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' linger Girls.
ate Many gra who are M the evening
I fispM'ne ornaments to the parlor, tastefully
•drened and "neat ins a new pin," are little
better than elatterna when performing
iiomeetio duties. We /awn no patience
with this' untidinese: It has always seemed
to ins as if Cinderella herself might have
kept out of the ashes, even if he wee
.obliged to stay in the kitchen and work. To
4001E, well while about house work le worth
*bile. A neat isalioe dress, ;short enough to
' akar the floor, !smoothly brushed hair, a
clean collar andaplentifUleupplyof aprons,
.are all within the reach ' of any.girl.
- ' • grelineey for cold Feet.
Alt that in necessary,. slays the .Freeman's
•. 4:ournalcia to Stand erect and very gradually.
.. i.te lift oneself upon the tips a the toes, so
tis•to put all the tendons of the foot at full
strain. This M not to hop or. jump up and
dOwn, but. simply to ,rise -the slower the
better -gen tiptoe, and to remain stand-
higoo the point of the toes as long as.pos-
sible, and then gradually canning to the
natueal position. Itepeat this several
times, and, by the amount of work the tips
of the toes are made to do in sustaining the
body's weight, a sufficient and lively circu-
lation is oet up,
• .•aimed by:loneness,
A physioian says that in a very severe
case pt siolmeee of a 'child that he was
attending, he found that the remedies given
,did not have their usual effect, and he insti..
•4 d a searching inquiry and ascertained
t child, was in the habit of giving her
p°
t ' the anxious mother, who was nursing
everything that callers suggested, anal he
remonstrated : with her, and finally in-
formed the hueband tat he could not con-
sent to continue in ohatge of thecae° unless
the mother would adhere 'strictly to his
inetructions. He was sure that the hus-,
band would endeavor to correct the faults
of his wife, and oontintied in ,oheage of the
' ease, but the child died, and, when the
• neighbora called to condone with .the
-afflicted mother, she assured them that it
was a great comforS to her lo know that she
had done all that Mae .aouldfor the dear,
departed child: She gave it everything that
was recommended or that ehe could think
of, but nothing seemed to do any geed, and
he ouppoged her little daughter's time had
lime, "it was soto be." • •
nolinn icenchingi- .
Train a child to know when he does riot
know a, Word. •lie,...will then never spell
wrong. All spelling oan be taught iir Com-
position. Children can' be made to love to
talk with the pencil. A -child. knows atinit
of thought by expressing it. Do an act
and hat's) the children write it, or let them
tell it orally: All of grammar can be
taught in a beautiful way by action. Put
no false syntax on the •board ; the wrong
form is as likely to • remain' in the child's
'mind as the right. • Be right 'from the
start.. Plantes can be utilized in the
. writing of compositions. The little ones
may-write-onertwo or three-isentenoes only
shunts picture, but by the second:year the
child can wfite 'a story about it:. In the
third year Mean write a .page ot coMpcisi.
4ion entirely correct. Is that not a founds,
lion for grammar*? Another way of teach-
ing composition is to tellthe child stories,
and have it produce them in its own worths:
In object teaching there is as • rnuoh non.
sense as in anything else. 'The funds,.
mental mistake is cpubt teacher's attempt
the impossible. They fail to understand
that the child cannot-, see what they can
see, and consequently talk above the heads •
of their pupils. .
In Behalf ot kittie Girls. •
"1 wish 1 could fie* n! " Pleasegive me
a thread and needle?" " Can't I have this
to make my doll:something ?" If mothers
could realize how Mich unintentional and
ahhost uneonsoious learning;as well en real
• ,pleasure, they shut out from their children
when they tun away from these pleadings,
surely they would oftener enter the door.
so opportunely., thrown open. It often
seenas a trouble to stop in the middle of 'a
isewing-niaoline seam, to lay down a pieoe
• of dainty embroidery or plainer hand.sew-
ing which one is anxious tefinish, in order,
M thread a "big needle" (tying a 'knot in
-one and carefully sewing through the other
end of the thread so•that the small head
' alicilie-rdi rffteruttrbrneedlesely-betireted)
for an apparently useless effort at sewing
whioh will, -of course, go into .the raybag ;
.but let us not forget that- -every time tee
needle is pushed through the cloth the
.. little fingers grow more familiat with it,
and are gaining .,Abe power tO use it deftly.
Good hand sewing, whioh,.elderly ' ladies
tell us is no rare nowa-days, does not can,
gist Merely it k long now Of petfeetly even
.ovethe,nd stitches, in "two threads up and
• four down" on a gathered eullie ter in the
neateat of hemming, but in. the ability to
make is needle do eiectlythe thing:nacos.
• eery M meet the_intehtion et . the holder,
whatever if May liili; and while we would
1 - • _not too much disparage net pit away the
old-faehioned notiono et learning tosover.
hand and hem properly, we Wish to urge
that they be not the firet and telisiously-
• insisted.on stitches. When a , child, old
enough to be trusted with a needle, begs to
sew, let her (or him) do so ;, neves mind if
• the stitches are three inolies long. If she
wishes to fashiOn a garment for her doll
or the oat, don't discourage it. If you
• have not time to help or direct, do not put
it off for days and weeks hopinyfor leisure,
• but let her try alone, -She may veil a bit
‘, of Muslin or °elicits:but it oannotle °Minted
waisteditrihrr has learned even so little as
that one thing cannot be done. Few peopte
make the same blender trice. The put -
chase of new cloth for dell& clothes is not
an unheard of extravagance,and the privi.
lege of cutting Over a partly worn or out.
grown garnient of her on for her dell bas
gladdened many a little girl's heart. Sohie
• time when you Ifteie a dresemaker by the
&eget her spend a little time in helping
tit -tlitt doll's dreseee. No 'child who has
not tiled it oan Understand the almetst
perfeot satisfeption Which there is in Mak.
ing a doll's drese that has been Out and
basted by a "real dressmaker." Zircon-
lated, oliithenify might nutlike this: Be
ready to help a child lehrn to sow, and then
do not thrust teaching 'gen het, . .
Latest *minion Notes '
,
Virbite bit hoode should be Wotn Only in
the evening or in a earriege.
Seal and other dark bars ate preferred
•
for walkieg and sleighing Imoda
Evening Ahem aro agstie beo6niing Otte
faneiftal in 00a and design.
Fur hoods are Worn for walking as well
Aar
Re Sleighing I the °Meat weather.
Clapeice With (141,04 WM'S ate Mere
faehionable than the tiny Fanolione et the
pan.
Nearly all the wraps for children are
modifloatione of the pelisse and pelerine
combined,
Young matrons wear little evening ova
of 10.00 and 'lettere or hoop ribbon and,
feathers.
Fur itime everything this winter from
the crown of the hat to the top of the
walkinyhoot.
The bead embroidery on the colored kid
evening shoe is generally of the same 'Made
as the kid.
Borders or fur are used to oaten on
drones of all hinds, whether for the street
• or house wear.
Little girle wear the Ranch Hongroie
made entirely of fur, or Pinny/flan cape
with deep fur, britne.
• For little boys there are soft berets
trimmed with ribbone, or large fur hats of
the mountaineer shape.
Toffeta glace, plain, and brocaded, is the
coming silk for early spring and next Mtn -
mess full-dress wear,
Muffs may meta the cepa° and the
.coetume,or they may be as great a contrast
Bathe wearer may fancy. '
Agi'droY, ruby and elive are the favorite
colors for army velvetreception stnd opera
oloake and mantles. -
A beautiful Parisian muff exactly simu-
lates a bouquet of the crimson, yellow and
green leavespf the eumao.
Reception dresses are being made ot
• cloth, with tabliers of Parisian velvet flowers
and birds.
Tabliere and paniers of evening dresses
oannot be of too brilliant colons or of too
rich textures,
• Reception or dinner toilete of oressen
colored stuffa and silver are peculiarly novel
and beautiful. ,
Rhine stones are new satin tortoise shell
hair pine, and make lovely ornaments for
the back hair.
For light mourning the eapote ot uncut
ve,yet 'sometimes bas a brim covered with
diashonds of jet.
The close fitting jacket -opening over a
gilet is a favorite out door garment for
young ladies in Faris. .
• •,!..
A late invention for boys and girls who
will kneel down on the play ground ang.
wear out the knees of their etgokings,
isa-
stooking knee proteetor.
An artistic novelty heti recently been pro-
duced in the way of out door toilet of dark
blue gray tallith, with a tablier and waist-
coat of real swallows. • ,
On the streets of Paris during the late
cold weather, plain skirts of sealskin, with
brown silk overdresses and short sealskin
mantles, meths their appedrance.
Family natters. •
•
If an Ogg is. added to the batter for our
griddle cakes they will be. surptisingly
improved and brown nicely.
A little borax put in the waterin which
searlecniiikiiie and red.bordered towels are
to be washed Will prevent them fading.,
Spice sauce -for a plain hasty pudding is
made of one cup of Auger dissolved in a cup
of water and boiled for a few minutes, With
mace,.oloves and ginger added to spit your'
taste. ' •
• A geed way to extract the juice of beet
for an invalidis to broil the beeCon a grid-
iron for a few niinutes, and then squeeze
the juicie from it .with :a lemcat-equeezer ;
lint a little salt with it. This maylbe given
as the siok One prefers, cold or hot, or it
may he frozen and given in small lunips.
To clean damask curtains, if icrtmetia,
Wash well with ordinary soap and water,
then nitrite in , oold-olean-wrdery-wring
thrptigh a.wringing machine and hang in
the Open air to dry.- If the curtains are,
•green, use gall instead of soap. Silk trim-
mings must be removed; aothey cannot be
cleaned: • ,. • .
a. you wish te laavie potatoes mealy do
not • let them stop belling for an instant; •
and when they are done, potiethe water
off, and let them steam for ten or twelve
minutes over the fire.- In the spring of the.
year it is better to' boil Potatoes* in two
waters, pouring -off the "find as soon ns it
comae to the bc.11,fand then covering the
• potatoes a second time with coldwater,
adding a little salt.
• TO remove mildew or stains from white
cloth; take one tablespoonful of chloride of
lime, in half a pail of water, •let it: etand
half an hour, then dip the cloth in, wet
thoroughly, and spreadin the sun. Repeat
thisuntil entirely out, theirwash thoroughly
and rinee,andthe lime will riot • injure. the
oloth..:' To leave the: cloth ovet night with-
out wishing, the lime will rot it Yelloviiid
et unbleached clothes may be bleached in
• the seine way. • •
The oitiereat Kind oiFads
" id_realLY,astonishinyhow mitnY
fetent kinds-of-pside ere -being invented,"
remarked Fizzletop at breakfast a few
morninge age. . •
"Yes," rest:sanded-NEM, Fix.tiletop, "1! we
are to believe what'we read in the news-
papers almost any kind of invalid can be
restored to health -by some kind of pad.
• Consumptives are cured by breast pad
andiung pad. Then again people who hate
liver disease are 'cured by liver pad." •
and•thereare kidney pads to cure
people who •suffer' from Bright's disease;',
and there are 'stomach pada," ' • •
• " There is one kind,of pad that. doesn't
help •& man Much," interrupted Johnny,.
who reads the papere. . . • ,
"'What kind of a. pad are you talking
about" aoked Col. Fizzletop harshly •
" feet pad. ,I radin.thspaperbbuit a
• Man was knocked down in New York and
robbed by 'a feet pad." - " •
me (immix up TU ACM%
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4 Breach ot protonic Cam Threatened
-/Prompectire Trent tor the Gosuipse
A London cablegram soya; Min Fortes.
cue'e aotion a.gamet Lord earmoyle is
rapidly assuming the dimengions of a public,
scandal, Earl CeArna' enemies hope to
make it a means of driving him from
pblitios, They feel oertein of weakening
his poeition as a candidate for the leader-
ship of the Tories, They recall the over-
threw of Lord, Oinumellor Wastbury,pue
to the follies 01 1118 sen. There have imam
• been ugly rumors of conspiracy, The World
ear that the conduct of Lord and Lady
Cairns has been basektmacherous,and un.
ohristiek. They jdoeived the girl into
thinki ' 'berself ao opted ; they fooled ber
f
with f se hopes ; hen, when the rupture
came, ord Cairn suggested 22,000. His
lawyer 4ndueed him to eoneent to 05,000:
Beyond:UM he Would not go. Society is
from the books o clubs.
waiting a kmaly for_the trial. Lord and
Lady Clair will enter the witness box.
Lord Garmo le's letters to his 0 Blue.eyed
dialing " will e read. Publio opinion re -
garde him wi contempt. He has gone
• abroad. His n me has been withdrawn
,
Prince tamer Pr, obesity cured.
Stout people would no doubt be glad to
hays further information as to the method
by which Prince Bismarolt has at last got
rid ot his superfluous flesh. Fora dozen
years the man of blood and iron has been
afflicted with all sorts of maladiee, more et
less directly traceable to his excessive cor-
pulence: He paired sleepless nights, and
eould hardly walk a couple of hundred
yards without fatigue. Doctor after &tater
was called:. in, but "physicians were in
vain." At last, however, he has found his
saviour: Count William .Bismarok, the
Prince's Meond son, was, like his father,
long troubled by obesity. One hippy day
a literary friend introduced bo4aiw a cer-
tain Dr. Schwentunger, a BaVa ian, who
claimed to have hit upon st rcgimd which
was an infallible cure for fatness.
Count William placed himeelf un eery.
edly M the hands of tbdHerr,Dooto • and
in a few weeks had lost hie super pens
built. Therenpen Dr: Soliwenninger'was
summoned to the Chancellor, whom he un-
dertook' to euro, as he had cured hie son.
At the end of seven or eight "weeks Prince
Bismarck weighed Witty pounds less, and
he now, leeks upon himself as cured. He
sleeps long and tratignilly r hi is at his
-.desk at 7 in the morning;'he takes long
walks, which would fatigue a young man,
and, after ten years' absence from the sad-
dle, he is now able to rid. All this is pie.
digious ; but what is Dr. Sohwenninger's
mysterious regimen t --St. James' Gazette.
•
• Weather Eccentricities.
Reports from. Nevada state that Tuesday
night was the coldest ever experienced. At
Halle& the thermometer was 45 below.
• Aceording to the Brandon Surithe settlere
in the Turtle Mountain district are haying
a hard time Of it the present winter. One
,man -found on his arrival holm after a
abort absence that the whole of his live
stook, wadding of a cow, a sndf and three
pigs, were frozen to.death.
• A St. johns, Nfld., correspondent writes:
Uptill a week ago we have had a very
mild winter, but on'the 28th ultimo a " cold,
wave" reaohed ns and on that night the
thennotaeter Bank to 14 '"? below zero, a
most unusual occurrence, as it is but occa-
sionally that the mercury isbelow zero dur-
ing our winters. The "cold snap." .was
• soon oyer; a warm rain Mlles.:red wadable
away.,all the snow and iota, and on the 1st
of February the thermometer stood at -58 P
in the open air.
• A Sentimental Starr.
1r.-0-iikkerelishement house, says -a des.
pateh from the flooded part of Cincinnati,
kid its first story under water, arid in hie
old home the water was gaining rapidly, al-
most reaching' the second Burry. The
stables, garden and arbor were all drowned
out, and in the windovv of the back piazza,
nestled closely between tlasi_window.panes._
and curtain, were two • rats', mother and
• child. The water was crawling Up and
• moistening their feet, mad theyran to and'
fro along the window -sill, the picture of des-
pair. • The Old rat would run to the corner,
and then beak to lier little one. Turning, -
she would lick his nose, and as the 'WOMBS;
rolled up over .them . the little fellow
climbed on ber back and clung about 'her
neck, Lawrence Sterne shed tearsover a
• dead ass, and had he seen these drowning
plagues of houee-wrves he would un-
doubtedly have penned a panegyric that
would have -drawn team from a braes
monum.ent." •'
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TE : 1300K,
Royal Record of the Daily Doings
of ViCtOria.
JOHN BROWN AND AfAa-
REA Zan%
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The Whiskey Bottle, Lord Feerneni Ftm
*Linen:lens to Ramer,' lioldee and
A London cablegram says : The Queen'e
new book, which was distributed to the
• press this morning, consists et a disoon-
neated diary._ from August' 21st, 1862, to
September', ' /882, with a long gap from
Ootoberf 1879, to the final date, covering
the period of transition from the ad -
c
ministration of Lord Beaconsfield tothat
a Mr. Gladstone. The maim. boo ! is
devoted to domestio and family Waits.
Politioal allusions are only incidental. The
illustrations are numerous, and include
portraita of the Queen and of the Prin.
cams E leanoi; Lome and Beatrice, There
is also a portrait of Grant, the Queen's
body servantancl one of her attendant;aohn
Brown. There are pictures, too, of the
Queen's collie doge, Sharp and Noble, and
several views of scenes in the Highlands
from sketehee by the,Prinoess Beatrice.
he deset4edly possessed my entire 0012fl*
donee. He served me truly, devotedlY• Un-
tiringly. To say that be Is daily, nay,
hourly mimed by me, whose lifelong gratis.
tilde be won by constant are and devotion,
is but a feeble expression of the truth,"
Intinulties of Me Princes/rot 'Wales.'
Pandell Eietter .13oston Rom1d4
" The lovely Princess of Wales is the Most
boloved of alL bbs membersOroyal
rathiland-lit-hr Much -regretted -that the
probability is she will be less and less in
public and in society. And certainly there
is no one to take her ,place. She has a
charm of person all her own; a charm that
wine all hearts and makes her popular
with all classes of the people. The Queen's
disinclination for all publio and eociat
duties has thrown the burdens of royalty
upon the° Prince of Wales, and be has Won'
enormous and merited popularity by meet-
• ing every demand neon his time, bie
strength and his purse. And his lovely and
,dutiful wife has shared both his cares and
'fatigues, This Strain, under the oiroum-
stanme, ought • nob to be put upon the
Princess much. longer. First of all, her
health is not what it once,was, although she
ie a wise conservator of her own strength,
which she faithfully devotes to the care of
• her lovely children eo far as public, and
sweat duties permit. But the Princess has
O stiff knee, and this slight lameness pre.
vents her walking with ease, and she dist,
likes to appear publicly where walking is a
.
necessity, However, one is informed that
thersaddeet-part of -this -sad story is that the
Princess' deafness, veldt% has long been a
great infirmity, is now so bad that it outs
her off from ready intercourse with society,
and that she begins to shtick, not 'un-
naturally, from the outside world. On the
other hand, the Prince of Wales is out and
about much of the time, as it is both his
duty and pleasure to be. He is phenomen.
ally active, and one readeof him ite being
betimes here, there and everywhere. His
manners, whioh tire quite Spanish in
punctiliousness, are'always affable and en-
gaging, and he is dought, in moiety and for
publia occasions, not only for the sake of
his rank, but also for his own, sake. It is
commonly understood that with his most
intimate gentleman Wends and in the most
free -and -easy circumstances, the heir to the
throne of England is first of all and always
a gentleman. •
reniemb.er wall," said Senator Schultz
tb a . reporter in Ottawa, the otlaer day, his
eyes . kindling, " when the rebel flag was
first noisted at Fort•Ciarry. With some
others I was imprisonedin the guardhouse:
We could see through & chink in the wall;
and so the flag was being hoisted -the wind
caught ita folds and spread it to the,breeze,-
, See, see,' exclaimed Biel, as he leaped
upon the mound.surrotinding the flagstaff,
and pointed to the spreading flag, Even
the winds'of heaven are propitious, and our .
cringe will prosper.' He had considerable
tact," continued Mr. -f3chtiltz " but •I
atways believe.d him to be a coward at
heart, for when any itanger was impending
he ueuallv .sent forward some ohe of his
followers." • • • . •
• !Plenty of strong noise.
The manufacture of rope from asbestos
tolikely to become an industry of con-
siderable impertanoe . in England, the
• strength of the article beingestimated at
about one-foUrth that a ordinary -hemp
rope of the Risme diameter, Rope of thie
material of one and a half inches in Mame.
ter le stated to have a breaking strength of
bin ten, and, twenty feet of it are calculated
to reprdsent a *eight of thirteen and one-
• fourth prIends. Some of the purposed, . ai
enumerated, to which this kind of rope is
especially adapted are theatres,' fire bri.
pries and means of .escape from dwellings
and publio buildings, its advantage being
that it Willnot breaketa drop its burden
if the flame bears upon it. It is made like
ordinary tope, and is spun from Italian
asbestos thread. '
"lost think: "InHeidelberg I once
ettMe acme" a negro that Was actually so
black that he could not be seen without -
light 1" • "Ina I I Saw a fellew one time
In Mannheim Who was so thin that he
always Ina to enter a room twice before he
,siould be noticed l",-,,Germeat run,
Mi outpost of the Saleation Army hart.
been at Montreal in quest of information
With a View to securing a barracks' in the
city shouldthe army extend, operations to
•AlOntreal, •
Noxfoto Weed lillestrnetion.
The bill introduced into 'the Ontario
Legislature by Hon. A. 11. ROSS, respecting
noxiona Weeds, extends the operation of
the Act respecting thistles. ; Municipal
,Counoils may without petition -appoint an
inspector to secure the destruction of weeds;
and mush do so if fifty landholders peti-
tion that Buell oppointmenthe tnade. The
inspeotOr's duty shall be to have thistles
cut when they are not destroyed•after due
notice given, and the cost is to be assessed
againlit the•owper of the land. '
• Um.; Quincy snzv;Citelliiii.
'650,006 annually out of her private income
in support of thirty kindergartens and
twenty nuteeriess,'Which libellee established
in that part of the city where the roughest
and most squalid features reign. In addl.
tionto this she spends 620,000 a year in
other. charitieti. '
notate Earl Grosvenor; who *as pas-
sionately fond of mechanical engineering,
was frequently to be found in the 'railway
workshop at Crewe Stittion anastilloftener
driving "the Wild Irishinan " between
London and Ilolihead. There is not • a
driver on the northern section of the Lon.
den di Northwestern Railway to whom Lord
GroeVenor'si face Wad Unfamiliar, '
The Canada Presbyterian says.: "Dr,
Wardtepe acknowledges with thanks the
reatiterrom the faintly ef Rev. Dr, &twee,
of Hamilton, of 0250 forthe erection of a
chapel fp rorraosa. This; remittance mince
microropitnied with the egression of the
hope that theMission and oenneeted With
• Dr, James' church may be able peirManenf,
ly to sustain a native preacher."
"Astonishing oure for consumption," tte`
the Old lady said when she sprinkled snuff
on tko viotoolo ot her bearclerft
TEN OPENING WOUDN.
After the dedication to the "loyal High.
lenders, and especially to the memory" of
the faithful attendant and friend John
Brown, the diary opeos with the building.
ot the memorial 'cairn in honor of the
Princie COleort. It reads as follows : "We
abetted off in a little pony chair, led by
Brown, Bettie (the Prince of Wales) in
• front, Elevator and Louise on potties, and
the two little boys, Arthur and Leopold. I
actually drove in the little carriage to the
very top of Craig Lowrigan, Grant and
Duncan pushing the carriage • behind.
Sweet baby Beatrice we found at the top
The view' was so fine, the day was • so
bright, the heather se beautifully pink;
but no pleasure, ne joy. --all dead. Here
at the top is the foundation of the cairn to
be erected to my preeious Albert. X and
naypoor six orphans all placed stones on
it, and our initials are to be placed on
• stones all around it." •
Several succeeding entries in the diary
mention other visits to the Prince's oairn,
along with thelamily reoordsrand remark's
of the • domestics'. The following may
serve ag an example of the tatter: 4' When
near the cairn Grant said, I thought you
would like to he hotels:1.day, en his birth-
day.' 'Se entirely was he of the opinion
that this beloved day, and even the.14th of
December, the alimentary of his death,
musthot be looked upon as a day of mourn.
ing. There is se much gocia and ottong
faith in these eimple people I"
;Oil BROWN'S WEISNER. BOTTLE.
• When malting the ,first visit to Clessalt
Silica, Mountain Lodge in 1868. the diary
describes the housewarming as follows:
4' Bram' (same to say that all tlie'
servants were ready.. There were present
Louise, Arthur, Jane, Lady Cherohill,
number of domestics and the policemen.
Wo made nineteen altogether. Five-sinix.
Mated mile were danced, inwhich all but
myirelf joined. After the- first reel whis-
key toddy wits brought round for every one;
and Brown begged I would drink to the fire
kindling. The merry, pretty little 'ball
ended at 11, but the men went on singing
in the ,steward's room far some time, alt.
very happy. But edd thoughts filled my
heart both , before dinner and *hen I re-
tired to rest. I thought °tiny darling bus -
band, Whom I fancied I Must see and who
always wished to build_ here. Then the.
ead:thaughtetruck me that It was tnifirst-
witlow'ss how. But X ani sure his blessing
re•
•sts OW it." • •• ' •
I 'A' SOOTOU .00BEEDNI0N.
1871 the Queen witnessed the Scotch
edinmunici- rIservice on" Sunday at the Ora-
• thie'Clarch, near Balmoral. She writes.:
",The communion. is Most touching and
bestfitiful. It inspresse‘and moved. me
More than I oan express. Lb is inipcissible
-to-say-how deeply we weie-impreesed lay
the grand simPlioity of the service. It was
all so truly earnest. No desonption can do
justice to the perfeet devotion of the whole
assenablege. I•longed much toloki it. To
see all these simple, gond: people in their
nioe plain dressesonclading au old woman
• in her mutch, so Many of whom 1 knew,
and sense of whombad walked far, although
-they-were in deep silo*, was very striking."
"Since 1878," the Queen adds, ".I have
. partaken of the communion* at Crathie
every autnnan.". •' • .• •
DIAINIELS OF LORNE'S' ENGAGEMENTr-,--
.
On October 3rd, 1870, the PrincesLouie.°
became engaged, to. the 'Marquis of . Lorne.
The event took place, the Queen: says, dur-
ing a Walk Irota Glassalt Shiel to Dhu
'Leek, where•Lounle had gone with Lady
Ely, the Lord ' Chancellor and Lorne.
"Louise, on. returning at alight, told me
Lornehad 'Spoken of. his devotion to her
and had proposed t� her. She had accepted,
knowing I would approve. Thciugn 1 was
-not unprepared for : this result, ,1 felt
painfully the thought .of losing her. But
naturally -I gave my consent and could only
pray that she might be happy:"
• DEATEC OF TEE PSINGE InirEnIAL.
• In June, 1870, the Queen records the•
'receipt of the news telling of the death of
the young, prinpeImperial "Brown
knocked and came in'. • He said theie was
bad news. • When 1, in alarm, asked what,
he replied: Theyoung French Piinots is
killed.! 1 °mild not take it in, and silted
several times what it meant Beatrioe then
game in with a telegrain in her hand and
said: Oh; tire Prinee Imperial is killed!"
•Thel the thrill -of hcirrer•noW.While I write
the words. .1 put my hand to my need and
tariea'•No no 1 it cannot be true 1"
Then dear Beatkoe, who cried very much,
as 1 did, toe, gave me the telegram. To die
in Finch an awful, horrible wayt Poor,deat
Empress; her billy, only child -her all,
gone. r was quite beside myself.",
BMWS IN DISTRESS. •
"Brown-, was so ZistresSed: Every one
Was quite stunned. Little Weep didi get,
thinking rthe poor Empress, who•did not
'yet know it. The Prima was ad good and
so ranch beloved. To think Of that dear
young Mall, the apple Of his Mother's eye, when old and young, rich an oor, pastor and
born . and matured in the purple dying
thus, is too fearful, too awful, and it is
inexplicable mid dreadful that the others
should not have turned around and fought
for him."
nonua mammon.
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' •
now to Get Kid of an linweleome
Visitor.
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• ." itheumatiam," says Mr. A. McNeal,
proprietor of the. City Hotel, Kingston,
"used to hold its own pretty wen, but the
days of that here are o'er.' Si. Jemobs Oil,
the Great German Remedy, has completely
• conquered the rheumatism, and no man
need suffek from it longer. 1. had it badly
until a short tinae ago, but I used St,J ameba
Oil and Was oured, and ao can any one be
cured in a similar manner." •
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• •
•
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•
ONE BIDE AT A TDSIE.-is Midge, I desire to
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functions. It is only by such a method that
disease is ever arrested and removed.
One does not wit& to have a bald head,
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*** 'What is bred • in the bon, will never out
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There ie one, good thing about leap year,
and that -is that leapjar jokes can only be
used once in four years. •
ra" Every color of the Diainond Dye e is per-
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The Belleville Salvation Army had -116
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Another Kind ot Jeksey. •
"There are 40,000 jerseys in this Om -
try," remarked Mr. WiggleeWorth, without
ldoking up from hie paper,
• "Web, I declare,, ' exclaimed his wilei
"tf I don't mean to ,get one. I• saw a
nice end in the •store to.day tot only 68,"
And she emiled contemplatitely as she
began darning a hole in the toe of a red
booking, While bit: Wigglesworth laid down
the agricultural paper he had been reading,
• and went out of the room, rubbing hie
head in.a dazed bort of Way.
Otte Reston of the diary gives recollec.•
tions of "my dear valued friend, Dr. Nor.
man Macleod," Sootele chaplain to the
Queen, who le "So oleve or so agreeable, 80
kind and good:" "Dr. Maoleod is greatly
alarmed fey the Established Churoh of.
Scotland, as he fear's the 'attempt will be
made to pull it down, though, thank-1ra;
shoUld thisrhappen, the Free Chureh and
the United Preabyteriano, with' the pre -
emit Estahlished Chiiroh, would becorag
ofie very'strong Protestant &fay. I asked
him about Lotd Lorne; and Ma, said he had
• In the career of female fame, thert are
a very high opinton °than. ' state of a beleved wife or
fete Prides Id be obtained which °a Vie
nsown's not in rile main.' it happy inother:=JaiirPOStan---; -
Tbo Concluding page ia devoted to the
death of Brewn. It contains these owl-
teneets ; "His lees to me is irreparable, for
Johann Strauss the oompotIer, has been
Initiating from poihotting by nicotine, the
result of emoking 'Atom cigars to etotlee.
4
POATRY0
We Shall 'lino*.
When the mists laave rolled In splearder
prom the beauty ofthe bine,
,an*1 the sumbine, warm and tenaer,
Falls in splendor on the rills,
wArnay reed love'e shining letter
lathe rainbew of the spray.
We dual know each other better
When the artiste have cleared away„
We stall know as we are imown,
Never more te walk alone,
In the, dawning of the mornine,
When-the-mists,hamoleared away,- —
If we err in human blindness,
And forgot that we are dust,
it we miss the law of kindness, ,
When we struggle te be just,
Snowy wings of peace shail cover
All the nele that clouds our way.
When, the weary watola is over,
And the mists have cleared
We shall know as we are known,
Never more to wink alone,
In the dawning of the morning,
When the mists have cleared away.
When the iiiiVery 'hide beim veiled nit
From the faces of our ownOft we deem their love has failed Ile,
And we tread our path alone;
We shoulgt see them near and, truly,
We shoad trust them day by day,
Neitber love nor blame unduly,
If the mists have °leered away.,
We shall know as wears known,
Never more to walk alone,
In the dawning of the morning,
When the mists have cleanse. away.
When the mists have risen above ns,
• As our Fatherknows His own, •
• Face to face with thee° that love us,
" We ehall know as we are known.
Love, beyond the orient meadows
Floate the golden fringe of day;
Heart to heart we hide the slum:lows,
Till the mists have cleared away.
• We shall know as we are known,
Nevermore to walk alone,
When the da of light is dawning,
And the mists have cleared away.
•-,Saw Francisco Call.
Constany.
HEI sem:
And leaned as.he said on the pasture bars.
That he vowed by the heavens blue
By the silvery moon and the shining etare--
.,. To ever prove leal and true. •
"gen change, lie true," he said, but obt
Believe nee, myown dear love,
Affection like mine, as time will show,
Has a strength that no power can move."
•
"No fear or doubts, beloved, have I,
For deep in this heart of Aliso
Is a love that will never dira and dre,
But vgilLlast for aye --like thine I"
He gave'her a ring and a fond caress,
while her teaxe like a torrent fell ;
As with falt'ring words and in sore distress,
He bade her a long farewell. •,
But the man in the mooh who had often viewed. '
Such tender scenes„I ween,
Winked knowingly then, as the lovers stood
Beneath in the silvery sheen. •
Two au mere with blossan and bud ere gone, .
Two• tars with fr and snow,
And aga e moon looked down
• On the W rl -
And.what did he sae? •hy.the lover had won
A widow with wealth galore,
While the maiden bad wedded, that very mom
Amon she had known before. •
Quoth the man ii -the meow "It's exactly now •
As it was when the world began, •
No weaker thing than a woman's vow, •
' Excepting the vows of a man. •
These things bave given the'nian in the moon
Such cynical vieWe of hit ' '
•
That thisfs the.reaBon he lives alone,
And never hes taken a wife. •
• Winding tti. steime.
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Nine you have asked for help this week." '
"1 know it." . •
"There is no need of anyone getting ea
low demi 05 700 seem to have mashed:
was careful in early life to keep something
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other poet* can't do the name thing, and
live within their means" .
" It is• easyenough.to advise people to
live within their mean," replied the tramp,
"but the trouble4- is to find the. mea to
live :within. That's what I'm after now." •
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