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aeM>W*BbMl I* HU Wife. Woroeeter QtutU : In southern arrulpelacos be fought tb* bloody cannibal ; lied skinned and tanned till trocadil* au 3 found lum very tunable ; N l s work of (. ue'd uttered, not a word i.J oteevlltbl*. When he ktlled tbe Mental Uger. ud be found bim vary klllabl*. B* sUlmed hli strength wu very groat, for beari end Uoaa lultable ; H* used to boot tli* griiiljr DMT. tad found him very bootable \ He olumed in killing momtroui miiM that he was very capable. No boa constrictor oould escape, for be wi un- eoai>able. Just than tb* wife came In and eaid. " I'd think It quit* commendable If you'd ooane ani toud tb baby ; and you'll tlnd him very Undble." The *> h took bim by tto ear will make tbil p'Hiiii readable Rba polled bim out and led bim hotnt, tLd found him verv leadabl*. Til* Farmer'* Kn.y Tim.-. Chicago Pott : Tba bees bare left the clover Ar d the saeaon'i work U over, They're l.uny pitying checkers, are the farmer's hired men. And tbs lively yellow-Jacket That Iti baying raited a racket IlM puked awy bli eUugor till tL iummr comes again. ' TU now tu bonett yeoman Idly loafi arouud hut borne and Enjoy* bli thro Bijuare uieals a day in kinglieit content. Or be visit* In the city And awakens people'! pity By tolling them h >w bard he work* and can't lay up a cent "LIST CENTURY LOVERS A Tale of the American Revolution. From thai moment the evening wa* like a delightful dream to Belly. Tha mano oanded, and her heart and feet kept time to ill beet She b-gan to feel thai people were looking at hnr, thai the wai admired. Gentlemen crowded arouud, and her ani mated faoe <rw beautiful with the limple pleasure of a Kin's gratified vanity. Bh* WM tak. 11 in to tapper by young Mr. Tilgbman, who wai paiofally thy nd made amendi for lack of conversation by piling her plate with new inppliei, the lap- par being, in the, old hospitable faihion, of the moil substantial order, the lideboard famished wilb wine*, where the gentlemen reioried frequently daring the) evening to refreih thmielvf and ditoaM poliiioe, the on* abierbing lopio whioh entered into all thing! at toil exciting time. Tom Ko/.ier wa* maoh in rtemind, ai the lail arrival from the Old World, to explain European viewe on the probable trouble. Batty caught sight of him onoe or twioe, landing with what ahe fancied a preoccu- pied expraaeion, aa if be had aome secret oaaae of anxiety. Onoe bt law her looking, and tmiled, when a strange anger filled her that ibe ehoold have been lean witching him. B* di 4 not join tb* oirola of her ad. mireri, bat, jail before the minuet, came ap and bagged the favor of being her part- ner. "Thank yoo, I am bespoke," she laid, toaainK her pretty heed ; and dtuoed it with Mr Pbilip Read, who wai the mod violent patriot in the country, a tall, large man, and a noted drinker and higb liver. Will Ringgold hovered around her, helping bar into the ooacb when, immediately after dancing tha Hir Roger da Coverljr, the parly dispersed. The dawn wai breaking ai, well enveloped in wrap*, they descended the steps of the hospitable mansion. Lights itraamed from opuu window! and door*, where the gentle- men bad assembled to *ee Ibe ledi< i depart la OOSCOM, leaving them to remain tod pro- long the conviviality until daylight. A* tba ooaob rolled down the road lhay heard tha nond of a bacchanalian choroa. "Those men I" laid Mis* Blaoy, admir- ingly. "They are going to make a night of it. Well, I protest I've paiaed the most enjoyable evening. La I Miss Bab, warn'l Betty a prodigious belle, making a oonijaeat of all lha b.-anx ? What did you think of oar new spam, Tom Rocler T Mil* Barbara wai too exhausted by her nnoiaal exertions to reply, bat eat nodding, tha dim light gleaming on bar worn faoa and closed eyelids. Betty wai fresh, and flashed with iaonph, hamming lome bar* of the Inool to hereell. " I ihink." ihasald, speaking with sever- ity, that Mr. Thomas Kor.ier ia a prig and Mr. Will Ringgiild a coxoomb- a minoing ooxooinb and a oonoeited prig. Bat, oh, I've had iQob a lovely time, Anaataiit, my darling I" " They say," said Miss Siaoy, oooflden- tially, "lhat t'oinis a Tory. Then wai a quarrel after lappar which may lead to auatnlhing lerioo*. Home gentlemen wire In the dining room drinking, and 1'hilip Bead oalled Tom 'ad Tory,' and Tom ppedhim in the fao. Thsy drewrtpieri, d would have fought it out at onoe, nt aoe was patched op. I'm afraid Tom will ve trouble, though, for Mr. Reed's got a eat deal of innnenoa in the Convention. nob a pity I " Betty leaned her haad on her ham) and d oat at tha gray morning landictpa. " Be'* a prig," she repeated, not sodeoii- lyely, " but handsome enough and manly, I grant." Than she wondered if this wai the oaaae of hi* troubled and preoccupied expression, and began to bam the minuet again, vexad at bar own wonder. < li.\r i I.K iV. Attar the party oama two waaki ( . I nd tin-inmmer westher, when No"ember sighed and remembered June. Tnrough the oalm aayi, wheo the earth in f aloes* of matured beaaty reeled in a golden tranoe, premonition* of impending change broke fnto the osoal quit! of ooantry life. Prom the villsge oame Ihi sounds of drum and fife ; mytterioni ilrangers oame and went, who wire laid to ba spies of liner panly. Every (hop was a debating aooialy and pandemonium, where every man had a rlgnt to exercise tba prarogitive of a free man, and to declaim for his own lileaaore, for or tgainM resistance lo Eng- land. The Tories beoama less and lesi oon- fldeat and bold. Many who had been Ion .1 ait in Ihslr avowed allegiance to tb* old and now powerless government left tbair homea and sailad for England, wblliolberi, whom Mr. Roiiar WM one, by their assumed neutrality, became objects of BUS pioiou for what WM deemed tbair intar latad ooweriiioe. Al WM natural uuder sued agitating oir oomstanoM, there ware few gayatiM lo follow the assembly at Lord'* Gilt, Attar thai unwonted ixoltainenr, Ufa, tor Belly, settled into a rouline of wbiob she had never felt tha laok of interest before. True, Mr. Will Ringgold oame lo aae her several times, poured into her ear his poly- glot compliment*, and presented her wilb verse*: "To my Charming Fair," where " ardent swain " rhymed wish " pleasure * train,' and Mm Hiaoy kept them informed of the affain of tha neighbohood bow Mn. Paoa had boxed the jaws of a itrap ping negro wench jo.il from Africa, and Mil* Ramiay had gone riding wilb Tom Rozier, making an elegant appearance, on a while hone, clad in a malbtrry colored riding-babil with a loarlel oooked bat ; bat something wai lacking whioh Belly oonld hardly define. She grew very rmlleii daring the long morning* when she and Misa Bab sat op posite each other on the two horse-hair sofa* in Ibe lower ball, each basil v eagaged in icwing op lha cesms of bonvtpan troaier* for the Held band*. Ntver, Ihooght Betty, did men have each long limbs ; they bad the tallest nrgroe* in the neighborhood sens of Anek. Her wrari- ness would gain the upp r band aometimn, and she would follow her longing g>z oat of the open door to the garden and stand on the hill, looking ever Ibe placid water and the rosaet meadow promontories to the melting blue of ibe horizon Returning, one noon from mob an rxpedi lion, when the ion bad kilted her cheek to a deeper glow, and the *ofl breeze had blown her bair into little tendril* and carl* around her oap, the fount that Bab bad disappeared from the eofa, tbe troaser* bandltd under a oothion, and heard the aonnd of a man's voice from tb* parlor, which aha entered with some trepidation at lo h )r long, white apron and anroly hair, that inoreaeed as the heard Mia* Ola-n mention Tom Kozier's name, and taw his tall f jrm rile between her and tbe window. Ha laid hi* hand on his heart, and she made a step backward on the polished floor, It WM but an initant, bat, in that lima, her qoiok eye* took tba never to-be-forgot- ten impresiion of nunshine on a bowl fnll of yellow chrysanthemums on tha window- sill, and agalnil the blue iky, a keen, dark faoe, earnest and strong, the face, not of "a conceited prig," but of a brave, honest gentleman, as nhe fell him lo ba. conscience whiofa only you can heal, rail- I dUoompoaad, and wished lo mike the) vis Then, beoeuae of tbe fair day and the flowers, a bird aomewhen near began to sing. Tom raiato his powdered head, and Belty Mated herself in prim, upright cnair, when a itray sunbeam touched her Ibroal and cheek. Another sunbeam pierced the ehadowed room, brightening some of it* acoeasoriaa oblong mirror* with oarved, gilt framee, three-cornered mahogany table* supporting grolosqae china ornament!, and straight chairs reflected on tbe shining floor. Well, "said Mis* Olem, contemptuously overlooking the interruption, ' 1 do nol doubt bol thai Ihe olasiio* an neoeuary to gentlemen * tdooatioo, by giving an idea of the latter* and Ibe polite art* of lha Oreak and Roman oiviliztlioni ; bat, prithee, why not have a tutor al home T / Diver went to Oxford, bat, under tbe direction of my father, at tbe -tge o( ten 1 bad mastered Cornelia* Nepos " " Ye* , bat, Mia* Clam, we do not all poa- eeei your natural advantage*," aaid Tom. with a oourlly bow ; I am eon that I have learned something by having trav- elled." " And there i* Will KinggoM," Mid Belly, ipeaking for ibe oral lime, " is he nol a shining example ot foreign training nd polish ? ' A fair oeae of showing 'How much a fool that bain ba*D sent lo roam Exceeds a fool that haa bean kept at butue ' " laughed Tom. " But he i* nol a bad fellow, Will, only hi* trip to France, and hi* iniro daolion and aoqnainlaooa among tbe beau rnonde Ibere, hath somewhat turned his not over itrong wits." " Indeed, he seemed lo me very pl< ssanl oharaoitred and of a moat polite, addreas," charitably inlerpoeed Miss Bab. who waa almoat obeonred by the harpsichord. " Bat laoh a coxcomb," aaid Belly," h his Ma foi'i and grimaces I " ' Tbere is acme good in him : but, i'faltb, I can't like a fallow that'* not auoogh of a man to enjoy a ran after Ihe hounds, bat mull tit at borne aad oap veraea like a minoing French tbbe I " " Ki;ou h, enough." wai Ibe flat of Misa Clem, listening trowningly. " I vow I do nol know what to make of yoa yoang people nowadays, with yoar talk about character, and this quality, and how people feel. No doubl, a hundred yean from now they will bs writing book! about the symptoms of Hi" mind, and what Ihe hsro and heroine think I All A idle-laddie I Take a man for granted, and let well enough alone.' " ' A saying, my dear madam, whioh la often urged at an exona* for negligence and ilagguhneei," interrupted Dr. Well*, who htu entered Ihe room behind her. Tbe rtvsrcnd gentleman wa*, al first eight, far from oonveylog tb* impresiion wbioh hii Isarning and goodness ioipirtd in theme- who knew him bailer. A* i* often Ihe oaee, tba preaioui soul wai encased and hidden ia a defective oaskat. Hborl and fat, with a broad faoe, hooked noae, and little eytt, ba looked even swarthier and more untidy than was natural by the contrast of the snowy powder of his bob wig, traoaable on gioo* point that, tor my peace of mind, I mail have aatllad. I am awaia of tbe dia- advantage and pablioMy of our present meeting, bat, if you will give m* tbe kanefit of a fbw minutes' explanation, you may make ma a reformed nan.' The rancml spoke ao engagingly thai I feared be might have some crime on bin oonaoieno*, ao I baited, (or it little behoove! one of my cloth to refuse ghostly aid. ' Speak,' laid I, ' my ton.' Well, doctor, the point ii this : Can a man marry bit widow'i sister- in-law ? ' Certainly not, oartainly not.' aid I. ' If there is one point upon whioh the canons of tbe church and of civil law are explicit, it is Ibis.' Then I proceeded to give him certain authorities and jadg- menu of varioni tribunals and councils, deduced from a long ooaraa of reading ; until I began to lee the absurdity of my standing in the road arguing a knotty eooleiiaalioal point with a groom, by the fellow'* eye* beginning to twinkle, and, by the aoal of me, had I not be*n a clergyman and he on horeebaok, I'd have pomaded him for hi* impudi noe, and applied my cudgel to hi! pate I I animadverted upon him with great severity. Bat the fellow reasons wall and i* a canning rogae. I oea't help smiling at hi* waggery." The doctor wa< in a broad grin, whioh bant into a good-natured laagb, in which hi wai joined by Tom and Bitty. " I'll charge bim with it, air," laid Tom, " and he shall apologize ; but the fellow man no barm. Be has lived from hand lo mouth m most of the countries of Eur ope, been in many services, and picked ap a deal of the odd* and end* of learning." We will appeal to toe doctor," said Mi** Clem, reverting to the argument which ahe dearly loved, especially when sbe wa* pitted against the masculine intellect " Doctor, I hold that the education of young men here should be conducted in the ooantry where they are to live, and that education in England s-rves to unfit them for their own home." " Bui, Misi ' lem," urged Tom," England u my mother country, my borne. Surely we, here in the province*, should feel that, and with to know more of our parent." " A parent who i* at belt bat a itep- molher, " declared Mi*< Clem. " No mother ever burdened her offspring with a lax ao disproportion! d to their strength ae England ha* laid upon a*." " Bal we owe her allegiance," laid Tom. I will a] way feel lhat. N o doubt the law will be repealed ; if not, we oan take mean ore* to lighten ihi* lax, whioh I, with yoa. itor feet at *," pot on your hat and walk own with Tom to the landing, ana* aa yea Al this reminder of their yontafwl day! 4M Ihe panacea which MU* Bab bad ad- in isle red! o their every woe, Tom mailed, and arming that Betty baaitated, laid ; Will yoa not DOOM 1 " with tb* deeired effect, for Betty aroee and left Ihe room ... upper .ip.andf.Ui.gov.rbia.habb,. .'. pred black clothe*. , , . think unreasonable, by cutting off snperflu oai luxnrie* and by encouraging home manufactures " No plan of non importation will prove available. We will be driven to extreme measure*, even to resistance. Tba policy of England ba* ever baan, with a*, thai of extortion, and tbe remit will ba final alien- ation." " Bay the policy of the Ministry," inter posed Dr. Well*, pacing reetleaaly to and fro, scattering snuff wilb z-elous rtithiH iaim. " Now. Tom," he continued," which are you, patriot or Tory ; for your country, or for supporting the action of th* Mia- Ulry." " Sir, answered young Mr. Rosier, with a proud gesture of hi* haudeome, well-eat head, I cannot conceive that there will ever be but one coarceopen to hi* Majesty's subjects ; allegiance to their oath of fealty. As troubled aa mailers look al present, they will, no doubt, be satisfactorily adjusted; nd, if not, why, as loyal subjects, we mutt submit to the right of taxation." Tot ! my boy, you are wilfully blind nol lo aee whither mailer* are tending, thai no active man oan idly withdraw hi* sup port from what h* think* right ; or will you emulate, tbe stupid clown of whom I read tha other day? When tbe Royalist and Parliamentary troops were encamped just before Ihe ducisiv* battle of Manton Moor, when the civil war bad bean waging for five year*, a horseman, galloping over Ihe country, oame aoroM a countryman al work. ' Well,' cried the Cavalier,' for whiuh lide are yoa, King or Parliament T ' Why,' gaped the bumpkin, staring itu- pidly.' ia them two f. II oat.' " " Ay, sir, and at lhat vary battle my an oetlor fell fighting for the king, and his great grandcoo went into exile following lha fortune* of Cbarlee Edward." All partial wire becoming excited, and tba air wai rife with one of tbe disturbing political debatai imminent at all limes and m all place*) " The time ie ooming, Thomas Rosier," laid Mies Clem, solemnly." for yoa to make year final choice and abide by ii. Will you be a tame ooward, submitting lo all that these eournf ul masters over teas may choose to impose upon y 01, or will yoo, like an- other Brutn*, be banded down to a glorious posterity a* one of those patriots who, against overwhelming oddi, chose to suffer odium ai a traitor death, maybe draw ing your sword in dtfenoa of your liberty ai a man and freedom from galling alav- aryT" The moment WM electric with exalte- mi-nt. Tom had risen, bis head thrown baok, facing the aarneat little group to whose o(iaiona ha wai antagonistic. " If," be said, quietly," il oomea to th* choice qf determining between my estates, comfort, and a happy future, snoh I have always anticipated, and axil* in poverty ; and it Ihe former u to be gained by Ireaoh- ery and disloyalty lo my king, by subvert ing all laws of petoa and order, I will choose exile, death even, before snoh dit honor Uod grant that I will never be in with him. CHAPTER V. When they were a few steps on tb* sonny lawn, Mis* Clem put her long faoe oat of window and called af tsr them : Tom Rozier, remember to com* again, nd we oan disousi the matter more logi- cally." On a shady bench by the kitchen wall sat Unole Moet, hi* oorn-oob pipe in hit month, and several lank bounds capering aroand him. Hi roee and shufflod toward them with a bow-legged, ibambling gait, peculiar to himself. " Lord A' mighty I Man Tom, yer int'nly htzgrowed. An' wuz'ntjou a misohievon* bay ? I mindt me er de lime Jed'* baby d :td, an' dty oouKln ' t find de ocffio no whar, no whar, an' I come down ter d crick, an' dir war de coffin an' yoa paddliu' 'round initjee at happy. He! be! I 'spec Mart Rozier dan gav yer seoh anoddtr wai loptn' " looking aadly lympatheiio, and ending iu a ohookle of dcligbt. " He ! he 1 bat yer woz a lim 1 er Satan." At the men- tion of his lapsmatural enemy, the table Phariaee heaved daap sigh. " Unole MOM bai a trying time with tbe devil," explained Belty. 'Deed I has, Mara Tom, a mighty oloae figbl wid bim. Sometime* I gets bim under my feel, an' den I )>' stampa on him." ' Btamp on the devil ! " exclaimed Tom, with an air of horrified surprise. " Don't do lhat, old man. Tbink how urong ha is Better make friend* with him, and nol make him angry." " Dal de trot, maaaa ; dat's da trof " Leaving them to determine Unol* Moae'* future relations with the power* of dark lies*, Belty ran into tb* house for a mo- msnt and returned under tbe shade of a big traw hat, for Ibe automn aan was hot. 1 he air waa balmy, laden with the oat of- door murmurs whioh soand like summer, ibe clatter of the kitchen yard, clu iking of fowli, nolle of children's voioea, and all the indescribable hum of the country lying low and level and golden under tha deep sky. "Fur de Lord'i sake, maaaa." pleaded the old man, " gimme some tarbaoker fur my pipe. I ain'l got none in d* world." " I haven't any in tbi* coal, Unol*, bat, I'll tend you over pound." " Bkss y er, massa, de Lord will shorely bleis yer. I ain't got a bit in de World." " That ii a way the old man has of aalv- ing bii contoieuoe," aaid Batty, at they walked along. " He baa a pxiket wbioh be calls ' the World,' and when there no to- bacco in it ba fanoiea be U tilling tbe troth." - Tbe old naoal." laughed Tom," I have a mind to giva him two pound* for hi* ahrewdnaaa." Tom wai rather moody and silent as ihey went along Ibe path through tbe field. He looked very fine. Belly thought, in bis ooal of deep claret color, bnoktkin breeches, and high-topped boota. wbiob he restlessly ABO OVUAl a WeerletMh Be* Wa* Vumad lei More Way. th . Owe. Fit* year* ago laat bit with a switch. Hi* brow* wen ant, and hi* eye* fixed on the ground. I regret," he said," that saoh too.* sion should have arisen, but, under Ibe oir- oumstauoes, no nun of honor oould with hold his view ; ami. by heaven I I cannot conceive how any man of honor oan hold but one view of In* subject. Had I, before leaving England, imagined that affain bare wen in inch crisis, nothing would have induced ma to return ; bat" looking aroand "II ii lovely and paaoef al (nd, and I am glad to b* bom*. Belty, too have nol f ilfilled your aunt'* bojceat. Where are my cjokiea? " " I have them hare." said Batty, diving into the depths of a capacious pocket an 1 extracting several; at whioh they both laughed, and CaiilQi, rejoicing ia Ibe poe session of one, lore on wildly down the path. Bstty had fall ralher constrained with him before, and awed by tbe travelled young gentleman's polish and oonrflinea*. but Ibis demand pot them on their old, familiar footing. War might ba imminent. bat II wai hidden in that future wbioh ia fall of delightful poesibililie* to youth, and they laughed and were happy for no belter reason tban thai they wen young Ceeiiat turned hie attention to chasing Owe* riound .4aWli<r, two Wood boys whoa* head* bad betu turned ooura* of dime novel* ran away from I aqaipped with a revolver and a (took of nmarksble ideas about tbe world. One of Ibeee ltdi wai Fred W. Bale, ibe ton of a well-to-do oontrsoior in Woodstock, anal about 16 veara old. On leaving home be obanged bii name to Wood The pair walked tome twenty milei from home, and then took tbe train to Port Elgin, than escaping detection. From Port Elgin young " Wood " oame over here, and waa engaged by M. Fortaan to work on hit plaoe, where he stayed a year and a halt. He then drove cattle for Mr. Kennedy and other buy< r tar a year or ao. Oa th* 111 of I'" eoio r, shrte yean ago, h* Dgegr<i witn Mr C. A. Fleming as ja<.nor th- Baaiue** College, r inding good met*i in in youth Mr. Flem- ing the following jul> apprenticed bim in tbe College printing depkriuunt, where ha readily acquired the uunuesi, and bid* fair to be an excellent primer He ba* all along; been a lroste-1 ai.d valued member of hie mpl jyer'* bonnebold. Whatever longing)* Ihe youth may have felt for home and friend* have been oombatcd in bis mind by a Milled coovio'iiu lhat bis relative* cooM no longer ore for him. No on* hire knew that tbe name of Wood wa* an assumed one, though he made no secret A bavin*] ran away from borne when a boy. Two waeke ago, however, in attenoiog tha special wrviot* in the Diaoiple* Cboroh young Bale experienced tbai marvelloaa change which alwayi sets Ihe wanderer back into right relationship*, human and divine. Tbe eeorei ooold i.o tocger be kept but the poor fallow, .till doobtiug hi* wel- come, wrote to bi* mother over the name of O. Wood, asking if she would lika to, bear newt of her runaway eon. Aay mother who reads tin* can imagine what tort of aa answer tbe url return mail brought. Tbe eager mother and family could not await a r< spon-e, and olocely fol- lowing the letter oame young Mr Bale to learn what news ba might regarding hi* lost brother Ha caovaaeed the different families of Wood or Wood* in town, and waa finally eat right by ircbie Trout. of the poet cffior, who went over with bun to tha Basinets College. We will leave oar reed en to imagine the surprise with wbioh ha greeted his brother and the genoin* plea- sure of tb* meeting to both. That wai a week ago Saturday. Tbe f liowing Mon- day Fred went home with his brother, aad. tier a week of happy re union with bin relative! returned last ntgbt. Mr. Bale had been out on Ihe Paciflo coast execut- ing railway bridge contracts for th* peat three yean, ann wai not expected home at present, bat jvben the brothel* reached Woodstock they f JQU.I the father there be- fore Ih'-ii*. Fred deserve* credit for tha braver) with which be has " roughed it," and the good us- he has made of hi* opportunities. Cler|-yeee> a HI*; Pay. The following information regarding tha lalariei of aome of the oUrgymen of New York and Brooklyn i* believed to bo authentic : Dr. Morgan Dix. of Old Trinity, ha* 115,000 a year, and his assistant *6 000; " Humph I " Mid hr. " Tom Bonier hire I Quite opportune. Hir, I wish to enter a formal prole*! and oompUiut Againil that whit*, bound, Mrving man of your* Para- urine, I think they oall the varlet.' Tha little doctor wa* quite t xoited, danoing up and down, hi* *ye tUahmg fin, and apeak- ing in a high, pompous squeak. ' I hope, *ir," Mid Tom, respectfully, " that the fellow, who il a pernicious wag tod babbling over with prinki, hat not dtred to molest yoa T " " MolMt I I do not know what you oall II, than. Why, look you. Ai I WM walk day, the glory . f Qod, and many inch kin- dred lubjeots, here come* along thia fellow ol your* on sorry nag " "Confound him I" oried Tom. "He mull have ttoltn It. I've got no look nag io my liable*, aad he's wool to ha a good judge of hnrsi llfsh " " That to n , 'iiner here nor there. Thit varlci ruins In front of ma, pulli off h<t oap, and tpeakl vary respectfully, ao I slop. '.Sir,' Mid hi, ' I have long bad mailer of ml , bat if it oome* I shall not stain Ihe roll and record ot my anoei tort, who have fought and died for their king loyal gntl*m*a, a line never soiled by treachery or sedition I " Hi* eye* were glowing. A* h* paused of his words, and at though another sun beam had entered the room. There wa* an awkward moment. Tom made low bow, to leave tbe room. " Hem I " coughed the doitor, nervously, " 1 fancied yon wen thn* ffeotad one of thoae who believe In tb* divine right of kingt to govern wrong.' Nol lhat " doubt th* rive their power, for In* Church hold* " " Hark yr, Tom Rori.r," oried HIM Ol*m, " I like yoa nan* th* lee* far saying what yoa think, liki man Yoa have a right to yoar opinion, only be oat with It, and don't be neutral, a nonentity. Cora! again whan yon choose. Yoo've got MUM, and than an too many fool* in this neigh borhcod for th* sensible one* to quarrel, be the shadow of a bozxerd sailing with per feot poise over the field*, yellow with nub ble end slacked corn. Baity looked up at it, and her lips moved M she repealed something to her*tlf. " What i* that yoa ar* laying Tom, curiouily. Only a silly ohtrm : Hail, lonely box- *arrl, hail I Who shall I MM bet wean no w and Ihi* time to morrow night T ' Then you make a wish, and don't look it the buzzard again, and you will see whom yoa wish for." " Ton honor, that's a pretty easy way of seeing one's sweetheart. And yon withad for whom ? " " Oh, I can't tell you. Il wouldn't oome true." They had reached tba landing, two wood- en steps to the water, whin a row boat lay. Tom leaned again*! tbe scarred trunk of a weather beaten pine-tret, while Bstty eatad herself on (too* ia the sunlight, (/aesim resting hi* bead on her knee, teem ingly sali*3ed by this communion with a higher nature-. I To be Oan tinned) Dr. Hu iiingtou, r. otor of Grace (.'Huron, hai 115000 and a house the rental of which i* worth 15.000 m >r* ; Dr. Oner, of ot Bartholomew's, rtoaive* 119,000, ani being wealthy rolain* nothing of it for biraealf ; Dr. Brown, of bt Thomas', be* 115 000 i Dr. Ramsford. of St. George'*, has 10,000, knd like Dr. Oner give* il ail way. A doxon episcopal partsbe* pay from M.OOO to 98,000, and Ihs bishop re- reive* 915.000. Aoiong Ihe Preebyteriaa* Dr. Hall draw* 113 feO ; Dr. Paxlon. !*.- 600; Dr. Parkhnm, fS.OOO; Dr. Taylor. 115.000, Kev. Robert Oollyar. Unitarian. h 910,000 Or. Talmege nceivea llt,- 000 from hi* congregation and doublet Ibi* income in literature au<< the lecture field. Dr. Abbott i* paid 18.000. The pastor of tbe Urgent Methodist Cbnroh hsi 96.000 and rent of an elegant par- sonage ; and Ibe Methodist bi.hop roai*M 95.000. He Wa* Very Qalel. Buffalo A,',iri . uid Doctor-How do yoa get along with your hatband ao < . Meguii** Mrt. Magulre Very nloaly Very nicely. thank ye. He'* dead. " Oanadlan Mini. ter " Is ),,,.il. New York Pr . Sir Henry Tyler, a Canadian minister, Mid in recent tpeech that reciprocity in ooal betwaan Cnda and this ooantry Ii under negotiation. A novel expedient hat btea adopted by Sir Frederick Robtrte to improve the hooting of tha men under his command in India. For every ball'* eye made by a aoldier in hi* regulation praolioe al Ibe boll* sum of money i* givsu him from they Tori** or patriot*." I '" publio funds, tbe amount being payable "Betty," laid MlM Bab, who WM much ln do** of ths shooting. England, t* laid to havi tha but paved streets in tbe world. Tha American consul there note* lhat tha laying of Ibe imprvion* pavement whioh WM adopted in 1871 for tb* carriageway* of Ibe oily ha* bean oonttnued without intermission, and is still m progre**, re- sulting in nearly 1.750000 ysrd* superficial of imperviou* carriageway pavement* and a Mving by the execution of this class of work unprecedented iu municipal txpcri enoe. Among the regulations are Ibeee : 1 Permission U never given to private . panle* or i enoua to cut in iiugti tbe i-aven tuauy atreellur anypurpuee. When iui- ni to neeeeaary the city o rporatiou will do u in its own thorough way. and tbe interested irtise unit pay ttieeuure c,,-t. t. All tbe itrret railway tracks (tramways! are laid anil owned and kepi m o uditlun by tn* corporation, and tbe company leauug them toe trafflo pe,y>au anuual reulaJ o IU tw cent. 0*1 tuetr coet The- uiauuer la whlcb these rails are placed Is fully shown In an illustrated report ot the former City K gtneer wbo says: "Tee Liverpool city Uuea ai now laid ere conclusive proof tbal when tramways are e I deeigned aat properly oouitructed tbey dj not turtu tae slUhtesi impediment, even to tb* narrow*** wheeled vehicles. ' Tb* (treat* are divided into three els the pavement designated at tlrst being usually laid down io the main treat* io the central parts of Ibe oily where tha irstsi j i* heavy. The principal material i* granite, both for roadways and footway*. LIABJIKli IT BACKWARD. " V stand* for Voter." tb* sob olboy remarked. As b* SUKXI squarely toelug the line. Aad be thought of ibe freeman wilb ballot In baud. A power lhat wa* seuil divine. The boy grew in years aad be founa oat at lait How wrung one' first leewei IU.T be Au hour at tue polls lave h.in plenty of proof That ibe voter oft stuidi fora V Beggar (to gentleman) -Cn'l yon give a poor man a dime? Uentliinan Havaat any change now. Will be baok ihi* way oon. Beggar Ah, *ir, in giving ondit to man like yoa thai keeps me poor. The O. P. R. Telegraph Company ana arranging to lay in Ihe ipring three- win oable in thi golf of Georgia from \ lotoria, B 0., to th* mainland. The oabl* between Victoria and I 'ungeness will alao ha kept ia repair, and other measure! taken to tninre trinsmiaeion of