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BOAD-MAKING. How To Improve Our Highways- An Assecislie*. Vorwtr.t r-btrh Will Agi- tate r.r Better would be $I.SOft ; a broken stone road VMM co*t f 1,596.20 per mil* ; in these two latter case* being the cot of material. If tin tone bad to be freighted from t distance of 50 mile* it would eoit 9l.736.dU per mile, r irst-clasii rnads would thus coet an aver- age of fl.8000 a mile, and a greater demand woald diminish the price. This quality WM by far the most satisfactory. Drainage, In Toronto last we*k o Association wss ' Mr ' t -' MD P b ll insisted upon as being very formed to be known as tne " Good Road* Association," which will usher in a new stele of things in connection w.th Ontario highways. The following are th* ornciu or THB AasocLmoxj i President, Mr. Andrew Paltnllo, Wood- stock. First Vice- President, J. f. Beam, Black Creek. Second Vice- President, A. P. McDouaall. W. Middlesex. Secretary- Treasurer. K.W. McKay, St. Thomas. Executive Committee :- James Beatty, Campbellton, Elgin ; Alan McDougall, Toronto ; J.C. Judd, Morton, Lee Is ; James Sheppard, Lincoln ; Alfred Hunter, Fron- tenac ; P. Malon, Wellington : Frank Reed, N. Grey ; Jam** McEwmg, Dray ton ; D. Derbyshire, Brockville, and Win. Jelly, Shelborne. OBJECTS or TH ASSOCIATION. fl) To combine, as far as practicable, the efforts of all persons engaged in the work for road reform. I-') To awaken interest in the subject among ths people at large. (3) To rsceive, publish and discuss any well-considsred plans for local. Provincial or national action or legislation. (4) To aid in providing for a proper road exhibit and instruction in roadmaking at all Farmers' Institute, county, da ry men's, creamery, cheesemen's and other associa- tion meetings. (5) T* establish the Association on ths broadest possible basis throughout the country, so that its influence may be of weight in any direction in which it may ultimately bs thrown. (8) To obtain and aprcad among the lo- cal associations full information regarding recent legislation for road improvement. (7) To obtain aad publish full informa- tion regarding methods of roadbailding as practised in various parts of Canada, the United States and other countries. (8) To procure and turntsh to local as- sociations, at rednosd prices, all valuable publications on the subject of roads and read legislation. The temporary management does not feel authorized to adopt any line of policy, or commit the association to any special scheme that might antagonize the parti- sans of others, and thus dsfeat it* immedi- ate purpose to unit* and solidify th* move- ment. The immediate formation ot County As- sociations is recommended as a step toward ths spread of the organization into town- ships and school districts. County Secre- taries will hs appointed by the Executive Committee upon the recommendation of prominent citizens. Until the county and other associations are fully organized, all correspondence will be conducted through the general head- quarters. All county and local association* are at liberty to act independently in local mat- ters of road improvement, and will bs sup- ported by the national organization a* far as it is practicable). The local associations are expected to meet occasionally and discuss *.he papers sent to them and the general subject, and forward their suggestions to tne national headquarter* for consideration and publica- tion, if thsy are novel and important ; to push ths work of organization and educa- tion in tbsir vicinity, and, when the organi- sation is sufficiently advanced, to etna de- legates to s general assembly of the associa- tion*, to choose a permanent management ku< I take such action as may promote the general purposes of the movement. A l-Al'ER ON ROAD- JUKI. SO, During th* convention, Mr. A. W. Camp- bell. P. L.S..C. K. A., M. C. S.. City Ea- gineer of St. Thomas, read a valuable technical paper on " The Improvement of Country Roads. " He prefaced hi* remarks by declaring hs had no personal interests in ths matter, as engineer* would be em- ployed under the new style of things, just as they are under ths drainage act ; the farmers, to a great silent, would be their own engineers. Mr. Campoell's paper first dealt with the faults of statute labor, and then cited the precedent of the present method of draining farm lands. When the agitation to establish it was on, it was ob- jected that the farmers were intelligent enough to drain their lands themselves, and that the scheme would result in hives of officer*. But the plan prevailed, and up to 1HA3 seventeen western township* alone had raised and expended the sum of $>, 154,- 000 for drainage purposes, with excellent results, showing that large amount* of mousy can be r%is*d when there is convic- tion that the improvement is worth ths ex- penditure. Good roads are so valuable that whan ths taxpayer* consider the mat- ter thsy will incur ths expense. Mr. Campbell then cited the work done by him in St. Thomas, where improve- ments are made on ths frontage tax system. After much trouble with the streets, they were scientifically gravelled, at a cost of $3,310 80 psr mile : on a narrower country road the oost would bs but $1,1:26 40 per mile, reckoning the gravel a* with three ; miles of the work. The work done was so satisfactory that next year, in 1892, six other streets petitioned for improvement, and, as they had heavier traffic, were made with crushed stone, at a cost of $r>,S06 psr mils ; the cost for similar work on an eight- foot roadway being $1,S8 80 per mile. An- other variety of road which he described coat $.%702.40 per mile, or 91.75158 per mile for an eight-foot roadway. Mr. Campbell gave the closest figures for the cost of these streets. He then discussed the question of gravel roads in the country. The metalled part, except near towns, need not be more than tight feet wide, and he gave a careful estimate of the cost of a roadway of that width, with ditches two and a half feet deep, two feet wide at the bottom, and side slopes of one foot horizon- tal to one foot vertical. With the use of machines, the cost per mile would be: Drain- ing. $211 50 : grading. $135 . iVi cord, of gravel at $3. 75 per eo.-il,t<tt7.. r )O; rolling, $|O ; eommissiooers' expenses, $50 : total, $1,334. Gravsl road, with ttats stone foundations. important, acd he gave full directions as to how it should be done. These estimates given, Mr. Campbell furnished an estimate of the cost of improving 175 miles, being the road mileage at present maintained in Yarmouth Township, near St. Thomas. Ths estimate was : 17-> miles, $1.NOO per mile, $313,000 : equal annual payments, 4 per cent., 30 years, JlH.i 16,4." ; maintenance, fJi per mile, $3,500; total yearly payment, $11,716,45. There is now paid for mainten- ance, including statute labor at $1 per day, f J,000, so that the extra, oost for 3O years would be $1:2,716,30. There are 70,000 acres in the township, sssessed at $..7UO,000, and the extra ra- required for the annual payment would be 4; mill*. Of the $315.000, ths sum of $1.17,500 would be spent in the township, the property would be benefited by $400,UUO. and tne net gain to the township would be $242,500. Mr. Campbell then added some remarks on ths necessity of carrying the work on in a busi- ness-like manner. The members of the convention at once fell upon Mr. Campbell and cross-questioned him right and left. He was asked as to the assessment method, quality of stone used, ths value of machines, the difference made by soils, the worth of field stones, the method of drainage, and a number of other practical questions, to all of which he re- turned clear and definite answers. No family livin B in a bilious country should be without Fannslee's Vegetable Pills. A fsw doses taken now and then will keep the liver active, cleanse the stomach and bowels from all bilious matter and prevent Ague. Mr. J. L. Price, Shoals, Martin Co., Ind.. writes: I have tried a box of Parmelee's 1'ills and 2nd them ths best medicine for Fever and Ague I have ever used. No one need fear cholera or any summer complaint if they have a bottle of J. D. Kellogg's Dysentery Cordial ready for use. It corrects all looseness of the bowels promptly and causes a healthy and natural action. This is s medicine adapted for ths young and the old, rich and poor, and is rapidly becoming the must popular medicine for cholera, dysentery, etc., in the market. LIFE AT BIDBAUHALL After Li:"o in Holy-rood Pilao and Dublin OMt!e- Lenl *..| Laar awersleee. In a Vleerecal Pesitlea fee saw Third TIsBe-mvawtas;- ". levees. iJ Mnners In oij !! Lsre) Aberdeen had I* Kiss Ike Life Daring th R*in of Terror- He could see now what she was, but he saw also how graceful was her walk, ho* beautiful her ngnre. Of course she display eil these advantages, of which she was fully conscious, from a good motivs, bat an stinct, inherited poeeibly from Mother Eve, may have had sometaing to do with is. All at once loud cries rose on the air, fol- lowed by a ruth of feet. A crowd was run- ning up behind them. The roar was the same that Manette had heard the day before in the Rue de Busty, when the snob, about to sack the grocers' shops, passed under her window. She knew what it meant. A popular tumult was sweeping through the Rue de Seine, which five minntea before had been so quiet and deserted. The crowd was already running under the wall of the College dee Quatrs- Nations, where Manette had just encountered the' man in a blue coat. Alarmed at the prospect of finding her- ssH she next moment borne along by ths hideous throng, the girl began to run, and ths east wing of the edifice terming a deep axwle as it abutted on the quay, she rushed into it for shelter. The human whirlwind swept passed. Manette saw a man who was running a few yards in advance of the pack of wild beasts who were pursuing him. He was an old man with white hair. His black clothes were fluttering in tatter*, for he had bean seiz*i already, and had escaped out of their hands. It was women who followed more closely at hi* heels. They were foremost among his pursuers. Ths wbols ps>ck yellej and bowled. " A la lanterns !" they cried. " He is a priest I Down with all priests ! A la lan- terns !" A crowd of mem followed the women, as eager as they were to be in at tike death of a hunted human being. One of the foremost furies turning round, suddenly snatched a pike that a man near her was waving in his hand ; and the possession of this weapon seemed to give her fresh strength. At one bound she was in advance of all ths ciow>i, and ths length of the pike JiJ the rest. The victim fell. Manette had shut her eyes. .She did net see the murderers spring upon their bleeding quarry. Her trembling hands let fall her Dvndle, her limbs sank under her she grew faint. She would have fallen, but that a man'* arm supported her. A man's voice whispered : " Never fear them. lam here to help you. Let me take, charge of of yon. I will place yon in safety." [Translated from the French, in Lattsll's Living Age. This year's Viceregal Drawing-room on the Saturday night after the opening of the session of Parliament will, according to ths general expectation here, qune eclipse all previous pageants that have had the crim- son and (old splendours of the Senate chamber for setting. Lady Aberdeen will be attended by two pages her Uttls son, Hon. Archie Gordon, and the son of Mr. Gordon, Lord Aberdeen's military secretary, both of whom are ten years old who will carry her train. This will be an innova- tion here. When Lord Aberdeen was vice- roy of Ireland, Lady Aberdeen's train was always borne on occasions of viceregal tate and ceremony by pae* of honour. There is AfrrTHBR rSNOT.lTIO!* which Lord Aberdeen might introduce from the Viceregal Drawing-rooms at Dublin. But it is not at all likely that he will. N hen he wu Viceroy every lady who was presented he had to Kiss lightly on the cheek. That would be a most interesting innovation here, and would add immensely to the pictoresqneraess of the approaching Drawing-room. But it u, perhaps, too much to hope for. Ottawa, however, has had little reason to complain of their Excellencies, the present Governor General and Lady Aberdeen, for not Having introduced innovations, from the Sunday in November last when ths Kidean hall party drove in state to St. Andrew's church, with postilions on the carriage horses, down to the last meeting of the Haddo House Cl-jb. at which, LoH Aberdeen presiding, Mr. Grant, the butler st Ridean Hall who, by ths way, makes clever sketches in water-colour read a paper en early Oanadian history to t je assembled household, alter which their Excellencies' two youngest children, with their governess, sang s trio, %nd ssvsrrl songs and recitation* were given, in which Capt. Kindersley's valet and one of tbs footmen came out particularly strong. Ot- tawa has been afforded no end of matter for talk, and. it may bs hoped, for profit- able consideration. Everybody in Canada knows, of course, of the tireless activity in doing good which won for Lord and Lady Aberdeen in Ireland that really marvellous halo of favor and good-will which they have from the Irish people. They have come to Canada, with tne same high sense of their duties and responsibilities which marked their tenancy of Dublin Cas'.le. The keynote of Lord Aberdeen's character waasonnded in the first speech he mads upon t. v* DISC; AT ijCBBBC. "It is indeed an office of high honours, as well as of grave and serious responsibil- ity," he said, sneaking of the Governor- Generalship. But doss the honour sad dignity of it exclude the holder from the common lot, the common Heritage of service* Nay, it implies, it includes, it conveys this privilege, this grand principle and purpoee of life". There are no two busier people in the twe little hoys, Hon. Dudley Gladstesw (onion and Hon. Archie Gordon, in the court dress of pages in ths reign of Charles II.. acted as their mother's train-bearers, and before the dinner their Excellencies' eldest daughter, Lady Marjorie Gordon, the thirteen-year-old editor of the magazine for children, " Wee Willie WinkiV pre sented the gentlemen with bontonnisrs ot violets. These large State dinners of be- tween forty add rifty are an innovation at Ruieaa Hall. In Holyrood Palace, however, Lord and Lady Aberdeen and their guests, numbering 1.10 in all, usnd to sit down to- gether in the long picture gallery, all at one straight table, which is said to bs the longest :a Great Britain. In Edinburgh, as in Dublin, Lord aid Lady Aberdeen signalized their stay, in their positions of Viceregal honour, with SCCH LAVISH SPUXDOCR ss fsw, perhaps none, ot their predecessors bad attained to. It was said of them that ti-ey had acquired the art ot being at ease and of putting other people at their ease, even on the steps of ths throne. At the outset of these remark* there was mention made of the Viceregal levees at Dublin Cas'Je, at which the Viceroy kisses the ladies presented. The following des- cription was written by a gentleman who was present at one of the Drawing-rooms when Lord Aberdeen was Viceroy : "The Viceroy took his place in front of the throne, Lady Aberdeen beside bun ; th Viceregal party grouped in proper order and placed on either side. Then the door to the left was thrown open and there began a slow profession of the ladies who were to be presented. So rigid is ths rule, none might appear at th- State ball unless this ceremony had been gone through with. An official awaited each trembling maid or matron, took from her the card on which was written her name, pasted it and her on to his colleague nearer the throne, who repeated the name to the V icercy. Arriv- ed in front of his Excellency, the debutante sank to the floor in ths lowest curtsey she could manage. The Lord- Lieutenant held out bis handto rsiss her a support which to soms of them was plainly welcome and even needful and ss shs cans up kissed her lightly on the cheek. Bl.l'SHES CAM! AND WS*T on ths faces thus touched by the Viceregal lips or moustache, and 1 even thought I saw a faint dicker of colour on Lord Aberdeen's face as te bestowed th salute on ths ladies best known to li.m. But it had to be done, and among the fine young officers on duty that night there would have been plenty of volunteers ready to relieve their Viceregal master bad he sought relief. Then the ladies curtseyed once more to her Excel- lency, and so passed on. The procession was then reformed and the Lord- Lieutenant and suite and guests proceeded to the ball- room. In St. Patrick's haU the scene was a very pretty one to behold. The company bad drawn to sither side, leaving an open Maes, alitng which advanced the glittering Vioeregal column. The Lord- Lieutenant was in full uniform di ene coat of dark bine or green, the colour nearly invisible beneath its massive embroideries ot gold ; white breeches, cocked bat ; altogether a costume which showed to advantage the hssdinssi dark face, with its full bat closely trimmed , black bean), and flashing eye*, and well-set . figure. Lady Aberdeen was in St. Patrick'* blue, neck and houlder* blaxmg with gems. 1 he officers ol ths household were in full uniform, or fall Court drees, and the rule was the same for everyone else. The MS. AID MIS. EOWgR. the Dominion than Lcrdsod Lady A berdeen. From morning till night Ridean Hall is like s bee-hive and their Kicellencies' ambition myriad hues of all this gorgeous raiment , a centre of | were tne more daulins? against ths whits walls, and ths spectacle altogether was picturesque anywhere to Australia harbors one species of kanga- roo no larger than a> rat. Kvery poem, every history, every oration every picture, every status, is an sxpsri lent on human feeling. Whoever is out of patience is out of his soul. Men must not turn bees, and kill themselves in stinging others. There is no breathing man to whom the alternatives of right and wrong are not continually present. When the vote of a jury in Germany stands nx to six the prisoner is acquitted. Eat to please thyself, but drees to please others. On earth ths broken arcs, in heaven the peif vl round. Delicacy is to the mind what fragrance is to the fruit. A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others. Our greatest glory i* not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. Prejudice is never easy unless itcan pass itself off for reason. Slander it the reverse of a coward, and dissimulation bin defense. Alcohol U distilled from sweet potatoes, one bushel of the potatoes yielding a gallon of the fluid. is to make it, like a bee-hive, sweetness and light. Lady Aberdeen constantly boey with the attain of many societies and organizations for doing goo.i, both in the New World and in the Old. with the editing of ths monthly magazine. Upward and Onward, wh: basso wide a circulation in the Old Country, asd with her duties as the lady of Rideau Hall. Much might be written aboat the house- hold life at Rideau Hall, fram the morning prayer* in the chapel which Lord Aberdeen has had built next the conservatory to the lekly meetings of ths household elnb, which is social anil educational, and in con- nection with which there are nliesns in singing, sewing, painting, wood carving, and other branches. In Dublin the viceregal establishment. when Lord Aberdeen was Viceroy, was on a far grander scale than the eatablisntnent at Ridean Hall. There were twelve aides- de-camp, of whom thrws at least were always in uniform. There was a Controller, a Chamberlain, a Chaplain, a State Steward, a Gentleman L'shsr, a Master of the Home, the Ulster King at Arms, Gntlemen-m- VV ailing, and many others, to say nothing of th* Physician-in-Ordinary aod ths Surgeons-m-tVdinary, and especially the Surgeon-Dentist in-Ordinary, who, it may be hoped, en joyed a sinecure. There was all ths state and splsn Jour of a court. There was a Court Circular, in which ths move- ments of the Viceroy and thoes about him were daily chronicled, with the names of the guests at ths Viceregal dinner party, exactly ss at Windsor, or Osberoe, or Bal- moral. tjuite ths same ceremony and royal state are indeed observed in Dublin Castle as at Windsor. The Viceroy, being the personal representative of her Majesty, cannot derogate from his place. His precedonos was one of tho difficulties tha>t stood in the way of the visit of THB rmv s o* \> ALES to Ireland. I be Prince was not willing to taks rank after the Viceroy, nor was the Viceroy, then Lord Spencer, willing he should. It required s special and reluctant di*p*DMtion from th* Queen to enable the Viceroy to yield up fir the time being the Viceregal throne to the Heir -Apparent. Lord and Lady Aberdeen, before going to Dublin, had had experience of Viceregal ceremony and state, which are not unlike ths divinity that doth hedge a king. For five years Lord Aberdeen had been her Majesty's Lord High Commissioner to the Church of Scotland. He was ths personal representative of ths Sovereign, and had the singular title " His ilra.-e, ' like an arch- bishop, and though his mission was eccles- iastical, and his daily duty to preside over th* General Assembly of th* Church of Scotland, he was never to be seen out uniform. He had hi* aides-de-camp and went in state. Lady Aberdeen had, too, what she had not in Dublin, two ladios-ia- waitmg. In Edinburgh Lord and Lady Aberdeen dwelt in Holyrood Palace, where they held Viceregal drawing-rooms and levees. Here at Ru'eau Hall the State dinner* are served in the ball-room. At ths last one of ths) most be seen. AJSD Canada has no gold coins. Ueneva has a watch school. Bees never store honey in th* light. Birds with long legs have short tails. Amateur classes in nursing are a m fad. Philadelphia ha* 25,000 more women than New Zealand sends frozsn mutton to England. Good win* in Franc* sells as low as 10 cent* s quart. Visiting cards wsre widely used in China 1, 100 years ago. Windows ai* now kept from frosting by little electric fans. Tray. X. Y.. makes over $4,000,000 worth of stoves every year. Three out of every 13o English speaking people have red hair. The only use nf a bird's tail is to sei as a rudder during flight. Thore are 1,7".) separate railroad com- panies in ths United States. A pedigree book of high-bred oat* has just been published in England. Ths Spanish peasant work* every day and dance* half toe night, and yet sat* only his black bread, onion and watermelon. The Smyrna porter eats only a little fruit and soms olives, yet he carries with ease his load of 3UO pounds, There is a ciub in Berlin called the Giants, every member of which is six feet tall. Vienna has a Lazy Club, no member of which doe* anything for a living, and Lon don a Bald Headed Club, where nothing but polished skulls are seen. A second edition of the Siamese twins, now being exhibited at Hong Chow, are two nice-looking boys about 6 yean old, bound together by a ligament of flesh near th* middle of the side*. Thsy sre as much alik* in appearano* and as near equal in size ss it is possible to be. A unef-stricken parent advertises for his lost boy in th* Nicholasvills (Ky. ) Journal. Th* wanderer is described specifically and the ad. should " fetch him to taw." " He has a long head, a long lacs, big nose, thick lips, (pare made, raw-boned, dark brown hair, 9 years old and large for his sge. The rive largest sailing vessels are th* Somali. Kritish fouranaster, registered ton- nage 3,5.17, carrying capacity 5.800 long tons : the Koanok*. American four-master, registered tonnage 3, 44 Hi, carrying capacity 5.UUO long tons : the Shenandoah, American four- master, registered tonnage 3,258, carrying capacity 4,800 long tons : the France, French. five-mastsr.registerod ton- nage .1.7H4. carrying capacity, tf.OOO long tons, and the Liverpool. British four- master, registered tonnage 3,330, carrying capacity 5,100 long ton*. Tfee wtUel Little Wife has Kxpertenee wills efts cnp. "What's this ! What's tmi "' sxrUimed Mr. Bowser, as hs came home the other evening and found Mrs. Bowser lying on the sofa and looking very much distressed. "The doctor say* it'* the grip a second attack," she explained. "I wss taken with a chill and headache about noon and * "Grip ? Second attack T That's all non- sense, Mrs. Bowser ! Nobody can have the gnp a second tint*," 'But the doctor jays so, " "Then the doctor is an idiot, and I'll tell bias so to bis face. I know what's tho mat- ter with yon. You've been walking around the back yard oaiefooted or doin<( some other foolish thing. I srpectsd it, however. No woman is happy unless she's flat down about half the time. How on earth any of you sex manage to livs to bs 'JO years old is a mystery to me. The average woman has no more sense than a rag baby." "I haven't been careless, shs replied. " 1 know better ! Of course yon have. If you hadn't been you wouldn't be where yon are. Grip bs hanged ! Well, it's only right that you should suffer for it. Call it what you wish, but don't expect any sym- pathy from me. W bile I use every precau- tion to preserve my health yon go sloshing around in your bare feet, or sit on a cake of ice to read a dime novel, or do some other turn fool thing te flatten yon out. I refuse t* sympsthiss with you, Mrs. Bowser abso- lutely and Use totally refuse u> utter on* word of pity. " Mrs. Bowser had nothing to say in reply. Mr. Bowser ate his dinner alone, took ad- vantage of th* occasion to drive a few nails and make a great noise, and by and by went off to his club and was gone until midnight. Next morning Mrs. Bowser felt a bit better and uv*de a heroic attempt to bs about until hs started for the office. The only reference be mads to her illness was to say : " If yon live to be 9)0 years old you may possibly learn something about the laws of health and be able to keep out ot bed three day* in a week. " Mrs. Bowser was all right at th* end of three or tour days, and nothing more was said. Then one afternoon at 3 o'clock a carriage drove up and a stranger assisted Mr. Bowser into the nous*. He was look- ing pals and ghastly, and his chin quivered and bis knees wobbled. "What is it, Mr. Bowser?" she exclaimed as shs met him at the doer. " Bed doctor death !" he gasped in reply. Mrs. Bowser got him to bed aad examin- ed him for bullet holes or knife wounds. There was none. He had no broken limbs. Hs hadn't fallen off a house or been half drowued. W be* she had s*4isn*d herself on thss* point* shs asked : "How were yon taken T" "W-with ac-chill :' he gasped ; " with i c-hill and a b-backacbe '." "I thought so. Mr. Bowser, you have thi grip -a second attack. As f havs some medicine left there's no need lo send for th* doctor. I'll hav* you all right im a day or two." "G*t th* doctor at once," wailed Mr. Bowser, "or I'm a dead man : Such a bask-' ache ! So cold I Mrs. Bowser, if I should d die, I hope- * Kmotion overcame Mr. Bowjer and he euuld say no more. Ths dorter nsssi and prouounced it a second attack of grip, but a very mild on*. When be had departed Mrs. Roweer didn't accuse Mr Bowser with putting on hi* summer flannels a month too soon; with forgetting his umbrellai and get- ting soaked through; with leaving his rub- bers at home and having damp fret all day. She didn't express wonder that he hadn't died year* ago nor prodiet that when he reached the age of Methuselah he would know better than to roll in snowbanks or stand around in mud puddle*. -She didn't kick o'er chain or slaui doors or leave hint alone. ^W hen Mr. Bowser shed tears she wipe.Uihem away. When he OVJ*,D-| she held his hand. When a* said h* felt that th* grim spectre was nsar and wanted t* kiss ths baby good -by* shs cheered him with the prediction that hs would be a |i*al 4eal better next dry. Mr. Bowser didn't get up next day, though the doeter said he could. He lay in bed and sighed aad uttered torrovfsj mosoe and groans. H* wanted toast and preserves : be had to havshelp to tun over ; he worried about a relapse ; he had to ..av* "1 ISJTi tr< T, a damp cloth on his forehead ; he wanted to have a council of doctors, and he read th* copy of his last will andteeuunentoverthre* times. He was all right next morning, however. When Mrs. Bowser asked him how he felt he replied: How do I feel? Why. as right as in- vot, of coarse. When a man take* the car* of himself that I do when he has the nerve and will power I have bs can tnrow off most any thing. Von would have died, Mr* Rowssr. but I was scarcely affected. It was just a play spell. I'd like to be real nek once to see how it would seenu 'holera.1 suppose it was, bn ton laid* offeri- ng s little tired I wasn't at all affected." And the dutiful Mrs. Bowser looked al inn and swallowed it all and never said a word to hurt his feeliaga. The Limosin hunting horn, sold at Chris- ie's auction-house, Colworth, London, im H9S, hrought $30.300. In New York tenement* th* crowding ot from seven to twelve person* in two small oss* i* a common occurrence. Dupont's powder mill*, in Wilmington* >*L, are furnished with hinged roofs, so that in case of an it plosion the damage will be minimized. The scarlet tanager, by many considered he most beautiful bird in America, ha* within a lew years become so rare that it is seldom seen. The milliners have almost ixtermioatsd I