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and l'm‘rboaritsny longer! Little rest. Iitflejolly, human feet, gang)“ in gai‘tlers ' and nut, ' rippmg' ' 0' ground, Just the oI a sound, Beariagdownthegreat hi on Littlenuiden lithe and gays. y Lustrous, beaming, asking eyes, Catching facts; demurely wise; Scattering sunbeam eve where ; Witching, winsorne, w mus pair; Guiding down the str~rt Little maideu's fairy set. What her errand, what her task? Bold the one who'd lightly ask. Scarce she breathes it to herself, Earnest, hastiu little elf, Gliding down the crowded way, Little maid, with feet of lay. Wondrous secret! Faithful heart, Little woman's cunning art, Not by glance or look or word Shows she what her heart has stirred ; Stirred her heart, and sent her feet, Swiftly down the busy street. Here she enters; we without Stop to find her secret out. See! she buys a great wax-doll I Errands done; ya, that iv. all, Clasps, and hastens u the street, Joyous maid with littf; feet. NORAE " Would you be wanting a girl, ms’sm I" The question was asked in a timid, hesitat- ing manner, and the voice of the speaker was so soft and pleasing that I was instinct- ively attracted by it. I was then, as it hapo pened just entering the door of an intelli- i-nce office to try to supply as well as might ~ the place of my faithful Mary, who ut- terly unable lon er to resistthe manifold fas- cinations centre in the honest, ruddy face, curly brown hair, and immaculate Sunday ‘ suit (-I Mr. Lane's couuhman, had the day before shyly told me, as she stood with her back to me, twisting the corner of her apron, and gazing, now up at the ceilim, and now down at her feet, “ Sure, I’m to be ‘ called ' nuxt Sunday to Neil Dolsn, ma’am. Would you I»: lookin’ for another cook?’ I was not sorry, under thecircumstrmces, to hear the pleasant voice in the street, and stop d to reply to the i uestion. “ 'cs,” said I, “ I'm _ coking for a girl. Have you lived at service here in the city 2" “No, ma’am, I never lived out in this country. Ijust kept house with my mother, near 011 City, since we came across the great water. M mother is dead now (the Heavens be her d I), and I came here to look for work. Maybe you’ll please to try me um’amâ€"l’d be sure to do my best for you. It’s a weary frightening thing to be all alone in this great city ;” and the honest browns-yes rought my own with an appeal- ing, hopeful expression that at once decided me. “ What is your name 2" “ Norah Douglas, ma’am. My father was a Scotchman from the south of Scotland, and married my mother near Dublin, whore they lived a good bit of a time. He died there when I was a slip of a. girl, and then I went to service, and mother did what she could, but the sorrow broke her down, and hard times came to us. We had heard that poor coplc could easy enough get rich in the . tatcs, and so mother sold the bit cabin and the cow, and we came across the water to this country, but we had only been here a year when mother took the fever and died. Oh, ma’am, my heart islonosome and sore for her I" “ Well, Norah, I think I wlll venture to try you. I am sure I may trust you I" “ Indeed, indeed you may, ma'am ; I'll serve you faithfully and well." Giving her my address, I returned home to sit down and wonder if I had not been a little unwise, or, as Mary forcibly put it, " soft," in promising to take into my home astrangcr from the streetâ€"one of whom I knew absolutely nothing. I reassured my- self, however, by recalling to mind the flank, serious face, and the pleasant voice, and oven John's good natured rafllery and sage cautions failed to disturb me very so- riously. The next day brought Norah according to agreement, and it was not long before her quiet, tidy ways and entire willingness to serve recommended her to the other mem- bors of tho household as well as myself. She was kind and thoughtful toward all, but to inc she was never Weary of manifest» ing in every possible manner hor gratitude for my trust in her :anticipatiug every wish, and rendering with earnest zeal every little loving attention that her warm heart could dictate. To my little two-year-old Maggie, however, she was the most entirely devoted. She Would watch the child when in her pro. scncu with a strange, hungry look of love in her pretty brown eyes that scorned unsc- countsblo; sometimes catching her in her arms and covering her dimplcd face and curly head with eager, passionate kisses ; then as suddenly putting her aside, she would rusuino her duties as quietly as if no cuiotion had been fora moment stirred in her heart. She shrank from all social inter- course with her follow-servants, never fail~ ing in quiet courtesy toward them, but in- viting no confidence, and giving none. Net- tledathcrindifl'orcnco, and inter rating it as an assumption of superiority, t ey grow to look upon her with distrust and dislike, and whisper among themselves and to me their suspicions that her history, if told, would bring her no creditâ€"that she was per- haps, if the truth were known, “no better than she should be I" I myself began to doubt her for her strange silence, and, after the manner of weak human nature, fell to imagining wrongdoing in the past, watch- ing closon for some slow to tho mysteryâ€"â€" sumo reason for her rsistcnt reticeuce as rvgarilod tho past. watched in vain, how- ever; she was always the sameâ€"squint, re- served, and respectful, but porfoctl noncom- rnittal as regarded herself. She sd asked of mo the privilege of a room to herself, and after her work for the day was done in‘ variably came to my room, kissed and fond. led littlo Maggie or a few moments, and then shut herself up alone for the night. Ono evening, in passing down 0 ball leading by her HOOI', l was quite sure I heard a smothered subbing, and Norah's voieo now and ther, as if talking to herself. I waited for a moment, undecided whether or not to intrude n in- her socrot sorrow, but there was somot'l’iiuu so pitiful in the round of her grieving subs that, without pan-sing to ask pcl’mlsllou, I entered the room. _ Norah Ml. upon the floor, sud beside her lay a box. from which she had taken a_ baby's apron and a little ragged shoe, which she was pressing to her lips, her chmks, and txvsom in a rfcct abandonment of grief, great team to ling down her face and _i rop- p‘ing like rain upon a picture that lay in her ll. felt quite confident now that her past had some strange, winy disgraceful secret, and for a moment paused. I thought, in my sell-righteous pnds, to go my way and shut out from my compassion the narrowing sinner. But better ought: came. I ru- msniborul a drawer where were laid dainty dreams. half-worn shoes and broken toys; books with torn loam and marks of baby's teeth n on the covers; and one little linen curl fol ed in a bit of white merino, with a mussel withered buds. There was a pn- cious germ hidden from my sight undsr the sods in God's garden, and my ounheart I! very son sometimes waiting the dsy of lot- sosmng. I remembered too, how the Master pardoned the npmhntAMfllen, and so- ccptsd as a pesos-oqu morsels] tears. and. With pity and forgiveness is my heart [or Norah, whatever ha- troubls might be. I, sat down bedds beraud drew burner. slain-d face to my bosom " Norah, my pow Norah. what isit? Tell me what ails you 3“ “ 0b. ma'am, Iboheartisbraskin'in use. I must tell you. or die with the sorrow I On, my baby â€"m Katieâ€"my little deed darling l' “ ell runabout it Noah. “'hst iait sbouttbehsb! II it somethingyouaru ashamed to me 2" "No, ms'am,”shereplied,liffingherhecllhowl had the strength to dowhat I did. . bonsai hurtbyjandthsheartinmebreakin‘asitwss, and thejunnuszionâ€"“noma'sm. I was msr~‘melovin'himso, butlsaid,‘h'o, Tom. If thought it was sheis your true wifeImnstgoas-ay aloor, ought that God forgive you th proudly fronrits restingvp ried‘to TWIYI I all right, and so did he ; he th otheronewas andbyressonthsttbm had been trouble with them, he didn't tell mesboutberwhen henna-decline; but she camebsck to him, and she washis vnfe, and Iâ€"oh, ins’am, I wasn't to blame, was I 2 Many a time I wanted to tell you about it, when the heart in me seemed like it was breakin' with the sorrow for my dad baby and the 'n’ for a si t of r Tom again, but I thought may you wouldn't believe me, and would send me any, and I no wanted to stsy, for Mag 'e has the same look (beggin' your pardon or sayin' it I), the same bonny blue e a and dimplu in her checks that my Ii Katie had;. and when my heart would w so heavy and wild-like for b it did me to hold little Maggie in in arms ;sorne ow it seemed to bring my baby back 'n to me for a while. \t'ill you believe me, and let me tell you about it, ma'srn 2" And there, in the night, with my arms around her, and her head resting upon my shoulder, poor Norah told me, in her quaint, homely language, a story so sad that my own fears fell as fast as hers at the recital. “ I told you, ma'arn, that my mother came over with me from the old country, and that she died soon after. That was true, but I did not tell you that on the same ship gme a young man from a neighbouring town. Tom Morris was his name, and a pleasanter, nicer- ken Ind 'ou never saw. I never knew him before, but he was kind to mother and me when we were sick and homesick- likc, at bein’ among strangers, and he had a good word for every one. Well do I mind the time when one of the little babies in the steerage sickened and died, how be held it in his arms and walked with il, and how his tears fell upon the face of it when they had to put it over the vessel's side into the dark waters I Poor Tom I he cried for hotter tears though when his own pretty little Katie was put in the ground! “ Well, ma'am we went to Oil City, mother and me, and took a. bit of a house, and made a Iivin’ by washin’ for the work- men about there, but poor mother just pined the heart out of her for the dear old home. Tom Morris found work in the same neigh- bourhood, and he used to come often to see me, and I knew he liked me well by reason of his ways, but he didn‘t say one word about marrin’ me. He had all the time a kind of sorry look out of his eyes that I couldn’t at all understand. I was vexed and angered-like, thinkiu' that he cared for me, but felt himself too smart to marry such as me, for he was a smart lad for makin’ money, and was a wonderful scholar too, while I was poor and hadn’t a bit of book- lesrnin’. Oh, if he had only told meâ€" only told me then about it, what sorrow he would have saved us both I ' “ But one day Tom came to the little cab- in lookin’ very strange, but happy too, and asked me to put away my work and walk down the street with him. Then he asked me ‘ would I marry him?’ and said I was just the vein of his heart, and that if I'd come to him I'd never know sorrow if he could help it ; and that he’d be good to the dear old mother and make her a home too. Of course I said ‘ Yes,’ for I liked him well all the time, ma’arn. So we were called in church, and married, and I couldn’t tell on how content We were. By and by the ear home-sick mother died, and soon after the darlin’, little baby came, and I almost forgot my great sorrow when her dear little head lay on my bosom, and her pretty eyes looked so bright and knowin‘ right into my own I 011 me l my heart is sore for her, my bonny little Katie I ' “ Tom seemed like he could never let her alone, ho was that Ind and proud of her. Sometimes I would find him sittin’ up in bed in the night, lookin‘ at her as she slept; and when he was busy in the garden and yard he was never content unless her cradle was put where she could see him, and crow and laugh at him as he worked. I mind now how he would, just in play, put her lit- hnnd on the flowers and say that the touch of innocent baby fingers would make them grow I Ah, ma am, they grew and blossom- ed, when a Hand was laid on liar that withered her. “ \Vben she was a year old she began to sicken and grow pale, and we thought it was the teeth, and had the doctor to her. He said she would soon be well, but she never was. She grew worse all the time, until at last she wouldn't play or notice us at all ; and one day, when Tom had carried her to the little bench under the apple-tree, where I used to sit with her, while he worked in tho ardon, she tried to reach her hand up to stro 0 his face, smiled nfaiut little smile, gave one quick cry, and was deadâ€"right there in his arms I ” 0h, ma’am, I'm thinkin’ you know how sore the mother's heart grows after the dead baby, but you can't know all the trouble; you have other children besides the one you buried, and you have your fine home and hundreds of friends, while I had only Tom and Katie. Poor little Blossom! little did I think when I cried over the coffin that there would come a time when I would thank God she was dead I " lVoll, we laid her by mother, and when the grass and flowers grow we began to be more contentâ€"sorry but quiet. One day a letter came for Tom, and when he read it he said never a word of what was in it, but sat and looked at it a long time, and then put it in the fire, and went about the house and garden with u scared, hunted look on his face and a quccr way, not like himself at all. I asked him ‘ what was the matter with him 2' and he said, ron h-liko, that ‘it was some- thin' I couldn't olp nor understand; that we must go at once to the far West and find another hornm' I thought it would take the heart out of mo, mn'am, to go away from the dear little home and the green graves of mother and baby Katie, and me not knowin' at all what it was for, but Tom had such a master way with him that I feared to ask questions. It seemed like there was the weight of a mountain on my heart with it, but I trusted him, and would have gone to my death for him. So we made all things ready to go away as soon as possible. Tho afternoon we were to start, after the trunks had gone to the ‘depot, and everythin’ was done, we went to baby's grave, and kissed the ground that covered her, and brought away some flowers (there they are ma’m, in that bit of her dress) ; then came to the lit- tle bench under the apple-tree to wait there until it was time to o to the cars. While we sat there the gs en- rate opened, and a woman came down the walk to the place where we sat. When Tom saw her he got up on his foot and s red like he was faint, and grew white like the dead, and all the words he said was, ‘ My God I It is Liuio !’ ‘ Yes,‘ said she, ‘ Toni, it's just Liz- zie I’ Then she looked hard at me and said, ‘ What woman is this, Tom 3‘ ‘ I'in his wife,’ says I, ‘shsmo to your bad manners to ask tho question I What might you want here with your bold, bad ways 2' “ ' I want my husband, that's all.‘ says she, ‘ for he is mine, and not yours, by m. son that I married him in old Ireland, Ion before on ever saw him! You see, Tom, didn‘t in in the hospital when you heard I did, and when, after a long. long sickness, I came out again and tried to find you, they said you had gone to the States. An old friend of mine saw you here three months ago, and wrote me a letter ; so now I have come for you to come back to your true wife, and leave this ‘ Iight-o'-lova ' here, with her line lady ways I' “'Don't Linie,‘ said Tom, ‘dou't mis- nams poor Norah, or blame her for my wickcdness. She is as innocent of harm as a baby, and a far, fartrusr wife to me than you ever were, with your false heart and, wicked ways. Three years ago! heard youi were and then it was I married Norah. ,. I didn't tell her about u, for. indeed. it wass son thing to â€"of the miserable, unhappy lifswsusdlsd, olall the quarrels, isndalwsys carried arms, and was the heart and the mistakes. Ian'bs very resolute. never-gum you again;sogo ourira . 'our honour, it's trueitvri andksvsmoandNonhrppsseel y. 3 ltomenow;sol'lltellye. Iliad ewrcng you have done me in this bitter deception !' “Then I asked Liam's toforgive me for taking her place, and bid Torn kiss me once more, for the sake of the dead baby and the old times ; then I ran any from the lace, andtheuncamqandl goton board and mine here. At first my head seemed dazed- like with the trouble, and a kind lrLsh wo- man (blessin's on her warm heart I) took me in and cared for me until the mind and the sense came back to me. Then I looked for work, and you trok me. I’m tryin' to for- t, ms’sm; but, oh, it’s hard work! Poor our!" And she raised the picture to her lips and kissed it with a loving, patient ex- pression in her brown eyes that was touch- ing to see. Poor Norah ! how her simple, quiet endur- ance shamed me I A few years before I ha 1 buried a baby that was the very ” light of my eyes " to me, and although surrounded by blessings innumerable, my heart had re- fused toaccept and acknowledge them while mourning for the one denied me. In my selfishness I had said, “ There is no sorrow like mine I" Norah, bereaved, not only of child and mother, but also of husband, home, and good name, had patiently, quiet- ly, clung to the right, and tried to take away the sting of bitter memories by unswerving devotion to duty. Sure of my sympathy she grew more cheer- ful, and seemed almost happy, while the loving caresses of little Maggie were a posi- tive blessing to her. In this quiet way weeks and months went by, and autumn came, with his gifts of gorgeous foliage, beautiful skies, and whispering winds. I one day took Norah with me for a visit to the little spot of earth so sacred to me in the Linden Cemetery, to lay upon it my last of- fering of flowers before the snows of winter should cover it. We returned home before dark, and after drinking my tea I went to the kitchen to give directions concerning to- morrow's work. To my astonishment, as I opened the door I saw Norah clasped closely in the arms of a brown-faced fine-looking fel- low, whom I at once recognized as the origin- al of the picture I had seen in her room on the night in which she told me her sad story. “ Norah," said I, in amazement, “ what does this mean 2" “ It’s Torn, rna'am,’ said she, wi ing her eyes With her apron with one ban , while she clung tightly to the intruder with the otherâ€"” it’s Tom I” “\Vell," said I, looking severely at the gentleman thus unceremoniously introduced to me, “and what right pray, has Torn to seek you out and disturb your comfort again 2" “Oh, ma‘am, Lizzieis dead (may the Holy Mother pardon and receive her 1,) and Tom has come for me I" “And can you wish to go with him again, Norah, after all the distress and sorrow he has brought upon you 2" “I have always loved him, ma’nm," she said quietly. Tom looked up with his frank blue eyes full of tears. “I don't blame you one bit, ma’am, for misdoubting me, but God knows I never meantto deceive Norah. then I married her I thought truly that poor, unhappy Liz- zie was dead, and when I heard she was liv- ing Norah was soin my heart that I thought I could not give her up. I thought to go away to the far West, where nobody would know us, and keep to her in spite of all. Mayboit wasn’t right, but what was I to do? She was just the core of my heart to moâ€"for her own self, and by reason of the little dead Katie. But Lizzie came and Norah went away from me, and the world has been, oh I so black to me ever since I I could not live with Lizzie again, for the memories that stood in the way, but I gave her every comfort, and she was penitent for her wicked ways â€" the Ways that had wrought such sorrow to us both ; and when she died there was peace between us and for- giveness. I looked lon ' for Norah, but it was in vain. At length heard from an old neighbour-woman who had been here to vis- it some friends, that she had seen Norah in church once, but did not speak to her or know where she lived. “ I came here two weeks ago, but could find no trace of her, and have walked the streets day afterday, hoping that 1 might meet her. I saw you when you came from the cemetery to-dny, and followed at a dis- tance, not daring to speak in the street. Now that I have found her again, I want her to come back to me and begin life over again. She may safely trust me, ma’um ; I’ll give her no more sorrow. She‘s dearer than the light. of my eyes to me." What, pray, could I do? I was inclined to be skeptical still, but Norah beamed upon to such a look of perfect trust and content as she stood clinging tightly to his hand, as if fearing that a word or look from me might send him away, that I said nothing more, but walked into my parlour, trying my best to feel happy in their happiness, but almost wishing in my selfish heart that Tom had gone his ways, and left Norah to me. They were quietly married in the old Catholic Church of the Virgin, one mornin not long after Tom’s advent among us, and I am again looking for a girl. I fear it will be long before I find another Norah. i o ._.__' Her Majesty in Uniform. In the year 1840 Victoria, then a young Queen, rodc out on horseback with her young husband by her side to review hcr troops in \Vindsor Park. She was attired in a mili- tary costume,with a riding habit made with broad collar turned back from the bosom, showing a little waxscost of while pique with turquoise buttons. A high military stack of black silk su ported her chin, above which not the sum lest sym tom of white collar was perceptible. On or head she wore a. military cap with the wide-spreading crown, already indicative of the German influence which was so soon to penetrate every depart- ment of the royal life and preside over every other taste, from the color of a ribbon tothe choice of a minister. The ca was of dark blue cloth, and bad a burnisbc lcathcr peak in front. Not a vestige of hair was seen about her forrhcail or down the side of her face, and but for the stra look behind, just above the car, she might ave been taken for some young Woolwich cadet. The blue rib- bon across her bosom and the brilliant star above gave a finish to a figure which would otherwise have appeared hard and coarse. The other dayâ€"exactly forty years had passedâ€"the same Queen reviewed her troops again in that same Windsor l’srk ; but had the same observer been there, he would have beheld, instead of the fresh young girl to whom oven the stiff, hard Collar and the peaked cap failed to give hardness of expres- sion, a worn and grieved matronly lady, still mindful of the re t she had vowed for her departed Iorc, clad, although not quite in widows' weeds, still in cuts of such som- bre shape and hue that the observer was made to feel the sorrow by which the rovsl wearer was still b‘irnc down. The careful Irish Law-Breaker. Nu Irishman ever breaks the law without having one eye watching over his shoulder, to be sure his way of escape is 0;“. I re- member when I first went over, scharsctrristic story was current. A man was under ren- tence of death for some bad crime. A gentleman whom he and to live near chanced toknow that the man had misnt toshoot him. He went to the jail the day before the man was to be hanged, and said to him: “You might as well tell me, Pat, since it can now make no difl’erence to you, why you did not shoot me ; for l know you meant covemd with ve to do it.” The gentleman was a ca ital that own to The ansvnr was : ” “'ell, “l thougth should die ms'am, when I twice from behind a ditch, and as I was heard this dreadfultalk, and knew that Tom lgcing to pull the tri r the thought not wastbebusbandofsuothcr.and thatlvrui ,throsfhm bead, ‘ yâ€"--ifImisshi nothin'lo him any more. I don't knowlit's y m. up with rue.’ " lsomething like a spoo II make no odds ' little hands the antcarumesthe aphides , of the household. Nature's cure for t are ycw'fifl'd and presses them s little till small; dmp of the sweet liquid comes out of i7 the stomach of the insect, and this, with its little spoon, the milker can. gifts and dealers at 37} cents per bottle. 5 . Peasant Life in Bengal. (Prom Msanilhn's [scam-1‘ ) The daily life of the bully is a series of ' tures of Arcadian simplicity. At day- reak, when the crows 'n to raw, the whole household is sstir. Th2 two elder brothers are I If to the fields, while Gaysnm is seeing after the cows. The women are busy in the huts and courtyard. Sometim- s the men come home to their midday meal, and sometimes it is carried to them in the fields. At sunset the labours of the day are brought to a close. A mat is s in the can‘t-yard, and the men sit do: n cross-leg- ged and smoke their bubble-l ub‘i'es ; and at such times it is the joy of Balan's life to listen to the childish prattle ofkhis little daughter Mslati. Occasionally the brothers pay visits to their neighbours, or neighbours drop in and join in the smoking. The con- versation is nearly always the sameâ€"the weather, the bollocks, the crops, and the cowspthe lowing, harvesting, sowing, or irrigating. nt money is ever the burden of the talk; rupee, nouns, and j-icc; the ac- mindsr's rent; the interest paid to the money-lender; the cost, loss, or profit of every transaction connected with the farm or household. The whole family is religi- ous ; indeed all Hindus are religious. They may be everything that is good or bad, but they are never wanting in fear of the gods. They are constantly uttering the sacred names, and they offer a portion of every meal to the gods of the earth, water, and sky. They see deity in everything that exists, and omens of good or evil in every- thin that moves. If they meet a cow or s Wed ing, they rejoice over their good for- tune ; if they see a widow or a funeral, they are down-hearted at their ill-luck. They engage in no business, or journey, or trans action of any sort or kind, without a prayer to the goddess Lakshimi or an invocation to the elephant-headed Ganesha. Every family or group of families has its own Pnrohita, or domestic Brabmin, who performs endless ceremonies of propitiatiou, consecration, or urificatiou at births, deaths, marriages, asks, festivals, religious celebrations, and family incidents of every kind. In return, the Purohita receives all the offerings of rice. fruit, and vegetables that are made to the gods, with occasional presents of a like character. Every year the Guru, or religi- ons teacher of the sect or district, makes his appearance to receive a shilling fee from every household, and to confirm younger neophytes by whispering into their respect ive ears the name of the god that each oneis to worship as his own individual deity. This name is known as the "seed prayer," and is to be uttered by the worshipper 108 times every day until the end of his earthly earner. W The Situation in Candahar. No one need be sur riscd at the turn af- fairs have taken in Afg anistan. The innate treachery of the Afghan character has shown itself, and the too credulous British general has had another sharp lesson read to him. It is hardly conceivable that Abdurrshmiiu Khan will succeed at second time in hood- winking the English commanders. That he is not to be trusted must surely now be evident to everyone, and there is no ques- tion whatever that Russian intrigue is at work among the native tribes. Russian ofiicers are said to be in Ayoob Khan’s camp before Candahsr, and, doubtless, the Czar gives more than mere moral support to the rebels. The plain truth re aiding the Af~ ghan war seems to be exact y as an English newspaper recently put it :â€"“ \Ve have been fighting Russia all the time, though not Openly, and the whole result is only that Abdurrahmnn is Amcer, instead of Shere Ali." This is surely “a lame and impotent conclusion” to a war which has already cost so heavily in blood and treasure, and is not even now near its conclusion. lVith Can- dahar in a state of siege, Cabul evacuated, and reinforcements hurrying to the relief of the leagucred garrison, it seems as if the war were only beginning in earnest. The secret of the whole muddle is simply this, that the measures adopted by the Englsh generals have beamâ€"with the exception, perhaps, of those of General Roberts,â€"far too mild for use against an unscrupulous foe like the Afghans. \Ve do not justify the inception of the war. Indeed it was begun unnecessarily, and on a frivolous pretext, but when once begun, andthe prestige of Brit- ish arms involved in its issue, it should have been carried on in such a way as to leave no shadow of a doubt in the Afghan mind that England meant “ business." There has been much incapacity of the Elphinstone type shown by one at least of the leaders, and a great deal of easy credulousness on the part of the diplomatists, The consequences have therefore been the murder of Cava nari, the defeat of Burrows, and the siege 0 Can- dahar. VVnethcr there is worse in store or not it would be hard as yet to say. If the action of those in whose hands the direction of affairs is, be not prompt and energetic, there can be no doubt that troubles of the ravest kind will arise before “ the scientific ronticr ” is attained. It seems like the merost trifling to hold oven parley with men so thoroughly unscrupulous as all the Afghan leaders have proved to be, and the most sig- nal punishment should be dealt out to them. A violated treaty, broken faith and treachery in its worst form, suioly, deserve no quar- tcr. The statesmin, therefore, who would recommend mercy, or the soldier who would give it, would be utterly numerciful and un- just. o-â€"‘.Oâ€"-o YOUNG FOLKS. Talks shat Insects. “ Momma," said June, “ Fred and I are very curious to hear about the ants’ cowa, we cannot guess what kind of things they are. And how can ants milk ; they have no hands I" “I um quite ready now, my dear ; let us go into the greenhouse and see if these cows have done any mischief to our plants. I observed the gardener smoking there this morning.” “ 0 yes," said Fred, “he said he was smoking, and washing the stems of the rose bushes with tobacco juice to kill the insects ; but he called them plant lice, and said if they were not at once destroyed, while their number is small, they would increase so rapidly as soon to spoil our beautiful roses. He says they are especially fond of settling themselves on rose bushes.” , “ Truly so, my boy, and these very destructive little creatures are the iii-' sects which the ants industrioust milk. The plant lice, or apliides as entoinolo. gists name them, extract the sap from i the leaves or tender stems of the plant on which they fix themselves, and then eject it in drops, and thus by sucking the precious juice they destroy all the lustre and loveliness of the shrubs or flowers. This liquid is very sweet and the nuts are exceedingly fond ofit, and are found on or near the plant where aphides have gathered, and this is their milk." “ But, mamma, you said the ants milked these cows." " And so they do, Jane. I believe I told you the other day that eats, like most insects, are provided with an- tennas, or feelers placed just under the eyes ; thwe have many joints and are} ry fine hair. They alsoI widen out a little at the extremities n. “'ith these veystoitsmonthandsncks itnp. ‘I have seen,’ says Mons. Huber, ‘ an not go from one to another of these insects in this way until its appetite was satisfied.’ The aphidis like the neighbourhood of the ants and lavish on them the nutriment they have to spare. This sweet liquid is supposed to be provided for their own little ones until they are strong enough to extinct the sap from the plants for themselves." “ Then, msmms, that is one way the nuts are of use, as you told mo the first time we talked about thorn, you know. For if the ants take all the milk from the little ones they will die and not grow up to destroy our beautiful m!) “Very pmbably,Jnne,but the sphidcs live on the most friendly terms with the ants, and do not seem tosuspecr. their milka of selfishness or greed. But the aphides have an enemy which does us better service by devouring them entirely. This is a little glossy dark bottle, with red or yellow or black spots. “ Oh that is the lady-bug, or firefly, is it not, mamma ’l" f“ Yes, Freddie, so we call it, but. :I more proper name is nine-spotted cuc- cinella. It well deserves the noun- which the French children givo ii, ‘ Bete a ban Dieu.’ \Vith that. won- derful provision, so remarkable in in- sect life, this lady-bug's eggs are usu- ally found on the same loaf with those of the aphides, so that the young lady- hugs find their food quite at hand as soon as ever they come to life.” Huber relates many curious things about the ants and cows. He has watched and seen them go by moon- light to their milking. They always know where their cows may be found. The little red ants, which do not like to go abroad much, carry their cows to their nests and provide them with the food they need, and take as good care of their eggs as they do of their own. But. these cuts mostly make their nests near the roots of those plants which the aphides like best. Huber says: “Some one saw an ant coaxing an uphis with its antenna: off the branch to which it was attached, and also I saw one carry- ing several into its nest. They will rob each other of their treasures, and fight over themâ€"one colony of ants :trying to get possession of the cows of another. An ant’s nest is more or less rich, as it; is stocked with plant licc; they are its cattle, its sheep, and its goats." o The Standard I'ire Insurance Com- pany, of Hamilton. o [Toronto Advertiser, June 5, 1880.] We direct the attention of our readers to the report of the third annual incotiug of this enterprising young Company, which ap- pears iu another column. As may well be imagined the past year has been one that has pressed severely on the shoulders of many of the oldest aid most reliable fire insurance companies doing business iu‘Canadu. and taking this into consideration we do not know which to ad- mire most, the gratifyin â€"nay, extremely flatteringâ€"exhibit made y the Standard, or the admirable manner in which its affairs have been administered. Too much credit cannot be given to the abilities displayed by the executive, in fact policy-holders and shareholders alike are made to feel that their individual interests are kept constantly in View. The fact of the outgoing Board of Directors being unani- mously re-clectcd, and also the president, Mr. D. B. Chisholm, and vice-president, Mr. John Baird, as before, shows that their efforts to make their Company in fact, as well as in name, the Standard, have been fully appreciated. To show at a glance the condition of the Company, we include here the following figures: Amount insurcd..... . . . . . . . $2,128,112.86 Premiums received. . . . . . . . . . 74,500.00 Losses incurred . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 9, 992.49 A careful perusal of the accompanying re- port wrll rrpoy all property hol-lcis. __.___......._____ How it is Done. The first object in life with the American people is to “ get rich ;" the second, how to regain good health. The lirst can be ob- tained by energy, honesty and saving; the second, (good health,) b using GIlEI-JN'H AUGUST FLOWER. Shoul you he a ilcs on- dcnt sufferer from any of the chccts of Bys- pepsiii, Liver Com Iaiut, lndigr-st'on, am, Such as Sick I'le ache, I’alpituiiou of the Heart, Sour Stomach, Habitual Costivvncss, Dininess of the Head, Nervous Frustration, Low Spirits, &C., you need not suffer nno- thcr day. Two (loses of AUGUST Foowr-zir will relieve you at once. Sample B ittlca 10 cunts. Regular size 75 cents. Positively sold by all first-class Druggists. uâ€"‘Obâ€"o “ Tusv ALI. no 11‘ "â€"For beautifying the teeth and preserving, for swcctening and giving fragrance to tho Breath use “Tea- berry" the new Toilet gem delightfully cooling and refreshing. REV. H. Hssurs, Unionvillc, says, “ Dobyns’ Sure Cure " is a splendid remedy for Catarrh. I don't think the worst case. would require more than three boxes. HAVE you heard of the wonderful cures effected and benefits derived from the use of Edison’s Electric Belts. If not call on your druggist for pamphlet with testimonials. They are as food to the hungry. as water to the growing plant, and as sunlight to nature. No truth is clean-r than that Scriptural declaration :â€"“ The blood is the life. ‘ ' ' and the leaves shall be for the healing of the Nations." Burdock Blood Biiicrs is purily vegetable, and makes pure blood, rcnuv..tcs, invigoratcs, and restores the s_\ stern vhcn impoverished by disease. One b-tilc, at ihé nominal cost o ion» dollar, uil convince the most secplical of the truth or those as- sortions. Tu: aim in the manufacture of Messrs. 'I‘uckett 8 Billings “ Myrtle Navy " tobacco is to develops and retain the natural aroma of the tobacco. This requires great skill and a knowledge of wry interesting chemical laws, but the results attained are t'nltly superior to all forms of flavoring extracts. Now that the travelling season is at hand, no traveller is sale without a holile of Dr. Fowler's Extract of \Vild Strawberry, to counteract the bad effects of change of cli- mate, water and diet; fruitful sources of bowel complaints. Wild Strawberry is s speedic for sea sickness, vomiting, colic, c olera morbus, diarrhuas, and dysentery. Contains no opiates, is plzsssnt to the taste, and certain in its 26min. 3?; ccnts per bot- tle. Ask your druggist for it. Srvsniu Selim for I880. The "Pr..- mier," ” Twin," " Roland," “ Parole," “ Pasha," “ Windsor," “ Heart," “ Orion- tsl," in the newest and best silks, at Coop- er's, I09 Yongc street, Toronto. Narcnz's Own Remedy, for the prompt, perfrct, and speedy cure of cholera rnorbus, colic, cramps, diarrhura, dysentery, and all bowel wmplaints in adults, and that terri. ble scourgr, cholera infantum in children, which annually destroys so many ts devastating maladies is that ever ulsr medicine, Dr. Fowler's Extract of \ 'iIiI Strawberry, pleasant to administer, sale to take, and evrr reliable. Sold by all drug- a srauoauu‘cuowru Mm! I‘WMNS‘ -. . m ML MY. R‘C'Y‘ on. nan It”. UV m mnuir “I “hummus All. meal 12"“ mean DIAL”- I ":Smmw mm W 1 c.- Diff} ssznws‘d‘sulwo‘si‘l in. moan. mum. ‘ .FA QUE SPECIALTIES. See our exhibit of above Machinery ‘ In operation at Toronto Exhibition, Provincial Ixhibitlon. Hamilton, and Dominion Exhibition, Montreal. COME AND INVESTIGA'I‘F. “'0 test a farm rugiue oviry day and a portable grist mill every week. Plenty of reference: Satisfaction giuranteod. WATEROUS ENGINE WORKS C0,, uy 7r I I l I'll-u. Freeman's . children or adults PI‘H‘Q‘ ‘25 i‘f‘v‘ls, or 5 for <1 furs. l’N-onmli‘n .‘\': W Dome-III; lhm w- .i-rfwi in every color. I‘rioo li- cci.i»~ [or package. durability. ilit-v havi- no mirzil. Tun princi sl points of advantage in the l Wanzor Mac ines are as folloss :â€"Large 1 i SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS &DEALERS. . _~__ E Bruntmrd Ontario, Canada. LT: “‘nrm Powder is :I ~ -'v. euro and effectual desirivcr of norm in ’9 l‘i-r hr'iuliliivsl and .100 REWARD: We offer the ah-nvo reward In any person who will “mi 10050 “310mm Wh‘e‘i UPC“ Fllutflei “u‘ l furnish us \vilh sufficient tl'lllollt‘o to convict tho siou regulated Without removing it from I salrtics who are solllugi or offering to son other I 3 race or breaking a thread, triangular noodle bar, all wearing parts hardened steel throughout, no noise to speak of, extremely light running, doulnlo stool-faced, nickel. plated balance wheel and )arts. Each ma- chine furnished with ful set of attach- ments, and prices very modemio. Lamas, Would you be beautiful, have a clear complexion, free from blotchos, pim- plus, and other skin diseases arising from impure blood ; would you restore the bloom of health to the pallid check, the brilliant sparkle to the eye, and olusticity to the slop, tuko Burdock Blood Bitters, the. gri at blood nrificr, vitalizer and tonic. or all forms of fumnlc complaints, weakness and irregularities. Ono dollar per borne. Sold by all druggisia. T. Milburn &. Co., Toronto. Tm: worst Ground in tho battle field of life is general (lulllllty, which the vital fo.ccs often fail to conquer. Burdock Blood Bit'ms are ever victorious against all attacks of chronic disease, they r-guln‘e the bowels, act upon the kidneys, liw r, and all the sic.c:ions, tone up the di Irlitnfed syn-tern, strengthen lhc ni-rvcs. purify the blood and restore lost vitality. Ono d liar per bottle. All dealers in medicine can supply you.â€" T. Milburn & C0., Ti-rr‘r‘lo, General Agents. Tm; Fountdn of Llfc. is the blood. Keep the fouiitii n p to and all the tr butaries of health are in mud condition. Burdock Blood Bitters wil cleanse the blood from all impurities, ixpclling Scrofuln rind all humors, tune“ up the dcbililiitud :~y.-t~ni, regulating the liver, bowels, and kidneys, and brings health to ihc nfllictcd. gallstones filtrates-a. ‘ Machine Brushes Jas. Wilson, :SilSIicrbiiiinic St. Barrister £82 Attorfi6y7'_ Gen. II. “lumen, 50 Adelaide Sipihlml. ________ Furniture. Oshawa Cabinet 00., 97 Ymigc iiIrect. Rosem House. Palace Hotel of Canada. .llarle. Irish. Prou ILTUIIE Mount) NUS, FRAMES, CIIIIOMOS, Muttocs, hllrioru. “an. Dcalcrs soul: for wholesale list. II. J. MA‘I'I'IIltW-‘t lliios.. Toronto. GENTSâ€"MAKE MONEY BY MILLING THE best I’Ictorinl Family Bible; contains 2500 “hrs- lrnilons, 63 full page 40 steel, and 23 Born. For terms address OlleItIl()I.TZI2Il k 00.. Berlin. SHEEP MARK vouxo o 00.. oi H ___ ___4 King StJL, Toronto; NVENTORS DESIROUS OF OB- taiuing patents should v r. m HBNIIY GIlIS'I‘, I‘slent Solicitor, Otiawu, Canada; tiieiity )cnrs' pnicilcc; no patent, no pay. Auger bores 20 ft. per hour, lmlc 51.025 In. “and, horse or power; good supply of -uro flllcrcd unwr. Semi for circular. Ma ufnciory, 08 Mary Si... Hamilton. GEN'I‘S \‘VANIED hOll 'I'OI‘JLLI‘III’S " Diseases of Live Stock"â€"lhc host farmer's book publishi-d; secure toniioryui. uliuz. Ollfill- IIOL'IVZER as (10,. Berlin. TRADE MARKS, COPYRIGHTS and Designs scoured In Canada, United States and Foreign conti- lricii. RIDOU'I‘, All“) A' Ci“, Engineers, Mr- chanlcs‘ Institute, corner ( Iiurch and Adelaide sis, Toronto. g N'I‘AIIIU VETERINARY COLLEGE, 'l‘OItONlO. Session 1880431. Ill corincctlon with Agricultural and Arts Asioclatioh. Patronsâ€"Ills lixocllmic ' tho Gov.~Gcncnnl of Canada; Ills Honour the Lem.- Gov. of Ontario. Classcsbigiii Oct. 27th. Apply to the Principal, I'rof. Smith, V. S. Eillii., Toronto. ‘ 0F I'IIKI'AIKHI LEATHER v‘ Durable, LIL-hi, Elastic, and Cheap. First prize at Provincial Exhibition, bori- iloii. Tcsllmon alson npplicalloii. Satisliuzllonguar- antccd. Address, J. l)l),\.\‘ k *"D'u'. Ursylnii, ()nt. SEED WHEATI All who wish a reliable change if Soul \\ heat will please send for my Illustrated Circu'sr. Address WILLIAM RENNIB, 81nd Mrrch :nl, Toll-um. UX U BIA N'l‘ “’IIISKI'ZIH m- inn: and Mouslui'li-s Infsllibly . I produced by ihc well-known ‘3 and (‘l'lclifilll il inuniimchc pru- ilucer,Ariis‘s FUIII'LA, in sir i wan An agru-ahlc sn'l pow- crful slimulaiivi- Hmollienl. Soul to any address In Canada on receipt of the price, 2!: r!» KAHNEST DERRINGEII, Chemist, 390 King rim cl, 'Ioronlo. W. MILLIOHAMP & 00., Show Case Manufacturers, GOLD. SILVER AND NIOXLE PLATE”. 29 to 35 Adelaide Street East, TORONTO. ONT THE TORONTO Carriage-Body Works, 77. 19 and SI Illchrnoml street . uni, Toronto. marinfaciuns superior quality of Carri-gt undies and Beats, cheaper and better than can l-nslbl) be built In the ordinary via). sample order. HURRIH"Fdli'iiiiiiiTOBAi Wednesday, 15th Sept, 1880. THE lith PM]? FREIGHT, HUI SEPT. for modulus as to tickets and ram 00 all dunes rd (night, apply, melanin; I cut! stamp, in R. W. PRITTIE. MANITOBA LASD OFPIOZ, bond for price lid, or |84 KING ST- EAST. TORONTO. A sure cure I ii uiidur our 'I‘rsilo I‘k, “Castorluc.” We aro silo Manufacturers and Proprietors of the “kw lurlno " Mschlns Oils, and every barrel is branded "Cssiorlnc." 143' For Sale by Dealers. Toronto Oil Company, ‘25 Shorbourne Street, Toronto. THE MASSASOIT GRAD LE CARRIAGE, Weighs from 7 Im‘ 9 pounds. For sick children It is IllV-llllzllllu. Modlcnl mun recommend it. I'rIcos within Ilio roach of all. Send for circular. Just patented . E. W IbBY. Manufacturer. Toronto DIAMONITS WILL OUT. AM) THE ImprovedDiamond and the Hanlan Cross-cut Saws wlll cut honor and «my In order lung- or than niiy other iuiw In ilio World. ‘lioy ru-o msuu. factored only by R. E. SMITH & 00.. St;- Catharines. and Sold b the Hardware 'lrudo e o - Where. To e no other. Wo also make “revitalize Tooth, nghtnliig, Improva champion, Eclipse. In short, all kinds and patturiis, Including the New Improved Champlon. “ll. Galhaflnes Saw Works.” CHEAP HOMES IN Southeast Miss mi & Arkansas. ’l‘h St Louis Inn Mountaln uiid Soutlwr Company have a Land Grant of nearly 2,0001:0l)‘0“iii:\ibb In the two above-named St loi, whlch com irlsc tho following advantages. 'I‘Iicsv Lands nro ho rig sold at low prices rind on long tliiicu Gaol l'i-u-pli). Varied SOUS. Maury I‘roiiuutii. I‘llch Mlncs. lllgh Lands. (.hulco Fruits. Water Power. llculth 'Counfr No Grasshoppers. ’ y. Good Climate. Frcc Itan o. Fliio 'I‘Irn wr. Choice Markets. Two crops miiv be grown on the same round ll I one year. wheat, Com, and Units" IliyiirIin In tho iirimu flold. Six iiui'lguhli: Ilivcm cross the baud (.mut. I'rlci-s Low. I‘zlcvcn \'i:ors'i:rcillilfilcslrod. For Iiifonnntlon apply to 'l‘IIOS. HSSI‘JV ‘ - mlssioucr, lilttlo Itocli, or n» l ' Lind com JOHN G- LAVEN, llninllton. Ont. BASKETS A WILLOW WARE. WOODEN WARE, : i g, BRUSHES, PAPER, ; Twines, Cordage, i. I I l 1‘ Adjustable Handle Brooms. Solid for sainpli- rust! of [he A. II. B, , _ .‘ Walter Woods, HAMILTON, ONT. The most useful and cheapest article of the kind over Intro- duced. Simple In con- struction and can- iiotuotoutofordor H â€"_ I'Ifce sttaehrrwnu “‘ "Hui-my ouch pinup, |l"»l~ “Brill lit nozzle, ‘2 I 1:: w i w {c ' new water 2nd (.70!)qu "hula, l'duciyally used [of washing how u,” biurclcs, etc. ' 3rd (which Is repro- se'itod In thls cu], throws a broad uni cvquer "my slum", “,4 i, invaluable for sprink- ling frull Irma, bis-hes, kc., Will! “W‘WIW solutions, the work being do .1‘ "wronglin and with- out In] in the um». N... that s new pod, nu studio! the hull Irons In Canada. medal siwouon ls iallr-l in this iwurmi llr- noel-luv Puree l'iuu Price, with attachments wini'l'u. Uni Q) limo. «mud. Alon... Excltb‘l‘lll I'Utfl‘ i. .. Ttmni'u, Out. ".2." reward In! Informational any infringement sonic ALI. KIND» or Saw in Grist Mill Machinery, STEAM ENGINES AN D BOILERS. J. NEILL db SONS mrmana Bram, - T090870. (I‘d. 61h July, lbw.) l i age. 2. .. 0.4.. m-.. .a-t’i‘Q-Wnim ‘