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 m-! ^i I â-  f m 4 i Jflil" I:; .il,p LOTTIE AND OOTTIK AFAIBYTALE. a; BT M^VDB lb BADVOSn. T^ Lottie and Cbttie were two littfe AU. They were twipswid looked exactly alike. Both had red cheeks «nd lips, great, j(rey eyes, and a brud of brown hair haa^g down their backs, generaUy tied with bine libbon. They were good little girls, too, bat of coarse, like every one else they had their faults. Their greatest fault was that of wishing unreasonable things. Sometimes, course, they wished for things which would be of benefit to themselves and others, but generally they wished foolishly. One day, they were looking oat of iiie window watching the fle^y clouds roll across the blue sky. Presently they saw a flock of birds fly by. ' Oh " said Lottie, " I wish I were a bird." " So do I," answered her sister. " What kind of a bird would you like to be " " I should like to have a yellow body, green wings, pink feet, red beak* and blue taU." "Oh!" said Cottie, "I should like the same as you, only I had rather have a blue beak and red tail." "How splendid' it would be " exclaimed Lottie. Now it happened that a good fairy lived near these little girl^jand, as she took an interest in all childreipbd especially in good ones, she often used to observe how Lottie and Cottie acted. She did not know much, however, of that very bad habit of theirsâ€" wishing. Now, she determined to grant them each a wish, but, as she could not go herself to give it, she sent her waiting maid. Rose-bud-bloom- ing. Now Rose-bud-blooming, being a rather lazy youi^ fairy, delayed somewhat on the way to the house of our children. Ah Rose-bud-blooming, why did you not arrive a little sooner, and when Lottie was wishing to be happy, clever andrich, grant her those wishes? But Miss' Rose-bud- blooming flew into the room just after that desire had been uttered, and sat her Iszy little self down upon a cushion and waited for the utterance of the next wish. It was that one regarding the birds, and the young fairy flew towards the little girls, touched them on their heads with her wand, and flew away again. The next moment two little girls felt themselves grow smaller and smaller and smaller, and then their arms grew into wings, and they found themselves turned into two little birds, one with a blue beak and red tail and rhe other with a red beak and blue tail. " My goodness " exclaimed Lottie. " Is that you Lottie " asked her sister. " Yes," answered Lottie, " ia it not jolly We are little birdies now." "I should think we were. Let us fly out of the win- dow." So two little birds singing loudly flew up, up towards the clouds. They passed a great many people they knew. School-mates, who cried out, at the sight of their brilliant plumatje, and their own brother, who tried to catch them, intending to bring them home to themselves. But they eluded his grasp, and flew on, on, on past hills and valleys and rivers, and then they flew towards home again. Tney perched themselves en a bough to rest. " My goodness " said Lottie, " it's get- ting late." •' Yes," responded Cottie,a little dolefully, tt must be confessed, " I'm a little hungry." " Oh I am terribly hungry." " We are birds and don't know how to get any food. What shall we do " " Go home," sobbed Cottie. •* We can't. They won't know it's us. " " Oh, dear me " " If once I got home I would never wish a foolish wish again. Never Never 1" " Neither would I," responded Cottie. Then the poor little things began to sob again. Oh Rose-bud blooming, if you could have seen them Now it happened that this was the day on which the good fairy reviewed her ani- mals, and as she was returning home, she heard some one sobbing, and saw the two birds. She listened to their conversation, and immediately knew that they were the children to whom she had granted the wish. " Ah " she said, " I think that this les- son will cure them. " " Now, birds," she said to the children, " Now, birds, will you ever wish a foolish wish again " " Never Never 1" " Well, then, become two children again," answered the fairy, touching them with her wand. Immediately the birds vanished, and Lot- tie and Cottie stood by each other. " Remember your promise " sang the fairy, as she flew away. " Thank you, we will " And the children kissed each other, and, let me add, kept their promise to the fairy. Sixnaj in BniU. .. BtUD laur^e'titM^^elile' Aa^Bci^ boqc the only Chgjetiaf B«tiett in woioh dmroT now exkti^ tt w ii^ it i»«e be hoped that t£e recent meuorea taken for its abof 'jden will, iot^no ,rmeg_ long ti|ne, ktain from IncMca^iheon. ^,^ At ^ikt^tiie Indialiw were eoalaysd Ity tKq PortnfBMB MtaBK^' uader-the iext M desiring to Christianize them. Tbeir baptots need to call the expeditions against them, " going into tiie forests to rescue In- dians." ' When 0iis practice was finally prohibited, the i^aaters supplied the places of the na- tives by negroes from the west coast of Africa. These slaves were bronght over in great nambers without opposition, imtil Portugal acknowledged the independence of Brazil in 1825. Then, to the lasting honor of the new State, one of the first acta of its ruler was to sign a treaty with England for the snppreasion of the slave trade. The Government, however, had not the means to carry the treaty into effect, and the importation of blacks accord'ngly con- tinned, notwithstanding the urgent and oft- repeated protests of England, and the efforts of her cruisers. The disgrace to his country from this persistent violation of the trea^ was keenly felt by Dom Pedro 11. ivhen he b^in to reign. But the remonstrances of the boy Emperor â€" he was only a lad of fifteen at this time â€" had little effect. The slave trade continued to fiDurish for more than ten years longer, when the extreme vigilance of the English men-of-war, who pursued slavers into Bra- zilian harbors, and cut them out from under the guns of their forts,, tofiether with the outbreak of the yellow fever, attriouted by the terrified people to a freshly landed cargo of slaves, at last pat an end to the trafic. By one of the provisions of the treaty, all negroes brought over after a certain year were to be free, and the English Minister at Rio de Janeiro was now instructed to de- mand the release of those who were illegal- ly held in bondage. All his efforts were in vain, although the Emperor again exerted his influence on the side of right and hu- manity. Still, they were not wholly without efiect, since the asritation of this question aroused an opposition to slavery in Brazil, which was greatly strengthenea by various circumstances. The chief of these circumstances were the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln, and the necessities of the Para- guayan War, which led to the freeing of all slaves who joined the army. At this time, the Emperor gave his personal slaves their liberty, and many of his subjects followed his example. These acts awakened the wildest hopes in the slaves, and to every remotest plantation the glad tidings of coming freedom penetrat- ed. Whenever on a holiday the Emperor ap- peared, the roads were lined with grateful negroes, who falling upon their knees, im- ploring blessings from heaven upon their re- deemer as he passed. Whittier caught the enthusiasm and sang with prophetic fire of the noble-minded ruler " Crowned doubly by man's' bUgsIng and God's grace, Thy future is secure Who frees a people makes his statue's pla^e In Time's Valhalla sure." At length, in 1871, the long-looked-for emancipation bill was passed; but bitter was the disappointment of the slaves and their friends to find that it only declared that the children of slaves born after this time should be free at twenty-one, and es- tablished a fund for the pui chase of the free- dom of slaves. Accordingly agitation was begun for a more radical measure, especially in the northern provinces, where the slaves are comparatively few in number, with such success that by 1883 emancipation had be- come the one absorbing national issue. Both parties were agreed in their desire to put an end to it, but were divided as to the means by which this should be brought about. The next year a government emancipation bill having been defeated by a very small majority in the Chamber of Deputies, it was determined- to appeal to the people, if such a term has any meaning in a country where, out of a population of about thirteen mil- liops, the voters number only about a quar- ter of a million. As soon as the elections were over, the Emperor called together both houses for the purpose of acting on this matt«r. Another emancipntion bill was introduced and, after some debate, passed, becoming a law Sep- tember 28, 1885. By its principal provisions all slaves over sixty-five years are unconditionally freed the emancipation fund is largely increased and a valuation of slaves according to ages is made, these values to diminish annually six per cent. The advocates of this measure assert that, by its action, slavery will cease in Brazil in 189*2. Other careful observers, however, are not so hopeful, though none doubt the fin- al triumph of freedom. It is certain to be ar- dently desired that the day, when it does come, may find still on the throne the en- lightened ruler who, when a boy, struck the the first blow which loosened the shackles of his subjects. PABM. ,smisfms^if The vntiBotpt milk, instead of muinlMinring it into fc«*- ter, is stated to be wpm^ t/xUamfOybi Jgreland. Tah Oh*» fyr»0t my Mm* W h« S0b,OOO a*bi«es, ud kept the fle» Ues away at a oort of a 8fiU;Ie do^. His method is to pour a «Ilm of spirits of torpentine into a hmti of land pj^^er, and when the plaster is dampsned ail through, as it will be in a few days, spread it broad- cast over the field. It is better than lune or ashes, and may be apptted when the plants are not wet wiui tain at dew. For the present condition of depression in British agricnltare, leadivg statesmen like Gladstone, and leading agricultansts like Reed and PeU, are earnestly urging the peo- pie to turn their attention in a greater de- gree to the rearing and marketing of poul- try, believing it will be more remunerative than wheat farming, etc., while a full sup- ply raised at home will keep in the country the millions of money now paid to foreign- ers for eggs. The first pound, or the first 100«pounds, of beef mutton or pork is the most costly. The greater the weight an animal can be made to attain in the shortest period of time the snudler the cost per pound propor- tionately. It requires no more labor to feed a steer weighing 2000 pounds than it does to feed a steer weighing 1000 pounds. The cost of production does not depend solely upon the amount of food consumed, but upon the food, shelter and labor. A New Tax.â€" The Russian Minister of Finance has hit upon a novel expedient for raisinir additianal revenue. He proposes to tax hen's eggs, the amount fixed being a quarter-kopeck on each egg laid, or about a third of a penny. Only the first twenty eggs laid by each hen, however, are to be liable to the tax. Jis there are said to be 100,000,000 hens in Bussio, a quarter-ko- peck on each of the twenty eggs laid by each hen will, it is estimated, produce a re- venue of 5,000,000 roublesâ€" a very substan- tial sum. Ducks are to. count the same as hens, but turkeys lay such large eggs that the Minister is in doubt whether the tax upon them should not be heavier. The sub- ject is receiving his " serious consideration." The Farmek's Case. â€" ^A writer in the Quarterly Beview takes the ground that the English farmer has really nothing to fear from the competition of the wheat-growers in the United States, Russia, Australia or Canada that his only formidable competi- tor is the Indian peasant. This proposition, which at first glance appears somewhat startling, is supported with a mass of facts and figures, which we at least are wholly unable to controvert. The reviewer's thes- is is that of late wheat has been grown at a loss in all the exporting countries with the single exception of India. The average value of the English wheat crop of late has been about £8 stg. per acre â€" to say nothing of price, the average yield in England is nearly 29 bushels per acre, against 1*2.3 in the States â€" so that if the game of beggar- my.neighbour is to go on, the English farm- er is sure in the end to outlast his Ameri- caji rival. "•- Not Long a Policeman. Policemanâ€"" Give me a pint of peanuts, aunty, and there's five cents for you." Aunty â€" " ffiven bliss ye, sorr I see yez are a new man on the foorce." Queiy. A young lady dreamed the other evening that she was out riding, and that the horse was running away. She jumped and fell from the bed to the floor, bruising her shoulder. Might this, so to speak, be call- ed a case of being thrown horn, a night- mare MERnEiiffliimiAca The J3ride Eace in a Canoe' The damsel, in Singapore, is given a canoe and a double -bladed paddle, and allow- ed a start of some distance. The suitor, simi- larly equipped, starts off in chase. If he succeeds in overtaking her she becomes his wife if not, the match is broken off. It is seldom, that objection is offered at the last moment, and the race is generally a short one. The maiden's arms are strong, but her heart is soft and her nature is warm, and she soon becomes a wUIing cajH tive. If the marriage takes place where no stream is near, a round circle of a certain size is formed, the damsel is stripped of all but a waistband, aad given half the circle's start, and if she succeeds in running three times round before her suitor come up with her she is entitled to remain a virgin if not, she must consent to the bonds of matrimony. As in the other cases, but few outstrip tiieir lovers. What Edith Thought of It. Alonzo " Dearest Edith, candour com- pels me, on the eve of our wedding, to con- fess that I am a ' Edith, in consterna- tion " Not a -married man " Aloniso "No; but a'tonmambnlist." Edith more calmly " And is that all, dearest V That should not sepisate U| or give us concerik Why, papa was brought im an Qld-£ashion ed Meth9cBst, and mamma nas always Iwea a close-ctnnmunion Baptist, and thcryNre got â- along T«ry well together " Questions. What is life Go, ask the tramp. Who begs from day to day And he will tell you 'tis a cramp. That squeezes breath away. What is life Inquire of clown, Who laughs within the rin? And he will lay the maxim down. It is a serious thing. What is life The miser ask. And be will answer, 'tis A golden sun 'neath which to bask. Grasping the horde that* s his. What is life Go, ask the bard. Who sings the song to men And he will tell you 'tia most hard. As dark as sin's own den What is life? Ask the Divine, Whose strength is spent in preaching-; And he will answer that its twine. Is e'en beyond hU reaching. Thus life's a book we all must read. Bat who can criticise it 'lis full of pozzies, problems, greed. And trickery underlies it. Silver Plated Ware. Artistic Desiflcns, combined witb Unequalled Ihindbility and Finisb HAMILTON, ONT. fbeluMfieserrej UFfe ASSOClAl hi' 'â-  1h« bwgest and most A«ooiation in the woi H^-.s:;! Toronto bi Plate ui ORONTOOILVERrLATE ICanofsotnrera of the highest grwle of SILVER P LATE D WARES. Steel KniTes, Spoons, Forks, Etc., A SPECIALTY. ALL GOODS GUARANTEED. 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Bob- by, after a pause " For takin' the cauld wi'" Don't Harry Him " "He is such a fickle, inconstant fellow, you will never be happy with him," said Esther's friends when they learned of her engagement to a young man who bore the reputation of being a sad flirt. Esther, however, knew that her lover 'had good qualities, and she was willing to take the risk. In nine cases out of ten it would have proved a mistake but Esther was an un common gir) and to every one's surprise Fred made a model husband. How was it Well, Esther had a cheerful, sunny temper and a great deal of tact. Then she enjoyed perfect health and was always so sweet, neat and wholesome that Fred found his own home most pleasant, and his own wife more agreeable than any other being. As the year passed and he saw other women of Esther's age grow sickly, faded and queru- lous, he realized more and more that he had " a jewel of a wife." Good health was half the secret of Esther's success. She retained her vitalij^ and good looks, because she warded off feminine weaknesses and ail- ments by the use of Dr. Pi«:ce's Favorite Prescription. 3ig hats are rarely beautiful this season. The Old surer Spoon. How fresh in my mind are the days of my sickness. When I tossed me in p.iin, all fevered and sore The burning, the nausea, the sinking and weakness, And even the old spoon that m.y medicine bore. The old silver spoon, the family spoon, The sick'-chamMr ritoon that my medicine bore. How loth were my ferer-parched lips to receive it. How nauseous the stall that it bore to my tongup. And the psin at my inwards, oh, naught oonid relieve it, Though tears of disgust from my eyeballs it wrung. The old silver spoon, the medicine spoon. How awful the stoB that it left on my tongrue. Such is the effect of hausdons, griping medi- cines which miake the sick-rooni. a memory of horror. 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Bu at instead of ,^ the strange ^al crying we [heart would I that I am I" 1? Oh that h" nid looked at teak was so If or a moment â- She is unhing pered. "Per jer, it would hi lYes, madam, aake a sugg«:st er if yon left i some likenes to some. one. I will leave foi 1 soothe her." jl think you ar le in again pre: |e quieter." lirectly Enid Irece's whole i dued domestic nd. She bent rninthe suffer I do you not ki I You â€" and he: s, and in the " she continue I of his friends fcmes?" [idonot kno^ Eood purpose- n a great ham I Ah, then, yoi rs. Do you |e here often ncrece started autier!" f What do Ik i is bad, and I not succeed I to aid the be) Qd to me." [You are not I qnicky i Iknow." rl did not noble shi [itransie, Lu( nornw, peri [ywi everyth hrooght m f wawhile, 1 Idtawfaig-rooi I vaf ortunate He had hi '^tVhoi Boil ^to not! ^vpon his [5»d.-«Ho L°'Wr womai fojrdldwhal '" bad 63 cgsttMtl '"•trnwet "~*dl col] "Iha« ;«t SOI WW •^etvnai 1 9nn idML FPR SAU BY ALL THE LEAIINC DttlBS- â„¢^ ^!* ^- eiiilfc eoToiD. TORONta WMen »*o Isare wH y«* tetn this STOVl should swrnre the sale ot it at once. i^ui^tUiik^BattSiiliMSUi^iam^ "•â- ^'"' ii^iliiiifiiiili^iiigiJii