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CURRtNl TOPICS. There has been an immense amount of writing about Dickena of Ute yearg that adds to the uncon- ecious humor of the superior critic who once asked with a somewhat contemptuous pity for the neglected •uthor : "Who reads Dickens now V Dickecs was read then, is read to- day and will continue to be read by many thousands of people in all parts of the world because be has TUE WILL OF THE FATHER It Is the Handwriting of the Jnfinite on the Pages of Eternity Thy will be done on earth as it iz m heaven."â€" Mittt. vi., 10. Is that the prayer of craven sub- mission? It mi^ht be, but for the first sentence of the petition. He qualities that amuse and dolinht i ZIL^*' ^'^â- . *''^ **" father aad knows .-J .l:. .,..,. , _. irno affection of that iuQaite father- •nd stir the hearts of men. The euperior critic who dwells on his faults is simply a poor judge. We â- hould advise any young person *ho is affected by the pretense of superiority to turn to some of the passages in Dickens' novels that 2. Water-sprouts should be kept ofl the trunks and main branches, because, as said above, the Bligm, disease often runs down one of CANKERS ON APPLE TREES. Doing an Alarming Auonnt of Damage to Orchardii. Many Ontario apple growers have' a'^^* *"''• **F*' *',? ^^"^'"' "'''«^«*- complained that an unusullly la«o ' f """""'f," ".'" "'"'^"^ ""««« number of branches are dvm„ on' r"''^""''^ '^^ ^^« waier-sprouts their older applft ees and n^ot^ I ^'TThY t?"."*'""^ ^f^ few of the younger trees have been i ,'a^^d t?th Rnl^H ^"^ ''"'/""^ killed outright. The troubU ha« 'P^Je^ with Bordeaux mixture, on tables of stone, nor can it be set usually been attributed to Su^i fu° -^P**'.'*^ P*',°* ^*''^° *^« ««« ^hat . ; . Scald and Oyster-Shell Scale Tta^lu" '^'"u'^" *"'' main branches are prescription and regulations. The | vestigations this autumn however I TTf °fi"*^'^ *"''""''* with Bordeaux. infinite, divine will is not subject have shown that the great^rpart ^ â-  • - »P':*y'"K "''""Id be done hood will know tliat there can be nothing higher or better for him than that Father's will ; that this will may bo perfectly done will be more than a petition, it will become the supreme passion in life. This is not the cry of one who says: "Let God's wUl be done be- are referred to by George Barlow i cause it is inevitable ; he is almigh in an article on the genius of the \y> I am impotent before him," bui author which appears in The Coa- down in books, nor compassed in! Scald 'and 6y»t7r-ShelT Scale. °In-! *^^ trunks and main branches are ever, j of such damag7c'an b"e Tr'I^rt'o ^ ^°'* before-the" leaf buds "buVst.'ui; Cankers, cau.,ld either by If^Lia ' "'"''"^ * ^"^ ^^^ ''"^"''^ **>« '''"«- disease known armack Rot of a i '"""t ""P,!"' """^ tl»« th^rd within a bacterial disease known as Pear'T^^^^n" '"^'^. °^ ^''* '''°«''««"' Blight. Fire Blight, or ?wigBlLht i r*'° ^*'i^°U?*'^J'.P.°"°'* "^ ^ The Black Rot aftLv. .1 *u ^^^^<^ should be added to each leave? and fruit, cauX th'e Tatter ''\?' B.-''-»\-<^ the whole 1 to rot. On the'surface*of the rot^lT- '^«'**'^^. ^^^'« spraying, ten fruit little black pustules pimples almost one-third the YOUNQ FOLKS UNCLE VED'S MACfC. temporary Review. They are an answer that makes the critic shriv- •l.^to bia true propi,itions. Mr. Barlow speaks particularly of tKp tragic side of the genius sf Diskena. He suggests a resemb- lance to the old Elizabethan tragic playwrights. Besidy the laughter that rings through Dickens' stories there is "an understanding of the intensest agonies of life, a power to penetrate into the abysmal dark- ness that sometimes encompasses human souls, a comprehension not only of the heights which human beings may attain, but of the depths to which they may sink, which brings Dickens more within the pale of Ford or Webster >han with- in the regions traversed by other English writers." Scenes givett to Ui th-? interpretation of every pasS' ing regulator of the conduct of others. It is the mighty intent which runs through the ages of all tlie universe. It is a dreary and irksome busi- ness trying to do the divine will by discovering directions for the speci- fi«' duties and problems of every day. It is a chiidish way of living. It creates prigs and bigots. We nf ed to catch some broad principles of living ; we need, most of all, some high, impelling vision that shall lead the life on, direct, unfaltering, through every difficulty, doubt and latter, patter, drip, drip, sang '.ne rain on the roof. Tearfully Ttddy glanced from the window. Oh dear!" O dear!" wind from tree to tree and help spread the disease ia the summer Either kind of canker the cry of one who says : ' 'Let his will bo done because it is best." Not in submission but in a?pira- , t!on does one thus pray who has j fear, to a worthy, heavenly goal. caught the spirit of this prayer. THE WILL OF THE FATHER inere seemed something noble 'â-  and admirable in rebellion against ^ ''^ .?"* *"'' ^' t^at or the other de- tho will of the Deity so long as we i **"• ** e do his will not by the thought of him as a person who, in i *""P"lpua observance of any round arbitrary fashion, decided what ^.•e ! ^ *â-  ""outine of ritual or duties. He must do, as one who used his om- ! '* doing the will of God who is mak- r.ipotence for our subjugation, while â-  ^"^ "^ du.st the servant of the di- he seemed to be a coward who bow- I *?°®' ^^'^ ^^ setting the soul above ed his neck in tame submission to ! ^"® *°d, who is bringing the king- decrease and (jbligations imposed • **f.â„¢ *"" rule of the spiritual to upon him by one who sat in foreign .^ world. Here is the dotermina- splendor in another world. \^^^^' dominating principle, that >,^ .uo u.,u, »ui Even heaven appeared dull and ' f^?/, 'f. ',*^^ ^''*" '^'^® toward the [diseased bark being darke he sighed. ecliocd Frank and Betty. "Guess daddy couldn't makn 4 fi~e on the rocks to-day," said Half <t pound of Pariai Irankie, with pictures of the in- bar- 1 tended corn roast \ividly befor* kept him. This ia very evident bv th» . - _ The sudden downpour which followed spraying will then not only do a, '^'s remarks. Even sight of the lako °', great deal to keep off cankers, butj **s shut out from him. of a pin-head appear "a'fterTtiJi^^l « Hu*'/" u^'l' "°^* °f *^^ Codling I It isn't such an easy thing ta These pimples contain spores whicfai i . 1 /?• *'*";?* '^^ ^""""y ^P'! f-f.?'*' -'T** ^^«^' ''"'« •'"^ *«d a* free are carried by ♦^^^'f^^A t^". Cigar Case-bearers, Pis- 1 little girl V: when set the a rainy day. Sailing tol Case-bearers, Canker Worms, j boats in the bathtub wa.s fast be- Bud Moyjs and many other insects ; 1 coming tiresome. A sudden gu*t __Jter may cause f"** '" addition will keep the apples J o^ »ind rattled the windows, and diseased areas on the trunk and u li" â„¢ * ' ^° *''** orchardists | the children did not know that largo branches or at the main'' j *°' * '"«'"'â- '> ^o"" thei»omobody had opened the door and crotch. Itisnoteasy totpllin evervi'^râ„¢? »"« money spenf in the form;'*«8 standing right behind them, case to which disease a' canker is ' l "•»*'* â- *'' *'**" *"'' °'*"'^ *°d ?nd they di J not knoW, etefcer, that due. j better fruit. Care should be taken 1 that somebody was Uuclc^led. A Blight Canker, however often' â- '' «y«'y <=»•• *<? ««e that the spray- The children had not se%Uncl« begins by attacking a water-^nrout â-  '°* " thoroughly done at the times i ^^ed for a long time, so of^ours-^ and running down it into the trunk i ™«°ti«ned. Orchards that are ! they were very glad to see him. and crotch or main branch and forming! k^*' properly pruned and sprayed a large dead area there. This time , ''"' » ? /°°°^ *^ t° ^^""y T"^ of year such areas caused by i '*" •"'*^'**' ^'^'^ ""â- *"**>*« ^^^O" Blight are usually distinctly mark- ed off from the healthy bark by a crack between the two. and by the UDJntercstiag as long as it was pic- tured as the place where people neither would nor could do any other than THE DIVLVE DECREES. Law-abiding tractive, but communities are :.t- there would seem to things higher, holiest The will of the divine is that, since we are his children, we shall all come more and more to the fam- ily likeness and to the freedom and fullness of the divine life; it is the spiritualizing, making heavenly and divine all our life. We who pray are those leading to the death of James Carker, the ilight of Lady Detllock, the murder of Nancy Sikes. Many others might be ad- d'-d as proof of a dramatic inten- •ity that goes far beyond dramatic tii'.ks and that is clearly distingu- ishW from cleverness in the con- struction of exciting plots. This tremendous power has been equaled >n few authors, and it is pretty secure against the competition of the future. be little morality or merit where â-  that prayer must pay its price, we the laws were mechanically ob?yed n»ubt set character, the heavenly Illustrate Mr. Barlow s meaning 1 without the possibility of infraction. I likeness before any other subject or But if we think of the will of this j desire Father as being infinite law that j Such a prayer subdues our indi- runs through all the universe, as : vidual desires to its high purposes, that which the least atom and the I it teaches us to see in pain the per- vast planets obey, as that law of fecting of the life, for the purposes harmony which means fullness and ' <^^ divine affection ; it sees in losses beauty of life, then the coustant the cutting away of that which hope of every heart and endeavcr | might load the life down and pre- cf every right life is to do that will, j vent its movim? in harmony with to be in tune with that universal | all developing life into the heaven- harmony, iy glory of character. The will of P.eaven is not written I HENRY F. COPE. . . „ Brown in color than the healthy bark and slightly shrunken. As a rule the surface of Blight Cankers i« fairly smooth, not rough, checked or blackened and is free from pimples except in old cankers where other diseases have got in and caused these. The Black Rot Canker, on the other hand is, as a rule, not dis- tinctly marked off by a crack be- tween it and the healthy bark. The central part, especially if more than a year old. is usually some- what swollen and the bark is rough. that are neglected. L. CAESAR. Agricultural College, Quelph. â-  4. NEVER GO INTO DEBT FOR A PLEASURE. Face Yonr Lfmltations and Then Get the Best Out of Things. The price that we pay for plea- sures should have something more ^ â€" than a few moments' thought de- ' PaP^*" about four inches wide and voted to it, for it has serious re- 1 '*'*''"*â- ' ^1""^« ^«et long, a glass ol suits. . Without question the morel .p?*^" * teaspoon and a small plate, simple the pleasure, the healthier! f^*' °'® placed on the table, while its enjoyment, the oftener it may j j"°? the long bookcase he select- be indulged in and the happier you f° '''"'" hooks, dcireasing in siza from a very large to a uny book just at the right time, too. Some- how uncles always happ«n to com^ at just the right time, so it was not any wonder that he was besieg- ed with kisses, and coaxed to tell a Btory. Truthfully L'ncle Ned gazed at the logs in the fireplac*. "Ill tell you, churns, " he said, prompted by a sudden idea, iet'a have another magic trick, and thia shall be called the Rusbian Moun- tains.' And now I'll get the things necessary." While the '.hildren were gathering roun-J the table uncle. returned with a small kerosene lamp, a strip ol 7 will be in the end. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL But Mr. Barlow's Judgment on tlift relative merits of Dickens' fc&Qksis curious. The "colossal" â-  piWtlRlcnts are "Dombey and Son," "Bleak House" and "David Coppcrfield." The two works last pamed have a high rank undoubted- ly, but "Dombey" has been de- nounced with extraordinary bitter- ness in spite of the fact that it con- tains some of the author's most *idely known same may b ~Ii'' )T'*ik'' "^S ^*^^w is fenipted '""â-  "•^"J'es « was one 01 tne princi ''fr^ 'JC,...;„ae very^ best of Dickens' P*! Hi^ite cities, and one of a rom the artictic point of Sft'i'P which through deception had «ut, however much opinions I ^^®*^*^d a league with Joshua (Josh, day diner on this question of com- '•'• S'")- thereby escaping the fate 4>arative merit, the significant fact I "' ^^ ''"d Jericho. It was after- jemains that every one of the books! '^•'â- d allotted to Benjamin and INTERNATIONAL LE8SCN, DEC. 6. Lcs.Hoa X. Solomon Chooses Wia- (lom. Goldeo Te:.t, ProT. 0. 10. Verse 4. Gibeonâ€" Identified by scholars with the modern village of worj Aiew Is fr. wn characters. The' «'•''''• which lies five or six miles I Hignlav e said of "Littl<LDor- northwest of Jerusalem. In ear- 1 ,, f' Mr. Batkw IS ftninted li®' times it was one of the princi- . u", Great peopleâ€" Literal, "heavy," referring, not to (greatness in our sense, but to immensity involving a correspondingly heavy burden of responsibility. 10. The speech pleased the Lord â€" "The element in Solomon's choice which makes it pleasing to God is his perception of the supreme im- portance of wisdom and dijscretion in government as contrasted with external greatness or military glory. In later years, however, the king lost his simplicity of purpose and purity of aspiration, becoming [enamored with the glory of outward Pleasures re- make us over of our being. He lighted the lamp and "held the strip of paper over the top near tinue to increase in size. This isj especially true of Black Rot Can-1 ker, though often this as well as the other may die out at the end of the first year. "The diseased; .contains something that is worth Jcnowmg and having. The evidence .«.' genius is in them all. - LEAVING THE OLD FOLKS. ;iVs. wife, I guess we're gettin' old. but don t you take on so "C.me, dry your eyes an' "try to tiunk twas right that she should go; •Of course the house is solemn-like • an still, but if you mind -Your mother suffered jes' the same • when you left her behind; • Her mother must have felt it too • for sine; the world was known ' ' iTAwV^'^^ 'i'^r married off an' • left th' old folks all alone. 'Coriie! come' dont sob as though .4- all joy had vanished from your life, Twas right that she should do if (»od uteant her for a wife; ' or course we'll miss her smilina face an miss her words of cheert supper time is done,' was here And oft when we'll wish that she To sing those simple songs again th' way she did before He came into her lite an' led smilin' from the door. her An' I~ril miss her, too, because when my day's work is through 1 11 like to see her come to me, the way she used to do. Bringing my slippers to the fire an' kneelin' by my chair lo put 'em on, the while I stroke her wreath of golden hair K^^^n' then I'll think her husband gets "1 the favors that were mine. An' those are perquisites of love it 8 hardest to resign. on But wife, don't sigh an' take so, it's mighty plain to me You're thinkin' of the days gone by when she played about your knee ; Jes' recollect she's grown up now' it's right that she should go, ' An' t|^ugh it's hard on us at times our gnr,t we shouldn't show: iln' while we're sittin' here tonight my only wish is she ^ Will bo as good a wife to him as you have oeen to ma. made a Levitical town. For a time the tabernacle had rested here, and from Jer. 41. 16, it seems that af- ter the destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar Gibeon again be- came the seat of the government. 'The great high place â€" One of the principal centres of worship for the ten tribes. Only gradually was the worship of Israel centralized at Jerusalem. Burnt offerings â€" The burnt offer- ing was one in whi'ch the entire vic- tim consumed upon the altar. It symbolized the entire surrender to God of the individual or the con- gregation, for whom it was offered. The animals prescribed for this sacrifice were a young bullock, a lamb, or goat (always a male), or in cases of poverty, turtle doves or young pigeons (Lev. 1. 3, 10, 14). The ritual of this sacrifice is described in part in Lev. 1. 14-17, and 7. 8. 6. As he walked before thoo in truth and in righteousness â€" Solo- mon did not fail to trace the pros- perity of his father, David, to the fact that the latter had been a faithful servant of Jehovah. A son to sit on his throne â€" The perpetuation of the Davidic dynas- ty was accounted the greatest of all blessings. 7. But a little childâ€" Young and inexperienced in statecraft, Solo- mon appeared to himself as a mere child in view of the varied great responsibilities which his new posi- tion as a ruler placed upon him. Go out or come in â€" The Hebrew way of referring to ths general comportment or behavior of a per- son. 8. A great people that cannot be numbered^No accurate or reliable census of the Jewish nation at this time is available. Solomon's state- ment, however, was that of an in- experienced ruler who would, na- turally exaggerate the extent of duties and cares which he had not yet encountered. 9. Understanding â€" Hebrew, "Hearing." The sense of the clause is, "A readiness to hear complaints understanding heart â€" Per- haps better, "a discerning mind." 13. There shall not beâ€" Hebrew, "There hath not been," as in the preceding verse. The sense of the clause thus becomes, "There has not been any among the kings as prosperous as thou shalt be for all thy days." 14. Walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments â€" •Compare the similar charge in 1 Kings 2. 2-4. As thy father didâ€" David's life had not been faultless, but the gen- eral attitude of his heart and mind toward the commandments of Je- hovah had been right, and, on the whole, he had sought conscienti- ously to obey the statutes and com- mandments of his God. 15. Behold, it was a dream â€" The dream in this case, however, had the same influence over Solomon as an actual experience of the same import would have had. The ark of the covenantâ€" This had been brought by David to Jerusa- black and checked. On part of the, smoother surface there will nearly j *''"®ate us â€" that is, always be found numerous little! *iewâ€" in all parts â€" ._. -,...„, ., . . , • black pimples or pustules about: *nd when we indulge in any that j ^°°"'?".''/' that it soon became cov- one-third the size of the head of a degrade and do not elevate us ; S,\f° *"'" l'^^^\' greasy lampblack, pin. These are the places where! when they leave us unfitted for the I ^"?° "" ♦"« "a««8 /'^ the books, sporesareproduced that spread the 'work or duty to which life has as-! 7"*=" ."^ ".»'>, stood upright and disease in the spring of the year. ; tigned us ; when they make u» con- j f°°"'' '°»"^ »"'=''es apart, he pinned Both kinds of cankers may Uve form to a habit at variance with ! "° F'*?^'"' . '"« greasy side toward over from year to year and con-jour consciences; when they wound i ,.'â„¢' """Wing the end nearest tha another or influence a life weaker r"?r\.''oo'^*^ rest in the pUte. than our own, causing it to stumble' ,, '^^''- '^"^"•,. s"',d Uncle Ned. in the path of right-doing, they are I J^^ "^ ''^'^'^J • ""d taking a fltllo the forbidden fruits for us and I V V"" i ^^^"P"""-- h" et it fall _ have attached to them a price too ."S ».>• drop upon the paper, area may be small in either kind or' heavy for us to pay, and which the| /f'^f' l"'^- »?,'d l^j-ankie. ".Just again it may include the whole of remorse of a whole lifetime could „„. ,f^ '^' ^''";. '*"d sure enough the trunk and part of the branch-: not liquidate. roUed d'/wn U J ^.hT J"-\ '^'"K es, or may run for several feet' ' Never be willingfi to go into debt „« ^0.^ V' • '"«^''"*^d plane of along a single branch. In old trees j for a pleasure. It's only the shadow '^^. 'J?"^' .f '"'"8 fP"'^'^ plough only the branches are attacked. of a good time-a foolish dream j ^°<^J^H^« '"'nount the next, and Remediesâ€" Where & tree is too ^ith a dread awakening back of it. , Th« rhil,lr..„ „i„if- . , badly attacked to give any hope' It's often hard to go without, but ^^^"f^;^"*^^.^.';"- *_ .J" ^'"â- " ^'""P" of its recovery it should be cut the sweetest joy that comes to us. .^^ .k^., recovery it should de cut me sweetest joy luai. comes lo "». ,rat..hpd wi>h rl.,ii„Ki- .f ••.t'- â-  - â€" down and burned as soon as cos- that builds and re-creates us every ! "''M"^'*.''^'*'* delight the tiny drc I striving to see w hich could gain '. plate in the quickest time." !*• near supper time when thev M th^-^a* -_ ^ ... , â„¢ an ..^e'sun shinma; bright and clear Th> next day they could liavo t.'ieir pic- nic, and a much better time be- cause they would have l'ncle Ned with them.â€" Youth's Companion siblo, for otherwise the disease will minute of the day, is the joy of a spread from it even though the peaceful heart and mind "content _^^^_^^^ tree itself be dead. In the same way i with small means," and """'iHinK tJ"l'ook nut rf th i dead or dying branches should be' to destroy its serenity for a phan- 1 . ""* °"; . "' tne wini^ cut off and burned either this fall j torn of pleasure. Take up your 6" ! rain had ceaied ^ or early next spring, taking par-jnancial limitations joyously, and ] ^j^j^ j^^^^'^g ^ ticular pains to see that the cut is make them give you back some in- 1 ' * . • • :*â- " gone made several inches below any trace ner sweetness for the deprivations of the diseased area. All cuts thus *-hey force upon you. made should be disinfected in the' Study your environment and see manner described below and then! where your limitations lie and then pointed. If this is done the frost do not be afraid to face them. Say will not injure them. Wherever a' to yourself, "I can allow so much healthy stub is left after cutting offl for this, so much for ihat." and the cankered part of a brancn it j then adjust your needs and your can be cut afresh in the spring and: wants to these restrictions. There grafted. j is no one so bxave. so truly noble. Where the cankered areas are; as the woman facing the world up- not too large, especially on the ! on a small income, courageously, trunk and crotches, they should be! cheerfully, and with the determin- neatly cut out with a knife or some' ation of getting the best, the right sharp instrument until the healthy kind of "the best," out of the con- bark is reached. The wounds thus|ditions that surround her. â€" New Idea Woman's Magazine. sV â- s un3»s| 'Ike."' made must be disinfected and paint ed with white lead (free from tur- pentine). The painting should be repeated next spring to make sure that no disease gets into the wounds. The best disinfectant to use is corrosive sublimate of the strength of one part of this sub- stance by weight to one hundred LONDON FACTORY GlELS. Are Most Interebtiug Type cf Work- ing Women in England. The most interesting type of work- er JAP GIRLS IN SHOPS. Girls Don't I.iko Drodgery Hou.sehold Serucc. In Japan to day. aa in this coun- try, girls prefer the independence offered by sitiiation.s in spMinin* and weaving mills, in bhop and fac- tory, to the drudgery and depend- ence of household scrvir-o o«r.^. idpeedUfae lem and had found a permanent ! parts of water. Any druggists will • II . u- .'^^'^o.'d service, espec- ially to hiring themselves out as maids of all wiok. with the various attendant restraints and hardships to the average middle or lower-clasi Japanese family of less than a mod- crate income. The rural, districts- ing women in England are the fB^-Ci?Z,rnl^y'' ^'V'° , ''*=^° **>• to'v girls. Some of the largest fac- ^ Estt" h^v» h""'^"''" ^''"•'" T'"*^" /â- .^.v.u : ". - , • iu i , ; uomestics nave lieen rcoruitpW >>,.<. The material.toriesm London are in the east and! 3i„,^ industrial enter, rises of one A wood- : ^;«t centra d.s r.cts in the heart ki,.d and another have bee„ °tarU d en or glass vessel must be used in- 1 of the London slums. 'These g'rU throughout the countrv -^^"-^"^ stead of iron or tin as the subsUnce generally are recognized by theirlgj^ig ^q^^ would have' will corrode these. Corrosive sub-, cockney swagger and their large, I jhe cities and towns in ou^ f * limate is deadly poison when taken black hats trimmed with squally | pj^.g, j^, Jq^jj^^ij^^^j^ '"*" o* internally, so care must be taken ! feathers. Thcj^jare lean and gaunt gpindle and loom supply the substance and explain how to make it up. will cost only a few cents. resting place on Mount Zion. Offered up burnt offerings â€" As at Gibeon, so at Jerusalem, the king offers up sacrifices indicative of the consecration of himself to the high office of ruler over the people. Peace offerings â€" These differed 1 ,.,.11 ,.1. ^ .-,,;,, . from the burnt offerings in that ,1''^'° allow anything to drink the looking a most common e.;cpres8ion only certain portions of the animal ''"""j'.^r ^as^. thoroughly the| is exhaustion and despair. The the young drifted to sacrificed were burned upon the al tar. A portion of the meat was given to the officiating priest, while the other portion was returned to the person bringing the offering, and was used by him in the sacri- ficial feast which usually accom- panied the ceremony. So in con- nection with the peace offering here mentioned the king made a feast to all his servants. A gentlemin who was no longer young, and who never was hand- some, said to a child in presence of her parents : "Well, my dear, what do you think of me?" The little one made no reply, and the gentle- man continued: "Well, you don't tell me. Why won't you?" Two little fat hands tucked the corners of a pinafore into her mouth, as she said, archly, in a timid whis vessel before using it for any other , average wages paid the.se girls is purposes. The best way to disin-'^g.SO a week. Their home life is feet the wound with corrosive sub- j no better than the factories they limate is simply to tie a little sponge I work in. Their homes are cheap or a small pad of cloth on the end ' ^nd coarse, and though not proud of a stick, and, after dipping it in-i^f their parents, they are dutiful to the liquid, wash over the surface, jjauhters. • They do their share to fJ^irr^-J^lZ'"' "*" ''"^ihelp^support the large families and usually put part of their savings kind of wo«n whatever. To ward off cankers for the fu- ! into clubs, which exist in many of uo«- go to tend e ana loom. The reason for tliis ivvolutiion is twofold. In thu first place, the po- sition occupied l.v the sorvant the household under iho *> r,.i'irpSS'ii'irr.;^:.'i.|....r^.'r^.^ titles as FeatherClub, Boot Club, i and Drrss Club, and though the riahtu"^""" '" '"**** **" P«<^P'«|per: "* Cause I don't want to be rightly^' by such means as tearing off the bark by whifBetrees or other imple- ! â-  â€" -."," .. , , ", " ments, or by boots in climbing If >oney is deposited e«;h week, ev- wounds are made in this way, they I ^^^ dollar is spent before the holi- should be disinfected and painted days, at once ; otherwise they let in the germs of the disease. Cankers usu- ally start from wounds of some kind, though sometimes these may be very small. Sun-Scald- injuries also allow Canker germs to enter, hence young trees should be pro- tected against Sun-Scald by some cne of the well-known devices for this purpose. I) • I, â-  fourlal system is rapidly becoming a thing of the past. In the Sfi-ond place, young women and piiis who once went into service fir puiprises of social education and rffinoinont now choose to gain a uiorp up-to- date culture in tlio sch.ol.^ wher«». branches of knowledge are tanghtfteo /tb^ or m the reading of western bookstt //- large .«t can 1 it, or These ep<M|er le that and a or sati^; .•rooUe' •m anci r Alt >j tba '.oose of bo aim rticoUr ceeded. called machi-l ressiag 'dtmeni '00 '/e resnltoiJ Tuis isv was ' Thej lobg lav exa tend they- be a wia •nd I to Blobbs â€" ""There seems to bo a strange aflinity between a colored man and a chicken." Slobbsâ€" "Na- turally. One is descended from Ham and the other from eggs." Manager â€" "My stock-in-trade is brains." Principal Girlâ€" "You'v# got a funny-looking sample CMO«" rather than to acquire old-fnshim, Vir?<Jo> ed ideals in homes where the/<'/*'«tt^ might still be imbibed by those wilfe /Jo kT^- ing to enter them in the iuferi4»/^ ^Jk capacity of maids. / ^ 1" -* ._ ffWtlA •''^wmtc Wr John Banks, physician in , Hnd to the King, has bequea •23,000 to Louisa Latterman, <«qiii«7» - panion to himself and his UteJiaE'^^ ^n.^ in reoomitaon of her <*^oti^^'' A,.,** bis butler and his cook, V^lw'tkJ tft Ui ^'gahmgi^ -tc; ,:::*' ."^.driis,* fcinMela„cti>.,n,b„t^ft^, **srT)wh ^ lU mat ISh '*«w*^ %t oai