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The Exeter Times, 1886-7-1, Page 2A DAY AHEAD, The Tlue*t Of DisI,aherltauee.. Them i ht before wedding da 1 Waa n y �li ever night ao full of tour --were ever boors so full of dream) minutes, they flaemed to crawl after each other through Its dead, cold gloom l As the early dawn breaks through the loom of night, I hear the old cook in the farmyard give a dismal hoot preparatory to thret crow of the new dsy. I only ate to drink a' m of ilk ere I leave, the bowie, only just in tlane to catch the train as it palms our country station. I em in time. Once more my hands are !clasped in hiss. We say no word ; only hurry through the etreete till we enter the office where we are made man and wife. All is a dream to me. The only thing blast eoewe real to me ie the shining ring on my finger. I look at 11 in a kind of fear ars I draw my old ktd glove over it before leaving the house into which Norah Giennle had gone a few minutes ago. and out of which now a white,startled woman was leaning leson. Ma Norah p 6° Don't be so distressed, my darling I Don't look eo, or I cannot bear it 1" I drew a deep breath ; I stretched out my hand a little wildly, I suppose, for he takes 11 in his and lays it on his arm as he hurries me through the street back again in the direction o the railway 'station. Once more we are in the train. 6Q Mine—mine forever I I do not fear the future now 1" le all my husband eaye ; but there is a world of love in his eyes. Poor William I in a week's time he will be on the ocean, and we will have garbed for many months --perhaps years. He lets me rest quietly in his arms during the very shore journey back again to Nor- lington. I got out of the train alone, as he is going on some bueineae two etabions further on ; then he will come back for the rest of the week. "Before you go into this room, wife, darling, you will take it off 7"—and he touches my finger, on which the bright new wedding ring glitters. " 1 cannot 1 I say, shuddering. " It is unlucky to remove a wedding ring 1" " But, my darling, his sharp eyes will surely—" The train goes on, and I am alone. I see his"face looking at me from the win- -dow, alarmed and anxious; but I nod re- assuringly and he smiles. About my ring. I must hide it ; but I cannot take it off. I hurry up into my room and hurriedly tarn over the contents of an old musty dressing case that had been my father's. Where can it be 7 That old garnet ring, with the queer under - groove in it, that I feel sure will let this thin wedding ring into it, and no keep my secret from prying eyes. Ah 1 with hot, tremblingfingers 1 find it ; it dose exactly as I thought 1t would do. With that broad old ring always on I need fear no diacoyery. None bub myself would ever know that under it lay an- other, the tiny circlet of gold binding me stronger than iron bands could do to my dear love." Daring the day my old uncle is taken much worse, and he will let no one be near him but me. William comes in and out of the room, but I am tied to it all the day, till toward evening uncle falls into a deep sleep, and I can safely leave him with his nurse. It was a rambling old house, Norlington farm, and it had been my only home now for nearly seven years, all of which time William Maple - son had lived as my uncle's steward and helper under the same roof. It had been a hard, self-denying life for him, perhaps ; but for me—or rather 'for his love for me—he would never have borne lb. Till latterly, the hard old man had never discovered our love, and when he had, there was no peace ander his roof. He had raged and stormed, declar- ing that no niece of his should marry William Mapleaon on pain of disinheri- tance. I had been weak and helpless, alone in the world, not very strong in health, when he bad come to my father's funeral , and, after paying all expenses, had simply said : " Nowgo pack your kit. You must come with me to Norlington farm. Can't say what old Betty will say, but there's nothing else, as I see, to be done. Remember, 'tis not a lady's life I am of- fering you ; but I suppose yon are not too fine a lady to know what work means 7" If I had been then, all was corrected by now. During these seven years I have worked hard and lived hard. Yet there are those who say that old Peter Glennie is worth half a million of money. My golden week of happiness le gone, but, although William is gone, I am strangely content. Since the morning after my marriage my uncle has been better and quieter. Old Mr. Baines, the lawyer, had been with him a fall hour that morning, and old Jenkins had been called into his room to alga his name to some document, to- gether with the hired nurse. " Here's a miserable old man," she said to me that same day. " I suppose it's his will we signed. What a grudge he seems to have against marriage. He growls continually in hie sleep about fools getting married." "Ah 1" I said, "he has never. mar- ried." "No," she laughed. "I should not nay any one else was the loser by that, either. He had called her at this moment, and I was left alone to overhear a conversation between old Jenkins and Betty, who, being both deaf, were talking over the same matter in the kitchen. "Ah, well, Betty, it's a hard day for the farm when William goes away ; an' how'il the old master do wi' a new ateward at his toime o' life I wonder'?" He knows what he's about, never you fear, Dedee think for a moment as how he don't know a' letting him go is the only way o' preventing a marriage be- tween he and Ittiee Nora 1 He 1 ha 1 ha 1" As I hear her canning old laugh at my expense ][.sat hugging m y lovetom y heart. Old -Betty"' divine a owed 'me a in ton' °to�orl grudge for coming gg farm, n compelled to allow although she haat boo in civility. me ordinary y, How little the knee, we were married only yesterday,under herve nose, as it o y ., very were. So far I' had deoeivedhlrn and the few other people I knew --deceived hlup through his own herdneae, So far as I wee oonoerned I would have told him, only I knew, and any husband know, Oast any .sudden rhook would, in all pre. bability, 'kill him. We etleelld, beve,parbed and kept true faith to each other if my strength had not been weakened when the good, offer to go to Granape had come so suddenly. Then he had prayed me to marry him before he start pso that if my uncle died I might ed, g at once come out to hien as hie wife. Andnow William was one. The ah! p g_ had sailed and I was alone, but happierl far than if I had denied him hie prayer. Since the day after my marriage, when Mr. Balnee had been with nay uncle, he had been more quiet, but strangely aux. ions not to let me oub of hie eight. The ebip had sailed only one week when my uncle died suddenly ; and then came the reading of the old miser's will. I ,Dame down with my wedding ring ex- posed for the fireb time. It was noticed TEE 4M- Parm Gates. The season being at hand wben,tbe chewy and oonvenlent farm appendages should be put in position, I write to offer_yeur read err, a little of my overloud. Having ob leaved in my travels that a majority of heavy gates sag, so as to become inoonye. dent or owlets after a year or two, T three Years ago adopted the often•xepeated reoom• ine- p with es- da ea to set the h t me tl n po g e most should ben h. mons. This post f t durable timber, et least ten inches in diam- eter, nine feet long, and set four feet in the. ground. The post hole should be dug two feet equate, and of eouree four feet deep. A layer of mortar, mixed .as for cisterns, two or three inohes thick, should be spread over the, bottom of the hole and the post set perpendicularly in the "center and steylethr ed to keep it in poeitlen while the hole is being filled around it. Now put a layer of email stone, three or four inches through, around the bottom of the post, then pour ab once. thin mortar en to this layer of stones so Old Betty's eyes hada wicked gleam in that it will fill the spaces ; then alternate them as ehe said : " Perhaps you didn't layers of email atones and thin mortar till know—you and William Mal eon—that the hole is filled, Let it stand eigbt er ten you'd lose everything 1f emu married 7" days to set before hanging the gate, and y y g y you have a peat set as in a solid rook. 1 have three e sten hung on posts set n tine ie way, onto one of whioh an unruly cow jumped and hung herself up, and while in that position the gate, not being fastened swung around nifty degrees. The gate swung shut all right, but, owing to this severe teat, was actually depressed a quarter of an inch, but the poet moved not a hair- breadth, as we could peroeive. Of the many kinds of hinges for heavy gates I like the " hook and eye" the best, They cost $1 a set. I have them made of rgnare, •!nob bar iron, to prevent turning, long enough to reach through the post, with nut on outer end and collar en lower binge to prevent it working through too far. With two or more seta of hooka in the post the gate may be raised to any height the accumulating snow may require. A gate well made, of goad material, kept painted, and hung in this way will coat about $5, and, barring accidents, will keep ha place twenty years. The beet fastening is a latoh and catch. A mortise ehould be made through one of the poste of the gate in which the boarde are framed and belted. Through this mor- tise a latch ef hardwood, three feet long or more, an inch or over narrower than the mortise to give it play, should pass to catch on the poet against which the gate swinge. A poet with catch should be planted so as to receive the latch when the gate swings wide open, so that 1t is always ezonre and never left to the mercy of the wind. 'of it " I said. think We didn't, "I should have sailed with him had not my duty kept me with my uncle." " And so," she said, " you have gone and lost a fortune—lost a fortune to get married 1" I cannot describe the !Pelmet sneer with which she Messed out the words. " I made his will the 271h of this month, my dear lady, decreeing it so. When were you married 1" " On the 2611*, Mr. Baines." The old gentleman stared at me, then rapidly read bhe short will. t was to be disinherited of more than half a million of money if I married from that date—so it was worded. I was mar- ried the day before. SUMMER MLLES. Two heads are better than one on a freak in a dime museum. Jaebne bas been put to work in the laun- dry. There le a sad -irony abent this. The Anarohiet movement appears to lee oompooed principally of bombe and bums. Speaking of files, a base ball player says: "Tiny come high, but we must he"e them." James Warder, of Nokesville, Va., in - data that the fallowing is a true snake story : "My wife's eta turkey hen was sitting beside the garden fence on thirteen eggs. About a week ago a large black snake came along and ate the turkey, curl- ed himeeif en the eggs, and stayed there until they batched out, and then ate the whale breod at once." From the Hartford Courant : Tho Canaan News tells of a man whe began work on a barn 30 yeare ago and who finally got the frame raised en Thursday. For 30 years it has been a conundrum often naked : " When fn Tempkin'a barn going to be raised ?" and for 30 years the invari- able answer has been : " Next Thursday afteraeen."esi " Wby, Mary, have you Dome back to be a hired girl again ? I thought you left ns to get married and have a bourse of your own 2" .. , , „ what have yen So I did, mum, Well come back for 2" " Well, you see, mum, John's dens purty well, an' we kep' a hired_. girl, too, an' I'm kind av tired o' the way o' life. I thought I'd like to come back an' be boss again fur a while." "Amanda, I wish you to put the large Bible in a prominent place en the centre of the table, and place three or four hymn books carelessly around en the sofas. I have advertised for a young man to board in a Christian family, and I tell you what, if you girls don't manage, either one of you to take him in, why 111 never try anything again, for I'm tired nut." Lawyer—" May it please the Court, the defence does net care to cross-examine the witness as testimony coming from him fs not worthy of belief." Jnnge—" Has the witness ever been convicted of any criminal offense 2" Lawyer—" Not that 1 knew ef, your Honer." Judge—" Han he the reputa- tion of being a falsifier 2" Lawyer—" Not exactly that, your Honor; but he has been employed two eeaeone as a baseball umpire." Judge—"Ah (Te the witneee) You can step down, Cir, (To the Meth) Call the next witness. ' - " Fannie," he said to her, "I love you with my whole heart, and I want you to be my wife. It is true I•in only a department clerk with $1.400 a year; but, Fannie, money dees net buy happiness. Do you love me, darling 1' " Oo-eo," she cooed, nest- tlinfi her head en his new coat front. "And you do love me 2" he exclaimed, with confi• denoe, "Yon love me with your whole soul and being 2' "May be net quite that much," she gurgled, " but I love you $1,400 worth, George, and that's $400 mere than I ever laved any living man." a --+renis Summer Resort Diamonds. " What's them?" said a workman in a g lass factory, es the men rolled a number of barrels and orates into a oar on the side track. nee " Oh, them'a Summer resort dimints, was the reply, " wires we are ebippin' off to hotel clerks at waterin' places." -sem•-- A feature of a meeting of the Salvation Al my the other night in Waal ington was an address by a converted dude. The army prayed veciferonaly for all poor dudes yet unconverted, The late James Smith, of Falkirk, Soot - land, who introduced American cooking- stoves into Great Britain, was a brother of that Colonel Robert Smith, who was killed in the assault upon Fort Craig, and was also enoh a warm personal friend of Jefferson Davis, Discontented Wife—" If I had known that I should have to work so hard after I was married I should have remained single." Husband—" I thought the way you worked to get me you liked to work. ' "Where are you going 7" she said, as, her husband started to go out at the end of the first act. " Oh, no place much," he replied, nonchalantly. " I' notice the curtain has taken a drop, and I thought a little of doing the same thing myself." The Calgary Tribune says that among the men hired in Toronto recently for work on the Canadian Peoifio Railway in the moun- tains, to all appearances!! a boy of about eighteen PPe y en years of age, who found employ- ment mployment in the cooking establishment. It wee eel however, that these bead soon disoovex , , pp boy was a female, and she assumed her pry. per olothing,announoed heraeif to be a mem- ber of the Salvation Army, and in addition to retaining her, place and discharging her usual duties, alto now conclude Salvation Army serviette in the evening, Sow Some Women: Began Life. The sweet poetess, Lucy Laroom, wan mill band Sarah Bernhardt wasa dressmaker's. apprentioe ; so was Matilda Heron. Adelaide Neilson began•life es a ohild'e nurse, and Lady Hamilton ae housr- waid. Pretty Mande Granger, with the gold- brown eyes and abapely form, first earned her livelihood by running a aewing-ma. chine. Miss Braddon, the well-known nove• lid, was a utility mitred in the English provinces, performing principally in pan- tomime: Christine Nilsson was a poor Swedish peasant, and ran barefoot in childhood. Jenny Lind, also a Swede, was the Baugh• ter of a principal of a young ladies' board- ingrsohool, and beyond' rather narrow oir- cumebanoea had no especial difficulties in order to gain celebrity. Timely Suggestions, Cows which give most and richest milk need most. careful feeding, as exoeesive stimulation of milk glands canna parget, and often milk fever. Many a valuable Jersey oow bas been destroyed by trying to force an unnatural butter yield. We be. lieve in geed feeding of all oowe, but where the tendency is largely to butter produce tion a good deal of discretion must be used in giving too mnoh. Mk correspondent of the New England Farmer gives the following recipe for mak- ing a grafting wax : White resin, four and a half pounds; beeswax, pure, one pound; linseed oil, one pint. Warm t e oil slowly and when hot put in the resin at dwax ; stir web till all is't-horo hl :melte , and pour thoroughly rill like mo - of convent- s sausages, 1 cellar, and wounds of out into a palled cold water'; lasses Dandy, and form inletiok ent size, say abent as large: This will keep for years in a o is an excellent application for a trees. The old practice of growing pumpkins among oorn had been growing unpopular for some years with farmers who desire to give their corn thorough cultivation. It is, in short, deemed better to grow the pumpkins by themselves. A difference is not only noticed in the cern, but the pampkns attain larger size and are better ripened. To best grow ohelee varieties it Is not only essential that they be raised alone, but the soil should be rich and well worked. Barris recom- mends planting in rewe from eight to ten feet apart, three or four feet apart in the rows, dropping eight or ten seeds in a hill. this is calculated to be a sufficient quantity to leave three or four strong plants in the hill. It is essential that the land be kept free from weeds, even after the plants at- tain ooneiderable size. This recipe for cementing iron is given by an English mechanical journal : Take equal parts of sulphur and white lead, with about a sixth of borax; incorporate the throe thoroughly, When about to apply it wet it with strong sulphuric acid and plane a thin layer of it between the two pieces of iron and press them together. In five days it will be dry, all trades of the cement hav- ing vanished, and the iron will have the appearanoe of having been wedded together. The Husbandman says a barn sheet is something which ought to be found on every farm, but seldom is. It ie simply a large sheet of heavy cotton sheeting, sixteen yards being sufficient to make a good-sized one, to be spread en the wagon bottom when buckwheat, eats, or wheat which is too ripe are to be drawn in, The saving of shelled grain which would otherwise be lost le not inconsiderable. It serves another purpose also, as it may be spread over an unfinished stack during a sudden storm, er over a load of grain in bags in the field or on the way to town. Nell Gwynn sold ora'bgee in the etreete and theatres. From the pit, while vend- ing her wares she took a fancy for the stage, and let nothing atand in the way until ehe achieved the object of her ambi- tion. She. became famous as an aotresa and as the favorite of Charles II. Mrs. Langtry is the daughter of a coun- try parson of small means, but the old proverb of her fade being her fortune proved true in her one. Nevertheless, the standing Mrs. Langtry has acquired upon the boards entitles her to rank among the self-made women of the day. The mother of Clara Lonise Kellogg strained every nerve to give Clara a musical education, and at one time was professional spiritual medium. Mies Kel- logg failed three times. Each time she retired, not discouraged, but to devote herself to the still further development of her voice. Finally ehe took the public by storm. Her first failures were her last. r Strange and LuMere uie'Festlivid In lPppei' Burman The Burmese year 1248 oammeneed op the 15th of last, month. On the three pro- ceeding daye the Water Feast, the great annual festival, whioh is observed through- out all Burmah, was celebrated withthe customary formalities and with usual bola- totem! tbtorous merriment. It la needless to give any lengthened description of the Writer Feast. Every writer on Burmah or the Burmese has devoted some apace to dhotis - sing the meaning and origin of and to de. eoribing the festivities with which the Water Feast is celebrated and the now Year nailer - ed in. in both Lowe m and Upper Burmah during the three days preoediag the new year the towns and villages are filled with CROWDS of inrcuairta QiRLS and young men engaged in throwing water over each other and the pa*sera-by. The children are armed with large syringes, whioh they use with great accuracy. Under Burmese rule it was scarcely safe fer Europ- eans to be seen in the etreete of Mandalay during the three days the Water Feast` fasted. They ran great ricks of being drew ohed with the filthieet water that could be found, although among themselves the Bur• mese only use the purest water av a la. ble. Many a grudge was paid oft during the Water Feast, and It was impossible to ob• tain any redress. On the present occasion the Burmese did not threw water on Europ- eans until they had aaked and received leave to do se ; permission was usually freely giomm es Atkins by p the ear appeared tooan thoroughlyBolden. enter into the spirit of the thing anto eojey engaging in a watery combat with half a dozen Burmese girls. On the other hand, the Sepoys did not appear to at all relish the attentions with which they were favored. During the Water Feast it is ad - Amble for Europeans who do not under- stand Burmese well to observe considerable caution in replying to any questions which may be addressed to them. An tfiirmative reply given to a question in the belief that A DEMAi*D FOR oHARPIY, Mme. Roland—who, by her impassion- ed and eloquent harangues, had so much to do with bringing about the French re- volution—was the daughter of a booksel- ler, and sold books over the counter. She was one of the most gifted and learned. women of that terrible period. She be- came a victim of the feud she had helped to stir up, and perished on the guillotine: She was the originator of the famous phrase : " 0 Liberty l how many crimes are commuted in thy name 1" We have had two great female astrono- mers, Miss Herschel! and Misa Mitchell. Both were single women, and both took up the study of astronomy in order to assist their brothers. Miss Hersohell'a pathway to fame was over a smooth road, but Miss Marla Mitchell bad everything to battle with. She was the daughter of a email farmer in Nantucket, who was obliged to eke oub his income by teach- ing school at $2 a week. Maria was con- stantly occupied with household duties, and she describes her childhood ars i° being an endless washing of dishes." LATE Boltz ROWS. l osidents el Belleville complete of letter collectors reading postcards. Diphtheria: is very bad at Anoaster. Three and four persons are ill in some families. Bottlefdfd has etteblished a Protestant Public School district and eleotedtrustees, Darbeg the last week. ef May the thermo, meter registered 90 degrees in the shade at Battleford. Tho Jews at the Jewish oolouy in the North-west are threatened with starvation. are beingtaken, Relief measurest a . A party of tatty police have left Battleford by the Cypress trail with a month's' forage and provisions for patrol duty. It. Is alleged that some Ottawa youths, who insulted young ladies at a Saved' Army meeting in Kemptvilie, were • soundly thrashed by incensed young men of the vil- lage. Calgary Tribune reports that " Carl - boo" da Tf e amegrow, who made 1? $150, 000 in the Cariboo. mines, is at present "broke," and has gone to the Big Bend to repair his for- tunes. • Reports from Yale, 0,, represent the. Fraser River to be gher than ever before at this date, It is nay ten, feet below the highest point reached in the great fre3het. .4. of 1882, and old settlers predict that the 8: hfhw water o mark E that year will be ex- ceeded. Deeded, Clara Morris' mother was a nook in a restaurant in Cleveland when Clara was a lanky ;!r1 of 15 years of age.e. Manag- er ane -er John Elleler advertised for some extra iris for the ballet in a pantomime he was etting up. Clara applied for a place in the extra ballet. She wore an old, faded calico dress, much too short for her long legs, a thin shawl, and a ragged woolen scarf wrapped around her head. When the extra girls were no longer required Clara was retained for small parts. That was the beginning of the career of the great emotional actress, Clara Morris, who, by the way, is of English, not Am- erican, birth. Anna Dickinson began life as a school- teacher. Wearying of this, she one day went to Mrs. John Drew, manageress of the Arch Street theatre, Philadelphia, and entreated her to give her an oppor- tunity to go upon the stage. Mrs. Drew heard her recite, told her that she had a very bad accent, that she did not think she would ever make an aotress, and ad• vised her to go back to her school -teach- ing. The war broke out soon afterward, giving Miss Dickinson an opportunity to emerge from obscurity. She still secret- ly cherished histrionic aspirations, but years were destined to elapse before she was enabled to test whether Mrs. Drew had been a true prophet or nob. As a rale, literary women have had lees severe struggles to gain distinction than their sisters of the stage. Many of them have had to battle with poverty, but few with neglected education. Mrs. Somer- ville, the only women who has become re- nowned as a geologist, was one of the ex- ceptions to the rule. As a child, she was• allowed to run wild, and at the age of 11 did not know how to spell. As she grew up she was kept helping in the family housework until marriage seemed to offer her deliverance. In this hope she was doomed to her most bitterdlaappointmenb, Her husband was a narrow-minded man, who hated clever or even educated wo- men. He considered them inferior men- tally to his sex, and if a case appeared where a woman proved herself of auperior intellect he was horrified and frowned her down as " unwomanly." He thought that his wife unsexed herself by punning her geological studies, and made her keep strictly to her domestic duties. His death happily left this gifted woman free to fol- low the bent of her genius. Her second husband encouraged her inher chosen pursuit until she became the moat dis- tinguished scientific woman of her day. She died as recently ac 1872, having near- ly completed her 100th year. She made Intricate astronomical calculations when in her 92nd year. A Panther's Revenge. The panther of India seldom attacks a man unless provoked, driven to bay, or wounded. If the man lets him alone, he will not trouble the man ; but should the man wound him, then the powerful animal becomes a mere dangerous beast to oepe with than the tiger, for he can climb a tree, and the tiger cannot, Several years ago, an English officer, in India, looated himself in a tree, with a native hunter, and waited for game. A panther happened to pass below, and the officer fired. Unfortunately for himself, he wounded instead of killing the animal. The panther turned, sprang up the trunk ef the tree, seized the officer, dragged him to the ground, and mauled him so that he died. The frightened native remained in the tree, enable to help his master. When the panther had eatisfied himself that the white man watt harmless, he amended ,the tree a second time, and killed the native, The inventor of a oar eouplor was lately mitred with a railroad ad to an interview w president, and started' off with : " Lain were killed or crippled year twenty six hien w 1 on your road on d hile lin oars. I war - w counting rant this invention to-" "Te' save hew much wear and tear on the bumpers?" ;in- terrupted the president, "I warrant it to mate the lives of employes air," "Un Don't want it', We are after something save the bumper's," er some similar request, will not improba- blyresult in your having a few bowie of water thrown over you by the person who addressed you and by the bystanders, the question having been a request for leave to throw water on you. I experienced this fate myself. All the principal pagodas are redecorated and the images ef Gantama in them are regilded during the Water Feast, Enormous sumo are spent in this way. One of the most interesting sights in Mandalay during the new year's festivities was a visit to the Arrakan Pagoda, The groat brass Gantama there, weighing 14 tone, was, with the exception of the faoe, plastered all over with thin layer! of gold, brought by devout worshippers who visited it from all parte of Burmah. A young man has been arreatad at Mont- real for stealing half a ton of iron from the Canadian Pacific Railway yards. He and a companion, who ie atill at large, are alleged to have eucoeeded in stealing thiselarge amount in email quantities before they,were detected, While Mr, O. E, Howell, of Jerseyville, • waa teaming loge into the mill yard of Mr. Obed Howell's in some way one of the loge he bad on the trucks slid and naught him. When found the log was lying on his breast and he was unconscious. It is thought he will recover. It le estimated that five miles of sheddin .. will have to be built on the 0; P. R. in Selkirks, that the coat will be about $1, 000, and that the sheds will be complet the first of Deoember. A great num men are now employed in taking out equ x timber, driving piles, and running the lum- her mule. The Boy to Succeed. • A few years ago, a large drug firm in New York advertised for a boy. Next day the stere was crammed with applicants, among them a queer -looking little fellow, accom- panied by a woman who proved to be his aunt, in lieu of faithless parents, by whom he had been abandoned. Looking at thin little waif, the merchant in the store promptly said : " Can't take him : places all full ; besides he is too small," " I know he is small," said the woman, " but he ie willing and faithful." There was a twinkle in the boy's eyes that made the merchant think again. A partner in the firm volun- teered to remark that he " did not nee what they wanted of such a boy—he wasn't bigger than a pint of older.' But after consul- tation the boy was set to work. A few days later a call was made on the boys in the store for some one to stay all night The prompt response of the little fellow contrasted well with the reluctance of others. In the middle of the night the merchant looked in to see if all was right in the store and presently discovered his youthful Protege busy scissoring labels. " What are you doing 2" said he. " I did not tell you to work nights." " I know yon did not tell me E10, but I thought I might as well be doing something." In the morning the cashier got orders to " double that boys wages " for he is willing. Only a few weeks elapsed before a show of wild beaats passed through the streets, and, very naturally, all hands in the store rushed to witness the spectacle, A thief saw his epportnnity, and entered at the rear door to seize something, but in a twink- ling found himself firmly clutched by the diminutive clerk aforesaid and after a struggle was captured. Not only was a robbery prevented, but valuable articles taken from other stores were recovered. When asked by the merchant why he staid behind to watoh when others quit their work, the reply was, " You told me never to leave the store when ethers were absent, and I thought I'd stay," Orders were im- mediately given onoe more : " Double that boy's wages he is willing and faithful," To day that boy is getting a salary of $2,5000, and next January will become a member of the firm. Young men, imitate his example. The Jersey waist is like truth. All at- tempts to crush it have failed. A husband telegraphed to his wife : " What have you for br akfest, and how is the baby•?'' The anewer name : "Buckwheat oaken and the swedes." It is announced that no quarter is to be given to the Apaches. That is unnocee- e soldiers do not appear to get as the ser pp nary, near enough to them to give them a dime. Jones : " Are yon going to Europe, Brown 1" ,Brown: " Yea." .Tones : t°Take your wife with youl" Brown: "No. She is not very well, so I shall leave her at home." Jones: "Whab are you going over for i" Brown " For my health." Battleford has had an exhibition of contrao- tor's beef In the raw. Last week a herd of cattle, alleged to be ranch oowe, intended for the Indian Department, were delivered at that place, but the agent refused to re olive them, and the men in charge turned=. them loose to take their chance upon they prairie. Mr, Andrew Stapleton, of Jersoyville, had been missing for some days, and hie wife„ - becoming alarmed about him prooeeded o Friday with her son over the path he need- ly takes to his work at Abram Vanaickle'a, s' and found him lying against a tree donde. Ho was taken to a Neuse and buried they same evening. It is euppeeed he had a fit. Farewell, the new divisional centre on thea} C. P. R:, is situated on the high banks of thee,n1 Columbia River, on a loamy flat, and haat water communication with Spokane Paige:met and with Colville, in Washington Territory. Vegetation is,gnite far advanced, and garden' products, such ars" lettuce, radiehea, andel onions, ere fit for table use. A number of ;, preepeotors have already gone into the;' minae and have atunnel many feet in depth,; from which they are taking gold, although <, i they have not yet reached bed rook. They are bney preparing sluice -boxes, and seem quite confident of results. Already $4,00 has been expended en the claim. Russia, Prance, and Germany. Speaking of the attitude of Russia in the event of a war between France and Ger- many, the Novoje Vrjemia of St. Petersburg says : " There is no doubt that, fn any case, it would not be proper for ns to lend our sup- port to either one of the belligerent powers to the detriment of any one of them, But at the same time It would be a mistake to imagine that Russia would neoesearily re- main neutral in case one of the two pewere m weaken the interested should attempt to other. Such an indifference upon her part would be a gross political error. The inter- vention ef Prince Gortchakeff, in 1875, in the Franoo-German difficulty—an interven- tion whioh made Germany give up her in- tention to finally orush France—will always be counted as one of the most important services that the Chancellor rendered to Russia. The same oonsiderations which governed him then ought to guido us to. day. But these considerations ought not in any manner to hinder the contolldation of the most friendly relations with Germany, because such relations respond on all points at present to the interests of Rueefa, More, over, from a Government point of; view - Germany le more closely allied to Ruesia than Republican Franoo ire On the other hand, it must not ° be forgotten that the sympathies of the Russian people aro rather for France than for Germany, and that, in a pollee', our interests i meat of oli r mal Jaye 0 Ser , P Y P might net be in disanoord with those of It e therefore, natural drat th Prance. 1, Is then country should be of great importance to ,till rota political factor. Germany represents for us the present;' France the future; and, since we need both the present and the fu tares it would not be for our interest that one of these faotors should absorb or week - the other, Stepping -Stones to Success. Learn your :buaineas thoroughly. Keep at one thing -in nowise change. Always.. he in baste, but 'ever in a hurry. Observe system in `,all ou do end nndertakim�, Whatever is :worth deing at all is worth `` doing web, One to -day is worth two to- morrows, Be self-reliant ; do net take too much advice, but rather depend en vent= self, Never fail to keep your appoint. menta, nor to be punotnal to the minute. Never be idle, but keep your hands lira mind usefully employed, except when sleeping. Use charity with all; be ever generous•in thought and deed—help others along life's thorny path, Make no;haete 10" be rich ; remember that small and steady gales give competency and tranquility ef mind. He that emends a ladder meet takes the lowest round. All who are above wale once below. Too Sarcastic. First Dade—" Ole fellah, what do fetal think of Miss Commeneenae ?' Second Dude—" Web, ma deal' bey, ,nie opinion of her is not vewy 'fwatlwing' First Dude—" Thath bad, Wet'e the Wee - son you don't wike her 2" Second Dude—" Too deuced sahoastlo, dent ye know, W'y, the other day we wetn. out wading, she and I, and we passed by. one of these donkeys, a miewable animal,' you unnerstan,and I asked her the differepoe between that beast add myself. I thwought ehe would say she didn't knew, and I would tell her that the donkey dwew loads and I dwew pioturne. Yen know I am a eowtief an elitist, and that would be a twine joke, bah Jove." First' Dude—" And what did she say 2- ". Second Dude-" She said the onwi din wnoe she could see was in the length entre- -dee." Newapa ers. No newspaper ever published pleased everybody, and every sensible taker of a paper, in passing judgment upon it decides the matter upon the whole appearance o the• publication from week to week, not condemning it bee he finds something, printed therein th displeases him, or eon - Mitering it e x refeee' e'because Sial bii, , it iP from week to week, hie exact views. Other-; wise the only successful newspaper would ' be the one whioh was neutral upon all Phi': jecte, or one which never expressed any views on a point of interest, confining itself to mere items of news. These two claadies of papers were never known to exist in an intelligent community, after being conduct- ed upon, that principle for any leagbh of time, for a community ie judged by the oat• side world by the newspapers which it ;s ► f ports. A Morning^ Gall. Male guest—e, I'd like to be e Cali t P four to -morrow morning ; I'm going ri`{'abh ing." Female domestic (stupidly) r, Eh?"' Male guest (desperately)—" I'm fishing t o•morrow morning, g , and d 1 w ., be called early ; not later than four.",..Wi•`�,, b Female domeetio (stolidly) y,1 !. r , ring 2",_,:.a:.ti? t A ewaoet story this;. of dear lit in North Carolina who out off and sl " silken tresses" to buy "a oommunla viae for the church, ng i1