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Tegdl iLEASON, tary Public. in ternally and 0 ol CaTARRE use of Hiant‘s mother "’ TM! Mc the other l-[)k"'.t ’“ en he kigs= lidn‘t want Winona, On of the day, stipation* St, Peterboro it hets the "Dear Auat Annie, arrived here all right. Love to Barbara and solf. Shall write as soon as I have a oment‘s leigure. * T‘-Tm thien, believe me, your afâ€" “ ecticnate Marjorie." * The other envelope contained two Ploselyâ€"written sheets, the first of Wwhich began : & * "Dearest Jeanie,â€"I do feel frightâ€" fully bomesick. I saw him in the station ; but aunt took caro that he did not see me; however, no matter. Mrs. Daly, though a semiâ€" invalid, is very stately, amz,_ ve exacting. I am writing thise a liafi- past 11. Although it is my {first day hbere I have never been a minâ€" ute of! my feet. My regular duties seem ratmor undefined. 1 am expecâ€" ed ‘to cook thie titâ€"bits Mro. Daly "And that dumb appreciation of yours ls a greater tribute to> his genm‘ilus than afl Barbara‘s learned dis quisitions. I have watched him, Marâ€" jorie. Old maids are more observant than young ones, and I advise you to send a note before you go." . "I know your advice is kindly meant," said Marjorie, as she kissâ€" ed her friend goodâ€"bye, "buwt I canâ€" not toko it, dear. Things have been said that will rankle always in my beart. I shall never give them eause to say more. Good night, or, rather, Goodâ€"bye." bara can discuss it with him ; I can only listen dumbly." "No," was the reply, "nor shall I let him know. Barbara shall bave every chance; I won‘t stand in her 'a’.n *"But If he doesn‘t want Barbara?‘ "They havo tastes in common ; she is musical, and heâ€"well, you now he is a gemius; he won‘t remain in obscurity long. Music transportse me to the third heaven, but I know pothing atout it theoretically. Barâ€" and the "Oh, Je what it "Why, Dh('e P* \ ¢ n&) 1 Jorie. "1 felt disa is the ahould w Barbara "That‘s a twoâ€"faced proverb," laughed Joanie. "My version is, ‘Abâ€" sence makes the heart grow fonder.‘ Doeg ho know you are going ?" gif\'\ If Joln Ashton is destined for . yours he‘ll be in spite of everyâ€" body." "Ah, but you know the proverbâ€" "Out of sight, out of mind,‘" quoted Haflorle with a wan smile. "Auntie is not so generous as to uso the word ‘both‘; she said my beâ€" haviour is perfectly ridiculous, and Barbara says he is only civil to me for her sake. You see, he was Barâ€" bara‘s acquaintance first, and she taunts me with trying to monopoâ€" lize his conversation entirely, a> they think," she faltered slowly,(‘if I were out of the wayâ€"â€"*" A Miss Inglis shook her head. ; "Forced prayer is no devotion, las ‘"In his or in mine, though?‘ interâ€" rupted Marjorie, eagerly. "Porhaps in both," returned Jeanie hesitatingly. The girl‘a face fell. then she caught her breath and ended with a longâ€"drawn sigh. "On, Jeanie, bow did you guess? and this time the tears overflowed. "I have seen you together, and a something in his manner made me suspoct,*" me that makes the parting so hard for you. It is John Ashton ! You may trust me ; I am too old to be your rival," sho saw, smilingly ; "besides," "There is something beneath this, Marjorie," she sald at last. "It is not Aunt Ar}nle, nor your sister, nor even "so aunt says," sighed Marjorie, "Weli, I am sure your aunt speaks very sensibly," declared Miss Inglis. "Oh, ay," returned the girl, bitâ€" terly. "Only ahe wants to get rid of me. I supposo she thinks"â€"but she stopped short, and a vivid erimson dyed her cheoks. Miss Inglis ilaid her hand sy mpa~ thetically on her young friend‘s arm asa they sauntered again across the l Xnawet se "~) hok yBSERRKIGE [ questioned Jeannie. *Il, as you say, your aunt‘s annuity dies with her, you would have to go sometime. Isn‘t it lander to send you now than to let you live without making any preâ€" paration for the future? â€" Â¥You are only twontyâ€"tw.. Ten or twenty years hence where would you find an opening ? I tell you, Marjorie,," ghe concluded emphaticaliy, "there‘s no room for the old nor even for the middleâ€"aged in this world. Thank God for your youth, and use it wisely, tor‘ once it is gone it will never come bua a e 34 in t may. . _V NCc . Cyes. "Oh, Jeannie ! may you never know what it is to leave home ; . "Why, I thought you wanted the place : exclaime Jeanie, in surprise, "Bo I didâ€"so I do." returned Marâ€" Jorie. "Had I failed I should have felt disappointed, but what veres me is the thought that Augot Annie should want to get rid of me. I knew Barbara was the favorite, but I did think shke cared for me a little bit." "And doubtiess so she does, you litâ€" tle pessimist. Why will you persist in looking at the dark side of things?* ; UUCORTHNAN Yuatict. sme B bepfooti» 27 °~ , V!ttleJohn‘s referencesg perfectly satisfactory, and will expect to see bher at Allanbank on Monday with the one p. m. tra. n,"* "Well, are you not pleased 2 asked Jeannie Inglis, when she had read the gilded card har friend had handed her. Marjprie Littlejohn shook her head, and the tearg sprang to her eyes,. "Oh, Jeannie ! may you never know what it in ., ;. _ VVZ HCT Een M so 1 may give you the wholo thin} without mutilating it, but see you ion‘t make an ill tse of _it,"" she con luded, mischievously. He took it e; ‘erly, then rose to his feet. "I neea », detajin â€"you longer," he said, "but ! spalr be eternaliy grateful," and, seiging ber hand, he squeezed it UUmercifully, and then rughed, dowAstaipg ; ~*"Some meD haye h queer way of showing the‘r rratitude," soliloquizâ€" ed Jeanie. AS she pabbed her uhhg‘ fingere. "If that‘s how he proves h friendship, what will his loveâ€"makicg be like ?" " apety "Here is one, ; C mentioned in [; , the wholo thiny . ‘tl bu‘ 5ee you do of it," she con {d He took it €agep feet. "I neea n F be said, "but 1 s grateful," &And, 3 squeezed it UUmep rushed, do wts talgg Miss Inglis writingâ€"table some letters. A prolonge cant uplifting Feanie‘s or! understood a; bers should refused poi .“'tlbv ‘.7" "Tell me excitediy, "Whl.L t ingly. "Miss In: there is bu Jean‘ie gl gard, then denly, aske her place a: she foond John Ashto "Tnis is for the yo sister‘s vig! diepensing o gence, the m tleman to se« Halting at for a momen tel' tkat eho then @be spe room and w» "I saw Jo Place toâ€"nig) to be malking to upon." HEI(;U‘M at to see some Lavre been Marjorie: m\ this until | her in conversation until she rose to go. Aslton rose simultaneously. "OL, you aro not going yet!"! exâ€" claimed Barbara in ‘dismay. "ThLo concer? begine at eight,‘ he repied, glancing at his watch. Barbara hastily donned her hat and jacket. "I am going down the way with Miss Inglis. May weo have your company so far? shko asked, ourtosytny cojucttishy. 4 ‘"With plcsure,‘ be returned, but Jeanio noled the look of disappointâ€" ment on his ‘a00, "Poor Barbara!" ghe murmuréed, as‘ "D.d you not know?" asked Jeannie it feigned surprise. "She left for a situation on Deeside six weeks ago." "A siltuation!" he echoed, ‘this is the first timo I have bheard of it." "It was quite a whim of her own, Mr. Askton," broke in Barbara, in Ler calm, even tones. "I suppose she toid Miss Inglis, but we Lave menâ€" tioned it to uobody. We thought it better not to, as ske will likely tire shortly." Theâ€" indignant flaeh in Jeanies cyes was not lost upon Joln Ashâ€" ton, but tho elder Miss Littlejohn, afraid lest the subject should â€" be pressed further, drew â€" Miss Inglis ?aide. and dipiomatically| engaged "Is it long since Miss Marjorie leff home?" he asked in a voice that soumded om‘inously calm. A hard, cold look came into John Ashton‘s eyes. Then he turnod to Miss Inglus, ; John Ashton started, and leaned eagerly forward to catch Barkara‘s reply, but although the girl‘s face bhad goue as White as the traycioth in froot of ner,, she answered quite compos«ily as she poured out the ::u, "Auot bad a letter this mornâ€" g"' "Bo glad to meet you, Mr. Ashâ€" ton," se said cordiaily, looking up into the handsome face that bad caused her such heartburnings in the Littlejohn‘s household. Then, turning to Barbura, sho asked pointediy, ‘*When did you bear from your sisâ€" ter?" F Barbara glanced at hber aunt ap prehensively, and as she did the door beli raog, but before either aunt or Reice could GJecide bhow to act, the drawingâ€"room door was opened, and Jeannic Inglis walked in. J CR AC NMC! VOfE Neit momedlt JOTN ,Afihw‘uu was ushered in. ) ‘"More music!" exclaimed Barbara, | striving not to betray ber disapâ€" , poirtment. The young man signified his wilâ€" lingness, and then after a pause he remarked nervously, "Whatever hour I cail | never seem to find Miss Marâ€" jorie at home now." "It‘s very bonnie," she said, "bu't tea‘s ready. You‘ll take a cup, won‘t you, Mr. Ashton?t"‘ The girl bit her lip with vexation, but she seated herself at the piano whilo Ashton took up the violin and begas to play without uttering a word. The duet went on for about an bour, until Aunt Annie interrpted them. ‘"Yes, the plece I promis>d you," he returned, handing her the roll he was carrying. "Shall we try it over?" rusb rang awt the dr borce Pla TuesGay anxlous ! fancies, read to ber, and write her lettcr=. belp to dress the children for wchool, €0 over the lessons wiith them in the evening, make and mend their Clothes, besides darning curtains and all the bed and table linen. 1 am the fourth lady since the torm, and cook prophecies there will bo a fiftW yet, but things will be proity bad before I give in." Marjoric had been gone six weeks, amd Barbar&® LittleJohn was sitting at the drawingâ€"room window in Osâ€" borce Place, as was her custom every Puescay Inv.d Friday. Buddeniy her ix:ous face was wreathed with nlles, and Springing to her feet she shea to the mirror and began arâ€" ng ng her bair and fixing the Mowâ€" s in her beit. Next moment John hton was ushered in. More music!" excelaimed Barbara, 80 h« ! carelessly at the «‘srted, and, rising sudâ€" _"er young niece to take © lable. A minute later ersoif face to face with ©‘‘ng of the trick you "ng to play, but my #@‘* not know a word of _ lave something surer D ‘ had already taken tea, ©‘ up to the drawingâ€" Mlo to Ler friend. C1 Ashton at Osborne ; but Barbara ceems : man was not on her § list. on & pected," she began, _ Jeanie. ‘med that a sister of < demean herself." ‘1," and a signifiâ€" the eyebrows were mment, but Ashton smiled. ‘ssed to the inlaid don‘t think you are isked Jeanie, teasâ€" afternoon, _ while n her sisters ab announced : "A genâ€" ou, miss.‘ £ dress," he demanded ) Leadway with him ily alluston she perâ€" began turning over ve pity ; you know or in the world for ara for it, but she o diningâ€"room door ber sisâ€" "Well, I never dzreamed of love beâ€" tween you two," exclaimed Aunt Anâ€" nie, in crestfallen tones, when John Ashton ‘delivered her niece into her Tor i1 ah "Nor did I," he laughed, "unt e disappeared, then I discovered sho had taken my heart with her." The following morning saw the musician again at Allanbank. Alâ€" though it was unnecessary for Marâ€" jorie to see her mistress, he demandâ€" ed an interview for himseif, but what passed he never repated. He merely raid he had returoed the £5 nots ; but while Thomas was getting ready the trap, Marjorie overâ€" heard the cook telling him that "the gent with the long hair was giving the mistress a rare good talking to, lqs:“gq smoothfaced as he seemed." "What will Barbara #say ?" she asked. "Olfer hor congratulations, doubtâ€" less," laughed John Ashton. "Givo it to me," he commanded peremptorily, and she obeyedl, while hbe cortinuedâ€"*"Toâ€"morrowm I shall take you home." "Homo!" repeated Marjorie. "Where else?" he asked. â€" "Your aunt‘s houso is the best place for you untii our marriage, and what you want in the shape of a trousâ€" seau I will pay. "That‘s all I have in the world," sho reaid, showing him her quarter‘s salary. "Take care, aweetheart ; you make me jealous," laughed Ashton, but his laugh belied the assertion. "Now guess the cause of my visit." Marjorie shook her head. "I have got an appointment in Lonâ€" cor, as an organist. â€" Coald you be ready to come with me in â€" three months‘ time ?" "So Aunt Anpic and Barbara will wile for one of her brood." _ _ _ "He is nicer than his mother, though," said Marjorie. ‘"Who?" began Marjorie, but the girl had gone. Hastily pushing the damp hair from her forehead, and wiping her eyes, she stumbled blindâ€" ly down the lighted stair, and into into the schoolâ€"room. At the further end, with his back to the fireplace, she could dimly discern the tall figâ€" ure of a mam. They advanced towards each other simuiltaneously, but inâ€" stead of shaking hands as ordinarily wellâ€"bred visitors do, this man gaihâ€" ered her in his arms and kissed her. "Marjoric, why did you go without one word, and why did you rob me before you went ?" "I," faltered Marjorie, looking up. and recognizing John Ashton. ‘‘*Yes, don‘t you know, you little witch, that you stole my heart, and the theft remained undiscovered unâ€" til after you were gone ; but you h.vre been crying. Who has been vexing you? Tell me, and I will settle the matter," A burst of weeping was Marjorie‘s anawer. John Ashton held her in his arms and stroked the brown, golden hair, and then bit by bit she told her story. "By beaven, she shall answer for it," he exclaimed, passionately. "The fiend. She might have thanked her stars could she have got such a wife for one of her brood." D 2 n eP PR OOET CERCCCd, oV Fride would not permit her to acâ€" krowleige the fact, and that the girl ehoul! bave had it in her prower to refuse him added to her indignation, and made her treat the whole affair a@ an irtrizgue between master ani servant. Retiring to her dark, cheer less room Marjorie flung hersolf upon the bed &ud broke into a passion of ‘ tears, *"‘Why does God leave some to gulâ€" fer so?‘ questioned the poor, quivâ€" ering heart. "If I saw a worm in paln, I wyould put an end to its existâ€" ence at once, but we poor human worms must suffer dumbly on while man tramples us under foot, and God sits in His heaven nioither secing, hsaring, nor esring." Teir. 12d at the thought to which her heart, if not her lips, had given utterance, Marâ€" jorle samk on her knees and sought forgivenesgs, and as she prayed a calm fell on her spirit, and in her heart arose the assurance that her prayer wasa heard. A low tap at the door aroused her. ‘"‘There‘s a gentleman in the echool room wishes to see you," announced ] the maid. 1°° 3 vofFo the enveloge and flung it in Mrs. Daly‘s face, but she was ab. }K-lutely Leunless, and the £5 noto woula be rsorely needed until _ she could obtain another place, for she was determined not to return bome. Life at Alianbank had been stormy ercugh, but she had borne it unâ€" ccmplainingly, little thinking _ her patient sweetness would be the cause of her dismissal ; yet so it was. Young Richard Daly had beon fascinated by her beauty from the first, but the way she had borne with his mother‘s whims and caâ€" Frices had at last brought him capâ€" tive to her feet. An outbreak of wrath on his part when his mother ore day proved unduly exacting had crered her eyes to see how mat. tere stood. That her son was, for the first time in his life, really and traly in love she never doubted, but ‘ bare torn the in Mrs. Dalv‘a again," Wildin "Ren“y. how ve drawled Mrs. Daly. subordinates are _ would rot have to get Master Dick or this sort already. quarter‘s salary t] serve in view of nc train for Aberdeen Thomase will drive j station in the mor â€" &n ihaw .32 __"3C €0!0 princenz. "Bo they all say," she returned, sneeringiy. "If you do not _ believe me. ask him," returned Marjorie, inâ€" d.gnantly. "I did not refuse him beâ€" cause of the inequality of my posi. tionâ€"I refuged EImbIv | hemawoas y r‘ "You have been nere only six weeks, Miss Littlejohn, and I am truly sorry this should have bappened. You manâ€" ago the children well. Indeed, with the performing of your duties I have no fault to find, but intriguing under my roof I will not permit." c Miksaa l 2s ts P s necessary for and sbe turned va'ws;:v ists gly would MarJorie Littiejotn 69 4 give in return." very _ considerate," y. "I fear very few like you, else 1 to pay so much to out of scrapes of 7. You wiil find a â€"Dig New York.â€"Archbishop Farley, of this city, has received an invitation to visit Rome.to attend the celebration of the jubilee of the Immaculate Concepâ€" tion, .."nd probably will sail early next amvasé ‘"Yes," replicd the Senator‘s longâ€" whiskered constitutent from Syuashâ€" opolis, "that‘s what he is. Down home we used to teli about him bein‘ one of the gabbiest ehaps that ever stood up on two feet, but it ain‘t right to say them kind of things about a man that‘s got as high up as Cy Buncohb is."â€"Exchange. , s se m ind o J CHLL It showed its regular annual inâ€" crease in the period of finarcial deâ€" pression from 1893 to 1897, perhkaps the only l4rge business in the counâ€" try that did. ‘‘What an eloquent man Senator Buncomb is!" said the lady who was baving her first expericnce in the visitors‘ gallery. We c oÂ¥h o oiaiaill o ue i 20 0t wne OO Een "Wanclesile trade at Haim‘lton up t« by tons. Likewise the wine merchant , the middie of this week was quite finds it most convenient and to his aciive. As a rule the demand for profit to establish offices in and , epring #g00is does not show much ac. among the centre of this clubland, tivity during the rrogress of the since woman a la mode must have her‘ boliday trade, but the orders durinp "tipple." Simpler drinks, such as the that period this season â€" were lb whiskey and soda of man‘s afterâ€"dinâ€" cral, owing to the recent advances ner chat, she finds unsuited to her in staple goods. ‘TDrade the past few taste, but of the sweet, scented "OP"mor.‘.'lrv has been good, cash sales dial, whose strongth is disguised butl show a good increase, and the situa. whose effect is nevertheless sure ard tion generally is satisfactory. marked, she scon becomes a conncls-' Busipess atf London has been ac. seur.â€"Chicago Tribune. tive. Retailers have â€" made large A Miilion a Week. ,s:nlen o‘ holiday goods, and are preâ€" There is no business in the world | pared to â€" order libernily for â€"the that grows hal{f so fast as our postâ€" | ceominrg season. Payments are ex. office moneyâ€"order _ system, writes,râ€"l-r‘twi to «show a big improvement M. G. Cunniif in the World‘s Work,. | the next two‘weeks Prices are firoys Last year its total business ln-‘ly tuld. rapidly at the rate â€" of $1,â€" Tao vroluams of business in connec. 020,000 a week. To make it plainâ€" | toc with the boi‘dar trace at Ot. er, the money order department wili | tawn thie eenmon bas bean â€" largeo. handle next week $1,000.000 more | Thirs basiness for toe closing -:.':. than it handled this week. It loses | of tw gyanr tua €‘reno groat eat. by fraud less than $1,000 a year. | bfastion Pricas are ‘irm in all de. It showed its regular annual inâ€" | partemmota ‘The increase in number of our womâ€" en‘s oclubs brings to light several noâ€" ticeable l’aqgs. The cigarette trade With a membership of this size and variety, it could not out give rise to Innumerable and unprintable ecaunâ€" dals, and it seems to have thoroughly earned its nickname of the "Kiss and Cuddle Club," for to a casual outâ€" éider the number of male guests who lounge about and utilize the rooms appears to equal in number the meinâ€" The ciub consists of about cighty roomés, including billiard, smoking, reâ€" ception, and bedrooms, and the whole is furniszued ia the most lavish and extravagant manner possible. _ The committee is formed of a duchess and twentyâ€"four titled women. EiUgr nalin ©nutston Ptridibe Suubralc h ids 4242 dR 3 1 4 3 a weliâ€"kuown family in England but appears on its list of members, which le swelled by a goodly number of both Amerfcan and colonial residents and vieitors, Bucn a condition is to a great exâ€" tent due to the fact that these clubs mre as a general rule proprietary. That ts to say, they are owned and managed by individuals who form a emall piivate syndicate and exploit them for profit or loss, as the casge may be, and who neither know nor care in tue slghtest degree who make up the membership, so long as that membership is of a sufficient size to pay good dividenrds and disâ€" creet enough to keep out of the police corut news, in which latter case they are not always successful. The entrance fees and subscriptions vary accordizg to tne standard of the club, but no..e of them app:i oach: s anywnere near to the amount preâ€" vailing in men‘s clubs. The most exâ€" pensive is an entrance fee of 15 guineas ($78), with an annual subâ€" | «cription of 5 guineas ($26), and the lowest is an annual subscription of : 1 guinea. Tme largest clubs are manâ€" aged by a responsible male secretary, who attends to all business details and catering. First uand (oremost in size and imâ€" portance comes the Empress. This club, founded in ‘97, has a memberâ€" | ahip of between 4,000 and 5,000 memâ€" bers, being more than ten times the gize of any other woman‘s club in London, and, indeed, the largest club | for society women in the world. Not : an who nas no visible source of inâ€" come, and who might almost be deâ€" soribed as a demiâ€"monde. the peeresu rubbing shoulders with the wife of the newlyâ€"arrived Bouth African millionaire, the erstwhile particular wife of the member of Parkament jostling with the latest divorcee, the country gentlewoman of unblemissed and historic pedigree seated at the next table to the womâ€" Some of Them Mighty Gay and Lively and Jast a Bit Sporty. London bes a score of women‘s clubs, as elaborate and complete in their appointments as any of the masculine clups .u Chicago. Apparâ€" ently they also have other features that are alarming the moralists, who see in the growth of these orgauizaâ€" tions a menace to the typical home life of the English woman. Dover street, now known as Pettiâ€" coat Iane, which ruve into Piccadilly and is in the centre of Maylair, is lthedneadquartern of feminine clubâ€" and. Unlike the exclusive traditions of the clubs of their hbusbands, brothers and fathers, the rules, or rather the practice in tne great majority â€" of . London‘s organized resorts for womâ€" en, impose oa wouldâ€"be members few conditious of qualiiication. As a rule, all that is required is for one member to propose, another to second, the candidate for election, and the payâ€" ment in advance of entrance fee and annua{ subscription. Thus one finds t Some P EOM 200 [ERrC@U â€"nu. [ PVWws, You dont seem to be taking this secâ€" ond going away so much to heart as you did the first," laughed Jeanie Irglis, when she heard of her friend‘s confesslon. "I am ashamed I ever complained. Both Aunt and Barbara refused to hear of John paying a penny for my trousseau. They are quite difâ€" ferent, or else I am," said Marjorie. "I must have misunderstood them." Then she blushed, and after a pause whispered shyly, "I don‘t think, Jeanie, John would have ever discovâ€" ered he cared for me if I had not left home." "I think ho might," smiled Jeanie, although he might not have told you LONDON WOMEN‘S CLUBS. by its O1 er Name ."â€"Aberdeen Free Press. you for altogether now. oo Coomeitidiiyihanbadis: t i+ rdnliiio ut t is dfi 244 s1c PA 4 0 i d utilize the rooms | lras shkown cexpansion i remtnmre NE TT P ce & ONTARIO ARCHI TORONTO Contact with the white race has had a great deal to do with their deteoriaâ€" tion. They like whiskey, and like ali other native races are not eaturally inâ€" dustrious. Before the coming of the white man stern necessity made them provide for the Immediate future The Most of the Eskimos in Alaska are gathered at the missions, but the trayâ€" eller will find a few in villages of two or three or half a dozen igloos in places convenient for fishing, as fish is the staple diet of these people. Starvation and discease have left but a remnant of once populous tribes. The natives of Alaska are a fast dwindling race, says the Nome News. Their sun is setting. Probabiy their midday sun never rose higher than the midwinter sun rises in this latitude. Can be Made Selfâ€"Supporting and serves a Helping Hand. lor leravy goods, arnrd the holiday business has been better than in preâ€" t.0u3 years. Stocks in wholesale hecads bave been well reduced, owing 10 the Jdarge demand through the Province for staple . goods. Whclesale trade at Haim‘iton up to the imiddie of this week was quite aciive. As a rule the demand â€" for Apring z00is does not show much ac. tivity during the rrogress of the boliday trade, but the orders during that period this season _ were libâ€" cral, owing to the recent advances in staple goods. Trade the past Tew months has been good, cash _ sales show a good increase, and the situa« tion generally is satisfactory. 1‘ witl _®l _ 10 # _ I GOOD WORD FOR THE ESKIMO. The cold weather at Winnipeg has cortinued to slimulate the demand y sls i C F ioz business the ‘Erade at the Pacific Coast, as reâ€" pourted to Bradsirects‘, is active. The bceliday trade, as well as the inâ€" guiry for seasonable staple _ goods bas been large. The cash business scusor: were not heavy. h I1 wholosale circles at Quebec there bas been many sorting orders received from country iraders. The Chrisimas Jemands show a slight Iulling off from that of preceding yratrs. In some quarters coilections «ure reported slow. Te shoe {factorâ€" les are all working, and the outlook is favorabile. BC: over row at Doror bolicay goods bave faciory this year. vuncay goods bave been very say‘â€" faciory this year. _ Retail business hblas been very active the past two werks. Stocks of spring goods carâ€" ried over by retailers ilrom â€" lrst 4 EETTETTT i4 CANZD NIBDYZ of the year. The wholesale trade bave, through the active demand for broliday goous, aifected a goou c.ear. arce ol atocks. Prices o« Aomestic an: foreign staples continue firm. The season‘s trade is practicady nCAR mawsee w4 amell l 2 PTH ‘ â€" _ Trade all round continues quiet and dull on account of holidays in domâ€" estic and foreign markets. Quotaâ€" tions are steady and unckanged at $5 to §$6 for red clover and $4 to $5.50 for alsike per buskel at outâ€" side points, and probably a little more money would be paid for extra choice lots. Timothy; is steady at $2 to $3 per owt. at outeide points. btocks of Apples. Mr. Eben James writes : The shortâ€" age of storage appies in Ontario is about balanoced by tke additional quantity in Nova Scotia this year, but the quantity in the States is probably about talf a million barâ€" rels less. If thke fall market is an indication of tho future we may exâ€" pect eantisfactory prices thLrough January and February. Bradsires ts on Trade. ‘ Wholesaie trade at Montreai is &A birt yuiet, as is usuai at this time | Hayâ€"About fivre loads were on the market. No. 1 timothy sold at $9 to $10 per ton, and mixed or cloâ€" ver at $6 to $7. Strawâ€"There was nore offering, and quotations are unchanged. Wheat, white, 79¢; do. red, T9c ; do. goore, 73% to 74¢c; do. spring, 83¢. Oats, 30% to 31c. Barley, 42 to 46¢c. Rye, 550. Buckwheat, 45c¢. Peae, 6ic. Hay, $9 to $i0; do. mixed or clover, $6 to $7. Straw, sheat, 89 to $10 : do. loose, $5.50 to $6. Dreased bogs,. light, cwt., $7; do. heavy, £6.50. Butter, pound rolis, 21 to »Sc. Eges, rew laid, 40 to 45¢. Fowls, prer Ib.. 8c. Spring chickens, per pair, 70c to $1. Ducks, per Ib., 10 to 12c. Geere. per lb., 10 to 12c. Tarkeys, per lb., 14 to 16c. Apples, per barâ€" rel, $1 to $2; do. per basket, 25 to 85¢c. Potatoes, per bag, 80 to 95c. Carrote, per peck, 15¢. Beets, per preck, 15 to 202. Cabbage, per dozen, 40 to 50c¢c; do. red, each 5 to 10c. Caalifliower, perâ€" dozen, $1.510 â€" to $1.75. Leeks, per dozen, 50c ; do. greor, per bunch, 15¢. _ Celery, per dozen, 40 to 60c. Vegetable, marrow, & to 10¢c. Squash, 10 to 15¢c. Beef, hiniquarters, $6.50 to $8; do. foreâ€" quarters, $4 to $5. Sheep, $5 to $0.50. Lambs, $6 to §$7. Calves, por Ib., 6 to 9c. Poultryâ€"The week‘s trade was done tbefore Christmas, and not much was done toâ€"day. Receipts were light and trade was quiet. Quotations were unchanged. changed Putterâ€"Receipts generally _ were light, and quotations are unchanged at 21 to 28¢ per lb. Eggsâ€"Trade is quiet and prices are about steady. Quotations are un There was not much doing at &t. Lawrence Market toâ€"day. Receipts were light and trade generally was quiet. About 400 bushels of grain were ao‘d on the street. Wheatâ€"One hundred bushes of white sold at 790 per bushel, 200 of goose sold firmer at 73%0 to 74¢c, and 100 of spring sold at 83%¢. Dreesed Hogsâ€"'l.‘ade was quiet and receipts were ligh Quotations are unchanged at $7 per ewt. for choice light weig'l!ul. and $6.50 for heavies. Toronto tarmers‘ luk.\[j Doronto, The B]Eu"b’r ion. The outlook coming month is it omitine ‘ By instinct inherited from a long line ,‘.,__J of _ ancestors they are fishermen â€" ang hn en egagng ‘ hunters, but by contact with the Cauâ€" arket. casian they are makers of curios and t 8t. ltraden. In their new avocations they ?ln’le.eem i biÂ¥e becoma dana» 3. 3 , _ _Eong % The Germans are so sick of war that the Emperor is kept in hot water all the time facing the popuâ€" ‘lar expressions of aversion to it. The expense of the South Afrln}n war stugnéea even Biitiin. I m k>»sFrance sick to think of another foreign war. The great powers have no money for war, not even to {face weak states. THE MOST WONDERFUL DRUG ever discovered for allying pain is Japanese Menthol in comâ€" bination with the curative proverue- of medicinal gums as in "The D & L " Menthol Plaster, it is a positive specific for all neuralâ€" gle and nervous pains and twitches. "I would prefer that," he replied, with a furtive glance over his shoulâ€" der, "but for goodness sake, don‘t say I gave it to you that way." â€" Thiladelphia Press. "Oh," maid th> meek little man, "you may put down Mrg. Houry Peck and husband." * "You mean ‘Mr. and Mrs. Henry Poeck,‘ don‘t you ?" Daring Man. "I‘m anxious to get the names of all presesi," said the reporter. "Will you opiige meâ€"~ Â¥ " Regular Prac l:ioner. â€" No r sult,"â€"Mrs. Annie C. Chestaut, of Whitby, was for months a rhenmatic victim, but south American Rheumati+Curechanged the song from * despair " to "joy," She eaye; " I suffered untold misery from Rheumatism â€"docto.‘s medizine did me no goodâ€"two bottles of South American Rheumatie Cure cured meâ€"relief two hours after the first dose."â€"5 4 What Dutch hollowâ€"works may tb none of the cooking schools of toâ€"day seems to know, but they sound good. "To all young ladiesâ€"At Edward Kiddee‘s pastry school, at Little Linâ€" colfh‘s In», Ficlds, are taught all kinds of pastry and cookery, Dutch holâ€" lowâ€"works and butter works, on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, in the afternoon; and on the same days in the morning, at his school in Norrie street, 8t. James‘, Hayâ€" market, and at his school at St. Marâ€" tin‘s le Grand, on Mondays, Tuecsdays and Wednesdays in the afternoons." We of the twentieth century are inâ€" clined to think of cooking senools as belonging exclusively to our day and generation. Therefore it may be news to many people that as long ago as the reign of Good Queen Annee a Mr. Kiddes had a school of cookery in Queer street, Cheapside, and another in Holborn. Here is his advertiseâ€" ment. The original is on good paper with a neatly engraved border ; The secret of all great undertakings is bard work and selfâ€"reliance. Given these two qualities and a residence in the United States of America, a young man bas nothing more to ask for. When a clerk tells you that he must leave the office because it is 5.30 p.m., rest assured that you will nover see his name over a front door. No man‘s success was ever marked by the curreucy that is pasted up on billâ€" boards. If the concentration of a lifetime is found in one can of goods, then that life has not been wasted. The successful men of toâ€"day worked mighty hard for what they‘ve got. The men of toâ€"morrow will have to work harder to get it away. * The best a man ever did shouldn‘t be his standard for the rest of his life. Next to knowing your own business, it is a mighty good thing to know as much about your nighbor as possible, especially if he‘s in the same line. Every time a man loses his temper he loses his head, and when he loses his head he loses several chances. A big head and a big bank account were never found together to the credit of any one, and never will be. No young man is rich enough to smoke 25â€"cent cigars. complete, for the first time: No man, however rich, has enough money to waste in putting on style. The richer a man gets the more careâ€" ful he should be to keep his head level. Business, religion and pleasure of the ri}:ht kind should be the only things in life for any man. the great packing house of Swift & Co., Chicago, left an estuite worth over $7,â€" 000,000., Perhaps Mr. Swift did not enâ€" joy all the ~leasures of life; in fact, he was know to have missed many that even money cannot buy, and, perhaps, there are people who believe that his. mode of life was not ideal, but he left to the young men of the countryâ€"and some old ones as wellâ€"a greater legacy than can be measured by wealth. _ He left the example of his life and the original maxims which were his guide in building a great businees. _ All of these maxims have been collected by Success, and are presented herewith, complete, for the first time: vseiul A@ce to Young Men Entering Business. Gustavus F. Swift, the late herad of the great packing house of Swilt & Co., Chitago, lelft alt Sclute WOrth ass. g5" The Government should make some provision for the Eskimo. He can be made selfâ€"supporting, possibly a conâ€" tributor to the wealth of the world, by placing him in a line of work for which nature has fitted him. Provide him with modern appliances and means for fishing and whaling, and with proper management he will become a producer of wealth. Useful Advice to T h i4 o o Ne Ee But the higher race is not responsible for all their ills. The unrsanitary state in which they live is not conducive to longevity. The impure air in the native winter huts, the lack of personal cleanâ€" liness, and much of the food the native its would shorten the life of the harâ€" est people. The Eskimo has some qualities . of e Mertobewdmired.flehuofm 8 red his last bit of food with starvâ€" in prospectors or wrecked sailors, He is s«right and ingenious, simple minded as 1 child, with a +appy disposition that takes no thougat of the morrow. He is bad only when under the influâ€" ence of liquor. :!\'l.no' us kinds of game sns dÂ¥ CAC L9 , vary their fish diet. Have No Money for War. ‘sea supplied them | food, and there w bPeintratifineccatvidlithcac h s cca s 0 5 have become dependent toa great up:n the white people. bat Ser â€" /4 a w 7 Ancient Cooking School. . F. SwiFT‘S MoTTo®rs. ~‘mg, possibly a conâ€" wealth of the world, by . ling of work for which th most of their wild berries and extent to to * x s 00 # 9