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v.. lOBD KIILEEI'S MIM, CHAPTER Mil. " Andy I Andy I 1 sny, Andy I" No an- fw«r. " IMlvT lluit man; he is never to fjc found. Anâ€" dy I" She iiad run through the gardens, and DOW, just an she n<a.cliu<l a lawn, on whii'h amall biiycocks liiy, like so many shapt'H turned out ol molds, a frmvsy head rose from tx;bind one of thom, and Mr. Slronge stood revealed, lie was n siKht to i«hold. Kvery In- dividual U'lir stood on end, and each hair Vina adorned with an airy l>it of liay. "You, Connie? I ley I Wliatâ€" what's j the matter f" said ho, making a lament- able attempt at appearing wide awake. " You've U'tii asleep I" said Constan- tLi, marching down upon him. " Snoring asleep I And is tiiifl how you take care of 'I'lie }Joy ?" The capitals were e.nurmou». She had peeped round the haycock first thing, to find TIms Boy " snoring asleep " tw>, with his lovely fists doubled up under his rosy chin ; but not for all that would she let off her culprit. " Asleep I" cried Mr. Stronge, with ex- travagant astonishment and a deep re- urixu'h. " My darling, nonsense I 1 as- sure youâ€"" , " Dom't call me yout darling nonsense. After bngginK on your knees to be al- lowed to carry that child down to the bayfield, and aftor my weak consenting to your prayer, the ond of it all is that you go delitjeralcly to sleep, and let him wander away to his destruction. Have you forgotten that there is a pond clone by into which b« might have fall- en f" " Not whilst I was here to keep watch and w.ird over him," said Mr. Stroiigc, as doughtily as though sleep Mid he hud imrted company these years peutt. " You, indeed I" sbu said, " Just look . at your head. You're a regular Ophe- lia." " Oi>h(dU, was a female," said M!r. Strange, with dignity, " and a mad one. Bhc was ujipleas;int ly irresponsible, .ind •he ran remarkably wild. 1 never run further than I can help. I brought your son down to tlu.N fi«;ld, thinking to instruct him In the matter of trefoils; but wh«'n he stucJi his ill-mannered thumb into his mouth, and declined any further instruction, I sat beside him whilst he dozed and meditated upon tue- tapbysirs." "Stuff I" said Mrs. Stronge, She bad â- uljflided upon (hn haysta^ik beside him, however, and now looked at hlin with all the air of oaje w ho has a state mat- â-  tcr of h'uropean iuijiortance to declare. " You've cxKue alxjut something," said h»", not having studied her iu vain for these past thr«!e happy years. "Get it off your shoulders without delay, and you'll be twice the woman you are now. That's a telegramâ€" eh I" pointing to a bit of dingy red jxiper she was squeezing up in her hajid. "Anything of vital Importancw going forward f A l>allo»n accident f Any njore dynamitards not seiz<Hl I An erui>- tion of Mount Vesuviun? Old Uladslone brought to the bloikT' " Nil such luck," said .she, referring to th/1 last catHstrophn. " Jtut yet, "bright- ening, "gr*Mt ludk. What do you think? I've h,id a telegram from C'ar- ew (rtirady, telling me of the birth of a Uttle girl to him and Y'olande I" "No I" exclaimed Mr. Struiige, who WOB now as wide awaJce as hIu- could wi«h hlin. Anil thenâ€" " My Jove! she l(«l no. time," he said. Now Ihjjs inncKient remark was receiv- ed bv h<T with distinct disfavor. " I don't know wlwit you mean by that," she siiid, sevtvrely, "I Hupp<jNe shn took a.H long as anylmdy else. And, at all events, I ttniuglit you'd lie glad to luMir that she bad got soinel hing to replace lh.il poor little ang«'l hIki lost." " I declare I'm more glad thtin I can t«ll you." said Slronge, sincerely. "It's the luippie>it thing for her, poor thing. And now that she's got Otirady and the bfiby, I don't on: why the rest of her life, at least, shouldn't run smoothly." "Oarrett told me yesterdiiy," she said, gravely, "tluit that unfortunate woman's c.iwi is worse thitn ever. No signs of returning sanity." 'A most merciful tiling according to my judgment." ' ^ esâ€" yes ; I supjiosc mo." " I -el UN talk of Konietliing else," said Stronge, hastily, who had never quite overcome a certain wnsc of faintncHS at- tendant on any reference to that past awful scene. " Did vou hear," he said, " th«t Fcatherston has h»fen defeated? Daly, the Nationalist, got in on an amazing ma,)i>rily." " Why, yeif," she said ; " Nw.ih was full of it this afternoon. Jt app«'ars that old l.iird K.ille4-ns, whose interest meant everything to him, found out some time ago thnt he was hardly," wilh a smile. " HO sincxTo a Uliie Hibbonile as he hud fondly Udieved liiin. The old man was furious when he found out, Nor- uJi says, (iarrctt told her. He tells her everything, it seems ; ami I .im sure will end by making h«ir a confirmed gossip." " Or his wile." " Oh, ni>n8<!n.s<>, I Such a Uiby as Norah. Well, at all events, U>rd Killecns luid his revengi' on- I'eal licr.ston ovor t hw election, lie nut up anotlier t'onserva- tlveâ€" Kitzgeraldâ€" kuJted him wilh all his might, and so Muiished hcatherHton." " And HO spoiled our chance of gelling in a (\«iM!rvative at all. '1' odivide the votes like that I Natural, jM^rhaps, but very foolish in .such a ori.sis as I his. But thnt old graylieard would wllâ€" " "His wife to gain his |K.int. Is that what you woulil say, ynu Uise man V" "fly no means. She would not fetch fMiough lo gratify the mildoNt form of any p'i8.sii>n. Ilis soul, I was going lo suggest, whiMi you interrupted me in thiit ru<le manner." "Well, never mind," said she; "let Uit go Itark lo Yolanile and lior pretty baby," "l)'ye mean lo say O'flrady wired word of its iK-.n.utyf' "Oh, no. No, of course not; but I feel sure it is a l)eiuty. Most lubies are," siid Mrs Stronge, wilh conviction. Stnmgt^ hiul a giKid d<val to suy on I his point, l>ut he caught his wife's eyi' ,us be opened his lips, and he quailed. " Isn't it delightful that it's a girl." s;iid site. "I don't know. I exi)ect I limy would have thought more of it had it lieen a l)oy." " Oh ! that's not it," said she, vague- ly. " Do you mean to say you don't s»« the importance of its )>eiiig a girl I" " No, I don't," said .Stronge, who sometimes found courage to say whttt he meant. " Oh, Andy I Well, I wouldn't he as stupid as you for a good <lejil. Y'ou can say Ihiit. with that darling boy asleep at your ellxiw." "I can certainly; indeed, the fact of the 'darling lK>y ' lieing there at all, asleep or awake, is just what makes me say it. l can rememlier an hour when a («rlaln young woman told me that she pitied all the other poor women who hid only girls to fall Ku-k U]K)n, and that was when the ' darling boy ' was just ten minutes old. And lh;il young wo- man wasn't the nurse, mind I And there wasn't a soul in the room at the tune save tlu! nurse and me, andâ€"" "The only woman you ever loved," put in Constantia, with a aer<^ne air, and a severe pinch. " Now, listen to rea- son, do. Can't you nviUy see, why it is BO delightful that Y'olande and Car- ew should have had a girl ?" " No." "Why, becau.se when I hey both grow uip our boy will marry her girl I eh, ol<l gooMC ? Now luive you ^rasix-d it ? I quite made up my iilnd to it ages ago." "(lood heavens I Y'ou don'l mean to tell ine you arranged wliut the child's sex should be liefore it was born 1" " Well, I arranged it five minutes ago, at all events. It's just the same," said she, air'ily. At this moment Master Stronge thought i>roper lo awake from hbs slum- bers. He roll.^d himself round, kicked out his right leg, with an astonishing vigor, and gave way to a lusty _roar. " niess bis darling lungs!" said his mother proudly, as she picked him out of the hay. ?Thp End.) TO IMPROVE A BAD MEMORY. A Pew HImpIr Kulm by Wlilrh One May Krrull niuule racO. You can cultivate your memory just OS you can cultivate your muscle, and it will improve steadily up to a wriain point. The science of memories, as it is called, has recently been studied anew in F;urop«, where some suriirisiug re- sults havo been achieved in the experi- ments that were tried. It b;is been found, for instance, that a man who bad a poor memory from youth was enabled to so strengthen his mind by assiduous cultivation that he could, without the slighte.st apparent trouble, recall minute facts, givinjf dates and names. lie could recite whole pas- sages, word for word, after reading a book. A French scientist, however, has pointed out that Ihi.s is done at the ex- IMMise of the whole intellectual powers, and that th>t whole of the man's men- tal energy had Uten diverted lo a sin- gle chanuttl. He was so busy remem- bering date.s and names in history that he forgot hi.s dinner. It has also l)e«u claimed that a mem- ory for minuin facts is cultivated at the expen«e of the jiiilgiiient, and that a due senst! of proportion of large events rarely accompanies the recol- lection of names and dates. Here are four fundamental foclH lo lie liorne in mind by ihoso who would improvu a Uid memory : 1. That our remembrance of any- thing dep«'?ids principally on the force, duration or iteration of attention we devote to it. i. That I be habit of attention incroas- e«< wilh facts of attention. !). That idexi are recalled by ideas which bj likeness, rootraat or other- wise, are adapted to suggest them. 4. That the faculty of remembering is strengthened by efforts of remem- bering. Some men have a remarkabl,^ memory for names. Others can as rcaitily recall dates or nunil*rs. There are olhers who cjin neither recall names nor <lates, but who never forget a face. BEASTS SICK AT SKA. I.I0I1II Reromr InhliiKlIke aud Monkey* Ape Huiuaully. llunian U^ings are not the only ones who suffer from seasickness, by any means. One hears a gomt deal alnxit the p'uig.s that have filled men and women with woe, but little is said of the menagerieti brought lo America every year, or carrie<l hither aud yon in wave-tossed Imats. l.ions and tigers may be majestic when I hey have unwavering earth or rock against their paws, but a seasick cat of the^ie trilx'M is as forlorn as any man ever was, and doesn't look a bit inoro kingly than a wet rabbit. Kven its r«irs and growls have a weeping sound in tbein, (juile in keeping with the general api>earance of the liejisl. A inonke.v is as pitilul an object when it is seasick as any other l)east so stricken, and its forlorn facial expres- sion is so human like and the way it clnsps its paws a<Toss its stomach is BO natural that the iiiaii who is not seasick necessarily sees Hometbing to | laugh at in I he misery of the creature. I No' Ko with the seasick man. If he .see.s a (<iNisick monkey he is sure to .swear furiously, thinking the poor thing is moi'king him. , It takes a dog to l)e woeful at sea. ! II hi.s a way of doubling ull ui>, with ' its tall between its legs and head hang- ' iii(j down, thai .slmws a deep-seated pain. To free hiin,s<!lf the dog goes through all sorts of cimtorlions. It uill stretch out nn I he deck, groan and 8(|ueal, sometimes rising on it.i I haunches, and lifting ils head, howl I long and miserably. a.s some dugs do at the sound of music. HOW TO CMMll STAinS. "1 wish," Bays a phy8lci.^n, "that people generally understood how Im- portant it IH lo their physical welfare that they should go up and down 8le[>s as Utile as pr.iclicable, and that they should do it jwopj'irly when at all. Uy l»roi)erly I mean slowly, never faster Ihiui a walk, and planting the heel firmly an each step." NEWS FEOMJHE MINES. RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION BEING PUSHED AT ROSSLAND. Home Hhllfal KiiKlneerlng-Itrlllsh Capl- lalisU Inrritl In (lie Brilliih <°oIiiiul>la ,H.a '*â€" i,anili> Trau>rerrr<l From AIuHka â€" .liauy Ulrta Uuld Placer Hlae« Xow iBcIutlrd In ('aiiiidlaa Trrrllury. Advices received at Port Townsead say : â€" "The richest gold placer mineB in Alaska have been transferred to Canaduin territory, and miners are now paying a tax to the British authorities. The territory in question is from three to four miles in width, and embracna rich placer claims on Glacier and Mil- ler creeks, which heretofore were suji- {nsed to he. in Alaskan territory^ The transfer of territory Is the reault of a resurvcy recently ma.Aei Over two hundred milejs are affected." ROSSLANDS RAILWAY. The completion of the railway into Rossland has been eagerly awaited ther«>, and the foJIowing, from the Roesland Miner shows that rapid and satisfactory progress is being made in its construction :â€" "Work is now in full swing on the Columbia and Red Mountain railroad. If one desires to see an animated and inspiring spectacle be has but to take a trip down the Northport waggon road as far as the new buildings for the machinery plant of the 'O. K.' mine. Standing at that jxiant one can look far down the Little Sheep creek gulch, and up as far as Red mountain, and see the grade of the railroad tbreadiiig its way for miles along the west slope of Lookout mountain. Just opposite Chief Engineer Rolierts has laid out some very pretty workj It is th;^ finest piece of engineering on the entire road, and must attract much attention. A double loop has been made In order to maintain an easy grade. The line crosses Little. Sheep creek, and passes down to a point near the new machin- ery plant of the 'O. K.' mine then re- cro:«es the creek and travels up towards RoKslanil. By making this double loop, Mr. Roberts has saved 200 feet in grade, and at the same time added strikingly to the pictureaqueness of the road. Just no wa large force of men is em- ployed along this portion of the line, and it is a pretty sight to see them in (Kitches, hert^ and there, In sort of terraces, up and down the aides of the mountain, working out the somewhat complicated double loop. "Pas.*jigers coming io Rossland over the Columbi:! and Red mountain will have always a lieauliful piece of moun- tain scenery to weiUxvme Iheui as I hey approach the great mining dntre. Com- ing up the we.st side of Ueer I'ark moun- tain they will have the deep Little Sheep creek gorge lo their left, and the long ridge-lixe O. K. mountain on the other side, while just above they will see I he graceful conical peak of Spok- ane mountain, and directly in front the famous Red Mountain ita-lf, tbe road in the meantime winding about the hills in t h<' double looj) like a seriwnt in its coils. The lower ^Kjrtion of ll«» grade of the new road is now ap|iToaching completion, ond tracklaying will be be- gun by the first of next month. The new 10ft-l<m cable ferry boat has Iwen put in at North|>ort, and is now in op- eration. Lot'oinoiives and loaded cars can l>e brought over the Columbia on this lioat, and it will servo this pur- purixisi' until the completion of the magnificent bridge this winter. "The Red Mountiiin road will be com- pleted Into K<K-8land within the next sixty days, and it is therefore but a short time we have to wait for direct railroad connection with the outside world. Th" comidetion of the road will mark lui iiniiorl;inl epoch in the hU- tory of Rossland and the Trail Creek camp." A HRITISH COLUMBIAN VIEW. In an arlude on the revival of min- ing in British Columbia, the Victoria, IM'., Colimi.s(s siys: â€" "Ths progress in Ih' devclojmient of gold linding and gold mining has l)een made with won- derfully little excitement, even in this iMovim*. Men have Iwen slow to be- lieve in th-i reality of alleged discover- ies >m'l •h»'y have l>een skeptical with n^sqx'ct to the accounts of the richness of the dejiosils. They have asked for jiioof of the glowing uccuuuta that came from t he gold fields, and have waited patiently unW^ tt w»i forthcom- ing. G«>nerally lb- results have exceed- ed exp'ctations. The revival of the gold mining indiust ry in tliis province Ivis lieen so gradual and so quiet that the fact that British Columbia is again ItKiked U|)on by lhe[>eopleof (Jreal Brit- ain and other distant countries as one of the most promising gold-producinlg regions in the world is regarded by British Columbians with something like surprise. Th?y have for some little time IxH-n convinced of this themselves, but they had no idea that tlieir con- viction was shared by the active-mind- ed and intellidint men and women of the Mother Country. "The mining development of the pro- vince thus banpily recommenced is cer- tain to progress rapidly. II can only lie retarded ny the folly and the di.sh(»n- esly of siH-culators in British (Vdumbia. The gr<>alest care should lie taken In fohtet the faith in British Columbia's mineral wealth that has increas»'d so rapidly and has extended so widely. The way to do this is very suupli'.. It i« to deal wilh investors honi-.slly This is a case in which honesty is ct)nsiiicu- oualy the liest iwlicy. Let no advant- age Ihi taken of the ignorance, the cre- dulity, or the eagerness of pos^-bte in- vestors. I#t every project to which they are asked to subwrilie l>e a sound and sulistantial one. I#t no fatse or deceptive representations he made.' Let tlv' mam who is willing to Invest his money in llritish CV>lumliia, mines know exactly wh:it he is duing. Wild-cat schemes, schemes that have lieen set on foot solely or principally for thi^ enrichment of the projectors at the exivns«^ of confi<ling and credulous investors, should l>e sternly discouraged and promptly exposed^ ,Everyone in- terea'ed m th- develo|>m«nl of the mineral r.'soun'es of the yrovinco must know that the successful o[ioration of any sucji project is a serious injury to the whole province. It is of the utmost importance that the investing public should have the greatest oossible con- fidence in British Columnia minng enterprises, and this confidence can only lie won by conducting those enterprises in such a way as to deserve it; in short, by strictly lionest dealing." MKRilY MOMENTS;, First clerkâ€" "She's a married lady." Second clerk â€" "How do you know?" "She ordered two hammocka" Mrs. Quiverful (sternly)â€" "What was going on in the parlor last night?" Eth- ej (blushing)- "Only my engagement ring, mamma." "Somelinns," said Uncle Eben, "er nian puts on er long face an' says he's discouraged when he's simply too lazy ter try again." He â€" "It's reported around that we are engaged." She â€" "Well, you know it's a mistake);' Heâ€" "Y'es; I called to see If 1 couldn't rectify it." Mrs. Elmore â€" "I wonder how many stops that new organ of De Smyth's has got?' Elmoreâ€" "Only three, I should judge. One for each meal." Her Father â€" "Has my daughter giv- en ypu any encounigoment, sir?" Suit- or â€" "Well, she said you were aways a very generous parent." "I see th?y are applying ball bear- ings LO a greiit many things now\" "le-s; they have a lall bearing sign down where I keep my watcb." Stem parentâ€" "Y'ou say he Is a gen- iiLs. Genius<»s seldom amount to much." I>aughterâ€" ' But, pa, be promises that be wrill not work at it after we are marriedi!" Hoax- "Poor Bjone« has lo run all tho errands and cook bis own mealsu" Joaxâ€" "WhU's the trouble?" Hoaxâ€" "He was foolish enough to buy his wife a bicycle>" Mr. Popleighâ€" "What would you think if I were to tell you that 1 had Ixien dying liy inches for you for years?" Mi«3 W'antei-wedâ€" "I should think it- it waa very sudden." When in the brassy skies above No hi^ie nor help 1 see, I gladly seek ih- girl I love â€" She's always cool to me.- Spirit (at Lily Djile seance)â€" "Don't you know me? I'm the i^iirit of your mother-in-law." Investigator â€" 'Y'ou can't fool me. My mother-in-law al- ways brought her trunk with her." "Yes; I realize that Jack was fast before our marriage, go I made allow- ance for him." "Yes; but bow, prayf" "Well, till recently Ijy teaching music, but I'm now trying stenography." If I could gratify a wish. My wealth would be untold. The bags my trousers all- possess I'd have filled up with gold^ "Has your wife learivd to ride a whe«'l?" "Nup; but she has tieen tak- ' Ing cooking lessons, and alxjut every ; morning she go«-s into the kitchen and has a scorching competition with the ' coo!t<"' I "Isn't it too lad about Charlie Ne- ' »;e<IT I underhand that since his mar- ' riago he and his wife have lieen living \ from hand to mouth." "Ob; I gueos I they're ull right. It's her father's band, you know." Nellâ€" "Mlat Ujones uses French phrases in the most peculiiir manner." , lk>lleâ€" "noes she?" Nellâ€" "Yes, In- ' de.'d! Why, at lireakfast yesterday I asktvl her how she liked her eggs and she said they were very chick." "Have you got it on you yet?" asked little Petey of his sister's tiestest best. , "W â€" wâ€" what?" inquired the three night a week l)eau. "Why, a move. Sist<«r said the othevr night she wished you'd hurry up oaid get a move on you." Tomâ€" ".So the heiress refused Jack?" Dick â€" "Y'es; it's too badi He made a very fair propomtion, too." Tomâ€" "What was it? DicK â€" "He promised to be a moat devoted hu.-^liund, and offered to refund the money if he did not turn out exactly as represented." "Does your husband still call you pet names?" "Y'es," said the wife of a year; "yes he does. But he does so with a little too much ease, 1 tbinkU It sort of sounds :is if it w«>re more the result of pra»-tici' thin the expres- sion of undying affection." "What do you wear such ill-fitting clothes for?" asked the bright young man in lhi> natty summer suit of the elderly [MTson in hand-me-downs. "To carry my money in," was the reply of the elderly per."«on. and the youne; man liegao to talk in another dixectionif' Bt'nsonâ€" "I'm almost crazy. 1 sent a letter to my broker, asking him whether he thought I was a fool, and another one to Nliss Willets, asking her to drive, and I don't know which of thetu this telegram is from." Rob- erts â€" "What does it say?" Benson- "Simply 'Y'e*' " "If you don't give me a quarter," Bail little Willie, "I'm going to tell about your kissing sister." "But I hadn't even thuugnt of kisdng your sister." protested the young man. "You ain't?" sail Willie, puzzled. "Then I wimiler wh.it she told me to say that to you fort" FenderRonâ€" "I consider it a good rule, and it's one I have tried to fol- low, to aiy bright thi.ngs only once in a w bile; in that way my go<xl things are n^me.mlx"re<l< If I was all the time fretting off bright things they wouldn't » noticed." l''ogg â€" "A very good rule; but, Fenly, don't you think you ob- serve it too oloselyf" THE LA.ST TRAFALGAR WIDOW. | More than ninety years after Trafal- 1 gar, a personal link with that day has passed away in a lady believed to be 1 the Bole surviving widow of an actual participator in the fighis. It was un- der bus uncle, Capt. Maurice Suckling, th;it Neison went to sea, and under Nel- son, in turn. Midshipman W. B. Suck- ling entered the British navy, and waa present at Trafalgar; and though it is thirty-on;i years since tho death of Ad- miral Suckling, his widow has only iiist died at the venerable age of 91. Irs. Suckling, who had lived tor about fifty years at Highwood, near Homsoy, the residence of her only daughter, was ill for two days, and until then her daily ^\^r, her needlework, htr after- noon drive and her evening game at cheew luid not lost their interest for her. MUSIC AS JEDIOINE. POWER OF HARMOMIOdS SOOKDS OVER BODILY AILMENTS. Cnrlou iBKlanres of T'roBipl and Penaa- ni-nt itelirrâ€" A KeeoanUrd HealUiK .Iseat In the Time of (k« AaeleaU. The recent revival of the music cure seems to lie pretty widespread, and the London "Lancet" has referred to it on various occasions. In Its pages it is recorded that a prominsnt Rus- sian physician, one Dr. Beschinsky, cured a little girl who was subject to night- mare and sleeplessness and on whom sundry recognized treatments bad l)een tried in vain, by having the child's mother play on the piano Chopin's slow waltz in A minor, as sometbin|{ tender and soothing. Similar treat- ment was applied to a case of the same kind, with equal success, by one Dr. Berlieroff. The "Lancet" does not state whether he pre.scriljcd Chopin. One commentator suggests that a simple lullaby sung by the mother would bring sleep to toe child as effectually as Apollo's lyre. Mufic bos been tried as a hypnotlo in the London Teuiperance Hospital with a fair measure of success. The system of bringing it into the sphere of practical therapeutics Is also being introduced into various French hospi- tals ; but the most notable step yet taken is the work of the London Guild of St. Cecilia, under the energetic and discriminating direction of Canon Har- ford, and with Dr. Blackmann aa its medical spirit. The guild proposes, among other things, to provide a large number of musicians ready at any moment lo ans- wer the summons of a physioian, and specially trained to sing aud play the VER^ SOl'T MirsIC thit should lie adtninistered to those whose nerves are weakened by illness. It will obtain the best advioe about the chisses of illness liable to find music beneficial. Already there have been numerous test cost's of the must satisfactory kind. The guild has a permanent choir, con- sisting of three vocalists â€" .soprano, contralto and baritone â€" and three in- strumentalistsâ€"first and second vio- lin and harp. Performances have been given at the St. L'ancras InfirmarT and the London Temperance Hospital. On one occasion a patient sul'ferinff from Dropsy, and another who had been hurt in a railway accident, both of whom had been 6heading tears from nervous depression, were soothed by the music and testified that the pain kept off while it w;us being played, re- turning after it had ceased. A female patient suffering from melancholia, to whom a lullaby w.ls played, told the nurse that she liked It very much. This was thi' first time she had spoken for a fortnight. A mal.» patient, suffer- ing from delirium tremens, became calm and attentive on listening to the music. Canon Harford draws a oistitiction b^ tween the music that should be given to alleviit'^ piin aa I thii lo {.'ludtioe sleep. In the latter case he thinks it should be very soft and monotonous, while when meant to distract the uiind from pain it should be cf a more at- tractive order, but .<till soft. He says It id difficult to find vocalists who can sing very piano, and proposes to have th'iii tr.ii'.. d «it!' ihts parliculir ob- ject in view. It has not been clearly Ucreniiineil whether iively and exhil- arating airs may not be desirable in some caises. but it is thought that soft music, at least, runs no nsk of inju- riously cNciUng th;' patieu'.. Dr. Blackmann asserts that violins have the greatest therapeutic value, harps coming next, while he thinks tenors should sinp to female palienta and sopranos to male. Both he aud the worthy canon have decided from their expi'riencea that music Is A PATENT MEDICINE. aud its effects should Iw as carefully studied as Chose ot any other medicine. Some one suggests thit the natural development of Ihi.s new school of the healing ait should lie pursued and the comp<i3cra properly dossiii^'d. as the iKitient needing a divw of Haydu might be seriously affected by having Wag- ner administered. Another writer jo cularly inquires if the druggist ot the future will have to be a graduate of a cons»'rvatory of music, and if the new drug will be in liquid form. He hoiK'j* the latter, as he has found so much lately of an opposite nature. He remin'U druggists, too, thai llie rem- edy h.»j lieen so greatly slaughtered in the poet, the public m.ight lie spared the announcement of a cut in price* and asks it tlie music-boxes toriuin|f part of the stock iu trade of the up> to-date apothec;iry shop are merely forerunnens of this final condition of affairs. There U always mure or less that is ludicrous connected with every attempt to grope through mysterious passages to the light. The zealous will stumble and blander, and perhaps lie guilty ot uiiuiy alMurd attempts. Nevertheless, if the gail be a nolile ouo, and the in- tent ioits ui the groiKirs !» hone.st and pure, the striving will not l>e fruitless. 'The uir is full just now of desire and effort to gra-sp the truest methods of music stutl.v, the U-st means of apply- ing tho divine art as a source of dis- cipline and elevation and of approori*- ting, to the Icrgefel iHjssiblB degree, the blt>ssings It "ontains within ii>elf for humanity. vVhatever there may be in this latest attempt lo mate music and medicine to excite the lUiblus of the fun-lover, at leas.t all must admit that no harm can result from li. It it sim- ply leads some of those who have been ole.ssed with musical talent iiid train- ing to minister to the ills of their le.M- favorod fel'ow-creaturea, a greal and charitable work will lie accouiplished. A HARDY INSECT It is a common experience amonf mountain climliers to find butterflies lying frozen on tho snow, and so brit- tle that they break unlwis they are very carefully handled. Such frozen butterflies on lieing taken to a warmer climate recover themselves and fly away. Six a|)ecies ot butterflies have U'en found within a few hundred miles of the North Polo.