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é 9 I Heavy smote broaden are used [crout- fide mu. “MPWHM collars are worn with I velvet street eosmmcs. The new lénro coll-nan standing hands, ‘ w th a row of emlxoilleryoo the edge. “'bite or mlored silk handkerchiefs are worn armed the neck inside the cloak. Buckla of silva', gold. jet, bronze, and' pearl on used to ornament bounets. hats, > dresses, and slippers, Someof the new ralingotes have'smsll' shouldercs thstsrecan tn grace! ll on thclelt mower. sh p n y \'. Si: or eight crushed rose: of different~ shades of red half cover black or red hon-l powered l nets. Thesarne vari d shades are seen in clusters of ostrich feathers. Pink feathers on brown bonnets, plumage on red banners, and silver- ostrich tips on black bonnets, are the stylish contrasts in millinery. The fashionable hats worn by young The [’5 ladies are pulled cloth or velvet toques, and with these the coiflura with fluffy front hair 9nd low small Greek knot behind is appropriate. Ilau lsovne opera clocks are made of Otto- man silk, mttclssse figured silk, brocsded v lvet, or plain plush and vslvet. Some of these wraps have pointed hoods and other round ones. A quaint freak of fashion is to fasten velvet standing collars on the left side with a bow of ribbon. Bullion or gilt soutache trims these‘velvct collars ,and .1 figured lace frill edges them at the top. Black monkey skins with long hair, natural brown beaver of lirht shade, dark realskin, and the long fleecy black fox are the fashionable materials for the closely- The handsomest velvet costumes have E3111 velvet for the basque, the front and k draperies of the skirt, and the sleeves, while the side panels covering the whole side hrcadths are 0 the richest brocaded velvet. The most fashionable jet bonnets are those formed of row upon row of jet beads of the same size finely cut, and as large as the nodal n. lady's linger. Those in fanciful do igns ofjettcd lace are no longer stylish. Orldund humorous caprices are seen in new goods for the holidays. Animals’heads, ugs, sparriels, m’ce, cats, and chicken cocks figure In porcelain. silver and bronze, on trays. on picture frames, on inkstunds, as pa 1' weights, and for many decorative artlc es. . Red is one of the favorite colors for eve- ning drcsscs. A striking toilot of flame-red srlkjs toned down by a white satin em. broidcrcd tablicr, with painted plastron to match. The short elbow-sleeves are trim- med with rich lace, and tho puffed pannier inof the silk. The side breadths and back of the silk skirt are trimmed with four narrow plaitiugs of the silk. 'An attractive street suit is of rifle-green brocadedn'clvct and Ottoman silk combrned. The short skirt is of the silk with three narrow knife plaitiugs around the bottom: the ovcrdres; "rule of the brocaded vclvct, is of the simple round aha c, with very little drapery. ’l‘ho basquc, a no of velvet, is a claw-fitting Jersey, and is buttoned to the throat with small, round, bronze, buttons. ’l'lrc cunning capotc bouuct is of tire vclvct, with strings of rapped silk. ...___.‘ee( -->ooIId-â€"- In giving geography lessons down cast, a tenclrcruskcd a boy what state he lived in. and was amused ut the Icp'y, druwled through the boy's nose, "A state of sin and misery." Lightning ntl‘lle u contribution plate in a western church just as the deacon was pas- sing it around. “This is the first time any- thing llasstruck this plate for three months," said the deacon tlroflghtfully. A quaint old minister was once asked what he thought of his two sons, who wure both preachers. "Well." he replied, "George has a better show in his shop window than John, but John has a larg r stock in his warehouse. " “I wish yol wouldn't talk so much about god pcop'o," saidu wo rum to her husband “They all have their failings; but many of them will get to heaven bcforc you do." “ I sincerely hope so," was the curt rcply. He was in no hurry to go. "It's no use talking," said llcacou Joucs, “about mirristcrs' sons ucrcr nrnountiu to anything. There's I'urson Biblepoum cr's lu,uow, assruurt nud ,promisiug a young can asthcro is in town. ' “Vrry true," re. plied Fogg, "but, you know, Parson Bible- poundor isn't much of n minister." The recent mobbing of “Gen.” Booth, of the English Salvation arm , at Hereford, rcculls it good story of a sta wart Kentucky preacher in the days “ befo' do With." llc \l'urlnncc conducting a revival service, wlr-u ho was annoyed by the iudo. ccut c‘uduct oi a couple of rowdics. He ucutup to thrill and rebuked them, when one rcplicd : “ch board that you work miracles, and on: cum: to see if it is true." I “No sir,"said the preacher. takiu off his (out, "but we cast out dcvi‘s ;‘ forthwith cast them out. eM.â€"»e-â€"g.. .-._..-. _.._... A LARGE NUMBER of Icelanders, direct l l l The touches of her hands ! The touches of her hands are like the fall 0! velvet snowflakes: like the touch of down The is just brushesifislnst the garden wall: The Bossy roodllnzs of e thistle whlsp Can: in In the crinkle of a leaf of brown I ting frost has turned from green to 0. Soft as the falling of the dual: at ui bt, The touches of her hands. and the ellghtâ€" ‘l'ho touches of her hands are like the dew Anny in lights whcrc ranged Endymion. 0h. rarely soft. the touches of he:- hands, As drowsy chh‘y‘rs in cncllaulc l lands; Or pulse of y or: fay : or tarry slabs: Orâ€"lu between the midnight and the dawn, When long unrest and tears and fears are ne~~ Sleeplmsruoothlng down the llds of weary eyes. .1. W'. ltlst. â€"â€"â€"--n 1-»».â€"â€"â€"-â€"- g DOCTOE BEN. “5W1 Marine capes worn by young ladies. .tu Episode In the Life of a For- l l l l l l l may suxnrw cnarr. and be p from Iceland. arrived at St. Vincent recrut- l ly to settle alrug the internatioqu boundary west of I’embins. in the Icelandic colony prisoner's bar at the police court and regard- ed his honor wrth a bland surilo. "Thom", you are chargcl with beiugdruuk." said the sour". “I can't deny it," said Thomas, grinning from c-r to car. “You don’t seem to be very so vy." “I'm. happy, ycr honor," said t"c prisoner,_giggllng. "What excuse have you for getting drunk 3" " rye go, seven of 'em. judvv." “Suvcu cxcuscs 3" “Yes, yer honor, seven. .Now I don't mind ulliug ya all ’bont it. h c are, I've got six boys ltl my family, and Lu‘ nightâ€"it's a girl, judge." Thomas got cll. There can I»: no doubt of tho avity of tho sorial evil 3 there can be no r oubt that the supporters of the More» Reformslor system, and of the other philanthropic schemes intended to lesscu the nomads of Vice in the «unusually are actuated by the host motives ; and there can be no doubt, also, that the Law authorities act with the best intentions when they en leavor to suppress the evil by violent lrgsl measures. The se- rious question is whethrr than means are calculated tuattarn the virtuous object in view, l'ast i-sperieucc gees radly against “.831 tupprmslon as a remedy for prostitu- llou. Those isle have rcad Sanger s " llis~ row of Prostitution ":4: work written from flu in moral standpoint. and stating hrs‘o- rice? facts with esidrntlarrness-iuust be convinced that the violence of law: never immw‘l the hearts of the "clone. In 1m . in Spain, in German -, and in trance 3 suppression change there. Thomas Charlton hooked his chin over the tunate Unfortunate. CHAI’ I‘ER IV. .\ mz-Aiu csrn izxr. On Sunday morning, the 5th of June, there came a change in Ben’s condition. The functions of muscularlife, released from the temporary lethargy induced by shock, resumed something of their former state. Ben lifted his head from the pillow, and gazed about the room withan air of one look- long stare he gave, beginning with his mo- ther’s portrait o posits the foot of the bad, then to the le t, across the window that looked out over the rose-housc roof, then along the wall to the fireplace; and there the angle of vision came to an end. \tht u look ! In it not a sign of recog- nition of any one in the room, not a. smile, not a token that Ben was passing the crisis safely and coming back to the world await- ing him. - Dr. Braddock came in shortly after, and was told every minute particular, down to the shuddering sigh with which Ben sank hacku n his pillow. The shading off of possibi ity into probability, and at last in- to certainty, was com letcd in this good surgeon's rnmd ; and to firmly took Mr. Hollinsnwny to flre library, and said,â€" ” My dear friend, it is just as I feared it might be. I was wrlliug to let you remain in suspense for a time. ho iug almost against hope to be sure, that hnturo would step in to our aim, and do what we doctors as well confess we cannot do.” “This is. fatal, tlrcu, Braddock?" asked the sufferer. “ No : Bcuis not going to die. wish he was a littl: no rer to that ;far then I In fact, I l astruuglc would take place, within him, out of which I should have infinitely more hopes of his restoration. Bcu will not die, but there is very litlle left of that bright in- tellect from which we all hoped such great and good achievements. What the future may do, all the doctors in creation cannot foretell; but for the present you must be content to cure for Ben, much as you did in his childhood." Dr. Braddock left it to Ephraim Hollins to break this bitter bread to his wife, and, as he left the house, said, “Au-l, by the way, Hollius, that little girl down at Mrs. Hartley’s must not feed herself up0n false ho es. Willyurtcll her, or shall 1‘!" his 2 hopes ! that is what we men always say, when we are angry, or crushed with certainties. As if hope could ever be false ! Thu very quintesseucc of hope is truth. Founded upon facts, it looks forward to other facts. And such hope as Betty llartlcy had schooled herself in since \Ved- ucsday is so firm that all the wise saws of all the wise men cannot turn it or shake it. When the came to tell henâ€"Mr. Ifollius ‘ audhcr mot remâ€"of the awful catastrophe of darkness which had enveloped hor lover’s 1 life, the ' were surprised to see her even srui c. lividcutly she was holding herself with alirm hand, and was nwuxo of her fcm- niue weakness. But there was a feminine strength in her too,â€"a soldicrly discipline such asCol Hartley's daughter ought to have, seeing that he left no son to inherit it ; and, long before they ceased saying the little uo- things of such occasions, Betty was look- iu far away mto the future. almly, quietly, but with irresistible firm- ness, she took her stand. Every one wou- dcrcd,â€"thoze who loved her, at her cour- ago ; those who are ever ready to hiss and cast venom at their neighbors, at her “foolishness.” “ Two days more," said Belty to her old- crs, "and lshould have swom at the altar to take Ben ‘for better or worse, for richer for poorer. to keep him in sickness and in hoalth.’ If this had occurred two days after marriage, would not the world have scorned me, had l turned my back upon my strick- eu husband, and left him in his darkness? Letmo be his nurse, his guide. his com~ pauicn. so much as I may. And if our sor- row should bc removed, and Ben recover from his sicktlcsr " (she merely happened to say " sickness," this girl. ignorant of all :lisculapian definitions of words), “what joy will it be to ace him growing day by day nearer to that end 3 What ha 'piuess to hear his first inquiry for mo ! at what misery to know of his waking, and callin for me, only to learn that I had weakly an hesrtlessly descrtcd him !" Thus reasoned thisdevotcd girl. grownnow in the apples of five days ton robust woman- hood. d the old man listened, and took her to his breast with gratitude which was speechless fora tune; until st last he said,- " Dear daughter, you had our love with- out rcsmvation: now you have something You shall help us to care for Ben. Perhaps he will hear your voice, and be hrou ht back by it to life. Who knows but, that is love for you may be tl’e keynote tog his recovery! ll 50, you are certainly the one to st: ikc it." On his return to Elmswoods that evening, a purpose, born of this interview with Bet- ty, came to full being in Mr. llollins's mind : anl h « lost no time in unfolding it to his wife. Nothing less than that Betty and her mother should give up the house the outward down by the liar-bank, and migrate to (misc! prostitution. but never did away 111mm ale. with its existence. The piano! Spain, in the middle ages powerln “N 8° . "tidy of lrgalespedrents. and were more Marimba therrell'ortsto Itsnpttout than “no, yeuhencvpr they suppressed a. recognised "‘30- w“: . . .g‘ rmoluhcdonl tartar-idle a transferred to the one]! with more deadly effects sunn- . ' w' thiaminulnisslitutioes “n, I: ' 'pbdsbsttisgtbe mam ’ and tines, having gmt to-rfully. rerouan took a greater fort of us all " length of in Comfort Lodge indeed, but at l-Ilmin-oods ’house, it is unnecessary to inquire. But " For Ben's comfort 1’" asked the mother “ I think rt will be to the corn. By what process of argument and persua~ sioa this project vrss brought to an issue, and Mrs. Hartley and llctty installed, not than were people in Audio no who were not half so modest as wc‘spropase to be. Man with France. Nouns Notably Miss Blandly, manpower: of the tthelegsllicemingsadcircurn- town. flaring nooccupuion, Miss Blsud~ houses in Paris has either re- lv was always ready to interfere with those spud of of other persons. Having no matrimonisl meets, itn‘as her delight to our and 3' those of grr and more attract- ive lsdie‘s. A is one word, and thats j charitable oneJtuing poor Mankind diges- thandmywimpoor MissBlsnd- lf 8; "quit" many caused all who were W. stronger and happcthsn be:- r gradual gulls That falls so soft! down no one o‘er knew guide and comp?!) The touch thereori save lovers like to one The task was indeed no easy ing for familiar faces inn foreign land. Cup almost discovered, what it has taken the ' FENELON FALLS, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, DEC. ‘23, 180.2. ‘ foolishness, day after- day. And the best nesg into his carriageâ€"but only to die out of it was, that Betty never heard a word of again. The sight of Comfort Lodge, all it. Not a syllable of criticism came to this dear ‘rl's ears, for the reason that she had alrea yquite Withdrawn herself from the every-day )Irllington life. She had entered u u s new and busy existence. The care 0 Ben Rollins had become her one thought. I For a limited time each day, she was Ben's ion, and instructress. one. It re- quired all her str’ength, but love stripped it of many of its difficultres. At first it was a tearful business, and the owrcharged heart sometimes sought vent for its fulness in bitter wailiugs. Then a ray of sunshine would fall upon it. The memory of better days, the recollection of hours which she and Ben had passed together reading and sin in , the remembrance of subjects they barf iscussed, of conclusions reached, of mutual delights,â€"all came crowding in up- on her; and out of them Betty built up a sort of pharmacopeia for Ben‘s benefit, she to do the compounding and the adminis- tering. For Betty had. without knowing, quite drifted into a professional attitude. She happened, as has been said, to say "sick- ness," in speaking of Ben's trouble. Now, when a woman says a thing, she generally means it ; and, if not before, then certain- ly rrffrr she has said it. And' so Betty thought and thought of that word, “sick- ness :" and, the more she dwelt upon it, the more persistently she looked upon Ben as only sick. Poor little girl! she had-discovered, or whole human race six thousand years to de- fine. Yes, the whole known period of man’s life upon the earth may be covered advised- ly. For rt is easily proved, that, if Adam and Eve were not absolutely insane, they at least behaved verv aueerlv. . Now, if any philosopher or theologian is in want of a new theory of that much-vexed subject, “ the ori in of evil,” let him follow this out. Possib y the Darwinians could make a strong philosophical point upon this theory, in the nervous agitation which must have been sufi'ercd by the first human beings in consequence of the sudden, or even gra- dual, loss of those appendages which dis- tinguished their ancestors before the meta- morphosis. \thtever ground there may be for such a theory, man is ntlast waking up to study and to know himself; and the wise ones, doctors, psychologists, specialists, physi- cians, am metaphysicians, are going full tilt towards a. land of paradise unveiled by the doctrine that insanity r‘s sickness. The efi'orts of our own specialist, Miss Betty Hartley, are now notably im our sight ; and we may ask, \Vcre they success- ful ? Frankly, they were not. Ben grew fond of his doctrcss, but even that was not sufficient to cure him of his malady. Nor was the r‘ocility be manifested in her com~ pauy much like the old love. Alas! at times he was even irreverent. A3 for in- stance, on one occasion when Betty and Ben were sitting together in the garden ; shc thinking and sewing, ho trifling with blades of grass. Ofa sudden a. tear fell, glided down Betty’s needle, and was lost in thc stitch. She must needs save herself from giving way ; and her voice broke out in subdued tones, and in a melody of her own making. It was Heiu’s ” Und wussten‘s die Blumcn " that she sang; Theodore Mar- tin’s translation of which is so full of the na- tive beauty of the verse that it may serve here. instead of thc Gcrurau :â€"- ~ “ If the little flowers know how deep Is the wound that is m mv hear-t, Their tears with mine they’ll \vccp, For a balm to case its smurf. " If the nlghtin ales knew how ill And worn wit woo I be. They would chccrily carol and thrill, And all to bring Joy to me. “ If they know, every golden star, The anguish that racks me here. They would come from their heights ufur, To speak to me words of cheer." Would you bclievcrt‘.’ At the finish of the song, Ben stood up before Betty, made a half-turn upon one heel, and, with one of those displacements of thought which are so painfully common in such cases, exclaimed, “Oh, yes l ha, ha ! good cheerâ€"Blue Bells of Scotland, I should say." Avery few words will suffice to define Ben’s general condition at this period. Not man hours after his first nwnking on the Sum ay of which mention has been made, he arose from his bed, not voluntarily, but because he was hidden to do so by surgeon Braddock. And as he stood in the midst of the room, purposeless and vacant, the gcod surgeon applied test aftertcst to ascer- tain what he might concerning his patient. Every sense, sight, hearing, smell, touch and taste, was perfect. Speech was as clear as ever; but it was distressing to listen to Ben, because the glory of 3 each, its logi- cal naturalncss, that invisib e chord which binds it to reason, was. gone, shattered. His movements, at first. wcre never voluu~ tary. Direction was necessary in even the minutest detail of daily life. To sum it all up, in words which still are inadequate, but which must saw the purpose here, Ben's will was crushed, reduced to a dor- manccondition. One or two physicians who visited Elms- woods during the first half-year of Ben's trouble talked a deal about “ unconcious cerebration." Perhaps they expected this wise dictum to set Ben right again ; but, if so, the failed. Saidlletty Hartley, “I don't believe in all that, nor in any theory which makes a living man no better than a dead one." Said surgeon Braddock, " It makes little rlifi‘srenco whether the cerchmtion may bo conscious or unconscious: the life is suspean- ed. Our Ben is wrecked. Nothing but some hidden force of Nature can ever pull him off the rocks." Now surgeon Braddock was an admirable family physician. lie was a learned man sltcrhis fashion. lie had the one misfor- tune, idiosyncrssy. or whatever it is best to call it,-â€"thst be was a pessimist. He looked upon Ben's case always and undeviatingly with no hope, but such asmight be contain- ed in the two words, “Iiâ€"Nature." Liv- ing as hu‘had for many years, in a steady round of family practice, Dr. Braddock was not wide awake to all that was going on in the outer world. He know the asylum, but for such cases as Ben's he had a whole- some dread of them. lie believed Ben to be better off at Elmswoods than in any asylum he had ever seen or heard of. And now when Ben began to develop, to show little signs of returning will, what wonder that the good surgeon‘smiled, l and said again and again, "llâ€"Natural", And, in very truth, Nature was doingl her best. And so were the anxious watch- ers at Elmsw )ods. _ The house at this time were the appean smofaschool, and Ben that ole prince? royal who was seeeiriag the exclusive st-l tuition of a staff of four professors. Betty Hartley was particularly ssaidnous in her efl‘erts to sdneuh"Ben, t) shanghai his will. to Iethis thoughts in lo chsn- ncla It was hard work, discouraging work for the trust. at“, “"1... Manama m ““l‘l’: so. ‘ e t, so of pnrpaes,’ which-lighted ‘np Ben's face, and fin-ought muster, manh- locked and ban-eds: it was, caused him even to speak of some detail of carpentering or furnishing ; but the next hour he had for- gotten the matter. Again he would recall some old affair of business, or some detail of the journey he and Betty were to have made. And in the micist of a sentence, as a. sequence to this serious talk, Ben would break out in some fancy so distorted, so ab- surd and even ludicrous, that with the heart-ache sorely pressing them his friends would be compel ed to laugh. To a pyschological student, Ben would have presented at this period an interesting study. But. there were no psychological the gtber side, a slo ing road ran down to Milbngton, while at er roads led off to the north and west orcr acountry which lay level with the top of the bill, Elmswoods crowning the top of another bill two miles to the northeast. Bridgezflill was partially covered with timbers and irons, prepara- tions having been made to throw a struc‘ ture across the stream to the low land on the opposite bank. Standing upon its summit, you could look over an extended landscape, the river flowing eastwanlly in quiet fulness for two miles or more, and fi- nally disappearing us it rounded the base of a. bluff, whence it kept its course south-east- wardly until it reached the great Ontario : in the valley below and on your loft, Mill- students at Elmswoods,â€"-â€"ouly four lovinglinglon; northward and westward, a rich friends who longed and waited for some- thing which was too distant to come at their cc . It would serve no purpose to lengthen the record of this portion of Ben’s life ; and the reader must be left, therefore, to pictu‘ro to himself a coupleof years ed in the merest flickering of lights ands adows,-â€"â€"thc lights growing a little brighter, but the shadows somewhat deepening at the same time. Ben was gentle under all Circumstances, never manifesting any tendency to’tbose outbreaks of violent passion which sometimes turn the loveliestclrild into a demon ;full of lay- ful humorat times, at others silent an ab- stractcd. Of only one thing didlre seem to have any fear. No inducement was strong enough, during these two years, to lead him beyond the gates of Elmswoods grounds. Time and again, with the sudden flash of purpose which has been spoken of, did he take but and stick after breakfast, cheery “good-bye,” set off brisklyas if to go down to the mills, to the daily round of business. Arrived at the gates, however, he would stop, gaze about in a. dazed fash- ion, turn back again, and be lost inn. maze of silent, nevenuttercd thoughts. At first, on these and others cf his rambles, they fol- lowed him, fearing. But repeated security relaxes vigilance, and for a long time Ben went and came as be, listed. CHAPTER V. scmrmns. It was not until Ben had passed two years in a state sufficiently indicated in the last chapter that there entered into his lifo the elements of romance,â€"uay, of stem fact, which’have made thif tnls of ours possible. Of a sudden Ben was plunged into a very whirlpool of events. As in a. drama, cha- racters ranged themselves around him for good or ill. There was a stirring of the ele- meufs. Nature and Ban’s fellow men he- gun to move ;and a fierce battle was waged, of which” Benâ€"poor, half-conscious creature that he was lâ€"was the centre. The attack wasa. mighty one, -a subtle our; the defence silent, determined, holy. Now let us remark, by way of introducing what is to come, that the brain of man never remains absolutely stationary. It thinks, it' grows in scope, even when sleep is holding the body in silence. Under all circumstances save oneâ€"that is, den-hâ€" there is motion in the bruin,â€"dcvelopmcut of some sort. And, if the Church is right, even in this excepted case the soulâ€"that living lr. ystery which only employs the brain here as it employs the tongue, the stomach, the eye, and all our membersâ€"still keeps up some similar process of action. Even in that long sleep which we are told by some endures between the setting of this life’s sun and the rising of the one which is to usher in the glorious day of eternity, there is still mental action, a vivification of sleep with dreams of bliss, or horror of tluck darkness made more awful by visions and forcbodings‘born ofa. guilty conscience. Always the mind of man is a. panorama of wonders. All discussion of it ismore or less superficial. It may be viewed from a mul- titude of points, and always it presents It: self in a. new aspect. From our present point of view, we look out upon a strange procession. In the line are minds strong and minds weak ; mines that grasp wide ranges of thought, and grasp them clear] , others which seize only to lose hold of the idea or the purpose conceived; minds that sweep the whole horizon of human deeds, others which must be content to concentrate upon some little duty or purpose. And in that procession are some whom we dcnom'nafo idiotic, melancholy, mad, in.- sane. But even these are in motion: even the idiotic are thinking. According to their thoughts, at least their limbs move, their eyes roll, their tongues speak. So, in in- tercourse with any of these, we must always be prepared forâ€"at least, not be taken by surprise atâ€"auy sudden, subtle change. It would be something grandâ€"a. cat step in scienceâ€"to find out the cause 0 all such changes. But, alas! science has not pro- gressed so far, as yet. . No one. than, can explain why, on an un. happy day in September, early in the third year of Ben’s lunacy, he should suddenly overcome or lose his fear of passing the gates of Elmswoods. Lose it he did, however, and with momentous consequences to him- self and others. At luncheon that day, when the three lzrdics at Elmswoods came together, the question was asked by all, simultaneously, "Where is Ben I" The inquiry was quickly extended to scr- mnls, gardeners, stable-men,-'_and even the more distant farmers on the place; but Ben was not to be found. Betty Hartley had been walking with him at eleven o‘clock, and at that hour was summoned to the house to ace Thomas Ma- cmc, who had come, as he often did, to make a familiar morning call. Familiar, be- cause Macrea was on a very good footing at Elmswoods ; welcome, because of his uni- form kindness to the one ob'ect of solrcitude. Betty had left Ben with t a gardeners : he had strolled away from them towards the house, a quarter of an hour after, and there intelligible facts ceased. All that followed was jargon of theory, and this culminated in alarm. \Vord was sent to Mr. llollins, y I. l and, with al expanse of farming-lauds. Along the river-front, in the town, the eye lights first upon several rows of cottages, some bright and tidy in new pa‘nt and with, well-kept premises, others diugyhnd dull, probably like their occupants. Then come the mills, and the decks with a few schoon- ers lazily rocking in the stream. Two squares away, Barony Street, the main business street, stretched its devious way along. with here and there an odd twist in it. One square more, and amid dwellings and trees three ch1HK h-spiros lift themselves into the air, while the square stone tower of St. l’ctcr‘s seems to aruud out as the pre- siding, harmouiziug, patriarchal print-cps of he place. (m m: com-mush.) -._.--_ ‘eâ€"«.fiâ€"â€"o»r»v _._ Corpulcncc. A correspondent, some time since, asked whether there was any ~ ccrtair‘r remedy for corpulcuce. It is in respect of cor-puloncc that man differs from the lower animals. We can fatten a turkey or a pig at will ; but [ a. lean man often finds it impossible at will to make himself a fat man, or the stout man to reduce his flesh to leauncsa. A writer in the Scientific American speaking of this paradox, says zâ€"hlcst lcuu 1110:) are notori- ously large caters, and some are, in addi. tron, excessively lazy. Apparently all the conditions favorable to fattening are present yet the individual remains spare and thin. Others attain great size on a. limited dict of the poorest food. N othiug is more common than to see two individuals, a. husband and wife, two brothers, or two sisters, living and working side by side, eating the same food, and drinking the same beverages, ap- parently taking an equal amount of exercise yet one will weigh nearly twice as much as the other. ‘ No doubt the natural disposition llusa meat influence; worry, rather than \vork, consumes the flesh, so that men who take the world easy frequently stay fat on the most limited dict.” One thing is certain that the “anti-fat" medicines nearly always full to do what they assume to do. Some of these are largely compounded of fucks vcsr'cru'osus, a. kind of seaweed containing a. good deal of iodine. The best results in re- ducing flesh are obtained by'eutiug less and takinglnorc exercise; even this remedy is often only upartiul success. Modern physi- ologists say that fat is produced by the dc- composition of the albumen in the food, though some of the fat we cut is deposited directly in the tissues ; yet, Iron man can- not ensure fatness by eating ulbumiuous foods or fats. Stout people would do well, however, to partake more largely of fruits, containing acids, and eat less of rich pastry, sauces, sweet dishes, [and eggs, avoiding flesh foods as much as possible. In no case, howexcr, is the starvation diet to be carried to too great an extreme. The most difficult thing in the diet cure on corpulcncc is the self-control, patience and pcrscrvcraucc that is required. -â€"â€"-â€"-â€"-as n 1 «no > copâ€"~â€" Wearlrr g Diamonds. Foreigners coming to this country, and well-bred Americans, are shocked by the display of diamonds which are seen at the breakfast and dinner tables of ourhotols, as well as on the streets and railway car- riages. . Diamonds are worn abroad exclusively at dinner-panics and evening entertainments by those who conform to the rules of dress obscrvcdiu the most refined circles of so- Ecty, cxccptou special occasions, such as u. “Drawing Room" at a royal palace. “Shoddy” is the word suggested by the sight of diamonds in day-light on all ordi- nary occasions, unless they am so small as to be almost unuoticeable. J Of late years, there has been a great rm- provcmcut in the street suits worn by ladies in our large cities. Generally all is made to accord ; bonnet, own, mantle and gloves. The great secret o dressing well is to dress appropriately; according to means, snotion and suitability. Chains of gold with lookots depending from them, are worn in the house, but not by ladies on the public drives and walks. No woman can dress well who docs not observe the thch great unifies: her own station, her own age and her own points. Her costume need not be now; she may wear cheap materials and old suits; but they will look well to the last, if she shows how to compose them at the start with judicious harmony. A woman who dresses well, not ostenta- tiously, but observing these three points, will always be found to be practical, and to cos not only good common-sense but rc- hncd sensesâ€"Mrs, II. C'. Ward, in l'oullr‘s Companion. â€"â€"~â€"â€"â€"«eoa‘-°e>ee.â€"â€"â€"-â€"~~ The German Emperor's Wish for Peace. The followinc anecdote is rchtod of the Empu'or. Having been told that the speech from the throne had been drafted specially with the object of being read off in five min- utes, so not to tire his Majesty, he gave his assent to the draft. When, how- ever, he was subsequently requested is add a $9830 mentioning an improvement in the re tious of Prussia to the Vatican, be ob: served that, ifndditionswerc to be pcrmiltcd, he lrnd a private wish of his own which he l would like to gratify. lie would like to an- lieh Church. Atmin load of stufl‘uscd iu the construc- tion of the I’. R., consisting of grading machines, camping outfits, waggons, horses, etc.passedcast through thcl’ortuge last week. The outfit came from Lsngdon & Shopard’s camp. Things are booming in the mill and cluvu~ tor. Grain is coming in‘ at the rate of 2,000 bushels per day. The mill is being kept running night and day to supply : the demand for flour in the province. 'l‘lxc ruillcrs find the business of the institution to be in excess of their most szruguiuc cx- pcctnlious. Mr. S. Rntlrwcll, while crossing the As- » siuiboiue at Hamilton's Crossing, on Friday. , with a team of horses and sleigh, broke I through the ice where the water was l twelve feet deep. “'ith great difficulty he managed to pull the horses out alone, one at n. time. A Mr. Robertson had a team break through about the slime place the day before. Mr. John “"ray, who was killed in the freight train disaster at Roberts station in Winconsin last week, is a. brother of Air. Thus. \Vray, of Indiuuford. The wife and family of the unfortunate man were in the Portage at the time of the disaster waiting his urrivalwith the stock, with which he was coming. They were coming to settle in the province in the vicinity of ludianford. Two of the children are in the-I’ortnt'c yet, and Mr. 'l‘bos. Wray and the uuhu py‘ mother have gone to St. Paul to utten the burial of the deceased. The deceased was 0. prom- inent Oruugemuu in Ontario, and it is ex- pected his remains will be taken back then: for interment. e EMERSON. There are about 1,200 pupils in tho public school. The supply of wheat just now exceeds the demand. sELKInK. There is some talk of erecting a large summer hotel next year on the bank of the river below (.‘olville Landing, opposite the Island. It is calculated that were a. first-class hotel put up at this spot the “’inuipcgqcrs would patronize it, and bring their families down during the summer months. RAPID Cl'rv. Mr. \V. Scott has a specimen of iron ore taken from a well be is digging on his lot. Veins of the ore are found about twelve feet below the surface. It has every appearance of being rich. Messrs. Mndcn and Mchc have sent ten teams and a large number of men to the [lumber woods in tho Riding Mountains. :They have contracted to deliver one and a. half million feet of logs to the .prills of Major Douglas in lapid City, slin- ucdosa. onaxau. Decrare plentiful within from three tosix miles from town. A party of hunters saw a lord of jumping dcer last week close to town, and fired several shots at them, but without effect. Mr. \V. H. Ditch, J. I'., has loft for De- troit, where he intends to spend tho wiutcr, his health not being very good. He came to Canada some thirty years ago, and was the first white settler in the valley of the Sarat~ chewau. He came to Odannh about five years ago. Considerable excitement was created in Odnnah last week by an elk coming into the valley and quietly takingasurvcy of the buildings in that town. An exciting clruse ensued, and several shots were fired at the animal but without effect. After a rest run it crossed the river and starter out north towards the Riding Mountains and cs- capcd, notwithstanding the efforts of the hunters to capture it. ILA'I‘ I'ORTAO E. The Argyle Mining Company have about one hundred and fifty tons of quartz rock ready for crushing. Mr. chcra, D. L. 5., last week surveyed the Gates Ajnrlocation, five miles east of Tacbo, and 115 miles west of Prince Ar- thur's Landing. W The Highlanders and tho Egyptians. A Cairo newspaper says: "The Bedouins were greatly puzzled by the garb of the Highlanders, who they came to the conclus- ion were not soldiers, but the wives of the soldiers. Distatcc, of course, encouraged this delusion, as bare legs were obviousl more discernible than men's faces, covch as they were, with vcils. Tho Bedouins I noticedthat the soldiers' women camped by lthcmselvcs and they resolved to go down I and spoil the infidel soldiers of their wives ; land a body of them actuall went, with a ,ruult which must have hill or] to the won- ldcrmcnt of both, for the British 'lrarcm . turnrd out with rifle and lmyomd, and very speedily thirty or forty of the amorous chdouins bit tho dust. After this cprscode who was down at the mills. Then the news inouuc" ‘9 his I’ec'llle “I” ‘50 “HT-“l9” 0f the soldiers' wires were not again attackcd went abrmd, “ Ben Rollins is lost 2" "Poor I peace might be relied upon. Ben has wandered off 1" Twenty men were sent from the “flicalforeign affairs were usually onl touchcdi and loomstoscour the town and the sur- rounding country. Every train that had ‘ illington since noon was telegraph- cd: station‘mssters within fifty miles were lashed to line a lookout for tho wanderer. The a river- which Ben might have sat unseen within a few feet of mun-by, all were sear-bed. The afternoon hours ;'snd not a sign n he the woods, the roads, the r r The Cabinet respectfully rcmarkcd that upon In messages to the (lcnuau ichstag, not to the Prussian Laudtag. But the l-lm- pcror mat this objection by saying that it mi ht possrbly not be in his power over to sd ress Parliament again in person, and thus the passage came to be inserted, :A'hich kn, when wu my a nook in lhssgivcn such general satisfaction. .â€" Puurlr has found a ma: too lazy to labor orsound of Ben's return came with thorn, under ““ iml’"“l°“' with one exception. A boy came to the office at six with a well- knowncnflibuttmr, an oynt with Ben's ini- tials cut in its face. “ith the logic which finally vsilsarnong men, it seemed to taken or nted that findi 'Beu's cui- button was same as finding himself; and themen were sctusllycslledinbythe ring of the mill-bell. and the search lan- fihfâ€"lsnguished forawholelt‘oura‘while a Harper. superintendent a - meat at the nulls," went with the hepatic Bridge Hill, simply to look at a stir of timber' ad upon which the cuff-button had been fun . . BridgsHillwsasnshrupt rise ofgmund directly west of upon one side ofth lay theriver, xty feet below; on A writer on the subject of “honey vs. sugar," saysâ€"“Ithaca as generally known as it should be, that honey may be em- ployed for sweetening purposes instead of sugar, for most of the ‘purposes for which the lattcris used. Coal we supply Stto the extent of diminishing our imports of sugartoone-half their resent proportions. millions of dollars won .I be saved for the of business in. our own country. But far sbor'e all money considerations, would be the useofa pure sweet upon the hulth of the people instead of the vile corn- ds now hold as sugar and syrups. s hulthfulncss of honey as food has bonersdmitted from the earliest gown through the centuries to the present Ins. l by Arab shciks who wanted to replenish l their harcms with English moonfaccs." ._.. __.WV .._....._.. i “ What is one man's mcat is another man's E poison," is a maxim that may be dccurcdsb- ‘solutcly true in dcalin both with the jcficcts of remedies and t c nature of dis- :cares as they work in different constitutions. t This is well illustrated by the remarks of a ; medical writer on the effects cl the salt est- : ing habit :~â€"” \Vhocverjudqcs b the effect ,on dogs of what would be the effect of salt gon human beings must make mistakes. Ido { not fancy a dictol’ thistle.- with lumps of rock- 3 salt would be bcuaficial to nun, but donkeys lccrtainly thrive on both. It is s well-known fact that to experiment :on animals with drugs for the urposo of ascertaining their eflect is full and utterly useless : the ; action being different on nearly all. Tobac- ;eo is harmless to s goat, lschesis (rattle gsnske} to a pic, arrychnino to a tartan, gbelladonnudesdly ni huhade) to a rabbit; Ibutslltbescaro dc ly ’ star-nan. I i know not whether salt (chloride of sodium) {begoodcrbadz but.asafact,ldo not eat more than a teary-vocals! in a year, and run very healthy. 1 have often noticed tho- 1 persons who are over four] of salt are getter «115 unhealthy or halhlevsloped, but I do us: whether that is the cause or the s set." Tun? _ 1 Farm I,- his: ' has lm‘ v crn Fug ; (.7. 1’3 2 from tb" . §Southct -__. _. . H ,. __-, ,-.-, ._-.. gthe C. 3 l average N O 4 4 auras ' ltu‘u. _ Rat l'o< MT“ ~--- poscdtu , uses a l . MANITOBA. m; or l __ specrmc ll’rovluclal News Jottings of General d T1135, Interest. e"? ‘ __._V A cabin, a Broke Through the 108351.“ Roberts a Station “camsâ€"firms" mer Hotel Ca] r” I as :clktrk Proposedâ€"fl); “Sn 5 ' nt odsnslr. mm“ - __ almost 0, ‘ "' mm: as murals. e . ' The voters’ list has been printed. brokrn r A carload of apples were sold for the Sum freight at the station last week. culture The seats for the new central school have 5‘“ “all. . been shipped from Ontario. ' ill "me? Every train from the “'est is crowded. £33,“; The cold weathcn is rnakingnthe transient ficul‘tun settlers move for warmer quarters, Tm“ The Council has decided to lay a four‘foot just an. sidewalk on Depot street, south of tho the mm! avenue, to J udgo Ryan's house and a six- that “,6 foot sidewalk froru the avenue to the Eng. deuciw afraidof‘tuo mounted police. An engineer on the C. 1‘. Railway was recently robbed of 15 horses. Surrrrxr. FI.ur7u.~0vu~ 200 tons of flour have been shipped to I'riuco Arthur‘s Laud- ing to be forwarded by stcarucr to Ontario. 'l'lrrcc cur loads of \atcut process flour puss. cd over the C. l‘. ‘ week on roulc to Montreal. This is the sec- , oud shipmcut of llour mode to the oust from Manitoba. l’uouukss or l’mxcs ALm-zur, N. W. ’I‘.â€"â€" Prince Albert proper contains a lopulatiou of 1,500, with a population of ?,b00 iu the settlement. Good beef can be bud from 15 to '25 cents. Wheat sells at $1.50, and oats and barley bring SLOO. Last season over $80,000 were I invested in buildings, this year over-$150,000, and work was only stopped ouuccouut of a scarcity of lumber. A BAD lllillilllllrâ€"Il‘llo Emerson Inferno lional says: “ Our friends, the Mennonites, are giving good proof that they truly apprc cintc the privilu‘gcs and other blessings of this great and glorious country. ’l‘hurc are already some 2‘16 actions against them outcr- cd for the next county Court, mostly by machine men and others who have supplied them with the agricultural essentials, and we are told that many of their villages are so hopelessly involved that tlmy never will be able to pay their debts.” Brenner or GARDENING.-â€"-llorticulturu rooms to be at a discount here in the Nortlr~ M'est. Much is said, and truthfully enough. about the wonderful growth of \l'iunipcg, but there are few indications of it in the way of vegelublcs, fruits, and flowers. For acity of its size, there is less of horticultu‘ ral taste and industry here than we ever remember to have noticed in the courso of our travels. Few dwellings can boast of anything in the shape of a. garden. l .._._.~....<--â€"â€". DESCRIP'I‘I BK OF- REGINA. Tho Sltuatlon Not Sundialsâ€"Insufficient Water supplyâ€"Scarcity of Fuelâ€" Itu Hotels and Canvas Houses. A reporter who recently visitor] the town thus describes Regina, the newly created capital of Assiuuboia: The town is situated oua flat, trcclcss and uninvitiug prairie, entirely devoid of rolling ground, which extends for miles in every direction. Every quarter section in the vicinity of the place [for a distance of nearly ten miles has a shanty upon it, showing the zen! with which the speculutor and squatter seizes upon the public domairn Tho town has not yet as- sumed any degree of regularity, and tents and house alike have been put down pro- miscuously, without any regard to geoma- trisal decision. It is now, for the most part, directly south of the C. I'. R. station. and ndistuucc of ubonl; two miles oust of the File of Bones crock. Most of the people profess to bclicvc that the town will yet luvu To in: LUCATlil: wrm‘r, in the vicinity offho mounted police bur- r'scks, ou the 'I’llo of Bones crock, if not even thirty-five miles further to Moose Jaw creek. The C. P. R. did make Ilcgius tho terminus of the third division of their road, but have from necessity bccu culllpcllcd to clluugeit to the Moose Jaw. Regina owes its business impulse to the fact of its receiving the countenance of the Dominion government syndicate and Duke of Manchester's laud monopoly shame. 'l'hcrc bids fair, however, to be nvucstiou close at hand, for tho syndicate on the ad- vice of their own engineers have been obliged to locate nt Moose Jaw. The severe terms. too, which are being imposed upon the first settlers by the owners of the town sltu is also causing discontent. ’l'lloss however are not the worst evils the commu- nity has had to coutch against. WATER IS SCA “CE and fuclcqually so. The former is taken by watcnucn from the Pile of Bones crook andretnilcd at 75 cents to 81 a barrcl. A hotel free or states that his \vnlcr bill for can moat r nmountcd wcxactly 860. Wood sells from 810 to 8l2 a cord and not good at that, and rbbably not measuring over half a cord. Ionl was first sold at ‘28 par tombutis now reported to base been re- duccdto 822. Engineers who have had considerable ex- poricucc states that the water in tho l'ilo of Bones frecrcs to the bottom in winter and dricsu in tho summer, and the know- ledge 0 those facts is beginning to seriously im ressitsclfupou the inhabitants of tilt! em Jl'yl') city. .lost of the people dobusl- nessor , lrlisllzz vsnm: L‘AM'A! put up upon frames of timber, but there are, csidco these, a number of substantial frame buildings. The ltoyal hotel and thcflrit- crion arc the two leading houses in thupltwc, and both barn a coal run. Sister-u of the thin. two portal“: houses which have or- rivcr for the mounted police dust-s been put up at their quarters alxlut tun mich west of the town near the crock, and are occupied by; detachment of fifty men under tlm command of Inspectorfitoclc. The moment the barracks are completed 100 morn men and the headquarters will be established at ltegms. r - «w- «um-«s -- - to .- . . A boy fell fromafourth story window of a mill at lauwirton, Me, and was can ht by his trousers on a high picket fence. I c suf- fered no apparent injury. Paper in a variety of lorrss, which shall be both luminous and irool against damp. is made up of tho lol win substances: Water, 10 parts: paper pu p, 40 parts; phosphorescent powdsrâ€" lr preference stacked for 24 houn~20 : gelatine. 1 part, and satursz solution of ln-chromsts of potash, 1 part. The gelsth resists ths darnpand the phosphorescent powder secures luminosity. Hers isa story for temperance Curators ~. Apiary of six camped out in Wisconsin on a co night. After supper two drank liquor moderately, two freely, and twolst it alone. In the mornin the temperance Mlm refreshed. the split drinkers were still with cold sudhsrysblotoriu.sadths :woawho bad drank fmly were from to as . . from \\'iuuipcg last. Again-1: - W...“ “S l l hm“, A