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stkdd YOUNG POLKS. Their Resolutions- There were taree little folks, long ago, Who solemnly oat in a row On a December night. And attempted to write For the new year a good resolution. ' I will try not to mike so much noi-e, 2.nd be one of the quietest boys," Wrote one of the three, Whoxe uproarloiu glee Waa the cause of no end of confusion. " I rexolve that I never will take More than two or three piece* of cute. Wrote plump little Pete. Whoie taxte for weet Was a problem of puzzling solution. The other, he* paper to fill. Began with. "Kerfolved. that I will" But right there she "topped. / nil f.nt aalerp drooped Ere she came to a single conclusion. Pet Sohujuir'f Ladder- " Master Cor win !" said one of his school- boys at races* time. " The fir* bells are ringing. Could I go to see where it is?'* "I* the fire in your district?" Master t'orwin, writing at his deck. "N no sir." Another voice *aid in a low " Pleathe let me thee " " Is the fir* in your district?" "No, thir." Soon Msster Corwin laid down his pen, went to a Mack board, and seizing a piece of chalk, dashed off a sketch of a ladder with a broken round. " No," he murmured, "that i* not what I intended. I have only one broken round. " He began again hi* sketch. When he had finished there was a sorry- looking Udder on the board three of it* rounds in a very mutilated condilioo. " Now, scholars, if I want a good ladder, can I afford to have one whoee round* are broken r " No, sir !" came from his scholar* in a round chorus. " Neither can yon be out of school, if you are going to learn anything. You want to go and you want to stay out, but evrry day is a round, you know, in a ladder. You break something important if you are out. " Peter 3.,-huyler told his grandfather after school what the matter had said. Grand pa Schnyler wu a carpenter at work ii his shop, mending a ladder. "Ha, ha!" cried grandpa. "The mas- ter was telling hi* own experience ! He went to climb hi* ladder and three of the rounds were cracked, and down he came ! 1 am mending his ladder now. He h* is right about school. You must be there everyday and must not keep running out." Peter was looking out of the window. " There," said he, " I'd like to have that boy'* chances. Hi* father i* rich." " O, Clarence Smith ? Humph ! I don t believe he mil climb high." "Why not r 1 " See where he i* going !" The boy went into a beer sho out, bringing a pail and w Then he turned in the din home. " His father has taught him to like that sort of drink. Peter I want to make you a ladder, I know you are poor, but if yon hav* got a la ider with three round* in it. you won't stay poor. It will be a small ladder, and you oan pat it in your pocket- book." He came i is lips, i of his Peter grinned : " No money in it, bat a ladder!" "You wait and see if my ladder won't bring you some money." Grandpa Schuyler's tiny ladder was two inches long and half an inch broad. It had three rounds ; on one was the word, "Honesty," penned in ink ; a second was marked, "Diligence ;" a third was inscrib- ed, "Temperance." "I don't know but I ought to make it four rounds, and what the fourth will be, perhaps your grandnsa will tell you," said grandpa Schnyler. Peter lived with his grand parents sad he did not need to go far to find his grand mother. She smiled t* said ; "That foorth round, Peter, I will name prayer. Through ths day. Honesty and Diligence and Temperance will give you a good lift, but you won't want testop tKrro. Tired and worried, you want to " A pocket book ladder ! I hsvve keard of ladders you could take dewn and fold p. Let me see th* mighty one in your pocket book, please." Peter produced hi* ladder. "That is curious 'Prayer,* 'Honesty,' Diligence,' Temperance,' 'Prayer !' In- deed '." said Master Corwin. To himself, he said : " Peter 1 * ladder i* interesting. Afraid I can't climb some of thoae round*. What about the first and fifth. Master Corwin T Once, though, he prayed. " I can get along myself, had always been hi* proud assertion in later yean. That evening he was at the home of Clar- enee Smith, making a call. " Why, how tired you look '." exclaimed Mrs. Smith. "That must not be. Master Corwin. Here, let me see what I can do '." Before he could realize what she was do- ing, she had nimbly started to a closet and brought back a glass of crimson wine. "Now, take this ! Do, Master Corwin ! It is just what tired teachers need !" She extended the glass in ber hand, and he held out hi*, surprised by thi* abrupt approach of u?mptation. " Climbing up so many stairs in your schoolhoow," the said, "yon must get very tired. Now retreeh yourself ! Take a bis- cuit to go with it T" " Climbing up !" 1 hd that expression remind him of Peter'* ladder? He certainly seemed to see it stretching up before him. He caught also those word* going up in grand inccession : " Prayer," " Honesty," ' Diligence," " Temperance," " Prayer." Hi* glass wu going up to his lips. He felt hi* weakness. He glanced again at the ladder and then he glanced upward. "God help me," he cried in the depth* of hi* soul His wineglass went down. He set it on a table near him. " I thank you, Mrs. Smith. You are very kind, but excuse me if I do not take thia." " Why, Master Corwin ! Ton are not one of those tee-tee- tntallen ? You hav* so many boy* to look after.'* He smiled. " You are very kind. You know how many boy* I have that will look to see what my example is." In a few minutes he left the house. His face was flushed is if he had been facing a fire. H* mattered: " I I am mor- tified! To think I should not promptly have pat away that temptation! I believe another moment I would have put that glsss to my lip* if it had not been for Peter's i ladder. Those prayer-rounds, I ." He did not think any further along that line of t -ought, for he was not prepared to make the advance. He made it, though, when he reached hi* home and was alone in his study. He /ell upon bis knees and in his weakness reached up and took hold ot the strength of Cod. " Peter Schayler 1 * ladder in his pocket book," thought the teacher, the next day, looking at his scholar. "I wonder if he know* how much good that la ider has done. He i* not the only one that through God's strength mean* to climb it." {N. Y. Ob- server. WITH A BKBVsivT fwsasUt. A I \ Y.-.I- i J La* Br., 1. ! stair Brelh- erenine I'heek awful Steer er o, nwstvlty. A despatch from Toronto, says : Pun- ishing a chili by thrusting a red-hot pokar against it* cheek, because it "tattled," is a mode of punishment which doe* not com- mend itself to the average specimen of de- praved humanity, yet this is what Toronto's Jesse Pomeroy was charged with doing by his mother at the police Court yester- day. Sirs. Bailey of 10 Lama-placo appeared before Colosel Deuison, and swore that her son, John A. Bailey, aged 15, one day last month, because his 4-year-old brother, Walter, informed on him, heated a stove poker red hot and burned three hole* in the little one's face on the forehead and both cheeks. On another occasion he lured his HOUSEHOLD. Our Baby. US, SMITH. Dew little bov. with jour heart elapsed to mine. "hit im tin tlissj.tsiiiiiii niiiiiii.iin iniaii thino! Vane bat the Giver, whc Rare Uiee in blessing. Knoweth the pleasure there a in pnseeanlnfl: A beautiful boy, full of love and can using. On, .neb a' Tbera i* in Dear little eye*, pore as heaven's own blue, Were ever a pair more lovely or trael None bat the Giver, who pure such i trout are, Knoweth oar happine**. lore without ITT are. Oar sunlight, oar life, superlative pleasure. Ob. ouch a pleasure In poasemlBit a treasure ! DMT little hand full of mi-chief and work, Learning erer life 1 * laewnit never to shirk. Kver be ready, with hand* that are willing, Heart ever ready Hi* law in fulfilling, Erer be ready to fro at HU bidding. Yen, alwar* willing To go at Hi bidding. Dear little bead with it* noft. sunny hair. Much greater the beauty m<lw leih there. Ah no ! I'm sure I'm not foolish holding Al! the dear hope* for my onf roar-old darling Whose sweet life u dally unfolding. Daily unfolding By tore'-, gentle moulding. Dear little baby fast folded In sleep. Father of Mercy! watch o'er the dear feet. Lovingly chid* 'hem when they are utraving. Lovingly guide them while we are praying. Lovingly keep a* while we are stavlss;. While on earth staving Kssp UH from Kt raying. {The Housekeeper. A Qir I'l Signature- An important matter to teach a girl is the value of her signature. If the habit is once formed of attaching her full name to every letter she write*, with her address, it may save a great deal of trouble in future time*, should her Utter* be lost. She should be taught, the responsibility which she assumes in thns signing ber name, and she is not likely to write silly and foolish letters, which she would g'adly recall. She should also learn that she most not affix her name to any list of individuals, any society or any document without knowing fully what responsibility she i* assuming. The matter may teem trivial, but she should give time to thought in all matters where her name is asked for, and not trust even to her dearest friend against her own judg- ment. Time* have changed, indeed, since the days when a young girl's fondest aspira- tion upon quitting school was to change ber name. Her whole social education tended to instruct her that her life would be a failure until she got rid of her father's name. Now she prizes it. Sh often keep* it in her married name to show the race she springs from. She is net in a great harry to change it. see the ladder and j brother into a bedroom auti put him on the Then he got two pillows and dxliber- Hen win not work without the proper tools. They have every labor-saving de- vice that can be procured -and it is right that they should hav* them, bat as they are very slow in recognizing some of the rights that belong to women, the women themselves should take matters in hand and, beginning in the kitchen, keep right on until the "march of improvement" can go no further. Three Excellent Cake* To produce good cake, uniformly up to the standard, the housewife must have a supply of first-class flour, kspt dry; like- wise of powdered sugar or me finest gran- olated, also kept dry. No granulated sugar can bs incorporated with batter so readily or perfectly n sugar powdered. S x>re both in wooden buckets and keep in a cool, dry place. Heat and moisture affect flour and sugar to a degree unsuspected by cooks who complain of "bad luck" with their bread and cakes. Sift flour before using and measure after sifting. Mix all batters in earthenware bowls. Using good fiour, sugar, butter and eggs three kinds of especially dainty cakes can be mads by means of the directions given here. These are ths standard recipes for the everyday family table cake in severs households where uniformly excellent cook ery is insisted upon. Sand Cake. Beat hall a pound of sweet batter to a oream; add the yolks of five eggs and half a pound of sugar : for this cake granulated sugar is always to bs used. Stir this mixture half an hoer, then add grad ually half a pound of cornstarch and a sherry-glassful of J arnica rum ; grace in the thin yellow rind of half a lemon, add little of the jnioe, and, last of all, stir in lightly th* stiffly-beaten whites of three eggs. The right tin to bake this in is s high ons with a tabs in the center, and the pan should b* thoroughly greased with lard before putting in the cake ; the cake may stick if bolter is used. Bake from half to three-quarters of an hour. Ice the top, if desired. Always make and cakes s couple of days before cutting it. A Light Layer Cake. Beat a pound of butter to a cream and add, one at a time, the yolks of seven eggs ; as you drop, in a yolk, break in also a whole sgg, making aeveu eggs in addition to the seven yolks. Mix thoroughly, and add gradually one pound of sugar. Stir fifteen minute* before putting in a pound of sifted flour and th* juice and grated rind of a lemon. Bake in layer oak* tin* and fill as preferred. A perfectly delicious filling is made with note ; make a boiled syrup of two ounces of sugar and three tablespoenfuls of water. Have ready three ounce* of walnut meats cr bazelnuts which must be pounded fine with a tablespoon of cream. Put into these a scant leaspoonful of vanilla essence and an ounce of candisi lemon or orange peel minced ; pour the syrup over tflis and stir j lightly. Put between th* layers of cake ; the top can be iced or simply have powder ed sugar sifted thickly over. Promises. To maks "premises" mix riCTBAL 11 Li ien. ssewnesn* erYnesn stove Been Ki stall e*V A Udy, the wife of a wealthy squire, died after a protracted illness; and on the even- ing of her decease, ber husband, desirous to pass a soliury hour by th* budy, sent the nurse who was watching beside it oat ot the room. Before the expiration of an hour, th* bell by which the deceased had en in the habit of summoning the nurse rang violently ; and the woman, fancying the unfortunate widower was taken sud- denly ill, burned into the room. Ha dismiss- ed her angrily, however, protesting that he. had not rung. Shortly afterwards, the bell Was rung a second time ; when the woman observed to one of the servants that she should not attend to the summons, as the gentleman might again repent having summoned her, and dismiss her ungracious- ly- I Table Oloth*. Where an extension table is used, there should be one cloth large enough for the ! tO( , eth . r on . Wi gil oun c*.'of sugar, thr** table when all the saves are in place; but | qaartert rf a ponnj o f butter ; when thor- -I a spread would be entirely out of , ougnjy mixed add one quart of sifted flour; stir this until all is smooth, then add half a cupful of sherry wine or Jamaica rum. The dough should be the consistency of soft putty. Lay a large lump in a large place when half of the surface had been taken away, and smaller cloths should be provided, of proper size for the ordinary use. While any approved pattern may be pnrchasd, it is generally a mistake to select fancy colored linens, say* 'Vood fftnuttttp- my. The whit* is always standard, always appropriate, looks well, and will be in fashion; but as much cannot b* said for the colon, which may be popular one season and entirely under the ban within a yeat. Besides, when the cloth has been so worn that it is not available for further use on ths table, it* utility is very much greater if white than if colored. In the former case it may bs cut over and acceptably used in a multitude of waya. Tablecloth** may be bought either w.ven and finished complete, or by the yard. For kitc.ien tables, and not infrequently for general use, the Utter is an entirely satisfactory way, while it is decidedly more economical. Th* ends may be secur- ed by a simple hem, or finished in any bed. inesi nv srtf* fcww ptuww* UMMCWT- i * ately placed one under the baby's head and c f _ m ' L T ; , .R^K* the other over his face. This done, h* rolled the child in a heavy blanket and left him there to smother to death. The mother go a round higher and you will get inti a inspected that something was wrong.and on large, beautiful, beautiful chamber of Peace I ffo inz into the room found the baby cover- large, beautiful, beautiful chamber of Peac* There yon can lie down and Uod's angels will watch over yon." 'Grandma, don't yon want a fifth round, ons to start with in the morning same kind as you leave off with V "Peter, yon are right. You tell your grandpa." Grandpa made the fifth round, and in Peter's pocketbook was deposited this tiny ladder, its mil* rounds labelled " Prayer, "Honesty," "Diligence," "Temperance," "Prayer," again. "A good, strong Udder," said grandpa Schuylsr. The next morning Master Corwin sat at his school-desk as usti ,1. "Where, where are all my boys?" he wondered, looking round. "Ah, Peter Schuyler is here, yes, and several more. Uirls are all here." The fire of yesterday had beeu aitin- guished, bat breaking out again, it proved a fiery magnet whoa* attraction hai. been too powerful for a number of the boys, Peter, though, had borne in mind that lad- der in his pocketbook, and also ths mas- ter's talk about broken rounds, and he had come to school. "I waut to drill yon to-day in interest," the master told the class in arithmetic to which Peter belonged. "Dun't get tired of it. A drill to a soldier means work, pa. tience, attention. You will get your pay for it." Compensation cam* to Peter that very day, and in thi* way. "Peter, I have some interest to pay, and th* man to whom I owe it says it is so much. I am not extra on figures. Just see if he is right," sa-d orandpa Schuyler. Peter tound t!iat a mistake of ten dollars had been made. "Ah, it pays to be oa a la.l.ler whose rounds are not broken,' thought Peter when his grand pa generously rewarded him. H* could not help telling the master that his attendance at school had helped him correct a mistake of ten dollars. 'Indeed !*' said Mtster I 'or win. " You believe in having a ladder whose rounds are all ia, good and strong. It pays to follow op school." " I have a ladder in ray pe<ket book. My grandfather and graadneUier >Je it, asWrCarwijk." going iDto the room found the baby cover' eu up as has been described. It was almost lifeless, and was saved just in the nick of time. " Why did you not brief the case here before T asked the Magistrate. "Because h* promised to do better," answered the wi'.nees. " Anyway I thought it better to leave it to God than man." The boy was too old to go to ths Indus- trial School and the law forbade him being sent to the Reformatory, so tht Magistrate let him go on su|> n ld sentence on th* understanding that if le was guilty of any more indiscretions i.e would send him to the Central for a long period. A lev* Isy la slktrrhlefs. It is well known that the sputa coming from persons ill with typhoid fever, measles, pneum niia or consumption should be promptly sterilized and rendered harmless, a* otherwise it i* highly contagion*. In order to meet the exigencies of such cases an English tradesman is manufacturing an sntiseptic handkerchief. The material of the handkerchief is Japanese paper. Though very thin and soft to the touch it is of ade- quate consistency, and i* carefully impreg- nated with a volatile antiseptic substance. Whatever the value of the antiseptic sub- stance may be, the rail usefulness of ths handkerchief for the purpose for which, it is intended probably lies in the very low price at which it is turned oat, about TOc per 1*10. When a handkerchief costs lesathan three-quarters of a cent, there can be little compunction in destroying it as soon as it has been used. A physician of repute, however, deprecates the use of the hand- kerchief for the purpose, whether antisep- ticized or not. He recommends, as infin- itely preferable on all accounts, a pocketcns- pidor, which is simply a slender bottle of blue glass, open at bo'.h ends, with a recep- tacle in the mntdls. The apparatus does not take up any more room t ban the old- fashioned snuff-box or the more modern cigarette ca, and its usefulness is so great that it could be iised with advantage not only by consump'ives, but by all person* in the habit ol expectorating. It i* argaed that there is nothing at all shocking iu this provision the employment of which should be s'rictly enforced for humanitarian -a- SBS* approved manner, and some very pleasing by the house- keepers skilled in such work and having a little spare time which may b* thus em- ployed. The n apkin is now indispensable at all wsll regulated tables, though it was not so very long ago that it was looked upon as a fancy attachment, adapted only to " stuck- up" people ar>d to children. It is histori- cally interesting to read that almost as far back as books of etiquette are to be found, including such as have come down to us in manuscript, from a time prior to the dis- covery of the art of printing, children were directed to wipe their hands snd mouths with their nipkins ; but it doe* not appear that grown persons were supposed to use these convenient articles earlier than the middle of the fifteenth century. At that lime tablecloths, among tho wealthy and nobody else had t.lem at all were long enough to come nearly or quite to the floor, and the ample margin which hung over the edge of the table served the pu for which the handcloth is now ed. rpoee employ Com'brt in the Kitchen- Kvtry kitchen should be furnished with ijenorous supply of .-coking utensils. A young housewife who commenced house- keeping on a very moderate income, mad* it a rule to invest twenty-live cents every week in pote, pans, etc. At the end of the first year her kitchen was well stocked with everything needed for cooking pur- poses, fie purchased a small bank, aftd instead of spending the twenty-live cents put it away for sate keeping. When her kitchen ware became old and shabby, she drew a sum from the bank and bought new articles, thus keeping buh her kitchen and her disposition in a good condition. Lack of proper kitchen utensils causes a great deal of extra work, and a wouiau is justified in demanding every labor saving article that can be produced. Servants are not willing to work in kitchens where they are obliged to use dilapidated vessels for cooking fvod. On* pan is used for every- thing and bread is set to raise in the dish- pan or :L the water pail. It is bard for a woman to do her work properly under such trying circumst mces, but in nine cases out of ten, she has only herself to blame. If th* means will allow, >is should must up 'ii having every con- venience in her kitchen and not wear out both mind and body in the ho( of saving a few pal'.i y dollar*. biscuit pan and press it ont with ths hand to cover the tin as evenly ss possible, not ' more than a quarter of an inch thick and less if you can . This may seem troublesome bat if yon ksep a little dry flour, to din your hand in, it will be easy. Sift ovsr the flattened dough some powdered sugar and ground cinnamon. Bake in a moderate oven until the ed^es are brown and the rest a pale yellow. Take the pan from the oven and cut quickly from end to end, and then cross in strip* : uw a sharp knife and lift the cake* very careful!) , as they will harden as they cool . These little sake* are de- licious with tea or coffee and should bs served on cut paper in a light careless pile. The mint* *r Elerlrie sUllwafl. Dr. Edward Hopkinson, the well-known English electrical expert, has been saying some practical things about electrical rail- ways. He thinks we do not yet know enough about electric railways. Hs thinks we do not yet know enough about slsctrical traction to entitle us to expect that it will take ths place of steam traction on trunk lines, but it has its proper function in th* working of the underground line* now pro- jected for London, Paris, Berlin, Brussels, and ot*>er large cities in Kurope, and also on other lines, for example, on the Liverpool Overhead Railway, where trainsof large car- rying capacity were not required, but a fre- quent service was essential: and finally on short lines, where water power was avail- able. Referring to both American and Kuropean project* for travelling at l.">(> aod Or. ri cannot be my master who is ringing now," rapiied the footman, "for I hav this moment left him in the drawinf room. " And while he was still speaking, the bell of the death chamber rang a third time and still more violently than before. The nurne was now literally afraid to obey the summons : nor was it till several of the servants agreed to accompany her, that she could command sufficient courage. At length they ventured to open th* door, expecting to discover, within, some terrible spectacle. All, however, was perfectly tranquil ; the carps* extended upon the bed under a Holland sheet, which was evidently nnduv turbed. Sue ', however, was the agitatiea of the poor nans, thst nothing weald in- duce her to remain alone with th* body ; and one of the housemaids accordingly agreed to become he.- companion in the ad- joining dressing-room. They had not been there many minutes, when the bell again sounded : nor could there b* any mistake on the subject, for the bell-wire passing round the dressing-room was in motion, and the servant* in th* of- fices could attest to the vibration of the bell. The family butler accordingly de- termined to support the courage of the terrified women by accompanying them back to the dressing-room, in which they were to sit with the door open, so as te command a view of the bed. These precautions effectually unravel!**! the mystery ! A string had been attached to the bellpull to enable the sick lady to summon her attendants without changing her position, which still unremovsd, hung down upon the floor ; and a favorite kitten, often admitted into tbs room to amns* the invalid, having entered the chamber unob- served, was playing with the string, which being entangled in her feet had produced this general panic. But for th* opportune explana/Jn of thi i trivial incident, the family T.anmns would have obtained the notoriety of a haunted house, and probably been deserted ! Such was the case with the Crows Inn a' Antwerp, where some years ago, a wbitt spectre, bearing a lamp in one hand and a bunch of keys in ths other, was seen by a variety of travellers passing along a cor- ridor till il disappeared in a oarticuiar chamber. Nothing would satisfy the neighbours that an unfortunate traveller had not been, at some time or other, despatched IB that fatal room by one of the previous landlords of ths bouse : and the Crown gradually obtained the name of the Haunted Inn, and os seed to be frequented by its old patrons. Ths landlord, finding himself on the brink of ruin, determined to sleep in the . haunted room with a view of craving the groundlessness of the story, and caused his ostler to bear him company, on pretence of requiring a witness to the absurdity of the report ; but in reality from cowardice. At dead of night, however, just as th* two men were composing themselves te sleep in one bed, leaving another which was in the room uatenanted, the loor flew open, and in glided ths white spectre ! Without pausing to ascertain what it might attempt on approaching th* other bed, towards which it directed its course, the two men rushed naked out of the room ; and by the alarm they created confirmed, more tally than ever, the evil repute of the house. Unable longer to sustain the cost of so unproductive an establishment, the poor landlord advertised for sale the hens* in which he and his father before him were born and bred. But bidden were as scarce as customers ; the inn remaining on sale for nearly a year, during which, from time to time, the spectre re-appeared. At length, a young officer of the garrison who had formerly frequented the bouse and recollected the excellent quality of its) wine, in >ved to compassion in favour of the poor host, undertook to clear up the mys* sven 200 miles an hour. Dr. H- p'cin'on . . stated that at such high speeds, the power **J 'Y sleeping in the haunted required to overcome the air resistance was ! nothing doubting that the whole of special consideration. The power repair- ! V lck * " envious neigbour. desirous of deteriorating the value of the freehold in order to become a purchaser. His oner being gratefully accepted, the captain took up hi* quarters in th* fatal room, wi'h * bottle of wine, and a brace of los led pistols on the table before him : determined to shoot at whatever object ed to propel an ordinary train 200 feet long at 'JOO miles an hour against the resistance of air alone, apart from the friction \l resis- tance, would not bs less than 1700 horse- power. Though there wa nothing to pre- vent th* construction of electric locomotives capable of developing this, or even greater , power.the strength of the material* at pres- \ m '8 ht Bt r th ooors. .- ent at command would bet a limit to Ihe I . * l & hoar of midnight, accord- speeds to be obtained If, however, mod- : ">'y. ""*" * <* o r fl Vn and th* ernTivilisation required a speed of travel ' h ' l P ect bearing a lamp and a bunch of over 300 miles per hour. l)r Hopkinson kyt made its appearance, he seized his predicted that it would be more efficiently i wP" ' destruction; when, lo ! .1 his realized by regarding it as a problem :L i nnger was on the point of the trigger.what projectiles and not of ordinary locomouon. : "- "" P lc n Privuig that the appari- n lion was no other than the daughter of hit I hoet, a young and pretty girl, evidently Canadian Teachers the Beit- j walking in her sleep : Preserving the A Buffalo special says :-< .'omplaiot hav- J"^ 9ile " ce> ^ w t<;h d h d D ing bn mad. that Canadians are employ- ! * l ~rV P lac h " r k , e J" ^^ th i n k ._., ,.w^ and retire to the opposite proved, she 111*1 itTJtl llliSjviq biisau v -ssnissna iss>t sai w ^niuiw*- , . . . ed teaching in th* night schools, Inspector I chimney-piece, and retire to DeBarry says : "I Save had two cos of i ** ? hlch> M '-, m ' Ur . wmr . <l l>e Barry says this kind reported to me. One was that of J.H. Madden, who is employed aa a night teacher at School N. .'>. I made an ex- amina'ion and found he had no' come here undnr contract, and WM making this place his home. I was therefore powerless to act. The uthcr was that of allias Kennedy and was similar. Her parents are Cana- dians, but she is living with hor un.'le in tiie first v/tkrii. Superintendent Kmmrrson Mid MM. lift of ths Board of School Ex- aminers sav Canadian teachers are among the best ihey hsve." Seedy Inventor "1'v* got aa idea that's worth millions, sir!" Capitalist " What do you want for it?" Seedy Inventor About a dollar." had often occupied during the life-time of her late mother who slept in the room. Keattlit tow ft* ;l < rnghiy ccmposed herself, than the officer, after locking the door of ths room, west in tearch of her father and several competent witnesses ; including the water-bailiff of the district, who had been one of the loudest in circulat- ing rumour* concerning the Haunted Ion. The poor girl was found quietly asleep in bed, *nd her terrcr on wak.ug in the dreaded chain ber afforded sufficient *vtd*nc-> to all present ot th* state of somnambulism in which .-he bad been entranced. From that period, the sceptre was .wen no more, probably because the landlord's daughter remove-' i irtiy afterwards :.> a horn* of hr own, provided by the yovug officer.