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This knife was made by Resin P. Bowie out of e blacksmith’s rasp or large file and was the original of the famous Bowie knife. When James Bowie received it from his brother he was told by him that it was “ strong and of admirable temper. It is more trustworthy in the hands of a strong man than a pistol. for it will not snap. Crane 'and Wright are both your enemies ; they are from Maryland, the birthplace of our ancestors, and are as brave as you are, but not so 0001. They are both inferior in strength to yourself. and therefore not your equal in acloee fight. They are both dangerous. but Wright the most so. Keep this knife always with you. It will be your friend in the last resort and may save you life." After this conflict Resin P. Bowie earned this knife to Philadelphia, when it was fashioned by 9. outlet into the form of a model made by him, and I presume the knife is yet in the possession of some member of the family. Bowie was just in the edge of the woods with Gene. Wells and Currey, armed with pistols, Bowie carrying a huge knife. As the duelling party started to leave the grounds Bowie and party started to meet them. The friends of Maddox and Crane on the opposite of the sandvbar seeing this and being furthest from the party started to run to meet them as soon as they should reach the retiring coni- batants. Gen. Currey was the first on the ground, closely followed by Bowie. Currey immediately advanced upon 001. Crane and remarked, “ Col. Crane, this is a good time to settle our difficulty,” and commenced draw- ing his pistol. Bowie did the same. Crane was armed with a brace of duelling pistols and standing awaited the attack of Currey. At this moment Currey was seized by his brother and begged to desist. Bowie and Crane fired at each other, it is said without effect. There were those who said Bowie was wounded. The latter statementl think most probable, for Bow1e stopped, felt of his hip and then drawing his knife limped toward Crane, who was watching Gen. Currey. Re- leased from the hold of his brother, Currey was advancing. At this moment Crane leaped across a small ravine cut through the send by the rain water flowing from the acelivities above and, resting his pistol upon his crippled arm, fired at Currey, wounding him fatally. He fell. Crane was now disarmed and Bowie ad- vanced cautiously upon him. Clubbing his pistol he struck Bowie over the head, as he avoided the knife adroitly, and felled him to the ground. Crane retreated a step as his friend Major Wright advanced upon him. and with a long slender spear, drawn from a. walking cane which he carried, attacked Bowie, who maden pass to parry the spear with his knife, in which he failed. The spear was of cold iron, and striking the breast bone bent and went round upon the rib. Bowie at this moment seized Wright and fell. pulling Wright down with him on top of him, and holding him strongly to his person. Wright was a slender and by no means a strong man and was powerless in the hands of Bowie, who coolly said to him : “ Now, Major, you die 1" and plung- ing the knife into his heart killed him in- stentlyn There was no reconciliation between Crane and Bowie after the conflict, though Crane aided personally in carrying Bowie from the ground and Bowie thanked him and said : “ 001. Crane, I do not think under the cir- cumstances you ought to have shot me." Almost immediately upon the attack of Our. rey upon Crane the fight between their friends became general, in which there were several wounded, but Wright and Curry were the only persons killed. All the men engaged in this terrible efiair were men of wealth and high social position, and the two parties included almost every man of fortune in the extensive and weelthfy parish of Re i- des. All are gone save Maddox and Wells, both very old and still residing in the same parish. Astronomers Predict That it Will Ap< pear in 1887. . (Savannah Recorder). Professor 0. A. Grimmer. of Kingston, Jamaica, who is a scientist of fame, recently made some wonderful prophecies in connec- tion with the action of the planets and other heavenly bodies. He said : " In 1887 the ‘ Star of Bethlehem ’ will be once more seen in ‘ Casseopia's Chair,’ and will he accom- panied by a total eclipse of the sun and moon. The star only makes its appearance every 315 years. It will appear and illuminate the heavens and exceed in brilliancy even Jupiter when in opposition to the sun, and therefore, nearer to the earth and brightest. The mar- velous brilliancy of the ‘ Star of Bethlehem ’ in 1887 will surpass any of its prekus visita- tions. It will be seen even by noonday, shin; ing with a. quick. flashing light the entire year, atter'which it will gradually decrease in brightness and finally disappear. not to return to our heavens till 2202, or 315 years after 1887. The star first attracted the attention f moodern astronomers in the year 1575v It was then called anew star. It was nonew star, however, for this was the star that shone so brightly 4 B. 0., and was the star that illumined the heavens, at' the nativity of Jesus Christ. This star has reappeared every 315 years since, and every educated astrolo- ger is certain that it will reappear in August. 1887. The appearance of this star, accom- panied as it will be by solar and lunar eclipses, together with the baneful influence that follows the positions that Mars and Saturn will occupy, will cause a universal War, and portentous floods and fearful shipwrecks. North America will be involved in, civxl strife, and a reign of terror will prevail in the Atlantic States, unless a Napoleon arises to quell it. There will be a war of classesâ€"the rich‘ will array themselves against the poor, and vice versa, everywhere.” Could anything be grimmer ‘2 Tragic Storv of the First Weapon That Bore the Name. (Philadelphia Time-s ) A {cull has existed for years l-ietwoen two parties of the parish of Repides, Miss , on Bed river. The principalenere Dr. Maddox, Maj. Wright and the. Blanehards on the one part. the Uurreys, the Wellses and Bowies on the other. A challenge was passed between Dr. Maddox and Samuel Wells, and a meeting was arranged to take place near Natchez, Miss, in September, 1827. Hither the parties repaired with their friends. It was agreed that no parties should be present but the combatants, their seconds and surgeons. Til place of meeting was a. large send her, im- mediately below the upper blufi, nearNatchez. The sand beret low water is of considerable width, bordered above and below with forest growth ; on the opposite side of this bar were stationed the friends of each party ; one of these parties was something nearer the com- batants than the other. Col. Crane was the second of Maddox. Between him and J emes Bowie and Gen. Currey there had long existed a deadly feud ; and some months be fore this nfl'eir Gen. Currey shot Col. Crane with a. shot-gun, on Bayou Rapids, disabling one of his arms. The parties to the duelapproached the spot selected for the combat from different direc- tions. The preliminaries were soon arranged. The combatants took their positions and ex- changed two shots without effect, and the diffi- culty was amicably adjusted. -â€"In the wry cold weather which London lately experienced, the death rate rose from 21.3 and 22.6. in the two preceding weeks. to 28.4 per 1.000. The loss of life directly caused by the weather was appalling. â€"William F. Cody was a. poor and un- known scout on the plains a few years ago. A ten cent novel glorified him as Buffalo Bill' he went on the stage as a. personator of him- self in border plays, and part of the financial result is visible in a new block of fine build- ings, including a public hall, at North Platte N ebraaka. â€"A girl put on man's clothes at Richmond, Mo., and weni out for an evening walk, in the course of which she rudely josxled a negro. who shot her twice. She declares that here- after she will stick to the safety of skirts. THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM. THE BOWIE KNIFE. This meal is served in Continental style and cooked in as French a manner as a good Ma- lay cook, under the leadership of a. lady know- ing all about it, can do it. Cocoanut oil is liberally used in the preparation of numerous dishes, as butter is too expensive for all cook- ing purposes. Some things Inoticed that can be mentioned here. Never do the host and hostess take the top and bottom of the table. The latter assumes the place sacred to the father of an English family, the former sit- ting at the side. I however, saw this arrange- ment exactly reversed in one or two house- holds. Never have I seen saltspoons or fish- knives on a. Dutch Batevian table. One helps one’s self to salt with the point of one’s knife. Finger glasses are not brought on at dessert, but are before you all dimmer time. A dinner party is neither a stiff nor a sol- emn afisir (though I have been at one that was rather silent). and I only found it differ from the every day meal in there being a finer display of flowers on the table. a greater number of dishes (far too many), and in our havmg escorts to and from the dining- room. The new fashion provides simply for bold- ing funex a1 services in the evening. Business men. society men, employers. and :employes can then attend without losing a moment of office or factor time. In the morning the remains, accompanied by the immediate fami- ly, mav be taken to the place of interment and laid at ieet. The fashion of putting after advertised invi- tations to funerals the Words, “ it is reques- ted that no flowers be sent,” wen a. step in the way of funeral reform ; and the more rECently adopted announcement. “ Interment at the convenience of the family,” was another important one. These in. novations have reduced considerably the cost of funerals, the last being par- ticularly appreciated by rich and poor alike, as constituting an effectual barrier against the professional mourners, who attend all possible funerals for the sole purpose of hav- a. ride to the cemetry and back. While it has been frequently remarked of our business men that they drive through everything as if they had not a single moment to spare, even to die, it sometimes becomes evident that they have not the time to attend the funeral of a partner, a. frlend, or en es- teemed public servant. To the men who be- long to secret benevolent societies and trade organizations a. funeral of an associate in the morning or afternoon involves the loss at least of half a day's work ; and because there are thousands who cannot afford this pecuni- ary sacrifice, the remains of men who in life counted their friends by the hundred are not infrequently followed to the grave by a dozen or less comrades. In many American cities the Catholic clergy have attempted to check the increasing disposition pto make a show by limiting tho number of carriages to two, four or six, according to the circumstances of the family and Funeral Reform Associations have been a. feature of social life in London and several other large cities of England for years. The latest innovation gives all the friends of a deceased person an opportunity for par- ticipating in appropriate ceremonies. It also does away with the necessity, whether real or assumed, for hiring a long string of coaches to accompany the body to the grave. An Innovation that has Several Proper and Interesting Features. A new fashion destined yet to become popular, is being quietly introduced into the funerals in New York. For years the press and pulpit have shown the folly of expending large sums of money on caskets, flowers, and car- riage processions. While a considerable out- lay may not alfect welLto-do people. the poor always desirous of following “ the style ” as far as possible, imibate the pomp and ex- travagance to a degree that is positively in- jurious. The ladies were not in “ dinner dress," but wore comfortable visiting or driving toilet ; gentlemen, their cool white suits. The host did not ask particular male guests to lead in certain ladies. He himself walked away with the oldest friend, perhaps, or chief lady guest, and the gentleman who thought himself entitled to do so took the hostess. The rest followed as they thought proper. At table our places were indicated by cards on the plates, and care was shown by the hostess in placing sympathizing partners together. The married guests occupied seats near the host and hostess at one end of the table, and the other was devoted to bachelors and maidens. WINNIPEG. March 3.â€"â€"A special session of the Manitoba Legislature was opened by the Lieut.-Governor this afternoon at three o'clock. In his speech his Honor set forth that since December circumstances had ne- cessitated an earlier meeting and the conse- quent prolongation of an adjourned session. It congratulates the Legislature on the suc- cess attending the recommendations to extend the boundaries of the province. It promises an act to amend the act passed last session providing for an extension of the boundaries. and also other measures calculated to build up the institutions of the province and to extend to those settlers in the territory to be incorporated within Manitoba the operation of such of our laws as maybe deemed ex- pedient. The public accounts of the past year and the estimates of public expenditures of the current year are to be brought down at an early day. The speech was passed and an address moved in reply. The Boundary bill was introduced and read a first time. The most cruel Imperial government inthe ' world is that of Persia, which. like every other government,has its local tribunal in Constan- tinople. In the last week of January five culprits condemned to flogging by this Per- sian Court received their punishment in the l courtyard of the Persian Consulate‘Genei-ul. Travelers have recorded that in Persia it is customary for muleteers to beat their animals with a long leathern thong. having a piece of iron attached to the end where an ordinary whip is knotted. This is something like the “ cat ” or knout which the Persians are re- ported to have used at Constantmoples. It was composed. says a reporter. of five stout leather thongs. the extremity of t- e latter being tipped with lead. Each time the ter- rible instument come down on the backs of the culprits the flesh was torn in strips from their bodies. At the tenth blow human na‘ ture could stand no more. The culprits at this point lost consciousness and presented 3'3. shocking appearance. their eyes swelled up to an enormous size, being full of blood. This terrible punishment lasted twenty minutes, and as the criminals could evidently bear no more they were taken back to their cells in a. horribly mutilated oondition, and in a state of complete insensibility. â€"- Switzerland was visited, according to statistics collected by the Alpine club of Italy, 0y 1 400, 000 tourists in 1879. Of these 700 - 000 came from Germany and Austria. 280 - 000 from England 200 000 from France, and 60,000 from the United States. The foreign travel is estimated to pay the Swiss 940.000,- 000 annually. VOL. XXIII. A NEW FASHION IN FUNERALS‘ MANITOBA LEGISLATURE. A PERSIAN PUNISHMENT A DINNER IN JAVA. ! The Boston butchers gave a party recently. They had their tickets printed on what is t called “beefshaak” paper, and in the highest cal-mine ink. The three F‘s are interpreted to mean fat, fur and feathers. It is a kitchen definition ; but- quite as valuable as any other that we have heard. ‘ Monday for health, Tuesday for wealth. Wednesday the best day of all, Thursday for losses, Friday for crosses Saturday no luclr at all." The proverbial saying that “ The grey mare is the better horse,” is said to have been thus derived: A gentleman having married a beautiful lady whose dom- ineering temper made his home wretched. on- treated her father to take his daughter back. The father replied that all women governed their husbands, and he could prove it. He then told the husband to harness the five horses in his stable to a cart, in which he would place a basket full of eggs, and to leave a horse in every house where the husband was master and an egg only where the wife gov- erned. If he found the eggs gone before the horses, all might be considered right but if the horses were disposed of first the father was to take his daughter home. At the first house the son-in-law heard the wife in an angry voice bid her husband answer the door. An egg was left without any more ado. The sec- ond and third houses gave him a like result and the eggs were nearly all gone. when he went to the seat of a gentleman of position in the county. He was ushered into the pres- ence of the lady, and the question being asked she readily replied that she was proud to obey her husband in all things, soon the hus- band entered the room and being requested to choose one of the horses, he selected a black gelding. but the wife preferred a prey mare. She persisted in her claim and said, “ What, and will you not take her then? But I say you shall, for I am sure the grey mare much the better horse,” The disgusted hus- band exclaimed. “ You must now take an egg, and I must take all my horses back. and endeavor to live happily with my wife." A young lady in New York is reported to ve a. craze for negro minstrels. She writes them notes, stops them on the streets, and asks them to the house. where she entertains them in good style. She presented one of them with a pair of diamond earrings. Her parents are about to send hex: to Europe. A stand-up lunch is the latest invention for ladies. It is in reality an early dinner of several courses. and comprises all the delica- cies of the season. The unlucky day for marriages are thus rhymedâ€" Mr. Edward Asken Sothern, who made his mark as Lord Dundrem'y in the comedy of Our American Cousin. died at the age of fifty years. It is said that he grew to have n. hor- ror of the part. He liked David Garrick and Colonel White the best of all his characters. Robertson, the author of Home, was his per- sonal friend, and the part of Colonel White was drawn to suit him. Mr. Sothern felt that Dundreary did not give him an opportu- nity of displaying his reel_ power as an aqtor. No woman has held, so far as we can see. as high an intellectual position as the famous Madame de Stael, the unrivaled French au- thoress, whose independence led her to defy Napoleon Bonaparte. although he exiled her from France and would not permit her to set foot upon its soil. The daughter of an emin- ent banker, she enjoyed great facilities for her literary occupation. and completely ruled the world of literature for a long time. Her works will live as long as the French lan- guage, and she will always be remembered as a queen of society, whose court in her exile at Coppet, Switzerland. is said to have rivaled that of Napoleon at Paris. A new “ Life ” of this remarkable woman has recently appeared from the pen of Dr. Abel Stevens. It is a work of high merit, and does ample justice to one who has been called the greatest woman of her times. She had her misfortunes, how- ever, and Dr. Stevens thus speaks of her; The Queen has been pleased to grantapen- eiou of two hundred pounds a year to Mr. Alfred Russel Wallace. the well known nat- uralist. Mr. Wallace is in his sixtieth year. He has published Travels in the Amazon, Malay Archipelago. Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection, and Geographi- cal Distribution of Animals. The Poet Laueate of England has been staying at his Isle of Wight residence on ac- count of his indifferent health. The current number of Blackwood’s Maga- zine contains an account of theliterary career of fereorge E}iot.f’ “Poignant sensitiveness to the miseries of life, that everâ€"recurring straining sadness which characterizes all, her writings. and which, in spite of 'wealth, fame, talent, travel, ‘troops of friends’ and a. career splendidly successful in most respects, rendered her life a continual scene of restlessness, if not melan- choly, and led her to say on her deathbed, that but one of the capabilities of her nature had been developed to its utmost-the capa- bility of sufiering.” The American Quaker poet, Whittier, will shortly publish a new volume of poems, with the title of the King’s Missive. John Green- leaf Whittier is now in his seventy-fourth year. He has written much, including some five volumes of poetry, and the Centennial Hymn, written for the opening of the exhibi- tion at Philadelphia. in 1876. The following short poem is to appear in the new volume. It is called The Prelude : I spread n. scanty board too late ; The old time guests for whom I wait Come few and slow, methiuks, to-day. Ah! who could hear my messages Across the dim unsomided seas On which so many have sailed away! Come, then, old friends, who linger yet, And let us meet as we have met, Once more beneath this low sunshine ; And grateful for the good we've known, The riddles solved, the ills outgrown, Shake hands upon the border line. The favor, asked too oft before From your indulgent ears, once more I crave, and, if belated lays To slower, feebler measures move The silent sympathy of love To me is eater now than praise. And yo, 0 younger friends, for whom My hearth and heart keep open room, Come smiling through the shadows long, Be with me while the sun goes down, And with your cheerful voices drown The minor of my oven song. For. equal through the day and night, The wise Eternal oversight And love and power and righteous will Remain : the law of destiny. The best for each and all must be, And life its promise shall fulfil. The following was sent to us by a lady reader with thelequest ghat it bg publishefi _: At Atchison, Kansas, the crusaders invaded a. saloon during crusade time and tried by praying to induce the proprietor of the saloon to close his place. The proprietor invited the ladies to seats, and, himself, ofl'ered the fol- lowing pm) er : " Almighty Creator in heaven 1 Thou who hast made the heavens andearth,and created man in Thine own image as ruler of the earth 1 Whilst animals are living on Rrass and water Thou didstteach Thy servant Noah to make wine, and Thou didstnot punish him for making intemperate use of it. “ At the wedding of (Jana, Thine only son, Jesus Christ, transformed water into wine, when the juice of the grape was exhausted, that the enjoyment of the guests might not be disturbed. The great reformer Martin Luther OUR SPECIAL BUDGET. A STRANGE PRAYER. RICHMOND HILL, THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1881. O Lord! Thou canst also perceive that their figures are not as Thou has made it, but they wear humps upon their backs like camels; Thou seest. O Lord that their head dress consists of false hair. 0 Lord, these women want men who will patiently accept all this without using the power Thou hast given to men that all women shall be. subject to man. They will not bear the burdens of married life. and obey Thy commanfis to multiply and replenish the earth, but are too lazy topraise their children. 0 Lord] have mercy upon them and take them back into Thy bosom ; take folly out of their hearts ; give them common sense, that they may become good and worthy citizens of our beloved city of Atchison. 'OLcrd lwe thank Thee for all the blessings bestowed upon us. and ask Thee to deliver us from all evil, especially hypocri- tical women, and Thine shall be the praise forever and ever. Amen.” » How a. Little Erie Girl was Compelled by Her Grandmother to Marry Her Cousin. Among the petitions for the dissolution of matrimonial banns which were considered Monday by Judge Galbraith was that of Flora Grace a child 12 years of age. Said the court: ” This divorce is decreed on the grounds of fraud and coercion. It is a most remarkable case. I never heard of a similar one.” Said the child in her sworn statement : ” I am twelve years and five months old ; my father‘s name is John Grace ; mother’s name is Hannah ; have lived in Erie several years; have lived with my grandmother, Mary Rose Grace ; Luciana Grace lived with my grand- mother, too ; my grandmother, Mary Rose Grace, Mr. Salcer and wife and Luciana took me one eveningto Aid. Woods’ office: they told me when they started that they were going to a lawyer ; they said that thay wanted me to get married to Luciana ; I told them I did not want to, but my grandma and Mr. Salcer both said that I must do it ; I did not understand what the meaning’of getting mar- ried was ; Luciana Grace and I stood up and Mr. Woods repeated some words to us ; I did not want to marry him, but my grandma said I must marry him : Luciana is a seco nd cousin of mine ; my father came and tookme away from my grandmother’s three days after I was married; after I was married. until my father came and took me away, my grandmother and I occupied the same room together ; aniana and I did not occupy the same room together and have not lived to. gether; I go to public school No. 10; we went to another office the same night we went to Wood’s oflice ; it was Atder- man Ferrier‘s office, huh.)- wnuiv‘u not marry us. We then went to Woods‘ office, and he married us.” This is the simple story of the child not yet out of short dresses. Alderman Ferrier deposed that he remembered the visit referred to in the child’s deposition ; that be was asked by a woman, whom he afterwards learned was the child’s grandmother. to marry the little girl and a young man who was pres- ent. Says he : “ They told me the young girl was fourteen, but she looked likea mere child and I declined to marry them. The woman said they were not to live together until they grew up. When I asked the girl if she knew what getting married meant she shook her head. I then explained it to her, after which she said she did not want to get married. The old lady seemed determined that they should marry." The father's story was: “ I came from the city of Horta, Island of Fayal, Por- tugal ; I came to Eric four years ago ; my wife , is still living in Portugal; I support her by sending her money; will bring her here as soon as I am able; have four children. one Florinda; she married Luciana Grace in August last; she lived with her grandmother, Mary Rose Grace; I had no knowledge of my little girl’s marriage at the time it occurred ; my little girl does not comprehend the mean- ing of marriage ; I live opposite Mrs. Grace; did not know she was mar- ried till three days after; my little girl is still a girl in her ways, manners and thoughts, I think they have not lived to- ‘gether since their marriage.” The petition for divorce was accompanied by a sworn 1 statement in Portugal of the cure of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception of the 3 city of Horta, certifying that Florinda , Grace, a child born May 31. 1868, was bap- l tised by him June 14, of the same year. Lewis Grace, the defendant in the suit, denies that force and coercion were used. but that Flora Grace married him with her own free will, and insists that the marriage ceremony is legal and binding. In the petition to thecourt for divorce, it was set forth by Flora Grace that a marriage ceremony was performed by Samuel Woods, Esq., between the petitioner and Lewis Grace ; that the petitioner was but 12 years of age, and was ignorant of the nature and character of the ceremony or act thus performed ; that no contract of marriage was ever made between them, the petitioner and Lewis Grace; that she was induced to go before said man and submit to the cere- mony by the influence, force and coercion of her grandmother, Mary Rose Grace ; that by fraudulent representations made by the said grandmother and Lewis Grace, she was made to believe that it was right and proper to sub- mit to the ceremony, which she did without receiving any explanation as to the nature, meaning or effect of the same, and she there- fore prays that a decree be allowed freeing her from the bonds of matrimony, as if she had ! never been married. “Oh, Lord 1 we pray Thee have pity upon these women here who are not grateful for Thy gifts, who want to make Thy children like beasts of the field, and compel them to drink water like an ox, while they dress ex- travagantly and lead their husbands. by.other extravagances not tending to our well-being, to bankruptcy, depriving them of all pleasure of this world. yea, even driving them to sui- cide. O Lord have mercy on these ladies, look _upon them. “ They wear not even the color of the face which Thou has given them but they are sin- ning against Thee and are not content with neiture, lintjaint their faces. Rid: ‘He who does not love wine, women and gpng, regains a fool__all h_is life _long.’ THE DINNERS DISRAELI DELIGHTS IN. Lord Beaconsfield, it is said, can be, if he chooses, the best company in England, and he generally chooses to be so at the little din- ners of seven or eight in which his heart dc- lights, and at which his lips give' forth clever epigrams on cabinets and individuals. He is particularly fond of reading biographies. memoirs and diaries. and knows most of the best of these which the English language contains. He likes literary conversation, but the subject must be not so much the merits of particular authors as the general tendency of modern literary spirit. He hates profes- sional littemteurs, and has said more bitter things about them than about any other class of persons, unless it be those whom he calls his " professional parasites.” He treats them with scarcely veiled contempt. “ Place me," he said not long ago to a distinguished and charming lady. “ next to anyone you like, but not a political enthusiast or a professional parasite. This is the sort of person I only see at lunch.” â€"Pennsy1vania fingers, in Washington county, are scattering sheaves of wheat along the hedges for the benefit of the suflen‘ng partridgee. DIVORCED AT TWELVE . (Erie Herald. The large garden at the back of this house was neatly laid out and beautifully kept. A pear tree, old and gnarled, but flourishing and green stood exactlv in the middle, withe rustic seat beneath it and a crocus bed in the shape. of a half-moon on either side. It was the only fruit tree on the farm and bore bushels of pears yearly. The garden opened into a green field at the back, where a. pony and cow lived together as friendly neighbors. and this great field was flanked and backed by a. forest of tall elm trees.fram1ng the house, the pad- dock,the garden with its beautiful foliage six months of the year. Many years ago there stood on the side of a gentle eminence between Hamilton and Caledonia a. large, commodioue, well- built clap board house, erected by a. United Empire Loyalist nearly one hundfed years before The farm of one hundred acres, to which this house belonged was owned by an Eng- lishman named Montgomery, and formed a striking contrast to many farms in that neighborhood, which then (as now). were 0111‘; half cultivated and foul with weeds and Canadian thistlee. ABSOLUTELY HER OWN MISTRESS. BY J. T. J. Fir-I Partâ€"Courtship. Oak was the only wood used in this build- ing, which was‘o storey;and a-half high, and contained ten rooms. A wide hall divided the house from back to front ; at one end there was a great square open porch with a seat at each side, and at the otherâ€"the frontâ€"a broad veranda, nearly concealed by twoloeust trees of monstrous growth, the largest of the kind I have ever seen in all my wanderings, if not the largest in Canada. A gentleman who had visited Seville, that city of acacias, assured me there were none there to compare with these in size. When covered with blos- soms and filled with millions of bees, it was worth a. ten miles walk to see them. Mr. Montgomery was, when I first knew him, an old men, and a widower, having but one child, adaughter. Half his farm stood in woods as the common phrase is, namely virgin forest untouched by the hand of man ; the other half was in a high state of cultiva- iion. but he did not; live by farming, and never had, but by loaning money on mort. gages. I have heard, and believe, that he was the son of a. Lenden banker, but he was very uneommunicative about his private nf- fairs. In time, 5 number of other families, all distantly related to Mr. Montgomery, came and bought farms in the neighborhood. and settling about him. formed a little exclusive conservative set by themselves, outside the pale ofthe descendants of the Glandford United Empire loyalists, who are the most radical politicians in'Canednmith the strong. est latent leaning to the Yankees, the most fervent admiration for our neighoors across the Suspension Bridge, notwithstanding their forefathers’ sturdy loyalty to the British crown. There is a tendency in all cliques to grow narrow, nod this is more especially the case with country cliques, and the little exclusive colony of Montgomeries, Dantons, Draytons, Jaeksons, Thorntons and Browns was no exception to the general rule. Thev indulged in each others society, and all were universal in feeling that they were the most important set of people in Canada. They knew abso- lutely nothing of their less aristocratic neigh- bors, who bore them no love {for their indif- ference and half contempt. They exchanged work and played together when it was over ; payed the school tax. but ignored the public schools, and placed their children under pri- vate tuition in Hamilton or elsewhere, and knew less of the lives of their neighbors than they did of the lives of the Esquimaux. They hired Biddies and Pat’s imported from a dis-V tance, and would at any time do their own dirty work in preference to sitting at the table with a servant, no matter how decent a body the servant might be. They all be- longed to the English church and utterly dis- pised Papist’s and Dissenters ; they took off their hats to each other but never to a stran- ger ; they paid cash for everything ; any one ‘of them would want before he would take credit. It was as diificult to get an intrduc- tion to this little colony as to (penetrate into the interior of China, but it once the barriers were broken, and you were admitted to be almost their equal in birth, parentage, educa- cation and means. their houses were open to you for ever, after this fashion. angumge 1n the world: They forgave you for being a Canadian by birth, excused you for being Scotch or Irish by decent, thought it weak in you,but allowed that you could not help it, or doubtless it would have been otherwise; they were civil when they met you, and even sometimes in- vited you to dinner. you were hence forth treated with courtesy, though not with cordi- ality ; you were tolerated and allowed to breathe the same air, but they were cautious. very cautious as to encouraging too great an intimacy. The broadest and most intelligent person in this colony was Mr. Montgomery, and next to him, his daughter Clara. Though a little reserved at first they were not suspic- ious, they did not despise foreigners and liked to hear at other lands. They opened not only their house but their hearts to a friend, even though he had the misfortune not to have been born in England. Through them I gained a footing in the little colony and soon came to know each family intimately and wasnota little amused at the monstrous importance of the people among whom I was so kindly tolermed, pat- ronized and generally forgiven for not being English. The following lines were written by a minister Perthshire who hqlds that Gaelic is the oldest game gently pitied me, others were inclined to be hostile and regarded it as inexcusable pig-heudedneas in any man, to prefer the And Adam, in his garden fair, Whene'er the day did close, The dish that be for supper teuk Was always Athole broser When Adam, frae his leafy bower, Cam’ out at break 0‘ day, He always for his mornin’ teuk A quaich 0’ usquebae. And when w-l‘ Eve he’ll had a crack. He’ll teuk his sneeshin’ horn, And on the tap ye’ll weel micht mm It A penny braw Cairngnl‘m. The sueeshin’ mull is fine, my frieu's, The sneeshin’ mull is grand; We’ll teuk a hearty sneesh, mg frien’a, And pass’t irae hand to hail . When man first fund the want 0’ claes, The wind and cauld to flag : He twisted round about his waist The tartan philabeg. And music first on earth was heard In Gaelic accents deep, When J ubal in his oxter squeezed The stomach 0’ a sheep. When Eve, all iresh in beauty‘s charms. First met fond Adam’s View, Tha first words that he’ll spoke to her W as “ Cum ar ashun dhu.” " And round about the glow and glory That blushed and bloomed, Is but the dim remembered story ()1 an old time entonlbed." Should Gaelic speech be e’er forgot And never brought to min’ ; For she’ll be spoke in aradise In the days 0’ Auld ung Synel THE ANTIQUITY OF GAELIC. CHAPTER I. :Erfidm ALLEN POE Ezra, all the wealths of the heart In one ship, and woe to the unlucky owner if that should strike seme cruel hidden rock and become a. wreck. The great sympathy between Mr. Mont- gomery and his daughter was beautiful to see; they were all and all to each other. and nearly always together. If Clara went for a walk, her father met her as she returned. If she rode out on her pony, papa would be trotting by her side, staff in hand, before she reached home. They read the same authors and smiled, wept or laughed over them together. They talked about their neighbors. and reciprocated little funny con- fidences, and were by far the broadest and largest-hearted people in their narrow circle. Mr. Montgomery taught his‘ daughter Latin, and she taught him to knit a. quilt ; just as twenty years before he had taught her the alphabet and cat’s cradle in return for fox and goose. They were intimate friends before she was out of long clothes. and the confidence between them grew, broadened and strength- ened, till death cut the cord which wound them together, and left Clara alone at the age of seven and twenty. Isaac Taylor in one of the pleasantries of his pleasant paper, has asserted that Robinson Crusoe and his dogs, cats and parrots were not a family. though living under the same roof in perfect harmony ; on the same principle he refuses to admit that Sir Isaac Newton and his cats were a. “ family,” but he is willing to allow that two human beings living together in perfect love and sympathy, cordially sharing each others joys and sor- rows day by day, areâ€"even if aliens by blood and nationalityâ€"e. family. How much more then if these two are father and daughter? Never was a young girl more indulged than Clara Montgomery or less spoiled by indul- gence. She had unlimited pocket money, and therefore unlimited floss silk,Berlin wool and card board. She made gorgeous smoking caps for her father who never smoked, slippers for his feet, purses for his pocket, cuffs for his wrists. She was lavish of pretty gifts to her friends; she bought wonderfully bright ribbons for the cap of Mrs. Briggs, the house- keeper, till the malicious public, seeing her so gay, asserted that she was setting that cap at her white-haired old master. She knitted scarlet socks and mittens for little Sally Briggs, the housekeeper’s daughter; she dressed her own handsome person in any pretty costume her fancy chose, and made every room in the old house sweet With flow- ers and bright with fancy work. Her work was play because her heart chose it and went with it, and each day was a holiday because full of occupation, amus: "Hint, interest. Each night brought sweet 9 i. refreshing sleep. She was a thoroughly country lady in all her tastes, and you had only to hear her exclaim, “ Oh I the country forever, the country for me at all seasonsâ€"God made the country and man the town,” to know she had never been that poor toilworn drudge and slave brought vividly to mind by the words. “ a Canadian farmer’s daughter.” These alas l are the rule, but Clara Montgomery was a noble exception. To work in gardening gloves before break- fast, and inhale the sweet health-giving morning air to study or practice on the piano, or sew till dinner time ; to read papa to sleep after dinner, and have a center on her pony after tea, and sing her evening hymn by moonlight before going to bed, was the usual programme for the long summer days for many a happy month and year. Long sleigh drives, music and especially books with- out limit, passed away the winter months very rapidly and pleasantly. April soon came with its swallows and snowdrops, and Clara would say, “ what a short winter this has been, papa." “ Yes, my dear. The seasons fly as we grow older. I remember wondering when your mother died, how I should live through all the dreary years ap- pointed me, but the months dragged on some- how, and my little girl could walk, another year and her tongue began to wag very pleasantly ; every year since has gone more rapidly, and now as I say the seasons fly. New interests succeed the old, we grow less selfish. less conceitedâ€"or we ought toâ€"we feel our nothingness, that we are but atoms of a great whole ; we lower our crest and be- come contented with our lot. Where self is the first thought, the seasons go slowly. When any one longs to grow up, or to get married, or to travel, or grow rich, or die, then it is all to-morrow. But I for one can afford to enjoy life and see what will turn up next in the world without much anxiety. So my girl is happy with the old man’s com- pany.” There is something very touching in the sight of an only child. especially if the father 3 mother are widowed. It is a single Yep- country of his birth to England, but 9.11 were civil though distant. "I would not exchange him for a dozen young ones,” replied his daughter, fondly running her hand through his White hair and making it stand up. ”I have never seen a. young man to compare with you.” Mr. Montgomery might have said truly in return that in his long life he had never seen a woman to compare with his daughter, but he didn’t â€"-no true father ever flutters or praises undulyâ€"though his eyes followed her fondly. as softly singing, she moved to the window to watch a. robin. 1 never see a handsome, queenly-looking woman, without feeling that she ought to be noble in nature and royal in mind, above pettiness of any kind. I am told that this is far from being the case, and that many a Junolike lady will scold unmercifully in the kitchen, systematically beat down her grocer and draper, and spank the children till they roar again, before she goes to morning pray- ers and confesses herself a miserable sinner. But Clara Montgomery was not one of these. She was large in person, and mild and sweet in temper, very shy and retiring, and even a little awkward till she was twenty; but al- ways willing to p1ease,and easy to be pleased; having no hard pride or touchy dignity, but presentinga cheerful, happy presence wherever you met her. Her features were so very regular that had they served for the mask of an ordinary mind, they would have been in- sipid and uninteresting; but her bright. in- telligent countenance rendered them abso- lutely beautiful. Her eyebrows were dark and slightly arched, her light brown hair with a rippling wave in it, crowned her head in a broad coronet, being smoothly 'parted on the white forehead, unmarred Ly the popular lunatic fringe. Her figure was very upright, but lithe and graceful, and her eyes turned upon you in a direct inquiring way, which often gave strangers the impression that she was a strongâ€"minded, wilful young lady, and l not to be trifled with-a very erroneous opinion. for beautiful Clara had more of the ivy in her nature than the oak, clung to her old father as something well nigh infalli- able, and never took a step without his ad- , vice. She had a great deal of self-command, , but was not self-reliant ; a certain moral 1 cowardice, a fearfulness of offending, a wish 1 to stand well with everybody, to do exactly l what was right and yet to please all, might ‘ have made her in other circumstances a very miserable woman. She had great i common sense and kindness of heart, yet $ would many a time have been led by those , who had neither, but for the clear, light and a strong hand of her father at her elbow. She ‘ was the only blue-eyed beauty Iever admired. Who, with a steel pen and a bit oflpaper, can 3 describe a beautiful hu an eye? These were 4 dark blue and very clea , but their brightness l was soft and benignant, the habitual expres- sion being tender and considerate. as if they WHOLE N0. 1,181.â€"â€"NO, 41, “ It is natural my girl that you should shed tears for me, it would pain me if you did ‘not grieve a little for the old father, butBaeon was right when he said, ‘ it is as natural to die as itis to be born,’ and it’s high time Iwas off. Not many men reach the age of eighty nine, as I have, and it maybe that thousands of better fellows than I, are food for the sword in this war. Do not nursey our grief, my dear, and spoil your life by sorrow, but make the best of your passage through the desert, which has often for me blossomed like a. rose. I hope you will not always be alone, but what ever troubles you have. or joys be good my child, be good ; do not spoil your life by sel- fishness, for I should be lonely even in Paradise without you, I should grieve even at God’s right hand if my child were excluded from Heaven. Think of your- self last and everybody else first and you will be _happy. would say ” now what can I do to give you pleasureâ€"to help you ‘2” An expression we often see in a dog, and very seldom in a hu- man being. Other expressions these blue eyes had, but this was the usual one. Clan Montgomery did not (some to perfection till she was of an age when many women begin to fade. As there are winter pears,whioh are hard, woody and quite uneateble till the month of March, and. autumn blossoms mak- ing gay and glorious the chill days of Novem- berâ€"the jsponica. alba for instanceâ€"so there are human beings who blossom and ripen late in life. They are slow in coming to perfec- tion, and slow to decay, consoling us for the loss of those human spring 1blossoms, or rather buds, which fall and perish before we have time to know half their beauty and sweetness. Both Clara and her father be- longed to this late flowering kind of humanity. Mr. Montgomery did not many till nearly fifty years of age, and was clear-headed and warm-hearted to the last. Age mel- lowed. it did not burden, and dur~ ing the last week of his life, al- though sufiering severe pain he took a tender interest in the world he was leaving. It was during the siege of Paris, and he hoped they were quieting down, hoped the mob would not destroy these beautiful trees on the Boulevards, the Just pride of every true Psr- man. This advice, like so much excellent advice. scattered daily and profusely through the lengths and breadths of the world, was worse than wasted becsuse bestowed upon the wrong person. It was taken to heart,snd coming from a dying father to a sensitive super-conscientious daughter had double weight. The last day of his life M. Mont- gomery made a sign that they should lift him and let him see his pet locusts once more as they swayed in the autumn wind. Life was ebbing fast when they raised him and when his head egtun touched the pillow he was dead. Thus ended a. long harmless happy life and Clara 3 very unselfish woman was left with the command to renounce self and think only of others. If she had been a Roman Catholic she would have taken the veil, so much did the last expressed wish of her father haunt her, but being a. Protestant she lived on in the old home and turning the matter over in her mind decided to give half her income yearly to charitable institu- tions. ” Yes this war is a dreadful thing,” said little Miss Browne, who was in the bed room and had been reading the paper to him, “ it will make silks and ribbons so dear." He laughed at that quite heartily, and re- peated it to Clara. when she returned to the room and Miss Browne had gone, saying “ the little lass is not heartless. She only lacks imagination to see things as they are. She cannot realize the suffering implied by the word war. She knows all about a. beauti- ful ribbon, but nothing of wounded and dying men, or starving thousands." v Cléra’s eyes filled' with tears. “ I think more of my loss than theirs,” she said “ I am selfigh, _too, papa_.” Worth $10,@O0,000 Two Years Ago, To- day Working for a. Good Living. A little more than two years since Johnny Skae, whom everybody knows. would visit Carson several times a month and as he passed down the street from the railroad depot. with an independent swagger, and a more inde- pendent look in his eye. men wouldenvionsly gaze after him and express their convictions that he would soon outstrip any single mem- ber of the Bonanza firm in the possession of millions. This was when Sierra. Nevada. and Union were selling at from 3250 to $300 per share, and Skae was supposed to hold 50,000 shares of the stock of those two mines. At that period he would have had no difficulty in realizing $10,000,000 in cool gold coin for his stock ; but no, he was ambitious, and de- sired no longer to play second fiddle even to such a colossal financial power as the Bonanza. firm. H e fancied that the prospective divi- dends of the Sierra Nevada and Union Con- solidated mines would be greater by tenfold than those paid by the California and Con- solidated mines. Johnny was oversanguine; he imagined himself a 100 millionaire, whose millions were safely deposited in the bowels of the earth. Of that he felt certain. In the meantime he entertained his friends in regal style. He invited them _ from San Francisco to participate in princely fish and champagne banquets, which were spread near the reservoir of the Virginia and Gold Hill Water Works, from which the luscious trout were taken, and in various other ways ex- tended his hospitality to friends in such a manner that they privately called him "Prince John." In the midst of this, however, he did one prudent thing and that was in settling $250,000 in bonds upon his wife. Believing that the stock of the mines of which he was so heavy a holder was sure to reach at least $1,000 per share, he hypothecated the sameto the Nevada Bank, and purchasedseveral thou- sand shares on a margin. Soon thereafter the market crashed, and it was not long be- fore his stocks were quoted at $50 and $60 per share. Of course that nearly ruined Skae ; but being a man of nerve and desirou of retrieving his lost opportunity, he kept on dabbling in stocks which at one time might have placed him in an enviable independent position, until he lost all that he had saved from the first blow ; and it is even said that the $250,000 which he settled upon his wife went the way of the rest. Now Johnny Skae is in Arizona, in place of living in luxury and superlative elegance, seeking a bonanza which he probably will never find. It is only once in a lifetime that one man in a. million is so enehantingly smiled upon by Fortune as Johnny Skae was two and a half years ago.â€" 1 Carson Appeal. â€"A burlesque company was performing at Atlanta. The Mayor had sent a. police cap- tain and three men to arrest the actresses if they did anything outrageously improper. The silk tights worn by some “living statues” were so perfect in flesh color that the captain doubted if they were really tights at amend he invaded the stage with hia Lforce, but an inspection showed that his sus- ipicion was groundless, and the show was al- lowed to go on. Man’s life is a game of cards. First it is crihbage. Next he tries to go it alone at a sort of out, shuflie and deal pace. Then he raises the deuce when his mother takes a hand in, and contrary to Hoyle, beats the little joker with her five. Then with his dia- mondls he wins the queen of hearts. Tired of playing alone hand he expresses a desire to assist his fair partner, throws out his cards and the clergyman takes a ten dollar bill out of him on a pair. She orders him up to build the fires. Like a knave he joins the clubs, where he often gets high, which is low, too. If he keeps straight he is ofttimes flush. He grows old and bluff, sees a deal of trouble when at last he shuffles off his mortal coil and passes in his cheeks, and he is raked in by a spade, life’s fitful game is ended, and he waits the summons of Gabriel’s trump, which shall order him urnâ€"Whitehall Times. JOHNNY SKAE’S BIG CHANCE. A CARD PLAYER’S SERMON. [To BE oommunnJ