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!sons, the eldest, of course, will suc-
A.n artist iith\s„ ^ sketehee, eeed bine ; the youngest is in the
Deepdale as the model ileel type of royal navy. This una;e has always
an kinglish villee6r-'14taenbetled andd, been kind, with this one gecention—
tike Devonshire hills, Whig to hide he woulti not lista to the idea of
-itself under the spreading shade of any magi:Uwe. Captain A.rthur must
tall treee. The bonny Deeplow wait, he said ; and, as he had no
Woods half inclosed it ;srntliug corn- money himself, he must marry an
fields, green raeadows, and pleasant heiress, and threatened that if
gardens gave it a quiet, varied thwarted in this respect he should
Charm. The deep, broad stream, the withdraw all support and friendship
River Floss, ran by it ; far off in from him.
the distance lay the chain of blue! "So our marriage was a private
hills that sloped down to the sem. !ono. I left my situation one fme
On this evening, wnen out story morning is. June and drove straight
()Pens, a. young lady arrived at ;1 o a church—one of the largest and
Deepdale. She come from some oldest in London. Captain Arthur
neighboring town, in a shabby, worn mot me there ; we were married, and
out dy, bringing with her a largo then he took me home Our home ;vas
box and a little child. The lady a pretty villa among the Highgate
bade the driver go to the village inn, tHills. 1 was known as Mrs. Howard
and send the box on after her, I --my mother's maiden name. At the
and she herself took the in her •year's end, just after my little child
arras. lwes born, my husband's regiment
"Tell me," she said, gently, "hew was ordered to India. The doctor
long you can wait. Give ine as much 'forbict inc goiug with him—and we
time as you can."
Parted. it was arranged that I
"I. must be back by eleven if pos-e should join hint when baby would be
sible," he replied. • . • !strong enough to stai d the voyage
"Thee I will be at the inn by tllut they told me, nurse; .that sno
tem" she . said, lurniag would not live there, where the sun
and clasping the child in her arms. scorches and burns. I should. no
She Walked quickly down the green leave her yet ; but my husband is
lane ; then she eat down upon the. very 111 The last three mails have
trunk of an old tree and gazed 'brought me sad news from him ; he
around her. " tis very ill, and pines far me. What
The :childin the lady's arms stir -I can I do ? My heart is torn 'he, -
rod, and she bent over at: kiesing the tween 'my husbandand my child. The
'little face with a wietivillove pitiful doctor, who is my red -friend, says
to seo ; then she placed the child she would die before she had been M
dawn for anfew_minutes, standing by India a week. My Arthur may die,
her side. unless I can go to nurse him : and
-"This will be my darling's home," thought of many plans, but there is
she said to herself ; "and 1 could no one to whom I can trust my child
wish for no fairer one." but you, nay faithful friend. I have
Pensively she gazed upon the child; no relations in the world, and in My
then she rose, took up her precious sorrow I have sought you. I leaare
treasure and walked on to a nearby England to -morrow. Will you take
cottage, and gently rapped at the charge of my child for three years ?
door. It was opened by a clean, I will reward you handsomely at the
• kindly booking woman. who cried end of that time, 'ehen I thall re -
out with delight when she Saw who turn and melte some further ar-
stood there. •- irangements. What do you say.
"I 'never believed it," she said. 'nurse ? Will. you II/Mortlake the
"Can it really be you, Miss Mar-
garet ? I thought the news too good
to be true."
"It Is quite true, nurse. I could
not leave my darling in any care
but yours!. e silence when the lady ceased spotlit -
A .sudden /Met of tears gathered In ,ine, and theewoman by her side Un -
her eyes as she spoke: .svVered gravely :
"I accept the charge, my, dear. I
"Calm. yourself," said the nurse.
"1 Oen make S.-ou some tea., aud will take care of yoitr 'Child an
though she Were my own. God' blese
then yen shall tell me 'your story."'
While Mrs: Rivers busied hereelf and preserve you, Miss Margaret I
set .seete I have a pretty thild; 'and Miss 'Mar-
in,prepariag tea., the lady
the child in her arms. She laid her garet, I named ,fier after you ; but
WO call her, 'Rita. My poor husband
fair young face on the little golden
head. murmuring sweet words of iove used to say Margaret was too long
for every day use. She is gone to
never foegoeten by the one who heard
- one of my neighbors. I will mtch
theme
The evestern sunbeams came in at 'her."
the open window ; but they •brought 1 In a few minutes the woniaa re-
nesaee turned, leading' by the hand a beate-
n° message of hope fer her,
'heart was sad even unto death. tiful. child of four years old, dark in
She tried to drink the ten. kind featureS and eyes, with black, shin -
hands brought her ; but the homely ing hair clustering' in thick .waves
cakes, the golden honey and Ape upon her pretty shoulders, lips as
fruit Mit. Rivers offered her in vain, iripe and red as chemies, and little
"Now, my dear," said the swan, white teeth that gleamed like
when the simple meal ended "come P° -
out into the garden. You shall sit •
under the laburnexa tree while you when She saw her. and a look of
bus- gratified vanity stole over the love -
tell me all about it—where your
ly childish face.
band has gone—wby you are going—
"Ah !" said the nurse. "my little
what, is the mystery. Tell roe, for
Rita is very pretty, but I look upon
you know you can trust me."
tsis beauty as a 'fatal dower.' What has
"I have not much to tell,"
it done for you, Miss Margaret, my
, lady began. "You left my father's
house when he failed ; he did not !dear 2—and there never was a sweet -
Jive long after that. My mother el! face than yours. Your' little one
took nee to London, end put me to ;is not like you."
school there. She -died when I reach- 1 "No," replied Lite Indy. My hair
.ed my fifteenth year, and I was left and eyes are dark ; her little curls
• q alone. Just before my mother's are like pale gold ; her eyes are blue
' ath she placed inc aa_governess- aS a summer day. I do not know
pi sil in a school near Isondon. In whether others would form the same
ern. for the Ilesieness•X"'•gave .f was; opinion as but to no seceliai , an
' tat ght many accomPlishmente. :.angel's face. We are three Mer-
ely eineteenth year I left these to garete," she said, with a smile;
take ray first situation as governess-1"You- must call my darling `Beisee'
It was considered a very" 'good one. !nurse—She looks like a pretty pap'
had the charge of Colonel Sea- flower -93a isy Howard ;' and eomo
ton's two childrer, who reside time I will surprise her by giving
at Herat lei Norfolk. , her a name far prettier than that—
... was happy then ; the her own. Rata, you will be kind to
andeMrs. Seaton we're very kind:Ifs Daisy, will you not ?" '
med., One evening I had done 7,,s(inieL The two children played upon the
Wing that did net please .Mrs.',,Sera grass together, while the lady in
%sons: and shesse spoke angrily to me -S esapid, nervous words continued her
When the children .bo gone to ---bed; -hiSeructions. •
• ez.and -my tune was ray own, t went ; `11-liave brought you forty pounds,
sot Jetta the garden.. I harLieeen. risk-, (stave e she maid. As soon as I
), seeei etrain sonic "" choice rose -trees, reacl%fdre. will send you more.
eseleseisefl., ,as I bent over the rosesthe Spare nee expense over my child. Let
..9tears'lell• from rny eyes„ upon 'the het lie1111111ely•dresserl and eared for.
es :11.6*ers.--Shdderily, standing "f 'before I herdc had apqrtrait taken of her—
Mei lestleV gentleerian—A,bung hnd three, -in facts-. On is for her pnpa,
— Isandsenee man. He spoke to one for myself, and—to-night, or to -
saying lie Siad .00me .somp 'long Ws. morrow, befoee leaving., I will send
-. twice to iseseNtilonel Saito Al you the other." ,etei
. "I toidlliem ;Colonel and tlea- There sit% ring of pain in
ton „ sbeth be in at eight the lady's voide. tie she :continued ;
O'closki and inie Particularly wished "I have a lOcket, tor Ser. lt coa-
..; to see ;them .he- had better wai t , or tains her fathen'a- and mine,
elan again. upon wailing. with our initialse-M. and 'A.:—in-
eese sesssesee and leelked to me, saying twined. I shall leve her this rine'.
.510(1 brave s• no, a W0rdt4 I can never My husband gave iteen me the night
foeg,et ; theein -.From •that -hour my before ee went, , IV 'elf rare perm/a...I
life. eh:anode it was no longer grey and the motto ...inside it says, :
(tad lived in a rose-colored love out of this Arm.' Arid; oh,
drechn—a golden light.hed fallen over nurse, i5he continued, bursting into* a
ine and dazzled my, oyes. • wild passion or weepieg, "take dere
dieurse, cruntot tell you my hes- of her ! Do not let her forget file,
band's name., shalt keep im 'neva Morning and night hold, her little
learn you but that.' I promised Ilene hands and pray for the loving moth -
and. must keep my wordd-v. : el. so far aterty,"
• A look of great anxiety came over "That .she shall do," said the
, 'face,' but•:she, made no !Mese, gently. • • •
op:Melanie "Three years shail Seen pase,"
"Captain Artluira-1 may eall 1iiin said the sad .young, mother. 'Tut tt.
tial -'-remained Hurst for know now what 'people suffer when
some Weekee told inc he loved 'they come diee Death dart hold no
ede, ned dear Heaven t What deeper sorroef than this." .
bad done. that. such happinees I-Xer Warne -tears: 'rained upon the.
ehould mine ?—he'aeked me to be wee golden hoed, and thole- she began
his Wife, but ',o'er marriege was to to Marmite sWeet caressing ' 'Words,
• be kept quite, seeret,. 1 will telt yen Ruch as only loving' mothera otto
why. My freehand, like myself, has Just: then .the neiree'ccatie once ,rriore
ne Parente. Thev. died wheie he ;Wee to the doore
rielte child, and fie Was. adopted by, It e,rowing late, my dear," elle
au uncle', Who edticelted him, bought said.
his . teMmiselon; ttna promised to "My baby is aeleep," replied the
look well to his ,totttee proepects. 1 lady. PI will leave her now," '
;WON t net tell you hie; uncle's tenni "Clood-byce my darling ! good,.
either, nueee ; England 'stove it bye, ely pretty little child ehe
well. '13`e ie noble/eau or birth moanee, as elle quitted the met,
Do not speak •to me, nuese tee a
trust ?"
CHAPTER 11,
There was a momcnt of unbroken
OUR NEW SERIAL,.
A FATAL DOWER'
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The DestfUetion or a Proud, Spirit,
With this Issue we present the
first Instalment of our now serlai
story,. A Fatal Hower tolls of the
efforts of scheming and unprin-
cipled beauty against innocence
and' gentle goodness. It Is
cleverly written, full of incident
and will hold your attention from
beginning to end.
bitterness of death is upon me—my
heart is breaking 1" .
"Shall I go with you, my dear,
to the inn ?" she asked, geetly.
"No, do not leave .the. children "
replied the lady ; "1 ehall.be better
alone."
She bent her head on the 'nurse's
shoulder, then. kissed her face with
lips so white and cold they startled
her old friend, She said nothing ;
her sorrow was too' deep for •words.
"Tell me what ship you sail in
asked Mrs. Rivers. "Our doctor
takes the papers,. and he will know
when it reaches Iudia." '
"It is called the Ocean Queen," re-
plied the lady • "it sails to -morrow.
I shall write to you by every mail,
nurse, and you must do the same to
mo ; and in three years' time, should
Providence will it, I will return, and
she will not have forgotten me."
."She will not forget you, my
deer ; „ehe will see your face every
night hi her drearnsi" said Mee.
Rivers., "God speed you and send
you back to us in safety."
(To Be Contirfued).
CANADA, GETS OFF EA.SY,
TREATMENT OF PIER INDIANS
IS Tilt BEST.
Opinion of annAi:esie..riean WhO
Vis-
ited a Reserve on. the ;1:lain)*
• Cariada has never /mei much troulal
•witli her, Indians, -.They aa.e peace-
able, large numbers of theta being
eivilized or semi -civilized. Thy at
almost wholly self-sepporting, and
Perrone much hard and Useful labor
Yet the Canadian, Government has
never done, and is not ricking now,
anywhfee near so much for them as
the United States does for,its cop-
per -skinned werds. I'erhaps the clie.
terence is largely due to the fact that
the Canadians have never had to
deal with the flereef. tribes and that
the total number of Indians in Can-
ada, is not largo, says a writer in
the Minneapolis Journal,
The Canadian reservation system
is utterly unlike ours. Instead of
setting aside vast tracts or contigu-
ous land they give each group of In-
dians here and there, a few Itundred
or thousand acres of land. Thus
along .Rainy River, Rainy Lake and
its tributary waters there are about
a dozen. little Indian, reservations,
which are really nothing. more than
adjacent illlotments of tenet to indi-
Vieual Indians.
9.'hese reservations are too small to
be game preserves, and the Govern -
meat pays a small annuity—$5 to
each member of a tribe, $10 to a
councillor, and $25 to a chief, It is
tlie old story of the pressure or ne-
cessity. The Government having
provided them with homes, with in-
struction in the Indian schools, it re-
mains for the Indian to earn his own
living. It being a, "root -hog" case,
he does it. The success of these Cane,
stops Indians is a good indication
!het when our own government
PAMI'ERING ITS INDIANS.
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and treats them precisely as white
citizens are treated, most of them
will make their way fairly well.
S.here are -many ways, which the
'industrious Indian man can make a
CHAPTER XXXV.
A few words as to the most pro-
minent personages in this veracious
narrative.
Josephine soon consented to make
Daunt • happy. Why should they
wait ? asked Si& Richard, pertinent,
They had everything they could
waist; loving hearts too long separ-
ated ;• ample means ; and Mr. Sur -
tees was there to bless and approve
of their union.
The marriage was e very quiet one.
Helena Waldo consented to act as
bridesmaid, and Bob Surtees was
Daanies .best man. .
"You are Well. 'worthef •,of each
other," said Mr. Surtees,aas sale
their hands joined. SShe has, ever
been the most devoted daughter, and
you have proved yourself' the' hest 'of
sons." • - , •
Secure in Ile affectionate ministra-
tiong''of 'his children, Mr. Sortees
paesed the autumn ' of his days In
calm contentment. The storms and
trials which had sorely oppressed
him were forgotten., and he could
pity and forgive the authors of his
troubles.
The waters closed over the Waldos.
Mr. Waldo was made a bankrupt.
and eventually paid fifteen pence in
the pound, The family went to live
at Brighton in Ditching Rise. Then
after his poor old father's death,
Bob Surtees came for Helena, and
married her in spite of Mrs. Waldo's
persistent objections to the match.
Bob has stuck to the theatrical pro-
fession, and now manages one of Mr.
:Bones tre's . travelling companies.
Both Clara and Augusta married Pi
the long run, one a commercial
traveller, the other a dashing ser-
geant of Light Dragoons.
Captain Wingspur went to India
with an infentry regiment, and
died there, a drunkard in debt, long
before the title fell in. Lord Wing -
spur proved V01.7 long lived ; and he
is . still, but with greatly reduced
Means, a chief ornament of a French
.waterineepiace CM, the Brittany eisast,
Both Meggitt • and De -Vas, alias
Leon Laistimeche, after their sen-
tence Passed •out of sight. The last
heard of the -former was at Dart-
moor, ,where he was busily engaged
with a few hundreds of bis, own sort
reclaiming waste lands on which
nothing would grow.
As for Doves, alias Leon Lante.
macho, he came to an untimely end.
His fate was recorded in the follow-
ing brief lines friem the Weymouth'
correspondent of a daily paper ;
"Fracas P o t.t1 and .—YeSte r day,
&IS a party of convicts were working
on the Verne, one of them, who owed
his warder gradge for some fancied
wrong, made a murderous assault on
him with a cold chisel. The warder
defended himeelf with his sword, and
cut hie assailant down. The convict,
who was named Joseph Devas, Vms
mortally wouridefl and has since
With Leon died the aecret of his
ill-gotten wealth. The place where it-
s concealed boa never transPh.ed,
and whether it wile, some day unex-
pectedly enrich a treasere-hunter,
whetbei... i will pass 'unclaimed into
the: assets of the bank wheee t is
gaged, at home or abroad, the Su-
ttee Idoeeca()T1
seal .stell Stitaker rsnufe 41A 11,,td. two
st. Petereburg-11. other pantheons.
,.. 11"ItEN•CIf hAos ALL OSSEH,
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The, beries.C3f4Crie so edielign 8 tin Cele
?limy are ecatte,:recl.,- - There is no the -
cd burial' piece fOr • til'aiie,1411tV Weal:-
nineter febbeY in Englanti;e8e,;.Denis
n Franee, the Escarial in' Spa in, tbes;
Cathedral oi Se. Peter and Paul hi
ereclerick the great lies 11, ho garri-
s
eon. Chinch at l'eatsdam, suinesended
a,. thousand 14,0' ' battle • flags " capter-
d from leraleSee 'ell le.. Seiniaticable
he number .,pr dereridet ,...; Viatica flags;
nc.. finds' in • the churchte, arnebricee
palaece (3dXII ueeride:, of Enrape,
here is a t miry 1 (mashie Vogl enct, ert .
foal e umber .. in. !IS/Nene nee tine even .
nom hi Russia. Tho -flogs, or other.'
in ti ohs ' 710 aOlaral`atiltrity 1;00,W,54,41,,c;
Ma ' CM Feeneh Softie to, 11,10 fleeons!,
led the tronliy,lennee Of all Plump°, -
living. He may do sonic) hunting for
meat, and furs, he may fish, he may
work in the lumber camps, he may
cut am& sell the timber' on his own
lands, he may work oa'the drives,
he may act as guide or canoeman, he
may be a 'pilot on the lake and river
steamers. Ills wire may make can-
oes, till the garden, weave cedar
bark and reed rugs, make articles of
buckskin and beads, and may gather
wild rice. The whola. faniilsr may
pick ;berries' in -season. • • • . • a
Though Most all of' these Indians
are "good Indians" before the 'time
assigried in the lexicon 'Of the Aneeri-
an 'frontier, not all Of them , are'.
Christians, Sone cling persistently'
O their paganism in the ,face of
ry ;attempt to convert, them. , One
of the sights for • a traveller up the
Rainy River is sonic Indian dance or
eremotty on the shore as the steam --e
r passes by. On the ,green sward':
f an easy slope, the -bucks dressed,
in their brightest, colors may be seen
marching and counter -marching and
chanting in some such incantation as
that for the cure of ,the sick.
As an instance of what the Indian
may do in providing for himself
take
. THE MANITOU BAND
HIS llIA.,TESTY KING EDWARD
VII. AND PRINCE EDWARD OP
WALES.
IN THE COLD WATERS
Pc was drawn demi to the leaton
of the pool at the foot of the fall
and then shot upward as from a
cannon—and the Teen came up under
math him!
The man could not swine a stroke
1
e g Pacts and. Difficult Pro-
blems Presented.
It 'is a lucre truiem to say that the
welfare or the individual, or society
• and "of the state, is best served by
t marriage, and by early marriages,
too. The fact has hem established
for ferty years that the death rate
ll among amarried enen over 20
years of ago is less than among un -
1 married men; and that the death -
f rete among all married women over
1 85 years of age is less than that
amOng unmarried women,
; The home being the cornerstone of
civilized life, society is enriched. by
the multiplication of homes, and lin-
. poverished when ,they inc het. in nor-
alMproportion "to th& OW. 'popula-
tion. Only within the pasneiv years
• has world-wide attention been drio,vn
• to the startlingefact that the svell-
being of an:eighty nation is menaced
r
by the pi of celibacy.
More than half the men and half the
• women of France arc unmarried, r.She
foreign, immigratioa into Fran.ce is
to -day greater than the natural in-•
crease of its own people. The excess
of births over deaths in any year
among those many millions -amounts
to only about seventy-five thousand.
The result is that well() other na-
tions of Europe are rapidly increas-
ing in population, France is almsst
stationary.
While, & century ago, Frenchmen
comprised a fifth of the European
population of the world, they now
form only a tenth, of it. The im-
portance of their country as a world
- power is not growing. ill'heir inter-
national commerce lags far behinh
that of other leading nations. How
empty is the' boast of rattlepaled
orators that France will some day
I gloriously avenge Sedan, when sho
dd
can aonly 806,0e1) conscripts a
year to the army, while 500,000 rat-
cruits are annualiy enrolled adiess
the Rhine! We shall speak later of
the mistaken. MO tiVOS, the policy
ruinous 11111(0he lilte to tcitizen and the
state, that induce many or the
French to ' restrict the number of
their ebilthen, and half of them to
go through" life mFran
�e
' "ree
is to -day an object lesson from
‘s-hich - the whole world may derive
warning and instruction on the ques-
tions of marriage mhe id tfamily,
those greatest of social influences.--
Ainslee's Magazine.
I MARRIAGE IN FIZANCE.
Strikin
The raft was in the right place a.
Inc right Vete and presently floated
him. out of danger. He was scarcely
bruised, yet the eecovered bodies of
the fall's victims have been battered
and macerated beyond recognition.
The rough and broken country
northern Minnesota and southern ten
western Ontario is good for the eyes
of the prairie dwellers. As some of
the heights. are mare than a thous-
and feeabove Lake Erie, and more
than ,000 feet .£1.!?pve the see,- they
are verY. ".aiia,are entitled
to be 'called mountain,
The highest point on the Minnesota
eltere. of - Lake Superior is Moent
Charlten., abotit 20 • Miles 'below
Grand Marine, but.being merely a
high peak in the range 'called' the
Devil's, Track hills, it, is not, so im-
posing as Mount Mackay, which
stands out boldry and alone just
across the Kaministiquia river from.
Fort WilIlam. This mountain is
about 1,300 feet higher than Lake
Superior, and to climb its precipi-
tous sides is counted quite a. feat.
11eksla good day's work up and.
b
From the top of the mountain -the
silvery thread of the river may be
seen winding in and out from Lake
Superior, back into the forests, back
to the falls of Kakalseka., which will
some -day be a great resort—for there
the river takes a sheer plunge of 140
feet into a picturesque canyon. I
say it is tbe most impressive water-
fall between Niagara and the Yellow-
s Lone.
on Rainy River. In the spring they
caught $1,000 worth of sturgeon in
the river, then they made $1,100
clearing the Canadian Northern's
right of way across their lands. Be-
sides tbis they cut 10,000 railway
ties and sold them for seventeen
cents apiece. Here is a total income
ot $3,000 for only a part of it
year's work, all done by about
twenty-five men. This takeno at -
collet of any hunting or the vegeta-
bles raised im the gardens.
I have hitherto spoken of the falls
pf Koochiching anci lhe great expec-
tations concerning the developments
ef tee water power there. The only,
communication between the' little
American Settlereeet of Koechithing
and the Canadian. t 0 NW. o f Fort
Francis is by ferry—and the ferry-
boat is n. rowboat—acroes the broad
river just above the falls. The cros-
sing place is So near the 'crest of the
falls that several fatal accidents have
resulted from Meg carrida over.
Last 'November a elan who was
thus carri 1 f 11 d • t
CHEAP RAILROAD FARM
India is the land of cheap railway
travelling. The returns of .the East
India Railway show that in twelve
Months 18,500,000 passengers used
the line; and 'that • of these '17, 000,000
travelled third or lowest class. - The
(lost ,of carrying was 'one -eighteenth
ot it peniese.pea miles •ancl the elitirge
to the passengers' was little more
than one farthing. -Great as is the
difference between th.cest 'of transit"
by this line and Parliamentary or
even workinen's 'rates, the compari-
son between incomes -of the lowest
class ,of passengers in India, find
Great 13ritain is still,greater. The
avera,gc monthly income of the form-
er in shillings corresponds with the
minber or pounds earnecisby the lat-
ter in a like .period.
BELGIANS INVADE RUSSIA.
Belgians have swarmed into Russia
luring 'the last ten years and now
they control there twenty-two street
car lines, thirty-seven iron and stdel
actoi.ies, fourteen coal mines, three
gas works and several less important
actories, the total capital being
nore than 8170,000,000, of 'which
$140,000,000 have been subscribed
fy Belgians. ,In these various entere
rises 1,387 Belgian engineers are em-
Ioyed au& most of the workmen a1-.
o hail from Belgium,
the whirlpool below had a, marvel- I
lous escape from death. 111 a rOwe -
'oat himself he was towing a small
•aft Nvhich was chained to the stern
o
cf the boat. he did not make enough
ab:mance forhe tslow progress he
vas making, impeded by his tow,
and presently found himself, moving
toward the plunge. Even then he
night have saved himseltelf lie could
lave got rid of the tow, but that f
was impossible, and striving against 1
he current as against fate itself,
111311, boat and raft slid' over the 1
mooth crest and then into the roar- p
ng, eluentag waters of the slope. . p
Tossed and pounded about $
'LIM CONSOLATION PRIZE.
Loulse—"Alice lrets, quit givieg
bridal presents."
esthel--"Ilow queer ! eS hat, is her
recteon ?"
Louisc—"Well, esys when a
wedding invitation comes she feels
happier is the takc,s some money and
hereelf a uew book."
- Of Euroee's 8,555,060 square mites
2,888000 -are capable of growing
The average number of children in
an English family, is 4.08, In 0
;French 3.08, in Itely 4,50. Ireland
holds the record with 5,20.
Ara being Contracted Every Day—The Treatment Prescribed' by an Eminent AlecliOel Author and Physician—Timely
Action the All Important Point In Treating Caltis..
"Colds that will never be cured," It startling' seri en Cc, but 'yoU ktoil,1 it Co be true. . Scarcely so 'day ,
passes bet some death from eonseinistipai, pneumonia or similar raiment elnphasiees the truth (),.¢ this state-
,
ment, it is well to remember, that a riewly-contracted cold can, rn al.diost every case, be aired, It is 'the
neglected, cold that leads to- death—the cold tbat runs on 1.1.00 00 --the rohl that is added, '.1,o .fresli, colds
from time •to •
Peet what trecittnent is to be choStin`from the great etrother of remedies that are recoinnieli'ded? Yoe ean:'
use comMonesense in buying medicine, just as you can in the, purdliase of a Piano, a' bieyele or a sewing MSS
chine. Fled out what treatment has the best record in the past, apply the test of tune and get the opinion
or people who kaow hem. experience.
. • If you apply this -test, to, medicines for coughs, colds and similar ailments, yeti 'will select Dr, Cliese'a
Sytem of Linseed raid TU'r pen Lin becaose of the extraordinary raeriee ,whieli it possessece and Which ha*e be- •
come knissen. to the publie generaley through years or -trial. The sales of this renledy aro far in ex:e6ss"of may
slx*lairp-reParation, teed IlIVO 'never been so large as during the present season. These tWo litete 1110 ive
lie -
1 the strongest evidence Pcat. crux be peo'clueed, in verifying the Merits any remedy that has boi:). thor-
oughle* tested for years. • , • '
Dr. (These's Syrup of Lieseed and Turpentine is prized eepecially becauSe of lin far-reathing eifeets, even in
the melee s'erioue ce.see of bronehitis, whooping cough, croup and asthma, /t it not a Incre refief for coughs,
hut nets on the Whole seetem theroegbly, curing the cold and removnig chest pains, eorenese er the hugs
and bronchial tulips, and tell 'On denim at ion of the respirattety organs. e
" data, a word .of warniag, There are ,other preparations of 'turpentine Mid linseed pet np in imitation of
1„ Glesse s Syrup ,0 ,:ensee, and nuimentme, tlo bO euro yon are getting (X0 ge1itene,•000 portrait and s1g-
na11119 of 'Dr, Aniv,'CintseetenAthe 11:5Z 1(11)0 Twenty-five cents a battle, Itatlik,/ site, three theme ae much, Go
cerits. e AL till dealers, or Ede.laesou, Bales & Gompanye Terceato.
HAIR OF TI -M. SLOTH.
It ii Oteea In Color and For a v
evilliir,eteinion..
It is, a Very, carious fact that eiertairth
,plants 'grow and thrive ofttlin hair or
sloths. Apart from its extremely ooarge
.and brittle nature, the .1119St.etrileinga
Peeellarlty'ef the, outerhair of ,the
al.ath is its more Or leSS decidedly green
tlrige. 'Now, ..green is,a very'vereeolor
twttafheiesir weineefg000astrotent:,:inamttltola: :lit mn)veekails:In'i spcieloapvlsnnialpdes:etttudileir,I:asea', r'1:°Ioenntileltogtufilioolvi:te, •
ill: sclaetCiteeedvr, et1:11rDa mte tl'el teni'its It:: et :reale tef-4 411aQuitstribit:t1111: haps:Q:1a-
-sibwiheetoobbieeleletveortiatahtisltpiescAutitgr, t'
Pe ,of
atchoneldait.::tui joinsnat oiIs,rte0 on afi tescrocetrasnrei, ittisetetorarn:ssuplEdulilotal ugte:
as possible, and when hanging In Its
usual position from the underside of
.0 bough Its long, coarse and green
tinged hair is stated to render the sloth
almost Indist I uguishable from -the
buuches of gray green lichens among
which it dwells, In the outer aheatif
.of the hairs of the al there are a num-
ber of transverse cracks, and In these
cracks grows a primitive type et plant
--namely, a,one celled alga.
And for the beeefit of lionhotanical ,
readers lt may be well to mention here -
that algte, among which seaWeedi are
Included, form a group of flowerless
plants related .on tho one hand to the,
fungi and on the other to the lichens.
In the moist tropical forests .forming
the horae of the -sloths the algte in the
cracks of their hairS grow readily and
thus communicate to the entire coat
that general green tint which. as al-
ready said. Is reported to render there
alniostiadistinguishable from the clus-
ters of lichen among which they ha.ng
suspended..
THE FTE OF CORONETS.
Lord Bronghame. Mamma,
Childs' Fruit Dish. '
Peers and theircorouets are soon
parted when the ceremonial use has
been served. The fate of' one corouet
Is told by a celgespondent of M. A. P.
He writes; "When 1.was staying some
years ago in Philadelphia with G. W.
Childs, the well known proprietor of
The Ledger newspaper there, I noticed
at dinner one evening a peculiarly shap-
ed gilt stem] used as it support for a
china dish containing grepes. My host,
observing that I was scanning It rather
closely, said: 'Oh, that is the coronet
Lord Brougham wore at the qaeen's
coronet -tan. 't have 'taken out the' vel-
vet cab ancrturned it upside down.
The golden ballsform excellent fent,
and It makes a most elegant disk
atand.' Which It certainly did."
B'llt'WhAt is the fate of coronets cone-
-pared _with _the fate of coronation
robes? A large portion of George [V.'s
wardrobe, Including ,the Coronation
robes, was put at public auction in the
summer of 1831. There were 120 lots
disposed of, and some of the items_are
interesting. A pair of fine kid troisers.
of ample dimensions and lined with
,wielte satin, was sold for 12 shillings.
The siimiiliernea crimson velvet corona-
tion mantle, with sliver star, embroid-
ered with gold, which cost originally,
according to the auctioneer, £500, was
knocked down for 47 guineas; a richly
embroidered -silver tisstie coronation.
waistcoat and trunk hose, £13. The
purple velvet coronation robe, embroid-
ered with gold ofewhich It was said to
contain 200 .ouncea brought Only £55,
although it cost his late majesty £300.
An elegant and costly green velvet
mantle, lined 'With, ermine of the finest
quality, presented by the Ernperor
Alexander to .peorge IV., which cost
1,000 guineas, was sold for L125. ad"'
AShlgnlnrfleqeftt.
A peculiar fate is said to overhang
the fan:lily of dab la teSir Milian Gold
-
staid. -An ancestor of his, So saysthe
legend, once gave Ocher -to a, rabbi,
NVI.10, at his death, left t� bim a bequest
of a mysterious box, Which was on no
account to be opened until after the
Customary seven days of mourning. If
opened before that time, a curse would
fall upon the family.
Guriosity got the better of supersti-
tion, and the box was opened before
the seven days wen up. In It was
f eund a document which said that an
the injunetion of the rabbi had not
been heeded no future owner of the es-
tate would be succeeded by a son. And -
such, strangely enough, has been the
ease ever since.
Arab 111riste.,
Arab music has been described as the
singing of a prima donna wile has rup.
-hired her voice le trying to sing a duet
with herself. Bach_note sterta from
somewheiv bet -wen a sharp and '1 flat,
but does not stop cren there and splits
up into four or more portiOns, of which
no person can be expected to eatelt
snore than one at 0 time.
Intentional.
The caller bed a grievaucc3_.
"That cotranunication I sent ytm ycia,
terday.i' he said, "was signed' 'More
Anon' es Plainly ,a3 the words Could he
written. You printed 0: in your paper
this morning 'Omega.' "
"1 hliosv it," replied the editor. "We
didn't intend there should be any more
anon."
Via Bar 01,in 1100S.
Mr, Buggihs—Tilifty dollars for hon.
nett Why, matinee, it's it crime.
Mi Baggine—IVell, the crime is an
my Own head.,
,Esteem tennot be ivliere there Is no'
eonihlehee, and there Can be no con- „
&limed Whete there le 110 reepeOI.—OilfltP.
The straight tree 13 OW arst to he col
tiervh, The Vveli sweet li4.614 18 Ole
first to be exhaustvd4
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