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_â€"â€".._« AMERICAN FABLES. a! '"t 3 in the beginning of a certain New Year motlierly old (lease felt it her boundeii uty to do HO'LCLlllllg for the betterment of he World. She therefore took astrolldown o the Swamp and sought an interview with he Fox. 'Iday is New Ymr's' if you‘ll-omen" undeniable eloquence and sin loness of pur- she was much comforted by lighting her ' P050 drew “‘9 “"0”le tom“ 5 hlm' .H0 on lamp fora moment to look at her turquoise '3 certainly", - . the other hand seemed Pleased Will my ring. How bright Yellow the geld was! '9 “H the (my on Mlth an low” and- l’oylSh enthui’l‘mm' and File" Chose me for How the turquoise shone cheerful as bits of M‘ Elly,“ “(gammy “801” to weakly“ his companion in long rides to tin;1 countl‘ty blue heaven, fun of hope! “"0 mi unit. mve appointm\lmy80 fl {’1‘ onto aswellas to at or par 8 ' . . w ,. . _ .ommitiee of one to wait 9'55an and ask $16221?” égnnd; Many a meeting have 1 “ What are \T. dpii‘i “it? f\l]l;sgll§:.:ll{1$ll lymxuuuld flatmaka .bo- ,. V .jgood re... d 1 held 1, light ofbjazingpiuo trunk past ten, Miss .y .i is . spit i .I y, 4th: Kim.“ w" ‘{n p“? “0N. an? aiiii‘d semi? clearing iu the .woods. ‘13 3119 Passed “P filfl‘l‘; {dmmtl‘Pl-eugglo ‘ “l‘l'” “'“lll'gqfli‘: "‘ " -' Chilled Re)" Tliosc who met were mostly farmei-a, mati‘iytpf Egyn’lt ll}. CSPGCHI-Y “1 “"5 Wle ‘0“3 ‘ “"0' Vin“ I . U. E.Lo alist belongings, disgusts wit e - ' k, ‘ l 1 _,. kc" ti irdlll you arrogancli of the small family clique which "gay W011". It‘ll} f"llilllvll‘°‘3i’d5 :{EIIIHOW' "ai'OhI I'll let upon the 133"” ‘ govcnied us, with the injustice shown to mem 9" your ills "fl “2‘ 1- l:_ “alumnus as I rand go for the Geese! ‘ “ iiDiZ Robert Gourley and all who exhibited the the full-“W “35 0“ Olaf iv H )ca\ d he ate her on the half ii is . slightest leanings to popular claims, above Yea- .. replies Saltl the elder I u \L i all at the greed of the States Church and I ‘10 “Eh-Y conscious f some sarcasm, no“. . lowing lol "Old Jock Bishop Strachan," as they had Wonk‘l‘fiho kgew nothing of wing “mnth Don't Mk 3 ma“ to “Op 0 ‘ J: the irreverence to name “ My Lori .” , The by "Curlew. "dad I can tell YOu the ‘ become a ilrunknnl- . We WM-.WL sturdy Colonel has something scrulus to say to you um. I ~ 'run “00- 4,. “- itbf ""110 "mm the Northern States. As to-morrow, before school ii urs." Here was i'LAYIMl 0 mg (came evident that no fair play could be a prospect, but youth is li lit-hearted, and and a. g; the coul‘luy m It“ 9, pigeons, ‘ ' mi" the sh for tie Fox. . A ‘3 '5 the Lengfifift v you WEN!" “do even up.’ my, ,n'bll; “'0”. "ll'ell' w . “ Nut i l in I \_ g , ,},,f‘,':,‘goqt share. “Deaf”??? “Well, what’s on hand this morning?" ‘ ed 'Rcyiinnl as he came to the front. Fox were idea they company lhed to ii speeches assumed l' meat Mme» ~ 94. a ‘Wil: I my friend, I have the much, and must therefore have i will eat whatI want "w. what is left will be sufficient for you. ’ I The Fox being the Weaker party had to sit and lick his cli p while the wolf devour- ed cviry ounce of the {neat and sighed for more. He was sigliing With satisfaction when a sudden pain reached his body, and in a moment more he knew that he had been ‘ poisoned. l3 f'Ll l'l'tZD HORSE. r _..r! ‘ cutter be until he had " Whit an ear glut 3“ cake l the owner. “lactate n daisy bid “And I may going in for . i (rm! If." 1 rm“ . fl... .-...-.."‘4-.-D 0' . curious. ‘ are tempa' ’ fill-ll), lug expeditions u tom inn: t titled lit!!! 0‘ im .uc Titled magmas“. ‘. twill!" on the “Grads “if, mm?" ii. Pierre (liffsrd gim information about the ladies -d and who fall durina their lie any! that no few- iiomand women an caught tnlinghfore the counter. 'Ihe ‘ seine-l with klcpto- p; the fashion: is moot ie most recent cul- ' princess. a French awn“. well," mused the Fox as he saw the oilicr struggling with death; “one. gluon“: always iiiiv-ii a Good Thing b) “"‘u some one else gobble up his Din- ned a fine llorso had him "r, and the sliivcrimni- Hi ukfltlliéni : T .331er of my coat in .. a I.) make u daisy of you,” was the kiwi as the llnrse was attached to the be van kicking. and did not step - cmolished the outfit. in possessed you to do of a llo-se would look before a chap Cutler," was the reply. in well sinisli that: if yon m locks you'd better 5,}; your "my!" to hold the nine Mfinil tumâ€"pg. Fl“ .n Engl' denim”. and the *‘ ' .l t of a NVCXQI . A! hill-ire b walled edgiiders tho NY I: : of a round min ..t his way, . of a newer ight, d all he had to say, _ .0, and air .sund those teal, .io heard with patter... And then dismissed him with a cold “ Good Night.” t ere he went one whispered in his car. ' If 'l‘ruth indeed so fully dwell in thee, ). seek our Senators, for much I fear ‘l‘hcy need thy presence, stranger. more 1mm own Company 0 we." int scarcely was his voice a'inomcnt heard In mild rebuke upon the bcnnzes floor, v'. hin (there were no 'rret then) full on ;_ul.ing won’iafi‘,’ the :3 i i on, “3' eat nil“: . and how she sho tty crueltics of wli he cats, are culpable. . so .re quiet and taken ‘_ .ss .‘ilchfullen's And before Clam 1d red turquoise-s, ‘he door opened, r .i'. the window. i ch only women, But why no trouble to come round spying after we d not tell. CHAPTER. The busy Fall was pass he farmer’s season of rest. , the woods were more freqn in a two storey school hours ' l ll'lle from Montgomery’s firm, not afraid of l treason because we know on leave": other. .211 appeal to res-)liie‘fi among hivse who stood society, tin farmers then were to a greht extent on true the loyali: overabundrcd, _ rifle and many yritli reii swords which for street fig than men grew wruthful at each gracious better than Dayan ts_ 0rd, _ ' And r'dugh hands hustled him Without th door. 'I‘ben scorned the spirit the unhallowed groun And from in; tainted surface licuvenwar leapt: . : There, as celestial hearers gathered round, lie told his story, and the an :rcls wept. - .____‘eâ€"“ wow“ Out With Mackenzie in 1837. 0:- Boone: in the Life of a. Canadian Gil risen Bias. HY FLORENCE If). fill-“X. 011A I’TER 1V. It was a time of much excitement; all my training and experience disposed uic to of domestic slaves, she find sympathise warmly With the liberal movement i soon discovered that Mr. Makeuzre other means than his Some 0 past which . 1 l was urging onwarr )y editorials in the Colonial Advocate. my Patriot cause, attracted his attention; saw much of this remarkable man whose got from those mined tone; . u..." how often buy . W. “.0 hgydrer as they ll'itc'u‘eoi In» “Fifi situation seemed to give lip free: 0 fire to the leader's speeches, and to inspire my omcei" “'98 the COIGDCl in him and his hearers a firm resolve to re- sist to the bitter end. But Iain not writing Canadian Histor with Clara Morris. to the Artillery Barracks, where Celene d writings, ardent as they wore in th .1 thng nobody has doucas yet, but the hill,- tory of one St. George Rogers, compositor and journalist. I was able to correspond freely dOWD [)i'csently. Th i I sent my letters "0, after all, so terrible, t e Pines were manufacturer narrow spear points scien ed under the able d Emmett’s quondam followc Isle. 0 lunch to the flunkeyism of to support us, had down the right moment. Mrs. Finch’s spying exp . highly colored report bemg given to her mistress, whom, like all the detestable race f e I house. in power, Mr. Makcnzie’s the turquoise gems were i) a sterner and more deter. c I seen tho eager hope and constancy. Clara on games; by Colonel Stukely. “Tc request hor presence for a veycd by Mrs. Finch, and t her as she opened Clara knocking, 1 he had heard she had been Stukcly resided ; no! you may guess! Isent Pliny 0‘ 8- young man Who tlicm care of Miss MoMullcn, a maiden lady 990ml 0' being a “bell in who had been a shining light and leading women did not think it in singer in the choir at Father Caird's church With young men. near which since the sofdfiiers‘ raid on my guardian’shouso, and the e lived; it had been unused *0 Ml“ Mellulleu’s. . affair of mine, only I think Canadian man- ,- om church window. were an ncrs are rather free in these matters. Clara ex broken. iy loyalist stone throwing. Time iW0“(1051119tOI‘Glnllininm lll'ft.‘ dealt more gently with good Miss Mac- hlullcii, the roses had indeed quitth her face, leavingafew thorns about her chin again. I cannotrorinit tre and upper li . Father Cain '3 teaching, the little old lady was stout f- r Canadian Nationalism and I had won llL‘l‘ heart by sending her every week the Ailmmlc. “'c metnow and then 33 well born and better-brci than his pursu- at Miss Mchliillen’s house, for I was be- Like most who had loved 0" to one Of my domestics. Clara bowed and withdrew “ followers" “ young were proud wife. coming too dceply compromised to wish Md did not mind itâ€"â€"-niucli: Clara tobe remarked as being my friend. Our good friend always invented some trans- ntlyingeniomreason forleaving us alone day filter my company’s drill night. She I heard t‘xe whole story. sent a message by one of our tilltea. that delightful tea, which partaken hfld gone to Bishop Strach of by those who love and trust each other in morning SCYViCG: Clem WM then alone. Mrs. secrecy and danger, was conveyed into the parlor from the inner iegions, hot biscuits, fresh cool butter, and. you may be sure, plenty of our liosfcss' best preserves. Straehan at home nursing old house has long vanished; a monster rebels- Wlliclm mllows is lirvwerycoversiti site, but never did that And Clara told brewery manufacture a beverageso exhilar- ating as 1 used to find those all): of tea! Then a quarter of an hour's talk alone in the twilight before parting. Our love had long ago been avowed and pledged, Clara knewâ€"~what did she not know about nieEâ€"that I was an officer, linldinl rank as Game. any liq/Eat, Miss Mchfullcn would tie gave her on a certain lismlc of ti Captain and Aid-de-camp to our leader, that my company was and is the best armed and most intelligent, made up mainly of the onus men of that very neighborhood who been my school-mum. and amongst them. greatly from Father Caird‘s teaching, l’ifn‘o: sympathies were strong. ClaraVrna heartuid soul with us! know I aym “You thin with the patriot cause, St George,’ the said fame in one of those M the preacher pronounced it, “Skism.” fifteen lnlnuteo of album; "I up," she m‘d add. "that I know my on innom salt ofl’en-i to our (hunky and the Patriot- Bcads to h of And__§i.~ in the family when I live: I hear ' frommaidandmhms. “ Na , L ’ Mr lips by a method not per p. odsi but wry clImti're; “ there is “kind alternatifl in warfare besides romgvrrin. or dying. you must not report what is and in me‘l puller or ien‘aawlun to .nbslofloeti“ “1 am lid to think you have each fro proiiu'oa orihclter in can you run any.‘ the and, laughing. As she! a kc ashadml M the window; it can of a who mod to pause and W; m could to our two figures reflect- cdonthchlind. ‘ Imus: run any."ahe said, “or 1 shall at scolded. Mn. Finch, .4_ few kind words in pencil, “ forget me, she “'OIWI keep always." But it w..s unsaf write toher, she would lea position soon. Meanwhile, a ribbon which Clara out-of-tlicway- This Clara \vou d look for cirl . h can'vliile drill went on. my evenings with Clara, I Dr. Strachan at St James'. lace, and I listened disconse izeourre against a sin called MyCompany‘s duty on th Mackenzie on E cleats-16 5 no better i than we Yd armed with two "rill mill Ibootin , I mylooklnck on a. 11:1 Eitb the cooler 0 ova-um t Minded on of the “than we were» bitter, i, no longer “Shay had every guid Sir Addie Head was fool . nearly all the troops out of the city. lVe should certainly have succeeded in capturing Toronto, the country farmers would have we only marched ight moment. As You e Street at the i g point of which Captain Cuttl: says, “thq . . _ . ” observation lies in the apjlication or it; and we did not march down Yonge Street at ls“ the taunts of this military “swell” to a lady But Clara llfli ti I 1 her sto During the bishop's sermon ihe wrote me a tight once tohear outbreak was to cut down the bri b‘rtadhtina-ufingmynlfmglun t‘ " ' siafluuncod by any dials: or 111- A'w:h :nn mm Wh- ddle Head reviewed his loyal . who had no unit’Epunnd looked V. ing into Winter, f well ; lbur side. the city.) soon fell asleep. “But with the morning coal reflection came," 1 backwoods men ,or rather cool reflections Oil 5 mandate con- ius rendered by door without _ “The Colonel saysas how yer to go to his lioflice immediate.” or quietly to close thedoor, she would he Clara told nag-view was not, loncl 'said that cen in the com- as strongly sus- England young est to be alone laiued her Visit oil, that no But service, a os- itiou of some safety and value in a place ike Canada, you will not seek such company fisonublo follow- ‘ ‘A domestic, " n," such war: a high spirit, bliss hlchlljilen boys the \Ion~ en's Cllul ch for ier young ones sick .withasurfeit of their national plum- puddiuu. Mrs. Finch, engaged in gossip most acutely missed his presence and his The With her "Missus" about “the‘e drefl'ul love- good for sich,” after church. he would never her (fear ring, for me even to 'e her present if any danger in outer fence. every morning I missed sadly '0 Clara in the ate to an hour's “ Schism," or ii iii lit of the go at the North Eastern Yonge Street. " against whom 'beecx for being new one of the er a tiny circlet . purchase at ,. I store, with a half :el urscry governess f1 r want of any were quite too hing. I remem- .ugstovi, and knew from many .m and told me. h w bitterly she Fed it in many of she Our meetings in at, once we met a quartu‘ of a r men and they arms had been on, we had many sympathiser in Toronto lit the Country It is advantage, they were drilled ii 0 regiments, armed, and pelted by gover ment in every way. My orou‘o Patriots numbered 'cry man armed with a hly made short hting would be in numbers, the tifically construct- nce of some of sfrom the Green The royal Lieutlinaiit Governor, (the office was then one of supreme power, not, as now, that of a. harmless purveyor of free enough to send pdition led to n. ed on and hated. Clara knew something was wrong by the lady's maid‘s toss of the liilad as she passed before her, a, thing she always made a ponit of pressing forward to do, into the colonel 3 Clara slept that night uneasily, the poor child dreaded ascoldihg, and confessed to a. confidential friend 300 i afterwards that light and meant Clara’s conduct lMiss Morris I ow moments in mail M y °° moi. not .11ch to . most cultured, and benificcnt of ong (handful Churches. (To an cosrisnizn.) 9&4me minimal Ian. 1);. Daniel “’ilsan delivered it very inter- esting and able lecture last Friday evening a: the Canadian Institute, Tomato, onhis fa- vorite subject of mimeval mun. Man, it seems, has been, at least, a million or two of years on the earth, is not likely descended from the gorilla. has rose rather than sunk _in the course of years, and science and icripture are not likely to disagree on the subject, seeing, in the doctor’s estimation, bothlare true. There is nothing which seems to gun: a good many peogle more pleasure than the fancied decay of hristianity as an intellec- tual, moral and social force. That system has become in their estimation a mere tradi. tion which remains though all life and en- ergy have either already one or are fast go'-y ng. “ who believes in bristinnity now? they ask in self-satisfied triumph. “'VVh'o even tries to obey its precepts? ’ ” \\ ho is influenced by its threateningi?’ ‘f Who is allured by its promises 2" {had they expect that every one of any intelligence and sense will reply “ not one," at least not one whose adherence is either enlightened lot valuable." Now, all such talk is in the last decree absurd and foundatioulcss. Instead of Christianity being dead,it is the most life- like thing which could be mentioned. In- stead of nobody believing in it, (no can t look round or be in any decent measure ae- quainted with what is going forward on every side without feeling that there never was a time when so many held. in all lion- esty by all the commonly recognized truths of Christianity, and even havmg their whole tone of thinking and feeling more guided and determined by its precepts and power. Take away all that Christianity is deing for the intellectual quickening of the race, and what a mighty blank there would be ! Strike out the whole sum of the morality, which is distinctively Christian, and which would have neither existence For power but for the precepts and directions of the Bible, and there is nothing else, as far as we can see, which won] begin to fill the vacuum. No doubt, professed Chris tians are not what they ought to be. There are among them some hypocrites, and not a few humbugs. There are others who are often very inconsistent, and who do but lit- tle credit to the religion they profess. But, after all this is granted as fully as any one could reasonably ask, there remains amiglity amount of sound thinking, honest feeling, and correct, honourable acting which can as unerringly be traced to the influence of Christianity as any physical fact can be at- tributed to its so~callcd evident and un- ( uestionable cause. Why are multitudes doing what is right 2 Not because they re- gard it as useful, but because they believe it is thus ordered by their Master and Lord. \Vhat is carrying on the benevolence of the world ? A belief that those with means are “Stewards of Humanity f" N o indeed ! must say something, but does not know ex- actly what. . is still constraining, and promises to con- tinue to constrain. Let any will find that it is almost, if not altogether, Christian. given. . _ ent work in thir- ~“45’ what would be left- would be scarcely worth mentioning. Sometimes it is said that Christians are not doing all they ought for the instruction of the ignorant, the reclamation of the crriiig, and the upraising of the down-trodden and oppressed. Very likely such is the fact. But in the mean- time, they are doing all that is in these lines even so much as attempted. \Vho ever heard of an Agnostic society for feed- ing the hungry, relieving the widow, or re- covering the lost 2 “’110 ever heard of the self-sacrifice of the infidel iii the slums of city life, or amid the dcsolaticns of ignor- ance and vice 2 \Vhere are their mission- aries ? \Vhere even the ghost of machinery among such for benevolent efforts ‘3 Nobody ever saw or heard of such things. VVh should they? In the midst of cold, liar , selfish negations, the human affections with- er and die. Why should any one help or care for a weak, suffering man any more than for a lame dog or a sick monkey 1' No body, on non-christian grounds, could say why. There is no motive to kind action, there is no constraining power to awaken even kind thought. After all, what, on such conditions, (lees it matter? A man would be a fool to trouble himself with the concerns of those who, in that case would be better dead. -.__a_.__.... - Wm“.-. . You Won't be Missed. Is there anybody so great that the werld sensibly misses him after he is away? The answer to such a question is very humbling to human pride. The mighty forest does not miss the falling leaf ; The snowflake in the river. A moment white. then gone for ever. does not cause a great sensation when it disappears. And the biggest man is not much more. “Get along without him l' “'e would just sniilcl Tennyson says' that if the best loved man, or, perhaps, the great-.st, were coming back from the grave, he would in all likelihood be looked (1] as quite dc hop, even by those who had mourned for him most sincerely, and had Of course, that would not have been the case with the poet himself, had his youthful friend again rc-visited the pale glimpses of the moon. At least, so the survivor says. But who knows! I t is just as well in such cases not to be too sure. Lincoln had not been in his crave a year, not Garfield either, tillâ€"till what! Ti“ 3 cat many of the loudest meters about the car were not slow in both thinking and saying, “ Well ! Perhaps it was all for the best.’ A law may cry out, “ 0h, form hour of Oliver," or for the wise thought and guiding hand of this one and that, but the great mijority neither knew nor care who comes or who gets after the funeral rites have been duly celebrated and the last echoes of the funeral orntious have diéd into silence. m..." 'Marcliionesa the word of a gentleman is as good as his bond." Although I consider the discovery of Vac- cination to be of the rep 1 gum: import- ance, yetI cannot Imagine an #cum. stances when" â€"- that would in uct'y: to Wide most favorable report min l mm Eer fonts a mm: 9 in 1808‘. 1 Fit '21:: no thcrcwuscarcqy. catheder in EnglEnd not more or less 0 of ‘ ., Some, notably Ely, were in 'f ruinous I' lit. Now there insanely y, not in pafvct order. NP." duties. and gum are sum" national “aim of dyes medalist inc. except, perhaps, here and there, \vitha more or less pretentious crank, who thinks he It is the lave of Christ which one examine the character of the benevolent schemes which are maintained, say inToronto, and lie Let him inquire as to who are the mainspring of all such benevolent under- takings, aud the same reply Will have to be Take away from the total benevol- or this province, what is do ,,. :4 those who glory in the Cross, and ,_.-.o 0 what they do for Christ’s sake, and chin ' up "' Wm“ make lively time in getting scrub- i - What .onstraiuing power is to _take the lace of the strange love of Christ which or centuries has been doing so much? There is none whatever. It is all fudge to say that “it is best" and “most useful"to be kind, benevolent chariiable, and so forth ; for the answer will always be Nady and is unauswerable, “ That may be your opinion but it isn’t mine, and my word is quite as goodas yours.” Why should _a man who believes neither in God nor in morality have any regard for honesty, truth, upv tightness, or boner? There is no reason, and if he is passably honest or true or up right he is so not because of what he holds, but in spite of it. People sometimes speak of an honest dog, but they never get .the length of a “ decent" cow or a conscientious calf. And why thm a "decent" woman or an honorable upright man? It \vould_be difficult to say except that the rmeating influence of Christianity and e Christin) teaching has been such that men are better and more elevated id mind and heart, than they over either could or would have been but for the presence of that which they defame and the transforming influence of that which they repudiate. It would be a strange pcrtent, almost upon the realm of miracle, to hear of the organization of an atiieisslic benevolent assomation or a mis. to the heathen. that would be too pbsurd. So with anything of a really ameliorating character that could be mentioned. Lct . Christianity sieken and die in any quarter, and good works andLben- cvolcnt enterprises very speedily take their departure. No wonder. They have then no efficient motive power to give them eith- er censistency or power,aud the result is seen in degraded morals and dishonorable live-. “'0 do not preach, follies and the sins of many who call them- sanie be true to its name on all subjects, and must be allowed to wonder sometimes what sort of a lace this Ca ads. of ours would beif Christianity were In dead as some few fool- ish talkers say it is, and if the new fangled “doctrine of dirt" were practically as much in the Mccllil’xflt as it is actually the re- verse. Come now, you good master )vis- demomongers of the “advanced thinking" order of architecture, Why are you honest, and upright, and truthful, and chaste, and what not? Perhaps, however, you are not, and little wonder if such is the fact, for with lie-moral standard, and no constraining mo- tive to self-restraint and honorable conduct, except their supposed usefulness, or the re- verse, it is not surprising if many conclude that it is 773036 flee/Ill to be base, and that Blane, who was once mistaken for a, page, and once for Tom Thumb, was accounted for by his brother Charles, who used to say even though at his neiglibors’ expense, is a that it was calmed when they were at school [michty silly follow, if not an absolute together at Rodez, by Louis sacrificing to himself, his younger brother, half of his own the man who does not take all the pleas- ure, and of the gi'ossest kind, he can get, fool. ___._a..â€"â€"-‘.>â€"...._____ SCIENTIFIC. well pressed. closed jars in ice cellars. moisture, than in hot. ' of warmth in the atmosphere will dis dry air is by means of cold. ly removed. containing two ounces of permanganate of potassium to one gallon of water. \Vlien the straw has acquired a light brown color, it is washed first in water and then in a solution of bisulpliate of sodium. Great disinfectant and antiseptic action is said to result from the proper use of cop- per. infected furniture, clothing, and other sus- pected articles. The following compound forgencral use use. 'rcuse eradicator is recommended by the hernia: and Drugqistâ€"Cistile son , in shavings, four ounces; carbonate of socium- two ounces; borax, one ounce ; aqua ain- monia, seven ounces; alcohol, three ounces; sulphuric ether, two ounces. enough to make one allon. Boil the sospi the water until it is ( issolved, and then ad the other ingredients. n Paper in a variety of forms, which shall be both luminous and proof against dam . made up of the following substances : ‘61: or, ten parts; paper pulp, forty parts ; phosphorescent powderâ€"by preference sink- cd for twenty-four hoursâ€"twenty parts: gelatine, one part, and saturated solution of bi-chromato of potash, one part. gelatiue resists the damp and the phosp ascent powder secures luminosity. ..__...»_ ‘TAR AND FEATHERS. hor- Soms or the Discomforts that Attend the Wearing or this Sort 0! Dress. “ Most people,” said a prominent Reunite toa C/ironieIc reporter to-day, “don’t know what a terrible punishment tarring and feathering really is. The suppose that it is nothing more than a adge of infamy, rather uncomfortable, perhaps, but not pain- ful unless it gets into the eyes. This is a great mistake. I helped to daub Jones. He was a disgrace to humanity, and deserv- ed all he got. llut I had no idea till I saw that fellow plastered what a tough deal it was. We painted him all over pretty thick with a broom, and some enthusuistic vigil- ante poured a fewgnllons of tar over his head. Then the feathers, taken from a big pillow. were dusted over him, and he stood out, white and fluffy, in his starlight, like some huge and grotesque-looking bird. He had to put his clothes on over the whole mess, and then he was ridden on a rail for fifty yards or so, and we put him on the westbound train at midnight with instruc- :10“! not to come back on pain of being hang- I saw him on the train. He was sitting with his head on his arms on the back of the seat in front of him. The far was so thick on his head that it covered the hair out of sight, and his poll shone in the light of the car lamps like a black rubber ball just dip- ped in the water. The r fellow was groaning, andl couldn't he! feclin mean at having taken a hand in t ejob. 'ousee the body is covered with short hairs and when the tar burdens a little the slightest movement causes acute pain, as if one's lizard was bein pulled out with pinchcra, hair by hair. hen there is the stoppage of infirm, which would soon kill a man if “CV-lea the smell of the tar turns the "much. find about lialf-ancheur after a man his been coded he must feel mighty he n5 scrubbing makes body must be sore Good yeast can be kept in excellent condi- tion if it is twice well washed and with ice- cold hard spring water and then dried and This mass is afterward to be well mixed with malt dust and stored in In cold weather the air contains more In fact- no amount Straw to be bleached must be soaked in a. , , solution of soda and moved about in a bath Stance» 9' dlstmct remelnbmllco 0f the fact that the best and most faithful couchiiieii they ever had could not have read a vcrsoiu while their most accomplished cooks were guilt.- less of any acquaintance with even the first of the twenty-four letters of the alphabet. not Soft water Gossip! People 3 The wi Blunt, All the box-lain a; six Oamhi Miss ter of the IE”: of Millais‘s ""1.’ For twelve just succeeded 1 g with his wife, su :( Mary Cowdcn . ' Vincent Novello, " of Clara Nevello,‘;\ 4 j Lord Houghton is idmrosted in sonar plan- ting in Jamaica, andhis Florida estate con tains sixty. thousand acres in oranges. Carlqs’IDe Mesquite, the pianist, receives an allowance from the private purse of the Emperor ofBrazil, that homey iuskehismusi- cal studies in Europe. Some poems in the Magyar tongue have been written by the Austrian Archduchcm Valerie, who is only fourteen years old, and is now engaged with a drama. of Mount Vesuvius for twentynight years, tain, has justdied there. come in good years sometimes approaches als than any other man in England. i his boys liged to walk on crutches. English. A coffin was .discovercd. while may contain something of interest. small rations of beans and boiled beef. â€"â€"-‘qoo<o.o~ so. â€"â€"â€"5__ Reading. Let it never be forgotten that reading is a grenVnfldsttbonfi‘iéent factor in modern T9'lie sure, some of those who p050 118 Limls, “advanced thinkers," and what- not, are rather dubious about letting ..everybody have the power of becomiiligkac- Al 0 I]. ' _ pcl IFS good many blatant talkers about the rights moisture, and the Simplest way to obtain of man. and the glories of freedom, who The mOlSl’vum have flourished in the can be entirely frozen out of the atmos- Dht’l'ei 311d that is the only “‘33' it 0311 DO 1111' few who have lcisureand who afl‘cct culture. Reading. in the estimation of such, rather They have, for in- civilization. quaiutcd with what is in books. fine all such accomplis spoils good servants. the Bible to have saved their lives ; In spite n all such nonsense, entirely gone dumb even in this same _M. Burcq recommends treatment of Ontario of our and even in the Queen city infectious diseases with salts of copper, the of the West, a‘l people of sense are pretty injection of the wood or nuts with copper much agreed on the conviction that it- ism: sulphate. and the application of copper to immense advantage for all to have the power of reading, and, that it is a wise and prudent thing to provide good and whole and the sense to make use of them. of those who read, give themselves so u to the are weakened and their hearts the process. not novel might hav read, but will be found with better books than th BY customed to. A temptations of the tavern. He very speedily forms habits of thought which render him ted animalism of such p cs, hav to charm one who has a liking companionship of the printed book. such resorts. soon think of taking a spellnt grazinga Ia Nebuchadnou'ir. «.I’ FLA-BEES OF FUN. lessons for the past eight years hangs back and blushes and says she really can’t play, don't insist on it. The chances are that she can’t. ‘chcometh not,” she said, and she was quite in ht ; he didn't arrive. lIiIi intentions were al right; but they failed to success- full combat the bulhdo that was screened in t e moon-kissed shru bery. Parson lb ne'er-do-wcil)â€""What's this I hear. {lilacâ€"that your wife has left you ! Ah! this iswhat 1â€"" Giles â€"-“ls‘lie might do worse than that, sir." Parson (-lioclred)â€"~ “\Vorle l" Gilcs~"8hc might come back again i" “If you would be trulylia , in deir,” said one New York lady willihtliei", "you will have neithercyes nor ear-when your hus- band comes homelate from the club. ' “Yes,l know," answered the other weaiily, "but what am I to do with my now 3" A Boston woman received a telegram, and her face blanched and her hand trembled as she held it unopened before her. Giving it to her due later, she sold: “Read it.’ The girl obey “ Papa has broken his " she said. The "Thank heaven and goneto the hospital, mother's face brightened, it is no voracdfshc said: “I feared he might he gains: to bring somebody to dinner!" A gentleman who had been in town only three days, but who had been paying atten- tion to a prominent belle, wanted to pro , but was afraid a would be foo hasty. is delicately brcac the subject as fol‘ lows : “I” were to to you of mar riagc, after having unint- ance three days ago, in" " wen. I should to-inornow that which .0“ day before yesterday."I My 3 Alta 7 list would on Y“. M . . . . Professor I’alinieri, who has lived in an 5'03“? “may ‘1‘ "rm" to send "egatlm’s observatory built on the edge of the crater giving his timeto the study of the moun- The Earl of Dudley is in a mental state nearlyhakin to iinbicility, while his iri- five million-, as he derives more from minor- Captain Mayne Reid’s farm of sixty acres and is not at all in Herefordshire is his hobby, and gives him blind to the “‘eflkneisefii the idly-(‘3. the afiuelivin ;he still i'ceeivcssii income from ooks. Owing to the ro-opeuing selves Christians, bill; it must all file pfn wound received in Mexico, ho is ob. Don Carlos, for so long a pretender to the Spanish throne, is a man of towering statue and soldierly bearing; he has large, dark, sympathetic eyes, speaks with a great deal of gesture, and is decidedly aleadcr of men. His wife, Deiia Murgerita is a mistress of some excavations in the nave of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, were being made, eon- taiuing a. box which held the skulls of Dean Swift and Stella, and a glass bottle'in which a manuscript was sealed, which it is thought The diminutive size of the late Louis past, they would eon- ments to the chosen some books for those who have the faculty It is all very easy to say. that the great mass perusal of novels, and these of the poorest and worst kind, that their intellccts polluted in In the first place, it is not the d fact and then, secondly, though it were, isit possible that those who read even the cheap ebecn worse employed had . they been deprived of that amusement? is Besides, the remedy lies not in refusing to t- let the lower and laboring orders learn to in supplying them have been ac- young man who has con- tracted utaste for reading, will in that The have every strong safeguard agaiuiit the uncomfortable in the drum shop. The dull gossip, the brutal horse lay, the unmitiga- e no power for the silent lie finds himself more and more out of place in Indeed he would nearly as getting down on all fours and When a lady who has been taking music main. notlikei, the changes an. years. The pope becomes the object that it is just as wt should not occupy ‘ tiou. The Duke of Mnnchcsi. is being defended with mor but not with a great ammo}: is all very well to say th:_ ing its lands at the hi lit may be very true, an 31! all reasons that they on ___ list is that any justificar‘ have handed over large t d; districts of the Nortli-Wrst tn control of them who hold tliei. rise," and have neither done not to do anything to increase their va‘ to make those who purchase from i feel that they are getting full value fo 1;.- - enhanced pi ices demanded? f A retired naval officer writes from Jhbx mouth :â€"-“I am happy to say that l liav‘ never been vaccinated myself, nor have any. of my childrenâ€"fouriu number, the eldest being now nearly fourteen years old. I have no fear of them catching small poxâ€"or, in- dccd, any other diseaseâ€"us longlas they get a judicious amount of good fem and plenty offrcsli rir. l have .paid much attention to diseases in all parts of the world, and I have always found they have a clause“ and that until the cause is removed it isiu vain to tter over effects. It is amusing to hear ( octors talking of stamping out London small ox by vaccination, when they know as well) as I do that there are. streets in London crowded with inmates in rooms al- most as fetid as the Black 11910 of Calcutta. How is it possible to stamp out small pox so ion as such quarters exist? We know it can- not e done, and (lie doctors know it cannot be done ; and furtlicr,_ they know and we knpw that if it were pessiblo to provide u " i ' well drained and well 7 Londoners, not onlv twp‘é’gag. fro. v my i ' '3'“ . .vva' : “"c group ’ ' "'“vicrso my "13’ lélfiidlflllll pox is a mom The Milwaukeo'lion-or mafwell make the authorities of over cit - opt bestir themselves): for? thoridmiaczggm' single place of any size from this to u“ gulf of Mexico which has not..omg-...“;§_ innntrsps as that which has secured in my ashes such npuiufnl notoriety. How many: of the liotclsin Canada of any size would do much better than the one in Milwaukee if a fire once got headway? Not so very many as some would imagine, How many factories? Any one who has gone up the miserable coutrscted stair-ways that lead to the working places of hundreds can tell. How many churches even could give a good account of their means of exit supposing a. panic were to arise? How many schools, especially Sunday ones! We do not say that things are as, bad as they were with the six story eofliii of Milwaukee, but they are bad enough in all conscience and if a movement in the way of remedy be not speedily set about some will be grievoust to blame. Surely a word to the wine is enough. Yes, but the misery is that so many are not wise, and that so many nioro are so iliorl-siglitcdly selfish, that a great deal more than a word is necessary to I eke them move in any scheme which in- , vns more or less of personal expense. ! 0 25th of January is at hand, when the i‘y of the great national hard of Soot- of course be existed in potatious improvement to give tliei'ichary a r from tho shrill scrauuel-piping which on that day has to such an extent to pass muster for eloquence? The way ‘pcor Burns is every lyear berdrivellcd and be- drunken is cneiig i to make his bones stir in the grave. Or, if the bones themselves have disappeared, it is enough to make his very dust rise in solemn protest. Every oer thirsty soul who has a. taste for, and ll so farajudge of good whiskey teddy, has on that [great natal do. a chance of getting a good y allowance 0 the barley brown, and at the same time get credit for literary taste and fora profound admiration of all that is best in Scottiin genius, and all that is left- icstin Scottish character. It gives a good rousing debaucli quite an aroma of respect- ability to have it associated with some great occasion, some popular saint or some un- doubted genius, and no mistake. Many wril on the 25th that is coming, as on man that have passed, comfort themselves with the idea, that Robert Burns liked the teddy, and so do they, and, therefore, that they may clearly conclude that the" I.iindrod spirits with the mighty you..- hard. If they could only be honest for once and say, “ We want a good guzzlo, and don’t care a brass fartliiiig either for Robert Burns or for the Cotter's Saturday Night," it would be a change, at only rate, and might be locked on as quite regs-hing from its frankness. if from nothing The vexed question about taxation, for this, that, or ' will soon be set at rest till themselvcsdiuppear. An. they? There is no pom such things which will“ consideration ; they arr continually. Tlicy bcl least defensible kind ( make those who are and most offensive the impudence of comes something i the poor man my the w. w clergymen 2 Act: with three a, . five thousand dollars a car boldly as b law they are outit ed. tohavo b of linun‘cipsl convenience-Jorwhich. body has topay, without mono and ' out price. ' be whole system 11 ev m» tail is erotica one. It is based entrain hood, and carried out in every case with high-handed injustice. The history of these exemptions is every significant one, and In the end hu resulted not in the interest of the exempted. In the meantime, Tami: cannot but specially remark on the match- len cffrente of these who call thcmulve' ministers of ' “arcing Mme: 0‘ industrious nice innit: top!- oa i awnuxas, but a share :2 time a Mutille Theyini ht unveil a the city should supp them will. and tea for nothing, as t it shoal tbcmtheuooftho streets and tl~ tier; of the police without their be" to [mythth share of . ,; vrh ‘ ' ‘ ” v .3. "~ Arm, 7m;- 3))» “c. in \ . - nag. M ’ A... ‘ KW