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99111 1130' THE RE Swerveâ€"0m- story opens with the inmily oi n country squire spending the 3:me morning writing eplineu. and so they ere In more or less (end 01 um, these snake eomewhnt ol the humorous. '1 he i y consists 01 ten children; ell bright and bubbling over with mischiel. The squire. known among ihe_chllaren as the seven nor. is a typical English gentlannn. The chil- dren ue very much in use 0! him. His will is 13.“ to them. Ind any inflection of the law as laid ‘down by him is subjectio severe punish mu . (comma ens, end listening intently to the hint murmur thnt must, we think, so exactly represent the shoeling noise the seal makes et a. pest distance. We have, listened to the same murmur before at Silva-bridge; end nurse always told us it was the see that we heard. . After breakfast we eceompsny Amber- ley end our sisters in a sober trot through the one long stzeet thnt forms the town of Periwinkle, and sit down on the shingle where, nppnrently, the beauty and fash- ion (‘1) of the pine» do congregate, for no other purpose than to watch the rows of Int and lean kine who are taking their daily dip in the sea hard by. bobbing up nnd down in the sun like seals, with why locks of hair clinging round their cheeks, and tight, sticky bathing gowns that most lavishly display their charms, or the leek of them. Jack and I have a. hot dispute'as to whether a. very lean woman or a. very fat one looks worse in the water. I say the former, he says the latter, and implores me on no account to submit my person to the public game without at least six thick bathing-gowns put on, like an old- elothesmun’s hats, one above the other. They ere a. gruesome spectacle, these fut matrone and lean old maids; even the young girls, who might be good- loohng if their faces were dry, have an unsavory appearance, tor salt water seems to have an ugly knee]: of washing out shuns, stripping otf borrowed charms and leaving the original visage clear and Visible. Aphrodite herself must have found it tether a. hard matter to look asi handsome under the circumstances as she did. It must be on the principle that there is aways something pleasing to us in the misiortunes of our friends that makes these people flock to see their sc- qusintanoes an nsturel, sans crinoline, suns bustle, sans pads, sans everything, save their own unembellished bodies and eonntemces. I wish the performei-s mould go through their paces with a; little more vigor and spirit, take a sensing header into space, and look as if they hxed it, mamad of taking a. dip as thoqgh they were going to be hanged; , ,ELL _L_. coming up, not, smiling, but: with shut eyes and screwed-up nonth. sputtering, coughing. gasping, groaning, and. hold.- ing on to the rope, as though they were bong shipwrecked. Others do not go so far as the heroism of dipping; they hug the shore and sit basely down on the and, letting the water ripple over them by degreeé 71““! decency e sme. one could Wish the process were less gradual. Othetsagain shiver on the steps of the machine. and are afraid to venture in at Now and then 3 during young woman creates enormous excitement by lowering herelf carefully into the waaer, ano banging her pink toes to the surface in the first posimon, stares up nnwinkingly at Father Sol. Gallant creature! the pint or so of salt water that she swallows 19 but a. slight set-0t} against the glory ahe achieves, and the admiration her proweee evokes from the lockers-on. ,_L:..~ -5 Jack and I. soon weary of looking at this tame-show; and having promwd Amberley not to drown ourselves, not to; get into a. boat without a. boatman and‘ with a. large hole in the bottom, notto sit upun a. rock until the tide surrounds and flows over us, not to climb to the highest pinnacle of the cliff with the ox- pmes intention of toppling over it to the rocks below, we take our departure, and speed the morning hours well enough. Oh! the sea is a rare playfellow, for, unlike many a. human one, he never wen-lee you! Etch day he wears some new “neat, compels from us fresh won- ' tion and fear. He is terrible I _:_J L.__ -A «a, ...._.___-_ ___ in his angry splendor of wind-toe ed, thundering breakers, when his surface is All deep-green valleys and towering, snowy-crested mountain-tops. He is sott tender, caressing as a summer breeze, with his shoaling, rippling murmur and lazy. creeping wavelets. Sometimes he issulky, not angry, that is when the sun has hidden his xaoe ; then he catches the reflection of the sky and is sad-colored and dull. Another day he wiLl lie calm as a lake, like a great monster soundly asleep, and we do not love his monoton- ouspeace; dearerfar tous ishewhen he stirs and flushes and quivers in the sun, his kingly breast sown with millions of sparkling diamonds. he gives no sign of the dark secrets he hides away so deep. sodeep; of the waterslain bodies that lie below, with the swish ! swish! of his green waters, swirling over their pale, drowned faces. of the souls that trusted themselves to his smiling mein‘ and silv- J,_ _ Uncle-wow w w â€"â€" ern whispers, and whom he has drawn down, down, down! to the see-chambers, of whose treasures we can but dimly from the rainbow-tinted shells and bloomy seaweed that are now and again washed up to us from their depths. Has not the sea its cities, and towns, and gardens, and dwelling-houses? Do not flowers as lovely, as glowing, as frag- mt grow in those silent gardens as any the dry land 8301113? They must have me jewels down there; jewels such as l.-_.. . ‘fin‘l‘flfl no mortal empress ever wore; precious stones, common as pebbles on the shore; rare and costly gew gswe, plentiful as the sand, with goodly store of gold and silver, rifled from the gallant ships laden with splendid store of merchandise brought from fore‘ n lands. Oh ! it must be a rich land, an mightbe a fair land if that great and countless array of the dead did not claim it an urgently for its kuc We have not been in Periwinkle 8. seek; we have not learned one-half his moods, one-half his secrets, when some- thing heppenksomething that sends me shuddering away from him inlsnd, and makes me hate the sound of his voice and the dazzle of his brow. Jack and I are standing on the beach one morning, watching a. haul of mack~ ml in. The men have been pulling for hours. “It is strangely heavy," they‘ mutter; “the net break ;” but byl end by it comes safely in, and we all‘ gather round to where it lies on the edge of the sand, with the woves rippling gen- tly up to it. At first I see nothing but a glittering, brilliant. opal-tinted mesa of ' ' fish, which sparkle and scinti- teinthesun, ”they lesptoand froin their restless, unhown agony; then I make out o strange, dark, shapeless mess beneath them, that isâ€"what? A dead men, with horribly discolored face and wide, staring eyes, looking out with dull md :5me meaning from men the quiv- ering, leaping fish for which e net was cast, and which has brought in this. A womn thrusts her way through the crowd and falls on her knees beside the not. “My lad !” she says, “my lad !" He went out alone in his boat a week 0 end did not r.turn; but she said the knew he would come back, and she has been watching tor'him night and day. , 1--_L n:__:v- “ Come away,” I say to'Jeck, dizzily, and we sway, away inland, and it is nanny a ong day before 1 love the trench. erous see 333m and can forget. We do not see much of Alice and Milly, who prefer the town and the shin- gletothe rocks and the caves; and iti sometimes strikes Jack and me as odd that, when we do come across our sisters, all the black, grey and blue coats belonging some youth abidingin and Iojourning at Periwinkle should be in their immediate neighborhood. But then Alice is so lovely; who can help likingto 1001: et her? The very girls tan and stare at her with that W, nnwilllnz, breathless 7' t thet am 7â€" :_ (L- Ink-Lack “Wm, litmus-r _--_“ alreadylesrning toknow isthe highest coinplimem one woman can pay another, at! which I shall never, never wring ham 21117 of mv own sex. ,1 pay even {To}: an of my own sex. 1. may even fulltotie d of beingoalled tion “ nioolookins by them. RY HELEN B. “THERE Alice looks demure as a. mm; and how \ on the pretty soul help it if rude men will state at and follow her about ? All I know is I love to look at what is plea.- santtothe eye; and if I hadbeen born comely Should have carried. about a peeketr-mirror with me, and refreshed my eyes with a. sight of my charms every five minutes, while nobody would ever have admired me half as heartily and aPPI'eci«dimly as I should have admired myself. It isnine o‘clock, and 1m making my toilet for the night, and smiling to myself ut the ridiovlous story J uck told me Just now about an old sailor down here. He would like to be devout, but has‘ not time to save his soul, so has copied out the longest and finest prayer he knows of and pinned it over his bed- stead, and every night and morning, when he turns in and turns out, he looks towards it and says, “Thim’s my senti- ments, 0 Lord!” I have time, plenty, sothere isno fear of my following his example As I took alast look out of the window preparatory to jumping into bed, my attention is arrested by the ex- traordinary appearance presented by the hed that lies on the other side of the rou , which appears to be animated with what may be a row of uneven trees swaying to and fro. if, on this stirless night. there were wind enough to stir anything. 1 It is growing dark, and in the uncer- tain light it is dificult to pronounce dis- tinctly on the phenomena; but I, never- theless, come to the conclusion that the bobbing objects are huts, hats which may bereasonubly supposed to have human beings inside them. ” Burglar: !" I 583 ,,2 Ah to myself promptly, an; descend to Jack's room, which overlooks the back garden, not the front. He ls not in bed. soretnrns with me, and surveying the enemy with some interest, squashes my theory by saying: “Burglars! Why, you little sswney, burglars hide, they don’t hop up and down hke J acks-in-the- box; besides. there are too many of All at once a. light breaks in upon me. 1 have surreptitiously read two or three works which have given me some small insight. into the mbecile practices of com-temps, and now I am able to put. two and two together, while Jack, pcor lad,_is completely at sea. ‘ \u ,, L--.‘ “I know,” I -say, nodding my head violently, “ I kan-w ! it’s lovers.” “Lovers '." repeats Jack, quite unim- pressed, and in a. moat scornfully con- temptuous voxce; “ how exactly like a girl with her silly notions! Whom do you suppose they’d come after, miss; you?’_’ . . .‘ - m,13AL_ _._.. h...“â€" J". “ No ; but. there isTabithu, you know, and Balaam’s Ass " (B’ilaam’s A33 is our under nursemaid, who: a obstinacy is so incurable that years ago we gave her the above name. which has‘stpck to her‘). "UV 7 ‘4 â€"___- “ Very. likely either of them would get a. lover, is it not? ’ asks Jack, peerin about. “ "erbaps you would. not min cook’s having a. chance. 9" L,A:AL.-_:_~ “ It may b3 cock.” I say. brightening up, “I heard James call her ‘an old flirt’ the other day, and she was so pleased.” “ I should say it, was cook,” says Jack. grinning. "for one man would not be much use in that quarter; perhaps if they all stood in a circle they might be able to clasp her chamES. _I\‘oz it’s not L,A1 cook, it‘s somebody or other in the school- room under, for I just saw one head. de- liberately kiss his hand toward it. I’m going dqwn tqsee who is there.” A-.. ,h L_ __ n 1' an“ {no}. e “ Wait a. minute for me,” I say. furl- ing an Elijah-like mantle around me, and, so equipped, go downstairs with him. “'6 into the sohoolroom, but there is not ing there. nothing, that is to say, but Alice and Milly. who are sitting by the window in their white gowns. \Ve retire and walk slowly up- stairs; half-way Jack stop short and looks at me. “ It‘s not cook," he says. deliberately, “ and it’s not Tabitha, nor Balaam’s Ass ; it‘s Alice," _ -w J" ____ _ _ _,,, “ l'o,” he says, walking on, “ but I’m disgusted. To think that those impu- dentâ€"«” The remainder of his speech is lost in a. mutter. He is very youn ,but hahas in him the germ of that disl‘ e (30 tenacious in the breast of all English- men) that ever; brother, husband or father has. to swing his womanhood looked upon too familiarly or too nearly by any stranger. _-_. 9“ L, __L-_ ..-._- 7;;71100 !” i stand staring " 211:9 ygq mad ?" I mgr.“ last. J“ “abut a, rgw there will be when papa. comes !” I say, drawing a. big breath. “ Serve her right. too,” says Jack, as he vamshes into his bedroom, and I re- tire to bed with a. troubled mind and s. resolve to give mi sister a. friendly warn- ‘ ing to-mon-ow. ‘inding an opportunity, 1 I put. my arm around her neck, and, looking into her fresh face, than is not. i hope : ‘ ‘ A violet in the youth of grimy Nlmre: Forward. not permanen :sweet. actuating; The pertains and snpplinnce of a mute. No moreâ€"" say, “I” were you I would not have quite soâ€"so many, dear; there will be such a. row when papa. comes !" Alic' laughs, blushes, and is about to answer, when mother comes in. and no more is We go out dcnkey-riding this afternoon. everybody except Jack, who is too proud. A small drove of asses has been chartered for the occasion, and at the appointed hour they 515mg at thie‘ (goon: {neek and stub- \1\, “VJ --~_n born, each provided with a. small boy, whose duty it is to “whip up“ the afore- said beast and make it “ o." Amberly’s charger staggers ominous y as she mounts him ' and, when seated, her long legs touched the ground, but she would rather die than be left behind, or prove unequal to the emer ncy. so she hitches them up and leads t 8 van with dignity, and, I think, much discomfort. Alice has the best beast: it has a broad back With a fat body, and she sits on it at her ease. shaded by her cool straw hat, under which her face takes no yellow reflections as does mine, lorking as the Queen of Sheba may have looked in her young and palmy days. Mather has insisted on on: taking two or Vthregof- thq fry, strong- backed, stout-limbed b0 ys, of whom there is an endless succession after Dolly, so we make a. goodly calvacade as we jog aw ay without our attendant gaming. Now there are few things pleasanter than to idle among the Devonshire lanes in summer-time on a well'grown, broad backed peaceable donkey ; one is not at the trouble of walking, nor yet at the trouble of riding; one can just amble along at leisure, enjoying the air, the sky, and the ‘ ht that quivers on the path through ughs that meet cooly overhead. here is a dreamy sensation of utter rest as one wanders in and out of the tangle of lanes that seem to have no beginning and no endin , but to indulge this feeling, the boy wi the stick, whose whacks, regularasthe flail on the thrash- ingfloor, fall upon your animal’s hide, must he left behind; there is little ro- mance in these darkly-shaded, flower- starred lanes to the tune of such music. We have a few mishaps by the way. Amberley lB painfully thin, so is her beast, and their bones do not agree, so every now and then. she slips noiselessly over his head and slides into the ditch or , dusty road. We get used to it after a bit; \ sodoes she, and takes it as a. matter of , course. Dolly's steed walks into a turn stile, and is with some dificulty disen- tangled. The fry have, .to our great re lief, long ago succeeded In goadin their assesinto a trot, and have vanishe amid clouds of dust, closely followed by their attendant sprites, yelling with delight at the spirit their several proteges evince. At Alice’s request our party of heaters have fallen behind. so we pace silently along the dim green lanes, meeting neither man nor horse ; it is all as hushed, as still, and as solitary, as an uninhabit- ed island. Loathfully we turned homewu‘d at last, and are met at the house-door by mother with the intelligence that the governor is coming toâ€"morrow. Our Joeundlaughter ceases, weell dismount anyhow, and go indoors to sit down un- der the shock of the intelligence which (though we knew it must arrive some tune or other) comes upon us like u ice- eold shower-hem. We ell seem to hue forgotten our days of bondage during this past fortnight. Farewell, doloe tar niente days! We did not make half enough 0: you while you issued; and now you are gone, and We shall never get any at. aulike you again. Farewell. social breakfasts, leisurely dinners, pleasant. strolls, and general ease of body and soul! Farewell, donkeys= crabs, shrimps, A L- m...) natural Blytwesvu v- vâ€" i.. , and our voices brought down a. great, many notes. We must get. out of that. loose and ridiculous habit of laughing at. everything and nothmg ; we must. smooth the gay smiles out. of our faces, and he or she who has any dimples must put them away for the .prc sent. The schoolroom _ -_J.‘â€" and anmn unhnn'l- EVth uu vuv ,----__, must be put in order and some school- books laid about to look as though they had been used, the dining-room must be polished till it winks ag an; J ames must be awakened from the sloth into which he has fallen, and the cook st‘rred up to punctuality ; the fry must be promply broken of the habit they have lately fall- en into of tumbling down and cutting open their heads, noses or legs; in short, the whole house and all that dwell there- in must be thoroughly. revised, weeded, 177‘ _2 AL,h In “luau vâ€" .___‘, end drilled against the ordeal of that awful to-morrow that is rushing upon us as fast as it can pelt. It does not seem half an hour ago that mother told us the news, and. lo ! the night has passed away, the morning has come and gone, one o’clock has struck, and in the distance the smart trot of horses' feet, and we know that behind that cheerful trot site our uncheerful governor: .. . ‘ n vuu. ups-“‘VVâ€" _ â€"~ a We are drawn up in well-brushed, well- scrubbed, solemn-faced ranks in the school-room. There is not one Vagabond smile among the whole lot. And now he is in the hell, he is kissing mother, in an- other minute stands before us. Why can I not infuse into my salute that warmth and slacritv that 1 did on wishing him -by on the Manor House doorstep ? Why, indeed! As we pass in review be fore him, he looks at each from head to foot; but we all pass muster safely until he comes to the last of all, Alice. We know what is coming when his eye lights on a certain portion of that young woâ€" men's dressâ€"nothing more or less, in, short, than a crinoline row. The fact is, 1 Alice loves a. big crinoline ; papa, ac- customed to the strait up-andâ€"down charms of his mother and grandmother, hates it ; and sure as ever her petticoats swell beyond a certain limit, there is fearful to do. end the whole house is , turned upside down and out of windows. ‘Now. Aloe knous the length of tether ‘ permitted to her perfectly well, but she is I under the mistaken impression that the more balloon like her skirts. the more charming her pretty form appears; and when she wants to look paticularly rav- ishing, puts on a. little more crinoline, just as a South Sea islander puts on a little more paint; and in the excitement and novelty of the Periwinkle life, she has forgotten her parent’s little preju- dices, and stands before him confessed in all her amplitude of five yards and a half. It is odd that. she should becaught, though, for her crinoline is like some magical flower thas opens and shuts, ex- pands and contracts, according to the weather, i.e.,_ _papa.’s temper.‘ If hje uvuvu--, "V. is in an ammhle or engrossed mood, she usually lets out an extra. reef or two; if he is in a. bad one. she couepsea at a. _momentl"s nogice uuc, Duo vvllnrvvo -- .. ....-._-_- - and looks like a folded butterflyTfifi Alice’s admirers haw evidently turned her ideas eggsy-mg'vy. “ You disgusting spectacle l" says papa. deliberately, looking at her from mp to toe, “ you object X Go to your room and take that vile barrel off, and if you dare appear before me in it again, I’llApull it otf and b‘u'rn'it !" , 7 _£‘. .2 L‘ALn -.. r..- .. -.. .....- -___ ,,, 0t! goes Alice, whisking a. pile of books from the tablein her passage to the door ; she does not mean to do it, pcor pretty Alice, it is only an evil trick played her by that fatal combination 0: whalebone and calico, but the governor thinks she does, and flies after her. Thank God, she is too old toheve her ears boxed, and he soon returns, but, oh ; we heartily wish we had no ears at all, as we sit for half an hour listening to his tirade against Alice. mother, Am- berley, and his own evil fate in :3: ing to be become the father of sue a. dauaLtlT, (It was the best thing he ever did in his life.) The clock is striking eight, and we are all hunting ventre-a-terre for the family book of prayers. Not once since we came to Periwinkle have we looked upon its oodly face, and new it is revenging itse f by refusing to come forth and save us from utter disgrace. If papa dis- covers that we have eaten our morning moat without the seasoning salt of chap- ter, prayer and benediction, then woe, woe, woe betide us ! We distractedly turn the books over and over, but no- where does that muchvcoveted old brown cover meet our eager gaze. Overhead we hear his war-like tread as he walks to the toilet table ; he is putting on his coat, now he has opened the door, and is telling mamma she is the laziest woman in Christendom, and a disgrace to her sex ; his foot is on the stair, oh !â€"â€"oâ€"oâ€" oh, We tumble madly over each other in dancing agony, and a pale tear tickles down Amberley‘s nose, when, hallelnjah! I have found it, wedged in with it’s back to the wall, between the “ Arabian Nights " and the “ Pilgrim’s Progress.” We are saved by the skin of our teeth, and fly to our seats with thankful hearts while Alice finds the place, and sets the "uAAw uuvv ...__.. 01d marker, “Jesugivxavteptfl'with its back broken in three placgs,_ on tl‘xe Qpen page. Vlunun .. ____, ‘7_. s He is in the room before she has done. and having received our m( rning salutes. and looked sharply at Alice‘s collapsed charms (she looks like Samson shorn of ‘ his strength), rin the bell for prayers. He is half throng the chapter before the servants can get in at the door ', but that is of little consequence, they would not hear a. word if they were present. Break- fast passes over better than might be expected. There are so many safe re- marks we can make about Periwinkle; every man and woman we see is not an enemy. the mention of whose name must be shuned as a. plague ; and I am av 11 able to provoke a. smile by remark- ing that it is diflicult to hear the sermon on Sunday evenings because the sailors snore so loudly. I think that if we were to travel much we should find plenty to talk to him about; become quite eollcq‘uial, in fact. . \I-I-‘Vaâ€" ._ Isrging the mind. No wonderT splendid Will said: ~“ Home-keeping youths have everhomely wits ” (of course he meant that for girls as well). After breakfast. \ ur * troubles begin. We go for a. walk, and make the de- presemg discovery that in every deep there is a. lower depth. and Hunt. bad as the Silverbridge walks were, the Peri~ Winkle ones are infinitely, immeasurably worse. vv runs“:- The governor is apparently as im~ perviousto shingle as to plowed fields, for he leads the van without a. falter, while we flounder. slip and stumble after him like a. badly-drilled Squad of infan- try. The sun is fiercely smiting our backs, blisterin our cheeks and noses, making us feel I at our bodies have sud- denly grown gross. and heavy. and suf- focating; our c’othes might be of woollen, so irritatingly do they chafe us. It is one of those 'brmlmg mornings when (3 'tenoe under a. green tree is bad 9‘ h. but existence takin a. mos ov' a. glaring shingle isdiabo 'cal. e are bound for the rocks now un- covered by the receding tide, and over them ye are going to God’s_ Bay, a El;- _, AI __‘_L_A_-_ _. u. . v... w- .-,_._._._ __-V smells, Rat hides Sb dirtyheul round the corner of the olifi. It seem nest ‘uu, wvv...» ~1â€" _â€"‘- _-_; ! travel’s a. wond_e_rful thmg for en- "‘1 “Av -v_- .â€"_., muse offiifimwen and M enough, but, judged by the endless sue“ ceseion of slippery bowlders that inter-1 vene, we find it a. very long way indeed, and groan in our spirits as we slide and scramble after our leader, who bounds on in front, agile as a. chamois, and twice as sure footed as his progeny. Not one cropper does he come ', but Amberley comes up for him ; she slides majestical- ly down the rocks as though born to the accomplishment, and even sits in the pools among the scurrying little crabs, whence she has to be fished out by our united efiorts. She makes no complaint though, far from it; her bruised shins, damaged elbows, and wet petticoats, all come in the day‘s work. We reach God’s Bay at last, looking as though we had fallen among thieves, and take our way through its one un- savory street, and climb a. hill that would be trying in mid-winter, but in dog days in amply brutal. In two hours’ tme we get home, blowsy, foot- sore, and worn out, knowing that our evil days have indeed be un. Somehow the hours go by, and leased nightfall comes. At the present moment I am standing with my hands behind my back. affec- tionately regarding a. crab, garnished with frequent prawns and abundant bread and butter, which Jack and I have provided for supper, as a set all against the disagreeables of the day. He has gone to latch a ju of cider; when he comes back we shal fall to. I walk to the open “indow and look out. The dim gray of night is creeping over the land; the cold salt smell of the sea blows faint- ly but most freely up across the town ; the lights yonder look like coarse reflec- tions of the bright restless lamps that quiver and burn in the pale vault over- head. I lean my elbows on the window sill and look across the rose garden that, like many another in Devonshire, is on the other side of the road, whence a fra- grant whiff comes now and again, and makes a disastrous discovery. Those , moving shadows yonder, what are they ? Followers ! Not one or two or three, but dozens ! 0 Alice, Alice, do I not know well enou h what will happen '1’ In five minutes e governor will come back in from the garden at the back of the house, and sit down to supper (his seat faces the road and the hedge to the left of the rose garden), he will see themâ€"he will rush outâ€"and here conjecture fails me. no as conrxncxnj Shoes and slippers well taken care of will last much longer than if carelessly thrown around. and 100k well as long as they are‘fif. t9 wear; , L-_.. sL-.. :0 vuv my my wv v.0... One of the best places to keep them is in the pockets of a. strong shoe bag, firm- ly fastened on the closet door. Fig. 1 shows a. good design. The bag may be made of linen twill. cretonne or ticking in fancy stripes. The back of the bag is ‘25 inchcs wide and 26 inches long. 'l‘hr top is cut to a point. Two strips, each 9 inches deep and 36 inches long. are cut for the pockets. These are bound acruae the twp with dress braid, then laid on the back with the extra. fu‘mese in plaits in the bottom. and stitched amass twice making three pockets in each strip, with a. box-plait 111 each pocket. The entire bag is bound with worsted dress braid. A small-sized. brass curtain ring is sewed un strongly to each upper corner and to the tip of the point. The shoe bag is sus pended by these rings from nails, or what iabetter. small screws, on the inside of the closet door. Where there are little children, such a pocket on the inside of the sitting room closet door will prove a. great convenien or for house shoes and slippers. I; the low- er pockets are lined with rubber cloth they will be useful for holding rubbers or overshoes. When they become damp or muddy they can be easily wiped out. The better part of a, cash-01f waterproof or cloak answers very well for lining the Poekets- . :IL. 4.“ L. j r A handsome slipper case is illustrated by fig. 2. It is designed to contain only one pair of slippers, and is ornamental enough to be an addition to any bedroom. By observing the proportions a paper pat- tern can be easily out. The first step is to have a piece shaped for the back out of thin board or very heavy pasteboerd, also one for the front out of pasteboerd. The piece for the back should be 6 inches across the bottom, 9 inches across the top and 12 inches along the sides. The dis- tance across the bottom and the lengths of the sides for the front piece is the same as for the back. but across the top the distance is 13 inches in a straight line. As shown in the illustration the front is rounded across the top. .v-.. “V“ _v_ v..- __- The back is neatly govered on both sides with dark brown si eaia. The front is covered with golden brown felt on which a. design has been embroxdered in outline, using dark brown crewel for the cat-tails and dark green for the leaves. It is lined with brown silesia. The front and back is overhanded together across the bottom and up the sides. and finished with a dark brown cord which extends around the entire case. A ribbon of the 1 same color is tacked to each other upper corner, by which the case is suspended from a strong picture nail driven in the wall. Where closets are wanting and room is an object, a very handy combination of the useful and ornamental will be found in an ottoman and shoe-box like fig. 8 Procure a good strong boxâ€"the size in a hieh soap usually comes packed is good. Fasten the lid to the box by tacking pieces of leather hinge fashion on the back It can then be easily raised and lowered. Cover the sides smoothly With any strong plain material. Cover the 11d in the same manner, first puttin on enough excelsior or bay to make it 00]: FOR SHOES AND SLIPPERB. HOUSEHOLD. Fix. 1‘ Fig. 2 rounded. The ottoman in the illustra. tion has a strip of felt worked in a. simple pattern around it near the top. Inside in one corner fasten by a. nail through the bottom a. medium sized baking powder gentin which to sot the bottle of she blaéking. THE FARM AND GARDEN. For City and Country-cupping. and Original Article. which have been Prépnred for Our Readers. AN EFFECTIVE METHOD OF CROWN GRAFT- Saw off the branch at right angles to the stem to be grafted, as at a in the il- lustration. Then out a clean slit in the bark through to the wood, as shownâ€"the same as in budding. Separate the bark from the wood and insert the oion b, one for each slit. The number of slits for each stock will be determined by its size. We will suppose the stock illustrated to be six inches in diameter, and that. six The stock after cions are to be inserted. <hown at c. A receiving the cionl is . ' ‘ ‘ ' ) â€"LA..A. ”no tnn nf thn reeew Lug uqu mu“. ... .._.- V 7 thick paper 19 wound about the top of the stock extending about one inch above it and securely tied with strong twine as at d. The space above the stock formed by the inch of paper may then be filled to the top of the paper With a puddle of soil and water. This mud protects the sur- face of the wood of the stock and excludes the air from tho insertions, giving every advanta. e of was without it; objections. l Stocks 0 any size may be Worked in this way, and one, two or any number of eione inserted. A SEGTIONAL FARM ROLLER. ‘ One of the melt useful implements, next to those of absolute necessity, upon a. well-conducted farm is a. roller. When the soil is heavy and tenacious the rol‘er helpsto crush the clods and level the rough surface. while the light, shifting soil is quite as much benefited by it: compressing action. A roller consisting FIG. 1.--A SEUNUNAL RULLML. of a. single long cylinder wvrks at a great disadmntage in turning corners, 'lw nqu K nd havin; to travel uvur a. much greater distance than the inner. so that, it must sweep over the ruund “‘ibiwut revolving. This difiicu ty is larguiy uh intod by making the roller in sncti x;~. each one of which turns indepeniently of the nthors. “'0 illustrate hexexxith a secfimnl roller which may be cheaply constructed and effective. It is in four sections. The frame shown in Fig. 1 is of oak or other tou h. hard timber, throt- by fJur inches. T 8 two side pieces are .nine feet six inches long, the two and pieces thre.- feet. A block of white 021.}; (\r u‘mnnr wn: x1. eighteen inches in rlvwvl- â€"... V. .-_v or similar wed, eighteen inches i1 extreme length and nine inches \xide shaped as shown in Fig. 2. is securely bolted to the lower edge of each end piece, to hold the boxes in which the 01101" ends of the axles revolve. Three iron bars of the shape shown in Fig. 2 aye bolted, one in the middle of the frame. and one on each side half way t» the end. These hold the boxes which support the inner journals. A stout piece of oak or white elm is bolted across the middle of the frame and extenda in front. where 1" serves as a. tongue to which the double- tree and neck-yoke are attached. The cylinders may be made of wood or iron. FARM BOILER FOR TWO DOLLARS. In the illustration below we give a clear idea. how any farmer may construct for himself a. boiler suitable for all pur-i poses that a boiler is required for. The box (or boiler) is simply a coarse box made of sound inch lumber of any desir- able size, say two feet by {our and one foot deep being a. convnnicnt size, well secured at the corners, with clips of sheet iron. The bottom is made of ’one sheet of heavy sheet iron and tucked securely to the edges of the box. The foundation is built of three or four rowx of brick of the same size as the box. ahich latter point, if observed, Will carry the sides of the box the width of the brick {mm the iL___.. fire. It is necessary m lay bars of iron across to support the bottom. anpld sleigh shoe answering the purpose qmte well. To complete the furnace two old lengths of stove pipe are all that is necessary, being set up at the hack of the furnace, and the back opening closed thoroughly around the pipe with clay, which may be built as high as the top of the box and so protect the wood from the heat. Any farmer who will try the ex- ,,L_.I _L LLA nktnh" ”can” “1..., any ._.-_ periment will .be astoixished at She short space of time required to boil such a. fur- nace. It can b9 heated h ith old rails, or ~A.___ J Haw. LU nan vv .n...â€"-... .v_.,_ V scrap wood, such as accumulate armind every farm yard. A silo 10 feet square, 20 feet high, will hold 40 tons of ensilage. Three acres will fill it. at 15 tons per acre. One 20 feet square and 20 feet. high will hold 160 tons of ensilege, or 10 accea. There are 40 pounds of ensilage to the cubic foot. SJme animals will eat 60 pounds. and do well on the ensilage alone. Itis better to add bran or cottxmseed meal. One w uuu av-..- hundred and sixty tons of ensila. will furnish the forage food. for a. sing 0 ani- mal for 218 months, or 35 cows for six months. A man has been known to buy and haul manure five mil 5 that was so fire- fenged or burned that it Was little better then straw. While he was doing the work there were about his barn and erd fertilisers of three times the value 0 the HINTS AND NEWS NOTES FIG. 2.â€"ROLLER Box to or three manure be hauled going to waste. The leaching {gum thg yard was allowed’to - _\;1_ run in: the read, {he slope, soap suds, em, followed suit, while over y chance was in his fawr to pxuduce abundant. xer- tilizers of the first quality, “le half the expense. Upon his farm he had ubund ance of muck that. would only cost the hauling. This with the limited wastes applied would give a. most gratiiyiug re- sult and be a lasting benefit. A good garden is little appreciated by the average farmer. yet nothing on the farm is so valuwle in all respects in pro- portion to the labor and expene . as a well-selected, well-kept garden. Profit, pleasure, and health may be realized and promoted by it. 'l horough culture of the garden ieof great importance. FIG-l quent culture will insure moisture in‘ times of drought, and it is valuable at all times for supplying mcllowness and mois mm to the hell for the use of plants. One of the reasons why many farmers pay little or no attention to having a garden is the fact that so many attempt the cul- tivation of more land than can Well be tilled; the consequence 13 that they are compelled to give all their time to ordi- nary farm Work, and have no :ime to make a garden. The economy of this course may well be doubted. The better ‘ way Would be to attempt no more t): n l can be done in the best manner, mu '1 ‘ determining this outstiong ne should al- low the garden to come into account. Before ordering your seeds make up your mind how much ground is u be planted with each kind of vegetable or flower, and calculate accordmgi y the amount of seed required, ordering suflieiâ€" out to allow you to err on the side of thick sowing rather than thin. It is bet- ter to have no surplus which you “ill be tempted to save for tea follouing season,‘ since there are few seeds, when kept over. 1 which give as good results as those order- ed fresh every year. Should the seeds you receive meet with your approval, recommend them to your neighbors, al- vising them to send for catalogues, and you Will find you will lose nothing by so doing. for an enterprising secdsman is not 510W to appreciate and reciprocate 1 such favors. You should also make sure. before blaming your dealer for the fail ure of his seeds to germinate or to yield profitably, that you yourself are well posted as the proper time and method 01 planting each variety, as well as its sub- sequent requirements. A cold frame is simply a. construevion of boards in an oblong term, similar to a garden hotbed. and dufering {rum in only that in the latter botwm heat is furnish- ud LU force the growth 01' the plants. The frame may be made of Common boards sour ieet wide and as long as Acquired. Whether {or a, chd {rune 01‘ a honbxd a sounhemexposure is the best, and each must be award with sash, or canvas, which issumecimoa subamtuwd for g:ass. I‘he back should be timed: and the Iron: six inches high witha cross tie every LhIL-u Jew. Clue frame should be semi 1 mm the ground a 1m» um! be banked U}, ammud an we Ogtaiiiu. '1‘): u excavat the .usidc 31.4494” mum and farm 12hr bomzm into a. plum; ind 01' fine, rich «:Arm. Uu mum pleasant days leave it, uncovers-1 and expand t.) the sun and \Lil‘. Much t e sane care about, warring 4nd vunmamun is rcquiicd us lot a. hut.- bed from thh the bar 1y forced. plant: m..y b.- mansion-w and their gruwnh oun- niu uul until the suusun is id! onougii ad v .nucd {or them to be tiahleltLUu/‘d into the upvn garden without; further protoc- as n. ‘rlbc saymg been an "ounce hf pre- mm :1 is Mm; a. pound. of cure," and. a little :Lntentiun at. this point may save swaths of sickness and large Coctor’s ‘nlls. For this complaint take fxom two w :hroe of l’armelee’s Vegetable Pills on ring to bed, and one or twu {or three nights in successiun, and a. cure will be \‘fi't‘C’Qd. Lit ~h Out of 501‘ s.v-~-Syu:;-inm5, headache, uss of appttiw. luzrcd w :gue and g: n- uml indiI-posiliou. These symptoms, If ucglccted, develop into acute disease. It l‘ize son of John Paul, a poor Scotch gardener, John Paul Jones, was born at ubigland, in Kirkcudbrightshiro, on iuly 6, 1747. The reasons tor his udup~ in: of the name of Jones have never .ucn explained. That he did not; wish to ‘iuk his identity is shown by his reten- .iun of his original name. In his earlier :arvcr he signed himself "John Paul fruncs." Altai-ward he signed himseli ‘ J. l‘uul Janen” but when he became .he hero of Paris and Versailles, and flurope resounded with his fame, his :9.de read simply " Paul Jones." ’lhis gradual emancipation from the self-medal man‘s fondness for titles and dignities is Hikingly shown in his will, where, after ilifelung struggle for honors and prece- lcnoo, during which he contended for hem in a. manner at once fierce and :hildish. on the day of his death he do- icribod himself only as “ John Paul lanes, a citizen of the United States.”â€" lliss Molly Elliot Seawall in the Century When you notice unpleasant sensations iftcr eating, at once commence the use of \‘orthrop 8:. Lyman's Vegetable Dis~ aovory and your dyspepsia Will disappear. 'tlr. James Stanley, merchant, at Con- fiance, writes: “My “ife hm taken two \Ut‘alei of Northrop Lyman‘s Vegetable Discovery for dyspepsia, and it has done her more‘ good than anything she has .‘VCI‘ I. Stephens, one of the thiee commis- sioners, who, after writin of the event, said that Mr. Hunter gm 9 a. long regly But among the various incidents of the onference the world will probably long- ast remember that repogded _by Alexandpr "or A pril. to the President’s refusal to reéognise another government inside of that of vhich he was President, by receiving .~.mbassadors to treat for peace. “Mr, Hunter,” says Stephens, “ referred to the '01 respondence between King Charles I, and his parliament as a. trustworthy pre- edent of a. constitutional ruler treating .vith mix 15. Mr. Lincoln's face then .vore that indesciibable expression which generally preceded his hardest hits. and he remarked 2 “ Upon queen-ins of his- tory I must refer you to Mr. Seward, tot he is posted in such things, and I do not pretendto be bright. My only distinct :ecolleetion of the matter is that Charles lost his head.”-â€"Noah Brooks 2n the Cen- tury for April. For Nine Years.â€"â€"Mr. Samuel Bryan, 'l‘hedford, writes: “For nine years I suffered with ulcerated sores on my leg; I expended over 3100 to physicians, and tried every preparation I heard of or saw recommended for such diseases, but could get no relief. I at last was recommended to give Dr. Thomas‘ Eclectric Oil 3, irial, which has resulted, afber using eight bottles (using it internally and external- ,ly), in a. complete cure. I believe it. is ; the bust medicine in the world, and I i write this to let, others know what, it. has done for me.” For nervous headache, which is apt. to come in the Lack of the neck and at the base of the brain. try rubbing the neck with camphor. 1t )3 not. necessary that the camphog ayuulgi get on the hair at. ' I_~-L all, a. pain. If your children moan and are rcstless during sleep, coupled when awake with a loss of appetite, pale countenance, pick- ing_ of the nose, etc , yuu may cepend upon it that the primary cause of the trouble is worms. Mother Graves’ Worm Exterminator efiectuany removes these Pests, at once relieving the little suf- ferera. The Sultan of Turkey is said to possess a. fire screen made of tanned human skin. exquisiwa embossed and over 200 years old. The skins were those of twexve faithful servants who rescued one at his majesty’s aneesmre from a. blazing wing intake palms, afterwards suooumbing to A Shrewd Rejolnder by Lincoln. vumrâ€" ______ and Lt should give great, relief to the John Paul Jones‘s h‘anw. Remarks ble Fire Screen 3. Old. But Good- the effects of their burns. A WWW acme, put almost as remarkable 51° screen 13 made up, not of skins but 0‘ human faces, these facea, 197i in nu'mbet, 3.11 photographically portraying 511' A9- ;ustus Harris at different times 0‘ h” Thus. Sabin of Egiington 68-3795 " have removed’ten cums (1-0;!) my feet with Holloway's Corn Cure." Bold“, go than and do likewise. A good story is revived on a. phyW not a. thousand miles from Toronw- Some yeeks ago on old lady died in one Of the mstitutlons of the county, It was dean“ ed to send the remains to distant r91"; tives, but the railroad company wool not transport the corpse without I; 09"“ cats that there was no infectieus _ ' No doctor attended her, but, a undid“ being required, our MD. furnished the following: “This certifies that I new the deceased many years. She came w her death from dumb palsy of was mad- ing which gradually run her down'wd she died without. the necessity 0(‘Phy' sicinn." A PERRYTOWN. . . onus-“v , -â€" - ' or UUTIONEER FOR THE 001:)“ Durham. sales of all kinds pmfllfly tab: mended. Dam and terms ”rang“ Rm'ou'rzn Ofl‘lce, PONTXPOOL. .. (nu-nun... A L'Cl'll‘xottiigm. sales $25111 kmdfi romp”; an en :0. Sans ton 1‘an and dates aryanged an . the ”PORTER office or on application no In) selt. TIy our Cl‘w,Lty-fixe can T‘fv value in town, also our Ram L31 3 Indian Tm, at Filty cents. The Dominion Mutuai Fire Insurance Association. THE BEST AND CHEAPEST FOR FARI‘IERS u is the only com ny issneing Four Year Blau 'el; Policy. Rates are only about one half of that charged by stock companies. FIRE l2-3m Fall and Winter Tweeds, Worst- eds and Friezes. Has the newest. lines in Suitings, ings and all lines of Price and fit guaranteed. Full line: Gent‘s Furnishings. SCHNEIDER’S leen in lownfor Diamonds. Watc/zes lewd/cry. Etc. Repaz'm'ng in all émnc/zes. A 1/ war/é guar anteea'. F. S. SCHNEIDER, Watchmaker and Jeweller Spvuule’s PHUTBGRAPHS l’E’l‘EEBOROUGH. ARE THE BEST For further information apply to A. C. MAYCOCK. General Agent, l-3m Box 324. Bailieboro. 0m We keep constantly on hand ‘ large' stock pf Furniture of all kind 0‘." ’stock is weli assorted and displayedfil three urge show moms. N0 unable to show goods. We are also m§nn£3° LU1:U1'5 of the Excelsior “'ng MW vlchme. Best. in the Market. TRUEST, AndLIost Artistic Undertaken and 9M9" Embalmen. ”Best. uf Tetimoniala 08“ be given. GENERAL STORE- work imperishahle. 170 Charlotte- st. Peter‘boxo. Ground floor Studio. No stairs to climb- WE BUY FOR CASH CALI. WHEN IN TOWN. 3-364, GEORGE-ST. SELL FOR CASH, T/ze Buyer Reap: t/ze Bang/it Meredith Boots and 512063. J GlLLfiT SllN THE FASAIONABLE TAILOR, 389 George-St, Peterboro. ‘. H. GARDINER. A Doctor’a Certificate- HIS Enhu‘ged Porll‘ans m Oil 0“ Water Coiors,1ndia Ink. $9918 Or Crayons h.“ e no super- ior on this Cominem All PETERBOROi REMEMBER H. BIRCH, 39) George Street. â€": DEALER IN :â€" ooooooo°°°°° INSON, OMAR“) oflARIO LANG. ONTARIO Ox‘vrcont MAlTlNE A lost Eflective Nutrient Stimulant. LA K E" U RST The spun; cm p10 edatthismstim is the famous Dou 1e Chkoride of Go” dyabeu: Thmwh its agency over 000 Slave: to e use of these pom! have been emancipated in Phe last W .,‘l.- For the treatment and cure of ALCOHOLISM. THE MORPHINEJIABIT. 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