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Sumo twenty young ago ~1 (In um. lulu“ how many exactly, but it Was sum-e 'tnm: during the warâ€"l hour-l u may Wlm‘h 1| soldier was reading in u no“ spam!‘ {0 a Mlle group around him, to their uncut enjoyment. I shall tell it. only in briefitlwugh. l I'EIIIUIIII' her well. the filling in was: a good pent 0! It, which will be missing in my recital. “unannrnll I “’M “I H"! was Ill “1»:qu Illv-v -_,,, ‘ he was afraid of women more than men. tor a long, long time he had set his heart upon alovely young lady. whose sweetness was like hernamo, wluch was Violet. He had Often called upon luv, and resolved again and again that. he would make her anollcrof his heart and hand, but as often that. heart; hul- ml him. Through the whole of the evenmg he would sit and been engaguu u.- u-. u ..... -- , make up my mind between him and his ‘ friend the handsome Lawyer Bright, but Dr. Jones was so good to me while 1 was sick in the winter after my husband’s death that I promised him I would be his at the end of the year.” " So poor Pcterkin retired once more ; the Widow Latham became Mrs. Dr. Jones, and so remained, while the discomfitcd l’cterkin Wished the doctor might take enough of his own pills to make an end of him. Time passed on. Peterkin was walking do .vn Broadway one day. while not very far ahead of him he saw two men, one of whom L- Inna“: m 1m this hated Dr. Jones. Alarge Time passed on. Peterkin was walking do .vn Broadway one day. while not very far ahead of him he saw two men, one of whom he knew to be this hated Dr. Jones. A large flat stone was being hoisted to the coping of a new building: therope gave way; it fell and instnntly illel the two men. Peter-kin rose to the emergency of the moment. For the dead he could be of no avail. His thoughts were on the widow. He turned ; he ran. he flew, to her abode. \Vhen she entered the room where he awaited her he began: " My dear Mr. Jones, I bring you dread- fnl news. I was walking on the street, when I saw a stone fall from a house upon your 001- husband, and he is (lead ; but you must et me comfort you. I beg you now to be mind. my Violet. at last." “ Dear Mr. Peterkin, I am so sorry! but when Dr. Joues and Mr. Bright were both begging me to marry, I took the dog- tor, and promised Mr. Bright, if anything happened to Jones, I weiild certainly be his. So you see I am engaged. I am sorry, for I do think a great deal of you, n y dear Pet- e \‘ “ Dear Mr. Peterkin, 1 am so sorry: uuu ‘ when Dr. James and Mr. Bright were ‘ both begging me to marry, I took the dog- tor, and promised Mr. Bright, if anything happened to Jones, I worild certainly be his. So you see I am engaged. I am sorry, for I do think a great deal of you, n y dear Pet- crkin. Peterkin was very calm and self-contained. He said, “ And will you promise to‘ be mine when the lawyer is no more ‘3” “Certainly I will, with all my heart and soul." “ Then come to my arms, my Violet, for the same-stone that killed the doctor was the death of Bright.’ and you are mine at Inst,”â€"â€"â€"Ilarner’s Allagazine for April. “Then come to my arms, In; the same-stone that killed the the death of Bright.' and you last.”â€"â€"â€"Ila rper’s Alagazine for People often wonder what becomes of the old tomato can. \Vaqgons can be seen on the street almost every day, filled with old tin cans of every description, picked from the vacant lots or the streets. They are taken to Newark and sold for fifteen cents a hundred. The price 18 small, but cans are numerous, and the gathering of them pays handsomely. it our informant tells the truth. The Newark purchaser sorts them out and puts them into a large furnace, which softens them so that they can be rolled by machinery into plates. These plates are artistically blackened and present a smooth, polished sueface. The trunk makers buy them to bind the edges and bottoms of trunks, and often to cover defects of woodwork. In this manner old tomata cans become a most useful as Well as ornamental material. The process of heating the cans also has its profitable re. suit, for the solder, running through a grate into a receptacle, is sold for twulve cents a pound, it alone paying, it is claimed, all the rice originally paid for the cans.â€" From. (1c Central New Jcrsty Herald. ”â€"40. 4"? 06*“ Flowers In Potatoes. A gentleman from Utica in Louisville, who wished to send some beautiful flower buds to his wife, was at a loss how to do so. A florist inemi said he would (ix them. ‘ > - 4”” A...“ ..... I 80. A Human nun-u u...“ ..- , V He cut a potato Into two pieces and bored holes in them into which he inerrtcd the stems of the buds, and placed them in a box with cotton to support them. A letter from um rocinient acknowledged the remem- wwn cuvuuu .v “a...“ V , the recipient acknowledged the remem- hmncemud said that the buds had developed into full-blown flowers. There is sufficient moisture in a good sized potato to support a flower for two weeks in a moderately cool temperature. Flowers from bouquets or baskets may be preserved in the some way. The potatoes can be hidden by ieuves or mosses.-â€"-Ulica Olmrvrr. ~40. 41-? ..â€"-~‘â€"â€" Lord Coicridgc,l Lord Chic! .Iuau England is to be the guest of the New Bar Association in the summer. Petorktn'a Sun. Solution ot‘a Great Mystery. urs ago «1 dz) not. know y. but it. Was mum time 1 hear-l u btUl‘y which n g in a he“ spaptrto a little , (0 their gchcnjoymcub. Lord Chief .1313“ch of prosperous I | 3 ._ 1 l'ellwlll' Weather Sign 1'. Thu following quotations are taken from u lucturc on “ Weather prounOstics“ deliver- Hl by Mr. “’11). Marriott, before the Meteorological Society of England : When round the moon there is a brugh l hulo,) l The weather will be cold and rough. When the sun goes pale to bed, Twill min to-morrow, it is said. When the clouds are upon the hills. 'l‘h- y come down by the mills. Mackerel sky and mares' tails Make lofty ships carry low sails. \thn the wind veers against the sun, Trust it not, for back it will run. When the wind is in the south, It H in the ruiu’s mouth. l When the mist creeps up the hill, Fisher, out and try your skill. If lax-ks fly. high and sing lone, expect line weather: “'llull sea-birds lly out early and far to Sl'uward, moderate winds and fair weather may he expected. If rouks goes far abroad. it will be fine. . Cranes soaring along and quietly in the air foreshow fair weather. if kit a fly high, fine weather is at hand. Wild geese, wild geese, gauging out to sea, Good weather it will be. When owls whoop much at night, expect fair weather. Bats or flying mice, coming out oftheirholes quickly after sunset, and sporting them. selves in the open air, premonstrete fair and calm weather. Uhickweed expands its leaves boldly and fully when fine weather is to follow. While mist in winter indicates frost. \Vhen fires burn faster than usual and with a. blue flame, Iroaty Weather may be expecled. York In winter, when the sound of the break- ers on the shore is unusually distinct, frost is indicated Clear moon, Frost soon. In winter, when the moon’s horns are sharp and well defined. frost is expected. If the wind is north-east three days with- Eight days will pass before tucsoum wnuu again. If wind follows sun's course expect fair weather. All the above prognostications, it may be remarked, are in strict accordance with scientific observation. Adelaide Nouson's Grave. “Do many persons come to see Miss N eilson’s grave ?” I asked the gatekeeper. “Yes, a. good many. But its mostly Americans that visit it, mum.” “\Vho put up that beautiful marble cross?" “ I suppose ’twas the Cemetery Associa- tion, mum." ” Are any of her friends or relatives bur- ied here ?” “Not that I’m aware of, mum. I only i keep the gates,” How stupid he was ! J uliet’s tomb in Brompton Cemetery, London, had for me a far keener, if melancholy, interest than the so-called tomb of Juliet in Verona. That is known to be a humbug. This has far bet- terclaim t) be the tomb of Shakespeare’s own Juliet. It is a. picture which Will lin- ger always in my memory. I see it now, the green grave, the heavy white marble cross and the vivid red and yellow flowers shining through the misbof min. The spat- tered rain spots in my note-book are still there, where the drops fell thick and fast as I copied the inscription on the monumentâ€" these words : Public house property in the large cities of England is rapidly depreciating in value. There were thirty public houses within half a mile of Liverpool Custom House closed within the year, because they did not pay the cost of rent, taxes and license fees. This change is owing to the position re- cently taken by the Medical Profession and the English Church Ollieials. Beer-drinking had become so common as to endanger the wellbeing of the nation, and a few earnest men set about ell‘ecting a change. Some fifteen years ago things looked most dis- couraging in the mother country, but the influence of a few leading physicians was se- cured in advocacy of thetruth. Such names as (lull, Thomson, Kerr, Richardson, Carpen- ter and Colanett. Were amongst the first to turn their faces against prescribing it, and what a change for a better state of things ? How many of Toronto‘s leading physicians will stand up against their pecuniary inter- ests. and lend their influence in freeing this country from a similar cause? Of course, we have not become degraded to the same extent that the lower classes had been in Great Britain,lmt surely, we are low enough in the scale of degradation and misery. Stand up, gentleman, and show your manhoml‘ AA~A.~H-_V_. That was all. A Ten-Drunkard. I The term " tea-drunken)" is known‘ throughout Russia, and implies, not the album: of robur or any spirit distilled from the herb, but that the on which cheers intoxicates also, if zealous v adhered to. Strong tea is well-known to be a powerful though fleeting enoitant of the nervous sys- tem ; and if the reader likes to make the experiment. let him drinh a dozen or fifteen cups of tea in tho ltussmn styleâ€"that is, without cream or sugar, but flavored with a drop of lemon-juiceâ€"in the space of a. couple of hours, and he may arrive at the conclusion that there is something rational u' out such a epithet M tea-drunkard after all.» (f/mm’mrs’ Journal. out rain, #â€" Rabbit. hunting â€"hyr moonlight is now a fashionable sport in various parts of Ilh’nois. Iu, will pass before the south wind In Loving Memory of iAdelaide Neigson. Died August 10. 1880. Gifted and Beautiful. Resting. â€".. 4.->o¢â€" Drink in England. .‘ud-Q >0“ A roll-call oi the lords spiritual and tem- poral in the fourth session of the twenty second parliament of the l'nitcd Kingdom of (ircat Britain and Ireland has just been issued. .According to the usage of parlia' Inent, when the house appoints a select committee, or reads a committee to a conference with the commons, the lords are named in order 0! rank, beginning with the highest ; otherwise the call begins with the junior baron. in the roll each peer hasa number set against his name to show his rank in the house. Five royal princes are at the head of the list, and at the end are 1 l s the two most recently-made peers. Lord ‘ Alceuter and Lord \Volseley, wi.ose nuiubcx is 5'24 in the roll. This number is in excess of the total number of spiritual lords and temporal. The discrepancy arises from certain lords appearing twice, both in their due rank in the peerage. and also of high ellicu's of state. Lord Selborne, besides being an earl, stands seventh on the list, taking precedence of every one except the royal dukes and the archbishop of Canter- bury, who is not yet on the list; Lord Spencer comes ninth, as lord president of the council, and Lord Carliugford next, as lord pr.vy seal. Lord Sydney, as lord steward, takes precedence among earls, and Lord Kemnare, as lord chamber-lain, among barons. Lori Erne also holds two places in the roll, as earl of Erne and Lord Fermanagh. Every peer has set against his name any (Alice or superior title in the peerage of Ireland or of Scotland that he may hold.-â€" London Times. The recent heavy failure in the whiskey trade of New York brings to mind the nan e of one of the most notorious women of our period, the wife of one of the parties to the collapse. Whiskey is a commercial article, and methodical persons engagedin its manu- facture probably thrive as well as men manufacturing quinine or opium, or beer. But whisky otteu effects its manufacturers as It does their consumers. An old news- paper friend of mine, now deceased, by the name of Knowlton, who had once lived at Peoria, 111., and, I think, was born there, said to me that the families of distillers who had grown rich in that district very often went to pieces. I asked him if it was not because they and their children sampled ‘ their own goods too much. “It may be that," said Knowlzon; “but the religious eople ascribed it to a Provrdence." The ig whiskey men about Cincinnati, or at least some of them, fell to sampling their own wares too much, and most of them broke up, Ibelieve, or have heard, and the big whiskey man become an object oi .pity. The whiskey cases in Chicago and St. Louis during Grant’s administration were terrible tragedies.»“(}'alh" in Cincin nali Enquirer. One Sunday night recently, as Daniel Tyer and Bill Dye were strolling abouta mile from their home, near Wallace, Cala- veras county, they heard their dogs making a noise a short distance away. On reaching the scene of the trouble they found that the doze had treed a monstrous wildcat. The cat seem ‘to feel quite secure, and stretch- ed i‘self at iull length along one of the branches of the tree, and turned its half- sleepy-looking eyes on the dogs beneath. Tyer got his shotgun loaded with buckshot as quickly as possible‘ and. blazing away, knocked the wildcat off the limb to the ground. A terrible fight at once ensued be- tween the animal and the besiegers. It soon vanquished the (logs, and then started for the young men. Tyer was just as quick as the cat. He had put one charge in his gun, and he knew he must put that where it would do the most good. As the cat made a spring Tyer fired, killing the infuriated animal. The cat weighed a hundred pounds. Simple Cure for Cold Feet. The following remedy for cold feet is ‘ recommended by the Firmmm’s Journal for sedentary sufferers, as well as policemen, car drivers, and others who are exposed to the cold: All that is necessary is to stand erect and very gradually to lift one’s self up upon the tips of the toes, so as to put all the tendons of the foot at lull strain. This is not to hop or jump up and down, but uimply,to riseâ€"the slower the betterâ€"~upon tiptoe, and to remain standing on the point of the .‘toes as long as possible, then gradu- ally coming to the natural position. Repeat ‘ this several times, and, by the amount of work the tips of the toes are made to do in sustaining the body’y weight, n sullicient and lively circulation is set up. A heavy pair of woollen stocking drawn over thin cotton ones is also a recommendation for keeping the feet warm, and at the.same time preventing their becoming tender and SOTO . Mr. Andrew Dawson was crossing aflock of 700 sheep over Rock Creek, near his housa. He had taken some waggous, re- moved the end gates from the beds, put them end to end. and was running the sheep through. They had been taken through to an island, and the waggons were taken to the other side, placed in position, and the sheep started on across. About 9.00 had got through when a roaring noise was heard, and the men on the island looked up and saw a wall of ice and water about four feet high rushing down upon them. In an instant they were engulfed. with the 500 sheep remaining on the island. The two men, Mr. Dawson and his son, succeeded in i nLAA.‘ nmwn nurnn}. nwnv. instant they were engulfed, with the 500 sheep remaining on the island. The two men. Mr. Dawson and his son, succeeded in getting out, but the sheep wore swept away. -â€"- W i "field Courier. Mount [Etna is erupting, and, of cm stay in its neighb plexeq and‘terrihed .n 0 Mn Mount [Etna is at its old work of erupting, and, of course, many of those who stay in its nei hborhood are quite per. plexed and terrified at its-doings. It seems there have been about sixty of these oxhibi~ tions during the last century. They must be very grand as spectacles, but one is all the better for being only a Hintonâ€"that is, if he Wish to enjoy the siaht to perfection. It is, as in the case of much meanor fires, the man who can say ‘l‘mbutalodgcr” who can take in all the most noticeable features of the arena with the greatest satisfaction and comfort. ‘ ‘ ‘77 ~_-f-..l~ uuu Iov ........ Wagner left several 310M: volumes of nutc- biography. The House at Lords. now Mr. What Whiskey 130°3- A Big Nevada. Wildcat. IIICUCD. J. WI-vâ€" __ my and their children sampled >0ds too much. “It may be inowimn; “but the religious ed it to a. Proudence.” The men about Cincinnati, or at fthem, fell to sampling their so much, and most of them believe, or have heard, and ey man become an object of 'hiskey cases in Chicago and iring Grant’s‘ administration trauedies.â€"â€"~“(}'(l(/I" in Cincin- ‘Ooi-dr 09‘ of the toes are made to do in 3 body’y weight, n suflicient rculation is set. up. A heavy I stocking drawn over thin 21 also a recommendation for feet warm, and at the.same ng their becoming tender and CCI-‘ Dawson Lost hle Sheep. .ACVâ€"fl' Bright plaids will be ten. ' Double apron fronts \‘ived. l’lain silk mitts, will be more worn Luau lace ones. o All colors are fashionable, but red is most in favor. Plaid shirts with plain-corsages will be much worn. Azaleas are the house plants of the pafsing moment. Jersey waists are more popular for child- ren than ever. The Jersey is destined to great popul this season. The shade of lilac known as Ophelia. is re- vived in veilings. l’osiiliou backs are the most frequent lin‘ ish ior pointed corcages. Navy .blue remains the favorite color for yachting and mountain suits. Buckles, large and small, are the popular millinery ornaments this season. _ . The empire puffwom at the bottom of the skirt has been reviVed in Paris. Sleeves of dresses and of mantles and wraps are made high on the shoulders. Box pletings and flat pulls appear around the bottom of many pointed bodices. arity The latest importfitions of Paris dresses have larger tounmres and hip draperies. The fa;orite style higlxbohind, but 10 trout. Pena cottu, dark blue, freq uent combinations in nary this spring. uv-J â€"..._ erV 1: Pretty capotes with straw crowns and brims composed of pleating: of laae will be much worn as the season advances. quvu .. 7.7. New fiannél suits for children are made of chex iot flanneha, garnet blue, dark green, and gray being the favorite colors. a...“ °._‘, .7, 0 The summer silks which come in large plaids of brilliant. biues and reds sell more readily than any other for dress skirts. , I, ran“. LA g iast summer. ___.â€"â€" ...... 4 Large piaida'are used for dress skirts to be worn with velvet, velveteen, Jersey webbing, and plain veiling, and plain silk bodices. uvu ..... New wraps are in every conceivable shape frcm pardessus to mantles. doimans, jackets, jerseys, redmgotes, and visites, havelocks. and raglans. nuu . v... v-_-, Ottoman silks have the run of popular favor, but failles, gros grains, and satins of all grades, from (luchesse to merviel- lieux, are used in dressmakmg. Two aprons, one long and square, the other short and much wrinkled and lcoped around the hips, appear on the latest im- portations of French dresses. Slicer mull muslins, dotted, sprigged, or figured in Greek squares, stars, and other designs. are being made up in large quano tities for young girls’ graduating and com- Sheer mull muslina, dotted, spnggeu, or figured in Greek squares, stars, and other designs, are being made up in large quano tities for young girls’ graduating and com- mencement. dresses. Tintcd nuns‘ veilings in shades of pale terra cotta, crushed strawberry, raspberry, corn blue, and ashes of roses, will take the place, in a. measure, of the cream and white wools so popular for evening dresses @500;w W hat is all this fuss about black mailing and so forth which has been raised in connection with Mr. Charlton’s proposal to make -se- duction criminal? \Ve hare no hesitation in saying that it is all a piece of transparent humbug inaugurated and supported either by those who, ina certain sens 2, are literary, perhaps, alsoâ€"-indced very likelyâ€"literal eunuchs as well,and who are always eager to get credit for “ breadth " and exalted views, or by those who themselves have led pitiless licentious lives, and who are, there- fore, afraid, not of being blackmailed, but of getting something like what they have lon g since deserved. who have made it their bust- ness and their boast to lead thoughtless, ill- trained git ls to ruin and then to brag of their conquests, like ill-conditioned, unhanged caititl‘s, as they are. There are too many of such wretched fellows everywhere, and, no doubt, some of them will air their eloquence in due time in Parliament on the subject as they are always ready to show their pre. sumptuous, illiteracy and icelingless selfish- ness through the columns of newspapers. It is quite true that seduction is the roduct and characteristic of a mean, degra ed, ill- trained age, an age of dwarfed virtues and gigantic vices, where man has little or no chivalry and women has little selfirespect. But, even in such an age, there is a differ- ence to be noted. A man never seduced the woman he really loved. A woman has too often allowed herself to be seduced at the prompting of something which she believed to be love, which was all she ever knew, % perhaps,’.could|know under that name. \ , at once acknowledge that there must be ~0mething wrong with the moral fibre and general training of the woman, who, under any kind of promise, could allow herself to he so treated. But, is the ignorance, the comparative want of womanly delicacy, or of the instinctive self-respecting indignation of a true woman to be taken as a sufficient ’ " ' , ‘A~2~-.:n.- nnnnnr‘rnlfi L0 0| u u an “um-u.-- reason for allowing designing seoundrels to ply with impunity the r unhallowed trade at the expense of impulsive, ill-trained,“ soft," and ignorant‘ girls? We any no. Every one, almost, knows of cases where row, i nor- norant, inexperienced county cases have een brought to Toronto and elsewhere, and abando‘ ed among the lost sisterhood of the city streets in circumstances the most piti- ful that could be imagined, and with n piti- less inuill‘erence on the port of the seduccrs which rendered them well deserving. not merely of imprisonment, but ( f literal cruci- fixion. And, yet the cry is, Let it all pass for fear there might be bleekmniling ! l’shaw, you hnmbuga I By all means raise ‘ the tone of self-respecting womanhood, so that every one, though even the most lieentions one that ever dishonored the like- ness of a. man, may stand almshed and re- buked of n purity in which he has never be- lieved ; hut, at the some time, take care to cast 11 shield of protection over those who can easily be talked over, and whom the poet has well described as persons Whose heart is blinded. A nd feels, and loves. and will not reason. And they are lost, poor things! poor things 2 J nmnln ’I'rulh. 5x733: v-‘md: yet the cry is, L4 for fear there might be t l’slmw, you [tnmhuga l By all nnnnnn Oinn Charlton's 3m and Blackmal 1mg. ASHION NOTES- ‘ocdob 00â€"- will be more worn than 1e of evening corsa'mis low, oval, or square in ills Ul uuv vvvvvvvvvv n'omise, could allow he’rsclf to l. But. is the ignorance, the want of womanly delicacy, or tive self-respecting indignation man to be taken as a sullicicnt. lowing designing scoundrels to unity the r unhallowed trade at oi impulsive, ill-trained,“ soft,” it‘mtla? We any no. lfivcry : much worn by child- Ior drestes 0.10 w- and dark red are amts and m milli- grbgi'J-Ti‘M/l: an Effective Appetizer and 3 Nutrition?! Food â€"Uow it is Gathered and “saved ' In Ireland r-An Industry Giving 0°11- stderublo Employment. The New York Timex, in a recent issue, gives an interesting issue of the uses of the “llou’ei‘s of the tea ” It says that, in he- land. sea-weed as an article of food is not new to the people who du'ell n'oug the coastal In the very best of times they con» sume aeonsiderahle amount of the choicest varieties for medicinal purposes. That which has the greatest popumrity grows luxuriantly upon rocks that are submerged during the high tide. ’l‘he saving process is a very simple one. At low tide the wives and daughters of tishcrmen gather it in baskets and spread it in such a way that it will catch the sun. The ell'eet of this treat- ment changes its greenish color to a dark purple, and it is then stored in bags. 0n the western coast the people call it (lilusl' ‘ and sell it to summer visitors. As an appe‘ tizer it i4 considered very r-ll'eetiVe. It is a common sight at the western watering. placm to see the children munching it during the midday airings on rock and heith. But as the clfect of this kind of lea-weed is to increase rather than allay hunger in those unaccustomed to its use, the natives of the coast line cannot be expected to derive much nourishment from it as n continuous diet. As amatter of fact. they do not. A woman in the County Clare a. few years ago, through the desertion of her husband and her inability to walk to a village a few miles distant, was compelled to subsist L41" Al...) IIIIIUQ \elauuuu’ u“- --... __,, wholly on sea-Weed. Sh‘e ultimately died of starvation, and the stomach was found to be almost full of sea-weed. In the County Donogul, according to the latest cable re- port, the residents of the vicinity of Gweedmore. a little postal village, have been driven by the senutiness of provisions to make the pxincipal meal of the day on seaweed. It. is, therelore, not surprising that every house has one or more of its in. mates on the sick‘list. If the kind of sea- weed which is known in this country as Irish moss and in Ireland as cari‘ogem was more plentiful in Donegal the sutl'erings of . “A nwnn‘ 'l‘lulf. i: IIIUIU PIUIIIIIIIII u- uv..-°__ - the people would not be so Vgrreat. T1131; is really_ capable“ of affording a. much more __ “Ll...“ n‘ ‘Iln “Vt! [Bully Uulldulv v. .- ......... nutritious food than any :tllcr of the five hundred or more varieties. Scores of peasant women live by gathering it from the rocks in summer. They spread it upon the grassy slopes near the ocean until it whitens and hardens in the sun, and then pack and ship it. It is the Irish “mild-cure" bacon â€"too valuable to be kept for home con. sumption. Carrageen is still used by well. toedo Irish families for blanc man ge making. It is first steeped in cold water, then strain- ed and the liquor boiled in milk. When poured into molds, sweetened, and flavored with lemon or vanilla, it. becomes as stiff as corn-starch, and far more palatable. Be- fore its medicinal virtues were proclaimed to the world the peasants of the COhEt had it nearly all to themselves. During late years they have been content with an oc- \ casional meal. If the Earl of Dalhonsic were to read Dr. Dix’s sermon, he would infer that the (liili- Lultv in this country “as not that men married the sister of a deceased Mic, but married the sister of awife still living. Nebnchadnczzar ate grass, my son, be- cause he was living ata college boarding- hou c and had to fill up on something. and grass seemed to combine more nutrition and cheapness than anything else on the bill of fare. . :un- v. An English bishop querulously remarked to his servant that. he was dying. “Well my lord,” said the good follow. “you are going to a. better place." ”John,” replied the prelate with an air of conviction, there’s no place like old Euglam .” , J unu- v w .... A preacher who was not well acquainted wnth the elocutionnry art placed me reflec- tion on the wrong wurd,following theliteral italic in I. Kings xiii, 27, and read: “And spake unto his sons, saying, saddle me the n .I A. --.]-]In.l lu'n: ” fi‘lunv .- ........ ass, and they saddlell him.”â€" Sunday-school teacher: “\Vhat is the first and most important of the sacraments ?" Little 7 year-old female scholar: "Mamage ’ Teacher: “0 no! baptism is the first and most important.” Small girl: “Well, it may be with some folks, but marriage comes first; in our family; we are respectable people, we are.” An inquisitive temperance man: “Where do the wicked men go who drink liquor?” asked a temperance lecturer of a small boy , ,LAAI ”\Vn“ nnmn my: Tclephonic improvements ((0 on npncc. Every lnkcldrmd that. everybody will be able to talk with his friends across the Atlantic before he in much older. 80 hoit. All we. new to those who are thus nbridqing time and actually destroying distance. Alexander ll. Ste hens never married,bu it is reported that t l0 lady he was in 10 with lived :0 regret her mistake. ‘ LEAVEN OF HUMOR. SEA-WEED. ‘.a ‘09.. 00‘ [cannot see.” The pre~ ' sang, “My eyes are 800.” The minister ex- of my infirgpity." (this