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signers Es] rro'nos "Ifw Siarquis of l/mdonrierry, uhole- sale an i r. :sir dealer in coma,” is a sign to g r be seen in different parts of [modem In some of the public hospitals Jsprueae l paper lruadke chiefs, are now used, with § r much satisfaction for drying wounds. ‘ It is a curious fact that waspe' nuts often 5 take fire, as it is supposed, by the chemical f action of the wax upon the matsrialcf whi-h the nest is composed. Many of in tires of f nnknoa n ooigin in hsystacks and farm build- : ings may thus be accounted for. ‘ possession , A citizen of Kansas has in his the ballot be cast in voting I)? General Grant, . in lam. it was printed on silk, and sftcrl it had been kept on the file, as the law r¢-] quired, in the bill.» of the clerk, he obtained . _ it, and will hand it down to his childrvn'i as an heirloom. ! A man put a large spider on a floating. chip in a p IOII. After walking all about the sides of the chip the spider began to cart a web for the shore. lie threw rt as far as possible in the air and with the wind It, caught on some blades of grass. Then turn- ing himself about, the spider began to haul the chip to ward shore. The Cheniere, as well as Grand Isle In the Gulf of Mexico, was once a sugar plants tion but the force of constsnt winds, [10 ving from one point of the comprss, has so 'ersl times caused the rollers to sweep urn! it for several days, and this, after a time, made the saccharine juics more salt than sweet. Tre people are obliged either to use the wood drifted in upon the waves or bring it in loggers from a distance. As the salt in the drift wood rusts the cooking stoves there are none in use on the island. But if the meals are cooked upon an iron frame in a great, wide-mouthed fire place they lose none of their savorincss thereby. The Journal of Chemistry relates that a celebrated Parisian belle who made a pro- fuse use of cosmetics from the soles of her feet to the roots of h r hair, took a medicated bath, and on emerging from it was horrified- tn find herself as black as an Ethiopian. The transformation was complete ; not a ves- tige of the “ supremo ifsucasian race" was left. Her physician was sent for in alarm. On arrival he laughed immoderately, and said: “ Madame, you are not ill, you are achemicai product. You are no langsra wornsn, but a sulphiee. It is not now a question of medical treatment but of simple chemical reaction. I shall subject you to a bath of sulphuric acid diluted with water. I The acid will have the honor of combining with you ; it will take up the sulphur, the metal will produce a sulphate, and we shall find as a precipitate is very pretty woman.” The doctor went through with his reaction, and the belle was restored to her usual color. “. A Boy’s Hunt for Office. Soon after President Cleveland took pos- session of the White House a little chap about twelve years of age, named Howard Fairfax 1.90, obtained an audience, and earnestly pleadel for an appointment in one of the deparements, to assist in supporting his mother and several brothers and sisters. The little follow pressed his claim in such a manly, straightforward way that the Presi- dent's interest was excited, and be resolved, if the case proved, on examination to be a worthy one, to assist the young silica-seeker. lloward is very small for his age, but is re. markably bright and intelligent, and ex presses his ideas of men and things in lan- gusge that would do c;c lit to a person many years his senior. He lives beyond the city limits, in the vicinity of Brightwood, and is the eldest of four or five children. The President spoke to Secretary Manning about providinga place in theTressury Depart- ment for the boy, but when the inter made his appearance before the Secretary he was pronounced too small to be of any material value to the public service. Thereupon Howard repaired to the “'nite House, and, with tears in his eyes, told the President the result of his interview with Secretary Manning. Some one suggested to the little fcllov that he would probably be more successful with Secretary Lamar. Off he went to the Interior Department, where “ Leave me to go my own gait, lad,” the befound the Secretary surrounded byaroom- good woman answered, nodding wisely. ful : f politicians and office soekcrs. lie And Tom having thus far accomplished his finally got an opportunity to state his case errand successfully, was faiu, with many to the kind hearted Secretary, who at once expressions of gratitude, to take his leave. became interestud in his story and promised The old clock in St. Jude's tower was to help him. Day after day the youthful striking six on widow Lane put up the shut. applicant haunted tho corridors of the In- ters of her front parlor, called by courtesy terlcr Department and watched his chance a shop, with unusual punctuality; and to steal an interview with the Secretary then, equipping herself in her bonnet and when the vigilant colored umssongor was not shawl, she turned the key in the street-door, locking. Finally the lny was taken sick, and set her face towards Adam Jarvis‘s and the Secretary missed his visits to his forge. In her hand she carried a lock mil :0. llaoaftc'noon last week the Sccrs- which needed some repairing, and which tary. upon ir quiry, found where the little would serve as a pretext for her visit to the fellow lived and called to sue him. Find- blucksmith's. ing that the else was really a deserving one, Fortune however favoured her in an un- l he informed the boy‘s mother that her son expected manner, for half way down theI should have an appointment as soon as be struggling street she saw. tripping along was able to be ab‘ut. The good news towards her, pretty Dolly Jarvis herself. quickly restored tioward’s health, and is She woroa crimson kilted skirt, and in. day or two ug-r he was appointed a messan- stead of the rusty velveteen bodice, she hud gcr in the l'cnsiun Uili':(‘. a black scarf with a woven border of gold O, ~.,_,,._ crossed ( n hcr bosom, with One end thrown . I VOL. XIII. By the Gate. II 1‘!” can! 3‘3le Risht over my shoulder i an- the moon. The rain half-:zrcle was flntlnu there Like a golden strand of my dadlng's hair i r as race scented, star-lltsirof June: And, gazing upward, l breathed a prayer. " Fold her about with happlnrtl, I. 2rd â€" ly brighenum, brownâ€"c) ed, beautiful maid; And make me more 11.1 at for her lo: a," lpra} ed, Whi'e the moon like a bit of golden cord shere in the heavens above me stayed. And thstllttlc prayer of my hesrt - Ah, me! [think God heard it and gal..- her the best. The happiness wrap: in immortal rest; She pl rps in her benutv so quietlv With p acid palms clasped on her Luiselsss breast. Now as I stand here and look at (be -kv A lcnr bird chirp: in the tree by t' c gate, Whlle l in my solitude pray ssd wsiz; And the night-wind passes me gently by as the full moon rises up round and late. Go, wind of the night, unto these who weep! hear them, [pray you. the message I send; Say that the sorrow-touched heart cf a friend Speaks as he stands where the rhodows an: duep Here by the gate where the tree-branches bend. One by one fade out the lights in the town As we have seen lights in our lives grow dim ; Soft on the air floats the sound of a hymn, And the snowball fl-mers drop their petal-idea 11, And the dew drips ovenhs lilies’ brim. Then i turn away from the gate once more, Away from the brook as it flows and falls, From the bird that hi ice in the tree and calls A faint farewell. when I open the door And most the silence thatctands ln these halls. A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY. By the Author of "Till; qu'u: GmL,” "Lovsm' Lsov I.v.x'urrr.<r," ac , (cc. CHAPTER II.-â€"(CU.\'TI.\'UEU.) “ Then it is more serious than I thought," the old woman said slowly. " Some one: should speak to the child." “ Yes, yes," burst out Tom eagerly; “ that's what I come to see you about. I am sucha blundcring fool, I should spoil everything; and she'd never forgive m- if I doubted her; and, though she doesn’t love no,” the poor lad went on, unconscious that he was betraying his own secret, “ she would hate me then; and I couldn’t bear that 1 But it breaks my heart to hear Meg and the other girls talking of her as they do â€"and, oh, Mrs. Issue, she likes youâ€"Dolly, I moan-mud I know, if you'd give hero. bit of advice ; she'd listen to reach; she has no one to tell her or to warn her! And then I'm frightened about old Adam. If he should get to hear anything, there would be murder and no mistake, for he worships Dolly ; and if he thought any harm had cone to her through the Captian, he’d as soon shoot him as look at him.” "\\'ell,”said the widow, with a slight shiver, caused by Tom's energetic speech, “ I'll make a little excuse and come up the forge this evening ; and then, if I can get Dolly by herself, I‘ll put her on her guard.” “ And you‘ll be very chreful what you say ‘3’ urged Tom. " Dolly is so proud, and â€"- and ’â€"with a gulpâ€"“ I darn say she is a bit fond of the (Japtainâ€"leastways, he’s handsome enough and softspolien enough to turn a lassis‘s head." Never Too Late To Loam. coqueltisbly over her left shoulder, while, in place of tho old straw but, her brai was Sm‘ll.\'f'l‘.$. at an rx': cine old age, learned covered with a closely-fitting lzoodâ€"to to play on music ll instruments. match the skirtâ€"and from which the wavy (3,9,, m duh“, ye,” of a”, lain-“ed to chestnut hair peeped out, forming little ton- .pflk (m, (hunk I'Engmgp. drils on her smooth fair brow. A very “Much when bemeen wventy gr ccful quaintliitle figure she looked, mak- oigbty, c umuurc- d the study of Latin. us a “mug” comma" to the other "Huge lluctor Johnson applied himself to the girls with their unkrmpt tresscs, slownly , dresses, and generally dirty and untidy ap- lidtuh la guugo but a frw years before his death pcarnnce. It was hardly to bc wondered at if other young men besides the rustic Ludovim him-naldsco, at tho grcst ago of one hundred and fifteen, wrote the memoirs of his own times. (lgllby, the translator of Humor and \‘ir. gil, was unsr'qusinted with Latin and Greek until he was past fifty. Sir Henry Speln'un neglected the sciences in his youth, but u muncncvd the study of them when he “as b‘twcen fifty and sixty years of lag". Aftcrthis he became a learned antiquarian and lav. yer. F. :vrklin did not fully comrucncebls philo‘ sophical pursuits till he had r ached his iii. tlath year. Dryden, in his sixty-eighth year, commenced tho translation of the illad, his nwst plcas‘ng r reduction. llncr‘acnln was thirty-fch years of age when he commenced his studiss in light literature, yet he bemmeune of the grandest master: of the 'l'mcsn dialect, Dante and l’otrarch b~iug the other two. We could go on and cite thousands of ex- amples of mm ulru curumencul a new study, either for ll\'r‘lih< cd or amusement, at an aawsnrsi ago. lint eury one familiar with the biography cf disti 'guished men wrli rec- ollect individual cases enough to convince them that none but the aid! and indolent will ever say," I am too old t2 learn. ' and charms, the widow thought as she stopped to Ip-rak to the girl. “ its a nice evening for a walk," till-l raid plcsvnlly, " and. if you're nit bcunn on any if Dolly had not just then been thinking wilko ily at the idea of the bosom widow's s‘rddcn turn for sentimentality, and have for “irhing for her cmnpuuy. “Oh, no, i was only going for a stroll that the old woman, who lad surmised up to mischief, so to speak, decided that her suspicions were unfounded. SJ the two turned togetherâ€"a queeriy as- sorted coupleâ€"mil began slowly to ascend the winding path leading to the acclisity called l liver's Mount. " it‘s many vents since I draggrd my old b.‘u‘ s up here," ritclared the widow, as she dropped plating on to a bench placed half- |way up tnn steep razent for the accommoda- tion of wayfarers: " but, \s hen l was a girl, I used often to climb this path, for it was poor Jim's favourite walk, and few were the evenings we didn't watch the sunset in .a. Bscspe of an English Ship. . H The captain of the Duke of llcvonsblre, um": m? conning,d"y" . which arri ed a'. Sydnev on the 9): ult , re- " ‘9‘! -'c lived in the “lingo ne‘fly ‘11 parts inn-ing caper! nced for five hours the ~ 5°" 1’” "Ru: “Onyx “ d. l mile EMM- rougbrst weather to ever met with in the l)’: {01' 'h“ F“ "mdcmg whom" ‘ anp Gulf of Aden. Two stesrm rs were observed ‘3‘ ‘llue‘u‘m‘ “3° '3' in "10 “INN be- tn founder at the time, but no assistance ih' "“ 1" imm u“ H‘li- , There ve couldborendered, as the ox ted their “ A)" ‘3 ‘l W“ 1mm in"- _ own steamer to go doqu crap: inculcatlli‘een L‘nRWmâ€"lhl: ‘1' my mud"! mm“ The Duke of lhnnsbire was chartered by "i‘u'r 35°“ in. 3°" 0|“. Iincfl Cr’ongnll’s the Governmental take troops out to India, u“ ¢~ 15“ “"81 the Brailhnltct in ; emu" “dd n a" than day- even as they do now, though l've ‘1’“: a“... balsa“. u 'm, l heard or. father say there hid been Bralth- such a number of men on hard the hatches : "in" “ "‘0 m", ‘0'8 (“a 540“ that. could not an. been kept closed, and the l And - “Hr-co '1 d m "1-! Wm. “=0th -cs... . steamer must have tasvlublrfifouadared. {fiz‘mlu‘ :1"! °P“‘md°d: ‘0 Si“ '08 Dfuwdnsmoftbs i,gfnss» "1“ thrilfiug arc .unt of m pang: thprough thsl “ l‘ m d“ the)" do to set Inch I M sync“ H. says that on do 31 of June, - mm 3' “My cautioned inuronwdly. whilst in; Ihmttgb the channel. the “Li " Well. you see, they were what they vanq armchair; brought signs of alarms. , called flr«)‘sllslAâ€"thsy took the side of the c charges, tun weather became squall)“ khg when the man Cromwell wanted to and Malta, and thessarerse with marvel" .t the crown from him; and no wonder. loss quit-non, hugs sexes rurlr them-5 or be was notcf much M‘Cuu‘. l've hoard selves perpendicularly, and break Ins-sol said sir. «For nearly two been no bind and chuhd and made love to all the sun cabana! could more for fear of being pretty girls they came across; they didn't him any. The escape was regarded as , earn whether they broke their hearts or not, 5W ‘0: what live they told, or that _.___.__.‘....... lthey male, so long as the amused them- so Michael flicks-Beach says frankly salm. Me wasn‘t agirl’ la the country- thas he favors granting the right of suffrage aids. gentle or simple, who hadn‘t cause to to unmarried women. - me the day aha made the acquaan of to’ ‘ who is on the point of being marriedâ€"” swuins were not indifferent; to prrtty Dolly's l l heavily upon him. pzirlimlar errand, it’s with you i'd like to , go, just as far as Oliver's Mount to see thcl sun set." I of mouthing else, she would have lauglm i 0! me While one ‘5 blessed wnh youth and gu-Issed it was a vial to hide her real reason 5 1 l mysrlf !‘ she answered, so readily however, from her “ smart ' appearance that she was. in a ‘ ted ~and they drank and fought and gum-7 through his mvntal struggle, knowing full well how it would and, how it must end. “I suppose I‘ve no choice in the matter, air," the Captain said, a little sulkily, “ I‘m glad you've suffi:isnt sense to see it in that light, ’Sir Ralph rejoined, taking care to suppress all signs of the satisfaction he felt at his son's decision, which he knew would only gall the young man. “ Gerald- ine is warm-hearted and true to the back- bone,and. with her money, she might do better than wed a graceless ne'er-do~well ” “ Thank you l" Harry cried, rising hasti- ly. “ Don't try me ton much, father. I have consented to make the bargain you de- sire. You pay my debts, and I marry my cousin: there the matter ends." " Not quite," Sir Ralph returned, still good-humouredly. “ Whilst we are about it, we may as well fix the wedding-day.” " Oh, hang it all, 1'“ leave that to you i” the Captain cried, dismayed at the other's plromptitude, and chafing to end the inter- v aw. " This is August," announced Sir Ralph calmly; “suppose we fix the first of Febru~ ary for your marriageâ€"that is, if Geraldine is agreeable and r are not consider it too soon after my brother in-‘aw s death 1' ' Harry groaned, but made no audible reply. “ It is settled then," his father went on composedly. " You had better speak to your cousin at once." As Captain Braithwaite left his father's presence, he encountered the subject of their late conversation, ready equipped for riding. “ Uh, Harry," exclaimed the girl, with a little pout of the ripe red lips. " I’ve been waitir g for you at least five minute s. ’ “ What a sad trial of patience, corwr'ne!” he rejoined gaily. Since it had to be done, he would put his fate to the test, wi hout further delay, he decided, as he swung Geraldine into the saddle, and then himself mounted the chest- nut cob the groom was holding for him. N of; that he had much doubt as to what Miss Mainwariug's answer would be when he put: the momentous question to her, he thought, a little ruefully. Her preference for him had been sufficiently marked, and until lately Barry had proved himself one of the most devoted of the heiress's wor- shipers, for, although he did not actually love her, she had been as nearly his ideal as any one he had hitherto met, and he had been content to hover around her, to pay her those little nameless attentions so natural to a man of fashion, to whisper soft little sentences which might mean so little or so much. And, truth to tell, there was a great deal that Was lovable and worthy of esteem in Geraldine Mainwaring. Her features were regular, her hair dark as the ravon's wing, her complexion that of a bru- nette, her brown eyes large and piercing, yet she just fell short of being a beauty. Mr. Mainwaring had been an American I financier, and had wedded pretty fragile Grace Braithwaite, Sir Ralph’s only sister, when quite a girl. She had died when Ger- aldine was fifteen. Since then Geraldine had been at a Continental boarding-school. Mr. Mainwurlng had hen killed in a rail- way-accident a few months before, and then Geraldine had found herself thrown upon the world, an orphan and the possessor of a 1 large fortune. If Harry Braithwaito entertained no a Braithwaite. There was one Sir Henry lraitbwaite, who actually ran away with his neighbour's wife, and another who starv- ed his own wife to death because he fell in love with and wanted to marry another lady ; and they thought nothing of robbing and killing any one who tried to prevent their wrong-doing. ’ The widow was drawing pretty freely upon her imagination, noticing all the while, with secret satisfaction, that Dolly was listening with wide~open eyes expres. sive of surprise and incredulity. “They couldn't all have been so bad, ’ she said softly, when her companion paused, more for want of breath than because she had excau‘ted her category of the sins of the brairhwaites. “ There's Sir Ralph now; I never heard that‘ be robbed any one, or, in fact, did any harm at all, and I’m sure Captain Braithwaite isâ€"” But here Dolly paused, coloring deeply as she met Mrs. Lane‘s scrutinisxng gaze. “ Oh, Sir Ralph has grown steady with age 1" sir-33am, finding that Dolly nude no attempt to finish the sentence. ‘ ‘ I dare say he was wild enough in his youth; and, as for the Captain, what's bred in the bone is sure to come out in the flesh, and the less said about him the better.” “I ll tell you what it is! ’ Dolly cried. with sudden passionate indignation. “ I hate people who are so mysteriou-, and hint at all kinds of horrid things, but will say nothing plainly. Captain Braithwaita is a gentleman at least, and I for one don’t heed the village-gossip." “ Hoignty-toighty ; but you needn’t be so fiery about him, its little you know about him or his, my lass ;” the widow rejoined drily. “Though, now I come tothink of it, I may be wrong, for I’ve heard that, like the rest of his kind, he sometimes passes an idle hour with you. Take care, Dolly -â€" ra- member, ’tis hard to play with fire without getting burned.” ' “ Oh, I see ! So that is why you wanted I to see the sunset from Oliver’s Mountâ€"to .' have a chance of giving me a lecture," the girl laughed bitterly. The widow's words had wounded her cruelly, perhaps all the more because of a vague doubt and unrest that had begun to burrow her own soul. “I suppose you are like the others,- you think that Captain Braithwsitels sim ply amusing himself with me.” As she spoke she drew herself up with a‘l the dignity of a queen her eyes flashing and her bosom heaving with emotion. Thewid- ow regarded her now with unfeigued sur- prise. . “ What else should he be doing, child 2" she asked a little impatiently. Then, more gently, as she saw the tears standing in the 'girl's bright eyes, and laying her band on her arrnâ€"“ My dear, I know your mother I â€"she is gone nowâ€" let me speak to you in her stead. I don't say you’ve meant to dol wrong ; but, my girl, can’t you see that} you’re putting your name in every one's mouth, being seen about with Captain Braithwaitc? Its not only that he has a l reputation for being fast, but he’s a man 1]! (I “ It’s false l" interrupted the girl raising her head, which had been drooping, an i stamping one little foot passionately on the ground. “No; it is true,’ the widow rejoined firmly. “ I thought you knew what everyone else in the village knows. Captain Braith- . I waite is to be married to his cousin, Miss _ warmer feeling for her than “(mainly regard; Geraldine Mainwariug, in the spring, If it was difi'crentwith the girl. Evenin those you don't believe it, ask him yourself, next early 59‘)“ When he? fume!“ W53 Either 1:00 time you meet him, and see if he will dare lBren-lily Ebfiorbed in his BPGWIMIWBPT he to (onrmdict is," found the journey across the Atlantrc too “ It is false ! ' repeated poor Dolly, clasp- ' 101-18 30 3P3” the time to Vii“; his daughter: ing her hands togemer; but he, tom, was and she had been accustom d to spend her less assured, and she was beginning to trem- ' bondayfl M ,Bmithwalte Hall» Harry had 1,1,, violently“ been the object; of her passionate attach- “ My dc,“ child 1" cried the Widow Pity. meat. With her elder cousin Pe cy she was ingly 5nd in genuine 513nm shy and reserved, which might pernups be 5110 stood up, and would have drawn the accounted for by_the fact of his bving sever- gir-lâ€"who had risen also, and was confront- 81 3’03" her 591.1101? BMW 3 regime.“ had ing her with, oh, such misery in her bright ' Pea“ (inflicted "1 Ireland {01‘ some time; 30 blue eyes, such a pained look on her white 19 hBPPBDEd that the 00F“!!! hfld not met scared face !â€"to wards her; but Daily, with , forpgveral yearn. Geraldine, having been on a 10w cry, eluded he,- gmap, and without a vrsrt to some of her father srelatrves when casting so much or a glance behind her, EMT? had been on furlough- turucd and lied down the narrow pathway It was during the long summer that Cap- which they had ascended so short a time be- I tain Braithwaite, deprived of his cousin’s fore, l aving the worthy dame literally presence, and finding the time hang heavily dumbfounded at the result of her well-in- on his hands at the Hall, had made the tcntioned “ warning." acquaintance of pretty Dolly Jarvis. Ac- __ customed as he was to th» society of fashion- ‘ able belles, he had all the more readily CHAPTLR 111- fallen a victim to the bow and spear of the “There must be no more trifling, Harry ; I unsophisticated rustic beauty, with her either you make up your mind to marry ' childish simplicity, quaint artistic tastes, Geraldine at an early date, or I wash my 1 and native manner. He had not dreamed hands of vou and your debts. The estate is; heavily burdened enough alreadyâ€"it will ' to the honeyedspeecheswhich fell ronatural- bear no more Besides, it is not fair to ' ly from his lips when he was talking to a l‘c:cy." pretty girl. He had forgotten that what Sir Ralph Braithwaite spoke vvithoutiwas merely a pastime to him might be at- frmper: perhaps he remembered his own‘tended with danger to Dollyâ€"still less did youthful peccsdilloes too well to visit the any thought of Geraldine ever arise to make sins of his younger and best-loved son too ' him desist from his harmless flirtation, as he called it in his own mind. “0n, l’crcy knows how to take care of And then one day there had come the un- himself l" the young man said, with an im- welcome knowledge that his difficulties were patient shrug of his shoulders. “ And I . becoming so great that hcmust do something must say it is a little hard on me, at my E to extricate himself, that he must rouse age, to expect me to settle down into a ben- I himself from the easy riolce lar nienlc state edict. One naturally desires to see a little ' of existence into which he had been drift- ' ing. if he would avoid ruin and disgrace ; freedom." l and with that knowledge came another. " I think you have seen a little of life, as! Dolly Jarvis loved him with all the intens- vou call it," the old baronct replied, laying ‘ ity of her simple childish heart, loved him his hand significantly on a pile of unpaid with all the purity ard depth of a first love, whilst he-well, he loved her after his own bills that lay on the cscritoire beside him. careless selfish fashion. “ Well, one can’t live on the sir !" Harry ‘ declared irritsbly, following his father‘sl To his mother, in a sudden fit of confidence - glance. “ And it costs something to keep ' one day, Captain Braithwsite bemoaned the up the family dignity if one is in a crack I tangled mesh in which his affairs were in- volved, and received from her the warmest sympathy;but she could only declare her inability to help him except by giving him l the same advice that he received later from his father. i regiment and belongs to an ancient family like ours." This was a sop in the pan, for Captain Braithwdta knew his father's pride of race was a weak point with him; but the old gentleman was not to be thus molified. " Why don't you marry, my boy, ’ she j “ Ab, um i What is this i" he q :estion- i had saidâ€"“some one with money, of course? ed, turning up a blue document frcm amid . That would be the easiest and most pleasant the heap beside him ; then. after reading ' way out of your difficulties. You can hard 1 aloud a list of expensive winrs that had , ly expect your father to do any more for . been supplied to his son, he added drily. i you. He has paid your debts so often that “ That does not look much like living on l really I don’t see how it is to end, unlv as the air, do! I it? Ytu want me to settle you will follow my counsel. There is Ger- witb your creditors I tell you I cannot af- , aldine coming on a visit next week. You i ford to do so; but I will stretch a point to used to be very fond if each other, and she i oblige you-conditionally. It is a simple E has a nice little fortuneâ€"enough for you 1 question for you to decide." both to live on comfortably; at any rate, it I iiarry litigated usually. In his mind's is worth thinking about." eye at that moment was graceful little fig- And, being anastnte woman, Lady liniih- , urn in a crimson kilted petticoat, with soft waits said no more, certain that her words i lustrous eyes that sought his own in perfect y would be more likely to bring forth fruit if , tr. st. Furs minute his good angel predom- g they were left to take root of their own sc- jinstsd, for a minute he bitterly regrettedleord. And Captain Braithraite did think 3 his selfish co<duct, and would fsin have f of it; and, not being quite heartless, and ' undone the work of the last few weeks. It experience barring taught him the advisabll. i had been the maddest folly, and he had : ity of be off with the old love before he i never intended to seriously engage the girl's ; was on wi the new, be thought he would 'atfect nusâ€"as for ma ' e. such an idea as‘break of! his aoqunlnhnceahip with Dolly i that between himself an Dolly Jarvis was I Jarvis before the arrival of his cousin. to 7 too ridiculous t3 beestertainsd l Yet these . avoid any complication that might other- ~ hours passed in the company of the village ‘ wise arise; or, at any rate, he would deli- : hells had not been without their charm. eately hint to the blacksmith's daughter Was it his fault, if, carded sway b the ex- npon what fasting they must meet in the citemsnt of the moment, be h ' future. 5.: be had planned the interview spoken . words which should never have in the pine-wood now more than a week fps, if his manner to her had been such as , sg o; and, lna moment of weakness, tomislead her? “'ell, well, it was overlhsd, instead of loo-ash: his chains, but now; be supposed he must marry Gerald- riveted than more tlgh y. inc, rises his people would have it so, and; Since then hehsd bitterly regretted his belly would wed one in her on station of { conduct, for be had come to the conclusion, lifeâ€"Joe Smith pubs . so, an may solution of all his dilicalties:’style of girl he would have chosen, she and yet. with strange ineonsistacy, he bisewould make him a most desirable wife. his [in at the thought. l And, on this day. as mutated down "Well!" queriedSir Ralph. who had; thasvenna “chestnuts, ha determinedtn been patiently watching his son as he went‘ put all thought of Dolly Jarvis out of his FENELON FALLS, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, SEPT. 19, 1885 that she would attach any serious importance ' be3 It would be but i that, though Geraldine was not quits the l N... _ __ _an..... ,. new--. .,. .. _., .. ._-__ -_ .. .-_.--.-n._‘4 mind. She would probably hear of his en- Number Thirty-nine. gagerneuttohis cousin soon enough; and . . , , _ then, if he chanced to see her, he could ex- The “1”” PM!“ in Rmmh Wald“ Pro oeedings is frequently not to weigh a- prisoner‘s guilt, and fix upon the consequent penalty, but merely to keep him in durance vile. If he is safely in custody, the law shows no further interest as to his case. It can wait, and he, unfortunately, must. The case of “Thirty nine," a woman who had fallen under the suspicion of the Govern» ment, is cited in “Russia Under the ans," in illustration of this state of alIslrs : She was accused of being in communication with conspirators, and of having been a number of a secret society hostile to the existing Government. These charges shc at once denied. She was then accused of other offences, and many searching questions were put touching her supposed connection with plain all to her. She would be a little sorry at first, of course; but then she would see things from his point of view and be reason- able. In his own heart however he ques- tioned Dolly‘s “ reasonableness," having an uncomfortable recollection of the scene in the pine-wood. Geraldine Mainwaring noticed her cousin‘s abstraction, and regarded him a little curi- ously from time to time, though she made no rfi‘ort to break the silence into which they had fallen. But presently, when they pull- ed up after a brisk cantor Sli ng a wide- spriading common, Captain Braithwaite spo e. “ Geraldine," he said suddenly, without any preamble, " do you think you could ever care for me enough to be my wife? I :::::;‘Elug;’“ry glovement- A" were “1‘ _ n e negs ye. knowIama poor match for you,but we “very wen." said the “counter. at have in a manner grown up together, andâ€" and if you will entrust yourself to me no effort shall be wanting on my part to make you happy." (T0 in: cosrrxusn ) length, "you will have to reflect. Take number Thirty-Nine back to her cell warder.” She went back to her cell, rejoicing at having come so well out of the ordeal, and that the police had so little against her. She was full of hope as to the future. She was then allowed to reflect at her ease ; she could not complain that the even tenor of her thoughts was disturbed by too many distractions. A whole week parsed ; a second and third. An entire month elapsed, and still nothing was said about another examination. The month multi- plied by three, by four, by six. Finally when, at the end of the seventh month, she had almost abandoned hope, she was called before the proourator to undergo still another questioning. The examination was sharp and brief. "Have you If ilccted 2" "Yes, I have reflected." “Have you anything to add to your pre- vious depositions 2" “Nothing " “Indeed ! Go back to your cell, then." This time she does not return to her cell With a light heart and beaming countenance She feels crushed and confused, weighed down by a strange, almost agonizing sense of apprehension and despair. A maniaoln numb er Thirty-eight is knocking furiously at the wall. “Wrstched traitress that you have been to denounce me. Here is a man with a sack of rats that he is bringing to devour me. Coward, coward that you are l” The poor lunatic is in one of her pare oxysms. A horrible fear takes possessi.n of tho prisoner’s mind. “Dreadful! dreadful 1" she cries. Shall I one day become like her i" The months come and go ; they multiply themselves into years. The captive is undergoing a terrible crisis. Her yearning for air, movement, liberty, has grown in- tense, becoming almost mania. She has on- treated the oilicials to send her to exile, to Siberian mines, to sentence her to pens the servitude. ’l‘hc procurator has several times visited her cell. Have you anything to add to your dispos- ition 1'" has be .n his invariable question. “No.” “Very well ; I must still leave you to your reflections.” In the meantime the bloom of health has quite vanished from the prisoner’s cheeks. Her complexion has assumed that yellow- grcon tint peculiar to the young who linger lung in captivity. Her movements are slow, indolent automatic. She can remain bilf an hour in the same position with her eyes fiexed on the same object, "if she were buried in deep thought. Her brain has become torpid ; she passes the greater part of her time in heavy drowsiness, mental and physical. What will become of poor Thirty-nine '! b There stile Emily alternatives forhbor. I . . ysomo s 00 , er vital energy s ould be (10;:th°H°:deirzg?o:gԤii;m“9d 5' I laid awakened, she may strangle herself with a “‘That gogainly doeslook like my check,’ . prghet’hmdkcrcmgf' or pm'on hemf’lf' he said ‘It certainly does But it fan1 0 rim” 8-0 ma ’ or me 0‘ phthm“ con. -, - tractcd in prison. “Ellery-W if a t to be amazed If If, however, by reason of abnormal I h d 0 ' _d-'W Bfmy d‘m‘l "k f th t be I , strength of character, and vigor of constitu- 9- P3“ 5 0'30 01°“ ° 3 9 ‘ . tron, sho survive until the day of trial, her judges, out of consideration for her tender could count my chances of holding my posi- tion wrth acrpher. \Vc tank the check tomge and long im fimnment' may let her end her days in Siberia. the cashier and examined it together, and â€"<”.â€"â€" then we compared it with his other signs- turo=. It was so nearly like them that we cmld hardly tell them apart. The only dif- Endurance of the Esquimau. ferer cs was that it was not written in the , ink Mr. Henderson usually wrote with. “’0 ’1 he “noun t 0‘ °°ld the” “Mthem “0mm” sent down to Mr. Hirtz-s office but it w“ 1 can rnduro, however, borders on the phenom- ’ ' l h we seen the little babies, two and closed, and his clerk did not know where he i eml' had gone, but believed he had left for Now i am” yon“ PH' play, Felice"? Fund, {0" York, He had made hi. “c3 . This . hours at a tune, on the reindeer robes of tho strengthened Mr. Henderson’s statement, , bed 1" lhe lg‘w' th" “"Wemtuw ” I "“V" and “flora few days we made good the.said, being constantly below freezing; and amount and my resignation was demanded. I ’n the {“n I have “an “mm n‘ked’ Phylan I told our President that I thought there , “d Whiting in “ Pond 0‘ “mm long w,“ some mystery About the matter. and I i r oodles of Ice forming on the quiet placer. had the check iithographed for my own use l I “‘0‘? "w an I‘llquimau baby boy taken A month later Mr. Henderson surprised the {mm 1" mm‘hcr ' "00d! “‘1 Inked! "ma" u' business community by failing and after the “and 09 ti" “'0’” “um 'h° found 1" 79h” settlement with his creditwrs h’o came out a a deer 'kmF’otmng .fiom "1° “’ellge' ‘ “my wrnd, suillcleut to drift the loose â€"â€"â€"_« 4 wâ€"â€"â€"â€" HOW BANKS ARE SWINDLn'D. 'llic Trick by which a Bankrupt Merchant stole Fifteen lirousand Rollers. “ Banks are constantly being imposed up- on,” said the cashier of a large bank, “ and the public knows nothing about it. Why. if I “auto tsllyou that the son of one of the largest dry goods merchants in New York had presented two forged checks to this bank within the past month, got money on both, and rsesped arrest and publicity, you would hardly believe it ; but it is so. His father made good the amount. Almost every week some one manages to defraud us some way, and it is only once in six months we ever report the case to the authorities. “Some years ago,” continued the cashier, I was the paying teller of a bank in a large lVestern city. Among our customers was a wholesale merchant named Henderson. who did a very large business with our bank. He was in the habit of drawing large sums to meet his hills, which were heavy, and all these passed through my hands. Among Mr. Henderson's business associates was a man named Hirtz, who had lately come to that city from the East. He was a com- mission broker, and sold Mr. Henderson a great many goods, for which he received Mr. Henderson’s check on our bank. One day Mr. Hirtz brought to the bank a check for $15,000. It was the largest check he had ever presented. I hesitated a moment about paying it. I examined the writing careful- ly. It was evidently Mr Head’s-son's rig- naturc, and there was no question about the bearer being Mr. Hirtz. i asked the book- keeper how much money Mr. Henderson had to his credit. He had 818,000 So I paid it. Mr. letz took thirty $500 bills, and left the tullding with the money care- fully conoe-sled in his inside vest pocket. This was on Saturday, just before bank closed. Monday aft'rnoon Mr. Henderson sent a check for $6,000 to the bank. I sent back word that his account was not large enough to cover that amount. In a few minutes Mr. Henderson appeared at the bank himself. He was evidently very ang- r . y“ ‘that do you mean,’said he," ‘by send- ing such word to me 2' “ I mean,” said I, “ that you only have $3,000 to your credit.” ” 'Tbat'. is not so,’ said he ; ‘I have SIS,- 000 here, and if those figures are not correct I shall make this bank some trouble.’ “ ‘ You did have $18,000 last Saturday, but Mr. Hirfz draw out $15,000â€"â€"â€"â€"' ” ‘ Mr. Hirfz did nothing of the sort.’ in- terrupted the merchant hotly. ‘Mr. lllrtz l did not draw one cent on Saturday.’ “ 'Is this your writing 2’ I asked, produc- ing the check Mr. Hirtz had given to me. bankrupt. I determined to ferret out the ‘ “ti-“"3 . mystery, and for considerable time I search- i “now “mg “'m‘ “ hlnwmg “‘3 til” “"w' the I thermometer minus 38 ° , the only protection ed the cruntry for any news of Mr. flirts, but all to no avail. Finally I came to Newl York and stcurod employment in the bank where I am now. “ About a year ago, while I was sittiu my private office, I was surprised to see flirts. I recognized him before he did me. “ ‘ How do you godblr. Hirtz ?(']I said. ” The man nus e stammere . and flu-. ally, rrcngnizing me. filmed and tried to es? And I h." know“ 3 n‘l‘e‘i ""3 "Willi" cape, but I caught him by the cost collar i Mi Mleel’ in hi! igloo by I P01" be". hut-l- and held him fast. He made no struggle, l 1y SHIP I 8111! find purl!” hid enemy 200 0r but sat down. i 300 yards in the snow, the thermometer " ‘ What are you going to do 2' he asked, 1') w ‘20 ° below zero, and slay him. ” ' H5“ Ym’ 3°“ '0 "‘3 Penitentiaryf These li-quimanx rub slushy snow,dipped “ ‘ If 5:01! Will 15% me 801 Will 0 Infell the in water on the runners of their sledges with whole flungf the open palms of the hands until it freezes ” ' What good willthat do mo?‘ into solid ice, the thermometer being from “ 'X or: won t, help jnsyticssny by conviot- . zero to 80 below, when l have known it to ,imz mp, he replied. I didn't forge that bedons. I have seen an E-quimau traveller chock. V . ' throw himself on the snow and rest comfort | " ‘ “ ho did then ?I ‘ ably for half an hour, the thermometer 7i ° " ‘ Mr. Henderson. _ below zero, or l03 ° below ironing, and pro- " ‘_MI'. Ilendeflon? bsbly doing some light work with an loved “ l «1.. I was a poor broker in that town . hands. The Kinnepr Erqnimsu, w o sel- = when I first met Henderson. He gave me dam guild even the small fires of the [a good manv orders. Ind 53‘"? “ha m. -, native stone lamp in their igloos during the hOW I {quid mm W nuke 31.0“)- 1 mid ' very coldest weather of winter, are probably l I would use rt. , the bardlost of all these boreal tribes in with- ! “ ‘ All right.’ uid he. ‘ You it had being a sledge loaded about three feet high, around and over which the wind poured. Its exposure thus was a good min- in ute, and to appreciate this one must tako a in, watch in his hand and see that length of ' ,tirne drag by, a time that a not unconscionv Jtious but sensational writer might readily jot down as five or ten minutes. PM“ my ' standing low temperatures, and sit around ‘Obxk lo? 315.000 fl ‘50 in“. d“? "10; in their cold, ohesrless snow houses with on- ‘moncv. it'an it ‘0 “1°. “id I Will 8i" You ‘ ly their undergarments on (the H qnimanx has two suits of reindeer skins, the outer 81.000. Then you go to Europe for six 3 ; months. l.'Il;lrerocyriil be at; tgqglsbgiewor- , with the hair turned outward, and the inner ‘ YY- “0 l ‘1' Y0“ " . “cf ' with the hair turned toward and resting ‘ 053 " . . l against the body‘, their sum withdrawn “ ‘ I did U hf! luggate'}. KI" him the from their sleeves and resting on their h" ITODCYr 311d if“ ‘5“ “'8'”;- ' j bodies across their breasts chattlnfl ‘11 u" " ‘ \t hat did you do with theman 3" we . while pleasantly about various matters, the i asked. . ! thermometer often being below urn: in i " 501111178. no Ind pen in bi! 5)“thl set, the only warmth the snow house has ‘ which proved that be ad told the truth. v is that given off by their bodiu. : Mr. Henderson 17" dead and lirrtz nasal W fit? tul“”°"a"’l““m"£.fi°l W‘hm‘fpxnl‘rl’mém "l ‘kuhp'iii ‘ u: go. on man or 6. me. r m the bank out of that ranch mos , just like . 20mm 30'ng {or the first time in Berlin. l robbing it. I have no doubt 0 er similar i '11,. min“ performance will tske place on ’crimes have been committed, but I never! October 12' mgr. selected being"l’anst,‘ «heard either-11." an 'hlch cecarionlli the embers of the l Imperial family will be present. l Areportofsbueballgamsssys: --r.u.l ma, mm r, i... added another kins knocked Fulton, the new pitcher, all:qu go ‘Lho longIIs‘t of his philanthropic over the field." This must have been an r and. 1,, “guns fifty per cent of the reset agreeable change for the umpire. his a long ‘ of his tenants, on account of severe storms one tint has no turn in it.‘ which destroyed their crops. PEOPLE. Signor hulgi Cane a a conqueror whose thrrs: prr-vh us work: ave had some suc‘us it: Italy, is writing an rpera wirh the title 'lr%§.arnet'ale.h which represents an episode n creating ismr- in the ‘ Medici. 3 time of the Flori-1.0:, the actor got into a street ‘ar the other day. lie says: "The seats \rl-rn all full. A lady had her li‘tlr‘ boy in the seat slung srde of her. She told him to get up, and let the old gentleman, meaning mo, sit down. I came home feeling my 5t years." A book called "Wielsnd and llainhrid," which has just appeared in Germany, curr~ talus the following extraordinary estimate of one of the greatest German musicians bv one of the greatest (lcrn‘an poets ‘n lTSlzl'Wie- 11nd wrote to Reinhold : “ I ah uld be pleased if your visit could occur on a day when the Operetta ‘Der Baum dri‘ iii-nua' Will be given, the music of which is mid to be extraordirur-ily sweet and charmingâ€" whereas, on the other hand, Mos irt‘s 'l‘l‘gsm' which “as to add to the pluuurcs of out eclebration day; before yesterday, is the mmt {lil'sagrooablc t ing I have ever heard in my e. William M. livarts fell in love with his wife when she was sixteen, and he a green boy at college. She was the daughter of Treasurer \Yardner, of Vermont, and was as , may as youn Ever-ts was homnlv. ‘l'hoy srre eng 8“ at her homo in Ycrrul nt, and livurts went away to New York, prom- ising to come back when he had nude or ouglr to warrant his marrying At twenty-five be had made a name for himself as a lawyer, and was a member of one of the chief New York law firms, one making, it is add. a to- tal of $60,000 a yr or. At this time be m: r- ried. and his wife, after hearing him thirteen children, is still well and happy. Once in awhile the question is board: “' What has become of Mrs. Triton 3“ The little woman who was a few years I go the most widely~known American woman in the world, lives with her aged mother, Mrs. Morse, on Pacific street, in Brooklyn, in comfort and quiet. Ever since the remark- able scandal trial she has livmi in the same way. The home of Mrs. Tiltun with her mothrr is one of taste, refinement uml eleg- ance. Many of the pictures tlnt were undo famous by the-repeated yarns in the court- room. of how Theodora, in his nightshirt, used to go around tho hosue rebugging thrm at all hours of the night, are to bc Born on the walls of her present brown-store home. A good story mu told ubout Mr. llcruy irving zit nvrrccption of ii rrv..rd uluuml ut Buffalo. “hen the English actor visited Boston, President and Mrs. l‘lliuf; were among the spectators at his first perform. ance; and in order to do honor to the stranger, he Wusiuvitrd out to llxrvnrd, shown all the college “lions” and liu.-lly cn- tertxin'd at a lurclu-cn to which a solcct party of distinguished ones wlru blddrn. "lly the way, Mr. Irving," said tlru presi- dcut, with a praise-worthy drain: to open the convu‘sution upon a subject of general intrrest, “Are you a univrrslly mun'.” “No, air,” was the actor's answer ; then, rs if he felt that the reply might be taken ns in somu way implying disrespmt to tho col~ logo and collogrs in general, be uddcd, “but my business “Hunger Ill'l‘O is." In a new volume by Mr. llwri, tho veter- zm reporter, a chapter on “lmrring and mis. hearing gives some amusing illustrations of the mistakes sometimes in rdc by r port- ers owing to imperfect herring, crusul not infrequently by the imperfect articulation of the speakers they worn rr-portlr g ’l'lrus “av: rtcx" was once written (inwr. for “nvcr sch" “Watching fromth llomm eye" for "\Vutching from tluirhomo on iii-gm" “a good Sunday coat” for “a goose and :1 goat : and the “Count es cfAyr" for “county sur- v- yor." A spwkcr in parliament once said, “What do the Turks want? To be u rr.~ tion.” This was printed “To be in Avid." “Attcrders ofclubs," inouu of Mr. Bright's speeches, was transformed Into ‘wndors of gloves ’ The lrttor put of the stats mom: that “all reforms in this country have b on brought about by pressure," mm reported “brought about by l’russia." “l'cw rates are the greatest enemies ( f the Church" was converted into“cumtcs are the groan-st r-n- r-mios of the Church. Event Names for Children- A correspondcnt sends the following in- teresting clipping from an old country pa or :â€" n the quarter following the battle of tho “Alma,” five hundred and nlnctccn children, males as well as females, received “ Alum. asa Christian name. Ilaiuklavn, Inlrerumn and Sebastopol also speedily gave their names to English infants, und one “ Sicgn Sebastopol " was registered. The acquisition of the Island in the Mediterranean during the year 1878 was the means of introducing Cyprus into English personal nomenclature; and to pass to a later date still, a luborcr'n boy, born at Sawstono, Cambridgcslrirc, in September, 1882, was named “Tol-cl- K obir'. ' Political events as well as military. find their reflection in names. “Charter ” is a record- ed appellation recalling the popular move- ment of 18.18. and " Reform "is also an ex- isting denomination. In a birth register of 1852 appears as the personal dosignation of a certain Mrs. Thorpe, who became a mother at that time, the startling name ‘ ' Leviathan." The good lady, it is stated, was born or named at the time of the launching of ilrurr sl's monster steamship, wirixh war at first so called, though it has since been known as the Great Eastern. A little girl, daughter of a hoop~makcr, born early in the bull. namâ€" ed year at ilye, in Sussex, received thunurrm “ Jumbo,“ presumably in cmrurrenrnr -tion of the regretted dcparturo of tho Zoological favorite from Regent Park to America. The Correspondent adds: Whilst on the subject of names, what do you think of the following. which I well remember apprarell for a considerable time in the monthly Army list, some years since, “ “'llli'rm Wellington Waterloo liumbly‘!” _._....._..-_‘.oâ€"â€" w - Persistence of the Beaver. The quickness with which a colony diu- coverss wholesale attempt against thrir peace is auto iahing; yet if til-:ir numbers are undisturbed, or dim nisbcd but gradâ€" ually, even the presence of civiliwtion will not drive thun from their haunts. ’1'“ day beaver are returning to streams in Mr h- lgan long ago abandoned by their rcoe, sirn~ ply because the find themsch s unmolest- ad, the deman for bcsvlr pellry being slight, and the prices paid out of all propor- tiontothe labor entazled in trapping. it has been said that, if a dam or house he once injured by the hand of man, the colony at once dissp -ar. liut that this is fallaci- ous is [IIOVH by the following 1 Twenty- two miles from Marquette, Michigan, on the Carp lliver, a beaver colony began the erection of a new dam. Though the em‘ bankmcnt of a railway ran re-riy parallel with the stream, the trains passed back ward and forward daily they s- ermsd in no way disturbed, and worked steadily on until the Water had risen a foot or rnor-~. The track master, r bscrvlng that this endangered the lineâ€"for the embankment had been utilised as a win of the damâ€"ordered the water drawn a . But the following day the bes- vers bul repaired the damage done them, and 3'30 water was at its former hel ht. Again and again and again was the am cut throu b, and as often would be repair. ad. All a all, it was cutand repaired sous fifteen or twenty times ere the bean rs were sufficiently discoursgul to abandon their attempts. What It Would 00st- It is fear’nl tothlnk what an enormorss ex itwsuldbe for l'sttita bring up a child. . he would have to sing it to sleep every ui ht for about three years, and at the re- zufiar nun this would amount to £1,000,000. Then if she should have to sing one or two extra verses to it each night, the amount would rise to 131.5001“), rpviding that the child was always in good Keith. Allowing the usual third for sidinus. she would have testing to it all night for 365 days, say five hours at s time. £820 for a few minutes singlngls her usual prion. One night of sic use! would therefore cost £45,000.