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�j� FRIEND
7 E �j D T i llt douey ; without ambition, almost withoub a
11 F1 1 11� if wish to live,"
" Why, Jim," said I, taking him by the
, hand, to assure him of my deepest sympathy.
A GAUPING EPISODE. ' "What has happened i"
He gave mea look that at first indloated
nY "tznnnRRCw,,, i surprise, then changed to that of gratitude,
Hie eyes filled with team He incased my
1'or several weeks my brother Ned and I hand tighter, then turned to look out of the
had resolved the notion of invading the window. In a few moments he resumed the
Muskoka wilds, taking possession of one of conversation.
its many islands, pitching our tent, and in. I "Oh, Dick," said he, "had you been
dnlging ourselves in the pieoatorial s ort there at the time, with your sympathy, your
for which the region ie renowned. The friendship, your advice, perhaps I should
scheme had so predominated, eo controlled have known what to do. You have always
our movements and oaloulabione, that early been my closest friend, I have no brothers
in the month of Aagustkoli plans were nom- nor deters. Father, you know, was killed
i,leted, the neeeseary equtpmepts secured, in the late American war and mother died
while the only thing wanting was the ar• soon after she heard of his death. But for
rival of the reinforcement we had summon- you and Ned f should feel utterly alone in
ed from the State of Ohio, the world, God bless you, Dick, I have
Jim, or rather James Golden, Attorney tried your friendship and not found it want -
at Law, as he was know within professional ing. You are like a brother to me,"
oirolea, an old friend and schoolmate of I was deeply moved. I felt a stronger at-
oure, had forwarded the information that taohment for hum now than over. I slaked
he would probably spend some tune in Can.
ada, and would certainly pay no a visit.
In answer to bis letter, we mentioned our
scheme, and insisted that he should make
one of the party • to whioh he replied that
nothing would please him more, as he wish•
cd to see as much of our beautiful Dominion
as possible, and thereby find sufficient en-
tertainment to dispel the ennui which of
late years had threatened to destroy hie in-
terest in life.
Ft eeemed strange to us that Jim should
have added this last clause. We knew him
to be a genial spirit ; ambitious, energetic,
yet reserved and of a sensitive organism.
His whole nature was staunch and eympathe•
tie. He was one of those true hearted men
upon whom one might deem it safe to lean,
in case of weakness, safe to rely, in inetan•
nes of integrity, or safe to approach in the
cause of suffering humanity. We never
knew him to complain of ennui before. He
and I hal attended the same University to-
gether, roomed together, and, candor con•
pets it, paid our addressee to the same de-
moiselle together, although, in a very short
time, I saw clearly that Jim was destined
to be the favored one, and therefore Dere•
fully withdrew from the contest, that he
aright have a better vantage ground. Ned
shared is the intimacy, albeit he had a
raoin all to himself, and was not interested
beyond the limits of friendship in the fair
creature who had caused so many sleepless
nights for Jim and me.
Jim was like a brother to me, and when
his letter came, I wondered what had hap.
pend to the dear old fellow during the
three years since our separation.
How different then eeemed our destinies.
Ho should settle down to a good city prec-
lice in Ohio, while I became a sort of
nomad in the broad Dominion of Canada.
He would probably grow rich and famous,
,while I should always remain a discontented
dependent upon a salary that could never
bankrupt the firm with which I was con-
nected, with my candle spluttering away
"under a bushel," N -d had accomplished
more then I, and was beginning to make
himself felt among the business circles of
Toronto to such a degree that, according
to modern prophecy, he was destined to be.
come a rich man.
The more I thought of Jim, the more I
tried to acoount for the undertone of melan-
choly whioh his reference to ennui suggested.
Whim could have happened to sadden
that genial nature? It was a question I
could not answer ; therefore, I concluded to
wait until his arrival, then ask for an ex-
planation.
In due time he came, but he was not the
Jim I once knew. He was far more reserved
and there wan a look of sadness in hie mild
blue eyes which pained me to notice. At
-times he seemed cheerful enough, but often
relapsed into a kind of morbid indwelling
that was puzzlieg to us and evidently dim.
.greeable to himself. I knew there was some-
thing wrong ; bat as I had not the presume•
tion to penetrate hie reserve, I would wait
until he naw fit to unburden himself, if that
time ever came.
Two day! after hia arrival we started with
our camping impedimenta, for Muskoka.
Jim was delighted with the scenery along
lakes Simeoe and Couchiching, but after
peeing the rugged surroundings of Wash -
ago, where the scenery changes from the
picturesque to the wierd, he relapsed into
his old melancholy, and made very few
.comments. While pawing perhaps the
wildest: of the panorama, and remembering
that half an hour had slipped by sines his
fast remark, I ventured to ask if anything
had sone wrong.
No," said he, "I was only thinking."
Thinking I" I exclaimed, with an at.
tempt at raillery. "My dear boy, don't
think I It doesn't pay to think. It tires
the brain and wears out the oonetitution.
,Altogether it is a waste of time. Look at
one, 9 never think."
"No? But I am not surprised, You
have nothing to think about. Life is always
easy with you. Why should eon think?"
" Why, Jim, is not life easy with you?"
said 1, with a feeling of sympathy.
"No," he answered, bitterly. " That is
why I cannot help thinking alone it now
and again,"
" Were you thinking in that gloomy
strain just now?"
"M—Yee, I believe I was, in a kind of
'way,"
I was on delicate ground, and therefore
resorted to caution. Perhaps it was none of
tray business to meddle, but ae he was my
best friend, I hoped to discover the cause of
his troubles, and render what aesistanoe I
could to remove it. In a moment he turned
from the oar window, and with a feint at-
tempt at a smile, continued:
" Yes, Dick, I often think about the trials
and tribulations of life, and when you arous-
ed me just now I was making a comperison.'
" Oh, indeed," said I, " But let ue hay
the comparison."
"Certainly, It is this: You perhap
noticed how bright and beautiful—how fresh
and green the eoenery was along lake
Simeoe and Couohiohing?"
"Yee, it was magnificent. But what ha
this to do with life ?"
" Wait and see. You now observe how
-dark and dreary this Muskoka scenery has
become, How devoid it is of beauty and
regularity. Look at the strip of pine wood
nub there. It is so dense that to walk any
distance in it would be impoesible. As we
proceed, mark how wild and desolate every.
thing becomes. Now for the comparison.
As 1 recalled the grandeur of the Slmooe
scenery, I thought of Nature in her infancy.
There, she was nurtured amid all the prim.
eval luxury that could be gathered together,
There, she was loved, petted, until she death, he had made Gertrude hie travelling
became fascinating. Our present surround. companion wherever he went, Ho travelled
Ings remind me of � the end of her existence, a great deal, His opulence permitted it,
She has loot herself in this wilderneee, and his disposition desired it; therefore, ho cn•
In her age she is helpless. Forsaken and dimity sought new mono and seldom re.,
.dispairing, she is left to die, and no one heeds' visited the old. Twine before he had been
her disconsolate wailinge. To complete the in Canada, once in British Columbia, ono
metaphor, permit mo to mention myeelf, in Nova Scotia. Now he was in Muskoka,
This state of nature reminds me of my own and Gertrude was with him. How Avenge
pros acts. You remember mo, Dick, when It seemed, and yet, remembering that the
Colonel and hie daughter among the pleasure- in her reetoratiou and happiness as on y a
eeekere, and that the only thing, at all re- fearing parent oan,
mark tbleWAS mygood fortune in nesting "Ah, Ellsworth," said he, "This is the
i them. bappieat moment of my life, and when I re.
When the boys returned, the next day, member how kindly Providence hoe dealt
there was much to engage onr colloquial with me and mind, after all our trouble's, I
pnwera, and for and hour or more we eat cannot help thanking the Great Almighty
upon the hotel verandah, discussing the with all the fervor of my soul,"
trip. I was frontad not only to lengthy and Then lse told us how Gerby had been re.
gorgeous descriptions of the scenery, but stored to film,
also to many little inoidente of personal ex. I dont suppose there was any time due
porienoe, pertaining to the ludicrous, over ing my daughter's insanity," said he, "that
whioh we became hilarious, Jim was run. 1 did not ltepe for her recovery. I, road me
distal works, and talked with medial men,
Hing over with jzculnriby, and his droll
witticisms were not without tiro desired but received no encouragement, Ncverthe-
effect. But this kind of entertainmout is leas, I maintained the belief that there was
not usually of long duration. There is emne unnatural pressure of the ekull upon
the brain, resulting from the iejury, whioh
always a reaction after mirthfulness, and
under tie spell of lassitude there are, goner. caused the whole derangement. 1 ineistoct
ally, some very straight fame, and unusually upon an operation being performed, but my
quiet tongues.medical advieera informed me that certain
Ib was just here that I mentioned having death would be the result, I hesitated, One
met Col, Le Dell and his daughter. To my day I happened to pick up a ohronolopgioel
surprise, an instantly sprang to his feet, and in a manner that was extremely deola ive
journal in which was an aaoounb of an o era•
tion having been performed upon a man,
who for twenty years had hem: hopolescly
insane. Tho result of the operation was the
finding of a depression of the skull bearing
upon the brain in en unnatural manner..
This being removed the man recovered and
lived to a ripe old age without the slightest
symptoms of insanity ever again presenting
themselves. I at once sought my medioal
friends, showed them the article, and de.
mended that a similar operation be perform.
ed upon my daughter. They again ineieted
that it wee certain death. But 1 told them
Mat in my opinion the chances of success
were great, and that even if the result
should prove fatal, I would rather see my
child dead than know she was living such a
life, After enuring them that 1 would
be restoneible for the result, they content-
ed. The operation was performed, and, like
the case I had read aboub, a depression of
the skull upon the brain, just above the
right ear, was discovered and removed.
The operation was successful. My child
was restored to me, and ever since has en-
joyed the best of health. Her recovery was
complete, and now, sir, when you know
that three fond hearts have been finally re-
stored to happiness, you will not wonder
that I am profuse in my thanks to the God
that ruleth all things."
Presently Jim appeared with Gerty lean-
ing fondly upon his arm. I was delighted
to see that the transformation from melan-
choly to happiness was unmistakably ex-
pressed in their features, and I extended my
warmest congratulations. We spent a
delightful evening together at Roeseau and
the next day turned our faces homeward.
Jim accompanied Col. Le Dell and Gerry to
their home in Ohio. In a few weeks i re•
calved a letter from him saying Chet he and
Garry were married and the happiest couple
in the universe. He thougLt he would
never forget Muekoka, and hoped to spend
his holidays there every summer in company
with hie wife. I have been there several
times since, and by the piotureeque sur-
roundings am frequently reminded of my
friend Jim.
him in what way I could be of service. exclaimed :
"It ie too late, Dlok,' he answered sadly. "Impossible l"
"The brightest hope I ever entertained has " Aud why impossible ?" said I, a little
been rudely obliterated. The only way in indignant that my veracity should be doubt.
which you can possibly help me Ie by re• ed,
mainirg as you ever have been—my friend, "CY Bey LuDellis incno condition red an, tbt h(traveelinel.
my brother,'
The train had arrived at Gravenhursb Bemuse, Dick„when I left home, she was a
and was moving slowly down to Muskoka hopeless inmate of an asylum.'
wharf, where the steamer lay in waiting, ' Great heavens, man I you don't mean
We were soon bustling about gathering up it v I exclaimed in astonishment
our baggage and for the time being the eon. "I certainly do mean it, for the fact is eo
versation was of little consequeroe. Once awfully true that it haunts me night and
more Jim was his jolly old self. Yet once, day," said he, mournfully.
while we were waiting for the steamer to , Oh, Jim," said I, taking his hand.
start, he called my attention to the vapid "This, then, is the cause of your trouble."
appearance of the landscape. " Yee, it is the blight of my cif ; and
Gloom, gloom, gloom," he remarked when I tell you that I love her with all the
pointing in several directions. "How like strength of my passionate nature that is a
my life! How often do the brightesthopee few clams will she was
to
hmave become
here is m6 much
end in smoke l' Y
That was his last melancholy comment to live for now. Were she dead, it might
until some time after we had been in camp. not be so hurl to bear; but a maniac—oh,
He enjoyed the scenery. He was an en- Dick, ib is awful!"
thusiastio fisherman, and he soon forgot hie "But, Jim, she has certainly recovered,
troubles while exploring our surroundings for as true as I live, I met her here, on this
and making havoc among the finny tribe. very verandah, yesterday."
About the camp firehe'was entertaining, and ' It cannot be possible; and when I tell
more than once I was glad to recognize in you why, you will easily see your mistake.
his manner the Jim I had known at college. Two years ago, Gerry and the Colonel were
We were camped on a bountiful island in returning to Ohio from a pleasure trip they
Lake Rosseau, from which we made diverse had taken to California. When almost
expeditions into the surrounding country, home, there occurred a frightful railway
We visited the settler—not to forage, but accident, in which many passengers were
for the sole purpose of making his aequain• killed outright, and many w re seriously
tante and learning something of his mon• injured. Others escaped unhurt. The
Her of living, There was not an island, Colonel was one of the latter, but Gerty ret
bay or cove in our neighborhood that we did oeived such injuries about the head that her
not explore. We pinked berries here, we mind was totally destroyed. Since that
fished th ire. Nor did we forget the resorts fatal day she has been a raving maniac. So
for the entertainment of pleasure seekers terrible are her ravings et times, thee it is
who were averse to camping, dangerous to be near her. Everything that
Once we planned a trip to Port Cock• love, money, and medical skill could do was
burn, at the head of Lake Joseph, We
left
bac to no purpose. She was pro -
left camp in a row bast early in the nounoed a hopeless case. For two years she
morning, and arrived at our destination has been confined in the worst ward of an
at about tan o'clock, just as the stage ,oath 'You now see ect to a Joare hmiatake.ee is �ee than
for Parry Sound was on the point of „Jin " said T, solemnly. ° It grieves
leaving. As our object wag merely sight me deeply to learn of Ger 'e sufferings,
seeing, Jim and Ned suggested that we go p y by g , for
on to Parry Sound. There was room in the she ec a very dear friend of mina. But in the
face of all you have told ma, I positively
stoma for but two more passengers. I had
been over the route and the scenery was maintain tnat 1 saw her yesterday, at this
familiar to me. T did not care to ens it hotel, in company with her father, Why,
again, eo I told the boyo I would remain at Jim I spoke to them ; I was on the wharf
Port Cockburn until they returned. In a with them ; I caw them go aboard the
few momenta stage and all were enveloped steamer ; and if you will go with ins t0
in a cloud of dust down the road. I climbed Rosman, I will prove that I Was not mils.
the long flight of steps from the wharf to take0h, Dick," he exclaimed joyfully, "oan
the Summit House, and rested myself on the eb be true? Has she indeed recovered?
verandah. Twos tiro'i from rowing. The Will she ! et brio sunshine iuto myum
day was warm, and as I had nothing of im Y g
happy life? But
portance to occupy my mind just then, I coma ! Let urs go to Ros-
ove myself u to the drown std and fell soau immediately. I must see her. I must
asleep. y Howplong I would have slept I know the trunk."
know not. Before the lapse of an hour, how. We walked rapidly down to the wharf.
the somnolent spell was broken by the touch There was a small propeller, a mere pleasure
of a hand upon my shoulder, and the sound boat for picnic p..rtiee, lying there with
of a well known votes in my ear. steam up, and influenoed by the glitter of a
ten dollar gold pieoe, the owner was finally
"Mr. Ellsworth,' ib said, with playful induced to break an engagement and tram
impatience m its tone. " Will you ever sport us to Roeseau.
wake up. I have already passed you three It was nearly sundown when we reached
times, but you still sleep on. Now do wake our destination. Gertrude had not given
up, and shake hands with an old friend, me the name of their hotel, and we were
whose time in very limited, yet whose desire puzzled to know just where to go. How•
to surprise you is boundless." ever, there wore but two hotels here, so the
I opened my eyes and started in amaze • search would not long be fruitless. We
meat. Could I believe my stupid senses? lauded at the wharf near the sawmill, and
I tubbed my misty orbs and looked again. ran up to the Montieth House, but the
No, it was not delusion. There before me, Colonel's name was nob upon the register.
laughing merrily, was Gerbrude Le Dell, the We then walked over to Pratte where Jim,
girl who had caused Jim and me Bo many in hie impatience, rushed to the register and
sleepless nights in Ohio. with trembling hands began turning over
" Why, bliss Le Dell l" I exclaimed, the blotle•i pages.
springing to her side and taking the prof- "Thank God, they are hero," he ex•
fared hand. "By all that Is marvellous I claimed, as his eyes fell upon the Colonel's
How oame you here?" autograph. "At least, Diok, they regia.
"Papa and I have been travelling through tercel here two weeks ago. But where are
Canada for the benefit of our health," elle they now?"
answered merrily, " We heard of Muskoka We were on our way to find the landlord
as being a delightful place in which to re- for the information, when who should a000eb
create , eo we hurried to the spot as fast as ue but the Colonel himself, The greeting be -
steam would carry us." tween Jim and his proepeotive fother•in•law
" And are you stopping at Port Cook- was spontaneous. Jim wag greatly excited,
burn?" the Colonel no lees delighted.
"No, we have token up our quarters at "Gerty. Where is she?" cried Jim.
Roeseau. We cure here yesterday on a "Ellsworth tells me he saw her yesterday.
little excnrsion trip, and will return to Rom It it true?"
eeau to day. By the way, I think papa said ' ` Quite true, my boy," answered the
the steamer would leave at twelve o'clock," Colonel. "Thank heaven, it is indeed true,
she added looking at her watch. " Oh Gerty has fully recovered, and is here with
dear, it wants only ten minutes to twelve, me, And now that you are here, her oup
now." of happiness will be full to overflowing."
"I will walk down with you to the wharf," "But where is she now ? I want to ac.
said I, relieving her of the parcel she oarried her. Her recovery hag seemed to me by
in a shawl strap. utterly impossible, that I oan hardly believe
The time was too short to permit of any she ie here. Where is she? Where is ehe ?'
but a few commonplace remarks. However, He was almost savage in his demand. He
1 succeeded in telling her that I was on a paoed to and fro like a caged hyena, Hie
camping trip and would probably be in features were set, seem and pallid. We
Muskoka Several days longer. She kindly tried to calm him, but without success,
invited me to call upon her at Roseeau, until the Colonel told him that Gerry was
whioh I promised to do at the earliest ne doubt in her sitting room, and that he
opportunity. At this moment Colonel would see if she would receive him.
Le Dell approaohed, and my attentions "Remember, my boy," he added, "she
were divided between him and his daughter, cannot stand muoh excitement, and you
Moab too soon the steamer's whistle sound- must allow me to break the news of your
ad, the passengers went on board, the linea preeence here as gently ae possible."
were oast off, and amid the goodbyes of the With this he disappeared in the hallway,
people on the wharf, and the waving of Jim 1'*ew calmer, but said nothing, Hie
handkerchiefs, the /steamer plowed ire way feelioaa were too Peep for words, and while
into the lake and disappeared behind an waiting theColonel'c return heroes apparent -
Leland. I resumed my old seat on the ly in communion with his innermocb self.
verandah, this time not to sleep but to Hall an hour elapsed before the Col -
think, onel appeered, Then taking Jlm's arm
Gertrude Le Doll was not one to bring he eoadttoted him to Gorby'e sitting room,
discredit to her sox beoaute of ioaipidity, or and in a few minutes rturned to Ned and me,
frivolity, She was bright, vivacious, and with his fade ass radiant as a harvest moon,
with a set purpose in life, She was possess. There ie no doubt that the meeting between
ed of that genuine eympatby with which the the ].Quare Was affeoting, pet no one saw it
good Samarttain must have boon endowed, but the Colonel, and he was not sentimental
and her roiewe of life were far more philan. enough to enter into details, To him it
thropio than selfleh, must have been like the restoration of one
Row well I remembered her, Col, Lo Dell from the dead. He had utterly despaired
hadof Gert 'e reoover and while she lived the
cod reason to be proud of such a Y Y+
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own'Heap
of his
daot
`ton ht of her sufferings,
iter. wonder titan since bus 'f
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poiatment, had so unmanned him that for
two years he had lad an aimless life of tra-
vel, not oaring whether he lived or died.
His friends at home hal lost trace of him.
Ho wrote to them 000aeionally, but ho was
so oontinually on the go that they never
knew where a letter would roach him, Bub
all was changed now, and thorn was a happy
prospoot before hire.
p The Colonel's exultation was exuberant, ;
topes were aB bright as the grandeur of region has become so well advertised that He rubbed his hands gleefhlly, lie mulled
he Simone scene g ou now behold me, each subsequent year brings Margot number' benignly, yet twice we saw 1ti1n wipe the I
t scenery, y
when, like our present surroundings, I am of Americans te is summer resorts. I con= I tars away that would flood his eyes ib a it
pre eluded that it WAS quite natural to find the of him.Ile loved his daughter, and refolded
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STATISTICS.
JULY 27, 1888.
HOUSEHOLD.
What For'•
Does any one quite realize how largely the
teacher holds tae life of bin pupils to his
hand? That for nix hours out of the twenty•
four each day he ie occupied in putting
himself into the young humane entrusted to
his care? His work RI 1101 simply that of
oonduoting reoltabione, correcting orrora,
and imparting kuowleege of the branches
preeoribed by the oommou eohoul laws ;
it is the work of forming human elute;
of moulding lives. The true teacher
can never reeb satisfied with good recite•
tions simply; he feels that unlaces he oan
implant in his pupils an interest in their
work which shall outlive school life, ho falls
greatly short of the mark of his high oell•
mg. Nor does hie duty end here; for,
should he fall to instill into their young
souls some knowledge of the subtle laws
and obligations whioh should oontrol them,
unless ho teach them to work with a firm,
definite purpose for some sctblod objeot, of
what avail ie all the knowledge for which
they delves His influence will be felt. He
oan not escape it if he would. For good er
ill his Beal is on the lives before him for
ever and ever. His province then is more
extended than parents sometimes think
it. Getting an education le getting
made, ooieequntly the wester workman
must be most deeply alive to the impede
once of putting into his wonderful struc-
ture those true principles, good reeolvea
and lofty ideals, so necessary to the for- +p 8 p
cool place, and when 'serving pour some very
cold cream over eaoh slice, or whip the
cream whioh will. make it go farther and to
many, tastes better.
MISS BAR r,taen S STRAWBERRY O.tKE.—
One-half cup of sugar, one cup of butter,
one pine of milk, ono teaspoonful of soda,
one and ono•halt pinta of flour, two teaspoon.
fele of oream-tartar, a little Balt. Bake and
split, insert berries previously mashed and
sugared, and puta few large berries on top.
Eat while warm.
STRAWBERRY SnnnToAKE.—Ona pint of
flour, one teaspoonful of oream-tantar, one-
half as muoh sada, a pinch of salt, two
tablespoonfuls of sugar, four tablespoonfuls
of butter and one cup of sweet milk ifb S
the mom -tartar, coda, sugar and salt with
the flour, rub in the butter then mix with
the milk. Split the cake and spread with
one quart of berries well sweetened.
WHIPPED CREAM FOR BERRIES.—Take
cream which is not to thick as if it is too
rich it will easily turn to butter, Have it
lee cold and then beat with an egg boater
unless you have a whip churn which ;,ion
the cream a different consistency. Gres _t
should treble in quantity by whipping.
Algeria, which fiftyseven years ago was
almost waste land, has now nearly 9,000-
000 acres under cultivation, of whioh 190,-
000 acres aro in vines. The agricultural
material in daily use is estimated to be
worth £1,000,000 ; 220,000 French and as
many foreigners of European origin are
settled in the Tell; the exports amount to
£8,000,000 ; there is a daily service of
eteamere to Frano ; 1,250 miles of railway
are inworkiug order, and profound peaoe
exists everywhere.
The value of the annual production of
milk in Switzerland fa no lees than 57,300,-
000,; in other words, over 410,000,000
gallons are yielded annually by 662 336
cows and 277.277 goats, the total number
of goats being 415,916. Of this quantity
39 6 per cent. is made into cheese and
condensed milk, 42,6 supplied in its norma,
condition for coneumption, and 17,9 used
in the farm yard for rearing and fattening
purposes. There are 2,900 oheese-farms
in the Alpine regions and 2,610 in the
vallis,. The fertile canton of Borne yield,
the largest supply of milk, after whale
Dame the cantons of St. Gall, Zurich, and
Luoerne.
The total amount of silver coinage etruok
in Britain last year was £351,153, and the
amount issued £909,768, as against £430,•
798 in 1886. This is the largest issue of
silver (loin in any year oinoo 1877, except
in 1883, when owing to the suspension of all.
coinage during the greater part of the
preceding year, the amount issued was
over £1,220,000. The total amount of
threepeneee issued during the year was
138,200. The demand for these coins
in 1887 was considerably under that of
recent years. Half•crowns of the morainal
value of 1208,225 were issued during
the year, as against £100,695 in 1886, and
the total amount fo these pieces added to
the circulation eine their coinage was
resumed in 1875 has boon £2,451,710.
powder and ono tableepoonfnl of buttor.
Mix with half a pint of awed milk, stirring
as lletle ae possible. This will make quite
a eoft dough, whioh must be flatted out with
the spoon on a wolf -buttered pio•tin,
aid baked twenty minutes in au oven
about right for bieouit. It is better to sift
the powder in the flour before the butter is
rubbed in. Carefully eplit the stake while
hot, and fill with ettawberrioo previously
alightly mashed and sweetened bo taste,
Thoroughly chill an•half pint cream at
least twenty-four hours old, Whip till stiff,
add two tahfe•epoons powdered eugar and
serve with the Dake.
Miss Cousox'S STRAWBERRY CAKa,—Por
two medium-sized oakee use one pound
whioh is one quart of flour, half a pound of
good butter, about one pint of milk, two tea-
spoonfuls of baking powder, an even tea-
spoonful of ealb. Sift the flour, salt and
baking powder together twine, thea add half
of the butter chopping it into the flour with
a knife. Mu. with milk, divide into two
oakee and pun on two pie plates and bake in
a hot oven about twenty minutes. If the
'takers are inclined to burn at first, cover
them with a buttered paper until nearly
done and then remove it to allow them to
brown, Partly cool the shortcakes/after they
aro done, tear them apart with a fork and
epread on the reeorved butter while they are
warm enough to malt the butter, apply it eo
lightly that the shortcake is not made heavy.
Hull three pints or two quarte of berries and
plaoe upon the cake,, laying the sections one
above another, and oovetiug each with
owdorod auar. Ince the shortcake in a
motion of a rounded, oomplete life.
So, when we talk about getting made,
how natural and fitting the query "for
what?" .After you have got your pupil
made (if the grammar inay be pardoned),
what is the good of him ? " Cui Bono"
is the creed of an iuteneely praotioal age,
condoned and reduced to a catechism of
one question. It is forceful and full of
pint. It restrains from undue and improb•
able flights of fanny. It irritates while it
convinces the good sense of the interrogated.
A sewing machine is constructed to per.
form certain work; and faithfully does
it multiply its stitches until appointed
tasks are performed ; a boat is to carry
burdens, and it is done ; a printing press
fulfils im mission, and conveys to na-
tions and to individuals tarts and infor-
mation concerning other nations and indivi•
duals. One oan justify the making of any
of these. But who can ever think with toter.
,tion et the construotiou of an infernal
machine? Who be moved with admiration
at eight of a great hulk of a steamer with no
engine within to impart life and motion to
its ponderous wheels? How abhorrent tette
one, how worse than useless the othe.I
Now, when a teacher is making his pupil,
why not oonfront him with this massive
question, " What for? " What is he to be
good. for? If we may believe all we read of
Socrates, he was wont to buttonhole the
young Athenians and ply them with all
manner of odd questions, making their
answers bases for others still more unex-
pected, until, having given them sufficient
food for reflection, he would abruptly leave
them feeling quite silly and confused. But
he had in view a true philosophy. Bet-
ter for them to know where they stood, or,
if on unstable foundations, to have them
pulled from under and their feet set per•
force on ground whioh they could maintain.
Granted, teacher, that the boy under your
oare must live, from an inherent, felt,
though indescribable necessity—it heoomes
your duty to lead him to live for
some special objeot, You will—if you
are a true teacher—study carefully his
cast of character and the bent of his na-
tural inclinations, weighing also his peculiar -
Wee, Mates and abilities. You should help
to decide for what calling he is best fitted
and proceed to educate him towards that
point. Doctor, lawyer, editor perhaps, mat-
ters little what, if he only excel in hie
line. Bat—this deoidod and worked for—ie
that all ? The farmer's wheatgrowa, forby
the laws of its nature it must grow ; but it
feeds many mouths. The river flows to the
sea—it cannot help it—but in its course it
moistens many a field and cools the heated
air, affords a home for numerous finny fam-
ilies ; and withal, pleases ear and eye by its
musical murmur and graceful curves.
So he must live by the means he emp oye;
but for the nourishing, helping, pleasing of
what? Of whom? Is anything, anybody,
to be better for him ?
To help in solving these praotioal gees.
tions, it will bo well to remember that the
weak are dependent on the stronger; that
each generation is made largely by that
which precedes it; that the millions of
human creatures on this globe are not like
the smooth pebbles on the beach—each oe•
parate and self-sufficient; but like the ivy
growing about the ohnroh door yonder, ince•
parably intertwined by tendrile of feeling,
each branch depending on the other for sup
port, and all alike holpleas if lefb quite to
themselves. And, finally, that according to
all theories worth advancing, there is a Great
Power who planed us here, endowed us with
certain powers for the development and use
of which we aro responsible. Then put the
question to yourself in this way : When 1
have taught my boy to live for something,
shall I teach him anything mere? and what?
Shall somebody be the better because of
him? Will he further the advance of vioe
or virtue ? Will he fill brains with potent
ideas and hearts with generous impulses ? or
will he strive—as do so many—on the price
of work which may be traced to drinking
saloons and gambling hells for the tools
whioh fashioned it?
George Washington lived, and hie life
meant to the world a great deal more than
mere existence. So lived Abraham Lin•
eoln—not, we reluctantly admit—quite per•
feat *few are save you and me and our
particular friends I) but a wonderful bane
fader to oppressed and burdened humanity ;
a man to thank God for. Guttenberg did
good. So did inventors of steam engines
and the various machines so universally need
and prized. So does the maker of a flue
thought, the singer of a good song, the pain-
ter of a beautiful picture, So do all who
oontribute in any way to the advancement
of mankind, whether in the lino of me.
atomics or art ; of social enlargement
or religious fredom, Shall any come to
Say of your people that Happy men
and women are walking in liget, strone
in faith, and full of works because he
lives? That ohildren aro crowing up to
be oompanione of good luau and the lust"
because be lives ? That in young men's
hearts are springing pure feelings and noble
impulses becauee of him? Theo thank Hea-
ven that yon have been enabled to aeoomp.
fish that whioh shall ever be to you a well
spring of joy springing up in your inner
oonaciousness, even the jai of knowing a
good work done, Both you and he may
sey, "I live," and calmly rise to meet the
searching words "what for ?" Future gen
eretione will never road in these words
your epitaph nor lrus—" He lived ; but what
was tine use of him ?"
Strawberries and Short cake,
A SMALn. 50011T CAKE, --Int one pint of
sifted flour rub ono teaspoonful of baking
Bless the Farmer Bev.
A character often written about in fishing
,'sriee is the barefooted, tanned and freokl•
ed farmer's boy ; that very chap I saw own-
ing towards Inc as I was peering through
the bueliesi to find a place where to put my
flies. Hie twinkling oyes seamed bo be com-
pering my trim lanoewood bark with his
birch pole, and the Bilk waterproof lino with
the aotton oord that the wind was whipping
in the air. He watched me as I coat in the
riffles, and ohuokled as he saw my line come
back empty so often. He thought to him.
self, " I can beat that," and he did ! Going
back to the edge of the slashing, he throw in
his line ; it hardly touched the water when
he shouted : "Look 'ere, will you ?" and a
nioe trout I saw dangling at the end of the
oord. Not only one, but four times did ha
do ib, and blurt too in the very watere I had
e0 carefully fished.
Blears the farmer boy 1 Under hie elouohed
hat is ten times more wood lore than many
of us possess. He can tell you as the warm
spring days oome where the pheasant is
building her nest; how many eggs the quail
had yesterday down in the tangled weeds
in the old pasture lot ; he oauuot tell you
the name, but he knows that brown bird
with spotted breast sitting yonder. In
the deep shadows of the woods it Bingo a
owed song that softly echoes among the
great truest like the tinkliieg of silver bells
while he sits on the moss'overod rooks and
listens until the shadows turn to darkness ;
down the old log road he hastens home to
dream of the dark woode and green mead.
owe, of the foaming waters that rush by
the great rooks, of the deep, quiet pool
berried over with the shadows of the alders
and where the trout hide away. Bless the
farmer boy 1
Net Mush Breakage.
" I suppose Miss Astergoold'e rejection of
young Smpkins nearly broke his heart 4
" No, it didn't break his heart, but it
busted his scheme to go abroad on her
money,'
Oream and Toes.
Ice cream is no longer a luxury for the
few, but is extensively made In private
families and eaten as a desert in place of
puddings and pies, A freezer is not expen.
sive and ice is easily obtained. Half an
hour is found to be time enough for freezing,
for which directions come with every freezer.
Be euro and nee the required amount of Balt.
To freeze a cream, adjust the parts of the
freezer properly, pour the mixture into the
can and give the handle a turn or two to see
that it works right, before packing. The
ice may be broken email by placing in a can-
vass bag and pounding with a wooden mallet,
There should be three times as muoh ice as
salt, Do not pour off the water whioh forme
in the freezing process unless it ie likely to
overflow into the can. The rules for Dreams
are as many and varied as Dake recipes.
The plainer kinds, made like custards, may
be cooked in quantity sufficient for two
freezings, one-half being kept in the refrig-
erator until needed for freezing. The
custards to be frozen must be made sweeter
than if eaten without freezing.
The beet ice cream I have ever tasted
was made at a farm house, Everything was
at hand for making it of the best quality,
and there was no scrimping in the materials.
The maker understood freezing and made
light work of it. She served a different
kind of oream every day or two, using dif-
ferent flavors and fruits, to give variety,
VANILLA ICE CR t,tor,—Put one pint of
milk into a pail set in a kettle of hot water
or use a double boiler. Beat two eggs, a
small half cup of flour, one cup of sugar,
and when the milk is boiling hot add to the
mixture. Boil about fifteen minutes, stirring
often. Take from the above ; add one quart
of cream, another cup of sugar, and one and
one-half tablespoonfuls of vanilla. Stir well,
and set away to 000l ; then freeze,
PLAIN SHERBET.—Blake a rich lemonade
with twice the quantity of sugar ordinarily
used. Pour a spoonful of boiling water over
a little of the thio yellow rind, and when it
is cool add to the lemonade. Strain it into
the freezer. It will take a little longer to
freeze than an ordinary cream.
Cn000LATE CREAM—Beat two eggs very
light, and add two cups of sugar. Heat
one pint of milk to the boiling point and
pour ever the eggs and sugar slowly beat•
ing it at the same time, Rub five table.
spoonfuls of chocolate into sufficient milk to
dissolve and add to the mixture. Beat ib
thoroughly and est the dish back upon the
stove or in the double boiler to cook till it
thickens. Then cool ib and add a Title van.
illa flavoring. When the custard is cold
beat in one quart of mem and freeze.
FRozEN PUDDINQ,—Ona quart of milk,
one pint of cream, six whole eggs, the yolks
of three eggs, one and one-half cups of sugar,
two ounces each of preserved ginger green.
gages and pineapple out fine. Boll the milk
and cream and pour ib on the beaten eggs
and sugar ; 000k slightly and when 000l add
the frust and freeze the same as ice-oream,
The German Emperor's Alloy.
Tho report that after to definite settle-
moot of the relations between Russia and
Germany Emperor William 1I, will devote
himself to trying to secure a mutual rodeo.
tion of the military establishment of Europe
is news too good to bo believed. It would be
accounted a bit of etrategy worthy of a vet-
eran and a victory of peace not lees renown•
ad than war's, if the young monarch pile
posely sounded his military note at the start
in order under cover of it to take up the pro.
Coot now attributed to bi.t1 But his known
aptitudes and aspirations as to soldier forbid
any suoh asomnptiou in advance of faote to
support it. The constant friotiou on the
Fronoh frontier, the fresh passport troubles,
and the omission of references to France in
all the Emperor's utterances alae show that
the peaceful antioipotionsexpressed with re.
gard to the great empire on ono ride of Ger.
many do not inolutlo the groat republic on
the other side. For tonus additional reason the
rumours of a partial disarmament policy
must be discredited for the present at least.
In one sense l+lmperor William may have a
peace purpose fn view, since the pledge of
Russia against alliance with France by mak-
ing oonoeseione to her in Bulgaria would
doubtless be a severe blow to any war party
in Venue.
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