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 ^BBWP STRANGELY WEDDED, A Thrilling Story of Eomance l_ Adventure. CHAI'TKK XIII. -â-  J llWi Nl' KEAR."' (i n illit.T tie bought nor sold: |)rn:e Utve.' I ..^",*P"«""»emercile«grip oo her Ir.ihel stiU was not in fearâ€" for one thin I knew thathe had been drinking and wMi.,, ^.. ,--. â„¢ .tsonly not in liis right mind, for anothefahe knew I Jl'"*S^^^ Sower of his life and had â- "By Jore, bow pretty she ia," he said to* himnli-^^'adencedaight prettier than ever J^ '«ll her life hrfbf* lalwayadid l*e a bitof s|iirit in a womaaâ€" ahrayi. And by Jove, but it's good of her not to let it stand between na and to say ahedidnt want to hear or think any more abont it." If he had only known how much more insnr- moontable a bairier had riaan up between tiiemâ€" how Treror'a bright face waa enshrin- ed m hia wife's heart, how Trevor had taken "Yo«s •â- Quite I Mom â€" the Major WMit out ii.-M .la'-k 'I'revur went away Jrom the t •i:i;iitt;l that {iiea.saiit -September :tj iiii'U-r a pretence of writing letters •- •liuict Uiin\ he had not tlie very â-  -I int'iiti"it of doing anything of the that what iho had ti tell him wooW prob- 5° P'"'l:""**»*°""««'i chivalrous ably brmghim down to the practical sile •*"""â„¢ ' ' ' "" "' " "' ' of the ouestion without the Ho'.^. „. anle'l to Ite (|uiet â€" to think it all J lielp of a pipe â€" w, he went into 1(1 tiirneil the key in the lock question without the deV ot a mo- 1 nient.- ' I " want to find out nothing," she said I lookmgat him steadilyâ€" "did 1 try to find â-  â- â-  Not I! so far as ... take any i«- tere^ m your domgs. But I am your wife ..1 .. -â-  f.i, i""""""'y°J. and when! see a great â- â€ž..j fun y sure, at that hour of the day, .langer or a great annoyance coming upon ,:";^," ""':â- ";•......., .,.;„,. „..„ .f-^^-nl.nottoteUyouof l,? Last y«r 1 was afraid of you, Cosmo, bnt I am ,iot afraid of you nowâ€" I shall never be afraid of you again, not even when you are drunk." He stood staring at her in amazement, reuognizina that some new element had come into Tier life and in hia surprise he tigiitened Ins grip upon her arm, imtil she coulil.have shrieked in the agony of her pain- " What do you mean?" he asked, hut he spoke in a quieter tone than before â- id his eyes were fille.1 with a new fear. In „p 1, .1.-. lK.-gan to think â€" well, X he h;i'i spfjken out )*11 that :t!'l. iiTi'l intw Kthel knew tliat iiiiil W'fuhl luve hvr for all timet ii--:i.i»l t«. ifll lier â€" he htnl fully iijiii'l iK.-ver lu h;t her know alt iij^ m lii.-i lif.'iirt, but tiie sight ;ir huh: .il»-niU.-r wri.st blackunt)! • •i it\ tlur i-nit;l grip of IX'Diii^'s :!;_-« I h;nl I..( n Unj much frjr hini â- it. I tin- truth was out, he- was not jt: " Sf.cty -vvliy, hi; wiw gUkd .•â- It .1 ort if |«)s.se.ssi\i; right in ^- jr it WHO inlriailfiil miiiiike tiuit I.. i'Mi^'ci t., iuit.lhtr mail, as if v..iit"i ioit^' t-no.i^h an«l patiently u-.i.l.l all ioim- right l.y aiiUy Well, it wu u well that he did not, for proljably he would have fallen in lov with hi8 wife afresh and, as it was, this unwonted teuderaeas was but a flash in the panâ€" there was nothing lasting or real about free- .•ii: JI.1..1 II.- :t,..l liai'ily km-w whctiiiT In; wa-s Ht I in- turn of«-\eiits or not. h,v.-4 h.-[, lovtjl liiT with all x.iii, ah.i still he fflt a wihl ..u,t ..h'l 1 ,.f, iV I hat shf liail \h^l-h got.rl â- â- tnin^ «-nough to le.si.st hint M-H to Ii:,trn lo lii.s plan for lik It W.l .•tl • 'tiifvvhat ieii.arkal,U* titat ne, .hn.-k Tri-vor olilv tiioiij|lil r,f 111 uii.l iiol ..f tin- fiaiiii- ill all. l ;:i,l ol th." fi,»,tlligon whiiih ly lii.il tri.:iid.sliip would Ire, he llll.-.l uilh oiu- thought ".•ihi- i[. -iiild,-nly and went pij,*- in hand liltlc- ro,.!," To tlif Jirfj.lace over • â-  litiii:.' tin- [loiirail.-i of his uean^at l,;uly ;;i-s.-oij,'iii- lM,ki-d out from t O..U li.iiii'-, ami liiH father ".s liaiidsoinu -.-(ii'ii I.. .SCI- into Ills inmost .soul. 1 I. â- â- â- ,:â-  --1..C.1I and looked at them for a .-- U,- â- h t!:.-i That woman has Ijeen prowling round here this evening," Ethel said. " \\ hat woman;" '•The woman whose card yon had the other dayâ€" .Mademoiselle Valerie." He started violently and let her arm go ' She has t)eeii here '" he cried in- tretliilously. "-Vot in this houseâ€" no. Hut she has lieeii watching your movements outside the mes.s-hut, for .lack Trevor caught her." â- â- -And how did he know who she «as'" siLspicionsIy. â- â-  I'eople are not all blind, Cosmoâ€" moat of u.-i see more of other folk's business than is always palatable to tlicni, and we have seen a grwl deal lately. " 'â-  -And you have licen talking me with with that hoy?" he lemanded K-as j^etting sober rapidly now. '"Not at all: .Sit down, Cosmo, and I I will tell you everything Hi.a I know. You know, she went on "when yni went to I rowii last yon told my old friend .lack to â-  look after meâ€" and he did so." ' Oh, of course. Well?" over He l;id I I » â-ºiL.il I..- al.. t olliil â- r.i.d â-  n I .1.. I\.- I uill ...u woul.l Bay to all t last, "you knew my 'llailiiit: lli.shop,' .she ,ndi-i what von\l May. .n.l I .;.,uld iioand !ell ish I .ould, lid, i\t nliat you'd Siiy lad, piilience 'soniih'ow, 1 feel .i.-l.odv or other .-.,1 nol»,d.v nobody. ly jiiic and jei-i- at me 'oaliny y.ill gel a di-af lull.- lovi- HO 1 Ills! I M- and tell quiet any .,« I Ik; tit It â- II s 'I' -till -itandin'.: tlw • -s I, nil (,.r liiniM I I.. k it ..». did. ami, .1 Hi.- tail ot Ihe • when his man. he l.K.kcd at hen was lull s he .slippi-d lile cil men • iiiess-i'ooin, leail of iiini. â-  .sixial gne.sts tli .tppeued to liliil I I. M..|ol.wh, lal evening If nearly shcl by his I!:;. It. nho. iilicshed by his iKui.s along toivaids the gates fteiiieoli. was nihis' .lai-k Trevor who had just coi Now .Major l)eni.is-s iinis,.,. Ht aske.l me if I saw Mi:h A.lll, ..sl.d, lil.'l. I ill. and Ih .0 ln,gi, li,. ike or seem joUe.sTuidlil .M.LJor llui h. .hi,. I. Tl III. Hull I «..i •. rs of Ih.. Pifl. â- Ili.iefoieas.s I 111- .ttile 1 ofmi, it.- Iii-lil air- al ]•â-  " .luai-l.-is. li- L.it.-..f ihi- 1,1 tie I It even tttis le.s,-.- 1., take iilieriiij.' IS h,ve,l -nth when on as tliev he »lipp,-d il w.ilki-.l .\t,.l a- he -ss hut. hi- ...Ik. -sh.- w a taiiiiiiarligute turn I'll llitit w.,iiiaii sot i-ii;tit, .-an ia;^e. e\ .- VVhal.'sshi-.loinuhe «.." tiivin..; .. Ii.si- l.nl the 11. k .ind ligh! „f i,,.,i. .She uiiii; het- Ion- .lalk el.,ak .-r as" she went. Her way its's ,|nrini-i-s till. I as .hi.-ii iti^ vv hen- Ihi- ivy tind llie â-  ;-'iv"in;; It.- saw l-lth.-lin lier I Wllh a ll.-i-i-y white shawl b -h, i.l in -Ki.l 1- I It, iirpiisi- til. j-tt.l toU.-v inly _vi.»ll I-.? II 111 kii.'V 111.." gnise.l lii-r t.l till 11 lliti I kit â- '»â- â€¢" It); at hiiii f.,1 ..f 11 :.sk. ingly iitonient, oon-light, •â- \Vhat I-,-,- above " \\ ell, we went down to the Recreation • .miinds one afternoon to hear the band and 1 hen I .saw; that woman firsi. We noticed her because she was alone, iiiiite alone. .She i.s a haii.l.some woman an.l not in the least common-looking ami we wondered that she sh'.ull not know a soul, not have a single man salute her. When we went home, she left the Grounds and she passed and repassed lis several times. At last we went into a shop, really that we might lose sight of her she followe.1 us in there also and asked to to see some miniatures tliat were in the win.h.w anil we at last got rid of her. Well, I have seen her about pretty often since then, an.l to-day it Inis come back to me that «A, piissed up the High .Street that tlay we went to HighHight and the gray boise l.olle.l. I di I not understand at. the iin.e why yon cut at him with the whip -1 Ibiiik 1 ilo now. This aflei-uiHjn I could not imagine why you should make such u fii.s.s alKjut a drussmaker'a cardâ€" but to- night I realized an.l so did Jack, that Made iiioLselle X'alerie and the woman who has l«Htn prowling round here to-night are the sjime, " " Hut alout to-night " he asked anxious- ly- â- 'To-night I was feeling tired and lonely â€"my head aclio.1 a little and I wrapped u shawl round me and went out for a few inin- ules among the (lowers as 1 often do. W hilst I was there I saw that woman come ini-kly from tlie ilirection of the mess and followed by coiiie out of the -iiw her â€" siiid he li.tl siir|insed la-r watching Ihrough tlie wisidows and a.I.k-.I at -on. c that he ha.I seen her -stimewh.-re and when I tol.l him, i.tninile.I him that is of the Kecicatioii Cioundand the High Street, he said at om-t-, *-.she is Miuleinoi.selle Valerie." ".And he is right, enough â€"she is Madem- oiselle Valeric, " said the Major gloomily. ".And what is she to you What has she »een lo yon " l-:tliel aske.l, u certain stern •ligiiity 111 her tones; "Xotliing .d.sohuely nothing," be aii- sweied "I sweiii-,to y."ii, Kthi-l.tliat Valerie Kcycr was anything but my deadly enemy j all. I m-vei- w-iU he." •iMlt lii.w -why?" "I can't tell yon all that now. I will oime •lay -liol t.,-iiighl. Till too kno-k.d..ver and .-,11 lopic-.-es. " ' ".And wlial.Ioesslielio(ie I. » gain by track 3iig y.iii .lown ill this Way?" "i ha\(-n't an idea." "Why don't you see her and It with hci-?' â€" i'.! .-It her fail, the .Icvil .-tT;.-.wel-e.I i,i-.,mplly. "i ihiresay yon woiilil -vou'rca dreadful coaar.l at th-t best of tinie-s." '.A coward -I," he cried, blazili "Klbel " •-i sjj,kc .|iiitc plainly, did 1 not " she aski^l '• ami on know thai it istrue or it w'lul.l not ptil you into a piis.-ion as it has done. Wonl.l any man with the strengtl a Hercules, as you have, put out your great .ilrength against such a thing as I have come tolM.' I ;,«„l Heavens, " hohling out her little siKimdake of a hand against his great red one "Ijook at v.. in haml and mineâ€" anil look at those, too, ' She^lragged her slcev hini where the soft whit I imaL:tnp she is 1 rea-soii or ik .la.k,".- -.1 h..i.l. I'l 11-, l....k I biisliiin eeiiiil. "I .1, â-  l.,-.-t. Iltiiiki tii-e ll.itliilli: hi. li way l" tiitd wife " •h tig but will. 1 feel ippi kti.V -li... ..It.-a.ly." Ill- s.tid tenderly 'you ar "II w.-t.- (his 111.,1-niiig, .lailing. I ti.l -li!.-!y titat is .-â- ..iinething "WIty â- It vvi.tt-y yiiittst-tfalMtnt this woman -til. ss, wh.ii.v.-i- it is, is not with i- ui .1.. ii..tliiit li, help your lius- tl i.tt .-i.iil.l he .l.k-s ii.it ile-ierve ~i ill an.l pi-oliiilily wi.ul.I not 1 I. t. on iiitisl letive him to nian- if business by himself." 1 liieie '.|'l" •-.I l,.-i silt- ri I*. wi-arilv "I'll ,1k I., .l.iy tiiiswerei e top of MS largf â- lear.'" irladw*' i uiiiler her breath â€" li â-  n"tliiiii:l'ut troubU- tocouieâ€" ' n..i,!.K'.-' â-  -liiv.iiiii;, Kthfl-youhaillK'ttfT .. u linl-|..vc voimiust takecaiw ' :: U..W, for my sake." ' 'i Jiri liaiiil in .1 t-Ii)Sf jH-cssure f'T U.I auvl wat.hfil hi-r till she was safe- Mi.l.i.iisi Then he walkc^l baok;uTt**» 'â- â-  •â- p.-n i;n»iiml ti ihi- nu^sa-liut. Xot â- :â-  than look i:i t "'•- (Xtiuil ami apiKiienlly enjoy ;- It v.-ry murh, and then he'wentt^ own .uraiteis anil got into I*1, il I hat 'nhe fellows'" were all too tiipifil wiiii their own. buainea* to th.-msflvf.s, f.r one evening; about an.l IJaekene.l. '-Di.l I ,Io thatV" Ii in genuine surprise. "\t*u did." "l.'poji my woi-d, Kthel, I'm awfully snirry," iie said after a moments sUenee. "\im see I've lieen snlKtsidu myself the last few weeks I'vr hardly known what 1 wiia doing aii«i I've- drunk more ttian was good for mc. iiiit I'd no ideiti'd l»een such a brute as tliatajiil I'm sorry. Sou know I never hiiil a finger on you exeept when 1 Wiis half- u till!: r«i»i.' make friends with me, olil â- \\..:iiLtn give mc- a ki-;s." She hehl out her hand to him and per- anilled him ju^i to touch the eil^e of her l;i-ck. Mujor Dennis, however, luught her 3ti his arnus and hehl her close. '"' Tue A real kiss, Kthel." he cried. Hut Kthel put her licad back and looked nt hiiii witli sueh euld contempt in her lovely e\ew that his arms relaxed their liold and he set her free. The next moment, however he trieil to langh the awkwardness of the situation away â€" " Oh I well, if it's iike that, ' he said, with a woidd lc jaunty uir- ' it'n no use asking yon for it. AU the same I'm very much in your debt, and the .sharpness of your wit is midouhted." Well, three days after this. Major Dennia •ent m his pspen. He came home one afternoon about five o'clock and announced the news with the customary disregard of his wife's feelings which generally character- ized hia behaviour. ' Ethel," he saidâ€"" Tve sent in my papers. " Cosmo I" she. cried. Yes, I know. You wanted to go on soldieniig and I wanted to command a regi- ment â€" but I can't bear being tracked down any longer. That woman is driving me oat ot my senses, and my senses, as yon very well know, never were much at the best of times." "But Cosmoâ€" could nothing be done ^^"^y don't you see her and see if she would hear reason and leave you in peace »" "No. Ten years ago I might have done. Bui I'm sick of soldieringâ€" I'd rather be free now. " "And you will go abroad " "Abroadâ€"" doubtfullyâ€" "abroad Oh â€" do you care much about that 'â-  "No â€" I hate the very idea of it, but â€" oh are you quitt decided on leaving the Ser- vice " "Oh, quiteâ€" and I'm sick of it." "But where shall we live?" her lips askedâ€" "When shaU I see Jack " her heart said. " There's no place like Londonâ€" Iâ€" I've thought a good bit about it to-day and I think a flat would be bestâ€" a nice convenient flat where you would be quite safe if I want- ed to go shooting for a day or two, and where we could make sure of not being at home when we wanted to shake oflF certain peo- ple. What d'you think " A year before Ethel s heart would have gone down to zero at such a prospect â€" now, however, it struck her as likely to be a very happy arrangement. ' Youll keep J udge " she said abruptly. "Judgeâ€" oh would you t I shall have to buy him oflF, if I do." "You will never get another man who un- derstand:, your ways as he does," she said, with convijiion. "Perhaps not. Well, I'll think about it. By the bye, are you going out " «'Noâ€" it is my day," she answered. She had stayed in doors on one day in the week ever since they had been in CHertaey. "Ah yes, so it is. Well, I have promis- ed to drive over to Sabtion with Mooreâ€" so I'll be off." He had not iKjen «one very long before Mrs. lennis's fii-at visitors came in, two latlies from the town, who made their first call that day. And before they were gone Monty Carlton appeared with Trevor, and after ten minutes of the most ordinary eoni- mon-plaee conversation, he rose to take Ids leave. "Ta-Ta," said Trevor in his friendliest voice. Carlton went away in disgust â€" and as lie passed the window Jack Trevor moved over tothe low settee where Kthel sat. "I may sit here?" he askedâ€" and then he took her hand and began to smooth it gent- ly down â€" "And what news have you " "I havenews,"sheanswered. "Cosmo has sent in his .papers." "Xeverl" "Yes, it is true." "And you are going abroad " "Oh: no, we are going to live in Londonâ€" we are going ta have a flat. " "It is absolutely settled? He has actually done it " "Oh! yes. And he says he is tired of sol- diering, so there's no chance of his changirg his mind now "' "And ymâ€" how do you like it " he iiskcd. "I don't like it at a//. But then that does not matter. And I think on the whole, it will be far l»elter to le in London. I shall not see you so often, but that will be ;is well. Peoph^ would soon have begun to talk ami chatter if we had been seen nmch alxut tofiether, while in London I don't think anybody bothers vsry much about one. " " But you don't /Uf leaving the regiment V N'ou don't /(Xv going away so that you will only see me now and then, do yon?'" he .inked anxiou.'ily. 'â-  You know that I do not, " she said in a very low voice. They sat for a long time talking over the piuapett of the future, no visitors came to disturb them, the Major did not return. At last Trevor got up and moved restlessly alwut the room as if he had something to say and did not loiow how to say it. Then he went back to the settee and sat down beside her. again. "I want to say some- thing to you, ilear," he said at lastâ€" "and I tlon't find it at all easy to say. It is this. I want you to promise me that if ever the time comes, if it ever should come, that you f j feel you cannot Iwar your life any longer, -that you will let me know at once! You won't keep on trying to endure the unen- durable from an idea that because I do not ask you every time I see you to give up everything for me, that therefore I am not ready to give up everything for you I back and showed I :aii^ot make your life a burden to yon by Ihsh wa.s liruiseii j '-â- ""tinually pestering you to give up your in the dog-cart an hour and-a half ago, r *^te.l)vuaf â€" iaaheiir?" â-  rj-i?- â€" "Vn. Aot m^ty son, Mno. W)i»t name**' "Xevar nind what i^ame," the mona'a Toica reflifld. **! know she ia in tor I imw lier ^Bt â- ffw.^-fhow.me die way.** ' 'O â€" bolt in â€" to your bedroom " whisp- ered Trevor â€" "it is\ alerie." As quick as thought Ethel fled through the door-way which Led in to her bedrooc, leaving him alonetoface the insistent visitor, who entered the following moment. Judge cast a glance round the room â€" Trevor got up from his chair. "i'm afraid I can't wait any longer for your mistress. Judge," he said^ looking at his watch. "Very good. Sir.' "Y'ou'll tell her that I came? "I will. Sir." Then turning to the strange visitor, he saidrâ€" "Mn. D^uia ia not at home. Mum." "I wiUwdit until Major Dennis returns," answered the lady curtly. Trevor went out â€" Judge followed. "Ke^ your eye on the silver, Jadge," said Jack, "and dont let her know that Mrs. Dennis is in the house." 'Very good. Sir," answered Judge, with unruffled demeanour. Twenty minutes later the Major and Captain Moore drove in at the big gates. "Ma"jor," said Trevor stopping the trap by a gesture, "a lady ia waiting to see yonâ€" at j'our quarters. "My (iol " muttered the Major- Valerie I" TO BE C05TISTT:D,) HBALTH. â- a.dT "it's Hie following TmlnaUs liata of antidotes for pcHSCHia t^en from the Tra^ud Nmnt, should be ckwely studied by evny psjrent, so that, in the event of acddgirtMl f jM^ wtug of poiami, the ni M is M i tid e to can bannnpt- ly administerao. intbouf dangeroiis way- When the ptuaon is unknown, this ia the treatment Ftovoke repeated vomiting give bland liquids stimolate if neos^ary. For ^aelds, â€" â- nbhuric, nitric, muriatic, oxalic: Oivean ukaK provo^TDmiting; give bland fltuda secure rest atimwate if necessary. Alkalies, â€" hartshorn, soda, potash, lye- Give an acid, (vinegar) provoke vomituig give bland Uquids secure rest; stimulate if For arsenic, Paris ^reen, Scheele's green Provoke vomiting give dialysed iron and salt (repeat several times) give dose of castor oil secure rest stimulate if How His Mother Managed. " You.aee how it is, my dear," he said, taking her soft hand which liae never done very hard work, and patting it re assnring- ly "I'm poorâ€" only a thousand a year, dear- and we shall have to struggle to get along at first â€" " " I don't mind that in the least," she in- terrupted, stoutly, rubbing her cheek soft'y against his hand. "And," he pursued, graciously having allowed her interruption â€" "we shall have to come down to strict economy. But if you can only manage as my mother does, we shall pull through nicely." "And how does your mother manage, dear?" she asked, smiling â€" but very happy â€" at the notion of the mother-in-law crop- ping out alreatly. " I don't know," replied the lover, radiantly; "but she always manages to have everything neat and cheerful, and something delicious to eat â€" and she does it all herself, you know So that we al^vays get along beautifully, and make both ends meet, and father and I still have plenty of spending money. You see, when a woman is always hiring her laundry work done, and her gowns and bonnets made, and her scrubbing and stove blacking dr)ne, and all that sort of thing â€" why, it just walks into of gruel, etc, a man's income and takes his breath away." The young woman looked fora moment as if her breath was also inclined for a vaca- sary. For sugar of lead Give epeom salts provoke vomiting (repeat several times) give bland liquids give dose of castor oiL For corrosive sublimate, tartar ttnetiA Provoke vpQiiting (rive strong tea witbottt milk (repeat several times) give raw ^{gs and milk gixe dose of castor oil stii ' if necessary. For pAio«phMu8 Provoke vomiting rive five grain doses sulphate of copper; give dose of magnesia, but no oiL Lunar caustic (nitrate of silver) Give strong salt and water provoke vomiting re- peat many times. Iodine: Provoke vomiting; give atarefa and water give bland fluids. Opium,â€" morphine, laudanmn, paregoric, etc. chloral Provoke vomiting, repeatedly five strong coffee, without milk keep up the reathing. Strychnine Provoke vomiting once or twice give a purgative secure absolute quiet. Aconite Provoke vomiting stimulate well. Jamestown weed, hemlock, nightshade (belladonna), toadstools, tobacco Provoke vomiting stimulate welL Alcohol Provoke vomiting r give harts- horn and water. Decayed meat or vegetable ToimcumKa '• Hiufagfriiig. OK 3i«»shoald have BMotbe Dobbins bu- The^were idlgomg to vomiting give a purgative give powdered charcoaL To provoke vomiting, warm water may be used with or without ground mustard (a tablespoon to a pint of water), or ipecac (a teaspoouful of the powder, or a tablespoon- ful or so of the syrup, and thrusting a finger down the throat. It is best to give large quantities (that is, a pint at a time) of warm water whenever vomiting is to be excited. Bland liquids aremilk, raw eggs, some sort Stimulants are tea, eofiee, whiskey, wine, etc. or hartshorn and water. Of this a tea- ^. ,. spoonful in a leacupful of water will \ie tmn out she wisely concealed her dismay, enough fora dose, out |HT^(M1," lit ng up again give CHA1*TKU XIV. 'If Hiy hand be in the Hon s mouth, get it out- as fast as thou c vnst." I think it Major Dennis had leen younger or if Ktliel had been older,that circnmatances at this time would liave drawn them closer toj^ether than they had ever l»eeu Iiefure in all their lives. ;ii .in hour latt.i- Major Dennis went ;!icli_i;lii waj^still burning in the little '-:!-'.,i,i and he found Kthel sitting ii.tkiti^a prettiiCLof reading. "Hollo, ii-.iin- toh.-.l ytt " he reniarkel. liulii." He tiMk out his cigarette- L'i -iii.tcil a cigarette, "(io on,"' he lu- struck a match. -luo, -slie saidâ€" and she sat forward â- liiair looking at him earnestly â€" "Who emoiselle Valerie and what is or was llnhi Uu .nd i .lo • match and cigarette into the sprang to his feet â€" "What "U mo;in "' he cried roughly. "1 mean nothing â€" 1 asked you a question, 'â-  .1 Mas all," she answered. ' M as the lirst time in her life that she lind ai iini in ;v towering raye without being â- t:;.i!.l of him. At that moment, however, ;â-  iiiMiii^h iiis lyes were blazing and Ids £ce ' .1 tianie.slic knew absolutely no fear what- » V- r. "\\ ho is .she, Cosmo?" she a^ed " lin. in her anxiety rising and going to- ^\ U'ls him. !h- turned upon her inafury â€" "Howdarr ' â- 'â- â-  a-*k me that V' he erieil, catching b(^d of I ' l-y the anil. â- â- ' u.smo, you are hurting me,"8heeried. 'Hurting \on â€" I feel like killing you, "he tiiunderedâ€" "What have you got in your litad? Wliai are yon trying to find ont A iirtwcr me instantly or I shall do sonfething il.-sperdle." But the Major had had a fair chance of viuidiiij his wife's love and had in his care- lessness and violence, Ir st it forever. Truth fact, he did lo te^, his admiration for her had never that Major K heeh so great as when she held herself back from the clasp of his arms and by a single look indicated that she did not mean to kiss laoi. ' Ton my soul," he said to himself when she had gone to bed and he was smok- ing hia last cigarette â€" " 'Pon my soul there's more, £ar more in the little woman than I thought â€" and by Jove, how she rounded on me â€" what a little spit-fire she looked â€" and how pretty. As for Valerie â€" oh dauma- tion." The door opened again, and Ethel came in â€" Major Dennis looked aside â€" "what is it?" he asked. " I left my purse here â€" triat was all," she answered. She crossed to the fireplace and took her pur^e from the chimney -shelf. "Ethel," he said holding ont his hand â€" " I say little woman â€" Fm real- sorry X hurt your poor little wrist â€" you'll forgive me, won't you " " Oh yes â€" piay don't say anything more about it." " Bnt I can't help saying something about it because â€" oh hang it all, Ethel, I feel such a bruteâ€" such a brute. Poor dear little wrist â€" " and then he caught her hand in his and klssel the ugly black brtiise jost where Trevor's lipa had touched it a few honrs be- fore. She wrenched her hand awny with an ex- clamation of â€" what 7 Annoyance â€" pain â€" anger â€" disgust He did not uow. "What have I done " he saked. "You hurt TD»»** she anawnwd. "It is so bad as that " "Yes â€" but please, Coerat^ don't speak of it again. It was bad enough at the time bat 1 knew that yon did not mean to do it. I don't want to ^link abont it any more," and she turned awiiy and was gone out of the room before he coold speak apun. iisked good resolution â€" but you will remembei wou't you, tiiat I am ready if ever and when ever you want me " "And if you should meet somebody else â€" somebody you like better than me " she askeil faintly. " lint 1 shall understand," she saiil. "It is always lest to Ik; prepared -even for the worst, you know." " There is something in that/' he rejoined smiling at her and softly stroking her iiaiid stiU. " And tell me, dear, when vouare "o ingr" "I go on Thui-wlay. We are going to take nothing from here, except some trilfes of my own whicli can be paeked in an ordinary )xx." ** And you put «p " "Oh at our usual place in London â€" some very gool rooms in .Jermyn Street. I sup- pose we shall stop there until Me find a suit- able flat and get it funiished and all that." "I wonder how Crummies will like life in a flat "' saiil Trevor i?loip'ng to smooth the tine coat of the bull-dog, who was sleeping [MJaccfully at his mistress's feet. "I'm afraid not at allâ€" poor old fellow," Kthel replied. "You had better leave him with me," he suggested. "Oh no â€" I can't part from Crummies," said Kthel decidedly. "Ethel!" said Trevorpresently â€" "where is the Major to-day " "He has gone to Sablwn with Captain Moore. " "Oh I â€" with Moore after a horse, I sup- |Kise " "'es â€" I 'relieve so. " " Ah 1 Moore is always choppiig and changing â€" never knew such a fellow iu my life. I say, Kthel, what has made the Major send in his jMipera?" " He says he is tired o^the Service." "And tired oC being chivvied about by the Valerie, I daresay. I met her on the road, just ontsidhe the ga^, in feet, about an hour ago." " Was she coming this way " "lo, she was going towards the town." • ' Ah â€" Jack â€"do you know CoiBmo a wear tJkat she is nothing to him." "Oh, yes, I daresay." " And that she never has been." ** Oh it's jjuite likely. " " I cannot make out why she haunts him auboat so." â- " The reason is obvious.' "But Cosmo says notâ€" uid really, I don't think he would mind telling me if â€" if it wa only that she had been in love with him once. Beudea he aaya that she always hated him and be faer," "Then he nmat have a lively time of it on tbe whole, for I'm sore the ladjr's efforts to set at hint are roost persistent," remarked Tre\-or, witli du amused air. "I can't think how it is that she doesn't meet Iiim about the town." "But rmsaii never goes into the town â€" at least not on feot,*^ Ethel cried. "I don't be- lieve he has aaoe beoi outside the gates on foot since the day we all went to High- flight." At this monent a loud knock at the front door resonndedtteaa^ the hot^ '^VisitorB," aaid Trevor, witii a resigned air and aban- dtming his plaoe on tbe settee for an easy chair at a littie distaoee. "The dow of the room was tfptax and they could bear distinctly eveiy void uttered by. ^e visikv and Jwlg 1 he a »ldier-servant. "Major Deoois f» h:- »\ hiuaet^tlM visit' I «• said it was « '.-» i v » v. -i jc. "He is not, Mu^it, "letuinedJodgestdid- Jiy. and being one of the stoutliearted »f thi earth she determined to learn a few thing.s of John^s mother, so went to her for a long visit the next day. Ui»on the teimiiiatiui of this visit, one fine morning Jultn received, to his blank anuuc^ieut, a little package con- tainiiiji his engagement ring, aecoinpanied ly the following letter I have learned how your mother "man- ages," and I am going to explain it to you, since you have confessed you iiidn't Know. I^fiud that she is a wife, a mother, a house- keeper, a llusinesp manager, a hired girl, a laundress, a seamstress, a mender and patch- er, a dairy maid, a cook, a nurse, a kitchen gardener and a geneial slave for a family of five. She works from five -in the morning un- til ten at night: and I almost wept when I kissed her liand â€" it was so hard and wrink- ted and corded and unkissetl. When I saw her polishing the stove, carrying big buckets of water and arnifuls of wood, often splitting the latter, I asked her why John didn't do such things ' for her. "John I" she repeatetl, "John I"-- and she sat down with a perfectly dazed look, as if I hail asked iter why the angels didn'tcome down and scrub for her. "Why â€" -John," she said in a trembliiig,lewildered way, "worksin the otficefrom 9 until 4 o' clock, you know, and when he comes home he is very tired, or else â€" or else- -he goes down town." Now, I have become strongly imbued with the notion that I do not care to be so gooil a manager as your mother. If the wife muit do all sorts of drudgery, so must the husbanil if she must cook, he must cirry the wooil if alie must scrub he must carry the water if she must make but- ter, he must milk the cows. Vou have alloweil your mother to do eveiything, and all that you have to .-jay i»f her is that she is an "excellent manager." I do not care fi)r such a reputation, unless my husband earn- etl the name also, and judging fj-om your lack of conaiileiation for your mother, I am i[uitesuretliiit 3-011 are not the man I thought you were, or one whom I would cjire to marry. As the son is the husband is, is a safe and happy rule to follow." In making tea or coff'ee,^ one must not wait to do it as if for the ta)»le, but mix hot water and the leaves or grounds, squeeze them well, stir together, an*! give the whole, â€" leaves, (grounds, and everything. At the same time, some may be made regularly, if there are conveniences for it. Alkaline antidotes are hartshorn and water (a tablespoonful in two teacupfulsot water), soap and water, lime, whiting, soda, chalk, tooth-powder, plaster, magnesia, white-wash and even wood-ashes. Acid antidotes ai-e vinegar and lemon- juice ' Oare of tbe Hair. Numbers of jKrsons suR'er with loss of hair, while the presence of dandruff is to others a constant cause of great annoyance. The most simple and valuable treatment we have found, lith to arrest the falling out of hair ami remove ilandruil' is the free use of extract of witch hazel, or Hamamelis. It should lie thoi-oughly rubbed into the roots of the hair night and morning. The extract of witch hazel shoulil be kept in every house it is a most valuable remedy for allay- ing inflammation, for cleansing ami healing ohl sores, as a lotion for" sore eyes, bruises, sprains, and cuts. fly at tl^ depot __ gnmdpa's for lliank^ving â€" such a lot of thttn. There was Mrs. Dobbins Aid her seven childr^ and Mr. Dobbitts, who waa there to aeethem c^, bnt coold not go until tbe next mnming on acocunt of bosineas. The diildren were so afraid of being l«ft, tbattbmr«ra nllkt thedepotanhoarbefo^- hand. They scrambled over seats, tumbled over satehds and watehed for the train. They lived at Jackson, about forty miles frtoni Cherry Creek, tbe home of Mrs. Dob- bin's father. At lut, they heard the train. And such mahing lot the door yoa never saw. There was Johnny, aged fourteen Mandie, ten Harry and Don, and worse than all, the twins, amd throe years and the baby, sged one. He was Ashley "grandpa's darl- ing." It seemed a miracle how Blra. Dob- bins ever got her family seated quietly in the cars, bnt she did and the train with a snort, started off toward grandpa's. The little ones kept climbing to tbe windows, and running to the doora, while Johnny and Maudie brought them back and set them down every five minutes. The twins were the worat of all. How they did act They were bound to stay in the aiale, and the brakeman, rushing through the car, stumbled over them and made some remarks not very complimentarj' to "brats." Harry and Don chased the conductor through the cars to ask him if thev were not pretty near to grandpa's. He told them he " hoped so. ' Every other minute one of them would ask mamma, "Ain't we most there?" The baby was the only well behaved one among them. He went to sleep and Mrs. Dobbins laid him in a seat behind her and devoted her attention to the rest of them. Calling them all around her, she aaid "Now children, we are almost to grand- pa's and as papa is not here to help us, I will tell you what we must do. I must take Jet and Jenny, af they can not get off from the train alone. Johnny will take the baby and carry him, and Maudie must mind the others. Then the whistle blew for Cherry Creek, and Mrs. Dobbins got her children in a line, and with a twin on each side of her, started for the door, saying, "Now, children, follow me." Through the window Johnny had seen his Uncle Will holding the horses, and, forgetting the baby, he rushed out the other door and waa 00 the seat with Uncle Will in an instant. While Mrs. Dobbins wasgreet- ing her father and friends, the train pulled oat of the station and ont of sight with little baby Ashley fast asleep in the seat. As frandpa's carriage could not hold them all, Irs. Dobbins took the twins with her and the little boys and sent Maudie to Uncle Will's team with Johnny. Maudie was so excited at seeing Uncle Will and he-iring Johnny's tongue run about the apples and nuts and other things they had, that she never once thought of the baby. It was dark when they left the train ami all were anxious for grandma's supper. A short drive brought them to the gate and grandma's light was in sight. She was watehing for them and such hugging aud kissing as went on when the children gath- ereil around grandma and the uncles and aunU They laughed and talked and kissed each other until grandpa suddenly asked "Where's little Ashley, grandpa's darl- ing?" Mi B« a haid master to joorvelf* 1^ lenient to eveqpibody elaa: T ;: (6. Concoiteato yoor force on yonr own proper boainaas dQ xiot tum o£ Bboon- stant, stead^st, pcneverlng. (7. He art making -one's fortune is to ^eiid nothing in this country any 11 telli- gent and indastrioos young man may be- come rich if he atops all leus and is not in a homy. Do not make haste be patient. (8.) Do^not speculate or gamble. You go to a land where everybody is excited and strives to make money, suddenly, largely and without working for it. They blow aoap-bnbUes. Steady, patient industry is both the surest and the safest way. Greed- iness and Haste are two devils that destroy thousands every year. (9.) InregardtoMr. B "he isa South- em gentlenum he is receiving you as a faror to me do not let him regret it. (10.) I beseech you to correct one fault- severe speech of others never speak evil of any man, no matter what the facts may le. Hasty fault-finding; and. severe speech of absent people, is not honorable, is apt to be unjust and cruel, makes enemies to yourself, and is wicked. (11.) You must remember that you go to Mr. B not to learn to manage a farm like his. One or two hundred acres, not forty thousand, is to be your future home- stead bnt you can learn the care of cattle, sheep, the culture of wheat, the climate, coK/icry, manners and customs, and a Imn- dred things that will be needful. (12.) If by integrity, industry and well- earned success you deserve well of youi fel- low-citizens, they may in years to eonie, ask you to accept honors. Do not seek them do not receive them wliile you are young wait but when you are e^tablisheil you may make your father s name knoH-n with honor in Halls of Legislation. Lastly, ilo not for- get your father's and your mother's trtnl. He cause you will be largely deprived of church privileges, you need al! the nerve to keep your heart before (lod. But do not despise small churchesand humblepreachers. "Mind not high things, but coutiescend to iPt-n of low estate." Read often the Proverbs, the precepts and duties enjoined in the New Testament. May your father's God go with ybu and protect you. Henry W.uu. Bekckkil How to Use a Gun. Sir Ral[)h Payne-dalKvey continues his let- ters to young shooters in Lontlon Firfti. One of the latest is on the subject of hpw to use a gun with safety. This is an important consideration, as the accidental killing of amateurs is almost of weekly record. The writer is disposed to carry caution to an ex- treme, as shown in his confession that when he enters a gun store and finds a purchaser testing the mechanism ami pointing a gun he invariably bolts into the street. He ap- pcjirs to Ie particularly suspicious of brother sportsmen, ami especially of the nervous one, who he declares is more dangerous than one who is careless, as the former never seems able to make up his mind, ;uid is as likely at any moment to fire a danger- ous "^hot as a safe one.- "This class of shoot- er," he says, "should be placel at a distance from his frienils, and Iw given at the same time careful instructions as to which dis- tance he alone may tire, and as little dis- crimination allowed him as possible in the use of his gun. He particularly warns tin? young shooter against those who flourish their guns about, like a gardener sprinkling flowers with a watering pot. The writer emphas i/es the importance of never attempt- ing to cro-?3 a hedge or fence without fitst extracting the cartridges from the breech. Of the best m;-t!iod of caiiying a gun, he recommends in the shoulder, with the rib downwaril by this method, whether aman be short or tall, the gun can only point up- wanl. In Kngland, where a gamekeeper, called aloatler, usually accompanies a sports- man to charge the gun, he gives an instance of the carelessness of these functionaries, and how danger lurks in their methods. A sportsman who was climbing a fence Kil- anced on the top and inclined backwartl. His loader, instead of using his hand, propp- ed his temporary master forward with the muzzleof the gun which he carriel, aiidin re- ply to an angry expostulation remarked "It's all right, sir the gun is only at half cock I feared you were going to fall. " Politeness at Home. An old proverb says " Familiarity breeds contempt." It would seem as if this was sometimes thought to apply to home life. At least, in the freedom 'of the family, c-ourtesy is too often forgotten. Yet home is the best place, in the w:orld to cultivate politeness. There, it dim^ W ptit toto con- stant practice, so'that the young folk inay not be awkward in its use when they go into circles where it is demanded. It has been well said that " The lad who is rude to his sister, impertinent to Us mother, and vulgar in the house will prove a bad hus- band and a cruel father." Politeness begins at home. A boy who is polite to his father and mother is likely to be pohte to every one else. A boy lacking politeness to hia parents may have the Bemblanc of courtesy in society, but is never truly polite in spirit, and is in danger, as he becomes familiar, of betraying his real want of courtesy. Every boy and girl should culti\-ate habita of courtesy and fBtAaety at. home â€" in the sitting room and kitchen, as well aa in the parlour â€" and they will be aore in other places to de^rt themselves in a becoming and attractive manner. When one has a pleasant amile and gracefol demeanour it is a satisfaction to know that these are not put on, but that they belong to the charac- ter at all times and under all circnmstan- l^haway' (pounding on the waD) â€" Say in there, tie up that whistle, will yon T Voice from the other room â€" Thai throw over one of yonr banjo strings. SwsstApplbPickub. â€" Hue and qnar* ter them and boil natil tendor u vinegar and water, dipontwidpvtiii^aM jan^ then to one qnwrt of viMgV fldd'Cwo poonds ol nigar, heat Ae vioqnr and diaaolve **«*â€" gr** n tt add ekiv^ and cinnamon and poor orertlM ^^lea iHiile bot, seal andpntin oool plaee Acnte Bhemnatism. Acute rheumatism, neuralgia, toothache, etc., will usually readily yield to ten to fif- teen grain doses of 'alicylate of mda, taken in a little syrup of tolu. Always drink from one half to one glass of water after taking the salicylate of soila. It should be repeat- el every two hours if pain is very severe, until it is relieved then give a dose every three hours for a day or two. We have known the most severe cases af acute rheuma- tism and neuralgia speedily relieved by this remedy. In toothache it rarely fails to promptly relieve the pain. The Domestic Doctor, Milk of almonds is a good remedy for sun- burn, and may be obtained of a druggist. Tiiorough ami freipient bathing is the best means of keepuig the complexion pure and clean. Hands may be kept smooth in cold weath- er by avoiding the use of warm water. Wash them with coM water and soap. The following is said to be a good hay fever remedy. Powdered borax, one scruple fresh powilereil ca[sicum, pure, fifteen grains. Mix very thoro ighly, and add car- l)onate of ammonia, finely powdered, ten grains. Mix again thoroughly, and place in a two dram bottle. Shake well at each using. Kmployed as a snulf. Thus carefully prepared, this is said to lie an excellent palliative. Castor oil is a ilrug which has not yet leen, and is not likely to be, altogether supplanted by its more modem rivals, says the lirUtol Medical Journal nevertheless, it has iK-en found that patients often decline to lake it, and choose some more palatable, but less etficicnt substitute. The best way of taking castor oil is thoroughly to mix the dose with about four tiines as much hot milk â€" this is most effectually accomplished by shaking the two together in a bottle which they dp not more than half fill. When taken as above directed, the activity of the oil seems to le increased, and, being rendered very limpid by the milk, its oily nature ia not perceived. ChUdren take it very readily in this form, in which, indeed, it is scarcely distinguishable from rich milk. Flannel next to the skin is an important preser\'ativc against cold. It not merely acis as a nonconductor of heat, but gently stimu- lates tbe skin and assists it in throwing off superfluous matters. Persons who have in any way to take violent exercise, so aa to profluce firqiient and copious perspiration, should wear flannel next to the skin. So should those who are frequentlj* troubled with cough or tenderness of the chest, or who are liable to general debility. All elder- ly people require the wannth and nourish- ment which flannel affords. For wearing nextto the skin thin flannelshould be chosen, and should be taken off for the night and spread on a chair, so that the moisture may pass off. In general, it should be borne in mind that a little flannel next to the person is of more avail in preserving health than a large qnantity of outer mufilings. â€" XcUional Stochnan. ' ,;-. ^ta, Wmnds and. Bnu«e%i -^ The tincture of calendxUa diluted in nine parts water is far more Valuable dressing for cuts, wounds, and bruises, than any other simple remedy we are aoqnainted with Every family should keep an ounce of this simple but valuable tincture in the house. It is made, as most of tmr reatb rs will remember, from the flowers of the ytlloio marigold. LAW-ABIUIHG PSOPLE. rarts •/ British CalunMa Wlwre JaUs Secni I* ke Vnelcas. OrCAWA. Oct. 30. â€" Itis. not unnsoal fora judge to receive a pair of white kid^one, indicate of a dean sheet, but British Colnm- biahaa jost made a record for itself in a matter of this nature. So firderly and well- behaved are tbe people of the interior of the province that aooovung. to advices received by the department, at tbe recent aaaiiea held at Clinton for the Cariboo diatrict, and at Kaadoopa for the Yale diatrict, "Baa. Hr. Joatzce Walkem was preaented at eadi place with a pair oi white nd s^orea. Tlwre wasnotacase, criminal ar civi^ oq the docket at Kamlof^s. This a renacfaible record, and meaks volnmea m Tor of tiia settlers ol Ae great interMir ol the ftftdifie A WiwUngtoa neeial to « Kew T«tli paper ci»dtta|Bir Jtdiaa PMaeaftfta with SKTsral atatemrrta 1 rial inn to tlw Baluing rs. Dobbius opened her mouth and eyes and screamed: "Why, Johnnv, where's the baby " and she graspol him "by the neck of his jacket and shook him. "Jingo! Baby? Hain't seen him." "Oh, my goodness? Johnny, didn't I tell you to bring him off the cars?" Johimy snatohed his hat and starts! for the station, while Mrs. Dobbins sat down in a-chairand began to cry. Johnny ran with alibis might to the station and, going to the ticketagent, said: "Oh stop the train quick for our baby's on it " But the agent replied "Why. my iwy, the train has been gone nearly an hour." ' "Well, stop her anyway!" Johnny cried. He then started for home, crying at every step. The ticket agent telegraphed to have the train stop and look for the baby. Meanwhile, shortly after tliey left the car, the little fellow aWoke and sat up. Not a face did he know. He stared arouml a moment ami then began to cry. **Ble8S me, " said anold woman just behind, " If they didn't forget the baby somehow but no wonderâ€" such a lot of them, twins and all " She took the little one in her lap aud quieted him and sent for the conductor. The Cat full of people grew exciteil as the little fellow cried for mamma. At the next station a drummer with more heart than usual offered to take the next train back with him, to where the familv had stopped; but it waa a through express which ilid not stop at Cherry Creek, but sped on to Jackson House, where I.c met Mr. Dobbins. "Well," said Dobbins, 'what have you got there " "Oh, 1 am in a Dickens of a scrape. Some- body left a confounded baby in the cars and I promised to take him home, and now I don't know what to do with the little squirming thmg." Something about its clothes struck Mr. Dobbins as nLmiliar. " Why, bless your soul Jack, that's my baby " " Well, then, take the animal quick, for I never was so sick of anything in my life," and he handefl over the crying infant. Mr. Dobbins had just closed his store for the night, and he walked rapidly home, wondering how he could keep the baby alive until morning. He warmed some milk for it over the lamp and rocked it to sleep, and then sat down to wait for the morning train, which left at three o'clock. "I guess I'll have to have my children checked, if iny wife takes them all off Ugain with her," he said to himself. "I expect those twins made a rumpus as usual. I ought to have gone with her. " All night long grandpa watehed the tele- graph ofiice, but nothing came. Mrs. Dob- bins cried and then scolded Johnny aud then cried, and the house was in confusion, until grandpa started on the two-thirty train to finI the baby. When he reached Jackson, he found that Mr. Dobbins had gone on the train which he faal passed com- ing up. Nothing was heard of the baby. It waa so early in the morning that no one had noticed Mr. Dobbins take the train. His jolly face was extremely long and he kept asking himself what had become of " graiidpa'a darling." He walked from the station to his house, thinking what a sad Thanksgiving dinner it would be with all that trouble on their hearte. As he opened the front door he heard iheDt all laughing and talking, while a smell of roast turkey floated out on the cool air. There, in the middleof the sitting room, stood Mr. Dobbins tossing baby to the ceiling, while the whole party laughed they watehed him. A happier family never sat down tou Thanksgiving dinner, and as grandpa said grace they all returned thanks that baby Ashley had been found all sife again, and every two minutes the twins shouted "Papa bringed 'drandpa's darling' back adin, didn't he, mamma?" Heniy Ward Beecfaer b Advice to His Son. The following letter from the late Rev. Henry Ward Beecher to his son is declared on good authority never to have been pub- lished. It ia reminiscent of the worldly food sense of the advice given to Laertes by 'olonins, but it is also permeated hy the leaven of Christian experience. The pre- ce^ in it are those which if followeil wonld produce a good man as well as a gen-' tleman. Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 18, 1878. My Dear Herbert. You are now for the first time really launched into life for yourself. You go from your father's boose, and from all f amuy oonnectiona, to make yoor own way in the woiid. It ia a good time to make a new atart, to cast out faults of whose evil you have had an experience, and to take on habits the want of which yon have fonnd to be so damaging. fl*) Yon nioat not go into debt. Avoid debt a» yon woold the DeviL Make it a ^toidaiiifurtal rule No debt •cash or noth- ing* (2.) Make few [womises. Religiously observe even the smallest promise. A man wbo meana to keep his proraue cannot afford to make many. (.T) Be aempnlooaly caraf nl in all state- laanta.: Accnmcf and perfect frankness, ng anâ€" work. Either irathing or accurate (4.) Wben working for others sink yonr- MB art of tii^t, seek their interest. Ifake .jiiwillf neoMMcy to tiboae who employ yon. by indnstiy, fiduity and acmpiilMia intcs- nty. SeldmewiateL H(d4foaiMUrenionnUe forahi^- «r rtsadM than uajrtoAf elseezpecto of ns.' 'bhmaad BiM«of yootaelf wan any- body elae expect* oCymt. Keep yonr per- ' U^ Never pit J youMil The Little-Eed-Apple Tree. The Little-Red-Apple Tree I Oh, the Little-Ked-Apple Tree I When I was the little-est bit of a boy. And you were a boy with me I Thebluebird'sflight from the topmost iKJUghs, And the boys up thereâ€" so high That we rocked over the roof of the house, And whooped as the wind went by Ho ' Little-Red-Apple Tree I With the garden betls Ijelow, And the old grape-arlor so" wclconu-ly Hiding the rake and the hoe- Hiding, too, as the sun drippel through In spatter of wasted gold, Frank and Amy away from you And me, in the days of ojil. Ah the. Little- Red-Apple Tree In the edge of the garden -spi)t. Where the apples fell so lavisldy Into the neighbor's lot â€" So do I think of you. Brother of mine, as the. tn-e, Oiving the ripest wealth of your lovt To the world as M-ell as to ine. Oh, the Little Red-Apple Tree Sweet as its juciest fruit Spanged on the palate spicily, And rolled o'er tongue to boot, Is the memory still ami the jiiy Of the Little-Re.l-Apple Tree. When I was the little-est bit of a Imy, And you were a boy with me The Cost of Atlantic Voyages. Some calculations, which would be inter esting if they were correct, have been made as to the outlay involved by tho.se "j;rey- liouinl" trips across the Atlantic, iif w Iiidi we hear so much at this season iif the year. Our cousin.s on theothci' siih- ha\i' come to the conclu;-ion that an all roinul journey must cost one of the "iai,isiiips fri.m£;JO,tX»OtoÂ¥.-H),mni. Thisafiurl.s.o wi-Ic a margin for variatiim as to 'gcsl the in- ijuiry whether the rest of the 1 eiikon!iij.'s are as loosely put together. We are atraiil, for instance, that" not much depeinicnce is to be placed upon the accuracy oftllL- exptnuiuuv for coal on tJic outward run of the Tculonic. This vessel is saiil to have eonsuuM-l :!l"» tons of Welsh coal a day of :*4 hours, say *J(K)0 tons for the voyage, anl iIr' cost is «.ai- culated at §10,0Xl. It will be news, in.lei-d, to the owners, and to the Sttuth W'alc .ol- liery proprietors, that .t'l a ton is bcinjir paid for even this, the best chiss i)f oci-n- going fuel. Perhaps the interestini; esti- mate that A\h of meat is fonHUiiicil imji- min- ute with an average suimner-paf-sen^'erlisi's equally valuable. Smokeless Gunpowder. Tlie experiments that have been ma.le in the use of smokeless gunpowder in Kuiopi^ have, in all cases, made it cviilent that the change is destined to require a comiiK-tc re- vision of tactical methods. The last reports come from Hungary, wliere un army corp.s has l)een engaged in operations, duriiij: which mock battles have beenciiriieil on en- tirely with the use of this new form of e.\- plosive. It is sjiid that the suliljers aiul officers were greatly IjewihlcK'd and il was almost impossihle ti locate the pitsitiMU rif an enemy, for although the noise of tin- f\- plosions was heard, if they occurred simul- taneously, or nearly so, witli liriiij; in ;iii- other diiectiim, the attempl in Jmljir f direction by souml Ijccame grtally«onliisc,l. One advantage was experienced, and thai is the fiehl of battle was perfectly clear, us much so as if nocombat was going on. In hi.-, description of the defeat f the. Alheni;uis in their attempt to take Syracit.se. the his- torian (irote refers to tbe fact that theliaUle had {lraniatict;liaraeter given to it that inod- eni encounters cannot have, buraiisc it was fought in the clear air without inicifiiciiic of smoke, which since the iliscovery of i^im- powder, have in warlike euitesis mal(r a plain comprehension of t)ti- evi^nl ahno.st ini possible. But with the introduction of smokeless powder â€" and its introdiiclji.n will now be inevitable, for, if one nation ii.«cs it another cannot afford to dii^pt^nse with it the battlefields of the future wilt l.i.sc noth- ing of their ilramatic effect in conseijueiKc of obscuration by smoke. But one tlift'eruncc between ancient and moilern warfare will remain, for, while the ancient battles were fought almtst hand to hantl, the teiiilency of modern times is to place great iniervil.s of distance between the combatants, so that men will enter into a fight when tln*y arc hardly within sight of each other. Diluting Milk for Oream Raising. A (Xirrespondent is very sanguine in the belief that the item of ice exi»ense will be wholly eliminated from the "cost of ftiliire butter-making. He says it is pretty cleaily proven that by no process, not even the separator, cxn we so nearly remove all butter fats from the milk, iis by adiling 'Xi per cent of water at *50 tlegrees ami then setting the nan or can in water at the same temperature. By this method it was found that all the j-ailable fats are forced to the surface in om three to five hours, and in each and every instance the fats recovered, water free, were by weight in excess of any other system, and as comparetl with the ordjuary process ()f open pan setting, there was a gain ill marketable butter of from a half to a pouiiil auil a half of butter to """h KlO pounds of milk, according to c litions. The Vermont »taiioa has made mxuaX. ex- haustive tests in this matter, and finds that as effectual creaming can lie obtaincil at 58 degrees as at 40 degrees, provitled the milk in the firat case ia diluted with one- tlurd ite bnlk of water at l.t.j degrees and is set at 58 degrees." "With 375 pounds of milk set undiluted, and a like t^uautity of xhc same milking diluted, the latter made 1^ pounds, of butter in excess over the un- diluted milk. The use of water causes the milk to throw up a much more dense cream, and iu nearly every case the cream from diluted mdk, when water at 130 degrees was osed for dilution, waa sufficiently ripened to chum in eight hours after setting the milk. The later investigations go to show that cold water at 58 degrees is as effective in pnHnoting cream rising sis wiiter at 130 de- gree*, and the objectional feature of rapid ripening of cream is avoided. At the but- ter achoola of New York State this dilluted cream raiaing ia a feature of the instruciion, and it was found in some instances that where fresh drawn milk from cows 4n the fourth month of milking waa used that the cream was all up in sixty minutes when this milk was diluted 35 per cent, with cold well water, and that setting the pans or cans in water only hastened the cream raiaing bv a â- Ught degree, and ' hardly paid " for the trouble. Hr. Ifoanglove â€" My overcoat was stolen ent of my berth in \ha aleeping car, and I am UTEST FROM EUROPE Ms^r Bttttelot' a Book »^Tie Vwi Mohke Oelebra" on. The book of Major Ba^...«.oVs oomspond- ence and diaries, edited by his brother, was published the same day that Stanley was re cei\-ing a Doctor's degree at Cambridge and tr3.*ing to look aa though he understood the Latin oratim in which he was likened onto Cssar. Poor Barttelot's letters show that Stanley must be a verj- shoddy kind of Cicaar; but then, of course, all great men are not free from faults. The unanimous feeling is that the charges made iu the book are so serious that Stanley is bound to reply to them promptly and fully. " It will no.. do, "..says the PallMai/ Gazette, for instance " for the explorer to send an intimation tlirough his private secretary that his en* gagcments do not give him time to notice such things. " Ajjparently, however, Stanley does not mean, for the present at any rate, to publish a set reply to Barttelot's charges, but he talks mysteriously of documente in his poe- session which, if he should publish them wouhl ruin more than one reputation, aud hints that in his book he could have painted the dead oHicer iii much blacker colors bad he iHit been lestraineil by the respect which he felt for Sir Walter Barttelot, the Major's old father. "The way out" scheme of " In Darkest Kngland " is illustrated by a procession of the saved from the seat of misery on their waj- to farms, workshops, and the British colonies also to the Uniteil States. Whatever may Ik; one's opinion of the good or evil aecoinplishcil by the Salvation Army, no humane |ierson can read " In Darkest Englainr' withiMit a shudder of bor- lor ami a hope that some good may come wilt of the work (jcn. Booth has attempted. " In' Darkest Kngland"' irs a hundredfold nuMv viviil, realistic, ami moving than " The Hitter t'ly "f Outcast l.,ondon,' which a few years agl roused the metropolis to a sfiise, of^the a])palling coiidiiions that exist in thisgii^it ciiy, ami its intluence cannot fail to l»c felt. Sunday was a thrilling day in Berlin. The .siiul of (Germany has went to the great sol- dier who hail completed his ninetieth, year. AH day long everj' ihoifmghfare was throiiiicd with ebthusiastie citizens, not only of lierlin, but c»f bundreila of distant burgs, who Hocked lotlermany's capital to do honor ti iJic gre^it stnitegisl v.iio knew so well how to be " silent in seven Liiiguages." They all shouted the patriotic anthem of twciiiy years ago, wht'ii even* city from the IJ.'lti.- t't the Iser aiiil from the Rhine to the- islula \va?j ringing with the "Watch on the Kliine. "' lierlin had seen no such outburst of true niiliiary enlJiusiasMi since William the Vic- Loriijus t-nti'ieil the city in 1S71 at the head of hn iroi.ps, just li'tunuMl .from the war. Firly ihousaml Herliners marched from the Sprci- lit the L'iduinn of "ictory loudly call- in- on 'oii Mohke to *â-  Live forever." U liter ilcn Liuilen was illuminated ami diajjid with I'russian and in nerial flags. WIEELETS. A (lovernnient dockyard i.-. tfi Ik; estab- li.shfd iit lioifasi. Soiiiulings in the Strait.s it Dover are fiiVunJde for the bridge projecl. dain-s Cindy ami Levi I'd r were injurcl i)y an i-xpio.si'.n ina;iul]iji mill. Charl. s 'nuimiii-s ill' N'mtli Orillia was killed b\ being tlirown fro, 11 Ids waggon. Mr. Iht-h .Suilierlauil is s.n.1 lo have failed lo float the Hmlson Hav Kiiilwav scheme-in Kngland. ' hi ;l letter ti» the T!i, deals with the attack n'la Major lanithit'.s Idiither. StaiiU-y, ill a letter lo i\u- l.ttmlnu Tit/us,- insist-^ on tlie necessity oflhe.Cungo State "ciiJL: allowed to impo.si' inipoil duties. A bill is lo 1m- iiurodu.-.-il in the French 'LUiiln'r iff e}»uti.-s providing for tariff dis- 'â- ii:Hi:iaU(tn in l;p vir iif cidtiiiial prwluets. Sealskins have sold in Loiidttu HM) per viil, iiiiiht-r ihaii lasi y.-.tr, an.' tlie retail prlf-c is likely to g() up in lliO same [iropor- â-  .Stanley further idc upon him by â- â- â€¢Â» jieiicfd_ hostilities V'itu. wIki refuses li) â-  Knglish and (lerinaii TiK- Kiiglish have iL'ainsI the "^ultan it iIkv tlnr«»r.lcrsi.f th. â- .in'^Nls. St. dohi" X. 15., will buy the Carleton irancli railway from ihc Do'nuniim iovern- iHMif for s.")(|,(MH) and hand il over to the Can- idian l\icitie. A Finnish Bath. 'II from Hango, a Well, the pla.-e" or thi; Thousiiiid LfTler in r.-dliuHM.- I'iimish walcrinu' pl'i" iMoks likf Ni.\a S,-ol l.-lis of Canada. Il coii.-isls of small green i-!ai!'l-o! lo.-ky .scnl, c^.v* ud with pine ami j.inh trees. Villa aficr villa nu'ets the eye, uith hfvi-ly walks, flo\vTs and gardens rnn- nm- siraij^hl di.wn w ihc .si-a. The average wvatlier is.liS. to 7(1 ,|.-ivis. All 'iorts i.f n.il.i'in- arc re|in-.s,-iit.-d Finns, Swedes, Russians, Ccrnhans, and l-'rciu-h mingling to- LictJiiM -i-very one sjK-akiiiir his own ttui;^m- and liioking rosy, strong' and healthy, 1 do not knov.iif any nunc comtui table ami at- iructivi." watcriii^iipUi'*- III all Kurope, Tin- sf.-rcl of it.satlrai-tionlic.sin it-slm-thn. ThesiM-onsist of a large building with small ciiniiKutinenls for bathers ami a swinnning basin with waii-r ftoni the .-*ea, heated by steam, aUil evi-r fresh-running. Kach vis- itor ;rels a cai-]nterl room, with a lounge t» sl.-t-p on wlK'iiih.rie bathin;^' Stretched on ihc btnnge. one is covi-ni! with a heavy layer of ntiid from the bottom i»f the sea. The atbudaiit 1 hvii 'nnes to pinch, U-at, press, and .scrub I In- Unly all over for half an hour, until oiu- faints or seems lialf de.id. Tlu^ next prm-c-s.s is lo be jWungcil j^to the water tub. llun brushcil with soap, then diireivnt kiinls «»f douelu-s for another half hour. Xext coiiii-s a swim in the great basin, aud tliien a tlmrougli drying by nias- sage. CVjvered up with blankets, one then j^fws to tleep like a top, and after, say two Jium-s, the subject of all tlii-s process is rub- bcl and. iircsscl. All i»f this i.s done by I'iimish women iif all a^es, dresseil in blue skirls, while and leiUKxiiue.s, antl with Imre fi-el. The -siluatiiui is .so no\ 1 1 that it t4»ok nil' fully ten minutes lo vi.iitiirc out tii my Hrstbatli. The Smallest Church in England, While in Kii;,'lanil Kw. Dr. Lyman Ablwit visited the smallest clinr-h in Kngland, at Na-st Dale Head. And the parson's wife gave him some facts al)oiil the church which Dr. Ablwt lalicls " im|Kirtant, if true," such as that the age of the cliurcii is unknown, that its endowment fund i-s Iwij .--hillingaanii a Iwttlle iif wine ahtl a loaf of br-i:al for eoin- mnion, which carries l»aok the age of the church, ,siie opines, to theyt-ar Hkkj, atlea.st: that the entire populatiiin of the parish is fitty-two, men, wonieiian'i •!hildren,and the average attendance is liiiy-two that the vicar'tj wife is organist antl lx.'ll ringer, ami sweeps and dusts and pci ffirms in general all the Levitical functions of the temple, which is4'JxI.6 feet iusize; that the vicar's salary â€" stlpeuil, they call it â€" is i;(ir ($;W.5), paid out of the missionary fuinls of the established church that the previous vitairs have l*een drinking men, and no honor to their cloth; and that the total contributions of the wor- shippers in the parish amounted fii the three years of the present vicar's charge to less tiian two shillings. The Guileless Fanner. (irocer â€" Don't buy any more barrels of apples from that farmer. Clerk â€" Very well, sir. Why Doesn't he put the large apples on top and the little ones at the bottom Orixier â€" Yes but he forgets to indicate which is the top, and that's three times I've opened the bottoms of barrels to show cus- tomers. Inflttence. A note so low that none but, echo heard. Was 8ung into the world one Summer day The singer died â€" the sonf went on its way. At first as faint a^ call of sIoepinK bird. While Echo carrietl it in rhythmic word From rock to roc]L. until it went astray Into the outer space, where Freedom la^ •' all the stlrrod And all tbe world then listened and And none conld name or trace Its htimUe birtb. Not even Echo, who had simpiy 1 going to wing a suit against the company Bm. YottOf^cfn â€" Why, George dear, I ' Ita-atxoken note of little worth ;- daa'taeehowyonoaabnng a »mt against ^,^"155y,â„¢i«»"'*i5'^«"*^ "»»«»«. «k. :«»«.«« ^v«. »,». Z^„ 1^^ -« «™- ' It floated far beyond the bonnds of earth tbe oompany whan yon only lost an over- ^^^ blended with the eonss around tbm coat. I "Hirone.