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Continued from second pa&). -LATEST SCOTTISH NEWS.°
her shoulder, and, with the charm that
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never failed: she talked and caressed her . The Queen is expected to arrive at
sister until she had overcome all objections. Balmoral on the 27th of August.
But during the loug hours of that night:- Large numbers of young grouse have
a fairlead tossed wearily to and fro on its been drowned in the nests on the moors by
- pillow, a fair face was stained with bitter . the heavy and continuous rains.
tears, Litnel Dacre lingered, half hoping :
that eRecently a considerable portion of the
Ven at the last she would come sand • great .eastern arch of the Kelso Abbey
_ bid him stay because she wished to tell
him all. . , tower fell. Several other portions are in
an unsatisfactory state.
But the last moment came, and no -
messenger from Lillian brought the longed Of the eight principal towns in Scotland
for words. He passed out from the hall.: Greenock showed the lowest rate of
"He coulknot refrain from looking once at mortality for the week 'ending July 2nd.
the window of her room, but the blind was Paisley stood highest.
closely drawn. He little knew or dreamed Professor Blackie has out his connection
how and why he -would return. with Oban on the introduction of railways.
Thursday morning dawned bright and : He is disgusted with its intrusion, on._ his
beautififi, as thongh autumn iviehed to country house at Altnacraig.
surpass the glories of summer. Beatrice
The London Scottish Volunteers -have
bad not told Lillian when she was going to t
meet Hugh, partly because she dreaded her I resolved to attend the review by the Queen
siiter's anxiety, partly because she did noat Edinburgh this month. They are to be
wish any one to know how long she might ' very hospitably entertained.
• be with him ; for Beatrice anticipated:a I . Melrose Was visited lately. by a large
•painful interview, although she felt sure of 1 troop of children from Edinburgh, upwards
ph in the end. , of sixteen hundred- arriving with their
n was ill and unable to rise -*unused' guardians . and friends froin john- Hope's
-.to ganotion, the strain upon her mind had Institution. .
been too great. When Lady Helena Iii-
tened to her maid's rernarks and went up '
to, see her granddatighter, she forbade her
to get up! and Lillian, suffering intensely,
-was only too pleased to obey.
The breakfast party was a very small
one. Lord Earle was absent; he had gone
to Hone. Lady Helena hurried away to
' Sit With Lillian.. Lord Airlie :had been
• smiling very happily over a mysterious
little -packet that had come by post._ He
.. asked Beatrice if she vtoulci go out. with
.-- him -he had something.to show her. They
went out into the parkrinte ding to return
Ct
in tires for luncheon. -- •
' The -morning was 'brit, and calm.
Something of the warmth and beauty of
• summer lingered Still, although the ground'
was strewnwithialIengeaves.
n :
al -Afflict and B.eatrice eat at the foot
,
of
the grand old cedar tree whence they
. could see the distant grimmer of the 'deep,.
still lake.. , The -birds sang around. them,
- and the sin shone brightly:- -Oil the beau-
tiful face of BeatriceEarleher lover read
- nothing but happiness and love.
- "L have. something bete- for yeu,- Bea-
trice," ; said -Lord 'Airlie,. -showing her a
v< little packet," a surprise. ' YOU must
•-, thank me by saying - thatt. what it contains
--:__ - will be more precious to you than_ anything
elseenearth." '- - -----,,---t---:__,
_ • . _ . . . . ,. ..
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, - . • She opened the -pretty-, ease_witturi . it
A rare instance of longevity of animals
has just occurred it Craigend Denniston,
Kilmalcolna, where a mare died aged 36
years. It was bought 16 years ago for 47
and never had an hour's illness.
It is proposed by the War Office to raise
a couple, of battalions of militia onthe
• Borders, with their ' headquarters at
• Berwick -on -Tweed, to forin the 2nd And
3rd Battalionfi of the 25th (King's Own
• Borderers) Regiment. .
Her Majesty, on the -receinmeridation of
Mr. Gladstone, has directed £50 to be pre-
sented to Mr. Sohn Mackintosh, Aberdeen,
author or" History of Civilization hi Scot-
land," as "an acknowledgetient of his neeri-
Oriel's literary labors," - •
The :V *Quilt George de Fontinioy has
been committed for trial -by Sheriff Balfour
on a charge of-- stealing £1,50.0,. worth of
diamond jewellery; the property of -Mutt--
head:dt - Sons, from. the Royal -.Hotel .in
Jul, 1,877: The Atiseount,has heenideitti:
fled by several persons.
- In the Kilreareock Sheriff Court, a toll -
-
man Whit-- sued a.:Roman Catholic priest for
toll upon his carriage in whieh, he drove
through the:bar: to church on Sunday Was
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nonsuited;the Sheriff remarking ;that toll
couldnotbe exacted from any one going to
his usuatplace of worship on Sunday.; -
-• -/-turichlItia_eh_OSen the I:hiked:Sutherland
• • , there lay inc gold ehairc ot-.extlhisite -as thesultjectof one of its "Fancy Por.
--teithieh-sha a locket " of n'arve4cau .beauty. traits." - The. Duke is -_-telifesitutea as
She Uttered a little Cry of surprise; and dressed 111 the kat; ah4..ie-seatekemoking
• ratted the present Other :hands. ; aon the fojernost - part of a railway
"Now thank me," said Lord lecomotive.;-Tlidpicture represents "the
the way I -asked."• •-• Duke finishing his great Aerican-ride of
"What it eofitains more '1?reethtis to 20,000 miles and -----rkawhen
• me theta anything on, earth,"7 she said. he etarted.,, - <
• "You -know that, Haherr; ,you
• The: Edinbiirgh. Merchant Company' -is'
inike me repeat it •- _ • -
one of. tbe.h
- greatest public oons
"Because_ 'like to hear it," be answered,
•
-.' rlike to see my proud love oo int, u -_. which -
Edinburgh
. P° , . ..
ssesses and a deep interest
• *--ble to -Fa fetAninutet ;I like to know th t takenm all *concerning it. For some
,,
1 have caged a bright., one else could tame." wird . - bird that, no time it has been thought highly desirable
. , to introduce some changes in the manage:-
-• " Iam- net caged yet," she objected.
- "Beatrice," said Lord Airlift, " melte me
a- promise:- Let - me fasten this locket
.., around your ne,ck, aud tell me that you
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will not parr with if night or ' day for one
Moine/at-until our Wedding -day."
t "I caneasily prontise. thit„' she,said.
She bent her:. beautiful; head,.. and Lord
Airiie fastened the chain round her throat
He -little knew -what he had done. When
Lord A irliefaitened that Chain -around . the
trient. The whole matter Was referred -to
a committee, which met in private/and who
have unanimotislY recommended- (1).that-
the clerk, instead of being paid by *fees, be
paid by a aXed salary of £1,000 a year, with
an allowance of • x44-0 for clerks; and:;. be
permitted to carry on his.. businese as a
practitioner within the prenaises of ' the
company free of charge; (2) . that there ,be
a, general' treasurer or chamberlain, With a
salary of £500 per annum, to - take -charge
.taeckof, the girt he hived,f -he. hotind her to- °f the financial arrangementeof thevarious
. . him. in li eanin at - he .aid. . d de h, ,.., . trusts connected with the Merchant .Goin-
"ItIceiti charming," . /away ; (3 that Mr: Sohn Scott Mon -err -eft,
- --.----,.. - .
< eVerything beautiful becometi you;Beatricei. i e; At,:who haw been for many Years -tree-
You were born to be -a- queen -who am I
that 1 shouhrhave . Won . you? Tell me
ver agaiti--14 ilex* grow tited of:rjaearing
o. yotilove me?"' - -- ---
sorer , of :Stewart's HO -vital, and. was -se
previous to that bosPital„.being :given :over,
by the late -Mr. Longthore to_the ehargit of
the-cempany,.receive'xi retiring pension Of:
-.-. v." phe-. t041 =lain againi. her face,.gletvitig 2195 per 411411M-11UrintliiS'life;(4) -that
Mit. Sohn McLaren, treasurer of 'Watson's
• 1:with -happiness. lie. bent. -.et-ter . het, ..and
Ilestntal„Who elected fopr.erave years
..)tifiliedvthe sweet face-ttlie T -kissed the littfe.
-whitehAnds,.. and the ringS of dark -hair the, a'42)-°. t116‘t 146°k l'e°0_j-lr:e: an behcrafitiih.el
one yeat'e salary -namely OOP.
wind bIett ;ca-relessiy near hint. -. •
" When -the haves_ are green, and the - - . _ • . - • -
fait spring is'ettine," he Said, "ion will be Certain i: olroariiitahees -- not generaily
my wife, Beatrice -Lady Airhe, 4. Lynn.. known have- 112 uence reanypersons.-in
tort; / love my and. whew / teking'artnite.lenientvive-w .thatt they wOuld
otherwise have _.: dene. PaSherTaletitine
reMember that yeti will share! thena,.." And
you shalibe the hatiniestfady Airlie- -that Baker's case,. and ;Puiterially..i'affeeteid-the
ever lived -the happiest,- bride, the- hap- vote Of readmission; .to•,- the ; There
• pieswitt.reaseitttebelieve that his :offence was
twifethe sun ever :She* upon. ... you
- Will tnititi part With -mttleeket,IBeatricetts"-- -OeMraittea -12titlef a misapprehension,-
whzch the really o:the
- No," she replied-“ _I Will: keep
it aiways."- . . • _ lady gave' fieet; She was -v. -a -jolly Country
They sat tliteugh the hog .bright hours :girl' who, 1meaning noper-
under
the.shade, of the old cedar tree, while'flitted' theil,--144P.-equafly meant no harm,
Liilian lay- -with... head -ttod -heart aching,' 44.:;" take freedom • with her which a young
•AireSerieg in her r .e0Utle _way Nirljyr -ois lady better acquainted with the ways of
• sorrow abould.lowe 1 alien upon her. . the world ever have,-IPeintitted.
-; She. did not know; as she lay. there like .°'28e41413 4at. - .11P- *°'8;'°e;tiblVtint,
.pale, broken ago her misted ker. who:, 494_ she.
comported
father, ih-the feekless- heyday of youth, heritell f the outset •v -With *Omit
_had wilfully deceived , and reserve; • .ouldnevet have molested her.
his wish, .and cOnaguguls *efia446:1.ft°44.th° alieltest'.111iPittaIi°11.
she that unhappy 04aPe°;.therer 4hiw-rahfrr h-tyivtv-c; ;!.8.1..4e1r4res-h.iltYhttb:hent,'
, i-lerPsnuiarernia,ejehaaoduesndeedm-rivirdeiciCh''.15sat'ihstota, ;wattle encouraged him, and tins ofthousands,
• Idtthtid.-hat-e, home and forborne Went 'eaeh tvtie*Ii .WOOld have
• II:. Own- toad ---the proud _''irritated hust itu'49vett"-h-40; - -
abroad, away ftera every tie of ho -me SintrOsst, NEW Srnoms .0E- -HoBSE.-,
• or :duty,- the jealous, -_angry - wife.SeCinditig M. Polialteff, the -.distinguished Russian
t herself in thObitternesael her heart -both naturalist; has examined.a horse' Presented
• tiegleotiag-thechildren intrusted to thein. by Colonel: PretvalskY to the St. Petersburg
She knew how One Of those children had ..Academy, . and- deetdesit to be a now
gone' wrong; she knew the deceit, - the species, which ; be -,•• has Equeis
thoserrowthat wrong had entailed.. - Prejwalskii. It appears that 27,the :new
- She wasthe_chieftrittirti yet ; thesinhad representative -of the family Of undivided -
not
-been-here,- - 'hoofed mammals lit in some respept' inter.
There were no fierce,rebellione.thOughte Mediate. -between:. the dorneeth horse and
.in her gentle heart; no angry-Warringe with 'the-Wtld- ass, but it differs froth the -asinine.
-the tilighty -Hand that sends crosses and gentlein. havingfour1. Callosities; one _on-
:
blessings _alike.... The. flower bent bythe-th.n :f6thi of ek. absence of
windis not. more pliant. , Where her dorsal stripe,-, and: other.- partieulateiTit.
sorrow and -.love- had cast her, • she lay, reeerables the .donitifitic horso.. This newly
- silently • •enditting? lier stiffering.; while recOrdedanimatutindigetionsto the'plaine
•'-Lionel - travelled without - intermission, and deserts of CentralA.Sia - and has not
vvtishingonlYto"..find away limn; -hitherto "fallen tinder_ the tionlittion'OlLitiett
the Young :gitiliedeclared -vhe had ceased In- What' is knOWii- AS'
to love, yet, could not forget.- ' ' region of the Sierras alitter tvar,letWitged
-
To be enntinned, by bluebirds and .y4'reint,on the squirrels4 A
carsen•(Nevadat:papet says that the latter
are scarcely out ottikeir-hoiesiokan_airing
betoreithoYareattacked,„and nsnally..-van-
quished, : the hirds".._ - Said - that
b
• At Suniuri.: Sardinia, the late rMayor
mis ppropriated 25,000 francs of the public
money. The-,--newv Mayor ordered new
taxes.- The people, already exasperated by
a bad harvest, attacked the old Mayor's
boUse atid.vasSanIted 'hint, having himfor
dead. A _fight ensued between the carblv-
neere, and .;-• the, populace, 4n- which seven
perione."were'ltilled and % forty severely
-wounded., 'Seventyarrests were made, •
C. Caldwell. M. Pi P.' for North
single hipbi is r - leo muci for a squirrel,
but that -the -*One have to Make- their
attackshy squadtritierder to be:suceeesfult.
The-siatur;ele:seem to be at peaee_with All.
the rest o! the tribe.
In Edinburgh av sliipownerof ' Ghsg�w
has fiecettted alefider'Of S25..000 fiat the
Csiedoruian :Railway Company ' on 'aciesitin't
• Lanark, subscribed -05003o' the funds of of =Juries receKtip collisIgn-m.Sep!
Queen'sra College, Kingeton, recently. Umber
Among the Churches.
Rev.Brooke Lambert, of the Established
Church, England, is reported to have said
of Spurgeon: - " Whatever else may be
said of him, he has revolutionized modern
preaching."
The Wesleyan thanksgiving -fund in Eng-
land has now reached a. total of over
$1,500,000, and is still increasing.
A Punshon memorial fund is being
organized -in England by the young men of
Methodism, with the laudable object of
paying off the debt of the Foreign Mission-
ary Society, which weighed: so heavily on
the mind of Dr. Morley Itenshon. That
the movement will be a success there seems
no reason to doubt. -
Rev. William Taylor has in three years
sent out ninety-one missionary workers to
India, Burmah and South and Central
America. He says they have made a very
-decided succtss in their self-supporting
work, with one- or two exceptions. He
expects after the present year to spend a
large part of his time abroad, opening up
new fields. -
They, make a missionary's life in 'Boston
busy. It is related of Daniel W. Waldron,
a city missionary of the Huh, that between
hat Saturday and the following Tuesday
he preached -twice, conducted- a prayer
meeting, provided for seven other religious
societies, officiated at seven funerals, united
a couple in maffrAetspent a portion of one
afternoon in dietributingtrachtand reading
among the patients at the City Hospital,
and made more than twenty :calls. If
variety is the spice of life, that missionary
mutt have plenty of spiceinhis. • ,
Some interesting discoveries have been
made in Lower Chaldea by the Vice -Consul
of France :at Rassorah. He has Spent
.nearly three years making researches
among the ancient ruing of that province,
and has brought to light Alarge number. Of
objects,' inOlnding .• eight -Very handsome
statues all of 1, whiCh are 'mitered
inscriptionsintherolit. Babylonian. charac-
ters, -and:which are sUPposeer, to be [3,306•‘
'yeartteld. . The French _ Government pro--
• pose to buy thelcollection.fer the Louvre.--
.
- How
-• - -
sinraeon -PreaChes.
. tfulTheTear
in the vast throng - the eye Soon recog-
nizes-- the -central -,agure: of the Whole. s_ If
betvere not . there, the-; pastor - of this
iminenee ficick, one.iMight speculate, tignor-
antef hisabsehee. - Is net that perhaps he,
or the other? But, being; there,' noFfionbt
can exiiit::::71,16- one _ figure -cornea tootle
Whicht_SIt'etherti-are it setting=-Afull; pallid
face, with thick, Iron -grey and fringe of
dark beard.-,_ As the clock over .headehrows-
the ban -hour! ; the pastor comes -forward-
and-at Once' the confused sound
eeases-
the -. shuffling ----feet, • the fron-fro.u. ofi
=dresses; the nervens.-cough„thatriinaciven
the area like the -rattle of. fileAring, :and:
a.; profound stillness .,greeht the ark'
:wwiotrhds! o4ehprayes_re.-ii: Tho he: voice is hfitietruy
l..
in: the higher notes, but admirably managed
tflud Modulated So as reach every Center'
Of the Wide arena.' 'We feel at once that
we are 111 the presence of a- born_ orator.
Without hook .or screp.'of , note; there I
from the first a Confident east' fleiv;Of.
clitteenSome-distinguished orators
put Yourtn'a 'cotiLierSpirstion- tilt theYhaVe-
fairlyviatreed tolheir work, but With liftt,
Spurgeont all ;:is ease and '_self-conscious
:power *high: inspire - .confidence in the
listener. It. is part of.the preacheessystein
_eat: to Spare ititneelf ;.: inany w&Y; but to
•give the service the entphatiiir of his
own -unaided .po.wers; reading; of
Scripture ifitaolcompanied by.. a frunnipg
combientary that:'is a kind. of .. p
II/ninety ' sermon?' ',valid- he ii'ves. Out
leach verse of • the - hymn • with
appropriate : -feeling action.
There is no organ,and it excites a certain
feeling. of disparity of means to end When
• ;an elder!". precentor leans forward - fromthe; tribune and: Sounds v Atintiakfork to
lead off the pselincidyL-the assemblage is
se big and the tuning -fork -SO 'sniall. Ent
-
he singinkitself le -disappointing.' t There
is not that grand outpouring one -might
eipeet. from such an assemblage. Av:great
deal of the Charm -of Mr., Spurgeonts diet!
courseL-ancl there -18 a. powerful ; charm.
about it, causing time to flow on unner-'
eeiyed and the -risk Of losing strain to be
disregarded -is dile to the ease and. ter-
tainty Of delivery and the; geed
whiCh it is expressed.. -If the pritaeber iti
-former dayssontetinies eacriaced good: taste
to foree.of-expreseien, time and experience
have, toned dovin--.6uch exuberances. But
much of -;1 he ancient -fire • still ` ficuttilderis
beneath the surface, and; perhaps, ex-
pectation of the breaking forth of 'son*
sudden flash of electric nature still further
inereaseS. the -befote-nientioned charm.
But really:thetimeonelikeft Mr. Spurgeon
beet is When he •metaphorically descends.
altogether from" the. platform; and taking
his audience buttonhole; tee to Speak,
reCatutt4 Scimet teliing little ; storitor;epi-:
OtthotfuttiP4 -
;sttfige Celiehtui in England
The VaTiOUS coaches are still running 014
of London, and . will, not be stopped until
*early in --i'September. v The Most pplintaf
coaches are the Old, Tinies,„runtunete
Virginia Water,ttheNevt,iTipitte,‘te-Guild
ford the Perseverance, to Dorkingi;tthe.,
Witif-Editin K. Wiwi& as guard,_*1-
St: Albans; and the ;Windsor . peach.
came upfromthe Star- _ and Garter_ ,a fettr
nights ago on the Frolic, Which tuna 'down
to -Richmond-every afternoon and returns
itt. the early wooing. The latest enterprise
in thO_ 'way .Of -teaching has...been- a line
running frornlAsierpontto 'York, 112 roile.s;
With - ten.' relays of he/tee and excellent
OPPointmente.t.-: This - -coach: was started
-Omit a pleiath ago by Hudson, _the Well
known soap inaker, whose - advertisentente-
or.; &node_ of "--.1tUdfients'<,Eittaitt-..ef-
'SeaP'", are Widely; distriblited -throng-WO
England. - Some One eatd. to Mr. Hudgon,
"It wIII cost you '15,000 to run the,e0aeh.W1
te-whioh.'heLlespouded,'-'"Titat
bittl''S441,1 rckakit.z26;000 by _ths . Saver tifie;
, . - , ,
• Aylesfprai-zthe recovery of'_w was
-the romantic drearii'.ot-Warten:Hastin.gs
now belongs to'a.bilibottlor named pyoss
wAtolukt success 1s Asid to haiie, he
largely due foi.people's 'conk -wading
With VA -Aefieft't2,00p,001 -
Armed neii raided ;Mare ; than
houses in stroet,County :Cor
.
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PiA VE TUE EAMES!
Sessionable Advice Which Every Plother
Should Read to ROthera Everywhere.
The St. John's Guild, of New York,
which is tieing so much good by the
excursions for sick children on the
"Floating Hospital," has prepazed a
printed ecl4ress to be delivered per-
sonally to every mother who takes h child
011 one of these/tripe to the Seaside Nur-
sery during the remainder of the summer,
with a view of diminishing the great mor-
tality &Meng infants. A few of the most
striking points of advice contained in the
circular. as to cleanliness .and healthful
treatment, may be found of interest. They
are as follows:
If you wish to have a healthy and good child
you mint bathe the baby twice day. There is
perhaps no cross orirritable man or woman who
goes without a daily bath but, would be better
if it were regularly taken. Your infant will be
so much more quiet with daily baths as to fully
pay you for thne and trouble in giving them. It
will grow up stronger, and will be more liliely to
have cleanly and genteel instincts all,. through
life. Begin with water that is moderately warm
and change gradudilly, very gradually, to cooler
water, but not to cold water. A cool bath will
be more strengthening than if you keep to the
warm water, provided thechild is not too
delicate to stand it. Do not be in too great a
hurry to get to the cool bath Reaction comes
only when. the child is I, strong and old
enough to generate ani heat. A handful of
salt may be thrown hi bath. Dry the child
quickly and gently an t the skin with Starch
powder that has no scent in it.
Clothing for infants should be light and warm.
Through the earlier years -say for three years -
a chilo needs plenty of -warpath. Let the feet,
abdomen and chest always be healthfully wenn.
DO not overdo this, however, 'With heavy gar-
ments that will keep the child in a vapor bath of
perspiration: The flannel cicthing, as well Os.
other dress of the child, must be frequently
changed to promote health. All the clothing
must be loose enough to give free play of the
vital drge.ne.. - 4
Every hour that a young child is exposed td it
temperature above 85 -or 88.4egrees in a crowded'
neighborhood it is robbed of-yitality. • Righ heat
acts injuriously on ita:blood, nerve and muscle
Cells; and also on the,digestive system of the
child ahd the milk of "a nursing mother. Higb
heat does more -it decOniposes all erganicretuse
and dirt in houses -and aboiit. them' and poisons
air, -water; food, clothing, badding,. carpets, - etc.
"Helve the need Of frequent ex-dung:gm for chil-
dren, and;_of cleanliness at home. • .; • ; • - .
Be Olean itt everything - pertaining to your
reams or Yqu will poison the eland Toateve„not
h
enou to 'kill it•:e b tl to
impair vitality and make iilhardeifor the CbUd
to liVe, I neighbors will -net keep clean -and
especially if there be foul odors that come into
-Your redins-Comp1e,14 to "the Beard of -Health.
Keen theehild clean Or it Will poisdnitself.
discharges from the body.- are poisonous -hos
'from the skin- as well as others. An grenteasent:
;Smell that is perceived about :many persons, and .
'in their apartmentsis known astlieed,orhamanut,
'or human odor -that is, the smell of dead, foul
poisonous matterrexhiled through the skin and.
never washed from the b .
ody, , I ,
Neither- milk nor drinking water should be
allowed-to-stand_ia_opett yeseeis -where itmight
_become contaminated by 04ov-rata-of disease -or
from foul or infectedear-fropasinks,drams,eess,
.pooia or other soertesr- Both mflk and _water_
readily' `absorlAthe:_genxts of a great -variety of
diseases,as for instance, Aiarrhcea; dysentery,
typheid fever, diphtheria etc, !• - • .
- •
- IMP -.EartrAgeltaiini;
We laave fehnti in,the < Mhst ..azicient
-records of tile Arian 1iguage proof that
the --indications oi religious :thought are
higher, simpler and purer as we go backin
time, 'Intl at last, in the very Oldest coin-
_pada-one of human Speeeli Sylaich ;have
opine down to me, we and the IDivine Being
spoken of in the -1stibhme. -language which:
forMitthe openingtef the -Lord's Prayer.
-The - date .an :absolute chronology IA the
'Meet Verdicliterattre does .uottseein to be
known.'" -.Professor Max Muller, however,
considers that it possibly take ns back
5,000 years.- -Professor Monier Wiiliams
seems to refer I the Most 'ancient Vedic
• - -
hytaineto it period no utneli more re-
mote -tlivt4 1;50 --yeare. before -Christ ; But
whatever. •date li".that may;her:. or _Ale
corresponding _date :Of iIU ;.,other 'Feu
ancientliterature?.ineh . the Chinese, or.
that of the olde4t Egyptian papyri, When
we go beyond tlie dates we enter upon- a
period When wtre absolutely without any
historical. evtde ee whatever,pot only as to.
-the historyofreligioti, but as tothehistory
and .condition :of rnankind. We do • not•
know even aPproximately the, time during.
which ho has existed: We 4‘) not know.
the place or the ititiralitdtnga of his bitth..
We do notlitioW steps by. which hie
knOwledge "grew from -more: to Mom"!
All we can see with certainty is that the
earliest inventions of rnankiud are the.
most woodetf I that -the race. has ever
made., The :lirst'beginniitger of human
speech :Must - have - had their origin
itt powers • of- the_ highest: teidor..
The - lirst - use of- are - and the
discovery of the methods by which it _can
be kindled; tho domestication of Wild
animals; and; above all, ;the processes by
which the various cereals Were devel-
oped out of - sena wild.' grasses -.--these .Are -
all discoveries with Whichiin ingenuity and •
itt importance no sUbsecittene .discoveries
may eemparei- They are -f• all; tunknown to
history -all lost in. the: light Of an effulgent-
dawn.
- In , Speculating,!. therefore ;on, the
Origin of these pito, we must tal-one-0;
'other of tweassnpiptiene-ettber that Man
Always had the sante mental faculties And
the Sante fundamental- intellectual
tution that lie haenow,i or that there was&
time when these faculties had not yet rifien.
to the "IOW of humanity, and wben his
mental conetittitien VutSesSentiallyinfettem-
-The-Dukejof Argyll. -
ihover's *acute.
A special from Harrisonburg, Ta., says
that Robert Lamb who had been'.disap-
sointed in a love-'affitir, ended his life by
shooting htmself through the heart after
quarrelling with the = girl. He requested
her to c4ceinpany him from the 120118e.
This sherelused to do, whereupon he left
her, saying, "11 would be the last shitiVould
see of him alive."-- Ho Walked about fifty
yards, pieced the stock el his gun tbreugh
the rails of a Jenne, with the muzzle
pointed against his breast, and then die*
the hammetrlaack,exploding the -weapon.
It WO loaded with sixteen large buckshot,
every one; of whibly entered his breast,
literally tearing him ;to pieces. Intio feW
iseconds he was a corpse.
--"The approaching Vireileyaff ttelinienieat
Council brought' face to faCeviith.
this fact, 904-.I1*-1.).0011.2...ZPS14144-At .149-4
is suffering a.euperanundance,_DI with'
biters. At the recent ' c'OnferatiRe_;',V404
-:held its sessions „Iiiierboi)lf*o_KOhltion
.was adopted-. *it no _ostididatei for* the
miniBtrylia received thia,44104,,
seventytisp tug- dints -14'4.
su'end were
" ?Vete are ello ow
• ofstinisterd flboti
onis1;., g12,034N.
'
as only jae.exgtako4 Orme:
-.. 4
TEA TABLE GOSSIP.
5
-The sailor who took a bight of rope -
found it a hard thing to chew.
-Scene on Main street east -Young
gentleman to young lady: "Have you
seen Amos?" "No -what Ams?" "A
mosquito." Coroner's jury found verdict
of justifiable homicide.
-The Rossin House, Toronto, has passed
into the hands of Mr. Cliewett, whose
father owned the ground upon which the
hotel was built. The house, of course, will
be run by the present proprietor, Mr. Irish.
-In this country when a man is too sick
to hold his head up the cookstoves are fired
up, and as much is boiled,stewed, fried and -
baked for him as if he were a healthy sav-
age
- The criticism is made on the gathering
of the bankers at Niagara Falls that they
are.not even passable - orators. And yet
money always talks loudest and most effec-
tiitely.
- A lawyer asked a woman in the wit-
ness -box her age, and she promptly replied :
" OId enough to have sold milk for you to -
•drink when a baby, and I haven't got my
money yet." •
-" Chinese barbers shave without
lather." This reminds us that our :old
schoolmaster used to lather without shay- ;
-ing. One is said to be as painful an "
operation as the other. '
-It is said that kerosene will , remove;
stains from furniture. It has also been;
known to remove the furniture, stains and
all, with the stove and A red-headed ser -1
vant girl thrown in, ofttimes. • . ,
-" Lizzie says You Can't come to see her
any more," said, a boy .1 -to his sister'
admirer. "Why not?" " Becanseyou corn
to see her every evening new, and hov,
could you come any more ?"
-A man :walked into the Bank of Com-
merce yesterday and inquired, "Ale yo
the tiller 2""Yes." - "Well, what de you
teller ? " Ile -dodged, but I the :dub hit Ilin
in the head andhe was carried out on A
, . ; _ _
shutter. -- . , .
--" I'd laugh -if I ithotOd fall and break
.
my neck.;"- testingly remarked AP
Maloney, v of TaMI ppan, T., whileinthe
act of descending from a tall pear tree. The
next moment- he 1 v on the ground with
his neck broken.
_. - ,
e.didn'tlaugh.
. --"-At the annual meeting of -the Victoria,
Philosophical' Institute of Great Britain,
recently held itiliondon,oneof the el:makers
was "Sir II, 33arkly, G.C.514,, •
- The room being crowded, he left
therest of the alphabet hanging upon the - -
-Wrack in the vestibule,
' Olive Logan- began -one _of her lee ea :.._
recently with the remark, "Whenever I. .
see a pretty girl I wantto-clasp her in My . <
'arms."' v "Se do we," shouted the -hove in
the gallery. For a -mordent piyu wasnon- -- ,
pluseed, but, recoyeriegher.self-possesston,
she replied, "Well, boys, I _dont blame
.
you." . .- ,
'
-There is . one.'sielightful fellow t . go
fishing -With. If he doesn't -catch Ifish
within two minutes after he reaches Water
he puts on a float. After another Minute .
he elides- the float -down, --Then he-slid6sit
up. Then he -takes it off. - Then he puts it
on Again and slides ;it lip. - He doesn't -
catch any fish and he -asaribee it all to -the-
float. . 1 ".
. _Au Dia gentlernan,anding A couple of
h is nieces fencing With Tbroomsticks, Said ;
"Come, ,come, my dears, that ktua ei an .
accomplishment will not help you ingetting. -
husbands." " Ilinow it, uncle," rest:leaded '
oneo!the girls; as She, gave A lunge, , but
it will -top us to keep our husbands in
order When we havegot'em.", .„
• -L-4 certain politician being -.Calledfool
a fortnight ago, one of his -defenders-said t...
-" No, 'he WA.: A fool;-. he's a _ noodle."
, What is the difference?' _growl d the
original. accuser. "Why," answered the ,
other;,.' ." the- difference is just- this; A
noodle is it person Wbo...hasift baeltitene .
enough Vibe a fool." ; _ : --
-The gold and ellOr-medaie awarded te '
the successful -candidates initing 1 these-
'Called' to the hat' ni Hilary 'and .Easter.
terms this Yearthave been ireeaved y rthe
S ecretary of :the j.iftw Societ from <Eng. •
land. : They have on the ohyerse.th ' arms
-s-tr celo.rrespOndent Of th. : CI Ireland:i.
of the society; and on the revert° th name- -
Of the recipient - and the - words liiexik?
fre
-
-.1.eadeconaptites that if one. Bhould buy a
pound Of butter Per -day for a year at so:
cents a pound and have it weighea out to _
bini" onitwooden- plate, he would - at the
end of the- year have paid 50 for 365 wooden -
plates,- which cost the 'grocer alxi1 ly4t25.
Aigeutiy:thiwtWt 110. What l‘lte the -
grocers 10 pay about it? .
18smatter of nomplaint. that tem- - .
perance drinks cost more than Seim Which
are intoxicating. - 'A piece nt• linnini, ik,
fiunibietini of water - and -4 teaspoonful . of .
sugar cost ten cents,- while -a "honker '1? of
rye or a_ glass of beer is only aye cents.
Temperance reformers SWUld,naltkii ini ;ink;
of this and endeavor to vutrdizioEirk the. .
way of the -Public that shairbil 'cheap; as '
well AS appetizing and harmless.
-A- Writer, expatiating upon the pluming
abilities of the 'breed of wild !Southern _
togs says . that he once ltaW One keep UP -
with A railway train for about a- under of .
a.itile, and then, gathering - - If :for an
effort, dart the locomotives •roes *40 -
track, and into the'Voods yitlutinquealof -
triumph. He -inms- up m these words:
,
- Southernopobilyvwild
. nexta4t4 ti, 1, ,5la e carrier -pigeons, ie ,sewtirolgseteMithina
the world."
, ,
< iOVZ rennet* -
'gni-A-tont yo put yo i arm around my neck
--Ito Tahiti,. my ruffiet.
W. . Then let me bitaloti without force,
. . _ Andthusavcildallscunies.t
Thereisto Sweetness in it kiss -
-- ' /cadets byfortte 'tie talon.
; knowit.IC 11,berel -Oh, thie=le Wm!
-, irnie eve of oseolaten. .,
SOP. Mtr-rniffeettou have rumpled, love,
, - And name in a auto. '
Atavertaind; rilfix %dove, -
'For rinalteadtuster.
very Sinall bey
tirl-:*.gtklitttiartuttlO
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