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 •â- ?«:eS9f;S- « i^ilSl YOUNG POLKS. SOME or ic Y~rbo B footed FBIEHD8. BT M. SAM. HaKtlj all children are fond of peta, and nothing Beems better saited for that than the dog. He, more than any other animal, ia man's friend and companion, and a tmer friend one need never wi«h for. Neither pov- erty nor sicknen will drive him away, nor in many cases will «ven ill nsage.^ Bat as this paper i* merely intended as a little chat with onr yonag readers. I shall not enter into any lengthy descrip- tion of the dog's habits, or disposition, bnt merely tell some strictly true anecdotes of some of the foarfooted friends of my own youthful days. One of my earliest favorites was a lovely black and white spaniel, with those deep brown affectionate eyes which are only to be leood in dogs. How well I remember his first appearance moog us, a little roly-poly dog biby, to be flVrs, our very own, to be hugged and kiss- ed, and petted, and played with. How he «7Br survived it all seems to me now a mystery, bat he did, and liked it too, for baby, who did her best to tear him limb from limb, or knead him like dough, was his special favorite, and so soon as he was able he would jump on to her bed and nestle down close to her whenever she would be aslef p and, little wee doggie as he was, would growl if any one came near her, whom he did not recognize. Time went on, and our little puppy grew np into full doghood, and I am sorry to say had many faults. I think we children were very much to blame for that, for whenever he got into trouble some one or other al- ways came to the rescue, and Sam never "got hia deserts." One great fault was his strong love of destruction, chiefly of flowers and bonnets, neither of which was lafe unless quite out of his reach. I shall never forget one day, hearing him whine so mournfully, that I hastened to where he was, half afraid he was in pain â€" but no, Master Sam was only making frantic efforts to reach the char- woman's bonnet, whicb was fortunately hanging on a peg beyond hia reach. Many a one had he denroyed before, and we could not make him understand that it was wrong. I think the fault was our own, for when we first had him we used to tie an old bonnet or hood on him and play visiting. He was a sad thief too, and at lenghh had to be banished. A good home was found for him with a farmer, and S%rn became a respectable dog, because there was nothing left lyinp about for him to BteaL CHLOE. Chloe, or CIo, was our next she was a perfect little beauty â€" black-and-tan â€" and 80 good that no amount of petting could spoil her. She waa a very iatellii;ent animal and obedient in all but one thing â€" sleep out of the nursery she would not â€" there was no aae trying, but once let her in, and she be- came a brave litt e watch-dog. No stranger would dare venture in there unless accom- panied by some meuibtsr of the family. One strange habit was to watch for eggs, and so soon as one was laid, carry it in his mouth to wherever my mother might be, .when she would lay it at her' feet, and frisk around to sow his joy. We dearly loved to see this and encouraged it, till we found that Clo began to be very impatient with ihe hens, even driving them off the nesta, in ifae hope of obtaining eggs. I need hardly say that her almost comical look of disappoint- ment wa»the best part of the fun to us yonng- â- ters. One old hen paid no attention to her, and whenever duty called her to the neat, Clo was very excited. She wouhl watch her most intently, making every now and then frantic little dashes, and giving that peculiar wow- wow, â€" at the same time wiggling all over, â€" that dogs do when pleasurab'y excited. This would go on till Biddy had " fulfilled her mission,' and then began the real fun. Clo would bark joyously and make for the nest â€" Biddy ruffle up her feathers, cackle indig- nantly and make vicious little dabs at her. Then Clo would lie down pretending to be fast asleep, but all the time with one eye open, and so soon as Biddy would turn her back, a swift little movement wou'd bring Clo nearer the nest, till after two or three of these movements the egg would be secured, and run off with generally followed by the seemingly irate Biddy. S veets of all kinds were her delight, and she always came in for her share, poking her black shiny nose into the very pockets of those who were in the habit of carrying thooe delicacies. Poor Glo she was run over one day and killed â€" and many and bitter were the tears abed for her. CVTE. Cute was a grand old dog, known to every schoolboy, yet owned by none, and having as many names as days in the week. Schools and school children were hia special delight, and ic wm nothing unuaual to see Cate, waiting first at one and then another school ri'or, till his friends would be released. F«P. rop was a dear little terrier, the perteat, outeat, funniest little morsel that ever ran about on foar le^s. Left motherleaa at the age of two weeka, it was a case of drown, or bring up by hand, and we were allowed to try the latter, and succeeded. He waa a very great trouble at firat, bnt we loved every hair of hia ugly little black ocat, and did not mind having to get up in the night to warm milk over the lamp, ao aa to atop hia hungry criea. But aa time went on, he alept through the night without having " rafreahmeata," began to toddle about in an uncertain aort of way, took to teuins up evrry thing he could lay hold of, and in fact tehave pretty much aa other pupplca have done. That he waa ugly even we bad to aee, but no matter, he waa " a dog," and that waa qaita enough for our oanine loving faaily. bat atmnas to aay, after a whU« the VLffy black coat oagan to. tani to a dl- very grey, the great bloBdering lk«ad down evwi from the top atory to bring up the lettera or papera, mOdns a amrate JQumey for each article. He would nxa with joyooB barks aiid qneer dontortiona of body to welcome eadi retarning member 4n the famfly, preceding them up the ataite and atopping every now and then to '""'• one littie paw, which he did most gracefully. Fop dearly loved biaoaita, and would beg very prettUy for them, pattering round in a peonliar way that he only did then, and if yon pretended to nusunderstand him, taking hold of your dreaa and drawing yon towarda the place where they were kept. He would ahow unmistakably whether he were hungry or thirsty. If the former, he would jump on your knee and gnaw at your hand as though It were a bone, yet never hurting you if thirsty, he would lick your hand and sigh moat dolefully. Dear little Fop 1 his winsome ways are over long ago, and he rests beneath the apple tree in onr old homestead garden. I could tell you many more atoriea of houaehold pets, and if permitted will often do ao, fori still remember the pleasure a true atory gave me in my young daya, and I would like, if poasible, to give an equal ei- joyment to the young people who may be readers of Truth. A MblBTEB OF THE DBEF. The Growtli of London. When the population of England in 1831 was 9,000.000 that of London was 958,863. The capital and the kingdom have grown ftiater so that while England (includiag London) mounted from nearly 9,UC0 OOO in 1801 to nearly 26,000.000 in I88I London grew from 958,863 to 3.816,483 in 1881. London more than quadrupled its people, while England (including London) did not quite triple it England (excluding London) advanced in a still smaller proportion and it will be seen that England.exQluding all ita big towns, ezhibita a atill feebler ad- vance. Bnt note thia point about London, ita limita increase. If we had a aeriea of map] ahaded ao as to ahow the population we shonld see the black central spot of Lon- don getting bigger and bigger â€" the wen which Cobbett detested and denounced growing more and more portentous in siz3 â€" but though the black spot grew big- ger, yet ita centre grew lighter and lighter and by the centre is not ment that strictly limitM area called the city, bnt something more like what L-ndon was when the century began. Take in fact t^« area occupied by the mass of those 958,863 who constituted the population of London in 1801, and fewer persons wi 1 be found living upon it while around it lies a widening ring, groiving blacker as the centre whitens. While, however, London has grown- so enormously in population and in so great a proportion compared with the rest of the kingdom, its rate of increiae has not been at all commensurate with that of many pro- vincial to ^ras, nor has it been equil to that ol the towns of England as a whole. Speak- ing of these towns as the whole, it seems a fair estimate to say that of the 9,000,000 living in England and Waea in 1801 3.000, 000 lived in towna. This errs, if at all in nuaking the town population too large a proportion of the whole. Of the 26,000,000 of 1881 nearly 15,500,000 lived in towns or if we follow the B^giiter-General in ranking as towns' men all who live in urbanaanitarydiatricta- more than 17.500,000 were townamen. The inhabitanta of towna have Increased at leaat fivefold the inhabitanta of the country at the most by 75 per cent. The town population was one-third of the whole the Register General'a' calcul- ation would make it two thirda. Diverging for a moment from the proper order of inquiry, it may be remarked that thia phenomenon of the relative incraaae of the town population ia not confined to England. It may not have reached the aame pro- portion of the whole in any other country, but it has grown at an even greater rate slaewhere. Two ex»mplea may anffice. In Norway the town popalation waa 9 per cent, in 181)1 this had grown to 18.1 per cent, in 1875, and it is now 22 percent. In the United States the proportion waa only 3.9 per cent, waa 22.5 per cent. of the whole in 1800 in 1881. it â- t Patted UM CMla Beef ef the ksrUm wttk erne ef Ua Wtm». "We made a verj nanow epoape from being mn into by »»• monaterof •omeklna, aaidthe mate of the Britiah bark Barbarian the other day. He waa on bo«d^hiJ veaael, lying at Philadelphia, where abe la dlK)harg ingacaigo of augar from Batavia, Java. Hardly had the reporter got on board than he waa taken in hand b^ all of the crew, each deairona of telling hia atory of the en- counter with the "lerrible thing," aa they expressed it Many of the crew were Japaneae adlors of minute proportiona. They were unable to apeak English, but made motions with the banda to ezpreaa that it waa a long and terrible object, and aomething which ft would be healthy to keep away from. The mate of the veaael, wly haa been a coaating pilot on Jamea Gordon Bennett's yacht Namouna while in Javanean waters, aa well aa a man of integrity, aaid: " On May 22 while in lat 8° 18 north, and long. 25° west, joat a few milea north of the equator, in a dead calm. I suddenly aaw_ an immenaefliig-looking object bump ujp against the vessel. It gave the boat an immense shock, which almoat knocked me up off my feet, and caused the man at the wheel to get on the lower deck as fast aa poaaible, in doingwbichhefellandacrapednimelf. Ifirat thought it waa an immenae whale, aa I have often aeen them in theaewatera bnt thefina came up to and hung over the veaael, flapp- ing against tiie cabin roof with terrific force. It completely covered npthedeck companion way entrance to the cabin. In a abort time a heavy awell caused the monater to cer- balance and drop into the water with a terrific aplaah, which canaed all handa to mah to the veaael'a aide and watch the mona- ter gradually diaappear in the darkness." The Jap aailora would nod aasent to what the mate aaid and drew on'paper what they thought the thing resembled. Their drawing waa aometliing after the atyleof the Japaneae dragon often aeen on Japaneae ware. " No more America for ua," waa thefar cry. The crew were the most mixed that it was possible to find. There were on board Germans, Norwegiana, Greeka, Frenchmen, Irish, Scotch, Welch, Japaneae, and a Jeraeyman, the aecond mate, with a home in Camdan. (ASSESSMENT SYSTEM). Bedewed Â¥ith Heat. " Maw, how I perspire " "Dear me, Clara, don't let me hear you use that vulgar expression again while in Siiratoga." •• Do you want me to say • sweat ' " " No. you wretched vulgarian yon must say you are ' bedewed with heat.' The first thing you know people will say we haven't any style about us." She Wanted Him to See the Fan. About ten o'clock one morning two men met and begar. threateninfi' and oalling each other names. Oae finally called the other a liar, and the two were about to grapple when a woman opened the door and said " Gentlemen, are yon about to fight ' " We are " they answered togathrr. I' Then have the kindness to wut a mo- ment," she continued " my husband has been ill for weeks, and ia now just able to ait up. He ia very down-hearted thia morn- ing, and if you'll only wait till I can draw him up to the window I know he'll feel very grateful to both of yon." She diaappeared into the houae, and after one look irto each other'a facea the men amiled, shook hands and departed together. A number of dead Chinaman were shipped back to Canton the other day from Chicago. EMh body was placed In a tin bozi on which waa inacrlbed aa apprfi^riato epitaph. One of theae motioea read aa foUowa "The bleeaed faoaea of Lg Chnn. May they reat in peace. They are the bonea of an honeat man. He waahed ahirta, ani waahed them well, and waa alao a ^oiod iroaer. Hia re- ward iaanre. Collect oaah. 113 80." 1 here ia a atory aboat the Qoeen «f Ens land having amoggled to Loadoa oe|rmn State papera, with a view flf pobU^wg them wbea it ia tkenght AtJ» expoae the evil madiinatieBa cf BrJBoe^lHaniaick nnd the latrigaes that were fratB^ « amnitad Ae 4«*th bed of Ae B«fiirar ^l^iriok. Tke tale haa been made a gxmt deal of on ^e atonped powing ud allowed tiiew^ body J Jh^^mtat'oS^MUr JSTiu hI to ftft on^ airf take up P«T« *«• •' direct to Um tale. It ie «• ^faM pr^ ' A "^f^?'•J^^!S*SS!5?•LuP: "dapeaka wl»fca«»kori». »»Qn4^6f •^ '"^t^Zli' tiweled f ritte~d)at EnglSddld aot take fhe pipili awayTfte red and floated in tin aammer oreeae. iwSf Hn m* n^t ^*^^^^.f-' in abort, oar "nglydnckBag" became ^T^khnkT^^^ He had many fanny littie wave. Hew«mld kaowtiie click of %b» littie box aad nm far aa we have twtioa to date. L faOed to* aaka aay oor- FOB WOMSI. Miaa GeBera Armstrong, the daoghter of a farmer in weatem New York, haa invented a praotioal device for feeding cattle on mov- imr trainf Qneen Victoria ia declared to be highly pleaaed with her experiment of oalBg an Indian aervant, and naa aent to India for aome more to come and wait in the royal houaehold. Mra. Bogera, the "Texas Cattle Qaeen," ia at Atlantic City. She ridea a horae, we are told, " any way and every way," and b off like the wind while the beat of her cow- boys are getting into their aaddlea. At a recent ball at the houae of Mra. Mulholland, in London, the mantiepiecea were covered witii banka of rare orchida, pjrramida of flowera were placed in every available comer, and baaketa of flowera were hung from the ceilinga, while the ataircaae a trelliawork of flowera. Large Life Insurance Claim. FiiTEEK Thousand Dollabs Paid bt the MUTtTAL ReSEBVE FUXD LtFK ASSOCIATION â€" Letteb of Thanks and Endorsement OF THE Association sr Wilmot D. Mat- thews, Esq., President of the Toronto Board of Trade, etc £Ta The large number ot membera of the Mu- tual Reserve Fond Life Association resident in Canada will read with aatiafaotion the following letter from Wilmot D. Matthews, Esq., in referring to the prompt payment of the large amount of life inaoranoe held by hialato father, W. D. Matthews, E^q. â€" There ia probdily no name ia Canada more widely known than that of Mr. Matthewa â€" and occupying aa he doea ao many impor- tant positions of trust, such aa Preaident of the Toronto Board of Trade, Director of the Dominion Bank, and alao of the Canadian Pacific Railwayâ€" hia letter to the Canadian Managers of the Mutual Beaerve carriea with it more than ordinary weight. The Mntaal Reaerve a few yeara aince atarted out with the determinatbn of demon- atrating to the world that Life Inanranoe could M afforded with perfect aecarity for leaa than half the coat charged by old-line or higliaato compaaiea. w hile meeting, with the moat unacmpulona oppoaition it haa pluckily puahed forward, overcoming alt obataclea placed in ita way, and to-day ia pronounced a marvel of anoceas, ito ayatem and financial poaition being endoraed by the beat actnariea on thia continent. It haa paid for death claima over five milliona of dollars, and at the aame time accumulated nearly two milliona of dollara in ito Beaerye Fond. Mr. Matthews' insurance iaanillnatration of the email coat under the Mntnal R-aerve'a System as compared with other companies. The sum total of payment by him on $15,- 000 insurance has only been $1 665. The same amount under the old-line ayatem would have cost' him $4,657. It will be seen, therefore, that the actual saving in cost amonnto to nearly ({3.000) three thousand dollara. W. D.Matthews Co., Commission Merchants, Pacific Baildings, 26 Front at. east. Toronto, June 16, 1888. Measra. Wells McMurtry. General Man- agers Mutual Reserve Fund Life Asso- ciation, Toronto Dear Sirs.â€" In behalf of my mother I beg to express her thanks to the Mutual Reterve Fund Life Association for receipt of cheque ($15,000) fifteen thousand dollars in full aettiement of the claim under polioiea of life Inanranoe held by m^ late father, W. D. Matthewa. A'thongh the claim doea not mature for aeveral weeks, the aame haa been promptly pail without the ajighteat trouble. My father alwaya held tha Mntaal Re- aerve in the higheat eatimation, and from hia intimate acquaintance with Preaident Harper and the chief execntiw offioera of the Aaaociation, never hesitoted to recom- mend It to all Vho applied to Urn for infor- mation. I, aa well aa other members of our family, hold large policies in the Asso- ciation aad believe it to be oae of the beat managed inatitationa represented in thia country. The amall cost of iasaraaoe, to- gether with the precaution takea to protect the tmst funds of tiie Asaooiatioa, ia the appoiatmaat A a separate oorporatioa as trnstee for the policy-holden, aad the sim- plldty aad saooesa of ita ayatem, caaaot fail to make the Aaaodatiao deaenredly poimlar with the iaaoringf ablic. Tons traly, WiLHOT D. Matihsws. The Mutual Resenre Faad Life Asaooia- tioB, to which the abovs Isttsr.ot Mr If attbews refers, is the largest aad strtnur- «*y«' ' â- ; " â-  "" «»* UaooiatioB iaUk world. It baa iasaod mm ssveaty-fly* thons- aad polioies of £}{• lasorawss^ It hMa Cash B sse r ve Foad of aaarty Two lin ^^f M of Dollara, sad Fall QovetaaMat Senoaltat «ktawa. ' Address. We k ft UavSuSf^^JT'^^' Miaa A. L. Wilaon, creneral manager of The San Francisco Breeder and Sportsman, ia one of the beat informed persona in Amer- ica on the pedigreea and hiatory of trotting horaea. She is also an able writer on turf mattois generally. The sex seem to be mak- ing " good time ' in all directiona. The reign of that treacheroua excreacence, the bnatle, ia fast approaching its termina- tion. Mrs. (Jleveluid, it is aaid, has dis- carded it, and faahionable American belles are following her example. Once more the eye of the artiat will be delighted with graceful and natural lines in the contour of women. In Paria wide tiea of crape or foulard or china silk, in white or pale tinte, have quite superseded ribbon for tying inside the col- lar. They are a yard and a quarter long and acalloped all around, or elae have frills of rather wide lace acroaa the enda, and are tied into rather flambnoyant bowa a little to tiie left of the chin. Two clever Buffalo girla have aeized the opportanity long awaiting women, that of carrying on a drug ator?. They have bought out one of the oldeat of our Mun atreet drug stores and have token possession. Both are qualified by long and highly responsible business training to make a ancceaa of the enterprise, and they have token the course ia pharmacy at the Medical college. E»ch reaigna a fine business thus to go np higher. The aeamatressea and women dreaamakera of London, England, are organizing a trades union under the active patronage of Lady Dilke, who haa distinguished herself by ad- voc \ting many moveniento having for their object the alleviation of the lot of the toil- ing maasea. If there waa ever a claaa of the community in England which deserved some amelioration of their condition, it ia that compoaed of the women who ply the needle for a living. Although circumstances have changed aince Hood wrote his " Song of the Shirt," seamstresaea and dressmakers still suffer from miserable pay and long honra of toiL An intereating feature Of the United Stotes Preaideatial contest ia the part being played by tlte women. Of conrae, everybody knows that the W. C. T. U. and kladred organiza- tions form almoat the backbone, at any rate some of the moat powerful tinewa, of the Prohibation element of the campaign, but the other partiea are not without friends of the gentier sex who oonatitate a formidable factor in the ooateat. In Milwaukee the Dsmooratic womea have organized a clnb, the object of which ia modeatiy aet forth aa "a more thorough nhderatanding of the great political queationa of the day regarding the ta«ff,|Protection aad good goverament, with the beat waya and meana to be employ- ed ot contlnning the lattor." Thia club, which haa been atarted by women of atand- ii^ and refinement, ia likely to be at once duplicated en the Republican aide, and there a uttie doubt the movement will apiead. Where Hone^ Is Made. The actoal coat of each Bank of England note iasued is about 5 cents. An ordinary day's issue of notea, with a correaponding number canceled, ia from 20,000 to 30,000. As an offMt to this expense, the yearly gain to the bank in notea deatroyed by fire and water amounta to a large aum, which how ever, ia taken into account by the Government when adjuating ite national debt and ex- chc quer arrangement with the bank. The " Old Lady of Threadneedle Street," as the Londoner lovingly calls the instititution which, next to his Qaeen, he most deeply reveres, is very liberal when dealing with cases of notes destroyed or mutilated. The secretary's office attends to those matters, and there may be seen daily remnants of notes which have undergone every conceiv- able ordeal short of aMolnte deatruction. Littie pulpy mastes wh:ol have paaaed through the digeative apparatus of dogs and children, ha*f-Durned pieces that have un- wittingly done du^ aa cigar lighters, rem- nants of every kind of which enough is left to indicate in the faintest degrees the orginal worth â€" all receive fnll consideration, and the ojraers lose nothing. Even total de- struction, when folly proved, is no bar to indemnification, when good aecurity againat poaaible mbtake ia given. Women as HomesteadeiT. It u verv commoa to find a lone and un- protected female " holding down a claim," aa the Weatom phraae mta. The women of the E*at woald look aghaat at the pro- spect of living alone ia a sod hoaae for six moatha, milea from the aeareat aeighbor. Yet cxperieaoe provea that the "unpro- tected" ia mnch aafer oat on the lonely prairie than abb wonld be ia New York City. I aeyer heard or read of a womaa oa a homeatead recdvi^g aa insult at the handa of aliTbodv; Ter tMTlfRVIdMy w» always armed, aad kaow how to haadle a pistol, bat they racely haye laere deadly hm for it thaa til* kilHaig ft a jaeirnbbit or a pndri«dog. Some wonep ooanlaiB more of loadiBeas tkaa. ol laar. Fev iriiatover charms solitade may have for the saoo, it oertaia^ Jifts none Tor the fair. sax, aot eyea for ovr kardy Westun rMumeat- atfyee of It. Hste Is om of their fmnni oos dwrloM^Two of tiiepn;lposto oa «B adjoiaiip «*_e«Mrt«BK*^ aad twDd^ their htwm oa tiEi^^lfidibc M sa tlat irhlle Mdir booas'li mi iti ooeottMit's el4tt« tiie two strnotatea are pmmSOs ««m, a(E»rdiag fr^aont i i f i Hâ€" iil as fawihe laScs to odl •\ ^A^^M 5500Eewwd. For many years the m»Ji. Sage'a Catirh Remedv^^S**«. *Xi faiti.,,a Standing «,»? chronic nrsal catarrh wM^u 'w*!*!!^ cure. No matter how St S S^ become, or of how Znyy^ Wj yields, in due time, to tbeKi,*«jSin^ ona remedy is sold by druBrS^'" C Commending a right i« t^v *«« for doiug it, and with tSs^eS "'*«'« satisfy ourselvea, " **- s»retoo SrsPTo«-MoSS'Sr«'»»- mo3t at nljtht wone â-  mortat iiljtht:woiM byK„i;si'^»««lM. oontinae tumor, form. wli»^?: « «%, ate. beoomingr very sore. SwaM" "SX^ the Itchlnif and bleedlnir. h..i?^' ^^Won-S?; many owes removM the timoX^f***/.,^ oaoious in ourinjr »U Skin S^«L " ««illJ Jf a SON, Proprietor., pffiuf" ?Mw^^ Mwrr can be obUined ot drwrii o*'*«tt oSJ 60 cent.. "**"»• SttJi,,;** Mra Lenox HiU, Jr. (eet««- leave town]-" Lenox '««' t, these silver spoot! b' (^"thHV^ in?" Do you thbkWw^tfc would be- a good place?" °**'"*i WORK FOB SAliK or Mekt ^l AGENTS WANTED EK^ ho d 8pecialUe». Aiireag Xarbox BRo.:g g* IFEKUg, 8: Cliarck St., ttnui AGENTS WANTED lor tie lamm $1. Kddieea C W. DENNIS, 6 iâ„¢^ Toronto. "â-  nn 1 1 N 1 1 S°±'*y- Correspondence nIUm SttcMtahed 1860. 72 Klne a*. E.. Toront? GANGER TUMORS, ULCERS, kCROFllt etc., curtd permanently iriUiMt |the knife. Apply to ijR. W. L SMITH. 124 Queen St. E.. Toronto. SELF-THREADING NEEDLES.T^. Out Inftaatly threaded unCAout panidg thnid through the ere. Agents coin money aeliint then. Sample'packefby mail 15c., dozen packets)! 00. Wliltan Waanfactnring Co., Toreau, ait. B LEATHER BEL'ilNG. EST VALUE IN THE DOMINION. F. E. DIXON CO., Maken, 70 K'mg Street East, Toronto. I^Scnd lor Price JAite and Discounti. THE CANADIAN MUTUAL AID ASSOCIATIM LIFE INSVR4NCE AT COST (ASSSSBMini ST31Klt)i CHEAP. RELIABLE, POPULAR I.4KCB BESBBTE FDND Addtesi HEAD OFf ICE, 10 King Street E.,Ioionte. I ANY FARMER WHO DRAGS niS WIFKonttt the b )m to hold bags must be too mean to bs; the ' Dandv " Patent Bag Holder, which will lani lifet ime, and coiite only 7.'ic Sold by ai?eat). Tetii- tory B.m open. C. W. ALLEN CO., "World" Buildintr, Toroiilo. BARGAINS IN BICYCLES. 48 AKd 44-lnch Boy*' rnbbes tire Blerdb 1 $95 43-inch PilotWO 60-inoh Pioneer, 835; 5i ui 53 inch bicycles, $25 to S65 54 and 35-ineh bicyfflf, 930 to |5S 58-iaoh Rudge l!?ht roaditer, $75; in Rudjra and Colambia bicycles from $65 apwaidieu be had at, CHAS ROBINSON CO.'S, 22ChnrchStreet| TO TOWN AND ViLUGE NEWSPAPER PUBUSHffi WE have unexceUed faciUties for the SAI£» EXCHANOE of Newspaper offleefc Jem one per cent Sattafaction gaaraiJteed. w W'Jf" now four tfooa esteblishments for sale at a bargau, and one publisher wanting a partner. AnxUtary PebltsWngCoinpsey, 33 and S5 Adelaide St, W., Toronto. OB Safes I FIRE AND BURGLiS PROOF, and V'aalt Dm kept constantly in^sj** A number ol Second-hJnii Safes at low prices J, J. TAYLOR Toronto Safe Worbg^ OF THE BIBLE-BtCba»* F08TSR. Profusely lUuswW -Silei Mirrellous ««" 400,000. SandSl.SOIoraoopf. and go to worlc. "Agent j wanted. Address, A. 0. WATSON, MaraKcr, Toronto Willard Tract DepoBitorT^_Toronto^ Story Tais popular Institution, now m iM 4tt J* is doins a ,«nd work for the '"';» •?»" ° XI men and women in those branches, a mowiw» whiC i. so essential to the in«Uwe»Undâ„¢c=^*^ management of praotioa aflaiH. im ^^^^aa everywhere giving signal proof of "» ^J^ „ t f their training, and beaming grateful ^tmo J^^ the monetary valu. of its..co"" j^ISm Fourth Annual Circular, B'"°?l^" '° ' Wnei|»l- be mailed free. Addr»s M. UicCoMicR.na^^ Cheap ExcnrsioB AUGUST 28TH _F R- LANGBNBURG -PASSINO THROUGH- MORTH- WESTERN »HI^ •.« M. W » » " FareforRoedTiipJ Trmins leave TORONTO at 11 ?••»• 23lih. MB-*-""" T S The pirty wiU be accompani^ " CRaWfORD. of BIBTLB. Man. ^^ TICKETS Issned at »J^^*]JJJ f^ to W to return for 60 '^^jpefi, ovwroir return at WIS* " ' all A^" For Information apply **» " C.P.R/, G.T.R., or .^^n J. 8. ORAWFOgPjU, oi " Lady Au oTKR XXXr.â€" " Except â- ^ Sistbb's Shamb " rVilw Belfidd and her maid *^ vfajle the sun was sull I '*£?- had ita busiest af tern ifliwrard or westward, and P5i!!r«opnl»t»oo ^^^^ roUlog •^jSTatSi. to circulate dreari *^ii^ Constance Belfie SJ,Sene dimly, Uke figures i. Sannting flower beds with t .ioma in notoua bloom, the c- ferns, and second rate 1 ESitful victorias, the country â- 'uSabby Uveries, all the gent Twest End London, when ran ' Ta wealth have fled, iihe â- *• «th*1p«k in one of the u^hama from the station, Tmaa. in » *8*"'y °* P®" Pl**' -Jiiticipation, conjuring up l5i.nrror as she went, fshe c I'iiKben she alighted at i'fV. leavine Skuderson in t fcatedhlr.eif inthelifc d IS the porter take her up to th I The maid who opened the da Ltter mystification, expecting t. ISJthan Lady Belfield, and ha, l«BSciousne8s of the military ho Itfart actually on the premises. I Mis your master here â€" an Imped L*dy Belfield, passing tl IneSy, wd Soing atraight to hei I "No, my lady, master hasn'i IfromYork. He went at the 1 |theweek,andh6waMi'ttobe I day. or perhaps Monday. I Not back from York, and t Iwafrom South Kensington. La Ibrun began to swim. York ' I h»ve been an accident at Yorl loD the railway: on the race I Bight have been riding in a i iHwnotionof Y'^ork Summer J I TO) vague she could hardly d ItionsbetwiBen the Knavesmirei Ipark. Her vivid fancy conji I the vision of a broken fence, a |iDd rider lying in one heap ol I nia nnder the summer sun. I "Do you know if anytbin linoDg with your master?" I ' Have you heard of anything leeiag the girl's ignorance in tt tooiahment depicted in her f ac loddenly. " Is Mn. Biddeley at home " Yes, my lady. She cam I Tuesday, and is to be at home t of next week, ong paraovg, the I Lady Belfield waited for no I entued the landing and soucdc bell at Mrs. Baddeley's doo tdaiitted her immediately, made to understand that he fa on the condition of never kee; over two seconds at the doo lead aa many novels as he like I be aa lazy as he liked, but tl patience wliich middle-aged bntlers inflict upon visitors w I inflicted by him. He flung op ing-room door with an air, aL "Lady Belfield." Mrs. Braddeley was en deshi in some loose garment of w) and peacock plush, half a la a la Greque, looking very h very indolent, with a three lying on the sofa â€" all three v as if she had been dipping he in the story of interesting bite chocolate pot on the i pindle-l her side, and Tory repoinp i tliesofa. She started up to receive nithont knocking over the tal ing the dog, who opened hii and blinked at the visitor in e ence. All her movements and sinuous, and she circulate archipelago of dainty tables 1 "Dearest Lady Belfield, wh she exclaimed. " Is Helen w " No, she is not with me, where riie is, poor, wretched, Bnt I want to know about telegraphed for his wife. He " Be is not much given to v his wife when he is well, I I«o, '*bnt what do you mei about my sister aa a lost c Belfield. Are yon out of vou "lahaUbe if I don't find ^od's sake tell me the truth ia. Where is Valentineâ€" w Why did he telegraph for notnlng?" .^" I know niDthing about yc Bdlidd. He has Uved at hi â- Bee Hdeu went to you. I awhlm in this hoaae. He is w to some race meetint(. Tl J* iMk, two or three weeks • at DoBoaater. I have 1 ^nmble myaeU about his mo "He telegraphed this moi 9Mt MVanâ€" from South Kern "Then I suppose he is in ••â€"and alive, or he could gyhed. And. now. Lady 1 y» t my riater, if you pU '^* "" you talk of her as i â€" â€".J she done ' ' 8h« haa left my houec "^J»d hear linshand." j^Bow dare you say tl ^J^a aora Baddeley had pi 2?" *• â-¼iwtor and th« |gJ5 M « to keep Lady B fj^i w«e it necaaaary. .;?â- â- â- ' to her tallest height, l^^py «pot of crimson fff*fc tbe centre of each gg.'l^. hwr lipa quivering, l^gP^ lig^ look, as if jtl^taBUBg into atone. %^«» hf gone ofif, th( rWfewt art, what h iSagl She fled t( â€"- ' ox temptation. pltwoBUBtry, ahe hid '"^td aha um gone off Jl^.ill.aMaittâ€" the PMtti»Mng from ti •4*«Mlrail Oh mafatpharflad •r «r mge. SI