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 â- ',l5»J)- HKAt.TK; • 5 ::1 \:i^ ' I t|Vl Gall-Stoiiei. The Ule aids in promoting the peristatlic '«r worm-like motionB of ibe iateetinea, and the digestibility of fat. It flows constantly irom the liver, where it is secreted, into the duodenum, â€" ^tiie first portion of the intes- tines, about six inches long, â€" and also into the gall bladder, to be pounid out as wanted upon the half-digested food in its passage from the stomach. A^large pcurt of the bile is re absorbed from the intestines into the system. About seven-eights of it is water. Of the rest, some five- sevenths are salts of different kinds, one-fifth mucus and pigment, or coloring matter, one fourteenth fats and about one part in fifty -four is what is called cholesterine, and ia supposed to be the waste ef nerve tissue. Insignificant as this cholesterine is in quantity, â€" less than three parts in one thousand of the bile, â€" it forms the greater part of most gall-stones. Mixing with the pigment, or coloring matter, it hardens around casts thrown from the finer ducta of the liver. They are formed in the liver, where some remain,. enlarge, and give rise to abscesses. Others are carried into the gall bladder, where they may grow by constant accretion. They may occur either singly, or in small or large numbers in the blaidder. When they are numerous, they vary in size, from ihe fraction of a grain to ten or twelve grains most of them, however, are of near- ly uniform size, between two or three grains. The solitary gall-stone is supposed to be one that has been left after the smaller ones have been expelled. Continuing to enlarge, it may fully block up the paLssage, and cause the gall bladder to be greatly distended with mucus. Such cases require the surgeon's knife, and the operation is a sure one and exceedingly safe. Sometimes the stone, causing inflammation and suppuration, works its own way out, either through the side, or into the intes- tines, or into the cavity of the abdomen. In the last case it is fatal. It is generally the smaller stones which eause the intense pain of biliary colic. The duct becomes acutely inflamed by the pas- sage of the first, and then by others follow- ing through the inflamed passage in rapid succession, I'owerful opiates are necessary during their passage. It ia believed that certain waters prevent their formation. Of this, however, there Is no satisfactory proof. nnc. Oommon Salt. The power of the soda used in cooking to relieve the pain of bums is now extensively known. Its usefulness is enhanced by its being so common as to be usually within reach. Somewhat akin to this is the effi- acy of table-salt in certain forms of inflam- mation. It is a remedy that finds a place in nearly all countries and households. But the very fact that these articles are so familiafr in domestic use makes it difficult to regard them as powerful remedies. It would be quite otherwise if they were rare, and could be obtained only of the druggist. It may not be amiss, therefore, to refer to what is marvellous in their chemical com- position. The base, or fundamental element, in each is the same, â€" a most wonderful metal, which burns with an intense flame when heated to a temperature twenty-two de- grees less than that of boiling water. This metal is sodium. Combine it in the proper proportion with carbonic acid,^the gas thrown off from burning coal, â€" and " soda," or, more properly, bicarbonate of soda, is produced. Let it combine with chlorine, which forms, in chemical union with lime, one of our most powerful disinfectants, and we have the familiar salt of our tables. It should be impressed on the minds cf our readers that there is the highest medi- cal authority for the statement that there is nothing better than common salt for any or- dinary inflammation of the throat, mouth, or nasal passages. Dissolve a dessert spoon- ful in a coffee cup, and gargle the solution, or snuff it np the nose until it comes out in- to the back-mouth. Repeats two or three times a day until cured. Dr. Thackery, of Philadelphia, has found that salt is effective in the most violent at- tacks of erpsipelas, and, moreover, leaves no unsightly scars behind. He uses a satur- ated solution, â€" that is as strong as it can be made, â€" and simply keeps the parts cov- ered with a cloth wet with it. At the same time he cools the system with a dose of Ep- som salts, mixed with lemon juice, and orders a light farinaceous diet. As erysipelas is so sudden in its attacks, and so speedy in its action, those located at a distance from doctors would do well ' to make a tpecial note of this. The mediefaM nUeii aokai such tm the s^ts of coppor, and«rBeiue,. in laige.doMa, .are after a meal when the sloBkach-f small doses of medieioee acting trie terimnations 4tf the Tagnepironntrto be taken befoie a meaL i â- omrinstMUM we have to consider dtemice] clauge*. Oxide and nitrate of silver, if intendw utt#ct9.ocati ly on the gastric mucons mewbrane, pm^^ likewise be administered whenJkhe sto^aob is empty. Is it not generally ^sewn, OMrt least observed, that iodine and its salts are to be administered on an empty stomach, as the presence of starch and acids, modifying or decomposing the preparations of iodine, would reduce or prevent their .effect. .-The acids intended to affect the gas^e juices are to be taken befpre a meal, in' order pro voke an ample secretion oi the gastrie ghuids. If alkalies are to modify the gastric juices, they must be given during the meal^ but if their absorption into the blood js desked, they ought to be ingested on an emp^*iom- ach, in order not to hinder the process of chymification by weakening thSeaciqs. Me- talic salts, especially corrosive sublimate, likewise tannic acid, alcoh(d, and, e^er drugs, modify or destroy the digestive power of pepsine, and are hence to be ad- ministered solely before meals. ' Small quantities of alcohol, as contained in the or- dinary and medical wines, do hot injurious- ly affect pepsine like the liquors rich in al- cohoL Iron, phosphates, cod-liver-oil, and similar medicines may be taken during meal- time. V ,:: R^iirmi HOTT^SEHOLD. Infection' With regard to the channels through which the contagious organisms are spread a few words will suffice to state what is known on this point, which is intimately connected with the subject of disinfection. Air and water are the chief media for the propagation of infections disease. In the case of scarlet fever, which has been taken as the type, the sc^es detached from the skin and similar tissues from the throat omtain the germs of the disease, and these find their way into the atmosphere and are received into the lungs. They attach them- selves also to articles of clothing and fur- niture, and are.thus^often carried to long dis tanoes. In the caaea of cholwa and typhoid fever, the diBrfiargesirom t^ patient find their way into water, which thus becomes tiie channel by which the dise a se s are pro- pagated. Food, too, may becbme dmilarily contaminated. MiHc, ler inatanee* haa been often kirawn to oonrey tfa»poiaons cf ^• phoid fever, of scarlet fever, uod of diph- theria. In the case of the first, the contamin- ation has been probably due to adulterating milk with fool water containing the. disease germs, bnt it may have iraen m eome cases m»n the ty^oid eoiaiiatioM having been ahaorded W the mflk. The fomtaa of scar- let fever and dii^tiwria w er e pr upi d bly trars- mitted to the mQk' frmn tiie akma and throats of pere mia maptayti. in lite dairy and lecentfy ecmvsleeoeiit ocecaro^ recov- ered from attacks of theav diaeaaes. The of certain other fadSabtiofoa ^â€" mp h tlieir way into €ie, s^atem thxoogh aibraded an rt ace a at tiw liodjr. What is tile IStopaf Tiiin to Take Medi- HOME Aim GESEBAL HEWS. A Brantford youth was recently fined $2 for fishing on Sunday. Dominion Piurliament will take a recess of a week from the 18th to the 25th inst. There is said to be disgraceful destruction of moose going on in the Nipissing district. Mr. John Lang of Prince Albert, while in a fit of despondency recently, hanged him- self in his stable. Bight Rev. Hibbert Binney, BiSliop of Nova Scotia, died in New York the other morning, aged 67 years. The Italian Government denies the recent- ly reported defeat of Italian troops by the Abyssinians at Massowah. Some Toronto oapitalists are asking for a subsidy to build a railway from Medicine Hat toM^^icineHatooal mine?. Gapi Hart, of Si John, 1^. B., is to be adjutant of the Wimbledon team. A com- muidamt has not yet been appointed. A Statistical publication just issued at Paris calculates that their are about 350,000 Frenchmen in the Western Hemisphere. Between November and April last $136, 669 was spent in the distribution of seed to the suffering settlers in the North- West. A coroner's jury at Peterboro' has found Mary and Edward Holbrock, brother- and sister guilty of the wilful murder of her ille- gitimate child. The Marquis of Hartington has written to the Liberal-Unionists advising them to or ganize as a party for the purpose of main- raining their position. The quarantine service in the Gulf will go into effect immediately, and the precautious against the introduction of cholera will be very stringent this year. The St. James' Gazette says the Canadian National park in the Rocky Mountains may become a favourite health and pleasure re- sort for English people of leisure. The Toronto City Council at a special meeting recently decided to submit a by-law to the ratepayers for §100,000 towards the cost of the harbour improvements. The London Olobe says England nn'st afford effectual protection to her intre ts in the Pacific by supporting the CantdJan transcontinental railway. The amount of seed grain applied for by farmers at Regina and distributed by the President of the Agricultural Society, was â€" Wheat, 5,016 bushels barley, 565 bushels oats, 1,045 bushels. An Ottawa correspondent advances the opinion, and gives reasons for it, that the present session of Parliament will be a short one and that the House will probably ad- journ before July 1. ;~' ggjg ?»_:.ri!* " The Vatican has notified France that Gen Boulanger's military law, which refuses to exempt clerical students from service, is an infringement of the concordat, and has de- manded its withdrawal. Pleuro-pneumonia is reported to be more prevalent among cattle in Chicago and its vicinity than ever before. Stringent measures for stamping out the plague have been adopted, as many as two hundred diseased animals being slaughtered in one day. The London Times, Chronicle, Globe and St. James Gazette speak in every eulogistic terms of the Canadian Pacific Railway Com- panys offer for conveying the mail between England and China and Japan, and hope that no narrow economicreasons will prevent the acceptance ofja magnificent offer. The gross earnings of the Canadian Paci- fic Railway Company for March were $719,- 255, showing a net profit over the working expensea of $51,934, as compared with a net profit of 1134,204 for March, 1886. For the three months ending March there was a net profit of $3,998, as compared with a net pro- fit of $250,302 for the first three months of last year. The reports of experts on the Canadian prodncta ahown at the Colonial Exhibition are generally satisfactory. Ontario cheeae is spoken highly of butter, on the other hand, ia not well thought of '{rait, especial- ly applea, cornea in for praise, as does also honey the wheat of Ontario is generally of a simerior quality, titongh somewhat lack- ins m strength, rat the tobacco is declared to De off odour and coarae in flavour. The latest awindle m f annera is worked by raacala in oonplee. They atndy the local papera and take note of adyertiaementa of animala aatray. One fellow ci^ to see the beast and decidea it ia not hia. He goea back to hia pal and givea a minvte deacrip- tionofit. liie latter goes to the farmer and by his daacription convincea Um that he is the real owner. He i»etends, howevor, that he cannot convenientiy take It away and of- fers to aell it at a bafnun. The fanner bnya, and in a few daya the rightfol owner oomea almg and daima it. ' " r HotM Bti^nette. A i»^l*r givea Bome v«»y eenriMe and trite remarks, which perhais the mothers who read this column do not need as ad- vice, bnt which ^ill interest them as some- tiiing which some one tiiey know will do well to heed. In advice to young married people the writer saya " No two people Uving together can by w possibility pre- serve their own happing to say notiiing of their friends' without something of re- serve enough to keep at least Jlheir self- respect, enough to make both as poliU to each as in the days of their wooing." The quick action of a true gentleman to save a woman, whether wife, acQuaintance or stranger, an extra step, an opening of the door when hands or arms are^ full, or the restoration of some article which has been dropped, is something which every one ad- mires, and for which, unconsciously respects the person who has performed the deed, trivial though it be. There are many who are farmers, and farmers' wives and daughters and sons, who think their farm life makes them exempt from all the courte- sies which are iudispensible among city or town dwellers in fact they entertain a su- preme contempt for what they call "fine airs," which are in reality nothing but or- dinaiy courtesy. A mother should insist that her sons make some recognition of her at her table by appearing with some sem- blance of tidiness even after disagreeable farm work if this is too much trouble for them to take, she should prepare the food for their eating at a table where the odors of stable or barn-yard cannot give offence to the remsMuder of the family. The writer remarks further: "Why is it so many people keep all their fine manners for the outer world and have none left for home? Why do mothers train their little ones in every way but by example to be always courteous and then wonder that they are sometimes rude If yon fail to say as surely as to their elders, 'thank you,' 'I beg your pardon' or 'if you please' to a child, so certainly will that ready little wit take on the conviction that politeness is not for every day use nor for home consumption. No-parent has a right to give away a child's playthings without that child's consent. A parent cannot implant a high sense of deli- cacy and honor more surely than by a re- spect for each child's individuality as pro- found as for an equal. " Why should we show our love by our impoliteness? I remember once when my sister and I were taking our departure after a call upon two other sisters, we jostled against one another at the door. Upon our mingled apologies one of the girls broke in with a laugh " Do you do that to each other " she cried. " I should never think of begging Lily's pardon." Yet they were wdl-mannered young persons, too truly gentlewomen in their relations to the world. Some one says " ' We have careful thoughts for the stranger. And smiles for the eometinnes guest, Yet we vex our own with look and tone Though we love our own the best." " There ia no relation, in the household, whether of mistress or maid, husband and wife, child and parent, hostess and guest, but will be made more comfortable by the exercise of a little formal etiquette. Bake in a hot oven jfor half an hoar. BoitBDCrsiMLBDâ€" Put two tatAeapoonfnla of wacer in the kettie first, to keq* thto ens- tard fromatiddng. Then add one quart of milk, two tablespoonfuls.of sugar, two ^ga. (the eggs and sugar beaten together) and two slices oflaread. If hard, dry bread is used, itshoidd be soaked in water awhile before making the custard. After putting it on the stove, watch it closely, for as soon as it boils it is done. Spokge Cakk.â€" Beat the yolks of tiiree eggs well, and the whites until they pQe up in a snowy mass put these with one heaping cup of fine sugar; beat five minutes at least. Thoroughly mix one heaping teaspoonful of baking powder in one cup of sifted flour and beat ten minntes, add one half cap of cold water, beat in evenly, add one cup more flour beat again, and bake in a deep pan in a quick oven. Ybast Dumplings. â€" Make a light dough, as for bread, with flour, water, salt and yeast cover with a cloth and set before the fire for half an hour then have a saucepan of boiling water, make the dough into round balls, the size of a hen's egg and put them in. Ten minutes will boil them. Be sure to keep the water boiling all the time or they will sink and be heavy. When they are done enough, which they will be in rather less than ten minutes, take them out and put into a hot dish and serve with sweet sauce. Household Kotes. To Remove Paint from Glass. â€" It fre- quently happens that painters splash the plate or other glass windows when they are painting the sashes. When such is the case, melt some soda in very hot water, and wash them with it, usng a soft flanneL It will entirely remove the paint. Chinese gloss Starch is made of two table- spoonfuls of raw starch, one teaspoonful of borax, diEsolved in a cup and a half of water. Dip the thoroughl}' dry, unstarched cuffs, collars, and bosoms of shirts in this, then roll them up tight and let them remain a few hours in a dry cloth, then rub off and iron. Paint fob Kitchen Walls. â€"Paint on the Walls of a kitchen is much better than kalsomine or whitewash. Any woman who can whitewash can paint her own kitchen. The wall needs first to be washed with soap- suds, tnen covered with a coat of dissolved glue; this must be allowed to dry thorough- ly, and then covered with paint. A broad, at brush does the work quickly. •\ The qoeetimi whs^fiera preaoribed iqedi- 'tSatb ahoidd he ta l ftM I g Mwi or after -%ned la often pat to Vb» phyndan, and oocanon- ally reqoirea aome apedal consideration. Th«y are. trying a TphytSdma down In Penn^Ivanla beoaoae he haa acted aa an agent for a patant hair oO. And yet thav probahfy wouiaft iHwe noloited him if he had written a recommeodation fw brand of bakiaff powder. It ia a •aome qoeer Useful Eecipes. Baked Rice Pudding.â€" Boil a quarter of a pound of rice in a quart of sweet milk. When it begins to thicken take it off, let it stand till cool, then stir in a lump of butter and sweeten to taste, one-half teaspoon of grated nutmeg butter the dish, pour in and bake. Cottage Pudding â€" One egg, cream with one cup of white sugar and a quarter of a cup of butter, mix with two cups of prepar- ed flour and one cup of milk, add the juice of half a lemon, stir briskly for five minutes, put into a cake pan, bake in a moderate oven and eat hot with lemon sauce. Rice Waffles. â€" Boil half a pint of riceand let it get cold, mix with it one-fourth pound of butter and a little salt stir in one and one-half pints of flour, beat five eggs separ? ately, add yolks together with one quart of milk, lastly the well beaten whites. Beat well and bake at once in waffle irons. Beef Feittebs. â€" Chop pieces erf steak or cold roast very fine make a batter of milk, flour and an egg, and mix the meat with it. Put a lump of butter in a saucepan, let it melt, then drop the batter into it from a large spoon. Fry until brown season with pepper and salt and a little parsley. Pound Cakeâ€" Take of flour, butter and powdered sugar each one pound, eight yolks and four whites of eggs' first beat up the butter to a cream â€" ^keep beating it, one way â€" then gradually beat in the eggs, sugar and flour. Bake in a warm oven for an hour and a quartet. Cover the sides and the bot- tom of the baking-tin with buttered paper. Tea Biscuit. â€" ^Beat very light one egg, pour it over a pint of flour, add a glass ot milk, and chop in one tablespoonful of lard and butter, mixed. Work thoroughly together; break up pieces the size of marbles, which mast be rolled as thin as your nail. Sprinkle with dry flour as yon roll them out to make them crisp "stick with a fork and bake quickly. Jumbles. â€" One and a quarter pounds of floor, one pound of sugar, three-qnartera of a pound of batter, five eggs, a gul of milk, a teaspoonful of baking powder; bdn one- half of thia in amall tins m a quick oven in the remainder pat a qaarter of a pound of eananta andbuethe same. Frost or not atpleasareby leaving out the whites of one or two eggs. Sago Pudding.â€" Boil five tableapoonfnls of aaeo, well picked and waahed, in one qnairt of mflk till qniteaofe,witii a stick of t^a- mon atir In one teaoiip of batter and two of white aagar when cold add six egga irdl beaten and nutmeg to taste. Mix all wdl together and Imke in abnttered dish tlme- qoartera of an hoar. PocaTO LBHOKpuiDiNo.-^Tliree eaaoea of potatoaa, the grated rind and jnice of two fine lemons, three oonoea of white aagar, two onncea rf batter grate off the lenum ped witii lampa ef aogar, beat them and add to the other ingredients bbil the pota- toea and peel tbeaa, nudag all togetiier wi^ the lemon jnice and two beatenesga bake itaUghtty. BAiaKD CAKX.~6n0 jkAtd mdted batter, two ponndawUte aagar, one qaarter^NuuMr cf |naee a h)aim|rfiili yaart, eoaqoart ll, mak, ;;floar cBoa|^ te aake a atlff. UMeti Sight aLd Smell of Birds, A hawk can spy a lark upon a piece of ea,rth almost exactly the same color at twen- ty times the distance it is perceptible to a man or dog; a kite soaring out of human sight can still distinguish and pounce upon lizards and field mice on the ground; and the distance at which vultures and eagles can spy out their prey is almost incre- dible. Recent discoveries and especially Darwin's observations, have inclined natu- ralists to the belief that birds of prey have not the acute sense of smell with which they were once accredited. There acute sight seems better to account for their actions, and they appear to be guided by sight alone as they never sniff at anything, but dart straight at the object of their desire. Their counterparts in the ocean, however, undoubt- edly see and smell equally well, but are more guided by smell than sight. In both sharks and rays the eyes are good, and have a most distinct expression thbugh since they scent their prey from a distance, and swim up to it with great rapidity, "smell" as Lacepede says, "may be called their real eye." Smell, in Mr. Herbert Spencer's definition, is anti- cipatory taste, while sight is anticipatory touch and the manner in which sight, as the dominating sense, is substituted for smell, the higher the evolution of the animal, is remarkably interesting to follow, once the varieties of sight are understood, and both sight and ameLl are studied in connection with the particular habits of the creature for which they were designed. Turn where we will, sight and organs of sight are every- where adapted in the most perfect manner to the necessities of the animal world and in realizing this fact, we realize the truth of the words: "The first wonder is the offspring of ignorance the last is the parent of ador- ation. -â-  ♦ Steiel when hardened, decreases in speci- fic gravity, contracts in length, and increases in diameter. One of the inost important requisites of home-life, and one perhaps most frequently overlooked, is the intimacy that should exist between the paient and the child. This is indeed the foundation on which dl good in- fluences may be mo«t securely laid. The control which is obtohied through fear, or force, or bare authority, has not abiding in it. As soon as the fear is outgrown or the force removed, its power will pass away. But the inflaence which is, at work where real sympathy and friendship exist between parents and children will abide long after the relation it8!lf ia severed, and wiU enter as a powerful factor into the whole life. This ia agood story of Bishop Wilberforce. The Bishop wais travelling on the Great Western railway, in one of we old-fashioned broad-gaupe carriaffea, and waa seated at one end of it, when he heard a tracalent voice at the otiier end exclaim, " I ifould dearly like to meet the Biahop of Oxford. I will be boimd I would pazde Mm " "Very wen," replied the Bidiop to the roei^er, who haa not percdvedhim, "tiowia your time, for I am that peraon." The man ^as taken aback, but quickly recovering, aaid, "Well, my lord, oui yon tell a ]riain man, a plain wav to get to heaven?" "Certainly," replied the Bishop „ nothing la more easy. Yon have only to tun at once to the righ^ and go atrdght forward." Daringhia many travels tiumij^ the coan try Mr. Beecherwaa i» tile haUtrf aleapinff In a blanket-bag when In railmad eara'^aaS railroad atatioaa at al|^ Tkt bag ooodat- •dof aplndlUaakat aewednp thedd^and the bottom, and was oaad beoaoae it kept ^the dnmshta. TbediitiiwnidiedKw^ 4idnpt diadilitt to anqn lm|dly i^tfanea. Pie vaa dLwfmintmKk of aadbl iofonna- tl^ At a nialt.lMaae^^Sinie«fe, Haw York, "^,****»^g#!*?^:lp* artoaWMd thej Qose toll it r:-'^^tae Brother Bin. BY MISS L. HKSBT. " PlesM buy some cress, a n.«« You-H like -em if jou^T^^K Then I can buy an orance «i, For littie brother bai. ' ' " Tpu see we're all alone, now \a. For ftWiher's gone away, *» And mother she's in Heaven ri. Least 80 the folks ail say. ' '"" " And Bill, he seema so tired lii. His lips 80 hot and dry, ""t And 11 you'd see 'era hands of hi. •Twould make you almost cry " 4^ ^l^^ H" *?'« """""in' sir He looked so tired and white I vowed I'd jret an oranse sir ' U for it rd to fight. ' ' They cost a bi five cents, yon I'd like to get him two â-  get him two iGee Fve never made a cent to-day I don't know what I'll do. It knocks me all to pieces, sir To see him lyin' there, ' His eyes, like mother's, bior and bnot* -But, oh so damp his h^r. ^°' " Its time I'd been to see him now I'm sure he'll feel real bad ' For when I left this mornin' 'deed A crust wasall he had. " I gathered these this momin' sir They're nice and fresh you see • ' I covered them with this wet mow ' And stood beneath this tree. ' •' You'll take them all Oh, thank tob i How Billy's eyes will shine, â„¢^«'l Them oranges will be moie to him Than any big gold mine. ' " Cktme home with me yes, if yon 111. There ain't much though, to see A broken chair and little bed ' It just holds Bill and me. " We use the chair as table, and The bed is good enough For standin' round like this, you know It makes a fellow tough. " Just wait a moment, I'll be back They sell the oranges there ' My 1 won't they be a jolly treat To spread on Billy's chair. " Yes this is where we live sir, wait I guess I'll go ahead I've always got to lift Bill up, And let him sit in bed. " He's gone asleep, I know he's tind. Here Bill wake ap and see, I'm 'fraid he's pretty sound this time Bill 1 BiU it's time for tea " The stranger moved the lad aside. And o'er wee Billy bent He folded down the wasted hands. And smoothed the curls unkempt. Then turned to his companion small, Whil'st tears stood in his eyesâ€" " Wee Bill will never wake my lad He's gone above the skies." The boy gazed at the silent form His eyes with anguish wild. Then with a great heartrending cry, Sank down beside the child. The stranger took him to his borne, And o'er him watched with care But all in vaio, his heart still ached, Wee Billy was not there And now they're lying side by side Within the churchyard gates And one there is who pauses there. And muses as he waits. And fancies as he silent stands That he can hear him still " Please buy then I can get an orane: For little brother Bill." Nesta. BY ARCHIE MACK. Away from the busy tuVmoil of lifs Dwelt a couple infirm and old. Their cheeks were furrowed with manfja Their forms were bent, and y-tay their haii, For sorrow had stamped its impress there, But their hearts were far from cold. In that hidden nook a maiden fair. Gifted with beauty rich and rare. And used to trouble, toil, and-care, Was these old people's stay. A foundling on thtir doorstep left, Of parents, friends, and all bereft, A pretty babe scarce six months old. Left there to perish in the cold One bleak December's day. These good old people found the child, And raised her as their own, And well does she repay their care. For with a love beyond compare. This lovely creature, young and fair. Makes gay their humble home. Sweet Nesta is a winsome maid. And counts her labors well repaid By one endearing glance or nord From grandma, by the fire. Oh happy, happy is the cot Where content is the inmates' lot, Happy the home where love and joy Lacks mixture with the base alloy,â€" 1'hough humble is the cottage rcoi. Blithe Nesta is a living proof That claims of love ne'er tire. Oh, may sweet Neeta always be As winsome and as good As she 18 now, and then she may Pass on her way without dismay. From early mom till evening gray, Nor fear the bad or rude. it at ni^t and letlt riae nutUmonui^ than add one pooad of â- toned taiaina, work weQ Honeymooners Eouted Out byMi» Prince Bismarck's second son seems • destined to bring before the world sn disciple of the famous Piper of Hu Coimt Will, who, since his recent nur has exchanged his lively t"'"^*'""!,. ments for a retired life in some somW| cestrd castie, has had his honeymoon" rnpted in the most prosaic '».*'^^ iormidable army of mice, which invesW" place from cellar to garret, cauB* greatest annoyance, and making W^ unoearable in the place. In t*"® ^^J of time, when like the locusts of r» "very greivous were they," a ^^^l ed himadf before the Count and en* contract to the effect that he woow every mouse to disappear as soonw i given 100 marks in payment. Nos thandone the mice vanished aa if "7 ment, bat Count Will refused to p*)^ the man soon after demanded '^J^T^m ' on the plea that a servant Ymao^ monae at the stables. After de^rTI vain to find the lastot his vanished " charmer once more demanded, "^d foaed, payment as long as he co'"i"C Che non-existence of the stable mo" despair, he went at hwt before »« trafeea, and his case is now v^?% tanately, the castle where ^J^ iared^ U dtaated in a very of the country, where there is W' g^ ger of the terrible revenge of w" ooa rat-catcher being repeated. beat andad.Mjk'iAnn plaoetoriae; mfae' itorMifcitti!« M^ihi:Airiia« AaSt:^^2? 5,j5 into ofambitiai^aad tittilfelaadiiiR^nv- In business, in politics, in aU' life, thwe are routine courses m^ lAm world moves along withou* " of thinking. If the old ways o^'f^ dl 1^1^, and no man ot fthaJjaSlwr the mere sake of hemSt^, tiiere are obvious aopv, ^y tiie dd, nobody should rnauii^ ainqpfy becaose it is old. ^-j-i. ,., .^.j^^j