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BY ERIE'S 'WAVES; -A-TO 1W E ] VE miE T US, CHAPTER . Af er e liang jouruey, and a dusty drive Doctur George Lansing, sud bis fair you-ng, bride were at last withiu thie gaies cf bis picturesque uitile home. - Hom, beautiful it is," bis wife murmured as they passed throrgh the shiort avenue, dark with sha- dovi ,e trees. He ieanied forward, sud tsking bier baud pressed it getiy sud teuderly. I er lips trembled as she smiied at him Welcome home my dariing, my wife "'be ssid IlI arn glad yen like your future home sud neyer shah yen have cause te regret the fi-st time I welcomed yen beie. " 'INeyer wbiie I have yen te cof ort me dear." She answered, smiling. He smiled aise, te lie lissed ber ieveiy checkt. But in sUter yssi-s those words s0 confidingly Rpoken, returned te themn both wiih widely differeut feeli ngs. There was net in ail the Province, s love- lier home, than that te which Decter Lau- fing hrought bis bride, in the ittie village sfBayfield, nestiing upon the wave-wasbed ibere of the beautiful Erie. It faced the lake theugli seme distance itervened, sud this space was s sweet, àarmonious bleii.1,Iùig cf loveiy flowers. The >ottage itseif was picturesque in its qusint- aess ; long and low, wtb large windows, inasny of wh.ich were entireiy coceueed lby ~lnging vines, sud blossoring foliage. Withiu al was splendor, displaying the i-e- âued taste cf the ewuvier. Doctor Lansing was a man of wesith, sud -efunemeut. His father was Captain Lansing of the barge Royal,) who, havîug died about tyesr prbvieus, had left George, bis loveiy ieaside boe.e fe had oee ister wbo mai-- ried much sgsinst Capiain Lansing's wishes, imd in cousequences cf this lie disowued ier, refusing te ever loek upon bier face deown at the botel told me te give it te yen," he said sud tnrniug roun rau off te the village again. Lilly siood gazing at the writing with paling cheeka amd trembling limbs, sud finally sauk jute s chair beside ber. Opeuing the envelepe she read the words iuscribed upon tbe note therein, sud lettîng it-faîl fi-cm ber trernbliîg bauds, sbe cried aloud in the bitteruesa cf auguiah. IlI knew it I knew it1 Oh my happineas msy now be ended, terrinated forever by the cruel interfereuce of thîs beartiess mac. Why did I deceive him upen this eue point in my bitter past. Oh 1 meant net te de- ceive hi, but wby, oh why, did I net tell him ail ?" The note which threstened1 te wreck ber fair youug lufe was short sud precise, oly a few words, sud yet, thougli she kuew it net new, those words were ber deatb-warning. It ran ; IlDEAn MADÂS,--Only yesterday I learu- ed cf yonr preseni bsppiuiess (neyer mnd hew.) I aise lesrned that your haughty bnsband is net awsre cf your previeus mai-- riage. It rests wiib yeurself wheiher he shahl Pver knew. Awiting oui- meeting ai seven by the avenue in the lawu, ,Thine Chailes Carle- ton. " After ber firsit gusb of anuisali ad pasa- ed, Lilly again resd the fatal note, sud for a moment lier eyes flashed scornfuliy, but as she ast gszing ai the words her expres- sien changed sud she ssid. «"I will sece him suyway, sud hear wbst lbc bas te say."» As she spoke the clock on the mantde cbimed seven,, sud throwiug n sbswi about ber Lilly Lausiug passsd ont mieo the gioam- ing, eut te meet the destiuy swaiting ber. Tominutes isier she wes in the shadowy - aven u,asning-againsta-treeIesure- e«r-,Vlr 0 OURSED W HTHEE-V 11,EYE- Fopular, Superstition Ooncerning 1,e Mia- lignant Glance. Ta. Al Iand., the Absiird Relief ilgel4s Sway -MSuch of it Attiibitable to 1ilurecogsi. zed fynteForce.11 There is nio superstitions belief' of the buman race whi ch i s so widely he1lq as the belief in the existence andmavoepwr of the evil eye. It is everywherec knowni and fluds a place in the folk-lore of ail na- tions. The apparent cause is always the same' that power of fascination, Gy the human eye which is uow known as 'hypuot- je force, which a primitive age coul,1 Jimag- ine to be nothing but a demen resid1ing in and speaking from the human eye. So forci- hie did this thouzht seem to the niiii of the ancients that the eye sud the soulweec- vertible terms in ancient magie. E~veni in this day of advanced buman knocwledge there are many things connected wffth the influence of mind upon mind that are not f ully understood, hence it is no e wondr that they proved the possession of (lifoniae powers te the mind of him wbo attributed everytbinig wbicbh e could net uaid!i-stand to somne supernatural agency. If tb4l thing was net only mysterious but bewi-icering the fi-st thougiht was to attribute it te diab- olismn of seme kind. If the influeneo went se f ar as te control tbe will of auotb*é, .then it became witcbcraf t, sud the one exe Prcising it was a Nitcb. Take the ordinary phenemeus Iziowýn years ago as mesmerism or animal nlagnet- ism, and now know as hypnetismn. It is a mistake te suppose, as mauy de, that they are a new thinýg in human pregress. Thýe ancients had net redueed tbem te a science, but there were men in the days fî id who bad, as men bave new, lu a highi fdegree what is knowu as the magnetic, ,owur. There were men then, as ncw -who couid bend the wili of others te their own suld m ake themn mere puppets te do tlieir will. .This power was a mystery te tbiem a it is te us, sud they labered under tie dis- advantage ef hsving theoriesi abolit tbe supertiatural v hich made it impossi ble fer HEBALT'.'- of anl evil ispirit. One of the remsrksble hings about this superstitien is that it is of ten attributed te whole peoples b 'y other whe disiike or hate them. Iu sucieut times the, Thebatns, the Illyrains, aud the Thi-acian womeou were se regarded. In these latter days the Christ ians of A i-or lave thee sain e liu abut. tbe Turdsý, and tbe Turks atbout the Chris- tians. Indleed, ameng the foleowers ef Ma- hoed lthe samne feeinrg exists between the &cbuîtes and the Sunnites, PBut Christians sud Turks -igree in attributing the like mal- eniolant power te the gypsies and the Jews. Ameng a good mauy nations what the Scotch eall 1"forespesking " is regarded as a sure sigu that that person bas au evil eye, and is, therefore, te be, earefuliy aveîded. To ferespeak is te pi-aise sny person or tbing extravagantly. lu upper Carniola if yen tried te please by praising everythinig yen wouid only sueceed in eenviucinig peo- pie tbat yen were very bsd indeed. The same is true of the Neapolitans sud in sev- eral others of thle Italian provinces. This idea, like the other, dates back teoid heathen beliefs, for tbe ancien ts taught that extrava- gant pi-aise was n proaf that the persen giv- in it was a despised enemy of the gods sud in league with the pewers of evil. Ac- cordingly in southern Europe, where the Romnan heat heu worsbîp bas lef t its most numerous marks, it bas even proved danger-i eus fer travelers to gaze iutently at uitile1 childi-en or te praise them strongly. On1 seeing sncb an act by a foreiguer the auxi-i eus mother spits in the cbiid's face te, coun-1 teract the speil. Such a gaze directed te the wemau bei-self is just as mueh reseutcd, and often the wemin will spite in bier own hosom, if she dees neot show ber indignation by other methods, of whicli a geod, round oursiug is one of the regular formis. No doubt ail of this seems te oui- readers "9a goed deal ridiculons," but it has left tus marks on the civilization of the worid sud even upon ours. Fer instance, the next tîme yen see a red iight or a red flsg at a railroad station, please remember that the. adoption of red as danger signai is primai-- iiy ewing te the very oid belief in the evil ey e. OVerStrUng rNerves. It is net thie work but the worry whicb killai. There is ne toie for lie body like regulair werk cf the iintàui this is un- for.tunïately net o)fteui appreciated or net ai- l'-swed -ii' the physician hein omanxie'-S methers takether grewing ditugliters. The.re is noîing se sure te steady theinerves cf tlie fretfuil anid excitable chiid as regular aschoul work, in the bauds of a real teachcr. Many a child wbo is celebrated for danger- eus fits of temper ai home becomes entîrely transformed under the influence cf sucb a sehool, til ber n2arest relatives would net recognizé ber if they sbôuld ever take time and trouble te visit the school-room. I de net mesu a schoei-roomu full of cempetitive examinations, of "lmarks," and of irrelevant inducements te make the chiid commit te memory a mass ef unrelated and undigested fac's. I mnean eue where, without any in- ducement but the natural desire for knew- ledge, which is ail-suficient with auy Ameni- eau child if it be rightiy directed, yeu fiud steady sud well ordered laber, without haste, thougli net witbout i-est, aud henest, thorougli, sud pleasurable work. We nmay learu a lesson frein this fsct-for it is ne tbeory-of the effect of regular work on oui- tired uerves,and wiseshalwe be if we spply it. Even the most consistent homo- pathie physîcian could net object te this klnd cf tonie ; though lie would tell yen, sud truly, that tonies are worse than of ne use for o.verworked lnerves. Coeffée and Tea, The Newcastle .Dsily Chronicle recently said Teô both, Ilteetotaileî-s sudtipplers," that a better word for cofféee sud tes wss neyer spoken than that now heard frem the physiologist Professer Hehu. Follewing Up the researche8 cf Oppler sud Sucksdorf he establishes by many sud careful experimeuis the powerful antiseptie preperties of reasted coffee. fie ahews that cafeine, the active principle of ceffee, is deaili te micro-organ- isms, that infusions of animal matter in --fee -iuay ha îosed&Xo thesair without. Most serions Ilurts te poison asrhdinlbot bouse productions which haveunrge streng verînin-killing preces. A ubre the dealers jufer that, after many applica- tions, the juiey parts cf the plants becomei impi egnated with poison; for, sithongli in tlhe course of arrauging flowers fi- salýie the stemns get weil washeýd, the sîghtest t'- -1 p.înctures or scratches ii ae nu uucomfortahle soi-es. Similar bad effeets ut times a to-11,1the stemingc, f lowers; ýthat is, th ý itionu of wisps te short cutti ig te msake rleeded lengtbs in Ponstructiug bouquets ocr Large forins cf deceratien, In this wrthîn, thread-like wire is used for binàdiug ,the lengths tegether. This wlr- is in iecesýf about six inches long auduearly as sharp as needles. Iu fast werk the points o-,ze iike]'y te rin under the fingerusils or, enter the muscles cf the bauds. As they aýre moi-e or less rusty, an accident with tbam calis at once for the letion bottle, and wrapping. rsgs, or perhaps poultices or salt-park ap- plications, later. Iu response te a question, an old fiorist remarked : Ildo't kuew that any oe ever suffered iockjaw fric these -wemîtds, butI'vesee a good many ehaps' jaws local >ý ed pretty well te give veut te unprin - e expletives calied forth by these harrowiuig, tiny stabs." Fast Trains, The prevailing ideas regarding railway 1speeds are very erroneous at any rate. The majority of people, even the most intelligent among those who habitually travel, ebtain their conceptions of speed frem the figures of the time-tsble,.fortetting thatt in nearly every instance considrsble portieus cf the route must be trave rsed at much less than the average rate -rej iiiredl te cet)r tPihe total1 distance iu tie sehiedule tinie. Thiere arec very few, if auy, cf the fast express train's which do net some part cf esch "inn" reach or exceed a speed of a mile a iniirnte. Yet Ly reiýson of superior raiiwaya'lwelcu structed cars, the accelerated veooity is un- noîiced; while renuing at from sixty te seventy miles an heur the passeuger calmily peruses bis newspaper or book, childi-en play