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KERSHAM MANOR. CHAPTEIl IX. -(CoHTiwrn) The state of tremo.- into which Ktlir WH thrown by the invitation t<> Ku-ham Manor can oircely IM imagined. SW had I* m brought up with more respect for in- tellect than for wealth and p union : and it was not the social iialus ot tlio Malets that imprcraed her. liut the hail mi in- tense curionty to know what wai be- lt ml tho*e itately walla. She had heard incideoUlly of l>eauliful things beautiful picture*, carviups, ltue*, that home* of lint kind contain- ed. Needless to say the haxl not heard of them from her father, who wai only vaguely coniciou* of the existence of art. At thirteen Father knew far more almut picture* than he did. She treasured up nd re'l over and over again an odd volume of the Art Journal, where ihe found a mine of information concerning Henvenuto Cellini ami Leonardo da Vinci. She hiade listi of the IIMHU4 which *h di<l not know (iuido Kenianil l.uint and Kubbia, and looked them out in her father'* old Kncyclopmlia and Maunder'* Biographical Treasury. She dreamed of the marvel* of their achieve- ment*, and, after reading Transformation, wa* inipired with pauionata longing to *e Rome and Florence. It wa* chiefly because of then* ignorant longings after what wa* beautiful that ihe desired to enter I lie Malet's houte. She had the feeling that he wa* being kept outiide the world that he wanted to inhabit ; that she belonged, in some tort, to a family of social pariah*, a >ect of outcast*. Tim feeling wa* due to the. peculiar position occupied hy her father in the religion* world (whi.-h wa* all the world that she had ever known), and to the fact that her family had no place in the great established order of Knglish life. To be a Dissenter in a country town meant, more emphatically thirty year* ago than it mean* now, that the historic building* of the place were practically closed to you, that you were not buried beside your friends *nd neighbors, that you worshiped on Sunday with a handful of like-minded folk but not with the bulk of the parish, anil that mile** you were exceptionally well off you had no opportunity of enter- ing the houses where culture and thought were likely to abide. Even the village folk, invited to merry miking* at the Vicarage and the 11*11, and worshiping on Sunday* in a beautiful old church, had more chance of uMthetic culture than Ksther Dennou. In large town* the eparatioo ol mm from nun, bscause of diPercnee of faith, is *c*>rcely known : in country towns, though modified, it linger* still. Separatists generally plume themselves on their separation ; " fie diwi- dence of Di<sent" is (till tha watchword of political "Uissentry." Without knowing now or why, Esther hungered to posse** the whole world, not only a corner of it. Shr did not know thats'ie wa* presumptu- ous. She had learned that there were fairy realm* of knowledge, of trt and music and literature, from wliich poverty and her 'ather'* circumstances were likely to keep lier out. Without kuowin why, she was beginning to lung for a larger kind of life] to chafe against the law that made her fee herself everywhere an outsider. Of course she wns not o!.l enough to riie on that high- er tide of thought and inspiration which would have carried her a'love the petty dis- tinction of the society wherein (he dwelt. But she wa* old enough to be vaguely dis- contented with her lot. Nobody dreamed that such notion* had ever entered Kith>-r' head. To her enter tamer* "he was i a country child in a i simply badly fitted frock of *hy little girl, whose dark ey< pretty, ami who wa* exceedingly well- behaved. Kither wore herb-st frock, an ugly purple merino which hung on her lender liinbs like a sack. She was barely com, io-n of its extreme uglinew, although she contrasted it won leriugly with Nina's pale blue Hnunce, delicate lace luoker, and coral necklace. Rut thought* of dress were speedily lout in admiration of the place which she had come In see. Tho architecture of Kerham Manor would be hard to describe, for portions of it had been built at different pel iods some a* far back a* in Tudor times. Th great- er part of tho building was, however, of the early Georgian epoch, not remarkable in any way for beauty ; hut the interior of tho house wa* charming. There was a lar/o hall, paneled in oak, Mack wilhage.wilhpor'.iaiU of clead ami gone Malela lot into the walls, and a broad staircase ascend ing to a gallery, from which so.re of the upper roomi wi-re reached. On one side of the hill a door led into an ante-room opening into the din- ing-room ; then came the library ami the squire's study and a billiard-room, all en suite a quaint ami inconvenient arrange- ment, but admirable in Esther's astm eyei. The dining-room und the library wore lined with oak, niarvelously carved, of remote loitiquity ; coat* of arms were paint- ed on every window, ilep window -seats, tiled hearthr and carved mantel-pieces were found in every room. From the dining room a very narrow door, scarcely ditlingiush ililu from the oak panels, opened on a narrow staiiouie which led to a little lot of three room* upstair*, which Sebaslinn called his own i a bedroom, a sitting-room, a play- room or study. I'llher looked in aina/.e- PI /i' HI the hoy who teemed toherso sump- i u .inly housed. She was ihown all over tho old place, Sebastian doing thu iionors like a young prince. Theiquire'ssiudy wa* not io pictures |iie a* the other n)onu, but it was hung round with portrait nnd delicate- ly finished miniatureii, framed in tarnished of china in the Chippendale cabinet*; the spindle legged chair* and tables had something unsubtantial about them, a* il they were but ghostly *how ot the chairs and table used by Seba*tian'i great-grand mother. A soent of rose leaves oame from the china Itoivls of potpourri that atood in every corner. " It's an uqly old room ; I don't like it," said Nina La louche, when ttie children hud silently gone round it, inspecting every picture, curiously regarding every relic of the past. "It's never used now, is it, Se baslian ?'' "Only when we have a dinner-party, or when there arc people from London." " Come away, it's very cold," said Nina. Then, as they trod the passages, she added, " I kuow whii I ihoul-1 do if that room were mine. " I should clear out all that old furniture, and do it up in blue and gold. " " I dare say. Like your own frock*," aid Sebastian with scorn. " Hike it better ai it u," said Esther, *'ij then felt abashed at the sound of her own voice. Rue the boy turned to her with satisfaction in his eye*. " It is much belter ai il u : you've gat good taste," he laid briefly. " It'* awfully old-faihioned ; it must be ugly," cried Nina, " There you're wrong. Mis* Nina," said the boy warmly. "Some old things are much the best ; old houses, old picture*, old wine, old book* Uncle Roland says so, and he knows better than you." Nina would have retorted, but Kitlier, who hvJ scarcely been listening to the last few words, unintentionally cut short her speech. They had reached the hall, where the lamps had just been lighted, and a great fire burned upon the hearth. Toe glow of color, the play of light and (hade upon the, picture', produced a marvelous!/ pictur- esque effect. " Oh," said Kither, drawings long breath, " It's like being in a story- book." Nina stared t her with open eyef . Se- bastin laughed. " I say," he aid, " what a funny little girl yon arc ! I like you. Shall we go up into my room and roaat vhestnnt*? It t< > dark now or we might have had a good game of hide and-seek all over the hoiue. It'* a ppleudid place for that, because there are three staircases." Thu* did 1'rince Sebastian signify his royal approbation of his guest. "Come, Nina, where are jou going V " Mamma hai come," slid Nina primly, "and Maxwell U taking tea into the lib- rary. " We must go there, then," laid Sebas- tian in rather a disappointed tone. He took hold of Either'* hati 1 a*, they walked through the timing-room into t!i* library, and said gallantly : " Another day wa will roast chestnuts and I can show you my collection*. I have collections of coins and birds' eggi, and one of Indian butterflies.' " You never showed me the coini," cried Nina jealously. i >. i, you wouldn't understand them. soon a* possible, ID private she shed some bitter tears over the impossibility of giving the girl a better education. As Sir Roland had said, Esther was edu- cating herself. When she wa* free from congre- gation grumbled at the draught*. Esther found some piece* of matting at last, and nailed them np over the broken panes. i.-r wa* beadle, pew-opener, and gen- her household tasks, and tired of reading ral factotum. She lighted the ,-andle* in lijsi lei, you don't care for any thing that is old." And then Sebastian turned the handle of the library dot rand ushered his friends into the tirjlit room with the air of a courMer. Nobody could ever find fault with Sebai- tiau's manner* unless it ware in the free- dom of In < in t-r ume with Nina La Touclie, who had a knack of upieiting hi* naturally amiable temper. Mrs. Li Totiche approve lot Esther. The girl was so quiel, she laid, so utterly un- objectionable. Ry-aiid-by she might be nice looking not too pretty, either, for i*iW|i.ui,lIIg 1 ^ UUV W\f pi VbV V | CU I IICl , |U( unbeccming c. '; I her station and certainly well-grown and lark eye. wen f ! healthy in appearance. Her mind flaw on apactlo the contingencies ot the tuioYe. In imagination she saw Kitlirr til'ing the place of governei* to Cecily and the twin*, ami refusing to take any salary because 'ie owed much to Mrs. La T-<u-hr's kindness it was quit4 a pretty picture of gratitude on III- one side and appreciated merit un the other. She was glad to find that the Squire looked with favor on the ni<-e, quiet little girl who wa* so delighted w.th the treasures of his house. Although 'ho Squire was master, he did not count for very mucli in his own household, bein^ merely a rather testy, good-natured old gentleman ; but hi* approval of Kuher counted for something in MM. La Touche's calculation*. fllAl'l'KIl X. t Ul.fHt Kither found some satisfaction in re- counting to her mother, in rather a discon- nected manner, the thing* she had seen and heard. " There were ever so many rooms, mother, all running one m'.o the other: I ..in'i see what people want with so inahv room*. And there wa* a miniature of a l>iily Annabella, set round with pearls. She was Sebaitian'a great-grandmother, and there were portrait* of gener- al* ami bithnpi .11 I :'.-.. \h~ hvl all been anosstors of Sebastian. We went into the conservatories ai.d he cut tho flowers and Ihe grapes t'-*t I brought home with me. They were for you, he kaid . they were particularly fo,- you. He hasn't any mother, and I think that lhat made him like to send you things, mother dear. He want* to come und so- " Oh, there would be no pleasure for him in coming here, my dear," ....id Mrs. Denison picture was said to he by I ho great Sir Joshua, U ,M One Dyck, p Joshua, one by Van 'ier viewed them with un.[m faith. Seeing her reverence for re'ics, Se- bastian brought out a treasure which had descended to him from a Scotch un - a ailver patch lx, said to have belonged to igetl Tha alary Queen of Scot*. Ksthor would have kiued il for fheer love of antiquity it *he linl had the olu The drawing rooms, which had been more recently built, were not *o interesting t > the general observer a* 'ho rest of lh home Kit her in her in -n,l not think really so fine as M. Fairb.urn'* drawing- i M, which wa* full of ormolu and red velvtt Hut, .<h lik 1 th 'in lutter without knowing why. All the color mrm ><1 to have K.HIB out of lh.iw.llc thn hi made of the curtains wai filled, tho carpet wa* very dim. Tim in. '. 'ill I wen barharoiuly plluWd wind' un I II lo. noil With U I icapfti, uupids und r<i-i'i, in the gently. "No, I suppose not." Esther's nyes wan- dered disconsolately round the ilniL'y little room. We hive not nnny pretty things, have we ? Hut I have you, mother dear, a.'tii he lun only two old uncle*." She kiised her mother'* thin hand a* it rested in her own, and resumed after a few moment*' thought, " Mrs. La Touclie, who livo* at ths Dower House, came to tea. I think ihe is very fiinnj. She had beauti- ful clothes, hut ihe kept lifting her loft hand whe i anything snrpt ised her, aa if she were shocked. She asked me what school I went to, *nil when 1 said 1 did not go to any, he lifted up her hand and aaid, 'Oh, my poor child.' And I hen she asked if I !eariu><l lesson* for my papa, and when I said no, I hadn't time lieciuise we kept no servant and I hail to do the housework, (ho said ' Oh, dear !' and lifted her hand again. And llii'ii ln- saiti something which 1 know she ,lnl not intend me to hear, about my being remarkably ladylike for a minister's daugh- ter." Mi- was secretly woun.lt-, I l.y these rsmaiks, hut made no tonnm-nt, upon French itylc. Inure *ai a gIMt iloal ihun, and huihcd her little daughter a3 which happened now and Ihen she went for long ramble* in ihe fields and along the silent country lane*. Sh* never forgot those hours of somewhat strange and unchildlike enjoyment, when she would lose all thought of lime and of herself in watching the cloud sha-lows flit over sunny meadow-lands, and the golden brook* trickling musically along their beds of many-colored stonas, in dreamily follow- ing the rabbit tracks, gathering violet* and primroses in the budding copses, and start- ling the building birds from their perches on the hawthorn boughi. To K*ther these hours were not unfruitful, even in later years. They implanted the love of nature which became so great a source of comfort to her in times 01 perplexity or trouble. The spring sunshine, the perfume of the blossoming hedges, the distant purple ha/e upon the low-lying hills, paued into her very being, a blessed influence for ever. In after day* ihe often tried to recall the exquisite sense of joy that in those moment* of solitude possessed her brood- ng soul ; moment* when ihe Memed :o feel herself one with Nature and N" i lure's sights and aouals ; when sunshine and song passed through her a* naturally as through the trees and over .In- bre<zy hill. Alai, in later life this le-p communion with Nature comes but rarely, if it came* at all. The heart must indeed be pure, the mind untroubled that seeks to renew that precious intimacy wilh the very heart ot Cod, which to the little child is common a* the common daily life of sun and air. In these hours her thoughts turned in- stinctively to the thought of (Jod, lex as theology hail taught her t > deem of him than as the pagan mind conceive* of tha Divine. Siie was a *ort of childish Pan- Uioist without knowing it, investing nature with semi-super natural attributes, and lapping herself in the garment of prevailing Divinity with mystical delight. Her 'ears and doubts fell away from her, and h believed herself one of the elect, one of the chosen of God. a-i-1 buoyancy of spirit from activity of life and ProUabiy this clearness came partly i i j h fresh country air. Either herteli aurib I'.nl it to the constant presence of Uod, which she found in the glades, on the hill-sides, in '.he slia.ly recesses of the WOD 1. She was very happy at these times. And it wa* well for har that ihe could weave happiness out of such scanty material, for there wa* gloom and discomfort and positive desti tution in the minister's house at Kennel's (ireen. It wa* not until E*str that Mrs. La Touche's floating scheme* acquired con*is teooy. Sir K nan 1 at lait adopted her idea* but as a means of benefiting Mr. IVnison more than of ecabling Nina to obtain an education at little cost. He did not put Mr*. LA Touche to any mpeuae. He offered Mr. Denison double pay if he would give Nina lesions with Sebastian, on condition that he taught Esther at the name time. Esther was also offered moru- their tin sconces every Sunday e'ening, and played the hymn tune* on a weezy old harmonium below the rickety pulpit, on Snnilays and Tuesday evenings, ,-ometi.nes on Friday* too, if anybody came to the prayer-meeting. Sometime* she broke down ; sometime* a draught from the door put out the canillet. Once she was stsrtled by a loud and gusty whisper (in the very middle of a hymn) from Miss Prothero the dressmaker, a rusty little oil maul, who spoke with abroad North C'ounly accent. "Cireease i* a-Hroppen all ovver yer frock fro' them canneU," (he aid , "but never mind.loovey : when ye git hoame, put a bit o' pipa-claay on t' plaexM an' a bit o' broun paaper, an' iron 'em well, am? t frock '11 be all raight by to-morrer mornin'. " The recommendation wa* audible half over the chapel. One after another the members dropped <>0. Mr. Den is >n had not the gift of keep- ing hi* flock together. He wandered into metaphysical regions and forgot the re- quirements of his hearers. They wanted 'sensation ' and he had line to give. He preached earnestly against sin, but they mined 'he strong f*nulr Havor of denun- ciation. There wa* a want of "power" and "unction" in his preaching, they aid imong themselves. As Miss Prothero observed one day to Esther, " They don't apprekate your pa, love." One MESRY MOMEHT3. Many a girl who marries for leisure re> pent* in hai'e. A good blow tells evan when a yacht beau another. Yachts take spin* t3 show whether ihey are tiptop or not. Jagson say* it is a lucky man who can discriminate between a barber shop and a hackstand. " What i* your t*t reason for believinjr he'll marry him '.'" " Her parent* laj lhat ulie shan't." The man who can pay hi* debt* and won't do it, would steal if sure that he wouldn't get caught. I always knew he was too timid to pro pow. " " But he married a short time ago,' Ye* but he married a widow." To do eaiily what is difficult for other* i* the mark of talent. To do what i* impossi- ble for talent i* a mark of genm*. " Do you know much about that hone you bought from the deacon ?" " I know ir ire about the -icacou than I did." Esther" Did he kiss you ?" Tana "He hadn't the nerve to do that." Ksther "It would require considerable." The malleability of gold is 10 grest that a sheet of foil, it U said, can be beaten as thin a* the (lice of ham in a railway sand- wich. Aila " Why ,'oe* Clara speak of (ieorge a* her intended ': Are they engaged ?" Alice said that the distance was too great to walk " No ; bul she intend* Ihey shall be." every Sunday ; another that ihe got rhen- matici in her shoulder from the hole* in the window nol lhat the weather wa* bad ; " the Lord have sent it very perlite this year," she added. Mr. I >eui*on called on two spinners, who lived together and earn- ed a living by tailoring, and, on asking why they had not been to chapel lately, wa* told lhat they had left hi* " denomina- tion." " We're Plymouth brethren now," said the younger sister, " B-it we belong to ^dif- ferent branches. Mary Jane she's a New- tonite, and I'm a Darby ite." Yes," sail Mary Jane, with a haughty sniff, " she belongs to the Darbyitts, as she says. They're infidels." Mary .lane," said the sister impressive- ly, " will you remember thai ail liars have their part in ihe lake burning with fire and iirir.utt.ine ? and pass the cotton." And thh after ail Mr. Denisun's preach- ing '. He beat a retreat, diamaysd. Another once ardent support, r h id (like ng paper) " I see that the dollar i* five years." Hus- ing lessons at th* Dower House in French, un and music. The offer was thankfully accepted, an<l the only person who suffered by the new arrangement was Mrs. Denison. She was very far from strong, and a good deal of the housework fell upon her shoulders, a* her husband could not afford to pay for a ser- vant. Rut she never complame.i of fatiguo. And as people who never complain are never supposed to sutler, she was allowed to work day after day until her remaining strength was almost exhausted. Either did all th-vt she nl,l :hut she had not ex- perience enough tn understand how gically her mo'.her was overworking herself. And as she became increasingly absorbed in her books, her eyes grew blind to the troubles that beset nor home. Mr. Denison haxl never been a suoossc- ful man. Success is chiefly a matter of temperpment. Re had in his character all the elements of failure delicacy, honesty, and setf-distrnit. Nervous excitement car- ried him nut of himself at times and made him speak eloquently and powerfully ; but these seasons of fervor were ucoeeded by moment* of terrible reac- tion. Ami then the same temptation always assailed him the temptation to think that he had been wrong m throwing away his livelihood, even for truth's sake, and ex- posing those whom he loved to poverty and privation. The first great blow that fell upon him was the secession of Young (iibbs, which occurred Worn the expiration of Mr. Dem- on'* second year at Kennel's Green. Young tliMxi ha<l been offended in m in y way*. Mr. Denison wu obliged, a't.r Svevtl ineffectual attempts to get rid of hi* VMi'or on Sunliy nights, to inform him that he could not offer h..n anything more substantial than bread and butter for supper it was all lhat they were going lo have themselves. Mr. (jibbi said that the miniiter's treatment of him was exces- sively "mean." Then come the question of tlic weekly collection to which Mr. Gib Iw refused to give more than lix pence, leaving Hingley the grocer to make up the iletint sometimes of several shilling* Lastly, Young Gibbs took upon him- self to say lha 1 , it was not Scriptural that the minister should leach " carnul things ' at Kvrsham Manor. He was neglecting his "douty" wnen he did so. And, after l.n.^ forbearance, Mr. Denison lost hi* temper : a violent quarrel took place, and Mr. Cibb* hook from hi* teet forever the duit of the little chapel at Kennel's (.ireen. After this event, the prosperity (which had never been great) of Little Bethel lowly and steadily declined. Strangers ca.nu no more to the little mildewed IMI! I ing with it* mossy steps and ivied walls. Mr. l>enUon did n .1 know how to attract the multitude. The grass grew more rank- ly lhan ever lip to its moldering side*, where tha bricks soemea to be held together ....ly by the ivy-shoots. Long trails of ivy darkened the little windows of common greenish glau, of which a pane 01 two had been broken now and then by mischievous village boy* who went to the church Sun- day-school at Kersham. In the dim- mer these bre.\k*go* werescaro-ly noticed for the freih air thui admitted <lid n uch to lessen tin moldy smell which clung to the interior of the building ; but autumn rains 111,1 winter winds made the place desolate indeed. Thcru was no one to pay for window il,. niling ; certainly Mr. l>enison could not afford to do it, ami Mr. Itmgloy was begin- ning to complain of the expense of the new "body,' There was no way of heating Iks " That watch Harduppe sold me turned ont to have runty work* " " I don't won- der ; it had beet in soak for three months." Wile (reading life of a paper < band " Nol when you get your hand* on one, my dear." " Look a' yer, yo 1 , Sam Tohnson ! De hoss ilai yo' sole me la*' night i* daide 1" Sam" Daide ? Lo'd, dat's funny. H nevah did dat befo'." Spectator " i> tein'l it require a deal of courage lo go up iu a balloon ?" Aeronaut -" Not a bit, ma'am. Il'* the earning down in i " 11 Id lent as," said Uncle Eben, " make* er man talkative. Seems laik it's on possible fur er man Ier do nultin' an' say nutbii' sim- ultaneously. " " What's your Congressman doing in Washington!" " He's a-drawiu' of his sala- ry." " Nothing else?" " Ye*, he's a- blnwin' of it in." the Scotchman in a well-known storytcome to the cou-'luiion that only three or four person* in the neighborhood were " laved," ami that neither Mr. Denison nor hu wife were among the niunber. According- ly, he could not any longer " sit under" Mr. Deniion's mtnis'.rationi, and Ae took oallini(ma an educated pig? to heating his wife. U is all a mistake. I said In short, the whole structure of the new education of a pig. eel was fulling to pieces, and, in seeing the destruction that wa* wrought, Mr. Denisnn began to doubt more than ever whether he had done right in trying to build it up. In their former home the flock would have been under guidauo*, Stillingfleet " How could you conicien- with no great temptation lo wander from tiounly tell Miss Klder that she in the only tr.e fold. In vain t e repeated to himself woman you ever loved?" Til hnghursl Milton'a words : " The hungry sheep look " It is a fact. Tho others wire all young up and ar not fed." Had he been able to feed them? Had he not rather brought them out, like the Israelites of old, to die | in the wilderness ? The failure of the Kennel's Green chapel might have been predicted from ihe begin- ning, hut it nut not dawn upon Mr. Deui- aon's mind all at once. He hoped against ' If ever a doubt that winter'* coming Into your mind theje days does roll. See some dealer wilh joy a-humming. Ami aak of him the price of cual. Mu.lj ' W n it's this I hear about you " Yab.ley- you had th* I've lost my heart this summer, And I'll never get it back, For I don't know who has got it Tom or Jim or Will or Jack. I .iris." You didn't take your vaciton in tht uin- l mar, did you, Squildig ?" asked Mo^willi- I gen. " No," replied Squilldig, " mine will i be one of the aiummn leaves." hope. Hi* house, hi* income, had beau assured to him for one year only. That was past, and Mr. Bingley had, wilh evident uneaainecs, guaranteed both for twelve months longer. These twelve months had also come to an end. There was tue money from the MaleU - they paid him liberally, but it was little enough for the tupport of three persona ; and it might be slopped at aiiy U:nc. What could he do then '.' (TO III roMTINCED.) E t:i.||nz la* CesBniliitUia. Canadian sealers have, they think, found a way lo circumvent the regulaiiou of the Behrmg Sa Bjird of Arbitration forbid- ding the killing of seals wilh tirearn)* or explosive*. It appears thai ii.lnl not enter into the minds of the arbitrators that an equally effective means for killing the seal* wa* to be found in airtruui, such a* are uied for destroying where*, a spear being driven from thr gun by coinure**ed air. The nealers of Hmish Columbia are now turning their attention to thu muani of evading the intention of the commission ami it is generally conceded lhat they will suffer no Toss through the snbililulion uf air guus and spears for riiaarmi during the monlh in whi :!i they are prohibited using the latter wtapons for killing the seals. It is worthy of note that while the sealers of British Columbia are proletiing agtinat the decision at I'arii ai calculated to ruin the -'mg in tustry, another sealing schooner, -.ing Kishor, formerly in the (Jnvern- '.t service, will shortly leave >uva t to join the Victoria fleet. Of course it nniit. be borne in mind that the British Columbia sealers have some ?<),C(X) seal- ikins taken this year lo sell, and if it is made to appear lhat an exceptionally large catch will be the result of next, 'year's opeiations, under the new arrangements, as predicted by the Minister of Marino and Fisheries, it would have tho effect of Irneeti- ing the value of the (kin* they now have to dispose of. ar* Hourre Of i.rrm.iu Nimi-.Hi. "'here 11 no doubt lhat the liertnana the strongest people on earth and pioh the moet prolific, and I believe it is owing lo their eating black brea d. A great deal of the nourishment mum be wasted m refin- ing flour a* it is now done by all nations. The bread is made more paU> perhaps more digeitible for weak, worn out loin,! bread BBS bethetrue stall of life. Tha (Germans do not cat much flush meat. 1 here may be some in other part* of the country, but along the Khine you never see cattle grazing iu pasture*, 1 <li<i m,t Me one sheep m all my iramps, and the only cows I saw were the poor tiling hit h- heavy ca: t* doing the work cf oxen. There is no milk along the Rhine to spenk of. I got U" ream, unl tho eggs I hail were Male. Black bread, then, i.i what this people live on, ami with it they thrive ami grow to bu mighty conqueror*. [C'liainbvrs' Journal. The oralors in days gone by, Wert known as " silver-tongued,'' But now oar - uat* orator* Are three-ply silver-luugsd. " I am really at a IOM," said the young minuter, " lo know why you did not tike my la-it sermon. Didn't you considor my argument* sound?" "Ye*," ihe replied; "exclusively." She" As I am to be a poor man'* wife, don't you think 1 ought to get a cook- book ?" He" Wait , k little, my pet, until we make suie lhat we will have anything to cook." " IH this Mr. lirowler the one you spoke of as being so even tempered ?" " ', .1, he'* baen iu a perfect rage all morning. " That's it. he'* alway* oul of humor. ' " Our rule is cash down, young man, ' said tho merchant. " Kxactly, and it is my exception. To-day my each is 'way iluwu, and lhat is just why I asked credit, replied ihe young in in, sadly. "Man wants but little here below," Bul 'in Ihii fact thai daunts He s sure to geta liltle less Than Ihe little that he want*. " No, she hasn't ipokon lo her next neighbor for a monlh. " hid ihe children maktt tho trouble?' "No, she told what she paid for her ne / bonnet and the neigh- bor ue\r repeated il." liright " By dividing your detectives into two squails you'd accomplish a great, deal more." Ji.rns "U hat would I du thai fcr !" Bright "Sn one^ half could hunt clues while thu other went after criminal*. " We're approaching a timo when the average man. " I ivs a prophet whose wisddm is subtle, "Will lock up his co'il in a saft, if he can, And carry Ins cah in a scuttle. ' "I wonder," said old Mrs. Jason, a* she watched the gang of political street clean- ers at iheir "work" "1 wouder if them is ihe campaign mud-sliugen that 1 read al'.,ul so much in ihe paper* ?" Mr? I'orlly Pompus "V\ hat do. lhat young man do all the evenings h* spends with jon in the kitchen '.'' Brid- Sure, mum, and what did Mr. 1'ompui do when he called on you before you were n-urriud ?" (IBM *.! Nad u < ..Uml>M. The belief in a Chinese Columbus was first allowed by scholars only lilty years ago. The claim n lhat a Kuddlmt, priest in the fifth century crossed the Pacific to this continent and returned, making a wtiltcn rep>rt of hu discovery. Tht re- port still exist*. It wa* translated into French in 17''l hy M. de (tuigm.n. It gave a narrative of a voyage eastward by a prioat for '2n,(XK) li. where ho found a country which he named Fusang. People similar tu ihe Indian* were described, as well ai American plants. Tho only doubt nih.nl the matter is as to the dtl%aHM meant hy _'<>, i 'tin li. The priest may_ have i only some .stand in ..-. cecan.