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ILLS, " Ex, IEE SIDE Kl Gravel warrant). It at is heart wilful It o he rt val vom- "t “I on " I?” I ted and de- nt h the Da- ltr.. ill " rn "For my part. I cannot understand what you n” we in that Colonel Carving- ton to tuke tt fancy tot He bu nothing to any fur himself. Ind he is IS proud At length Carrington. to Sir Frederick Infinite relief, rose to lave. Some talk ensued of a proposed expedition to a castle and some awe-s at a distance, and them at! Ma. Fame appeared to think that hiorton was going too, he felt obliged to retire. Then Mrs. Fane grev silent, but Ibo was an mlmimblc listener, and Carrin - tion was unusually moved to lpnk. 'lt, was not smoothly fluent like Morton; but there was force and earneItneu in his abrupt. unstudied sentences that had I charm of their own for the rather Tailed and somewhat blame woman of t e world to whom they were 'addressed. my: ALI. ”new“: MU. AND a,” . A' fd " 'fist) o4Mr94r4r4Mr4MMMrt'y4Mirtt4My4Mr6 "Nod eatriry to my nature. I (on: hCtyuwtrfd, gluing. .4 - 7 A "You hug; comm; to your mrture, own a selfish man,' interrupted Mn. F123. playfully. - - “Isohtion tends to fate. selfishneu, " least. I have been a good deal in may". lonely stations. tUtd-----" "They have the credit. of unlelfishneu. , Inppole it in some accident of consti- mu." Cmington was silent for a moment, and then said: gm“? o4roiuiicjiciriuiiij, "And you thought of thatt So much eoPydtrttity..t is surely are _irt a mam" “In it? Have womén much more lul- -ifiatu- than men t" "Yes; I had a lot of dogs nbout me than. in India. One was a week] friend; I brought him home with me. He would have died of grief if I had left him behind." N unppooo to genitive people, sorrow in more wrrowiul and joy more joyful than to ordinary men and women. I do not think I an: peculiarly sensitive; my life has been tranquil enough." But I quick, half-suppressed sigh belied her words. "You are fond of dogs, Colonel Carftrnrtoet" " did not mean It, and I would rather believe you do feel." "Why? To came my suffering?” "God knows. not Must you antler be- cause you feel?” - "That in In folltovwnyr oft-yin. I do not feel " al ." "I an fond of tter, unduly; but why do you think Bot' “Man you put your heart into It, or neem to do so. and for the plenum you bestow, looming tttttffieets." “I suppose it is 3 great pleasure to you to ling?" said Carrington, rather abrupt- ly, And looking at Mn. Fans in the pecu- liar, numbing, bomb" wny that “In” impressed her so much. "The little Beauty I: mine," cried Mrs. Barley, "and used to be a good, obedient little ttog-my one possetmt'orr--trut Mrs. Inc has bewitched Midge, and now he in no a iled that he cares for no one else. SK: quite ruins him-even gets up at unearthly hours to take him out be, fore tmsaktaat." Here Mm. Pam’s cour- ier brought in some letters, and Mrs. Barley soon become absorbed in hon. Though Morton Mole may Martian one” towardl Carrington and h hoe. ttt good breeding forbade him to break In upon their virtual toteurtoto--artd BO ho kept himself usefully emoloyed, " he Imagined, by getting up I flirtatim, with His Ora-low, rather to that young ladr's utonishment. “This hr a little beauty,” ton. lifting it and taking It he stroked the little cram: ed quite happy on his knee ,7-.. v-_“-’ Chill“ That wreu-h of n husband of hers, I don't know what he deserve-l You ttit,') hear Funk Boyley'n account of " No newer. Corrington, his eye- fix. ed on the ground, his brows “only knit into n frown, prompted no don t by righteous wnth, wn pulling his long moustache; After waiting in vain for 3 reply, Mn. Bayley reeornmetteed. "Do you think of linking my stay hero?” . W "W"'""".- I. III ml" "Be loam to have been communion- tive," Inld Currington, with n tinge of contempt. "To me, yes. You see we had n sort of profession-l lutilucy. After I lost my poor husband, having no ties, I turn- ed hospital mane, and we.» nble in that way to do n little good. I we: fortu. nntely in the lune hotel with Mn. Pane, when the had that frightful “tack ot Roman 'eyerr-through which I nursed her-about two an Mo. We have stuck to each other our line. Poor dear.' Her life bu been annallw "mm "Yon, in the Indinn .erviee. Did on "tNet,,' , u not him," n Iii t frown con- Wtiq his brow. gh “Yon; he in a very clever fellow," laid In. Hayley, picking up a tstiteh with lunch dexterity and continuing the can. reunion in an Imperative kind of whis- gr, I. Min Onalow began to play . uni! nocturne. "A very clever fel. low. a in not going back to India; he In going to practice at Huddersfield. Ah, will queer experience. ho hu Udt" an. "as--- A . - 7___ no. I‘ll I looking at hi? with 'EY' 9 doctor? (U" Size gained a pound a day in weight. "Frrute Buggy,» -L:__ - - . _ Cupid 'rriii"jii"i"ai'iciii"i She took Scott’s EmuIJion. A New Orleans woman was thin. Because she did not extract sufficient nourishment from her food. little beauty," laid Mug. F -_A A_|_:_,, '- . _ U and taking itririaii,Tiiit, Per. Ho Deemed lost in non, us though he did not enly rose and crossed to le wu sitting in her fav. The chair beside her wu arougtt Which I nursed I Jun Mo. We have 0 " ever lines. Poor bu been cruelly spoilt. I husband of hem, I at he deserves: You mk Bayley’n tMteount of P" repeated Carrington, ' ith ulna] attention. I lcrguturo, -who in Mrs. Fanch, maid found her mistress nmrly (“'1'le when she came to call her. 'ilu, was immediately dispatched to find Midge. "I will take him for a m on the sands.” said Mrs. Pane. "Don't let Mrs. Hayley wait breakfast, though I'm pret- ty sure to be back before sho appear-3' it was dplieiottsiy invigorating as Mrs. Fame dam-natal the low range of land- lgllH, covered with coarse grass, which svparnte the links from the beach. A hr: schallmy; loitering about. or wad. ing: with joyous cries into the advancing tide. were the only living creatures to re seen: and Mrs. Pane. with a keen .wlNe of oninyment. walked rrukir on. Midge barking and gambling before her in wild delight. "Come along. Midge." she cried to the The next morning was fine and fresh. The blue waters of the bay glistened in the sunshine, crisped by a light breeze into rippling lite, and dashing on the beach in xhort, quick waves, full of youthful vigor. sure." _ " -N'e'r VI IV‘V' I am sure. There.' why should I trouble my head about him? "Yes, Mr leoric in very nice to Mrs. Hayley. Why is he trying to persuade Violet Onslow that he is in love with her? I hope she will not listen to him. He would not make a good husband to n can " I.-- _:__._ -h, _ ""e_e' .- hum. urn-wand no a girl of her simple character. Why, in is half-put eleven! If the morning is fine I will have a stroll on the sanda, and frame quite a new set of resolutions for my future conduct and pursuit; I am too 'telf-indulgent-too fond of uh. "'"'""i"Wwr9. W - most overtpnd troublesome admiration land that he phonld seek her with pene- l verance, carefully masked as it was, did not surprise or move her. But why was it that his watchful eyes only ex: pressed scrutiny, not untinged with du. approbation or distrust? Why should he, a stranger, approach her preeoneeiv. ed prejudices, certainly not in her fivort Some one m,ust have spoken hut her, but who? She- would try 1lr'll','ll out. Tho h she had often been imprudent, she halt? never knowingly hurt Any one, or deserved tatmity. Perhaps, after 'ul, it was only Colonel "arringion's way of looking at people and things. He would probably smile and look pleasant oltener if he knew how much better he looked. Certainly when silent and tho htful he looked rugged and stern enough, I won. der how old he ist Thirty-eight or forty, I am sure. There! why should I trouble mc hm"! a}m..4. LL..- most Though Mrs. Fume soon dismissed her maid, and put out the lights, she did noth to bed. Shout longinan ex. tremely easy chair, musing vaguely, first, with a. slight smile, on Mrs. Iter's ia. dependence, snd remembering not in any liuiGii spirit, but with a certain sense for humor, that during the years in which she had given a salary of a. han. dred pounds to a lady for whom she had a sincere regard, her general expenses were considerably less than during the Hayley regime. This was merely a pass- ing thought. The young grass widow was truly liberal; but whether from in. dolence, or some reluctance of the heart to avail itself of its comrade intellect's shrewdness, she was often taken in with her eyes open. Thin, in a way, she saw through the lively, impulsive Mm. Bay. ley, sud recognized that her indepenil. i once was a, sham. Nevertheless, she im- 1 agined her sincere in her shamming, that she herself believed in her own assump- tions. Her depreciation of Colonel Cur- rington did that gentleman no injury in Mrs. Fune’s estimation; in fact, it did not recur to her mind. Yet she thought a. good deal of him. He puzzled her. She had been used to admiration-to the most. nunot -----I "- __h' to laugh. I dare say you think me an exacting old women; but . Hull’- eon. duct to a person in the position he imag- ines I hold, is a very good test. lie, fancies, I dare say, that you pay me." ; 'No doubt he think. I ought, Nor do t I see why you should deeline." I "No, no; I will never accept A salary. 'Freedom and independence is my motto, and e uality is the soul of friendship. Why gnould you pay me for what in I pleasure to me to give t" "Well, no you please; and no good. night. My head aches a little; I shall benglud to be in darkness." l "My dear Mrs. Pane, I did not deserve that little sting. You know well that it Nature had not made you a perfect gentlewoman, no amount of filthy lucre, not even the pressure of my miserable po\erty, would have induced me to throw in my lot with you. I could not endure tho bore of being with an ill-bred or a purse-proud person; but you know my independence." " do, Mrs. Hayley, and I am much trruitied by your flattering opinion; but really I had no intention of stinging! "I forgive you," said Mrs. Bayley, laughing) "but I reiterate my opinion that Colonel Carrington u not thorough. bred, or he would not treat me with such scant ceremony. Oh, don't be afraid -"- -_r__. It‘s L'U uunclrut [I'UUI Sir Frederic, who rally has birth nnd position!" cried Mm. Barley, as tsoon' " she found herself alone with Mrs. Fane. "I rather suspect he is a nobody; he is remarkably reticent about his family, which is not usual if there is anything to boast of." N Mrs. Fane smiled. "I could never im. agine Colonel Carrington boasting; and pray rernvmlrer I have more sympathy his“): ,nobodles than you can possibly ve.' {Ind stiff as maid found her mistress I when she came to can immediately dispatched to car} be! So different from 'ly less than during the This was merely a pass- nie young grass widow vl; but whether from in. e reluctance of the heart sf its comrade intellect'a was often taken in with Thus, in a way, she saw sly, impulsive Mm. Bar ;’All "...a L_, . . . Fane, I did not deserve You know well that at made you a perfect amount of filthy lucre, i pursuits. I fond of p)... 9 !fi.\;I’ expedition to visit an old cutle, which, with the adjoining fishing village 3nd l mm..- vain-s. worn nun of the few excur- milzn points available for visitors, " St. :'t'uthberts. ; The Preliminaries were soon settled, ':vn'l ten o'elock the nu". day but one I fixml upon as the hour of departure. ; "There is a tolerable mm in at ICraitstoun." said the ex-professor, "and 3! will write to the landlord to have, luncheon nrovidwl." V "I haw got a. footing," he muttered to hivn,celt as he turned back to the lwucll. "and it will gain.” it I do not make it a foothold.” As the luncheon party included Sir Frmls-ric, Miss Onalow and Dr. Methvins inwidm Colonel Carringtcn. Mrs. Pane l _rr'i: tho nm-nrhmity " organising an ever. Then his guardians fell into pleasant discursive talk on many subjects, Car- rington's somewhat sombre views call- ing dorth much bright and playful con- tradiction from his companion, whose keen, picturesque observations roused him to think before he replied. She was frank and thoroughly at ease, holding her own with infinite good breeding, and curbing her latent enthusiasm with graceful tact, yet through all her bright- ness sounded the echo of a minor chord, a subtle breath of resignation that sug- gested some loss, some bruised place in her full harmonious being. Carrington listened and looked with all his soul, and thought that never had an hour passed so swiftly. “I shall report your gallant rescue," said MN. Fane, as she parted with him l when they reached the road. "Pray mom in to luncheon and let Mrs. Bayley thank you in person." "I shall be most happy," returned thr. rivWort, as he stood aside to let her I'as". _ "True; I must be of some mre," he said, gravely, ramming his place beside her. "Suppose you let Master Midge run; he seems anxious to get down." For a few minutes Mrs. Pane was oc- cupied in observing that the little dog limped slightly and seemed stiff; but gradually these symptoms disappeared, and he run about as inquisit'iFely " . ,,_‘. CC.' .munua, """H"'"t0 you must sea-d Midge and myself past the cruol monsterU haunt." He auscd. "1 dl not menu any hint," she said, coloring slightly. "If you care to walk with me to the wreek," and she pointed to it, “guy do; besides," laughing, "you mug). - -a 1.5),, . .- - . . ' li V " mum “Fray do, er." “I can uhderstand the charm your solitary rumbles must posse“, and"-- raising his 1iat---"will intrude no long- A_ " “I fear I am not very methodical. Sometimes I am very late-sometimes I am guilty of reading in bed.' I an quite sure the absence of a. controlling necer sity is a terrible want. The great in. centive to these early walks is that I can be free and alone; " other times I hardly belong to myself. Here I an at my own disposal.” Colonel Carrington smiled, keeping his eyes fixed on hers. "I don't fancy I tun worse than other professing Chris. tians of my sort! But you are very ac- tive for a fine Judy, Mrs. Pane. Do you slwnys get up at six or seven and walk before breakfast?" "Why?" very gravely meeting It woth I. look, half sad, half resentful. “Ah! that is puzzling," she exclaimed. “It is so hard to account for these vague, yet vivid impressions, which are none the less irresistible because they Are perhaps illogical. There is something in your eyes. in the way you carry your head, that makes me feel that you would not etoily forgive. I fear I am imper- tinent!" “Perhaps you do not forget or forgive readily. I fancy there is a binge of im. placability about you," she returned, looking up in his face with a sweet, arch smile and glance from her speaking brown eyes. 7 i‘Huppy endures,” "rikiG"ti'iCiG. Pane. "What a wonderful balm there in in forttettu1ttess'" "I appote. there is," said Carrington, walking on beside her. "Yea. The brute hadn't time to hurt him. He will soon forget all about it. Injuries do not rankkiin ttdotr'spterrt." "Quiet. Poor little thing. You are safe now. I am so very much obliged to you. How lucky that you should have been here! Do you always walk before breakfast?” "Not often. Let me carry him, Mrs. Pane.” "Thank you, I don't think he likes to leave me. m will go down and tun soon. Are you sure he is not much hurt?" Midge was all trembling and palpitat- ing, and trying to express his thanks by frantic attempts to lick her face and hands. "Oh, Colonel Carrington! You came just in time. Poor little Midge! It would have been all over with him in an~ other monemt. What tt savage, ill-nat- ured brutet" cried Mrs. Fame, taking the little animal from him. She -had left the bags behind, mid seemed the only person moving on the wide stretch of dry, firm sand; but be. fore she had gone many paces further, a large, fiereo-loking, ill-conditioned dog, of no particular bree 1. came trotting out ' oi one of the hollows between the grassy ihillocks, and mused a moment, with an l ominous growl, to “etch the' pert, busy little Pomeranian, who was scamp'eriug i hither and thither, and barking aggress- Eively. To him ran Midge, full of inno. ( cent pleasure, and with the most friend. Ily intentions. But the low-bred ruflian returned his advances with a surly lsnarl, and then, urged by some inexpli- cable doggish antagonism, pounced with in growling bark on the unofi'ending lit- i ’tle creature. A scuffle, a cloud of sandl torn up in the conflict, despairing yelp: I from Midge, loud growls from his foe terrified Mrs. Pane, but she was too gen- l ouslybrave to let her poor little pro-I tags- be destroyed. Armed only with her sunshade she ran to his succor. More potent aid. however, was " hand. A tall man, in a dark !bhootirntrdresur, rush, ed up from behind her. In a twinkling the mongrel assailant was seized by the back of the neck, shaken violently till he released his little victim, and then hurl. ed to I distance, whence he fled, howling I and discomfited. " don't mini the much bust. His neel that's all." The wreck was the remain vessel halt buried in the which its skeleton ril.a protl ghastly fashion. cog; "we shall get as far as the wrcck And back before your mistress is out of her room'." dotry. “we Atll get as j, " think the poor little fellow in uat. His neck has had a squeeze, lll." Colonel Carrington! You came At-, -. __ - he rennin; of an old in the sand. from ril.as protruthd in a "I find . Everybody has his troubles, even the editor of a newspaper. A reporter was sent out lately to get the news of a. party. The hostess would not tell the re- porter about it, saying she preferred to have her friend Miss So-snd-So write the piece. This wag on Tuesday. The Signal went to press Wednesday night and Miss Sound-So brought the story in Thursday morning, after the papers were all in [ the-post-office. Later in the day the host. ess called at the Signal office and abus- ed the editor like a piekpocket for not printing an account of her party. If the hostess had allowed the reporter to handle the story her party would hove been taken rare of promptly and prop- erly, for the reporter is on to her job, while Miss So-and-So can’t write for sour npples. We strive to please. but trying; to please everybody is war, and you‘ know Sherman's definition of war.--The Bolton Signsl. l When one vermin Gau use]: paying another woman's car fare an the other women lets her she never forgets it. ONT am out both the cats, " And then goes up in our spate room sn’ does some acrobntn; The winders are left up all night, an' l in the mornin' gosh! I have ter crack the ice up in the pitcher when I wash. An' mother, too, she’s just a; bad, she walks from two till four And then comes back an' pulls at lame. thin' hangin' on the door, And then she takes a big long breath-- it's one o' her best trieks-.. And doesn't breath till she has counted up ter ninety-six. We live on malted nhevin’s and shredded door-mats, too, 1 An' I can’t use my ttppetite--it's jult I" good as new. i An' so I'm goin' to Grandma's house, where I can sleep and stuff, Till mother gets her lungs filled up an' pa gets air ernuff. Father's got the fresh air craze and mother’s got it, too, And I don't know if I an atm’ this bloomin' winter through; We haven't a furnace fire, ’uuse father says as where A fire is unhealthy, so We warm with his hot air. He gets up early ev'ry morn' trn' this to let me know the moment the gnu] is in town. Meantime, I must make all the play I can here; if I could but see my way. That woman maddens me." (To be foettimted.t WW“ 5-...-.” m... m... Fane. “Probably I am, I am coming to the end of everything. I had a warning from {Jehpson that Mosenthal, the brute who molds nearly all my paper, is determined ‘to smash me; and " the first breath of legal proceedings, the whole fabric of my fortunes, of my present chances, will crumble to dust like the skeleton. at Pompeii when exposed to light and air." m threw himself on a sofa. a: he spoke, his good-looking face completer chug ed by an angry ecowl, and the sleepy blue eyes, which many a maid and mat. ron considered irresistible, lit up with baleful fire. "This is bad, very bad," returned Mrs. Bayley. "What are you going to dot You hnve some time before you. No step; can be taken till Michaelmas." "I must see Mosenthal. He is out of town disporting himself like his betterl. I trust and hope to have some positive proof to give him of an _ttytietytanding with Mrs. Fane. I rather think he would prefer getting hia money without . row and an expose. I have' told Jepheon On I.” n... 1.--... n._ ---, . .. __ "Well, you will see about the ponies, and we can arrange details afterwards,” said Mrs. Fane. and the party rose from We. table, dispersing soon afterwards. Mrs. Hayley declared her intention of finishing a novel in which she was deep. ly interested, and Mrs. Fave said she must return the visits of some old lad. ivti---friends, of Dr. Methvinu-. who had thought it necessary to call upon her. Left alone, Mrs. Hayley found her novel and settled herself in the sitting. room, but she was not wean-ed by her book. She laid it down at intervals, and ’went to the window, which commanded the approach to the hotel on one side; she looked at the clock, she compared it with her own watch. She took a note from her pocket and read it over, tear- ing it carefully into little bits. and plac- ing the scraps in the wast-paper basket. At length the door opened, and Morton came in. He walked to the window, kicking a chair out of his way as hot went. After a glance through the open l sash he turned, muttering 'something-. not a blessing. “What is the matter? You see Into be i in a tantrum," said Mn. Bayley. P,TI voice sounded harder, commoner than it did when she talked genially with Mrs. l Ir, i "I tun}: I’ll get old Morton to let me hav/his wife's.jwnieu to drive you'over. ,Mu. lune. she has been away al the I summer. and the little brute: are eating 'their heads off." f "How many will the carriage hold?” ptr:) Mrs. Fans. , "Four, I tkink." . l "T he "you can take Mrs. Hayley, Vio- Pt and myaelf,” said Mrs. Pane. "And leave Dr. Mothvin and me with- lout u lady to escortl"svxelaimed Car. rington. "That is a most unfair division 'of good thinus." a keen sea air I I the, appetite." Hint the TnteturGtioa of "it is indeed tot Mrs. Bayley. " c: nanu such an injus gentlemen will have me lighted to go in Colcnel ( riage and you hail better to Miss Onslow, "then F take u_groom." Editorial Troubles in Kan-u. Tommy's Complaint. TORONTO contemplation ot scenery air has an alarming effect sex, " i?deed, too bad," said m injustice. If the have rue, I shall be de- Colcnel Carrington), my 1d better come too, dear,' cannot eottute Sir Frederic can I Many persons who are well aunn- of (the protective power of a good lightning rod are not perhaps equally wrll aware that it may server not only to diroet harmlessly to earth an ttetual (liqclmrge of lightning. but may also prevrnt the occurrence of the flash by eonduvting the electricity in a silent strum no to speak. For this pl'rponc electricians now recog- nize the feet that it is important that the conductor shall terminate in a slurp point, indeed the most approved form of lightning rod now has a corona of points, and a panties! difficulty is to keep thou terminal! sufficiently pointed by pre- venting corrosion. When it is prarAieable to do so, they should he periodically ex- amined, end should be rcpolnfed when they are found to have rusted away: The cost of such a rod up a home or the main trunk of a tree to a height . little beyond that of surrounding object. is really very trifling. l According to the lightning rod confer. ence appointed A few years ago by the Meteorological Society of London to in- quire into the subject and report on the best form of the thing there is nothing ;much better Gan a solid iron rod. On the newest of our public buildings, such as the new Law Courts, where it may be assumed they would act on the best pro- fessional advice, they have adopted flat bands of copper. These are made in sizes varying from n sixteenth to an eighth of an inch thick and from three-quarters of an inch to two or three inches wide. The copper is a somewhat better conduc- tor than iron, and the Cat bands adapt themselves more easily to the walls of a building than a thick rod. But the iron makes s very satisfactory lightning rod, and provided it is quite continuous‘ and embedded well into the earth, going down. if possible, into a moist Itntumi of soil, it affords perfect security. i It has been suggested that in all such cases if a. metal rod were carried from the earth for a short distance u? the tree there would be no such defection. EThe metal conductor would afford s 'readier passage than the body of s msn ‘or the materials of a house and the tree, which otherwise is a source of danger, would become an absolute protection, even to persons or animals sheltering be- neath it. Of course nobody would suggest that all trees should be thus dealt with, but it often hsppens that from its spec- ial position s tree during a thunderstorm b not only 5 scum of some peril but is the occasion of much uneuiness Ind anxiety. a“; LIGHTNING AN ITS DANCERS; The notion prevaknt at one time that lo! I. man or an animal constitute: a much better conductor than a tree doee ‘and consequently the electricity when. ever it he; an opportunity of doing so will leave the tree and flash through e, animal body. The some thing will of. occur when the lightning panning downward through the tree, reaches I point st which a readier passage in phe- eented by some adjacent building. The full volley in deflected from the tree into the building. i The (“was to animals In often :due to the fact that with the commence- ment of a thunder tshower they are apt to gnther for shelter beneath the branch. " of some isolated tree. The exphuurtion of the mischief is very well known. A tree is a conductor of lightning, but not I. very good one. In the absence of a better channel the lightning will “uh through it, but there is always a. chance of it. glancing aside to any medium that affords I. readier passage. Now the body Everybody should be aware by thin time that trees are a source of peril in times of thunderstorm, though from eccl- denta which every now and again occur it would seem that there is still a greet amount of ignorance on the subject. Only a. few days ago a. lightning flush struck a poplar tree near \Vincheeter and killed a. man who had taken shelter at the foot of it, no doubt in ignorance of hil danger. Such fatalities are exceed- ingly common, and it has not infrequent, ly occurred that cottages and other buildings have been struck by lightning in consequence of the vicinity of some tall tree. But besides the killihg of sheep and cattle there have been several dinnsters fatal to human life, to say nothing of a great deal of mischief to property of various kinds. Here, again the mischief is often quite easily avoidable. It is of course, very well known that a good lightning conductor properly fixed in an absolutely reliable safeguard against all injury; but a fact which is not so well known is that an efficient lightning son- ductor might often be set up at the cost of a. few shillings by taking advantage of the conducting power of trees. This summer has been wpecially dis- astrous. In various parts of the country thunderstorms have been frequent. and scarcely a week has passed of late in which the newspapers have not recorde the destruction of sheep and cattle. The carcasses are not in the slightest degree affected as regards their whole. somenes'a as food by the electric dir charge, and if within I. short time after being struck down they were treated as in the _ordinary process of slaughter ing and the veins and arteries drained before the blood had coagulated there could be no reasonable objection to their being eaten. -'"e'---9_ -- .- m.-.“ w '"b""" bue carcasses as unfit for human food, says the Lon- don Chronicle, and they are ordinarily buried. Mr. Attfield. professor of chem. istry to the Pharmaceutical Society, bu pointed out Chat this is often an unneces- DIE! waste. During five or six days in the summer of 1884 it was estimated by a competent authority that besides other mischief not less than six hundred animals of one sort and another in England were killed by lightning, most of them being sheep and cattle in the field. In Bll such cas- ualties it is usual to regard the carchsses m um -e-6rttTtFy- we hare'no means of ascertaining precisely what in the 1m- ount of mischief done by lightning. In France and Germany statistics on the subject are 'rye-chronic-sity tabulated by the Government every year. If complete statistics were aeeeseible there an be little doubt they would show that the annual loss of life and property in far greater than is commonly supposed. In one respect the damage is often greater than it need be, even apart from any con- sideration of lightning conductors. The Loss of Life is Greater Than Commonly Supposed. I Anthrax van-inc. which is aim 'rupoitVI at Cve cents per dame, is more difficult I to administer. requiring: tt qualified vet- ' crinnrinn to (hulk an animul. l, Cattle miscrs who have fear of n (attack of either blacklcg or anthrax l would do we" to apply to the Veterinary director-(elm! at. Ottawa for the prom l. preventive treatment. "Dld my mu "ver tell you," ukei Mr. Hermeek. as ho edged toward the door, "that you war:- the sm-tost and mast beautiful went: in the world!” "Nu." replied 1m wife. "thret Men are hon-u" than t thought they wcrc."--thieas, Recond- By the aid of science cattle raisers are now enabled to protect their stock against these maladies. As the human i family is vaccinated against smallpox, in the same manner cattle are rendered immune from blackleg and anthrax. The Department of Agriculture at Ottawa through the health of animals branch in Inow in a position to supply preventive _ vaccine for each of these diseases " the nominal cost of five cents per dose. Until recently, by special arrangement with extensive manufactures in the United States, these products were secured at a reduced cost, and were placed in the hands of Canadian cattle raiser: at ten cents per dose for blackleg vaocirc and fourteen cents per dose for anthrax vet. cine. It is due to the fact that these preparations are now being made at the biological laboratory in connection with the health of animals branch that they can be supplied at five cents per dose. The vaccine for blackleg may te ad- ministered by any intelligent person by means of an instrument supplied hy the department nt fifty cents. The disease known " hisckleg in cat- tle, slthouah entirely unknown in my extensive sgricultursl sections of Can. sds snd not st sll widespread in my district or province, snnuslly muses quite extensive lossss to cattle raise-rs. Anthrax, which is quite s different dis- ease, although frequently confused with blsckleg in the minds of many cattle rsisers. is slso the cause of serious loss of stock. The former disease is slmost entirely confined to attic under three yesrs, and is tteetemily fatal. The latter stacks other clssses of farm cattle, and the human subject is not exempt from its infection, which generally results seri- ously. ' born bnbe or the well grown dild. They always do tred-they cannot poo- dhly do harm, cud the mother In; the {inmates of . Government analyst that in medicine does not contain one par- ticle of opinte or harmful drug. Sold by nil medicine dealers or by mail at " cents a box from the Dr. William Medi. cine Co.. Brockville, Ont. The who mother mould keep that. To lets away: at hand and give them ocu- aion-le to her children. The Tablet. can be given_ with equal succcu to the ing matter. And the Tablet; ,kiGa these troubles If they come luddcnly. n_ .-t, ___AL,,, I In . -- -- - The lummer months on n the of anxiety for mothers, because they are the molt dangerous month: in the your for babies and young children. Btomaeh and bowel troubles come quickly during the hot wanker and almost before the mother rental that there in danger the little one may be beyond old. Baby‘- Own lib. let: will prevent summer complaint- if given occasionally, beau“ they k the atom-ch 3nd bowels free from one: It was evident to them thnt the cloud. over and above them were in what elee. trieiann nowadays all 1 condition of high potentiality and that there m D Iort of In electrictl downpour through the flag-tuft, which constituted an outlet for a. force which but for some such pu- ngo would probably have flushed out in lightning. i The Meteorological journal for 1875 l reletee I very curious illustration of this notion of conductors. A party of tourists in the Engadine had utained 3 height of about 11,000 feet above the level of the see. when they found themselves en- veloped in mint and falling snow, and in silence broken only by n curious inter- mittent noise which they presently traced to u flagstaff on the mountain pair. The noise resembled the rattling of buil- stones on A window, and close Icrutiny convinced them that it In due to the passage of 1 current of electricity through the pointed negate“. At one moment the rattling we: " the top of the staff, " another at the bottom end at other tinie- it quivered seemingly all through it, but never for n moment ceased. The party ventured to hold I, ther iron-pointed ulpcnstocke, and they I" instantly experienced the tannin tingling of on electric current through their bodies. Without the point it will carry the most violent discharge to earth--or u, of course, it sometime: luppenl, from the earth to the eiouds-if the rod or bend be sufficiently thick, but with the point it may act as I lort of spout or pipe through which the electricity may rush without any violent explosion at all. by its seciioill "a, only, In his; said, that section] urea must terminate in_1_a__p9int, the finer the better. It is true electricity at not distribute. itself over the sttrUcea of a. conductor, but when in motion it plane! through the whole man, and the efficiency of I metal rod of any given kind in to be staged I... h, --- A: I . - - a conductor should terminate in . ball is quite union”, and so the is the idea that a tube is better than I solid rod. It used to be thought that electricity pul- ed only by the “rim of the oondtaetoe, and as a tube presented more surfece than a solid rod the tube wet for A while the favorite form. Thin in now known to have been a mistake. And Then he Ran. MOTHER'S ANXIHY. ' wcrc."-H tie weaning in anln-I and “NC-Jilin; less Mil-(1hr, whin- syitiiitht"sit. drum-g are rapidly domvzlhillg and mostly fail. There is more inclinaimu to with lu'mr trou- , blot, by negotiation and arbitration, and 'than avert much foolish Ions. An to whe- ther the workers are guiners by the net malt of the struggles chronicled by the Inna-mu it is not any to decide, but tt in Very much to be dob.“ The day when mks. M loch-1h become a in! [,i,t,,ii,':',' will be. joyful one for modem ‘Indutqyud‘ none will beeeftt you than this: who had. Whirl? a” of. And the public win "In... av In: “and: and not.“ ' The Itrikes most sumn‘ for higher wags-u Ind ‘31 of mm Strike- for r unions and union ruin musing in number and effective. While nvmnnlhn per cent cent. cent rent cent fied The employs" sueeLie cent. of the lm-koutn. part] 10.N her on“ “"1 tan“ of the employees nffevte by labor urguu'nu'oun. Of the results or the report indium that ceded in 47.94 per cent partly succeeded in 15.21! wholly failed in 36.78 Bel The c seek u oral»! l The standard on ( found guilty of grand on $a'io,ooo worth of judge hae film it loo, tht lt on 'oiNl,00tl worth of judge has fined it $29, ly likely that the fine without I struggle. " The lurid story or Cit St. cumin“, who my the peach tree. of the 1 last wine, in being C n'mny imit-growem. Hum while c5001” 40 per cent. of the national diture, and at but "50M!!!” 0 is worn than waned. And the and criminal hardening of the so. on, while than who plum lock to pmvoko bloody wan to Le the expemiwre. dertauenu mw 'epublie over " l The Bellerophon, an 18,000 ton warship of the lhudnought type but with a. provement, Iva hunched at Portsmouth on Saturday. and the Tannin, a sin- ter vessel, will be hunched next month. Of the building of pacemakeru thoe in no end. Ill That (Burundi "tttttte 01PM" at The Hague will be all right till some ambi‘ tious and "Hawking sou-reign meta. phorically swank-s it with a 12-inch gill ch 3e " Pet-hp. after All thete wae no con- spiracy, no reign of inner and no mur- dem in the Occur d'Aleae district. May- be Orchard dreamed it all. l W44“ -++0o- “whim against null wol Vets' M I‘m " h pr incroam UH ll CURRENT COMMENT d " prufi l nited SW warn” trike- for "coma umber and bee of utrilae 18.547 Tussle. If n hupoeod to expect it is, the huts. partly an "Id failed in ow coat. the peopk $8oo,ooo,ooo I h of ti " establish". lt It the m of w d hour, union. mix ted, war It Mic strike. m "my fail. Them we labor tron. rrbitratiott, " mu were than nut reduction. diff to,to il +Mi-O'HO-0" wil d the greatest ted In In the the building I the elothing er rent. of the 0.34 It": cent. It y Clerk t a tw 25.1” [mi ficulu ltrikt " b, "ttto Der tOtt IN nary ll rue-d " m not ' per ll.“ ', per lair 'ttmi ivrd Ttu: mi ot sue mum il" the at expen- f that sinful New by it 'ee up “all A nd mam hett y. of 0:2 of Ind and the 'ul he tel lid of Ir Ill the n or