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 ROUGHING IT IN THE BUSH." VBBLOBB. noWQ that the ^k form one. B "*»'» Ult, g religion Ily"»«i«M \^"'4 forthTh^8 ^th. there grew i^^ el'efthatit W^_?J»^h °«'«^tocarri5*5j"»»« •"-leaved clover.^ thee and luck for m. r any lover. **• theTyralthati£a«, Bleep. iyi|;rhrhS .there will come fl^; »g a four-leaved olo^ on the a'eaper-, before it fades aad^t 3.mcath, hewilltS,i?.' »".« invisible at wUi rstuion relited b WoIP. .nt8cheMythologie»uS «^hile a priest i| reJuJ »e can, unknown toUi? Blover on his mass book! srgyman willnotbeabU le wxh stand stock m Jtil the person who hw )ulls his robe. Then ha leaf will always hava f gambling. If h, hss" 18 in America or to nine- rmany, he makes a "ten me every time he rolU s by this that thongli t|t« ons symbol, the four leaf influence. If the bearer •ur-leaved clover should vork or any uncanny per- detect or spoil it all w- kn lovej a woman (or vice tain two four-leaved clo- her to eat one while he he other, mutual love is t^ay, according to very irity, even a trin-patrini d clover, will have this it is advisable on all oo- make a gift to anybody, is, to conceal in it a clo- render the gift doubly ir or three-leaved clover, low in the end or top of cane, put the leaf taere- to in j are it, and close ly. Ttien, so long as yon rill be less weary than if d will enjoy luck in many srb says of a lucky man, attrigea Kleeblatc jtefua- md a four-leaved clover." W'ilhelm Korte in his Deutchen," preaches the "•This is,' you say' a ' Did you ever know a und gar, utterly anJ en- iperstition For if you ras nothing in him." ff» Onltnre. Idson in reply to a letter ire of the crops this Mi- in the fall wheat, says les why the farmers do tion to other branches of mands more favonrablfl lax. Th 2 average yf"U from flax is as largo as n wheat and the prioe is bushel, with the waigbt ,0 the bushel less than produce of flax fibre, pared for market, will ian seed. Persons com- ips of wheat would do nties of Wellington and ly will find in connection mills some 1,400 acres 11 larger acreage in -he en in connection with iringston Co. Flax ia Dortions of these coon- 3 of this brancu of Caija- jt shown in Manitoba Bs, where it is ascertatt- Jixda as Pets. rew York amuses h«f birds as pets. They the lace curtains ana amilias in the parlor, r them to fly about m. .rist sends a basket 01 stract the honey frota. rainbows flyin« »»»«; light on the head « with perfect fr^edooh anity for the fff^'f^ nariea and bullhnph* er household favorites ;^ent has paid £5».^ i property o^^^^g f down a French «" -Cream together -Jf. •n whites of eiiht^ of flour ^th on*" 1, with two teaspe*^ ' Bakeuil»y«»^ te« of three JJW^ candies; •^d'^tX 1 and*'!? 1,2^ beat infhf r^!^ cool enough to â- !»-* here » '^ojuMtJ' coffee berf W^^g,^ ^» To »»»• CZ f waWy 1»HJIE t of it to FjTaBd leae to *h« 25.S1 TJ«^*S?!2ibto- CHAPTER V. rIBST 5ETTLEMEST, AST) THE BOSBOW- ING SYSTEM. T ..Dd, or not to lend-that is the question J ..Vonr house I'm sure it's father's, ' ed the incorrigible wretch. "You "' e that you had no fine slack, and yon "â- W^Ufiileslack?" said I. verypettUh- I "'..The stuff that's wound upon these 'ere j-i of wood," pouncing as she spoke upon f^f my most serviceable spools. •f, I cannot give you that I want it my- ' *?.â- ( didn't ask you to give it. I only tg to borrow it till father goes to the "'wiEh he would make haste, then, as I number of things you have borrowed ""p ind which I cannot longer do with- "she-gave me a knowing look, and carried rffffiV spool in triumph._ I -atpened to mention the manner m Ljh was constantly annoyed by these *oiIe to a worthy English farmer who re- L(i cear us and he fell a-laughing, and 1,'i m" that I did not know the Canadian Ysokees s well as he did, or I should not be troubled v ta them long. 'Tiie best way," says he, " to get nd of •jem, is to ask them sharply what they ^t' and if they give you no satisfactory ttjwe'r, order them to leave the house but I believe I can put you in a better way loll. Kuy some small article of them, and p,y thema trifle over the price, and tell Uem to bring the change. I will lay my life upon it that it will be long before they treable you again." I was impatient to test the tfficacy of his icheme. That very afternoon Miss Satan brought me a plate of butter for sale. The price was three and nine-pence twice the (Btn, bytheby, that ic was worth. " I have no change," giving her a dollar "bot you can bring it me to-morrow." Oh, b essed experiment for the value of one quarter dollar I got rid of this dishonest girl for ever rather than pay me, she never entered the house again. About a month after this, I was busy aiiiing an apple-pie in the kitchen. A cad- sveroui looking woman, very long-faced »nd witch like, popped her ill-looking vis- age into the door, and drawled through her note, " Dc you want to buy a rooster " Now, the sacking-pigs with which we had been regaled every day for three weeks at the tavern, were called roasters and not nndtretanding the familiar phrases of the concrry, I thought she had a aucking-pig to to sell. " (8 it a good one '" ' "I guess 'tis." " What do you ask for it " " Two Vorkere." "That is very cheap, if it is any weieht. I den' like them under ten or twelve pcuri^s." " Ten or twelve pounds Why, woman, what do you mean \yould you expect a rooster to be bif ger nor a turkey ' We sUred at each other. There was evid- eody seme misconception on my part. " Bring the roaster up and if I like it, I will buy it, though I must confess that I ana not very fond of roast pig." " Do you call this a pig " said my she- merchant, dravnng a fine game-cock from nnder her cloak. I laughed heartily at my mistake, as I Dftid her down the money for the bonny bird. This little matter settled, I thought ibe would take her departure; but that rooster proved the dearest fowl to me that ever was bought. " Do you keep backy and snuff here " Hiys she, sidling close up to me. " We make no use of those articles." " Hew Not use backy and scuff That's oucommon." She paused, then added in a mysterious, confidential tone "Iwant to ask yon how ycnr tea-caddy STMjds " " It stands in the cupb srd," said I. won- dering what all this might mean. " I know that but have yon any tea to spare ' I DOW began to suspect what sort of a customer the stranger was. " (-'h, you want to borrow some, I have none 10 spare." " You don't say so. Well, now, that's stingy. I never asked anything of you be- fore. I am poor, and you are rich besides, I m trcnbled so with the headache, and no- thing does me any good but a cup of strong tea." " The money I have just given you will bay a ([uarter of a pound of the best." " I guess that isn t mine. The fowl be- longed to my neighbour. She's sick and I promised to sell it for her to buy some physio. Money " she added, in a coaxing tctc, " Where should I get money? Lord bless you people ia this country have no money and those who come out with piles ofitsoon lose it. But Emily S :old ^•e that you are tarnation rich, and draw yota- money from the old country. So I gtie«3 yon can well afibrd to lend a neighbour spoonful of tea." " Neighbour Where do you live, and WEat is your name " _â- " My name is Betty Fyeâ€" old Betty Fye 1 live in the log shanty ever the creek, at the back of ycur'n. The farm belongs to "^y eldest son. I'm a widow with twelve sous and 'tis hard to scratch along." " Do you swear ?â- ' "Sweir! What harm? It eases one's ?Jod when one's vexed. Everybody swears !5 this country. My boys all swear like ni Hill and I used to swear mighty big ^ths till about, a month ago, when the iletuody parson told me that if I did not '^ve it off I should go to a tarnation bad P'*ce 80 I dropped some of the worst of them." "You would do wisely to drop the rest ""oinen never swear in my country." ' ^ell, you don't say 1 I always heer'd '^ey were very ignorant. W iU you lend me the tea " The Woman was such an original that I gve her what she wanted. As she was go- "Dg og; she took up one of the apples I was Peehng. II i^*®* y°n have a fine orchard " ,„^ey say the beat in the district." „, l^ave no orchard to hum, and I gneu you-U want sarce." Sarce! What i« SMoe?" "Not know what' HUtte is? Yon are clever? Sarce ia apples cat up and dried, to make into pes in the winter. Now do yon oomprehend " I nodded. " Well, I was going to say that I have no apples, and that yon have a tarnation big few of them and if yon'll give me twenty bnahels of your best apples, and find me with half a ponnd of coarse thread to string them upon I will make you a barrel of sarce on shares â€" that is, give yon one, and keep one for myself." I had plenty of apples, and I gladly ac- cepted her offer, and Mrs. Betty Fye de- parted, elated wich the snccess of her ex- pedition. I found to my cost, that, once admitted into the house, there was no keeping her away. She borrowed everything she could think of, withont once dreamin? of restitu- tion. I tried all ways of affronting her, but without success. Winter came, and she was still at her old pranks. Whenever I saw her coming down the lane, I used in- voluntarily to exclaim, " Betty Fye Bet- ty Fye Fye upon Betty Fye The Lord deliver me from Betty Fye " The last time I was honoured with a visit from this worthy, she meant to favour me with a very large order upon my goods and chattels. " Well, Mrs. Fye, what do you want to- day .?" "So many things that I scarce know where to begin. Ah, what a thing 'tis to be poor First, I want you to lend me ten pounds of flour to make some Johnnie cakes." "I thought they were made of Indian meal?' "Yes, yes, when you've got the meal? I'm out of it, and this is a new fixing of my own invention. Lend me the flour, woman, i and I'll bring yon one of the cakes to tast«." This was said very coaxingly. " Oh, pray don't trouble yourself. What next " I wanted to see how far her impu- dence would go, and determined to affront her if possible. " I want you to lend me a gown, and a pair of stockings. have to go to Oswego to see my husband's sister, and I'd like to look decent." " Mrs. Fye, I never lend my clothes to anyone. If Ilenttbem to yon, I should never wear them agadn." ' So much the better for me," (with a knowing grin). '• I guiess if you won't lend me the gown, you will let me have some black slack to quilt a stuff petticoat, a quar- ter of a pound of tea and some sugar and I will bring them back as soon as can." 'â-  I wonder when that will be. You owe me so many things that it will cost you more than yoti imagine to repay me." " Sure you're not going to mention what's past, I ttin't owe you much. But I will let you off the tea and the sugar, if you will lend me a five-dollar bill." This was too much for my patience longer to endure, and I answered sharply, ' i»Ir8. Fye, it surprises me that such proud people as you Americans should con- descend to the meanness of borrowing from those whom you affect to despite. Besides, as you never repay us for what you pretend to borrow, I look upon it as a system of robbery. If strangers unfortunately settle among you, their good nature is taxed to supply your domestic wants, at a ruinous ex- pense, besides the mortification of finding that Ihey have been deceived and tricked out of their property. If you would come honestly to me and say, ' I want these things, I am too poor to bay them myself, and wonld be obliged to you to give them to me,' I would then acknowledge you as a common beggar, and treat you accordingly give or not give, as it suited my convenience. But in the way in which you obtain these articles from me yon are spared even a debt of gratitude for you weU know that the many things which yon have borrowed from me will be a debt owing to the day of judge- ment." " S'pose they are," quoth Betty, not in the least abashed at my lecture on honesty, " you know what the Scripture saith, ' It is more blessed to give than to receive.' " " Ay, there is an answer to that in the same book which doubtless you may have heard," said I, disgusted with her hypocrisy, " ' The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again.' " Never shall I forget the furious passion into which this too apt quotation threw my' unprincipled applicant. She lifted np her voice and cursed me, using some of the big oaths temporarily discarded for conscience sake. And so she left me,' and I never looked upon her face acain. When I removed to our own house, the history of which, and its former owner, I will give bye-and-bye, we had a bony, red- headed, mffitmly American rqnatter, who had " left for his country's good," for an opposite neighbor. I had scircely time to put my house in order before his family commenced borrowing, or stealing from me. It is even worse than stealing, the things procured from you being obtained on false pretences â€" adding lying to theft. Not naviug either an oven or a cooking stove, which at that period were not so chea). or so common as they are now, 1 had provided myself with a large bake-kettle as a substi- tute. In this kettle we always cooked hot cakes for breakfast, preferring that to the trouble of thawing tbe frizen bread. This man's wife was in the habit of sending over for my kettle wbcLever she wanted to bake, which, as she had a large family, happened nearly every day, and I found her impor- tunity a great nuisimce. I told the impudent lad so, who was generally sent for it and asl ed him what diey did to bake their bread before I came. ** I guess we had to eat cakes in the pan but now we can borrow this kettle of your'n, mother can fix bread." I told him that he could have the kettie this time but I must decline letting his mother have it in fntnre, for I wanted it for the same purpose. The next day passed over. The night was intensely cold, sjid I did not rise so early as nsnal in the morning. My servant was away at a quiltiiur bee, and we were still in bed, when I heard the latch of tiie kitchen-door lifted np, and a step crossed the floor. I jumped out of bed, and began to dress as f uit as I oonld, when Philander called out, to bis well-known nasal twang. « Missus I Tm come for the ketUe." I [ftmntgh, A« â- partiiwa " Yon can't have it tids nuacning. We cannot get onr breakfat withont h." PhUaader " Nor more can the old woman ' to hnmt" and, otat^tog up the kettle, which had been Mt to warm on tiie hearth, he mshed oat of the house, ^nghig at the top of his Totoe, â- -'-^. "ausshisrttsYaakasikvsr When Jamea oame lunne for his breakfast I sent him aorosi to daasaad the, kettle, and the Aame Toy oio^y t(U Um tbatwhen she wasdone withitlat^M have it, bat she defied him to take it out of bur house with her bread ia it. One word more about this lad. Philander, before we part with him. Withont the Isast intimati4»i that his company would be agreeable, or even tolerated, he favoured us wich it at all hocrs of the day, opening the door and walking la and oat whenever he felt incUned. I aa4 fpfva him many broad hints that his preoence was not required, bat he paid not the slightest attention to what I Esid. One mondng he marched in with his hat on, and threw himself down in the rock- ing-chair, just as I was going to dress my baby. "Philander, I want to attend to the child I cannot do it with you here. Will you oblige me by going into the kitchen " No answer. He seldom spoke during these visits, bat wandered about the room, turning over our books and papers, looking at and handling everything. Nay, I have even known him to take the lid off from the pot on the fire to examine its contents. I repeated my request. Philander " Well, I guess I shan't hurt the young 'un. You can dress her." I "But not with you here." Philander " Why not Wt never do anything that we are ashamed of." I " So it seems. But I want to sweep the room â€" you had better get out of the dust." I took the broom from the comer, and began to sweep still my visitor did not stir. The dust rose in clouds he rubbed his eyes and moved a little nearer to the door. Another sweep, and to escape its in- flictions, be mounted the threshold. I had him now at a fair advantage, and fairly J swept him out and shut the door in his face. Philander (looking throvgh the mndowj " Well, I guess you did me then but 'lis deuced hard to outwit a Yankee." When a sufficient time had elapsed for the drying of my twenty bushels of apples, I sent Cornish lad, in our employ, to Betty Fye's. to enquire if they were ready, and when I should send the cart for them. Dan returned with a yellow, smoke dried string of pieces n angling from his arm. Thinking thet these were a specimen of the whole, I enquired when we were to send the barrrl for the rest. " Lord, ma'am, this is all there be." " Impossible All out of twenty bushels of apples " " Yes," said the boy with a grin. " The old witch told mc that this was »11 that was left of ycur share that when they were fixed enough she put them under her bed for safetyj^'and the mice and the children had eaten theru all up but this string." This ended my denlings with Betty Fye. I had another incorrigible borrower in Betty B This Betty was unlike the rest of my Yankee borrowers she was handsoQie in her person, and remarkably civil, and she asked for the loan of every- thing in such a frank, pleasant manner, that for some time I hardly knew how to refuse her. 4 f ter I bad been a loser to a consider- able extent, and declined lending her any more, she refrained from coming to the house herself, but sent in her name tbe most beau- tiful boy in the world a perfect cherub, with regular features, bine smiling eyes, rosy cheeks and lovely curling auburn hair, who said, in the softest tones imaginable, that mammy had sent him, with her com- plimerde, to the English lady to ask tbe loan of a little sugar or tea. I conld easily have refused the mother, but I could not find it in my heart to bay nay to her sweet boy. There was something original about Betty B and I must give a slight sketch of her. She lived to a lone shanty in the woods, which bad been erected by lumberers some year 4 before, and v/hich was destitute of a single acre of clearing yet Betty had plenty of potatoes without tbe trouble of planting, or the expense of buying sho never kept a cow, yet she sold butter and milk but she bad a fashion, and it proved a convenient one to her, of making pets of the cattle cf her neighbours. If our co a-b strayed from their pastures, they were always found near Betty's shanty, for she regularly sup- plied them with salt, which forued a sort of bond of union between them and m return for these little attentiont, they suffered themselves to ba milked before they return- ed to their respective owners. Her mode of obtaining eggs and fowls was on the same economical plan, and we all looked upon Betty as a sort of freebooter, living upon the property of others. She had three husbands, and be with whom she now lived was not her husband, although the father of the splendid child whose beauty so won upon my womain'a heart. Her first husband was still living (t tting by no means uncommon among persons of her class in Canada), and though they had quarrelled and parted yeura ago, he occasi.')n»}iy visited his wife to see her eldest daughter, Betty tbe young- er, who was his child. She was now a fine t;irl of sixteen, as beiutiful as her little brother. Betty's second husband had been killed in one of our fields, by a tree falling upon him while ploughing under it. He was buried upon the spot, part of the black- ened stump forming his monnment. In truth, Betty's character was none of the best, and many of the respectable farmers' wives regarded her with a jealous eye. " 1 am so jealous of that nasty Betty B " said tbe wife of an Irish captato to the army, and our near neighbonr, to me, one day as we were sittto?atwork together. She was a West Indian, and a negro by the mother's side, but an uncommonly fine- looking mulatto, very passionate, and very watchnil over the condnct of her hnsband. "Are you not afraid of letttog Captato Moodie go near her shanty " " No indeed and if I were so foolish as to be jealous, it would not be of old Betty, but of the beautiful young Betty, her daugh- ter." Perhaps this was rather mischievous on my part for the poor dark lady went oflT to a frantic fit of jealousy, bat this time it wes not of old Betty. Another American squatter was always sending over to borrow a snuJl-tooth comb, which she called a vermin datroj/er and once tlM same person asked tiie loan cf a towel, as a friend had come from Hm States to visit her, and tJie only one she had liad been made into a iMst '^my" for tile child she likewise iMggad a sight ia tb» lookiqg- e^asa, aaahowantedSoteyonaaeiroap, to see if it wera fixod to hev aiiad. Ike maa must have been a mirror of neataeas whea compared with her dirty noghbon. One night I was roused from my bed for the loan of a pair of "steelyards." For ^rest 'pGBFp(nSf**fBBw yva gentle reasMr I Toweiwha newborn infant. Ilie process waapcvfodnedjiiy ^inc( the poor squalling thfais up in a small shawl, and sttspendtog it to onp of the bosks. The child was a ftoe boy, and weighed ten pounds, greatly to the delight of the Yankee father. One of the drollest instances of borrowing I have ever heard of was told me by a friend. A maid- servant asked her mistress to go out on particular afternoon, as she was going to have a pturty of her friends, and wanted the loan of the drawing room. It would be endless to enusaerate our losses to this way but, fortunately for us, the arrival of an English family in onr im- mediate vicinity drew off the attention of our neighbours m that direction, and left us time to recover a little from their persecu- tions. This system of borrowing is not wholly confined to the poor and ignorant it per- vades every class of society. If a party is given in any of the small villages, a boy is sent round from ' house to house to collect all the plates and dishes, knives and forks, teaspoons and candlesticks, that are pre- sentable, for the use of the company. After removing to the bush, many mis- fortunes befell us, which deprived us of our income, and reduced us to great poverty. In fact we were strangers, and the knowing ones took us in and for many years we struggled with hardships which would have broken stouter hearts than ours, had not our trust been placed in the Almighty, who among all our troubles never wholly de- serted us. While my husband was absent on the frontier during the rebellion, my youngest boy fell very sick, and required my utmost care, both by night and day. To attend to him properly, a candle burning during the night was necessary. The last candle was burnt out I had no money to buy another, and no fat from which I could make one. I bated borrowing but, for the dear child's sake, I overcame my scruples, and succeed- ed in procuring a candle from a good neigh- bor, but with strict injunctions (for it was Aer lait) that I must return it if I did not require it during the night. I went home quite grateful with my prize. It was a clear moonlight night â€" the dear boy was better, so I told old Jenny, my Irish servant, to go to bed, as I would lie down in my clothes by cbe child, and if he were worse I would get up and light the candle. It happened that a pane of glass was broken out of the window-frame, and I had supplied its â- place by fitting in a shin- gle my friend Emilia S had a large Tom-cat, wbo, when his mistress was ab- sent, often paid me a predatory or borrow- ing visit and Tcm bad a practice of ptish- ing in this wooden pane, in order to pursue his lawless depredations. I had forgotten all this, and never dreaming that Tom would appropriate such light food, I left the caudle lying in the middle of the table, just under the window. Between deeping and waking I heard the pane gently pushed in. The though instant- ly struck me that it was Tom, and that, for lack of something better, he might steal my previous candle. I sprang up from the bed, just in time to see him dart through the broken window, dragging t ie long white candle after him. I flew to the door, and pursued him half over the field, but all to no purpose. I can see him now as I saw him then, scamp- ering away for dear life, with his prize trailing behind him, gleaming like a silver tail in the bright light of the moon. Ah never did I feel more acutely the truth of the proverb, " Those that go abor- rowing go a-sorrowing," than I did that night. I^y poor boy awoke ill and feverish, and I had no light to assist him, or even to look into his sweet face to see how far I dared hope that the light of day would find him better. (TO BE CONTINUED.) Virstin Soil. There is some of it left on the ccntinent, though not much in the domain of the United States. A committee of the Dominion senate, which ha4 been aocumuiating evidences as to the material resources of the basin of the Mackenzie river, has just reported tbat the district which lies north of the Saskatche- wan watershed, east of the Rocky Moun- tains, end west of Hudson's Bay, offers great advantages to explorers, traders and settlers. It is said that out of a total area of 1/260,- 000 square miles coming within the scope of the committee's inquiry, but about 400,0(X) square miles are useless for the pasturage of domestic animals or for cultivatiin. There are 6o6,000 square miles fitttcd for tbe growth of p}tatoes, 407,G00 suitable for barley, and 316 000 for wheat. There is a pastoral are^ of 860,000 square miles, 26,000 miles of which are open prairie, with oc- casional groves, the remainder being more or less wooded 274, OCO square miles, in- cluding the prairie, may be considered as arable land. This region is not going to remain long inaccessible. It must soon be tapped by railway. Besides there are some 4,000 miles of navigable coast line in lak^^s. Then there is a river navigation of 2,750 miles, half of which is suited for light-draught sea- going steamers, and the remainder for stem wheel steamers. It is plain to the com- mittee that the region is rich enough in fresh lake fish to supply the North Ameri- can conttoent. Salmon have been found in four of the rivers emptying toto Hudson's bay, west shore, and m all those emptying into the Arctic sea except the Mackenzie, which, however, possesses the salmo Mack- enzie, a different but valuable sea-fish, lo.- cally called I'nconnn. The recourses in timber are vast. Many of the trees are of the giant kind, found on onr Pacific coast. In minerals the com- mittee claims equal riches, while as a matter of fact this region b to-day the great fur preserve of the world. If our Canadian friends canconvtoce man- ktod that the climate is hospitable, there is no reason why this still tmoccnpied region may not yet teem with a great and indus- trious population. â€" [American Paper. m Prince Blnoher, a descendant of " Marshal Vorwarts," recently brought suit for $400 damages, which he said he sustained by the erection of stands for spectators to front of his house on the occamon of Kais- er Wilhelm's funaraL The stands blodcisd tte view fron' some wiadows which the Uninot tostaded to; rent toapectatwi. The â- nhwaa decided agunat him. The Healing Tonoh- Our readers may have observed tliata si ng n l a r system of cure for all human dii eases has lately produced an excitement ia some parts of this country. CriMUn pWMHU are su^oMd to be endowed at birth Iwitk healtog powers â€" magnetism, the quality ia sometimes called. The sick, lame,*deaf and bltod are brought to them they lay their hands upon them, and it is asserted that health, the use of their limbs, or their im- paired senses, as the case may be, are tostant* I7 restored. This is but the revival of an old belief. From time to time, since the davs of the Apostles, persons in both the Catholic uid Protestant churches have been alleged to possess miraculous gifts of healing. Not only were many ot the holy women and mea of ^e first ages believed to have power to cure all diseases by their touch while living, but after their death crowds repair to thtSc tombs, to cbtaiu health from the vital power which was possessed by their bones. In our own days multitudes followed Bernadetta Souberons, a little girl in France, and also a young woman in Scot* land, a member of Edward Irving's congre- gation, both of whom were held tc be endowed with a miraculous power of cure. Among the Hindus and some of the African tribes certain persons are believed to to be filled with a mysterious fluid, which they communicate by touch to others. The Chinese believe tbat each person is sur- rounded by a nimbus, or atmosphere, which affects tor good or evil every living body that comes within its limit, givins' to it health or disease. We leave our readers to decide how much truth or falsehood there is in these claims that the body of man can impart vital power by touch to other bodies but there can be no doubt that the s'ul cf man has such power. Within every man who reads these lines, dwells an invisible living creature, perpetu- ally at work, stretching ont its influences through his words, his smallest acts, even his looks, infusing disease or health into the people with whom he comes in contact. The man whose body is the cage of this living power may scarcely remember its presence and may be ignorant of the influence which it incessantly gives out and receives. He takes care that his body shall not come in contact with bodies tbat throw off the germs of typhus or diphtheria or other disease. But he does not remember that finer creature within, which is more easily poisoned, or strengthened. The reader of this may only be a school- boy of small importance in his little world. But let him remember tbat he has the power in his soul to help every living creature whom he meets. If only by a smile, a kind word, a cheerful, cordial greeting, he may make life easier and brighter for them. There are two rules of the new system ot cure for bodily diseases which he must obey. He must touch the person whom he wishes to help, â€" not stand apart and view him with lo'fty superiority, but meet him as a brother, face to face. He must, too, have faith in God, to give strength and life to his own soul, and through him to others. There arc men and women who seem to be sent into the world as healers of all horta and sorrows. Who would not be one of them? Ftm in the Ohoir- In a church in Baltimore a noted tenor singer was rendering a solo in Warren's " Te Ddum," and, mistaking the instructiomi to the organist as to the lue of the stops for the sacred words, sang out at the top of his voice, 'Pedal, great gamba and swell," to the astonishment of the congregation. He could not account for the tincontrollable and convulsive though suppressed laughter of the choir, and was not aware of his mis- take until it was explained to him, when he was overcome with mortification. Another instance, more intensely amustog, was that of a well-known baritone singer in the same chnrcb on another occasion, who inadvert- ently placed the slur on the wrong note. He bad adapted the air of "The Jewish Maiden" to a hymn beginning, " Before the Lord We Bow," and instead of placing the slur on the first two syllables he plaoeS it on the last one, and rendered it tJhua, "Before the Loid We Bow-wow- wow." The effect was immense. As be had aad still has a powerful and beautiful voice, Itli hearers were thoroughly electrified at this unwonted and unlocked for cuiine imitatioB He has never entirely recovered from the effect of his ludicrous mistake. Fatal Satnrdav. In connection with the element of super- stition which generally accompanies the deaths of monarchs, tbe following record (says the Pall Mall Ot^zette) would seem to show tbat for 176 yeard Saturday was very mnch of a fatal day to the Royal Family of England William III died Saturday, March 18. 1702. Queen Anne died Saturday, March 18. 1714. Ceorge I died Saturday, June 10, 1727. George II died Saturday, October 25, 17R9 George III died Saturday, January '20, 1S20. George tbe IV died S.»turday, June 26. 1830. Duchess of Kent died Saturday, March 16. 1861. Princess Consort died Saturday, Decem- ber 14. 1861. Prince Alice died Saturday, December 14, 1878. He was dotog very nicely in the parlor, when a solemn voice came through the open window from the porch. " Tiutt young man makes me very tired. " " Don't be alarmed, Mr. Sampson," aaid the girl as be hastily started np, ** it is only PoUy, onr parrot." " I understand it's the parrot," he replied, "but I would like to know who tanirht her to talk."â€" J^. r. Sun, Willun Hastings Toon of London ad- vertised in seventy English papers for a clerk at salary of $450 a year. To pplicants he returned a circalar saying that he most Have five shillincv as a guarantee of good faith before considering the matter. The police arrested him aftsr he bad received many thousand applications and a goodly number of shillings and to court it came ont that the whole business was the result of a wager of $500 Toon had made with a friend that withto a month he oould get five thoa* saad a^Iioations for a situation as a deric and that two thousand of them would be aoooB^Miied by five shillinga. The jury found him guilty of fraud, but tiie Judge releaeed liim nndtt bonds with a warning aad siwpennoa of • t â-  .1 r. â- â€¢ir •I t..- J, I 1- m .*5^: