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GEMS 0P TRUTH. Trouble is the engine in God's hands to: lift us up to heaven. It is only in this life that we can win sou!- for Christ. We must love the lard, if we. would lnm to serve “no and win others to Him. The very presence of Christ is the con- scious experience of every regenerate soul. In the great majority of things, habit is a greater plague than ever Infested Egypt; in religious character, it is a grand felicity. "Do you feel that you love Christ I" was asked of an aged and dying Christian. “ Better than that,” was the reply, “Christ loves me." There cannot be named a pursuit or enterprise of human beings, in which there is so little possibility of failure, as praying for modification. Earnestness is the path to immortality, thoughtlessness the path to death. Those who are in earnest do not die ; those who are thoughtless are as if dead already. Christianity, which is always true to the heart, knows no abstract virtues. but virtues resulting from our wants, and use: ful to all. Man's works, even in the most perfect form, always have more or less of excite- munt in them. God's Works are calm and peaceful, both in nature and in His work. A sanctified soul is offered up to God in tho llnnes of love, upon .Christ, the altar. I’uul gathered in some by his preaching, not to keep them to himself, but to offer them up to God. As in the sun's eclipse we can behold the great stars shining in the heavens, so in this life~cclipse have those men beheld the lights of the great etemity, burning solemnly and forever. I csn see nothing, without the Spirit's eyes, but as it Were in u mist. I am fully persuaded of the truth of Scripture, and what it tells me of sin, myself, God, Christ and etsrnity ; but with little more effect un-l true fuelling than what I know and believe of somd' remote country in which I have no manner of conceni. .... CHOICE WI'I‘. mg- .-.. .. __._._. Signs of tho timos-â€"“ Bock beer." An eastern piper conveys the informa‘ tion that tho spring boil is now blushing. The assertion was written in a humorous vein. “ No, sir," said the professional heavy- weight lifter ; “ I've never visited it pawn- shop, but I often put up dumb-bolls for money." A man in this city claims to have a wife so hot-tempered that when she is angry he can light his cigar from the fire that flushes from her 0} cs. A pool. says: “ Yesterday comes not." II.) should toll us something we don’t know' \tht we are looking for is the return of the week before last. “ Do you not think I WUllld nka a very nttructivo angel I" said a dude with very lnrgo ours to a young lady. “ Well, no," she replied, pointing to his immense curs ; “I think your wings are a little too high up." A quack doctor who was giving testi- inonoy in n Sun Francisco court was ask- ed if no had over performed the opera- tion of decapitation. " 0 yes," he slid! “ l harm done that oftenâ€"often." “ Al- ways nuccrssfully l" “ Never lost a patient under it." At a magic-lantern exhibition in a Country town the other day, the man who was handling the instrument throw under the title of ‘f Solitude ” a picture of an ltgetl fcinnlo on the screen. Immediately the dozen old mnids in the audience took it. as a personal insult, and nroso and left tho hall. A young mother, traveling with her in- faint child, writes tho followuig letter to her husband at home : “ We um all doing firstâ€"rate, and enjoying ourselves very much. We nro in line health. The boy can crawl about on all fours. Hoping that tho sumo be said of you, lremsin, ctc., Funny." A lady asked a learned professor if he understood Chinese. He did. " Well, what is ‘mouth ' in Chinese l" “ Month is k'cu." A wock later tholudv suddenly asked the professor: “ What is kitchen door in Chinese l" “ It is k'cu." “ Very runmrkuhlo. A week ago you said ‘mouth' is k'cu." “ Quito so," answered the pro- fussor ; “ whatever opens and shuts is k’eu in Uhincso." llow (lontcr views it : Reporterâ€"J suppose you llull‘ll about that kissing nll'ur lmtwuou (iov. Crittendcn and l’attil liorstor -~ I hard that the governor kissed l’attl before the bud limo to resist, but I don‘t see an 'thing in lhnt to create so much tilk. lcportcrâ€"You don't 3 (lur- L‘crsterâ€" tailin not. There is nothing wmng in a man's kissing a woman old enough to be his mother. . ..-n .. ._.._......__.. CANADIAN NEWS. Cr-mnu-rcinl travellers residing in 11.11.. villo have resolved to appeal against the _ inninotnx. Advices fh-In the end of the Canadian l'm-ilic lino wcst say that trouble is fear- ed therewith a large body of llflll‘tll labor tr. Tm-ywero; romived n. the East higher wages than am being paid, and have struck Work. They are all armed, and serious conscquchcs may result. The soamd nuniversnry of Arbor day was celebrated with gm If. ccronn in; in the city of Quebec, six hundred trees being planted. In Montreal the citizens gen orally ignored the event, only the Mayor and a few civic officials carrying out thoI work of planting the trees in the various bu ks. ‘ John .\I :(idl, a farmer living nb-ui: two miles out of l‘icton, on the rmd to Suiilh'sl flay, hung himself recently with a long, chain to an apple tree while labouring}; u'ulcrn M of tempt-r) insanity. caused by: his being u ry severely crippled, the r.- cult of having his fwt and ha .di ir tun. last winter while under the influence of liquor. . Cora Ward, a young woman of Mon"j u'cal, was minted at London on a tc'o gram by I). tectivc I'luir at the instance: of the [Nico authorities, charged with I having stolen money in her pmuiuu. 3 She stmira having Ithwa belonging to s‘ Mn. Sm th in her puma: all. which uys the latter gave to her to take can- of j when she left her hunt-and. ‘ R. D. Fisher, late full" and amount-‘3 ant of the Dominion [Link at Oshawa, was? reantlv tin-ugh! leon: Judge Bumham, chugul wuh embezzlement. Them were thus» different indictments. each charging the prisoner with thnu different offwa s, and on being found guilty an the first count be mounted to the remaining charges bola" do Lot-d of by the judge. lie was thnn‘loum tiary on each indictment, the sentences to run esteem-mu. The pnaecution wuat the insme of the Guarantee Connyâ€"u; of North America. guilty and sentenced; to live years in the Kingmn peniten- 1 l l l x VOL. v A. II FENELON FALLS, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1884 hm.‘ v NO 12. j ,, CHAPTER XXX-Comment). “ I think it was madness that came up- on me then ; the cold cruel Words l'ghted a tire in my heart and brainâ€"a fire that l burns unquenchably.-â€"-A little cry broke lfrom my lips; but as yet I could not lspe3k. " ‘ Compose yourself my dear Olivia,’ : he broke in suavely. ‘Jilting is not leasaut, as I know. You made me the liiughing’stock of London once ; but I as- sure you the story of my wrong was, and the story of my Vengeance will be, a nine days' wonder at the worst. Your pride will help you to bear a little bitterjesting; and, by the time the diamonds glitter on my Nora‘s'neck, the World will have for- gotten that you ever forbstalled Lady (Is Wiretton‘s privilege and wore them.’ “ Did I do wrong to kill him, coward and traitor that he was I Did I do wrong to drive my dagger to his base heart, and rid the world of a monster? No, I sayâ€" ten thousand times no! Alberio Grant deserved tho death I dealt him. I was not a murderess, but an executioner. " I hardly know how I lived through the time that followedâ€"through the civil lsneer: and biting josts that encountered me on every side. I was the diversion of the senwn ; and I know it. Yet the knowledge hardly hurt we as I thought it Would. I scorned to move in a dull and misty atmosphere, in which I saw all things distinctly. Ono thought only shaped itself clearly and distinctly in my mind, the thought of rovengcâ€"‘An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a life for a life.’ He had laid mine desolate, and I Would take his in return. “ I think the stem calm with which I burn my punishment alarmed him more than an y liory outbreak would have done. Ilc avoided me at first ; but, finding that I in no way shrank from society, that I had even forced myself to call upon his bride- olcctâ€"«a poor spirit-broken child, sold to‘ the rich man like a. halo of goods, and sick for tho love of a dead loverâ€"ho tried to concilmto mo and teach mo to forget. Well, the wedding day, to which I looked forward for more eagerly than If it had been my own, came and passed. Nora Bruco became Lady do (lrutton; and I stood cmlmly by, regardless of the pin- prick stings, tho smiles and shoulder- shrugs and whispers of my dear familiar friends-Joi- did not every word the priest spoke, every step the bridal pair took from the altar bring me nearer to my re- venge ‘l " I stood in statue-like endurance through the ceremony ; but I would not break bread with them. I excused my- self to the bride's mother on the plea of an immediate return to Ireland, where my sister-in-lmv lny dangerously ill; and I started for Dovonshiro by the some train that bore Lord and Lady do Gretton on the firststsge of their honeymoon journey. I know every nook and corner of Clill‘ Cottage and its grounds, and I know my cousin's habit of dospatchiug all business in the little room that opened on to the venindah and tho lawn. True, there might be some change in even his moth- odicul lmbits upon his wedding day ; but in some way or other it would be strange indeed if I did 1th catch him for one moment aloneâ€"and. thou " I felt the edge of the long, slender steel, my mother‘s Spanish dagger ; and I was content to wait, crouched in the dense impenetrable shmbbery that lay to tho side of the houseâ€"to see him come and go, now to answer some business telegram, now to bring back the young bride to whom he should have been all love and tenderness, but upon whom he looked with tho some cold and cruel anger that had once shone in his eyes for me. “ Something had come between them â€"â€"but what? 1 pondered the question as I knelt on and on in my cramped comfort- less position, till the sun vanished be- yond the horizon-lino, till the last. pink tinge faded from the sky, till the stars begun to peep shyly out, their tremulous light half lost in the soft splendor of the full round moon, till the dew drenched my black dress and my limbs grow numb and stiff, till the lights twinklod from window to window, and one by one, went out, till only the steady star that shone from the open doorway of do Grotton's room broke the long line of shadow. “ Then I forgot all things, for the longed-for hour‘had come. Slowly, for my limbs were cramped and aching, I came to the pretty flower-grown porch, and crept along in its shadow. As I hoped and expected, both French windows stood open, and he was seated at the farther one, his back tumod to me, at the large writing table which Mr. Rom- sync had always laughingly consecrated to his use. “ Unc breathless second I pausodln the dummyâ€"and then with the bound of s tigrcss, Isprsn'v upon him, and the long keen knifo did its fatal work. He tried to cryâ€"ho did ejaculate my name ; but I flung the cloth I had soaked with chloro form across his lips and thenâ€"when l d n-w thcdsggor forth with all my strength; and, when 1 row the blood that followed It. l know that he must die. How heav. ily he fell to the ground! Yet no one stirn d. “ In astupid immobility I sat watching the finelyâ€"cut cruel fnce that grow gmyor and gmyer in the cold whitclight. Ihad flu hopo of escape ; it seemed to me that all tho world would know this vengeance must be mine, and I was prepared to pay its price. " But suddenly the white face seemed to sur. or a shifting ra of moonlight gave it the ghastly numb mes of the old mocking smile. The sight filled mo with a wild abject terror. I started to my foot and rushed across the lawn, as though ten thousand lanes pursued ms. Another moment and I was on the open shore; the dagger had flashed iuthuairand sunk in tho fathomlen depths of the sea. I smaway from the scene, free from the worst evidence of my crime. “ With that knowledge there came to me the faint hope of escape. I examined my dress-4km long close fitting cloak, the dark bonnet and veil, would certainly not attract attention in passing through the streets. There might. be an early train. the little town was unusually full. I did not count much on the chance, still I would try. “ldidtry: there was a train which went earlier than I hoped. and such a throng of home-returning plasmas seekers as made it easy indeed to pass unlwtiad. L'unoticed and unmolostad I made my CUPlDlTY AM) «not: way along the coast, and Crossed St. George's Channel ; and I first learned that Lord de Gretton's murder had been discovered, and that public opinion at- tributed the crime to his missing wife. "The days that followed were days of agony to me. Had Nora de Gretton been brought to trial, I would have confessed mv crime and saved herâ€"that I swear in this the last hour of my life, as I confess it now, and die to save her 2 “ Let her forgive me if she can. The wrong I did her even in her grave has haunted my thoughts and Well-nigh driven me mad ; ever has her shadow pursued me, a phantom figure, with sad and angry eyes and pale reproachful lips. She will forgive me, for she will be happy and happiness is merciful, most merciful to the unhappy dead. I ask no other pardon for my sin against her. There has been some expistory agony even here : and for the crime for which the law would take my life I go to auswcr to another judge.” The document was duly sealed and signed, not only by Lady Olivia, but by the two Women whom she had, with ap- parent carelessness, asked to sign her “ will,” before retiring for the night. Being placed in the hands of the proper authorities, it speedily secured Nora’s re- lease from custody and the removal of the lust shadow of suspicion from her name. CHAPTER XXXI., AND LAST.- “ Good night, Cristlno. If we sit talk- ing any more, you will have no roses for to-morrow ; and what will the Baron say? Nora spoke with a touch of peremptory playfulness such as she never would have shown to her step-sister in the old Net- tlobon days. But, though Cristino smiled a little, she did not stir. Sho leaned ono elbow on the chimney-piece, and looking into the brightly blazing firo, said slowly and thoughtfullyâ€" “ No, let me stay a. little longer dear ; I have so much to say." Nora winced a. little, but dropped back into her chair and crossed her hands upon her lap. She was lovelior than ever, Cristina thought, watching her with eyes that were troubled still, but clouded With hate and envy no longer. The six months that had passed since Lady Olivia gave her back her life and freedom hsd doep~ sued the rose-tint in the smooth soft cheek, and restored the old starry lustre to the great gray eyes. But. for the soft snow-white hair that contrasted so quaint- ly with the peach-like skin and arched black brows, Nora do Gretton would have been fairer than Nora Bruce had been; and even that, to her lover's faithful eyes was to her girlish grace and loveliness as a sacred crown of martyrdom. Cristinolookod,till the tearsthat hadbcon gathering slowly filled her eyes and blind- cd her ; then she dropped suddenly upon her knees and hid her face in N ora's lap. “ Cristina, tears on your bridal-eve, when you should be so happy I” Nora said, trying to raise the blondo head ;but Cristina would not look up. “ Happy ’l” she echoed with‘n passionate cry “ How dare I hope for happiness 7 Nora, I am afraid I" “ Why, dear? Baron Bonjuda loves you ; and I think he is a good man." “ Too good. I never thought he would forgive me ; but he says he can trust mo still. Is it. not wonderful 7" “ Wonderful that he should see how nobly you repaired a. wrong and overcame I If “ A jealousy," Cristina finished in a. whisper. “ N ors, we will never speak of this again ; but I was madly jealous of you always, of your beauty and fascina- tion, of your fathor'safi'cction and Vanco's reference --last and most of all, of Arthur eaupro's love l” “ Oh, hush l Nora interrupted sharp- ly ; but. Cristine went steadily onâ€" “ Wait ! Do you think that. if that fooliin fire had not burned to gray ashes long ago, I would have stirred its embers now? I only want you to know what poor cxcuso there was for my savage cruelty to win your full forgiveness as my best wedding-gift." For all answer Nora stooped and kissed her ; and the two sisters clung together in a silence that was eloquent of love and peace. “Vance was so good to me to-dsy," Cristlne went on, after a little pgmso. “Ho and Israel are great friends now. Ismol vows he will make his fortune." “And Nettie and my godchildâ€"were they good too I" Nora asked, with a smile. “ Dear Nettie l Yes; what a happy couple the arcâ€"and yet what a torrriblo thing we s ould have thought such a mar- riage for Vance once I" “ Ah, once I" The words csmo almost unconsciously from Lady (la Grotton's lips, the (loop eyes were shadowed with the pain of reminiscence. “ We thought so many strange things in that ‘ once,‘ Cristino l" “ Nothin so strange aswhathssbeen," Cristina sai hurriedly. “Nora how dif- ferent our life would have been if your father had nevorbrought us to his homo 1" "Different indeed, ' Nora answered, with a sad half-smile, “ for I should never have known Vango I" “ Ah, Vance redeemed us l" Cristina said heartily. “ Our sea 0 was the best of us, after all. Well"â€"moving ro- luctantly towards the doorâ€"“ there is 0 between us now, Nora l" ” I’uaco always," Nora said, with gentle earnestness. “ And now, for the last time, Miss Si loton, good night. Mrs. lBruce will befiocked if you stay here any 0 or." ristius wont then ; but Nora sat lon with clasped hands and dreamy eyes fix on the dying tire; living again in vivid ro- minisoence thmugh the cruel sorrows and rate joys of he:- dsrkly’shadowed past. “or life, so far as she could see it now, was bright and full of promise. Lady Olivia's confession had absolved her from all suspicion so completely that even the most malicious could find no more to any of her than she had been wrongfully ac- cusedd She mci‘glllit, hadhshe chmn, have posed rams“ y on or reappearance in «minty, and received all the honors due to a martyr heroine; but she rocoilad with a sore pitiful shrinking from all sl- lusiou to the events of those two years : and oven at she had not conquered her morbid for the company of strangers. Mrs. Beauprs indeed had mine to her atone. with a warm maternal welcome that had overcome the 's shy pride and won her heart. uh the woman who had followed to the grave, because her son had loved her, the poor waif cu. tombed as Nora de Grettcn, the girl had had an instinctive sympathy from the first; and Mrs. Beauprs's cheerful piety and stron common-sense had done much to dispel the nervous terrors that were the natural result of the long unnatural strain Nora had borne. “ She is like a plant that has lived too long in the shade, and wants all the sun- shine we can give her, Arthur,” Mrs. Beaupre would say in her bright hopeful fashion, when Arthur complained deject- edly t.th the light was long in coming back to the gray eyes, and the roses were long in blooming on the pale thin face. “ Trust in time, dear, and do not fright- en her. She will ncvcr forgot; but by- and-by her memories will grow dim ; and then I shall welcome my daughter, Arthur." “Is she not lovely 7" Arthur asked, his worn face lighting with an eager smile. And his mother warmly assentedâ€" “ L‘wely and lovable ; I have but one fault to find with her,” “ A fault?" the young man echoedindig- nsntly. “ What fault has the poor child, mother f" “ She is too forgiving,” Mrs. Besuprc said, with much decision. “ No, I am not unchristiau, Arthur ; but, in her place I would never have spoken to Cristina Singleton.” “ Why, mother, do you forget that, if she wronged Nora once, she rendered her so ignsl service at the last 7" “ Pure accident l" the obstinate old lady said disdainfully. “ Lady Olivis,s conscience would have wakened without her aid. Miss Singleton is a clever girl, and, seeing how the tide had tumod, took advantage of an opportunity to re-estab- lish herself in every ono's good graces; but she will never find a. place in mineâ€" never 1" There was a grim determination in the last word that. Arthur found it impossible to shakeâ€"he know what his mother's prejudices were, and that first of all Cristine’s sins, with her, ranked the wild attempt to establish herself as his nurse. It was a subject fraught with perils, and one he never cared to discuss; so, smiling a. little uneasily, he saidâ€"â€" “ Well, I will not be so irreverent as to deny your charity; but we may as well let N on). live at peace with those belong- ing to her." “ With all my heart. The step-mother is a. foolish, selfish woman; but I think her lesson has sobered her a little, and Vanceâ€"Vance and his wife are simply charming. No, I object simply to Cris- tine.” “ And Cristina will be Baroness Ben- juda almost immediately, and live abroad at least half the year.” " So much the better I" interrupted Mrs. Beaupro, with crushing emphasis. “ And I hope I QBnron Benjudn. Is a. man with a. will :Vis own, who knows how to k is mfi order.” “ He does of. 100 'ory weak,” Arthur said, with a. BI ile ; and there the subject dropped ; but in his heart he knew that hisinother’s prej udice was quite un shaken. answered gravely. “ Once, not long ago I thought that Cristina would never be a gopld woman. Now I hope and think she in ." That afternoon, when the wedding- gucsts had taken their leave, when Mrs. Bruce,, worn out with the fatigue and ex- citement of the day, had stolen away to sleep off an incipient headache, Arthur and Nora found themselves alone. The bright chill day was fading into dusk, the lamps were gleaming in the gray haze out- side. Within, only the ruddy firelight shone on Nora's warm velvet dress, on Elm slender clasped hands and sweet calm ace. She sat in her favorite attitude in the low chair beside the chimney-corner. Arthur, leaning with crossed arms on the top of the pric-dieu chair, watched her in silence, wondering whither her thoughts had taken flight. Then suddenly ho spoke. “ Did you dread the ordeal of to-dny, Nora l" She winced a little, but raised her large clear eyes to his, with the instant answer: “ Yesâ€"it was terrible at first. I could think of nothing but that dreadful day 0 H . She paused, with a shudder, and turned her head away. The wound had been sore and deep, and must be lon in heal- ing ; yet Art ur Besup‘re thong t, with a sudden quickening of his breath, that he dared touch itâ€"nt last. “ The worst is over now, my darling I" he cried fondly. “ There is no need over to look back any more. Nora, I have waited long andpatiently for this moment; I must speak. My own love, you know what boon I ask, know how truly and un- chuugcably I love you. When shall my love most with some reward 7" She trembled violently ; but there was no repulsion in the attitude of the co- ful figure, no anger in the fair troubled face. With a. wild heart-throb, Arthur knew his cause was won. “ Nora, I have served 118 Jacob served for Rachel. \Vhen will my wife be mine?" Shc rose and stood before him, a. wild appeal in her grcnt gray eyes. “ Arthur, may I be happyâ€"dare Iâ€"is it right? My love, I love you so well, I would not do you harm." “ Harm, when you give me all I love on earth '2” Ho clasped her to him in n lover's rapture, and kissed the red sweet lips to stay their pleading. “Dare be happy, Nora l Dare to be anything else AGRICULTURAL A Farm Essay. “91..-... m A PARISIAXS CANDAI. Attempt to Kurds: an lx-Dsuutyâ€"a Woman In the Can. A Paris telegram to the London Daily Kai“ says: The Parisian event of the hour is M. Lsmy‘s attempt recently in a fit of marital jealousy, to shoot M. Savary, an sx-dcputy, formerly member of the national assembly and director of the Basque de Lyon of do is Loin. M. Savary is the person who was chiefly in- strumental in guttin' Orlcanist and legit- imist votes for the Vallon constitution. It is said that the Tunisian finance was worked by him in order to create a unh jority, and that his report on tho Bonu- partist conspiracy had not the great effect ' outsiders imagined. M. Savary for three yuan has been in difficult pecuniary circumstances and un- der a cloud. M. Lamy had been his un- uncial associate, and after the Lyons twink The Rural New Yorker has been ofier- got into trouble, was placed by M. Ssvary lng prizes for the best farm essays, and at the head of tho Compugno Electriquc, publishes the followin as one of them. in the Avenue d'Opcm. He used often It is certainly short an to the point, and to go into tho pmviucm on the business well worth reading and remembering:â€" of this concern. Undordmin. Keep accounts. Keep a diary. Give stock salt regularly. Weeds are robbers. Stick to your businou. No man can farm by proxy. Firm the seed-bod. Rotate it variety of crops. Road agricultural books and papers. Keep manure near the surface. Keep shocp dry underfoot. Plant a few trees each your. Don't. sign a paper for a strmigor. Keep everything in its place. On returning from a professional tour he found that his wife, a handsome young woman, had run away, leaving two children. He was told that she had sloped with M. Savory. 'I‘wcho thousand francs which he expected to find in his desk was not there, and he jumped perhaps unfairly, to the conclusion that she took them. His story, on being arrested is, that mnd from despair, he at once hastened to Lyons, and with the little monoy he had took a third-clues ticket to Lloncvn, where be suspected the fugitives were. The head police officer thcro told him that they had not left I’nris. Ilo was able to borrow enough to come back and buy a revolver. In going to Geneva he took with him his youngest child, hoping that its presence might touch his wifo’s heart. comm“ “Perlem‘ldi Bucceflfm In“ The infant caught cold and on the way more. Food the soil with the food it needs. Neither a chronic lender nor a borrower be. Quality is as important as quantity. Swine plague Is not “athomo” in a clever field. Paint will cost less than new boards and beams. The doctor will ride on if he sees you have at good garden. Sell when your produce is ready for market. Have the least posslblo fencing, but ul- wnys substantial. The most profitable acres are the deep- cst, not the broadest. Insure your property in some good com- pany. lNever buy land till you are sure of the bit 0. N aturo declares that to brood immature animals is poor policy. Feed grain (except wheat etc.) and for- age to stock on the farm. Use pure seed carefully selected, in son- you son. Do all work at the very earliest season- whcn you are once my wife, and you shall nblo moment. see the tyrant; I will b0 1" Have well and wood-shod near the kit- She smiled; but a faint. touch of the chm, doom old trouble lingered around her lips and in her eyes. “ But you, Arthurâ€"will you never regret that your wife has lost all that you I Better go to the lumber yard and the crib than to tho “cattle-doctor.” The man without a hay-mow Is not used to praise in the old duysâ€"boautyl “'ll'll‘lul’ “11010 in M3 Imam“. and youth and gaiety of heart? Sco~I am almost an old woman I" She touched the white lock with n piti- Sow ryc between crops for pasture and manure. I hnvo ncverhoard a. man complain that ful upward look. He stooped and kissed . he has tilled his 13nd too wolL them with a. sudden reverent. passion, though he answered cheerily.â€"- “ Cnlummes all, Mistress N cm I Color the butter before it. comes from I ,.C_ the cow with clover (green or dry) and She refused, with n grim courtesy, the grct nothing on this day that makes you com'm‘ml musll' l The best bank in which to deposit is she did not attempt to keep her son from the youngest and best and fairest of l bflllk 0f earth- invitation to Cristino's wedding, though attending it, saying indeed that she would l be glad to hear, on the evldence of an eye-witness, that it had really taken place, as she was always in four that Israel Ben- juda would discover some fresh wicked- ness on his betrothed’s part, and break the marriage off at the last moment. IIcr fear was not justified. In the clear bright sunshine of a fine Msrchl morning, Cristine Singleton, arrayed in white velvet, Brussels lace, ornngo-blos-: soms, and pearls, knelt on tho altar-steps, and rose up Baroness Bonjuda. The ceremony was less omato and splendid than quite suited the bridegroom's Orien- tal taste, the guests assembled were fowerl in number than seemed right to his lavish hospitality ; but he could find no flaw in the beauty or the splendour of his bride ; and he look A proud and mdiantly hnp y man 0.3 he walked, with astound ng so f- possossion, down the long aisle, with that fair and shining vision on his arm. Cristino‘s serene self-possession did not desert her on her wedding-day ; she bore her new honors with a. graceful case that filled the Baron with rapture, and supple- mented her mother's somewhat nervous x hospitality with a ready fact of her own. Looking at her, N ors could hardly recog- nise in this smiling, cooly-gracious woman the tearful, pleading Cristino of the pre- l vious night. | Nora herself was painfully nervo at us ‘ the be inning of the ceremony which in- evitab y broughtback memoriesof her own . tragic wedding. Arthur Besupre, stand-l ing beside her, and Vance Singleton, I watching her across the church, saw the , color flicker in her face and the red lips‘ quiver ; but she controlled herself with a strong effortâ€"perhaps the touch of i Arthur's hand was reassuring, perhaps the l calm of the sacred place fell on her splrit l â€"-and before the service ended the lovely I face bore no trace of fear or trouble, only‘ a sweet grave peacefulness. Nettie was there, s radiant little mat~ ronly figure in garnet-coloured velvet and soft fur, by her tall husband's side ; Mrs. Clare ton, and Jennie ; but Jennie for once, deserted both mother and sister to , cling to Nora's handâ€"for the little cripple ' had taken one of her capricious fancies to the In patient girl she had known as Miss Vansitmrt, and clung to her in am v out of season with s persistency that once - had all but cost Nora dear. Not. until the breakfast was over, and the necessary change of dress effected,l till the carriage waiting to convey the, bride and bn'dcgmom to the station was i at the door, did Cirstine show any sign of feeling: than in sayng good-bye to! Vance, she threw both her arms aroundl his neck, and whispered with something like sssionâ€" I H to think well of me in the future,l Vance. l have been a bad daughter and; a cruel sister; butâ€"I will try to be a good wife." l Them was no mistaking the fervean sincerity of the promise. Vance was too a startled to answer at once, though he re. turned the embrace warmly; and, when breath and words came back to him, he saw his sister’s fair face framed in the! ' window, smiling hack in gracious‘ farewell. But, evanescent as that emotional out-, bursthad been, it left a more hopeful‘ fecli in Vance Singleton's mind. l “ 's well that ends well, Vance," said his mother. with a sigh of full con. I test. "lnevcr thought, after all her‘ disappointments and misfortunes. thatl Cristina would be a great lady after all.“ “his better than that mother," he mine ;nnd whoever says my wife is not. women must answer to me, her lover and lord.” (Tue Elm.) o.<-.¢>OQ.-â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€" JEW-BAITING. The Recent Riot at Limerickâ€"Work of a Mob. At the Limerick potty sessions, recent- ly, six men of the laboring class were put forward, on remand, charged by Sergt. Phelnn with having, on Easter Sunday night, formed a portion of s riotous and disorderly mob that attacked a Jewish synagogue in Edward Street. Mr. Liobssier, who was described as the rabbi of the Jewish community, stat- ed that about half-past nine o’clock he was in the house, when a mob collected outside, hooted, groanod, and ultimately sent it volley of stones through the win- dow. A child was struck with n stone, and witness and those with him were terrified. Ono of the Jews made his cs- capo out of the promises and went for the police. Witness identified two of tho prisoners, Ramplin and O'Sulllvnn, as having smashed the windows with stones. Jacob Barron, a Jew, ave corrobora- tive evidence, and said 0 brought the police to the scene of the, outrage. He pointed out four of the accused as being present and joining in the attack. Mr. Hall naked if it was a fact that the house was wrecked by the mob as re- ported. Sub-Inspectorâ€"-0h, completely wreck- cd. I saw the place myself. Mr. Ald. Connihsn inquired what it was that led to the attack on the sync- gogue. Was it some offence taken by the eoplo at the conduct of the Jews? Scrgt. holnu said the people in the locality got displeased at the manner in which the Jews were supposed to have celebrated the Passover. Ald. Connihauâ€"Wss there not some- thing about the killing of poultry? Sergt. Phelsnâ€"ch: the pooplo com- plained of tho manner in which they kill- ed poultry on Good Friday by lmpaling them on knives. see why it should have given offense. . to do in their ceremonies, and he did not Scrgt. I’helsn stated that the people also complained of the Jews having let ofi fireworks on Good Fridsyfbut one of them was summoned for this. some 150 peo is attacked the house, and 1 £1 13.. After a protracted hearing Ram linand O'Sullivau were ordered a mont '3 hard labor each, and tho others were bound n substantial bail to be of good behavior. Barron, a J ow, was then summoned for letting off fireworks on Good Friday. The defense was that but one firework a small rocket, cxp‘oded, and that it went off an. cidcntally as he was lighting his pipe. Mr. Irwin asked was it any part of the J swish ceremonial to let off fireworks on Good Friday. the negative. Mr. Barron answered in He said the Jews did not press for spy punishment of the persons who attack their houses, as they were desirous of living on good terms with the people. A fine of 6 pence was In: t is feared the decision of the magts' tratcs l with regard to the rlotcrs will compo) the Jews to quit Limerick. M4..- ’0‘»â€" Schoolmutcrs should be entitled to rank among the ruling classes. l Mr. Irwin, the stipendiary,said this i was quite a common thing for the Jews A mob of I the value of t is window glass broken was Rain nnd wind will not charge anything lfor llmuling the manure; but they are dear um s. ’ Some farming is like a sieveâ€"only little leaks, but the profits all run through. A ton of corn fodder is worth for food as 'much its two-thirds of a ton of hay; straw almost as much. . Rniso largo crops that leave tho farm richer than they found it. Not only collect but keep (by absor- bcnts and shelter) and apply (fined) mun- uro. Shelter farm implements. Rust and rot out faster than wear and tour. Plan and work ahead. Bright brains and brown hnnds make the farm pny. Keep out of debt. When the farm ls once mortgaged it is already half lost. Pumpkins, squashos, turnips boots, otc., do not take up much room while growing. but make a big item in tho feed and health of the farm stock. Ventlluto stock shelters by opening un- gor the caves. Light them by glass win- ows. Cultlvntlnz Sorghum In the West; The rapid Increase In the amount. of sorghum planted from year to year, has stimulated ingonultyto discover ways and means of doing tho entire cultivation by horse-power. Sorghum Is a feeble plant and grows slowly at first, and unless the land is turned up, woods are apt to got up faster than the crop. The following seems to be the most successful plan :â€" The land is plowed immediately before planting, or if done earlier, or in the proâ€" ceding fall, the entire surface is cultivat- ed with a two-horse cultivator before lsutfn . The seed Is planted qulto thick- y in ’ Is, by using a two-row corn planter with small holes, moving tho droppln lever ulw fast, so as l.) drop the s in an most continuous stream. Those planters, that have a drilling stv tachment, are very convenient for doing this. At least twice as much seed is planted as is expected to grow, about six or seven pounds per acre is not too much. The most. common mistake Is to plant too deep, and much can is needed when shoneâ€"plantar is used, to avoid this diffi- culty. If the ground is moist, half an inch is deep enough, to even less will do. As soon as It is safe to do so without oovo ering the your) lasts, go through the field with a ersfl How cultivator, taking care to have the inside shovels turned so as to throw the soil away from the plants. By setting them in this way, you can go much closer to the row than otherwise. Enough soil in any case will be thrown towards the plant, whllo you will stir the soil close to the young plants. After cul- tivation is completed, cross-barrow with any good barrow. ing over: the ground twice. This will utmyagoodmau of the plants, butss they are planted ‘ k with reference to this transient, no harm occurs, while those which are left are thomu lily hood, and the soil mellowed. The w ole surface ridged by the corn plow, is leveled down and is put In fine condition for the next plowing. Should the cuss-harrowing not thin the plants enough, the land maybe has-rowed the same way sstho rowsrun. In seasons and on mulerately clear , this method of treatment will usually on- able a grower to raise a without rev solrting to the humâ€"1mm Agricultur- u 0 back died of the croup. M. Lanny thou wont to tho polico com- misssry, M. Barruel, who informed him whore the Indy was. When he wont to tho house he wus told that she had gono to dine with M. Eyrios and M. Savnry at a beer saloon in tho lluo dcs Martyn. There he found them at dinner in u priv- ate room. The husband wnlkcd u ) to M. Snvary, and discharged tho rovo vcr nt him. One ball hit it lookingoglnss, and another, grazing tho cx-deputy's luuul, struck n memorandum book in his breast pocket, which, the powder being wouk,nr- rested it. The reports of the pistol shots brought the waiters and customers from the gen- eral room. They seized M. Lumy, who was afterward taken into custody and brought to the police ollico. There ho to outed the story, which he told in the cs 0, but did not any that ho had been told nt the house whither they had gone. Ho Inslstod that hohnd bccu misdirected, and that ho went into the beer snlouu be- cause he saw M. Snvnry’s friend, M. Eyrlos, enter. If he tired it was bocnnso his wife was loaning ugniust M. Savory, and that tho inmgo of his dead child came before his eyes. When M. Ssvnry was asked to give his name, age, and occupation he said : “Ex- deputy, under secretary of state to M. Dufauro, and 37 yours old." At this M. Lamy crlcd : “He is 40, but, my wife being here, he makes himself out three years younger." M. Savory declares that Mme. Immy did not clopo with him. She mcroly quit.th tho conjugal domicile because her husband had it violent temper and mndo her life intolerable. She had to go to M. Snvnry to imploro him to obtain employ- ment for her as n clerk in a. bank. llo appointed to see her in the evening alone with M. Eyrls at tho beer-saloon, and they were discussing her (pinlifiuitions for the place she sought when M. Lamy cn- tersd and fired the date]. We shall see who speaks the trut i when he stands his trial at the next assizos. The press to.ch the part of the jealous husband. â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"-oo<~.>co.â€"â€"-â€"â€" A Sensntlonnl Wlll Case. A very singular will case has been set- tlod at Salem by tho supremo court. Louise 0. Rnndlutt, clnlmm to be the widow of Thomas L. Rand ctt, late of Newburyport, petitioned for an allowance, pending the settlement of the estate, and it was granted by the probate court. The case came to the su romo court on u poli- tlon of the heirs, w ioclnimcd, to the sur- rlso of the community, In which the tandlotts had always stood very high. that the petitioner was not a widow but was merely a polygumous, wifo. Gun. Butler appeared for the supposed Mrs. Raudlett, and able counsellors were re- tained b the other side. The clergyman who pe ormcd the marriage testified to the ceremony, but it was shown that at the time the petitioner nmrrlcd Mr. Rund- lott, in 1880, she had been thirteen yours the legal wife of Ira Alexander. Alex- ander, who Is a Vermont farmer, 70 yeer old, was produced. He testified that his marriage took place In 1867 and that they lived together until 1868, when she had troublo with him and caused him to be arrested two or three times. He left her in 1868 and had never lived with her since. but thoro was no divorce obtained and he was legally her husbund in 1880, when she imposod on this wealthy old man and married him, and, by promises of handsome :rcwnts, endeavored toshuf. the mouths ofsll who know her history. Tho counsel Informed the court that Alexander was unwilling to tostif ' In the case unless he was paid, and t lat they had paid him 81,200 and when the court adjourned Gun. Butler asked his, Alexander's, arrest on a charge of perâ€" u . J rTyhs woman in the case is mthor pro ing, and when young was Orldontr y quite good looking. According to‘hur madmany sho Is 49. Among other things it was shown that Alexander had, In spite of his lack of crsonal charms, Il-lJ'Ml/d the affection of, numerous women beside the one in this case, and that ho is a bigsmlst at the present time. The doclsim of the supremo court overruns that of the lower court. M4-b«-â€"â€"â€"_.a A lode! Scholar. Tho Pull Mall lluzrtlc says that it girl named Alice Akermar, aged 14, tho daughter of a laborer, has just com :luled her odumtlun st bangle school, I ucks, She has never missed be ng present since the school was opened. since Oct. 4. 1875, and in completing her 3,451 attendance Is said to have walked 6,000 miles. She has [used every standard sucwssfull , and in the three subjects in first/gut a drawing obtained “Excellent” prizes In free-lurid and model, as also in tho thrco stsgu of the specific subjects, literature, domestic economy, and animal physiology, and in one stage in physical geography. She has also oztained twenty-six other prizes“ for good attendance, sculpture, sowing, knitting, etc. «MFOObâ€"vâ€" “Ydoplr fare, young lady," said the stage- vcr usprett minute from his vehicle, land was about trip [iiizlswuy “0, thank you," responded t o shunt- miuded little beauty; “I think your mustache becomes you real well, too." Who got her ride free.