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\ v^ TBE MURDERED EMPRESS. UFE OF ELIZABETH OF AUSTRIA, RECENTLY ASSASSINATED. 0br Wrddrd Frani Jotrf Wkea Hhit Wna â- â€¢ Vr«n eifl, WiK â-  Braalintl Hoiniin aiKl the Kaiprror Wm UcToied Iv Her-Vrry Llllle (« l>o Hllh Publlr AITaln. Empress Klizubt'tk of Austria has been conspicuous (or many years in old nistte o{ Godollo to h^r ; she took s likintf to Itw place, where ahe was able to live tlie opeji-air life she lov- ed, and apt-Dt much of her time there. She was fond of animalH, and p.speclal' ly of bcirsns, she waa called the best tiorsewomau in Europe, and would ride at anything when hunting. She took Kfeat iutereat, too, in horse breeding. She withdrew more and more from court functions, and after the tragic death of her only son. the Crown Prince Hudolf, was rarely seen by the â- c. , ,. â-  4 . ,. i. u Vienn-se. She had drifted away from Europe for the persistent efforts she ^^ hui^lxind, too. a.s her children has made to avoid the ufficiul duties grew up. Through all her eocentnci- lii's and wanderinsfs no breath of and to lead her own life in \x<,t\%^?^^ ^.^^^ \A>n,\,^i. the Empres-s Elizal>eth, the same cannot be aaid or and functions pertaining to her posi tion own way. This has lead to many ao- 1 tjje Emperor. Her hibit of taking cuaations of eccentricity against her, | long journeys outside of Austria lie- and at times to suspicion as to her B^n long before her son's death. Kor ...-ii. „ »,• I, . . u 1 i_ .K,. years she went to Entjldn I and to Banily. whi.h wasstrenglh-ncdhy the [^^,,^^j ^^^i^^ the hunting season fact lliat she was a inenilier of the ^,,,1 i^y ^^.^ reckless riding Wittelsbach family, in whi h insanity, SEEMED TO COURT DKATH. hus broken out repeatedly, Iha two j The crew of her yacht, the Miramar, Iwst known cases of late years being i in which .she cruised alwut the Medi- t he late King Ludwig U. and the ''"â- â€¢Â»Â»Â«'"»• '•""rned to expect to aail , 1 whenever the weather waa stormy. In present mad King Otto. I whatever exercise she took up her en- Ber father was Maximilian Josei)h, deavor seemed to be to tire herself head of the Uirkenfeld-Zweibrucken out. The disgraceful circumstances branch of the family, which before the Burrounding the Crown Prince's death „ ^ ' . , , at Meyerlmg, whether It waa the re- trench revolution ruled as independ- gult of a duel, a murder or a suicide, ent sovereigns over a small frugiuent made h?r still more anxious to avoid of German territory. Since that time men's eyes. She spent large sums of its lands have remained incorporated, ^"n^yj'l ''"il/»n8 '•'^I'«'» : About the Douse. TO CAN CORN. With Acid : Select young. tender oars, cut carefully from the cob, not too deep, with a very sharp knife, scrape the cob with the back to secure all the milk. Dissolve an oun(« of tartaric acid in nine tablespoonfuls of water and uae a tablespoonful to two quarts of corn. Add two teacupfuls of hot water to the required amount of corn, stir the acid water through the mass and oook 15 minutes, stir- ring often to prevent scorching to the bottom of the kettle. Can hoi in the usual manner. On opening for use, to each quart add a level teajipoonful of so<fa dissolved in a little water, to neutralize the acid, soald. not lK>il, five minutes, .season with butter, cream, salt, pepper and a little sugar. Should the corn take on a yellow tinge after adding the soda, add a cupful of granulated sugar. Bake with under crust only. Custard pie u best when cold. FALL GARDKNINO. Every woman has at her comcaand some kind of a window, variously con- ditioned, in which some one or more bouse plants, may l>e cared for dur- ing the dark days. If you cannot hive flowers you may at least h.ive folLige, and when the snow lies white over the hilltops and the wind roars around the corners a Imni-.h of thrif- ty green leaves is an in.spi.'ing sight '***'" to one who loves flowers iind plants. ' ^ ''**'" If you think you cannot have any plants in the house you can at least fill up the odd corners in your yard with some hardy, free blooming or thrifty foliaged plants ff>r next spring's blossoming. There are many INTERESTINa ITEMS ABOUT OUR OWN COUNTRY. Oattaared froa Vaiions PolaU fraa tb« Atlantic t* the Pacific Gait wants an all-night electric light service, and will likely get it. Berlin is Ixioming. More building is under way than for many years 1 vat exploded at the Elent brewery, London, and 563 gallons of ale went to waste. One miiiiijn acres of winter wheat sown in Ontario during the thre* tight and lioil one hour. Let cool iie- fore removing from the water. Can- dark. This to his . , • .. ' memory in different parts of the em- in the kingdom of Bavaria, while thepira. -ifaj building craze took ixwses- family has retained its royal rank, its sion of her, and xho spent millions of memljers being entitled Uukes and "o'ins on her villa Achilliion in the Duchesses in Bavaria, in Baiern. yV'^f^^i "^ Corfu, w^here she ProiK>'«'!l 1° end hi>r days. She gave up the idea waa so far removed from the succes- j iu«t year, however, and the villa was â- ion to the throne that Duke Maximi- sold for much less thin it h:id cost. Ban was able to give hi.s children a| .'""'>'' years she had suffered from . ;, , , , 1 ,: _ ;„ I sciatica; the disease grew so th.it â- ensible and unroyal education »n^^.„ u.ot^»oo e , ,. „ . ,„ ' some years ago she was oliliged to ,„,„ the country, so that nearly all of giy,, up h-r favorite exercise of horse- 1 . them, as they grew up, showed char- j back riding. She th-n took to wall:- j °*" '^"'^° """*' ^ ""P' and a readi- '"8 '»•»« distances, twm'y or twenty-jcan be beat done by putting each can five miles a day. This the doctors al- 1 iti a paper l>ag. so stopped this spring. "»'»'''':«; Canned Corn and Tomatoes: Scald, weeks ago it was announce<l that the â-  , ,. . ... rheumatism from which she suffered I f®"' «»<' s'"^* not very ripe tomatoes was incurable and must had to her ! in the pro(>ortion of two-thirds toma- death within a few months. The Em- press's eccentricities and h'r long with<lrawula from Hinli-ty have repe.it- edly led to a reiK>rt Ihil nhe had l)e- oome insane an I was cimfiuod iu an asylum. {<he preserved hi^r fine fig- ure and much of her l)eauty to the lost. She came out of retirement, making her first app»ar«nco at a c/>urt function, last spiinif wh"n at a court liall two of Ilt g«inddaughter8 were introduced to wK'iely. \ The Empress Klizalieth was an edu- 1 T, , .... u • u 1 ;_ ''^'•'(1 woman and ii gcni'rous patron' Duchesse d'Aleiicon, who peri..h-d m ; „f |i,pr,j(ure and art. Her fkivorite soter and independence ness to do things that other princes do not generally do. '4'hu Empreas's eldest brother is Uuke Karl Theodor, who, after studying as A PHYSICIAN AND AN OCULIST, has estal>lished a priwite buspltal on the Tegernsee, and his the reputation of being one of the lieat oculists liv- ing. lAnotber broth >r gave up bis rights to the succession in order to marry the woman he loved. One sis- ter was tbe plucky ux-Queun of Nap- les, who tried to make a man of the imbecile Eruncls II., anotlier was the weekH. The Bancroft Times says partridge BMiiy'grow^ n^arfy fiost-proof p'l^nTs *''* ^"'' V^^^lHu-l thii year. The sea- whiih even the busiest wife and i '^° °'^'"' &«pteml»r 15th. mother may safely pot for the sitting! '^^he O-P.lt will take over the Crow's room window, sbut there are many Nest railway from McLeod to Fernis more perfectly hardy and as ea.si'y to iuU^he near future be obtained which may be planted out 1 Two Armenian priests are canvas- doors and trusted to th«( care of na- - i . »"•«»" »â- " w»u»iw- ture. Shrubs and perennials are the l^"** "H,"^"'""^"'* '" *^"^1'* t" l^«"W few dropsof acid water, which may bo;Standbys for the busy house mother, |*°°'P'*'"''«'' '" ^-an, Kurdistan, kept for the purpose, or sharp vinegar | "^P'' '.' '" /^f."^ to prepare for th,;ir! 1h«y are raffling town ioU out at „,„„ 1 A â- , A ai. .\A »!,.,« P'""*^'"* '^•*"' 'â- '" ''y «P»''»ng up the Fort btesle now. Time wiiltell whether may \>e used instead. Should there , grou„,, „„,j properly em idling it.lhen tha winners or losers are lucky. lie a slight acid taste, add a little mulching the n-wly set roots, than to i Rust and weavil have done great more soda. | await, the busy days of spring. Most damage to the wheat crop in the eaat- By Boiling: Crowd corn, cut from l £''"'» Y'". '»« ,,''"''5'. , making root orn part of Prince Edward Lsland. J UB . v/ionu w.u, growth during the winter months and f.„i:„ ,„ â-  t , . ^ •,. the cob, as l>efore. Into cans, glass, win i^ putting up thir bunches of *'''"° *^"*'"' ">imerly of Oiillia, was pressing very firmly as you pack, seal leaves Ijefore we could work the "adly burned about the arms and moderately tight, set into cold water, i ffound. Besides, planted this fall ^a^uldero while working at a fire at i..-!„™ I 1 â- !• . 1 lu k„...„ i they arc not so apt to lie scratched up Victoria, B.C. bring to boiling and c.K,k three houts I ^y ' ,.^i,.^^^ or pulled up by thV Con^ruction on the Fort Steel. Open cans for a few seconds, seal n,„uth of some marauding anim il as branch of the Crow'a Nest railwav will if but newly planted, loosening the commence as soon aa the rails are laid the liazar de Charite fire in the Rue Jean Gonjon at Paris Lust year, and who, when a girl, refused to liecome Queen of Bavaria by marrying I.,ud- wig II. The murdered KinpreM.s wa.s Ihn ser^ ond daughter of Duke Maximilian, and was lM>rn on Christmas eve of 1637. She was therefore in her sixty- poet w-as Heine; she hid a nvonument to him erected on the grounds of her Achilleion when one German town after another was refusint? to do him that hf>nor. Besides spe.ikintr well Ihs languages of civi:ized Kuroix-, Hhe was said to Iw able to speak nil the ton- gues found in the txibel of the Aus- tro-IIungarian monarchy, end when well i)ast miildle life, thinking to live on a Greek Lsland. she took up the first year. Late into middle life she "tu^y of Greek and learned to speak was held to l>o one of the must l>eauli- ful women in Europe, an I she was particularly proud of her long hair, falling to the ground, which shi; was font', of wearing loose, even i>n public occasions, 8he was but a few innDlhs over lli yeaiM of age, when sh'- was married to the Emperor I'ranz Joaef, In April, 1H&4. A lomiinlic story is told of thu marriage, whirh, on the Emperor's part at least, w«is a lovs malcli. His mother, the Archdurh- •as Sophia, had decided that he should marry the eldest daughter of Duke Maxiniiii.in, who sulweiiuinlly became Princeas Thurn und Taxis, :inil Eranz Josef, who throughout his life has been an eiusy-going iiiiin. w;is ready to comply with her wi.sh-s. He Ihe/eforo visited his future fat her-in-la\f pre- paratory to tlie announceminl of the engagement, Imt, before niceling his destiiietl bride, caurht sight oif a young girl, hardly more than a child. In the uoo<ls, anil FELL VIOLENTLY IN LOVE with her at once. On finding out that she, too, was a (liaiu{lili'r of the Duke, he insisted that nhu should lot his wife, and hail his will in spite of liis mother's objections. The young lOmpress was received coldly by her molher-ia-law ami by thn court at Vicuna. .'â- 'he found the etii|uetle and ceremonial iik.simie aft- er the open-air lite to which she bad bean accuatonied, anil never lieciime reconciled to it. Her dieinclinal ion to submit to formalities iniMeaseil in lat- er life, so that in recent years she had rarely aiipeared at any couit functions. She preferred lludapest und Hungary, where the re.strictionH were not so great, to Vienn.i. As a result, she was never jmpular in the Austrian capital. The erime committed upna her Is a particularly cowardly and senseless one, as for years she has gone uliout practically unattended. It Ix-ing her custom to walk or rble ahead of the few persons in her suite. Wh'U her liticognito w;i8 really unknown and sh" oould feel safe from the annoy- ance of lieing stared at, she often went a>K>ut alone. POPE LEO'S KICHKS. r.'llinalml nl «««,ooo.eo« He Ownit a Dla. ninail Inliieil at iM.oeo.niM). Pope Leo XIII., LH sjiid to have nc- cumulated more wealth during his Pontificate thin any of his predece.s- Hors in the cliiir of St. Peter. Pius IX. ct»llerted » 10.01)0.1)0'), anil that was looked upon as a large sum. But Leo Ls siiid to have acquired twice ns inuih for the Vatican. Th • greater part i>f the money is .said to be de- posited in the Hank of England, anil the remainder rests in various other European Iwnks. It is said (hat the Holy See Ls now free from tlebt, the few oldigalions remaining at the death i>f I'itis IX. having l)een settled by Leo. The annual budget of the Vatican is said to show a yearly sur- plus. How muchof the money collected by Leo XIII. was given to him for his pe!'sf>nal l>enefit anil how much for the Holy See Ls nut known. The value of personal pre.sents made to him since he came to the Papal throne is Sh» l>ore her husband four children, ' said, however, to exceed J* H),l)(M),nOO; of whom two daughters are now living and the objects are so nuineious as th>' Arrhdui'h'ss (iisela, marrieil to Priui^e Leoiiold, wconil son of the Piince Regent of Bavaria, and the Archduihe«s Valerie, married to Archduke Krauz Salvator of the Tus- cany branch of the lIiiiMliuigs. Her first child, a daughter, died ut the Uge t>f '^ years at llu<la|M^at, and with her death, the Empieas's marked avoidance of society is suiil to hiive first l>ecc>ine noticeable. A touching story was told of this event in Outing some years ago. On returning to the palace after the funeral the Empress, who had lH>rne herst^f unmoved in the chun h. was going up the steps with her huslHind, with the court following them, wh^^n a big dog with which the luiliy was accustomed to play came Umnding down to her. She burst in- to tears, dropped on the ground Im- side tlui dog and sat there crying ov- er him till the Emperor was able to leiiil her to her rooms. The dog .slept ill iM'r iMidroom till It died, and nhe shunned Rndapeat for years. When her husband was crowned King of Iluiigary, h«>weTor. aft or the disji.sters of ISHO, the Hungarians presentad the U-> constitute a collection worthy to be placeil in a mu.seum. Pius IX. rcfwived iHKwildy as many, but he is fwiid to have given them away as rap- idly as he received thmn, ami tor that reason he never accumulated m> many as are owned by Loo XIII., who has kept all his. ' Some idea of the value of them may lie gathered from the tact that Presi- dent Kruger gave him a diamond worth |»,0«<),II(IO. Such gifta are of course rare. Hut his collection con- tains dS tiaras of gold set with all kinds of precious atones, 319 crosses of gold ornamented in tlie same way anil 1,'J0() chalices in gold anil silver, en- graved and orniimenteil with precious stones. Of the HI valuable rings that he owns the Sultan gave him one that wiat 1100,000. Ho has 10 pastoral staffs of gold set with .stones anil 884 iislensorii for the ex|io.silli)n of the Sacrament. Seven statues in gold and silver are part of his pos.ses.sion», in addition to more than 1,000 other nl>- jecta of gri;at aotual and artistic val- ue. The Kruger dlnmonil is said to lie the largest la the world. toes and on»-third corn, cut carefully from the cot>. Cook together 15 min- utea, salt to taste and can. Keep in the dark. We emph:islze this point as ao many women allow their cans to stand in the light and wonder why the contents do not keep. j String or Butter Beans: We use either of two methods. Boil 10 miii- ' utes In quite salt water, pack closely in Mason's self-sealer.s, drain the cans when full, as the liquor at the bot- j torn l>eci>mes Ih'Iow boiling tempera- 1 ture duiing the rather slow process of packing. Cover an inch in deplh with th" lioiling salt and water in which j they were coi>knd and hermetically | seal. Kor the table drain und cook | an hour or until tender in plenty of | earth thereby in the spring days. to Kooteuay Lake. A flock of duclcs swum over the falls STiiriT STAiVfl fu '^'"^ '-"*'*â-  ""'^ people who taw UKlll SlAlt>». the I eeu are salisfied that the poiU- The canning and preserving days try committed suicide, leave their imprint on the fingers. If j â- ">» two-year-old son of Geo. Chat- the hands are dipped in strong tea, ^«''-'*. of Tarbert, was badly bitten and then ruWied well with a nail f ,^ the face by: a dog his parents tiad got for htm lo play with, l>ru>ih. pear. the stains will usually disap- , The same stains .«i linen, it' ^'"'"^ "*^'' "' ^'»-«'l> ^^J- «" should IM. rememl«red, may be remov- "'.'"'f'i '"J"'*^ though being throw. ' oui oi a ri^f to whicii a ttfiiU of i'ua'> ed with oxalic acid, if th? first treat- ment of Ixuling water is not success- ful. A solution of the requisite' . , "','."' ' ' strength is an ounce and a half ot t b^ ' ^^^'Z'!'^'^ ,]^\ '^'^'^ol come to a. crystal to two gills of wat*r. As soon "«'««'"'"" w't»> the comt)any. as the stains disapiHvar. the cloth Berlin Board of Trust is considerinc should lie quickly rinsed in clear wa- what inducements they might offer to ter.anditisagoiMlplanto put a little l,ig Goldie-M.Culloch cone. n to move ammonu on the spot qu'^^ly to n^_«- from Gall to tho Twin Citiai. One hundred and thirty-eight varie- ties of winter wheat have been grown in the experimental department of the O.A.C. duiing the past nine years. An Oiillia constable who interfered iway horses were attached, ilerlin is trying i<1 buy out the local TO CLEAN BLACK SILKS. When a thrifty Frenchwoman wish- j freshwater. Seasi>n with milk." but- jes to clean black silk she brushes it , in a domastic unplea-sautuess to the ter, pepper and a little granulated su- j thorough' y and wi4>os it with a cloth, di.advantage of the hu,8t>aud, has lieea '^<L.^ .1 M .u J „ . . •. 'Thed, after it i.s free from dust, lays it committed for trial, bail being • fixed â- Second Method: Cook not quite as ' , . , u ,„i.k *t |(iOO. tender as for the table in ciuite a f"' oa a board and sponges Lt witb , v. > j large ainoun. of water Wh.-nntirly hot coffee which has »«eu strained! tWds's national game has oblaineH done add not quite a pint of salt to through maslLu and freed from sedi-;a strong foothold in the old liaseball every four quarts, then can as l>efore. ! ment. Ihe nUk is sponged on the Ktionghold, Gall. The doctors and For the table, drain very dry on a ' right side, allowed to liecoiue half dry | lawyer.s are in training tor a Cham- soft cloth, lÂ¥)il 10 minutes in unsaltediand then ironed on the wrong .side. ipiuuihip game, water and seas<m us l*fore. j The coffee removes every partUle of , Wm. Johnston, who gives Toronto Another way we like very much: grease and restores the liruliancy "' 1 .. ... . . â-  ,,u . u Cook hilf tender in slightly salted the sUk without giving it the shiny »"; h'-* bo"i«. was arrested m Ohalham water, drain and iwck in cans, cover I appearance or the orackly and papery , with two umbrellas, an overcoat and wi h weak l>oiling vlnegir or half stiffness which results from beer, or ^ padl(x;k in hi^ posses?ion. The arti- vinegar and half water. Cooking a bideed any other liquid except am-;,.iy, „gi^ taken from Uarfoot's Bank, 8lK»rt time in fresh water removes allimoiiLa and wat<'r, which last does not f re.shen the color sad gloss of the silk as coffi* does. The. silk is much im- proved by the process, and the good ef- fect Ls permanent. Silk should never lie ironed with a hot Iron put directly on the silk. Al- ways lay thin wrapping paiwr, sui-h as >V arm Slawâ€" Cut a nice fresh rain i ;_.( uge,| \,y o^,- i)e.sl dry gt)ods stores ' the acid ta.Hte. Or, they may tie put when taken up into sweetened vine- gar and are • nice pickle. CHOICE RECIPES. A St. Thomas girl, who rides a bi- cycle, got up iu her .<deep mounted the stair wiling, thinking, it was her wheel, and awoke in a heap on Ihe fl or lielow. She injured her hip i:adly. An off cial from Ottawa is on the lakes north of i'eterlxjro', looking FOR MEDITATION'S HOUR. CalM aail Iwige into shavings ami put into a deep earthen di.sh. Cover it close- ly, and set it on the top of the stove. or In a rather cool oven for half an ! .vtitch Ih-'ough. 'The paper will tear hour till it is warm all through, liut'away easily along the lino of perfora- do not let It get so h.'ated as to Ual. ti^im* >n*<l<> ^y the needle. Thnn make a dreasing of a quarter of a pound of l>ntter, half a pintof wuriii water, a little salt and cayenne, lloil this mixture in a sauoe-pan. and |iour it hot over the warm cabbage ; send it to table immediately. This is a French methtvl of dressing cabbage. Meat Pieâ€" Place a thick, rump steak, well larded. In the Ixtttom of a sauce-pan. Cut some Uiron in small pieces and lay over the steak, swi.son with (wpper and salt, pour over this a little water and stew until tender before putting into the pie. Make a rich paste and put a thick lining around the .sides and ou the iHitloiii of a Uiking di.sh; put in the meat und gravy, adding a piece of l>ulter the size of an egg. Put on the top crust, and bake until it is a light brown. Serve in dish it is cooked in. Apple Water Iceâ€" Pare and core some fine juicy apples, not loo tart. Cut them in pieces into a preserving- kettle with enough water to float thciu. Boil until they are reduced to a pulp, then strain; and to each pinl of apple water add hiilf a pint of gixid sugar syrup, the juice of one lemon, and two tal>lespoonfulH of cold water ; when this is entirely cold put it to frt«ze. Uoll Jelly Cakeâ€" Take three eggs. Ileal the yolks wit hone cupful of |:h)w- dered while sugar and three table- siKMinfuls of sweet cream, l>eat the whiles to a stiff froth, then lieat them thoroughly with the yolks and sug.ir; sift one heaping teaa|Kx>nful of Imking powder with one cupful of flour and add to the other ingredients; stir well and Imke immediately in a moderately heated oven. While hot remove from Ihe pan and lay cm a cloth wet with cold water. Spreail with Jelly and roll quickly. Sprinkle with (lowdered white sugar. Custard Pieâ€" Four eggs well lieiten. one 4uart of sweet milk, and half a over it. and iron through the paper, i after craft that are carrying passen- When stitching thin silk or, indeed i gers without having complied with the any gix)ds flimsy enough to draw in law that requires Government in^peo- the maohlne. lay paper over it also and tion. An Owen Sound boy tested the .npeed of the water going oul of the dry-dM^k with a lia-sket he held. He went in and out into the lake, from which he wa.s rescued in a water- soaked condition. Montreal Brotherhood of United Shoemakers are alxiut to organize a buie.au where the liu-.iness of the or- ganization will lie conducted. ^Acting Pie.udeut Colure will |:e in charge, with a .salary of fl,5U0. J. Millar, of Otonalwe, grew 2,4SC grains of wheat from a single grain. "stooled" out Htraw had a averaged S5 grains. Thi.s lieats all grain stories up Heme Veallr Ttaeanhlii that HiM»tlie mill niess. No cord or cable can draw so forcibly or bind so fast us love can with only a single thread. It is Ihe unscrupulous and slippery man who suspects roguery in every quarter and ridicules the very idea of j Seventy distinct grains disinterestedness. ' from the grain, each There are two ways of l»ing happy. ; •>»:»• and the heads We, may either diminish our wants "â- " ^^"^JJ^j^ augment our means. Either will do- j ^j,. j^^,, R.vi.ling, Klora road, has the result is the same, and it is for j ^ curio^ty in the shape of a potato each to decide for himself and do that i ,.,.,, . , ... I about the Mze of a pigeon s egg to wbiiih moy happen to I* Ihe easier. ' . , . . ., u j lu . â- . . ,» > »" which IS iitlached another a)«ut All sincere and earnest live.s, seeking ,t,„ .^j^^ ^f ^ ,^,^p j.^., .,.^^, curiosity realities, and spurning shanus, liear I is thai either the big or -Ihe little within them Ihe elenieuts of true sue- ! potato grew through the eyehole of a oeaa, while those who waste their pow- ers in seeking shadows whore no sulv stance is will fail even in their own IKHir aim. Itislhe hal'itu.'il Ihimghl that frames itself into our life. It affects us more than our intimate .social relations do. Our confidential friends have not so much lo do with shaping or influenc- ing our Uvea as thoughts have which we harlnmr. By striving to obtain and to cherish clear and true ideas of right, by em- phasizing them in I'ur conduct, and dif- fu.sing them through our influence, we strike the strongest and most effective blows at every form of wrong-doing. Every one who values his or her hnjv pinMis and peace of mind in thi.s world would do well to cultivate ixilience. Without it man Is like a .ship minus a rudder, at the mercy of hi.s iniptil.ses. which, if h«j oliey.s, may lead him into (ill .sorts of difficulties ,ind di.saslers Ih.it may even take a lifetime to undo. shoe. TRUE GUKATNI-SS. Now. siiid the interviewer, as to yottr melhoil of working ?! Well, repliwl the great author, I take a writing padâ€" Yes. And a pencil- Yes. [ Sieek out a quiet siiot â€"grasp the pad ; firmly in one hand and the pencil in I the other han<lâ€" aiul â€" Yes. Andâ€" And writeâ€" j,j ANOTHER SELL. He said he wanted to consult me privately on a matter of vital impoil- ance to his future, and of course I thought it was a propo.sal. Wo-sn't it? No; he wanted my advice alxiut choosing a wheel. r / m-t