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the Author of "TAtt)FLOwEn BXRT"
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• CHAPTER, I.—(Cointsusn) y>,
It wail not a very ardent vithinga but to
the girl/rho loved him no suspieion is tithe
motive which prompted the proposal aver
ourred to her, no doubt as to the genOinehess
of hie atteminnent shook her faith In hili ;
true and loyal herself, ehe mistook the false
ring of the baser metal for in
gold, She
did not sae the expression hits eyes, for
her own were downoest, and a warmer tint
than nem had apread over her ;near olive
cheeks. It was just the bit of cote -log need-
ed, and Captain Braithwaite thought that he
had never seen his cousin look so nearly
beautiful; and with the thought came a
strange feeling of compunction. Dolly Jar.
via was not the only one to whom he was
acting unfairly. Hie nex ; words however,
gave no sign ot wavering in hie purree.
"You will not keep me in suspense, Ger-
aldine," he urged eegerly, as tale did not
epeak—"you will give me my answer now
Then the dark luminous eyes were raised
, to,his, and in their clear d-pths he read all
" he wished even before she uttered the
words
"Yea most have known Harry, that—
that I have always oared for you, ever since
we were ohildren together," she said, in a
low voice.
"And you will give yourself to me?" he
asked.
"Yes," she answered eoftly.
He had cane close to her; and, leaning
forward now, he stretohed out his hand and
took her., whioh held her bridle, giving it
a gentle pressure. His head was bent, and
in another moment his lips would havetouoh-
e4 the trembling fingers, but in that instant
his horse swerved, and he had some diffi-
culty in preserving his seat.
Looking round to asserts= the cause of
Firefly's unusual manifestation of temper,
he peroeived, with a guilty start, a little fig-
ure clad in a crimson skirt and olose-fitting
hood, from beneath which a pair of wild -
looking eyes fleshed surprise and pain It
was only a fleeting glance he (taught* for.
Dolly, who had just emerged front: thO path
leading down Oliver's Mount, crossed the
road, and was immediately lost to view in
the dark depths of the pine -wood.
Captain Braithwaite, for no reason but
that of an amusing conscience, trusted
that the girl's lariat presence hod not been
remarked by 'hitacotriptniott; but bermes not -
left long in doubt on the subject. h
" What a lovely face, Hoary and what a
quaint little figure 1 Who is she ?" Gerald-
ine cried quite enthusiastically, "I 'don't
recollect having ever seen her before 1"
"No ?" Harry answered carelessly. "She
is not bad-lookingstor a rustier le 1a•
"She is beeutiful —amply lovely lit, re-
peated Geraldine, who might have wonder-
ed perhaps at her cousin's tmanhen ':hies:48-
sumedlindifference was so transpatent, Iiad
not her own happiness rendered. ,, her oblis.i.
*us of it. "And yon do not know her imam ?".
"I may have heard it," Harry returned
evasively; "but one •doesn't keepa note of
the namegrand addresOsa of all the tatlage-
girls, as a rule." e p ki 4 4
"Of minis not 1"ss laughed
"Only We one ie so unusually gtodlooking
—indeed, so remarkable altogether --that it
would only be natural to indulge one's curl-.
osity concerning her."
"You forget that ha trait:tea:Wier. to your s.
own sex," Captain Braithivaite said,' with a -
shrug; and then, abacionstto,change the Bah.,
jack adcied—"You wilt let me telrmya
good news at home without delay; and, Ger-
aldine, you will.not keep. me long without
my wife ? ' • 5
He spoke with feverish impatience that
might have blinded a more worldly woman
than the by his side • Again the swift .
• s,
roile-tintsdyed her cheeks
"Yes, you may tell my uncle and aunt;
but these are early days to think of—of
marriage."
"I know what you mean," Ciptein Braith-
waite rejoined, and I respeot your swop:es
But, Geraldine, forgive me—you know so
little of your father that your Marriage fol-
lowing so soon on his death could not be
oonsidered any diarespect•to his memory. I
•shall be joining my regiment soon, and the
chances are that we may be ordered on
oreign service, and then—"
"Oh, Harry, I hope not You must leave
the army at once," his cousin broke in im.
putuously.•
"My dear Geraldine, I think you know -
1 have made no secret of my affairs—I ant a
poor men, and I cannot afford to live in idle-
ness for are indefinite period." •
"But I em rich," oried the girl impulsive-
ly. "And there will be no need for you to
remain in the army, or, in fact, to do any-
thing that you do not' like, when we are
me, ried."
"But until then," Captain Braithwaite
bee en, touched, in spite of himself, by Ger-
i sine's generosity and unbounded confi-
-donee inlimself.
"Until then," declared hishay-lovebright-
ly, "you must remain at the Hall, anti go
on living as you are doing now.' '
,The Captain saw then that his game was
"On the condPion " he answered, "tht t
you fix our wedding!day early in the ensu -
sing year.
And, after a little farther argument, this
was agreed to.
When, half an hour later, awry assisted
his oouain to alight,. he bent his handwrite
head and sealed their oompaot with a kiss—
the first ands -how little she guessed I --the
hat she should ever receive from the lips of
•her betrothed.
With a light heart, and in a flutter of ex-
citement and happiness, Geraldine posed
through the hell and up the grand oak stair.
,oesto to her own room, where ehe indulged in
self-congratulation otter her good-fortutte;
and it was not until afterwardts, in the midet
of those dark days that followed, that ehe •
remembered that throughout the memorable
ride, though Captain Btaithwate had asked
her, and she had consented to be his wife,
ho had never omit told her that he loved her.
CHAPTER IV.
"Well, and how goon it withyou, Joe ?
it's long oboe I sow yo; lad. What's been
soloing these days pad I"
The question was put by Adam Arch,
4
a gardener an impleMent upon whih
c,
the bletgernitth, Maim tot facer; thetteads o
the ye
his ski wits regains& and examihmi ft ieally.
•
"Oh, I am get tog on all "right: Igoe 'nor
Maybe you've h Ord t've got h place asunder
gardner at the Hall
"No, I hadret heard; but I'm none the
less glad now. 'You're a steady led—thatas
whati always my to my Dolly. Weal a
'eteap lad, none o'your skulkere or hat:mere
on H. the Gray Parrot, and, mark my weirdo,
he'll etneseed in life 1'
"I'm sure it's very kind of you to speak
up for me in that way," Jos said, rather
shamefacedly ; then, after a pauge—"And
how te Dolly ?"
"Right as a trivet—grows prettier every
day 1" deolared the blaokstnith, with paren-
tal pride, "But why don't you come in of
an evening sometimes to see for yourself?
Dolly'd be glad to nee you, I know," he ad-
ded, with a knowmg
Do you think so?' Joe queried eagerly;
then he went on in a dogged tone —"No, it's
no nee; she's flying at higher game, and 'ud
only turn up her pretty tome at me,"
".Nonsonse! Dolly knows better than toturn
up her nose at old friends; 'and, as for
mane, I don't know what you mean,"
"Joe stared at the blacksmith open-mouth-
ed. Was it possible that he did not know
what wag the common village•gossip, that
Dolly Jarvis spent nearly all her evenings
in the company of voung Braithwaite?
"It's a pity, and I think myeel' Dolly's a
fool for her pane," the young gardener con-
tinued, as if speaking to himself. "For of
course the fellow 'ill never marry her, and
• '
• ; Vs, it a !r4f frj,l; ta
f pf which he haa just given good proof. HO • On the sammit of a hill ivhere the trees liTliAnA BUT TRTire
hie bronze face and dark frizzly hair au4
might have peened for a eon of Vulcan" mat. grew thickest mune boulderejatted out, form -
eat , A hard man some deemed him, and
1 his generademeanor oertain'y showed no
elgot of weaknesta Only to Dolly did he
unbend—D1Iy, hia orio ewe lamb, hiadar-
ling, whom he lied denied nothing, whom
he literally worshipped—Dolly, the light of
hie old eye's, the legacy left to him by her
young mother, and Whieh he had cheriehed
all these years, Dolly, who was to bring
ehaine—ah, no 1 Joe Smith, was a jealous
fool; his Dolly could do no harm; she
would have told her old father if—
"Ani I going mad 1" Adam cried with
sudden fierce pa; breaking off in his sato,
qw,ays.a ichurse it was a lie—I told hira he
liarThe blacksmith passed his hand over his
brow and heaved a great sigh from hie broad
chest. In all his dreams of the future he had
pictured Dolly se a happy wife, but never
this—never that a breath even of scandal
should sully her fair DEMO—never that her
beauty would prove a snare, or that she
would be made tee open of an idle hour, the
plaything of a man of fashion.
"If I thought go, if any one deceived or
wronged my Dolly, by—
He did not flash the eentenoe—there was
no need; the lowering brow, the flash of the
keen dark eyes, the uplifting of the clenched
fist, all showed that it would tare ill with
the man who inourred Adam Jarvie's anger.
He went back to the forge presently, but
he did no more work; not that he doubted
Dolly yet, brains interview with Joe Smith
had upset him altogether, for it had been
one of his favorite theories that his daughter
should wed the young gardener; not that
the girl herself was aware of her father's
project. So he put out the fire, oloeed the
ponderous doors, and went into the house.
It was early, quite an hour before his usual
advent. Sue, tne old woman who had lived
with him ever since Dolly was •born, and
had acted as nurse first, and latterly tie gen-
eral servant and factotum, was 'superintend-
ing some culinary operation. She looked
up, startled at the appearance of the black-
smith.
"Lewk-a-meron, how ye made me jump
What's the matter, or is it hungry ye be at -
ready? Supper won't be ready for this hear
"8`.1%;
4not supper I want," the blacksmith
answered (shortly, letting hie eyes wander
round the room as if in navel of some one ;
"it's •Dolly—where's the girl.!"
"Sure now she wee here a few minutes ago ;
but she just stopped down to widow Lane's."
"What for? Why's she gone 'there ?"
Adam clueetioned, BO sharply thet the old.
woman looked up quickly.
"Ite no harm, surely she's clang. It's a
dull life for the bairn to lead, and she's gone
;for a bit of gossip, I take it. She'll be back
in time for supper, no fear." 'tt •
But Adam heeded not the last words not
Sue's wondering exclamations as he; "titivated" himself 'up a bit and finally went out,
saying—
• "if Dolly opines in, tell her not to ewoit
• P
gdng
n a
r o
abusinese, and it is unearthe what time
be home,"
The -blaeksinith'e forge stood in the
High`Street. Turning to the right 'is he
came out of hie dwelling, Adam went a
"shiiit'distance to where'the road divided in-
to two lanes, as it were the one divergiag
to the right and the other to the left There
fie paused for a second with some degree of
hesitation in his manner.
'Almost withinhight"ef' him Was Widow.
L %nets shop, clown what was still considered
thelriain. street. Should he go and asoertabe
if Dolly were really there, and, if so, ea-
compaoy her home? But he dismissed the
idea as quickly as it occurred to him. Al -
moat against his with s- Mae doubt was
rising in his naked. ,Suppoge she should not
be there? It neighttonly haves been an idle
excuse she -had made,..to old Sus, in order to
be able to get aivay wi Ii ut arousing sus-
picion. She might havirthought-her father
wuuld not inquire for her until the usual
supper -hour • • • • •
' "Bali !" oried Adam; ;pulling fiercely at
his grizzly beard. "It's that idiot Joe as
has put all thin nonsense into my ailly nod -
die. As it I couldn't tint my otene child!
No ; 111 not be a spy on her actions, though
maybe the girl's not been so well looked
after as she ought to have boon. She's young
and there's not another as can hold a candle
to her or good looks in the ; and
so—well lin Vim; now to do what perhaps
"Zounds; What d'ye mean, biking of
my gal like that, airrah V cried Adam, in
sudden wrath. "I'd have you know that
my Dolly doesn t need to go down on her
knees to get a husband. Who'll never mar.
ry her? I'd like to know what you mean by
your confounded impudence. Not merry
her indeed 1 I'd: like to see the men who'd
make a fool of my lass!" •
"Well, you've weal to turn up so rough 1'
retorted Joe sulkily. "It's in cenrybodyle
mouth, audit's what they all say—he's only
playng het and loose with her —else what's
this about the grand wedding there's to be
at the Hall in the spring ?"
"Grand wedding Hall 1" repeated Adam
taking off hie red cap slid., running his hand
through hialron•gray .lo ke in a perplexed
menner. "Are you daft lad? What are you
talking about ?"
"Oh you haven't, mayhetheard that either?"
the younger man rejoined sarcastically,
"No one's told you that Captain Braithwaite
a to be learned to his bodsin a few
months ?" trate V
"Oh, yes, to be sure !" Adam said quietly
recovering. "It's an old affair, isn't it; ?
Nothing surprising in that! I mind how
they used to c all them the little s weeth. arts
whon,they
"lab; you do 1 Thai, eifte'r all;• even you
(isn't think inticaa°f ofitencesi"
Dolly's chances 1 What was he driviog
'at'? Been *Adam did not take in The
othersani
. "I tell .you what gov'nor," cried Joe,
flinafog prudence tos the winds. -'It's cry-
ing shame that I've been treated as I have
been; No one can deny but that Ailly was
grvieetnixnw'onee.•31 And •Iriz.ellcao,y•'d her
—*Odin ;Youknow y.0,400704 `th encont-
age`iti6 tob, and I 'took itforlgraSted all was
fair and square between us Oh, I 11 male
a clean Areast of it he went on excitedly.
"And then onetday,..1—rwantedte kietaher,
rilieslie'just up With her banc14,and—and
boxed .my care," Jimrubbed those organs
rueftilly iflie could -still feel the smart of
her little fingers. "'And,' says she, as cool -
like as we'd been the greatest etrangere,
'I'll thank you, Joe Smith, to conduct yor-
self properly when you re with inc; and
then• she flounced off. *as awful vexed,
you may be sure ; and, when I came to ro.
fleet on. the matter, I deoided there must be
some one else." „ ir •
'Some one else repeated Adam nissitracit-
e tr.
• "
"Yes, some other fellow she oared more
about—don't you see?' Joe explained, nether
biapetiently. "And go I set myself to work
to find out who it could be. At first
thought 'twee Tom Larkin—oh, you needn't
shake your head so wisely 1—but I was
wrong She didn't care a fig for him, no
more than for me ; bat, me eye, I- was sur-
prised when I found out t'was the Captain 1 '
The ruddy hue • on the blacksmith's fact
had gradually changed to a sickly yellow,
as seen by the fitful flare of the forge during
J0010 recital. When the other paused, he
was livid with rage.
"The—Captain f'' was all he said; and
from the quiet tone Joe never guessed at
the workinge in the man's heart.
"Yts," he repeated, "Captain Braithwaite
—him as isle going to marry his cousin It
in hardly likely, with all his courting on
Dolly, he'll throw the other over for tier,"
he added' vindictively: "Oh 1 '
For Adam had t ',ken a step forward, and
his brawny hand clutched the lad's throat
with a grip that threatened strangulation.
dilater," he shouted hoarsely—"bais-heatt-
ed Inman I I've a good mind to choke all
tau breath out of your v le body."
Already Joe was growing black in the
face when, with is final shake; the black-
smith flung him from him.
"I'll teach you to come here prating to
me about my ,girl, because, forsooth, she
showed her senile by not having anything to
do with a skulking hound like you 1'
Joe, who had come in oontaot with the
opposite wall,.and had fallen prone upon
the earth, ranted himself with wine little
difficulty, so bruised and sore wag he. With-
out uttering a word, he reached the door ;
but, when within a safe diabetes, of the in,
fariated old men, he turned' round to say—
"Liar am I ? Welt, vvell see 1 I've taken
your thrashing, it's true; but 111 have my
revenge when I gee all decent folk scouting
you and that fine lass of yours Sheat---"
But e e tr, leaving h
sentence inconiplete, for Adam, in the door -
Way, oast upon him so threatening a look
that he deemed disoretion the better part of
valor, and took a hurried departure.
Long after Joe had disappeared from
view, the blacksmith stood there, hie sturdy
figure thrown boldly into relief in the gather -
ng glootn by the forge fire, which flickered
and flared behind.
He had been in his day as handsome a
speamen of our eons af toil as oonld have
been met within old England, and even now
his massive figure was unbent, and his
brawny arm retained much of its strength,
altor hove ctone bolore, isinugo 1 000lcln
a -bear to put anybody in poor Molly's place,
and it's only for the ;sake of Molly's child
that I'm sluing to do it now—lettetways,
if she'll have me, and there's not much
doubt about that, I'm thinking 1"
"He ended with a little ohuokle of self-
congratulation, his brow clearing for the first
time that evening. Si' the blacksmith went ,
on without anyaurther wavering, and finally
palled up before a red•briok house of some
pretensions, standing back from the road,
with a garden in front fenced by a thiok
laurel -hedge. Over the white 'gate. swung a
red lamp, and that alone, without the brass
plate, would have indicated it as being the
reels:lance of the village doctor. But the
worthy blacksmith needed none of hie nos-
trums, and, passing the surgery door, pro -
°ceded to the back of the house.
The neat maid who opened the door in an-
swer to Adam's knock did not appear Bur -
prised to see a visitor, and, without being
questioned, announced with a giggle that
Mrs. Maine—who, by the way, was neither
a married woman nor a widow, and only re-
joiced in the honorable prefix by courtesy—
would see him in a minute, and invited him
to step in.
"Whatever passed between Adant Jarvis
and the good-tempered woman Who enjoyed t
Dr. Seymour's confidence, it must have been
setisfaotory, to judge from Adam's counten-
ance when, half an hour later, he emerged h
from the Doctor's house; for he had not ser-
ried in his wooing. He had told Mrs. Maine
he must get honio to supper and o Doily,
whoa he wait anxious to tell the news, and E
had successfully purled all the' good woman's +
endeavors to persuade hint to take "a bit and t
sup " in bar company. But now, having a
finished the bedtime which had brought him a
rom home, he felt in no particular hurry to
return. It was a bright moonlight night,
the alt a little keen, but none this less pleas-
ant for that—j est the night for a brisk walk.
Adam never could account for the impute°
which led him, inst'ad of taking the direct
way book to the forge, to Make a circuit
skirting Oliver's Mount and through the pine
wood.
lag below a rugged precipice the eldee 0
Which were overgrown with bracken an
furze. As he approached tide spot, th
blackemith's thoughte, which had been oo
oupied not unpleasantly with the future
prospect in store for him, were ;suddenly re
0404 to the present.
All around was unusually calm and Iowa
ful--.nature was at rest, Hardly a breath
of wind (stirred the twee; the birds ha
i
ceased to twitter, not an insect buzzed in
the air; only Adam's. heavy tread Made Ek
regular thud as he strode along; and then
suddenly there fell distinctly upon hie ear
a man's voice, low and tender acid pleading,
answered by woman's passionate sobs.
A dark cloud had passed over the moon,
for is moment rendering all objects indistinct
but, even before she was sailing again in a
ties of azaro, the blacksmith instinotivelY
knew that the man and woman were none
other than Captain Braithwaite and his
daughter Dolly.
f
A woman In Logan county, tekee her rest
an betehes of three days. and nightel sleep
e •
at a time, and then !slept, awoke for a like
period. Shell, 80 years old,
CHAP on V.
The cloak in St Jade a tower was boom-
ing out nine strokes when a little figure
stopped before Dr. Seymour e eurgery, and,
with unisteady Rogers, pulled the bell -handle.
It was a mild warm night, and yet, as the
Dr. himself threw open the door, he noticed
that the girl was shivering from head to
foot as if with ague.
"Dolly Jarvis 1" he exclaimed, as the
light flashed upon her face, and he recognis-
ed, with some imprint, the blacksmith's
daughter. "Come in. What is it my dear?'
For the girl raieed piteous eyes to his, though
it seemed for the moment ati if she had lost
all power of utterance. "Is anything wrong
at home 7 Your father--"
And then he paused, for his keen eyes saw
that the right ;sleeve of Dolly's dress was
stained with something dark and red. Could
it be blood Of course 1 She herself had re-
oeived some injury; but, before he could
quectlon har, Dliy, whose glanoe had fol-
lowed his, divined his thoughtsand broke in
tremulously—
"No no; there is nethang the matter with
me. it is the Captain—Ceptain Braithwaite
Oh, Dector"--springing up from the char
into whittle the .old gentleman had gently
pushed her: -"he is dying—may be dead
even 'while we are wasting time 1"
Dr. Seymour regarded the agonized face
of the girl outionsly ; he, in common with
the'rest of the good folk at Midhurst, had
heard ruinors,of the gay young, officer's at-
tentions to the Alin? belle.
'"Ah," he said •quietly, 'but yon must
tell me what has happened if I am to she of
May use 1"
"It was an accident," stammered poor
Daily, coloring deeply beneath the Doctor's
close scrutiny. "He fell over the edge of
the precipices in the pine -wood. Yon know
the pleas ?'' interrogatively.
' "Not very well. And you think Captain
Braithwaite id badly injured by the,fell ?"
"Yes. there was a great gash on his
forehead, and —oh, it was horrible 1" Dolly
ended suddenly,' covering her face witbboth
,hands.
"Well. well, we must see what can be
done. Yon must &company me to the spot
I might not find my way easily. .In the
meantime. drink this."
He had, Whilst he had been speaking,
poured out a glass of port whi 1 he now pre-
sented to the agitated girl ; then he hastily
commenced petting a few things together—
lint, bandages, plaster, and so forth; and,
by the time Dolly had drunk her wine, he
wee buttoning up hie coat
"I would have the trap out,'" he said ; but
if my recollection serves me rightly, the
high -road does not run anywhere near the
plane
"
"No," Dolly answered briefly; "there is
only& footpath aoroas the Mount and through
the pine -wood."
"Then we will stoat at once."
As he spoke, the doctor opened a door
that led into the house ;,and Dolly, like one
is
a dream, hcard him giving hasty direo.
tions in case there ahead be any calls on his
services during his absence, The next min-
ute he rea.ppetered, and he and his compan-
ion passel silently out into the now -deserted
roadway, for Midhurst was a primitive place,
and its inhabitants kept early hours, as a
rule.
Nota word was exchanged the two
walked swiftly on, though the Daotor now
and again gave a keen sideglance at the lit-
tle figure by his side. The strange, dazed
expression on her countenance puzzled him.
It was not grief nor terror, but an expectant
look, as though she were on the alert against
any surprise; and she started nervously at
the slightest sound.
Whet did she fear to see? Whydid she
shrink away from every moving oojeot as if
it were a ghost? the Dootor said to himself
wonderingly, though he refrained from mak-
ang any remark.
At length that seemingly interminable
walk was neatly ended, as they had reached
the hollow—Dolly had led the dootor by a
circuitous route to the foot of the rooks—
and, as they turned a corner, they came
within sight of a reoumbent figure, over
which another form was bending.
"I see some one is there already," observ-
ed Dr. Seymour.
"It is only Joe Smith 1" exolaimed Dolly,
"He promised to stay with him whilst I ran
for you."
The Doctor's face cleared. It was not too
bad as he thought; he had been miejudging
Dolly all this time, and he hastened to mike
meads
"Ah, I understand 1 Then you were not
alone with the Captain when the accident
lo
happened. g
"Alone!' Dolly repeated, turning a star -
lea and ghastly -looking face towards him ;
hen she added quisokly—"It was lucky Joe
bath was there, for I could not have left
ha by himself, could I ?"
She asked the question in emit an innocent
childish fashion that the Doctor's first sue-
icions wore instantly allayed; afterwards
o remembered 1 hat quick exclamation and
he look that had accompanied it.
A few words of greeting, and theist Joo
toed aside to enable Doctor Seymour to ex -
mine his patientli injuries.
(To Tia Ocuernetnan.)
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A sound hivestment-abuying a dram.
The greatoat roam man of them ail—The
ramp.Talor-made jackets and fro01111 are con.
idered indispensable at the eetutcle,
•
A law hes been in enacted in Mande, melt -
Ism the observance of Smithy cmpulsory.
The law, however', contains a clouts exempt-
ing front its operation Jewish tradesmen and
artisans who do no work ,on their Sabbath,
In New York there are upward, of 90,000
Jews whit are eminently !wave and Peda1
members of the community; although near-
ly nkte per cent. of the population theyoon.
tribute lege than one per cent. to thorimin-
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det., They h eve 26 synagogues, between
40 and 60 sinellmeeting bootleg, and 18 char-
itable societies.
A couple recently married in Lynn were
at a lose for a bridesmaid. A friend called
• at an intelligence offioe inBoston and assured
the services of a handsome woman to act in
the capacity desired He paid $3 for her
services, besides paying her expenses both
ways She had never seen nor did she know
the contracting parties.
Light papers make a dark, dingy room
much more cheerful; large figures make a
smell room look much smaller and ocoasions
much waste in matching the figures. All
low rooms should be papered with striped
paper having the stripes running up and•
down; as it makes the room *teem much
higher. Subdued tuts take °lithe glare of
too many windows.
A proem of making sea water drinkable
has been discovered by an Eoglieh experi-
ment. It consists in using citrate of silver
to remove the chlorides. One ounce of the
oltrate of diver will melee a half pint of Bea,
water drinkable. If further experiments
confirm this, it is probable all sea-goingves-
gels and lifeboats belonging to them well be
provided with battles of citrate of silver.
Abram Hanson, a negro boy of Le -serene;
Kia e can pick up a piece of olay and model
it in a few minutes to almost any form that
suggests itself to hie mind, with a life -like-
ness truly astounding. From the common
otay there ,found in abundance, without tools
of any kind, without models' or deSigns, he
forme men and beasts with a wonderful re-
ality and no, inconsiderable artistic talent.
A carious physielogiciaafact is noticed by
a writer on the late Franco -Chinese war in
Toncptin, namely, that 'the bodies of the
slain Cainasp, unlike those of the French,
"did not decompose, but trierelybecome dis-
colored and like inummietr," while, with the
exseption. of the eyee, carrion birds left
them untouched, It is suggested that opium
Smoking might have been the cause of the
phenomenon.
Tne giant bowls of Oeholm, on the east
side of Christiana Fjord, have been desorib-
ed by Herr Geelmeyden. These curious gem
logical formetioae are the largest of their
kind in Soandiaavie, In two of these de-
pressions a few pines and birches grow in a
tolerably natural way until their tops reach
the level of the rooks above which the
brandies are twisted fantastioally by the
• force of the wind.
The Niagera, Perk commissioners have
taken hold of their duties with considerable
enthusissith and are entering in earnest upon
the teak assigned them. They have visited
the Rale and decided' upon- the boundaries
of th rParke which, we are informed, will
be larger than that on the opposite shore!
Thai far no serious difficulty has been en.
counteract, the number and value of the build-
ings which will have to be purchased being
leas than was at first anticipated. The mat •
ter will be placed before the Ontario L
lature at its next session and if we !nay judge
from the tone of Mr. Mowat's remarks at
the opening of the American Park, our own
enterprise will receive substantial aid from
the Government.
Faisi teeth, ia their proper place, are a
great blessing to all whose teeth have Imo-
cumbed to the prooese of decay. Disclosed
between slightly p wted lips, artificial teeth
may appear positively beautiful and lend a
ahem to an otherwise commonplace set of
features, but store teeth lose all their attrac-
tions and become repulsive objects when pro-
,truded from the mouth or replaced in public.
Some people do not appear to realize this
fact, and have a disagreeable habit of pop-
ping out a set of contrast teeth at 'all times
and in all sorts of places. There is an old
man of our acquaintance who takes pride in
the possession of a dna doable set of pottery
molars, le obtrudes them at all times, takes
them out and wipes them at the restaurant
table, examines them frequently while in
the street or at church. Sometimes he pops
them httf-way out of his month and chatters
them to frighten his grandchildren, He
claims to have driven off a wicked ball ter-
rier by this plate and illustrates the story
disgustingly every time he tells it. Women
are not addicted to making a show of artificial
teeth, and as a general thing are rather oare-
ful to conceal the fact that they wear them.
Some are so particular in this respeot that
they insist upon having a slight imperfection
or a Befall filling in one of the front teeth.
Dentists sometimes consent to make a set of
teeth slightly °rooked to oetein, a closer im-
itation of n quo, Such work is invariably
made for edies. When men order teeth
they wantthem as prettt and as regular as
it is possible to construct them.
The recent speeoh of Vim -President Hen.
drioks, in whioh he expretted himself as be-
ing in entire accord with Parnell in his rev-
olutiouary and seditious agitation, was, to
say thole& t, very illogical. Mr. Hendricks
is reported to have sad that the American
prinmple' that men had a right to govern
themselves applied exactly to the ease of
Ireland as opposed to England. This is just
the view the South took twenty-five nears
ago,but Mr. Hendricks then assertanithat it
was the duty of the Smith to be governed by
the North, "If," says a contemporary,
"Vioe-President lifendricks will make this
tangle a little clearer, peb'ple mkt believe in
the sincerity of hie views about Ireland.
The principle whioh he enlogists ata gather-
ing of Irishmen is the principle Which he
fought against on the side of the heavy bat -
tenon*. And there are people who believe
that Ireland is tuestetayto the British Union
for the same realms se tendered the South
ern States necessary to the American Union
--reati•nts whioh then had liendricka on
heir side."
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