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THE CANADIAN STATESMAN lS PUBLISHED -BY- A·FEW HINTS p T HE FARM. Dairy a!1d Farm Topias. Cattle g ·nerally a.re bringing better pri<:e~ this yeer than la.st. Hoga th11ot have plenty of grass a.re rs.roly troubled with cholera. The bogus butter business is b ecoming the boss fraud in thi .. cuuntry. Clover p11oature increases the milk yield of cows and ma.kea yellow butter. F .i.tten and sell every sheep that will not yield a fleece up to t he average weight. Reduce the number of sheep to a. point where t hev a.re ~ei:mrc from ~the privations of shortened crops and excessively severe weather-hot or cold, wet or dry. Horses should have water often if. they are working in the field. Thev doubt less suffer much from t hirst, for they a-..c never watered except a.t morning, noon and night. Po~aia.n insect powder will kill flies and ensure comfort a.nd rest to cattle and horees, if dusted upon the stanchions and st alls and around the windows of the barn or .stable. A flock of sheep shonld double themselves each yea.r, and the early lambs will sell for quite as much as the sheep cost in the first place, thus leaving tho pa.rent stock and wool to the good, · Fa~mers should not be so ready to lo.y the blame upon the farrier when t heir horses' feet are in bad condition. Much of the trouble freqtiently comes from the bad roads and from the ·farmers' own neglect to exa.mino and clean out the feet of their horses a.t intervals. The worst kind of a cribber can be dis· auaded from indulgence in his vice by the following mea.na: N ail a. piece of sheep skin about eight inches in width t he entire leng~h of the crib ; select a skin with loDg wool, a.nd sprinkle it freely with cayenne pepper. The cure will be speedy and permanent. Lack of water will make fowls light, how· ever liberally they may be fed. In a.n e:r· periment whtre some fowls were killed twelve hours after feeding, but without water, the undigest ed corn was found nearly whole in their crops. Where they had ac· ceas to water the crops were empty, showing that the digestion had been rapid. When a. farmer becomes burdened with a big lot of poor stock, et c,, he la then in a fair wa.y to lose money, and to bec~me discouraged and ready to declare that farming don't pay. Poor stock will burden any farmer, and the wise man who ownB any of this clasa of animals will mak e every endeavor to get rid of them as soon as he can stock up judiciously with better ones. There a.re cows which ~an never be kept clean, and which seem to delight In fouling their udders and hind quart srB, and plaster· ing their sides with filth by dipping their tails in the gutter and lashing their flanks with them. This all comes from education. A well·t rained cow has no such unclean ha.bits, and, once broul'tht up in a cleanly manner, will preserve the habit;· and eave a great a.mount of labor and worry therea.f~er. N early half a. 'centnry ago, Joshua Van Cott, a great horse authority, used the following recipe for curing heaves )n horses. It has been regarded a.s s precious secret n11til quit e recently : Take forty aumach bnds, one pound resin, one pint ginger, half pound musta.rd, one pint unsla.oked lime, aixounoes cream tartar, four ounces gum guacum, one pound epsom salts ; mix together; divide in· to thirty powders and give one every morning in horse's feed before watering him. In keeping a horse fat there is as much in the driver as in the feed. A horse well curried and rubbed with a wollen rag after· ward is sure to make a sleek-coated horse, and when well groomed is, we may eay, half fed. A cross and nervous driver will fill the horse with fear and dread, and will rapidly run his horse down. Use a.ny a.nima.I kindly. Always be firm and make it mind, but never get excited. A cool-headed driver makes a long·headed horse. Sheep on the farm are almost a necessity in these times of adv&ncement in farming. The highest authorities on agricultural econ · omy claim tha.t their must be a variety in stock as well as in crops to attain the great· eat 11uccess on the farm, and sheep are ad· mittcd t o be the best a.dapted to foul la.nds. Their size makes them Yery convenient to furnish m eat for the farmer'11 family, Their product!! are marketable when t here is little elee on the farm to bring in ready cash. They fit well to the large gap between hogs and cattle. The Poultrv Ya.rd. Corn is not a good food for the fowls In warm weather as it is too hes ting in it s na.· t ure. Oa.ts are much better at this time of tile year and if t he fowls ar e confined especial attention should be given to furnish· inp them with a variety of food. Sunflower seed is an excellent egg pro· ducing feed a.nd as it is so easy to raise It should be fed liberally to the fowls. The seed should be planted about corn plant. ing time and t he crop will furnish 11 large bulk of excellent food with very little trouble or expense as they can be g rown In odd corners where nothing else could be raised, Cha.rcoal is an excellent purifier and the fowls are very fond of It, if fresh. If they have free access to it they will ea.t It quite eagerly and seem to be very fond of it. It is eapeoia.lly valuable In summer, as it serves t~ keep the blood pure and fros from disease _ which is so common during the hot summer months. A d ust bath is as necessa.ry for fowls as a water bath is for man. It cleanses the feathers and rids the akin from vermin a.nd impuritiEs of a.11 kinds. A little sol· phur dust mixed with th e ashes would make it even more beneficial in its r esults as sulphur in any form is very obnoxious to insects and v ermin of all kinds. 'VERY :FRIDA.I MORNl1'IG, M. A.JAMES, AT THE OFEICE . · oa1 .omcc&locll, King St.,Bow1minville,Ont T E R lY.rS: fi;l,50 pcra1n111m,or $1.00lf paitliu advance .1'. ,..f. FOR THE USE OJ ~a·s ~p at(lf I~ Ji:. JI. J3.dl ........, s Doall!.-To move th.e bOtt>els gentlu, 2 to 4 Pilll; tlioro.uolilv, 4 to 6 Pma. Expetience ".'ill decide the pt-opet· dose tu each cGle. P a.yment strictly in advance required from nbscr1bers outside of the county. Ord~rs to ·aoontinue the paper mu11t be accornpamed by be amount due, or the paper will not be stopped. trobsoribcra are respon·iuleunti Hul Jpaymcn tis made. RA.TES OF AD't'.al:RTISING1 ~il:i~ Ha.lfyeu.r ·....···.·.· 30 00' ~~ One quarter 20 00 ~""' Hal! Column one year ............ ... 30 00 - . " Half year ..... - ........ 20 00 ' " One quo.rtor _ . ........ 12 50 Quarter Colurr.n one yca,r .. ......... 20 00 " " Half year .. ....... .. 12 50 One quarter...... .. 8 00 5 " " " 1H " H ...... . Whole Column one year ............. $50 00:;;: ::; ~ Six lines and under, fl.rat insertion ·. $0 50Eaoh subsequent inser.tlon ··:·" 0 25: l!'rom six to ten lines, firs t insertion, 0 7~ _ _ Esch subsequent insertion. .. ... O 3~ _ 10 Over ten lines, first insertion,per line 0 10 _ · Each subsequent insertion, " 0 03 _ The number of lines to be r eckoned by he space occ0 pied,.mcaaured by a scale of eolid Nonpareil. P :- J "i : . . DR. 'l'AlllBliWN. ·HYSICI AN, SURGEON and ACCC?UCHEUR. Office :-Silver Street, Bowmanv1lle. 7 Dr. A. BEl'rH. RA.DU.ATE OF THE TOilONTO UNIV-ER ·;_Qr · SITY P hysician, Surgeon, &c. Oflioe King ·. ·:. t reet , MORRIS' BLOCK . Bowmanville. J. w ; tucJ,n11ghlln, ltl. n., ' LICEN'Tl.ATE OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE of Physicians and member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh. Office :' \MORRIS' BLOCK King-at.,Bo wme.n& lle. · DR. J, C. lUITfJllELL, EMBER OF COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS and Surgeons, Ontario, Coroner, etc. M Ofll.ce and Besidence, Enniskillen. 7'l. .John K eith Galb1·a1th, A.RR I8 'l' E R, SOLICITOR, NOTARY PUBLIC, &o. Office- Bounsall's Bloc,k K ing Street, Bowmanville. Money to lend, For Constlpatlon, or Costlvenc11, no remedy is fiO effective as Ann's PILLll. They insure regular daily action, and r&. store the bowels to a healthy condltlon. For Indigestion, or Dyspepsia, AYER'& l?ILLS are invaluable, and a sure eure. Henrt-burn, Lol!B of Appetite, Foul Stomach, Flatulency, Dlnineell, HMMla chc, Numbness, Nausen, are all rellond and cured by A YJm's PILLS. In L iver Complaint, Blllous Dborders, nud Jaundloo, AYER'S PILLS should ~ given in doses large enough to excite the liver and bowels, and remove constipation. As a cleansing medicine ln the Spring, thl?JLLS aro unequalled. Wonne, caused by a morbid condition ct thp bowels, are expelled by these PILLS. Ernptlons, Skin Diseases, and Plies, the remit of Indigestion or Constipation, are cured by the use ot A YER'& Pn:.Lll, For Colds, tako AYER'S PILLS to open the pores, remove iuila.mmatory secretloDB, and allay the fever, For Diarrhooa ·and Dy&entery, caused by eudden ooldl!, Indigestible food, et.c., AYER'! PILLS a.re tho t rue remedy. Rheumatl11m, Gont, Neuralgia, and Sciatica, of ton result from digestive derangement, or coltls, and dtsappear on removing the causo b) the use of AYER'S PILLS, Tumors, Dropsy, Kidney Complaints, and other disorders caused by · debility or obstruction, are cured by AVER'8 PILLS. Suppression, and Painful Men11trua. tlon, have a s·afe and ready remedy in B AYE R'S Pl LLS. Foll directions, fn vadoua Janguagoe, company each package. l'Rll:l'ARED DY a. D ·. BURKE SIMJ"SON, A.RRISTElt, SOLICITOR &o., MOP RIS BLOCK, up stairs, King Street, Bowman ville. Solicitor for the Ontario Bank. Pdvate lllan eys loaned o.t t he lowest rates, R Dr.J.C.Ayer&Co.,lowell,M111, Sold by &ll Drui&ltte, ROBl!RT A.RltlOUlt, EGISTRAR, WES'f DURHAM ISSUER R of Marriage Licenses, Barrister and A.ttor· Cheap Life Insurance. n:r a.t Law and Solicitor in Chancery. Money De.ned on Rea.I Estate. Ofllco on King street, 3owmanville. 21. T. PHILLIPS IOENSED AUO'l'IONEER for· the County L of Durham, Sales promptly attended. Addrese-Ho.mvton P . 0, · .. 59. n. lllTTCJBISON. ,ended to promvtly ond at reasonable rates. 6,Addreas-Enniskillen P. o. ~ AUCTIONEETI, , CONVEY AN LICENSED C.RR and Commissioner in B. H. Sales at Money to Lend on reasona ble terms, Ad dress Ce.rtwri11;ht., Ont. 472 GOOD WIFE GUARANTEED TO every mo.n who buys his Licen9e·from A HENRY SYLVESTER, Enniskillen. \V, W. DIC.KEY, OHN RUGRES. - Licensed .Auctioneer, Valuator and Arbitrntor. Flre and Life J . nsumnoe, Notes and Accounts Collected. Insure i n the Confederation Life Asso· cia tion. It is cheaper than the Canadian. Mutual Aid , A. 0 . U. W. or any pass a· round your hat institution, a.a the follow· ing examples will prove : 'L'hos. McC!ung has been insured since 1872 for$2 ,000and the last live years it only cost him $2.55 p er annum on each $1,000 to insure. J'ohn· McClung insured at the same time for t h e same amount and it only cost him $ 1. 74 per ann um on each $1,000 to ins ure, h e being a little younger. We certify the above to be correct. Thoe. McClung, John McC!ung. THOS. BINGHAM, Agent. ~~HSS Has r~ceived her new stock ot McTAVISH ·vETERINARY SURGEON. ii:raduat.e of the Ontario Veterinary College. Office and Residence, NEWTONVILLE, Ont. W ill visit Orono every Tuesday. Office hours tirom 12 a. m. to 4 p. m .· at Coulter·s Hotel. 32-ly* Special attention paid to Surgery. GOODS., and invites the Ladies of Bowmanville and vicinity to call and see her Pattern and assortment of ONEY ! M ONEY !- The subscriber r eceives money on deposit for theOntario M Loan and Savings Company, and pays interest BONNETS, HATS at the rate of and 5 per cent. No notice of withdrawRl required. Also loans money on mortii:ages at lowest rates. No commission charged. W. F. ALLEN, Bowmanv1llc. 8·ly. PJlOF, 'W. WILLSON, of AND $6 ; - 4 TRIMMINGS lessons. Residence at Mr. Joseph Brittain's, corner Liber~y and Concession Street, Bow manville. 51-tf, EAOHER OF PI.ANO, ORGAN STORE ;- Seco1ul Door West or wnuama SINGING. Ter ms: For beginners !or Butcher StalJ T advanced pupils, for quarter twelve $10 Pianos Tuned and RepaiI·ed. ARTIES WISHING 1·HEIRPIANOS Tuned or repaired can ha.Ye thorn attended 0 by leaving word at the DOMINION ORGAN Co's OFFIOE, Bowmanville , A. fl.r st·cla.s man !'lOW t>einR In their mvlo r. Mns. HUMPHREY HAS REMOVJJ;D RER P HARNESS SHOP to buildings forme rly occu pied by CODD & CO., s o Do! Gentlemen orFash ion, not so Cast. &ve written these few Unes And all I have to sayTll&t you can find me sti ll a t home, Iam not gone a way, Bo all my kind old. r riends may oonie, ·And all the y oung ones, too, And get their garmen ta nicely made In fashions that are new: 'V'here old and young, dear friends, me.:r meet A welcome 1<reetinll. bv R. PEA.TE first Door last of RuebottomHouse. She has now in, stock everything usually fo~nd in a well equipped HARNESS SHOP. DE NTISTRY Call at the new premises. MRS. H UMPHREY WITH TEETH. WITHOUT TEETH. The J eweller's, I s the best place in t own t o buy Watches, M~. Olocks li.nd J ewellery of all t he n e west l'RACTJ(;AL DENTIST, d esign s. Before purchasing give me s ?VER TWENTY YEARS E~ERIENOE. call and y ou will save money- we will n ot lliltruusOxldcG~ H Adm.b1lstercd for Pnlnles b e undersold by a.ny s ma.ll firm · . We Opcrauons. carry a large stock of s uch goods as are · If there a.re any rats a.bout or near your Ol'JIHJE 1'1CJCLUNG'S llL04Jli., usually k ept in a fir st-class jewellery store. poultry houses they should be destroyed at once, a.a they are a. very trouble-some pest and dest roy s g reat number of young chickens, frequently k ill ng whole broods a nd Eye Glasses we k eep the b est in t o wn, in a. few days or nig hts. They do most a.nd o urs is the only place in town wh er e of their work at night and in many Ci!.sea a.n Optom et er is kept for fittin g t h e sight the l ea'! would not be near ss great if r<>t · proper ly. You cannot be t oo careful proof coops were used which could be & hut up securely · st night and thus shut ab out yo ur eye sigh t . out enemies of all kinds, The p oultry quarter s are not complete if they do not contain aha.de trees or a. contr ivance of HARNDEN, L. D. S., our stock i s all n e w and of the latest some kind t o prot ect the fowls from the Graduat e of the Royal College o! Dental d esign s, a nd will b e sold a t low p rices t o hot summer s u?. If ~recs <:annot be had plant some rapid growi~g fohage plant for Surgeons, Ontario. suit t h e t imes. t he purpose of supplyrng aha.de and_ do OF FICE OVER DICK::JON'S STORE. not forget to have fresh wat er before the fowls every d ay, a.s it is a very important lOLD FILLING A SPECIALTY. a te Work executed in the latest and m o·t W a t ch es, Clocks a n d Jewellery and a ll p ,rtoftheir requisitesdurirgthe hot wea ther . improved style of th 11 Dental·Art, It is now, during t he summer months, fine work we give t he very beat sa t isfacE ETH E X'.l'RAC'r ED W I THOUT p AIN . tion. W e do all our ow n work a nd defy perhaps, t hat th e breeder is moat ashamed of his fowls t hat have frost bitten combs, t he use or Nitrous Oxide Gas, wlthoutinjury compet ition. for it det ra.cts ma.terially from t heir bea.uty to the pa tient. Old Gold a nd S ilver taken in e xchange. and looks especially bad during the warm .P11ortloular a ttention paid to the r egulat ion of pleasa.nt weather of spring and summer. I t C H ILDREN 'S T EE '.l' H , MAYNARD, The Jeweller is a constantly oocu rling grieva.ncet 'breel ers _.,.t1LL W OBK W.ARRANTED. ~ M o rris' B lock, Bowrnanville and owners of the large-combed breeds, for J. BR IMA COMBE, In Spectacles c. In Silverware In Repairing the large tender combs will mo.st surely b ~ frosted unless p ar ·icular pains are t s ken to save them. Even after they are frosted Blue Eyes the combs can be saved from prenenth ~~ a.n unsightly app·arance by a little attontiou Dainty Baby lllua Eyes, l air from head to faet f__,ik:e o. littile flower, very, very a ~ e<1t . ' ·nd care on the p ·1 rt of the keeper. The :DoW.ll the river Pn.iling a ll thu tmwwer'e day following treatment has heen r ecom· Blue Eyes kept us btppy with her merry play. nended a ud is a g Q od one : In the morn· ing rubtheaillicted parts w ithapreparation Naughty grown·up ladies ft0wnio2 n1 t b.· beat So opped to soolle a t Blue Ey·s, aluging · t it and ~onsiating of two par ts of distilled glycerine 8Wf. e~ ; and one p ..rt of turpent ine. A t noon apply Gentlemen quite :weary of the tedious wav sweet oil and rosi; wa.ter (th1·ee pa rts ot the Waved a Jde; to Blue Eyes, who wae good all day former and one of tl::.e la tter) and in the . Dainty Bahy Blu· Eyes. little blossom ·weet, evening glycerine !lnd turpentine again. Wl·h the Iioping pta\tle. with t ne trippia g feet 1'hia is a very eimple ond cheap remedy and Did y ou dream , ou taught us, all t he au ~m ar·~ day , will many times save the fowls from becomThat a happy temper choera the longest way ? ing disfigured hy the loss of part of t heir comb which nukes them look all the worse after the warm weatheT comes and the da.u· The Oount's Stran e Guest. ger is past. So it would be a good idea for the breeder of large combed fowls to cut BY DAVID KER. out t his remedy and pract ice it on the young 'L'he sky was black as night, the rain fell chickens he is raising this year nnd see if he cannot b ring them out in better condition in torrents, t he wind howled through t he swaying pines, while clap after clap of thn n· another spring. der. awoke all the ec;hoes of tbe rocky hill's which started to View ever a.nd anon in a bli~dii;ig glare of lightning, only to vanish POUNDMAKER'S PRISON LIFE. a.gain m deeper darkness. It WM a. night de h Allowu l to Wear His Hair and Smoke when no one who could help it would ha.vc Tobacco. ca.red t~ be out upon the wild Hungarian A gentlem.a n thus writes of Poundmaker mountams between Nagy· Va.rad and K oloez· and the other Indian and h"lfbreed prison- va.r; and so, evidently , thought the tat ter· ers incarcerated in the Stony Mountain ed, half-starved ma.n who was struggling up Penitentiary :·-'l'he warden led the way to the drenched and slippery hill·side, " If I ha.d with me half a dozen of the the garden, and here we saw the verita.ble Poundma.ker, a. trifle thinner it is true than brave lads who lie dead yonder," he growl· when we saw him first st Ba.ttleford, but ed, " I shouldn't need to slink into t he forstill " the noblest Indian of them all," and ests like a. hunted wolf. W here on ea.rth looking q uite young considering his forty. have I got t o I wonder ? I must keep clear four years. He wore the convict dress, but of the villages, for every one knows me it was hidden in a. great measure by the here." Just then a. brighter Ila.sh ~him usual show· bhnket he is allowed to use, a.nd the hid· eous shoes worn by the ordinary convict ed him the t owers of 11 castle a little way do not disfigure the Cr!Je chief's feet, for he above him, and his sudden start showed still wears rnocca.sins. His long black hair that he recognized them. " Karolyi Castle ? '.i'his is running into of which he is so proud ha.a been spared by the aut horities, and hangs down in a long the lion 's mouth indeed. Were the Count pla.it almost to his knees, and is covered t o guess that I was within his reach my with a. twisted handkerchief from t he vul- head would be on t he highest of those t~rrets gar gaze on account of the number of visit· in a. trice, I'll warrant." Be turned as if to ta.ke flight, but in anors who hanker for a lock of his hair by way of r elic, He had been strict ly caution· o~her moment faced round a.ga.in, and setting ed against parting with his hair in this way, his teeth doggedly, went straight up toward a.a the authorities do not wish to see the the castle ga.te, "Let him kill me if he likes," muttered g rea.t chief Poundmahr go back to his people b11oldheaded at t h., end of his t hree he, " A little more of this would soon make years. When we first saw him he was an end of me, and I'd ra.ther die by a brave walking slowly down the centre wa.lk in the man's hand than be starved by inches like a garden with the prospective governor ~f As· homeless dog." einiboia, .Alexander Fisher, trotting by his Supper wsa ove! In Ka.rolyi Castle, and side like an attendant terrier, but on seeing the warden, ho a.pproa.ched us li.nd shook the guests had retired, but the Count him· hands with a smile. Through his interpxe- self and one of his friends Rtood watching t er, Alex. F isher, of Bstoche, a small·sized, the st.:orm fro1D the. sh lter of a turret . "Well, t he Gorni [mount aineers] won't sha.rp ·faced little man, with a cunning smile whenever he addressed you, we asked trouble us much after t his le.st beatiog we've Poundmaker several questions as t o how he given t~em.". said Ka.rolyi, laughing gri ml y, felt, how he was treated, a.nd what he "especially if Mor [Maurice] Racz himself wse killed, as our men say." thought of the place. " I wish we could have actually seen him " I wse in this country when I was a young ma.n," said the chief, "at the stone dead, though. Tha.t fellow has more lives fort, on the Red R iver, over twenty sum· than a cat, or he couldn't have so often es· mere ago. This place was not here then. caped t he hands of your Excellency, the best It is not a. very bad pla.ca here, and Mr. swordsm&n in Hungary. " " Some eaid Mor .Ra.oz was better," growl· Bedson is a. good man, but it is n ot like being out on the prairies where I have my ed the Count. " B11t although I've of~en crossed blades young men to do what I tell them. But I must not complain for the government is wit h him, one can·t judga of a. ma.n'ssword11· very good to me. The walls of that build- m anship in the t hiclt of a b .i.ttle. If he ing," said he, pointing to them, "a.re very were alive now, and we could have a q uiet t hick, and the poor Inaian could not get out, ha.If. hour together, with no one t o disturb but the white chief opens the door for the us, we'd soon settle which was the. better Indian to walk out and see the t rees and man.JI " Done !" said a deep voice out of t he sun." The Int erpreter said Poundmaker appear. da.rkness below. "Who's t here ?" cried Ka.rolyi, p < ering ed well in h ei.lth, and never complained. Re is allowed the use-of tobacco, and we ac- over the battlements into the gloom. " Come down and you'll see," answered oordingly presented him with a cigar. Severa.I of t he rebel half.breed prisoners the unknown. Down went t he Count without hesitation, now ca.me up, all being dressed in convict clothes, with their beards cropped short. although, for all he knew, he might find We questioned them through the interpreter there a. band of armed men ready to cut his as t o how they felt, and they all complain- throa.t. .Bai all that be found was the raged of ennui. Their bones ached with nc.t ged stranger already mentioned. " Come in, man, whoever you a.re," exhaving sufficient exercise, and t hey would all be gla.d when they got some work to do. claimed tho Count h eartily. " I wouldn't So far, they had nothing t o complain of shut out a dog on a night like this. " "Before you admit me, hear who I am," either as regards food or treatment, and all appea.red to t hink ver y hig hly of Mr. Bed· a.newered t he stranger, proudly. u My name is Mor Racz." son. Neither Monkman nor Lepine put In "What I not dead after all?" cried K ar· an appearance, and those we saw, amongst whom were P arenteau and Champagne olyi, in a tone of satisfa.ction which might appeared silent and downcast, and declined well ha.ve surprised any one who knew that to t alk, and were evidently glad when we this man was hiq deadliest enemy. " Come ceased questioning them. Alex . Fisher, on in !come in l We'll ha ve a chance a.t last the contrary, was brisk and chipper, and of trying whioh of us is the better swords· talked away at a g reat rate, and when we man ; b ut I suppose," he added, with a keen tnrned to l eave, wished u11 good-bye very glance at his enemy's haggard face and was· pleae.ntly. The la.st seen of Poundma ker, ted figure, " tha.t you're hardly in fighting he wa.s seated inside an arbor in one corner trim jus t now." " I have not tasted food," answered the of the garden, puffing away at his cigar and looking contentedly down upon the a t · mountain chief, " since my comrades fell, " " Two whole days, eh ? Well, we'll soon tendant F isher, who seems quite contented put that to rights, Just wait. here fo. r one without his governorship. Speaking ab out Poundmak er, W arden moment." Bedson said it was not the intension to · He. ran upsta.~rs, apologized for bidding treat the chief harshly, or to put in force his friend goodmgh t, by aa.ying that a. man all the rules a11d regulations of the peniten·· had come to him upon urgent business, and tiary in his case. H e will be allowed to then returned to Racz, whom he led into wear his hair, and be given as much liberty a small room on the ground ·floor and set as is consist ent with safety, and a.ny em- such a. meal before him as t he hu~ted man ployment given him will be in t he open had not seen for many a day. air. At present he is st udying botany Mor ate like a starved wolf ; and when he under the t uition of Alex. Fisher, an d the was at length sa.t i<fied (or rather when he general impression is that his term of im· could hold no more) the Count , who had prisonment w ill be curtailed considerably. watched his performa.nce with considerable The half.breed rebel prisoners will be put amusement, led him up t o one of the turret to work this week, and then they will chambers, and taking the key out of the probablv not suffer so much from ennui. door , placed it in his hand. A momentary gleam of p leasure lighted up Racz's worn face. He understood tha.t Persistence of the Hea.ver. his enemy was too proud t o secure him by Th e q uickness with which a. colony dis · locking him in, and h e felt grateful for covers 11 wholesale attempt against their t he courtesy. peace Is astonishing ; yet if their numbets " Sleep well," said th e Count, ss he closed are undisturbed, or dim:nished but grad· the door ; "and to-morr ow at daybreak ua.lly , even the presence of civilization will we'll try which of us can kill t he other." not dri ve them from their haunts. To-day When the Count came to t he turret next beaver a.re returning to streams in Mich· morning he found his strange guest already iga.n long ago abandoned by their r~ce, slm· astir, and fairly st arted a. c the latter's alter· ply because they find themselves unmolest - ed appearance. · After all his sufferings, one ed, the demand for beaver peltry being good meal and one night's rest had sufficed slight, a.nd the prices paid out of a.11 propor· to r ecruit the mountaineer's iron f . arne ; and tion to the labor entailed in trapping. It ' s h e s tood t here, wit h the light of bat t le in ha.a been s~id that, if a dam or house be his great black eyes, and an elastic quiver once injured by the hand of man, the colony of repressed atreng Gh in his long, sinewy at on ce disappear. But that this ls fallsci· limbs, he looked a m11.tch for a.ny ma.11 upon ous ls proved by the following : Twenty· earth. two miles froin Marquette, Michiga.n, on The Count locked the door inside, and ofthe Carp R i ver, a beaver colony began the fered the two swords that he had brought erection of a new dam. Though the em- wit h him to Racz, who took one wit hout a bankment of a railway ran ve~rly parallel word. The next moment t he blades met and with the st ream, t he trains passed backward th" combat bega.u. and forward da.ily they seemed in no way Ka.roly! was a. splendid swordsman, but disturbed, a.nd worked steadily on until t he this time he ha.d met his match. In vain he water had risen a. foot or more. The tr ack tried count less feints a.nd pa.sees whioh had master , obser ving tha.t this endangered t he never failed him before ; Mor's blade seemline - for the embankmer t ha.d been utilized ed t o play around him lik e a il!l.sh of light as a wing of the dam- ordered the wa.ter ning, mce' ing and baffling him a.t every 'dra wn off. But the following day the bea· um . :rhe words shot. fort h showers of vers had r epaired the damage done t hem, parks ae they Jasped together, and th~ and t oe water. was at it~ former height . vaulted room echoed with t he cl ash of st eel , Again and agam and aga.m was the dam the stamping of feet , a ud the hard breat hing cut through, a.nd ae often would be repair· of t he combatants, ed. All in all, It wae cut s ud repaired some Suddenly Mor at tacked in his t urn, an d fitte~n or t wenty times ere t he beaver s for a. fe w moments the quickest eye could ;overe s ufficiently discouraged t o abandon not have followed the blade~ as t hey darted t heir attempts. t o a nd fro, rising. q nivering, falling and ris· in g again . All at once a s harp era.sh wi.s It i e o. curious fact that wasps' nests often heard, and the Count 's sword hl.ade, broken t a.ke fire, n.s it is su11 posed , by'the chemical off within an inch of the hilt, fell ringing up· · ac tion of the wax upon the mater ial of which on t he st one floor. Any other man would have given himself t he nest is composed, Many of the fires of unknown orig in in hayat a.cks and farm build· up for lost ; but not so Count KSJ.rolyi. Quick as lightning he matched up his cloak, in gs ma.y t hus be accounted for. YOUNG FOLKS. t"'.ieted it round h is left arm, a.nd wa.s a.bout to rush upon h is a.d ver sary with ·no we.~pon save t he broken sword. But Mor drew back and fl uog down his weapon. " We nave b<ien enemies," said he, proud· ly, " bat Mor l:hcz can n ot str ik e,an unarmed man . Get yourself another swor d a.nd ' we will begin a.gain. " " N ot I, my !)rave fellow," cried Kar olyi, g rasping t he mountain chief's s·. rong .. br?,wn hand warmly in his own. We have been enemies, a.a you "\say ; but wh en a man can spare his enemy's lif.e in the heat of battle, a s you have just spared mine, a.ny warrior in .-. u11 g1>ry ma.y be proud to MI! h im frien.d ; and friends we will be hen ceforth." And they were so. Hindoo :M:a.rriage. The Times of I ndia, commenting on a re· markable contribution to the discussion t hat has been going on for t he last twel ve months a.bout the social stat us of Hindoo women thei r position in t he household and t heir re~ lation with the other sex, say; ; " T he st ory she h ·s t o tell is a sa.d one, and no doubt all the sadder inasmuch as her let ter shows her to be possessed of very unusual nat11ral abilities. The 'wicked practice of early ma.rr~a.ge' has, she declares, destroyed t he ha.ppmess of her life, coming between her and the things she prizes above all ot hersstudy and mental cultivation. 'Without the lea.st fault of mine I am doomed t o se· clusion ; every aspiration of mine to rise a.hove my ignorant sisters is look ed upon with suspicion, and ia interpreted In . the moat uncha.rit ·hie ma.nner.' She writes with a. good deal of feminine emphasis, but she amply proves her case, that the rioh and po::>r, old ~nd young, of her sex su ffer much ruisery_ and pain and degrad ation t hrough t he etnct observance of socio.I institutions invented by men for t heir own advanbge, E very woma.n, on the death of her husband, even if he be a child-husband, is condemned t o a life of p erpetual widowhood. But a man m~y not onl y marry a. second wife on t he dea.th of ~is first on e, but can mar ry any number of wives a.t one and the same time. Even if h e has only one wife, he continues t o live in the bosom of his own family, and ha.e never, under any circumstances, to>-submit to t he tender mercies of a. m ot her-in-law. In India all the boys a.nd girls are betrothed indissolubly almost as soon as they a.re born. At the age of eight, at latest, a husba.nd must be found for every girl. Girls a.re gen· erally, perha.ps, married at t his age, and their parents a.re still atlibert y to send t hem o school until they are ten years old. B11t after t hat the leave of t he mother-in-law must be obt ained. 'But even in these ad· vanced times,' exclaims our correspondent, 'and even in Bombay- the chief centre of civiliza.tion- how many mothers-in-Ia.ws a.re the-e who send their daughters t o school after they a.re ten years old ?' Thus the pirls a.re taken away from school j ust when they are beginning to understand and appreciate educat ion. .ltven girls belonging to t he most advanced families ar e m others before t hey a.re fourteen, and have thenceforth to devote themselvee to the hard realities oflifo. '!'he unfortunate bride may.neither sit nor speak In the presen ce of any elder member of her husband's family. She must work with t he servants, rise early, and go to bed late, and be perpetually a.bused and frfquently beaten by her mot her in.law. She must live in the most rigid seclusion. Her husband, who is entirely dependent on his family, ca.u never take her pa.rt, and, fresh himself from college is apt to despise her for her ignorance, and to tolera.te her a.a s necessary evil. Our correspondent deliberately declar es that 't he treatment which even servants r eceive from their E urope1m masters is far better than falls to t he share of us Hlndoo women. We a.re treated w1:>rae t han beast s.' The strength b oth of mind and body is sa.pped ':ly these early marriages. The children elther die off like weakly seedlings or grow u p wit h· out vigor. The women lose their bea uty a.t twrnty, are long pa.st t heir prime at thirty, and old at forty. But a. worse fote a.waits them i( instead of being Hindoo wives t hey become Rindoo widows. Of this wretched fa te our correspondent fortunately knowa nothing personally, and soca.nnot write from experience. But there are 22,000.000 widows in India, many of whom lost their nom· inal huebands when they were children, and none of whom can ever marry a.gain. F or t i. e rest of their lives they are deprived of ornaments and colored garments, t heir heads are shaved, thi.y are condemned to t he coarsest clothes and the poorest food, a.nd wear out their da.ys in seclusion as the l owdrudges of the household . They have to live like nuns, but a.mid all the temptations in a little world In which t hey are regarded as iuferior beings, and when t hey hide t heir 1hame t hey SJ.re handed over to t he English law for punishment." A Rindoo Woman on 0 Valid Excuses. A Scotch professor ha.a made up his mind never a.gain on any coneideration whatever to t ell his student s wha.t a high opinion he has of the "Dead Ma.rob " in S aul . Music it should be explained, is the delight of hi~ declining years, and h e puts t he famous march before everything. "If a student " he ex plained one Ul)lucky day t o his a.tte~· tive class, "were to t ell me that he had ab · sented himself from a. leoture In order to hear the 'Dead March ' in Saul, I would consid· er the excuse valid." The rash a':l~ertion was received with cheers. The nilxt~ da.y the class was very thmly at tended and the lecture interrupted by the entra~ce of the j anitor a with notes. "Dear air, " these read, " I hope you will excuse my absence to.day, as I am off to hea· t he ' Dead March ' in Saul." " D ear sir,- Ha.ving heard that t he ' Dead Ma.rch ' in Saul is t o be played t o-day at the cemetery, I find myself unable to stay a.way from it. Hoping you will " et c. " Daar sir,- You will be pleased hear t hat, ~fter your remarks of J esterda.y on the s ubJect of t he ' Dead Mar ch' in Said I have bought a fl ute," etc. The poor ma~ bor e up for a t ima., but the notes of absence went from bad t o worse. " Dear sir, " they began to read- "I was yesterday so .fas. oinated by the ' Dead March' in S aul t hat I pro'(.ose ma.king a. earful study of this solemn measure. In these circumstances I hope you will overlook my necessary absence from t he lectures for the next few days." '. 'De~~ sir,- ! r egre: .that, on first hear ing it, the Dead March m S aul made less im pression on me than I had expected. As I would be reluctant, however, to j udge t he pi: ce by such sligh~ acquaint ance, I shall, with your permission , attend tomorrow's rec·tal. " W orst of all- " Doar Sir - We t he undersigned, have plea.sure m inf~rming you that we have j oined a music-class for the purpose of pract ising the ' Dead March' in Saul. U nfortunately t he practising t akes place during the hours of , your lectures which will prevent our attendance a.t th~ latt er b<'ing as r egular as we could have wished. " ........ to ..... Verdi, t he composer, has added another it<cm t o t he l ong list of his philanthopic deeda by abating fifty per cent of the rents of his tenants, on account of st vere ~torrns wllich destroyed their crops. -r