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CHAI’I‘ER XV.-“ WHAT IS TO Become of m: 3" Rolex-oft‘n reference to a. countable and “Mt. though rcareely intended to be more than u vague threat, had the effect of clear. in; the air llke aclap of thunder. Jane had never [net her senses, such as she possessed, tad Mrs. Wiggins recovered hers eutficiento fly to apologize to the farmer when he came own to breakfast. “ But that Mumpson’s huvfull heggrevetin’. master, as ye know ole", {arm a-thinkin'. Vud ye Jia tell a. ody vat she is 'are ban ’ow hi’ln to get hon vith ’er. Hi! hi'm to take me borders from 'er hf}! rather go beck to the peer-'93.” ‘1- uv u.-.â€" â€"..--_ For some hours she was a little dazed, but her mind was of too light weight to be long cast down. J one rehearsed Holeroft's words, ~described his manner, and sought with "much insistence to show her mother that she ~must drop her nonsense at once. “ I can see it in his eye," said the girl, “that he won‘t . stand much more. If yer don’t come down “ You are to take your ofdere from me and no one else. All I ask is that you go on quietly with your work and pay no attention to her. You know well enough that I can't have such goings on. I want you to let Jane help you and learn how to do every thing as far as she can. Mrs. Mumpson can do the mending and ironing, I suppose. At any rate, I won’t have any more quarrelling and uproar. I'm a quiet man and intend to have a quiet house. You and J one can get along vet-(y well in the kitchen, and you say you run erstand the dairy work.” “ Veil, hi does, han noo hi’ve got me hor- dere hi'll go right along." Mrs. Mumpeon was like one who had been rudely shaken out of a dream, and she ap- .peared to have sense enough to realize that she couldn’t assume so much at first as she antici ated. She received from Jane 9. cup of on ee, and said, feebly, “ I can partake of no more after the recent tyyingpvents‘.” , my...“ ...â€"-_ he, .and hes yer hands busy and yer tongue :still, We’ll tramp. As to his marrying you, lrbah l he’d jes’ as soon marry Mrs. Wiggins.” - This was awful prose, but Mrs. Mum son was too bewildered and discouraged or a time to dispute it, and the household fell into a. somewhat regular routine. The widow apfieared at her meals with the air of a meek an suffering martyr ; Holcroft was exceed- ingly brief in his replies to her questions and amid no heed to her remarks. After supper and his evening work, he went directly to his room. Every day,‘ however, he secretly chafed, with evenin- creasing discontent, over this tormenting presence in his house. The mending an auch work as she attempted was so wretch- edly performed that it would better have been left undone. She was also recovering "WI! LVIV “l uuuuuu “,7, , her garrulousness, and mistook his tolera- tion and her immunity in the parlor for proof of a growing consideration. .|,,L ____. 1......‘ln ulvnt‘n nnvnr ‘vv- . “ He knows that my hands were never made for such course, menial tasks as that Viggina does,” she thought, as she darned one of his stockings in a. way that would render it almost imposfible for him to put his foot into it again. “ The events of last Monday morning were unfortunate, unfore- seen, unprecedented. I was unprepared for such vulgar, barbarous, unheard of proceed- ingsâ€"taken off my feet, as it were ; but now that he's had time to think it all over he sees that I am not a. common w‘r-‘man like “Vig- VII-GU 1. “III llvv .- y'â€"â€"_ gins,”â€"â€"\1rs. Mumpson Would have sulfered ‘ 'mnch rather than have accorded her enemy l the prefix of Mrs.,~â€"â€"“ who is only fit to be ' among pots and kettles. He leaves me in the parlor as if a refined apartment be-l‘ came me and I became it. Time and my in- .- flnence will‘mellow, soften, elevate, develop, i and at last awaken a desire for my society, 1 then yearnings. My first error was in not' giving myself time to make a proper impres- l s‘ion. He will soon begin to yield like the] exrth without. First it is hard and frosty, ‘ then it is cold and muddy. if I may permit myself so disagreeable an illustration. N ow he is becoming mellow, and soon every word I utter will be like good seed in good ground. How aptly it all fits. I have only to be patient.” She was finally left almost to utter idle- ness, for Jane and Mrs. Wiggins gradually took from the incomfia‘etent hands even in the light tasks whic she had attempted. She made no protest, regarding all as an- other proof that Holeroit was beginning to A n__‘| ”finish..-" ‘1.» A WOLF IN THE FOLD. UVIICI tllvvn ......- -__- recognize her superiority and unlitnessvfor Yield to true female influence anuâ€" memal tasks. She would maintain, however, Holcroft had been rendered speechless at her character as the caretaker and osten- \first by this onslaught, but the reference to 'tatiously inspected every thing; she also uno ened drawers and closets awakened a tried to make as much noise in fastening up and on suspicion. Had she dared to touch "the dwelling at night as if she were larri- y what had belonged to his wier “ What i” ceding a castle. Holcroft would listen he exclaimed sharply, interruptin henthen grimly, well aware that no house had been Twith an expression of disgust an anger, he entered in Oakville during his memory. passed her swiftlyIand went tohis room. A ‘ He had taken an early occasion to say moment later came the stern summons, at the table that he wished no one to “ Jane, come here.” enter his room except Jane, and that he “Now ou’ll see what‘ll come of that would not permit any infringement of this rummagin ,” whimpered Jane. You ain’t rule. Mrs. Mumpson's feelings had been ot no sense at all to go at him so. He’s hurt at first by this order, but she soon sat- l Jes’ goin‘ to put us right out," and she went isfied herself that it had been meant for up stairs as if toexecution. Mrs. W’ggins's benefit and not her own. “ Have 1 failed 2" gasped Mrs. Mumpson, 'She foun , however, that Jane inte reted ,and retreating to the chair, she rocked it literally. “If either of you set not in ‘nervously. that room I’ll tell him," she said flatly. “Jane," said Holcroft, in hot anger, ” my ‘“ I’ve had my orders and I’m a-goin’ to {wife’s thin s have been pulled out of her obey. There’s to be no more rummagin’. ibureau an stufi'ed back again as if they If you‘ll give me the keys I‘ll put things ' were no better than dishcloths. Who did back in order ag’in." it 2” “ Well, I won't give you the keys. I‘m The child now began to cry aloud. the pro )er person to put things in order if l “There. there,” he said, with intense ir- you dii not replace them properly. You ,ritatlon, “ I can‘t trust you either." are just making an excuse to rummage your- “ I hain’tâ€"touchcd ’eniâ€"since you told self. My motive for inspecting is very dii- incâ€"told memnot to do things on the sly,’ ferent from yours." the girl sobbed, brokenly ; but he closed tht “Shouldn‘t wonder if you was sorry door upon her. and did not hear. some day,” the irl had remarked, and so He could have forgiven her almost an; the matter had ( ropped and been forgotten. thing but this. Since she only had bee: annroft solaced himself with the fact permitted to take.care of his room, he no ..,2AL‘J Ll. bl“; uw-vvv. .-.-.- .e- Holcroft minced himself with the fact that Jane and Mrs. Wi gins served his meals regularly and locket after the dairy; with better care than it had received since1 his wife died. “ If I had only those two in the house I could get along first-rate," he thought. "After the three months are up I’ll try to make such an ormu ement. I'd a the mother and send her 0! now, but if Y didH Lemuel Weeks would put her up to --A lawsuit." April days brought the longed-for plough. ing and planting, and the armor Was so lmsy and absorbed in his Work that Mrs. Mum son had less and less place in his thong ta, oven M a thorn in the ilesh. One bright afternoon, however, chaos came again .rlnexpectetllÂ¥. Mrs. Wiggins did not sug. :gest s volati e mature, yet such, alas ! she A. DOMESTIC STORY WITH A MORAL. was. She apparently exhaled and was lost, leaving no trace. The circumstances of her disappearance permit of a very matter-of- fact and not very creditable explanation.‘ On the day in question she prepared an un- usually good dinner. and the farmer had en- joyed it in spite of Mrs. Mumpson’s pre- sence and desultur remarks. The morning had been fine and lie had made progress in his early spring work. Mrs. \ ’iggiins felt that her hour and opportunity ha come. Following him to the door, she said in a low tone and yet with a decisive accent. as if she was claiming a ri ht, “ Master, hi'd thank ye for me two wee s‘ wages." 1 He unsuspectingly and unhesitatingly 1 gave it to her, thinking, “ That's the way with such people. They want to be aid often and be sure of their money. S 6'“ work all the better for having it.” Mrs. Wi gins knew the hour when the stagepassed the house g‘she had made up a .. _ .. A-.. “Arm-u! fin anponn buffdlé without a. very close regard to meum or mum, and was ready to flit. The chance speedily came. ..... .. . I “All _-_.‘... mnn‘r:nfl ‘n thn nnr. I noun} VIIUII‘In The “ caretaker" was rocking, in the ar- 101‘ and would disdain to look, while one had gone out to help plant some eavly pota- toes on a warm hillside. The coast was clear. Seeing the stage coming, the old woman wadd ed down the lane at a. remarkable pace, paid her fare to town, and the Holcroft kitchen knew her no more. That she found the “ friend" she had wished to see on her way out to the farm, and that this friend brought her quickly under Tom \Vatterly’s care again! goes withoui: saying. A_,l Ll... mn‘\:hn 061'“ a ulu, suns u "an"..- ~.. _ , , Ae t e shadows lengthenedfignd the robins became tuneful, Holcroit said. “ You‘ve done well, Jane. Thank you. Now you can go back to the house.” The child soon returned in breathless haste to the field where the farmer was covering the potato pieces she had dropped, and cried, ” Mrs. Wiggins ’a gone.” Like a flush, the woman’s motive in ask- . . u 9 , "1. LA uuu Ul loll "All." 1- .°b-â€"_ _. ’ 0 Like a flash, the women’s motive in ask- ing for her we. es occurred to him, but he started for thefiouse to assure himself of the truth. “ Perhaps she’s in the cellar, he said, rememberin the cider barrel, “orelse she’s out for a. we k." " No, she ain’t,” persisted Jane. “ I’ve looked everywhere and all over the barn, and she ain’t nowhere. Mother hain’t seen her. nuthcr.” I’vl,,£‘_ ..... m llluuulllIAVAJ I. uwuy ~-wJ 777. W hen Mls. Mumpson learned from June of Mrs. \Viggins's disappearance, she was 2thrown into a. state of strong excitement. She felt shut her hour and opportunity might be near also, and she began to rock very ifast. “ What else could he expect of such a female ‘2" she soliloquized. “I’ve no doubt. . but she's taken things, too. He‘ll now learn my value and what it is to have a. caretaker ; who will never desert him." on LI. A ..u.... IIVI lauvuv- . With dreary misgivings, Holcroft remem- bered that he no longer had a. ractical any in the old Enghshwoman, and e felt. that a. new breaking up was coming. He looked wistfully at Jane, and thought, “ I could get along with that child if the mother was ,,,a_ L- . -L..'.l uh” kart: -"uu u..- I'vvv~ -_-,_ Spirits and courage rose with the emer. gency ; her thoughts hurried her along like a. dry leaf caught in a March gale. “ Yes," lshe murmured, “ the time has cmie for me 2 to act, to dare, to show him in his desperate E need and hour of deaertion what might be, ,‘may he, must be. He will nov~ see clearly the difference between these peculiar females { who come and go, and a respectable woman and a mother who can be depended uponâ€"â€" 6 one who will never steal away like a thief in {the night?" u n. , ,,___-L:“~ LLn ‘unnnn gégvgiafi'fiwitb thit child if the mother was away. at that can’t; be ; she'd visit here indefinitqu if .Rme stayed.” ‘ EHA.» 1....“ i l DIIU ll Isllvo She saw Holcroft approaching the house with June; she heard him ascend to Mrs. Wiggins’s room, then return to the kitchen and ejaculate, “ Yes, she’s gone, sure ; enough.” “ Now, art,” murmured the widow, and she rushed towards the farmer with clasped l hands, and cried with emotion, “ Yes, she’s ' : gone ; but I’m not gone. You are not de- serted. Jane will minister to you : I will ,be the caretaker, and our home will be all ’ the happier because that monstrous creature is absent. Dear Mr. Holcroft, don’t be so‘ blind to your own interests and happiness, 'don’t remain undeveloped. Every thing is wrong here if gou would but see it. You {are lonely an desolate. Moth and rust have entered, things in unopened drawers . and closets are mouldin and going to waste. ' Yield to true female in uence a.udâ€"” , i Holcroft had been rendered speechless st - , first by this onslaught, but the reference to D uno cued drawers and closets awakened a I sud en suspicion. Had she dared to touch - y what had belonged to his wier “ What i” l he exclaimed sharply, interruptin henthen l Twith an expression of disgust an anger, he passed her swiftlyflmd went tohis room. A ' moment later came the stern summons, v “ J one, come here.” i l i l I .nI _ ”A- ‘1‘ ‘knt uvn v a“... ,. ‘ “Jane," said Holcroft, in hot anger, ” my ‘wiie’a thin I; have been pulled out of her gburenu an stufl'ed back again as if they 'were no better than dishcloths. Who did it 2” The child now began to cry aloud. . “There. there,” he said, with intense ir- , ritution, ”VI can't trupt you either.” A!) rimmon, " 1 can I was» you mum. “ I hain’tâ€"touched ’emâ€"sinco you told moâ€"-told momnot to do things on the siy,” the girl subbed, brokenly ; but he closed the dogr upox} .lwy, and. did. not hear. _I__.-_L gun- lluv- "In," He could have forgiven her almost any! thing but this. Since she only had been permitted to take care of his room, he na- turally thought that the committed the aaerilcge, and her manner had confirmed this impression. Of course the mother had been present and probably had assisted ; but he had expected nothing better of her. He took t'ie thin u out, kl led and smooth- ed them as carefu ly as he could with his ‘ heavy hands and clumsy fingers. His gentle, Ialmost reverent touch was in strange con- trast with his flushed, angry face and gleam- ) ing eyes. , “ This in the Worst that‘aliappen- ..1 "no ’7 "A unnldnrnl‘ H ‘) annnl “'00k5. Ill VJV". . I II-u --- v-.v .V »_~V , | I ed yet," he muttered. " 0 Lemuel Weeks, it's well you are not. hero now, or we might both have cause to be sorry. It was you who ut these pvying, and for all I know, thiev n3 creatures into my house, and it was as mean a trick on over one man played an- other. ‘You and this precious cousin of very close regard to mean: an A _L-...... yours though t you could briug admit a war- riage; on ut her up to her ridivulous un- tica. uug makes me pick ! 3’18 very thought I)! it all .._-...- II ulunvv .......... “0 mother, what shall I do?" J we cried, rushing into the parlor and :hruwlug her self on the floor, “ he's goin' to put us right out.” qu. “ He can't put me out befnre the three months are up,” ()uuvefld the wi low. “ Yes, he can. We‘ve been A rmnmagin’ where we‘d no biznisstn bu. He's mml enough to d ) any thing ; he jcs' [mks awful ; l m afraid of him.‘_' . . n 1 “r on .u: “ Jane, ' $5M hex mother. plaintive-1y, feel [lgdisppsgdh I think I ll. retire. Ivv. l|.w-â€" â€"V v .V. “ Yea, than/s th-ewuy with you," subbed the child. " You got me into the scrape and now you retire.‘ -â€"- . n .. ‘ an“ uvu 4â€"“ -v---- Mrs. Mumpson’s confidence in herself and ‘ her schemes was terribly shaken. “ I must set very discreetly. I must be alone that I may think over these untoward events. Mr. Holcroft has been so warped by the past female influences of his life that there‘s no counting on his action. He taxes me sore- ly,’ she explained, and then ascended the stairs. “ Oh 1 oh !" moaned the child, as she writhed on the floor, “ Mother ain’t got no sense at all. What is goin' to become of me? I’d rather hang about his barn than go back to cousin Lemuel’s or any other cousin’s." ’ VV “.4..â€" _. Spurred by one he pe, she at last sprung up and wenty to the kitchen. It was already firowing dark, and she lighted the lamp, indled the filé, and began getting supper with breathless energy, “X; Ely-"gs.Ks-06;iodiscover, Holcroft was satisfied that nothing had been taken. In this respect lge was fight. Mrs. Mumpson’s .A.- L-.....II....- In! no Avwrvv. .-â€" .wâ€" -.° v-“ curiosity and covetousness were boundless, but she would not steal. There are few who do not draw the line somewhgge: ‘ ‘ Having tried to put the articles back as they were before, he looked them up, and went hastily down and out, feeling that he must regain his self-control and decide upon his future action at once. “ I will then carry out my purposes in a way that will give. the “’eeks tribe no chance to make Erouble. ” Ul vu way. As he passed the kitchen windows he saw Jane rushing about as if possessed, and he stopped to watch her. It soon became evi- dent that she was trying to get his supper. His heart relented at once in spite of him- self. “ The poor, wronged child l” he mut- tered. “ Why should I be so hard on her for doing what she’s been brought up to do? Well, well, it‘s too bad to send her away, but I can’t help it. I’d lose my own reason if the mother was here much longer, and if I kept Jane, her idiotic mother would stay in spite of me. If she didn’t, there’d be endless talk and lawsuits, too, like enough, about separating parent and child. Jane’s too young and little, anyway, to be here alone and do the work. But I’m sorry for her, I declare I am, and I wish I could do ‘ something to give her a chance in the world. If my wife was only living we‘d take and bring her up, disagreeable and homely as she is; but there’s no use of my trying to do a -y thing alone. I fear, after all, that I shall have to give up the old place and go, ~I don’t know Where. \Vhat is to become l of her ‘3" CHAPTER XVI.â€"â€"â€"MRS. mersox’s thssnunns. Having completed her preparations for supper, J ane stole timidly up to Holcroft‘s room to summon him. Her first rap on his door was scarcely audible, then she ventured to knock louder and finally to call him, but there was no response. Full of vague dread she went be her mother’s room and said, “ He won’t answer me ; he’s so awful mad that I don't knew whet‘he’ll do.” . I! L ‘_ vuuv A. uun v lvuv .. “ I think he has left his apartment," her mother moaned from the bed. “ Why couldn’t yer tell me so before ‘2’: cried Jane. “What yer gone to bed for? If you’d only show some sense and try to do what he brought you her for, like enough he’d keep us yet.” “ My heart’s too crushed, J aneâ€"” “ Oh, bother, bother !" and the child rushed away. She looked into the dark parlor and called, “ Mr. Holcroft!" Then she appeared in the kitchen again, the pic- ture of uncouth distress and erplexity. A moment later she opened the foor and darted towards the barn. ; ” What do you wish, Jane 1’" said Hol- croft, emerging from a shadowy corner and recalling her. “ Sup-â€"â€"-supper’s -â€"-ready,” sobbed the child. He came in and sat down at the table, considerately appearing not to notice her until she had a chance to recover composure. She vigorously used the sleeves of both arms in drying her eyes, then stole in and found 1 a. seat in a dusky corner. ‘ “ Why don’t you come to supper '3” he asked quietly. “ Don’t want any." “ You had better take some up to your mother." “ She oughtn’t to have any.” “ That doesn’t make any difference. 1 want you to take up something to her, and . then come down and eat your supper like a . sensible girl.” n. , ,LL__. BUHBIUIU 6“ u “ I ain't been sensible, nor mother nuther.” “ Do as I an. , Jane." The child obeyed, but she couldn t swallow any thing but a lit- tle coffee.,_ ‘IIU bunt“... Holcroft was in a quandary. He had not the gift of speaking‘ soothing yet meaning- less words, and was too honest to raise false hopes. He was therefore almost as silent and embarrassed as J ane herself. To the girl’s furtive scrutiny, he did not seem hard- ened against her, and she at last ventured, “Say. I didn’t touch them drawers after you told me not to do any thing on the sly.” .. --.. A..- 4: TIL.“ mn this we Ivvnul uuu "unnu- v uv ""J 0' 1 was gettin’ late, and I was frightened and‘ poked ’em back in a. hurry. Mother wanted to rummage ag’in' the other day and wouldn‘t let her ; then she wouldn’t let me have the keys, so I could fix ’em up. “ But the keys were in my pocket, Jane.” “ Mother has a lot of keys. I’ve told you jea’ how it all was." “ Nothln was taken away 2" ” No. {other ain’t ot' aenae,’ but she never takes things. I nut er ’cept when I'm hungry. Never took any thlng here. Say, are you goln' to send us away? ‘ {‘1 her “ I fear I shall have to, Jane. I'm sorry for you, for I believe you would try to do the best you could if given a chance, and I can see on never had a chance." “ No,‘ said the child, blinking hard to keep the tears out of her eyes. “ I ain't had no teachin'. I‘ve 'es‘ kinder growed along with the {arm han s and rough boys. Them than didn’t. hate me teased me. Saar. couldn’t I stay in your barn and sleep :1 the_hay 2’: L- ____..|...,-.! nnl‘ nunh. In” "fly 3 Holcroft was sorely perplexed and ush- ed away his half-eaten supper. He new himself what it was to he friendless and lonely, and his heart softened towards this worse than mother-loss child. “Jane,” he said. kindly, “I’m just as sorry for you as I can be, but you don’t know the difiiculties in the way of what (you 1 wish and Ifear I can't make you no er-i stand them. Indeed, it would not be best to tell you all of them. If I could keep you at all, on should stay in the house, and I’d be kin to you, but it can’t be. I may not stay here myself. My future course is very uncertain. There’s no use of my trying to go on as Ihave. Perhaps some day I can do something for you,. and if I can, I will. I will pay your mother her three months' wages in full in the morning. and then I want you both to get your tlungs into your trunk, and I’ll take you to your cousin Lemuel’s." ‘ 1',___ _.... uvlu uv. n. Driven almost to desperation, Jane nug- gestou the only scheme she could think of. “If you stayed here and I run away and came back, wouldn’t you kee me! 1 work all day and all night jes’ gr the sake of stayin’." “ No, Jane,” said Holoroft, firmly, “you’d make me no end at trouble if you did that. If you’ll be a good girl and learn how to do things, I’ll try to find ou a place among kind people some day w on you’re older and can act for yourself.” “ You‘re afraid ’fi’s here mothered come n-visitia’,” said the girl, keenly. * , - 1,,.nL___J knl£ u-vuuuu, Du uuuuu an" _--..- “ You’le too young to u derstand half the trouble that might follow. My plans are too uncertain for me to tangle myself up. You and your mother must go away at once, so I can do what I must do before it's too late in the season. Here’s acouple of dollars which you can keep for yourself,” and he went up to his room, feeling that he could not witness the child’s distress any longer. “UV "Man's” uuv v-u.“ .. «-_-_ Vv- ,,, He fought hard against desponaency and tried to face the actual condition of his af- fairs. “ I might have known," he thought, “that things would have turned out some- what as they have, with such women in the house, and 1 don’t see much chance of get- ting better ones. I've been so bent on staying and going on as I used to that I’ve just shut my eyes to the facts." He got out an old account heal; and pored over‘it a. long 690’ 151.5 “M“ 0""0 -__ just shut my eyes to the facts." He got out an old account book and pored over it a. long time. The entries therein were blind enough, but at last he concluded, “ It’s plain that I’ve lost money on the dairy ever since my wife died, and the prospects now are worse ‘ than ever. 'lhat Weeks tribe will set the whole town talking against me and it will be just about impossible to get a. decentyoman to come here. I might as well have an auction and sell all the cows but one, at once. After that, if I find I can‘t make out living alone, I'll put the place in better order and sell or rent. I can get my own meals 3 after a. fashion, and old Jonathan Johnson’s wife will do my washing and mending. It’s time it was done better than it has been, for some of my clothes make me look like a. scarecrow. I believe Jonathan will come with his cross dog and stay here too, when I must be away. \Vell, well, it's a hard lot -... I,:I -1!‘ ....A uluuu uu "null. .. v.., .V __., v, for a man ; but I’d be about as bad off, and l a hundred fold more lonely, if I went any- where else. I can only feel my way along and live a day at a time. I’ll learn what can be done and what can’t be. One thing is clear; I can’t go on with this Mrs. Mumpson in the house a. day longer. She makes me creep and crawl all over, and the first thing I know I shall be swearing like a bloody pirate unless I get rid of her. If she wasn’t such a. hopeless idiot I’d let her stay for the * sake of J une, but ' won't pay her good wages i to make my life a burden a. (lay longer," and l with like self -communings he spent the even- } ing until the habit of early drowsiness over- came him. Society Girlm“ Engaged to Mr. De Lovel Dear me ! How doyou young widows manage to step right in amonv us young girls and carry off our nicest beaux 1’” .0. 11 anI L. Ll.-{:.... n‘nnn Young Widowâ€"“ Well, in the first place, if we really like a. man We don't act as if we hated the very sight of him." “ You don’t?” “ No, and if he for eta himself and hep- pens to touch our ham 5, we don't jump as if he were a reptile and look as if we thought he ought to go right off and hang himself. Don‘t you think you had better adopt our plan?" " I guess I'll have to. My plan [is too hard work, anyhow.” Sensation After Amputation. Another curious ease of ap arent sensation in a member of the bed a ter it had been amputated comes from F lorida. George W. Clay’s arm was amputated, put in a box and buried. Soon afterward he began to complain that the fingers of the hurie hand were cramped and that there was sand be- tween them. His physician and his sister had the box dug up and o ned, and found the fingers cramped and t e sand between, just as George had said. They arranged ‘ the arm properly and reburied it. Clay said that while they were gone he felt an awful pain in the amputated arm, and then came a sensation of great relief, and there was no longer the old cramped sensation in the hand. The Emperor William of Germany is the tallest monarch, bein juat six feet. The dofunctKing of Bavar a was the " shortest,” being in debt several million dollars. Reports from the Montana ranges are conflicting, but there seems to be no doubt that the loss has been unusually large. Cat. tle gfovyers in some instances are Inclined ,, A .L;._!__ Aâ€"n ‘nlun E; :dtvnitvéhat {lief worst stories are true, but the are controverted by others who insist tmt all such reporfl anzc cigculatcd suns-1v uuu-w u"... for speculative purpose; The land boomers] deny ever thing and insist that fewer cattle have die( than ever before, but they are confounded bv the very exeg oration of their assumption that a herd o cattle can get through an ordinary Montana winter without much lose. Just compare the (1mm. dlnn ranches with those of Montana before deciding on emigrating to what Americans are glossed to term the sunny side oi the line ut which in reality is the stormy sldo. A Great Secret Ont. ('1'() ma COVTINUEI). Spooner's Copperlne. Perhaps you don’t know what Spooner's Copperine is. Perhaps you think it is a new cure for rheumatism, or a tern rwce drink, or a comforter for teething c ildreu, or a patent alfair for keeping your feet dry, and turning your pods extremities into galvaniobatteriee capable . f melting the gold around {pm store teeth with magnetic cur~ rents. 'ell Spooner's Copperine is nothing ot the kind, is is a purely non fibrous, anti- friotion metal, for use by engineers in littin axle boxes. The great diliiculty in all machinery is to has ) the axles from hestiu . Brass, bronze, an babbit metal are used, but all have more or less friction which en- ‘ genders heat, and if there is one thin in ‘ this life that sinuses an engineer it is a ot box. It is not necessary tobe an engineer to be acquainted with the pe -nlair merits of a hot box, but there is nothinghwill make an engineer so fully appreciate t e beauties of a humble, lowly Christian spirit as to have an axle everlastingly tearing itself topieces, in ared hot assion of fury. Now Copper- ine is a meta patented by Mr. Spooner, of Port Hope, which cannot by any means be induced to a glow of warmth. Its cold. ness would give the chills tocharity. To till a box with it, is like a visit from your wife’s most estimable mama, the axle has to hustle for all it is worth to keep from freezing. This metal is now being put up in handsome- ly stenciled wooden packages suitable for counter display, and no hardware store claiming to rank above a tin pot concern can be without a stock. The Georgian Bay Consolidated Lumber Co., the Rathbnn 00., the Wm. Hamilton and Peter Hamilton 00’s., of l’eterboro’, and others without number, speak of Copperine in the highest terms. In fact engineers from Quebec to New Westminster yearn for Copperine, and Mr. Spooner is rapidly developing abusi- ness of large proportions. For heavy jour- ‘ nal bearings, crank pins, stem: boats, saw mills, roller grist mills, planing mills, and in all good machine work, Copperine can ’ be strongl recommended. The metal can be shippe from Toronto, Montreal, Win- nipeg, and from the patentee, Mr Spooner, ’ Port Hope.-â€"Bobcaygeon Independent. Luv Lu.- . â€"â€"., _v___,,, Railway have undertaken to construct 750 miles of new line this season. This will carry the road into Fort Benton, Great Falls and Helena, Montana. opening one of the finest sections of the Territory. The headquarters of theuconstruclfion depart- llvu\l\l “w- --- _ ment have been established at the new town of Minot, Dakota, which grew so rapidly last season. Minot is situated at the second crossing of the Mouse River, 118 miles west from Devil’s Lake and 527 from St. Paul. The extensions to he made this season by the railway company will give employment to upwards of five thousand men and three thousand teams, with their drivers. This will afford excellent opportunities for settlers going into North Dakota, after making their selection of location and doing their spring work, to obtain employment whilst the crop ‘ is maturing. The mistake the fat woman makes is going too heavily into draperies and “ wing‘like” wraps. LOOK TO YOUR FLOORS. For destroying ticks and vermin on sheer, cattle and horses, Leicestcrshire Tick and Vermin )estroy~ er is well worth the price, yea, double the price. It was first used in England with wonderlul success, and has now been introduced into Canada, and is sold at 30 and 60 cents a box -, one small box is sumcient to treat ‘20 sheep. It is used as a wash. Full direcfions accompanv each box. Sold by druwgists. G. C. BRIGGS . Sass, llmnilton, Out, and C. M. Bmaas a 8110., Buflalo, N. Y. Agents. Some young med-wear White ottoman silk vests fastens with gold or silver buttons. Whenever your Statuseh or Bowels get out 0! or- der, causing Biliousnces Dyspepsia, or Indigestion, and their attendant evils, ta re at once a dose of Dr. Carson’s Stomach Bitters. Best lemily medicine. All Drugglsts, 60 cents. Many upper crust families Would like to hire French maids who are deaf and dumb. Heart Disease. The symptoms of which are ” Faint spells, ‘Burple lips. numbness, l itation, 2:? 1 eats, hot flashes, rush of b 00 to the h , dull pain in the heart with beats, strong, ra- pid and irregular. The second heart beat quicker than the first, pain about the breast hone, .c.” Can be cured “in army of the The St. Paul, Minngapolfia and Manitota ; REA vu u.-. vv. wuu, WU. uwr first stages.” Send 60 m stamp is for fixfiph- let and full 9.1'ticulara. Address . V. LUBON, 47 ‘\ ellington St. East, Toronto, LUBON, 47 \Vellington St. East, Toronto, Canada. . A good many rich Americans do not re- ceive their military titles until they reach Europe. align-fl), Catarrhal Deamess and Hay Fever. Suflerere are not generelly ewere that theee dieeeeee ere eontegioue, or that they ere due to the preeenoe 0! living parasites in the lining membrane of the noee end euetechlen tubee. Microscopic research however, he: roved thie to be 3 feet, and the reeuit ie the: n eimp e remedy he been lonnuieted whereby oat-uh, oeterrhnl deemeee end hey (ever ere cured in tram one to three eimpie e piieetione made It home. A pemphlet explaining in new treatment in lent tree on recei t o! etempb A. H. Dixoanoanmng Street eet Toronto. ede. The tendency in novel writing nowadays is to introduce the supernatural in large is to introduce the supernatural In large doses. People who ere eubjeoe to bed breeth, ton! cooled tongue, or my disorder of the momech. an u once be relieved by using Dr. Cemn’e staunch Bitters. the old end tried remedy. Ask your Druggm Tm: Mreaosmrs as A Tsar or Msraw.â€"- Dr. P. H. Dudley recently described to the American Institute of Mining Engineers two cast-iron car-wheels which a chemical exami- nation had shown to he almost precisely the same in composition, but one of which was good, while the other was nearly worthless, or its pur ose. From this, it appears that the valueo articles of iron and steel is large- ly dependent on other conditions than that of mere chemical composition. Mr. F. L. Garrison has found the microscope a very useful test for determining the ualities of metals through the revelations w ich it af- ‘iords of the arrangement of their particles and their structure. It is curious how many ways are fallen upon to combine fun, and sometimes very questionable fun, with some things more or less remote] connected with church life and work. Ere decent religious people of Edinburgh have lately been scandalized by a mock trial for “ breach of promise,” hav- ing been got up among the young people in some Congregational l iutual Improvement Society, and actually gone through with at least in one instance in a church or lecture room. The ' had the whole paraphernalia of a trial,â€"-}udge, jury, lawyers, plaintiff, defendant, and all the rest of it. Auythin in worse taste could not well he thought 0 . x Yet have we on this side of the Water not i sometimes as questionable church exhibi- tions as even that!