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wear eabya wear srviijlaee good goodjr xercst stvle and i cbat taiarorttiemooyt7 i i w williams acton ccoca wort tad rcpairiac riven carcftii attca- tioa tracti atd valises in rarjety the actok- ftee the leuec- local newspaper of walton coast y mutual f1b insurance company or tirr oototy 07 vslukatou esrmiisirra ifiio head office cuelph iflianjabnillingtuerchiniisclfancfactoriet and all otber dcacriptiona of property oa the premlaaikote system fw stvae onas davidson president r secretary john taiior acent jennys good ferlane nr auy rixixiuit tbe mtj morning wu all alight with flying cicada as jenny dart came into tbe barn with her checked saabonoet tied an- ierercbin a bfsket ja her hand jlvionifrwatiitirtiij lii- teaed i thoagtit so eaid h iff beanie dan dee its the lane he always whistle am itc caught him tfiia time she set the little basket carcfally oa the floor amid the drilled bayseed and braised timothy heads and morcd with stealthy graccfal footsteps towuds the loft gliding jop the ladder like an acrobat and smiling to hcrscl the while jenny dart was very pretty and as ihe came softly en tbe haycarpeted floor ot the upper loft mr meredith never saw or board be- but orlcid steadiljr at his sudaeniyvnincathvdton with a qaiclc sadden emphasis on hif sho alder xoir cried jenny dart eiojtanuy i know who it is that has been stealing all ouregfis its yoa gilbert fatal and ill tell uncle reuben md have yoa ar rested as sore as the world and oh my goodness me 1 i declare i thought it was gilbert faval the firm lad and taking igaominioaaly to ber brcli jenny dart fled at the rarno moment a beaatifal spccijed ben took cackling flight from the nest in the corner thai jacques meredith had been sketching the yonng artist rose and shook the scat tering hits of hay from bis canvas upon my word said he this is rather an oneipcctodiuicrniption wouderwiio the tittle gypiy it so she suspects me ot sinister designs upon the fresh cegs did the that wouldnt le a bid name for the pictorc cither fresh kggs bat my beaatifaj blaefealhercd litter is gone and now i shall have to wait for peace in the hoojehold again hft fajr down in the fragrafif bay in a urt of gracefully careless attttade with bands clasped noder bis bead and looked- dreamily op at the peaked roof where the swallows came and went and as he gawd he thought of jenny darts crcat glittering eyes and oval dimpled face a rustic nymph he said to himself a dryad in the wilderness so iic i the iiccethit old farmer bnlkjey spoke about well she will prove an additional attrac tion to tbe dauold farmhoaseif once lean manage to make her acquaintance but mr mereditrrww jenny dtrt no ttwra i t ko cant aanttaid the girl tam ing aa pink is a swectw blossom when the good old lady urged bdr not to be silly j bet to go in and sit lnthi parlor and do her best to amnio uia new boarder after the dreadful the odious mistake that i made i never nevercan look him in he face again ill go back to the store in boston tomorrow my vacation is mst ly iffot jfjkiwf add 11 try la forget ihat i ever waatutji sfcnl ei me said aont bcudey we ed ucated her for a teacher shes a smart stirring girl jenny is with a deal of book leaxnin at her finger ends bat we coaldnt find no district school for her and jennys a deal too independent to live on her rela tions and so she took a place at a millin erc in boston- u dont suit her bat its better that nothin and ehe always cal- culites to spend he vaca here the more mr meredith thought about the sorrier he was that jenny had ha nude thtrrcd cow look just ai nalral u- lifovtnd his picture of tho old mill pond- i declare it seemed amost as if you could soe yoof face in tho water i jves said jenny looking down with a reflection of the red firelight seeming to creep owr her face i i was thinking of hiii tli is wu the beginning of jenny dartb now actmafntance with jacjaes i meredith showmtn liolrwsnow ho ouly a strug glingaritit and the very first picture sho bought with auul bulk ley to help her toloct was a rustic scene tlio interior of a great dimlylighted bam with a blue- spedklod lieu brooding on a nest of pearl- whilo cfgi and a young man drfeaming over his csuvaa close by and tlm ome of die picture wu paltatce of cobrie mr meredith came to help hang it of cut- he earoo often after thai and an ulkloy smiled snd nod- dedlover her kui uwork jyouug folk t i be young folks said sho and 1 u lro to goodness i sboald fcela deal better satiifled u jenny bad a good husband to take care of hsr jenny sho ventured to ity at list 1vq a sort of a notion that mr meredith likoa yoo- vtfl said jenny shyly f tbihk ie docs u think hes liked you this long time perhaps said jenny jenny slid the old lady wistfully dj you hke hi tut and jenny threw bcr arms around mrs badueyi nock with a sort of sob oh i yes yes she cried and i promised this morning to be his wife oh aunt bolkley i am ao very very happy so km i said tbo old lady and ho has promised added jenny never wrcr to allude to that horrid day day in the barn when i slapped him on the shoulder and accused htm of stealing oar fresh eggs jpihiv said aunt bulkley iual he says stoutly declared jenny that he has loved me ever since- i well i never i said aunt bolkley there thin have hits lire drankard and i tarntd unio my deaoisje borne childlesi woman one on whom tb band aj god bad rested heavily girls it is yoo i wish to fetcori from aho fate that overtook ma dp no blast ypurlffoul blasted mlo donolbedrawn into the madness of raarryiog a drunkard yoa love him 1 bo much tho wone for yoa for married to him the greater will beyonr misery because of your love you will marry him and then reform him ty yoa ssy ah a womau sadly orerates her strength when she nnder takes to do this you are no match for ihe giant lemon drink when he possesses a rains body and soul you arc no match for him x ssy what is your pnoy strength besido his gigantic forcet ho will crush yoa too it is to sire yoa girls from tliesorrows which wrecked my happiness that i hare unfolded my history to you i am a stranger in this great city itm merely passing through it iud i hivo a message to bear to every girl never marry a drunkard 1 can soe ber now as she stood amid the bashed abdieucc her dark eyes glowing aud her frame quivering with emotion as she uttered her impissionateippeal then she harried out and we never saw her again her words fitly spoken were not without effect however and because of them there is on girl single now sail- uwy signal for avgutt t yolthflb hehoby of whoxgs jujiiueu to a drcxeabd j a tick brobt i she suddenly rose in uie meotiug and spoke xi follows married to a draukard yes i was marriedj to a drunkard look at me i am talking to tbe girls we ao tamed and looked at her she was wun woman with dark sad eyes and whfe hair placed smoothly- over a brow thai denoted iatcurjct- when i married a drunkard i reached the acme of misery she continued i was yotkng and oh so happy i married the man i loved and whoprofetscd to love iihed ct cc thznday ujcrsiu actok ont- t sadfjptfcj try it for three lfontts for 25 cnls jlti t mitchell desires to inform the people of acfon and sarroandings that he is prepared to take orders for weaving all kntfwmxm carpeta flmnel sbmtivbfiingiaad drer goods striped or puid twill or plain alio bed blankets and horseblanketstwo yards wide and over andlwillgaaranteetlatlwillgivegom satisfaction to all farmers and others who will favor me with their patronage tmucheli griielpli btlsiness college goelphoktario i tlfth scholastic vear tbcrc arc novaca- aibnthe03llclic5iabcmononmihj oat fill ottirj year liitepdiaff undent ean ihercforc cater al anytime its graduate arc meeting with distinguished incccsa aa book- icacnors btwiness managun borthand mien court reportcri etc vcmsg men and women desiring a thorcngh traiainc for saccces in any of these line of wort will ccagnit their on welfare by attending tbciacllin unaineas co- ice individaalinstrtjctiolifaafeatarc of tbfl mititutcn gradaaum assiited in obtaining xiosiltooa for terms and partictilarb addrpsa uificconinck 5i j principal he was a drunkard sod know u knew it bul did cot audermind it there is not a young cirl in this bailding that does asdestind it unlifhchaj aflrank- frdii her family then perhaps shtipnows how deeply the iron enters the soul of ia woman when she loves and is allied to a drunkard whether father husband broth- erorson girls believe me when i tell yoa ihsrt to marry drniikard to love a draukard f the crown of all misery i uato gijne through the ds4p waten and know 1 have gained thatfearfnl know icdtjb ai the expense of hapmneas aanity alaiostlifaitaclf do you wonder- my hair is wbtte it turned white in a night bleached by sorrow aa marts antoinette satti of hor hair i am not forty years old yet tha snows of seventy rest open my head and opon my heart ah 1 cannot begin tp count the winters resting there she satd with nnutterable pathos in her oioej vmy husband was a professional man ha calling took him from borne frequently at uight and when he retained he return eddjrq gfadnally he gaveray to tcm- ptatfoh in the day until he wu rarely so her i had two lovely luuegrf i and a boyt hew her voioe faltered kail we sat in deep silence lisleniogtoheretory my husband bad been drinking deeply i bad not seen him for two days he had kept away fromhis homo one night i was eeated beside iny sick boy the two little girls were in the bed in tbe next roomii whale beyond was another room into which t beard my husband go aa he entered the hboae that room commonicated with he one inr which my little girls were sleeping i know cot why bul a feelingof terror sud- denlytook possess isn of me and i felt that my little girls were in danger i arose and went to the room the door was locked iknockedonit frantically but oo answer came i seemed to be endowed with super hamarj strength and throwing myself with all my force against tbe door the lock gave way and the door flew open oh the sightl the terrible sight she wailed in a voice that haehts me now and she covered her f see with ber hands and when she re- moved them it waawhiter and sadder than ever deliriumtremens you have never seen it girls god grant yoa never may my husband stood beside tbe bed bis eyes the impression whioh we receive from contact with ordinary daily occurrences are something like those made by rain drops on sands to be partially effaced or blended with new impressions as the rain of events continues among these events are a class that continually repeat themselves in near ly exact forms these are tike the nnoeas- fng water drops which falling upon granite near the surface into seams and cavities another class of events strike ns tike blows that imbed themselves or break off some portion of the labsunoej they do their work in an instant of liroo bat tho- marks of violence are as ineffaceable as the hollow in tbo rock wrought by the water- dripping of twice a eoore of years it is the receiver not the giver of a blow who comprehends its force in a moment of blind passion the stroke falls the arm dealing it scarcely returning to the excited brain anything beyond the most perfect intelligence 6f a jar or wound bathe on whom the blow falls quivers in sadden puin and the marred flesh ever after holds tbe sign of itfjary tbe striker forgets in a day but memory with an intense reali zation of the wrong endured keeps with the stricken oneplhe wrong ever after sharp in the axis of vision borne men from thoughtlessness and bock from illwill strike a great many blows and hunt a groat many persons with whom thoy come in contact and not a few of these wonder wbytheyfaaveenemies they hare forgotten the blow tbe force hi whioh at the time wu not estimated and therefore not recorded m their memories with any more distmctneasthan the record of a rain dropon the sand bat they who 1 receive the strokes haw retained them just as a rock retains tbe hammers blow tiiebasebauhama concerniag amusements in genera we believe and say that innocent rocreatibn is always desirable and has a proper place in mkoslifooh earth god never intended tbe christian to be a monk he pa roits to him all these pastimes and recret lions which tend to invigorate the physical pow- era and reanimate and glorify the intellec tual faculties so long as these recreations are separated from associations and tern dencics which do nt endanger the moral and spiritual life jlenco it is clear that there are aoiusemetju io which no true christian can enjoy himself take base ball who could think of harm in connec tion with a aioipjo game by a number of school boys but when christians gils op their time during a whole summer to pro feasional ball playing u is very easy to see what will come of it and that it is wrong is determined by those who have tried tbe friendship of the world and the friendship of god at tbe same timo sod have declared that no live man cau retain bis spirituality amid such associations for example here is a man who is foremost iodsyin religious work exhorting singing weeping etc to morrow shouting at a game of professional bail playing how ranch willbedo toward influencing his associates for god tbe answer is selfevident on tbe otber side the christian people enforce the law against sabbath ball plsjing and they accomplish more than they sought tis broke it up daring the week also beqaae the cost of a winning team would not be justified by the receipt on weekdiys an able and liberal writer has put it id nutshell as follows a game of ball played by a company of sehoolboys as a recreation was all very well bat when baseball became the sport of grown men and began to be what some call professional it became a demoral- i5ng nuisance- tt vicious as horseracing u any difference is to be allowed between it and horseracing base- ball has become the worse for its demoralization reaches youth even down the smallest boys as horseracing rarely does oivrrer tobboctob lay away tbelitue shirt waist that onr darling boy ooes woa in the ragbai gently bo it ho wont need it any mors with a pair of red suspoodet we moat ooo our boy endow for the fart is inbsi apparent pdlft1 junta lit johnnie now uy aside tbo knlckcrbockcri willi tbo frinno around tbo kucef takcihe marble from tbe jocket all tha striflca and nails and keyi hay bin seeks toalead of hocking or tbo boy will rafao a row oroiu dailicfihaa been crowing 1apa j auu fit johnnlo now bl eyeuy iatheb0ib1t it gone i believe i shoald have liked that girl he thought ehe had independence or iginality a certain strength of nature she wis aa ideil kew england maiden i should like to meet her again thus meditating mr meredith returned to tha great city it wis scarcely bit mouths before jenny dartcame back to the balkleyfarm it was winter there now tfce wood were bang with iciclo fringes the streams fetter- j goring with insanity and in his hand a ed inbc chains of icei hitge knife take them away be bless me cried uncle kccbea peering lumber shingles 3f ad liatk c rnheanjcriigccddeiirea to inform tho pablic j tbstbebsi now on hand and will keep in stocks full hoe of pino and homlock as well aa otherkinds of lember also fint and second clasipine shingles lath coal wood haviagparcbaiedthflcoalbejfaess ot urc s smith i am prepared to supply all wads of ktavecoal r bare alio aioodtock of woedr ibleprlees woodaudcoal jelivered jaufs bkowy inquisitively through his spectacles its jenny xcax dear child what brings yoa outjiera sjhii time of the year kothiog has happened lhopuv yoa havent lost your eitustiuu chimed io aunt bnlklcy dont tell me that 11 yes said jenny flinging aside her fur wrappings as ehe hogged tbe old people sad sat down by the red blize of the wood firc something has- happened i have resigned my place at madanie del bartos my fathers rich old coosn has died oat in theemt rnawjaoopewjierc jiod left mc i lortu ley 1 wanted goodrcliijile tnenaui had innnent cm- t ploymenl for maple rjror surserles of waterloo k y good salary and expenses paid weekly ufiral ddaccmttou to becfmiers outfit free freriom exncisenceaot required ktliliod overao years all goods iritclaaa write at once for terms address jw uckav oen managw fit- thomaa onl vlentfon ifali paper1 fmit trees small fiiiit and omamontal shrnbbery revli bcook acton has boon appointed solo acont for uili toction for ihe well known old ttocbeatcr korsery s uoulabn pro prietor and la prepared to tako order for any of tbefruit trees small fruits or ihrubs wbicb axsabown in the ulastrated catajotnies of the nursery the producta of tbe old itocheamr nurseryaroknowntobegenonjly reliable and correctly nained and 1 can promise satifaetory resaits to all who purchase stock from me prices reasonable eev bb cook agent screamed the horrible things they are crawling all over mo take them away i say aud he ilaorished bis knifein the air goodness me tail aunt bulkley dropptngher spectacles whatever will roa do with a fortaoel the fint lhigij ulta the day ay hr wa iiegardless of the danger i rushed up to the bed and my heart seemed suddenly to birc beating there lay my coil dec coered with their own lifeblood alain by their own father for a rnomenl j i coaid cot utter a eouad iwas literally i dumb iu the presence of this terrible sor- rotf i scarcely heeded the maniac by ray side tbe mm who had wrought me all this woe tbeu i uttered a loud scream and ray wailiogs filled the sir the ser vants heard me and hastened to the room and wheii my husband saw them he sud denly drew the knife aero is bis own throat i knew nothing more i was borne sense less from the room that contained my slaughtered children and the body of myl andrew pax ton of chicago whoso death weaned a few months since made his name one to conjure with and oat bf very common place and everydsy malarial he envolved a noble and enduring work- mr parton went to chicago a poor iboy of eighteeu from london he had u advan tages of education or special inspirations and illuminations on life his resources lay largely in good sense and good feeling and after all these are by no means to be lightly considered mr pax ton a centribu- tion to the better life of tbe day ia thus out lined in the adcatux y a little more than ben years aco there was in chicago a grogshop licensed or un licensed to every one hundred inhabitants there were laws forbidding the selling of liquor to minor mr paxton was a plain quiet citizen keeping a coffee hpqseinn ft camo to his knowledge that in the otter neglect of the law tho saloons all over the city were being frequented by an incredibly large camber of boys and girls with tbe natural result that the police courts were becoming ascrowded with youthful crimin als as the saloons were mr paxton and a few men and women came together to see what could be done about it in this way the chicago citizens league came into being and being warmly sustained by same of the wellknown and best citizens presently became a power after- a year or two mr paxton was iudaced to devote his whole time to the work of the league as ats executive officer his time and energy being chiefly given to the enforcement of the law against selling 7 liquors to minors securing the arrest and conviction of hun dreds of offenders until hardly any law of tbe city is now more respected than this one the effect of all this was soonrecog- nixed as a most wholesome tonic and so he impressed this stamp of a higher life on his day and age and left the city to which he had coma hi hl rudimen tary boyhood somewhat tho better for his being and claddcr for his human ipeoch his life is an eloquent commentary on every day possibilities for heroism bottw traveller the following essay is from the pen of a schoolboy being a doctor is a very good trade doctors have most always nice blade whiskers at the side and are tall men they are also very fierce tooktog but they are very useful doctors axemen who never walk except from a carriage to a bousa door doctors are skinny men with black eyes and coats the doctor has been to see me three times cuz i have head aches my njothex looks at mo ahdr cries when hes gob e i never tells mother i have headaches except it hurts me very much- i love my mother i nish my head was same as other boyses tesdayl arskt webster if ho ever felt dizzy and he- said no all boys i ask says no what the doctor gives me make me feel woreer bat mother likes mo take it- so i dont miod i wish i was a man butid rather bea womanlike mother doctors havent nieed houses there is bottles all round and no woshin doctors havnt loud voices like men you heara in tho street bat their eyes are brighter i amr not so frightened of doctors as- of perlice when im iu bed i cant sometimes go to sleep i can say my money tables best in ld i dreamed ooe night that tbe doctor came upstairs all iu tho dark and took me out of bed and gave me to a perlice to bury but i woke up jast afore ho baried itf and my mother was aklssin me aud cryia mother saas doctors can cure nearly all things and lhatthey arekind men head aches is not dangerous host kxtckrttlslso chow os becosd farmer crowdcr had finished planting biscordrbut his heart was heavy he knew the crows were whetting their bills to pall op tho corn ss soon is it appeared above the surface a i cin tell you how lo getaway with the crows said neighbor stokes how- get you a gallou of mean whuky and soak some com in it till it gets full ot the stuff and then scitter it broadcast in tha field the black rascals will eat it and get drunk and then yoa can catch em and pull their heads off that beats pixeh or bootin f- in a few days fanner crowder met his friend stokes weli hows craps queried stokes my corns bodacwusly ruini replied crowder dolefully 1tried 4hat scheme o yonrnv and it a hnmbog i beaked the corn and scattered it one day and next mornin i want to the new grans to see how itd worked found em drnnk eh foand nothin i hearn a devil of a foss down nigh the braofc audweo to see what it was there was a dadblasted old crow that had gathered np all the whisky corn an had it on stamp an be was retaiun it oat to thejstbera givin a one grain o that srtfur three grains ptoy planted corn and dinged if they hadnt clawed up that field by eectioca j j i suspesse to the younginspense is the mut in tolerable suffering active misery always brings with it its own power pf endanao what a common expression pv iaso hear well if i had know what i ba4 to go abrough beforehand x ueter should havebev heved u possible thai i oooldbave dooeu it is a dreadful thing tn be left alone with your imagination to hveto fancy the worst and yet nutanow whattherotsniay be and this in early yoothhai a degree of acute anguish- that after years cannot know aa we advknee in life we find all tbiiiga here too tlerly worthless to grjere over them as we oucoooold gnova we grow cold and aretcss thedusi o wbch we are hastening has entered into our hearts he had it naves that are sot tece an editorial in the populai science news recites some of the curiosities of names of chemical compounds which when their appropriateness is considered appear extremely ridicnlous thus oil of vitrej is no oil neither an oil of turpentine and kerosene copperas is an iron compound and contains no copper salts of lemon is the extremely poisonous oxalic acid carbolic acid is uotan acid bat an alcohol cobalt contains none of the metal but arsnic sodawater has no trace of soda nor does sulphuric ether contain- sulphur sugar of lead has no sugar cream of tartar has nothicgof cream nor milk of lime any milk oxygen means the acidmaker but bydropen is the essential element of all acids and many contain no oxygen german silver contains no silver andblaok lead no lead this list might readily be extended both tn chemical sndother natural sciences and it is only fair td state that these terms come from the older writers and have given way to a more scientific nomenclature a lady with her child and bruae lately travelling from antrim on the northern counties line the child causing a great deal of amusement among the other pass engers by crying for everything that came within iu view and the ladys answer to the nurse invariably was let her have jt mary when a wasp came buzzing in by the window the child immediately started to cry for it and the lady as anal said let her havo it mary tjie wasp in the meantime alighted on the childs hose and gave her a sharp sting which vusetl a howl of dismay from the youngstarthe noraeiohimingm shes go it mom belfast ttitgraph i i tue pleasures op eae1y elsuio j it is said that the masses of peopjlawon sit op lateat night and sleep late in ihe morning are blind to the pleasures that- may be experienced throogo the practice of the habit of early rising these jane jberj ingb those who rise at datvnell of the balniiaess of the air the peaaty of thei foliage the fragrance of jhe flowers tssg jj carols of the birda the loveliness of thig sunshine aud tho exuberance of tljeir ofls minds in the dawning hbors of the mbrin-i- ing they aiy that the people whnvgivew j these houra to slumber alter sitting np ubrr nearly midnight do not know whkt theyt miss or how eajoyable ii ip sleep in the hours of avkotasandgef up at the break of day when w ly will be to pay the ilibrtgage on uiii farm and the second oh with a sudden blush i shall be so busy fitting up my grand caw house in bostou im to have statues aunt bulkley and real dsgbesu rugs and pictures and aliule conservatory alliull of tropioai plants and i never never can tell you the half of all im going to have and first of all yoa and undo reuben are to come up and make mo a long visit j shoo baid uncle reuben what would two old fogies like yonr aunt and me do iu bostoti bat if youre main bet on it i spose well have to go and jenny said mrs bolkley if youve really made up your mind to buy pictures do get something of the young man who boarded with oa last jammer white and my m iud so shattered that i knew no one she ceased oar eyeswererivettedupon her wan face and some of the women pres ent sobbed aloud while there was scarcely a dry eye ih that temperance meeting bo much sorrow we thought sni u trough no fault of her own we saw that she had hot done speaking and wits only waiting to subdue her emotion to resome her story j two years she continued i was a mental wreck thcit i recovered from the shock aod absorbed rnyelf in tbe care of my boy but tho sin of the father was visited upon the child and six months ago in y boy ofeighteen wok placed in drunk ards grave aud us i his loving mother stood and saw the sod heaped lver him f said u thank god id rather see blm eyolltiok of a hlshand mrs pleutypop well have you suc ceeded tn getting rid of the attentions of mr kevorskipl mrs widowtair hardly mrs p did yoa have him arrested and fined for malicious persecution as i advised yoav mrs w yea mrs p with what result 7 mrs w ha paid the line and came immediately to my hoase to renew his suit mrspwelir mrs w i bod the footman kick binr down the steps mrs p what ibeu mrs w he apologized to james for wearing thick trousers and said he would call again mrs f- did he mrs w yes in ten minute 1 had to see him of course mrs p and yoa upbraided him for his angentlemanly conduct mrs w no i begaoto suspect that the poor man really did love me and love is such a rare qnajityjoa man with am in come of jioo000 vyear that i mrs p yoawhmr mrs witodhlmif i roaldwait till my sorrow waa six weeks old leonid patbim ia a position for discharging xot hosest but fhaxk an eastern traveller gives the following acooant of a brief pointed and wfe think rather unsatisfactory interview with an arab of jebel hauran what brought yon to the spring you saw ns there i asked him to strip you be coolly replied and why did you not do it t because mahmnd was with yoa but why would you plunder us are btrangers aud not enemies it is oar custom and do you strip all strangers yesall wecan get hold of and if theyreiist or are too strong for yonr v c in the farmer case we shoot them from behind trues in the latter we ran how do tho people of yonr tribe live do they sow or plant t no we are not slaves said be with much disdain what do yobdp for a living we keep goats hunt partridges and steal are yoa all thieves yes all the bei tjot with two exceptions qasen victoria is the oldest in years of reigning monaxeha the king of the kstherlafida is 7i the lung of denmark 71 the king or wort- embnrg 6a ftp emperor of brazil 63 i jhe king of saxonyvfil the eing of sweden and norway go the emperor of austria 53 the king of the belgians h the king of portugal go the sultan jof turkey 60 r the king of italy 45 the emperor of russiaii the king of iho hellenes j3 the king of bavaria 41 the kingof siam 35 the german emperor w th king of servia 12 j and tho king of spain thre wutt his lte was while travellirjg in france lately m de lesieps happened to be placed in a com- parlrncnt with two commercial travellers who did notknowhm the two drum mers found that he had ravelled moch and fancied that he belonged to their fraternity beg pardon siraid one of them finally bntare you a travelling man loo certainly i am we thought so what is your line isth- muses said m de lessens mvh-wh- what asked the paxzled drummer i am introdocing ship canals said m de lesseps tbe ooramercial travellers beared that they had fallen in with a lunatlo hot when m de lesseps made himself known they were rnnohtdelightod with their dis- ungoished fellow traveller ij v willie m tjn arxhirefarmer was some- what remiss in attending divine service and his parish minister on one ofhu pas toral visits took occasion to refer to it m rather a pointad rnhniier willie exodsed himself on tho tcoro of advancing years but his spiritual guidb would not oondone the offence on that ground that j scarcely do william for i observe yon are very regular in your attendance at market ever friday oh ay sfry replied willie but thats easy explained you see when we gang tie the toon wojfcan get what we like bat when wa gang tavthe kirk we hoe jnst to tak what thou likea to gie us i v i a man can marry comfortably if he has sufficient money to procure a hceuserand pay the parson the hitch comes when tbe knot is tied old lady j ittl toy what would yonr- fatber do itbe shoald f nd yon smoking little vy hed pdff riroblyhek ms thishs pufl oneo his cigars t a yoaug divine tells a story of groom who rafter the marriage ceremony slipped a twodollar bill into his band murmoring apelogotically ill do better neitttme bich aunt why dyoa bring me this f grass tommy tommy becaaifelwant you to bite i why do you wat me to bite it beoagse i beard pa say that wheayop bike the grass yrtwtugetoooo mistjfesimarie i saw you tuareg a at tbe kitchen door this morn young in i want young- shall not ocdor you 5 understiuid that will noutind tblfso t of thing at al mane pardon raj niadam i not anew 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