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CANADA'S FUTURE. on the Pr|xfU fir Cuadiu .lition.lih. DIFFICULTIES IN THE WAY. Wideit Mejiure of Pro.mcul independence Highly Nceiry. NO SHOW FOK THE FENIANS. blpeaking at the banquet given m bis bouor by ibe tit. James Club, Montreal, on Thursday Ism, (tie Marquuof Lnubdowue aid the fabric o( society IB more aolid m Cuad thin it is lu Britain, because wealth and land are more equally divided. lit. Mid : Here then, gentlemen, in theeveo diatribu lion ot wealib. nud particularly of landed property, ana in the general disunion of comfort, in your ivitam of local govern- meut and m your arrangement* (or public education yuu have tboee buttresses, litnl) to give strength and aohdity to tbt of whiob I have epuken a* the fabric of society m l uada, and to render ber people proeprouit, oonteuted, intelligent and well qualified to lock after tbeir own business (Applause i We bave been speak tug of tbe wxial fabric of tbe Uominiun. Tbere u>. bowtver, another fabric which we u.ui not toee sight of oat for tbe treuglheuiug and consolidation of which all good Oanadiaua are ready to put forth whatever of energy aud ability ana patnouem they poeaeee tbal m tbo fabric wbiota we abouM, I inppoee, ipeak of MI tbe political or national fabric < f Canada. Perbap* I iball seem to you more courageous tbau ducreet if 1 tread for an iuetant ou ({round which it scarcely eo linu ae that over whicti I btve travelled till DOW. Well, air, I suppose DO Engliahmen would be ao smngum* a* to lay tbat we bave no weak f oinU m our national system at home, and I ana inclined to ay with regard to Canada tbat be would be a bold man wbo would maintain tbat there waa DO poaaibihty of weak points being disclosed by experience in TBE NATIONAL nYlTKM IIKU. It would indeed be strange if it were other- wise. There are sever*! consideration* to which uuleei we wuh to be faluou* we can- not chat our eyee. In tbe lint place we have to bear in mind tbat tbe foundation* of oar national *y*t*m bere were laid only mveoteen yean ago, and that we bave been adding to and altering tbe itructure ever inoe. Tbe mortar, eo to apeak, bae noarceK had time to harden, and tbe strength of tbe building to itoud the autuinu ales aud tbe froata of winter bai Mai ceiy bad a fair trial yel. Another oonetdcratiou of whicb we oaooot loae tight IB this, that the builders eet themselves a problem in national archi- tecture greater than any wbiobban yet own solved by mortal statesmen, that of crest- tug out of dtveree elemeuu scattered over tbe face of tbia immense oontiuent a nation 61 to take it* place among; the great ouei of tbe earth. It we want to reah/.e the task wbiob we bave ael ourselves we bave only to look at tbe map of the Dominion and to oounder tbe distance* with which we hive to deal, and the extent of the territory over which our five millions of inhabitant! ire mattered. Lay your rale upon tbe tosle and nee bow far it M weetwardef mm Ottawa to Winnipeg, aud again from \V mm pen to Victor it, or eastwards (rum Ottawa to Halifax or Prince Kdward Inland . look at 1 e phyncal barrier* which we have to overcome- mountain ranges loftier knd wider tbau any in the world lake* knd wilderneaiee van enough to aepar>t(< empire* ! Will the heart at the nations) capital be itrongi enough to pump a atrtam of national life into tbe extremities on either ocean .' Will tbe oolltotive ospira- tioci of your people be atroug euou^li Dot only to overcome tbeee pbyiioal diftioultiei, but to efface difference* of race, difference* of creed, difference* of material interests more formidable perhaps tbau mountain obaiDO aud inbuapiiable desert*. If we wmh to gauge the magnitode of UK problem let u* oek ou rselve* what are tbe influence* wbiob in luitory have given Holidity and unity to the natiooa of the world. They are, I think, three geographical propitquity of the port*, tbe fear of foieign invasion and identity of interest. Well, gentlemen, a* to geograph ioal propinquity . I am afraid we mum admit tbat in spite of all tbat railway* and telegraphs can do for UM, we can never, geographically apeakicg, hope to be a oom- poo* nation. Then, ur, THKRE U THX >IAK OF IXVA8ION. \Vhat invaiiion bave we to fear ? Oar kinsmen on the other *ide of the liar hold relations with un which will, I trtut, never be lees friendly than they are to-day. If a difficulty arises! between us it is promptly and cordially ad j UN ted. An ooooaional suggestion from within or from without in favor of a voluntary alteration of our nationality leenm to fall ao flatly tbal we cannot depend upon tbeoe a* a mean of keeping our nations! enthuaiasm at boilinp point. But, gentlemen, 1 am (urge I ting we are threatened with an iuvaiiuu, and the iovoderi have been kind enough to give us ample notice of tbeir intentions, of the plan ot tbeir campaign, of the number* ID wbiob they will enter our territory, and of tbe name*) of their oommaodere. wbo appear to be almoHt a* numerous a* tbe rank and tile. (Great laughter.) Let ui not judge these elf-declared foee too hastily. Their de- monstration IH. perhaps, after all. not with- out ito uftefulnee*. I am convinced that if a passing breeze of impatiei.ee should flutter MI the Northwest, if the great Province of Manitoba experieuosR a little perhaps not unnatural anxiety to emerge post baste from her minority, in which I believe no on* deHiree to retain ber an hour longer than 1* necessary, no surer mean* of counteracting that paasing disaffection could be found than the threat of disloyal interference from without; an interference which I bave no doubt whatever ber iturdy aellleri would be the flnt to resent and reiiit. (Loud cheers. I Well, gentlemen, if weare not to count on geographical proximity or on tbe fear ot invasion to counteract toy centrifugal tendencies whiob may manifest themselves, can we count nrou identity of IntereM ? I tract that we oan, but trsn bere we must admit tbat only experience oan solve the problem and tbat it m neoM- sary to look cautiously abesd. The wu* relegtfien to tbe Different province* of the wident measure of independence with re- gard to the management of their local affair* will, I tbould hope, go tar to remove any oaa*M of appreheuiion from this source. He would, however, be a coura geoui prophet wbo would predict tbat oocauone would never arise when there might be a divergence of I IX Al. .XL I EUKHA1. IMTEMESTH. A grsat English novelist once ooni| lained of u* ouatom of neve [prolonging tbe etory of a three- volume novel beyuud tbe mar- riage of tbe hero and heroine, and he pub- Imbed a most bumoreu* prolongation of one of Walter Scott's most famous novel*, introducing hi* reader* to Ivan hoe and Kowena a* a married ooaple, no longer surrounded by tbe glamor of romance, but face to face with tbe humdrum of domestic existence. The atory went ou to show tbat Ivauho* a* a husbeud was not con- rpiouou* for domestic virtue* (laughter), uid that Howena oa a wife parted company with thoee amiable qualitie* which had rendered ber to lovable aa a maiden. (Re- newed laughter.) I am not sure at what moment it will become possible to describe tbe Dominion as emerging from tbe honey- moon ot federation, but when it doe* the trial to which u will be exposed will uot be diminished by tbe fact tbat in tbia oaae Ivauboe will bave half a dozen Kowenta to reokuiwub. (Loud laughter.) It ia quite iii,|>imiible to say what may not happeu if titty year* heuoe one of them should iiinat on " boeeiog tbe whole establish meet (roars of laughter) if another abould carry on a flirtation with a oousm oorosi the road ; if a third should be alwaya asking fir more pin money, and a fourth should openly allege incompatibility of temperament and thretlen proceeding* in tbe Divorce Court, i Laughter) Whether these tbinga will happen o uo must depend upon tbe temper aud wikdom and patience of the people of (bit souoiry I I say the people of this country (applaaae), because it seems to me tbat u ia rather upon them tLaa upon their rulers that tbe future depend*, rather upon tbe different member* of tbe federal body than upon the central power which direct* tbe ID. Will the dominating senti- ment hereafter be national or local, Cana- dian or Provincial ? Tbat ia the qaeitioo which will have to be answered by the thrifty farmer* of tun Province, by tbe dwellers on tbe nob slopes of Ontario, by the hardy nehermvu of the Maritime Pro- vinces, by tbe inhabitant* of our great Paciltc Province and by tbe sturdy pioneer* of the Northwest. (Applause.) Against any centrifugal force which may come into play eaob and all of tbeee have something to oppose the determination of your peo- ple to be something more than a fortuitous aggregate of Provinces without national life, or national statesmanship or national aspiration*, or national policy, or national culture, or national preoautloue for defence loud ipplauM), tbe determination tbat tbe llriiuh Kuipirv shall bave in North Amer- ica not a mere col lection of outlying settle- ment*, but a great colonial power resem- bling the mother country ID it* love of free insulations, a source of slrsngth rather than of weakness to tbe Empire, i (ireat PffsMM ) That in tbe determination which brought you to federation seventeen years ago, which ha* led jou to submit to ancrinoee of local convenience, to under- take national work greater than bave been undertaken by any young oumtnunity in tbe biotory of tbe world ; tbat is tbe deter- minttion wbiob lies on tbe threshold ot your notional life. May you have wi-dom and ttreugtu to adhere to it , and if dm oultie* or dangers should ever beset your path, may you feel that your common a la- glance to the old country, which ha* always regarded a trougacd united Canada as tbe brightest ornament of tbe Kmpire, i* a source of strength and solidity to your- solve*, i Great applause ) I, ,,.,,!,. II,, M I'l. ,,. I,. , Mm Flora Stewart, a Kitohie County, Virginia, lady, young and handsome, waa etigsged to be married recently Her weddu x clothe* were prepared, tbe day arrived and the preacher was) on hand, but one 'thing wa* lacking to make the nuptial* a *ucoea*. aud that was tbe bridegroom ThiK important personage failed to put in an appearance. It happened that tbe preacher was a eiogle man, with on eye for beauty ant] a heart for love, and the damsel wan youthful, comely and susceptible, so the n.iniater offered to till tbe place of tbe libMui groom. The offer was accepted. and the two bled to 1'arkersburg, where the connubial knot woo tied, and Mua Btewart became Mr*. Junes Barker. run vt OKI n OF w on*)*. I-. l,,IU. I., U.I. . In Austria every lady, no matter how ligb her rank, learn* to cook aud keep bouse borough ly with ber own band*. It ha* been proved beyond a doubt that Ur. Charles Reode's " Picture " wa* taken rom tbe French of Mine, de Kf v baud Two daughter* ol the Archbishop of Canterbury are among the students in tbe Vomau's Hall at Oxford. England. Lady Claude Hamilton, under tbe superintendence of Prof. Tyudall. is raunlatiLg the 1. fe aud l.*bors ol Louis J elur." Tbe tat* Mr*. Arabella A. Wilaon, of N*w Bedford. Mann., wrote Ibe well-knowu 'enes. A Apeel for Freeh Am to the Sextant ol tbe Meetiug-Houae." Clara 8. Foil t, tbe California woman awyer, watches the prooeediu..* of tbe Sharon divorce trial closely, Bbe want* to know, you kuow. The oldest house now standing in Ne* Drleaus in the building where the famous negro Voudoo Queen lived. Iu her last days, however, she renounced her gibberish and died io tbe Church. A level-beaded woman, ipeakmg ot lady dead-beat* wbo quarter tuemselvee on relatives and otners, says : As a rule, hi ladle* who sooru to earn money do not aooru to take it a* a gift." Ex Taited State* Treasurer Bi loner say stMot women clerks count more accu- rately and rapidly than men , tbal they detect counterfeit money with more oer- toiuty, aud that tbey are hon-ster than men. In lira** Valley. Cal . tbe little daughter of toe Chinese interpreter goen to the publi. school* and she ba* nigged ber father ml she male him consent M let ber dres* like the American girl*. She i* '.' years old and speaks excellent English. In Valparaiso, Chill, tb* streetcar coo- luotora became oroe* grained for *om* rea- son and did uot give satisfaction. Tb* company put youug womeu iu tbeir places and uow tuer is hardly a vacant seat to be lad in their can. Tbe womeu bave proved an immense sucoena. Near Fort Niobrara, Neb., live* Mr*. Mil r, a nuooeeef ul woman farmer. She doe* all tbe work ou her small place henelf. .at year ahe raised :<00bu*br I* of potatoes. ,n bushels of corn 20 bushel* of turnipe.fed wo hog* and ber large family of children. and supplied her neighbors with gardeu O. i. Sola lays that be bad a cook onoe wbo, ou entering on ber duties, waa aeked whether tihe understood the use of a *alo- mauder. " Perfeotly w*ll," *he replied, I is to kill rat* with. A worthy old lady offer* the following ad VIM to girt*: " Whenever a fellow pope tbe queHtion don't blush and star* at your foot. Juki throw your arm* around his neck, and look him full in the face, and commence talking about the furniture." At a meeting of tbe Howard Society in London last evening the announcement WM made that the society was co-operating with American privou societies to promote a central bureau for criminal statistic* al Washington. A letter on tbe subject from President Arthur was read. " Do yon ever expect to sit in tbe IIous of Commons, Mr. Uradlauijb ?" aaked a re porter of the famous English agitator. " II I could find out what Metbumleb lived on I oould Mil you better," wac the oautiouH answer. " I* it true that you are willing to swear on tbe law requires?" Swear Egad, mam, I've been doing nothing else for the Iwt two year*." A pimrvortT fiendish twist ban been given to crime in Pateraon, N. J. Six thieve* with aoccrdeon* attacked a bouse after the manner of serenaden, and while the inmates, daxed and paralyzed by the Bounds, were (offering the agonies of tbe doomed, the confederates of the ganf plundered the houoe. When the enemiei of society odd aoeordeons to burglary it time thai lynch law became fashionable. II i* juit one mile between Bault 81 Marie, Miob., and the Canadian village op posite. yet mail communication between tbe two point* oooupiea ten day*. A letter I MiHtnl on the American aide Roe* flrtt to Detroit, orocsei to Windsor, where it enter* the Canadian mails, and M then sent over Canadian mutes back to the Baull, reach ing the Canadian office there in ten day* from the time it started. A t I KIOI a] S)Kfr. be < .!... I- in i, u .i..,. wk . \\ ,., ,. !>!, .Ilin I,. %...,.! (l,,i., .,,..,, ,, a Chicago people have almost forgotten, the oomuiotiuu oautad some years ago by au evangelist of tbe Moody t)pe wbo nuddeuly abandoned tbe onbodux tUtonee of Jieaveu of gold and sapphire and began to preoon Christ's reign upuu earth. Tbi man. Mr U. Spaflord, who lived at Lake View, aud wbo bad been a lawyer ol om* aloud ing, gathered abuut him a congregation ot theorists amounting to perhaps forty or fifty, wbo tubrcnbed tu hu atrauge belief lu accordance with tbeir tbtory. Christ waa to appear for His tmal residence on Mount Calvary, and iu order to be there ou baud Mr. Spafford aud bis lutle bond mi. verted ail their properly into each and sailed for tbe Promised Land. A traveller wbo recently vir i led Jerusalem iu tbe interest of oue the missionary societies of tbe East slates that *be visited the bouse iu wuiuh tbe Lake View ejmmuniiy lived, ai. I that be found them iu good bealtb aud xpiriui, still tirui in belief, and waiting with bop* and resignation for tbe judgmsul dy. Tbi youug woman, sent out from Boetou, returned to that ciiy a few weeks *gu, aud ba* written letter* to friends ID Cnioogo describing tbe way iu which she wa* re- ceived, having been sick for several weeks at tbe house in which these people lived. Their dwelling is described an large and xiniuu.liouB a neatly, but uot elegantly 'urnubed bouse and titled out win all tbe convenience* wbicn Ibe best omliza ion of the country can furnish. She av jbat about twenty person* are living under tbe same roof aud tbat all property i* held u common The bouM iwelf i* peiobed upon tbe side of the mountain just without tbe walls of the Holy City, and present* a lioel strikiugly picture-quo appearance, tfr. BpatTord. tbe leader ol tbe community , s nearly Ml yeara of age, but is still bale. leorty aud happy. l.iuily Faithful is writing enthusiastic ettere to London paper* about women'* work in California. At Fresno she found a track of land entered by four Is jy school teacher*. Tbey worked it in partnership anJ planted iu alfalfa, a vine \ardaud an rcbard of apricot*, uectarine* and almond trees. They have been very successful. Tbere are brave women out West. A week ago Mr*. Alexander, of Denver, wa* walking along the street on* evening when two rough men sci/ed ber and attempted to rob ber. Oue clapped bis hand over her mouth aud tried to search ber. Suddenly ah* bit his tinner to the bone and he let ber go in haute "There." said sap. take my pocketbook." She threw it towards turn aud ran away, escaping. The pouketbook ooutaiued very little mouiy, but airs. Alex- ander bad on ber person, betide*, a gold watch aud t-U), wbiob she, not the robber, got away with. It is aruht good story. He-re i* a pieoe of tbe best possible advice for bashful men and women Try to forget thai >ou have arms, legs aud feet. If you do uot they will multiply until, to your consciousness, tbey are a* numerous aa tbe arm* of tb* *jptopu*audalwaysin immioeot danger of tying themselves in knot* and throwing you down or making you do some awkward thing. Try to lorget yourself in ever* way. Make no baity luoveuieut, but otter stepping inside the door way pause and look around for tbe host***, if you do not at one* see ber. Oo to her directly, receive tier greeting aud then take another quiet glance around to see what course to follow to dispose of younelf pleasantly. Ooaaaiou ally pereon* make tbe mistake iu their em- Oar raftsmen I of detaining their host*** in conversation wben other guest* are coining in, obliging ber to oak tobecxoueed in order to give tb* latter greeting. YM," said o f*i looable lady. " I think Mary ha* mad* a vary good match. 1 beard that her husband m on* ol tbe ahrewdest aud mo*t unprincipled lawyers IB the profession , and, of course, he con att.ird to gratify her every wish.' Cannes, the noted bealtb resort, i* de- scribed by Dr. Ernest Hart in the Bntuli Itilual Journal a* a locality in which gross irregularities and cruel offences against health aud decency " or* permitted to go on with impunity. The drain* ol on* of the principal hotel* corrupt a rivulet which run* through the moet beautiful port of tbe town, and the public garden* bave become permeated with miaaruatio lament*. Fair Parisienne* with whom money i DO object and wbo aspire to everything tbat i* fifhuti diversity the flowers tbey wear oooordiog to the time of day. ID tbe morning, from y to 11 or 1 J violet* are tb* correct blosxoms ; fnm 2 to f> mimosa is all tb* rage , hyacinth* or primroiien are considered duuner wear ; aud al dance*, aoireee, and, in fact, after 11 at night, gardenia*. Cape heath*, white lilac or rose* or* permissible. N > K-.IH -N. There U really no can* ol net vouauee* that ever I met with that can- not be either cured or alleviated by alten tion to diet, avoidance of stimulants, the daily u** ol bath aud friction with rough towels and flesh-brush ; unlimited exercise iu the open air, whether tbe weather be wet or dry, cold or hot, and pleasant society Mixing with pleasant society is one ol the very best means tor the oure ol nervous- ness. It take* oue for the time being quite out of one'* self, quit* away from one'* troubles ami aches. It must, however, never be exciting society, for tbi* lend* tbe blood to tbe bead and injures the very foundation ot nerve-power. What do yon tell m*? You never take stimulant* to excess? I doubt it. for tea, if too much indulged iu, i* a dangerous stimulant, and a* U coffee. A cup of milk that has been boiled and allowed to cool would of ton du for more good than tea. Tea drinking grow* oa on*, and aseuredly, wh*n it does o, it shatters the nerves a* irremediably a* doe* win*, or *v*n spirit*. < Knmiiy Doctor. A llb. ai ike 'i.i.n,. ,.i Not long ago an English lady took passage ou a vesael bound from Kingston, Jamaica, to London. A large, Mruug aud active mot. key ou board the vessel took a fancy to ibe lady'i child, a babe about .' months old. The monkey would follow the ladv from place to place, watching ner a* she rocked ana fondled ber little one. It *o happened ou a beautiful afternoon dunug the voyage tbat a distant sail attracted the attention of tbe passengers. Tbe polite captain tiered tbe ladv tbe use of hut glass. She placed her child on the sofa and had just raleed tb* glaa* to ber eye when a cry wo* beard. Turning qu ickly she beheld a sailor in pursuit of tbe uioukey, wbicb bad grasped tbe infant lirtuly with oue arm aud wo* nimtly cliuibii'g the shrouds. The mother tainted a* the monkey reached tbe top ot the mainmast. The captain wo* at bis wit s ud. He fearej that if be aent a sailor in pursuit themoukey ulj drop tbe babe, ind escape by leaping from most to maxt. Meanwhile the monkey was seeu to be sooth- ing aud fondling the child. After trying in many way* to lure the animal dowu, the ca| tain ordered the men below, and con wa'ed himself on deck. In a moment, to ln great joy, be saw the monkey carefully descending. Reaching tbe deck, it looked cautiously around, advanced to the sola, and placed the child upon it. The caj tain restored the child toils mother, who wo* soon saliined that her darling had escaped without injury. V 1.11,1,,..- Don't forget, my sucbbiah friend, tbat you have got to die just tbe same a* the rent of us, and you cannot bury yourself, either. Next to a mow storm, for a decided nuisance, comes a holiday. ID a great city When a man doe* drop out of light in a great oily, you not only never bear from him again, but you cannot even find tbe bole he fell through. It U the etrongest possible argument for our immortality tbat nine of every ten human beings believe in it. PoliMo*** ba* no creed. About bolt we know we gu*s* at. au4 the other half, somebody bo* guessed at for us. A man of a great deal of character caa not hide it. He will bitray it even when be **)iis*. On* ol tbe strongest evidence* to m* of o hereafter is that we cannot prove it. Kvery ladder ha* a top round to it. Our character* w* moke, our reputation* are cften made for ua. It i* DO disgrace to be bit by a dog the lira! time, but tbe second time it I*. Very intelligent people carry a large hare of their brain* lu their faces. /t\u r'uirc'iiM, in TH, .Manhattan for May. Hlrrp ... si 'l. .11, in. Xb* ery for reel ho* alway* been louder than the cry for food. Not that it is more important, but it i* ofteu border to obtain. Tbe best real comes from sound sleep. Of two men or women, otherwise equal, tbe one wbo sleeps tbe beat will be tbe moet moral, healthy and efficient. Bleep will do much to care irritability of temper, peevishness and uneasioes*. It will restore to vigor on overworked brain. It will build up and make strong a weary body. It will oure a heads -hf It will core a broken (pint. It will cure sorrow. Indeed, w* might moke a long lint of nervoue and ntber ma ladies tbat sleep will oure. Tbe our* of sleeiplessnos* require* a clean, good bed, sufficient exercise to produce wearine**, pleasant occupation, good air and not too warm a room, a clear conscience and avoidance of stimulanta and narcotic*. For the tn who are overworked, haggard and nervous, who pas* sleepless uigbts, we oom- mend tbe adoption of inch habit* a* shall secure sleep ; otherwise, lite will be short, and what there is of it sadly imperfect. Little Jack" Mamma's new fan i* hand-painted." little Dick " 1'oob who carei? Our whole fence i*." Charles Goodnight is a king among cattle king* in Texas, and ha* fenced in 700,000 aero* with '.ISO mile* ot wire fence, ot tbe bead of Red River in the Panhandle. Hi* ranch contain* nearly 15,000 ooren more than there or* In the entire Btote of Rhode Island, and he bought tbe whole at from ".o cent* to tl ou oer*. 111-11... I >, IHIII-I II .. I. .,,. I , .1. .,., .,, , X. l,|... I *) I . "No 1 am out going to do K but I'll bow yuu how it's aooe." said * borita den lit, toa.Yrui reporter yeiiterds) olternoou. le bad jui tiuishvl u operation on taw [riuder* of a mar* thst pulled ou uue line kept her moutu pm wbeu beinK drivel; slobbered nil the tiinr, and bad *' t to sot nic ugly and \ . nou. .imply btc.ua* some f ber oauk teeth bsd >brp poiui* whion out into tne M.I-H ol ber muih ' NJW thin uiare is about 1" >eon old lut she oould be tiled up so as to' look hkr oue ot 7 or - You see. tbe oolv way you tan tell a bors*'s *g u. by the teeth. The ower trout teeth are the principal guides. the length of the upper one* goiug to ibow age . but you see that ooa be tiled easy euuu^h by tiling them or!. Tbeee teeth- lere .ne borne demist opened the mar* s mouth, showing tbe six lower front one* lout ocme before a hone . "> years old. Cue oue* before that a*>* are cult's teeth. At ti years of a*!e each oue of these ho* a eup. W bat's a cup? " " Tbal'* a little round bole in the end of tbe tooth with a black> pot in u VV UCD tbe w is 7 years old ibem cu( .!.-.,(* iu tbe two middle teeth but iciutiu iu tbs tw< outeide ues on each side. Al * > ears tbe cupe are only ou tbe two outaide teeth. \fter tbkt age they di>ppeac ou all of them. T ami's why o rauy bo***-* jaet turned - ' are sold A neu ir cup< are g >ue i u oau'l tell bos/ old a bos* IB. Now f we wanted to work tbia mare "rf on any body for an H-year-old, I'd jut take tbi* uslruuirii!, dig a little bole lu eacb of tbeee outhide teeth, touch thene hole* with a nitric acid, til* down the upper row of Uetfc to the proper lengtn for on - year-old aud the job is done." " Would that deceive an expert Certainly, lied jnet open tbe moott thiM way, gluc at tue teeth, satisfy him elf she wa* an - ) ear old, and if *M nutted him in other way* aud the price WM satisfactory be'd bu> her " Is there much of tbat kind of work donr ' ' Ye* . consilerable. The' s what weoall bisLo|-iug a hoeo." hrtroit Ntmt. I'.. -II,., >u Tbe Hrabmius ore said to hsve invented tbe uuujeral* 1 to IU eome nine before tbe Christian era, aud tbe Arst *u to bave utroduoed them into Spain, whence tbey ipread all over Europe. Tbey did not come into use iu EnglauJ uutil tbe brgiu mug of the aeveuteeulb century. In olden lime* there wo* a belief in the occult power of number*, wbiah were thought to expres* tbe harmonies of nature. Ihuuatiun by 'lumbers cause from ihw belief. In a well nown song Hory O More declared tba there's luck in odd numbers" bod luck for some. In the numeral Hebrew csbola wa* laid M be Ibe most imperfect Cornelius Agrippa wrote thst, therefore on tbe second day of tbe creation tbe Al- mighty did uot pronounce tbe vtry work of Hi* band* to be good, and Ksbbi Akkiva a- erted that hell was mad* ou the evening . the second day. Canadian Hotel Keeper- 1 d n/i Me ho* w* ar* going to get aloug. '1 De bouae is about empty, yet it n impoMible to reduce ripenses. Look over Ibe American papen aud see what tbe new* is. Hotel Clerk I bave looked over them, there has uot been a big di-fakti> n in tbe I mted States for two weeks. Canadian Hotel Keeper Mv stars ! We will be ruined. I never knew UM> liOMi to be *o dull. J'i.i ii>'. 'j"'n.< Call. Omr M ? -I l.rlll^ Vree t^ Philadelphia rrporWrn are expoeio*; Korepaugh's sacred white tlepbaut a* a paiuted fraud. They woaued it with a spouge. a white substance came off, and tbe dark skin wan exposed. Tbi* may be only a scheme of Korepaugh'a to advertise tin animal and draw a orowd. Thousand* of people wbo wonldu'tgo out of tbeir way t> see a real while elephant wi 1 go to ser fbetber this animal is pointed or not. Turonto .%<-. Bouae aotorx are more successful iu draw ing a cork tbau ID drawing a pav ing audi- euoe. Bleep is v*rv healthful. There is nobody wbo knows tbi* better than the hired girl especially in tbe morning. Keep it in u mi tbat tbe great object of itudy is to tit tbe mind for usefulness ID if*. A little praise is good for hy temper. It teacbe* it to rely ou the kiuduess of other*. f andor. A woman'* heart, like tbe moon, is always changing . but tbere is alway* * man in it. Mr*. A. W. Rollins, wbo died in De* Moinee, Iowa, last week, left 176,000 to tbe American Home Mission Society. Tbe Duke of Buocleugb, who boa just died in Scotland, waa kuowu wherever be went uncovered by a peculiar mark -a large w*n upon tbe top of hi* bead. When yon bave a very strong attachment or a young Isdy you feel at time* a* tbon I you could eat ber, at least you lay so , DL.I juet let ber go oft and flirt with some other fellow and you feel in mediately aa though you could obew her op. Fut SH PUNT. Tbe current bflief amont householders that the einell ot fresh lead paint is DOXIOUS I* founded on pretty gene- ral experience, but IH opposed by the belief, equally current amooi; oheuiiil*. that lead compounds are not volatile. A fool re- cently brought to our notice seem* to sap- port the domestic theory. Tbe basi* of tbe useful aud popular luminou* point i* known to be sulphide of calcium. Now. this) compound, when unprotected by var Utah, glaa* or some oilier impervious *nb- stouoe, is r lowly acted oa by the acid* of tue air, and sulphuretted bydrogeu IH \ olved, which blackens lead point. Thi* i* well known, aud can easny be avoided by proper protection of the paint. Hut the ourious thing is tbat unprotected lumiuouH point i* found to be perceptibly blackened by the fume* from freeb lead paint. Tberr seem* to be only oue poeaible explanation of tbi* namely, that a surface freshly covered with lead paint do** i. lually emit some volatile compound of lead. W* be- lieve that many physician* oould confirm thm view from their owa observations in regard to newly pouted nouM*.