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^AGRICULTURAL, The Glover. Rome -in* of the 111;, ami daisy, and row. And i in' ii.irmi.n null pink! that Hie t iinu thru * -. In the Kreen gmsny lap of the moddur that lys Blinkin' up at the *kics through the sunshiny rlnjs; But wh:. IH the lily and all of the rost Of the (lower* to a man with a heart In hi* lir.-.i*' That has dipped brimmin' full of the honey and dew Of thu Hweet c!ovor blossoms bin babyhood knew : I never net eyes on a clover Held now, Or Too. round i h<- -: .ilu.v nr < limb in the mow. Bui my childhood com** back just tut clear mil lui plain A the gmell of the clover I'm xnifHn' again : And 1 w.mder away in a barefooted droam. Wher<! I tangle my toes in toe bloHsums that gleam With the dew of the dawn of thu morning of lore Ere it wept o'er the graven that I'm weepin' abort. And xo I lore clover It seems like a pan Of tin; :u redet norrows and jrymif my heart And wherever it blooms, oh, there let Die bow. And thank ihe good liod :is I'm th inkin' hint now ; And I pray to him (till, for the strength, when Idle. To KO out in the closer and tell it rood by. And lovingly nuxtle my face in Its Dloora. While my soui lip away on a breath of per fume. (James Whit -ouib Iti.cy. Some of Juno's Gifts. B. r. K. IN ' OI'B ilKANiiK HOMtS." With June come the product* from *aeii own in the open field. All vegetable products >ell for some price, but it n the bright, thinking gardeners producing fancy <arly stock who get the top prices. " Uow do you produce such large, tine lettuce so arly in the season ''" was okke<< one of the favored ones. Hii answer was " Ky knowing how." " That wasn't produced," said he, " from seed bought in open market. I have been selecting my seed for many years. I have striven for an ideal and have bred up to u, the same ai one r>r*ils for an ideal cow. You would not think of going into Brighton market eipcting to bay your ideal cow would you ? I hare fed this lettuce with abundant food of the i i^ht sort. I have not fertilized without knowledge. To grow large leaved lettuce requ ires abund- ance of nitrogen ; as nitrogen does not abound until the soil attains a natural warmth about 50, special fertilizers like sulphate of ammonia must lie used. Later in the season, however, I would not think of using sulphate of ammonia : it would then, with the nitrogen generated from the fermentation of natural vegetable matter yearly put in the land in the shape of stable manure, make an unbalanced food, bringing on blight and mildew." Mary intelligent market gardeners covet a dry season, as they are enabled to get bet- ter prices for what vegetables they do pro- duce. Their oilshave been liberally supplied with stable manure anil are full of vege- table matter which acts as a sponge, holding the moisture coming from both above and below, rather than allowing it to escape i'lto the air. Tins furnishes moisture enough to keep plants alive, ready for more active growth when the drouth is broken ; and they can then place upon the market a better class of produce than those who have ben less liberal. Many fall crops are planted during June and July and should drouth prevail it makes germination of seed difficult, as well as pre- vents transplanted plants from "catching on." The horsr anil hand roller are of material service. The rolling of loose soil by finning tends to increase the less of water from the surface l>y evaporation. This brings water to the surface from as great depths as four or five leet, causing the surface to be welter than it otherwise would lie. When drouth occurs at seeding time roll- ing increases) the amount cf water in thu vicinity of the germinating seed ; and if rolling is immediately followed Ly a li^lit harrow so as to develop a surface mulch over seed bed, all the advantages of tinning the ground ill be realized, at the same tune preventing surface evaporation. T.ie efficacy of firming of seed after sowing during hut dry weather has been illustrated by grass seed germinating more rapidly in s ( ots where the cart wheel has run over the bed after seeding. After sowing vegetable seed during June and July for fall crops let two men with a hand roller walk between the rows which are fully marked by the small roller or seed sower. The result is perfect germination of seed, even though the seed may l>e of questioned vitality. ID transplanting cab- bage, cauliflower and celery duiiug dry time the land should first be ploughed and rolled. Light cultivation between the rows will break the contact of the capillary tubes with the surface. T'iu farmer's great enemies during June and July are insects. A little later the tuiiL'US pesta come in fora large share of at- tention. The squash vine boierisone of the moil perplexing insects to deal with. The moth that lays the eggs which produce the Iwrers appear about June '.Mthiiudstsys about one mo"th. The eggs are deposited on thv vine near the ground and i:i about 10 days hatch and bore into the vine ; hidden away they bore through the heait, destroy- ing the alimentary canal which furnishes the growing vine with food and moisture. One remedy is to go over the patch, rub the finger over the vine three or four inches from the ground, thus crushing the eggs : this should be done at least on.-c a week durii'K the moths existence. Weak, half starved plants are a more easy prey to all insects. Our market gardener* who prac- tice the intensive style of farming are not severely troubled with insects. l!y com- pletely feeding th plant they disturb thu oil so often it offers an insecure lodgment for insects. It is thought that late fall plowing, which is almost universally prac- tio'd by market gardeners, destroys many of the insects. Another remedy for the squash borer is to put al>out the stem of vine some substance, the fumes of which are distaste'ul to the moth, such as coin cobs soaked in coal tar. Crop Prospects in Manitoba. The Manitoba Government lias just issued fjj crop bulletin, which shows the acreage in Mair.tobn, exclusive of the Noilh-\\ <-si, to be tus follows: \Vheit, N",!l!m : nuts, :t:<-J.!'T4 : barley, 7,G44: r.cus, -.'IXH; potatoes I'M 1 ":!: roots, 17, His. Theacrc- oge of wheat himliglitly fallen off lli.syt-ar. This in.iy be account" I f.-i liy the winlcr ettin:- MI early and their ploughing to uttouu Lu liieir threshing. Seeding was general over the province about the I'.ltn of April, but in some places was not begun until May 1. Correspondents) re- port the plant as being healthy and vigorous, ind all sneak encouragingly of the prospect of a goo<( crop. Barley shows an increase '>t nearly eight thousand acres, oats of thirty thousand acres.peas of seven hundred, rye of four hundred, ami corn of eighteen .iundre.1. The farmers of Manitoba are be- ginning to appreciate the value of liax, and this year two thousand acres are under crop. The area planted of roots this year is nearly double. The pastures and meadows are re- ported by three hundred ami fifty corres- pondents, whwe reports make up this iiullctin, to be excellent and could not be Iwtter. The conditiou of stock is reported to be first-class, especially horses, which are reported to be in excellent condition lor the work of the summer. Last season's hay and oat crop being exceptionally good, may account to a large extent for the unusuaiiy good condition of the stock. No diseane U reported among cattle. When sending m their reports corre- spondents are asked to give the average rental of farm lands in their respective dis- tricts. The rental paid varies from a few cents for unimproved lands to $4 per acre for cultivated lands in the more thickly settled districts. In some of the localities much nf tun land is worked on shares, and in such cases the owner receives from one- fourth to one half the crop. Tho correspond ents report tint them was a sullicient supply of labor for putting in the crop, but the de- mand for harvest hands will be as great as ever. A statement compiled fro'n their re- ports n this regard, shows that the number required for the Harvest this fall will be be- tween seven and eight thousand. The rate of wages on the average is JJV.' per month and board. In addition to the al>ove a de- mand exists for boys of from twelve yuan and older for light farm work and herding at from $70 to -*1.")0 per year with board. The demand for female help is greater than ever before, although the wages paid are higher than they have ever been. Reports show that the dairying interests ot the country suffers much from the want of help. Wnliout a single exception the reports are favorable and encouraging, and state that under ordinary favorable conditions, Mani- toba will this season have an enormous and excellent crop. Throughout the North- West Territories the acreage in many parts has been more than doubled, and with equal- ly good prospects, but no statistics have been gathered outside of Manitoba. r VernU. Tin' summer lull in trade is at hand. The dullness in many loading branohesot business gives an opportunity to review their condi- tion. The lumber industry is) aneng this number. Though it has so far reco.->-n>l from the demoralization of the last twu years as to l again on a firm basis, sales thu fresh^herry pie, a'll . appetizing. But have not been as) large as expected and profits are small. The trade in hemlock i '-1:1 i :i -. i i ii 11 " What good things Mrs. 1 >rury does scud ma," thought the little school ma'am as she luted out of her dinner buuUitt the hard Ixiiied <.'g}f8, tile crisp spring onions, and ma'am inanely propping herseli agrjnst a great oak. tree behind hur. "Yes," guilelessly went on 'Lislwth. " Mr. Fusdynk cam c mt tium Toronto ye- frday yon know I met him there at cousin Nan's iiud oh, tuacuer, ii' going to be iiinireve.il than I ilMiu^ht, for s>- won us 4mWr ! Ibr Virlh ,".!. The annual report of the Department of Interior is a most valuable and interesting work, and contains information regarding the resources and prospects of the great territories which will doubtless be a revela- tion even to those living in the districts ra- l ferred to. Among ili new matter in this blue book is Mr. Otto J. Klol/'s investiga- tion of the shore of Cedar Lake, a small I body of water about 4<IU miles down the Saskatchewan from Prince Albert. On the 1 shore* of this remote lake a deposits of amber was discovered some years ago, and Mr. Kli't/ was instructed by the Minister ot the interior to investigate and make are- port <>n the subject. He has done 30 and appears to take a very cautious view of the commercial value of the deposit. The | amber of commerce has) been obtained froir the southeastern shores of the Baltic Sea for two thousand years. The amber varies in size from grains the size of a pea to pieces as large as a hand. The value of the amber depends largely on the size of the pieces, for example a pound consisting of four pieces is valued at jl.~>, while the same weight consisting of hill pieces is worth but 'JO cents, while refuse amber is made into varnish slock. Mr. Klot/. reports with regard to the amber field on Cedar Lake that the material is so small that it could only be converted into varnish stock, lie conclude) that there is undoubtedly somewhere beds where larger pieces are deposited from which these Cedar Lako deposits are mere driftiugs. It be- caines a question, therefor", whether it would pay to work these driftiiigs. The only way this could he made coinnien-i tlly profitable, in Mr. Kl->t/.s opinion, is by giving one company the monopoly of work- ing the deposit under a royally. In the same blue book there is a considerable amount ol information in regard to the gold dep wits in the Kaal Kooteuay mining district, part of which was traversed last year by W. S. Drewry, an ollicer of the de- partment. Mr. Drewry says that the actual mineral wealth is an unknown factor, but sufficient has been ascertained to make a great development proliable in the next few years. At the present time but one mine is being actively operated. The difficulties are great ami capital is wanted. The im- provement in the means of treating ore with a small percentage of gold will do a great deal for the diatrict, for this is the character of the quart/ throughout the mountains. Mining engineers and experts affirm that the surface prospects of the Spillainacheeu country are extremely good and that if the promise held forth in retli/ed it will become one <! the richest quartz- mining areas known. One of the exploits of Sullivan, a profes- sional "strong man " in London, is to lift with a rope held in his teeth a young ele- phant weighing over I, SIX) pounds. An- other is to attach a chain to a lift y-six pound weight, and. with the end of the chain in his mouth, whirl rapidly around until the chain assumes an almost horizontal line. This feat makes the spectators on the ground floor shudder, lest a link of the chain shuiild part or his teeth should relax their hold. The London Kconomist estimates that in the rough the British investor has sunk from t'X>0,OCO,OUU to 400.000.000 in Aus- tralasia, fro n >].MI.IIHI IKKI to C.'oo.tNJU.OcO in British North America and from t'75,000. OOO to f 100,000,000 iii South Africa. It would be interesting to know how much all i hi.-* yields linn in interest. Just uow he in not enamored of colonial securities. There is a dead set in London ngainst lending more money to soir.c of the Australian colon- ies. Our new loan h is not commanded as good a price as was expected, but Canadian stocks are higher than Au-.lr.Jmn. A coup (of year ago Australian and Canadian stock" stood about on rx level in tho Knglu<h market. Australia hai carried tliu "|MI>HI i?ig" lnmne.w a little too far. At present a Hii at ilc.il of the surplus capital of Britain in finding Us w.iy I", tin 1 I intc.l Sutc.i. y V'W Yi-k i>ap.T HIV i "i- 'I' 1 Knglish syn- dicate is investnu; :- so, i ',)>',' <i m coal nnnoa auil limber lumu in the South. lumber is the most depressed branch of all. >ome of the large produ -crs .in- . ;i . . uuni.' the situation by increasing their output in uuunterlMlance the anialluesui t tliuir in u gins. This slaughter of thu forests gives renewed occasion for the forestry people to write long articles on the rapid disappear- ance of limber anil the increased stability of the climate. They tell us that within 100 years the N'orth American forest will disappear unless something is done to re- produce it. Their figures are apparently correct. Seventy years is the limit set for this work of destruction, and, as there are, at least, BO years between the sapling and the sawmill, it looks as if some remedy should be applied a'. once. Still, the lumberman is not alarmed. Nioreuver, he give* good reasons for his confidence. There are more rafts on the Rhine than there are on any Cana- dian river probably in the proportion of two to one. The Black Forest is still a great timber region in spite of its ancient occupation by grubbing peasants, and all its timber has)>oen produced undfr Ifovern- menl supervision. A good profit is made on the timber and the forest, at the same time, increases in value. If Europe can cultivate forests, Canada can. Tu hard woods, especially the nut- bearing sorts, need only to be let alone to reproduce ! themselves rapidly, and the soft woods, excepting hen lock, will do the same in a measure. All that is needed to set us) cul- tivating forests on a large scale is a health- ful fnghu This condition has not Iweii reached yet, but it will be in time. After ! that the forests will hold their own, as they do in Central Europe. Europe did not take up forestry till there was need of it. ThU country will follow her example. When that nine comes there will uot only be better timber but fewer floods and more fish and game. BrUlnk rolitir* Sir William tiordou dimming of baccarat scandal fams announces himself as a Lib- eral Unionist candidate for Parliamentary honors in the Klgin districts. This will hardly meet the views of those distinguish- ed Liberal Unionists, the Duke of Devon- shire, the Duke of Argyll, and others of the honest, sturdy old U In,' set. Sir W illiam's chances are not good, for the Klgin district it reliably Liberal. lu present represen- tative, Alexander Asher, hoa been elected three times there without opposition. He is the son of a local "Aulil Licht " Minister and was Mr. Madsione's Solicitor-lieneral for Scotland. He nhuld have little trouble in beating the buccarat player. Another picturesque Uuionisi candidate is Honry M. Stanley, the explorer. He first offered himwlf for the Pembroke boroughs in Wales, but the Conservatives there had another candidate in view. C'oL Howard Vincent, the fair trader, suggested that he should fight Bernard Coleridge the KOII of Lord Justice Coleridge, in a Sheffield dis- trict, where he would have had a severe tussle. Later news, however, is to tho effect that the Unionists have chosen in>- great explorer as their candidate for the Metropolitan constituency of North Lam- beth, uow represented by Cenerai Fraser, a Conservative. Mr. Kdwa.nl lilaku, at on time leader of our own Liberals, has been offered a seat for one ot the Limerick divi- sions in Ireland, and Sir < 'harles Uavan Duffy , an ex Premier of Victoria, and the latest contributor to Carlylean literature, has been nominated for an Ulster Home Rule constituency. Maj. Kdwnrds, a crack line officer, who is a Socialist of the William Morris type, is opposing Mr. Wyudham, Mr. IWltour's Secretary, in Dover, while John Burns is the Liueral nominee for mis of the London districts. Mr. t'orrie * i rant, a literary barrister, is giving battle to Mr. Chamberlain m Birmingham, while Prof. Oscar Browning, an Oxford don, is contest- ing Kast Worcestershire with Mr. Cham- berlain's sou Austen. These are but a few of the interesting "affairs" of the ap- proaching conflict. Hi. Whisky KII.I ii. .. \ correspondent, sends ill the following statement ol the whisky business in its prin- cipal results, the last named not being thi least ill importance : " A bushel of corn makes four gallons of whisky, which sell for 9 T.2 at retail. Out of this the government gets $2, the railroads $1, the manufacturer $3, the vender $V the farmer 40 cents, and i the drinker gets the delirium tremena. " This is a general way of suiting t he case, and the showing is open to some modifications. It is understood that the Takcmine process yields eighteen iiuartsto the lui-hcl instead of sixteen. Fifty cents per quart for whisky is a small price at retail. The fanner hardly averages 40 cents par bushel for the kind of corn used in making whisky. And not every one who drinks the product sees snakes in consequence. Still the state- ment is a suggestive one. It bears out a remark long since made to the effect that those who cater to the vices of their fellows make much more profit out of the operation than those who deal in the prime neces- sities of existence. The vender of whisky sells the stuff for nearly twice as much as it costs him, while the man who sells bread has to be content with a small percentage. of gain on the transaction, and they do say the dealer in sugar nets no profit at all. In spite of thism.viy a man prefers paying out double prices for whisky to bo consumed by himself to buying at nearly cost p r ice bread for his family. 1 ruly this is a curious world and the worst of it is that such exposures as the above do not seem to materially mend the mailer. Chicago has two progressive cycling or- gani/ntions which have taken a very decid- ed stand on the " treating " question. Not a m in is allowed to " treat " while on a run, thus relieving the more generous member of the necessity of quenching others' thirsts or appetites. The Dominion Government has decided to l...-iile fishery for Manitoba at Selkirk. It wll be the third largest hatchery in tho world, having a capacity of lOO.OOU.OOO whitetiah und 10,000,001) salmon or spec- k!o.l trout. The Government has tho f.-ict thai Manitoba has the largest ex- port of anv oilier portion of Canada or tho United Suu-s, and, therefore, a large hatch- ery is an absolute necessity to replete the UL'.-and stop the, depletion which has al- takeu place. the little school ma'am had a ^iadimme heart x ntly in tune with the gay blackbirds trilling uitt-iide, and I suppose she would nave been nappy over even a dinner -of herbs. She wiui little older than her pupils, and she felt very like a child among dren. The laughing blue eyes were liai liv sit-in enough to suit the dignity of her pusi- tion, hut country children are the most docilu in the world, and these lu particular shared thu predelictions of their elders m possessing an unbounded respect for an " utlice," no matter who might, occupy it. So they all sat apart from their teacher, and we're married we*~e Ro'iie 1.1 si ay two years, for you know Mr. Fc-sdyck u an art 1st. " But 'Lisheth never understood why it w.is that just hert; the little school ina'mn suddenly siiml ncrcd her With kissex and hugged her so tightly that ahu w all out ol breath and not ulile to present Mr. t'os- dyck in at all a seemly ma.iiier. 1st (be Tlmr* of Csmrln I. On apparently sufficient data, the popu- lation of London in the reign of Charles I. has been estimated at I.'tl.l/OO, an increase j j _ - | of about lOO.lMM) in .'(00 years, or at the by her mother to eat out of her own little , ^to of KM per annum. It is probable that pail and not "bother the school teacher." I immigration would account for the whole Just now the little schoolmii'am looked j ,,f t h, s luc rease ; so that the birth-rate dur- down the- aisle, like a shepherdess number- j n(J tnese t | lree centuries would not exceed the rate of death und emigration. This slow increment of population would suffice to cover wii.it was formerly the garden grounds p- within the walls, the new outer wards, and lira on the front seat, who with commend- the sites of the old monasteries. Thearchi- *ble /.eil was eating striight through his t c tural distinction of the place was almost iMjrry pie, from apex to crust, with stepping l, wt when the religious houses and their to take breath, lingered in the the rear of lofty church. s were destroyed. The ma- even little Daisy Drury had been instructed o f |,<>nt loO.lMK) in .'(00 years, or ing her sheep. There they sat, the whole twenty-three, for it was a tine day, and even Ultle Timothy Somcrs had leeu a le tocome. Tho teacher 'j glance, wandering fruin little the room, where sat the pupils almoat grown up. T.i" little school ma'am wHim>t niter- sons HUM ed their noblest kind of work, but up. 1ii little school ma'am wasmost inter- 8t ill in private houses of all kind* they, Mted m these, for she was I. .nil ol weaving mi d er foreign influence, worked out the --ices) and tlwir fresh, young faces gave Elizabethan and the Jacobean styles. "'P^e opportunity. They were counting ! These promptly passed away, aud then the pseudo-clastic architectural designs of Inigo Jones were welcomed. A great col- loiiii.idi- was adiifii. iu grotesque imperti- nence, to the western elevation of St. Paul's, and a contnvance for securing grateful shade in southern climates was adopted here, with emphasis of gloom, where light i* chielly needed. Joneti's designs are much belauded as superior art : yet his small Water Gate is but a costly toy, theextrava- romanc her their apple tew Is now, these older children, and felling fortunes and enjoying tin-in aelves hugely. Suddenly they saw that "teacher" was looking on and sheepishly they ducked their heads, giggling spasmodi- cally all the while. But when irom beneath her drooped eye-lashes 'Lisbeth I'errme saw that the little scoolma'am was laughing too, the heads were raised again aud the whole SH'h.Hil- house tasouuded with the peals of merriment in which all joined without re- straint. Just why they were lauithiug they could never have told, aud perhaps no one gant details <|uite overwhelming the design. AtCovent (>arden Church the light wooden pediment and corn ice look absurd above dlmrt ot a philosopher would have been wise ' such massive columns, and. though the enough to say that it was) simply because Banqueting House at Whitehall is hand- they were young and living near to nature, ] some, this is principally Uue to the abun- ** F _ . _. .r _ i _ Id . r . r . rf . for ir.erriuesw of heait is tlie innate inherit- ance of youth untrammeled by convention- ality. Hut there is a difference in the merry laug'i of pleasure and the grat coarse laugh of ignorance, and so the little school ma'am thought as she looked from the picturesque dimples in 'Lisjeth's cheeks to the two rows) of irregular teeth which just now were by far the most prominent feature in Jake liardstroh's face. This difference worried i the little school ma'am for she had qui'.e a i sense ot the eternal fitness) of things, and | those two friemU seemed to her utterly out of keeping with one another. Lisbeth had been Vliss Jenning's choicest " specimen " from the very first day of her coming to " Vicloriaachoul-house. " Utnust ' be confessed that toMisaJeuuings, removed for the first tune from her own studies in the seminary twenty miles away, these pu- pils all seemed rather natural curiosities) than anything else, most interesting on ac- count of their peculiarities. Hut 'Lisbeth hail such a little flower-face and was alto- gether so winning that the little school ma am had been very glad to make a per- sonal friend of her. Indeed, she and 'Lis- beth had sometimes become confidential, and one day when Mist Jennings had been speaking of her plans for the yearn to come, dance of material, the details being coarse and commonplace. Walla five feet thick, with little window opening and all faced with massive-looking Portland stone, must be effective when contrasted with most modem building work. Ihr III., i. ! i liiu.i An opposite view of the anti-Christian riots in China, which have aroused so mcuh righteous indignation throughout the Chris- tian world, is presented in the letter of an ed- ucated Chinese patriot to a Shanghai Eng- lish ne wspuper. The Chinaman defends and '.uinintMids (i'him Han, the leader of the riot- ers, his) anti-Christian friends, whom he classes with the victims of the Inquisition. He urves that the Chinese national faith has as much right to defend itself and to re- sent arrogant invasion as had the Piotest- ants of the middle ages. The same plea of " disturbing the peace " was urged, he says, liy t h Jewish elders before Pontius Pilate againiit the I'hristiuus, and by the Inquisi- tors against the heretics. The forcing of a foreign religion on the natives liv means of threita from foreign powers and by the iiirii.n'c of foreign ^"inhoata, aided by imperi- al edicts, for that is the Chinese view of the situation, ho urges is opposed to all pnnei- how ho was going to Alma, and then she p | u5 ,,| religion and international law ami cab hoped to teach in a college, 'Lisbcth had rein, uked, " Well," Miits Jennings, I don't know. .Seems to me it would be a good deal nicer to get married. " What a bomb-shell from the demure 'Lisbeth ! Rut the little school ma am was fortified against all such arguments. " Why no, 'Liabeth, think how young I am only IS and then it's our duty, 'Lis- beth, to learn all we can and be learned and never succeed. The writer expresses surprise that the Kev. Griffith John, a prominent missionary, who, he says, is paid to ad- vocate love and charily, should spend all this tune crying at the top oi" his voice for vengeance and slaughter against the peo- ple, who, even at the very womt, arc bub misled, without evil intent, and who only defend their religion, dear to them as t'mt of the Christians who died in Roman arena*. He says that the Christian religion in grossly accomplished aud brilliant and an ornament I misrepresented by tho missionaries, through to society." their presuming to address the people while But 'Lisbcth peristed, " Maybe I'll stir- J hnvina oiilv a ridiculously imperfect knowl- prise you, teacher, I snow I'm three months ymmger'n you even, but Pa says it s right aud seems to me so too and so well, Pa he says it'd be nice for me to get married this spring." In vain had Miss Jennings reasoned with 'Lisbeth on the subject. Argument was use- less and six months ago she had resigned herself to seeing Jake and 'Lisbcth trudge edge of the Chinese language, and that the fact is mainly answerable for many miscon- ceptions by the Chinese. Work. The recent conversion of the Knglish iir.-t \Vetern Railway, throughout into I olf together from the school-house every j standard gauge line, may fairly be said to evening for their homes were not far apart. I "irk a " c P cl1 : wmlc tno 8kl " aml 'P 881 ' " Beauty ind the beast," she had said to i with which the work was occcomplished herself sometimes with a little shiver, naturally t-xcited popular admiration. Ihe " Jake and ' LisU'th" this combination of ";'' g8 associated with JMjn** ftt , me names! It shocked the harmony-loving little school ma'ma, " Now 'Lisbeth is Doeti- ca!,"sii thought. "It sounds like the lisp of leaves on the softest summer evening. And 'Lisbetli'sfacc is like a dream. But Jake It is nothing but Jake and it rhymes with rake an.i bake and all other commonplace words. And the worst thing is tho name suns the boy." Hut as Miss Jennings saw how happy 'Lisbeth looked from day to day, she re- lented from her half- forme 1 plan of remon- strating with the*" matcl -making father," and decided that it is best not to meddle with other people's alfairs. day of Jun The last day e had finally come the day set apart for the picnic which ended the term. Ihe little nchool-ma'ain had )>e- queathed the pot of geranniums in the win dow to Jake, telling herself that sho would thus try to expiate tho hard thoughts she had against him just for for being ugly and uncouth, and now she WAS running races) down the hill with the children, as blithe and free as they. The fathers and mothers, and even the grandparents of the children came always to these picnics, and they made red letter days in the lives of the little folk?. Thermo was just a little sorrow about Miss Jenuin'g'a heart, however. 'Twa a sorrow for another, which is the hardest kind of all to boar. She was thinking of 'Lisbeth. This would be tho child's hist free day. and then she would settle down to the prosaic life of her fathers, her capabilities would never he developed, iiud she would in time be just a nonentity like to many before her. T lie sympathetic lili:e Hclio.n-iua'nia sighed. Hut ' \ his moment 'L;s!x>ih li.-r sell came up, with the same happy look on her face that she had woi n for so many "Miss Jenningv" she l>egan, "I hope you won't bo oisappoiossxr 1 here 'Lis- - bluahos fought a losing battle wih huv dimples -' I'.nt roimin Jake's going to bring Mr. Kosdyck along pretty soon" -- "Cousin Jake '." repeated the little school of Brunei no longer exists in England. The standard of 4 feet S4 nc><es) is henceforth the real broad gauge, as compared with the narrow .'t^ aud even '2 feet roads to be found here and there for special service in the mining or other regions. The broad gauge was introduced when Imth the roadbed sys- tem and thu rolling stock were far inferior to what they are now, so that the additional steadiness thereby gained was appreciat- ed. The Great Western Railway, up to thirty-eight years ago, used only the broad gauge ; but then a mixed gauge was intro- duced by adding a new rail for the rolling stock of the more usual gunge on the other roads. Even a quarter of a century ago that railway had 1,4.')0 miles of broad guage: but tho contrary movement became irresis- tible even in this stronghold of the uther system, so that out of about '2,()00 miles) owned when the final change came, about. 2,000 were standard, 421) mixed, an-1 per- haps 1 70 broad. But in one way and an- other a distance, it is said, ot about '200 miles had to be handled ; and an axtra force of *>,'MX)men began on it, with the passage of the last broad-gvago special train east- ward on a Saturday morning. The work was substantially over by Sunday night, tho time actually occupied being only thirty- one hours. On Mon lay morning trains ran for public accommodation. There is a reminiscent, ami almost pathetic tone in the adieus of the . ngiineimg journals to this once famous system. II. 'iiar lu'ii three ihings in it : The van* tige to do good : the approach to kings ami principal personn, and the raising of a man 'a own fortunes. | Bacon. Work is the jfi-.xnd euro for all the mal- a*d miseries lhal : mankind honest work, which you intend goltiiig done. (C'arlyle. The idol nf to-day pushes the hero of yesterday out ot" our recollection, and will in turn IH' sui>[dntd by his WJ'OSSKOI ol to- morrow, -^Irving.