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 RUTH ELLIOTT; OR, A PROPHECY FULFILLED. -«fr A TALE OF SOCIAL UfJE IN OANADA. PART IV.â€" {Concluded.) ' Here are the evidences of the mighty gen- ius of a Raphael and a Michael Angelo. In the Vatican I saw Raphael's ' Dispute on the Holy Sauraments,' his ' Philosophy or School of Athens,' his ' Annunciation' and Lis two great masterpieces, ' The Trans- figuration and the ' Madonna da Foliguo.' Murrilo's ' Return of the Prodigal Son' and Dorenichi'a ' Communion of St. Jerome* are grand beyond description. The Vati- can contains the finest paintings and sculp- Among the environs of Every man is a volume if you know how to read him." " Ah, yes," replied Ruth, " I knew a lady once who fell luto a sad mistake by_ prefer- ring brilliant meteoric talents to fair busi- ness abilities, and unquestioned probity of character. By it she blighted her own early life, saddened the home of her parents, suffer- ed untold wrongs, and humiliation, and in her efforts to rescue the man whose name she bore from a prison, the just consequence of his evil deeds, she nearly perished from exposure, and fatigue. Happily death proved There the variety, richness of color, and per- fection of the flowers, would give you some- thing to rave- about fpr the rest of your life, to say nothing of its sunny clime, clear «kies and beautiful scenery. But I think I may safely say that two pieces of sculpture, ot" which excellent copies are not unfre- «Htently seen, have always been very sug- tures m the world. Among tne environs or --jf '7^7 " â-  j *v.„.. â„¢;«-i7 ii/a».f R^-L fr- A • • • i J.A.- J i.^ to ner a elad evangel, and then with neart ome the Via Appia is interesting and to """"y. r; ^T ^,' „. „„j .„^tn~,iAt. you the garde J Italy,.-specifuy Flor- Z'^lZt^i^l^reTii^^ftli ence, would be entrancmg in their beauty. ^^^fJthe same worthy man of character and position, in wedlock, and this time, by the grace of God she intends to heed her father's admonition, and accept the proffer- ed blessing believing that it is a direct interposition of Divine Providence that has brought it all about." " That was a very happy termination, restive to my mind and have pleased me ^«,iy';-Xto'itt-co^rrtl^he;^^^^^^ most. One seems to me to represent the S^J^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ many would give to have their lives to live over again how few would marry the partner they did, how many would only repeat the mistakes of the past. I think nothing in this world so much to be admired as a happily mated married couple, where the home is a hive of industry, frugality and love." " I agree with the sentiment," sail Ruth, " and see no reason why there should be so much misery, and sorrow as the result of mis- mating. We make our own skies very largely. Our hearts cast their shadows without us, and the projections of these shadows tinge the world. We find on this earth, in a measuie, whatever we bring the eyes to see. A joyous heart finds much joy in any cir- cumstances and experiences. A gloomy heart finds no end of gloom. A songful spirit hears music everywhere but a life that has no music in itself never hears a songful note, even amid the sweetest and richest of harmonies."' " You love Nature, and make bright skies around you generally do you not " said Mr. Bently. "Such lansdcapes as that yonder with valley and stream, village and church- spire, glittering in the sunbeam, well culti- vated fields, herds grazing quietly in the meadows, and yonder in the distance, to- ward La Prairie, a steamer glides proudly along as if conscious of having done a clever thing in successfully shooting the rapids of Lachine above yonder, and those volcanic peaks in the horizon yonder that tell of past ages of upheavals and smoking craters, long since ceased to belch torth their fiery breath and smoke and lava." " Yes, I love nature, and I revel in its lesson on every leaf on every tiny flower, or blade of grass, Creator, God, is written. But don't think me a crank devoted to the modem feministic idea of higher education for rnuctas Hove to while away an hour ambug the fields, flowers, insects and birds each of them teems with inspiration to the thoughtful mind. I am no modem Amazon who prefers to desert the qUiet pursuits of domestic life or woman's most holy office of wife and mother for the country-house or school-room, the lecture-hall, or rostrum. No, Herbort Spencer, your philosophy may enchant the while but cannot make me forget the privilege with which I have been endowed by beingbom a woman in this progressive era, in this beloved Canada of ours, the laud of the free and a true woman should ever be man's faithful friend and counsellor." " These are noble sentiments, Ruth. I have no misgivings. You will be all the world CO me, I am sure, and a noble woman when you have the opportuiuties it will be in my power to place at your disposal. " "How kind of you to suggest that," she replied. ".Since I have come to know you well, I am more and more impressed with the dignity of man, and the dependence of woman. And how grateful we should be to God for so arranging matters, that we wo- men may be a necessity to and always min- istering, in various ways, to his happiness and well-being, for ' Woman is man's atten- dant angel, a ministering spirit she.' " " You have a high ideal, I fear," said Mr. Bently, " and I would warn you not to ex- pect too much in me for I am only a plain business m^'i, aot brilliant, or poetic, but I hope, honest, honorable and industrious, and of a disposition easily to be entreated." " Yes," she replied, " but my ideal is not an extravagant impossible fantasy of the mind, but in your own dear self, a living, acting reality, and you answer to the pic- tur3 Blanchard has drawn,-^his sentiments are mine. "Yes, I agree with the sentiments of the poem, but not with the application you make of it. You are too complimentary. I shall fall short of your ideal, and yon will reproach me, or speak disparagingly of me to your friends then, instead ofbeing a fixed star in your firmam.ent, I shall have become a tailing one." " Speak disparagingly of you No, never? Why should I?" she said, " Even had I some slight occasion, no true wife could speak thus of her husband." " Nevertheless they sometimes do." " Do they 7 Then more's the pity for the man's cause is woman's â€" they rise or fall together." " Let us change the subject," she inter- rupted. " Have you ever read these lines " Twas on a Sunday afternoon, as I lay in the shade So very cool and grateful that the spreadiiig wUlowa made, A holy calm spread o'er the scene and scarce • aonnd was heard Beside the humminc of a bee or warbUn^ of a bird. The lazy kine down in the rale, stood knee deq in the stream; The church bells of the distant spire tolled soft as if in dream The earth seemed hushed to quiet rest, a trance did o'er me steal. And while I dreamed an angel bright stood near me as if real." • ' Well, that's the kind ot spirit that I often find myself in here. You have spoit hajmy days here, dear Ruth, in your beautiral home with its pleasant Burroondings. Have you no misgivings .about changing your lot or making another matrimonuJ venture? Since your estate fell into your own hands represent woman of the past and present the other the woman of the future. Whoever looks a.t the bust of Clyte will recognize in it a b^'Lutiful idealization of the ' clinging vine' typ â-  of woman tender, timid, gentle and 5;i i.:eful, but weak a pretty ornament, an cji-le^ring pet, but notan entertaining or a liulpful companion. A man might like to h ive such a wife, as he would like some rare aii'l delicate flower in his garden. To a cer- tain extent she might be company for him, as is a faithful dog that looks into his eyes to be guided by every v, ish expressed there but if he wants any interchange of thought, any sympathy in his pursuits, any helpful suggestions in an hour of trouble, he must seek them elsewhere. Classical fable tells us that Clyte was enamored of Appolo, and â- was metamorphosed into a sunflower, which continually turns toward that brilliant god. In the sculptured bust the petals of the com- ing sunflower are already seen forming around her. The moral significance, though not intended, is very instructive for if a wcman continually turns to a lord and mas- ter for E^uidance, the natural consequence is that hers should become a vegetable exis- tence. " Of all the sculpture I have ever seen most I admire the Venus of Milo. I never cease to wonder how so much life and character â- could be expressed in such a colorless, hard siihstance as marble. There seems to be a *;o-il within the stone, shining through it, as til 'OS a lighted lamp within a transparent fill ine. A friend to whom I gave an admir- al le bust of this noble statue said to me soon 'T:crnard 'You have spoiled my Clyte. i used to think her so lovely and graceful Iiiit the Venus of Milo kills her. I have he-m obliged to put her away in a distant corner so that she might not be extinguish- ed liv the comparison.' That remark. W£is prophetic' The trae nobility of the Wo- mah of the Past, the much-praised ' cling- ing-vine' type of womanhood will be laid away in a corner, it cannot stand compari- son with ' The perfect woman, nobly planned. To warn, to comfort, and commini.' " ' Oh, you must be in love you are al- ways raving about woman perfect wdman As if there was ever any such thing." " Well," said Bentley, I will tell you a story from the ancient classics that forms a parallel in your own experience, in â-  your own short, but eventful life. It is often on SUV mind, for, like Psyche, it seems that â- after much suffering you are to be unit- cil by God Him.-(ff to your believer Cupid, that is me of course. Ha, ha â€" Well, there was a certain king named Apuleius, who had three daughters, of w-hom the youngest. Psyche, was a marvel of beauty, and altars were consecreated to her that properly belonged to Venus. The anger of the jealous goddess was excited, and she commanded" her son Cupid to in- spire Psyc-he with a passion for some fright- ful monster, but Cupid himself fell in love with her, and he bore her away to a de- lightful place, where she was visited every night by the young god, who left her at â- early .dawn. Her sisters persuaded her that he who came in the darkness of night and whom she had never seen, must be some loathsome monster, and they urged her to destroy him while he slept but when she brought a lamp, and beheld his match- less beauty, her joy deprived her of the power of motion, and in her agitation she let fall from her lamp a drop of the hot oil upon his shoulder, which awoke him. With a few words of reproach, he fled. Psyche «ow endeavored to destroy herself, but nothing in nature would injure her. At length, through the contrivance of Venus, •jhe fell under the influence of sleep, brought «sp;cially from the infernal worUl. From this sleep she was not aroused until Cupid v»me ar. d touched her with the point of one of his arrows, when she arose, and became suthoiently purified through suffering, she â- was endowed with wings, and united by Jove liimself to her beloved Cupid." " Well, dear," ventured Bently, " May â- we not hope to see the world yet together?" V Oh, well," she replied, " I am so much afraid to hope. My life has been so blight- ed, and my most reasonable hoies frustrat- ed in the past that now I feel quite sub- dued, and willing simply to lie in the lap of God, there to be nursed batck to hope, and he fills my whole heart with joy but it is the joy I have from communing with Nature, and if I tell you how much 1 adore Nature as it is beautifully expressed in Massey's sweet lines, and remember that line of Bums â€" which tells that man is above nature; you will be able to infer how precious you have grown to me. Nothing, however, in this world is half so much to be admired as a true and honorable -man. Some one has truly said, 'An honorable man is the noblest work of Gcd.' " " Do you think so " said Mr. Bently "so do we business men; but the idek is getting abroad that the sharpest man is God's master-piece of Creation. Talents are lauded above character, but while one is fuel, like turpentine, for a brilliant blaze, the other, like solid coal, lasts longer, and provefi most profitable to the possessor. yon have been beautifying Parkhill and I hear mnch of your doioga in promoting the work of benevolent inatitntions. That is a noble work, and profitable -withal; 'for charity is twice blessed it blesses him that gives as well as him that takes ' " "Go on and prosper you are like some t^^H^MUL roirit descended from a bright^ fipMepi dispense love and happiness. ner£ ' i-^ •'Com^^lpwithmeandbemylove; |II all the pleasures prove and valleys, dales and field r4teepy mountains yield. ' Aad "^im sit upon the rocks dfeeihg the iftepherds feed their flocks By shalloTfMverg, to whose falls Helodioia birds sing madrigrals. And I will make thee beds of roses And a thousand frasrrant posies A cap of flowew and a kirtle Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle." " I have thought you might not object to become the matron of a home, â€" a sort of orphan asylum of your own, in which little Rdsebud and X should be the inmates. We would not give much trouble, only a little naughty at times perhaps but as in the hive all are loyJ to the queen bee so we would make you our queen, and all should yield you due allegiance, as loyal subjects should." "Tisk'nd of you to suggest so bright a picture. My mind is fully made up. Eight years ago] my dear old father pleaded with me to accept j'ou the n when I accepted from you this ring I plighted my most so- lemn vow to live for you alone. I shall keep my pledee and when it is yom* wish to have it so I will renew that pledee for life at the altar. I am resolved to let the past with its sad memories be buried and, as Longfel- low says, ' Act in the living]present, heart â- within and God o'erhead.' I have much to thank my dear father for, I shall please him by taking you for my husband. It has been the one great sorrow of his life. Now I shall redeem the past to him by marrying you. I owe much to him; by his wise fore- thought this property was preserved to me by an entail through which, while I enjoy its use during life, it descends by right to my child. It is a pleasant spot, is this old Parkhill to me. I have lived here in happy seclusion so long in that quaint old Hall up there every nook and comer of which seems so full of interest. I should much re- gret to leave it now, if it could be avoided." She pans ed for a reply none came. Her- bert was absent-minded just then. " It was the home of the Raines, and tiie dear old Captain used to come over and have a game of whist with Grandpapa," she continued, " and talk over all the ba,ttles in which he had been engaged. He could tell all about the Alma, Inkermann, and the wild charge at Balacklava. 'We thought them mad when they started for those guns; he said ,and we missed them often af-ter. ' Hike this dear old spot because of the grand old soldier whose home it once was. ' ' " Well, dear Ruth, have you decided when you will make me the happiest of men " " Will it make you the ' happiest of men,' dear Herbert, to make me your wife Have you fto misgivings, may I ask " " None," was the quick reply. " Then you do love me, Herbert, do you not Tell me once more the sweet story I love so well, won't you, Herbert?" she said. "You ask me how I love you," he re- plied, " then as you love poetry, I will let the poet tell." " How do I love thee Let me count the ways I love thee to the depths, and breadth and height My soul can reach, when, â€" feeling out of sight For the ends of being and ideal grace. I love thee to the level of every day's Most quiet need by sun and canoUe light. I love thee freely as men strive for right, I love thee purely, as they turn from praise. I love thee with the passion put to use In thy old griefs and with my childhood's faith, I love thee with a love thou ne'er shall lose. And, by the saints I'll love thee with the breath. Smiles, tears of all my life and if God choose I shall but love thee better after death." "Ah, Ruth, it must be plain I love thee well. Must I my s lit renew, or will you name the day " " What woman's heart could withstand such lo-'e as yours, or resist such pleading "' she replied. "If it please thee let our nuptial day be fixed for the seventh, of next month. It â- will be on a Wednesday and in just three weeks' time, so if odd numbers bring good luck, you will surely be a 'lucky fellow.'" " Lucky fellow Of course I am, my darling Ruth. You have made me a very happy fellow alretidy. I accept your prom- ise, and here's the seal that binds the lovers' vow," said he, as he impressed a kiss on her lips. And so they were married,^â€" and the little church on the hill was never more gaily decorared for any occasion and. never was it filled by a more select gathering. Never did brid" look half as beautiftil in her lovely womanhood, or Herbert Bently feel so proud a man as ' they left the church that bright summer morn, man and wife. The day was bright, and baskets of flow- ers, strewn in her pathway by the twirls of her Sunday School class, dressed as a troupe of flower girls, seemed a happy omen of a bright and happy future and the old slip- pers and handnul of rice that flew after the stately equipage of the Bently's, as it rolled away from the Bently mansion where the wedding breakfast was given all seemed to say, " we wish you a long, and happy, and prosperous life." And so it has proved. Herbert Bently is a leadiugmerchant in the city where uiey dwell. Knth is the best and happiest of wives, and the mother of three more beauti-. ful children. But Rosebud comes in fot more than a fair share of Mr. Bently's at- tention, BO careful is he that there shall be no difference made, or anything occur to pain the heart of the woman he loves so well and whose charms he seems to appre- ciate more and love more fondly and tender- ly as the years roll by. And so the old gyp- sy woman's prophecy has been fnlfilled. Dame fortune has mniled on Ruth Elliott, and she has lived to reidize that ' Love is -not a soulless clod Forming it shall rise Transfigured in the lirht of God And giving glory to t£e skies. Tis thi^srlucA makes this life so sweet And .renders Heaven's joy complete." -» â-  [the end.] Some Other Day. Old Darkey (to gentleman)â€" Cud yo' help a poo' ole-cuUed gem'raem, sah My gran' mother wuz nu^so to Cfaris'f«r Klumbos sah. • ' Gentlemanâ€" Christopher Columbus Old Pai-keyâ€" Y'er; «*.' She cum over nn de M ayflowak â- wif him when he fast dis- covered Ainer'ca, 'deed she did. 6entlen|anâ€" Not tio-iday, nncle. LATE DOMINION N£WS. Mr. Dunham Ockerman has served Belle- ville as tax collector for tweftty years. It is proposed to establish a Dr. Jack Scholarwip in the New Bnuupick Univer- William ijfoody, oe Cumberland, N. S., lOOyean of^^, is jtut recovering frona a serious attack of illoees. Cape ^poton has i^ nataye 6 feet^l inches in heightvwith his boots on, tad Antigonish has a citizen 6 feet 4 inches in his socks. The Ladies' Benevolent Society, of In- gersoll, are endeavoring to establish an eat- ing house for the benefit of the poor of the town. Allan BaJlantyne, the boy who shot Mrs. Lawson, of Lake George, N. B., when firing at a dog, has been committed for trial for murder. In ccHisideration of an ample apology, Mr. HugeS. Cayley, of the North-West Council, has abandoned his libel suit against The Calgary Tribune. Mayor Scott, of Gait, instead of following the usual practice of giving a supper to the members of the Council, donoted $50 to the poor of the town. The by-law to grant a bonus of $10,000 to the proposed Lake Erie, Essex, and Detroit River Railway, has been carried in Kings- ville by a vote of 125 to 3 or by 122 major- ity. Two law students of London were com- mitted for contempt by Mr.. Justice Ar- mour, at London, but after spending a few hours in gaol, they apologized and were re- leased. The Presbyterians of Greenway, in Huron County, have received permission from the Bishop of Huron to hjld their Sabbath evening services in the English Church of that village. Alexander Mitchell of Montreal, John Mather of Keewatin, and other capitalists, intend immediately building at Keewatin Falls a flour mill with a capacity of 1,000 barrels per day. Mr. Michael Toohey, of East Oxford, has just died at the age of 109 years. He was bom in Ireland, and previous to the battle of Waterloo was offered a bounty of $90 to enlist as a British soldier. A young lady purchased a watch from a Paris jeweller not long ago, and next day brought it back to have it repaired. This she repeated several times, and finally pro- posed marriage to the jeweller, frightening the poor man so terribly that he took re- fuge in the garret until the aspirant for his hand had left the shop. A young man named Peter Wyatt, of St. Thomas, has broken his right arm four times. The last occasion was a few days ago, when he was engaged in a friendly boxing match with gloves in the apartments of a compan- ion. He aimed a blow at his opponent's head who ducked, and Wyatt's elbow struck the dodger's head, fracturing his arm. Mr. T. White, of Dalton, was suffering with a sore throat, and was using as a rem- edy tablets of chlorate of potash, which he carried in a tin bow in his trouser's pocket. The other day this box exploded, scorching and blistering him badly, and playing havoc with his clothes. He has since changed both his medicine and his trousers. Mr. John Drennan, of Seymour, is very ill from blood poisonins' He has been in a very feeble condition for four weeks past, and during that time he has tasted nothing but liquid food. His illness is the result of a frozen foot and exposure. Some of the flesh of the frozen foot will have to be removed. A committee appointed at a public meet- ing at Vancouver, B. C, waited on a num- ber of Chinamen who recently arrived from Victoria, and requested them to leave, which they did. Their return fare to Vic- toria was paid by subscriptions received from citizens. It is reported that instruc- tions have been received to take proceed- ings against Mayor McLean, of Vancouver, and other citizens implicated in the ex- pulsion. For sometime past a well-known young lady of Belleville has been uiakiug active preparations for her marriage, which waj to have been celebrated on a certain Wednes- day. The trousseau had been prepared, the invitations issued, the cake delivered, and even the expected bridegroom had ar- rived on the scene. But at the last moment the young lady refused to go on with the ceremony. No reaaon has been asigned for her remarkable conduct, but it is M-hispered that a third person is responsible for her change of purpose. Stipendiary Motton, of Halifax the other day sent to gaol for four months with- out the option of a fine five woman found in a house of ill-fame and intimated that the next time a house of bad repute was raided the male as well s the female inmates would be gaoled, and that the law would be im- partially administered to male and female offenders alike. Hitherto outcast women in Halifax have escaped with a lenient fine, and tiiis new departure by the istipendiary has created a great sensstion. A Westville, N. S. correspondent, re- counting the incidents of 1886, writes as follows :â€" " Early in the year we had a middle-aged lady elope with a young man later on we had a septuagenarian bigamist â€" John Sparks â€" who now stands behind the bars at Halifax awaiting the decision of the powers that be. To close this line for 1886, there was imited together last night a young bride of 16 years, to a groom of about 26. The bride is good looking, smart and intel- ligent. The groom is stone blind, with only one arm, and to the best of our knowledge has never seen nor will see his young bride." Dr. Dofresne says that he has just receiv- ed the clear title deed of the handsome residence erected by Hugh Sutlierlaad cm Armstrong's Point at a cost of $50,000. Two years ago it was offered at a tax sale. The doctor was the lucky one to secure the knockdo^wn, it is rumored, at the amazingly low figure of $1,600 and the taxes, which were very small. The necessary limit of time after the tax sale (two years) has re- cently expired, and he therefore receives his clear deed. The house stands on about seven acres of land on one of the prettiest 8i)ot8 in Winnipeg. The doctor proposes to take up his residence there next spring. As Mr. Sutherland, however, claims to hold a tax receipt, and alleges that his property was Ulegally sold the claimant will probably not secure possession as easily as anticipated. •' A oorre^ondent in Summerwde, :^.-E.'l; writes :â€" An honest, but poor, couple lirl mg.np, west^ were lately .married. Provi-. sions being rather short, the husband stan ed with his axe for the woods to earn honest penny. While chopping the glanced from a tree, going deep into V* boot. Near y fainting he dropped his ai and started lunping home. EUs wife, wk* was washing, XiOitXA h» husband' wifv mnch difficulty ibvgguig himself home. Sh» at once ran to his assistance and got him fato'the boose, frhen the large red mark^ his boot proved too much for his nerv« His wife was obliged to get off his boot alone as best she could. Expecting to fin,} a fearful wound, she was happily surprised to see that what both had imagined to )» blood was only red flannel â€" ^which he had put on in lieu of socks, while his only paj. were being washed and dried â€" protruding from his boot. ^^ Work of Oj^aabed Charity for a Year. The Charity Organization Society of New York City, has just made public its annual statement. It says that 1,153 street beggarg have been dealt with in the past twelve moths, 716 of whom were able-bodied, and only GOapparently needy and worthy, and 157 were not destitute and had means of self-support, while 504 were persistently dissolute. It divides its beggars into two distinct classes, those who beg for means in order to carry on their dissolute habits and those who make a business of begging be- cause it pays better than honest work and whose success is a constant temptation to honest working people. s an illustration of the first class the following case is cited " John C fifty years of age, a blind and lame beggar, was arrested. He had a tin sign hung around his neck with the fol- lowmg ' Blind and lame by an explosion Charity is the noblest work of man. Our hope is in thee. ' He was so drunk that he had to prop himself against an elevated railroad pillar, and had to be carried to the stjition house. On investigation it was found that he was a drunkard and a dis- solute man lodging in James-st., with lewd women, and his only aim was to get money for self-indulgence." As an illustration of the second class, it says, ' 'A fine-looking man with a long white beard, who bore upon his breast a placard reading " I am blind I have a wife and five children," was arrested as a professional beggar and committed for six months to the workhouse. He is not totally blind. He can see with one eye to play cards every night in Baxter st. de has a wife, who does not live with him, and no children to support, and he has a bank account of $1,000." In conclusion the report states that, from past experiences the society is convinced that there is no real need of justification for street begging, and to encourage it does more harm than good. Bales For Winter- There are a number of rules for winter going the rounds of the press, which, while very good in their way, will admit of some slight improvement. We will give a few for the benefit of those who have not sense enough to observe them without instruction Never lean the back upon anything that is cold. Do not select a chunk of ice or a snow drift to lean upon, and if your feet should suddenly ^lide from under you, thus bringing your back in contact with an icy sidwalk, get up immediately and hurry away, as you remaining in that positioi^ might occasion lemarks. Never begin a journey until the break- fast has been eaten. If you have no appe- tite you can always get some one to eat the breakfast for you. Never take warm drinks an" then im- mediately go out in the cold air. Sit around the stove and tell jokes for a while, or play a game of billiards. It will be more beneficial to the saloon keeper. Never go to bed with cold feet. If your â- wife insists on having cold feet, sleep in another room, as to do otherwise would compel you to violate the first rule given above. Never omit regular bathing. Every man should bathe at least once during the winter, and do it regularly. Never speak much when hoarse, or the voice may be permanently lost. Observe this rule strictly yourself, but do not at- tempt to impose it upon your mother-in- law. Never keep the back to the fire after it gets warm enough, because by continuing to do so you are liable to get burned. When going from one atmosphere into a colder one, keep the mouth closed. If you contemplate a trip to the North Pole, do not mention it, or you may be considered a fit subject for a lunatic asylum. Never stand still in very cold weather, or exposed to a cold wind, because â€" but any fool knows enough to observe this rule -without telling him. Why the Nightingale ffings. The Westphalians have a curious explan- atory myth regarding the nightingale. They imagine that the bird's S5ng may be render- ed in these syllables of human speech Is tit, is tit, is tit, to wit, to witâ€" Trizy, Trizy. Trizy, to bucht, to bucht, to biicht. But the last syllables are the usual shepherd's cry to his dog when he wishes his sheep col- lected. Therefore Trizy must be the name of the dog to whom the cry to bucht is ad- dressed. Therefore the nightingale inust have been a shepherdess, whom a shepherd cursed because she always postponed the marriace she had promised. He uttered the â- wish that she micht not sleep till the day of judgment. Nor does she, for may not her voice still be heard at night as she cries to bucht, to bucht, to bucht to her good dog Trizy? The same people give a strange explanation of Om lace of the shard, or flounder, which is all aw^, with its eyes on one side of its face instead of Wng straight, like the eyes of most other fish. Originally its face was a strMght and sensible fish face, but ono day he insulted a passing herring and made a mocking face at it, for which, as a punishment, it was never able to draw its face back to its original position. ♦ "Do you know, Featherwaite, Maud Smythe plays poker very well, indeed says It is her favorite game." " Judging from her wealth of bustle, I d^ould say her favo- rite gatae was backgammon." •* And did he say- all that, Pat " " Yis, y^ riverence, Jdl-tiiim jiitoes he caUed me, an SIS I, •Iwpnldn't demane meself to lose metemper wid such a low blaggard,' so I just knocked huh over wid the sthick and cun^antay." tl Eitcl ,^ Someindil jnsideraU^ ?4ihe hired i_ Which caua making 'Tear, just ticulars In cookinl out withoul grease froi away. Scraps of Cold pptaj Dried fruif epme wormj Vinegar tin. Apples ar |ng over." .; The tea-cjj Victuals mice. Bones of n| are thrown in making g(| Sugar, tea spilled in haJ Soup is lef I water. Dish-towld Napkins a| Towels are Brooms an| More coal not arranging fire. Lights are I Tin dishes dried. Good new kitchen floori Silver spoo Cream is 1« Mustard is Vinegar is becomes oorr Pickles bee or evuporatio Pork spoils eause the brii Hams becoi Biin for want Cheese niol vermin. Tea and cof stove. 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