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 -•^ie6«^»r^\- ^-^^s^^ V-' "You ht^i,-_,N ly, "have yottiS*^! th my whole h*rt» 5 draw a veir^^j ^er, she aaked aU„^ 'â-  i you UwrenoTJ^J; lally, "nothing hot T PRE BARE. AaES. Peace in a West Vinu, ^d a fisherman hea^ tliat the moon had mm? e ibb and flow of t^ lor Calhoun goes opiate y diiy or two and Ui£? I obliging angel who^ lysTeriLiUs secrets t 'reat(ieal of confident and await her comiB! ous interest. HerUt^ 1 IS that the town oue, following close on ;rous earthquake, befm, will ba totally destroyei recocious young colored has shown considerabU many of the more super hink that he is in le^ St week some of the cwd- 3 rout Satan out of the railing by nailing up the ig before it strands of s of broken glass. To iwith the black fiend ;shoe on the lintel of the precious rabbit's foot to Athens, Ga., had* se- matiaiu in tue back not in a voudoo doctor to idoo man said that his the malign influence of g out into the yard re- ef red flannel tied in )ke string, which he de- use oi all the trouble. w as burned in the sick- animcnt of weird incant- a,id he was much better ing received his proper .ne's hens, near Thomp- ly large egg a short time declared, was written letters the inscription, ake in March." The flpv, around among the apidity, and intense ex- Prayer-meetings were )le confessed their bids an alarming state of nd religious fervor ob- ' of the blacks. It is mysterious inscription ouug man employed on dtei-» â-  S«s£ ^i\- ijti^ijss Hotuje-Oleaning. --4 f irian Empire. ([uarrelling with Venei- gone so far as to with- The quarrel is, of ndary question. Great a from the Dutch, and een Dutch and English ettled by treaty, those itory and the territories :uela have never been tain's claims rest upon 2sts. Treaties between which debar either one isputed territory, which over eighty thousand area of Hritish Guiana,. I territory, is, accord- one hundred and nine les. This is a very jo large a continent for s annexed over one- id on earth. She owns â-  {.Toj'ortion of the con- n whi'^li lier sole posses- lose area is only about quare miles butthen, luvanLcd to need her Sr.utli America is in id in part uncivilized, lin owns i good many •h count with South iL'grtgate area is about lut two hundred and I S(|uure miles is too siioh a vast continent 'ss which owns about OS of North America, lies of Australia and â- liimre miles of Asia miles of Africa. This such recent annexa- (. Guinea, in Bunnah, ;a, or such protector- ished over Egypt, or ochistan, and leaving Cyprus, Malta, Aden, lude the United King- :0.S92 miles. Serious- ?Fses already too much She his been nowhere icizing her possessions ns of Guiana, whose emoved from those of tati(m3 of the South, liffer for the worse, as nterest u their hands; ely imported coolies, le climate. Brazil is try, and Venezuela i" blio, which, however the mind of freemen ever can be. On the land will not distresa ons in that region. â€" â- or His Size. " And how is th« thinks he is a little is not very much bet- im. He couldn't be I know, because he w kby." i away so fa«t *!»â- - for the whaling district BchoobDM*" chool-houae. "Vptf^^ witch " asked en .!»-::, " replied littto J«*»- es her adippers.*' Tt is far better to attempt only as P^'I'^work as can be finished in the first A the day, giving the remainder of the hali Msrch winds have shaken the ding- The ^, eaves from the trees, and blown iDg 'J*^, loose rubbish into heaps in the the lig""' â- , valleys and now the April show- '""rrsoftened and washed away what ers h?T. „ould not remove, while the warm «!'** ifving sunshine wUl help to carry »°^ ^.J the thorough renovating pro.^.e8S "^f^t this season is going on throughout *â- " Hre domain of nature Indoors, the the f^^^^if^ feels an impulse to follow na- ^^l °^mvle, and cleanse her house of the tnres examp ^^^^^^^ j^ gpi^ of the weekly dnst?" j^as' accumulated during the long ulewnng. ^^ ^^ bring about this neces- '"'^^.f without an undue taxation of phy- '*^ *fin2th, should be the first thought in '"*^ *-7n with this annual business of connection »*"" ^CSuSrtake to accomplish more in aZv than can be done with ease and pleasure. •^ h w- of the uaj e D to other less onerous duties, thus re- l\ne a fund of strength, which must be ^ded to by adequate rest, for the work of K7t^i^^ the mistake of upsetting nv or all the rooms of a house at once ?t7only one room at a time, and arrange tha* there shall be throughout the entire f^^ecleaning season some cosy place where the family may live and rest in com- 'tiet plenty of help for the heavy work. The f Bhion many women have of themselves ^tempting to do aU the extra work of house- cleaning in addition to the ordinary cares of the family, which are quite enough for them is the poorest kind of economy and overwork at this season of the year, when the system is naturally relaxed, is especially hazardous, ^. i Make thorough work of the cleamng pro- uess Remember the closets, cupboards, at- tic and cellar. These are just the places where dirt and germs are most apt to accu- mulate. Purify, and disinfect if necessary, eyery nouk and corner of the house. Do not rest satisfied until the entire house and all that pertains to it, has been thorough- ly renovated but do not hurry through the work at the expense of health and strength and, as a recent writer upon the subject sptly remarks " No woman should indulge the thought that what she is doing is drudg- ery, but that, like her great exampler, na- ture, she is performing a refining and elevat- ing process." Practical Eecipes. IfuGARA Cake.â€" Take one cupful of sugar, three cupfuis of flour, one and a half ctpfnls of milk, half a cupful of butter, and two eggs mix thoroughly, adding two tea- spoonf ula of baking powder. Bake in a hot oven. This is a really excellent cake. To Preserve Oranges. â€" Boil the oranges in clear water until you can pass a straw through their skins then clarify three-quar- ters of a pound of sugar to a pound of fruit, and pour over the oranges whUe hot. Lee them stand one night, then boil them in the syrup until they are clear and the syrup thick. Take them from the syrup, and strain it clear over them. Jause Maxge.â€" Break up and boil an ounce of isinglass of gelatine in rather more than a half pint of water, till it is melted stram it, then add the juice of two large oranges, a gill of â- Â« hite wine, and the yelks of four eggs beaten and strained sw^eeten to taste, and stir it over a gentle fire till it jnst boils up. Dip a mold in cold water, and fill with the preparation. Do not allow any sediment to go in it. Chickex Salad. â€" Mince the white meat of a chicken fine, then chop the white parts of celery, and prepare a dressing as follows Rub the yelks of hard-boiled eggs smooth with a spoon put to each yelk one tea- spoonful of made mustard, half as much salt, a wiaeglassful of strong vinegar, and a tablespoouful of the best olive oil. Put the celery into a salad-bowl, lay the chick- en on that, then pour over it the dressing. Lettuce cut small may be used in the "place of celery, but the latter is much more de- licious. Cut the whites of the eggs in rings togamish the salad. Lemos Pie. â€" A delicious lemon pie can he made by following the receipt here given, "Miely Take one cupful of bread crumbs, one of sugar, one of water, three well-beat- ^eggs, the juice of three juicy. lemons, the find of two lemons grated fine, and mix to- gether thoroughly. Make paste, and a puff-paste crust to cover the pie, as follows Hub half a p^und of sweet butter into a pound of flour, and add half a teaspoonful w baking powder use just enough water to â„¢nd it, then roll it out, away from you, Wher thin, and use for top and bottom 'rnsts. If you like a pufi'-paste top, after you roll out this crust as advised, spread to v! *^^ °^"" ^^^ surface, fold the crust gether, and roll it Out again, always »fay from you. Flour the pie-board well, the rolling pin spread on more butter, 'O'a, and roll as before. Do this three ^ea .in all, and you will have a fine puflf- We crust. Or to make a less expensive plainer, but very nice crust, mix with frtk ^^^^^^^ of water, and use one-half „,r s^«et Urd and one-half butter, instead "tntter and water. flints Por House-Cleaning. »it'^T steel, apply with a flannel cloth of emery powder and sweet-oiL JfTors may be cleaned with cold water W^°^^' °^ 'â- "^^ei with a damp cloth Poahed"^**" powdered bluing, and then iollolin ^f triotion of moths, pursue the *iDg plan Take the tacks from the »i|Z;;l^.it back, and wash the floor "PoonfT,! fV" ^^^°^S suda in which a table- "i„.°|â„¢ has been dissolved. When Po»Z i* the carpet and floor with insect 'iw, and re-tack. Nlwi""^\P°^'ier, if carefully and sfieacSf ""11^' ^^ generally be found exeh J°' extermination of roaches. '•Pleutif,,?!^® says that if powdered borax **ocSrfn i^P^'ikled around their haunts ^tnJ^i^f y. "renewed, it will prove an "*i extenmnator. **« tetat*IlJ®f^*^ ** something one of her "" RiyeW ' *^°°e, told him no one 5'*Vrp^vV'°°*'^*«forhim. "WeU, y^^iWereLv â-  '° one would have-yoii tea.- " w oe given away with a pound 'For some --â-  n» andHardlud:Jofci5«li»Te engaged In an enmity which bade iair to eadS^ooddie? It came about throu|^ a dispute on a BiWi- questioa. Shiobane said that he didn't believe any bears came out and ate up the children who shant«d after .Pisha. fiard- luck r^ed that-any nuui who disputed the statement was either a fool or an atheist, and thus Ithe gulf opeaed. Sereral mutual friends bkve sought to arbitrate, but Shm- b«ie was firm and Hardluck was detmnined ihey Ignored each other's existence, and their wives and children made f aoes at each other over the fence. It had been whisper- ed around all the week that Mother Gard- ner would bring about a reconciliation at the Saturday night session, and every face in the hall was turned towards him as he arose and said: "How much we know dat we doan' know tall an'kin nebber find ont! Deaiverage man will bet mo' money on his ignorance dan on his true knowledge.'an' he will fight for a lie as soon as de troof. I see Brudders Smallman an' Johnson back dar by de fluted colunm. Boaf of 'em will please retrograde to de front." The two f. eatlemen named ndnlged in two magnificei-t ttirts of surprise, gritted their teeth at each other and advanced to the President's desk in single file. " Shinbone," said Brother Gardner, when they stood before him, "do you believe de b'ars ate up de chill'en dat followed 'Lisha »" "No.sah." "Why doan' you?" " Kase 1 doan'" " Hardluck, do you believe de b'ars ate de chill'en up " "Yes sah." " Why do believe it " " Kase I do." " I expected dis was de case. Fools an' bigots believe bekase dey believe. It hain't bekase dey have sense an' reason on deir side, but simply bekase dey have made up deir minds to a sartin thing. One of you believes de b'ars ate up de chill'en bekase you've heard so. De odder one won't be- lieve it bekase he didn't see it done. Now dis 'ere fulishness has got to stop It has got to stop right yere an' now Hold out yer paws to each odder. Now shake. Now go an' sot down, an' when you go home arter de meetin' tell yer wives dat de match has bin declared off an' de country am safe. By- law 6491 forbids any disputes on religus subjeks. You have laid yerselves liable to a fine of $13,000 cash, an' if you don't walk powerful straight fur de nex six' months suhthin will happen to upset yer piece of mind." HE MEBNT IT. The two members returned to their seats and began to smile and whisper to each other and inside of three minutes had traded jack-knives and exchanged gum. " I should like to ask de Cha'r," said the Rev. Penstock, as he arose, " if he meant to use de expreshim he did of ' Please retro- grade to de front ' " " De Cha'r did, sah " "Yes â€" um â€" yes Retrograde to defront " " Dat's what I said, sah, an' de'Char meant it If de Cha'r had meant for 'em to disrupt to de rear he would have said so. What am de pint you wish to raise " " Dat de expreshun was not classically nor grammatically correct." " Brudder Penstock, ?you sot down, 'an' doan' you be ober fo' minits sittin' dar I Dis club doan' do business on de classically nor grammatically basis. We seek to speak so plainly dat eberybody kin.understan' 'Bout de time we orter hev bin ill college, bittin' off hull hunks of wisdom from de branches of de tree of eddecashun, we was handlin' de cotton hoe an' workin' in de sugar-can, an' we isn't to blame fur it. Yes, sah, sot right down, an' stay sot, an' de Seckretary will enter a fine of $7,000 agin youfor disturbin' de harmony of de meetin'" haven't heard of it. A communication from Toronto stated that the writer had seen the statement in print that the colored people of the North were leaving the Methodist Church in great numbers and becoming Presbyterians, and he would like to inquire of the Lime-Kiln Club the occasion for such a move. Sir Isaac Walpole said he was totally ig- norant of any such movement. The only person who had left the Methodist pastorate to which he belonged was a colored man with a wooden leg and one eye out, and he had been churched for having too intimate an acquaintance with bis neighbors' wood piles. Waydown Bebee, who passes the collec- tion box in a Methodist congregation, had not heard of any stampede. His church was constantly gaining in membership, and the only lost lambs consisted of two mem- bers who tried to steal the stove out of the basement. Whalebone Howker, who is a janitor in a Methodist church edifice, pronounced the statement "uneventuaUy false" in every particular. There was no hegira from the Methodist church, and there was nothing wrong with the Methodist religion. '« I guess de hull bizness ar' what de white falks call a kenard," observed the President as he rose up to cut off further debate, "De cuU'd man whocan't git 'long with de Meth- odist or Baptist religun am a pusson_who orter be watched wid boaf eyes. De Seck- retary will brand de statement as a kenard, but thank de gem'lan for his interes' in our race." Frontier Marks. The frontier between Germany and Prence is mwe distinctly marked than that of any other two countries. The frontier hne is so arranged that it crosses every road at right ""S^the German side is a large post, twelve feet high, painted like a barber s .pole-red black and white, with a crow-piece at the top.with the word, in bb*ck letters on a white ^ind, grenze (boundary), with an exclama- ' Di^iuy opposite is a cast-i« post. tw^^ffeet high, whereon is^t^ gray, on an iron cross-piece, the ^ord/rw/wr. Such posts are only.pW on roads and railwavs The line ia indicated "aoross coS" by Bomo -tone bl«=ks. projecting aW I foot above thePT^datintenra^rf fif^ vardB. OntheFrench side of the blodt K^th a.cMsel ^le^jF; ;^n^^ Germwiside IS the letter v â€"lor aycu».ii land. â€" Tt is no ereat mattsr to Uve lo^iigly with charity. Womflii and the Farm. In hor interaatinic essay on "Farmins irom a womaa'a point of view," "â€" â- "_=?* rowneU say that there is m A. BrowneU "»]^^â€" Ugoes without sayi^] no ^^wsaql women so helnfoi ^A ^^S»^.*? **»fr i'OW" M the wives Miss Emily lout sajring w women so hdpfid »-j J --.â- *-.--:- ".â€"- â€" fr homes as the wives ffi fif^^*f^*'â„¢** Herbert Spencer says that AMricam orenrork; a^ he would reverse theoemmon-beUef that life IS for work, aad substitute " Work is for life." The revised ideal that he Bus«»ts seems almost impossible for the farmM- to foUow, and quite impossible in the farm- S!^ The old-fashioned farmerâ€" it is pos- sible he may have a few soocesaorsâ€" seemed to economize everything bat the labor and strength of his wife. Tne woman's wwk on a farm is highly important, though all men are not willing to concede this until some tune sickness stops the wife's busy hands and feet and active brain and hired help, expensive and rften meffiicient, is found to be a poor substitute. Then the farmer re- ^es the worth of his wife's work and care. There dawn-i upon him a sense of her value when he has to pay a fstranger good wages for what the wife did so much better and for so little, and that often given grudging- ly. Among all the burdens woman is called upon to beaor, there is not one so galliug as the burden of dependence in money matters. Many truly kind and affectionate husbands are thoughtless oa this point. Whatever money a woman wantsâ€" to a reasonable ex- tentâ€"should be given into her hands in such a way that she can enjoy it and pre- serve her self respect. It should be given voluntarily, in generous proportion to her husband's income, and her use of it should be unquestioned. It is evident that farmers' wives are be- coming more interested and more intelligent in regard to farming. If they will, they can do much toward elevating farm life and makmg it attractive. We are indebted largely to their taste and efforts for the suc- cess of our annual agricultural exhibitions. By their presence and sympathy they have given an impetus and a new interest to the pleasant field meetings and winter gather- ings. Hovelties. The advice of many rural papers to "leave novelties alone" is retrogressive. There are two great classes of cultivators those who can afford to buy and to try new seeds and plants, and «ho delight in it, and, second, those who care for them as a means of sup- port or profit. The first class stand in little need of caution or advice. But it should be the study of every farm journal to assist the latter class, not by advising them to "shun novelties" but through investigation, inquiry and experiment, to aid them in a judicious selection. The farm journal that advises its readers to "beware of novelties," shrinks its duty. If such journals have no reason for existence which is stronger than another, it is that the are to find out what new plants or seeds or methods or implements are worthy of commendation or trial what are not. All improvements of every kind come through novelties, and the progressive ag ricultural journal must be prepared to give the earliest trustworthy information re- specting them. Notes and Comments. Regularity as to time of milking should be observed, and the mUk drawn quickly. Irresjularity and slowness dry up a cow. Merino sheep do best when kept in small flocks, and it is profitable also to grade the different lots, so that the weaklings are to- gether. An eastern farmer says that he does not know of anything finer than a good ox team, and that wherever you see one you see good crops. It is a good plan to give a cow immediate- ly after dropping a. calf a tablespoouful of saltpetre dissolved in water, and worked into a bran mess. Don't keep a calf tied or shut up in some damp, dark corner, with hardly room enough to lie down. He needs the sunsbine as much as hens or the plants in the garden. As a grain feed for fattening steers, the following is given by a stock raiser Corn meal, eight pounds linseed meal, three pounds wheat bran, six pounds, with hay. It is claimed that a fat sheep will produce coarser wool than if only in moderate flesh. Excessive feeding will increase the weight of the carcass, but not the fineness of the wodl. Do not make horses reach up for their feed. Dust gets into th^ nostrils besides, it is an unnatural thing for them to do. One egg a day is a prescribed remedy for scours in calves. We would suggest a change of^feed â€" no meal, if that has been given â€" and a little basswood charcoal in the feed daily. ♦ â€" South American Gold Mining- The necessity for a prompt settlement of the boundary dispute with the republic of Venezuela is strikingly illustrated by a few items of intelligence we take almost at ran- dom from British Guiana newspapers just to hanc^. One item tells of about 200 labor- ers and others â€" the laborers would be chiefly negroes â€" leaving Georgetown in one day for the gold mining districts in the tributaries of the Massaruni Biver. Another tells of a digger selling his placer claim to a private company in (Jeorgetown for $30,000 â€" no less than 45 pounds of gold having been taken by him from this claim in one month. The district of the Puruni seems to be passing rich in mineral wealth. According to an expert examined by a commission appointed by the local Government to frame mining regulations, quartz abounds in "thousands of tons" in the Puruni creeks. In 1885 but 903 ounces of bullion were exported from the colony, whereas in 1886 the total export was over 6,6C0 ounces. The total for 1887 promises to surpass that of 1886 as the total for that year excels that for J 882. That is, of course, if the home Grovemment guaran- tees security to the enterprise now bebg shown by keeping Venezuela to her own do- main. 'JaMaeBf*' i^ud a grocer to a new boy, "what hmre yotf beidi d«ring ia the back room so loDgV " I was a-pickln' the dead flies oat of the dried currants, sItj" replied James. " You were I" repHed: Um grocer, with much disgust "an' your father toW me that he thought yon were bom for the grocery business. Yon had better stndy for the dunistry, James." lira fink T«Ml t» Ki4« Fort Cdbonw this aaaimaplUL lor ClwralaBd. The. Geimaa OoTsrnmeat aak* for an extn^ nulitsry credit of 134,000,000 marks. A society for tira prevention of eraelty to aiiim.als lus been organ zed in Kii^ton, Successful expmmoitB have been nuide in'Metz with a navigable balloon propelled by an electric motor. The Prince of Wales has consented to act as honorory president of the Melbourne In- ternational Exhibition. Sheriff Jarvis, of the County of York, died suddenly 'on Saturday night of last week. He was in his sixty-ninth year. Since May 1 of last year 37 convictions for violation of the Scott act have been obtuned in the County of Oxford. It is stated Tichoneff, the man who iSred recently at the Czar, was hanged the day on which he committed the crime. The Vanslooten iron monopoly bill has been defeated in the Nova Scotia Legislature by an almost unanimous Tote. The proposal for affiliation with Trinity Medical School, Toronto, has been approved of by the medical faculty of Queen's Univer- sity. Rev. Dr. McCaul, late President of the Toronto University, died at his residence, in Toronto, the other morning, in his 81st year. The Imperial Grovernment, fearing the importation of dynamite from America, has instructed Customs officials to keep a sharp lookout. Sir Adolphe Caron says that the Govern- ment will provide a sufficient sum to put up a spacious drillshed in Toronto as soon as the people of Toronto provide a site. Mr. James Dakers, for nearly forty years secretary and manager of the Montreal Telegraph Company, died in Montreal re- cently, aged 75 years. Rev. Dr. Parker, of the Temple church, London, will deliver the eulogy on the late Rev. Henry Ward Beecher in Brooklyn on June 24, and it is believed that he will ac- cept an invitation to fill the vacant pulpit. The Ameer of Afghanistan is concentrat- ing troops rbtmd Herat to resist a dreaded Russian advance, and he is also sending a strong force against the Ghilzeis and other rebel tribes who are resisting his authority. In opening the Spring Assizes at Hamilton Sir M. C. Cameron remarked on the notable absence of crime on his present circuit, and spoke strongly in favour of maintaining the jury system. "A deputation from the "oronto Ministeri- al Association recently waited upon the Minister of Education and laid before him the resolutions passed by the association re- garding the education laws. While renewing public records partly burned in the great fire of 1871, an employe in the Chicago city clerk's office has discov- ered a deed conveying property covered with valuable business buildings to the city, enriching it by several million dollars. The proposed Sunday law has been so amended by the Nova Scotia Legislative committee that its framers could not re- cognize it. The clause relating to barbers, ball -playing, racing, fishing, shooting, and running horse-cars were all struck out. Prospects for the building trade in Mont- real this season are of the most promising charsMster. Public buildings, including two new railway stations, involving an expendi- ture of about two million dollars, will be cected, besides a large number of business premises and private residences. An intense sensation has been created in London by the publication of the facsimile of a letter signed by Mr. Pamell, written to Mr. Egan, saying that while he regret- ted the murder of Lord Frederick Caven- dish in the Phoenix Park, he thought Burke got no more than his deserts. Mr. Parnell denies that he wrote the letter, and speaks about demanding that the editor of the Times be called to the bar of the House of Commons. VARIETIES. The name of the bat is never uttered at night by the common people in India, the belief being that the utterer would lose all his property. When a Polish Jewess is married, it is usual for her own hair to be cut off and re- placed by a wig, for the purpose, it is said, or lessening her attractions in the eyes of men other than her own husband. A good mother of Toronto was bonified the other day when her little daughter in- formed her that she had her hair cut at the blacksmith's shop. When asked to explain she replied "Mr. Smith cut my hair, and he is black, isn't he?" A new industry has arisen in one of our southern seaports. It consists of packing sprats in tins a la sardine. These fish are caught in large numbers during the winter months, and hitherto there has been found some difficulty in disposing of them. In the reign of King Charles IL the House of Commons met at ten in the morning and worked till four. It now meets at four, and has been known to sit till ten on the follow- ing morning. In the days of Elizabeth Par- liament sometimes got to work at six in the morning, and went to dinner at eleven o'clock. The dinner-hour now is from seven to eight at night. It seems curious at the present day that such a law as the following was in existence in the eiehteenth century "That anybody who should induce an English artificer en- gaged in any of the manufactures of Great Britiantogo abroad and teach and practise the art must forfeit one hpndred pounds and be liable to imprisonment." The artificer who did go abroad was "liable to be as an alien and have all his property -forfeited to the king." The Duke of Wellington was remarkable for the coolness with which he gave h:S di- rections. Even in the heat of an engagement he was known.to give vent ta a humorous ob- servation, especially when it seemed to raise the spirits of his men. Thus, when the British were stomung Badajos, his grace rode up whilst the balls weie faUing around, and, observing an artilleryman particularly active, inquired his name. He was answer- ed, "Taylor." "A very good nam^ too," said Wellington. "Cheer up, my men our Taylor wUl soon make a pur of breaches â€" ^In thewalls t" At thissally the menforgot the danger at tiidr situation, a bniiA of laughter broke from them, and the next charge' car- ried tiie fortress. TlHnre liirno iian irb» is not 'better or woTM to^y Wmsui of what he tlwaght^ dflsgaad,ardiilyMtarday; ^^ Strive for thataereiatr of spirit that will «aUe yon to make the best of tbiu.:s. That means ooKtentnent in its best sebf.«.~ Honor your engagement. If yon pn ar'sa- to meet a aoan or do a certain thuii{ u* a. oertain moment, beroady at the app- i' tt.i time. If you are fcrtunato enough to iMi.-strs. youth, he careful in tira handling f V"f, In its moderate use â€" as in that of n eiy other blessingsâ€" lie health and cheer ut excess means misery and disease. It is not isolated great deeds w^iVH Yo. most^ to form a character, but smhti cia- terminous acts touching and blending into« one another. The greenness of a field comoB; not from trees, but from blades of graas. No faculty is ever better for being duIL But when it is shurpened only by s el fis hne ss its mission remains unper- fbrmed. It is then only a means of person- al sain, whereas its true purpose is a wide and general diffusion of happiness. A good test of one's condition is ability to sleep well. Toil that does not iaterferfr with ueep cannot he said to be excessive. Idleness that prevents sound and refresh- ing sleep, and takes away the keen ap)t:iite for it, robs a man of this among other bles- sings of life, and makes existence enipt\ The quarrelsome man not only p^'sons the happiness of his own family and friends, but also his own. He -neritea antagonism, ill-feeling, and disliku wher- ever he vento his spleen, and thene rta. ua him to his misery. When to thi^ is added" the internal irritation of his own t^eHng?, it is very certain that he is hii self the greatest sufferer from his own pugnacity. Of all educations that which has for its object the right fulfilment of parintal duties would seem among the mostiii v*ur- tant. Yet, as a general thing, t hat relatuia is entered upon with only crudp and d» sul- tory ideas of the principles ii vovHd; wii.l while intelligence and exper"'i ce !•!• v y bring a measure of wisdom, it oh u v.n.cij too late for the most pressing ne. ew.iti. p A (Treat portion'of all the worat mii^chii f, negative and positive, that ever aliiicie.! the world is traceable to what people erroi • ' ns- ly call conscience, but which is often ' 'j a hateful compound of ignorance, prejudii;e, and vindictiveness. The duty of i u to improve those faculties which enable l.-'u. to think and act correctly. He m' s' n.ake his conscience a good enlightened o UBci" oe;. then, and then only, will he be enriiled to honour and credit in acting upon it. Benevolence has a farther-reaching service to render to mankind than is UKVa.'l\ sup- posed. Not merely to listen to c mplaintc, to relieve conscious suffering, and ri i^upply recognized deficiencies is her ai pointed work, but also to detect the poverty that fancies itself rich, the ignorance that ttinks itself wise, the grievances suffered unknow- ingly, the wrongs inflicted uuthinljcgly, the sins committed without rfrnor the woes endured without effort to avert ihem. Out of Gaol Again- Herr John Most, the windv Auaro'.iist who emerged to public view from ur-er.a bed about a year ago to disajpear a little later in the penitentiary, rea|pf-«»n:d the other day and was seen by many of his kind, until he again retired, this time jut*, a beer- shop near Second avenue. A i, umber of curious specimens of humanity greeted him on his arrival from Blackwell's Island, none of tnem having work that they could not just as well postpone. What Most expects to do beyond posing as a hero and martyr is not stated; but he will 'probably continue to be an agitator. Within bounds, of course. His term in the penitentiary will serve as a holesome check on his loose tongue, we imagine, for it is a painful fact (painful to Most especially that for ten months he has been actually working. Doubt- less he expects that to last him during his lifetime. Perhaps it will, if he obeys the laws and keep his moutJi shut. â€" X. Y.. Tribune. Germany's White Elephant Reichsland, after sixteen years tt posses- sion, seems to be about as much of an ele- "phant on Germany's hands as ever. The pro- ject of redividing it and assigning the north- ern part to Prussia and the southern to Ba- den for incorporation and government appears to have made little headway. Instead, Prince Hohenhohe is entrusted with a somewhat new system of administration, which nevertheless does not appear greatly to effect the desired Germanization of Alsace-Lorraine. Mean- while the revelations of the late elections have caused more stringent measures to be taken in these disaffected provinces. Secret clubs are ferreted ont, furtive tricolors are seized, expulsions have recommenced, and Strasburgsees its garrison largely reinforced. Such incidents are the natoral sequences of the result of the late ballotings,^et they fur- nish France with reasons for irritation and sympathy. It is clear enough ihat the pro- blem of what to do with the conquered pro- vinces has not yet been fully solved, and that they remain more or less a source of peril for the relations of the two countries. The Queen Sleeps Between Irish Sheets- A linen dealer in London has the royal order every year for fen new pairs of sheets at £25 a pair. The linen is of the most ex- quisitely fine cambric in the centre is the royal coat- of -arms most beautifully embroid ered, and the crown equally exquisitely done in the four comers. These sheets are- f or the state rooms, and are all manufactur- ed near Belfast. Every day the Queen's bed is freshly furnished with linon, and s:x house- maids perform the task- There are twelve pillows, on which the linen cases are sewn, not buttoned or tied, and tbese also are changed every day. Stmday School Teacher â€" " Now, can any little boy tell me what Easter is celebrated for? Good Little Boy (eagerly)â€"" Eggs. '*- In London's Arboretum it is stated that the fruit of themountian ash is greedily devourfd by birds and in various parts of the north of Europe these berries are dried and ground into flour, and used in times of great scarcity as a substitute for the flour mtule of wheat. In Livonia, Sweden, and Kamtchatka the berries are eaten as fruit,, and a very good Rorit is distilled from them. Evelyn says lAat "ale and beer brewed with these berries b«ng ripe, is an incomparable drink, fami- liar in Wales.