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l ‘rne, do you know who i: was that saw nu- “ ,leave the house that night? 3;: one has gtoM me; do you know T' .‘Cosris can.) j “ Yes,’ said George, as: bgureera Riddell." of despair, something came to herâ€"s, “Mrs. Ridden " I V sound-4 very soft sour.d~which startled; For a moment neither of them salt her intensely. rite beams another be- ,snything. George was the first to break isg on the instant~from an image of i the silence. . sorrow, with white cheeks and heavy “I: really does begin to look aaif the eyes, she changed into a creature fall of old Lag hail taken the jewels herself, and eager excitement ; a flush came upon her I laid a deliberate trap forycu. I d Illh: to face, her eyes Well: 22‘ ’enly all afisincâ€" 'j wring hr! neck f" for she acquired that rang ; l'. Went to “But, George, the me her but: aLfl woke it. on my table ." “:2”. ~ .. . . " Fl .ss 3 Full. 1" , " Well, child, if she were engaged in The: was all ; just her name ; but she : selling the Heather-bloom diamonds, she him: the voi:c very Well, although it 'icould very well afford to ting away a was so low I I: was George liazel s. couple of hundred pounds in throwing After ore moment of alien: wonder. the suspicion on to somebody else ; she she sprang to the windowâ€"for the sound might very comfortably waste a thousand had Come to her from there. ,and not feel it " “(Ich‘gL‘l George 1" she cried, in al “Oh. but, George, she neverucaube, clear intense whisperâ€"r. movement be: such a wicked old woman as that: low thawed her when: to look. “ Are “ It does seem incredible," agretd you there I ' she laid. “ George I Is it George, “when I think ofcertain hampers you I' she sent me a: school ; she always was a Beneath her windows there was a Very good sort. I can't make it out, balcony, upon whi:h the drawing-room Floss. Do you think should be dis- opened. George had climbed to this covered if I smoked a Cigar ‘I My. head balemy with time difficultyâ€"not because is getting very muddled With all this 2 ' the fest was a very hard one, but because “ No one is at this side of the house,’ he was vrry anxious to make no noise. answered Floss; He did not with to be discovered climb- under the dining-room, and it. doesn't ing the walls of the Ilcstherblocm man- matter if Mills comes in and finds you aion as if he wcre a burglar. out." lut he had succeeded in reaching the “Oh, no I Mills is a very good crea- wido balcony unobserved and unheard. turc; I, suppose she expected all this The brightly-lit windows above, be felt would fall upon her i" very sure, were Flaws. They were 2. “She was very frightened and miser- Ieug way above himâ€"for the rooms were able at first; but I don’t think Lord very lofty-«and there was nothing but Heatherbloom ever suspected her. Uh, a smooth walkâ€"nothing! to climb by ; he George, how can he suspect me I" certainly could not reach those windows ! She rested her elbows on the window- But his voice might, so lac ihought. At. ledge and wept bitter tears and subbed all events, it was worth the sttcmpt ; so alound in the pain of her heart. George he called “ Fires 1’ very clearly and looked up at her from his place below. softly, and waited a moment. lie was "Floss," he said, “I do wish you just about to make the attempt again wouldn't go on like that when I am so when he heard her answer ; and sudden- fsr ofi'f ' ly, in the lighted window above him, her Iiut Floss did not heed him ; talking lovely face was framed in her ilosssilk “I do; it CHAPTER IV. - i2. she as: like this, s til hey that i found eastern farmers have for years besn losing “the servant's hall is ‘30P of it had made her feel the whole weight hair, which hung about it in loose masses. of her sorrow and disgrace, and the sobs seemed to ease it. But suddenly she became aware of something which for the moment dried her tears. George was making wild efforts to climb the wall. The sides of the drawing-room windows gave him some slight assistance : but still there was not much to be done.” “George !" cried Floss in It was a wonderful picture, and for a brief instant George paused to draw breath; and, as he did so, there came into these lovely eyes, as they looked down upon him, aglcrieus light of love and joy. " George, are you there "5" the repeated. “Is i: you '1" George regarded her very earnestly for a mrrnent; then he saidâ€" “ I wish you were not so far off I” Floss said nothing in answer to this, but only leaned on the window-sill, and feasted her eyes upon his upturned face They forgot everything but that they were lovers, and that they had Lot seen each ctherfor forty-eight hours. It was a blissful mnmcntof forgetfulness, happy chasm in the midst of their troubles. At last George roused himself, drew a long breath, and shook off this deluslve mood of content. “ Floss," lac said, in a voice that shock in spite of all his efforts, “ it’s not true, is it. 1" " What?” she said; and then all her joy vanished, and she remembered. Site uttered a little cry of pain, and hesitated; than she ssi I, “ Can you ask me?" “ I suppose I must.” he answered gloomily. “ Tell inc, Ii‘ions. I want to hear it in your own wards. livery one else seems to take it seriously, and 1 can- not do less than ask the truth of you.” "George," Floss breathed passionaton â€"“Georgc, you will believe my word l" “ Should I ask for it otherwise i" “ Ah, that is true I Bless you, George, for thisi it makes me strong strain to know that you will believe me! I know absolutely nothing about the diamonds. I am altogether innocent of any know- ledge of how they disappeared. I begin to feel that everything is against me. I do not wonder your brother does not believe me when I say 1am innocent. But I amâ€"I am indeed, George ; and you know it, you feel itâ€"tcll me that you do, for the horrible suspicion cuts me like a knife! 1 to repay such kindness, such love as I have received in this house by such s base, horrible deed I I do not know how any one can have imagined it i” “ I don't think it's snybody's imagin- ation that's at fault," rcspcndcd George. “ It seems to be circumstances; and they are very strange !" “ Strange l They are extraordinary! They fill me with terror. I am afraid to be here alone. I do not know what to expect. Who is itâ€"what Is it that comes iato my dressingâ€"room and takes my cloak and hides under it i" “Ah, I never thought of that I” said George. “()r is it I myself?’ said Floss. “I have been wondering whether there are such things as doubles. I have read of them. Perhaps there may be.” She draw back fearfully and looked behind her. “I run haunted by the idea that: 1 shall ace myself suddenly, or that I shall feel a touch. and, turning, meet my own face. Oh, (icon), what shouldI do 1 Go mad, or dial 1 hope I should die! I could not bear to live after that. I" “ i tell you what. i: is, Floss,” said George very seriiiusly ; “if you go on like this, I shall break into the house and carry you off. What fools they are to Icavuyou shut up there to get into this nervous state ! Enough to frighten a child like you 3" “Well, but, George, they think I took them I Don't blame film“, for that's eaoutzh to make any one cruel. Are you euro there are no such things as doubles?" "Qiiie sure; and don't let yourscl think of such nonsense " ” Ilut what else can it be? Mills asked me to-day if I thought I walked in iuy sloop. The: frightens me more, I think. it's a dreadful idea I" “So i: is. But you can be cured of that," answered tic vrgc, "that's one comfort l" “lint there's one thing that troubles me more tlisnali the rcst," I’loss went on, in a still lower ride-rm“ tlm’. money that I found on my wrizingtsble. liven. ! terror. “Stripâ€"for pity’s sake, stop; you will kill yourself! What are you trying to do i" “ I must come to you if you go on cry- ing like that," he returned fiercely. “ Oh, well, I will notâ€"I won't cry at all; I. will never cry any more, if you won't impciil your life 3 Oh, George, do get down to the balcmy again, I implore you; do, please 1" Thus cutreated, George returned to his former position, the more readily that it was clearly impossible to get any- where near Floss. “ Don't cry then,” he said. stand itâ€"iudeed I can't, Floss l" “ No, no, i will notâ€"iii: least, while you are there I” George took out a cigar, lighted it, and their sat down on the stone bulustrade to smoke and to think. To do the first seemed easier to him than to do the secondâ€"at last however he spoke. ” Can you remember that night, Floss, where you lost the rose, where you left your cloak 7" “ The cloak was in my dressIng-room,” she returned. “ I threw it upon the couch with my dress, and on that dress a cluster of mate was pinnedâ€"there were three ; in the morning there were only two, I know, because I went to look for them before any one came into the room.” “ Well, if samsbody took the cloak, it was easy enough to take the rose ; when Iam satisfied who did it I will tell them what I think of it. Only a. fiend could undertake such a thing. Tell incâ€"did you shut the door between your room and the dressing-room I" “ Yes, I always do, and lock it ; I am always nervous in this great house." “ Then it would be just as easy for any one to come into your dressing-room without disturbing you as to go into Cordelia's i” “I should think soâ€"quilc, for I sleep very soundly when I go to bed so late as we do here ; and then, too, I am so sc:ustomed to Mills or one of the other maids coming into the dressing-room to put my things away that a slight sound would not startle me.” " But you heard nothing? “No, I heard nothing that. I can re- member ; but, as Isay, I should not have noticed it if I had." “Then the thing is perfectly easy to any one who knew the habits of the house ; it was merely to came to your dressing-room first, put on the cloak,takc the rose, and then go to Cordelia's room, take the diamonds, and leave the rose. Nothing then remained but to take the jewels out of the house and put them in safekeeping. I wish I (ould find any one who met that woman in your cloak, and who could tell me what she was like." “Oh, ('lsorgo, I wish you could I you think it would be possible i" (w m; CONTIaLnu.) __.â€"â€"._ob4.-> D. SI'BSCRI I’T10.\' BOOKS. "I can't 1 Do Hus! TIM-v Br l'alil Forâ€"The law on the subject. It Is desirable that parties who sign or- ilv rs for books sold for subscription should know that they cannot afterwards cancel their orders, or in anyway evade the pay- ments to which they have agreed. A knowledge of this fact will save a great dea‘ of useless lav uptiiies and unprofitable worry. The Courts, high and} low, Divi- sion and Supreme, have decided these cases so many times and so uniformly ag- aiL-s‘. the subscriber, that it is time to crass “ kicking against the pricks.” What is mare. i: is not only compulsory by law but also by the rules of fair dealing that such should be the case. Publishers re- if I vialkcd in my sleep, I couldn't put I o nivu from t'mi-csnvasicrs cerzaiii orders that there '." “No; that's very rill-7t‘r' I must con- feee," said (large. but one reasonable way cut of the ditli~ culty. You must be the victim of a con- splrscy. Whoever has takeiitho diamonds has arranged these things so that sus- picion Iliuuld {all up )1) you." “But who should do thatl’ queried Floss. " Mills did half suggest the same thing this morning." “Ah! And what made her think of ill Ilsa the get any one in her mind I ' “ch, the hasâ€"at least, she said some thing abcu“. it.” u Tell me, Ficus, what she raid. Who it " “hire. Riddeil. She has been talking about a fortune which, she as: s. has been left to her. I don't really think Mills has anythirg else to bus her sutpidon cowâ€"ob, yo, oxmp'. that Mrs. dedell is the only othrr servant in the house who "01' course there is pay for what they order. signal by inditiliials who are supposed to know their own minds, and to be able to l'pou tha strength of these names they pay com- misicm to the agents and order a certain number of books to be printed. When they have gone to all the possible expense and present the article, it would no: be fair that the purchaser should be allowed to escape responsibility for his act, and n the Cour: have decided time and again. We are led to nuke these re- marks from noticing that during this winter there have been a number of sub- scrip ion book cases before Canadian Courts, and the Judges have held in every case that the written or printed contract was binding on the subscriber, and any verbal moment or promises made by agents did not afi'eet it. This also refers to books ublished in parts, which can be delive as specified in the written contract, either a few part-st knows where the key 0‘ the jowel~case is one u, or all the numbers at one delivery. keptf She says Mrs. thdull watched her one day putting it away." ” Mrs. lliddsli :" George repeated ; and he seemed to bcmme suddenly lust in thought. “ George," said Floss eagerly, whisper- ing on of the window above him, " tell I t 1 Some of the most expensive and valuable backs we have aropubliahcd in parts, as there are few firms on this continent who lave financially able to bring out a work 9 entailing an outlay of 3300.000 or 3400.. €000 before getting any immediate return on their investment. ___._....... “ FOR THEARMER -Sum l‘p Once A Year. . The taking of an annual inventory will do as much as any other one thing to en‘ courage gocd farming. not know exactly be: much they make nor how they lose money. They keep on in a certain line bicause they are used to it, and only change when necessizy ob liges them to do so. There has been more changes within a year or two from the fac: Must farmers do :hs'. western competition is increasing and has restricted the crops that the eastern farmer can profitably grow. It is probable, however, that thousands of money on a part of their business without knowing it, because other work has given them some profit. Keeping accurate ac- caunts with crops and with stock is more necessary now than ever before, that we may learn what parts of our busmeu to drop and what to continue. The inventory should always include the value of the farm, not as property to bo sold, but for its value as an mvest- merit to be retained. Low prices of farm produte prevailing at present may make this a difiicult matter. If prices are so low as not to pay expenses of producmg s, it might appear that the value of the farm is annihilated, yet if it is good land the unprofitableness is certame only temporary. With a good system-of farm- ing, saving manure, and draining, the farm should every year increase in pro- ductiveness and this should insure a year- ly addition to its value for holding. .The fact is generally recognized that in times of depressirr landed property is slowest in falling. We go further than this and say that land kept in good condition for cropping never depreciates in value scan investment. There may be times during stringency of money when it is more difli- oult to sell such property. but whenever the stringency passes it, it is again in de‘ wand and at higher prices than before. Economy on the Farm. 0n the farm, and in all the various de- tails of rural and domestic life, prudence andajust economy of time and means are incumbent in an eminent degree. The earth itself is composed of atoms, and the most gigantic fortunes consist of aggregated items, insignificant in them- selves, individually considered, but ms- jeslic when contemplated in ULiZy and as a whole. In the management of a farm, all needless expenditure should be syste- matically avoided, and the income made to exceed the outlay as far as possible. Pecuniary embarrassment should always be regarded as a contingency of evil bod- ing, and if contended against with energy and porsevering fortitude, it must soon or overcome. Debt, with but little hope of its removal, is a millstone dragging us down and crushing the life-blood out of us. Be careful, therefore, in incurring any peculiar rerponsitilizy which does not present a clear deliverance with the advantages which a wise use of it ought always to insure. A farmer who purchases a good farm and can pay down one~third of the price, give a mortgage for the other two-thirds, and possesses the heart and resolution to work it faithfully and wall, enters upon the true path to success. He will labor with the encouraging knowledge that each day's exertions will lessen his indebted- ness and bring him nearer to the goal when he shall be disenthrslled and become a freeholder in its most cheering sense. But without due economy in every dc- partment, in the dwelling as well as in the barns and in the fields, this gratifying achievement may not be reached until late iu life, or may be indefinitely post:- pcued. A prudent or ersight, theretore, over all the operations of a farm, in order that everything may be done that ought to be done and nothing be wasted, wrll exert a powerful influence in placing a family on the high road to an early inde- pendencc. Don’t Feed on the Ground. One of the most wasteful practices in sheep-husbandry is the too common one of feeding on the ground. Go where you will, you find some farmers feeding their sheep on the ground in the worst weather that ever stormed. They threw the hay on the soaking wet ground to be trampled down in the mud. And the same way of feeding grain is practiced. It is thrown on the ground, and in wet days much of it is lost. The ex and racks is so small that the waste of one season's feeding on the ground to a fair sized flock would more than pay for all necessary appurtenances of economical feeding. What is more, as every flock master knows, sheep are very particular about their food, and if it is the least bit damaged will not touch it. tom of feeding often forces the flock to go withouta meal rather than touch the feed when wet and muddy. Consideration for dumb animals should have some weight with their owners ; but if it has not the knowledge that the flock will thrive much better, and the loss will be much less in number, should certain] have the effect of turning the farmer’s attention to the advantage of feeding in troughs and racks. ponse of makingfecd troughs Care of Young Orchards. An lows orchardlst gives the following as his plan of planting and managing fruit R66. 2 " I select. a tract of land with acompac: subsoil, or what is usually demonstrated as s:iif clay. This I consider indispen- sable on the slope. I reset a small tree about two years ago from the graft, and put it down, down, down in the ground, and after it is planted I do not allow a plow to touch the root or a pruning knife to touch the top, except in case of deform. ity or chatling of cross limbs. I never cultivate my trees. I allow no weeds or grass to grow near them, but keep the ground perfectly clear from spring until fall by killing the weeds when they are small, that the ground may not be stirred :o accomplish it. This is what I call nature's plan, and if it fails I will follow ithe direction of some horticultural bro- ther who has had better success thanl have." o.â€" A Smaller Wheat Crop In the I'nitcd States. 8. “I. Talmsdge, of Milwaukee, has important information from the principal winter wheat growing States. Complain: seems to be general that the condition of Ivin'cr WINBI. is most unfavourable, and the promise fat-even a fiir uutcomeis Du! very flattering. Michigan, Illinois. Kansas. Missouri. and Kentucky report a large decrease in acreage. and wring to l and at one of the last places in wbic severity of the winter, the damage has been very great, wheat Is who‘ll; frozen out. Mr. Talmsdzo has made an average of the shortage in acreage as complied with last year. and it shows the also: e to be fully twenty per cent. 8w: :5 agents in the spring wheat States say there will probably be a large falling ed in the area sown to wheat next spring. This applies as: ' y follows, HmneaouandDakota. The rs say that wheat raising has not been profitable for two years, and they will give more attention to raising flax and other products. SI'NLESS LONDON. â€"â€" A Wall II III! '0!- Ycu wake in the morning, or are awak- ened, and that with difficulty, to open your eyes upon a scene that makes you tor a time disbelieve that it is day. Only the growing sound of wheels, the increas- ing echo of street cries, and such like agreeable indications, persuade you thtt :t is really 8 o'clock. You rise, not in :E-e best of humor: nor the highest of spirits, and begin your morningablutions, bu: there are stages in this interesting performance that cannot be got through without the aid of adventitious light. Shsvmg. never the most agreeable of tasks, becomes an aggravation and a danger, and what “ doing one's hair " under such conditions must be, the mas- culine mind, we suspect is utterly incap- able of conceiving. Even were you in full possession of your faculties, it would not be nice or cheerful. But with the thermometer a'. freezing point or there- sbouts, adry and drying north wind find- ing its way through every nook and crev- ice, and the atmosphere of a sub-fusque tinge, the faculties at eight. o'clock in the morning remain dormant. By the time a man has reached the stage a: which his shirt collar has to be buttoned or adjust- ed, he is in a frame of mind not conducive either to genial conversation or cheerful reflections. Breakfast may be the most friendly and delightful or most morose and gloomy of meals, and under such detestable ex- ternal conditions as we have been de- scribing it is too often the latter. Break~ fast on a fine day in the countrv suggests the “top of the morning," sunlight, frceli- ness, and s new start in life. Then the morning meal is at once a joy in itself and an augury. of greater pleasures in store as the hours advance. But who can be cherrful or sanguine when a fun- eresl pail hangs over the entice-pol: and its surroundings, and when, after a pause of silent hesitation, somebody takes cour- age to say, “I suppcse we must light the gas,” or, “D.~n‘c you think that we had origin’ or the Prairies. How were the prairie lands of the North- west first cleared i is probably a ueszicn wh‘ch haspurzlcd many. )Ir. llhrnes E. Seton, of Carbcrry, has contriouted a paper to the Winnipeg Historical Scciuty. with the object cf explaining i:. He thinks the clearing was done by fire, and that the fire was the woxk (f man, light- ning being the only other admissibic agency ; but, as the fires took place in spring and fall, when lightning is very in- srequent, and hardly ever destruxive, this is almost precluded from considera- tion. From its starting point it spreads in a cone-shape down the wind until at length it is stopped by a. change of wind, a shOWer of rain or a body of water ; and as rain isabuudan: and lakes very numer- ous at these seasons, it is probable that not many fires extended furlher than a few miles. If in its course a tire mmts a small body of water, it often overlaps it at each end, and then turning on it is again united, but leaves egreat triangle of un- burnt prairie iu the lee of the lake, and this piece being new surrounded by a guard of burnt prairie, is safe for the year, and in it the saplings of last year's growth nave gained so much. Since then tires are often stopped, and since the trees are so ready to spring up when protectef, it is evident that the fires must be kindled many times each year to keep the plains swapt. Hence, these fires are not attrib- uted to lightning, nor to spontaneous combustion, but to the wrrk of man for ages back. Next, attention is called to the fac: that those parts of the country which are protected from fire are covered with bush. The protecting barriers are of two kinds, water and sand. Every hollow which contains water during Llsy and Octoberâ€"the fire monthsâ€"has its clump of trees ; every river and lake is fringed with them, and the land is nearly all CJV' ered with dense forests in the north coun- try behind the great guardian chain of rivers and lakes, among which are the Saskatchewan and Lakes Winnipeg and Manitobn Sand is a protector, because the grass growmg on it is too scant to And this a 8'5 1 l l In many counties the his better have the lamp I" A meal thus heralded must be a failure in the very nature of things, and the sooner it is de- spatchcd the better. Happy those who are compelled to “go out" at once, pro- vided they have the lungs, the legs, and the health to confront what they encoun- ter. There can be no question that the best remedy for low spirits of any kind, and, most of all, against low spirits pro- duced by diabolical weather, is vigorous exercise. If a man can start away at a brisk pace of four miles an hour, he will not have completed his first half mile without feeling the thermometer not only of his blood but of his spirits rising con- siderably. But there are so many persons who cannot with any comfort to them- selves walk fuur miles an hour. There are other thousands who would not if they could. And there are the remain- ing thousands of persons who have not time to do so if they would. They have to jump into the train, to hail the omni- bus, to bowl along in a hsnsom ; and every live minutes spent. in any of these modes of locomotion represent so much more misery, depression and disgust. At such moments Mr. Mslicck and his Mephistophelian query might rise to the mind, were it 110.111.“; the victims are too overwhelmed by the gloom of their surroundings to be able even to ask them- selves, “ls life worili living 7" It has to be livul ; and so on they'go, through the dull and dispiritiug glotm, in a half. hibernating condition more like that of a durmousc than a human liking. Lunch- eon does not mend marten, for there still stretches between you and your com- .psnions a haze si‘n’h fi‘rliuh resembling the wire gauze let ',.o‘vvn by pantomimists before the great transformation sccnc begins. Unfortunately, no transformsâ€" tloii scene comes to the poor wretciies who have to live in this sort ef meat-safe through half the winter. The best time of the day, to use a Hibernicism, i. when the day is over and done with, when there can no more be any pretence of its being daylight, so the blinds are pulled down, the shutters are put up, and the gas, or lamps, or candles are iiglited‘iu the ordin- ary course of things. Yeseventli‘ensensitive nerves and sensitive skins know perfectly well what is going on outside. Some of the murky atmosphere penetrates through shink and cranny. The pressure of a week of sunlsssness invades even the six o'clock tea table, and is not wholly forgot- ten when the dinner bell rings. Is it always to be so? Are the inhabit- ants of this great, this rich, this civilized London to be doomed every winter to live for a time in a region of something almost as bad as perpetual twilight.â€" Loridon Standard. __.__.”<~.o> 10 Some Colonial Stories. One evening, in the principal gold-min- ing camp in the Transvaal nine or ten years ago, a man, partially intoxicated, and supposed to be actuated by jealousy, attempted suicide. He first. took inor- phie ;but this not provingstrong enough, he tried to hang himself, but was pre- vented, end handed over to the Sheriff, to be kept in safe custody for the night, and to be tried before the Azting Gold Commissioner (a shrewd, and solemn Scot) the next morning. As there was no law to have prevented him from com- mItting suicide if he thought fit, but it being desirable to punish him in some way, it was decided to bring a charge of drunkenness and disorderly conduct against him. To this the prisoner plead- guilty : whereupon the Acting Gold Com- miasoner, wiilnut the ghost of a smile, delivered the following extraordinary judgment: “Mr. â€"-, [shall line ye tws punds for your drunkenness ; but I’l just gie ye to understand that I kcn vers weal whit ye attempted to d to, and had yo suc:ecdlid in your attempt, your pnon- ishmcut would have bin veia much more severe than i: is." While I write, another story comes to my mind. An old miner of my acquaint- lance had the following story current ' about him : While in Ilitisb Columbia he appeared as witness in a court of jus- tice, and thejadge, not satisfied wi'h his answers, angrily told him he was “pre vsricating." “Can't help it, Jedge,” said the unabashed miner. ‘ Can't help it 1" said the Judge, “why, what do you mean I" “Just so, chge, three years ago I was ‘pscking' in Idaho, and one of them i 'tsrnal mules reached Lu: and ink off1 three of my front teeth, and I'Va prever ca'ed ever since." A s‘c:ry is at the presrnt moment going the round of the Colonial newspapers. 1 A well knorn colonial .Iuilge who is sni Irishman. has just returned from circuit, h be held his ccurt be told a witness to “hold tongue, and give his evidence clearly." l “bookâ€"â€" It was a pungent answer given by a Free Kirk member who had deserted his colors and returned to the old church. The minister bluntly accosted him, “Ay man, .I. ha, an‘ ye've left us; what might b: y: ur reason for that I Did you: think i: wasna a guid road we was gawn i", "0.1, I d-nmy it was a guld eneucb roadx and a brsw road, but, oh, minister, the bells were uneo high." l carry the fire. the sandhills, there are as many trees as the almost sterile ground will bear. seeds of these trees are carried all over anywhere be protected for two couscou- Thcro is proof that at one time the plrius Hence, in such places as The and are ready to spring up into new woods ; and ifs piece of prairie, almost tive years it Will than be found covered with a growth of poplars and willows. were well wooded. For out; on the open plains sticks may be picked up and wood unearthed, all charred, and showing where once were trees. Almost every settler of a few years' experience can recall how yearly the neighboring bush was burnt smaller and smaller until there chanced to be a very dry spring or fall, the dead leaves were as dry as the grass, and the fire ran through, killing every tree and in a year reduced all to prairie. If their the land was once timbcrcd, and we can form an idea of the rate of clearance, we should be able to form an approximate idea of the time that the fire makers have been at work. Mr. Seton concludes that the fire makers entered the country by way of the Missouri Valley. And from this part. to the extremes of fire clearing the distance is about 500 miles. The evi- dence available upon which a theory can be founded is very s‘lgiit, but what has been collected points to an occupation of the Northwest by men, for a period of not more than one thousand and not less than five hundred years, and the conclu sion loses none of its value from its coin- cidence with theories founded on totally different grounds. In short, reasons have been found for believing that :â€"This was once a wooded country; it: was cleared by fire ; the fires were the work of man ; it would take between five and ten cen- turies of such fires to effect the present clearance, and their starting point must have been in the direction of the C :tcau du Missouri. Therefore, the Northwest country was populated by migration up the Missouri Valley from the Southern Central Plains, between five and ten cen- turies ago. â€"â€"-â€"‘¢Mw>”~â€"-â€"â€" May we consider each night as the tomb of the departed day, and seriously leaning over it, read the inscription written by conscience, of its character and exit.â€" [Fasten Before hip pockets were invontrd every true Kentuckian wore a long-tailed coat, and acoldeutsltv broke a pint bottle about once a week. Rustic : “Good-bye, Betty. we bees going for good 1" Betty: “Then mind thee don't. miss the way. It belthe first time thee‘s ever been on that road, I'm thinkin’i” Messrs Mcdland dc Jones, General Agents of the Accident Ins. Co. of North Americs, at Toronto report that the late Mr. S. B. Sanborn, of Sherbmoke, P Q , who accidentally shot himself a few (luvs ago, was insured for $10000 in that Com- pany. A hotelâ€"keeper in New York State has forty-two trunks belonging to actors which he is holding for board bills. Nothing succeeds like succevs. Dav after day the evidence aucumiilntcs that the “Myrtle Navy'h's the people’s favor- ite tobacco. The demand keeps increasing, and from every new circle of consumers who have been induced to tr it the evidence is emphatic in its favor. Its genuine qualities nlwnya hold the friends they have once made. These qualities will be kept up to their full standard by the manufacturers of it. It is to these qualities and the reasonableness of the price that they attribute than marked Hill'ul'lb. To the quality they will adhere to at all cost, and also to the price if that be possible. There are seventeen different theories as to the cause of earthquakes. Meat.- whilo the quakes are getting in their work in the most eff:c'ive manner. "are You Thought of it ‘.' For four thousand years or m~-rc the world groaned, suflercd, and fumed about its coma, for there was no positive reliefâ€" no certain and painless cure until Dr. Scott Putnam gave to the world his grcs' Corn Extractor. If there insufferng now i: is a result of carelessness, for thereme- dy is at hand. Try I’rruM .‘4 Colts Ei- !sst'ron. It. is sure, painless, and prompt BJWAI’B of substitutes. N. C. I’olscn ii’ 00., proprietors, Kingston. The foundation plank of tin Socialis is; “Freedom from ls‘mr, rn'ie'y an sorrow." lhcy can get it all in ilcavcr, but don't want to wait. The Great Inflammatory Remedy. "Amt! Nesvitixs, the litut discovech pa n, remedy, may safely challenge the um (I for a substitute that will as speeddy and p'omptly check inflammatory artirn. The highly penetrating properties of Nor» iline make it never failing in all cases (-f rhcu- . instism. neuralgia, cramps, pains in the back and side, headache, lumbago, etc. It possesses marked stimulating and counter irritant pupsrtiea, and at once subc'ms aII inflammatory action. Urmsnrl a! Walsh, druggistl, Peterboro', writs: "Our customers speak well of Nervilinc." Ker- viline may be tested at the mull rum 0’ kn cents, asyou can buy a sample battle '3 New Attachments, New Furniture. ( i i - "ovi‘r and Over Again.“ Repetition is construe: the only way to impress a truth upon the min-l. Ac- v annihieg 'ake notice that Dr. l‘ieicc's “Remnant Purgativo Pellets," \ ll} (-r g - cal Little Liver Pill!) continue to be wonderfully efi'eczive in cases of sick and Isliou of London”: nervous headache, constipation, indiges- ' nu PNsm Dnrthlorualimnrn Linn, rush of blood to the head, cnld ex- ' f‘fil.333':ifffiff‘fgffn'cgl ,__- H treml.ie3, and all ailments arising from y sin; 3;,“ plinth 13.23;." L n ‘ “Darwin (3‘ the bsdny tar-mom. =;r.i??:?‘3i.-':.’.“ :r:;i.*;a;r§:3:s~3?;;“and Their action is thorough yet gentle, and \_V_ >L‘I§_kftlill.:¢‘grttgg.Lriiâ€"ELO, 0 ~ the ingredients being entirely vegetable, they can be taken with impunity into the most delicate stomach. All druggists A man never knows how keenly happi~ -- . m R. W. PRI‘I‘TIE. Real Estate Agent Cars-.2! also”, \' .‘tula. Tin-Le. & lieu u“ ire-m, . I ~. have as s‘ , sums, \‘o. as 5: . 'l‘ -‘ um .‘fi‘\.i 3 ~. hat-- Muagfl, '3 \t'ki‘J Esthulc’ ‘llie Mutual liturth Bnd-w :~'.lu‘.ua 4.: r n uess can strike him un‘il his wile makes , KB,“ ugguugi .133}, ‘ up her mind to "give over talking to‘ g .7 ELISE-f5}; M Inm- FOR PLEASANT 91d Invcterate Stricmrcs of the urethra, speedily anl permanently i cured by our improved me'liols, l‘aiu ’ phlet, references and terms, two three- cent stamps. World’s Dispensary Modi- , calyAssociaticu, 663 Main Street, Builido, X. . i In one species of spider the female is 800 times larger then the male. It is unnecessary to remark that the husband nevor gets into bed with his boots on, When everything else fails, Dr. Ssge's Catsrrh Remedy curls. A Vermont man whistled to a black bear the other night, supposing it was his dog. The bear ambled up, and the man gsuibcled into the house. important. When you visit or leave New York Olmsare Bagmmu Expression: and Carriage Hire. and son as the Gimo Umow HOTEL oppfrellu Grand Cesitrul Dot-ct. ON eit‘flflnl monu- il.tc‘l up at a cost of one million dollnrr. st and upwards per day. European plen. lilo vii u- Itcsmurent sup lied with the beer. Horse mire. stages an elevated railroads to all devour. Families can live better I0er iuoue at the Grand Union Hotel than at an other t-clitss hotel in the oltv. -â€"-â€" l'el-i u.\ i.\'-â€"- Ciapperton's Stool Cbllon l \Vsrmnted FL‘IJ. Much. and to run ram». w or. any rowing rum-him. N e that \‘i tri-aarxua’s is. the ML Mr‘ur sale by all I)th v ‘t :r “v i "illIIlElISiII. iii‘i'. l The must wreatmt meat for {Sllht‘n In 0 cu tun season. Then airau are cranked and turf} it.- '. vs Sold by grown limiter!) thv Duian i be“ to: ya." to W. CLARE P. 0. Box 3d alum. .al- ‘t , F E. Di mm (Iii: nan-simian" or our .‘VQL Leather Baltic i as King street. East. Toronto. Largo double Driving Melts a special.» an for I-‘ricelilsui and Discounts | l __... I -.â€"»-..4. ll: \viLiiiuis. OFEII. SLATE AND FELT ,, Manufuuiurcr and lieglor a Tarn d Fell. ltncllux I'lirh. Iluihllna Paper. (‘iupfl Pt ll, elf . m lentil I'rlq (w. l Ant-:uim: 5r. lilwr _ 1-»; 'li-icnra. ‘1 w . (/L,llll)"11n(l 0.x}, gt,- 11 II LINDSAY. CIIOCKR, w RING s‘l‘ltlirtt _ . West, Toronto, v-‘ritua :wIlai u sullch for yt-ars with Iiyspcpxiu; felt given distress nitvr ruling; dare-I nut cat bread or lilillloul‘, thought tlu u- was no Iii-lpmr mo: tint l must sutlrr “hilt- l Inuit; “as induce! to try "(‘ompaumi Ux_v,.rn" .il 73 Hun; stru-l \‘i'cat: at the cud of tlirt-v \Vt‘i'ls‘u muhl eat any loud I wisliul, and guiiiui si\ poiiiris: llavu iiim' liken one month's treatment. and iwl like a nun nmu slum-unit; no sign of tin uumtiruii, which has troubled me every winter for years. 0 W. or F. P. CUI’I‘IQAk Co. 103 Grey Nun SQ. Montreal. Lupnrtcnu of -‘ 4 V Twem'y different Americans are just - now engaged in tring to invent flying machines. It must. tickle the blizzards to see a man fooling away his time in this way. Enjoy the blessings of this day, if God sends them, and the ct ils bcsr patiently and sweetly, for this day only is ours; we are dead to yesterday and are not born to to-morrow.â€" [I‘ay Icr. Oatln'hâ€"A now 'L'fiarmont. Perhaps the most extreownmy success that has been achieved in modern sclciicc has bccn attained by the Dixon 'i-rcaimont or oamrrh brain In in. Portland femoral. out of 2.000 atlonm Ufflilflll durinz the past Chimney ops. Canada i:.-smut, ‘meuixmm, six months. uily ninety per cent. have been WW" Limo. Flue vapn. “bill! a. cured of this stubborn main This is none “'0 “MM- PIM-O'o- I‘r'li 5‘1" HI!- ' Borax. I‘vummi (‘mniuh Cums Lin the less stamina when It is remembered that not five per cent. of the patients presenting themselves to the regular practitioner are boneilttcd, while the patent medicines and other advertised cures never record a euro at all. Banning with the claim now generally believed by the most soluntl 0 men that the disease Is due to the rescue: of living parasitic In tho 2.1831106, Aubur- eu at once uduplod hir- cure to their extermination : this accomplished the cutarrh is practically cured. and me permanency is un- questioned, aslcures effected by him four years ago are curw still. No one else has over at- tempted to cure camrrh in this manner. and no other treatment has ever cured. catnrrb. The application of tho remedy in simple and can be done at home, and the present season of the year is the most favors is (or a speedy and permanent cure the maiorit of cases being cured at one treatment. Sui urers should cor- respond with Messrs. A. II. UIXQN 6:. SUN 3&3 King-street West. Toronto. Caucus. and one use stamp for their treatise on catsuitâ€"Momma! hlsiiufsclun rd of Bessemer Steel sermon-sir mm a i prlnxa ‘ . - F ' i w . . Allan Lilli] Royal hail steamship . Salli during winter from Portland every 'i‘iitinda and Halifax every Hxiturday to Ilvoryoohand In summn. from Quebec ever) lintunliir to Liverpool. calllru st Ina doudcrr)’ to land iiiailnnml purer-en ‘t r.- for .‘it‘s‘llbud and Ireland. Also from liullimcnz 'llt hints! and m. Jul-n's N. Il‘.. to Liv: rpuul fortnightly duri Iuiixmu months This steamers (-i the (linsgcw llncs sol ilurlui.‘ wiiituv be tween Portland mid (linmuvv. and Iimtuu a'..il l-‘Iawua‘ allcrnau-‘Y: and during summer birth-cu Quilts std Glasgow end ltoatuu and Glasgow unfl) wet-u For frer'nr. passage. or other irilcrm mini. apply to Ecliuiiiuuhsr lb (30.. Ilultlmoiei Qtinnrd £5 ()0. Halifax: Shots 3: (20.. St Iclir'r IV. F. r Wm. 'I'lil‘llllluli «tux, St. Joli . A. ll. 1 Allen a: Co.. Chicago; Love a: Aldrii, New York :11. llourllnr. 'l‘orunto :Alhins. ltne at U", Europe.) ; If A. Allan yortland. Mouton Mu?- ifll‘. . . _ 'I‘Illlb'cl, with nh‘piml b'prlmr; III'! I» t l \'l r invri tn 1: or ten sorirsto "iii-ct. Cu‘l" t-vrr) child fimitof i'mlulii Ill-Ill“ tln- vmei Inn in, :inw r him]: I" “ml! or im'm' rtiumlul. 31-an prnctvnl carer. inU‘. ('6! Alli-1'. Ai'dnsn, ills [HAN valll I«'~lr'llll1brl t'U.. 20 . M, '1" r. lilo. luzl. The largest; gold nugget ever found weighed 145 pounds. It you pick up one weighing less than 140 you can’t t-xpxct to do much crowing over In. Young lieu lmlicsd This. 'l‘us Vomaw Ber/r L70 , of Marshall, Mich... Oil-of It} send their celebrated ELM) ruo VOLT/ill} list/r and other ELEC'I‘RIO Ar- I missions cn trial for thirty days, lm inc-n ,, - ,,.?fl, )young or 01.1) :fllclul \“ltll Dar-Olin iIt-bili- I; “M “Mini. fpxi‘gtinpimxm ty, loss or Vlzullty, and all ktnsrmi tinllthfl. .1 gun in l'lmSl'ii) ;,,¢.. Also for rmtumuiicm neural viii 2am) 'sin “ "“‘ o b I i and many other diseases. Uulnplt to rector atisn to lnulth, Vigor and manhood guaran- tecd. No risk is inunrrtd as tuiity usys' trial is cliouwi. Write their: as code for iiiuatrttui rompiilct free. The Chicigo Times advises sleepless people to try and rcmcznher all their debts. They are pretty sure to fit 1 asleep before they reach the tenth creditor. AJ’. L’l-l Tl I.\'I‘ Lurillard's Climax PILL lu-nrlm: n rril Hvi tux/,- [lull Lorillunl'n " ‘ ’:0.‘If‘ litrul'iliim-til ; llmt lanrlliimlfl Fin 3' ('llppiiicn,iiiinl lll‘li I.orlllur'l'n Stillman". in» iii-n1. nini L'iltll-III‘HK. uunllty L'Ullsililfl'trtl I CAUTIGN! EACH PLUG (IF THE ALESllENâ€"GOCID PAY T0 MEN \‘v'IiU u ILL \ work. Cusnaliitornsu-t.humrymen, Irlkt‘pull, 9}“: U h‘l'l‘Alll \N l’.\.\ll‘lll.l’. l‘S --"’ . ‘ilhlUll'I‘Al. ff“ More" and "WU-stile; and IL: sling may 1 o bed a.” V hen on appiiuilian to .Isuixu Iliniifli 5-..Imc1vhb't 9 Toronto. 5“ Mir i’sifii'v‘iiiri’jc‘rifii"ivn'ii cuiik‘i'xic iv ltul‘ZUMA’l‘IBH w.il hear of FCllll'lll' ' to sniir It'l'fllrt me by unnim: tliuir mlvlrrm u, card to the ltiiut HATIU HELIX}; (1;. Culinrwsnd, Ui . z r ANTILED to auusrs ctcryu‘hrrn. (Jinu‘an yits'd. Bendstamp forivply. W. A. IiOA’I‘II & (10., Tutorit'v, Canada. IS MARKED u: as 53- T0 520' AND IIXI‘ENHEH A MONTH (:L'Mt ' ” 1'1] rcturli n rill.” Mill tics‘crr’ {Hort - vr .. . l v ‘ . filoudy's 5:“ Tnllm- Melvin of 1N BROBAD‘ LIST} P‘RS‘ I Dress Cutting. lv‘lLUl’. MUJUY 'f. T‘ ii'EiiiHiiin-i; AND ZHPKLIAILY TIIFMI'. IlVlKu or. nusru: l'shllu 1 ‘iileUIl' Toronto. Out. 7_ _ A All kinds of mud vulture made h to order. Internal-ll Inkcrs, Railroad, Ii nIiimr. Notary anrl Bocli-iy stain etc. Agents usiiud. (.UUK & llUx‘iKI‘IIl, 30 King lit, Wut, " Easting lIITIIlIU FILE no I 0 Front .‘ln‘r‘l, Baal. 1030\1‘0. AUIIH AND G tv’l‘ljhllff" 'IU LICAIIN TIILI's l uksi'liv. Bw‘ client-o ov <r \ fr' ‘Il‘ll, I".ir terms au' v‘I'eu will) wimp, IMMIIIHU i 'I'ELMIILAI'II INE'I‘L TIJI‘IZ. 5‘.’ K by .‘lth rai'. 'l‘-.r.u'.o. .I .«lf. 'IIlUItNI". Mauro-r. REG U '1‘! I)o.\' 1‘ VVss'rit'I‘Iiizir. Sun- i-u Ilium; To uhoiild semi lill‘pf‘rlilt-I Cxl'tl. wi'n Itll'ifl“"‘. fur Boctlou i: Mupnnti ; M It iii .1» cf t u aprciul 017: r inn 1:: by the St. Paul, Minneapolis d Manitoba Ry, f r Lilfil‘ lands in lliu [I'll lf‘iru Hill. 1/. within shor' llHl'lLl‘fl If Irui: Unly Mr. prr urrc down: it‘s!) .‘v'iiir .Ili’limn nwrw rm; (luv. rn. nit-n: hand In vim 'l mm: .‘rlou vain usii IM‘VII'I Districts, North Ihknm. .~ T " ,. g; . nonunion Lilith)! steamship: Bunnies In connection with thn Grand Track II... way of Canada. Banana from (imbue :very firturdi; during the summer ZIiDull.l!,Ihd from Portland [‘Vl‘l Thursday during the wlnter months. balling dams hm murmur». nrmklyn, Jen. In : llnmlulnn an 72 ) mu at... Jun. xii- I sroaircal.‘ '- so I “hum” "m" Toronto, Ja :. l5|li Kati; of ran-age: (Salim, Quebec in Lin-n no! lb W, 21", .m. Return, 310,3l'ii,$ll1. .Iii,sc¢1u‘lr3t “MAUI”! and Imith. Intern-Minus 3J5. Hun-rape. I lowest ralrs. The saloon.- and stirtvrocrns in “raiser mnrind thus: ' an: Inillbhllh 'flLfr but little moth felt. arui no cattle or slmcp art. carried 0:. them. ’l particular: apply to an; Grand Trunk mun local as- an of the Company. 1.1 to DAVID TUIHLL'IT‘I a. ('0. N " (loin-III All-rill. Maven" NEWCSZIOPERATIVE SEWING MACHINE PRICE 8 l‘A‘sll. Our new meran is now I'.‘n‘l)'. and In as good as any and by Alon !- s', 5'0) .90. hit! 'rmrmmnii Lowsnvnir, I)» l71h,h’il. .‘Inc‘ulrm nrrii (-tl nil right. an i It is rcrialnly. “‘Cil \vrr'l. ilw mum-y )0” not for .1 with rs pres. nt rinp'ou'nicnis I puts. it in in, ' ingu,“ "\b'gllf. 'r " or on; other make it till mm. Your: tru y, r snox' Iisiri;.::s. II. F Fritz-Nelly, (Irn. 'Irm. Agent. F! Paul. .‘.fln. 8s 'JuiJrrfl-n It .llwr y. “KP-‘TIUN THIS I‘AI‘I'ZI'. Tlf'blf-I‘ I"). f 51' K" :1 THE 8331' HP ful‘ l\-'. 1' vs n! l‘.:' I'LOWEII fill; inmates sears m lllii' thin-ll ( “lulu: .25 l rims. album: a is i 4 1.5;.-. Hindu.“ New 81 and. :‘n- -l filbllip Irr sun p‘is If rruinx trill cur. lt‘- r.;.t \ 4- pinch .friplm u! t. r i... 1- it! .’l‘ l.i:;.ir.,: .l i... «to. la. .‘.iA(.'Iil.\'IIn‘ SIIN’I' 0N TRIAL. IIUSL'R. 2â€"froin now nn'll Marti. Slit. lb". Wt"“lll sir n in en)- per-nu smiling in PM)! aim in alll’JI-n'} in" firm of our tslr'nmn. ls Ilqul-UJ I.- vorutinsimn i-tb c srii brawn: iampl? nip‘o-tr. 'llAHF: Irruus an: slur-tam; new an: .in n a‘wr wants them In'rmlurrd. If you or any of murhlcaa. wan: e lilanlllll 9 don‘t n: It}, but an n?! to flo-Uperative Seiitg Machine 80.. “James H leulh Baulllel. cur, Ill . FUBTsMaslu Nu! truancy trio t’.’ n..i- '.. Ml nu _ Cell. CallJJiherp u.J pics I. a Full-Dill L‘Afll a faunas u Ma:.dmznarz.u.cr£ 1., cm azu- Mtatua hill but}: “ulna up," ml. and build It bums l:. mmâ€"fwvth tin- trim Ilse-u and vans lead his» 2-19 ab and ti w: Ins. A duller LJ muss-i an lush. IIL'GII MIIJJZII k (‘12., uaxccuirut Galvin. 361 King M Last. Testicle. Yer sale 2.? I'm-(fish everywhere. 4%; JOHNSTUN’S FLUID BEEF ' invâ€" i l i.‘. for that sum at any druz store. Large botdufloenu. '1‘ Nexviliae, the great i n thM, w annual umth :122rtawoe ‘ ' talus onus: r .v .uu the in internal and eats pain cure. Soidby m 9‘ ML 3‘ a; “J, a“ 'm m III drum" ind mun“, MOfl- power to supply nourishment l" brain and muscle.