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1 \. » a», yr:- I m wu-s your. ; As archbihe men who have 3mm driv-i :1! Mary by n‘gortnne did not have in goi or. v ’ Y .A ’i'llll)l‘wil€r it a [st-non employed Ml lm‘c pursuit:- fit-.- how: r 4.’ pence sud qua: per? 111}. ' The prudentgnan i .3 - uni :1 ii: rsaflaesw 1 me! Kiln: he might luv.- '_~. 4' '1'lirlrfn in. the winter. ‘ s.-- The first clonal t is: obscure: the pea sky of an Infant 2 existence 1'! about 1!: Halo man's hand. ' It is plain in 5.,- rnn that I good many of f the: yard poly'ti'cisns who attend primary; meeting! have never attended a primary 1' school. 3 Than- is a disgusting amount ofcrifnc in: the newspapers, but the man who has a pill:- le on bi". no c an"; blame the looking-unless or showing it. ' Love In Death. "1’ UP. 31 CLVAN Y. The following is founded on an incident 8 If the fire allovc should consume it inside w lch came miner the author's observation Sonics chills dime-lb . rEXL'Lon‘ FALLS, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, NOV. 18, 1882. Ruth and Naomi went into ecstacies O\'cl‘ was on his way home, the summer was on their superb presents. Dear little Ruth ran the wane befoxe he brought his bride to up to the house to fling herself at Indy Clif- Grange. ford’s feet, half crying. half laughing, wholly lions, no illuminatious‘no rcjoicings. Lady There was no public demonstra- m soars. The latrs: this; in cradlesâ€"The new baby. ' ‘1‘ SLY. 0‘0? fl.“ . a m mid“: n. l!» 5. li may l» :c: div-vile; axiaxiouitna‘. «hula [whit-3. graws fa: il'.‘ gix ws waisb 1 . ,-~] LO 3 ~ ‘ . . 9 . \\ hen a pnvder msgumc blows up, ill-(2.1!), we suppoze, be railed ll isli iterâ€" ‘ tll‘t'. i. . , 3.“ .m' i...‘.~.. . the flower-wreathed door, I had encountered f mg a lot of grandeur locked up in a box uu‘ . 1 “"“l 1‘0 3““ “ml‘h‘b' “‘“l‘mf “ fie“ half-a- ozcn acquaint noes, which made ing good t- nobody! Eh, Olive? “0 a:c.°“l ‘3 ll “H‘ l’“ “Wm l‘.‘ "lab‘lHMlimg things exceedingly pleasmt to me; amongst giving work to over three huudnef III II. im- , “l 5mm“ ‘ the number was an old clergyman, a dear proving the place, spending a good deal, Aichiiilrdcs invented the slang phrase. friend of my father‘s and with him I made en'u heart. we presume the average insurance agent at al l account for it on tho.- ground of is “Licfl'cdl'c flue.” A Cincinnati insurance agent was shot at three times fbcotli- r day Without being bit. It is n lmiinci: in which all risks general y pan out profitably. Said till: rich and quiet-loving citizen : "I, ninan lures me and I don't like him, and won: him to lump away from me, I don't snub when an officer of H. M. ship horgon, in the Mozambigue seas, in 1:12. One or the latest svicntmc Journals (the Fortnighu ' Journal of I'dpulortéclcnch has mentioned 1 e fact that dying persons. apparently subject to no dc- ] :iuni. scum to We ncar them the friends whom they are parted from by distance or dentin] l. Ilc saw from far along the ride the evening splendor thrownâ€"- It leads towards 111nm:llzrzlxorgcous path with gold and guir‘ducll‘ : Ho watched loci-ulors {adv and die. whilo o'er the water's font: l' . ’. .-- :sr” imi Iju‘it Lad thl 1- Into the nuddcndccpcuiug night the stately shinssiled on. And in thought he carried the waves to the old familiar hill. “'hcn he once walked with hislovc in the sum- mcr cvcnlni: still. While t'm- moon, like a white-veiled angel. came The cranberry crop of the out is a failure and every man who on lcrstnnds that it takes two pounds of flu: sugar to iiwcctcn a hand- lnl of the berries will be clad of it. Old-fashioned country dances are being slowly up the hill. revivul, and it is thought that fashionablcl . , . , ii. ban” um “mu” w'” "c 1m“ Huggmuve “i l But 10' what stranve and mantling change lilting up wi h a oorpse than formerly. ' came o'er him by tic-"recs; _ Tha hunfluwfl. i” woumppbd by the (shim , .‘qot fcvcr now, not now t c flush of pain and . . v ' e "50. IN?» the (.hiiuziic are "100er 'cd lcpcrs, “a he‘lfilefilfifig‘ffd,‘ -- My darling. I can we you and should not Le when as gui: as by civil- ‘ . standing there. , , ized pcnpl--, Oscar and his subziinated al- In the “mac” "9mm" sunm‘m’ wnh me mm. ways excepted. shine in yourhnir: . I You are like a Saint. my darling. With the sun- shine in your hair. heaving “'llVC was cast the Toronto Truth. ___.__._‘-‘-.- THE CLIFFORD DIAMOND. CHAPTERll.â€"-(COSTINU£D). To me Naomi never alluded to the secret I ball drew near. Ruth was to light,” Naomi as “Dawn ;" and the dresses were designed by an artist-friend of Uncle Hugh’s. They were really beautifulâ€"one nll cloudy, dark-blue tulle, and silver gauze; the other, pule blnc, with gold stripes flush- ing through it. In her floating azure robes, l With her golden hair turned back from her white icichcad, and a cloudy gauze veil‘ floating ovcrhcr shoulders, Naomi looked supremely lovely ; while sweet Ruth’s fair fncc glcaincd like astar on the edge of a soft night-cloud from her misty draperies. Lady Clifford seemed to take a strange pleasure in hearing about the dresses; and the day before the ball, she called me to her side. “Olive,” she said, “I have asked Sir Ar- _ ‘ thur if I may add a little to the beauty of Miggmm “1‘1"” CliUP "P 3 WW feathers your sisters‘ dresses to-morrow night. He With the veal-n I, has given me lcavc to do what I will. Conic Said the gilded youth : “\Vliat’s the useof ‘ With "10. (10311:, my kicking about the price my tailor sets on Half expecting “hat was to come. I at- , asuit of clothes? I used to do it, but one tended her through the fuluiliur room ; and day filter I lmdargucd acouplc of hours with then at her direction led her do“ ii the wide , him, lsuildcnlv thought that it wasu ridicul- hall : and through many winding passages to I nus waste of time, as 1 should never pay the - n. little dark closet off Sir Al”l;lldll‘i301llt’0. bill, anyhow." She gave men. bunch of keys, pointing out n . , ,, . I the oucI was to use first, and then the 3”." 31")“ “l” “mg? 0‘ ,u'lllrolb‘lt“ ' Bald l othch one by one. I opened four great 3.x” lal't'llgtm" as an" “if” mt? a" a" - iron-barred doom before Iconic upon asquare ; llcu 0‘ '1 lgl‘lgc "l Pmlmlc- H ,1 m“ “"2133 0f , box, which, at her bidding. I carried out l’mlmmf, “ a” the reply, I ‘9 Fn’fihi’lt'” M l r and sctou the desk in tho oflice. Thc kcy expect, will“! ll“: " ‘1 ‘1‘ 3' 0“ we " which opened it hung on her watch-chain; "‘3' ml“? ‘1'“! “dusted “"1 1‘“. scl'cmllshc gave it to me, and I opened the box. littlc inhdcls, imd I want to be their cxccu~ Fm. the first ,ime in my me I an“. ,1", cup I ' n - r u - - l mm?" _ _ , ford diamonds. Ihcre were eight trays in ! IL“ .10” l“'°""k"'l~l- All" a“ the lllou‘ i the box. The upper one contained the! lands it lliH cost tlm government, and tho I “am. seven 3m“ scum two glittering bands grunt umount of costs, and time. and one ‘ of gems, How they beamed out at me, as thing and another. this sturoroutc prosecu~ i if gm] (0 mm, up; “up: of any upon their tion nusn t yct settled the .questic-n whether nlktcring “was; and how thuy gave back We fill pm 333' "star rout nr ” star mold light for light in that dim sombre littlel 1‘ Mill“! ‘0 [Wk M "mug" “'5 “UV”? “'0‘!” ' room, before the beautiful eyes that could hm“- . f not see! I could not speak for a momcut, A“ idiot, is A muu who approaches a mule because thoughts camerushiugupon me which from the roar without notifying and pacify- ‘1 took my breath away. . ing the front end firs“. The Wise man is thi “The tmru is uppermost," Lady Clifford who never gcci near the inulo at all, but is ; said, softly and sadly, her slender fing’crs simply lockupou in Vienna while the brute _ touching tho blazing jewels gently, regret- is making gestures with his hind fact. The ; fully. I statement is just as true in moral as it is in g I told her yes, \ilxiln tears could not re- iintural history. E strain lcll silently down my cheeks: To the . ,\ pc‘v 111‘!" rcncn‘ly “wiwq in we film“). i blind, what worthless things are dimnonds, . . ‘ ._ ‘ . . . . . I ‘ v of 3 Louisville journalist, and papa was ex- ‘ an” 3‘“ - , waive) . "mm W“. “m ovum Turning to “ 'lhcyuccklacc come next,” alive said. the 0M duck “mm” i.._\,._m).,nmid he 8mm, ; I lifted thc tray, and saw it. Nor-could I mg in “me 1,33,“ ' repress a cry of wonder and admiration. It I "this boy seems to have at ‘ ' j'JllrnnllfillL‘ licml." “ Oh," cried the un. ; Was superb. ’] lircc rows of blazing stones tutored old iiuuty, soothiugly, “I1Wmcd “ 00"“? for the throat mm! from that mind mm“ a“; an,“ mum all right m‘ lardcprudcd nine stars, more brilliant, time." ; The ’ w ’ '~ ll.‘ Tuna“ H ‘ i . A Dina?" Um I "U , “as Tmmna“ : dcsccudcd tlirco smaller ones. (it is his first um) has broken Llult‘t‘ at last, wim the by inquiring tlw unite of the liostrsrl' littlc‘ , - ,, , - , , _ daughter. to which the child has icplicd ' from an“ m a'ar' forum)" a cu'mm‘om {Ls , .. ,, . , v n . , , , toon of Ilickcring r ilcndnur, ran a diamond “hmd' A.“ “ ‘13',h‘:E2Ll‘ fl') 30“ “up ‘ Cllmll, like a l‘l\'ul‘ (if light. In" "L: ""‘I "u m" “(imp . Tami“ milmlna ' " llcnutizu'. is it not "" I 16y Clifford said ‘3 -: on are a mu .â€".- :iuiu “list. | unn " g l ‘ '. _ h ." ‘ ’ v. u . ‘ ' which’tlic child strokes him do‘wulu but yo: ‘ “,1”; a 5““ sf‘mx“ a 11.“ full” lblll‘"? null L ,‘ hr, “w on“ W“ ,mjw... Um“ Cum. :1 it u.‘ rust or‘n SID-It 9 your it! i. ace. ‘ m bod . ‘v i :It was the on._v murmur of discantcnt or “3“”qu 3 U" ‘ . complaint I ever heard from lici‘ dear lips. ‘ ' ““ After she said it, Il0st all can: for the A Emu-131' 01°13 Ksplendid jewels; their glory seemed dim, A (nice fnuiliar odor will at once conjure l me“ beau” “'orlm' 9' I I‘m“. way an" “psalms, “WW;th and fueling! 101,5 for, ,‘ trny.und lookcd‘nt the ghttcnng baubles ‘ mu “,- NWuu-“b. 3‘ mm. {Many-kw) far! uitlicontcmpt \\ lint wire tin-v worth. af:cr morn madin and mimtantly t‘ an any sushi J “u 3 _ ‘ 0‘ mug, or an,” “and. or mm m. ,1“ch ‘ heart: or purchuscdur their 0 iner one ino- object, titâ€"Joust o! allwiiiiprvsiiou to the 3 “mm 5 WM“ °l ""mb touch. llmr msuydwelcra in grmt citicn ‘ , _ I v . have lltt‘ i canted luck in a moment to‘: lmly l‘l‘lll’f‘l 3-Wle l|'-'r twain: level Voice. cottage hrarilzs and fariuvhoiueslesds toboy. ! l‘told her ‘ yes. H m, “whining; in mm“ and on “W”. mj \ on will find a star and crescent there, diamond letirred \n'udows and smiled flows, “h” “"fl- .' ‘ to the solemn tick of a great c'ght-dsy ; ‘0’“ ““momh‘ “WY “"0 4‘ bi‘d‘l“: from clock “,1 1min; wit.“ of mu a“, by a : my drai- m'ilhcr, so that they are my own, whirl of wmbunokc or fir 3 And how the . ‘0 lc given as I please. mum of a mango or banana will call up_ vivid mun-uric: oilsunny seas and yellow ’ and. lriugui with palm ms. Ilia writer; m a canons. though. camirizly proui: “valence on the point. llsviw spent seven yum» of I“! life on burd Oman-going. . _ “gutters and in sugar; radon countries, 3cm cent ; your gift is there. I o ' h‘ my 5,, “k1,. mum) ‘0 "amply: Apart from the mat it lny in: case or its {miller withlbc odor n: rum. Yet evsnio'l‘nmvrou of pure thine. Not diamonds cm docs the fragrance of that? thin but rubies-rubies, get inacrus'. of tiny no“ a diamonds, burning like hung tire. I clasped able 3 'rit obtrudc itio‘l upon him i w" ‘ “on y, iodinom ghost rim to my Mada , , _ _ with Ihalm accompanied by .5 "Us! desr lmy ( .d'l’oid! 31 u is too mac and c‘iimrny notion of stickine- and 3 much.“ 1 Min 1. scareely knowing shit to panel 'to‘chékoâ€"tbe plum Mn § II). no“. uuigfiul inmate o! scapula sleepsd’; " Take the three cues ; put thcmthack, hum, with which. in acceptance withlm‘l Tome." lad j Cotton! answered. with a sons mbk fetid) pl domestic inch E Ind smile. " 0 ive, you have helped‘me so his throat ou‘mbhc‘fwhu h-i m a little? long to carry my weary emu. that this shall child 2-4“ M. In" Round. 1 MI token to you of my gratitude. Dear. - lye-o know whose no u shore rubies: you In" use of ihs few.” She than! use render- ; ly, and we inertial to grow nearer to ra:li break the bones in Mrs. \Villiamson's m, "holl'v "h‘l Imt ML film!" 3 “b4 "l the “To feel your hand close clasped in minc.your as soon as I'm sawed mi Mm Murphy's To see your swcctfucc once again. is all I ask leg.” ' - for now : lust fond blessing given, Blunder,” to “I, over a railway accident; The music of your voxcc should be my rinch [mt th'J‘lBl' it “i” the Primer.“ fall“: That sorrowful sweet melody conld have no home but heaven." the editor was the man thrashed all theI 3mm" (The momcnfnry flush was gone. the vision passed away. want to hear the story of the Vermont bag- soulless Clay; ' ' fingernail “'h": “M’an 3 Ill-ll“ WW3 batween But his spirit crosflcdfhc scus to theold familiar sired 2| trunk that BliOWNI a disposition to And “‘l'lsl’P‘l'c‘l ‘0 his ’0”) i“ ‘h‘:5“"‘“‘c" “Ven‘ urst. int, stu â€" mcr evening still. he was invited to drink acup of coffee: "No,'i thank you ; coffee keeps me awake all very embarrassed and tried to explain, but it was no use. never be young ngnin.” “ No," she replied, regarding him with is critical expression, repeats the experiment with the suinema- tericl." A southern farmer placed his hen-coop right in the middle of his watermelon patch, and bated with himself until daylight as to which he would tackle. killer of tobacco, hearing it ri marked in a meeting n f the board that the life of n loco- I “if, in the opinion or the board, the longev- ity of the locomotive wo‘lild not be increased Butcher: “ J0me, John, be lively uow,l basket for him." " All right, sir, just kissupon inybrow. _ ‘ And when your last kind word was said, your An editor wrot: a headline. “A llorriblc guide to heaven : that it got over an account of a wedding, iv, Fa l-l"nsl l""" "l :lood o ' r I (- “w y ( nu‘m” u m ‘ y u I And soon within the stations. took a bummer and nails and rc- bill. Wild grew her eyes with sorrow in the noun Said a night policeman when about dusk . night.” I‘hcu he saw his blunder, looked “Madame, be said, sorrowfully. “Ishnll “\vhcn nature makes a mistake 8h“ never Nothing like understanding human nature. every darkcy that came prowling around do- A director of n railroad. who is a great molivc iii only thirty years, wanted to know if it smoked less 3" Two boarding-house kccpcrsa'e comparing notes. “It’penrs to me, Mrs. Higgins. that your chicken salad is never found out-least- ways. I never heard any of tho boarders complain." “ You see," explained Mrs. more gorgeous than those in the 1iura. each vying -0-.- blind wc-man. whose darkened hours she has brightcncd a litt'e. sweet lluth. I ll send her no message, he- causc shr‘ll understand. And youâ€"you, Oli\e~â€"liil the (:51: containing the star and u‘ up, Mills has been declare! imam: by a. I", u and her insuin is , other after that. than us had cur been be» h noel bordltlry type. An fore. _ " uncle-1 authority up emphatical- Rosario the dear naiv- 31in. I_ put. the ' is“. the whole familym insane. 'gt '3 restof the inmondsbncli into thfll’ prison, auto“ of th‘u continentlnad ldttheinthen. “any day: went by, but! onto Iii-null unnotbjmcfinwimtoudl. uni... ‘ '8‘"- is-im . ‘ lhc came running towards me, and leap ccntrc star hung low in front; and iron it Liverpool. as the nearest harbour of refuge other in brightness; “‘llllc lmpcd after her dcparturt‘. Their radi ncc c mid notulical alirokcu l " Tim do not belong to the cm. I 3 You'll give Naomi j I the star, as a Mile remembrance of n poorl And the crescent is for l i that be 'u not to be trusted." charming, in m ecsticy of delight, Clifford (nee Scadder) just drove quietly Naomi tcok her gift much more coolly. “I from the railway station in a. onc‘horsc suppose I'll have them all some day," she brougham, and arrived amongst us as simply said. But she Wrote Lady Cliflord a very asiiwc h dkuown her from childhoml. I . 'raceful letter ; and she wore the star set in wasat Grange that day ; Naomi was again lher golden hair at the hall; while Ruth's at Liverpool. She nizmage to be absent in cloudl ke Vrll fell from her sparkling crcs- just the most natural way in the world. No cent, and floated from her bright face like a one t.:ouzht it strange ; I only, held the mist behind a week-old moon clcw. After the ball, we seemed to slip back in- Arthur Clifford was terribly changed. to the old smooth‘ruuniug everyday lite. The years he had spent in America had Uncle Thomas came and went as usual. altered him almost beyond belief. It was Sometimes I went to the Mills House and not that he was bronzedcr browned, al- spcnt a‘fcw days there. Sometimes Ruth though he was both one and the other; not went, but never Naomi. Had uncle guessed that his good looks were terribly ilnpaiied, her secret? Often I felt gi.ilty cdncernii‘g although that also was the case. But there it, and yet I never had courage to ask the wasa curious look about him, which told of truth of him. Between my sister and my- wild company, of his having been in the so- self, there was never a mention of Arthur cicty of reckless men ; a flavor of rowdvism, Clifford's name ; and yet, by some woman’s very unlike the ease and courtesy of an Eng- insfinct, I knew full well that she heard lish gentleman. But his wife was pcrfcc ly from him. Lady Clifford heard from him lovely-fair, delicately formed, slight, and too. He was in Brazil, at fi'st; the“ he lraccful as a. harebcll. IIer azure eyes, l went northward ; and about a year after his i aiutily, chiseled features, pearly teeth, ,departurc, a letter from San Francisco told , and skin, resembled nothing so much as his mother he was settled in California. an exquisite Dresden china slicpherdess. She “far; it [bat spring or the n xt one that charmed me at a glance. I had often heard our brother Paul and Jack Clifford returned oi the delicate beauty of American women ; home? I can scarcely be certain ; atnnyratc, but this was alroqcther a, surprise to me, they came amongst us with the daffo- True, she had many little ways about her dils: and Willi the falling lcm'eS. sweet which were scarcely in accordance with our I Ruth went from US to the Hall! Jack Clif- received ideas of the proprieties ;and Sir Ar- ford’s wife. Jack was as unlike his elder thur’s mother was not pleased at her voice brother as two men born ofthe same parents or accent, But she seemed to possess entire could possibly be. Unlike in £109, in form; sway ovci' hvr husband; and so far as I could in disposition : the soul of harm", truthful, see during that. first visit of her; to Grange, Sll‘fligllt’fOI'Wal'di mcaPH-ble 0f dU-eit, have she was a shrewd little person, and had all and daring, yet gentle nan woman. He her wits about her. Sir Arthur and she and I were of the same age; we had been only rc-naincd ten days at; Grange. She boy and girl together. and I loved him; but told us she was very sorry; but her cousm, he was not to blame. He had hi; choice' Mayflower Scadder, was going to marry a and if it fell upon inyswcet sister, it was no Russian Prince With an unpronounccnblu fault of his or mine. name , and she had promised to be at the Ithink Lady Clifford knew, for she grew grand weddingin Paris. “All the world moiclovizvg and tender with iuethan ever, will be there,” she said to me; “and I’m and now that the families were so closely havingn gown made for it that will beat linked, mode me her confident in many all creation." She seemed to have taken a. ways. Uncle Thomas and Uncle Hugh wonderful liking for me ; and when she both added their splendid share to our dear utteredâ€"as nowâ€"any of her Aniericanisms, Ruth’s (lower. She went to her husband which she saw startled me, she would laugh nobly portioned i find the stately old bar- or blush, and‘ask me if we English thought onct received her as his daughter with open her queer. So we became quite confiden- nrms. \Ve all rejoiced in her joy ; but Iâ€"I tin], and I think that I may have been in a. wore my blood red cross in silence. very small way of use to her. Naomi's temper did not grow sweeter for Early in September, she and her husband I hm] ‘HSCOYeredz “‘1 the “Fleet “'35 too dear Ruth’s happiness. 1 think that the left for Paris. She took the diamonds with keenly 1’1"“flll 10" me to 0P0“ "7 to he" i and contrast between the brothers was an evil her, 30 81mm“! We'll" by, and the day Of “"535:th thing to her, and that Ruth’s perfect happi- . . . . . g0“ 1"“ ness cut her to the soul. She heard from Arthur Clifford pretty regularly, although he wrote from a. different place alinOst every time. Now he was in Mexico, now at New York, now at Boston. Twicc'he wrote from some unknown place in the Far \V‘cst. Once he told her he had been amongst the Mor- . mons. Sometimes she told me little bits lad)" I “All 9‘3 mud" out of his letters, but oftener far she merely The old man laughed. “ Oh, she come said where he was. So two years went by, down to the Mills and made my acquaint- and in the third year, the letters began to ancc, my dear,” he said. “\Vent allover the grow fcwcr and fewerâ€"at last they ceased. factory, asked ques‘uons about everytliini ; She only set her red lips more proudly and and really she seems to be a mostmtelh ent held her head it little higher. No one could little body. She was very eager about the observe any other alteration in her lovely mineral wealth of the place. ‘ Mark my face or self-possessed demeanor. Words, Olive: you‘llseo the coal pits opened I wassmmlmg one mm.ng that year by before uycar goes round, or I am much the library window, whenI saw Tom come mismiken'” . v , . ' 1‘ flyingnp the avenue from the mills. He Idid not think \ery much of his “Orln must have seen me before I saw him for just thenlbl‘t When “n agent from L‘m‘lo" ’ ed came down and began to examine the bleak moors between Grange and the sea and when queer looking implcinents began ar- riving at the small station near, I found the truth of what he said. Lady. Clifford was not a woman to‘ suffer her thousands and cos of thousands to lie idle: she would make good use of her wealth, and every pound must turn into for y shillings. I sup- pose she was right ; but to me there see ed to be u. terrible greed about this headlong race after wealth. I may have done her His impatience roused me to a sense of all wmng' Now’ I know that I did’ and I am Sir Arthur‘s d ath involved. ‘5 I am not Bom' fainting, Toni,‘ not a bit. Tell me what I ' ' ' ' ' can (loâ€"t3“ 1118 lev'." I could hardly Spring was beginning, bleak and cold, as speak" ‘ it usually begins with us in our hard north, “There you go again. Pick yourself up, when Sir Arthur and my lady returned and go to the house as quick as you can. home. Ruth was at Orange; but at once MV lady is in a terrible state.” she resigned the reins of governinth in o I knew She would be Striclien t0 the Soul: the clever hands of the little American ; and and so 1 made an effort,. and or: the news capital hands they proved to be. She was had spread far, 1 was at her side. born to govern, that fair, slight, childish- sir Arthur’s end was sudden ; but for looking woman; and uncle, who cbiidoncd years he had known that it in ght come at 1101' hllsmnfil’a “mm {0" the “kc 0f b“ any moment. As to his poor wife, she knew benutlllll Wife. tom 11"" more film“ 01108 the parting could not be for very long. and that lie llflll iiever Diet 3 “'Olllflll Willi such a she took comfort. Ruth and her husband head for bufimess- She “'33 at everything. “.cm a:,,.,,_,,}_ at Malm_ 0f com-so they seen everywhere; nothing escaped her keen came as soon no possible ; but Arthur Clif- eyes 01‘ bam‘Fd borne?“ Penetration MOW' ford ‘s w’: urcillj'Jllb was not so easily (lis- 0V0“: from 1191' exceeding beauty. llel'known covcrcd ; but he was somewhere in the cleverness, and her reputed Wealth, she be- Sfatcs. we fancied, but nothing more. Nor 0 me the mo“ Pol’mm‘ “me Woman in the did no luar anything of him until the grass W955 Of England- was green upon his father's grave. The Up. The Cliffords were it good deal asked out funds was but a dull house for bright Naomi that )‘eilr- After EQStCl'. theY “'01” t0 'n- in tl105< days, and so she made frequent long do“, {111d 3 count“?! Dre-“(3Pth the llltlc visits among our friends. She happened to American at the last drawmg-romu of the be at home when Sir Arthurdicd ; but feel- 388500- 5110 “'33 “'Ondcfluuy admired; In lug bored, as she called it, by the cloud fact, she became the fashion ;nnd Si: Arthur which fell upon us all then, she went to “903mm ‘50 the “01‘” “Lady Clifford's hus- band." I believe Naomi and he met once from the dullness of home. Just one month 01‘ “Vice in SOCICW in London! bill? I "CV0? {nth came down to inquirc'l about If... It “'03 11 subject “le) Uplands n n a summer morning with a letter ’ “'lIiCh thch “'35 Silence between 1‘5- i“ her hand. In August, the lady and her husband rc- "Olive" she Still, “I llllVC some wonderful ; turned honlm The admiration she had re. news to tell you. Arthur has written to ill: ceived had not in the slightest degree spoil: mother, telling her of his marriage." the sittlc beauty; she was just the same “0, Ruth. his marriag¢l"lgaspcd. shrewd, practical yonng woman as ever, “ Yci. Why shouldn’t be marry if he with an eye on everything, a. finger in every Choose“ He is married“) a Miss Alllleflfl pic ; and Sir Arthur never interfered with Scaddcr, agreat beauty and a great heiress. her. He and, I seldom encountered one They are on their way home. lIcreis the another ;by tacit consent, we kept out of letter : read for )‘OUFEL‘lf-n each other’s way; and although his wife 1 “Wk “'0 Paper out (If be? hand. and and I were great friends, I scarcely over ex- rcad it, amazed. How was I to tell Naomi! changed more than a ing word with him ; neither did Uncle Tlib‘iSnas nor my father have any intercourse with him; and shit- Naomi came home a few days afterwards, pen of dcbasing habits learned abroad, and “ That’s a clever little woman,” Uncle Tom said to me one day, shortly after young Lady Clifford and her husband had left. I was surprised, for Uncle Tom never came near Grange while Sir Arthur was there, and I did not: know of his having met the young through the open window. “G0 at once to Grunge. Sir Arthur is" I filled up the pair-c he made, crying out: “Dead: ” us the inmn sccmed to spin round with me, and l reeled back into a chair. “Now, that's just the way of all you wo- men,” cried Tom impatiently : “going into faints all over the place, instead of having your wits about you when they’re most wanted." CHAPTER libâ€"WHAT BECAME 0? THE“. : "llsvc )‘0'lt‘wllt‘ to the lust tray, Olive 3" and, :is usual, we halsomc talk about the practised in secret, began to circulate friends we knew at I.ivcrpool;a word or amongst the people. For my own pin-l. I two on dress, and ihcuâ€" nnrdly know if they were or were not true. "Naomi. there has been a letter from Ar- I remembered the avidity with which he thurCliffor-l,”l said. drank up uncle's wins years ago, and I She slatted, In“ 6"” 30 littlc. and grew shuddercd. Everything outwardly seemed a shade paler; but her voice was perfectly to flourish with the Clifi'ords. The mines firmly in she Mkcd : "And what news of were now in lull work, and the yield of coal him?" exceeded the wildest dreams 57th:: pro- "Hc iscoming home." . prietors; wealth seemed pouring in upon “Iihuug‘ntas much," she said witha them. little laugh. The prescncc of the younger lady at ” llut he is not coming back alone, Nib Grange made but little change in our inter- om'i," I whirwrcd very low. course with our dear Lady Clifford : and l She turned quickly upon me. “What do observed with deep joy, how the clder‘s you mean, Olive?" she said, her lips quiver- prejudices were gradually wearing away, ing. and how‘the younger was slowly winning " I meanâ€"I n:emâ€"-â€"â€" Oh, Naomi, surely, her we to her mother-in-lnw's heart. I purely you know the kind of a man he isâ€" have said that young lady CLifl'ordwns very pq ular in our of the world Even at the Duke's she was the reigning belle ; and it was whispered that a t ball which be was to give at Becklev owcrs about Christ- mas, was chiefly in honorof her. This ball at the Duke's was the theme of every tongue for many weeks before it came off. Invitations were sent to us; and uJoe. Harry, and Naomi werenll at home and wild to go, I promised to go tro. Lady Ciifiord wu stnyin at Beckiey Towers : while we humble in ividuls vn-re content to drive the loo fifteen miles on a long winter'- night. :3 ballroom was a sight tone, with its artisticde and sdreszu. The company was most tingnlshul. even counting a Royal â€" magein its number. with decen- onset;- rities besides. Em! wuhalfu hourinside “Tell me at once 3" she cried. catchi g ,my rrm. " Tell me at once, Olive!" l "ilc ismsrried, Naomi." l 5ch stanml up, and stool for a moment .3: if transfixed ‘llh wuzsmentzthen break- l in; into a low ringing laugh of bitter scorn, like and : “So some one else will wear the ldismonds after all 1" It was the only word p! anything lika disappointment I ever ! hoard pus h.r | pa. ' To this day it was :s particle me. Did lobe care for him or not! Was it only until. not: which prompted her to reject so many suitors for his sake! Had she resolved to be Indy Clifford a: all hazards, and was he: hurt untouched ! . Incver kne r ; we never speak of thud things no}. Although Sir Arthur told his mother he the circuit of the gorgeous rooms and superb galleries. 1: was a real pleasure to go with him, because he knew all the famous pictures and could point them out to me. “ There are some fine You Dycks at Grange," he said, pausing before a splendid portrait by th.t master. “ But 1 think this is the finest specimen of him in the north of Englandâ€"By the way, have you seen Lady Clifford to-night? She is quite the loveliest woman in the room ; a .d her dress is a marvel.” I felt numscd at the old clorgymnn's simple admiration for the young American; but when I saw her afterwards, dancing with the Royal personage, and attracting quite as many eyes as he, I did not wonder. She wore the celebrated diamondsâ€"the diamonds which I had seen under such dif- ferent circumstances a few years ago. They seemed to create a luminous circle around her, glitterin on her fair head, her sle..der throat, her :3 iapcly arms and bosom, and starring the puffed and looped folds of her pale pink brocade dress. No wonder every one looked at her. There was not one amongst the' number who could bear comparison with her. I“: had ‘just a few whispered words together, and I lost sight I f her in the crowd. ' I was terribly tired after that ball, and resolved that it would be my last ;ncverthe- less, I had enjoyed it after a fashion; and certainly I amused dear old Lady Clifford for three whole days with my account of it and of her lovely daughter-m-lnw‘s suc- cess. On the fourth day after the ball, Sir Ar- thur and his beautiful wife returned home: and on the evening of their return I got about the greatest surprise of my life. J ust as I was preparing for our family dinner, a I liuy note from Lady Clifford, request ng me to go to her at once, was put into my hand. “ Her ladyship’s sent the brougham," my maid told me ; ‘faud the man siys he’s not to go buck \\ ithout you." Feeling certain that something ominous had occurred, I wrapped it cloak round me and drove to Grange. I was shown into the smaller drawingmoom much as usual, and found Sir Arthur, his wife, and mother waiting dinner, fashion. “Oh, you’re come, dear,” cried the younger lady in her eflursive manner. “So gladâ€"so very glad to soc you. Now we’ll have a good time together and discuss the ball in real style.” I felt mystified. Surely she never had sent for me in such an urgent fashion only to have a. gossip about the ball. I failed to understand her. I remained in a state of puzzle all throuin dinner and for some time after it, until. the elder ladv having gone to her rooms, and Sir Arthur being left to the company of the wine-bottle, the little lady brought me into her boutloir, closed fast the door, and facing me, said with a. slight laugh : “ Olive, I’ve lost the diamonds.” ' Istaggered back and g sped for breath. I foltcred. “Lost?” also in the most usual “ Lost the diamonds?" “ Yes, yes. They were stolen out of my room at Beckley. Isn’t it awkward?” She srcmed to me to take it much more easily than I could. To me, the loss of th :9 splendid jewels seemed something almost overwhelming, while to her .t was my "awkwar i." “ It is a terrible misfortune,” I said. I She laughed one of her guy, little, bird- ! like laughs. “ Oh ! as for that, they can be . easily replaced ; but it is rather awkward to lose them iust now." I had heard of Aincncnn recklessness, [American extravagance; but to meet with such anexamplc or it in her, in this clever managing little woman, who seemed to look so sharply after everything, almost took away my breath. I felt cruelly (lisnppointv cd in her. ' “ To a person of your enormous wealth,” I said coldly, “the loss ofa. suit ofdinmonds worth twenty or thirty thousand pounds may sccma trifle, as you' can so easily re place them : but to my mind ” She stopped me short by flinging her arms around me and kissing inc heartily. ” 0 Olive, don’t dou'tl” she cried, laughing aloud. _ “You’ll kill me, Olive ; yes, you will. Butâ€"how were you to know? I hood- wmkcd you with the rest of them. Now I’ll make a. full confession. You’re real grit, Olive Thorp, gold through and through ; and you’ll like me bettcr for be- ing honest and true with you. Sit down thch, and listen to me. I don’t want to make a. fuss about those diamonds, or have any talk over them, becauseâ€"because"â€" She stopped, and her beautiful face flush- ed up. Then she lcunt forward until her face almost touched mine, and WM pcrcd: “ Because they ain’t the real ones 1" I sat staring at her for a. few moments. “ Notâ€"thcâ€"reaIâ€"ones 1'” Ignsped at last, horror-stricken. l " No ; they are not. The real ones are at Can-c with Mayflower, safe and sound. I l sold them to her, and had those made in imitation of them.-â€"Oh don’t look so horr - fled. Arthur knew the whole affair from first to last. I wouldn'thnvo done it with- out his consent for a hundred worlds; but â€"Didn'l: you always think I had lots of cash 2” I said I was lead to believe as much. She shook her little head. “Bless you, I hadn't a cent, not I. It was Mayflower had the fortune. Uncle I’cte died waith I can't tell you how much. One half he left to Mayflower, and the other he f to her brother Dcvercux. l’oor Mayflowr-r! hcr appear- ance is ordinary beyond thought, but she is clever and quick We were prime friends, and we never got jealous of each other. I reckon we got our share fair enough. She had the fortune, and I find the face. We were staying together in an hotel in Brook- lyn, when Arthur and l came across each other. He thought I had the fortune, at first, and made up to mc.â€".\'o, no ; I didn't deceive him. Igot too fond of him, poor old fellow : and he behaved like a manâ€"he did indeed." She looked into the fire for a moment or two contemplativer ; then she went on: "He told me he was very poor, and that if he had a little money. he could grow as rich as she best of us. First. I thought nb- at getting Mayflowerto lend us money tostart the mines; then Arthur told me of the neck- . lace and all the rest. In kc to MIyflchr on the spot. She offer me the highest i market price for the diamonds; end I took it. So we came to Europe ; and in Paris we met a cousin of ours that was nun-fed to isnAustrim Count; she got us there to her house in the Clumpshlysecqsnd before on l knew whtro you were, reduced this slink Raisin Prince, Ind mm a up a match for Mayflower. He's n good fellow, though. and kind to Mayflower. They are at Cannes now ;and she‘s as happy as need be. “ Well, when I went orcrto the wedding, I took the diamonds to a celebrated man in Paris who can imitate such this so that no amongst the r folks. and all just because 3 “ (live use inst.” “hen he (flexed to mom you see. ButI don’t want a IIIS made. I i wish the thief ioyof these stolen mskobc- ; lieves." I row to ‘ko her better after that ‘ u- , . , ,_ fessifin of bells than I had ever done bcl'biJc ‘ l Mr' ("In mum“ “m” “ PM“ “f 1"“! M R“ and as t ,0 years we,“ on, and I he, must‘ I rigors l‘llllis and re usus to sell at any price. I > . --..- ‘ir‘l‘. ‘- intimato fric d. >nw the heavy- rossiuid up- u" N“ “ml 1“" d “1’1 3““ u‘ I" on her in her domestic life, and how bravely , she boreit, I came to love and honor hi-r' above all the women I knew. As for Sir Many yi iii-3; men miiipluiu of the cast cf courts ip, lull in Ilk‘ You: run it is not so ox- peusxvc us " seeing the bays." An English doctor wants everybody in be urici in ii \\'ll‘ll\l‘ casket instead of a plain (Olll‘d. llc Is suppgscd t.» be llllz'l‘t‘n‘lzkl in a Arthur, he sank lower and lower, not swift- ly or suddenly, but with a slow and sure dc- cline, until, despite his brave little wife's efforts to uphold him in the eyes of the world, men talked publiclv of his disgrace, and the sins of his youth were rcmcinbcrcvl ‘ against him. At last, he died, leaving his \vidow dowel-ed more am ‘ly thzui nny Lady l Clifford hal evsv been be ore. She was still fin the heyday of life. good-looking and tractive; but she never married ugilll, dc- roting herself solely to the young Sir Jasper Clifford, her handsome boy, who would suc- ceed to all the wealth she had made, and his beautiful sister Idn, who inherited mile E of her mother’s spirit. Lady Clifford lived on at Grange until r licr blind inotlicr-in-lmv‘r death ; and soon afterwards she and I wont 1 on our travels together. All my [0) la were married then. My three brothers lm'l homes and families of their own, and Nmmi too had married. Hers was the sti'angdst marriage of them all, fl r her husband is no other than Dcvcri-ux Scaddcr u‘liosc sistc possessed the faimnis Clifford diamonds. lie is a fine fellow, devoted to Naomi, for whom I pleasure he has buill. a charming villa close to his sistcrut Cdllllt-‘l Oucc, just last ycir, Isaw thoscdiamonds again. It was at Rome, at n rcccption given by the Princess Ivan Doughbrousky, nee Mayflower Scaddcr. The little brown, heady-eyed woman seemed lost in the blazcs of taem ; and I could not help thinking they were very useful things after all. THE END. 1 . o A Woman Alone in the House. “When the house is nllalonc by itself, in- experienced people may believe that it; he- haves exactly as it does when there are people in it, but this is n. delusion, as you will discover if you are ever left alone in it at midnight setting up for the rest of the family ; at this hour its true disposition will reveal itself. To catch it at its best pretend to retire, put out the gasor the lamp and go up stairs. Afterwards, come down softlydightiio more than one lamp, go into the empty parlor and seal:1 ycurcslf at a. table With something to rear . No sooner have you done so than you will hear a little chip, chip, chip, along the top of the roomâ€"ct small sound but persist- ent. It is evidently the wallpaper coming off, and you decide, after some tribulation, that if it does come ofl‘ you ain’t help it and go on with your book. As you sit with your book in your hand you begin to be quite sure that somcoiio is coming down stairs. Squeakâ€"squcnkâ€" squeak I What folly l There is nobody up there to come down; but tllcl'Câ€"lt is on the kitchen stairs, Somebody is coming up. Squoakâ€"snap l \Vcll, if it is a robber you might as well face him. You get a polccl‘ an Nobody comes up you are a goose, put the poker down, get a magazine and try to road. There, that's the door, you heard the lock turn? They are 00]“an home. You run pccp out. Nobody tlicie ? But, as you linger, the door lock gives a. click that makcs you jump. : By daylight neither lock nor stairs make any of these noises unless they are touched or Iroddcii on. we sold these old diamonds. I‘m nrnciicul ; the world with his lover. i at. ! l Finally you decide thatZ [to lose thousands of dollars in duties which i willow plantation. ! The reason that alstlactics so admire the lstc-rk Is II! it he I an stilld for bums on inc .3 leg and look us Lough hc dilu‘t know'auy- lthiug and uidu't want to. I, It is 1ldc~s-.d good thing to witness a ; brand new pl iy, because tlu-rc is no dnugcr of the idiot behind you ltlllllg his friend l what’s going t.w llrippcll next. llcnufics of tho “ United .‘fzitcs ' lzui~ .gii.i_-.;c: .\ gceitlcuiuu was growling about i liming to pity u bill uicc. “ \\'l:_\‘ did you {pay ll 2" inked h s min: uni-m. “ Pay it? Ididn‘f. It was jlyluzbldcd out 0: me." A lunul c n charge of his. kccpur, while ‘ stopping aboard :1 [min the other day, stepped on :1 banana pccluud slid under the v cur. “ \h l" t-Vulaimcd the keeper, “ l uni §likc : f hl’i-d INJOIXlOIlVC, for l‘vc slippcd my c ~ ~. :1 . .lcui‘ic .lurc dccluvcs Iliut them ni'u sciin‘iliu illi- :uiukcis in this country. The ll'Ol life is. L c l'lsll (umldr lll‘ih‘illlflllrl' liivishcs all her HUI-sllllll uttiirimcnts in making outllic bill. There‘s \vliurc till the scion-2c gcci. The reason that flu: Highlanders suffered so terribly from mosquitins in tho I'Igyptinu campaign, was; that their n.1f.\\'orks wow so unprulccfi-d if was it kuccsy thing to girl) a bite, and no: u dillli~k.lt matter to gut ' au'uy. Ilcurd at tho Conumlium (Hub : “ “'hut llO is the «liflLi'tiicc butwucu r. M 'd inidulution and udcn in r. fort-st ?" Tun p:im nuswcr was. “One is a cold wave, and ilic other is a wold cuvc." Music by the lmllll. From singing: school tho lovcr colzzcs, llis girl upon his firm, And sun-1h by ln-r Izuhrr's llro And \V'lllll‘lll to get warm. A foot of hull-past one Iii hi-urd. 'l‘lic swuin doth quickly scoot For four of iii-fling inn \vcll wormed lly lu-i‘ loud purcnf's bout. )liivlumc comes to imqu-ct the cost-in c of n. fmubouiiiic girl which she has ordered ” it. is, ruvidiing, but my husbandâ€""- l he not find the wliic ll'dlll u trifle slimt? “ Not at all, m-ulmnu,” rc- ilics the lllllllzlllc. “lifter Irllll‘ll u'cscutlu - n l y bill. The papers are boasting of the deliczisy of a pair of soul-cu of the New York Assay Office, which me so Ii ccly bulnnci-d tluit tho incrc writing of tlic mum: on lllx) buck of one of two piccm of paper cxuclly alike will tom the sculciii its favor. This is equally true, however, of any board of bank du'cctv ors. for the fun 'v bull. if .. __â€"â€"â€"-&§ooqto-> oohâ€"- Thc (.‘roat Frog Question. I.vnp-â€"fmg, for the funny man is after you with n. sliiirp stick. Wliutii cougcniul subject for the papers, Like :i dczid ling llsull, \v on touched by ii current of chriiicify, the whole prcsi lc'lprl Iup on this Mil j 'th v. nth spasmodic life and -'~-:»'v' t|_‘,~v ‘ v .“ ... stand with your back against the wall. “Ham-l “‘ l‘ ' '3' hmI'J'W' ll" I'M/"Ml down to flu: Till/whiny Tribune. Then,- is one thing Lu be thankful for, uni] that 1.»; it may glue it rest to poor Murinion, - whi- iiccd: it now -i; bzully. And \i’lllll. is it all about 1' Hear what the American drsput ill a lily :â€"â€"- “An llllp’ll‘llllll. omission liiis bccii dis- CDVllCll iii the famous 'l'ruily of \‘i'aishing- ton which flu-cub m4 to affect seriously nu important American: industry by fuiving “it liiq‘u'otcctcd, and may Lullfill Ulll‘Uln't'l‘lllllf‘lll The, would Ollllll'WlM: liiu'c l)|‘( ii (:ldllcli‘il. You go back to the parlor in a. hurry, [dcnmnd llJl‘ frogs as an article of food in with a feeling that the next thing you know l something may catch you by the buck liuir, 113d you try to remember where you left 0 . Now it is the table that snaps and cracks as if allthis spirituiilist knocks ucrchiddcn in izs mahogany. You do not lcaiiou it liciiv- fly without this result, but it fidgefs you,und you take an easy chair and put the book on your knees. Your eyes wander up and down the page and you grow dreamy, when, nppurciitly,tlic bookcase fires oil” a pistol. At leastnloud, fierce crack comes from the heart of that piece of furnitureâ€"so land, so fierce, that you jump to your feet trembling. You cannot stand the parlour any more. You go up stairs. No sooner do you got there than it seems to you that somebody is walking on the roof. If the house is a detached one, and the thing is impossible, that makes it all the more mysterious. Nothing cvcr moaned iu the chimney be- fore, but something monni now. There I-l fl ghostly step in the hath-room. You find out afterwards it is the tap dripping, but you do not dare tolook at that time. And it is evident that there is something up the chimneyâ€"you would not liLc to ask what. If you have gas it bobs up and down in phantom dance. If you have a lump it goes out in a. blue explosion. lfyou have a. candle ashroud plainly cnwrnpi the wick and falls towards you. The blinds shake as if nlisnd clutched tlic'n ; and, finally a dolcful cat begins to moan in the cellar. You do not keep a cut and this finishes you. You pretend foruulnolongcr, and sifting with a towel over your head and face, and Mario something below go “shew, film-W, slicw,’ like a little saw, you believe in tho ' old ghost stories. Tcn minutes later the lclls ring ; the b4:- latcd ones come homo; the lights are lit ; perhaps something must be got out to cut. I'eoplc tdk and tell where they have been, and ask if you are lonesome. And not a stair cracks. No step is heard on the roof: no cli .k to the front door. Neither bookcase nor table cracks. The house has on its company mannersâ€"«oan you have found out how it believes when it . is alone. i â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"-oo 4-, .0»*" l six-skins and tho Fleas. 1 Lord Erskine, while going circuit, was asked by the landlord of his hotel how he had slept. liereplieddogmatimlly : “Union is strength, a fact of which some of your in- timam appear to be unaware ; for bad they been unanimous last night they could easily have pushed me out v-f bed." “Fleas t" the landlord exclaimed, affecting great astonish- lment. "I we; not aware that Lhad a single 5 flea in my house." “ I don't believe you l have," retorted h I lordship : "they are all I o the back door, imlock and unbolt it, and one could know the difl'ercnce ween the! ‘ ' . mock one and thereal ; and be copied l mmilin‘il’lnh “d h"? uncommon}, Clifiad diamond-for ins for a mere trifle compared to the value of the real ones ; and Mayflower gave me down in hard cash forty- Ionr thousand pounds Stirling. for the lot. Then we started the mines; and new we are getting rich in reality, and have or thing we want. The king onk in Windsor forest is 1,000 years old. " Where are the men of '76 2" shriek: an - cryv ariteclexchnn . Oh to halite: with the? Isn't that better than her nun of '70. 08;. as the women of 23 ! cities It 5 increased so lurgl-ly of lulu that iloim-stic supply has ..ci.~ii found insufficient A brisk trade in flimsc mnphibiout uninmls Iii-s sprung up with Camilla, und largo iiumbcis :uc lrcing shipped across tho bordir to American di iilcrs. The action of Ctrl‘li'llll custom collectors, lmwcvur, thrc'itcim to put all Isnd to this liailiicuu their rulings are sustained by tho 'l'i'cumu'y llcpzirtmcnts. ' Under the provisions of this ’l'i'i-iily of “'iisliv r iiiulon fish ciught in Cinmliun wulcm hiivo bccn udiilitLI-d to flu.- Ulllll'll Silllf'lf from of duty. Canadian (lci’tll'l‘rl lllbl’sl. llinf. frogs mo fish, iinrl thcrcf'irc cxcmpt. The American customs (1lllfitl'3 oiljrc’. to this cinesilivution and lmld il.:i~ li-ili \vm'u lll‘W‘l' Limwn to have fret, \vliilc tho subject of dirn pufc “le four. To this the Canadians rc- ply that if fogs on: not fiin they inc curtain- J y iiof; :inimiils orbirals, mid cannot be iiib~ cctcd to cliusificu ion for duty. The mutter has been Tl:fl'l'f‘(:’l to tho 'l‘riaiisuiy Department for a llt‘ClllOll,lllll it v!!lll)l.1‘X[l(.'l." lull that Scriufni'y lr‘olgu‘ will zifwiiipl. to give an opinion until alter the i lcction, pro- bnbly not then, for four of foreign cmupli' cations, and flu: matter will probably lu rc- lfcrrcd to the Slate l)i.-p:ii'fiilciil." And so the great qllcsllbll on which the puucc um] ainin of the great Anglotrinxon ' nations hqu is to bi: (ll*Cll!.-il,‘ll on the brink of the frog- mud. And thus has NHHO' to pass thci'm battle of the from; and the dip- mmitic um. rcfcvrrcd to by tho :roplu:t (limpâ€"4m was itllomcxl (Jr forcibly this diplomatic light may prove to bo the battle of Arinuguluou which llr. Wild has plann- cd for thc llf'dl‘ fi.turc. Let us from him. 'I'iilkof Mink Twain's “Jumping Frog” ,of Culzn'cmk Cullhl)’, the vaulting. piroilct- sting “alum? m of Wmhington bids fair ‘1 Ion il ip liiiiiu‘. orcry lill‘luli'. Maybe Mail; ; 'l'wuin fillil flu: natural lmfuriziuri know llll submit frog»: and "1:.in: tlu-y'ii: only ama- ifcdru, as it “‘rri‘. Wu: shall Ml'. . \l'i: .‘Ilfilll‘l think the frogs llllflllfil‘lV '5 ;slinuld bc 4";li'4lill15lllll this inrilt r. Th 7 l have good “(IV)” to L‘fllnplillfl that t m ‘gmcriiinrnl officidh nu: flying to make fl .h lof mic and ill sh of another. n... -w ._... .....A..___..._.... , W- _-.,. , Union in Churches. 'l'iu: hiltllifrlf'fl Chm-chin of Canada are ; talking union, and dining tlic prcunt month ‘cummiut L'A n-pn-scmiog the four pl'lllllI-hl Xphleihodtst churches inch together in this city to arrange the ham. We have already {given an «urine of this basil! of union. The Canola hlctlimlisu accept a modifimi- ion of gar:ch aspirin ElifIinCy. and lay ideh'gstiou iii the annual cuiifrnrnce. 'llw I lipiwufuls sacrifice a life Epincopiicy, gtiavclling pruuluicy cldcrship. undone or ’, tun othci minor points. The tide seems to . havc not in in favor of union. Churches sic ldmwiug their furan into combinul and There will be much u‘cll-aliilciplined ranku. 5 mental and physical energy, fonnerly ? expended sgaintt one another, that join now hi: used against the common Elm. If Providence is really directing the icliurchu in this direction the movement 5 looks like a prediction, on though the time P was notfar distant whens United Christian- fifty may be needed tomect it last violent ' and vigorous stink upon the {sitli once (Ic' “fiend to the sointi. I _â€"-â€"-.ovd.->n.-â€"--~ People who do no: tbjcct to {stcprinttn sand legstoca.