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 llyLortLoT*. â- "~*nn uid ihontad Lost I Lett I LiMtr When I avake from heavy lidded sleep. And through the iterneit Ubor of the d»y, And when I watch the dying sun's Ust »»y. And while my ioqI in faocy'i drcMM I steep â€" • Forever ringing through my work or pUy, Those words 'ike a per^tetaal m-^n, Make my life a consUnt undertone. Whmt have I loet. That such a murmur ever hannteth me What sad enchantment hath my life to croat, And aught me such a minor melody I will look back into the (laat and see If I can lind why I so haunted be. This do I find That I have lost a love â€" a love that seemed With kuch a passion to my iwn resigned, That I had deemed That love for ever mine but love bath wing And soon departs, as do all happy things. And yet I had not sought This love it came unasked, a shivering bird, Half frighted lest in seeking me it erred But I received that love with sorrow fraught, And my whole heart opeiitdto give it room. And find for it a warm and friendly home. It was a frai! and k eakly thing, That little Loveâ€" anl I did strive Must anxiously to ke^p tie thing alive And so it lived all thn.ugb the early Spring. I (lid not know that when its wings «eie strong. My bird wouM Hy and leavp me. O Love my love whom I have loved so long, Ilow couldeat thou so grieve nie STAINLESS. Bt llic Author A " Swjcl Dorullij CaiX)l," '•Lettioe," ftc. ' TOUi BV I'KBOIIAU LAKEY. We are all iu "our boudnii" mamma, Norah, Letty, Olive, and I. Letty is nurs- ing her baby by the tire I am in the win- pow-scat Olive ii lying on the sofa. Poor child, Khe is always uu the aofa I Mamma an'i Norah are reading for, I should think, the fiftieth time a Utter from our brother Will. 1 know the letter word for word and as I h ok out at 'the. houses in the Close, wonder what manner of place is the Vicarage whence it has come. Mamma sii^ha softly, and (;lances at me. 1 jump frim my favourite Iouukc and go to her. " Von will let me vioit VV ill " I ety coax- ingly. " He askis for Norah or me and you .• uanuot spare Norah." "No North's voice is decisive â€" "it would be folly fur me to think of going. How would you aU'l Olive get on in Kruoce with- out uie? Vou would be starved or poisoneil. It must lie I'rborab. " \Vc are about to leave Uumahire. Olive's health has for a long time been luiliffereiit. Doctor Anon says she has outgrown h^r_ strength, and he baa rccomineudeil a stay in a w,inntr climate. We have arranged tu jourmy to the 8uuth of France, have written to Will to oDie ami bid us good-bye, ai.d hi^ answer is a reijueat that one of us will ' colCie and io-ep huuse for him. I am ea^er to be |Hrmilied to go to him Will is m) darling brother. What happiness it will lie Uj ri-maiii with him continually I 1 am not afr.iid that iiiainnia will ileiide that Norah pliall be hib housekeipi-r Norah is too valu- ;ible. .Slie is in rtabtv niistreuH of home, of ii.amnia, and us. Letty tosses her baby and ri marks in her griitle, thouiihtful «ay â€" " Ii leb' rah leiiiains u Kiigland, y.u will le at less xpeiiHC." " TruH " â€" and mamma folds her handx paiiently. I Im litve she it unwillioK to leave tW' of her thick behind her. Of course Lelty has her liuxhand but 1 Will Will le abl' to take care of lui^ ulsive headstrong I'b? I ut my arms luuud the dear xh'iublera. "Say 'Yes,'" I implore. "It has been til dream of my life to keep hou.-e fo.r Will. " " I'eb, luli, yuu keep house " and they all laugh. "On one (H.int my mind in made up,' iiaii.nia intcrupts, re I eaii di feml myself. " Ii I UiLih goes, Kay noes also." Hay m uur old nurse. 1 am too fond of her to "I'jert. I nod my head vigorously. Muinn.a ki.isi me regntlully. " I â- â€¢uppoi-e It must lie a.1 you wi.h," she nays. 'â-  It will Ik: unkind to refiiscWill. Ami, Norah^' -appealiiig'y- "you think I 'UU wi.-e to leave her iHliind lis ' " « es. Deb is nineteenâ€" oM enough to 1h- trusted out of si^ht sHiely Now " â€" Xoiiij'o\er to liir ilan ii[Hjrt " I will write to Will lo cunie and fetch her, and say good- bye til UH. I.etty, if Jou euulil keep baby ijuiet ^tay, 1 will go into the study. I s â-  lOibin coming." ii-liin Ord i» 'Letty 's huriband, uul, in iiiore than a conventional Keiive, our brotlier. A.I Norah defiarts, he enters. We weUoine hi^ \\-ry lii-arlily. He ita down in the low ear) chair op^Hisite to his wife, and warms hi-t hands by the b!a/e if the tire, fur tluH I ar ly spring biy is cuM anil ifh.irp. Olive leaves the suta, anil settles herself on a h.-i.v-uek at his feet, rmtuij^ hor heatl against hi.H kuee. He rul9 lier|whit' chiek with his ntrong lingers, vkhile we t'll him the news. Me smiles at me. It is aiipo^sible to disguine my elation. .My eyea will aparkle. " Ye.8 yuu will aue Napinu at 1 ast 1" he nay-H. " It IS a pretty spot â€" none prettier to be f"uud, to my faicy." " Tell ID about it,' 1 beg. " No, I don't â- Vaiit you Ui deserilH' thi scenery â€" Will has told me what that is but what neighbouis 1 shalkhave who is who." He raises a warning hand, " Hi b, if yofl are auticipating gaiety, fun, frolic, don't go. 1 have heard you complain uf Dumton. Napiue is a thiiua.ind tinits more dull, more ijuict -just a sni;ill vilUge, with doctor and parson, and only few H' "to-" "Hut,' I ex|ustulate, "there are the Napincs and Ellcrslies. I am ijuite anxious tu see Judith Napine. She must be very lovely. Will was positively struck witli her and he is so unobservant. I don't believe ho knows I am " " I'retty," liobiu supplies, as I pause. 1 do u a contradict hini. I am not bad- liMikim; â€" I do not think there .ever was an ugly Carey â€" 1 am tall, ila'k, own bronze eyes, and have a pleasant culour. However, I return to uur former topic of conversation. " Robin, arc you acquaint- d with Miss Napiue 7" His merry quizzical cxpressiun changes to gravity. Ho straightens one of Olive's curls meditatively. " I have not seen her since she was a slight thin child of ten years. A wee marvel she was, with great violet eyes, thickly â-  fringed with curling black lashes. She was not ex.ictly beautiful but there was an un- chihlish pathetic uiuumfulness about her that watrmure touching than the most sun- shiny luveliness. It was as though she was conscious she had been cradlel in sorrow," " What do you mean " Letty says. I am staring at the red-hot coals, remem- bering a sentence in a letter of Will's â€" " I wish it were possitIe you and Judith Napine could meet. You would do her an intinit.' amount of good. Your light-hearted youth ini;ht be her salvation.' "Have you not heard! Mrs. Carey, you are not ignorant " 'No, Robin. Will told me the story. Oratify the girl's curiosity. It iir a sad tt4ry bi.t sadness a»d they cannot always be parted." " The Napines and the Kllerslies," Robin begins, " are the tw« principal families of Napine. Unhappily for years, until recently, there has beeu great bitterness between them. Generations ago they quarrelled â€" what about it would be hard to discover. The eause of the quarrel was forgotten long since, although the quarrel itself waa re- ligiously continued. The enmity of the pre- sent Siuire EUerslie has, however, a per- sonal flavour. Sir Percival Napine and he both sou;bt one maiden for a wife,- and Sir I'irrcival won her. This of course intensified their dislike to each other. They refused to visit â€" even to sit in one anuther s company. It was deemed a good thing for the peace of the place when Sir Percival shut up Napine, ' and went abroad with hia wife and infant â- on. Squire EUerslie married two years later, and in due course a daughter was bom to him, whom they called Cicely. She jrew up a good maiden, tender-he arud an I impresaible as her motherâ€" who died when she was five yein of ageâ€" had been. Her father doted on her. She passed from child- hood to maidenhood without knowing a grit f or trooble. When she waa between seven- ' teer. and eighteen, Sir Percival Napine 'a son eaiTu home, and they met The grounds of Kapiue touch Elleialie. The yonng people were, aw ire that their intimacy woud not he reoogniaed, ytt they persisted in it. ami learned to love each otber devotedly. Not «ntil too late did they fully realiae the nwg h naai of the road they were to traveL Harlin N^^e waa bold. He went toSqoire EUerslie, told him he waa attached to Cieely, ••ked for p«aiis«oa to wed her, and for hia faina waa aU bat kiokad oat of EUenlie. "Ik» a^vt% wM bMid* hiwHlf. Tkat Ua daoshter ihoold om« for « M«piM wm not to be creditod. He â- â- â- â- â- iiiiil tta trembUng girl, and with wild worda and fierce gartorea forbade her to hold farther interooaiM with Martin Napine. Never be- fore had she been spokaa to so horahly now, though antaied, sh* waa ondMiated. Dove- Uke aa she waa by natoio, she ikowad mar. Tellona ooarage. She refoaed to obey her father. Martin oraa good, waa noble, she told the S^aire. No one oonld find joat fault with him. She would not give him np, It would have been better had she been leas darinc bat ahe did not andentand what the Squire in uneovemable fury ooald he He went mad in his awful rage, aad, aa she stood in her fearless beauty, struck her with a cruel blow to the ground. That night Cicely EUersUe left her father's roof for ever. She and Martin Napine went ^oXon- don. There they were married, and foe. a while entirely loat sight of. Sir PeroiTal was aa incensed aa Squire EUerslie, He had choaen a bride for his son, and to have hia plans thwarted in this faahioa waa not to be endured. He disowned him, and vowed that he shi nld not inherit one penny of his wealth. Lady Napine grieved deeply, and sought earnestly to appeaae her hu»banl. He would not listen to her. Henceforth he averred he had no son. Twelve montbs elapaed, and then the outside world, had only occaaaionally caught glimpeea of this domestic drama, was inexpreesibly shocked. Martin Napine bad come onexpecttd'y to Napine and killed hia fathtr I Men and won.en gazed at each other in oorious dis- may. Little by little the truth waa Uamed and pieced together. It appeared that Martin Napine bad come home, out for what reason none knew positively â€" it was very generaUy beUeved to entreat forgiveneaa and beg help for hia wife's sake. Peremptorily remsed, in aU likelihood he, gocded by want and distress, had struck his father with the hut-end of his whip, and so killed hm I A large sum of money which Sir Percival ha), the previous day, drawn from the bank was missing. Fo one donbted but th»t Martin had taken it. To the accusation of murder that of theft was added. Sir Percival waa nut known to be dead until some time after he had beeu killed. Martin Napine had dis- appeared when the servant opened the door of hia master's study and found him murder- ed. The police, suspecting who waa guilty, tele^raphtd to London but though Martin Napine's home was di- covered after some deUy, he waa there no longer. His bnd- lady stated that he had been absent aU the Wedneaday night, and had returned on the Thursday, leoking singularly depressed and baraased â€" returned only in time to see his wife die. " Yes, poor Cicely Napine had gone to her last rest, leaving behind her a little babe to fight the battle that had been too bard for her. When she expired, Martin Napine was as une broken hearted. Turned from his wife's chamber be went out, the landlady thought to grapple with his agony, in soli- tude. When the officers of justice arrived she was momentarily expecting him. Her expectation waa vain. She was never to see him again. High and low, far and near, be was sought for but ho was not found. A reward was ITertd for his apprehension, descriptions of him were posted everywhere but, aa the weeks rolled on, and no cl le to his hiding-place was obtained, other crimes engrossed the attention of the public and he was forgotten." " And the baby " I say. "Judith! Lady Napine sent for her. I'c'iple marvelled that she could bear the sight uf the child, but it speedily became clear that all the love she had had for her boy was lavished on his child. Nobody ever heard her sprak of him, but Judith waa strangely precious to her. When the little girl was a twelvemonth old Squire EUerslie asked Lady Napiue if irhe would allow bim to bee his granddaughter, and my lady sent the child to him at onoe. She is strikingly like her mother. The servant said that the .Sjuire took the child in his arms and wept over her so passiunately that ahe feared the liaby would be frightened. At last however his teara cea.sed. He gave the little girl back tu the servant aud dismissed her. 'The fulluw'in^' afternoon he called on Lady Na- pine. What iiasse-d letween them can only be conjecturtd, but certainly the feud was buried, and the two agreed for their grand- child's sake to be friends. Judith has lived with her grandmother all her life but not a day has gmi by without part of it being sjiint with her grandfather. The Squ re and my lady share her between them." " D es the girl know about her father! Have they ever had tidings of him " " They have never heard of him, I imagine. Whether JuiUth Napine is cognisant of her father's sin I am unable to say that Lady NapiM and 'â- 'quire EUerslie recollect it is very ?vident, as-'^heir love for the hapless girl is so uimpassiouate.'" " Perhaps Martin Napine is dead. They must always be in dread that he will be unearth(d and brouj^ht to trial." " By-th^-bye, it is said that Ijulv Napine does not think him guilty." " But he is KUilty " " Of course. Lady Napine ia his mother, and therefore she may think of bim aa one more sinotd against than sinning. Olive, "Deborah," h» Mji, m wwli SadhTNafiBrr^eod i' I am atMtled, ami ahow I mt. Em fOM on hnrriadly â€" 'â-  "Yoa have hMid tU wretdMd UX» «»• oaming bar father." Inod: " She ia a aenaitiTe delicate girl, nod ahe plngant heiaelf unoranaotahly on her fath ar'a aooount. You are healthy and aannbie; teaeh her that there ia aooh a thiag •• oa- necnsasry aelf sacrifice, and that it ia a daty to be happy." 1 ilMl a gknoe at Mm; ke ia perfoslK o-^iopaeed a^ aelf'powmiJ. Of cooraa a is right for a clergyman to intereat himaelf in the weU-being of aU his people, be tbey rich or poor. I speculate vaguely whether WiU wiU ever marry. I think not he woald require a creatore Oist in aooh an ez- quiaits mould, and moot beings ate faahiened of common c^ay. I take a genuine Uking to Mis. Anstey. She ia a pretty Uttle woaiaa with blooming chet ks, tor all her maternal worriea. She is neither reticent nor unwisely bquscioua. From her I learn more of Napine politica in half an hour than I could from WiU in a month. Men blunder so in imparting know- ledge that which you particularly deaire to know they slways bold back obtnaely. Aa ia natural, we talk much of Mas Napine. I am growing exceedingly curious to see her, Mrs. Austey speaks of her with reverential love so it is very clear that Miss Napine hsa the gift of winning affection. I accom- pany my visitor to the gate, and at we are shaking hands a gig and galloping horae paaa are you aa:eep 1 ' Xo. I have been listening to you. Poor Judith Napine I wonder if she will expiate her father's wrong-doing!" " Ah, may Heaven in its mercy be very tender with her I" We are all silent. I wijie my eyes in the dim light Letty sobs a little, bending over her baby and Olive clasps her bony fingers rouLd mine. " You' will lie very good to her," she whis)crB. " 1 have a fancy you will he able to help her. Be a sister to her. I do not reply but Olive is urgent. " Let her nil Margaret's place. Margaret « as my twin sister she was my darling it is two years sin'e she died, but I feel sore and hurt still when I remember her. Olive's face biij^htens. " Promise me, iJeborah." " But she may not care for me," "She will. Promise." I think it very tuolish yet who can resist Olive I promise. • • • • • I am at Napine. When 1 awake the first morning a sweet apriog odour of grass and green leaves greet me. All about is beauty â€" beauty not of the stiff severe order to which 1 have been usel but beauty which causes the child tu clap its hands, the young man to exult, the maiden to sing. I have said farewell to my dear ones, have got over the miserable depression which ySt first AtHicted me, and ai.i domiciled at the Vicar- age with Will. I have not found matters as I anticipated. U'ill has two good servants and a well ordered household. I shall have nothing to do but rule over them nominally and looK after my brother's parishioners. I think this as I survey the br .ikfast-table and admire the country delic.ici spread for our delectation. I open the windows the pleasant warm sunshine enters, almost put- ting out the fire with its brightness. I am satisfied with the provision prepared for bodily and mental enjoyment, and burst into a cherry roundelay. Somebody's arm is slipped round my waist, I laugh it is only \ViU. The Reverend WilUam Carey is six feet one in hia stockings. His tall figure and nob'e face, with its grave mouth and its quiet brown eyes, are wonderfully attractive. "Thoughtful, reserved, studious, very few who know him deem him capable of strong feeling and passion but I, who have been bis cunfidant so many years, am not ignorant of the fire bidden under the calm exterior, although even I do not guest with what intensity that fire when kindled cau bum. I betake myself to the breakfast-table. W'ijl opens his letters, while I pour out the coffee and sweeten and milk it plentifully. WUl says, when he has peruaed his corres- pondence â€" " Y'ou have come to me at the best time of the year. Spring ia the fairestand choiceet teaton to my faocy. " " It it. Will, wiU yon be able to Uke me for a walk to day " " I am afraid not. Deb, you mutt stay at home this morning. Mr*. Anttey wiU eoU on you, I expect. " Oh dear I wanted to go for a real country ramble." Mrs. Auttley ia the doctor's wife. " What ia the like T" " A nice motherly woman, with four hand tome boys the it my right hand in the viUage." " Do not the Napinea and EUeialiaa help you ?•â-  " With money, yea. Mra. Austey ia young and energetic. She aunuee mothisra' meet- ings, book-clubi, etc Lady Napine ia a dying woman the baa endured much aof- fering, and the it looking forward gladly to the end." /tigh. WiU't faceiaaorrowfol. To talk of death whUe all Nature ia exultant teemt inooopnoos. I venture a raiaork â€" " What wiU Miaa Napioe doif ibe loaaa her grandmother f He shodea hia f aoe, and say t Iktlaaaly â€" " What do we aU do when trouble we eao- net avert be'alla us " " But I thought Mitt Napine waa oseep- tiooaUy litaated. WiU she not miaa her gTaadmotber mora than moat girla weald 1" "Ay"â€" he cuU hia ham abiMitli " I tnppcae the wiU live with her graoduthsr bat that wiU not be OMnfortaUa foe Imt " "Wbgr ' My huaband," Mrs. Auttey sayt; "he mut M wanted badly to go at that rate he it going towarda Napine. I hope Lidy Nspine It not worae. " I echo the hope then I run in it it not warm enough to stand out of doors with her bead uncovered. Luncheon ia ordered for two o'clock, as WiU cannot be home before. I drink a glaaa of milk and attire myself for a strolL As I crots the ball, Ray meeta me. "If yon ihould tee Mitt Napine," (he payt, " will yon teU her to batten to the HaU! Atervanfhaa juat been to inquire if the is here her IMtship is suddenly taken worte, and no one knowt where the young lady is." 1 promise, marvelling whether Mi.-s Napine and I are the ojly young ladies in the place it is Eo evidently taken for granted I cannot mistake her. But once in the fresh air I entirely forget the young l^y. I abandon myself to the delicious novelty of fields and lanes, instead of houses and streets. The earth, strewn with primroses, anemonea, oowtlipa, violata, euchanta me the trees budding, the hedges besprinkled with palest green, the smiling brooks, the song of the throstle, tbe sounds of stirring Ufe, set my pulses beating. The old World is decking herself again for conquest. I feel glad that I am alive. I climb a neighbouring hillock. This is not a level county it is fuU of up- risings. I glacce round to my risht stanas an old-fashioned brick mansion. I conclude jt is E'lerslie. Ah me, it is woeful to recall the scenes that have been enacted within its walls I spring down aud walk on steadily, now and then stopping to smell woodland scents my bauds are full of wild- flowers. I must beautify my parlour with my treasures. At last I pause at the top of a lane two roads are before me. Which shall I choose I take the narrowest it winds and curves picturef quely. Many trees are on its banks. \Vbat a paradise it must be in summer, when N.iture has reached her height of splendour From end to end it must ring with sweet bird-music from daybreak to sunset liquid notes must be poured forth unceasingly. I saunter on, and presently hear a murmur of voices in the distance. Am 1 to b.we a gUmpse of the natives Hesitatingly I advance, md a moment later have come upon tbe invaders of this sylvan solitude. A man and girl are conversing. I get but a glimpse of them yet I cannot but observe their utter contrast. The girl is slender and as fair as the lily. The man is swarthy to ugliness his eyes â€" they sre turned rudely on me â€" are a cold steely blue. I hurry by thim but I have not gone twenty yarda, in fact have only begun to descend the decline, when the thought flashes across my mind, '• Is that Miss Napine " A moment's self-communion, and I retrace my steps. It may not be very agreeable to interrupt the Utea-lele, to introduce myself to one absolutely a stranger to me but I cannot avoid doing so. My heart beats ridiculously fast as i make ray way back. I smile when I find that my errand is deprived of its greatest element of unpleaaintness, for the gentleman has disappeared, and the lady is alone. I got up to her diffidently. Her head is bent she ia studying some violets intently. At my first syllable she looks np, and I no longer wonder that universal affec- tion, eateem, and gocdwiU are hers. I see an oval face, almost colourless, and pure aa a dainty »now flake, with black-laahed eye- Udh hiding misty violet eyes. " You are Miss Napine?" I aay interoga- tively. " Yes," she replies snd her musical voice thrills me. Her flowers fall she does not crush them. Judith Napine would reUoquish anythir -ather than destroy it. " I ai.. L'cborah Carey." " Are you " Her face changes, and her gentle fingers clasp mine. "Mr Carey's sister " I respond affirmatively, and then we gaze at one another silently, instinctively tight- ening her grasp. How shall I teU her what must be told! I shrink from wounding her. "Y'ou are needed at home," I begin. 1 have no occasion to finish my sentence either my face betrays mo or ahe is unuaually (|uick to apprehend eviL She onderstonda what I wuuld fain say. " Grandmamma is woree " I do not deny it, and her erip is convulsive. Who would believe those little fingers had such strength " I must go 1" she ciies sharply and I, who am wont to meeit trouble with tean and wailing, am puzzled at her dry eyes and hushed serenity. My road and hers lie for a short way together. When we separate I watch mourofnUy her straight lissom figure as she speeds away to where grim tribulation awaits her. Be ali^a i» fb^Wisioadr. Im aoHiag a dSBoolMUhL " la Mr. ThontM a good aaaa T " He w aa faod aa tte a^ltitoda I kaov â- oMiiag for or Mtiaat Uok Bat W koo- koMd I Oh. Joditk. Jodithr "-- insir â€" tr'r I, Urn Will ootfcaforo- haad aSfi«id»fri»i a« room. laliidaa- pakh^BfTdariaaedfeiaseecattoM Bat, w«« ftS r«nte fc VH^m to lrtekleaa waHo aheoU I not have eooaa to be aabain- ed«DabatahCan7t ;..,^.. • • e..). Oi Xa It b Jvae-Vm^, W^ mrnMl Jane. iBttoad M firoii^t wa bore tanbeaaM in- stead of altenoto beat aad oeM, a warn evaa tenperatora. I have a eatlike love of wannth I am nerer ao oontaat aa wbaa I aan myself under the trees at the botteoi of the nrden. Judith Napine aad I are friends. She baa left Nspine to dwell with her grandfather and very bravely Am baa tried to stem her grief for her grandmother. But, though she may deceive herself she can deceive no one else the dark lines aodar bar eyea, the waarineaa stamped on her brow, declare plainly that the tears aba rsotraina during the day are let faU at night. Ltdy Napioe'i wiU surpriaea eTary oam. Napine ia not eatailad it waa bert to do with aa the pleased. She left it to her ton Mart n Niptne, Jndith'i father failinffbim, to Squire EUerslie. A letter iras foaad with the wiU, in which she stated that the bad long ago received informatioh of her boy'a death eonsequentlj Squire EUaraUe haa inherited that to which he haa not the faintest shadow of claim. Of oonrae he iriU only hold it for Judith but I have cudgelled my brains vainly to discover why it was LOt left directly to her. Judith does not vex herself about the matter she is satisfied that ber grandmother acted for the best. Mrs. Austey grumbbs to me she is not pleased, for Judith is iKMr entirely dependent on her grandfather. She would have liked it to be otherwise but, aa we cannot alter Lady Napine's last 'will and testament, we are obbged to reconcile ourselves to it. Judith has not yet mentioned her engagement to me. I do not think she realises it sorrow has numbed her faoultiea. [to BS CONTINUBD.] T0T7M0 FOLK ' Wonder-Land. Bf CAROLllJs A. MASON. I wonder what makes the sky to blue I wonder what maket the moon to bright. And whether the lovely ttart are bom. Like brand new babies, each summer night. And why do they hide when daylight comes! I wonder where in the world they go Perhaps, when tbe great, hot sun gets up, JThey dry Uke dew, or they meltlike snow. I wonder what makea the flowers so sweet And where do tbey get their splendid dyis! And why should some be as red aa blood, Aod others blue as the summer skies? I wonder, too, â€" but so much there is To puzzle my little head I â€" and oh, I doubt if ever I'll find out haU The wonderful things that I want to know I aOTAI. HAKBTnO AXD OITIXO ni MAKiaOB â€"A. PKoroBLT Hounmou) BBOUOr VTâ€" BOm MOtAMLB LOTS MATOBK ID TIBT â- rea tb* Wlieat aoeialtegioah are noHkoa from matriMoaial atoraa. 0^ the other nddaBlT aa u^ brokar'a eaitld h$iim Th* afhir haa baaa kept wy qniatt bat nerartholata I aa able to tall tbe atoiy to tberaodanaf th* Aok Tba baaboMl. tie aon ol the dathriwad kiag of Uaaorer, who died ia Poria, aant bia 'wife, the daughter aad aiatar of reigning kinga, baok to her faioily, and thia, too, at a time when the had bat rcetntly preaentod bim with a .child.. Tbe illottrieaa aamla vara aarried l«Ba «hai two years ago. The wife, Marie Sophie, prinoaaa of Saxa-Gobaig-Qotba, i»aooqrl4 to Ma* ,.4e Mettaniok. "M nÂ¥ t m t £ aumm It U plat *Utt F Bmmf." Indeed, her extnordtnara height tbteotoned to aiake an old maid of her, when one day a prince came along who waa taUer by aeveral inchea, aad, mortover, bad a Tory pntty fortune of fait asm, and wot nei diapoaed to beezacting ia the matter of the it*. So theae two BoyiU Hishneaaea waa wedded. For the first month aU went well. The Princess it witty and charming. She paintt with tolent, aad ia a fine maaioan. If ahe does not enthral your evea, she knowt bow to capture your ears. In short, she it a de- I am on my kneea, oarefuUy poking tticks of wood into the half-dead fire. Reading, I have not felt the increasing co!d of the room until the fire has all but expired. My book thrown aside, I set to work to save what is almost loet. I poke and push warily, and my wood breaks into a tiny flsme. I add more wood â€" a few lumps of coal. Ah, I have succeeded in making a glorious blaze I 1 am expecting Will. Immediately after luncheon he went t-i Napine to inquire if he could do anything for her ladyship. He has not yet returned. Bay has tried to persuade me to go to bed but, as I am very desirous to see my brother ere 1 sleep, I turn a deaf ear to her remonstrances, and wilfully linger for him. He comes in so noiselessly that I do not know he is near tiU I see his shadow on the walL I bound forward, with -alf a dozen questions on the tip of my tongue then I stop, dumb. He looks dazed. "It it idl over with Lady Napine," he tays quietly. I express my regret, I am grieved, though I have never seen, and never ahaU see, the dead woman. Did Will core for her His palUd face scares me, and I try to induce hini to eat He smUes wanly. " Deb, I have had all I require," he tayt. He leant back in hit arm-chair. I do not think be knowt how late it it, and I do not like to inform him. 'Very rigid and atom are the linea round hia mouth. I wish they would relax. " Waie yon in time?" I aaked nervously I sm sfraid to intermpt the ttiUnett yet it teems better to do to than let it continue. " Yes "â€" dreamUy. Encouraged, I proceed. "Did Mils Napine " My words are arrested. At tbe mention of her name he rises haatUy and walks up and down agitatedly hit Upt twitch, and be mutters unoonsciootly â€" "I bare w itn essed a terrible deed, a terrible deed 1" I stare at him mutely. He drops into bia aeat and glancea at me. " Deb, titter, I^y Napma aa ahe liy, dyin^ wrung a promise from her grand- danghter that the would marry Silot 'fhom- ton." "Who it be j' " A dittaat relatiTe of Squire KOaaalia'a. When the Sooiie'a anger sgunat bia d g g g bt a r was hotteat, he seat for yooaf aUaa TbacBtoB and inataUed biai at Slcniia aa Ua bair Afterwardt, when bit wiolh bad abated, awl be aeknowledged his daa^tar'a daaghttr, he did not ohange hit anwmaead iolaatiaai icapeetiag the UA, thoagbha u iitMa W wfAm ImZ^TSd. Hek««tUat wilk^kawl edaoated bia ezpanaTaiy. a iat r bed y tbiak- lag be waa to be paoTidad forlitaal^r- Ba* it assma, froaa I^y liap Jai m aaa t Iha* Chased by a Hoop-snake. In the elgree forest, near our trad ing-poat, there was a big snake that had adopted rapid transit. I saw him when he first learned it. He was chasing a small hoop-snake, when the little one put his itail in his mouth, after the manner of his kind, and rolled clean out of sight. Well, what did his big snakeship do but put his own tail into his roouth, and begin practicing I After a few turns he grew accustomed to the thing, and in half an hour could beat the best bicycle time on record. A few days after this I shot a deer, and was carrying its horns home. As I was passing a few hundred yards from the Yelgree forest, I saw what seemed to be a loose wheel coming out of the wood. It was the biggest wheel I ever saw. I felt almost as if the polar circle had got loose from its fix- ings and was making for me. " Hoop la " I cried, and then I shut up, for I saw it was the big revolving python. 'Twas no use shooting at his head, for he was revolving at the rate oi sixty miles an hour aqd no use trying to escape; unless I could hire an express engine on the spot. So I just lay down to make it harder for tie reptile to swallow me. When the snake came up and no- ticed the deer'a horns, he shivered, just as a Christian would if he saw a homed man t As I lay, they mtist have seemed to be growing out of my head, and the python may have mis- taken me for the Old Serpent himself. Whatever his idea may have been, he had not ceased shivering before he made tracks for the forest and let me go in peace. On my 'way home I reflected that homed animals are bad for the health of serpents, which swallow their prej whole, and tkat, time aod again, im- prudent pythons and boas have been found dead with deer all swallowed but the antlers. " A snake," I said to myself, " that is smart enough to take a hint in the way of locomotion is smart enough to take a hint in the way of feeding." Anyhow, his prudence or his fears lost him a good meal, for I was fat then. A little learning is a dangerous thing for snakes. a^B t m Bread Making in Spain The bread in the south of Spain is deU- oous it is white at mow, close as cake, and yet very light the flour is most admir- able, for the wheat ia good and pure, and the bread well kneaded. The way they make this bread it aa follows From large, long panniers filled with wheat they taku out a handful at a time, sorting it most care- fully and expeditiously, and throwing every defective grain Into another basket. Thia done, the wheat is ground between two cir- cular stones, as it was ground in Egypt two thousand years ago, the requisite rotary mo- tion being given by a Mindfolded mule, which pacea round and round with untiring patience, a bell being attached to his neck, which, as long as he is in movement, tinkles on aod when it stops he is nrgtd to his duty by the shout of " am mUm " from some one within bearing. When ground, tbe wheat is rifted through three sieves, the last of these being so fine that only tbe pure flour can pass through it this is of a pale apricot oofour. The bread ia made in the evening. It is mixed with sufficient water, with a Uttle aalt ia it, to make into don^ a very imaU quantity of leaven or yeaat in one bateh of houtehold bread, as in ?pain, would last a wiek for the tix or eight don- key loadi of bread they tend ev^ry day from their oven. The dou^ made, it it put into taoka snd carried on the donkeys' backs to tbe oven in the centre of the villaoe, to bake it immediately after kneading. Sn arriving there the dough ia divided into portiona waigbiag three pounds each. Two long, narrow wooden toblea on trettiea are then placed down in the room, and a curious si^t may be seem. About twenty men bskets, oome in snd range themselves on one ride (A the toUe. A lump of dough is banded to the nearest, which be begins kneading and knocking about with aU hia ought for about three or four aiinatia aad tkaa paaaa it on to hia neighhoat, who doea tbe same, aad ao on aaoosotivaly ontil aU have kaeoded it, when it beeomea aa toft aa new patty aad ready for the oven. Of eooras, aa sooa aa tbe fiiot bakar haa beaded the first lamp to bia nsigbboor, another looiD it given to bin^ and so on until the wholaqaaatity of doogb ia kaaaded by them aO. The bakaaa' wiraa aad daa^Meia ahape tba kiavM tor the oraa, aad aons ol " art vary aaoB. Ik^y aia' ' Mr- Jadttb'a graa^araato laac riaoa plaa for Wm Thoratea'a baaatt diflereat froa what w« aad Mr. Thaeataa are to aarty. win aat be laiuufinhad aaUa "AadJndiyit Doaa •«Lo*«bntt 9o,wm: ahalrraUBr Db. I^oei; the Prefaaaer of Chiaaae at Oirfstd, b^uid, tays if the pieetat rate of ooaTatoiaa a( the CUaaaa to "hfliMiallj fl6,IOO,OOItt ahwnAi memMsm, aad IOMOIl- â-  â-  â-  mm {athaOUaaaa aitha'GoUMi Iy tetelN^ipwgHMhaa tea bnaght oboat ia tbe Iw. the eoatMâ€" Hni ol the aoat aadaaat di]^ â- Ota. It is be who av^e of tba Priaoaas liMriaa of null, aaat of tte Qoota of Den- â- ait. liatar of the Daehaoa of Oaatbridya, a plMB Cnwateaa voa dar Daokaa. Than, too, than ia tto Priaoaaa HaariaMa of Soblaawig-Holatoin 8oadarbarg,tiator in-law of Priaoaaa Holaaa of Ea^aad. For the oight yean ahe haa been the wife of ' Stiaarob, a diatingniahed dootor, Vho taooeoded oo well in intoreatiag tbe Prinoeat Helena aad Prinoaaa Aognatina of Wurtem- bei;g with Biron du Boarget and Count de Thua-Hobenateio. I might cito many more, iNit tbeae are enough to ahow how wuely Soribe wrote when he pencilled on the pedestal of a statato of Cnpid these pretty Qui qae to aoia voioi too maitre II I'eat, le fut, on le doit etre. lightful oewpaBion. The Prineeiaanna who can appreciato these scoomplitfaments. It was thought that the " Almanach de Gotha " had chronicled another happy rcwal mar- riage. Presently it waa announced that the Pnnoew waa about to become a mother. Unhappily, ..the baby psoved to be a girL This waa a'bitter oisappointaieBt lor the Prince, and the first knk in the conjugal chain was broken. The Prince sras not gentleman enough to conceal bis chagrin. He went so far aa to addreas bitter speeches to his wife, who, having a sharp tongue of her own, answered them as they deserved to be answered. In a little while this princely houoehold resembled that whose interior is so comically displayed in the first act of " La Boule^' at the Falait Royal. The tem- pett wat in the air it needed only an anony- mout letter to precipitate it. From thia lettor the Prince learned that, in fancying himseU hia wife's firat love, he had been cnerithins an illusion. While atiU a young eirl, at the court of her father, ahe bad oast favouring eyea on a briUiant gentle- man, the Count de R and thinga had gone so far that, t4 cure her of this fancy, her mother took her to Switzerland, where they spent a whole seaaon in traveL The writer of this mischievous letter invitetl the Prince to satisfy himself as to ite truthful- ness, and indicated the means of doing so. What man or woman was cowardly enough to commit thia aooondreUy action I don't know what I do know ia that the Prince did not disdain to act upon the anonymous lettor. He made ii qnines, and their result infuriated him. He went on in such a way that the Princess one fine night slipped out to the railroad station and took tne first express train for her father's capital. The Prince set out soon after for Itely, with tbe intention of afterward spending some time in the Orient. The a£Eair ia so recent, that I suppress the names. These early love affairs among our young princesses are a good deal more common than is generally supposed. The Grand Duchess Olga of Russia, now Queen of Wurtemberg, became so much interested in M. Bressant, the elegant amourna of the Comedie Francaise, then playing in St. Petersburg, that the Emperor Nicholas, her paps, had to tend the too fatcinating actor across the fr ntier. It is no secret ur any one in English society that Princess Louise, to-day Marchioness of Lome, and Princess Manr of Cambridge, at present tbe Ducheas of 'Teck, had idyllic flirtations when tbey were young girli with two gentlemen of diatioction at tbe court of Queen Victoria. Every one remembera the romantic pastion of Princess Frederics of Hanover for a simple soldier of fortune. Still more recently we have seen the Princesa of Wurtemberg marry an obscure physician. Princess ^larie of Hanover is about to follow tbe example of her elder sister by marrying a subaltern of the Hanoverian army. Thus we see that if sometimes it is hard to bo a princess, there are rare cases in which love proves stronger than the prejudice of caste. The old house of Bourbon at thii moment hat its csee of true love, and it is this idyl the hero of which is a very popular gentle- man on the outekirts of the literary world of Paris, Shat explains why the moat blonde of all the blonde Princesses de Bonrtwn ia in danger of becoming an old maid, or, as we say in Paris, of braiding Sc. Catharine's treat OS, in ipite of her charming face snd ber two miUiont of iot. She has in her own I family a touching snd romantic precedent. I refer to the love of Princesa Louise Ade- laide de Bourbon for the Marquia de la Oervaisals of the old house of Labourdon- oaye-Mouthue. It was at Bourb.'nne let Baine, where the Prince de Conde and hit daughter were drinking the waters, that the Marquia made the acquaintaDce of the beautiful Louise Adelaide. Tbe Princeas was 15 yean old she was fuU, slender, and had a most lovable face. Bereaved of her mother, brought up in tbe seclusion of the convent of Beaumont, she came into tbe world as innocent as a nun, but predisposed to romance. Tbe Marqais de la Gcrvaisals, true tub-lieutenant that he wat, could not retist such chsrms he fell bead and heels in love. He wat understood, and then began between bim and Mile, de Bourbon a liaison, spiritual, heavenly, paradisaical, of which we have the reflection in the Princess's letters, printed some years ago. The dream with golden wings lasted fifteen months. Then one day, yielding to the necessities of her rank, her eyes wet with tears, the royal Juliet bode her Romeo an eternal adieu "We shaU not tee one another any more. Don't hato me but don't love me any more." The Marquis was faithful to his love he proved it when Mile, de Bourbon, who had taken the veil under the name of Marie Jotephe de la Mitericorde, died a Grand Priorett. Then be printed a Uttle book, "Une Ame de Bourbon," which hat all the tender perfume of the romantic pattion of which it waa the funeral dirge. More happy than her coutin. Princess Marie Amebe de Deux Siciles, carried off' from the court of her father, Ferdinand I., by the Duke de Cbartres, than an exUe aud without fortone, seea her girlish dream crowned by the most beautiful and the happiest union which any royal house of our epoch has known. Forty years of unclouded happiness followed tbe romantic prologue necessitated by the extreme youth of tbe lovere. WhoUy of oar own time is the romantic inddsnt which brought about the marriage of the Arohduchess of Austria, Mari" Louise, with the Prince d'lsenbosrg-Birstein. The Archduchess, daughter of Grand Duke Leopold of Tuscany, was out hunting. Her horss ran away. The Prinoe bravely sprang at the head of the animal, and was lucky enough to stop him. The hand of the royal horsewoman was bis reward. All love matches do not turn out happily, however, even for princes. One of the most famous marriagea of thia century is at this very moment having the saddest of epUo- guea. A constitution of distinguished alieniata wat held only a few dayt ago at VienM to determine what should be done with Pnnce OniUanme de Monteanovo. 'The iTince, who went mad saddeoly, is the son w the Empress Marie Louise and of ihe Comte de Neipperg. ThU gentleman be- came, under the titie of ektvitlur if Aomua^ the constant companion of the Empress after the faU of Napoleon L He ended by beoom- mg ber husband, thus luoceeding the «reat man who had been only tbe poLtieal bna- bMid of a woman fitted to be a happy wife in a happy home. This nnfortanate Prinoe da Montennovo owes bis title to the Bmperor Franos Joseph of Austria, who simidy traaalated into Italian the German name ot ««ppew. The Pnaoe had a sister, the Countets de ^i*",:" who waa one of the heroinea of the Italian revolution. It u she who was toe godmother of the Itsliao trioolor, and I^}^**.*""*^ «**!« of the patriots kiU«i by the AoatrataaV)^ Stroage wmpaay for the daoihtsr of an emptwa aod Uis gr a a dd aag ht sr of an emperor aad of a I?^L_^2^ Montenuovo maniad tbe Cconteaa Bathyaai, who bore biv three ohildrsB. She aSdia 1874. A tncie fate aaaaw toponae the pratsfity oftUsOoarts ds NsraMrg. titia iOastrioi^ eallad «o Oanan Bagiaid. Bi bad fear MebjUafirttBartiaM with tbe Oooataaa Peia. Tboddart* bo^ kxl a fin* wife, ^yol «f WtoWaSttt, Ibria, dM^tar of Wa^ I., aad Moniad bar. WUe oat boatiag hs Ml fkuot Ua hetao, alraak oa Us head, aadwH a loa atia to thadMal bta The aaooad OM. ni iiili tl- aaoldlar Olrciunstantial Eridenea. A BXMABKABLX 8T0BT FBOM THX LIPS OF uirrroD states sxnatob dak voorxb. I remember onoe defending, at Crawfordi- ville, Ind., a man n*mT^ Owen, indicted for tbe murder of bia wife by poison. It was twenty-odd years aga Owen waa a respect- abU farmer, ia good oireumstai;ces, and a oonsistant church member. He had been twice married. He had aeveral children by hia first wife his second was childless, a oireamatance which peculiarly afiisoted her mind aod temper. She would not permit his children to reside with her, sna com- pelled him to find a home for them else- where. She had a fancv, too, that be waa criminally intimate with the wife of one of his tenaute. She had frequentiy threatened suicide in consequence of these troubles. One night Owen waa awakened fiooj sleep to find her dying. He called in assistance and tent for a phytician, but ahe was dead before any one arrived. Her sudden demiae excited suspicion, and three days after her bnri.l this was commuuicated to him by a friend, who further informed him that ar- rangemento had been made to disinter the body and investigate it. Owen was greatly agitated at this intelU- gniice, and, after a short pause, replied " If this is done, and poison is found in Kezia's stomach (bia deceased wife's Christian name), I will be accused of her murder, convicted and hsnged. But I am as innocent of it as that tree," pointing to one near by. That night he transferred all his property to a ton, disguised himself, and fleU the country. The Dody of his wife was exhum- ed and an autopsy had. Enough strychnine waa found in ber stomach to kill a mule. There was a universal expression of honor at the discovery, and a large reward was offered for tbe arreat of the fugitive. After aonft months he was found in Caaada, where he was living under an assumed name. He was brought to Crawfordsville in irons, and it was with difficulty that hit execution by a mob could be prevented. Joe McDonald (now my colleague in the Senate), Jim Wilaon, onoe a Repreaentative in Cengress and subsequently Minister to Venezuela, and myself defended him. There waa a formidable prosecution. Lew Wallace, Judge Gregory, and others appearing against him. It was proven that a abort time before Mrs. Owen's death her husband had purahaaed strycbbine at a drug store in the neighbour- hood, teUing the druggist that he wanted it tor poisoning rats. But he aaked that it should be charged to him, a fact upon which we laid great stress in the argument, intitt- ing that had he entertained a criminal de- sign in baying the drug be would not have put the damnable evidence of the fact upon record. A daughter who wat visiting her father's house when tbe poisin waa brought home, test ified that he handed it to her step- mother in her presence, cautioning ber to be careful with it. A brother of his wife, who was greaUy embittered againat him, and was a witoeaa for tbe State, admitted upon cross- examination that Oweu's treatment of hia sister was invariably considerate and kind. There was an entire failure to establish the fact of hit having improper ralationt with other women. Thia waa aU we bad to bate a defence on. The oddt were fearfuL There waa the re- mark of the marked agitation of Owen when firat informed of the suspicions existing against bim, hit admission that if a post- mortem examination sbowed that poison was the oanse of hia wife's death he would be aocused of administering it and hanged hia purohaae of the poison bis transfer of his property and flight, all combined, uearly irresistibly led to th^ conviction of hit guilt, " Mr. Toorbees," be said to me, " however darkly things may appear against me, I am not guilty and I believe bim. We fought the caae like tigere upon tbe reasonable doubt which we deemed the evidence had not excluded, and won it. Such an uproar aa foUowed I never wit- nessed. Owen was taken to Wilson 'i privsto residence, purtued by a crowd crazed with disappointment and tbiretiog for bis blood. Wilson, McDonald, and I atood at the front gate, with pistols in our bands, and checked the approach of the mob until Owen could escape from the rear of the houae in a con- veyance that had been provided for him. It is the only time in my Ufe that I ever saw McDonald with a pistol. He showed an un- mistakable purpose to use it if necessary. Owen went to Texas and died there, I preaume, aa I have never aeen nor heard of bim sinoe. His wife had committod suicide. He knew it, but preferred to keep the fact to himseU to avoid scandal and exposing her. He was a weak, but an honest man. For hia safe deliverance he wat indebted to a capital jury, men who could be neiUier bought nor tcared. The foreman had terved the county in the State Senate, otben had held office, and aU were persona of oontidera- tion and influence. â€" I mt â€" .-^ Victoria's Good Heart. There it an advantage, after all, in beiOK a Queen as well as a woman, when a heroic act is to be recognized in an effective aa weU as tender way. And it must be acknsw- lodged that Queen Victoria never faUs to use this ber prerc^ative with admirable and fine discretion. Two English soldiers, it wUl be remembered, MelviUe and Coghill, were killtd at the battle of Isandula, Znluland, while bravely attempting to rescue the colors of their regiment. Their widows were pen- tioned, of courie, but the Queen't own wo- manly heart suggested a further and more graciont recompense. She sent out by the Empress Eugenie two wreaths, and the Em- press, after ahe had made her pilgrimage to ths spot where her son was killed, continued her journey to find (he graves of those ob- scure E ngl is h soldiera aod to lay the wreaths upon them with her own handa. She wrote afterward a letter to the Queen describing the wild, grand spot where they are buried, the heroic cirenmstanoes of their death, as she bad been able to learn them, adding a few words of earheat sympathy for them and congratolation for the sovereign who had men so brave to lose aU of which tbe Queen copies in her own hsnd and sands with a let- ter of earnest sympathy to the widows of the dead heroes. Certainly there is something ia being a woman as weU sa a Queen. Even to a practical American, mourning for her dead, tbe knowledge that these two women, who had been sctted upon thronea, bad suf- fered precisely like heraeU, and held out their bands to her in sympathy, would bring a oertain consolation. To loyal EogliaLwo- men the few scribbled words would oat val- ue aU pensions or rewards. A*nnM baMf% oaedwfa toasfaiteawlaa aha The A HoxTiUa Flcht. One of tba most novel fights, with most horrible reoolts, that has ever been broosht to the notice of the polioe, ooonrred at a raw minutes past 12 o clock one night at tbe Union iron aad stsol fooadiy doelt. near tbe comer of Tbirty-aeeood atraet and AalilMy^ avenue. A gang of workmen were eoipiged in nnlnodiiig iroo ore, whaa two olibeia, WiOiaaa Doyle aad Timothy ConnaO,â€" both burly ntaa, â€" became engaged in a qutrd. Joat bow it bapa aoiM of their fellow-work- men could tell, for they wtra at it before tbey were Botieed. After talkiag loadly for a OMiaaaat or two they dfatabtd aad foogbt for tfeo â- aotatrâ€" aaoiotUag whiah aeittar of the* ooold Ida. Vlaally, anaioatly with a matoal aadaiatsadiiw, tb^ let go, sop anted, and baaaa to took ahoot f or weapom. Soddaaly aa^^aiaed a katooaaa faaia^ hrhada a apldlar ooraar M aaUiag^rikMl aad C Soddaaly laanp, ai.d with a eaiae, batied theoi at eeah othar. lMkkBVt«nMklteaMik.«d the doll "ttad" waa itOowsd hvtwe W^ â€" J.1â€" • â€" â€"a XI- u â€" m-j TTirrtrMw lihaM their oowadaa ws^pod ia Ikmm, It wm aaoia l a asa ts bafoie thqr were able to not e«( the Area aad whaa thaw had oxtiDgakhod thrp, i» was oaly^to fiad ttM Ma'aaeoa- aeiea^ aad omm* \ombly loaoted. laoh oaawfod to Ua hoaaa Doyia te tha vol amah aiaoo aad Archer avMae. OaaaoU to «# oaiMr ml Wood gad Vantewthstota^ Um poor tOkmm aay that Qp|4a wiU. ia iB prabridiity die, aad that CoaaoU. olthaiWh ha ie badW injarad, OMy raeovar. The ohaaoaa an«(UBSt tha ruwvtjy iiboth, hovorar. aad, ahoold both die, it will emto ao aarpnsa. Both omo are piM* audille life aad are aiarried, with faailier. Apples, Apple Jnlo*. Older, vine* flptf. This is moat emphatidaUy " the bear- ing Tear " with apples. Not only ore well kept orchards in full bearing, but Sommnia to lie abon«â€" a Head otorka-Bai ben bed. A rAXTIALLT fever. How to make a foi-d him. A eooD whisky deaf aiast.,.^ slow hrr t*-l A eooD whiaky s1ids~ri- ont of tbe windoa â€" .ftef jj jj^ ths fc^. " Aloohol wiU cljau siUt, !*'**â-  bol well stack to, will yea hiveâ€" oat of your pocket. Why !*yii(i?' V1^ 9larUak iltaidirt U rCBLlSH«D 7BT FRIDAY MORNING la tliue to meet the i^rly ina-ls. 'lWH.tatea the Utes' Foiei.n sail Provii cial ^wa, liOeal Intellgieuce, County Bosinev, 1 Matters au'l ^n Inatraowvo thr if not ptid till enrl ot tlie y sesUoay. Y„. ., ILViu advance, |1 SO in three months. " the happiest o( every snperaiiniiated and hall-deoayed- ^*"** «» «• » the midst of bliu*^' tree, and every *crab and ehanoe f^JT^' V*^ *U the reot sre in pnrgljj" ling by the roadside, is loaded in #^^ .„!** j*« '~ntly found ^r diScoDULued uutil aU id.esaept ai the option d the pui Ko v^ rsr-^B*** " be DUb'iaher, lag ooi foot" tion I manner seldom seen in a lifetia With thia abundanoe it Is evident that f, with apples there will be a glut ia tbe market. There will be no room except higher up," and those who send poor fruit to market had better use their barrels for firewood, and save the ft«ight charges. There is always a oertain demand to be met, bat this year only the select fruit will supply it. In years of plenty, careful selec- tion and neat packages tell. The almost daily inquiries aa to fruit dryei* ahow that preparations are being made to dry a share of this abundance, and we hope by this article to anticipate the inquiries that wilt^Mon be made as to disposing of the ^ruit in the -various liquid forms.' Ajiple juice, as ii oonaoa from the press, or "sweet cider," is liked by many, and we have inquiries as to keeping it in the unfermented state. Preserving powders are adver- tised, and some of these from their effectiveness in preserving fruit will no doubt kedp fruit juice equally welL The majority will wish to preserve their sweet cider without addition, and these can treat it by the same method used in canning fruit. Heat the cider to the boiling point, bottle and cork it while still hot When apple juice is exposed to the air, the natural ferment it contains causes a change to take place. The sugar in the juice is con- verted into alcohol, aud carbonic acid is given off" The jinicess may be car- ried on until all the siifjar is decom- posed, when it is " haul " cider. The fermentation may be an-cstcd at the desired point by bottling, and aimikling cider wiil be the result. This, which is also called " champange cider," can only be produced before the fermenta- tion Lb quite finished. The beet still cider is made from late ripening ap- ples,when the weather is cool, ferment- ed slowly at as low a temperature as jwssible, taking care to exclude the ao- of ail-;: when fermentation has quite ceased, the cider ahould be racked off into a clean cask, and kept securely bunged or bottled. The great use of apples in this year will be to make vinegar. In the fermentation of cider, the sugar of the apple juice is convertr ed into alcohol, and in making vinegar, that alcohol it changed into acetic acid. The conditions of this change are full exposure to the air and a high tempera- ture. The richer the cider in alcohol, the stronger will be the vinegar, and the more slowly will the change take place. Ordinarily, the cider is put away in the cellar or some out-build- ing, and in time, it may be two or three years or more, will be found to be changed into vinegar. Those who have heird of the " quick vinegar processp' thinking it can be applied to cider we are often asked to give a description of it In this process, a liquid containing alcohol, usually formed of cheap whiskey, is converted into vinegar in a few hours. But this is not applicable to cider, for in the fermentation of cider or other fruit juices, the change into vinegar is accompanied by the growth of a very low form of plant, " the mother," as it is usually «dled, and this would so clog up the apparatr us of the quick method as to very soon put a stop to it Still, the change of cider may be greatly hswtoned. Those who make cider vinegar on a lai^e scale have a house es^iecially for the work, and this heated to about 70 Vinegar can not be made rapidly at a much lower temperature. Exposui^ to the air is important, hence the casks are not filled, but only partly so, in order to expose a broad surface of the liquid to the action of the air. Expo- sure is increased by frequently trans- fei-ring the cider ^m one cask to ano- ther, letting it i-un very slowly. Ex jxwure can be promoted by allowing the partly formed vinegar to slowly run down a long trough, and also by allowing it to trickle over com cobs placed in a cask, the cobs having been previously washed and soaked in. good vinegar. Old vinegar acts as a fer- ment, and hasten the change, and the mixing of new and partly formed vin egar with a portion of old and strong vinegar helps the change. Another method to hasten vinegar making is to add yeast to cider, or what produces the same effect, the " mother" from vinegar barrels. The conditions for the most rapid conversion of cider into vinegar may be summed up A tem- perature of at least 70 ® all possible ex- posure to the air, the addition of old vinegar to the new or the use of " mo- ther." It should be remembered that the weaker the cider in sugar the weak- er will be the vin^ar, and the more rapid the change. .. Ad parties refutmg papers wittiout uaymg • e will be held respouSSe for the snbsonp- Nts ui^l^l tUy comply with ^^' â„¢^" ^s was outtii^ n^ into al2?*-ll ltt«rs adurt-«a to tbe Editor muat the anima) fvl --â€" A Dahbubt Dian orith a hammr New York, Ust week, to secur, ' T*Sf tbe obelisk. But the pobce nabbt*V**'ir foie Egypt it oft ""•' k ^^% 1 psid, otberwiae they may not be ui the temt office. RAtM or ADV££Tiaf^|. •oe ear d.. uo do vol Iv " CiKctriCBTANcis sltor ansucoessful lawyer, "and I wish'Tw.'^--: oould get hold of iome cases that woald A^t "' """"'V »"»"•«;'"«' my oironmstanoea. " Lach tubsiqucnt insertion... Ak »M ^u â€"k 1,1. rom BIN to ten huer, first insertion had ev^ IL?" !^"u'^, l^V' "" I'^ch aubeeouent ms.rtion W .^ ^^TLTSts'l^t:' •W*' i!r*'" '«° liu«rfi"t '".ertion per h aid.T^.b^fSonr^i*^^""' •^h â-ºubeequent insertion. • • J A- II ••â- â€¢â€¢'« cr^. rhe number of linee to be reckoned by Air old an^er says that a nth lo., kMce occupied meaaured by a scale ot suffer much from Vemg hooked. Of coo' I brevier. Advei tisements not It u the thought nt h will be lied aboat toat causes Th young phytician cation to find his paU^ oriokets. He inwardly vow tUy at home and attond to I ter. ^p Ki I., tt. r |M. -.^- \l'-» lilt '._ â-  sol 15 75' 25 ^At 111 1 "ilson, oil â-  li.' L,' â-  Without IS6, Hlid • il lr| I ulll that be t usiiiess Iwlj roing preceding tbeir publi V. W. KUTLElXiE, Proprietor. V00H08TKK joyfully assured his notk, ither day, timt he had fouud ontwH The Setnm of the Dead. ontvlk. A the other they mads horses be had seen a mw a^yiar she had slept the skep I'f the dead^ he wat jutt nailing on tk« i,l»u the oung wife rose trtm her .narrow ^^ bed. Hkk u otber taid tbe little creatnrt l, on li vc but cne month after marri»« ^J, "*^' " »»"°"d but a night ««^" the giocery I i I came in, he taw that klij'»t she had lain iu the dark below, male ihe greatest oversight f hislihl, t, not ssceriaining «hat that pirticulsr u^ ^^ouui bad ahe of the passing hour, was for. "" wiulcr frost or of spring-tide 8h..wer; Hols on dar," aaid a colored nun, k ing an aconaintance. " Djos ycr crt* street ebbery time ^er aeea n e tcf k," frum piyi.i' dat bill T "No, i i^ sah." '• What fur, deu ♦• " Ter k.eofr bein'azedfurit" ,« ver ber shrouded head in tbe tomb Sid rtourished and faded a summer s bloom. woke from her sleep with veamiug love "Mir the buhbsnd and child ahe left above. (rs pu 1 II r.iv cii.;.'yi(i ui VilllxllS MH I Wii.s iiiij ch i"siti.j Ills oraitil ;." cell. J, uses ti'-Mu III s, .int. r- â- lin^-s. lt:i erl.'ii:!)!)' iitl u- tl: â- -li !: ,.• :|dl I t I. 1 il 111 wi! :.: Amoho the Sii-tmn ol Mercy whoio-v utile son waa button days old it t:t:!. psny the Russan army are two Prinw» Hcu 1 came to Ue lu the churcbysrd mouUl. tli. and a b-auty uitb a fabulous f.r.r. Vil'v Tnese womeu ic:intain oot of their wb arms bad held him but once to iii^ means the well-sppointed smbulaoee breaat which they are attached. hin th^ laid ™« "' '" " lonely rest. It is aaid that St Louis has the pr^ husband dear, woe worth the day" ••'i. /.• l.wyer in Ihe country. A long aod l«- ' ^j,en they boro me away roll of thunder having stopped ht '^^ ^^ 1*, s-- the midst of au address to the- W „^.„ ^^^^^ t„ok {„„ him the light of bis,^,',,; ' re«amiug he bowed and coarte/uly n; '"""J-"" j "ia.Jitiemen, please excuse this intonvu^n dJLth took from him his dearest, his"" •"' wife v!" 1.1 M- .. i-lijuvi:! tUf I » Ii:- .1.0 f i'V lii. Whkn Dr. Tanner returned to ro,d t|.. tieman brought him one small ripe plgi-.i, might 4 se.: bim once more in our bomt-, begin with. " What on airth'» that? at' miijhv 1 but onoe m bis prgsenco cime. ed the doctor, who was very iniut â-  "Well," replied the amiable stringer, 'di^m 1 rock our babe in hia cradle-btd, thought, as you'd just fiiiishe.1 a fss^ r'bcu wiuld I come back and rtst wiih tin- might like to try a sloe." ' dead 1" A LAWVBR ^nd a preacher werr distnici ._j i..^..,.i. .t .«.. s,.,! the direction of the wind. The former " "T' T "We .o by the court-boua, va- e. â- ' ,b..?^;^.lVb?r lov.ahe forced her way. we go by the church vane, replied the ;e -^ "6 ton, "lu the matter of wild thst » •, ^.„ ,, i,^^ ,„.i through field has .i'";..;;" best ;ial.b rity, sad (be lawyer. Xtmv »he ap^ ' preacher went home to oogitato. ^.j „^ ^an^tb see or doth hear the dead. ' • ' COU.NT O.SMOND, who has just rt â-  Vienna in hia drag and four from Jc Vith jearuing love and with trembling fear i u.~ l' ;â-  went t.. a public concert with a geniaihe has Hitiea aoroas the threshold dear. oriii ' friend and a particularly bsndsuuit ' lli' 'M A young man regarded her in so f;rou;i-"nscen and unbe-ird she wended ber way I pertinent a manner that the fount's the chamb.r aloft where her vouhg son i TU n something sharp to him, whertnpoi lay. "" '•' struck the Count a violent blow. Hej. ,. j 't I-i;' the name of Ba-on BelvUleon bein-srre^j-ike a cloud ahe brooded above his bed 1 ,|,j^ |« shuddeied iind suiled attlie toueli of the I The papyrus mannscnpt recently di-c j^j 'ii' i. ered in the cave of a hermit near Jenuslr «Vif c- and said to be the work of .St. Peter, :. ^^^ m,^. must 1 comfort my husband dear, been submitted to a commitUie sent oat j,j ^^y ^^^ ^.^ ti,nt have wept fur a year, Bibbcal S iciety of Lonoon, and tbey b !! t 1 '3 oome to the conclusion that tbejiapynus.jy j^j ^as bten bi^ to hlunibcr and sleep reality Jkhe woj-k of the great apostle. Ts-Jnt he lives abu* ground to suffer au.i uu v.f. ;i1; • have vain ffered $100,000 for fhe .iojummt. weep, she stands with ber baud uu the ., I ?» •«•. HI-.' r I; â-  liWii BELIOI0U8 ICATTEBS. The Bev. F. W. Peel proposes a testi- monial to the Bishop of Lincoln for his active oppc'ition against the Burials bill, CoPiBS oi the New Testament in Japanese have been placed in the schools of Yokoha- ma by order of tbe anthoritiea of that city. It is said that the value of the offefingt at a recent heathen festival in India amonntod o $1,100,000, moat of which came from poor proploi Prlnckss EiroKiriE, sister of the Qneen of Sweden, is actively engaged in enliating tbe Swediah women in behalf of Ihe coaveraaou of the LAplandera. The Rev. Dr. Marahsl, a prominent min- ister of the United SUtas Preebvtorian Churoh of Scotland, died reoently at Coupar- Angus. He received his degree of Doctor of Divinity from the Univetaity of tbe City of New York in 1866. A LSTTxa from Borne says tbe health of the Pope continues to be good. He tekea his Booustomed morning widk and afternoon drive, and continues daily to receive in pri- vato audience tbe Cordinala and preUtes of his Court, ss well aa privste individuals. Ths case ot the Dean of pictormaiitjburg, Dr. Williams, who rebels snainst the au- thority of tbe Biahop of the Diocese of Gra- bamstown, has been beard at Cape Town, before the Supreme Court of the Colony, « hose decision is not announced. Questions of property and even of soooesaioa to tbe Bitboi»io are involved. As Kogliah Low Cbarofaouui diaoovan ia the recent dcatba of aevatal elargymaa of hia forty an indiootioa that " Ood boa a ooatro- vacoy with tba evaaaaliaal aaetioa of tba Cauuoh uf bglaod.' Oae of the tnaaial aiaa of the party, he ttiaks, is that it haa aotoead apoa tbe " dowswaid path ol oem- pranisa^ wHh advaaead ffigh Ohuohmen. A cauMBXAV oaHa the a»»tioa of tbe Kahep of Laadoa to the teat thalM Ordain- ed efatnasB who fsaMbss ia that city reesBtly took for Ua ct "Tbe Laid Said,*' aad bsfBB his atnaaa thai "Of ooarae Toa know, my brottraa, thai tbe Lord never â- aid oay^kiogof thekhid." Tbeie on^ he 01^ "t«« or three teaaa" ot ptaaehaas of thH kiad ia aad aboat Loiidca, who bcHova these parts el the Bible thagr liko, Md niaot tat isstf A SCENE in a pic'ure gJlery bHosi ^naeen "model model " in a man w ho serves h '"" â€" i model for sn artUt, sod in the artist)*" "« thinks not, he knows not, 1 hoar huu sence explains the oicture to « la"*- '"W ouce mure. " Fiom whom did Mr. Mcuup painli^ â-  bead r " From yourt obedieutly, midii.nd the geutle tones of his low-tune,! voice ,j., I sit for the "eds of all 'is oly men.i â-  clade her .Usd heart beat aud her He^h re- ^^ • _^ must finil you a very uaeful person." "Ye joict:. ^^^ t'.-.-i- niadam I I'rder bis frames, stretch biio. â-  .. •' ' vas, wash his brushes, set his palette. r"ll»'"»heknewev'ry word that be si»ke- !i.f, •% mix bu cdors. AU he's got to do u '•»» » I'oem of love he had made for her .,„,.|, ,. shove 'em 00." sake; ^irl; a" 'â-  Hauneman-, the founder of the hos^,,,, tliou.:h f he lay buried aycar and a day, " '"^l"' " opathic school, was one d.iy consult'd b;^,,,. i,vtd ni liib luemry fur ever and ae. J^'i' 1' wealthy Enghah lord. The liuct 'r lislsi ' iiiil" patiently to tbe statement which the p^bi {^ made to him. He took a small phial, op d it SLd held it under hia lordship's bx|, " Smell Well, you arc cured," The k asked in surprise, " How much do 1 f j^ave her tbi sweet name he calli.^' berin,.i life listened and beard how he murmured, "My wife r you?" " A thooaind francs," was the \u,i vowel to be true to eternity. ply, 'The lord immediately pulledooo f«ithiul beloved, thou thiukcst of me ' bank-note, and held it under the ilocU' nose, " Smell Well, you are paid." 'ii.soen she drifted through panels ol (i..k. A DEIENTLV-DRESSSD wr kmau oaiue 11^" •'°«^ '° "" P'-^«°«e. ««' breathed n..r phot -grapher's to have toe portrait o( spoke. wife taken, " While tbe operator ws* i • l j ., „ _„. i nulling tiie camera, the b^bsnd ».«».; :r(j:';\Ve 'X^bern^nrg^^^t ht to tive some advice to the comi'aniot " « " his iJe concerning her pose, " Thiol ^^, ,, ^^^ b„,ban.rs side, somethmK senou^ he said or el« he i, calling her dearest, his bride. will laugh and spoil it liemeniber tl^"" ""' *â-  your father U in prison, and that your b ,^ forgotten, thrust out of hi. lif tfaerbashad to compound with hi« cn,.,^ __ i, „ i,f _^,^^ ,„„^^„ „.„ torr and try to imagine what wou/a become of yon if I had not token pitj up ^„„^,„i ^^j ^,^. yo" „ woe- The new banking hcuse •{ the M«r. Away, away to the dead will I go Childs in London wss opened at the cica last month. It is a very- handsome "tructr^uj foUow me soon or loUow me late, and thus prrsente a marked contrast toSp^f tj,„ ^.m j patieutly, silenUy wait • ilingy old building that formerly stood on fite. The chief partaer iu Childs' » i^yr ever again will I rise lo see Earl of Jersey, whose grandmother inheWj^,,. imhiesa and merr the Uviug cau be an interest in the bank. Many of; â-  a^* â-  families who keep seoount there bi banked with the firm for two centuries. Gary's Trouasoau. derives a large income from unclaimed I arccs. Tui other partners are nominal Miss Anus Loniae Ca-y, as every «u by L"rd Jersey, 'rte bank bos a large r*^m comes to this bedlam i.f fashion, says. nection among old Roman Catliol Vud now h»8 be wedded another young wife, a deep sigh uf I.A1IIU:| fall. In: liii|.irt;itio ll\M-rJ lliiUUt il (u'lii"ii.il'l^ â- | 111 i'il|| with fri fall gari'i' t Vkki lets, ear-rs been inipo| TKILAf tirely '•; •irod extr Till, an- iiioiii.- with Till lit and lir»' abiai I' llioli'b Till i ),ul.li. ' |Mt|ul:ti lalie ii Avrn:-] ald I'll blj (if .tinlH tbe lisii 1^ Kn.i I. Il ' wer», ' and iil.i biuct » It vol .et small, daik.. I Till ' bas|Us, tij:hl «lec| i the ellH.v ' be utcil s I be worn I KOK till I mere will| through the premises two or three tims a travelling dress of thick brown gooils. ' more fre the sesBon to " make it plessuiter than i The skirt .f large box plaito from top Ui ' velvet, fiimlil'jris letter, is having quite a trousseau made. We happened to call on her dros- If you want to keep ypur boy at hoi,„^terr and she was dcbghteil to »h..w us make it pleaaanter for him than the »t»,„mething she was making for •• la yrand Chalk a hop-acotch in the hall, put a bi^jntotrice Auiericaine, Mile. Kairie," as sh, bead of molasses on Up in the kitcbes, apnnouiieed tbe name. Her very fine day a dog-fight in the back yard, make a "tn,d evening dr cases were uot yet begun, slide " on tbe cellar door, have a hao'l-oitijut the very obliging lady showeil us a verv and a monkey in tbe reception-room a^tlsburate princess wrapper of light blue German band on the atairo, hire a •'(^»i,3j,hmere, out all around in dcep-pointetl to be chaffed, let the boy chalk cailiii'bi'(ggjn„ng, trimmed with live rows of tine sil- oo tbe firft of January, throw his biipb ver braid above that a quilling of \alen- through tbe wiudowa, ring the bell, (cieun'S about five ii;ohea wide; under the run away, and "plug " tbe crok with ^festoons was a knife-blade plaiting coveiol balls Sunday mornings; but even tl-cnj^ith the same lace. Buttons were likbt will have to engage a circus to ' blue, witu a silver star embroidered on tbeni. street." ottom, witn long __ postillion waist. .1 p» handsome, short dinger dress of two shades f'rfAf'oJ blue, one. very light, tb^, other^.A':^: large of A fOBTVXX TUXEB was aires and carried before the tribun • 1 of the _. reotional police. " You know how to r blue plaited under and the .Urk blue fortunes? said a man of great wit, bo ^^^ The effect mu.t be ver ^r.u.eful. the fond of a joke for a mi« .t rato. I j^ £«.,uped nungung »i pale aud dark said the sorterer. " Ir that i-ai*, " y^ .^ ^^^ ^.^^^^ ^^^^ niovenient of every latter wii{ dittereul worn. kilts, with (touble ones I pUin g» The a tbe preaident, " You know th. j.i.gmeB" " '"xhe-.-iij-aaâ€" V I'lig pontiili n jacke Certsi»l?,5»^^^^?' "" ^y" intend to pronounee /CL " What WiU kapr»n »• ifm* " Yon sre sure ot that T' " Ym acquit me," "Acquit you T" no doubt about it. " «' Why T" â-  vou V -o^ Then Bms* ini»«-..4 velvet, with Ugh' Also a purple matinee .i a nlaio, demi-trained skirt, i-imply tnmnie WHh eight or nine rows of silver braid, with "'• " " '-riK'irr-'^^'S^' "'^^' garment tniimud dcmu me, you to misfortune." The preaidei ' '""f^ ed, tamed to his brother judges, aad t aoroerer waa diaoharged. 0mJ In Kaaitoba^ " I'd halve *ou to know," exclaimed .Mrs. U^ipaciust, baa^htily tossing ber hc.\d, ••that niy family always moved in the upper oirclts.' " '•a." whispered Mrs. Blunt to bar frici.l Sar»h Joces. â- â-  I hearil tell that tbe sonni »lw»ys rises to the top. " Notioe waa takaa aome months ago ai t " Dob. the «»°];»"«ion and carriage f disoovery of ooal in MaaitoU by the 0* your new •^^'**^*^o, the gospel 7 ' disn geikigioal sarveyors, 1^"»'^: f±f ' '"^/w^ikw- t?. L5â„¢'^fL"'°^^^ bir«eload?ofooal arrived at Winnipsgfr *«»":• ^^*"' J," .^JT*"!.! " " thXiria ooraSy.Xfirst insUlmitjr vs«faon is rather tiuid, and fi. i^.^ ^eep « what ia styled tbi futore PensylvsnU of « "â- Â«^«- Domiako. The ooal waa forty thres ||ib8 MuRHFOED hat an elderly admirer, the river, and U said te b» « ^rha Ml oomiogdowal aarvioaab'e quality. The barges ar« straetad at ;be ooal fields, out of thr ' mode from tresa felled on the tpo*- ' diiealty waa oxpeneooed on tbe i"0 tiatber jaoH aod other obatrootions tov gation wore met with, but all were oven" and tbe feasibility of Souris navi^^tot^ tenniaod. It k aeticipated tiist thsrt be s wfB e i f i wator in the river until ill eaehyoartafloat bargee down. Atprj there ia twa^ feet rf water in *•« f Mr. BmA Satharland, profn^ bSTaipeBdad aome 115,000 on tk^ -\ aod »ow that he is tatttli*! • aiUgoonwiti.to.workon.^ laiitraaala. Ha iateodt to make ont year, boildiM eoffieieat barges to bnn( oU thseasl^eded for a year's tapflj- tbe otber day pre-ented her with lome lace collar. " Now, do not," be with a sort of elephantine playfuloeas, not let aoy one else rumple it. " No " snswered Uvinia, " 1 wiU be careful e it off." boyâ€" Mamma, I want a stick ..f Uever mammaâ€" Which do you want stick OT the candy? Little Boy- Id you take, mamma? CUver The stick, of course. Littie Boy m ynma^ you osu have the stick â€" e the candy, imKBXD linen oollars and cnfb of a oolonr are vtry faaliionablc and becoming. They are often the retined bright sht i-uch tiut stirt of sn ai.d I'liv. yellnwish I aie iiP'St • The. soft «at' with a »" will d.' 11] the best i a natural] fu'lnesK healthy llj cular bti c have V. 1 comt Hal p«.ni Ue mainUio I Tbe sini{i much to I the hint. Aogelii epoo bia I shower) world- be refuse thirt fu I'harle things, de them could g" while ago.] Augelii of Goti