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 YOUNG FOLKS. BUfl MABTEaS' CHEiSTMAS flVfi. I-M MATTD MEREDITH. " Well, now I Bay that' meaner'n pnaley I I'd go,' f'l was yoa, any how, Glad I a'int got no old granther with a lot of money to to have to atay't home for 'n anyhow 1 wouldn't if 1 had." " I want to go jes' awful. Will, but I guess I can't. Father said stay, an' I s'poae it ia rtay. What are ye goin' to have, anyway ' Will thrust his hands into hia pockets, threw back bis head, and gazed vacantly at the nndulatiog line of purple hills sharply outlined against the red gold of the evening sky. " 0-h â€" everything j°st e v-e-rything. Goin-'ter skate on the pond with awful hand- some Japalanterna 'u bome'll slide down Bilker's hill, lot's on 'em boys 'n girls an' there's the Ctariatmaa tree in the church, n' presents far e-v-e-ry-one on us â€" you'll have suthin or nuther on that tree, 'n your name- II be called ont'n you not there to cet it â€" an' music, 'n fur'l I know, dancin' e like 's not 'n there's to be aupppr, too, after the tree, so Tom jsat told me. Jest think piles o' cakes 'n goodies. Oh, I'd jest go 'f'l was you. I wouldn't stay to home for no old granther. Besides, nobody ever touches any body here- abouts. He'll be jest exactly as safe without -^e. Say, Hugh, come along, do now." Hugh Maeters dug the toe of his heavy cow-hide shoe into the crisp snow, and shook his head slowly. ' I guess I must'nt," he said, but I want'er awful bad," '• Oh, you just wait till granther goes to bed, an' then let yourself down off the shed, 'n come along. I'll go'n get supper 'n then wait for ye down by the big hemlock round by the Dark Turn. Now be sure an' come, for 1 11 wait for ye." Before Hugh c ould answer W oi^taa darted away down the road, and was hearing. Hugh took up his pails and entered the stable to attend to hia evening chores. His father, mother, and vonngeceisteriiad goue, early in tha day, to the home of an uncle who lived in one of the larger villages some ten miles away, leaving Hugh, a strong fourteen year old boy, to attend to the chorea and take care of hia grandfather. " Grandfather Masters" was a cheery old man. who divided his time between a big flock of poultry and the newspaper, and who was reputed as having a ' whole bag of money" stowed away in a little tin trunk under his bed, and because of this report Hugh's father had told hitn not to leave the house until the family returned on the following day. The Christmas merry making at the little village of Fairfi eld, a mile away, hiid been greatly exaggerated by his friend Will. There was co be a Christmas tree at the church for all the Sabbath school scholars, to be sure and a company of young men and ladies had planned tor a small skating party besides, it was understood that Miss Latimer, the belle of Fairfield, was to give a party, and had hired the " Fairfield String Band" (one violin and one bass viol,) for the occasion. But how wauEi the lonesome boy to know this, as he strained the milk by the dim light of a flaring candle, and rinsed the pails out by the ice covered spout So discontent crept in and took possession of his mind, and be muttered to himself " Will's right I think it meaner'n pusley, too." Grandfather Masters nodded over his paper, and at last drew c£F hia spectacles and declared it was time to " lay hia old boi.eB down for a little rest." Looking up at Hngb, who had risen to bring bis sprand- father's candle, the old gentleman said, with a side ^rlanoe towards the door " Be ti- ter sort o' look up tight to-night, my boy. We live among honest men, but still we'd better keep the latch string out o' sight, I guess, seeing as we are alone." " All right," Hugh answered, and as his grandfather stood waiting for him, he barred about, Eeoured all the doors and windows, and, taking his candle, went up to his own room. The little window moved easily in its worn casing, and for otce, it seemed to Hugh, was not frozen down. So he pushed it up, put the stick, under it, and leaned far out ver the sill. Ah, what a glorious night ic was Clear, crisp and sparkling no moon, but starlight that fairly danced on the snow. " By jolly 1 but I wish't I could take a run down to the village for an hour or so," Hagh mattered aloud. "I wonder, now, what earthly harm it could do. Grandfather's well, an' sleeps sound, and nobody ever comes anigh. Oh, dear I want to go, but I s'pose I mnsn't. Ongh^ to run down and tell Will not to wait It won't take bat a moment, so guess 111 do that, 'n then I can come back â€" s'pose I've got to." Hugh crept ont onto the low shed roof, and dropped down into the soft snow at the back. A quick, vigorous run, and then Will's shriU whistle and WiU's voice call- ing out, "good for yan. Masters 11 knew you wouldn't stay cooped up in ohe hoase iks an old woman or a settin' hen. Here's ten cents to bay oandy or peanuts, and we'll have no end of fan. Say, what are ye hangin' back for " " Well Iâ€" erâ€" Iâ€" say, Will, I jest came down to tell you I didn't want ter go, an' yon needn't wait." "Didn't want ter ho hoi That's a great note, I know better'n that. I'll bet you're afraid to go. Xhink yc all get strapped if you do. " Now if there was uiything on earth that Hagh hated, it was to be accused of coward- ice, and directly at Will's taoat liis pride was stung, and added only another incentive to his desiretogo. "I ain't atraid of nothin' you know that s'well as I d«t batâ€"" then, as a vision of his grandfather came before his eyes, he hesitated, looked np at tibe stars over- ' head, looked back at the black little opening among the trees that meant the heavily sliad- owed road that he most take if he went home; looked down past the Dark Tom towmrds the village, and decided thfkt he would nut down with Wm for a little while; not to stay for the caket and goodies, at oonrse, bat just to see the lights and hew tiie mnsio for a minnte. " Well, Wilt, I've made ap my mind- not to go," Theaewere die wwda he heard hinumMmy in|b and qnk^ as » flash the thonght ouhe to him, that as he had made saoh a blunder, he had better brave it oat, and with a 'good-bye," he iHdried and darted away tiM Miabre hsailocki. He did not iantt iMlMd own yard. Then he stopped suddenly, and stared in blank amazement Did his eyes deceive him He rubbed them to see if he could be dreaming. No, hia were wide ope^ and there was the kitchen door that he had locked securely, wide open also. Andâ€" could it be Yes, he was sure he heard the sound of voices within. One thought oi his grandfather, and the brave boyâ€" for Hagh was a brave boy, even though he had.,not «lven up hia holiday in a manly way--~ caugt up a slender stick of wood, and dashs ed iho the house and into his grandfath*?r's room One glance showed him the whole situation. A short, stalky man, whose face was masked with a torn bandanna baudker- chief, was bending above his grandfather, demanding the whereabouts of the money. A long, keen dirk glittered in one upraised hand, while with the other he tightened his grasp on the old man's throat. With a howl that miffht have done honor to a Comache, Hugh sprang upon him, and dealt the man a stunning blow. The man reeled backward, but caught himself, and darted out through the open door, Hugh following closely. At tae door the boy hesi- tated. He could not capture this man single-handed, and ho might turn on him and shoot, for of course he was well armed. All this took but an instant to comprehend, and Hugh swung the heavy door together with a barg. He was none too quick, how- ever, for the thief, recovering from his first surprise, became conscious that he had been attacked by a single boy, and had turned upon him and fired. Bat the ball struck ttie swinging door and glanced off harmlessly. Hugh bolted the door with shaking fingers, but when he ventured to take a peep out of the window, he had the satisfaction of seeing the man sneaking away down the shadowy road. Going back to his grandfather, he found that he was unharmed, save for the fright and pretty severe choking that he had re- ceived. •• Well, Hugh, my boy, I thought you were never cominc," said the old man, fumbling around his neck with trembling hands. " You see, the rascal woke me up by hittin' that seed box agin' that very tin box that's got the money in it. Then he came at me, an' I kep' holler in' to you, and I thought you just never would hear. Why, don't you know, lad, that that trunk has got all the money to pay for my grave- stonean' yourschooliD," There's considerable upwards of a thousand dollars there, money that I've made raisin' poultry since I give up the farm, and if you had'nt a woke up just in the nick of time, it would every cent of it a been gone," Hugh hung his head and said nothine. " And he might a choked me to death into the bargain, just as like as not," the old man went on. " Powerful blow, that you gave him, I'll tell you, my boy, I'm gOing to give you the money to buy that shot-gun that you're hankerin' arter so, and I'll get it out for ye as soon as ever to-morrow's sun comes up, so as that tramp won't be a watchin' out for us. I tell yon what, a boy of fourteen that can down a tramp like that, orter hev suthin to remember the night by. An' anyhow, there's a plenty there. I laid ont to buy you a good suit o' clothes, an' send you to school at the vi lage a spell, an' then send you to the agricultural college. I don't allow as boys get any too much leamin' I know I never had enough. But why, for the gracious aake, hev ye got yer boots on, heh " Hugh straightened up hia head and look ed his grandfather square in the face. He had made up his mind to " make a clean breast of it." Hia grandfather would not give him the gun, of course, when he knew all about it â€" and he did want that shot-gun very mudi â€" ^beside, he would not, probably, ever give him any of the money, now, to pay for the schooling, but he had determin- ed to tell the truth, oome what would. But his grandfather was old, and very badly shaken with fright, and so he said, " Grand- father, I'll tell yon all about it when the snn comes up, cause I think you had bet- ter sleep now, an' I'll put more wood in the kitchen fire, an' jest set up an' keep an eye out for that burglar of our'n." Grandfather Masters slept late in bis room the next morning, and Hugh slept soundly out on the kitcken lounge, until the sun came in and danced over bis nose and peeped down into his closed eyes. Then he awoke with a start. There was the fire to build, the cattle to care for, the coffee to maka for breakfast. It was noon, and the familiar jingle of bells, as old Fan, the family horse, jogged up to the door, be- fore Hugh had found time to explain last night's proceedings to his grandfather. Theie was a perfect buzz of voices, now, exclamationa of horror, oh's and ah's of sympathy and words of praise for Hagh, but when the noise had lulled a little, he walked up to his grandfather's chair and told the whole story. " An' you needn't give me the gun, an' I don't deserve no scboolin' neither," he added, witii a little quiver about the lips. " I sorter s'picioned as how you's out," Grandfather Masters said, taking the boy's hand in his own. " I've been a boy my- self, and I know just how tough it comes to have to stay at home. An' aeein' aa you have owned it up all fair an' open, I'll give you one of them there new-faahioned Water- bury watches, so yon can have the time when you begin sdiool. An' you need'nt thank me, neiuier." he added, as Hugh tried to stammer out a few words of thanks. " I shouldn't have a cent on it to give to any one, if yon hadn't a come back to stay wWx your old grandther, instead o' goin along with the rest o' them to the Chriatmas tree.' What Are Ton Fumlns: f or How many of our readers can c^ve a satisfactory snswer to this qnelrtion Cfeme to think it over, what ore yon farming for T Why are you not in some other business Do you love farming and fiad as much profit in it as yoar friends and relations find_ in other ocoopations, or are yon last farming because yon can't do anything else Naw we believe that these things are worth thinking about Here we have a great proportion of the people in this country living on the farm. D you tiiink why they are there? Are they just living along with- out knowing just why they live as they do T We were led to think of this matter by hearing a man say, with a sneer, that farmers lived in the country because they couldn't do anything but farm. He is wrong, we know, but his words started a new train of thought " What are you farming for 7" It is a plain, fair qaestion. Let the fanners of America answer that question fairly and honestly, and we believe the answer would make one of the grandest and most complete arguments for farm life that can ever be written. We propose to investi- gate the matter. We invite our friends when renewing subscriptions for next year, to state in a few words or lines why they are farmers. Let na have the facta. Do we live on the farm because we have to We will keep a rejord of the answere. We believe the story will astonish a good many of the croakers. A Story Aboat Nilsson. When Christine Nilsson first appeared in public, twenty or more years ago, she was bony and freckled Scandinavian lass like scores one sees in Western towns. Now she is a magnificent woman, commanding in carriage and countenance. Occasionally her temper gets the better of her on the stage, and once, in Chicago, she knocked over the piano stool and stamped angrily because something had gone wrong. If she proved herself ungrateful to former lenefactors, re- tribution came quickly in the treatment which she met at the hands of her first hus- bind's relations, upon whom she had lavish- ed princely donations. She is a women of noble impulse, which WIS once illustrated at the house of a retired Chicago millionaire near New York. A dis- tinguished company had been invited to meet her at dinner. On entering the dining room she dropped her host's arm, hurrying in amcizsmenttothe stately young butler, and seizing him effusively by the hand, engaged him in conversation, while the other guests stood waiting and the entertainer looked on in astonishment. " That man," she explain- ed to the group, when they were seated, " is the son of a kind old nobleman on whose estato my father worked as a day labourer when we were children. Fortune has smiled on me, while it has frowned on my old playmate, whom I fiad here under such changed circumstances." To Our Beaders. We cannot too strongly urge upon our readers the necessity of suscribing for a family weekly newspaper of the first daSs â€" such, for instance, as "The Independent," of New York, Were we obliged to select one publication for habitual and careful reading to the exclusion of all others, we should choose unhesitatingly "The Independent" It is a newspaper, magazine and review, all in one. It is a religicus, a literary, an edu- cational, a story, an art, a scientific, an agricultural, a financial, and a political paper combined. It has 32 folio iages and 21 departments. No matter what a person's religion, politics or profession may be, no matter what the age, sex, employment or condition may be " The Independent" will prove a help, an instructor, an educator. Oar readers can done leaa than to send a postal for a free specimen oopy, or for thirty cents the paper will be sent a month, enab- ling one to judge of its merits more criticid- ly. Its yearly subscription is $3 00, or two years for $5.00. Address, " The Independent," 251 Broad- way, New York City. Profited by the Example. Auguetus and Marie had been maintain- ing an awkud silence for some minutes. At last she remarked " You are very qniet this evening." 1Yes, I am," he admitted frankly. "I don't soppose many of the young men who visit you are as dull in conversation aa I "Some of them talk more than you do. There'a Jaok Swingerly, he alwaya naa ever aomnoh tony." « What does Jaok tdik abontr' "Why," she responded, carefnllj watch- ing his boe, " his favorite toj^ is love." " That^ » rabjeot that I oMMfidly wOd," said Anggatna, who was ,not M maoh cl m fool w he looked. " For what reason, f m miwit !a hot id dreadfoL" ' I don't know about that, iloefea cl««l#%iM*ther too Mend onoe beoa n se he fooled with a ^tuTl Me He didnt know it was loaded."â€" [Merohant XtMvlkr. Dressmaking an Ait- Dressmaking is no longer simply a busi- ness. It is an art. If a lady have occasion to furnish herself with a new costume for a certain fete, reception or what else it may be, it is not sufficient now that she buy a fashionable material and t*ve it made in a fashionable maimer. Women do not, must not now, all dress alike. She must study herself with an artist's eye. If she oannot do thia let her employ a mediate who can, and let color, form, treatment, garniture (^ the attempted costume all be the result of the careful study and end in the climax of perfect adaption to the wearer. But let her alao atndy the time and place, and occasion for which the dress ia to be made, her own condition and oiscumatancea, and all the aurronndings of the apartmenta in which the ccatume ia to be worn, aa far aa poaaible. All theae thingaand many otiier points which will ocour anon to a aenaible and artiatio con- ception and judgment, will conduce to fnr- niah elementa tut ?dll bear more or leas on the costume and should be by no means lost sight of. ' £fideno6 of Insanity. ' Mr. Yoder, your daughter Irene has given me her permission to ask of yon her hand in marriage; but before I ask for your formal consent you will pardon me if I make the enquiry, aa it is a matter of life long consequence to me, whether or not there have ever been any indications of in- sanity, so f ai as you know, in your family V "You say Irene has accepted yon, Mr. HankinsonT" " I am happy to say she has." " Then, sur," said the old man, aha lrJTig his head dejectedly, " it is my duty, as her father, to tell you that I think Irene is showing decided indications ot insani^." A8nflKe8tedJ£otto. Snober^â€" Mith Bondclipper, I amooing to adwopt a motto for my new owoat « arms. Whrt would you tfatumast? Miss BondoUppfHrâ€" How does 'Tiiw« is Boom at ths^Cop" atilke yon, Mr. Snober- QoheToo'ildy. ViaM^r (to jwidow de HohBOD)r-Yoar new to be a vfry neat aoid ^d^fenen. Confessing by Telephone. From time to time one may notice eyents that bring ont, with unusual force and clear- ness, the faot that great inventions are chief among the conditions that shape mod- em life. This is recognized in regard to civilizing elements with which people have long been familiar, such as the railiroad and the telegraph, but is not so commonly ac- cepted wi(b respect to an innovation like the telephone. Yet that little instrument is most remarkable for the new relations into which it brings men and their affairs, and it inoesiantly calls for novel adjustments of our ideas and actions. The legality of con- tracts by telephone has been an issue for the oourts, and but recently we mentioned a case in which a defendant submitted him- self for judgment by telephone and received sentence in the same way. More lately, again, the point has arisen whether gam- bling carriml on by telephone can be lawfully and effectively stopped. In medicine num- erous instances have occurred wherein it is unnecessary for the doctor to see his patient, the prescription or advice being suc-i as the telephone shows to be desirable. And now the Catholic Church is trou iled to decide AB to the efficacy of a confesaioa by tele- phone. The qaestion has been referred to Rome by the French bishops, and among the Italian priests also the subject is an un- settled one. Some authorities hold that the telephone can be used for censure, but not for absolution while others consider that as the tslephone annihilates distance, the con- fessor and the penitent are actually togeth- er. Evidently the question goes far deeper than the disputes of mere casuistry, and touches all that serves to surround a solemn act wi.h sentiments of awe. And how sol- emn itself, after all, is the thought that the telephone ia thus ainong the instrumentali- ties that release ua from the clogs and bonds of physical sense and lift ua to a realm where mind and soul, as if clarified and dis- embodied, can have freest communion. m A Bet That Was Paid. A Michigan Democrat is the only loser of a bet this fall who is in a good humour over it. He made a wager with a Republi- can neighbour on the general result. The loser was to be kicked nnretisttngly across the street in public with brass band and bon- fire accompaniment and all the usual uproar- ious nonsense. When the returns were all in the winnei came around and laughed and shouted, and then went and ordered a new p%ir of stogy boots that weighed four pounds apiece. The Democrat tried to beg off and said he was only in fun. But the Republican inaiate^d, and the Democrat finally gave in. The time arrived. The band and the bonfire and the crowd were all there. The Demo- crat was there, and the kicker was there. The Democrat took a position on the curb, and as the big drum sounded ferociously the gleeful Republican took a running start and fetched him a mighty kick. The Democrat bounct'd about three feet out into the street, while the kicker lay down and took bis foot in both hands and howled, and was finally carried c if on a shutter. The Democrat had insoled the seat of his trousers with a forty ponnd coaUhole cover. When the Great Sahib Gomes. Till you are in the east you cannot real- ize the necessity of a " forerunner" to clear the way for a great man. There is no pavement or side path for foot people to walk on, and they scatter all over the roar! thronging it thickly, so that it would be impossible to move quickly unless the it ay were cleared. Your syces, therefore, ora mounted Sepoy orderly, speed ahead in front of your carriage shouting without ceasing " O wajfarer merdiant 1 es- cape from the road I O seller of cloth, escape 1 Make the road clear, O people I The great sahib ia coming I Make his way dear " thus clearing a passage through the crowd which doses again we moment yon have pissed. Children areoften lifted bodily out of the way, while absent minded persons, who have their thought* in the clouds and their heads in a blanket are apt to find themselves of a sudden sitting by the roadside and wandering how they came there. » â€" Wanted an Injunction. " Did I understand you to say yon wanted a warrant, Bemus T" " Dat's what I wants, jedge." "Against Dr. Weldon, did you say Why, he is one oi the most reputable men in cur town." " Kyant help dat, jedge he's bolished my f am'ly. Dey wnz all aiok with immerta- tion er de lungs, an' nary one on 'em died wid it 'long az he lef ' ^em erlone, but de minit he oome in, jedge, an' 'gan to bed 'em down wid nanzyums and de like o' dat day done ked ober an" shovd off deir mo't%l kile. Jedge, ef yer won't gimme a war'nt, ^mme a 'junction, perhibiti'n dat doctor f om bom- bardin' me wid any medercinea an' de like er dat"â€" [YonkeiB Gazette. The Book Whioh Helped Him. "Have yon any apeoial work that yon would daaa among the hooka that have hdped you!" waa aaked a Milwaukee Yes, I have, ah' no mistake," replied he. "What is it?" continued the interroga- tor. "The family almanac," replied the MO- wakeean. And then he earnestly added "I got track of a patent medicine in it that cured me of kidney oomplamt â€" â€"Chicago Globe. Ok Bibson. Ite. d* Hi«Beln--Ah, yai, I am afraid mooh asi JSiis uomlns dnsted eveiytidng eot of the litttf urn tiiat stood OB thsuMitel, sad it ooatoissd â- U Itel naadMd of foor Join. A Model Tonn^ ICan. " Young man, do yon use tobacco " The speaker was a hatchet-faced female, with her arms full of tracts, and the youth happened to be waiting at the comer for a street oar. "No, mom, I don't,' said tiie yonng man with a questioning glance, as she did'not look like a person who would want to borrow alitdefire. "Do yon drink T" "Nomum." "Ilsyoardr "Noimnn." "I am ddii^tad.to mo«t yen, dr. Ia these defenecato days yonns men otyow oorrtet haMts are soaroe, Tsry roSihw. If I send yon an invitation to my vast par^, will yoa oome}' •*Yss, mnm." ** TUuk yon. I should Uk* yoa to meet ny frienda and famUy. When ahall 1 send it!" "To Plu^uly's saloon. Fm bartender si/es of the Atlantic%^Si*27 «« rousing itMlf with some rZJL^ H ness to the necessity of reaoZA""' of eincation from the hands irf'Fu"' «Ui who would make it a mere matte?' ^^^ ing for exammations, the rerolJ. .**"• are to give the best paid situIttonV '^* »« (.uuBo uauui -itoes WRose nower »« tâ„¢ ing text-book intormatioa has {Jl "**• to be most highly develoned i^ "«'«» most promising chances of "» rf .*"'*th, to those oandi-ates 'whosepower^f^A" been tion is rapidly spreading7^d SL*^"'" the minds of all wise mli that S^^'" thing u done to stem the tide T ""• tine examinations, a serious bliahf "mP"' upon all inteUeatual activi^ Tf*'"'»l "-nsade one of the most earnest „k â- "â- " Mr. Frederick Harrison wl.^"»*Pi' Whatevi net crasade one is gentleman's reliHioMâ„¢!;^,"^^'" ^} opinions on edac»tion are nndeniabW„ ' and the rising ^eoeratiqu owe Mn, f?""• fiTatitude f ore efforc.To ^th^ » ^^^ «f the debilitating curse of pedantic e^^i" tioniEm. He speaks trulyVhen h! '" his article in tae • • Nineteenth Centnrv " Il"J ia attracting ,-rmcti attention, that'W neither aistincciona, prizes, nor teas i«! thing like the profusion iA which i=^ now poured out. Art, learning, politila amusement are deluged with showB « competitions and prizes. LifeisbecoS one Ipng scramble of pr.2:-.v,. rJng andtf hunting. ^n examination, Br.reotypedg a trade, 18 having the same eifect in ed^ tion that the betting syaten: has on eveil healthy sport" " Stereotyped into atrad? â€"tha tis It exactly. Mr Hnrriaon has cor rectly exprcBsed the abomini.:ion in th» few words. That is what it has very l»r» ly come to. A mere trade. CindidatesM^ crammed for examination, ae â-  urkeys are for Christmas eating. The educational systems of nearly every country under heaven are being crystallizsd into mere forcing beds for immature inx!- lects which are urged to undue exertions by prizes, scholarships, hurt rie8 and what not kept dangling before the eyeb of thei^feTe^ ed imaginations much as a bag of oats may be swung out before the nose of a lazy horse in order to persuade him to mend his gait. The simile is imperfect in this respect that the lazy horse gets no harm by the innocent ruse, but many a bright brain of ambitious boy or girl is all but hopelessly impaired by such constant subjection to the icfinence of the hope of reward and honour, and the fear of defeat and d'^grace which are insep- arable from the modern gystem of making written and oral examination the test of all efficiency. There must be a teat of the kind to some extent, but the test ought to be applied neither so constantly nor so severely u it now the case. The process of pnllisg np sprouts to see how growth is progressing it not a healthy one for either vegetable or human beings if done too often. The mod- em system of educating children by and for the sake of examinationa is a nineteenth cen- tury Moloch in whose honour many poor children have been forced to pass throngh the flames. It is in an atmosphere of exam- ination that they live, move and have their being and no wonder that many of them a^ quire a distaste for books from which they never wholly recover. If lory gist age him without me ^. Well, I should say so, w" " dent rejoinder, .w* Yon'U ' ' "I'm not fo sure of tha*- " a_tongh.n..tomer^toinan^e|^^^ the J; due time the ^r'^J^^'^^^otogt'^r'^] youngster, viaited the JJi^ i^df Srn*deXXkeepingthe l«yqj" In ons Eallerv ard faivented several new onea, hecarf" FinaUy he remembered the f" „pon odd re^k abon* .^^^.t":^ P-f, tKe°rlS\tUn"' .he bTwell shaken ^^^^^^'^^onslf «"' J Acting at once »^f^pfXti^^^^ BOggestSn he succeeded min»»" boy and obtaining a picture. It ta mo" w«ri„««tf«- " i oolo^waiter, "t whom o^^yj, IjJ ticiMi once asked :„ D^^ k»o*5,»5l dectedtobesaved? ^^f^iwer.JJ^ tranoe,- wm the f^^^^di^fX was-na candidats. .J"^^ ^^tS^ whole m»*«»^*°'l.HL 10 di»t«t»*"°^ losiaaoonld add nothing w ttfSsesM. Bread a Luxuiy. Ladyâ€" Bread No I can't give yon any bread, because the price of flour is too big â€" but you are welcome to a leg of a nice spring chicken atd a cnp of chocolate. Trampâ€" Thanks, Madam, I have had too much chicken lately, and I am dying for a piece of bread. The Bitter With the Sweet Fannieâ€" So you are married, Hattie, and have wealth and all its possibilities? Hattieâ€" Yes, my husband is very rich. Fannieâ€" And you enjoy it all very much! Hattie â€" Very much indeed. Fannieâ€" And your husband? Hattieâ€" Oh, well, yon know mthu woria, dear, we have to take the bitter withffle sweet, â-  The Mother of Invention. They were debating some arrangementt 'for the approaching nuptials, when mj" course of the conversation he made nse « the remark that the necesnty of action w» *^'^St's soi Geqrge," she replied, "w^ did it ever occur to you that neoeioiy reasoning did you arrive at that con "°°Lau«e it is the mother of indention." was the happy retort. DiieotionB on the Bottle. I am going to send my bw^ J^idTdmg- to have bis picture t»kf " J'" „ ca I5„. to a photographer. • T"" manage him without me 7 him a tongn cuswnier «- --- â-  the oi- he added, refiectWely. I«^ P ^.^e tb. reotions on the bottle, mi° pnrfed photographer g^.'^^^_ ^^u^'^Uif ' T_ j-f ri.„o fh« drueeistsson. â-  J. One of the very best sot the fanner may get 5. un !^ut his business, aivnua ^eful information 0;:s. IVAmerioan Agncultai^. «4 in New York. Information has reacVe-^ necessary to go so far ts L l! find an instance of cheai ^t at Jackson. Mi-^iv tn. ^ucedonthelstofO toV 1000 feet. The gas IS a Janufactured on what S«edUh system. Itisstat Ont is soon to be supplied -as on the same terms as 1 B. If gas can be profai consumers in a small pli *j^r30x5ent8 per 1.000 fee Toronto would like to kn« charged $1.25. The Grey Nuns were gious order in Cana-ia ab fiftv years ago, the moth Montreal. "La Miner contains an interestinp t -ress of this order, from that it now numbers m t persons, namely, 1.080 p novices, and 88 postula hundred and two tstabli parts of the country, sp ^ee Roman G .tholic di Some of the Democn United Stotea have beer though President Cleveli not securing a majorit (College, be did get a ms lar vote. In Texas the Democratic figures of.. 20 000, and so forth, than the total gains c The latter, however, r the figures from the Sou fairly included in mak vote, for Republi ans voters are not allcwid in the solid South, A Mr, Tuke, of Rotl in 181-2, by his last wil a penny to every child his funeral, with the youngsters, whodiin't kept, were in attendauc men of the parieh were bequest of one shilliug ers were left a haU-guL peal of grand bobs ac body waa inearthec ai navvies were to have j, him up" in his grava. had for eleven years t bed, "was made richi guinea. His crcwr-.ini' endowment by wiiiil loaves were to be thro-. ish church steeple al 1 mas Day torever. Tte following is the in some well-known barley, '5 cats, 16 (field), 15 beans (Kic turnips, 88; carrots barley flour, 14; m corn flour, 14 oatme 44 to 48 rye bread, J linseed-cake, 10 flasl variable, 7 to '20 mutton, 71 pigeon, 7 80 sole, 79 tea, 5 wujzel, 85; cabbage (atem), 84 mushroor potatoes, 75 water-i D6 vineger-plant, 95 cocoa, 5 manna, 10 appl-is, 80 eocseber: eggs (entire), 74 mi gastric juics, 97 c' horu, 9 10 11 bran rum, 30 beer, 90. There are many 't tion of the United S divorces fcr examp:^ well for the future tendf-ncy to seize c and bck for a fore It does not confine- and civic oflBcials, 1 ranka of society, u: even young girls fa) vailiusrage. A gi been taken' back t mother, having bee city. She got hold and fled with it, T be double-locked i these. The crop of anar no signs of giving also tirst-rate. K against certain pr had some connect! plots. Daring the ca'.es an informer giving testimony Hronek, one of «• Hronek told me, a bomb ready to t land's carriage wh and would have th and NekoUnda di give riae to the im of Presidents assasi dom may not be i narrowly escaped From Zanzibar English and Geti tan's name, bavo to the effect that t at noon on Suuda to take their pnsi vessels on the -s iu and the English c to Lamer IsUit:^. Heavy and cci-ti mainland yesterd els Sophie and the fchore, apd coaat. They als found two dead wounded. It m chief Bushiri, wi ing the tribes attack. There is rene^ tain in favour to members of tl Why suffer a cui get immedii external pidnbj iae, the great never been knor sample bottie. oonunended. N headache, anu pear ssifl^ru LuMliettlesJ -os^srtdn«|^ 'â- sy^-;