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POIEKRY.
The 'Symbol id tlie Datedolione:- -
The erectts etips were on the downs,•
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- Atte bills wore green with heather,
Thedandelions' disks, �tgold
Stabile bathe ',right spring weather,
The blue above, the green below„ -
Were glad andlay together :
Wereglad, as were the merry lads,
And curly headed lasses, • -
Fulling dandelion stars ,
- _ Among the fresh green _erasSes—
The gay, the splenclie- yellow disks
-That grew in golden. masses
• - :Theslmg time went ; the summer brought •
' The het and SUltry day -time.. -
Thescee d rose, the singing birds, ' •
he swt dried grass of hay-timo,
The dre y, du- gy evening bowie;
The a fdrert's happy ply -time.
But then the dandelion stars •
Were white and fairy,
They New- thera'sa..th and east and west.
They were so lightand airy ;
Away they went, but ne'er comeback
To bloom in sweet Giosegeay.
Away they went on sunimer winds,
• ..But where, there was no knowing;
'Yet on some ebony slete or field
lkUtxt spring would find them growing
To golden stars, t. fairy domes, -
Meetfor the enild.ren's blowing-
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AncIeven so4he children passed, _
- In Otte of love's endeavor
Some went ueyond the star -strewn Skieg-;
• Soree,,hills EMU oceans sever ;
But to elenry'e banks- and braes
They came no more forever-
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Yet'etill they lift their fresh young hearts
In told lands sad and hoary.
Or tell in new unpianted ways- •
Their s' `e childhood's story-
AhTree t j 0138 more h-ppy ones
• *HI kee i in heaven's glory! •
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I think they tio:—both.there and
One Father's loire aka sharing ;
The dying flower, the deathless soul-,
Have the same Fettle; 'a caring ;
• Our ehilhood's blossoms, loves and griefs,
. • Our manhood's work and eearing,
'All helptoward that higher life
•- For which thi81123 preparing-
PeterPetoperee-w-
"rnowledge begins *here belief ends..1*-'41irl.
I had belief„ when. I Was young, •
• In all my parents taught ree ; -
But that -WAS era experience . •
Had ta my sen es brou4ht me.
thouiiht not thenbut now I gnow,
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'1 here's. many things deceiving, .
And toiity sorrow E have found
- That seeing is not believing...
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- I saw what fbelieved to. bp
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A. type of human nature,
Wi h nandsotneforra and rocycheeks,
. A charming; lovely %-eature-;
Butoiit .when- paint and pea's were gene,
Which had been so deeeiving,
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Alas 1 there was no Neinty.left— -
z. Oh 1 geeing is not believing -
I se* folks flockingioto chttiCh
To:listen to the teaching, -
And comeout looking sanctided,
- And all extolled the preaching, ”
But &aloes are the test of 'life,
As words a "e so deceiVing.
Too many tares...tr. -Ow in the wheat— •
Ohl Seeing is not believing. • -
Threk thing& above thrkreet I•saW-:
But could not s' eve the ci-LnerY,. -
Why justice, truth and honesty—
, Were siich• good things in tlaeory ;
Bufthose I found we() let them glide,
7 And praettied Most deceiv4rigt
Sorliehow contrived -to thrive the best,:
_ Oh. 1-• seeing is not believing.
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But whit is nave has been before,.
• And. so it will be ever ; • .
Martnera and customs oft may eliange,
-3ut human na.tute never. .
The, Werld'e made tip of goo e; atel bad,:
The holiest aucl deceiving, -
-Few- read arermany counterfeits—
. But seeing not believing.,
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Latest' rein Spoil:nide
Rev. David Xaorai,_ Dundee, whale in W-
heal*, has left for England, .- where he is
to stays shore time preparatory . to taking
a tri p to the liediterteDeon. ' :. • ... .
A memorial has **et '.. been: erected IA St.
Giles' -Cathedral, Edinburgh;by -the effioers
and men of. the " Ala* Wateh", in memory'
of' their oomrades who -fell in the Egyptian
. . . ,
war of 1882. .. . . . - - :
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Lieut. -Colonel the Hon.- A. P. 0141368,re;
Berwick, died iet Caldra House on the 6th
inst. after's few weeks' illness. He was the
youngest sOn of the first Awl Of Cathcart,.
and was born in 1803, -
The Dumbarton U. P. iiresbyteri . has
approved of . the zefusal of an Helensburgh,
&troll to ordain a man to the -elderehip
who Was ID. the habit of _Walking in the
. country on Sunday afternoons.. • - -
BOW Di. Donald ' Macleod; of theePark
°burble, Glasgow, add,resSieg, a . -public
-meeting at Dunfermline on April 8th„ eaid
the proper. Way to extend the Clittroli of
Scotland was to -endow the Chi:iv:hes under
the old territorial and _paroohial system,
and throw the doorsopen without money
and withouttriee:- - •
- At.a sale in Edinburgh lately ,a - copy :of
the Kilmarnock edition of.. Bathe' poeMm.
was sold for 240 el and ja volume of bis
writings, reiblishell in 1793, with an inscrip-
tion on -the fly -leaf in the. poses own band -
writing, Was sold at 221 2e 6d. At the '
sam -sale 216 Wks realized for o copy Of
Colit's 'poeticaL_ works which Burns „ had
presented to Jean Lorimer.
Sir Willie& Nairn was 'frugal to the
extent of penuriousness. In his country
house at Dansinatte.,..he had -only one bed;
that he -might avoid -the etpense of enter-
taining visitors. - Dempster, of.Dunnichen.
one of his few friends, was visiting hitn on
one . occasion, When a peyote storm arose,
which determined him to remaincall night.
Every hint to induce hie . guest to take his
deperturee proving _ineffectual, he said:
"George, if you will spay; you - muet, go to
.bed 0..10 and rise at .3, and then 1&1 get the
bed after you." - ' • - - - , ,
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11{0VOISH4II.
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W di* ousei -.of :kin:Abed' •st Saxes
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• The troiesteau of .11r -princesti-Elizabet:
of Sixe-Aubalt, who ,..- about to. be mar-
ried at-ParMst?,dt _to ilhe • Rtiselan, Grand
DuBewail, itita-niasteel of the.coatumer's
. - . - . _le , ..- -
art and contaniai man eheautiful toilettes,
some of which ireldeies 'abed .13010W4
satin" with tablier
pointed *Oat ant
ery - •to - : inietch..
and point • lace
h three A0114066
-.these a: -. satin
ht upon aide with
nk -roses . e train and
waist. triintned
ulder to right hip
oulieres..! Of. French
elYet,' brocade and,
ir02 white-jostrioh
bow e and -passe-
n some of the other
mal tolorilot.Russia,.
t . docreetly, while
itified as "Itttssittii
s: show brilliantly,
st. !tatiteftilly,.." In-
: the. .-skirt . : .of
i a • - tabher. ' of
Moat ' effective Con -
lovely -rush Shade cif
ice of drap &argent.
t and Venetian leas,
wildly; ralternating
trow.knife-pleating-
,
over .whiph.:falls- a
l'ather tips ; the same
d - sleeve triniming,
. Another -toilet is- it lo 4 ly pink satin :dress,
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in the pale deheate 48ide of
:pink ostrich
tips; rich embroider 1.4 dull pearls On tulle,
and :.pleated satin els On the ;side Of
&tot ; dueliesse • le elaborately used as_
flounceleand-jehots o kirt andtrein, make
this dress o marvel° sate ; Small bunches
of • .beads onl th . jacket-like:I waist,
. which opens': over - pearl !don:lecher;
lace in neck and plume : epaulette,,
finish this toilet, -Atther_ pink satin, dress
has the tabhet cover i: with tulle and crepe
folds, both alternatit% On the sides, put on.
diagonally, Heart -of .ritOe'wieaths cd roses,
lilies of the: vallti y dolln ire= Of skirt. The
train pf satin is cevecid with seven broad
• tulle flounces-; 'Wats to match.. : Aliother
is a dress of bine iia : , : tallier of diagonal
puff?, With broad gy -Marabeut borders
which extend on bot%m-of skirt back l to
train ;..equare ,train. with a'broad itoche ;
_bunches Of blue . sea- rtbboteare'put on.
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the' - Skirt- -: nal 'We VA - . On . the. 'silk
marabut trimmed aist.. Of .the. wrap,
t,t
one i • -of - whitelicilienne, .. arranged
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long And . flowing a i lined with i Oath,
trimmed with laces bevychenille fringe
about fourteen inch deep. - Besides these
there are velvet Igoe corsage wraps; light
brown wraps of Qt an with braiding of
gold (midi: arranged- debrown beads and
geld .drOpe ' an ., m other.heentiful &ra-
tites too numerous . Mention.. 4 good
.part ot the tiOriseali 6, ' furnished by Berlin
teuses.: .-.. Meets. G en ei CO. have Made
fortyof the togettes..4 Among th)lni are a
goodly numner of *Ate -dresses. -
unietin141 WI finephanis-.:1 _
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-4 A. . umber . of joiej.4 English nobles, in.
.oluding the Ear l _Of' ' yo and Lord' Ronald
Gower,-heve. been inting Wild elephants
in - : the . Teta", - _fore* . . preeerved
for the - -e, - )u.rtiO 0 -the- - feet of
the -- :Himalayas. When .. the . bun -
tars have :tined a erd of it-hnndred or
so of_ wild - plephan .4 two hundred Coolies
are telegraphed foh to do the "beating."
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They .surround the hrrd,-ittid, by gradually
narrowing the eirelriand making all sorts
of frightful --noises, rigbten- the elephants
into ,a narrow spao4.n the Oentre,*here a
stockade has • .been Suilt and on intrenoh-
tient : dug; so th hey cannot get away
The . difficulty is i etting the elephants
tied_ down, as .the N are ',very. Wild- and
dangerous at first, 'The hutting. party
have about fifty tare elephente With them,
and -these play la pro inentpatt in forcibly
civilizing their wil brethren... The poor
ixiolOs . often !gat,1 led in this work, and
are always very re taut to go. - J • ' '
Train dresses Ofvh
of rioh sliver embr id
low, iro
Dress- .of 'white - sat
tablier... Covered.
of point oye
puff a. la vivandiere, o
'e large cluster of pale
waist of pink: troce,
soarf-like from left s
with -point laoe be
roses. Toilet twhi
•gtos grain, tri mad
feathers,' sundry' ' tibb
Mei:aerie. In thisia
white dresses, the nat
are used effectively,
i31. another dress,
costume," thesis col
but ..neVertlieless
another toile
cermet ,rep •
drop &Argent. tk
mast is softened by tel
velvet hi -the train,
-Drees of dark red vel
the -latter put . en d
With puffs of velvet;
on -skirt and ' train
border ofredostrich
are. used for cellar-
Jerusalem for the Pope.- . .
(Home -Correspondence of the raris GatilOte.)...
A few dap] : ago : an emissary, travelling
incognito, of Herr. Bistearok arrived here
and stopped ' at the -residence- of M. po
Sobloezerithe Prussian AnibaseedOr to the
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Pope: .The einissary was 'subsequently
received at the Vatioon and theii.at once
returned to Germany. - The CatholicepOpere
made a note.of these .proceedings, giving_.it
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_ to be understood- tthat the affair was con,
cerning- the .Pope's departure, --without,
however, entering into -.fuller-details.; .:_To-
day it is rumored that the emiesary had
cometo_inforM__Lso :MIL - that Germany,
in case- His Holiness _would .-leaVe Rime;
-Would_ -see toit that .Jerusalem Would be
'ceded to him in entire sovereignty, to there
• definitely establish the hoWeest... It is net .
. stated what the Pope's reply was, but there
. is every -reason to believe that the Pope
•would never Consent to leave Rome, with,
out intention of returning ; thathe Might
seek a tempo -re -:0 asylum outside of Italy,
but never a. new capital, As suith an asylum
It is -objected, -that-. Jerusalem is too .for
from the centre . of : Cotholue countries;
that the repel:6111d fi.nd.hituself. relegated
tothe borders of Mahoineten, Orthodox
Greek and Thiddhistreligions, and that he
hasalready declared for a placieet sojourn
nearer Rome. i ,---England offers hire Malta,
end other hospitablepowers. places at
about an eqnal distance,
..thus.: Austria,. a
town in‘ Tyrol; the Principality of, Monaco,
itsown capitali. France, - it -is said, the
.11Yerea Islands, eto. The 'question Of jeru-
, Belem as the new Capital hasalready been.
raised eeVerel- tittles, and the eradle.' of.
Christianity would certainly be mcireWortby
of receiving the holy edat.: than. any other
:City: Should the Pope be induced- to fix his
perinenent residence there several ques-
tions= would .arise.. Would the . Ottoman
Empire-pede Jerusalem tetherope? Would
it be sustained in its -resistance-by a ',Euro--
- pean power? ' Would; for; example, Russia-.
allow -the centre of Clatholioity to hetrans-
firma so' near to her borders? These re-
flictions .fititutally ocourito Catholics and
Italians- who :regard - the 1 Pepacy as the
source_ of Italy's i -greatness. -.Those who
'only coneiderthe difficulties Of the moment
awe see, an opportunity ofgetting rid' of
-them *Old be delighted with - the modelle
of the peojeet attributed to Herr iliemarok
-4;-the disperture of the.P9Pieto Jerusalem.
Waling and WaniaLg.
rope and the gun are like as one---! .
13-oth _largest when they rise ; •
They shrink ahkeiroin morn tin noonp
,Aclife grows old and wise- '
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With what unbounded belie the boy .
-Begins huvworld career :
Haw wondrous large and bright With icsy
itarising smut appear I • •
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Rift as the Sims grow less dna fess, .
And paler, astheycjinib . •
The; V808.11t -gptect we confess —
-Thecald deceits of time.
▪ Ottr boyhead. levee will Shrink and fade
▪ - As boyhooddrifts away. • .f
And one by one to rebt are laid
The failures of the:day.
And yet tale•sun at noon that titrits
Its doWnward course Will grow andgrotr,
Tilthi the west it rolls and, Intros .
AS large as half a day ago.-
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Sa, as we near that other -sphere,
.The early hope revives„ •
That all We thought was nun
here-
- • May be in other livee..
Secret.
I told_ray secret to the sweet wild roses, •
Heavy with dew, new- waking in the morn,
And they had breathed it to a. thomiAnd others
• , Before another Clay was slowly born.
Oh, fickle roses said I, -"you Shall Perish 1"
So plucked them for ray lady tweet to wear
In. ettepukorrence of her maicien bosoni„
Th . •
een luxuriance of her ehestoilt hair.
/told the geeret to a bird now building
• lier nest at peace within the Spreading free,
And era her children had begun to chatter
Shhi Idat o'er and der right vously.
"014 traitor bird r twhisperedi ; " stay thy sing.
Thou dost not know, there in thy' nest above,
Thatsecrets are not made to tell to others,
.That silence is the birthright o true lover
I told. tho secret to my.love, my lady ;
She held it closely to her -darling breast
Then as I clasped her came a tin whisper :
• "The birds and flowers toIdine all the rest._
• Nor shonld'et thou chide them that they spake
tile secret-- • •
The Whole world 18.a chord oflove divine, - •
And birds and flowers but tu1fi.1 their mission
In telling secrets' sweet as MUM' and thine!"
—121 the, _Year .11cesra.
SOme .13pring *nektons,
- I (13eston Transcript.) *-
Watered goods are seen everywhere. They
are having a great run.
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'‘VIBAR.1.11164.41IPPAISEilla.
Wkat Noire*" Tourists, Vat' •tz
sh, Eldred states Fr!, of 'Duty*.
A- question of considerable iiitereatto
trivellets returning from enroad, namely,.
what . isOnstitutes "wearing t-eppatel•in
actual use."' -whioh, by the law,- it exepipt
from duty, recently decided by thei3tiptenn9
Ceurt in the United- States, - in the case iff
William &ator, plainVff in error, against
Edwin A. Merritt, cellector,in error to the
:United Suttee Ctrouit Genre for the Boute27
etn distriet of New York. :The, plaintiff hz
errot,---* a. aititen or the ;Mittel '4'861011
arriVed:home: from a Visit to•Europe,inthie
end.of-Septeinber, Twith, bis -fantily, by. a
v�sael, and brought. •Witb fin wearing
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apparel bought there tfor )118 tut, A. it. i Up e,
to ..be worn -here duriog the seleseu ieeen
approaohieg, not excessive in :quantity for
persons of their ineans,hebits-and stationin
life, and the Ordinary outfit for the winter.
Xpert of the articles.had notbeen *Orn,and
duties ,Were enoOted on all thOse:aitioles.
The courPholds that, under :Section 2505 of
the Revised Statutes, exempting from duty
wearteg apparel in -aottai use,. and. other
personal effects net merchandise," the pro-
per rule to be applied weito exempt from
ditty suph:artielel'os fulfilled the following
conditions: First, wearing apparel. oWned,
by tlie piesenget and in a. condition to be
worn at ,onae without ;nether menufaciture;
• brought with himas a passenger, and
intendedlor the hsteor Wear of . himself or
his family whieaccodipanted Jilinas paesea-
gets and not for Bele or purobased or im-
l]erted for other persons, or :to be -given
away ; 3rd; suitable forthe season of the
year which wasr-imeiediately approaching
at the time of artiyal ;_and 4thinot exeeed-
ing inquantity, quality or value, what the
passenger Was in:.•tlie. habit of -,"ordinarily
providiog fethlineelf and his family at that
time, and keeping on hand for his and their
reasonable wants, in view of their means,
habits.and station helife, even though such
articles had not been actually Worn. The
judgment of the Zarcuit Court _is: therefere:
reversed, and the case remaneed with in-
-strut:Ake:re to award a new. trial. Opinion
by jUstice.Biatohford. .
ii.eslieNi skid
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Harry Leslieovho made himself famous
by crossing the, Niagara -Palls on a --tight
rope, is in at violent state.. Of insanity.. He
has been arrested in New York for attempt.:
ing to stab se•man His Mania is said to be
grief at- the :death' Ot. his wife,: which
000tirred.soine time ago, and his: failure to -
obtain steady eniploynient... He- °tested a
sensation at his residence- at -Greentioint by
throwing a rope from. an upper window and
announcing his intention et walking across
the street after thieeing he had fastened
it to theopposite house. A crowd cif about
250 persons gathered below. 1 While.: the
rope was... dangling from the; window he
clutched it and climbed on the sill, from
which perilous .poeition . he was .:rescued
.with difficulty. Leslie heis a
wealthy Man and --..buysblocks of property
in Greenpoint, for - which tegives' worthless
cheques for millions. attempted to
stab the policeman whO arrested hini.
LATEST "BOP TILIVNOBICHLW
No - lady can claim to be well dressed
without a gossamer witerproof.
Ib is whitipered that baseball suits are to
be of oiled canvas during the Beason jist
opened. - • . -
Some nice warm gloves. and mittens are
shown by enterprising dealers. They sell
very readily.-
It is not considered "-the thing "-now to
dry one's wash out of doors. It in a Oda
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tom adhered to only by the vulgar.- •
Colognes and' perfumery extradts have
surrendered their place- on my lady's
dressing table to rook -and -rye and -cough
drops;
angs are still worn, but no fashionable
lady would think of appearing in the street
without haying them:swathed in veiling or
some'eimilar coyering. ". • -- I -
. Ladies who have beenin the habit of
taking their pet dogs with thein.in their
prOmenaties maybe surprised to -know that
thepuppy is passe, 'the uMbrellarhaving
taken his place. -
Worthless -Life rresi2rrers.
The. Waslilrgton correspondent of . the
BufraloBaTress says that the recent tests of
-alleged "life preservers along the lake
coast-, by the local inspectors.- whigh re-
vealed the fact that many of_thern *WW2
are supposed ta support the weight Of an
ordinary man wouldsink a get, have in-
duced Inspector General Dumont to give
greater care to these essentials than ever
before. Be has just returned from New
• York, where he caused to be tested, life
•-preservers on two of the Serind steamers,.
Out of 3000, -ninety were found- lacking in
• thenecessarybuoyaney; and he has in.con-
sequence ordereda thorough investigation
intottnis suldect throughout the *hole. of
the navigable waiters of the United States.
During the coming season the law in this
. respectwill be rigidly enforced, aid steam-
boat owners are warned 10 be ,0-itefig: in
fitting out their vessels that -their life -pre-
servers come up to the staneard,
Mr. Ball, of Niagara Townehipiseya the
peaoh crop has not been Aestroyed with
them. • There is a prospect of a good:croP
up to the present date at letst.
j
Peeep' ied
314Ed. Ore, for
now of New feral;
home at Cepetown
there he- purchased,'
stead (Mr. Jacob
Peter Wood, Of Br
66,000. This was
people, .for it is on
years ago that Mr.
with not over 16100.
the Western States
is worth between 6
great success appe
result of, a- patentl
painting and grainit
the right for t
68,000. Mr.
two farms mai
the, "Wtst!
anti river has been open for f t
The new police barracks at MoLe
about completed.,
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Freight reaches Calgary from Eton
,
id eight:days.
.Mr.Galt's8tag� coach made the ilitimey
between Medicine Hat and MoLeoil, 27
miles, in 80 hours.-
. Resident)] �f Regina who reftis6 t. gve
alleistithoe in ca06 'offte in that p)B0 re
liable -1'6i fine °tea
' 4Th‘triiiiie.liale adiourned till to-ni6'-ttAvi.-
and "Will_taidjourii to -1136114v- ni9-17'-' Is'e°':- 010 :
tte,-._•144-1,,a•-top :I.- -i...;:,etrk ti t.,s;.0 ......t,.
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Gdoige Intirg .14,01 inteindik Or/ the,.
toba Road,- was- killed last nigh b ' en
Emerson and St. Yingant by beteg I° , . ver
by a lopqmotivei - : -
The,: review . for March, issue
metoorologicidtrvice of OKnadailho
Winnipeg enjey d More sunshine th,
other city in the Dominion.' ,
A OorrespOndrit of the - Calgary r.
sari that Silver City is quiet ; tne,e il e A
people are awaiting the developrnent "' -the
=nee, and thati the new mining lawe'r, 6, Oil
eve satisfaetion. ' - •
The engineer,-- firemen and oth6 ' em-
ployees of thei O. P. R. pieeentiii,e, , Mr,
J. Spearman, travelling engineer, . fi-.-..7* .ft
purse of $250 and a magnificent got,i watch- -
and "chain -184 evening at Port Arthm-.1°,.'
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Sowing has Only been commenevi on a
few' farms near :Brandon,.. the frOzi15:': #011?.
being yet euffidently out of the 1:::r9und. . , ° -
Between _Burniide and Poplar Poi.e,ti' on '
:Monday, .Seeding was obierved:iii 1; beeitt
many places. - - - -.: -
: The.Regina-Leader says that soMe* por-
tant ;changes have been madeorar0; *out
to be mit& in the staff. appointment; ,ttthe .,
Mounted Police, one of the most in.itant :
being -the promotion of COl. HerotAmOO to -
the :positiOn of Assistant Commiktioner-
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With head quarters at Calgary. I.
- .Major Butler; who has been 1•,7, the
.Northwest for several Months C; 1: mill;
tary;.. tour, under . instructions -i the
DoMinion . Governnient, has rsturI. A en -
route to .Ottaita, to report the. remit .4' hie •
labors. He will then prciceed to E-.. a4 ^-
on ..a _visit, where ..he expects to ,..-„,„riange
with some English noblemen to.-- it a
cattle. ranche. ' He expects to liav0ou-
San4 head of *took in this 868,894 ,4Ving
an agent east just now buying cattle-. - ;.'I - -
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. Ploughing Commenced on the , a
March. - . i
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The weather. has been warm an_yelin -
for -the past fortnight, with very litti-#9sts ,
at nights. 'Trees ere budding, attitv:be.frieit .
and.. spring floWers are -showing IV Open,'
and , many other indications poirlL go an
early spring. ; - • . .
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It has been:decided to rebuild tlo Hucl--_
son'e. Bay Company's steam mills itiAintly
destroyed by fi*e at Prince Albert :1. '•
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A Church 148118Eltieit in .Winnipeg.-
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A Midget speech was delivered in the,
Congregetional Ohiirtih, Winnipeg, on Sun --
day last, and a little'. excitement Was
created, something : that the delivery, of a'
budget spew* does not usually -evoke.
When the time Cann for • beginning the ser --
Mon, ;he pastor, Bev. Mi. Silooic, ealleff
upon one of the officials to read the. finan-
cial .statement, and used . this text for
a sernion on the necessity for
,mareliberal contributions, if the,ohurOli is
not to 01000 up. :* Mr. Silcox lies somewhat
sarcastic nil references, hinting that
of the mere etionomical ,members of
the church are too. literal in their belief
that'",-salVa,tion Is free," and remarking
that while:Some gave according to their
meaukothers gen, according totheir megni•-
120813• -H The affair is a deeided,pulpit emu*
tion.
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Wilkdoadul Ciithate.
A.' country tramp -whO brought up at a
farmhouse a few days ago, says the Detroit
"Free Press, claimed to have hod all manner
of • bad luck, .and, piiiong other things, he
Mentioned that three fingers otitis right
hand had, been so badly frozen during a
cold snap jn -.Dakotethatthe.doctor- had -
..amputated them. . • .
Let: us see," replied the farmer, . A
dirty paw Was held out in response.
Wby, your -,fingers are all here and all
right."
-". 011, of course, they are all right nove,
but during the three years it took to grow
new ones- I got So badly in debt that I lost
all hopes and took to -tramping I". He got his 'dinner, but the-fainier was in
Detroitthe. next- der- making itiquiriee
about the Wonderful western climate. -
ly -of Uopetown, - but
Was _visiting his old
st week, and while
a grandfather's home-
pe's farro) from Mr.
tford, for the sum of
ite -a surprise to the
about- three or four
re left that section
o seek his fortune in
and • now it is said he
00 and 650,000. His
8 to -hate been the
ight for ornamental
. It ia' said he sold
e on, of Chicago alone for
re te4s of purchasing other
inin the Jacob Oppe farm.
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- A Wife Murderer's Trial.
Before Justice Burton, at Windsor,
yesterday,' Luke.Phipps, the party charged
with shooting his wife 0/1 the ferry beat,
was asked when he would be ready. He
said . he had no counsel to defendliiin, and
no Money to -hire any. He was very pale.
His Lordehip wiU hkely assign -conned to
• delend hints—The trial has been fixed -for
•Friday. In the meantime the Crown are
going to . ooraninnioate with parties in
Detroit whom the prisoner desires to have
•ilik,witnesses. .
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"There, is �ne thiniabout abies," said
a recent traveller,
"they never change.
We have girls ofthe period, Men of the
world.; -but the baby- is the same self-
possessed,- 'fearless, laughing,. voracio
little heathen in all - ages - and in all
Cetnitries.Pt
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re to Poverty.
Frank Wad, -:a 11-- tle old Man who has
,.
spent the greater _partion of the past ten
years in Jail as aegrtsnt, wee released
from the Hotel de 4een on Tuesday; after
serving aeix montL term, and st once got
on O spree, but * re he got the money
with which to buy whiskeyis a mystery.
In the evening -he -was run in,but next.
morning he beg 86 hard that --. the
_Magistrate ailowe aim one more 'chance:
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Twenty years -ago , ade was a well..to-do
grocery merohant IL, Hamilton, but -after
the death of his .wif 'he neglected his bid-.
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-nest and Went ' ually to the dogs.—
Toronto Worldi1... 7
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TheDew„ silt LaUe.
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The Mcirm ns us4Salt take solely as a
bathing resort, an ' or thet purpose it is
dangerous, since ift -person gets the . inr-
tensely salt Water- to his:mouth he will
strangle -quickly :Bight ,. or • ten people
. . .
drown in this wa ,,ievery year.. The lake
is a Most Osolatkiand isolated body. of
water: . No oreaturalives in it, and no per --
Bon lives pil it.
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The Cause . ot odors In. Plan• s
What is the tame of these o „la he
plants? As agile, they are due to YoeVain
volatile or essential oils. Two kiudz a op.
are known to °herniate. 'One set arfr
fats'? and when I the attempt - is zi;4.1.-itit to
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drive themeoff by means of heat, yetle''' at-
tempt is not a complete sib:mese They
will not wholly evaporate.- A Fitani;.-s _left.
-These oils, therefore, aro called r*e4 . or '
drying Oils. Necessarily these aro tee' oils
need as a vehicle for color matter* by
&Meta.. Linseed oilis afamiliar
The fixed oils are compounds of fi"4.-!. Apree,
chemioal elements, carbon, hydrogen; pay-
gent—the last element in small pr; -tion
as compared with the -other two. •' ).$2; the
other hand' the essential or vola-• -oila
evaporate completely when heated, daving
no Stain, and they are compounded, -.4 car-
bon and hydrogen alone. _ Highly 115-..3ented,
for good or evil, and very volatile, pg off
readily into the air these oils are, 1: Or*, ,
the -cause -of scent in leaves, in.flowee, and
in fruits." -:-Science Monthly.
woinanNilliteloof.„.
We had a letter recently asking how
heavy a woman should be in proportion to
her length. Of,, course a young girl- may
becomingly be thinner than a matron, but
we think that We have been about right in
Pounds
... 100
malting up the following table.:
Five feet in height should weigh
Five feet one inch should weigh
Five feet•tweeincties shostld'weligh
_Five feet three inches should weigh
Five feet.fottrinches should weigh
Fivefeetfive inches ehotild weigh
Fiv.e feet six inches should -weigh .
Five feeteeven inches should .. .4.: 150
Five feet eight inches blzOtIld Weigh ••• ...• 155
Five feet nine inches should.. '163
Five feet ten inches should weigh • '7'169
Five feet eleven inchi3s Should weigh 'L 176
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Six feet - 280 _should weigh: ' • • 4.
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A. Noisy The.
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A good story is told of the late 4nthony.
Trollope, NOrman Macleod and.oltie %muse,
one -of the.Cetnard Company. Tri( -0 were
intimate friends and made a to0='-in the
Highlands together. Arriving at,:eilf inn
late-.atnight, they had supper - dafafter•
their repast told stories and lailifed,
Trollope used to do over here, reg§rdIess of - •
othervisitors, half the night throzAgi# In
the morning an old gentleman w 'occu-
pied a bedroomjust above there,c6riapiained
to the landlord,that he had. ibee0 did-
turbed.hy the noise from .the. par tk ,below
that he had been .unable to elee.4,,, ind he
greatly regretted that such metv-Aould
take more than was good for them,.
replied the landlord, I ani holing 46 say
there was a geed deal of hind tii4ipg and
but 'they had nothing. NOrenger
than tea and herriegs." !' Blese-J,..4.0,“ °
joined"the old gentleman, If tiacIlitla so,
What would Di. Macleod and Bfri..e,w-UtAns be •
afterdinner 2"1
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iinebriOzoological.Proble
• fl Para 2" asked a 7 -year-old eon.4 a die-.
tingtdelted- Senator—and- the
son's face wort an Anxious
islthe drunkest, to .be drunk- as a i•-• astia owl -
or to be as fuhl as two goats." • :t0
;2‘ Good.heavene,'• I" ej
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It is a singular incidence that the late
Duke- of Albany s the second bearer -of
that title who, died in the Riviera.
The next. brother IVt. George 111., the Duke
of York and Albily, died at the palaoe of
Monaco in 1767, Wanily a few milee from
• where Vince; 'mot d breathed blasigi.
• Enggitsii as she le Wrote:.
• 'The follciwittg letter has been iiactaived:by
Colonel McAfee, chief -clerk of the 20132bit
-Police.Oourt :
larbILITHGO, Columbia 410., Arr.
To Pdr..the Chief Of the Police Court, New Itork
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DEAR Sis4—In order Of the. Family Kruger, of
Schaffliouse aiwit*erland), I implore yonif yOn.
please fcir coramnnication what is.to do that her
son Hermann Kruger can be found out. Kruger
is since two years—America, and is silent -since
October, 1882 time, -as he left Tnokerton, N.J.,
where hewronght on the fish factory., In eves=
lotion a your honored dedication please to agree
my sincere salutition. _ -HENRY A. limos'.
The dust has been laid; trees are quickly
donning their Summer suits of green, and
the pink and white; and the, pale 'green of
the fruit blospoms, give happy "Famine of
approaohmg stuntner.—Victorks (R. C.)
Colonist, April 16.-
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astonished- parent, "What do yo idaeun 2
HoWshouldI know 2" .
,•• didn't kiiow, papa; but thifi,-t4i,rning
the cook said John, the CoachreR..;•.' came
home drunk as a bile& Owl";:anct atte after-
loonimhen, cok,--,o wife paled on
Mamma,II heard her; say that he: nneband
said you were as fill as two goats .'t the
olith last nighVi •:
;conundrum rem
'aitawer0.-Washingtan'HatChet..
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the disk of the. Duke -of g,,tiAny a
peipetWas Mind with these wordt'on it
"I *gib to biburild in St. George' Chapel,
Where I Was 80 happily married,:Fsatwhere
Lshaill.alivayahave beautiful inukt4:‘played
'over• 1,1
, There hal beena. lively disOuse*4 in the
Brighton Town Council. In the-trOnree. of
it, Mr. Alderman Lamb -called M.
bor CarEinter a gs duomaniso." Thci'lfrorgd,
Which reports; the affray% - has ix heard
that any seri* Consequences a .13**4. • -
MrOaerbert Spencer has starta,,ffy Aug.;
tralia, a' loncsea voyage . bekg', Geom.
niended for WS -health.
un.
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