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" May I ask,” she suppose I will marry ‘I” He looked rather frig to perceive he had m ‘though he could not te all young girls llked sweethearts and math valiantly to the front. “ I mean that: you sweetheart some day. She flashed one look of scorn from those dark, lustrous eyes that should have annihilated him. She stopped before him. and Llrrew back her head with the gesture of an injured queen. “ May I ask," she said, “ Whom you suppose I will marry ‘3" He looked rather frightened, int he began Some fear for the future of the beautiful, rent-less, passionate girl came over the man. who watched her with anxious eyes. It, began to dawn upon him, that if he were to to shut a bright-eyed eagle up in a cage, it would never be happy, and it was very much the same kind of thmg to shut this lovely, gifted girl in a. quiet farmhouse, , ___-_ a-.. ._ _. .. _.-- ._...,.,..v...,.., . “ Yo: will be man-led Soon, he Said, with a. clumsy attempt at comfort, “and thgn ygu will be more content." “Mv Indy lean. you can find plenty to do," he answered, solemnly. “But not of the kind I want.” She paced up and down the large kitchen, where everything was polished and bright; the fire-light glowed on the splendid face and figureâ€"the face with its unutterable beauty, its restless longing, its troubled desires. “Be content,” he Would answer, “be con- tent, my lady lass, with the home God has giygn you." “I 'want something to do. IfIdid all the work on this and twenty other farms it would not touch my heart and soul. They are quite empty. People any it, is a battlefield. If it be one, I am sxcting by with folded hands. Inactivity means death to me." “Uncle.” she would say, “let me go out into the world. I want to see in. I want something to do. I often think 1 must have two lives and two souls, I long so in- tensely for more than I have to fill them.” He would suggest to her meekly that, things might; be different. She would re- taliate with some sarcasm that would re- duce him to silence for two days at least. 'Yet aha loved, after a fashion of her own, this great. sohd man who admired her with all his beak-L, and loved her with his whole sou]. 80 time passed until she was seventeen, and the quiet farm life was unendurable to her. He Bould not understand her.” Sig-Had the 'f‘arm and thgdairy.’ r One can imagine the sensation that a bright. beautiful eegle would produce in a. dove’s nest ; the presence of that beautiful, imperious child at the farm was very much the some. People looked at her in wonder; her beauty dazzled them ; her defiance amused them. They asked each other where all her pride came from. Uncle Robert often said in his slow fash- ion that he retired from business when Leone was seven. At that early age he gave the management of everything into her baby hands. From the chickens in the yard to the blue and white pigeons on the roof. She could manage him, big as he was, with one stamp of her little foot, one flash oi her bright eyes ; he was powerless at once, like a. great big giant bound hand and foot. She was in strange child, full [of some wonderful power that she hardly understood herselfâ€"o child quite out of the common groove of life, quite above the people who surrounded her. They understood her beauty, her defiance, her pride, but not the dramatic instinct .and power that innate in her, made every word and action seem strange. When she was sixtee; her uncle took her from school, and then the perplexilies of his honest life began. He wanted her to take her place as mistress of the house. to euperinteud the farm and the dairy, to take affectionate interest in the poultry and birds. to see that the butter was of a deep yellow, and the new laid eggs sent to market. From the moment he intrusted those matters in her hands, his life became a burden to him, for they were entirely neglected. Farmer Noel would go into his dairy and find everything wrong, the cream spilled, the butter spoiled: but. when he looked at the dark-eyed young princess with the Spanish face he dared not say a word to her. Honest, stoh‘d Robert Noel was bewilder- ed by her; he did his best, in every way, but he had an uneasy consciousness that .his best was but a. poor attempt. He sent .her to school. the best in Rashleigh, but she learned anything and everything except obedience. She looked out of place even there, this dark-eyed Spanish girl, among the pretty pink and white children with fair hair and :blue eyes. She bewildered even the chil' dren; they obeyed her, And she had the greatest influence over them. She taught .them recitations and plays, she fired their imaginations by wonderful stories; she was s new. brilliant, wonderful element in ‘their lives. Even the school mistress, meek through the long suffering of years, even she worshipped and feared herâ€"the brilliant, tiresome girl. who was like 3 flash of light among the others. She had a face so grand and a voice so thrilling it was no unusual thing when she was read- i=ng aloud in the school-room for the others to suspend all work, thrilled to the heart by the sound of her voice. She soon learn- ‘ed all that the Rashleigh governess could teach herâ€"she taught herselfeven more. She hsd‘little taste tor drawing, much for music. but her whole heart and soul were in books. ’ Young as she was, it was grand to hear her trifling out; the pretty love speeches of Juliec,declaring the wrong of Constance or Katherine, moaning out the woes of Desde- mona. She had Shakespeare almost by heart,and sheloved the grand old dramatist. “WHAT, MARRYA FARMER .'" ran imagine the sensation thata. LOVE REASONS NOT. he had Invade some mistake, ould not) tell what; he thought girls hked to be teased about t and; marriage; still he came CHAHTER II Wil Jy have a aid, She liked refined acce listened ale voice might " I have lost myself in the Leigh woods” he said. “ I have been ihere many hours. I had no idea. what Leigh woods were like, or I should not have gone for the first time alone." . “ They are very large and lntticate,”she said; “ I can never find the right paths.” ” Some one told me I should see the finest oak-trees in England there,” he said, “and I have a passion for grand old oaks, 1 would go anywhere to see them. I Went to the woods and had very soon involved myself in the greatest difficulties. I should never have found the way out had I not me: one of the keepers.” A She looked at him-with a quick, warm glow of sympathy. “ What, has tired you?" she asked. He sat down on one of the great gray stones that lay half in the water, half on nbeland. "I am inclined," he said, “to lie down here by this pretty stream, and sleep all night qudpr inhe spars; I am so tired." He was young and loved all things beau~ tiful, and therefore did nor. go away. His mind was filled with wonder. W'ho was sheâ€"this girl, so like a. young Spanish princess? Why was she sitting here by the mill-scream? He must know, and to know he must; ask. The moonlight fell on her exquisite south- ern face; it seemed to find its home in the lustrous depths of her dark eyes; in kissed the dark ripples of her hair, worn with the simple grace of a Greek goddess; it lay on the white hands that played with the tuft- edgrass. She had told him the way to Rsshleigh, and he should have passed on with a how, but this was his excuse. The moon was shining bright as day, the wind murmured in the alder-trees, the light lay on the clear, sweet, fresh water; the music of the water as it fell was sweet to hear. Away in the woods some night-bird was singing; the odor of the sleeping flowers filled the air; and there on the green bank, at the Water’s edge, sat the most beautiful girl he had ever seen in his life. “Even that,” said the stranger, with a. careless laugh, “ even that I am not inclin- ed :0 do now. It is strange. I am afraid you will think me half mad, but it, seems to me that I have just stepped into fairy~laud. Two minutes since I was on the bare high- way, now I see the prettiest picture earth has to offer.” In the depths of the water she saw the reflection of the shiaing stars ; she watched them intently ; the pure, pale golden eyes. A voice aroused herâ€"a. voice with tone and accent quite unlike any other voice. “ I Beg your pardbn,” it said, “could you show _me the way to Rashleigh? I haze lqst myself in the woodflf Ralsing hér eyes she saw the gentleman who had raised his hat as he passed her in the morning. She knsw that, he recognized her by the lxght that suddenly overspread his face. ‘ “ Rashleigh lies over there,” she replied. “ You have but to cross the field and pass the church.” “ It is pretty,’ she replied, her eyes looking at the clear, dimpliug pool ; “ pret- tier now even than when the sun shines on it and the Wheel turns.” consolingly, though the fire from those dark eyes startled him, and her scarlet. lips trembled with angar. water fringed the edges of the clear, dimp- ling pool; the alder-trees dipped their branches in it; the great gray stones, covered with green moss, lay here and there. It was a libble poem in itself, and the beauci'ul girl who sat in the moonlight read it Might. Round and round went" the wheel; on sunlight days the snn glinted on the sullen waters until they resembled a sheet of gold covered with white. shining foam. Green reeds and flowers than love both land and “ I shali have a. sweetheart, you think, like Jennie Barnes or Lin Coke. A sweet- heart. Pmy, whom will it he, do you think ‘2” “ What, many a farmer ! Do you think the life of a. farmer’s wife would suit me‘! I shall go unmarried to my grave, unless I call marry as I choose.” “ I babe myself,” she said, “ when I speak in that way to you, who have been so gogdfq me." ..... ..r.\“vu Leone loved ghe spot; the restless, gleam- ing waters suited her: it seemed to have something akin to herselfâ€"something rest- less, full of force and vitality. She sen there for hours; it was her usual refuge when the world went wrong with her. “I know several of the young farmers about here who would each give his right hand to be a. sweetheart, of yours." "'SfHVevimrxglrzred a low, contémptuous laugh that made him wiu0e. Then sins seemed to repent of the passi- onate words, and flung her beautiful arms round hls neck and kissed his face. The mill-stream was certainly the' pretti- est feature of the farmâ€"a broad, beautiful stream that run between great rows of alder-trees and turned the wheel by the force with which it leaped into the broad, deep basin: it was the lovaliesb and most picturesque spot that, could be Imagined, and now as the waters rushed and foamed in the moonlighc they were gorgeous to be- hold. “I will go down to the mill-stream.” she said. With an impatient gesture she hastened out of the house. D “ I do wit. mind it," said Robert Noel, honestly. ” Never hate yourself for me, my: Vlady 1355:" . . . an. Shért'urned one glance from her beautiful eyes on him_ “Cramp is a very bad thing,” sand the stolid farmer." She looked her irritation den-stood her would. "‘ When Iseem to be ungrateful to you do remember that I am not, Uncle Robert ; I am always sorry. I cannot. help myself, I cannot explain myself; but I feel always as though my mind and soul were cramp- ed." IKE MEETING AT THE M” to listen to h: t, the musical Iging came ove go on speaking CHAPTER III at hxm, but did not speak ; was too greatihq ngver un- ‘ontinued, e‘ was “not likely he ever abs, amassed by r that 33m “ It suits you," he said simply: “ and I should not. think there was another name in the world that would. I wonder,” he added with a shy laugh, “ if you would like my name ‘2 It is Lancelot Chados. My friends call me Lance.” “ Yes, I hke that. I know all the his. tory of Sir Lancelot, I admire him ; but I thqu he» wga a lveak {Elanâ€"do not. you?" “ For loving Qufeen Guinevere? 'I do not know. Somelove lsstreugbh, notweakness " he replied. ’ Leéne looked up at him again, “Are you the son of a. great lord ?" she asked ; “some one told me so.” “ Yes : my father is Earl of Lauswell ; and people would call him a great earL He is rich and powarful.” “What has brought you, the son of a great; earl, dowxl to Rashleigh 2” she “ Leone," he replied, “ that is a beautiful name. 1 have never heard it before; but; I like it, very much ; it is musical and rare two great things in a. name.” “ It is a. German name,” she said. “ My uncle Robert hates it ; he says it reminds him of Lion; but you know it is pronounced Leon. My mother read some German story that had that name m it and gave it to “ Yés, my name is Leone Noel,” she re- plieq. “His niece," repeated the young man, in an incredulous voice. She was a. farm- er’s niece, then, after all; and yet she looked like a Spanish princeu. "My father was English and my mother a Spanish lady; and Iâ€"Well. I fear I have more of the hot, fire of Spain than of the chill of England in my nature; my face is Spanish, so is my heart.” “ I do not believe if; neither hate nor revenge could exist with a. face like yours. Th61_1_your name is No_eL “ A Spaniard is quick to love, quick to hate ; forgives grandly and revenges merci- lessly)” he said. 7 “ Thu is my character. have describegl i} exacrtly. She looked at him in surprise. The proud, beautiful face grieved at the words. “How is that '3” she asked. “I saw you this morning when I was going to Rashleigh with my friend, Sir Frank Euston. You were standing against a white gate, and I thoughtâ€"well, I must not tell you what I thought." “Why T’she asked briefly. “Because it might offend you, ” he replied. He began to perceive that there was no coquetry in this beautiful girl. She was proud,with a calm,serene,half-tragic pride. There would be no flirtation by the side of the mill-stream. She looked as far above couquetry as she was above ailectation. He liked the proud calm of her manner. She might have been a duchess holding court rather than a country girl sitting by a. mill- wheel. The idea occurred to him; and then his wonder increasedâ€"who was she? and what was she doing here? “Do you live near here.” he asked. “Yes,” she said, “behind the trees there you can see the chimneys of a farm- house; it is called Rashleigh Farm; my uncle, Robert Noel, lives there; and I am his niece.” The words pleased her. “Strange things happen in real life,” be said ; “things that, told in novels and stories, make people laugh and cry out that they are exaggerated.too romantic to be real. How strange that I should have met you here this evening by the side of the mill- streamâ€"s place always haunted by poetry and romance. You will think it stranger still whenI tell you your face has haunted merall day. ”7 “You do not. 100k like an English girl," he sgid grayely. Leone seemed suddenly to remember that she was talking to a. stranger, and, of all subjects, they had fallen on love. "i must go." she said. hurriedly. “You Will remember the way." “ Pray do not. goâ€"just this minute,” he said. “ History may repeat itself ; life never does. There can never be a night half so fair as this again; the water will never fall .vith so SWeec a ripple ; the stars will never shine with so brighc a light ;lile may pass, and we may never meet again. You have a face like a. poem. Stay a few minutes longer." her silence, “ I have forgotten your direc- tions ; may I ask y_01} t9 repeat them 7" "VSâ€"fie, go. aua looking at. her face he saw there was no anger. nothing but proud, calm content. He said to himself he need not go just yet, he could stay a few minutes longer. He looked musineg at the moonlit waters. musingly at. the starlic sky. “I cannot tell,” he replied. “but it seems to me thatit ends more in sorrow than in joy. I should say,” he continued. “ that when truth meets truth, where loyalty meets loyalty, the ending is good ; but where a true heart finds a. false one, where loyalty and honor meet lightness and falsehood, then the end must be bad.” “A face liEe apoem." Did he really think so? “Hush,” she said, holding up one white hand; “hush, it is too sad. Do you not see that the moonlight has growu dim, and the sound of the falling waters is the sound of falling tears?" He did not: seem to understand her words. “That song has haunted me," he said, "ever since I heard it. I must. say the last, verse ; it must have been of this very mill wheel it was written. ‘rDo you know that beautiful old German ballad," he said. “‘ In shelter-9d vale a min-wheel till tunes ms tuneful lay'!" “No; I never heard or read it,” she answered. “Say it for me." “ ‘ In sheltered vale a mill-wheel Still tunes its tuneful lay. My darling once did dwell there, But now she's far away. A rin in pled e I gave her An voWs 0 love we spokeâ€"- Those vows are all forgotten. The ring asunder broke.’ " She looked up at him with-airkJuatrous gleaging gyge. U " Doe; all'love end in sorrow ‘2” she asked, simly- A “ 'But while I hear the mill-wheel My pains will never cease : 1 would the gmv_e could hide me. For there alone la peace.‘ " " Is it a love story ?" she asked, pleased at. the pathos and rhythm of the words. “Yes iris the usual storyâ€"the whole love of a man's heart given to one not worthy of it, the vows forgotten, the ring broken. Then he cries out for she grave to hide hims_elf andhis unhappy love." idlen eness, to begin with,” he been at Oxford more years " she said; “you How Bad Money is Passed. An ex-convict, writing in a. London paper, says :â€"-In snide pitchingâ€"i.e..psss- ing bad moneyâ€"there are always two per- sons employedâ€"one to carry the pokeâ€"Le, the stockâ€"and the other to pass it. The resson of that is, if the one who is trying to pass it is detected, he has only the one , bad coin on him. and nine times out of ten he is let go. His pal stands about a hund- red yards away from the shop he enters, and if he is successful he touches the brim of his hat with his left hand, and his pal will join him ; but if he has been unsuccess. ful he catches hold of his cont collar with his right hand, when his pal will walk on, and they will not join each other until quitea. mile away. When a person who is passing the had money enters a. shop he (or she) at once makes himself chatty, to try and put the tradespeople off their guard. He says. “Is your clock right?" “It has been very warm to-dsy," or windy, or calm. &c., &c., all the while the tradespeople are serving him, and especially when they are just putting the had money into the till. There are very few bad sixpences about,a.s it does not pay to pass them, as they cost as much as shillings to buy of the “smashers,” i.e., makers. It is generally shillings, florins, and halfcrowns that are worked and the one who passes generally spends from 1d to 25d out of a. shilling up a 3d out of a florin, and 4d out of half a-crown. Shillings cost '23 per dozen, florins 3s 6d per dozen, and half-crowns 4s 6d per dozen. The fol- lowing are the slang names for bad money: â€"Sixpence,sixer ; shilling,a (leaner : florin, a. twoer ; half-crown, a. half-wheel or half a. tusheroon :and crown piece, a. wheel or a tusharoon. Friendâ€"“ You said you didn’t; love him. Smart. Girlâ€"“ I don’t.” “ You respect him perhaps ‘2” “ Not particularly.” “And yet, you intend to marry him ‘2” “ I do. He told me that his mocha always got her biscuits at; the baker’s." Prof. Brier. of New 0rleans. Takes Chances In the Interest of Science. Prof. George Brier, curator of Tulane University museum in New Orleans, sub- jected himself to a dangerous experiment. He allowed himself to be bitten by a rattlesnake in order to determine if a poison can be inoculated with the venom of serpents. From his large collection of snakes be selected a young rattler that had been caught a few days ago. Teas- ing the snake he maddened it, an'l in a few minutes it directed its fangs towards Prof. Brier’s little finger. The professor says he did not use any antidote and awaited developments. In the course of a few hours the finger became swollen to twice its normal size. The professor said that during the week he would allow him- self to be bitten again. He does not think the bite will prove fatal, because a young snake cannot emit as much poison as an old one. The sensation was like the sting of a bee: the pain became intense and the finger became swollen. Prof. Brier’s object in experimenting is to try and establish that by the gradual absorption of a snake's venom the system will become inoculated, and aperson in that condition can be bitten without the results proving fatal. The professor thinks his experiment will be successful. soon be lighted with the incandescent sys- tern. There was recently a fat woman’s excur- ,1 sion to Prince Edward Island, average 200} pounds. ' Rev. Fathers John Mahoney and Rudolp ‘ Lehman were ordained at Hamilton b Bishop Dowling. Mr. John Chapman, ofTorquay, England; a noted Masonic author, has been visiting the North-“lest. ~ Mr. Geo. Mabee, of Simcoe, has been appointed classical master in the Port Hope Collegiate Institute. ' The new cable connecting Thousand Island and \Vestmiuster Parks with the American shore is completed. Mr. Lemuel Mellett, Clifl‘ House, Stan» hope. P. E I., was accidentally shot while gunning on the beach Francis C. Walker of St. John, N. B”; has been appointed classical master in Fredericton high school. Rev. R. A. Ball, pastor of the B. M. E. church, Amherstburg, will he succeeded by Rev. Dr. Oliver of Guelph. The carriage makers of Montreal have subscribed $100,000 to form an association to protect Canadian trade. The French treaty will not go into efl‘ect until it has been ratified by the Par- );nmnnp A: 13%..--» .._.i a“; L41" L,_ 1.4... It was an unexiected meeting; and atange and startling connequencea soon followed. United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287,400,000 England . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268,200,000 Russia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264,800,000 Germany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211,000,000 Austro-Hnngury . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147,800,000 Italy . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . 105,200,000 Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101,400,000 Spain . . . . . . i . . . . . . . . . . . . i . . . 39,600,000 Holland . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . . 22,800,000 Belgium . . . i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,200,000 Switzerland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,200,000 Denmark . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . 14,000,000 Sweden and Norway. . . . , .. 13,000,000 Roumania . . . . . . . . . i _ . . . . . . . 10,600,000 Portugal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.4U0,000 Bulgaria. . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,400,000 Servia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200,000 Greece . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . , . . . . . 400,000 The tw0 countries which have of late been absorbing large amounts of gold coin for treasury purposes are Austria and Run- sia, and the dflain has been chiefly, though indirectly, in the: United States. France has for many years stood at the head of the countries, having a. large accumulation of gold coinage. A cloud came for just one half â€"minute across the face of the moon; the soft, sweet darkness startled Leone. K “Nay, you have little faith in promises,” she replied; and he watched her as she vanished from among the {alder breeS. than I care to count; and I have idled my time.” “Then you are studying '3” she said. “Yes, that is it. I am trying to make up for lost time. I have. some examinations to pass: and my father has sent me down to Dr. Hervey because he is known every- where as the cleverest coach in England." flow [I Is Dlvldrd Among the Dlll‘erem Countries of [he World. The visible supply of gold coin in the world is $3,500,000,000, against $4,000,000,- 000 of silver coin. According to tll'e very latest reports of an authentic character, about four-sevenths of the gold currency is held in bank vaults or Government treasur- ies or depositories, and the balance is in the hands of private individuals or in ac- tual circulation, either in the countries where minted or elsewhere. Country. Gold stored. France . . . . . . . i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $357,000,000 United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287,400,000 England . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268,200,000 Russia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264,800,000 Germany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211,000,000 Anette-Hungary . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147,800,000 Italy . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . 105,200,000 Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101,400,000 Spain . . . . . . i . . . . . . . . . . . . i . . . 39,600,000 Holland . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . . 22,800,000 Belgium . . . i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,200,000 Switzerland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,200,000 Denmark . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . 14,000,000 Sweden and Norway. . . . , .. 13,000,000 Roumania . . . . . . . . . r _ . . . . . . . 10,600,000 Portugal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.4U0,000 Bulgaria. . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,400,000 Servia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200,000 Greece . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . , . . . . . 400.000 “I must go now.” she said; “it is not only, getting late, but _gr3vgiuq dark.” “I shall see you again," he .cried, “do promise me." BITTEN BY A RATTLER. WHERE THE GOLD IS A Rare Catch. (10 BE CONTINUED.) All crops give promise of being unprec ~ dently large in Nova Scotia. The h y crop averages 110 per cent” oats 101, a (1 potatoes 98 per cent. of a. full crop, where luau year these staples were twanty-fi e per cent. below an average crop. It is estimated that west. of Toronto there are 75,000 boxes at cheese in cold storage, east of Toronto 30.000 boxes, and [00,000 to 120,000 boxes in Montreal. Supplementary letters patent, have been: issued to the Hamilton Vinegar Works 00. authorizing an increase in its capital stoo from $100,000 to $300,000 and chang‘n the name to the Hamilton Distillery Com, pauy, limited. Archbishop Cleary unveiled a. status at the General Hospltal grounds, Kingston. upon the mound marking the resting p1 cc of 1,200 fever victims of 1847. he atatua was cut in Italy from a solid bl k of marble three tons in weight, and c at: $1,500. I; A young woman named Beatrice Bessnt, While working a loom in a Chatham mill Friday was caught in the machinery and her right arm badly mangled. The total production of the Canadian farmers is about-$500,000,000, of which 350,000,000, is sent to the markets of the world and $450,000,000 consumed at home_‘ Mr. Lemuel Mellett, Clifi‘House, Stan» hope. P. E I., was accidentally shot while; gunning on the beach Francis C. Walker of St. John, N. 8.} has been appointed classical master in Fredericton high school. On a farm in Guelph township last week, one day, 320 bushels of wheat, 250 bushels of rye and 150 bushels of barley were threshed in 91‘; hours. Thomas Taylor, of Gala, while pulling the trap at a ciub match received a charge of shot; in the head. Nine shots were removrad and the lad is out of danger. The French treaty will not go into efl‘ect until it has been ratified by the Pan‘- liamenc of France, and that body has been rprorogued for a. lengthy period. The battalions of garrison artillery at: Halifax, Montreal and British Colnmfia are each to have a permanent regimen ' l sergeant-major from the Royal Unnadiian Artillery. There is also to be a permanent artillery force stationed in Prince Edward Island. 1 The grasshoppers in London township and in Westminster have done much dam- age. Some of the cat fields are nearly stripped. and in others more than half the oats are off the straw. The turnips are being stripped by them, and in some parts they are eating the corn. PURELY GANADIAN NEWSI XNTERESTING ITEMS ABOUT OUR OWN COUNTRY. Gathered From Varlous Polnts From 0 Atlantic to the Pacific. In July 713 immigrants entered Manitoba. The apple crop about Berlin is very heavy. The town of Newmarket has 17 magis- trates and 9 constables. 'Ihe Presbyterian church at Shedisc, P. EL, has been burned. Lady Thompson caught a bass at Sans Souci Weighing 7} pounds. Rev. R. T. Dixon has left Hamilton for his new parish st. Harriston. London has a new lodge of the Brother- hood oi Railroad Engineers. A Fergus butcher recently bought two heifers weighing 12,110 pounds. A largely attended colored camp-meet- ing near Hamilton has just closed. A thousand (1‘. T. R Loop Line employee recently had a picnic ab Sarnis. The Harrow cheese factory turned out 300 cheeses during the month of July. There is discord among Guelim policemen, and two of them have been dismissed. A tarantula. with four young ones was found in some fruic shipped to Scratford. Burglars recenzly secured a lot of provi- sions at. Wm. Shoebottom’s hnuse London. A Plympton turkey gobbler hatched out abrOod of turkeys 35nd looks after them himself. An old-fashioned 22-cnrac gold ring was dug up recently an Hamer’s farm, near Brnd~ ford. The business houses in Amherstburg will soon be lighted with the incandescent; sys- tern. Pelee Island will hsve an abundant grape harvest. The Albion Hotel at. Godnric'h has been sold to J, W. Marsdeu, of Ingersoll. Thirty cattle in one herd suffering trom tuberculosis have been shot at Vancouver, I'D n One-tenth of the men enrolled in A but- tery, stationed at Kingston, deserted dur- ing July. A new Presbyterian church is being tuilt at Acton. A great many visitors are at Lake Manitoba. A Porn Dalhouaie cow recently gave birth to triplet calves. A lad named Terryberry died in Hamilton from eating green fruit. rEhe Indlan patriarch Jim Lewis, of P E I., is dead. James Keenan, of Douglasville, N. 3.. was drowned recently. A new House of Refuge is to be built in \Ventworth County.