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Iinh mxj, n gag,
# erdarkest momeutu of life I hear
Gtr uta of courade, and hope. and, cheer
F in chotre•that I eau of see,:
And the niusia or life seems so inspired
T&,at it will not let me grow sad or tired.
-Vet through and under the meets strain
' I hoer, w tit the passing of years "
The w'urutu` iniuor'emeasuresof pains-,
v` ..•`' Of Rowe thee struggleiand tot' in vain
Fora uai chat never sears
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F%. - -1, • preaks more and more into eafth'a glad song.
£.na oft. in. the dark of the night, I wake, '
And think et serrowlog lives;
And 1 lung to •comfort the hearts that ache.
• To sweeten the cue that is bitter to take.
At,d to etrengthau each soul that strives.-
11,.ng to cry co them : `" Do,not fear 1
- Uolp-is oomiog and aid is near."
;• ,Uow'verdesolate, weird or strange
2., Ir ite'dmotiody equncis toyon,
8ef re 10,111, rrow the air may change, •
" A,Andthe Great Director of Music arrange
:,,A prog ammo-pe'rieotly.new ;
And the dirge in minor may suddenly be
'Turned into a jut Haut sung of glee.
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How Johnny Lost ttto Prize.
family and friends were there,
'a uncles, cousins, anute
ti till-were'.,ure that for the prize
/Their Johnny had best chance.
pgae Johnny's tern to speak his piece,
itte sand, with outstretched hands `•
under the epr acting blacksmith tree
Rhe village ohestuat stands,"
IOPTED BY THE DEAN
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Mitring " eves " foo M, - Gaspard. Eeper-
annQ, lenipi > ry Fele add ituzipcba was
reading 'Damao' 'r Tulips Noire " aloud,
trying hard to seem interested in the ad-
ventures of Cornelius and Roes. while she
strained her ears to catch the faintest
sound from below.
Grypline was hi 'the vary act of die,
covering " la loupe," Cornelius in an agony
of grief, when Eeperanoe suddenly -stopped,
and sprung to the door. Steps were 'lowly
Yom.-. . _ e Mo -•.i tad:1 l ,..
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wee beard making some nnoomplimentary
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remark &tient irocha-a `hoarse voice
assenting. A minute more, and Gaspard
dragged himself into the dimly lighted
room, almost falling into the nearest ohair,
while U. Lemercier hastened to reaeeure
Eeperanoe.
" No, no, he ie not wounded, my dear
n'tedemoisellei-only-worn ce t with 'fatigae-
and the cold. Some hot brandy and water,
Antoinette ; we shall soon revive him, do
not fear."
E$parance took , the ninellet from the
-6. b ORT or-rWo 1J TBIEe.
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CHAPTER VI
• Thtt'De Mabillone met with a great deal
y'Ot • s)i nipathy, notwithstanding.; that such
ke"es as theirs were now everyday events.
?tae Lemeroiers were kindness iteelt;
;deed. had it not been for madame". solidi=
Eeperanoe would have fared badly.
aspard'a wound healed all tooqaiokly,and
:SIF the'middte af-Deoemb tie had rejoined
,]♦iia battalion, leaving Eeperanoe to her
Woman's lot of anxious waiting. This
added. to her' grief and loneliness, would
aeon have-provedtooenuoh for her, had not
kine. Lemeroler, on the very first day of
° Oespard'e absence, , paid a visit to the
•' 414utrieme stage, her kind little eyes spark-
ling with satisfaction as ohs felt the.
brillanoy of her new idea.
Beper-Crf➢oo-12tssn-6'icSrslog-in-C-dita sou,,Sa7kiterg
attitude, wrapped io`a ehawi, and knitting,'
as fast as her benumbed fingerer would
allow. Madame's bright eyes grew dim fer
kilemoment.; there was something inex-
preeeibiy sad in the look of.ailent suffering,
on i;nnh a young fade, She made haste to
titnfold her plan.
You feel very cold here," she 'began,
with a little shiver put in for effect, as in
reality ebe wse,.burning with excitement:
" Without doubt, the higher in the house,
the colder -the rooms: Let . me feel your
kande, child. Dante 1 but .you Will diner
Oki if you remelts here much longer."
"". This is the worst day we have had,"
OenEeperanoe, " and Jsvotte says there is
-pssai ail y-of-ge:aagg-ooai; err eveirooke ;
she has gotta out now to try to obtain wood,
but' Lhey nay it is very dear." ..
"' Yes, -andswhat.ia worse than that, it is
,posrce," said madame,letwering her voice
impressively ; "it yon get' it today, you
itieeenot be able to do eo,to•morrow."
"ylldioie. Lemeroier was neaally so very
nine that Eeperence was quite ear-
ed, to hese saoh gloomy forebodings..
he`eoon ea* through the little device..
iiowtyver. ' Madame, tipinking she had.
beaten about the bush long enough, cleared
ber throat, smoothed her tape mittens, and
began. " My deer Eeperanoe; I Dame to
intake a proposal •to yen. Yes, lay aside
Your knitting, for. it ie a thing of import-
enoe-of importance, I repeat, for life is
important even' in `a siege." •
1 speraree thought of Gaspard, and said,
It Yes, madame."
"t It is a ah,ntm of life, then, that I come
to ' contemplate," continued madame.
"' Below, in our little salon, there burns a
fire of wood, a small tire. This morning,
ignonsiaar eaid `to mei -' Antoinette, whioh
do yon prefer. a fire or a domestic ? We
exit not keep both.' After a little consider-
ation, I replied. ' I prefer to have warmth.
Vi as you eee deer, I MB withont a servant.
• Wb at takes plane then? I come to pay a
v• ;isit to reoaunt my troubles. What do I
:lied ? hat yon have a servant, but no fire;
while I have a tire, but no servant."
M j paused, oat of breath. Esper-
i'. �no:o (slapped her hands gayly.
• ",And yon think we might unite our
'forces? Ah 1 bac it is a good idea 1".
" Really ? Yon find it so ? And your
yb`btother, will he approve? "
" Oh. yes, donbtleee. i He , and Monsieur
Lemeroier oan talk politica ell the evening.
' Picture to yourself how they will argue! "
After a consultation' with Javotte, .the
arrangement was finally settled, and F.sper-
pnce was so happily exoited by the change
of, gnlrtere that the day passed by almost
quiokly.
•• ti-:epard, returning in .the evening, was
tb entdul- .enough to. _find .a .fire awaiting
him, and though the conversation turned
entirely on the proposed sortie, Eeperanoe
could not find it in her heart to be wholly
nlnhepny, but resolved to enjoy the present
while it was here, and^ for the future to
hope.
The next few days were partioularly
trying ; the s,rtie was several times
arranged, and then put off in a way that
tax••d every- one's patienoe sorely. •
On the night of the 20th, however, Gas-
ppard ri•airy. -was" " obli4ed: to maroh; and
Etpyrence was' peinfnlly'reteinded of the
terr, bit, parting before the last sortie. The
recollection, however, was riot without its
comfort, for was not her father beyond the
reeoh of ell pain, and weariness, and hard•
•hip? She could not help being' really
thankful now, even though the desolation
and lonelinese was so hard to bear.
Mine. Lemercier devised all manner of
aietraotions for her, a visit to the
fedi s,''8 u:iety for Working for the Slog
sand Wout,ded, a walk with monsieur, and
mew books to read. The news was not
>< very obeerieg-severe fighting for eight
hours, and tittle, it anything, gained. This
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was on the 21st.
On the evening of the next day every one
telt dull and depressed ; ' madame, her
chair drawn close to the little fire oould not
suppress a heavy Nigh every now and then
thotieh etch time it escaped her she world
give a little cough, hoping to deceive Eeper-
once. Javotte` wee, of course, hada share
in the one fire -eat, rosary in hand/ mar-
e t er brother, starting, back in;horror to
fled ;his .maetaohe quite frozen. He was
ihst.enpugh alive to be amused at her terror,
wed' to • whisper; hoarsely, that it would
thaw very soon.
Mme. Lemeroier and Javotte Megan to
tend him with great delight '; it was their
flat attempt at 'surging, and between their
oare, the warmth, and the restoratiies,
Gaspard was soon relieved, and able to give
,sonic account of the 'sortie, whioh had been
unsuccessful. •
'The intense oold was of long duration. It
told fearfully upon the National °nerd, so
tuncirtice that as'many saoonld'pbtaiblrbe
spared, were sent book to.Peris. Gaspard
had taken a violent chill and was ill in bed,
and Eeperanoe wblig thankful to have him
safe at home, wan terribly distressed at the
short rations of unappetizing horseflesh,
whioh, hi his weak state, he found almost
uneatable. She, foe the first time, fully
realized all the diaoomforts of the siege, and
longed impatiently for an end to their
privati it and misery.
Christmas was not quite so sad as she
bad anticipated. To ,begin with, Gaspard
was mnoh better, and able to oome down to
theLemer_cierie salon, a>id_ redance was do
bright and cheerful that it was impossible
not to catch something of her. humor.
Then, too, there was. a great surprise.,
Javotte returned from her marketing with'
a beaming face ; she had been standings*
lame frost• lienee, --hat ha,'iloyd-she-hie
brought home ratione of beef, and a little
butter, luxuries long unheard of.
Bach good fortune' did not come again,
however. Food .became more and more
scarce, •the thermoneter OM remained
twelve degrees below,zero, and there was no
prospects of relief.
T,he•.J_gguur de fan dawned gloomily, even
Mme. Lemeroier felt .,'a little depressed,
everything was so triage ; , no presents, no
amusements, no gayeties of any description.,
but a gray, sky,' ,a mourning people, and
distant firing:
M. Lemeroier went to a political lecture
at the republioan club to whioh he be-
longed, Gaspard insisted' on joining his
-l=attaliosni-J:.votta werst-out-to-the--adarket,
and Eeperance and madame were left to
their own devioee. •
Eeperanoe began to make 's wreath pt
immortellee for her father's grave. ,Madame,
sat knitting fors e••time ; at last she
spoke -but harried --as if she disliked hen
sebl'eet.
''' Esperenoe, mon amie, do yeti not think
that our,poor Javotte grows very -thin ? "
Eeperanoe•etarted. , -
" I told her so only the other day but she
.merely laughed, and said one did,not.
expect to grow • fat in a ,siege. Do you
think she is ill; dear madame?"
" I have tbonght so for long, my poor
child ; but do not grriev_e, I may be mis-
taken. What makes me anxious is this :
for the last two days I have kept watch
with great Dare to see what she este; and as
far as I can tela only two small pieces of
bread hue she taken." ' ,
Esperanoe's eyes filled with,tears.
" It 'must have been in order that Gas-
pard and I should have enough ! My poor
Javotte ! how selfish I have been but even
then it seemed so little."
While they were' still talking of her,
Javotte entered with her small market -
basket, whioh though light enough ;seemed
to hang heavily on her arm. She- was an
ugly old woman, with' a very yellow,
wrinkled face, made still more conspicuous
by her pure white pap 'and scarlet wicker -
chief ; bnt"there was something pathetic in
her little blank eyes, and in her odd, harsh
voice as she said, . The rations are but
small today, rewrite but they that at the
Marche 8t. Germain there are some pretty
little dogs and oats for sale."
Eeperanoe could not help laughing.
" Yea, yes, I told you so; madame=
Boucherie canine et feline.' I have seen it
with my own eyes. Doubtless that , is
where my poor Minettewent the other day,
when we missed her 1 But Javotte
Javotte 1 what is it ? " for Jhvotte had
suddenly turned pale and would have fallen,
had. madame not guided' her to a chide.
._" Bear child, do .not fear,',!! _.fa„1 terede. the
old aervent ; " it is only the oold-I shall
be warm soon."
Mme. Lemeroier made her swallow. some
brandy, whioh revived her for a few min-
utes, but she soon sank again into, a semi-
conscious etato, ' and though Eeperanoe
chafed the wrinkled old bands, she could
get no warmth into them.
Madame began to be alarmed, and M.
Lemeroier coming in at that minute, was
sent to fetch the doctor. They made a
temporary bed -closets -the tire; and between
Worn berried her to it, 'hooked to find what
a light weight she was. • Tben madame
prepared some hot gruel, while Esperanoe
sat sorrowtally watehing the inanimate
form, full of sad forebodings.
At length the pale lips moved, and
Eaperanoe bent down to catoh 'the faint'
words.
" Mon enfant biers-aime, who will go to the
market for yon when I am dead 2 Yon
mnet not go out unprotected."
" Oh l my poor Javotte, do not speak so.
Yon must not die, indeed you must not."
"Well, my pretty, I should 1°ike to live, I
have prayed that I may live to the end of
the siege, that I might take etre of you ;
but I think it will not be,, for I feel myself
very, tired."
" Dear, dear Javotte 1 you have done so
ranch for ne. See, 'madame brings you
some grnel, I will feed you."
Javotte seemed ibrongbly ruuseu ; her
blank eyes turned anxiously in the direction
of the gruel.
" Madameliae not need the good oatmeal
for me ? Ah, what a pity 1 it ghoul,* have
been for MonsieurGaspard tonight night ; and
moll a large oup. No, no, I oannot drink it."
Even Mme. Lemeroier could not restrain
her tears. Eaperanoe, with a bitter cry,'
threw, herself down by the bedside.
e' Oh 1 Javotte, Javotte 1 you have been
eterving yourself for our sake, and now it
ie too late I"
Befoce, ehe had recovered herself, M.
��,
a}CJrUiii4il �l��iL"S�]N.•%VeeevuL iYV'-`r eS(3'I•LyT.
alae, there was nothing to'be done, the poor
old woman was evitentiy dying-ooid,
hunger, and her own self-denial had slowly
but surely done their work.
Eeperanoe waited for the end in heart-
broken silence. At Javotte'e request she
brought the carved, blank rosary, and
planed it in the withered, nerveless Angara,
vhilerwithhfailiog-breathy the old- -women-
murmured a prayer ; then, with trembling
fingers, she placed the beads round Esper-
anoe'a neok.
" Pour souvenir of your poor Javotte,"
'WINSWI IS wosl[EN'ri wage.
Two Great "-•Helresses Captured by Hand
some Felllow..
The matrimonial new is that two grea
heireseee are engaged to be married to two
maeculine beauties. The yoang !adieu are
Nies Timis Fair, daughter of the famous
California millionaire, and Mise May.
Ammer, daughter of the equeliy celebrated
Ohioago Oroaena. The young men are New
WRING STYL 8 Bea MEN.
- Fashion's Latest Dere e go. he Matter of
Wad
The new spring lea "
a et of men's hats.
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whioh are jnet making their eppearanoein
the stores, do not show any striking de-
pertare from the shapes that were worn in
the fall.gand_that have been seen through-
out the winter. 'There are no exegecerated
styles in any gf the spring hate, either Silk,
"�L, �ty+ y..(;`_h. �tiL.y..'1:. iAi'2.:'.i,^Fa-�.i.....SL •- u .
prevailing characteristic, of everything
that wen, wiii wcar ea their Ireaiie Waistspring.
Bilk hate show a farther development of
the linea tbet have prevailed since last
winter. There is less taper to the blocks,
and the general tendency is toward
straighter linea and a higher crown. The
sieparture..ot the__tapering. linett_..ot.laet_-
spring's extreme styles leads back in the
direction of the bell crown. Brims are
Satter and somewhat narrower, running
down to one and a half inches wide.
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theuldered athletic, fellows, either of whom
in guir serge as,; a model for a_ statue of
Adonie, Herman Oelriohe is the choice of
Mise Fair. He ie wealthy himself, end for
fifteen years, at least, has figured as a club
man, a patron and partioipant in athletic
.ted as ohairman and of the as a Demon Democratic came
palign, e®n'trf►ittee,-Thatienpling-o! Frans
Ferguson and Mies Armour affords more
feats that are interesting to publish.
Ferguson is a handsomer chap than Oel.
riche, being .a six-footer, with a fine faoa
tt a ameas.e• e,e wot • no see a
priest, and she assented faintly, but before
he arrived the soul of the faithful old . ser-
-vent had passed a#ey. Her •last look had
, been for. Esperanoe. The poor child, fall
of grief and self-reproach, bad bent down
to kiwi the cold browand had Whispered.
'"Dear Javotte, you h,ave given your lite for
us 1" And Javotte had 'looked up , with a
beautiful' smile; and said, " Mon enfant
bien•aime, what would you -.then ? I love
yon."
Then the smile had died away, and she
had fallen asleep like a litsle.child.
'i'avbtte lied seemed only at -ignorant old'
peanut woman ; all felt now that she was
indeed a saint.
• While they were still standing round the
bed, the priest entered with his salutation
of peace. Madame hastened to tell him
that it was all over, and related poor
Ja otte'e story ; and Esperanoe felt a
strange thrill et her heart as she heard' him
MAY " And the king ,shall anhwer end, say
unto them, ' Verily I say auto you, inae•
much as ye have done it unto one of the
least of these My brethren, ye have done it
unto me.'"
, CHAPTER VII.
The horrors of the bombardment of the
oity were' now added to all the preview'
,pnisery. , BriiallApo and famine had been
'oarrying"off hundredaand hundreds of the
--bit , h -a -Kish a"le"s
=Welts appearanoe.
The first few days were fall of terror to
Mmes Lemeroier and to Esperanoe. Nurn-
berg of shells had fallen in their immediate
neighborhood, and they dreaded leaving the,
house. ' But this alarm wore off with the
novelty, and very. soon they went about es
unconcernedly se ifno danger existed.
' Poor Esperanoe* felt Javotte's death
deeply. Almost unconaoiatnsly she 'had -
leaned upon the good old servant ; and now
that her father was dead,`gnd Gaspard
scarcely ever at home, she felt very lonely,
and often in need of advice and help, whioh
no one could give. Mme. Lemeroier, good
and kind es she was, could not • fill the
vaoanrp ac't'-e;'hers waetood-rnitured; b
weak obaraoter, wholly unfit any sort of
guidenoe, and Eeperanoe needed a much
stronger support., . ' •
.The days passed by slowly and painfully.
Once only, a ray of comfort came, and
a time. the sinking spirits of the Pari
were raised. News .wae brought fro
provinoea by a oerrier-pigeon, thate•F
herbe had . driven back the enemy, ii t
Pae -de -Calais ; • that an unknown 0e0a
at Nails, with 10.000 men, bad bestent'elxb;.
Prnesiane with 20,000; and that Garibaldi
.w8b at Dijon gathering reunite.
M. Lemercier was much elated/ at stilt
an unexpected tarn of fortune ; and .evete
Gaspard, who of late had been Zetpondent,
grew more cheerful, and, hie spirits were a
better. guage than M. Lemeroier's, for he
was exposed to far more danger and hard-
ship.
Three months of real experience as, . l
National Gnerd of the marching battalions,
had taught Gaspard more about life than
his whole previont education. The dis-
cipline had been eevore, the hardship great,
the failure and disappointment very trying,
but they had all done their work, and•
under their influence Gaspard was greatly
changed.
Eeperanoe soon found thin out, even in
the short vieite he paid. her, and telt that
e wee growing far more lilts their father
than she had ever ventured to hope. ' This
knowledge, however, sweet as it was, served
to make their partings far more painful,
and she looked forward with dread to the
next sortie, whioh all knew must soon be
attempted. ,
' One last effort was to be made : if that
failed there would be no hope left for Paris.
Even Eaperanoe, in her grief,. was roneed
to a more patriotio feeling than she had
hitherto ehown, and ' tbia helped to make
the parting, on the night of the 18th of
.Tannery, rather more bearable for was not
this the " sortie du desespoir ?'' There was
something grand, inspiring, in the very
name.
• --Thertime- passed--by--wearily--to---the
anxious Parisians. Esperanoe thought no
day in the whole siege had been quite so
long and oppressive. M. Lemeroier coming
in•about noon, reported that the move-
ments of the troops had been much
hindered by a fog, but that the battle was
now et its height, the attempt being to force
the Prussians lines between' Montretout
and La Marche.
(To bo Continued.)
That 1Lntaglnary Itonndary
The boundary line between the United
States and Canada is not " imaginary," as
most people enppose. The fent is the line
is dietinotly marked from Lake Michigan
to Alaska by cairns, iron pillars, earth
mounds and timber olearinge. There are;
885 of these marks between the Lake of
the Woods and the base of the . Rooky
Mountains. The Britieb planed one poet
every two miles and the United states one
between. each Britiah post. The poets are
of oaet•iron, and oast on their faces are the
words, " Convention of London, Ootober
20, 1818." Where the line Drosses lakes,
mountains of stones have been built pro-
jooting eight jeet above high-water mark
In forests the line is defined by felling trees
for a apace a rod wide. -St. Louis Globe.
Democrat.
Salesman -This id exceptionally fine ; all
hand painted. Small deter, eoornfnlly-
That',e •nothing ; so is the bank of our
= u e on years o • . Be
Dame to ibis country from Bobiland at the
age of 20, and the Idootoh acoentia atilt per-
ceptible in.hia epeeoh. He went to work iii
this city aa a shoemaker, but the bench
peeved an uneasy 'eat for a young fellow
of hie ambition. Although he began to
oarve ant his own fortune with a shoe knife,
he Boon changed the, implement to a'sur-
geon'd scalpel. He got work in pt. Lake's
Hospital, one of the largest in the city, bia
duties being mixedly those of a janitor and
a oustodian of the -anatomical department.
He soon made himeelf valuable in *10 pre
partition and: bene fib peetmens.
and from. that advanced to the department
of dieseotion. He developed eurprising
skill with the scalpel, and five years ago
was appointed chief dissector at St. Luke's.
Hie ability in this epeoially not long ago
led' him into serious difficulty. When
Mabel), the mind reader, died at the hos-
pital, Ferguson wowed off the to of hie
head, in order` to supply his brain to the
-physioruns beiortl tGe—requisite order had -i
been given by a coroner. That was
A BREAKAGE OF THE reeve,.
whioh forbids any post•mortem examine•
tion without formal authority. Bishop's
mother made all the row posaible,and mnoh
interest was exoited by the fact that Bishop
himself, having being a subject to cataleptic
fits resembling death, had dreaded that he
mi ht be buried alive.. Mrs. Bishop under.
tsV-Ctfkn--Vt-tile
time of erguson's operation, and the evi-
deiege was sufficient to induce a grand jury
to metal Ferguson,. and the 'surgeon at
whose orders he had made the autopsy.
Within a month atter this occurrence, Per.'
guson repeated the effence, and wee
promptly arrested. Whether he will be
punished, remains to be seen, but his aote
have at least led to a reformation in the
matter of hasty dissection in -tib hospitals.
His skill with the knife; •however, has
brought to him a tolerable ;' income, and,
while wielding it, he had assiduously
Studied medioine and surgery, with a view
to going into `a general practice. He affords
an instance of a man eeif,-made by his
-own-energy and brains.
Mies Armour has for several years spent
''considerable_ of her money in New 'York
oity. Her education in mimics and lan-
guages hasbeen pursued there, and she has
8gnred is oneof the many rich and, polite
clee of society. She is good-looking,
*clone and amiable, something more
20 years of age, and her friends say
t she doesn't put on airs beoeuse, her.
40, is a millionaire many times over.
8b* bas attended services at Dr. John
t nroh in Fifth avenue, where Dr.
e t`yt jai an active member. He has
the t . "tion of one of the charities of this
opOlelitt congregation -that of providing
medical attendance in connecting with a
tip' anion chapel ; and Mies Armour con-
tributed money and time to this same pate
tionlar good work Thus the two persona
were ,brought into familiar intercourse,
which developed into a matrimonial
engagement,' the pnblio announcement of
which is here made for the first time. The
wedding is set for next Bepteniber.
News from 'Scotland.
•
The Earl of Aberdeen has consented to
come forward as the Liberal candidate for
the Rectorial Chair of Glasgow university
in opposition to Mr. B%ltoar. . o
a Provost Stevenson, of Haddington, died
on the, 18th instant, thio being the 6th
Scottish Provost who has departed this
life during the last two or three menthe-
' Major-General Alexander „ Mackenzie,
O. B., .Wiio for eleven years . prior to 1878
was ooinmanding officer of the 78th High-
landers, died et Avooh, in the. Highlands,
on the 6th halt. ee
..On the llth instant Lord Provost Muir,
Glasgow,° gave a . grand ball to inaugurate
the new City Chambers. Every person of
any note in the whole city and Bounty
attended. • It was a great snooeso.
The late Provost Beveridge, Kirkoaldy,.
Fifest ire, has bequeathed the num, of
£80,000 for e_purchase rchase of- a„_pit* and
library for the town, And £3,000 for varione
religions and benevolent purposed.'
The Earl of Orkney was hunting on tho
12th inst.- with Lord Rothschild's stag -
hounds in the Vale of Aylesbury, when his
horse stumbled at a fence -and hid lordship
austained severe injury to one of his thighs
and wad severely hurt internally.
Mr. John Roxburgh, shipowner and in-
surance agent, Glasgow, who died`recently,
has bequeathed £10,000 for, religions and.
charitable objsote. £3,600, gime to the
Free Church, £2,500 to Glaagow Infirme.
ries, 64,000' to the • London Missionary
-400iety for African Missions, £1,000 to the
Glasgow Siok Poor and Private Nursing
Association, and £2,000 to,other institu-
tions to be selected by his trthtees.
Hobson's Choice.
Cross• Examining sonnet -Isn't your
husband s burglar ?
Witness --Yes.
Oross•Examing Counsel -And didn't you
hiknowm? he was a burglar when you married
,
Witneee-Yee; but I was getting a little
old and I had to choose between a burglar
and a lawyer, so whet else could I do ?
It in reported thatatey farmers in
the neighborhood of Kingston, owing to
their heavy indebtedness, are mortgaging
their farms and decamping to Oa United
rh,
It a . , • •
a narrow rim, 1 , e en enoy iu
ward a higher and More pointed crownd
the brime have lees roll and are narrower
at the side. For spring wear brown in light
shades is the most fashionable color.
The most conspicuous feature o the
spring headwsar is the growing
nenoe of the tourist hat, ire which will be
recognized familiar shapes thee were known
years ago as the Grant and Kossuth hate.
For more than a year these eoft felt hate
have been returning in favor, and this,
spring they will be the most popular form
of bepdgear for ordinary exery.day-wear_
Hatters say they never will be classed as a
dress hat, but for all other purposes they
will be very popular. The latest.etylea are
considerably deeper and'more tapering than
the old Grant het. The mcst popular colors
are dark blue, pearl or gray, and several
shades of brown. In, the knook•aboat soft
hats there is nothing particularly new in
shape or oolor.
What atrs. Grundy EMI --s.
That in many oases your " prof° nd
thinker " is verymuch muddled him lf.
That sometimes the etrongeot netuen
his' head over the weakest kind of woman.,
That it is a real pleasure to see a girl on
the street who walks withont swinging her
arms.
That betting is one of the national sins,
ad ties Links-ca*a*--i~c-glaeee-r�Were-1 �
expected.
That emulation has brought more people
to impecuniosity than years of business
disaster. -
That the number of complete cranks met
with everywhere nowadays is absolutely
astonishing.
Thatesix out of ten "society, women " of
to -day eeem to have the wrong ideas as to
married lite.
That political prophets say five yearn.
from . now there will beet least two more
garopean republics.
That some young men's ambition is Bathe -
fled with a bob.talled horse and yellow-
eeled-waggon.
• ?hat the winter bee almost passed with-
out any book or novel good enough to ha
" talked about."
That going oat between the acts" at
the theatre is oonfioed to men of whom it
is to be expected.
That he "is never gallant• oil kind who
oritioisea .any amateur performance for
the benefit of cherity.
That women whO"re ale
g you. with;their
troubles with- eervente and other' doinestio
affairs are fatiguing. ,
That where " ettraotive features" are
necessary in church services there is some-
thing/smite with the people.
That it is interesting to read in the
newspapers just how much money engaged
people' have. -Neto York Mail and Express.
4b1dezterity..
' The sword eietoi `b D. which the Roman
soldier was practiced trained him to use
the weapon as skilfully in the left band se
in the right, so'tlie,t in case of injury to
either arm he could' still defend himself.
The pains then taken to make an efficient
soldier should now be taken to make Of
every youth an efficient workman. Thin
oan be done only by giving to`the left hand'
equal ease and strength with the right.
7:here,are many kinds of work in which.
the laborer finds a decided advantage from
en occasional shifting of bands. It rectte
him almost as, mnoh as it wo to stop
working. This is the ease sults the strain
comes meetly on one hind, -''it does in
aging the hoe. It is much the same with.
the use of the spade, the rake endthe pitch-
fork, the axe, • the saw and the hammer.
Again,, there aro plaoee where two
oan : work together 'more comfortably
and more effectively if one of them oan use
the implement lefthanded. By lefthanded
nee is understood the putting the left hand
forward upon the handle of The' axe, the
hoe, the shovel and so on. In .felling a
tree-two--ohopperean- work -together- if
they stand -on the same side i11 the tree.
To atand together they must chop one left-
handed, the other righthanded. Were they
to stand on opposite Bides of the trod. t
would be difTionit to tell just„ where the
tree would fall. So, too, in a ovelinga pile
of dirt, two persona oan• tv rk together
until the last shovelful is to p if they
nee the shovel in different' ham s : other-
wise they oannot. This training belongs
to the home. It is most saocessfally given
in the early yoare•of the chili but as each
tool and implement ie first pat into the
hands of a boy he °should • be carefully
praotioed in the different ways of 'handling
it, -Youth's Companion.
An Alarming, Discovery. -,
Chis --Why, Algy, what's the metier ?
Are you siok ? •
Algernon -No, my deah fellah, brit I'm
1wightened about myself. A doctor told
me yesterday that the air is pweesing on
me With a pweesnro of fifteen pounds to
the inch. That's a tewwible thing, and 1
don't believe I can stand it much longer.”
The Queen has pointed Sir Arthnr
flavelook, K. C. M. G., late Governor of
Natal, to be Governor and Commander -in -
Chief of the Island of Ceylon and its de-
pendencies.
It got s 'without saying that sashes of
Scotch tartan are to ha very muoh the