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t .4 Bo Patient With the Li»lug. Swe«t friend, wboi: tbna and I Are ^'oce Beyoiid tarth'ii weary labor, \Vheij small i*h-»ll be 'jiir ueed of gracu From cuuiradH tr lro:n ueiain>or. Pas&ed ail the 8trU*j, tha b>U, tiko care. And diiuo KiLti al i the sigbiogâ€" Wl ac t**ndur f uth shall we Lia\'e gaicei}. Ala&: by simple dyiug-' Then lipa too cV:ary of their proiee Will itil our tu-rita over. And eyes ti») swift t>ur faults to see Shall no def uta dLscover; Then handi» that would not lift a stone Wbern St lu. s were i ick t j euuibtit Our ate^p . ill path, will scatter Ilower^ Above uur ptiiowed alumber. Sweet friend. pHrch.i:;ca both thou atid I Ere 1 .V is past tori;ivi::y, Should t»ii*e the e truest leanoQ home â€" Be patient with the Uviuq! To-day's repr'-s-ed ri buku uiay save Our bUtidiu^ (ears to-morrow; Then patience, o fu wh '•n keeuest edge May whet a h .m iu::s sorrow. 'Tis eas\ to be lieu'le wueu Death's sileuce shatues our clamor. And easy to discern the beat ThroUfih tiiemury's tuystic clamor. But WIS." it Were Ii,-r bee aiid lae, Ere love is past fiTKivuK. To take the tender lessou bonioâ€" Be patieuL with the living. â€" Good Ctuer. Extrmordlnary jfcd venture iu a Train. The wife of a forsemaii named Wilkiu- son, who rtside:) iii Warriiititon, Euglaad, hkB just been the victim of au outrage which she ailegea was perpetrated by a faahionablj-dresoed "lady" while travel- ling between Warritii;ton and Norwich, on the Londoa .v Northweateru Kailway. Mrs. Wtikiusoii leild a mo«t extraordinary story, from which it appears that on Tufs- day evcmnj; week she left Nor*ich, haviuij been on a visit to some relatioDd, and took train home to \V«rriii;;tM). She occapied a seat in an orJiuary third class compart- ment, in which sti another woman with two children. Th-y Were at that U"i« 'h<-' anly occupants of Che compartment, but immediately before Ihn departure of the train a youn;; "lady," faabiouably attired. jumped into the carriai>e and took a seat oppodite them. A few moments after the train had been i-i motion (he stranger passed a few t^etieral observations and at the same time rose and (.hinged her seat for one between the two women. There was uothit;;^ in her m»nuer to excite the su.-pici>'iis ot the occupants of the coiupariin-tit. but the "lad> " had not been louj; retcited before the women and children became tuicoi'.scious. Oa retarn- ing to consciou--i:ess sooie little time after- wards the woiiieu iiiissed their stylish traveller, who se<ms to have cjuitted the carriai;e at Urerubank station, taki'ii: with her the con puts of the purses of both women, amo!i';tiii:; to nearly t'- Singular to state the four uuoouscious occupants of the compartment came to their senses simultaueotisly. 1 he women i ii Icokiiiy round founii that iheir purses had been abstracted from their pockets, and were lyinn empty on thr- seal. Mrs. \Viiki»Bon states that lu«r puise contained £1 Is (i]i, while the o'li-r w unan, who coiiies from Runcorn, had iu her possessicn about ITs, part of whioh baa been fjivea to her to make souie pQrchas«s for a relation at Norihwioh. The matter has not been refwrted to the police as tlie pirties apfCLir to think that the probable arrest audpi.'OM- cation of tb" • taahiouable lady" wootd involve thtui m consiiiirable expense". UI«»It to tkaPrvKOher. The exoJus of young men iroin New Brunswick is r.i great that Uev. .\lr. Hewatt. a I'lesbvteriiin minister in I'lX'd- erioton, felt calle i on lo refer t« i*. in a termoii one Sabb.tth io.eiiti> It was the exodus from his own congrosatioi that impresseil hnn with its Marions a.-*pe t. He â- aid he was apii.illod at the iiuuiUr ot the yonug njeiiil er:* of Uis con(;reg»'io" who had ealle 1 upon hitti liiinng the ye\r for chorch ccitilicates and tu say gooJb)0. The gri'at majotiiy of the e\odi»T:R went to tne I'liitei titates. Referring to Mr. Mowatt's remarks, the Kredcricton iHfiner Bays : " It is loo tru»i that too many are leaving us. And is it not time that our people should taKe some serions thought of the ettKius? It is no imp'v wish to lea\e their cheering tSre. sides and fneiivt:! thai impels the )Oung men and young women of our city to go elsewhere'. It is not that th^y have takeu a dislike to our cit> and its people. It is simply force of tinancial circumstances which imjcle ihem thilht-r • • • • II not the fault witit our ow:i p.ople ,' We admit that llio resiticiion trade pohcy of the Dominion Goverirnent is sapping the â- vary life froMi o'.ir indus'r.'S and geueral bnsiuess ; but when we have the oppor- tunity to makp our vo!c> heart siui its power felt we somehow or other forget our doty and vote for the ooiilinuanCfi of the very evil we ti t'tiuT U!ii"s so loudly com plain of " li will now be in order for the Tory organs to charge Khv. Mr. Mowatt with "disloyalty." "running do*n the country ," etc." Ho has stated what he knows to be a fact, and that is sulVi ient reation in the eyes of thn average Tory sewspaiH'r why ha ahou'd be denounced. â€" Montrtal lUrald. A .Miicht tlistake. The Dean of Durham (Ur. L^ke) is very quick to seiw an occ*-i Ml. A large meet- in4( of temperance reiernu-rs was held in Durham the otber day At the conclusion of Evensong iu the cathedral, the Dean, â- eeing a larger congregation than usual, went to the lectern, and there in a hos pitnble speech web oine I the visitors to his cathedral. He cotumended their work, and compared it favorably with that o( the Crusaders of old. The evident amu.senient with which the Dean's remarks was re- ceived may perhapj be accounted for by the fact that the tem{>erance folk had taken their dsparture from Durham aomu hourn before, and the Dean's hearers cou silted of a host of " cbciiii trippers," who had availed thomsolves ot the licensed victuallers' e.xcursK<titothe Darh^iu (lower •how.- PuH Mull GaielU. Time Re>inlr«d. Husbandâ€" It t»kp5 you half an hour or more to find your po. ket, doesn't if.' Wife (sweetly)- Yes .about that. John, dear, but it takes you longer than that at times. The Montreal Nationalists are boaetinR that even if they lost the election they made the Ooveriiineni si>eiid a heap of money and compelled iheir candidate, Mr. Lepimi, to denounce the leiacnrloD ol Risl. - ^"-^ CURRENT T0PIC3. lNS?BCTr.E»3 A.VNA M, Paeks noUced the fulness of the skirts c! Mrs. Matilda Bender, a passenger of the steamer Rhaotia. just arrived at new York. Shy was re- quested to step into a private rooai, anS was there eearched. Five pairs of satin slippers, three yards of crape, thrt;e yard.-* of dress goods, four yards of alpao and a pair of trousers, which eha wore, were found. Am:inusi the Cree Indians of Canada the husband lives in the wife's house, but never speaks to his parente-inlaw till his liriit child i-i born, and, though the father is not a member of the family, his child is, and so confers on him the atjtus of " father of EO-and-30," which becomes his name, the whole bein^ then brought to a logical conclusion by the family ceasing to cut him. • Thk kicker is a developer ; the croaker is an incubus. The ki .-ker incites to improve- ment ; the croaker lo iudignatiju and resentment. The kicker only is heard when he is given one-dollar accommodation at three-dollar rates ; the croaker would be just as noisy if he was getting three-dollar accommodation and paving nothing, i he kicksr is a lively, jovial, progressive fellow : the croaker ij a dismal uuieance who lag^ superducus on the stage. K£>'oioi in the matter of shirt-collars is demanded. John Crentz was found dead in Drnid Hill Park, Baltimore, on Thars day Light. A thin blue mark over the windpipe led the coroner to declare t.iat the direct cause of the man's c'oith l:aa been a collar two inches hi^h that he was wear.ug at the time of hii demise. The poptdarity of high collars tiivea an acnlea- sant signiticance to this aisaster. Mb. Jac!;son, the husband of the late lamented authoress Helen Uani JacksoL', was married recently, and is now residing at Colorado Springs, Col. He married a niece of his tirst wife, an ; there is still, therefore, a Helen Hunt Jackson. The grave of the hrsl Mrs. Jackson, known to fame as " U. H.," is literally covered with visiting cards left by lounsts, who climb themountuin uear Colorado Springs to visit the last resting place of this remarkable woman. Tl:e eighth annral report of the Kngliah Inspector of Retreats utider the Habitual Drunkards Act, l-iT'.l, for the year lt<s7 has just been issa.-d. Siity- six patients ia the atgtegate were admitted to the seven retreats during the year as against seventy -three in the previous year. Several patients received their discharge for various reasons at the request cf the licens-s from the local j'js- tices before the elHixion of time Very satisfactory work was reported from all re- treats. Thk Forth bridge, which has been inled the " Last wonder of the world." has been under construction six years, and will require another year for ceinpleticn. The proportion of this vast and costly structure can hardly be reali,:e<l from the tigure* There are eleven spaus. two of which measure no less than 1.710 feet each, making the most majestic arches the world has ever seen. The extreme height of the bridge ia ;!iil feet ; the foundations are some ',11 fee! below the surface of the water, and there is a clear headway of 160 feel for ships of all si.vs to pass under. Ttia I'nited States War Departtnent has recently been colleciiug s'aii^t^cs ot the number of horses in several countries of the globe. Russia has il, 570.000 horses ; America, '.•,.">U0 000 , the .\ri:e!itine Repub lie. 4 000.000; .Vustria. 3 :.i"# 0«lO , (.leriuanv. 3,350,000 ; France. 2 (*00 oOO "ii.il :t00 OOO mules, F.ngland, J. 7'.'0,00l> hordes; Canada, •J O'.'i.OOO ; Spam. ii,S) 0-0 horses and '.'.300, 000 mules; Italv, -2 000.000 hors.s . Belgium, ;W3.000 ; Denmark .â- |n;.U00 ; Australia. (01.- 000; Holland, 1'25 iHW, ai.d Portugal. S-i,- 000 horses and 50. OOO mules. The Queen has granted permission to Mr. Fred. Kittou to engrave, fcr his forth- coming collection of Dickens' portraits, the pencil sketch of the novelist now m her possession. Thisnrawing, which was made from life by U. J. I.ane. the Associate En- graver of the Royal Academy, represents Charles Dickens as he was in the Pick- wickian days. It was bought by I'.ie (J teen from Mrs. Creort;- Catterraole ilo* of the artist, who so ably a.isisted in iilnstrating "Master Humphrey's Clock.' i'hia in- teresting {Kirtrait is now being engraved for the tirst time, and will doubtless add con- siderable value to Mr. Kittons book. The Pittsburg Dispulch rccintly saikl ; " The faithcuie people seem to avcid Jack- sonville, yet they have a cbaucc luere to make the best possible lest uf their theo- ries." This challenge to thei tiith healers did not long remain una,'oep*>d. Rev. John L. Willetts, of Salem. O.. wriies to the f >i»;Ni(c-.'i that a woman in his congrega tion is ready to g.> to Florida, provided the doctors will promise not to meeiille with the patients intrusted to her. but leave tJiem entirely in her hnndg, Sha thinks that not a single one will die under her ireatuv nt. Mr. Willetts believes that 'hreefourths of his congregation would foUo" him to Florida on the same terms. ht,t it is said that in the present critical cot'Jiiion of affairs the authorities are no! willing to couutonauce any experimenis. Tmk two hundredth anniMrsary of the death of John Bui.van, • 1 ho Cilcrious Dreamer," as lie has betn called, was recently celebrattd Large numbers o( p40- ple, among them insnv Aiuericjtns, visiied the grave in Bnnliill Fields, ".low tastefully enclosed and planted with trees and flowers, a graveyard* where lie the remains of Thomas Bradbury, Cromv.ell's sonsâ€" Kichaid aud Henryâ€" Daniel Defoe, Dr. Isaac Watts, Dr Waugh, one of ilv found- ers of the London Missionary Society, aud many others of earlier and later renowO. At the Bunyaii Meeting House, HeiUord, Dr. Brown, the pastor, and the biographer of Bunyan, unproved theoccasiou by prt ach- ing from the words, " He was a burniux aud a shining li^jht" (John v. 'J5), to a crowded house. Uh. Pkmno, a Ct'-rman Clovenuncnl oflicial, professes to )i»ve discovered a now derivation for the name F-ugland. or the F^ntilish. The word, ln> coiiteods, does not originate, as has for a ihousand years been supposed, from the Angles or from the dis- trict ot Angela, in 8chle»wij{, bat fro'u the Engern, a numerous and very powerful Saxon race, formerly living near the banks of the Weser Bede, and speaks valy of the Saxons who coloaized Britain. Dr. Bening points oat that, in Schleswig. Engelland is very i.uail, aud now h-is barely eiKht 'iio'isaud inhabi- tants 1 mortover, it lies ou the Baltic, to: OQthiNorih Sea. like the country of l hi Ecgeru. TuEF.E is 3 hamoroua aa well as a serious \ aide to the law. The old-faahioned way of ' leaving a shilling to the legatee with whijh to buy a rope to hang himself has been improved upon. Probata was granted last week of the will, dated ISth June. l-<>i~, of a testator who died recently in Lon '.ou aud left all his r^.-siduary estate to Xxo grand .iaughurs, hj.vin^ appointed as solt: execu- trix a daughter to whom ha be<jueathed .t"25, and to his wife one fartbing, whi-'h he directed the executrix to forward to her by pc:t, unpaid, as an indication of his disgust a: the treatment which he had receiver* at her hands, and especially in respect of the | abusive epithets, such as " old pig '." and others, which she used in circumstances .vhich he explained, but did not think justi- ried such opprobrious language. The will has evidently been carefully drawn, although not apparently by a solicitor, and is engrossed in a clerk- like manner, and dtily executed by the testator. Earl J AutuiuQ Carui Notes. Raw carrots, sliced, are appreciated by horses knd cows at all times. Tarn the sod under after frost appears if you wish to kill the cutworms. Do not put fresh skimmed milk into the churn urdess you want to waste one-:i!th of your butter in the buttermilk. There are many instances where thirty- live bushels of grain might jast as well be grown on one acre a.s twenty, if the right variety had been sown. The sâ€"'ll lotatoes can be utilized by boiliug them for stock. They are as valuable for that purpose as the larger ones. Old brush, rubbish piles, etc., atford excellent harboring places for rats, and unless removed the rodents will work down and burrow under ih<" barn walls. Never allow ;i seedling tree to grow unless ycu intend to graft it. It is a waste of lime, as no dependence can be placed ou the laality of fruit from seedling?. Rail fen.-es are not cheap if the annual value of the land occnpi-d by them is takeu into const JoratioD. Wire is much bt-tteras well as more durable. Toads a.'e the policemen of the garden They speedily transport insect depredators to a place where they will do no more harm And this mtarior jail is quite capacious. Mr. Harmejer, of New Jersey, has twenty-four eilos of 2 000 tons capacity. He recently opeited one that w^as nlled sevet! years ago and found its contents in excellent condition. Sprouts growing around the base and bodies of fruit trees are very unsighily. even though they may do no great harm, and should be removed without ilelay as soon as they appear. Corn cut for fodder while in bleKim. either to be dried or siloert, contains but It per cent, of solids. If left until ears are formed and the kernels be^iui to gla.x it will have "-'5 per cent, of soads. The famous cow Hioy Marchioness is dead. She was bought lu I?7 5 for the magnifictut sum ci SO I'l' although then only .") mouths old. She has proeiuced ten calves, all noted animals of great merit. The great preponderance of testimony shows that soft food is better for cattle th;iii is dry feed, auvl that in the dairy it - no trouble, with plenty of en^ilage. to ktep up the summer flow of niiU all the year .\s soon as an animal is fully maturel it ceases to gain, except iu fat, unless verv thin U IS the >ouug animal that makes the heavier gain in weight, but it is easier to fatten a matured animal than a younger one. Weeds that have not perfected the see<<s can be used tor bedding, after being dried. aiid tbvn thrown on the manure pile, but if the seeds ripeu they will bo carried back to the laud in the manure. " SPACE COSTS MOSEY." Some Fhtin Words to Thore Who Can Fie ou the Cap. The Gait Be/onrier publishes the appended remarks \.o its patrons, and aa they apply â€" happily cniy to a few in this city â€" they are rtprodu;el for their special bene- fit ;' 'â- We agai.i call the attention of the public to the fact that our space costs us money, the same as a merchant's clock costs him, ai:d they have no more right to expect us w give i( to them free than they would have to expect a dry goods man to give them so macy yards cf cloth or a grocer to give them so many pounds of sugar. We have ^iven dead-head notices of spcrtsand e:.t.-riainn-.ent3 inconae<jU''.-ce of which tl.-;y tvere very successful. We have given Ce;ii-head notices of church Services, in conse-iuence of which there was a good a:t ndan.e and lairge coUections. i^ c have given columns of reports, and the promoters of these events have thought we were well paid and under a compliment to th=m :f they Sell us a few tickets gratis. Line gentleman evi n told as that he thought tr.ere would be no necessity of getting any bills for an entertainment if we wrote it up Weil. Yet had we suggested that there was no necessity of paymg him a salary if he wotild just do the work reijuired of him gratis, this same gentletr.au would not have though: it was the correct thing. Fortunately for the printer these are only the exception-^, most people recognizii:g the fact that any printing they got was done at a reasonable rate, and was full value in i.self and that the a.ivertising should be paid for â-  that the complimentary tickets were an iuviiatiou fcr » r porter to be present and take cognizanet o! what was gcing on ; :uat this in the majority of cases was an inconvemeucc to tb-j reporter himself who would naturally rather be attending to his own private affairs. Ne'sspapers are now generally giving up the dead bead advertise- ment principle ; they Snd. like the rail- roads, that it d' cs nc: pay. that iu fact they cannot afford it. Labor and paper cost money. News is o:v thing, an adver- tisement is anot' r, though there is more or le^s news in aii advertisements. Many readers consider the ad erlisements the most importac' part ci the paper, because from thera the;, get the information desire. 1. but if all the advertisements were put i:3 tree there would soon be v.o paper, or else subscribers would have to paN a great leal mor-.' for their pap-- rs than they do now." One True iientlemau. This incident, told by James Pa\n, suggests a new and novel delinitiou of a gentleman: A lady singer, a little passee as -o years, and w'nose voice was not io good as it used to bo. failed to please the pitiless thronj; they groaned and hissei*. whereupon a person in the gallery called out. reproachfully : • Let the bloomin' old cjw have fair plav.' Then the lady came do>vn to the footlights, and with marked distinctness expressed her satisfactioii^lhat i'l the assembly before her " there was at east eiie true gentleman." A Tax ou Marrlac*- A London D<i:lii Chninicie St. Petersburg telegram eavs that in Yarkand the Chinese authorities htve imposed a most curious tax, namely, .'5 cop on all women who in- tend entering the bonds of wedlock. A traveller who has been th?re informs me that all merchants who visit Kashgar are I obliged to take a wife. As soon aa they I leave the town the wife obtains another husband, and thus the 5-eoptax brings in a J cousiJcrablo revenue to the Government. I When Tried, lluke a Mote Oo. I An old New I'.ngland housekeejHT savs ; " No insect that crawls can live under the npplicalioiiof hot alum and water. Take two pounds of ahiui and dissolve it iu three or four quarts of boiliug water, then apply it with a brush while nearly boiling hot to every joint and crevice in vour clos- ets, bedsteads, pantry ahelvis. the cracks in the floor and the crevices iu the skirting or mopboards." P«r%onal PolaU. Mrs. Keefer is having a very salisfi tory trip through the Maritime Province-*, speaking in the interests of temperance and of woman's work in relation thereto. A Mr. liell. of Lahave Islands, No»a Scotia, aged Mj years, ;s daily e.ugaged in tisiuug, and goes six miles a day to haul his nets. A mui-eutn has been erected to ti.e memory of Lady Brassey in her husband a tialace in London. Curiosities from all parts of the world are gathered t'.iere, and form, it ;s said, a remarkable collection. Nearly three mcnlbs ago Mrs. Youmans was atla 'ked wit't niuscalar rheumatism, a da> or two after her return from ihe .Montreal convention. She is now sutieri:ig from intianimatory rheumatism iu its most a. lite form, resting only while uuiier the iLtlueuev of opiates. Ber friends hope she may soon be able to be removed to Dars Mile. N Y . where she may have the benefit of special treat!--ent given thsre, but at present this caui;ot be i;ndertake:i w.'.li â- afely. Ibe .'-'â- â- â- (.'i.i'i .im. ruMH saTs of Mrs. Burnett Suiiih Annie S. Swam, who las been on a visit lo Kev. Mr Morton, ot the Congregational ("hurob. Hamilton : " Sbe IS the most popular Scotch novelist of the day. She intends spending a short season of recreation in Canada and the Cniied States. We may be sure that wherever ?he goes the authoress of " Aldersyde " will be warmlv welcomed. Caui-lit by a Th.ead of H.i' . '.- a..ce a:;d I walked oat rcu dty, It, Marcb 8 ^lady weatb-r. .1 ^-.-t tl< w oat of ber ctlXisEtcuay. -ALU we were clote togetlivr. a siiicle thraaJ. ca_-it: te ' y -_e 2.. \Z' and aiw ^>cn. a tw;-t-;, The more we tried to .i;; .t:ne tee h:.. , TLr a:cre iLe ba-r re-^istcd. \nA sermebow our fiugdrs ,;o*- entv: i-id . Ht-r ebeeks grew not wim btUhhes, I -aid " Lei's never tbe ha.r aa* iLd . .\-d Uje lU&rcb wind ^tirre i ti:e .-u--bM. A'.'i iti- was traiiy a year ago, hv.i tCiI), tba: i'ay'l t'les.- , . Her bair is silvar. wb.le a;;i;e is nrrcv â€" Bt r fci.swer- y,;^ a.i co.: itutss .t Th^: i.L-ii^e hair prov-.l a t a_ i of aieel, T ' I'lnd us l'> eau-b i tber Togetnt-r we share â-  'ir wi.t n:; i wea,' And Lboagb wed, I an; ^i... ^er '.e .-i- i- SAarriage a Fail are * A. corrc-spocdent says :: . and asks : " What di; your readers think of these rulaa to make marriage a sui.-cees Rale 1 â€"Never t:nder any circumstaucea let the wife introdc.'e her hisbani to her mother. Rule . â€" N>ver let the wife a.^k he: hua- band for money, bat always ;ay her biUa out of her own private inccn;.?. Role c â€" Never let ihe wife ask aer hus- band where he is going :r .vhere be has been; and. at what e\er hour ,<f ibe night be retttme. let him alwav s usd his wife waiting up with his slippers read.v . and ".he spirit stand on the table. Rale -1â€" Never let the wife ask the htw- band lo come home to dinner at ar . 5xe<i hour; and if he doesn't cc:::e at all take no notice. Rale jâ€" Always have on-? or two pretty young lady friends staying in the house in oraer that ; our husband m;-.y have ,om.e onH :o talk to. Rule C â€" When the babies begin to come, put thera cut to nurse auti; they are of aa inierestiag age. and have left c? crving. Then buy all their clothes yourself, and when th-jy go to school get ycur papa to pay for their education. Rule 7â€" Never ask your husband to taka vou anvwbere unless he octers to. Then bo careful 2?t to have a headache or to trouble hiri:toge: yeu any thing. If a'ldtthe plav or the opera is over he wants to go to his -dub, say : "Don t bothertosee nie to the carnage, dear" Siss him and let hira go. If be objects tc the kistiing omit it. Rale ^ -When >our husbanii sees yon, always wea- a smile. Never be ill or out of sorts, aud never fail to let your husband I know tha: yon consider it a very great honor ^ to have married bun. and that ou are tilled with a sense of your own uuwjrtbiucss for such an exalted position. The strict observance of these rales will enable many a wife who is asked â- â-  Is mar- riage a failure'"' to reply with a large Au3 triumphant "No. ' A Thier'a Call. The Chicago /n.vi'.tMH of Sunday last has the following: J. Koss Robertson, pro pritt"roflhe Kvtnin i I't'nijram, ' oronto, Canada, dined yesterday with a party of 'ru-i ds. Comparative honesty between Canadians and Americans was the facetious table talk. F. -\ Cummings and R C Gneus were prt-rnt. While the part) were about to leave a citi/en came in and coolv lock Mr. Robertson s silk nmbrelia and overcoat a. id walked out of the door. It was so cool a job that all were dumb- onnded. Mr. R. soon jumped to his feet and rushed to the door and caught the man on tlie pavement. â-  li-xcuse me, sir'" he said: " you have :".y coat and umbrella!" ••.\h"' Ihe man said: 'indeed.' Why. ir.y dear sir." looking at the umbrella. " a nusiaki sure. Here they are " " Vou are the most jtolite thief I ever saw, " said Mr Robertbon. " Yts, I've been in the business a long time. Say. Cully, please don't have me collared " "Why, no, indeed; they ouxht to send you to Congress -a man with \onrgall. I live in i.'anada. where they onl> sneak umbr-.Uas and coats at night. " Good day, si I." I he episode gained the Canadian editor the debate and cost the Cfaicagoan about $11 50. Dr. W. L. Candee, of Milwankea. Wis. who is nesring the century mark in life, saw the tirst steamboat ascend the Hudson and rode upon the lirst railroad built iu the United States between Albany and Sheiieotady. He was intimately act|uai with Robert Fulton, the inventor ot ateam- boate. " How doea the new girl strike you?" asked a citizen at dinner lately. " She hasn't struck me yet, ' answered his wife, meekly. " But she baa done almost every- thing else." Aunt Has anv one been at these .\ Rvlie oftlie Manitoba KrIwUion. Railway men in making the grade ,'athe north bank of the Assiniboine, at Winni- peg, turned up the skeleton of a man. sup posed to be thai of Scott, shot by Riel's orders in the lirst rebellion. Military but- tons weie found, and Scott is said to have worn a similar kind on his clothing when shot. The bones have been carried otY bv relic hunters. : he skeleton was only 30 inches under the surface and was within a short distance from where the tragedy occurred twenty years ago. If there is anything that makes a thrifty Yankee mad it is to have a checked satchel. worth with contents about |5, turn up just *"" after ho has put iu a lost baggage claim tor "'^''* J50. Prof. Kolransch baa recently estimated the quantity of electricity iu a flash ot lightMing. He finds that from 7 to 35 flashes would be required to keep an iucau desceut lamp barning an hour. Thiuk of a man going to the gallowa with pre- ' the photograph of the girl he murdered in serves'.' (Dead silence > Have you touched one baud and a small American flag in the Ue bases his theory par»ly j them, Jimmy? Jimmy (with the atnn<«t other! That waa the wretched spectacle ou ihe statements of the old British tuonk, deliberation )- Oildai. He Mved considerably eitrlicr than dinner. -Pa never 'lows me to talk at afforded at the last San tion. Francisco cxecu Ot:r Siaaity Never gec'ire. liach r.imd feels a certain wa.e of an happiness when it looks in upon itself and marks 'i a many wheetamust 'oe m perfect order to secure what is called sanity. In such uiomentB of introspection the thought .•oitPP tha' ::ot oniy is the thinker cra^y, bu; all "'-••; and women ar" no; a little era y ; thai perfect seuse is luipossible. A prc'essc- it; a Chicago colleg-' walked into a canal .n broad dav linht. He was think- ing ,'* So::',- tniug else than the .'anal and o£ nn :.ooo black suit of clothes. He enjoyed bit ;iciert;?;" reverie, but he e t wet. He '-.ad to r-nir- lo his home and charge the eattrual .vruppints of his wise, pompoca sou. The man who was telhug this story d t'S UL'f.rtunate professor walked out of ara.Kva. .'sr at the next station and let* his \alis--' :a t^" rack tc go oi; and on and and r.ev- to be found. Ihus, while the canal wei the clothes of cue rational being, the railv.sy carried away ail the clean shirte of anoth-.T A third man got o5t at the tirst jtat:^:; to wait for the ne.\t train t» bring hirj his railway ticket and his buGcb o.'k»".j. In an hour the ticket and keys came, but his big valise had been left be- hind aud the trunk was not locked. The persons designated as insane are % little less rational than the average, but io each person in the circle of nations there i* going on a perpetual struggle between what IS called the vital princiide aud the millions of atomsâ€" the atoms being liable to stam- pede like a herd of wild cattle. â€" Fn\femr I'aviJ Stc.n-) in Chicaiio Jourial. Don't r A health r"ankout West is preparing m t'lannal '^' " Hygienic Donts." Here are A few sj>ee.:uena : Don't drin'ti alcholic or malt li,]uors. Don't drink cotlec. tea or cocoa. Don't drink hot water, for it par- boils aii.i deetrovs the stomach. I'on't drink cc'd water, for it paralyzes the digesti' 9 .'rgaua. Dou't drink milk, for it cau-es ccusnniption. Don : eat bread, either leavened or unleavened : they are bet." deadly Don't eat pork. Don't eat raw vcgi-tables or fruit, for thi y botli con- tain living oiganisms. Don't eat them cooked, 'o" co.iking induce.-; deleterious chemical changes. Don't walk fast, as it uses up your life. Don't walk slow, as it makes tiie muscles dabbv. ' A Se«(u«nre iu Courtahtp. A surbarbau Boston poet has discoveretj that the order of sequence ;u courtship is tirst to get on good terms with the girl; second, with the dog; and third, with the parents. During til? month of August l'J.:*:U im- migrant- arrived in Canada, and the total arrivals from January 1st were U6.0'27, or an increase of nearly It 000 as compared with the same period last \ear. The liT-ress of Japan is becoming one of the best informed women ot the time. She is a student of Cerraan, Russian, F'rench and Italian, aud has certain day» on which Japam 88 is a forbidden language. Rev. R. T. Cunningham, of Bowdeu, England was suddenly sized with illneaa on September lOih while attending a meet- ing of the Manchester Presbytery, and expired within a few minutes afterwards. The Methodist congregation at Owett Sound, tir'ding their present church too small fcr the congregation, propose the buildiug of a handsome editice west of tha river iu Bay Ward. Mr. Cisdstone waa lloggad but onoe at Fiatou. So the English papers say iu » ' Personal " current there He got the gad because h" plnckily stood up for a boy who waa a liitle deeper in the mud than Pupil / Gladstone was in the mire.