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 'P^^:*,'^^v-'" :^*t- â-  I? 'm^ !â-  'i 1^ •I if til i YOUNG FOLKS. BOBEET-HOUDIH, THE PEEHCH MAIOIAH- Lie Tfce Career •! • Co»J«Jrer. In Mr. Henry BaMon'namwdag Beeollec- ^ofaCcmJm tr hedescribes the aMurd coa- Professor Anderson, wbo tame worn by a. •â- '"â€" â€" â€" r-.. xr'-.-*!. » cUled himself the •' V iz.rd « the North^ This Scotch con urer, so Mr. Hatton teUsM, donned » a flowing velvet robe which reaciwi to the ground." A costume not unhke this was worn by many of the conjurers who per- formed in Europe during th« earlier years of this century. They clad themselvwm an ample robe, set off with the signs of the zo- diae in gold embroidery, and rhey affected an austere demeanor, likely to influence an ignorant audience, and to give it a higher opinion of their powers. In reality this cum- b?ousrobe was adopted chiefly because, ts abundant folds could be made useful to con ceal objects which the conjurer wished to have at his hand ready to appear, or to hide them after he had pretended to make them ^hHSemn magician who stalked before the audience in the attire of a Chaldean priest filled his stage with glittering appara- OTsof highly poluhed brass piled high to- ward thel^eiling. and illuminated by dozens of candles, while the tables on his 8t*ge were covered with clinging draperies which fell to the floor, most convenient for the conceal- ment of a boy beneath them. Other confed- erates were scattered through the audiense, ready to give the performer articles which were already agreed upon, and for which he was quite prepared. Dnder conditions like tliese conjuring was mere child s pUy. in- deed, there is hardly a trick performed by tie chief conjurers of the end of the ast century which an Anaericam or an English boy may n6t buy now at the nearest toy- store for a few cents. Very different is the performance of one of the best of modem conjurers. His stage is furnished like an ordinary parlor the tables are light and they have no covers there is no gaudy apparatus to distract tbe eve • and the lights on the stage are no more tha.; they would be in any other "^t «ce«. The periformer comes on smilmg affably ms manner s easy and his talk is often witty be is clothed in the ordinary evenmg dress of a gentleman; he has no confederates the audience he uses little or no again the sleights and effects handed down I from thwr predecessors. I l^e Robert-Houdin determined to appear with a complete programme of absolutely new tricks, and to perform them m a manner quite as noveL He gave up the glittering apparatus with its double-bottomed box^. Hegave np the tables with faUmg cloths, under which an assutant might be oonceaJ- Hegave up the fantastic robe o£ tne He gave np the use of con- He detemdned to appear a* a ed. astrologer, federates. â€" ..,.-„_ gentleman, on a stage arranged m imitation of a parlor, with no obvious apparatus, and he was resolved to descend to no low iokes or cheap personalities, but to be bound strictly by the rules of good taste. Having at last perfected his programme, he opened a tiny little theatre-now torn downâ€" in one of the galleries of the Palais Royal. This was in 1845. He was instant- ly successful, and for seven years he con- tinned to give his Soirees Fantaatiques, as be called them. The little theatre which he founded, although no longer in the same place, exists to this day, and stUl bears the name of Robert-Houdin as its highest re- commendation to the attention of those seeking entertainment. Bni; Robert-Hou- din did not confine his exertions to his own theatre he travelled throughout France, and during the tronblous times following 1848 he crossed the Channel and performed in London and in the chief towns of Eng- land, appearing before Queen Victoria, as he had earUer appeared before King Louis Philippe. i 1 1.U It is not too much to say that most ot tne best tricks now performed by the conjurers of to-day were invented by Robert-Houdin. Among these were the crystal clock and bell, which marked and struck the hour any spectator might call for the feat of produc- ing from a silk handkerchief several bowls of water with goldfish swimming about m them the aerial suspension of a child by a single cane resting on a footstool the mex- hauBtiDle bottle, from which any wine or U- â- uor asked for was poured out immediately the shower of money, which the performer caught in the air, and virith which he half filled a hat the crystal casket, a glaas box swinging in the air, into which marked coins were most mysteriously passed and above all, and mojt marvellous of all, the strange and inexplicable feat which is called se- cond-sight. So successlul were Robert-Houdm s per- formancss that he was able to retire earl^, and to devote himself thereafter to experi- A Shattered Sinule- richest gems 'neath nature's covering furled hid and never charm a wandering world. The greatest thonjfhts id fiercest garden The pc^teTves, to aU save him, unknown. The greatest harmonies whieh music rears, In ginius wrapped, ne'er falls upon our ears. Most wondrous pictures, shadowing all the Unpai^ted' dwell within the artist's breast, Your vrife's most cutting words when you're in bed â€" WeU, no, they're not the ones she leaves unsaid I I A Smart Son-in Law. «' Rsbecca. you shall not speak mit dot Moses Levi once more." j,. -r-.. " Oh, fadder, yon prcak mine heardt. v e vos almost engaged. Vy shaU I not shpeak ° ««Hehaf sold me a paste diamond for a shenuine shtone." " Oh, fadder, dot shouldt recommend him. If he can fool a vise man like you vat a for- tune he haf in der chewelry pizmess. " Veil, Rebecca, you vas schmarder asl thought. Get married ven yon like, and I shaU go into bardnership with mine son in- law." Why He Couldn't Find the Keyhole- Wife (with her head out of the second- story window to husband at front door)â€" " Can't you find the keyhole, Henry Y Henry (doubtfully)â€"" No, m' dear. You mush 've took 'tup stairsh wiz you. USES or btkawbereibs. -what growl so Surprising Ignorance. Little Topsyâ€" Unc. Rastus, whi makes dat yaller dog o' youm when he's gnawin' er bone ., t Uncle Ratusâ€" Gwine away, chile, Ise s'prised at yo' ig'runce. Dat dog am er quarrellin' wif his food. among the audience he uses """« ?^. °° ments in mechanics and in electricity. His apparatus, prefemng to borrow such articles ^^^^^ inventions were almost as useful as his as he may need from one or another of the ^^^ amusing. In 185 spectators. There is no suggestion of the «""' sip«natural,~and the audience knows that t uthere to see the pleasant entertainment of a clever man. ' The change from the old and gloomy oon- iurer to the bright and lively magician of more modern times took place about half a century agj, under the influence chiefly of a Frenchman, Robert-Houdin, who was the most ingenious, inventive, and skillful con- jurer that ever lived. Jean Eugene Robert was bom at Blois, in France, in 1805. His father was a watch- maker, and the son inherited a gift for me- chamcal construction which grew with his years. At school he made elaborate wooden works set in motion by a captive mouse. Later, when he was placed in the office of a notary, betook possession of a hughbird^ cage there, ard, so arranged it that all the birds had to work for their living, pulling up buckets from a well when they wanted to drink, hauling up Uttle wagons of seed when they were hungry, and opening and closing smaller interior cages as they hopped from one carefully balanced perch to another. At home he arose before his father every morn- ing for nearly six months to work secretly at the watch-maker's bench in a successml effort to reproduce a mechamcal snuff box which his father had once to repair. By dint of hard labor, the boy at last finished the mechanism. On the top of this snuff-box there was a picture of a wood when a spring was touched, a tinyflittle rabbit ran on and began to nibble by the way-side, thetfa man and a dog appeared the man raised his gun and fired at the rabbit, which fled, foUowed by the dog. J] 1. The elder Robert was at last convmced by this and other like traits that his son had a bent for mechanical work which it was use- less to resUt, and young Robert was allowed to devote himself to his chosen tr^e. In this he rapidly perfected himself. He went to Paris in 1830, where he met and married Mademoiselle Houdm, whose name he added to his own, as is not unusual in France. At the Exhibition of 1839 M. Robert-Houdin was awarded a silver medal for his mechani- cal ingenuity. He devised the figure of a man seated at a table, and capable of writ- ing the answer to any question and m his deUghtf ul autobiography he gives a pleasant account of his exhibition of this figure to the King Louis Philippe, A true automaion is a some earlier had been amusing. In 1856 the French government, desirous of proving to the Arabs of Algeria that the wizwds of Africa were hopelessly inferior to the magi- cians of France, (begged Robert-Houdin to to over and show the Algerians what he could o. Onhis return to France he wrote hisauto- biographv, of which there is an Eaglish trans- lation. Then he composed two books on the art of modern magic, which owed more to him than to any one else these have been admirably Englished by Professor Hoffman. In 1871, when he was sixty-five years old, he died at his house near Blois, which he had fittsd up with the most extra ordinary variety of electrical devices. ^^ Curiosities of Magnetism. Most well-informed people are doubtless aware that the globe on which they live is a great ball of magnetism, but comparatively few have an adequate idea of the influence this property is continually exerting on all sides, that many common but inexplicable phenomena can be traced directly to this source. Statistics goto show that in the matter of steel rails, as many aa thirteen will become crystallized and break where they go to make up a rai road track running east and west before one of those on a north and south track is similarly affected. This is entirely due to the magnetism generated by friction, and the fact that the polarity of the mag- netic current is in the former instance re- sisted in the headlong rush of the train, whereas in the latter case it is undisturbed. Another strange effect of this peculiar and occult force is that exerted on the watches of trainmen. A timepiece carried by the conductor running a train 20 miles an hour, however accurate it may be, will, if the speed of the train is increased to. say, 50 miles, become useless until regulated. The magnetism generated by the flight of a train «ay be said to be in proportion to the speed vrith which it is propelled, and the delicate parts of a watch, numbering all the way from 400 to 1.000 pieces, and peculiarly sus- cept ble to this influence by reason of the hammering and polishing they have receiv- ed, are not slow to feel the effect. The Vagaries of Women. Countryman (to grocer)â€" Gimme soap. Grocer- Yes, sir what kind Countrymanâ€" Well, soft soap is good 'nough fer me but I'm a married man, mister, an' when a woman makes up her mind to put on style there's no stoppin' her. Gimme a bar of hard soap. Destination About the Same. he said to a young man of dissipation, " do you " My friend, who bore signs Speed Out of the Question. Counsel (impatiently to witness)â€" Can't yon speak a little faster. Uncle Rastus Witnessâ€" Didn't I swa' to tell de trnf, de whole truf, an' nufn but de truf Counselâ€" Yes. yes. Witnessâ€" Den Ise got ter go slow. 'â-  Time to Close Up. She was sitting in the parlor with her bean when the old man came down stairs and opened the front door. •' barely, papa," she said, "you are not going out at this late hour V " Merely to untie the dog," he replied. "Well, Miss Clara," said the young man, reaching for his hat. "I think I will say good night." The PJaoe to Trade. Stranger (:o tailor)â€" You've got a nice stock ot goods here. Tailor (rubbing his his handi)â€" There's nothing like it this side of the Atlantic Ocean, sir. Strangerâ€" I've been told that your prices are about right, too. Tailor â€" Yes, sir the price I put on a suit of clothes is a great injustioe to my wife and family. Now, there is a line of spring and summer goads of my own impor- tation, and I paid cabin passage rates to get 'em here. That diagonal, the manufacturer assures me, was made exclosively fer the Priuce of Wales, and only got into my lot by mistake. He offered me big money to get the goods back for fear of international complications. Stranger â€" ^You don't say so I Tailorâ€" Y'es, sir. But I laughed at him. When I get hold of a good thing it goes to a customer every time if I lose money onit. I s'pose you will want a nice, stylish spring suit, and then something for warm weather Stranger â€" N-no. I guess not this morn- ing. I was trying to get out of the way of a milk wagon too suddenly a few moments ago, and I want to get a suspender button sewed on. figure which movesS realize that the road you are following leads of Tte' own ;ccord"^ter having been wound eventually to death np. Such are the mechanical -in"" "« "«« in toy-stores â€" the dolls swim, or beat a dram K^V dolls we see which walk or »w^, «. Robert-Houdin's figures were not true automata, as the deli- cate mechanism he had devised needed to be guided by a secret signal from him. His automaton writer could write the answer to any question, so it was asserted, and the spectator could see the letters of the reply as they were formed by the pen the figure held in his hand. But it was Robert-Hou dia who made the mental selection of- the given answer out of a variety of pos able replies, any one of which the machine had been constructed to write. He had prepared answers which would fit any ques- tion â€" like the responses of the Delphic oracle â€" and after receiving a question he secretly set the machinery to work on the answer he thought most appropriate- Not unlike this was another so-called automaton of Robert-Houdin's, representing a bakery, inside which several pastry-cooks were to be seen at work, one of whom came out of the door, as though to ,take orders, and then went in again, returning immedia- tely with the cake of the kind which the spectator had asked for. In some respecta this was the prettiest of all Robert-Hondin's automata certainly it was the one which "took the cake." While he was deviung and making these mechanical figures, Robert-Houdin was steadily perfecUng himself in the practice of oonjuring, and he was inventing absolute- ly new feata as ingenious as any of hia auto- mata. He had thoroughly mastered the tmertory of every conjurer then before the paUlc He knew the seoret of every e^*" Bng trick which had been shown up to «i^ tioM He had acqufared a dexterity at iMjj* coasl to that of the fineat perf omwn of th e day. moirt of whom were ooatmt to booww bim each other, ud to repeata«Mn taA " Erâ€" well, yes, sir," " Aye, it leads eventually to death And do you know where the road of sobriety and virtue leads to " " Yes, sir that leads eventually to death, also." Brantford. W. Dubast. A Eemark He Couldn't put up With. " Hello, Dnckley, you're looking up to day. What's the matter? Made a ten- strike in Ophir or something like that, eh " " No, sir I have asserted my manhood and am glorying in it. I've thrown up my job." ,. " You don't say. How w*8 that " Well, sir, the boss made a remark to me which I won't stand from any man and work for him thereafter." " Gracious 1 " What did he say " " He said, ' Your services are no longer required.' " A Very Absent-Minded Husband. " Why, it was only a week after our mar- riage, while walking arm in arm, my hus- band so far forget himself, as t imagine he had an extremely heavy bundle under under his arm, and offered a newsboy six- pence to carry it for him." " But war's your bundle, mister,' the lit- tle fellow Inquired. And will yon believe it, Nathaniel deliberately handed me over to the small boy, and I was so mortified â€" " Her voioe was browned by the orchestra. A handful of wood ashes should be scatter- ed around each blackboRy cane. Tne pot- ash of the ashes is net only a fertilizer, but exerte a ohemiaal aation on the eoil, as well as serviitt to protect agpJnst aome kinds of gmfae aadlBaeota owing to ita-oanstie qnali- ty. It should be s^ed aar^ is the Half Dog. Snooksâ€" " Hello, Injun, where did you you get the dog " Indianâ€" " Me bought him." Snooksâ€" "What is he?" ' Indianâ€"" Him half collie." Snooksâ€"" Half collie What is the other half?' Indianâ€"" Ugh 1 Other half dog." G. M. L to preserve strawberries have them Scked oi a clear day when the few is off. bull them, placing only the Jf 8«»* «?»" atelyona dish and the inferior on« m» baste. AUow a pound ot iwwdered loaf SS^ to each pound of fmit Take the over-ripe and inferior ones, mash them and Dut them with the sugar over a slow fire and let them heat gradually so that aU the heat may mn out. Sift half the sugar over the large berries and the other half put in a porcelain kettle with the ]uiceof the berries Sat have been boUing strained through a bag. and boil and skim it until the scnm oeues to rise. Then add the sugar, ]uice and large berries to thU and lot it ]ust come to a boilâ€" not boil overâ€" when set it off the fire. When they get entirely cold repeat this cooking process seyeral times. When the berries look perfectly clear take them out of the syrup and place them on dishes separately, and let them get perfectly ^cold. Boil the symp quickly for three minutes and let it get cool, then add the berries, a few at a time, and put them away m air tight cans. To be kept in a cool dark place. Strawberkt Jam.â€" Take equal parte, by weight, of large fine strawberries and crush- ed sugar. Mash them and add them to the sugar. Let stand until the suj;ar and hemes are somewhat amalgamated when set them over the fire and stir them continually with a silver spoon. It should be done in half an hour. Put in tumblers with paper, dipped in the white of egg, under tin covers. I think " G. M. L." will find the following all that could be desired For strawberry preserve proceed as follows Pick the fruit in very dry weather, and cake care to have it perfectly sound and ripe. Weiph it, and to each pound of fruit allow an equal quan- tity of sugarâ€" loaf sugar, broken into small pieces. Place the berries in layers in a birge bowl, sprinkling the sugar freely be- tween each layer, and allow them to stand over night next day put the whole, very gently, into a clean preserving pan, and bring slowly to a boU. Shake the pan atighdy from time to time, and pass a wood- en spoon round about the outer edge, to prevent the froit sticking and burning, but do not stir the berries, as they are not to be broken on any account. Carefully re- move any scum that may rise to the surface, and continue to boil, very gently, for 20 minutes. At the end of that time, drain the berries and put them into strong glass jars, filling the jars two-thirds full. Now measure the Uquid, and to each pint add half a pint of rea currant juice and 4 ounces of sugar. Return the whole to the pre- serving pan â€" not the berries, of course, â€" and boil slowly until a spoonful of the juice, put upon a plate, wUl "set" or jelly. While still hot, fill up the jars with the juice, and when quite cold tie down and store in the usual way. It is often a puzzle to housewives to know how red currant juiceâ€" which is used in the concoction of such a large number of super- ior dessert and other dishesâ€" can best be ob- tained. For their help I give the best method The juice, not only of red cur- rante. but of all similar frait, may be most effectually extracted in the following simple manner. Take very ripe froit, carefully strip the stalks from them and put the ber- ries or currante into a jar. Cover this close- ly and set it to stand in a saucepan of boil- ing water. Keep the water boiling gently, and as the juice exudes pour it off, coyer the jar again and continue boiling, or sim- mering until no more juice can be extracted. If this juice is boiled with an allowance of halt a pound of sugar (loaf) to every pound of liquid it will keep good for a conuderable time. It should be put into perfectly dry glass bottles and be tightly corked and sealed. For strawbeiry jam, choose the fruit care- fully let it be ripe, but not too ripe or the jair becomes insipid. Pick the berries and discard all that are in the slightest decree decayed weigh them, and to every four pounds allow three pounds of sugar. Put the fruit into the preseiving pan first, and boil it as gently as possible until the berries begin to fall, then add the sugarâ€" loaf sugar broken np small, but not powdered â€" and con- tinue boiling, still gently, until a little of the jam, when put upon a plate, stiffens sufficiently. Stir constantly and remove every particle of scum that boils to the top. A pint of red currant juice put to every four pounds of fruit will be foui.d an im- mense improvement. When the jam has boiled long enough, pour it into jars, and when quite cold, cover in the asual way, and store in a cool, dry place. In case neither of the above receipte is just what 6. M. L. requires, I subjoin an- other method of making strawberry preserve â€" a well tested, reliable ifiethod, which is used both in England and Scotland. Take sound, ripe fruit, pick it carefully and press it with a wooden spoon through a rather coarse sieve. Weigh the pulp, and to every pound allow an equal weight of loaf sugar. Boil the sugar until it has attained what is known by confectioners as the fourth de^ee â€" that is, when a teaspoonful dropped into very cold water will instantly hardenâ€" then add the pulp. Stir it over the fire till it reaches boiling point, then it is done enough. Pour the preparation â€" which is most deli Up-Staii8 tffid Do^ Fob Wikdows.â€" a «ood v ••takes, hold" of the S? " fc. makes the cleanirg of windoS" w comparatively easy. Never ^V. add a little ammonia, if JLj?."»«».w clear water and wash wi^rt;^ Then rinse tiie chamois b Jj^J wnng It as dry^ as possible ind r, with. It IS easily done the rLnf. *« shining glass free from lint '"^d^ flf[Si_fATHER. l^"" «T CBiXUytTK M. YOUSO. XXXrV.â€" (COSTINCKD. lint Rbakrabgiso. In honte-d, need not put the same old Kt too true that, as he Savelli had been the cu| become one of I tbt same old places always. It ig'Zlf i» a picture, or some minor obi^t^ ,**=»« decoration, and so alter the look, « "^^ =t and yet not disturb the eomfortnf "S, as would be the case if grandmaW^^ "'«. moved from its favi,rite window !,'«« from the lamp and book stand ' " Soiled Finery. -Neat ^u„-. modest means are not willino tn v, ' articles in their dining or ie^^^ cannot be laundered. Silken toiletL!!'" bed spreads are well enough when ti! ^^ be renewed if soiled, but nothbg Si** â-  »»• pleasant to the sight than snowy fiien. on »«^, Laundering Curtaiss.â€" Never .« " " to wash Holland shades if thereui?^?- of sending them to a laundry, {„ th«3 dom look as well when done at home. W^ washing shades, first put them CffAPTEB It trtf o^y !n*-?bv plS2' vices, and the bre «*?£, yoke had been not only at a t| i** !£«. but. to a man in his half bli 3*'J-Sid condition, the actual loss of taA 'â- ^Ihom he had depended was a P«?* Tr Brownlow, however, knes Irt**- JS-ervant just set at libertv Srof an invaUd master, and promi^ triaL " 4 Kim on trial. â-  •'^-Vrday of agitations and disappoil ^*^ sample of many that were to J **%hwrw« °»* """"' of a bell tf 1«T* f make anxious hearto throb. A^ Â¥, Wmany were spent on vain repod ' cSls of sympathy by acquamtaii father and sister con id not i boiled starch, dry and then wrinsth^T of tiiin cold starch. Roll them ia Tl? and set aside a short while, then, comiw^ ing at the raw end. iron for about a footfc length across the shade until perfecdy ir. Tack to the roller, after tumwg b 1 edge, and roll the dry part upon it Cat. tinue ironing, a short piece at a time mj rolling it up until the whole is done. It,, ing shades in this way will keep them {rot creasing, and if done carefully tiiey ^^. pull away, which is the general fault when they are done up at home, but work m. fectly straight. Floor Paint. â€" It seems that any coloi containing white lead is injarions to wto^ floors, rendering them softer and more Me to be worn away. Paints contabing muenl colon only, without white lead, rochasyel low ochre, sienna, or Venetian or Indiu red, have no such tendency to act upon the floor, and may be used with safety. Tiiii quite agrees with the practice conunonii this country of pointing kitchen floon trite yellow ochre or raw umber or sienna. Al- though these colors have little body con pared with a white lead paint, and need several coate, they form an excellent ad very durable covering for the floor. '•yf-not^'oFiuqniry or condolence l"" i-.J .yv annwer. a great help to her. Poor nurse, obliviousl ifffifoot. or perhaps, willing to wrf " 1 on it as the cause of all had insisted on continuing the morning under all the thol where she thought â-  Siittie had to answer. Annaple came and was Qiiichiet. gearohin I f ttS have hidden and cried hi '^tSiSlnd at last had been brouj ^to_sieep.au than To sool to find siT I nrjn a cab quite worn out and despl tr Bat Se screaming baby proved toj fWh better comforter to her vw„ J ' «"unt of reasonable argument. I .X^deratand what aUed it, »ble food for it, was an occupation wt ^e the suspense less intolerable, ^handling of an infant would have b ^^„S- Sid a sickly, crymg one 1 brt interesting. Willie was |oniy " _,. ,_ ^„„ tn be a welct prime GBEEKLAND'S IGT MOimTAIF. IfTtaat the ScieBtlKc Explerlac Expedltl*! JVem CepenkageB Hopes to AcMBipUih. The expedition which started out recently from Copenhagen to explore the interior oi Greenland may not commend itself to popu- lar interest aa those which have made the mysterious and ever interesting North Pole tne object of their ambition, but scientifi: ally it is destined to become quite as impot- taut and the more so because the undertak- ing, though great, is still moderate enough to allow of a slight hope of success. The ex pedition has been equipped in Chrutiaiu, and is under the leadership of Mr. NameB, carator rt the Museum at Bergen. Heias tor his associates three or fcur Norwepan athletes, well trained in snow-shoeing. They will sail first to Issaf jord in Iceland, whe^t a sealer under the command of Capt o»cob sen. an old arctic skipper, will take them to the east coast of Greenland. Startmg oa: from the uninhabited and bleak east coait u something new for Greenland explorui? parties. Former expeditions have etarus out from the more accessible west coast, aid have pressed into THE ICY ISTEKIOK in an easterly or northeasterly dfaection The disadvantage of this has been that tne parties were constantly going further »« further away from the inhabited portions oi the Continent, and the tcmpUtion to retw out of the wilderness of icy mountaini to* been too great to overcome. Mr. Ninsen will revene the operate He will land at onee in the V^^^^^'T, his only motto then can be, Crjw « die." Such a view of the siteation cannotte entertaining to a small party eet downoDM uninhabited coast, but the sentiment « " cross or die " will hold ont^^"" "K sophical encouragement 'hich musttev^ useful in expeditions of «»«* '^S The hopes that Mr. Nansen ^J^^^l able to traverse the unknown "tenor *» reach a place of safety on the ifT^ fore winter seem reasonable. HisP»i^ undergone a thorough trammginj^,; the snowy mountains « Norway, MW shown themselves capable if pen*"" trying winter tours. „„nUtionont« 'There has been much "P^^^^^^rf'^^k- interior of this continent, which «ro. clous â€" into glass jars, or wide-mouthed bottles, and finish off in the ordinary way. To Be Bhiuiied. Lambrequinâ€"" There is 3rown crossing the street let us turn down here and get out of his way." Robinsonâ€"" Whaf s the matter, do yon owe him anything " Lambrequin â€" ' No, but he has just got back from a week's fidiing excarsion.^' :/ Calm Advice. Enraged Husband â€" •' Maria, I can endure this existence no longer. I am going to blew my brains out I" Wife (calmly)â€"" Don't attempt It, John. You have never hid any success In firing at small targeta." Abstemious to a Fault. •• Are yon drinking much now, Colonel t" he aaked. ••No," responded the Colonel: " Ihaven't touched a drop since mne o'clock this mom- Art Dealer (decanting on the virtues of the picture) â€" " You will observe, sir, tiist the drawing is free, that â€" " Agriculturirt â€""Well, if the drawin' Is free, an' yen don't tax me too mtich fer the frame, b'goib, ru take it." Miss Vassar (just graduated with high honors)â€" "I declare It's too provoking. Here we've been oat three days, and watehed, and haven't seen one yet." The doctor (gallantiy)â€" " It Is too bad. Now jnst tell me what you are looking for, andâ€"" Miss Vassar-" Why, the Unes of latitude and lonntnde, to be sure. I have sdways wondersd how the ships got over t^emâ€" or Is it under theso. It is puzzling." A wild looking man oanying » rifle went to the honse ef H. M. Giddffs, near Seattie, the other day. Mrs. GldoOHp was alone with her two children, a girl of 14 and a boT of 11, and, alarmed at tiie appear- ance of tne man, locked the back door and tried to esoape by the front door. Bat the man met them there and stmck at them with the gun. Hji followed np the attack, nrinjpng the son savagely, bat was stopped by die boy, who got nis father's rifle and sent a ball tittongh the man's leg. At tills 1 he made off, uad lay down on the beach, where lie remaiaed so long that Mrs. Old jold calls the "Northern Sa^w^ ,^ well-known that a wall otmonnU^ora^ ciers surrounds the •"^f^"^J'^d others has been advanced by ^^en-^Greeiy w .^^_ that tiiere U an open country «»«*'"Bnt • at times free from snow and ice. r£ftllv enchanting field of ^^^l^',j. is offered to Mr, Nansen to ^otb" ,,i Greenland was discovered in twj ^^ by the Icelandic or Norse ;«^j„,gtke pioneers founded several "ol""" ,dL" Ust as well a. west coast. InwnP ^^ covered in 1834 on the west c^ ^.j„„ the date of 1136. show t^^JJ"^th- erected boundary piUars as far no FrooeediBi; QiadaaUy. • WelU Edilii, dU Mr. Lan^reqnhi ihake yon aa offer of his hend las* night 7" " No, niamina he's so diy, yoa kBow~ ' dings and the ohildren wcmt down to him, uym_ has nerer got' any fbrther raaa etMitg me Ikid fonnd Ua toat breatbbiff his last. He 1 that somewhere hlsarm,8ofifc*^:;r --'.;•, " lMdbMdto;te^ coonbfy B as j« ^ttiemeBW' I. What has beeome of thwe » g^ «, spoken of often in th« Ic*^"u2l ' where it Is told that in the ^^upa,»i"» first Bishop of Gf««"'L"'^^hristi»n »^°" an Icelander undertook « ChriB"» j y„,. to tie then estabUshed Norse ^onv land, or a part of what is now 3^ ^y be Oche'r train of this h"dy P^ewli^ discovered which can t^"" ^toent Tf' the early hissory of this «»°^veri«» jj pMsiblU^, at least of '^^'^^ of P»' SiakeMrf Hansen's "P^JiJ^plSwereB^ interest. Several fntileattemp«^j„t,*^ previous to this o^tury te^^e *iif* fnterior. .and a few have ^Spot^^ the last fifty years. The "P" „^e by " these werethe two atte^J ^, Nordenskiold. ^^^l^^m^^Jf^ to get inland.seventy imles, wou oniy " interesting, ne^ her darling's age to be S»ht but he was abready « S' tS servante at Springfield S,ple, secure that her children wer( tSTttd experienced hands, and oveiflovs .SthmotheSy sympathy for the grey, ir-L was ready to devote herself to N ut| '^therbytalk,by letter J^^n^^g' "J Stag Inquiring Mends. She did not MCtto be of any use to Mr. Egre.nont, U always held aloof from and dish "the giggling Scotch giri/' but who dieJay wandering at an unexpected into the room where she was sittmg hi, daughter, and P«8«atly was involve, their conversation. Whether it was absence of the poor familiar, or that Ai pie was no longer a giggling girl, br takve cheerful wife and mother, it was tun that he found the same comfort impport in her presence as did Nu I yVhen fito of restless misery and des praised hardest upon him, it was soon OMved that Annaple's cheerful tact ena her to deal with him as no one else coulc There was the restraint of courtesy tow her, such as had wom out towards daughter, and besides her sanguine opti spirit never became so depressed as Mor Nuttie's. Mark went by daj his work, but came back to dme ai uncle's, hear the reports, and do vvha ooold for him and meantime Annaple s the chief ^xt of the day in aiding N and Mr. Egremont. while her baby r showed signs of improvement in ni I Iteeping. And so the days went on, every endeavour was made to trace chad, but with no result but bitter i pointment. Twice, strayed children, yo, than Alwyn â€" one even a girlâ€" were bn aa the lost boy. and the advertisement! fruit in more than owe harassing and 1 less correspondence with wretches whc fessed to be ready to restore the chil promises of absolute secrecy, and eu money sent beforehand, with all sorts i cautions against interference from the â-  The first of these created great excite and the pursuit was committed to Mr. ton. When it proved abortive, Mr. tnont's disappointment and anger were and he could not be persuaded that al not the fault of Mr. Dutton's suspicio precaution in holding back the mone l^coold any one persuade him that.it wa unposture. When another ill-writtei natical letter arrived, he insisted t was from the same quarter, and Brcadbent conduct the negotiations t^e result that after considerable sur been paid In circuitous fashions, the was directed to a railway arch whe child would be deposited, and wb found a drab-colored brat of whom 1 Potedat the nearest police station whidi he came home savagely disgus Nnttie was not much less so at wh telt u a slight to Mr. Dutton as wel *• failure. " When you are doing s for OS. We deserve that you she ?»fting more," she said with tears aher eyes. "Donot talk In that way," he an You know my feeling for the de* Wlow himseH, and " "Oh yes," interrupted Nuttie, oT« to that Nobodyâ€" not the i *™»nt person, but must long to si .*••; I know it was doing you a wi( Wioe to fancy that you could tak« â- *»t way at a father in 8"ch "••se forgive me, Mr. Dutton." yAs if I had anything to f orgivi rj^wers anything on earth thatco J!"^tlie endeavour to recover hi *?• Dutton, too much moved for 1 "!**« of speech. » 2l*f i^iB her child," said Nu rS'Wng.tearful snule. «r child! Yes, and even if â- *i»e Is^OKr brother," said Mr. ?JJ»etlly gathering himself up, ^SlJM dtoo mnch, he rose to tal as thdr hands clasped, " R get iniano."»o«"'jjr-' • 51â€" imt" Sowshoes, went fifty S^. The en^ess snow itfi reported an endless ?°;r "^wttrotjj^ iSr4aring thek "^•"'^Sk^old to flyin^northwardledNorf* J not far WW so «P* i'ff :ifi^C .V4iSi i®;"^-' .A-»,'*V_.ii.=-: .:ir3!»Sf;-:vS;fes, yi ;;â-  AiirS^SS^â-