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 â- 1; It It T«M by ttieieakpeetibe Asto^w eompured with' that of hima^ ii told in a 1|1 imUished. It ia entitle the Niaero, and Oar Ca] tra," and is written b^^^ of the BurviTora. Mr. third engineoyif t] of the Buffe^Ba •hipwri In the island, and the tide^ia-tcdd from tibeae daily tecorda wxBi"»^'cleiaiiea8 of- fnllneaa of decail t»mch Defoe lumself vacillatidni haa acarcely ampaased; -The Niaerd was an iron acrew steamer ofl,8i8 tons, which set I opt |ro|K^^fpo^«Jt ^pne,, ;jy^f 4Sae to the^ jti^portl, ima was t^nw toHBune 'itaraT wen â- ometivfla Ietten,aDd their condititm and ment improYed. The anmnMr and it was not till Sepfeember thef actually aet ont m thnr way to onk Aa tlMy went throogh Pongah the Kiaero they had abandoned ten montba before atill lay on the di«e, her maata atei^ing, portions of the 'poop and forecaatlie rtiU riiowioKf but her midahipa cHnplet4ly under water, and the ahcse atrewed with the wreckage. On the of the 10th of September, they i board the Pegaana, Mr. Max- 'ho had been the ^ent of their de- liverance, following later in the day. It ia dear firom Mr. Bradley 'a nmatiyajbbat in their vacillatiqna and aiSgfi^^ The diiei unkind tJD the eai rr^^K- ie«rC9] Ihe luigBige vMd intheHoaieof Com- mons, sat s the Pott MaU (H^tnttt^ is ex- ceptionaBy English, and the small part thai foreign languages play in the oon- struoticmof f^nr ordinary apech ia re maricable. Oiring in a great meaaure to ita monosyllalao dbaraeter the Saxtm is eztremefy fordb'e and impreBsiTe. Both frcon his natural genius, and from his long practice, Mr. GladBtitie is nnd'ubt edly the beat ora^'or in the Huse f Oommona. A careful anal j si* of the de* rivation of the laoguage employed by Mr Gladatone in hia rpeeches gives the fol lowin|r reaulta Seventy per cent of the yetl 1882, on a voyage to f^nang.. She was nearly wre^dd 1^' grotrnding' on a sand-ban'x near the Twdvo; AjMpa^es.-,' â- even day a from Suez, but' was got off, and reached Penaiis on July 22. From- Penang the steamef ' Batavia, and seme o then chartered by a Chinese' mrachaot for three in£nt)MUA4rade in rice.. On Nov. 7 thd»m*i^WWBKort of coal, and put about for Acheen head. On the next^ evening the vessel ran aground again, and became ft wreck. The crew of eight and twentj s^en escaped wijth difficuUT' and found th^mselyes at Pongah, on the Sumatran coast, a hundred miles or' do south of Acheen head, to which they had been directing th^ir couri^e. The wrlckod 'breiw' *at" 'bnc^ realized thev were com], prii^tiOna they had tt endure. The long rpeorifid ojf en durance and auspenae waa Ughtened bpMHpMMHHHMHpMMMi 0%riotai'obaervations and experience. In $ft«ea 'months from their first starting they had. got home again, having in the 'ineaoiwhile, as Mr. Bradley says in his conclndiog words, gained the sympathy i^f ±we natiuns and seen adventures !iEiUc£|ft to last a lifetime.^ [London Times. »â- Â» 'ilie Great Wall of China. This stupendous wall, which extends at were an'd they would be The first natives their position. The islanders^ war with the Dutch, taken for Dutchmen, they saw were ^vidcmtbrhent^^pluider; but the cook»lllgW«iT!b»|MM|ftras able to make himself understood, and explained that they were Englishmen. Presently an aipned ,farty app^ed with a chief, whiMisl]|ii|frAMaht of anaa as y|#iii ^gq^IMM In morning tne cniei sent for ^em to tne village, and gave them a poor hut, con aisting of one small room, with a roof that let in the raip.^ ^^t °H"V^' of rifles an'^T'Sdi^il anmumtiiil felt that th^ were captives; ' Next'^iil^ the rajah of Tenom came,' and showed some suspicion that the fair-haired among them were idutchmen. In ia day or â-  two he informed them that had they not been able to explain their nationality, not one of them would have been spared. He told them \h»,t some natives of the inte- rior had on their knees besought him to massacre them. Under pretense of sav- ing them he took them off' to Tenom, leading ^them by a roundabout course, through frightful swamps, with an armed escort ahead, till they again reached the coast within sight cf their starting place. The way tUen lay along the ehore to the mouth of the Tenom river, Her^ ttey ,^were put in another wooden house, better "3flhan that of the Pongah chief, but still incommodicus and unhealthy; Tenom itself is a poor village of sixteen or eight- eea huts, several of which are shops. iHere they began to see the plunder of their own steamer gradually arriving and being appropriated by the natives. One day two isteamenj, evidently searching for something, came into sight at sea, and a few days later two peddlers appeared, one of whom 8lm|ped qouple pf -.uot^fi 'ioto the hands oi one of the sailors, one. iufvcti a Dutch captain, the other from a Dutch resident on the coast. The lettei^s told them to be 'patient and diaor^t, as they were in the hands of a barbarian and a ruffian. On the same day' letters were brought from' a Outeh ^pfoin- by a'na^' tive of Acheen, giving the sme 'counsel. Seme stores wero also sent which gave them two days of proper food. There was a letter to the rajah offering a rs^n- som, but he was away at Pongah plun- dering the wreck. Next day he told the captives be would take them inland. They could do nothing but go as he bid them, though every step was further away from the chance of rescue. The new quarters were a day's journey np the stream, cr one of its affluents. They were close to the rajah's own house, and'!!were in three huts. Here they spent Christmas, the Christmas dinner being rice and a little salt fish, with wnter to drink. The captain had meanwhile gone to assist in the negotiations, offering all the men as hostages for his return, but never returning. He sent them word that new demands had been made, and that he was going to Bigaa in a Dutch eunboat to see what could be done. The New Year came with hopes of rescue, which Boon vanished. The rajah told them he had passed hia word to the gov- ernment for their safety, but the i Dutch had threatened to bombard Tenom, and he must take them foirther up the coun- try. They heard the bombardment, as thiey were being hurried inland. One place of captivity waa given them after another, and they spent their time in such sport as was waa permitted. On the 22nd of February a letter arrived from Commander Bickf ord, of the Pega- aua, telling ttatiai pi .{he efforta whieh were being inafde' for their release, 'And especially of the preaence on board Mr Maxwell, who nnderatood the Malay language, and "was avorite with th people. Still the weeka paaaed^ on and no rescue came. Storea artived^ow and then, sometimes letters and newspiapen, bat no deliyerance^ Dn th« 23m of March an IfWHiWlorg^, ild«$as»re was much fever an(oL ^y|enb»y fjaqpa them. In the early nunttief tminutak- able symptoms of cholera appeared, and tbzee jnore men were dead belore "Ad end of Miay»*»Altoc;«ftli«rsaT4n»dUl of twenty*e^t v^o landed di^ an^..w«ve: bmied t(M»a»6r in a liiQe oemeteiy, w^tmd whiA^Jft)^ BMiivi^ oemiisds* «nro8s the northern boundary of the Chi- nese Empire, and forms the barrier be- tween China and Mongolia, is deservedly racked among the grandest labours of art, alid as one of the most remarkable of humaii structures, and is, perhaps, the most wonderful monument of human ' dustry ever exhibited to the world. It« -^m '4ft genera) waa built during the reign of Tsin-Shee- Hwang-Tfee, the founder of the Tsin dy- inasty. j It was commenced two hundred teen years before the (Ryatian finished in about ten yearis, se- veral millions of men workmg tmremit- ti]igly in its construction. This wall is carried over the summits of high m'6unt a cqvul^ ^s,, some of which are a mile in height, Vbnfro^ sii^^TOep valleys, and over wide rjyers, •iby means of arches. In many parts it is doubled or trebled, to command t^or- tant pa^es, and is built in themosr^ub- ptantial ' manner, especially toward its eastern extremity, where it extenA54)y a massive levee into the sea, in whicn^por- tion the workmen were required, under penalty of deth, to fit the stones fSi ex- actly that even a nail could nowhe|E^ be inserted between the joints. IiKjwme parts, where (ess danger was appilriieEd- ed, it ia^ not eqi^ally strong, and ItoWard the northwest consists of a wall tt!fe""feet thidk on each tide of the stractrnwi* the loT^r parb, of which ia composed o6«i.pwn stone, iail.+ the upper part of bricfev'the intermediate space being filled with^^th, forming a very firm rampart, ^^ The Chinese wallis fifteen hundredrailes long, twenty-five feet high, and t^€^ty feet thick at the top. Six horsemen can easily ride abreast on its summit. Tonrers are placed along its whole extent hii^ery one hundred yards, which was con^4^red twice the distance an arrow could be shot, so that every part of the wall misjht be within reach of the archers BtatJon^ in the towers. These towers, or massive' bastions, which are 6quare,are forty-eight ^{eet hjglj and forty feet in width. The sfbne employed in the foundatic^nf^^'an- gles, and towers, is a strong, gray^' gran- ite, but the upper part of the wall is made of bluish bricks and a remarkably pure.and White mortar. â- Â»-» ' .Ac^rding to Sir George Staunt^ and Dn Halde, this great barrier, whidh"-haB been and will continue to be the wonder and admiration of ages, was constaoeted to protect China from the eruptions of the Tartars, 2,000 years ago. "' It is estimated that the materia]^]^'em- ployed in this immense fortification.'vould be sufficient to construct a wall six -{eet high and two feet thick twice around the world. It is certain that civilization had 'made considerable progress among the Chinese when it was only dawning on the nations of Europe, but their early history is shrouded in fable. Their earliest exist- ing records are the writings of Confucius, who'lived five hundred and fifty years be- fore Christ, and from that period they descend in an unbroken series to the pre- sent day. Under their earliest dynasty they obtained ^uch prosperity that the MongOi« and Tartars invfuled their terri- tor for plunder, to prevent which they built the great wall which has ever been considered as a wonder in the world. fend a an onttmehtal f «£ed^ ^nth a large aasBs' ^iS. MwiWifle tiwyBowMein tQ IvebMO qmeont of reaui of ficuiidi. Wealth and the Pressure of Fop- nlation. Wealth is usuaUy the scccompaniment rather of a dense population than of a ith^fijenturv scanty one. Wit! the population of but its wealth Belgium, with a square niile. Is bet btttSO., To take Aepording to Scho hail^ led than! pat extreme* instance, fcraf t, an Indian hun- ter required for his sole substance seven- ty-eight square miles his direct interest lay in the death of every rival who in- fmiged on a territory which in Eaghmd woidd support 30,000 people. The rea- son America can now support so many million more of population is because tiwmsrffflons have brought with them Cbe coMDikatlon which has been the re- ftilt of con^wiition in the old world. It is pr u s sAo of population whieh has raised ppn from savagely. It produead the difn- slon of the race, forced nuui into iJie sodal Jdato, and compelled each advance by tmitnbe to be followed 1^ its rivals, jirtilBylwouIdtake a dimimUied chance jjl-aris^iy. 13ie stnigi^ for life, fai Hmok unfit varidies are diadnated, leav- ing th^fi^tor ones to taaiinnit tiieir sn- ps^raaty to their offimiing, hik been the gMiwtee o(d«i#«l6pllieiil. peal to early nistory, such as the theo- logical side of the discnssion on the Par- liamentary Oaths Bill, Mr, Gldstore's language is scarcely more classical, as the figures in the laf'er instance Bf4od thus Saxon, 72 per cent.; Latin, 15 per cen*.; French, 11 per cent. other words, 2 per cent., of which Greek again forms loss than 1 per cent. An analysis of the speeches of the leader of the Opposition shows that in his language there is a great similarity with the component parts of Mr. Glad- stone's. Sir Stafford Northcote's speeches give the following results Saxon. 70 per cent.; Latin, 16 per cent; French. 11 per cent. other words, 3 per cent. Sir William Harcourt is a forcible speak^, and, w]|ien ooe^sion require.^), he j'ik V itb*Hit an egjial ii(invective and sar- his •sit^eeohes, both in style ofdsliycr]^and sQbject matter, are wiuch ^ove ths averi^ of the House. ;^They [i^dw the following results Saxon, 77 per cent. Latin, l5^er cent.; French, per deht.' other words, 1 p3r cent. Mr. Bright does no^ffpeak mu^.h now, ^d since his cyceat sociiach on the Irish -Land A^ of 188^, whi^l} kept the House crowded until lorg past midnight, he haa spoken -comparatively 's0ldoni in Parlia- .juent.' There is no q,a€M|tion as to his be- ..i)ig a great oraSr. A|i^a speaker he haa always been regarded @^^' an Englishman of the TEriglishj hut, strange to say, an analysis of s^^me-Of hislaler speeches gives figures whicH vary but little from those *^J tbe,dther speakers ^already quoted. ^ey stand thtfs Sax-On, 74 per cent. 'l^tin, 12 per cent. Fr|;ftch, 10 per cent other ^^rds, 4 tier cen^; No one coulipossibl^J refer to ihe pro- 3B|[nent j,peake^jin the House without Including' Lord Kandd^g!|^ Churchill, for l'tely, upon alf'Miject8,' great and small, lie has had a gre^ dealj^p say. A speech o£his on the franchiee|^uestion gives the £o}lowi|MK results Sa^Q^ 72 per cent Latin, J'per c|nt. French, 6 per cent,; jS^eek, )2per ceiirtf. oth^r words, 4 per ie^t. t.. ' '•â- â- Â» ^tSsbtnilSSly thff best Speakers in the Hpuse are looked for, apiong tho occu- â€" ^^nts of" the fiRst^wo lieTachee, but below m suee^anun^od sj^^kers, like Mr, iwan and Mr.*ittorle;^are to be found B|ld, wliStever xuy bewid for the opin- ions and tactic ^^ the (F^h party, it must be confAaed thai there^ are some very sole speakers to be fctltid in its ranks. ^lora th^se few^figureai4wo facts are de- dncibleâ€"- first, that the^language of all the speakers quoted aj^bximates greatly tu) one stdndard^i and secondly, that the greateEt"strength of tha,4angnage ii de- rived from the Ssxon Element, Taking the words derived from the French as be ing ori^fiUy Latin, it "ji|ay be said that of the ntuigusg» ,used ill the House of Commons^ three-tourihs comes from the iSaixon, and one-fourth.'Jtrom the Latin. Both our political and Hterary history of the pas*i accoudit? for the number of La- tin words used,/rbut still they are only words of general acceptabce, and words whose import is perfectly well undeir- aitbod. The utilitarian theory applies no- where more strongly than in the case of a language, and if a word is useful it ia sure to be retained. A Little Hero. A sad story of a French drummer boy is told at Heidelburg, in connection with the last siege of that city. The Austrians were in possession of the place, and the only means of attacking them was by crossing the old bridge over the river Neckar, But the defenders were well prepared for the attack they placed their cannon in such a manner that it covered the bridge and its approaches The French planted their cannon on the opposite side of the river, and kept up a toiaihto;to bntiBspF irtftarty^naM* to dislodge the Anstrians from thetr end of the bridge. The attackers were deter- ili: in: lie driiimMBrt'VOy H» and sci^HMiSd 'OoiiNtiMf 3 imaginessriiattleuliaBXs^liiirMiiraHp words^ 'Oh, myt;9ifi!^ett?tty motpscf Ijuaft" â-  A JSplMittiHie f^r «avdiifiea4 A TVIune 'bbriK^iondeiit air' lAb^i, Me.. niakeKthe amnolc^eaitiithat vtiifi •a-dinefi.ijnpofrVPd fxpjnith^ Mediterr^paan â- re rapid^'becomii^a^ tracQtio^-^ fub- stitute haa beep round in junall herranga, which are caugDt on tne cbtsts of MM^^ and New erfr h^ e IDg that 'V*^ YtV PI tna Kpns^ nenta.l jUf Ihl^e iJaMled. m thni 1106, but acl time need wip wete mowedl do^ by the Austrian artUlery, or repulsed at the point of the bayonet. The Fiench band advanced as far as the centre of the bridge, exciting the solcliery with their martial strains, but were compelled to relareat with the retreating men. Again and again the musicians advanced and re- treated, with their comrades, until at laet, a little drummer, disdaining fi%ht, mounted on the parapet c^ the bridge, and althov^h his fdlow-bandsmen fled, with the soldiers, stood his ground man- fully, beating a wild air to recall tiie men to tile dbfUEito. On roshedthe fierce Aus- trians jmh fixed bayonets, whilst the lit- tle hdro^stiu beatii^ his drum defiaitUy, was r^ tJirondi tiie body 1^ somebniiad '~~ As he fw ov«r the bnc^ into tiie" foe. rnidmshinff river below, the poor boy ertod out, '0h, mf nd^wr 1 my mother r The last wards of tie little oonMriiHi were ^â- rdjbotiihgr bioid and foe, and aw sWfck. ih 1876 th* AM Canning factory was established ifa'jBiMt^ port, an^ since, ihen .^ghteeti otljor ,l»c- fories hfve.beeh started there^ oesiieB eight at j[|ii^ec;,' three 'Jat Johesport, two atBobinton, knd one' at each of half a dozen near by places. The bnsineBs ex t^nds from, ^e middle of April to the fojAdlB of December of each year. In TSmhtere ifere packed 1,500 caao^ of 160, cans each, wherea* in 1883 there were aent to market 200,000 caaea. About five cents will cofver the actual amount of ccm- verting'the herriiigs into a lot of sardines Saya the correspondent " To catch the fish, weirs are constructed, bnilt cf piles driven where thef water is about twenty feet deepi aiid *^he spaces between inter- laced with rails and' brush. An opening ia left in the weir, throogh which the fish enter at high water, and a deep, s^nr closes this aperture. when the w**'-- is well filled. Before low water, tht fiflH-rman, with a large scoop net, take the fish out of the weir into their b Ats. The fiah are offered for salQ by. the hogsheadf ul to about seventy-4ya boatmen employed by the different factories. When there has been a large ' catch,' th^ bidding is dull and the prices are low but when only a few of the weirs have been replenished the cmpeting bidders become excited, and a looker-on is reminded of a stock exchange. Early in 1877 one dollar per hotrshead was thooght to be a good price; but in the last ye«r $30 haa been paid. Aftdr the highest bidder has secured hia atock, he atarts hia boat and hoists a sig- nal flag, to notify his employers that he is on his way to their factory." Dexterous cuttersâ€" mostly boys and girisâ€" trim off the heads of the fish and draw the intestines with one movement of their knives The fish finally reaehes tiie flaking-room well-washed and drained, "The flakes," says the correspoiident, "are wire trays about two feet by three in size. The flaking is performed by women. The fish are spread in a single layer on the flake to avoid contact wUle baking. When a flake is full it ia n^ved to a rack in front of the oven, TJie oven is fitted with ten revolving fifameai or skeletons, which altogether h(Ad forty flakes. The man who works the *oifett takes each flake irom the rack and places it on a rfcvolvingfrtrtne..*By the tlih the last framed is filled the flakes on the ^st one are sufficiently bakied. Ontiife ro" moval of these to the racks they are im- mediately replaced by other flsdkes of fresh fish. From the racks men take the baked fish to tho packing tables, where women assart aod pack them in tin boxes, from the smallest variety to the largest packed in an oval can anid henceforth to be known as sea trout. When a tray of cans has been picked and covered with oil and the other in^edients used, it is handed to the "header," who. inserts the cover, and. from him it is passed to the seaJing-room, where the covers aire soldered.. After soldering they are packed in a cooler and then placed under heavy pressure in a s team process kettle. The b oxes are then each tapped at both ends; and through one hole hot oil is in jectpd until it flows out of the other' when they are' both quickly sealed, and put into a revolving cleaner and are rapidly whirled in saw- dust. They are then scrutinized by the tester. If by the pressure of his hands he perceives a leak, it goes to the leak mender and is again revolved in sawdust. Nothing remains now but to label and nail up in cases, when they are ready for shipment to New York, and » re thence soon distributed through all parts of the country. How They Saved the Bank. Many years ago, in consequence of a commercial panic, there was a severe run on a bank in South Wales, and the small farmers jostled each other in crowds to draw out their money. Things were rapidly going from bad to worse, when the bank manager, in a fit of despera,tion, suddenly bethought him of an expedient. By his directions, a clerk;, having. heated some sovereigns in a frying-pan;: paid them over the counter, to an anxious ap- plicant. '"WTiy, ihey'requiti^ hot," Baid the fatter, sa he took them up. "Of coorse,"' was the reply; "what else {ould you • xpect They are only jn^ diit ot the mold. We aro' ootnil^; themi by hundreds as fa»rt aa we ij.*n." "Coining them.-!' th^uehtthe simple. agriculturiBt. "Then there is no fe^r of the mrney running short 1" "WJth.^l^s their confidence revived, the' panic abater ed, aT)d the bank was enabled to weatheV' the storm. ---^ â- ^r*' â€" AiM .ft girls, is now removed by ai electedlyaia. An ordiikr^ fi^Qei^t'en|ie4. lie l»t- M tery and a fine needle, t^lattierliliiached to the negative COTdf^ltf^llid ,tiri6^tnii-'|^trii^ to^ M Iby.ih,! •«fndo4it|^ WfMT aJfflf f nijtion*' ju ' ' evfal^^ne knowB, cauaea loss of power ^ttppme a ,jK]||^iwiUihaic^ around its for^r-brOniU^oy machinery if tldg"»' IbciiMi be revolving rapidly, and we hold ou^'handMimr wmMMj^ M» the hair wtv that lb a a%ht^Â¥Dbb^ Isekward as the^ aihetil revolves, we caff 'ttndwitsnd that thb^peed of the whe6t wiU*- Be 'gradually fliminisied, untiLatl«tiJwjllbe.brought a standBtill^|^j(Miea«Ml-eE«4id »ldi' tional poirer C9mmuaicated to the wheel by' machinery or hand, beyond what was given to set it spinning atibund. Now, this is somewhat analogous to what is bappeninsM».|||MS|^ wi^ j^tation. There is tW«6rf'«(rl4|)p6'Be JbEat We action of the tides is slowly but surely lessening the speed of the eiMi)h's rotation, and, oonseqaently, increasing the length of the day, and that this action willcontinue until th0 ^i^h reVolve^ on its own axis in the sim($^ibd'thati^e in(K tajtea to revolve anMld«tfe««Bitth.^^e. .v; " Then the ds|^, instead of being twenty- four hours, as n-^w, will be about twenty- eight daysj„and.tho earth will be exposed to tbei full blaze otj^he sun forabout four- teen oayarkt-di6^e. 'The^ange this ' •ill bring about on the earth can hardly be exaggeraited '.All life, both animal and vegetable, will be destroyed all water will be evaporated the solid rocka will be scorched and cracked and the whole World reduced to a dreary and buren wilderness It is supposed by some that the moon has already passed through all this, hence its shatteried and bare-looking surface ' that the earth, being so much larger, has moio quickly acted upon the oceans which once were upon the moon's surface, and stepped almost entirely its revolution*' around its own axis, thus csrasing it to have a day equal to twenty- eight of our days, and'thO heat of the sun has already, done to. it what in -future ages it will do to the earth. 'i;i. • Scotch Curllnsr. In the course of time a great many an- ecdotes have gathered about the game, and stories are repeated illustrating its fascination, its devc lopement of the vir- tues, and its superior attraction over any- thing; else In life, except beef, greens and ^whiskey. It is said that the presence of the minister and gentlemen in the game restrajnajutcfanity^ A plAyer who could not entirely control his indignation at a stufiid comrade, and did not like to in- form him. before the minister where he walk going, exclaimed, "it's a guid thing ye'r^ gaiin where there'll be »wie ice." An enthusiastic Kilmarnock curler, absorb- ed in the game from da^ te day during favorable,weather, expjressed his earnest hope that his wife, who was ill, "wadna dee till there cam' a thaw, for otherwise he wadna be able to attend her burial." A couple of farm servants saw the minis- ter going to the curling pond. One of them criticised him, and said that instead of curling every day he ought to be mak- ing sermons and visiting the folk. But the other defended him, and thought he should take every chauca he c^uld get at hurling the stone. "If Iwetefannniater, and therewas onymanin the pariah wadna tak' at least one day's guid oarllns; every winter, I can tell you what it is, lads, I imd keep him- hack at the sacrament." The Bev. Adam Wad'derstone, minister in Bathgatei, was an excellent man and curler, who died In 1780. Late one Sat- urday night one of hia eldera received a challange from the people of Shotts to the curlers of Bathgate to meet them early Monday morning and after toss- ing about half the night at a loss how to convey the pleasing news to the minister, he determined to tell him before he en- tered the pulpit. When Mr, Wadderstone came into the session house, the' elder said to him in a low tone, "Sir, I've aomething to tell ye there'a to be a parish play with the Shotts folk the mom, atâ€"" "Whist, man, whist " was the rejoin- der. " Oh, fie shame, John fie shame t Nae speaking to-day about warldly re- creations." But the ruling' passion proved too strong for the worthy clergyman's scruples of conscience, for just as he was about to enter the inner door of the church he suddenly wheeled round and returned to the elder, who was now standing at the plate in the lobby, andwhisp'ered in his eair, "Bat whan's the hour, John I'll be aurff and be there." Let us all sing, ,. That TQu^c dear Uf a curler's ear. And «Ajo?cd by h"m aloaeâ€" The merry cUo^ Qf 4ift cotUd^ rink â-²nd the boom cf the roaring stoae t TI^ Myterions Bag. /lit^e twobagtf'eadiabo^ita foot loi^ :- and SIX' inches 'iride^ of some daxk mate- rriaUluid seW theiin tif^either at the edge, ,#p that ouo idtkf be Hisidb e other. Next iSf*© a numbetr of pockots; each with a cover to itj mMak may be faistened down â- tritti a button 'And 'loop. iMaeo these ' ^wStK^iro inches apart, between the two ba^ sewing oi^e side, of the. pocket to »Jona.bag aAd^ tto^jtliirttae bo lihe other. SCali^iilitalhrongh^liotii hiags about an ShaTij^ )by.rWiirip. Superfluous hair, and especuJly tha... «,.«« au which disfigures the fapes of wonien andjiiich^ongi jusfeViSo{W*he poo^te."w Uuit l?i« ?»» p»f fow haiid hfttth^ bags and. ^•»* wha$^|r„lh«y eontain^ ments required. The nopfciae of.eel needed depends iipbnt|iiiiritKny«f/hiBibBiiiae."iM3Mi^^ skin, andithe streng th rf thejiy to be ' '^â- - â€" -JK? raaaoved.' 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