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, "I am obliged to tell you," she said: "you may he sure that it is an unavoidâ€" able necessity. It is impossible that Lady Severne can remain in the westâ€" ern tower. Up to this present time no one in the Bkouse knows her secret exâ€" cept ber hushand, Lord Yorke, Martha Glyde, you and myself, but if she reâ€" mains in the western tower. every ons must guess it. Martha Glyde told me that she bas zever been so bad as sh: is now, and she begged me to remove ber where she could be neither seen sor tseard Every one thinks that she ‘They cannot. You may be sure that Lord Severne has tried everything, so has that faithiu! maid of bers, Martba Glyde. It is easier to soothe the parâ€" »axysms of the insane than to appease such a craving as hers. I have bheard Martha say that when this horrible *raving of hers is on her she will stoop to anything to get what she wants." "How terrible!" I cried. "Oh, Lady Yorke, I wish I had not known it !" "But why do they let her have inâ€" toricating liquors? Why not keep them from her?" I asked. "I cannot tell. She says it is a disease that seizes her and holds her fast in its clutches. At times, for weeks together, she is all that can be desiredâ€"most agreeable, charming, fasâ€" cinating woman:; then for a few days sbhe appears absolulely to lose all conâ€" trol over herself." _ "But how is such a thing possible?" I cried, eager‘y. "Surely she could avoid it if she wou‘ld ?" "It is quite trus, Miss Chester." "Drinks !" Such a solution of the mystery bad rvor occurred to me for a moment. 1 Lady Yorke bad said, "She cheats at cardvs. she wou!d rob ber neighbor, rhe has committed murder‘"â€"even th>n should not have felt so surprised. It was horrible to think htat this beauâ€" tiful woman, Mark‘s wife, should be guilty of so degrading a vice. "I am asbhamed to tell you. They are almost the most horrible words that ecan le said of a woman, but they are unhappily true, Miss Chester. The fact is, Lady Severne drinks." 1 recoiled as though she bhad struck me a terrible blow,; but Lady Yorke looked relieved at }aving told her horâ€" rible secret at last. "It is true: she drinks." : "But," I cried, aghast with borror, "she is aâ€"a lady, it cannot be possi-‘ "I remember, but I did not underâ€" stand in the least," I said. "Probably not. Lady Severne is beanâ€" tiful, charming, she has many admirâ€" able qua‘ities, she is very popular; but there is one {fatal drawback, so fatal that all the other gifts are neutâ€" ralized by it." "What is it, Lady Yorke?" I asked, anxiousal y "I am asbhamed to tell you. They are almost the most horrible words that "Yes," she replied. ‘"Thank you for brea'\'inf the ice thus far. It is of her I want to speak. You asked me if anyâ€" thing were wrong with. ber, and I told you Yes, the canker was a‘ways at the hbeart of the fairest rose, the ,t;‘«l)rm always destroys the sweetest d." asked "The fact is," she said. "I am at a loss what to say or how to begin. I feel the shame and the disgrace keenâ€" ly as thougch they were my own. I must te!l you. but I do not know how." prised when a servant came to say that Lady Yorke wished to see me in ber boudoir at once I went. I had never seen the mistress of Westwood look so sad or so distressed before. "Just turn the key in the door. Miss Chester," she said. "I want a few minutes‘ conversation with you withâ€" out interruption." I did as she wished, and ta>n stood: be{fore her, wondering at her agitation, her pale face, the sorrow expressed in her whole demeanor. She wrung ber hands, began to speak, and thon hesiâ€" tated. During dinner I saw _ that Lady Yorke was quite unlike herself, nerâ€" vous, agitated, unequal to the ocâ€" easion, and more than onse she glancâ€" ed imploringly at Lord Severne. Dinner over, I was not much sur prised when a servant came to say She wanted "to speak to her ladyâ€" ship most particwlarly," but she would not keep her long. 1 went away and left them together. U In the evening, just before the dressâ€" ing hbell rang, to my â€" astonishment Martha Glyde rapped at the door of Lady Yorke‘s boudoir. 1 looked forward with some curiosity to seeing her the next day; but at breakfast table came the apology â€" Lady Severne did not feel well enough to come downstairs. Mark‘s face was a study, yet no one seemed to notice it but myself. The knowledge that there was a mystery in the house was painful! to me. Lady Yorke too seemâ€" ed distressedâ€"not merely anxious, but distressed, 1 saw tears in bher eyes, and when we were alone she sighed freâ€" quently and deepiy, as though she had something on her mind. I did not like to say any more, but I went to my room more unhappy than ever about Mark, more puzzled than aver ateut the mystery surrounding his wife. "Had any one been in those rooms would they have heard it in the same fashion ?®‘ she asked. "They must," 1 replied. * "Then,‘" she said, speaking to berâ€" self rather than to me, "it must be wen to at once. Poor Mark." "Certainly, just as 1 khave told you Lady Yorke." Bhe looked at me with a strange ex preswion on ber face. "Did you really hear this yourself, Miss Chester?‘ she asked. When the visitors retired, I remainâ€" ed to give Lady Yorke a report of all that she had left for me to arrange, and tken I told her of the unearthâ€" ly neise that I bad hâ€"ard coming from Lady Severne‘s rooin. Under the Lilac Tree. itâ€"is it of Lady Severne?" I CHAPTER XIV (Continued.) ta»n stood r agitation, xpressed in wrun@ ber thon hesiâ€" P MOS Cmy TE lae. 44 147 CuBC!, all were useless. The beautiful and adâ€" mired Lady Severne was a secret drinker, a woman who had delivered herself to the bondage of an evil spirit, to the heavy yoke of a shameful habit. She bribed gervants, she did things that in her better days she would have recoiled from doing. Yet so faithâ€" {w! was Martbha Glyde, so loval and thoughtful! was har bhushand, that ber 1 o Conde j i h t« | _ At first there was some slight !m:‘!::fr“)h provement, and it was while that lmt badwo provement lasted that they had me n 4s wh Lord and Lady Yorke. But Lady Sevâ€" Tess 14. erne was not cured, and there werl(; at her. irregularities in ber manner _ w hl(d fot be! made them think strangely of belj, a'l:; e s prevented her from. being a l‘morl e‘ inttha with them. They liked Lord bever:le Ne wor exceedingly, they were a.ttra;-led. ')";Ion ol his melancholy, which at first they dl:il Picton. not understand. Lady \orke_ exm'tet | pairks l from Lord Severne a promise 'tml;d, Thers when they came to England they wou 0 hh visit Westwood, and when humnesslan“You _ matters compelied Mtr!z to return he m kept his promise, but it was in fea;l ;ne(i & n and trembling. Lurline had a.ssul;e { g Alk ber busband, as she bad often done "t-‘ y ‘PThe' fore, that she would kee.p a strict stt n({ guard over herself, but again and again :a&t:r d she had relapsed into ber o‘d ha.!nts.i t sim For during those long months “henland C ue she had plenty of money at her comâ€" s ike d mand, Lady Severne had gone 3 lron:’ Fes: . bad to worse. Her busband was a iy. ‘Soth last compelled to have.the pssnstfanc'ioi t{u AM of Martha Glyde, buthm .i;:t:p?te .o‘ hotut'hel the care lavished on her, 2 ; all precautions, when _ these ternl;lfi hel{‘oorng fits came upon Lady Severne, ‘hehich Ds hom ways managed to get that for ‘; o7 | How T4 ber heart craved. Nothlng_waso a g hm : ; availâ€"prayers, tears, advice, anger,| h w ul o s S negie ds More than once he was distressed at finding bottles of brandy hidden away in her roont. A bad bablit grows quickâ€" ly. ‘The terribie day came when Lord Severne, returning home earlier than usual, found herâ€"Ab, well, 1 cannot write the word! From that time all semblance of happiness ceased between them. They had been married only six weeks when bhe made the discovery. He decided at once what to do. They could never live at Severne Court:; the grand‘ inheritance that had come to him was useless. He dared not make her misâ€" tress of the bhousehoid; she was too far gone in ber downward course for that. He could never make his home | in England, where his misfortune must} be known at once. Ha could never know when or bow the shame and disâ€" grace might fall upon him. He took her to Italy, hoping by travel, novelty, | and counstant care to wean ber from | her weakness. [ "I do not mind how strong it is it sparkles." "Be careful, Lurline strong." She would ly : °o0 Lady severnes life. She was well born, well bred, married when she was very young, and went with her husâ€" band, Captain Nugent, to India. \\ hen this horrible vice first took hold of ber no one knew. There was some litâ€" tle rumor of it in India; but she was so young and so beautiful that no one believed it. It was not until she beâ€" came Lady Severne that it attracted any attention. She said afterward that she took no more than other ladâ€" iesâ€"two or three glasses of wine at luncheonâ€"perbaps a little champagne if she felt tired or "lJow," a little more wine at dinner, and during the evenâ€" ing champagne at one party, sherry at another, and always brandy at night. She liked it; she was careiess, and nevâ€" er thought about ths consequences., More than once Lord Severne, seeing her glass filled and refilled, would say, | Ei Cmesises eck ; apiune cle Â¥. 7 . E lartly from her and partly from Lady Yorke I heard the whole sad story. I am no advocate for total abâ€" stinence, although 1 have a horror of excessive drinking. 1 simply te‘l this sad story as it was told to me, and reâ€" cord the incidents I saw. There is no need to go far back inâ€" s e i Oe te ie to Lady Beverne‘s life. She was w« "1 am glad you know about it, Miss Chester," said Martha. "It is a heavy secret to carry all by one‘s self. At times I can bardly bear it. I to!d Lady 2e e io Sn 7 +A Yorke you would be the right one to trust." 1 will not dwell on the terrible scene that was enacted when Lady Severne was taken to her new rooms. 1 hope that I may never see such a sizht again â€"such a leering smile, drooping, heaâ€" vy head, sullen eyes and recling figâ€" ure. say anything to me about bis wife. He mizht well look so worn and haggard. 1 forgot that he had deceived me, blighted my life, and my heart went out to him, not with the old love, but with a great pity and yearning. _ I would have given my life to save his wife and help him. CHAPTER XV. That was the solution of the mysâ€" tery. That was the cause of _ Mark‘s watchfuiness and misery, and of Lady Severne‘s peculiarities. From that orâ€" iginated the cold metallic light in the eyes that should have been so tender and lustrous. That was the cause of the hectic color that so often took the place of the dainty bloom. That was why a pretty bright young maid would have been quite uselessâ€"why the eldâ€" erly woman kept watch and ward ovâ€" er her mistress. Of all the horrible fates that could have overtaken my poor Mark,surely none could bhave been more terrible than this! All the angâ€" er died in my heart; there -\-v.aiq-;&tlvlvi"nng left but profound compassion. Now I could understand why he would not She hastened away, leaving me bhorâ€" ror stricken and bewildered. Oh, Mark, my dear lost love, it would have been better had you died. "I will do anything you wish, Lady Yorkeâ€"anything." "It will be a great relief to me if you will help Martha Glyde to remove the unbappy woman. I do not want Masham or any of the servants to know it. I must return to my visitors. I shelll trust entirely to you." willing I would give her the room next to yours in the ‘Queen‘s Wing.‘ There she will be quite safe, and you are so kind, Miss Chester, you are so gentle and good, that this pitiful case must touch your heart. Will you see her sometimes? You did me good; you might do her good. You reclaimed me from a life of idle selfâ€"indulgence: you might reclaim her. § is ill, and it will occasion no remark if I say that she has asked for & quieter, warmer room. I thought," continued Lady Yorke, "if you were _ that wine â€" is answer laughingâ€" + _ "I shall never get better," she said, l and that was the most sober and senâ€" sible interval she bhad. At times she would cling to me wildâ€" ’ly. crying out that I must get someâ€" thing for her; that they were keeping ber there in prison, trying to starve her. Horrible paroxysms ! Poor Mark! This was the end of all bis honors, happiness and ambition ! How I thought of him! How I pitied him‘! How I longed to comfort him! It seemed to me that never had llilel been so cursed. if Lady Severne did not improve. The visitors were beginning to feel anxâ€" ious. Lady Yorke was beset with inâ€" quiries. Was ske really so ill that she could see no one? Why not bave a doctor? A fewrish cold did not last all this tims. .‘as Lady Yorke sure There were times when she knew me, and times when she did not. "You are Miss Chester," she said to me. "I like Miss Chesterâ€"a sweet face and a beautiful voice. Have they told you about me. ‘"They have told me that you are very w, ‘and I am here to help you to get l ks u. 3t ,| , "I think he did love her. My opinion s | is that he was carried away by her â€"]| beauty and married her in a sudden fit of impulse. I do not think she in [| the woman bhe would have chosen calmâ€" ly. I do not think he loves her now. | No man could love a woman addicted | to that vice. He is very anxious, very ]| unbappy; he smarts under the disgrace; he is always nervows and apprehensive; | but I do not think he loves her." : Was it so much the better, or so ‘ much the worse ? Lady Yorke hastened away, and I was left to my own thoughts. Granted that it was, Nemesis, granted that Mark had done wrong, it was a terrible punâ€" ishment. It rendered all the gifts of | fortune useless to him. I cou!d sympaâ€" thize with his difficulties. If he tried | to put her away from him, it wou!d only draw public attention to that | which h> was most anxious to conceal. | Jt seemed to me that some noble moâ€"| tive actuated him. He had taken ihe| hapless woman for better, for worse, | and be was trying his best. He gave | ber the shield, the protection of _ his‘ name and his home. | I hope I shall never have another | such terrible experience. It was too. terrible. Watching and caring for a| madwoman must be bad enough; this |â€" was worse. Strange to say, the hap-" less lady took a fancy to me. Looking’ at her, so changed, so repellent, I could | ‘ not believe that she wou‘d ever be the | & same attractive woman again. Butil Martha said "Yes;" in a day or two ) ; she would recover herself, and no one| on seeing her would have the least susâ€"| ‘ picion. This was the worst and longâ€"| c est fit she had ever had. a "Somew! % » _ p, | Fnese birds must die a ‘natural death‘ Cmewhjere on the continent," she | ;, untold numbers. What becomes of answered. "He \w'll never be able to] their bodies ?" “Y.eB“tt ‘,h]?'t l':'i"““mfi home of l:ils' | _ It is strange that on Spitzbergen it § u?” why ‘gdoes he not sen her' is easier to find the vertebra of a gigâ€" a\y:y e that I foul it it antic lizard of the Trias than the hones 220p06e that he would doâ€" it if | of a seal, walrus or bird which has met she were always alike, but you see there‘ a natural death & are mamny weeks together when she is | 5 ble th: Eid 3 herself, charming and beautifal." __ | . It i8 Probable that animals almost ruptly i6 d Reaivtatnnt io datPrinds cint Bsce sciss t 23 hk & 0 9k 23 ic d w * s & C whole truth, I should not have invited | But each succeeding spring does, as them, nor would Lord Yorke have done might be expected, disclose the skeletâ€" so. I cannot tell you how unpleasant it | ons of birds or animals who have died is. Every moment of the day I am in during ‘*he year and been buried by ’ anxious suspense and misery. What an th Y. bi _expose it would be if any of the other, the snow. Yet 'u"ds s guests should get to know it! And in‘ SWARM BY THE MILLIONS a large household like this it is almost | in summer on the Arctic tundra and impossible. to keep such a secret." {'senls reindeer, foxes, walruses and Tt is very difficult," I replied. . _,| otber Jland and water animals are You wili do your best, I know, Miss | there, Nordenskold notes this strange Chester," said Lady Yorke, to whom | raheence of "selfâ€"dead" polar animals. anxicties of any kind were quite neow.| yoyp one did he see, though there were ‘"Lord Severne has promised me that ho | plenty of traces of man‘s wanton waste will take his wife away as soon As SH8l.of ‘life in creatufes dead of gunshot recovers, and I shall be glad. ’ wounds. ‘"The polar bear and the reinâ€" | C Where will they go?" | asked. ’deer." he writes, "are found in bunâ€" She looked just a little surprised at dreds, the seal, walrus and white whale the question, believing them to °®| in thousands and birds in millions. flt}:gngers to me. 5s | These birds must die a ‘natural death‘ Somewhere on the continent, Sb | in untold numbers. What becomes of answered. "He will never be able to’ their bodies ?" live at that heantitn! hama "‘at I‘s 3 "I was not quite sure of it in Italy, and I never thoughtâ€"IL could never have dreamedâ€"that it had reached this point. Honestly, much as I like and pity Lord Severne, if 1 had known the whole truth, I should not have invited them, nor would Lord Yorke have done so. I cannot tell you how unpleasant it "If you knew of this, Lady Yorke, why did you ask her here ?" Yet the thought came to me that, if they had never come, I shou‘ld always have believed Mark to be dead. Her words were so many blows to me. The very novelty of the discovery made me only the more miserable. I cou_lc_l not heip asking : 1 se no hope or help for him. It is a millstone tied round bis neck." "1 am sorry for her," said Lady Yorke; "but for him my pity knows no bounds. He cannot go into society. If he takes her with him; he lives in conâ€" stant fear; if he leaves bher at home alone, his fear is greater still. His whole career is spoiled, his whole life {;lighted; he is miserably unhavpy,and "That we cannot do. I have been sharp and diligent as a detective; so has my lord. You may baffle the cunâ€" ning of a rogus or a thief, but never the cunning of a drunkard. His lordâ€" shin was very unwilling to come here," Martha continued ; "but Lady Severne promised faithfully to give no trouble in this way. She is fond of Lady Yorke and she said it was so long since she had really enjoyed berself. The third day we were here his lordship said to me, "Martha, I had better have died than have brouwzht her here!" He talked to her, oh, so kindly ! She cried and made all sorts of promises, but it was all in vain. Look ‘at her now." Lady Yorke told me much the same story, adding that Lord Severne‘s disâ€" tress when he was compelied to tell her the truth was terrible. "Surely not, if we keep everything from her t" Lady Yorke, who hbhad suspected in Italy what was wrong, now â€" saw it plainly, and for the sake of the houseâ€" hold Lord Severne had been compelied to tell her. She was distressedâ€" and grieved, but nothing could be done. Unâ€" til Lady Severne came to her senses again she could not be removed. The only thing was to maintain the fiction of iliness, and keep her secludedr in her room. It was now three days since Martha Glyde, going one evening to put away her jewels, found her inâ€" sensible and knew what had happened. We shall have a week of it," she said to me; "I know that." was ill. At those times Lord Severne went almost mad with mortification and annoyance. There had been some terrible scenes once or tbwice, when Martha was off her guard and Lady Seyerne made her escape. e Does he love hfleâ€";“}"fllw“z;;k‘;'(i, abâ€" terrible secret was bardly known. When Martba saw that a fit was inâ€" evitable, she locked her in her room, and gave out to the world that she t inz infectionsâ€" quite TORONTO Speaking of his rival, she said : Every one telis me that he is longâ€"headed. Of course he is. Nature knows ber business. A narrow mind requires a long head Some physiological conditions conâ€" nected with the bair are revealed in a | work know~._ as "The Secrets of Beauâ€" _ty," which was published in Paris in the year 1862. For instance, we learn that "fine, silky and supple hair‘" is the mark of a "delicate and sensitive temperament.‘" Again, bair that is "curly and crisp‘"‘ without _ artificial persuasion, betrays a "dangerous clevâ€" erness," a "brilliant rashness," which may be trusted to lead to trouble nine times out of ten. Further, white bair â€"presumably when it is premature-is‘ the sure sign of a "lymphatic and inâ€" dolent constitution.‘"‘ Not one whit better is "bharsb, upright hair," which shows a "reticent and sour spirit." Perhaps, however, the worst sort of all is "flat, â€"clinging, straight â€" hair," denoting a "melancholy character." : That there is a physiological connecâ€" tion between the bhair of the head and the temperament of the individual is no new idea. Among many ancient naâ€" tions, indeed, the condition and quality of the hair were regarded as infallible signs of one‘s nature, and if those signs were unsatisfactory, the person‘s locks had to be in some way altered for the better. It was probably this notion as much as any other that caused the introduction at a very | early date of wigs and false hair. 1 All this however, doesn‘t explain what becomes of the dead animals. Perâ€" haps that will cease to be a mystery when we find out where all the pins and shoe buttons go. Tumors, diphtbheria and consumption are frequent animal complaints, and anthrax, influenza, glanders and cholâ€" era claim their share. Rabies comes in epidemics among wild animals as well as tame ones. It was so common among foxes in 1830 to 1838 in France and Switzerland that fox hunts were organized for the protection of domâ€" estic animals. CHARACTER TOLD BY TRESSES It is probable that animals almost universally hide themselves when they fee!l the pangs of appronching death. Their chief foe is hunger, coupled with old age. Distemper kills foxes and wolves as well as domestic dogs and cats. Chills and heart disease count animals as well as human victims. Old animals die of indigestion, especiâ€" ally when their teeth become too poor to permit of chewing their food. i am courageous by nature | had disturbed me I should |fear, but this was no thi muffled, hoarse voice whis Chester.‘" Then I felt the | fevered breath on my face, 5that Ladv SAVAENE rarie ~%l In tropical countries the bodies of dead animals rapidly decay and their smaller bones are devoured by greedy beasts of the pig and hyena types. But the same scarcity of animal remains is noted in the Arctic regions, where decay is almost unknown. Here big beasts like the Siberian mammoth have been ‘"coldâ€"storaged" for many cenâ€" turies, and actually eaten at the last. Hunger G¢ts Them, White Man‘s ¢ Spear, What becomes It is the rarest thing to find the bodies of wild animals, except such as bave plainly died in conflict or by accident. At saltâ€"licks the ground is often coverad with the bones of aniâ€" mals who have been killed in lights with each other. Ntatifiadracdticons Tistvatatces M . 210 M 2 c 13 i4 that Lady Severne was there. I rose hastily and turned up my lamp. A crouching, borrible figure was clinging to me. I cou‘d hardly beâ€" lieve that this was the beautiful 1Lady Severne, who held all men enthralled by her charms. What becomes of all the dead birds and animals? Some of them, hastened in their exits by villainous saltpetre, go into cooking pots or yield up their bloodâ€"dabbled feathers for woman‘s adornment. But how about those who die a natural death ? : NECESSARY PROVISION Yet she, as well as I, saw how imposâ€" sible it was to remove Lady Severne just at present. One night I was very tired and had gone earlier than usual to my room. It was fatigue that made me forget to fasten the door. Worn out with sorrow and dismayâ€"grief about Lady Severne, distress for Lady Yorke, and sorrow inexpressible for Markâ€"I fell ln}o a deep,'dreamlm sleep. 1 was awakened by the consciousness that some one had stealthily entered ;ny room, and was trying to find me. sure? It was a strange thing. Lady Yorke was at a loss how to parry such 1nquiri;es. "I wish they would go," she said to me; "I am quite sure it will be found HOW WILD ANIMALs DIE. (To be Continued.) s by nature. If a thief ne I should have felt no was no thief. A thick voice whispered, "Miss « Even 11 They Escape the Cun or Brown Man‘s felt the heat of a my face, and I knew The condition of the cavalry in field is considerably better than of the infantry, and as a scouting f it is capable of doing fairly good w Their borses are small ani wiry, quiring little attention. and the . as a rule ride weil ; but their clot] and equipments are in the last st; of dilapidation. Any other troops in the world who had been subjected to the continued neglect and abuse that has fallen to the lot of the Spanish soldier in Cuba would long ago have broken out in open mutiny, but these poor fellows plod on without a thought of resistâ€" ance until duxh overtakes them, There is no more pitiful sight than is presented by the living skeletons who garrison these noisome little forts, when they are called on to turn out and stand by the roadside at salute whew some. general and his staff ride by. some of them are so weak that they can barely bring their pieces to the salute. O en agett Then, if he still retains a remnant of strength, he may be detailed to the garrison of one of the thousands of tiny block houses that are strung along the trocha or form the defences of country towns. it * + : ; merchants, ln\-Se;; “6;.;;1 The Epanish recruit sees little of | shops or other establishm Havana, for on his arrival he is draftâ€" | _ The volunteers perform ed from the troop ship to Morro Castle ; service };eyomti furnishing M chere he is | ing a detail o about two } or Castillo .del F’rmctpe. where y | 1P 0o uard duty «t the furnished with his Mauser and roughly | !9 4° £ i. J CRACK lkx‘ns. or, for that matter, with the | soldiers of amy civilized nation, yet | they are not without certain qualities Jthat entitle them to respect. | _ _ PATRIOTISM AND OBEDIENCE. ’ Two great virtues they undoubtedly possessâ€"an all pervading spirit of patâ€" riotism, and an absolutely blind obedâ€" ience to orders, These poor, ignorant peasant lads, torn from their homes and brought by the thousand to march and starve and dis in the pestilential wildernesses of Cuba, have but the faintest idea of what the war is all about. But ask ome of them why he came to Cuba, and you will see the slouchy figure straighten up proudly and the dull eyes brighten as he re-' plies " Por la patria1" ‘ All the poor fellow knows is that the " Fatherland" has need of him.f and for it he will give his life if need ‘"Surely these are not really solâ€" diers!" is the incredulous exclamation of visitors in Havana on seeing for the first time a squad of Spanish inâ€" fantrymen, ragged and unkempt, with rusty battered arms and accoutreâ€" ments, straggling through the streets without the slightest semblance of milâ€" itary order. be imagined, and were it not for his weapon no suspicion of a military callâ€" ing would ever attach to him. in his band, and you have a Spanish soldier such as you find in Cuba. A more unsoldierly figure could hardly Lumber, Shingles and Lath always In Stock. ABOUT THE SPANISH A&ZMY Blind Obedtence to Orders His Creed â€" Conâ€" tinved Negleet and Abuse His Rewardâ€" Crack Corps of Military Police, Take a raw peasant lad from any of the provinces of Spain, dress him in ill fitting blouse and trousers of blue striped cotton drill, flimsy canvas shoes with hempen soles, and a coarse, wide brimmed straw hat, and put a Mauser A PICTURE OF HIM AS HE IS SEEN IN CUBA. 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 differâ€" ent Kinds of Dressed Lumber for outside sheeting. Our Stock of DRY LUMRE is very Large so that all orders can be filled. Sash and Door Factory. lef coRrPSs OF MiLitary POLICE. be i P 2. . _ _1 o o9 Ni HREWRLEDEtaEE | MA | France, are engaged in the meunfac. supposed, bowever, ture of dolls‘ heads, "y good work, and wiry, reâ€" ter than that scouting force and the men their Clof.hing : stages the X. G. &J. McKECHNIE P Mimiprpnisiteyianiatsail?â€"ecsiceass2..4.". . 4 servants, he says, are especially greatâ€" ly needed, farm laborers can rely upon getting employment at remunerative wages, while farmers can obtain free grants of land or crown grants of most fertile soil at low prices. Hay» 3. _.___ 17â€" /000P vOountry and find a new home is doubtiess due in a measure tbo a letter recently aqâ€" dressed in the Mayors of the leading cities, and also widely cireulated through labor and trades union chinâ€" nels. In this letter Lord Strathrona and Mount Royal, the High Commissiâ€" oner for Canada, gsets fortH# that the Canadians are more gratified at the increasing interest shown by the Unitâ€" ed Kingdom in their affairs and tht they hope to see an influx of British settlers and capital to cultivate the large areas of fertile vacant land in the Dominion. The High Commissioner goes on to point out that people with capital for investment, farmers, farm laborers and domestic servants will he beartily welcomed by the Canadians. Domestio servants, he says, are especially greatâ€" ly needed, farm j1} _ , . _‘ _ 1y gre they hope to settlers and large areas o the Dominion _ _ i»migration to Canada bids fair to receive a decided boom during the comâ€" ing spring and summer, says a Lonâ€" don despatch. The officers of the Canâ€" adian commission on Victoria street bave been fairly inundated during the past few weelks with letters from dif= ferent parts of the country secking information concerning desirable points of settlement in the Dominion, rates of fare and other particulars. This revival of interest concerning the Dominion on the part of people LAXIQUS to leava tha Ap.i1_ "" ,, DOUI 1. p/.,i_ _ _"CY prison, the Castilio :de |la Pumta and a few other points in | the city, They have no armories, and ]but few oppotunities for drill, hence | their appearance on parade inspires ‘fa.nything but admiration. Nearly all the residents of Mentrenil P Birke i aas Snsce ie d 6/ imne OtsrsatatnPrecaticaas A and cast down and set up Captains General. The volunteers number about twenty thousand men, the privates for the most part being clerics, porters, waiters and salesmen, and the officers merchants, lawyers or proprietors of shops or other establishments. +« To P Pithiixs With the exception of the Orden Pubâ€" lico and a very few re ulars, the only troops the visitor in &lun. is likely to see are the volunteers, the famous military organization which may be called the Pretorian Guard of Ifivunt. and which in its day thas ruled the city sn d : uks aele °i & I ’ The companion body, the Orden Pubâ€" lico, consists of picked men from the |best home regiments in the Spanish | army. While their duties as policemen ; are nominally of a civil character, they D erea Pape n We ns e ofi lon & n Sei‘h t â€" The Guardia Civil Cavalry, a numerâ€" ous and splendidly mounted body, is equipped like the infantry, except that they carry a sabre and carbine instead of the short sword and the Remington rifle. The discipline of this force leaves nothing to be desired. During the late riots in Havana excellent work was done by the squadrons of Guardia Civil Cavalry. The Guardia Civil is rarely seen in Havana, forming as it does the rural police of the island with guard houses in all the villages and minor towns. They wear a showy, and, to our eyes, rather theatrical uniform, of blue tunâ€" ic and trousers faced and striged with scarlet, with a wide brimmed hat of gray felt, the brim caught up at one side and fastened to the crown with a circular badge of scarapalla, formed of the Spanish colors of crimson and gold. that all Spain‘s troops, resemble the poor fellows who are forced t bear the brunt of the war, There are, in adâ€" dition to the regulars, two crack corpse of military policeâ€"the Guardia Civil and the Orden Publico, both composed of picked men, handsomely uniformed, well armed, and presenting an appearâ€" ance which would give the severest military critic little to cavil at. man paatelP s eant . sap Noi BR . L. * 0 leave the Mother Country a new home is dou‘bt less due ure to a letter recently adâ€" ) the Mayors of the leading id _ also widely circulated abor and trades union chanâ€" this letter Lord Stratheoma ‘llLiement in the Dominion, e and other particulars. val of interest concerning on on the part of people leave the Mother AnnailL ner goes on to with capital for farm â€" laborers will be heartily d# scc T : set up Captains K NS eldered #11 filos of Toromt r of Militia a and asked for a formation of a throughout C=aa in connection wit #lan corps. The It is reported diton will he a; eral of Canada THE VEKY 1.aT 46 I There is a Db Ontaro to Ma Went this apt A carload #hipped fro: by the Dom Louise Na h and ha: ha v igaix nd: tior The citizens fl“d by popul Jon to open Bhip buildin wery motive i thr Ing tior 8@ |)l0s Nhfit'h Panet Feve Riflas in the ary 22 $4 1 €i, dig The order o( Daughters is to A blook of bu wre beimg eract Bome Ottawa build a new my yea is The l ~om f r ca ‘nteresting Items The ©. P. R.:> tion at Woodst Hamilton Cit out a Curiew } British Colut bave formed a ad to r« ‘k fo g’ fifty Btates ha sanoes fro rnny for n Alaska was to ernor o Winn ipe tact‘h | ol $30( D. 1 fine teatore The | alke wrovi lone ran val cou t5t Trade « of & i al has c01 ny, 1 t’:'ent,\' pia V re A n nunle »*lnst ye Natural ga M 1t I he ne seveg |« AINT 18 d rl 1 k farm, n« na ondon * 1J ngui L\ @18 1 are n 0 2L GRIEA n 1m,