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I ' .- iiril i*-~. « ill ^i\ fCiire- ii.i. n -r. .li\ 1. 1. 11'!-. ili^bLrt, â- â- .-. 1*: ..I .iiri iii-lr.ri-sMiing J-, 1.. ^iiiMi \i 1-!- --iiikinK â-  i III. v\- \\ \.\ I r\ tiollar â-  ' I- ,. t iiiitiiiniin:.? â-  -;..,. .•-nf slill'Jl ,, ,.1,.: ':,.â-  iiivfsior .... 1 1 ij.'.ji ;ln- Uirj{i-*«t ll». 111*.. l«*ilOM4l. oVt 'S^i^E^iM It f C\ST^V U V" l.lrlftly frir t« I'tiii-iMriiily cured. V wl:(. h.iv.' co'» T. A. SLOCUM â- FICE, TORONTC ESTABLE r;iV€-! or occupatior. Ti::iwT :Koi-xcn • L.^'=i3[ -:- is»i;sTnfc\r. â-  ..l-.. ,1, .1 .-VCIJ 1 •litVi'tl ttr r4-*:ii«-(l ill any !-..\ •,' Ui.- ;-r.--,: .med fs cat of, say, in of over l:( r.,111.1 Mill at Tor.i!ito Ivir.irv. will Ik.' i-rt'Cti'tl ;tt ll. \lniii Strain Fire lirr lleimrtmrnl " fatrnt Friction IrantfordjCan Published by arrangement wib i the pub Uahen from adTaootd iliesto tA CKauibtn't wrxo/ Wiiigate, for he it was, dropped tte caaes I ^ncy btutled oat of the room. He held oat and staggered into the seat. lor a o o Jient he measured his antagonist with hi« eye, anl ilt^p^iringly gave up the wild i lea of a struggle as at onc:e hopeless and perilous. An iu:itaut of wild battiral rage was followed by a cold IremVding of the limbs. There re- maineil only a last efio."t for freedom to be made, and a^ the detected thief remembered his hand to Vere, bnt she could not, or would not, see. At the door he lingered for a moment with a backward glance uid Vere, looking up at length, their eyes met, each telling their own tale in the same mate HEALTH. 9e was at her side in a mcHnent. "What dare I say " be asked, the forged acceptance in his pocket, his 1 "What dare you say Rather, what dare spirits nwe to the encounter. ' Perliapi^you notsay? What did yon promise a year you will lie grKMl enough to prove what myTf^**» *Bd how have you fulfilled that prom name is," he answered doggedly. " Prove it " Winchester echoed con- leu iptuouaty "yes, liefore a jury, if you likf;. Do Starr and Fortiter's agents gen- erally 'lo their business in disguise, with a ':a.h waiting' for them outside with a pan- toiiiinic p.'jliceman alongside the driver t 'I'lif nuheinc was a very neat one but, un- fii-tiiii;»tely for you, I happen to know t-VL-rything." "i'/i apr€4," said Wingate, with all the cool iiisolen'je a»-his command. 'Upon my wor.l, yon uarry matters with a high hand. Peihiiptf yr»u forget that I hold an 'open .si-s.irn»;' that will allow nm to depart whether you liku it or not." ise Do you think tliat I forget so easily â€" that because riches and prosperity have coin- to me Oh can't you see Can't you say Fomethizig I may not " "1 am weak and foolish bat I cannot help it. Jack," Vere cried with her face aflame. "Oh, how blind yon have been, and how unhappy I Of coarse it is.â€" What will people say What do I care what peo- ple say, when I am the happiest girl iu Eng- land !â€" But, Jack, there is one thing I would not have them say, that I had actually to ask a man to â€" to marry me.y There was a great glow of happiness upon Winchester' face, reflected in a measure on Ashtoa'a pallid cheek. For a few moments he I a«ed n^t trust h'melf to utter the words â- .1. I'uii my wojii, lam greatly obliged to i'.f iiieniioiiiiig it," U incheater return- I tremuling on his lips. Voiiare nalurally alluding to the ac- j "You always had my love," he said pre- .r.-j,i..nee yoa stole from my studio" j sently. "Fate has been very good to me in â- Itiiuinathu forged name of Lord Bear- spite of myself. My darling.if you are willing '"*^^""' I to brave the -A^orld, you shall never regret "llt^aring the forged name of Tord Bear- it so long as Jod gives me' health and l.rt\. Tt. KxHuiIy. Foithat reminder alsoallow I strength to shield you.â€" Chris, have you no nit- lo i(-inlor yoti my ai net) re tlianks. You I thing to say?" ;ii.- :in :uuW.-iou.i ra.tcal, .Mr. Wingate, ii "Only, that you may be as happy as you iriii.iii we l,oth appreciate. If that bill was I deser^'e to be.' And what you have done III my p.eket, yon would, not feel so easy as j for me to-night, with God's help, you shall you ilo 'â-  i be repaid for, all the days of your life. â€" â- iVrtaialy. That, as you are perfectly l Ami nou; Yene may perhaps be persuaded awriri-, id my sheet-anchor. Come what may, to let us go." 1 will," she whispered, "for I know you you ii:ttt: not prci.seeiile me and s)faras lam uon'-iiii(l, Kiiall walk out of this room as trelv urt 1 eHme in." " That i.s very likely," Winchester retuiiieil dryly. ' But if I may ven- inr to prophesy, not without paying -siiiin-iliing f.r your freedom. You may rest ansurfd of one thing, that unless that oill is m iriy posneHsion, ytmr exit will Ijo acuom- paiiietl Ky an olfi-rial not rtltf)gether uncon- ne.-teil with Scotland Yard." will come again to-morrow. To-morrow â€" i-ather to-day for, see, the sun has risen, anl dayliglit has come at last " [the knd.] Id force it from nie," Wingate Hr.-it real feelinir of alarm getting ' Von 1 â- -i. the In-tti-r of lit:^ mali-hless audacity. iill ii.vcr dare " â-  I WM Too Little Best. til l,r. l.i.l Jm iv tl Kmily Huntington Miller iu the Home M(n/at*nt- The most precious thing lit the household is the mother. She is worth in- finitely more to her children as a mother, a counselor, a close personal friend, a genial companion, a sympathetc teacher, a wise and watchful guardian, than she can possi- bly be as seamstress or caterer. Let her be slow. to waste herself on duties that are not" supreme, or lose the prcciousness of htr home-life by making liersclf a slave to what Is not ertsentittl. Here is a piece of work she can do, but some licautiful pur^Be that might elevate her own and her children's lives could le accomplished in the same time, and must be set aside for it. What are hci' woman's wit anl ingenuity for if they can not help her to some device by which she can accomplish the double good so with the I of saving herself and putting the work and I the money into some other woman's hands? " Xo, We do not use so much jelly," said a woman in answer to her neighbor's ques- tion, " but I like to make it, and I do not like to sew, .so I make a quantity to sell, and give my sewing to Mrs. G I can earn enough in a lay to keep her at work a week, and it leaves me so much leisure for readfiig and other things that I never felt I could afford the time for." Our women have too little rest, too little actual leisure they are always under pres- -i:v of iinjK.tGnt malice. "Like to soe â-  sure of duties, and they do not stop to con- 11 In- cri.-d. "1 would give anytlikig, ""l*^i" whether it might not be wiser to • Mil!* of niv life, it 1 couM, tor the op- i accomplish less and make better workman- rtimitv-.f tru minutes' conversation at ^hip lo drop a part of their undertakings, I- riiMri'ii-nt." and give themselves with less divided aim V. MS. h.^ifr titnched the little silver hell J ^o the rest. We do not even follow the teachings of our own best judgment in these matters. Other people decide upon our duties and plan our work for us, and we 8ub:iiit. We "rebel, perhaps, and protesfc more or ie.s8 vigorously Imt in the end we submit, and take up the work somclwdy thinks we ought to do, or add to our bur- dens this one thing more which somelwdy clearly sees we are oidained to carry. And so harassed, and huri*ieil, and pulled hither and thither, we get through life in the con- dition of tlie p(x»r olil soul lo whom heaven lo(ked most attractive as a place where she was "going to do nothing for ever and ever." Id dare anything. Can't you sec !i »ri' i'omplt;tely iji my power? How- io fiut de?iire to use force it would lid a great deal worse fol' 'iii. i'on an- counlin;; upon Lord Bear- liu\ iii'.-i iliara'ier for rtev«.rtly, and also how v'.ii .iiii 1m- i-vin;^-tl upon Ash on for be- I tjiviiii: ymi. l"poii iny uord, w mii I ihiiik â-  .[ r\i lylliin^. the cofvillainy â-  I ihirt plot, ii'.u I lia\c u ni AMii s Irnglli, I i-an scai'ce- ill ti'irn tiir aHliing you within an inch '..r.- Iif aii.I I should il u"li..-t ati.-,factioii." " \nn will treat me as a genlle- ati," Wingate faltered, .slirinking back 1: li Man.lnd Iip« and clmtteriiig I ':i. H;- wa-i lonijdetely cowed but .1 iiialiiriiaiiT cunning of his nature did " i.iil liiiii .[iiile yt-t. "J 1 could do a lot ii.uiii. If 1 seni to Lorl Bcarhaven and id !.. him." -- â-  â- â- .â- ^liould yon /»/ to see him 'â- ' Winches- r.L-!:id al-riiptly. \\ iuL;ati's dark eye« blaeed with the in- â- l k.nd â-  .il,i dclightoil to be in i»late yon,*' he replied ifsenteretl. "Will you ksk l..ord Bcarhaven to tn .-, as .Seinr noiirli to way "" incnt later. Bearhavon entered, I, and nlightly Cnhternptuous, in nialc evening dre.ss, and looking III liii« superior height upon tlie u.-lily Lewildered Wingate while icslrr. ciiTent to leave the matter i[l â-  '.Tii[»t.i-iit handw, discreetly vanished. I -lU wi-;hfd to speak to ine," said the I'-nii-r afl"r a lonj; pause. "I would -f \..u ti be bric'f in your contiilence.-*, \\ni;.'ate' ipiiiin Wingate, if you liave in)-objei Usury That rhrives in Italy. â- I'" i|.p unt rvti' ..Ic CI .....I fell. w, a jury will not â- iW. istii itioii. 1 am Bfirry oU 1 t v.. ir ]i:-iniined ticat. isKi own t» lue. Yi.ur Cfin- IV iijaiiiin C'hivers, to lie â- d everything. \\'e .|.h, â-  ..r.ided tlifdiseojutiledraHcal, with ,,,, ,..-,,. ,,.,... MMii.li..n..f.-.-.s,-. ••U-t.wprfBelveJ ""' '""""' ""»"' '" Hi'iiilwi ill the â- onrtf'^ics " â-  """""' "' "â- " interesting rep(»rt on tiie tr-ttie J 1 ami agrictiltnrc ot his district, especially of the province of Lecce, obser"es lliat there are but thirteen hical or co-operative hanks in the jirovince, antl small proprietors un- able to (»btain ailvivncesfroin the agencies of the large banks, and having no co-operative bank lo assist them, had to resort to usurers lo obtain funds to cultivate their vineyards. In the published statistics of the Chamber of Commerce for the province for the year iSSSsome astonishing figures are given on this subject. "How tlie Chamber has ob- tained the information I am unable to say, but the .=mrprising feature is thnt, after jjay- ing the land tax 'f 40 per cent, on the assessed value of the land, the owner has lieen able to pay such rate** of interest as those quoted ImjIow, (as he must have done or saeritiecd his proi)erty.-) Such being the I yourse Forlitf .t -has- disci li.iu you in.u'i' Liracfs i.f .Starr and Fortiter's agent, iu sl'df his credentials from him, and c 111- lies druj^ged at this moment. 1 V'ni are iiu'st desirous of nientioniiig ;ii foi'L'cd bill beaiin^' iny Hignature. .n be surprised to hear that I kncAV ..Mit ili:ii tlircc years ago V"' ;:;! 11 1 liked litdi-^close the facts, my broke in Wiiigate, now thoroughly t.-d. "1; I am jrf.-»sfd to do so" â€" â€" Liiid Bearhavon sternly â- 1 aii'i iitit uoiTii' to argue with 1 1--1-1,..,- ;.y ..1 an..tiier. Let me bring my- -r^*^- ' '^â- â- '" """^V "^^^.^t thathad these un. Il d-'Wii l»y.iiir level. -:. |.;i-,-d I.iaikliowlctl di. \Viii.liPf.t,r will b â-  I -l..t.- the l.ill fn.n: iiinti," ri'iiciu.hd the !»peaker with stinging 'iitiiiip; "I think that ytm will be a long I )i:if 111 pi'isuadiiiL.' " jury to give credeni^e to â-  .â- ;r :..iy. I,' id litMiliavcn's testimony, I â- t.^uMi.-. will'" fuitliir than that ofawell- .11 -wii harp:'t'and hiackleg." W iii::.i!( V lii-ad It'll lower and lower, till ,1- I.L. .â-  r.-.frd Mil his hands. 'I'he struggle, I much for even 'luiic in yiuir power," li"pe yini will nut Ie lie what I must do. ...-I up .i,d il â-  ItM- d ~.v.-re. li;id 1.. I'-i il \-. "I all â- â€¢1 think. 1 nic: Tell II l.c d..n.-."" â- t,Muc you II ' i" iia' nhat tilt III "lU p"-*SfS-*ll ' w \.ur last -hanc hr tic inrrcy from ni' ..n.i li:i-il l.Miiy discretitll. â- â-  \iii| -iiqip. 'sinii 1 agrec- 1. ill 111, ike term.-*"â€" â€" -11 « ill do nothing of the kind it is I M li" will make terms. lliiiid it oTer uiiji .;M aiiollur Word and yiui leave heie a Il • r :â- ! 111. I fax t\" nmre." â- -! â- â- â- \\\. !.:nid;in;..;ly, Wingate drew from ill- m:. i.^t I k'l a u.ini leather case, and I ii.;:i^ tlifiefiim a narrow slip ttf paper, II lii !â-  «1 It to Lord Beailiaven, as^if it was -â-  T [.re.ioiis liea.-.iire at which his soul re- • â- â€¢:'â-  I .fii'in pal lin' with. After a hasty ul .1 e :vt Its c.ntenls. Lord licarliaven held ir â- . r the tlame of a laitqi till nothing but a i A i-ti.-kened aohes remained in his ihigers. •â- \ lU \.m may !:o."'Iie said, with amotion :\ :rU tin- di'or. "Allow ine to sec you -»:â-  ;\ .•iftlif premises. Your cab is still at til d-i'!-. 1 think. Ytm must make your I -v. -1 jHM -e with tiic cabman and the artificial ]..-â-  â- niui." \^ ::; -!i-^lei- wa-* stan.ling in the hall some- w 1 1: mijKiiiently \\aiiing-f"r the tenninatit)n â-  'I lilt interview, t iie glance at thedetect- 'â- â- I luiidiers fjictj was KulHcient evidence '•i • 'â-  n.' f-i^ful issue. -V;j Wingate-dis- ip:i' ired III the darkness, KearJiaveii turned t-' â-  .â- â-  aru?t and held unt his hand. â- â-  I think wc can congratulate ourselves." lie lid. •' 'I he -iper we spoke of no longer t-M-i' And r.owl will retire, if you have no tili; â- -tiou. Miss Iene will not care to see me ;t:;iii to-niiiUt. especially iis â€" vou under- stand " â€" ^^ Will, -heater nod.kd it would have been ini;i..iible to express his feelings in words. (hi I' alone, lie ran lightly upstairs to the dr.i .1 :ngr»om. where Chris and Yere togeth- i-r v:t!t Miss Ash ttm were awaiting him. As he e-riered, 'the light was falling full upon 'e:es face, from which all the pride and hn L_;!itiness hail gone, leaving it soft and lew :ul. There was a tremor of her limbs, luv ips worked unsteadily as she tried to sui.: â-  in return for his bright face. For a nil. nut all were silent, Ashton watching -thevi without daring to speak. â-  Ir i.^ *bne," he said gently, noting the tbim^ piteous appeal in Chris's eyes. "Thank He I .en. you are free at lost." 'I'.iere was another silence, at the end of whicli he tobl them all. Miss Ashtoo, weeping quietly, hung on every word with bre.ithless admiration. To Winchester she tirniiy believed there was nothing impossible; thi-. favourite erring nephew had always been the delight and terror of her 8im|de I'l vit â-  and I will be ' foi'tu"aie proprietors been able to get money â-  tbesignatnre, and «" ^^'^^y ^^y tenns say S to 10 per cent. prepared to swear per annnin, they would have found agncul- his »tudio.--And I I """" "' '" province a very prohtable spec- â-  ulation. At lirsl sight it would seem that .such a state of things might be worthy, of the attention of foreign bankers if proprie- ttirs can and do pay such rales of interest, surely legitimate banking business would' prosper here. The communes cited are in out-of-the-way positions, far from the larger towns, which in some measure explains inallers." The tabic appended gives a list of twenty-eight communes, with the rate jK-r cent, per annum charged for money loaned to agriculturists. The lowest rate is 4U per cent., and prevails in two communes. In one il was "iO, in live f»0, in one 7-, in two KM), in three 120, in one l.'iO, in one 160, in me 'JCHt, in tliree "240, in two" 2.50, in two 'llNl, in one 400, in one 480, in one 550. and in one 1,'JOO per cent., or cent, per cent, per month. This is an average" of about 215 per cent. ier cent, througliout the whole province. do e at this moment not prevaricate so vol' limy expect riace It in my hands ToipidliiTer. If the liver is ioactiTe, and conaeqaeatly fails to make bile enoiu^, the poiaonoos, waste elemcotB, which £otild be eliminated in this jnanner, are retained. The iHle not retained, Nhthiih* it is not made. The materials for the bile are not bile, any more than alkalies and oils are soap. One of the elements of bile is sTresinoos substuice called cholesterine. If this is not carried off pro- peiiy, very serious and sometitnes fatal con- I sequences follow. In the liver itself, it accumulates and forms gEilbstones, a diseased condition accompanied with the greatest Xain. Gall-stones are sometimes so nearly pure resin that they can be ignited and burned. One of the symptons of a torpid liver, is a brassy taste in the mouth, indicating the presence of choteeterine. Another symptom is specks before the eyes, and these specks are of cholesterine, deposited in the crystalline lens of the eye, where they intercept the rays of light. Sometimes these specks float about, moving with each movement of the eyeball. If these specks become very abundant, they form an impediment to risicm. It the liver is not doing its fall duty in the manufacture of bile, the digestive appa- ratus suffers greatly. A person with a tor- pid liver is always lean, for he is unable to digest the fat making elements of the food. One with bard, plump tissues cannot possi- bly have a torpid liver for a pretty good liver is absolutely necessary to the deposit of a large amount of aaipose tissue. Another consequences of torpidity of the liver is that the lood is not well absorbed after it is digested. Such persous may eat enough to be fat, but their food does them no good, beyond maintaining existence. The gastric juice is a very corrosive fluid, and if the quantity of bile produced is insufficient, the gastric juice is not neu- tralized as thoroughly as it should be when it meets the food in the small intestines; and as the small intestines have no means of defend themselves from its action, irr'tation is set up. Such persons will haVe pain in the bowels, just below the liver, and often com- plain of a tenderness in that region. The trouble is not in the liver, but in the duodenum. Not infrequently, however, tliis irritation sets up a catarrh, and the catarrh travels up to the liver, and dams back what little bile is made and then the bile must be absorbed into the body, and the skin will not only be dingy, but yellow. If the bile is scanty, it does •- ot exercise proper antiseptic action, and fermentation seta in before the food is completely digested and ready for absorption. Alcohol ami carbonic acid gas are formed, and thelxiwels become bloated, putrefaction takes place, and offensive gases are formed. Poisonous substances are thus developed, which are absorbed to a greater or less degree the breath is tainted, and every tissue and por- tion of the body and the bruin itself, all suffer the poisonous effects. The jkji-soii may have vertigo, and fehl dull and unable to concentrate the mind, with overpowering sleepiness after meals. He is being poisoned by poisons generated within his own ali- mentary canal.. Yet hiany people who have torpid liverl and indigestion, treat il as a trifling matter. Itiaieallya dreailful thing for one's brain to be BO poisoned that it cannot even tlitiik properly. The nen'oua system, us a whole may be affected, and the distnrbance may lecome so great as to lead to insanity. The bile is a natural laxative, and stim- ulates peristalic action. If the bile is defi- cient in quantity, then the action of the bow- els is partially paralyzed and excretions which should pass off are retained for days and even weeks. During all this time, poisonous substances are generated and heing absorlwd. It follows that a person with a torpid liver^is sick and miserable, Cand suf- fers, from an innumerable multitude of ills. If the liver is too torpid to attend to its duty of regulating the supply of sugar, the digested sugar passes directly into the blood, and brings on that disease known as dia- betes, which is often very difficult to cure. Again, the liver may fail to perform its function, and consequently the refuse mat- ters of the body are not completely reduced and changed as they should Ik; to enable them lo be thrown off by the organs of elimination. This comlititm is often made apparent by a whitish, brick-tlust, or a pinkish sediment in the urine. Tliese sedi- ments mean that the liver is torpid, and is not converting the waste Miil»stanees which come to it in the form of uric acid, into urea. Uric acid, or its derivatives, is often deposited around the joints, and the person may havcan attack of rheumatism, pleurisy, gout or some allied affection. Nature must do something with this worse th:in useless material,«o she deposits it around tlie joints, in order to save the delicate membranes of the Iieart and brain and lungs from snlfer- ing from tlfeir presence. Sometimes, in place of rheumatism, the person will have neuralgia or a onesided head-uchc. it^dMd and woA «r toaiBiBg ouigoim Asa geamnl mle ac^uld in the fourth -ywmr ahmdd be 3 last high, ancL ««u^ more than 28 poimds; in the sixth year, 3| feet hi|^ and wei^^ ^wanda; in theei^t year, 4 feet hi^ and 56 pcnads in weigfat at twelve years old, 5 feet in height and 70 poondi in wei^t is a Cur average. At the t«m of adcdesoeuce 28 poonds sfaoold be added for a gain of 3 or 4 inches in hei^t, 112 pounds is about the average weight for 5 feet 6 inches 126 pounds for 5 feet 8 140 pounds for 5 feet 10; 154 pounds for 5 feet 1 1, and 168 pounds tor 6 feet. The Domestic Doctor. powdered chalk and vinegar are good for a bum. Severe pains in the bowels and stomach are often speedily relieved by the application of a bag of hot sut. Eruptions caused by heat may be soothed by bathing them in a eolation thus prepared: To a pint of rose* wat!r add one tea-spoonful of common carbolic acid. Do not let 'the wash get into the eyes, as it will make them smart. Of all the causes of premature baldness noue is so comnxm as indigestion. Dys- pepsia and weak and falling hair go hand in hand. As the onf affection has increased so has the other, and not all the oil of Macas sar, the bear's grease of Siberia nor thecan- tharides of Spain will prevent a man's hair from shortening and thinning whose stomach is badly but of order. Indeed, anything which debilitates the nervous system has a weakening effect on the scalp tissues, which shows that loss of hair may proceed from general as well as local causes. One ot the best hot applications for pain in pneumonia or dysentery is a flannel bag filled with hops and wning out with hot vinegar. The process miiy be avoided by the use of two tin plates. After the bag is ready pour a little vinegar in one plate, set it ou the top of the stove and lay the bag in it. Place the other plate on the top to keep in the steam. When the vinegar has all evap- oiated into the hops add a little more and turn the bag. In a few minutes the bag will be steaming hot but not dripping. This keeps it light, a thing always to le consid- ered when the chest is weakened by pneu- monia, and saves the hands of the nurse from the scalding \inegar. JOHN BULL AfiAOAD. Hale Old £nglibhmeii. In America the young man is the man of the hour. Precocity pays. In England the old man not only has a chance, but by com- mon accord is master of the situation. ' It is the exception with ua for a public man to be regarded as at his l»est lefore he is between fifty and sixty. In the professions the most eminent and hardest working men will be found to bo over sixty. Last week old Lord Alljemarle, who fought at Waterloo, entered upon his ninety second year. Lord Cottesloe was ninety one last year. The late Yiscount Eversley was in his ninety-fifth year when he died recently. The present writer once saw him when he was ninety-one. His Lord- ship was returning from shooting, near Windsor, and he was remarking that he would soon have to buy a pair\)f spectacles, OS his aim had not leen so good of late. When he was Mr. Shaw Lefevre he did good service as Speaker of the House of Commons. Sir George Burns, the founder of theCunard Steamship Company, and a great authority on .Oiip- building, died last month, aged nine- ty-five, and in full possession of his faculties. Lord Wexborough, Mr. Gladstone, Lord Tynham, Lord Portmaij, and about one hun- dred other well-known public men, still en- gaged in active work, are between SO and 90. Probably the average age of the best known 500 public functionaries who conduct the legal, parliamentary, military, naval aid other public services would be found to over 00. life. Now the tale was told, the play was ended. With a passionate sigh, Winchester turned to go. *riiis is no longer any place for us," he sai'l. â€" "Chris, are you coming with me V "You will do nothing of the kind," cried Miss .-Vshton, firm for he only time in her amiable existence. "I will give Semmes orders to lock every door and bring me the keys. â€" Jack, you ought to be auamed of yourself " Winchester sighed agaiq wistfully aa Avnt The Gladstone Sbt Machine. The Gladstone s\x machine is amusing the Londoners, "i. 1* novelty," says correspondent, "repre=e:its a highly colored and cry large face of Mr. Gladstone, and by placing the usual pt-imy in the slot, which is situated on the tup of his head, a piece of writing appears at the figure's open mouth containing one of the usual exciting pieces of fortune- telling information with which everyone is more or less acquainted. This automatic machine seems to represent very accurately the view of the average vot- er in regard to Mr. Gladstone. He seems to imagine that you have only to drop a letter in the Hawardrai poet box to get an answer on any conceivable subject under the son. if Mr. Gladstone replies at Imgth he is ac- cused of "prolixity; if shHtly, of discourt- esy if he is silent, ^he letter can be repeat- ed. The fact that Mr. Gladstone hsa sur- vived this process tot eighty years is one of the stnmgeet ptooh of his vitality." Wunen hate the iiiex»able. IheyUk* a eonditran of tilings in vhi^ nothing m ao sarely fixed but that tlieniW nay be faroksA in %hib fakvor, or thebwd dooiriott nrvovd. Causes of Ifear-Bightedness. Nationality haa an influence, though a slight one, iu the production of near-sightcd- neas, as shown by contrasting Jews with other people. The complexion, whether fair or dark, also seems to have some in- fluence. The shape of the cranial .bones is also a factor, but how fur is not yet determined. Deep orbits and a short face are very fre- quent in near-sighted persons, but often the same mold of face is found without myopia. Heredity is an important factor. Child- ren are most liable to le near-sighted when both parents have been similany affected, less liable w-hen only the mother and least ivheu only the father is thus affected. Boys of myopic parentage are twice and girls bmr times as strongly inclined to myopia aa the oflapring of non-myopic parents. xliere is but little difference between the tendency of boys and girls to become near- sighted. If any exist il will lc found that under the same conditions more girls than Ijoys will become affected. Occupation has the greatest inflivencc in the ^production of myopia, as "especially marked in those occupations which demand frequent and continuous accommodation of the eye with convergence of the visual axis. Needle-work at an early age, unsuitable seats, insuflicieut light, and means of teach- ing which make too great demands upon the eye, such as dark slates, poor paper small type, etc., all possess a most harmful influence. The following is recommended by way o prophylaxis Schools should be well lighted; this should be so arranged that in gloomy weather the darkest part of a room should receive light the equivalent of ten candle-power. The window surface of a room should lear the. proportion to its floor surface of at least one to five. The interruption to light should be few for this reason the pains of- gla^ should be large, and the frames should le of iron. School buildings should Ijc somewhat isolated, not surrounded by other buildings, trees, etc," which lessen the amount of light. The seats ahouUl he adapted to the sizes of the pupils, there being at least three sizes in each room. All the pupils should be measured twice a year and seated according- On entering school each pupil's eyes should be examined by a physician and the result Kcorded; all the pupils should be examined at l^wt once a year, and should any show signs of myopia they should be carefully guarded against further predisposing causes in the assignment of seats, and iu the ap- portioning of exercises, etc. Glasftes should not be worn imless by direction of a physi- cian, neither should their use be forbidden except by the same authority. • Test letters should be displayed in each room in a suitable place if on dark tlays the vision of any of the pupils should be found wanting it would be better to tem porarily substitute oral instruction for eX' ercises in reading or writing. As little aa possible of the school work -!oaldbedone at home. Here, also, each chid should have a chair adapted to its t-i/e The hours for study should be ar- r^Jiged by the teacher. Kack slates should not be used, but in their] stead white slates or paper. In text- books and in writing books wmte paper and black ink should be insistod upon. These demands are clearly put, and fur- thei, t^^ can be easily complira with. The most dimcult thing would be to regulate the amount of won at home, as well as seats adapted to the size of the children. The latter condition is uot only of the higli- est importance in ita relations to Uie pro- duction of myt^ia, bat it pl^ a prominent part in the oouuderation uf spinal cnrva- ture. â- â€¢lae's Hd BnierBon's Dellallloa May aol Apply Then. In a few weeks another season will be over and past, and those of us who have a sutlicient amount of luck, money amd sense condiiiied will be scouring the continent with a view to reg iniiig the health wasted in late hours and big dinners in London. Once more we shall give the iutulligent foreignerampleop^iortuuitiesof studying the peculiarities of the English character. Once more the Paris opera-house will be invaded by our compatriots in morning dress, while hut'ly Englishmen stroll down the Boule- vard des Italians in knickerbockers and shooting Ixjots. If rudeness is not tlie badge of all our trilic, we must al any rale con- fess that we have a noble disregard for the conventionalities of others, and that we arc superbly indifferent to the feelings of Frenchman, (lermans, Russians, Italians, tf id ge.nu^omne. We care nothing for the Parisian carica turist, with his most uncomplimentary car- toons. We scorn him, and he does not even succeed in stinging. Our providential ig- norance of the awful German language enables us to li.sten with equanimity to criticisms on " der toUe Englander^*! The phrase is unknown to ninety-nine English- men, and to about one German, out of a hundred. They may abuse us, or laugh at us, or shun us it is all the sauic as far as we are concerned, and, in the language of the P.R,, we still come up smiling. Some of the criticisms of foreigners may perhaps serve to amuse, if not to instruct 'i'hej' are mostly directed towards cer- tain salient points in the English character hicli impress the inhabitants of these countries we" favour with our visits more than we are perhaps aware. Our religious notions, our love" of independence, our' ex- clusiveness and lui sociability, our curious variations between impetuosity aud mas- terly inactivity, our athleticism, our horsey- ness â€" all these strike the foreigner and give him occasion to blaspheme. Heine's detini- tion of the English aristocracy, for in- stance, is summed up in the words 'â- ' Asses who talk of horses. "' Emerson declared that in the case of England " the horse was in the saddle ami rotic mankind." We cju-ry this kind of sanctimonious piety with us in fuir poi'tmanteau. It is very ehcai) and no duty is charged. As it has no weight we are in no danger of having to pay extra for our luggage from lliis "fcanse. Of course every foreigner thinks of Edinburgh on a Sunday with a shudder. Nassau Senior has tolil how a Hebrew expired in -great agony owing to, having made a pun inlhat city on the Sawbath. Bismarck, too, has complain- ed bitterly of the intolerance 'shown by the North Britons to those who whistle on Sun- day. One of his jokes against the English re- lates to our supposed seiisitivencss as to our rights. ".An Englishman," said Bismarck, "once fought and overcame a sentry in order to luuig himself in the sentry box, that being a right which he considered it his duty to vindi- cate in his own behalf and that of e.very free born Briton." Afew years ago when there was a passion among the English visitors at Horn- burg for lawn-tennis, many of the (iemian residents were scandalized by the scanty at- tire of the gentlemen ami the objectionable character of the English "blazers." They accordingly sent a deputavion to the "Mayor" or "Burgomaster," or "Chief Civic Func- tionary, to complain of the indecency of the game, aud to ask him to interdict it. This reiiuest that great and good man re- fused, on the charactertiatic ground that if he stopped lawn-tennis he would have to prohibit all English games "for," said he, "all English games are indecent." The Germans have many storiesabout our poor innocent selves. One, which may be reatl in almost any " Anekdotenschatz," tells of an Englishman in a railway accident who, hearing from a porter that his valet had been killed and subdivided, requested immeiliate- ly that the" portion of the valet on which the right-hand waistcoat pocket was found might Ik; brought to him in order that he might olttain the key of his dressing- lag. This was phlegmatic. But where his property is con- cerned the Englishman can be impetuous, too. For instance, it is related that an English- man was lounging home rather late one night along the Yia Conditti at Rome. A man go- ing by jostled against him. The Englishman, whose suspicions werearoused, instantly felt for hi4 watch. It was gone. He saw the fellow hurrying down the road, and he was not the jnan to lose a good gold watcb with- out a struggle, so, shouting, " Date mi I'or- inolo," he started in pursuit. The man he was following took to his heels across tlie Piazza di Spagna, up the steps, and away to- wards the Quirinal. At last, fairly rim down, he handed over the watch and made off. The Englishman, proud of his country and him- self, returned to his hotel, and there on the table to his stupefaction and surprise saw his own watch The next day it was known about Rome that a French gentleman had been hunted down by a powerful rufiian and robbed near the Quirinal. â€" [London Globe. TOUNO FOLKS. ABoy'sBelieL It isn*t much fun a-Uving If gruftdpa says what's troe. That this is the j^liest Ume o* life That rm a-passing throagh. I'm *fraid he Ican't remember. It's been so awf al long. I'm sure if he co^d recollect He'd know that he was wrong. Did he ever have, I wonder, A sister just like mine. Who'd take his skates, or break his kite. Or tangle up his twine Did he ever chop the kindling. Or fetch in coial or wood. Or offer to turn the wringer? If he did, he was awful good In summer, it's "weed the garden " In winter, it's " shovel the snow " For there isn't a single seascm But has its work, you know. And then, when a fellow's tired. And hopes he may just sit still, It's "bring me a pail of water, son. From the spring at the foot of the hill.* ow can grandptb remember A fellow's grief or joy Tween you and me, I don't believe He ever iccu a boy. /» this the jolliest time o' life Believe it I never can Nor that it s as nice to be a boy As a really grown-up maii. yon tbed t* or "BaTB yoa MOW Iw r* 1^6 •vwytUnir vaditaUa iar mittod of yoor cnwpanion Dou'task penbroe, "Do yon lite Buisie?" in a cnide wi^, bat *Toa are BDttBieal," with tlie Tery fiuntast qoastioD- ing inflection, or **Toa play tennis, I sap- poae?" And if yonr nnhauiy napondaat does not onderstand either of these Uiinn, do not make him any more onh^^' by I paose ot comment, but turn to something pleasanterfw him. Learn all the fonns of oonrteons and com- plimentary speedi, but nse them witiidis- tinctum. Von should know when to say that you will be pleased to accept a courtesy or attention, when yon will be "happy" to do the same, and when you will be glad, in the open -heartedness of frank intimacy. Learn the shades of civility, they give value to intercourse and meaning to cordiality when it comes. Use, the stut and spice of conversation freely, but be choice ofyour sugar, and, above all, don't be oily There are people so tmctuously polite that one near them feels like being careful for fear he gets grease on his clothes. One has to take all their smooth words with much salt. Sin- cere courtesies need no flavoring added. A BITLBiraH DBASE n TE£ ill. Wait Oil Toniseli There is one lesson which every young erson ought to learn. It is a duty. Wait on yourself. Do not grow up to depend on others. Make t a rule to do whatever you can yourself. Don't call on your mother, or your sister, or the servant, for service which can just as well be performed by youi-self, without call- ing on any bmly. If you have lost your slippers find them. The world is wide, and if they are to be found in it, why cannot you find them as well as anyljody else. We are continually hearing the cry among young people, when any of their belongings are lost, "Oh, I can't find it Ask mamma, or call Kitty." What is the reason you can't find it Have you lost your eyesight that you can- not see, or have you lost your reason that you do not know when you have found what is lost We know numbers of youug men who de- pend on "mother" to hunt up their shirts, and their stockings, and their neckties, and hang up the overcoats and hats which they fling anywhere, and produce from the house- holtl litter the newspapers they may hap- pen to want to refer to. Now, what reason is there in this sort of thing Isn't a young man of five-and-twenty, with no rheumatism in his legs, and no neuralgia in his teeth, and no corns on his toes, just as well able to hunt up things, and take care of his lothea, aa is his mother, who i^, proliably, twice his age, and who has her hands and head full of household cares and t|-ials We know of young girls whO'Can go lo balls, and dance till dayhreak, who are al- ways toti tired to darn their own Htocking.s and expect " ma" to mend them. "Ma does so love mending " They will stay out on a damp piazza, staring at the moon, with Mr. Fitz Boodle, or young Mr. l)e Smith, till midnight, and never drean of taking lid but if they have a ruffled apron to irou, ma must do it. They are ao afraid of getting into perspiration and then takjing rold Young people nowadays, are a helpless generation. We look at them and wonder what the next generation will be? We see young mothers who cannot hold and tend their children, because they have no strength but the same young motlters are able to care for two or three lap-dogs, and paint straddle-bug Chinese patterns on every available square inch of crockery in the house. We know young men who cannot get up to breakfast, and who find it an effort to brush their own clothes, and, who would shudder at the thought of making a fire or shoveling coal, or puini)ing water, who yet have tin; strength ami the courage to contcn.plate matrimony with creatures as helpless as themselves, on an income of fifteen dollars a week. (.)h, we do not like to see a young person who is eqmiHo waiting upon hiiiiself; We like to see him take pride in it. We likelo see him hold up his head while he brushes his own ciKLt, and finds his things in his bureau drawer and brings up hii own sliaving water, and lets Britlget alone with her dish- washing aud Tot-scruliliing. ItdtHis not hurt anybody to wait on him- self. Il teaches a young man the useful lesson that he was put into the world for some other purpose than to make a slave of his mother, or to order rountl aervant-giria, and men-servants. It gives him a confidence in him.self, and in his power to be and to do and gives him the comforting assuiauce that if all the ser- vants in the world should vanish into space in the twinkling of an eye, he could still manage to brush his coat-collar, and get his beard off without their help. How to Talk Well. The Proper ir«t^ Growth is very irregnlar in childrflnand yomg people senoaOy; parhapa two indiea maybe gHaedin two Bnatfaa, and fothe next tea monthanot another n^eraBiv to tibe age of ton or twabro yaam WIA0 grasrftia thna rafid futim is Fretty Stoiy From Fatherland- The Germans have a story which the home- lovingpeople loveto repeat. A father, when his daughter became a bride, gave her a golden casket, with the injimction not to pass it into other hands, for it held a charm which, in her keeping, would be of inestim- able value to her as miatress of a hotise. Notonly was she to have the entire care of it, but she was to take it every morning to the cellar, the kitchen, the dining-room, aad the bedroom, and to remun with it in each place for five minutes, looking carefnlly about. After a lapse of three years the father was to send the key, that the secret talisman might be revealed. The key was sent. The casket was opened. It was found to contain an old parchment, on 'which were written these words " The eyes of the mistressare worth one hundred pair of ser- vants' hands." The wise father knew that a practice of inspection followed faithfully for three years would become a habit and be aelf-perpetnated â€" that the golden casket and the hidden charm would haveacoomplish- ed their Beoqvoei^ it Seeded. "What's that t" asked the Fourth street bdle, as lie pwloined a Usa froea her. 'Tbat'a free tnck** he replied. 1 rnemed by talUng "And what'stUaf she mqoired, asdie tiian thdr afiura kivedUninntam. «â- -... "Wdf Aenr^ed. -I goev •fChat^^a* Oepeo^ewM If one might choose between lieing very handsome, with tolerable mannei-s, and leing fdain, with a fine, wcll-moilulated voice and tetter manners than ordinarj' he would wisely prefer the latter. We do not feel the charm of well-taught speech, because it is BO seldom heard. But ince felt it has a spell which liugera in the mind forever. Theljeautyof the face strikes the eye, the tonMif the voice stirs the heart. A fine voice, which docs not mean a loud one by any means, is always a distinct one, which can Im; unerringly heard without effort of tlie speaker. An indistiiict utterance is always a sign of mental or physical deficien- cy, which jught to be promptly mastered. And it takes very hard work often to jjet the better of this slovenly pronunciation. Learn to speak. It is easier when you come down in the morning to grunt in aubwer to good morning than to say the two words, but you must notallow yourself this piggish, boorish habit of grunting in place of speech. Neither, John Alexander, must you let your sleepy, dreamy, unsocial temper con- trol you so that you speak in a dull, thick tone at the back of the throat, «liich is of all othei-s the most trj'ing voice to under- stand. Slow speech is an intolerable affront to others and waste of time. I went to church yesterday and sat out a sermon which wast- ed thirty-five minutes of the possible forty- yeara I have yet tQ live, listening to such novel and profound remarka as these, " Animala are endowed with life," "Human beings have reason," spoken in a ponderous way, as if the speaker's wits were W(X)1- gatheriijg each sentence. You may believe 1 would not have wasted so much of my precious life w^aiting ou such sluggish mud- flowing if the sexton had not seated me too far up the aisle to get out without making a procession of myself before the congrega- tion. Y'ou must learn to talk to the point and with celerity â€" that is, not chattering V.t with smooth, realy flow of language without jerks or confusion. To apeak sweetly, make the toilet of your mouth and nose with care three times a day. There should be three minutes after each meal given to personal cares, rinsing the mouth, clearing the throat and using the handkerchief, which should then make its appearance as seldom as possible. A habit of deep breathing also clears the voice and gives it fulness and softness at command. Only good feeling and great kindness of nature can give sweetness â€" heart sweetness â€" to a voice but the smooth, vibrating tone that one listens for and wonders at conies, of physical well-being, a warm, lively tem- per of mind and body, which may be cul- tivated by keeping one's self verj- comfort â-  aolc, =nd then getting all the work out ol one's »elt he is -^pable of doing. What to say, and' how to say it, is all there is to the art of conversation. True, this is like saying that earth, air and water are all there is, to the world, as if it were simple aa beeswax. But it is something to know when you want to begin to improve talk, and that is by finding out just what you want to say. The other day a very bright woman asked me how she should write an advertisement for a merchant, I asked her for an idea of what she wanted to say, and the first sentence she nttered was the announcement complete. It was simple, concise, perfect. Happily the forms of polite speech are laid down tor ns â€" the "good momine" for Uiose we meet with whom we are not mtimate the"how do you do" forfriraidsandneighbOTS. People don't always feel themselves the oentnl mietmi in creatioii cv wish to talk aboDt tbenHelTes. They are rather conpU- ited by talking abont their taotca rattier 1 th^ afikira or personal inte te e t s. Yob see tbeaefe topfaa canoa]|y be indi- cated by teacMng yooMif pretty deaidedly wbatnotto aay. Aroid, qoeatieM if yon etm. It aomte better to oay, **I hope yon an not tired «My«fr kngvalk,"or'^paa vith it," than toadc Ai« rOEEIGH HOTES. In the State of Nevada the telegraph poles in damp, low lying situations have taken root and flourish^. They are of Cottonwood, aud planted with the bark upon t'lem. The Times* Brussels correspondent writes: â€" "The Brewery preitiises at Brussels, which are said to contain the Waterloo ball-room, have been sold to the adjoining convene for 60,000f. The room is doomed to destruc- tion. The first half of the series of performance at Oberammergau of the Passion Play yield ed250,000 marks, which willcoverthecost of production for the eutire season. The net profits are expected to be unprecedeutedly large. An engineer proposes to construct a pas- senger elevator to the top of Mont Blanc. The shaft would be of eight compartments, each six feet square. Each compartment would carry a triple-decked elevator for 27 passengers. Baron Caeper Von Leon, son of Baron Moritz Von Leonj of Traumansilroff Castle, lost his life on Sunday while ascending Momit Iffingen, to the north-west of Meran. This is tl e fourth fatal iLccidcnt which has occurred in the Austrian Alps during the lost ten days. Dr. Nicolaidcs, the correspondent in Ber- lin of certain Greek newspapers^ was arrest- ed on Sunday on a charge of horsewhipping an old woman who lodgetl in a room above him, and who often disturbed him bv\;reat- ing a noiae. The victim succumbed* to the flogging. Nearly six thousand pounds worth of half- franc pieces was found iu the personal estate of M. Duraud, a rich solicitor, who dieil re- cently at his residence in Hue Saint Honore, Paris. It is said that this Mas M. Duraud's stock of small coin from which he daily gave large sums to beggars :n the streets. The Emperor of Japan is apjiarently very jealous of his utterances liecoming public pro- perty. He was recently present at some ex- periments with the phonograph. He spoke int» the instrument, which faithfully record- ed his words, but he took possession df the cylinder, and refused to give it up. 'JVieste has been the scene of a terrible murder, A young servant girl named Mary Koman was found in her room with her head entirely split by one stroke of a hatchet. The assassin, who escaped, stole sonie HS,000fl worth of shares and valuables from her Master, Colonel von Bon, who was absent from his residence when the crime was committed. Messrs Huber and Suker, Iwth Swiss and members of the Alpine Club, have success- fully scaled Mount Sir Donald, one of the highest peaks of the Canadian Rockies. Its height is I4,000ft above tlie sea. The journey took seven hours. The mountain is reported to be more ditUcuIt to climb than the .lung- frau. All previous attempts to scale this mountain had failed. The Standard's BerlincorresiKUidenttftays -^While out at sea on his jiassage from Wilbelmshavcn to Ostend, tn roiitt lo the Isle of Wight, his Majesty sent off a carrier pigcpu with a message that was to Ik; tele- giaphed to the Empress. The bird reacheil Wtlhelmshaven in two hours, where the tele- gram was deciphered and despatchetl at once to her Majciity, This is ihs fimt message ever sent in this way froni a German war vessel An extraordinary case of hydrophobia has just occurred at St. |*aul, Minnesota. Altout a week since a cow was luidly bitten by a dog sufl'ering from rabies. The animal sub- sequently went into convulsions, and on Thursday tlie niemlers of a family to whom milk from her had \men supplied were, on drinking- some of it, affected in a similar manner. An experiment M ith tiie milk Wiis tried upon a dog, with the result that the ani- mal went mad on the spot. An extraordinary case of running "amok" occurred on Saturday night, in a passenger train letween Hamburg and Lubeck. A Russian traveller, becoming apparently snd denly insane, attacked and killed a fellow passenger with a knife. He next struck a child, destroying one of its eyes and before he could Ix! seized had att-icked and severely injured the five remaining passengers in the carriage. He was ai-rested by the railway oflicials at Wandslwck, and is now in jjrison. A curious case has just occurred at Phila- delphia. A German named Christian LaaemlKirt, agetl Hi, accompanied by his accommodating landlady, one Mrs Haebner, applied to the Coroner with the object of get ting that official to purchase the reversion of his mortal remains for 7rdois. The appli- cant stated tliat he wanted the money to pay his board bill, and informetl the Coronor that owing to hereditary disease he would proliably depart from this worhl at au early date. The Preaa Association is requested to state that the Lord Mayor of London, having thought it desirable to make inquiries in tlie highest quarters on the subject of the coercive treatment of Jews iu Russia has reason to believe that the edict, which it was feared would be put into oier- ation next month, will not e promulgated. In these circumstancf^ the Lt^rd Mayor has decided for the present not lo convene the public meeting at the Mansion House which the Archbishop of Canterbury, Iaroncss Burdett Coutts, and others, liatl signified their desire to attend, and for which an in- fluential ret^uisition was in course of prejmra- tion. Not often do wolves venture near villages in France during the summer months. At Triganco, a hamlet among the hills in the south-west, a cose of the kind occurred on Wednesday. An enormous wolf attacked a pony tethered in a field, and tore it with its teeth and claws. The poor animal managed to break the rope, and galloped into the village, followed by the wolf biting and clawing it. The residents had some difficulty in beating off the fierce brute, which man- aged to retreat into the forest Iefore a gun was forthcoming to shoot it. A veterinary surgeon who examined the wounds of the pony declares that the wolf must have been infected with rabies. The German aevonant Wolff recently had a moot tenribia experience dnring a trip in a balloon fran tite grooods of the Cologne £x- faibition of the Art of War. In company viUi Peter Schmitz and a manufacturer named Depmheuer he started in the baUoon St^w^k at 1 o clock on a cloudy afternoon. The balloon flew one mile almost straight up- ward into the thick of a storm. WollI, fear- ful of the strong winds and hail around him, decide! to make a lauding as soon as possi- ble. "There was nothing but woods and woods under us," he said, subsequently. "The balloon descended with violent rapidity. I finally discovered a little clearing on a steep mountain side and prepared to anchor. The balloon descended more slowly, and the people who had observed us hurried together imdemeath to help us land. I drew the ventilator a little further open and motioned to Schmitz to get out. Dc^nheuraligbted, and all was well, when suddenly a whirl- wind struck us. A terrible jerk sends me on my back in the car. I jumped up to find I all things swimming down, down below me, andtwo men clinging helplessly to the edge of the can I catch the nearest one, a peas- ant who tried to assist in the landing. Too late His strength is gone he lets go, and I hear with horrible-distinctness the muffied thud of his body on the ground. "My heart sickens, but I rally to save my friend Schmitz, who still sticks to the car' aide. Already the clouds are sinking beneath us. We are at least two miles above the earth. I try to raise Schmitz into the car, but he has sunk so far down from the edge that I can hardly grasp his wrists, aud he is too weak to make an effort for himself, lioth of us groan our despair, for all seems over. Slowly and painfully 1 raifc him a little, se my teeth in the back of his coat, ami en- deavor to bind him ast with the storm line. A few moments drag by iu hope and despair, and I finally succeed iu fastening the rojw under his anus and in tying him so to the car. There is no safety in the device, how- e^r, for were Schmitz to l»se consciousness for an instant his lody would relax, and lie would slipaway. I call to him, 'Spread out your arms Spread out your arms V I hear his botly move in response to my ad- monition, but his voice is lost to me. "All this has occujtied twenty-live min- utes, and we have in the meantime l»eeti slipping upward. Everything now depends on our making a quick lauding. I draw open the valve, .and we begin falling. \Ye plunge into a great storm. The balloon spins around in circles, and sways almut like a drunken man. Rain, hail, thunder, and lightning sweep over us. The ballomi reels .so that 1 must lie ou my face to remain in the car. " 'Peter! Peterl" I call to my frieiul. *H*dd fast! Only hold fast ' " No response, for he cannot hear me. The agitation of the ULllnon has loosened the i-ope and he has sagged Imck again, down- the side of the car, so.l can sec only his finger tips on the edge. I creep to the side of the car, seize his right wrist with my left hand, ami with my right band and teeth I tug at the valve. ***! cannot holdout longer,' comes in a weak voice from Schmitz, ' I am slippinj; away. ' One minute, only a minute more,' I cry back, ' and we vriH b*^ there,* The nearer we come to the ground, how- ever, the more violent l»ecome8 tJie o-scilhition of the balloon. Finally we slip over a hiuse, a bam, and drop like a shot to the grouml " Let go,' I shout to Schmitz, 'and jump away from th; anchor.' "He oljeys and the liallof)n, l*.l." pounds lighter, soars upward. I jmll at the valve with all my slrengtn till the anchor catches a small tree. But the tree gives way, and with the relound the car springs up to the balloon, and for a moment 1 hang on almost by my teeth. The anchor catches again in a tree. Again a jerk, a crock, a relHmml, ami I am tossed aVoutlikc a ball. Once more the anchor catches. I find, myself just above the top of a dense oltl ccder. Head tir.st I dive* into the branches and fall from loii:li to bough till I reach the ground. The aiiclioi rattles near ine. Another ti-ee breaks, and the liallooii Biiils off to the northeast. "I hail lamled near 'live. In an hour I had the whole neighborhood out hiokirig foi ScliUiitz. He was not to he found. 'Dead," 1 thought, as I lim]ed painfully ahmg Ih;- t ween two |»easants iu the direction of the Gvenith railway statiin. Presently a group of men and woily;n hurried toward u.s from a side street. Three of them w-re half carrying a man. I JKistcned to them as rapidly uh I could, and had .^chmitz in my ariiLs. "To-day my head is dense and weiL'Ii1\' Every bone in my Itody uch-s and i»ulsati-s. 1 cannot sleep, and I have no peace, since I can get no news of the jKfir peasant wlm f*dl tt siicrifice to his wilUnguess to help me. " Be Thou With Me. The night is dark, my path is full of snares. My head is drooping and my courage fail»: AU hope seems vaniJ-hetJ. yet 1 crv to Ttce. Saviour of Saviours, be Thou utitl with me. Ixiuff have I walked, my feet arc labor-worn. Life s rugged.path is of all comfort shorn. Yet In my anguish will I cry to The" Saviour of Saviours, be Thou still wii li me. On must I walk, my Journey is not o'er. Far through the darkness shines the otlier shore. But as I toil this cry I lift to Tfaoc. Saviour of Saviours, be Thou still with me. .* nd at the end when Death Is drawing near. My failing heart shall banish every fear. And In triumphant tones I'll cry to Thee, avionr of Saviours Thou art still with me. Toronto. B. Kzllt. Hereditazy TnfU of White Hair. Every one who knows Mr. Whistler knows Mr.Whistler'swhite tuft, which is as much part of the man as his butterfly il part of his writings. " Attention may be drawn," says the British JledictUJovrnal, "to a remark- aUeexample of a similar peculiarity which was iHibttuied last year l^ M.E.Pucal in tip Univert lihutrt. In an old Limonsin fam- ily witiiwhidi that gentieman is acqaaint ed nearly aU the members, both male and female, have from their eariiest yoath a tait of perctfy wfaite hair, so^ aa adwns the headofawdl-known London artist This toft is geoeraUy aitoated orsr the brow, bat sometimea it is on the temple and more tarely at the back of the bead. Tfcefamilv baa been fanoos tor thia diatinctive mark in ita own part of the ooontry for SOOyeara, ad tiMT are aaid to be aa proud of it aa ' 'ebMditanrhai ' Joseph Gbaniberlain and Behring Sea. Mr. Joseph 'hamberlajn, who is visiting friends in MaHsachusetts, haw Iteen cicdited by rumor with leing an unothcial represent- ative of the British Government, charged with a mission connected with the liohring Sea controversy. Rumor is often wrong, and it may have only assumed that a inaii who is socially very popular iu the Cnited States and politically an ally of the Salishury cabinet tn England, would l)C chargcl to use his popularity to obtain those closer inter- views with the Washington iovornment which cannot always be acconled to iinbli ly appointed diplomats. Mr. 'hamiK-rlain has licen interviewed, and spoke simply as an English public man to whose opinions importance naturally attaches. While he agrees with the readily expressed opinion that the whole controversy is unworthy of a quarrel Ixjtween Englau and the I niled States, he is too familiar with history and public affairs to regard it as of no im- portance. 'Many public men on both sides of the Atlantic dismiss the Behring Sea issue aa a trifle acarcely worth the dip- lomatic ink expendel in despat-hcs. .Mr. t;hainlerlain, however, points out clearly enough that nothing can ie said to le of lit tie importance which might by any pr^ssi- bility lead to war. Wai-s, as he truly says, are occasioned by slight and-unintenlea ir- ritations. A hot-temperoil or indiscreet officer on either side may bring atiout a col- lision, striking a spark which, fanned by the excited public opinion of two proud na- tions, will spread into war despite all that diplomatists and statesmen may do to pre- vent it. Mr. Chamberlain, if he is correctly reportel, denies that I*ehHng Sea can not be cousiflered a closed Sea and so hdig as the United States Government sticks to the position it lias taken, there must follow a succession of diplomatic standing offs. As the'question is a vexatios one and full of the elements of possiole danger, ita early settle- ment should be hastened. It is loo much lo expect that either nation -will wholly give way, but surely a compromise, just to each, is not impracticable. He (jraspedtbe Sitoation. Henry was a bashful lover. He sca^pty dared touch his laly's hand. He loved her well and she was worthy of bis affection, for she was modest, intellij'ent, sweet and hon- orable but like all good women she yearned for the respectful caresses that are the evi- dences of pure affection. She, however, yearned in .vain. Henry worshipped her â€" he might kiss the hem of her garment, but to kiss her lips or cheek â€" the very auda- city of the thought made him tremble. 'rhev sat together by the sea looking out on the track of the moon's light which white- wingiril yachts were crossing now and then. " It w;w a witching hour. A scene for love and calm delight." Suddenly she moved slightly away from him. " Please, Henry, don't do that," she said. " What V" he aiiked in genume surprise. " Oh you needn't tell me," she repliiKl. " You were just going to put your arm around my waist â€" aud you were going to try to kiss me. " "Dear Lillieâ€"" " Ob you needn't tell me different you were going to do it. Well, after all, I sup- pose you are not to blame. It is just what a lover would do to his sweetheart and I suppose I must not be offended if you do do it." And Henry grasped the situation and did exactly what LUlie supposed he would do, and the moon grinned and the stars winked and the wavelets laugheI and a mosquito that was about to alight on the maiden's cheek flew aa-ay and settled on the noM of a grass widow who was sitting near the bond stand. Late Cable New! TheFieldofWateilofr-The Potato bH '^nte SooUudâ€" A Oose of AiH Ohoikm at Viennaâ€" The OzarH npe!OFB ^Biam and Joseph. H Engbmd's chief event last week has ^| tometJiing which happened in Brassels,^! chat, too, of an exclusively military ch^H ter. The occasion was the unveiling ^| monument over the bones of some sco^| British officers who were originally buri^H old cemeteries nearer to the field of ^^'^| loo, where they fell, and are now rem^| to the environs of Brussels. H Here the principal interest is arousec^l the statement that the Duke stood thrvH the whole ceremony bareheaded in a heH rain. This custom iu England of watclH reviews from the saddle, with an umbiH hoisted, is one of the most cherished of ^| temporary British military phenomena. H Of the civic side of Eurtipc there is liH ally nothing to be said, save tliat it is drH etl in boating flannels or shooting twefl and is at the seaside, on the moors, or roH ing in strange parts, happy in the cousciH neas that nothing is hapfening. TJienl uot political gossip enough in l^mdoii to \H a horse pi-t:l with, and ihe ConlineutH almost ei{ually stagnant. H The potato blight has appeared in Scotlil within the past week. Already it ha9 infectetl the Ixithiiui districts that Scofl pitatoes have been refused admission I Newcastle, which was heretofore the ell market, lloth tlijs and the continued ll luck of the grain harvest in EngtamI \l have a direct l»earing upon the Irish situatl as seriously diminisTiing the food supplyH the islands. I As a whole, the condition of the hopthll in Kent, always so leautiful to look upl in Uiese months when the gathering U-gifl is still deplorable, and the apple crop, iie\l very noUible, is practically alwliahed til year. The jKitato blight inentioned alHil has Iw'gnn to infect Cambridgeshire al Huntingdonshire. The c«.rn harvest is Ihm| delayed in Yorkshire and peas as Well a| heing loa.led nndei- great diflicuhi-s I Lini-obmhirc. I News iw cheering in another sense coiiil from Vii-niia, whence report sends Word ofl fine single specimen of .\siatic cholera. I A doctor at Montmartre annonnces til ccond ofiicial visit of la grippe, with eohiB flying. The pnbli.: will he ple;used t» knil tliat several modern improvements hal U'cn added, makint,' it (|uile snp-rior li ill wellremeinbeled J(iai:ue of hist vcar. I'll Ilief cimiic feature lu-ieafter is â-  he I trememhius swelling of ilu- lon-iue, whi.l will fall hardest on ;,'liilt«i|js aiid g.-^-ip ;ind will establish a snstM-nse ..f their li;ii ual opeiations for three davs and iiiL'i!: .Asai-hoice U-l ween- that and the de. lei fastidious eoniioisseiii-s niay e]Hi»M' llie ter, on lilt' |trim-iple ihal l.'.a l willi di- is preferable to living' in i^;iiomiii\ seventy-two hours like L'a;:-e.I slirew'..f ij fourteenth century. The progress of IJie neL'.ii.iii.,ns T-.r tl. :-iitntneeof Kus-iaintiilie I-'.unipean • .t. indicated by the airanu'iiH-ms f.u- the Ai tilliin meetings r:f the soveiei^rti-^. Knip'-n William's conYerenee with iJn; Kinpemr Austria is Hxe'd f-ir 14, dinii.- t lie i...-umii\ 1 Silesia. The Tza!" will airi\eal Fiedeie iM.rg Sept. Lit. lie will .-lav ihei,- until ll ndofthe IMOlitll. ami will" eoUie ].. |;,.il Cct 'J. EmiM-ror William and lite Km- Saxony will be receivcl l^y tbe Kn.pen.r -Austria at Vienna. ati'I I'iiey will-^ro ii shooting e\iedition ' ilie Si'yri iii .â- \lp Gold and Silver ooi.i., Tlic \»ln.-al lay .111 in a llM.ii-..tn.i row ^. Ami Maml.' wi.-f.air; The Koldeu «leani of Ilie -^illiiii; -iuii MHtli-d her l.nplil hair. Tiie MWuU.tWs ria-Jie.l alon^' liie e.iw II) many 11 \\n\ \\'\i\W^•r\ui^tn\ tliitrer^ luiii'-ti ih.- h :m- Of 1heil\iiiK'in IJonel rode past the har\e.i li. hi In a eiireh- â€" \v;n lA-tliiiK flu- rein- ia\ iillv uiimii Ui-«la-4i'iuk' l"«.i). U (izirhrrilin inuelj a-; a man will il.t »n-e in J.is Jite. If llie WoiniUi lie lo\e--i, uT.iIiil aii.t rriif " Will he hi- wile- Mi- acres wercbroail:;iiil the Imiw -ini.- -I.e. On hill an.l p].-i, 'Hi;iiuinbere.i well I...U1 -i.i.ill and i;r.:.l. .\ hunlri-l iliii, -;iii i.'j,. iliii the woni.iii who 1 1 iu-.'i| iu 1 h on !,«• VVHV. In her .lre..ni-..n,li-- \VitJnherM-e.-ii...htii,Kai li.-r ihr..;.- Thn'niilii n..t ..f ttii-. lie found herilun-. wliih- ih.- -unliL-hl •\u .1 tn herupl urm-tl hi-i-v., ile-md.- Sw.-el Ma...!.-. v\ill.,i, 1... ,..\ t.r,.l A car fnn.i now ' ' He ^ratliered the wtiri.i v^hile hand- in lif-; In hise;i+ii'i-in"-- The ruscK dropped to Ihe feei .f l.i.ih. And Maud.- -m.l. • V.- l" sii.vi:i!. The wheat sIixkI hound in ' Ihu--tifl vw ' And Maii.le w»-..].|. WiUi thread-4 of silv.-r in t)i.' h.ur That once «a- k'"1'1 She_stood«-hli wnilcl.ieai- .,u.-n. Intlie ro^.' wr.-.iih.-.I «it\ Whih-suuM-t fluKcr- tMrii.d the l-a\e-. Of Ihe dyiiiKday. You'd think the ohl lin..- .I.in.' I, ad -en â- ('ruwr. SuiMiiHT- i rak, TofhtshMiid tiiirn Mn.tiii.i h.-r thir- Ithj ro-e- Jt.dk. m- Voti'd tljUik the liinl thai li-l.-n.-d Iher T..lov.---u-e.-i ir..;li Wa- riiiKiug tiow I.. Iier, a-, 11. Hail suiiK to tH*th. ire reapers -iirtr lli:iii 111 i.ftly.slie-ai.l. BedflUBtlefewaaoftbe nJnoalHifDtebaad. The white U^ vbidi eanboOTan in the family portraito lorjoai^ â- wwnitinw haek, iaaaid to be rathsabaea« ncoTCfttolkayoaffwaBen of t^ Ihae Although the Mormon settlements in the Canadian Northwest are small compared with those of Utah and some other of the Western Territories, complaints are frequent of their corrupting influence upon the In- diana and of uie general evil effect of their presence. Polygamy is such a barbarous practice that it inevitably degrades those who follow it and all who are mroo^t into c^ooe contact witii them. It is a matter of ooi^ratnlatioii that the United Statea has taken Tigofooa stqia towards iiiaahiii|^ ont tUa oiyuiited oflenae aoainat law, moraUty, and ciriUaation, and t£at ita ^orta eeem likefy.tobe crowned with aoooeaa. Ouwda saatdoBkewiaa. " Tlie year- A^ r,he hear.1 thiT-i'-KIe-. ri'ni,- !l^c:li1l. â- â- And thej \,.k\ IM.V .i.-:t.l To theriijht lav my aer.-- hroatl itn.l k'laiel Sa.ily. f-he -ai.i "Tollie rlKhl, I cMiiKl luv Ihoii-Hii.i-. And t.Hlie I. ft. |M d-...I. Kmii.V V Tii'.i:-.!, When I am Dead. When I am ile.ul, my di-aiest, .Sing no sa.l sonirs f..|- me Plant thou n. roMS at ni\ hea-l, Nir shaily cypre.-s tie.- lie the green grass above nie With showers and dewdrop^i w:et Anil if thou w ill, remember, And if thou wilt, foiget, I shall not see iheshailows, I shall not fetd tin- rain I shall not hear the iiii^iitiiigal.' â- Siiig on, as if in pain â-  And dreaming Ihiongh the twili^dii, That doth not rise nor wt, Hajdy 1 may remetnbei And Imply may fort'el. Chri.stina Kossetli. Washinf^ Colored Stockin^js. All coloreil stockings shoid.l be wa.^Iie.1 1 themselves in eh-ar water in which nofliin,: clsi; has leeii Wiushed. A gooil white soag should le. used and the walt-r »ilionld be onl\ just lukewarm. It is essential that colore- stockings should be thoroughly rinse.l an. wrung out as dry as jxts-stble. Hang then by the tire in the house whei-e they \\'\\\ Avs as quickly" a.sjKi.ssibte. X«»st^x-kiiigshhoiih Ik: ironed, as this simply i-es.ses them out o shape. .Some hou.sekeC(M.'rs preKssilk stock ings suKKith with a lirm ndl .of tdotli tie. »ver a snKMth pit.'cc of wmm1 orastme. Th' stocking is fasteneil on the right side wliil- still damp on the ironing lioanl and rnbln-. with this hard roll till sin(Mth and glossy. A Victim of Overconfidence. "Mr. Billus," ilciiianded his wib-, freezing ly "what is the mciuiing of that lon^ browi hair on your cfdlar "i" "It means, madam," retorted Mr.' Hilliis "that I'm a chuckle-headed jay )f the jay est sort. I'm a chump frohi Chumptoii That's what it means, Maria." "Explain yourself, sir ' "One of the boys at the office put tha hair on my collar not fifteen minutes ag and said I didn't dare to let it stay there I said I did dace to. I said you were a wo man of too much sense to uotice such a lit t^e thing. I told him you wouldn't even st it. He offered to bet me five dollars yo would, and I took him up, Maria " smntu Mr, Billus. "I took hitn up " An Unwarranted Intmsion Sammy had been told that if be woold b good he might go into the next room an take a look at his new baby brother. Sammy prmnised and a-as admitted. H stood for some momeuts looking in silcnc at the diminutive morsel of humanity, an then he freed his mind. 'I don't know what they are going t call yon, bah." he said, "but I know I ha eveiytiiing fixed for going' fishin to-da) bait dog an' everyUung, and now you'v oome along an' apoded wiiole pn«runm( I call it a dog-on small piece of bosinesi That's iriiatl call it." ^BsL^Sm '-^^^^'