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year, IN ADÂ¥axor ‘ Ed‘tor & Propflm nk of Canada AGENCY, Amert wondertif know bas @# everys "t stande rineipal i 'l‘;Nob.l Unlm uy wk# ury. whq ‘8, GARAFRAXA URH A M, s Daiit 4 jles. that and atolts radtioaltg ized «e skill o8 . because * gone t& W<D EYZRT diaings, i# the org Anv-’riu:: 2 and im« DAN. MeLEANK, winch the ar suppixg 4. lnd: overish« »we theipr the nerve tesrimon of thess e,. Toronto. un @88 irensacted Iscovery be org@aN evidence KE LL Y t COBR IONK ZR for Con immun:cations ad» ). will be provaptl e Lot 19, Con. ‘ BA N 101 beer LEAN, Morning, NV NÂ¥ I ~luts. 'D'l"z 6 ‘at carrent REVEY $2,000,0048 1,000,008 Thomas A. Muanto, i from 10 , Ageut, ta of #1 ;Iaryi“ir . Reld, Mana“ points in "Iaet us go ourselves,. V‘enere; that will be the safest test," answers Graâ€" ver Meade, and his suggestion is reâ€" ceive? with acclamation. "Oi sourse I am out of it myself," says ASy. Crow>â€"Brereton, with an ACâ€". "How is it to be decided ? We cannot well manage to see all the unsuccessful cardidates, and the beauty will have to go by comparisom Tutors are not generally noted for their good looks." that is al Do you know her ?" asks Mr. Crosseâ€" Brergton jealously, feeling in ured that nobody lesides himself should be able to claim acquaintance with the mysâ€" terious lady who for seven years has lwi'd so secliuded a life on her own doâ€" main. E i vieg: Bs Arb + Ph pony that she chooses the best looking man that presents himself as her son‘s guide to knowledge." "I‘ll take the bot, Venere." It is Colonel Dare who speaks and @!l turn to him in astonishment. *"For my part," d&i;r-';;_(‘a‘p.t‘;i.;v‘.’eu- ere, "I disbelieve entirely in this rara avis. I don‘t mind betting anybody a pulres se c p l ty sc e dn is PE D 7 C P . otidtianit ~<dntnl sn ind Phâ€"alith i .3 fia a chance" says Captain Venere, ossly. "I den‘t think any one a:a." "Exzent the elderly tutorâ€"lucky fe}â€" low |" drawlis the Heathen Chinee. Meade. "And that will be fatal to your terest," puts in Colonel Dare, quict "Accordling to your account, no ‘"‘She may take a fancy to me," lisps Captain Venere, complacently. "I‘m not so badâ€"4o0oking, they tell me." The other shakes his bead in decided negative. ‘"You don‘t catch a bird twice with the same chaff, and Leigh was the handsomest man of his day." ."She may prefer intelligence this a member of Parliament, seldom ing leisure for a gossip at the and enjoying it all the more when ticable. "She was a beautiful when Leigh married her. and mu a lovely woman still." unues the Heathen Chinee, languidly. "And another year will see ber marâ€" ried again,. the ice being once broken; rt us hope that it will prove a more ortunate venture. A grand chance for all they ounger sons. Wish I wasn‘t out of the list," says Mr. Crossoe Brereâ€" kon, dolefully; he l? a married man and & ; over her Some sicries had been afioat at the f lace, wh time of his departure in reference to | bears to & supposed entanglament with a too’l-@ his 1 fair danughter of Judah; but the con-!minimu; servalive county shuddered at the bare | dark ha idea of such an esclandre, refusing the deem t) story all credence, while not even the | that are most curious would have aared to quUeSâ€" | _ After . tion Gervase Dare himself as to the | truth in truth of the reports. | for the r *"‘Seven years‘ mourning! A most»'outrine,. respectable term of widowhbood; not eyâ€" | mark pl .n: Igov:;d hushand could expect more; ’q:rang. an don‘t think the late Lord Leigh | he gazes was ever accused of being that," conâ€" | face and tinues the Heathen Chinee Ianouianisy |j °C *no W ref 1704 Lhis explanation is and ccmmonplace and no weceived with much favor. the speaker takes up the S view and abandoning the : bimself in its pages. . He is a man sufficientiv â€" " observes the Honorable Graver g_ _ |_~ Tusg Lhe stege at last." *""Sea rcely that. It is not an unconâ€" dltiona} surrender. Mark well, the adâ€" wertisemeant runsâ€"‘An elderly gentleâ€" man of quiet habits preferred.‘" I "That‘s for appearances. Anybody | wan see what it means." ‘ "Everybody has not your astuteness, | Graver. Now, to my simple lntel'ig-.l" ence, it seems as though she meant what she said; as though she were sacâ€" rificing her own feelings for the sake ; of her child, ~Tâ€"CIT Zhnother:; "for after all she has made a gallant defense and stuck to ber colors seven years." "Only to raise the siege at last." *""Sea rcely that. It is not an unconâ€" dltiona} surrender. Mark well, the adâ€" wertisemeant runsâ€"‘An elderly gentleâ€" man of quiet habits preferred.‘" ‘ "That‘s for ADDeS ra nmac Kuct c % l All, discovereq of male socie takes this opp, istake." CCC~ TB Like our laughs another: "f en Chinee, but ; as the Honorable Inveterate bater '". distivearucs Pn But this dy,431__ _ _VUCe in a local paper, but Productive of some excitement in the quiet sountry citl, where it is seen for the ‘irst time and read aloud. *"*The thin end of the wedge at last," drawis conceitedâ€"looking man. with PAl6, prominent blue eyes and heavy amber mustaches, who is most commonâ€" iy known to his friends as the Heathâ€" en Chinee, but to the world at large‘ 88 the Honorable Graver Meade. "The | Inveterats bater of our sex has, flftel‘f all, discovereq that a certain amount O male soclety is indispensable and} takes this ovportunity of avowiag her migk al . 1: 1+ meane,. _ _"~C+ !f credentials and attainâ€" mests arp satisfactory. An elderiy #entlewsp of quiet habits preferred. Zady Leigh, Leigh Park, Downâ€" sabire,» A limp!o 10tice in a local paper, but Productive of some excitement in the p : fountry cliut, where it is seen foOr the {irst time and read aloud. *"The thin end of the wedge at last," dl’:leb & atenustscs ao 22 BWanted a tutor for a BÂ¥3 no object if credenti MNGKE . BFC BuLiafine4 _ _ "*Let Uare who speaks and in astonishment. her ?" asks Mr. Crosseâ€" AOwW snE won. gossip at the club CHAPTPR 1. more when pracâ€" beautiful child triumph modestly, " I igence this | able Grnver! to your inâ€"' e, quietly. ’ int, no one ‘ he urnmiuan \ 1O3 20 10 WOv _ NBAE _ . _.__ s â€"IO0‘e HiCuCRIOF & INGCY, SDC Iy nd must be |tempts or the woman whose \\ca.kne.\:s;"»’-"im“ll that one eye was "jest a leetl | is betrayed. Even a Samson may fall bit off? ) me," Ei.sps;into the hands of a Deli ah ’ "On the day of the trial 1 a}most y. "I‘m not | ‘Ten years ago he had been young | l .af 9 ie." ‘and free from care. The natural sorâ€" | ¢!! 0f my chair when my man entered in decided row at his father‘s death had been as | I knew that the day before he bad run Ei ith ]’na !,l{ralll)]' d]is'pt‘elrl;:d. an(} when, e:ftel' a foot race, pitched horseshoos and gone wice wi awhile, he le is newlyâ€"acquired esâ€" |...; + i nan t was the ‘tate it was highest hopes and firmâ€" ll‘flmmmg_ Now he to'tkre‘l into Court * lest faith in what the future had in | With two canes, had his neck and head ence this store for him. only saddened for a muffled like a â€" man with neuralgia, ble Graver | moment by his mother‘s parting words. |sat down slowly and with the greatest i She had taken him down the long | Care and settled back with a groan 0 your inâ€" |picturegallery and told him the his / that could be heard in the street, quietly. }tory of erch auncestor hanging there; | ... What in breation‘s the ma er, nt, no one how the men had always been honorâ€"‘ B”' I aaked.. n s 5 n Venere, ‘able and brave, the women fair and | Blowed vp,‘ he grinned. D°n,t you ‘of noble hirth. ‘th‘!n? I know my bus‘ness? _ There s.* |_ *Try to be worthy of them. dear Gerâ€" | hain‘t nothin‘ on earth that ain‘t the lucky felâ€" ‘vase" she had whispored gently, her | :m.‘tt‘" with me till this h“:dc?"fl 18 ‘hinee. ‘hand resting on his head. "and let your |{med. I‘m the worst expiad te' er ptain Venâ€" | wife be one that you will not be ashamâ€" | YOU ever saw, 1;‘3_‘\‘ ‘;‘k the questions this rara ed to bring hereâ€"to me." l and look aftar nur must be too natural | t one to be, Seeing this, aturday Reâ€" l' topic, buries | little boy. Sarâ€" findâ€" of noble birtn _ OOA HHIP angd |_. . S‘‘Smec TDP, be grinned. ‘Don‘t you ‘of noble hirth. |think I know my bus‘ness f There |_ "Iry to be worthy of them. dear Ger.| h2in‘t nothin‘ on earth that ain‘t (he yase" she had whispored gently, her MAtter with me till this here case is ‘hand resting on his head. "and let your | tried. I‘m the worst expioded feller : , wife be one that you will not be ashamâ€", YOu ever saw. You ask the questions |ed to bring hereâ€"to me." |and look after the law p‘ints. _ 1‘ll |_ _ They were simple words. if solemn, : tend to my end of it. All what‘s worryâ€" yet destined to have more influence ovâ€" in‘ me is that I didn‘t bhave rumpâ€" er his future fite than either of them tion enouzh to ask for $20,000.‘ could have supposed. |_ _ "Two men belped Bill to the witness | _ At a garden party at Richmond, givâ€" Stand, he groaning his best. From his en by some of his hachelor brother ofâ€" StOry Of the accident you‘d believe he l!r'ers he had mst a beautiful Jewess, ‘w“ blown baif a mile straight through |who could certainly never have been |the roof and hadn‘t a sound spot left invi‘ed had any of the ladias of the | !D is anatomy. He was in the midst of regiments been expected, although no| his story, and pity was written on [thing could bave been urged against the faces of the jury, when Bill‘s woo‘lly her antecedents or present conduct. Her , dog feli foul of a foxhound halonglnc (mrother was with her; and other ladies | t0 the Court, They were knocking furniâ€" |were there whose exolusion from the ture beliter ske‘ter and filling the air| |inuer circles of society was less markâ€" | With yelps and hair. whem Bir ler nu; l k qiE 1 P en by some ,!i-‘ers he h who could . invited had regiments } \thing could : ber antecede Ten years ago! 1 seemed long enough back, they are like t The story that bhad was a sad one, but p mon; it is not alws IY Lhe ring . ; 1; 2 .V‘ Frelt years ago, for the ripe, red lips, so perfect in thoir outline, and the delicate acquiline nose mark plainly the race from which she sprang. ‘The strong man quivers â€" as he gazes unon thae beautiful imaged face and remembers alli she might have been to him, and was not. He almost dashes the miniature to the ground. "What has broucht her into my mind toâ€"day ?f" be mutters, impatiently m "the unhappy gir!l who ruined my !ile] and her own !" truth in that story of ten y for the ripe, red lips, so perien outline, and the delicate acqu mark plainly the race from y Sprang. ‘Thé stronz man an T 210 CCO® "TRUDUCTI SHC vears to the man before her, can only be his mother. Ths other is a tinted miniature on lvory of a garl with rich, dark hair, and glowing eyes that reâ€" deem the decidedly â€" marked features that are portrayed there, After al!, there must have been some truth in that) aknwo ar 2 _ " UFLt SOL 0 * | dog 2. 3. i€ PMAÂ¥ rustic inn where his e | 408 cart is in waiting. |_ _ The groom stares a little at his mastâ€" 0 |er‘s impassive face as he jumps in, and, n | taking the reins, lashes the bhorse inâ€" . | to a quick gallop, | _ The colonel does not slacken speed ‘ |until he reaches his own gates, and ‘ | then, suddenly bethinking himse!f, * | pulls up, and drives more slowly, | _ WThere can have been no reason for ‘| bis former haste, for, once in the pri-‘ !vacy of his own room, be hides bis face ‘|in his hands, and for a long time is, | lost in thought. |__When he raises his head his eyes are | saddened, and his lips, unconceaed by mustackes, are sterner even than their wont. Fraom a smal] drawer in a writâ€" |ing table before him he takes out a| frase and bolds it for some minutes in | |his hand, as though besitating â€"wheâ€" ? | thar to open it or not, § ' it is only a iittle battered brownl1 Case, apparently containing nothing of ba dark bhair, and glowing eyes that reâ€" | 4 verentiy, knowinz it is the epitome of‘ the story of his life, |s In it there are two likenesses, One | 4 is a photograph from an oil pninting[s of a lady with sad, stern eyes huifl'r hidden by the soft gray curls fa ling | q over her forehead, and a mass of filmy | lace, who, from the strong likeness she ) .. Inawe Aoour id l very well, ,’ In PADnTDUARptrar Anstudicntith se 2 2\ 4 | / "~d4rance of his uitimate success. Even |in a "suit of seedy black," he is conâ€" vinced he must be irresistible. Captain Venere pulls out his pocketâ€" book and enters the bet. i "If one of us is accepted, we shall have to engage a female Paris to deâ€" | clde as to who is the comeliest," he sayB, | lzm,gm'ng, ] "Be content," answers Colonel Dare, gravely ; "the go‘den apple is yours, We will not dispute it," and then, with a bastjly-.suppress:d sigh, he turpns and lcaves the room, "He‘s a queer fish," observes Capâ€" tain Venore, with a vexed shadow _ on is handsome face, as the green baize door swings to behind the coloneli. "I never can make him out," "Nor I either," assents the _M.. P.i/ itastly. "Ile seams to ram. £100. €* :0 ‘t secondâ€"hand : & suit of seedy black Time roar of lauchte; in!‘ormation startlies : tlemen who are quiet | papers at the farther | but the object of th fqmt‘e Unm/vedA L.i 1 assuranc | â€", ~C:00€I Dare frowns di:s;"PFO‘-‘iné'l,’- Captain Venere is no favorite of luls, and he hajg repents havingz entered inâ€" to this engagement, The Heathen Chinee rises, struggling with a stifled yawn, . "Thank fortune for a new exciteâ€" ment!" he exclaims, devoutly, pnlllng s long amber mustaches, "I‘m off. "Where to, Graver?‘ is the general Cry, Same thi r, .rto and lit;}‘éa, PAis," Colone] Dare ("l!}t&iu Venel’t and he half rep to this ADIFZ uns _ _z7". Warriors "Is it quite one!, “Wbttuuy, ment received. "Fair? of cor fair in love and Venere, ~But this is . cent of Tret; "but‘t Ts fons to If:fr the result. 1 wili bhave the it th bagi _ â€"i°V6, the best of ; * :A eit!té}fâ€"'-:;s:x;ts the M. P., lly._ "He seems to take this joke seriously; I hope it may ‘end ago! Living then, they enough; but now, looking re like the shortest dream, bat bhad sbhadowed his lile ne, but perhaps not unsomâ€" not always the man who he woman whose weakness Even a Samson may fall o0 5en > CTCeArEEEET ‘CIr of laughter that greets his nation starties two elderly genâ€" h who are quietly reading the B at the fartber end of tha room, he object of the merriment is unmoved, and departs in happy MCC Of his wist . _2 lish," observes Capâ€" th & vexed shadow on te, as the green baize behind the colonei. "I 8 not slacken speed his own gates, and bethinking himse!f, ‘s more slowly, _ PUC i shall be anxâ€" the result. I fancy Dare best of it ; these weatherâ€" T8 always win the day ," * fair?" demurs the colâ€" ‘ly, ignoring the compliâ€" course, it‘s fair! All is ind war," laughs Captain veen no reason for for, once in the priâ€" om, be hides his face for a long time is Euid m an oil pninting]s. stern eyes ba‘lf ; y gray curis fa‘ling | to nd a mass of filmy | education." Cupid has to teach his as a rule, are apt puâ€" e town, until he tic inn where his lonei Dare strides e one quiet street shop, to pick up keness she | + Can_nn{y‘ s a tinted | KNOCKED MANY A MAN oUT. Yes, said the pugilist, this is my fa vorite punch. And, setting down the glass, hbe smacked his lips. amudg +101 __, *_ 70 aoh Loo questIons l and look after the law p‘ints. 1‘ll : tend to my end of it. A1l what‘s worryâ€" in‘ me is that I didn‘t have rumpâ€" tion enouth to ask for $20,000. |_ _ "ITwo men helped Bill to the witness stand, he groaning his best. From his |story of the accident you‘d believe he | was blown Fralf a mile straight through | the roof and bhadn‘t a sound spot left in his anatomy. He was in the midst of his story, and pity was written on | the faces of the jury, when Bill‘s woolly 'dog fel!i foul of a foxhound belonging to the Court. They were knocking furniâ€" ture belter ske‘ter and filling the air with yelps and hair, whem Bill let out a whoop, jumped over a table, dancâ€" ed around encourazring his dog, wantâ€" ed.to bet he would whip, and shoved the Judge over a chair to prevent his parting the brutes. "Get a verdict? Case was dismissed, Bill was fined $25 for contempt, and was in jail three weeks before Tron‘d eu‘“ But that was long ago, and years 'it'l later, when he revisited the spot and a | Amesa .2 gazed upon the fair white monument P / with its loscription, " In Memoriam," * and v andered through the lovely garâ€" | dons that surround it like an oasis in YD ‘ the sandy region of Cawnpore, he con}d Of | sea reely realize or remember the agony & | that he had suffered then. / _ And so it is doubly strange that she !should come into his mind now, and. D°® / that he should feel the same fierce reâ€" 4| sentment burning still. He raises his ‘f’mot.her’s pictured face to hbis lips in E€ / tender reverence. Y | ‘‘Perhaps I may yet meet a woman 1e | who is guileless and true," he murmurs t him out. Then was no lawyer." _ __ Un the day of the trial 1 _ a‘most fel! of my chair when my man entered. I knew that the day before he had run a foot race, pitched horseshoos and gone awimming. Now he tottered into Court ! "My first case of any importance,‘ | said the lawyer who went to grow ,‘u» with the country and then repentâ€" led. "was a damage suit for $10,000. A can of powder exploded in the }aseâ€" ment of a, hardware store. and my client, who had just purchased _ a Jack knife, was trying it while occupyâ€" ing a nail keg on the floor above. He came out of the wreck minus part of an ear and the end of a finger, and he claimed that one eye was "jest a leetle bit off* And Then Re home." ©20 is guulciess and true," he murmurs â€"â€"‘*" one that 1 need not be ashamed to bring â€"to the: hinnman +hak nan "Sp .B |MS month. It was the work of a moâ€" |meat to alight from his siddle and turn ber face to the light ; his worst fears were confirmed, and with a wild cry of " Rachel! Rachel !" he lost all conâ€" sciousness of his pain. Whether she had followed him intenâ€" tionally, or whether some outward fate | had brought her there, he never beard; | he only knew that the woman ho loved | was dead, and that, faulty and unâ€" ’\&omalny as she had doubtless been, . for him there was no other in the} world. T C e me CV VC seen the body of a Sepoy who had been cut down in the midst of his savage fury, a demoniac smile still hovering over the cruel colored face. It was indeed a fearful scene to witâ€" noss; but a greater trial awaited the hrave young officer who had already distinguished himsel{ in the fighting that bhad taken place, and who, owâ€" ing to many gaps caused by death, bad won his compauny. On the very edge of the fatal well lay a form that made his heart leap to his mouth. It was the w ork of a mo-' ment to alitht {TOM hig S4AMA AnA ku .cc O rempamtn diinausis ied Anaaindiss . i 3t Li id i) bearing marks of the mutilation they had received from their implacable enâ€" emies; and here and there was to be se £L .Y 2 & U "| Such stormy scenes followed, so man y |reproaches and prayers, that the boy | was nearly overcome by their frequent repetition. and only saved himself by flight. Feeling he was no match for | the wily woman who had ensnared him, be realized that discretion in this case really was the better part of valor ; and he exchanged into an Indian reâ€" Eiment, without telling any one of his Intention beforehand, so that it was from Malta he wrote his farewells. To his mother he told the whole story and she, knowing that through some such probation, all must pass alike, readily forgave him and sent her loving sympathy and regret. But the story was not fated to end here. Six months later, when the whole country was convulsed with the horrors of the massacre of Cawnpore, it was Gervase Dare‘s duty to go and try to reinfuse some order into that fearful scoune, b but not for in hAÂ¥ rausw hree weeks before Tcou‘d Tbexz_.he told around that (To Be Continued.) the house that â€"\;'-;;m;:)ur LOST HIS CASE, Blamwcd the Poor Lawye For It. ase of any importance,‘ 1y overcome by their frequent n and only saved himself by eeling bhe was no match for woman who had ensnared him, w ir s 1+ . 1 ¢ importance," went to grow d then repentâ€" for $10,000. A in the haseâ€" ore. and my purchased _ a while occupyâ€" oor above. He minus part of finger, and he ; "jest a leetle| ; l at 1 _ aimost| 4 man eantered. e he bad run| hoas and gone | C ed into Court : eck and head | , h neuralgia,| the greatest s vith a groan | he street. «e the matter,| p Se 1. ‘Don‘t you s 1 There} st at ain‘t the | y here case is | q loded feller | f, ha amestinng | .+ °_ __" Vountry may be traced. The exâ€" tent to which the latter practice has increased of late is almost incredible, and these offerings grow more elah y ol Cenoees VC Td old as the civilization of Greece and Rome, and it was as common in the streets of Athens and Rome 2000 years ago, if we are to believe antiquarians, asit is in any of our cities at the presâ€" ent day. In the North of England it is cus tomary to exchange presents of Easâ€" ter eggs among fimilies who are on intimate terms, a custom that also preâ€" vailed largely among the ancients, and | to which the senmding of Easter cards and other offerings which has beâ€" | come so popular of late years in onr‘ own country may be traced. â€" The exâ€"| suck 9 kV s 44 wial o mt Intuuniedcadscall.. oA years before Christ eggs held an ’important place in the theology and philosophy of the Egyptians, the Perâ€" sians, Gauls, Greeks and Romans, among all of whom the egg was the emblem of the universe, and the art of coloring it profoundly studied. _ The sight of street boys striking their riâ€" val eggs together to see which is the stronger and can win the other is as old as the UNYLLZATINN Af Enazas 2. ; Faster customs. sports, and superâ€" stitions afford a wide. field of interest. While many of them have existed alâ€" most from the first celebration of this festival, and are found among Chrisâ€" tians of all nationalities, there are othâ€" ers which are peculiar to peoples and places. Th oldest, most familiar and most universal of all Faster customs are‘ those associated with eggs. _ Hunar:is 2 UIU ME C ols Pss Pm c uu.:cnsl use Ol Shan 900 years later another discrepâ€"| {‘OWers and vines in all their P Sideipee vomaitt ancy in the celebration of Easter arose :";0‘:_"’& ';l;;’ir""}n:"t’i‘;eg tg;l"") ‘ef:e"’y te between the Roman _ ind English R eatne 4 churches through the refusal of the latter, in 1582, to adopt the Gregorian calendar, but this difference was reâ€" conciled in 1752, when the *"New Style" DoN‘T,. was adopted throughout the United A R s "| Kingdom. ‘The churches of Russia and | ,, Pon‘t possess feet a size larger than y | Greece. however, and, indeed, the Ori.| th* 8hoes you wesE. .fental churches generally, still obserâ€" Don‘t lose the thread of your story yed the old calendar, so that their Eas.| when siinning a yarn. \ | ter occurs sometimes before and someâ€" Don‘t spend too much money in tryâ€" â€" t'imes after that of the \\'esbern ing to get something for nothing. | Church, though very rarely, as in 1865, Don‘t heap coals of fire on an enemy‘s | it falls on the same day. _ The old Ro'Ihead wntil you burn your fingers ‘ man rule for calculating Easter conâ€" r f ~| tinues to be observed throughout the|, Don‘t think every woman who looks / |Christian world, by whom our Lord'ai"n a mirror is hopelessly lost in “dm"';' |resurrection is universally oelebmted"uon' is on the first Sunday after the four-' Don‘t imagine every man who figâ€"} | teenth day of the calendar moon, which | ures on marrying an heiress is a horn" happerns on or next after March 21, mathematician. | the vernal equinox, thus allowing it to Don‘t add insuwlt to injury by apoloâ€"; XauT }; early as March 22, or as late as gizing to a pretty wirl after mbani.l pril 25. 7 98 5 The name of Easter, like those of the days of the week, is a survival of the old Teutonic mythology. _ To the Gerâ€" mans it was known as Ostern. and to the Angloâ€"Saxons as "Eastre" or "FEosâ€" tre," a name derived from "Eostre" or "Ostara," the Angloâ€"Saxon goddess of spring, to whom the fourth month, ansâ€" wering to our April, thence called "Eostur Monath," was dedicated. The name of this goddess comes from the Saxon "Oster," to rise. ; "}â€"°» bappens on or next after Mar(:h; 21. _A canon of the Fourth Council | of Orleans, A. D. 541, ordains that Eus-‘ ter shall be kept at the same lime by | all according to that rule, which was| finally established in England by Arch-! bishop Theodore, in A. D. 669. _ More than 900 yvears I4tat annathaw ALL_.__ Sunday, no cycle by which the date of the festival was to be calculated had been agreed upon, and hence there were wide discrepancies between the times at which Baster was celebrated in various places. _ The church at Rome established the rule that Easter: should be the first Sunday after the fourtsenth day of the calendar moon which happens on or next after March | 21. _A canon of the Fourth Councill‘ of Orleans, A. D. 541. Ordain®@ Chat Hiaa , [ ""~+ ~»**hout\regard to the day of the _ | week. Genti\e Christians, on the conâ€" ; | trary, maintained that the first day â€" | of the week should be observed as that : of our Lord‘s resurrection, and the preâ€" | ceding Friday should be kept as the ocâ€" |casion of his cruciiixion, without reâ€" gard to the day of the month. By reaâ€" son of their observance of the fourâ€" teenth day of the moon the former class were derisively styled "Quarto decimani,."‘ op "Fourteenâ€"day men," by the latter, who also stigmatized them as heretics. These differences were gradually narmonized by the church at Rome, but even at the council of Niâ€" caea, A. D. 325, the Syrians and Antiâ€" ochenes still declared themselves in favor of the Jewish usage. _ It was partly to settle this controversy that the Emperor Constantine had called his council, and its members finaily agreed |â€" that "Easter shall hereafter be kept ; on one and the same day throughbout | the world, and none shall hercafter folâ€" | i low the blindness of the Jews." Thus M the quarto decimani. fourteenâ€"day usâ€" g ago, was done away with, but, though | j Easter was now universally kent on | J For many years a long and controversy raged between Cha of Jewish and Gentile descent as time at whith Rastar shanls L. _ as Paques, to the Italians as Pasqua and to the Spanish as Pascua, all of which are derived from the Latin Pasâ€" cha and the Greek Parxa, which are Chaldee â€" or Armenian forms of the Hebrew word Pesach, signifying the Passover. Easter, from its earlicst day, has been styled the ‘"Queen of Festivals," The primitive Christians, from their close connee:| .;, with the Jewish Church, na ~_ continued to obâ€" serve Jewis:. ivals, of which the principal one \was the feast of the "Passover," which celebrated the passâ€" ing over of the houses of the children of Isreal in Egypt by the destroying ’angel, when he smote the Egyptians. Easter is the perpetuation of this Jewâ€" ish feast of the Passover, which, enâ€" nobled by the thought of Christ, the true Paschal Sacriiicial Lambâ€"the linst fraits from the deadâ€"became â€" the Christian Easter. Even at the presâ€" ent day Easter is known to the French Easter Folkâ€"Lore all FEaster customs are d with eggs. . Hundreds re Christ eggs held an ce in the theology and the Egyptians, the Perâ€" Greeks and Romans, whom the egg was the r _ April, Lheil;c;e-‘_cla‘fi;: th," was dedicated. The goddess comes from the harmonized by the church but even at the council of Niâ€" ). 825, the Syrians and Antiâ€" ill declared themselves in the Jewish usage. It was settle this controversy that 10n of Greece and as common in the ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO jelly in a glass. That‘s a true -;o;'l;'. mamma, and me was the little girl. / Adt : r'fit..";:ifi' Naney, Once upon a time there was a little girl, and she got Sn't;o t‘h‘_a pantry and ate almost all the This one is. Do you got mad when people tell you nice true stories f Why, never. It ien‘t good manâ€" pers to‘get mad when a person tells SOs, N. bas a nice little daugbter named Nancy. Un one occasion Nancy came to her mother and said : Mamma do you like stories f Yes, said her mamma. if thav‘rse i.... | When in the country the Princess of Wales deiights in making little exâ€" peditions incognito. An amusing and true story has leaked out about one of these impromptu excursions at Sanâ€" idringhnm. Her Royal Highness, with the two Princesses, had driven a long distance from home in ber favorite‘ pony cart, and as lunck drew near they were glad to put up at a picâ€" turesqgue inn. The landlord had his suspicions as to who his guests were, and after lunch had _ been served | brought the visitors‘ book. Whereâ€" | upon the Princess, not to be outdone, made the following entry :â€" "Mrs., Wales and two daughters." bitter Don‘t get lli&'(/flat‘@':d 1f you â€"find you are not a genius. A scientist says genius is a sort of epilepsy . LITTLE NANCY‘S TRUE srory i EV i EDC CUOEZIR VU 22007 C VC churches on Easter morning, like many other Christian usages, is derived from the Druidsâ€"those heathen priests of the ancient Britons. Those worthies were accustomed to make liberal use of flowers and vines in all their ceremonâ€" ies, and also employed them freely to decorate their heathen temnins 5 °D Uryste soe nekid and forlorne: Had on ye crosse bys goode hymbes torne ; Wen three dayes after, all men sayde, ‘Thys Cryste ys rysen from ye dede,‘ Gode sayde, ‘Mye chyldren, tys mvye Ye c Wen COryste soe Had on ye eraos I4nm, 5) 5 , "CrYice on fGood Friday a large and a smal] cake, having a mingâ€" led sweet and bitter taste. This is evidently a survival of the bitter herbs of the passion supper. At Cole‘s Hill, in Warwickshire, if the young men of the town can catch a hare and bring it to the clergyman of the parish beâ€" fore 10 o‘clock on Easter Monday morning the good man is bound to give them a calf‘s head and 10 eggs for their breakfast, besides a "groat" in money. | tin old Th n 11 alls Nan m enc uic es ie c uy I i Apintabiatsctedli,.....s . 13111 the church service on Good large and a smal] cake, havin led sweet and bitter taste. evidently a survival of the bi of the passion supper. At C in Warwickshire, if the your the town can catch a hare ; it to the clergyman of the | fore 10 o‘clock on â€" Easter morning the good man is give them a calf‘s head and for their broaletact Roset q.2 Raeg, & 3 _;; }d400ings are still favorite Easter delicacies in many parts of Engâ€" land, tansy having been selected from the bitter herbs eaten by the Jews at this season, Parish clerks in the Counties of Dorset and Devon leave as an Easter offering at the house of every parishioner immediately after the clinrch .. 10. _ CARedgsmbenLy The A century or n clergy and laity u the churches for t tide. _ The ballâ€"p1 was long since a} cakes and puddin Faster delicacies t land, tansy having the bitter herbs e this season, Pa Counties of Doree vinte and expensive every year. It is also customary in England‘s northern counties to elaborately enâ€" grave Easter eggs by scraping the dye with a peoknife, thus leaving the deâ€" sign in white upon a colored ground The full name of the decorator, with the date of his or bher birth is often reâ€" corded in this manner, and these eggs, being carefully preserved for generaâ€" tions as ornaments for cupboards and mantels, would doubtless present as reâ€" liable evidence of dates as the records of a family Bible. orate and Lumber, F C 3 ap}jJ , _ "___ltter taste. This is| on the market last season, and a great l!t:ntly a survival of tlie bgtt],ar hfirfis deal of valuable land has been taken e passion supper. t Cole‘s Hill, " olli Varwickshire, if the young men of npt The land is n.lth_" ind lmglthr(;ucb- town can catch a hare and bring OU4 and the soil clay, or siay 1joaum, > the clergyman of the parish beâ€"| of very good quality. The timber is nh:o ot';;lock 0(;1 F,a.s.terb Mo(l;di;y ! small and easily cleared, as it was reâ€" & e good man is boun 0 C p . them a calf‘s head and 10 egga‘:::“ l:un‘xt zwer. “‘f’:d"““ the :): their breakfast, besides a "groat" rs, berry bushes, w peas, wi oney. | buckwheat, grass and small bushes ;,oléi E;nglish nAame for E;l&sto;r ‘is speak well for its fertility. i s munday." A quaint old folkâ€" y YRIVÂ¥ER m y n;l lone mitddlre f},{i""’ g-i Aife t?e';m{ ;M‘MT(:: Il?:]dyhi\l': teell?::lliA:n[; the account o origin o a » »: population of the settliement is bet ween Cryste soe nekid and forlorne; 500 and 600 people. Inquiries regarding on ye crosse bys goode hymbes |th¢ country are numerous Land im torne ; 8 |sold ly the Government at 50 cents t(l‘xm dayes after, all men sayde, 'pur acre, payable in three annual inâ€" 'm?’;:e "z\;y? fi:;,hf;;_?:: 'vt:sd:j; | stalments. Settlement duties consist in waye t iss * T ,de.nrmig and putting under cultivation alls thys alwayes Gode‘s Sonâ€"| Queâ€"tenth of the land taken up, vuildâ€" daye.‘ . |ing a babitable house not less than * lusxzo feet, and residing thereon for poo dn o teanth . CA Livnevesiass + iss e ene e maie Eie 4e d e 1 ' to FILL ALL ORDERS PROMPTLY. _ We keep in Stock a large quantity of Sash, Doors, Mouldings, Flooring and the differâ€" ent Kinds of Dressed Lumber for outside sheeting. Our Btook of DRY LUMRE is very Large so that all orders can be filled. Baving Completed our New Factory we are now prepared bash and Door Factory _ , 74 pr more ago the English y and laity used to play a ball in bhurches for tansy cakes at Easterâ€" The ballâ€"playing of this custom tong â€"sinto sbandnnanm‘ 3. .., ", iB ROYAL HUMOR .ofA flowers to decorate , if they‘re true abandoned, but tansy Bhingles and Lath always In Stock. N. G. &J. MeKECHNIE Write Mbly; if you caanot, you should learna to do so. Practice rankes > woOste k Avoid garishnaess in color and decoâ€" ration in your noteâ€"paper. It is exceedâ€" ingly poor taste to use red or green ink, or orangeâ€"colored notepaper, or paper of any other strong color. Anewer every note or letter except such as may be impertinent or insultâ€" ing: these are not worthy your noâ€" Li Plain white unruled paper is always the most refined and elegant for noteâ€" paper and envelopes, though 2 delicate gray is nnot in bad taste, Place the postage stamp in a straight, that is, vertical position, in the upper right hand of the envelope. It argues great carelessness to put the Slamp on in any sort of a fashion. fAaims have been staked out within t few miles of the town, and these minâ€" ing camps afford settlers an excellent home market for their produce. The country is well adatped for sheep raisâ€" ing, dairying, stock raising and vegeâ€" table growing. [l-aw‘ neen laid out adjacent to the town. Dryden bas direct communication with the gold fields of the Rainy River district, and the river is navigable for stramhboats between the lake and Dryâ€" den. The town has magnificent waterâ€" power ranking next to Rat Portage in this respect Eeveral gold mine claims have been staked out within a few miles Af Â¥ha Â¥nume yc 4 j3 0_ Cerd C oys C e meves EV er at Dryden. Twenty miles of colonizâ€" at‘on roads have heen built, and setâ€" tlers have supplemented this with as many more. Park and cemetery lots have been laid out adjacent to the town. P men s O CPEoomp TEHCFes EZT e | Aat least six months in each year for y three years and for two years conâ€" i tinuously. Each male person over eighâ€" fâ€" teen years of age may purchase 160 acâ€" s res, but a man with children under [ eighteen years of age is allowed 240 . _ acres, ) | _ The developmient of the Town of Dryâ€" | dein, in the centre of the settlement, | has been very, marked during the past |year. At the end of April, 1897, about ’75 town plots had been disposed of and eighteen or twenty buildinga erected. 'Si.n."ne then the number of plots sold has increased to 122 and the buildings | to 75, showing â€"that building operaâ€" tions have been carried forward with considerable energy. The town has now [ two hotels, three boarding Louses, a [C.P.R. railway station, telegraph ofâ€" ‘fim, post office, public library and ‘reading room, and a rood schoolhanse brey to the \\eut.'l:fid Zealand to the east. Eton and Rugby were placed Aadtildincs) uho Cetne aiss ie preparing an interesting circular in regard to the settJiement of Lake Waâ€" bigoon, in Northern Ontario. Fince the department first called attention to the country of Wabigoon, in 1896 the progress has been continual and satâ€" isfactory. Originally only two townâ€" ships were surveyed, Van Hoerne and Wainright ; now it has been found neâ€" cessary to survey the additional townâ€" ships of Eton, Rugby, Sanford and Auâ€" Payable in Khree Annmal Enstalments â€" Well Adnptcd for Mixed Farming â€" CGold In the Netghborhood, The Department of Agriculture is WHERE ARABLE LAND CAN BE HAD FOR 50 CENTS AN ACRE. (HE WABIGOON COUNTRT. ETIQUETTE NoTES