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 .f^«?»l» "â- â€¢"^•â- â€" "---Ml IIIMH J»n.»t»,ij«»i Unitarian* •• vl' 1 «tSS«.' [uiri »II its „ran( propnetor, tion. Pnetor, m rSS^«? « street Toi^aSi^' •«.bii' 'ETERiiJARTofli oronto. 'Prta5S:i NOYELTY-r^^ e States. Airenf a i '°1 Atoi,Y3 'or STAMpjrr --. 'hite yellow anT?feP?:««' h, velvet a.i(l silk ^i '" 1 -v 'ig ft. E., Torontr^n*^- 8Tii .k.iorOctob;S,Vh"'*^3 a co.uplete domestte mSf^l!A( "at work is prepil^^S^ "« men people, "irhoh^ekof^' te comprehensive, reuih?.*.*? «;ithin their reach .no1.mn •' been written Oy meS m^^ ' .than the autho^of "in,? ' treatment is not confln«l^ le, as in similar books but ,mK ' I treatments this contain. L^*"" learly -200 engravin^SSfP'*? .olo.ed plate's ;tl""'jj illiamBrioos Publisher tS^ [POSITION GOLD, Antique Bâ„¢ iin?s, Frames, etc PaintiM. S chings Artotypcs, Artists' LONOONGUARANTE CCIDENTCfl.(LD;OFLONIJOII.[ 1. Dominion Government Den« thee 7-2 King St iiast, Toronto a"t! ^^colt' '" â„¢"'"^°" irlent Secrgt a-- 'or the nominioal 3k*s Gem 4G POWDEI ise those Expensive American i Powders when you can get as ^u one half the price Prove itbybuJ ^m. Manufactured by EIHLET. TOMl^ iry Salt] OR BUTTER, ETC. itions.â€" Higgins' Eureka, Wasnirn iton Brands, in large or small acta lian Salt. Write for prices. » PARK SON, isale Produce Merchants Toronto. A PERMANENl and Savings Co. IXCORrORATED 1855. ipltnl lal BciLDixQS, Toronto St., Toiosto. eived at current rates of intere8t| ded half-yearly. 5 issued in Currency or Sterling.wirt attached, payable in Canada or il itors and Trustees are authorized b»j he Debentures of this Company. VN'CED on Real Estate secority i 1 on favorable conditions astorepar.] Municipal Debentures purchwed. RT MASON, Managin;; Director. WANTED-! p*£ HOUSEHOLD. a pleasant not only to Pleasant Homea. has written that eiB'" .• the 2*'*^' l^'f ' ^env that the remembrance Kone «» Ve Sings.to them like a breath /wPy'^Tmm^V thatcwi never be \if^"^.hlenoS. It is so dear ton U^ "' "^tnme where courtesy prevails. /Mines to them like a breath ... ^TmSv that c«i never be YiJ^"^^lnoS. It 18 SO dear tons- il g'^^'^irwith'the Other in attempt- .i'f'f .^ and lovely, and where no " to be g-^.^ gave the strength, the !« »"'!;! happiness of every member '•,lSoat-is.deed. a thing Jifthe pr forge ,0 about 'orld of homes. l^°""Sfthe world, and so doing we InsffoaDO" Too often there is a a sarcastic ffego li^jfforia"' ""â- " complainti h^"^. and the heart is sore and bitter Ljectiof. .f° biding place here. But once i»=""" '"n?o the home where husband •"^CrteouBly, any favor when he !;«!«?*'•_ iVtable takes every pains to I in idowB-at^ta wife of his heart that he ^„ n„, to his household circle, and '^how sublime a thing it is to make 'Xtit should be. "°" r^o »at down to dinner in a home I .^^£«e people, possibly where help I'"' .mT but where the wife made all r^^'S the wish of her family, where Ii«ta«^T:„tv sweet and perfect, and we ten Ae husband carefully wait_ upon I*' "I^Vnlate'and with trembling hands, '•"'tLTa flushed cheek tried to drink believing a mouthful would choke was one of the best. Ue Set-^nd finally himself. whUe the !l: h^ tried so hard, came down â- jer M»' I J^ IS wy^without her he would have ' helpless :tiit IS " ' I teen It WE WANT .\ dOOD Re liable Mai n and TUIage In Canada, to aei ITIFI LLV ED WINDOW BLINDS. Every house needs them. ChMPl K4»nonilcal. Jio WashiM •JI ill hist ten times as long as "'"'""j S«le Township KlgM*. 0â„¢ king $3 to $5 a day vnth B»7, e early. Complete outfit, includinH 53. Spring Roller. Stationeryaiw bv express, 250. HlVtACBMKMfi St East, Toronto. „â€" he was thoughtless. Oh, Let him have asked her gently, what she would prefer. Even i7ke had not tasted a morsel her heart w have sung for gladness, her cheek itishe Luld faveforgotten weari^ £ Ld pain, so sensitive is the heart of rfrieasant home includes a home circle •he wife, the husband, the childrenâ€" and U striving to leave each day a golden SSerosary of life for ill the rest. â-  How true are the words " If I had known. Id have been more careful, darling Kor eiven you needless psin. For we vex our own with word and tone, Iho' we love them far the best. ' hi when we feel that we can walk home ^i spot to which the heart shall turn in all liter life, a spot where peace seems to hold nit a passionate longing to escape all the Jdand abide there fills us â€"our mission E, indeed, a pure and holy one* lo the husband coming home tried sd tired, the light on his hearth, the impting tea table, the fire, his easy chair, id the smile that years cannot efface from is memory, all these are a living picture iit never dies. And to the wife who makes all thmgs sdy after a monetonous day, the cheery lelcome, the words, ' ' How beautif ul.my ;wif e iis rests me," repays everything there is a tell too weary after that. With us it all rests, for very indifference jrwearmeas we sometimes fail to say the lords our hearts dictate, and how wrong to lepresa a single impulse for good, for there an be a home about which every passionate leidril of the heart will friendly cling and m homes from which the young escape, all â- Â«) gladly, for these has love grown cold, lid the word which should mean only affec- ion aud sweet content has grown but a mockery, a burlesque upon its original lewiig- Homeâ€" a pleasant home â€" let us have. As ike poet says: " Two heavens sweet â€" The one above the stars. The other this side of the stars,â€" ^fte're some blest pair have met, And called it Home." vinegMjand spioe to fiai£e. BoU all together plwM Mid put them in the jar. BoU the syrnp nntiT thick, ud pour over the plains and set awiy. Cherrlei may be pickled in the same mamier. To Pickle CucPMBEKs.â€" Let the cuoum- bera stand in a weak brine for three days, put in a layer of cucumbers, then cover them with horse raduh leaves and mustard pods If you can get them; that wUl keep your pickles green; take out and drain them: then cover with cold vinegar for a week • then drain off all of that vinegar, and cover »^a with new vinegar, adding mustard seed, pepper and ginger root, clove:: or whatever spices will suit your taste. Be sure to change the vinegar once, as the wat- er from the cucumbers reduces the strength. These pickles will be nice and crisp and freen without being colored with the ver- igris from a copper kettle. Chocolate Cake,â€" One quarter pound of butter, one cupful of yelks of two eggs, half cupful of sweet milk, two cupfnls of flour, with two teaapoonfuls of baking «xwder. Beat the whites of the two eggs, and put in with the flour alternately. Bake in a long pan which has the bottom covered with greased paper. When the cake is baked, take it out and remove the paper. When cold, return to the pan and cover with boil- ed icing. For the Icing. â€" Boil one cupful of pulveriz- ed sugar with a spoonful of cold wateruntilit candies. Pour it on the whites of two eggs, well beaten. Then stir in six tablespoonfuls of grated chocolate. Spread it on the cake in the pein, and do not disturb it until the icing is hard. Then begin at the right cor- ner, and cut diagonally from one side of the pan to the other. Then cut diagonal lines from the left comer a few inches apart, which will form daintv little diamonds. NOTED PEENCHCRIMrUALS. je Physicianâ€" A complete dooa cal encvclopa;dia, specially prepaw the wants of the common peopiti e long felt the need of such a boot â- y of €«nada-From tnei8MJ.«J, ica to the latest event, by Dr. wib'I library is complete without It »rm Echoe.s-A great tempewp^ â-  the greatest temperance onmt i" J. B. Qough. i.tij ir Sermons and 8ayii»«»7 .{fJA ds." by Rev. Sam. P. J»'»1 Thousands flock to hear ana »" ilel Family Blble-M.«aiftw»| sive, two Bibles in one. ,.„_.,kJ jeral, with eitra terms lor we »« j t. Send for eirculars, etc. fM. BRIGGs, Publisher, Townw- Royal Mail St8aiD«liIl»' winter from Port and "^_/?r* y Saturday to Uveijoolj»oo â-  every Saturday to tivejpjo^ to land mails an^^P*???^!*! land. Also from Baiamor«J»i â- s N. F., to Liverpool tor^^,gBi\ nths. The steamers of JW«J*2^ I »-inter to and from H»l««^*j!j;^ dalphia and during »™'"â„¢?^ali«'l ntreal, weekly. OlMgowwO"^! isv-ow and Philadelphia. J^^KHll issage, or other Wo^^TW'f Co. Baltimore S. ^SSTlboii**! Co., St. John's N. F-rW*^*'JJS»l N. B. Allan Co., CW*53i5B*! k H. Bourlier, Toronto ,iw^ i.1 Wm. Brockie, Philadelpa" • »• I Boston Montreal _^_.,--r ANY STEAM mf\ â€"^ SPECIAL BUpg. I i^-rheCeleb»»*^**' cock In8I»w*Vrffi ^^â- GreshMoSAW^ Ite-startm?Iȴ25ti» i^Morrison s^^ierior- ^ghtFeedWWg^^ jia-Engineerr " ors* SUPPU" ' ""' ers" SupplM«^«o»l descripoon- " I drcnlai* ^-ggl^l About the House. lo clean nickle on stoves, wet soda with I CBonia, apply with an old tooth brush and "â- ; off with a woollen cloth. *ce a year, even the most frugal house- l^se should replenish her linen closet, and I "ii to her store at least the furnishing of 'le bed and a dozen towels. I io remove kerosene from a carpet, lay I t'Orten or soft brown paper over the spot I sd press with a warm iron. Repeat with 'ah papers til] the spot is removed. Try one of the smallest coal oil lamps. It m like a toy, but for a hand lamp it will We as much light as a good tallow candle, pa will not drop sparks. Jwo ounces of soda dissolved in a quart of «' Titer will make a ready and useful solu- P»Mr cleaning old painted work prepara- 2 repamting. This mixture, in the ^e proportion, should be applied when ^, and the woodwork afterward washed ;» water to remove all traces of soda. 1 1^*°^*" niost serviceable kind of wash- jr.'Pf'^ers, and also one of the cheapest, ^efrom a yard of fancy matting bound "^iwide braid or a piece of silk or mer- Ui"n J r S t^e prevailing color in the J'^ndiastened up with four tacks, each "'fed with a colored ribbon. Where L^,"â„¢all and there is no dressing i '^-^ °^ ^^^ matting may be fasten- i^.Av °f *^e splasher to hold the r*""hrnsh. I in^l"'"'«'"f"3n3esay8: Especial atten- !ttnj^8 gi^en nowadays to the dressing I iiiborife '"i*^® 8"®' chamber, the most "^lievrt^ and the richest materials be- soveiti " \^^' "^*- Among the latest idetnVrniJ*^ j included the newly import- neither »il '"" sheets, finished neatly UdjtoVej^ abroad bemstitched hem *^Wof "Wing a richly embroider- sighteeni'" 5"""ei»tin If«h tambour about !Saetot r ^^P' *^^^ B^' °* *^® ^^^^ ^â- H^l P*^^ ^V and over the pillows «i style ftn"" ^^=h are somewhat out of *evsn;...^°w cases to accomnanv these Wkere They Are and What They Doâ€" Prison Ufe at Nonmea. An interesting account of the present status of notorious French criminals in New Caledonia has been furnished by an official who has just returned from that pena- colony. The most respectable, as well as the senior of all the convicts is Berezovski/ the Pole who fired at the Emperor Alex- ander II. during the Paris Exhibition of 1867. Frequent applications have been made for the liberation of Berezovski, but they have all been refused. He is now in the island of Nou, where he occupies an little room apart from ALL THE BAD CHARACTERS, and has ev«n a small garden for himself. He roams about the island, which is one- fourth of the size of Paris, at his own sweet will, and his conduct has always been irre- proachable He receives a large quantity of newpapers, books, and pamphlets from di£ferent countries.by every maiL Berezovski is now old and feeble to an extreme degree. Of a different class are Gllles and Abadie, the murderers of the Paris grocer Lecercle. These worthies are employed as street scav- engers at Noumea, and their occupation is looked upon by their companions in penal servitude as a good one, for it is easy, and also enables them to pick up bits of tobacco and various odds and ends, including oc- casional alms. Pel, who poisoned his serv- ant at Montreuil, and then burned her re mains in a stove, died in the beginning of the year, as well as Moyaux, who MURDERED HIS OWN DAUQHTKB. Guichard, who murdered a bank messenger at MarseUles, is doing well as a store clerk, and hopes one day, if not to get to Australia, at least to settle down in New Caledonia as a colonist. One of the most comfortable and thriving of the convicts is Fenayrou, the chemist of th e Boulevard Malesherbes, who led the lover of his wife into an ambush at Chatou, and then murdered h'm in a most atrocious manner. This criminal has passed through the various categories until he ar- rived among the first-class convicts. He has a share in a farm which he and his wife sup- erintend, and he has under his orders some of the lower class of criminals. His life sentence has been commuted to one of twenty years. The doctor who was condemned last year for having sent poisoned game to a col- league is giving satisfaction in the colony and hopes to be able to attain the priviit.^fs accorded to Fenayrou. On the wuole, the educated criminals, even those who are undergoing sentences for serious crimes, are highly spoken of by the Governor of Noumea, and the most unmitigated rascals are the Paris gamins and the brutish peasairts or laborers, most of whom are murderers. Every year a certain number of these has to be shot down by the warders. The official who uses his revolver against tne convicts is tried as a formality by a court-martial and acquitted. The number of convicts is ten thousand or more, and there are in addition 240 female convicts who, however, were sent out to Noumea of their own accord from the Mai- son Centrale, of Paris, for the purpose of MARRYING FIRST-CLASS MISDEMEANANTS. These women are supervised by nuns. There are »n the island 600 warders. T^e number of first-class convicbs amount to 1,600, ana some of them, like Fenayrou, h»^« bee'i aJ. lowed to send for their wives. The State furnishes them witha«iculturalimplem^nts^ food, and even a few herd of cattle, they are permitted to begin when farming, and he^ reneWly -ntrlve te do well. Another clai.VtJjomalltheo^^^ of skilled tradesmen and mechanics, IS^and.even acters. T^es^^- sa. The ings bank of tneir own, a kind of jlub. .^'fy« accompany '^ttbel hem ^r?"'^^^*^ '^^^ ^^"^^ ^^' Shki^^,^^^^^ sheets, according to ' 'o ten J P*^ of embroidery cost from "'^dahalfdoUarseach. -J'^iBda „^"^^-~Currant8 four pounds Noa.„„ "ew; one tablespoonful of "^»odw**'^^«8Poonful each of salt, i!!*en,n?P*"' ^^^ one pint of vinegar. 5?"**^^^ ^^ «"gaf tiU quite thick, '"«?m-^*' ^^ """le or cin for use. ,^ with meats. " Plums.â€" Eight pounds of PonndB of sugar; one pint of ll«^^' are almost too prosperous for convicts, bandsmen are said to be as good '^J^^^J regimental performers, and t^ey play pro orammes of select music before the Govern grammes oi_se^^.^^ wfiP.k. besides giving or's mansion occasional concerts, twice a week. From this it seen that'the life of many convicts will be is far sors against the law those who commit tL_ j„i;„j,+ should view with lonrfTig and delight despatch to New Caledonia K.^T.»=»i..tb._,«»irS.fE; m a New 2|ht cross-ey^ chUdren with her. 'Miss Edith Hornor. who « engage^- be arried to General J°!«Pi^^r^,„.. ^n for the past fou y-^^^^Tmshous; get of the nurses at Block^y^^^^ IhUadelphia. ^iBS Hornor g ^^^^^^ ^^^ in taking (»re of the sioKan^ ghe -- ing the Zulu and E^P ^f^y Uve EiSgUsh kwoman, «»d her »•"" London. '!L*H "*«*% •« »w tb« Mangle aou#tdbtfon«iMnn^«faFMa^iK Hall wodil fermit the memb^ to h» each ^â- â€¢P. When' it had sjt- last tiuaned oat Brother Gardner said 1 i " Nicodcmns Pembroke Soott, a local member of die lodge, haji cxosaed into Cana- dy an' will not •PPear ament; us. Fur de las' three moniliiilhaTebeenexpectin' some sich climax, an' dia mawnin' when a mes- senger informed me dat he had disappeared arter failin' in an attempt te shoot niaself wid an old boss pistol, I war not a bit sur- prised. He leaves a wife an two chill'en an' about fifty creditors. " What sent him off? De same reasons dat am dally ^orkin' to bring about anodder psnic â€" de same reasons dat explMu de hun- dreds ob bizness failnres^le sams reasons dat am cripplin' de efforts of thoiuands of hard w(»kin' men to secure homes of deir own--fanuly extravi^puace. No, you can't call it extravagance; foolery am a better name for it. Up to a y'ar ago Brudder Scott was jobbin' aroun' and makin' a dollar a day. Den he got a situashun by which he aimed fo'teen dollars per week. He was poo' off in de house an' bad debts hangin' ober him, but heah was a chance to get eben. How was it improved In less dan one month his wife was rigged out wid a twenty dollar dress, twelve-shulin' kids, a five dol- lar hat and an opera fan. He had no peace ob min' onless he obeyed her. In six weeks she became too high toned to wash an' iron fur udder fplkses. In two months she want- ed a better house, wid a red parlor carpet an' cane seat cha'rs all aroun' de room. In throe months she had to have a black silk dress, gold bracelets, a tony bnnnet, kid shoes an' gold fillin' in her teef " Dat foolery has reaped its harvest. De huiband found dat he was mnnin' behind, his home was bein' neglected, his wife was bein' gossiped about, and in despair he has picked up his feet an' slid out. It was de natoral result. I tell you, my frens, de tomfoolery of de women, of dis kentry (am strainin' on de chalk line till de cord can't Stan' much mo' an' it am high time dat somebody sots his foot down. Da man who aims $25 per week has somehow got de ideath into his head dat de world expects him to dress his wife as if he aimed a banker's piofics. Wives of men who can't keep up Vi id deir house rent am canterin' up an' down wid sealskin sacques an' $6 shoes. Wives of men who have to dodge de butch- er an' grocer an' tailor am now selectin' fall carpets an' orderin' $30 lambrequins. Wives of men who couldn't raise S50 at de bank to save der necks am rushln to balls an' par- ties an' having deir expensive dresses dis- cribeu fur de benefit of de public." " De so-called society of de aige am com posed of false hair, false-pretenses, debt- dodging an' base decepshun. Our rich peo- ple am distinguished by deir plain dress an' quiet manners. De snides an' dudes an' dodos do all de swaggerin' rush oi. all de colors an' monopolizede biggest sheer of de street. You wait De man who lives fur anoder ten y'ars will h'ar sunthing drap, an' arter de drap takes place de thousands of idiots who now feel ashamed to admit dat dey doan' deep but two servant gals in de house will go back to deir cook stoves an' wash tubs an' take deir proper places in de purceshun." IT MAT OCCTR. Judge Chewso didn't want to delay the business of the meeting, but there was something on his mind. As he understood it the Lime Kiln Club had something like |2,9€0 on baud. The money was kept in the safe in the hall. The President had one key and the Treasurer another. What was to prevent either officer from hawking on the money and telling tbp club to whistle and be hanged " Brudder Chewso," kindly replied th€ President, " de pint am well tooken. Dar' am nuffin' to prevent de Treasurer or my- self from robhin' de safe, an' I may add dat $50f» ob de mont- y would secure de highest legal talent in Detroit to defend an' doubt- less clear us Dot^s de Judge want to frow out any suggestions " If the Judge did he was disappointed. He had been holding a marble in his month to polish his back teeth, and just at that moment the ball started to go down his throat. The result was a fit of gasping, coughing and kicking, which quite laid him up for the rest of the evening. WINTER PRICES. Giveadam Joies, of the Committee on Decorative Art, announced that the winter scale of prices of whitewashing was now in force throushout the country, except in the City of Buffalo, where the women white- washed their own ceOings, and the *encM were either brushed over with tar or left undecorated. PUT HIS FOOT DOWN. Pickles Smith had been wiping off his chia and waiting for an opportunity to de- liver a great speech, and the opening now presented was seized upon to state that a manufacturer of stomach bitters had offered him $7 for the privilege of making a new brand, " The Only Genuine Pickles Snuth Tonic." Before returning a decided answer he had thought best to brmg the matter be- fore the club. " Brudder Smi»h," said the President, as he foftly scratched the back of his neck, «' I have no doubt dat you could take dat $7 an* make good use of it, but you will neber see de cash. M, name am wanted fur a new town in Kansas. Sir Isaac Walpole has been offered $^1 fur de use of his name on a patent rat trap. Giveadam Jones could own a mule if he would father a new brand of stove blacking. Trustee PuUback has been offered a new suit of clothes to put his name on a hair dye label, an I reckon dat moss all of u« couM sell cut fur mo or Ipas But I baa put my f ut nght down on all sich nonsense If manufacturers want help to palm off deir wares an compounds on an innercent public, let 'em go lo mem- bers of Conures», Mayors of cities and Guv'norsfof Sr-tcs, wid a]^nmone ban an' a ten^dollar bill in de oder. We mus maintain our honor an' integrity or de pur- ceedings of di« club will sink to de level of a session of Congress. Goes Past When Broken. At thfe breakfast table she asked him for I a little «diaiig« j .i „„ • I haven't any. my dear," he said no- thina but a t.-n dollar bill." M the supp-r table she made the same "^Thavent a cent," he rej^ed. ' Why did., t you get that ten-dollar bill broken. John she inquired. "I did." he answered with » intonataon of sadness. I hope the poUao has not conorived the idea that Mr. Bomeraad laie coBstantly qnureliu, or that he is a failure a« a%ns- baod. 1^ family is happier thaBoora, and Mr. Bowwr te one of tbe beet hssbuMU. in the world. He te s mply a little bit queer. That is, we haven't been married quite long enoogb for me to tone him down. Like maw odier young husbands he wears a mium larger will now than he will a oonple of years bsnce, but that te a fault instead of aa eriL The other evening he oame home in a state of iexcitement, promenaded around the house with his nose in the air for a wliile, and then inquired " Did those books come up, Mrs. Bow- ser?" ' There was a package came up. Have yon been retting another batch of useless books " "All books are useless to some people. Mrs. Bowser 1 If yon were like some wives I know of yon'd encourage your husband instead of insulting him." " Well, I shall be glad to have you read every evening. History or politics " " Neither; They are works on oratory-" "What?" " Mrs. Bowser, I have been advised by my many friends to take a few lessons in elocution and delivery, and then to accept some of the numerous invitations tendered me to address thte or that society or organ- ization." " Richard Moses Bowser, you can't be in earnest 1" •• That's it I Yell out at the top of your voice and tell everybody in Detroit that my name is Richard Moses Maybe it sounds better than Major. Why shouldn't I pluck the laurels from the field of oratory If some people are satbfied to grovel in the dust they needn't try to prevent others from soaring to the clouds." " But yon have no presence â€" no voice." '• I haven't, eh I was present enough, and made myself pretty well understood when I asked your hand in marriage 1 You don't know me, Mrs, Bowser. See here." And he drew himself to his full height, which IS a trifle over five feet, swelled hte stomach out, and as he lifted himself up on his toes he waved his arm and began " Gentlemen may cry peace, peace, but there is no peace. The next gale which sweeps from the North will bring us the clash of arms." " Yes, Mr. Bowser, but your voice te squeaky, and you are very, very Irt. Please give it up. I should feel awfully bad if you made a failure." "Squeaky voice! Very, very short! Make a failure Mrs. Bowser, yon want to choke me off, but you can't do it You will yet be deafened by the plaudite Of the mul- titude who cheer my oratory." He had five or six books of speeches, dte- logues and lessons in preparatory greatness, and aa socn as supper was over he locked himself in the library and began. He was still going it when I went to bed, and at midnight I was awakened to see him before the glass on the dresser and to hear him saying " I tell you, gentlemen, that the bul- warks of American liberty are tottering to their foundations. A few more such acta as these and â€" a few more â€" a few more â€" a few more such acta as â€" as " " If you wake up the baby he may have cramps," I said. Mr. Bowser was so indignant that he would not utter a word in reply, nor did he address me until after dinner next day. He continued his labors for a week or ten days, ranging in hte outburste of oratory from " The E^ipg Child" to " An Appeal for Liberty." Then, from what I could over- hear, I made up my mind that he was^re- faring an address for a special occasion, [e couldn't keep the news to himself, but soon informed me that he was to soon ad- dress the Young Men's Liberty Club. " Mr. Bowser, please give it up. If you should make a failure of it you would feel farâ€"." " Make a failure of it Mrs. Bowser, you don't know me Just attend to paint- ing your old pottery and drumming on that piano and I will take care of myself " I pity the poor man when 1 look back over those days. He wrote and re-wrote. I think he prepared as many as six or seven addresses before he got one to suit, and he spent at least fourteen hours per day trying to commit it to memory. He looked upon me as hte enemy and refused to have any further conversation on the subject until the day of the evening when he wiw to speak. Then, being apparently very ner- vous, he remarked " Do you think my voice has improved " "I hope it has." " There you go Do your very best to dtecourage me I ' " Mr. Bowser, can't I previ»il upon you to give up thte idea of making an address to-night?" ._ -r " Never If I can succeed with my wue seeking to .g me down the hour r will be all the greater." At midnight they brought Mr. Bowser home in a hack. He was in a nervous chilL He went upon the platform to deliver hte address, and began " Fellow Citizensâ€" Let me assure you that I highly apprectete the great honoT ir. IS Ito the fltrtke antf Plate The Nan-gin-tsin, the gr ea t est opium den " in China, te ntnated in the French Conces- eioB in Shsnghai, within a stone's throw of the wall ^f the native city, within which no opium shops are supposMl to ezbt. The throngs visiting it represent all stations of life, ^m the coolie to the wealthy mer^bumtor the small mandarin. It te wiUk ^iffiMlty- that one geliainsida through -the crowds of People hanging 9^ound the door. Those wbo nave not the requteite number of copper cash to procure the baneful pipe wateh with horrible wtetfulness each of the more affluent pass in with a nervous, hur- ried step, or totter out wearing that pecu- liar duzdd expression which comes after the smoker's era .4og has been satisfied and hie transient pleasure has passed away. One requires a strdng stomach to stand the sick- ening fumes with which the air inside is thickened. Tbe clouds of smoke, the dim light from the numerous colored lamps, the numbers of reclining lorms with distor- ted faces bent over the small flames at which the inpes are lighted cause the novice a sickening sensation. But as soon as the eye becomes accustom- ed to the scene it is noticeil that the place te got up on an expensive scale. In the centre of the lower room bangs one of the finest of Chinese lamps, the ceiling is of richly carved wood, while the painted waUs are thickly inlaid with a peculiarly marked marble, which gives the idea of unfinished landscape sketehes. Numerous doors on all sides lead to the smokers' apartmente. In the outer portion of the building stands a counter covered with little boxes of the drug ready for smoking, which a dozen as- *. sistants are kept busy handing out to the servanto who wait upon the habitues of the place. The average daily receipte are said to be about £200. The smoking apartments' are divided into four classes. In the cheap- est are coolies, who pay about 4d. for their smoke. In the dearest the smoke costa about 7d. The drug supplied in each class is much the same both in quality and quan- tity it te the difference in the pipes that regulates the price. T^e best kinds are made of ivory the stem being often inlaid with stones and rendered more costly by reason of elaborate carvine; the cheapest kinds are made simply of hard wood. The rooms also are furnished according to class. In the most expensive the lounge upon which the smoker reclines is of fine velvet, with pillows of the same material the frames of each couch are inlaid with mother-of-pearl and jade, and the whole air of these rooms is one of sensuous luxury. There is also a number of private rooms. In the poorest section will be seen many wearers of the tattered yellow anl gray robes of Buddhist and Tavist priests. Wo- men form a fair proportion of the smokers. The common belief is that the opium sleep te intended by a mild, pleasurable delirium, with brief glances of Elysium but this is the exception, not the rule. People smoke to sattefy the craving begotten of previous indulgence. There is accommodation for 150 smokers at a time, and there is seldom a vacancy very long. -Thestieamof smok- ers goes on from early morning till mid- night, when the place closes the clouds of smoRe go up incessantly all day long Hot Qoalified to Speak- " Did you ever smoke cigarettes, sir " inquired the young man, in response to a lecture on the evUs uf cigarette smoking which had just been administered to him. " No, sir," declared the old gentleman. " Never " " Then," said the young man, with en- joyment, as he blew the smoke from his eyes, ears, nose, and mouth, " you don't know what you are talking about." One Oashier that is Safe- " I see you have a new cashier," remark- ed the president of one bank to another. " Yes, we set him to work yesterday." "Had any experience?"' " Lote of it." " Under heavy bonds, I si; ppose. Our man te under $150,000." "Well, no; we did not require big bonds." " Great heavens, man, he'll run off in two weeks with the whole bank." "We have.every confidence in him.'" " Well, you'll pay dearly enough for it. He'll be in Canada inside of a month." " I think not. You see, he has just run away from a Canadian bank with $200,000. I think he te safe enough." near paid me by thte club in selectingâ€" in choos- ingâ€"in picking me out to deliverâ€" deliver â€" in picking me out â€" in â€" in " That was as far as he got, one boy yelled out " Go it, Shorty '• and others told him to take hte nose off, put a brick on hte tongue, etc., and he broke right down. The papers next morning charitably re- frained from even mentioning hte name. I was looking to see if anything was said, when Sir. Bowser came down to breakfast. I smiled at him kindly, but he shook one fist at the baby and the other at me and hoarsely replied " It's all rightâ€" all right, but I'll pay you off if I have to wade in gore knee-deep " Inqniring Friends- Dumley had been away from home a couple of months, and on hte return met Robinson. "Yes," said Dumley after the greetmg was over. " I am honestly glad to get back. After all, there te no place like home. I s'pose the boys were askmg after me " " Oh, yes," replied Robinson. " There|s Brown,' the gas collector, inquired only thte morning if you ever expected to come back and Tapi Stowyer, the tailor, where a letter would reach you and 'Billy,' over at the Hole-in-the-Wall, said he was very anxious to see you, andâ€" what, going? Well, so long, old boy. I s'poee you're anxious so â- ee the wife and baUea," fie Always Passed tie Butter- " Pass the butter, please," said Jones to Smith, as the former tied two ends qi a nap- kin round hte neck and shoveled about four inches of fried potato into hte mouth with his knife. "Ah, thanks, Jones, for your timely warning," replied Smith. "I al ways endeavor to pass the butter in this house. In fact, I give it as wide a berth as possible." Thte little bit of conversation was met with a gentle titter from the bal- ance of the boarders, while the landlady gave Smith a look that curdled the milk in hte coffee. The Pamily Supplied- « •• You love my daughter " said tne old man. "Love her?" he exclaimed passionately, " Why, sir, 1 would die for her For one soft glance from those jfweet eyes I would hurl myself from yonder cliff and perish, a bleeding, bruised mass, upon the rocks two hundred feet below " The old man shook hte head. " I'm sonlething of a liar myself," and one te enough for a small family like mine." • •^- Let us learn upon earth those things which call us, to Heaven. One factory in Newark, N. J., tarns out 150,000,000 corkscrews m a year. A Wteconsin politician, who has just re- turned from Europe, te credited with the authorship of a most wonderful story. He said that on this voyage the steamer was fdllowed by a shark, which the seamen finally killed. It weighed 1,760 pounds. In ite stomach were found a water pail, a a chad.8 rocking horse, a pair of fisherman's 4oot8. tliMiB empty beer bottles, a copy of The Lond^m Times, the well-preserved seat of a pair of trousers and asqusrepiece of pine board, on which was painted the sign â€" " No Smoking Aloud." f! l";-^; I ?,•,! ..:; i^ â- ;â-  ;â-  1 1 f â-  â-  â- â-  i X'!:!* â- |.â- Ol;^r • i ak.^