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- An Ostrich :nnnt in Africa. Father's Come Home. "Father I" and "Home !" the little airl's CLIPJ'INGS FROM5DEMOREST'S. Forest Protection. The ostrich hunt was an exciting event. A quiet, warm, summer night, the first W<?rds. Tlien slie did not turn :way Mr. R. W. Phipps, of Toronto, it will moon shining brightly, 110 wind stirring; from hrm, ~he should never tum away Those who have charge of the camels, : Co~wo LAND.-Henry M . Stanley has be remembered, was an acknowledged myself among the rest, followed after the discovercld what is rt ll Jihe all> so still, that the church clock from him again. So he resolved. : pire. Under the equal~:"i.Jth ~ew. emf authority on the subject ?f "~rotection" atrikiri , the quarters fell s~ingly: on the But let no one thin'k . Harry Blunt horsemen, urging our fleet.footed animals t o their highest speed. I had now the Congo, he has found 'a dens~ p~~~l~- when the N . P. was at its height some elU' tha iWaB listening, longing, trembling, found life all easy from that moment. hopin., -for a footstep that did not come. His place was filled up long ago ; there an opportunity of witnessing the extra- tion, whose numbers he estimates at 49,- years ago, and his writings were admitNine o}clock ! a quarter past I half past ! was many a weary trap1p after work, end- ordinary fleetness of the Arabian horses. 000,000. The people are remarkably in- tedly :i:mong the ablest that appeared at She could bear it no longer. Harry ing, perhaps, in a three days' j ob, and six They seemed to skim over the surface of dustrious, and are born traders. He de- that time on that great question. He Blunt's young ,wife sat in the moonlight miles to walk back every night ; many a the desert. Our camels were flying over clares there is a fine opening for trade in has, of lat e, been paying a great deal of all alone, the cottage door wide open, the fierce struggle to pass the ale-house and the ground at a rapid pace, but we seem- the gums, ivory, rubber, camphor, wood attention t<;> another. important phase of b,aby's soft breat hing the op.ly sound keep from the one thing_that he knew ed t o be standing still so rapidly did they and other products of that fertile region. ~he protection quest10n, and respecting its within. A flushed cheek, a be\l't ing heart; would bring an hour's forgetfulness of his increase their distance from us. On they Mr. Stanley has discovered another im- importance to the country there can be but.no word, no s:igh, no te!lirs; These misery ; many a despairing !Jhb]lght , al- went in a straight line toward the south mense lake, which he explored for a hun- no question. It is in regard to the proh.3.d been, but as the heart-sickness of most turning to a despairing deed. But, the birds some half a mile ahead. . In ~ dred miles. He calls it the Manitumba. tection of our fast disappearing forests in hope deferred was slowly becoming through all, there was the bright, merry short time the horsemen disappeared be- He claims to have become the great ~ntario. In too many parts of the Proem:changed for the more deadly heart- little welcome to look forward to : low the horizon, but we still continued peace-maker of the warrin"' nations in vmce there are large farms, if not la.roe aicknesi of fear deferred, her eyes grew " Father ! come home !" And he did our rapid race in the direction in which equatorial Africa. Some d~y a railroad townships, in which almost every acre ~f hard and tearless, her words fewer and come home, and never stayed. out any- they had gone. The wind of the dP.sert will be constructed up the valley of the valuab~e timber land has been cut away. The importance of a fair proportion of fewer. What was the use of anything, where el~e, when His work was done, died away, or rather we outran it; the Congo, connecting central Africa with the while, night by night, the one question whether it took him to strange places for sun grew fiercely hot, and the occasional ocean. This will, in time, give civiliza- forest land all over the count ry is now tion accesi1 to the secret recesses of the generally admitt ed by those who have filled her mind and heart : "How will he I a day or a week at a time. No tone of stretches of sand that we passed over dark continent. · paid any considerable attention to the oome home, drunk or sober r' Alas I the anxiety, or doubt, or reproach, ever spoilt threw cl1>uds of the 11mallest particles into subject, and some moons of preserving the air under tbe disturbance of the most usual answer was the first. And that glad welcome. And gradually, from camel's feet, producing a choking thirst. THE FEDERAL REPvBLIC OF EUROPE.- our forests, and at the same time of enahe was past being glad of the better al- almost helpless. seeking and striving,--'- still we kept on ; for a Iona time we trav- Th~re are in~ications all over Europe couraging the cultivation of new ones ternative--looking so surely to the worst "Our Father, give us this day our daily elled in this rapid manner." whic? are ommous ~or the reigning mon- cannot be devised too soon. Our Provin~ that would follow. bread," became his prayer, and its anAbout four hours, aa I judged it, after arch1es. England is a R epublic in all cia~ Legislatu:e would. do well to give A t last, she could bear the loneliness swer his com~ort. And then, as God's starting out on the chase the forms of the but n ame, France is one beyond all per- senous attent10n to tlus question at the no lou<>er; she took up the child, wrap- go.odness led him to repentance, "1 will h orses once more loomed against the hor- adventure, while in Germany, Italy a.nd forthcoming session. ped h:r in a shawl, and crept up the hill. anse and go to my · Father," was his izon. We speedily came up to them and Spa.in, th~ grea_ Mr. Phipps has just written a valuable t body of the populations to Harry's widowed sister's house, where heart's uttered cry. found that the chase had been success- are repabhcans m theory. A change will letter on this subject, in which he <>'ives there was a silent welcome always ready ' And, at last, the Saturday eve11in" ful. A bout a dozen of dead ostriches lay probably come over Europe soon after the following illustration of the importfoc her. "Sarah, I can't stay by myself ; came, :when he knelt in his l ong forsake~ on the desert, some ·of them with their .Kaiser William's death. 'l'he kingdom of ance of having the present forestland well may I come in for a bit 1" "Come in, ~lace ~ th~ "J'.ather's House," his pa.- beautiful plumage bedabbled with gene. Sweden is even now shaken by a popular fenced in: dear "-and the two sat and listened, but tient wife with him, her long faithfulness Red spots appeared here and there, ·democratic agitation. King Oscar, a de- "For tpe continuance of the forest in a reneither spoke. rewarded, and his little girl by his side. productive state. the presence of the undershowing where the birds had fallen and scendant of the French adventurer Berna- growth is ~l>solutely necessary. Without 1t. In the distance, further up the liill The ~st note of th~ opening vol~ntary poured out their life blood. By the time dotte, has repeatedly set at defiance the grass gets m, overspreads the earth, inj urea the which formed the village street, sounds had died away, a~1d ill the utter stillness we reached th9 hunters the. horses had popular will a~ expressed through the larger trees, and i;>rovonts the growth of any of loud voices, rough singing, and, pre- befo:e the service began the child, been rubbed down and their trappings ~orway Storthing. And as a conse- smaller ones. 'l 'he drying Winds sweep through the bush, ~he roots are loOdened, the sently; sudden and angry shouts burst on hearing a de~p sob, put up he~ little hand removed. They were now supposed to quence there is_a determination on the soil appears to shnnk from them, and many the strained ears. A few minutes more, to stroke his face, and whispered the h ave been 11ufficiently breathed, and each par~ of that nation to assert its rights trees lull Th~rl' is no more vivid contrast and a merry boy ra,n by calling out to a words sh~ had found out would always animal was given as much water and agamst the autocratic rule. King Oscar than that ot a piece of forest left unfenced and another bot~r protected. I had opportun'ities companion comin" to meet ' him: "A comfort him, but slo'l'l"ly and plainly now: camel's milk to drink from the skins may yet lose his crown, if not his head, lately of seeing many such as they stood side by_ side, On one side ot the fence all was in the jolly row at the 'Red Lion!' Harry "Father's come home." which we carried on the camels as it for he has violated the fundamental law, bright strength of fervid life, everywhere the Blunt's pitching into Jack Brown- both wanted. The ostriches were then packed by making the same pret~nsi_ons which small buds of infant saplings just rising from t>Srt~i, above them the interspersing underof them mad drunk-fight- policeman" A.braham Lincoln. on the camels ; the hunters each with cost Charles I. of England his hfe. There the wood, high above them many a magnificent -they heard no more. It was Mary who his halter of skin in his hand or attached are stirring times ahead for the people of tree, old and re><dy tor the axe, and many a spok,,n .. 'IBarah, lets see if the baby can "I helped Lincoln build the first :tlatyoung..r one closely ~t band to replace them get him home." And the tired women, boat ever m&de in Springfield," said Mr. to his arm leading his horse, mounted Europe. But all had an air of health and of brightest THE MONSTER STEAM MERCHANTMAN. verdure. On tpe,otbt'lr side of the fence the with the child, their hearts sinking, their Ross. "It would have made you laugh their ca~els and we set off at a rapid pace of the enormous ocean ledf-stre~ .soil lB bare of vegetation, every faces full of shame, were soon at the pub- to have seen him then. He worked for toward the north, reaching the tents -The construction eartb-spnngmg leaflet had been destroyed the . h' st eam vesse1s wit in the past :five years wind whistled shrilly over the denuded ground lie house door. fifteen dollars per month. He u11ed to shortly after sunset. In reply to questions put to Mohammed known as the Gallia, the Arizona, the Orianit among the moss-covered trnnka of the old Poor Maij Blunt. could not 'speak ; she wear a big hat and blue jean pantaloons. tor there was nothing but old treea; no scarcely dared to look, but she went He was recy.tall-over six feet high- and next day I learned that the object o,f tak- ent, the Servia, the Alaska, the Austral , trees; v;oung ones had grown to replace them, and atraight up to her husband as he sat his p~ntalOOlllil W0l\C generally too short, ing the c'.1mels to the hunting grounds t h e City of R ome and the Aurania con- tney, themselves, the earth below them deand leadmg the horses thither was to stitute an epoch in the history of marine prived of its natural covering; seemed sickly there ; .his face a purplish r,ed, his eyes itnd he strapped them to his. brogans to · · d b"d ~? many ot them tottering to their fall. keep the latter animals fresh for the ruce.· eng_meermg an I ~ .fair to lead to a . ,It every farmer could be induced to preserve glaring and bloodshot, his coat and waist- keep them down. In reply to my question as to why they period when, according to a well-known ngi!11Y in foreilt but ~en acres in hie hundred, coat off, his shirt torn, his hand tremb" I knew there was something in him " h 11 besides what bush (1t need not be much) he Cl d h. b "ld chased the ostriches to the southward Y es ip- m er, wes a see steam- wlshesforhis cattle,thegoodrebultingtohimling, trying to pour dowr. one glass more, even then. Why, let me tell you,ins tea~ of t_o _ tI:e north, thus carrying ers 800 feet long and ferry boats of two self and to the country would be incalculable· to get up his pluck for another round. " When Lincoln fust came to Salem, with America for their ~ntral for a tew acres of dense forest thickly under'. He did not care for her ; she knew that. he used to walk twenty miles to borrow them in a. direct10n away from their tents oceans tat· ' d ·E d A · f . grown bolds and distributes much moisture sia or their and i· of moi:e climatic benefit, especially to The love had been all on one side when law books to read. Stewart and Everett he replied that it was necessary to chas~ s l~n an . 1:1~?pe an. Thirteen years ago the surroundinll farips, than a ta~ greater surthey married, and one might think it had were lawyers . here then. Lincoln would the ostriches before the wind-the desert workmg termnu. woodla~d dn~ up and impovcriehed pretty well died out on that. But no, come up from Sal.em to borrow a book, wind usually blows from the north-going there were no vessels afloat 400 feet in bracehof Y t e destruction or 1tt! undergrowth. For his llhe clung to him with a loy,al remem- and one might hitve Reen him reading it before the wind the birds loose their length save only the Great Eastern, while OW?). bcnefi~. too. and that ot his succeaeors, es'I\ the . too probably coming bra.Pee that she had given him her whole along the way as he returned. When he breath or they could not be captured. now 600 feet. vessels are getting to be the peciapy scar01t' of tunber, it should be remembered heart once, and a certainty that she could got tired he would sit down on a log and With the wind in its face a full-grown ru1e. The new ocean steamers are mar- that this patch will yield a valuable amount never never take it back. A sort of com- rest and study. The lawyers here liked ostrich could easily outrun the best. vels of slze, strength and beauty; they yearlbeot timbor of ·many descriptions which orl and pride, too, in the knowledge that him, and-why, the firat thing I knew, horse on the qesert. In the race every are, i~de~d, Hoa.ting palaces. It is the ;:1r:'l yet ~!e:1e~~~~g~~~bet~fi·t:.:' ~9ft1e9.!1,; of iron for wood, of steam Mr Ph"p k th " blIle did love his little girl-her's as Stewart and Everett had taken him into bird that turns· and gets around the flanks substitution · ·1 d f th f th h i ps ma es e very sens1 e · wen as his-the one link that still bound the ~rm. :fle never would un\!_ertake a of the pursuers with ita head in an op- f oi _sai , an o o scr~w _or e w ee11 suggestion that an A t 'aht b d . . c mio e passe which has affected this mighty change. 'ehem together. ease m wluoh he did not believe. He posite direction is lost. It, was not until . 1859 that the use of prondmg tha~ such lands. on each farm as The speed of the bird is remarkable and The baby was. ono of those rarely beau- practiced no tricks in court. Yo· could wood was finally abandoned on the Cl de may be set aside and cultivated for forest tiful, winning children, born to be bless- not tu,r n him a,side from principle-'twas its endurance something to wonder at. fi~m taxaings, whose specially pretty ways seem no nse. Everybody believed ·what .Against thEI wind the ostrich can run from which ri~er h~s _sinc.e become the ce~tr~ fi~r.s!~ ~~Kit.:!tk~ detmp\ 0 aent on purpose to cheer the saddest ..ihrniham Lincoln said was the·exact truth, sunrise to suns~t w~thout in the least of the ship-bmldillg mterest of the world. or each year to se th t u Yh ~ e :ied abating its speed. I asked him if the osIn 1859, the tonnage launched in the . k . . e a sue exemp an homes, to bring a ray of 'light from and so he became known as ' Honest A.be.' Clyde shlp yards was 35, 702. In 1882 is ept ~n r eserve ~or that purpose, and ~eavep. into the darkest hearts. Little " He never spoke ill of any one. How trich when pursued ever stuck its head the tonnagQ launched was 391 934 I~ should it at .any time be abandoned for Alice had all her father's love that was I have_ heard him abused in the courts into a hole in the ground or into a bush 0 not given to himself and blunted by low a.nd on the ;politic!tl platform-! , ·B11.t he and ceased to fly, thinking itself safe. He eve~ county manuf~ctures of' a~l kinds ~~~":!?t ~~~gfJ6~h \ n°c{ pro)!1'k ~red said. he had no knowledge o! any such flounsh most at pomts where iron and . ' e an may e repleasures. Whether he got home drunk would ,never return it ; he never spoke habit on the part of the bird. . If it coal can be produced at the chea est 11pons1ble for ail .back taxes. ~he plan or sober, he must and would- take er. evil of any one. This happens to be the Cl ·d~ in suggested certamly looks feas. 1ble . and (often to ' her mother's tel').'or),' and the "Ile' gaTe me his dog w.hen he went wou~d do that its captur~ would be easy. rates. Scotland. The conditions do not ~t ex- reas~:mabl~. The .Government will d:o well ~ch o"'fiF soft little fingers seemeri to a.way, and the people here came to think As it is, however, the b\rd is difficult to iat for au American rival to that Iamens to give this qt;test10n earnest attention· ns aoothe his angry temper, and awaken his so much of him at laat that they use to capture. Only the flee.t est horses of the desert were of any use iri chasing it, and ship·build~ng rive~. It _ is_ mortifying !o early as practicable. atupid senses ; so that, strange to say, oome tO my house just to l!ee his dog. its pursuit could not be concinued reguus that tl_us great industry is monopolized ----·-------ahe l was safe with him, and seemed too " If ever a man was loved in his t<Ywn German Paper Manufactnre, much used to his .ways to feel afraid. it lVllS Lincoln. It was not his genius larly, becausii no horse had the endurance by a foreign power. 1Ve can build as fine The Imperial Patent Office at Berlin So the poor mother thought the 11ight of but his hcm~ty of purpose and hi1 great; necessary fo1J the continuous ostrich (lhas- vessels as th e Fnglishmen, but the coat her would bring him ~ome, and for the g~ heart, that made him what he wa11 ing. Once in a moon was sufficient for of fabor and material is so much greater has recently decided a dispute seriously If a.tfecting the interests of the paper trade first time took her right into .the noisy to his neighbol'll, and to the public,"- any horse to bi;. used in ostrich hunting. thab the foreigner can uudersell us. The object of 'hunting the bird was to we are ever to have vessels carrying th .. throughoutGermany. AGermanProfessor public house-a little angel of peace ~· procure it11 feathers to exchange with .American flag they must be purcha11ed some years ago obtaineda patent fora proamo11g those wild and excited men. The - - - - - - -- - - - Arab merchants for haicks, gunpowder, from British ship·builders. oess invented by himselffortheemployment ehild was wide-awake rn;i,w, her cheeks On Good Old Days. bullets, beads, shells, etc., and its flesh SoME WONDERFUL Ho:RsEs.-A West- of woo~ pulp in ~e manufacture .of paflushed and eyes bright. The father put · down his glass, and h~ld out his arms to How· I dew loag (once in a while) for for food. ern trotting horse with the curious name ~r. Smee that time he has been 1:1smng lla.ke her, as the mother said, "Baby ask them good old daze. 'lhem diue w}len of Jay-Eye-See has reduced the time for lice~ses, and every manufacturer m the father to colil'.e home.,, there was more fun in thirty eentll tlaan Our .Canals trotting a mile to 2.l()f. There sames empire who has m~e use of the process Of courae, a loud .lau~h followed, but, there is now in seven dollars and a hNf. The New York State Engineer of last to be little dout that, qefore ~ny years has had to pay the Inventor . the sum of ;" ·e dred Them daze one hun- year, gives · · · · his annual re- are over, a horse will be bred who will 15,000 marks, or £750 sterling per an... sp1'te of that, Harry lunt would hav d f when :ft a man married · an opinion m let the j.little child lead him; evil would 1 t~n ~rty- ve run(ds of wom. ., and port which may as well be carefully look- trot a mile in two minutes. J"ay-Ey&-See num. . Tlie rev~nue of the Professor for have been overcome with good, only- ess !In nme poun s, awl told,) of any- ed into by our lea.ding men at Ottawa. is a p~culiar animal in his eating. When some time past 18 calculated to have been llttle Alice, for the tirst time, wouId not thing else: tiducashun How I dew long for in them old da.ze when :konsisted what a I n his d eliberate opinion '"canals as a fed he insists upon taking a draught of ~early 500,000 marks, or £25,000 stergo to him, would not look at him ; fright- man did well. Them daze when deakina successful and necessary means of trans- water between each mouthful of oats. He ling_ annua1!y, as the numher <!f firms ened and perplexed, she did not .e ven port have outlived their usefulness." altemates the watei.- constantly with the paying fOt' licenses was between thirty and seem to know him, but turned around in were M austere ¥ horse-red-dish ; minis- This conviction is becoming more general hay or grain fed to him. This horse has forty. A few months, back, howev?r, her mother's arms with a terrified scroam, tars pi::eached to men's wles inlitead of every year, Railways are becoming beaten St. Julien and will have a brush !Jerr Behru?d, a. paper-maker, o! Yarzm, and liad to be carried away. their · pocketll. Them d&Ze when poly- :'bundant and in consequence of the manY' in time with Maud s., w. H. Vander- m Po.merama, brought to the notice of the the mi'serable man, left by hi·s tiks not the rule. Them improvement s mad e m . connection . with . mhen hilt's famous trotting mi.re. At the race Imer~l Patent Office the _ fact. that the Pro:"' d was h the l e:x:ception d d good angel, drank more and fought again; knaya w endaph- ogsban wberedt-nnl'l!esd ~n't them railway transportation is becoming oourse it is now the practice tc;> give fessor .s pro~ was preciselY: the same as and, a fortnight later, the two familiar own, an w en rown an .,,...,ea. l!O cheap, ail well ~ l!O rapid that inlap.d whiskey to some horses. It seems they that .invented bY, Mr. . T11ghma~, an words might be read in the Pol·ice N e:ws: goohee made a hgood ~tnnbe.r. Them dazo transp<>rtation by water is becoming com- can win ra.ces with that stimulus when Amen'?8'11, and patented in Washin~n 0 "Hem-y Blunt, drunk and dis.o rderly; re- w en a ·man w was n u;zy was watch~ ~ratively less and less each year. Can- without it they would fail. An old horse some time befor? that of the German mfasing to. quit.;. assault on police ; fined so ed., and when women spun only that kind ada has e'Xpended manY. millions on its named Baby beat several fine fields of an- ventor at -.Berlin. T11e annou~cement much, with cos~s. Tluiee roo~ths with Qf yarn that wa.s good for the darning of great canals, which were very important imals· after powerful potationsof liquor. naturally produced ~reat excitement hard. Ia?~r in default.» And Harry Blunt stockings. How 1 dew long £~ them and very neeessa!J ih their time, and it Although still very popular, race courses through~1;1t the trade m .<J:ermany, ~d was ill Jail;:i.,.. good old due when now and then a 81'>1 is~ expending milhon11 each year now in &re becoming demoralized. Their first the ~ecision of the au~onties was awaitOpen disgrace, los~ of work, the con- ·baby was called Jurusha, ·and a hoy Yan't , connection with its'.canal system. There supporters in this country were people ed with ~he de~pe~t i_nterest. After a ·ct's brand upo11 hi "m-these were a ter- split if he tr'ed was named J errymier. ye are · · ' l ·new canaI proJec · ts, sueh as who called themselves gentlemen, but thorough mvestifl'ation mto the matter by h h th f th d fu And f lif sev;era Vl defi he · efr an 1 h 118 ~th · o, the Trent. Valley ~nd other~, involving now the principal owners of horses run at the patent officials the res·lt was anribl.e retribution ; but, as )he sait alone, who h~ve th1 0 hour after hour, in his cell, they were as w 0 ave e co s wea. t W1 out millions and millions· more. Is it not the race meetings are professional gam- nounced. It declared the so-called celnothing in his thoughts, compared with s&11Se stuck under your nose, crum beneath about time to stop and consider for a blers, book-makers and other low fellows. lulose paten~ of . the German. patentee little whether all ..these.expensive canals Even jockeys have their entries at every ~ull ~nd vo~d, his process being f~mnd line one bitter· remembrance, "My little this tree· a~d long for an hour with~ them goo old d11.M when m61l; .were Wiill be of much· real commercial value to meeting. The long races ia vogue in ide~tical with that of the Amencan, girl tumed awav from me. " ashitmed to be foola, and Wimmin were · · former years, which were a real test of yvh1ch had been patented abroad but not The three · months were gone at last, afraid t~w be flirts. the oountry if completed~ though each day of solitude, privation, I J The Erie canal was made free not long the bottom and speed of horses, have m Ge~ny. . The Professol' thus at.oi;ice remorse, and growing anxiety for wife _ _ _ _,.._._.._....,___ ago, az{d the large expense of its yearly been replaced by numerous short dashell lost his splendid revenue of half a million and chil, d , seemed like a year; p.nd, night ,Railroads in the United States. m!lintaina.nce saddled directly on the tax: f$r the benefit of the pool rboms, but ~r~s, and the .German paper t;-ade t~us after night, Harry Blunt 'd reamt that ~ In 1B~3, there were '¢ompleted only payers· of New York State, in hope of which seriously deteriorate the stamina reJoices to find itself so unexpectedly_hbfe¥erish dream again, of the child turning 6;6081'niles ofaailroad, agaUist 11,5. 9 lmiles greatly reviving 1ts declining trade. The of the horses which engage in them. The ?rated from .a bur~~nsome and vexatious a:way, and seemed to hear the terrified in the previous :year. But an examina- success of the experiment is more than practiqe of giving whiskey to horses, impost. ~t. is an.t1c1pated tha~ the effe?t c;ry, and awoke to the knowledge that it ti.on of . the progress of railroad building qµestioned by Ml'. Seymour, the late which has been begun, will in the end de- of the declSlon will be a large mcrease ~n was all true, and worse might be to come. in different sections discloses some re- State ~ngineer, and ~~rely no man ought stray the turf physically as well as mor- the exports of paper from Germany m ' future. ~ October n~4t, d~mp, Jark, ,and markable facts. · The results show a sur- to be ma· better position ,to know. He ally. · ---~~ ..-----~chilly, and so still, you could hear the prising'· development of ' the railway 'sys- now asserts that the canals of the State The loveliest woman in Europe is said dead leaves fall. Mary Blunt's cottage- tem in the N orther.n States between the hav!l greatly deteriorated during the year Last year a very large fund was raised to be Lady Hermoine Duncombe, daughdoor closed, but the light burning in, her Hudson and the Mississippi rivers, a an,d no· less a sum than three and a half window, the child sitting in Mr , lap, sluggish growth in the region south of the million dollars will be necessary to put to make a present to Parnell. Probably ter of Lord Feversham. She is five feet bright, awake, and listening- waiting ; a Potqmac and Ohio and east of the Miss- them in efficient repair. Some able busi~ the general impression among the con- seven inches tall, with an absolutely pertired, slow· hesitating step dutside; a issippi;a remarkable decrease in· railway nesi; men have suggested emptying the t:r;ibutors was that,' in some undefinable feet figure, very fair hair; and large eyes white face glancing in at the window in building in the South-west, and the com- Eri~ .of its waters entirely and laying the way, Parnell would place the fund so as of a tawny brown, and is very bright, passing; a gentle, half-fearful lifting of pletion of 1, 712 miles last year, and 4,. bottom wi~h railway tracks for heavy to do the moat good to the greatest pos- and of charming manners. The Duke· of the latch ;.....:.and-in one moment more, a 780 miles within th.ree years, in' Kansa$, transportation purposes. That m.a Y yet sible JI.umber of' lrfahmen. That seems Connaught was once wildly in love with to be just what he did-according to his her. / She tB to be married to the young joyful little cry: "Father! come home!" Nebraska, Dakota, Montana, Idaho, be done. own ideas at least. It turns out, how- Marquis of Kildare, one of the Fitzger· -the :first real words Harry· Blunt had Washington and Oregon. But for the ____ ,...,........ -·~· .. ·"' _____ heard his baby say. Then a warm loving continued and rapid growth of the sy~tem The conductors and engine drivers on ever, that the greatest possible number alds, poor and proud-a genuine love little form in his arms once more, a rosy in that direction, and in New York, our railways have vast responsibilities, in this case was "Number One." Parnell match. mouth kissing his lips and cheeks, soft; Pennsylvania, and the five states between both ' as regards life and property, com- had at that time, it is said, some heavy· "Don't fail to send $1 and receive the tiiiy hands straying over his face and his Pennsylvania and the Mississippi, railr.@ad mitted 'to their care, and it is a matter of mortgages on his Irish property, and Slvrrnul for one year." Such is the pleaspoor cropped head (no hiding them in building last year would have been a very great public importance that onlr these were at once paid off. Of course, all ant injunction of a paper published in the father's black curls now !), and, again and rather' insignificant matter. The details men of first-class reliability and intelh- this went to "li~hten the burden" of at interest of tho undertaking profession. A The balagain the lovely words, "Father I come of area and population show, moreover, S\"nce should be placed in such positions. lea.st one of the .frish people. dollar a year for a shroud isn't high, but home i" that th'3 grow~h of the railroad syst em is Tltat can hardly be expected when the ance of the money was put to his own when you reflect that a shroud must last How:'m.i.tly times Mary had made her governed by very different laws in the rates of pay to them are so low as they credit, so that it will "relieve oppres- till doomsday you will see that the rental say that ~tence over! gravely and slow- Northern belt of States from those tha n<1W generally are. The only wonder is sion," it may be, from some future in- must amount to a handsome sum in the ly as the statement of a fact : " Father's restrict its development in the South and tl1at wider a system of such low rates as debtedness. Of course Irishmen every- long run. come home ;" but she could not say the South-west.~N. Y. Times. h~ prevailed for years, considering the where have a perfect right to pay out their Thinkers are as scarce as gold ; but he "s " right, and in her delight, each of ____ ,...,,.,..,~·-·~· ..,..,.,., ._ _ _ great pt;?rsonal risks and responsibilities money to pauper agitators, bnt it has an tlie newly learned words came out with a A frightful·loQking creature, standing to which they are exposed, such a good awkward look to see it thus squandered, whose thought embmoes all his subject, while the whole world is being called on who pursues it uninterruptedly and fearsort of bound and spring, so it sounded · erect, with long, shaggy hair, is striking class of men has been obtained. ' the very welcome the poor prisoner had terror i the hearts of the people at CalA little baking soda placed upon bum to contribute for the relief of fami11hed ~ of ~eq11ences, is a dia,mond of people in Ireland. en·rmo·s size. so sorely longed: "Father! come home!" cutta, anybody lQBt a poet? wiU soon remove the fever. .. 0 0 HOME HINTS. L&mon. rubbed on the face and hllllcis tends to remove freckles and whiten skin. Lamp tops, whea bolled 0003ilionni1T i1l a little soda and water, ue as good. a.a 111lw. When peeling onions plao~ a pin t~U, between tho front teeth. Thi:s pl'0'rsn"5 the tears from C()ming. Pancakes are easier poured when ii-e- , pared in a tin kettle wit~ a spout. .A small one can be purchased for the par- ' pose. A piece of matting neatly tacked d<>.._ by an outside door will protect the carpet, ' and will require less care than a piece of oil-cloth. APPLE CUSTARD Pm.-One piut ·f sweet milk and three grated sweet apples, two well-beaten eggs, little salt, sugar and nutmeg to taste. Ha.Te only an un4 dererust. CREJ..M Prn.-Stir smooth two large tablespoonsful of flour in a .cup of n ew milk, add another cupful of Tocy riclt sweet cream, three tablespoonsful of. Suga.I', a dash of salt and a. little fiave>r. Bake with one crust. Gold jewellery may be cleeined aud made Tery bright in this way : Line a smlill ti· eup with soft paper, fill with nice suds, puli the jewellery in (one piece at time, of course), shake it about well, rinse wit& clear water and dry with a piece of chamois skin. A pretty cushion can be made by embroidering a spray of old-fashioned pinlas on a ground of l:>lue. Around the edge of. the cushion put a full puff of plain satin. Where the puff is joined to the blue satm sew a good-sized pink ooro. The cushiOJL when completed should be 11.bout ha.lf a. yard long, but not auite so wide. Tlie hickory nut season is hoce now, and. the following way of making cake ca.n be tl1 ied : two teacups of su.,oa.r, half a oup of butter, one cup of thin ·earn, three and a half cups of flour, two tablespoonsful of baking powder mixed with the dry fiour, three eggs, the whites and yolk.II be&ten s~ly, and one large cupful of' the hickory nuts chopped or broken in atnall bits. . A. little care and expe11Se at this time of the year in cleaning the cellar may preveni sickness lateF in the season. Remo,-e everyt~ing from the collar, and, if it is po!llll'ble to do so, han the walls whitelfTl.llhed. This will sweeten the air, and if aome copperas iB added to the whitewash it will prove a di.safectant of nlue. Add enough of the oopperaa to color the' whitewash a.lightly. Ink stains in linen can aJ.wa.ys be re~o,-ed by salts of lemon, but thii should. be applied carefully. Put the powder on the ink stain and hold the linen o~er the steam of h.ot water. When the ink diH.ppea.rs wash a.Ii the salts o i lemon out, orotherwise it will burn the linen. When, howover, ink. is found on linen in a wet state; if it is immediately washed in milk, Mle stains may be at once 11emond. One of the moat prolliic caU.110S of dafilemimt and offensive odOl'li in Jdtchen sink& and their outlets is the presence of decay· mg grea.se. This comes from the empt7ings of kettles in which meat has been. eooked, in the dish water, 1111d in the· ll'Olltp. The grease lodges in evocy cre,-ice,. and catch.ea at e,-ery obstrnotion. A r61Uedy 1',!DY be found in the ll8Q of the common a1kalies ioatead. of aon.p, aqua Mn· monia in waehing lawna and lace, a.nd. washing soda in cleaning di.shoo. Theee alkalies prevent a solid soap from fOl'Iuinc ill the sink and its pipes, and neutl"lllize. all e1l'ecta of decomposing fat. *· · a 1 HUMOROUS JOTTINGS. A foot pad-A. corn plaster. A land league-Three miles. Floating money-Current coin. A window.shutter-The porter. The fowl fiend-A Chicken thief. Rich and rare-An amiable miser. Feeding the press-Paying the printel.'. Cast iron- Flat irons used for missiles. High praise-Applause from the gal· lery. A big heart cannot do too much for a little stocking. Christmas charity fills a multitude of stockings. Santa Claus' favorite ejaoulat.ion : "By chimney_ !" What spring ill evoc dry, yet keeps on. running 1-A watch spring. "Don't be afraid," said a snob to a German labor er ; "sit down aml make yourself my equal." "I would haft" to blol'!"' my bi'ains out," was the reply of the Teuton. . Professor to a ~ass in surgery-"The right leg of the patient, as you see, is shorter than the left, in consequence of whiclt he limps. Now, what would you do in a. case of this kind 1" Bright student"Limp too." . A minister was once preaching as a candida.te, and took for his ·text, "And sitting; down they watched him there." Au old deacon said as h e was going out, "Yes ;. he is not the first one we have sat and watched, and he will not be the last one, either. " A facetious lawyer who heard Macbetlt. rehearsed, was struck by the answer of the witches when asked what they were doi11g: " A deed without a name." "Why, that'q. void," exclaimed the lawyer; "I'll burst 'a. deed without a name' in any court ia Christendom. " A NEW MovEMENT.-An Ohio telegram. says :-The Cleveland Woman's Christian. Temperance. . Union is about to begin. another political movement, planned by· Miss Frances Willard, President of the Natio~l Union, who recently left here· for Chicago, from which point she will superintend a similar work through the State and local places throughout the United S~tes. The project is to get 1,000,000 signatures to a memorial to be presented to the next national convention of each party, asking the insertion of a prohibition plank in the platform. Every man has three characters : that. which he exhibits, that that he has and that which he thi.'lka he has. ' ror .... a