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W - “â€"-- _.._. .. . _._.._.__ . _.-.._._.â€"-â€"~ w... =st ALIA IOXBZNSE. Qu’ek at figum~The duicing master. 3. isle-stirring articleâ€"a peg inside the bunt. . Sound investmentâ€"Purchasing a piano- forte. The multiplication fablew'l'he regis’ of births. a? lfsrdauion seeds cannot stifle the breath of slsii ler. .thiteh in the proceedingkh'tupping to tie your horse. "Homing goes against the grain worse than a reaping machine. Jumping at s Conclusion â€"â€"The leap your proposal of a merry maiden. ”\Vhat shirmsker is that who make! shoes wiihout imtlierl~Tho fan-let. _ The l cit backinga young man can have ii'a good backbone of his mm. The man who knows a thing or two has always three or four other things to learn. The latest specimen of a Nihilist-Sir Stitfinl Northcote lecturing on " No- thing.” ' When you see a counterfeit coin on the sidewalk always pick it up. You areiiable to arrest if you try to pass it. A chicken in Pennsylvannia recently gave a. man a blow which resulted fatally. This is the worst case of hen-[melting on rucnrll. Tu; much study issaid to affect the mind. A teacher says he knows a num- ber of cases when: it would affect it very {amt-ably, too. There is a tumor from Germany that a learned chemist. has disCoVered n Wonder- ful oil that will restore youth to old age. It must be a species of o-live oil. (sila'lk and dupe are upper side and un- di-r tide of the self-mum substance. Turn up your dupe into the proper fis- tering element and he himself can becmiie a quack. . The following is a literal transcript of a sign on a Pennsylvania village store: "l'i-a and Tutors, Sugar and Shingles, llrickdust and lenses, \Vhisky, 'l‘ar and other Drugs." Yu will observe this, tho devil novcr offers to get into partnership with a bizzy mm, but you will often see him offer lo jiiio the lazy, llilll fut'iiL-ili all the capital li. aided. *JUS/t Billings, “Mziiiiina, where's papa gone to?" asked a little girl one day. “He's goueup town to earn more bread and butter for you, my darling." “Uh iii'iiiiina I wish ho Wi-ui-l sometimes earn buns," sighed tho clilld. “\Vliat influence has the moon upon g the tide!" asked tlio profcsmr. The class i wag replied that he didn't know exactly what influence it had upon the tied, but tli it it had a tendency to make the untied awful Flhnnly. “if there is anything I love, it's roast goose," remarked Fuiidorson, as he passed up his plate for a second holpiing. “it iloesyou credit," said Fogg; “tlioreis iioi li- inguo beautifulitsziflcctiiiiiamong iiioinbeis of :i fziiiiily.” ~â€"-â€"~<-.->uâ€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" l’recocious Youths. 'l‘lio oldest pooplo are all astonished i-t tho preizosity of tho prosi-iit “rising gon- omtioii," or at least at a. very large pro- portion of them. The “boy of the period” s such ii boy as was seldom to bo folind fifty years ago. The prospect is growing HiIIIlUiVliltf. serious as to tho “fast" ideas of many of our young gontlenmii of to- day. A few woiks ago his New York school a boy threatened with tho birch showed how well prepared ho was for self-defense by drawing a revolver from his pocket. lt was found on u subsc- qiiuiit CK‘lllllllnlllNl that seven boys at tho tune in the school room was ouch of them in possession of a similar pocket pioce. ’l'lieresultofsiich a familiu.~ ity with deadly Weapons, botii for defense and ofi'onse, can be well enough iiiiigiiiod. One of tlm New York pipers intimates that in a great many of the other schools iii that city and throughout tho country school boys might any day be found the possess- ors of pistols, cards, cigars, tobacco, diino novels, and other similar things that too many men are tho coiistiuit lmsscssors of. All them things portend to evil. It will bu ii bud li.irvost that must be reaped from such :i_sii\viiig. l'roluib'y things are not nearly so bad among ilic boys in Canada, but tin-re iiio some lll‘llCtllHltfl siifliitiently suggestive. Who does not see boys of tender yours, on llli‘ll‘ WK)’ tome-hold with cigars or pipes in flii'll‘ mouths, and often with the most snout ioioil blmi-l~:iiid-tlii=n lur diino novels in their piissrftflllllll Who does not iii- iolun’ary shudder at such dcbasiiig sight: f ' 'l‘lirro is no use closing our 0.?th to them. Our eliiimhos miy put on extra \lt c unite in or add extra “stars" to the r choirs, or increasingly attiauiivu illl‘.| to their piilp~ts, who can put to route all the sceptical theories of our tom-s, but i? will require sumo other sys- tem of contending With oiil to meet Ilirso cones of doiiioiuliLilioii. The boy who secs his f.iliiur or some other dignitary of tho church lIJI! down the street iiiiuiedi- iitcly behind a pipe or a cigar can hardly be blamed for doing niactly the some thing. Every boy mpiros to be “manly," mil men must realize the responsibilily of their cniiiplo. 'l‘iil'Tu does not often hear a mailer like this squarely grappled with in the pulpit. Perhaps it it was suinobihl)‘ iii the front pow might feel red in the fuse and not. at case in Zion. The literature to which boys too often have free access, is doing a very serious workâ€"Munch more soiious than tho scep~ tit-a1 iqmrulatioiis about which church morn hear .i very great. dad, but see very little. I: i'm-I not all appear in the dime novel either, though a grout deal appears then». The family ucsspiper appears to be growing more and more full of Inch things. "'l‘liciu is adoniaiid for it,"aa_\s th-i publnhcr, and so it is supplied. ".lut llid Boy'mnil other similar do- buing lhiug‘uf the "Spoopendy ku" class are being found in publications little u peeled.2 . “lit-now: then: is a "demand that such things n.u~l atop they will scl- do.“ ppm, but not until then. Those awkifig moral rrforni of the peoplo am siin-ly caught napping if they do not In) the p :iui t- iideucy of all this class i f lit- cmturo. Those who do not see those things and yet make it their business to b, "\\".itclimon," are sun-ly “my birth cioiit Hun. The} full to so the will Coni- iog when it is gmaing and fluuiiahing in their veiv premium. I “â€"m. â€"- 0.. ~_- and rial-nine know Little do the young ,, ltul‘ the old appmna'o thine d:liate at'en'lioiu' u'hi;li they so often need iii the journey of life. and whi h it onto so little to begins. b it it vines their hearts and lift: them up with a delighting thank- fulurIs 3 Thom"! thin-gilt“ equals the “funk". daughter wanted "or, mud of tidal!!!“ quick recognition. imitation-ilk which this “witty pail-snare waiting time as - long Ind '“q hour in Ru“- a awn-uncut is Ibo mimics-nu walulity with uhich ii. en's built. stance. bold dark eyes rested on her Ismol Bou- juda was half aumsndly conscious that he was more interested in his quiet neighbor than he had over bent in any woman bo- fore. with ii youthful froshiitss and downright lleslruiid-hlood beauty that this one lack- ed, had made themselves charming forllml his hem-lit, and won but coldly critical : liiiii. ‘ features, tho satin smoothness of the small blond head, the cold clear fire of the largo blue eyes, tho slender curves of the long thioat and tall ligurwabovo all, the enchanting whiteness of a lily-like skin which was rarely flushed by the faintest reflection of the rose. it jarred less with tho mourning which, much to her vexatioii, her mother still persistently Wore, than any color would ll'tVO done, and added to tho spirituel look that she had tact enough to see was her chief charm in Baron Benjudn's eyes. And her hopes would have taken a higher flight than they had yet done could she have guessed the painful pcrsistcncy with which haunted tho Baron’s thoughts, and how, in the midst of abstruso calculations and delicately diplomatic arrangements, he found himself idly wondering how his “ ice-maiden," call her, tint. mused, leaning his sleek bullet head back against the velvet rest of the chair, lct- fin; the cigarette~sxnoko curl up to the gilded ceiling and carry his floating fan- d'os with it in a luxurious daydreamâ€"“or blue, ethereal bluo, faint as thochangcless ' thing all chill whiteness and pur azure of her eyes, and pearls, or pale tea I'USU'* (il' 7* (\r~â€"-~ â€"â€" in my her, just to try the e and yet . oziscious tb: altogether ii joko. him was as strong M it wasnubtle, ho knew in his heart that it was moru . over and the battle won. . . - I ' ' ' .. . . ' . . , to lJl‘Lllh. instant force in the man snaturo had atiiiy hardly adolicate ono perhaps,but she was to get one! There must be some mis- Evmytbiiig about Cristiiio but the povor< ed itselfagsinst her was vanquished now; not by any means sensitive, and she was take “bout it. ty hu slirowi-dly guessed at and tho friond- ho would speak to-night. lcssiiess that was so very apparent, pleased him in well as her face. tranquil gram of li')!‘ movements and the slow Clear tones of her voice; oven the cynicism that she could not wholly repress or banish elaborately pleasant talk, the gentle-hinted disbelief in human unself- iahzicss which ind shocked and frightened likely to strengthen than were still unspok . . obedience to her daughter, aiinouncod‘ florid hues had suddonl _.._.. --___. v-0...) p...â€" \'OL. .‘Ill. SONG. nv LAURA I astronaut). As birds war high In tbecharmed sk . And far from earth «suiting fly. My love in on. W en isd no new. Wing-a awa ' through the gray and blue of wintry a les between us too Both new and old Is tbiulovu I ftld l‘eopand sofa away (mm m. c-. M. New] ‘. you any! Hear hear. each day. Tlir ugh skies be his , inougri at. es be ray, (Jl :9: it gru as. yet new alwa: . â€" llarurr’s. CUI'IIHTY in) CRIME. Cli AFTER X I l. ~(COXTIN‘UMI).) Cristine hid not met him before ; but his name was sufliciently well known to make her heart flutter witha wild ambition when sle recdled the too-c5 did admira- tion with which the big hea lidded eyes lmd rested on tlielily-like fairness of her face. llera was,shethouglit,justthostyleof beauty to please this swartliy Eastern- lookiiig man. “by should she not wear those jewels, the lustre of which seemed to dazzle and impose a certain deference on all who approached them? \Vliy should not she, who, as Crmtiiic Singleton, had made so dismal a failure of liurlife, shine forili with sudden splendor as the Bar- oness lleiijudaf True, the man himself must be taken into account. A keen-wittcd man of the world, rich beyond counting, and by no means uiipreseiiuiblo, a little barbaric magnificence being allowed for, he must have escaped many and many a subtly- liiid feminine snare to remain a bachelor at forty~fivc. Such a man would be fas- tidious in his tastes and exacting in his requirements, a most unlikely person to take an hotel-made acquaintance for a wife, unless the attractions offered wore overpoweiingly strong. But Cristiiio's estimate of her own charms was not slow one, and events cer- tainly justified her faith in the present iii- From the moment in which the llundsoiiic girls by the dozen, girls 'icily regular line" of the straight Greek She always wuro white at these times ; the slender white-robod figure as ho had learned to Would look in more decided “Say black velvet and diamonds," he I l (lad, I shall have to He laughed lazily, enjoying the idea, it it was by no means He liked the 1 Miss Singleton's admirers more than once, had ii curious charm for him. “n‘ho is unique, as my wife should lie-- M l mu," ho would say to himself and his cigarette, with his little oily laugh. “I did not think that fate would overtake mo in this fashion; but we shall see. u lint though he had thoroughly accus- tomed himself to think of Cristine as his wife, the words that would make her his that they must return to Englsnd. The p. or woman watched the dar anxiously to ace the effect of her words, and was at first rather disappointed that the lines merely stroked his heavy black moimiwbe miiiplaceiitly. ' That is too cliuiniu v," he said, with a smile that showed the big white glittering » tooth to full advantage, "begun: I can then will-r you and Miss Singleton my (nu-n. wu'k." Cristino was indeed delighted With the new: her mother brought, and with her travelli. g companion. Saver had aha been more full of charm and grace than during that houiowaid journey. Hope lighted the blue eyes with a strange new fire, and even faint! t curve-l cheek. At be well with her, she thought. She was incomparable Cris to be lifted from the dire poverty she loathed into the luxurious regions of ab- undant wealth. They had been but two days in London, , and wen: busily outupied with propon- fions for what Cristina firmly believed would to the last act in the drama of her Falling; but both Mrs. Brucosnd her the calender of hope deferred. The older woman indeed felt that l l l k face seemed half starting from her head with i, too, return to England next; l . iiinl inged the perfectly l know that I quite care for a mad mother- t all things were to in‘laiv, even as an accompaniment to my FENELON j ferenco to the grandeur of their escort, l far beyond their modest means; and poor in his aunt with- l Mia. Bruce rarely closed her eyes lout dreaming of the poor house, and see- ing herself sn-syel in the quaiutly unbe- Coming costume of an elderly female pau- i per out for the day. The light grew fainter in the dingy pensive mom, and Cristina looked up im- p-itieiitly from her task of embroidering white beads upon a white silk bodice, to be worn that night. “Pray light the lamp, mother, or I shall never finish this." Mrs. Bruce rose with a sigh, and the iiiournful reflection that oil was so much a pint, and there was still a clear hour of daylight, if only Cristino would move a‘ little nearer the window. “Why, how you sigh, mother! One would think I had set you seine Hercu- lean tank." . l “Oh, it is not the task! I was thinking iof money." “Do you ever think of anything else?" Cristina askid, turning round the glitter- ing gsiriiicut that flashed back a thousand reflections of the ro<iy lnmplight and ex- amiiiing it with keenly critical eyes. i “What can I think of but that which is Willâ€"important! Cristiiie, do you know how {low our funds really nrei If Vance does not write or come " “Heaven forbid that he should come just now!" Cristiiio said fervently. “Wliyl”â€"Mni. Bruce's tone was very indgiizmt. "You are not ashamed of your :brother, I hoped" Cristiiio shrugged her shoulders. “ lie is good-looking enough, and his manners are, or Were, decent; butI do not think I should care to present him to the Baron.” This was touching Mrs. Bruce upon her tendorest point. ”or dark face flualicd angrily. “'l‘liat fat old Jew!” she cried, with im, pulsivo scorn. “You cannot naiuo him and my handsome Vance togetherl" “Certainly not," Cristino said coolly, in no wise offended by tho disparaging allu- sion to her suitor. “Naturally I accord them very different places in my esteem, "l‘lio fat old Jew,’ as you politelycall him, is a man of excellent taste who admires and intends to marry me, Vance an un- natural brother who virtually casts nio offâ€"tho Baron a iiiillionsiro, Vance a pri-fessioiiless â€" what shall I say ‘lâ€" for." “At least, we know that ho is not only i f i l the affectionate sister, with a sceptical laugh. vided for the battle of life, and I would iiitlior not ask how he has fought it until the Baron and I are safely one. And now, mother, we really must not waste any more time in discussion, or the Baron will be here before we are ready.” Cristina spoke in her most imperative tones ;aiid, indignant as she was, Mrs Bruce felt that she must needs submit. Baron Bonjuda was to escort them that night to the smallest and most fashionable of modern theatres, at which he had secured abox for the first performance of u now play. Something in his manner, had told Cristino that the well-cushioned diiiily-lighted for/e was to be the scone of another and more personally interesting drama than that played out upon the stage, and her heart thrilled with nnticipativo triumph as she dressed for her part. ller toilette suited her fair pale beauty to perfectionâ€"tho long glittering jaekot- ' i i l l long white skirt, the white flowers and dark green leaves wreathing the small sponsivo tondorncss :liglitcd his own oyes‘nom Newport man’s residence, and the golden head; she looked as the Baron best liked to see her, like a. pale winter lily, a: lily. 1 “My snow-queen," he cried, with whispered admiration, as she throw back fleet of giving ‘ tho fleecy whiteness of her furry wrap and ' not surely think I should draw back for llur poi-fen; \vliitcnerei a colored setting!" took her place in the front of the box, ithatl" ”you are perfect to-niuhtl" Tho frosty blue eyes smiled up into tho Whatever re-, Slio listened no more to the soft fillilj dreamy melodies that ushered in the new . pioooâ€"â€"lior mother, whose scat fronted and ‘ whose lurgiieffc swept the stage, might concentrate her whole attention there; she had other and more important cares; on hand. She did not even turn when , the curtain rose and the echo of well-bred softly-tuned voices floated into the box, for mingling with them was the Baron's docpor tone, and it. said~ “Cristina, you and l have tastes in «mm mon. You are the prettiest woman I have over soon! You are my idea of a compan- ion in every way. I am older than you, but I am rich, ondâ€"andâ€"â€"~â€"- What the deuce is it?" He turned round angrily, for Mrs. l on when Mrs. Bruce, in l Bruce, with a face from which all the axiquiahod, had with eyes that l l l iv risen to her foot. Ml wonder, was excitedly calling to Cristina to "Look, look!" Naturally the Baron “looked" himself; I l pointed, and, seeing thorn nothing more. in the direction of the stage to which she remarkable than the common stage-picture of a handsome young man loaning against a piano and making dreamy and poetic love to a slim girl, who played, or feigned to plsv, thereon, he felt himself decidedly riored in that his own more practic- wooing had been interrupted to such small purpose. “What an excitable old idiot she must be to take her amusements in this fash- ' "he thought crosdy. “I do not tine." But, as his gaze rested on the excited woman, be doubted her insanity no ion. I gar, though she was certainly making his box unpleasantly inauspicious still. ller . hand clasped Cristino's wrist. and, as she , forced the reluctant girl to bend forward, :and the fuller light fell across the pale fperfect face, he read in the clear cold anger and dia- m “It is Vance the woman cried eagerly. “Cristina, do you not know biml it is l i 61- . “Vance was not over-well pro- l FALLS, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, half closed lids at the excited pair, asked, 'est tonesâ€"â€" do not shut me out from this “Pray Pray tell small comedy of recognitions. , me who is ‘Vzince'l” CHAPTER XXII. . Mrs. Bruce's eyes were on the stage, 3 Cristine's on the floor. She raised them suddenly, and said, with her little frosty , laughâ€" ! “Truth is best, I suppose, even when one is not proud of it, as now. ‘Vanco,’ or ‘Mr. Sidney Vansittart.’ as Iseé he chooses to be called here”â€"-touching con- temptously the perfumed programme on her lapâ€"- “is a relative of ours." “For shame, Cristinol" Mrs. Bruce turned round quickly, forgetting all the interests she imperilled by her impulsive . indignation. “Why do not you say at , once, and honestly, that Vance is your own brother'l" Cristiue's heart grew cold within her. So sharp and cruel was her disappoint- ment that there was hardly room for an- ger in her thoughts. By-and-by she _- would remember that her mother had made shipwreck of her hopes in the very hour of their fulfilment, and take vou- geuiice for her wrongs; but now she could only feel that the battle she had all but won was lost indeed. She sat, with down-bent head, idly gazing at tho Costly exoticsâ€"tho Baron's giftâ€"that were clasped with an uncon- scious force in her slender fiiigots. They were all against her, she thought, mother and brother now, as Nora and her stop- father had been in the old days. True, she had always fought for her own hand, and never heeded them ; but that made her none the less sensitive to their cruelty. Isiaoi Benjuda watched the fair flower- ; wreathcd head for a few moments, with keen comprehension of the girl's feelings, , and an intense satisfaction in the fact that l , she did feel. “She deserves a. little punishment for; trying to deceive mo," lie chuckled ; and l then he bent forward, and the big, warm, white-gloved hand closed on the small 1 chill fingers wit a protecting clasp thati seemed to raise Cristina from the depths : of despair to a very pinnacle of rapture, 1 even before he bent his slcok black head . till the glossy iiioustaclio swept her soft cheek, and whispercdiiihor car, “Cristiiio, i will you marry me?" i Actually the pale faco bore a rosy tinge. l Iblod, as the girl whispered hor fervcntl overpoweriiigly sweet. { For the moment she felt quite senti- mental about this broad shouldered over- i confident lover of hers, who could make; life so wonderfully smooth and pleasant; to herâ€"felt incliiw-‘G‘aupfound the man ‘ and his possum-1' imagine herself I as honestly ff‘t‘IILf‘t ,fluikifqfihgijuda himself ti as she wait. ,i good iiigs he could ' assure her WItll‘JflO stroke ‘of his pen. The look of tho tear-wet eyes was so gen- uinely tender and grateful that it thrilled tho Baron's battered old heart in tho } oddest fashion. He had counted on tic-l ceptanco ; it was too absurd to suppose that a fortune such as his would be laid at the feet of a ponniless girl in vain. But affection was quite another thing. i As a shrewd business man, he had by no smile. means counted on that. Moreover, he j had not hitherto believed that there was ‘ much feminine softness in Cristina Sin- . glcton’s nature. The exterior chill that charmed liiiu seemed but a. symbol of the frozen calm within. But nowâ€"now all ' bodice, the classically straight lines of the ' his theories were pleasantly upset, and he l was conscious, half amuscdly. that a re-‘ and trembled in his own voice. 2 "Why, you foolish child," he said, ’ laughing, and drawing a. little nearer with a proud propriotorinl air that was like the seal of their botrotlial, “you did‘ [In pointed with a contemptuous gos- turo to the stage, on which Mrs. Bruce’s 'l he charm that held ardent blackness of those bent upon her, gaze was still riveted ; for was not Vanco and and Cristino know that the struggle was still the central figure of the scene 3' Cristino laughed. The question was, doli‘ litfuliy sure of her ground now. _ “ thought perhaps you might not like it," she said, with a demure droop of the white oyolids ; “ and that fear made? me__ “I! i "Fib about it!" ho fiiiisliol, with an ~: easy laugh. “Don’t do that again. not care ii fig for your relatives, their oc- l cupatious, tastes, and so on-â€"iny wifo can hold her own against tho worldâ€"but . I do care that you should be quite fair and abovo~bosrd with mo." ' it was not at all the sort of speech , Cristina had expected ; and, while it ‘, calmed hcrfosrs in one direction,itrousod 1 them unpleasantly in another. The Baron ; was prepared to forgive anything unpleas- ant iii hor connections, but not apparent- ly any delinquency Of her own. Recalling s page or two of her past his- tory, she felt anything but comfortable as aim smiled sweetly into her lover's face , and mum-nod «- ammth assent to his } proposition. Tho shadowy and sin-stained ; spectre of her step-sister would not3 afl‘riglit this most practical of men ; but her own published treachery to the dead girl mightâ€"may, wouldâ€"‘mvolt himâ€"she was sure of that. While she sst biting her lips and chew- ing the end of very bitter reflections, the i Baron coolly turned his attention to tho . ,stage. For fully five minutes he kept his‘ glasses levelled at the unconscious \ nice; i and, when he dropped them, it was to turn to Mrs. Bruce with his most beaming smile. “My dear lady, I congratulate you on your son's debut, and venture to predict ' for him a most distinguished success." Mrs. Bruce opened her eyes widely. Was the man joking with herl she won- dered. Ever since she had made her im- l pulaive revelation she had sat in mortal lfear of Cristina, not daring to look in her ldau btor's direction, and tremblin to l thin of the punishment that awaited her l when they two should be alone. But the Baron evidently took the inat~ ._ ter with ennui. lightness. paths be- ‘causo be given up all serious ought [or Cristina. With this fear, and the re- . membranoc of all the foolish 0: turn into which aha hsdbeon dragged,c uicken. her pulses, the poor Indy 100 ed list- _ , , _ . _ _ answer that shattered Mrs. Bru ' adiiiinition in return; but Cristnioâ€"aome- earning an honest livnig, but helps to i Actually the large bright eyes were dim ! of peace and ploasantness and cfilloldofigii how :ilio possessed a unique charm for pmvldu fur “3 3" Mrfl- BNCO crlcd sov- . with tears, and the thin curved lips trcm. ’ lie was novcr tired of watching the 'ei‘cly. “He is earning a livingâ€"whether hon- low~toned “Yes!” Despair had been so : know it n eat or not he beat knows himself," said bitter, the change to hope fulfilled was ' while h;- } lace with which she had adorned herself. Idol- ltivo mon watched he leaned over andinélhi as compared With 8“” lfacc, and then kissed the frail finger ti lcarrying it home to New Orleans in his, -_.__...-._.._.. . ..._._~.. GRAINS 0360”). Fortune does no: change men. it only unmask: them. One is alone in a crowd when one suf- fers or when one loves. He who wants to do a great deal of seed at once will never do any. We finish by cxcusing our faults, but we always blush at our blunders. Woman's tongue is her swunl. which she never lets rus. :. _A fool's heart is in his tongue; but a Wise man‘s tongue is in his heart. A woman's friendship is, as a rule, the legacy of love or the aims of uldillbl“ cncc. . l If a man talks of his misfortunes them FACTS FOEPARN‘ERS' ; ismsomellhiug iii them that is not dissgrc - la 0 to iim. The last word dropped in an sfi‘righted C“! Ashes for the Dust Box. l Nothing is ever done imautifuliv which whisper, too faint to reach Cristiuo's ears, . Though road-dust mmposed largely, as is dom- in rivalship nor nobly which is even had she not been guarded in hex-db is, of eomminuted granite, is perhaps done in pride. ' ”‘1': tho'ulghts. , the m0“ effectual destroyer ,Of “”3”“ The dependence of the mind on the Low. The Baron shrugged bu . that can be placed in the fowls dustmg- ”1,3,3 is 3,, ~ ti f . 1 l 1.15 shoulders with something of Gallic grace. box, it 800181311!“ kappa!“ that undue and ilumb r“ “,1 t whom: ““1“ t m l h “My dear lady, you are behind the age. neglect on your part in securing it early, . re :11 o 8 upu ' . To go upon the stage is now the most dii‘c or the unapocted and peremptory setting “ ° do 10“" beauty .“kmfl ”gm" ‘ ”“1 thing in the world. It is farinoro popular in of winter, prevents yourbaviiig any on we do cease to luvo it if it is not uccoiii than the Army, or eitlnr of the learned hand, and than the next be“ thing must ' mm“ by “mum" qwmms‘ professions, from both of which its ranks be procured as a substitute. Sumo 113- He who comes tip to his own idea of are daily recruited. Our handsome youugicommend wood-ashes, and perhaps if it greatness must always have had ii wry friend here, if he only 8005 on as he has i could always be kept. free fro“, moisture, low standard of it in his mind. begun, will in a few weeks be the idol of f It might serve the purpose ; but when it hindophso‘clifty, the most sought-after ' becomes dug“), a caustic lyo is fonued, in. man 0 is y." )unous to t o o as, mouth and foot of tho Tillie mother's heart swellied fwith pride 3 {hw‘s’hmd itbifiy therefore unfit. for “50, ass a drank in every wo o the neat! oug possi l a ver small rtion little oration that the Baron delivered in mixed With 3836. “hid-1y may 1’0 [ii‘itnin‘ his may and assured fashion. able gil'en in winter, would not be objec- “l hope Cristiuo hears " she thou ht, “on“ 9' . ‘ . . with an anxious look at, her uiimogved Ctiipl-ashesnro really the best substitute, ll“;f1;°:l|::::"~bd ‘1‘T:::s;f;ml’:‘:'ii ‘~ l tl «laughter. “She was always so “gill“ to i “1,1,3; "5,?“ °,‘;‘,’ ‘1',“ “W“ “mm afflictions «mick i."2i.‘;...-‘i“'liifi hi: mice, my clever, handsome boy. lqth k"d 00" n urut slnto, gndllmrt is Hi ,1 81’ t i t .i 1‘ \\ hen the curtain fell at the end of tlie,° or m 9 0‘ pure earthy mutter, WlllCh‘ I - l o '9 “9 a mu t m '3 “Hum - first act, the llardn announced his inton- tho {owls like to scratch ‘for and “”0"“ ed “self mm" It gives the bid” tion of going behind the scenes for a. little .Even 1f 5’0“? dust-bin ‘5 properly tilled B°“"“‘° “1““ 3"“ say “f others, 1"“ while. Cristina looked up with suddenlwlth proper Ml, (foal-ashes, when at- cause you only reveal yourself thereby. terror, but said never a word. jtainnblo, are an addition to the general , A man does not think to look behind the ugh,“ I tell your son that you are , arrangements of your foivls' quarters, door unless he‘lias some time stood there hero,or lcuvohinito make the discovery?” which should not be neglected. Taken himself. lie_8~5_k0d at the door~nnd the words gave from the stove, they "9 necessarily dryâ€" I hate anything that “CC“l’lCS ““‘rl' Cristino agleam of hupo. ,a very desirable pomt in Winterâ€"quid in . s ) 1 hate u. 5w a . . ‘ lace than it is worth. _"0h, let him find us out!" silo cried, I “‘39 “f accidental le 0‘ supply for CR ' ’ load of bandboxcs going along the street, With suspicious eagerness; while Mrs. 43110115: various bits 0‘ silica, 311d other ill- - and I liato to sue a big parcel of Words Bruce, for whom the theatre hold : organic matter can be gathered from them without m . ‘ ‘ . ‘ ‘ 4 : ytliiiig in them. but the one performer, said with some I to furnish tho needed elements, and they Never compare tliy condition “ml surpriseâ€"â€" are thus of v- ‘ ‘ . u . _ v l tion. uluo m more than one diroc flioso abovo theo ; but to sccuro fliy con- Bubwill tlloy let you in? you do not - tciit, look upon those thousands with know Vance.” . . \vliom thou ivoulilst not, for tiiv infer lbi . Benjudn “hill-'11. gonlally tolerantof tho Wen-Cultivated Land. change thy fortune and condition. L ' ignorance slio displayed. ‘ r . . “'0 once experimented b lmulinv The conditions of success are these- ‘ hes, tlioy'wdl let mom. The author , twenty-four largo loads of tho’liost maif: Fll‘fit. work; second, t‘rullcclllmllim; third- of the drama if my very good friend, and um upon two acres of clay-loam land, . fitness. Labor is the genius whicli may perhaps be persuaded to introduco‘hnd it well cultivated into the soil, which changes the ugliness of the World into me to Mr. bidiiey Vausitturt. whom later , had been worked in tho ordinary way, but, . beauty ;tliat turns the. "realest ciirso into lcshall” know as your son Vinico. Au 7 was somewhat lumpy. This, and tho ml- 3 blefiflillg. b r voll‘. _ EJOiniiig two acres, were to bo sowntocorn Evci ' 00d net: 83 '3 Mllllllmt‘l l3 its the door clofiled (lipon the large im- i for fodder. Upon the other two acres no charity? gYour smiling )in your brotlicr's ppiijplggjfgiiep'c‘pl,‘ Pita 111100 llcfaned black } fililiuuro was put, but it was ploughed and face is charity; an oxliorlation of your out] feelini timti‘iillll‘ih' torso complac- cu tivated till the sod, four inches (loop, fellow-men to virtuous deeds is equal to to ay’loasziiiéond nd t1iiigs 1woro ten ’ing pulsfas fine as a garden bed. _ One and a l aims-giving ; your putting ii wanderer on skillfpul stmte ist’ ii in s is was avery _ iii bushels of corn were drilled per acre the right; road is clinrif-y ; your removing ”Now Criiitiiic do .0“ thi k . :33“ elicit piece, drills 16 inches apart. Istones ‘lllltl thorns from the road is brother ivill dis ”LC on)?" n your to on his corn was in blossom and ready 1 charity. A man's true iiezilfli lll‘l'l'llfftll‘ “Y ‘ ” t1g 1y . ' cut, the unmanurcd two acres stood 18 ’ is the good ho does to his fellow-iiicn. b5, W33 ‘0 5“ 0“ and unexpected globe: higher than the "101111er PlUCO-l Ilcnoficcnco is a duty. 110 who fro. p123): ifmiigotiim sample rods "1 different : quently practices it, and sees his benevo- corn anfiocarefullpwcq’rfl‘ltthg ”108mm lont intentions realized, at length comes ured’pieco avo 25775W01l-i ""113 15. tho Ilmll- . really to love him to whom lio him dome th 8 P011" 3 PUT mail-111d good. \thn, therefore, it is said, 0 uniiianurod, but finely PUIVUHZOdi 3 “Thou shalt lovo tli noi'libor as th '- gavo 250 pounds per rodâ€"tho manurcdl "' " y “"5 i I giving 22 tons or m 1 h 0 self, Ill. is not meant, lhou shalt lovu tons or new PTh- ”Orbit"; l 0 “(1101'f33hnu first, and do good to him in conso- was 2 50 (gr nor: 902: “133ij \"(ll‘kmg I quonco of that. love - but, thou shalt do doubt iilllttllil ' l 0" t 10m ho filly ' good to thy in iglibor, and this thy bone. io oxtm abor was well paid licence will engender iii tlieo tliiit lovo f r ’t . . 0 to mankind which is llio fuliiess and con- It must be evident to over - - - ~ y thou vlitful m , , . h. , n fnniier, that the first thing to be dine in Hm mum" 0f the "whim m to d” “M" furnishing food for crops, is to work more thoroughly and give linor pulverizatioii, and when this is accomplished, then an application of somo fortilizcr.~l.iz‘c-Stocl: Journal. 0 .â€" MARCH 9, 1884 N0 oiusly. “Yes, the people seem to like him do they not? But you-do you notg think it ratherâ€"fowl" I am convinced that it is by his person- nl conduct that any man of culinary power will do the greatest amount of good that is in him to do. Good manners is the art ofiiiakiiigthnso people cssy With whom we converse; who- ever makes the fewest peisons weary is with new vague fears. “You are talking nonsense, and you she said crossly, though all the 1‘ heart fluttered uneasily beneath the well brushed velvet and well darned “You must have heard the Baron's praise of Vance and the splendid future he pro- phesied for him. If, after that, he does ' iipt ask you to marry him, it will not be it once ’who has come between you; it: will u___ _ “Spare yourself the trouble of invont- . mg reasons," Cristina interrupted, with cold scorn. “Baron Benjudzi. has asked me to-night !" ‘: Cristina,” the mother cried, in tones of ljoyous incrcdulity, “ my dear, dear child, fortune is too good to mo to night!" “So you thought once before, mother.” “When?" Mrs. Bruce said, with a happy COST OF FURS. Prices Advancing steadily and tho Trade In Thom Brisk. Furs are to be put away until the till- vont of another winter, but notwitlistiindâ€" ing this their price continues to advance, preserved, not only , and tho trade in them, which is ordinar- inbout streams and mountains, but ,Nopfilydull, is still brisk. 'l‘lio i‘cmonsgii'vn :11" the cultivatpd lands.' The (}oy’on1.if0f this sfato of affairs arc the increasing “ fluent, over holding the right of ominontgdonmnil of the wealthier classes for fur When Nora was engaged to Lord do . (""1““) should, {01' the public good, cmn- ; garments, and tho yearly decreasing sup- ‘â€" Where Forest Trees Are Needed. Forests should be . Grotton.” pol by law every land-holder to keep (mm ; ply of skills, owing to tho advance of (TO BE CONTINUED). fifth, (not more or less,) of his freehold in I civilization in tho wiidoriiess from _____g___ lands, Covorod With forests, allowing each Which these have hitherto come. one the private use of the timber. ’l‘licso i The advuncu in price is greatest That Easy Chair. .A few evenings ago a furniture delivery Waggon was driven up in front of a promi- lunds of forests should be where the soil ‘ in beaver fur, which has bocoiiio very "" “than .bi-ok- . .' ' ' . . :- . , . bus, and unsdi‘m’d'lfomdlt’hlig.moli‘iii‘léifia'li‘i’illié’llflff'"ii’il‘n‘nih‘igsl ‘f'llo' 'ti'lhns aro {SlIOUId b0 scientifically cultivated, cutting principally from Canada and the Hudson 3 ("it only tllo aged and declining trees, and , Buy Territory, although a good many lpllnnting now onus of good quality where : beavers are trapped in Mouton: liiiiflio, . - , _ f tioro are vacant places. Forests should find other Western territories. .‘oiiio ow iiiiifaa“limliiiiiiuinilliiefimgggilég£3,132: not be thinned out for pass, or allowed ! are still caught in the Southern Staten. “Aim you Mrs. Stiiyup?” asked an; i l" the Wtumgo of live stock. Stock . 'l‘lio pelts are almost always sent to lion- miin. lSIIOUId b0 confined by theirowncrs against ,’ don for dressing and fheiico (lltllrllflllt‘tl “I am,” she responded. trcs Ma, and thus the great mm of timber ' over tho world by means of annual auc. “\Voll here's a easy cheer for you ., for oncmg, avoided. A system of soiling -, tiun sales. At the sale of the IIilllIUll “An 0;,” chair : Why I never order- would greatly-increase tho World's supply lliiy Company in London recently, 104,- cd it from anyone." ’ 'of food, and give healthy employment to ‘ 120 skins ivoro offered. So keen has tho “No, but your husband did u the millions, who, year by year, flock toicompotitioii for this fur beeoiiio that ii “He did 7 What , ' the altlos, many of them to starve. grand scramble took place, \\ illi the he ' Let us pmfit by the experience of tho . suit of an advance of Hourly 100 per celil. world, for in the wake of wasted fun-gm, lover the prices rcalizcd at tho prorediiig have followed famine, pestilence, and the auction. Nearly every skin “lift m-(‘uroil ’ by the European dealers and lllllllililll'illl'- era, the American delcars, although hav- New zmlud Frozen Meat. iiig their orders in at prices ruling piior , _ . to the sale, securing blit a very small pro. ,Th" South London FWh Market “I ”l0 ; portion of the quantity needed b ' them. 31‘0“" Kent Road presented a "1““? than . A further advance hero is regarded as llll' ,usunlly lively ai‘lw‘fl'flncui recently, "ll . avoidable. A leading dealer said yi-sler- peelilfint 0: tiuuowymim‘fif “1:11:11 ”Hip, day that in his opinion prices of all kiiiilzi - _ . . or e In (a o ow Am i mu ton. ' of fi rs would rule hi for and iii dim-over ' you just “‘1‘" ”I” chair “3h" back again; 1 tho aid of portions of tho cold-air clinml- ‘ your]. 3 i k } and when he comes homo to-night, if it's b - . . . . . , l or! recently fitted up With powerful mn- “ Fashion has dccnled ' he said “that tomorrow morning, I ll be there as usual, 1 ladies when out of doors , shall he (ilotlii-d , , Ichinery by the Market Company for tho liiinmli'owflil: i:;!groc}::lr’c?1:guul imgl preservation 0! fi‘hi caresses 0! frozen in garments largely iiuido up of furs. The J y Conseqiiencoisalargely increased demand, . ,, , lshoop are gradually thawed and are not 3:)?” public. Then she slammed the offered for ”10 until fit for illnmc‘llflw “50 which has nccosiiitnwd higher prices. if ' furs are to continue to be worn, and tllbi‘u â€"tho usual objections to frozen meat being by such means entirely removal. is nothing that will take their place, ow- Dfll'mg “16 day twentvfivo sheep, in Wl- ing to the abrupt changes fJoni day to dition to a roportionato amount of Eng- day during the winter, it is dillicult sonny llflh beef, al 9! Prim" QUKIIW- “‘er dlfl- where prices will go. it in getting more rowd 0f 8'- PFC!” from 2d- l0 3‘1. P0? "J- and more difficult to procure pelts. The cats than ordinary rates. Tins attempt to extent of tho wildcriiesses are daily grow- supply a'sectlon of the community with in“ smaller, and there are fewer animals cheap animal food of the best kind out of p, trap. Our business at this )Il‘nhipn is the abundance of our colonial production generally flat and dull, but we are now doing as much trade as in the early fall bids fair to be very successful. monthnmwing, lNippon-doll“:foarofhigli- the we into the next car. There sat the Smut in 00m- or prices prevailing next winter. in many man w om he had noticed with the babe; . lame number- of mule die annually ”3"" ”WWW“ ”Whm" M“ ""‘ "t“‘““ his precious little bundle lay twist on tho , in tho West from my of water, “1“,“ from their boxes, but packed away till seat in front of him, and as these otherilef’ding in “‘0 901'“ 50kb- D'Y corn- next "WWII". . . ' are con- All the importers any that their tram: “Nu"? food ; but smutty cornstaiks fin, is very brisk and likely to Continue so. reek! y mblotOQuw impaction “f food The competition for their swclui by tho ' cloak-makers and the leading dry-goods houses, most all of which have added n or department to their business, is very keen. driver, taking a fine, logo, softly cushiom od easy chair from it to the front door, I never told him- Why, what did he say i “Well, I only heard him tell the boss! - . n- that he often got home putty late and death of nations.â€"â€"-Agricu1tural limos. that you always sot up for him without sieopiii' any ; and you had no cosy cheer, and he thought mobby if you had it right soft, easy one like this you’d go to sleep in it, and he could slip up-stairs and crawl in bed without wakin’ you." “Ah, that's his scheme, is it? \Voil, flee-4-) so his Dead Child. The other day a New Orleans man had occasion to go over the lake. On his way back, and when the train stopped at the bay. he noticed a man getting into the cu- in from. of him with a little baby in his arms. After the train had got under way the conductor came and said : “Como with mo ; 1 want toshoiv you the saddest, strangest sight you ever saw," and he led looked long and earnestly in the little8 on,“ in the stomachs, and disease of the brain. “n l The risk is largely, or entirely ”timed if He l there is a suflicienf. supply of water ; but. couldn't bear to put it insooffin, be_lwhen the water supply is frozen up, the cause then it would have to go without'mim‘l can “9 longer cm" u” “d I" him in the e-car, "and so he is just i [Mk 0‘ water In “I" munch W separste land float its contents, and impaction and a whole train of evil consequences follow. If water can be supplied so that the cattle he held so gentl in his hand; bsb"s dead," and the conductor. this this morning at the boy. .m... "Call mos hog if you want to, 'asid Baas, feeling of his lace-rated face; “I wish lwcru one. A hog doesn't get shaved until after death." This wsaiii the barber's shop, and the presiding enius of the establishment more than f ans over an ”1115.) Strickendto $0 heart's with he i astereuietanu i,wa' . over his the“! child, kiisédinglihs 5138?: l can drink at Will, it is better : but if not, that would never again softly clasp hu’zlt should be allowed-abundantly, at any looking down upon the white lids that had ' ”in "m” I day.-Inueâ€"Sto¢k JW'W‘I- closed over the bright eyes as the petals of a sensitive flower close at night-time over its delicate heart, and the world was nothing to him. W.Mâ€"â€"â€"-â€"â€" "He stood six feet two in his stockings, “I believe," said Fenderson. “that you and every inch a man," saysan es . take me fora fool." Replied Fog; : "I eta that he doesn't like Ilium above. It is all well enough to advise a young . man to overcome all obstacles by “taking the bill] by the hot-nu" but when the youth is in the middle of a field, and the all is coming toward him with its head down and its tail lashing the air, the l At the kindergartenâ€"~"Now. children, what is the name of the trial on cat in the morning‘l" “Oatmeal," rep 'es a pre. cociaus member of the clan eung mmprelen to take tho fence. t. would be decidedly unwlwleaamo to take the bull by the horns under those circumstances. .. :" and ii “om m is full ~ - ,1 ram ~,,, “mm . yum," ,. . . ' . of if; Iltflfflllttnf’;f:“~.‘h‘.us': rut-lid mid: $223.2; happe'iial" ennui If a look would kill, Hrs. Bruce would ; hilly into herneigbbor's face, and read i H'in! Than: seventy-four inches; "neg-y , have been “11.4. skeptic, Fendy, but, Fir" ». And“! “a 55‘3““! fl ”‘1 I“. she must, for pecuniary reasons, make a have fallen dead at her daughter‘s feet. 2 there something that gave her a llttie,lnch a man would make wvengyJPnIIM 'asl up. I .“l” h!” MW {at "‘3‘7 .. :tiii 30m d.“}l.li3ulmuu are fit! of mad against her determined daughter. The Baron leaned back in his cmhioned hope. 13101). This mnst be the nine identical 1 man . “Inf-“‘dudmg yours, Fendy, m. lifa. The lodgings they badtakcn were, in de- coat. and, looking from under his heavy “Congratulate!” she said a little dub- customer who In a ”host in himself." lcludingyours."