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The Huron News-Record, 1893-09-13, Page 3Awn' xmirrunto ESL', Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery perinea lite blood„ By this hellos, it reaches, builds up, and invigorates every part of the . system. For every blood -taint and disorder, and for every dis- ease that comes from an inac- tive liver or impure blood, it is the only remedy so sure and effective that it can be guaranteed. If it fails to benefit or cure, you have your money back. These dioceses are Many. They're different in form, but they're like in treatment. Rouse up the torpid liver into healthful action thoroughly purify and enrich the blood, IR 1) and there's a positive cure. The "Discovery" does this, tis nothing else can. Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Bilioutness; all Bronchial, Throat, and Lung • Affections ; every form of Scrofula, even ••Consumption (or Lung -scrofula) in its ear- ' 7for stages ; and the most stubborn Skin and Scalp Diseases, are completely cured The Huron News -Record 1.50 a Year --11.25 in Advance. Wednesday, Sept: lath I893. —A grand Conservative tlemonetrn ion is to be held at Belleville during September. A LETTER FROM Ei1EltS0,. "I have used Dr. Fowler'' Extract of Wild Strawberry and I think it is the beet remedy for summer complaint. It hes done a great deal of good to myself and children." Your' truly, Mem. Wa,. WHITELY, Emerson, M,n. —The Hamilton Herald suggeele the enactment of a law requiring poison to be put up in three cornered bottles, so as to be easily recognizable even in the dark. The idea is a good ono. UNBEARABLE AGONY. N'or three days I sufle.ed severely :rem Demmer complaint, nothing gave me relict and I kept getting worse nate the pain was almost unbearable, but. after I had taken the first dose of Or. Fowler's E::tract of Wild Strawberry I found great relief and it di,l got fail to cure nae. tVtt T. ("Vets —Dr. D. McLeod, ., birth, who at one time t• Huron county and w„ - has been elected heal Detroit, at a salary of $4 it. Lid, Ont. radian by o.;.I,tschool in in'tried here, to officer of 000 a year. 'THE FOUR CARDINAL POINTS. The four cardinal pointe of health a' -o tin• stom. a", liver, bowels and blood. Wrung action in any of these p educes dee lee. Burdcek Blood Bitters acts upon the four cardinal points of health at one and the same time, to regulate, strengthen and pur;fy• thins presery:ng health and removing dis- ease. —The Sarnia Post says :—"It is stated on the best' possible authority that all trains will shortly be hauled sough tha tunnel by electricity, and engine° will beout tS , of a job. The idea is that the smoke and steam from the locomotives is exceedingly obnox ions in the tunnel, especially so iu alp ease of passenger trains, and if a sufficiently powerful electric plant can be secured at a reasonable figure the• electric service will be put in at onc)'. In the event of electricity being adopt ed as a motor power, the tunnel would be lighted throughout by electricity, which would greatly tend to populeriz'a' the route for tourist travel. It is , understood that the Edisons are now figuring on putting in a plant." ColiSiiinption Cured. An old physician, retired from practice, having had planed in hie hands by en Mast Iudia mission- ary the formula of a simple vegetable remely for the speedy and permanent cure of Consumption, Bronobitis, Catarrh, Asthma and all throat sud Lung Affections, also a positive and radical cure for Nervous Debility and all Nervous Complaints, after having tested its wonderful ourativo powers 1n thousands of oaaes, has telt it his duty to mate it known to hie suffering fellows. Actuated by this motive and a desire to relieve human suffering, I will fond free of (diorite, to all who desire it, this recipe, in Gorman, Grenoh or .English, with full • rection' for preparing and using. l+ont by mail by addressing with stem', naming this paper. W. A. NoYES,820 Powers' Block, Rochester, N.Y. 059- y —Leeburn correspondent says :— The Temperance Gospel meeting was addressed by Mr. Young, of Clinton. ., -fir place of R. Holmes, who was unable to come and will likely give an addles:- at ddres-at a later date. The address given by Mr. Young was on the good influences of temperance, and he advised all par- ents to early teach their children its principles. The meeting on Sunday evening will be 'held at 8 p. m. THREE DOLLARS A WEEK FOR LIFE. Here is a chalice for Brainy People—Tile Latest Thing Ont. In order to Introduce Tho Canadian Agriculturist into New homes, the pu inshore have (held( 1 to pre- heat an unusually attractive reward list for their (creat Eighth Halt Yearly L ite:nty Attracton for the summer of 1898. They have entered Into a wrilt,,, agreement to pay through the Judges all the rewards Offered below. Row To SECURE A REWAnn—Those wt, 1)0001110 acbseribers can compete free of charge. All that is nocoesary is to taken few sheets of paper and make all the words you eau out of the letters in the throe words, "World's t- imbian Exposition," and send them t„ es, int•Osi , 81 for six months nubnriptlon to either The Canadian Pg•-cnlinrist or the Lulies' Dom. Magazine, two of the choicest illustrated periodioal, of theday. The sender of tho lnrgost list will teee'vn 81e per week for lite ; 2nd, 51,000 in gofct ; Brd, VAC; 4th, 52e; 5th, Ticket World's da1vehaee; pianosorgans, lnd;erani gent o'gold ynd sliver watchoe, silver ton sorvices, diamond rings, and over 10,000 other rewards, making altogether the ,treat valuable prize list ever offered by any publisher. ,S'end for printed lint of former prize -winners. BuLne.-1. Foreign nr oh,nlete words not counted. 11, Letters e..nnot be used ofte-ler than they appnnr 'rQ he wore,"Norld•s Colombian Exposition"—than the word "rldd'o ' for Instance, could not be used, resseme thovo Is but ono •'d” in the three words, eta. 8. Names of porsOns fled plflcns barred, 4. No shares fol' packing or ehlppii.p, bat all prim wlnnern will he 'BXpeoted to help us to extend our o renlation, 5. All it cootatniog over 10U correct word, will receive a •,ih¢Stat reward. Jest te.—The following well known gentlemen have coflsentod to not as judges and will see that tho prizes etre fairly awarded—Commodore Calcutt, (Proprietor O8lcntt'e Lino of Steamers), Petor.mrongh, and lir. este. Xtobsrtaon, President Times Printing Company, •itoterbetongh. AOENTS WANTen—We pay 01 to 55 per ,lay an'ar• (no eoramiseion) to mon, womon, beys ant girls Wrlto for parameters. Resister all money 1e't'•ra add asst , QA Ratans LTva aT Pon. 00., L'td, rota^ LON OEM of my lifekthou charming Israelite, hon art my Ruth, and IA 'Meat of corn,; Thine eyes the scythe heath Which I helpless fell One fair autumnal morn. Oh, loveliest gleaner In the teftntng Held ; Ah, smiling viotress, pity, pity me Bind me with all thy arta, with all thy charm,, Bind me—to thee! to thee l Aad when each to the other's bound forevor— Listen, sweet Ruth, my words are fraught with meaning= You'll noir be angry should I ask you to— Well—stop o— W e l—stop your gleaning? Leo 0. Evans. A CHANGE OF SUIT. I am not given to swooning, so that, after the first moment, I was quite alive to my exact situation. I knew that I was crouching on the ground and that that ironlike grasp was still on my collar. Presently the hand relaxed its hold, and a gruff but not unkindly voice said : "Well, mate, how are you?" This inquiryunlocked my tongue, and I poured fortmy gratitude. I hardly know what I said ; I only know I was very much in earnest. I told him who I was and how I came to be there and in return asked him his name. "That does not signify," was the an- swer, "you can think of me as a friend," "That I shall," I returned gratefully, "for God knows you have been a friend in need to me 1" "Ah 1" he said musingly, "your life must be very sweet, for you seemed loath enough to part with it 1" I admitted the truth of this—indeed I had felt it more than once during the last hone. I had been one of those who in fits of depression are wont to say that life is not worth living ; that we shall all be well out of it, and the rest. Yet when it seemed really ,lipping from my gran I had clung to it with a tenacity which surprised myself. And now, with the future once more before me in which so much seemed possible, I was filled with gratitude to God and to my unknown friend, by whose moans I had been saved. There was a short silence ; then 1 asked rather doubtfully if there were not some way in which I could prove my gratitude. "You speak as if you were sincere," my strange companion said, in his gruff, downright way, "so I will tell you frankly that yogien do me a good turn if you have a mind to. I don't want your money, understand; but I want you to do me a favor." "What is it?' I asked eagerly. "Be- lieve me, if it is in my power it shall be done 1" "I would rather you passed your word before I explain more," he said cooly. "Say my request shall be granted. , I take it you are not a man to break your promise." Here was a predicament ! Asked to pledge my word for I knew not what ! To be in the dark in more senses than one,for I could not even see my myster- ious deliver's face to judge what manner of man lie was. And yet how could I refuse his request ? At last I said slow- ly "If what you ask is honest and above board, you have my word that it shalt be done, no matter what it may cost me." He gave a short laugh. "You are cau- tious," he said, "but you are right. No, there is nothing dishonest about my re- quest. It will wiong no one, though it may cause you some personal inconven- ience." "That is enough," I said hastily, ashamed of the half hearted way in which I had given my promise. "Tile instant we are out of this plane I will take steps to grant your request, what- ever it hely be." "But that vot>.'t do," he put in quick- ly; "what I want must be done here and now 1" I was bewildered, as well I might he, and remained silent while he went on: "There is no need to say much about myself, but this you must know: I ani in groat trouble. I ani accused of that which makes me amenable to the law. I am innocent, but I cannot prove my innocence, and my only, chance of safety is in flight. That is the reason of my being here. I am hiding from my pursuers." The poor creature paused, with a deep drawn sigh, as if he at last had not found his life worth the struggle. I was great- ly shocked by his story and warmly expressed my sympathy. Then, on his telling me that he had been for two days and nights in the tunnel with ecttrcely a bit of food, I remembered a packet of sandwiches that had been pro- vided for my journey and offered them to him. It made me shudder to hear the ravenous mauner in which they were consumed. When this was done, there was another silence, broken by his say- ing, with evident hesitation, that the o.ae hope he had was in disguising him- self in some way and thus eluding those who were watching for him. He con- cluded with : "The favor that I have to ask is that you will help me in this by allowing me to have your clothes in exchange for mine 1" There was such an odd mixture of tragedy and comedy in the whole thing that for a moment I hardly knew how to answer him. The poor fellow must have taken my silence for anything but con- sent. for he said bitterly: "You object! I felt you would, and it is my only chance!" "On the contrary," I returned, "I am perfectly willing to do as you wish—in- deed how could I do otherwise when I have given you my word? I was only fearing that you built so much upon this exchange. Remember it is no disguise the dress of one man is much like that of another." "That is true enough as a general rule," was the answer, "but not in this case. I was last seen in a costume not common in these parts. A coarse tweed shooting dress, short coat, knee breeches and rough worsted stockings. so that an everyday emit is all I want." After that there was nothing more to be said, and the change was effected without more ado. It seemed to me that my invisible companion had the advantage over me • as far as Boeing went, for whereas I was sensible of nothing but touch and sound, hie hands invariably met and aided mine whenever they were at fault. He con- fessed to this, saying that he had been so long in the dark that his eyes were growing accustomed to it. I never felt anything like the coarse- ness of those stockings as I drew thole on. The shoes, too, were of the clumsi- est make. They were largo for me, which perhaps accounted for their ex- treme heaviness. I was a bit of a dandy, always priding myself upon my spick and span get up. No doubt this made tree critical, but certainly the tweed of which the clothes were made was the roughest thing of the kind I had ever handled. I got, into them, however, without any comment, only remarking, when my toilet wall wished, that I could find no pocket.; My companion ;gave another of those short leucite. "'Nu," lie said, "that suit was made for use, not comfort!" From his tone and wanner of express- ing himself I bad taken him to be a man fairly educated, and when he had (feeler - ed that he.did not require any money I naturally fancied he was not in want of funds. But the style of his clothes made me think differently, and I decided that he should have my watch—the most valuable thing I had about ore. It had no purticular associations, and a few pounds would get me another, He seemed pleased, almost touched, by the proposal, and also by my suggestingthat the mouey in my 'pockets shoud be divided between us. It was not a large sum, but half of it would take me to my journey's end, I knew. He seemed full of resource, for when I was wondering what to do with my'loose change in my pocketless costume he spread out my handkerchief, and putting my money and the small things from my pockets into it knotted it securely up and thrust it into my breast. Then, as we stood facing each other, he took my hand in farewell. I proposed our going on to- gether, butthis he would not hear of. "No," he maid, with a grim laugh, "the sooner I and that suit of clothes part company the better." So we wished each other godspeed and turried on our different ways—he going back through the tunnel and I keeping on. The experiences of the last few hours had made a great impression on me, and although I felt awed and somewhat shaken my heart was light with the gladness of one who rejoices in a re- prieve. The express that I had been so anxious to catch had long since gone on its way. Still, in my present hopeful frame of mind, that did not trouble me. I felt a conviction that Mary was mend- ing. that I should find her better, and comforted by this belief 1 walked brisk- ly on—at least as briskly as my clumsy shoes would allow me, but even in spite of this hindrance it was not long before I reached the end of the tunnel. The moonlight streaming down upon the rails was a pleasant eight and show- ed me some time before I reached it that my goal was at hand. When I lett the last shadow behind me and stood out under the clear sky, I drew a sigh of in- tense thankfulness,driuking in tltesweet, fresh air. I walked down the countrc road, thinking that I would rest for a few hours at the station hetet and be ready for the first train iu the morning. But my adventures were not yet over. As I glanced at my clothes. thinking how unlike myself I looked and felt, some- thing on the sleeve of my coat attracted my attention. It must be tar which I or the former wearer of the clothes must have rubbed off in the tunnel. But, no. I looked again. My eyes seemed riveted to it. It was unmistakable.. ralere on the coarse gray material of the coat was a large broad arrow. In an instant the whole truth had flashed upon me. No need to examine those worsted stockings and heavy shoes —no need to take off the coat and find upon the collar the name of one of Her Majesty's prisons and the poor convict's number. As my eyes rested on the broad arrow, I understood it all. At first I was very indignant at the position I was in. I felt that a trick had been practiced on me,and I naturally resented it. I sat down by the roadside and tried to think. The cool air blew in my face and refreshed me. I had no hat. The convict—I was beginning to think of him by that name—had given me none, saying he had lost his cap in the tunnel. After awhile, when my anger had somewhat subsided, I thought more pitifully of the roan whose clothes I wore. Poor wretch, without doubt he had had a hard time of it. What won- der that he had seized upon the first opportunity to escape! He had said that the favor he required would entail per- sonal inconvenience on myself, and that was exactly what it did. I looked at the matter from all sides. I saw the dilemma I was in. It would not do to be seen in this branded garb. The police would lay hands on me at once. Nothing would persnado them that I was not the convict. Indeed tt ho was likely to believe the •ituprobable story I had to tell? I felt that I could expect few to credit it on lay mere word!, and I had nothing to prove my identity, for I remembered now that my pocket- book and letters wore in my coat. I had never given them a thought when mak- ing the exchange of clothes. So as things were it might take some clays for me to establish my real personality, and even when that was done I should still be responsible for conniving et the pris- oner's escape. All things considered, therefore, I re- solved not to get into the hands of the police. But this was no easy natter. There was nothing for it but to walk. I could not face the publicity of railway traveling or of any other conveyance. Indeed it was itnpossible for me to buy food for myself. I had many narrow escapes from de• tection, but by dint of hiding through tho day and walking at night, and now and then bribing a small child to buy me something to eat, I contrived to get slow- ly on my way. It was on the evening of the third day that I reached home. I often thought, somewhat bitterly, of nay short cut through the tunnel and all the delay it had caused When I actually stood outside the little cottage which I called home and looked up at the windows, the hope that had buoyed mo up for so long deserted me, and I dreaded to enter. At last, how- ever, I opened the gate and walked up the garden. There was a light in the small sitting room. The curtains were not drawn, and I could see my sister Kitty seated by the table. She had evidently been weeping bitterly, and as she raised her face there was an ex- pression of such hopeless sorrow in her eyes that my heart seemee to stop beat- ing as I looked at her. Mary must be very ill. Perhaps—but, no, I could not finish the sentence even in thought. I turned hastily, lifted the latch and went fn. "Kitty 1" I said, with my hand on the room door, "it's I, Jauk 1 don't be fright- ened." S11e gave a little scream, and it seem- ed to me shrank hack from me as if I had been a ghost, but the next in- stant she sprang into my arms with a glad e y of "Jack, Jack, is it really you?" "Yes, Kitty, who else should it bo?" I said reassuringly. "But tell me—how is she? How is Mary? Let me hear the truth." Kitty looked up brightly. "Mary! oh, she is better, much better, and now that you are here, Jack, she will soon be well 1" I drew a breath of intense relief. Then, touching my little sister's pale, Oar amines intoe, I asked whist had so troiili1ed Iter. "Oh! ,Tack," she whispered, "it was von! I thought you were dead!" She Landed me an evening paper and point- ed out a paragraph which stated that at fatal accident bad occurred in the 'Blank tunnel. A man named John Blount, a commerciul traveler, had been killed, it was believed, while attemptiug to walk through the tunnel at the junotiou station. The body had been found, i arty the previous morning, by some !lute layers at work on the line. The deceased tt as only identified by a letter round upon him.. Autl so, poor fellow, he had stet his fete in the very deans from which he had saved me! In the midst of my own iutppiuess my heart grew v'ry sorrowful as I thought of him, my unknown p•ieud, whose face I had never seen !— Strand Magazine. The Little Peet. Across the lonely chamber floor, Amt down the pa.nage, through the hall, The little feet redound no more! There cometh through the oven door No "terry voice, no laughing call Across the lonely chamber floor; But whore the sunlight Hashes o'er Gray tapestry and pictured w„ll The little tent redound no more l Perchance upon a distant shore They wander now—no more to tall Across the lonely chamber door. Why comes the summer to restore Bright hollyhock. and 11110, tall'— The little feet resound no tuore! Alas for Hope'l deceptive lore 1 Her words are dedolation all ; Across the lonely chamber dour Thu little feet resound no more! —Arthur L. Salmon. THE SILHOUETTES. T' o small round gentleman who had conte all the way to Gantick village from the extreme south of France, and had blown his tlagee,let all day in Gantick street without exciting its population in the least, was disgusted. Toward dusk he crossed the stile w•hieh divides Sanc- tuary Lane from the churchyard and pausing, with at leg on each side of the bar, shook 111s fist beck at the village, which lay below, its gray roofs and red chilnney just distinguishable Meru and tl:ere, between a foamy sea of apple Wesson/a; and a haze of bluish smoke. Ile c uld out very web shaeei the dust off Itis feet, for this teas hardly septa - able from the dust of litany other places on his boots, and also 1t was almost laud. Put hie gesture betokened extreme nlale- vohalce. "These Cor -rash man," he said, "are pigs all. There not a Cur-rnish man that is not a nig pig." Ile lifted the cecond leg e•eau•ily over the bar. '•.ts for Art—pl,it ! .Moreover, they slut up their climdies," This was really a serious matter, for he hall not a penny -piece in his pocket. I he last had gone to buy a loaf—and there was no lodgin:; to be had in the village. The month was in April. a bad time to sleep in the open: end though the night drew in tranquilly upon a day of broad sunshine, the earth had by no means sucked in the late heavy rains. The church porch, however. had a broad bench on either side and faced t!ie south• away from the prevailing wind. 1.I, lead made a mental note of this early in the day, }.eine schooled to antic/pate sects straits as the proesur. As he passed up the narrow path between the gratves, with a gait like a limping here's, be scanned his surroundings carefully. '1'ne churchyard %vas narrow and stir - round/. d by a high gray well, mostly hidden by an inner belt of well -grown cypresses. At tine point the Ta nit, of these treeswere broken o fed• some 40 feet. :led here the brick of a squall dwelling house abutted on the cemetery. 'There. vvas 000 window only in the yellow - washed wall, and ties window lool-e.t straight on the church porch. The flag t•olot player regarded it with suspicion; but the casement was shut and the blind di•atvm down. '1'h,2 asp'ctof the eutta:e. too, proclaimtod that it, iuhabitants were very poor folk—not at ell the sort to tell tale, upon a 0:18001 tramp if they spied' hang :,ivouacking upon holy ground. IIe limped into toe porch and cast off the !elite bag that was strapped upon li ahuulders, Out of it he drew a sheep's wool cape, worn verv thin, and thea, turned the bag iusidti out, on the chance of thee/No•irig a forgotten cruse. Thu hen ft: 1 disappointed hint, het he took it cu;tn'v—being en the whole aewet't-tem pored num and not easily angers!, ex cepa by an affront to his vanity. Ill: violent indignation a,ainet the people 1. tiantick arose from their indiiferelce tr, Iii, playing, Had they even run out lit their doors to listen and stare he woole mil have Iain,led their stinginess. Ile that cnnuot eat had best sleep. The little man passed the ll:it of hie hand, 111 Lite dusky light, over the two benches. avid having chosen the one with the few- est asperities on its surface, Lossehis b n, and Ilageiilet upon lite tittibi,_ tossed Soiled orf his boots, folded his carpe to mate a pillow- and stretched himself at length. In It as than 10 minutes he was sleeping dreamlessly. Over his head there hung a board con teiuine a list of two of the p Irish rate - p ayes and the usual notice of the sprit: teaming of tlae.roytl Cornwall Ranger militia. This la t placard had broken fret i two of its festelliliga and toware 1ni lniglit was rusticd by an eddy of the Ilii t wind so loudly as to wake the ,iet•per. 1..1.•r sat upright and lowered his bare 1, et upon the pavement. Outside the blue firmament vva8 full of stars• spar tiling unevenly, as though the wind war trying in sport to extinguish then). le the eaves of the porch he could bear the martins rustling in the crevices that they had come back, but a few days since, to waren again. But what drew the roan to the entrance was the window in tine cottage over the wall. The lattice was pushed back and the room inside was brightly lit. But a wliito sheet had been stretched right across the window between hien and the lump. And on this sheet two quick bands were waving all kinds of shadows, shaping them, moving 111001 and reshaping them with the speed of lightning, 1 1t was certainly a remarkable per. fornlance. The shadows took the form of rabbits, swans, foxes, elephants, fairies, sailors with wooden legs, old women who smoked pipes, ballet girls who pirouetted, twirling harlequins and the profiles of eminent statesmen—and all made with two hands and, at the most, the help of a tiny stick or piece of string. They danced and ca.p ed, grew large and then small, with Auch odd turns and changes that the flageolet player could hardly !told his laughter, Ile remarked that the hands,w•henevor they were disentw•ined for a moment, appeared to be very small and plump. After Omit 10 minute* the display cetlsed, told the,lhaduw of ft vt'tdtian'd heti! trod neck crossecl rite sheet WIIIOII vt a�$ pi•eaavtily drawn book at one coruor. •'18 that tiny better?" asked a %Otuau's voice, lot.- but distiutit, The flageolet player started and bent his eyes lower aoru,s the grave,; and into the shadow beneath the window. Fur the first time he grew aware that a figure atund there., a little way out from tee well. As well as he could see, it was a young boy. "That was beautiful, mother. You can't think how you've improved at it titin week." "Any mistakes?" '"filo harlequin and columbine seemed •t little stiff; but that's the hardest of a11, I know." ' Never mind ; they've got to be per- fect. We'll try them again." She was about to drop' the corner of the sheet, when the listener sprang out toward the window, leaping with baro feet over the graves, and waving his flageolet madly. Ah, no—no, Madame I" he cried. "Wait one moment, the tiniest, and 1 shall inspire you 1" "Whoever is that?" cried the voice at the window. rising almost to a ecrearn. The youth beneath the wall faced round on the intruder. He had turned white and wanted to run, but mastered hie voice to inquire gruffly: "Who the devil are you?" "1? I am an artist, and as such I solute madame and monsieur, her son. She is a greater artist than I, but I shall help her. Her harlequin and columbine shall dance better this time. Why? 13e - cause they shall dance to my music, and music that I shall make here, on this spot, under the stars," I shall play as if possessed. I feel that, I bet you. It is because I hese found an artist—an artist in Gantick. 0—my—good—Lor!" He had wulled off ins greasy hat and stood bowing and smiling, showing hits white teeth and holding up his flageolet for the w•oznan lo see and convince her- self. - 'hat's all very web," said the boy; "but my mother doesn't want it known yet that she practices at these shadows." "Ha! It is perhaps forbidden by law." "Since you have found us out, sir," said the woman, "I will tell you why the are behaving like this, and trust you to tell nobody. I have been left a widow, in great poverty and with one son, who must he educated as well as his father w•a5. Six In01111S ago, when sadly per- plexed, I found out by chance that this small gift of aline might earn me a good income at a --a music hall. Richard, of course, doesn't like my performing at such places, hut agrees with ore that lie. must be educated. So eve are hiding it from everybody in the village, beeatise we have always been reelected hare; and, as soon its I have practice/I euuug'a, we mean to travel ftp to London. OI course,I shall change my name, and nu- bodv w" But theill—flageolet. placer sat suddeely dnwu upon a grave and broke late hy- sterical Ltugditer, Oh—oh—cit! Quick, madame, deice your pretty figurers while yet I laugh and before 1 curse. 0, stars and plaza• ets, look down upon this toad world and help me play' ! And, 0, monsieur, pat• - don nim if 1 laugh; for that either you or I are mad is a cocksure. Lance, mad- ame--" He put the flageolet to his lips an,l blew. In a moment or two harle 1 ii;• and columbine appeared on 'the sore,,: and began to caper nimbly, naturakly, with the wildest grace. The tune was merry reel, and soon began to inspire Ih performer above. 1 -ler stu:tll tl etc rt, i a twinkling turned into a ganiboline els pliant, then to a couple of tripp 11 fairies. A moment after, they. ever flower and butterfly, then a jigging Mon- key ; then harlequin and columi in again. With each fantastic change t.1/. tune quickened told the fleece gre. wilder, till, tired out, the woman spree her hands wide against the sheet as 11 imploring mercy. The player tossed his flageolet rivet• 1. headstone and rolled hack on the grave in a paroxysm of laughter. Above eh; the rooks had poured.. out of their ut•s1> and were calling to each other. ••elonsieur,'' he grasped at last, sit tin. up and wiling his eyes, '•was it go,; this tune?' It was quite different, I'll ova." "Then could you -!tare from The hon one little crust of bread ? For f tint Len 1shell1." The youth returned in a et'nple o minute, with some bread and cull b.1 c. "Of 'curse," he said, "if you sheele mueeet eit:1er of us in the villa'' to-maor- row you will n.11 recognize its." The little ratan bowed. '•1 a,ree," sal, he, •'with your mother, monsieur, t :.. you must bo educated at all costs." Slave Trade in Zanzibar, A letter from the Bishop of Z tneib r gives the details of an active 'reel to u. the British cruiser Philomel agai •st tht slave trade in that region. The captor of skive dliows are of frh•duent tic,:nr rence. The traffic is largely carried el: under the French (lag. He mleetiote three recent cases. A boat crew fre m man-of-war boarded a• large dhow eying the french flag. . They deniauttleal lit papers, which proved cmrrect,•:mid 011 ri ht of search was denied. One of the sailors kicked off the hatch' then a number of little arms Nor, stretched up trorn below, 5 •vcnty-ewe Slaves were crowded between tee ter, (leck, without light or air. 'T.tt:1'tir.,ei exclaimed in dtsguet: "What is the use of my pe vine lee rein for a French interpreter if !;till in all I get by it !" lhuly pathetic stories are fol 1, suet as finding 05 slaves on asml:d1 barrel) IS ami, where they were landed front a tits.),,. to give a slight respite 11•01u ttsc iurnn•, Of confinement on uo;n d, where they moo been dying.—N. Y. Sun. Movable Hooded, Building woollen houses in one piney in such wise that they can be I:.:cn down and erected in another place I. no longer a novel idea. We are told t i.it. among others, a concern in New 1 -oh; has been shipping houses to Jamaica it, sections. The climate of that i„and dictates houses that can protect leen rain as well as heat, and can re.,i.st tit worms that attack soft woods. 'There fore, Southern hard pine is used. '1'n, Rhodes -Curry Company, limited. at and herst; N.S„ has put up in its vast• 1 :, pretty dwelling of hard pine 27x11) teed, and 17 feet high. This noose eves built in sections and each piece numbered: when ell tyros complete, the hone,• tvuv- takon apart and stored piece by piece into a box car, of which it occupied Ia',' than half. It has gond to H:dtl'ax for passage to Jamaica by next steamer. Upon its arrival the structure can ie erect'' by two men in one day easily. 7'he freight on tate house will be about fifty clollara. BOCK OIL IN ¥AN'' LANI ,$, DEVELOPMENT OF PETROLEUM BED IN RECENT YEARS. No Danger of Short Supply -..A. Brief jla'p view of the Soarees of the Ltght,gir., big Product, Showing That Other Coal Oriente Are Also Well Supplied. The United States has so long been the chief source of eupply of petroleum. and its products are retailed at so low a price, that few users of the oil in this country take the trouble to consider the extent or development of petroleum beds in other parts of the world. Yet in rest cent years this oil industry has beconie a more or less inlportaut one in Russia. Canada, the Dutch East Indies, Austria. Roumania, Peru, Argentine Republi;o, Ecudor; France and Italy. In the last two ountries the oil is produced by the distillation of bituminous schist ; in all the other regions it is obtained from nat. ural sources within their borders. TSE RUSSIAN 55.7I PLY. The Russian oil wells are next in inn. portance to those of Pennsylvania and Ohio. TlresHt wells are situated on the western side of the Caspian Sea, in the Aspheron peninsula, in the neighoorhootl of the city of Baku. The production of raw petroleum in this district in the first nine months of 1892, according to statis- tics published by the "Moniteur des In, terets Materiels.' was 8,488,320 tons, as oompared with 8,480,202 tons in the cce- responding period of 1891. The British Consul at Batoum states that very recently a tremendous gusher has been tapped near Baku, whose pro- duction exceeds that of all the other wells which have been bored there. This well is estimated to be delivering 17,742 tons of crude oil a day, but owing to the almost insurmountable difficulties experienced in getting a flow of this magnitude under control, most of the oil is running to waste. The wells of this region are now controlled by a syndicate of the producers. CANADA THIRD IN RANK. Next to the United States and Russia come the Canadian wells in quantity of oil produced. Much of it is exported. At present the county of Lambton. Ont., is the chief source of supply. Petroleum, however, has been found in. Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick. and in the northwest territories. In the latter there are said to be immense oil- bearing tracts, but little investigated. PLENTIFUL IN SOUTH AMERICA. In Peru the petroleum beds are of vast extent and are beginning to attain con- siderable importance. The London and Pacific Peeruleuur Company have works extending over a distance of two miles along the coast, and owns 20 "pits,” which are being worked, producing 900 barrels a day. The New York Engineering and Min- ing Journal states that since April 11790, when the first boring was made, a con- siderable petroleum industry has sprung up at Cachenta, in the province of Men- doza, in the Argentine. The oil is conducted through pipes to storage tanks at San Vincente, It is consumed at -the gas works and on the railroad for loco- motive fuel. Numerous petroleum beds exist in Ecuador, whose produce is said to be of good quality. A syndicate has recently been formed to obtain a concession of the beds. THE EAST INDIAN SOURCES. In British Burmah petroleum has been obtained for generations. According to a report in the Geological Survey of India, there are 002 wells in Burmah, an increase of 92 since 1888, but there are distant signs of exhaustion. In 1890 the output was about 5500 tons, but in the last two years it has been considerably smaller. 1'tte petl•oleuni supplies of the Island of Sumatra have only recently been ex- ploited. The oil is said to be of excellent quality, and is "derived from lands, the extent of which is 40 times greater than those in Russia." A Pennsylvania man is doing the drilling on the island for the Royal Dutch Oil Company, The Italian Engineer reports that con- siderable success has been met with in the brings for oil in Assam, One real - spouting well has been tapped, and other wells have made good yields. The oil is said to be of excellent quality when retinerl. EUROPE'S PRODUCTION SMALL. An Austrian official report showed that in 1801 there were 199 establish- ments in Galicia engaged in the produc- tion of petroleum, and that there were also 79 ozokerite mines worked, the ag- gregate product being valued at $2,400,- 000. Roumania is credited with vast num- ber of beds from wliielr good oil can be obtained, but the quantity produced is unimportant. The reason is given that the government, in the case of crown lands, requires the payment of royalty on signing of the contract, and before any petroleum is found. Italy obtained 1155 tons of petroleum by the distillation of bituminous schist. in 1891, and France, in 1889. obtained 194,000 tons in the same manner. He Elves on Sixpence a Day. The advice to "live on sixpence a day and earn it" has been taken by a gentle- man, who contributes an account of his experience to Cassell's Saturday Journal. The result was so encouraging that had he, he declares, only himself to consider. be would live on sixpence a day regular- ly. With such a mode of life, it seems one does not experience that "drowsy feeling" in the afternoon that is the natural result of too much food and too little exercise, and one escapes many headaches and other petty ailments. A man of sedentary occupation, moreover* we aro assured, would save much time by living on sixpence a day, inas- much as 11e would not have to walk long distances for the sole pur- pose of exercise. It is rather discourag- ing. however, to be told that, if we obtain immunity from drowsiness in the afternoon, it is purchased by an attack of nerve disease, for the writer admits that his nerves. were out of order during the a term of his experiment, owing either to change of diet or an insufficiency of nu- trious food, and that on his wife enter, ling the room unexpeotedylhe felt "those peculiar sensations that are produced by a severe fright or shock." It is hardly necessary to say that the experiment was conducted on vegetarian principles, for meat is expensive. Tho diet chosen consisted of butter, haricot beans; oat- meal, rhubarb, sugar, bread, peas; eggs, milk. potatoes, tea, strawberries, tea cakes, cherries, and pears.