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• CANADA'S TUTURE.
• The Goverpogenefal on tho. ?twits for
" Canadian lationality..
DIFF.1013ILTIES IN THE WAY.
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Widest Menem of Provincialindependence
Kielty Necessary.-*
NO_ OW FOR THE FENIANS.
Spea gat.the banquet given in his
honor by the St. Jemes Guth, Montreal, on
Thursday bat, the Marquis of Lanedowne
said the fabric of society ie more -.solid in
Canada than it is in Britain, because
elegatifte .4fe different provindeeof the!
widest nteasurer of independence. with. e-
gard to .;the --management - of _their local'
affairii wit), Ishould hope; go far to reinove
any causes of -appreheueion from this
source. He would, hoWever,-be-a; coura-
geous prephet. who' would predict that
occiasionkwohld never arise when there
might be e divergence of
• I:0pm, Awn Mona, nantzsTs. -
A great Bngiish novelist once cenitlained
ottne custom of ROVE) 'prolonging the story
of e thteetvitliiine _novel -beyund the -mar-
riage of the hero and heroine; and; he pub-
lished a enost humbrewi prolodgetion of
one of Wolter Soott's most famous novels,
introducieg his readers to Ivaigitie and:
Rowena' * -a " married aoupie, no longer
surrounded by the glamor *of remonite, but
face to !see with the humdrum of domestic
existence,. The story went on 40 show
that Ivanhoe as a husband was not eon -
• wealth and land are more- equally divided. opiettouS for domestic. virtues (laughter),
_and thatRowena as a wife ported company
.with those amiable qualities winch had
rendered liar so lovable as a maiden. (Re-,
newed laiighter.) . I amnot sure, at what
moment it will become pessiblettedesorihe
• the Doininicet as emerging from the honey-
moon of federatitn, but when it dose the
trial to *beta it Will be exposed will not be
diminished by the fact that in this case
-Ivanhoe will have half O dozen Rovienes to
ream with. (Loud- laughter;) it is quite
impossible to Bay what may, not happen- if
fifty years hence 'one �f then should insist
on ie bossing the. whole • eetablish,
merit (rears. of -laughter) . another
should eterry • on a flirtation. with a
.coiebn tiptoes the road-. if. ! a . third
should be always. asking 'for - more,..pin
money, and a .lourth _ sheela openly_ allege
incompatibility of- temperas:tent and
threaten proceedings in. the Divorce Court..
(Laugetee.). Whether • these things Will
hsppen oe no must depend upon the temper
andwiecican and patience -of the :people of
this -country I_ say the people of this
country (applause),. because 'it seems to me
that it is rather twee them thaii-uPon.
their rulers that the feture depends, tether
upon the different members of theefederal
body than upon the central power ;Mitch
dieeots them., Will the dominating fiend-
nient hereafter be asthmal. or kited,- ,pana-
dian or 3?rovincial ? That is the qeestion
which will have .to be answered: by the
'thrifty femora of. -this ?mince,by the.
dwellers on the rich _slopes_ of Ontario, by
the. herd"' fishermen of the. Maritime Pro-.
- Vince% by the inhabitants of ..our great
Pacific Province and by the sturdypioneera.
of the Northwest. (Applause.) Us1i:1st
.any coxiteifugal force which may -come into.
elay each and all Of these have something
to opposcieethe determination of your. peo-
ple to be something more than aefortuitous
aggregate- fef -Provinces without national
lifeeor national statesmanship, Or national
aspirations, or ' national policy, Or national
culture, her national precautions fordefence
(loud .applause), the determinatiOn that the
British Empire shall bave in North Amer-
ica 110 a mere collection of outlying eettle-.
ments, bat e great entente' power resem-
bliegthe mother -country m'its-leve:of free
izietitutionse & source of strength rather_
than Of weakness to the Empire. (Great
applause) That is the determination
Winch brought you to federation seventeen.
peaks age, whiehteluis led you to to
sacrifices of local' conyenimicee to under-
takeenatinnal werks greater 'thee have been
-undertaken by any . young cobimunity. in
the hiettety of the world; that is the deter-
mination *hid" lies on the -threshold of.
.your net -tonal life. May :you have wisdom
land etrength to adhere - to it; and if diffi-
culties or dangers should ever. beset Our
path, may you feetthat-Your common alle-
gtance to the old obuntryi whicih has ilwatei
regarded a strong and "united Canadaas the -
brightest ornament of the Enapize,eis a
source of strength and. senility to your-
selves. (Great applause.).
H said e - _ ' - •
efrethen, gentlemen, in the even distribu-
tion bf wealth, and particutarly of landed.:
property, and in the general diffusion of
comfort, in your system of lobal govern -
meat and in year arrangements for public.
. education you have those buttresses likely
' t9- .give strength inctsolidity to that ef
which I -have - spoken as the fabric of
• society in• Cenada, siid,to render her people
prosperous, contented, intelligent. and well
. - quahfied to look after their own 'tininess-.
(Appiause l We have been speakieg of the
social- fib= of the Dominion. There is,
• ,, however, . a other fabric -vihichi we meet
utu
. not lestOM of--4tne for the strengthening
and con olidation . of wbich all good
Canadians: are ready to put forth whnteviar
Of energy ondotbility and, patreotisixi they
peeseteeteateisthe fabric whicih we:should,
1 suppose- speak of - as the political or
national -fit -brut (1 Cenada. Perhaps l -shall
seem to yowniore vouregeous than; diteee.et
--:' if I tread for an instant on ground white.] is
seareely so firm as that over which I have
travelled till now.- Well, sir, I suppose n
Englishmen would be sosanguine as to say
that we have no Week points in our national
gtstematliome,and larainchnedto Bey with
regard to Canada that he would be $ bold
man who would maintain that' there . was
impossibility of week points beingseiselosed
. by experience in
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..-' TErz NATioNAL HYSTElf neez,
It Would indeed be strange if it Were other-
wise. There are several considerations to.
"which unless' we wish to, be fatuous we Clan -
not iskiuteeter eyes. in . the first -place we
haveetto bear ne mind, that_ the foundetions.
of our national systeirk here were laid only
, Seventeen years- ago, and that we have been
adding toand. altering the structure ever
.sitice. Te mortar, so to speak, has scercely
•, lied time, tor harden, and the strength of the
tie:aiding to stand the autumn_ gales and the
frostsof winter has 1308,7coy had a fairtrial.
yet. Another consideration Of Which we
. itantiOZ lose -sight. is this; that the builders
.1 'tee themselves *problem in national 4rchi- -
:lecture greater thanany Which has yet bet n
eitlited hr. mortal statesmen, that of ORM-.
ingout of diverse .elemente .scattered over
.... the lace of this immense continent- & nation
z fit to take its place among_ the great ones of
• the earth. It we want to - realize the task)
--which we have set ourselves we have only
- to look at the map of the- Dominion and to
ceeeiderlhe distal:lees with _ which we have
to dee', and the extent- of the territory over
which oureflve millions of inhabitants are
scattered. Lay your rule -.upon the Scale
- nild see how farit is weitwardsfronrObtiwra
to Winnipeg, and again from Wimupeg to -
Victoria, or ' eastwards from Ottewit to
Halifax or Prince Edward Ieleild ; 1001t at
he -phytecal • barriers whicb. we have to
overcome -mountain lenges loftier and.
wider than -any in the world -lakes .- and
-wildernesses vett enough to separate
empires.I Will the heart at the aational.
. Capital be ttong enough to pimp a stream
et natiOnal -life into the extremities .on
:either mean? Will the collective aspire,
:abuse! your people be strong enough not
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only to overt:vine these physical diffioulties,
btit to efface differences of.redee.differenees-
' of creed,' differences of material interests
more formidable perhaps than mountain
chains and inhospitable deserts'. - . If . we
*eh to . gauge the magnitude of the
-problenelet us eek ou reelves what ere the
- influences-. which in history. have_,gbien
solidity and Unity to the -nations Of the
weed; -They are, I - think, three-
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geographical-prOpinquity of the parte, . the
fear a foreign invasion and identity of
Interest. Well, gentlemen', as to geograph-
ical propinquity, I am "-afraid --we Must
admit that in spiteof ell that railways and
' telegraphs eau do for us, We can: never,
geographically-. speaking, hope to be a, corn -
pact nation. Tben, sir,
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IS THE PEAR_ OP INVASION
-.' Whet invasion have we to fear? Our
' kinspien on the other side of the, line; hold
relations with us. which _will; I:trust, never
be leas friendly than they are to -day. If it
difaCulty' arises between us it is promptly.
- -and cordially. adjusted. An ,occasional
suggestion from withinorfrom without- an
favor of a voluntary ;.alteration of our
nationality seems tofill so flatly that We
cannot; depend upon these as a means of
- keeping our national enthusiasm at boiling
Toint, But, gentlemen-, I.ain forget -ting we
are threatened. 'with an invasion, and the
invederlileave been kind enough.to give us
amttleeticifice of their intentions, ofthe plan .
ottlieir campaign, of the numbers iu which
theywill enter our territory, and of the
. names-ofteir cominanders, who appear to
be almest
(Great Iatig ter.), Let iiii not judge these.
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umeious as the rank and file.
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self -declared foes too basalt,. Their dee
nionetration is, perhaps, after all, not with-
- out its usefulness. I am convintiee that if-
iepaseing breeze of impatience shouldflutter
in the Northwest, if the great .Province of
-Manitoba - experiences a little -perhaps!:
not . unnatural anxiety . to : emerge
haste frora her :minority, in
which I believe no one. .desires 16
totain her an hour longer than. is
necessary, no surer means of counteracting
that passing disaffection , could be found
than „.. the _threat , of disloyal interference
from 'ewithout, an interference which I
hove no doubt whatever her !sturdy settlers
-- would be the firs -1 to resent and resist.-
' • ; (Loud cheers.) Welksentlemen, a we are
, not to count on geographical proximity or
on the fear of invasion tb counteract, any
- centrifugal tendenciett which may manifest
. thereselvee, can we omit Ution identity of
interest ? 1 trust. that we Ofilly but Sven
bare . we Must 'admit that only experience
, Oen solvethe problem and that it is neoes-
sartetolook cautiously ahead. .The wise
. THE ,Isr.oisiao or ssraii.Am.
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The Bees, Butterflies -and
Bremintue Geode
robs et the
In Austria every lady,. n Matter how
high her rank, learnt) tititooka keepliouse
thoroughly With her own han •
It has been.preeted.beyond ei doubt • that
Mr. Charles Reade's "PititUr was taken
from the French Of Mme. de Jew ybaud.
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Two -daughters of . the 4chbiiihep of,
Canterbury are among the stdente 'in the
Woman's -Hall it Oxford, EtiMand.
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Lady C1aude. Hamulton,. under- .the
-seperintendeuee -Of Prof. -ete,Tyndall,
translating the e Life. and .144-3ra Of Louis
Pastenr." •
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. The ,,lete Mrs, Arabella .41 •Wiltion,- Of
New Bedford, Maes:, wrote. tk.M. well-kuoWn.
verses, ".4 Apetoi for.„ FresettAie :. to _the
Seeteactotthe Meetieg7Housce
Clara S. Foltz, the 'Calif uhe 'W0i33/41.
lawyer, watelies the -promo nit; of- the
Sharon divorce trial oloaely.• hvlie Wants to
know, YOn, know! - - • *.•
Tbe oldest house now sticieling in New
()keens is _the ebeildin-g whe etbe Amens
negre' Voudoo Queen lived.PIn her leee
days, however, she ;surnamed' ".er gibberish
and died in the Church. - te.
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A level-headed woman; sp lung of lady -
dead -beats - who - quarter. themselves
on relatives and others, .84.34 AS a rule,.
the ladies who scorn to. wan. Yoney -do ROI.
scorn to take Was a: gift,"
Ex -United States Triage,- r Spinner
say l$ that women clerks coun more . -*Om,
rately . and rapidly . than m 1;.* that they
detect :counteefett Meetly wr • more Wore
ty, *ad thet they are •ij.jnsver -than
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in GrasiValley, Cal., the I le- daughter;
of ttie Chinese interpreter get ,to the public
schools and she has 'nagged 14.-* father ti.il
she mile him consentto lett dress like
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the American gine: • She is Otti,aars-oid and
speaks eneelient..English, : ,
.-- In Talparaise, Chili, the. -e�t Oar ccoi-•
&actors beeinie croes-grained ecir. some tea-
m& :and. die not - glee aatiLotion., The
OOTO • i nyeptityeutig.evemen iktheir , places
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an ow there is hardly a va Int seat -to be,
h , d; - 'their care. ' The Wont el have proved
immense aweless. e. 1 - -. ,
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Near Fott-Niebrara, Neb. tee MM. Mil .
ler; a successfutwoincut feria e She .dees-
all the work on her email tab° . herself.
Lastyeer she raided 300 bush of of potatoes,
50 bushels of Corp, 20 bushel's& •turnipstfed
two hogs and .ber large :fitaniaot children,
and supplied her neighbors I itife garden
same"
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Emily _Faithful is - Writin1eej enthindastki
loupes to Loadow,: papers altAut Women's
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work in California. • At . Fresno thelound
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oIracle of lend entered by fog ladytobool-
Ieedhere: They Worked it partnership:
and planted in alfalfa, .a vieberd and an.
orchard of aprioote; itectarint.A end almond
trees. - They have been ver yl 'coessfal:
. There are Imam Women t West. A
week ago Mrs. Alexander, : . Denver, was
walking .along the street on vening when
twit rough Wen seized her- d attempted:
to rob her.: ' Orie clapped hi end over her
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mouth and tried to ieatch h. Suddenly.
ehe bit his finger to the bone lied he let her
go in haste. . " There " laid - e, '" take My
pocketbOolL" -' She threw towards WM
and ran away, Omitting...* pocketbook
contained very little money eit Mrs. Alex-
ander had on ;her peeson,tetteides, a gold
*etch and $30e whit% she, - -•' t 'the robber,
get away. with. It - is a eight. good story!,
Here is a -piece of the besteeessible advice
_for bailiftor menind .womeulTry to forget
that you have armii,lege anc-, feet. If you
de not they Will ',,tbeltiply ,Intilir to your
consciousness, they are as n _ .« itioes as the
antis of the octopus and alw lain imminent
danger of lying therneelvieepn knots and
throwing you down or iriakift you. do some
awkward thing; Try to fOrbt youreelf. In
every way. .. Melton& hestygliteovement, but
after stepping -builds the-dooteity pause and
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A 431101101D8 SECT.
Tbe Chicago itothustalts who Welt* ts_
poleseitte to Await Chrlst!..Ucaohug.
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Chicago people have almost forgotten the
commotioncaused some years ago by an
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evangelist of the Moody type who suddenly
abandoeed the orthodox theories of heaven
_Of gold and sapphire . and began to &each_
Chiest's reign upon earth. This man, Mr.
H. G. -Spafford, who lived at Lake View,
aud who-tuid been a lawyerof some elan&
mg, gathered about him -a' congregation. of
theoruset amounting to perhaps -forty or
*fifty, who eubioribed to his strange
In _adoordance with their theory, Christ
-was tee:appear for His finol 'residence- on
Mount Calvary, and in order to. be there
oze'hand Mr. Spafford and his -little
band converted ail • their " property
into otish and - sailed - for the
-Promised Lind. A traveller who.reoeittly
vieited Jerusalem ' inthe interest of one
of the missionary Soeieties.-Of the. East
states that she . visited' the house -in Which
the Lake View community lived, and_that
she found them in good health and epleits,
still firm in belief, and waiting with hope
and resigeation for the judgment day.
Thie -young woman, sent out from Boston,
returned to that city a 'fete weeks age, and
has written lettere to Weeds in Chicago
desoribing the wee! in 'which She Was: ret
°Mired; having been sick for several weeks
at the house in which *these people lived.
Their dwelling -is desoribed as :large and.
°mime -deeps -ea neatly, but net elegantly-
furniehed hotweee-and -fitted Out wttheall
the conveuiences. which the best civilize -
don ofthe country- can furnish. She says
thet about twenty persons are living under
the same roof, and that all property is held
in common. The hewn itself' is perched
upon the side Of the mountain jest Without
the walls of the. Holy City, and presents a,
most strikingly picturesque . appearance.
Mr. Spafford, the leader ot the ceinniubity,
:is neatly. 60 years of age; but be -still hale,
hearty awl happy. - -
Ao Accommodating. Preacher..
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Miss Flora Stewart, a Ritchie County, look-aroundfor the hostess ,o1 you do not
Virgiehielady, young and-_-handiome, Was at twee see her. Go. to her ectltetecti$VO:
engage -4 to .be Married recently. , -Her her greetib•g and .then take tnothee. quiet
tvedeieg.,. clothes were prepared, the day • glance atoutid to see what erseete fellow ,
arrived, and the preacher was on hand,_litit to dispose of. yourself pleesseetly. 00oseien-
one thing was lacking to make the- nuptials:, ally persons' make the mistse in their-. em -
a euecesfl, and that was the -bridegrbom. barrasementof detaining t air hostess. in
This Advertent petsonage. failed to put in ciontersethei NOitiOR other gtee to are coming
an appearance. It happened thatT the in,obliginglierto ask to be: used in order
preacher was bi siogle men, With an eye for to -give the latter greeting. ,
beauty and a heart for love, and the damsel • :
Was youthful., comely and sufeeptible, so -"Yes," ' said *fachionahlWady, "1 think
the minister offered tnliathe plaint of the Mary has -made a very tI?od matob. I.
absent g700/21. The -Offer was -accepted, heard that - her - hide:and one of the
and the twe-hied toParkersburg, where the alireWdiat and most unPrikeipled lawyers-
. connubial knot was tied, and Mies BleSiart- in. -the Z profession.; and, .o0ouree-,-. he can
becarcieMitt. James Barker. • " • . afford to gratify. liar every
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Cannes, the .. noted healresort, Idea
- _s . , t lty. in which.
G. A.-i$ala says that Id had a cook. once sOribed by Di...Ernest-814r. the Britiah
who, enteringon her duties, Wasasked Medical Journal- as lOc
whether She understood - the • use of a seta- egress irregularities and touel.offentses
Mender- "Perfectly she replied, -Against health and decencyittie permitted
t is tol!till rats, with. - . . • • . to go on With iinpunity. • TIK drains of One
A wor.thy old lady- afore-. the follovting the principal . hotels • rupt a riviilet.
athlete to girls: "Whenever a fellow pops. Which -runs through the z oat beautiful
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the . question don't blush and stare at your ipart of the tonwm,--atid th oublic gardene
foot. jidst throw your -• arms around his -have . beimine permeated ith_miagmatic
neck, ad look .him :full in the familia elenients.t •
cominense talking about the furnittire." Pair Paritnennes-with wbr money is no
At a nleeting the----Howard.;Societrin object - and who:aaPire elterYthille that
London last evening the announcement is; pschutt -div,ersify :the-floyerst4ey wen;
was made that the: society. was co-operating. according to 'the time DIA day. In :the
with •Ancerecan-prieotieeocietteilte proinOte morning, from '0 to 1-1-or-I4Vvielets. areithe
a central bureau for Orim'inal statistioi at correct,. biosiomft. trent_ 24-O 5, iniinoSe:18
Washington.- A letter on -the- subject from all r'the rage; - hyacinths primroses are-
Preaideet Arthur was -read. . considered dinner wear Ond at dances,
"Do you seer expect*" sitiit the House, soirees,: Audi,- in-; fact,' al4r. 11 at night,
of Gammons, Mr.Bradlaugh?" "asked-, a re-, gardenias, Citpe. .heetheephite Mae, or
porter -Of the -famous Englieh. agitate -1e *"11 roma are pettniesible. ' • .
I could -find out what Methtisitleh. .lived- on . ,NElivoustmss.--qhereitriirJllyno -gage -of
I could tell you was the cautious nervousness that ever.I.me4 with that -Can,
answers " 46, Is it true, that- you are willing notbe either curedor alle4pted by ;open -
to swear as the law requires ?"- "Swear 1 tion to diet, :avOidance. roUptimulantsii the
Egad, an, I've been doing nothing else. for daily use Of bath' and.. trio ilati with rcingb..
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the last two years." . towels and flesh -brush;- II11 • -,•mited.exereise
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-tEntsortit, fiendish twist '.-has •-. been in the Open air, whether *t eather. be wet
given- - crime: - in ,Paterson, N. 3. Six or•dry; cold di .hotearid p ,=esant -sootety.
:thieves .With accordeons attacked -ar' house Mixingwith pleasant eOcie is One 01' the
:Cater the manner of serenaders, and while Very beat means for the c e Of nervens,
thelnmatea„ dazed and paralyzed by the nem:. -It takes one .fo e e being quite
sounds, were Suffering the agonies of the out Of one% 'self, quite a y- from One's
'.doomek the- oonfiderittes ..of the gang troubles -and aches. '-Itoust, however,.
. pitinderod, the house. - When •the enemies never be exciting soctiety,:f .1-4 this etude the
of society add- acoordeons to burglary it is blood to the l .heacl. and ni.4)ireff the .. --very
time tolitA lynch, law became failtionable; foundation Ot nerve -power, What do...,you
just One mile .betWeeii Sa•ult. St.:. You never talc -8tinitilitntfi to
Maxie, ,T)fich., and the Canadian village cog- excessI doubt it;" for ,..if tOci.miuth
Posite, yet .inail communication between indulged in, hi a dangerous timulant, and
the two points occupies ten days. .4 letter se is coffee. A °tip of tail that has been
posted on -- the American side goes fire to boiled: and allowed to cooli Ould:often du
Detrolti'orcesee to Windsor, where it enters far niore good than tea Tet -drinking
the Canadian mailk"and is then sent 'over grows On one, and *Oared' :when it dOes
Canadian routes back to the ..Satilte twat*. so, it'shattere the -nerves -irremediably
ing the' Canadian -office. there - In te days as. • does - Wine, _ or even . sp. 141.--4..F.ontily
frotrt-thO time it etarted.: • DOC*.
A. Bab* of, the. Basillead..
Not long wean English ladytook passage
on a vessel bound from Kingston, Jamaica,
to Louden. A large, :strong- and . active
monkey on board the vessel took* fancy to
the lady's blind; a babe about 2 months old.
The Monkey would follow • the lady -from
place to pleas, watching 'her as she rooked
and fondled her little one. . It so happened
on a beautiful afternoon during the voyage
that a distant sail- attracted, the attention
Of the passengers. - The polite captain
offered the :lady the use of his.glitia. ' She
placedherchild on the sofa and had just
raised the glass to her eye, When a drymas
heard. Turning quickly she beheld a sailor
in pursuit of the monkey, which had grasped
the infant 'firmly- with one arm and wee
nimbly olinibing the shrouds.. The timOther
feinted as the nionkerreached the toiof the
mainmast. The captain was at his Wit's
end._. He -feared. that . if be sent; a Benet
in pursuit the Monkey Would drop the -babe,
and escape by leaping from mist to -mast.
Meanwhile the Monkey was seen to be sooth-
ing and fondling the child. After- trying in
many ways to lure the animal down, the
eittiitrats.
A.Vkirse.Denglit Ttgem ft the
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••• -44 the de.:`,
" No ; I am not going -tat At,
show you how IrM
e QO," Sal . base den- „..g p.-.;„ • -
fist, to a New reporter yesterday afternoon,.
He had get flubbed -an operation on the
grinders of a -mare tharpulled On one. line,
kept her mouth open when being driven,
slobbered all the time and had got to act-
ing ivy and Viacom§ ;imply -because some
of her beck teeth had -pointe whtoh
out into• the sides of her Mouth. * -
" NOV7 this mare is about 15 years *old,'
but she ootild be fixed up so as to look like
one of 7 or EL You see, thoonly way you
-can tell a horse's age is bytheteeth.. 'The
lower front teeth are the prinoipal guides,
thelength of the upper ones goiug to show
age, but you @lie that can be fixed -easy.:
enough by filing them • olf. . These teeth -
here be horse dentist opened the mare's -
mouth, showing' the stx lower trent ones -
don't come before a. hose is 5. years old.
-The . ones before _that lige are colt's teeth.
At 6 years of age each one of these has cup.
. " What's a cup?" .
"That's a little round hole in the end: of
the tooth 'with a black epet in it. - When' the
boas AB 7 years old these cups disappear in
the two middle teeth but remain iu the two• -
Witold° ones on each side. • At.8.yeers the.
cups- are Only on- the two -outside teeth,
After that age :they -disappear On- all of
them. That's why SO many, bosses just
turned 8 '- are sold; When these cups are
gone you can't tell how old a hose is. Now, -
if. we -wanted to work this Mare off on any-
body for an 8 -year-old, I'd just take this
inetrunient, dig a little hole in. each of these
outside teeth, touch these boles with a
nitric acid, file down ths. upper row of teeth
to the proper length for an 8 -year-old, and
the joba done." ' - • -
"Would that deceive an expert ? "
"-Certainly.. He'd just open the mouth .
this way, glance at tise. teeth, Satisfy 'him-
self. she was an 8. -year-old, and if she
suited him in other ways and the price wact
-satisfactory he'd. buy her." •
- "Is there much Of that kind of work
Yes-; considerable. 'Thato's What we call
captain ordered .the men -below,-and con-.
ceitIed himself on deck. In • a moment, to
his great joy, he saw the monkey carefully
descending.. Reaching the deck, it looked
cautiously around, advanced to the sofa,
and placed •the ohild upon it: The liaptain
restored -the -child to its -mother, who was
soon satisfiedthat her darling had escaped-
withoutinjury. I-
1
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- Don't forget, my snobbish friend, that.
you. have got to die just the same as the
rest of tte, and you -cannot bay yourself,
either. - - ,
: Next to a snOw•storm, for, a decided
nuisance, 00MeS. a 'holiday, in a great 'oity.•
When a man does drop out of sight in a
'great city, you not only never hear from
him again, but you .oconnot Mgt find the
hole he fell through. ,
• • •
It is the strongest possible argument for
our tnimortality that Mee of every ten
human beings believe in it. :
Politeness has no oreed.
About -half - we know we guess at, and
the othehalf, somebody has guessed at
for us. .
. '
-A man of a great deal .of character Can-
not hide it. He will bstray it even when
he sneezes. -
One of the strongest evideneek to me of a
hereafter is that we -cannot prove it.
: Every ladder' hittia top round to it.
Our charaoters'we make, our reputations
are then Made for us.. -- •••
It is no disgrace to be hit by a deg the
.first time, -but the seoond time it is, -
Very- intelligent ' people carry a large
share of their brainsi
. n their Mete
--Zeiss Fairchild, in The Manhattan for
May..
bishoping '.;a hose " -Detroit News. •
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Peculiar Numbers.
ThieBrahmins are said to have invented -
the numerals -1' to 10-80p213 time before
the Christian era, and the.Arabians to have
intrOdUced them into Spain. whence they
spread all . over -Europe. - They did not •
come into use in England.until the
Ding of the 'seventeenth centlity.. In olden
times there was -8 belief. in the occult power
of numbers, whith were.thought to express .
the harmonies Of- nature. Divination by
*lumbers oatie from this -belief. In a well
knoWit song -Rory O'More declared tha
-*there's Wok in odd numbers "-bad luck
for some. the numeral Hebrew cabala -
2 was - paid to - be the most :impart e
Cornelius 4grip7a. wrote that, therefore, 0
the second day. of the creation the Al-
mighty did not pronotince_the very work of
His hands to be good, and Rabbi Akkiva as-
serted that hell was made on the evening of .
the -second day. I . •
--pleeP EIS a Medicine. .
Theory for rest hasalways been louder
than the cry for food. Not that it 11 More
impertant, but it is often harder to obtain.
Thebeet- rest Cornett from sound sleep. Of
two men Or women, otherwise equal, the One.
whosleepsthe best will be the most literal,
healthy and efficient.. Sleep wiltdo mut%
to care' irritability of temper, -peevishness
and uneashiese. It will restore to Vigor an
overworked brain. it will build up and
make -strong *weary body.- It will euro a
leadashe. it will cure a brash spirit:.
It will - cure- sorrow. Indeed, we might'
Make.; a long -list of nervous and other ma.
ladies. that -sleep ;will •-euro. - The ours of -
sleepiest -mesa requires -a .olean, good bed,
sufficient.:zexercise- to produee weariness,
pleasant occupation, good. air and not too
warm a ZOO1r4j-., 010tie oimseienee and
avoidance of -tifemtilants ondnarootioi. For
these who are - oVerworke aggard,and
nervous, who page eleeldeee u te, we 001011-
Mendi the adoption of -snob habite se shall
Bemire- sleep; otherwise, life.willbe short,
and -Whit there -is of it sadly. imperfect,
-
Little Jack-" Mamma's new fan is
hand -painted." -, Little • Dick --45 Pooh
who cares?. Our whole fence is." •
_
Charles Goodnight 113 a king among cattle
kings -in TO7.813, and has, fenced in 100,000
acres with 250 miles a wire fence, at the
head of Bed Rivet in the Panhandle. '1.Hie
ranch oontainw nearly,. 2.5,000 acres More
than there, are in the entire,State.of Rhode
Island, and he bought the whole at from 50
Gents to ti an acre.
- Dili Times.
Canadian Hotel Keeper -I don't see
how - we are going to get along. The house
is about empty, yet it is impossible to
reduce expenses. Look over the American _
papers and see what the news is. . • .
:Hotel . have looked over them,
there has net been a big defalcationin the
United States for two weeks. •
Canadian Hotel Keeper -14 stars! We .
will- be ruined1 never knew' the times to
beio_dull.-Phiiadelphio Call. -
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On 'Way -41 Gelling. Free AdreittSino.
_ Philadelphia reporters are exposing
Forepaughls sacred White elephant as a
painted; fraud. T.bey washed it ,with a
sponge; a white substance canto off, end the
dark akin wevexposed. This may be only
a scheme of "Forepatigh's to_ advertise the
animal and draw a crowd. _ Thousands of -
people who wouldn't go out of their way to
bee a real white elephant will go to see
whether this animal is painted or not. °
Toyont4 RON.
Someacitore are more sticoessful in draw-. .
ing.a cork 'than in drawing a paying andie
MUM.- - *- •
Sleep is very healthful. There is nobody
whoknowis this better than the hired hired girl
especially n the morning:''
Keep- it in. itind_thit the•gteat Object of
study is- to fit the mind for usefulness in
.
A little. •:.praise. is good for a shy temper.
Itteaches it to. rely 'on the kindnetai of •
others.-Lanclor".: • -
. . .
woman's "(heart, like --the 0200111' is
always aliment; but there 11 always a man
in it. --
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-Mrs. A. W. Rollins, • wbo. died In . Des
Moines, Iowa; last week, left $.75,000 to the
American Home Mission Society.
• The Duke of•Buceleugh, who has just died -
in Scotland, was known wherever he went. -
uncovered by a peculiar markl--a large wen
uponthe top othis head. • • .
When a very strong attachment .
or a young lady you feel at times as thow h '
you could eat her, at least you say lo.; but
justlet her go off and flirt with some other ,
fellow and you feel immediately as thoUgh.
you oonld ohew her tip.
• FRESH Pincr.-The current belief among
householders that the _ smell of fresh lead..
paiIntis noxious is founded onpretty gene-. •
.ral experience, but is opposed by the belief,
'equally current among chemists, thatlead
compounds are.. not .volatile. 41. -fact re-
oentiy.brought to our notice seems to sup.
port the domestic. theory. The basis ef
the useful and popular luminous ,paint is
known to be sulphide 'of calcium. Now;
this-co:impound, when unprotected by var-
nish, glass or some other impervious sib; • •
stance, is slowly sated on by the • acids of
the itir, -and sulphuretted hydrogen is.
evolved, which blackens lead paint. This
is well known, and can easily be -aveided
by proper protection of the paint. But the
curious thing is that unprotected luminous
paint its found - to be perceptiblyblackened
by the -fumewfrom fresh lead paint. There
Beams to only :one poitsible explanation
of thiti-namely,: that a =due - freshly
covered with lead paint does .actually Mnit
some volatil*cwinlpound at/lead. 'wo be-
lieve that many phytdmansz could :cenfirsti
this view from then *own observations -in
regard to newlppidntid houses. -Lancet.
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