try. Mr. Alden, for diligent boysâ€"To ' stand More. 2" v I . “Yes. we do." laughed Mr. Alden. "\\ e , have more kings here than in any" other g corintry in the world. “'e have money kings, e and business kings. and railroad kings, and : land_kjngs. and merchant kings. ' and‘pub- _ lishing kings, and some of them wield an 3 enormous power. This is a great countryi for'kings."â€"= ll'idc‘ Armies. , " ' “ ____._.___._â€". __._ . _._.__â€" . YOUNG- FOLKS. ‘ ‘ The Boy Who Helps His Mother. As I went down the street to-(lriy , I saw a little lad ‘\\'hosc face was just the kind of face To make a person glad. It was. so plump and rosy-checked, So cheerful and so bright. t made me think of apple-tithe, And filled me with delight. A Fairy Tale. I saw him busily at work, While blithe as blackbirdfs song His lnen'y, mellow whistle rang The pleasant street along. “Uh, that‘s the kind of lad I like 1" I thought, as I passed by : “These busy, cheery, whistling boys Make grand men by and by.†the table after Slipper. Some were wishing they did not have to wash the dishes, and F the man of the house, said he wished the: plow .would turn over the dirt itself, so. he would not have to go behind and' hold , the old thing up. 5 Suddenly tlm’rnolassésfpitc‘her jumps up 5 and runs and. wliiSpcrssomething to the tea- ’ pot, and he runs and getsthe ilishpan. The old teakettle spits out some water, which is too hot and burns the teapot's' fingers. He . does this because he :wantaitlie teapot's fingers-to swell up. 0, well. the‘ coï¬ecpot takes-its place, and makes the pepper-boxI rupgand get so e cold water. 0 J 1», 'l'henhb-piils he dishphu on the table, and i all the ilis‘hes, except the sugar bowl, jump into it, and he says he does not want to v-‘ct up hiscdutents with. the dishwater. Then a the disheswash themselves off. and .jump out. and find no towel- 0, well. they will have to go without-wiping this time. Then the dishes get into the places they were before. ‘ In the morningjheanzm getsuggndqsays tohimself:‘ ' - w - ' v ' v†“I wonder who washed them dishes last , night." , _: ' .. Sally comes down and says:‘ “I wonder‘ \vli'tï¬sctlthetable : ‘did you, Patty '3" f “So, I. didn’t, There musq' have been some‘robb‘ers ifrthe house last night.†‘ When this lazy" family sat down to break-_ fast, opinions piadeï¬llgtsjortsoï¬ ugly {faces at evcrbeEIyL The family thought the dishes were tlie~jghber$ g,’ ml afljlmn ,th, c1137: leaving the dis 165 to keep house for then ‘selxes. 1., Just then a playmate came along Ami leaned; across the gateâ€" , A plan that promised lots of fun, . And frolic to relate. ' ‘ ‘ ‘ Th: boys are waiting for us now, .3†hurry up I†he cried: My little whistler shook liishead, , V .N And “Can't come,†he replied. I " I . » l “Can’t come? \Vhy not, I‘d like toknowr'; , What hinders?†asked the other. '. « “Why. don't you see?" came the reply: “I’m busy helping mother. She's lots to do, and so I like To help her all I can : So I’ve no time for fun just now,†Said this dear little man. .__a_ “I like to hear you talk like that,†I told the littlelad ;‘ ‘ - “Help uwther all ou‘can, and make . , Her kind heart ight and glad.†It does me good to think of him. And know that there are others Who, like this manly little boy, Take hold and help their mothers. “The Best Boy Stow I Ever Heard.†.. »' i ‘: um .3 " That is what a lawyersaid about the story 1; 0f t’ was“) 4 that Iain to relate to you: “Itis the best “.915 y 1,3 ~54...- g». fir†a. boy story I ever heart .†“We have, had a good many boys with us ‘ from time to tfime,’«,’lsaid Mr. ’Ahleip, the; I r‘" f; : : :'*‘ 13'?"â€" V senior member 'ofa large hardware estab~ A Mine of Information ('onilcnscilv;ln:o lishmcnt in Market street, Philadelphia. “as I 5 pisfrucflyé Sentenced“: :' ‘ apprentices to learn the business.l What The gm Dec-“pic‘skhme ï¬fths of the 5111.. may sur disc on is that. we never ta {e coun- g " I ‘ ‘ 1 try boyslnmlehs they live in the city with 33803;},«3-9e9lliloré-lglllï¬g‘lï¬llï¬lfigufflll"' some relative who takes care of them and . ,Ltc' fax-0° died)? r“ ‘1 .let yï¬llllfdjl‘l‘ keeps them home at night. for when a coun: ("E if; $1va'fltolil: try boy comes to the city to live, everygi': a; tu-‘Q LAC p..l 01 {e willâ€: 5,1 thing is new to him, and he is attracted ybyt'é 132;: 20“ tlle'x‘sigg c‘g' an every show window and unusual sight. The flesh“, 06 ?‘AL lino“ , W‘gnfllu‘ ft: 9' city boy, accustomed to these tliiurrs, cares mt‘ , ,Ll‘lo“_é(f:o gyin dish“ d; 211 '1 50:: “me for thcm’ and’ if llé lillsllguo" "fwd-1â€â€ iiieifhlwbuld bef‘‘iii'clfiiifgtr;f he is at home and in bed at." good season. t T, 1, "‘tl ) ' ,“u‘a ) 1‘ N f t,†And we are very particular about our boys, mn' ‘L ‘mï¬ 1" m mac" ( LP 1 0 m and before accepting one as an apprentice, we must know that he comes of honest, in- dustrious parents. #33:; “But the best boy we ever had is nail with us, and a member of the firm. $119.43 the one man in the establishment that we couldn't do without. He was thirteen years. old when he'was‘apprenticed to' us,‘ja‘n‘d he was with us for eleven years. acting several years as salesman. \thn he first came, we told him that for a long time his wages would be very small, but that. if he proved to be a good buy, his salary would be iiicrea’si' ed at a certain rate every year, and, as it turned out. when, according Ito agieemen't, we should have been payingr him five hun- drcd dollars a year, we paid him $900. and he had never said a word about. flan increase in salary. ,Frmn thc‘ very‘putset, he Showed, that he had an interest in the‘lurshiehs.’ he was prompt in the morning, and, if kept. a little ovcr time at night, it never seemed to make any difference with him; He gradual-' ly came to know where everything was to be found, and. if information was wanted, it was to this boy, FrankJones, ‘thateveryone applied. The entire establishment seemed to be mapped out in his head, and every- thing in it catalogued and numbered. His memory of faces was equally remarkable. llc knew the name of ei'ery man who came to the store to buy goods, what he bought and where he came from. I used often to say to him, Hones. your memory is worth morc than a gold mine ! How do you man- zigc to remember?" “ ‘l makcit my business to remember,’ he would say. ‘ I know that if Ican re- member a man. and call him by name when he comes into the store, and ask him how things are going on where he lives, i will be very likely to keep liimas a customer.’ “And that was the exact case. He made friends of buyers. lie took the same inter- est in their purchasesas hetook in the store. and would go to no end of trouble to suit them and to fulfill to the letter everything he promised. “\\'cll. affairs went on this way until he had been with us eleven years. when we concluded to take him asa partner. “’0 know that he had no extravagant habits. that be neither used tobacco nor beer nor went to tin-theatre. He continued. as at the beginning. to board at home. and own when his salary was at the very lowest he. paid his mother two dollars a week for his board. He was always neatly drcsscd. and we thought it was very probable that he had laid up oncor two thousand dollars. as his salary for the last two years luidbccn twclvc hundred dollars. So. when We made him (be nib-r to become a partner in the businc‘s. and suggested that it would be more satis- factory if he could put some money in the firm. he replied: “ “If ten thousand dollars will bcuny object 1 can put in that much. I have sax ed out of my s.ilai‘y$‘.l.«ll.ll. and my sister will let urt- li;\\'c $lllNL‘ “I cantcll you I was ncvcr more. ustonislml i.‘my lifc than when that fellow said he could put in 310.000. and the most of it his own n‘ioncy. llc had ncvcrspcnt adullar. or twenty-fin- ccnls. or the. cents. for an un- necessary thing. and kept his in int-y in a luuk where it gathered a .«mall interest. I an a grin: believer in the lliblc. you know. and I always kept two placards. in biglct- h rs. up in the store. Hn one was this text: 'll-- that isfaithful in that which is least. is i. ithful also in that which is much :‘ and vii the ntlll'l‘ :‘llc that is: diligent in| I I WONDERS or THE-'83s. l “rail‘. *"!'.'1 aycr of pure salt '230 feet thick on the bed {f the Mitotic... l " o-jyatesz-flolden; at the a§;:tlief‘flaiii'fztce. 'fln flieFfmapy bills n‘tlic.c6'zi§t of orway the \vfatetï¬ofï¬nl rfreezes aï¬â€˜tlié lfdttofï¬ before it does‘l’abdve.‘ Waves are very deceptive. To look at then] 'in a stormonewould think the water travel; ed. The water stays in the same place, but the mption..vgo'es on. Sonfetimes’ in storms ithe'se waves are '40 feet high‘, and travel fifty miles .an hourâ€"more than b‘l'lcemuflfl- fast. as --the.-swiftest steamship: ‘ The distance from valley to valley is generally ï¬fteen times the; height, hence a Wave '5 feet high will extend over 75 feet 0f'~ water. The force of tlic sea’dasliiug on Bell Rook issaid tcrbe seventeen tons for each square yard. “Evaporation is a' wonderful powar in drawing the «vatcr‘ from ‘the sow; Every year a layer of the entire sea. 14 feet thick, is taken up intq. .thc clouds. The winds bear their burden ‘into’tlie land, and the water comes down in rain upon the fields. to flow back at last through rivers.- Tbe depth oftlie sea. presents an 'in- . tel‘esiing problem. If the Atlantic were lilivéreil froiii_6,i)(il» feet, the distance from? shore to shore Would be halfns great, or-l,5()0 miles. If lowered a little more than three miles, say 19,680 feet. there would bci'a road of dry land from Neii'foiui‘dland to Ire- land. This is the plain on which the great Atlantic cables were laid. The Meditcr'. rancan is comparatively shallow. A drying up of 660 feet would leave three different seas. and Africa would be joined with Italy; The British channel is more like a pond. which accounts for its choppy waves. It has been found difficult to get the cor- rect soundings of the Atlantic. A midsliip- ' man of the navy overcame the' difficulty, and shot weighingh‘f) pounds carried down the line. .A hole is bored through the sink- cr, through which a rod of iron is passed, moving easily back and forth. In the end of the bar a cup is dug out. and the~ inside I coated with lard. 'I‘licbar is made fast to, the line. and a sling holds the shot on. \thn_ the bar, which extends below the I ball, touches the earth, the sling unhooks. . and flit-shot slides off. The lard in the end of the. bar holds some of the sand, or what- ever may be on the bottom. and a drop shuts over the cup to keep the water from wusli- lug the sand out. \\'lien the ground is reach- cd a shock is felt. as if an electric current had passed through the line. i A Good Method of Copying. I luy a piu“) of common factory or cheese cloth. or as many pieces as may be necessary to make the dtsircd number of copies. each the size of the letter hock page. \\'hcu about to lake copies wet the cloth. or several piece." if llt't't ssary. so thoroughly that there shall bc nodry spots. 'l‘nis done wring them out an dry as possible with the hands. Now place the oil sheet in the book and the cloth ; thereon. and the lcaf of the copybook on; this. Next lay the letter or manuscript on i this. and if another sheet to be copied add i another oil Slit‘rt. a ivct cloth. tliu-tissuclcaf. i and so on for as ii any sheets as there may l be to copy. By lllh‘ prin't‘Ss as: many as twenty sheets 1 may be copied successfully at the same time. I wlulc lllc mos. expert with the brush, or any similar device for moistcning the tissuc , leaves. will sometimes fail on a single copy. g \\'c ictired our hair and felt brushes to make place for thc cheese cloth a number of years ago. For typewriter work nothing.- c\.~z ls the cloth. ('lcar copics may be pro. cnrc-l as long as t' cm is enough ink left on a ribbon to make an impression. l-nstucsssliallstand lvcfnh' l;ii.»:<. and lint lrcft-rc mean men." And l’rank .lom-s‘ Mii'u'és was the literal tuliilluu-ut of those two texts. lie had been faithful in Iiir 'l‘l; v~~~$ vi r<~ -- v . Nitnuclltdlghne .n ....- g.c..te. out-a. and] diligent in businr». 'l'hu kind of a box"; -._.___.._.- _. Try to keep vicar of prejudice and be will- i n.,; to alter any opinion you ntay hold \l‘lll‘li - turtln ;' liclzt biz-ika’ ii: upcn _\ our mind. Hp! 1:, clcu r beyond prcccdi-nt. . r dunk l"_\‘u|;ii ; al\t'.\)'$ succeeds." \ oucludcel Mr. Alden. A small boy of ten, \iii - iial listened In ll‘n‘ sli'l‘} “dill eager l'}‘t‘.~. as “I‘ll a: rat‘s. laid : “But we bn't have .51.; king: in this c.;'.:i.~ , v u Ellsworth. ' _____. ‘ .. ' '._ .. intlie ï¬eld. cptcsbnted hiigavi‘itb'fw P’Krge {fife-i". pa. ~, \\'i'.u x.c\ . :"t“> nawm‘ 1.» cl! my. jii'~ mouth. when a large 31' n-- ea in 't;.. t'l loci: and (lungs. -:'\.\';.l; -;,,| iii serious that the sight has been nnaucntly, One of the coolest and most deli int-ate ,T: “i -‘;,,s it ‘xh‘.v it. g ;‘ y, l‘: J. , v [v THE HERE) CPA-MANY‘BATTLBS¢ tandthe injury done to one of them was so Aooï¬démneu*‘mm‘s-’Nm ' ‘ wolscley'i Remarkable‘fareer. Anent the departure of Lord Wolselev for Irelandâ€"held to be asign that we flnve entered upon a period of halcyon calmâ€"the Reriew of Ren'um gives some interesting reminiscences of the iieliCl‘th career. As a commander he has been singularly fortunate. His record is unstained by a single reverse \Vherever he went. fortune smiled on his flag, and promotion followed as a matter of course. Curiously enough his One rainy night a lazy family "Silt “Trâ€"“1nd lliick on the field was coupled by a persistent ill-luck in other mattens. Some-men 0 through the haematite without “elite. - _ rdj \iolse , y y'QHHICHOIEQIWS ï¬rï¬ï¬â€˜se ' " 944%;th eviny' ac oul‘i'in which he fought. Still more curious and persistent has been the misfortune which has dogged him in the minor matter of the loss of his kit. After the loot of Lucknow an officer gave him a valuable cashmere shawl 7. it was Stoleiiz‘: “The iiieï¬â€˜of his 2110M: ‘l'ï¬eypafteï¬ards‘isl‘i’dfe ie same:3 fa '. if}. ‘sï¬nil‘a‘r mflfï¬i‘fï¬fï¬ï¬nce 'scems“to d g his footsteps when he makes a voyage. His ï¬rst journey to China was oné long ‘1 ""’ssit'ti-:s or msxsrsns, culminating in the foundering of the trans- port in the Straits of Mam'cca. , wmm'to’A‘shaï¬toTe ï¬lth , mer shat {Tag 3 . .. ,. . ., . .. _.. .. ... .... .. Jil‘EpumusI that 316‘ \W rre thugs ‘u, iii-d†déy i lie-wife“ voyaflf on was . enough to account forall the moriality of the .West Coast; and when he was lmrried out .to-Llanada, during the Trent affair, his ship took 30 days in crossing the Atlantic. This is the more nopable becausg, Lord “,9, (493;, . {milk}: that. gréaflgscawa spin Kaiser); suffer fright ssh. “e (rage ' Jonbé'r’c, hgï¬gï¬fyï¬ggo enetflï¬on libr. bit-ck, but- he hates the sea and life on board ship, which makes it all the more trying .wheu storms pursue him as if he were a new Jonah. Lord Wolseley‘s career as a soldier is the 111010 interesting because his \ ‘arfarc mg. “135911 waged more against the brute forces of nature than against his fellow-men. pting when a mere stripling, he has ' been engaged against a civilized foe H as done plenty of slaughter, no doubt, in his time, but that was incidental The t'iumphnvas gained liefore die,..,slaiiglitc1" b . , . -. . . . a _ - l « ' Ir I gunâ€"4n some cases ’16 was iso obinplete there was no need of slaughter at all. Of IIAIll-DREADTII ESCA I'ES he has had enough to furnish even a hero of o‘l’lb of Ouida’s novels. In his first serious action in Burmah nothing but the accident offlï¬'fling into a covered pit as he was lead n. r. )5 . . :nfltormmg party against the Burmese t?) . n saved him from destruction. In the second attempt, he and his brother officer, “mimetic, the fï¬'st itokzntcr the enemy’s with 5,7wéf'e‘ biifli'shotidowu together. loth were struck in thclcft thigh, each by a . .. ' . - ... . larmiron-"r ‘lbz‘dl. His com )aniou bled "“2l&£§.§h.£lll£9.llllll~§x.hkbtp.“animubewk. 5: J 1 lb death in'a .c I." minutes Wolsclcy, although for ipouthshc hovered between lifeand death, recdvictted‘. thanks to a magnificent constitu- u tiOiij,-I~\(liiuli has stood him in good stead at i » an every t‘m‘n‘in his career. But it was in the Uriniea, that charnel-house of death, that-lie was most severelyliiiauled. M r. Lowe says of his- el-sc'upe fibin'tlfcï¬ï¬i'ilï¬i of the siege :‘-â€"‘ “During its progress Captain \Volscley » was wounded severely on 30th August, and slightly on the Hub April and 7th June. 011,163.11 Feb. his coat was pierced by a ball; on 10th April it round shot struck the em- b'rasurcat which be 'was . woikiu i ï¬nd his trousers were 'cut ; ’and on 7th 315116 a ball passed through his forage eap from the peak tothc back, knocking it of? liiS'head.i . - .- w .-m . i .. “Quail-{c said Fmiout éxéggerétipwmmt’. shade of which the princes of hit my priy he; .. .. . , .- BORE ACHAIQIED LIFE, for at, tlictcrm inaticn oftbe siege, of tlire messes of four members each be was the only remaining officer in the Crimea, all the others having been killed or forced to leave through“ wounds." Men were killed all around him. On one occasion when he was giyï¬iug;(iiԤlei‘s to two suppers in the trenches, “suddenly a round-shot- took off one man’s - head and drove liisjaw-bone into the other . man's face, to which it adhered. bespattcr- iug thc'party with blood.†Here is one little episode of his experiences in, the 'iiuarrics before Sebastopol zâ€"llctwecn the assaults made by the Russians to retake the works he busicd himself building up, on the reverse side of the quarries, a little pa 'apet. composed ofanytiiing he could lay his hands on, among the chief ingredients being the bodies of the fallen friends and foes indis- i .criminatcly, the latter thus affording in death the welcome protection theyr would . . , , ' . -v ~ .' I . . . . . . haw dune“ “1"‘0 I“ "'5' N, m mp0“ Cl 0‘1 1 that at some future time the country would was he with the excrtionsof the last :24 hours and the strain upon his faculties. that in the morning,r when the fighIing ended he fell down outside the quarries. and lay there ing the appearance of one numbered with the dead. 80 thought an oiliccr of his regi- ment, who. passing by, found his friend lying on a heap of slain ' COVERED \\'ITlI BLOOD. Although he had not reported himself wounded, “'olscley had been hit in the thigh by a bullet from a canister shot. which tore his trousers and caused consider- able lossof blood. This, however, was a less serious affair than his wound in the all. vanccd sap on 3 Ith August. The Iliissums made a sortie, and for a moment. :iftcr capturing the advanced sap. had been driven out again. and \\’olselcy. with two suppers, was bin-y supcriu-t tending the repairs of the mischief they had done. when suddenly around shot dashed into the middle of the group. 'l'hi- . rcund shat. struck the gabion. which was! fill of stones. : nd 5 ril.i g itsc sntcnls with terrific \‘iï¬lelit'c, instantmwously killed the paor fellows by his side, the head of one' heng taken of]. whilst the other was dis- enibowled. “'olsclcy was dashed to the ground, where he lay IIISCIlSllIIt‘ for a time. After a ti:‘.ichcrallicd. and wasablc to iottcr to the doctor's but, when: he wit-:luid ‘ down lltiL‘{)ll>‘L'i()il.~’. “II-fa: a ilcail'tiii."szii-l the = donor. 'l‘hisrouscd \Volsclcv. who turning in his blood. said, “I am worth a good many duulmcn yet." \\'ul:c‘.cy's ll|"(Ul and body presented a shocking appearance. Ili- fctttures wuc not di<tiuguishablc as tho; of a human being. while blond flowed from innumerable wounds Ciillï¬cil by the Moms with which be had been >tiurk. Sharp fra m .‘.li\ wcrc -ml c bled all o‘.c"l.is f.ice.au 13'... .eâ€"n c :e it had 18 'n a most mmplctcly rut «war. The do: t >r f. n :.c:i. : fter rubbing the \v-uund.t'rit his j«\\\‘l.u.ic nus alt-.ztci‘ci but i ’- .- it on his ll:'1jtnl_\"h Hbiv: about 4} W. l‘t'lt"; made him pullout thceul n'lllii'ï¬ :1: l o'cln. . the following day. The in. .1» tin.’ , j.’ ‘ ,4 dribble! through this militial fiitr r 3 , , >.~;ii‘,.’t~..n thcu hi i upaud I i ll HM“ “5 u “and†1‘" 'li" “‘1'? ““‘ 33‘" '- pally"); .ii‘.'.‘i5. Both his eyes were (.‘uli‘ipluicl; Watson‘s;- .- l them. >i;.'f lost. Not a square inch of his ace but Was battered and out about, while his body was wounded all over. just as if he had been pepâ€" pered with small shot. He had received also a severe wound on his right leg. so that both his limbs had now been injured. The rendered him slightlylauien ., Talesof Sacrin ‘ rElie the three trees which. since times immemor- ial. w h‘glddo be Wï¬reesm. Tho ï¬l‘b‘l l among‘é‘t mung-idliichuï¬gnres: on- the oldest I monuments and pictures of the Egyptians and Assyrians, is the dan: palm 'I‘lidknig dactiIifei-a). which Has the .syiubo - f the“ worl nifd of creation, and the fruitgof wlgiéhy' ï¬lled; be faithful w'th divine strength; rind preparéd them for plmsiires ofT immor- talityf 3* “ani)11r,’,;‘ salt l‘Mfiliomnihd, :n‘ ‘ths paternal aunt) the an? alm, for imparti- dise it wits crmtetlféuy‘ Oiztlie. sanid-gdu’stiof the gfodnil.â€Â§TiAii qr Mahb‘inmcd‘ki tram? tioâ€˜ï¬ oiï¬attï¬aieri, ._ 's‘ leff'I’aradise ie was a lower to take with him three things : a myrtle. because it was . the most lovely'nndthe most scented-flower ! of the eartlua wheat-ear, because it had most nourishment; and a date becauscit is the inos’. gloriotfï¬â€˜fgximoftbr arti. digc hijpr Paragieï¬wasip’scinï¬ykeflouguny flroï¬ flit ' \ gjazfï¬ronï¬t ‘ to th vb'dromb zilliflac; ate- palms in the world, and Allah destined it to be the food of all true believers, who shall ‘onquer every count wh’orethc date palm grows. The Jews ifiu’ 'tliez’Ai‘Cbs again look- ed upon t-hc same tree as a mystical allegory of h ‘ u btï¬ggsgfon, ' afflict Judi“ when: its Ii“ I (the siéitï¬o laid limb (hraudh) is once cutlfpfi' it‘dd‘es mgt row again? Those who? f'now'ian uiid rstan the wound in the left thigh received in Burundi I wheigid :‘ attempts at suicide recorded is that of Ben- j:unin Hunter. the murderer of John Arm- strong, in Camden, N. J., in 1879. Hunter was Confined in the “niunlerers‘ cage" in the county jail under charge of the death watch. He complained of chilliness one night. and was ‘rmitted to wrap his lower-extremities in a lanket. He had previously turn 06‘ tho rim of his tin cup with his teeth. and had it. concealed in his trousers pocket. Talking on common lace topics to his guard. Hunter tireï¬ak, the tab ireé M22? secretly too the jagged strip of tin from his co in to umwrï¬t' ‘ ti ein, pt ltlie'fltiï¬se‘ii "be the " {thgï¬iï¬fsflimr what, and. concealing his movements with the blanket, be run cutting into fut artery in left leg. The b and s inrtcd out in jets. and the flow was concealei by Hunter spreading the blanket out like a skirt. He became so weak that he was nimble to . continue the conversation. and the guards suspicions were amused. He made an examination, and found that the murderer was bleeding to death. Physicians were suunnoued. a liga- ture was applied and Hunter‘s life was saved. lie was afterward imaged. and it was pretty generally believed that he was dead from fright. and Scdativcs before the cord tighten- ~cd around his neck. Rolling liiien collars will be worn with cotton tuid plainzy made woolen gowns. ‘ LADIES: JOURNAL: ‘ Bible Companion ! ' NO. 26. fore. A splendid list of my cri" ushn‘guagfof t c brén {\cs glidayï¬ "" “"'â€" "‘“lgmmu’ds'I‘ ei 'is'n0'33iitlii( ï¬brin , an 'future ‘eVents aremommnnimtbdv by the tree. Abraham of old, so the Rabbis I say, understood the language of the palm. i The oak was always considered a “holy tree" by our own ancestors, and, above all, by the .nations of the north of Europe. When Wini- ’fred of Devonshirc (BRO-Tot .-\.I).) went forth on his wanderings through Germany to preach whgpers "of: ' _‘ Twill Delay“; Once! Competition Number Twenty Six opens nowatthe solicitation oftliousands ofthc old friends and competitors in former contests. 'l‘lu‘a Editor of Tim LADIES, Jounxm. has the Gospel, one 9f his ï¬rst actions was to and“ 'iicarly forty thousand testimonials as to tln down the giant link in Saxony, which was dedicated toa'l‘hor and “mship d by the peoplg our'far and neat". xBï¬ti w en lie-laid nearlg , lléd ,the' oak, andf'while “the people were c sixfg and threateninggthcgaint, a- sufp ornat . stérurswept oye it,’sci7.od the sunpiï¬tgbréke eyery‘ {Branch} andtlashed it “qztasiggpgnjg 7flofi9~aofngiojfl mthga‘ ti-en mendous crash to the ground; T ic heathen: acknowledged the mavel, ï¬nd many of them were convepteddtherc and “then. Blkt the saint built a chapel of the'wood of this very oak, and dedicated it to St. Peter. But the sacred oaks do not seem to have always done their duty. Thus, for instance, a famous oak in Ireland vas dedicated to the Irish Saint Columban, one of the peculiarities of the tree being that whoever carried it piece of its wood in- his mouth would never be hanged. After a time, however, the holy . oak of Kenman was destroyed in a storm. Nobody dared gather the wood, except a gardener, who tanned some 'shoelcathcr with the bark; but when he wore the slioesmadc of thisleather for tbeï¬rst time hcbecamcalepcr and was never cured. In the abbey of Vet.- rou in Brittany, stood an oak tree which had grown out of the staff of St. Martin, the ï¬rst abbot of the monastery. and in the ed whenever they wentinto the Abbey. No- body dared to peek at it. Not so the Nor man pi ates, two of whom climbed the tree of St. Martin to cut wood for their bows. Both of them fell down and broke thcii necks. The Celts and Germans apd Scan- dinavians. again, worshipped the mountain ash (Fraxinus), and it is especially in the religious myths of the latter that the “Aski- Yggdrasil" plays . a prmnincnt part. 'l‘o thcmit was the holiest among trees. the “world tree,†which, eternally young and dewy. represented heaven, earth, and hell. Aceording to the Edda. the ash yggdrasil \vasan‘evcrgreen tree. A specimen of i1 (says Adam of Bremen) grew at Upsala. in front of the great temple, and another in Dithmarschen. carefully guarded by a rail- ing, for it. was, in a mystical way. connect- ed with the fate of the country. When Ditlnnarschen lost its liberty the tree with cred. but a magpie, one of the best pro- ‘pliesying birds of the north, calncand built l its nest on the withered tree, and hatched l five little ones. all perfectly white, as a sign 1 l l l I l regain its former liberty. I ____â€".oâ€"â€"_â€" .amonga number of deadbodics, himself hav- , HOW THE CZAR GETS THE NEWS. II I»: “‘cll Flltcrcd Before It llcnclum the Great Man's Eyes. At present the cur eschews all llussian ncwsmpers : their pacans and their laincn- Itations never reach his cars. Among tho: lnmny departments of the ministry of tin ‘* interior there is onecallcd the “l).‘:p:irtnicul of his .‘.laijcst_\".< Journal." which is charged 2 lwith [)l't'll'U‘lllg day by duv a carefully l worded resume of some. mild articles and; items of intelligence incantf r the cmpcr 5 or’s eye. A tscbinovnik of the conson- : rise. from his bed in tln- gray of the early" S morning and hurries off to tlic departman where advance sheets of the journals cum iin damp from the prcss. i'ln-.-c luv l‘c;ul.~ lover. marking with icxl pencil all the paw ‘ ls gcs the i:.tcr(~~;‘. of which not in'irrtd by Ilijlltli'filjllilil"5. 'l'liczc arc t'c'l‘ltllll events us, well as llilfllt‘l‘liilui words and phras:s wv'nicb a llu~~ian emperor. like a certain l‘rcncl king. must never be allowed to. élltnf‘. . ‘ . u g 3 “Fun lc lloi d lucpagm-Z' (thi- lmn king, l of Spain). "What docs fen int'an 1'" asked a: French king once. indignantly. “Uh it is a -ii‘.34-. your majesty. taken by the king or <uainaittr the lips“ vi a certain time.†Tzicimrkcl p'is~..i=..'c.~.ir4: tin-n cutout. pasted; together on sheets and handed over to thcl I director of the depai uncut. who, llf‘.l.’."‘1il'i‘v- fully cons'l sing and if tic-rd be curtailing: live; his approval. The extras-LU inn: tin-n copiwl coligi.tphically on the fi ‘orty or fifty \‘i'Ul'l' L lclvsci'iption of paper, . ;_ p. , lAthc page. and tin: jwurnal in His Hill." i-; 1‘ given to tbc_iniii_i.-t«:r ofthc interior or lll'; jmijunct. If this dignit' I! satisfied it iv lp'tl-isl’ll on to thi- §!cltl:rii.l-lll-\l‘£il l up. who: "fairness with which these Bible Competi- "tions ‘have been conducted. ' This competition is to be short and de- cisive. It will remain 0 en only till the 15th day of December inc naive. I The questions are as follows :â€"â€"\Vhere in 4 he Bible are thofollownig words first found, . Him. 2 Roma, 3 GARMENT. "f To the ï¬rst person sending in the correct answer to these questions will be given num- her one of these rewardsâ€"ethel’iano. To the next person, the I $190.00 in cash, and so on till_all 'fhese rewards are given away. ‘ ‘ FIRST RE\VAIIDS. First one. an Elegant Upright Piano by celebrated Canadian ls‘irm.. . . . . . . . . . . . 5500 Second onc.0nc lIundrcd Dollars in cash 100 Next fl ttccn.caclmsu porhly. boundll‘cach- cr'slliblc.$3 . . . . . . 45 Nextscvcn, each a Gentleman's Fine Gold Open Face \l'atclngood movement. $60 420 Next. olcven. each a Fine Quadruple l’luto Individual Salt and I‘cppt‘r Cruct. . .. 55 Nextflvc. each a beautiful Quadruple Sil- vcr Plated 'l‘ca Scrvicc_(l pieces) $40. . 200 Next one. Twenty Dollars in cash...... . . . 1. Next live. an elegant China Dinner Scrvlco othlpieccs..... . . . . . 1’50» Next. five. each a ï¬ne French China 'l‘ca SCI‘VICCDfUSI.‘lCCCS.............‘.. . . . . . . 200 Next seventeen. each a complete set of George Ediot's works, bound in cloth, 5vols.. . . . . . . 75 Next seven. each a Ladics' Fine Gold Open Face or Hunting Case \Vntch, $30. . . . . 210 MIDDLE REWARDS. To the person sending the middle correct; answcrof the whole competition from ï¬rst to last will be iron the flfly dollars in cash. To the sender o the next correct, answer following the middle will be given oncof the ten dollar amounts. and so on till all the middle rewards are distributed. First. Fifty dollars in cash... Next flvc. Inch $10 in cash. . . . . . . . . . . . . ... .. 50 Next thrcc. each a fine Family Scwmg Machine. $50......... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Next. live. each 11 Ladies' Flno Gold \Vatch, $50 . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 250 Next tan, each a Fine Triple Silver Plated Tea Set. (1 dcccsï¬fio. . . . . . . . . . . 400 Next twenty-one. one i a set. of Diokcns‘ \Vorku. Beautifully bound in Cloth.lO vnls..8‘_‘0 420 NCXLHVCJUI elegant. China Diiinchcrvlco of 101 pieces. by Powell. llishop a: Stonicr. Hurnlcy. England . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 Next. live. each a fine French China 'l‘ca Service. of' 68 pieces. specially import- ed. $1!) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Next seventeen. each-a complete set. of George Eliot's work» bound in cloth. 5 vols" $15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . 75 Next ciuhtccn. each a handsome Silver Plated Sugar Bowl. 35.. . . . . . . . . . '. . 90 Next live. each a Ladlcs' Fine (Bold \V:itcli.S.'(). . . . . . 250 Next. fifty-five. each n handsomo-lo‘lig Silver Plated Button llook............ 55 CONSOLATION REiVARDS. For those who are too late for any of the allure rewards the following siccial list. is offered. as fa ' as they will go. 'I o the decoder of lift: but correct aximvcr rccclrcd at. IAAUIEH‘ JOURNALOlllCi: pcwimurkcd 15th December or earlier,- will be given nnmbcr one of thch con- i-olation prizes. to thc nch to the lust. number two. and so on till these rewards are all given away. First one. One Hundred Dollars in cash. . . 3100 Next fiftecnmach a superbly bound Family lillllL‘. beautifully illustrated. usually hold at $15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 Next seven. each u. (icntlcmau's Fine Hold ()prn l":l('(: ‘.\'ntvh.good movcmcnh 3'7) ('5) Next Hutu-Umâ€. each a Sct of a lmzcn 'l'ca l-Inivcc. heavily )lllll!(l,$IU . . . . . , . . . . . IN chI five. .. :h a Ian ica'l’inc Gold \l'ntch $.30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 Next nftccn.cncb a laidics'l’lncGold (3cm (inn. :7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 105 Next forty-mic. each an imitation Hive l-Ingmv g. lllmu llonhcur's lloruc Fair ‘G m Next twcnfv-nuur. each n ('mnpll'll- Hut of lm-L'cm' Worm. llnmlmnndy Hound in (Tlntli, llI vu‘..:,_ ‘20. .. . , . . . . . . . . . . . m chi l\\'-'lil\'dnlll‘. cam a Fine Quadruple l’lalt-lmlh ultialhlaltandl'cppchrucl new til-5:3“ . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Next in «-. cat-u . beautiful ()umlruplv: t-‘iil- vrr l‘lalcd 'l'ca Scrum: H platen) “I’D . M Next iwcrity-flvc. n'l'cacbcrve' Fine, Il'cll Bound liiblc. w Lb concordance........ 10’) Each person competing must send One Dollar with their nlxswers, for one year's Hibiscriptinn to the l..\lrll'.fll.lm:l'..‘€al- 'l'ho Lunnus' .iulfltSAl. has been greatly enlarged and improved and is in every way equal at. [his price to any of the publications invqu for ladies on this continent. You. there- fore. pay nothing at all for the privilege d : competing! for the»: prime. The prizes Will be distributed in time for Chris-turns Present: to friends, if you rush to use them in that way. The distribution will be in the hands 0! diï¬intctcflcll parties and the prises given lll‘luii)‘ in the orclo-r letters arrive ll. tin LAI’HS' .locnxu. office. chr 235,111) per- Ioma have rea-«Eved rewards in revious cu.- Axlvlrm. Editor 21' Jucav l uni, Toronto. Candis. " in: n a: ‘ThoOkl Reliable again as tho ' 3