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YOUNG FOLKS.
Bedtllne,
"Tis bcdlitpe, say you,' hymn mil bed (rood•
high'.ly illi nue ,-1a uuurol,,, r,
., God levee ala minis rape, and daub one. all," •1'lt13 iv 1111 I s(1111 say here In the. 4) 4) of
A,Aom. half -shirt eyes Nemeth Seer esiilide fall,
nothermhote you wi1ll audit them mire, semi» null„'. \\'iter I was in eoll1) 41 I was n•ords .11 ilia ,edge 1vhi011 felloll cal 1L, and
r '•. yet n cul. Ili Il'ht, )Rb in the crit, and, let' the hl+t time, .., reuusunt;luror had st00d nil u•om 1111?1 , t n l,1'
Yes l \vitt ant. you. put you are tall' 1
melt IIJ t l 1 U al a'yu-tial most with first Ile 1u•luutivledgod the ae;"•m'1' of the his snleunl i11vouu'.iou that diad Might L
Whitt will you give nw. see ' 'k Illi
And et. you ui,, :( hough - mule( snu,e uric g.c1 wt.laid mat wee toe
l t •'lir 1 sleepy unr mid
lint had a diseased body, The latter might
have the theory of good and i11tmel to prat.•
ties it, bol his 11rsh would. be a amnion
handicap and enemy to him. 'thy healthy
non, 011 Lb oontral•y, would[ be constantly
drawn by his healthy- instincts toward elan.
TR11 BRUSSELS POST.
THE JURYMAN'S STORY,
\\'o ball leen out of court twenty-four'
hours, and stood eleven to nn0. The ease
Was plain ; at least we eleven thneght so.
A murder of peenliar atroelty rind been 00)11.
nutted, and though no eye had \rttn08sed
the deed, cirenlustawces pointed to the
prisoner's guilt with ul1llilillg certainty,
'( At the end of some menthe my triol
moo. It could have but one result, (ireunr-
staucee too plainly declared 11ty guilt. 1
ltnor Eley 110(1•
"The absence of 010 jury 14041 very brief.
To their' verdict I pa1d hut. little herd. It
Was a mingle hideous word, but 1 had long
nutieip; ted it, and it made ne impression.
As little impression was m110' by the
g .11 ` then )mud there. arae prude, confessed his inability to rernne11 that' mercy upon 1110
^es ' ...Atm eiesu eh l;) hi severe,
.. hauling, 1+' 1 'e i, ,In(•i '!e 111 )tet to l'o)ll,hsllfe, sounded like the ldoll)11•eet
111Y wit. , If 1 � lu. my arm, se1'cr0, 0111 we hn4 l0 go 6y wile the method the facts with the defendant . t m ) , m ,I
1 laid h(1' Boldon curl. Igen -
1 and Sayers, and other eminent yet 011 every \'One wentI'A a1111,1i1y ret' ae,;tilIt of hollow Ilene ha ed.
of Ido( u, u L y
v u Pati'm fir little; ell. lIiO r0nduet les tucspliOaLie, It It may be hard for Ihecnndumnvdorho-
iu their ([ nn c nae � , 0a • 1 ; it• ie still harder for
I drew her little feet within my land,
Her rosy plums teen: Mind in .011,1:11 bliss,
Her heart ncxl to mine beat gentle , .oft and
(4'11001,
She 1100110)110 111e, and by Lol•e'0wnunnuuL„
I aid ane my precious wages-"
[Lord 1100slyn,
Some Wholesome Advice Pounde:t on Ex-
perience.
11 ICLI.\x 11011•rllenus,
There is some eoceutrieity in the make.
lip of many people that prompts them, even ! halt -raw moat for supped', bread, the other
irom their early years, to prefer unwitole- I half of the glass of water, Yes, that was
some food and habits to those that are i about whet we lured on, all the while taking
healthy, At meals they will risk, not of I hours of violent exercise in the hot sun.
malice prepense but instinctively and un-' Such things as tobacco, liquor, late hours,
puddings, were, of emirs; not 434311 admit-
ted into our dreams.
Snell trailing as this Is absurd, it is no;
even safe. Boys are apt to grow feverish
under it, and to beget many boils, and the
boils weaken stint 1 and they don't eat
enough, became, after a week or two, na-
ture revolts against raw meat and oat.1110111,
Mid nothing to drink. Nevertheless, and
though I grumbled occasionally and got
very thirsty every day, I enjoyed training.
It was not only the new sensation of power
and tireless energy that it produced, but
the pleasure of doing without luxuries -the
. s
bruise,
not r0f11'ettng that to 1'00•a face dues nut. )'a- ootid mut result from a leek of Intelligent', i 1 t I I eat
quire the same antulitiuns a0 10 atl,nd a 141'0 fon', 11'11il0 be 01101(0 lint little, his words 111141 who fs i111l01 111,
hours' pounding from 1a giant. Al all events, were well 0110acn, and evinced a thorough , „ 11"lett 1 nu loved in the inh'rval b ifero
we had a 1.11110 that alight have male Oven understanding of the ease, the day appointed for my execulien few can
a media -yid hermit rub his chin, Thick oat. At the prospect of another night of fruit imagine.
ureal porridge, lean mutton chops, and less imprisonment we began to grow imps,- " On 0110 morning of rho day fixed for
nothing to drink. That was breakfast. Tot' tient, awl expostulated warmly against what carrying out the Selt0100 1 felt measurably
dinner, lean anti rare meat, the least 11)0SOi- seemed an nu1'oasouable captiousness; wu(1 1'esignecl,
We quantity of vegetables, stupe bread and some not o'erkin(1 remarks were indulged of hal so long stood face to face \vitt
no trebling, half it tumbler of water. Cold, in as to the impropriety of trifling with all death, had so a001101onletl myself to look
oath like that under wheel we were meting, neon it as oily a momentary pang, that I
') And yet," the elan answered, as though mo longer felt solicitous save that my memory
communing with himself rather than repot- should one Clay be l'indtented.
ling the imputation, "it is conscience that „She for whorl 1 111111 gone. to prepare
hinders my concurrence in a verdict approved a house had already found one in heaven,
by my judgment." The tidings of my calamity had broken her
"J4ow can that bo?" queried several at heart., She alone, of all the world, believed
once. mo innocent ; and she had died with a prayer
f1 Conscience may not always dare to fol- upon her lips that the truth might be
low judgment." brought to light. All this I had heard, and
" 13ut hero she can know no other It had soothed as with swept ieee11se my
guide." troubled spirit.
" Once I would have said the same," ,) Death, however unwelcome the shape,
" And what changed your opinion?' was now a portal beyond which I could see
" Experience." one angel waiting to receive ole, I heard
Tho speakers manner was visibly agitated the sound of approaching footsteps, and
and we lvaite(1 in silence the explanation nerved myself to meet the expected sum-
whioh he seemed ready to givo, Mastering»7011s
his emotion, as if in answer to our looks of )) The door of my cell opened, and the
enquiry, he conthmed : sheriff and his attendants enter -
Twenty years ago 1 leas a ,young non ed. He held in his [and a paper. It 1va0
just beginning life. Few 11a(1 brighter pro. doubtless lily (le11111•wa1.ran1. He began to
speots, ant mono brighter hopes. read it. My thoughts were busied else-
" An attachment, dating from childhood, 1414010.
had ripened with its object, 'There Sad ), The words, "fall and free pardon,"
been no verbal declaration and accept- were first to strike my preoceupiel ae1000.
ante of love, no formal plighting of troth, They affected the bystanders more than my -
but when I took my departure to seek a self. Yet so it was ; I was pinioned for an
home in Canada it was a thing undorstodcl
that when I had found it and put it in
order she was to share it.
"Life in the backwoods, though solitary,
is not necessarily lonesome. The kind of
society afforded by Nature depends much on
one's self.
) As for ate, I lived more in the future
than in the present, and hope is an ever
cheerful companion. set length the time
cine for leaking the final payment, on the
home which 1 had boeg111. It would
henceforward be my own ; and in a few
months, my simple dwelling, which I had
spared no pains to render inviting, would
bo graced by my mistress, who was coming
out from England. ,
"At the laud office, which was sane
sixty miles off, Imet my old friend, George
0-. Ho, too, had conte to seek 1110 for-
tune in the new country 1 and we were both
consciously, those dishes that theywould
better leave untouched • and they willshow
'a perverse talent for sleeping when they
should wake, waking when they should
sleep, exerting themselves when they should
repose, and remaining indolent when they
should be active. This is more often no-
ticeable in girls anis women than in boys
and mon, but the latter are not seldom
chargeable with it. To reform them is as
difficult as to induce water to run up hill -
which, however, isnot impossible, if enough
pressure he brought to bear in the right di-
rection.
Other people, on the contrary, never go,feeling that I was practising self-abnegation
wrong in these matte, s. They are like the -the satisfaction of forming nn ar(luous re -
famous goblets of Venetian glass, which de- I solve and sticking to it like a mac, through
tented any poison that came In contact with all temptation. If our training had clone
them. They prefer the simplest and most
strengthening things to eat, and always have
their bodies in good trim and trlahling,
They seen] a1va00 of no self-abnegation in
doing this ; they like it. Conduct that salamis produced by it so well that I relnl4m-
would be the height of virtue in what we ed in a modified state of training all through
may call the non -sanitary class is in them as my college life. That is to say, I ate little
much a matter of course as with animals. or nothing that our contemporary training
Most of then could not tell you whence rules forl)td, and indulged myself only in
they derived their hygienic principles ; they the matter of water, which I drauk not to
would say they were not principles but exeese, but in reasonable moderation. As I
intuitions. - had always lived simply, I 140.0 not giving
Thee is a third class who, whatever their up much that I really cared for, and In
diet and habits, are always in robust health ; truth 1 was living a far more luxurious life,
nothing hurts them, one thing is as good so far as my physical sanitation welt, than
for them as another, and whether they live the most soiontdlo voluptuary could htaveex-
on brandy and pate de lois gras, of on perienced. Many people go through life
porridge or cold water, they are happy, without ever knowing what it is to feel per -
vigorous, and free from complaints. Such feet health. I can tell them that, could
people are incomprehensible and even irrita• they know it for an hour, they would be
ting, for they upset all rules and contradict ready to give up all other earthly posses.
experience. File does not burn or pins stone to retain it. It is so 11014', delightful,
prick them ; there is some elixir in their and extraordinary that it can be likened to
blood that renders them superior to the nothing else.
frailties and necessities of ordinary human- Four years of training, not too violent,
atyBut I am not writing for exceptions of
any kind, but for the average. The average
human being needs instruction, and, if be
recognizes its reasonableness, is amenable to
it. It is almost as easy for him to go right
as to go wrong 11 he takes himself m time,
and it is really of no little importance that
he should go right.
I was brought up in a place and at a time
where anti when the temptations to un-
wholesome luxury were not overpowering.
Milk and rice were leading features of my
bill of fare till I was 7 years old, and it was
net till after that tilne that I first ale'nleat.
One advantage of such a diet for children
is that it diminishes the acuteness of the
fe0er8 and other ills that are incident to
childhood. I leas also " cured" with hom-
oeopathic medicine, which many will say is
equivalent to going without medicine at all ;
at any rate, my sicknesses were neither long
nor numerous, and early abandoned No alto.
nether. Meanwhile, I lived in the country,
was allowed to play out -doors as 1110011 es I
liked,0n11 was carefully washed and scrub-
bed every day.
The results woregeod, and go to show that
it is expedient to give a growing child
nothing that is in the least difficult to digest,
to afford him all the open air possible, and,
for the rest, to let him alone a good deal.
If you succeed in keeping him out of the way
of what would hurt him, ho will need little
urging toward what is good for him, And
if you can keep him in fair order until he is
12 or 14, he will have acquired a strong bias
against mischief the rest of his life. By
this I do not mean that there is much to be
gained by forcing a boy to conform to a
rigid or ascetic regimen, by sheer dint of
authority. He will resist at heart, and
when opportunity occurs he will rebel in
ant. But sound health has a natural aversion
to deleterious things ; and few people hanker
after what they have never seen or heard of.
Let a boy, in the first place, earn to put
a pride in good health -in being in as good
condition as his constitution admits of -and
then let him be shown how to be so. It is
not a long nor a hard lesson, and if it were
the hardest lesson in the world, it would
still be worth acquiring. But the desire -
the ambition -is the main thing.
Now, we are all frail end imperfect crea-
tures at our best ; therefore he is more than
foolish who fails to maintain himself at his
highest notch, A man who is going to rim
a race on wili011 his life or fortune depends,
does not steal forth silently at night, and
dig ditehe0 and build hedges to defeat him-
self with next morning.
Yet that is what many of our young fel•
lows do. You have little enough chance of
succeeding in life, anyway ; but instead of
fitting yourselves to make a desperate
struggle for it, you upset your stomachs,
obfuscate your brains, clog your lunge, de-
generate your hearts, and vulgarize your
morals at tiro very outset of your career
Lacking strength you descend to the refuge
of all wean creatures -cunning ; 3)041 cheat
your way to your goal, where you might
have fought your way to it. There should
never be an hour in your 'working day when
you are not in fall possession of such facul-
ties as belong to you. Morning, noon, or
afternoon you should be ready and able to do
your best work.
Emergencies come when they are not ex-
pected, and if your emergency tomes to you
when you are dull with beer, or qualmish
with tobacco, or unnerved from lank of sleep,
you will be worsted in the encounter, and
the defeat will not be an honorable one, but
entirely dishonorable.
Tura things in the world tend to drag you
doves I one 18 low exempla, and the other is
the tartan tendency to low practices that
comes he int by inheritance, or wo know not
how. Thane two evil forces aro always at
work ; whams we are not always on our
guard, and ate often in imminent peril at
tho very moment when we imagine ourselves
most so cure,
Some moral instruction and goad boosts
aro useful in their way; but they avail little
if the flesh land blood' of tae sul),4001 is in a
Vick:um elate. Ido not muton to 1)8ply that
a man in 00111,11 heath and of 1 omperato ha-
bits is 411)1.01 11':ly a moral men. But I
would sonnte'trnnt a mien who was whole-
solue in eoud41011 and regimen than ou0
who weeinor".1 ail °leveled in his sp00011,
nothing else for ns, yet as developing our
power and constancy of will, it ens a thou-
sand tidies worth going through with.
Int my own case, I liked the physical sen -
between the ages 0117 and 21, give a man a
start in physical 1vell.be lig that he is long delighted with the meeting.
time in getting over ; indeed, unless things " He had brought with him, ho said, a
go very much against him, he will always
feel the good effects. No boy should smoke
or drink t111 he is over''!, and l think 2: is
the earliest time to permit those things with
safety. Were modern civilization ((natural
sum of money whiall he desired to invest in
land, on which it was his purpose to settle,
1 expressed a strong wish to 11av0 him for a
neighbor, and gave him a cordial invitation
to acemup'my me home, giving it as my be -
condition, smoking at any rate, and drink- lief slum. 110 could nowhere make a better
ung, probably, would be unknown. They selection thou in that vicinity.
are in the nature of stimulants and se11a-
tfvee, and are employed to spur on jaded
nerves, or to stupefy them when irritated.
Our lives, especially in cities, are so full of
excitements and depressions that in self
defense,pthe feebler among us take to tobac-
co and drink. To do so is a confession of
weakness ; but such weakness ought not to
bo felt by a youth in his early twenties.
Only after you have been fairly worsted in
the battle between your constitution and
your environment, isindulgence of that kind
excusable, You will find plenty of people,
more or loss vioioue, who will urge yon to
begin a course of cigars and wine at sixteen
or earlier. But every sane person must pity
a boy who yields to such urging, and every-
body despises hint.
You must feel some enthusiasm for decant
and wholesome living, so that others, seeing
you, may follow your good example. We
hear a good deal about the evil influence of
a vicious example ; but I have also observed
that the example of a hearty, vigorous,
fresh, clean young man is wonderfully con-
tagious. He makes his eonnpaeio)0 wish to
be as healthy, effective and serene as he is.
Indeed, it is a few men like this who have,
practically, created athletics in this coun-
try.
Death is the Bear's Gage,
Katharine Wolff of Iiitziugen, Bavaria,
at midnight, recently, let herself down on a
rope into the cago of the polar bear in 111e
Frankfort Zoological Garden, and was torn
to pieces before the eyes of the steeper.
Her ahrieke first attracted the attention of
Gelling, a watchman, whose refusal to marry
her had caused her desperation. Ho saw
her standing, quite nude, in the cage, with
the bear's forepaws on her shoulders and
its lower jaw resting on her head. From a
tree, which extended its branohos over the
open top of the tinge, hung the rope on which
she had lot herself down. She had already
repented of her ant and begged for help to
release her from her terrible companion.
Ceiling, as line been shown 011 official in.
vestigation of his conduct, merely called
other night watchmen to the cage and did
not lift a hand to aid the girl, although the
bear held her without tearing her for some
forty minutes. When reminded that rifles
for such emergencies were kept near by, he
answere d
"What do you mean? Kill an animal
that cost $500 for such a woman 1"
The bear rolled the girl round the cage and
twice had her within two feet of the spot
where the watchman stood. A subordinate
of Gelling could endure tho sight no longer
and ran oil' for the police. When he return-
ed with a Sergeant the girl had been eaten
by the bear. Only her bones were left to
prove the truth of the story of the watch-
men, Subsequently her clothes, together
with abanlc book for $1,000 on deposit,
were found at the foot of the tree from
whioh elle dropped into the bear's den.
All Frankfort IS calling for the punishment
of Gelling. It is expected that ho will bo
00nvicted of manslaughter,
How to Tell an Atlantic Liner.
The line to which vessels, passed on a
voyage between Great Britian and A,nerica,
belong, can be told by the colour of their
funnels. Tho distinctive oolouring of the
funnole of rho ships belonging to tho loathing
likes are :
Allan -Red, with white band and blank
top.
Dann -Blank, with white band and bleak
toAuchor-Blacks.
Cunard -Bed, with llla0)1 top.
(luion•-Illaok, with broad redline and
black top.
National -White, with black tip.
White Star -Crean Colour, with blank
top.
He readily consented, and we sot out to-
gether. \1'e had not ridden many miles,
when George suddenly recollected a commis-
sion lie batt undertaken for a friend, which
would require his attendance at a public
land sale on the following day.
"Exacting a promise that he would not
delay his visit longer than neeoesal'y, and
having given minute directions as to the
route I continued my way homeward, while
he turned back.
"I was about retiring to bed on the night
of my return when a summons without cal.
led mo to the door. A stranger asked shel-
ter for Ithnsolf and his horse for the night.
I invited him in,
" Though a stranger, his face seemed not
unfamiliar. He was probably one of the
men I had seen at 1110 land office, a place at
that time much frequented.
" Offering him a seat I wont to look after
his horse, The poor animal, as well as I
could see by starlight, seemed to 1nave been
hardly used. His panting sides born witness
to merciless riding; and a tremulous shrink-
ing at theslightest touoh, being a token of
recent frioht.
"On re-entering the house, I found tho
stranger was not there. His absence excited
no surprise ; he would doubtless 0000 return,
It was a little singular, however, that he
should have left his hatch lying on the table,
)) At the end of halloo hour, my guoab not
returning, I went again to the stable, think•
ung he might havo his found way thither to
givo personal attention to the wants of his
horse. Before seine- out, from mere force
of habit -for we were as yet uninfestod out
in the backwoods by either thieves or police-
men -I took the promotion of putting the
stranger's watch in a drawer in which 1 kept
my own valuables. I found the horse as I
had left him, and gave hint the food which
he was now sufficiently cooled to be allowed
to eat; but hie toaster was nowhere to be
seen.
As I approached the house a crowd of
mon on horseback dashed up, and I was con•
mantled, in no gentle tones, to stand I In
another moment was hi the clutches of
those who claimed me as their "prisoner."
"I was too much stupifled at first to ask
what it all menet. I did so at last, and the
explanation eamo-ib wee terrible 1
My friend, with whom I had so lately
set out in company, had been found murder-
ed and robbed near tho spot at which I, but
1111000, knew 140 had separated. I was the
last person known to be with him, and I was
now arrestod on suspicion of his murder.
" A search of the premises was inimed•
iatoly instituted. Tho watch was found
in the drawer in which I had placed it, and
1a0 identified as the property of the mer•
derv' mean. His horse, too, was found ill
my stable, for the animal I had just pub
them was none other, I recognized him
myself when I sale him i11 the light.
"What I said I know not. My confa-
cion was taken as additional evidence. And
when, at lots �- 4111, I did command language
to give an iotelligiblo statement, it 14410
received with sneers and incredulity.
"As mho proofs of my guilt, one after an-
other, cane to light, low mutterings gradin.
ally grew into a clamor of vengeance ; and
but for the firnmose of one loan -1110 officer
who had me in charge -I would doubtless
have paid the penalty of my 0uppo0od
offence on the spot.
"It wee not sympathy that actuated my
protector. His heart was as hard ate hie
otllee ; but leo represented the majesty of the
law, and took a sort of grim pride in the
position.
"As much under the gimlet' of hie eye as
o
before the nutzrlo 0f hie pistol, Choc 11'ardl
,y
cl0mor0rs drew back, Perhaps they 14.1'O
not sufficiently numerous to feel the full
ofibot, of that 111ysferiona reflex influence
which makes a crowd of inn so moo), the
worse, and tat times so much batter, than
any ono of tllosn singly.
offence I had never committed.
"The real culprit, none other, it is need-
less to Day, than ho who had sought and
abused my hospitality}, had been mortally
wounded in a recent affray in a distalit city,
but had lived long enough to make a disclos-
ure, which had been laid before the governor
barely in time to save me from a shameful
death, and condemn me to a cheerless and
burdensome life. This is my (.xperience.
"i\Iyjudgment, aspolusintheeasebefore
us, leads to but one conclusion, that of the
prisoner's guilt ; hit not less confident and
[apparently unerring was the judgment that
falsely prnnuanced my Own."
We no longer importuned our fellow
juror, but patiently awaited our disoharge,
on theround of inability to agree, which
came at last.
The prisoner was tried and convicted at a
subsequent session, 110114 at the last moment
confessed his crime on the scaffold.
Notes on Scienoe and Industry.
An English manufacturer has lately
brought forward an improved hot -blast
furnace, the method employed being to use
the heat derived from the furnace for
heating the air blown into it to smelt the
contents. Tho mode of carrying out this
plan is by letting into the brickwork, on all
sides of the furnace, several chambers im-
mediately over the thyme pipes, within
about three inches of the inner fade of the
furnace. 'These chambers inclose a bent
tube, through which cold air passes, sup-
plied by any blowing apparatus, and ill its
course becomes heated ;the hot blast thus
produced will find an exit through the thy.
ores into the furnace. When air of great heat
is required, it is proposed, In place of the
brickwork, to face the air chambers with
clay or stone work, perforated with holes
through which the loot of the furnace
passes direct to the chambers, Instead, too,
of the heat of the air passing off from the
chambers, it may be carried away from the
furnace by pipes, and be used for any other
purpose.
Experiments in great variety have for
soma time been going of in the various nav-
ies of world with anchors of different kinds,
and among those that havo been tested with
specially favorable results is an anchor in
use aboard several of the new Government
cruisers. This anchor, which is made of
cast steel, has its crown and flukes rotate
on a pin joining thorn to the shank head,
the construction being such that it the pin
should break, the anchor will st11l hold and
perform the required function while the
shank cannot draw out and 1110 anchor le
lost, as the shank head is enlarged and
works against the round shoulders inside
the crown. When lot go from the ship, in
Striking the bottom it " bites" immediately
after strain is brought upon the chain, this
being irrespective of any particular position
in which it may chance to striko owing to
the shape of its crown. Both of the flukes
engage at once, talus 0oouring what is the
areat dosicleratum, namely, a tremendous
holding surface.
One of the jowreals devoted to the jewel-
ler's art states that among tho many metal.
lio substances employed et present for pro -
clueing motel closely resembling gold, one
of the most perfect as well as admirable imi-
tations is obtained by the following process:
One hundred parts by weight are taken of
pure copper, fourteen parts of tip or gine,
six of magnesia, fifty-six of 8al•amnoniao,
eighteen 01 quicklime, and nine of cream of
tartar, The copper is melted, and to this
aro successfully and gradually added the
magnesia, sal-0mmonla0, quicklime, and
cream of tartar, oaoh by itself, in the form
of powder; the whole is stirred for half an
hour, the zinc or tin being added in small
Meese and stirring resumed and continued
1111 tho whole is molted, the ornoible being
then covered and the mixture kept in a
molten condition for the period of thirty -
live minutes. After this the dross is care-
fully and entirely removed and the metals
poured into moulds, Tho substance thus
produced has a fine grain, hi ]malleable, and
does not easily tarnish.
A lnuoh-needed instrument le being intro-
duced Inman), of the mines
regions, anti the want of which heretofore
has boon a serious disadvantage, namely a
device for registering the ventilating pres-
sure and indioating when rho volume of air
famished by the ventilating fan falls below
the required amount. In ordor to 11coonp-
lieh this result,. a small tube running from
the return airway at the ventilating
inaohine or in the mine connects with a
flexible diaphragm, and any cha•ge in the
(density of the air in the mine at once muses
a movement of this diaphragm, whielt
actuates a registering pal and mattes a
eon Unisons record upon it revolving cir0ular
chart, This chart 1s a simple matter a11)1
is conveniently rotatod by a ol0olc, and is
divided into distinctive 0pacne for seven
d(Lye.end 001,011 nights. By ,mma10 of this
ingenious and simploantomatioar ralgonont,
a 110lttfnneu0 record of the condition of the
ventiletlol lir kept for ono work, at the end
of whioh time a now chart is needed,
Nov, 12, 1891.
emissresstiereseetessuseeeeperessoceitsete.•
THE POET'S CORNER.
Bis Old Gray Mare.
Ire :10)1 n•.A1 meld 114)0..
.11m Ilnukn'1,111 t°I 11,11 fir wards
A n' soh hie hell 1'rem lei1 le Pinot,
.1 n' swish I('s pule 11.11' 1101'01'"1111'
hardly eyrri set n lull-.
u
1
ouunrlfb:L,rad, g
1 b nu'
.iIDOd nn' clinked,
A 11' en'r'ol elle.I 111Al 111 ietrel :,e' 1.1'1'14 red,
An' then elm, ad 0)11 [mord or 1 wit
I l• 1111)1-11'rh d n1' hndli l said.
Itut yel his 1n'rJlaid 004E
As h,ttll., b'lilet Ihroo: h Ihr nit'
Wen be uuhlt••h,•,I hie lir"ttip tOlt ' },Ila
An' then de,0ribed hisul' GPO J' mare.
The very thought of that el' mire
11.uz llghtliu' In the 04' 11uurs eyes,
Yvan ht 1110 demrh uv 111001'0011 1
Timt Mad it it 01111110 up an' ri:r.;
Hot ginger lit his lazy Wood
'shot giro hi; tired natio' vim,
Thor stung his 01111.04 un' fir0d his heart
An' made it nolo ❑114)) uv J1nt,
IC pricked 1110 1111 11 humins uv bis 0001
A n' ovule 'It elation its 1111010V emir,
An' dance 'roan' 011 its hind legs w'en-
\1"on ho described his al' gray mare.
Wen .11 in described itis of gray mare
Wenn stopped work; and Coitus Brown
Said, while hie talked about 11101 mare,
The nulla had oughter all shat clown.
Said Jud,, 1'110 0111101'10 Al 011 right short
Squat,' u the ...Maio 111' the day
An'0tan' still, es I t used to do
lV'on bussed amen' by Joshorway.
Natur'eh'd knock oft' work an' gill
Its money's worth an' some to spare,
In lisienln to Jim Bunker spout
1V'on ho deocribee his of gray' marc.
Like neon a good saint talks of heaven.
A scamp Of Writ n ant of prison;
Like w'on my' elan iwlk010 Sal
An' strokes lc, • hair int' calla her 11is'n ;
Like Bissore 11,, n the stump,
A•e;)0'll.n1 .at.1) 10 11.0 nations
Nu z .11ot w 011 110 11000111 boa thot mare
A.n' lriv" herr pints and qualfyeations.
We rut an' 8014(1011 In olekllnoo.
Or walked en' weltered in it there
Wen Jim out In rho hayfield Stepped
Ani then deseribo101118 0l' gray mare.
Jhn's 01' gray mare fell deed last night
Down in the plar0tltre by the brook;
Jinl went all' Poon' her there stone dead
An' cert stood still an' shook 101' 811001.
lle then began to 1101. lot• words
In his of unsuccessful way.
An' hemmed, an' heed, an gulped an' choked
lint couldn't fin's. Werd 10 Day.
Of course he 11011 no use ter life
With niton or mare a layln thorn,
An' so he fell down in 11,s tracks
An' died beside Ids of gray more.
• [Yankee blade.
The doming Man.
A palro£ very chubby legs,
Tncnsoll in scarlet hose ;
A pair of Tittle chubby boots,
With rather doubtful 1.000 ;
A little kilt, a little coat,
Cut as amother eau -
And 10 I before us stands in state
The future'scoming man.
His oyes. perchance• will read the stars
And search their unknown ways ;
Perchance the human heartanel soul
Will open to their gaze ;
Pernhnnce their keen and flashing glance
Will hoe nation's Ilght--
Those eyes that now ere wistful bent
On some big 10110 1''s kite.
Those hinds -those little busy hands -
So sticky, shall and brown -
Those hands whose only mission seems
To 1)1111 8,11 or(lor down ;
'Who knows what hidden strength May be
hidden within their chap,
Though new 'tib but a tat('y stick
In sturdy Hold they grasp?
Ah, blessings on those little hands,
Whose work is yet undone t
And blessings on those little foot,
Whose race is yet u noun I
And blessings on the little brain
That has not learned to plan 1
Whato'er the future holds in store,
God bless the corning man l
-19otnerwille Journal.
HOUSEHOLD;
The B1'i1e's Trousseau.
\Vhen 111e first flurry of delightful autiei-
pnted surprise 1s 8Ulliewhet enlmed, and the
brido•cle, 1, with pretty ditlidero'1', reveals
her 01)01,4 secret, and kneels fel' 1110 11141.0111111
01.111$.0114 1111i1 blesniuyt, 11 s11141100 d0rcent from
0 0 , e o romance on to ver limn
the Bow 1 111 I I I ,Y ,
111'00 1001 earth mast bo made, nays the
illtod4 nt011 :1nu•rk.Lu.
Thu father, lieteniug to the daughter's
Henry, is mentally taping 1 he proposed HMI.
1114a11''n 1111411011d 11100011 110 wild)) the Mother,
though it:entliy mire tenderly syugalthetic
and fill of wisely gentle advice, is apt to
tut short the Sentiment with the 1101 wholly holl 1'
c
irrelevant question ; . thought
.. .
"Aad now, dem
of the troollseatt?"
it
Unwomanly would be the woolen who
meld truthfully answer in the negative,
and thereby deny the p0ssee0iOn of the most
natural, wholesome and interesting ambi-
tion and ilnpulse of her sex. Trnly oho has
thought deeply and seriously over the mat-
ter of her trousseau ;fee more earnest medi-
tation has been devoted to the subject than
she, perhaps, clan or will ever expend in
consideration of hor matrimonial future,
Just hero ft S0 that the mother's inquiry
and anxiety concerning this matter of prime
importance appeal as more sweetly sympa•
tho1io to her than all the good wishes and
congratulations offered by friends, for her
heart yearns toward the shops and dress•
makers, toward delicate lace, trunmed linen,
ribbons, lino silken hosiery and gowns, per.
haps, unlimited in number.
If there is no mother or sister with whorls
to scheme, calculate and shop, the confi-
dence, advice and aid of a friend are solicit-
ed, aid, whether 'tie $10,000 or 810 to bo
devoted to the bridal wardrobe, the matter
of its compilation is just as sorioas, the
pleasure just as keen.
Bittersweet.
The street watt lively with noise and rues, and
childronphaged in the mud
Liko grubs on a (11u1G•hcap frolicking, or larval
07711014 a bull.
Wickedness? Not a bit, of iti Thorn's no or.
ighnal sin,
But the in ad and Binh stick sometimes, and wo
pious folk diem it in 1
They made nod pies, those children, and laugh•
ed o$ they aped the swells,
Pretending to eat rho galley moat, though sense
wont against its smelllts!
And Godlooko(1down on the rnggodcrowd, and
in mercy lot then[ bo,
Tor dirt and atarvabion and harmless fun are no
sins to such as He.
Therestoppod, at tato corner of a lane, aoarriago
with stepper's high,
And a 1000118108, whosenose frompride of place
tury,
It wasn't• thatneduhop\ver[vdasto batter1110sk
than they, those
children of passion and vioo,
But goof living and ease had spelled rho Phan,
and now he 35•108 •' 11110(34 neon I"
HO (lane. alp 1110 stee(1s, and he turned alp his
nose lend his lips wont clown In disdain.
And the footm In opened the carriage door and
-shut It close again.
But it and Into the (dirty street, where rho
children were at play.
Walkedabeautiful lady of noble moan -and,
her 0,00riag8 drove +away.
Into the midst of the ohattorlog crowd the silk-
en dreese1 lady rmn-
Inho the midst, with an anxious glance, careless
of woman or man
(Though all started with a sort of inquleitve
leer ata lady 111 01101 n place),
And she seized a two-yoar•old baby boy. and
kl-sod 111111 110011 1110 facel
Kissed him and hugged and nursed lam there,
regardless of leer or snoer-
Klssed 01111, although he struggled and cried -
naught to her was ao doar-
Ii:iesod him,and cried herself, until the baby
lookeup in surprise
And the baby's baby friends looked askance to
see tears in a, lady's oyes,
Novo[.' a word the lady said, took no notice at
all of the noise,
Paid 110 11000 to romark or glance, toeorrows or
pains or joys,
Tightly- for,iiusta moment thorn -she hold and
kissed that obilil,
Then run from the place In headlong race like a
creature almeet wild,
But she left in the baby's hand, amid the dirt
sho could not erase,
Agopuzzled,aweetruokfano.orad at with a
M R R R
That night thoro eras merrymaking and feast.
Ing along the street,
But 1110 babe was meteor) and tholady fine wept
tears that were Bittersweet I
TeAO100 L. ROBINSON.
A Brave British Boy.
A plucky attempt to save life, made by
Mr. W.R. Parr, the son of the Rev. E. R.
Parr, British olulplai11 at Boulogne, has
received uuexpeote11 reeogiil.tion from the
French authorities. The incident occurred
at Boulogne last December, A French boy
fell through mho foe en tho river Diane, and
young Parr, a had of 15, made amostgallant
though fruitless effort to save him, m the
oo1ree of which he himself narrolvly oeoapod
death. Ho has received notion from the
Minister of Marine that a silver medal, a8
reward for his bravery, will be presented to
him by the Commissary of Marine, who is
the chief maritime authority at Boulogne
A Grape Pie.
Possibly 80)110 housewives may have more
grapes than they need for jelly or jam, and
for such fortnnateoaes Mrs. Rorer's way of
malting a grape pie is given, says Oar
Grange Home%
Beginning with the crust, sho says : Put
three cups of sifted pastry 11on' in a bowl,
add toot ono temp: toilful of salt, a teaspoonful
of sugar. Now place 1n the centre one cup-
ful ora half -pound of shortening ; this may
be hitter or lard, 0)' half and half. I prefer
all bettor, as it makes a more wholesome,
flaky and tender crust. With a blunt knife,
quickly cut rho butter into the flour, moor-
ing oath piece as It, is taken from the large
pieeo 14111 flour ; add two-thirds of a cup of
water, a little hero and there, never pouring
it twice in the salve place. The paste must
be moist, not wet, or it will be hard and
stiff. Turn it out on the board ; work from
you ; fold in the sides, then the ends ; turn
the paste and roll 11on1 you eg0in. Do this
three or folr tinges until the paste looks
smooth al1(1 flaky ; do not, 40(101 it with your
halide. 11 41110 can be 211)1,10 the day before
you wish to use it, so much the better, as
all paste, even that made from lard, is vory
much better if it stands.
Take a sufficient quantity of grapes for
the number of pies you wish to matte ; pulp
them ; putthe pulps into a porcelain -lined
kettle ; bring them to boiling point ; press
them through a sieve to remove the seeds ;
add the skins to the grapoulp ; cook tete
minutes ; sweeten to taste. .1 usually allow
a half a pound of anger to each pound of
grapes. Till the pies with this mixture ;
put over all upper crust and bake in a quick
oven for about thirty minutes. An old-
fashioned way of making grape pie is to
Simply fill the nn(lererustwith whole grapes
then add a half cup of sugar and a half cup
of molasses. The pie is then covered and
baked for thirty-five minutes.
Naturally Aroused Suspicion,
(' Brother Means," said the Rev; Mr.
Goodman, entering the eoml1htg.rooill of
ono of hie parishioners, "will you kindly
tell me whether or not tide $5 Bill is a oonn-
torfe[t 1"
' It ie porfoctly good," said 'Brother
Moans, exampling it. " What lodyyou to
suspect its gauntl ynewt, may I asst ?
It was dropped in the contribution -box
last Sunday,"
Beauty Points,
A pretty woman must first of all have
eloarly cut, regular features.
She mist have full clear eyes.
She must have skin: that is above reproach,
untouched by rouge or powder.
She midst nave glossy hair that has never
known the touch of bleach or dye.
She m uet have a good figure, plump enough
yet slender enough, though never suggestive
of an angle.
She must have a white, expressive hand,
preferably a small ono, but not of necessity
If It is well kept and white.
She must have mall ears, and a throat
that is like a marble column for her Head.
She must know Slow to put on her clothes
or site loses halt her beauty.
She must fully understand what best suits
her in the way of hair dressing and cling
closely to that.
A woman may have all these attractions,
and unless her own personality is charming,
nnlesa she has beet, it dawns on you, after
you have seen her onoo or twice, that she is
not a pretty woman, but a pretty doll.
Domostio Hints,
Ventilate your cellar into your kitchen
chimney, or ono 1n which a fire 18 kept.
One of tho hospitals has found that oom-
mon salt is the best thing for moths.
The akin of a boiled egg is the bust remedy
fora boil. Carefully peel it, wet, and apply
to tho boil; it draws out the matter and
relieves soreness,
In spoon-feeding always nee a bong egg -
spoon ; the little lips and guns 11re 0o tender
that the edge of the silver or electro spoon
is sure to hurt them.
Whore the 01111cl is healthy thoro can be
no harm iu occasionally allowing it to suck
a piece of steak with the gravy in it, taking
care that it does nob swallow any portion of
tho meat.
Nothing is more refreshing to a tired,
heated child than to strip him, sponge him
gently from head to foob with warm -nob
cold -water, powder him lightly and dress
him in fresh clothing.
Spiced apples never fail to make a good
impression. Pare, quarter and ooro the
fruit, and ,tor every 7 Ib. of the apples add
441b, sugar, a quort of vinegar, 1 oz. each of
cloves and broken cinnamon, and boil all to-
gether. Those can be kept several days.
The work performed by the organs of the
Munni body in twenty-four hours, in cirmu-
lating the blood and lin respiration and 0th01'
involuntary processes, is equal to that which
could bo done by the application for ems
minute of a working twenty two horsepower
engine,
In preparing Moaned chickens out the
fowls into ploocs. Put into a pot with cold
water to cover. Boil slowly for an [tour for
an ordinary chiotrei--bwiee as long for an
old one. Make a good white atm with
equal parts of milk and the liquid the chick-
en has been boiled in, thickening with corp
flower, and 11dding butter and seasoning to
taste, Pour this over rho chicken when
dished,
A. good way to 1180 Slices of stale breath is
to dip them in wcll•bo(Lel eggs, then rafter
frying ham fry the bread in the hoot gravy.
adding a lump of butter if necessary ; fry
the bread until it i8 a light brown and. Send
to 010 1 able but it 18 geed 11180 if fried in
the fat cit from slices of stook or roasts.