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TO DEAT4 W NED. ering those little impromptu words of affection or expressions of his will which it might have comforted his afflicâ€" ted wife and daughter to have rememâ€" bered and fulfilled. o own family, effectually preventing all private communication with them, exâ€" cept it were obtained by the formal cereâ€" mony of turning out the intruders and summoning the others, and totally hindâ€" vored of his personal _ and litical friends had the entree to his fimber, or, to speak exactly, with wellâ€"meanâ€" ing but mistaken zeal they obtruded themselves upon the dyin’ statesman, filling his room to the exclusion of his tesy, and the composed manner of the lady misled them at first sight to argue & more hopeful condition of the invalid than had been reported. In which respect they were soon undeceived. The most faâ€" Mrs. Hunter received all comers with her usual air of suave and stately courâ€" For there were fresh arrivals of visiâ€" tors at the Hall every day, and almost every hour. Since the news of _ Mr. MHunter‘s illness had been bruited abroad and especially «ince it was known that the great statesman really lay upon his dnt.{:»d his friends and admirers from all parts of the country flocked to his nd‘&‘borhood and called at the Hall. He remained silent «o long that she thought he had dropped off into a doze, but when she looked up, his hands were folded, and his eyes raisedâ€"he was enâ€" gaged in ailentâ€"prayer. This was @r longest conversation that they had held since his attack, and it was the last conâ€" fidential one. "God bless thee. God bless thee, as I am sure he will." "He has blessed meâ€"blessed me richly in thy love." He remained silent «o long that she He was gazing on her with unutter | Hall able affectionâ€"be slowly raised _ his | _ Ag nearly powerless hand and laid it on her | Holl} bowed head. ! thin. munk 3. T C,0 N _ povt4ng i dreaded 50 | _ At noon that day Falconer arrived by much as a parting." | the new railroad at the Summit station. "And vet. Augusta, we must part." | Hore the young man made inquiries, and "No, 4 not soâ€"I feel itâ€"the grave | received information that raised his anxâ€" cannot divide thee and me," thought the | icty to the highest pitch. He procured a "‘LY- but she did M‘spellg.k \lmrse and galloped rapidly to Howlet you now, at this late hour, that there was nothing earthly I valued so much as your presenceâ€"nothing 1 dreaded so much as a parting." "And vet. Augusta, we must part." "Oh! did you not know I knew you loved me all the time?! That your love was the best, dearest, erowning blessing of my life? Oh, don‘t you know that 1 never desired anything better than just to be with you, _ wherever your duty called you? Oh! must I teil It wase in death as it had been in his Intedt ti nlow Lk cutale bhhow adocls . he continued to pla, idly with her ringâ€" lets, while he gue«'{ into her face with a look of mournful, remorseful tenderâ€" ness; then he resumed: "My Augusta, all the rest, comfort, happiness 1 have known in life have come from thee. Since 1 have known these, all, Augusta, all. Do you think the people ever thanked meâ€"ever loved me for the health, strength, life, expended in their service? Never, Augusta, rever! _ (Nor, indeed, did I ever labor for thanks, or love, or any other refinement of pay.) And you â€"did you ever reproach me for the loss of home, neighborhood, familiar friends, al that makes even the poorest laborer‘s wife happy? Never, my own! never, 1 am sure of it, even in thought." She had not as yet nplied-.to him, beâ€" cause she could not trust herself to do so ; her bgut_\vn too full. But now she lifted up her head ing voice: "1e nominee is Generalâ€"â€"" _ ~ It is doubtful whether he heard, or unâ€" derstood, or eared; but his eyes were fixed most fondly upon herâ€"his lips moved. She kneit down by him and bowed her head to his. His eyems linâ€" gered over her lovingly; idly he toyed with her silken ringlets. And she bent and kissed his altered brow again and againâ€"many times, repressing the flood of tears ready to burst forth. He spoke in a low, faltering, Broken voice, with many interruptions. He said : ‘My Augusta, 1 was strong and should have sustained theeâ€"wise (in _ men‘s opinion) and should have taught theeâ€" able and should have cherished, and shielded, and comiorted theeâ€"but I have deprived thee of rest, of friends, of home, of all that makes up the domestic and social happiness of a woman. And thou hast revised the ruleâ€"thou b::‘; cherished, i ired, and strengthe ms," Thor:n?u a pause, during which he continued to play idly with her ringâ€" Li Lva C 4P 3 "Mr. Hunter." A“h"’mo‘hlloudvoie.u, eyelids quivered and unclosed. "The convention have nominated their candidate." His eyes were fixed upon her fondly. Wt ss . pyovrue Fusie c 3e oo . s iC and spoke, in a chok |\__Falconer looked around him; even in this sumptoous roum everything wore the | same dreary air of neglect. The rich | velvetâ€"covered chairs were coated with | dust; dust had gathered in the folds of | the satin damask curtains; a superb | Chinese screen of stained glass gl‘mt | stretched across the room was dim with | fly specks; the vases on the stands were filled with dead flowers, emitting a faint | and sickening odor, and two tall silver | candlesticks, with their guttered wax | candle ends, stood upon the centre tabie, | left there from the night before. He had scarcely made these mournful observations before the door swung slowly open, and his beloved Maud enâ€" tered the room. And oh! how thin, and pale, and sorâ€" rowful, and selfâ€"neglected she, too, lookâ€" ed! Her air was that of one who had watched and wept for many days and nights. She wore a white wrapper, very carelessly; and her bright hair, if not dishevelled, was certainly disordered. She lookedâ€"not near so pretty as when he had seen her lastâ€"but to himâ€"oh! how The front door was ajar; the knocker was imuffled. No servant was in atâ€" tendance. He entered the hall; that, too, was dusty, empty and neglected. _ He rapped gently with the end of his riding whip. ‘Then a man servant came out from a side room. Falconer knew him, addressed him by name, and asked after his master. Henry shook his head, and answered that there had been no change gince yesterday morning. He then led the way into a parlor, placed a chair for his visitor, and took his card to carry up. As he crossed the Barrier, enterad the Hollow, and approached the house, everyâ€" thing revealed the passage of some moâ€" mentous event. Four or five carriages, mud spattered and with wearied horses, stood neglected before the door. _ The footpaths were unswept, and the stairs leading up to the portico unwashed for many davs. After having spent days and nights by his bedside. against the expostulations of friends and physicians, Dr. Henry, their old family practitioner, took her hand and felt her pulse. And, therefore, she never left him again. Now they invaded his chamberâ€"they crowded around his dying bed to the exâ€" clusion of his own beloved ones. True, Augusta kept her station near the head of his bed. but she might not speak to, or hear from him one warm heart word, for there was always _ a clergyman or two bending over his pilâ€" low, a halfâ€"dozen brother Senators and Representatives and others near, _ and worse than all, two reporters, hovering in the passage near the chamber door, and peeping in and stippling down their hieroglyphic every time it was opened. As Daniel Hunter had lived in public, so he must die in public. And he was goâ€" ing fastâ€"hourly his senses wanedâ€" he fell gradually into the «etupor preceding death, He lay in this state for several hours, during which all attempts to attract his attention proved utterly futile, except when his wife would bend over him, take his hand and look into his eyesâ€"then the fast atiffe®eg fingers would try to close around hersâ€"and the failing eyes would soften with affection or lighten with intelligence. Long after he was entirely insensible to all other external impresâ€" sions he recognized her touch and her glance. He knew her to the last. â€" The heart! the heart! it is the first to live, the lact to expire! He knew her to the last. Then the illustrious statesman had never been able to keep an hour of his time, an event of his life, scarcely . a thought of his brain, or an affection of his heart, apart from the intrusion, the espiâ€"nage, the criticism or the sympathy of the multitude. do you feel? Shall I,bring you Slowly the lady‘s eyes descended from their fixed stare, and settled on her daughter‘s sorrowful faceâ€"slowly the light of recognition came into them, and she raised her hands and placed them on her daughter‘s head, and looking at her in the same still, teariess way, she said: "The Lord bless you, my childâ€"the Lord forever bless you, Daniel Hunter‘s precious child!" "Mother, mother, my own dear mothâ€" er, don‘t look so; don‘t talk so. Look at me, sweet mother. Speak to me. It is your poor Maud. You used to love me; you used toâ€"â€"" In the utmost distress, Maud fell at her feet, embracing her knees wepeing bitterly, and crying: 3 j ‘"The life has passed away; the light, and warmth, and strength have passed away, and left me here in the eofii‘ and dark, and falling, falling, falling, whithâ€" "Motherâ€"dearest motherâ€"oh! don‘t lool: so; speak to me. It is your Maud!" The lady‘s lips moved, and the words issued from them in a cold, low monoâ€" tone, as, without moving her eyes, she said : _ She found the lady sitting in the same still wayâ€"sitting back in her chair, with her hands carelessly folded in her lap, and her eyes gazing on vacancy. The maiden fondly, tenderly and siâ€" lently embraced her. But she took no notice of her child. Maud looked at her in grieved amazementâ€"embraced her again, more fervently than before, and looked in her face. She was still guing vacantly. Maud knelt before her, an embraced her knees, and unclasped her hands, and kissed and wept over them, and threw them around her own neckâ€" and called her by every tender, loving epithet, and tried every affectionate deâ€" vice to win her notice. But Augusta gave no sign of recogniâ€" tion. Maud started np in alarm, and clasped her around the neck, exclaiming wildly : 1 "Where has it gone, Mand*" "Whas, sweet mothâ€"r?" "Dear mother, are you better? How Th« first thought and words of Maud on recovering her recollection were: "Oh, my mother!" And the poor child strove hard to conâ€" trol herself, and eagerly took the restorâ€" atives offered her, and suppressed the grief ready to burst forth for the dead father, that she might go and console her living mother. She W chamber Mr Lovel stood by her, bending over her, holding her hand, murmuring in her ear the commonplaces of sympathy and comfortâ€"well meantâ€"but so vainâ€"so utterly vainâ€"that they must have vexâ€" ed her, could anything have done so. But she was past all that now. Nothing could disturb her more. She answered not, she understood not a word of the gentle flow of sound that fell upon her ears. She sat back in her chair, and closed her eyes. Mr. Lovel thought she looked weary and in need of rest. He pressed her hand, and left the room, to send his wife to her assistance. She gave no sign of resistance, or even of unwillingness. Pale as marble, and seemingly as destitute of feeling, she suffered herself to be conducted from the chamber of death to her own. And there she sat down, as white, as still as though she herself were lifeless. When his head sank forward on her bosom, and they perceived that he was dead, Mr. Lovel approached, and gently and reverently relieved the lady of her beloved burden, and took her hand to lead her from the room. port ~AiP vighaarahiarnt‘ts coreie e en ds arict brivx Tirisss Falconer stepped back into the room. Maud was at the poor, pale as death with dread. She caught his arm, and gazed into his face in the specchless, breathless agony of anxiety. "Be composed, my dearest Maud." Stil that wild, wild gaze of inquiry. "Dearest, dearest Maud, it is all over!‘ Her grasp relaxed from his arm. He caught her as she was falling, and bore her, swooning, to the sofa. CHAPTER XXXIL Daniel Hunter had expired in the arms of his Augusta. "Sir, will you inform meâ€"has anyâ€" thing happened :" "Mr. Hunter has just expired, sir,"* answered the gentleman, hurrying on. iE eiphstadiinie® "eZ0@Hn, M * While yet they conversed, there was a sudden opening of doors, and a hurryâ€" ing of steps. Impressed with a prophetic feeling, Falconer arose, and stepped to the door and opened it. A gentleman had rapidly descended the stairs, and was hurrying through the hall. Faleoner stepped out and gecosted him. | _ "How is he, Maud?" inquired the | young man, in the most gentle, tender, ‘sympathizing tone and manner. "How J is he, dearest Maud!" "Alas, Falconer!" i "No better, Maud * "No; no better. Oh! Falconer, that has been the despairing answer to all inquiries; how many dreadful days! No better, for, Falconer, since his first attack he has grown daily worse and worse! I don‘t believe the doctors know what is the matter with him. They said his first attack was apoplectic; â€" now they differ as to the nature of his illness. They agree only upon this, Falâ€" conerâ€"that he must die." Again she wept convulsively. Presently she said: "I have not seen him for two days, Falâ€" coner." "Not seen him for two days * "Oh, no!" "Why is that, dear Maud * "Oh! 1 have no selfâ€"control! none at all, I think. When I see him I cannot . refrain from weeping. I am not like my dear mother; she has not shed a tear since his illness. I sometimes wish she would; for oh! Falconer, she looks so strangely. It seems as if the shadows of death were falling upon her, too!" baP wl "ilintnintPron dnc s Duivitiicicnced Ts a k Tenderly and reve?ently caressing her, he led her to a sofa and sought to soothe her grief. "A sad greeting I have givem you, dearâ€" est Falconerâ€"a _ sorrowful, â€" sorrowful greeting. But you are welcome. I am very glad to see you. Yetâ€"to meet in such an hour as this My father! oh! my dear father‘!‘ she cried, dropping her head and weeping afresh. much more beautiful. He sp to meet her, as she advanced l]ovly,nmdtn‘ out her fair hands. And "Falconer!" and "Dearest, dearest Maud!" were their simultaneous greetings, as he folded her to his bosom. They spoke no more for a little while; for as soon as her head fell upon his shoulder, she burst into tears, and wept abundantly. Presently she lifted her head, and wiped her eyes, and said + went upstairs to Mrs. Hunter‘s Wherein our little world is rocked; An arm beneath, an arm above, Around our slumber warmly lockedâ€" And Love Light thence, in moments blest, Goes trembling through some dreamer‘s All unbetoken is that Ray _ _ _ _ . Whose dawn must be midst dark or day. ‘There is an ambient World of Love Bometimes it soothes the aching ere Of that white planet dead in eld: pic . The myriad eyes of Nigh austere _ From their keen wounding have been held, At harvest noomn, on sunset plains, And when the fields look old and lorn, And on the bow no leaf remains; And it can reach and overflow ‘The cruel spirit of the snow! Sometimes upon the summer hills A flooding tenderness is shed, The low green intervals it fills As fills the silvery stream its bed. * One moment past, it was not thereâ€" Or were my eyes not yet aware? That Lightâ€"it comes with fiickering morn, say to all mothers who have sick babies give them Baby‘s Own Tablets as I did mine, and you will have healthy, happy babies." The Tablets will cure all the minor ailments of little ones, and are absolutely safe. Sold by all medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams‘ Medicine Co., Brockâ€" ville, Ont. Mrs. T. Osborn, Norton Mills, Vt., writes: "I do not think enough can be said in praise of Baby‘s Own Tablets. I am satisfied that our baby would not have been alive toâ€"day if it had not been for the Tablets, as he was so weak and sick that he took no notice of anything. In this condition I gave him the Tablets and they have made him a brightâ€"eyed, laughing baby, the pride of our home. He is one year old, has nine teeth, and is now as well as any baby can be. He sits and plays nearly all the time, and lets me do my work without worry. I would BABY‘S OWN TABLETS SAVE A LITTLE LIFE "In state!â€"but it does not matter. Who watches by him toâ€"night, Letty ?" letty named some halfâ€"dozen gentleâ€" men who had assumed that dty. "Give them my thanks and desire them from me to watch, not in the chamber where he lies, but in the adjoining front the arrangements, have decided that he shall lay in state in the saloon the day after toâ€"morrow. They have sent a mesâ€" senger express for the undertakers and upholsterers." She lay there with her hands clasped tightly above her head, not sleeping, but preternaturally vigilant . She heard the hurrying to and fro, and the voices below stairs, and she knew that they were about. She lay many hours in that darkened _ chamber, with : only _ one desire _ i; her heart, to lie down by the side of her â€"dead. Afternoon waned into evening and the room became pitch dark. And then some one softly opened the door and stole into the room to see if she were asleep. Augusta called: "Is that you, Letty?" "Yes, dearest Augusta. How do you feel _ now ?" "Where have they laid him, Letty 1" "For the present in his form, on the bedstead where he died. The committes, who have assumed the direction of all 4 Nipline, t ieJn Maud got up and kissed her mother, and left the room with Lucy. Letty then gently undressed the suffering lady, asâ€" sisted her to bed, drew the curtains, and left her to repose. Letty, who still held her wrist, and stuaica her Extooat GhrrastÂ¥eq diutÂ¥t o uatcaa iss Mrs. Lovel to take Maud out and leave Augusta in Wer own charge. Mp ce pkccw LWn T ap; «645. NC n Oe I am not unhappy, i am very well. It makes no difference. Ah! do you think I wished him to live t be old and infirmâ€"to see those weary, weary days in which he should say, ‘I have no pleasure in them‘? Noâ€"noâ€"at least I mean it is not right to wish it. He has gone in his glorious day of life and fame, ere yet one laurel leaf had drooped upon his brow. And it is well. The Lord ‘doeth all things well.‘ Let me lie down, girls. i am vory tired." "How do you feel, dearest Augusta ?" "Contented, Letty. Contented." Letty held her wrist, and, fixing her gentle grey eyes steadily on her face, read her countenance. "Nay, now,”lrliei\; mournfully. Indeed "I do! I do! God bless her! God forever bless herâ€"so He surely willâ€" she is such a good child." "Oh! then, Augusta, for her sake, and her father‘s sake, do try to bear up." Letty came inâ€"came up to the lady in ber quiet, soothing way, and gently took her hand and asked: "Think of his child of his orphan child, her feet." "Now what is it_;c;l: wou do? Oh! I am so weary!" _1 might well weep and lament. He deserved all my tearsâ€"but I cannot do so." * "Augusta, you must rouse yourself, and take somethingâ€"if you do not, inâ€" deed you will sink. You have much et left to live for. Think of your chi{;i.” "Now what is it you would have me ® /8 rrlor 8 "Now what would you havet I am very quiet." "Yes, yesâ€"too quietâ€"that‘s what 1 object to." "1 might well weep and lament. He deserved all my tearsâ€"but I cannot do Sorrow, by prostrating her nervous system, palsying her heart and brain, had dimmed her vision of faith,. Let no Pharisee, full of selfâ€"righteousness and spiritual pride, blame her too severely. Let such an one remember that there was an hour when the blessed Saviour cried : "Why hast Thou forsaken Me?" Mrs. Lovel entered with a servant, bearing wine and crackers, "Here, Augusta," she said, "Dr. Henry says you must take something." Maud took a glass of wine and put it in her mother‘s hand. Augusta raised it to her lips, but imâ€" mediately replaced it on the waiter, say â€" ing: "I cannot swallow." Mrs. Lovel looked at her, and, noticâ€" ing for the first time the awful pallor of her face, she became frightened, exâ€" claiming: "Augusta! My sister! My dear sisâ€" ter! Oh! do not do soâ€"do not. Augusâ€" ta!" "To heaven, mamma; surely to heaven. Ah! dearest mammaâ€"you that were my guiding spiritâ€"what has so dimmed your faith ?" The lady did not answer. She had raised her eyes and tixed them afar off. ‘"The lifeâ€"the love that lived with us and blessed us so, a little while ago?" (To be continued.) Love Light. never jook at child, $ A“({!l!“‘ think her knee'iingwby -;)_1-1; jod bless her! God so He surely willâ€" EAith M. Thomas 80 Chicken au Supremeâ€"Put one tabâ€" lespoonful of butter and. one of flour into the chafinfi‘dish; mix; add two. thirds cup of milk, oneâ€"half teaspoonâ€" Oysters Hongroiseâ€"Put into a chafâ€" ing dish a tables;)oonful of butter and A %evel teaspoonful of papwrice, mix and when hot add a level tablespoonâ€" ful of flour; add 25 oysiters that have been drained; stir carefully; add one sweet pepper cut ito strips and a halfâ€" cup of tomato. When hot add a level teaspoonful of salt and a tablespoonâ€" ful of chopped parsley. _ Dry Panned Oystersâ€"Drain and wash the oysters; throw them at oncé into a hot chafin% dish; add salt and paprica, a little black pepper and a teaspoonful of Worcestershire, and when hot add a tablespoonful of butâ€" ter In the afternuoun Mrs. Rorer took for her sutijlect. ‘"‘The Afterâ€"Theatre Supper at Home," and showed her audience how to prepare the followâ€" ing dainties: a halfâ€"pint of milk; stir until boilâ€" ing; add gradually the yolks of the eggs, a dash of red pepper; a saltâ€" spoon of white pepper and a teaspoonâ€" ful of salt. Wash and scald the scalâ€" lopsâ€"this may be done in the mornâ€" ing. Add them to the sauce, and when thoroughly hot serve on crisp crackers of squares of toast. Deviled Scallopsâ€"Mash the yolks of threeâ€"boiled efgs through a sieve. Put a tablespoonful of butter and one of flour in a chafing dish; mix; add Oysters a la Richmondâ€"Drain 2 oysters. Put a tablespoonful of butâ€" ter in a chafing dish, a tablespoonful of chopped celery; stir for a minute; then add the oysters, a level teaspoonâ€" ful of salt, a dash of black pepper, a dash of cayenne and a little paprica. Cover the dish, and when the oysters begin to boil, add, if you have it, four tablespoonfuls of cream or milk. Bti1 gentgo and serve. Quick ulashâ€"Put into a chafing dish a tablespoonful of butter, add a tablespoonfcl of chopped onion; stir until the butter is melted and the onion a little soft; add a t,ablesroon- ful of flour; mix; add a teaspoonful of paprica, a halfâ€"pint of stock; stir until boiling; then add two sweet peppers cut into strips, and a pint otf cold cooked meat cut into cubes of an inch. Bring to a boil and serve. Mrs. Rorer Again Tells About Cook ing. Resuming her course of lectures on scientific cooking for the patrons of the Gimbel store, Mrs. Rorer talked yesterday morning and afternoon to large audiences of women who watchâ€" ed with interest the deft work of the famous exponent of culinary art. Her morning demonstration was on "the everyâ€"day possibilities of a chafing dish," and she pointed out the necesâ€" sity, in these times of financial strinâ€" gency, for every housekeeger to use wise economy, which to her mind means the saving of good materials. Her morning demonstrations were on the following dishes: USES OF THE CHAFING DISH Dr. Williams‘ Pink Pills will cure all troubles due to poor, watery blood, such as anaemia, general weakness, indigestion, neuralgia, skin troubles, rheumatism, and after effects of la grippe, and such nervous troubles as 8t Vitus dance and partial paralysis. Sold by all medicine dealers or by mail at 50e a box or six boxes for $2.50 from The Dr. Williams‘ Medicine Co., Brockville. Ont. Mrs. Urbane C. Webber, Welland, Ont., is one of the many women who owe &resent health and strength to Dr illiams‘ Pink Pills. Mrs. Webâ€" ‘bex says:â€"‘"About three years ago, while living in Hamilton, my health began to decline. The first symEtoms were headaches and general weakness. After a time the trouble increased so rapidly thaet I was unable to attend to my household duties. I lost flesh, looked bloodless and had frequent fainting fits. I was constantly doeâ€" toring, but without any benefit, and I began to feel that my condition was hope%ess. One day a friend asked me why I did not try Dr. Williams‘ Pink Pills and _ mentioned several cases in which she knew of the great benefit that had followed their use. After some urging I decided to try the pills. and had only used them a few weeks when I began to feel benefitted, and from that time on the improveâ€" ment was steady, and by the time I had used about a dozen boxes of the pills I was again enjoying the blessing of good health. I cannot too strongly urge other discouraged sufferers to givel Dr. Williams‘ Pink Pills a fair trial." In these times of trial Dr.â€" Wilâ€" liams‘ Pink Pills are worth their weifht in gold to women. They acâ€" tually make new, rich blood, and on the richness and regularity of the blood the health of every girl and evâ€" ery woman depends. Women are called the "weaker sex," and yet nature calls upon them to bear far more than men. With too many women it is one long martyrâ€" dom from the time they are budding into womanhood, until age begins to set its mark upon them. They are nw sooner over one period of pain and distress than another looms up only a few ‘days ahead of them. No wonder so many women become worn out and old looking before their time. Can be Saved From a Life of Misery by Dr. Williams‘ Pink Pills. WEAK, PALE AND WORN OUT WOMEN. TORONTO correspondence Nome A wolf will often approach close to camp and then sneak away as though he is scared to death of the dogs. A green canine is apt to take the bait and give chase. The wolf turns, and if he succeeds in overtaking the unwise dog the latter never _ returns.â€"Fairbanks Eé"?.'i"."ué" at night to keep them tion. The big gray animals stantly tagging the hunters, entice away their dogs, and Welves Entice Away Hunters‘ It is believed that the ;}emme of so many wolves has had somcthing to do with the scarcity of game in that seeâ€" Man and His Sweet Tooth. "H you want to have that tradition upset r*s»ut women only having a sweet tooth," remu.aca the stenographer who works downtown, "jast go into a quickâ€" lunch room occasionally and unw?: the men who drink coffee or chocolate with their midday meals. I give you my word I have seen not one, but many men put six lumps of sugar into their one cup of coffee or chocolate and then eat apple pic that is fairly covered with powdered sugar"â€"New York ress. John Berry has returned from a hu;n,- ing trip to Fish Creek, and reports lots of wolves and few rabbits. Moral: ‘There is more than One Way to Remove the Integument from the Anâ€" atomical Framework of a Feline Quadâ€" "Bosh!" _ exclaimed the Committee, "And likewise Piffic! He can‘t Work Us for all those High Priced Toys. But we‘ll let him have Two." Once there was a Foxy Ruler _ who wanted Two New Bo,tt.le&ipl. So he, asked the Wise Guys who handled the Purse EStrings and kept Tab on the Expenditure of the Country‘s Coin to Loosen Up a Little and Authorâ€" ize him to build Four New Battleships. The Wise Guys referred his Request to the Proper Committee. Contrary to the general opinion, the most thickly inhabited block in the city is not on the east side, but is on the upper west side, in the region inhabited by negroes, and dubbed "San Juan Hiil." It is the block bounded by Amsterdam «venue and West End avenue, Sixtyâ€" first and Sixtyâ€"second streets,. Here, on a little more{,ln.n five acres, no fewer than 6,173 people are stuffed. more and more humanity into the alâ€" ready swarming sections. Although the figures of 1905 are the most recent auâ€" thentic ones, theg do not, however, tell the full tale. resent conditions are far worse than was the situation three years ago, much worse. The immense number of immigrants which every year augments the city‘s resident population, and the results of industrial depression all have had the effect of still further massing NEW YORK‘S CONGESTION. No Clew., Nearly 500,000 of New York city‘s !_ Reporterâ€"1 suppose you don‘t know population of 4,500,000 are crowded into | what lhg senator thinks about this tawrifi veform business? the abnormally small area of 864 acres. |_ Nenator‘s Private Secretaryâ€"No; no As the total acreage of the city is 209,â€" | more than you do. 1 only know what be 218, it can be seen at once how extraâ€" ®*X® @bout it. ordinarily teeming the co:?esflon in £ o some parts of the city is Unless someâ€" Historical Fragment. thing is done, and done before many | _ D¢lilsh had betrayed Samson, and he years, this increasing congestion “{l | was in the hands of the Philistines. reach a point defying human efforts to |__"Just the same," he reflected, prondly, remedy it, short of the most radical | "! am the szronges man now in captiv changes in the system iteel{. It is comâ€" | i{\â€"" Eutod that within ten years the city will | _ Whereupon he proseeded to wait pa ave & popuzlation of fully 7,000,000, | tiently for his har to grow Jong agnin. The most Tr‘("cent census taken was that . css of 1905. congestion revealed by ; Not Cutting Prices. that census was shockingly bad eno i< ~UOntlep« y o Hinul an but in the last two years it has grouy | ; CAUCIs that the best you can prom: organized territories .. 180 _ million Ontaric ... .. .. ......., 40 â€" million Ouebse ... ... .+ «+*/... YQD > wilon New Brunswick .. .. .. 71 million Nova Scotia .. .. .. .... 5 million "Inexhaustible" used to be a favorite word to describe Canada‘s forests. But the drop from the old figure of 800 milâ€" lion acres to the more recent ones given above shows clearly that the more Canâ€" ada‘s forest wealth is investigated, the less are people inclined to use that word, Great as this wealth may be, it is for Canada to husband her resources, and make her forests a permanent asset. In order to do this, she must carefully proâ€" tect her forests and see to their being re. produced,â€"that a future supply of timber may be ensured from them. This would mean the careful management of these lands on scientific and business princiâ€" ples, and these it is that the forestry movement is secking to introduce throughout the Dominion. British Columbia _ .... . Man., Sask., Alta. and un _ organized territories . AIr. h. H. Campbell, Superintendent of Forestry for tge Dominion Governâ€" ment, gives a rather larger estimate. He has calculated the forest area of the Doâ€" minion at about 586 million acres, dividâ€" ed as follows: The Dominion Must Husband Her | get a, ix Timber Resources. | Airs. Pne Canada‘s forest area has been variousâ€" ly estimated at from eight hundred million to three hundred million acres. The latter is the latest estimate, and was given by Dr. B. E. Fernow, the recently appoint dean of the faculty of forestry at the University of Toronto. He is one of the best authoritiee on forest subjects on the continent, and for years was head of the United States Bureau of Forestry, His estimate, he thinks, "will cover the commercially valâ€" uable timber land area, actual and poâ€" tential." At this estimate the forest area of Canada is "not much mors than oneâ€"half of the commercial forest area of the United States." Mr. R. H. Campbell, Superintendent Welsh Rarebitâ€"Put into the chafing dish a pound of cheese, a halfâ€"teaâ€" | spoonful of salt, a teaspoonful of Worâ€" cestershire, a dash of red pepper, and if you wish, four tablespoonfuls of | ale; beat the yolks of two eggs. add | thom, and stir the mixture until perâ€" | fectly smooth. Serve at once on toast. â€" â€"Philadelphia Record. | sherry ; add the chicken; when hot stir in the yolks of two eggs that have been beaten with two tablespoonfuls of milk. Serve on toast. ful of salt, a dash of pepper, and, it you wish,. four abiskpoonfuls of CANADA‘S FORESTS. | With Suitable Apologies. gray animals were conâ€" , trying to 182 Acres. million the clerk asked. as he counted ;.:-â€":d. "Oh, no," replied the customer, "I want to roll them home."â€"Montreal Star. ‘"En Gailey really had to pay Miss Yernmer five thousand for breach of promise? ‘"Yes, and now he wants to marry her for her money." @ney A man entered a drug store i;:hrq and asked for a dozen twoâ€"grain quinine pills. "Shall l put ‘em in a box, sir?" Editorâ€"The only way to sucosed in the newspaper business is to give the people what they want. Friendâ€"Have you‘ got five dollars. you can let me have? barking at night "Beca run nbag book "Papa, who had columns take us formane me "Uncle Jerry," asked his shivering relâ€" ative from the south, "why do you spend you wiaters in this beastly climate?" "‘Vhy, 1 like this bracing winter weaâ€" ther," stoutly answored Unele Jerry Peebles: "Besides, theâ€"â€"the contrast )Wn you clate The Professor ed the toxin of against disease gor bnu}_t_erinl poisons, The Dox profession Not Well Heeled, Either. "Clarence," said his indulgent relative, "your reckless ways and your ceaseless requests for money discourage and disâ€" gust me. Have you no soul?" "Nary a one, aAunt Mepsy," answered her scapegrace nephow, with a scowl, "Haven‘t 1 told you 1 am on my uppors?" peet real Not Cutting Prices. Callerâ€"Is that the best you can promâ€" ise meâ€"a wife fifteen years older than 1 am, with a sharp mose, thin lips, and a sour disposition ? retorm business? Nenator‘s Private Secretaryâ€"No; no more than you do. 1 only know what be suys about it. Jasperâ€"Have you got a nurse for your children yet? Jumpuppeâ€"No. We have changed our policy, and have hired a referee! Like Humans. Floâ€"Isn‘t it queer that lobsters are always green when they get into hot water ?" Eies Joeâ€"Nothing queer about that. If they weren‘t green they wouldn‘t get into hot water.â€"Philadelphia Bulletin, Fussy. Some people make an awful lot of fuss about a man being his own worst enemy â€"but why should they care?â€"Chicage News. laim‘ no reguiar weathe geltin‘ nowadays; It‘s jes‘ a substitution dat agod foh to raise. To keep dis earth aâ€"zunning tomary style De regâ€"lar weather‘s what wittin‘ after ‘while. Tommyâ€"Manm down from heaven Mre. Tuckerâ€"Yâ€" ask that*" Tommyâ€"I heard paps : Lord for it while hbe was sh the sidewalks this morning get a divorce?" "We have thought of that," sighed Mirs. Pmeer, wiping hber eyes; "but legal proceedings are so dreadfully expensive. Mr. Pneer thinks it will be money in our pockets to keep on living together." Fortne Te "If you and your husband can‘t get wlong peaceably," said the neighbor to whom Mrs, Pueer was narrating hber grievances, ‘why don‘t you separate and Most ‘Yes," mused the literary editor, layâ€" ng aside his glasses and gazing pensiveâ€" y out of his library window, "travel ertainly does broaden a man. Look at AN CYE TO BUSINCSS A Human Failing. what is the meaning of inconsist asked Freddie, id you think ffinity for a doli T Those Fool Quntlom“ #& Condaduols |wrlurmauca' of 1\ have to buy shoes and school r thirteen children." Will you have a Jobster He asked the maid. This is so sudden, sir," The fair one said. Columbus Lo istency, my son." explained pa, man who growls all day and s home and kicks the dog for Standing Up For It Familiar With ThE MODERN wWAY Heard in a Restaurant Insurmountable Obstacle isiced in y OPPORTUNE Regular Weather. regular weather dat we‘se The Professor. râ€"li makes me proud of my ) see that the great men of joining us in our warfare se gorms and all manner of tinu Example at Hand. Undoubtedly Mamma, â€" the 19 "â€"Montreal Star. 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