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Generosity.
ohnny, I am vert glad
your sister the •l irger
was glad to give it to
you know how it de -
say so."
as a'big worm title in
weeded.
n wondered bow
t in her married life,
bout three years now,
bat, ves."
heard her say, in days
ever had a husband
around.'
She's made him stand
rroom in preference to
pathemasshe breeds
ere.
Recommended.
wde, I see you still
biserable,"
Sbithers's ldfinedza
ly cured be."
of a Show,
1 Ioved me.
d no show with her
I had a regular cir-
c where the trouble
Pei seal.
out cutting that piece
take the paper home
or my wife to read
conomy in dress. if
cut paper home she
see how "she's going
paper with the item
she sees the place
he'll be so curious to
that she'll send and
soppy,
boy, are you ill ?
ost of your time.
Cholly. Not ilt
tly wigowous it tires
ays lie down when I
awsisively envy the
n thwink stag
escription.
e simple little ton.
, John ?
than simple, my
it(
employed a half -
obs about the house
he gave him half -a -
see what he would
d it under a stone
he had gone away
place a shilling.
went to look at it.
and said :
h the stone again.
and put in its place
he boy went again,
day !"and then re-
half-sovereigu be -
to the stone agaip,
d he took it in his
u Iook as if yon
had better take
ing yon altogetn-
p and put it in his
Us a Story. •
oung gote which
a ole ram rich lay
hune his cud. The
in apaster of his
m, an he sed to
" You jest start
reek off the face
before the ram
uke his head real
ident git up, but
nd and wotehed
Bime by the g)te
un, ant -then arose
with his hed on
e gote's hed Was
never wank his
smiled with his
utt gote's sister.
angaroo of yourn
e lites, he come
me s,voller my
hill Off.
a constitutional
before breakfast
id, and prepared
'd ; " I'm such a
on feel hungrier
aren't bigger,
rs in his ey es
get all we would
I must just ge
light break fan
!" said the kid ;
irphan, and my
means of sup-
arents," answer -
with a heavy
means of support
unhappy kid,
the wolf while a
and his expres-
vill take you in.
Elim,
)(nit poor deah
t the point of
h .iaveh is the
of a furnisher
ready-made
Sm'inghill, .1kt
is nearly hg a
AGRTOULTURAL,
rig ; Oold Weather.
The prices; bew,egee have, now
with the Bold'weather, and the
now is to induce or "force the hen
their most. The egg basket mus
full at this season of the year or
will not pay for their keep. Regn
feeding, systematic attention to th
fort, and general oversight of t
life of the poultry, will be demand
As the weather changes the food
of the hens should change. On
the chickens should receive spec, 11
pared warm food to keep their
good order, and their house should
iy boarded up so that no cold dran
le Iet in. A great many people w
their health change their undo
weekly and often daily to suit the
In our changeable climate this be
most -a necessity.. -If . this same ca
was applied to the chickens we wo
better layers in the Winter time.
cold spell comes on suddenly it
freeze the best lay srs into inactivi
it is true that their systems do n
thoroughly, of the laying would n
The nest of the hens is another
ant point to study. This should b
of clean, soft, warm hay or straw,
made, both as regards w' rmth and c
Put this in some place where cold
cannot blow, nor snow , ed rain r
Do not neglect to clean it ant oc
and put fresh hay in it. If eggs are
in the nest do not leave them there
the hay, but take them out, w
others, and put in new hay. A lit
in this way will make hens ea toy
the nest.
A word about gathering and ma
the eggs. -A hen likes to sit on a ne
there are eggs in it, and it is alw
to have china or wooden eggs in th
Keep two or three in the nest all th
and it will please the sensitive lay
gathering the eggs the dirty ones sh
washed off at once before being put
basket.' Later when,the-dirt has ha
on the shell it will be almost imposs
get them clean. Dirty eggs never 1
well when sent to the market, and th
ones are always selected by customer
gen uP
questios to lay
must --
full k
the hems
larity in
eir com-
ehwhole
ed daily
and care
cold days
to y pre
stomachs m
be close-
ghts can
ho study
under
weather.
comes al-
refulnesa
uld have
When a
seems to
t • workk
of stop.
import -
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carefully
omfort.
winds
each it.
casionally
broken
to dirty
ash the
tie care
sitting on
rketing
st when
ays well
e nest.
e time,
er. In
ould be
into the
rdened
ible to
ook so
e clean
s.
Apple Families.
I do not know that I have not before allud-
ed, in these columns, to the peculiarity of
apple culture, in northern countries, in the
formation of distinctly recognisable families.
This arises no doubt from the fact that only
a few kinds are found sufficiently resistant
to winter's cold..: The seedlings from these,
not being exposed to outcrossing, as in more
southern orchards with many varieties, come
more or less true from seed. This accounts
for the apples of the Province of Quebec
"being largely of the Fameuse type ; while in
Russia, which covers a vast territory, with
very little inter -communication between its
parts, the same influence led to establishing
local families of fruit, all closely resembling
each other, but of differing seasons of ma-
turity. The Borovitzky (Oldenburg) family
embracessome six or seven distinct varieties
already known in this country, and we find
in a nrimber of cases of recent importation
such names as Titus of Voronesh, Titus of
Riga, &c ; while we have the Antony (An-
tonovka) of early and late strains. In this
last case a good many of us have been disap-
pointed in getting at first, from Mr. Gibb
and Prof. Budd, aso-called winter Antonov-
ka which hardly keeps through November.
This is a fine apple of its season, and the
tree is very handsome, vigorous and pro-
ductive, but itis to early too be called even
an early winter apple. Yet, (as I under-
stand from Mr. John Craig, Director of the
Experiment at Ottawa,) the variety which
he distinguishes as "Stone Antonovka" is a
true winter sort, such as Mr. Gibb describ-
ed, and no doubt thought he was sending to
me. I have a number of fine trees of the lat-
ter now in bearing, but do not care for more
of its short season.
Of all the Russian apples, Boroeitzky,
(Oldenburgh,) seems to have yielded the
greatest variety of sorts of different seasons,
and notwithstanding the dictum of not a few
who claim to be apple experts, it has shown
the capacity of producing seedlings of keep-
ing quality. Mr. Pfeffer's winter seedling,
Pewaukee, is half Borovitzky ; while the new
all -winter apple " North Star," which origi-
nated in northern Maine, is a pure Boro-
vitzky seedling, which Mr. Gilbert, Secretary
of the Maine Board of Agriculture, assures
me to be not only large, handsome and good
but to be e good keeper at least where it
originated. .
I think it very well worth white to note
for the benefit of your many readers in the
"Cold North," these peculiar points of Rus-
sian apples. Every thing relating to them
is rf importance to that section. I suppose
that very fewofthese readers haveyet in pos.-
session specimen trees of the newer Russians
of the Borovitzky family,—all fall apples,
butthoughha-dly distinguishable tosight,of
somewhat different season, and quite differ-
ent qualities. `Five or six years ago Mr. H.
H. Howlett of Baraboo, Wis., kindly sent
me a half dozen varieties of Russian apples
of the 1870 importation a hich were new to
me. Among them was one labeled " Yellow
Anis," which I was glad to get, as I had
(and still have, so far as I'know,) no tree of
the true Anis family. This season this tree
fruited, hilt instead of the small Anis it
proved to be a large apple of the Borovitzky
family, indistinguishable, externally ,from
Oldenburgh. This I am inclined to believe
to bathe " Anisofky" of the 1870 list, which
is an earlier Oldenburgh in appearance, but
of much less acidity, being a very good des-
sert applei In regard to these variations of
the Oldenburgh type Prof. Budd said, re-
cently, in Rural Life ; Of the Duchess
family we have the Anisovky,- Voronesh,
Cinnamon, and others," with tree and
fruit almost identical with the `Duchess
in appearance, -size and habits of bear-
ing, but fifty per Fent. -better in quality
for any use. We have also fully fifty
(Russian) varieties as hardy in tree, as
free in bearing, as large and handsome in
fruit, superior in qaulity, with all degrees of
acidity from very sweet to the acidity of
the Duchess, and for all seasons from July
to the succeeding February. Yet strangely
enough men will repeat, parrot -like, the
story that the Duchess is our best contra.
but ion from Russia !"
And now, in regard to popular ideas
about Russian fruits ; it does not astonish
me that even experienced--fruit-growers, in
sections where iron-elad"hardiness is not re-
quired, should be slow to learn about an en-
tirely new family of apples, of which even
those who have perforce given great atten-
tion to them are yet unable to give other
than a qualified judgment, eta to most of
them. Though there is,,everywheielack of
information, and with f
he haiabe eeeatirelydpen.-teeeoa o'tion c
is thesucceeding issues of his Report hoe-,
printed handsome illustrations and.-a_fair
description of the best sorts like Pro`ic
Sweeting and. Switzer,,which. I have seat
MM. I do not think that the pie3udiceand
hostility extends -beyond aFfew nursery en
"who dirnot like to change opinions -find
praetiee that involve pecuniary loss. Itis
true that they will influence many for a time,
but the Iron -clads are toasurely a necesetty
to be egnelohed by talk.—[T. R. Hoskins
in Orchard and Garden.
Winter Manure Methods.
At thebeginning of Winter a thick Iayer
of straw or other material should be spread
over the barnyard. If the yard i' too large
to warrant this itistoolargeforprofit. With-
out some receptacle to retain it, most of the
liquid excrement of domestic animals is
wasted. This means the loss of the portion
of excrement that is richest in ammonia,
and, therefore most stimulating to plant
growth. 'Fresh urine, is often so.eausttic
that it burns vegetation --to which it`fs'ap-
plied, but it loses this injurious effect when
fermented. IP the barnyard�'ss small, as it
ought to be, then successive®tayers of bed-
ding may be thrown down, the stock eating
what it wishes. If grain is given mare
straw and other coarse feed will be eaten,
thus taking the place of good hay and mak-
ing richer manure. Before Spring this ac-
cumulation of bedding with liquid and solid
excrement mixed should be piled in heaps
to ferment. It is a good plan to add a
small quantity of phosphate well distributed
through the heap.._ Stable manure is gener-
ally deficient in phosphate especially if
largely mixed with straw. If the two are
applied separately neither does the good it
should though after the stable manure is
distributed grain crops should have an ad-
ditional dose of phosphate, as with the drill
it -can be distributed in contact with the
seed so as to do it most good when the
plant begins to start. But the phosphate
mixed with manure is most certain to do
good later in the season, as it does not re-
vert or become insoluble.
o- x
A Woman's Adieu.
Our love is dene'fr-
I would no ave^itaback, I say,
I would not�vemywhhle 'car May !
But yet for our dead passion s sake,
Kiss me once more and. strive to make.
Our laat<tiss the,supremest one ;
Fey' le shone.
Our love is done !
And still my eyes with tea sic wet,
Our sauis arestirred with vague regret
We gazefarewell, yet cannot speak,
And firm resolves grow strangely weak. _;
Though hearts are twain thatnnee were
one Since love U. Acme.
- But love is done!
I know it, vow it, and that kiss.
= Must setts Snitia40Oour-blies, .:..
Yet when Ifelt thy mouth meet mine,
317 life again seemed -half divine,
Our very hearts together run ! : .
Can love be done ?
Can love bedone ?
Who cares if this be -mad or wise ?
Trust not my words, but read my eyes,
Thy kiss bade sleeping ove awake,.
Then takenipto thy -lice -et bli! take
The life that with tbineown is one,
Love is not done !
—[Anne Reeve Aldrich, in " Spirit."
Some Cleaning Hints•
-• � . A housekeeper asks, '"Ho* can I cle
which have been smoked on a coal -oil
I have tried .soap; and water and
makes them worse, "and Mrs. Gray
plies in Table Talk : " Mineral soa
commend- ' 'or this, but I have
easier • ,�,pe off as much as possibl
piece of soft paper or rag dipped in v
and then the sandsoap.to brighten it.
using an oil stove. thyself, I have -ne
anything smoked ; but some servan
not so care'fuI.to keep ;the wicks turn
This treatment will also remove so
smoke from the mica in the doors of
when afresh fire is lighted with k
wood.
And one asks" how to keep the zin
the stoves bright, and sandsoap isag
commended ; but a cloth moistened
kerosene will polish zinc as,bright as
A scrubbing brush is kept in my bat
and each person is requested to scrub t
after bathing; hut 'once -•a; week I h
rubbed (after it is thoroughly dried
soft towel) with a;eloth which has be
ped in coal -oil.
Another. one. •complains that her
towels smell badly, notwithstandin
fact that ' they are washed out every
If they are washed,as I have seen them
in the rinse water;I do not wonder th
disagreeable. They should be washed
each time of using; in clean' cold nate
or three times, if need be, to ` get 'al
soap out, and hungin the open air,,
practicable,to dry. Silver and glass s
never be rinsed, but wiped,"
Some one -titre Says ;. ''.' I have s
stated that milk -pans should be wash
cold water.,. ,FIs not this something n
It iftenhap ensXthatpeeple.r d�care
grdsping on1 part..of anadeal Ians,.b
pitchers and tumblers that have had
in them should be washed first in cold w
hen, in hot, soapy water, thea scalded
lean, boiling water andwiped witha c
ry towel. Many persons dry their pa
etting them on the back part of the s
ut this is always risky, as they are a
e forgotten, and so injured by the me
the solder ; or ifs lined with grant
porcelain, the lining: wilt be likely' to
d peel off. Nor is it'a good plan t
ettles or,ans with water and put the
he stove with the idea of loosening
tances which have adhered to them in c
ng ; it will only make them harder to
move. They should be filled with •gold w
nd stand in the sink or on the table w
mall piece of washing soda or a few d
ammonia in etich. This will soften
ake it easy to scrape out whatever s
them. When possible to do" so, itis be
wash cooking utensils as soon as you
rough using them ; it is not only easi
, but it is better for the hands.
It you have an. old tin pan which is ru
ith two or three holes' in the bottom, d
row it away. It will be found invalu
empty grounds from the coffee-pot,
ayes, rinsing of cups and dishes, and e
pour the, disleyaater through keeping
umbs, seeds, etc;, from going into the si
is fine crumbs;'lint froth dish -cloth
wets; loose strings from the mops or h
m the brushes that help to choke up
ain pipe. And all this, an old tin p
at is good for nothing else will save.
The Sable ih 4,
My God, now I from sleep awake,
The sole possession of me take ;
From midnight terrors me secure,
And guard my heart from things impure.
0 may I a' ways ready stand,
With my lam o burning in my hand;
Mar I in sight of heaven rejoice,
Whene'er I hear the Bridegroom's voice.
All praise to Thee, in light arrayed,
Who light Thy dwelling place hast made:
A boundless ocean of bright beams
From Thy all -glorious, Godhead"streams.
Blest Jesus, Thou, on heaven intent,.
Whole nights hast in devotion spent;
But 1, frail creature. soon am tired,
And allmy zeal is soon expired;
Shine on me, Lord, new life imnart,
Fresh ardors kindle in my heart
One ray of Thine all-quickeninz light
Dispels the sloth and clouds of night.
Lord, lest the tempter me surprise,
Watch over All loose, all Thine
dle thoughts cast out,
And make my very- dreams devout.
Tao eas REN, 16n.
Golden Thoughts for Every Day
Monday-
-I love thy king?om, Lord,
The house of thine above.
The church our blest Redeemer saved
With his own precious blood.
/love shy church. 0 God
Her walls beforethee stand,
Dear as the apple of thihe eye,
And graven on thy hand.
For her my tears shall fall ;
For her my prayers ascend ;
To her my cares and toils be given,
Till toils and cares shall end.
[Anonymous.
Tuesday --Jesus declared, it is true, that
those who follow His doctrine must expect
to be persecuted by those who do not follow
it, but He did not say that His disciples will
be the worse off for that reason ; on the con-
trary, He said that His disciples would have,
here, in this world, more benefits than those
who did not follow Him. That Jesus said
and thought this is beyond a doubt, as the
clearness of his words on this subject, the
meaning of His entire doctrine, His life and
the life of His disciples; plainly show. But
was His teaching in this respect true ?—
[Count Tolstoi.
Wednesday—
The day is past and gone ;
T.. e evening shades appear ;
0, may we all remember well
The night of death draws near.
We lay our garments by,
USo eath on our beds
soon o disrobe ns all
Of what is her nossest.
Lord, keep -ug safe this night,
Secure from all our fears ;
May angels guard us while we sleep,
Till morning light appears.
—[Anonymous
Thursday.—"I do say that God depends
upon us to Christianize the whole world,
but He does act through us. Just as water
depends upon the pipes to convey it from
house to house, so God. depends upon us,
and in a certain sense we depend upon Him.
I want you to be moved by this and under-
stand that it i8 the only way to"get in.sym-
pathy with Christ. He bears the whole
world on His heart as He stands 1efore the
throne. As the great priest had the names
of all the tribes on his breastplate, so Christ
has the names of all the, saints graven on
his bands. We must help Hirer bear the
load. He says: " Behold,. I have graven
thee upon the palms of my hands." On those
hands scarred by the points of the nails, He
bears the sins of a lost - world and holds them
up, and you and I are to help: him."" -[D.
Gordon. '
Friday_
•
We build with fruitless cost, unless.
The Lord the pile sustain;
Unless the Lord the city keep,
The watchman wakes in vain.
In vain we rise before the day,
And late to rest repair.
Allow no respite to our toil,
And eat the bread of care.
Supplies of life with ease to them.
He on his saints bestows ;
He crowns their labors with success
Their nights with safe repose.
—[Charles Wesley'
Saturday—Where is the mother 'who
would willingly forget the infant that per-
ished like a blossom from her arms though
every recollectionrs a: pang? Where is the
child that would willingly forget the most
tender of parents, though to remember be
but to lament ? Who, even when the tomb
is closing upon the remains of her he most
Ioved- when he feels his heart, as it were,
crushed m the closing of its portals —would
Accept oconsoistion that must be bought
a ew pouch prejudice by forgetfulness ? Henry Ward Beecher.
in regard to Russian tree fruits, yet I for
one am thankful that our leading journals �""'� -
andmos
it show. Pomologist
meat, when he teed tYildwe=Y 1 d
t prominent pomologistaaare all u iii The Work Was Performed.
ir+gto live them a "fa' '
t: s ou 'sure y - o~Iiot me"aii-
say yeln're English." Wily, you don't`
$roppourlist _. :
Mr. Tewksbury-Podd-No;`me valet at.
en ds to that for me.
two. via my °rehards
years aincei •had_hiit a moderate.ade.
gnantanen with Russian apples, and was
Pressed with the common idea that very
few if airy e f thea
were high quality. But
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Mince Meat.
" Two months to mellow " was the advice
of a famous housekeeper ip regard to mince
meat, says Our Grange Homes. It is the
custom with many good cooks to make
sufficient meat etedds time to last all winter.
Sometimes thetapple istadded and the whole
mixture cooked leng and -slowly and then
put away in earthen jars or sealed in glass
fruit cans ; another, plan is to prepare the
meat, fruit and seasoning and add the chop-
ped apple as needed. This is a good way
for plain mince meat or wherelarge quanti-
ties are made. In any case it is true that
minim meat improves with age end as soon
al it is settled cold Weather. it is time to
make it and have it off your mind.
Hygienic ? Nobody believes it is, yet
everybody wants just a few mince pies each
season, although, doubtlees, there are fa,milies
who eat altogether too many.
The best rule fee minee meat, like the
baby and the sewing machine. generally
one's own, yet there are sortie unfortunate
housekeepees who 1 ave nbile of their own,
and for their benefit several excellent rules
are given, from which they may eetect ac-
cording to their own taste, pocket-laook or
husband'sdigestion. Some housekeepers buy
a tongue for mince meat, others think any
scraggly or cheap piece will do, I find it a
satisfactory way to get a solid piece froin the
round. This season I shall use some boiled
cider an1 some preseryed_ citron of my own
make. The applei will be added because
they. are on hand, and :the grated rind aud
the juice of lemons which are an addition to'
any .formula. •
Finally after it is prepared r must trust
to housewifely vigilance to keel) the mince
every place from pantry to tineo basement
storereem is Warmed -day and,night.
The following rule will make a delicious
compound and originated. 'with Mrs. Green,
a teacher of cookery. This quantity will
make ten pies.
Two cups of chopped meat, 'five cups of
chopped apple, one cup of molasses, three
cups of brown sugar tine cup of boiled cidern
Alice and rina'of one tomtit 'Add' alineme
cup of the liquid in wh eh the meat was
;boiled, one cup of vinegar, ooe eup of water,
:'three tee...spoonfuls of ealt, two cups of chop-
3,ped raisnieepne and one-half cups of chop-
-ped tittonand candied orange peel, two cups
--of mimeo% one-half cup of. chopped suet or
ifiro suet 'Mused butter may be substituted.
Mix altogether ihoroughly and cook two
hours slowly.
e ss tide: Xo
ane -an, eve z pounds o men -di es
is boded=—cho " g� Vie, ane .and one-half
pounds of suet hopped fine, t ree pounds
of chopped apple,one o d. of sugar. -ore
cup of molasises", one quart k of boiled cider e
e tabl`_e�srpoo each . mace, allspice;
cinnamon .and one-half tablespoonful de
Cleves, a scant quarter of a, cup of salt, one
nit'teneg, one and one-half rounds, -of raisins-
seeded and one and one-half pounds `of.Our-
rants. Cook slowly until the apple -iswdone-;`
then amid the juice and grated rind of one
lemon and one-half pound of citron cut fine.
Mrs. Lincoln gives this rule : Two cups
of meat, four cups of apple, two teaspoon-
fuls eaelf of Salt, cinnamon and allspice, two
;cups of brown sugar, one cup of raisins, one
cup of eurrants, two cups of sweet pickle
vinegar or one cup of water and the juice of
four lemons. Chop the meat fine also the
apples and the raisins after stoning them.
Cook all together; until: the apple its soft.
The same authority gives a rule for a rich
*nee meat tither "Boston Cook Book."
• - A rule which is so old that its origin can
not be given correctly, requires two pounds
of chopped lean beef, one pound each of suet.
raisins and currants, a quarter of a pound of
'citron, four pound of apples, two pounds of
sugar; two nutmegs, one teaspoonful each of
pepper, cloves. cinnamon and allspice, two
even tablespoonfuls of salt, one-half 'pint of
molasses and sufgcient`boiled cider to mois-
ten.
The Holiday Season.
Old Scrooge is never so much out
fashion as in the beautiful processional wee
between Thanktegivingand Christmas. Th
is the season of good feeling', of loosen
purse -strings, of unselfish planning, of co
spirecies into which malice does not ente
of the holiest of mysteries. -To and fro
the avenues and streets the children flit
fairies, pausing entranced before shop wi
dows whioh recall the marvels of theArab
an Nights, and eagerly discussing the po
sibilities of the pence in their dimpled hand
Could. their generosity measure out the
,gifts, papa; _mamma, the governess, th
nerse, and all the troop of cousins would b
remembered at this time by every fre
hearted child.
„in the home a, great many innocent au
fnises are in process of accotnplishmen
Mamma has kept a noba-book for month
and in its pages has just jotted down th
unconscious speeeles of this and that mem
ber of the household, wishes, which ,ar
great helps in the holiday season, when no
body's gift should be a misfit, but eac
should receive the very thing for whiCh h
or she most earnestly longed.
As the crisp airs of December deepen th
colour on the maiden's cheek; and the firs
snow -flakes flying through the fields ar
*cursors of sleigh -bells and toboggans an
all sturdy winter sports, the home lines are
the more closely drawn. Our pleasures ar
more intimately associated with the fire
Yen's darn peace within. Summer disperses
family groups, while winter unites them in
a sweeter friendliness. And the holiday
season, coming before the whirl of social en-
gagements and of church activities has
fairly begun, is the jewelled clasp upon the
circlet of family life. For the next few
days and weeks the thoughts of husbands
and wives, brothersand sisters, parents and
child/en, are set upon how best to please
one Another.
And ever there is in the midst the radi-
ant figure of a child, the benignant face of
a mother, and in the distance the ear that
listens can hear the angels sing.
. Whence, then a note that jars, a discord
in the harmony?'
Is it not, dear friends, that in the holiday
season we often attempt too much? Desiring
tolie liberal, are we not sometimes unjust ?
Do ewe not sneer that tobeeome a tax which
oeght to be pure enjoyment ? and are we
not deperting from the true spirit of Christ-
mas giving when we allow the element of
host to obtrude itself arrogantly ?
The real value of a gift is in the love that
prompts it. A flower may mean more than
a diamond, a tiny book or picture more than
Silver or gold, if it tarry with it a sweet
sincere thought.
The moment that the idea of reciprocity
enters into the mind of giver or of receiver
a, gift is cheapen,ed and vulgarized. To be-
stow if gift because one ought, or because it
will be expected, or because it will pay off
a score, or for any reason except for love's
own sake, is to rob the holiday season of its
richest opportunity, and defraud it of its
most unique charm.
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How to Show a Guest Ont.
Can there be a perfect way to show a
guest out of the house ? Certainly there is.
It is the way the American servant know-
eth not. She goes to the door with an in-
decent haste that smacks of glee. She
doesn't even open it, she only sets it ajar
with e nice calculation of space that gives
just the crack you can slip out through, no
more. And she even grudges you that.
You have a shemed sense of being thrust
out into the world ; and before you have
gathered up your self-respect and your
skirts while your heel is still upon the door
sill, die snap of the knob is heard behind
you. Lucky yen are if yoa don't hear the
sound of the bolt in the socket, as if you
were a tramp or a bcok agent.
The English maid knows how to make
this act beautiful. There is an exquisite
air of deference and respect as she opens
the door, even a touch of regret in her man-
ner that she should be opening the door be-
hind you. She holds it open until you have
descended the steps at least, perhaps until
you are quite upon the street, and she closes
it so softly that the click of the latch never
comes to your ear. You are inexpressibly
soothed and flattered, and you step ol feel-
ing that the gracious tact of the mistress is
most charming where it has revealed itself
in theinatruction that has taught the maid
to be gracious.
Solitudw is as needful to the imagination
9oeietv is wholesome for the chaaacter.
Eighty miners were killed by an explosion
of fire damp in a mine at St. Etienne, France
on Saturday.
Novosti of St Petersburg reports that the
hunger troubles have produced a peculiar
effect, in the book trade. The Russian peo-
ple seem to have arrived at the conclusion
that the principal cause of the trouble is the
lack of information and skill among the
farmers. The demand for farming and agri-
cultural publications has become so great
that the book stores of the metropolis are
hardlyiable to fill ail -the order s they receive.
Theee is a serio-comic side, however, to this
national awakening bathe necessity of educa-
tion for the farmer. Publications which
heve long ceased to exist and books of anti-
quated inforniation on farming are now
sought for. This shows that the farmers,
who had once upon_ a time read about the
subject which is of such great interest to
them, have not followed up their pursuit of
:knowledge for many years, and are at pre-
sent ignorant of the changes which have
taken place in their profession.
eitauthort- tThiesatofPrictOata .wouugt:
erectifg'•-t-liat city regular sloe aliainbles3
ieliere"-the Chinamen buy vidAmn ne- they
would buy tea. An investigation has jnat
heyealach-the careers of six Chinese girls
_who arrived by the Empress of China about
the middle of October. These girls ranging
in age from eleven to fourteen years, were
in charge of two old woman, Chin Ah Die
and Chan Sai. Immediately upon the ar.
rivaled the stearaer they dispeeed of iithe
ively ; but they bound the four younger
ones over to Lin You; a famous procuress„
with instructions to wait fora better market
On Monday last she sold them for $1,410,
$1,610, $885,
Mot, Chung, the head of the highlander gang
end 8770 respectiaelye *ash
being paid down. -
This sale was made with the assistance of
ha -Victoria, and, of course he received a
good commission for his part In the transact-
ion Moy Chung rules the Chinese residents
of Victoria with a rod of iron,. The pewere
vested in him by the chiefs of the highbinder
society in Hong Kong make him feared by
every Chinaman, and it is allegact that lamas
at the bottom of nearly every brawl and dis,
turbaned
Lin You, when frightened by the questions
put to her, finally confessed everything re-
gardiug the sale, and added that the Empress
of India on her next trip would bring more
girls for the same purpose. Litt You also
stated that three out of the four girls sold on
Monday had up to that' time led perfectly
pure lives. Two of them weut to Lo Leet,
one to Mall Quong Fook, and one to Chung
Wan.
On Friday night Lo Leet, a low repulsive -
looking man, besotted with opium smoking,
but dressed in a manner that at once pro-
claimed him wealthy, opened his doors to
the men who were searching for the -girls
and regretted his carelessness the mement
efterward. In the first room, heddled in a
native bed, were the two young girls, not
pale and with eyes like thoseef hunted ani-
mals. When questioned they teld their
tale in a plain, straightforward mamith.
Briefly, they were slaves, tithing in -dread -Of
their owner, aed forced to prostitution ;
this in the principal street of Victoria, 200
yards from the City Hall.
thirteen, is well known even beyond China-
town. He is a gambler' and crook, and as
sharp as a needle. • His room is reached by
ascending a steep, narrow flight ofestairs.
pitch dark both day end hightd The door
was opened to admit a " friend," and pips -
ed again with the -searchers, _Meade. tThe
silks and enormous ornaments, -sVeiel in the
bedroom pale and sickly looking. She told
her tale after a great deal of kind coaxieg.
It was what Was expected —cruel treatnient,
compulsory shame, and all theicrianinality
of this character.
How Pat Got Ris Receipt.
Some titne ago."( was trading in a village
store, says a correspondent;hvhen one of the
clerks came to the_ junier partner, who
chanced to be welting elm me, and said :—
" Won't you please step to the desk a mo-
ment. Pat Flynn wants to settle his bill,
and insists on having a reeeipt.wi '
The merchant was evidently annoyed.
" Why, what does he want with a eeceipt 1"
he said. " We never give one. t Simply
cross his account off the book ; that is receipt
" So I told him," answered the clerk,
" but he is not satisfied. You had better
see him."
So the proprietor stepped to the desk,
and, after greetingPat with e " good morn-
ing," said, " You wiehed tie settle your bill,
did you ?" to which Pat replied in the
" Well," said the nierchant, " there is no
need of my giving you a receipt. See ? I
will cross your account off the bode" ; and,
suiting the action to -the word, he drew his
pencil diagonally acrese the aceount. " This
is as good as a receipt.°
" And so ye mane that that settles it ?"
said Pat.
" That settles it," said the merchant.
askin' me fur it again ?"
" We'll never ask for it again," said the
merchant decidedly.
" Faith, thin," said Pat, "and I'll be
haven't paid it yet."
The merchant's face flushed angrily, as he
replied, " Oh, Well, I can rub that out. "
" Faith, now, and I thought that eame,"
said Pat.
It is needless to say that Pat obtained his
receipt.
Thoy Recognized The Air.
A relation of mine, who has spent many
years in India, remembers well how, when
living in Lucknow and enjoyiog the evening
drive, with other English residents in the
Indian city, the carriage horses would toss
their heads and paw the ground impatiently
when the first notes of " God Save the
Queen" were played by the military band
every evening. It was the last tune played,
the signal for dispersion. A skeptic—or per-
haps more than one—having insisted that
the hories only knew the tune because it
was alwayi played last, and they were able
to calculate time, the experiment was tried
of playing " God Save the Queen" in the
middle, instead of at the end of the evening.
Instantly there was the same excitement in
the horses standing round " the course,"
the same impatient tossing of the head and
prancing of the feet, the same general stam-
pede and eagerness to start homeward. No
one could longer doubt that they knew and
recognized the air ; in fact, that they could
tell one tune from another.
If you grant a fairer, do it without whio
ing, or do not grant it at all.
The commercial treaties now before the
German Reichstag absorb the attention of
that body and of public men throughout the
countriei -cone.ernect. 'Their economic as
well ae theirpelititaleliaricter are eagerly
discussed/ The extreneeeTprotectionists are
alarmed, and peetestagamet their adoption.
They call irennaPlince Bisniarek- to come to
the Reichatage take part in the forthcoming
debate, and -defend his old principles.- ,
A Waynesburg, Pa 'daps -teal eels: 31ehn
Dougherty, aai oil-welldriller, died on Wed-
nesday night from pneumonia. Mt.
Dougherty was a Democrat, and he made a
bet with a -Republican that Campbell woukl
defeat McKinley far Governor of Ohio. The
loser was-to-eh/rib to the top- of an oil der-
rick; .72 feethigh, and remain there from 6
o'clock ha the _morning until 6 o'clockin the
evening. .Douglierty inorthied the derrick
last Satre_day---Marning, and; although the
rain-ponredizloyrn all day, he did not flinch.
When hecitniedmin at night he was cramp-
edand iveaka A:hi the following day violent
pneumonia, brought on by the exposure,
set in,- and hia death resulted.
tateforeign News.
`'Anherb is said tohave been discovered in
laicatan which is a specific for intianity.
ened.
Travellers 'in Italy are again tritrzed of
the danger of having their trealearehhed-on
the railways.
In twelve years the city of Paris has ex-
pornenadmedenti0f,0000unaninItatues and $85,000 on
A recent meeting of Anarchists iw Same-
litioncahhicaongooredin-t8h8e7.3nemory of those hanged
taigne, originally built for the late Prince
Napoleon, was sold in 1866 to M. di Les.seps
An engineer on a Swiss railway was noti-
fied that he woald be dismissed at the 'end
of the year. In vengeance for that, two
weeks ago he deliberately drove his engine
past the adverse signals into a passenger
troth coming from the oppesite direction.
2Easesweansgekrilslhedu,owith his fireman, and three
The British colony in the city of Mexico
ie interested in Reginald Carey, who has re-
signed from the British navy to begin serviee
with the Mexican navy, his appointment to
the _ rank of Captain having been officially
annonnced. He has gone to Vera Cruz,
where he is to take command of the new
Government training ship Zaragoza on her
@i rival at that port from Havre.
A so-called duel took place at the out-
skirts of Rome the other day between Sgr.
Contarini, rnetnber of the Municipal Coun-
cil, and the Marquis Dosi, a Lieutenant in
the army, The weapons were pistols, Dosi
fired first and missed his roam Then Con-
tthareimmi aardqiewine.ced and blew out the brains of
In the famished districts in hussia public
schools and higher institutions of learning
which depend on the subsidies of the
central or local governments have been clos-
ed one after the other. The money appro-
priated for the institutions is required for
the purchase of bread for thestarvinegfamiles.
The daughter of Herr Bemberg, a silk
manufa,cturer of Crefield, 22 years of age,
fell in love with a weaver in her father's ser-
vice, andbecame secretly betrothed to him.
When the lover asked permission to marry
the daughter the father emphatically refus-
ed, and would not yield to the entrca, ie.... of
his daughter. The young woman, abai!eon-
ing all hope, threw herself into the river and
was drowned.
The weather in the south of Germany is
unusually and unseasonably warm. In Wurt-
temburg orchards are blooming, and there
are frequent hot wind.s which stimulate
vegetation. The temperature is fully equal
to the average of May. The situation is re-
garded as enwholesome, and there are feara
that with the incoming of winter, the grip
will reappear.
The German Emperor will return the visit
of the King of Roumania about the middle
of next March. He will be accompanied by
Prince Henry, and will stay three days at
Bucharest, a day at the Sinaia Palace, and a
day atJassy. A day will probably be spent
on the way at Vienna as the guest of the
Francis Joseph, who will, in that case, es-
cort William to Budapest.
A mo eement has been started in St.
Petersburg to establish workshops for crimi
nals who have served their term in prison.
Such criminals in some instances strong and
able men cannot easilt find employment
when they regain their liberty, because
their records are marked in their passports,
and employers are loath to engage a man
who had served a term in prison.. The
philanthropists of St. Petersburg wish to
provide employment for them, and if they
have no trade, train them as carpenters,
turners in wood and metal, shoemakers, and
so forth.
The Germans are watching the Russfica
tion of the Baltic Provinces in helplese. rage
German residents are treated worse than
Jews. Government inspection of primary
and superior schools has been extended to
female schools. The statutes of Russian uni-
versities will before long be applied to the
University of Dorpat, which is German in
method and spirit. These laws would make
the Russian language obligatory. and the
effect would be the substitution of Russian
for German students. completely changing
the character of this famous seat of learn-
ing.
A story comes from Dresden that a boy
fell into the Elbe there the other night. It
was dark and no one could see what had
become of him, although his cries of distress
could be heard as he was borne along by the
stream. Lieut Hollebou of the Royal Saxon
'Guards, hearing what had happened, threw
off his sword and boots and jumped into
the river. In the darkness he wee lost
sight of. The people lined the banks and
shouted and burned torches to direct the
gallant officer. At last be was dimly seen,
nearly exhausted, pushing the boy in front
of him. Both were grasped by strong bards
and hauled ashore. Then there was a scene.
Thepeople were mad with joy and attempted
ecl to bear off the Lieutenant on their
shoulders in triumph. He refused to allow
it, and went quietly to the castle guard
house, where he received brandy and a dry
uniform. The boy whose life he saved is
now in the hospital.
Reports all indicate that the shipments'
of Canadian apples to the British market
this season are very heavy. So far the ship-
ments are ahead of the business done in
previous years. There was a large export
trade in 1889, when the value of Canadian
apples sent to Britain reached the high-
water mark of $1,277,577, but there was
heavy crop that year, and some of the prices
realized were not so satisfactory as thi.
results all round this year are said to be.
The season's business apparently will be 1,
profitable one and bring home forcibly tit
the farmer the value of the market in the
Motherland. Perhaps the most satisfactory
feature of the matter is the fact that the
Canadian product is getting a good reputa-
tion abroad. People look for it, and con-
sumers are willing to pay a good price
for it. One large Liverpeol deeler
who has been operating in Monereal, says:
" Canadian apples, owing to their su-
perior keeping quality and fine appear-
ance, are most in favor with our buyers.
In the English market Canadian apples are
preferred to any others. They not only
keep better in transit, but they are more
luscious io taste." This is exactly what
our producers should strive in all lines to ac-
complish, to send forward the best, so that
the Canadian brand becomes a coveted art,
matter what party politicians mey find if
convenient to say, that the inability- oftlas
British people to provide a tithe e
own food products is Canaela'e opportimi:y.