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U'OB'V“' [wonder what will bring him into a stnrv of repentance quickestâ€"reproaches? It would be very infra dig. to speak to him Kym-Mics? I don‘t know the way, and he hates them. Faint away? He would. nut. knew when I began unlvss I ~ 3 sex-nos of horribk) faces; and he ight consider them purely vicious. and 1}};th notice Tears? Tho Yeti? thing. that m, touching, nonfumpmmmng tears, onh' 1 gay moan :mythlng or nn‘thmg. If gem}; neoutd get thvm up. there r: the-rub; \ Mv Wafer came may to ma at any Mme. ‘ ‘ 'en-s m‘i“ “w? not; and, thongh I scrub Eu. '0: r..7.',,“°‘°33nd- cheeks mto a man - vvvvvvvvvvv ".7 again. It- is full u minute before I take another pm’p and discover that ho 13,30 all appeurmu-v. following my oxamglo, and courting slumberâ€"or pretending t n I had no idea Paul was so snlky! 'He looks very handsome with his head lying back upon the cushion, and I am just thinking so. when he opens his eyes and looks at mo, as I hmtily shut mme. After all it is very like a game of bo-peep, and if it goes on much longer I shall burst out laughing, which would be dreadful, for how could I dictate terms of surrender in the midst of breathless giggles? _ , . r" “‘""J The newspaper hangs from his hands; he is staring into the fire rather wearily; suddcnly he looks full at me. but, as my one open optic is mom suggestive ofmirth- tul winking than pcnitcncu,he looks away nauen Y. :.7. A-“ ,, , slu't‘ly standing still, fox-lam sun: that it is hours that :9qu and I have been sitting apart, with this leaden silence bo- twaen us. X was very rude to him just now, and when he held out hishand to me and said. “Noll. did you mean what you said just now:" why did I not jump 011% o! my chair and say “No. no, no" insteM of «mun-ring. “ Yes, certainly!” raked mg.- was 1 than. another onfiand could haw. wept {or shame when {ti-truck his newspaper, and than {on beside file first; for be number spoke nor moved, not looked at me. I always thonghtmen remained on their knees until they married. I know a good ; many at them hop up pretty quickly after- ward. for, the cold plunge of matrimony onceruikon. they have an awkward knack of remembering Byron‘s words: ” Love In of man’s life a thing apart ’Tis woman’s whole existence. ” though I never heard before of a lover be- having: as Paul is doing. How the m i mugs dragâ€"the ugly,empty, dull minutes! The hands of the clock are sun-Ry standing still. furl am sure that it is hum-s that :Pnul and I have been sitting apart, with this leader: silence be- twu-n us. 5 was \‘orv rude m him in" VVV-‘,-‘.u.uuu Mam had little «lisxmtes 45-!“ that. amd t'uthor; he has been ' :37. pmvoking, but we have never ’. quarreled till today. ‘ certainly wry rude; but what ’ ms had new mkG up a ngwsmlpqr- 1 mm! it right. bvfnru me, after 1 bad all! what I did? I lost my t-ompor thenâ€"- aways an (any matter with hie-mam} ' "nuns alnng with it‘ and tin-aw - 0“" ‘ look?! PP and . _._- I-u“ Au)» alnng with n‘ and threw a thin k at him. 'and it just shdve‘grma ry, they 32“ "9d h?!""‘.»Paul and A. B. chroy d M. Allen, 6â€"], Mixed Double Wood defeated ‘ C. Allen, fig?” m v 6 - l .1 Doublcsd'fa‘? "If you please,” says Simpkins the ubi- quitous, “hem! dinner is waiting!” ‘ ‘ Hush !’ his month. now. ” _- .- <‘-“J “Why did you pfiwokv me so, ho asks. quiokly: “have you : whatyit wax that, you said?” “It I hum come out of thoordonl well, sir, so haw not you! A more pig-head- ed, self-xvi led. obstinate person I never met and how you could bring yourself to behave in such a. way to a ludyw” uu'L4 ‘1 v “Did you not?" he asks, pinching check; “I know bum-r!” “My plucky littlo girl !” ho cries; “after all she has not disappointed me. Do you know, child, that I had made up my mind just now that. with all our love for each other, we should noverhlt it off if you were too proud to own yourself in the wrong?" “Only I did not; pic]: them upnt'torall,” I say, shyly. “How do you know I ever inmndml to?" ,n «.v un‘. .uuv. And I stoop (lowri to gather up those nasty, nasty little volumes: but Paul snngchos me in his arms. “Paul,” Isay,wistfully, “won’t you lot me off. dear? I'll never throw any more at you big or little, never!” He turns and looks at me. “I misunderstand you, child," he says; “I thought you would have done it; but never mind. ” “And so I will," I say, heartily. “I would pick up a whole library full rather than you should look at me like that.” A_A: v side. ,,,,, _.- -mwuyu ugunwu. “That is not the way, Nell," he says; and is it fancy. or is there a kecn dissap- pointment in his voice? I lower the book to the ground and consider for a .ittlo while, then I jump up and kneel by his fih‘n “Paul,” I say. 1h 3 very small voice, Paul, hero in is!” He turns quickly. but, on seeing the fashion in which my offering is‘mdo, he resents himself. me 10th of I); f Nolli'i‘he Bays, Nelk’me looks into m’y-eyea 'with o vexed an s ngz pain in his own, “could you not give up your wll- for once to please me?" For a little space I look at him; then I slip out of his arms and sit down on the hearth-rug. There the books lie. nasty little toads! How I hate the man that wrote, the printer that printed, and the person that brought them here! I turn them over with the point of my shoe, and takea covert look at Paul; his head is turned away, thank Heaven! or I could never pick them up, never. A thought strikes me; and I smile to myself as I scramble up into a choir. and lift up one of the volumes between my two feet and hold it toward him. “ If I hm'u me more. take counél wllhlmysclf. Clearly in is, not. to be~managed by dignitymnd I dori’t‘ mean to gh‘e in. Nevertheless, I have no. mind :43 sit here mum-chance till we turn? may fossils.“ I will try maxing. and: if that will bring h1m>to a proper hum: of mind; I steal nu armsmu’nd his.neck ‘ and hold up my fiouth ho’be ki'saed, but he does not bring his face _a jot nearer to mine; and, for the first time in my life. my ofiered cuess is repressed. I! he had ”upped me he not!!! not have astonished “ "me Bg‘n wait. ” ‘Wu " Only smut for my dinner, '3? “ g'w ereis a‘mtle pause, durin hioh I lock intc' red hot hen-t. of the fire alfi tab. \ nnm‘l __n|_ _ A #W n; (say. putting my hand over “At any rate. I will kiss you Nondlcr and W HA RVEST. CHAPTER I. Troy and Miss ml Mrs. W. ‘ ‘ hzwq _ Ayou forgétzén than?" .._._ fl; ever-came bqu. ” I TRBALBR RELA. ‘oflyou 1nnls‘hezn- the ‘ H] DERI‘UL Exp}; ,é'ummfifi; 2%“: "n ~39? quite” plainly: Tum puJ'od! mung still, “He my... be my Pb!!! my more, never an new on see ltâ€"thp_ dream V" I uhuc m DEEP visa “Pretty cool that, ”says George; “but a jealous woman will say anything. And so you have put. yourself into this stale, Nell, because of a few spiteful words?" “No, it was the dream. It; was '0 real â€"so vividâ€"" “As mlne have often been,” says be “when I dreamed I was falling down a :‘ ‘ Cognfgmlbiy indefinite, ” he says, cheer- fully. " but you have not told me why you think she is so ill-inclined toward Vasher.” " “Because he would not fall in love with her again,” I sny,smiling; “and I heard her vow that she would be revenged. Then, at Luttrel, when she thought he cared Tur‘me. she told me that I should neverbe his wlfioâ€"«no woman should be but her- self.” !' “No,"VI say, ‘élbwly; “a woman can't makes man marry herâ€"can she? It is not that; as I told you before, I do not know what it. is I fetus" “N ." I say, thoughtfully, “I can't pic- ture him doing that; but I always had a ’vaguv, intangible feeling that. she would do him a. mischief, and that dream con- ‘irmod and stronghcncd the belief I can- t say positively what it is I dread, but something bad." “And you are really so silly, Nell, as to suppose for a moment. that he will marry her?" says George, smiling. ‘.n‘v n - “And that is what- has made you so fearful?" he asks. “Nell, Nell, it is not like you to believe ‘ln suoh follyâ€"you al- ways were such a sensible little thing." His cheerful, robust philosophy heal-tens mo. Dom he not know more about every- thing than Ido? But oh! he does not know the whole story. “I know Vasher was engaged to Miss Fleming once," he goes on, “but it is sheer folly to suppose that, loving you as he does, he can ever come under her influence again. Why, Noun-e you afraid he will flirt, wlth her!” rosonvith a. umrriago-ring upon her finger; though we tried to grope around her, we could not find each other, for between us she stood smilinmalwnys smilingâ€"and in calling madly upon him I awoke.” .m- -._.. my-.. nwyv“ in my wins for joy. And he come near- ur and nearer with his dark glad face, and we wore but. a. band’s-breadth apart, when there came between us a, woman, fair as a rye, and Paul coming quickly across it to moot mo. and I seemed to know that the picture of 1.1m wedding had been a hideous dream and that now I was awake, and the fmnilinr trysting-pluco looked so natur- al and fzuniliur. that all my misery fell from me llku a veil. and the blood leaped in -».-- .- 1â€" , 1‘ “I thought I was in a church crowded with people. Among them I saw the faces of mother, and Jack. and Alice, and you and Dolly, and many others that I knew. Before the altarâ€"rails Were standinga man and woman; the marriage service was be~ ing read, and he was putting a marriage- ring upon the woman’s finger. Both of the figures seemed familiar to me, but something seemed to hold me back and prevent my seeing distinctly. No one heeded me, although I was standing at the foot of the altar steps. When the service was over the two turned and descended the steps; and as they stood face to face with me, the cloud lifted, and I saw Silvia Fleming in her marriage-robe of white, and her marriage-ring of gold, and on her beautiful face as she looked at me was that slow, faint dawning smile that I knew so wellâ€"I turned my eyes away from her to look at the bridegroom, and there, with a t crriblc face of shame and horror. stood Paul Vasher. ‘Nell!’ he cried, and held out his arms to me; and though I knew he was that woman's hus- band.I strove to get to him as madly as he was striving to get to me. but we could not reach each other. Then church and crowd. and bride and bridegroom, faded away. and in their place I saw the field of “I will toll you my dream first,” I say, slowlyâ€"“hunt her afterward: “But h -w can she do you .I’nischio'fl” mks Gmrgn. if you and Vnsher thoroughly undursmnd each other?” “A wmnnfi, " I say, dreaming; “her words sounded empty enough to mo once â€"thoy haw- “ different. meaning to-dny. " “It was xi fancy,” he says, decidedly. “Who could possibly come between ' you? Who has thv power to do it?" “Do you know." I my, in a whisper, “that when he was saying good-by to me, I seemed to son as emu-1y as the daylight that. we wvrn saying good-by toench other, not for :1 little while, but forever? It was a second sight. " «I cry, holding up‘ mv mind; “surely that was his stepâ€"listen. " But no sound comes to us,and, though I run to $80 bend‘ or the meadow an; look around there is no one m be seen: all is blank, _md‘ \bm'o, and chin. “ It is too cold for you here, "says George . “come away Mae, Full!” And 119 puté my hand under his arm and takes me‘ away. ‘ . 5‘11: sounded just like his step," I say over and over again; ”could he have come back?" Ecome’mt. ’1‘ 56% :it Is on‘y for a lit. .1 le. m15, and mgfâ€"fi om}: a rve sthesglepf any: Without House. " “KIA can win nnk p.“ ’v dowh Lgly. his we iher 7' ‘7 And ivou VAT-efilr'éhlly ”so silly, Nell, as to 'supposo for a moment that, he will marry her?" says George, smiling. ”No,” I say, slowly; “a. woman can’t make a man marry herâ€"can she? It is not that; as I told you before, I do not know what it is I fear.” €17}?th 0001 that, "says George; “but a leonqwoman will 81‘? anything. And 8!! yo‘uihave pmyourself into this state, , VLJSébaus‘q d1! 1'an spiteflzl words?” , *' 7635““ he would not {all in love with “883111,"! say,smilin$? “and I heard liar vow that she Would be revenged. £11911, 3:; Luttrel, when she thought he cared r 1- me, she told me that I should never be ma wife V no woman should be but her- hlf‘." _. _ ”Na; ” I say, thoughtfully, “I can ’t pic- ture him doing: that; but I always had .1 “gap, intangible feeling that; she would no him It mischief, and that. dr’eam con- rnmd and stronghcncd the belief. I can- ot. say positively what it is I dread, but 3 is something bad." I"‘Cmnfortably lndefln‘. to, " he says, cheer- fully; “ but you have not told me why you mm: she is so ill- inclined toward Waller.” “And that, is what has made you so fearful?" he asks. “Nell, Noll. iHs not like you to believe in such follyâ€"you al- ways worv such 11 snnFJhlo little thing.” His ('hocrfn], robust philosophy heartens me. Does he not. know more about every- thing than Itlt)? But‘uh! he does not. know the whole story. “I know Vasher was engaged to Miss Fleming: once." he goes on. “but it is shmr folly to suppose that, loving you as he does, ho (rm . m victor her influerw again. Why, Nel],are you afraid ho will flirt with her?" “I thought I \‘as in a church crowded with people. Among them I saw the far-es of mother, and .laek, and Alice, and you and Dolly, and many others that I knew Before the altar~rails Were. standinga man and woman: the marriage service was he 1m;r read, and he was putting a marriage- ring upon the woman's linger. Both of the figures seemed familiar to me. but something seemed to hold me back and prevent my seeing distinctly. No one heeded fine. although I was standingat the foot of the altar steps. When the 5 Win; was over the tWo turned and descended the stops: and as they stood face to 1' co with me. the cloud lifted, and 1 saw Silvia Fleming in her marriage-robe of white, and her marriage-ring of gold, and on her beautiful face as she looked at me \ 'as that slow, faint dawning smile that I knew so wellâ€"I turned my eyes away from her to look at the bridegroom. and there, with a t errible face of shame, and horror, stood Paul \‘asher. ‘Noll !' he cried. and held out'his arms to me: and though I knew he was that woman‘s hus- band.I strove. to get to hlm as madly as he was striving to get to me, but we could not read] each other. Then ehuzch and crowd, and bride and bridegroom, faded away. and in their place I saw the field of rye. and Paul coming quickly across it to meet me, and I seemed to know that the picture of the wedding had been a hideous dream and that now Iwas awake, and the familiar trysting-plaee looked so natur- al and familiar, that all my misery fell from me. like a veil. and the blood leaped in my veins for joy. And he came near- er and nearer with his dark glad face. and we were but a hand‘s-hrozulth apart, when there canw between us a woman, fair as a rose,with a marriage-ring upon her finger; though we tried to grow around her, we could not find each other, for between us she stood snlillnmaiways smilingâ€"and in calling madly upon him I awoke." v' I an m. ”w l .7 Boron medream. Itwas 0,1twasx “ Bur 1) MW (an she do you mischit‘f'. " nskshmrgv. il VI nund Vnshvr thorounhly undors! md vat-h min-r?” “I will toll mu my dro nu first, ” I 5.1V, slmxlyâ€"ulmut hur- nftorwnrd: “ It- wns :I fum" " hu says decidedly. ““110 could pnssihly «mm hct-weun you? \\ ho hns Hm pmvm‘ to do it?" ”A Woman," I say dro' uning; “lwr wards sounded umptv vnnugh to mo Ullt'l‘ â€"th( \' have u (lit‘l‘vr_«;ht. moaning tn- (luv. u" that we \W'l‘l‘ saying: gum] by lnvach nthm‘. not for a little while, but fnrm'er? It. was a svmml sight. " “ It is too cold for you here, ”says George; “come away homo, N011!” And he puts my hand under his arm and takes me away. was his stepâ€"listen. ” But no sound comes to us,and,though I run to the bend of the meadow and look nronud there is no one to be seen; all is blank, and bare, and chill. “ He will never come back, ” I say,stand~ ing still. “Do ym not hear the fairies and spirits whispering itâ€"“He will never re- turn to you, never, never! That is what they are saying quite plainly; and 1â€"0 God i” I cry, standing still, “He will never be my Paul any more, never any more. I can see itâ€"the dream i" I shudder from head to foot. and stagger. George holds me for a moment, then I shake the blindness from my eyes, the inssitude from my limbs, zmd break away from him. “Hark" I cry. holding up my hand; “surely that “Ho will come. back,” says George, soothingly; ’ it is only for a. little while. Can’t- you live these few days without him, Noll?" “I am going. He is gone,” I say, look- ing up into my uomlmnion’s (two with a chilly smile, “and I think my heart is broken.” : “You are ill!" be exclnlms; “had you not better go homo at once?" 130,31»: wux nun (“1:1 would hr: the good?" Ker -r “Yes, you will go." I say, Rent}; W klés me once, Paul, and then you av‘e often been,” says he I was falling down a tance. " I iziz‘my letter d'oi'n inside my desk 3d-hy,-" and go‘gut into the garden, for Lam going to putty: atiny nosogny: he will like it, I 'n's hflung ‘knoyfi I can fqnoy how 9 lover ages 3 i589- Taken altogether. curtain dressing ls not, lmrd work; and may well be done at home in the nmJOPHy of households, as what is most n-quirvd is patience suffi- cient to socun- careful manipulation. It is cormin, also. that curtains carefully trentod 11,9103“:ng and getting up have 1- ‘vmmmy vv-"v‘l‘ increased; indeed, . ., sod through past ten years .ud, but they ‘ ..... “um um «uncles SHOW slowly dried in the open air, and rinsed, and it the marks are mine: the treatment should be repeated, bly several times, but in the a: mildew wlil b-ourmvn o‘cd. A ppm-om Whit-h Does Not anuru- the Mont ' Delicate Fabric. To removo iron mold or rust from any white cotton, linen, or other vege- tahic iihor, tho following process is the host. its it does not injure the fabric: The spots are stretched over an earthen plutoand moistened salts of lemon um than strewn over the marks and rubbed in with a bone or wooden spatula until the stain is removed, afterwards thoroughly rinsing in warm wotor to romovo iho acid. Nearly all stains and dyos will be discharged by oxalic acid; therefore, :zircful usage is necessary. Salts of lcxnon,sults of sorrel, oxalic acid, cm, is a very dangerous poison, and should be used with due caution. Mildew is nmovcd by first brushing Off any loose IlllluU\\'. Then a little com- mon salt should be rubbed in, nftorvards liberally sprinqud with powdered chalk, and thoroughly moistened with clean cold “'3‘"- After thin the articles should be Slowlv m4...) 1, u, , A I’I‘om‘m “’hit'h “ B'nnnas. " “ Ynu don't. mean to tell me you all yuur mum-y fur bananas?" “ Yes. sir. " “Good hmwns, child; why did throw away all your money on hnn: Surely you did non-m all you hnughc lhm- $2.? “Nu. sir. I (loss lmughtod o'm unfin- I did mtvd twn 0‘ 'mn. ‘ in I haul 1‘ fun akinnln' Ihno’ohcrsu trowin‘ ’9' dogs.” rent A Hump was originally only a travel- ler, but in the curl): Midaih- Ages most of sht- scunum-ing was dom- for some good (rinse, and the mun who scunipervd was in vii-tin- of that fact adjudged to be a pvrsnn of bad chumcu-r. “'lu-rv tlw Mom-y “’t-nt. He was a very “[110 followfliut: as bright as u dullnr. proity us a Cupid, with mum of u regard fur personal appearance than the god nf love, and lived in the suburbs. He had been saving uphispcnnh-smickels and dinn-s with the understanding that on his birthday hu should be permitted to go tn tnwn :md spt-hd his money just us he might. see lit. The day mum and with his aunt, he visited thi- city and spt-nt the en- tirvday away from homo. When he re- turned in them-hing his futhcrusked him if he had vnjuyed himself. His num-hulunt reply was: “ch. sir." “Did yuu spend all your money ?" was asked suggirsl ivoly. “Yes. sir." “What did you buy?" ouorind th. m.‘ “ ’ut l Inm- nut hour! from him yet ” I suv, wistful“ “\uu dun t think any- thing: has hm pom-d m hixil, nurse dour?" ’(1‘() HF (IIDNI‘INUEII) um“ .Iunnrllu'h nnglru nzu‘u "HSSBG, Dull not. tho one from Rome. though indeed it is unlikely that oithor should ho mis- lald,for when lottorsnmpostod safely they usually come safe to hand unless indeed thoymntuiu postagosmmps. to tempt; un- virtuous [nstmon to thvir ruin. “That's tho first smile l’vo seen on your fncv for u wook. Miss Noll,” said nurse; “do it, again, (it-uric. for it; makes my heart. noho to look at. you !“ “I was thinking how I would tease Mr. Vusher when his comes hack,” I say, look- ingut lmr; “he isquito sure to come back. is ho not, nurse?" “Quite sure, Miss Nell. Never was a. gonth-umn who set more stow by a young lady than he do hyyon." .u». u; lu(u iu'r. To become a speedy swimmer is.h0w- ever.» more difficult. This. as well as long-distance swimming. requires con- §iderable muscular oli'ort and good stay- ing powers. One of the great mistakes macro by persons when they first begin to practise for Spt‘QJl is in trustihg to their arms for the principal impetus. Any professional swimmer will tell you that this is wrong: that you shoullde- f)0l11l upon the stmng muscles of the tags to shoot you forward. The muscles of the chest are hound to become wear- ied if they are depended on for all the work. Capt. VVehb. who swam across the‘ English Channel from Dover to Calais. l CHAPTER II. Paul will have been gonu a. week to- morrow, and I have not had a. single lot. tor tmm him, or tidings of any kind, good or had. I know now that; my presenti- monts were true ones. and that all is not we]! with him. if I could only think him careless or noglm-tful, or busy, or that. the ivttvrs have mismrricd, I should not cure; it is this deadly conviction of evil things that makes my hmri so full of fair. Is he (10ml? He said he would write, and ho nuvar broke his word yo! : he knows how ougPrIy I must, be looking {or his lvtters day by day, and he always imtud to dilap- point mo of tho smullvst thing. The letter from Mursoiilvs miglfi, have missed, but not the one from Rome, though indeed it is unlikely that oithor should ho mis- laid,l‘or when lottorszm‘poswd safely they usually mum safe to hand unless indeed ihoymntuin pnstngovsmmps. to tempt un- virtunus Inslmon to their ruin. “Coma quick, tn-mormw!" Isny, look- ing out. at tho blurred window-pane at the driving sleet and min, “and bring me a letter from you know whom.” Entering the schoolmom I meet Jane, the under housemaid,coming outâ€"a pale, unhealthy, evil-looking young woman, whom I have heartily disliked ever since she came to us,two monthsago, on Milly’s rcmnmendation. I tie my flowers together with a scarlet thread, I lay them with my ‘ letter with a foolish,. foolish pantomime, and then look about for sealing-wax and seal. The former is here but the latter I cannot find. Perhaps mother has taken it. So I seal my letter with a trumpery little bee-hive aii‘air, instead of my own large one, with “Neil" cut out on it in, old- English letters. I should like to go and post it myself, but the rain is coming down in torrents and Slmpkins (who looks as if he knew what was in my letter quite as well as I do myself) is waiting to ‘ put it in the posthumfor it is going by the morning post, not the evening. So with a sigh I hand it over to him,and wish that I had not. been in such a hurry to write it; for what am I to do with myself the rest of this long, dull, empty day? - xvunu LU BUUWU W, UUU on ”U I. 065111,le ,1 many a. smile and pause between: and what I say to him I shall not tell you, {or that is a secret; betWeen Punt 3:1de It is not a very long letter! saucy and loving, ‘ with none of my doubts m it. They are are ~’ slll_y enough spoken: they wouldy look more ridiculous on paper. Y‘____' I LL,_ ,.- evenyQiiloeosm, the lingering oaiévfith whlgh 'she‘ lays them down go: theilut ‘ time. upon thegwritten love wo'rdiâ€"they must be like spiritual tokens of her pros-1' once“ ‘ they would be to moitPaul sent - me a :but men do not- often think of those thingsfioost of all hnjwho is so strong and proucimnd manlyâ€"something to hold on by and look up to. No, I do not think he has enough sentiment in him for that. After Mi, 1 gut but- a sorry hunchâ€"a {ow honey-sweet violetsm spray or two of smur- lot geranium. a bit of into-flowering mignonettu, one or two brightly-tinted iuuvcsmnd that is all. TO REMOVE IRON fausr leaning in évery flowarâ€"the'girl’a topping over them, the slander fingers :3 them together, the kiss givenmo buy?" queried the pn- mu; wny did you nmmy (m bananas? I“ you bought with 11 air, and than no notqremox'ed repeated, posai- in the end the I hu-ul'l‘its o’ difl' 'em at; spent Among tfie great buvbears in L110 sport is the cramp whim is likely to aleze the best of swimmers. , Every «my should know, however. thaLHN‘I‘U L“ positively not the sli htest dpng-m- from an attack Q‘ vamp {the swxmmcr does not lose 11' head. It can frequently be relieved change of position. by a vigorous oke or two with the limbs inflected, y rubbing. It 1; a good thing for a. boy to dm 0 a fast stfoke, though not quite so portaant a. matter as that of acquix good staying powers. Among t e great hugbeam :n ‘ , 7 ....... \nVAl'CL‘tlul". Swimming contests are bcvor more p0 ulnr everv year and some markab e records aVe heen made lagt few seasons. .. “a“ The {1(3th “0m the arms il‘ the “hand Crnr hu'vll'l. ’ One hand is lifted out of tho \vr‘irr exposing: tho «mire arm and shoulder. and swung; through the air foiwvards as far as the reach will permit. [It is than dro )ped into the water vdgewise and the othvr arm thrown out in the sumo Eushiou. A knowledge of the stroke it. valuable in swimming short dism'nvos to reach a. drowning mrson. It requires great musculure ort and can not be main- tained long. Another fast stroke which requires less exertion conSists in swim- ming on the side and taking but one arm out of the water. This may be re- lieved by turning over on the other side, or by using the common broad stroke. Among the famous swims on recor is that of Capt. Webb’s, mentiono above. and his second one of {our milos in tho Thumes’ river. accomplished in 9:51. Gus Suntlstrom. instructorat the) New York Athletic Club .qvum thirteen milosfrom Maromb's (In in to the Butter '. New York A ugust.1895.in 3:37. The best record ever made by a mum!) is that of Annes Bocknith. who swam twenty mileé in the Thames river, J ul_\'. 1878. Swimming contests are humming more popular every yeazr and some re- m (I1I‘rn L A .M-A..J - combine these two methods into a powerful stroke which consists in straightening out the log with a pecu- lizw‘ flip. the scissor action being: com- bined with the downward or opening stroke of tho legs. \ The {2(3th “0m the arms il‘ the “hand Crm‘ Jizi‘llvi. ’ One hand is lifted nnlr n! 9].” .....1 . . .... ‘ y u , x, unucauu £1910:- OO. contended that the best speed was to be had h ' fnoving Hm legs scissor fash- ion. WM 0 others haw; trusted entirely to the resistance offc-red by the soles of the feet to the water for the propelling force. Fast swimmers now-a-days fend upon the stmng ihuscles of the eggs to shoot you forward. The muscles of the chest are bound to become wear- ied if they are depended on for all the work. (1) RACING ; (2) FLOATING ; (3) REVOLVING; (4) PROI’ELHNG; (5) 'rurzAnixu WATER. intended here to outline the various mmhods of learning to swim. Detailed dwcri tions aw in such cases almost worth oss. The boy who really desires to learn can do so either at a. natutorium or by watching a swimmer and picking it up himsvll’. After two or three at~ tempts, either by (- 'uwling off a shelv- ing shore until his hands can not reach the bottom. when he is bound to take a stroko or two, or possibly by placing under his chest .1 board or plank he will i have made some headway. and proficiâ€" encv is only a matter of practice. ‘4 7"» l _____ (1) RACING 7 i '. Bnlutor Swlingnlnn .‘ 3:111 ”and August smiths mm" ’fi; ‘ ' or Swimming. and 130 SP who iwightp . ome-ex enenoed an deve- _10Ԥ7 ‘7" speed in t is the most'delight- fu of‘all'pustimes. ‘as frequentl as is consistent with the laws of heafth. Comparativelyfew persons who swim are proficient enough to reach a drown- ing person and tow him to safety or support him until assistance arrives. This is due to the fact that the parti- cular muscles which swimming; calls into play have become flaccid through want of exercise and consequently giVe out at the critical moment. Every person can learn to swimmven crip )llfh’ and deformed persons. Sulf- con idence only is required. It is not Anq We new It wm be ro'u‘na-pr cones-u lnuuat to Thain-11. “with. any! Amun- mg Road lynxâ€"'OImou. pxporlmenu Ind I8~ chUMN ls PEOIALLY FOR HAND OVER HANDA ,nougn not quite so inf- ;er as that of .acquiriug towers. great pugbgars in the _THE SUMMER GIRL. ’3 3N D GIRLS dance at the Iks‘gnwhole a ten times a 'other’s neck E‘lfi“ ' ears in the is “likely to ... 01'. EMS. ~ . waist. Vdancixii." ‘lth a silk hats out the hotel $113!; you Pagmam u m gs. the L‘_10p _ , M- “a.“ N do, am} to understand our duties fully and exactly. But merely knowing will not lead sodomé. For what is uueded is the pmxnlmtho hours, a sincere desire to fulfil u _ , a sense of dissatisfaction with wrong ind neglect, and :\ fecllng that only doing well" will nmke us satisfied with ourselves andgjyeuspeaceof mind.” -â€"Rov. Oscar J. Cohen. It “ Religion must not be confused or mix- “L‘Odrwith supvrstitionJmt should consist of ‘gfizsihlo and positive. convictions, whivh MW! :1 mlisfuclory explanation of our lilo. ' satiny and dutymnd which furnish asufo suck-worthy guide to conduct. But this ls not sufficient. Thur is smnothlng else needed that is equally important. if not more so. On the altar of the heart should glow the perpetual fire of true devotion and earnest piety. More belief is not of much value. Thought is cold, and incap- able 0! lnsplrlng, therefore cannot exert much active influence. The mainsprlng of zactlon is feeling and sentiment! Of course it is; first of all, essential to know what we ought to know, what we oughtto .L. “a: ‘A D. L. Mow‘f is making an effort to 19‘“- :1 thll‘ in the hunk of (-m'h of the 50.“0)L‘l‘ixnin.tl§ in rhu country. Mr. Marty is onwrgodo. and he generally su'ccccds in what he unaiertakes. Evil Use ofl'lxonographs. A friend of puriiy warns against the wandering phnnngrilpl. operator who has cylindvrs containing: ubsconv stories and songs, which are. ground out in to tho ours ufuur buy whonovvusinn for such mrrupb- ing entertainment 1s (.m‘ro". Some mouths Iunk like peaches and cream, my! some Iiko a hole chnppod mm a brick wall to admit a new door or win~ dow. Th0 mouth is .‘l hotbed of math- achcs. tho Imnglmle of nmtnry. and a baby'svrmvniug glory. IL is pmriorism's fountain head and Ihv tool chm-t for pie. Without- ir, the pm!” Man Would be :I wan- derer 0n the face or Hw carth. and the cor- netist would g0 down In an unhonored mm. It is the gram-"s fricnd,t11eorator’s pride. and tho dvflfixl'n hope. The. Chicago ])1~p 11111 says: “If \cw York drop. lu-r firs1 ~\ llzlblo and bm Unlvs 5. simply York. 11 11v slmuld not Chicago drop two syllablm and hommc ‘Go'? ‘ 01' else drop the salm- number of syllables and become “1111c." The. pronucintion will gravitate toward its appropriate de- scription in tune. The difl‘orcnce bowtoun a statesman and a mere politician. my son. consists in the fact that. whereas 11w statesman under- stands the art of d -<- ‘ ix ing without lying. the politician lies withuut deceiving. It- is not our ('ushvm to criticise natum, but wv haw- no ht‘s‘ilunl'y in saying that 5110 M) down whvu she didn’t grow hundh-s on waromm-luns. A Wit-him man drowned himself lw- cuusv his wife scolded him. It. may he necessary for the new woman to errm'u her husband, but. she should do it gently and kindly. ”.. skirt that is divided against itself cannot stand."us u wag n-marked when the “new Woman ‘ tank a full. Yesterday's 0an told us that cholera has :uupmrud at Bra-st. We had supposed this was :I smmuvh Iruuhlc‘. Wn do nu! <pnak in disparaging tones when wv say that a \vnmxwm‘a Wars Manners bailoosnjm‘mx An ethtrit‘ian has f‘Xlll'l'SSt‘d his belief that tell-phnning to tln- moon is within this lmundsnf possibility. lie argues that thn etln-r which hinds thi- planets tnzutht-r with an iron hand is. u hila firm and solid. inlinitnly elastic. an idc-al medium for the t 'ansmissinn of vim-at inns. The vibrations which cunstitutu light come to us from the sun in night ll)llilliAԤ.tl‘a\'eillng at the ratv of £202.00!) ntilvs a second. It is pos- sible [u prmiucv \ViIW'S moving at this gn- ornmus \‘elnoity ivy (-lwtrical means. A pulsatiun of (-lt-(‘lrit'lly (-auscs an ether wavv. and in thv il'il‘lfllono the movement uf‘inlinitoly small wares prnuiimes spat-ch. 'l‘lw wan-s phallic-ed hy (,‘tht'l' disturbance >lil‘t'uti out into space. radiating further and l'urtlwr in gigantiv ('ll‘l'lt‘n‘ until swal- lmvmi up in its innnvnsit)‘. like ripples on lht‘ (It‘t‘llll. If an in >11 mass hr in the vicin- ‘ ity (-f those pulsatiuns it will give out; a bun. or hum. as shown in the pas age of a l'llX'I‘OllK thruugh some systomsuf strut lighting apparatus for the transformation of high to law prt-ss‘ui‘t‘. The- moon un- doubtedly contains its proprotionatl: amount of iron. and therefore the theory is advanced that if m- can send electrical pulsations tn thy m - vn. We can make things htun on its mam-d surface. Such an t-xpvriment Wuuld invnlve, “the use of a gigantic (mil. mounted vertically, 'With its axis in line with the moun." The pro- jot'tur ml the S('llt'lll(' adds: “If lives exist- upnn the lunar .surram». if the murmur from ”)0 earth lu- ht-ard, they will listen with sadness: thry will tool that utti-r de- spair that- lvrunks no consolation and strotchcs out its arms in vain." It is to be hoped they Would not take on in that 'ay: it would ho poor thanks to the man who built the gigantic coil. The two Women patients that he oper- ated upon last week are both doing Well. In one case :1 large tumor was removed; the other was :1 still more difficult and delicate case, Whm lifting out, the tumor, Dr. Cooke found that he had twenty-four forceps holding wins and armries. H8 tit-d blood Vt-sst-ls and rt-moved the forceps. Ho takr-s up and ties sovered arteries in difl‘u-ult 031508 more rapidly than any other clear-seeing surgeon. He has no idea of tho appearance of the moon and planets and stars. nor of the sun; and night and day are all the some to him, exvopt the stillnvss of the night (1005 not escape his attention He is a hard Working and un- flagging student. Ho hm u typowriterfiu whom hl- (livtatt-s. His wife writes medi- cal prescriptions in Latin. Before Dr. Cooke was 21 years of age he was employed by a large tobacco house to Select the raw tobacco for him. He never failed in gutting the best quality and the most; desirable colorâ€"all by the touch. From this source he earned over $3,000. which paid his expenses at; a university in ’l‘t-nnesscc, whom he stood at the head of his class. From the Tennessee univer- sity he entered a medical school, Whem he was to the fort: all through the class. He has taken special studies in five other in- stitutions, a put-L of them in Europe. 50 to retain all that this remarkable man has accmnpllshetl in the higher classics and professional studies of the colleges, requir- cdu large and firmly knit brain, persever- ance and self-reliance to an unusual de- grve. - JV vw. Dr. (Janka went among Bufl‘alo Bill’- Imlinns the other day, and ’designated Hu-ir character by their voices. spoken in Um Indian dialect. He has three diplo- mas from coilem‘s of this and foreign coun- tries, and four cvrtiflmtms of commenda- tion from institutions where he has taken spuviul cuursusof study. He went through e'cmirsE of study under the famous Weir Mitchelr] um Sentiment In Religion. To Tolvplmnc- to tho Moon. Nu-wumprr “'51!st m m.- mmn is within sihilily. lie arglws that inds Un- planms tugutho-r L1 is. u hilu firm and solid. 1m idc-ul medium for the VERY‘I‘HING FOR THE PRINTEB-~ ’l‘yw-. I’m-uses. Inks. Ready-Print Newspu 1 1. rs. Stern-otypv Manet-J3m- h’IIiIIg. Vagraving‘. TORONTO TYPE flown»! 1'. Toronto and wuupeg. "nu-\u un- nu "(you I'l‘llI'l'a TOROV'IO TYPE FOUNDRY. ‘3 necond- hanrd.’ W hauled ’iin‘oFoJéixli- gogd flunk-r.” Adam“ r - -- ‘ â€" 1 0"0" NGINIC 8' BOILER. 3 home power. lu-cond- hanl‘L lllnrnno‘hlv 1‘"--- W" to spend a winter is to auead the Nonhem Bué on! Coll . . Owen Sound. On. All who would 15:» munin if: duould prepare for ix. Send I'cr Arm-.1: “acumen-cnw-‘Icq C A. FLum' -. 3'--:.( Lad. Lea m nuv pound load nackagw at 35C pox-1b. I will ship l<I 1h. to one ad- dress and prepay froixht. If ordorml with other gnods will ship any quantity you Wish. \Vx‘ite for price list. and buy your supplies at wholes» Drif‘os. A. H. (‘A“"‘ " ‘. “'1: roocr. I can supply you with Salada C vylnn Tea. in (1114' pump} lead package: at age “MAL vhru ' , . . , huu-VUVBEH. loronl‘o.0nt Canadca Greatest Commercial Svhool; advan- tages hen: In the Dominion; studexm mistvd 1-. “done every week. MOderau- rams. \\'rvte or cmloguc Shaw Elliott. Prim-im‘s. T. N. If 'nr.Yot'ngo and Gerri: rd Sweets. ‘n_-.l- _ from us. “'e supplv {our grades, suit» able for all classes of machinery. Every- thing in above lines at Manufactunn‘ First Cost. Prices. Oak Tanned . Leather Belting Belting Shafting Dpulleys Hangers ‘Catarrh 0“ n3. HUNT’S IN BOXES 25 Cents at 1.11 dmggim. 01 by mail on receipt of price. Add!“ THE MILLER EMULSION ('0‘. Kingston. Ont. Gold in the Head TORONTO TYPE FOUNDRY. 44 Bay street. Toron‘o. Upon a rerem visit to Gloversville, N. Y., the Presbyterian Review says Colonel [um-rm“ ossnym! to lecture against the Biblv. Fiftm-n prayer meetings were held on the vvoning ho was there, and he biled to got an audit-n00. “God blesses you that 'on may be I. blessing to others. Then e blesses you a, second time in being a blessing to others. It is the talent that is used that multiplies. Receiving. unless one gives in turn. makes one full and proud and selfish. Give out the best of your life in the Master’s name for the good of others. Lend a hand to every one who needs. Be ready to serve at any cost those who require your service. Seek to he a blessing to every one who comes for but a moment under your in- fluence. This if to be angel-like. It is to be God-like. It is to be Christ-like. We are in this world to be useful. God wants to pass His gifts and blessings through us to others. \Vhen we tail as _His”messengers. we fail of our miss- ion. v.‘ _, -Fw--v_ ' fony. People in fiehéral do not realize 10w disastrous the bicycle has been to the market for these kind of horses.” my busm' ess more than unflufi else is the bicycle. This diminis ed euse of a. better class of horses, a class not affected materiall ' by the substitution of electricity for muses on street rail- ways. The bicycle takes the plaoeof the gentleman’s riding horse. of the lady's riding horse. of buggy and car- riage llgrses‘ and of the youngster’s ing the demand. is largely res ible for the decline in the prices 0 horses. That is true as to a certain kind of horse- flesh1 bu; not the bes! kind. What affects “It 1:: a. common idea.” says’am- nati horse dealer. “that the charge of motive power for street cars and the gonsqqugnt disl_1.~;e_ ofi horsesmhus redne- YOU NEVER “MISS FIRE” WITH E. B. EDDY’S MATGHES H0 MATTER HOW DAMP THE WEATHER. IT IS INVARIABLY CT’RED IN FIVE MINUTE. Order your Suppl!“ of “ STRI? iE A LIGHT ” “ Salada.” And 119 matches wasted. ADACH‘E Blessed to be a Blessing. l0'0 MATGHES l00 LIGHTS MAGIC SNUFF AND Lowest Prices For Cash. A Week. by using 'l"_0_ron_ I0. 0 n t 1n No. 26 s archway : and sm- kl. hour " 'ket. sayP a. the chugg of