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GENERAL PLEASASTBIES. A health ruort: The doctor. Japanese soldiers any fans. These weapons are probably used in the hottest 5 of the fight. The face of the sun Ll curated with. blotches again. The sun should take something for its blood. " Man wanti but little ear bdrm," said the wliwl-ln] who got a sounding box on the side of his head. An articlseantaining sdosen of hints on; how to iakeczre of a bum: is going the rounds of the press, but there is not one hint as to how to get the horse. Abillhubeen resented to the state leg§slaturo to reg to the manufacturing a! cider. Is this not unwarranted inter- fercnce with the freedom of the preset “No," said the man who looked on with unconcern at a fight atthe I’hils- delphia board of alderman, " that seems nothing to me; I've run an opera com- pany. James, who was trying to row a new button on his coat murmured: “They say there's s. new yacht that makes fifteen knots an hour, but this thread makes twenty knots a minute." “ Boy," he asked, as he stood at the foot of Woodward Avenue and looked across to the Canadian shore, “ what is. the depth of water off the dock here i" The boy looked him all over with a care- ful eye and then lowly answered: “That's the way it's allus sen i Ifa fellow wants to commit suicide its allus someone so big that his clothes won't begin to fit me ! i won't tell you nothing about it 1" .._â€"__â€"90 <.. nâ€"â€"â€"-â€"- The Presidential Election. The excitement in the United States over the forthcoming presidential elec- tion will soon reach a fever heat. The election will take place in November and the National Conventions of the two parties will soon be held in order to nu minatc their respective candidates. The number of men spoken of as eligible on either side is unusually large, and if. is quite evident that no one man now stands out sufficiently prominent to have all eyes turned towards him. Past experience goes for to show that the prominent men, and the really popular men, are those standing the slimmest chance of nomina- tion when the hour comes. Some “dark horse" usually secures the nomination EH r. compromise between the too ardent supporters of the men of great promin- once. The chief danger in the way of success in either party just now appears to be the chances at (“instruction in the ranks. l’arty wire pulling has become a profess- ion in American politics, and the wire p-illurs begin to make their influence felt from the very outset in these campaigns. The “party backs" are in bad odour, and if they draw the wires too strong with one party or the other there may be enough bolting to bring about defeat. Parties are now pretty evenly divided. and good luck, or good friendship, will probably win the day. The Tammany men have, for a long time been a source of difficulty to the Democrats. It has recovered «gain much of the influence so potent in the pziliny days of Boss Tweed, and its rug leiulor have not a much better repu- l.ii.ion than the old Boss, so far as real lionnsiy of purpose is concerned. In the Republican party the Old feud between ' til-i Stalwarts and Half Ilrceds is not yet \vcll healed up, and it may break out any hour. Such recognized leaders of public opinion among the Re )ublicaiil as Curl Scliurz and Harper’s eekly, are slowly sounding an alarm and putting their friends on guard. The developments of the next month or two will be watched with great interest. ......, .«w. Goats, Camels, and Recs. ".\ mun-l can carry a ton.” ' if rbcrt Eldridge, of Cincinnati,wlio has; jn at, :ciurned from Russia, where he liss' iii-mi rcsiriiig goats and camels, says he has sw-u good puck cnmcis curry more than n, tom-n their backs, but fl ton is coiisidcr~ cd in fair burden. " -\.'r.~ there many camels resrod in lt1i:;...i l” "The induury it not. important in a munnwrciai paint of view. I have been cngagml at it for four years. I have iignrc-i iliit [hole are 25,000 Cfllllfllfl in iii-i Knidstia and l‘lrivan districts, the Kal- minke have about 20,000, and the Khir~ :y-sc. not far from 180,000. Camels are bred iur iln-ir labor principally, but also for their hair and milk. A cumol will shear from eighteen to twonty~tjvo pounds of hair. This is worth in the upon market about $3.50 a peed. “You also miwd goats l" “Yr-s, l lmd about 800 on my much when l left. There arcovcr niuillionand :1 ll tlf of gmiis in European Russia. The l‘llllltll'y is the most important in the mountainous portions of the Caucasus. 'l'iH Angora Mid Cssliiunru broods are brcl in filiiilll of the governments for their milk, nix-at, and Il'lll'. lu ld-‘lllthc export of gmlt down aiiiouiitud to 81H,000, while the coirsrr qualities of hair about doubled it. The largest export was in 1ST“, when is reached $400,000 for down niil nurse biiir combined." “What do y..u know of bee culture in Iiuuu i" "In Liii‘c Russia and Lithuania, the gin-x! llll~ltlll forests render beekeeping very profitable. The finest- honcy I ever 5.” H prmluccd in Kovno. The largest niiisii‘iiii-s come from the governments of Yuk \l \r'nuslav and l‘ol-lova. There am over $0,000 hives in those two dis:ricis. Kalli-gt produces annually about 1.860 p.- ..l. uf honey and 3,500 ponds of wax. A p of contains about thirty-six pounds. 'l‘lus unninl production in the Don Cosmck County amounts to $60,000 in round lilllnlu m. "In Vulhynis and llcssarabia the comâ€" biiml yield of honey reaches a value of nearly 33m.W)ayear. The annual yield of tho whole empire is not far from St,- 00.1.0.0. or about 15,000 tons. To this mini inc all lml nearly 5,000 tons of wax, worth $2.00!,000. This is about all con- sutu.‘d in Russia. the upon: being very siui'l." -- .-...'....._-.. - -. ills-Nouns new franchise Ilill is u: with the :n at determined and lunar u nifnnn frnui the Tories in the lintislil uiun of Commons The actual chimp; iii zinc «pislifimiiua in the fran- chnrisn I! very great. but it is sapwood iliaz. til the whole country, there will be a very large addition made to the number if electors in masquence. The total liii'nlwr of mic" is now put down at maximizing over three million, and the new Bill will notably add nearly two million more to t is number. The extension will is.» pancipally sum: the guitar classes in the country, and in relsnd. Hamel-are the franchise qualificatioahas been ages-i (lMI highcrin Ireland than in England. and Mr. Gladstone meets with very stormy uppnitiun in his prupoul of quaint-thin, but he appears pretty determined to push his measure thru' h. Few of Kirghnd‘s gunman-n have i use an much towards marinaded justice in Ireland, and few of them luu met with more opposition 3i llll‘K’! I ,..a 'lch in a moment, assuring him, with ! ; . l f i l ‘1‘. ‘< FENELON FALLS, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, MARCH 15, l I lfrom Nora‘s lips, and brought with it an . . , . idea. i CHAP'I‘LR XVIII. Costume). “Her mother isdead," she faltcred; I The girl's courage and forethought 'were wonderful. In the brief space ofltrap. . time allowed her she had pinned the tra- "Poor soul I" be said, mucliing the hot veiling-wrap shawl-fashion over her head gently. "Intense grief, or strength i pretty shoulders, and twisted s silk hand- broken down by long nursing, I suppose. ikerchief round the soft gray hat Vance Some daughters do take these things to had intended to Wear in the train; and heart, I know. now she stood beside him, luggagstickct, Vamittart ; don't wear yourself outâ€"bet- in hand, consulting cheerily as to the ter haves nurse!" probable delay in the train that would “Noâ€"that is, yes! I willsec about inconvenience them in their crossâ€"country it," Nettie said hurriedly ; “but, Doctor journey. Hudson. is it a very serious case I Will If he had not luv- Brsve true Nettie 3 she die '1" - ed her before, Vance felt that he must The doctor looked a little surprised at have bowed down then in helpless sdom- the sudden break in Nettie’a soft voice, tion of the strog true heart that took up but answered gravelyâ€"~â€" the burden under which he must needs “Basin-fever is always serious, genersb have broken down, and nobly served and ly fatal. If she does rally, she will owe saved his miserable charge. Not until her lifstoyou." they were safely scutedin the second~clnss The words were even truer than he carriageâ€"alone, as it most mercifully hnp‘ thought. pouodctlld her nerves yield under the “Better that she should die, Nettie," unnatural strain laid upon them. Then Vols, said sadly, when his wife told him fora second she turned faint and giddy, all that had passed, “better that she growing so deathly white that Vance should pass away in this merciful innd- thought she might lose consciousness, and no.“ th in wake to the realising horror flung his arm around her. But she ml- her after-life must be !" Strong and unselfish as Vance Single- ton had shown himself, his strength and manhood had broken down under the terrible strain. blood, not: fine-temporal steel like Not- tie, and he felt that night that he could bear no more ; the meshes of the not were closing round them, the pursucm were upon their tmck, escape seemed hopeless- ly impossible. Losing henrt and courage, he rested his head upon his folded arms and sobbed like a. woman or child. In a moment Nettie was kneeling be- side him, her arms around his neck ; she raised his head, and made him look into hcr face; and, in its sublime faith and womanly tenderness, the face of'thc littlc actress was as the face of an angel in that moment. “No, dearest Vance"â€"-genflc as the voice was, it thrilled like a trumpet-call to duty, making the innii blush for his own breakdownâ€"“hope still, for, when we lose hope, we lose all. if it please Heaven to take Nora, we shall know that, she has found pence ; but, if she is spar- cd ’_’ “To what u wuking l" Vance broke in with n shudder. “Net-tie, I dare not think of that !” “Do not, dear,’ she said gravely; “trust and wait. The darkest hour is just before the dawn. Something tellsine that our darkest houris here, and that morning is at hand." He kissed the sweets earnest face, and let a little comfort steal into his aching heart. If the down tnrriod still, some silver star of hope had pierced the sullen blackness of the sky. brave white lips, that the motion of the train had shaken herâ€"that was all. That was a terrible journey. The train dragged its slow length from little station to little station ; and from station to stu- fion the pale pair never knew that the telegraph-wire had not flashed the news before them, that exposure and arrest might not await them on one of the plat- fol'llmvâ€"Sllflnlo and terror for them, shame and death perhaps for the dazed and help- less girl who sat mute, motionless, and seemingly absorbed in s trance of horror in the corner of the carriage. - At last the great junction from which they took their departure for the North was reached, and they found, to their in- tense relief, that their trains almost matched, and that, so far at least, the news had not. preceded them. They had gained a little breathing-space, a little time to think and act. Night found them in Glasgow, and in the lodgings flint they providcutizilly sc- oured beforehand for a party of three. (him under shelter, it was comparatively easy to act, and Nettie's prompt instinct served her well. Their new landlady was a .very. differ- ent person from the casyoguing chatty old lady at Stoke chon. ,A bustling, slav- ing Woman with a house full of lodgers and hands full of work, she had neither time not taste for gossip, and, once hav- ing shown the new-comers their rooms and heard their requirements, she was only too glad to leave them to their own devices. She did indeed regret, with abstracted civility, that. Mrs. Vansittart's sisterâ€"or wse it her mnid fâ€"eliould full ill just when she was most wanted ; but, when Nettie, With wull-sctcd henrtlcssncss, de- plored “the whole affair" as “an awful nuisance" and “s most. vexatious thing,” her thoughts had so evidently travelled off into the regions of “rixist and boiled,” of "cold joints und lmshes" that Nettie felt it safe to let the subject drop and the ini- patient womsn 30' . when n fortn' ht after the murder the Th9 week that followed "I” always be body bf n yuuiif,5 woman in an sltogilthor one hideous blurred spot in Vance bingle- j unrecognisable condition was washed ton's memory. Eventothemselvcs, Net- ashore at the very foot of the cliff 0,, lll! and he nevci'speuk of those days, in which Mr. Dalinsy'no's cottage stood, which, move where they inigh,t,_ look a every one was well pleased that it should where they would, they saw the hideous l be identified M Nora's, and the astound- shadow of the gallows flung across their ingly sensational romance be brought Wu" The “0‘7 0f Lord do Gretton s to a termination at once dramatically murder "“3 on every tonguc;the ”bio“ satisfactory and complete. The police was too romantic and sensational nouto . were catch the Pnblw “me". 0“ 0'0" 9““ theoryâ€"Lord do Gretton's family pleased they heard u“? name “u“ "“5 so_ terribly that the disagreeable publicity caused by fannh‘" m their cars, (m evcry “do they the matter should end; and even the board speculations as to the cause of the newspapers were fain to admit that they murder, the flight of the murdcrcss, had made the most of the nine days' and marvels that as yet, she had not been wonder mercifully vouchsafcd them in a. “3'6“”- . I . vacant time. “‘0 police ‘ "Chutho police have been A few more pnragrsphs anent the Cor- “ "l“ M usual 3 " ”1°” heard a man M oner's inquest and tho funeralâ€"at which, " street-corner 0mm.” mm ““3 939’ to the scandal of many and the compreâ€" cynicism ”f 0"" on whom “0 responsibil~ hensionof afew, Arbliur Ilceu re's mother ity rests. “As usual, they have let their was present-s sentiments“ or nrso,and gnme slip through their fingers, and get off the" the Stoke Vernon mystery was set “'n‘fmo : . aside as a thing done with and forgot-ton. Th” “"5““- "Wh hm level-“d ”Md run At last Vance and Nettie dared look the c0111.. . ,. . . . . future in the face, at last they were free “I‘nr a time, his companion said, with to act. Imuieasumble as was the relief a Confident laugh H i No" and sure, my that this thought gave them, there was a dear fallow ; you forgot the good old pro- nhnstly unreality about it too . fl“, did . ,, , “‘rh‘ 1'” my ll’lrt’ lmwuv" elm" “I” l not their new freedom come through may be ~and she isclcarly crazyâ€"Tl would Nom's supposed death and was not Nora givc long odds that the murdered-i is caught slowly but surely struggling ka to life 1 M his“ . She was to live; the doctor gave that “1° tortured listener could hm” n" assurance unhcsitatingly now. But her more i h” drew hi“ coat-collar up about mind was clouded still. She opened her his neck, although the day wns close and great gray eyes on life with the innocent sultry, ”“1 hurried l“"."”’l"“"°.l“ the trusting wonder of a child; her memory NM" where the bmvc hm? Nat“) kept seemed an absolute blank for the first few her mticnt watch by the sick-bod of the days after m. fcvor WWI away, and even ““3? cross. . when it slowly wakcncd it brought her no [he murdcrcss 1 It wrung his very images ”f pain. heart to use that Word even in his in- “You are Vance v- she said lookiiw . . p i 5 most thoughts ”.5 \ctingaproud l’wlm' wistfullv from the young man to Nettie ful Nora, of the gir who y "1 memiful one dai' “but this is not Cristina." unconsciousness, fighting for the life that “No, 11”,. ; Cristina is not here." “'“ul‘l ll". intolerable ".8" “’ hors~ "'I am glad." She dropped her head which,_as it was, wM (“fit-“5 ‘0 the 1‘“!- with a little sigh of content. “Cristina A" m“ hfl’u" had nursed h" night is not kindâ€"~but you. What is your and day, fmnng to summon even is doc- name p- tor to hcr aid, lost in her delirious rav- “Nettie." ings the secret that must at all costs be The ,- lfl j l - 'la . , gir as m a waniing g nce across “I" “W“ l"’-"".’°“l°‘1j “km" 9’” the no, forbidding the fuller explanation saw that four was vain. hora babbled in- Vance would have given. deal incessantly ; the parched lips never “Nettie :-~_NU,.. “,1,“th the '0“; ““h‘l t“ murmur, the h": head tossed with camssing accent and alittlc flicker- for ever on the iillow in a very frenzy of - , - “\r t' I 1 scorching pain :lint her thoughts took a :fil’l-ilmde' ‘ fl 10' have men "'1 great backward leap into the regions of “v, -" d . N tt' i the pastâ€"fthcy weroall childish troubles gravely? l ’ “I" e m answerer she bewailed in her heartâ€"broken incess- “And you have nursed mu? Yesâ€"l “I“ “7. Cd“! hid ”MM 9"" her, have seen your face through a mist, al- I' “l“ M M“ huh something '“ ways kind and gentle, and very, very sad. 'mngwshs could not remember whatâ€" . t l. W her mother could only help and and". Liming? 11,12? N3: .spsngo are you M‘ h" “d h“. ""d'" '“ d‘d' “ 'e sor 3" Nettie said, with a little N""°.“°° an L‘"" D‘QW‘“ name catch lilyherrtlresth, thou h she did her pi- h" hp" never once ‘1“! d“ 'P‘k ofl best to I with checr'fu composure. AIM" Beaupro °‘.' h'” 3'3”“! “"5 Nora raised the grunt eyes that were "1“. “W! “was Ni! mm" In filled with men! wonder, but had no horribly grotesque contrast with the real i and," “f fear 0,. “f "mum m trouble penis that environed her-thou were their elm depths. Nora's, only the hu 'hn" ""7 new» “But I shall get well soon. You are not paper in the ki cm with her name. .0 for me mm l" “‘1 “la" detective ‘ ‘u ‘“ England Nettie turned her head abruptly aside, W“! "M" “KM" to track 11" d‘"'“~ ' unable to endure the innocently inquir- Th.“ doctor, whom, fora 'ce “k‘v l i look. The action, or some glimpse of Nettie was “ 1‘“ forced to‘aall ms PM the averted face, struck Nora like a blow nuanced the case one of brain-fever, and ‘-â€"-the placid “a, darkened wd 60'1““de looked very yely at the anxious nurse, l the 1" lips quiverod Piufnjj" as h° “k if '1“. know 'h" 8"“ " on 'aro sorry stilll' she said, in a PM?!" M lately “mflh‘d “W“ the I‘"weak excited whisper. "Then there is treats mind . something more. i must try to thinkâ€"â€" heme ' ¢° Ml almost I‘ll“! h°"- ‘ inn-r. try to remember : but my head is so CHAPTER XIX. Nettie proved a true prophet. The morning brought news that, while it seemed a. mockery of the watchers' fccrs, robbed them of their worst sting, and set them comparatively free. Suspicion, it seemed, had from the first moment point- ed to suicide as the only logical sequence to Lady De Gretton’s mad act ; and, v m ,3. "Pu-“y,“iy. “that country, so keen and searching was the old sun’s:“mg.. . . OWN)!“ A.“ CRIME. ‘ iflffiffiiif‘Tffiii’iiff $233933: \Vell, good day, Mm.| He was only flesh andl delighted to be justified in their 1 l . incnt, the ominous red spot on each i large eyes began to alarm him. “But, Vance,” she began agitatcdly. “But, Nora," he niiSWered sternly, "if i you do not promise to obey me, lshnll fake Nettie away." The threat had its effect : she turned jand cluig to Nettie, with a mutcly appealing gesture more eloquent than any words. l “Hush, dear I" ldazed head, the dark silken rings of hair jof which were streaked with snow-while ,threeds, down upon her shoulders, and, steeping, kissed her thin but cheek. “N u lone shall send me fmiii you ; but for your own sake you must be quiet and patient Nettie drew the poor for a few days more." Then she tumed to her husband, and added, with gentle decision, “You may go now, Vance ; she will not talk any more, and presently she may go to sleep." Vance obeyed her; and in half an .hour's tiiiio Nettie joined him, and fold ‘siied. “She is sleeping like a tired child, from 'Bliotl' weakness, now; but her mind is ; wnkeiiing. her memory coming back, and ’thenâ€"â€"" “Heaven help her when she remem- 'bers all I” Vance finished moodily, as iNejtio paused, slrivcr. ' “Oh, that brings me to what I wished . to speak about, Vance l" Nettie isnid, with n relieved look. “Sit down, dear, for a little serious business conver- ‘ action." She drew a big lisssock from under the table, sud seated herself iii. the young 'inui's foot, crossing both arms upon his knee, and looking up into his fuce with - big inquiring brown eyes. “ion know the offer we had to go to America, Vance l" Vance nodded acquiescently; three weeks before, they had, ltfbol‘ much con- sideration, declined an astonishingly lu- 'crstivc engagement from n. New York with an irrepressible go so far away from her mother and J cniiy. “Well, dear. I think we will accept it. Mr. Valance has been disuppointcdin some people he engaged, and would gladly ro- new his offer." I “But your mother and Jenny 7” “But Nora l" she said quickly. “Yes, . I know they will be disappointml "â€"with s tiny-quiver of the lips, a sudden bright- ness in the dewy eyes, that was not bid- ; den by the quick bright smile ; “but it is nob n mutter of life and death with them, and it is with Nora. Vance, if we do , not get her away loin here before she re- 1 calls the past and realises the full horror I of her position. w‘ shall never get her seen thut,f"§9§i‘d, before now.” “Then .’ ‘notlot it happen ; let us take her scrap the sea, where, with nothing to ' remind her of herâ€"her nmdiicss, she may " in time forget." | He took the little clasped kissed them with reverent nnd grateful love ; he looked into the dour true eyes; that inirrowed every thought of the pure ~ They had been in flew York at. least' a the case, elicited from the chief Defective i th: soul, and he saw that on this sacrifice that would crown her work, Nottie’s heart . greater magnitude um“ the arrival 0f of Montreal, having had occasion to visit ‘ tion as a staple crop. was set. “Ver well, dour,” Vance said sim l ; I P .Y ihim that her prophecy had been ftcrt of a state of things that puzzled manager, because Nettie did "03 like tolwss possible the young pilll' kept their curios dolls 1884 “You must neither talk or think any ; manhood touched upon the Confincs uf old cinpcd fix-m all llt‘l‘ troubles ; but, when more at present; it is iigniinst the doc-fugue, with and for the doomed creaturc. shc dni awake a: last, Ilcavcn alone tor's orders," Vance interrupted authorib 1 \vhosc unconscious crime had she: lifl' vii" w ild liulp llk‘l‘, for she h‘iiivinbcrtd~ atively; fur the quickly growing exciteâ€"jfruin all mankind. Vance, I think that story came to us as e lCSSUIl and a guide. but the good man fell easily into the cheek,and the premonitory glitter in the What Charles Lamb bore alone with, cheery, dauntless courage we can bear to- gather. And, besides his. our Limb-ii will be infinitely light." After that Vuuce Singleton argued and pmtested no more. Within as week the agreement with Mr. Valence was signed. \Vithin a month they had roach New York, and all the broad Atlantic rolled bc- twecii them and the scene of Lord do Gretton’s murder. Like a child Nora had submitted to any and every arrangement made for her, content so long as she was in Nettic's presence, but silently content ovcn then. ‘ In the most literal fashion she had obeyed her step-brother's injunction not to tidk, and, except to answer a question, never opened her llpH fact that Vance re- joiced in while he remained in Glasgow, ' and while he was on board ship; but, when days and weeks passed on, and she still moved like a lovely mute about the place, he began to grow iri‘ifably imp-i- him. “We shall never know how much or how little she remembers until she begins to speak," he said to Nettie one day ; and the wise little wife answered, in lierbright sensible fashionâ€"w -- - “Patience, dear. The longer her mind sleeps, the stronger it will be to bear the shock of waking. Sometimes I think that it stirs uneasily, that she recalls too much already. " The same thought lind oeflirred to Vance; be noticed that, whereas Nora’s physicul recovery had at first been rapid and complete, she had of info fallen :is rapidly away. The wild-rose bloom ”that the fresh senâ€"breeze had brought to tho. softly-rounded check how faded to a sick- ly psllnr, now burned in :i fitf'ulrcd ; the cheek itself grew painfully thin, the eyes lost their child-like lustre, and gained :1 strange wistfuliiess. If Nora. were not on the very verge of the “wilting agony, her health was failing inst. No one could look at her auid. doubttlmt. As much on charge from all contact. with the outer crowd, the curious theatre people, in society it would be impossible to gunrd her perpetually from dangerous shocks. As much as possible they kept her within doors, for her naturally striking beauty was rendered more striking still by the fact that the rich blue-black hair had grown snow~white, clustering in short soft rings round the young pathetically said face. . ‘ 'Niiturzillyit had not been possible to shield her froin ull observation, :ind‘nioro than one member of the theatrical coin- pany lind innmnuvrcd skillfully for an iii- troduction to “Miss Viinsittnrt,” as Nora oil' by death. ' “it is true, Vance," she said apologeti- cally to her husband, “and it satisfies people's curiosity you know'" Vance laughed, and shook his head at hands “W1 ' the little Jesuit ; but in his heart he 36- unwitting “333nm“. Th” veracity “f this ? 0" River, knowledgcd the wisdom of her words. So things wont on quietly for ii time. couple of months before any event of home-letters with news of Mrs. Cliiro and Jenny occurredâ€"home-news for AGRICULTURAL- Tbe-Foot and Mouth Disease. An American agricultural journal ivu publicity to the fellowin facts is ich show how much care is n ed to prevent the spread of infectious diseases among the attic. Fortunately them am no cow ltogious diseases among the cattle in Ca. :nada, and il..~ gmatcst care should be , taken to prcunt their introduction :â€" i a forcible example of the manner in , which wiiingiuus diseases are spread Y ‘ l_ among cattle has justcecured at Dooring. l O 1), .\le., “here twentyeight head of cattle am afflicted with foot-and-incuth disuse. __. The disease, as usual, first appeared among some auinuls shipped from Liverpool to the Western States by way of Portland. ”Utter examination on their arrival the . 1‘ . 1 illspccttli‘li pronounced .hcm free from dis- - .. , _ tease. ie' wen: then driven to the (7" “L ‘4‘““31‘Ll’9 gqugmuzinclstuticn at llcering over the g ‘ ‘ ‘ ' "" ' "" 2 :‘ '"' l puoblic highway, end were followed b ' a l (IL-“b 0F TllOLtnliT. [joke of excr- bclonging to a neighboring . ’Tâ€" _ , gfurmcr. in less than two days the i 110? “5% “'“l‘ caution “l““lb'c ll“) sup- ; symptuiiis of the disease appenmd among F95‘lili‘llflm5 ““mlll.‘ can be “m““il‘l‘l‘d ’ the quarantined animals, and in less than “11:! “3113”"- _ a week the oxun won.) afflicted. llufnm l 3111.“ never 3“ 3 stay 3 if “9‘19““ m- they won: secluded, however they [nosed treat from it we shall :idvnime in it; :llldlun the read some cattle belonging to j the further on we go the more we have to another farmer, and bin“, then the or [comp biwk- “ V, i ed animals and others of the same i l) 6 “Gull "0t 33?. “ 1” tlieytnue, Pun} g erd have been stricken. As this is the loving, holy man b° ”we‘ll for h" lsjll‘rsto authenticated instance of foot-Mid- l‘niouili disclose that has appeared in this saved ; he has heaven ; it is in him now, and he 13 300“ *0 9055955 the “'llulf- country outside a qimnniiinc station, it attracted much attention. Dr. No humility is perfect and proportioned l 1,1,3 but that which makes us hate ourselves as ’ Thnyor. of the Treasury Cattle Commis- Im’rml’tv but 3‘5th ”"13“"?5 “3 iinmur- lsioa and other Veterinarians, however, “ll: “1" humility ”if“ kneels m ”10 dust, say there is no doubt of the nature of tho bl“ gin-03 0“ “1” 31‘10‘5- malady. The utmost care is taken to j “ l have known," says St. Basil, " mcn confine ihc disease to its present limits." who have fasted, and prayed and groanud, and yet Would not give the atllictcd one farfhing." But God said to Cornelius, ‘f’l‘hy prayers and thine aims are come up rarely, “sport," and produce :\ difl‘cwnf , fl” “ memorial before ('0‘ - mietvy from the one planted, giving the i, Disobedience lost us an Eden of flowers, 'impression that they will “mix in tho but; God has replaced it by an Eden of‘hill." The only way to buccrtaiu of proâ€" love. We sometimes wander from its ducting new varieties, is to plnnt the rml shades; but when weary and “mm by seeds, chose found in the fruit or "lmll," : the conflicting cares of this world, We j fliati_siiocomls the flowers at the top of the creep back with thankful hearts to that ‘ vino. Each seed in n bull may produce is one spot, forever green in the great dcs- distinct variety. That Wonderful sued sort of life. ball which cont-mined the seed from The tree of peace strikes its roots into which came the Early Rose, also produced the crevices of the everlasting Rock ; it several other varieties, some of which were growl-i securely from that rock, and casts good enough to be propagated. I'ooplu out its cuclsliadmv in i|ll0 sunshine, and l have been deterred from trying to misc nukes sweet music in the storm, and is to | potatoes from the seed by the statement the believer as tlieyshadoiv of a great rock g in the books, copied from English writers, and fruit of rcfi'rshment in a weary and i that the tubers first obtained were very 'pirclicd land. 1small, and required several years of culti- lii the deepest. night of trouble and \‘ntion before their quality could be ascer- sorrow, God gives us so much to bo tlmnk- tsined. Mr. Breeso, who was the fortu- ful for, that we need never cease our l mite originator of the Early Rose, and singing. With all our wisdom, and foro- ‘ line had much experience in raising seed- Ncw aniotlcs of Potatoes The tubers \vdl sometimes, though sight, we can take a lesson in glndncss lilgs, informed us that he treated the and gratitude from the happy bird that potato seeds just as he did them of tho sings all night. us if the day were not long tomato, sowing the seeds in the same enough to tell its joy. manner, and setting out the plants in the The not, of giving is described 1,). 1),,“1 same time. _ if a seedling did nob at. the as a gmcp. Only think of it. is As ye end of the first season. show some tubers abound in utfcrniicu so abound in this Of an “MM" sizo,hedid “‘“l‘m’h‘” "It'll“ grace also." What a blessed thing it-l‘n! further. Soniosoedsmon “I“? potato .wuuld be in this America of ours, in seeds, b“ ““1533 it 1“ known Wimbl'm'k’l'! which the gift of tongues seems to have produced them, “0 Bh‘mld prefer ‘0 wait been so lavishly bcsfowml, if Christianity and procure “Gd “‘3” fall from l”?°“'“ generally were as fluent in giving as they ““10me And all“ b0 5“” 0! “‘0 Wd‘b'm“ are in speech. . ’f the seedlings. Tfie time may be delayed, the manner “ "‘ \Vliy_l‘sriiiors Full to liaise Melons. may be unexpected, but sooner or later, to some form or another, the answer is Many funnel-5 in the morc Noithern Euro to come. Not a tear of 83ch 80?- States fail in the iiif‘lo'l crop. The vines row, nob a breath of holy desire, Pvm‘t’d[gi'ow, blossom, and beur fruit perhaps, out in prayer to God, will ever be lost ; but it is small and poor in quality, often but in God's own time and Why it will be unfit for ”up, food. This froquanlr wofted back again in clouds of mercy, nnd 1 occurs in the some locality, and oh tawny. l’i'i' ""‘g agony she was called ; but Nettie kept tlicmdcxtcr- fall In showers of blessing 0" 5'0“ “Ml , the same kind of soil, when a skillful WOUl‘l ‘ ' ' ' , ” ously zit buy, and accounted for her sister- ”“350 for Whom 3'0“ pray. gardener raises melons of good size and :‘Give hers/:3 ”,0 the police, Vuiice Judged; sorrowful abstraction by it pretty , ”"7“ ‘ finest flavor. No doubt melons can be finished betw * f3. teeth. “I have for- little romance M an engagement broken : ' A blinl'por’s Rusc. 1 grown more easily in a southern thiui in i The Montreal foir‘siys ; But few pur- ’ a northern climate ; but: it is true of this sons have any idea of the trouble and in- l amp, as of many others, that it reaches convenience to which they frequently put 5 its highest oxcellciiw in the northern our city detectives, and of the lurgc nuin- “ limits of the belt where it will mature. bei'uf criminals who uscnpo through their , For example. the valley of the Connecti- ' . ospecinllyiii linrtford ominty, ,asscrtion was proved e short time ago in I is somewhat famous for its fine water- l “10 city Of Chicago. me the {will 0f ‘, melons. 'l‘licrc, as in some other localities, facility for marketing them by a near here, it appears that it Well known citizen ' navigable stream has I d to their oulLim- ’ ' lint cortiun it in, Chiixigo on business of iinjmrfnncc, wont-ltliu sandy :illuviuin ubonnding iii thnt. to one of the principnl hotels of that. city j valley is admirably adapted to melons. it seemed foolish and an criiuousto thank Vance there was noneâ€"«and indeed he did and WM greatly Mhmifllml Ht hearing tilt! ‘ :i common cause of failure with this cm i I) l 1 her, and the simplest words were best. 'iiot expect anyâ€"Cristina and Mrs. Bruce l’r‘dlriUt'Pl‘ ”“150 t0 Kll'ulllm“ “M"- , . “Stay, Nettievâ€"therc is one thing more were at Wiesbudcn, he know ; but-ho had , demanding 3“ “Kl‘lllmlmll 1““ “'1‘?“ “l4“ ‘ Have you in no way informed them of his whei'e- more surprised to hear the hotel lnnipul', cu must considerâ€"yourself. reflected that Nora will not be always sick and helpless us a little child in your 1 hands! When health and strength come little uneasily with the thought that kptlm 1109‘? declared that in: bud soon the’ back to her, will you not. shrink from the ‘ was treating his mother with unnatural some ECHUUIIMH In the liminventuro Dew . unhappy girl, remembering licr terrible indifference; but to meet her would be l’l’t’ 30 up 10 n dutuctive there and twirl pasl‘.’ Will not her presence cast :1 pcr- f to meet Cristina ; and, knowing what he l”_“l ll 11° (”10 (“ti-1‘11"”) “'35 lwkms I"? ; peliual shadow on your path, and make knew of her, remembering the WId-[lll-in. you less happy than my bright Nettie blooded cruelty of her volunteered cvi-,Ml(b “'Ul'onukuowlcdgcdpasswordsamong should be i" “No." Nettie’s answer came quick and l little resolute face. “To save her will: make us both so happy, we shall forgebi the rest ; besides, do you think that in one dead on the ground, with an English i proprietor that be had only passed such a ‘ Heaven's eyes koi‘ madness will count splint her as a. crime '1‘" “No," the young man answered, after a brief pause; then he added, with a shud-l der~for in truth his warnings to Nettie 1drew the papers from the cold stiff fin~ * fiiizillyudopfcd bis cxplmmtion. but “MH- lisd been but an intoiprctstinn of his own i gers that. clutched it with so despairing a . ml lllm not to be too fri-c with such gvii- ‘ instinctive rcpugnsnco to “the shudder 0f ' blood"â€"-“but. it is the daily companion-j dread for you." But his wife shook her bright bond, and resolutely refused to share his fears. “Do you remember, Vance, a talk we had in our old courting-days? How far back they scum now ! You were a little ashamed nfiny ignoranceâ€"yes, you were, , dear, and so indeed was Iâ€"â€"-snd often turned the conversation on books and things about which you could give me iii- . formation in an easy ostentatious fashion. 011, Vance, is it pixisiblu you thought I did not taste the powder in the jam 1" : She paused to smile at the conscience- strikcn acknowledgment in her husband's ship, the perpetual rcmcmbmncc, tliatIlis it?" abouts. Sometimes his conscience stirred a deuce, he felt that he could not meet his sister just then. when, one day, coming back from a early rehearsal, they found Nora stretched like newspaper locked in her rigid clasp. With nsharp cry of distress, Nettie raised and tried to restore her to con- sciousness, while Vance mechanically grip.‘ . “blic has seen something, Vance; what Nettie looked back eagerly over her shoulder, but never paused in her occu- pation of chafing the cold fingers and bath- ing the pale brow. Her husband did not answer immcdi< ately. His eye rested on a long para- graph hoedod with Arthur lleanpre's name. “What is if. l" the girl repeated a little impatiently ; and with trembling and am certain utterance Vance read the story aloud. He could find no words of his own ; it wasa relief to fall back on the re- portcr's stereotyped phrases. “Our readers will be interested to learn . fuce, her innocent triumph oblitcmtiiigfor i that Captain Arthur Boauprc of the ~~th I 1 the moment all darker thoughts from her mind. "Did you see through me so easily l" , Vance asked, with a rusful laugh. “I was but a stupid and ofiicious schoolmas- ter, I fear." “Now, Vance, you are unkind ; but , that is not the question now. One night some one s ks in the theatre of Charles Limb-«en Iâ€"â€"l knew nothing of him or of his works; but, discreetly veiling my ignorance at the time, I asked you after- wards for information. Do you remember now, Vance I” Yes â€":he young man remembered well; but, for the moment, he did not answer. so struck was he with the strange fateful chance that had made him impress that sto of all others on the girl's mind. ‘rlshall never forget it," she went on gently, the clear eyes gmwi luminous i with a deep inner glow. " ou told me of his works, but those I have forgotten. ,You told me of his brave ‘ocautiful life, and every word sank into my hcartr~of his tender devotion to his sister on whom the curse of madness had fallen, the sisâ€" ter whose hands wcrsred with his own mother's. bloodâ€"his motherl Vance, think how that must have intensified the horror of his memory 3 You told me how, never knowing when the curse might [all week after week, month after Innn , year after year. till youth had panel and Hussars has volunteered for service in Burmah, where trouble is daily appro- houdod. The gallant young officer, whose name has been twice brought prominently before the public within the last year, once in connection with his long captivity in Zululand, and again in romantic connec- tion with the De Gretton murder, has only recently recovered from along and dangerous illness ; but, with the chivalris gallantry of an English soldier, he is too (agar for the fray to rest oven until his strength is fully restored. We are sure the best wishes of all who know him, and know the 'nful trials through which he has "recently61 passed, will acmmpany this distinguished young ofiocr upon his now cum sign." I snee dropped the paper and looked across the room. Nora still lay white and still, as though her troubled spirit had indeed found an eternal rest. Nettie was almost as pale, and there was s mly troubled look in her eyes. “She has remembered 2" she said, is an awe stricken whisper, while her con- i jmssionate tears fell thick and fast on the 3 cold lifeless face. “0h, Vance, how calm jshe looks: It seems cruel to bring her [back to life." i It was long before the kindly trance of ; peace was broken, long before all efloru again. ho lived on cheeril , l served to reuse Nora from the swoon;v that snot countsrfeiud death so well. thought more than once ihsi she had u- So the autumn slipped, . . _ . clear ; there was no shadow new on the away, and the winter was with them, ,' crates “l “H‘- Vlcmlty 0f" (infective or 011 ‘ is tliolnck of sulliuiciif.innnuru. ()no puts :i shovclful of manure under the Hood, without care for the rest of the ground where the roots are to ponotruto and seek most. of their food. The mclons are gross fenders, and require much water to snppl the abundant juices and largo evaporation from their extensive lcnf surface, while the iiorflicr season is none too long for , them. They grow with grunt rapidity in hot. weather, and the most. must. be made of the summer months, by sup- plying tlicni with all tho food (boy can appropriate; it should be l)l‘U.'|ll-(‘Jlf|l.¢!ll with plenty of wellq'ottml stable manure and ploughed as long before planting as possible, that it may be well diffused through tho soil. Early in August we visited a garden where the inclon patch, hbout n quarter nurc, lind rcccivcd fivcli'c , cm-Hiwis of manure, of about a half cord ouch. 'l'lio melons nppnrcntly never sus' _ spccfod they were not growing in tin- flcincn. 'l‘ho some advice can bc gin-n10: tropics. There were plenty of tin-in, and la lurgo number of our citizen”, Wll‘h 1efCMszibzm,:indNutmcgs,boautifulfolhu through their being too sociable with tho , . eye, and inviting upon tho palate. 'l'hcro detectives and police, Hitch cnuso lmrm. i. Yâ€"{h‘flb “(infflctinn in raising fruits 1,0,. and ii; would bu well for ”mill to rciiii-in-T .. ‘ . . _fcct after their kind, only possible in bur lllu panCfllom "f tlHH llH/‘l‘lf'llb ““l “ northern climates, with abundnntinnnurc. be more careful in tho futuro. ---..-_-_ .- . â€"--... . _,_._______.__ -â€"â€"â€"« H, ...,_,,.... Ilurcm Horrors. 2 A New Potato. lt ll t k i. ll: Uur cultivatul potatoes are :lcrivwl “my“ “to iiiniify Immjilllngmltnl c, from Ho/rmum fu’mromm, And wo funny you a u m event'u '“bl ' . ”5‘" new varieties of these by tliwlozmucw-ry seen much of Lgyptmn lmrein lifc oxide “m. The European 'journals m," 1,, {NOEL lli‘islit’txln “c” liatl'cniY‘Ithqschool nounco an entirely now species of solarium "2“ U W m "m “0““ /’ “"3" “”"w' I with (-diblo tubers, Solarium llhrmuii, h-i \\ c passe-'1 through court after court at- nrimcd from the person who aliscnvcru-d it '0“de by “'0 eunuchs ' ‘md scicrsl Aruâ€" on an uniiihnbitod island of. tho mouth of Fan girlgftooldlicrc "Filmer": in “hit" the river Idl l’lntn'in Houth Ann-fries. nose ro es, ow ncclici. covered with This new P'l‘l‘” hm he” tried at llrcst, jewels (“3‘15 they "“5 301' all “7” sub- ‘ in the north of France, and appears to jcct t" the master); fluidly through “.hnvo qualities which may be of vnluv lovely garden with flowers and a fountain. ’ W . I. . . when it has been improved by cnrcful cul- “ ciimreunlnrgosalnn, “in if“). divans, turn. Among other», it promlaos to in: and 0“ the lovely {Turkish WK" 1‘71”, Hero-pl . hardy, and when once establishul, it rc- women, some snio mg, sewing, " ”'3' a ‘ mains in the soil from ear to year it :glgfigutfl‘frlgjlglilj! {Tm-l. will? standtipg a rcmnins tn be soon if t iin is a desirable o l o i m ( ing. 0:,- are , m. ”01er Think “f a Immm ,mwmm” ‘ ' I ' ~ . I v > V ' . . " :iril(:3:o‘f'tvrrorizlhibrotfllicrs.hip‘nciivhrfyputng_a “Ml. m“; “mm“ m, tubers ”W“ as ) I e u l o 0 I'm y I “A ll 0' whether we wish them orimtl The dwarf only life-ire {Him} "2" ”MM 2 "“1“?” lnbit of the vine, not exceeding afoot in 0 ' " m 1"“ n c ““8" “ say a "U" U -i vht its freed: in mm iliseau I 't the teacher some weeks ngo. and told l‘f'r lliirl’luiims nll ii‘iakd it worthy iirlhliii; she reim-inbeiml '-\‘li!'ll some men took thoroughly tested (in the Mg" hand her from her mother 8”,] (’l‘mifim‘“ “will! , the difficulty of rooting it out where once tines ycd" “3'“ ' "3 ‘3‘ ""5“ 5"" planted will make our :lantcrs camimu f.‘;;°‘:.“'.;::f;....i‘"1:131?131:1”li’flefgi'ii'”"Mm" 1.. mo. need sum-usng. ’ "' 1 ’ ‘ ~â€"»-â€"â€"â€"â€"wâ€"‘~4-.ID“â€"-"""~" band show an affection towards her. She l is so sad; wasy covered with jewels andfi “if“! Children guy attire. They can’t put their heads: There is nothing from which infants and out of doors after marriage uniil aftcrichildren sulfur so much as from thirst. the birth of a child ; it is sdirgracc to do 1 They require water, usually. ten times so. What a life is this harem team. j whom they got it more. Infants should (and Leuler. . have a tesspm-nful or more of cold water . .-..._.-.ww- ,every hour, commencing when they are a Religion stands upon two pillars, name- 2 week old. Infants often try so as :4, dis. ly: what Christ did for us in Ilia flesh turb every one present. if a sip of water and what He performs in us by His. is given to a child who seems to be crying Spirit. Most errors arise from an air , without cause, it will stop instantly in tempt to separate these two. '-_ nine cases outef ten. Thirst cam more “ Shot dead by a doc'wri” Such is the ' bad tempers in children than anything startling caption of an article in an ox- ‘ else. “a sped: of an thing being "as change. He must be a very unskdlfuljfree as water." Let the children share pl: n who has to resort topowder and l this freedom, and they will be better and l to get rid of a patient.; ghosltlu'sr for it. ,‘ declare flint he wanted no pickpockcts or; shnrpcrs :if, his lint-:1. Explaining furflici' This niid similar. expressions, he ‘pickpockcfs or slinrpcrs, gcncrnlly made use of by one of them to warn his CllllftXl-i some other niinion of the low. The gun. {tloiiizui from Montreal oxpluimxi to tilt). rciunrk in ajoko, and that ho had no idcn lat the time he might have been prevent- ling tho dctootivc from wiptui'iiig soinc .3 pickpockot or sharper. Tho hofcbkf-‘UPU'