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Lucknow Sentinel, 1891-01-23, Page 21 She was owned at Dundee. Sowing W iid oats. Nothing reveal@ the low ebb of conven- tional morality in a more eluding manner than the oomplaoenoy with whioh society views the debasement of young men. " Oh, they are sowing their wild oats; they will soon settle down and become excellent husbands" -how often does one hear this or a similar remark, equally unworthy of any man or woman who valves life or com- prehende the grandeur of true manhood. A man who has Bowed hie wild oats is un- worthy to stand at the heed of a home or to be joined for life to a pure- smled wife. He brings to the altar of marriage the dregs of his being. The holy flame of purity gone forever ; the cinders of a spent vital- ity ; the coareenees born of contact with vice ; the soul soured by dissipation; the spirit dwarfed and maimed ; the mind weakened ; the constitution sapped of its reserve strength -this is what he brings to the altar of bis home. And from a man so marked by sin, what can we expect ? Ohil- drenthat aro shriveled in soul, inheriting evil propensities, marked by ,sin_ before -their ` e a eee the light of the world. eA boy who has Bowed has wild oats has saori- fioed hie noblest self, and is unworthy the ,one of any high-minded, pure and noble- ouled girl. Our moral standards must be elevated. Noble -minded men and women must unite in the work of social regenera- tion. They must be earnest, brave, and persistent. They meet unmask, iniquity Asail--oorwenticnal-imm'era ity €ear.--. lesely, keeping the splendid end ever before them, the elevation of the moral standard, the salvation of the rising generation. Thie great end is, worthy of every semi - floe. -Ex. -.. . - - OILY) The Diaoomforts of Wealth. " It's not because we like it that we hustle,eo in our business," said a 1°eading -Boston merohant. " Yon beve no idea of the great responsibility of euoh a business as this. To be sure, it brings 'wealth ; but what is wealth after all ? Money in it- self is of very, little account. I wonldn't give 5 cents a bushel for it.; it: doesn't bring happiness. I am happy, but it not because I have money, but in spite of it. Happiness is a matter of disposition; and money can neither bring a good disponi• tion nor happiness. illy happiest days were. when I had a email family and a salary just big enough to support that family. Then I was free from this care, this heavy responsibility, and I didn't, feel as though I had to hustle every day I lived in order to keep in the procession.. Why notease np now that I am in com• fortable 'circumstances ? Ah, how little you fellows know of the shoals and ienick- sands of trade 1 If yon let up, in this race in the least you are surely lost. It is but a single step froth a thriving, successful busi- ness to the bankruptcy court. You can't let up. If yon are in it you've"got to pull for all you're worth, and even then failure will frequently overtake you." --- Boston Traveller. Michael Angelo's Studies in Anatomy. Before hie return to the palace, Michael Angelo had begun aseries of careful studies in anatomy, to familiarize himself with every line and dimension of the figure. He toiled at thio study for years, until his mastery of the human form was complete. He never painted or chiseled a figure with. out working out in a drawing the most delicate details of ;the anatomy, so that no turn of vein or muscle might be false to the absolute troth. It is by such means that that any mastery is secured. Behind every work of genius, whether book, picture, or engine, is an amount of labor and paine --yes, and of pain -that would have frightened off a week spirit. -St. Nicholas for Jannary. At the Stationers'. Book -markers are made of many pretty metals. , Tiny manicure seta are made to carry in e pocketbook. Elegant silver frames aurronnd the new - eat photographs. Table gouge are increasing in size. The metal disk is hung both from.natural borne and in wooden frames ; the hammer is' a merles of chamois ettin. Elegant embossed leather covers are made to hold the latest novel while is is being read. They, are lined with silk end 1urniehed with a , book marker. The Meet odor caeo is a small plush hat. The toptof the crown raises up like a box lid, ane within is diecloeed two bottles of perfumery reclining on ,cotton and dedor- ated with ribbons. 'The Plant Required. 1 Philadelphia Rec)rd : There are not lase than 146 different religions denominations or sects in the United States, according to the latest accounte. It used to be said that it took only a Bible, an old woman and a tat to set np a new religions i)enorn leas on; and perhaps acne of the existing sects are, not much better endowed and egmpped• %he Sew OOeae l►1 Mlsttager. Mr. Leeds James Beargemit, wlao bee been appointed to voted Sir Joseph Hick- eon as general muster of the Grand Trunk manager Railway, for o rwhitheohlalist.. ne sixheteebaan ybe eQ, tcameo out to Canada from .England in Auguet, 1874. ifs. Met AO thea a novtoa in railway work. Ile was born at Tentehridge, Wilt. shire, and hie railway career le associated' with the ieir est English railway, the " Great Western," which baa a capital or nearly ff400,O00.000 and over 9,110 miles of rails. Ho was enperintendent of the South Wales division and afterwards chief officer of the South Beetle 11,411r.. -ay era. anyaa- gnently was remodeled with the Cornwall i wa as secretary and general manager, nm iind-hailiretili4bieVaTe7WWW7e=eaeortemeeeee Great Western, Bristol tit Exeter, South Devon and Cornwall Railways; ho also re- preaented thane intereeted before the par- liamentary committees. The success of hie management was evidenced by largely increased dividends, as theyline was at a very low ebb when he took it in charge. was offered the appointment of chief cflioer of ono of the During this period he from the delicate relations of the Imperia and Local Governments and railroad com- panies, that required experience of the character whioh he poeeeesed. Be declined the appointment in view of further promotion by the Great Western Company. Toward the close of his Eng- lish railway oireer he was, with the repre- sentatives of other companies, engaged in framing an agreement for the division of traffic between the Great Western and London it Southwestern systema. Upon his resignation, to Dome to Canada, he brought with him evidences of the highest ooneideration and esteem, including an intrinsically valuable presentation from the directors and edjcere with whom he had served. Mr. Seargeant was the first " Traflto Manager" on this oontinent. He has ably represented the Grand Trunk Railway in • the Trunk Line Executive and other committees, and has always advocated the division of competitive traffic on Equitable principles and the settlement of differences between railways by-arbitretion. He is a man of fine presence, prompt and deoieive in hie actions, courteous and accessible to 'all. He hasbeen-a- close student of --the interstate law and has written many able arguments on pooling and other leading questions, and contributed a very able article to The Alrilway Review on the Eng- lish railway sy§§tem, whioh was subse- quently published in pamphlet. form and widely distributed. In tbe 16 yeare that he has been traffic manager of the Grand Trunk Railway its receipts have increased rrom 0S100�lOC-to 4; oxiofl, m in itis tonnage increase is immeasurably greater, in consequence of more work being done at lower rates. _ Mr..Seargeent has also been.. Vine. President of the Grand Trunk Executive Council and of the Chicago & Grand Trunk Railway end other affiliated lines. In his new position he will have many com plicated-gneetion a-to-eolve—He-w i11 have to confront the contentione of Ameri- can railways affecting Canadian lines par- rying through United States traffic, whioh is obtaining political significance ; in Can- ada thereis an ambitious and bold rival system built alongside the Grand Trunk olaimieg a share of the traffic none too large. 11e will have the benefit of the new tunnel and the double track between Toronto,and Montreal, and both will expo- dite the movement of traffio and reduce Dost, but with a large capital and a con- siderable portion of it unproductive, no small amount of ability and gtod judgment. will be required to insure sncoeeo.-Chicago Railway Review. • Cordial and Lkffable,-But Arithmetical. Prof Todhunter (who has just ran across an old acquaintance at the reception) -I am so glad to have Stumbled upon yon in this way, my dear Mrs..Goldwin. How long it has been since . we niet ! But, I must say, time baa dealt very lightly with yon. Who could imagine that you have a daughter se old as Miss Prndanoe, there - and little Prue -well, just think of her being in society! Mrs. • Gbldwin-l'es, Mr. Todhunter • I can't realize these Minot myself. Prpdenoe • is 20 today. Prof. Todhunter-Why, my dear Mrs.. Gold -win, you don't tell me so 1 And only 10 aliort yeare ago I remember her so well as a romping little chit of 161 Well, well,. how marvellously thesegirle do grow. Then and Now, _ • In ancient dave fur many an ill, • We used to take a 1 -pg bluo dill. It did so surely tear and gripe, ... Wu felt:for purgatory ripe. To day, when sick, We take' Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets, , They are gently aperient or strongly cathartio, according' to sine of dose.. Cures Sick headache, Bilious Home - ache, Conetipation, Indit;esticin, 13itiyne Attacks, and all derangenu-nts of the Livor; Stomach and bowels. Pot up in vials, hermetically sealed, belie- always fresh and reliable. Purely vegetable, they operate without disturbance to the system, diet, or, accnpation. Sold by drug;iets, at 25 oente a vial. rivorcet orIClopement, Philadr'lphita Record: Daring the past year 4,000 sults were fil,•,t r„ the oourtu of Cincinnati, and of Ili +e 375 were for divorce. In Ontario, divorce is a luxury for the great and the \ve9,1chy• At Owen Sound it is said that fedi+ there have been several oases +uhere'diser.t;Ffied wives have absconders with more olaig.vrial mateir. In lieu of cheap divorce, aloe method, being within the reach'of all, grins favor,' A Long re,ow.tlt. Buffalo News : "My darling," he said, looking into the trustful ayes npturn0d to hie, " do you think you could stand 'the test of a lout; absence'?" " If 7 c:n think it is fie the beet, dear," she said, with a• halt mnnrnfal, hall Mo. Allister lo:,k on her young Nos. my,angel," liir replied, gtvzing at her long and wistfully, " farewell, I am going to see a cricket match through." Perfectly level le -no longer the fashintr Major Pont, expects to make (torn able P _rf Eel lovely $75,000 to $100,000 p eve. Say a thin 'a just s , out of pita and you have reached the � juin of tour. I'haa explorer is pai,inlnfgi0 000 !odors for pfifty leotareu and his travelling expenses in pram. addition, '.vW"+'hw-1:<:,Y]y!.?..«...-._.—. .�"'...w;+�!Y•�M�YI•A`"!WM�^V�uo.•'+tthuu, . „re. ,qo--qrr� MOOS,acle ra.B DARE. ,A::'Ustatea Takes the.' Weng 'lsnttle and iswai%ws a Deadly Lose. IN knkipi Milia,, Quer despatch earl : Nee: Tremblay, of this place, was taken off On _14 l [duy Plight by a moat tragical 4eath,trom poisoning. At 7 o'clock he wee 004 out, to, attend 'a patient. As he was ibout to step into hie sleigh he returned' Into his book office in the dark to take a 40110 of *Preparation he had made as an UpoOtorant to relieve asthma, to whioh he aaubjeot. He unfortunately put hie band .oaths wrong phial, whioh, metead of llt!Tenaratinn intended, contained soon- 'Of oon- ' Off this he swallowed, ae he estimates pelf, about on otmoe. No sooner had > w , 'r,!it,��s,-�'�`a9!e*�l:nb�•.e^,,bFsene.,t�raL_�»ee{e, �rnaoA�� �: i d at once tried to relieve hinted! of the Dison by resortingto an emetic, but not =weeding, he hurriedly went over to Dr. lieagher's office.. Dr. Meager failed in hie attempts to relieve him. The unfortunate ' doctor then and there resigned bimeelf to bill doom, and at half -past 8 went up him- self to the residence of Father 'Dignan, saying he was poisoned' and desired to death. rather Dignan, aston- danatiMrar given definite assurances by relating the e circumstances of his perilous oondition. Then the doctor quietly and composedly made his confession, received the sacra- ments, and bad hie will drafted. He then returned to his home, and at 11.50, iu the most eaornciating torture, he died in the presence of hie young wife and three chit - THE IRISH LEADERSHIP. Ne ladicatioa of _ a Peaceful Solution o the Problem. DEFENDINQG O'SHP1A. A'London cable este : William O'Brien is irrevocably and absolutely opposed to Mr. Parnell's retention of the leadership, and has made this entirely clear to Mr. Parnell. Ant, while not precisely hopeful thea d Cemrresr+ioe can he ra"ct_.o..r, ho lti�9 not abandoned the idea and will accord- ingly meet Mr. Parnell again on Tuesday. `•s�'�t' •r4: eee more i aures t @eee i. el•c s�`,-ti .i'r7.'-� S.2 +gut' more to Mr. Parnell than to Mr. O'Brien, and was made in order to enable Mr. Par- nell to return to Ireland and consult cer- tain supporters there. Nobody save the persons directly involved knows, what Mr. O'Brien's idea of a compromise ia. There are reasons, however, to believe that, Mr. Parnell baa suggested as one alternative that Mr. O'Brien himself ' THE IRISH DISTRESS. Balfour's Chief Seoretary Reports on the Condition of the roar. LIMITATIONS OF 'RELIEF. A Dublin cable 'Jaye : The Earl of Zet- land, Vioeroy bt Ireland, and Chief Secre- tary Balfour signed 'a declaration which has been leaned on'the condition of the poor in the western part of Ireland. The decla- ration says : " Poverty is chronic in some distriote, and will, it the people are nos aides, reaoh. a stage of acute distress during the winter ft .t! a. ; in. z!f011 lir eo - , . ..� .. fir'=..•:-•�'.�,,, ,_ ... > ..... , ... _... ...�? . Jt' . eentry"nnoor`'a snbstantiieiinid i1e - a`'�e��e- to give employment, nor are there charitable organizations to aid those who are unable to aid themselves. Outdoor relief, one .t in`oaees of emergency, cannot legally administered except to persona holding over a quarter of an .acre ot land. Although nono •acquainted with the history of the Irish poor law would regetrd the relaxing of this rule as other i TILTMAING AT BRA. Reconof the Crew of the Pollni After Drifting 29 Days. • A New York despatch says: The steamer State of Nevada, from Glasgow, brought to this port the officers and orew of the British atearer Pollux. The Pollux encountered a eerier of gales,,and was in a sinking con- dition when the crew were taken off in mid -ocean by the State of Nevada. The Pollux was bound from Rouen for .Phil,. delphia. The Pollux was 48 days out from Rouen when the -State of Nevada fell in with her. Her rudder was gone and the newel had sprung a bad leak. The»Pollnx only had provisions for an ordinary voyage when sh left Rouen. These scams ez e u b 0. f4 red testi f 'gun n ?1 .., ., ,i�--+n?� .7e,.. -t . t jb ger. For l days they had nothing -141 canned meat to eat. This disappeared eo rapidly that during the last seven days previous to their rescue but seven ounces of meat per day were allowed to each man. They had no water or bread, the Goal gave out long before they were rescued, and the men also suffered greatly from cold. Ono of the Pollux's firemen was washed over- board and lost. The Pollux was a steel Funeral or Emma Abbot. The mortal remains of Emma Abbott now met in a vault in Graoeland Cemetery, where taken from Central Mudie Hall in ' `~�'Chiof go. There was also a funeral service ••, in Salt Lake City, of which the Tribune gives the following.a000nnt.: "In a casket that eeemed very small, for she had always looked quite up to the medium height in ben stage roles, the beautiful remains of Emma Abbott lay, robed in silk and cov- ered with flowers. Her burial robe was the gown she had worn in the first act of ' Er- nani.' It was her ' pet dress,' as the troupe termed " it. She had alwaye called it ber iniac drese:' Of the heaviest white silk, it is bordered in white in 'lilao bins - some, with their trailing green leaven ; the - train, -whioh-was drawn-np-over:•-the..little. feet in their lilao .satin shoes, had a border of soft green velvet, over which the blos- soms los- some fell. Running down the front of the gown was a wide band of pearl passemen• Serie, just where the skirt opened over the loose lavender panel. The snowy neck and arms were wreathed in her , ' Romeo a and Juliet' veil, a dainty cobweb of lace embroidered in gold. Her waxen hands, so ' am y in . err . mp e• + so twee, were clasped over lilies of the valley and pink rosebuds, and strewn about the coffin were delicate half - blown roeee. Her brown hair fell in soft --etuls over her- forehead, shadowing- the sweetly smiling face. It seemed impossible that she was dead, with the color on her D�, lips and in her cheeks, and with that yrp-L--happy=smile-we-had-learned to know -and love in the years while she had come and gone ; it seemed a reproioh to tbe tear stained faces that hung over the ooffin, whispering .worde. of endearment. Slowly the members of the company filed past, stoopiing long for a last look. Strong men broke down and sobbed, as they stooped to kiss the little hands -the hand° that had 8P? . been so generous with them all. w -.A a areas .T his! ' date se-cor .same-_.. title i. are 1i ;; tetlari ante thir to th eAnci • 'Patti follovift lodges evens. Mast GToro Over$ Record Recei• inane uide . nside utside ep to A£tet on deli he cot, igh cdi lemhet tet he 1 td tnh eited, rj lring 1 on h ,id oft othor 28,000 !go ournet salt v titin;; y plea; To Slaughter Indiana. A London cable says : Two wild•eyed boys, named Davis and Abelson, sailed yesterday on the Gallia bound for the •' Wild West." They carry a complete. arsenal of bowie knives and other imple- ments of warfare. Their parents are wealthy:people, who, after useless entreaty, have concluded to let their boys go on their adventurous tour. They have no idea where they are going, but imagine they will strike Indians and cowboys on Broadway, and New York had better look Dai for a wild whoop when the Gallia' arrives. It is needless to say that as they strive at Pine Ridge agency, where they will probably go, they will end. the Indian war at one fell swoop, and give Gen. Miles enough points to last for a dozen oam-. him - Fight AN ith Cattle Thieves. A. Spokane Falls, Wash., despatch says : Officers of this county are now engaged in a campaign against a Large band of nettle thieves whioh has been operating. through. out the northwest for long time. Five members of the band were arrested at. Hangman Creek, near this city. Sheriff Pugh. who was 'operating, in another pert of the county, went to a honee near Spangle yesterday to arrest two more of the band. The thieves at once opened fire upon him, which was returned. In the fueilade whioh followed the sheriff was shot in the leg and one of the thieves was wounded, but both the thieves escaped. The Women of Africa. - A novel expedition ie preparing to leave London in February, its port of destination being Zanzibar,' and ite object, investiga• tion of the condition of African women, with a view to their improvement. It will be oompoeed entirely of women, with the exooption of the Arab attendants in charge of the baggage. These ladies say, that, while Stanley bee given the world mach information about the men of ,Africa, he has left the woman still in the " dark con. tinent " of obscurity. Mrs. Maly French Sheldon, daughter of a well-known woman physician, of'aldoago, leads the ekpedition. Her husband is the London manager of the' banking house of Jarvis -Conklin. Not a Man to be Trusted. New York Sun : Landlady -Don't the steak snit yon ? Boarder -Perfectly, madam. Landlady -How is the coffee ? Boarder -Delicious. Landlady -How about the muffins 1 Boarder -They could not be better. Landlady -Your references were nnex. oeptionable, Mr. Costs, and you appear like on a gentlemen .bat I abaci have to sek you tiff hna thew pl> tis basrd. Snell replied are highly suapieioue. Rev. Wm. Roberls.on, M. A-, of the Pres- byterisee Cburcb at Chesterfield, Oet.,-died: on Sitarilay. Deceased had ministered to the Cheeter6eld corigregation for'32 yeare, and was highly respected. ore'se' ei ' er • ere or in i un ' at O'Brien would ever serionely ooneider such a proposition. .Itmust be . as obvious to him- ae it is to everybody else that Mr. Parnell's purpose would be merely snoh a leader as could most easily be undermined by, intrigue and overthrown by cunning treaohery when the opportunity came. The conviction among the Nationaliete is That neither Shia nor anything else to be clawed as a compromise can be conolnded between Mr. O'Brien and Mr. Parnell. Even if these two professed to agree upon some common ground their action world bind positively nobody else. The other member, of the party who have passed through the ordeal of committee room No. 15and the Kilkenny contest comprehend more clearly than per- haps Mr. O'Brien can that there is nothing to do but to fight Mr. Parnell mercilessly and remorselessly out of the field. Tbey feel that he has revealed himself to them as an ingrained traitor. They laugh aloud at the idea of accepting hie .word or trust- ing him in anything. They would not be- lieve bim if he announced to -morrow his intention of retiring from politics. They believe he will never surrender while he lives and keeps out of a madhouse. They look ` forward' ° to -doing.b'tittle-"with" him until he isbeaten flat to the earth. This will not take long when ewe this foolish by-play about a compromise is done with. The new Nationalist daily paper will be started in Dublin early in February. The delay is due to the expansion of the original plans into arrangements for a great paper whioh ° from the outset shall rival she sources. PABN&LL'S MOVEMENTS. Mr. Parnell left Dublin today for his country seat, Avondale, where it is ex- pected he x-peoted-he will remain until Monday- morn. ing next. Unless hie plane are changed .between now and Tuesday, Mr. Parnell. will leave. Avondale for Boulogne -aur -Mer at an early hour on Mondays $alae ,pant_ in what is likely to be the final conference between the Irish leaders: so far as the question of the>leaderehip of the Irish party is oonoerned. DAVITT WANTS THE BANS BOOK. Mr. O'Brien will not resume hie confer- ence with Mr. Parnell unless the proposed negotiations obtain enoh eanotion from the leaders of the majority of the Irish party as will justify the hope of a reunion of the party. In the meantime Mr. O'Brien declines to state whether in the com• munioations passing between himself and' Meters. Dillon and McCarthy end others they promiee their approval of further negotiations. The opinion of the group in thio oity is unfavorable to a, re- sumption ot the conference at Boulogne - our -Men It is reported that Mr. Devitt half written a letter to Mr. O'Brien not to deal with Mr. Parnell except as a medium to obtain the 'surrender of the partv'e banking account in Paris. Mine. Raffa- lovich, Mr. O'.Brien'e mother -in -jaw, -says that Mr. O'Brien will not return to Ireland to enter prison, leaving the party fend unhealed. While the rupture lasts, she eaye, he can better serve the cause here or in America. A HINT TO " THE TIMES." Mr. O'Brien has written another letter fo the Times, in which he calls upon that paper to withdraw its statement oharging him with having approved the .schemes of the dynamiters in the past. • DEFENDS 0811E&. A Dublin cable eaye : Fr. O'Shea has written a letter from she Franciscan Con. vent at Drogheda, He says: "As Capt. O'Shea'@ nominator for the Galway elec. tion of 1886, I can throw light upon the foal calumnies uttered about Mr. Parnell and Capt. O'Shea. From undoubted authorities present it can be proved that no ehadow of suspicion reete upon the political purity of themotive actuating 1llr. Parnell when he decided to inn Capt. O'Shea for Galway. Heboped thereby to secure Capt. O'Shee'a influence and, to induce the coalition ` of the 86 Irish members of Parliament with the English Liberal party. Mr. Parnell's anxiety was so great to obtain this remit that he carried Capt. O'Shea forward against all opposition and without exeoting the usual political pledgee: In spite of the fact ,that few stones have been left unturned to ruin Capt. O'Shea's reputation sod lessen his pocket, I believe him worthy of his friends' esteem for. his kind-heartedness and bis right sense of great moral virtues. In the event of another electon in Galway I ebonld eat in a similar manner to prove my belief in Mr. Parnell'@ honesty at that time. I could bear witness that the pro• ceedinge in the Divorce Court had no con- nection.witb the Galway matter so far as Capt. O'Shea was concerned." The Merriest Girl That's Out'. " Bonnie sweet Bessie, the maid of Dun- dee," was, no doubt, the kind of a girl to ask, "Whet' are the wild waves eatying?" or to put " a little faded flower " in your buttonhole, she wee so fall of vivacity, and beaming with robust health. Every girl in the land eon be jaet,as frill of.life, jest as well, and jest se merry as she, since Dr. Pierce has placed hie " Favorite Prescrip- tion " within the reaoh of all. Young girls in their teens, passing the age of puberty, find it great aid..Delleete, pale and.aickly. girls will find this a wonderful invigorator, and a euro corrective for ail derangements and weaknesses incident to females. see 8 • anoe un • oubtedly limits the oapaoity to deal withperiods-of exceptional distress. The position thus created -leaves s part of the social organism sick at all times-- stricken imes-stricken with a disease from which without extraneous help it has no power to rally. The question is not whether money aught to be given, but how it ought to be given, to what class and for what epeeist pur- poses. Charity ill administered inj fires the recipient everywhere, but is especially injurious in those parts with whioh we are concerned. Elsewhere the injury,may he confined to a class relatively small, but in the worst portions of the congested dis- tricts the whole oommnnity may be affected. All are poor ; all can plausibly appealfor aid, and help recklessly given in response may infeot whole townehips with the vines and weai�knessess of professional mendicancy. We' have spoken of this matter to many priests and others ac- quainted with the .condition of the people. There was not one of therrti,bowever keenly they may hive felt the eufferinge of those amonget whom they lived, who did not admit that permanent ill-effeote followed from mach charitable expenditure within their -ex enenoe... " Begirding the appeals for help it is needful to say that tales of distress need not. be taken as authentic beoanee they are couched in strong language and seem to come from well informed quarters. The desire to stimulate flagging charity has been a fruitful source of exaggeration. We do not know that there is any reason to suppose that in Irelapd this tendency is Mite y , o . eco ro 1 -ed by long-esteb7ielled" habits of severe and disciplined accuracy. It is not easy adequately to check such statements, even by, personal observation aided by statiatioe, however aoourate. . "-I'n "regard" to the failure of the potato crop, email occupiers in the west seem at first eight all to live much in the same way. They live in the same cabins, cultivate' the ,same_kind-of_holdinge, and are clothed with the same kind of dress. It would be natural to conclude that in all places where the failure of the crop is the same distress is the same, but such is not the owe. . In no district does the bulk of the community live wholly on the potato. Every district has means of livelihood independent of the cultivation of the potato, such as fishing, labor in England, cottage industries, kelp• makingand sales of farm stock. The degree of the failure of the potato crop is therefore by itself a misleading guide to the degree• of distress existing among the people. Other elements in the finding of the position of the people are the amount of their savings and their debt and credit with local trades- men. Furthermore, in the organization of any plan of gratuitous substance caution is neeeseary in order that it shall not inter- fere with the system of railway relief works. Several thousand pounds weekly are already distributed in the form of -wages in the districts .most in need. Those getting wages through work ought . not to get charity without it. ' " The conclusions we Dome to are that charitable aid ought to be oonflned, (1,) to families whioh are in a serione want, and whioh, having no able bodied persona among them, cannot derive benefit from the public relief works ; (2) to providing meals in the schools for children attending them ; and (3) to supplying clothes for:, children unable to procure them elsewhere. These forme of assistance are lose liable to abuse than others." r _ Which is the Coward? " One time, in order to test the courage of is Bengal tiger and a lion," said a well- known showman to a Cinoinnati Times -Star reporter, "we placed a shooting cracker in the respective oagee and fired the fusee, As soon, as the fuses began to burn they attracted the attention of both animals, but in a widely different manner. The lion drew into' the corner and watched the pro- ceedings with a distrustful and uneasy eye. The tiger, on the contrary, advancedito the burning fuse with a firm step and unflinch- ing gaze. On reedhing the cracker he took hie paw and began to roll it over the floor, and when it exploded beneath his very nose he did not flinch, but continued his ezgtnination until perfectly satisfied. The lion betrayed great fear when he heard the report of the explosion, and for quite a.tithe could not be coaxed out of his den." • • The Advantages of Conversation, The most agreeable way of getting infer. metion is by conversation. If yon talk with a well informed person, who can express clearly his ideas on any subject in which yeti are intereeted,you can ask epees. tions, you can have explanations, yon can go over the enbjeet notil yon thoroughly understand it, end searching oat in Shia way, in the mind of anothereea thing which you earnestly deeire to know, you are more TThisto remember it and to profit by it. his is why a competent teacher is better than any text book. Besides talk inspires both the speaker and the listener -the one becomes more eager to knew and other more eager to communicate -Charles Dudley framer, iii January Si. Nicholas. Rndyard Kipling makes the statement that Lady Dnfferin's work in India has done more, and promises niorerin the-solu-- tion of the tronbleeofne eastern empire. problem than all masculine efforts and suggestions.