The Brussels Post, 1892-6-24, Page 3,71'NE,:4,119?, THE BRUSSELS
THE DOOTOR'S h'RRSURIFTION, " (1, Lhon, it is 0lost acts" inquired Mrs, have been 80 faithful to the friend of your
Burnham; "if en, a11AW ate to congratulate boyhood through all het• firltlenu,a."
It WW1 happy group that had teeelnllod Yon•on its revival." "No, not fickleness, surely," he inter.
in the moiety 04'11%+. 1108. Howe had 4'11111,, : A sudd00 light, cane Into the do0tor'o posed, ' do not say that, rattler your soli•
earlier than usual and acrl°mpeuyl0g her "yes; ho sat as 0140 in a dl'ealli—a dream 11110rilioilig Obedience; no one could. censure
was Sirs, Helen Burnham, a native of llom whialt ell his fello(1'-O nturts warm np you ever.
Brampton, owl an old friend of nearly ovary vonnpleb°ly lots out a4' though they had Hover ' Please do not Interrupt me," she said,
1 had oA a to town only the , "x181.'4 -all °xeopl: the restored frioul at 110r think me self•saori(Icing. I was
lumber, h° 111 m Y his so e. Ifo woo 10 a dint wand half light. speaking of your loyalty. low strength.
]tight before on the semiweekly stgnrl°c P g Y Y• b
and the exeltumtioas of surprise from the °d by Oho'lotting sou; th°air was filled with' one my faith in human mauve and hansom
ladles worn tus°. I the beautiful fragrance at Juno; the birds love ; it ie so rare to find one's Mende un.
She was Slightly above the average height ! wore calling to each other from the tree changed in all these yea's, I did not know
and a 0011.1111 alU of yn11t11fnlrteoo alma 11(11 tops (1101 warbling their goail•uij�+ht songs; there was ono in all the world like you. But
and thorn was tin 0p:ten0dic tinkle of w v 1 have Changed, oh, 80 much l"
gado every woman in the room experience is . 1
pang akin to envy, though Mrs. Burnham halls and the for away voices of children She had also risen and waft pacing the
oomiug across the meadow. He 1008 seated floor, es she went on in a hurried, 811 toss•
had such delightfully cordial manners that pp
' 01 the "Groat Rook" and by
it was fm oasiblo for paane 4o dislike her.his side was a ed voice :
Her largo brown eyes) were fringed with lovely girl will sweat brown oyes and polo "You would not want mo for your wIlo,"
bashes x4111 velvety, although she lvas eon- golden hair looking like a wooden nymph raising her hand when he would have spoken.
eiderably "out 01 her teens.,, ,•
against the greet background, He had I am not the girl you know 20 years ago.
But at ]net the members had all comeand raveiled himself of the chaloo and 10108 pour- It frightens me when I (romper° myself with
Mrs, Burnham had a ohauc° to see how the . nig forth hie love in qulok, glowing words, Heehtl) nun, and if any 01(0 had told me
uld
friends of her girlhood had developed. his scarcely understood
as oe, bullas o (1000111of have slthat I �uaderod bd be ut toot believe 1. e woman I am, 1 ou sl, can
There was the president, ;'vire, Emmons, the . young y parted
Katie Dodge of former days, a comely i alie repll Jia ori, harmony not undorstoad ; not think of the wicked thoughts that have
motive of fortyfive, who were 'meanies Appurthdovll univOranl bo 4'(l cape,
possesed ((8, and I could not es-
motive
liked to " manage things," but earned
Daps, I had to go on." Her 10108 had sunk
out her lan8 in moll n di lomatio manner And what had his life boon,not wholly to a passionate whisper. Once I ieteally
that her enbardinatae actually believed they discordant he hoped, and hers ' bought poison ; no, no, not for him," she
were having their own why. Her voice recalled him from his reverie— exclaimed, as she saw hie look of horror,
th
Alias Arabella Finch was a lady of nn• e same musical voterswhich he hod so for myself:
contain age filling the honorable position toyed in her girlish days ; yet ie was not My moor Helen 1"
of seoretary. Silo was tall with black quite the same ; he had thought it unohang. " But In someway my hand was etayed,"
eyes 11114 an Bagel nose on which she worn ed at first, but now he detected a subtle she continued, " my good angel, m whom I
a ppDir of gold rimmed glasses. Arabella harehineee; P°8811)13'it was in himself, or had lost faith appeared to me, and 1 can not
hal 110 income cava the rental of pert of it might have been the words, they wore so thank God, enough. . . . After he died
her house. Helen pitied her as she 110. 1 foreign to his thoughts and the scene was I seemed neither to think or fool for a
ticed the faded chocks and deep lines 10 her so different from the one %1110(1 he had re. while ; simply to exl0t. But kind friends
forehead ; she had been pretty once. Mrs. ' called. cane to me, ani life became more intense,
Howe looked unchanged except her hair, I ' Really, Mr. Robbins, I think you have in another direction I found a beautiful
ke
which was almost white, and LoEmily
.1 King 1
been
Bo1epard n, T am sore," he answered. (00, �v s l alone ; m Iwon she ive i bolo comfort i to
—" Halon, exclauned Emily Brown, S
" What have you clone to )seep yourself so "I 11°1100° my thoughts had gone woolEaoh other."
Con I servo you to anything? They were both silent awhile, busy with
youthful 1 flare aro most of us grey haired gathering.
old %(1114'11, whole every hair on your Head Some of this nice bread," 11e continued, their own thoughts,
is brown." 1 passing the plate. u
I do not know why I should tell yo
"You must hale discovered the fabled " Bread indeed 1" exclaimed the maker this—except—that 1 have been so misera-
100)1 Din of youth," added Miss Finoh, in a tone of disgust 1 " That's angel ble ; I have never told any one before,—
" Oh, no, 1 have done nothing,"an- oaks I Doctor, I think your eyesight is never."
steered Mrs. Barnham, laughing, so hutI fabling." " Why should you not? have I not a
nn as not navare flat I was among aaoh Well,' he returned laughing. "1 right to share your joys and sorrows after
venerable people. I haven't stayed in one °agile to have expected to find angel's foodoil these years of waiting ?" he asked in a
place long enough to grow in one way ; I I Iters." I pleading tone,
11008 so longed to settle clown fora while
As they chatted after suppersome one "I Uhiuk perhaps.I am not quite well, or
in a cosy home of my own, as you do hero, aslzed blre. Bit may be seeing yon ; I used always to
urnham to sing, so °h° eat
where one is not continually meeting downmust to the organ though protesting that feel as though I ust tell you my wrong-
atrnn ars that one doesn't cur° about." she " had hung her harp on a willow. doings, because I could not bear that, you
" 111hy Helen," said Mrs. Brown, " you Her voice was notstrong, but flexible and should think ill of me—and now what have
are as cosmopolitan as Jacob Gre°plow, you sweet and she sang with much oxpreeion I done ; what win you think of 1801"
remember him 1 Well, 01000 his wile died one of Moore's melodies. " I sall never cease to thunk of you as
he went to live with his son in Providenve, ".And dobhnota tnetinglike thiemalzoom°nds the dearest 100(11011 in the world, even
but he couldn't ata because he didn't know For ell the long your, I've bees wnndnrmg though you cannot give yourself to me."
Y 0wny. he said in a low voice, taking her hand.
what his next door neighborwas doing. mo see thug around m100Inttleeearly friends "Itis haul for me to full believe such
He said he couldn't live in a lace where he is anteing and kind as in that happy day 1Y
P love," she answered, slowly, "I have been
so long in the shadow; you must know me
better before you say that again."
" I will send you a prescription to -morrow
and you would rather I would go away
now ?"
" Yes, bee please mune soon again, I do
not often have such considerate callers and
I need you and—thank you."
The doctor thought he detected a new
expression in the beautiful eyes which look-
ed so appealingly into his.
Their lips met by a common impulse and
he was gone,
The next morning little Maude 1 we
brought a paokoge to Helen's roam, say, 12
the doctor had "sent some man.' me," On
opening it two roses, a faded one and a
fresh one fell out, and a slip of paper on
whioh was written, "Here is the prescrip-
tion which I spoke of and yon have never
seen, although it was written for you 22
years ago before I had begun to write then
for other people. It is for heart dise000 and
the other ono is for headache. If you follow
the directions to the v°ryletter I feel assur-
ed Duet you will wear the gay tinge of
youth's roses again the next t(me I call.
Please say when that shall be,"
There it was—the love letter—written so
long ago, and Helen read it with happy
tears felling on the cheeks which were
beginning to "wear the tinge of youth's
roses,"
The other " pt'eeription " was a proposal
of marriage in set terms, and Helen sidled
as she wrote uhe following reply. "Thank
you for sending the 'prescriptions;' they
Have worked magically and my headache
has entirely ceased. My heart is much
improved though it heats strangely fast and
I would like you to call this evening. I
will wear the beautiful rose, but the one
which the 'snowfall of time ' has ruthlessly
stolen I 511011 keep as a1 emblem ; it may
prevent an attack of heart disease when—
when I a,m Mrs. Robbins 1"
didn't know everybody." I Tia' haply o'er some of your brows 00 o'er
Before the laughter had a pretty mine,
gp Y I Tho inn, It of time may bo stooling, what
,young lady cane nt who was introduced as then?
Alias AlaDonald, the high•school assiet0nt. Like the Alps in the sunlight or smooth fioly-
"Tell me about our distinguished visit- y\ ellga
w0r the gay tinge 0f youth's roses
ierr," she whispered to Mrs. Brown. " Come I
into the kitchen whilel0 I am getting supper, again,
°
She next sang a pretty German song 0nd
and I will, she answered, delighted with then rose to leave the instrument amid the
the olpportunity delighted applause.
" 1 oa know the Dann house,"she began. ".Oh do not stop," they cried.
" Wel), Mrs. Lunn, AL's. Burnhan'8 aunt, " Very well, sipe said, gaily, you must
lured there and brought up her niece who ' all sing and we will have s musicale and I
was an orphan. She was it beautiful girl, will be diretar 1"
and every young nmol in the town 8000 in Then followed such a varied progrom—
love with her. It was sold that she was en- school songs they had learned with the al.
gaged to Fred Robbins, the doctor, you hmbebanclballadswhichbt'ou htwiththem
know,hntIdon' bthin 10she really vas, though thesweet memory oflong ago summereven-
he 8000 desperately in love telt)) her and has ings and ot friends with whom they had
never cnarr3°(1. But Sire. Dunn was careful sung their last songs There 1000 a trent-
that she should maize no alliance with pen-
niless Brompton lovers, and engaged her to
a New Yorker much older than Helen. Of
course she was young, attracted by the
wealth and thought she loved him, but I
Fess the poor thing would have given 101.1
her money to have been single again.
They say she's been very unhappy and
her husband was tonal to her. She never
had any children and he wouldn't let her
adopt a child, but she's given a great deal
to the poor. Mr: Burnham was insane half
the time, the last yoors of his life, and when
he had those spells she was the only person
who mulct manage him ; yet when he was
sane he managed her•"
bling in some of the vetoes, and while the
eyes were yet glistening over 0 Leder moot.
lection, the "director' would break into it
strain lilte "John Brown had a little In-
dian."
No one seemed to take any more thought
of tithe than if that valuable cornmodity had
entirely dropped out of existence. Finally
the lamp on the organ hent out and Mts.
Jones awoke to the fact that the fire which
had not been replenished for the last two
hours had also departed this lite. On in-
quiring of "Isamu " what time it was, he
0(10wered iu a milky voice, " Only five
minutes after eleven, Miranly,"
"But why didn't she get asked "Goodness! exoloimed his spouse in the
g midst; of a pathetic refrain, " You don't
' plias McDonald. say it's most midnight I Why didn't you
"Oh, that wasn't her style; it was her tell m° before ? and any night to sweep
way to stick to anything she hod attempt- too," she 0ontinoed in a sufficiently audible
ed, and I remember when she was a girl voice to arouse the others.
alae always had such e, contempt for divorc• "Only one more, Mrs. Jones," pleaded
ed people." Helen, "the old ' Good Night ' in the 'Glee
"And has she lived in New York .',
"Only n short tome. They've lived in Singer; I think you must know ie." And
Europe most ever since the marriage. She a the musicale ended as informally as it had
must have boon relieved when he died, the begun.
monster l' We have hod a delightful evening
haven't we ? "she said Co t
"Yes, I should think e," said the list- the doctor, and
enar warmly. "How long has her husband he answered, smiling
been dead?" " The most enjoyable in 20 years."
"A year last month she said." Nelly a week later he made his first call
"Do you suppose the dootor will be here upon her. They had met every day, but
tosupper?" asked Mass MoDonald. there had been time only for a few hurried
"I !tope so; though he is busy and ofuourse words at each meeting.
cannot know anything of Helen's being She was looking quite i11, and he remark -
here, for Mrs. Howe kept it secret until ed it. " Only a littlo headache," site said
this afternoon on purpose to surprise us." with rather a pitiful smile.
,Thank you for telling the story, its " And touch of Beim wek," he added.
quite romantic," and she thought to herself " How discerning you are 1 but I am bet.
that it might be still more so. Miss Ale- ter now and shall bo very glad to se° you if
Donald wrote something on a bit of paper you do not talk about health.".
and gave it to a boy who was passing. Mrs. They were both in a far different mood
Brown happened to glance out of the win. fron that in widish the society had seen
dow and saw that the boy stepped at the them, and moll felt that the other had mu.
dootods office. dergone a ohauge since that time,
"I3y the way did you know that WO gen- " Helen," he said suddenly, "do you re -
orally had acmpany at the moiety suppers?" member our last walk?"
said NIiss Frenoh to Mrs, Burnham. " 011, yes," she replied, "I have thought
"No, Idid not" she replied, "Then why of ib malty times in my wanderings, and
were Smu an surprised to see me?" have never men m sunset whioh I preferred
"01I, I mean gentlemen, the husbands to that."
and brothel's and friends of the members, There was a pause. Both were living
It's nearly supper time now, and there are over again the seems which had so stirred
several coming down the street; yes, they them,
are society gentlemen ; see if you know " Yet you never mune back," he sari at
them." last.
' Ah 1 the one ahead is Jonas Tompson, "No ; this place seemed a part of my life
and is that Mr. French—Why 0011 that bo whialt hal gone out with my girlhood—a
Fred Robbins?" portion whioh I had passed beyond and
Miss McDonald, saw a change pass over could not reo0ll. There are some things
her face tut the mention of the last name, i whioh belong to the past ao entirely that,
nob a blush but a soft light name into the could we bring them hack, they would not
eyes and the slight) shadow disappeared satisfy ; they would seem only a mockery
from the brow, wlhich until it was passing ' of what had been,"
had not boon noticed. The doctor was the 1 "Do yea mean that you can not Dome to
first to enter the room. Hewae a tall man, me now when all your ties oro murdered? I
rather too slender for his height, std had am alone, too."
an open, pleasant face. Miss Frond fin. 1 "There was a thrill in his vow° which ant
mediately presented the visitor, saying, a little shook through her, as he continued :
"Hero is on old aequaintnnee of nun0," I Helen, I have been waiting for this 22
"Helen!" he exelaimed,looking as though years. Your memory has always haunted
ho lead seen a ghosts . me, though God knows l tried to forget; std
Bog pardon, Mrs, -- when I heard that yon were free, it seemed
"Burnham," suggested Mhie French. ne though Iliad escaped from a long int.
" Mrs. Burnham, (Ino is indeed a aur- pri0onmOnt and were breathing Juno air
prisef I did not know you wore on our again, after being shut up in a poisonous
side of the globe." l atmosphere, When I met you the other
"\`Vitt at uneoolal creature, to know so night 1t seemed a fulfilment of my cherished
little about your old friende,"she returned, dream, although I (1111 ebb know you were
"Yee, my friendswhom I have not seen on this side of the Atlambic. Youoould not
for twenty years," he answered, "If it 1 oxpeob to return thinking I ehould not ask
were not for a spirit of the peat that moms I this of you."
lurking about this old place I might soy His manner and words were far different
twentyslays(0st°ad." from the boy's passionate oonfoesiot in the
Ahl That "spirit, of Deepest' means me, Wood, but she felt that the fooling W111011
1 poroeivo; how delightfully antidoinvfan' prompted them was a8 strong mud tender in
you maize me fool. I think I should have ' 0110 luau as in the boy. With this knowledge
reoognied you by your delicate way of • a look of pain crossed her fattmnoe ns she
ooh plimontiug, if by nothing else," I said ; " How 001(1(1 I know that you had"I thought 'he had forgotten how to °0m' not charged liko all- then cermet:leg her-
pplimolt," bustle in Miss French, as they sat self, " h11t° so many of the rat of n4' 1 I
down to the 01pper table, would not Willingly give you pain, you who
Change in the Weather,
Mrs. Spinke—" Where is the money you
have been saving up for a rainy day?"
Mr. Spinks—" Iii the Neverbreak Savings
Bank,"
Mrs. Spanks—" Well, Give mea nheok for
some of it. I want a new waterproof."
Why They Go to the Seaside,
Mr. \t• illiams (Fanny's admirer)—Is your
sistoh going to the seaside this summah,
Tommy 1
Tommy—That ail depends on you. I
heard uta say bhat if you and Danny were
engaged before the season opened, there
wouldn't be any sense in her goiug!
The head euroeoll
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1'0ST,
THE CHOPS I1V ONTARIO/
RIOj ;1•,114' %11.11 rents. The tem.weedier prevail.
0 ing all over the previnee, has delayed the
seeding of roars Ord t',. plautiug of pout
Official Report of the Department of tee • prem 11,11 Lob,' linlu mm�.ies ti,ern Health On the Farm,
A.grioultur'e for June. 1arc many reports of the t nttinK ut" p011110 It would 000(11 reasonable to snppn00 that ol
TUN 1Vesernetc.—April bog,au warm and surd iu the gruuwl, and 111(100 scattered r0-
fanners should he mnnntK the lomat heel thy
fine, lea from the second week the ' pouts of like experience come Prem other of mankind. Living in ieolatod dwellings
weather was cell and dry u•3t11 set•01ii • parts of western Ontario, 00' (11 raced by considerable distance fromtrying winds. The average temperature 1 Ferris —Vegetation appears to be about otter residences, they are not etxpoed, ex•
for Ism month was 40,41 ° ns 0Anl00ro d a weep backward. Ill malty places are . sept 111 a very hunted degree, to those un.
with .12.07 c in 10111 and an average for tat W00,18 were Only 10 earliest leaf, but the healthful conditions (het r0sltlb from aggro.
•ears of 40.22 CI. The t• it fa 1, this tau Final weather jest ushered in cava promise x110010 of Iwron he1(1gs where mal
y „idol ]l t h e thI P K 6 (ria 3s
f '
wns 1,25 incluse in 140•?, LHi inches in 1891 rot a more generale foliage. Mile, in some loused Ly etlinviat noising froru. excrumentl•
%'line the average for ton years was 1,1)1 I of the northern countries apple blossoms lions matter. With proper cure they may '
(nches, ate), has boon cold, elnudy and were Only just ba;inniug to show, the more insu0e an atmosphere of comparative purity.
wet, retarding farming oper.itiono, tat tho
I southern sections reported tdu, 110001 a0 Growing the greater port of their own food,
wast and southwest of the province the well advanced, and we idea few exceptions , they ought to
able to lav° Ghat which is
rain1(011 has been considerably over double the acaounle regarding this staple of our I fresh, wholesome and adapted to human'
the usual amount, `J'lie figures of tempora- 0011010(18 were er001 favorable. It was wUllla ; and, growing it iu variety, they
ter°fat May aro 5L55',51.9.1'audl2.(13, and anted, however, that notwithetauding the ought to Le abletn8electaulcom101001hose
of rainfall they were 3,43 inches, 1.07 Mares abundance of blossom, the heavy rains pre. kinds that will best nourish the human,
and 2.73 inches. The following stations re- veiling at the One of bloom may have wrists- system,
sort Om six hieh00 of 0010 for \sayy • 114 o0 muoh of the pollen, and that impar- Stook -feeders have 185(00d that to attain
Kingsville 3.03 ; Ridgetown, 8.40 ; Cedar feet fertilization may result, fears where to highest 81100080 they must so constitute
Springs (Kett), 7.73 ; London, 0.74 ; 81. grown .promise wall. Peaches along the their rations that,cor1aiu classes of nutrients
Marys, 0.13, L(1k0 Erie and and Lake Ontario coon- shall bear a proper proportion to certain
FALL \VuEax.-.Thio oro estill in ry ver ties were more e• loss injured by other classes ; that is, that compounds Opn-
promising enneition, veryplittle hue beet the winter. Plums and cherries aro taining nitrogen (albuminoids) Drell bear a.
plowed and the only unfavorable conditions still assailed by their enemy, the 080101(1 ratio to other non -nitrogenous own -
are noted in connection with late -sown black -knot. A few loealitiee report a pro- pounds (carbo•hydrates), and that any wide.
grain and thatput in upon lowlying ❑n. fusion of ppinln blossoms, but in soma of the depertoro from the proper proportions will
drained lands, uha diverse a eond ti no of recognised plum sections the yield is not interfere with healthful nntaitinn and re -
climate of this province are shown by two eaexstern Ontario the interest tat 01 idnlolahardin tullntma in ieoos to anie. mate
age principles apply
reports—one stating that fall wheat was g ga e n 1triti n, and, in -
heading out, another that spring seeding appears
solo beolopin 1, From
various manual) as the human system is much more
had just fairly commenced, The greatest pointsr gat anew injury dalirately organized than the nuimal, it is.
loss appears to have fallen on the extra to grapes, but in tho gain the remarks of more00081tive to any departure from semis
areacreage of last fall which was hastily put in (00(0 hurt bys froatlianlf /'o� lteavingw unit a rries laI! man were to subsist excloeived • upon
wheaton vcouritie918upd ortzlas followselpPsefall
x few exposed fields, but the general condi• animal food, which is rich in all,..ininoids,
HEALTH.
and Kent, suffered from chetah and frost in tion is far from unsatisfactory. Rasphe. or upon such vegetables as beans, which are
April and Twins in May, some lowed up,
rbcs appear to have sustained more injury the richest of till vegetable products in
only two-thirds of an a -°rage mop promithan uuy °the fruit, The Cuthbert suffer• nitrogen, health would mutat', as it would,
ed ; Elgin, fair ; Norfolk and 111aldimmnd od greatly ip many ((carters, Other small on the other hand, if he were to subsist en -
first class, eopecially where properly put in; fruits came through the winter well, The sleety en seal, vegetobleo or oereals as ars
Welland, fair : hamutou 0(10010(1 by heavy fruit prospect is on the whole enconrag• deficient in nitrotren, Duch as potatoes, furs
rains, two-thirds of a sop ; Huron, Brace nig. nips and other roots, fruits and Ltdian earn.
and (trey, early sown good, late sewn poor, BEES and Hotter. --The reports regarding Whole wheat Ismwell-balanced food,contains
crop late, prospects above average ; the apiary are far from encouraging. In ing the ulbuminoide and onrbo bydrates in
Shim's, never better except on low addition to loeses by starvation, chilled suitable proportions, Latin fine wheat'110 tr
land ; Middlesex, crops affected by weather' brood and dysentery were not uncommon,
too emelt of the nitrogen has been removed
and aro backward, prospects fair for good Foul brood was reported in only a few lo- in the brat and middlings, and bread made
crop ; Oxford, Brant, and Perth, prospects calitios, but the death of q..eons appear to out of fine white flour will not properly
very good except on low lands; Wellington, bavebeen more frequent than usual. The nourish the human system. The fruits,
Waterlooan(lDufferin, proapeets good, crops reported losses during winter and spring while not very nutritious in themselves, are;
a little backward ; Lincoln, very fine ; Went- vary from 3 up to 75 per cent. ; the average believed to have excellent sanitary areas
worth, good, except on low hind, straw rank; may bo placed at about 25 per mut. Just in aiding the digestion and assimilation hind,of
Halton and Peel, very good; York, to as corespondents wrote, however, fruit the more nutritious foods.
Prince Edward, good. On the whole, pros. 1.0sema were pruvi(ieg excellent supplies It would be mamma. 4oauppo00 that if man
ant conditions point too first class crop of of nectar, and with more seasonable observe the laws of being, the organic laws
fall wheat, warns weather, However, being weather bees were beginning to pink up. of his constitution, he would live exempt
very desirable and necessary, 08 a very Lamm AND Weans.—There is little that from disease and world not die until lits
rapid growth of straw has taken place and is special to note the oondition of farm system should have become exhausted,
m
a continuance of wet weather would cause labor. Regarding the quality and supply 1 worn out by old age. But then it requirea
great loss from drowning -out and from lodg- of labor opinions differ. While the greater a constant struggle with environments and
ing. An extra good erop may be expected mmnber of those reporting consider that the a knowledge of sanitary laws, possessed by
should bright warm weather continue. right class of hands aro available, a strong fete or mono, for men to obey the Iowa of
Srn1N" \V1tEnm.—T110 Lake Erio conn- minority state that good farm laborers ars his being, Man's evvi^onments are not in
ties report much damage from rain in the scare. This is said to be caused by the harmony with him. Forth is constantly
west, with improvement in condition as we large emigration of our farmers' sons to the striving to produce a coarser vegetation un -
come east, the condition of this motion at I United States, 3lanitoba and the North- suited to his proper nourishment, and he
present is only fair. Lantbton and Huron west, their places being take by "farm must greatly exert himself to keep down
that unsuitable vegetation, that better
report a backward growth and 1,10011 loss pupils " and others from the old country,
through rain ; Bruce, Grey and Simmsou some ot whom are of doubtful quality solar species, more in harmony with his require.
the whole give most satisfactory returns, ns our agricultural methods are concerned. menta, may grow. Decaying animal and
some parts being affeotei by too hutch ran In some western counties boys from the vegetable organisms, swamps, mnrassea,
and the growth being. a little backward. Bernardo Home are being tried in °to., are filling the atmosphere with malaria
The prospects in the West .Midland coon- the place of men, but the moiety raidthem (bad air) inimical to health, Extremes of
ties are good, as also they aro from Lincoln is not included in the rates of wages here- heat and cold, chiding mine, snows end
iststo Prince Edward county. The eastern and with summarized : The amount paid per from thalearth w001 thlde cl 4'(1 colds, chillous and s
northern sections report spring wheat in month for the working season, of say seven
ver) good condition except on low land. months, runs from 514 to 520 with board, etc„ did he not provide shelter, warm.
While the sring wheat can, on the whole, the average being 510.79, an increase of 28 clothing and artificial haul to enable him to.
be considered in hardly as good °audition as cents over that of the previous year. The maintain a healthful temperature of the
the fall wheat, the present prospeoto are up amount paid without board raogesfrom 520 body. In fast, to know how to take the.
to the average, but the success is now de- to 5.25, the average being $24.00, or 59 cents Lest earn of our bodies, to properly nourish
pendent upon continued warm weather. more than in 1091. The wages per day off ul influences of them, and to protest them from the hurt-
pendent
acreage n is still increasing. tennpor01y11iit6outbeard, boths 80 cents
these taboard
tes degree of evolution, of mental development
Essex, Kent, Lambtou and iliiddlan appear and l.15 vnever et attained byan known nation or -
to have suffered most from rain and frost, slightly exceeding their respective figures S' Y
There is an improvement in condition along of the previous year. people on this earth. Such a degree of de••
101ze Etin in P going east, and Bruce and velopmeot can only be attained by the ]most:
g g therongh, most complete education of all
Huron give better reports than the counties Family Prayer• human faculties. Are our farmer readera
to the south. A8 to the rest of the western The picture whioh Robert Burns drew of giving this matter of health the attention,
Landsection the general report is that the high household worship us of the secret of the study to which itis entitled? We fear:
lands look very promising, the low lands P not.
ve. Francoln to 11e astotland's
grandam that makes her lav
ernry bopoorundary ofn thLie pra0ince,1the4'throtnerne- old Sced at home and revered abroad. No prelude
are quite favorable. The inland and north• to the day is, so powerful in its snored influ-
Some Uses For Lima.
ern regions report backward growth, favor- enoe es the union of loving hearts around It acidit
able only on well drained soils. The present the throne of grace. Family worship is a y of the stomavfr..
condition of barley over the province is fair strong seam well stitched on the border of A capful added to bread sponge prevents'
but backward, with the prospect of a very the day to keep it from raveling out into it from souring.
much decreased toad yield unless the contention, confusion and ungodliness. A small quantity of it will prevent the
weather soon becomes and continues more Wise is that Christian parent Who hems " turning" of milk or cream,
favorable. every morning with the word of God and A loos panful of lime water in a cupful of
OATS.—AS with barley the greatest loss fervent prayer. When the inroads of milk is a remedy for children's Summer
has occurred in in the south-western portion wealth and fashion crowd out family dace
complaint.
of the provinoe, many reporting at least tions in the morning and the weekly prayer
It will one third of the crop in that section de- meeting in the evening there is but small eta. and for sweeten
teansind purify (11114'8, juga,
stroyed by water. Tho condition improves hope of rearing such households in the nut,
g nursingbottles it is.
as weo east and north east. The central, tura of the Lord. The "church in the excellent.
eastern and northern sections report a large house" is the best feeder of the ohuroh of Lime and water mixed to the 0onsistenoy,
the sanctuary; home religion is the sheet of cream, is the best cleanser and brightener_
acreage Baine exceedingly well on high
land and poorly on low land, the growth, anchor of our nation's well-being. of zinc.
however, being much retarded. On the -- A few spoonfuls of lime hater poured on.,
whole the condition of oats is bettter than the soil of potted plants will effeetual3yr d
that of barley, and should the weather be A Well -Merited Rebuke. them of pot worms.
favorable for the next fete weeks a more A sahool•teachor in Boston, who is rather Sprinkled in outhouses or in acellar, with
than average crop may be expected. proud of her profession than the reverse, is a sus inion of dampness, it is an invaluable,
RYE.—Very few report rye as being sown not pleased at having her occupation thrust purifier and disinfectant,
at all, most ot the reports indicate the prob. forward when she meets strongere. Not
Lime water allowed to evaporate £0(1111. n
ablity of aa small crop. Iu many eases it long mentioned hert a oocenp occe upation 10 introducing s register -
vessel on the heating stove wonderfully al-.
is grown either for early feeding or for her. At length the hostesspresented a leviates the distress o lung fever, croup or •
plowing under. gdi htherio aliment.
Puns.—The reports as to peas are neves- young man, adding to the intreduotion ns P ---
ma,, ` Temperature of the
wiry incomplete, n4', owing to the lateness Miss Faneuil is ono of our school -teach- PNursery.
of the 8005011, sowing was still in progress err." An ailing child should be kept in a pure,
in many scatione. With the exception of The gentleman bowed, but Miss Faneuil atmosphere and have fresh aft to breathe,,
the south-west the pea 0000 of western Ow said : writes Elizabeth Robinson Scovil in The
tario is one of great promise, above the "I beg your pardon, Mrs. Allan, but I Ladies' Home Journal. The temperature of
average, the moot eneoar0gi11g reports eons- diel not catch what the gentleman's buaineee a nursery should never fall below sixty-five
lug from Grey and Simoots From Toronto is." degrees, and in illness be kept at from sixty
eastroturns are uniformly very good, Prince , "What his business is?" repeated the eight to seventy degrees. Fresh air must be
Edward especially reporting a large acre -hostess, in parplexity. admitted and enough artificial heat supplied,
age, and fine condition. Present indications "yes," Miss Faneuil said. "I thought to keep the temperature uniform, Of course,,,
point to an extra fine pea crop over almost it only right that this acquaintance should In extremely oold weather the window must
the entire province. I start fair, and, as you told him my employ be closed amine room aired when the child
Cour.—All over the provinoe, but more meet, it seemed only fair Vital should know is asleep, At this time it can be covered
particularly in theoorn-growing countries of his," from head to foot with a blanket, the face
the Lake Erie group, the repeated rains of 1 The point was understood and taken good- peotected and the window opened for a few -
Islay greatly hindered corn planting. A fewnaturodly, but the teacher was no longer in- minutes, The extra covering trust be left,
fields on high situations were doing nicely, ti'odueed in her professional capacity— on until the thermometer again registers.
but on low 0n(t level land there was muoh [Boston Gazette. sixty-eight degree°. In ordinarily milds
washing out of seed and yellowing of theweather, the window can be lowered fromyoung planta, and some replantingwill have I The Origin of Species.—"That's the new tho top about two inches and a strip h£
to be dole. The lens have delayed corn
doctor -mud those are his children." "How flannel tacked over the opening to prevent a
planting by a week or ten drys, and when ugly his children are I" " Well, naturally draught. If the window does not opo, et,
halft
correspondents uts sent in their reports fully of course, doctors have to keep the ugly the top a piece of board two incites wide
half the 0 rn area remained to be ]anted• ones themselves, you know,"
and exactly fitting the w'indowframe can bo
Tho weather was then more remising, and put under the lower sash. The 01111(1 81101(1(1
there is no reason to doubt that the meal Braise Cohunbba sellers fed that they be kept away from the window.
oreage will be given to corn, urn badly used under the modus elven& of P Y --
Btan
on, —The planting of this camp 08 in 1
vlis esselstr. and too send thorn tonye cto fit out sea withoutleir any Some Onuses of Gray Hair,
the toe° of °ern, )t05 boon dtlay°d by wet warning, It has since been impossible to Manyof the nun men become grayi
weather he modg it Very
little
to prepare the ivo the masters of the vessels any intima- S g n
soil for the 5004. Very little lied yet been 1.00 of the 000(011 elt101ita motto b ythe two front and onin that soda of thehat
heads with.
planted in tient and act acent eotrafes, Y 01(1 knowing exactly what causes t)ie•
-
I Governments• Now these vessels are liable ebmn ° Pullin out the hair makes it gray,
here most of 000 beans are raised, and to 801011re without a word 0f warning. The aping °. g g r
some correspondents ventured the opinion 1 It often happens that clerks, bockkeop°rs
p arrangement of last year was different. and ersotls of sedentary occupation luck
that the area roil, this season woad not gg P, hP pluck
g Vessels were neat by cruisers in Sebring be as largo ao penal, ate edge hale or board while 111( a s\fewr. They
Sen end ordered out of ft, If they were need net be 8nrprised if in a few months
HAY AND CLovos.—During the past few , found again in the forbidden waters they the find themselves burninggray,for the
weeks the hay orop has made wonderful wore liable to seizure. On this they could Y o
growth owing to the continuous reins, tot nom lain for the hod received fair Followed
d out hafts are almost certain to ha
Since our last report, the ros pets of the , P lent Y followed by White ones.
crop have continued 0(00dfly to improve, so I notice is dispensed wis thl, aridr a men preliminary
that now a heavy yield is assured. The ! committed no eNote ore to bo treated as Irl a Moll village in Forfmrslrirn an old
(ppear0nee 0f timothy WAS perhaps never ; violators of the law. 71110 the Victoria tool had a ticket in her window whiohaaid,
bettor than at present, Although clover Colonist. considers unjust, and hopes that `House for Sail. A gentleman, noticing
was badly winter -killed and still looks en- ' reproseetatiors will be made to the Imper. the Word wee misspelt, ento.od the shop to
oven rind patchy, yet what survived is male- ' ltl autheritioe in order that the sealers who inform tho lady, " When is this house
Mg strong growth and looking well. I aro nolo iF liehring Soo will be treated as going to sail?" l(0 inquired, Old Ladle.,
11ooTs,- .Comparatively little had boon ; they wore last year, Oho tinevor y0 cam raise the win?;