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The Exeter Advocate, 1888-2-16, Page 7Decay ox our women. There has bew). much said and -many reaeoes given for the early weakness arse cle. 08,y of American women, but if it le * fact that if this is peculiar to Americanwereengive thiuk one need not go fox to find a, eolutten for it. The complexity and straiu on heelth asirit io housekeeping is far greater than it need to be wttti our enceetorm or than it is at preat on the ladies of the ow, Wed& The eervants across, the water are better trehied, Oa A role, mid are kepeueder 0. eentrOl that woeld be iinoessible in our free eQuetry. But eVen the they are lee.% suberdhaatiou then they were a few yeare einem Still, it le oely -assumed 44 women ar male generally sobjeCt te premature weak• oess Aoa ilaheeith thee WO. $ot may do we doubt the truth of this, but 404.10;1mM; an he found which bee reached the dignity of proof, or that coesisted ot more than gen era impressious. We ore leclieed to believe that the truth thet in the Ceuntry, ee well as in emelt to and villegess women ecelealy as. healthy ea were our greed - parents, or fethers erd mothers. In cs, where fashion and cliesipetions, whieb do not Pees beyerid tbe virtueue kind, awe largely permitted, such as untimely hours, irregelar diet, unwholeieome delicemee, all eerte of coofectiens, whoee exceesive excite - inmate are repeated and mantliteed alinfiet nightly thetesgh the long fafl etta winter aeathem ere the correet "fterne" for a =deter ledy, we seepect fleet it could be proved that the ladiee of the, higher elehsee were as freii end feeble 4 hooked yeete eeit tes they are to day. There ems be no doubt that the (Maaa. tuotrotao oen ming le better time et watt the pt venter Children arebreught up under 4 more iatel. ligent method, and thet ingre4,5ea their chalices of lie; mod the rate of infeut elute. My in 41 our older Stake bee decreeeed. Warne r hOOR43, hotter elothiug,more whole. emit vookery, and better and greatly en- larged. ideal of hygiene Mvie elewly degree!. ed the atellaratem or communities+, or, to "life leagrere" would term it, the average "oaTeetatieme" are rough larger than form. erly. Dat while umey dhows ere far lose (meat, and lege malignent thao mime year ago, there no doubt that the diseases of the aerostat* system aro greatly increasq, Mul we fear Imre not yet remitted their cliu,Itreete with II:Miters, if they will heed the warning, to keep eareftil watch over all eneh threateued eviL entl prevent its progrees, Tbe family le a brim awash tei tax all the muffs ity or the most robust tied cepable womee, Witeu ouo con. eidera the lone 'variety of extremely dia. milt, and awn repageant, elutiee that ale has to Mire up, or euperhateud the doing of through servaut, there can be no doubt that few MU occupy poeitioue that to max and grind the nerve with the very mitery ot overburdeniug care. The mother intim main. eprnig of the Wally manillas.. Early and late, between the hours of rising and rear - log, there r4re Ina a few miuutta of each day that aro not filled up with dative that more or lcees atrain anti over beam the mind and nerve= 'system. THE MOTU UnlIOUSEMUF,P101, :nay, earteinly should, go out for relaxa. tion and remiseion of care 49 often at; pea Ole ; but she bite no need to go eareed iu Search of veriety and probably will mildom levee cello outside a horao on any weighty business. But any who imagine that she has light teaks topreform and needs a pub. lie :There for the eake Ge ming up a large atm*of euperflatem cuorgy, only Show how ntteriy ignorant they are of all that pertains to the correct management and aupervision of a household. The mother iu the governees and teacher of the Milliken Mt the largest louse. She is the governese of the servauts, the engineer of MI the work. The seamatrese, miUhier tailor, teacher, cook, iterate caterer, atoward, and Opiate—all aro guided by hor hand and unfailing thoughtfulnesa. She is the natural judge to whom all complaints aro brought, and who is expected to settle all disputes. Too often he who should be one with her, as head of the house, takes a 'area part of his pleasures away from home, but brings all bis cares back with him for woman's empathy. Naturally, as educational advantages in- crease, and aro more generally shared by all classes, and the refinements of sooial liM and the demands of society have a larger scope and circuit, we are constantly growing more complex, and therefore, of course, leas simple. The cares and responsibilities of itousekeeping also naturally must increase. The various departments of all graelea be- come more exacting, and the cares demand- ed. with every upward movement are aug- mented. The contentsof each department ar 0more than doubled, and to guard against waste must have more than double care. Even in ordinary conditions and che cumstances ; simply the care of the table, for instance, is foarfold more than it was a hundred years ago. .And yet are we will. ing to go back to the customs of that age? It ie true that science and MEone.RicAL r.sintovEALEArrs Alm nivENTIoArs have made each specific art in housekeep- ing much easier than formerly, but they have also introduced such variety and mul- tiplicity that care is increased in proportion as labor has decreased. The wardrobe, the library, the department of closets, the cu- linary department, demand a far greater amount of attention than formerly, and some as much as used. to be demanded for the whoie family. Then, certainly, some of the modern improvements are so intereeting, almost wonderful, that they tempt to an immense amount of work, simply because it is so easy to do ib. The sewing machine for instance. What lady would attempt to do by hand in the old way what she can now accomplish so quickly, and with so lit- tle fatigue. But this very ease brings with it a. greeter tentation to waste time need- lessly. In all this we wish to show that with the pleasure and comfort of keeping one's o wn house, there is in the very structure of mod- ern households, and in the effect% of its rela- tions to modern civilization, a reason for intense cerebral excitement in those women on whom the burden rests. With a vigor- ous constitution and well-balanced mind a woman can carry on her life -work without suffering or wasting away. But if a wife begins her life's campaign with but slender resources of health, and children swing up rapidly around her, ea.oh year will mercies° her duties, while her power to perform them is diminished. The sensitive, over• - taxed nerves will incite a complaining tongue, and tb.at, in, turn, will provoke irritation in others, and. recrimination ipsteed of sym- pathy. Thus, instead ef beating etch ether's berile.ne, both husband and wife are in dan- ger of ¥4E1 UUDENS IIELVIC' AND GALLMO. Then domestio wretehminess reemts, and in- e reases the strain on the tired brain, Until atrength gives away, and the sad struggle is over. Thus every Year many die from ignor- e/me of how to beer the eaves and duties wilier& n iit&le systematised Jointer, and an effort to fully understend how to handle them, would in, a few years heve made a pleSaUre. It le nith doMeritie emcee, inseam degree, es it is with the giddy ronad of fashienable itociety. Discretion and sound eommon sense are not taken as vides, and health and strength are sgmandered for lack of safe- guards. •Very nlany more break down front nervone proet' retion arol die, among the votariee of 44.soeietylife ". than from domes - Mc cares. In hotit Cases moderation when ,firet ceterieg upoo either of these peths of life is of the greatest importance. Take the first step DA a MO apacS. Watal DEi• tit the whole position is fully revealed. Do not attempt to take up the whole burden of the comes of houize-keeplog at onee, and io emied life, became invitetiores to pertlea cepeleme or belle lie blore yon for every yin to week, do net aOCept them ale however ettraetive. YOU May endure this for one semea, bet it w01 soon leave its mark. And E0 would we say fo the yonog housekeeper, Engin quietly. T.843 M4I.f.40P,A1F-Vr ZAMz a brown etches front awl dna the commencement ot your life, yoa want of them, only you two ? you have them you meet give them the eento care that yon give titeee you oceopy deity, er 44 meths and rieet wtli eerrupt, ovee i thievee do not break through and et.eel." A yewtwO 0.41 email imele, aa eud genteel as you pleasess end you wilt hecetue to ACCOStQUICate the regain routiue that it beC17.111044 eeeenel nature, Tea de it almeet inetiectively. Thene if, by and by, merry lade and lathiest steal in Nem you one after the other, and the cettage bee:noes 44 'WO allethQ table wantoth spaest" the change will came se gradually that et iU bripgpo injurione hurdees attd bavittg me quite erneetomed and ARM In g earo, you will not be prostrated by eddittooal that may Yet atom uU wo iviteva very stanch More tree Wispiness woold be Wand U eidon thigh will deubtlene rule, would ordein tippler atyle of eeetal hie os well ea of houeekeeplog, whenhomforte auticenvealeu. ets elsould be locronesi, end oetentatieue dieplay diminished. Moro certaiuty of purer, higher eigotseceut, bringiug far more unalloyed happuteee, would bo the reeult. If we could be more cetily tette* to live leaa for shows and more for oubetential pi sure half the burden of housekeeping would be retrieved, to coynothing o tho eitatteted cervixes system tor thoati who tett; thea! oeial pleaeures which turn tught into day • ateal the roses from the olieeta, and th light from the eyee of the young, molths thorn premsturely old. and brokou demi, ?dm .JXurw Butellinz. WIT AND MirtIOR, Leudlaelv (to boarder)---" How as the but- ter, Mr. Manley 1)1111116y (a produce broker)—" Quiet but strong, madane little demand," Gere W. Childa eaya he would rather be editor than Pinsident. Se sa we all. Editors make presidents, but presidents don't make editors. Minister, making 4 call; "Axel do you always da As your roo.rarOa tells you to Flet 1" Floatne (emphatically): "I do, and so does pane," "ape,"aelreel ltLtte Bebhor MeSwdligan, "what As 4 railroad pool r "A railroad pool, Johany," replica leSwWlgan," is where they wet-er the ateek," The Father (to hie eon)—Whee you were thinking of marrying 1 asked you to keep your eyes open; now yen are Married I eell. vise you to keep your eyes sloot. Aft ot ebureh SROggs—" Was it not dis- graceful, the way. in which Smiggs sewed eaureh to -day?" Stegge—" elleuhl think it was, Why, he Woke es all up," lite—"My derlieg, I 'really believe my rizeuesetisra has wholly elleapp, eared," She —" 0, I AM every 1 lieW we shell never !move when elm weather is pinto amnia," "Teat's a eculier hat you're wearing." "Yea it's made ot rubber and very elestie." " Whee's y inwearing"Iden? I have teen to tu banquets witidu two days." uJman Unwtbopes neW storyiscelled The Fatal Letter."t eSupposed *be ilis- oovered it in her hnehand'it eeat peeket eix weeks After elle had phteed it in his handle to mail, Sileneinga bore: Ile—" I fear am -weeryiug youwith my prosy cowers; %Use. You look a little tired." Shoe." Oh, no, indeed ; 1 was ouly thinklug hew very tired yen must A eportenten le a men who epende all d way from hie Inieloyee 2 or powder an allot, and comes home at night tired, hungry and ugly, dragging a fourteetoceet rabbit Y ears.-- et in certein. The question then le re. The Next War Between franme and Qerioaloy. Tlae militery editor of La Ermace mina pleine of the receipt of :several. letters ia Which be N poetised of taking tee fever- ablo e, vie* ef the military power ot the French republic, and. of ;amply pattieg his. wiehea into the foren of xeelitiem "The Germane :ere Mere .ouwerous aad stronger then we are," the..writem telt hint, .‘ and ifwnr were toto break eat to -morrow we would. be b eiten, usaewe were In 1670." Set he evidently does AtOt agree with them. ." Our mobilizetiate."be Rami, . ieme no lenger baVe seerrts for Seybedy Atter the exemit mice, mem ineeniplete, *bet WO had -last antusail with the ereay corps o 1ooloo80„ la it not - true that the .ceValeyreeintente- were reedy to move at the appointed time, and thee the Infantry earl artillery end ale brancima of tbe service were in ZnOtiQIIen the fifth day? It le no.true that every eitizeu Of Toulouse eau testify to it, and the Ger- mans tteow St se well as we do. This eiteple feet goes to prove that the army is reedy, and that it eau be transported to any part of the frontier ea rapidly ae. the Gemini traepe eel/ arrive . there, and that On the frostier ,our troupe, CAU oreu Ire when they get out of their cars juset as cardly as they Old its papule en the green bilks ef lsinerentie. " It SA eitid them the Oerreen.st cars arrive etnieber and he greater nombere than we . een. Tine wo dets'e believe.; but if diaY gamed a few hoarse or • even an .entire day, . the.feet of the eampeigniweld in Po wise be tiemproteleed, no matterwhet etrategists in the Chamber or- ehettseghted 'chews -sea 'May awns thaecateary. But aro the Ger! Man tuildiere :mote titimerane than ware It 'We ease no, regretting .thnt 4 Lien patrio. than compelo ite to held . hack the simple evidence Within our reach. . Not the Oen - MUM Ceiniet, be more nemerous.tbeit weer at the reodeetibeeprecalog the greet battle. whielt wiU lafe feuglit tennewhere • 14 .the Plitt of the Meuee, neonthe right hank or e left, which -ever it zeny be. At .thopeint ere the ohemplene will meet, tinder eoa- ions sieneiblyitlentittal, the vtetory will with thew who wilishavothe meet pluek. Forierinhy," R 'ally, me boy, I can't ere 4ueed ton COMparisoo of pluck. If we have y yen wear mob higis cellare." Griggs "Caren'tyoushieeli heartt tuet to keep me from tregems,Ty chin foofiehly. Might try ic, rensouby. Excevatione made in stony buried citiee einsw that the aucieute made pee of fourteen difthreot kinds qf basitjaelse, and yet the cat le with ne to day—or, rather te.nightseete end and nueeicel as ever, it was Net a yeer ego the Uth thg a dada 15 Iderrieburg 414 elewn a. telteggon sUde without a eled. Re le now ee near cartel tbat the deetom heve hopes ea all the elivere We keen extracted. Liogniet.--"Ila, teree a piece in the paper about parasites. What le pereeitee, " PeraelteS, my boy Why, pereeites tile people ,whe live in Perla ht to know that, awl you in the Third Tile Blizzards The term blizzard 13 of Western origin ie intended to couvoy to the underetending the nature of a wind auti snow- atorm, accompanied by an hateneely euld wave, which for auddennen of approach, violence of meet and. appalling coneequen- tial horthre cannot be adequately expreseed by any word known to dictionary makers. To speak of these peculiar storms as snow storms in the sense that the term is ordin- arily understood, would be mieleedin They may be more correctly termed Mon . berate of what has been aptly called ice dust, demerit extent, violence and long dem ation, so compact and firm as to be impene- trable to both sight and hearing, even in their very Aare range, When it fo consid- ered. that this ice duet is frequently driven through the air by an intensely cold wind, at a velocity of from thirty to fifty miles an hour, it can easily be imagined how very email aro the chauthe of escape to man or beast who is unfortunate enough to be caught in a blizzard at any considerable die- t:ince from shelter. I will here remark that these terrific Storms are always preceded by several days of remarkably warm mad pleas- ant winter weather. It was on the 7th and fah of January, 1873, that 1, having been a resident of North-western Minnesota, had A personal experience of a blizzard which for severity and dieastrous consequences, has bad no perallei since until the recent one that wept over the great North-west, eausing such terrible suffering and loss of life to both man and beast. For four or five days preceding the ap- proach of the blizzard referred to the she weather had been mild and springlike . especially Was the forenoon of the day the storm began warm, sunny and delightful, luring men to the meadows for hay, to the "timbers " for fuel, or to town for business or pleasure. The wind blew freshly fromtho south and east till noon, when of a sudden it ceased and was succeeded for a brief period by an ominous ealra that could almost be felt. Whoever turned his eyes towards the north-west might have observed a black cloud rapidly approaching witheut compre- hending its frightful significance. It is pro- verbial among seamen that a nor'weaster in winter on the coast of New England always comes "butt end first." In this instance, though far from the Atlantic coast, the olal nautical adage was fully and fearfully veri- fied. In less than half an hour after the south wind had fallen calm, the storm was upon us in all its fury. It is doubtful if a, man had been approaching my house at a distance of thirty rods, ten minutes after the storm streek, would have reached it, Being myself warmly housed, abundantly supplied with wood, water and provisions, I suffered nothing except from the conscious - nese that whoever might be so luckless as to be exposed to the pitiless peltings of that storm must inevitably perish. I was then living upon a prairie farm four miles from town and a mile or more from mn nearest neighbors. As I listened to the howling of the tempest and pondered upon the fury and force of the elements I was in- spired with a sense of my inconsequence and the overwhelming majesty of the powers of nature, which I will not attempt to describe. At the end of tweuty-four hours the storm subsided, so that the young man living with me was able to climb into the gable end door of my barn and find his stook. It was a day later before they could be watered. o, Min Smith," be said, end be lam ntly, but oh, au firmly, "15 esn never, ver be. While I am eeneiblo of the high h ea or you do race-." " Cheetnut." murmur. cd MiseSmith., and Ocerge :Sampson went it lute the night. WInet can I get a ilivoime for ? Lowe Lewyer—ii Nothing." Ltda.-am Why, how *heap 1 I ;delve thought ie toak apile of money.' Imwyer 440h 115 willeostyoujnst $260 Coll:401'e fees. 1 thought yon were eeking titout the eatme." Gentleman (to I.Tnele Faetuti)—" Why. Uncle Rastue, you never eharged me $5 cents before for carrying in 4 ten of coal." tirade Rastus—" Det's cam de price itab rizz, Mista Setif, Yo' ban' t epee to it seven donate coal carried in at de ole rates, rah." TORONTO'S DIRECTORY* Some Trade Statismem There are 111 halters in Toronto, 100 barbees and 230 barrietere. The number of boarding homes is 14S, of dentistra 0, of doe. tors 238, of undertakers 14, of cemeteries 5, and of floristu 39. There are 289 butchers and 74 blacksmiths. Of newspepore and periodicale there are 6 dailies, 42 weeklies and 26 monthlies. The dressmakere are 195, and yet a large number of ladies in the hest- soclety appear publicly with nneovereil shoulders and. arms. 01 grocers there are IS wholesale and 710 retail, There are 56 seeoncl.hand dealers, and 220 real estate men. There aro 172 tailors, who will make yoi garments that 115 1115 the paper on the wall; and of wall paper dealers there are two wholesale and 20 retail. Outside the regular courts there are five justices of the peace, beginning with .Ald. Baxter and end- ing with alm J. M. Wingfield; and Mill we wonder at crime! OUBIOSITIES Or 170urNaldiTuRR. Bet the most curious reeding afforded by the Directory is to be found in the queer names which people bear and the incongrui- ties thus brought about, On turning over the pages they appear in bewildering pro- fusion. Let us look at a few of them. There are 38 Gallaghers in the book, who may with propriety be colleotively instructed to "let her go," after which the DAUM-NG extooessexe WILL PROCEED. Toronto boasts of 1 Spring, 7 Summers, I Fall and 12 Winters. There are 41Hunts, 76 Hunters, 3 Horsey's, and 60 Foxes. If Sampson had to depend on Brands to affix to the foxes' tails, he would have only. 3. Toronto's population is not excessively bib- ulous we have in our midst only 11 John Collitises, 39 Porters, 5 Beers, 7 Ports and 1 plain Souly. There is but 1 Gimlet, and as a natural consequence only one Rohl. Tnere are 5 Deaths and curiously enough 5 Coffins, too; and 10 sextons, with but 3 Graves. The Dickeys number 9, the Birds 26, and yet we are as far off as ever from solving the great problem of what the dick. ey birds say. There are 2 Dickers, laut only 1 Dollar. We b.ave 6 Snows, 3 Snowballe, 3 Rains. Id the elder Mr. Weller were to come out of Diekensaland on a visit to To- ronto, he would find here only 1 Widder of whom to bid all men beware. There are 54 Fishers, 4.Herrings, 2 ()odds, 5 Salmons, 16 Pikes, 2 Balsa, and 3 Whales, Two peo- ple are known by the name Wildsmith ; the ordinary calm, unruffled, plain Smiths number 1,160 ; the Browns, 6,309, the Jon- eses, 348 and the Robinsors, 2,926. Among isolated curious names are Zepf, Yeaxiee, Danger, Virorsnop, Gall, Galigue, Glew, Corker Muffit, lAcLiver, Kiser, Pennyle- gime doe. leek we will be metornme, mid if we possess it, the great ehie of our hatta- preveut ne from being dowered emy. that the Itellaue will lin ley of tbe lthozie at the tame hiermane eoree late that port Mabe. But, SA it ia eQU- rther ir444% Turin te Orr:noble Or from Mete to Verdum it le be. that the prelimiesry battlee en or lot upen tbe Mouse DS eau CDOES Irte .Ups; and ion that If wn are Viu awn who are een. d predent people, won't adsanee verx far in the valloy ef tbe Mem in an of. fetunve warfare that wouU become for them bi with perils. Therefore, it is neceesary to be this etrougeet at tbc Meow. We remit win the firet battle, after whielt we wlU ho ntunericelly etrong eeeugh to invest Stns. bourg, 05 15 may he taken for eertain that when we ehall have arrived there, it will not be the lieurgeois of the landeturra nor tho Italian militia that evil roll hack our victorimia erotica. "Therefore, we have the profound C014. Vidien that, praetleed, drilled, and com- manded rat we are and as we will be,. We meet win the first battle; arta for thN res. eon we eneht to view all eventualities with. out fear." Ou the Cone of Vesuvius ninth ma Eruption. Several times a minute tho eurface ef the teased. lava was rent by e violent explosion of gases, which appeared to hurl She whole ails of fluid rook trete thecae; The ascend - ug column of vapor and lava fragments rose 3 a sheft to the aeight of severe' nureired eat. Many of the =ascii, which seemed to 'Ise with the ease of bubbles, were some footle diemoter, and made a great din as they embed down upon the eurface on the touthward side of the critter. They often ould be seen to fly into fragments as they ascended. .At the explosion the escaping mien appeared tramp:meet, a few more foes above the point of escape the ejected column became A steel -gray color, and a little high- er it changed to the charactmietio hue of steam. That it was steam slightly mixed with other gases was evident wherever 15 its whirling movements the vaporous columns swept around the point of obseryation. The curious " weshing-day " odor of steam was perfectly apparent, together with a pungent sense of sulphurous fumes suggestive of an infernal laundry. The principal obstacle arose froin the violence of the shocks given to the cone and propagated through the air by the explosion, which made it extremely diffieult to fix the attention on the pheno- mena. The earthquakes attending each ex- plosion were almost strong enough to shake one from the wound, and the blow received tbrough the air was like that which those familiar with mines have received when a heavy charge of gunpowder or dynamite is exploded. The sensation is slush as might come from being violently struck by a fea- ther bed; not dangerous, but extremely dis- organizing to the wits. After about fifteen minutes of observation a slight change of the wind allowed the demanding mamas to fall so near the point of view that it was necessary to hurry away. Omaha. man—Well. sir, what do you think of the baby? Noted phrenoiogist— She will be her mother over again when she grows up. She will ?" "They're as like as two peas." " Humph 1 I don't see how that's going to do. No man can serve two mestere." Young man (to editor)—" What do you think 1 ought to get for this poem, sir ?" Editor—" You might to get ten dollars—" Young man (overjoyed)—" Oh, that is fully as much as I expected." Editor—" Yes; ten dollars or thirty days." That was more than he expected. "I want a surgeon at once," he said, as he hastily entered a hospital; "I've just shot three of my fingers off !" " rni sorry, my friend," replied the superintendent, "but you'll have to grin and bear it for awhile. The surgeons are all over to the toboggan slide," The rector had been preaching on "The Brand of Cain," and at Mae close pointed his finger impressively at a drowsy sailor in the gallery and howled, "What are your brands, my friend ?" "Nigger -heel f' chew - ire and cut -plug fer smokin'," was the wM- ing and polite reply. What Can BoDone in a 00.48 Of DeSperatien fAl Lek) renr, Bliss Wagers wee eitting in the waiting. room of a. little depot on the credit Valley. Near her sat a middle aged Man who tooke,d lie Omega life went well with him. Be bad not the careworn appearance of a man who has to put a plaster saa Ms employer in order to draw hie salary, but seemed to be is good circumstance% or borrowed clothes. As It is a matter of no importance to this interesting recital we will imagine that the clOthea were hie own. Miss Podgere barl never 'before seen this ender:eau, ncr had he met lier at auy pre - Inoue time. Therefore they Were etraragere. At least it is to be presumed they were, And yet time giddy girl opeeed a converse. tion, and they were stem chattingpteasently. 14 wee probehly the first time ie her life thatshe ever tried to be agreeable to a total stranger; but desperate Ce -see require des- perate remedies, and she had grown desper- ate, To think that at the age of thir well, well; etraelet that VIOSSahaPe? inare you going North ?." asked Mies Polgers, " Yes, laitaina" was the reply. h, ao glad 1 One Mae eo uch when time ie. a gentleman aboard thet oue ;mom. Are you married!" No ma'am.' "Ob: I'm Se—ee Worried to think IhAce no male friend who cou/d always be isesir me en 1 traveL, You have ovezl, have you r4Di4ct:ICccia4‘tt ':::iu ipble? Neither have I nti to - Bu; atm life tAkee en 4 roe lily one thing remaioe te makse my ceeeptetse--Yea couisi hive, oeuld you r$14°411), I tidal 1ceol4 by a prefer ." (Setae vee)-." What to the old riving at, 1 wonder?" / know you could, 1 have no brie aod I grow SO louesome sometintee mint aboat the house. Would yon to Merry ,1" 't knew. Perbape I would if 1 some Imo whom / could piemm le whom I would be FIEMeIl." " Think of Lay tuu&y conditiou and take pity on oue who in zrtentliese." " Medame, 1 gee threugli your little game now. Do you thiolt 1 waat to marry an old maid with fele* teeth and an inefiriation to t?" wretels why did you take edema, tage of my gailelese nature and encourage we to throw my Joveat pier feet? Why did you thus triflettith my,young hearts ouly to emit my hose gelds., yen koala man 1" and eho buret loth 4 t 0,i weeping. "Be (mite, zny gan1 worm," gold the auger,' who was =wed te the eight of tears. 'How eon 1 be cake with mavh o. eerrew taggiug at my heart otringe, wretched ele4- tun 1 not he calm, 1 wtilexpest yon to the world as a Wee deceiver.' 44:TIehtehremb.n eno alternative ?" (4 What bit V' "Marry me." wait here till I find amiuleter.'' "No, sir. I wilt go with you. Rad you not attempted to betray my cooddenee ould have trumed you, Litt You ehall not leave me mall the knot lo tie 1, and we bo. cisme one in the flesh as W.E, are in the .4174uVd." the miniater hiesecti thorn and the leap year. Dying In. Time. An Englishman, anxioue to finish seine literary work, went to a retnete French village, svlaere he lived quietly in its one inn, Ile found pletsure in playing with a small, or onmleeggea owl, a pm of the land- lord's. Oa the day he finished hie work he noted the abeenee of the owl. 315 next day he ate his last dinner, and was struck hy the appearence en the table of a little round. leg. lets bird, with sauce. " What bird is this'?" he asked the maid servant. She suddenly left the room. That night the landlord brought in hia Beethe.hyo, who hag became of that nice little owl I was EO found of ?" asked the departing guest, Moniseur," aid the host, " has been content with his service?" "Quito autisfied ; but I am sorry not to find the owl. Whet has become of her ?" 4' Monsieur had his soup, his roast, his game each day he has been here!" " Yes, yes, said the Enelishuminiimpa- tiently, as a horrible suspicion crossed rnind," but about the OWI "monsieur on this last day, with all my effortaI could get no game for Monsieur's dinner.," "What, you did not kill the owlfor me?" exelaimed the horrified guest. "No, Monsieur. Ile died juet in time—" Explained. Wife—What is meant, John, bythe phrase "carrying coals to Newcastle V Husband—It is a metaphor, my dear, allowing the doing of something that is un- necessary. Wife—I don't exactly understand. Give mo an illustration a familiar one. Husband—Wed, if 1 was to bring you home a book entitled "How to talk," that wouldbe carrying coals to Newcastle. An astonishing experiment may be per- formed. with no apparatus but a piece of string five or six feet long. A person's hande being held over his ears, this string is passea around his head by another person, who holds both ends in one hand, and by drawing the fingere or nails of the other hand over this cord produces upon the tympanum of the subject impressions of al- most startling intensity. Sheep peals of thunder, changing into a distant and pro - rouged rumbling, are effects that may be leadily given. A solitary female vulture had. dwelt for twenty-five years on the Blotschorn, in the upper Valais, Switzerland, and escaped countless attempts at capture. Recently during severe weather a poisoned fox left below the cliff proved a successful bait, and the bird was found dead. The body was stuffed and placed in the museum at Imes - same. It meathred across the wings Sea baches. 3.5 18 possible that one or two soli- tary speoimens still remain, but it is quite certain there is no nest, and the species is believed to have disappeared from Swiss territory.