The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

artrlidge ane ¢â€"throwers 0 Severe M S s«l the whole ziment was put inles B, E and thrown out in id find no one. then called to minutes later es was thrown he guard turm~ were seen runâ€" n the opposite he outpost was not pursued. ol _ to sign idra wal of troups are ken away, o lives will ally want d I peace why rapture the >r WilHame t O Ni Km')wl.'-d‘.. ns of the and Corn CC Cgci NF and the sentrieg ed that if last v ng is repeated, kill and investiâ€" ne of the attackâ€" irrest. The first 0 Col. Th:odore aade at 10.4G Private Payne â€"ntry duaty, Sa w the Mahanoy aratles the camp went from the ‘anded the men the corporal of the latter could of _ stones and at the sentry, 1 on the chest, ers. Howevrer, a dozen shots _ one was hit. ont whistling eping soldiere _ across the Ir Priest Rexr. H ber ¢â€"Mine accommo T 8. the Militia andoah ithing terms rlza tion. ‘The et RAMeR can sh!gs ORLD. lime TO TROUBLE, length is k K 1i ind _ hor masnhood to this organâ€" nited Mine ined organâ€" â€"od stained was formed otect crime oÂ¥ and conâ€" rking m# nd I woulde he opinio® draw big »eat in the he paltry luled men, imilles are man wBo lore their B'svfmaun” hes febhben S uen 1 # rlkes, -fl 1, evyen 2th It‘s the > hungr A nd hlon‘- u_ should 4 6 jv.mw' up lnto the air. ran down the ®, a Lithuanâ€" irtridges auncbhed ind Fahoy | of man," l1al every to earn his family, â€"right to " camp on town. 161 UnS MOrMNe ittack was i a natare was called own at the ie sentries the underâ€" he soldiers dou ble bed measures toms n _ wWas hrew w in 11 18 by oming a ind o,de" ;l)bin ‘T8sâ€"Priest Worh.,.’ Terms, calle res to guard, result band stoneg hase the 8y to t had no sort of carriage more ; sonvenient than a Norfolk cart, so on my way to Aberdeen L ordered a Ny to be at Ballator Station on my roturn with my new tenants. Both the ladies were already dressed torl their jJourney, and we started at aise, Mrs. Ellmer hastening to inform me that she had sent most of her Ingcage to some friends in London, to account, I fancy, poor lady, for having only one shabby trank and | two stage baskets. _ Babiole sat very l quietly during the railway journey, looking out of the window, at thol now drears and bleak landscape ; and | I spoke so little that any one might have thought I would rather have; booen alone. _ But, indeed, I was only | alraid, from the happy excitement which glowed in the faces of both talkative mother and silent daughâ€" tor. lest their bright expectations should be disappointed by the simâ€" | plicity and desolation of the place . they persisted in regarding as a palâ€" ace of delights. ‘ It‘s a very homely place, you khow," I said sotemnaly, after be-l ing bantered in a sprightly manner by \MUrs. Elimer upon my artfuiness in building myself a fortress up in the hills where, like the knights of old, [ could indulge in what lawless praoks I pleased. "And Iâ€" assure yo1 that nothing could posslibly be wore slmple than my mode of life there. . Whatever of the bold bad hmJlit there may have been in my composition ten years , back has heen melted down into mere harmâ€" legs eccentricity long ago." ‘Ah! you are not going to make mo believe that," said Mrs. Elimer, with a giddy shake of the head. Why the very name Larkhall beâ€" trays you." 3 1 believe the daar lady really did | thiik tho name hadl been given in »ammemoration of "high jinks" I bwi held there; but I hastened to wsure her that "lark" was simply the _ Highland _ pronunciation uf| larch," a tree which grew abundâ€" inlly in the neighborhood. _ Howâ€" yer, she ouly smiled archly, anl seeing tluyt the imaginary Iniquitiecs she seemed bent on imâ€" puling to me in no way lessened her orxuberan* happiness in my society, I loft my character in her bands, with maly a glanee at Bablole, who seemâ€" «1. with hor eyes fixed on the moving landscape, to be deaf to what wenti m inslde the carriaga. I was rather glad of it. Wiena we got to Ballater the little shel of a station was crowded by rough villagers, all eagerly enjoying the splendia excitement of the arrival » the train. A dease, wet Sceotch mist eavreloped us as we stepped on to the platform, chilled by our cold jJourney; still. they both smiled with persistent ‘ bappness, which grew l'npturomn1 when we all got into a roomy fly which Mrs. Elimer called "your carâ€" roxze." They were charmed with the villiage,. which looked, through the. val of fine rain, a most depressing sollection of stiff stone and slate Iwelling» to my blase eyes. They were delighted with the cold and droiry drive. They pronounced the lirk (ir forest through which we Irove _ "magnificeat" ; _ and, finâ€" illy after a hushed and reverâ€" onulial silence as we went through the plantation both were transfixed with admiration at the sight of my uxlest dwelling. Mrs. Elimer even wout so far as to admire the "fine tnzzed face" of Ferguson, who was stamijing at the hail door scowling Wws worst scowl. Idid not risk an encounter with him, but led the lwiilcs straight into the cottage, where a peat fire was glowing in 2g0 »{ the lower rooms. We went lirst into the sittingâ€"room ; a lighted lum;p> was in the middle of the table, the toeaâ€"things were at one en«d. 1 glance«l from mother_ to daughter, irying to read their first impression xX their new home. Mrs. Elimer‘s ‘yos. sharpened by sordid experi nce aungry keenness, took in every letail at once with critical satisfacâ€" tion, while her lips poured forth commonplaces of vague delight. The limax of her pleasure was the disâ€" :‘overy of the cup and saucer on the mantelpiece. By the way in which er thin face lighted up I saw she ®as a connoisseur. In looking at it ho forgot me and . for a moment pius«l in her enraptured monologue. BDabiole took it alt differently. She scemed to hold her breath, as she looked slowly round, as if determined to «aze on everything long enough to be sure that it was real ; then, with a little sob, she turned her head quickly, and her innocenrt eyes, soft amdt bright with unspeakable gratiâ€" tude, fel} on me. You must have been for years an object of horror and loathing to your l@llowâ€"men, to know what that look, going straight from soul to soul with a~ thought of the defects of the bodâ€" Uy envelope,. was to me. Perhaps it wis because my life had so long been barren of all pleasures depenadent on quietly looking now dr 1 spoks my fellow cre.‘nnres that I could nelâ€" thee then, nor later that â€" evening when 1 was alone, recall any sensaâ€" tion akin to its effect in aweetness or vivldness except the glow I bad felt ifter Babiole‘s girtish confidence to me at the door of the Aberdcen lodgâ€" lag. _ I suppose I must have stood amliing at the chid with grotesque happiness, for Mrs. Elimer, turning irsm contemplaticoa of the cup and PEEEELEELEELEEELEELA * Oh, no, ILonly told her to put the kettle on in the kitchen," I protested, humbly. And, with ceremonious hopes that they would be comfortable, I retreated, Babiole giving my fingers saucer, drew her thin lips together very sourly. 4 " And now I will leave you to your tea," said I hastily. "I told Janet to put everything ready for you." "‘Thank you, Mr. Maude, you are too good. We require no waiting on, I assure you," broke in Mrs. Elimer, with rather tart civility. a warmâ€"hearted squeeze when it came to her turn to shake hands. The child was following me to let me out when her motherz interposed and came with me to the door herâ€" self. BShe took my hand and held it while she assured me that she was so much overpowered by my distinguished kindness and courtesy that 1 must exeuse her if in ths effort to express her feelings adequately, she found herself without words. I‘m sure I wished she would, for she went on in the same strain, making convulâ€" sive little clutches at my fingers to emphasize her speech, until both she and I began to shiver. She did not let me go until Babiole appeared behind her, flushed and smiling in the little passage. Theo Mrs. Ellâ€" mer‘s fingers sprang up from mine like an open latclh and, dismissed I raised my hat and hurricd off. 3 I had not gone hallf a dozen yards when I met Janet on her way to the cottage ; she curtseyed and told me, in answer to my question that she was taking some tea to the ladies. After a moment‘s hesitaâ€" tion 1 turned and followed her, proâ€" posing to ask them whether they would like some books. Janet opened the door quietly withâ€" ovut knocking, and wont into the kitchen on the left, while I stood on the rough fibre mat outside the | sittingâ€"room, â€" having grown _ sudâ€"| denly shy about intruding again. I heard Babiole‘s clear childish voice. . f "Oh, mamma, if only papa doesan‘t | find uns out, how happy we shall be here! Mr. Mande is a good man, 1 am sure of it !" A | "As good as the rest of them. I dare say." answered her mother in tones of pure vinegar. "Understand, if yon ever meet him when I‘m not with yonu, you are not to speak to him. _ It makas me i!l to look at his hideons. wicked face. There‘s someâ€" one in the kitchen, run and see who it is." And the poor Beast thinking he had heard enough,. and afraid lest Beauty should catch him eavesdropâ€" ping. slunk away from the doormat and made his way homs with his tail between his legs. CHAPTER VIL Those unlucky few words that I had â€" overheard created a . great breach betwesen me and my tenants, and, moreover, brought on in the wouldâ€"be philosopher a fit _ of misanthropical melancholy. 1 could not get over the poor little womaun‘s ecyaical hypocrisy for some days, during which 1 never _ went near the cottage, and il 1 met either mother or daughter in my walks or rides, 1 contented mysell with raising my hat ceremoniously, and giving them as brief a glimpse of y "wicked, hideous face" as posâ€" sible. _ Ha! lhia‘! 1 would show them whether or not I was dependeat on their society, and how much of selâ€" fish libertinism there had been in my wish to house them comfortably for the winter; a pair of idiots, But this noble pride wore itself More Little Ounes Die Duriag the Hot Weather Months Than at Auny Other Season. sands of little ones «ie from gol Weaâ€" ther allments, whose lives might be spared it mothers had at hand the proper remedy to administer promptlâ€" ly. Hot weathor ailmeats come sudâ€" denly and unless prompily treated, & procious little life muiy be lost in & {few â€" hours. Baby‘s Own Tablets promptiy cheock and cure â€" diarhoea, stomach troubles, choi ria infantum and other hot woeather aAilments. They also give reliel to leething troubles, and. provent the atliments that come at this poriod. Every pruâ€" dent mother should keep a â€" box of Baby‘sâ€"Ownâ€"Pablets in the house at all times. No othor medicine acts so promptly and so surely. and the Takhâ€" lets are guaranteede@to ‘contain no opiate or harmf{ul drug. They alâ€" ways do good and cannot possibly do harm, and erushed to a powder you can glve them to the smallest, sickliâ€" ost 1nlam. Mrs. Geo. Foote, St. Thomas,: Ont.. says : .‘"My â€"baby was troubled with diarrhoca and â€"was very cross and restless, and got so littie sicep‘I hardly knew what to do with her, 1 got a box of Baby‘s Own Tabâ€" lets, and after giving her some her bowels became regular and she could sleep well. T think the Tablets a splemdid medicine." _., You ean get the Tablets at any drug store or by mail post paid at 25 cente a box by writing to the Dr. Wiltiams‘ Madicine Co., Brockville, Ount., or Sehenectady, N. Â¥. It is a lamentable fact th_ut thouâ€" HOT WEATHER AILMENTS. tie from hot weaâ€" i SR Y out in t j C Hich Sm?l'-}nlgzténattt_hc; ; ::ud ?x the little afioctol laugh which gaye it wiutl who wasy the i o think it , less the idea of pleasure than that i Revertment againet ©% ‘palr "07 S wouh adk who thove radite ie o | ‘who those ladies are.‘ Ll:“'ll:l-:.s creatures who, too poor to: "They are both the sam», mother," 1 an offer which saved them . said Babiole, so shyly, that one rom brutality and starvation, had | couldl think she essed the © seen enough of the dark side t;! bhuâ€" ; some story nll)oug; ufl?:t port‘i-;‘;tswn man eature to put small faith in | Mrs. Elimer‘s eyes n to be g:)fl:'t;recte:fl motives, and mdlwlth .a less artlei-s c\?:igotlty.o es ponu their i i« [‘ * indi with to fignt thelrm::t:l::.i. 'é::::y ‘:‘;P-ld it be indiscreet to ask her â€"man. Besides, my solitude had ‘" Her name was Helon." €rown ten times more solitary now | . " Ah, poor lady ! ‘She is dead, that, sitting alone in my study at , then ?" night, with Toâ€"to languidiy stretchâ€"| ¢ NO,. Ibelieve she is alive." ing himsel{ on the kennel in frontI Babiole glanced quickiy from the of me, paying no attention .to me pictures to my face and pressed her whatever, and Taâ€"t mother‘s hand, as that lady was a, who really had " capacities for sympathy, lying a'.aleep | to burst forth into more questions. on the rug at my feet, I knew that | I don‘t know that my countenance not a hundred yards away thpre' TTon Rorcndee ar Tire onicinat c paridait were slender wofimn'u forms 'rllttlng’ the subject of the original portrait about, andâ€"@lrlish prattic going on had long ceased to be keen; but I by a little modest fireside that & » ' think the little one, being very young, home. e that was a | l-fked to make as much as possible out So T @uddenty remembcred ‘0 any suggestion 9[ a romance. I onught to call and ask thl;n ltfh{t!ltle\l' 1301&1219 g‘irl 'b'v is tobnd Where The found their new home to their lik 1 ai § rune """ Thonn Whose S rot thet k â€" e â€" | portraits hung. f â€"man. Besides, my solitude had €rown ten times more solitary now that. sitting alone in my stady at night, with Toâ€"to languidiy stretchâ€" ing himsel{f on the kennel in front of me, paying no attention .to me whatever, and Taâ€"ta, who really had capacities for sympathy, lying asleep on the rug at my feet, L knew that, not a hundred yards away, there were slender women‘s forms flitting about, and girlish prattle going on, by a little modest fireside that was a home. So I suddenly remembered that I ought to call and ask them if they found their new home to their likâ€" ing. _ Anxiouns, for the first time for five years, to make the best of a bad business, so far as my person was concerned, I exchanged the coarse tweed Norfolk suit I usually wore for a black coat and grey trousers I unsed to wear in town, which, though doubtless a little oldâ€"{fashâ€" loned in cut, might reasonably be supposed to pass muster in the wilds, and even to give mo a rather dashing appearance. But, alas! It did not. It showed me on the conâ€" trary, how far I had slipped away from civilization. Myâ€" hair was too _ long, what complexion _ I had left too weatherbeaten, while the seamed and scarred right side of my face looked more hideous than ever. I changed back quickly to my usual coat, scarcely acknowledging to myswelf that some sort of vague wish to live once more the life of other men was disappointed. 3 1 found Mrs. Elimer and her daughâ€" ter in their outdoor dress ; they had been driven in by a snow shower, one ol the first of the season. The sitting room looked now cosy and habitable, if a little untidy, the habâ€" its of the touring uctress being still manifest! in a collection of unframed cabinet photographsâ€"not all uncalâ€" culated to bring a blush to the Presâ€" byterian cheekâ€"which stood in a row on the mantelpiece. It occurred to me that old Janet might have let out the fact that 1 turned back with her to the cottage and, perihaps, overheard someâ€" thing to my disadvantage, for Babiole looked frightened and shy, and Mrs. Elimer‘s manner was almost apoloâ€" getically humble. There was conâ€" straint enough upon us all for me to make my visit very short, but as I left I formally invited them to dine with me op the following evening. | _ There were no more difficulties, \ though, at least, none worth menâ€" | thoning. It is true that on returning \ from my morning‘s rids, 1 found the } hall so stuffed up with furniture that ‘I had to enter my res‘idence through onme of the study windows, five feet | from the ground: and that I had to \ picnic on a sandwich in the study instead of lunching decorously in the dbning room; but thesa _ discomâ€" forts might be necessary \to a _ thorough â€" clean‘ng. and 1could be borue with fortitude. At | 6 o‘clock my guests arrived, and, | having left their cloaks in a spareâ€" : room opened for the oceasion, they \ were led toshiver in the drawingâ€" | room. which still smelt of smoke ( and~ soap and water. Mrs. Ellmer, with chattering teeth, admired the painted ceiling, ‘the white . satin chairs bright with: emhossed | roses, ‘ the pale screen, and all the fanciful glories of the room, the magaifiâ€" cenée of which evidently impreagsed and delighted her. Babiole seemed unable to take her eyes of[!| two paintings, both portraits of . the same lady, which, in massive gilt oval frames, occupied a prominent position cat the end of the room ‘ opposite the fireplace. With what shamefaced nonchalance I told Ferguson that day to have the drawingâ€"room opened and cleaned on the following morning. With what stolld, lowering resignation he exâ€" tracted my reason for this unparalâ€" leled order. However, he made no proâ€" test. But next morning, while I was at breakfast, he entered the room in his usual clockwork manner, but with a glow of pleasurable feeling in his cold eyes. Â¥ Â¥â€" "If you please, sir, Janet would be obliged if you would step into the drawingâ€"room and see if you would still wish to have it prepared for the party this evening." Party !~I could have broken his meek. But I only followed him in an easy manner into the hall. It was full of blinding smoke, which was pouring forth irom the open door of the drawing room. I dashed heroicâ€" ally into the apartment, only to be met _ with a denser cloud, which rushed _ into my mouth and made my eyes smart and burn. Some winged thing, wither a bird or a bat flapped against the walls and ceiling in the gloom. Janet was choking at the fireplace, in great danger of being smothered. C "Nothing. sir," _ answered â€" Fergu son with grim delight. "Nothing but that Janet lit the fire to air the room in obedijence to your orders, and that the chimney smokes a little. Would you wish to have the room got ready, sinr ?" t ‘"What is all this?" I choked anâ€" rily, getting back into the hall. "Come in here," I said, in a tone which subdued his happiness ; and he followed _ me back into the room. ‘"Now tâ€"tâ€"take the tongs," I conâ€" tinued, as haughtily as coughing would permit, "and râ€"ram it up the chimney.* Cowed, but exceedingly reluctant, h>a obeyed, and I would not let him relax his efforts until, . smothered with soot, and dust, dry twigs and blackoned snow, he pulled down upon himselt a sack, a couple of birds‘ nests and other obstacles, . which, some from above and some from beâ€" low, had been deposited in the unâ€" used chimney. But he had gone too far; he had roused the lion. â€""Now,~ said I, purple in the face, but content, "you can reâ€"light the fire." , And, satisilfed with this moral vicâ€" tory ‘and the prestige it gave me in the eyes of the whols househo!ldâ€"for Tim and the outâ€"door genius _ who gardoned twelve acres and looked afâ€" ter four horses, had both enjoyed this domestic scandal from the doorway â€"IL marched back to my cold eoffee and congealed bacen. "Babiole is fascinated,. you see, Mr. Mawde," sgaid her mother, with xi Pn at the little af@ociol laugh which gaye less the idea of pleasure than that of a wish toâ€" please. "If she dared she would ask who those ladies are." __** Now," said I, "which of these two pictures do you like best ?" â€" Babiole instantly assumed the enorâ€" mous seriousness of a child who is honored with a genuine appeal to its taste. _ After a few moments‘ grave comparison of the pictures, whe turned to me with the face of a fairy judge, and asked, solemuly: "Do you mean which should I love best, or which do I admire most as a work of art ?" This altogether unexpected quesâ€" tion, which came so faintly from the childish lips, made me _ laugh. Babiole turned from me to the picâ€" tures. rather disconcerted, and Mrs. Elimer broke in with her sharp, high volre: " But the artâ€"collector‘s is the prettier face of the two," I objected. " Yes ; but it isn‘t so good." I was astonished and fascinated by the quickness of the girl‘s perception. " You ought to grow into an artist," I said, smiling. "The pretty one was in the academy this year, painted by a famous artist. I heard it _ was â€" a â€" wonderful _ portrait, and I commissioned a man to buy it for me. ‘The other is an enlargement, by an unknown artist, from hall a dozen old photographs and sketches, of the same lady five years ago." "Babroie _ understands _ pictures; she has had a thorough art educaâ€" tion from her father, Mr. Maude." "Oh, yes," said I, wondering vagueâ€" ly why mothers always showed up so badly beside their daughters. Then I turned again to the girl. "I didn‘t know how clever you were, Miss Babiole. Supposing I had two friends, one who had known _ this lady and loved her, and the‘ other who was a great art collector. Which portrait â€" would each â€" like best ?" Babiole decided without heritaâ€" tion. "The art collector would like this one, and the one who had loved her would like that," she said, inâ€" dicating each with the glance of her eyeg. y " And it is exactly like herâ€"like what she was, I mean ?" I used the word "good" . because she had used it, though it is not the word I should have chosen. I wanted her to say something more, for she was _ still lookâ€" ing at the pictures in a very thoughtâ€" ful way ; but at that moment Mrs#. Elimer, skipping lightly along the polâ€" ished floor in a way that made me tremble for her balance, thrust her head between us and laid her pointâ€" ed chin on her ‘daughter‘s shoulder. (To be Continued.) (Philadelph a Evening Telegraph.) * In a town not far from this city are twin brothers engaged in business togeth®r, who so â€" closely resemble each oiher that those who meet them every day are not able to tell which one they have conversed with,. Each has a fam‘ly, and on more than one occaslon iheir own children have addressed them as "uncle" when they should have said "papa," and "papa" when they should have said "uncle," One night not long ago a cystomer went into the store and asked one of the brothers for an article which unfortunately could not be found on the first floor. The second floor was in darkness, so, iaking a lamp in hand, he wearily clmbed the stairs. Hardly had he reached the top, howâ€" ever, before he saw what he supposed io be his Pbrother, _ also walking around the room with a lighted lamp in his hand. . Didn‘t Know His Own Reflection. "I didn‘t know that you were waiting on that customer, James," he remarked, "or I certainly wohld not have climbed all the way up those stairs." There was no reply, even though the figure ahead glanced up and lookâ€" ed direcily at him. The twin could not undersiand the sil°nce, and began io think that his brother was walkâ€" ing around In his sleep, and with a lighted lamp, too. " James!" he said again. § il! no reply, and as he advanced to invesiigate the truth dawned upon him. At one end of the room was an immense mirror. The twin had sAmply seen his own rpflection and accused 1t of being his brother. Reomecmber woman is most perfcct whou most womanly.â€"Gladstone. WAS TORTURED BY ECZEMA 30 YEARS Mr. G. H. McConnell, engineer in Fleury‘s Foundry, Anrora, Ont, states: " I believe that Dr. Chaoee‘s Ointment is worth its weight in gold. For about thirty years I was troubled with eczema and could not ORâ€" taimn any fure. I was so unfortunate as to have blood po‘son, and this developed to eczema, the most dread= ful of skin diseases. "I was so bad that I would get up at night and seratch myself uht!} the flesh was raw and flaming. The torture I endured is almost beyond deser.ption, and now I cannot aay anything too good for Dr. Chaee‘s Ointment. It has cured me, and I recommend it because I know there is nothing so good for itching slian*" Especially during the summer months children are tortured by itohimg skin dissase, chafing. sunbarm, and a score of ailments that are releved and cured by Dr. Chase‘s Ointment. Mr. J. Goar, mail carrier and>stage driver between Port Elgin and Kineardine, Ont., @tates: "I can testify to the worth of Dr. Chase‘s Ointment as a cure for eczema. My sister, Mrs. J. Dabson, of _ Underâ€" woaod, Ont., has a boy who was a great sufferer from this dreadfal skin disease. He was then only four years old, and though she took him to several doctors ard tried a great many remedies, all efforts to effect a cure seemed in vain. This little fellow was covered with itching sores, and his hands and face were especially bad. The way he suffered was somethim; dreadful, and my sister had been disappointed with so many preparations that ghe did not have much faith in Dr. Chase‘s Ointment. I can now testlly that Dr. Chase‘s Ointment made a perfect cure in this case, and there is not a mark or scar left on his body.‘ â€" _ ‘PDr. Chaso‘s Ointment, 60 cents a box at all dealers or Edmanson, Bates & Co., Toronto. J stt 4 No ; she was prettier, but not so Drerdful Caseâ€"Itching Almost Unbearableâ€"The Flesh Raw and Flaming, 469 C wl e iaainic 26 Eesnc c en § ',:_:fig-% Z';%g&g{* * g; i DR. CHASE‘S OINTMENT After the _ Parliameat of Canada passed the Fruit Marks Act in 1901, the Minister of Agriculture directâ€"| ed that every opportunity should be afforded the fruit growers and packâ€" ers of the Dommion to meet its reâ€" quirements and to fulfil their obliâ€" , gations to the public; and for a j year the work of the department in this respect was informational and educational. This year some amendâ€"; ments were made to the Act as orâ€" iginaily passed, and toâ€"day the Act in all its provisions is "as plain as a pike staff," and every clause of it so simple that "he who runs may read." No farmer, or fruit grower, or packer who is honest in his endeaâ€" vors and straightforward in his trading need fear any of its clauses. The Act is being enforced, and the inspectors appointed to execute its requirements have been instructed to do their duty. They cre the serâ€" vants of the crown; Parlhament has definitely pronounced its judgment upon the false and fraudulent packâ€" ing and marking of fruit consignâ€" meats ; and these have been selectâ€" ed to carry out the regulations placed in the statute book for the purpose of protecting honest traders from unprincipled dealers, and of preâ€" serving inviolate the fair commerâ€" cial famo of Canada from unscrupulâ€" ous packers. In other words, the Act will insura to the public of the Domâ€" imion and the commission agents, and the public generally in Great Britain and elsewlhere, that the fruit is correctly marked and honestly packed What it Provides. The principal sections of the act are : 3 Section 4. Every person who, by himsell or through the ageney of auother person, packs fruit in a closed package, intended â€" for saie, shall cause the package to be marked in a plain and indelible manner, before it is taken from the premises whore it is packed. (e; With a designation ol _ the grade of fruit, which shall include one ol the following _ six marks: For fruit of the first quality, No. 1, or XXX, for fruit of the second quality, No. 2, or XX ; and for fruit of the third quality, No. 3, or X; but the said mark may be accomâ€" panied by any other designation of grade, provided that designation is not incounsistent with, or marked more conspicuously than, the one of the said six marks, which is used on the said package. Section 5. No person shall sell, or offer, expose or have in his posâ€" session for sale, any fruit packed in a closed package anod intended for sale, unless such package . is marked, as required, by the next preceding section. (a) With the initials of his Christâ€" ian names, and his full surname and address ; _â€"(b», With the name of the variety or varieties; and C B ction 6. No person shall sell, or uifer, expose or have in his possosâ€" sion for sale any fruit packed in a closed package, upon which package is marked any designation which repâ€" resents such fruit as of No. 1 or XXX, finest, best or extra good quality, unless such fruit consist of wellâ€"grown specimens of one variety, scund, of _ nearly uniform _ size, of good color for the variety, of norâ€" mal shape, and not less than 90 per cent. free from scab, worm holes, bruises and other defects, and proâ€" perly packed. i Bection 7. No person shall sell, or offer, expose or have in his possesâ€" #ion for sale, any fruit packed in any package in which the faced or shown surlace gives a falso representation of the contents of such package, and it shall be considered a faise repreâ€" sentation when more than 15 per cent. of such fruit is substantially smaller in size than, or inferior in grade to, or different in â€" variety from, the faced or show surface of such package. Explanations of its application may be taken thus : On packages packed or marked contrary to the provisions of the act, ilnspectors may, after nolilying the packer by letter or tolegram, place the words "falsely packed" or "{falsely marked" ; and a line of $40 may be imposed for illeâ€" gally removing the inspoctor‘s brand. It will be noticed that only "closed packagos" need be marked. A closed package is defined to be a box or barrel, the contents of which canâ€" rot be seen or inspected _ when such is closed. Baskets, berry crates or berry boxes even, with veneer covers, _ are not considered "closed packages," and therefore do _ not requmre marking. Cranberries and all wild fruit are not subject to the proâ€" visions of the act. Merchants are held responsible for the iruit they offer for sale _ cor fruit in their possession for _ sale), but the original wrong doer, it found, will in every case be . proâ€" cecuted. _The penalty for a violation of the law with reference to packing _ and marking is not less than twontyâ€" ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO some Explanations. five cents and not more than one dollar per package ; . for removing an inspector‘s brand, forty dollars; for obstructing _ an inspector $25 to $500. The fines are divided equally between ‘the informant and the Crown. Inspectors are given large powâ€" era under the act to enter premises for the purpose ol making an examâ€" ination and to detain shipments of fruits for the same purpose. The packer, however, is amply protectâ€" ed by the stipulation that :mmediate not‘co must be given by the inspoector to the packer when fruit, which at all times is at the risk of the ownâ€" er, is branded or detsained, and the inâ€" spector who excerds his authority is subject to a heavy penalty. . ‘The Summary of the Act. The main points of this act may be summed up as follows : 1. The face of all fruit packagos must fairly reWResont the fruit 1. The face of all fruit packagos must fairly reWResont the fruit throughout. 2. Ciosed boxes and barrels mm be marked with the name and dress of the packer, the variety of the fruit and its grade. 8. It is an offence within the meaning of the act to sell, to ofâ€" {fer for sale, or to have in possession for sale, fraudulentily packed _ or marked fruit, even when the buyer and seller are ignorant of the fact, as well as when one or both have knowledge of the fact. A 4. The act does not prevent the packing or selling of any grade of fruit shat is properly packed and ma rked. 5. The act does not provide for the inspection of particular lots of fruit at the request of the buyer or the seller. 6. Commission merchants who, afâ€" ter notice, handle fruit put up conâ€" trary to the provisions of the act, will be proceeded against. T. There is no definition of grades marked "No. 2," "XX," ‘No. 3," or Already the beneficial effect of this Aot is being folt ; and when it is fully known that dishonesty in packing and describing Canadian fruit . doe@ not exist, an enormous impetus will be given to our fruit industry in all the markets of the world. At present inquiries are being made concerning the transâ€"Atlantic shipmeonts of earz Canadian apples. The Department Agriculture will not take any respopâ€" gibility, but through the Commis#â€" storafie space on ocean steamers if early information be given as to the probable quantity, the date of ship« ment, and the destination desired. sioner of Agriculture and Dairyin will assist in securing cool or col It will pay to send only selected apâ€" ples of choice individual quality, and packed in boxes rather than in barâ€" rels. It will pe necessary to have the apples p‘cked and packed on the green or firm side, so that they may be deâ€" livered in the United Kingdom in such a state that they may be handied with a very small percentage of bruised or dreayed ones by the retail dealers into whose hands they will go from the wholesale centres. Employed ia Lodging Mouses, a Trade of 1 heir Own. Making beds is commonly considerâ€" ed a woman‘s work; but there is, nevertheless, in New York, quite a bunch of men who follow bedmakâ€" Ing as a calling, finding regular, steady employment at this work in the many great lodging houses for men, established in this city. The bedmaker goes on duty at 6 a. m. and works till 6 p. m The bulk of his work, however, is over by 3 p. m. The scattering beds to be made after that are so few in numâ€" as to call for little labor. Some men bedmakers make _ a slouchy bed, and some are not only quick but careful, and with an eye to appearance withal, making a bed that looks inviting and is comfortâ€" able to sleep in; in short, good bedâ€" makers. In a big lodging house, with from 400 "to 500 beds, there would be a bedmaker to every floor, having perhaps ninety beds to make daily. Incidentally he sweeps this floor and keeps it clean and in order. _ For many years all the bedmakâ€" ers in these places of many beds were men. Within the last six or eight years there have come to be employed at this work in many of the downtown lodging houses Itaha‘n women ; but in most, if not all, of the great lodging hbouses uptown men bedmakers are stl‘l employed The pay of the man bedmaker Lo small. Commonly he slceps in the lyiging house where he is employed, The man who follows bedmaking for a living has, if he is capable, a good worker, and sober, a chance to rise in the house. His next step up in a lodging house would be to the post of watchman. From that he might get to be the day clerk, and then, if he kept on advancing, night clerk. The night clerk holds the most responsible post and gets the most wages of any man . emeâ€" ployed in the lodging house. "9 MEN BEDMAKERS. o A wl