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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1889-1-3, Page 2v=1.44w RECONCILIATION. A IIHW "ZBAIMTSTORY itraqUY (=swam. It wee With the air of reran profoundly indifferent to his summons that GerArd Striekland, twitching his ouffs and strotobe ingleis arms, before letting his bends fall inte hie lame seek beck into the iuxurioue arm- chair by ble library' fire, after throwing on the tablethe letter their announced his promo. tion te a envieble post in the Civil Service), Ashe thonghe of the post, hie advancement seemed to him no eubjeot for congretulatiou, Met only one of these grim jests with which fortune delights to mock disappointed men. An old man• sere -Ant, one of a SOEt groveing rerenentered the room with uneven ingpapem He laid it at his master's side and stood at a reepootful distance waibiug, half hesitating, with some aosiety legible in his ccunten- " Well, Thomas ?" asked Strinkland. "1 beg your pardon, sir ; but 40 you remember what day it is to -day ?" No, Timmas. " "Your wedding day sir i" Stricklandie fen° clouded. "I did not know, sir, whether you would wish for dinner the same wine an—as you used to have." "No Thomas; I }null probably dine at the "I ordered dinner, as usual, sir, and a bouquet, in caae--" "Quite right, Thomas, quite right," For an instant the heave of the promoted officiel seink. The fidelity of his old domes- tic was humiliating. How he would once have resented the suggestion that Thomas would rememberthis anniversary beater than himself. And that it should fall to the old servant to order trom the florist the bouquet Gerard himself had been formerly so proud to bring home on this evening to his wife! But the slight sense of annoyance passed away quickly. It was with abaolute indif- ference that, seeing the man servant still waiting, he asked: "Anything else, Thomas?" "This morning when you had but jetzt gone a young lady called. Hearing you were not at home she said she would cell again this evening about six. She wishes to see yon on important business." "Her name ?" "She left none." "Decl you see her?" "No sir." "DM John. say what she was like?' "Rather tall, sir; a young lady, dark and fashionably dressed." "11 she calls I will seeher. You may go, Thomas." The servant left and Strickland continued to himself "Tail, young, dark, well-dressed, business with me. Who can she be ?" "The lady is here, sir, in the draeringa room," said Thomas, returning to then e rary atter about ten minutes. Skickland went to the drawing -roe*. t the door he paused a moment to steal a look at his visitor. She stood by one of the tables, idly turning the leaves:of a pho- tograph album. Saba& was toward him, and he could distinguish only the tall and graceful figure of a woman, well-dressed, and wearing expensive laces. "Madam V' he saki, advancing. The lady turned. Stricleland started as if he had received an electric shook. To conceal, to the bed of his ability, his aur - prise and the sudden palior of his face, he made her a profound bow. "1 hope I ant not i*nvenieneing you," heitiettidontethientime rerunininig hia sell:lee. moon,"evitb a qielet ease, she selected a chair and sab down. "Not in the least; I am at your service," said Strickland. "As I shall avail myself of yr etudes - ;tension, I hope that was nob Moray a com- pliment." "May I ask you how I can oblige you ?" T`te lady stroked the soft fur of her muff and once or twice lifted her searching eyes te his face. Apparently die was hesitating to name the purpose of her visit. Mean- while Strickland gratified his eyes with a geed look at her, lovely, fascinating still as the first day he had seen her. Only her prre profile bad gained more decision and her eyes had a profounder meaning Vann Mr}'en he lest looked into them, as those* a woman who had. lived and suffered. At length she mid: " Do yon still correspoad with my fath- P ?" Yes. It is, however, a fortnight last wrote to him." ' "1 received a letter from him yesett He is coming to town to -morrow." This time Strickland made no attempt to conceal his eurprise, "To -morrow 1 Your father, who never leaves home!" " The medical men erderedihim to the South and he will on his way stop in town to epend the night wibh—H She pauae& "His daughter," said Strickland. "He says his son. And so we find our. selves in a pleasant embarrassment." ie leant bank, and with a small hand be - rubbing a waltz on the table at her u call it pleasant ?" said Strickland. id not come hero to discuss words, iscover a plan of action." see none." And you are a politican, a man of (us 1 If those subtle arts, that have been successfully employed in your own kurement, could be, without prejudice ,the once employed to extrioate me I) mese me, madam ; but your reproaches cely likely to assist me to exercise hoiden." I 'Well, I have a plan. First, I do coat what it may, to let my father e truth." 6 happy truth 1" • e a little grimace, and proceeded: r would be cruelly hurt, and the hildren ought not to be visited &neaten My remorse—I beg i of little consequence to'warn him not to "Hitherto, dietanee ittegthethithtedenithLeteneeientiellte,eitilin " Gino the new man -servant I found here thie lemming a holiday. I will tipeek to Thomas."' " If a friend should call ?' "You will zee no one." vro meet yonr father, pools will see us to gether. • "We will go in a closed carriage." 4; Your father will stay hero eeverel hours. Good audeimplinhearted As he is, do you be- lieve it passible he will not re,megnize &— bachelor's house ?" "1 will send my work, my music, And so on this evening. The room? ' Is as you left it" "Sentimentality ?" No --respect. " Have you any farther objection ?" "None. It remains to be eeen whe cher we shall be able to deceive Mr. Gregory," "By plAy tog the affectionate couple. Can you remember your grimaces and fooleries of two years ago ?" she asked, sarcastic. ally. " No ; I have forgotten them," replied Strickland, with a frown. And the two looked. into each other's eyoe, like two duelists. " When will you come here ?" asked Stricklaud. "This evening. I will bring my things, and I shall slightly disarrange this and that. I hope I shall not inconvenience you. You are not expecting anyone ?" "No one. I was going out. If you wish, I will stay and. ambit you. My engagement is unimportant." "Pray go. We should have to talk and we have nothing to say to each other." "Nothing. Wili you dine here." "No, thanks; Fll go home now and return bye and bye." She rose. Strickland bowed in response tn her bow, concluded her to the door with- out another word, and returned with a sense of relief to the library. Wheix he returned home, shortly after midnighb, the house had resumed an armed long strange to it. Lights were burning in the drawing -room, and a little alteration in th.e arrangement of the furnibure had rooter. ed to the room a forgooten grace. Bouquets of flowers filled the vases and a faint sweet- ness of violets floated about the hall and staircase. The piano was open, and some music stood on the bookstand. On the boudoir table was a work basket. By the hearth his visitor was sitting in a low chair, her litble feet half buried in the bear -skin rug, and her head reposed on her hand, whilst she gazed. wistfully into the fire. Was it a dram? Berthine flowers: Bertha's music. Bertba herself in her home again 1 Two years' misery cancelled in an evening. In a moment rushed across his memory a golden wooing, a proud wedding, happy months, and the bitter day of sep- aration. He turned away, and passed to bis room, saying, " d night1" "Good night," rep d his wife, without avenge i Theillirange even leach _taken place in Geriall Strickler? use prevented none of its inmates eAjyit wholesome night's rest. Bertha, pers that toonorrotv's comedy could effeo moral change in her relation to her hua, event to her room with the feel! g of 0 e who spends a night in a hotel. S nolel el, similarly, regard- ing? the past as a 'erie iable, read in bed for half an hour, n on n Yell mtleelii. they had both co ne- llies. After meeting her trickland had pursued her hall over Europe, vanquished the diffie ceders of an approach to her father in hie secluded country house and ultimately, as- sisted by the lady's prayers anoltitnerrn; gained the deld men's reluctant condent to surrender his idolized daughter. The young married people, assionetely attached to To get marrie mitted a thousand at a te.ble d'hote each other, enjoyi markable happines Bertha became ?husband, proud, h tot her thoughts and ot. otions, she resented, with all the into> one y of her nature, a meeting between Srl±iand and a former flame, a dance, a note, half-an-bour's con- versation. The husband unfortunately met her passionate expostulations with the disdainful insouciance of an easy tempera- ment. The inevitable consequence ensued, a bitter misunderstanding. An impudent ser. vent, a malicious aequaintance, half -a -dozen venomous tongues, lashed the wife's jeal- ousy iteto madness. An explanation dm mended from her husband was refused with a sneer. He had begun to think her a proud, unloving woman, and under the circumstances, judged self-justification ri- diculone. The following morning she entered his library and with marvellous almness, without quavering over a mmgle ord, announced to him their immediate separation—for ever. Taken by surprise Strickland tried to temporize, acknowledged he had been thoughtless, did all in a man's a power to avoid the rupture. Bertha only replied so proudly and with so much severity g that self-respeot forbade him further self- h defense. Them separated. Sbrickland ex- ternally bore his mieforture,e`with quietness, 1 and, in counsel with his own conscience, concluded his life broken and ruined by his t own want of tact. The husband and wife met two or three times as people who barely know each other. Ho devoted himself to professional duties, resumed some of his bachelor habits and amused himself as he could. Sbe led a quien almost solitary life, reetricting her: pleasures to such simple en- joyments as she could provide herself at home and seiclorn appearing in public. On one point both agreed—to write regularly to Bertha's father, repeating such stereotyped phrases as "Bertha is well and sends her neve. I believed ehe wrote to yoet a few fifteen. months of re- nd then came the end. ous. Devoted to her , immoderate in all wognOr.e.olmnot LeretenWs' miliniving lest, While they acted affection, they should be gui1ty of reel feelingwann- er than the courteoue indifference With Whieh they desired to rowel eecle other. On the stairs, when Mr, Grenoey, pre- ceding them, wail for an inetent out of sight, Berth e turned back and beetcreved on hor loesband a grim look of fatigue that meant, "Haw are we to oontinue this ?" "Tia enly till to.morroev, Bertha," he replied irnan undertone, wishing to help her. Bub thei^Cheistian name which, because he had in tho last two hove used it so frequent. ly, unwittingly dipped from his lipe, mused her .th turn her face away with an angry , ISy the fire in the back drewingeroom Mr. Gregory appeared aotuatod by a doeire to ode ell the most awkward questions, and. to broach all the topics of cenversation most difficult for his host and hosteso. "Letters are welcome, Bertha,t" he said, " when people can, not meet, but r have en- joyed my litble visit more than ell the pages you have sent me, There is very little in letters. Don't you think your wife grows handsomer, Strickland ?" "I tell her air every day." " And so he tells me, Bertha, His letters are all about you. You have a model hus- band, my dear." "1 leave, papa." Strickland hung hie head,and regarded the pattern of the carpet. "1 should like to see your house, Bertha," said Mr. Gregory, after a moment The little party sat met on a tour of the mansion. After an inspection of several rooms, as Sbricklend preceded them into the breakfaatiroom, the father stopped his daughter and said: "Bertha, where is your mother's 'por- trait ?" "The frame had got shabby and we bave sent it to be regilt," replied the datigiener, promptly. t " Where doze ib generally hang.%) She assigned to the picture, which she had taken aivey with her, the first empty space on the wall that met her eye. " I don't think that a very good place 1" said the old man. "Ah, what a woman she was 1 What a wonderful woman 1 You should have known her, Striokleind. You owe her your wife. When she was leaving me, poor dear ! she made me promise never to hesibate to meke any sacrifice that should be for Bertha's happine 8; and so, when my little girl came to me and said, 'Papa, T can never be happy without Gerard,' I thought of my deer wife and let her go. I feared, when I sent her abroad, I should lose her. Well, you were made for each other. Do you remember your fleet meeting in Paris ?" ‘/•••••, They remembered i • The tour of the ho as completed, and they returned to the awing -room, Gerard and his wife congrath Ming, themaelves, not without reason, that the good papa was not very observant, for many a token of some- thing abnormal had been plain enough. With a common sigh of relief the tv'Nfen" ac- tors sank into their respective corners of their carriage, after seeing Mr. Greeory off the next morning. Not a word was epoken. Bertho watched the drops of rain that trick- led down the windows. Gerard studied the back of the coachman. .They had again be- come straneere. Presently, moving accident- ally, Strickland touched his wife's arm. "1 beg your pardon," he said. "Fray do not mention it." Perfect strangers 1 Yet both in the si- lence were anxiously meditating ever event of the last few days, remem ering th oat 4 trifling e impreosion and a k,1 Rim 1 '5 signifidd. As ehey past net, he cr abL t the husband asked: I "Shall I drive you to your own house ?" "1 am coming to yours to superintend the packing. My maid can not do it alone.". On arriving the wife at once went to her chamber. Strickland, conscious of utter purposelessness, returned to the back draw- ing room and took up the paper. Bertha passed backward and forward. Once or twice he caught a glimpeo ot her moving about the room. At last he looked up, "You will tire youreelf," he said; "can not I assist you ?" "No, them& you. I have nearly done." A few minutes later she came and seated herself on the opposite side of the fire. She appeared tired. As she sat she looked eround to see if anything had been forgotten. " I think it rains less," said Strickland, who had laid down the paper. "No. It rains just the same as belore,' "Is the carriage ready ?" "1 have sent to know." The carriage would be ready in ten min- utes, Those ten minutes seemed an eternity. When the servant entered to say the carriage waited, Bertha rose and stood for a little while before the mirror, arranging her laces red ribbons with difficulty, for her fingers rembled. Then she slowly drew on her loves and turned towards her husband. He ad risen and was standing waiting. "Good morning," she said, bowing Blight- y He bowed, but made no reply. She urned and quietly, with calm, even step walked from the room. She could hear that he followed her. They were in the hall. Suddenly he step- ped to her side. "Bertha 1 You are not going without first forgiving me ?" he exclaimed in a voice mingled with geief and paseion. She turned round, and in an inebant had thrown herself into his erne. "Darling 1 you will never leave me again?" "No, no, love. Never I" dap ago. "Gerard is well and at presenb very busy, He will not this year be able to accompany me to the seaside, " It will be easily believed that to go to her husband's house and to exit a favor of him had cost Bertha's pride , e struggle. "For papa's sake ; for papa's sake 1" she repeated to herself, to steel her nerves to the humilia- tion, which, however) Strickland's cold courtesy had considerably leseened. If he would be equally cohsiderate on the tnorrowi a little spirit, a litble eelf.conirmend, and some clever pretending mighb enable them safely to conduct her father theough the few hours to pent in town, to set him off from Victor' r with a polite bow, to separate WI heir several existencee. e • . . ded, Mr. Gregory smiled happinessi seed the two eOosite ends of the table of rtoo, preyed diffiettlie Front old gentleman's arrival ch other by their The United States Senate has been peti- tioned to submit a constitutional amend- ment that shall empower Congress to pass uniferm divorce and marriage laws. If such an amendment were adopted and Con- gress exercieed bhe power, the national di- vorce law would probably make divorce more diffioulb in some of the Western States, but might make it mooli ceder than ib is now under the laws of New York. It is to be regretted that there is not much chance of the proposition being adopted. It would be in the liner. este of civilizetion if there VMS a uhiformi iby of divorce !awe it all English- speaking countries. We bave now the curious an. ornaly presented of a woman being permse. outed for bigamy hi Catada, although elie had obtaitied a legal divorce from her first htesband in the United Stateo, which ie supposed to be as mile& a Christian country as the Dominion. Frit% Punntrro WnenOter Eoos. —Ono half pound of flour, six ounces of raisine, six ounces of ourronte, aque,rter peund of ohopi ped suet, a quarter pound of brown sugar, 11 quarter pound of rneehed earrob, a quarter ed of mealier(' pobatoen one tableepoori- Paolo, ono ounce of candied lemon - nee of caredied oitron a pinch uri ocurrants, etteeend sugar a the °arrest Old potato lemon gke1 ; hut put no ot it will be opoiled, , if ptie in a 'the pudding end boil it foe hotter few be, LATEST FROM EUROli. StanleY and 111111 Safe—They Have Then TOgetilee Nearly a Year--.Sniperor Wil- liam—The Create% &in One ot the special meseetigers went into the interior in October, iithe hope of obiainin news of Emin and anley from caravans, hail sent a diopiebole announcing that he met Arab treclers from Wacielai who positively affirmed that Seataley met Emile there about January 20. Stanley, the traders said had 330 men and plenty of stores. Ho had en. dured greet privetione, but he and lelc Party were well, although extremely exhausted. The delay in reaching Wadeled was due to difficulties encountered on the route, the ex. poi:Mien having to make a lon detour to. wards the norbheast in outer to avoid swamps .and hostile tribes. Emin was then in a fairly good position, although eerie° of his Egyptian officers were grumbling and many of his soldiers had do. sorted. The Kings of Uganda and Unyoro were hostile to Emin, who was obliged in November to repel predatory inoursions from the easb. His general health was good, but he had been suffering from an erection of the eyes for two months. Emperor William is amusing cording to his tastes, his last dissipation being the war game, in vvhioh a score or more of officers play, pretending to be two or three army corps, manoeuvring, advanc- ing, and fighting ete though they numbered hundreds of thousands, to delight the Empe ror. The French persist in declaring that William Ii.e3 illness is a grave and incurable one, and color is lent to their assertions by the rigorous enforcement of the order forbid- ding the diseete even to be mentioned in court circles. The condition of the unhappy crofters may be judged from the first deoision of the Com- miesion relating to Lady Methecionie pro- perty. On Lewis Island, the centre of last winter's agitation, the arrears of rent due have been practically cancelled, £2,422 be. ing reduced to £379. A permanent rent re- duction of 42 per cenr. has been granted to 150 tenants, Lady Matheson has been much held up among sympathetic London Tories as a victim of cruel aeitators. A Commis- sion hostile to agitation has practically de - clamed thab her ladyship, while getting sympathy here, was stervingmone,.t,enants in Scotland. ieenfi A tremendous lot of irouble is on between King IVIilast and his subjects, for in spite of his calmly ordering a ne iv election whenthefirst didn't please him, he fade him self with an enormous Radical majorete chos- entocompose the Skuptectina, whichis what those folks call their Congress. The Redicals don't like the King, and there is a probebil- ity that they may demand his abdication and the appointment of a regent until his son grows ap. If so, his only hope is in trian interference, and. as Russia has shown no liking for King relate it is doubtful whether Auttria will care to inter- fere. The King, who has, as we know, an original and energetic weer of procuring divorces or annulling an election, may in some:fashion of his own get around the, difficulty by dissolving the Skuptachina and inviting his subjects to elect a better one. - The Hed.eghog. The hedgehog, like the mole, is nocturnal its haleits ; it frequents woods, copses, hid garden, orchards, tend thick hedgerows, where it rdmains rolled up id e its retreet cigaring the day, coming forth on the ap• proach of twilight, and continuing on oho alert tilt morning. Its motions are quick and irregular and its gait a sort of heavy paddling. Its food consists of insects, slugs, frogs, toads, mice, and other little animate; to which it adds eggs, young nestlings, and various kinds of vegetables. It is also said to pry upon snakes, which it attacks in the following manner. The cunning quadruped makes a sudden attack on the reptile and giving it a hard bite, instantly rolls itself up for safety. Then it cautiously unfolds, and inflicts anoblier wound, repeating its attacks till the snake is "scotched," eits backbone being broken in several places. It next mele- es the body of the snake gradually through its jaws, cracking the bones at divert 'inter- vals, which done' it proceeds to eat its vic- tim au one wouldeat a radish, beginning with the tip of the tail and slowly proceed- ing upwards. The hedgehog may be easily domesticated and becomes familiar with its keepers, feed- ing on soaked bread, vegetables, and meat. It is useful in kitchens'which it effectually clears of crickets, cockroaches, beetles, and similar pests. It is often kept for this pur- pose in London houses, where these annoy- ing little oreaturee seem co abound in great- est numbers. In domesticity they are in- teresting and amusing, and are easy to keep. The female breeda early in the summer, forming an artful nest, roofed so as to throw off the rain ; within, it is well lined with leaves and moss. The young, from two to four in number, are blind at their birth are about two inches long, perfectly white and naked, though the -reed iments of the prickles ilar are perceptible. e soon develop them- selves, and harden b efore the epee are open, but it is not till a later period that the young aro able to draw down the skin over the muzzle, and fold themiselves into a corn plebe ball. The mothet is inteneely fond of her young. G-reen Hair and Whiskers. The "Territorial Enterprise" says: tract has been let on the Martin White mine at Ward, Nevada", and work is to be r4einned forthwith. A queer phenomenon is connect- ed with the working of the Martin White ore. The ore is very base, and it is ne- cessary to roast the whole of ib. During the roasting process no disagreeable or dile. terious fumes are observable, yet the hair and beanie of all the men engaged about the works are soon dyed a bright and permanent green. Even the eyebrows of the workmen aro as green as groom In scores of Nevada mines ores of Various kinds are srnelted ahd retested, but at none of them ie either the hair or beards of the workmen changed from their natural hue. It hi said that there is lees arsenic in the ore of the Martin White than be that of many other mines. Old emeltere bey arsenic has no emelt effirob on the hair, and all declare that the emerald hue imparted to the hair is duo to the pretence of some unknown and mysterious metal or mineral. White, light, and sandy beards and hair take a qassl green, VolereaS black or dark brown hairis dyed a deep bottle green, The hair is not injured by ite change of eoler, It retains its original eoftness and strength. She Was Profesaional. She--" Where did you say Dr, Winter met his wife ?" Ite—," At the Springs—Seratoga Springs. A highly aceomplished young lady." She, --.0 She must have beenWas sho also professional .?" t—"Oh yes Guess iicw, she was She.—" be, r unaetst,ttict.-11 st01111 1" 'Pieter ELM'S Religion, We have sKften heard the great French- man's llama coupled with such epithets as free thinker, skeptic, that we are glad to publish a few of his later sayings which glum the true faith of the man. There is no skeptioism about this. I feel in myself the f Mime life, I am like a forest which has been more than once cut down, The) new shoots are stronger and livelier than ever. I am rising, I know, to- ward the sky. The sanshine is over my head. The earth gives me its generous sap, but heaven lights me with the reflection of uuknown worlds. •You say the soul is nothing but the re- sultant of podily powers; why then le my Soul the more luminous when my bodily powers begin to fail? Winter be on my head and eternal spring is in my heart, Then I breathe, at this hour, the fragrance of the lilies, the violets: and the roses as °A twenty yeare The nearer I approach the end, the plain - or I hear around me the immorbal eyin- phonienof the world's which unite me, It es marvellous, yoG simple. It is a fairy tale, and it is history. For half a century I have been writing my thoughts in prose, ',verse, history, philos op lay, drama, romancre tradi- tion, satire, odo, song—I have tried all. But I feel that I have not' said the thousandth part of who is in me. When 1 go down to the grave'can say like so many others, "1 have finished my day'. work ;" but I caneob say, "1 hem° finished my life." My day's work will begin again the next morn jug. a he tomb ie non a blind alley, it is a thoroughfare. It closes in bhe twilight to open with the dawn. I improve every hour bemuse I love this land as my fatherland. My work is only a beginning. My work is hardly above its foundation. I would be glad to see it mount- ing and mounting forever. The thirst for bhe iofinite proves infinity. A Private Still. An Englishmen had managed to press the Civil Service examination, and obtained the important office of gauger in one of the western islands of Scotland. The locality was. noted for smuggling, and as "new besoms sweep clean," he was desirous of making a eeizure. He met Tenet in the principal, or rather the only, hotel on the island. They had several ,° wets," and were becoming quite confiiiential. Said the Englishmen. Look here, old fellow 1 I understand there are a number of private stills about here. I would like to lay my hands on one. Now, if you can put me in the way, Tonalt, I wouldn't mind giving you a five for yourself." "03119 ay 1" said Tonalt. "Maybe yell be needin' yer fiver tan yer noinser. Start& a hauf mutchkin, my laddienten' 111 show ye what ye want." The drink WAS ordered, paid for, and drunk. "Noo," said Tonalt, here's my son"— pointing to a strapping fellow, who was at home on furlough, and was standing beside them—" he 'listed in the 03c1 sax yeemgago, and he's a private still 1" The Infinite is Good. He that has an eye and a heart, can even now say : Why should I falter? Light has come into the world to such as love Light, so as Light must be Lied, with a boundless all -doing, all -enduring love. For the rest, let that vain struggle to reach the mystery of the Infinite cease to harass us. It is a mystery wnich, through all ages, we shall only read here a line of, there another line of. Do we nob already know that the name of the Infinite is good, is god?, Rote on earth we are as soldiers, fighting ixx a for- eign laud, that understand not the plan of campaign, and have no need to understand ; seeing well what is at our hand to be done. Let us do ill like soldiers, with aub- mission'i with oourage with a heroio joy. " Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do'do it with all thy might." Behind as, behind each one of us, lie six thousand years of human effort, human conquest; before us is the boundless time, with its ao yet unereated and unconquered Continents and Eldorados, which we, even we have to con. quer, to create; and from the bosom of Eter- nity there shine for us celestial guiding stars. Her Bit of Advice. "John," she said softly, "have you been saying anything about me to mother late. ly ?" "No," replien John. "Why do you ask ?" "Because she said this morning she believed you were on the eve of propoeing to me, Now, I do not wish you to speak to mother when you have anything of that kind to say. Speak to me, and I'll rnanage the business with mother." And John said he would. Science and Religion. In vain do science and philosophy pose as the arbiters of the human mind, of which they are in fact only the servants. Religion has provided a conception of life, and science fnavels in the beaten path. Religion reveals sit; the meaning of li nd science only applies this meaning to th ,i rse of circumstances. And so, if religion i ifies the meaning of human life, science, 'f'• ich builds upon the some foundation, cat minty make manifest the dame fantastic ia s. The Emperor of Auetria has ocoupied the throne for 40 years, and as he has been, upon theWhole, a popular sovereign, there were pro- posals made for celebrating the 40th anniver- sary withbecomiog eclat. The Emperor, how. ever, is a sensible MEM and eo he recommended that instead of any expensivettomfoolory those who really wanted to do him a pleasure shouid spend as much as they could in helping the poor and needy in their struggle, and making their lives a little brighter. This has been done to a very great extent and tho Emper- or has sent out a note ot thanks to all who have thus tried to do hint honour, and to show the eeteern they have for him. Happy man he and wise ruler as Well. Good if all would be, the exanitel,ei The word "tacky" iii. a Souchern collo, quietism. It was coinecilby the wealthier or more refineitand oduct ted olass for gen. eral applicationo thoso ho were not &d- i teeed by the branchee o a family tree, who were "taio pd." Those who were wealthy 40i and yet h's. no groat grandfathers,. were "tackieri." he worcl as est both in con - I tempt and in-deritaio . It i tw nearly ob- solete in both se . Ther are nO &Ado - crate in the soutt'ow i and therefore no "teaks." No man, ho has the instinct of a gentleman le Spoken of as a "tacky," whether he can rime mber, the name of hie grandfatipede unol ASO. But it hat ite useS, It iti' out 1 d hi desoribing persons of loiw ideas tiger manners whether rich Ott,,po ltaay mean an absence of Style, Tit a ything that is tawdry ils "tacky." ibben Cui the ehopkeeper's ceurqer, a� iti rift' thO holt, a shawl or boo* a bo loth4 •li from the loom iilaY a 4la�k1 beeau t is cheap end yet ptatantious, 1 , •0 the inferior greao 61 cOole ponies h WI "kieitie i $ 11 GOOSEBONR PRRDTGTIGNS, The fiort of "'Weenier' 'we Are to Olive tali OK Winter. The foreshadowing 'of the approaching.: winter, as it is read frotn the dots and linecl . on the GQ080 Bone, is not a cheerful storY, The promise given forth of eleet, snow and cold iS a gloomy picture for the poor to look upen, and the many whose short purse will' not perniih them to lay in a bountiful amply of feed will ehiver at the thought of the kind of weather that the little bone foretells for bhe next four months. There will be more-. oold and wet weather than the people of this latitude have experienced for many a. Wintet, and the celd spells will be longer and more severe than usual.' The be Is datk at both ends, vvhich gdioates . a long winter. Winter weather we will have in November, and the ice and snow will be familiar sights far along into M arab. The goose from whose bone this study was taken, was hatched in April and' killed after the ides of September. The bone is WONDERPDLLY MARKED. the dots and breves and lines mingle all . along the keel, thus indioating very change- able weather, bub the breves mostly turn down and are heavy, showing that the gene- ral character of the winter will be falling, oold weather. The danger period is longer for November than any other month, running . from the 10th to the end, with the mon severe weather felling between the 20th and 26th. and at any time within this period blustering snows and unseasonable cold weather may be looked for. The :first danger period in December ex- tends from the 1st to the 51±, after which. there will probably be a few dap of sunshiny, weather. The heaviest storm period of the month centres in the Christmas holidays, beginning on the 151± and passing to the 271±. At the opening of the holiday we will have very foul and probably some of tho coldest weather of the season, and these cold lines run along the bone until about the middle of January. Watch this period. but above all prepare for it, lt is more than probable that the earth will be covered with snow when Christmas dawns and that a cold north wind will be blowing, E0 that Christmas fires will have to be briglikt and. big for comfort. The 241± and 25th of December will be the darkest STOEM DAYS OP THE MONTH. On the bone all the indications of wet, cold, and stormyweather meet about that time. It is a curious clustering of bad signs, sfich as is seldom seen on the bone, and a n mixture of weather may be looked for, with f wet and cold predominating. During this long spell of bad weather some of the dots on the bone are very dark, which meanie very cold, and we need not look to ske the s mercury far away from zero during th4 holi- day week. . The new year will come in cold and"cleter, with the first danger period commencing on. the 14th. There are three storm periods in this month ; the second cemmencing about the 14th and the last one about the 23rd of the month. The dots that appear on the.. bone up to the middle of the month a 6 ( heavy, from about the 10th to the 'I th especially so, and during this period v ry cold weather may be looked for. Duringt- December and .1 anuary the mereury wil1. frequently be below zero, probably rem 'in- ing there for days. For February short periods run all along. the bone, and the general character of 4 the' month will be stormy and blustering, with some very cold days at the first of the month and again at the close. These severe spell&sind continued cold weather will keep: the ice and snow and the first spring, month will be as hoary as old muter. As the bone ends very dark, it is very pro- bable that March will be a repetition of November. In tbat case the farmers will find it very difficult to break ground, and all kinds of vegetation will be very late in. getting a start. It will r ot be safe to pub things in the ground boo, soon, ao such a winter will be likely to be followed by kill- ing froits far into April. The writer re- menibers to have seen only one other bone to compare with the one this year, and that season there were frosts as late as May. Every indication'front. the reading of the bone, points to a backward spring, and the. gardeners who have their richest harvest in early vegetation will find their work risky and difficult. • Fillmore and the Hen. In the first quarter of this centurp party of travellers was journeying down bJle Missouri in a flab boat. The river was c vered with floating ice, and provisions wet scarce, but the men were young, poseeseed /of much more wit than money, and able to -extract plenty of fun out of the danger and privation. One evening two of thorn, 0 school teacher and a Frenchman, went inhere to buy pro- visions at a farm house. The teacher offer- ed half a dollar to the farmer's wife for a motherly old hen that was scratching about the yard. She refused with a torrent of abuse. His comrade, who was lounging over the gate, whispered, " Offer another bit." "Five hits 1" said the teacher. The woman hesitated, they, to her amaze- ment, the hen squeaked out: "I'm not worth it. I'm four years old I'm not worth it 1" The teacher started back, in dismay; the farmer's wife, regaining her courage, chased the hen and caught it up in her arms. "Take two bits 1 It's all I'm worth 1" it said, flapping wildly in her arms. She ran, pale wish terror, to the French- man and put it in his hands, screaming out: ---" Take it away 1 It's bewitched 1" The young man threw the money back to her, arid carried off the hen. Many years afterwards, among the crowd in the Bait room of the White home which, attended one of the receptions of Presi Fillmore, was the kindly oid Signor Bill well-known to all thenhildren of the tas0' n States as a ventriloquist. When he was at troduced to the President the two mem-rook- ed alpeach other a moment and then burst into a laugh. "You never thought to see me here," said Mr. Pillmore. "Now for the first time 1 understand the mystery of the old hen14-:... (Ohicago Herald. : Seeing the Sights, Miss Porcine, of Chicago, has been slott- ing her guest from the East through het father's enormous establishment. "Row wonderful it atilt 1" exclaimed A. guest. "Isn't it ?" said Miss Porcine; ".4n we will go to the slaughtering department that is too fascinating. It's lust lovely ul there I" . one e- i Thereis an old story of a Sootch dominf who after relating to' his is,dholata the stor of Annanies and SciPPbirai asked them "Why qea ala. not strike .everVbedy dead Who told a; lice' .ikittir a long, aliened, on littleifelleW got te bbs feet'an4 weelninied : 2etian105 sir, ,,thero bo onybod) '