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The Advocate, 1887-11-10, Page 631easttee for Measure. 4007 wore epeeking, of nePuthe, of sieelt &Pei shaees, Which vary from V011116' to ORO HBO 114,14PO'S ; of mouths ghat are feeeiniee, clehrty and rosy, ttefreshieg Baia eweet wee the uniretug-,aewed posy, of maseunee mouths, that heture's so good To provide With a 'hirsute awning or hood, whieh aorieeals from the feir ono a mouth super - As hor drapery bideth the form that's diviug, " I thiuk Mr. ellen" eaidepesephiue Banter, "Though your mouth is less eiwietee than a decaliter, shadea prefusely-With hair ,on your hp— It excels the docantor'sefor it (+etches the clop— think, air. Slim—exouse ny remaras— That men hide their Mouths, because, like a, shark's, They're se awfoly large they woula put you to theme, ,Ot frighten the ladies, perhaps, with the same.' "Ines ,Tosephine Banter," euoth Slim, with a sty ..and mischievous beam in Ina twinkling eye, "There is in ail nature—hareem, at least, A morbid desire, each moment inereaseel, To unravel the secrete hidden from view ; Aud I strongly suspect the same, miss, of you." "Ir. Sten, I declare t Yea mon are provoldugi" "BoW so ?" inquired Slim, with mirthfulness choking, ' You \mule lain havante think thityourmouth is as mall As—n0 is for instance." "Ea, ha 1 Net at all!" The lady with arch naivete replied, Though it challenged the Smile she endeavored to hide. Well, alisejesephine, siuce yeiewould banter R10 SO, • ^ suggest that we settle the thing at a mow ; Or by one sweet measure, Ascertain whether Yours is the smaller by putting them together." SIR illJ,GIPS LOVES. " Yes, mother," M a'low voice, Uand I suppose Ile hes told you the news." "What hews, my pet ?" ° " That he and ,Misa Selby are engaged. Oh yes, I new it directly I saw the letter. It is good of him to tell us so soon. I am glad; you must tell him we are gid,' motile r." " Will that be the truth, Fern 2" looking at her doubtfully. "One ought to be glad whenone's friends are happy," was the unsteady answer. "If he lovas her, of course he must want to marry her. Crystal says she is very hand- some and looks so nice. You must write a very pretty letter to him, mother, and say all sorts of kind things. And it is for us td be glad that he has got his wish, for I think he has not looked quite happy lately." And Fern folded up her work in her old business -like manner, and then Went about the room jauttinglittle touches here and there; and if she were a little pale, the dusk soon hid it. Mrs. Trafford had no fault to find with her daughter that evening; nevertheless she didnot feel easy; she thought girlish pride was bidding her conceal she wound, and that in reality her child was unhappy. If any one had asked Fern what were her feelings when she saw that letter in her mother's hands she would have answered most truly that the did not know. When a long -dreaded trouble that one knows to be inevitable at last reaches one, the mind seems to collapse and become utterly blank ; there is a painless void, into which the mental vision refuses to look. Presently—there is plenty of tirete ; life is over long for suffering—we will sit down for a little while j3y the side of the abyss which has just swallowed up our dearest hopes. a 4.`.0. • Numbnets, which was in reality death in life, blented Fern's feelings as she worked and talked, and fulfilled her little duties. When she went up to her room, and looked at Crystal's empty bed, she thought the Toone had never looked so desolate. She undressed slowly, with long pauses, during which she tried to find out what had hap- pened to her; but, no real consciousness came until she laid her head on the pillow and tried to sleep, and 'then found her thoughts active. And the darkness seemed to take her into its black arms, and there seemed no rest anywhere. They were all over—those beautiful dreams that had glori- fied her life. No bright -faced young prince would ride out of the mist and carry her away; there would be no more kind looks full of deep wonderful meanings for her to remember over her work; in the morning she would not wake and say, "Perhaps he will come to -day ;" no footstep woula make r heart beat more quickly; that springy trea Id never sound on the stairs ag Be was go f her life, this friend o hers, with his mer h, and his boyish ways, and that pleasant s thy that was always ready for her. Vern had never imagined that sue possibilities could wither up the swee bloom of youthful promise; she had never felt really mieerable exeept vvhen her father died, and then she had been, only a child. She wondered in a dreary, incredulous way if this was all liferneant to bring her— every day a little, teaching, a little work, qui tinge with her mother, long 8 , • ta tba em to lead nowhere; iie adows ; no rs ; no pretty things e ept in the shop ridoWs ; weruld sh st live over Mrs. Wa ' • s' when she was . • woman how empty and mea she m Are you eake still, my dar • • ed, tossing restlessly • all seems," her hot asked her mother, tive sympathy had le. • er o her elan door, and she had heard that impatie little speech. " What iethematter,clearett; you will tell your mother, will yen not ?" i4 Oh, naother, why have you come ? I 'never Meant you to know. But here she broke down, and deepen her mother's neck oonvulsively. I am glad—I Will be glad that he is happy '; but oh, mother, I want him so—I want him so," And then Mrs. Trafford knew that the Wound Vas deep— very deep indeed. CHAPTER XIX, —every one but, one, and that wee ter husband. Had Sir Hugli'o indifference Imp* bin? blind? for he pompletely ignored the idea of any change in her. She was pale and thin—very thin, they told him. Hugh said he supposed it was only natural; and when they opolte of her broken test and failing appetitehe Boa that was natural too. They must take better ore of her, and net let her do se mneh. That was his sole remark and then, when she came into the PEI001 a few minutes afterwards to bathe' hi@ aching head, and read him to deem pr to sit fanning the teasing thee from him Or the hour together, Hugh never seemed to notice the languid step, or the pale tired face out of which the levels color had faded. His Wee Wifie was such dear,' quiet little nurse, he said, and with that scant meed of praise Fay was supposed to be satisfied. But she knew now that all hie gentle looks and words were given her out of sheer pity, or in colder leindnees, and shrank from his caresses as n;pioh as she lied oncesought thein; and often, as she spoke 'td him, the shamed conscious color rose suddenly to her fair face, arid broken breaths so impeded ter utterance that her only gaiety was in silence. Scarcely more than wohild in year, yet Fay bore her martyrdom nobly. Unloved, unhelped, she girded on her heavy cross and earned it from day to day with a resignation and courage ths,t was truly womanly; and hiding all her wrongs and her sorrows from him, only strove with her meek young ways to win him. yet. But as time went on her love and her suffering increased, and the distance widened miserably between them. Sometimes When: her trouble was very heavy upon her—when lIngh had been more than usually restlees, aha had spoken irritablYi and'Alia!rplY31,•tn her—she would breb,k- down ' utterly, and 'Tieiltle her face against his in a moment's forgetfulness, and cry softly. Then Hugh would wonder at her, and stroke her hair, and tell her that she had grown nervous by staying at home so much; and then he would lecture her a little in a grand martial way about taking more care of herself, until . she dried her eyes, and asked him to forgive her for being so foolish; and 80 the pent-up pain. that was within her found no outlet at all. ," Oh, if he will not hive nie—if he will not " try to love me, I mast die," cried the -poor child to herself; and then she would creep away with a heart- broken look on her face and sob herself to sleep. Ah, that was a bitter time to Fay; but she bore it patiently, not knowing that the days that were to follow should he still more full of bitterness than this. Sir Hugh was getting better now— from the hour he had seen Margaret there had been no relapse; but he was struggling through his convalescence with a restless impatience that was very trying to all who came in contact with him. He was longing for more freedom and change of air. He should never grow strong until he, went away, he told Fay; and then she understood that he meant to leave her. But the,, knowledge gave her no fresh Pain. Sift had Buffered so much that And the urgent letters that were sent "Yon must not excite yourself, my even,he could not hurt her more, she did not reach Sir Hugh for a 'long lady," observed the nurse, anxiously; but thought. She only said to him once in time, for he was wandering about she might as well have spoken to the wind, her shy way, You will be at home in time, Switzerland; He had carelessly altered for Fay seemed to have forgotten her Hugh; you will not leave me to go through his route and had forgotten to tell presence. it all alone?" And he had promised faith- Fay aa. " Oh, Hugh, my darling husband!" she fully that he would come back in plenty of But on his homeward route, which was exclaimed, as the door opened; and the time. not until the six weeks were past, tender rose flush deepened in her cheeks as And the next morning she found him he found a budget awaiting him at Inter- she stretched out her hand to him with her dressed earlier than usual and standingby the window of the library, and exclaimed at laolaen. old smile. Hugh was deeply shocked when he Hugh stooped over the couch and kissed the improvement; and Hugh, moving etill . heard of his wife's danger, and her, and then sat clown with rather languidly, bade her see how well he could blamed himself for his selfishness in leav- a dissatisfied expression on his face; he walk. " 1 have been three times round.the room and once down the corridor," he said, ing her. The trip had refreshed him, but the idea with a smile at his own boasting. " 1°- of returning home was still irksome to him. morrow I shall go out in the garden, and He had enjoyed his freedom from domestic the next day I shall have a drive." ' restraint; and he planned a longer route And a week after that, as they were that should end in the Pyramids, when standing together on the terrace, looking Fay was strong and well again. It would towards the lake and the waterliliee,Hugh, not matter then; but he was a brute, he leaning on the coping, with a brighter look confessed, to have left her just at that time. than usual on his wan facie, spoke cheerfully Then he added in self•extenuation that he about the arrangements for the next day's was not quite himself. and write lopg letters to me, end tell me hew you are getting on?,' Yes, Hugh," she replied, quietly ; and then he put her down f rem hip artms, She had taken the flower from his buttot-hole, and stood fondling it long after he had driveoff. "Had yell pot ,better lie down, my lady ?lc Mrs, Her seid to her a little while after- wards, when elie found her still standing in the middie of the room; and she teok bola of her gently, for she did not like the look in my lady's eyes at all; and then she laid her down on the couch, and ,neVer lett 'her entil she had fallen asleep, like a child, for very trouble. And then she went down and spoke put her mind. to Janet; andthesubsta,nee of her ' 01,01=0.00•100.004000mome0•0000. ,f1eoiro.4 the beir, 444 that baby charms that hed been se potent With lio; .049#151., possess mm egie for hi, P44 PTER UN, f! 11 18 AEA OVER, SWOP POt1 root, sloop sea rest, Father will Goal° to thee 6000; nest, on mother's broAst, -e ether iI1 pone) to thee soon Father will cane to his babe in the aept, silver Bane alt uut•vt the west outlier the silver moon : Sleep thy little ono, Bleep, my pretty 000, pleop, Ten/owe. It was on a hot thundery July afternoon that Sir Hugh entered Redmond Hall, weary and heated and dusty, and thoroughly ashamed of himself. There aro SOMO MOO WhO hate to be speech might he getheted from the oopoluct- reminded of their own shortcomings—who mg sentence. • . are leo proud and impatient to endure seif- o And I am sorry to say it, janet, of any humiliation, and who would rather go one to whom I am beholden for the bread I through fire and waterthan own themselves eat, and whom I have known since he was in the wrong. Sir Hugh was one of these. a baby; but in spite of his bonnie looks and , Despite his moral weakness, he was a Red - pleasant ways, Sir Hugh is terribly selfish; mend all over, and had a spice of the arro- and I call it A sin and a shame for any man gance that had belonged to them in old to leave a sweet young creature like that at feudal days, when they had ruled their such a time. What oat he expect if she vassals most tyrannically. And especially goes on fretting herself to death M this did he hate to be reminded by word or deed way ?" • that his conduct had not been faultless; Fay could not tell why she felt -so strangely his conscience made him uncomfortable weak the hext day when she woke up, and enough, for he was really kind-hearted in Mrs. Heron could not tell either. She did spite of his selfishness; Wit did not improve not fret; she did not oven seem unhappy ; matters when Mrs. Heron met him in the she was too tired for anything Of that Sort, hall, and:quite forgetting her usual stately she said to herself ; but day after day she manners, suddenly buret out, while lay alone in her little room with closed eyes her tearful eyes gave emphasis to her and listless bends' while Nero lay at her words • feet wondering why his little mistress was " Oh, Sir Hugh, I am grateful and thank - so lazy, and whyshe wasted these lovely ful to see you again, for WO thought my summer naornings indoors instead of ruu- lady would have died in her trouble; for, ning race e with him and Pierre. ' bless her dear heart, she fretted herself No, she was not ill, she assured them, cruelly when you left her, and ore's the when Mrs. Heron and the faithful Janet pity 1' came to look after her, and to coaxher with The housekeeper Jiad meariVilo reproach all kinds of dainties; the was only BO tired, to her master, but Sir Fkgli's uneasy con - and would they not talk to her, for she felt science took elan:mew Nese., as though she could never- sleep enough; "Thank yeenMrs. Heron," with icy and would some one tell Sir Hugh so when politeness, " ram deeply indebted to you they wrote to him, for he would get no long for reminding me of my shortcomings. lettere from her now—she had tried to Ellerton, be good enough to tell Lady Red - write, but her hand was too weak to hold mond's nurse that I am here, and that I the pen. But for all that she would not wish to see my wife at °mei" and he own she was ill; it was only the heat that passed on in a very bad humor indeed, made her so lazy, she said again and again. leaving Mrs. Heron thoroughly crest. No, they must only tell Sir Hugh that she fallen by her master's unexpected was very tired. "rc But when a few more days had 'Elalsemrt011 was an old servant, and he passed, .Mrs. Heron thought she had ventured to remonstratebefore carrying out been tired long enough, and sent for Dr. this order. Martin. " Will you not get rid of a little of the dust He looked very grave when he saw her, of your journey, Sir Hugh, and have and Fay smiled to herself, for she said, "The some refreshment before you go up to my timeis very near now, and then he thinks lady?" that I shall die." "You have my orders, Ellerton," But Margaret's reproachful speech came returnedhis master, curtly; and he ascended back to her—" Would you wish to die with. the staircase with the frown still heavy on out winning your husbend's love?" and to his f ace. the edema of the good housekeeper she gild- 1 He did not like to feel ashamed of denly became hysterical and begged her to himself, and this was his mode of show - send for Sir Hugh. ing it. But her piteous request was forgotten Fay lay on a condi in her bedroomlook- for a time, for 'before night her life was in ins very lovely, in her white tea -gown danger. trimmed with lace, with her brown hair Hour after hour the desolate young hanging in long plaits, and a little rose -leaf creature looked death it the face and found color tinting her cheeks. She was listening him terrible, and called out in her agony with a beating heart for the well-known that she was afraid to die unless Hugh footsteps; as they sounded at last in the would hold her hand; and for many a long corridor and she heard his voice speaking to day after that Fay did not see her baby Ellerton, she sat up, flushed and boy, for the least excitement would kill her, trembling, and under the soft shawl some - the doctor said, and her only chance was thing that lay hidden stirred uneasily asshe nerfect ouiet. moved. journey. e was far from well, she told him, nd she hoped Saville would care of him ; and he must r. Martin's prescriptions, he said that night. , when the servants were tmanteaus on the earriage, 80 into thoblueroom to bid her good-bye, all Fay's courage for- sook her, and she said, piteously, "Oh, Hugh, are you really going to leave me? Oh, Hugh, Hugh'!" And, as the sense of her loneliness rushed over her, she clung to ly* him in a perfect angtusweeping. Sir Hugh's brow grew dark; he hated scenes and especially sueh scenes as these. In his weak- ness he felt unable to cope with them, or to understand them, Fa " said, remonstrating with her, ish," and Fay knew by was; but she was het young way erness of death. s he unloosened nate grasp, and " do you know ?" and then he e was such a that I should t away, but yon e. Now I gum- like this, for if you dry so you urF3elf ill; therefore, if you e go quietly I cannot go sa take gr Still folio and that was a t the next the A OLIMPBE OF TTIE DARE VALLEY': Not alone utikindness Betide a WOWOLII'S heart; Oft through sithtler phnelegs Wives aim Mothers lrholigli.the cora of silvee Never feel 8 strain; Though the goklen language Ceram bot whore yo dwell, Yet reniaineth gomethiug Whieb, with its oWn pain, Beeelis the finer bosom Whence true love doth Well, thit4 1i&I itkiw 7:iettstizt. Te be loved and love, Yet should love's hive withee Then to die were wen. Pldlip Stanhope TVoratey, 41 0 • • ver is voice how vexe past minding it now. She was tasting the b " My dear," he continue et hands from their pass d them firmly in hie,, a silly child you ar at his own words, told you befot" until I w rale never evidentl not leave will make will not let at all." "No, no," go angry With bear it," " Well, will you little Werriaii and n am gone? " he Wen 1 iS only six weeks, y have ptoteised to be '1 Yee, yes, I answered, "and 1 w' williHugh; Only tell Me you Aro not angry . with mo before you go, and call inc your Wee Wide as yon used when you firet brought me home ;' and she held up het Wet fece to him as though She were a &lid wanting to be kiseed and forgiven, " You foolish birdie," lie mild; laughing, o y t Every Mie noticed at the Itell that Lady 1 done yet, There, you will take °eke of liedinotal was sadly altered in thoaa days yourself( My ovhi Wee Wide, will yeti net; 10 he golebed;' "don't be e, Hugh, for I cannot tortilla) Me to be a brave t fret after me when I On More gently. "It u kilo*, Fay, and I ack in time,' otit you Will," she be good—indeed I but lie logged het Met f ndl th ft he hal thought they had made a fuss to frighten him and bring him home—she did not look so very ill after all. " I could not come to tneet you, love," she said, with a little clasp of his hand, and she kissed it in her old way, ahd laid it against her face. • " My dear Fay," heremonstrated, and bit his lip. "Nurse, you dah trust your patient in my care. I will ring for you in a little While." Then, as the doer closed behind And one lovely Summer morning, when her, he said in a vexed tone, "Fay, why Fey lay like a broken lily on her pillow, are you so childish? you know that Ithjeet and looked languidly out upon the worli to demonstration before the servants, and and life, they brgaight her baby to her and have told you so, and yet you never seem to laid it in her weak arms; and Fay gazed remeather ; de try to be a little more digni7 wonderingly into a dimpled tiny face and fied, my dear, and wait till we are alone." blue -grey eyes that seemed to her the And this to her who had come baelt counterpart of Hugh's eyes; and then, as to him through "Tho _Valley of the she 1 elt the sea breathing of the warm Shadow Of Death," bringing his boy With nestling thing against her shoulder, and her I saw the crumpled ho,ndon her breast, a new, Fay became very white, and drew her stamp flood of happiness came into her hand away. "You do net seem to reizienthee starved hate very ill I have been," shefaltered, &Rd "11.ngl'e:blriitla bey," she whispered, and then the baby's blind Wandering touches tender look thi shone n her eyes; and then over' her breast soothed her. she added, "he will love me for my baby's Hugh grew a little reinerseful. sake." " My dear, I eesitte you 1 heve not fez. - And she was very happy in her belief. gotten it; I,was very grieved to hear it, and As long as they would let her, she lay to know that yen should have been oradliegher boy in her feeble arms and alone in your trouble ; but wag it my fault, whispering to him about his father; and Pay? Did yen keep your lateinifie to whint;Hbeenswiigdineath-neeoteirnotey swhheet would. lie wake me not to fret yourself when I was happily trying to heat baby's soft breath, gone?" in the bassinet beside het, andif he woke "1 kept My prattled," she replied, ancl cried, the would ask the hurse to lay , oietly ; "the fretting and the Mischief . Were done before, Wo Will not titlk about he is With his my illnees; it ig trio bad even to think of it. mother," She would say, with maternal Have you nothing else to say to pride. "He is always so good With me ; me, Hugh? De you not wish to see our indeed, I natter knew Stitch a geed baby," I boy ?" which was not wonderful, considering her I Hugh darted, conseitaide-steickeithe experience had been confined to dittharine'e had forgotten hie child altogether; andthen baby at the lodge. And if the nurse hum- he laughed off his codes*, oted her, Fay. would cover the little downy, " Oar boy 1 what an important'Wed head with n°186104'4 kisses, and tell him Wide.Yee show hirn to me b Mee" y ns. not to cry, fer father was totaling Do you mean you have get him &laor that home to 1OVe them ittid take este of thein shawl ?" both.Yes; is Ile net good?" returned Fay, you wilIlove me neW yes, I kitene you proudly; she hadfergotteil Huglial coldness,' will, Hugh," she Would teurtnutgoftly wheti now, as the dtete 'back the flimsy covering the baby was shuitheting peacefully in his , and showed him the tiny fair face within blieeeete again, and nurse had begged Lady her Armin "There, is he not a beauty ? Redmond not to think ttey mere bout 'Mired sett she hes never seen a finer baby Motet Baby; but to go to sleep. And , bey for his size: He ia small noW, bet he as She obediently 'closed her eyes, the ; will grow; he had 'shell keg feet and hands happy there, Weida 'goal through her eye- ; that, she iissetee Me, he Will be it tall Men, 1id. Mrs. Hetoti eaye he ie tlibeeugh Redniond; Peet innedent OIIIId whet- Ad :fie,d first Leek at his heir like ilosg silk, only IMO; ditkeeVered that Thigh alit net leVe lice,her and he hag your forehead; dear, and your despair lied nearly eoet hot her life; but no , eyes Oh, he will be just like bleb:thee, the goemet Vas her baby brought to her than ; dittigl" • 1160 tendeed, for from the clothe a her t. lie?" tettirliecl Hugh, dithiotiely, sanguine heart she believed that by her and ho tOR0110a him rather awkwardly—ho bey'e help she should Win hie love; not had riever noticed A baby closely befere, and knowing in her ignotenee thittIlligit might he was not roueli impressed with his wawa possibly care nothing for the din thotigh isa appearatee; there was Such 15 rennedef Iuo thought, and he featuree to be 0114 featutee, and he 'led %telt ioiosulpus, hutten of a mouth. "Po yen really catt jg 41113 habY.; 11'4Y ?" .4Fjne 1 hou1d think so; the smallhesa does not niatter a bit. You will bee bigmen ecnte time, t:py beauty, for you are the very image of your father, Me be eentiiill944 Crude 011 In Wickman -lase Crude oil has been applied an fuel by Me80113, 4•'• L• Sword 4Su8on, Olevelenn, their Bessemer event° brickworks, and+ with such exeellent results that they ilaYe already contracted for a one-Itemdredth, rrel tank to supply their works. l'he arches in the molester kiln, containing some 20,000 bricks, are heated by twenty-four butters. The oil flow is regulated by an ordinary etop-cook, and at the point a ignition is met by a steam blast, supplied. by the boiler that furnishes power for the brickmaleing machines. Simple pipe burn- ers are used with good results, 'patella of having to heat the brick seven daYa!kte with' coal or wood, four days' burning with oil makes a far better quality of material, When the oil is ever so economically fed there is a surplus of heat. Within fifty minutes of starting the fires the weter- smoke was started out of the brick. There isn't a cold spot in the kiln, The arches are evenly heated, and one man attends to the tiring and regulating of the oil flow where three stokers were formerly em- ployed. The firm is about to start off another mammoth kiln built on the Mor- rison plata, and supplied with eight burners in place of twenty-four, one burner heating three arches. By an ingenious contrivance the flame is directed agaihst a bridge wall, when it is distributed with equal force into the three arches. Odd Things in Turkey. In many villages the young men buy ce Wife for IGO or $100, for which they get in. debt, and in order to pay it they are obliged, to leave home and go to Constantinople and work from three to five years. Not unfrequently they never get out of debt. In Constantinople and Smyrna the case is, quite different. There parents are gener- ally obliged to give a house, a good round sum of money, or set a young man up in business in order to induce him to take their daughter off their hands. We also - meet with some very queer names in this country. I will give you a few specimens, with their translations into English : Mr. Paniryermagin, Mr, Son -of -won't -eat - cheese; Mr. Varyertnagin, Mr. Son -of - won't -eat -what -there -is; Mr. Kooroobite lukgian, Mr. Son-of-dry•fish•dealer ; Mr. Geniehian, Mr. Sou -of -the -work -of -the - devil; Mr. Luyabotmas, Mr. Son -of -won't. sink -in -the -water; Mr. Koozookebobian, Mr, Son -of -roast -lamb. It is very common to call a man by the name of his traae, or hat of his father, as John Son -of -a -mer- chant, Samuel Son -of -a -teacher, Alexander Son -of -a -slipper -maker. Miriam Papa - zoloo means Mary Daughter -of -the -son -of - a priest.—Lewiston (Me.) journal. Tenpennyworth of Glory. There is a Inovement in England for an increase of the pension of John Divane, the private soldier who won the Victoria Cross. by leading the way to the capture of the Cashmere Gate at the storming of Delhi. He lost a leg on that occasion. "There was," he says, "a hitch and then a call for 'Who'll Ettorm the battery 2' And the bhoys said, Johnny, you go on and we'll be afther ye.' And I said, • Come on, bhoys, death or glory l' And we went on, and presently I fell down, and when I came to ineself I found iny leg gone, and I said: 'Never mind, John DiVane, my bhoy,here's. a shilling a day for ye for life.' And when I heard the list of pinsions read out and , heard I'd only tinpince a day I eroid."' Diveate did not get the " death" he chal- lenged, but the tenpennyworth per day of glory " which he did get does not seem much of a reward for the man who started the turning point of the capture of Delhi, and therefore of the suppression of tha mutiny. He is now 64 years old, and gets a living by peddlizig fish in a donkey -cart at Penzance.—Ex. Among the Mexican Tellers. "Here 1 bring you a piece of cloth fOr a pear of pantaloons," says a customer. The tailor measures it. It is not enough." The customer gathers up the cloth and carries it to another tailor. " Is there enough of this piece to make me a pair of pantaloons?" "Yes, sir; day after to -morrow I will send them to you by my some' The boy Comes with the pantaloons two days later. The customer notes that the youth is wearing a jacket made of the same piece of cloth. "Boy, how is this that the other tailor said that there was not enough cloth for a pair of pantaloons, and your father halt not only macle'my pantaloons but also a jacket for yini out of the piece? " " Sir, the son of the other tailor is a much bigger boy than I am." A. Model Illisband • kodel Husband (boastfully)—Yes, gen- . Canon, I've been married ten years; and never spent a tight away from home ye : Doubting Thomas—Large and interesting family, eh ?" "Only three of us." Have one &lid, eh 7" No, the other is my wife's Mother." The Tailor's Suggestion. " I see you're printing a good deal about the corteot thing in fall styles,?' said a tailor to an editor. " Yes, sir," "Weil, While you're going M en that tack simphse you print something about the correct thing lb settlement �f bills." The sixth auntmicataa ia n Shipping List --...—_— ; . wits issued yesterday by the Marine Depart- ment. Among other valuable etatistios, it shears that Canada is the fourth maritime kitate in the world. Dr, Bell, Who had been tip berth of the Ottawa, deacribes tlie etiuntry beyond Inike Temiscatningue asi the rollghest he has &vet scan. This ie the territory defined by Mr'. Mercier foe Qcfebee. The deed body of R. Colliben, Secretary of a ConsekVative Building 'Society et Hell, has heel' f build iloatintt ifi the Ifulmbet, Ilia books show defalceautita to the datount of Z20,000, 11