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long - tete-a-i;ete in l- - lVtle - Voing*.roçern; Cecil msat down at 44.pi'an>asd-began to play -Mený- 4uslmohn'. Ociistimam pieces; and FYltuhiof threw him8ecf back in the Srq6at ârw-chaiir ooee ly lher,.<ý,ist- lui- haItdreamily and -witi a reegt-- s.iïs se 01 cpause in -hie if e that he never liefore known. He. de- .sizedý nothing, h. 'reveled in the * n e offreedom-efîan thé, lôve çh~'frs long ,h d been a mis-, ,«. - m;thse very calrnm a -,lhen the. muie ceased. 1.After all -'her tiser l n.1k. Mendeliseohn,. "Yen look'1k. on.et'otithelotus-' ,-aters,»- <aid .Cecil, glapcing, et "is jepiýçiEely. what I feel lik,"' -e h. aid,- wth a. mini.. "'Penliapa it A& because brou have been givin ,g me 4-Muidthïét; e le nthi.spirit irba tied yeldè pontired eyes.' 1 remember se well howb you read that - te me aiWter1I*had .hipen ill. " 8h. took,&aI!léi.thin red volume -from j;he iiock-shelvee beside -bier -and turned over,,the icêves. H.R bent.forwâîd te look over her, and, tegethèr'they read the. fret part o4 thse ppîm. '"Lt le Norway," h.e aid. "What »Ould betters deecribe it 1 - "Yen wil not b. a true lotus- *aVer tili yon are there onco more," -aid' Cecil, gl.àncinig at hlm. For his dreamy jonitent was Sone, and s ýwie«iulnema whjch sh. quite un- deretood -had- taken its place. "Don't -yu'.think, new that ail in te différent, you might'per4sape go> uh1eý next sum-ier?" sile added.1 6'No, " ho replied, "fyen muet net, tempt me.- I will net go back tiil I amas. rea man and ean lok every1 .o.ne. in the.-face. The. prospect of! 14eing-r.De lp mucli sooner than 1 -b,d e ëpectéed ought . te be enough - te iatiafy.. me. Suppose we buid," -testles iu the air; that ie aurely the7 41V hing te do on Christmas- *We. Wheà et ýast these debtis ere e1jared, let us ail go to Korway Vo- -gether. - - kncw - Mr. Boniface wauld b. ,nchanted with it, an.d1 yen, you did net sec nearly ail that yen ,ahould have seen. Yeu muet ce. Vthe Romedal and the IGeirun- gerand we mugt show you Oldo- - roi,, whcre w. se often apent the nner holiday." OtHow delightfulit Vwould bel1" lie repi*;,"I shall net thorougli- lye-njoy if unies. we ail go toý -gether, a huge Party," '"I think we sheuld be .&rtîser* in the way," she saÃŽd. "You výould have so many oldfriiende o1it tier., and would, want to get. rit of ue- *Den't you remember the 'eid lady wbo- was seg outepoken at'Balholni wlin enw tried V-o b. friendly and nà oet eVher fledlonely-and out ef it V" Frithiof laughed at the reooltec- "Ye," h eaid; "se liked-to b. -abone, and preferred -te walk on qnickly'and keep 'eut of the ruck,' ash expreueed it. We were 'the ulrk.' And how we lauglled at hen opinion eof us." - ' "ý'We1I, cf -c'ourse you *weuidn't «à ratly put it-in that way, but aIl Ieosaine, I thinkyou wo>uld-want teý 1-e alonewhen %1you go back." e tbe cLEANIT, 5uàfi'lý-endt."dET HOME U oE4 -o « ,.W > rnudon't "e.n bave to seo, whuS SlND et ClotlS youf dood emae ed for r coI01 CArd. StOrY Sookil. -md oberlmai5toKr»@ulm f Dyalng over 015cr cote.. The JQNSON.m1iRDSON Ce.. Limnited, Moahe.,Comsa. Buvt the. other- Vwo, dowvn in , a se 1te red -pat et, the 'end 'o! the garden were Pot~e ilçnt, nor dld they- listen very muehl Vo the b>ele.- "Srd"aiîd *Rey, "have yCen forgotten that- yo made7 me a pro- mise 1lbot.June ?'l -- - N,>she eaid, ler voice. tremb'- te n.?' Touen - iied that when Frith- jet»> *ae cleared 1 miglit aek yen for youi anewer. -' Sfi4 raieed lier face to hie lu' the dim itarlight. ---- -"Anti the. anewer i-' >'Iblve yen." The eoft Norse weside were sp6klen h ardly above lier breath, yet Roy kne-w that they weuld 'ring 'in, his heart. aIl. hie life long. 1ý é My darlingi" ýhe isaid, _takintg lier in hie arme. "'Oh, if yod-kàew what the waitiug ha, been ýo me r- -But À6 wae my own, fanît-,al I y ewu fanît.- I ouglit te liavq trust- cd your instinet before-my o*n rea-;, son." ' No, -4e," e.sali, ilin ging Vo hlm-; "I;thînk . I wae hard andi bit- ber that day; yen muo"rgive me, for I waese ov 1ery, unhappy. Don't, let us apeak cf it any. more. I haVe Vto Vhink eof 1V even.,"- .-"Antdi nething cai ever écoe. e- . twcn. uis again," lie? sa14i,, etili keepiug his.arm round hras they walked- on. "~No -, pver again, eh. repeat- ed; "nçyer -agéin., I. know I-eus týoc prend and. independent, and, I suppose it le 't&- cruih - down tey prideè that I liAve Vo ocime to-ybu lik. VMis, rebbed c!of. position and -meuey, - nd-t' 1. I "HcOw can yen speak 'of- mucl * thinge"ho - said, reproacbfully. "You lrncw, they are nýtl4sg te use; yen know that I can ýevèr feel 1worthy of yen." -vr ' "S8ucis thingis do e e e yîitte when eue really lovie.," ise said,' geutly. -ý"I th<>uâht i.t ever, andti t se6eme Vo me liýeW.this---the preet et your love toe le isthat_ you taise me poor, an exile, more or-teess burdeneti with the paît; - Vii proof cof my Love Vo yenu is that I kill my pride-and iiteid. It would have "Seemed impoeeible tVo me' once; but now-' Oh, Roy i ho-w I love yýu- how I love yen1"' "'Andi about iritlof 1" uid Boy, presen.liy. !'Yen wil expiain te hjus and inaise him ,nnderstand that 1 would net for £le - wonld break up hie oème?1"- "Ye..," ehe repiieti, "I will tell hlm; but I think nioV to-niglit. Juert tili Vo-morrew let Ià be oniy for onr- selves. Hark! the elooks ai~e itrik- ing tweive!1 Let us go 'In and wieh the othere a hap'py COhrietmas." But -Roy- kept the R-rst of -the gooti wiehes for himself ; then, at length releasing her, walked . beside lier toward the houe. happy beyend ail power of expression. And now once more outeT thingsi began te- appeal Vo huxn; he became con.scioue cf the dhx-iotmas belle ringing gayly ini the gtiliness cf Vthe night, cf the stars ehining down gi9niou6ly through the. chear frosty air, o! the cheer! ni glimpseet home te »>e seen through tiie uncurtained window cf the drawing-room. Cccii an4 Fnithiof had ieft the. veranda and return-ed Vo the piano; C6ci, gianciug iùp at lier when the -carol wne endei, ne-ad lien ec- ret ib hen happy, glowing face. $he rose f rem n ' ipano.- "A liappy Chrietmnas te you,"a{e epaid, ilsing lier o 'n beth cheeks > "W. have bee-n ont in the. gardon, riglit down in thie* lower path, and you cah't think hew lovely the. belle sounti," saiti Sigrid. Then, with a freeli stab cf pain et her hoart.ghe theuglit of Frith- r0!'5 spolet ifil!-; he looked wieV- fully acroais at hlm, conecious that lier love for Roy lia4 oaly defpeneti her love for th-ose beleonging Vo -ler. - - Was ho neyer Vo isnow. anythiug more eatisfying than the peace of being freet f rom the heavy loati of Re> caught her hanti ses bis anti held,,i t t net. - 1 1 "1 wiîshb.yen joy, Sigrid, with aIl <y leart.-Tu-hputs . the--finiehing teneli to7-our ..Ohistmaalîpineen;" --"'AnKtPBoy- haïs -been -makingi mucl plan," alt Sinit, bushing uway lier, tearls-;-"lie ,-etltht-j-uet over- Vhs& wal'ho iis a .claiani'gXIiee hon e ,gack te ,back, en hue-w, 'w!itl VMhs eue, and'î lt-eu juthlt exi for. of cours.elic - wil -never ailoW, us Vo be seepar~atei. IHe Vold- ue that'ý long ago, wlien lie flret- nkeI ni,.", -"Long &go?1" saitiFrithiot,;."wliy what de 'yen mean, ~id 1 I thouglit IV was oulytos "IV ws-onhy te-tiight that I ýgave hjus hie anewer," said Sigriti. "IV wae when we were et the sea lestý Jnne that lie firet spoke te me anti 'tho-aiterwarti-penliaps 'I was wrong, -but I 1weuld net hear, uuy- tlibi muorepabout liV -tiiiyour cloud liatipassutiaway. -'I inel'w"v-ee ey tht -yonr namee ust b ocrei antiI ws egry witli ey or o beliévlng in yen. I tiare agy I wne: wrong, Vo exppet iV, 'anti IV dieap- poluteti me -se dreadlully. He-say" lilmseli - uw that lic uSngiit tebave, trustet-" :_ "'It en a w-entirthaàt'yen ditiu't' miks hlm haVe me forever," sa.id FrithiOf. "-Wly tIi yeunont tel me about iV before V~ "How- coulti Il- e.sali. "t -woûld enly. have ,-matie -yan more ünhappy. IV w-as' -fer beteWr te (To be coutinu.d.) A-QUÂI>IT KEXICAN GARlE. How thée Peopleof, exico .Cele.. brate Chnlstmtan. Ncwhere in Vthe werld je Christ- mas <c> qiutly -celehra"&sd aer lu Mexico. Anybody' visiting thÏat faecina'blng eountry turing the miid- dl. et December would fut tiie shope pucet witli curie-us lare, r.- preaentiug fântastie animals,. fiow- ens, monks, clowne, nuits. Ine the. figure le a jar, sometÙmes large, semetimes ssal- There- are poe_ siens'lu tiie etreeta, torches,/are waved5 -ongs ung-the whoie place le radiant with happinese.-Tii. hous.. are alwaye deocrateti. Iu tii. principal rom what Is knowu az thie penata,--one et the jars r.- ferreti to-is suapendet f rom Vhe roof. In the, jar le a collection of sweetmeat santipre3ents. Folk, oid anti ycung, are in turn binti- foideti, epun arounti, anti then with a stick are invitedt teit ti?. penn- ta. 0f course thisise arely acconi- plisheti.-AV mest when on. more fortunate thbn tiie other8 gives the figure a wha.ck, thse jar breaks, anti down ou the floon tumbies a mediey cf s-weetmefits and presents. -Thon comes a lively soýramnbling for thse good thingsestrewn about the fion. There le « more cf tue fantastic cnockery brokfn in Mexico on one nighst than alVthe ordînany wane broken durinZ tiie reâttof the year. RICOLLAIS R1RI-IR FUL. Important Nerfes Haiapered and, lmI)aired hy Pressure. Dr. W. G. Walforti, of Loridon, in an lntereng artIcle in the British Mediea.i Journal,, ealla attention te1 the evil1 effeets nesniting f rom thse a-me confiriheti by- Dr. Philip andi otiier emiment physic- iapa -Another danger 6f i.ig cl ian le i.Constant iritation that resute, anti ieepiug c6netantly ir- itateti, even byr sucis a eiûàlîl thing as an li-fitkmng cola-r, w-il- inl time' ï have a buti effeot on the. Igeneral lieeit-h thr'ough imparmieut -efthé*s for -Modem!n--Geek; buta grestideal; for the ,iites4ýry workse fi ,the col- loge library. -- In 1870 a -w-ave- o!,revclutionaryy patrioties brake - over - Vie Baflksanr St~Vo. Se'erai uew-papera 'aion c! Vii.- T-unS were putbiliheti. ii. lm-ptuons younpts -rte fos'~ hesuati ma i ýiring -a.pe«ls te ]Bulgarie te eveugsèth ie- wronge cf ý centurie Né1e pbIished 1hie patriotio odes, ballade, anti lyrie, which wen. rend ail oyer- the worldl- by ail w-liewere ahi. te, read -iu Bulgazianati Maeo'niàn. Fer a whie le waa Minleter et Etinew- tien, but eoffiial routine w-ha dead' ly te hlm, anti h.-reolguèti and ne- tumnedtVo hie beloveti Bohèiiea ot jiterature. Ivan Vazef lai a 'volAuminous w-i- ter -both in -prqse and--ve-ne. Be Ivan ï,Vazofi Te Bulgarian peet *ho stirred his fell.ow oountry-men to'victoriou -action. draws inspiration- froin hie native land. He singe ne the skylark singe, for he pours forth hie soul Wn profuse etraine of unpremedi- t'ated- art. Ris poeine are transiat- ed into Servian, Slavonian, Be- liemian; Czech, and Rùesiau. - Orne of hie novels, "Under'the Yoke,>' lias been translated 'into English. It is a masterpiece, and die the fin- est romance which Eastern Europe lias given to the world. A son cf the soil, -he voices with marvelous' directness the joye and thýe eorrows, the burdene and -the hope. of hie people. Hie pyes sparkled with enthusiasm W'hen asked to give hie ideas 'of Bu1gr ian literature. 11e spoke as fl lo6ws:, "Although -we are poor, Dur peo- pie are fond of reading. They love popular ballade, and thbse fan the flame -of- patritia.f Education ie epreading tst. In thia respect we are ahead of Servi&,' Roumaria, Montenegro, and Greece. 0f the Balkan -States educationaily we are the firet. We are almoet upon a par with Denmiark. We have a.ver four thousand schools and twelve thoueand teachers. Though our country ie poor, the budget of public instruction ie very big. Our national university is only tweiity- two years old, yet it lias four hun- dreld and se.' ty stu.dente. I men- ti4in these - acte because education creste. a emand for literature, and,-where a demand existe, a eup- ply will be furnisheci. There is the economic law of literatu-re. "ýThe tendencyof our Iterature toýday îe towardi sociaiism. It je humanitarlan and coomopolitani You will. t- We have only -two fe- m&ie writere, and both are social- iâts. Nevertheless, Ã"ur country ie flot a good field for meocialism. We are almost ail preprietors. There is ne working . claie in the Prov- inces." NA'DRU.Ci~] LAXATIVES j are ntlelydiffrent from - thers laoth ln their tompoui- tion adherfetoh1î evcutosvtheut purgtng or. discooiti I u I 25.a box at-your 4ruggtst'a. NATIONAL, *Nue *85 CHEMICAL Co. -.O N5 JM~s h - -- -. I I the gridtile. - -Baise until browu,- on one - aide, -then-turu over anti baise on!-h 'Vi.-ther. Tuxnu.only3r ee. <- 1 cake. . It d" oisahý.~ omt u eut tlie dou.gh itlihunf i nVo tri- -ter than whlen it leshapeti with!a cutter..- Iu the large paery eiiep , in Edinburgh Vliey mroll. thetieugli mucli thinn er anti Qut into susal, round sîhapes*. Theyý are cà.Uedtâ lere 4"pettioat tals.e/' Yen see, wlie Mary Stuart came bcsfrein ~'ance eh. bréùugli a nunsber cf the. Frenchi people -witii her -anti- they- called theso litte- o akéS.># "pe- tits gateaux." Tie i. oôtch'pople thouglit Viey 1aiti "(peVtiooaV tals" ' -se tliey- have been knowri-.ver ince. Anether iariet# et ehcrtbr-ead in :the. Pteaithhy Banocis.-I suppose the lady 'et Pi&~aith1y OCeh, in Perth', origiuatedti lim, as ail the gieat, laies in earhy timies matie thoim own cakes. Tule insimýýplY the ehorthread i ttinutsanti any oôthe'r goct i g myoumay huppen ~tolhave on ii&utistirret ihlrougitI. -Te ruaS. the oi'dinej'y elortbread taise seven ounees o! fleur, euee oWnco o! ie.fleur, five ounces- of butter, - and Vwco onces- -of onetor msugar. Work-a41 ef thia Vogether wlth ti.'hauts utlI sstiat l th4ý>utter le w-eh worketinl. -M4S. îV jute, a round cake about eue-hall Inchi thicis; p* 4the. gs togetiier apd -pricSkV it leyver with a Jr, Tile iseeps iV frein iing. Put It ou a greaset paper ô !n a fiat in anti bakislua slow oven .until it le a pae brown. One ýheur or more le net t09. long Vo baise. luI addition to Viiese two cakes tlic Scotch use gingerbread for their tea, but lutead4 et being lu higis sqnares as w-e make it, it lenlinesuall iutiividuai.liapee 11k. a muffin, anti mucli ensier Vo -handie, as the. w-iole surface je ftru.- Ontuseai-w-heu baket Vo a crisp gîvos the -tate of nuta Vo a cake, and Viieme eut cakes are e' deliclens bit, anti yet net 'toc nosh. An olti Scotch reelpe for cat cake -is hsâ: Pât 2 1-2 hantituls cf fiue oatmeai lu a bow-l, vwiti e easpoon et sugar Eýnd a-littie sait. Pour cver Vhii one-quartc'r plut oe beiing . w-aVer lu w-hicii eue ounce et butter or tinipplng ha been' melteti. Mix weil with a spoon, thon Vurn eut on a board and isuat i etuhshehandls inte a round shape. Taise the roll- ing pin andi roll ont veny thin, tek- ing came Vo duettii. pin w-cil with meai Vo keep iV frein eticking. Pinrh 'It arcunti the èdjÃŽes witii fingers andti humb aud out it in four pieces. Have Vii. grititle nice anti hot, Viien bring iVte- ,thpe egeofetthe board anti elip the cake on -it. Fine on eue siti. until etiges begin Vo curi up; thon toast the othen elde -in front of the fine. An-lîcur or twc iu a metierately hot oven makes tiiem -dry anti cnisp. Luncheon Daintie&. A ncw sandwich Vo serve with et- t terfnlon -tea is two suices of hot Cmisp toast, dippet on one side iu melted butter anti filieti witli iceti xTaw cysters, sprinkled with lemon. A variation o! hs - filng lete etew Vhse cysters until Vliey cuni slsghtly, emeve - the oye, chiop r-a- ther coansely with & silver Suife anti mix w-th mayonnaise.- Anether goti toast -mixture mas the toast preparet lunVii. saine w-ey anti fil et -with fiuoly sorambieti egg,- spmlnkled witli -fncly cheppeti cnisp bacon. Both 'ot Vths.. sandwiches muet b. eatqu,ùimetiately or they are netgeet. * Ineteati o! semving lemon with- tea, have on- the'ý tray a' jar of grapefruit marmaiaie---in n silver holtier or crystaI jaus jar if you have an eye sud pocisethooe~ for eff"ct.* Put a teaspoonful of» the marina-'1 lad. into the tee insteat of thse usual ele cf lemon.- Qucer, but Ora-'ge marmalide 1; uset inlutheq same wey'; e eocile tresorved i ggir andi brang:ied - fruit, The latter- muet b. 'cioppé-d lnte'quite snal pieqes if Viie fruit la whole. The R8u.nq4nsu"e prehaervesct-al hiknd I n tbier tea, but-thi? îarra sllgltly ae±d, or pungenït taug are> legs- cloylug. - - - - A sw-eet toast le nsude by-entting'J sshîll -SqUWes-cýf olns'ttat Thîs lei'tip"ped ,into a mixturefm'nde-' -frcm a. plut e-f et.milk, intà w-hIi t Théi- fat . from he4m and zSansage-j .18 very-,goo e teo fr *àruslng~ oer ýpotatoeS. - _,,uIi-.the- slnc-overed table -with à cloth -dippet.i-n.luvleegar. - t, wil keep 1V bright. - IV We - a- -convenience lutrvelin -Ver hiave a-broad bauid of celer paint- ed on yeour trunk. -When $antiug. -ilyý- bulbe,-place- theus 12 Luches -deep:-andti Vp- Vii. w*ier trous settli-kçut the -Isieý Wash- maiitrala in- eau- PrevIeine-. 0,ed.firota fading ýby uàiei-lleuâ oup-ý fui ef iit te a galloin et -Wèter. Lot, ,iV lbl anti pouri * over thefoý-ods- -ile .liet.' - Let -lt stand about tený mIànutes-anti hanut tVo dryý. Do net rinsa. j" -- When lieixr liast etaifroin long- standing, pýut a itèeaspôiloet uni-' phur lu a sauë6r, dd a's lew dropé' ô! aloohôI-ài andiute. Phicê -a- f un- nel oe i.fampit upwurd;r wet thé ua~c -'and hodltiIV." over the> tunnel.- An excellenit f&ior mop le màde by cuttinig tii. legs of about-a, doze à olti -stockizigi,' enËth'ýWlse ad binti- iug them 'wih ea«et»'inluan'ol wo rn2oùt, bious handie -lust- abo)ve Vjii. itrawa. Whn *thoe tooking are seeurely ftetned outimmersq the. mecp lu keroeene cil,' andi yen have a usop te remoýve al the'duet from Vhs floors sd ià w wowck. A candi. cafi b. miiade tô fit, any, cantiesticis if yon eyil sefteu thi.e yax by dippingi itlu hot water. Then pueish.the candi.leinte the -can- tiltiutiek. If it ilmt-osusa11 it wil squeezé lu; -Il It la teelargethe -eoft wax wiii spread andi helti the candle Up. - .11 A splendid way Vo impro've the àppearaneeof th. e ois steve is Vo b4Viithe Oap suds atter ,wa.hing giothes, aud wash the stove- aI over witli the. udi. Thon use 'etove polieh as usuel. The suds c"n ale be useti cn youresdirons. -IV hel-pe greatly towazd meking-Vliem BURLAL 0F SIR JOHN MOO0RE~. 'Anthor of "Greateet Ode In the Language" Obscure Irishman. .A litèrary rystery of a hundred :eaee ago in reca3led by the specWe oejtenary n-umiJ,_-r, reoessy imsuedi of the Newr" Telegraph, a. Uleter (Irelaind) bri-weeloly._ In ite pages on A.-Pr 19, 1817, uxider the simple hea~d ci' Peetry," *appeared what Byron called <'the maorf-perfect ode in t<he iangue" -"Thh -BurWalof Sir John Moore." Byýr-on, or Camp-,, bell, or any of the otmers te whoin tbis- poem was vairiou-sly escribed, would doubtie b ave booms proud, Vo claimý it. But the tuthot waethe ôbeeure curate of Bal4yclog, in Týy- rone, 11ev. Charles Wolfe, and the fame- of ttlie pie5ce was but a-post-- huinous -faine for him. Not until, his death, of oonsumapk>n, ini 1823, it thé early age of Vhirty-Vwo, did the authoreihip beoome know!n tb the world. And Wolfe, who wrote m*ueh ot-her verse of menit, lis re- mnxber-ed oniy by -that one poem which eprang f-rom the oMiumna of a provincia newspape-r Vo univeresaà recognion lin the big world of let- ters.-London Olironiele. té b. a big-gî% ~vsçti ivi andti IV ppeae, in-,-roper le. But, mch 'te-tVi-e genere -e.-- ment, wlien tise essaislW- put up'l raiseti aboye -it on'a lshwÙrc4ld; Tho ]BeriLurs eou],timot wndoemnidAbc'. star. Tliey luquireti. The. ax'miteeb- 'saidth tiXaLber had edded telb.ar Vo Asepan. Tise phanswere--exauinct.d To w-a, feqinti-tlast in rvis'u- thé= Ghe Kaiser -mhd- léb falia-tire-p c01 isk trou his pen, w-lish bit Vthe- pe- - per just abo-se Vihe roms- Thaehi'. tect 'l itdied. .long tile ý'o VSe* blott fisk. ¶hhre ce-nId b. ne sp- peal, s» inqufie. H iifo cidiédt tiaLtiée blet qink siï..ifd aý. sar ahove -the croe, and-- h. pubý the star,îre., usalug.- it sserrcm- pontiàîàneenly- ia -M" çm -'ebislis outilueinee bl b Th.Star-la î. fil hee:- "&'éSme men-do 11ké toýbragiabout t'hefr a wlthe," e "~Bart1tt stop .-yesteiday to til m prdly -ththh&henha la Mabcçadthat are stili ýlay-* ~UIW-VThis- It's the "Beet ýEVer" Send Pont Card to-day, for partikulair8. 74 StJ 4ntoinqSt, o.KobealCazu ADPI-41I=FÇt0F OITARItl - I mmud