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' ” “ Yes, that is just like you, grandmamma. ~‘ii'ou have always an excuse ready for every- G19. “\Vell, clears, if you will come indoors and all sit round the fire, I will tell you a litlie story, just as I heard it, when your mairma was a tiny little girl, and were funny little short-waisted frocks and a big sun bonnet.” _ And my children all settled cosily round the old-fishioned hearth while their grand- mother told them the story which, as it is not without interest for “ children of a large: growth,” I take leave to set down for grownup readers. It It: i. great many years ago, my doors, as it Would seem to you (she said),.5ince your mamma was a very little girl, and poor grandpapa, oh, such a handsome gentle- man. I had not been married more thau‘fpur years or so ; and one evening I was waiting in the park to meet him as he came home from business. My little girlâ€"yourmamma that isâ€"was toddling unsteadin along the paths. It was nearly six o’clock on a bean- tiful August afternoon, and the 8'11) was still glaring down on baby's white starched bon- net, that she would keep pushing backward over her golden curls, so that I had to sto every minute to tie the strings afresh under her little soft double chin. It happened that on me seat _whereon I rat to perform this little operation for the twentieth time that afternoon, as it seemed to me. there was seated an old lady, vcr richl dressed in mourning of an old-fash- loncr style, with a young person who look- ed like a companion or superior lady’s maid, olding a silk parasol over her head. The old dy was not very pleasantlooking, and she was talking in a qucrulous tone to her at- tendant when we sat down. But as. soon as she caught sight of us she became Silent, and looked round in anything but a. kindly manner. \Vhen the bonnet was duly se- cured, baby run away for a few steps, and in returning, hcr unsteady feet led her with i. bump up against the old lady’s knees. Then, with a little cry, she toddlcd over to me and leaned against my lap, laughing. But the old-fashioned lady was grievously put out. “ It is disgraceful,” she said, “ that the children of the lower classes should be al- lowed to run wild in the public parks, in- vading the privacy of aristocratic persons.” And the attendant led her away, still muttering and looking round crossly at my little girl, who was laughing merrily enough, understanding nothing of the dis- turbancc she had created in the upper circles of society. “ What a disagreeable, surly-tempered old woman 1” I said to myself. Presently I saw that the strange lady was sitting alone on a chair a little way off, and that her attendant was coming towards my seat. She sat down beside me and, though 'ooking rather embarrassed at first, entered into conversation after a little while. “ I am sorry,” she said, “ that Mrs. Trc- maine should have spoken so rudely when ‘ your little girl ran up”-â€"â€"nnd she laid a. hand upon your mamma’s shoulderâ€"“but I must apologise for her. She is not quite right in her mind, and sometimes speaks very unkindly and unfeelingly, though she has really a gentle heart and would not like to give pain to anyone.” - “ Oh,” I said pleasantly, ” please do not say anything more about it». I was a little bit hurt, but if the poor lady is out of her mind, of course I should not take any notice.” - I was sorry for the attendant, who really seemed quite grieved at the old lady’s rude- ' nose, and who was a pleasant, kindly spoken person. My little girl had begun to play with her dress, out by this time had in~ vited herself to sit on her lap, where she out, looking shyly backwards and forwards at me, while the attendant was patting her cheek lightly, and seemed pleased at her childish confidence. “ She is not really out of her mind,” said the attendant, gentlyâ€"“ only a little bit ‘ funny ; ’ and on some days she is very unhappy, and nothing seems to be able to comfort her. That is how she feels now ; and she has sent me away in order, as she says, that she may think of her sorrow alone.” “ Poor thing !” I said to myself. “After all, riches and a great position are not the true happiness." “ Poor thing ! Yes," said the attendant, “she has hada sad life. It is thirty-five years this winter she has been in mourning. Some days she is just quiet, like this; and at other times she is quite uncontrollable, and walks upstairs and downstairs and all over the house, sobbing and wailing and wringing her hands, from morning until night. Then, the next day she will be quiet, and does not speak to anyone, but sits in one room, and looks at the wall or the fre place, saying nothing, and doing nothing but sigh, and sob, and brood.” “ What. is she grieving about? ” I asked, for the woman seemed as though she wished to talk about it, perhaps to account for the old lady‘s rudeness. “ She is mourning for her husbam ,” she answered, with a sad shake of her head. “ It is thirty-six years since she was married. He was an officer in the Royal Navy. ‘ Handsome Jack Tremaine ’ he was called, as she is very fond of telling me : and noth- iug could have seemed brighter than their future promised to be. He was rich, and had distinguished himself in his profession. The wars were overâ€"it was just after Napoleon, the French Emperor, had been sent away to safe keeping in St. Helena,â€" Cuptain Tremaine had ever ' opportunity to settle down into a coiuforta le position as a country gentleman. He adored his wife, and the people used to turn round and look after them as they walked along the country roads together, or gnlloped on horse-back by leafy ways or grassy lanes, and say, ' there go the two happiest people in Eng- land 2' " But after a while clouds came. Mrs. Tremaine had a violent temper, and could not tolerate the lightest word of rebuke. The (‘aphin as she says herself now, in the bitterness of her self-reproach, was as loyal and noble a fellow as ever stepped ; but Mrs. Tremaine could not believe in him. He was so handsome, and she so fond of him, that she most needs believe that every : ........â€"___. m... . figCllrchwas makingeyes at him â€"though he had no eye: for anyone but her. If he , " that I am not so ready asI once was, per- “ And that is why." said grandmamma, nEALTH. were out i h ' lit for half a day she *’ hope, to be cross with people who do not . woold worl: h:;:l‘fg up into a furv of jeal- l behave as nicely as I am sure all of you, my HOMO Plants as Purifiers of the Atmos- ousy, and when he returned would assail dears, always behave to everyone him with a storm of accusation and suspi- cion. 30 things went on:no man living (the says) could have tolerated her whims with patience; and one day he retorterl Upon her scoldings, and, upbraided her bitterly for her mean suspicious and unrea- soning jealousy. She replied furiously; and from that time their lite was one of hourly wrangles and daily reconciliations. There was ucvera day of unbroken peace in the house;and both felt, in spite of all their mutual love (which seemed really, to have remained as passionate as ever), that their hopeless incom atibilitv of temper made iouships are in any sense interruptions to any permanent appiness impossible. “ At length, after a period of more than they yield instead the very elements out of usual wretclieduess, the Ciptain told his which it is best created. young wife, one day, that he had resolved to make a voyage round the world in one of the King’s ships, of which the command had been offered him for that service. When the prospect of losing him for a whole year --for that was the time he expected to be awayâ€"dawned upon her, she was quite pros- tratcd by grief, and fora few days almost l peculiar errand to us,” writes Margaret the old happiness returned, and the Captain I began to think that he had made a mistake in accepting the commission. “But alas! there was ever something wanting in that house; and the day before he sailed they had a violent quarrel. When he rose in the morning, and put on his uni- form to set out by the early coach for Ply- mouth, M rs. Tremaine was still brooding sulkily in bed, and would not dress to see him off. But he ran- back, even after shut- ting the hall door to bid her “ good-bye ; once again, and to kiss her face as she lay linstincts meetâ€"a succession of persons .1! o phere. It is a pleasing characteristic of cultured The Gen-ding mmdsmps ofLife. people generally that ,they seek to adorn ' their homes with green plants and flowers. T° be “Ch in friends is to be poor in Place is willingly made for them in the naming: it is mpg“? that inguitg res. favorite rooms where the warm and life- eflolr 0’ w a“ may ' or want 0 9' at“ iving rays of the sun can find an entrance. ann’ddizomfnated uncle”? gm ‘1‘} a“: lspecially in winter, when fantastic icicles ‘ We e mun” success m w ‘ V” “m o hang from the window-frames, and forest, “ehlcveéneut Oneal"? °h°f°§e “Lyman tA field and meadow slumber under ainantle mngeo mm an 5 “mg “ens ‘95 ere“ es of snow, there is no more pleasin and the magmatic Etm°sphcre “mt "imllzes l grateful occupation for the lover of l owers every element “man” its influenm’ 5° that then through careful tending of choice 1‘ ‘5 not thaDFOC‘RI euloymems and compa‘n‘ plants in his comfortably warmed rooms to summon Spring,as if with an enchantcr’s wand, and gladden heart and sense with the beauty and perfume of leaf and flower. For the chamber conservatory it is usual to select free-blooming or ornamental-foli- aged plants, which should be annually trans- planted in a fresh sandy loam, enriched with humus, or the surface should get a light mineral flowendressing. Further re- quirements are a moderately-warmed room, with a sunny exposure, and the plants should stand near the window where the full sunlight can stream upon them. Given these conditions, nothing more is wanted than an occasional light sprinkling from a water-pot to ensure the unfolding of leaf, and bud, and flower. . ' There is a very general impression, more- over, that growing plants exercise an im- portant sanitary influence, purifying the at- mosphere of the chamber, by absorbing the noxious gases of animal respiration; but this is a theory which will hardly bear close investigation. Men and animals give off carbonic acid specific work, however important, but that The genuine friendships of life are largely discovered, not acquired. \Ve find them rather than make them. They are predestined relation- ships, and are recognized intuitively. “ \Ve meetâ€"at least those who are true to their I through our lives, all of whom have some Fuller. “ There is an outer circle whose ex- istence we perceive, but with whom we stand in no real relation. They tell us the news, they act on us in the chi ces of society, they show us kindness and aversion : but their influence does not penetrate ; we are nothing to them, or they to us, except as a cle within this are dear and near to us. “’0 know them and of what kind they are. They are not to us mere facts, but intelligi- ble thoughts of the divine mind. \Ve like to see how they are unfolded ; we like to ._._.‘_"'_‘_.."'1* Progress in Science. Experiments on the ventilation of tunnels on Saccando's system have recently been carried out in Italy. In this system .fans and ventilating shafts are dispensed with, but air is compressed into a reservoir, outâ€" side the tunnel, to which it is led in suit: blo mains. From these mains it is allowed to escape at different points inside the tunnel, from which it drives out the foul air. . A process for coating iron and steel with zinc at ordinary temperatures has been late- ly developed by the London Metallurgical Company. By this process the tendency of iron and sink to form an alloy and the re- duction of the temper in steel due to the intense heat of molten also are said to be avoulcd. A French technical journal recommends the use of coal tar for waterproofing masonry. A small amount of India rubber dissolved in benzine will increase its dura- bility. It should be applied boiling hot, and if the color should be objectionable it can be dusted with plaster of paris before drying. An important invention has been made in the adaptation of magnetic electricity to the prevention of the slipping of car wheels. The use of it is said to increase the hauling power of an engine many per cent. Recent imprr venients in hotogrnphic plates have been so great t nit accurate photographs can now be taken of a rifle ball traveling at a speed of 3,000 feet a second. A mile was recently run by a compound locomotive on the Peniis 'lvania Railroad in 39% seconds. This would correspond to a speed 91.7 miles per hour. a...â€" Home has the First Claim. on the pillow, that was beginning to be Wet : meet them and, part. with them ; we like with tear-stains, though her pride would their action upon us, and the pause that not allow her to respond. succeeds and enables us to appreciate its “ When she found that he had really quality. Often We leave them on our path gone, however, she broke down, and sent and return no more, but we hear them in for her maid to dress her. Then she . our memory, tales which have been told, declared that she could not let her Jack go ' and whose meaning has been felt. But yet without seeing him again, and taking a a nearer group there are, beings'born under man-servant with her, she ordered a post- the same star, and bound with us in a. com- chaise and drove to Plymouth, where she mon destiny. They are not mere acquaint- arrived just after the stage-coach. ‘ Oh it anccs, more friends, but when we meet are was worth all the journey, child,’ she has I sharch of our very existence. There is no often said to me, ‘to see. my dear Jack’s ' separation : the same thought is given at eyes when he saw me jump out of the post- the same moment to both ; indeed, it is chaisc.’ And so he went away happy, after born of the meeting, and would not other- all; and they promised each other that each wise have been called into existence at all. should make that year of absence one from These not only, know themselves more, but anothera time of trial and self-discipline, are more for having met, and regions of so that when he returned, each should be I their beings which would else have lain schooled to quarrel no more, and begin {sealed in cold obstruction burst into leaf their marriage canew, with s. new honey- moon that should never be darkened by a cloud again. “ When he was gone, Mrs. Tremaine did a any other person in the same way.” It is indeed set herself to overcome her selfish l one of the paths to success and happiness in and violent disposition ; adding do.in a few life, or rather, it is success and happiness pages to a. letter which was to be sent for l in itself, to he swiftly responsive to impres- her dear Jack to a post-house in India, by I sions of his character, to recognize the one of the East Indian Company’s clippers; . angel when he draws near. Dickens touch- and when it was time for her to send it, she l ed the deeper truth in this relation when had a new secret to tell him, and one which he wrote that the people who have to do she knew would make him very, very - with us, and we with them, are drawing happy, and would help them both to live ’ near; that our paths from whatever distant peacefully together when the .glad timel quarters of the globe they start, are con- came for his return. For she told him that, verging ; and that all that is set for them before he could get home, site hoped to give to do for us, and for us to do for them, will him a dear little baby. She was sure it all be done. would be the image of him, and therefore, the most beautiful baby that ever was! . “ By-aud-by came a. letter. The Captain was well and the voyage prosperous. He had every hope of being home within the twelveomonth. Mrs. Treniainhe had madea! calender 0f the time’ now’ t at remained I contract the vice of avarice which is one of before he was to come home’and She used to l the most dehumanizing, ,soul-destroying take a Pen every mommg' as soon as She vices to which poor human nature is subject. rose: and “nuke out One more Of the days! \Vhen a man has succeeded in business and that separated her’from her J uck. , . . ‘ . “ At last there were only weeks instead E;:°::;:V :23?aplffig‘ifir’ggllf 113:7)? Y 1 o 4' of months ; and now her attention was more comes mound, semconfident and selfisutfl and bloom, and song. The times of these meetings are fated,” she goes on to say, “ nor Will either one be able ever to meet Religion and Riches. There is something very seductive in the i passion for wealth. Under the garb of “ honest industry" and the duty of “ pro- viding for one’s own household,” men will part of the world’s furniture. Another on] I gas by respiration and through the Pores of The first thought of a wife or a mother the skin. A grown jnan takes in about. a, should be her home ; all things, no matter pint, of air at every breath; the oxygen, or how‘importsna, are secondary to that. No .1. portion of it, Passes into the arteries, matter how rampant may. become certain where it; is taken up by the red corpuscleg publiccVils, let her see to it that she keeps and utilized by the combustion of fat, and the eVll out of her home and she performs thevglbumen of the tissues, In this process her greatest duty to her God, her family of conflnlstion the oxygen unites “rich the and lllllllklllq. thcn‘a \VOlllllll Il‘lCS to carbon to form carbonic acid, which passes, remedy an “111’? Sll‘lilmg the 190W": Plat- over to the Venous blood, which carries it to fwij W9“!ng Otllel‘si When “ml? Very 0"“ the lungs, whence it is exhaled, is invading her home by her absence, she is In pure njouutain or sea, air the Propor. mistaking her llllSSlOll Ill life, and She can- tion of carbonic acid is only 3 pans in 10,. not realize it too soon. The good that a. 000; the respired breath contains four to woman can do_toward the great world at five per cent. of carbonic acid: that is over large 15.35 "0thmg complfil‘ed '90 he” POSSI- a, hundred times as much A; pure air; the bilities in her own home if she be Wife or atmosphere of a close room is quickly pollut- mother- ed by the progence of a, Person in it; not, And the first duty of man, as well as of merely by reason of the carbonic acid, woman, is to home, to his wife and his chil- which is deleterious enough, but because, at are“; AS 1‘- llllemldi ii {fl-“1013,1111 example every respiration injpure’ ‘vatery vapor, to his .SOXIS find daughters, tllpll‘ counselor carrying decomposing organic matter, is and friend, he should be the light “lid Joy given ofi‘ along. with it. Itis thigjatter of his household, their strength for duty, which generates the offensive odors in 9, their encouragement to excellence, their close, crowded 1.00m. ' comfort and help in all that; prepares for The respiration of plants is closely analo. usefulness and makes home attractive to all. gous to that of animals, every pan of the \Vhen husband and wife, father and mother plantâ€"leaves, root, stem, flowers, and fruit make llome What ll} Should l’es the fulfil) _ab3°rb oxygen, and give of carbonicacid, temptations of the world Will lose their and this process is continuous day and night, 90W”, ulld Children W111 grow up to be the but in the process of assimilation which Joy Of Parent and 1" blessmg t0 thelllselvcs takes place only under the influence of light, “W1 to the World- thc lant draws from the carbonic acid of _ â€"'â€"â€" the Etmospliere all the carbon required to Breaking Through a Rule. build up its substance. The ground-work A gentleman while walking with two 0f the common now”! that Plants Plll‘lfy the ladies through one of the princi al streets atmosphere Of 00ml”?! 1‘0qu durmg “.19 of London saw a. beggar approac 1. One of daYaallil‘OIlgll_tlley )"tmie “3 to. 9' 09mm the ladies, who had evidently seen the “tent at mght’ 13’ hencc’ mf’cu‘glble mendicant before, said: “This is the most enough 3 but, as a matte” 0f expenmenl’: 1“ singular man I ever heard of. No matter has been determined that a grown man in- how much money you give him he always 118163 3330‘“? t‘Venl’Y'fOlu‘ quarts 0f returns the change and never keeps more oxygen an hour and exlialcs an equal thana pennygs amount of carbonic acid, or as much u WIN, what a {001 he must be in return. as 1} 551mm ,metre 0f leaf surface could ed the gentleman. “But I’ll try him, and assmiilatc _in a summer day of fifteen Puthim toe-little trouble-n l‘ours- 1t ‘3’ hellce’ ev‘denb that “19‘1" So saying the gentleman drew from his fluenceflf Plénts 1“ allsol‘b‘llg the {esplmd pocket a. sovereign, which he dropped into carbonic acid of occupied rooms is very we beggarq, but“ slight, while as respects the removal of the The mendicunt turned the coin 0,0,. t‘wo fully occupied,for the baby had really come, as she expected, and was a beautiful boy, with sunny golden locks and blue eyes, just like his father’sâ€"eyes which almost made her forget her loneliness when she Iookedl into them. “ And exactly a. year and a. day after the Captain had sailed, he came back, and, oh, how proud and delighted my lady was to put his baby in his arms 2 But on Captain Tremaine’s face there was something wrong ; he had not the old heartiness and strength : he had contracted an agne, while on shore in Central America, which, he said, had never entirely left him. What of that, however ‘3 A few weeks of English sunshine would soon put it right, and he, would he himself again ; but. for the first week or two he should take things casily,â€"and besides, there was the baby to play with. “But the English sunshine did not do its work, and the poor fellow, from going to bed early, had to take to his bed altogether, attended with the most frantic anxiety and affection by his wife. Nothing could be too good for himâ€"no care too great. She was at his side morning, noon, and night. And to make matters worse, the baby also, and pined away antl'died ! The Cap- tain never rallied from that shock. Within a few day‘s of little Jack’s burial, he died in his wife’s arms, fondling her and mur- inuring her name with tender epithets in his last breath. “ For many weeks it was supposed that she would have died too; and it had been better for her to have joined her husband and her babeâ€"poor soul. \Vhen she re- covered, ehe wife as she is nowâ€"one day violent and passionate with grief, another, just vacant and brooding.’ ' I looked up to where the poor lady was sitting. She had buried her face in her handkerchief, and was rocking herself to and fro in her sobs. The attendant hastily arose. But my babyâ€"your mamma, my dears~had slipped from her lap some min- utes. before, and was standing now by the side of the strange lady, lucking her dress. I ran to draw her away, ut the attendant touched my arm. "' Do not go,” she said, “ the little one will bring her to herself." So we saw her stoop and kiss your little mamma's golden hair ; and presently the lady rose and led her towards us. By this time her eyes were dry, and she held the child by the hand, looking down very kindly” at- the little face. Still, to me she was not very polite. “ Why do you tie your child’s bonnet- strings under her chin like that, woman 2” she said? " don’t you know that they will make an ugly ridge under her chin, and make it impossible for her to wear evening dresses when she grows up?" To please the old lady I stooped and tied the strings at the back of the little curly knob. And the old lady smiled approving- ly, and kissed the baby again. , Just then, your grandpapa came up, and woman a: the Hunt Ball, '9» even at the vil- , baby ran 10 meet him. itliey fail not in diligence in their various fell ill lived in expectation of a Messiah. Its liter- disagreeuble in the society in which he feetious germs, it‘ is of no appreciable ac- moves. It is in the manner of religion, es- count. Peeiflllyg that the dal‘étef‘lous “flicks 0f Indeed, under certain conditions, chamber Prosperltx are m0“ Strlklllgly eXlublted- plants may be directly instrumental in T00 Often “5 deSlerY§thatllea‘llilf1llhllmlllliy vitiating the air. This is sometimes due to {find that 1101)’ elm-“W EVIPCh “Tell” very the vapors exhaled by the soil of the pots me 9;“‘1 3°“! Of true I‘ehglon- It 13 951390“ especially when it is enriched with decom- ally in. those who have risen from a humble posing animal mama-es. such as bonwmenl, COllflll’alon t0 rdefll‘ee 0f Wealth and PTOS‘ blood-meal, rotten manurc,ctc. There are, Pent? that these features We "103‘? Strongly moreover, known instances in which the soil developed- The Who“? hlStorY ,Of Chum" contains the germs of malariaparasites. In warn-S 113, to be 0“ 0"” guard {lgumfi the 59‘ such cases, the warm chamber, with the d_“0tlve1_mflll‘en_ce 0f 'PI‘QSQQHW- Let .the occasional watering, furnish all the condi- l‘lCll read-‘3‘? 3"?" l‘eSPOWIbllll’y for the fight tions favorable to the development of the use Of the“ “’v'lles- malarial poisons in the pots, and cases of intermittent fever have been directly traced to the influence of chamber plants. Let the poor, while callings, learn to “ be content with such things as they have,” and while We all real- ize the danger of prosperity, let us learn to tread the world beneath our feet and seek diligently for the treasure which cndurcth unto eternal life. The Hebrew Faith. For 3,000 years the Hebrew nation has cient, and is very apt to make himself very organic impurities, and, in some cases, in- the house is one of the most aesthetic, in- structive, and grateful occupations that the members of the family can be engaged in, I must, nevertheless, contend that the popular opinion that the plants purify the atmos~ phere is an erroneous one. There is one and only one means of purifying the atmosphere of the house, and that is frequent change of the air either by artificial ventilation, or partially opened windows. ‘ ature teenis with references to the glorious event. Prophet, priest and poet have pic- tured his coming and his triumph, and the whole world has accepted these teachings as divine. Christianity, indeed, sees in Jesus the fulfillment of these prophecies. Islam finds their fulfillment in Mohammad, while the Jew, rejecting each of these as well as many other claimants, has looked for some other yet to come; but all alike have accept- eglthe prophecies as sacred and unimpcach- a c. This wonderful faith, which has charac- terized Judaim through all the centuries, has been its most powerful and beautiful feature. The Hebrews have suffered and been scattered as have no other people, but they have always been upheld by afirm, un- failing assurance that some day a descend- ant of their famous ancient. king would Come and restore them to their home and to a chief place among the nations of the earth. For thirty centuries this belief has been their stay and strengthâ€"a precious common bond which has bound their hearts together and preserved them a separate and peculiar people. Perfect Health. Dr. A. \Vilson says : “ The possession of perfect health is the first great essential for happiness; it is equally the first essential for the perfect exercise of mind; and it therefore forms the first item for our consid- eration when we ask the question, Is life worth living? To the healthy man or wo~ man who takes care of the body, all things in the way of advance and enjoyment, physi- cal and mental, are possible. Conversely, with a body weakened, no matter how or why, most. things become impossible, or, it not actually unattainable, they are at least achieved with difficulty, and through sin and tribulation of spirit. Sound healt is the first condition for enjoying life; and, if we reflect upon the common causes of life’s failurein a social sense, we may easily prove that much of the want of success is due to hysical incapacity to enjoy existence. .l'his incapacity, again, largely arises from the lack of knowledge about health and its laws.” Slow Torture. Teacherâ€"“la China criminals are fre- quently sentenced to be kept awake until insanity and death results. Now how do you suppose they keep them from falling asleep 2 ” Little Girl {eldest of a small family)â€"-“ I guess they gives ’em a bat-y to take care of.” ,____.__°_____- Ma's Boy Talks. Mrs. Gaddaboutt-â€"“ Has your ma called on those new neighbors yet ?" Boyâ€"“ No, an’ she won’t neither. She says they wouldn't ’a’ returned your call of they’d been anybody worth knowing. " It is a certain sign of an illvheart tobe in- Uld Chefle- clined to defamation. They who are harm- Mammaâ€"â€"“ ‘What's the matter, my less and innocent can have no gratification that ,way ; but it ever arises from a no lect of what is laudableiua man’s self, an an im atience of seeing it in inheritâ€"[Sir Rich- ar Steele. ' t ‘2" Little Petâ€"” My tongue hurts tellible.” Mar-ulna-” Did you bite it ‘1 ” Little l’ct â€" “ No’m ; zce cheese bited it." \Vhile admitting that flower-culture in. I or three times, examined it closely, and then, raising his eyes to the countenance of the benevolent man, said: “ Well, I’ll not adhere to my uSual custom in this case. I’ll keep it all this tilne. But don’t do it’again.” The doctor opened his eyes in astonish- ment and passed on, while the ladies smiled with delight. They Spgfiight 0n. “ Now, boys, when I ask you a question you mustn’t be afraid to speak right out and answer me. \Vhen you look around and see all these fine houses, farms and cattle, do you ever think who owns them all now? Your fathers own them, do they not '2" “ Yes, sir,” shouted a hundred voices. “ Well, where will you fathers be in twenty years from now '2” “ Dead 1” shouted the boys. .“That’s right. And who will own all this property '1” “ Us boys ! shouted the urchin. " Right. Now tell mew-did you ever, in going along the street, notice the drunk. ards lounging around the saloon zloor wait- ing for some one to treat them ?” “ Yes, sir ; lots of them.” ' “ w ell, where will they be twenty years from now ’2" ‘ “ Dead l” exclaimed the boys. “ And who will be the drunkurds then '1” "Us boys!” shouted the unabashed young- sters. _....â€"__L Carefully Educated. A popular official in Ottawa once went fishing with a clergyman. Bites were plenti- ful, but the otlicial seemed to get them all. The clergyman waited iaticntly and at last was favored with a nib lc. Then the line parted and his hopes and a part of his fish- ing tackle vanished simultaneously. He said nothing for almost a minute, and then turning to his friend remarked : “John, if my early education had been neglected what do you suppose Ishould say now?’ A Duke’s Titles. As already announced by the cable, the Duke of Argle has had conferred upon him the dignity of a Dukcdom of the United Kingdom. The following are some of the titles and offices which he holds: Duke Marquis and Earl of Argyll, Marquis of Lorne and Kintyre, Earl of Campbell and Cowal, Viscount Lochow and Glenilla, Lord of Inverary, hlull, Morvcrn and Tir , is Scotland ; Baron Sundridge of Comb ank, Kent: Lord Hamilton, in Great Britain; Knight of the Garter, Knight of the Thistle, Hereditary Master of the Qumn’s House- hold in Scotland, Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland, Admiral of the Western Isles, Keeper of Duncan Castle and of Dunstaff- nage and Garrick, Stain i'ouncillor for Scot- land, Lord Lieutenant of firgyiuhirc and Hereditary Sheriff of Cmuty Argyll. o‘ i l i l l i i -Wl'wfiwmtm '1‘?- -»r-â€".» w...“ ' *f