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) e So, with a fastâ€"beatinz heart. I went to Penixarth and asked for Mr. Aysâ€" cougzh. Tre oid Sceotermnm nad not forg:‘ten me; and a f@+‘ ight later, thrvag‘ bis inf nc I was offered the post of underâ€"gardener s assistant it Linden Villa, the bouse of a rich 1 have been so often asked to te:l the followinz story in the course of the forty years which have come and gone since the events narrated in it took place, that at last I have made up my mind never to open my lips about it again. but just to write it down in my own homely fasbion, so that if anyâ€" body bothers me to tell it in time to come, I can put it before them in black and white, and bid them read it for themselves, which will be a saving of time and trouble to every one concernâ€" This ancient and reputable POS‘] baving been held by a Holditch for| something like a bhundred and filty! {ears. it was looked upon, from (he | ime 1 can remember anything, quite | es a matter of course, and as one ol! those things which are not open to | question, that my father‘s son should | on« day follow in the footsteps of his | ancestors, and earn his daily breadl @fter the same fashion in which they | bad earned theirs. How the knowâ€"| ledge came to me that such was the | mode of life which an unkind fate had | mapped out for ms, I cannot now call | to mind, but from the very first I lookâ€" | ed forward to it with loathing and disâ€"| may. Many a time my father wou!d; make me stand by him while he seoopâ€" | ed out a grave in the black loamy . soil, with the view, I suppose, of | teaching the young idea bhow to dig. ; He was very proud of his handiwork, | and would bid me observe the artistic finiahâ€"only those weren‘t the words | he usedâ€"of all the details; but some-l times his spade would throw up the skuil or thighâ€"bone of some provious, tenint of the space he was now getting | ready for another, and then 1 wou‘d | turn saway, disgusted and sick at beart, while my father would laugh lightly and say: "It‘s nowt, lad, nowt @t all, when a body gets used to it.‘ But whatever my secret thoughts and feelings might be on the question of my future, I said no word to any one , aboui them, and certainly my father| was the last person in the world to bave any suspicion of the degenenacy of his on!ly son, | My father eked out his livelihood by making and cobbling shoes, as his father and grandfather had done in their time, so that the lapstone might be said to be as much an inheritance of the Holditch family as the churchyard Itself. I, however, had little more likâ€" ing for the cobbler‘s awl than for the spade and pickaxe ; my thoughts and thing very different from either. From the time when I was a child I bad a great fondness for flowers. 1 know not whence the liking came, nor why it camme, but there it was. One day, when I was about twelve years old, I was sent by a neighbour with a message to the beadâ€"gardener at Penigarth, Sir William Verinders countryâ€"house, abour fous miles away. To me, the poor sextons son, the gardens and glassâ€"houses at Peniâ€" warth came as a revalation of beauty undreamed of before, TThe gardener, a kindly Scotchman, was evidently pleased with my en:busiasm, and was at the trouble to show me over the place, eliciting from me by the way sundry particulars of my history, "Weel, laddie," he said to me at partâ€" ing, "everybody to his likes: bus for sundry particulars of my history, "Weel, laddie," he said to me at partâ€" ing, "everybody to his likes; bu. for my part, I‘d sooner tend my bit flowers than howk graves." I need hardly say that I was entirely of the same way of thinking. "After all, whon one comes to conâ€" sider, there isn‘t such a vast difference atween a graveâ€"diggor and a gardenâ€" er. They both get their living «ut of the mou:d, and both have to be hindy with their shovels. And who knows, if this newâ€"Sangled nowion of plantâ€" ing foiks graves with flowers and shrubs comes into fashion, but what Rube my be doinz a good thing for bisself by learn nz all about em.‘ Erpm that hour my heart was set on becominz a gardener. My father. fee his position in life, gave me what was considered in those days a fairly good education ; but with my fourâ€" teenth birthday my schooling came to an end. He was a reticent man, and bad said no word to me of his intenâ€" tions; but I foreboded only too surely what they were. I was to be apprenâ€" ticed to a shoemaker in the town, in order that I might learn the bu«iâ€" pess thoroughly, then, after I should be out of my time. and as years crept over my father, I was gradua‘ly to work into the position of assistaintâ€" sextomn, with the view of u‘timately succeeding to a:l the emoluaments and dignities which so many of my preâ€" decessors had enjoyed before me. Hereupon ensued the only serious difference of opinion that ever divided my father an« myseif even for a day. I told him plainly how utterly bateful to me was the idea of becominz a shoeâ€" maker, and how my heart was set on being a gardener. He was "struck alil of a heap," as the sayin: is, and said some hard things in the beat of his temper. For a week or more he reâ€" mained in the "dumps,‘ hardiy speakâ€" ing a dozen words to me ail that. time. Then came another explosion; and then, finding I was not to be moved from my puspose, he gave away and tolid me 1 might do as I liked. All this had reference on‘ly to be as I liked. this had reference only to the shoeâ€" making ; not for a moment did he dream that when the proper time should come, a Holditch could be other thin a proud man at succeeding to what might with reasom be cailed the family estate in the abbey churchâ€" yard, and I was carefu! not to undeâ€" ceive h:im. One day I overheard him say to his perveu ar er. ny,Peter Philp: My name is Reuben Holditch and I was born and brouzht up in the little town of Westerfie!d, in the north of Engliand, where my father, my grandâ€" father, and my greatâ€"grandfather, and, for aught I know to the contrary, a ’uen»rutinn or two of ancestors still rther back, had filled, with credit to themselves and satisfaction to the pubâ€" Me, the office of sexton to the grand eld abbey church of St. Mary‘s. CHAPTER, I If the affair hbad ended there, it would not have mattered greatly, but it could not. It was evident that my father would be disabled for a long time to come; he must either find a ‘substitute, or give up his post; and to hbave had to do the latter would, 1 verily believe, have broken his beart. {I was to be his successorâ€"on that | point everybody (but myself) was ‘agreed, and everybody seemed lo | think 1 could do no other than act as | his deputy at a time like the preâ€" . sent. It is not too much to say that beâ€" fore long a scare set in the like of which bad never been kmown in merchant in the outskirts of Westerâ€" field. There I stayed for two years, picking up every scrap of knowledge ‘"There was never a Holditch born who coulbn‘t dig a grave," he said. "It comes nat‘rel to ‘em." It was in October. when the days seem to shorten so fast and the lengthening nights are already full of the prophecy of the coming winter, that my father met with bis accident. I had not been more than three days at home before I was told something â€"not by one person only, but by a dozen at the leastâ€"which surprised me greatly, and set me wondering what amount of truth there could hbe at the bottom of it. s or two with one hand, and then bounding away, vanished in the darkâ€" ness. Several of the women thus asâ€" sailed fainted with fright, and were ill for some days after; while on old Miss Glendovy the effect was that she became subject to fits of nervous trembling, which she was unable to control to the last day of her life. Nor did the men fare much better. Mr. Pybus, the tailor, was so scared that he took to his bed, and was not seen in his shop for a week to come; while Mr. Wakeling, the cornâ€"chandâ€" ler. the moment his tormentor reâ€" leased him, gave vent to a yell which broughi half the people in the street to their dcors and4 windows. Doveâ€" ton, the butcher, swho stood six feet one in bis stockings, was so terrified une mnizght thet it was said he pever went out after dark for weeks afterâ€" wards with»at being armed with one of his own formicabis knives; while two of the town constables fared no wetter than ordinary mortals, but conâ€" siuerab.y worse in one respet, seeing ‘hat both of tmnam td trstir bats k1« ked c e pleiely o.er their eyes by b ir a but u_ â€" en tormentor. I was a few months turned oneâ€"andâ€" tweniy when a sad accident happened to my father: he fell and broke his leg. The fracture was a bad one ; it would be weeks before he would be able to leave the house, months beâ€" fore he would be strong enough to go about bis work as usual. I was sent for at once, @nd had not been more than a few hours at home when word was brought that my father s services were needed. A parishioner was dead, and his grave would have to be dug the following day. In this emergency my fatbher naturally turned to me; and when ‘I bhinted that, seeing bow little I knew of such things, it might be adâ€" visable to call in the services of the sexton of St. Michael‘s, he gave me a look I did not forget for many a day. Of course I had to tell Mr. Ayscough bow matters stood. "There‘s no belp for it, laddie," be said. "Thou must go and bide with thy father till he gets better. and we must try and get on _ Iilkpiui ALe~ fam=m>while 48 best WA What I was told was this: That of an evening after dark, especially on those nights when there was no moon, or when it did not rise till late, the town was infested by a creature which was said to be haliâ€"man and haifâ€" monkey in appearanceâ€"the ‘manâ€"ape‘ being the term _ applied to it by general ecceptance. ‘The account givâ€" en of it by those who professed to bave seen it varied in some of the deâ€" tails; but all agreed that its body was covered with long coarse bair. lbat its face resembled that of the ape tribe in general, that its footsteps were inaudible, that its activity was someibing marvelious, and finally, that on the two or three occasions on which certain bolder spirits than comâ€" mon had ventured to go in pursuit of it, it was seen to vault over the railâ€" ings which crown the low wall that encloses the abbey churchyard, and disappear among the tombs and graveâ€" stones inside. At first this strange creature seemed to confine its pranks to frightening women and elderly people. It seldom or never made its appearance before nine o‘clock, by which bour nearly all the shops were shut and the streets comparatively deâ€" serted. Then it would spring s«udâ€" denly from some dark corner or coverâ€" ed entryâ€"and in our oldâ€"fashioned town such ‘emtries‘ were to be found in every streetâ€"and encircling the neck of the passerâ€"by, which, five times out of six, was that of a woman, with one of its dreadful bairy arms, it would give utterance to a shrill gibâ€" bering cry. which all who bad heard it declared it be like nothing human, and then releasing its victim as sudâ€" denly as it had grasped her or him, it woulid beat its breast for a moment Aiter that, of course, there was nothing Â¥or it but to do as my fathâ€" er‘s soun was expected to do. _ se I cou!d lay hold of, at the end of which time a berth was found for me at Penigarth itself. Here several years slipped away almost without my knowâ€" ing how, so happy and fuil of content was my lot. Mr. Ayscough, who took great interest in me, bhad advised me to learn at least the rudiments of Latin, without which, be said, no bhortiâ€" culturist could be said to know his business in these days: so a great porâ€" tion of my spare hours were given to the acquisition of that grand but difâ€" ficult language. Almost as a matâ€" ter of course, I had fallen in love by this time. The object of my passion was pretty Mary Lidford, the on‘y child of her mother, who was a widow, Mary bad nothing of her own in the way of this world s gear, and as my wages only just sufficed to keep myâ€" self. there seemed little likelihood of onr being able to marry for several years to come. But that was a prosâ€" pect which did not trouble us greatâ€" ly. We were young, we loved each cther. and we could afford to wait till brighter days should dawn. CA n Westeriteld. Hardly a female would venture out of doors after eight o‘cleck unless escorted by one of the opposite sex, and not a child was to be seen abroad after dusk. Even the members of the Apolio Club, a conâ€" vival gathering of wellâ€"toâ€"do people who met two evenings a week at the King‘s Heed for the promotion of harmang and good fellowâ€"ship, were reported to be so far affected by the general scare that when they broke up a little before midnight they preferâ€" red wending their way homeward by twos or threes to running the risk of being pounced upon singly by an anoâ€" malous hairy being afiter a fashion which was enough to throw an elderly gentlemen into a fit. All sorts of absurd stories and exaggerations got about as must inevitably be the czse whenever the ‘thousand tongues ofi Rumour‘ are all set wagging at once. At length matters came to such a pass that a number of the bolder spirite among the young men of the town banded themselves together with the avowed intention of huntâ€" ing down the manâ€"ape. Dividing themselves into a couple of gangs, each member of which was armed with a stout cudgel, they perambulated the town night after night: from eight o‘clock till midnight, vowing vengeance the most dire on the obâ€" ject of their hatredâ€"if only they could come across it. This, unforiuâ€" nately small as the town was, they never succeeded in doing. The creaâ€" ture seemed to derive a sort of maliâ€" clous glee from setting them at deâ€" fiance. Thus, on more than on ocâ€" casion, the ‘vigilance boys,‘ as they bhad dubbed themselves, on turning a corner would find a woman in a halfâ€" fainting state, who had been waylaid by the creature only a minute or two previousiy. It may be that the ‘boys‘ were too much addicted to chaffing each other, to rattling their sticks on pavement, and to acting in too deâ€" monstrative a manner generally in the course of their perambulations, to render their services of any avail,; but be thal as it may, the outrages still went on heretofore. Not that they ocâ€" curred every night by any means; sometimes four or five nights would go by without anything being seen or beard of the creature, while, as before remarked, it seemed to have a rooted dislike to moonlight ; then for two or three mights together, its objectionâ€" able practices would be resumed. Westerfield was fairly at its wits‘ end with terror and rage. of them ; and the others, following the direction of his finger with their gaze, could just make out a dusky figure climbing apeâ€"fashion up the iron waâ€" terâ€"spout which ran from the roof to the ground between two of the corâ€" ner houses of the court. The creaâ€" ture was climbing slowly, hand over band and foot over foot, and was alâ€" ready three parts of the way up. The young men were so struck that they could not utter a word. Half a minute later the creature had reachâ€" ed the roof of one of the houses; then it turned and relieved itself by giving vent to a gibbering derisive laugh, if laugh it could be called, and scrambâ€" ling nimbly up the tiles of the roof disappeard on the other side. By this the two constables had come up, and they, as a matter of course, took the direction of the affair into their own bands. By the time they had succeedâ€" It was reported that sometimes the manâ€"ape had a plaster in his hand, which bhe tried to fix over the mouths of his victims ; some who professed to bave seen him would bave it that he was at the very least seven feet high; while others averred that he was deâ€" formed and bhad a huge lump between his shoulders. Others of the more ignorant were firmly persuaded that there was a strong smeli of brimstone about the creature, and that his eyes glowed in his head like live coals. TORONTO £ ed in knocking up the people I_a_e’o of ed in knocking up the le in one OL the houses and in ”tmp leave to go through into the gardem at the Im&, the creature could easily have got away three or four times over, (To be Continued.) ; «. What the Legislators of the Country are Doing at Ottawa. A vote of $20,000 for illustration staâ€" tions elicited the information from the Minister of Agriculture that this was a new feature of the department‘s work from which good results are expected. In France they had been of great serâ€" vice. . While throughout the country many farms were to be found in splenâ€" flid shape, many others were in sore need of advice such as a station run Mr. Stenson, Richmond and Wolfe, was in favor of the proposal. They could be adapted to the various localities. The farmers of his district would be sorely disappointed if this vote were knocked f THE PACIFIC CABLE. > The Postmasterâ€"General, according to arrangement, proposed that the House proceed into committee on his resoluâ€" tion providing for Canada‘s assuming fiveâ€"eighteenths of the cost of a cable line between this country and Ausâ€" tralia. The question, he thought, was one on which there was no difâ€" ference of opinion, while the primary object in view is to secure cable conâ€" nection with the Australasian colonies. It was inconceivable that any British power should stand in the way of the Empire‘s obtaining cable connection on fair and reasonable rates over the Eastern Extension Company‘s line to China and Japan, which would pracâ€" tically give us complete cable connecâ€" tion with China and Japan. The enâ€" terprise would be of importance not only to the whole British Empire but of direct benefit to Canadian commerâ€" cial interests. â€" The financial aspect of the case was based upon the report of the Imperial committee of 1897, which was favored with the advice of Lord Kelvin, the distinguished scienâ€" tist. _ Their calculation was that the cable would cost in round figures £1,â€" 492,000. _ Since then an increase in the cost of the cable material has brought the proposed cost up to £1,592,000. The plan contemplates that the cost should be divided in the proportion of fiveâ€" eighteenths each by Great Britain and Canada, and twoâ€"eighteenths each by New Zealand, New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria. In comâ€" mittee he would propose an amendâ€" ment that the representation on the board should be two members from Canada and three each from Great Britain and the Australasian colonies. Sir Sanford Fleming had calculated that the cable would earn with a due allowance for Asiatic business in its first year of operation, 1902, £114,157; in 1903, £153,031 ; in 1904, £197,375, and in 1905, £249,144. From these figures and the opinion of all who had given the question study, it was apparent that the proposition had no financial terrors for Canada. It would tend to bring us trade and to build up our own telegraph lines and would, he felt certain, commend itself to the favor of this country. ithe Mr. Fisher appreciated the way in which Mr. McMillan had dealt with this question, and the suggestions from a practical farmer like him were of special value. He promised more information in the annual reports conâ€" cerning dairy requirements, which would remedy a defect. The condition of the stock was due to an outbreak of tuberculosis some time since. _A few thoroughbred cattle had been purchasâ€" ed to make up the loss, and the preâ€" sent appropriation would allow new purchases. Thoroughbred cattle would cost a large sum, and it was a matter in which he could not but go very slowly. He also proposed purchasing a herd of sheep for the central farm. Mr. Fisher m:uge reference to the useâ€" ful experiments which are being carâ€" ried on in the direction of determining the cause of what is known as soft pork. Sir Charles Tupper ééigéi with those who had spoken that these stations would be of no vyalue. Sir Henry Joly de Lotbiniere was cerâ€" tain that illustration stations could teach our tobacco growers much to their advantage regarding curing. This last year between eight and ten milâ€" lion pounds had been cultivated in Esâ€" on modern lines would aii(;fd:~Ti1‘¢:;' were to be located at suitable points. Rix Charleso â€" TuppeI â€" CUHgzretulated the government and the Postmasterâ€" General upon this move and commendâ€" ed Sir Sanford Fleming‘s interest in the subject as having done more than anything else to insure the success of the scheme. Sir Charles gave an exâ€" haustive history of the movement for this cable, and took the ground that Britain had but acted fairly in toeing the mark as she had,. THE EXPERIMENTAL FARM. Mr. McMillan said that none but a practical farmer should be at the head of the Department of Agriculture. He was a farmer himself; but could not run a brewery ; the same thing was true of the premier in regard to the farming business. Nothing short of a resolution was needed at the farm. They had now a practical man in Mr. Grisdale, at the farm, and with a pracâ€" tical farmer like Mr. Fisher, at the head he looked for great improvement in the management of the farm. The system in vogue at the farm might have been all right years ago, but it was not up to date toâ€"day. The work done here was of no value to farmers in Western Ontario, the West and the Maritime Provinces. Messrs. Osler, Prior and Bostock alâ€" so spoke in favor of the resolution. The bill was read a third time. Mr. Craig took an optimistic view of the project and urged that the benefit wuufd be great to the Empire and form some return for her fosterâ€" ing care. PDOMINION PARLIAMENT, ILLUSTRATION STATIONS sex and Kent counties and as much more in Quebes, while only two and a half million pounds passed through our factories. If the farmers could see rlt in practice before their eye8 the theâ€" ories taught them in books they would pick them up more easily. Mr. Fisher, in reply to some of the objections raised, stated that the prinâ€" ciple of these stations Was the same that had wroked out 80 well in the case of the cheese trade. He bhad acted upon the petitions and applications of farmers from all over Canada seeking extension of the experimental farm work. The question was discussed at c @Â¥XZ CC La Finaily the P uff 5 20 o nnnsintatectentintetaten ze Sir Wilfrid Laurier informed Mr.â€"Me Neil that the resolution which the latâ€" ter hbad prepared in reference to Canada‘s desire to obtain a preference in British markets was not satisfacâ€" tory to him. The Premier said that he had prepared one of his own and would show it to Mr. McNeil. â€" Probably they would agree about it. 1 TO ENLARGE DRY DOCKS. Mr. Fielding moved the House into committee on a resolution regarding public assistance to dry docks. In 1832 a siatute was passed granting 1 per cent. of a subsidy on the outâ€" lay for building dry docks, but not to exceed _ $10,000 per year,. Owing to the increased size _ of steamships, larger docks are now required, and the resolution proposed to . increase the amount of the subsidy to 2 per cent., on the cost of the work for 20 years, but not to exceed $20,000 per year, The locks which were built unâ€" der the statute can get the advantage of the new act if the size is increasâ€" ‘eiduitatityr it P ticsciae 1 Restigouche and Western, « tion from western end of 25 m sidized, towards St, John miles, and for the railway |f John river near Grand Fall Leonard to Campbellton, N.B., in all 27 miles. _ Massawippi Valley _ Railway Comâ€" pany extension to _ Stansuead Plain, Que., 31â€"2 miles. Port Hawkesbury, N. S., to Cariboo Cove, 10 miles. Fort Frances, Ont.. to mouth of Rainy river, 70 miles. Central _ New _ Brunswick railway, from Newcastle coal fields to Gibson, N.B., 30 miles. » Antler Station to Moose Mountain, To wihe > 1 KA nb d c .l Antler Station to Moose Mountain, Man., 50 miles. Sunny Brae to Country barbour, and from Country harbour to Guysboro‘, N.S., 15 miles. Port Clyde to Lockport, N. S., x miles. From I+C.R.. near Halifax to Central in $essm en P Doi c 242000 Cl aa C Ens From LC.R., near Halifax railway, Lunenburg, NS., 20 From Labelle, P.Q., to M« 22 miles. Western Alberta railway, dary to Anthracite, 50 miles y c hk aemk PSE Quebec Bridge Company, towards construction of bridge over the St. Lawrence and Chaudiere basin, near Quebec, Gll,()()0,000. payable 40 per cent. doven i. on AniitiebÂ¥mllh ds Abraicca s on monthly progress estimates ap proved by the Government engineer. " _ TT Vo, oo ANOYE Ladaith â€" St. Francis to mo river. N.B., 3 miles. ‘The resolution _ was adopted, Sir Charles Tupper agreeing with it. LOAN COMPANIES‘ BILL, The Loan Companies‘ Bill from the Senate, which makes provision for companies to be incorporated without coming to Parliament for their chartâ€" ers, was taken up in Committee. The bill was read a third time. ed item stood he bad been taking out a plan whereby something might be done in the way of inducing farmers from the Old Country to take up lands in the unsetiled parts of the older Provinces. RAILWAY sSUBSIDIES. Sixty millions or more is the sum which is to be voted by Parliament at the present session. The estimates alâ€" ready down exceed $55,000,000 ; the railâ€" way and bridge subsidies, of which Mr. Blair gives notice toâ€"night, includâ€" ing revotes, amount to $4,340,205. The immigration esiimates _ were then taken up in supply. _ Mr. Sifton, in reply to Mr. McDougall, said that Kingston and Pembroke railway, branches from main line to Bluff Point iron mine and Martele mine, five miles. Parry Sound, towards Sudbury, 20 miles. Ontario and Rainy River Railway Co., from Stanley station on the P. A., Duluth, and Western to Fort Frances, 140 miles, at $5,400 per mile, not exâ€" ceeding $890,000. Bay of Quinte railway, for branches to mines or woodlanas in Peterborâ€" ough, Northumberland, Hastings, Lenâ€" nox and Addington, Frontenac or Leeds, 10 miles, revote. Ontario, Belmont, and Northern railâ€" way {rom present terminus at iron mines, northâ€"westerly, five miles. Also for extension southerly to the Central Ontario junciion of the Ontario Pacific railway, two miles. Pembroke Southern, from Golden laketoward Irondale, Bancroft, and Ottawa railway, at Bancroft, 20 miles. Lake Erie and Detroit River Railâ€" way Co., from Ridgetown to St. Thomas, 44 miles, with running rights over the Canadian Southern. Hawkesbury to South Indian, 85 miles. Rrameh linc from main line of O:; &, and P.S. railway to Parry Sound town, five miles. The summary statement of the railâ€" way resolutions is as follows: Sault Ste, Marie to Michipicoten barâ€" bour and main line of C.P.it., 40 miles. Haliburton, via Whitney, O., A., and P.S., towards Mattawa, 20 miles. Extension of Tilsonbdrg, Lake Erie, and Pacific railway from 1ilsonburg to Ingersoll or Woodstock, 28 miles. mouth Shore railway, Sorel to Lotâ€" biniere, 82 miles. Edmonton, Yukon, and Pacific railâ€" way, from South Edmonton to North Edmonton, thence westerly through Yeliow Head pass, 50 miles. Bay of Quinte Railway Co., for exâ€" tension westerly from Deseronto, two miles, and for extension from Tweed northerly, five miles. Canadian Northern from the Winniâ€" peg Great Northern north of Swan river to Prince Albert, four miles. Fort Frances westerly to mouth of Rainy river, 70 miles. & THE CLASS OF IMMIGRANTS. Canada Eastern, N .B., 2 1â€"4 miles. Paspebiac, P.Q., to THE REVOTES. _ The following are revotes :â€" Central Ontario Railway Co. PB.EFERENTIAL TRADE. Wilfrid Laurier informed Mhr L LCC3 0N EL ~thie f the cheese UZUD """."" /) one the petitions and applications of rs from all over Canada seeking ion of the experimental farm The question was discussed at further length and finally the over. n end of 25 mi‘les, subâ€" s St. John river, 15 the railway from St. Grand Falls or St. Illltmth of St. Francis Nelson to Chatham 5 ols coctabnirc 1 Cogakn estern, continuaâ€" 20 miles. _ _ Momaningue, NSB., bounâ€" » & mi les. .. 12 miles, » extenâ€" sion from Ces Hill to Dancroft, Great Northern Railway Co., Mon:. calm and Bt. Tite Junction, on the Lower Laurentide railway, Que., 53 1.3 miles, for branch from main line tq Shawwn. 6 1â€"2 miles. Philipsburg Railway and Quarry Co, shorta to Government wharf p} Pbilips?ur‘. Que., 66â€"100 miles, Strathroy and Western County ra;l. way, Strathroy, via Adelaide and Ark. ona to Forest, Tedford, or Parkhill, q milas. St. John Valley and Riviere du Lo u.ilh\.vay. Fredericton to Woodatock.‘g miles. Port Hawkesbury, N.8., to St. Petery 80 miles. % Windsor to Truro, NS., 58 mlies, Brook{field, N.S., on the I. C. R., to Eastville, 25 miles. T Cross Creek Station, N.B., to Stanley village, N.B., 6 miles. * St. Remi to Stottsville, or some point on the Grand Trunk in 8t. Valentine parish, 19 miles. _ _ _ Pontypool and Bobcaygeon, via Lind. gay, i miles. _ _ _ _ â€" Pontiac and Prcific Junction rail. way, Aylmer to Hull, nine miles. _ Portage du Fort and Bristol branch railway, for branch from P. P. J., at Qugon, 15 miles. _ s an _ Oxford Mountain railway and Lawâ€" renceville, or Eastman to Waterloo, 18 miles. C United Counties railway, branch from St. Robert to Sorel, 612 miles, And from Mount Johnson to St. Gregoire station, one mile. A third son is a captain in the merâ€" chant service, mow proceeding . !O Italy. ts Ned ut ts own responsibility. _ Atlantic and Lake Superior, Caplia to Paspebiac, 80 miles. A striking family is that of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick King of Charsic!ld, Suffolk, England, which consists of nine sons and three daughters. ‘The oldest son bas a post in Ausâ€" tralia. Another son is a foreman gardenâ€" er in Herts. A married daughter resides at W ickâ€" ham Market in sufiolk. Central railway, Lunenburg, NS., to Liverpool, via, Caledonia, 63 miles, Indian Garden, Queen s County, N 8,, to Shelburne, 85 miles. Quebec and Lake St,. John railway Deepwater to Haâ€"Ha ‘bay, 12 miles, BRIDGE SUBSIDIES, The following are the bridge subsiâ€" dies :â€" Qusbec. . . ‘s s + 1$1000,000 Yamaska. . C C e 50,000 Cornel, . . & & . . % 85,000 St, Francis river, . . 50,000 Nicolet. i .. % * . « _ 15,000 Midiand railway over Shuâ€" How Much of This Enormouns Cost shoulgé Canada Bear ? Addressing the taxpayers of Engâ€" land, Mr. Archibald 8. Hurd asks; " What does the navy represent as a national asset ¢" Before he answers the question Mr. Hurd proceeds to give in detail the strength of the navy, in which be contends every Englishman bas a share. There are now 489 ships, large and small in the British navy. From 1869 to 1885 England spent on an average $7,500,000 per year on new ships. Since then the average bas ris en to $22,500,000, and this year the Ad« miralty are spending $406,2500,000 on new war vessels in addition to the $8,000,000 devoted io repairs and alterations of old vessels. In summing up Mr. Hurd item:zes the cost of the British navy as folâ€" lows :â€"Sixtyâ€"four battieships, $260,00 },â€" 000 ; 15 coastâ€"defence vessels, $:6. 00â€" 000; 22 armored cruisers, $56,600.0 0; 119 unprotected cruisers, $11,180,000; 3 ‘<~nedo vessels, $16,000,000 ; 120 torpedoâ€" boat destroyers, $80,000,090 ; 98 torpedo hoats, $10,000,000 ; a total of #540,.000â€" 000. If the twentyâ€"seven ships now in process of construction are added the aggregate cost of the British navy will be $725,000,000. "â€"A-"(m_xrth is Color Sergeant in the Grenadier Guards at Gibraltar. _ A fifth son is a civil engineer iD _ _A sixth is a firstâ€"class petty officer in the Royal Navy, now at Ascension Island. f The third daughter and nintk on are at home, not yet being old enough to go out into the world on lheir Coming to his question, " What does the navy represent as a national asâ€" set?" Mr. Hurd says: " These are the iron walls that in time of need will stand between us and an enemy. which safeguard commerce, protect the colâ€" onies and are continually patrolling the ocean highways. The colossa} sum of $540,000,000 paid out for the navy is a part of the fundea capital of Great Britain‘s formidable system of insurâ€" ance against a foreign foe." The seventh is a fireman in the Metropolitan Brigade. s The eighth is a Lowestoft police conâ€" stable. a THE BACKBONE OF THE NAVY is the sixtyâ€"four lines of battle ships, representing $269,000,000, These floatâ€" ing fortresses carry »,000 officers and men, and mount 2671 guns. There are on duty in the British navy 107 cruisâ€" ers, including 22 armored cruisers, $°6,â€" 600,000 ; 119 protected cruisers, $!14>â€" €00,000 ; 16 unmprotected. Included omâ€" ong the smaller craft are 218 corpedo boats and destroyers, and 35 larger torpedo vessels. Mr. Hurd dwells on the astounding fact that in the past eleven years Great Britain has spent $350,000,0)0 on new warships, and bas devoted to the navy during the twelve years that endâ€" ed last March $865,00000).. Toâ€"uay lngâ€" land has a fleet of 489 ships, which have a total displacement of 1.000.0.0 tons. Of this great fleet nearly (wo hundred of the most efficient and pow» erful vessels have been built during the pist eleven years. | 0 _ _ _The second daughter is proceeding o Australia in the service of Lord Tennyâ€" benacadie river, NS River du Loup. , . mac river. . . . A SCATTERED FAMILY IMPERIAL INSURANCEK 83,750 15,000 15,000 To many mothers the is fraught with dread treubles for the little on« thet all kinds of intesti stalk through the land the younglings of the f1 matter preâ€"eminently, is bial ounce of prevention mwe thin many pounds best way to keep a child‘ gans in good cond lowing thom to be »rder to attain to the mother hersel thild‘s diet. Jne of the first 4s a careful invest in g â€"w there is the quali boiled th children. comp‘ain, m the water f for several 1 under two ye The "flat tas Bu‘ W al vasteurized bei dulge in it. Tt sary when the by children pas ways providing good, and tak« rather than fro &1 o Goit.es containit yosely corked as have a slude cucumbe es, turnips an fresh ripe £1 aged to eat the ch rice served wilh al or cream, a poache whole wheat muf tered toast, berric noon, which must dinmer bour, mut! baked potatoes, & Ggessert, fresh or spongeâ€"cake mad For supper, bread #AUO®. Suppose you wan! tion of lilies this fall to plant, right away you have ? Here are 1 as snow ; L. tenu scarlet ; L. lancefolin and rose with crmimaso «ri, rosy pink, and ers, all good enoug fifteen cenis each. / A YOUNG LADY IN LEASED FROK s of cure it She suffered Uniold Ago Trouble â€" and . Sick WilHams‘ Pluk PHLs fyrom the Counmer, L6 some years ago we d other posiiive ( Williams‘ Pink Miss Cassie W soute sufferer of humanity for many | For nearly ci suffered unto headache and She tried seve material benefi tri« f]'n\e a[fe a) HOUSFEH W , tha Th CMILDREN‘s SUM W U neuI cA sos MNL 8 treatment V Pills. 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