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 B^VRW^^pniVnmi raeN ft9n tati I. Vine ye»c^ nnnadf 1 chic it I aot â- e â€" ^in « Jthe C01 lit them frl about whom J Jim, he ^at if he c mother. 19 a big, aint enexttoiSi iile haUaa4^| doors wer* i Itime, on th*' Im from higj If revelry in pd scurryingt ied-cord and tn^'y burned Jt the dignity â- red the hi^ jn Ilia heart's display of the J.nd is kind," the stairs and â- tly Jim heard \t, and direct- liter he awoke aegood time lie had missed ^(1 around the Mhispered noke on 'em " fstion of this se with great clothes so Hiat I be fl reaming ^ye if he heard sheet about e girls' room y Were asleep, made a flying and kneee on nightway pro- 5 1 extravagant would awake ny kind of a 1 if she didn't liojjped many ly up over the 1 f;iat with a eiicath them, y, rose shrieks )ou!3 and pro- as awakened. Ic couch and a pair of soft )ur of inveeti- rl of tI)o stairs 1 shrieked in tliore's some- to what that Jim's bed and up a quilt feelings as a ihl not have t tribes of In- when a blank- le was tipped blanket was s and he was triumph, he ime. being carried lly the while but when he four comers nding beside or rather at lifted up his i. ;ht him went d mother in ich, but sub- 3f the blank tnge himself roil that the liad tied the P oir, and he fall feet or led from the he might be ivord-belt. of ' side of his 3 other, and n his hoard- been born. non always I when she 1, that Jim :ouldn't be lie out and more long- thing had heir heads wondering en, since it too awk- I to be hn- }le impres- 1 ready to me Carrie e of little :hwith as- Jim. The vigorously "hen Jim's from th« up their morning eft of him and re- ight-time r discov- from a ale of the in doubt Id their'a listened; 7 he had wned in boast of potato â€" 3 nndw- General Bales for Letter Wzitinfr Always commence a letter with the meet nnortant subject that yoa desire to com- rSta, and write aU that yoa de«e to S concerning it, before you proceed to "Cte^g^gin at the left edg. d the •oer. and try to keep it straight. ParWraph each subject upon whidi yoa write, as that wiU make it easier for the re- seiver to read the letter qmckly. Strive hot to write unmeaning phrMes, leuch as "So you see," or "You know." but Use good, expressive words, avoidmg many ladjectives, w^ich will make a letter ponder- |eu8, yet poor. Lavattr tells us: â€" _j j " Learn the value of a m^ s words and expressions and you know hm^Ea^hmaja Ihai a measure of his own for everything. This I he offers you inadvertently m his words. He Uho has a superlative for everything, wants measure for the great or small. Always bear in mmd that written words re a very different afifair from spoken words, tjje manner which attends the speech alters Itheir precise meaning. Many a sentence can Ibe said with a laugh, that takesawayitssting, [while if written only the bare words will ap- I pear. And what you have written you are held answerable tor. Therefore it is very I meedf ul to exercise much more caution in writing than in speaking, even to your near- est relations, and dearest friends. If you request a correspondent to burn your letter, it is a sure confession that you are ashamed of what you have written. And frequently, merely because the request to destroy the letter has been made, the reader will consider it of importance enough to preserve. When you write to some one asking infor- mation, with whom you are not in regular eorrespondence, be sure to enclose a stamp, smd it is not amiss to enclose a stamped envelope directed to yourself. Use good paper, and envelopes that fit it â- eatly, and fold the paper exactly straight. Sealing wax is now in universal use, and few ladies close their letters without it, us- ing either a seal with their initials, or mono- gram, or a heraldic device. Gentlemen use plain red or green, or brown wax. Ladies Miay use any fancy colored wax they prefer. When there are several of the same sur- name in a family, the wives rarely have their letters addressed with their own Chris- tian names, but by those of their husbands, thus Mrs. John Jones, Mrs. William Jones, Mrs. Sam Jones. And frequently they are addressed in the family circle as Mrs. John, Mrs. William, Mrs. Sam. Whenever a doubt is in the mind concern- ing the rank or title of the person addressed, it is best to err on the safest side, and give higher rank, as deep offence has been taken hy addi-esfcing a major as a captain. The familiar style of closing a letter is " Ever thine," or " Yours truly," or "Yours devotedly. " The business style is " Yours respectfully." The friendly style is " Yours cordially," or "Yours faithfully," The old style, " Your humble servant," or " Your most obedient servant," is obsolete. If desirous of being very respectful, you may write " I have the honor to be yours most respectfully. " Many slieklers for etiquette in writing letters think that the name of the person addressed, should always be mentioned at the close of a letter. Thus: "I am, my dear Mary, yours most faithfally, John Jones." But that is as the writer prefers, and not obligatory. Few persons can write as well as they can eonverse, foi- the latter act is spontatieous, while the former is constrained but therein Ues the secret of good letter writing â€" i. e., the more naturally you. write, the better will your letter read. Daniel O'Ooiinell and Biddy Moriarity. Mrs. Moiiarity, an elderly dealer in marine stores, who flourished about forty years since in Exchange- street, DubJin, was famous for a bad temper and a bitter tongue. On one occasion these, her special gifts were tht' subject of conversation in the hall of the Eour Courts, and 0"Connell undertook for a hot to silence the virago. The'bet was accept eil, and the great agitator having roused the old lady's wrath burst in tipon her :^s follows O'Ci'i'.nell, â€" "Why sure your neighbors all know very well that you keep not only a hypotenuse, but that you have two diam- eters locked up in your garret, and that you go out to walk with them every Suuday, you heartless old heptagon." Mrs. Moriarity â€" "Oh hear that, ye saints in griry â€" Oh, there's bad language from a fellow that wants to pass for. a jintleman. May the devil fly away with you, you naitcher from Munster, and make celery- sauce of your limbs yon mealy-mouthed bosthoon." O'Connell â€" "Ah, you can't deny the charge you miserable submultiple of a duplicate ratio." Mrs. Moriarity â€" " Go, rinse your mouth in the Liffey, you nasty tickle-pitcher; after all the bad words you speak it ought to be filthier than your face, you dirty chicken of Beelzebub." O'Connell â€" " Rinse your own mouth, you wicked-minded old polygon â€" to the deuce I pitch you, you blustering intersection of scenting superficies." Mrs. Moriarity â€" "You saucy tinker's ap- prentice, if you don't cease your jaw I'll-;-" But here she gasped for breaui, unahle to hawk up any more words, for the last volley of O'Connell had nearly knocked the wind out of her. O'Connellâ€"" WTiile I have a tongue I'll abuse you, you most inimitable perapherj Look at her, boys, theie she stands â€" a con- victed perpendicular in petticoats. There is contamination in her circumference, and she trembles with guilt down to the extre- mities of her corollaries. Ah, you're found •ut, you rectilineal antecedent and eqningu- lar old hag. " Tis with you the devil will fly away, you similitude of the bisection of a vortex." Overwhelmed with this torrent of lan- guage, Mrs. Moriskrity was silenced. Catching up a saucepan, she was aiming at O'Connell's head, when he very prudently made a timely retreat. "You have won the wagfer, O'ConnelL Here's your bet," cried the gentleman who proposed the contest. BBgiart.(wpiaB ot ErvBTojiBB. itut frtaxied with tortiieUeflud' BnxAe SafortL. We dant develop a wedge into wtief muder the lower ft at all we all go up together.' Morr. There is no real merit rimply in nttno^ in a rocking ohur and reading the BiUa. Soma people dp nothing witii wifli ^A religion excqtt l^iondy to enjoy their mbi6ef with it. â€" Chrigtian Union. Probably we have enough phj^doli^eal knowledge to effect vast improToneB^ in the pairing of individuals, if we could onfy apply that knowledge to make fitting iharriagea, instead of giving way to foolish ideas about love and the taatee of young people, whom we can hadly trust to choose their own bon- nets. â€" Popular Sciejioe Monthly. Suppose when the trials oome you go about witii a long face, moaning over what hurts you, constantly etting about your losses, disappointments, worrying about what is inevitable. How much do yoa gain What is there at the end of the turmoil of mind that yoa have raised bat a hundred fold more of trouble than yon needed to have had â€" Christian at Work. It is the fashion to talk about the banefid effects of reading trash. But trash is a mere- ly relative word. What is trash to one man is not trash to another. Shapespeare's poetry would be trash to an angeL It is impossible to put ourselves in another's ^lace and un- derstand the pleasure and natnment he may draw from what is poison to us. The poOE laborer may enjoy his crust of bread more than a pampered monarch does the richest viands. Yet we pity the laborer and envy the monarch. â€" LippincoU'a. His Last Sermon- Burdened with years and labor, the old preacher lay upon his couch, waiting the summons of the messenger to call him across the river. Around him were gathered his children and brethren, ministering as far as they could to Ms every want. He lay silent for a time, when one of the watehers said "He is goinjf soon." Tears were flowing freely from many eyes. He roused a little, murmuring something none could rmder- stand. " His mind wanders in the last hour," said one. He seems to revive a little. " Kaiae my head," he said. "Is it time for the sermon The lights are burn- ing and the song seems to have died away." All voices were hushed as he continued "Well, my text is from Jesus. ',In my Father's house are many mansions' â€" ^blessed words of promise. You poor, lowly ones who dwell in cabins, remember it is a man- sion awaits you, and you poor, waiting ones, remember there are many of them. I pro- mise my children to come home â€" but that mansion is my home. I'm too weary to preach long to-night, brethren. What is that I hear The music should not begin before the preaching is over â€" strange voices, too â€" no, not strange, 'tis the wife of my early youth leading the choir â€" yes, and mother, too. I can't preach let me lay down and rest " He opened his eyes. In them was a far-away look, but what he saw none of the watehers could telL Raising his hand, solemnly, he said " Let ua pronounce the benediction. May grace, mercy and pepce abide â€" " An unintelligible murmur, and the hush of silence came, to be broken by the sighing and sobbing of the watchers. The old preacher had preached his last sermon. blibwe WefininrisflilMriaiH^ nteof « rain of heal of than evBi im dinal^ LTil il iÂ¥5«*^|€?^S^i«i^r^H^plS^ J uoi mm ^r,U dertiny/m' inniMii Mi^'l^' MUfJf' â-  !.â- â- â- â€¢ '" 11.11 â- iwirw»»^g, eldolleH ^k2w^^ *^ of the woiia i tAr ' Jrtiut ImmT "TflS mE found in men's livee ooold geaenlUj .be avmded. Bannen wrecks e^ld oftea be evadedbyjadiciooa management. Althdngh, sonietimes inevitable, yet a bosineas £ulue is not fatal to me's existence. Destrac(aon A character and health are by far the most Bedaua dzaw-backs to a saccesaful career. Bnildfng gpa good name, results mootly from the effort of the individoal. Let, how- ever, the decayed germ of corruption enitar, and rain is almoet certain. Cliaract^ is like a dike* which is weakest where Che water has Mice broken throuh. A good nsmeris as essential a part ofa soecessfal life as good^ealth. Sometiiiles a person is not responsible for a failure. Heriditary disease and weakness cannot be controlled by the victim. Generally speaking, good health can be preserved or gained by a siin pie obedienoe to natohJ laws. Ttne hsp- piness can only be rained by loss of health pr character. They are the great combina- tion which nnlocks the door and lets success escape. True Foliteneu The inbred politeness \diich springs from right-heartedhees and kindly feMingis, is of no cxcluaiTerai^ or station. The mechanic who works at the bench may possess it, as well as the clergyman or the peer. It is by no means a necessary -condition that labor should in any respect be either rough or coarse. From the heighest to the lowest, the richest to the poorest, to no rank or con- dition in life has nature denied her highest boon, â€" the great heart. There never yet existed a gentleman but was lord of a great heart. And this may exhibit itself under the hodden-gray of the peasant as under the laced coat of the noble. " The true gentleman has a keen sense of honor, â€" scrupulously avoiding mean actions. His stondard of probity in word and action is high. He does not shuffle nor prevari- cate, dodge nor skulk but is honest, upright, andstrtdghtforward. His law is rectitude, â€" action in right lines. When he says yes, it is a law and he dares to say the valiant no at the fitting season. A gentleman will not be bribed; only the low-minded and unprinci- Eled sell themselves to those interested in uyine." The Fire Bells Ring out an alarm and it is heeded. This la to notify you that base substitution is practised when the great, sure-popcorn cure is asked for. Putnam's Painless Com Ex- tractor never fails to take corns offl It makes no sore spots and gives no pain. Be sure and get "Putnam's." Improve the Opportnmity. The announcement in another column Mr. Henry Davis, of 232 Yonge Street, is of great importance to the lailies. There are two questions which buyers always ask themselves, namely, where can I get the lest goods at the lowest price. These ques- tions can be satisfactorily answered by visiting Mr. Davis's store, at the present time. Daring stock-taking, whic'n will be completed about the first of March, a big and particular drive is being made. Bear this clearly in mind, though, that while the prices are cut very low this sale is not a speculation to get rid of any stale goods, on the contrary the stock is exceptionally fine, and the firm only make this offer for the benefit of their custojr.er3. There is a general rise in wools, but for the present Mr. Davis has determined that his patrons will not feel the advance. Prove the truth of this announcement by visiting this great sale. What is there to go for ' Whatever you want in wools and general fancy goods. You often find when you go to a first-class col- lection of anything, no matter what, that your notions are wrong. You had better go to Mr. Davis's store with a sort of general notion of what-you want, and when you see the goods and learn prices, make it definite. This is intelligent buying. We advise an eeirly visit, and you will be assured of satis- faction. Mr. Davis makes a specialty of orders received by mail and those living out of the city can rely on having their orders carefully attended to. -^ ' â€" Persians and Englishmen. The ancient Persians were truthful, and one of the manly accomplishments taught a boy was never to toll a lie. But modem Persia is such a hotbed of lies tht a man who does not lie is a phenomenon. Man seeks his opposite and the lying Persian is very fond of his truth-telling Emglishman. Even the English telegraph clerks become favor- ites of Persian dignitaries and fanatical Mo- hammedan priests. These clerks are scattered along the tele- graph line, one at each station, a^^d soon "take root" among the natives. They are invited to dinners, to marriage-feasts, and to picnics. What first attracte their Orient- al feends to them is the strange fact that an Englishman does not lie. Little by little the influence of " the man who tells the truth" beginTto s^ead. Dis- putes are referred to him, for he is the only man in the place who will not take a bribe. He serves as an unpaid arbitrator, and as there are no fees in liis conrt, he soui be- comes a favorite, beeaose an impsrtml judge. Though a lone Ei ^l i ahm an, in a fanatical Mohammedan district â€" his nearest. Wlew- cleA is miles distant--he soon finds himielf a man of imporfenoe. 13ie Jwjal Governor welcomes him to his honse^ and retoms his calls. Several Khans, and even a pnnoe or two drop into Ws stetion-honse to smoke water-pipes and drink innnmeraWe caps of weaktetk All beeaose he is the one solitwy man in the ooontry who never tells an nn- truth or holds oat snitching pahn. The Jonmalist. The chief requisites for beginners in jour- nalism may be summed up thus 1. A good English education. Learn first to write English; I mean plain, straight, quiet Saxon, sturdy and lithe as a sapling. Let your Latin and Greek adorn- ments come in afterward. Study the his- tory of the world, or of Canada and Great Britain and Ireland and study every- thing else that you conveniently can. Drill yourself in writing swift, sharp, vivid yet graceful accoimts of everything that comes under your notice, putting it picturesquely but never at the cost of clearness and brev- ity. 2. Common sense. 3. Good judgment of the relative impor- tance of subjects. 4. Obedience, patience, punctuality. 5. In spite of attaining to all these virtues don't be a prig. However much knowledge your brain may hold, never do or aay any- thing which will lead the wise to charge you with being touched by the malady known as " big head " conceit the Wise call it. Deyelopm^nt of the Child's Mind If any mother of thought and character was asked the question. What do you con- sider the most important quality to be developed ^in your child's mind the an- swer without doubt would be Truth for the comer- stoue of character is truth, and there can be no true success without it. " Electricity cannot follow a broken wire, nor success a lying life." Without tiuth there is no development. And how many ways there are of proving, without speaking, that absolute truth is essential in the first steps a baby takes toward^earning Give him a box of blocks to buTKl a house, and you can show him that, unless the first blocks laid on the fleor are^in line, the whole structure will be crooked give him a slate, and you can explain to him that in making lines, if the first is not straight, not true, the. rest will all follow the first, or the spaces will not be true in short, you can make clear to him that, in copying any work, exactness is the very foundation of success, and but another name for truth. The Successfiil Wife. The successful wife must represent to her husband all the virtues â€" must be sympa thetic and at the same time sensible. She must be bright, entertaining and agreeable at home as well as abroad and she must know how to preserve silence when it is desirable to hold her tongue, even though she is ready to burst with indignation. If she does not possess these qualities, let her cultivate them most assiduously. And their is no trait that is such a powerful factor in household harmony as assimilation â€" to be- come one in thought and purpose, to have kindred tastes .and kindred wishes. The theory of the affinity of opposites was hope- lessiy exploded long ago. The picture of a blonde Desdemona clinging to a swarthy Othello is very pretty, but, if Othello s mind is out of tune with .Desdemona the affinity cannot exist. â€" â€" â€" ^»â€" Iâ€" I VAIitTABLB ABCHJEOLOOIOAI. DISCOTXSIXS. â€" ^Mr. J. W. Walker reports some valuable archaeological discoveries upon the south side of Pine Mountain, Georgia. Upon the sides of the monntaib, some 200 feet above the famous Gomndom Mine, he finds evi- dences of HiB site where tiie ancient inhabi- tants of ibaAi section f ashioaed their cooking utensils, iiauj of these utensils aire but half finished, sad are yet in place upon the cHff This " fmd" is vecy instraotive, as it is another prom of tiie .manner in which these veaaels were formed. St»e imple- ments were used largely in this work, the vessel being nearly completed bs£ore final detachment from tae lock. Morning and afternoon gloves oome in from 'f oar to six button lengtiu; aiyening gloves om fifteen to thirty. ,«Tea^ in a^pne aMjea, tivtii^jbun^f^r^Me «f •ofBcient biigltt iuod doudty to reCwd' and^ bteak tM 4ero6 «f • taptd «%iS^ on the «Rwtb of /TMibtio^ inJlaUlvliRfthin the loflnenoe of tMr. jicQtectiaa. %.aU the taage of 'tiie viuidai wfiUi^ on mmi sob" facts, I hatre notloaiid any ^^ohad hit^m theiez^anatin:af the preMss^i^w^'finr if they IunI, had not tikooght it wwth illns- tratkny which I sin "tboat to 6ndea!n»r to describe. y«t it is, of all etiiaft,- tiie imnt important and intwesting in. eimnection with this matter and, b^ following e»tain facts W6 know to their direct sequence, we shall find that it mnstbb ooTrect. In tite first place we know tiiat ALL TLASTB ASr TKKMf, derive what food the earth {^yes them tiiroujrh opcfnings in what are called the spongioles of their roots. ° But the nourish- ment close to these soon becomes exhausted. How does the root receive the food which lies a little way from it? By means of the sreatcarrier of plaiit foodâ€" water in motion. There are two movements of water through the soil which chiefly effect thu, namely, that of eravity,. by which it is attracted to- wards uie centre of the earth, or rather to a certain depth Within the crust and that of heat, which draws it up to the sur- face and into the air. There are other move- menta; but these two all are acquainted with, and it is they which chiefly do the work And it is to be noticed that the pro- vision of nature is that water will seldom carry plant food too deep, for most soils fil- ter it too quickly. On the other hand, va- por does carry it upwards, as the aroma of a damp rich field when the hot sun comes from behind the clouds soon tells us. These two upward and downward movements of water through the soil carry the plant food within reach of the attracting influence which roota possess. This is the principal cause, appar- ently, why growth is so rapid and vigorous after a shower, an assistingbut lesser cause being also the cleamaing of the leaves and opening of their pores by the rain. Vegeta- tion wiU, at such times â€" ^while, as remarked, the water is passing through the earth downwards and upwards (for, if watehed, both these processes can be seen proceeding at one time) and during the longer succeed- ing period when, the first process chiefly concluded, the second, of vapor rising from the surface under the influence of the sun's heat, is still continuing â€" make very rapid progress indeed, so that it is common to say that the crops can then almost be seen to grow. The facts above-mentio red form a fink in the chain of reasoning concerning the value of shelter to fields. WHEK A SHOWSB FALLS in summer, as noti' 'd above, all can see the effect in increased owth. This effect is, as said, largely owing to the. passage of water through the soU, both in separating and preparing the atoms of plant food in the earth for nourishment to the growing plant, and in carrying them within reach of ite roots. It is now to be noticed that where fields possess the shelter given by woods this valuable process will last much longer, for this reason, that the moisture will re- main in the land, drying out slowly, while in an open country it probably would not last one-fourth of the time. We will un- derstand this better if we consider how it is that the rapid passage of currents of air across a country carries off. its ' moisture. One stratum of air passes across the ground, and receives from contact a certain propor- tion of the moisture in the soil. But that stratum does not continue to pass next to the grouudj'for the vapor of water Vihich it has received being much lighter than air causes it immediately to rise and be replaced by a drier on-!, which in its turn, carries off its share. This process goes on, of course, when fields are sheltered, and is valuable to growth. But wo en they are not it proceeds with unnecessary rapidity, so as, espe .-ially in a dry time v/a«ujvery shower is valuable, to defjrive the a.L^iii-ulturist of much bei.ofit his crops might iiave obtained from the por- tion of rain ivhich fell. A sheltered field is dried by a slow upward movement of vapor. Au uns-.heltered one is dried by the rapid, half circular, or elliptic movement of successive waves of aij* â€" a natural drying machine, in fact. From the above any one wiU see the reason, so far as at present un- derstood, why crops of all kinds do better, other things being equal, where sheltered by woods or rows of trees. The passage of water through the soil, downwards by gravity, upwards by the sun's attraction, is THl GREAT MEANS OF BBABING PLANT FOOD. to the rooto. That movement is much and -injuriously shortened where currente of air sweep uninterruptedly over the soil. We will carry the description of the process of growth a little further, so as to give a fuller idea of the movement of moisture through earth and air. The plant or tree receiving nourishment by its roots receives also much water, which is the vehicle carrying it. By this it is carried to the leaves, and there ex- posed to the action of the air, which gives it all that portion â€" a very considerable quantity â€" of plant-food, which cannot be obtained from the soil, but from the atmo- sphere. Thence the food is sent to all parts of the plant, but the water does not remain with it. Most of this has passed in vapor away from the leaves. How great the quantity of water thus passing into the at- mosphere may be imagined from the fact that a sunflower has by experiment been found to emit tliree half pints, and a cab- ktge 25 liquid ounces daily. Forests transpire miUiona of gallons daily, and this greattrans- piration of cool vapor ascending, meeting clouds charged with warmer vapor, effects precipitation, as it is called, that is to say, rain, forests being thus the cause of the de- scent of much more moisture than they cause to arise. These movements of heat and moisture, acting on our earth, create and nourish all Tc^taMe life. WB OaXATLT iNTEBnas with and check their boiefioial course when we deprive a land of too great a portion of its forest protection. It -is not at all too much to say that now \% tiir^e-foorths of settied Ontario; it is time to make the rule here as itrisia-'NoiNv^y, thai lot eltery tree cut down two shall be {Wanted. The woods which shelter a cc^nntry are as moch a means of coltiyation; in their way, as are the pleads used to torn np the scdl, and the ex- perience of ot^er lands shows ns that if the forests be destroyed, a time wiU come when the {don^ may be need in Tain. I havede- vot^ this letter princijally to one point in ___ be i iJ i Ht â- fowtl^- â- tof water, threai^thesQa. Itwe«ddbevery«l«itiU* aitt'flDteWol1iMhdhip ikathbrities coold ia tiui ^matter seas to ankerthe pre- IdoaUe me aowinmcs â- tretdi^ ofeteati?. so in a jnaeh gra^sr M£«b4ktt seceiw forestay zepoct any tbp cqidd be nrfif^caUy set Al|i|f|r ^dhrldw efforts-are ones would be I should «iibad^1kthe next suggestions as to how '" â-  WilSAtbShftot. There was a farmer in Toronto' the other day to^Admtt jost when vthe stetaes wouldt jomyhim in shooting at a trapp. Said he ** I wentte the bam the othw morning to take care of the stock, and three big tramps csine down off the haw-mowheld me up for $3 and kicked me before they walked off be- cause I didn't have more. I got my shot- gun, but on reflection I didn't shoot. " "I see." " The other night a. big tramp walkec in on us and demanded food and a oed. I got- down my gun, but as I didn't know the uw I didn't shoot." "Yes." " T'other day my wife was coming from a neighbor's and a tramp met her and kissed her smack on the mouth. I heard her yell and got down my gun, but I didn't remem- ber the stataes before he got away. Now, then, there ought to be a line drawn some- where." "Yes, there is." " Where can I legally pepper a profession- al tramp with bird-shot V" " â- 'â- '"1. if j'ou order him off your farm aii'i ..^ Ain'r. go and you fear an assault aim at his le^s and pull the trigger." " Anu the law will back me?" "Yes." "Grosh all fish-hooks! bnt what a fool I've been 1 Why, I was licked regularly every two weeks all summer on my own farm by tramps, and every one of them got away with a hull hide That's the law, eh? Then here goes fur a dollar's wurth of pow- der and shot " His Salaiy Didn't Go Up. " I had been working for three years for one of our old-time wholesale houses," said a Torontonian who was calling up reminiscen- ces, " and I .finally concluded that 1 ought to have a raisi of salary. I began on $4 per week and was raised to $6, but there it had stuck for two years. The head-man of the firm was a cold, stiff, austere man, who seldom recognized an employe anji was known to be hard-liearted. I hesitated a long time before daring to approach him on the subject nearest to my heart, but one day I slid into the private office when I knew he was alone. " ' Well, sir,' he snaps out, short as pie- cmst. " • Iâ€" I came toâ€" toâ€" ' " ' Came to what, sir ' " ' I â€" I came to ask you if you â€" ^you didn't think rV "'See, here, William!' he said as he wheeled around on me, ' if my daughter loves yon, and you love her, I've no objec- tion to your marriage. Fix it up between you and don't bother me again,' " The old Reynard I He had a daughter, but I had never spoken to. her in my life, and he knew it. He answered me the way he did to stop me from asking for a raise of salary. It was a year and a half after that; before I was lifted to §8 p3r week." Had Experience, " You say that ycu have only been iu this country three mor.t'.is," stiid » laly to an applicant to become Uiistrt'ts of thekitchen. "I'm afraid you iu;vcii"t, had experience. Were you at ser\'ice befuro you came to this country '" " Diule an' I wr-sn't, miin Me feyther was wilthy, an' owiied a cow an' two pigs,, but I've hdd exptriehce since I've been here.. In the three mouths, I've been iu twiuty-sax places." â-  â€" People who are subject to bad breath, foul rotted tongue, or any disorder of th? Stomach, cs.n at once be relieved by using Dr. Gir^on's Stoivat-h Bitters, the old anri tried rumedy- iak your I)rag:gi6t. Underskirts of striped, barred, plaided, bayadere, and figured stuffs are worn with all the other parts of the dress of plain stuff. €atarrb« Catarrhal Dcataess and SSay Fever. Suilerera are not geners (ly aware that these disease* we contagious, or that they are due to the presence of living' parasites in the lining membrane of the nose and eust^^hian tubes Microscopic research, however, has proved this to be a fact, and the result is that a simple remedy has been formulated whereby catarrh, catarrhal dealness and hay fever are cured in from one to three simple applications made at home. A pamphlet explaining this new treatment is sent free on recdpt of stamp by A. H. Dixon Son, 808 Kiag Street West, Toronto, Canada. " You can always tell a man who has once besn a clerk in a hotel," says an exchange. General experience has always been that you can't tell him much^ He thinks he knows it all Heart Disease, The symptoms of which are " Faint spells, purple lips, numbness, palpitation, slip beats, hot flashes, rush of blood to the head, dull pain in the heart with beats, strong, ra- pid and irregular. The second heart beat quicker than the first, pain about the breast bone, c." Can he cured "in many of the first stages." Send 6c. in stamps forpamphlet and full particulars. Address M. V Lubon, 47 Wellington St. East, Toronto Canada. The art of receiving and entertaining agreeably and gracefully is possessed in perfection only by the woman of tact, and it is sHnetimes said that small dinner- parties are the test of a woman's sooial abilities. A crowd will take care of itself but the smaller cirele depends very much upon tiie capalMlities of its hostess- Whenever yonr Stomadi or Bowels get oat oi or- de^ oMuUtf ffiliooanesB. I)y8pepais, or Indigestion, and tiwlr aUeadaot evils, take ti onoe a dose of Dr. Carson's Stomach Bitten. Best fanoily medMne. All DmggistB, 60 eenta Some white boucle jerseys have beoi put upon ^e market at low prices. They cure admirable for dressing room and brea^ast wear. T9ini6 MIU sag e flB g fMm ttw effects of eariy evil biUrfts, tbe nsalt of i^otanoe and f^ly, who And tbemMvM weak, nwrous add exliatiated also Mm- KLS-Aasi) and Ou) llst( wtto an bnfewdownfroBi Uie eBeots otatmMarov«r-woik,aad in advanced Ufa tad the oonsequeiioes «( yonthtnlezeeaa, aend tor and M. â-¼. Lubon's Tte atlac on Dlwaa odfan.' Tto book will be sent saalad to any addxasi on iwetot of two 80. â- tamps. Addms IL r. JaXJBOS, 47 Wdlliig; ton St. S. Voionto, Onk