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HEAVela OUR Home,
(By E. NV. Watson in Deminion Pres-
byterian.
In the home of that, the leather,
There are many Inaneione fair,
Where Hie children live forever,
And their SAviour's glory ellen'.
Pots the Lord has gone before them,
To prepare their home elem.,
And He conical again. to take them,
To Himself in perfect neve.
They shall kuow the love of &ems;
Far suepassing all their thought,
Everlasting, true anti holy,
Love which their salvation bought,
They shell share the joy of atents,
Joy exteeding, great and pure,
Fitting all their hearts with gladness,
Which for ever 8hall endure.
They shall feel the peace of Jesus,
Peace es yerfect tut Ills love;
4test frO)11 Ain and care and sallue,48,
In tile borne of peace above.
They shall bear the name of Jesus,
in their lives for •twermore,
So that all may sec His Mines%
And their Saviour's grace adore.
It is heaven to be with Jesus,
eand to see Him face to face;
;filet to know and love and serve Min,
lads is the true end of grace.
In Thy Spirit's power and wisdom,
Jesue, Lord, be with us now.
Keep us in Thy love and guide us,
Till we at Thy throne shall bow.
Orand Mere, Que.
PRAYER.
0 Thou, who hest taught us to call
Thee our Father M heaven, we rejoice+
. the assurance that Thy fatherly love
extends to all, Not only the mature and
• wise, but the little caildren also are the
•objecte of Thy tender care, We bless
Tbee beettuse Thy Son, Christ jeeus,
manifested Himself as the ehildreu's
.friend; and to those kind arms MIMI
were often thrown about the little ones
an earth we commehd our children new.
May those whose hearts are young and
stilt unstained by contact with the world
be protected from temptation awl sin.
Early may they know and trust the
Saviour. May they have His company
and. His guidance through n11 the days
of their life, and both here and in the
life to come be members of the kingdom
of heaven. .Amen.
CONFESSING CHRIST.
Whosoever theeefore shall confess Me
before Men, him Will I eonfeee also be-
fore My Father whieh is in heaven.—
Matt. x.„ 32-34.
We aro struck with the note of me
preme authority which runs all through
these verses. Christ speaks in the tone
and accent of One who knows Himself
to the Judge and Arbiter of mankind.
He quietly assumes that our relation to
Himself is the test and touchsone of our
final destiny. "If we suffer, we shall
also reign with Him. If re deny Him.
He elso will deny us.. He cannot deny
'Himself,"
. 2. We English have a cbaraeteristic
kind of reserve which holds es bark
from exhibitine our private feelings. and
beliefs. By niaional temperament most
English people are especially reserved
about their releigion, If a 'Moslem hears
the eall to prayek sounding from the
minaret, he -will seop short, without the
Ieast • embarrassment, and perform his
ave.:Aims in public, and so confess Me-
hemet. But an Englishman would feel
such public devotions on his own part
to be unnatural, almost indecent. How
many Christians hesitate even to.. say
grace hi restauraut—though they say
it regularly at boroe—just became they
instinctively shrink from anything like
personal assertion or display of religion.
They bad rather conceal piety than par-
ade it. They ate afraid of all appear-
, . anee of cant
a 3. Now ib is true that a Christian
can confess Christ in a thousand. ways,
without so much us naming Him—just
as a hedgerow confesses its violets in
spring; or as a lamp confesses that it
he -trimmed and kindled by letting its
light shine. ' In this way a tradesman
May confess Christ over the counter,
aud. a servant in the kitchen, and. a
statesman in polities—by loving right-
et:Maness and hating iniquity all day
long. ."Actions speak louder than
words," and we confess Christ by obey-
ing Him in detail, by holding up His
standard unspotted. from the world. The
The mightiest confession is not always
• articulate, They declare most plainly
that they seek a countay whose whole
attitude of life 'confesses that they are
pilgrims and strangers on thee aril'.
4. Yet there will genie occasions when
the most shy and modest disciple must
find words as well as deeds to confess
his Master; when he is bound to take
sides openly with Christ's friends, and
against Christ enemies. Is it really
modesty, which keeps you dumb and
disguised Chriatian? Is it true hemility
which makes you still weer the mask?
Or is there at the bottom of your heart
some -craven hesitancy, some lurking
shame? Your faith in Christ cannot be
just a private opinion of trifling mo-
ment; it is something which makes the
greatest possible difference to you and
to all the people you know.—T. H. Dar-
low in Presbyterian,
REST.
Here is rest,
On Jesus' breast,
This is besh
Joys increase,
And never ecase,
Here is peace.'
Grate assures,
Jesus curee,
Love endures.
Life is brief,
So is grief,
Sweet relief.
Seta the sad,
Welcome glad,
In whiteness clad.
Dismiss the care,
an might of prayer.
In garments fair.
A rnefey seat
At Jesus' feet,
My last retreat.
Die to time,
Rise eublime,
TO fairer elinte.
—la. T. Miller. .
Weettern Texas is proud of Mrs. Annoy
alvEltoy Brett, wernan eromoter. arta
fbe tele/theme queen of the southwest;
alio is president of the Southern Inde-
pendent Telephone & Telegraph CoMpany
nna presitlent and general 'newer of
the Prett Constnietion, Telephone & Teh
egrAph Company. Theme eompanies, rep*
emending" more then $300,0(10, evere or-
ganizeel by her witlimit &Mr rq cepa
tea to mtart ivitb.
rue
F Ise
and
KA WAREANZKANANNIGMOMMCIIIMIZI
"And now,' dearest leaktouer, play-
mate, brothel', lever to me for BO many
years—and alwaya and. forever aeareet
to my heavt--much as 1 love. you—And
only Heaven knows how untele, and only
time van prove how felthfully—I cennot
earry on a seeret correepondence with
you; it Ss but juat to tell you, that
every letter you write, bowever secretly
it ma,y reach me, must first go into my
father's hands before I read it. It Intuit
.1)0 8Q, dearest Falconerl 1 should have
no hope for our love, bemuse 1, could
aot pray. the Lord's blessing on us, if
I failed ut my duty to my dear, noble,
trusting father, Ile trusts•me, Falconer,
and therefore, nou know, it is impossible
for nut to deceive him. The letter that
you emit me this morning 1 had before
him with its seal unbroken, And with
- the seal atill unbroken, he gave it back
into my hand; and left me free to read
and reply to it as 1 pleased. Ana though
he exacted no promise, dropped no kind
of a wish to seta my answer, this answer
must be laid before him for perusal be-
fore it is sent to you. He did not read
your letter that I placed in your aands;
he may• not road. this, my reply; but he
must have the opportunity of doing so.
My father trusts me, Bald I would not
deceive him to win my heart's aearest
wiah."
Maud finished her letter as she lied
cemmenced it, with the most earliest as-
surances of affection Lena fidelity.
Aud then she sat a little while
in reverie, before folding and
Addressing it, And while she sat so, she
heard a gentle rap at the door, and
thinking it was Susan come to put more
coal on the fire, she said; "Come M."
But when the door opened, it was Mrs,
Hunter who entered.,
"Now, my deer motheia was it you?
Did you rap before °mpg into your
ohild's room?" said Maud, with a tender
regret in her tone, as she arose and met
and embraced the lady:
"You are a senhitive little creature,
Maud—a degree more and you would. be
a morbid one."
"Ah, but sweet mother, don't rap at
my door like a stranger, again. Come in
at any hour of the day ca night without
rapping," said Maud, with a pleadiug
earnestness that made the lady smile,
as she drew the girl to the sofa, and.
they sat down together; but she an-
swered:
"I think, ruy dear Maud, it is best etc;
carry the courtesies of life into the most
intimate and endearing relations; it will
not make there less loving and tender,
but more so. My dear child must aave
her privacy. and her freedom in her
father's house. And, besides, she came
to her chamber to read. and answer a
letter,"
"Yes, mamma and I have been a long
time about it, leave I not? But it was
suck a long letter, and required such a
long answer."
"And you have finished it?"
"Yes, mamma." •
"I supposed you had, when I came.
you may get ready to ride with Honoria.
And now, my Iovo, if you are disposed,
Your ponies will be at the door in half
an hour."
"And will you read my answer to Fal-
coner while I am gettiug ready, mama -
ma ?"'
"Shall I, ray dear?"
"Oh, mamma!" said Maud, embracing
ber and petting her letter in her naiad.
ind while the lady read it, Maud
changed her slippers for a pair of gaiters,
put on her riding habit, arranged her
hair, and tied on the little hat, and drew
on her gloves, and then stood waiting a
few minutes.
Mrs. Hunter finished her letter, and
held it on her lap, and sat lc:joking at it
with the tears welling up in her dark
eyes.
Maud eame up behind her, and with
lter hand on her shoulder, and her lips on
her cheek, whispered:
"Will it do, mother?"
"Yes, my love."
"You see I was between Scylla and
Charybdis,. with that letter, mother. I
did not wish to wrong,my dear father'e
confidence, tie to wound and distress my
dear Falconer."
"Your good, true instincts have guided
you safely between the two, my love."
"Is it all right, then, mamma?"
"All right, my darling."
"And there is nothing to alter?"
"Nothing—enothing, me, love."
"Why are the tears in your yes, sweet
mother?" '
"For joy, and for sorrow, Mand—for
joy in my 0hild's goodness and truth—
for sorrow at her grief. But never mind,"
said the lady, smiling, "a little erial will
not hurt my girl at her age—it -will do
her good."
CHAPTER XXVI.
Maud joined the riding party, who
made a circuit of the Barrier, and re-
turned only in Vete to dress for dinner.
The aftermon and. evening were, as
usual, spent hi the fireside tecreations
of music, reading and eonversation, so
that the maiden found no proper oppor-
tunity of laying her reply to Falconer's
letter before her father until the next
mornipg, when, as was his custom imme-
diately after breakfast, he went to his
study to transact business. Maud Boon
• after followed him thither, and there, as
on the previous morning, site found both
her patents sitting together at the writ.
ing-table, with a diagram before them,
and deep in coneultation over a plan for
a parsonage to be built at the Summit
for Mr. Level. And when indeea were
Daniel Hunter and Augusta ever
found deeply engaged, but in plants
for the welabebig of others? So softly
had Maud entered that they were ine
sensible of hu presenee, until she ap-
proached the table —tben both looked
around and smilingly held out their
hands to draw her in between them, Then
Matid put her letter in her father's Ilan&
but before she could withdraw hee owtr
hand, Daniel Hunter closed her fingers
over her letter, Ana put it 'front him,
stnilingly 'saying'
el have Oiled. eonficlenee ht eltild
—and de not need to read her torrea-
pondence."
Maud Muddled with pleasure anti the
tears sprang to her eyes and at flint
mornent sat felt that she would nob
wrong his eonfidenee for a kingdom --
far her lover—for anything under hea-
ven.
"nut 3ron and send it for me,
fathera" fittbere" she asked,. emiliegly.
"Yee, my love, ff you wielneatty it
ou the table."
Maud laid her letter down, and turn,
ell to Mire, bue with a lingering look
that her father tsaW Mid untlersteted, and
artewered, by geeing:
"You nectin't em, my atotr„,anletta ;feat
wish. IIere, take my place, end see If
you eau assist!! your inothee• by suggest -
lug Any improvement ht that portico of
the ptuatenage,"
And he arose from his seat and ma le
ly piaceti bis daughter in it, And then
he went and drew a clutix up to the op•
pceite side of the table and sat down
a,nd 'took a sheet of paper to eneiose
atand's letter, with a few lines from him-
self to Falconer. 11e wrote:
trausmit to you ray dear girlat let-
ter and approve and indorse all she .bas
wirtteu aud promisea. Wilt you uot
strive to merit and win thie good girl.
You .are too chivalric, I am sure, coolly
to wish to snatch a prize you have not
earned, Centiliter me your rag easily
alienated friend,"
And then be rang for a messenger, to
whom he gave the letter, with orders
to take it at once to Silver Creek.
And this letter Was curie(' to lettleon-
ea But the hot-headed, self-willed, pas-
sionate bay, so recently and so ureex-
pectedly bereaved. of his idol ana his
darling; with his home desolate, his
heart still bleeding from its ruptured
ties, his blood. on fire with love tend grief
,and fear and. rage—like a yoimg tiger
suddenly spoiled of his mated was In no
mooa truly to appreciate the noble cou-
fidence and generosity of the father, or
the beautiful, filial piety of the daugh-
ter, His love, besides, was too fierce and
jealous in its exolusiveness to endure
the thought of any interferenee between
them, especially that of her father, of
Daniel Hunter, whom, from the bottom
of ids heart, he bated and. detested, as
the stern, unsparing despot who was the
cause of his family's fall. And to this ba-
scule and obstinate piece of gross in-
justice was added the fatal self-decep-
tion with which he -persuaded himself of
the validity of his claim to Maud, and
.eonsequently of the supposed double deal-
ing and fraudulent policy of her father.
He deigned no answer whatever to Mr.
Hunter's letter, which he stigmatized as
an insolent attempt to patronize him.
But to Maud he wrote a fierce, scathing
reply. For so did rage and jealousy war
in his heart with love that be would
almost as willingly have stranaled as em-
braced the maiden, had she been in his
power. Re sent that precious testimou-
ial of his affeetion for her, and then af-
ter a little while, when it was gone be-
yond recall—when lie felt certain that
it was in her hands, and that she was
weeping over it—his mood chnnged, and
he could have thrust his hand into the
fire and burnt it off, for having written
it. And he felt •as if he would have giv-
en his life to have recalled it. He steode
up and down the floor, and called him-
self an idiot! a madman! a devil! a
beast! a combination of all four. And
ha wished that somebody would have the
kindness to blow his deaperate brains
out. And then he sat down and wrote
sheet after sheet with passionate peni-
tence, and then, disgusted with bis work
tere them to pieces, and threw them
into the fire, and embed from the house
and fled up the mountain -side to hurl
himself and lose his agony amid the aw-
ful solitudes of nature. It was late in
the night when he returned, • calm be-
cause wearied, and he sat up till morn-
ing to write to Maud. And this letter
satisfied him and. he sent it.
The young girl bad just returned from
her morning ride, when Little Len over-
took her, rode up and placed it in her
hand, and having her father's sanction
now, she immediately retired to her room
to read it. It was even more impas-
sioned, despairing, deeperate than first.
He spoke eloquently of the awful, the
stunning suddenness of the bereave-
ment that had. left his heart and home
and life desolate; he said that his house
was intolerable, because he missed her
from her old pla.ce at he tireside:
"Your little sewing chair a.nd work
basket almost break my heart, And
your chamber—it was e suicidal thing
to do, and I fouta it so—but went
into yonr chamber, and ,saw .all your
little things—yone toilet table and glass,
your bed, your chest of drawers—and
on the floor your slippers that you used
to wear about, the house—everything to
remind me of the loving little wife, so
cruelly titled from my bosom just as
she was made my own! Was ever any
act so ruthless—any suffering so mad-
dening in the world? I tell you, Sylvia,
I threw myself down upon the chamber
floor, over those two little elms, and 1
wept like a cbild, howled. like a wild
beast, and raved like a demon! Life is
worthless, and worse than .worthless,
without youl—it is intolerablel—it is a
long. ierotraeted torture, whose every
pulse is a pahgl—I cannot, and will hot,
endure it. I will cast it off as quickly
as T. would' an oppressive burden! 1
can die for you, but I cannot live with-
out you."
Farther down he wrote: "You are my
wife in the sight of heaven and earth,
e do not want any pried or any edam)
to tell Me so—I know it. And your
father khows it, else he never would
take the temporizing course he does.
You are my wife; and love none on
earth—not a being on earth but you;
all the rest of the world Might go, if 1
had only you—you. could live any-
where with you; in the woods, in a cave,
irt an open boat on the sea; could die
with you) but I cannet be !separated
from you, tannot, Sylvia; madness or
death must ensue," Again, near the
conclusion, he wrote: "Come to Me, my
owh, my beloved, my familial' rlarlihg—
eoene and erring light and joy once mere
to my darkened, desoiated home." •
There were untny pages filled with
just such. desperate lamentations aria
ravings as these, .And the maiden read •
and wept ea if her heart would break,
Keenly—keenly felt his sorrows! ana
never, never had her affection for -the
boy, whose very necessities endeared
him the more tO her heart—been so deep
attd solieitous, Sheeanswered his letter
immediately; tenoweng all her forinee
aesuratices of unchanging affection and
aidelitya expeeeeleg her painful eyna-
pethy with hta griefs; telling him that
his watt; of faith in her fattier and in
herself was the chief raiment in his nn-
lutppinese; flually begging him to cohfide
in her father, Areept his invitation, tted
beim to site her at the Ma She de.
spateheel this iettet. •
And that very tame afeernoon bale
crate an anewer—just as mad rts any of
its predecessonaairt the course of whieh
he told her that toeinvito him to visit
her there itt the Hall,. where he should
see leer only in circle of fine -ladle's
awl gentlemen, whose premenee would
prevent him, though his bosom were
bursting from relieving it, by speaking
-one true henrtaword to her—was a
ritoekery, and worett then 4 mockery',
HO did not Wailt that—that Were the
fete of Tantalus. Not he wanted her iu
ids 'mime .Atiti this, he saki, Was ide
last eppeal, Would mite come, he asked;
would she come ana reetore lain to MM..
self? Title Wag 311$ Mat optima he ee.
peated. If tate would lieten to it; from
the moat wretched, ehe rende/
hint the happiest .being on earth! If
she would mit, then hie home and neigh-
berhood, grown hateful and intolerAble,
would be abandoned; he should Sell All
he posseeeed, and go off; he knew not,
cared net, wherel to meet he knew not,
',nett Dot, what Wel There, silo had
his life, hie roam', 1de destiny here and
hereafter, In her Mends. Would she eina
eifiee hien? • •
The bitten tears that meeden bad
ever tilted wee epaed upon hie letter;
Dot elm was not for a =meet tempted
to swerve from. duty, Site answered it
sadly, but firmly; reassuring him of her
undying Affection, but yeiterating her
resolution never to wrong her father's
confidence; aria eaying: "11 I coald do
PA you urge me, loalcOner; if vould so
forget what I owe to my parents; if
tould so deceive and betray their trust,
I should be forever unworthy ef your
confifience,, anti you. alioula never trust
mo more," • And she ended her letter
with the znoet earnest assurances ot her
sympathy Lied affection for him, bar
faith in her dutye and her hope in Um
future. This letter was also despatched,
But days passed, and she received no
enswer to it, nor heard any news
of the youth. At length, one
morning, she received a, passion- ,
ate, sorrowful, and bitterly accuse-
tive letter from Faleoner; telling her
that he bad disPesed ef all his posses-
sions in Allegiteny County, and lead left
the neigaborbood, and bidding len fare-
well forever I Thie letter had beet plac-
ed in Iter bends by her maid, as soon ae
she eves out of bed in the nuerning She
read it In a sort of mournful amaze-
ment, and Men asked &lean -when it
had been brought. Her meld replied
that Little Len had brought it the
night arevious, after the" family had re.
tired, and that Len seal his young mate
ter had thAt morning taken the stage for
Baltimore. In a sad bewilderment the
maiden threw on lier dreasing-gown, and
taking the /otter with her went to aer
parents' apartment, Arriveh at the doer,
she rapped, and asked: It'
"May I come in, dear mother ?"
"Yes, enter my darling," answered the
sweet voice of Mrs. Hunter.
And Maud opened the dor, and passed
into the dauber. Her father, in hie
deessing-gown- and slippers, sat in an
easpeltair before the fire, taking life
"easy", Her mother. in her graceful
morning wrapper, had arisen to meet
her, with a senile of affectionete wel.
come; but something in Mauchs tone of
voice, and something in her voice alarm-
ed the lady, and she haetened forward
and took her hand, exclaiming:.
"My dear child."
Maud. silently pressed her band and
carried it to her lins and held up Fel.
coher's note to view, and then weet on
and handed it to her father. Daniel
"Hunter first drew her to his bosom, anti
embraced her fondly-, and then set her
down upon his knees, and put his arm
around her waist, • white he read. the
note. Mrs. Hunter stood behin,d him,
and with her hand upon his shoulder
leaned over and followed him in the per-
usal. When it wet over, he feaded end
returned it to Maud, saying, kindly.'
"Do not let this matter trouble -feu
too much, my child. I have the will and
the power to bring good. out of this.
Trust in me, my child."
And pressing a idss upon her brow;he
passed her into the charge of her mo.
ther. '1VaINIri
"I will go with you to your room, my
love," said the lady, taking her hand
and leading her from the chamber.
When they reached the maiden's room
Mrs. Hunter drew her daughter 'within
her arms, and with a troubled and fore-
boding heart gazed upon her face. Two
crimson spots blazed upon Maud's
cheeks, her dark -blue eyes were peace.
naturally dilated, and'the purpled veins
upon the snowy forehead. and temples
were full, distended and throbbing.
"You are not well, my darling."
aYes, sweet mother."
"But you are not; your face is flush-
ed—your head is so hot," she said,
passing her hand ,OVer the burning fore-
head; ayeur head ie so hot."
"la is only the headache, dear moth- '
er; am apt to have the headache when -
aeything—any trouble—sleock what
was T. saying? 0111 gave mei" exclaim-
ed the midden, and ehe reeled and fell.
Mrs. Hunter raised and livid her on
te bed, and rang violently for assist- '
once.
Mies Hunter's maid. came hurrying in,
and was ha.stily dispatched for Mr. Hun. •
ter, who speedily entered the chamber, :
tel find his wife standing, wringing her
hands, over the insensible form of their.
daugliter.
A physician was immediately sent for.
And as soon as the intervening distance '
permitted, old Dr. Holey arrived, and
was conducted to the bedside of the suf•
fuer. He pronouuced her illness a mild '
type of brain fever, superinduced by
mental excitement. Yes! the sorrow
and anxiety of the last few weeks—pati-
ently tia they bed been borne kindly as
they had been soothed—had overcome
the sensitive, finely tempered oeganiza-
tion, and excitement reached its elintax
in fever.
Her illness was not long or severe,
and at no period of •it Wee her life in
danger. In two vetIcs she was able to
sit up in an easy chair, or recline upon
the low sofa, before her ehaanber fire.
And Mrs. Rutter, who had been her Sok
nurse during her illness, was her eon-
stant companion in her convaleseence.
And these were pleaeant dzys, arid re-
miaded the mother mid daughter of a
previous convaleseenee of the latter,
which she reverted to as being the
sweetest reminiscence of, the past:
And while the young girl was thus
gaining strength daily, Daniel Hunter
made a journey to Beltimore, that
took him from home for a
week, Atd by the time he
returned, his daughter wits going about
tbe house as usual.
The morning atm: his tterival, he sett
for Maud to cone: to him in bis study.
She Weet, and found hini sittiog in his
lenther chaire with Mira Harriet tear
him, ea usual.
Indeed it was a taro thing to see them
npart; for the years that passed over
their heeds bub drew them the eloser
together—they were -truly one—oue
thought, affection and purpose. In early
life, 1PIrs. Hunter had, (Is a matter of
conseienee, avoided taking rthy part in
the stntesman's political toils, cared and
anxieties, lest he shoula not afterward
be Able' to' enjoy that thorough rest and
recreation in her society, wide)) he other-
wise raj& have dote, But as timer pats -
ed, Augusta lied felt bertelf• drawn in
resistialy more on& more into .cloeer
closer companionship in, all the men'a,
the ,aliflatithropist'se. the ' tatesmaies
terests, thougats, 'plans and purposes.
And this althea union made both he.p-
pier, Her trornitgee warnever lie • teed*
ed. hoe, or 'thought We mead. her, Were
paSsed with Daniel taunter in his etudy;
end in the evenitige, their labor end eare.s
Were forgotten in the family' eirele
terelenti the fire, But this by the wa.y.
tTo bo continued.) .
ENGLISH DOYS TO -DAY.
rear That They Are Degenerating Into
Ihsintelligence.
/Quay ,per eent, of oor eehoolbo,ye are
;being educated to passent a flewlese
emootlinetts of numtal aurface; very soon
they will Shell' all equally monotonotte
'tameless. of phyeleal build. Now what
is the euteeme et all this undue Con,
straint on et, tad's eharacter? There is
remain to suppose that its died is one
of compreseion on the llama; as repute
its result on the disposition, it le neces-
sary to speak with caution. It is per-
haps impossible accurately to sum up
the average cherecteristies of the aver.
ago produet of our athletic school sys-
tont; but, broAdly speaking, such a boy
mey be described fie an incarnate !lune,
cane; for his existeace is a continuous
bangiug about, he is Naturally itnpatient
with everything out of keeping with ids
own robust being, is intolerant of any-
thing purely literary or artistic, treats
with eontenipt( thanks to Alio precept'
•Aud example of ids directore) all "non -
'sportsmen," and, when he has reached.
sixth form status, confines his literary
studies out of sehool hours to -certain
gaudy weeklies 'and one or two "muscu-
lar" monthlies. lie itas a fluent out -
mend of language which is not English.,
is apt to be rough in manner, and is by
im means free Irom. whet the moralists
call .viciouenees.
On the other hand, he is pot without
some .good qualities—uotably a certain
bloff straightforwardness arising in part
from his steady obedience to the &port-
ing maxim of "fair play" and. in part
from his usual want of mental depth.;
he shows in his quieter moments a pat-
ronizieg comideration for his weaker
brethren, and now and then there peep
out traits of charaeter which tell us
that, given e happier training, he might
not have unide bis life incessantly rotate
round. a center of muscle unaffected by
other worthier eentere.
In fact, there is every sign that many
of out boys aro degenerating into an un-
intelligent animalism—From the West-
minster Review,
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Teddy's Promise.
I've got a little sister now;
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She's really pretty fine;
It inekes me Mighty proud to think
That she is truly mine;
And when she's grown as big as me,
let bar have my toys;
'not is, I mean, the ones that are not
suitable for boys.
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DOCTOR WANTED
TO AMPUTATE.
Woman's Toe Saved by Zam-Buk,
But for the timely arrival of a box of Zara -
Bak, Mrs. 13. V, Veneer, 34 Myrtle street,
St Thomas, Out., would have lost her tea.
She days: "I .turt Most thabkful I discovered
ihe existence of Zam-Buk. For about 9 mouths
I suffered cruelly from the effeets of having
a corn removed from my little toe, for with
lias removal a hole remained and my toe was
ia.a terrible state. nor months was...unable
to wear a oboe and as the toe ehowed no
signs of healing and was in such a shooking
condition the Doctor thought it necessary to
amputate it. About thLs time I received a
sample box of Zara-Buk and :begau using it
on my too. The first application gave me the
greatest ease from pain and encouraged me
to give Zam-Buk a thorough trial. Two
months after commencing witilt Zahn-Buk
there was no sign of a hole for the flash had
grown in very firmly and all soreness and
Pains were entirely banished. Zam-Buk
brought about this healing when al1 other
remedies failed. We find zasn-auk so valu-
able that we would not be without a box
the house."
Zara-Buk heals cuts, bruises, old wounds,
running sores, eczema, ulcers, boils, erup-
CODS, scalo sores, itch, piles, ("halved hands,
burns, scalds and ell skin diseases 60o box,
all druggists and stores, or Zam-Bult Co., To-
ronto, 3 boxes $1.26.
The Rival.
(By Theodore Hinman Shrunons.)
He told nay Nell—it was a lie—
He shook his head and said that, I
Hod -smiled upon another maid
Quite unashamed; and she displayed
Her pleasure M her glances shy.
He then - went on—the rascal shy—
To sympathize, and; with a sigh,
"Your lover's faithless, I'm afraid,"
He told my Nell.
At first she made a proud roply:
"He faithless? That L must deny!"
But well he lied and long he stayed
Till he convinced her—fickle jade !—
And that is how, and when, and why,
He tolled my knelll
Minard's Liniment Co., Limited;
Sirs,—I have used IVIINARD'S LINI-
MENT for the past 25 years and whilst I
have occitaionally use other liniment.%
eau safely say that I have never used
any equal to yours.
If rubbed between the hands and in-
haled frequently, it will never fail to
cure cold in the head in twenty-four
hours.
It is also the Best for bruises, sprains,
etc. Yours truly,
Dartmouth. J. G. LESLIE.
THE LIMIT.
Weary—Times is certainly hard.
Bleary—You bet 1 If steamboats
were sellin' at ten cents apiece, we
couldn't buy the echo of the whistle.
ENGLISH SPAVIN LINIMENT
Removes all hard, soft and calloused
lumps and blemiehes from horses, blood
spavin, eurbs, spliots, ringbone, sweeney,
stifles, sprains, gore and sivollen throat,
coughs, eta Save $50 by• use of one
bottle. Warranted the most wonderful
Blemish Cute ever known. Sold by drag -
gists,
Ketosene Oust Cloth.
Dip a piece of cheesecloth it kerosene
ana let evaporate. Then use the cloth tts
a duster'. It will take up dust without
scattering it ana polish at the same time,
II* right Stela coiling fattens 6.4814 1>ainiti5es
inyintaiior., is cleanly and lasts almost forever,
Seeli It collet is esiity put art, and cods no mora
than tha tot:tenon Learn thb Neu about
r'EtILAK, GRA
Morellott g,oeo clesleg, suitable &revery age.
Side.wallsm coos! variety tont/Mt, Lef
send Yoe a Look that tells the wind* story of
the toiling dial shows no sesta.. Addiest— en
Atm
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tiontrral Ottalos Toronto tellitettlintatipte
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'WHAT FOOLS I'VE
MORTALS BE!"
The Histety of a Fecri Caln. Never
he Written', accuse it Never
Could Record the froth, end
History Knows Nought
But Truth,
That immortal poet who RAW. tlde
important and meaningful question was
0110 of tile keenest diesectore of humen
nature. One of the meet striking
illuetratione of this truth came to light
ti few days. ago, when a man lying on
his dying bed with eausumntion was
reeomittencled by hie own brother and a
Siete: tile presence of us, to take
PsyclAne, as it had cured both of them,
an hereditary predisposition to lung
weakness being somewhat: strongly
marked in the :family. The answer was,
"Yes, if the doctor recommends it." But,
as wits to be expected, the doctor etaid,
"Oh, I can give just as good medicate As
Psyehine." Basalt:. The doctor's natient,
who got lust as good. mullein° as
Psyeldne," is in his eced, cold grave to-
4ay, while his brother and sister, both
of whom were pronounced as hopelees
consumptivem by the best pilysicians,
theough taking Paychine fire as healthy
apecimens of Inananity as mut be found,
The brother who had been. cured said to
the writer laeside the grave of his bro..
then, "Wh'itt fools we mortals be," re-
ferring to his brother's. followiug the
edvice of an unwise medical adviser:
"I herewith send my photo ena testi-
monial for Psyeltine. r was given up 10
yeers ago as au incurable consuitzptive,
by Prof. Lyman, Rush Medical College,
Chicago. I suffered wend. years after
this, until I heard of Psyehine, and
through it I was restored to perfect
health, which I have enjoyed for the past
ten years. My sickness began first with
catarrh of the head. I readily acIvise
catarrh and la grippe sufferers to take
Psychiue.
"MRS. A, WELLS,
"Lynclall, Man."
Psychine (pronounced si-keen) is the
most wonderful cure known to medical
science for coughs, • colds,. la grippe,
Catarrh, pneutuonia,, pleurisy, night
,sedeats, chills, wasting diseases, con-
sumption and stomach troubles. At
all druggists, 50c.. and $1,00, ae Dr, T. -
A. Slocum, Limited, 1711 King Street
West, Toronto.
Mormons in Mexico.
The wonderfua >success of the Mormon
colonies in the northweStern part of
Ohilmathaa and in northeastern Sonora
is little appreciated in Mexico, where
they alone of all foreigners have &mom-
plished their aim—colonization. They
now number fully 4,000 souls, 3,500 in
Ohihuelme, and 500 in Sonora. They are
prosperous to a high degree, have beau-
tiful homes, splendil school houses and
an educational system, good farms and
orchards, good cattle, horses and hogs,
and in every way their settlements
would pass naueter with the thrifty
farming settlements in, the western part
of the United kaates.
The Mormons in. Mexico are an exaan-
ple• of the best in a quiet, law abiding
people. It is exceedingly aeldom that the
authorities bave any trouble with a
Mormon, and- they pay.their taxes for
the support •df the Government better
than the Mexicans themselves do. For
thrift and industry, they were begun a
what can be done M building up the
country materially and are thereby an
example to all .with whom they are in
contact.
These aformon colonies wer begun a
litble more than twenty years ago, when
people of that faith began coming over-
land in wagons from Utah, Arizona and
other parts of the United States to set-
tle in Chihuahua.—alexican Herald.
Get acquainted NAAth
Black Wald
the big black plug
chewing tobacco. .A.
tremendous favorite
everywhere, because of
its richness and pleasing
flavor.
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Wise and Otherwise.
"Do you believe that everybody has
one novel in lame" 'I don't knoev. But,
judging from the number of 'reeks con -
gently turned out, I should say that
everybody believed he had."—Washing-
ton Star.
'Who does not tire achieves.—Spanish.
Bing—Yes that's old Spriggings. Half
a dozen doetors have given him up at
various times during his life., 'Wing—
What was the metter with him? Bing
—Ha wouldn'b pay his bills.—Tit-Bita r
'laid you think Miss ,Tawkins hash!
speaking eyes?" "rm. sure I don't
know," replied the young lady, "If she
'had, her mouth wouldn't give them a
chance to be heard,"—Chicago• Reeord-
Herald.
Do one thiug at a time, and the big
things firsa--Abraham Lincoln.
Fond mattnua—I took Daisy to get
some now stockiugs to -day, ancl I had
to get her ones several sizes too large.
She complained all of her oven size I
tried oh aurt her." Knowing papa—My
dear, Christmas is coming.—Baltimore
American,
Lips however rosy must be fed.—
French.
"Now, Miss Florodora, why did you
elloot the mat?", "Because." "That's
our •ease, gentlenaen of the jury."—Ken-
eas City Journal.
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KOWTOWING.
A Chinette- Custom to Which Fertiln.
sr* Hatte Objected.
The Minoan eeneor nes nseraeriased
the throne on thenecesaity of ekoliallin$
the degrading custom of high native
Mtnistere of the. aarown kOWWWIng and
addreming or replying to their Majesties'
on bottled knees. Kowtowing,' he been a
frni ful theme for diseusolou Aga centre-
versy ever since the nations of the West
fleet invaded the shores of the great ea.
traI kingdom. Hitherto the question
-concerned only those who came from.
foreign Wade on diplomatic or other 1121E,
ISSTILP NO-
.
LOGIC,IiT, 1105.00 ,
HIS $15.00 Locket is the
euggesting that the kowtow was a dea _ shown. lt is made of heavy
best value we have ever
sions. No one for a moment thought ot
grecling custom ao for aa the Ohinessi ‘.
The kotatow befere the throne eonsiate . 411k:0011%4 oaf° 1fidn ea nqdu a lei toyn,taainnds aa
aigh officials thenaselves were cemented' 1 , .
jin kneeling three times anal touching th
Whiten), diplentots and. other% in vitille A # # # I
,, #:' • IT is equally suitable.aS a gift
i .. space for two photograph&
ground with the bood, thrice at e
geeuflexion,
their opposition to the performaoee of .6.7 t ettner to a lacy or gentleman,
have not been in the past unanineoue In
tives faun the Brat have consistenti le- , 't A iv v ITHOUT the stone we
the bewtew, but the British representin
an supply the same
fuse& to submit to et. Lord Mune ney,
who arrived in 'China in 1793 as the head
of the first Britieh Erabassa, when pre-
senting his credentials wetted only eon -
sent to bend. one knee In, the preemie° a
the Emperor. Over twenty years elaps- •
ed. before the second Britiele mission ar-
rived in China. The question of the kow-
tow was again raised, a.nd as a result of RYRIE BROS09
his refutal to perform the eerenionY
gules of politeness iu vogue M the Celes- —a-77
tor4 le:veleRamibmiyrhee.get Bwmaps ernoeiv.,erwhoof firelsaul elyd rean-
imperial edict to the effect that the Bri-
tish Ambassador had not observed, the
The French Ambassador sent to China
in 1844 received, special inetructions not
to submit to the kowtow. These instruc-
tions, however, he ignored, as he held
the opinion that Ambassadors must con-
duct themselves according to the usages
of the covet to which they were accred-
ited. The whole queation during the
last ball century haft assumed an alto-
gether different aspect. For over one
hundred years prior to the establishment
of permanent foreign legations in the
Chinese eapital in 1800 European repre-
Locket in 14k gold at $7.00 or
10k at $5,00, and engrave
any monogram free of charge.
Sind for our EtirEatOgue.
1i
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184.138 Yonge St.
TORONTO
CalOrd of the Mediterranean.
The ccdors'of the waters of the Medi.
ternmean vary considerably at different
seasons of the year, and in different lo-
calities. During storms and boiaterous
weather it assumes a deep green, and
• sometimes a brownish tint; but when
calm and undisturbed, it is of a bright
deep blue. In the Bosphorus and among
the islands of the Archipelago it is of
'varying tints, in some places being of it
liquid 'blue graduating into a brighter
green, and in others assuneing a blue so
sentatives were not accorded all inmeeial...deep in its intensity as ahnost to ap-
audience. Since that date the kowtow proaeh a purple.
has never been insisted upon.—North I
China Herald. Minard's Liniment Cures Diphtheria.
Shiloh'sliosretintst 21T
thesharpest cough
—try it on a guar-
antee of your
money back if it
doesn't actually
. CURE quicker
than anything you
ever tried. Safe to
and Colds .1ttaktoe,—hurnottheivnegn
QUICKLY ssuhcicie...,,,:ocrrunuree_nd
baby. 34 years of
25c., 50c., $1. 315
Was Skinny.
Here is a bit of dramatic criticism
from the Athens (Kas.) Eagle: "We
thouglit that the citizeus of Athens re-
spected and desired freedoni of the press.
Apparently they do ant. James B.
Parker, weose wife is taking the part of
Juliet in the charity series, objected to
our calling her skinny, and waited for
us at the theatre last night. Fortun-
ately we caught him one ma the eye,
which destroyed some of the effect his
objection might otherwise hove borne."
leeinard's Liniment Cures Colds, ete.
Cure
Cures
Coughs
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Future Battleships and Guns.
The battleship of the future will ba of
great size; displacement will be not less
than 20,000 tons; and this will increase
so rapidly that a 30,000 ton ship will
probably be afloae before the close of
the next decade. The main armament
will consist exclusively of heavy guns of
not less than 12 inches calibre, and un-
les,s the difficulty of eroision • can be
overcome the 12 inch will give place to It quickly eeduces the swelling—draws out
a 13 inch and possibly to a i4 inch piece. tbe pain—and cures.
Future engagements will be fought at Mira Ointment may save many it roan arid
an extreme range, the extent of which woman from the knife. Don't think a being
will be limited only by the ability of the operated ott for Piles, when Mira Ointment.
fire chntrol officer to see the fall of the costs only 50c. a box -6 for $Z.50. itial Size
shots. The determination of- the range 25c. Used with Mira Blood Tonic and Tablets.,
at which an engagement shall be fought e
will lie with the fleet whioh possesses berate Co. of Cenado, Limited—Toronto—Hamilton.
reduces a quicker cure. At drug Stores et
the faster speed.—Scientifie Amerieat.
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Minard's Liniment Cures Distemper,
•
Tennessee Tomatoes.
1,3 a
Fifty Miles by Wireless Telephone.
Another wireless telephonic feat .laas
juat been accomplished by the Atnalga-
mated Radio Telegraph Company, of
Berlin, Germany. Perfect communeca-
tion was obtained over 50 miles an land
between the company's laboratory, near •
Berlin, and a small station at Juteabog.
This feat is regarded as all the more,
remarkable, since the whole city, with
its multitude of disquietiug influencee,
intervened. It is said that this long-
distance communication without wires
was aehieved by uaing the underfed and
continuous waves generated by the
Poulsen system, and that questions and
anewers were exchanged without inter-
ruption.
IT 00 1.41
Etaaga. Prairie Swatches and every fora or
contagious Itch on human or animals cured
in 2.0 minutes by Wolford's Sanitary Lotion.
•It never fans. Sold by druggists.
A
Distingu ish ing Terms.
"Father," said little Rollo, "what is a
speculator?"
"Anyone, my son, who goes into Wall
street and loees."
"And what is a financier?"
"Anyone who goes into Wall street
and wins."—W'ashington Star.
Itching, Bleeding Piles.,
Itching and bleeding stop an soon as you apply,
that splendid Ointment—
TRADE HARR REGisTERED. ac,
In Claiborne county, Tennessee, more
than 700 acres were planted this year in
tomatoes, and to bandit) the estimated
erop of 1,000,000 bushels about 2,000,000
quart cans were brought into the county
at an outlay of $40,000. Nearly 50
canneries, big and little handled the
erop.—Southern Farm Tvfahgazine.
.
atinard'e Liniment Cures Garget in Cows.
A Chrlsemas Song.
At the break of Christmas Day,.
Tbrough the frosty starlight rutgitte,
Faint and sweet and far away
earnest he sound of thildren sinteleg,
Chanting, singing,
"Cease to mourn,
For Christ is born.
Petiee and joy to all men bringing!"
Careless that the ebill winds blow,
Gt•ovving stronger, sweeter, dearer,
Noitieless footfalls in the snove
Bring tim hanpy voicee nearer.
Hear tbein singotg,
"Winter's &ear,
Bub Christ is here.
Mirth and gladness with Min bringing!" o
"Merry Christmas!" hear them say,
As tliO oest is growing lighter;
"May the joy of Christmas day
Make your whole year gladder, bright -
eft"
Sobs their singing, I 1 h
"To eacir home . , •
Our Christ has come, ti
4.11I0VO'S trettenree with Hint bringingl/t
—Margaret Deland, DOOlc Xewi•
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REACHING THE HEIGHTS.
World's Peaks Graddally Conquered by
Mountain -Climbers,
'Mutes prospects of scaling the world's
higheat peaks aro descussed by a writer
M The Technical World Magazine, Ito
-11T+: It is just fifty yeara since moun,
Lamming became a science. Virst the
Ups were conquered; then the Caucasus
range. Gradoally the climber developed
eito trnined explorer and mapmaker,
Attaeleed the _New Zealand peaks, the
mighty Andes ontl then the "Batumi of
Wm:day." where the central African
"Mountains of the Moon," held mysteri-
oils and sacred foe Ages, were tot ex-
empt from invasiorh and terrible Ru-
wenzori was conquered last year by the
Hake of Abruzzi.
Thua the Seviat pastime of Huxley ana
Tyndall itself becaano an elaborate
scieme, as may he teemed in. the recent
•
of Sit Williaan Mertin Conway, great-
est of livitig alpinists. Beginning with
a traverse a the Alps fent end to end,
he went on to the Karakoram Ilimala-
las. Here he restated, twenty-two thou-
sand feet after Many adventures, great
utlay arta nmeh ,suffering. Ire survey -
el and mapped two thousand inilee
lie 'etcetera mightiest range. Next eame
he desolate Denim of Aretia Spitzber-
ma mid after them the lowerieg domes
Sora,ta ancl 1111m/the in 'the Miles
13olivia And lastly, Aroucagua and
be glaciers of Terra del. Fuego.
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Ministers, Marriage Feet. This
tl
Teetotaller Politician.
If I were a modern Caesar the men
would dread in public life are not the
lean and the hungry but the men who
are the teetotallere. It may be that the
removal of the soothing influmace of wine
gives to a teetotaller a keenness of in-
terest and .pereimial freshness of vigor.
Whatever the reason, the most formid-
able • and most ambitious pelitiela,ns
my experience am the teetotallers.—
From P. T. 0. .. .
CURIOUS ABOUT ZINC.
Which Creates a Good 13it of
Interest.
There seems to be more public curia:t-
ie:it respecting zinc Hutu any other metal,
writes Wissenfuer Alice This is due -
probably to the tart.that other meads;
come morn into the delly life and ere,
therefore better understood. The in-
crease in tat use 18 very greet in most_
nntions of the globe.
Ag an article of commerce eine is
known spelter. Several of the com-
pounds of eine make active medicines,
although in its pure metallic state it pro.
duces no effect on the human economy,
It is used extensively for 'engraving
plates for galvanic batteries, for roofing
and ?or coating telegraph tend other
wires.
As zinc hos a low point of melting
and molds desirably v.ith sharp imprea-
sions, it ie used a great deal for coating,
works 'of various kinds, such as statuette
statuettes and ortamental aesigns. One
of the most itnportant uses to whale
An? is put is the Netting of other tnetala
to protect them froth the elements whew
exposed to moisture prevents the net
from penetrating the metal and Nether
oxidation becomes impossible.
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To the Memory of it
FEMALE ,STRANGER,
Wbose mortal sufferinge terminated
"1 have questioned mAny clergymen in On the Ilth:ifattiectober, 18I0.
stone is placed here by bet- *lino*.
Aged 211 years ana 8 mouths.
onteeted wilt eases, bet 1 never yei Husband, in whose 'ante
eve found eme who kept A themorandst,n 'she sighed out her
r cash account of his Illattinfa fOerl.," Latest breath, 'and who, muter (la,
aid. en attorney who had been listening Did his utmost even to ;Rooth* the veld
0 testimony of tho Rev. John l'attlanet
f Philadelphia, in the Greenough edit. dull ear of death.
How loyal, how veinal owe avails thee. '
taatrl.lelati)11;161tb:e711Citotluaen teetifying ae to not,
=triage teremony he Was Imre te ATohlovalipolonf rdelliastte4tazatleevnittetientostioi fhiehaeoot..,
are perfornied. twenty-one rem ago.
allo," he ssiti, laughingly, "et thlt 'Tie all thou art and all the proud 1.1r:tlf
be.
Me Whey artilt out oi my poekks an "To Him gave all the Prophets. witmes
eon after. it went. in that I never had that titrongh /lis name whosoever be..
haritottOtellonteltteittorita, Noll book."---Vrom 'Wroth in Him AMR receive remission at
sins."--Atatm, 10 chap., 43 veree.
—VA