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C/atarrhal Deafness and ilay Fever. " not -snerA !/ ware that tbsaa ai or thas they are cue to the presen tes ui I ;e UnJu? mejibrane of the noafl tn:ca fuirroMopio rssearoh, howeTw] -V CO he =.£.i?t. andtheresultisthrti p.aa ooep fcrrui;ited whareby cats C5J .-nd ha fever are ^ured in hi u;;-.]? ^.ppl-.cations made at home. inw.' ;hi3 new treatment ia gent In ;:n; by A. H. Dixoa Son, 308 rcito C.jada il on silver gray oloth makes a| ir.'niiii^. Coil Xo More. iough drops are the best in the! i throat and chest, for the voice] Sed that the letters R. T. W.f ou each drop. igotes reach to within an incli| fi 01 the skirt. .r? .vil.jeci to b^id bteath, foul coated I ii3order cf She Stomach, can at oocel usinj Dr Carson's Stoir^aoh Bitten,] d i;.-[ici .-. AHk vour DmcfKigt worn by young women, rag- onea, this fall. 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Eng^**2iiu id expprts in Patent Causes, t^^ aJd C. Ridoat ACo^^t*wW^ Kn!»TROSf«. DermatoM^^ Skin diseases, Scrofula anU »" All cincers cured that are our. use of the knife. Office houw. " â- om 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.. Sabbath* »• 18 Street Toronto. rn CIRCULARS free. Sometoirj LU nev,- and interesting. S^^gg :h.. ho^t. CANADIAN BUS^^ niotnii.AND iNSTir-T:R ^. T. rente. Thomas EMOOuaH, rn- K0..K8, Secretary- aDdM8na?ei^ .4,ICEB9, 1^ j^*^ !:ock Orllls-Haad, Hot* \d for Catalogue. » Manuirtctnrlng *^ I :, BUTCH^S 1. .V- iw, ^nnr locality t" f^ â- *.'-â- *â-  '^J^ "f» jyCHAKLOTTEM. TONOE. â-  va-ent thought it the wisest way )l»f?^ -3 aav: " You of all people in my d^ibS? """• *»' »' "Wch I have " K«? l^^ " ®8«™»t to many " â- W h a' â- Id,' nd say w'ant to make ont a connec- 6*°'%, aristocracy 1" t«itlf**U different," said Ursula. "Iffi^"" been cast off by his f amfly 8"" ke and have chosen poverty :â€" ^^' ,J, r-roon a pund, my Alwyn â- '»»' " « »^^tSt?epuad, theyw, ii crooJ my Alwyn gaed to sea, ere baitb for ^^ ^A pnv»te*«rkg. Do yoa «i,pe«, fc 25"â„¢" ®^ y^r iaf ancy " Then neither piy mother nor my gj»nd immunity froip, govemewV wm a compen- jgjd to some painful dbcovery, •""" t refuse in an inarticulate souild. sii«'" ,i,°Dutton knows," proceeded .•You don t L'Ciitchme mean to ask him " 1 know how he would look and the boarders ,,,'aDg: A forfeit!" t'fS^S'^utton'sdoorl" r-i'nM in one way be a relief to Mi«a F^ltshedid not like being caught r'°t wall and therefore made a rapid fthoB^h not without a moment's rjementof skirt, which delayed her ' .nnueh to show where she had been, E'" nf that, nnomfint ad'Van- !( Dutton was at that moment advan- :„ bis own wall on the opposite side pf .^Lent garden. Perhaps he would 'epreteniied to see nothmg, but for Nut- SulvSed elf," s^.id Mi.s Mary, "to â- ,i. neonle into predicaments, and then 5'lr S.^ hn ho like Robin Good- elevation Joifliinw-lf-" ^Vou should have kept your ,ij,nitv like me," retorted Ursula tJen you would have had the pleasure L^eiDg Mr. Dutton climbing his wall and jinfftoourfeet." 'Mischievous olves deserve no good 1,,^^'saidMr. Dutton, who was by no Ija^o veneraLle that the crossing the Ja was any effort or compromise of dig- C and who had by tV;is tii\ie joined Mary Tjier grass plot. â-  Vt â- Uh, what is it Are we to go to Monks BiiroaV' cried Nuttie. ' â- Here is a gracious permission from |-.i(iKiiliaIdy, the only stipulations being lilt no vestiges of the meal, such as sand- liicli papers or gooseberry skins, be left on ejass; and that nobody does any mis- l^^e' he added in an awful tone of person- LiT,' "Ho if I see anybody rooting up Itfy trees I shall be bound to interfere." â- ^'Xow, -Mr. Dutton, it was only a baby â- jiiyiuachink." â- ' Only a holly tree 1 Just like the giant's tnjhter when "she only carried off waggon, IsiiiDt, oxen, and all in her pinafore. " â- It is not longer than my finger now " "Well, remember, mischief either wanton Ji: scientific is forbidden. You are to set an InMiple to the choir boys. " â- 'Scientific mischief is a fatal thing to |it plants," saiil Mary. •If I'm not to touch anything, I may as Itiilstay at home," pouted Nuttie. 'â- You may gather as many buttercups lajdaisies as the sweet child pleases," said It. Button whereupon she threatened to Irow her books at his head. -Miss Xugent aiiked how they were to ao, Isa.Mr. Dutton explained that there was rJy a quarter of a mile's walk from the jrition; that return tickets would be liraished at a tariff of fourpence a head litiithat there would be trains at 1.15 and '.k "How hungry the children will be." "They â- will ea? all the way. That's the I'orst of this sort of outing. They eat to |;ie and live to eat." 'At least they don't eat at church," said |i'".::ie. "Xiit since the peppermint day, when |ii" pyers surpended Dickie Drake," put I Hilary. ad the Spa Terrace Church people said I "'a incense." ' • "N'o, Xuttie " I "Indeed they did. Louisa Barnet attack- |Kis about it at schoo' and I said I wished "-iibeen. Only tliey mustn't eatpepper- |iK in the train, for it makes mother quite "I)oyou mean that Mrs. Egremont will *;'exclain,ed Mr. Dutton. '•^ii yes, she shall. It is not too far, and ••»iilbe very good for her. I shall make .;ihere'3 young England's filial duty I" |»«i.Mary. » ^. I ""' i know what is good for her, and I "I always does as 'I wish.'" .^Mneficent despotism!" said Mr. Dat- ' May I ask if Miss Headworth is an 'f'V obedient subject." iuu^n ' '"nt_Ursel ia very seldom tire- ItiA^rk"' • ""' 'â-  "^y ^ear," and a head LJ^'/nows of more than half a century rjared on the other side of the wall, [JJ '=»P and parasol. «' I am sorry to Iw'.J""' ^°* it is cool enough for HT. 8° '«»«» the town, and I â- "you to go with her." mother ever wrote to you about her ^? remember that it â- truok n f â- truok me 4diat JM not think a yacht a likely place, Jfif' „^prsion of a croon into a pound, \i^' Zr silence of mother and aimt J"' m to her satisfactory; but she 'i°'"°'f to damp the youthful enthusi- ,^ __, .,„ I't father, or to foster curioiity te'^^^^r^toMPmg old letters. I have jetook ,.I think ir. CHAPTER HI. Heir Hunting. "^dlfft f«* °n ber gown of wen, "!!'"« mother at sixteen. 10 marry Peter Bell "-Worb8WOBTH. hWa""^^^"^^ °^ ""^^^ Horton were I*'fiillofl/-^°°**"^**P*8t middle age, l**Wu f '"y *°«i vigour, with one of I'^^ker a *^** ^^^^er grow old, and ll?*ywith°" "**" *®^ years over "fiiance. W a grave and almost careworn and 3ntsi^° "°re confidential waxed the l*Witimce vu ^*^y "" making fresh l^kehaHk nephew seldom seen li!?"»Uv ^^ " pet and darling as |i^«8ible K ^^ **^ experiencing the i "•ailed tl ^^ ^^^ "'^^ manner h^'^Wh^ yoing mother he had lost vVvoii,J:_,. I J?»te QniL°^°? ' "^^ 'iP." she said liSa: â„¢ "JS^* to decide on having a "isc uighed on kGE Hyde yoir mind "te right " how does your father ttie "Sri|[^'=°^'i'oed that to repeat my niiatake. te^^ tod all the legal knowledge ' uthf* ^^^ "» favour of yonf "•We squire." HAS in your locality to I^^ ^KWv^^'^«-" aation for the lack of daughters. Can you tell me no deuils," said Mark anxiously. " Have you no letters TITwm about the time when Blanche was bora^ when we were living at Raxley." ' " I am sorry J» say that om roving life J.n my teeping old letters. I have often regretted it. Let me see, there wa^ one who boxed May'aeara." "«'â„¢ w^m "That was long after. I think it was tnat woman s barbarity that made my fath- er marry again, and a very good thing that was. It was wretched before.' Miss Head- worth was in my own mother's time." " I begin to remember something happen- ing that your mother seemed unable to write about, and your grandmother said that she « • » ?^ 8^®*% upset by " that mUerable attair, but I was never exactly told what It had been." " Miss Headstone came when I was four or five years old. Edda, as we used to call her m May's language, was the first person who gave me a sense of beauty. She had dark eyes and a lovely complexion. Ire- member in after years bebg silenced by saying " not so pretty as my Edda." I was extremely fond of her, enough to have my small jealousy excited when my uncle join- ed us in our walks, and monopolised her, turning May and me over to play with his dog," "But, Mark, Mr. Egremont is some years older than your father. He could not have been a young man at that time." "So much the worse. Most likely he seemed to her quite paternal. The next thing I recollect was our being in the Isle of Wight, we two children, with Miss Head- worth and the German nurse, and our being told of our new sister. Uncle Alwyn and his yacht were there, and we went on board once or twice. Then matters became con- fused with me, I recollect a confusion, papa and grandmamma arriving, everybody seem- ing to us to have become very cross, our dear Miss Headworth nowherie to be found, our attendants being changed, and our be- ing forbidden to speak of her again, 1 cer- tainly never thought of the matter till a month ago. You know my uncle's eyes have been affected by his illness, and he has made a good deal of use of me. He has got a valet, a fellow of no particular country, more Savoyard than anything else, I fancy. He is a legacy, like other evils, from the old General, and seems a sort of necessity to my uncle's existence. Gffegorio they call him. He was plainly used to absolute gov- ernment, and viewed the coming down amongst us as an assertion of liberty much against his will. We could see that he was awfully jealous of my father and me, and would do anything to keep us out but pro- videntially he can't write English decently, though he can speak any you please. Well, the man and I came into collision about a scamp of a groom who was doing intolera- ble mischief in the village, and whom they put it on me to get discharged. On that occassion Mr. Gregorio grew inso- lent, and intimated to me that I need not make so sure of the succession. He knew that which might make the Ghanoine and me change our note. Well, my father is al- ways for avoiding rows he said it was an unmeaning threat, it was of no use to com- plain of Gregorio, and we must digest his in- solence. But just after. Uncle Alwyn sent me to hunt up a paper that was missing, and in searching a writing-case I came upon an unmistakable marriage certificate be- tween Alwyn Piercefield Egremont and Alice Headworth, and then the dim recollec tions I told you of began to return," " What did you do " " I thought I had better consult my father, expecting to hear that she was dead, and that no further notice need be taken cf the matter. But he was greatly disturbed to hear of the certificate, and would hn- â- '-,- believe me, He-said that some friend oi m;.' grandmother had written her word of goii'gs on at Freshwater between his brot" r and the young govemesss, and that they went off at once ti. put a stop to it, but found us left with the German maid, who declared that Miss Headworth had gone off with Mr, Egremont in the yacht. No more was heard of my uncle for six weeks, and when he came back there was a great row with the old General, but he absolutely denied being married. I am afraid that was all the old sinner wished, and they went off together in the yacht to the West Indies, where it was burnt but they, as you know, never came to England again, going straight off to the Mediterranean, having their head- quarters at Sorrento, and cruising about tUI the General's death ten years ago," " Yes, I once met them at Florence, and thought' them two weary pitiable men. One looked at the General as a curtoua relic of the old buck of the Regency days, and compassionated his nephew for having had his life spoilt by dangling after the old man. It was a warning indeed, and I am glad you have profited by it, Mark." «• He came back, after the old man died, to club life in London, and seldom has been near the old place indeed, it has been et till recently, and he w^ts *« let it a«ain, but it is altogether too diUpidated for that without repairs. So he came down to see ^ntit, aSdwas taken ill there. But^to return t^) what my father told nne He was shocked to hear of the certificate, for he W bnnUcitly believed his brother's denial ^trtiSge. and he «id Mi^ Jead^ worth was so childish and simple that she might Lay have been taken m by a sham ^remo^. He said that he now saw he had done^ wrong in letting his m^fr-m- law take all the letters about "that un- hSpy b^ess â- ' off his hands withoutlook- SS^wt***^ Egr«no»t. aahehim- arrS^?*^* been the one to profit by it, 2li2S°^*"°°^" ^^' •*"â-  letting ^.looking •* ^-M^%S A^ ^^'St I««ld«o%«J him tobe- ffm up«u£ with my nwsle. fcalTiâ„¢. Egremont «!! â- *^?8ly 0' â„¢y «de in thinking that ywh a aung ought to be looked intoT^d as Lifri**"?^ the paper it wo«ld be bert thatIahonld.peak, Berides therewa.no enduring that Gregorio should be pret^d- mg to hold us in terror by such hints." "Well, and has there been a Wife and family in a cottage all this time " " ^unt Margaret, he has nevw seen or heard of her since he left her at Dieppe r Would you beUeve it, he thinks himself a victim? He never meant more than to amuse hunself with the pretty little govem- MB, and betook onboard a Mr, and Mrs Haoffhton to do propriety, Aady xwt of people I Imagine, but that she did not know." "I have heard of them," said Lady Kir- kaldy, significantly. (to be continued,) THE LIME-ZILN CLUB. " I war' axed las' night how dis club stood on the queshun of charity," said Brother Gardner as the meeting opened in due form and the thermometer marked 120 degrees in Elder Toots' corner. " Di» club stands jist whar' it has alius stood. NufBu' has occurred to change our minds. " Whon a poo' man meets wid accident or sickness dis club has sunthin' to help him along, " When de wife of a poo' man am left a helpless widder, dis club am bound to help her, " When a man who has lost a limb ap- peals to me for bread I shan't refuse him â€" not onless hia breaf smells of liquor, " Our charity goes dat fur and no furder. We have no use fur de tramp. Every piece of bread handed out to him ar' simply a premium on laziness. He tramps bekase he doan' want to work. He ar' a human sponge. Instead of lookin' fur work he ar' iookin' to escape work. " Ebery nickle handed out to a beggar, large or small, is an incouragement to aovid honest work. Ebery penny incourages vice an' indolence. " We hev gone to an expense of tens of thousands of dollars fur a county house, but yet we mus' raise tens of thousands of dollars ebery y'ar for a poo' fund to take keer of de people who am too high-toned to go out dar' but low-toned enuff to walk boldly into de Poo' Master's office. Ebery dollar we raise is a premium on indolence, poverty and vice. So long as charity â- will pull two or three hundred families through six months of de y'ar, de husbands ar' not gwine to break dar backs lookin' fur work, an' de wives ar' not gnine to worry about to-morrer. " If de heathen am not all right, it's not our fault. De Lawd made man an' pro- nounced him perfeck. He made de heathen jist as we find him to-day, and I doan' pro- pose to interfere. If dis club had any heathen fund set aside, I should be in favor of usin' ebery dollar fcf it right heah in en- lightened America, whar de Lawd's Sab- bath day is given up to lager beer, shootin' matches, base ball an' excursions. " Dar' am mo' downright fraud an' swlndlin' bein' practiced frewout de world to-day in de name of charity dan under any odder disguises, an' it ar' high time dat peo- ple ob sense put deir foot down. Let us now attack de reg'lar order of bizness." BRANCH 64. The Secretary called the attention of the meeting to the following item from the Syracuse Reporter Branch 64 is making arrangements for a picnic to be held in the early part of next month. President Keefe will spare no ef- forts to appoint committees who will make this one of the grandest C. M. B. A. affairs Syracuse has ever seen. He has a lot of good workers who never do anything by halves. One of the chief attractions will be a debate by the Lime-Kiln Club of 64. Jeny Looney is the President and makes the brothers come to order by nine raps of tne gavel. Branch 64 is down on the records as one of the most orderly and prosperous branches in the East and Brother Gardner intimated that it was quite possible some of the mem- bers of the parent club would be present at the picnic. ONE OF THE BEJECTED. Whalebone Howker sent the following item, from the Montgomery Advertiser, to the Secretary's desk, and wanted to know if the man named therein was a member of the club " There was a rare wedding in Montgom- ery the other day. It was consummated when Jim Burbridge and Patey Williams, both colored, were made one instead of two. They are inmates of the County Poor House. The groom is as blind as a mole and has been led about for a long time by a little girL Patsy will in all probability do the leading hereafter. She is a confirmed crip- ple and has seen her best days. But they applied for license and were duly married according to the rules and regulations of the law. To cap the climax Sam Hereford, the immortal 'er long so an de like o'dat,' Sam, acted as best man. And there you are, as the man says in the pfey." The Secretary replied that Jim Burbridge applied for membership about a year ago, but was promptly rejected, and that this wedding was doubtless an attempt to spite the Lime-Kihi Club. At the time of mak- ing his application Burbridge was known as "The Terror of Vesuvius," and was sup- posed to have killed his man. HE I* A VILLAIN. The following communication, from Cairo, Ritehie Co., W. Va., was then read Brother Gardner Deab Sibâ€" There is a man traveling through this county on a mule receiving subecnptions for " Life of Brother Gardner." He chiims to be the only authorized agent in the United States and Canada for this book. His terms are $1 in advance, and the baLince ($4) when the book is d«1ivered. Is he all right He calls himself John 0.^ Whitehair. Yours very respectfully, A. Jackson Pbitchabd. Secretary of the Society for the Prevention of Cmelty to Animals. The Secretary was inatmcted to answer, in a large hand, to the effiect L That no " life at, BtoiitBr Gardner" has yet been published. 2. When it h the price won't be over twenty-five oenti^ 3. Hie man Whitehair is a base villain. M|i^»i9m^af^,«alLbe Mid far^raoiB thctaeinBlKen hnng^to tiie limb of a per- â- intnmatraQ. " 4. This chib emidoys no farav«iling agents ezomt Glvitedam Jones, Irlto is bmr-kgged, lop-sboolderad. blind in one eye, and carries his credentials in a hind pocket.' A Ballad of the Ghreat Lone Land- r SBOKAS STAirOBD. Ho tiees grow on the wMteni plaiik Tbere'8 neither hill nor vale. One endlew stretdi, Jost like tte miOn, Crossed by the praitie traU. Zhe sun wag reddening at its ainUog, unimed in its colour ligtit, Blaiii^ and darkening.an;! sbrinkinK, Until it came on night; When saddeiUy a horse was heard â€" The captain of the British band- Along the trail he madly spurred, A carbine in his hand. Close on the path ahead he gazed, Vhile swiftly onward dashing. And on his carbine' bart^el blazsd. The sun's rays rediy flashing, Said he " mine is a sorry plight. On this wild plain alone. With but a moment }et ere night. For there's the setting sun. The fort U ytt three leagues away. These wolves will have me yet. Not one more hour of blessed day. For now the sun has set." Dark horsemen follow him apace With whoop and wild haloo. The rider never turns his face To see who may pursue. Fast fall hi i charger's iroti shod hoofs. His trappings clash and clink, He vainly looki for the friendly roofs, And his heart begins to tink. His tunic is of crimson hue, GoM lace runs round his shoulder. The black plumes of hii helmet flew In the night wind blowing colder. An Indian rider sn if t behind Held up a rifleâ€" crash â€" Still wildly blew the cold night wind. Then came an answering flash. A dusky face was filled with woe. And with a flutterint breath He moaned ' may he die*even dO, A life pays for a death. It was the young Louis Riel Riding anear that heard. And full of hate his heart aid swell To hear that dying word. Headlong past all the rest he bore And took a deadly aim â€" The soldier held his course no more And dropped his bridle rein. He looked up to the cold blue sky. And to the plains around, And to the foes who watched him die Then toppled to the ground. " So foragers from o're the sea Shall die," said young Riel, And bending now upon his knee He smote him where he fell. He smote the dead face twice and tore The bloody locks away. And with the dripping token swore. Forever from that day. To follow both with fire and sword All of the hated race And dew-eyed Pity heard each word And covered up her face. The horse ungaided still rushed on. Knowing not its rider's fate. And was found ea rly at the dawn Beside the great fort gate. It told the story fullyâ€" they. His comrades, saddled each. And found him.Jstretched out where he lay, Rescued, yet past their reach. They brought him balck and buried him Within the palisade. And their rough soldier eyes grew dim As his rude grave was made. Fort BouQB, 18S3. The Star to Every Waitdering Bark. BT NORA LAUOHER. Thou dear little 6tar, So tw^irikling and bright. Look down from afar In silence of night. Oh 1 look down on me In this world of woe. Me, a poor wanderer. With nowhere to go. Pity me, love me. Oh, bright, little star. No one to help me, ' ^, Thou art so far. Canst thou be an eye To guide me aright Out of this darkness Into the true light? I will have no fear, Thy bright light I see So silvery and clear Thou'rt sent to save me. " Don't be a Clam " " Don't be a clam " Why not? C^ams nave no bills to pay their garmente never cost a shot, they have tha right of way. Their ulsters never go in pawn when Spring days are about, and then, in Winter, sigh and mourn cause they can't get them out. The tax collector th«sy don't fear, nor girls who dote on creams no corns or boils have they, 'tis clear, no files disturb their dreams, Policemen never take them up, yet some- times put them down they never bet on the wrong pup, nor crimson paint the town. They never go to see best girls and find old men instead, no dad at them the bootjack hurls to cause them a swelled head. They ne'er go skating where 'tis nice to come down with a slam, but I have fallen on the ice and wished I was a clam. The Best Thing He Gould Take for a Starter- " I'm going to get married," said a young travelling man to a bachelor friend. " Indeed Well, I wish you much joy, and trust that you realize the responsibility you are about to undertake." " Yes, sir I think I realiza the respon- ubility. I have settled down and changed my habits very much." " That's right. Spend your evenings at home and read good solid books." " What would yon recommend " "I think' Paradise Lost' would be the best thing yon could take for a starter." Bat She Got Mad- •• Do you think it would be very hard for me to become an actress, dear?" asked Mrs. Figenspecht of her liege lord, after returning from tiie theatre last night. " Not at all, my love the easiest thinsr in the world," replied the brute. " All yon voidd have to do would be to stand around and talk, and yon would need no reheanals lor that, yon knowi" V • -â- ;â- â- â- . â- .. â- -:/â- ' "'â-  ' â- -. .ii.6L :-;iiii Afrinn AdTsntnn- Cratain Idndley gives a lively aooonnt of an adventure which befell a member of his BHr^JaKaffir-Us^r Th^^adyliad halted tar breakfast on the bank d a stream, and Thomas, anegro, Jiad eon* down to fill the kettle Witt «ater. Sy ilikg j aU hands were starUeiS: 1^ kesfotg him ^Waam violently, «ad Itiolung after him, saw kettle and buck- ets ^ii^ -In: Mi».dItJM!tionwhflat he went in another, and fell flat on his face as if he had been shot "Take to year amis, mein boys 1" shouted Mr. Van Meyer. "Perhaps some Kaffirs haVe been shoot the man with assc^gads." And the hardy old bush-fighter was ready for the fray, with his formidable roer poised, and 4us finger on the trigger. Meantime the extraordinary conduct of Th«Hnas continued to alarm a«. He remained flat on the ground, moving his legs and arms as though he really had been shot, but at the same time continuing to yell as no shot person ever did. Guu in hand, revolver in belt, keenly scru- tinizing every surrouaHing bask, â- we moved forward to where the unhappy negro lay howling. No blood was to be seen up )n him, no as- segai sticking up from a bloody wound.. We qnestionM him, but in vain. He did nothing but yell anH howl for at least a quarter of an hour. Then, in answer^to our reiterated inquiries, he at Jast sat up, rolled his eyes wildly about, and pointing to a little pool of water near by, and hugging one of his feet with both hands, he said, " De debbil I De debbil, massa I Da debbil koteh me by de leg in dat water 1" It was long before we could elicit any fur- ther information from him, but finaUy we managed to make out t.hat something had either struck or se z--l his foot with such â- violence as to knock iiim dovm. More than this it was impossible to discover, as he pre- ferred rolling on the ground and groamng, " Miningi qaquamfa! min'ngt qnquamba! mina fe'le!" (Too much pain I too much pain I am dying ' With the inquisitiveness for wliich his compatriots are famous, our Yankee friend was the first who thought of goins; to inves- tigate the little pool, to see whether the mystery could thus be elucidated. He went off from the circle about the un- happy Thomas very quietly, intending, no doubt, alone and unaided, to achieve what- ever glory might result from possible discov- eries. Several of us followed him. He gazed into the pool, suddenly darted down, plunged his hand into the -water, and drew forth in triumph a rather large, flat fish. He was in the act of turning to us exultantly, and had just ejaculated, "Here it is Here's the debbil " when he dropped the fish with a loud yell and cric'l, " An electric fish " So it proved, and a very dangerous cus- tomer for 1 have no doubt that were a per- son to touch one in crossing a river, he would receive a phiek powerful enough to paralyze Eind disable him, when the current would carry him away. Flogging in China- A Chinese tragedy, followed by judicial proceedings and a remarkable all-round administration of rough justice, is reported in the latest budget ot news from the Celes- tial Empire. An officer named Telengo hearing two of the soldiers of his company quarreling about a money debt, called them before him and questioned them respecting their unruly conduct. They resented his- interference and were flogged for insubordin- ation. One of tlem, Yu-ch'eng by name, aggravated his offense and. incurred severer and repeated punishment by two attempts to escipe the flogging by running a, way. The officer Telengo himself administered 10 of the strokes inflicted on Yu ch'eng, be- cause he considered that he was further re ported to the General for further 'disciplin- ary treatment. Here even Celestial endu- rance was at an end. The man effectually ran away this time he found permanent oblivion in an overdose of opium. Then the officer Telengo was tried. He was found guilty of inflicting excessive punishment and sentenced to be fluggnrl, Niuety blows, or half those inflicted on Yu-ch'eng, were order- ed. The man who administered the flogging was condemned to receive 80 bl.i^s the soldiers guarding the deccs ,.jd to suffer 60 blows, and Ssu-hai, the mau « ho quarreled with the deceased, to endure 80 bi.).vs. The report naively adds " Yu ch'eng being dead, rn frirfUor notice ne»d be taken of his offense, and his debt to Ssu-hai is extin- guished. o â-  Determined There Should be 'no Question About Eis Spellina:- There was a sign out at a grocery the other day reading " Smurney Figs, Very Cheap." It wasn't long put oat before a pedestrian entered t'ne place and said to the proprietor " You ought to be ashamed to spell the name of a country in that way. Every school child will laugh at you. " â- As soon as he went out the grocer removed the sign and put up one reading Smirny Figs, Very Cheap. It wasn't half an hour b^ore a second man came in and said "Say, it isn't any of my business, of course, but that spelling is a dead give way on you. Better change it." The grocer at once removed the sign and put up one reading " Smerny Figgs Vary Cheep." He was regarding it with a look of satis- faction when a man halted, teid it over and said: " Are they nice figs?" « Well, fair to nielium." was the reply. "There may be some questioo about the figs, but I don't propose there shidl be about my spelling book. Let some one jump on to me now if they can " A Pushing Fell jWr "What's become of Bill Dikes, Sam He used to be, when I lived here, one of the wildest and most worthlesit yunng fellows in town." "Oh, Bill, he's settle'l down since then. He's got to be a pushing budiness man." " Yon don't say I What business is he in?" "Pushing a baby carriage and keeping books for his wife she takes in washing." An Ancient Custom. A, â€" ' Do yon know where the cu-tom of mothers taking their marriageable daughters to the watering places originated ' B, â€" "I have no idea." "Well, it dates back to the days of Abraham. You knour it was at a well that Rebecca fonnd her husband." .: :: .viV- 4'.:. ' '(â- C^ii"'.uj'.- y. -â-  â- â- ^%: 'â- iitA ;5ijf â- Â«Â«Mi^' '•^ f I J" *t' *•*.. viiiiC