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nerriaie Routh
ich have shown the
lig the Japanese in
wed with similar -e-
tirst decve steps
he importation of
moral pu.rposes. The
8 learned that a man
to Yokohama about
urona.s.ed three Ja,
arents for PO each,
conn try , saying tkat-
e other two were his
left in San Francis-
ight to Seattle. All
e as fallen women -
✓ earnings to their
ed them enough for
ut two weeks ago
sco was brought to
use near the other
• .
d partly from the
the owner, and
ce was completed,
he Japanese Con -
of the ministerial
ng up this system
anized Japanese in
ir countrymen who _
ates as laborers are
a powerful secret
their superstitions
ibute. About 150
tle have been sold_
and brought oyer
live in the part of
hapel, winch every
Northern Pacific
at landing passes.'
ellow pine cottages
feet long, and the,
e another are sep-
about twenty-five
short, streets. The
n a. small scale of .
okio devoted to the
women of the city,.
not even Sao Fran -
t of this Japanese
best people of the
Whitechapelas
n several occasions
rise in their might
nee. '
Issuing.
soundness; of the
legs come to those
t persistence that
rt to improve the
n it presents itself,
The whirligig of
nd, and the wheel
Eng luck to every
But it would be
as accordant with
overb into, "All
ho hustle." The
loitering never suc-
rest accident. No
here" who is not
The mere bustling
1 headless hen does
to no purpose;
irs himself will get
in his tracks. In
he most of us are
ve to keep soul and
hustle is to die.
esembles the cattle
ith no haymows,
s even, from which
rnative presented
own bunch- grass
barnyard kine can
surnption that all
wait, but it would
range cattle. Io
example in proof
ose who hustle is
land was rather
ast opportunities
rnbian spirit had
aroused it lost no
ships, naval and
go anywhere and
' was to be gather -
pluck, energy, and
tle around and get
cher reward than
all the wars ever
y Trains.
railway journeys
is scarcely to be
'th a book or pap -
read at night th
as many do, there
bit is persisted in,
F the sight, if not
the eyes. During
g trams, the light
d they roll so un -
for a person read -
per steadily. The
s of the eyes are
came weakened.
mstances were to
stop when his eyes '
tive injury would -
to continue after
comfort have ap-
weakness, if not
to read in a dim .
itions otherwise
uld they in that
idly moving car -
fluences to which
he importance of
• a passenger sits
dow he then en-
ery strong wind,
estion, especially
weak. This is e.
flarn.on ie India,
is so sought, but
ne is so gritty that
atly flying about. "
made with truth
al caused by the
upon the delicate
e- it is to be re-
wind has a
es a blow from
nay injure bleed -
to bleeding from
-great harm.
el picture -gallery
/time ewer about
nts with his feet.
lly even a
ene horn withou
m infancy to
his profeesional
47 in the world
Ute sugar.- •Thet• -
r, and it sepplies .e.esee
it sew for so.
meteudede -Al& I
aid not findmueb
a dirty, greyish
hen diSsolved te-
a befog ne, utile
oseneloaa
S.7,12
It May be
HIiti
nith*
Wthe starry ey ees,. gleans e
teemooe's soft, client* :
Robleg atithe world
Pag, the waitiog A
who are see irrman's r
neween messenger of M oy_
Forth from Heaven 0111 e'slehas4-,
Came nee one in stress and tension
Battling bravely for dominion
O'er the ills that chafe the body
And that enervate the mind:
Baffled, impotent and grieving: -
Like a dove with wounded pinion, -
Kept far down within the shadow
Whe.ze the eerthla feeenehbied •
par lout fill'd with sad forebodings _
Many an hoar of pain andsor.owi-r- r
Check'd and,hindered'asitiratione _,__e
For the good that might be won; -
Hope -in sunlight -promised brightness. -
Sang a better things to -morrow:
So, alternate gioom and gladness
Kepther liie m shade or sun.
nein the crucialhooneiret, eamenee
vexel the burdened; haraseed-Sperit
--Scarcely. knowing in the dark:Mess -.What enviroements Antos,-
While each chafing day Was folliiwed ee"
By a night whoie onlyAnerit
Was thestielter of-jts silence,
_
Not the vigor of its rest.
•
Gentler, tenderer, attrer, holier i
Than a father's kare-eartmedng-
Catne a whisper in the stillness
And the pain -swept. throbbing breast
Yet anew, sweet nnnConiteitreereenhee
hike a mot hern touch, in blentinw,a-
- --Aattriterheart -saki :-"enesets, 'Master,
I am coming to Thy rest."
'Twas so kind of Him to call her
now He long'd to save and shield her
In the-she1ttr_ofjli9 ioMa4and/ , _
! She note with :-M.th-t-Oliova-;
Hath obtained thesspirit-freedorn -
Which the mortal could not yield her, -
She bath found the faultless morning -
And the perfect life of love.
LLEWELLNN A. Moneesoet.
"The Ekes, Toronto."
HIS ONLY SISTER.
BY M. E. 'LINDSEY.
" Well, father, what kind of a meetin'
did you have last night ? " asked Farmer
Lowe's wife.
"Jest splendid, mother; the house was
chuck full.' did you r asked Mrs. Lowe, when they
e HoerwflB Aiy beter u h4 rellphed the- fa -IL,. 7 -7. c
common?" • -- • - • ,-s-NP;. butAberets-teireleonotheif strange
" No. I don't know as it was. Them out that, seem s thar was such a big
young scalawags as have been carrying -on crowd out."
so high played off some ed their capers agin "1 hope nothin's happened him, but
last night. They took a quilt out o' Pete somehow I feel oneasy."
Riley's wagon and wrapped it round one o' "Ob, he's alright, mother? Trust Calvin
the muddy wheels and then sot the brakes for takio' care ef _himself !" said the farmer,
on ; and the-aaiiiWys toot 'Tom eSarielerfil heassikeigly. .
fine a,pan 9' mules mit o" hieetagoit and -pt etkeee
Joe Wood's old oxen M. It does look's if "There,- I hear the preacher's buggy,
Satan's a-goin' to have his share hp than" boys !Now for some fun 1" And Jack chuck -
"Dear, dear 1 I do hope them wicked led. Look, there he is turnin' the cor-
boyell be brought into the fold before the meet
meetin' closes, Mrs. Lowe said.
The moon was up now, and shining in a
"1 -want you to go up to -night, mother; cloudless sky; and the boys, from their
thar is to be a new preacher thar. I think place of concealment in aclump of bushes,
Jennie's cold is well enough eo t' went hurt could nee the buggy %lite distinctly asit
her." s ' ArOuna the thrn ntthe rlattinspoetoW
"A new preacher? 1 -Whit's his name'?" he .elturch.
" oet as A/inset:0 • -"There goes -the flist-Whee-fissisracky !
"Johnson! Wonder if it's our Johnson, there's the next in that mud hole! Jericho,
father ? " - boys, I say, look at that there horse! What's
"I thought o' that, but it's not likely. it a aimin' at? Good Lord! if the animal
Johnson is a common name." aint a-runnin' off, and what'll become o' the
'Well, Pll go up to -night. It's only a preacher? Who ever'd a thought anything
quarter of a mile there, and I don't think it'll o' that kind 'ud a -happened "
hurt Jennie a bit." With trembling knees and fast beating
The above conversation took place in heart did Jack stand and view the serious
Farmer Lowe's kitchen. The protracted turn his " sport " had taken. The other
meetings now being held at" Union Meet- boys crouched about him, unable to move
ing House" had been in prolress for about a muscle.
two weeks, and were gathering great crowds. "There is some one in there with him ! "
But the conduct of some of the large boys continued Jack, as the frightened horseand
caused no little trouble and anxiety. Efforts broken buggy drew nearer in their wild
. had been made to find out who the guilty ffight. "Look, Calvin, I do believe it's
ones were, but they were cunning, andely your sister !"
But agatioheensas ateoppeslei Jack, who efflithisSIMOAdteqsu•sh•404-WV"
,1;1* --11.6‘141,0400:
ualr*-4,41#11.4YL.Vcill*ei : suite ball'swtrhingwill? we be se wrkeeewolteee We elleitif4:
ppee von troerieketd•me dotufitto go o „-:Though Calvin--/iyed to ibe a geed and.
mihoteiretreavh ugefthonisoxitgetridro, eifnoysiningkdof4ei t f4itions man, heseistgialthtlaqga We life the-
OhLts.441411.X, noteihstn* 1-4.1k marks of that last greatest sin of his. It
•..- case t a cloud over him tharWlelt till his:
Y°.° d° in 4 wp.e:
ask last daY.
nie," said Calvin, drawing back from Jack's '2Jennie lived, ImCilie was EThelpless erip-.'
hand, which had been laid on his arm.
"Now, Calvin, confess you're just,. a t4 her car
tile all her days. Calvin denotedrhis life:
leetle bit afraid to join us," said Jack, in a Nipted to a ' • ' ) •
eraienneeffasra opheranore dee
atorewarded bee,
sneering tone. "Come, don't be a booby, her deepest love and gratitudee_eln hint
but show theeboyeethat you can lateesebrate she saw,. efsietibn.-„She' never kneAr tht.
as- ' rap see i ese Ise 'n- Lep ve 1
... -- , a
t hertg:d_ein' ithinehenrk elt.tiftteterriblk
titttat's Ass you neg- rht. No one ever kneve but bis fatherand
I :7-": r -s" mother and his companionsin sin. The beysi
tacit consent Agreed that they ad gine far
Calvin never could tell just how it came tifekapleeeitire
about bat by coaxing .atid ridicalipg, they And never again. did the people of Union
«u irPitlfujit,:bnitotiObelefelced Ahem Meeting House ham cense to complain of
thatOdghe:' ' bad ennthmt.
henteettitMehweet ys et. esoseamongethestiselvesOtivereipokooLthe
not afraid to do what they're not afraid to 'terrible results of their coteduct, but by
Thentw4rea,chee. lisolseoLottfetierla
•
" Then' cante tothother of
el'd"f sent:thtnellidei -41.4e1 Zebedee's children with her sons, worshiping
and wa.tch the resell. The moon didifertse 'him, and desiring a certain thing of him.
illTat4.5144,44 the Itarknie, s stbinlera And He said unto her : -What wilt thou?
be dasiltdbiceeerithoiffigaTr of-fferectIon. ;She saith unto Him, grant that these my
"1 don't feel a bit right about it boys. eerie aoneonay sit .else ene on Thee right
liege ead.rpet,4heineenets -back ;the cithe*911 the- left, fn- 'Thee Eingdore."
Wheleithenseeete -Matthew xx., 20-21.
tin tte roadsitzle4oNetheften totegittosesei The storieskifilie GiosPethitee laid strong
e boys had been sufficiently cunning to hold on the thought and memory of the
put the greater part of their work upon world, largely because of their eminent
Calvin and a hard enough time had they of naturalness. They are so -time to ' life that
ifte“.4.0 hattl-e0 1.16 ,b4Igedrot,theiF7a0f. they command instant attention, and ready
e'aiesVliateare yonn•Ulkftitabelit, esfivin ?" acceptance.. What could be more natural
said Jack, laying a detaining hand onthis tate thisIsicity,1lits
arm. "Don't you go aa toe' 1141 This wife of Zebedee, with her sons, On *hem
now. Besides it's too late; meeifni rale, the idieeity-of apestleithip zeeting _even
for I hear 'em a-conain' out."
now, coniekto thrisl-fnli of reverence and
**** **** worship. She has heard Christ talk of that
As soon as service closed Farmer Lowe kingdom, the kingdisii: of the kingdom
made hisivenaeip to ehefeouaann need of heaven among men. What her thoughts
lihnneff tet lets ',old fltgethdel Ile•,-ylitrifstir and dreams of that were it Would be very
gladlyhanceihten ht&htneateneAenneettetaate hard to tell. But they were doubtless of a
happy little group moved toward the door.
It was deeided to put Jennie in the buggy gh area*, beneath ,the hea. venethan this king -
very lofty nature. There could be nothing
With the minister, and the farmer and his tr9meillid nlotheiehtiet', sheteskti foe het
wife mould follow on foot. . two sons the highest place thatheaven affords
"1 did'nt see anything o' Calvin father, the asontetnieto t`ertarolit idth.atthenelmY
sons may sit, the one on the right hand and
the other on thy lefteehesethou comest into
thy kingdom." There was nothing too good
tor her_ sone. Ne,.R1,ace lepv,cwabove oe
tsiitheiarth benettli-tligt *as to -' Ifigh for
them. So all mothers are apt to fiAlt; and
tinnigkle PnrinwseetrilfYewOuid aet CUP: tq
admit this yet .+1....'.. ..3- the
Awl thee "Mile' tak 'seiati he + "Peevish:Tear ire e
IOU, that tseld the eeleicle -titeditZ
some means had avoided detection se fare Yes, Calvin's eyes had seen befdraack
Farmer Lowe's family consisted ofhimself, spoke, oud the scream that he *reties -0, the
his son -Calvin, and little daughter Jennie, -boggy flashed past kb: no -‘rooin, teroubt.
seven years of age: He was one of. the stand - 'That erpice belongettt--d his sistere-ehissiSter,
bys of the neighborhood.- Tolerably well to that he -would have, -died' for, WbnOwas
do, kind, and of cheerful disposition, always that roaring sound. in hie ears; :andLthose
ready and to -hold. oat a helping talLenf fire dazieing 'before his eyes 1•41ow
hand, his friends numbered ,many.• queer they looked! What was the matter
His son Calvin was fifteen years old. He with his feet and legs? They seemed glued
was one of these easy-going sort of people to the ground, or had they suddenly turned
in whom there lies great capacity for good to stone?
evil, when that dormant power is once it seemed hours that he crouched there,
fully roused. As yet no one seemed to have unable to move hand or foot, ,but in reality
any particular influence over him unless it only a few seconds had elapsed when sud-
was his little eister Jennie. She had always denly, by a supreme effort, he beeke the
b_een adelicate_ child, bet_ of a_ meat- Lively - With' eabohixiliewasaaps4dyying
dlePenitinne aid in her eCalviet's deepest 'cicrivnthe toad' after ihe- fent disappearing
affections were centered. No sacrifice wan buggy. soon tinned 1l4fl 51e
top.great secure her cotrifortend he feemd, highenaen and ;•hisekcienkyelineatighte4Ptiof
his greate'st enjoyment in Ministering to her :an object lying by -the roadside, the sit -of
pleeseure. - . (ilinost iitopie51:3he • beidaiti
Calvin', Your Pa wants yretife ,o Over io heart. Yea,r.and hope lent,speed to his fast
Elreeley'e and --take thaterossecut Saw hiine feet, and.; dee cfnickly-reacheLMe
before you g� to the*--Meetie," safd Mrs. 1notionless little heap lying in th'emoonlight.
f.tewe that eveniug„ as sbe. brushed out Jen- "Jennie h 0 Jennie!. My •preiSeithis,,
eie's eurls. _ „." sister! YOtecaift be deadt Open your-4*i
." All right, mother; I'll be ready in a and tell me that you knew enet e:Jeerealeteelt
minute. Good -by, little sis ; I'll not see you me that you forgiteS104.1
again till I come to tote you home on my die! Lord, Lord, give her back -to me!"
1.111 after meetin's out ; and he stoopedand The voice Of anguish died away in a wail.
gave his sister a loving kiss. - He had knelt and taken the helpless form
When Farmer Lowe, with his wife an in his arms and passionately strained it to
little daughter, arrived at the church he his breast: the pretty blue eyes were closed,
fourid the house almost full. While ex- and a crimson mark was across the right
changing greetings with a npaber of friends temple. How like death she looked! But
and neightners, Iniertacrehilyrecognized a fa,ce, theresniteht be life yet, anctle ias wasting
on which his eyes- harienoi'develt for stime pretefeneenometatsthere iniidle meanings.
years -that of en old time friend. Starting to his feet, he cried; "Relp! help!"
"Mother, mother !" he whispered with a with all the strength of his young lungs.
good deal of excitement. "It's our ohl "Yes, we're cominn" answered the voice
friend Johnson, sure -enough, for I see him of Mr. Cole, one of Farmer Lowe's near
settin' up thar "
.• .
neighbors.
f„ Nrew well, fto,it 1-HtM, nat'isal-he Calvitewitiohis turenocions burdeteep-
. yek Pll gdeand ,seeak -to bite veggie nee Tieelestersterlufter:theal rubs ,e)
looka (We mus ke hint heele witring: ed tihhtly firms arnis;, rat' tO meet -tie- owd
meetin'iiover,", 0od man's -fad 6d as Ifekanso up to theii, het2ori tie
beamedevitVeletant antiaipatione Vgiee 41,1%)"7-1-
ereiLthe sat Akt- le!.,.klo-ellift-e she:3
near cut across the fields, started for the if she is what shalLI-do-w4st s all R -r
churelo-, gtotereeenot ceipeAdoielfee-alielWng -le'Tbiii,:thateegalviii, my lade",edhse'nu.
the:cetera' thi6itet of yo 'Mfg -Meek; "011k sip- se trileartf- It may be just i-fahit..' -
lines and underbrush, he did not see a Mr. Jehnst4reliehea'in,inedea--- t4in
crowd of boys gathered there until he was succeeded in'tt'itiVillOke frighte
almost among thein. and had hurried back to ascertain the con-
" Hello, there, Glavin, where ye bonnd dition of Jennie. He explained that when
for? The land o' Canaan ?" said Jack Doo- the animal first took fright he told the child
ley, one of the roughest boys in the neigh.to gra tightly the arm -rest of the buggy
borhood. s13
seat, thus leaving him free. When the last
"I'm on my way to the meetin', boys; wheel dropped.off, the horse gave a terrible
goin' up?" lunge which loosened the child's hold, and
%Weak erten.—
' nhehehd to *Ike his thriAvtifijsto the r
Into the 46Uie wOrtentl*ly car
wr,* 144,07
obiator hueriedlyeerent for.
iningtei'" •
rotioungd-her injuries s
't"t'V-tst'*it Jr er-
hihaehes0 theAruis ead,
sight-1414Am' =61.e-4 -Molladslastain very ffeat ury,
erualdiPZ-
h which, should she recover, world " Guess I'd bette.r go in, boys. Niue making cripple
obliged, just the same." - bability result 111
" Oh, let the goody-goody fellop alone e•
! We hain't got no use for cewearilt During theallinge,tseppd-4,1bdeatywsand nightse
a t bees,' said Al! Lay, one of the g twhenethe, oueg,
ruffian's truestfollowetg 2 5- -5 142147 pool- alvib suffered agonies
"Don't you call Weo'vevitsatetietellif rev, d atilee UedliY -sufferings en -
!or I !night make you change your mind I" dwell by his little Sister. llis white fete
tend in a twinkling Alf felt a, f ' and anguished eyes were seldom ateent from
lu his shoulder. grasp o iron . .
- ' her bedside, an hes grief so• toads -jog
"No offenceeraeant, Calvin; can't you. at itedgew foe be e° pan
AffNo *a trine of vole
144 eireinly meta kliat kind of mater
te was made of.
"Be careful who you jitke with aid ho*
joke, then, or -eon May make trout:defer
youteelf."seaCine as he turned-histback
It the weed. "
Ife-ha,d sinned, and swift and -terrible
came the punishment, the justice of which
he could noteleny. Often during thoseead
dalwaysostmdintenifehrEtslawe°rnesidreh4.iittre heaedifitiltwth-
wide world over responds to the ,spirit of
thiewoirm's preatert dIteis eget% manifest
that -even when our hearts arefor-theinost
part right we ratty offer pereyereseleat axe
tinted witi# he% laiietialicTiluit ere grad:
times very unwise. There was a touch of
vanity, ifnarersegibieitieliPthis prayer,
to say nothing of its want of deep wisdom
and thorough arnreciation of Christ's re-
"
ve the
sateen. as there not a good deal of the
weakness and vanity of our poor human
nature in- all-It:tile- elitwrieed-ehesantifica-
tion of our whole lives and all their most
sacred possibilities. - ---'Not my feet only,
but my head --a-ied-eq handl," said Peter.
And so we need that our thoughts, our
hopes, our ambitions, agd. our prayprs shell
all abe bapt#ed in Aht -niver of e perfect
sanet, ifinktio i1f *ethIne war, ;
va kif kin& brayer; there -wire abi--
fie. • Ss. She wanted to see her
boys first, whatever became of all
all other boys. There were other mothers
who loved Christ, who had sons that were
pereheieceaeulteieeegeethy Of a,eyottener or
prOeiottoii.i Call' it a pit-dot:fable -Weakness
if you will, but it wan weakeeps thee covers
all rinse nature and leiter tonehes tee ire see
even the worth and value of our prayers.
There is -one ether point we Must; not over-
look. The prayer was Unwise. Before the
conversatiop, enecia we „seg., that'by offering
this prayer, this -mother has ma,de an unfavor-
able impressiononother ten. •When
they heard it they -'were indignant. Perhaps
they ought not to have been angry and put
out. But they were, and so by the unwis-
dom of this prayer the mother had even
newsplhced teesehtils inteilehefavoiethleposi-
tinnsiltethPeyesWif tfhe ottufn iscigei. elle*
aliAtlestelgiehlre to is the' Care intr *Weida -
flees that we should exercise in regard to our
prayers. We are apt to limit our prayers
too much to petitiona,for the good and the
bright and the beautiful in life. We ask for
light, for joy, for blessing. Who ever prays
for trial, and for the furnace -fires, and for
the dark dify, that -threaligh-41 the wentay
he sanctified. Th4'eneirtodel prefer is that
of Gethsemane, "Not as I will, but as Thou
wilt." Thisais the grand wise unselfish
prayer.
ns nnitlirrErs
ttlfn h
e my poi*
eg'nifleffplie
OsPeVil ite,LOedi
. V :
A fest years ago, a `ghoul) Of Irishnien were
assembled on the platform at York,Stations
and were laughiirg aajektigumOugst.
tein-
selves. At a short distance from them Were
three young gentler:none , ;One of them; be-
ing a bit of a wag, said to his companions.
"Come with met aoclOyell, heyeas bit of fun
out of these TriSli"leeys:" ever to
where the Irishmen were -standing he re-
marked. " WellilsitYsY1 supp-dse you are
all going home to Ireland!"
"Yes, eiei'tsetctine, aeting as spokesman.
" And you will be sure to see your parish
;prie.st?nfataicitheweige ,.;
, ihat.
"And you thke a messageto_leire for me ?"
isaid the wag. , - n :
"1 will, sir-" said Pat.
"Well," said the Wag„ teillinei that ithe
Devil died here last week, end that there
will be no more work forehhehto
"1 am very sorry for yoifeeir,"eald Pat,
:and to the astonishmeile of the weg, he took
:off his hat, and, patting -*pence into it,
went arnone,st his companione; who each put
something into the hetes ,Coning back to
the wag, Pat offered him the contents of the
hat, saying. ef..Sle'enoe klerge amount, sir,
but it will be a,"great heitto ye. "
.:,yeeatsee thee*?uleIgg°g1 tile -wag*
knistiv,s replied -Pat;
amid theehout-s of the alsembled crow - d;
itS-41:Ye'easeni'ineolie cotintry that, evben
the father dies we always maks a collection
for the son."e
i wagelePatted Sheepishly
Wh. thefirs1-. "meth -eta ? keratin's ins;
when it was Tad@ fhtoatter.r_e
. The wickedest place in the woI1d, accord-
ing to all reports, is Port Said, where out -
oasts from the four -quarters -of the earth are
gathered. •
he term Tabby set "is derive rom,--
koriaraettnittstreftll, 't,e
113- titlflgabfeltigh logs
atabi, or taffity. This stuff is woven with
waved markings c r watered silks, resembling,
'tabby eatlieceatee'
In the yprebe country, West. Africa, the
natiertWiletictbkimatese-by .means of shells,
them, peppers, corn, stones, coal, razors,
p• Shot and many other things.
The meaning of each object is known, and
aittif them together make up a sort of
",fee& " by which intelligence relating to
anything whatsoever may be transmitted.
SARA RAN:ETTE.orritokw.
A
Talentie
enenedianniaiirfctithilisa _ Blade
a Marl& in the Literary Field.
• Thheliterary.career of Miss Sara Joanebt.
DenceneirnieeiM vs. Ootesit•econmeheed wt
nevesiaper undeitaken, als a stoking=
stone to something higher. She first -wrote
deseriptive letters from New Orleans, the
year of the Cotton Centennial, for the Tor.,
outip Globe, theAuffelo-Qoarier, the_lifems
phirellpeab end;otlier paperi 'Sipa :afters:
wards had the benefit -of actual -iiifiefieect
on the editorial staffof the WashingtonPost,
whose editor often "slashed" and severely
criticised her most aspiring copy. At the
end of a year in Washington, Miss Duncan
went to Toronto, where she was on the staff
of the Globe. She afterwards spentaseason
i
natstrtra*faeal Satal5;.5P'fti4e es"ndee
Miss Duncan was born twentyetine years
ego in Brantford, Ont. ,and was educated
•in the public schools and Collegiate Institute
of her 'own native tram r Her fathet is -as
.proeperons merchant of Brantford, and e
-men ofleenintelligence andeVide reading.
Iter inothei, from whom' Mies Dunean'e
'faculty of humor is inherited, is quickwitted
•and Irish. Their family is a large one, and
their home a highopleasant, old-lashimeed
housesurroundedby lawns: and firstrees. In
her childish readiug nothing came amiss,
traid in fiction - bettersuited to older -years
Miss Demean found entetteinments Apple
-
ten's tdagatine. first inspired a literary ii,M-
bition, and though from its editor, as well
as from hoe later effortsi the asaal discourage-
ments Were ferthconiing, nothing quenched
the -desire to -write. - ,s -
Miss Duncan finally made a success of her
,"Social Departure." an original ,anil uncon-
ventional book of -travel, telling how two
girls, "Or_tli'odocia endeI," Wontaroundthe
'world by theieseives. , Her companion on
thisetrip wooldisiLillieLeWis. of Montreal.
tti her voyagetromid the world Mies Dunein-
iiiiee Mr. E. C. Cotes in Calcutta, and within
tynneyears they were married.
"An American Girl in -Leaden" was nob-
lished last spring just, after Miss - Duncan
left America for India. She now makes her
home in Calcutta. Mr. Cotes has a sciene
tifie appoidement in connection with the
Indian Museum, and is already well-known
'in the field Of his special research -Indian
entoinologys He is the author of several
valuable entomological publicatieori, ,which
have recently appeared under the Mahe -ray
'of the Government of India.
: 'Feet Exteet of „British Onlurnbia.
British Coltunbia is df irctmense size. It ie
an enteheive, as the - -combination of New
iF,ngland, the Middle States and Maryland,
the Virginias, the Carolinas and Geo
leaving Delaware out. It is largor han
Texas, Colorado, Massachusetts and New
Hampshire joined together. Yet it has
been all but overlooked hyinare artd outy be
said to be an empire with ohly one waggon
reacialand thatis bot a blind artery: belting
:in themiddleof the Country. But whoever
follOwe this necessarily ineomplete surveyof
whit man has found that- region to be, and
of 'what' his yet puny hands have drawn
from its willdismisir the popular and natural
suspicion that it is a wilderness worth of its
, present fateaerUietil 4he whole, globe is.
banded with steer rails -and- yields to the
plough -we willeentinue to regard whatever
region lies -beyond our doors as. wasteland,
andlo fancy that- e-vey line of latitude has
its own unvarying climatic characteristics.
There is an opulent civilization in wiagewe
once were taught was "the Great American
Desert," and far up at Edmonton, „tin the
Peace river, farming flourishes despite the
fact that it is where our school-bookii locat-
ed a eerie of perpetual snow.
Farther along we study ,a country
crossed by the same parallels Of latitude
that dissect irehospitableLabrador, and we
shall discovnethat a great a difference ex-
hitsbetweenlhe tiro shores of the continent
on -that zone as that which distinguishes
California from Massachusetts. Upon the
coast of this neglected corner of the world
we shall see that a climate like that of Eng-
land is produced, asEegland's is, bra warns
current in the sea h in the southern half of
the interior we shaIrdiecover Valleys as in-
viting as those of New England; and far
north, at Port Simpson, just below the down -
reaching claw of Alaska, we shall find such
a climate as Halifax enjoys.
British eolumbia has alength of eight
huhdredeniles, and averages four hundred
miles in width. To who ever crosses the
country it seems the scene of a vest earth
disturbance, over which mountains are scat-
tered without system. In fact, however,
the 'Oetclillierekbelt is -there divided into four
ranges, the Rockies forming the: eastern
boundary, then the Geld-Rhage; then the
Coast Range, and, last �f all, that partially
submerged chain whose upraised parts form
Vencoue er: etnel r the other mountainous
islands near -the mainland in the Pacific.' A
vast valley flanks thesoeth-western _side of
the Rocky Mountains aceirapanying them
from where they leave the North-western
States in a wide straight furrow for a dis-
tance of seven hundred miles.-a[Harper's
a-Mganine for January. -
The Ruins in South Africa.
Theerdore Bent wee sent to Africa more
tliatentoreste ego_ by the, Royal Geographical
Society and the British South Africa com-
pany to study the very curious and ancient
'rainewhieh had been found in Maahonaland.
He has now started for home, and it is
,certairt that he has a very, interesting story
th tell. He spent more tine at the remark-
able 'nine than he intended to. On his -way
`home lip will spend some time in Lisbon for
the purpose of the archives there
in the hope that he may be able to discover
additionalinformation asto the earlyrelation
of the Portuguese with the interior, aticl as
tci the actual conclition of the country 500
yeerit ago: In a letter received•from him
two -weeks ago he says • that hieefinds at
Ziehbabyeheye been numerous. He and his
wife -spenthweemenths examining the ruins
at that -place. The t-niasboonspicuous of these
ruins are the thick and high walls of an
ancient fork They then went to, the Sabi -
Billie, 'Where they found four noire groups
of7rtilits, one of which is neatly equal to the
great circular building:at Eimbabyes Then
they, Vildeed the valley Of the Magee River,
where ; sthey ';oegiteatned the ancient mine
workings andediseavered a -little ruined for.
tress of the bestEpiababyelypeof,w'orkmap-'
shlinh,Ino,glei,Partle of:northern Maehorta-
land they found either ruins or other objects
of iriterdettspetering that the remains of the
ineteitt_pepple who bait these large 'works
oree:inere. widely -scattered.' than.haci been
supposed. Mr. Ben* was very hopeful that
theAliedica he proposes to ,thake among the
areliftelneat Lisbon wifl assist him materially
in solving the Mystery:of-these reins. At
an early day *swill read ePaPer before the
Royal., Geographical Soeiety - and tell what -
he haskeenoble to -learn -concerning their,
-ortow ele s • '6 : ,
Gethapaseti I wideistanii,nne- can do
grelet-deafin-Chicage'Siiihweery little capi-
tal." Chicago - Mimeo" Yes, sivl Why a
mart can get a in.V.he on the installment
-.ZONE, NOTED SUI01.1/Ed.
ttrefreilsirder a Wine Art.'
&a:danger andltalmaceda, eaehnef Whena
played for high !stakes and committed heti-
cide when the game was lost, had many
noted predecessors. From the days of the
Weisel Entpire down to the present tirro
mien erne -had staked their all and. lost have,
cappekthe, elimex of -their defeat by self,
destruction. Bather than endure disgraee
they hive acted as their own executioners.
Balmaceda, the would-be dictator of -Chilie
Ethos, himself: when convinced that escape
from the victorious insurgents was impos-
elide. • •
Boulanger, after making a brilliant reeord_
as a Soldier in Algiers and in the Franco-
Prussian war, and being idolised by his
*Pie, aspired to' over -tern the -Republic
and -found an Empire, of which he would be
head. -A traitor to his country andieranded
•es a thief, he wasontlawed. When at last
the women who was his companion in ,,exile
onenItoeesni: greennalylmsea. sTitARIGsEuE CAB,. EER BY SHOOTING
few mnitles since Prince Ru-
dolpe of Austria and Marie Vetsera ended
their liaison in a manner that shocked the
eutire world. In the days when Romans
believed it a disgrace to be killed by a foe
in battle suicides were common. Cato
'stabbed himself rather than live under the
despotic reign of Casar, and when Thembi-
tocles was ordered to lead the Persians
against his countrymen he took poison.
Hannibal and Mithridates poisoned them -
seines to escape being made prisoners. Sam-
son was the heroic suicide of the Scriptures,
for, in order to be revenged on his enemies,
,hepulled down the temple in which they
were revelling and perished with' them.
Manyof the noted suicides of his: tore; are
due- to the philosphy of heroism rather than
insanity.
Zeno, the founder of the Stoics lived
Mitil he was ninety-eight. Then, when he
efejhon.e day and put his thumb out of joint,
he decided that he had lived long enough,
so he.
'REPAIRED TO HIS DWELLING AND HANGED
HIMSELF.
Terenoe stabbed himself because he had lost
108translated comedies. Brutus threw
himself on his sword. Lycurgus took poison,
Aild Nero get his throat.
In China suicide has been a fie art for
several centaries. If a Mandarin is guilty
of misconduct he is requested to put him-
self out of the land of the living. There is
a, distinction, too, in the manner in which
.the Oriental may die. If he is of exalted
rank,. and entitled to wear the peacock
feather, he is privileged to choke himself
to death with gold leaf.
TEE MORI •
_ . Superstition's that Surround His Lanai
- . • r.•!..`1/.1i;
Farmers used to put -a great olnl.
pendenos In the moon: • Theeeplantederojege
milt worm fence, put-on shingle and ealatte
board rook, killed hogs, hang meat; tr
•timber,- chopped weeds, and tratiedlieefees
according to its photos..
Almost any old-time.fermer_will tell „you
a worm fence built in the light of the:moon
and ascending node will worm areetidlaiiit's
finally fall -down. If you plant- potetolai
duringsimilar phases they will all go to ter
and the tubers will be sniall and *gems..
This is the tiaie however to plantenditheberi;:
eaPeeially when the sign is in the arms. `•
The -Southern darkey says the dark of tide •
moon is the best time for gathering °bloke'
ens. '•
The carpenter of former tunes would net
think of putting a shaved shingle roof emeta,
building m the dark cf the moon bec.atuiste
the shingles would curl pp, pen the naile-
out, and soon leak like a sieve. Neither
Would he cut timbers for a house, nerwmilrfs
he paint it until the sign was right. .
Your grandmother or veteran met „coin
tell you that when hogs. were killed in the
wrong time of the moon the slices Of -learn
would shrivel up more than half,- and flitch
would all fry- away, leaning only small" -
cracklings. Apples or any kind of fraib
dried in the wrong time were certainhth
mould or get wormy; and cider vinegar re7t
fuse to become sharp.
It was to the moon the farmer lobed -for
indications oftheWeather. 11 the newmoon
lay well on its bsek it was a sure nignel dry
weather, but if it tipped up to each ea. ex-
tent that a shotpouchwouldn't hang eletiste-
lower horn, you might depend upon tbe
water pouring ont. •
The time of changing had a good deal 'to'
do with the Weather, but there waii"a laekeef
agreement upon this point, but itwasgteiere':
allytonceded that a change before noon, nr
before midnight,.indicated faireveathere.--,Ai
circle or halo around the MOOD was anateg
sign of rain, and the number of thestitars
visible Within the circle indicated the iaufne
ber of days before therein would chnie
The health, growth, and developnienelW
children and animals' were 'supposed' to '
influenced by the moon. If the sign was -
right at the time of birth they would -bee
well formed and intellectual, but if •iteewati-1
wrong there was no telling what: -sort. of, -1
creatures they would become. EverYd
worthless fellow; every dog,- meting ledge;
fence -jumping cow. or kicking horse , w -ase
believed to have been bern under • an ..ene
favorable phase of the queen of eigbt -hlieera
yeople, or those who were of ha.tefel''*-;
position, were children of the •dark the
moon, with the sign below the heart.'''' --
It is unfortunate for the 'monist -that!
careful records were not kept. - -
To be born in the light of the moon, the
sign in the head, with ascending node, Atm
sured a large brain. exalted intelligence,
and a progressive spirit. If the . sign was.
in the heart the iedividual would be, of , a
generous, jovial, kindly disposition; if in
the stomach a great eater, with a tendenoi
to grow fat and pussy; if in the legs' leer
would be very active and great traveller
gadabout; if in the feet a good dander and
kicker.
•
The same lunar conditions that caused,
coOring meat to shrivel up brought thin -nests)
and lankness to the individual; while those
that induced shingles to curl up, weather
boards to warp, and chimneys tolean gave
to individuals gnarly dispositima. distorted
features, and warped morals. •
It is quite natural that the Moon should
have more or less influence in love affair.
There is that well-known and oft -repeated"
couplet :
Happyis the bride that the silo shines on,
Happy is the corpse that the rain rains on.
It is the moon, however, that the maiden.
looks to for a charm to bring her lever.). If ,
she wishes to see him she must wait for the
new moon and at first sight of it over her
right shoulder kneel at her bedroom window
and repeat these lines:
New moon, true moon, come tell ante me,
Before this time to -morrow,
Who my truelove will be,
If his clothing I do wear;
And his children I do bear.
Blithe and merry may I see him,
With his face to me_
If his clothing I don't wear,
And his children I doz't bear,
Sad, and sorrowful may I see him,
With his back to me.
Then she must crawl into bed quietly,
compose her mind, and wait for' him to •
appear to her in a dream.
This is iegarded as a distiogeished 'neuter
of ending life. If the Mandarin is only of
the rank that is entitled to wear the red
button, he must be content with strangling
himself with a silken cord. Such are the
distinctions of caste. One of the most re-
markable cases ofsuicide was that -of the
King, of Falaha on the West Coast of Africa.
The king was attacked by a Mohammedan
force; and, finding resistance iMpiinsible, he
assembled his family and principal hiflicera,
and, after addressing them and intimating
his determination never to -aecept Moham-
medanism; a,nr1 inviting thasewho did not
agree with him to go away, he applied a
light to a large quantity of gunpowder col-
lecte.d for the purpose; and -
BLEW INTO ATOMS THE PALACE AND ALL WHO
WERE IN IT !
Suicides among the aristocracy in Eng-
land are rather eumerous. The suicide of
the Dake of Bedford in January last shock -
d society circles of both continents. He
was one of the largest landed proprietors in
England, immensely wealthy, and was
seventy-two years of age. Lying on a sick
bed, from which he had no promise of im-
mediate recovery, he succumbed- to the
agony of the moment and sought relief in
death. The fact that it was a suicide svas
carefully concealed from the newspaper*
but the secret leaked out after the body had
been cremated. Lord Congleton, who was
Mx. Parnell's great -uncle, -hanged himself in
1842. In the same year the Earl of Muns-
ter shot himself in the head. In 186n Lord
Cloncurry, the last of his house, jumped
from a window and broke his neck.
In 1873 the last Earl of De ta Warr
drowned himself, and in 187fiaLord Lyttle-
ton, escaped from his keepers, threw him-
self off the stairease ond was killed.
A STORY OF SUICIDE IN -WHICH SENTIMENT IS
MINGLED -
is that of Prince Ba.ndonin, heir to the
throne of Belgium. The youthful prince
loved beneath his station, arid finding that
love could never be realised, sough:, peace
in the eternal silerce of the grave.
Commercial disaster teeny member of the
Rothschild family is as great a disgrace as
crime is to any other family. This was il-
lustrated by the recent attempts of Baron
Gustav de Rothschild to end his existence.
His- attempt at self-destriiction followed
close upon his loss of £1,000,000 -on the Lon.
don market. The attempt was a failure,
and in that respect resembled his specula-
tion. His was not the <first- affair of the
kind in the Roth scheldfantily. Baron James
de Rothschild, crazed by illness, some time
ago blew out his brains.
Only last May Lord James Edward Shelto
Douglass, brother of the Marquis of Queens-
bury, committed suicide by cutting his
throat with a razor. He had been travelling
from Ireland during-thenight and'
BEHAVED IN SUCH A -STRANE MANNER
that the railway Offieials ordered one of
their employes to accompany him to London
Upon arrival in that city Lord Douglass
put up at an hotel, and when the attend-
ant was not looking he cut his throat. The
tragic death of Lady Brassey, who plunged
in o the sea from her yahht while suffering
fro m fever, will be long remembered. She
wa s one of the most ambitious of women
and remarkably talented. When she jump-
ed over -board m1887- her husband dived
after, and with some difficulty_ that he was
rescued from sharing her fate.
Suicides are common among defaulters as
preferable to facing the charge of dishonour
d trying to live doweethe record. Politi-
ans smarting under the sense of defeat
ave ended all with all with a bullet, Dis-
appointed loversbythe seore take their lives
whenjiltedbythe objects of their choice, and
so the ca,tegory runs. Disappointment of
every charaeter'haS prompted all kinds of
people to end their existence with a bare
bodkin,
A -Neighborly Mistake.
Amateur Seprano--" It's just too mean for
anything! That dog of yours hovrls every
time I sing." ;
Neighbor -"I'm very sorry, mum."
" Why don't you stop him ?"
"Yost see, -mum, we elidn't know it was
that way.!? • ------
" What way'?" -
"We thought,. mum, that you was tryin'
to spite tie by eingin' every time he howl-
ed." •
Dinner in Dickens.
What delightful dinners one finds 15 -
Charles Dickens's books! I am sure he him-
self enjoyed the Christmas dinner at the j
Oratchitsn and the Pickwickian dinners', as.
much as any of his readers have none t'L
through hundreds and thousands have long-,
ed to handle keife and fork at Manor Farm!
Then with what keen satisfaction he acte
as purveyor for young David Copperfiehl
With how subtle an appreciation cf boy
nature he puts down puddieg as the piece
de resistance -either currant pudd g;tootle"-
some but dear, or a stout puddings heaverio
and flabby, with great fiat raisinsen ieeteck.
in whole at wide distances apart-eche4; _
but satisfying! • • ; i
On extraordinary occasions he alto= ,
David to regale himself with a saveloy and:
a penny loaf, or a fourpenny plate of fed
beef from a cook's shop, or a plate of bread
and cheese with a glass of beer.. Such ie the
appetising variety of viands at the command
of the ha,ppy owner of four pence -happy,
indeed, in the digestion that can do justice
to them!
In his early London life the great Samuel
Johnson aspired to nothing much better.
His most sumptuous dinner (at the "Pine
Apple" in New street) cost him only eight -
pence; "I had a cut of meat for sixpence,
and bread for a penny, and gave the vsaitef a
penny" -such is the great moralist's own
record.
How good, too, is the description Of the
feast-vvhich David Copperfieldaprepahee' for
his friend Steerforth, on the recommerulae
tion of Mrs.. Cripp, the landladyi. "*pair)
of het roast fowls -from the pastrycook's; a
dish of stewed beef, with vegetables-afroin
the pastrycook's; two little corner things,
as a raised pie and a dish of kidneys -from
the pastrycook's; a tart and a shape of jelly
-from the pastrycook's," Mrs. .Cripp ;mak-
ing herself reaponsible for -the potateese
Better still is the Micaviber banqueter -set
which Mr. and Mrs. Mieawber and Tommy
Traddles were the guests. The • bill of "fete
was sweetly simple -"a pair of Soleee ,a
small leg of mutton, and a pigeompie;" bub
what mattered, when -Mr. Miciwber Was
there with his flow -of eloquence, Mrs. Mie
cawleer -with her ferninhae grace, mad Temmene
Traddles with his ineihaustilale
humour? -[All the Year Rotind. e
• ".. -rereln
Nearly $700,00Chef burn -ranee: fiesk:alterKly
been placed on the Columbian Exhibition
buildings in process of erection. The in
snrance will ,be constantly instrasnol ns the
, eteeeteres grow.