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n a lonely :oddards hand for pet fowls gist thing about Harboring ifare of a lot of for a long time, she has found a great deal of i comfort in protecting and etc. Years ago the -..east of S her is her and looking after the w. spiders has been her hobby and she says diversion am watching her peculiar [2 old lady set insects to me that day to tn'l no torn from the walls an and overhead every inch 0 with the delicate wo and the one tislly darken etwork over the panes. f the mass of webs seem many, although the ften fight tasingle web has been d ceiling. Us the sides fspace is covered f the industrious little window in the ed by layer after The num~ rk o spiders, room is par layer of n erous inhabitans o to dwell together in bar old woman declares like cats and dogs. to get into a snarl whil s them arena that they 0 if the spiders happen 8 she is in d with a knitting m a good scolding, and r into their respective them her straddle- ies, and they hades of color. the room and ts in her squeaky voice, hiding places and crawl f the webs. if any of them puckers up her lips and they has. the room she poke needle, gives the makes them scampe homes of film. She calls There are several variet f varicus r z-s and a Whenever the 01.1 calls out to the insec t from their bugs. are 0 lady enters they (far out on the centre 3 are slow in appearing she and b; zz:s like a bee or a fly, ten out to search for prtf. As soon as the Visitor woman's good opinion, cions, candidfiand confident‘ will say that the headquarters has not than twenty years, for openi a lot of tubs, and after t how she gets rid of flies daring t‘n She drives the flies from o the little bedroom and closes the she has jolly fun the horde ial. window time. rooms int door, and then, she says, in the room and seeing hop out of their holes and catch, (1 devour the imprisoned files. so or a wasp gets into around until it tumbles amuses her to see how or spider pets will get touched by its in staying of spiders tormrnt, an Once iua while a b tho room and buzzer into a web, and it cunningly one of h arounda wasp without being stinger. Built out from one o the room like the shelf there is a strong web towar woman calls the visitor's attention. black spider comes totteri see at the old lady’s he centre of its web. S'ue touches and it b for a f the curves of of a bracket (1 which the old A big rig out of its hiding pl command, and stops in t it with crawls around on the horiz intal we n gore lazily out of sight. has routed the spider out in isitor see it before she teresting tactics aiound the end of a knitting needle, while, and the The old woman order to let the v begins to relate its in a monster Wasp one day last summer. When she first saw the wasp i on i:s back in the big wings were fast, moving its head, in its struggles to f u ..s sitting ata safe distance fro dangerous till. and for five minutes, the it just sat there and calculated the wasp's Vitals p weapon After the ad while, march and slowly keep- hat the stinger couldn’t t was lying black spider's web. Its and it was working its legs, and running out its stinger Tue spider m the wusp's old roe itself. lady fluid, how it was going to get as without running foul of the sbar that it was keeping an eye on. spider had been pondering for a go is suddenly arose on its very tip ed right up to the wasp's rear, straddled over the dangerous weapon, ing its body so high t puncture it. Still standin the wasp's niiddie, th dexterousiy appiied its pinchcrs threat for a number of times, of mail was so hard and tough that unable to make any impression on it. Then the spider straddled cfi', stood aside, (1 the wasp some more. dad to walk round and round ful not to come in h the wasp’s sharp end. After dtzsn circuits around cot and legs were all It couldn’t wiggle them d the spider again stepped to d intently gr23d upon the wrap It seemed to be had fastened the it did was head and bick off toes, g on ifs tlpioes directly above e spider quickly and to the wasp's but the coat it was and contemplate Pre~ sently it procee the wasp, contast wit the spider had made a its victim the waep’s t tied up in a b any more. one side on for three or four minutes. satisfied with the way it and the next thing being very care unch. wasp’e legs, to grab the wasp by the with it to its hiding place in the wall. ______.â€".-â€"â€"â€"-â€"' Postal Report. Toe last rcp'nt of the British Post» master-General has chh that is interesdng and no: it little tlut i-l curious. th - \‘i'at' nu ling with tLO 31.: of last March were delivered in the 91,400,000 postcards. d circulars, and During 1,553 li‘ili’OU letters Uni rod Kingdom, 412 (‘0‘) 000 book packets an lfvl 900 000 newspapers, making a total of ' "3,400 000, and giving to each indi letters, etc. of the total number of letters land and “Voice, 3 7 vidual About a a) an average 0 S') ‘2 per cent. were delivered in ll ig in Srothnd and 61 fr Ireland. than 11,001035 letters an‘t‘Iial numoer of -.fii;es and boxes was 37,753 and the number of people employed was more than 100,0130 The gross revenue was fill 631 930 and tneexoenditure £8 43?,- 186, leaving a net revenue of £3,199,644 The trial-ti savings banks show a total sum of £58 556 3‘); remaining at the credit of a: the end of f telegrinis sent Was 46 Slfi Til for merely inlind service. «xcluuiug all as and free or c finial messages. or about 16 f 6177 No less were l‘t gistered. the year. The dt‘piwi'ore number 0 foreign pro The average cost was 7 921, cents. ______â€"â€"â€"-â€"-.â€"â€"-â€"-â€"“ Spurgeou‘s Sermons. :rgeon, the eminent B iptist preacher, has any preparation for a sermon. It is his habit to choose some mt: on Satur- y evening to be used on the morrow. and no longer, be devotes rencea. On these refer aid with DCVGI ms Thirty minutes, to looking up ref-e euces he in: down a few notes, nothing else at band he steps into his pulpit on Sunday morning without manuscript or '. x other thin that given it thtught of his the half hour's study of the privious during tr suing. What She Ought to See. "J.:‘.';(£, you have beau fighting. I can ook in your eye." Mother, you shcu‘d see the Took in the other boy's eye. ' till i: by tbel “Yes, but. SHE DOI‘ES 0H SPIDERS- _â€" A Queer Old Woman “ he lit-cps In! of Thom. A childless old coup‘e live 0 crossrosd four miles sou: ville, Pa. She is a gun: and animals, but the strsn fondness for spa ers. BhGLISH. TABLE WAYS. â€"-â€" anoom- ‘ They Are Altogether Too Pluck: for Per- sons at Good Sense. Theodore Child writes in Eirper's Biz ir : The Anglo Saxons are afraid to use their fingers toeat with, especially the English. Thanks to this hezimtion, I have seen in the course of my travels in the old world many distressing sights. I have seen a lady attempt to eat crawfish with a knife and fork and abandon the attempt in despair. I have also seen men in the same fix. I have seen â€"oh, barbarous and cruel spectacle lâ€"Anglo Saxons, o:btrwise apparently civilized, cut :3 the points of asparagus and out these into only with a fork, thus leaving the est part of the vegetable on their plates. As for artichokes they generally utterly defeat the attacks of those who trust only to the knife and fork. Fingers must be used for eating certain things, notably spsragus, artichokes, fruit, olives, radishes, pastry. and even small ‘ fried fish ; in short, everything which will not dirty or grease the fingers may be eaten with the fingers. For my own part I pre- fer ro eat lettuce salad with my fingers rather than with a fork. and Queen Marie Antoinette and other ladies «if-toe eighteenth century were of my way of thinking. 11 the ladies could only see how pretty is their gesture when their diaphanous forefinger and thumb grasp a lettuce and raise that leaf from the porcelain would all immediately take to eating salad a is Marie plate to their resy lips they Antoinette. Only bur in mind, good ladies. that if you do wish with oil and vinegar, ing." to look upon wnich is nauseating. May heaven preserve as eating tools far too much. many forks for comfort, them are too quaint for very fruit. Dou’timitate, for instance, ultra-correct English damsels who eat cher- ries with affork and swallow the stones be- arc too modest, or rather too aainine, to spit them out on to the plate. Eat- ing is not a thing to be ashamed of. To thoroughly enjoy a peach you must bite i: perfumed fitsh melt in But let the Anglomaniacs say what they please, there is no necessity of a fork into the peach, an i eeling it while so impaled, as if it were an i l-fsvorcd Apeach is as beautiful to e; a peach held between human fingers has its beauty enhanc However dainty and ornate the silver dessert knife and fork may be, it always irritates me to see people out up their peaches, or pears, or ap- into cubes and paralle- as if dessert were a branch of conic Imitate Marie Antoinette, ladies ; cat decently, of ecurse, but do not be the slaves of silly To eat a pair or an apple conveniently, cut it into quarters, and peel each quarter in turn as you eat it. The peach, too, can be cut into quarters, if the ester is timid. Apricots do W he would be bold enough to pool a fresh fig, or to touch such a delicate fruit even with the cause they and feel the juicy, your mouth. sticking and foul obj act. the touch as it is to the ey ed by the beauty of the fingers. ricots, or what not, lopipcds, sections. use your fingers more freely ; Anglcmania or Newport cruzss. notnecd peeling, ncr plums either. purest silver instruments? â€"__â€"â€"â€".-â€"â€"â€"" The Ruling Passion. Johnstown, Mr. I attorney, was servmg sent among the relief stores, ' wrman presented herself before him. Mr. extremely pretty . what she wanted with a pipe. and repeated her rcquest. R’c‘oardson. “ No, but please give me apipe." “ If you will tell me what you to do with it. I‘ll give you one." The girl hesitated, her forehead, she said, these. and went away laughing. o‘ clothing. A clergyman who was a" of the Lord 3 army, the opening said : â€"-wha1e'sâ€"society.” What He Gould Use. Yrsiaor: “ My you several contribu ions. thing amorg them you can use‘." “ Yes, the postage stamps." The Sea Serpent Sighted. said Jenkinson, newspaper. sel sighted it ‘.' ' probably a Canarder." Love With Ciroumapection. that S: Louis, when Sirah done. ed, “ but i: cannotâ€"cannot be" “ But tell me why, my dear 3“ “ Well, the fact 1:. Mr. Scott, sums such responsiblities personally. leave them with pans, know. slwc rs glad to abide his dec75iou.” plans for housekeeping. ' The Glorious Heritage They Have in Canada. lest of delicate green it and a better quality of it than any country to eat lettuce salad with your fingers you must mix your salad and not with that his won the old abominable ready-made white “ salad dress- she becomes lcqua- ' Then she in the spiders’ been raised in more ng it would ruin hat she will tell e summer the other from excessive Anglcmanis in matters of table service and eating. The English tend to complicate the They have too and the forms of practical utility. Certainly silver dessert knives and forks are good in their way, because they are not sutcsptible to the action of fruit acids, but it is vain and clumsy to attempt to make too i exclusive use of the knife and fork in eating Pam?- In 3 qmrter 0f, 3 century Cém'da 1"“ certain outstripped every nation on earth in accom- Two days after the flood had devastated Richardson, 9. Pittsburg out clay pipes and tobacco, which some kind-hearted soul had when a young The line, of course, had been made up of men, and Richardson asked the girl, who was and refined in appearance She blushed “Why, you do not .moke?" said Mr. are going and then raising her hand to her house, which hung limp over "I want to curl ’ Sue got the stem of a broken pipe, Sie had been rescued from the wreck at the bridge only twenty-four hours before, and was then almost on the verge of starvâ€" ation, and when she sought the pipe to our her house she was evidently badly in need ornament to the pulpit in an exceeding!) l': {antic regiment was noun-ring a series of discourses upon the history of Jonah. At of one of the discourses, in “You will remember that in cur last discussion we spoke of the fact that Jonah was three days and three nights inâ€"in the name is Scribbler. I sent Is there any- Elitui: ” Tory have seen the sea serpent again," as he looked up from his " Yes: do you know what Vt-S- " No: tx.ctly, but it was “ And you will never, never be mine ‘3" gasped Jim Scott, of Oollinsvilla avenue, Underwood shook her head and told him i: could 29! be " I am sorryâ€"very sorry," the murmur- never as- It saves annoyance in the way of breaches of promise, you Papa is in the nrxt room; I am Her papa consenzed, and Jimmy is laying ’i SJOI‘I‘iSEI ANBODOIBS. DIED IN A POOR-I10 , . __ A WORD T0 YOUNG M88. A Prince Who Sp rut Ills Perfusi- leed by Dead- Beating. Prince Demetrius Ivancvitsch von Chiwa died a few days ago in the poor house at Hamburg. He was once the p:t:ed son of a wealthy family, whose ancestors were undis- puted rulers of the province whence he came. After receiving a military education he founded a home in Paris, where, under the second empire, he played an enviable and important role. The Empress Eugenie was . among the numerous admirers of the hand- ( some prince, who spent money as lavishly as ‘ the emperor himself. But the dissolute life which he began to lead soon robbed him of his fortune and reduced him to beguary. At first be was particular as to the rank of those from whom be borrowed, and chose only men who were his iq'isls in birth. The late King Ludwig of Bavaria was honored of- tsner than any other ruler with " letters for loans," which invariably began : " Most serene and mighty cousin.” Tue fi \CEUI‘Y was successful in opening the purse of the demented monarch during many years. But this source of income was a: last out cfl‘. and Prince vou Chiwa was forced. to borrow from his inferiors, giving as security the ex- 1: pectation of a large sum of money from the emperor of Russia The truthlessness of i such a statement was soon discovered, com- ' pulling the unfortunate nobleman to resort to othtr means to secure a livelihood. 3!: Beautiful Tallps. Old Dr. Macfarlane was a botanist and had a great knack in laying the white swell. in' in the legs and arms 0‘ those afiiicred wi’ that disease. In the fall 0' the year be dug' up a lot of tulips and stowed them awa in too attic of his house with the view of pre- sewing them during the winter months. One day his servant, auld Jenny Trotter, roared into his lug, as he was somewhat deaf : “Doctor. the onions are a' dune l" “ What downright nonsense," said he, “ let us both go up immediately to the attic and investigate.” He placed his spectacles on the bridge of his nose, and the twa went up. He looked round and he cried, “ J enny, what have you done with the roots that were lying in that corner? ' To which ques- tion she bawled out, “ Ye ha'c eaten them a’." “ Mercy me," he cried, “ my beauti- ful tulips l by fire and flood, it is wonderful to me that I did not die with the gastritis cf the stomach. My furious indignation I can scarcely bridle. i feel as if I was possessed with ten thousand furies. Woman! I am tempted to tear every hair of your head out from their very roots, but even that would not correct your iniquity or blot out your diabolical transgressions 1 Jenny Trot- ter i go out of my sight, ye base born female idiot that ye are." As J ennle went doon the stair she muttered to hersel', “ He ca’d me an idiot, the sold fool that he is. If he hadna’ possessed the stomach o’ a horse he About ten years ago he first appeared in the warlua’ be alive this blessed day.” neighborhood of Hamburg. The white hair, no”. l the brilliant e es, the military bearing. and ..ud aristocrat c features still enabled him .0 impose upon the innocent mistressess of boarding-houses. Hie imposition bsume so frcqnent and his acquaintance with the prison walls so intimate that he was made finally an ium \llt) of the poor-house to escape further persecution. There ha rem allied until his death. â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€"~â€"+â€"â€"-â€"‘--. The British Absorbing Africa. The dark continent is rapidly passing piece- meal luto the proprietorship of the little northern kingdom whose inhabitants are al- ways so shocked when any foreign state de~ velops territorial acquisitiveness. British India is a pretty blg appanage of the English Crown ; but British Africa promises to be- come a bigger. So accustomed are the public to hear of annrxstions in that part of the world that the fresh concession of territory made by the Sultan of Zinzibar to the British East African Comp tny has scarcoly excited comment. Yet it is a sub- stantial addition to the British Empire, including as it does several hundred miles of littoral, some fliurishing ports and settle- ments, and access to an almost limitless in- terior. The island and harbour of Limu are by themselves valuable acquisitions, as the Germans econ parceived when they began their East African venture. Em- boldcncd by the their oymptthotic patronage cf,Princa Bismarck, their comp my laid claim to Lama, and is nearly 31 pped out of our drip. But Sir William Mackiunon and Mr. George Macke: z'n luckily had the ten- acity of limpetsâ€"they held on tightly to the rights previously conceded by the Sul- tan ; and now they have secured a good deal more, we fancy, than they ever anticipated. And so it goes cn, the “meteor fiig" ever advancing northwards towards the equator ; while in Egypt the Britisher clamours loudly to be led south. Perhaps that may come to pass some day, though not leil yet. The ncx : undertaking is to absorb the huge tract lying between Lake Nyassa and the Trans- -. vaal. It is a considerable operation to be ‘ carried out by a trading company at its own risk; but there are capitalists of such boundless enterprise among us that: they would undertake to “ develop" the whole of the dark continent if guaranteed against foreign interference.-[L9ndon Graphic. There is a class of young men in Canada, who never neglect an opportunity to run down Canadian peopleaud institutions. They are allied, if not openly at any rate practical ly, with those newpaper croskers and politi- cal foul birds of ill omen who are continual- ly contrasting Canada unfavorably with the States and crying annexation as the country‘s sole salvation. It is to be regretted that there is not a healthier national sentiment among the people of his country. We do not believa in the existing fashion of praising every one’s country but our own. Canadians should under- stand and realiza that, all things considered, the earth’s mast favored portion lies between Cape Race and the western shore of Van- couver, and between the southern boundary of Canada and the ever in z in north. Faith in one’s country is as grand a thing to culti- vate as faith in one's self, and while commend- able modesty may cause the concealment of the latter, the former should be proclaimed openly at every opportunity. Canada's soil and climate is capable of pro- ducing every thing needed for human com- fort and sustenance, and enough of is all to supply a population equ ii to that of China. The finest fisheries, the most inexhaustible timber resources, almist evsry useful mineral -We have all a country needs and more of on earth. All we lack is a belief in ourselves â€"-f.tith in our country. If Canada has no history of heroism, glory and greatness, is has the fewer national fol- lies to regret, and blunders to remedy. His. tory is better to make than ponder over. Canada’s history is all to make and we of to- day hsve the making of it. And if we have no history of our own, we have the history of other nations, from which to learn how best to avoid the blunders and the crimes which tarnish the pages of the whole world’s past. We of to day are right in the midst of events. We can watch the laying of the foundation of what we believe will be one of the world's greatest nations, and if we have the right stuff in us, can help with the work. Nor need we blush for the record of the “ ’“"“7‘W‘u<un.<-a-l. .. Auld Ntnnie Haldane was sittin’ on her door stane as day, and by her side sat bon- nie L'zzy Lindsay, and she said, “Lizzie, ma bonnie lamb, ye are young and I am said. Your brow is whiter than the snow, your cheek is like the red, red rose, but my brow is furrowod wi' care, and my check is like the withered leaf that filckers and fa‘s to the cauldrifi‘ ground. I ha’e e’en come through a warl o’ trouble. Mania is the time that I ha‘e felt sac dooncssb as if use ray 0’ hope remained, but there aye remained the cloud wi’ the silver lining and the blue life aboon." ‘D IIIS AGE. Robbie Hastie resided near the foot 0’ the Pligbmenp’ h“ done more in twenty five yam-3 ‘ Ltmmer~law and was a celebrated pascber. than any other nation has douejn fifty years, ,- EEG was 9- 53” shat! and _Wh8!1 he 09‘"in 05 more than many nations have accompiiabed his game.he had a peculiar talent in eluding in a thousand, We hwe the moat magnifi. water-bailifi's, game-keepers and others in cont canal system the world knows, the mmIOX'WY- At length he W33 caught hnrd greatest railway in existence is ours, and and f5“ and “ken balm-'9 9‘ migifitmm- population considered, we lead the world in Rlbble W53 All?" bidgel‘ed With 3 number 0i shipping In many “neg of manufacturing needless questions, and on being asked how we more than hold our own. Our geologists auid he W39: he 8017 “filled and “filial: are in the front rank of science, and our “ Infill Bike 1118. mm, What do you Went to engineerg have won universml reputations, ken HIM) IOX‘.’ Ml mlther kens that better The Hoosac tunnel, of which the Yankees than 1 ‘10 1119581,; bu” by 5” and flint. I boast, was born in a Canadian brain. The max 8'81! tellyfii if that Will gio ye ony satis- telephone was originated by a Canadian, faction, that I am bwa hunder and ten days And if the more heroic history of the coun- 01(101‘ than me teeth-n try has been brieé, it it)??? been invg‘}orioue. AGAIxsr Bgvonumoxs t is not stains Wit is onor e have - ' . Duncan Broadfoot was a studious shoo- h'ldAZm'; b?i’tles"sn%watgrl°°3 0:1 Bleghe‘mxst maker, and much addicted to reading works no “3 er " Z M e m" “h We We "we 5' on astronomy. Ac day he gab into a heated defended our homes against invaders. Cha- m, umenh Wis Smndom Ne” h d. tefiugm‘y' Where 300 dfifwted 7'000’ Chrys' thg merits acd demerits 0’ th: Efegnadh 1:33;? let 8 F‘Tm and Laud-V ‘3 Lane and Q’semmn voluticn. Duncan stood erect. His eyes H9331)“ were not malorious fi°ld9' Th9 flashed, and he placed the forefinger of his tale of Liura Secori’a heroic deed comes ~ down to us, in story and in song, as thrill- Eggoitehzmd “1 “16 phlm 0f hm lem’ and thus ing as any tale that can be told of [Spartan u N00 Slump,” if I w,“ ,m inhab- u ‘ , . , itant mother. L.t .is be content With the record 0: fine on nhe mam, important, Planets. and of the past ; let us take it as an earnest for if (my 0. the folk thereon started n row,“- the future - x - , ‘ , . tion and cum to me and advmed me to tak’ Canada lacks none of the material of whlcn up the sword. gun 0,. Loobaber ax M the . , I great nations are bni u. If to what nature cue may be. I wfid Jun Dye them Wil Emmi has done’ We but add ma work of true but“ and most: dignified and unmistakable disdain. and hands anation will arise the grandest , - -. freest, happiele and most glor’ious earth bad :hngufoiiahagéorgggfi33:2?»deevu WI ham} ever seen. No poet ever eudowari his Utopia with greater possibilities than Canada boasts. Lakes and forests, hill and dale, valley and far-stretching prairie, from Newfoundland’s foggy banks up the mighty St. Lawrence, along the great lakes, across the vast and wealthy mineral belt, through the splendid North West, over the snow-capped peaks of the Rockies and down into the vales of magnificent British Columbia, this is our heritageâ€"a heritage so great that if Cana» dians will only be Canadians, a nation will arise of such power and grandeur as the world has never known. young men of Canada, the material is here. It is you who must help upbuild the nation. But you will not up build it: by echoing the sentiments of the political tricksters, schemers and partizaus, who traduce their country from interested motives. ____.â€"â€"+â€"â€"-_ Advice to Deiiyme'i. The annual report of the dairy and creamery associations of Ontario has just been issued and contains a vast amount of interesting news for firmers. Tue proceed- ings of the dairymen’s associations. both in eastern and western Ontario and the cream cries assocla‘ion, are reported at length and many questions relating more or less intim iiwa to dairying and stock-raising are dis- cussed by authorities pessessing special qual‘fimtions for dealing with them. The reports of inspectors and instructors will be found of special value to almost everybody engaged in agriculture. They are replete with suggestions and advice. It may be use- ful to farmers about to embark in dairying to know that the dairying demands that the beef element in the cows shall not be considered or placed upon a basis with dairy production; that it must always be con- ducted in close observance to the laws that govern motherhood : that warm barns and comfortable quartersbe provided for the cows; "speak to horas you wouldto a lady" ; that the market should be carefully studied and production (qualizsd, and that tho dairyman should necomea close and economic feeder of stock. Some valuable hints are ive about the manufacture of butter. There is more butter injured while in its cream state than at any other time. This is attributed to the neglect of butter makers to properly ripen the cream. The defects in preparing and churning the cream are too numerous to mention. Dairymen are cautioned as to the salt tiny use. It is satisfactory to know there are Canadian brands of salt which are up to all the r: qiiremcnts for the manufac- ture of cheese or butter. Tue salt chosen thonldbeciean and free from specs, even sized in grain, easily and thronghly nuiubia dry and white, and the rains fiat rather than cube shaped. Salt which has a yellow or grimy appearance or attracts moisture enough from the air to appear We: should be avoided. Thine and kindred subjects are ably dealt with in the report. IGNORAN OE IS BLISS. Ac day, at the dykeoslde, Rob Huddleston and cold Tammie Rathbone. after exchang- ing snuff boxes, got into 9. great wrangle regarding some theological points 0' faith. Quo' Rob : “ Stop, ye he's just said enough. I dinna want to hear any mair 0’ yere balderdash. Ye are naething mair or less than a speakln' fool and a blasted idiot.” " I ken that,” quo' Tammie, ” but ye are a blasted idiot, but yere brains are sac scant that ye dinna ken it.” A FEARFUL STRUGGLE. When on a visit to Kent 03., Ont., I called upon an old friend, who is known in these parts by the name of " Auid Grannie Macaltster." I found her sitting by the fireside, wi' a pipe in her teeth, and her teeth and her pipe were as black as sin. We had a most charming crack wi' ane another, and as I take kindly to the weed, her and I soon filled the bout: fu' 0’ rock, see much sac, that the very cats and dogs were instinctively compelled to rush out 0’ doors to seek a mair sainbrious atmosphere. In the course of conversation she informed me that she was born near “London’s bonnie woods and brass,” and had a vivid recollec- tion of seeing I‘annahill, perhaps the sweetest lyrical poet Scotland has ever produced. Qro’ she: “ I emigrated to Canada in the year 1832, and I am the mither o’ fourteen bairns and ssxzeen grandbairns." “Gran- nie,” quo' I, “ ye are, I trow, a great and a grand example to yere sex. By ma faith, ye has been a fruitful vine, but icih pity me ye maun son had an uric) job to bring up can monie bairns." “Aye. aye,” quo’ she, “I can ha’c had a fearfu’ struggle. When the bits 0' bairns misbehaved, meals is the time I could ha’e knockit their brains oot Wi’ the readiest thing I could lay ma hands on, but I wad tie up ma temper, and I wad gang and fill ma pipe, and ram it into the fire wi’ a vengeance, and then I wad sit dean and draw and blow awn, and aforo I was half ended I wad get consolation, and the boirns, tuts, they wada' get forgiveness." The Dentist Would Attend to the Nerve- Euter clerk with his face all swollen up from an angry tooth. “Ah,” says a sympath’zing friend, “you should go to adentist immediately and have that tooth pulled out." “ I know I ought,” says the sufferer, “but the foot is I haVen't got the nerve." " Oh. don't bother about that. The den- tist will find the nerve.”- [Louisville Post. A Deep Joke. “ Chollle, old boy, I quested a gweat deal of merriment at the piwtv last night.“ “Did you, 01’ fol 1' ' “Yeas. I awaked the conundwum, "Why is an inclined plane like a lszy young dog! " “Did they give it up?’ “ Yes, and I told thorn, Chollie, that one was a slope up and the othah was a slow dog.” "Did they laugh?“ “\Vell,Chcllie, I never heard such laughter in my life.” Visible Means of Supp nt- A good anecdote is related of a well-known vagahontl, who was brought before a magis- trate asa common vagrant. Having tuition- ly harpooned a good idea, he ulled from a capricious pocket of his tattere coat a loaf of bread and a half of a dried codfisb, and hold- ing them up, with a triumphant look and gesture to the magistrate exclaimed : “ You don't ketch me that way l l'm no Vagrant. Ain't them wisible means 0‘ support, 1 should like to know i" )M Charged Appearances. Adroll anecdote is told of the Persian ambassador, in London. 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