face: "NN on't you just go int" It Nem- ed to him that he would sleep better that night it her swoet presence might but for one instant glorify that poor little chamber. C Mrs. Dane walked boldly in, asking questions concerning the due airing of his sheets and the mending of his lin- en, and: as the mind of an elderly lady unfurnl - _.----., ---- . . "Oh! look " this odd little box!" "Is this meant for tobacco, Mr. Faul- knerf" There was no end to their questions and to their curiosity. They pulled his fishing-rods out of their cases and tried on his bpxing-giovea, and struck attitudes with his teatoimr-atieks and ‘lreally seemed to enjoy it all amazing- y. "And now, Mr. Faulkner, you must just let us have one peep into your bedroom," said Mrs. Dane, and, blush- lng like a maiden, Miles opened the: door of communication that led into his extremely simple little sleeping- chamber. Emory, together with sundry strange- , illustrated treatises on athletic ‘sports. and their uses. and methods of training, which lay in a confused heap upon a side table-all came in for . share of their careful attention Ind scrutiny. "What is this fort" cries one. ‘,‘Who is this dreadful man in strip-, as " l WY, Ilook " this odd little_hoxl" l i 'I he ladies meanwhile, Mrs. Dane and ' the Halliday sisters, are making the . tour of Faulkner's apartment. It is , extraordinary what a never-falling de- [ light and inteth the examination eta . man's room causes to women. There , is nothing that gives them so much pleasure as to be asked to tea by a. bachelor. They will leave their own luxurious drawing-rooms, their satin ,couchea and arm-chairs, their velvet- pile carpets and all the flo.wtysenty1, atmosphere which surrounds them atl home, with eagerness and alacrity. if they can only get a chance of going out to tea with a young man, however simply he may live, or however poor and mean may be his abode. It at- fords them a chance, no doubt, of ex- amining that moat interesting animal, Man, at large in his own diggings, of studying the queer ways and habits of the creature in its free and natural state. It is a voyage of discovery into unknown, or only dimly guessed at latitudes. There was nothing much to be seen in Miles' room to be sure, save Miles himself, who looked so much too large in it, and yet the ladies made the most minute tour of inspection in- to every corner of it. The two at three sporting prints upon the walls, the photographs mainly of his mother and of prize lighters, and. champion rowers and swimmers, the pipe-rack above his mtetelshe.it, the few well-worn books -"Spomre'a' iiiLaig'iidi,""" "Pick- wick," two Irdd volumes on Natural back upon his head, and Btatff1" sway nimbly into the very furthest corner of the room. Hero. underneath the shelter at 1 table with a long cloth, he turns end sits " bay. He does not dare to give so much as u growl, but his upper lip keeps rising quiverincly over his little sharp teeth, and 1 sort of smoothered moan, like that of s oxying child, is breathed forth " In- tervals, like a sigh. from out of the very depths of his 'qQuad_bsfuyr. 0h! that he should have lived-i0 so. thls. dim. - __ __ ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO M The late Rev. Gear? Ptmstor, school- mater. Kenny. Boo load. In: left his unto. valued " over £4,000. to found on uttonomloo! observatory. to be oallod "The Proctor Equatorial." " King's College, Aberdeen. The average number of spindles in The area of agricultural land (ptiii1nirl,l,eni1. from 15,900n te/'i'yltl; in . the: Alistrictlut' "11ipg11t,ity, is w ulna in compuriso Wt e estima e at amut i'50,0oo acres. nuinber in the'newer nulls in England, The soil is very, uniform, and consists which are equipped with 100,000 spin: of_a strong rich clay. The timber. dies and some Will double the number. chiefly balsun and spruce. is so thick This difference in capacity has,. of and unbroken 1trat. the sun and wind course, to be considered in comparing cannot Peuetrute it. This lend will the number of mills in India with those stand. any amount of gunning. and lr.t.Engl?nd., But the moat remarksble inttllitrtntly farmed will gm: very thing about the patter is the spirit profiteble returns. The surface of the which . native Indians of wealth and [ land is smooth with few cradle holes. education are.leariysintr, to display In Uponthe river Blanche. there are large connection with the development tf tracts of level clay land, which wore their country. _In the end they will burned overs few yetirs ego andcouid probably find it more profitable end be brought int.o.ou.itivtion .almost as 'l.f,1li1lrttuulngrig1tothgui,iiiii i???” 'llUlerll"d', land. It/ii, Ttot let i- emare. oweve. 'rheti tical discussion and agitation. Itpo itr, consists of pine. spruce, s./d'aeci"t2'g' not to be supposed. that the cottonierac. cedar, poplar and a scattering: manufacturers of l'nsziand are indif-t of white oak find black ash.. But on} {event to the compel: up that is grown; the best farming land the timber has' we“; 2','.ht/'e,iti,bg,tmt,tiiii'c"' IT,,', “i' gamma! Jai:).': W] a an ar. w IC . from the {prospect of large supplies I' i at” size. But the bulk f/IL my: high qual ty and cheap row cottonn ber " balsam and spruce. ranging from 00-111. from Egypt end the Sands: in five to fourteen inches in diameter. the next few years. which they bell." Vegetables of - kind grow to per. will cable the. to hold their own in faction. and so do mall fruits. while the Enter-n - in the future as all the cereal! crown in “when 0s- In the pest. tsrio. with the exception of the more - - , tussle? Tttu', corn. grow well. The late Rev. Gee - em "W . 0 "0!"I at opus. barley, neuter. Romney. 1%%'f.tgg,tit; tatt “a - wheat, oats, timothy, astute, valued a over £4,000 to found “d trlovesr har, potatoea, ttttr. Sm en estro I I obesmtor} to be fields of he, grows on new land celled "The Proctor Equatorial " " amongst the stumps would go over two more College Aberdeen ' tone to..the Mrs. 1'” Propoued James ' - . Bey roilwsy would put this in direct That there are advantages in erecting‘ mills in other parts of the country,} and very solid ones. is shown by the fact that Madras United Mill paid 21! per cent, last year, and that the mills at Nagpur in the central province made $417,000 clear profit for the year ending July, 1898. The opinion of the must competent men in thei cotton industry in India is that there} is room for acorns mono mills yet ini the country. which. it properly and honestly managed. are certain to pay 20 per cent. The Bombay mill owners are natur- ally very anxious to retain what has up to now been a practical monopoly of cotton manufacturing in their own hands, but they have been forced to acknowledge that there are advant- ages in putting up mills in other parts of India where the raw cotton is pro- duced where they are close to their markets and At the same time Indian cotton manufacturers admit that so soon as the Japanese and Chinese cotton in- dustries have developed beyond the needs of their local markets, and that the Indian mills have done the same. outlets will have to be found for their goods. These they expect to find in South Africa and the border States of India. But they say that so long as the Indian imports of cotton goods continue they will be fully occupied meeting the demands of their own mar- ket, for the sole control of which they intend to strive. A Mr. J. N. Tata, a Bombay mill owner, is extensively cultivating Egyp- tian cotton on Indian soil. and has ai- ready accomplished such results that he has thrown out the challenge that it Lancushire should persist in assist- ing China with British capltnl to com- pete against India in the coarser quali- ties of cotton good: India will go in- to the market wail the finer qualities and so secure a large proportion of the 'e005.00o she now pay} lo England. NINE NEW MILLS at Bombay, eleven " Ahmedabad, and one at each of seven other places. Others are in contemplation, of which seven are to be built in Bombay, six at Ahmedabad, two " Pondicherry, two at Madura and one at each of four other places. At this moment there are mills in Ahmedabad, Nagpur and Bombay spinning forty, sixty and even eighty degrees yarns from Egyptian cotton and weaving fancy fabrics that, it is confidently anticipated will unti-‘ mately deprive Lancashire of the bulk of its trade with India. It is estimat- ed that India pays annually for Eng- lish manufactured cotton piece goods not far from $100,000,000, but conditions favorable to the diminution. if not ex- tinction of this trade have recently come into existence. One fact in con- nection with this is worth mentioning as showing the spirit of enterprise with which native Indians are under- taking the development ot the res sources of their own country. But this number does not appear to autgioe for the Indian demand and the export trade, ehietly to China and East and South Africa, for there no actually under construction Cotton manufacturing by modern machinery was first begun in India in 1851, at Bombay, and by 1877, there were forty-seven mills in all India. At the beginning of 1898 there were 154 mills, distributed according to presi- dencies and districts as follows: Ben- gal, 9; Madras, 10; Bombay, 106; Pun- jab, 18; central provinces, u. and; French India, 2. 1 It: Growth “(I the Importance to Great llrllaln or In Present Development. , The history of the growth of the icotton industry in India in a very in- ( taunting one, and, in view of the com- petition with which its development threatens the importation of Lan- caehire cotton manufactures, it may be of political importance. At preeent cotton yarns and cotton threads com- ing into India from abroad are exempt‘ from duty, and that on other cotton goods ia81-2 per cent. As moat of the cotton imports of India are from Eng- land, this arrangement of the duties was almost entirely to the advantage of Lancashire. THE COTTON INDUSTRY m INDIA. "Did you not Invite Geoffrey, toot" she asked. " "ertainly invited him," answered Milo.» "He WIS coming. I understood; he will, no doubt, be here presently." LABOR CHEAP. To be Continued. as the timber is more easily burned. The cost of clearing wouldbe from " to 815 tn acre. Wheat does well, and so do oats, potatoes, turnips and fruit. MILLION AND A QUARTER ACRES. tor work at his own home as long u ', rreirintr tIto rural diiilUiG rd; the timber lasts. 8. Good natural 3;"? 'tT,','"")).', (biz-trains and attend. d l . . e rave my post-office ralnage, "ty'lemiid spring and well paratus. A man could hardly do L1t, water. 9. lbs persorveranoe and in- and some men do I great deal less. dustry will bring tta reward in a trood But then this woman was Scotch: comfortable term homo. and e workwi __ - - -- in gman with limited means wh . home can get it here. owantslg HUMOR OF THE INSANE ABOUT "SLT.) STE. MARIE. 5'50" " VIP-l! of M, "I!- it? “IMHI' In the Ste. Marie section there is? $etadpatt tti " “H"- some good agricultural land. There are: " wats' sitting in m off h still 4.000 acres not taken up on St. t IF . I "rm t . Joseph'l Island. On the island farms o her day, maid the 'u1peruniendeat ot can be bought from .150 to 81.000. ao- an insane asylum, "when one of tlu 'itrli?q,P, the soil and improvements.; pauentts, a harmless fellow who " " About haulers Bay the country is some-f 1owed to have the freedom ot ”10 whet broken and the land is general- building and ground Cl . ly In the valleys hemmed in by rock , " . . . s, apt In. paiq ridgu. The best soil is a sandy loam, with indignation, and said that in which. when intelligently cultivated: had " eomplaint to tuakts. EIYes very prQIiLable results. Two- " 'What is u, your Highness t' l stlfttpf2,t'r- tiling: oi'h,/tu,'d?f,ft said. for it was the Primus of Wales] black 9nd yellow birc'h. The low let)?!- was talking to. trtat sdditiolldto tee, and birch, "'Are the rules of tue palace to l" ' spruce an a ew tamarac. The obserVed . ll” ' I , . maple land is not as difficult to clear. want to C,:'",',,',' the tlem tttued. I as the timber is more easily burned. b br _t, . e "f out rules can Ihgoost otclearing wouldbe from 812 e roken wiits mmunuy.‘ I The {lien are bad on Itock for n ‘month and 1 half in mid-tsummer, ne- quiring the cattle to be put in the stable during the day time. l. The wmteu are bright and clear. 5. Al 3 Itook and dairy country it cannot be surpassed. 6. Local markets are good and likely to continue. as it is closely Idjnoent to the mining regions. 7. That one can hue I. easily cleared turn by locating on the burned land. or ifatimbemd let be chosen. the set-- tier will have plenty of profitable wine I is well watered with rivers, creeks and wells. 6. The soil and climate are Particularly well adapted to the grow- ing of tall and spring wheat, barley, otutt, potatoes, turnips. and all kinds of vegetables and smell fruits. Corn and standard apples don't seem to do so well, unless it be the very hardest varieties. 7. Grasses grow in great luxurianoa. 8. A very healthy clim- ate. 9. Good roads for a new country. 110- Plenty of winter work in the lumber camps; also hauling and chop- ping oordwood. RAT PORTAGE DISTRICT. l The Rat Portage district had much mining land, and also farm land. The conclusions reached regarding the Rat Portage district are given as below: 1. That there are schools and churches in almost - part of the settled sec- tions. 2. That plenty of employment can be had at any season of the year in the lumber camps; on the roads. and at the mines; and that wages are good. TEE WABIGOON DISTRICT. The advantaged of the chicoon dis. trust are summed up u fol1owat-L Cheap land and easily cleared, titty cents per acre on easy terms. E The main line of the Canadian Pacific Rail- way passe. right through the agricul- tural belt. 3. The beat at local mar- kets. 4. Sufficient timber for build- yur, fencing and fuel. 5. The country In tho Port Arthur section Mr. Anderson found good crops of hay. barley, oats, spring wheat, potatoes, turnips, and vegetable; It in well watered, and there in . fair Crowd: of poplar, spruce. jack pine, white birch, cedar and ulnauok. The mar- keta at Fort William and Port Arthur no good. and the price- paid are hisrh. "The Never Districts of Ontario" in the title of o. pamphlet just published by the Ontario Government. It treat: ot the Rainy River. Watritroon, Altroam and Temimsaminttuo districts. and is full of valuable information for pro.- Pective settlers. Mr. Duncan Ander- son. of Rugby, Ont., prepared the pum- Phlet, under the instructions of the Minister of Agriculture. Mr. Ander- Son started out on May 16th, 1nd wan Iway until July 23rd. In this time he travelled 6.450 mile. by rail. 525 by boat, 315 mile. on foot, and 110 miles driving. Plenty or I'll" land all - " chance- far - With Agricultural ALL ABOUT NEW ONTARIO THE COUNTRY IS RICH IN PARK LANDS, TIMBER AND IINES. __,_ u, 1""."Nb. I” the doctor ought to "ow but.” An etching. - a story said to have bentold st u “charity dinner." A can wu brought into the accident Inc-pin! who “a thought to be dead. Bits wide was with him. Ono o' the doctors said: “He in death" but It. man raised his head and said: "No, I" not dead yen" whereupon hia wife ttd.. monllhf-d him. by saying: "B. gal-M lul.‘ incident muslin”: a trich which few people know anything ubuul," continued an; superintendent "That is, that there is mun: uni-un- scious humor about a lot of [uranium than there in genuine humor among Mute pmple. Some of the things that my patients my and do we funnier than any of the things I read ur hear from the outside world. I tell you, life isn't so prosaic as you'd think in "'rle. shall be executed at um said, and tho Prince bmed with seriousness and “liked out of room. "'Weit, then,' he said, 'Jnhn. refer. ring to I keeper. must be punished As I stood there he came Hung and filled the [mils with water.' “‘Cenainly not, you; Higtuuv-,' t and; 'whu is it t' "'1 war. coming down mo corndor this morning,’ he said, 'and in a rack un the wall I saw a dozen red “in marked, "For fire umy." Now in that right or not t' "Ut is,’ l and, "Ibo sign in 001'- rect.' "I was sitting in my oftieo the other day," said the tsuperintendent of an insane asylum, "when one of ttu patients. a harmless fellow who is " lowed to have the freedom of the building and grounds, tune in, put. with indignation, and said that he had A complaint to make. - wt -- - -.... [ The niece had carved for forty-two ‘yeare as poetwoman so that she must be well on to sixty on taking up her _ new appointment. The post-office can- not be an unhealthy occupation. or ita employeea would not live to such " normal use. But there are young poetwomen in well as old. We have let-- the portrait of one who cannot be much ebeve thirty, and who. attired in the otfioiat overcoat and cape, with a - felt hat and feather, looked unceuamon~ ly emart and business-like. She is the wearer of two good-conduct badges. and appears to take her full round of dutiee -making two rural deliveries aday, besides meeting the trains and attend- ing to the travelling Post-office up- paratue. A man could hardly do more, and some men do a great deal leee. But then this woman was Scotch: Another postwomun in the Bristol district bu Just succeeded her aunt a nub-postmintreu. the latter having served for forty-“van yearn, and reach. admthe tt?yti.rltiptr ago of 'tietetr-tivo, 'l‘here recently retired from the Bri+ tol post-oltice s postwounn who we: born in 1825. and who must have been delivering letters for the beat pert ol sixty years. She was seventy-two years ot use when she retired and it is esti- mated that she must have walked e quarter of a million miles during her long service. Although she served e very sparsely populated district, she was never stopped nor molested in any we: on her round. end it is needless to say that she gained the respect of all with whom she came in Contact. The Lords of her Majesty's Treasury, recog- nizing the exceptional circumstances at this women's service. granted her halt. pay in the shape of pension. and the inhabitants of her native village took the occasion of her retirement to pre- sent her with e handsome testimonial. insane asylum." This I It is probable that women have el- 'way| been included among the em- , ployeee of the poet-office. uny- e writer f la Chamber e Journal. The writer can Remember when the bend of the post- office in the greet town of Sheffield wee ewoman. and when there was e " poetmietreee' of Gibraltar. The poet office eometimee "runs in familial." and cam are not infrequent where e poetmuter in eucoeeded by " widow or daughter. or other female relative. For the moat part, such cases would in. dicate e denire on the part of the eu- thoritiee to reward long and faithful eervice " to exercise companion to. ward. dependent relatives. Not only are poetmietreseee felrly common II these day. but potr'twomtsn--that in. female "rtter.earrier-re by tho mean- uncommon. In concluding. Mr. Anderson any. that in Ontario them are at least 2gi00,000 acres of good land at present available lor ttrtuemtnt-rernGo to absorb our surplus agricultural pupu- lation (or many years. The land in cheap; it is easy of sccess; the climate is healthy; money can be earned at the lumber camps. the mines and on the colonization roads; no that tho settler and hia family will be main.. tained in comfort during the first and second year- until the [arm produces enough to support his family. So for the struggling mechanic. day worker, and all those who are putting their labour on the market, there is a bet.. ter chance for homes in the unheated land of Ontario than staying in tho overcrowded industrial centres, where the cry tor work is becoming yearly more acute, for even if such have but a rudimentary knowledge of (arming. they will be able to learn from their neighbors. FAITH IN YOUR connection with Toronto. Mr. Ander. Ion ---"r think it would be win. for the Government to raise the prim of land hora tron fifty cents to one dollar per acre. using the mud (in, cents to give increased aid to the first eighty milel of the line." PLENTY OF FARM LAND. FAITHFUL ENGLISH SERVANTB. incident illustrate,: ' - a story said to at u “charity dinner." A light into the accident “a thought to to deal. with him. Ono o' the "Lac 3. that" by! the ”Med wittroiiedt once,' I lb- Thu 5W”!!! already 1:104 A syrup a V-trver The Mum: tnt' to m? March. The C (gutted April tr. The Centr Ottawa will dilution. It ll report at so. :09 mi Mudland " A dini nu “one hour bvelsloke, It in mu 'Ott to 10,000 $ttsebet my A new hbly be 'UjorAieu/ order ”won! at the Freud Mticens. TIM. Glam Toronto and moved to me! 'banilton lion ot th., The pane italic! are 3.1er of th reeetM toe" trem 68*” Parliam- muud unti not max: t bed earlier Hm Can-u London is I we lotion wnditiuns u suitability Barnum 8. turn to the rennin per: The count “than“ in unit)- of C u noun as Tho' Ham .anonuliz trump “we (Ivoring Ill A llrgv n North Duh lect- lo M near the l toba. Mayor l) Dr. Ledu the Heidit In been dt Ald. Roy of Milk In and prvaide Co., 100601 Hm book! all ' ice lin. He hid port " hich that C,'l,i2) John It) Sound. "tsol, Minn Boo. "on the t trtth-eattl can authuri pleaded qui gory at Pa Bun. Jo. the (‘olouiu (its! um. i Llnmn 8-- riatto with 1 Mayor I to "tttr Bide“: rd the groan of public In Jam Atgoma is mule-mum bohors r! for the _ Mfr-M and) Ind hugs stead of ' At qubd Canadian l vacuum mm. the would! are”!!! of the be ma and Yuk ed to one on Sallrd that o I'lh It tulle! your. The Wen; Hamilton I ranged to I in has " Queen ll ( Ink. from The com increase-d f I In ten yell The Gard of Mm: ZunIu-ui In? Central Af Two thoq charm-d It I harm. off W destroyed b1 Plden-wnl a! his “Ha I maxim] London. in The cuss the Earl of Etiennv Hal the Earl of Mr. G. IL " the purcb:m er " the :1 dom I ptac teen pemnq Sir Wiliiam sign the Pt TUritic Rail Henry J (horny on Emperor The Bank a oflim- Ill The spriui 'ort ' he (‘04 the. com “we a at Mr. .mp1. to H n AU