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Sroxusu Covranâ€"Thef t aroma of coffee comi from the breakfast room may be very de ’ htful, but it tells that the coffee is being spoiled by too much boiling inan unclosed vessel. Cofi'ee is best just to “come to a boil,"then served promptly. Burns and scalds are soonest relieved by an application of cold water. Dry carbonate of soda, or baking soda, sprinkled over the burned spot, is the latest remedy, and it is said to be very elfcclunl. These means are only tempor- ary. In severe cases a physician should be sent for. Cuocotsrs Panamaâ€"One quart of milk, four tablespoonsful of cornstarch dissolved in one cup of milk, to which add two tablespoonsful of grated chocolate. Boil the remainder of the milk with two- thirds of a cup of sugar, add the corn- starch and chocolate, boil three minutes, add one tesspmnful bf salt. To be eaten ‘ cold with sugar and cream flavored With vanilla. - I A correspondent sends the followingto an exchange :-â€"Ladies, 1 have something to tell you that (if you dislike pickin a chicken as much as I do) you will be e- lightcd to hear. A lady told me that a frying chicken is just as good if skinned as it is picked. I tried it and was de- lighted. As soon as the chicken is killed skin it, beginning at the crew. After it is floured over and fried you cannot tell the difference. â€"â€"_â€"‘N‘->‘Oâ€"-â€"â€"‘_ SIMPLE-MINDS!) ARABS. A Party th at Intends to Box Its Way from New York to Brazil. The steamer Chateau Lafitte, which ar- rived in New York recently from France, had on board among her steerage passen- gers seven Arabsâ€"two women, two grown up sons, one grown up daughter, and two boys. They told Capt. Ueinzman through an interpreter, that they had come from the Lebanon, in Syria. Selim Michael oiio of the young men, made affidavit that his mother, Sandy, and her sister, Mcr- I ism, were Greek Catholics, and had been advised to emigrate to Mexico, where al number of their own people resided ; that tliuy had some funds and intended to go to hlt'xico on foot. who has tlnco sons, aged respectively 20, 6, and 4 years, made a similar affidavit. ' l, ails diuretic. THE MINEB’S PA RTN ER, IN YOUR CflAmflS.-â€"CHAH'BB I. FENELON FALLS, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, MAY 3, dently in anything but ' _ “I say that he had cleared out with mine, anyhow; and I was riled, I tell you. But at that minute, I saw, crossing the Mule Back Ridge, two men on horse- There was agood deal of excitement in back The Rldge i. dismta good Piece; a“ milling Wu?“ " “"1 “9” Hum" bu: [could swear one was that stranger. City, which, as every mining i knows, was prominent among diggings, and gold-washings also, of Col- orsdo twenty years ago. A meeting .of d” ‘e‘eiid one of the boys on,’ said I toRube. “18 gold‘ ‘I shall go through the canon, so shall meet them. They must. cross there, if they don't mean to go into the moun- nfinfi" Wu beinK had 3‘ ‘he 13789“ bund‘ tsins. And I was sure they did not want ingin the cityâ€"a wooden shed, wh “in the mountain road. So I sot off. But I called itself a restaurant, at which there w“ waiwd {on The", m as bad men WON mmllled 50"” f0"! 0" fifty "lenv left in the camp as have gone out of it; rough-looking, roughly clad, and armed with revolver and knife, although no in- when the," horsemen must have been a tention existed of using such Weapons at this gathering. shi rights and to support the law generally. There was a president, of course, and hi! 'lilcoum. if "DI Wll’lff’dv W“? “well after a momentary examination, held it "1 '“kou- he “"1! “her un, and exhibits i an unmistakable bullet» Perhaps 3" hm“? hole in the skirt. to the point. the meeting had lasted _ and several speeches had been made, with a good (I provalâ€" _ have spoken are about right. got some traitors among us, “I reckon that the citizens who We have placer last night, or that Scotch Ned was sent away when the stamp-mill washrok- on. We know who broke the millâ€"-â€"it was Bill Dobell. come in then f lfnown that but cie among us." The Prdlde'm said “web “1°” t° this those he named confirmed the speaker. effect ; but the remainder of his speech, with the various orations which followed, filmed Rube. need not be given, as we have‘ shown what was the nature of the excitement Th9 memblyv Ind9t’di fired at me from behind amok. There 11841 been filled mambo? "ll-h 3“ °bl°¢t was more than one shot fired at the same 061Cth w Pmmme “5"”? coinlmle‘ time, 1 know ; andâ€"see here, Mr. Presi- â€"to assist inmainiaiinng lIltIlVliluul'deut !_they wuk good mm. cal 0f Bhuumlg in the “fly 0‘ aI" defined the president. . and 2mm” no use my pushing on alone, with the where the worst comes in. It wasn t. by rocks lined “ml murderers, with men chance than any outside 1.0a!“ knew 1”” who expected me, and wow in league with when to steal the washings at the Long Cnmumy Jones... BM Who tom h‘m ‘0 of the right sort, BGVLII or eight of them, And Who could have t‘iat I had looked up inilio camp. They known that the Kentucky b0” “lathe are here now; Long Sim, Missouri Rob, L008 Placer had 80" the be“ washmg“ Major Diiny and friend, withsomeothors, they had seen thin year? Who con“ have all first-class citizens.” and at the very intraiice of the canon, good two miles away, some desperadoes As he said this, he threw off his long outer Cost, and handed it tothe president, who, “ That was nearâ€"that is a fact 1" ex- “And what did you do then I" “ I turned back," said Ben. “It was of “And where was Rube ?"asked the president. “ I was at the head of a bunch of boys An asaentiiig exclamation from each 0 “ I could not do more than that," con- “And when I found my pardner on the return-track, it was no use my proceeding. 1 came back to the which had called the miners into solemn city, and the“ right away to this here «enclave. . , The language used was odd and quaint conven Lion. ” I _ “ I could have ra‘scd (mice the force in “0081‘; to many it would 11“" mundfll a. quarter of the time he took!” cried lbw“! in its theomgy i but no fault Ben, intercepting some remark which it could have been found with the matter. was evident the president was about to That was direct and .shrewd, and evinced make. “And why I did not come straight 1‘ "Tong “terminal-‘0“ ‘0 Put d"“'“ the here was because there was something in mischief which was making itself felt. my tent I thought I had best look after. At Ilia COIICIUI‘IIOn 0’ 3 Pllhy bfll‘agguev I had left my tent in the care of a friend; in which the speaker urged vigorous and but you don’t know what may happen, brief proceedings against any 0“" dome" wizh such loafers and scoundrels hanging crimeâ€" “You sir right, colonel l” Every one starte 'ed in such unpardonable conluct, or ren- mound}: Bl'nitbly suspected of complicity in the 0’" r°bblng the troughs ‘“ 1‘ """‘ dent, “this convention didn’t assemble, I inf} 00mm? is 10°k°d "PO" M “'0’”. “m” reckon to hear the rights of any differ- I . . b D _ ' ’ l . murder: and 1‘ “Hald‘i’ed ° qulle “3 ence between two parduers: and it ain t Marie T anuous, bad as horse-steahngâ€"a veice exclaimed: our business Who“ We are hereto dig 2 " \Val, fellow-citizens," said the presi- cuss the existence of thieves and scalla-. d “l5 “‘0 Bound! and wags amongst us, and to decide upon the I a good temper.lthey had reached, there was no means of turning to the right or left, so that he could not easily miss the chase. Pre- sently the tread of the foremost man be- come slower, and the pursuer, as a matter of course. moved at a slower ratealsoâ€" slower and slower still, until the former stopped, or only moved about the same spot of ground. “ What on airth is he going to do i" muttered the other man. “It's so dark â€"for he is right under the shadow of Big Loaf Rockâ€"that he can’t see to dig, nor hunt after any buriedâ€" Wal ! that means something "' This exclamation was caused by a low whistle which Rube Steeleâ€"if indeed it were that personâ€" suddcnly gave. This was repeated, and then answered from a distance. “I feel like seeing the end of this," continued the spy, “and I mean to." Acting upon this determination, he crawled carefully forward, for he was too near to venture upon standing upright ; and moreover, as the answoring whistle had proved that others were in the neigh- borhood, he was compelled to been his guard against discovery from other quar- ters. His quick ear soon caught the sound of an approaching tread, and di- rectly after, he heard words spoken. The spy’s curiosity was now raised ten- . fold, especially as one of the two men who were now, as he well knew, close to him, struck a match to light his pipe, and the momentary flash showed him both figures in a brief glimpse. They were unluckin placed with their backs towards him, so that he could not see their features. He now felt confident that ths first one was Rube Steele, and that the second was not entirely unknown to him, but more than this he could not tell. This was terribly tantalizing ; and after the brief illumination of the match, a more impenetrable darkness seemed to have settled on the pass and the rocks around ; so, at all hazards, be resolved to get still nearer. He was perhaps a little unguarded in his esgernesss, and made some slight noise, audit is certain that he had not calculated all the hazards which might environ him, for a low fierce growl showed that a dog was with the men, and the spy shuddered with horror as he heard the sound. “ Did you hear anything i” said a harsh voice. “ The dog would not have growled like that, unless some one was hanging around." “ Nonsense l" returned the other ; and the voice was certainly the voice of Rube Steele. “He heard a jack-rabbit, per- haps, or scented a poleczit. I reckon there ain’t a soul within a league of this canon to-sight. The miners are all at Flume City, and the Indians have left the district for more than a week past." “ You may be? "-\t,”rcturucd the first . 1884 SIGHTLESS WORKERS. How Blind lien are Taught to Support Thur rammesand Save Janey-«A Poucernan'm'rouehins Story. Two pale, slender young girls, and a small, nervous old woman, with their arms closely interlocked, walked rapidly up the north side of Chestnut street, Phil- a elphia, quite late ona recent night. At Broad street they wandered some steps away from the flag-stone crossing, and when they reached the curbstone, about twenty feet from the corner, they stumbled slightly and moderated their pace, as if in doubt. A moment later they seemed satisfied what they should do, and hurried forward directly against a reserve officer, who was standing at the corner of the building. The collision was a more touch, and, recoiling a little, the three resumed their walk in the cen- tre of the sidewalk out Chestnut street. The policeman watched them. At a house gutter they stumbled slightly and they several times ran into front steps and awning posts, but never with vio- lence. The ofiicor's curiosity was excited and he set out at his best pace to ever- take and question the little party. “What's the matter with them ?" he was asked on his return. “Blind ! All three of them blind ! It took me all ofa heap when I stopped them and asked them what they were knocking along that way for to see how pale they grew. If they hadn't been holding to each other so I believe they would have fainted. Just as soon as I spoke I saw what was the matter, for they turned their eyes to me. There was no light in them. ‘Never mind,’ I said as quick as I could. I asked them if I couldn’t help them, and the old wo- man said no, they knew the way. I thought at first that the old woman and the girl on the inside had the middle girl in their power somehow for no good; but I was all wrong, and I wish I had begged their pardon.” “Where were they going '3" “I didn‘t ask that. They are able to take care of themselves, but they shouldn't walk so fast. I don’t see how under the sun they help hurting them- selves.” The incident was described yesterday to H. L. Hall, the blind superintendent of the Pennsylvania Working Home for Blind Men. find their way about with an case that must seem wonderful to people who do not appreciate what resources they have in their other senses and memory. On the street, for instance, a blind person knows when they come ton. corner by the wind that sweeps around the house, or, if there is no wind, by the sound of wag- I I l “The blind," he said, “canIfirifiIth had a chunk bitten out of his c was. NO 10. l I last month, wonderful to relate, he earn- ed 815 above his board. Now he is jubi- lant, and he really seems a new man. In~ , stead of being a poor dependent he feels he is his own master and one of the usefulI men in the world." I “Are the men easy to manage l" I “Very. Except some who are intem-I perate, there has been no occasion for: discipline during the int three We have discharged some men for rink- ing. This is not an ayslum. It is afacâ€" tory. It isiiot intended to support the blind, but to afford them an opportunity to support themselves, and in doing so their happiness is increased a hundred lfcld." “Are there any lazy men in your force I" “There are some slow men, but not many lazy ones. The trouble is the other way. You know we begin work at 7 o’clock ‘in the morning, stop an hour at noon for dinner, and quit at 6 o'clock in the evening. Now we have to keep a close watch to prevent the men from working before and after hours. If they could do so nearly all would make a few extra hours daily, and some would work on until they dropped from exhaustion." ~<~>c¢bâ€"-â€" CANADIAN NEWS ITEMS i l v i The Brantford free library and reading i room was opened for the public on the lst. I inst. The ilefalcntions of Chris. Zehr, the. absconding East Zorra cattle dealer, are placed at $50,000. A death watch has been set over Luke Phipps at Sandwich Gaol. He is quite cheerful, and cats and sleeps well. In the case of Madame Boutct, tried in Quebec for poisoning n. woman at St. l Paul's Bay, the jury could not agree, and I were discharged. I The ministers in all the Protestant churches in Brautford exchanged pulpits recently. The attendance at the differ- ent churches was very large. The Port Hope Times has been pur- chased from Mr. Stanley Peterson, in the interest of the Conservative party, by Col. Williams, M. P., Dr. Brereton, M.PP., and one or two others. ' Ben Dillonand \Vni. Griffith got ex- cited ovcr the lust sparring match at the Hamilton Opera House and had a fightl after it in a'hotcl bar-room, in which Dillon was fine‘l $10 for his fun. Simon Moore, aged 25 years, a mute, of Dublin, Ont., was struck by a Chicago «S: Grand Trunk engine while walking on the track at Ohcboygmi, Mich, and in- stantly killed. After the inquest the re- l mains were taken to Canada. I .__.__.._-â€"» v.._-....___ This“ ITEMS. German ortsc’l‘ranle in Young English Girlsâ€"Decrease of Drunxenness â€"Scarclty of Doctors In Russia. etc, etc. There pre 100,000 deaths yearly in the metropolis of London. The London Il'on'd says: I hear that bling is greatly on the increase at snare. and t mt tripots are multiplying in the city of Calvin. A big casino is being built almost exclusively for play, and it Seems like] that the scenes of thirty years ago, when the “Cerulo dos Etrangers" flourished, will be enacted. The proprietor of the “Carola” at one time was no other than M. Fiizy, ircsi- dent of the Council of state of the Isiclvc‘ Two of the three large fortified points destined to constitute the front line of Germany's eastern frontier defenses are now virtually completed. Posen, like Koeiiigsberg, has been cugirdled by a number of powerful artillery forts con- nected with each other and with the citadel by subterranean telegraph wires. By the end of the year Thorn will also be belted with forts. All three of these places will rank as strongholds with Stras- burg and Meta. The will of the late Thomas Chenery, editor of the London Times, has been probalod. The value of the personal estate was sworn under at $105,000. Legacies of 82,500 were left to each of the two executors. The residue of the estate remains upon trust for the maintenance of his sister, Miss Mary Byron Cheuery, who is an invalid. On the death of Miss Chciiery the residue of the estate, with any accumulations, goes to the children of his friend John McMillan. The Italian government has the inten- tion of constructing two forts at Spezia, one at Mnrntuuga, and the other on the island of I’nluoarin, both to be provided with 120-ton guns, which have already, been ordered from the houses of Krupp and Armstrong. The cost of each gun with its carriage will be about 1,500,000 francs, amounting, together with the ex- Itizm republic. I pause of each fort, to a total of 14,000,000. The Escrcifo comments on this outlay, and regrets the slowness of the work. The trafiic in young English girls for immoral purposes in Belgium is again going on. The English police are watch~ ing carefully, with a view, if possible, of preventing the scandal. The Belgian authorities are somewhat annoyed at the publicity given to the matter, and, by way of revenge, summoned an Engliin lady and her daughters before the court in Brussels, where they were subjected to a disgusting cross-exmuination by the court and counsel in reference to the traffic. The Neapolitan aristocracy lost recent- ly one of their most eminent members, by the death of the prince of Montemilclto, duke of l’cpoli, who claimed descent from the Stuarts. lie was only 57 years old, and the cause of death was bronchitis. The deceased prince maintained at his expense a great number of monks in the convent of San Pasquale, which he had bought for that purpose from the present government. Many ollicors of the late Bourbon army received regular pensions or were otherwise largely supported by the prince. A few moments before his death the papal benediction arrived by telegram. When the authorities asked the Arabs looked in the direction 0f the EDWIN": best means of clearing them outâ€"that ii i. l: 1. .- s “'hilo it con man named Robert how they lmondCd ‘0 Teach Mulco With I W110. hiVlng Toccnl-ly l°llled the “wel‘mgr all." Editiieli‘hew ls'ui: 1'05 Emmy, and l gong, street? cant or fOOtfails' When. he cm )lo ed atyStciien’s mill \Valkcrvillo’ ltis n m-ittcrofhistor ' lll' ttho ' xi 1 ~ ~ - . ' - “3 ' ‘ from“ for game 1 obstruction be r civ s I y o ’ ’ - ' ' 3 Li 5W” 80' “'0” Gillian“: “my affild tlrlflt they “’01”! With Several Others; 3‘99“ "9"” “‘9 door- Thus recalled to business, the assembly 0,. venison . p“ \‘ig, Vim neither. I I 1“ “Pprfmc Emg “31 . d ec cf was making an effort to put a belt over a , in 1853, of tho Forbes-Molteuzm act was beg their way along. 10 a lunar reporter I A dozen men whispered to their next, resumed in, form,“ discussmn’ and the should hm; _3: g-‘b‘ a white mm s :1 warningb rtom 5:59:51? 0‘; pulley, aportion’of his clothing was caught ‘ followed by an immediate and marked it is Rube Steeleil ‘9 a” e ween 1° ' in the pulley. The unfortunate man was decrease in the consumption of intnrimi- who saw them later in the day they saidjneighbon ; “Why, quarrel between the partners was not. B t '0”. a“ u I that they came from a village in the Leb- ’ and ,ignificant Blames were exclmngcd. again openly refomd to ; but it colored Emma, I‘h 31:5: to \shglvu‘a fich‘t" anon cidlel llasroun, and that they firstI “ I thought the other day there was In» an that was snid‘ and many remarks upon whichfwo must do. i o v mm" I" 59”" Mtg: “I‘lun’nm'i 0f Mild” luna lying Mom“! to “"0”, commu‘id it were made in the body of the meeting. Irock.â€"-Gcod dog 1 Mid GWEN“, Whlc 1 my 301 in ‘ mt 1'er m3“ ‘ “3": When"â€" ' It was clear that Public feeling was much 'lnst words were of course addressed to th - - - . r i . l ' - « ~1 . . .etk flkn nntl-ie.0 mun”) ‘ one "f the”. numbl‘r’ “ m‘ml ‘You told u“ ‘0' Rube” interrupmd 383m“ Rabi! Steak): although a few 0‘ I dog, which had continued to growl at 111- I 1:30:73; 311:1: 0the 0cloa'clinis, nendplf: knoivl': by the name of 'l‘annous, left them about the president. ; "and the Kentucky boys those present .were his partisans ; but “Nah while his master was Speaking, “1_ I f0“ “will” “80 “0‘1 “mo 0“ WAmel'ica- '1'“)!!! the Long Placer came in“? commit” these latter a pear-ed to consist only of thuuah the unseen watcher had la‘, with" relation .to it Of an the “in 0‘ tho itee on the subject; and their troughs the “bunch” 0 citizens he had referredIaml :3 death. The animal was appmfe‘nt- house, and, in fact, the whole City. Were llo borrowed [min each of the young men ' I Y I I W go to deep in this room I would in- i‘io’ Md they hoard um" he had “mam I “"9 'Obb°d “hue they‘wem-gom' on ggéigglltaifgeligzsl‘u089th” {me from “5‘ 1y soothed by being thus noticed, and pro- stinctively take my latitude and longi- 3" Nl’w YMk “I‘d had gone on to Bmu‘ 13’0" that? I "timam I" bably followed the men, whose footsteps tudo from the time-piece, and while I slight as the change is, and delicate as . . . must be the sense of touch to detect it. pom? be‘hmd “‘15 i In the house the greatest aids is astation- "mmd em' Thu“ a and permanent sound, such as the thrown over the wheel, his head striking 1 ing liquors in Scotland, and now the ammo the timbers above the machinery with ‘ results appear to have followed experi- eacli revolution. Before the machinery i mental legislation in Ireland. Taking could be stopped ho was so badly injured I the pcrioduftenyenrs(1874»83,inc1usive,) about the head and abdomen that he lived I and cmnpnriug the “ Irish drink bill " for only two hours. He was about 18 years Ilive years before the Sunday-closing not old, and a son of Alfred Robert, of ‘ with the five years following its enact- Windsor. mont, and the figures show a total for the -â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€"u«<-.>«nâ€"-â€"-â€"â€"â€" former of £66,733,002, and for the latter wood as Food, period a total of £01,]52,042, or a reduc- I. They decided to follow him and get their I money back. One of them asked how far Brazil was, and hon long it would take to get there on foot. “You might get there in six months, ~ he throw around him WM pump or perhaps in a year, at the rate you are ' going to travel,” said the reporter. I “ls America as large as that?" they asked, with undisguised sur rise, and they I opened their' eyes still wi or when told: that they would have to traverse the whole of Mexico and the entire length of tho isthmus before they reached their destination. This surprise, however, was s mu followed by a feeling of incredulity, ask tiny t'Xpl’eBSst their determination in mop along overland. “We have not gut any money," one of them said, “and ciniii'ub‘n people might help us on our way \\ lien told that several of their c -u.‘ill'_\ turn had been arrested for bogg- ing n his Country they looked diasp- ynl i. «l, but they had evidently made up Illi‘-I' minds to try their luck. '1 in. Castle Garden authorities believe , that these people have come over with ‘ ihoiniouiiou oi begging. If they are un-‘ iiblu lu taku care of themselves, and are li Ililu to becomes public charge, they will ‘ be sent back under the statute relating to ' the exclusion of paupcrs. Another party of Ambs that has been at Castle Garden for several days will be sent back on Sat- urday. The men had $40, which they handed over to the emigration commiss- ouers to pay for part of the passage. The Russian Press. 4 The Russian press, which under thel short supremacy of Louis Melikofi‘ began . to increase and multiply. has now, under Count 'l'olshi's goveiuuient, shrunk to a minimum. In St. I‘etorsburg, with its million inhabitants. there are, besides the official .Ueswsgtr and the Journal de St. 1 I'clrrsbury, only three Russian and two German inputs. One of the former, the Xenon", ias liberal tendencies; the two‘ others are edited after a conservative Slavophil pattern. The two German pa- pers content themselves with repeating what their Russian wniemporaries say. According to some curious statistic, Count lguatiefl' killed five papers during the year when he was minister of the in- terior. but Tulaiui has in the course of two years slain nine. la the face of this, . it is astonishing that there still are plo who have the courage to establish_ newspaper! in Russia. Foreign pa rs with the exwptiuu of the Dani~h, bor- wegian, lluugarian. and Spanish, have all to pass the ordeal of the ccnwnhip, and some of them. mostly‘ll'rench, are alt together prohibited in ussia. Editors of the nevi-papers, however, and foreign correspondents, on appealing to the min- istry. are allowed to receive their. papers nnmutllatcd, but only on condition of promising never to abuw these papers to any other mortal. ..__..-. w -â€". o» -..o’ - w~â€"â€"-â€"-â€"â€"â€"- The labor depmsion in the shippipg o - ident's language Rube noted this, . _ him. A peculiarly sinster glance which in commit ' 3 natural should be taken ; but as it was notorious the", to learn more, but crawled careful. I aid to us who have no eyes." A murmur as of approval of the prcs- The gathering separated without hav- ran through the meeting. ing come to any formal resolve, beyond but it did not disturb appointing afew of their members to act ' tee and to decide what steps attractive features. that each of the chosen ones was a leader I know that ; and I among the Regulators, as they were once expect that I know the tale about the In- calledâ€"or the Vigilantcs,to use their new ' juus was a fraud," returned Rube. Some- familiar Spanish nameâ€"there was proba- thing like a sarcastically approving langli bly more significance in theirappomtmeiit ran through the meeting at these words ; than at first appeared. but the speaker continued, without ap- For tlnt night at anymte no fresh out- sting to notice it: “That stranger from rages were apprehended, the thieves, gin Francisco was the man who brought whoever they were, pissesscd informs- the news. You believed him ; so did I." tion too prompt and too certain to allow 3 “We believed you, Rube ;you said the them to venture on a renewal of their at« ' man was reliable," again interrupted the tempts during the excitement and watch- 2 resident. fuluess which would prevail for a time in “ That is so,’ replied Rube. He the vicinity of Flume City. I brought messages from leading Frisco citâ€" In its neighborhood, few persons were izens, men known tome, and so I believ- abroad after nightfall ; it was dangerous, ‘ ed him. But I tell you he is no good ; indeed, for any one to approach a tent- and he has gone off with nigh upon three without making his prose to his not greatly “ Yes ; I expect nce loudly u thousand dollars in gold-dust which I known; a shot would probably be the I trusted to him. He brought me an order first intimation that he was trespassing on I from Ben, my pardner, to say he was to dangerous ground; while a few of the; have the dust ; and though I did not like miners possessed large and sayage dogs ' the idea, I parted with it. And on com- which would be loosed on hearing a foot- ing into camp and asking Ben about it, stop near the tent. So these who had| I find he never gave an order at all. And business which led them abroad, were ' it is my belief that this is the man who careful to confine themselves to the main robbed the washings of the Kentucky street of Flume City, if such a title could; boys' placer." fitly be applied to the straggling avenue‘ “ And where is Ben," began the presi- which ran from end to curl of the place. dent, who would probably have said more, But spite of these drawbacks, a few per- I but that a man burst hastily into the sons were moving in the environs of the salmm as the question was asked, and city, and oven at agood distance beyondl shouted in answer: “Here! llere is its boundaries, dark though the night was,I Ruben Steele's pardner. Who wants and only relieved from utter gloom by! him I" the starlight, for moon there was‘ ” We want you to hear what has been none. I ‘ said," returned the president, “and to One man who was gomg towards the I give us your opinion about C-uliforny town, stopped suddenly, as his quick ear Jonesâ€" the stranger who was introduced caught the sound of an approaching foot- by your pardncr, ‘but who, Rube new step, and with‘the'caution of one accus~ says. is the man who robbed the placer, tnmcd to frontier-life, drew himself up by and has rubbed him of three thousand the side of one of the very few treesv dollars.” “ I can't as anything about the placer; City, maybe Rube nows more about that than impi I do." replied the new-comer. "But the him. . man has no oil with three thousand had by, passing dollars: i iat's a sure fact ; and as Rube and the starry s ve him the dust, it's a sure fact too, he visible with news more about it than I do." concealed watcher. "I know no moretban yourself," retort. ed Rube. “The man produced an order from you. I could not tell that it was a ry, and you have always considered yourself It the boasof cur outfit.’ " Wal, gentlemen,snd Mr. President," continued Ben, "I can tell you we have got murderers among us. Yes, gentle- men, that is soâ€"real cold-blooded muro deters, that will lie in wait for honest, law-abidi citizens and shoot them from lbehindroc " A louder murmur ran through the as- renibly hero: and the president asked Ben his meaning. “ LI meaning is this," continued Ben. “ 'ou now I am cleatingcut, and shall so that in the obscurity it was almost ssible for any passing eye to detect betwen the first Comer y, so that his figure was have been shut st imposs detect the spy, had he done soâ€"but went quickly on ;in a direction which seemed to car wise the hidden observer. “ hat can he want there l" exclaimed the latter, sicppin from his hiding place, when the other Rind fairly gone past. “There ain't no shanties nor no living soul in that direction. It was surely Rube Steele ; and without he has gone crazy, I can't fix anyhow wli he should be going towards the canon ter nightfall. I will see where he is going; and if he has tum- ed crazy. laiay help him: and if not, I shall find out what he wants in the moun- tain pan. He was moving carefully but quicklyin which remained in the vicinity of Flume ' The next instant a single man hur- : tolerable distinctness to the‘ This second man did ‘ not look to the right or leftâ€"it wi uld: iblc for him in lure the camp ins day or two, so tbstwe Isrs realising all our property, and this the direction the other had taken, while could be heard as they removed to the. proposed cover behind the Big LoafI Rock. I The spy had no inclination to follow, ly and noiselesst over the ground untill he was at a safe distance from the pass ; so far, indeed, that be judged that even the cute cars and scent of the dog could not detect him when he rose, and hurried in the directidn of the city as fast as his legs could cairy him. . 0n the outskirts, he knocked at the door of a shanty, a log-built hut with I earthen floor, such as the Mexican peas-I entry, and even their betters,9ften reside in; and in answer to a gruff challenge from within -â€"for the inmates worein bed, or stretched on such pallets as served for bedsâ€"he rc'umed an answer which seemed to satisfy the questioner, for after a little more gruff grumbling, the door was opened, and he was admitted. In answer to his inquiry, the gruffvoicc said : “No ; nary drop of anything but water; ye kin have that. Your voice sounds all of a tremble, Absalom ; and if' ye don’t get shot over the cards or drown yourself, I guess ye won't last long as a miner, anyhow.” Absalom, as he was called, hesitated for a moment, as though about to say some- thin in his defence, but eventually de- cide on making no reply to this rather unpleasmt speech, and threw himself down on a buffalo skin which the other man pushed towards him. No further conversation took place, and the shanty was as dark and silent as were the re- mainder of the scattered dwellings on the l outskirts of Flume City. (ro us cosrmvnn.) o How to Plant Raspberries. For the best results hills of raspberries should stand four feet apart each ws _. The raspberry does best in deep, ‘ric , moist, but well-drained, soil. It will not thrive in hard, dry ground. Partial shade is often beneficial. Make all the land rich and mellow if you can. If one or two shovelsful of old, rotten manure can be dropped and forked in deeply, just where the hills are tobginsdc, it will give young plants a vigorous start. If :12? fresh, unferniented manure is to be , scatter it on the surface, just around the plants after setting them out, or fork and cultivate it slightly under the surface, and the rains will carry the richness down. Hot, green manure should never be placed near the roots of plants or trees. Set two or three plants in a hill according to their siso. Cut them down to six or eight inches. l l 4 well rubbed on mil- Common soft soup to the sun will , dew stains and ex take them out entirely. I At a Boston scance a disconsolate iwidower succeeded in eastablishing com- Ifliid iis way about and to do a might not know what time, it told I could travel from it wherever I might desire to I go. A clock is made for the eyes of = those who can see, “You have not always been blind, have found crammed or plugged with fragments l on I" but_it is even a greater of its stomach, and more especial Certain animals have a remarkable, power of digestinglligneous tissue. ThoI beaver is an example of this. The whole ly tlintI secondary stomach, the «scum, is often; I of wood and bark. l have opened the “No ; I have been blind only it little , crops of several Norwegian ptsrmigans,l over twenty yearsâ€"since the third year 3 and found them filled with no other food of the war. I get round with a good deal of ease, but those who have been blind 1 than the needles of pines, upon which. they evidently feed during the wintcr.I from infancy are more rapid and graceful The birds, when cooked, were scarcely in their movements. Their remaining eatablo on account of the strong resinous 5011503 are more acute." “Which are the more cheerful, those who have always been blind or those who have become so after enjoying sight 7" “Of course to lose onc's sig i dreadful calamity, and until the unfor- tunate person becomes accustomed to the new order of things is apt to abandon him- self occasionally to morbid thoughts. But he gradually finds that his usefulness is on] slightly reduced. Ho learns to many other things for himself, and finally he finds there is work in the world even for the blind. In my own case I am deeply interested in this institution, mid its prosperity is a source of ha piness. The truth is, that to be usefu ly em- ployed is enough to make anyone cheerful, and even those who can see are miserable if idle. We have two men here who are both deaf and blind, and they are among our most capable and cheerful hands. One of them earns more money than any other man on the roll, not only paying up his board and lodging, but laying up 830 or more every month. Several of our men support their families.” “Do they live in the building 1" “No ; we have three classes of men. Those of one class live in the home here, paying each $2.50 board per week; an- other lot come in daily to work, going home at night, and to the third class we send out the work. We have ninety men at resent, but expect before a great whi e to have two hundred. We have got the ground room now to add a large large factory building, and to turn part of the present factory into dormitories, bath-rooms, reading-rooms, and the like. Nearly all the inmates of the home can read by raised letters, and they are very fond of pla ing chess, dominoes, and checkers. ‘ me of them play the piano and organ admirably." "Do all the men earn their board 7” “Finally they do; but some are veryzfinding the u ' You see some-gneck Ami u, years‘ ' slow at learning. times they come here after many spent in idleness and darkness, and their minds are weak to almost the extent of, lunacy ; but they all learn to make a liv- ing sooner_ or later. here now who hastf'us money. He nette erl devoid of pride or ambition. M talk 5 is a Antoinette was informed of a famine in 1 great I t“;mh;;°hi‘. m I victim's month. 815 during March. For two years he did not earn his board. He came from the slmshouse and an; to him and did all I could to en-I flavor of their flesh. I may here, by the way, correct the commonly-accepted version of a popular story. We are told that when Mario | the neighborhood of tho Tyrol, and of the starving of some of the peasants there, she replied: “I would rather cat pie- crust" (some of the story-tellers say “pnstry”) “than starve." - Theroupon Ithe courtiers giggled at the ignorance of tlio pampered princess who supposed that starving peasants had such an alternative food as pastry. The ignorance, however, was all on the side of tho courticrs and those who repeat the story in its ordinary form. The princess was the only person in the court who really understood the habits of the peasants of the particularI district in question. They cook theirI meat, chiefly young veal, by rolling it in a'kind of dough made of sawdust, mixed with as little coarse flour as will hold it together ; then place this in an oven or in wood embers until the dough is hardened l to a tough crust, and the meat raised throughout to the cooking point. Marie Antoinette said that she would rather eat croufim than starve, knowing that those crouti'm, or meat piecrusts, were given to the pigs ; that the pi digested them, and were nourished by t em in spite of the wood sawdust. Playing with s Serpent. The Paris correspondent of the London Tdtyra It reports a remarkable case of I impru once from Montbrison. It appears ithst a man named Molle, about 40 years ‘of age, while walking in the fields, found a serpent, which he took up and put in- [side the bosom of his shirt, evidently out ! of bravado. The serpent remained quiet Iin its new resting p.aco .unlil Malls on i going into the town after his work, again lcommenced to handle the animal before . some people. The man, not satisfied with nt, coiled it round his ly put its head between ; his lips. The serpent immediately seized the tongue of its tormenwr, and bit it .rsvenously. The tongue soon after bo~ Icame so swollen that it hangs out of the Medical aid will prob. ably be found unavailing, and the man’s line i. despair-ed of I l For the Swiss wsichmaker, M. G. A. Lcschot, who died on Feb. 4, the claim hssbeen advanced that hewsstho first | I tion of about $27,500,000 (£5,500,000) in favor of the Sunday-closing period. At Rome there is at present a marked revival of theatre pugeantry. Under the papal regime only tho propcrest of proper operas and plays were tolerated by the cardinal vicar. “ 'l‘rzivizita " and other works of the same class were severely taboocd, and when a ballot was put on the stage the condition, sine qua mm, was rigorously enforced thzit the dancers should wear white stockings null pantalets. Clerical prudery was constantly “ on tho rampage," and the same pruricncy which ordained that Ciuiova's angels should be clad in zinc putticoats accentuated points of doubtful morality in dramas and operas, by (eliminating ilicm, leaving lwhiud dur- ing lapses in dialogue and action, iv iich naturally sot people to inquiring the cause of such elisions. A celebrity o‘accrtain sort in Brussels, known as La. Blanchotto, from her having but one hand, was lately found, with her dog, dead from charcoal fumes in her room, an incident which was the talk of the town for twenty-four hours. A re- mantic story was previously circulated as to the loss of her hand, to the (affect that slio passionately loved a young officer, who, taking her beautiful hand in his, caressed and admired it, saying he wish- ed ho had such .1 hand. “ It is yours," she is alleged to have said, ” as, indeed, is everything I have," and thoncxt morn. ing the hand was sent to him. A Brussels paper, however, says that in the interest of truth it feels bound to say that La Muir chotte lost her hand by poisoning her finger with verdigris while clcunin a cop- per saucepan when she was a 'itchon maid. Doctors have long been lamentany scarce in Russia. The alarming infant mortality in this country was the occasion of calling this fact to the attention of the late Emperor Alexander IL, and every effort was made to encourage medical study both among men and women. Tho result was a rapidly increasing supply of feman doctors. who continued to thrit'o until they became associated with n'hihstic preaching, No sooner had this led the present government, in alarm, to shut them out from the medical collugts, than national sentiment was aroused, and sub- scriptions were made for the establish- ment of female medical colleges. Mean- while the urgent petitions sent to the government results: in a Committee of inquiry, which has just decided “ that it is not only injurious to the population to close medicial sch ‘iols against women but that it is also impossible to dispense with the services of women as doctors." As the supply of male doctors is on the de- crease the Russian government will prob- ably find it prudent to rescind the prohi- bition decree, and allow women access once more to the universities. Including those who fell at Alexandria, the loss inflicted”? the British in E5 is estimated at .. ,000 men since 1 2, u courage him, but he was indifferent to . anything I could do or say. Finally he was guilt of bad conduct, andl sent him, back to t e almshouse. Before long he I wanted to come here again and I gladly _ took him. ii. behaved properly em, a. tunneling. In. that, but made little progress at hisI Good taste rejects excessive ninety; it l munication with his wife, who had passed into the spirit land from the Hub, of 1whose catholic circles she had been a member. The man inquired if she was hsppy, and if she liked her new surround- ings, to which she replied : “Well, dear, it is very charming and lovely and all that, but, of course you know, dear, it isn‘t Evasion." trade in Great Britain is now haven-screws. Many of dispensers minted with destitute “Jun. unable to pmcuns employment. A hundred steam~ he was muttering these disinterested sen- ‘ timents; and althoe h he could only see the figure he follow at intervals. when the man climbed a ledge and stand for an instant in relief against the sky, yetthere was no difficulty in the pursuit. He could hear‘his steps as they disturbed the loose stones which strewsd the way, and knew besides, that in the wild spot which to suggest in modern days the use of car- bouads (fragments of black diamonds) at the lower edge of cylindrical drills for iercing rock in the process of rock-bor- not including any slaughter in theSoudsn before any British officers took the field. At Tel-el-Kebir the F/gy tian loss was at least 2,000. It is said His I’sshs's losses were about 8,000, but were probably more. Moncricfl's losses were 2.3.3.5, and the losses of the Arabs at El Teb is estimated at 3,000. " 9 | gold-dustwasagrtofwhstlpm going East with. ‘ , I kinder felt like riled at losing it ; and when my oer told me, as cool as maybe, that e cori- cledsd this stranger had vamooaed with 'j my dust"â€" “ And mine," interjected Rube.- “ Wal, let every man speak of his own We," returned Ben, who was 0". ported lying idle in the Tyne and ten thousand idle labourers about the Tyne _ shipyards business is than yet. shipyards. IntbeCl e alsoveryslack_ has notboec so much searing work. Last wintcrI succeeded in awaken- treats little things as little things, and is ing a little ambition in his heart, and ' not hurt by them.