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 Ikx YOUNa FOLKS. The Qaert. There om9 was a reatleaa boy ^^ho dwelt in a home by the sea. Where the water danced for joy Aaa the wind wai glad and tree: But he Eaid, "Good Mother, Oh let me go; For the dulleat place in the world, I know. Is tbia little brown houae, Thi^ old brown hsoaa. Under the apple-tree. " I will travel east and west Toe loveliest homes I '11 see •* nd when I have found the beat, Dsar mother, I '11 come for thee. I '11 ooiiie for thee in a year and a day, And J«yfnllv then we '11 haste away From this little brown hoiue. This old brown honse. Under the apple-tree." So he traveled here and there. But never content was he. Though he saw in lands most fair The costliest homes there be. He fiomethiDg miEsed from the Bea or sky, Till he turned agtiin, with a wistful sigh. To the little brown house. The old brown house. Under the apple-tree. Then the mother saw and smiled, VChiie her heart grew glad and free. " I'ast thou chosen a h3-ne, my child Ah, where shall we dwell ' quoth she. Atd he said, "Sweet Mother, from east to west. The loveliest home, and the dearest and beat. Is a little brown bouse. An old brown house. Under an apple tree." St. Nicholas. ^IKGED WAEEIOSS. BT DATID KHB. The quiet little village of Holemengen, in Traiisylvania, was all in an uproar one bright summer afternoon long ago, for its Saxud inhabit ints were fighting for their lives against terrible odds, as they had fought many a time before. The whole slope of the hill on the brow of which it stood was one great crowd of wild lookinc; men, with dark, fierce faces and white tur- bans and scrangely fashioned armor â€" ^those dreaded Turkish soldiers the memory of whose fierceness is still preserved in our saying that any man of savage temper is "•regular Turk." And all this time, while the air was rent with the din of battle, and Death wu gaping to devour the village and and all within it, a little girl barely ten years old, with long fair hair and eyes as blue and bright as the sky overhead, waa at work in her little )$arden just behind the village church as quietly aa if no enemy were withic hun- dred miles cf her. But this was not ao atrange as it looked. Little Lizzie was the daughter of the sexton who bad charge of the church, which, as the largest and safest building In the place, waa always used as a hospital in time of war and the work upon which the little woman was so busy was the preparing of bandages for the wounded, who were now being brought in thick and f '\st. But in the midst of all this uproar and agony and death the sun shone as brightly aa ever, and the treea of the tin^ garden rustled in the evening breez3, and around the twelve neat hives that stood ranged in a raw the bees were humming blithely aa they hovered among the flowers and any one who h; d shut his ears to the frightful din below might have thought this spot the most peaceful in the vrhole v/orld. And now L'zzle, catching up a whole arm- ful of bandages, hurried away into the cburch, where she was soon so busy among the wounded men that she hardly noticed that; the noise of the battle was growing louder, seeming to roil nearer and nearer every mom:nt. iBst 6u3denly a fearful cry from without mt :le her Icok up, and through the nearest window she saw the Germans crowding wildly into the one small gate of the church- yard wall, while behind them the dark Tarkish faces and siow-white turbans were fddying like a flood amcng the houses. The Turks had taken the village, and were caminc; on to attack the church itself 1 Luckily it could only be attacked on one aide, for on the other the rock waa ao steep and slippery that no man alive could have scaled it. So the brave village bailiff, though bleeding from several wounds, rang- ed his men along the side of the wall that fticed the enerav, and encouraged them to stand firm and fii^ht it out to the last. On came the Turks with hoarae yella of triumph, and in a moment the whole apace onisi(^n the church-yard wall waa a sea of grim facee and flaahing ataeL And now the awarming aaaailanta made a third charge, which brtyight them right np to the foot of the wall that aheltered all who ware left of the defenders and while aome nnndered upon the gate with axes, othera planted laddera againat the wall or tried to clamber np it on each other'a ahouldera. Anothei moment and all would have been ever but just then L'zzie, struck with a bright idea (which came to her from an old story that she had heard one winter even- ing), darted back into her little garden, seized two of the beehives, one in each hand, and springing upon the low wall, hurled them among the awarming aasail- ants. Two mere inatantly followed, and then other two, until the whole drzan hives had been flung down upon the heads of the clambering Turks. The bees, enraged to madness at being sent whirling through the air so nnoere- monioonly, fell like furies upon the ahaven heads and bare arms of the Turkish sold- iers, and gave them such a pricking that the Saxon arrows which had been falling ao thick among them seemed a msre nothing in comparison. Every maq in the front ranks waa literally black with the infuriat- ed insects, which kept atinging the more fiercely the more ths bewildered Tnrka tried to beat them off. There. waa no more thooghb of battle or aaaanlt for who could wield a sword or olimlt a w»ll with hia head covered with m peifeot noae-bag of oiraged beea, uti every exposed inch of hia body amarting aa if piakoed by a thonaand red-hot meedlea? Aw»y flew Uie aoemy, and away flew the beea aftpr them, whOa the yeOs of pain ti4U^oaMiei Turks wan avweied bjthemaBiAaMteigh tff rf the triampfaaat 8uum wbo might wdDkMuditoseaairiidsnrUAanDypBt ta flUMtar «iM dniot «f «M Ufelb i^ Makiiu; a Win. Every one cannot indulge in the senaa^r tion of making » will which diapoaes of mil- liona. But every one can attun a wgrep of aatisfaction to one'a aelf by m a k i n g. j a di^ positioii of one's possessions. We acciapt AS a matter of course that the rich man and the riah woman ahall bsqueith hia or her ettite to certain heira auggested by nature or choice, but the ordin- ary, everyday people in the world, live aloni without mach thought of a^ time when aomebody else ahall poeseaa their all, be it much or little. Indeed, the very suggeation of making a will ia regarded by very many aenaible men aa a harbinger of evil, a certain preparation for a dreaded time which ia sure to bring it neareir- Es-, pecially ia this true of self made men of a certain age, who nave a like droad of mov- ing into a new, fine house which they have built late in life and which they leave un- tenanted for as long a time aa poasible from a superstitious dread. LISTING one's belongings. Yet theidea of wakingone'a will, if square- ly faced, is rather a pleasant one. All of as. expecialiy all woinea, have certain pofsass- ions which are valued for one reason or an.'th- er, perhaps from assciation or fancy, per- haps for loveof a giver or real intrinsic worth, and e»ch is probably aware th^t f^ome ot'tier iiouy has ai. admiration for and would take good care of that p^^rticalar thing, whilq the persoEs to whom the disposal of it would uaturally fall might set no value on it what ever. A case presents itself to view just now of a little heme mide plush covered stand, not very well finished, not much of an orna- mental addition to any room, yet of ioest- imable value to a widow, because it chanced to be the last bit of work from the dear hacds which had been her support through a long and happy married life. It chanced that during the manufacture of this article a young friend waa paying a visit to these people and enjoyed with them interest in, and diversion of, watching the table grow under the tin^erer's hands, and one day made the remskrk, thou^fhtletsly and cardesf- ly, "You must will this ti me." Shortly after the sudden death of this gentlemsui the wife informed the friend that shehadatraight- way gone and put thia bcqueat in her will. Do you think there is no comfort, perhaps only very occasional, but still a coinfort, in thinking that it will become the possession of one who, too, watched with intereat every inch of plush glued on, every nail driven in, and will value it in quite another way than any other peraon? Nor ia thia .at all an exceptional caae. With almoat every poaaeaaion is some other peraon aaaociated, and very likely none other, aa, for inatance, aome little child who alwaya begged to be allowed to holdjfor a minute to her tiny breast the small bust of Flora, which ornamented a bracket in " auntie's room, or a favorite young couain who always smoothed with tender touch the rich folds of your best velvet gown, or the friend who studied with you that history of sculpture in your middle life and brought back an unex- pected glimpse of youth and school |rirl friendships to you both, or the boy who helped you plant in yon big jar and care for season after season that growing palm? Who will have the same thoughts and such gratification in the ownership of these things as they? to whom cau I you give a stronger proof of ths lessons of kindly remembrance and friendship NOT AT ALL UNPLEASANT. Is there no joy in makmg these little plans to please others, ao that when the veil of darkness ehuta you from their sight, your going may not be all an unbroken pain â€"that no tender thoughts of how you had planned to remain in their thoughts should follow you on the unknown voyage to ths mysterious beyond? While this, perhaps, is the strongest argument for persons who posseea only trifling things to make a will there i^ another, too, which haa a pleasant side. Few of us have the slightest idea of what we have things accumulate so f asc In a good sizsd family of comfort :ible means there are enough things of value given atone Christmas season to warrant the mikking of a will. The listing of what one does possess ia a pleasant occupation, full of surprises, and would fill many weary hours for elderly people, whose waning eyesight and general feebleness debars them from active interests and employments and leaves their lives but a quiet season of waiting. Did you ever lose a friend and feel an ir- resistible longing for something that was hers It might be that she had presented you with many things, but noneooald give you the satisfaction that would ensue if you had any old book or little picture ahe had loved and prized. When one goea away from home it ia uaual to aee that all which ia left behind ia properly cared for. Why, then, not follow â- . "vaP-*^ ± Tropical SieUst at Bea. Night ateamiog towards the equator, with Demerara for a goal. ^A forrifio warm wind that compela the taking in of every awning and wind-BuL Driving tepid rain. BlacAcoMk intewMh iJrokiHi o'»|y^*»y.»" ph«iSK(liB«^f «***?* ^Moh to-night disfi««lejcfia»rdh|«yri(«t«P9e. Oar wake IS a great broad seething river of fire, whiter than atrong moonlight; the glow is bright enough to read by. At its oentrs^^traa ii bi^taat at the edge it pales olondily, curling like a smoke of phosphorona. Great sharp lights burst up momentarily through it like meteors. Weir- da, however, than this wake of strange light are the long slow fires that keep bam- ing about us, at a distance, oat in tiie dark. Nebulous incandeaoenoes ariae, change form and pasa; serpentine flames wriggle by. than then an ImigbiUowiag crests of fire. These aeem to beformed of millions of tiny sparks that li?ht up all at the same time, glow brightly awhile, disappear, reappear and whul away in a prolonged smoaldwing. Morning Steaming still sooth, throagh a vast blue day. Deep ssare heaven, with bluish-white glow in the horizon in dig sea. Then again night, all lominons and very calm. The Southern croaa buma whitely. We are nearing the enormous ahallowa of th« South American coaat. Morning. Thelight of an orange-coloured ann illuminates, not a blue, but a greeniah- yellow, aickly aeaâ€" thick, foal, glassy smooth. Wo are in the shallows. The line- caster keeps calling, hour after hour, "And a half four, air I' " Quarter lesa five, sir 1" There ia little variation in his aonndingaâ€" always a quarter of a fathom or half a fath- om difference. The air has a aickly heavi- ness, like the air above a swamp. And a blae sky 1 The water- green shows olive and brownish tonea alternately the foam looks viscoua and yellow our wake ia ochre-coloured, very yfllow and very shiny- looking. It aeenu unnatural that a blue sky ahonld hang over ao hideoua a waate of water it aeema to demand a gray blind aky, anch gray and such green being the colours of a fresb-water inundation. We are only five or six degrees north of the equator. Very low the land lies before us a thin dark green line, suggesting marahineaa, miaama, paludal odour and always the naaseons lolour of the water deepens. Even this same ghastly flood washes the great penal colony of Cayenne. There, when a convict dies, the body ia borne to the aea, and a great bell ia tolled. And then ia the viacona, glaaooua aea anrface farrowed sud- denly by fina Innamerable, awart, sharp, triangularâ€" the legiona of theaharka rushing to the hideous fnneraU They know the Bell S^r' How Oortsoliakoff was Ont-Wicted. A few years ago, aaya a London " StAr " writer. Count Andraasy told an intereatins atory, which ahowa that age had dnllea Prince Gortechakoff'afaonltiea aome time be- fore his death. " The policy, as you know, of Russia at the Berlin Conference was to secure a large Bulgaria," said Count And- raaay, " but she was afraid openly to oppose England and Austria. So a map waa sent to the Prince, with two lines drawn npon it, one showing the siza of the principality Russia desired, and the other marking the area she would, if necessary, accept. Armed with this map, Prince GortschakofTcame down to the conference, and, with deplorable want of forethought, laid It open on the table. Before long the two lines caught the quick eye of Lord Beaconsfield," added Count An- draasy, his shaggy eyebrows twitcaing with amusement at the reminiscence, "and with a nudge and a wink he pointed them out to me, the prince being in sublime ignorance of what was going on behind his bacfc. t need hardly say I took the hint, and Russia had to be contsnt with what she said she would accept, and not with what she would have liked to get. In this way the small Bulcaria was formed." «* Flonr Goes up. A difepitch from Minneapolis aaya that Mr. Charles A. Pillsbury, the head of the largest milling firm in the world, had aaid " We have had quite a little squall in pricea, but thau ia nothing to the cyclone that ia coming later on. My reaaon for thia ia the fact that there ia not enough wheat in thia country to aupply our local demand for good flour, to aay nothing of the foreign de- mand, which cuts no figure on present crop, as no matter how much they would offer for our flour our home trade must have it at higher pricea." The advance haa been $2, within two montha. It ia confidently predicted that it will reach $10 a barreL A rather sad oasaoOaqw b«f«ra Jostica Oaimet, of the Superior Coart, to-day for jadKment. It ia aUMrad that PierrjB Labbe, of Qoabec, and AddiSd* Main, of «h» saibe plaice, were united in marriage d«Hng thfl year 1863. but for aome unexplaiffd ^reason the husband left his native prdvinbti and was not seen in. thta ooantry nntU about four years ago. In the meantime, it was atated that the misain« haA'and had been ahip- wreoked and a fellow- seamatn even came for- ward and testified th»t he had seen the. nn- fortnnate Qaebacker washed overboard. The suppsaed widow moomed the loss of her hoe- band until 1876, when dw married one Henri P. Labelle, of Montreal The couple appeared to live hazily tdgef her for eight ysMS, when in 1834, to the sorprise oi man and wife, husband No. 1 turned np and declared that he had never been dead at all. Being good Catholica, L«belle and his wife separated at once, and Mgr. Fabre bavins declared that tiie second marriage was null and void, the second husband asked that this dwnsion be ratified by the Civil ooarts. This waa done, but the singular part of the buaincaa ia that the firat and real hnaband had no deaire to claim his wife, and although the ecoleaiasti- cal and civil law have given him back his wife, Labbe will have nothing more to do with her, and has again left for parts un- known. The widow in the meantime ia stop- ping with her aon. United StatM Eleotions. In each State there ia a set of electors the aame natural instinct when leaving them^ nominated by^ach party, the nnmber of behind forever To thoae wh3 had jewela i electora nominated varying according to tmd lacea, plate and coatly china, it aeema as â- Â»â€" *• a*-*-' -««â€"â€" *«*j»- s~ r««â€" absolutely a wrong not to arrange for their Dark Days Ahead- (to Arizona citizen^â€" r" What|a town? It's aa quiet as a Stranger wrong in thia graveyard." " A big calamity, pilgrim. Colonel Bilka is dead, and I don'o aee how we'll get along without him." " Why Waa he necessary to the town?* "Neceaaary? Gaeaa ao, atranger. He was the only man in these parte that oonld make a hangman'a knot. " A Terrible £zperienoe. Lucy â€" ' Maud, that waa a terrible exper- ience of yours I" Alice â€" " Juat think You wake up and find the house on fire 1" Juliaâ€"" And carried down the ladder by a fireman I" Emma â€" " In the preaenceof thousanda of spectatora " Minaâ€" "What did you have on " Maud (sadly)â€"" Awrapper and mybonnet.' AUâ€"" Which bonnet " Maud â€" " Laat aeaaon'a â€" nutrimmei." Allâ€" " Poo r gi-r-l 1" Exit Maud, weeping. A Lesson in Geography. "Now, what ia a lake You will none of you make In a queatioo ao eaay as this a mistake." And quickly went up every hand. But never a youngster could certainly teU, Although verry sure he had studied it well, Whether lakes were of water or land. Alas and alas That it should quickly pass To Pat, at the foot of the primary class. He waited triumphant, demure. " A lake, thinâ€" ia what you'd be askin' of me? A 1 vke, is it what^ in the wurld would it bs But a hole in the tay kittle, aure " Why He was Arrested. Where were you yesterday " asked a traveliog min of one of the clerks. " I w*s very unfortunate yesterday," was the reply " In what way " " I was arreawd." "Arrested I" " Yes. An officer said that I looked like a sailorâ€" bethought I answered the descrip- tion and he guessed he would run me in." " But what charge did he place against you " " I couldn't aay exactly, but as near as I could make out they aaid I waa arreeted for a aalt." Then the traveling man went out and didn't ahow up for an hour. diaposal, just aa ia done in the caae of money and other eatates. Heira are merely human, often very human, poaaeaaing the faults and frailties of their race as well as the virtues, andbeorshewhocan adjust hia affaire in anch order and with such simple directneaa that there are no wranglings over tbem is not only a wise man but a public benefactor. For nothing can give to the world a lower opinion of mankind than the published accounta of the greed and diaputea over an eatate. How She Was Insulted. Friend â€" "You aeem to be excited, Mra. Jonea." Widow â€" "I am excited; I have been grossly insulted." " What is the matter " " WoU, just think of the impndneoe of young Jinks. Yesterday Ibnried my husband and this morning he came and propoaed to mo.' " You ahowed him the door ' " Of couite I did, and gave him to under- atand that he waa not to £ow hia face in thia houae a!;ain for at least a week." each State's representation in Congreaa. The people vote for the whole set of Re- publican, Democratic or prohibition elttctora as the caae may be. These electors from all the Statea meet in what ia called the Elec- toral College and caat their ballots for President and. Vice-President. As the elec- tors are pledged beforehand the result is always known before the college meets, its action having become a mere form. The people will caat no ballot for Harriaon or Cleveland direotly. Very Appropriate. ' Timmina," said a gentleman to an oyster dealer, "I'm going to give an oyster supper to a horaeback party thia evening. Send mo np aomething extra nice." " Yee, air, we got some fine saddle rocks in this morning." " ^^OIEJnno AHD To protect the interior from rast, use vaseline. ,^,. -«^„ a good wash with hot water Irj^-'^^ and apply the vaselinn ""t. then aJj of Chemists twice say that it takei as much sustar to swe^*"" «!«, sauces, ifput ia whenTlP'fWv^, cook, as it does to aweaten a(ta,'^.u'*8'n to Not Proper for Mother to Bead. Mother â€" "Gertrude, why did you hide that yellow-covered book when 1 entered the room ' Gertrude (with dignity) â€" " Becauae, mam- ma, I do not oonaider it a proper book for mothers to read. " cooked. A stopper for rats Soik Why the Price of Beans Had Adyanoed. Trade is a queer thing. Tiie otiier day a houaekeeper approaciied the proprietor of a vegetable stalL " How much are yoof atxbtghttam V. aka asked. " Thirteen oentsb" was the reply. •'TUrteMioeotsrejcoiafansdttkeenstonar, 'fiir MfMMJt fa the air. "Goodaew liliritiitl do yon oMHiT Why I bfsaxd of smdi » thing I A few daft tbay ware o^ tSB rm'm,lnkwim/en Chicago haa an old settler who remembers well the days when the postmaster carried all the mail in his hat. The first private letter box waa made out of a boot with a part of the leg lut off. In thoae daya, less than 50 years ago, it coat 25 cents to send a otter from New York to Chicago. At an examination for admUsion to the Free College, New York, seventy-eight per cent of the girls seeking admissioa passed a creditable examination, wUle only forty- Mght per cent of the boy applicants were able to enter. Queen Christine of Spain is said to be one of the finest swimmers in the world. She recently swam across the Bay of Sk Sebas- tian, followed for security 1^ a boat The trajeot took thiae-quartars of an hour. Four Ifdi^ MmI to swim along with the Quete, but gave i^ sifter a quarter of an hour. Queen Yictoi^ does not share the Maeral iMrt ed «Mh «f her daughters, on tiieir nar-i t. Is Hid to ba dofa«t moafec totiAft- dMopaliatiwgaed Tfiltn af the newspapers, knead them into a n,i-*..""»« ESlP/nto a suitable solution of „?',?' »» While wet force e pulpTj S" »cid. whole m%de by miss or rats ft^ *?'«« disgusted retreat, with sore sn^t. *?"-» on the part of the would-^ bS5,^H Dr. Lauder Brunton haa iho«r» a tannin of tea interfers with Zm^^ fresh meat, whilst Dr. J wT«S**u"""«f served that it does not interW ' ?^ «"• di«estion of ham. tongue. S !?.'" *• and dried fieah. Hence a sliifr """ better than a cut of the bast iK^"g?? " tea," as at breakfast. "^^ »* » "ii«h mended in an American paper. If of hydraulic cement be mixed w of milk and stirred until it ia the of hydraulic cement be STed whht^T " y'J~' U, i~"^®' ^* â- Â« told, a cWn and durable paint for farm-bnUdhl J^S of cream, it will make; we are* toff or without the addition of coior"'-^ ' milk muatbs aweet made. when the The skiia. niztnre ji The only protection fur cast-iron watw tanks worthy of consideration i, a d^; made with red oxde of iron, or similar^;' tallic pigment, and boiled Unseed-oiL X other ingredients, no turpentine. C\Z the tank and scrape off old rnat. Mix Z paint, or oxide and oil. so that it wiU eajflv spread with a brush. Give the tank one coat and let it dry thoroughly for Bevsral days then put on another coat and let it dry several days, when the tank will b. ready for use and should laat many years without showing any lust. A very valuable insulating material, des- cribed in the Chronique IndustrieUe, has joBt bean produced. It is composed of one part asphaltum pitch and two parts burnt plaster by weight, the latter being pnre tfypsum raised to a high temperature and plunged in water. This mixture when hot is a homo- geneous viscous paste, and can be applied by a brush or cast in nroalds. It ia amber- colored, and possesses the inaalating proper- ties of ebonite, and can be turned and pel- iahed. Its advantage is its endnrance of gteikt heat and moisture without injuring its insulating properties. For case-hardening Urge pieces of ateel a box of cast or wrought iron should be provided large enouga to hold one or two of the pieces, with sufSoient room all around to pack well with the case-harden- ing materials, which may be leather scrap, hoof-ahavings, or horn-shavings, slightly burned and pulverieed, which may be mix- ed with an equal quantity of pulverized char- coal. Pack the pieces to be case-hardened in the iron box so as not to touch each other or the box. Pat an iron cover on the box and lute with clay. Heat graduaUy in a furnace to a full red, keep at an even tem- perature for from tvro to four hours, raise the heat to a c'uerry red during the last hour, then remove the cover and take ont the pieces and plunge endwise verticilly into water at shop temperature two per cent, of hydrochloric acid in the water im- proves its tempering quilities and gives the metal an even gray colour. An ingenious application of the principle of the rock-drilling machine, but in a highly- advanced degree of perfection, has oeen made by Mr. James S. MacCoy, m conjunc- tion with others in what ia termed a pneuma- tic tool. This tool consists of a rapidly re- ciprocating put in, workmg within a smaU cylinder, and driving by impact through a cushion of compressed air the workmg cluMl or other cutting device. The tool is held tt the hand of the workman, and is connecteo by tubing with a supply of air nnder pr» sure, it is started and stoppsd mBtanfly by the operator' and a tool with a cylm?« of one inch internal diameter and worU^ at an air pressure of fo.-lv pounds pM^q"" inch U driven at the rate of fifteen thonsMtt strokes per minute. In fact so rapidly »« the blows delivered that the ^omotma ing U simply a brzz nor is that noise oy Lnymeana excessive. A demonstration^ the powers of this tool waa given some tio« back at the sculpture works o m^ Farmer Brindley. Lmdon, i"i^t\w both stone and wood werejuccswW operated upon. alth«"»S*' ^^- ,^:i^/i» not consider it so applicable to ^i" sfcone. The tool, whic. is rf d"?^ "J" is'made in various sizes, and " »^*Pr„d working ia all ki-"" «« '°1*°/ "o„ ;«*•• for caulking steam .^o'l"" »°j j„"X^ericN It is already in considerable um ui ^^^^_^^ where it is recognised as a nseini saving appliance, giving a hgQ work. A Matter of Principle. "Say, pa," said Willie after an exciting interview with his father In which the ges- tures were far more impressive than the language, "I thought yon wasa free trader." " That's what lam, but it hasn't got any- thing to do with this operation that I can see." " Yes, sir but I think you might live up to your principles anyhow." " What do you mean V' "Why, what I mean is that it would have been about the right thing for you to do a little something towards removing the tacks froQi the shingles." And Willie slid away and avoided (nrther diffionltiea. v. labour- finish to Mothers, Speak Low, I know some houses. *ell buij* »n^^' nmely furnished, where it u no^P'T!!. to be even a visitor. Sharp' ^wng resound ♦»'"" " them from mo^'r*. through them Following Snit. Dndekin (who had justpnt on a new suit of clothes in the shop)â€" Wait a minute, I'll go over to tke bank and get a dieok oashed. Tailor (going ont wHb himl^Very well, I-U follow suit. " The Sarpei^ Baaair fsrtdon plateashow very few eo B p e ssi ons ttf elghteeBtii oentury or early MtaitesiMii oehtwiy styles. as'ilM^^NI^We^' ntoai BaldwitlaiMl Ug crowds In' ohntaatobai baofai 4t»aii9pota««t«lia, resound througn i-uom t-rfoM »• night, and the inflaence is " «°° ^ed in » measles, and much more to be aw» -( household. The children ^aJ^J '^^^i lasts for life, an i°°urabe disease ^^^^ h» such a neighbor within h«ar« 8^ ^p^ house, when dcors "" 'St the tune and e^en Poll Parrot h" f "g ^\m and delights in s=«aming » ^^^ to untU she has been sen* •"*? " catch cr*« improve her habits. ChUdren » ^^^^ tones quicker than V*"°^:^ g^arcsly bf .J sets the example, y°" '".Sr^n in *«^ pleasant word among fVZdiiAv'^\^ plays with each other. J^etUie^ ^^^ Suci a family is •^rC?«"w'"'tf S The children expect so much" ^^j.^ they do anything *%!totf. /tn» «^rjf many a home, where f f ^i/ her ste»dj (Ae L«Aer, or a decidedkoj « bed,ence, eye. Is faw, they never ^« either in oi ont of her sight. Hatuiairean. Husband (a bank «-J"' thrweiA«)-HL'S5fitSW:v goQi you, darling. 7°' great blow to yea/ jran Iwvant «•» It waa the laiy *»» going to swoon -ijk.i.jjaia.:iaaB "^ROUGHII^ CHAPTER XIII.â€" The Wi OuB Indian Frie afui of strange race t stem wild! Nature's free-born, untamed child 1 Xhe clouds of the preceding of dissolving in snow, brougl Ihaw. A thaw in the middle â- lost disagreeable change tha .. lined. '^U»t several weeks o: {nMiag, frosty weather, with a ' phere and cloudless sky. you av Wg surprised at the change ii ttfre and, npon looking cut o heboid the woods obscured by _aot so dense as an English 1 but more black and lowering- ens shrouded in a uniform leaden-coloured clouds, deep livid indigo at the edge of the â- now, no longer hard and g become soft and spongy, and into a wet and inaidiously-yiel every step. From the roof p continuous stream of water, an( of the trees, collecting the m recKing atmosphere, shower earth from every dripping cwig lesa^md uncomfortable aspect o ont never fails to produce a effect npon the minds of those casts such a damp upon the s appears to destroy for a time a! joyment. Many persons (and the number) are made aware of of a thunderstorm by an intei weight about the head and J numlters of Canadians complair alwaya made them feci bilioua and greatly depressed their anii I had a great desire, to visit tion, but when I looked out upt watte, I gave up the idea., a: myself with hoping for a bettc morrow but many morrows ca before a frost again hardened t ciently for me to make the attei The prospect from the wis sister's log hut was not very p Th^ small lake in front, which a pretty object in summer, novt an extensive field covered with med in from the rest of the wci i!'of sombre pine- woods. ' round the house was very snis just reclaimed from the wildern greater part of it covered v; brushwood, to be burnt the firs spring. The charred and black on the few acres that had been ing the preceding year were ev. picturesque; and I concluded, disgusted, from the prospsct bbf there was very little beauty to the backwoods. But I came to during a Canadian thaw, be it i when one is wont to view every jaundiced eyes. Moodie had only been able to a six acres of his government grai Upper Katchawanook Lake, \« ht( terpreted, means in Erglish, the ' WaterfalLa," a very poetical mca: most Indian names have. He ever, secured a clergy reservejof t acres adjoining and he afterwai ed a fine lot, which likewise forn the same block, one hundred acree This was an enormously high pr land but the prospect of openinj and Otonabee for the navigatioi boats and other small craft, « a3 iod a favorite speculation, and it bllity, and the great advantages I ed from it, were so widely beli raise the value of the wild lands remote waters to an enormous settlers in the vicinity were eage lota, at any sacrifice, along their Our government grant was np shore, and Moodie had chosen f( of his log house a bank that slope from the edge of the water, until to the dignity of a hill. Alcng this ridge, the forest rojid ran. a down the hill, our humble hon nearly completed, stood, surroun eternal forest. A fow trees had b in its immediate vicinity just a allow the workmen to proceed. vent the fall of any tree injuring tl or the danger of its taking fire process of burning the fallo?.-. A neighbour had undertaken t rude dwelling by contract, and i it ready for us by the first week year. The want of boards to m visions in the apartments alcn him froin fulfilling his contract. lately been procumd, and the he be rMdy for oar reception in the *eek. Our trunks and baggage 1 been conveyed thither by Mr. D- ite of my sister's kindness and 1 hmged to find myself once mor a home -tA my own. The day after my arrival, I wa â- nrprised by a visit from Monag Moodie \uA once more taken in ^oe. The poor fellow was del mirse-ohild, as he always ^atie, had not forgotten him, I we most lively satisfaction at tl ber dark friend. Early every morning, Moodie the honse; and the first fine day dortook to escort me through t "fl?ect it. The proposal waa j o^tod; and although I felt raUif 1 found myself with only my fern â- Ob in the vast forest, I kept i nn^ leabl ahonld be laughed i The snow bad been so greatly the late thaw, that it had bee; â„¢*o aboattng of ice, which aflfoi |*xu and sf^pery footing. My *JJ[**«ded for nearly twelve m Jj^oa* was provided for her wul gy.i noooawis, which rendered SWMrietit} but I stumbled at lT^» shone brightly, the air w rT*8' *»**»g» and, in spite of the ' Jiodtey fopUsh fears, I gr ' piOk in, the woods, hopeful dispositioE tic in her admira dnw such a livel; jsC a summer residenc to fed greatly and to rejoi her Aear neig not a little re ly husband woul one he had it of the price •team boat stock