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Sashesremaininfavor. Pclaaudriagsaretbeaeceptedeornice. Children now mar black stockings on all amateur A paes'ng fancy is to haves bed-spread of mtoone. A acuity in bed spreads are covers of Turkish toaelling. Plain and white flannel remains in favor for boating purposes. IAmbr-quins are as diverse in style an material as are draperies. A “velvet season” is predicted for the fall and winterseasou 011883 4. Yellow ranges in all shades from pale canary to amber and gold brown. French grays, drsbs, browns, and garnet are colors most talked about now. For travelling and useful wear, fine cloths with narrow lines and checks are proper. _ Straight portieres of crash, worked in out- line smhrordery, are used for bedrooms. One form of engagement rin consists of a circle of small iamonds and; sapphires al- tsrnating. New shades likely to be as short-lived as the melon season are " water-melon green " and “wafer-melon pink." A new lace of heavy textureis termed Kremlin guipure. It is employed for trim- ming many sorts of fabrics. Cream net embroidered with pines in gold thread formed the finances on some of the Gooduood dresses this year. Some pretty auburn bonnets have appear- ed is painted dull gold cord edged with gathered velvet and trimmed with rings. The bird craze has come again. All vari- eties of the feathered tribe are in demand, from p'geons, sea-gulls and paroquets to birds of paradise. . New faces are offering in white, cream and black-and-tsn shades. There are also, laces that show embossed silk figures on not back- ground. Sarah Bernhardt’s newest gloves are said to measure just four feet and a half in length. They are to form a mass of wrinkles from above the shoulder to the wrist. The fashion for buckles as ornaments on dresses and bonnets,_ is increasin . Steel appears to be the favorite material or these, tgough beaded and chenille effects are also a own. . French women are exhibiting some strik- ing costumes at the sea shcre~such as gowns embroidered and painted over with cocks and psi-fridges in real size and natural col- ors. “ Long Beach," " Yolanda," “ Rajah,” “Artlese,” “ Fancy," "Sensation," "IAiid- er," and "Rival," are a few of the names given to new shapes in hats and bonnets of American manufacture. A very handsome Venetian openwork em- broidery in floss silk is to be used next sea- son for trimming cashmere and vigogue dresses. the bands of the panels and skirt fronts being twelve to fifteen inches wide. In white cashmere or nun's cloth, for even- ing dresses, or Grecian house robes. this frilmming is peculiarly effective and beauti- u . The new delicate but vivid shade of red known as Marlborough will be much em- ployed to brighten the tailor-made costumes of cheviot, tweed, and ladies’ cloth this an. tumn, and the chandron or copper shades will be used in combination with the soft, rich shades of dark blue, especially the col- or called royal blue, brought out last year. Worth is again making use of wide sash- ribbou in the back drapery of his most ele- gant walking, reception. and evening cos- tumes. lie is also employing most excellent shades of pale blue .velvet for dancing toil- ets. A dress of his creating, made of this rich fabric, is trimmed wi.h wide cream col- ored lace, with silver and pearl bands in ap- plique, heading each of the ruffles on skirt and bodice. There is afresh fashion making its way among Americans both at home and abroad that is to be deploredâ€"the " making-up " of the face and eyes. Not a few of the guests at the Marlborough fete gave an exhibition of this fashion, and one has but to go to New rt, Long Branch, and other resorts to see t at an effort is bein made to introduce the use of paints and ot er cosmetics more freely than before for years. The time when lad travellers Olth loped themselves in sleeve ess and cumbersome capes of linen and other uuhandy garments fora brief journey is a thing of the past, and in their place to day are travelling cos- tunics and wraps as stylish and trim as can be found among the whole array of fashion- able toilets, designed for any Occasion. l’ol- onaiscs and tunic: are just now in high vogue for travelling use, and by clever ar- rangement of clastics and hooks 'a long French rcdingoto or peliase, let down to quite covrr the handsome silk or skirt under- neath, may at the end of the journey, and before the other baggage has arrived, be re- looped and raised so that it closely re- sembles in its angles and penis the style of a pannier polonaise. The wearer may then appear at the table d'hotc in an apparently fresh costume without the necessity of a change of dress. ~oâ€"o-o lei-sets for Sunday Contemplation. To listen kindly is oftenan act of the most delicate interior mortlfication, and helps us very much to speak kindly our selves. An unjust accusation is like a barbol ar- row, which must be drawn backward with horrible anguish, or else will be your de- struction. Such isthe encouragement given to flit- tory, in the present times, that it is made to sit It! the parlor, while honesty is turned out of doors. Whatever clifl'urenoi there may appear to ’be in men's fortunes, there is still a certain compensation of good and ill in all, that makes them equal. Amiability is the sunshine of the soul, which causes smiles in bloom (I) the lips, and ex ds the heart as the rays of the sun opens t o buds of the rose. Those who are at peace with their con- science are often led to an excessive rigor. 'l‘o overlook nothing in others is often a proof that we overlook a great deal in our- selves. Circumstances change. temptations di~ minish, position improve. misfortune be- comu endurable by habit, but persons who are disagrueabls to us alway irritate us more and more. Adversity exas rates fools, dejects cow- ards, draws out o faculties of the wise and industrious, puts the modest to the neces~ aity if trying their tkill, sires the opulent and mks. the Idle industrious. , A sure means of overcoming a dislike which we cuisitsln for any one is to do him a little kindness every day : and the way to overcome a dislike which another may feel toward nsistosaysomslittle kind wordcf him every day. ' u Amt-Imam. Attbeboverl‘oliesCourtreesutlyaman named Armstrong. a gunner III the Riyal Artillzy. with bruakiusintcths house Collie, enatllastClllf. Col. Baker said, thatabortlyaftar midnight he was-rousedb Iii-dangling whomid that broken late the house. He heard ans-sheeting. “Maids-rites God's toget tutotbathcusu, “trimmer; someotbw.‘ Heal-curd. "If! not “Mhtkatduclwuuldhavshsd something." ammo.» gulls an. amount of Sherifi‘s sales or midshls. If it teach people thatwynothiug but persevering index and honest labour will eventually succeed it will be well. , 'A friend has sentacopyof the MooseJaw 3 I\ rirs. it is a very creditable sheet. and ; tells of a bright future. it is to be hoped, in l store at once for the News and for Moose , aw. Louis XIV. took his last farcwullof earth ‘ FENELON FALLS, ONTAliiIO, SATURDAY, SEPT. 15= Only J’rcm the New York Observer. Only a shred of hair setln a ring: Yet how I rise that lock of silken hair! I do esteem t as a prioelem thing. And evermcrc the precious trouble wear. Only a little chair. long vacant now, But memory often fills the empty seat ; A fair, sweet child. with calm and slnless brow, I see in fancy sitting at my feet. Onl a rtralt of is childish fsce. 'f' as enr shadow of a vanished form. Pressed often to my own in glad embrace. With loving prattle and fond kisses warm. Only some broken toys : but oh i to me They are the relics of a hapy past : Ke t as a treasure under lock and key. ) enieatos of a time too bright to last. Only some little garments worn and old, aned at in secret sorrow now and then - Guarded as rnlseni heard their darling gold. And hide the treasure from the eyes of men. Only two ting shoes, worn out almost. You woul not deem them worth a passing thought ; But oh 2 they conjure up a rushing host 0! sweet. and memories that come unsought. Only a little bed : how oft I bent To kiss the lovelv tenant sleeping there; M< heart was happy in its 'rcst content. .‘or reck'd the sorrow it as had to bear. Only a little while, but short at best, And time will waft us to the other shore; Parting: and death an more shall rack the breast In that blut home, the Land of Evermore! Joux Asxiiasr. .____. A CURIOUS GASE- CHAPTER I. It was ten days since the elegant brass late was affixed upon the front door of my ittle villa, informing the world that Leigh- ford, Surgeon, was added to the unexcep- tional residents of the neighborhood. Yet so far, I had waited in vain for a patient. Some youngsters would have been decpond- eat, some indignant, at an ignoring world; I waited quietly for business. Not that I am a philosopher, or too phlogmatio to feel small anxieties. l was really eager for em- ployment, and with good reasonâ€"being ill rovidod with cash, and having had to do a' sther's duty towards my younger brothers, and to maintain my mother and sister. With much difficulty, and with sublime heroism on my mother’s part, i had passed through my university and medical studies ; and now the time had come for niUto repay all the sacrifices that had been made on my behalf. SoI waited for a crop of patients ; but calm- ly, as I have said. The reason of the calmness was my absorp- tion in a series of complicated experiments. Let me say that I gloried in my profession. It only had one disagreeable sideâ€"that was - the earning of fees. Iam not, and can never be deeply interested in money matters. So, although the wolf was growling at the door of our pretty villa, and the need of a patron was but too obvious, I went on with my ex- periments, unwitting of everything else. The evening of the tenth dag was far ad- vanced. I was translating a erman story viva. vote to the family group; my mother was sewing, my sister also ; my brother Sam was writing down my translation, as, a sort of ‘crib‘ for gettin through the story easily, when he came to eul with it in his lessons. The wintry night was in uproar ; the wind howling, the rain tattooing in abrupt dashes against the windows. I doubt if a cooler and he pier interior could have been found in all England, than our little dining-room, in spite of financial troubles. Just as I was in the midst of a most ex- citing episode of the story, when my mother and sister had dropped their work upon their laps, and Sam had forgot to write, when I was adjusting my voice to a proper intonationâ€"for I pride myself upon my elncutionâ€"we were all startled by some- thing which brought us frcm the realms of fiction to those of reality, by a loud and pro- longed ringing of tho door-bell. “ Who can it be 2" cried my mother. ” Perhaps Uncle Robert," suggested my sister. " Perhaps my new clothes," said Sam. "Perhaps a patient,” said I, with an in- credulous smile. My mother shook her head despondently. Tue servant settled the matter by an- nouncing that a gentleman wanted to see Dr. Leighford. Then there was a retty flutter, I can as- sure you. My met or became quite pale, and raised her eyes involuntarily towards heaven ; my sister clasped my hand ; Sam was all eagerness. Everybody appeared to feel that a crisis had come in our little home. Asfor myself, I may as well admit that I was a little flustercd. However, I followed the servant into the room where the gentleman was waiting. Standing with his back to the fire, a tall elderly man confronted me. His face was le, haggard, careworn. But his eye was rm and questioning, though restless. Be- fore I had time to s k; be had looked at me three times, and ad seemed to have re- flected between the glances. " You are Dr. Leighford, I suppose I" he said. I bowed. " You are young ; a new beginner, eh I" " Yes, iir. I have but recently begun to practise on my own behalf. But I have had considerable hospital experience," I hastened to add ; for I feared that my juvenile looks might be against me. " No doubt, no doubt," said my visitor indifferently. though looking at me more keenly than before. A pause, during which the gentleman ro~ fleclod, while 1 diagnosed his nervous con- dition, almost as a matter of habit. "i want your assistance, doctor," said he, alter pondering, “in a rather peculiar case; and 1 should like to have a little converse tion with you before we go." “ Then, pray, be seated," I rejoined, placing a chair beside him. He took it, and I sat beside him. "By the war, ' said he, rising from the chair, “do you mind my lowering the gas a little! My eyu cannot endure much light. Permit me: and therewith he turned down tho light to a mere glimmer. “New, doo- tor. i want you to give me your most serious attestion. lbsve a ward, a young lady, the .lacghier of my late partner. See is ill, very ill, and Iain terribly concerned about her." My visitor did not face me, but sat inhalf prune : and instead of reoecu ying the chair, he had now placed him-cl upon the cola four or five feet away. The duhnee and the gloom made it impossible for me to see the repression of his features. From time to time be wiped his face with a hand. kerohief, titer-by adding to the dificulty of seeing his face. I did not think much about these things until long afterwards: and then what I had attributed to eccentricityand mental distress, assumed another signifi- _ canes. , " What is the matter with the young lady 2" I asked. . ' Ay, that is tbequestionl'fivplved my visitor with asharp intonation, and turning himself towardsuse. "Baveycu badother advtesbsforeocn» is; Sham! “fifths Bulplt. hem -‘ . . ma w "a" “3'- ..13: same "‘- ousisur ' . and many others, have seen her. But without much advsn‘ e, I regret to say." This was uttered Willi: a half-whining tow, which somehow jarred upon me annoyingly. " But what are her symptomsl" l in- quired. " Very peculiar, I am told. Feintness, lassitude, lethargy, want of tone, I think you medical men term it." " Have you any idea of the case of herill- health?"il asked. " Why, yes," replied the gentleman, inan altered, almost faltering voice, and with a hurried glance round the room. “The poor young thing;has had a great shock; her father ”â€" “ 0 yes : I understand,” said I, interpos- ing to fill up the sentence, which the gen- tleman seemed tunable to complete : “ you incidentally mentioned ho was dead, I think 2" “ Yes, yes ; he is dead," my visitor ejacu- lated, half spasmodicaliy, and turning away. “Then the young lady is sufl'ering'from grief ; a very difficult malady to treat, and often boy and thereach of medical art. How- ever, until I have seen her, I cannot give any opinion," I continued. “ Does grief often kill 2" asked the gen- tleman almost eagerly. Then noting some- thing of astonishment in my attitude, for the question startled me: “ You may under- stand how anxious I am, and will permit me to put point-blank queries 2" “ Oh, there should be no hesitation in cases likely to have a fatal termination. Doubtless, you will have to prepare for tea- tamentary disposal of the lady’s property, if her recovery be hopeless.” . “ No, no ; the poor thing has little or nothing. Her father, my late partner, died almost insolvent. Indeed, his and end was caused by financial embarrassment. Youn as you are, doctor, you know that the worl of trade is fraught with pitfalls, and that the cleverest and the shrewdest cannot always escapedisaster. No ; I am not anxious for the disposal of Miss Gartson’s property, for she has really none worth speaking of. Be- tween ourselves, she is dependent upon my- bounty; though, of course, I do not let her know 'it. Poor thing: she has trouble enough without that. From no other con- siderations than those of affection, am I here to consult you. After you have seen her, I want you to give me your frank opinion as to the nature of her malady and the probabilities of her recovery ; ' and also to let me know without reserve what reme- dies you are administer-in? I am glad that igou are young, doctor. on will doubtless emore considerate of my wishes, than an older and more opinionated man.” As he went on, my visitor grew more and more animated, and he inaensibly approached close to me, gliding along the sofa. I was young, impressible, eager for em- ployment, and there was something mysteri- ous, or at any rate something unusual in this case. I felt equal to any promise; and so I said : " You may rely upon my doing all that is possible for the young lady.” “ You know, doctor,” he said again, look- ing at me steadfastly, “ young girls are sometimes hysterical, and have strange fancies, and do many odd things 2” I nodded in a matter-of-course sort of way. “ Well, doctor, if you should find that Miss Garston has any symptoms of that kind, complicated with, or arising from the shock she has received, I beg you to be can- did with me." “ Certainly.” “And if anythingâ€"anything else, should strike you, you will let me know 2" “ Certainly. I shall have no shadow of reserve with you, sir.” "Thank you, thank you very much, doc- tor, for that assurance,” cried thegsntleman, wringing my hand almost painfully. "I should also mention," he continued, “ that as your time and skill will be greatly trenched upon in my service, I am prepared to make the amplest pecuniary return for your aid. May 1 ask if you can accompany me now 2" As a matter of course, I acquiesced, not unpleased to think that there was now the prospect of a substantial opening in the war of my profession. But, withal, I was struck with the half-tempting manner in which my patron indicated the subject of my honorarium. I seemed to be offered a bribe, yet it was so masked by polite defer- ence, that I could not be sure of his meaning. Besides, why should I be bribed for simp y doing my best for a poor suffering girl? These thou hts fiitted through my puz- zled brain as I was putting on my overcoat. The gentleman had a cab waiting at the door, and into it we stepped. After a drive of about ten minutes, we ate pod; and I was ushered into a splendi ly furnished mansion. Upon entering the house, my companion directed me to step into a large and handsome room, where he left me. Some time passed before he returned ; andI had ample leisure to examine the details of the apartment, which seemed half library, half smoking-room; for books and pipes somewhat heterogeneously adorned the walls. Lyin on the table was a quaint folio bound in ve um. It looked so odd, that I opened it, curious to know what might be its contents. But it was almost asealed book to meâ€"it was in Italian. Being. how- ever, a fair Latin scholar, I could make out that it dealt with medicine. I thought it strange that my patron should read such literature. But a man so evidently singular might do many strange things; so I half dismissed the matter from my mind, and turned to look over the names of some of the books upon the shelves. They were chiefly novels, travels, and ordinary books, such.“ one finds in most houses where ac- cumulation has been going on. \Vith the exmption of an encyclcpzsdia and an atlas, there did not seem to be a learned volume in the collection, This made the vellum folio the more remarkable; and I could not help returning to it, after I had finished my tour of the room. Perhaps a quarter of an hour had , and I was just going to look at the o d folio again, when the door ope'ned and my host reappeared. He seemed much agitated, and wiped the perspiration fromhis brow. “ Pray, excuse my ion delay," he said; "I have had much dificn ty in persuading my ward to see you. She isin a very obstinate mood, I fear. But you will make allowance for her, I have no doubt." He looked at me measuringly, notwith- standing his disquietnde. I looked at him, and had a better oppor‘thnnlty of noting hi; personal a penance as previous y. judged hini’tobe between fifty and sixty. hem tall, thin, close-shavsn. evidently in weak health. and of a worrying nature, or under mine sounding distress. Twitches distorted hisfaeef uentl,hishands moved “consciously, his eet wereever moving, though he stood upon the same spot. I purposely kept him talking fora few minutes, that I might examine bun at ; Ear I felt that somehow, by spew. ing ‘ should ‘ a better insig' t of :1! plant's lull-3’": This myseem an nation to many; in , I am astonished myselfaow,aslreeall scene.Buthew often do we a course intuitively. that reason reject 2 "You will return to thelibrary, 232“.“w you havesssu Miss argues,” myecmpanicu, uwesmdcd stairs leading to the sick-room. “ Certainly." "fsballouly iutsuduosyou; and leave you to examine Miss Gmtcn‘s condition by ” Doctor, I have no friend on earth but yourself. I think my presence disturbs her you." to-uight." My patron's seemed almost ready to collapse, as we went along the corridor. I felt sorry for him. He evidently was deeply concerned for the young lady. In another instant I was in a large bed- room, heated like a tropical conservatory, and dim as s crypt. A faint, stifling odour pervaded the room, which, with all my hos- pital experience, felt almost intolerable. My host led the way to a large catafalqne- like bed; and as I drew near, I saw, en- shrouded in multiplied wrapping, the fig- ure of a woman. A pair of keen, littering eyes were fixed upon me, which saw plainly enough, in spite of the gloom. More than that, I felt them, as it were, probing me to the ver depths of my consciousness. Never in all my clinical practice had I encountered a store so piercing. In my hospital practice, the sick, the dying, the mad, the sane, the coward, and the brave, all sorts of sufferers had looked at me in the awful morn: nts when the doctor is the embodiment of fate ; but none had regarded me like this almost unearthly woman. I felt almost mesmerised ; but by a supreme effort of self-command. I put aside my feelings, and asked the sufferer how she was. “ This is Dr. Leighford, Harriet,” said my host qunveringly. The glittering eyes swept from me to the speaker. lie turned aside as if to go. “You will prefer to tell Dr. Lei hford how you are by yourself, my dear. I am going down- stairs.” _ Again the glittering eyes met mine. I sat down on a chair by the bedside, saying as cheerfully as I could: “Have you been ill long I” A faint voice responded : “Six months.” “ Can you endure a little more light 3" I asked. "It is impossible for me to judge how you are in this semi-darkness.” A nod was the only reply. A lamp was upon the table at some dis- tance from the bed. It was of small size ; but I mane ed to get a fair flame after trim- ming the wrck. I brought it to the bedside, and looked at my patient. ller devouring eyes were again fixed on me. But I bore the scrutiny without flinching or without annoy- ance. I smiled kindly, and spoke soothing- ly, and went through those little arts of measuring a patient which we learn quite unconsciously. By degrees, the suspicious interrogatory eyes lost their unearthly expression, and after I had held the lady’s hand in mine for a minute, she appeared to grow calmer. Her pulse, which had bounded madly, be- came steadier, I felt I was gaining her con- fidence ; so I went on looking at my watch, and as I counted the throbbings of the wast- ed arm, I could feel that the sufferer was looking at me more assuredly, though my face was averted. “ You have been very ill, indeed,” I said, placing her arm softly down. “ But youth, hope, and good nursing can work wonders." . " Shall I get better 2” she murmured in a hoarse, weak, but most anxious voice. “ To be sureâ€"to be sure. if you will do as I bid you.“ She half rose in her excitement, but fell back again with a groan. , “ You promise me life 2" she demanded in a whisper. . “ Yes, Heaven helping us,” I returned soothingly. “ The others all said I should die,” she continued, turning her eyes again upon me, glaring with distrust. " I care not what" others say ; I shall do all that I can to restore you to health,” I said. I felt that I ought not to indure her suspicion any longer, for both our sakes. A doctor who does not inspire the confidence of his patimit, is worse than useless; he is a new element of danger. “ Let me look at you,” whispered the lady im atiently. took thelamp, placed it close to my face, and stood half defiantly, while she examined me. At length she sighed, and putting forth her hpnd, said quite audibly : “I will trust you. voice trembled, and he CHAPTER II. A fortnight passed, such a fortnightas g fewfmedical men pass through, exciting and perplexing as cases often are. The house- keeper, who nt intervals attended my pa- tient, seemed an excellent person ; but Death and I fought a most desperate com- bat for possession of Miss Garston. I was often reduced’ to despair; for my calcula- tions were so. falsified, that I sometimes thought I must be an arrant ignoramus ; and that, so far from deserving my diploma, I oughttobe sent back to an elementary class in the medical school. The leading-symptom of my patient was exhaustion. here was no specific diseaselof any of the vital organs; P but all were debilitated, the heart in par- ticular. The remedies I prescribed some- times produced the oxpected effect, some- times failed to do so, and sometimes aggra- vated the sym toms in a bewildering man- ner. In home y phrase, I was at my wits' end ; and thought, that in honor I ought to commt the lady to other hands. I urged this upon Miss Garston’s guard- ian, whose nameI learned wasLamport. He objected very strongly, and besought me to continue my attentions for a little lon er. Miss Garstcn herself obstinately refused to allow another doctor to be brought in, even for consultation. I had gained her confi- dence completely, and she had the iirmest assurance that I was wholly devoted to her restoration. She greeted mo always with a smile, even in the midst of paroxysms of suffering; and my presence appeared to have a calming influence upon her. I spent hours with her daily, partly for professional reasons, partly because she desired me to be near her. Now, I am one of those who believe that medical men exercise a profound influence upon their patients by mere personality, es- pecially upon delicate and suffering women. Apart from medicines, hygiene, and the rest, we have it in our power to do an infin- ity of good, by kindly converse and by the exercise of a wise despotism. M in Canton came to look upon me as a sort of earthly saviour ; and she obeyed me with the im- plicitness of a child or of a devotee. Still, she would not it me to bring in aeol- leaguc though er death was imminznt. “ I prefer to die," she said, the last time I pressed the subject. “I have endured so much, that I ma surely be spared any further anguish. o, " doctor ; you alone must read me to the last. Oh, do not leave me; remain with me to the end! You are good and kind ; you have done all that human skill can accomplish. if it is in des- tiny to pass hence, it must be. But not leave me. Pmmise me, as you be for peace when you come to dieâ€" me thatycu will remain byme whilelilereo mains." “Hush! do not agitate yourself," I re. plied. "leyupcnme; I will not desert m n yCatheterrihle wistfclness of her eyesas Ispdkel Ieanueverfcrgetthem. Sheba- eame ' and asweetamils replaced thetracucfauxisty. 'I'heu,inastnngely solemn voice, and with an energyoftoue thatwudmoatnpahummabeexdaimed: , I stared at her. ' » " Yes, doctor ; none but you. All my relatives are gone, or am far away, and in- different." "But Mr. Limport is your friend, your devotedlfriend, Miss Garstou.” She looked at mesh-angely, almost suspici- ously again, saying after a pause : "Do you think so!" " Truly, I do. He exhibits as muck anxiety regarding you as if you were his only child. I doubt if there is any one who takes a deeper and keener interest in your recovery." She continued to look at me in the same strange, dubious manner. “ You seem incredulous. allowances for the abnormal fancies of in~ valids. Be assured of your guardian’s affec- tion, when I tell you that he has retained me exclusively for your service.” The dark cloud partly retreated from her face as I said this. Yet she was clearly not convinced. I remained silent, satisfied in my own mind that she was one of those un- fortunate hysterical victims who are the ter- ment of themselves and the despair of their physician and friends. This strange un- warranted suspicion of the man who was her benefactor, and upon whose bounty her life depended, was a symptom of those hideous pcrversions of right and wrong that mark the conduct of such patients. Mr. Lamport, in spite of his odd puzzling manner, was almost demonstratively anxious to serve his unhappy ward. He would often carry up her food from the kitchen with his own hands; he brought home daily sup- plies of the most tempting fruit; and at an immense expense. kept the sick-chamber gorgeously decorated with flowersoojonquils, violets, lilies of the valley, and others. I objected to them, for they made the air of the room heavy as an atmosphere impreg- nated with opium. But here was another of Miss Garston’s obstinscies. She was pas- sionately fond of flowers. Though her gen- eral demeanor towards Mr. Lainport was anything but am able, and often simply rude and ungrateful, yet, when he brought her her eveningbonquot, shebccame gracious and quiescent. Sue would bury her face in_ the bouquet, and inhale its fragrance as a. thirlsty Arab buries his face in a. desert poo . I was sure the flowers did her harm, for after inhaling them, she would fall back quite exhausted ; and one evening she faint- ed so completely, that I feared she was dead. In my trepidation, I ran into the dressing- rom for some ice-water, leaving Mr. Lam- port in an ecstasy of apprehension near the poor thing. But I was amazed upon my re- turn to find him holding the bouquet over her face, almost stiflingly. “ Good heavens l" I cried, “ What are you doing? She wants air ! Put those abom- inable flowers away 1 He looked at me in a balf~terified, half- searching way, as he had often done before, and immediately obeyed inc, apologizing for making the mistake. I was too much preoccupied by my efforts for the recovery of my patient to think of this curious episode at the time; but it re- turned to me afterwards, like a. haunting tune that comes across our consciousness when least expected. (so BE corz'rrxusn.) JOAQUIN MILLER. A Visit to Quobeo.â€"Tho MostPlcturosquo and. Romantic Scenery on the Amor- Ioan Continent. One enters upon the story and description of this wonderful city with great hesitation and feeling of unfitncss. For Dickens, Le- moine, Bancroft, Howells, andindeed, a hun- dred others, have said great things of these battlements cemented together by the best blood of centuries. Quebec is the storehouse of American history; and the most glorious of cities ; beautiful, too, as a picture. She glcnms above her granite throne; Her gray walls gird her ample zone; She queens the north, supremeâ€"clone! There is but one other city in America that at all touches me either in its story or its presence like Quebec. And that is the City of Mexico. But the old Quebec of his- tory has been sadly pillaged of its material lory by gross and stupid men. A hideous jail stands out yonder on the Plains of Ab- raham, snrmountiug almost the very spot where the immortal Wolfe fell and died. The glorious old Jesuit college was lately con- demned as being in danger of falling down. And yet when the vandals came to destroy it they literally had to use dynamite to over- throw it. A great, ugly, empty, weed-grown square now holds the place of this last mon- ument to the noblest and most unselfish civ- llizer that ever lived. One might go on all day recounting examples of stupidity and bigotry like this ; but let us escape the un- leasant task. It is much to know that the mighty deeds and words of the illustrious dead are beyond the reach of “ progressive " railroads, and that, do what they may, they can never overthrow their achievements. These stormy and stony heights for all time shall stand as their united monuments. Were I in charge of Quebec to-day I should make it the greatest crime for any man to throw down a single stone from the walls or ancient edifices of the brave old city. It is like stealing precious stones from a sover- eign’s crown. Let “progress " go by the other way. Thank God no greasy railroad has yet come screeching and screaming up the heights Wolfe climbed. She sits above the tide of commerce, let her remain so. There are plenty of railroad towns in this land without trying to make the gray old fortress one of them. The least that can be done now is to preserve what is left of her. And it seems to me that if I could not re- store any of the structures, I would try and restore something of the old customs. I would mount guards at every gate, sound the reveille and all that, and for the instruc- tion of the student and the traveller keep up the traditional air and character of the an- cicnt city, so far as it could be done without cost to the p:ople. For Quebec is unique, and belongs to the world, not entirely to PENSIES. Facility is not talent, but there is no veil- able talent without facility. Women are in general too vain to profit by experience, and men are too wavelets. It is not true that the art; moralise; they refine only, and in refining they weaken. A posthumous work is almost always a book that one has forgotten to bury with the author. Conwlatlons are a suctxrr that man leads to himself, and of which, sooner or later, everyone has used in his turn. With firsthand {alertness a‘ifiaanismare agreeablein ewor t wi asuperior intellect devoid of gaiety and goodness. A man only arrivesataeompetency by the workthathsdoeshimsell;ifheaoquires richesitisby the worktbathemakuothm do. Witis rarely unaccompanied b a touch of malignity; it accustoms to take ‘ inwuys thatarcnotthaseof perfect norofgenins. But I make ' NO ‘29 Some Famous nebulae. on the let of Septembu, 1715. The way he met death has often, been mentioned and often praised. After ‘ all, perhaps. it was the best he could do. He had been an actor all his life, and he kept up the delusion to the very end. Was there ever such a year for storms of one kind and another! How the winds take the matter in hand l Then in the waters, Edmund Km WES wont to 33ny him” then fines. and 80 forth. HOW l3 lb all to that he could "a a sneer um sum,“ - be accounted for! It is just as well for the Plain, and his career gave a special sign canoe to the expression. He had the sensi- tive temperament indicated by his hyper. bolic saying, and in his earlier years he had, to a greater degree than most other men of whose lives we have a record, suffered from the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune. Nobler than any of tho rebukes directed against those that had wounded his feelings in the days of his poverty was that which, when fame and fortune were smilin upon him, be administered to the Earl of sex. 'I‘h it nobleman, who was one of his most ardent admirers, remonstrated with him for being seen arm-in-arm with Incledon. the singer, telling him that it would militate against his being received in aristocratic circles. Kean replied : “ My lord, Mr. Incledon was my friend in the strictest sense of the word, and when I had scarcely anoth- er friend in the world ; and if I should now desert him in the decline of his popularity, or fall of his fortune, I should little deserve the friendship of any man, and be quite unworthy the favourable opinion your lordship has 'done me the honor to entertain of me." As of Edmund Kean, so of the brilliant wit and orator, John l’hillpot Curran, it may be readily believed that his delivery of a re- buke was specially effective. Once when engaged in a case that was being tried before Fitzgibbou, the Irish chancellor, that func- tionary hadhrought on to the bench with him a large Newfoundland dog, to which he was ostentationsly attentive while the advo- cate was addrassing an elaborate Iirgument. to him. .At a critical point of the speech the judge turned quite away and appeared to be wholly engrossed with the dog. Cur- rant ceased to speak. “ Go on, go on, Mr. Curran," exclaimed the chancellor. ” Oh, I beg your pardon," said Curran, “ I was under the impression that your lordships were in consultation." ‘But a far more scathing rebuke was that with which Cur- ran “set down” Judge Robinson. The last named personage was the author of a num- ber of ill-written, but unscrupulous and scurrilous pamphlets in favor of the govern- ment of the day. As he was not known to have any other recommendation, it was more than suspected that he had been raised to the bench solely in ~reyvard for political hack-work. At a time when Curran, though rising into notice, was still a poor and struggling man, he was speakin in the court over which Robinson preside . Touch- ing an opinion that had been put forward by the opposing counsel, he remarked that he had examined all his books, and could not find a single case that supported the conten- tion of the other side. “That may be, Mr. Curran," sneered Rob- inson, “butI sus set your law library is rather limited." ora moment Curran eyed the purse-proud toady of the political powers that were, and then broke forth: “ It is very true, my lord, that I am poor, and this circumstance certainly rather curtailed my library. My books are not numerous, but they are select, and I hope have been per- used with prcpcr dis osition. I have pre- pared myself for this iigh profession rather y the study of a few good books, than by the composition of a great many bad ones. I am not ashamed of my poverty, but I should be ashamed of my wealth if I could stoop to acquire it by sorvility and corrup- tion. If I rise not to rank, I shall at least be honest, and should I ever cease to be so, many an example shows me that an ill-ac- quired elevation, by making me more con- spicuous, would only make me more univer- sally and notoriously contemptiblo." Very neat and characteristic. in the way of practical rebukes, was that of Talleyrand to a faithful but too inquisitive confidential servant. whom he saw from the window of his apartment cooll reading a. letter on. trusted to him to defiver. On the next day a similiar commission was confided to the servant, and to the second letter was added apzostscript, couched in the following terms: “ on can send a verbal answer by the bear- er. He is erfcctly well acquainted with the whole a air,having taken the precaution to read this previous to its delivery.” Not bad in it we either was Lord Chesterfield’s practical y humorous rebuke of the craze for having farureaching portrait galleries of ancestors. In his 0an gallery he placed two old hoods inscribed rc- spectivcly Adam do Stanhope and Eve 'dc Stanhopc. Of the rebuke indirect, one of the finest examples is that attributed to Dr South. Once when preaching before Charles the Second he had observed that the monarch and several of his attendants had fallen asleep. Presently one of the latter began to snore, whereupon the bishop broke off his sermon andpxolaimod, “Lord Lauderdale, I am sorry to intcrupt your repose, but let me entreat gen not to snore so loud lest you awaken is majesty.” Incisive and dry as it becomes its nation- ality was the rebuke of the Scotch shepherd to Lord Cockbnrn of Bonaly. That noble- man was sitting on the hillside with the shepherd, and observing the ,sheep reposing in the coldest situation he said to him : ”John, if I were a sheep I would lie on the other side of the hill.” swered: “Aye, my lord, but if ye ad been a sheep yo would has had malr sense,"â€"â€"All the Year Round. w Bower Gas and Typhoid Fever. Dr. George Hamilton, in the Medical Record, takes issue with those whom assume the conveyance of germs of typhoid and scarlet fevers, diphtheria, and dysentery by contaminated drinking water, and who do not believe that sewer gas can spread the infection or ori ‘ to the diseases. Refer- rin to the epi emics that sometimes occur in denly in cities fed with drinking water from some common source, he says that their sudden appearance and as sudden disappear- ance cannot be attributed to the character of the wafer, except on the so position that the water changes suddenly rom purity to impurity, and nice man, a supposition in- compatible with the delivery supply of water from reservoirs. Walled up cesspools, he says, are common in the city and not usual] found in the country, and the exhalatioas from uaventilated and uncured for vaults have much to do with the prevalence of typhoid diseases. â€"â€"‘“<->“’-â€"â€"â€" The British Empire. The British Empire is a very imposing to of territories scattered overall the continents, but when it comes to be examin- ed more closely it is found to consist for the most of ind eat commonwealth, republics in all but name, governing their own territories, making their own laws, levying their own tariffs, and dsvelcpin their own civilisation, without any centre on the part of the Imperial Government. The only direct influence that Great Britain exercises over the colonies which have em tablished ible governments is by the official nominated by the flame Government as chief of the Executive, and who is vari- ousl knownssGovernor,Goveraor-Gensnl, or igh Commie-Toner, as the euasmay be. We should have econ love to animate us,nctenouhtodistnr mm The heartwa- vmustolove, isan agreeablemovsment;nottosuler,whlchis apamf’ ulsentuneu' t. The she herd an- 8" in- wisest to say they don't know, for after all this is just what it amounts to. Among other slilictivc sort of people we know none so trying as the ,superior patron- izing order. Can nothing he done to make them reasonabch Apparently not. They have an air about them which would be of- fensive in an archangel to a molluse. Noth- ing but to escape from them for bare life. They are altogether too too. Chief Justice Coleridge is being received with unusual enthusiasm. His baggage has been passed at New York without examine. tionâ€"a very unusual honorâ€"and he has been besieged by interviewers. much more it is tobe feared to the terror of his Lordship than anything which the dynamiters could do in the way of disturbing his equanimity. “'ben the year began in March Sep- tember was the seventh, and was very properly styled September. By the coin- mcncement of the year two months sooner the name is now inappropriate. as is like- wise the case with its three followers, October, November, December. When Julius Caesar revised the calendar, he gave September 31 days, but Augustus took away the last day, and so it his since remained. France has at present quite as much on her hands as she can well manage. “’liat with Tonquin and Madagascar she would be very foolish to allow herself to be drawn into aquarrel either with Germany or Eng- land. Still it is quite possible that she may drift into that also, just as she alleges that she drifted into the other complications which at present bother her. It seems so difficult even yet for nations to keep at ‘ peace with each other. The extent of the disaster in Minnesota’s tornadmswcpt city of Rochester may be judged from the fact that even the cemetery in which several of the victims of the storm were buried with ublio ceremonies was greatly dai ed the wind. Strange stories are tol of t o freaks of the storm. People whose ideas of a great storm are based only upon their experience of winds that simply blow straight ahead can have‘ no conception of the fearful work accom. plished by a wind that whirls with the speed of a looomotive's driving wheel and carries heavy buildings up into the air like toy balloons. Two hundred dwelling houses in Rochester were completely demolished and carried away almost in the twinkling of aue 0. Many of tho sufl‘ercrs from this fear ul calamity are in great distress, having lost all they possessed. Their cry for help should not go unhoedcd. The French and Germans have, over slnce the termination of the last war, been in a state of bitter hostilit , and quite pre- pared to fly at each others throats on the shortest notice. Of course the last tussol used both of them up very considerably, but whatever words of friendship have been on their lips war has been ever in their breasts. The French have settled that they must at all hazards wipe out the disgrace of the great conquest in 1870-1, and the Germans have beenas resolutely determined that they will {never be caught napping or unprepared. Now, a parently things are comingtoa point, an strange as it may seem, Germany up inclined to proof - itate thcccnfliot. u some respects this not surprising. The Germans are looking too narrowly into the management of their great dictator, and lio‘soems bound to draw all their attention from his doings and plans by giving them a foreign war. Hence the late threatening words of the North German Gamte which mean, if they mean anything, a quarrel with France. Thirteen years ago France was so clearly the ngrrcssor that when she got overwhelmingly thrashed, the whole civrlized world cried, “ Served her right.” But so far as can be soon, it is dif- ferent down. France is not doing anything at which Germany has any right to take of- fence, and if Bismarck thinks that things will take the same course now us form- eriy, he may very likely find himself mis- ta ten. There can be no doubt about the truth 0 what was stated in the late meeting of Chief Constables about the increase of juvenile crime and all its attendant circumstances. Whatever may be the cause or causes, that such is the fact is beyond all question. We are inclined to think that one great cause will be found in the indulgence and indifference of parents. Impudouco is regarded as smart- nces, and is rather raised and approved of than otherwise, w iile a great number of fathers prefer to turn their children into the streets so as not to be troubled with their noise in the house. Everywhere throughout this cityâ€"and Toronto is not worse than other placesâ€"crowds of rude, ill-conditioned boys and girls may be noticed every evening makin the night hideous with their loud, rude, lthy language. There are children, not of the poor, but encrally of the well to do, and the parents rave apparently either no control over their hopeful offspring or have no desire to restrain them in taking a full course of that street education winch ml! in due time land them in the police court and the nitentiary. Some say the out cause is t at the Bible is not read in the public schools, but the evil is far deeper than that. Religious parents and roll ioua teachers will train their children in iblo morality whether they are told to do so or not, while the loss that irreligious and anti- Christian teachers meddle with such things so much the better. If religion and morality get to a low ebb man the young ft is be- cgusekilt has beean yat the same among t no . “0940)”?â€" Beascnable Advice to Battlers The Royal Humane Society, in its recently issued report, gives the following advice to swimmers am bathers: “ Avoid bathing within two hoursaller a meal. Avoid bath- ing when exhausted by fatigue, or from any at er cause. Avoid bathing when the body is cooling after perspiration. Avoid bathing altogether in the open air if, after having been a short time in the water, it causes a sense of chilllness with numbness of the ’7 hands and feet. Bathe when the body is warm, provided no time is lost in getting into the water. Avoid chilling the body by lift or standing undressed on the banks or in ts after having been in the water. Avoid remaining too lea in the water ; leave the water immediately t ere is the slightest feeling of chilliness.‘ Mania slate addreuspokescme my kindly words about life after all deductions being well worth living, and that it is stupid, wicked and weak to say anythln sin, or to grumble when one is old that l is vanity and vention of spirit. This is gorslso far asitgces. yetafterall Iteuan doesact 'vs hlshearu'smuchrsusauforbeingsoju it. More existence, he says. is delightful if the rigt‘it and the true are follow Yes i but w t is the right? Whatistbe true? Ben- snhasalready proclaimed toall thewcrld thathsdoesnot know. Isthis msrelya mature! opinion? What then l One needs to have a more substantial foundation to build on than any which Renae indicates to be anything like as jubilant as he advises. Eewho reedvesagcodturnshould never forgstit: hswhcdoes mahouldnevsrrsâ€" manberltâ€"Oliascs.