"There is no man who knows the history of Britain, no man of American blood, who is not proud of it, proud of the fact that Great Britain first reared in America the right of self-government, proud of what she has done for liberty

and seamen and of the great deeds they have wrought under the British flag."Mr. Griggs, President McKinley's Attorney-General.

An Irishman working in a farmhouse in England was told one day by the mistress to go and fix the half-door of the stable, as the cats were jumping over it and soiling the clothes. Pat, setting to work with all energy, took the half-door from the bottom and fixed it on the top. Pat felt pleased with his job, and went in to the missis and exclaimed-"Begorra, now, mum, they can't jump over it now."

"Arthur and I are engaged-but for goodness' sake, dear, don't tell anybody." "Why not?" "Why, Arthur doesn't know it yet, and I want to surprise him."

The important position of Secretary of the Seamen's Friend Society, New York, is being worthily filled by our esteemed. countryman, Rev. G. MacP. Hunter, a graduate of the University of Glasgow, and New Brunswick Theological Seminary. Previous to attending the theological seminary Mr. Hunter was an engineer at sea for five years, and holds the second highest certificate granted by the British Government to engineers. Mr. Hunter is an accomplished linguist, and previous to his appointment as secretary of the Society had acceptably filled the pulpit of the Rochelle Park, N. J., Reformed Church for three years. In addition to the exacting duties of his office Mr. Hunter contributes extensively to periodical literature, and has also undertaken the establishment of a new Home for Seamen in this city.

the oldest employee of the Aberdeen Railway, long ago absorbed with the Caledonian Railway system. Angus entered the railway office there when 13 years old and began railway life as a telegraph clerk. Later he was moved to Arbroath, the headquarters of the mechanical department, and was for a time the telegraph clerk in the office of Thomas Yarrow, locomotive superintendent. From the office he was transferred to the repair shops, where he passed through a sound mechanical training that was afterwards supplemented by some engine running experience.

Mr. Sinclair came to this country in 1873, and went to work on what is now a part of the Erie Railroad system. He afterwards went West, and after drifting about for a few years took to running a locomotive on a road in Iowa. While running an engine out of Iowa City, he attended the chemistry classes in Iowa State University and acquired sufficient knowledge of that science to enable him. to act as chemist for the railroad company. While running a locomotive he prepared a series of articles on "Locomotive Engine Running and Management," which were afterward published in book form, and have attained a sale of 23,000, which is almost unprecedented for a scientific book. He is author of several other engineering books.

Mr. Sinclair left railway life in 1883 to join the editorial staff of the American Machinist, and he remained in the newspaper field. He is now president of the Angus Sinclair Company, publishers of Railway and Locomotive Engineering, the Automobile Magazine, and of a line of technical educational books. He is a member of the Board of Governors of the St. Andrews Society, is a member of the

Lawyers' Club, of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and is altogether an enthusiastic lover of Scotland and of Scottish literature, always ready to dilate upon their glories, particularly upon that gem of his country known as the Mearns.

Mr. Sinclair is still in the prime of life, and his mental and physical activity is surprising, even in this strenuous age. As author, editor, engineer, lecturer, and latterly as golf player, he has the restless impetuosity of youth, superadded to the ripe experience of a man of the world. Of a genial and kindly disposition, he is a unique and popular character at literary and social meetings of the many societies. to which he is attached. As a story-teller his mastery of the Mearns dialect is finely tempered to suit the American ear, and his short, pointed anecdotes, like dramatic comedies, finely interwoven with the more serious matter in question, never fail to set the house in a roar. His career is a fine illustration of the fact that limited early educational advantages need not hinder a man from rising to the highest peaks of professional activity. writer he has acquired a style which, in point of simplicity and directness, illumined with a gentle humor, has made his books the most popular of their kind in the world. As a mechanical engineer, especially in railroad appliances, he is not surpassed by any man of our time.

Well to suffer is divine:
Pass the watchword down the line,
Pass the counter-sign, "Endure!"
Not to him who rashly dares,
But to him who nobly bears,
Is the Victor's garland sure.

-J. G. WHITTIER.

company, who have expressed their gratification at the marked improvement in the conduct of the affairs in the metropolitan district, and the rapidly increasing volume of business consequent on the admirable management of the company's interests in his hands.

Mr. Meiklejohn is proud of his nationality, and he possesses many of the best characteristics of that resolute and sturdy race. He is an accomplished and gentlemanly athlete, a good golf player, a capital swimmer, and although his onerous duties afford him little leisure, that little finds him at the golf links or by the salt sea foam, or among the hills, where he revels in the glow and glory of nature in her beauty and solitude. Of a joyous and sanguine temperament, Mr. Meiklejohn looks on the bright side of everything, and is a delightful companion, sociable and warm-hearted. The joyousness of youth dwells about him, like sunshine, and he is a general favorite among all who have the honor of his acquaintance.

Mr. Meiklejohn is a member of the leading Scottish societies, and takes great pleasure in the social gatherings of his countrymen. Although modest and unassuming in public, he has a keen eye to character, and greatly enjoys the society of the good and gifted among his countrymen. His early success has neither brought him an enlargement of the head. nor a contraction of the heart. He is finely balanced mentally and physically, and in congratulating him on his marked success, we congratulate ourselves on having the opportunity of calling the attention of the readers of THE CALEDONIAN to a young Scot whose life has given evidences of marked innate ability,

Past Grand Chief, Order of Scottish Clans, Massachusetts.

Among the most enthusiastic and influential members of the Order of Scottish Clans in the old Bay State, Mr. Walter Ballantyne holds an honored place. He is a native of Hawick. He came to America over twenty years ago, and engaged in the contracting and building business, and has been very successful. He has been twice elected president of the Boston Builders' Exchange. He is also prominently identified with the Boston Charitable Society, the oldest society of a Scottish kind in America; the Burns Memorial Association, the Caledonian Club, the Border Club, and also with the Masonic Fraternity.

Mr. Ballantyne has a beautiful home in Roxbury, near Boston. Roxbury, near Boston. He is actively interested in municipal improvements, and is an honorary member of the Grand

usefulness as his manhood broadens and deepens with the advancing years.

Scot, a loyal American citizen, an accomplished man of the world.