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 10^ i«*;--'" i-T-^!9^' â- â- 'â-  ^^v-;^;--::V f YOUNG FOLKS. Mr. Pox and Mr. Bear. " Good morning, brother I" sboated Mr. Wax, one soft spring morning, as he climbed •ver the picket-fence into the pa.tch of i;fx)«ad next to the shabby cabin where, lewi said hungry after Iiis long winter's fast, â- at llr. Bear, basking in a strip of sunshine. •* How do yon find yourself to-day " " Only poorly, thank yon. Brother Fox. I iia.«^ oot begun to pick op any flesh yet," replied the Bear. "Oh, bat you will soon, you know, in wetfeer 'ike this. It makes one think of placxting-time, does it not?" added Mr. ^ox, with a sigh. " By-the-way, are yon aaythinc of a farmer. Brother Bear V' " I can hardly claim to be a farmer exact- ly," relied the Bear " but I have studied ^er people's crops considerable, and I kave BO doubt that I could farm if I tried." ** You don't say so 1" returned the Fox. ** I tave been at it all my life, but it is ixeary working alone and besides, my field oaght to be ploughed under this year. That is a pretty nice piece of ground of yottra over there to the south, Brother Bear. How would it do for you and me to go in partnersiiip thu year â€" my experience as an offset to your land, you see â€" and then balve the profits " "With all my heart," replied Mr; Bear, ** providing that we plant com. I dote on Koactiag ears, and should like to have enough foronee in my life." "Agreed I" said the Fox. " What do you think of my share being the half that grows mat of tiie ground, and yours the half that grows in the ground "• " Admirable " replied Mr. Bear. " Each sf OS to have half of the crop. What could he more just " And three months later a field of magnifi- cent com was fast ripening under the hot July aan â€" big fat ears with long even rows of plamp, solid grains. " What are you doing with my corn " tdiarply screamed Mr. Fox one morning to ids partner, as he was gathering some of the choicest ears for an anticipated noonday feast. " £our com " cried Mr. Bear. " You :xK indined to be facetious this morning I ^iujik. It is as much mine as yours. We «gree to halve the crop, if you remember." "My memory is quite good, I asaure you, " replied the Fox " it is your own that needs refreshing. Certainly we agreed to divide the crop, but you were to have the half that grew in the ground, and I the baM ihat grew out of the ground. So I'll tfaitk you for that corn of mine in your 'basket, if you please.' I have invited a few irje-cids to-day to dine with me, and have promifed them a sucking pig and roasting ears, and every ear counts at the beginning a£ the season, you know." Stupid Mr. Bear recalled, alas I too late the terms oi their contract, and subsisted •Die more winter upon the fitful charity of proYldeBt neighbors, while Mr. Fox and his guests joked as well as dined at his ex- pense. ' Hello, Brother Bear Still in the same place, I see," called out Mr. Fox at about the same time the following year. "Want to do any more farming, eh?" ' No, thanks," replied the Bear " my Itones^ll rattle from my starvation last S^eat. I've had enough of farming, I 'Believe." " Tat, tut, comrade don't be so down- hearted," returned the fox, in a sprightly tao», " It was rather rough on you, 1 con- fess;, but the first year's farming never pays way one. But I'll give you a bit of informa- tioB gratis. No plant can flower in the groand, and fruit is always formed where te flower has been. Come along now, brother. What say you to potatoes this year?" " Potatoes " repeated the Bear. " I 'don't know potatoes. What are they " â- " Don't know potatoes What a gumpy- doodieyou are, to be sure Why, pota- toes arf vegetables, and mighty deli- cioas too, I can tell you. How lucky that I happened to put one in my trousers pocket this morning Here it is Examine it for yourself. No cob about potatoes that oMEst be thrown away but you can eat the •whole thing except a sort of jacket just thick enough to keep off the outside earth â€" ahetc 1 â€" dirt And you can bake them, or boii them, or stew them, or fry them â€" in factf prepare them in a different manner every day in the week. Come along now. Friend Be». Is it a bargain Shall we «ay potatoes for this year ' "" Not so fast, please," drawled out the Bear. "I do not propose to be cheated a se»ad time. Where is the potato flower " "Outside of the ground, as I am a gentle- fflttas," replied the Fox. " Make yourself •easy on that poinr." ' May I have the half that grows out of tJie ground, brother " asked the Bear. ** Most certainly, especially as I had it ktst year." " All right," said the Bear. "The mat- Gor is settled, then." " Ic looks as if both of us would go hungry tMs year," said Mr. Bear to his partner, as tbey met in their field one day that summer. **The flowers came where you said they iKald, but no potatoes seem to form on the â- tibem, and I see that you have dug np whole rows â€" in disgust, I presume." "In disgust " repeated the fox, scornful- ly. " Not exactly. Why, I have had pota- toes on my table for three weeks, and have jast given orders to have the rest of my crop dug and stored in the cellars. There wiUJ be about sixty barrels, I calculate. You have still something to learn about fscming. Friend Bear, I see. A potato is a root, not a fruit." " Oh, Brother Fox, do take pity upon me " ^BFoaned Mr. Bear, in anguish, as we hide- oas truth slowly dawned upon him. " I ahall certainly perish this winter, for I can- mot stieaL" " I am willing to do the generons thing by yon, neighbor, as yon will soon perceive," Tetamed the Fox. " Yon may have all tiie •tray potatoes that the men leave in the ifield 1 there are always plenty that it is not 'Worth while to gather. And when the riv- «r tneeaa over well. 111 take you bat fishbuc with me." ^^ " No more ngoined the 'Ws o ngh." " ii quite posribla, biend, for abad far- wwr to be a good iUbtrnmat" sneswd the Fox. ** I make ao nan SKpstimsnti Willi tiioM wbo have rrpwlsauii, tbanfc- fwn, Fciiad Foxf for me," hastily havB bad quite a fish in my life, and you cannot say that I have ever told you an nocruth, cau you " " No o 0-0, 1 believe not but you will get the best of me in the end somehow. There will be something I have not thought of, and I'll get nothim; and you everything, as you always do," said the bear surlily. " I do not consider that much understand- ing or expsrienoe is required to squat down on the ice with your tail poked through a hole, and when you feel a bite to pop up with your fish. Not much partnership in each one's keeping what he catches is there? And I think tht.t if I offer to show you how to fiah, and pjint out the best places, that it is my loss if any one's. However suit yourself, Mr. Bear 1" haugh- tily concluded Mr. Fox, as he strode out of the field to give his orders about the crop. Mr. Bear's bones rattled more loudly than ever under his dry, rongh coat that winter, and as he grew leaner and leaner, his tail became better and better adapted to the purpose suggested by Mr. Fox. One bitter DecemlMr day, driven for the hundredth time to despair â€" from which he had walked bask ninety-nine ^timesâ€" he started for the river to try what efficacy as fishing-tackle his tail might possess. Bat his evil fortune still pursued him for al- though peculiar sensations in the tail seemed to indicate the presence of fish, not a single one could he succeed in landing. Who can this be, tripping alons; so dainti- ly, clad In the softest and richest of fur, with the finest of fishing-baskets suspended by a crimson silk cord from his neck I Not Mr. Bear's ancient friend and partner surely Indeed yes, he it is, and none other Suraight onwards the Fox came until he reached the middle of the frozen stream, nearly opposite to the little cove that Mr. Bear had chosen, when he stopped, made a good-sized hole in the ice with a sharp point- ed instiument that he had brought with him, and then seated himself to try his luck at fishing. Mr. Bear watched him greedily as be jumped up briskly several times, whisked a shining fish from his tail, and slipped it into his basket. " Oh, is that you, Brother Bear " he call- ed over presently, as though he had but that moment perceived his friend. " How goes it Any luuK V " None at all," growled the Bsar in reply. " Plenty of bites, but not a fish as yet." " Possibly the hole in the ice is not broad enough. Come tftke my instrument and bore a better one," rejoined Mr. Fox, most politely. Such must indeed have been the case, for after availing himself of his friend's kind offer, Mr. Bear's success was so good that in a half hour he a had dozen gooJ-sizsd fiah. "Cannot you catch any more fish?" he asked, pretty soon, of his friend, who had sat motionless for several moment. " Of course I can if I want to. I am wait- ing so as to get two at once, though what is the use of jumping up for one fish? But I dare say that is as many as you could catch at once time with your sausage. Why,ble88 me I here are triplets I" exclaimed he, bounc- ing up with a jerk that sent the three fish dancing far away on the ice. Unfortunate Mr. Bsar was torn with the pangs of envy. To think of neighbor Fox getting the beat once more I Perhaps he might do as much, in spite of Mr. Fox's slurring remarks about his fishing, he thought. « Would you advise me to watb for more than three bites in order to catch two fish at a time " he asked some what timidly, of the' Fox, after a long pause. " Of course, stupid. But I'll tell yon exactly ho w long to sit, as I see that you have no watch;" replied the Fox, taking his out. "Isin't it almost time to pull up yet. Brother Fox I've felt at least six bites," inquired the Bear, in a few moments. "By no means all the more reason to con- tinue," said the Fox. " I shouldn't be sur prised if you beat me, and caught as many as four or five at a time, if you are patient. " I feel as though my tail were being chewed off by bites. Brother Fox." " That is as you should feel under the circumstance. Friend Bear. Only five min- utes more, and then what a haul Ready I" cried the Fox at lasb, as he again looked at his watch, which, by the way, wae a magni- ficent gold stem-winder, purchased with the proceeds of his extra potatoes. " But I don't feel anything now, brother," said the Bear. " Never mind. Pull up anyhow. Now Up, up, up, I say." Mr. Bear tried hard to obey, but in vain. He had hearkened too long to evil counsel, and was frozen stiff and fast where he sat. And as Mr. Fox disappeared homeward with all the fish, it was poor consolation to the fast-perishing animtJ to reflect, that he had been duped but once about fishin^' Once was more than sufficient The Grown Prince's Joke. A German resident who was a student at B3nn with the present German Crown Prince relates of that personage that some time after leaving the university he asked, in a mysterious manner, of a certain officer in Berlin, whether he had heard that the army was to be mobilized in twenty-four hours. The officer rashly took it as a defin- ite assertion and court secret, but it did not long remain secret in his hands. He men- tioned it in a whisper to someone else; the reporters got on the scent, and before two hours it was in capital letters: "Army Mo- bilization in Twenty-four Hours!" in all the evening papers in Berlin. Then all was hur- ry and consternation and inquiries. Against whom was the war? Against France? Aeainst Russia? Was it Austria? Was it Italy Was the Fatherland invaded Nobody knew. J The generals were asked they denied al knowledge, but were disbelieved. They in- quired, however, for themselves; and after thereporthad spread, canaing apanio throngh all Europe, It was finally traced back to it source. Prince William was severely repri- manded by his grandfather, who gave him ne days' arrost for his intended joke. DiafraTiohiwiig Oartain filnmron. The Eleotion Bill now before the Lesis- Utore proposes the disfcanchisinr of pominlon and Provincial civil servants as *^ows in eleeti»s for the Lttridatare :â€" All officers and employ«nrs in tiieCastom houses. IfrtOMters in towns and cities. Crown! tln^ and Isnd officers, exoise effioenL gy""*^ shsriffi^ daim^shflgi land tiUfls darks and polioa ms^btrate'soffiMn: xoffitvy Hhoo^iB pMitMliaciHrMfaM '1^ CVppM |MHK vMRHL, HEALTH. fiealth in the Spring. In Spring, if we would be well, we can hardly take too much exercise, especially long walks, and we ought to dress lightly but warmly. The clogging, comberaome top-coat, the india-Tubber mantle, the heavy muffler, and deadlygoloshes should all be left indoors when we go out to watk.^ Gloves ahoold be worn, warm thick stockings, and easy soft shoes; alight silk scarf may be taken and put on if required â€" and also an am- brella but these are the arms which one should carry against the weather if he or she values health. Verily, prevention is better than core. But if we cuddle onraelvea up indoora in badly -ventilated, overheated rooms, and take our exercises abroad, laden to the earth with extra clothing, we ojui not be well either in bcdy or in mind. We shall be peevish all day, destitute of spirits and am- bition we shall have wretched appetitea, sluggish livers, and restless nights. I will here mention one or two ailments incidental to Spring which, pray mark this, are preventibli by means "hinted at above. Here is one troublesome complaint of the season â€" relaxed sore throat. 'X'here may be more or less huskineaa with it, and a naaty, hacking cough. There is relaxation of the uvula and a swelling of the tohaila and the worst of it is that it hangs about one for wieeks, threatening many kinds of mischief, and making the sufferer frightened and un- easy. Now we must not imagine that we are going to cure thia trouble by medicine or local applications alone. Though there be no disturbance of the general health attach- ed to it, it is constitutional nevertheless. The real cure for it is not to be found in bed nor at the fireside. Change of air or climate would do good, but everyone can not get it. Exercise much be taken, and good, easily- digested food. Iron in some form should also be taken if the gums and face be pale. The dialyzed iron of the shops, or simply the tincture of iron, his excellent. The lat- ter is apt to bind, so some Cascara extract should be taken now and then. Wine is re- commended by some, but I take leave to doubt its efficacy. Milk is invaluable, and change in diet should be constant. The best local applications are a mixture of glycerine and tincture of iron, two parts of the former to one of the latter, painted quite all over the inside of the throat and elongated uvula thrice a day by means of a camel's hair brush or tannate of glycerine used in the same way and the last thing at night. if the cough is very bad, something more serious might be brewing, therefore you had better consult a physician. I mention neuralgia only to remind the reader that thia is also as often as not a con- stitutional complaint. It is easily brought on â€" face ache I mean â€" in those whose teeth are bad, and it is a pity that ao little care is taken to conserve the teeth in thia country. I do not refer entirely to the dcntist'a art in conaervation this ia very eood, but those persons whose teeth are constitntionally prone to decay, should be more than ordinarily careful to live by rule. Beware of the existing causea of neuralgia â€" auch aa exposure to high winda, aitting in draughts, and cold or damp feet. Take time by the forelock aa regarda holloMring teeth. I aay "hollowing" advisedly, for most people wait till the tooth is a positive shell before thinking of a visit to the den- tist. Remember yon can not lose a better friend than a tooth. Without good, sound teeth, good, sound digestion ia an impoasi bilily. Biliousneaa is a very common Spring com- plaint. It is brought about aa often as not by over-eating and insufficient action of the akin. It may be scared away for a time by taking a blue pill at night and a dose of Frederickshall water in the morning, bat it ia aure to return. You aee it ia like this if the skin, which is by far and away the most important emnnctory connected with our "forms divine," does not act well, ex Ta work ia thrown on liver and kidneys, and the former at all events is sure to become inactive or engorged. Plenty of exercise is the wisest remedy, but the digestion must be seen to. Are we to take bitters to give us an appetite Certainly not better lower the diet, or go without for a day. The flesh-brush or a rough towel after a cold or tepid bath ia an excellent preventative of liver troublea, and createa almoat an immunity frbm colda. Exer- ciae is only good when kept up regularly for weeks. Inplantation of Teeth. From a paper on thia aubject read by Dr. Abbott, of New York, before the New York Academy of Medicine, and printed in the Medical Retard, we gather the following facta. Teeth, which had long been oat of the mouth, have been inaerted into artificial sockets made in the jaw, and have become, to all appearance, good, healthy and service- able teeth. Into the socket from which a decayed tooth has been extracted a sound tooth, tak- en from another jaw,-haa been inserted, and, being held in fo/ a time with ligatnrea, haa united fully with the tiasuea of the aocket. This has ocsaaionally been done for two centuriea, and poaaibly much longer. Am- broiae Pare aaya in hia work, pabliahed in 1561: " I have heard it represented by a oredi- ble peraon that he aaw a lady of the prime nobility who, inatead of a. rotted tooth ahe drew«.made a aoaad toothâ€" drawn from one of her waitine-maida at the aame timeâ€" to be substitated and inserted which tooth in process of time, aa it were, taking root, ?rew ao firm aa that ahe could chaw upon it as well aa apsn any of the reat." The great Hunter recommenda replantins a tooth when extracted by mistake, or knocked eat by accident. A tooth inserted by hun into the comb of a cock fally grow to the comb. In mora modem times teeth have been extracted to favor difficult opera- ^-^in absces«»,-aad mibseqaentiy 5taee w four years ago Dr. Younger at- tempted, for the first time, to inant teeth into artifioisl sookets made for the porpoee m tte jajijone. Since then he has doiwit for^ or fifty times, in the majority of oases with marked soocess. ^Whettw a onion takes place between the Penostenm of the tootii and A* tiasnes^ the bone fa not oettaln. theeewShaw "v* A* foaMioii. -A pee» aBateT^ me. wo«fii MMkife; b«t IteiuSM Dr. Tonner, who had had two teeth im- planted eix months before, was present at the meeting of the medical society when these facts were recited. The inserted teeth had been extracted from the jawa of their owners eight years before. The teeth were seen to be firmly set, and they gave no in- convenience. In answer to an aasertion by a French doctor that such teeth woald dissolve in two years. Dr. Tonner said that he would prefer to have the operation rapeated every two years to wearing a plate. Ice-Oream Poisoning. For many years thero have been numerous cases of poisoning from eating ice-cream, both in America and in Europe. Some of the cases have been single, or confined to members of a family others have comprised a large portion of some picnic, or other party. Durinr the last aammer there were several prominent inatancea,â€" in New Jersey a larce party; in Charleston, IlL, a party of fifty m Michigan over one hundred and forty. In 1883, in Joliet, IlL, two handred were thus poisoned at a picnic. In all cases the symp- toms have been essentially the same â€" burn- ing, colicky pains, vomitins;, purging, and great prostration. No instance, we believe, haa had a fatal termination. The aymptoms resemble those from arsenic, but no metallic poison haa been detected by any chemist. The attention of medical experts has been, of course, drawn to the matter. Prof. Burt- ley, chemiat of the Brooklyn Board of Health, haa auggeated that the poiaon may be due to the oae of a poor grade of gelatine, and ita aubaeqaent rapid decomposition. Other distinguished experta admit that this may be the cause. Df. Morrow, of Mew York., is inclined to regard it as due to the vanilla used in flavor- ing it. He saya that vanilla has long been recognized in Europe as a prolific source of ice-cream poisoning, and quotes authorities to sustain thia view of the matter. In the Michigan case, in which one han- dred and forty were poisoned, some of the cream was sent for analysis to Prot. Yaug- han, of the Michigan State University. The vanilla, also, which remained in the bottle, was sent to him. Noff, the quantity of vanilla in the ice- cream eaten by any one peraon would be very minute; bub Prof. Vaughan and his associate swallowed each thirty drops of the vanilla extract with no harm after which the latter took i.wo teaspoonfuls more with no bad result. This n sufficient to prove that, in this case, the vanilla was At the source of the poison. Nor did the^ream contain any gelatine, or any mineral poison. He was satisfied that the pobon was iden- tical with one he had previously detected in bad cheese, and to which he had given the name of tyrotoxicon. It is a living germ that developes in milk, and kindred sub- stances from unsanitary surroundings. This germ may be the aoarce of the " ptomaina," or virulent poiaona which are now known to be generated in the early atage of animal decomposition. Since the oocarrence ithas been ascertained that the icecream waa frozen in a building, the hygienic condition of which was exceed- ingly bad. The Medical Record, raferring to Pref. Vaughan'a diacovery, aajra: " It may account for much of the inteatinal diaturb- ances in children daring the warm weather, notably cholera infantum and kindred con- ditiona." No Sugar on Oatmeal " Be careful how you eat oatmeal," said a doctor recentiy. " Oatmea\ is a very healthy food if taken properly. No food is healthy if improperly used." " How should it be eaten " "If oatmeal is eaten in excess of the needs of the body for proper nutrition it overloads and taxea the ayatem. It must not be eaten partially cooked. Flour, commeal, rise and other approved articles of whole- some diet are not healthy ii half cooked. If an excess of aagar or other aweets is used it will disagree with many people, causing indigestion. If eaten with an excess of cream it will not be healthy for some per- sona whoae stomachs are too delicate to stand a rich food. Oatmeal ia a healthy food when not used for overfeeding, when sufficiently cooked and when not used with an excess of cream or sweets. Oatmeal ahould be eaten withodt any aweets, using a little milk or cream, a little butter, and seasoned with salt aa the Scotch do." A Millionaire's Economy. A story has lately been told that illus- trates A. T. Stewart's noted economica spirit. He had given a dinner and theatre party, and instead of taking hia guests to the theatre in carriages, as they had expect- ed, he hailed a atage and democratically hustled them all into it. Judge and Mrs. Hilton were of the party. While paying the fares Mr. Stewart dropped a piece of money and daring almoat the entire trip kept turning up the straw in the bottom of the stage in search of it Judge Hilton, who was sittine near him, took from his pocket a nickle, and, passing it to the millionaire, said :â€" "For heaven's sake, Mr. Stewart, put this in your pocket, and don't kick up any more dust with that straw." And here IS something simUar about Mrs. John Jacob Astor, who died not long ago ;â€" One night when the candle by which tbe servants light- ed their way to bed gave oat before the »"o't«i time. Mrs. Astor aaid to Juatine, the old French woman who had lived with them aome yeara," Sprinkle aalt around the wick, Jastine, audit will light you to bed." Bachelor Drill. "Pall in " love with some good and in- dustrious young woman. "Attention" pay to her faithfully and respectfully. " Right »*?f " popping the question like a man. Qaick march" to her parants and ask their consent "Filori«ht" with her to church, Jâ„¢ ??. '•«'«t the marriage ceremony. lUlt and reflect seriously npon the new duties you have assumed, and tiien perform them. " Bight about face" from the haunts you have frequented when single. "Ad- vance arms" to your young wife when out waking, and never leave her to trail Iwhind. J^^^J^T rtaying out at night and all otiiw bad habits you would have a happy Magfatalie; "Ever been arrested be- wwr PriwMir: "Ho, aah." "XKdnt 1 9naywi to cullart winter for ten days " T^jr^'J'**'**" BOW I look at V. "'â- t ^m -...oioTTE M. YONC TheNewWarEumora-i Queen.-QonditionofthsT*"!! London, May 5.~Cert»iB I concernbg the fear of an ^^ ^« i«^| Italian teonble, of whichlSyC are circulating to day a^onj h "^-il are interested in Continent J^M hintofitasyethasap^'^Sl^J There have beenagocS^-O discover what the mysterio,« i^'.*^ ' meami, and whence it emanateT?* must have leaked out frum ** Office. forB^onde Worm, .J::;/' dinner last night precisely what I ' from another source, namely^a!*!"' cloud waanot going to burst inri* very auddenly and unexpectej^ Mediterranean. There ar7n3;;; S mises as to an explanation. IZ i ' that Italy intends using her trooJl their return from Massowah to bV^l abrupt demand for the evacuatiâ„¢;^ J; Others look to Crete, where it i, ' to day that the HeUenic element are!!! point of declaring for the anneiationi island to Greece, as a possible oluet.! emgma. It ia no busmessof minetod,! between these hypotheses or vouch hi reality of the danger. I only bn. there exists here in Ministerial »nTj!, tic circles a belief that SLlfc on the eve of war. ^J" Queen Victoria seems to have mad. a personal hit m BjrUn. Not only L, the gloomy predictions of the hoi say those of a hostile reception, ' freely in the German papers, iaUifi she achieved the further sueoeas of friends with Bismarck. The old Chui, seems to have had an idea that the wl English influence of both the Berlin London Courts was going to be in against him. As it is not his habit to to be attacked, he proceeded on ibis ihi to levy a newspaper war on all thi lish. It was a pretty bitter and an ungraciouB onslaught while it lastei the arrival of the Qaeen appears to cleared up a good deal of the misnnden. ing. No doubt, during the interview" tween the two, the Chancellor stated plainly what his grounds of grievance and it is equally probable that the was equally frank. At any nt« is a friendly truce for the time I which bids fair to prove lastinf;. Ti will be no more heard of the Chuo crisis, and the German press, which di overdoes everything, is jnst now in t of ecstatic enthusiasm over a soti whom a fortnight ago one would thought was to have been at least and feathered, if she dared to come Berlin. The truth about the Kaiser's condi: aeema to be that the local malady hu aided again to something like tbe lUl which it was when he left San Bemo,' that the high fever and loss of 0( attendant upon the recent crisis ban his general health much worse than it hitherto been. He is very weak and i out, and the physicians' present task i build up his strength again in time t« him withstand the next ontbreafc ot throat disease when it comes. Ike of reports of his improvement day by refer strictly to this phase of bis cosdi but must not be understood to meu there is any hope of mastering and en ing the cancer in the throat or evenb it any length of time in abeyance. ♦^ The Silver Wedding. In the mornins; the Qaeen, accoinpi by Princess Beatrice and the Duchesx" bany, drove in an open landau, dnn] four bays, from Buckingham Palace tt^ borough House, to offer her congratiiMJ to the Prince and Princess. Similir'" were made by several Riy»l P" peers, ambassadors and statesmen. Royal Highnesses were busily eng«gM» ing most of the day receiving pr^^' addreases. The Princess, at thMe"Tj wore a cream-colored dress, herawpj being also attired in spring colors, mou- having been laid aside for the d»y. Prince and Princess and theirohildrenii ed with the Queen at BnckinghuD «^ the guests including the ^,1^?'^^ and the Crown Prince and Pnn»f " mark. In the afternoon the cmcW» headed by the Lord Mayor, was^wa the Prince and Pf^n°e»^ .^^JTuidU House, and presented an f^.^Jf fl vermJdel of the Imperii. In«^J»^; presents, mostly in silver, m teepu* the anniversary, were displayed mj dian Saloon of the Prince's townj The Queen's present was a flagon, the Prince's gift to h.s Wife «j;. of a travelling-!lock and » i«^^^d,J rabies and diamonds, "'^l^L.^ favorite horses were given by m^,^ to their Royal parents. " Tu* in silver and diamonds fr»°,'j'r'fro»' diamond and sapphire f^ Emperor and EmpreM ot » from the Emperor FredencK " ^.^ Victoria of Germany, a goW^J^g from the King and Queen ^^^^» a silver model of an old P"" the ex-Empress Eugenie. household presented silver un*^ servants and t*""" ^nl-irf, i»a«2J and a post-horn the ^*T^»g England^ving a aJver candj»^^,r fox*comi4from themembj^„ii,g^ folk Hunt 0*«P'ff^ drinking cups, ^^^^^^Si^l in on the royal pair. i°".]W»b"yf tiie Prince and Pnn«*V.°i. B** boronch Houae in ^^^^o' ty arrived at half ?««» ff%, banquet »ok p^ » ^ha oc-j which waa decorated '^^H^t crimson and fol^'^^S!^*^ by eleotrio lamp* ""eirt ^^ play of sUver pl»te, .» "SSoe tf**,,! pieSe being fiJ^J"*? S«»«*ffl 5ueen Irft Marlborouah » jijJB fore eleven o'ctook. aij^ ^ifa CHARLOTTE M. YONGE. ^jg^plBB XXIX (CONTINUED.) I .-^ .--iinrntTiT office sounds the best, I "fl*?^^^ least shock to our belongii UH"*^ but it seema to lead to u I^^Sodd not get on anleaa we J£5d»t catch ua doing ttiat a^am F*JI!-Mr Duttonadviaethat? f "S^ewJiy thought we would Ul "^Mt we are quite psat cwmg for itt-V^ia the matter. They cou] ** «^e than they do. I mchn """^Oo One of them was once ii .i5offi». »»d his a regard for ai- from thence; besides Mark w P*JmeSdngto do besides desk w If^lllald harf to judge of samples, and PJlTSking W^M»d storing of goods. ^*v««ir»omething about that, and *^-T^,Ud agree with him better tha ' *^^t,d high stool, with hU nose i ft'iownld like it better," .^pjitfaright I Nowlhavegotsome oi L i. Besides, rising is possible, if one E; niefuL I raeaxL to be Mrs. Alderi V^tmv Lady Mayoress, before we 1 Then they have a great big ali ed set of rooms over the warehc we might live and look after nloh but should you like that " I ««Mr Dutton wants to live out in son i. mbnrban places, where it seems the Fnttfeot population of clerks' familie L^etaohed houses. He aaya we ah bMMsrk'a railway fair, rent, and al mLob' bills. But people, children and rUvv and thrive in the City and I tl ^k'a health will be better looked aft fi there to give him his mid-day bite VTand brush him up, than if he is lei 'S^ for himself and as to exercise for OW-boy, 'tis not far to the Thames abnent The only things that stai I are the blacka I I don't know whe ae ia long enough to be after the blacks SylongTbutperhapa I shall get med End " r*Well, I think that would be wcrse.' "Perhaps it would and at any retc blacks do beat me, we could m nink, no rent, nor rates nor taxes â€" tha 1 indaoement to swallow â€" no â€" to cont L any number of black moors, ian't 1 if uey aettle on the tip ot Billy -b n^ could come to see you tetter tl kuoatinaauburb," said Puttie. ult do these rooms look oat upon " T "On one side into their own court, on ha into Wolstan Street â€" a quiet plac( I wholeâ€" all walls and warehouses an excellent pariah church, rood's; so I think we might [Katdewaa very aorry that the get came np, and Mr. Fane wand( nt and began asking whether t n going to the roae ahow. Somel tiiat evening ahe became conscious i •pie looked at her and Mr. Fane rai onaly and when they met again i day, and having grown Intimate lie introduction of the two little boys, ring out together, there were_ quest nt whether ahe saw much of him. "Oh, I don't know He is the ni4 a the whole, of papa's friends he can I something boddes" â€" Nuttie paused r " besides," â€" " horseyness, and all i of thing â€" ^he ia not ao like an old I of them are and ao he is " I aee. And you meet him elsewl at you, in general aociety " y I dont go out much now that 'irkaldy ia not in town but he to torn np everywhere that "Ursula, I'm very glad of that to: Jmn. I waa afraid "Afraid of what " cried Nuttie in t tone. " That you liked him, and he is not i Nuttie. Mark knows all about 1 so did I when I lived with the a." Nuttie laughed rather bitterly. "-, Annaple. As if I cou^ care for nâ€" or he for me, for that mattei W but toe well," she added gra «»t nobody nice is ever intimat 'I beg your pardon. I would not ""tM. you about it, only I think you » care, Nuttie, for Blanche mentioi *MlMt winter." Blanche is an arrant gossip â- iW a grandfather and great grandm J she woald aay they were go" • married." |l» X*** *â-  Mark says, one always swi |lII«Mhe with a qualification." iBnU-i '" "'"'y quite sure, Annaple, I SS^^glike that will ever be true abou ISS'to"** "*1*1 ^^^^ become of my laWB^ynjf j^^^^ so horrid as to wi I â- â€¢â- w marry?" I J*** "id it with an ineffable tone « g^ l'Mt like the origmal Nuttie, |T?*~*obe recsJled by association gi"~,«Joam of Mark and his Sm^** House was a bright spot i ry**^ H it had been only that Ann ^â- iii ice gave the free entree to su 52* « Old Mioklethwayte, it would! 152^5*** P'ea«nre to her but theJ |4^!!Tâ„¢* nippiness of confidence aif IJ2ki ^^^ society, a restful illSffyto be appreciated by livid l*»iSii °* constraint that was! fore eleven o'ctoot »^ street and Oxfpi wedding illuniu ^jhigton station. " r^^afl* '-^^' i"*y intention of marriage. ,»'S12*«'M»' it," she observed, ' riiSiv *««t«ng. I wonder rtio came to her first ba l^kus out of the hole ** aad anything to do with i»d an opportunity of jo 'J'wild not have brought .X ^!J*JiA might bepianfulal *^ bott but one aitemoonj ^â- Â» "off duty" with her Pl^ â€":â- * in to ahare Annapld i?*» Gerard Godfrey, loos head to foot, made Ids i Vmbw up from the f| E** •» Mr. Button's pu iwithnleasedi J of color, butt i oat tfrlnnoheon, i :^r^s .£fisrrii;S?S^' after the liii dtataiofe