The canadian gleaner, 23 décembre 1897, jeudi 23 décembre 1897

[" 1785 SASTERN TOWNSHIPS BANK Established 1858.Capital \u201c Reserve Fund BOARD OF DIRECTORS: President, RW Soon RANE, Vice-President, , H.Coon tanaei.Woon, T J.TUCK, G.STEVENS, JOHN G.Foster, J.GaLER, THomas Harr, N.W, HOMAS.¥ HzaD OFFICE - SHERBROOKE, P.Q.Wu.FARWELL, General Manager.= K Local s Ë Pneus.Inspector of Branches.BRANCHES.- Mranertoos D 'acoyous Mas Cowanaville, J.kinnon, Mgr.; k, B.Austin, Mgrs W.L, Ball, 3 Ÿ organ Fy EN Hoblnson, Mer; Magog, .P.Olivier, Mgr.; St.Hyacinthe, J.Laframboise, Mgr.in Montreal, Bank of Montreal.Éscon, En a National Bank of Scotland.Boston, National Exchange Bank.New York.National Park Bank.Collections, jade at all acoe csuible (pointe.îta is«ued for any require ho Deals points in Canada, Unit States und Kurope.Kxchange bougl t and sold.SAVINGS BRANCH DEPARTMENT at each office.Office hours from 10 to 3; Baturdays from 10 to! &F Just arrived at GARDINER'S | rar of Salt\u2014price 55c per bag.Christmas Gifts IN ENDLESS VARIETY.In order to make the holiday trade lively, I purpose holding A CHEAP CLEARING SALE EVERY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY OF EACH WEEK Till after New Year.3 Remember the bargain days are Fridays and Saturdays.Buy Your Furs AND ORDER YOUR Ladies\u2019 Jackets FROM JOHN LIGGET, The Ladies and Gents\u2019 Tailor, ORMSTOWN, QUE.CANDY A 4b Box of Fine \u2018Mixture for 25 cts.Chocolate Creams 2ths \u201cfor 25 cents.Candy Toys 15¢ per fb.ALEX.CHALMERS YOU ARE SAFE NOW In Coming From a distance FOR A CLOTH JACKET, as we have just received a new lot in all sizes and the very latest styles.Also Dress Goods, new Coon and Astrachan Jackets, Capes, Muffs, Collars, Caps for Ladies and Gents, Coon Coats, Prairie Wolf Coats, Lamb Coats, Wombat Coats, Wallaby Coats, Klondike Frieze, Rigby proofed, Ulsters, Suits and Working Jackets, all rain-proof and warm.Readymade Clothing, Boots and Shoes, Men\u2019s Suitings, Overcoat- ings and furnishinge.Carpets, Underwear, Tweeds, Blankets, Overshoes and Rubbers, Flannels, Trunks, Satchels, fancy Dry Goods, Ladies and Geuts\u2019 Gloves and Mitts, and a big stock of useful Xmas goods for young and old.McNAUGHTON BROS.Dec.1, ?97.AT DALGLIESH\u2019S A large assortment of Christmas and New Year Cards, Calendars, and a nice selection of Books suitable Jor presents or rewards.The Presbyterian Hymnal, in ten different styles, a nice gift.Plain and fancy Stationery, Wedding combination always in stock.In Skates, I have Ladies\u2019 nickel plated; Starr Hockey, plated and plain, Acme Club.Also, a large stock of Tools, Axes, Crosscut Saws, Saw Sets, all sizes; Guns, Ammunition and Loading Tools, Gong and String Bells, Meat Choppers, Clothes Wringers, Hay Knives, Loging and Binding Chain.Horse Blankets, Robes, Rugs, Whips and Halters.Boots, Shoes, Felts, Rubbers, and Moccasins.A good stock of Groceries and Confectionery for the Holiday trade.A CAR OF SALT.Lower than ever before.W.W.DALGLIESH.Huntingdoo, Dec.1st.Beaver nickel ENGLISH HORSES.Heavy Draft Animals That Won Prines at Recent Shows.The first illustration shows a noted draft horse of England.He is now 16 years old.For years ho has been a leading figure in the famous cart hurse parades of London.The picture is from a photograph of Epsom taken when he was 15 years old, SHIRE GELDING EPSOM.still in the prime of his usefulness ass great drawer of heavy loads.The Shire or black dray horse of England is tho heaviest of the equine family.Asa rule animals of this breed are 17 hands high before they are 8 years old.They are produced in the fensor level district of Lincolnshire.When young, they are worked on farms till they attain full size.Then they are too big to be used on the farm and are sent to the London market to be bought by owners of breeders and by others who want horses for the heaviest kind of hauling.They are much used on the ducks at the various peaports.They are too incorrigibly slow, however, and too big and clumsy to be used except where the greatest pulling power, without reference to time, is wanted.Good old Epsom is a brewer's horse and ono of the best pullers in Englund, besides being of the finest blood of his breed.The second illustration represents another British draft horse, though not so heavy as the Shire.In the London cart horse parade this year there were prizes offered for the best specimens of tho Suffolk breed, and the animal in the picture is one that took a medal.From its round, compact body the Suffolk horse is often called the Suffolk Punch.The Suffolk horse throws all bis weight into his collar when he has a load and will pull till he drops dead.The average height of the breed is 16 bands, and these horses incline to be of SUFFOLK.a sorrel or reddish color.The Suffolk is so strong partly because he is so game and partly because his shoulders are set low, enabling him to put his head down and pull for all he is worth.The Suffolk is the favorite horse for farm work in England, and there is no doubt that he is the best purely farm horse that ever lived.Nasty and Horrible Practices.There is nothing more disgusting, even to the uncivilized man, than the thought of feeding on tbe ordore of animals, either indirectly or directly.The higher class of animals bave a similar natural instinct, and none but the pig or the domestic fow) will touch the vile stuff or even otherwise good food that istainted by it.And the modern discoveries in biology and pathology all go to alow that this instinct is one of the safeguards against the deadly diseases that result from the consumption of the impure matters referred to.It is only necessary to refer to the modern knowledge of the nature of typhoid fever in the human race, and of the most deadly of diseares of the lower animals, especially of the so called cholera and tuberculosis, both known to be commauni- cated by the taking into the animals of the germs of these diseases in the food, to put this matter in a clear light before reasonable persons.And there is no economy in this practice of filthy feeding, for the chemist has shown us that these refuse matters of the foods of cows or horses are positively worth as much or more for the feeding of plants au the original substances themselves, The bigber the scalo of civilization amoung mankind, the more particular people are as to the cleanliness and durity of their food.1t is oue of the most favorable and attraotive tenets of the Jewish religion thate=to apply a well known adage to it\u2014cleaulivess js next to godliness, for the aucient ritual debarred the Jews wholly from the flesh of swine, and this doubtless from the very conspicuous examples of the filthy habits of feeding of these unclean animals to be observed by a people living in tents, without the conveniences of other settled ways of living, notwithstanding the excellent sanitary regulations enjoined on them by their prophet.Surely we should in these enlightened days, when the reason for it is well known, practice the same indispensable cleanliness in the feeding of the animais that are used by us for food and wholly discard this disagreeable if not deadly practice of feeding pigs or poultry on mauvre.\u2014M.D.in Country Gen- Sloman.Money is rapidly going into cattle again on the western grazing grounds Farmer breeders may know from this that there is to be good money in beef oattle rearing for some time to come.The west has been well called the Wall street cf tee American cattle trade.ona ann.Xmas Novelti be Canadian Gleaner HUNTINGDON, Q., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23.1897.We are showing this month a nice range of Fancy Good- suitable for the XMAS TRADE, including Fancy Hdkfs., Scarfs and Mufflers, in Silk and Cashmere, Gents Neckwear, Hoslery, Gloves, &c., &c.FURS-Special Values in Ladies and Gents\u2019 Fur Coats.New Stock of China, Glass, and Silverware suitable for XMAS PRESENTS HOLIDAY FRUITS Seedless Raisins, California Raisins, Prunes, Cranberries, Figs, Oranges and Lemons.Orange Marmalade, Citron, Orange and Lemon Peel, Almonds, Filberts and Walnuts Xmas Cakes and Biscuits, Mixed Candy, Fresh Chocolates SAVE MONEY by doing your Holiday Shopping at THOS.BAIRD\u2019S, ORMSTOWN.Christmas Presents FOR ALL We have a Fine Assortment of Fancy Goods Dressing Cases in Plush and Celluloid Collar and Cuff Boxes Purses Writing Tablets Pocket Books Travelling Cases Jewel Boxes Glove sHardkchf.Boxes Photo Cases Shaving Cases Work Boxes BrushandCrumbTrays Albums Whisk Holders Fancy Baskets Ladies\u2019 Hand Bags Xmas Cards Autograph Albums &e.DOLLS in great variety, from Sc to $1.SILVERWARE Tea Spoons Sugar Shells Pickle Forks Butter Knives Cake Baskets Cake Plates Napkin Rings and Table Spoons and Forks Child\u2019s Sets Berry Dishes Table Castors Pickle Dishes Butter ** Ink Stands.We have the Finest Range of Fancy China this side of Montreal COMPRISING China Tea Sets Berry Sets Butter Dishes Biscuit Jars H o'clock Teas Cruets Cheese Dishes Salad Bowls Toast Racks Plate Sets Sugar and Creams (dd Plates Side Dishes Lamps FANCY CUPS AND SAUCERS at 8, 10, 12, 15, 18, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 6, (0 and be.Chenille and Lace Curtains Table Covers, Chiffon, Tuques, Neck Scarfs, Fancy Shawls, Silk Handkerchiefs from 10¢ to 81.25.Also, will clear the balance of our LADIES\u2019 JACKETS at less than half price.Our stock of Clothing, Dry Goods, Groceries is, a3 usual, complete.MORRISON BROS.Huntingdon, Dec.9th, 1897.Estate late A.Cameron, M.D.All persona indebted to the Fstate for professional services rendered by the late Dr Cameron, are uested to make payment at his late office, in Huntingdon, within thirty days from this date.- J.A.CAMERON, Testamentary Executor December 14th, 1897, 85 FARM FOR SALE That beautiful farm, situated 24 miles from Huntingdon, and belonging to the late John Ruddock.For further particulars apply to Mrs RUDDOCK, on the premises.85\u201d DR.CLOUSTON, Physician and Surgeon, Huntingdon days: Tuesdays and Tras till 1p.m.THE MANAGER.Slow Mush Pay Should a» Creamery Super intendont Receive?The Creamery Journal sent letters of inquiry to « large number of creamery managers asking how much pay they got and whether they thought they received enough maney for their services.The answers showed in almost every caso that the manager received no ade- suate ocumpensation for the large round of dutics required of him.A creamery twanager cannot be suocossful unless he gives his whole time to the factory, and that he cannot do unless he has salary enough to support him and his family in comfort aud have something left over.Either he must neglect the creamery or let his family go half fed and clothed.The Creamery Journal says on this subject and on one or two other important points: The subject is of great importance, as many students of the co-operative system as carried on in this country at present agree that it is a dangerous rock on which many à creamery has been stranded.The question is, Is it possible to conduct a business involving the manufacture of, say, $50,000 worth of a delicate aud perishable product properly and without loss year after year at un ex- sense for supervision and management of from 875 to $860 a year?Would any individual conducting a business of similar magnitude in any line intrust the manugement of it to an employeo so poorly paid for hin services?Is It reasonable to expect a farmer who has his own farm to look after (as most of them have) to devoto his best energies and thought to the management of a creamery, assmming all of the responsibilities of the office year after year, for the miserable pittance of $75 per annum?A prominent New York buyer and exporter tells us thut while in Chicago recently he sent out 22 telegrams to cooperative creamery mauagers, making them an offer of from one-fourth to one- half cent per pound moro than they were getting for their product and requesting an answer by wire.He received in the course of two days two replies, one by letter and the other by telegraph.He wanted to contract for a large amount of goods and with a responsible house back of him, and authority to pay a price that would gladly be snapped up by any good business mau, he felt confident that be could quickly do the business, Why did the secretaries not reply?Why were they and why are they in nine cases out of ten indifferent to any kind of a business proposition which involves their personal respousibility?Jerseys In Texas.I wish to give your readers some performances of Texas and Springsidd Jerseys.First let me suy to those who have tamo grass pastures and hay that the Jersey cow in Texas has to make her record without either of these.She has wild grass pasture in summer (providing it is not dried up, as it now is) and oat hay or crab grass hay in wiu- ter, with shocked sorghum in some cases.We have ensiluge, but in the three seasons 1 have been here only this year has the quality been what it should be.But forall the above against her the Jersey of Texas has not much to be ashamed of.Our champion cow of past yenr\u2019s butter yicld gave 7,800 pounds of 5.6 per cent milk, or 408 pounds fat.We get a 15 per cent gain over test in churn, so this cow has been fairly profitable.We have six others that have gone above 400 pounds.Our highest testing cow reaches 7.6, but her limit in milk is 18 pounds per day.The best 2-year-old heifer gave\u2019 6,228 pounds of 5.2 per cent milk, or an average of over one pound of butter per day.These records were made with ouly ordinary care or such care as balance of herd got Our herd of 28 to 80 cows and heifers have averaged one pound of butter each per day for the past year.We keep a set of records so complete that any cow or heifer can be traced back to her calfhood, and not only her milk yield is accounted for, but any peculiarity she may have is recorded for our own Lennfit and also for those who may have her in charge in the future.\u2014Buff Jersey in Hoard's Dairyman.Dairy and Creamery.Vegetable gardeners have found there is ref;se enough on their farms to feed several cows, and that keeping them pays well in connection with the added fertility which the cow brings to the soil.À butter factory in the vicinity of a large tract of vegetable gardens is the right thing.Where there is no creamery and the vegetable raisers bave a retail tree they can add delicious butter, ercam and pot cheese to their goods and ruako money in two ways A milk aerator is a necessity on every farm where cows are kept.So is a milk cooler.An expert declares that after a butter tub bas once become moldy it is impos- gille even by steaming and sandpapering ever to clean and purify it again.Put up in big letters at the entrance to every door in the creamery or in your milkroom if you keep a private dairy, likewise in the cow stable, the sign, \u201cNo smoking.\" The co-operative creamery at Shafer, Minu., is à nost successful one, selling soine montlis over 8,000 pouands of butter.During last June ita patrons got 14 ents a pound for their butter, and the creamery used up 750,000 pounds of milk.\u2018When cheese is in the curing room, every day when you turn it brush all the surface over very thowoughly and stiffly to rub off any eggs of the cheese fiy that may have been deposited there.The cheose fly is fond of laying its eggs in cracks, and these must be very carefully watched.If skippers make their appearance in these cracks in spite of your care, cut the walls of the crack entirely out to remove every egg or skipper.Thon get some soft choese and 611 the crack out even with the surface Latest Rush te Yellow Store.The wondrous tales that now prevail About goods cheap and galore, So I'll start today, let come what may, To buy at Yellow Store.A princely At, his suits they ait So neat that all adore, Fine Boots and Shoes, and Gloves all hues, At famous Yellow Store.Fair brides buy here choice wedding gear, Au famed as Klondike are, \u2019 Dress Goods that charm, and Flannels warm, \u2014 \u201cDis fairy land this store.Tea cup of joy, how sweet and coy, I'd drink it evermore; Aroma grand from India's land, They sell at Yellow Store.There's Christmas goods, right here in floods, And inner sets and Tea; The choicest lot, can here be got That you could wish to seu.Pure Spice they keep, and Candy sweet To cheer np young and old, This is the place, to shew your free And change in part your Gold.JAS, McGERRIGLE YELLOW STORE, tny ORMSTOWN.GF 1 cent buys an 84-inch stick of choice d-icurice at GARDINER'8.Xmas is ('oming! 1 hope to Toyr, Games, Choice make this small Fancy Goods, Books, corner particularly Stationery, Xmas & attractive as itis my {New Year Cards, intention to here Combs, Brushes, Toil- announce my most et Articles and Per- attractive bargains fumery.Patent Medicines 81 bottles reduced to 80c.Pills, reduced to 20¢ per box.Choice Confectionery and Nuts ALL FOR SALE BY #5 JAMES FORTUNE.What's the Matter with GARDINER?He's All Right And go is his complete line of fine fresh GROCERIES and CONFECTIONERY.My stock of Groceries was never more complete, having added à number of new lines.My Teas, Coffecs, Sugars, Raisins, Currants, Peels, Dried Fruits Ja one pound boxes), Prunes, Canned Goods, Spicos, Marmalade, Hams, Bacon, Bolonga Sausage, Pure Lard, Butler, Eggs, and Cheese, are of the best and in fact | keep everything to be found in à first- class Grocery.My Fruit line is also very complete, consisting ol large Jamaica and Valencia Oranges.Lemons, Pears, Grapes, Cranberries, Dates and fresh Figs.A fine stock of Salt and Fresh Fish, Labrador Herring in barrels and half barrels, Trout, Boneless Codfish in 1 and 21h bricks, large Boneless Codfish, Salmon, Digby Herring, Mackerel, Yarmouth and St John Bloaters.Fin- nan Haddies, also all kinds of Fresh Fish in season.Oysters by gal.at wholesale prices.CONFECTIONERY Large quantities arriving daily, direct from the manufacturers, to sold cheaper than the cheapest, Special attention hax been given tu this fine in selecting something nice for the little folk.Prices from Gc per th up.Plain and Fancy Bread always on hand, also Brown Bread.My Biscuit line consists of 28 different varieties of Christie's Best.All kinds of Pastry made daily on the premises.All to be sold at the lowest prices charged clsewlhere, less ten per cent.Give ine a call and see for yourselves.Thanking all for their liberal patronage during the past year and wishing you a Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year, TI remain yours sincerely, T.8, G.WITH THE WINTER SNOW COMES KEENER APPETITES But we keep a class of goods at our store which cannot (ail to appease them, and which at the same time you will enjoy eating.We have a splendid line of Greoeries,Fruits,ete., for the Christmas trade.Don\u2019t pass our door when you want Rubbers or Felts, We keep all kinds.Also, a complete stock of Dry Goods, WE WANT THE HOME TRADE, and have set our prices low enough to insure our getting it.ERLE ANDERSON, ANDERSON'S CORNERS.CF Ask GARDINER for Jumbo Candy.Try it.CHEAP GREENHOUSES.For Foreing Seme of the More Hardy Vegetables turing Early Winter.There is oconsiderable demand fas choap furciug houses suitable for growing such vegetables as lettuce, spinach and radishes during the fore part of winter and vegetable plants from the latter part of February on until spring.With a view to assisting readers who do not wish to invest tue money neuded for a more elaborate house ar one detached from a building is here reproduced an illustration from Farm and Fireside of a forcing house built in Maryland.It is described as a lean to and ia (at loast partially) built ayainst the south side of the dwelling house, and in such a way that the wholo atruo- ture can be taken down in spring and sash and sides safely packed away until tho approach of cold weather in the fall, 1t will be scen that almost the only expense of the structure iz in the sashes, and as the wooden portions of tho sashes are homemade the outlay is in reality only in the glass.The little frame which supports the roof is casily put up by auy ono with ordinary mcechanica) skill, and where wowmd is plenty and chuap without a cent's vutlay.The ex.A \u201cLEARY TO THE FORCING HOUSR.penso for the few hoards that aro needed in hardly worth mentioning either.In regard to heating this house the authority quoted rays: \u201c1 do not know how this greenhouse is heated or whether it ia heated at all.I sappose a fluo onuld easily be laid through tho center of the hoose, ending in a chimney at the higher side, and having a furnacs for wood or oonl (whatever may bo cheapest or most ne- cessibile) at the other, For apinach forcing in Maryland, and oven as far north as central Now Jersey, artificial heat may be dispensed with, but it will be found safe and more convenient to have it.\" In thin house a number of crops are grown in sucoession every winter, such as radishes, lettuce, strawberries, oto., and thon aro grown a good lot of vegetable plants, after which the house ir taken down snd the ground cropped with closely plunted vegetables The airing und tillage which the land thas receives wen to keep it free from aphis and plaut diseases, so that tho winter crops, although grown right along on the sane soil, do not suffer from these enewien.Making an Asparagus Hed.Asparagus roots may bo planted in spring or fnll, provided tho ground is moderatoly dry ; otherwise it is better to plant in the spring.The land must be well prepared and can hardly bo toe rich.Good strong !-ycar-old plants arc by many preferred to older ones.For garden culture the rows should be not lens than three feet apart and the roots planted two feet apurt in the rows.In field culture, where horse cultivation is practiced, threo to four feet of space is given cach way.The \"easiest way of planting fs to mako furrows with the plow 10 or 12 inches deep.Level and mollow the bottom of these, and {f the ground is not already very rich spade in somme decom- poned manure, filling up the trenches so that the bottom is about siz inches bo- low the surface of the land.Plant the roots in these, covering them with three inches of soil, and as the shoots grow fill in the trench gradually until it is level.The ground is to bn kept mellow and clear of weels throughout the sca- sou.After two years a few stalks nay bo cut off each year, but & full crop should not ho cut before the third year.\u2014American Agricultorist.The Texas Fever Infection.It is now generally bolieved that the Texas fover is aproad by ticka, and consequently the cure in to prevent the ticks.Many experiments for ridding cattle of this pest bave been made, which at last aro claimed to have boen crowned with success ut the Fort Worth stockyards, under the direction of Dr.Victor A.Norgaard, chief of the division of pathology of tho bureau of animal industry.A vat was filled with a solution, through which 27 ticky cattle swam, killing the ticks without injuring the eyes or skin of the cattle, and 17 hours afterward not a live tick could be found on any of them.News and Notes.The partial failure of the potato crop sasures high prices.There is a short apple crop in the east and a fair one in the west.Rural New Yorker sizes np the hog eu follows: \u2018\u201cI keep ham-mering away,\" said the Berkshire hog.\u2018\u2018l sm saving my bacon,'\u2019 said the Gheshiro.\u2018\u2018As for me, 1 will try my luck in lard,\u2019 said the Poland-China.All the states in which clover need is an important product report an incrons- ed acrenge.Early Puritan seems to be a promising potato.It requires from 15 to 80 pounds of stores to winter a colony of bees, according to their strength and number.Under the auspices of the department of agriculture over 80,000 farmers made estimates of tho «gst of raising and marketing an acre of wheat, and the summary shows the following averagos: In the New England states, $20.23; middle states, $18.18; southern, $10.94; wasteru, $10.80; Pacific slopo, $18.08; average for the whole country, $11.60.Christmas Goods Every person who buys ONE DOLLAR'S worth for cash on Dec.34th will get à box of Choice Chocolates.Remember the date, Dec, 34.Realizing the demand for suitable gouds for the Holiday trade, our stock has boen made complete in all depart.monts.IN FURS, Grey Lamb Caps, Grey Lawb Collars and Mule, Opposum Collars and Mulls, Beaver Weedon, Seal Wodges, Fur Capes, Ladios Coon Jackets, Ladies\u2019 Fuar-lined Capes, Ladies\u201d Astrachan Jackets, Gentlenen's black Dog skin Conte, Wombat Coats, Coon Conte.Special Value in Ladies aud Gents coon Coats Grey Wolf Robes, extra large special value, We have Just Roceived some cholee ross Goods lor Chrlstmiun trade.20 doz, Ladics* Fancy border Handkerchiofs for Christiuns, worth 25 and 30e; your choice for 15e We have a few Ladies\u2019 Cloth Jackets left, which wo will close out at hail prices #10 Jackets for 8, 45 Jackets or 84, $5 Jackets for 82.00, We have to hand another Jot of our celebrated Ho Ladies\u2019 Hose for Be Ladien' and Children's heavy Ovor Stockings in all sizes.Ladies\" black and coloured Kid Gloves, every pair warranted, Ladies'Cashmereti loves, Ladies and Misses\u2019 Ringwood Gloves, stamped Linen and enmbrotdery silk.Shaded Crochet Cotton, MEN'S OVERSHOES, Men's heavy Felt Rubbers, best quality; Boys Felt Rubbers, Ladies\u2019 Felt Galters, Ladies' Feit laerd Hoots, Gents\u2019 Slippers, Ladies\u2019 Slippers, Special Reduction in white and wrey Wool Blankets for this week only.Gents\u2019 Glovesand Mitts Wcehave & very large assoctisent lu all sty los and prices, Gents\u2019 Ties infancy reversible four- {n-hand, fancy Derby knots, light and dark Bow Ties in new and nobby design, GROCERIES.(hoivo new fresh stock of Groceries, 'I'ry our new seudod Raising, in 1th packages: cleaned Currants, in Ith packages: Apricots in 1th packages; Lemon, Orange and Citron Peel in 1th phgs: mixed Peel all grated ready for use.Drink Salada Black Tea!- In al! prices, 25, 40,00 and duc.New Raining and Currants in bulk.Just received, a largo puncheon of choice Baking Molasses.Canned Goods Tomatoes, Corn, lens, P\u2019eaches aid P'oare.PURE SPICES.Nice fresh mixed Candies- Chocolates in 156 boxes.igs, Oranges, Lemons and Nuts, all new and fresh, We are paying the highest price or new-laid Eggs.PRINGLE, STARK & C0 HOST OFFICE BLOCK HUNTINGDON, - QUE.SF All Children between the ages of 4 and 7, residing in the village or vicinity, are requested to call at Ga.DINER'S between 2 and 3 pom.on Friday, Dee.24.We have something for you, DIXON\u2019S CHEAP CASH STORK HUNTINGDON, Que.Mn DIXON \u2018I'akes this opportunity of thanking his customers for their patronage during the past year.His stock is complete with all kinds of Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots & Shoes, &c¢.Tle has a very floe lot of Men's and Boys\u2019 Readymade Clothing, also a fresh Jot of Men's Frieze Ulsters and Beaver Overcoat, all of the best quality and the prices are right ladies\u2019 and Gents\u2019 Rubber Overshoes, TLumberman\u2019s Rubbers and L Trguings at lowest possible price for cash, Call and sce them, Jurt received à good supply of CHRISTMAS GOODS, for the good hays and girls of Hunting- donandwurrounding district, which are now ready for inspeetion.Call carly and get your choirs before the Holiday rush.Everything will be sold at a small profit.FAI kinds of rades of Flour and different eal at GARDINER'S.PP.BRADY JTuntingdon Dealer in Pianos and Organs Sole Agent for the Celebrated Evans Dros.Pianos and Doberty Organs, as well as other first-class makes, Taving had many years\u2019 experience in the business, which has enabled me to buy right, and buying direct from the manufacturers, I am in a position tn sell a first-class instrument at the lowest possible prices, for cash or on cary terms, .ill be pleased to let intending purchasers have a trial of any of the instruments represented.Please sce or write me before buying elsewhere.P.BRADY.&F 1 have enga, a first-class Piano aod Organ Tuner, whose services may be secured on applying to A DOLLAR A YRAR Ne Crodts W.D.SHANKS CHRISTMAS \u201cAD.\u201d Ladies\u2019 Silver Watches, $5 to $15 Ladies\u2019 Gold Watches., $90 to $560 from 810 to 625.GENTS\u2019 WATCHES In Nickel, Silver, Gold Filled an Solid Gold Casos from ws to #100 LADIES\u2019 GEM RINGS Mounted with (Genuine Diamonds from 65 up.Rings mounted with choaper stones from 81 up, Any of the following articios, mounted tn Sterling Sitver, make desirable Christmas Gifts and not ox- pensive, ranging in price from 23e to 81 Manicure Sets, Sciasore, Shoo Horns Shoe and Glove Button Hooks, Book Marks, Paper Cuttars, Cloth Brushes, Hale Brushes, Nail Brushes, Silver Mounted Combs Nail Cleaners, Curling Tongs Wax and Emery Pendants, Pin Cushions, Pocket Books, Stationery Sete, Ete, Ete, Ete, A Complete Stock of Jewelry Including Brooches, Itracelets, Lockets, Gents! Chains, Ladies\u2019 Long Guards, Cuft Buttons and Links, Searl l'ine, Daby Pins, Baby Bracelets, Fue, te, A New Stock of Tableware in Sterling Silver and Quadruple Plate, Ladies and Gents\u2019 Spectacles and Eyeglasses In Solid Gold and Gold Filled from 83 to 810.BEAUTIFUL FANS The Most Complete Stock of CLOCKS EVER HAD 89 WWE The \u2018Abbey\u2019 (hime Clock\u2014a new invention.This Clock plays upon 4 cathedral gongs, the \u2018\u2018Westminster Chime,\" 80 called being the tune played by chimes in Westminster, London, Eng.These chimes play at each quarter hour, Call and hear them and at the same time examine the rest of the stuck which is now complete.W.D.SHANKS JEWELER.Governor Black has pardoned Louis Lapan, who was convicted of man- rlaughter in Clinton county in November, 1893, and sentenced to Clinton prison for ten years.Lapan\u2019s crime was the killing of Frank Napper in Altona, by throwing a stone at him, which fractured his skuil, causing his death soon afterwards, men quarreled on account of Na throwing & stone at Lapan\u2019s g which barked at cattle that he was driving in the highway past Lapan's ouse.Waterville, Me., Dee, 11\u2014A 81,200 shipment of cats has just been made to a Philadelphia merchamt who has conceived the novelty of placing them on sale in his big departments store in the Quaker City.\u2018The shipment Ine cluded one hundred kittens, and they are of all kinds sod colors, the Angora variety predominating. THE CANAD: LN GLEANIR Is ted every Thursday at noon, by Robert Sellar, at his office on Chateau- struet, Huntingdon, Q.Bubsori Es one dollar per year strictly in advance.All papers discontinued when the time for Yoich they have been paid expires.No exceptions are made to this Frale, so that subscribers who desire to continue receiving the per, should renew before their time up; otherwise the paper will be sto .\u2018The date to which every stoppe on is paid is denoted on the address label.e rates for transient advertisements are 50 cents per inch first insertion, and 25 cents per inch for each subsequent insertion.Ap inch takes in words.Legal and arliamentary notices 7 cents a line for the first and 3 cents for each subsequent insertion.No notice taken of Card of Thanks and other short advertisements unless accompanied by price, which may be remitted in postage stamps.bituary and similar resolutions, reports of marriage anniversaries, and the like, 5 cents à line.No advertisement inserted as reading- matter Single copies of Gleaner 4 cts.Address letters to THE GLEANER, Huntingdon,Q.us \u2019 Canadian Gleaner HUNTINGDON, Q., DECEMBER 23, 1897 #_*Next week subscribers will receive the Almanac instead of their usual paper.The Almanac will be mailed early in the week.The next issue of the Gleaner will be on Thursday, January 6.Hotes on the Nows of the Week.The revolt, started by Francis Langelier, agsinst Conservative influences in the Dominion ministry is spreading and threatens to assume SO threatening an aspect that Laurier will have to make some sacrifice to end it.The discontent is not confined tothe city of Quebec, for it has a large following in Montreal, and counts many names of prominence.It is essentially a revolt of office-seekers, who think Tarte unduly influences Laurier in favor of Conservatives, and they will not be quiet until ali the bones of patronage that are available are divided among them.Speaklog at an election meeting at Levis, Tarte admitted that he was the rock of offence to the Rouges, and went on to speak in a strain that made matters worse, for he claimed that he held his portfolio as representative of that section of Conservatives who are disposed to give Laurier a fair support.He said\u2014 I regret to know that certain groups have not full confidence in me.I have acted for the best.I have often been tempted to go back to journalism.When Sir Wilfrid Laurier called me into his cabinet I said, \u2018\u2018You know I am à poor man, allow me to attend to my business.\u201d\u2019 But he eaid, \u2018\u2019I have Teceived the support of many Conservatives.I want you in the cabinet Lo represent them.'\u2019 A more indiscreet utierance than this could not be at such a juncture, Tarte went on to say he was ready to resign when Laurier desired and would serve under him in the ranks, but would not get out to please those who are attacking him.A private letter, which has been got hold of in some way, shows Laurier had an understanding with Chapleau in the Manitoba sebiool difficulty.A result of the family broil will be that offices will go hereafter to old-time Rouges and that Chapleau will not be appointed to a second term.In the talk about the distribution of rewards for party services, it is scandalous to hear judgs- ships included.Many are inclined to think peace will not be permanently restored until Tarte retires.The business of the legislature is now being despatched with energy and it looks as if the session might close soon after New Year.The debate on the budget was short and commonplace.The treasurer under the late administration, Mr.Atwater, usder- took the defence of his party and made a poor ples, endeavoring to exonerate Flynn and himself by throwing the blame on Talllon.He accused Marchand of making the deficit appear worse than it ought to have been by including unmatured liabilities, and denjed there was any necessity for borrowing at the present time.Had ft not been for the extraordinary ex- Penditure he contended the balance- shest would have turned out as he ne- serted in making his financial state- mest last year.Despite the unfavorable result of converting the last loan, he still beld to the opinion that a large saving could be effected by changing the debentures of the province.Mr.Atwater scems to have carefully kept silent on the worst job perpetrated on the province since the days of Mercier\u2014buying back from \"the railways their grants of land, which has added 1} millions to the &obt of the province.How Mr Mar- .chand is going to make ends meet in fatare, when his present lona is exhausted, does not Appear.A ssmmary of the ner Educational 3oud woviisliuy Ww vides ui suporin- tendent and investing a minister with his powers, the act introduces mo radical change, but the importance of that change few seem to recognize.It is a direct step towards bringing education withia the control of the legislature, a control it weakly abdicated a number of years ago.\u2018The division of the taxes paid by incorporated companies, which constitutes a valid grievance of the minority, remains as it was.The act will be of service in consolidating the different amendments to the education law, and seems to have been carefully compiled.Should it pass this session, which is doubtful, Mr.Robidoux will become the first Minister of Education.Premier Laurier has had a passage at arms with U.8.Secretary Foster and has had the best of it.Mr.Foster appealed directly to Ottawa to join the States in suspending seal hunting during 1898, and afterwards to deliberate on making a permanent provision for the preservation of seal and other fisheries.Laurier replied that the commissionto arrange an international treaty for the protection of fisheries and furtherance of commerce must come first and the sealing regulations afterwards, and instead of one year, | he favored a threc years\u2019 agreement.Mr.Foster, who evidently expected Canada to suspend its seal trade under a vague promise of reciprocity, has been checkmated.The Rossland boom has collapsed, | and sharcholders in companies that | promised great dividends are becoming anxious as to whether they will get back any part of their invest ments.There is gold in Rossland as , there is gold in the Atlantic, but it is : 80 thinly diffused through the rock, that extracting it from the quartz dous not pay the smelter's charges.Scores | of mines, flonted in Canada and Britain during the boom, are now | acknowledged to be too poor to work.The mines rich enough to pay are few, and are controlled by a small ring.Unless somo cheaper process is discovered of extracting gotd from quartz than is now known, the prospect is the abandonment of three- fourths of the mines that have brea opened.That our government should have given a subsidy to enablo the C.P.R.to build the Crow's Nest branch under the excitement worked up by stock brokers and jobbers is a reflection on its sagacicy.Yielding to the force of public opinion the Ontario government has decided that after the close of the present lumbering season, all logs cut on crown timber limits wust ke sawn in Canadas.This will cut off the supply from the Michigan wiils, which depend now on Canada, the logs being towed in great rafts across lake Huron.That the new policy will prove successful as to the expected results js doubtful.There is friction over the customs regulations on the routes to Klondike, The U.#, government complains of retusaf'to allow entries to be made in from Victoria are subjected to vexatious deiay and exactions at Juneau and Dyea.\u2018fhe difficulty will be arranged in & friendly spirit by our government.\u2018That famine threatens Dawson City and neighboring gold fields is now admitted, and Congress has voted 8200,000°to send relief to starving American citizens.The difficulties of transportation are so great that it is hard to see how supplies can be got in.Reindeers and dog trains are spoken of, but the drawback to such modes of conveyance is, that the animals est up their Joads in the journey.Had the Alaskan company been as eager to get in provisions as it was whiskey, there would have been no searcity.The Mounted Police are helping to get in supplies and to assist starving miners to reach the cast.The force is to be increased to 250 men.The report that Major Walsh had lost his supplies by his boats sinking was an exaggeration of a disaster to ons boat.The price of wheat at Chicago is well kept up, and still stands at the dollar.It is admitted ov all sides that the price is fictitious and due to speculators who will keep it at that figure until settlement is made by thoss they bought from.The quantity of wheat {a store at Chicago Was never greater, and as the foreign domand is not active a slump is looked for with the New Year.In Montreal prices keep steady for oll kinds of grain, with à fair demand.There is move asims- tion in cheese than has been noted since August, and shippers are ofter- ing 4c move, They will not touch butter, however, as they say gt 10c it is too dear to pay to export.Hops in Montreal sre 13 10 16c; in Malone they are 10 to 12e.What is wrong with the Dingley tariff, that was to Ad 1s given In another columa.Be-| i bond, and the Canadian that stores | | Eurvpe is bali-amused, hau-provok- ed by a bombastic speech from Emperor William.The ocoeasion was the departure of his younger brother, Prince Heary, for Chiua, to take command of the German squadron there.The Emperor said a new era was that day begun and Germany was going to make the world fear her on the sea as well as on the land.Here lu an extract that gives à fair ldea of his speech: Imperial power means maritime power.Maritime power and imperial wer are mutually interdependent.necannot exist without the other.The squadron, reinforced by your division, will now have to stand forth as the symbol of imperial maritime power.Should anyone ever attempt to affront or prejndice us in our good rights, then strike out with your mailed fist, and God willing, weave round your young brow the laurel wreath which no one in the German empire will begrudge you.In replying Prince Henry addressed the Emperor as \u2018\u2018most powerful king and lord,\u201d and Le declared he went abroad Not allured by hopes of winnin lory or laurels.I am only animate £ y one desire, to proulaim and preach abroad to all who will hear, as well as to those who will not hear, the gospel of your majesty\u2019s consecrated person.This I will have inscribed upon my banner and will eo inscribe it wherever I go.Considering the object of Prince Henry's mission is to wrest territory from China, under the bypocritical pretence of indemnity for the death of two missionaries, the pious invocations of both speakers are somewhat shocking, Russia looks with suspicion on Germany's establishing a naval station on the Chinese coast, and is intriguing to prevent it.Her occupation of Port Arthur shows she means not to be overshadowed by Germany and is not afraid of Japan, which captured that harbor during the war and gave it back reluctantly to China.\u2018Phe pussibility of à collision between the Powers over the grabbing | ol desirable seaports on the Chinese eonast is engaging public attention.Britain has a fleet of 28 vessels in these waters.The old year leaves Europe in a perturbed state.While there is apparent pepce, elements are at work that may any day bring trouble.Spain is on the verge of a revolution, and a civil war in the Austrian empire Is a probability.Italy, like Bpain, ls having difficulty in averting a financial crisis, snd the people are discontented from over-taxation.Russia and Germany's action in Chinese waters gives apprehensions as to future resuits, and which France is watching with interest.Back of all this stands the Turk, and all his misgovernment implies.Britain's foreign relatipns are apparently satisfactory, and were it not for the gigantic strike that is paralyzing her trade and others that threaten, her condition ie all that could be desired.Her farmers are doing better than they have done for many years and her shipping is profitably cwployad.MAIL AND EMPIRE XMAS NUMBER Toronto.25c.A readable and elegant souvenir of the season.Six colored plates go with it, any one of which gre worth the price asked for the number complete.ALLAN\u2019S CORNERS The rain of Tuesday of last week raised the water in the river so much that, on Wednesday morning, the bridge secined doomed to go with the ice, but the contractor, James W.Bryson, was determined to save ft if possible, so he set to work with a few good men, and altho it rained most of the day, the last trestle was landed on the bank before dark and not a plank lost.The joe commenced to break up before they finished.The bridge is much missed.When the mall came up on Wednesday evening the mail.carrier had to cross on the railroad bridge and carry the mail-bag round, which makes & mile more travel.On Thursday the river was partly clear of ice, so he had & boat launched and got over with some difficulty with the help of James McCaig, but on getting up the hgnk with the bag they were met by the proprietor of thg land, and ordered back to the river, and enforced his order,seadiog them down the bank ia gyick time with the mall-bag, so they had to padile to a more friendly landing place.Probable result, pn- other lawsuit for our poor law-cursed hamiet.John Bryson, who has been postmaster here for a pumber of years, hps resigned, as he is going to Manitoba.Report spys Peter Barr is to get the appointment, which js causing a great deal of bad feeling towards the powers that have the appointing of postmasters.The dissatisfied have nothing against Mr Barr personally, but against the place ip which the office is to be kept, which is inconvenient for the public, particularly in the winter, and willl not be occupied at night, Dunniag Brothers have oponed à general store at the Bryson station, and are in hopes of getting a post- office, but it ie long of coming.I think there ia à \u2018\u2018Nigger in the fence\u2018\u2019 somewhere, There were a fow plows going Thursday and Friday, and today (Tuesday) we have sleighing, altho it ie rather HOWILK Diphtheria has been prevalent on the Norton creck, several familics being attacked Ly the disease.The day schools have been closed.Antituxine is being used with good results.Owing to several causes, the meeting of the Vigilance Association was not largely attended here last week.New subscribers were received, and it is probable there will be asother mooting called at a later date.There are still reports of hen stealing and other thefts in this section, which will test the usefulness of the association.R.R.Ness has had his herd of forty head of cattle tested by Dr.Watson with tuberculin.None of them showed any reaction to the test and they were all declared free from disease.There is not sufficient snow for good sleighing here yet, and wheeling is very rough.The rivers ave frozen strong enough to carry heavy loads, STE MARTINE The annual meeting of the agricultural society of Chateauguay was held Wednesday, 15th inst., in the county building.Owing to bad roads and bad weather, there were few from outside this parish; Messrs Robert Ness, Wm Greig and J, Templeton represented the English speaking element; Mr Honore Barrette came from Chateau.guay, about 9 miles; S$, Marcille and Th.Dore came from St.Urbain; all the others belonged to this parish, The president, Mr Ness, opened the meeting with a few remarks regarding the standing of the finances of the so- clety, and called the secretary to read the financial statement, which showed à surplus for the present year, something that has not been known for many years past.The following figures are of interest: Government grant.8549 34 Subscription of memburs.350 00 Tickets sold at the gate.363 77 Privileges on the grounds., 20 00 Collected for stalls.19 35 Total recetpts.,.$1311 40 Expenses of the year., Deficit of last year Surplus for the present year.105 13 $1311 46 After the adoption of the report the election was proceeded with, when no change wus wade except Mr.James McGowan in place of his son Edouard, who had given his resignation into the hands of the secretary.A vote of thanks was given Mr Edouard Me- Gowan foy all he has done for the society in the past, and hoping he will always take an Interest in the society in the future.The weather has turned very cold, since Saturday, and ice is good to carry horses since Monday morning.The snow of Monday evening covered the ground, but it was very light and is drifting today.Yesterday tho roads were very rough and Mr J.B.Poupard, N.F., who was driving from St.Urbain to this place, had a narrow escape near Mr Laberge's barns, where his horse got frightened and upset Lis sleigh on the frozen ground.Mr Poupard struck with his face downward on the ground and cut himself badly, snd was dragged for & considerable distance.He was taken to his son's, who keeps store in this village, and had to stay there over night under the doctor's care.CHATEAUGUAY The W.C.T.U.of this place planned to have p Christmas tree for the children, and it took place on ri- day, the 15th inst., at the residence of Miss Macfarlane.It was one of the best that hgs been held here for some years.This was thie program, 1 Hymn, Joy to the World.2 Recitation, Miss Jen.Marshall.3 Christmas Hymn.4 Recitation, Miss G.Macfarlane.5 Song, Mrs is.Rold.6 Instrumental Musie, Miss Hope ac 7 Recitation, M.Scott.8 Song, Mrs M.Jack.9 Recitation, Miss Mabel Lang.10 Reading, Miss Hope Jack.11 Song, fri Etta Boulter.12 Recitation, Miss G.Maclyrlane.1} Song, Miss Annie Hamilton.14 Recitation, Mrs M.Jack.Santa Claus then made his appearance, and distributed presents to the children.Rev.Mr and Mrs Anderson gave some instrumental music at the close.Although the evening was very stormy there was a good turn out, The Misses Boulter aud Macfarlane, on behall of the congregation, pre- seated Miss Jack with a woll filled purse as & slight acknowledgment of her services 8s organist of the congregation.She was very much surprised, and could bardly find words to express her thanks.The river opposite here broke up with the regent thaw.The ice at the basin remained firm, aithough there was some water along tho edges.Sleighing is not good yet, and more snow is nzeded.I wish a merry Christmas and & happy New Year to your readers, one and all.PETER MACFARLANE.BEAUHARNOIS Saturday was à red letter day in the history of the Anglican residents of this place, Inasmuch as it witnessed the formal opening and dedication of Trinity Church, The morning train brought a large party of Montrealers, Archéeacon Lygns, Archdeacon Mills, Kev 6°! Qsborte Jroop, Prof.Steen and Mr.Austin Ireland, who has been placed in charge of thie mission by Bishop Bond, were among the party.It was expected that Rr.Hewsed Webb, president of the St Lawrence and Adirondack Railway, would be present for the purpose of laying the corner stone of the new building, but at the last moment he found it impos- make Frasklin cousty farmues rich ?rough yet.sible to leave New York, owing to premsing businwme engagunents, -\u2014\u2014 \u2019 Ven.Archdeacon Evaus, of Montreal, took his place, and performed the in- \\eresting ceremony.The servie of the day began at three o'clock with she laying of the corner stone, This ceremony finished, an adjournment was made to the interior of the church where a short dedication service was held, the preacher being Venerable Archdeacon Mills, of Montreal.In the evening a missionary service was held, at which addresses were delivered by the Rev.Prof.Steen and the Rev.G.Osborne Troop.Large congregations attended all the services, and some excellent music was rendered at each by the choir of the church, The new church Is a neat and commodious edifice, and occuples a fine position on a bluff overlooking the lake and village.The ground upon which it stands wae donated by Dr.Seward Webb, who also contributed the sum of 8500 towards the building fund.Its Interior appointments are very complete, the general effect being pleasing to the eye.The building is free of debt, and will be consecrated in the spring.Through tho generosity of several Montreal friends it has been provided with a richly embroidered altar frontal, dos- sils for the pulpit and reading desk, carpet for the sanctuary, an altar cross of polished brass, communion vessels and altar liven.A powerful Bell organ has been placed in the chancel.The church was designed by a son of Bishop Potter of New Yoru\u2014 Montreal Star report.ST LOUIS DE GONZAGUE The annual meeting of the agricultural society was poorly attended, owing to the state of the roads.The financial report showed the soclety was getting into better condition.The receipts wera larger than in any previous \u2018year, so that the debt has been reduced from $1100 to $600.There was no opposition in electing the following directors: J.C, Laurendeau James Symons Joseph Julien James A.Robb Joseph Brault Toussaint Berthiaume Benjamin Vinet Herm.Charrette Honore Henault.The directors held a meeting afterwards when Mr Laurendeau was reelected president, James Symons vice- president, and W.Martin secretary- treasurer, VALLEYFIELD A most successful bazaar was held in the Gault institute, Friday and Saturday evenings, under the auspices of the \u201cWilling Workers.\u201d It gues without saying that when the ladies undertake to have a fancy fair it means \u2018\u2018business is business.\u2019 Not only does the circle lend their time and energy to the work but, through some simple manuer of persuasion, their friends are all interested in the venture, The hall was beautifully decorated with bunting and evergreens.In the body of the hall were four booths, at which was on sale useful and fancy articles, suitable for Santa Claus gifts.In a cozy corner was an old time English Temperance Inn, presided over by mine host Bothwell, agslsted by ao able staff of helpers, who cheered the weary travellor with a plentiful supply of capital coffee and cake.The bazaar was formally opened by Mr.Wattle, who gave his word for it that the articles were well mado and the prices marked reasonable.The proceedings were enlivened by choice selections of music from the Falleyfeld orchestra, under the able leadership of Mr.N.Cole, ueslsjed by Miss Langlois as accompanist.The Zoba band were also very much in evidence, making up in gesture and attire what was lacking in inusic.Altogether the scene in the hall was a gay one.Many of the ladles were tastefully dressed in tho costumes of olden days, and this oddity in dress was noticeable also in many of the little ladies, who appeared in the costumes worn when their mammas were in short dresses.\u2019 Saturday evening the ball was again filled.In addition to the muato of Friday evening there was the orchestra of the Mlsses Beique and St Louis, four sisters and a nlece, whose woii known musica) ability and charming manner\u2019 Is always appreciated.The fair was an undoubted succoss, nob only gs g pleasant social gathering but financially, for the ladies will have about 8265.to add Lo their already good sized bank account.The lady president, Mrs.Simpson, and her associates, worked hard to bring the fairto a successful issue.They are to bo congratulated upon the result, The bills before the Quebec legislature to amend the charter of Valley- field and to abolish the toll gate on the Larocque road, are likely to most with some opposition.Quite a number of our citizens are in Quebec this week lobbying for and against the legislation.Bishop Emard and Vicar General Sanutoire, who have been to Europe, arc expected home\u2019 this week.The bishop'e home-coming will be made pleasant by his people and the citizens of Valleyfield, who are unanimous in thelr high appreciation of him as a worthy and estimable citizen.The water has been lot out of the Beaubarnois caual taie inter, qo qe to enable Cossette Bros, contractors for the Valleyfield sewers, to put the tunnel undernegth the canal bed.UT STANISLAS Owing to the long spell of bad roads, the grain market is almost at a standstill, and enough snow to make sleighing would be very acceptable.If it don\u2019t soon come a wood famine will be inevitable.Hard times here don't seem to seriously affect increase of population, as during the past four weeks we have had no less than three new arrivals, namely, a photographer and a shoemaker from Montreal, and a hen- roost inspector from Belmont, There has not been a bale of hay shipped from here since early in November, and but two cars of straw, which 1s something very unusual, NEW ERIN * Statement of the New Ireland cheese factory, for the season of 1897: Total milk received.1,133,410 ** Cheese made.108,843 Average ths milk to th cheese for seasoun.10.41 Average price per 1001b milk for season.Making and handling Net to patrons, ,.Commenced 26th April and closed 20th November.Number of patrons 37.Managers: Charles Bell, Thomas Durcin, R.D.Douglass.R.8.Feeny, Secy.-Treas.Wm.VanValkenbery, cheesemakor.HEMMINGFORD Meetings were held in the Presbyterian and Methodist churches here on Sunday afternvon and evening, 12th inst., and on the afternoon and evening of the two following days by Mr Archibald of Montreal, agent of the Canada S.S.union.The meetings were well attended, especially by the members of the several Sabbath schaals lu the place.\u2018he addresses given by Mr Archibald, illustrative of Sabbath school work, were earnest and practical and so well adapted to awaken a new interest in that branch of Christian work.The rainfall which visited us last week was à welcome visitant, inasmuch as it replenished our dried up streams and nearly exhausted cisterns and wells.But for this rain great inconvenience In watering stock and even in supplying domestic needs, would have been felt by our community.A decided change in temperature took place here Friday night.The mercury, which stood all day several degrees above the freezing point, fell during the night to 20° below that point.A high wind, reaching at times the proportions of a gale, prevailed during Saturday, and made journeying on the highway anything than confortable.Our roads are in a very bad condition, The Mr Nichols who has been lecturing with such acceptance in Hunting- don, spoke here on Sunday evening on \u2018The Battle for the Home\u2019 inthe Methodist church.It was a union service, the Methodist and Presbyterian pastors and people uniting.On Monday evening Mr Nichols lee- tured in the town hall.A good audience listened with deep interest to the addruss, Ab the civse refreshments were served by the ladies of the Methodist church and a pleasant and social hour enjoyed.The holiday season is not likely to be a specially lively one here, I hear of no public entertalnments in prospect, except the musical one to be given bv the children and young people counected with the Presbyterlan church on the evening of the 30th inst.I enclose for insertion in the Gleaner a Christmas hymn by the lamented Eugene Field.I feel sure that its beauty and appropriateness will be appreciated by the readers of the Gleaner.CHRISTMAS HYMN.Sing, Christmas bells! Say to the earth this is the morn Whereon our Saviour King is born; Sing to all men\u2014the bond, the free, The rich, the poor, the high, the low\u2014 The little child that sports in gleo\u2014 The aged folk that tottering go\u2014 Proclaim the morn That Christ is born, That saveth them and saveth me! Sing, Angel host! Sing of the star that God has placed Above the matger in the east; Sing of the glories of the night, The virgin\u2019s sweet humility, The Babe with kingly robes bedight\u2014 Sing to all men where'er they be This Christmas morn, For Christ is born, That saveth them and saveth me! Sing, sons of earth! O ransomed sced of Adam, sing! God liveth and we have a King! The curse {8 gone, the bond are free\u2014 By Bethlehem's star that highly © hoswed, By all the heavenly signs that be, 6 know that Israel is redecmed\u2014 That on this morn \u2018The Christ is Lor That saveth you an Sing, O my heart! Sing thou in rapture this dear morn Whereon the blessod Prince is born! And as thy songs shall beof love, So let my deeds be charity\u2014 By the dear Lord that reigns above, By Him that died upon the tree, By this fair morn When son is born The Christ that savetu all and me! VICARS At the meeting o! the agricultural society on the 15th, justice was done Thomas C.Semple, A} the show in September, the judges awarded his 2- year old Ayrshire bull 2nd prize, but through some error it was not entered in tho prize lst.After looking into the matter, the directors rectified the mistake and ordered the prize to be entered to Mr Semple and tho amount paid him.\u2019 \u2014\u2014\u2014 tt DUNDEE Tho river, for the third time, is frozen over, and there fe good crossing.The youngsters had only ono day of good skating as tho\u2019 snow spoiled it, but there was not enough saveth me! for good slcighing, yet there are [ goodly number of sl ghs out.* From all appearance the storekeepers are doing a very good business in the line of holiday goods.Most of the stores have laid in a supply of novelties, more so than for some years past.The bazaar on the 15th, in connee- tion with the Presbyterian church, Fort Covington, netted 8114, HINCHINBROOK SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS MET on Saturday; present: the chalr- man, Archd.Maclaren, and commissioners Wm.Watt, John Herdman, and Henry Rennie, Contracts for furnishing school wood were let as follows: To James Lavery, district Nos 1, 2 and 9; Geo.Calhoun, district No 5, and Alex.Farquhar, district No 6.Arrangement was made for visiting the nine schools in the municipality, before they close for the Xmas holidays.NAMES OF VOLUNTEERS WHO served in the Ormstown company during the Fenian raids and are now living: ; Captain Joseph Cairns Licutenant James P.Smith Ensign George Wright Sergeant Hugh Smith * A.Stewart \u201c John McMartin James Gibson James MeMartin Thomas S.Baird Bartholom.Smith Hamilton Curran William Fennell William Sadler Saml.MeGorrigie Alex.McCurdy George Brysoa Wm.Hamilton Henry Weight James Williams Robert Cairns Robert Willinms Lawrence Graham James Anderson Joseph Patenaude George Kilgour John Muir George Phillips Alex.MeCartuey Alph.Prevost Andrew Glen Andrew Reeves Win.MeArthur Wim.Cuok Wim, McArthur Duncan McEwan John Brodie Charles Maw Robert Brodie Archd.Wright Robt.Cunningham Alex.Sadler David Daxter Hector MeNeil John Winter James R-æves George Winter James Todd : Neil Sangster Baptiste Blondin Robert Lockerby Robert T.Walsh John Lockerby George Wolley Wm.Woodrow Nelson McGill Jolu Woodrow Andrew MeGill Any who served in 186t or 1870 and whose names do not appear above will please send them in to Major Cairns, HUNTINGDON VILLAGE COUNCIL Mer Monday evening, Coun.Philps wad called to the chair, Coun Walsh reported that Coun Philps and himself had visited Montreal to confer with Messrs Chisholm and Tache aud the lawyers for the village regarding the transfer of the waterworks and the electric light, The first point was with reference to whether the byluw taking over the works should be submitted to tie ratepayers, Both Messrs Chisholm and Tache were desirous of having the matter closed without further delay, and were will- Ing to accept the bunds without a poll on the bylaw The lawyers for the village said as these two gentlemen were most concerned and wala sytis- tied to taho Wie bonds on that condition, they did not sce why the council should object, and it incurred no liability in complying.A contract of sale had been prepared by J.A.Cameron, N.P., of the works to the viliage, which he read.The Stadacona company sells the clectric light plunt,clear of all lions, on condition that it be released from its obligations and receive back the 81000 deposited with the village council.Me Chickolm sells the waterworks and sewage on condition that it release the Stadacona compan and Lapalme & Perrault from ail obligations wnder their contracts and pay tim $12,500 11 40 year bonds bearing 4 per cent.interest.In both instances the village to take over all new material that way he an haud gt cust, ow conteacts had been submitted to Mr Robertson for his opinion.He reported both to be satisfactory with the exception that no interest should be paid qn thw $100 deposit and that Vaniers claim should be assumed by Chisholm, who ought also to refund to the council the $300 paid Vanier.The fixing of value af gnare material should ba maye clearly defined.Mr KRobértson advised the council to accept the contracts as a satisfactory settlement.On going to Mr Chisholm, he agreed to give his personal security as to settling with Mr Vanier aud i0 repay the $300, while Mr Tacho waved interest on the $1000 deposit.They both agroed to leave it to the council to appoint an appraiser of the material on hand, Coun Pringle bofore voting for the contracts would like to know what the new material in stock was worth, Coun Levers Inguired 93 to the possibility of there being claims on the company coming back on the council.Coun Walsh\u2014The contractexplicitly requires that every lien must be paid before tho bonds are handed over.Unless that is done, the debentures will not be issued, Coun Levers\u2014If Mr Chisholm does not y James Will for his louse, coul ill make us pay him ?Coun Philps\u2014No; unless Ohisholm gota a discharge for the lien held by ill he will not et the debentures, Coun Walsh\u2014The village Is buying to the hest advantage and persan having claims against the Stadacona company must look to fi for payment.All the council has to do is to make sure the property is clear of mortgages and liens before paying over the bonds.He (Walsh) personally considered the village was buying the works on pretty good terms and favored the acceptance of the bargain.It was a question whether the ratepayers should not vote on the bylaw, Coun Dinneen gaid he had consulted a number of the ratepayers, and they wished the council to pass tha bylaw themselves.e gava several names of persons who had said so.The Becretary remarked erroneous notlons were alloat touching the bar- ain.Ono ratepayer was under the mpression that Mr Chisholm was getting the money with 4 per cent.and would lend it out again at 6, and so make 10.\u201c Coun Pringle\u2014I say buy.When our lawyers advise it, the settlement must be all right.\u2019 It was agreod that Caun Dinneon should look over the new material on hand and report its value, Coun Levers sald he would not vate far the contracts unless tho com any or Mr Chisholm paid all claims.There wore several claims held by ratepaye ers for work and material.Coun Philps\u2014The council can o consider liens or Judgments again the property.Wit ; persons having personal claims against Mr Tae, council bas nth ing to do.he the Coun Walsh\u2014When & man bu sa property he only asks that it be clear, He has nothing to do with claims that ate not registered.The village asks that the property be transferred clear of all incumberance and more than that it has no right to do.The council adjourned until Tuesday evening to receive Coun Dinneen's report.\u2014_\u2014 At the adjourned meeting, Tuesday evening, all present; Coun enderson in Sha r, \u2018oun Dianeen reported as to unus material on hand.With the xeon tion of 38 lengths of 68-inch pipe there was little to speak of.The 6-inch pipe is pot needed.He had found the electric plant in danger of damage from damp.Water was leaking over the boîler and the pit for the fly-wheel had 2 inches of water in it, to the injury of the belt.Coun Walsh said their first business Was to paes a resolution accepting the terms of sale, subject to such amendments as they might propose.Coun Philps held, before doing so, they must rescind the resolution in favor of submitting the bylaw to the ratepayers.He inoved to that effect, seconded by Coun Pringle, and carried.Coun Philps moved, seconded by Coun Dinneen, that the council Accept the transfer, subject to an amendment protecting the village against any claim by Mr Vanier, that the debentures bear interest only from date ot issue, and that our attorneys insert any modification they deem a visable.The desirability of the debentures being made terminable on maturity was talked over, and all Agreed it was preferable to forming a siuking-fund.Coun Walsh undertook to see what could be done Coun Philips suggested that now there was n fair prospect of the village taking the property over, that an effort be made to get the electric light started at once.Mr Chisholm was willing, pending (he completion of the sale, to allow the village to opcrate the light at its own cost, Moved by Coun Dinncen, seconded by Coun Pringle, that Walsh, Philps, and Henderson be a committee to sce to having that done and report, with a tariff of rates, on Friday forenoon.FACTORY AVERAGES.To the Editor of the Gleaner In his reply Mr.A.8.Lloyd, government milk Inspector, I sce doubts my average of butter from the milk.If he understands milk as well as he thinks he does or would teach his factory-men to take the butter all out of the buttermilk as well as I can they would give a greater average of butter than what is commonly done in the factories.I have found a plan to take the butter out of the buttermilk which leaves the milk as thin as whey.And now, Mr, Editor, I hope you will excuse me for intruding, for his letter was quite too glaring to let pass, as I can prove my average correct.Yours truly, J.G.RENNIE.Stockwell, Dec.14, THE NEW EDUCATION ACT.Quebec, December 17.\u2014-The Education act was distributed in the legislature yesterday, It covers one hun: dred pugos.The bill provides among other things that the minister of public instruction shall have the administration of the departwent of publie instruction, Atnoug his powers are thase ta sclæet from the books, ete., approved by the council of public instruction those which are to be used in the publio schools and acquire the copyright of such books.The composition of the council of public instruction remains the same and the two denuty ministers shall be its secretaries.Laymen belonging to the council may authorize one of their colleagues to vote for them.The council vetains supervision of the inspectors and teachers, Inspectors- general shall be appointed with a salary not exoceding 83000 cach, There shall Le à ocatral board of examiners.Members of religious orders will not be required to hold a certificate, but each committee of the counoil of public instruction may, however, put an end to the exemption.\u2018The school boards shall have power to exact uniformity of text booka within their municipality.The amount of the schoq} tax must be one-third higher than the government grant.The old law said at least equal, The monthly fee in elementary sohools must be not less than five nor more than fifty counts, Drawing shall bo taught in ail schools and agriculture in all rural munlelpalities, School quicstions, in which the interests of Roman Catholics and Protestants are exclusively concerned, avo decided by that one of the two committees which represent the religious belief which the party concerned professes.The duties of the Catholic and Protestant committees are set forth at length.One point set forth is that in the event of any person making a legacy to the council of public instruction, without stating the committee for which he designed the same, the legacy shall belong to the committee of the faith to which at the time, of his death, the testator belonged.The sums of money granted to Roman Catholies or Protestants, for the purposes of public iastruction, and not expended, shall be placed at the credit of the minister of public instruction and paid by him on the recommendation of the committee of religious faith to which the said sums had been assigned.Under \u2018\u2018school distriots\u2019\u2019 thls regulation is given : No school district shall exceed five miles in length or breadth, unless the school commissioners or trustees have provided means for the transport of the children to the school.The school commissioners or trustoos shall take care that there bo, as far as possible, a school in each school district; but they may when they deem it necessary, unite two or more districts for the same school, and again séparate them,\" The notices of dissent, or requests for separate schools are provided for, and do not matorially differ from those now existing, The collection of school taxes com- priscs this clause: When the immovable property of corporations and incorporated come panies are situate within a territory Placed under the administration of wo corporations of schoo! commissioners of different religious Lelie! established tn virtue of articles 84 and following ot this law, that one of the two corporations, which comprises the greatest number of ratepayers cn- tered on the valuation roll, shall bo bound to levy the taxes affecting such property, and to divide tho same pro- portionatoly to the number of resident children from five to sixteen years of in each of them.e sums destined for public schools LD et pn of by (bond pd et od i bt TP PP wed Ne sv uy a ee a 0 fmm oS ompR 9 Crrou>rroeso\u201d cons 0e Foegs-z == \u2014 PS TOSGODOQCCHE ce pre = aa 5 = 0.0 Oo ee © DT 3 are distributed by the minister of pub: lic instruction among the school municipalities in proportion to their pulation, according to the preced- census.'o have a right to a share of the common school fund a municipality must furnish proof: 1 That it bas been under the man- ment of the school commissioners or trustees in the manner directed by this law.2 That its schobls have been in actual operation during the school year.3 That its schools have been attended by at least fifteen children.The sum annually voted by the legislature in aid of poor municipalities shall be distributed in proportion to the Roman Catholic and Protestant population of the province.n THE WAR IN INDIA.Simla, Dec.16\u2014Further details from the front regarding the march of General Westmacott's brigade down the Bara valley show it to have been accompanied by the most desperate fighting.The enemy exposed themselves In their efforts to cut off the rear guard, and poured in a constant rifle fire, in replying to which the British troops exhausted their pouches of ammunition.While the rear guard was worn out by constant attacks and in a difficult position, the enemy made the coup of the campaign by an open rush.The tired soldiers stood firm, and a withering independent fire swept the advancing tribesmen, who charged almost to the bayonet\u2019s point, wavered, and retreated to cover.The action recommenced with the rising of the moon.The British troops behaved splendidly, and inflicted the most severe punishment the enemy has yet sustained, fully 400 men falling, The troops had to march in a river bed, 500 yards wide, the stream being swollen with snow.On the right were sheer ranges and bush-covered spurs reaching up to the snow level; on the left were cliffs, and all the heights were occupied.The motley baggage train, gaunt, smoke-grimed stretcher- bearers, overloaded ammunition ponies and the crowds of camp-follow- ers were all mixed in inextricable confusion, a seething, struggling mass, wading knee and waist deep, urged onward by the knowledge that a ve- lentless foe was in the rear.In the faces of all, black and white, was seen the look which indicates that the men have had enough of war and want a respite.WHAT INDIAN FIGHTING IS LIKE.An officer serving in the advance, in a letter dated Nov 3, gives an idea of fighting.Of course since he wrote the weather has become colder, and made campaigning unendurable: Owing to our general being in treaty with the tribes for peace, hostilities have ceased, and we are allowed to have our nights in peace.It is really horrible warfare.These chaps won't come out and fight.Here we are in the heart of their country, and have not had a pitched battle yet.They defend their passes, certainly, but they are very difficult to catch, and at nightfall swarm back and fire into sleeping camps, snipe off sentries, lie in waiting for any unfortunate who may have strayed too far from the trenches, and make isolated rushes on picquets.We have had two big fights, the first at Dargai or Shinwari, where our losses were over 200 killed and wounded, and the other day at Sam- agha, where our losses were only 35.Now we have driven them ali in front of us, and not a sign of them here for miles about.We have done them a great deal of dainage, all their grain, and fodder enough to feed 30,000 transport animals have fallen into our hands, and we are burning their villages We are nearly 6,000 feet high here; it is a delightful climate, but terribly cold at nights.Our water is fonud frozen in the mornings.None of us have tents, only three blankets, a wat- er-proof sheet, two flannel shirts, a change of uniform, two pair socks, two palr boots, washing things\u2014in ail 50 pounds, and men 40 pounds, so that you sce we haven't got many luxuries.For three days I never took off my boots or clothes, and didn\u2019t wash for two days, and hardly had my sword or revolver off\u2014always sleep with them on in the trenches, The last two nights, however, it has been different, and I would not have changed my bed of straw and my greatcoat and blankets for your comfortable beds.Oh, how nice is sleeping without one's sword hilt digging into your left side, and your pouch poking you in the back, with a thousand devils yelling around your camp, shooting at you.Oh, well, let us hope it is over.er- haps the worst has to come yet.This sort of thing by night is not war: it is nightmare of the woret sort.The two little fights I've taken in by daylight were delightful, and grand excitement.I had five shots myself at a fellow waving a flag about 1,000 yards off, and got him in the end.So far I have bad several narrow shaves, and am ateful to say have been spared.wo bullets cut a branch not three inches from my right ear, and I think I told you how a bullet hit a small stone wall at my head whilst I slept, and which my servant had only just built while I was sleeping, thinking there was danger of my being hit.He certainly saved my life by his little act of thoughtfulness, The ping of the bullet makes one bob at first, but one soon gets accustomed to it, except these beastly night attacks, and no one can stand them.CANADA Another case of smallpox was reported in Montreal on Thursday making the 23rd since 1st July.Halifax, Dec.13\u2014Lyman Dartt, the 17-year old boy, who at Truro was sentenced to death for the murder of Asard Deur, an Armenian pedlar, has confessed to killing the man, but claims it was not intentional.\"The confession was made to Jailer Richardson.The boy acknowledges the evidence against him is in the main correct and lacking in nothing but fuiler details of his apparel on the day of the murder.He left Isaac Mc- Fadden and went through the woods to the vicinity of the Bradley house, where he was seen by the boys, and crossed the road at a point further on.Here ho thought he saw a bear in the bushes, and having a bullet in his pocket, which he had been carrying for uito à long time, be put the bullet in the gun and started to hunt the bear.While keeping his eyee open for the animal he stumbled over a log and fell, the gun went off, and immediately he heard a groan.On going out upon the road there lay the pediar in the dust.Paralyzed by the terrible results of his carelessness, he ran again into the woods and by a circuitous route reached the pasture fronting on the lane to his father's house.He did not reload the gun then, but stood it up in tha corner as usual, changed a part of his clothes and went off to the post office.On the following afternoon, whon the talk about the pediar being murdered reached his ears, he went quietly to work and reloaded the gun, poing the wadding he had ia his pocket.his act, done in order to cover his tracke, as he thought, and to avoid suepicion, brought about h.s condemnation.Ottawa, Dec.17.\u2014One of the most shocking calamities that was ever known in Canada occurred here early this morning, when Patrick Leahy and his tive young children, ranging in age from 10 to 2, were burned to a crisp.Mrs.Leahy and herson Frank were the only ones who escaped.When she woke the flames were around her; she grabbed two children and made for the window, but one escaped from her grasp, and was lost.The other children were undoubtedly suffocated in their beds.An hotelkeeper in Toronto who treated a friend in the part he lived in was prosecuted and fined.He appealed, but tho judges dismissed his appeal.Judge Meredith said the object of the license law act would be defeated if such things were allowed to happen.The ides was to keep these places closed absolutely during prohibited hours and if hotelkeepers were allowed to give liquor away the intent of the law would be wholly disregarded.For many ycars past smuggling to a very large extent has prevailed on the St.Lawrence.\"The temptation is great.Spirits from 40 to 60 per cent over proof can be purchased from between 40 to 60 cents a gallon at St.Pierre Miquelon.The spirits seized from smugglers are about 60 per cent over proof.The value of a gallon here would be between 84 and #3, leaving, of course, a handsome margin of profit, The Quebec & Lake St John Railway & Colonization company is avk- ing the government to guarantee a subsidy of 88,000 à year for ten years to assist in the repatriation of French- Canadians now living in the United States.Last session the sum of &8,- 000 was granted for this purpose; and it is claimed that twelve hundred French-Canadians from the Eastern States have during the past year been induced to rcturn to Canada.A bill before the legislature which is certain to pass authorizes county councils to acquire one or inore machines, stone crushers and rollers to improve and maintain roads, whether local or county, to make arrangements with the local municipalities for the purpose of allowing them the use thereof for their roads, and to fix the price for their use or to give them the gratuitous use thereof.The Manitoba government issues a final crop return for the year.The area of wheat was 1,290,882 acres, and the total yield 18,261,950 bushels, an average per acre of 14.14 bushels, The scason for harvesting and threshing was exceedingly favorable and never in the history of the province was the wheat crop placed at such an early date upon the markets.The quality was in general No 1 and 2 hard, free from smut and the price realized was inexcess of that received for some years past.Brockville, Dee.15\u2014An interesting case was tried here today before Judge McDonald.In May, 1896, Benjamin Kenuy of Seeley\u2019s Bay lost his farm by the foreclosure of a mortgage, the purchaser being a man named Hill, In consequence there was bad blood between the families, and it was reported that Kenny had threatened to burn the buildings.On September 11th last Kenny, who lad been fined for trespassing on the premises, went across to the farm again and stopped at the barn.Joshua Hill, who was on the watch and had seen his actions, opened the upstairs window of his house and seeing him about to set fire, shot at Kenny, wounding himsavercly.The case today was against him for the shooting.A lot of evidence was put in, and no denial of the fact was made, but Hill contended that owing to the threats of Kenny that he would burn the buildings the shooting was justified.The Judge charged in (avor of the prisoner, and the jury tool about five minutes to bring in a verdict of acquittal.Victoria, B.C., December 18.\u2014Tid- ings brought yesterday by the steamer Corona, show the terrible condition of affairs at Dawson City.On the stemner were W.Kastner and George McLachlin, who left Dawson City on November3.Starvation was alrcady there.The population was panic stricken when Kastner and McLachlin undertook the hazardoua trip of 800 miles.What the condition is today, can only be surmised.No food was on sale weeks before they left, and the whole town was living on half and quarter rations.Men who had food stored away in their shanties guarded it move carefully than they did their gold.The eating houses were all closed before November 1, but there was an abundance of liquor.The situation is shown by the news the two men bring that just before they left eight hundred miners accepted the offer of the Alaska Commercial company and the Canadian government to supply them with food at Fort Yukon.The eight hundred started in batches of thirty, forty and fifty, for Fort Yukon, which is 600 miles northwards.The journey is a frightful one, and of the eight hundred who started, a large percentage will never reach the fort.When Kastner left the temperature was between sixty and seventy degrees below zero.In addition to the eight hundred who left for Fort Yukon, there were about one thousand miners in Dawson who talked of making the journey as soon as the ice of the Yukon river becomes passable.In conversation with Dr.Coyle at the Windsor Saturday, a representative of the Star became acquainted with an important and unique physiological fact, Speaking in regard to the prevalence of measles in the city at present, the doctor said that it was a curlous fact that French-Canadian adults were not susceptible to the dis- case.During the ten years in which he had served in connection, to the measle epidemic at present prevalent in tho city, he had observed that.The children, until they reached their tenth year, were, but during the ten years in which he had acted as assistant health officer he had not come across a single case of measles in a French- Canadian of riper years.On the other hand, it was quite common to find the disease in Anglo-Saxon adults, who also contracted scarlet fever much casier than their fellow- vitizens of French origin.With regard to smallpox the tables were com- letcly reversed, and the French- Canadians were much more susceptible to the discase than their brothers of English blood.La Minerve has suspended publication.Hon.Sidney Fisher is arranging to send about one thousand samples of Canadian wheat to the country millers of Great Britain, with 8 view to bringing to the attention of the old country merchants the splendid wheat which Is grown in Canada.The wheat will ba selected from the different Canadian grades, and will be obtained from the ards of commissioners who fixed the standards, The government has made arrangements with the Head Line steamers ruming between Halifax, Belfast uo Dublin to carry the mails.This wil give à direct service to Ireland.Nicolet, Div.23.-~The by-clection in Nicolet cowrty to fil the seat in the house of commons vacated by the death of M: l*, Buisvert, took place today and resulted in the cluction of Mr Ledue (Liberal) by 158 ma jority, with one small poll to hear from.At the late general elections the county weut Conservative by 138 majority.UNITED STATES At Malone on the 13th, George Adolphus Gardaer, or Dagenals, was examined before justice Vian on the charge of etcaling a horse from John Milue in Canada, which he afterwards sold to a resident of Burke, who bought the animal off Gardner in good faith.District att.Paddock appeared for the people and P.G.Fa- lardeau for the prisoner, who was held, at the conclusion of the examination, to await the action of the grand jury, bail being fixed at 8500, in default of which the prisoner was committed to the county jail.\u2014Gazette.A dastardly attempt was made Friday night to wreck the southbound Montreal express on the Adirondack & St Lawrence railroad.The place where the attempt was made is about a mile and a hall north of Mountain View station, which is 15 miles south of Malone.Two large cross ties were placed npon the track, They extended across both rails and were close to each other.The engine struck the ties and knocked them off the track.All on board experienced a scvere shaking up, but fortunately no one was injured.\u2014About 500 pounds of butter is manufactured daily at Bentley\u2019s creamery.The product is made without salt or coloring and is shipped by express to a special trade in New York city.\u2014Chateaugay Record.Edward Atkinson, the well known American publicist, advocates a union of all [English-speaking peoples against the crowned despots of Europe, who are preparing a trade combine against the United States.In the course of his letter he draws an obvious distinction between how Britain colonizes and the Continental Powers.He says: Witness the urgency of the continental nations to parcel out Asia and Africa, and to prevent England from holding what she has attained.What does that mean?The efforts of Germany and of France are alike to obtain dominion over these parts of the earth in order to hold the sole control of commerce\u2014the old medieval idea which actuated England in her early history, but docs not actuate her now.Wherever the English flag is carried, equal opportunities are given.She strives to benefit those whom she protects, and she does not exclude other nations from a share in their commerce on even terms with herself.That is another cause of the bitterness and spite with which England is regarded throughout the continent.That jealousy and spite are now being turned towards ourselves.It behooves every man who studies the hidden causes of these movements to bear these facts in mind and to bear himself in his public and private actions so as to devote all his energy to maintaining peace and commercial union among the English-speaking people of the world, on which rests the only hope of the maintenance of liberty and law.ROUTES TO THE KLONDIKE.THE relative merits of various routes to the Klondike are still under discue- sion, and no doubt decisions will vary according to the plans and inteutions of parties, the supplies to be carried and the time available for the trip.Mr Sifton said on his return that with the exception of the all-water route via St Michaels there were but three ways of reaching the Klondike, the Chileat pass, the Chilkoot pass and Stickeen-Teslin lake voutes.The all- water route by the way of St Michaels is dismissed as too long, too expon- sive and open for too short a season.Of the three routes, the one by the Stickeen river and Teslin lake is regarded as the best.The trip from Vie- toria to Fort Wrangel, at the mouth of the Stickeen river, a distance of 750 miles, is made in large and comfortable ocean steamers, At Wrangel passengers are transferred to river steamers, of which there will be half a dozen ready for service when the river opens about the end of April, and the trip up the river to Telegraph Creek, 150 miles, is made without any trouble.Then pack traina will take the outfits to Teslin lake, 120 miles, The country between Telegraph creek and lake Teslin is quite level.Steamers are now being built for service on Teslin lake and the Hootalinqua river, but for the next few months prospectors will have to take the small boats after crossing the lake, going down the Hootalinqua to its junction with the Lewes river.By this route the prospectors have a clear run from lake Teslin to Dawson City.THE SKAGWAY ROUTE.From Victoria to Skagway.the gateway to the Yukon by the White pass route, the distance is #95 miles by steamboat navigation; from Skagway to the summit of the pass 164 miles, and from the summit to the head of lake Bennett, where the trail connects with the old Chilkoot pass or Dyea trail, 19} miles.The altitude of the pass is about 2700 feet.THE CHILKOOT ROUTE, Six miles above Skagway, at the head of Lynn canal, is Dyea, the gateway to Yukon over the Dyea or Chil- koot pass.From Dyea to the summit is 148 miles and the altitude is about 3600 feet.After leaving the summit of the Dyea pass there is a descent of 600 feet to the bed of Crater lake, which retains snow and ice throughout the year.The outflow has cut a small canyon down the mountain side, which is followed to lake Lindeman, 8% miles from the summit of the pags, At lake Lindeman there is no suitable timber for boat-building but sufficient for rafta, which are constructed for going down the lake.A short portage of three-quarters of a mile separates Lindeman from lake Dcnnett, At the head of lake Bennett boats are constructed, for the journey is then all by water.Some do not take time to build a boat but go down on rafts.(Good timber is at hand, and one can either whipsaw his own boat lumber ar bn it from a company that rius asma.sawmill there, The head of lake Beanett is the juaction of the two trails runaing over the Skagway and Dyea passes.The lake is 26 miles long, with an average width of one mile and an extreme width of five miles.On this lake strong winds are almost sure to be encountered.High mountains rise from the water's cdge, making it difficult to find landing on either shoré.The lake forms à funnel for the winds that sweep through It from over the Dyea pase.Generally those winds calm own during the latter part of the night and early morning.Then come Cariboo cross 9e, Tagish lake, Marsh ake, Grand Canyon, White Horse pide, Le Barge luke and r river, presenting the wildest eccen- Ï tricities of inland navigation.till the Yukon becuises 8 beusd Fiver, giviag easy navigation to Dawson City.\u2014 Toronto Globe.HOME RULE IMPOSSIBLE.THEY know little of the Liberal party in England who doubt that the majority of its members would willingly be rid of Home Rule.It is not less à mistake to think that on the main Question compromise is possible, A full measure of municipal self-govery- ment may be extended to Ireland; cheaper facilities may be afforded her for private bill legislation.But two arliaments mean two nations.The rish parliament before the union was controlled by the British government and kept from breaking away from the parliament of Great Britain through the influence of a vast patronage, ecclesiastical as well as civil, and of & number of nomination boroughs.There would now be nothing to control the Irish parliament, or keep it in ay sort of unison with Great Britain, Why should Mr Blake, or anybody but the Clan Na-Gael, wish to tear these two islands apart when nature has so manifestly linked them together and wade their union necessary for their joint prosperity, security and greatness?The races are now to a great extent fused.The language, with all its influences, is common.The barriers of religious intolerance have been broken down.Ireland enjoys every political privilege of an important kind which is enjoyed by England or Scotland, and the privilege of religious equality to boot.She has in the united parliament a number of members larger than that to which sho is entitled by population, To talk of her as a *\u2018conquered province!\u2019 and to say that she has not a \u2018real position in the Empire\u201d is to talk like the Clan Na-Gael.A conquered province she might become if she were severed from Great Britain, and the British were compelled, as in the end they probably would be, to re- annex her by force of arms.From Holyhead to Dublin is sixty - four miles; from Port Patrick to Donagha- dec is twenty-one and a half miles.What are these distances compared with those which divide the provinces of the Canadian Dominion from each other?The sympathy which, for the sake of the Irish vote, Canadian legislators have shown for the dismemberment of the United Kingdom is, in an : Englishman's eyes, no great proof of the boasted affection for Great Brie tain.\u2014Goldwin Smith, Constantinople, Dec.li.\u2014A\\ deapateh from Athens, veceived today, announces that the treaty of peace between Turkey and Greece has boon ratified by King George and that it will be despatched today by à special steamer to this city.The Sultan has also signed the treaty.Paris, Dec.18.\u2014The budies of Voltaire and Roussean were again exhumed today at the Pantheon,in order to settle a long controversy as to their authenticity.The remains of Voltaire were well preserved and markedly ro- semble Huudson\u2019s statue.Of the body of Rousseau anly the skeleton was found.Voltaire's skull was found to be cloven in two down the centre.There was no trace of a shot wound in the skull of Rousseau; and this disproves the gencral belief that the author committed suicide by shooting.With the exception of the Amazon the Yukon is the largest river in the world.A man standing on a bank of the Yukon 150 miles from its mouth cannot sec the other bank.The Yukon is twenty miles wide 700 miles from its mouth.With {ts tributaries it fis navigable 2500 miles, It is larger than the La Plata.It is larger than the Orinoco.It discharges one-third more water than the Mississippi.The water is fresh fifteen miles from its imouth.It has probably more gold in its basin than any other river.Its color is beautifully blue to its june- tion with the White River, 1100 miles above its mouth, The craze for plaids in the Scotch tartan effects is not only confined to waring apparel, but to other accessories, And now the Scotzh plaid umbrella has come into vogue.First the ! case for protecting the umbrella when rolled up was made of plaid silk, then some manufacturer conceived the idea of a double woven eilk for a | covering showing the plaid effect on the inside and solid color on the exposed side, but last of all comes the plaid umbrella.On a rainy day these impart a variety of color, that is a relief from the sombre black heretofore almost universally used as the covering for ths sort of rain protector.BORN At Port Lewis, on the 18th Docember, the wife of Joseph Goodfellow, of a daughter.\u2018 At Cowans, on Dec.2lst, the wife of Edward Cowan, of a daughter.MARRIED On the 14th Dec., at the residence af the bride\u2019s parents, by tho Rev Dr McDonald, Charles Arthur Blanchard, of Mooers, New York, to Miss Anna Elizabeth Millar, daughter of Mr Wm.Millar, of Dundee, Que.At the Presbyterian parsonage, Burke, N.Y., by the Rev P.A.Walker, William S.Hay to Margaret Lindsay, only daughter of James Wilson, all ol Elgin, Que.On the 15th Dee., at the residence of the bride's parents, by the Rev M.DM.Blakely, assisted by the Rey Stephen Childerhose, brother of the bride, James A.Arnold of Dundee, Que., to Catherine, daughter of Henry Childerhose, Esq., Cobden, Ont.On the 21st Dec., at 217 Milton street, Montreal, by the Rev D.S.Hamilton, B.A., Wm.J.Messenger, M.À., of the Gault Institute, Valleyfieid, to Bertha Agnes Stewart of California.At the residence of the bride's parents, on the 22nd inst., by the Rev, J.H.Gardoer, Jahn W.Webb ta Katherine, eldest daughter of Mr James McKenna, both of Fort Coving- ton.DIED On Dec.13th, Alexander, son of Robert Jobnston, Herdman, aged 59 years.At the village of Dundee, on the 15th Dec., Ellen Campbell, wife of Wm.F.Morris, bailiff, aged 53 years.Ou Deceinber 19th, Mr Chas.Brown, at his residence, Hinchinbrook, aged 35 years, son of the late William Brown, Ggdmauchester, At Russeltawn, on Wednesday, Dec.Mud, Benson MoGilion, in the 63th yenca of pig age, | HUNTINGDON \u2014Rov Mr huicuissus was Vue of the three ministers Invited from out side the city to take part in the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Westmins ter standards.\u2014 A} the recent meeting of the county council, when the matter of the road that is in dispute between Hemming- ford and Havelock was brought up, the unexpected contention was made that ite support should fall on neither but on the county, and this was based on a decision of Judge Lynch, who held that, in counties where statute labor prevails, when the council declares a road a county one, the county must keep it up.The warden, Mr Muir, and councillor Brown were instructed to get Mr Robertson's opin- fon.On submitting the question to him, he thought Judge Lynch's reading of the law had slight bearing on the question, as the maintenance of the road would depend on the agree- meat made when Havelock was sopar- ated from Hemmingford.Until informed on that point, he reserved his opinion.\u2014The first of the Xmas entertainments took place Friday evening, in Watson hall, when St Andrew's S.S, had thelr celebration.There was a large attendance, and the scholars acquitted themselves remarkably well, After an address by Rev P.H.Hutchinson, the superintendent, Mr Mac- laren, made his report.The number attending the school and 13ible class was 133, with an average attendance of 95, lo the four outside 8.8.100 scholars belonging to the congreya- tion attended.\u2014The same evening the members of St John's congregation attended a pleasant gathering, at which the rector revived Xmas memories and associations in an instructive and edifying manner.The 8.8.Xmas celebration was a purely congregational gathering this year.It took place on Tuesday evening, and we are informed the scholars gequitted thomselves remarkably well.\u2014Monday evening, court Queen's Jubilee, C.O0.F., clected officers for the ensuing term, As follows; F.Bell, P.C.IR, RR.Hastie, C.RR.W.Murphy, V.C.RR, R.J.Evans, I.and R.S.Dr Walker, \"I'reas.Allister McNaughton, Chap.M.Boucher, Sv.W.Marshall, J.W.J.Boucher, 8.18, J.Darragh, J.B.\u2014The annual meeting of the Frontier Association of Teachers was held in Jubilee hall on Saturday; the president, Mr McGregor, occupying the chair.The near approach of the Christmas holidays, together with the unfavorable condition of the roads and weather, accounted for the comparatively small number of teachers in attendance.At the forenoon session admirable papers were read by Miss Goodall and Principal Ford, on Responsibilitycof Teachers and Eye- training respectively.In the afternoon Miss A, Carruthers gave a carefully prepared Object Lesson to a class of small children, This was followed by a practical lesson in Book-keeping by Miss Nolan.The program was enlivened by vocal and instrumental music, provided by the academy pupils, while six little girls of the primary clusses gracefully rene dered two motion songs.After a resolution of thanks to the retiring officer, Mr McGregor, president, and others, as well as to all who in any way contributed to its success, this pleasant and profitable session was brought to a close.The following officers for the ensuing year were elected: President, Principal Holiday Vice-Pres., Principal Ford Secretary, Miss Dickson Treasurer, Miss Nolan Executive Committee: Prinvipal Mes.renger, Mr D.Rowat, Miss Sever, Miss Goodall, Miss Brown.\u2014A meeting was called for Monday evening by the W.C,T.U.to consider the advisability of nominating an anti-licensc candidate gt the approaching municipal election.The attendance was not large but all present were favorable to the object in view and a committee was appointed to get some proper person to stand.\u2014On Monday Mr James Johnston, who lives a short distance cast of Herdman, drove into the village with his wife to do some shopping.They left for home early in the afternoon, Mrs Johnston in apparentgood health, although she complained of a pain in her head.Soon after leaving the village, her head suddenly fell on Mr Johnston\u2019s shoulder, and, to his consternation, he saw she was insensible.He drove hurriedly up ta John Dawson's house, and Br.Walker sont for, She answered a question or two in monosyllables and died.When ths doctor came hegave apoplexy as cause of death.She was of stout, plethoric habit, but vigorous, and was only 80 years of age.\u2014Wm.F.Stephen of Brook Farm, Trout River, has sold 5 head of registered Ayrshires, cows and ycarlinge, to H.N.& N.E, Clark, Potsdam, N.Y.This is the second sale he has raâde ta go across the lines.All the animals were tested by Dr McCormick for tuberculosis and stood it all right.\u2014So far Huntingdon storekeepers have no cause to complain of the holiday trade, for, desplte the roads, it is brisk.\u2018 \u2019 \u2014To ensure insertion of notices af haliday oslehrations they must be sent in as they occur.Do not defer mailing because there is no Gleaner next week.\u2014Since the close gq! navigation through fveight traffic has increased on the G.T., and it looks as {f the N.Y.C.has decided to send all their Ogdensburg and R.& W.freight for New England poltts this way.To ac- ! vorumod.te It, a thew siding has buen prob bd ob Masitie ad a Y at Bros- seaus \u2014lt is pleasans to record thas Dr.Elder has taken another step upward in his profession, having been appointed amending surgeon at the Montreal general hospital.The appointment stampe his ability as a sur- goon, and is all the more gratifying that it was made unanimously by.the board.\u2014The Xmas sntertainment given last evening by the Methodist 8.8.was a success.The basement was comfortably filled, and under the direction of the pastor, Rev.Mr Pearson, anenjoyable program was presented, Many of the dialogues had been carefully prepared and amused the audl- ence, that on Klondike proving quite a hit.At the close numerous presents wore distributed.The school is in a flourishing condition, and does credit to ite superintendent, Mr Dalgliesh.\u2014The following students from this district have passed the Xmas examinations of the Normal School, Montreal: ELEMENTARY.Baskin, Havelock McCormick, Allan's Corners J.Craik, \u201c \u2018 Wright, Valleyficid MODEL SCHOOL CLASS.Cameron, Dowlttville Chambers, Ormstown MeDonald, Valloytield Fraser, Dundee Grey, Allan's Corners McIntosh, Cazaville M.Stewart, Flyin Tully, Athelstan.HOWICK CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL Friday, Deo.24th, at 7.30 p.m.PROURAM Cantata, entitled A Visit to Grandpa Chorus - - The Winter Song Dialogue, The Sunflower Entertainment Chorus - The Whippourwill's Song Miss \u201c \u201c Miss \u201c [x3 CT [x LS Xmas Entertainment The River Bank 8.8.will hold thelr Annual entertainment on FRIDAY I VEN- ING, Duc, 24th.Program will com- ence at 7.30 p.m.Admission 10 «ts, The Annual S.S.Festival of the Athelstan 8.School will be held on FRIDAY EVENING, Dec.28h, A Christmas exercise, \u2018Shepherd and RRedeemor,\u2019\u2019 Is being prepared.Children will bo served with ten at 6 o'clock; entertalnment at 7.30, Admission, adults 16e; children 10e; 8.4.children free, Atholstan, Dee.21, '97, The Annual Entertainment of St Paul's 8.School, Ocmstown, will be held ln the church, on THURSDAY, DEC.30th.llesides a varied programme by the school and choir, Me McCuaig will furnish ventriloguleal and other ltems of a very amusin character.Admission 15 conts: chi dreo 10 cents.at 7.15, Proceedings will begin SOCIAL.The ladies of the Methodist Cliurch, Huntingdon, will give a Social at the \u2018\u2018Parsonage,\u2019\u2019 on THURSUAY ÊVEN- ING, DECEMBER 30th.Tea served from six to eight o'clock.Admission 206; children The, A Rare Treat By two celebrated Ladies from Ause tralia, in WATSON HALL, Tuesday evening, Jany.4th, \u201898.Mrs AnrbiLL will speak on Woman's influence in the home, and Miss MUR- curt will speak on Woman's influence outside the home and how it reflects on the home life, \u2018I'he press of the Do- inion speaks very highly of these lady lecturers.6 Silver collection.Meeting at 7.30, under the auspices of the W.C.T, SF Mr MCCORMIOK, Q.C., will be at Moir's hotel, on MuNDAY, the 20h, Instead of Saturday, which Is Xmas.Dental Notice.1 wish to inform my friends and atrons, that wy office in Fort Cov- ngton will be closed during the holidays, from Dec.24th to January Jed.H.W.MERRICK, Dentist, To be Sold by Andw.Philps, Ayctioneer On FRIDAY, Doe.24th, at the shop of JAMES À.Mircau, in the village of Huntingdon: 10 new outtors, 3 milk slelghs, 2 palr hohslsighe, 2 top carriages, 1 3-spring phæton, 2 genuine Concord buggies, 1 double box lumber wagon, 1 set truck wheels, 4-in tire, 1 wwo-seated Top Carriage.The above goods are new and in first- class order, and will be sold without reserve, as Mr Millar is golng west, Bale at 1 o'clock p.m.fo months\u2019 credit.Calendarai Calendars! When you are passing the office of Andrew Philps, General Insurance Agent, call in and get a calendar, Yours truly, ANDREW PHILPS.Pianos and Organs I have some beautiful Evans Pianos ia mock, with Circas- sian and Burl Walnut cases, and the best American actions, for the Holiday trade.Intond- ing purchasers aro invited to call and sec them.Can have a trial of any of them by seeing me of writing me to that effet.Rooms: First Door West of Levers\u2019 Blook, Huntingdon.P.BRADY && When you have read the article in the Gleaner Almanac, headed Debt and Poverty, ask What is my duty?and do it.Now is the Time To Buy Your Clothing Never more tempting offers than now.We are not here for only a short time, nor are we golng to quit business, we are here to stay, and shall continue to undersell all competitors.Come early and get better bargains than ever.Worth Men's Ulsters, well lined $6.00 for $3.90 11] [1} \u201c 7.00 \u201c 4.75 \u201c i\" \u201c 10.00 \u2018* 4.75 Men's Heaver Overcoats 6.00 \u20183.75 LS Li) \u201c 9.00 CE 6.25 Youths\u2019 Frieze Ulsters 5,75 \u2018\u201c 3.50 Du \u201c \u201c 8.73 LE) 4.26 Boys' + \" 5.00 3.25 .\" \"400 + 28 Children's \u201c 32.0 * 22 Men's allwoo!lTwoed sultet.00 \u201c3.00 x) D [3 8.00 \u201c 8.00 * Heavy Tweed suits 9.00 ** 8.00 Men's Twoed l'ants\u201470e, OUe, 81, $1.25, 81.50, 81.75, 62, 82.00, &1, Should you not be satisfied with your purchase, return it, when we will refund the monsy, without the slightest hositation.MORRISON BROS.Huntingdon, Dec, 23, 1807.8 WANTED a gh to do general housework.Apply to Mus F.I.HENDERSON, Huntingdon, Que, OBITUARY RESOLUTION At a menting of the School Commins- sioners held on Thursday, tho I6th, it was move by Commlsntôner Walsh, sovonded by Commissionse [Robb, and carried unanimously, that a letter of condolence bo sent to the sorrowing family of the late Dr Alexe.Cameron expressive of thelr deep grief nt the lous (not only to the family } but to all educational Institutions in thin community.The deceased was always foremost in anything pertaining to or for the good of the education of the young, To his unfailing efforts are wo indebted for the position that our Academy now holds as first to the provinee, May the Lord comfort and sustain the bereaved family as lle alone ean, A.MCCALL'S, Hoey.Trew, sS.I8.Eastern Townships Bank DIVIDEND No.70.Notico is heraby Kven that a Dividend of THREE AND ONK-HALE PER CENT.upon the paid-up Capital Stock of this Bank has been declared for the current hall-year, and that the same will bo payable at the head offices and Branches on and after Manday, rd day of January next The Transfer Books will be closed from the Ith to the 31st December, both days Inclusive, 3y order of the Board, WM.Faw iLL, General Manager, _ Sherbrooke, 1st Peo., 1897.&F When you can have a Gleaner of your own foradollar, it is a small busi.nessa to wear out shoe leather travelling to your neighbor's house Lo borrow t.Begin tho new yoar woll by having a paper mailel to your Address.Iarmers, support the paper that tries to serve you.Milk Round For Sale Delivering 35 gallons to the best pri- vite sustam in the City of Montreal.AH complete.Good reasons for sell ing.No reasonable offer refused, Ad- drums Geo.Care, 85 Selby Strent, Westmouat, Montreal, Montreal, Docambar 23.\u2014 Manitoba Strong Bakors\u2019 Flour, best $4.00 (485.00; second 84.00 (mw 84.60 ® bhi, Straight Roller in bags 82.1/(2 82.20 Rolled Oats $3, 47@%0.00% bb), 81.674 @M0.00 ¥ hing.Ponge, ® nib, fi0udla Oats, No2, ¥ 34th, 27(02746 Feed Barley, ¥ 50th, 34ad5e Bran, © ton, $10.50(a811,10 Shorts, \u2018\u201c 811.6ux8s2.00 Moulile,\u2018\u201c 815,00(@816.00 Hay, No 1 810.60(@000.00 ton; No 2 88.00(q 88.59 Cheese 84(d8%0 Butter, Creamery, finest 194(ai9§c.and seconds 17{(æl8c, Dalry 15(@lñtc Egga-newlald 214220 Potatoes, hate ¥ bag \"Oats on the utieet markets sold at at bag and Buckwheat at 75(a80¢ Beans\u2014 95\u20ac(481 picked Apples, $2.50(a84.00, according to variety, Honoy\u2014Clover coinb at 12u124c; bright extracted at 8(a0c, and dark at (ale.Dressed Poultry \u2014 Tutleys Ri(@0c; chickens at AMé747; ducks at Kate; and goese at Hale © M.Dressed Hogs\u2014 Light weights 96,25 (85.50 P 1001»; heavy #0.00/80,00 Montreal, Dec, 90\u2014There were about 600 head of butchers\u2019 cattle, 30 calvos and 20 sheep and lambs offered for sale at the East Bnd Abattoir today.The butchers were present in large numbers, and trade was good, with higher prices prevailing than were paid on Thursday.There were several oxtraordioacily fine beeves sold today at about êc per îh.Mr Bourassa bought two 0! these cattle at 8c per tb, and Mr A.Richard paid 8100 for a two-year-old heifer that weighed 1,640 fbs.Another enormous cow, weighing 2.000 Ths,, was sold at Bic per ft, dressed wolght.Christmas beeves sold at from 4ic to 4fc per f.; pretty good cattle at from 3kc to 46 da.; cums mon stock at from 2} to 3c per M.Calves s0ld ab from 83 to $14 eath.Sheep sold at from 3kc to 3tc per Id.and lambs at 43c do.Fas hogs for choice hand.at about 4tc per fb., for fed Logs.fa) GREAT BARGAINS FOR CASH BUYERS CLEARING SALE of Ladies and Children's Jackets and Capes at HALY Prick.These are choice gods and evory article must be sold.Dou't miss them.OVERCOATS A fine lot of! Men's Friesa Overcoats (ail naw) npocial value.Hee them Le- fore buying.SPECIAL LINERS _ Carpets, Plain and Twilled Gre Flanael, Army Flannel, Nav Vlaonel, Meltons, Dress Sergus, ens an Ladies\u2019 Underwear, 13lankots, Men's Socks, Ladles' Cashmere Hose, I3ald- win's Scotch Fingering Wool and other coarser Yarns.WALL PAPER AT HALF PRICE to cloar, Aw usual a select stock of Ching Toa Sots, Dénnor Sets, and à guneral stock of Crockery and Glassware, TEAS AND COFFEE a specialt Including the celebrated Salada Cert lon Tea.Best White Wine Vinegar, and a vhoice stock of GROCERS, INSPECTION INVITED, W.A.DUNSMORE HAIL TO THE SALE that in Triumph Advancos.1000 tongues are talking, and plea- want things they're saying, 6000 men nro dreaming Hall to our Great [3ank- rupt Clothing Sale.\u2018I'he news of this prico-saving event has flashed like wildtire: it's no longer a secret, won- dertul values, the astonishing prices.Buyors come trom every section of the country fully convinced of our purpose to soil.But bead your ear more closely\u2014 we have thin week received the balance of our stock\u2014and a choles stock it in It in necessary for us to clear this out still more quickly than tho ons before, All previous efforts will tude away in the face of this startling revolution In price-cuttiog.Come and éco for yoursell, Please examine carefully this prico-list and reflect.The only and original great BankeuptSuleot Jiendyninde Clothing, THE FARMERS FRIEND, Shanks\u2019 Istock.Look out for the Fig Sign.Men's Strong Working Pants, worth 81.50, sold for, Tôe, Men's Fancy Stripe ants, worth $2.25, sold for 81,25, Men's Hack and Grey Striped Worat- od 1\u2019ants, worth 84.10 soll for $2 25 Men's Bhie Cheviot Suites, wall trimmed, worth 86,00, sold for 82,00.- 267 Men's Asworted Suits, \u2018Tailor-made in every respect, worth $17.00, sold for $4.50, 10 Boys\u2019 School Suits, former price 82,25, Hold at $1.25, Men's Waterproof Contr, English and Canadian make, to bo slanghteped from #4,00 to 88,50: worth double.125 Men's Wintor Overcoats In Beaver and Molton, well worth 810.00, sold AL Bin, 150 Men's very heavy Frieza Ulnters, extra long aud large coliar, worth 87.50, mold for 83.75, 130 doz, Ladles' Bow Tics, worth 26e, uold for Te, 100 doz, White Handkerchiefs, large size, to be aold nt Se each.200 dos.Men's Ties, of all the leading styles, worth from le to Me each, sold at te to Iñe, {KM doz.Boys\u2019 Bweators, to close at 19c 120 doz.White Dress Shirts, former arice Dr, now 3De 300 doz, Men's Shirts and Drawers heyy woight) to bo slaughtered at 10 242 doz.Men's Suspenders, worth 25\u20ac, to clear at [Ur 150 doz.Hoys' Suspendors, worth 15e, to clear at ôe, 15 doz.Heavy All-wool Socks, to clear at te, All-wool Cashinere Sox, worth from 4) to Je, sold at Ihe.0 doz.Heavy Top Shirts, to clear ab Zac: worth double, Pure White Linen Handkerchiefs, to bo wold at iw onch or 506 per doz.Large variety of Silk Handkerchicfs, spécial for the Holldaya, to be sold ue 0e and 25e each, worth 500.&F Thousands of other tiargaine to he given way at figures correspondingly low at the Store, Shanks\u2019 Block, Huntingdon, Q.&# Look OCT por THE DIG SIGN.&& New subacribers to the Gleaner aro coming from all quarters, and niore peoples than ever seem bound to have lt.Reades, If you are not al- roady 8 subsurlber, will you not send in a dollar and enjoy its woekly visite during 1804?300 Cords of Wood.And a larga quantity of BUILDING TIMBER tor sale no my farm, 1 mile cant of Wm, Arnold's and 14 miles west of Leo's Corners, Godmanchester.+ P, BRany, Huntingdon.FARM FOR SALE Farm, containing 7 acres, more or loss, with dwelling-house and good outbuildings, well fonced and ditched, 3 wells, and orchard, $ mile east of Huntingdon village, For further par- Voulars apply to AL¥RED N, KELLY, Huntingdon, Que, 8i* st Petersburg, Dee, 18.-\u2014Tt is ane nounced that a Russian squadron under Rear Admiral Reounow, has entered Port Arthur, on the Chinese coast, with tha entire acquiescence of she Chinese government._Tha squadron intends to remain a) Port Arthue throughout the winter.This is due solely to the need of a temporary winter station and Involves no question of forcible occupation or hostile de- monstiration, Jondon, Dec.18, \u2014William Terrias, the weil known actor, was assassinate ed, being stabbed with a knife as he was entering the stage dour of the Adelphi theatre tonight.The Assassin rushed at tho actor as Terriss was stepping across the pavement from his cab, and stabbed him just below the haart.The wounded man was carried into the theatre and doctors were called from the Charing Cross hospital, but the wound, which was very deep, proved fatal, and the actor expired fa fteen minutes.Terrise fell, shouting \u2018My God! He's stabbed me: don't let him escape.\u2019 The assassin withdrew tho dagger and made à second pluage at hls victim, but he was seized tho spectators, of which there is always 8 crowd\u2019 about tho stage entrance to witness tha arrival of the actors.The assassin was n theatrical supernumary and had sowe insane grudge against Terriss, , LATEST.\u2014Three by-elections for the rommons took place yesterday and all three resulted in Liberal victories.por Yamaska Mr Allard was returned y majority, for Levis Mr Ollivier 165-0001 for Bonaventure Mr Clap- n atin as.Lange! the well-known Mercierite, lees He mi ; - : ere D sale 0 ÿ Hétle about 1u5- dow and the rain fall.\" .Carinon rcad tho paper throug, With unt dows and kissd Lady Claries's than yun could peseibly bo With chikirea W8BS 10 talk ¥ jou à 9° shines and the Snow now,\u201d she sald, \u2018you should never - WHICH LOVED such à proofns that, ie was usslos to | ferwreiled hand.\u2018le ouh.Besides, ri grown so used SIL.\" sing Promise me that.\" \u2018\u2019 sald.bave left me.\" Hustingdon Sash and Deor deny anything.All that she could do \u201cDear,\u201d ahe said, \u2018J envie yow\u2014the to you, Carmen.Iam burs and d § shall be pleased to baur anpoii MI promise, 7 De sald.It was pretty to soo the introduotion of was to toll the Sruth.Khe went up to the happy woman who gave him back Lasce- pointed to think that you cen so easily [0% thas subject.\u201d he replied, an 8 «Promise also that you fet ein ee Little Vunoe to his new \u2018\u201c\u201cmamma.Factory vod HIM BEST 2 osing wise rit poison bod ir a | ave he damage Lobe Song and Pig mal à ana un ed ae Sh | Tho eo fe an, ming of an w on a \u201cYou envied me!\u201d oried OC ! earnestly at the steadfast *face with its dy Doors muse A ood» Lum- et me share your grief,\u201d she said, \u201cWhy, he loved you!\" : sad, wees smile.\"There is soinetbing,\u201d AR Jad to mo with her The be lies there loved me well.\u2019 Will ho ony ve ut ith bim, and ates, and BER CLAY.\u2018as have shared the pain.\u2019 \u201cYou, he.loved me; but hi he went on, \u201cwhich you are keeping ; you so!\u2019 success urled hus 86 the head bor dosed a: resonable ro , and sr THA M.Y She looked with moti pity and noble Lancedone.the bons thus ne ous vos fro me, Carmen.You are not leaving As anctber tims she oe half careless | \u201cYea, he replied.other hands 9.080 of the footmen; he was Sushed Carmen was quics to think; her judg- love on the face of her rival; she kissed are happler far than 1.\u201d À great rretiess me because Lady Larche wants you.You mot mow.The vision of the palm \u201cOthers will love you, k fond) with success, and inclined to continue notice.RE ment was always rapid.\u2018\u201cKither «be the hot tears.\u2018'let us forget fora time,\u201d sigh caine from the red lips.\u2018You have have some other reason, and, i£1 read aranch was before ber.She had promised will clasp yours, Other [ips spas 0 his warfure, FURNITURE, FURMITU.suspects something or she has discovered she went on, \u201cthat you are a countsss given him wealth, position, luxury, and your face aright, the reason is a very sad i to you; 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but, when she ended, the young countess asked: \u2014 \u2018Did you know him?Did you ever speak to him?\" \u2018\u201cYes,\u2018\u2019 she replied, trying to give a cheerful and careless tone to her Voice, \u201cI spoke to him.He left Lisbon very suddenly, I believe.\u201d The pale face grew nearer, the lustrous eyes looked into the dark Spanish ones.\u2018Carmen, did he ever love you?!\u2019 she asked.The girl started, as though the words stung her.\u2018Lady Clarice, why do these questions!\u2019 she cried.\u2018\u2018I do mot understand it! It is not right!\u201d \u201cI have a reason: I will reveal it to you presently,\u2019\u201d\u2019 she replied.\u2018Carmen, you ure always true; be true now.Tell me what there is between my husband and you.\u201d \u2018There 1s nothing,\u201d she declared.*You are led awsy by your imagination.No two persons in England are more widely apart than your husband and myself,\" \u2018But you have not always been so,\" remarked the young wife.\u2018\u2018Oh, Carmen, your face tells me that you have not always been so! There is no need for words!\" \u201cYou frighten me, Lady Clarice,\u2019 said Carmen.\u2018You have really no right to speak to me in this fashion.You lower your husband and you lower me.I can and do assure you that there is nothing between your husband and myself.\u2018 \u2018Not now, perhaps,\u2019 she replied\u2014*not now.But in the past\u2014there was something in the past: tell me what jt was.\u2019 Carmen was at a loss how to answer.Khe could not break her pledge of silence; she could not tell the story of her love and its ending.\u201cJ.ady Clarice,\u2019 she said gently, \u2018\u2018why do you not go to your husband?He is the right person to answer all your ques: tions and solve your dcubts, if you have any.\u201d \u201c1 have many doubts,\u2019\u2019 confessed Lady Clarice, sadly.\u2018\u2018Not of him, 1 hope?\u2019 cried Carmen.\u2018Let me give you iny testimony.1 be- lisve that no man lives more loyal, more true, more faithful to his wife than Lord Ryreburn ie to you.\u201d \u2018Do you believe that he loves me?\u2018Yes,\u2018\u2019 replicd Carrsen.\u2018I do.\u2018* \u201cDo you believe that he loved me when he married me?Ah, you have no ups.er for that, Carmen! - You know whom he Joved then.'\u2019 \u2018Why do you speak to me in this tone, Lady Claricer\u201d cried the girl.\u2018I have never injured you in thought, word, or deed.My heart and soul are true as the sky above ua.Why do you say these things to me?'\u2019 *\u2018 Because you have helped to deceive me!\u2019 answered the young wife.\u2018You have lived under the same roof, youn have called me your friend, you have clasped my hand, you have kissed me, and all the time you must have laughed at me for being eo easily deceived I\u2019 \u201cHow have you been deceived?\u2019 asked Carmen.\u201cIn every way.You pretend to meet my husband as a stranger; you say no word of ever having met him before; and vet I know that you have loved him and that he has loved you.\" \u201cI will not answer such wild words, said Carmen, coldly.\u2018You cannot! You have deceived me, ind I trusted you!\" cried Lady Clarice.Come with me, and I will show you 1.y proof.\" [hey walked together in silence, these women who had the misfortune to love ihe same man\u2014Carmen dismayed, un- .ecided what to say or do, Lady Clarice iæside hersell with despair\u2014throush the long broad corridors, up the wide staircase, into Lady Clarice\u2019s room: and then rhe young countess turned the key in che lock, so that no one should disturb tl you ask me hem.\u201c1 will show you my proof, she re ted.peated.But Carmen answered \u2018You can never prove that I have deceived or injured you.\" The sun shone in at the open windows; the roses stirred in the scented breeze, and these two, who had been friends and were now rivals, stood looking at each other.\u2018For the last time, Carmen,\u201d said Lady Clarice, \u2018\u20181 ask you to tell me what ve between Lord Ryeburn and yourself.\u201cFor the last time, Lady Clarice, in the full consciousness of innocence, I refuse to speak upon the subject.\u2019 \u201cThen 1 will show you my proof; but 1 had far rather that you bad told me.I should have bad faith in you\u2014now I shall have none.\u201d\u2019 She went to à drawer and unlocked it.She took out the marriage license, and, unfolding 16, laid it on the table, Carmen looking on in wonder, without the faintest notion of what it was.\u201cFirst of all, read the date,\u2019\u2019 she mid.\u201cJ wish to impress on you that on the eleventh of June Lord Ryeburn asked me to be his wife.\u201d \u201cWhat is it\u2019 demanded Carmen, as Lady Clarice, taking her band, drew her So the table, \u2018that you wish me to \u201c\u201cInok,\u2018\u2019 said Lady Clarioe; and with ber finger, she pointed to the worde\u2014 \u201cArnim, Lord Ryeburn, apd Carmen Eroell Carmen drew back with a ory.\u201cYou see now what is my proof\u2014a special license for Lord Ryshurn to marry you~] can say the words calmly-=the first awful smart of my pain is over\u2014 and it is dated two days before be asked me to be his wife.I bel and that 1 am only a lady's companion.Let us remember tbat one tle binds us, we have both loved the same man.\u2018 \u2018*You have loved bim then, Carmen?said Lady Clarice, Carmen stood up, proud and eres.\u2018*Yes,'' she replied; *'I loved him better than my life; but since he has been your husband not one thought of him has lived in my heart.\u201d \u201cAnd he loved you?added Lady Clarice.\u201cYes, ho loved me; but in the same way I am quite sure he has been as loyal to you in thought as in word.1 will tell you the whole story, and you will understand.\u201d \u201cIs that date correct?\u2019 asked Lady Clarice.\u201cDid he really purchase this two duys before he asked me to be his wife, Carmuent\" It was useless to evade ths question, with the date quite legible before her.\u201cIt Is true,\u201d\u2019 replied Carmen, gravely, \u201cbut you do not know the ciroum- stunces.Let me tell you.Dear, you are not the only one to suffer; my fate has been harder than yours.Let me tell you the story; but, before 1 begin, swear to me that you will keep it secret as I have done.\" \u2018\u2019J swear it,\u2019 responded Lady Clarice.Then Carimen, still keeping the golden head on her breast, told her story\u2014how she wus looking one day from her vine- wrenthed window, and saw Lord Kil- meyne walking beneath the grest oleanders; how she looked at him with admiration, for, from his fair frank face, she knew he must be an Englishman, and how she loved the English for her father's sake; how she saw Lord Kil- meyne agnin at the little church, and he spoke to her; how the sunlit streets seemed paved with gold as he walked by her side; how they went to the aweet valley where many flowers bloomed, and how life suddenly opened out for her like a broad beautiful golden sca~\u2014she had loved him and he had loved her, \u2018The fuir pale face was raised from her bosom.\u201cThon you were his first love, Car men?\u201d \u201cBut not hia last.He will love you in time better than he has ever loved me.\u201d She told of the marriage, as they both believed it to be, in the little church; how they had both thought the manner ot the clergyman, as they imagined him to be, very strange; how they had left the church and wandered into the flower- market, where Lord Kilmeyne had bought her flowers; and how, immediately afterward, came the man with the telegram.She told of the sudden parting, the terrible wrench, the dend dreary blank, when she realized that Lord Kilmeyne wus gone.Carmen felt the golden head nestie more closely to her, and the tender arms tighten their clasp.\u201cI could not describe how I lived,\u2019 said Carmen.\u2018\u2018lhad no other hope or love in the wide word, and he was roue.He was to have returned in a month.The month grew into twelve, and I was weary of my life before I saw him again.All this time I believed myself his wife.My heart clung to him, my whole soul loved and reverenced him.Dear, you have heen loved and wor shiped all your life; you could not tell what he was to me.All his letters repeated the same story of money-troubles and delay\u2014how he longed to see me, but could not leave home.And when there was # chance for me to go to England, [ thought heaven had interposed, and I went.I imagined that I should give him 5 welcome surprise\u2014and, to do him justice, he was pleased to see me.But, ah me, I detected something strange in his manner, I noticed that he never once called me wife!\" She stopped for a few moments, for the pain of that hour was strong on her; and then she told Lady Clarice how Lord Ryeburn had found out the mook marge.The pale face was raised.and the lustrous eyes were filled with wonder.\u201cThen you never were his wife?\" said Lady Clarice.**No, never; the marriage was illegal.But when I came to England I believed myself his wife\u2014I believed it until that evening in the park,when he told me the truth.He aald then that the wrong should be righted, that he would marry me the next day; and he wrote to me, saying that every preparation had been made.\u2018 \u201cAnd then?\u2019 sald Lady Clarice, finding Carmen silent.\u201cDear.what I have to say now will grieve you.\u201d The sweet Southern face bent over the fair English one as she whispered words of comfort to the unhappy young wife.\u201cTell me all,\u201d said Lady Clarice\u2014*'do not spare mme one word.\u201d \u201c1 will withhold nothing,\u201d promised Carmen.\u2018\u2018l left Lord Ryeburn with the understanding that everything was to be arranged for making right what was wrong.That evening Lady Larche had a large party ot friends, and I heard, for the first time, the real state of Lord Ryeburn's affairs; they were gossiping, mischief-making women who spoke of it, but their words were true.Unless lord Ryeburn married the Earl of Norwood's heiress, he was doomed.All night I lay awake and thought of it.I determined to ask him if it were true, and, if 16 were, I resolved that no power on earth should induce me to be his wife.Lady Clarice, I met Lord Rysburn again; then he had this marriage license in bis pocket.He showed 1t to me, and said we muss be married on the morrow.I told him all I had heard, and asked him 4 it were true.It was some time before he would answer and then he trusted me with the whole story.He told me of your father's noble generosity, how beautiful and admired you were, how he loathed the thought of marrying yon for money when you were so worthy of all love.\u201d \u201cDid ho say that, Carmen?\u2019 asked Lady Clarice.\u2018Yes, that and more.That night it seemed tome that all my hopes died, for, as be told me bis story, I formed a resolution that I would rather have died than have broken.I swore to myself that 1 would not marry him.\u2019 \u201cYet you loved him?\u2019 said Lady Clarice.\u201cThat was the very reason why I would not him\u2014I loved him better than myself.If I had done that Is did not matter to me that he was poor\u2014I had been poor all my life.Vor his own sake I refused him; I would not drag him down from bis high estate to rain and exile.I should have heen a not a bleming to him had I done that.gave him up,and gave up ail the best part of my liée with hs: ' \u201cI could not have given him up,\u2019 In- terpossd Lady Clarios, \u201cIt he had loved me The noble face grew more radiant.*] loved him better than myself,\u201d said Carmen.\u201cIf he bad married me, his nother would always bave besa happy, and he would have joss Lance dens.1 could we that heart clung to \u201cWith eon great.pute Jancedene,\u2019' continued Carmen: \u2018\u2018you have made him and his mother happy for ali their lives; you have done so much, 1 have done nothing but love him and give up my love for his sake.He was unwilling at first to let me go; bus, when he saw that I was firm, he consented, I remember, as though it were yesterday, seeing him thrust that paper, all crushed and orumpled, into his pocket.We parted that night, Lady Clar- jos, and then he went to you.\" \u201cWhen you had refused him,\u201d she sald, sadly.\u201cYou made him happy, you gave him Lancedene, Lady Clarice.When we parted, he asked me to be friends, and I sald, \u2018No, not until the sorrow of parting was ail over; then, perhaps, in the after years we could be friendu.* ** Lady Clarice raised her fair head.\u2018How was it then that you went to Lady Ryeburn, knowing all this\u2019 she asked, \u2018Because I heard Lady Ryeburn tell Lady Larche that she was very lonely, now that her children had left her: and then the thought came to me that I might devote my life to her.I knew that now there would be neither marriage nor love for me, that my life would be empty; and ! thought it a good and holy mission to devote myself to the mother of the man I had so dearly loved, Do you understand?It was not from any hope of seeing your hushand or seeking his soclety\u2014you know how little 1 bave done of that; but it was that I might still have rome slight acquaintance with him, and that 1 might help the work of his life.Even if I have made a mistake in taking that step, it will always comfort me to remember that I did it for the best.\u201d \u2018He loved you, and he has never loved me,\u2019 said Lady Clarice.\u2018\u2018Carmen, 1 ought to hate you, but I cannot.You have been my rival, yet I love you, because you were so brave and generous to him.How strange that we should both have loved him so well!\" \u2018TJ do not think it strange, Lady Clar- ioe, for I know no one like him.Death would have been far easier for me than giving him up.\u201d She sank upon her knees by Lady Clarice\u2019s side.\u20181 want to say something else to yon, Lady Clarice, and it ia this.Though we | loved each other so well, and have been under this roof so long, we have been as strangers.That loyal heart of his has known no thought, his loyal lips have uttered no word, that could have wronged you.'' A brighter light came into the noble face as she went on, *\u2018I { have made one great sacrifice for him.I shall make another.I shall go away now \u2014not back to Lisbon, but far from here; and, Lady Clarice, you have a soul ro noble and generous, you will not let all the sacrifice rest with me, will yout\" \u201cNo; I will do all I can,\u2019\u2019 she sald.\u201c1 knew you would.Listen to me, dear.Wo, the two who love him, must sacrifice ourselves for him again.1 will go far away; you must stay here.Yours erous enough to undertake it.I will go,\u201d she repeated; \u2018\u2018that shall be my sacrifice.You would nat care to see me here now.Bitter, hard, cold thoughts and doubts would flil your mind whenever you saw me, I will go out amongst strangers, and leave my world behind me.The only gleam of comfort and happiness I have I must sacrifice.\" Lady Clarice did not ask her to stay.\u201cFor vou,\u2019 she resumed after a few minutes.\u2018\u2018there is a still harder task.Lady Clarice, I can show you a life so noble, so grand, so full of self-sacrifice, that it is little short of a martyr's.The woman who leads it should carry a palm- branch in her hand.Have you courage, have you fortitude for iti\u2019 The fair pale face seemed to catch some of the light that shone on the speaker's.\u2018Tell me what lifo it fis,\u2019 said the young wife, \u2018\u2018and I will answer you.\" * To remuin here always to love your husband, to be kind and gentle, never to tell him what you have discovered, to hide the secret in your own heart forever; to be to him all that you were before you knew it, never to upbraid him, to reproach him, but to bury all thought of it; to try by patience and gentleness tu Win him, to trample underfoot all mean, jealous, brooding thoughts; tc live as though you had never heard this story.will be greater than mine.\u201d Lady Clarice looked round restlessly.\u201cI must tell him, Carmen,\u2019\u2019 she said.\u201cI am so unhappy; 1 must tell him.\" *\u201cCould you not bear your unbappiness in silence for his sake?\u2019 asked Carmen.\u201cIt would be hard to bear,\u201d replied Lady Ryeburn.\u201cAnd my loss is hard to bear, dear.Do not let me be more generous than you.You are his wife; yon gave him -Lancedene; surely you can suffer more for him than I can.The pain of staying here, knowing what you know, will be far greater, I am aware, than the pain of going away.You have the harder task, Lady Clarice.\"\u2019 \u201cWhy do you wish no especially that Lord Ryeburn should not know?\u201d she asked.\u201cCan you wonder at it* I know what he has suffered.I understand his sensitive pride.thought you knew his story, while I prophesy for you that you will win his love in time by your beauty and goodness and grace.Can you not make this sacrifice for him?\u201d There was ellence between them for some minutes; then Lady Clarice looked into Carmen's face, \u2018\u201cYes,\u2019\u2019 she said, ''I will doit, I promise you I will keep this secret sacredly.My husband shall never know that I have suspected bim.I will be brave and patient and try to win his love.\u2018* \u201cThen you will be the bravest who ever reigned at Lancedene,\u201d sald Carmen.\u201cThe greatest victory in life is to trample self under foot; and you will do that, Lady Clarice, when you lead this life.\u201d She bent down and kissed the fair sweet face, and the young countess laid her head on the girl's breast.\u201c1 ought to you, Carmen, but you have taught me the value of forbearance.Tell me one thing more before we finish.Did you hate we, your unconscious rival, when you saw me first?\u201d *\u201cNo,\u2018\u2019 replisd Carmen, honestly\u2014'\u2018indeed 1 did not.I thought you very lave.1r, and for a moment thepo waa a fes]- ing almost of envy.Then my heart warmed to you, and I rejolosd in your loveliness.have loved your ever since.\" \u2018I believe it,\u2019 sald Lady Clarioe.Ob, Carmen, how strange a fate that Taoaeh we bave loved him!\" \u2018 ve may never meot a, it will always be a tie between tha nothing can break,\u2019 returned Carmen.CHAPTER XLVIIL gone.There had been a Carmen was long interview between Ledy Rysburn -and her young companion.dowager was much averse to parting with ber, but Carmen wes firm.y Larche Siléa, ton orton bed oe to wo\u201d Xe pre pre If you can do this, your sacrifice | He would be miserable if he \u2018 \u2018 will be the harder task; but vou are gen- \u2018 ona.\u201d \u2018If there was any reason which I could give, dear Lady Ryeburm, you know that I should give is.I have no of my own from you.\u201d \u201cThen the secret is another person'af\u201d questioned Lady Rysburn.\u201c1 did nos say there was any secret,\u201d replied Carmen; \u2018\u2018you assame that there is.I promised lady Larche on leaving her that, if ever she required me, 1 would go back to her.\u2019 And with that Lady Rycburn was forced to be content.She felt sure there was a mystery, bus she could nos solve it.Carmen had always been so devoted to her, so kind, so affectionate, she had always promised such life-long services, that Lady Ryeburn knew there must be something serious to cause her to leave, She never thought of her son or his wife in connection with her going.\u2018Shall you ever return to me, men?\u2019\u2019 she asked; and the answer was a sad, gently spoken, \u2018\u2018No\u2019.\u2019 For Carmen felt that her life henceforth would be all blank.While she had lived where she could seo Lord Ryeburn at times, where she could share as it were his interests and his life, there had been a faint gleam of happiness for her, even though that happiness itself was full of pain, She could never return; she should in all probability never see him again; life held nothing more for her.À few more years filled with duty,and then \u2014a brighter, better world.When she said good-by to Lady Rye- burn, she added :\u2014 \u2018When he returns, will you remember me very kindly to Lord Ryeburn?Will you please say that I left my best wishes for his happiness and welfare?\u2019 \u201cMy son will be very angry when he hears that you are gone, ' sald the dowager.\u201c\u2018I have heard him say more than | gal.to lead a brave hevolo life.She must not So she raised her her lovely eyes to his and said '\u2014 \u201cIt seems to me, Arnim, that there bas been a shadow between us since our marriage.Perhaps neither of us quite knows why.Darling, shall we drive 16 away?Teach me how to make you love me; teach me how to win your heart and affection, how to win your thoughts; teach me to be all that you desire, all that you love best in woman.\" You are that now, Clarice,\u201d he interposed, warmly.\u2018\u2018No man could resist shat lovely pleading face.\u2019\u2019 \u201cThen we must love each other bet.ter,\u201d she said.\u201cI am not quite satisfled, Arnim.We must be kinder to and fonder of each other.\u2018 \u201cWe will try to be,\u2019 he replied.He kissed the fair face.\u20181 am glad that you have spoken so to me, Clarice,'\u201d he sald.| \u201cTo-day, for us, shall be the beginning Car .once that he felt quite happy about me ; while you were with me.\" She knew that gentle kindly Lady Ryeburn thought hardly of her; but what was she to do?She could not explain to her why she was golng.* .+ * Lord Ryeburn waa absent for two or three weeks.Lady Clarice had casually mentioned to him in one of her letters that he would doubtless be surprised to hear that Miss Ercell had left Lance- dene.She eaid nothing more about the matter, nor did he in reply make any allusion to it.He reached home one morning quite unexpectedly, and Lady Clarice was ous driving.He went at once to his mother's room, almost belleving that he would have an opportunity to ask her about Carmen.Ryeburn was delighted to see him.He had nothing but good news about the mines; they would be sure to in the end.\u201cWe shall be millionaires yet, mother,\" he declared.It your father could but have lived to Know it!\u201d she said, with a deep sigh.\u2018\u2018Mother,\u2019\u2019 asked the earl, \u2018\u2018where has your companion, Miss Ercell, gone?\" \u201cShe has returned to Lady Larche, Arnim, much to my annoyance,\u2019 said Lady Ryeburn.\u201cWhy did she leave you?\u201d \u201c1 do not know\u2014I cannot understand.I thought she was most happy with me.She said so often that she would never leave me, that she would devote her life to me: and yet she hus gone,and I know not why.\u201d \u201cDid she give you no reasonf\u2018* \u201cNo, none except that she was returning to Lady Larche,\u2019\u201d\u2019 replied the dowager.\u201cIt seems strange.I was so pleased for her to be with you.I thought her so devoted to you.\u201d \u201cSo she was.I am quite at a loss as to the reason for lier departure, Arnim, I have thought a great deal about it, but can arrive at no conclusion.\u2019 \u201cWas there a disagreement of any kind, mother?Did any one vex Miss Er.cell?Yet, no; she seemed too noble and lofty of character for any one to be able to vex her.But was there any unpless- antness of any kind, do you know?\u2019 \u2018None whatever, Arnim.Every one, from myself down to the lowest servant in the house, seemed to regret her departure.\u201cAnd Lady Clarice,\u2019 he said\u2014\u2018\u2018what did she think of it?\u2018\u2018She said very little, but she seemed rather sorry.Itatruck me that there was a mystery in connection with it which I could not fathom.'\u2019 Then Lord Rysburn remembered that it would not do for him to appear too interested in the matter.\u201cIf you hear anything more of her, or discover the reason why she left you, will you let me know, mother?\u2019 he maid; and with that request the subject dropped.Lord Ryeburn thought it was just possible that amongst the letters awaiting him he might find one from her telling him why she had left: but there was not.He walted in the drive for Lady Clar- joe.She stopped the little ponies when she saw him, and, throwing the reins to the groom, went to meet him.Ho wondered a little why her face flushed so warmly and her eyes drooped before his.He little dreamed that the story of his passionate love, of the illegal marriage, the sorrow and parting, were all known to her.The day was fine and warm, Placing her hand on his arm, Lord asked his wife if she would walk with him through the home park.\u201cI have news for you,'\u2019 he seid.\u201cThe mines will turn out a auoness after all, and ve shill be millionaires,\u201d e next moraent quite unguardedly, she had said: \u2014 4 \u201cAnd all, too late!\u201d She was thinking thas, if this had only come before, he could have married Carmen, and have been pavpy.\u201cToo late for what?\u2019 he asked, in wonder.She retrieved her mistake.*\u2018Too late for ; our father to have en- Joyed his triumph.1 have often heard mine say how sanguine the Earl of Rye- burn was about his mines.\u2019 Then Lord Ryeburn sald quietly: \u2014 \u201cYon have lost Mise Kroell since I left \u2018Yes; she went away, much to Lady Ryeburn\u2019s annoyance,\u2019 replied his wife.And there was no shadow on her face, no break În her voice, to reveal the pain she had suffered.together.burn, looking iate his wife's face, said :\u2014 \u2018You were not pleased with me when I went away, Clarice.Will you ever tell me why?\" \u201cNo,\u201d she replied, \u201cI was cross ani fll-tempered.bave longed to see you in to tell yon how sorry I am for ft.Amoi S008 to 617 to be à noble woman, \u201cAre you not al 2 x =! ways soble, Clarice!\u201d a,\u201d answered; \u201cbut I am to be; and my fret step fe to sek yon Ce forgive me my caprices, and trust me for the future as your trues wife and true friend.\u201c1 will,\" be agewered, touched by hee digo | xt They walked on through the sunlight ' te one whe Lord Rye of a now life.\u201d And it was.He tried his best, and succeeded.He was kind, attentive, and devoted after that day.Even her keen eyes detected no shadow between them: and she followed her self-denying path.There were times when she was tempted to reproach him, to upbraid him, to tell him all she knew; but the memory of Carmen's words prevented it.She learned the great lesson of life\u2014self-control and self-sacrifice.She learned to consider her husband's happiness always before her own; aud he learnsd to love her, not with the passionate devotion he had given to Carmen, but with a warm kindly love that made her content.The two years that followed were filléd for her with happiness, The mines begun to pay at lat, and Lord Ryeburn became one of the wealthiest men in England, while the young countess was worshiped as one of the queens of beauty and fashion.They were two happy bright years, of which he liked to think afterward, and which ended all too soon.CHAPTER XLIX.A lovely June day.The bells were ringing in the church-tower at Lance- dene.The tenants on the estate were almost beside themselves with joy, for the countess of Ryeburn had that morning presented her husband with a son and heir.\u201cA son and heir!\u201d they said to each other.\u2018\u2018How pleased the earl will be!\u2019 They seemed to know by instinct how Lord Ryeburn had longed for a son.It was welcome news.Well might the bells ring and the tenants ealute each other with beaming faces! Within the Hall there was nothing but jubilation.The dowager had arrived some days before; and Dr.Fellowes, the great London surgeon, had been specially engaged to attend, because of his well- known skill.There was also present the clever Lancedene doctor.The littie heir lay sleeping in his superb bassinettu; and a few of the upper female servants had been permitted to come and look at him.They went away saying that he was the finest baby they had ever seen.\u2018\u2018 Mother,\" said the proud young earl, \u201cI shall give baby my father's name.He shall bs called Vance.\u2019 \u2018If he proves as good a son as you.Arnim, as you have been to me, you will be blessed in him.\u201d The sunshine itself did mot seem brighter than the life that lay before the little heir, when suddenly, silently, a great anxiety seized the happy household.Tho amiles had vanished, the hush and the gloom grew greater, for her ladyship had unexpectedly become very fl.Women-servants covered their heads with their aprons, and sobbed in silence.Upstairs a man with a white face and wild eyes prayed to heaven to spare his wife for his child's sake.In the sickroom the two doctors and the dowager were ia close attendance upon the pale lovely lady who was never to see tho dawn of another day.\u201cI want my husband,\u2018\u2019 she whispered.One doctor looked at the other, \u201cJt will excite her and do her harm,\u2019 said the Lancedene practitioner.\u201cIt cannot hurt her much, her hours are numbered,\u201d pronounced the great London surgeon.She glanced imploringly from one to the other.\u201cWhy do you look at me in that strange way?\u2019 she asked.\u2018Am I in danger?Am I! going to die\u201d The gloom on their faces started her.It deepened as sho asked the question; and the dowagor, bending over her, said :=\u2014 \u2018*My darling Clarice, you are not so well.You are very ill.\" \u201cI am going to die,\u2019 she returned.And of the three who stood round her bed not one could contradict her.*\u2018Lut me see my husband,\u201d she pleaded.And Dr.Fellowes sald :\u2014 \u201cCertainly! Let him come.\u2019 As Lord Ryeburn entered the room, she turned her lovely face to him.Her look and her voice thrilled them.She opened her arms to Arnim.\u2018\u2018Arnim,\u2019 sho cried, \u201cJ am going to dle! Come to me, my love.Let me die in your arms,\" She knew that her fate was sealed when she saw his troubled face.\u2018How long have I to live?\u201d she asked in faint tones of the doctors.\u2018'Is my life to be counted by days or by hours?\" \u2018By hours,\u201d replied the London surgeon sadly.\u2018*Then leave me with my husband,\" she said.And they went away, leaving ber in his arms.\u2018Oh, Arnim,'\u2019 she whi \u201cI have loved you so well, and I have to leave you! How strange that 1 must die! 1 am tow young; and my mind is clear, my sight 1s clear; yet, when the sun sete\u2014 Oh, Arnim, hold me fast.Let my head rest upon your breast.\u2019 He drew the fair golden head upon his breast, he saw great d of moisture on the shining hair and white brow.He sobbed aloud in his anguish and pain.\u201cAre you weeping luvs, because I have 0 die?\u2019 she asked.\u2018Then you love me, Arnim?\u201d* \u201cYes, I love you,\u2019 he said.The little white hands clung to him.\u201cYou did not Jove me as first\u2014that is, you did not marry me for love; but you have learned to love me eince.** \u201cI love you, my darling wife!\u201d he cried.And a smile of unutterable happiness came over her face, \u201cI want you to think of me all the rest of your life.Arnim, an the one who moet generous to jou, ae the one Who morificed everything for you.I want you to promise me that you ill not let me be parte in that my vault where Rye.Forme Île A there.Bury me ia the churchyard where the sua W.8.MoLAReN, D.D.S ,L.D.S., Surgeon Dentist Desires te inform the publie, that he has opened an office in Ormstown, on the Front Street, east of the Post-Office, and is prepared to perform all manner of dental operations.All mail communications promptly attended to.I will visit Howick second and | > Tuuros sys ol Prion of will ever love you as I have\u2014no one could.You will sell my litéle son all about me,\u201d she wbispered.\u2018\u2018Tell him how § loved him.Never give him any sad thoughts of me.Tell him that I died with a smile on my face.\u201d She was falling fast; the whispered words grew fainter.\u201cArpim,\u201d she sald, \u2018promise me also that, when you have mourned for me for à time, you will marry Carmen Er- cell\u201d He could not repress a start.\u201cI know all love,\u201d she whispered.\u201cOpen the third drawer there, and destroy what you find.Always remember that I knew all, and was glad to die that you might be happy.\" She tried to raise one hand to his face, but the effort was too much for her.\u201cI have been very happy,\u2019 «be said.\u201cYou will like to know that\u2014you will like to remember it.In all the years to | come, when some one else will be by your side, you will like to remember that I thanked you for my happinces.Do pot ery, Arnim.I! am not sorry to | die.Life has never quite satisfied me.1 ' have heard voices no other seemed to hear; I have bad thoughts I could not put into words.I think,\u201d she added, with a faint sigh, \u2018\u2018I have done as much for you as Carmen has.She gave up her love and her happiness for your sake.1 have given you noedene, and I bave given you a little son.Tell Carmen that my eyes have never lost sight of the palm-branch, that my heart and soul have striven for it, that my feet have stumbled in trying to reach it, my hands have fallen helpless when I tried to clusp it, but that it is mine now\u2014mine for evermore.'\u2019 The golden head fell: the white hands clung to him no longer; the sweet lips were still.At the sound of his most bitter ory the watchers without returned, Lady Clarice was not dasl then; Lut she dled at sunset, with the golden light from the west on her face, and a smile on her lips.Many days elapsed before Lord Rye burn thought of the \u2018\u2018third drawe:' When he unlocked it, there lay befcre him a large envelope.He opened it, ind saw the special license which had given his wife so much pain.CHAPTER L.Three years had passed, and the little motherless heir had grown into à beati fui child.Lord Norwood, who neve: censed to lament for his daughter, grew young again in the presence of his grandson.Little Vance was a picture to ke- hold; he had his mother's face, cyes blue as the sky of heaven, rings of sufi golden hair, sweet laughing red lips, and a dimpled chin.The young lord was already master of his tather's house.Child as he was, Le ruled his grandmother, the nurses, servants, ull.His little will wus law.It was Lord Norwood one day who, after having watched the defeat of four successive servants in their efforts to get the young heir to bed, sald :\u2014 \u201cArnim, you must marry again, for the boy's sake.He will be ruined if you do not.\" Marry again! Lorl Ryeburn started at the words.He had suffered so terribly when his young wife died; and when he had found the marriage-license in the drawer, and discovered that for long months she had known his sscret, ve: had never revealed it to him, had neve; uttered one word of reproach to him, hi heart was almost broken.She had been so patient, so brave, so gentle, he thought of nothing but her.He had mourned for her sincerely, and as yet had never given a moment's consideration to marrying again.Now Lord Norwood\u2019s words brought back to him all that Clarice had sald.And Lord Norwood wus right; if he wished to save his spoiled young heir from ruin, he must find some one who would be a true mother to him in place of the one he had lost.He knew that the loving woman who had sacrificed her happiness and her love for hia welfare was waiting for him; he knew that, be where she might, she would be faithful to him, tender and true.He looked at the old earl, who had aged s0 quickly since his daughter's death.\u201cWould you really like me to marry again?Do you think I ought to do sof\u201d he asked.Lord Norwood was silent for a few minutes; and then ho said: \u201cIt woula he painful to me to see any one in my daughter's place; but for your own in terest, I must ray \u2018Yes.\u2019 \u2019 On hearing those words, Lord Ryeburn made up his mind.He would go to Car men, and once more ask her to be his wife.They had never met since Lady Clarice died; they had pot written to each other, neither had they exchanged any messages; they had been as strangers, Still his faith in her.was as great as though he had parted from her on the day before.He drove to Lady Larche's house, and asked to see Miss Ercell, he was shown {nto the drawing-room; and, after a few minutes, the door opened, and a tall, magnificently beautiful woman entered She went up to him with outstretched hands.Soon the old glamor fell over them both, the fire of the old sweet love woke in their hearts; there was no need for words, \u201cAt last, my love\u2014at last!\u201d he cried, as he clasped her în his arms and pressed her to his breast.\u2018Qh, Oarmen, how we have suffered, you and I! 1 love you the better that C with her last breath, bade me marry you.\" They onnversed for some time, Oar- men told him of her last interview with his {air young wife, and how she had risen to the height of herolsm by bury- fog her anger and tho sense of injustice which had caused ft.They talked more that evening of the dead girl than of themselves or thelr love, The marriage of Lord Ryeburn and Carmen Eroell was very quiet.Neither of thom had forgotten the mockery of the ceremony in Lisbon, and all that had come from it.They went to France for their honeynioon, and then travelled home to Lancedens.The dowager was there to meet them.Her son had told her the story of their unhappy love.She gave to Carmen the warmest and mort loving welcome a bride could have.\u201cI I had known before all that I Arnim, MCCORMICK & CLAXTON Advocates,Commissioners for Ontario Nova Scotia, Manitoba, British Co» lumbia, &c.70, Imperial Bulld- ing, No 107 St James street, Montreal D.McCormick,Q.C.A.G.B.Claxton, B.C.L.Will attend all the Courts in the District of Beauharnois, and will be at Moir's Hotel, Huntingdon, on the last Saturday of every month, barring unforseen cireumstances.Telephone Claims for collection and us Bo ot Buses?3 y Bu 9 Hu (ion nat F.Eiarege.Hal Hunt and kiss your new mamma.'\u2019 tice.attract.dark eyes ao steadily yes kindly turned upon him.\u2018Mamma,\u2019 he mid questioningly, while Carmen, in a passion of tears, knelt by his side, \u201cMy darling,\u2019 she said, \u201cI will love you as your own mother would \u2018have loved you,\u2019 and she kept her word.» * .The pew countess of Rysburn was greatly admired; her Spanish style of beauty took the fashionable world by storm.She soon became one of the most popular and admired women in England.Bhe preferred Lancedene to any other pince of residence; but she never forgot that it had been given to her husband by his first wife Clarice.Carmen would not allow the dowager to go back to Ryeburn Hall.; \u201cYou must live with your son and daughter,\u2019\u2019 she said to her, \u2018\u201cnot alone.\u2018 And not unwillingly she consented, and remained at Lancedene.Beautiful children were born there, little daughters with Carmen's dark eyes and Arnim\u2019a frank face.And the happy dowager wai often heard to say that her happiness excoeded her dreams, while Lady Iva Lascels frankly declared that she loved her brother's second wife as though she had been her own sister.The earl did not forget the mother of his heir.Often, when the lights were streaming from the windows and the house was full of guests, he stole away across the park to the little churohyard, and, kneeling by Lady Clarice\u2019s grave, would kiss the long sweet grass, saying:\u2014 \u2018\u2018She who lies beneath loved me well.\u2019 In the glow of summer, the rain of spring, and the dew of autumn, sweet flowers always bloomed there\u2014sweet, yet no purer than the heart that had loved him so well.One ovening Lord Ryeburn sat with his son upon his knee; the soft waning light fell upon the portrait of Lady Clar- {oce, rendering it so life-likv and real that one oould have fancied she breathed.He was telling the boy of the \u2018\u2018dear mamma\u2019 who had died with a smile on her face while the bells were ringing and the sun was shining.Presently Carmen came in and joined them.She placed one arm around her husband's neck and one round the chid, \u201c1 love this mamma best,\u201d\u2019 cried the boy, \u2018\u2018because she laughs and talks! 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