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tho trapture of the nae-covered body-w I distinguished tha “a breeze. The, park v.31 a beautiful undu'ating oxpansm. In]! of fine (1d trros of ov- pry variety of Crm. and 'arrpeted with wild (Iowan. The 5 use was a grand old mum-n that had been In;th in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. The "m- tight fell on the amt gables and tho On the sound at July-l shall never forget the date-d franc! myself " the pretty statue, " \"codheaton. the nearest town t, Westwood. A luxur- 1oltR carriago awaited me and I eni y- od the drwe. Every one an's 'r,',." the 4‘» washes th. fair Kemish coast. Even amid the od r of the Powers, the anon! of the rich cl war madam and the [mgr-um of the mac-cover“! It “an in thr month of July that I went to Wetatwood. Lady Yorke was very vandid with me. She told no that tho one complaint she suffered from mu ennui. She. “we lonely; Abe want.- od amusement: abs needed a cheerful mnmn'mn. She would require me to spend the gmau-r part (i my tim with her. tnut9t read to her. IMWF her 'art t-rs. aeyd, out her invltitiuna. She “cum expect mo to spend my "sn- inte in the drauing-rovm to sing when nun-dad. take a hand at whist. She wrote mast unreservedly to me. The life would be terii us. she owned, but then I, would have a large' salary 3nd; 3 comfrrtthle home. l I “am the old round-from the rec- tor tr the lawyer. and from him to Mark! acquaintances. No one had heard one word. He wu dead-Mark, my darl"ng,--deari, and I was alone. There mu but one thing before ms- to live my life and pray that I might ttsin him in heaven. It mu whispered from one to an- other that my lunar was dead; and than to than who cured most for me then runs I gleam of pity for one whohad nomnhly ties. to l-‘ngland. “ohm going to West- ood l 'rent to Hru'vdiou with per- traps a for! an ham that I might hear “no news of Mark-of how he had to "wk my furluno. The first post I shunned "as that " teaeher of Eng- msh in a loan-Lung shot in Franco. I did not lure it. and through the in- fluence of one of the elder pupils I obtained an engagement in England--. not an ‘~-VOI'D!‘SS this time. but sawm- puniou Lu Lady Yorke, who lived at . grand old ware culled Westwood. in Kent. I “as qrlad enough to return to l-‘ngland. Moire going to West- ood l 'rent to Hru'vdiou with pet- I did not like it. %d fluence of one " the chained an engageme “(HAIL Inn-re my hurt, wax buried with him. lba realitio, ot life rams ude me. and I helium saved me from Bo- ing mad. I hold all my furniture. and be ks, everything I gummy-d: I gave literally to llvruthy. and bade fare- well to my lovely old home. I was Imettty-one when l went to London to wk my furluno. The first hunt I t put on mourning sun o! my life had for Mark an wires rut busiuucl. I nel other I--trer. or of bout tr happiness (lo-ml, there my In him. 1'ttes realities we. and I helium in mad. I told al I “null! only pray \\pr»ng eyes that I burn: them) long m I had lived through tr ("I a mu. Whey and. "Wait here for him. lie " I: rune with the lilies and r. 393: “an in bane and patience." The spring rame and went. I avoid- ed lo king at the lilat's. Their perfume Llleu the tsir-U would out help breath- ing it-but I avoided lnoking at. them. My heart. was sick. halt dead with pain IN! the night of thrm wuald almost have killed me. Then June came with m run“. My little “we of money mu all (one, and [know that I onuld um remain many weeks longer at tha "rltago. Mark would come in July, " be new Lving; and if tr, did not tuamt, I umllld kn.“ that he “as dead. So the “a tit the you: he been Thu ll lifetime. " hen the month of August came I --. that part of my life was ended. put on morning fur my lover. The n or my He had wet; I Wuuld mourn r Mark an wires s rrow for a belov- husianu. I never thought of an- her i-ver. or of future comfort, or Ho bad they heat upon my mud: Pf’ght lovely Lag What was I t Mark had gone aw drew. No tenor no t'ould Mich bm. In I did not kmw who] I]. .qremed u [out m DIM DB Ie NH" Under the Lilac Tree. \V F young would The If“ g Java: w y, and had " Wtss be h 'strength, n my faith untouched. be u " rk had gone away and left n ' ad- . No letter no payer from me rum-h hm. In all the with world not know when to look for him. emed .3 lost to no us though he {ones int" nnotber sphere. at could I d 't In the July of this ho “a. to come home and marry “a: waning for him. I had no future: no other home, nothing In whith lc'nuld lnok forward. ' “as he-my handsome have , lnvor who had loved me so 7 and had worshipped me no en- , Was be living or dead? Hope, t strength, everything failed me t my faith; that was undimmed untouched. If he wns lying in, a to write, I knew he wasthink- mo lunging for are; it ho had suddenly rm to some distant on lawman, fran which perhaps u unable to send new: to me, N a he miserablr- M I was. Even a: lying (load in the depths of his last thought had been mine. nour of tho (my and night this Minn met me-What must I re were tunes when the impulse (mg upon m to so out into c world and searrh for him. ”lb and patienre name to my tis MAME}! IV. vords were ever bear. no in of fire-"Grne awtxr-lertt no ."' Both Ly night tad by day at upon my brains. Christmas h from the nu my had mirror 1p of trees Mt as L hm sultry day sure that My handsome, brave, “as mead. pray to Heaven with u I might die tor. g months of auslenw 1gb the suffering 1! . Wherever he lay Ht. wax buried with anguish I dread th od spring was o an- n gray Mt w led at times ms soufraid gray. The td the light, ut July " as as dead. So of heart I ery day I “here we 1 pnmised. s went by, to me had the it " his beautiful langu‘d young wife. Hal Newspaper “tides climb the lad.. worshipped her, and she in her help-ids: of popularity by going the has: way was fond of him. They were! rounds. F 3 very rich. Thor owned this fine es-i A woman may prtstand to be 00D" tats at “'estwmd, and they had a i Vinced against her will, bat she never magnificent house in London and nib. villa in fHomsnce. That was Lady The knife grinder is happiest when Yorke's whim. When the wintar was" things are dull in his line of busi- tm cold nnd tho spring too wet she t new. went to Mont-no where she could bask The smaller the calibre the bigger I in the unushine the whole day long; the bore. This applies to men, not', They had nuimerous visitors and ', firearms. ' friends. It was to fill the interval _ Some men prefer the joy; they are I 'hetween the departure of taid) sotof after here. to the prospective joyl of visitors and the coming of the next the hereafter. i that f w“ wanted. Lady Yorke cunld, - I not endure t. Ie alone. s,he must. he: WANTED A REST. i constantly amused. They had nuvhll-l . , . l, dren: and that “as the one drawback. I ll on t.yoy take a sta." said .th.t RP-n I liked Lord Yurke: he "a," always Hyman In the car. mm: and liftingl kind and rourte u" to me. He “39: lilSvl'nt. . . . l, not murh interested in prlitics', the? No. thank Fou, mid the girl u'lth_the; care and v.w-ll-fe%g ot bis estate w- . skates ove'r ber arrn..l've been skating _ ttl', ltr' his “hole time He w. uld not and Pm hard of sitting down W Lord Yorke my; a kindly generous man. quite fifteen years older than his beautiful langu‘d young wife. He worshipped her. and she i2. her help- _ - -"-_.. v... - wrun- per of the wind the ripple of the leaves the song of the birds, all seemed. so many messages from him. After ten o'vl'ck I had never another moment to call my own. Then Lady Yorke was in her houd-xir. and every morningshe had a thousand new wants. It. was a puzzle to me how she invented them. There were letters to answer, invite.- tions to send out. She liked to beer we read. Every day brought its pe- pers. periodicals. magazines new nov- els. all of whirl: must be read to her. Then we walked or drove. At lunch- eon Lord Yorke Joined us, and then, her ladyship rested. We had another-l drive in the afternoon dinner at; seven end in the evening Lady Yorke; requested me to sing. I liked that; time best, for I sung every sweet‘ love-cone that I knew. and I sung-l always to Mark. on. my love, how I: loved rout . ' ' I l “an may would never uaste much time in sleep. and went out into the park. It Yieetned to ma alu ays that I spent those early Tvrning hours with Mark; the. only difference lay in this that he “as on one aide of the blue sky and I on the when And [was mamd with the idea that he could hear and see me. Ah, my love, h WV l loved you! When I went back to the house after those h mm of Wave and rest. my; mind “as braved for the day. It I had not seen Mark I had Lonked long and low. ingly at. the blue. heaven where he was. I had not spoken tn him but tho whis- .m_ Al AL- . . .. . - ”mm-U lur me, wntrh my great love of early rising and fresh air, lhey did not r mmenu- until ten in the morn- ing. Lady Yorke 'lid nut, care to to disturbed before that h ur, 1 do not think she had ever span the sun rise or the (km lyxng like diamonds on the gums. so the fresh sweet blurs more all my own. I ruse almost with the Mun. (linking often that it peplo know how lovely the early morning “as they would never mute much time in sleep, and went out into the mark In a few days 1 was quite at home at Westword and understvod my du- tres. They were vertuinly heavy.' For-. tunatel:, for me, with my great love Low-.4?" "No." I remied: "l 'n the world." "Ah ttum,' Raid " pleasant smile, "yo tor able to devotn thought and altesntr _ “my J"" u'ul uxe your rooms." mid Lady Yorke,. "I tvld Masha") the hou'okPeps-r. io give you the two most rher~r{u.l. They are in “but we ml! the 'Que-eu's Wing.' I how ya will be Very mmfnrtuble. Miss "heater. I think you t-ld me you had no rela- I;\.A_~T" "Truth to the dead and truth tn the living are one and the samv thing." I said. with the rash presumption of one ign rant and inexperieri M. I had known t My one love and one faith --'no,x v uld l judge of others? “I hope yuu will like your rooms," will Lady Yorke,. "I tyld \rnuhnm Hm "People are not often t: dead love," said Lady Yor “Fgr my part, I do not mm II] n." -- w- u.» writ-u ".9u01ty. "I all did nut tell me that you were a Leauty, Miss Chester." "I did not know it," I replied. The only voice that had ever t'alled me beautiful was hushed forever. "People of your way of thinking do not value thr gift of personal beauty. I suppose." she remarked. It was my turn to smile. "What do ynu. mean by my way of thinking. Lady Yorke?” “Madame tells me that your thoughts are arm: in heaven than on earth." she replied. "The man I loved is in heaven," I said. "Where else could my thumb“ sand her" large windows. My courage almoet'fail- ed me when I saw what a magnifraht home mine was to he. I felt aomellt- tie curiosity Is to what Lady Yo_rko was like. I pictured her an invalid-. pale, delicate] quiet. Before lung 1 was in her presence, and I perceived my mistake. I saw at once that her chief malady was due to having had all he wanted all her life. rhe hut now. er known trouble or care. She W33 a slender woman, with dark eyes and dark hair. An expression of languid discontent marred the beauty of her face. There was a line rroas her white brow that ietokened temper. and something In the expression of her lira told the same story. The room was rxyautifully fur- niehed and decorated. The lady her- self. was lying on a much. doing noth- ing. neither reading nor working. She loiked up with a glance of relief as I entered. I "Miss Cheater." she exclaimed. with something of surprise, "I am glad to see you! I was just feeling as thiugh I did not know what to do with my- self. Pray sit down." Lady Yorke did not look like a per- son who was easily amused. I took a seat as requeeted. "I was greatly pleased with your refs-rennet}. Miss Chester. Madame de Defl'und tequ me that you are devote. ls it true?" She did not wait for an answer. "I am glad you have come." she continued; "time hangs heavilyun my hands. May I ask for wh an you are in mourning?" Oh, Mark, how little that mourning Bxpreseied my true sorrews for you! I felt my lips tremble when [anew- Bred: "For the gentleman to whom I was engaged, Lady Yorke. "How very sad!" she said, just in the same tone in which she would have i-riwl. "How very pleasant!" The.“ sh}. indeed as ..... ___~lL .. ued; "time hangs 1vsavilyo May I ask for wh an you turning?" t, how little that mnurning my true sorruws for you! lips tremble when I answ- CHA PTER T , sad!" she said, just in the in which she would have _ very pleasant!" Imked at me with nsmile. wt tell me that you were iss Chester." a trom him. After tery) never another moment!, . Then Lady Yorke was' , and every Porytintralte ! V's. My munge almost fail- I saw what a magrrurunt v2.3 to be. I felt aomelit- as to what Lady Yorke pictug'od her an invalid-.. said Lady Yorke,with e, "you uill be the bet- tieve.te all your time, red is in heaven," I , could my thnughta t (“ten true to a n to inet" nu quite al orke mlmly, 'ee much use a'l'Souwhemeu prefer the joys they are ter re. to the roe active . a f the hereafter. p p Joy o POINTED PARAGRAPHS. The original family tree was of the apple vtriety. The (loudly parallel in too much for the average love letter. Pleasures are the commas used to punctuate life's sad story. It is better to have loved Indwed than never to have loved at all. She made no remark. but I saw that the indolent. selfish soul, was roused from its long sleep. The first thought of death and pain had come to her, new. er to be forgotten. "rtt,esrerything living in this world has to die sooner or Ink-r." I mud. "Madame Defiant! said you were very serious. Hor my part I could not give my mind to such ideas. The very sight of that dead bird has made me feel ill and miserable." "No life can he really happy that is not ruled by such th -ughts," I rnplied. "We ought to live for the n~\!, world and not far this." "Where did he die?” asked Lady Yorka and suddenly I rernernrered that I did not knww. That whinh FPE‘HI- ed so vermin to me might he very un- mrtain (anthers. "I try never to think of such disagreeahle things." continued Lady Yorke. "It does no go d. and makes one's life miserable." "My Mari “a; y/rung," I said, "and strong, he never had a day's illness and he died." "Have you ever th light that you yourself must die?" "I guppmo I shall die H'me time." she replied: "hut I an: young mnv---1 need not Fagin tn Ihink about, it yet." "Have you ever heard of young peo- ple 'lying, Lady Yorker" I asked. "Yam hul that does nut often hap- pen. [should Ih'nk. Age and death naturally go byrethery' "Have you never lost any friends?" I ached again. "Has no 'ate, whom you loved died?" "No-no one whom I loved. People I havo knmxn have died: but then they aluayu seemed to me quite apart [rum the rest of us." fire "Is that true, Lady Yorke?" lashed, biking at her in wonder. "Yes, quite true." "Haves you nvvr wondwared what death is like?" I inquired. "f do nut think so. I have never tlhonght of death at all." "Po r little thing!" I said. "It has had a short life hut a merry one, I how. in th so great green boughs." "Is it really dead?" Lady Yorke, ask- ed, drawing near with a pale face. "I don t think Thave ever seen anything dead." had read her character accurately. She ‘.was ill from indince. I Watching her for a whwle day, Eee- l ing her study nothing but herself, her ‘wants, he: wishes, her whims, and her ;caprices. ordering things because she fancied, and not because she wanted :them, spending money profusely with- :'out looking at what was purchased-- lzeeing her and away themost del- ‘icate fruits. the mast recherche of I dishes, the most costly of wines, under fsome pretext or other too absurd to menCon--1 thought, of the many poor I women dying for want of food, of the imany children perishing from hunger, .and have wondered. She did nut seem te. Irnryy anything of tho hard side of l rememler the first time that she seemed to wake to a conseiousness, of suffering. She had never been ill her- self, and she had never seen any one in pain. We were crossing the park when suddenly above our heads we heard a (lisvordant cry of birds. Sud- denly a little bird fell fluttering and dying at our feet. It had been at- ta-ked and wounded by name bird larger than itself. I shall never for- get the look in the dark eyes the faint fluttering of the little wings ere it died. I had raised it in my hand and it died there. have e land agent or a steward; he did everything him-lf-kept his eo- 'Counts. reoexVed his rents, saw his ten- lents overlooekd the home estate. Hardly a weed Wis pulled up without his orders. He was just as 1ndutr. trious as his young wife was the re- verse. We were nlways enellenb friends. At times he asked me to help him, and his thanks always pleased me. Pour Lady Yorke! Young. beautiful wealthy, she was yet one of the most discontented and miserable of wom- en. She had not a u~:eful interest in the world. She had servants who waited upon her hand and foot: she had a husband who indulged her and granted every wish that she express- ed; she was never called upon to make any exertion either of body or mind. She was never canpelled to th'nk; Lord Yorke and Mrs. Mashem thought for her. If twenty visitors were com- ing, it made no difference to her. Be- 'fore I had been many days there - I life. She ate from silver plate; she drank from the rarest of Bohemian glass; tea was se’rved to her in the finest of Dresden china. She wore the finest of linen, of lace, silk velvet, and satin; she had jewels of priceless value; in all her life she had never wished for 'me thing that had not Leen granted to her. She perhaps had read the words "hunger," “odd." “priva- tion," "starvation," but she did not understand their meaning. Howcould she when she had never felt either cold or hunger in her life? Her life had loan a Syharite'a life of pleasure. and the result was that beyond herselfshe had not a care ur thought in the world. " seemed to me that if r cnuld awaken this sleeping soul I tshalld not have lived in vain. hiked in wonder at the beautiful (To Be Continued.) TORONTO A beret society, the members of which an: bm-helor girls, has been or- gan‘ztiul an Tamra City, Oklahoma The m: m' {TS are waited to remain sitwie, A business woman in Arkansas. who evidently knows more about running th hotel than she knows about the Eng- lish language, thus advertises: "T his hotel will he kept by the widow of the former landlord. Mr. Brown, who died last Bummer on a new and imrroved plan." at, the bicycle. A retired lieutenant- oolonel was walking in his orange gar- den one day recently when four well- dmssed men entered, who, after bar- gaining with the old gentleman for hiscrop,botusd and gagged him, break- fasted at leisure in his presence, then broke open, his furniture and walked off with 87,000 he had in the house. They were pursued by a bicyclist, how- over, who caught up with them and secured their arrest. ( one on board/trom the AdnhGriiiii1i', chipped into buy a ticket in a Span- the record of this faithful man's ish Government lottery. The ticket drew a prize of 8200,000, which has bum divided among the offivers and "Pi-nafore" discipline seems to rule on the Italian ironclad Lspaaro. When in a Spanish port some time agoevery A__. -... I..‘_.‘ l_,__ LL, u I . . . Natal has been enlarged by -the an- nexation of Zululand and Amatonga- land under letters patent issued by the Crown. That the Transvaal Republic and the Orange Free State are not also annexed is due to a. little mismk-ula- tion made two years ago. of the town want to bloiv -it%GGii; dynamite, in Spite of protests from scientific men throughout England. tons, which geologists assert to be ten thousand years old, has been dug up at Stockport, England, in excavating to lay down a sewer. .The cprporation Commander Henry James, retired, the oldest officer on the British navy list, has just died at the age of99 years. He entered the service in 1812, but had no luck in promotion, and was retired for age as 3 lieutenant fifty-six years I'iut most elaborate pipes are those of the Turks and Hashim. The bowls are large and heavy, nut intended to be carriqd about. and the stems are sev- oral feet, long and ham]: iiirinirin tNese pipes eusl £200 each. Berlin University, owing to the large number of foreign students frequent.. ing it, has established an instructor- ship in elementary German to enable them to learn the language in which the lectures are, delivered. The British Gremuiiers now possess the tallest soldier in the army. He is six feet and three-quarter inches in his stocking neat. atrl, as he is only 28 years of age, may grow yet. He is an Irishman. Evan Spain ia Waking up to the uses France is hastening to make of Ji- boutil. on the Red. Sea. the best port for Abyssinian trade to counterbal- anr‘e the effect of the Italian transfer of Kassam to the English in Egypt. Jmeph Arch. the laborer member of Parliament. left memoirs which the Countess of Warwick, the Lady Brooke of the Tranhy Croft baccarat scandal, has edited, and will publish swan. There are 31,110 students matricu- lated at German universities thi, uin- ter semester, an increase of 1,000 over last year. The, largest increase is, as usual, in the law faculty. Lady birds are being imported into Egypt from New South Wales inurder to protect fruit from parasitic insects. They may prove as bad a curse as the sparrows. An unexpected result of the Englishi cricketers' vi~it to Australia is the' engagement of Mr. A. C. MacLaren to a Melbourne young lady. I Laird Brothers, of Birkenhead, hare, hem obliged to refuse orders for six fast torpedo boats for foreign Govern- ments on account of thus engineers' strike. l. An extraordinary increase in the Japanese navy is imminent, no fewer than: 88 war vessels being now In course of eoastruct,ion. Sumatra kerosene is competing with the Russian oil in the markets of the far east. The supply seems to be In- exhaustible. Widespread drought, the most dis- astrous known for generations, is ravaging Cape Colony. A derelict steaumhip Miler floating in the English channel was recently picked up by almmdon tug. Some of the wooden churches of Nor- Way are fully 700 years old, and are 'tl in an excellent state of preserva- Mark Twain, fike the late Cristoforo Colombo, now has a bust. lt is the work of the Viennese sculptor, Hegen- barth. Berlin has female commercial travel- lers who go their rounds on tricycles. to which are attache-.1 their boxes of samples. When the Simpk-n tunnel is com- pleted the distance between London upxl Brindisi will be diminished 122 kilometres. Viscount Pollington eldest. son of the Earl of Mexborough, has openly professed Buddhism. Few natives of india eat more than tWice a, day, and thousands only once. Old and New World Events of Interest Chron- Icled BHeriy-tnterestustt "appealing. ot Recent one. Last year's statistical record of Monte Carlo is 85 tsuiAdes. The King ani Queen of Denmark are now both in their bust year. WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE GLOBE. The Chinese dress in white at funer- als and in black at weddings. ROUND Ilif WHUlE WORLD. big fuss“ bog oak weighing forty j Have you any visibly means of sup- port? asked the judge. " U, you, your honor, replied the prin- I oner. ', After fumbling in bi. pocket for n grew seconds he laid before the 'nngia- l trate a card on which was printed in t l-old type the words Thu-0's . tucker {born every minuta . solar year. In the course of a. Par the fruit trees, as an example, have pre 'iraly an- ough time to fulfil their duties: if the year were twice its length they would be unable to bring forth two crops of fruit, for the reason that they would not have the winter seam!) for rest. The wendency of the sap. the put- ing forth of the Agt the flowering and the fruit bee ng. are all timed precisely according to the moons. For this reason they ttugrot be altered, and the year is 12 months lung. It. has been calculated that there are at least 10,009 kinds of "vegetable watches," of all kinda, which em timed as accurately as mechanical watehea to fulfil their duties in the course of a uni-'- -An- Mummy: long. __ i H. It is all owing e, the vegvtahle world that the year is 12 months long. It might have been shorter or longer had Nature arranged affairs differently. as things are now, trmrever, a little re- flection will show that any other arrangement is out of the question. In an interval of 12 months. ai'i'or- ding to Dr. Whrswelg, "the cycle of most of the external influeni-es which operate upon plants is completed." If the earth were moved by one eighth of its distance nearer the sun the your wguld_he a month 'shorter. " Arc-nun“ For the ' Twenty-six parsonu vomprise the fam- ily of Aaron Quail, a colored man, of Bridemeville, Worcester County, Md. 5They are husband and wife and twenty- tour children Cne chill ii by the pre- sent wife. the other taventsy-three are by Mr. Quals first Bunnie, who diet two {New ago. They eat at two tables; and to avoid the unlucky thirteen, twelve sit at one table Ind fourteen at, another. An item of religious intelligenee and a. cooking recipe became mixed in a Lon- don iaper. with this result: " The Cath- olic missioxmriaau miCentrel Africa are accustomed to begin their work by buy.. ing heathen children and educating them. The easiest; and best nay tome- rare them is to first. uipe them with a clean towel, then place them in drip- ping-pens and lake them until they are tender. After “hicti cut them in slices and cook tor several hours." t A remarkable dream disturbed John Hound, of Bostuick. Ga an Motr"ay, although in seemingly good health, he dummy! that he unuid die on. Sunday. On Tuesday the same dream “as re- pi'Ned, and for Me third time on Wed- nesday, On Sunday he iude his rela- tives and friemta, ngJ-hy. and died that night, between eleven and twelve o'clock! I Bard luck was the fate of a preacher iin 3 Georgia town. Although his con- .gregaxion had agreed to my him six- ,‘dpllars a week, he trouldn't collect a Isrxm of this sum. He resigned. and in 1 .hit.s farewell sermon, mid: " You were I Ln'fayor of tree salvation. and the man- l A young married couple. from North- ' ampton, Mass, bad an exaswraling ex- l perietwe in New York. They tame to I the metropolis on their honeymoon trip, _and in the crawled streets lost each ot her. After eavh had vainly apentsev-I ‘eral hours in seeking the other, may; ireturned lune seiarately. I The screams of little Dennis Wood- ruff, of St. Louis, Mo., nous-d his mother from her slumhers. and he com- plained of a severe rain in the heal. A donor discovered trat the ruinvna ttter-vi by a ('mzk'mw-h in his ear. At daylight similar ruin; brought marking army to the moth-r, and it was fuhni 313.1 a live cockroach lm'l ma"e in nay into her ear. fzuing that He might be enacted to crattimre this custom after he married her daughter. he hro‘tn off the match, Now the girl has begun suit for breach fibromise ,lnying her damages. at $50.- nar in which yum have Vtreuled me is proof that you trot, it." A young man’s prospective mother- in law, in Boston, insisted on kissing him every lime he called to see hisgirl. fie r!icn't_rttn1osr utier her kisses, and Lumber, Shingles and Lath always to disclose in secret meeting the names of evo-ry remon who asks them to men'- ry, and describe just how each pro- posal was made. etc. -rRtiN4"MtIigtl-'. Having Completed our New Factory we are now prepared to FILL ALL ORDERS PROMPTLY. We keep in Stock a large quantity of Sash, Doors, Mouldings, Flooring and the ditf'etu ent Kinds of Dressed Lumber tor outside sheeting. Oar Stock of DRY LUMRE is very Large " that all orders can be filled. Sash and Door Factory. THE VEGETABLE WORLD, HE RAD, bear Item: Turin- ki/ri/r/its' In Stank. N- G. &J. McKECHNIE - "-"rv-w- w “a: c I think you were wi Your last. ttu-att the girls think our frhnd a alarming oonvoMt. IWr---Yea; Dick in u follow of very few words. PROFESSIONAL OPINION. What do you think of my story! "pf, .Whlppl'u ed the critic. but oi China" ,__........ v. uommlImo-uu wan 8,884, as mated with fun.»- for 1896. showing a docmae of I71. of this number, “4 were committed for crimes against the person, while 170 were sent to jail for crimes again-t public morals and decency. mums Ol we Mercer Psfortnistory I. given more systematic employment. Last year there were " committala, or six less than the year More To tho Refuge than were sent 22, against " in 1896 The total number of commi'mn-m- -'e'"'r, 'e"'"'", has rompareql nil}. 55 “Ni previous year. The average Popu- lation has gone down from 2014, in ir90, to live, and the uummr in rasi'ivn't. 128. " the smallest on record. SOME RECOMMENDATIONS The report recommends that the in- gates of the Mercer Reformalnrr I.- There has been a great falling in fhe number committed In Hm turio Reformalory for Boys '1 were only 87 commitments in the twelve months, as f‘ompared uit the previous year. The average r lation has gone down from 209. in to 132, and the number in rasirh 128, is tha nmnll‘n‘ -.- __ " oqyipveu separation of roo9t waa to, homing! iiriiu"i',', ti; Hwy) mast marked, and the indirea.. tions seem to point to a diminution of crime in the province. The numiu‘ of vagrants this Fear is much Ieloss the number of previous years. The ater- agve for the paat three years has born M, compared with 125 for the Ihreo years previous to 1894. The I'Orl per capita maintenance of primmrs has been 39.1 cents per day, against (it! cents of 1896, or a doom... n: ". q ___.-., W mu, “Hue we. average population, 898, is the highest known to the prison. This is accountad fur by Ilse fact that during the history of the prison, down to 1896, the averages awn- tence had been six months and 22 days, while in 1897 the average WM increased to nine monLhu, shouiug that long sentent‘os have a LeutefiViat fffevt The falling oft of oolnmiltala "trc In... "”4 - . - CULTURED INSTINCTS. our cook In no retina“ u the! Yea; she has never brokcn anytmn. f, our most expensive and artist.“ In. I During the past year there has been in. desire on the part of counties to iestuhlish county house; This the do. Ipartmc-nt think is a. step in the richt directing), " " will relieve the jail: I from overcrowding. we number of committals to the Central Prison were 598, whim. vitit 880 in custody on October lat, makes the total number incarcerated during the year 978. This is two less than the previous twain months. (July cure in five yearn ware the (-ommiualn so fen, while the. average populating, 398, is tle highest known to the The number of Central Prison 1w Another thing that was plainly shown by the figures was that drunk.. ennesa was on the. decrease. There had been 1,716 committal: during the put twelve months, and that was a do- crease of 191 from the previous year. In the last fifteen years there had been a noticeable falling off in in- ellriulss In 188.3 there were 4,777 rom- mnmis for drunkenness. This, he re- iror.t says. shown the result of legis- lamun and the work done by the tem- pen-mm people in the jaill. 598 CUMMIT'I‘ALS $031M G THE DEUREASE. Fgtrtrs and Flam which - an Imi- PIO’-\ " Deco-Ill Ion (JO-'0- -MO or Ill-lulu!“ the lien“. Some interesting tacta as Mutual in the annual report at the Ontario Inspector of Prisons and Reform-tor- ies Before figures are (one into, tt is stall-ll that the majority of the Jails in the province are poor, both from a sanitary point of view and H50 for the classification of prisoners Hop. are entertained that the coming year will no» some improvements in thin respect. ANNUAL REPORT OF ONTARIO'S IN- SPECTOR OF PRISONS. n, ms ESPECIAL CHARM “.qu were are a nm at are inadequate In are is no provision {m of the Patients. The WI too small and inndoum gnu-t fal ling off "futunitmenta to make it L to the (n. Bogts. Thero ‘. The W‘luml- "adequately last Ina vb. There is, no chance in the , but! cotton mills strike. an Fund-co grain ”pom “I! “ill In goo" prices n “I you. ' terrific tluutderstorm Al t I... on TuudAy killed n ma at! I hor. 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