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 1:;-^ M 1* t Â¥i m ^m W â- 0 m^^^^ X- RAISDJB THE DEYIL. A STRAGE STOKY. Under the tUie " Aat Diabolaahat Nihil," "The tme story of a HaUnoinatioa," Black- wood pabliahea » weird story of how circle of Spiritnalists in Paris raised the Devil. The writer gives it as " the true story of a meeting witi the Deril in Paris not many ears ajfoâ€" a tme story in every particular, as can be easily proved by a directtapplloation to any of the persons oo noemed in it, for they are living still." He says :â€" "Tne key tc the enigma we cannot find, forwecertoin- y do not'put faith in any one of the theories of Spiritnalists bnt that an appuition siioh M we have described did appear in the way and under the ciroamstances we have relat- ed is a fact, and we must leave the satis- factory solution of the difficulty to more profound psychologists than ourselves." The chief persons named are a Russian Prince, Pomerantsefif, and a French Abbe, Oirod, who ridiculed the whole riieory of apparitions. The conversation at a dinner party of the Due de Frontignan's having turned on spiritualism, the Duke said he had seen the spirit of Love. The Abbe, who was sceptical, had just preached a preat sermon, demonstrating the existence of the personal Devil, laughed at the Duke, when the Prince declared that this w«s in no way incredible, inasmuch as he, tbe Prince, knew and had seen the Devil. " I tell you," said he, "I have seen him the God of all Evil, the Prince of Desolation, and what is more I will show him to jou." He refused at first, but afterwards, fascinated by the cfifer, he accepted. ' THE TBYSTING PLACE. So the matter wa!i arranged, and he, the Abbe Girod, the renowned preacher of the celebrated Church, was to meet that very night, by special appointment, at half- past nine, the Prince of Darkness and this in January, in Paris, at the height of the season, in the capital of jivilisation â€" la vide lumiere At ha!f -past nine o'clock precisely the Prince arrived. He was in full evening dtess, but â€" contrary to his usual custom â€" wearing no ribbon or decoration, and his face was of a deadly pallor. They entered the carriage, and the coachman, evidently instructed beforehand where to go, drove ofiF without delay. The Prince immediately pulkd' down the blinds, and taking a sil^ pocket-handkerchief from his pojket began quietly to fold it lengthwise. " I must blindfold you, man cher," he re- marked simply, as if announcing the most ordinary fact. " Diihle! ' cried the Abbe, now becoming a little nervous. " This is very unpleasant I like to see where I am going." On they drove the time seemed intermin- able to the Abbe. " Are we near our destination yet " he inquired at last. "Not very far ofiF," replied the other, in what seemed to Girod a most sepulchral tone of voice. At length, after a drive of about half an hour, but which seemed to the Abbe double that time, Pomsrautseff murmured in a loud tone, and with a profound sigh, which sounded almost like a sob, " Here we are " and at that moment the Abbe felt the car- riage was turning, and heard the horses' hoofs clatter on what he imagined to be the stones of a courtyard. The carriage stopped Pomerantseff opened the door himself, and assisted the blindfolded priest to alight. " There are five steps," he said, as he held the Abbe by the arm." •• Take care " The Abbe stumbled up the five steps. When they had proceeded a few yards, Pomerantsefif warned him that tbey were about to ascend a staircase, and up many shallow steps they went. When at length they h»d reached the top, the Prince guided him by the arm through what the Abbe im- agined to be a hall, opened a door, closed and locked it after them, walked on.agun, opened another door, which he closed .*nd locked likewise, and over which the Abbe heard hini pull a heavy curtain. The Prince then took him again by the arm, advanced him a few steps, and said in a low whisper "Remain qaietly standing where you are. I rely upon your honour not to attempt to remove the pocket handkerchief from your eyes until yon hear voice"" The Abbe folded his arms and atood motionless, while he heard the Jf rince walk away, and then suddenly all sound ceased. It was evident to the unfortunate priest that the room in which be stood was not dark for although he could, of course, see nothing, owing to the pocket-handkerchief, which had been bound Most skilfully over his eyes, th ere was a sensation of being in strong light, and his cheeks and hands felt as it were illuminated. THE INCANTATION. Suddenly a horrible sound sent a chill of terror through him â€" a gentle noise as of naked fiesh touching the waxed floor â€" and before he could recover from the shock occasioned by the sound, the voices of many men â€" voices of men groaning or wailing in some hideous ecstasy â€" broke the stillness, cryingâ€" "Father and Creator of all Sin and Crime, Prince and King of all Despair and Anguish come to us, we implore thee " The Abbe, wild with terror, tore off the pockethandkerchief. He found himself in a large oldfashioned room, pannelled up to i;he lofty ceiling with oak, and filled with great light shed from innumerable tapers fitted into scones on the wall â€" light which, though by its nature soft, was almost fierce by reason of its greatness and intensity, pro- ceeded from these countless tapers. All this passed into his comprehension like a flash of lightning, for hardly had the bandage left his eyes ere his whole attention was rive'-ed upon the group before him. Twelve menâ€" Pomerantseff among the numberâ€" of all ages from five-and-twenty to fifty- five, all droned in evening dress, and all, BO far as one oonld judge at Bach a mo- ment, moi of onltnre and refinement. In nearly prone upon the floor, with han^ linked. They were bowins forward and kissing the floorâ€" whloh mi^t aoooont for the •tnnge aoiuid been l^ Oiiodâ€" Mid tiwir faoee were fflnmlnated with alight oChellieh eostMy^uUf distorted, as ifin petal, half- oniH^, as If In trinm^. Tlw AlibeHieyei intiiiotivaly aourht mt tiMPrinoe. » He wee on the left-head side, aad iriiOe hie kft faaad ineped Muit of his Mighbow, UnJ^twM nrMfiag u m vndj otwtoe bare waxed floor, as if seeking to aidmate the boards. His face was more calm than those of tha others, bntqf a deadly pal- lor, and the violet tints about tl^ mouth and temples showed he wassttffeifiig from intense emotion. I They were all, eadt after hie own fashion, I praying akrad, or ratiier meaning, as they writhed in eostatio adoration. • Father oi Evil I oome tons " ' ' Prinoe of EodleM Deeolatlon I who sitteth by beds of Suioides, we adore thee I" ** O Creator of Eternal anguish 1" " King of cruel pleasures and famishing desires I we worship thee I" " Come to ns, thy foot upon the hearts of widows I" "Come to OS, thy hair lurid with the slaughter of innooenoe " " Gome to us, thy brow wreathed with the clinging Chaplet of Despair I" " Cooe to OS 1°' The heart of the Abbe turned cold and sick as these beings lardly human by reason of their great mental exaltation, swayed be- fore him, and as the air, charged with a subtle and overwhelming electricity, seemed to throb as from the echo of innumerable voiceless harps. Suddenlyâ€" or rather the full conception of the fact was sudden, for the influence had been gradually stealing over him â€" he felt a terrible coldness, a coldness more piercing than any he had ever before ex- perienced in Russia, and with tbe coldness there came to him the certain knowledge of the presence of some new bei ig in the room. Withdrawing his eyes from the semi-circle of men, who did not seem to be aware of his, the Abbe's presence, and who ceased not in their blasphemies, he turned them slowly around, and as he did so, they fell upon a new-comer, a Thirteenth, who seem- ed to tpring into existence from the air, and before his very eyes. THE APPARITION OF SATAN. He was a young man of apparently twenty, tall, as beardless as the young Augustus, with bright golden hair falling from his forehead like a girl's. He was dressed in evening dress, and his cheeks were flushed as if with wine or pleasure but from his eyes there gleamed a look of inexpressible sadness, of intens despair. The group of men had evidently become aware of his presence at the same moment, for they all fell prone upon the floor adoring, and their words were now no longer words ot invoca- tion, but words of praise and worship. The Abbe was frozen with horror there was no room in his breast for tne lesser emotion of fear indeed, the horror was so great and all-absorbing as to charm him and hold him spell-bound. He would not remove his eyes from the Thirteenth, who stood before him calmly, a faint smile playing over his intel- lectual and aristocratic face â€" a smile which only added to the intensity of the despair gleaming in his clear blue eyes. Gitod was struck first by sadness, then with the beauty, and then with the intellectual vigour of that marvellous countenance. The expression was not unkind, or even cold haughtiness and pride might indeed be read in high-bred features, shell-like sensitive nostrils, and short upper lip while the exquisite sym- metry and pertect proportions of his figure showed suppleness and steel-like strength, for the rest the face betokened, save for the flush upon the cheeks, only great sadness. The eyes were fixed upon those of Girod; and he felt their soft, subtle, intense light penetrate into every nook and oranny of his soul and being. This terrible Thirteenth simply stood and gazed upon the priest, as the worshippers grew more wild, more blasphemous, more cruel. The Abbe could think of nothing but the face before him, and the great desolation that lay folded over it as a veil. He could think of no prayer, although he could remember there were prayers. Was this Despairâ€" the Despair of a man drowning in sight of land â€" being shed into him from the sad blue eyes Was it Despair or was it Death Ah, no, not Death Daath wu peaceful, and this was violent and passionate. THE FASCINATION OF THE DEVIL. Moreover, by degrees the blue eyes â€" it seemed as if their colour, their great blue- ness, had some fearful power â€" began pour- inp into him some more hideous pleasure. It was the ecstasy of great pain becoming a delight, the ecstasy of being beyond all hope, and of beiog thus enabled to look with scorn upon the Author of hope. And all the while the blue eyes still gazed sadly, with a soft smile ' breathing overwhelming despair upon him. Girod knew that in another moment he would not sink, faint, or fall, but that he would â€" oh much worse 1 â€" he would smile At this very instwit a nameâ€" a familiar name, and one which the in- fernal worshippers had made frequent use o^ but which he had never remarked before â€" struck his ear the name of Christ. Where had he heard it He could not tell. It was the name of a young man he could remember th«t and nothing moie. Again the name sounded "Christ." There was another word like Christ, which seemed at some time to have brought an idea, first of great suffering and then of great peace. Ay, peace, but no pleasure. No delight like this shed from those marvelloiu blue eyes. Again the name soimded " Christ." Ah 1 the other word was cross â€" " croix"â€" he remembered now a long thing with a short thing across it. Was it that as he thought these things the charm of the blue eyes and their great sadness lessened in intensity. We dare not say bat as some faint conception of what a cross was flitted through the Abbe's brain, although he could think of no prayer â€" nay, of no distinct use of this crossâ€" he drew his right hand slowly up, for it was pinioned as by paralysis to his side, and feebly and half mechanically made the sign across his breast. AFTESWABDS. The vision vanished. The men adoring ceased their clamoor and lay oroached np one against another, as if some strong eleotric power had been taken from them and great weakness had snooeeded, whUe, at the same time, the throbbing of the thoaaaadToioeleM harps was hashed. The panae hated bat for a moment, and than tiie men roecL atombliog, teembling, and with loosened hands, andstood f eeUy gariag at the Abbe, who felt faint aad exhautad,aiidhMdadth«aBOt. With ex- traordiiMgjrp r sasBoerf mi n d, tft ePrfaioe walk ed qniiddy op to him, poshed him oot ol tlie door by which lli^ had entered, fidlowed him, aad loakad the door befalDa thMB, thna predadi^s tha poiribilUv ol ball« InaM- diate^ pomad by tiie ottan, IpBeaiattM ad]oiiaagrooin,tiM Abba aad P eaisr a ataaff PMiaad far aa iBrtaat to taaerar brntt, for tha awtftaaa of tbrfr fiihl had c^Mad them, worn oot as they both were men" tally and phyuoally bat doring thi brief intervaf the Prince, who appsared to be retaiidag hiaproaanoe rf iniad^.a purely mechanical effort, oarefoUy replaoed bver his friend's eyee the baads^to wMdh th(B Abb^ still held ttghay grasped in hia hand. Then he led lum oa, and it waa aot till the cold air strode them, that they noticed they had left their hats behind. "NimporuP' mattered PomerantaefT; "it would be dangeroos to retarn." and harrying the Abbe into the carriage which awaited tiiem, he bade the oe ae hia a n speed them awayâ€" "an grand galop f Not a word was spoken the Abbe lay iMok as one in a awooa, aad heeded nothing until he felt the carriage atop, aad the Prince oncovered hia eyea and told him he had reached home; then he alighted in silence and passed into his hooae without a word. How he reached hia apartment he never knew; bat the foUowbiff morning found him raging with fever, and delirioos. ' Decision. It has been well said that " purpose Is the edge and point of character â€" the anper- scription on the letter of talent that char- acter without it is " blunt or torpid, and that genius without it is bullionâ€" splendid bat oncircalating." Even errors â€" if they imply aothing criminal or of evil intent- may be translated Into something splendid something magnificent, by viirtae of decl- siun. When Mr. Disraeli, in his first great effort in tbe House of Commons, met not only with unsympathetic listeners, bnt with contempt so complete tht he waa compelled to sit down with his oration onfinished, he drew his hat over his eyes, and, with a resolute hake of the head, said to himself rather than to the House of Commons, " The day will come when yon wiU hear me." And in spite of rebuffs, many and severe, he psrsisted in get clog on his legs on every available opportunity,- attacked those who hd supported as wall as those who had opposed him, and thus by grand decision and magnificent audacity, he translated his failure into a training for success â€" a success which, not improbably future historians wil fiad to be somewhat qualified by the faith which Mr. Disraeli carried to an extreme, based on the convic- tion that this decision and magnificent audacity could atone for great errors in statesmanship. He certainly never showed that " habitual indecision which has been called the chief evidence of weakness evin- cing either a want of capacity to apprehend what is best, or a want of energy to pursue it." "Strike the iron while it is hot," says, the old proverb. There is a propitious mo- ment, when outer circumstances, like the heated iron, are soft and pliant decision, directed by insight, is as a hammer in the killed hand to mold them to ite pattern. A Prince's Philanthropy. A good deal of comment is made in the German press on the singular bequest^and tbe still more singular way in which the same was carried out â€" of the recently de- ceased Austrian Prince Schwarzenberg, who leaves a fortune of upward of 120,(X)0,000 gulden (250,000,0C0f.) at the lowest estimate. The above-mentioned bequest to the poor of Vienna, the city in which he was bom, and where he had resided during most of his lifetime, wasâ€" 1,000 gulden I This munificent (?) bequest was announced to the municipal council of the Austrian capital by the son and universal legatee of the aeceasd in 8 letter, in which he says that, " prompt- ed by the desire of expressing also his per- sonal sentiments and his- attachment to his native city, he has given orders to his treasurer to pay over the amount without any further delay." Nobkaae oblige. The succession tax alone amounts to upwards of 6,000,000 gulden. The immense estates of the deceased â€" scattered through Bohemia, Austria proper, Styria, Ssilzburg, Franconia, ete. â€" cover an area larger than that of the principalities of Lippe and Waldeck com- bined, and have frequentiy been designated as the " Prince Schtvarzenbdrg Empire." The Feasant's Joke. On a recent hunting expedition the Aus- trian Kaiser and his friend the King of Saxony had strayed some distance from their comrades of the chase, and cominji' up with a peasant's cart they asked the occupant to give them a lift. The latter did not recog- nize them, as they were both attired in Styrian dress, bnt readily acceded to their request. On taking leave of him the Em- peror told htm who they were. The peasant smiled incrednloosly, and sMd " Well, friend, if you be the Emperor of Austria and your companion the King of Saxony, I had better tell you who I am. My jrajd fellows, Lam bis Holiness the Pope 1' With this he drove off, delighted at having, as he thousht. the best of the joke. ' United States Eleotions. In each State there is a set of electors nominated by each party, the number of electors nominated varying according to each State's representation in Congress. The people vote for the whole set ot Re- publican, Democratic or prohibition electors as the case may be. These electors from idl the States meet in what Is called the Elec- toral College and cast their ballota for President and Vice-President. As the elec- tors are pledged beforehand the result is always known before the college meets, ite action having become a mere form. The people will cast no ballot for Harriaon or Cleveland directiy. HatoialFean Husband (a bank cashier, allghtiy aader tteweati»er)-If I should be takm away from you, darliag, would it reaUy bo a verv great blow to yoo I ' Wife(eobbfaijr)-Ch, dear, Joha, I hope yonhaTeat beea fooUag with the baS Tha Fkime Aooompliahmeiit. eda aa t i e i ial advaatagab iSaalMiB jS. '«Taa,"aaiaNllj, «7kBmr.* gp a nfah â€" d Bwa aaa wma ia LaMa." JjYaab- aald bI^ imiuSwmSL ttfag **Whaliithaftr ** Omi foa halw bNod m E^iihr u #y ^Mt" » ll-^-"-%t*^ "â- â€¢^*"-,*iiVi^ HIBG£LIiAH£0Tr8. An EngUahmaa reoeatly atated in ooart that he married at the age of 16 beeaoaa he was oat «rf work Sara Bemhardt'a latest " creatioa " is a dress of salmon-colored aatin, trimmed with silTer passementerie. Young Manâ€"" Will yoo give assent to onr marriage with yoor daoghter, air 7" Old Maa (grmly)â€" " No, air aot a oeat. ' " Jenay, do yoo kaow what a mirade is 7" " Yes'm. Ma says if yoo don't marry our aew paraoa it will os a miracle." Saaday school t eac h e r â€" ^Wh»t makea yoo feel oncomfottable when yoo have done wrMig T Scholarâ€" Pa'a tronk atrap. A very red-headed oitiseB of Atohlaon, Kan., aaya that when a hoiy he had the acar- let fever aad it aettled ia his hair. The Glaigow laternational Exhibitioa waa a very costly affair, bat that famous seaport was well able to staad the ezpease. From figures prepared under official soper- riaioB, we learn that the total amount ex- panded on baildinga aad groonda was £74- 464 as against an estimated cost of £69,128. There were some other expenses incurred for work done after the Exhibition opened, such as the erection of a ceremonial arch, grand stand, eto., which amounted to some- thing like £8,253, thus making a grand totaloutlay of £82,714. Agood man who has seen much of the world and is not tired of it says "The grand essen- tials to happiness in this life are something to do, sometbiugte Icve and something to hope for." And ttie more one thinks over the whole matter the more he will be inclined to believe that that " good man " is about right. He is in a bad condition who has nothing to do e\ en though he need do noth- ing for a living. He n-ay as well commit suicide at once. And he who has nothing to love and nothing to hope for may just as well follow suit and get out as fast as pos- sible. The Freish and the Germans are still speculating about wha.' they will do when the supposedly inevitable fight comes on, and when Belgian neutrality is violated and a casus bdii thus brought round. Such talk is simply infamous, just as are the specula- tions about a possible collisioa between Britain and the States, and about how such a tussle would be likely to end. Why cannot common sense, and Christian feeling have the upper hand sometimes Why should braggards, blusterers and swash- bucklers have, so much to say, and be so often listened to, not only with patience, but apparently with pleasure The Corporation ot the City of Edin- burgh is about to take a very wise step in the purchase of the Braid Hills for a public park and recretioi grounds. The whole of the hills compiis about 155 acres but tbe trustees of the (Jinny estate, to which the hills belong, wish to reserve 22 acres for a cattle grazing ground for the Braid farm, and so 133 acres will be the amount of land available for paik purposes. It is under- stood that the purchase money will be in the neighborhood of £11,000. And money well invested too. Every city should pos- sess-tfaese public breathing spaces, and prize them highly. They are invaluable. The trouble over the railway crossing in Manitoba varies so from day to day that there is no possibility of saying with cer- tainty what the result will be. That it will be settled without blood- shed is to be sin- oerely hoped. The C.P.R. may be within ite legal righte in resisting the crossing but certainly the universal understanding was that on account of the bargain of last year no further resistonce to Red River Railway was to be offered. Honesty and straight- forward dealing always answer best, and the C.P.R. magnates, even for their own intereste, had far better let things elide. Greed and bad temper are often stupidly shorteighted. Speaking of the Princess of Wales, Le Figaro, of Paris, remarks " Her friends say that often as night falls, in the large hall at Sandringham, she remains for hours watehing tne coals reddening in the im- mense fireplace she does not see what passes around her she listens to nothing that is said to her, neither the calling of the Prin- cess Maud, nor the jokes of Prince Albert. ' Her Highness sleeps,' say her attendants. They deceive themselves. Her Highness meditates on the litle Alexandra, who be- lieved herself destined to marry a .petty German Prince, very domestic, very faith ful, and who would have died very happy after having had many children." Citizens of St. Louis who were up early the other morning saw a rare sight. Two big flocks of pelicans passed over the city on their way south. They flew so low that the pouch under the lower bill and throat of each could be seen. The first flock, number- ing over 100, flew slowly and in almost an unbroken single line, crossing the river to the Illinois side and disappearing in the dis- tance. The second flock, following close be- hind, seemed to have lost its way and circled over the river for ten minutes, and then the leader suddenly started in a bee line for the southeast and the rest trailed after hm. Kaiaer William doesn't miss an oppor- tunity to contrast himself with his father. In his response to the address of the Burgo- master of Munich, while on his jonmey to Rome, e expressed the hope that he might always " guide the destinies of the Grerman empire n accordance with the ^ews of my grandfather." A sensation was produced at the recent banquet at Vienna regarding the strength of the Anstro- German slliance. The Austrian Emperor proposed the nnnsoal toast of " The German army, the most bril- liant incorporation of military virtues." To this William proposed " The AnstroHun garian army," with dreimcd hoeh, and th enthusiasm waa tremendous. ^Not for many years has so much attention been given to any book as Is now bdng be- a towed on theaoTel "Robert Blaemere." The gifted writer, Mra. Homphrey Ward, ia a daaahter of Thomaa Arnold, tbo aecoad aon of the famooa headmaatar of Rugby aohooL ud titardfore anieoe of the lato Matthew Anwa. H«r book iaaa insidloiu aad powar- fuefnirt of aggreaalTe UaitariaaiaB^ aa amrl wlioae iaflaanoe .wl iia all tha atrong- ar, iar-raaohlag aad diffioolt to ecmbat, be- oaoaaof tlio emotional environnMota of tfaa y'^1^*^?^^ •**»*• thaatrical at tfaioa to ttieir iatoaabty. It ia no* Ghiiatiaaltr !^"i-'*Rl2^ *S* wpematoral al^ SSL'^i'yK*?: 'wythiBi In Shi *Ma tiM Oa^wMtlau tolte BaaanSS Mdvafe witttfo alhartdifead iSaMrti bodaM fe ^wa, of raU^ BMa abova tba i"k Step Bigha- The principles of haT^ l taufcht are not many "t?* H L learned are almost Lu*!" i*S 21 very soon reaches th?^* •^aV' beetf ^Id aU that hU^ *W k." heJoaldbetoldKJtlrii'i: busiposs he falU, into «.. " *«tSrrf*f» to Si?!" ^^ftd?£*« Ji to|»ople and price, «h^l*«»v2^ ana send out good, to^.'" tr I at all these detail,. whn« ytobelearned, oak fif r that particular gi^* It. Others have beeTtofc »oe«ary that he should^ A clerk who remains i« and .send out anoA. *.T?" "lo* h, ^^ But all these deS ?h ^n^j l aiy to be learned, oak «! «• is2 for that particular Dial Mn*^ tioos he L alway, iSli*^ " " ufc ter. Others ha;eAf«».tL'£;. rythatheshotSdtfeffihl, rk who remauis \n *•* kfeit Ms life adverti.esTSSsKS»^ two thmggâ€" abiUtv n, "S??" mh rf ondoobt^ly arehSanSsS^- kept so constanilv snH ^Z*^ » derti I ed'at one task thrtheCn^«»lIy ^\ learn anythmg but h£ p^PP"^r J such tostances are very S^i *^ 'w rale every clerk has mo^^ » J!«»N posal, either at intervaU dnS S^ *? m.the evening. These »«¥ "" ^J ot cannot afford to throraw« ^T ^^^ 2 follows that he m^t deM"S every pleasure, or must dSiri« ' of entertainment. AU voA.Ta' '«• makes Jack a dull boy. 'S '?,? "» Pi^ notleadtoaaccess. L S J??" " entertainment as recreation Z " it as business, and then he 'wS .r** many valuable hours for self ,Z °"« One of the prospero:,t tT^ city began life as an errand boy T«,l^ Most boys, and most men. tcwXt^at*" ter would say that his pfin ft little hope of advancement. Th7â„¢.. • the office were busily employed, .ad's: spoke to the boy only when thej ZZl counts to keep, no writimr to do. Z^ desire being there, the opprtunitiM L!! He carried the mail to a^a from Ae^ office; watching the letters that d through hu hands, when he found Wm velope unusually well addreswd he saved h from the waste-basket, and with thUbdm him he began to try to imitate it. It was his duty to copy the letters in ft. copying-press, and he read and remembered the phraseology and the style until he coild have sat down and. with the topic gim him, have dressed it up in the same fom. He was so ready and wilKng to do m and everything asked of him that the nei sent him on many private errands of th^ own, and in return they could not but «. swer his questions when he asked aboot the books or the business. A chance of- fered where he might do a little wrirtag, and he did the work before any one there knew that he could. There was some tor- prise at the good form of his mattier, and then he told them how he had learned, He was given a placb c»t the desk, while another boy ran the errands, and before he had eva thought of studying to be a bookeeper he was one, and a good one. Hints About Horses. It costs more to keep a poor horse than it does to keep a good one. Change the feed for your horsee oftei enough to make them relish it. Improper feeding is the caase of nine oit of ten cases of sickness among horses. Every time you worry your horsee yoi shorten their lives and days of uaefuhtea. Sweat and dust cause the hore's shoolden to gall. So do poor, ill-fitting collars. The temperature of water for horseiiiut so much of an oHject as the parity of it While it is best to have the water cool, itii more important to have it free from all im- purities. Affection cannot be pounded ia M treatment insures the affection of an animal, while rough treatment is sure to cause itt hatred. It is alike dangerous to other horses v^ men to spare the life of a glandered hont Glanders is a highly contagions, incwablt disease, and as a rule fatal in th; homan subject. Mares in foal shoul.-^ have exercise «M moderate work, and under no circumstance! should they be subjected to harsh treatmtn^ nor should they ever be allowed to go wnm they would be in danger of being fnghw ed. ' •if Ot two colts similar in dispMition uj sense, one may develop into a steady «» valuable family horse, while the oAerm^ be vicious, treacherous and nMa'^T'V cause of a differpnoe in the men mm thenn. The Erie's Mistake. The common eagle is a birdof wondffg keen sight, says Harper's Young W At a height of eighty y/fda." «» J,, grass mouse or stoat, and h»^8 ""^e ed it! prey it wUl swoop down J^t" speed of Li arrow and rise with the n^. in its claws. .„„Jnteni«'" Mr. Samuel Wilmot, the sn^"^f °-„. of the Canadian .h hatchenes^ castie, Ontario, told me th* »f3 their of an Ugle :-A pair of eag^' buU« nest near our ^onw yfMrivvx^^^^^ tree year in and year °"t /« "^^fa earUef One autumn the cold ^^f " !fthe«tre»iB than usual and the smooth V^^^^^ but the that ran by our ho°f .^' ?g7ine, «»« eagles still remamedm the big P^ qb, wlhen they flew "broad to i^y„gm morning as 1 sat at the wmdow ^^^ the dirwtion of the pmea I no« e ^^^^^ the birds leave the *«« »°jjr wW*S! above a rough part of jhe me^ uke » bolt not frozen. Tnen he ye^t down ^^^ and disappeared mtder the water ^^ ^^ witii great interest to see wna^ ^^^ fetohlwatched one, f^"lbi.' onds, but he did f°* '^C^eintt-*- aomrthing so unusual tnat r^dow «« 5 totorelfted. I stood ^.^'^hiri^^ lilf a mtaote watchmg where w j^^ disappeared, and then, sure^^ ^y bj had likened to him, Ij"*^ yttle bojt and ral Wn to where b^^^get it ^^ After acme diffi^lty J^^^ffltothJ-g totheopm water, «d^J»P^j^. LjjkW where ttTeagle tad g^«^ p«tiy » dowa I aaw toe Wrd, ^. rStom «» S* QBaoooaatable way. .^^jtJtitl^^ Idwwhimout. J»«£rSiJ-*fS.- tbato oaaie to the '"'^J^it^SZ. lltfcf aaiflhad a *-" "** t( ROUGHI ;^t....^..^^^-^^,;,::^^.:. ' CHAPTER XIII.-(CoN' jAf husband was anxious U ^toei»ti^« Indian airs, as iji and have a fine ear for ^efforte proved abortive â- jA to young Nogan (who ^toWyon the flute, and Sdad the popular air of "J 7ooaaot yoo play me one i!»|rea, â€" bat no good." ••Leave me to be the judgfr not yoa give me a war song ••Tea,â€" bat no good," wi diakeof thehead. **A hanting-song " «• No fit for white man,"â€" contempt. " No good, no goo " Do, John, sing us a love likOghing, " if yen have such bagoage." •• Oh much love-song â€" v« __|^_no good for Christian song no good for white ea y«^ tantalUing, as theur very sweetly from the lips of ttd I had a great desire a net some of them rendered in To my husband they fi:av« ••the mnwcian," but I hav Indian word. It signified iweet sounds. They listenec delight to the notes of his flu » breathless silence during th their dark eyes flashing int a martial strain, or softei plaintive and tender. Ihe cunning which they conteste with their enemiei hunting, and in making bar whites (who are too apt to ii ignorance), seems to spring law of necessity, forced upoi isolated position and precaric tb ^n from any innate wish t Indian's face, after all. is a of his mind. The eye chsi don with every impulse a shows what is pat sing with the lightning in the dark ni course of the stream, t cai deceit forms any prominei Indian's character. They with the strictest honour toi never attempt to impose up natural for a deceitful persoi age of the credulity of other Indian never utters a falsel employs flattery (that powe the hands of the insidiouB] cations with the whites. His worst traits are thoa in common with the wild forest, and which his intorc lowest order of civilised me of moral worth, are great and tiie pernicious effects o have greatly tended to inflj It is a melanchol) truth, be lamented, that the vicini settiers has always produ moraliang eflieot upon the poof of this, I will relate dote. John, of Rice Lake, a nuddle-age Indian, was cod^ about their larguage. and found in undersiandinp the In Indian for their ube. things, I askea him if his pe or used profane language to^ The man regarded me wii horror, as he replied, "Indi knew your people, never word Indian. Indian mi words to swear and take v«dn." Oh, what a reproof to C felt abashed, and degraded this poor savage â€" who, ign in many respects, yet pes ^eat attribute of the souU for the Supreme Being. H thousands of my cDuntrym* important point The affection of Indian children, and the defference to the aged, iu another beai ing trait in their character. One extremely cold, wini huddled with my little one the door softly unclosed, a ed foot of an Indian c^ossei ed my head, for I was too to their sudden appearand feel alarmed, and perceiv Btanduig sUently and respe wrapped in a large blMik she caught my eye she dro her covering from sround my feet the attenuated abontitwelve years of age last stege of consumption. "Papoose die," she clasping her hands again looking down upon the s the most heartfelt expret love, while large tears t dark face. •' Hoodie's tq â€"poor Indian woman mm Her child was beyond looked anxiously upon h the pinched-np features i his wasted cheek, that hoars to live. I could tears her agonising appea •• Try and save him (She held up five of her fi him all the way from Mui ba*, for white squaw to " I cannot cure him, m ia in God's care in a f ev With Him." The child was seized w of ooi^hiog which I ezpe would terminate his frail Um a teaspoonful of ci ha took with avidity, but ' asmaent on his stomach. **l^pooae die," mm ^mnaa " aloneâ€" alone 1 aoHiw aU alone." She begaa re-adjusting hw Uaaket. I got Bom bar to atay and rest herse inuli ffla tr eaaed to eat, Mania, Sba aaid Uttic INaaad tte keeneat aog ' mt iMNirafnl load, pre Ji.lnMad, borniog ban ^rWoUow«dher jouraey. .BBiaatnava _aha liad can .thiaa^ tbedi iM^Tday,! tw^. ;li-.