The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

bonnie Loch-Toy atood my father's wee eat. a: home at my childhood end youth's sunny ye. Door memories of happineifi hollow the spot {that ever in soared to homage and praise: King hearts 'nenth its root in contentment aye we While c'omfort and plenty encircled our store, 0 l words cannot tell the fond leesutes we felt. Sweet pleeluresfilas i that w come nevermoro. lolomb the green mountains that towered around. I trod o'er the henther e mountaineer breve, I long the old song to the torrent'e wild sound, '1‘th echoed in ndeur from oonie end cave; And on round the ngle when wintry winds loved, I lbtened to stories of warrior siren, I‘he deeds of our clanemen who tyranny braved, Filled over my soul with the love that inspires. Al I the vile chief that a. comet wears, reqked all the deer joys that had strengthened ' Viifli ions. And kid on the no deep sorrows and cures Th“: dukened life a pleasure with saddest of “ Why do you again touch upon this topic ?" she asked evssivsly. “ I hoped, 41130, with that first necessary explanation, all was forever arranged betgween ns." Bfimel oppresion, an exiles to roam, ., 9 old and the young were all driven away, And all that we cherished of youth‘s happy home Is perished lo: ever and gone to decay. The Lawere' clear streamlet still sings as of yore, But gone are the voices that anewared its song, And. gone are the men tooome beck nevermore To gaze on a land 'neath the bondage of wrong. Agin 'midet the scenes of my childhood I rove, he ethane: of the true hover round the loved lpo ; I ligh tor the days that were laden with love, And weep o’er the mine of youth’s Highland cot. --Tho Boom}; Highlander. WM. ALLAN. BLUE VEINS AND BLACK; gazed down at these two mortele who had fled for protection to its arms. Over them lweyed end rustled the dark boughs with their thousend strange, mysterious voices. between which resonnded the full accords of the forest. It was tearinlly oppressive in this log ; this sweying and rustling had an uneerlhly tone. Eugenie started u sud- denly. es it she must break loose tom a danger whose meshes were tightening all nround her. From the valley rose a ‘dense, cloudy well, shutting closely around these two, as i! it would rivet them to this spot. Moun- tain and forest vanished in the gray vapor; but the fir rose giant-like above _it, sat! “.The log keeps growing hhioker.” ehe laid. use it oppressed by its weight, “and the weather more uncomfortable. Do you believe they any _denger_i_e at henfi ?" “ir‘hur glaho'ed upvsh the swaying masses 9! yapor. 5nd stroked the drops form his hair. “ I am not enough acquainted with our mountaian know how dangerous these norms may be,” he said. “And even if there were danger,_ yonld_you tear ?" “ I SEES}: gim'id; and. yet one always tests when litg isjn 991$le “ Always .1 I thought the life we had been leading to! these four weeks was not 0! that sort n cause one to tremble when it we! in dangerâ€"lush 01911 yo_u I" “n The young wile met down her eyes. “ So for ea 1 cm swore. I have not troubled. you with any com leints," she said softly. " Oh, no l on certainly give utterance to no complaints. I! you could only as well hep buck the pallor from your cheeks us the complaints from your lips X You would like to do so, but there your strength of will wanders. Do you believe that it gives me such great pleasure to see my wile silently Ming at my side because destiny he! forced her to thiseide 1" _ Hia eyes flashed. It: was again that quick, lightning like corusoation which came and went, leaving no trace behind. The eyes were dead and expressionleea as ever, when. utter a brief pause. he answeraâ€" " You really do not believe that? Ah? Well. my sensibilities have nothing to do with the matter. I should not have touched upon this subject. it I had not seen the necessity of givmg you the satisfaction of knowing that our marriage will be dissolved as soon as, with a due regard to the world, will be possible. Perhaps I shall not now see you so pale as in these last days; and perhaps you will now believe. what you ave hitherto regarded as a falsehood, that I had no suspicion of those machinations which won for me by force a hand which I supposed freely giyenz” 'TI believe ybti Arthur,” said she softly; " m} believg y_ou._ Arthur smiled ; bub it was a smile of nfinite bitterness with which he received this first proof of the confidence of his wife, in the moment when he renounced her. “ The tog begins to clear," he said ; " end the storm, for a few minutes at least. seems to have subsided. We must beaten down into the valley. There we are sheltered, and on very soon reach the farm. where it in to be hoped we can procure e carriage. W11! you follow me ?” The path was steep and slippery ; but mthur to-dsy seemed determined to belie his whole nature ; he strode firmly and securely down the hill; while Eugenie. in her thin shoes end long dress, and still more hindered in her motions by the cloak. made but slight progress. Arthur saw that he must come to her help; but a mere ofier of the arm would not answer. To really sid her he must carry her; and thisâ€"would not do. This husband hesitated about offering his New in me Eugenie’a tees that was oov- old wifl) deep, glowing blushes; but: it was not lie repreneh in his words which had sent this glow to her cheeks; it was the gtnnge word h_e {or the fist time had used “ Because you seem to cherish the delu- sion that I will all your life keep you in these letters, which surely are quite as opprgesive to me as they can possibly be to WE; ,J: _A,: _AL 1:....__:_ His voice was icy cold. and yet Eugenie glanced quickly up to him without being able to read the slightest thing in his iaoe, Why did he always veil those eyes when she strove to look into them? Would they not answer her ‘2 or did they fear her? " You speak 0! aâ€"separation ‘2" " Do you think I could regard a lasting marriage between us as possible, after that expression of high esteem. which that first evening I was forced to hear from your spy" I n,,,, u,,,, IVAAJ " When I have once undertaken a task, I do not succumb so easily; and es to: you. I do not believe you have any special sensibility to the miseries of this life we fivggogetherf in spanking of her. “ My wife.” he had laid. Yes. she will indeed married to him; but it had never yet occurred to her that he bid the_right to call_ her hie wife. Eugenie was silent. Over her head swayed and rustled still the green arms of the fir tree; the forest voices warnineg and theateningly called down to this wedded pair about to utter the word of life long separation; but neither would heed the gaming. “ We are not at liberty to waive all out- ward considerations." continued Arthur in the same tone; “ your father and mine are too well known in their circle, our mar- riage caused too great a sensation, to be dissolved at once. without giving the Resid- ence inexhaustible material for gossip, of which we should be tfie ridiculous hero and heroine. People do not. without scandal, separate after a tour and twenty hcure’ marriage; neither of a week or a month. For the sake of the proprietiee, they endure a year of each other’e society. and then, with some appearance of truth. declare that their characters are incompatible. I hope, we, too. shall be able to live together that length of time; but our strength for the task does not seem to be increasing. It thing: go on as they are. we shall both sink beneath it." 7 The erm which the young woman had twined around the trunk or the tree slightly trembled; but her voice was very firm, as she gplied_â€"_ A Story of Blood and Iron. My uhlldhood’l none. Neither spoke a word durin the ten minutes’ walk; but Engenie's ace grew paler at every step. It seemed as it she could not endure that this arm should be around her; that she must lean against this shoulder, so near that his breath touched her; and yet. as much as possible, he lightened the painlulness o! the situa- tion. Not a single glance did he give her; his whole attention seemed engrossed by the path; and certainly great care and cir- cumspection were demanded to avoid slip- ping down. But, in spite of all this repose, the young man’s lips again showed that treacherous quiver; and as, when they arrived at the loot of the hill, with a deep breath of relief, he set down his unwilling burden, one could have plainly seen, that, during this strange descent, he had been anything but cali_n_._ wile an attention he would at once have ofiered to any other lady and what any stranger. under the circumstances, would have accepted unhesitatingly, this wife hesitated to accept from her husband. She trembled slightly, as.a!ter a brief delay. he took her in his arms. The term buildings already glimmer-ed through the trees; and hastily, as it at any price they must cut short this time of being left to themselves, both took the path thither. Above them still raged the spring storm ; and up on the hill the mists lay thick around the fir at the torest’s edge. the tree which had protectineg folded its arms around them in that hour, 0! which the old myth of the mountain says. " Whit here unites is united forever; and whatso- ever here seperates is separated for all eternity l” Herr Berkow, having arrived while Arthur and his wife were in the forest, met them on their return. He seemed to have lost that exultent mood which he had brought with him on his former visit, when in his first flush of triumph over the new. arigtoeretio relationship. He wns. as ususl, exceedingly polite to his daughter-in-lew. and boundlesst indul- gent to his son ; but his manner was hasty, restless, and absent. This manner, although plsinly visible that first evening. was still more noticeable the next morning, when Arthur entered the aplrtment, and requested an interview. __ _ “ At some other time," he said evasively. “ Do not annoy me now with trifles, when my head is full of serious things. Money and business matters in the Residence are giving me endless trouble; all is loss and stagnation. But you understand nothin of this. end it cannot interest you. I shal bring things beck to the old routine, but I must beg youjnst now to spare me a recital of your private affinity: " It is no private “fair; the matter is of the deepest importance to you. I am sorry, whet, when you are so overwhelmed with business, I really must claim an hour of your_tilne ;_ but “funnel: be ogherwiset" “ Give it up. Ulrich; they will not join us from the other works,” said the young miner, Lorenz. who stood near Hartmann. " They think it is too soon for them ; they are not prepared; in short. they do not wish to join us. but will wait and see how matters turn out." There was a movement of surprise among the workmen. “ Alone I" asked some. “ Without our comrades 7" added the others; and the majority. with an ' “ Well then, after dinner I" exclaimed Berkow impatiently. “ You can wait. and I have no time now. The officers alrendy await me in the conference chamber; and I have promised the chief engineer to drive out with him after the conference." “ To drive out 7” asked Arthur; “ j'ou will _t_hen iyspegt the mines '5’" “No; I will inepech the elberetione which have been made in the elevators during my absence. What could I do in the mines 7" Meantime, the miners had gathered at the shaft, ready to descend to the second stint of the day. All were waiting for the overseer in chief, who had not as yet made his appearance. They were men of all agesâ€"men skilled in every sort of work that miners know; but most were groped around Ulrich Hartmann. who, with his foot planted upon the ladder. and his arms folded, though he was for the moment silflxt, seemed undeniably the leader_ot all: Ulrich threw book his hand in soon. “Well, for all I ooze, we will go on alone. We have no time to lose." He could nob have been making a. formal harangue; to: this. neither time not place were suited; but even in this short. chance interview. the speech named to be of mem- ters which now turned the principal topic among the workmen: _ “ I believed that you would some time personally convince yourseltit things are rea_.lly_ae badfiown fihel'e aa_th_ey say.” Berkow. who was just resdy to go, turned suddenly and gazed at his son in other astonishment. “ What do you know about the mines? Who put this into your head 7 It seems that the director, finding I would not listen to his demand for money for repairs, turned to my son. He went to the right person _truly I’: He went ; and Berkow, shaking his head, gazed after him. His son of his had some- times become quite incomprehensible to him. But he had no time to think of this ; so he hastily closed his writing desk.took his hat. and passed over to the conference chamber with an air that foreboded no good tojhe waiting oflioei's. “He iaughed afoud, without noticing the expresaion of displeasure in Arthur’s (m, as 113 mugged sharplye _ During this whole speech. Arthur had gazed silently out of he window. Now he turqu to go. “ You are quite right, papa,” he said ; “ but I see that you have neither time nor patience to listen to what I intended to any to 1011. Let it _be_attet dinnerthen." _ “ But still an examination must be made. as to how far these repairs are necessary; and it you would only go down with the engineer. you could give the shells a pass- ing i_nepeet_ion.” " I shall be careful not to do that." replied Berkow. “ Do you think I want to risk my life? There is no doubt thnt things are dangerous it} their prgsehu agate} “ I really believe you would reproach me I” cried Berkcw excitedly. “ Have you not tested all the joys of life? Hove I shunned any sacrifice to secure you these in the fullest measure? Shall I not leave you riches ?-I who began the world with- out a penny. Have I not, through this marriage to Baroness Windeg, gained you admission to the circles of the nobility, to which you will sooner or later belong? I would like to see the father who has done so much for his son as I l" The tone of 'the question was peculiar-â€" so pgulipg than age “the: trowngd: " Would you give me a moral lecture, Arthur? I think this must sound rather strange from your mouth. You seem, in the dulness of your stay in the country, to have taken to philanthropy. Have done with that ; in our circumstances it is a very expensive passion. I certainly shall take care, that, in ease of accident, no loss may accrue to me, which would be very incon- venient just now. What is abolutely necessary will be done ; but I have no money for extensive repairs. And, besides, I cannot allow the works to stop, even for the shortest time. To enable me to do this, you must want for less money than in those days just before your marriage. I really can- not understand why you all at once begin to trouble yourself about matters of which you are entirely ignorant. Give your mind, rather, to the furnishing of your parlors, to your winter some: in the Residence. and leave to me the care and responsibility in matters of which you do not know the slightest thing.” ‘5 No, papa. Eat the slightest I" emphasized the young man, with rising bitterness. “ F93 5h“, y9u_perta.inly have ggred." “3nd still you 35nd hundreds of work me_n_ down daily)" CHAPTER VIII. anxious expression, repea ted, “ Now .3 Right away 7” “ Now, say I l” cried Ulrich emphatically and imperiouely, while he threw a defiant lance around him. " If any of you are of «nether opinion._a_ay eo'l" ' ' , ‘1 LL--- Not an inoonaiderable portion of those present seemad to be of another opinion. still none ventured any decided opposition ; but gorenz said gravely-‘2 _ _ . . , , , A .4: L- “ But you ygt-zraelf think ill would be better it all the works around stopped at once." " Is it my fault that they wait and wait until our patience is at an end ?” asked Ulrich hastily. “ 1! they are determined to wait. we cannot; that they know right well. They went to send us on ahesd into the fire, to see how the battle turns out with us. True comrades that! Well, we will fight it out with_thei_n.:’ , “,4; L-" “ ASE-d}; you 'tégligibelieve that he”â€" Lorenz glanced in the direction of the chief’s houseâ€"" that he zilljieldj" _._ " He must," replied Ulrich decidedly, “ or he is ruined. Even now some of his speculations are turning out badly ; besides, he must pay all his son’s debts; and the new city residence will cost well on to the hundred thousands. If the works should lie idle now. just now, when the large con- tracts are closed, then there would be an end to his magnificence. Two years ago, perhaps. he might have borne up through all; now he cannot. We shall win the day it we threaten him.” " God grant that we may really win the day I" si had one of the miners. an elderly man. wit pale shrunken lace. and troubled air. “ But: it would be dreadful it we took all this went and anxiety upon us for nothing; and for weeks long filmed with our wives and children, only at last in ham things remain as of old. I! we should wait until our comrades?â€" W'TAEVyV'Vee." i! we wait for the others," here and there a voice ventured no aug- 8883:- . . ... u , ,, snul,,,L, “ Benneleas bubble, and no end I" broke out Ulrich wildly. “ I tell you that now. right away, in the best time; and we will go on. Will you go with me. or will you not? Answer I” " But do not be so hasty.” said Lorenz eppealingly. “ You know we all go with you, no matter how far it is; let them on the other works do as they will. We are united ; no one will leave you in the deci- sive hour." “ I would advise no one to remain behind if things become serious." said Ulrich, darting a morose. threntening glance to that corner whence the opposition had come. “ Then we could endure no coward- iee ; then each must stand by the other, and woe to him that does it not 1': The young leader in this despotic man- ner, seemed to possess the most eficctive weapon with his comrades, to stifle every rising germ of contradiction. His iew opposers, without exception elderly men. were silent; while others. especially the younger, with loud cheers pressed around Hartmann. who mpre calmly addedâ€"- Ulrich frowned. “ This evening? Do you think it of no consequence that we are to have a consultation to-night, and that you belong wi_th us, end not _wiiah_the_ cyeft 3f Vévbbers“? But yéu are not a whit better The young miner east down his eyes. “You know that, long as I have followed the girl. she has never liked me, because sheâ€"liked another. Well, I cannot really blame her for it"â€"his glance, with a sort of painful admiration, rested upon his friend â€"" And if it is really true that you stand in my way, then I must drive the thing from my head. But tell me frankly. are youlgvere ?'_' “ No. Carl," replied Ulrich sullenly; " we Ire not lovers, and never shall be. That we both know. I do not stand in your way with the girl; and I believe she will merry you it_ you ask hex-z" A gleam of joy passed over the young man's face. as he asked quickly, “ Do you really mean it? It you any it. it must be so; and I will try my luck that way this ver_y_ qvpniyg.” “ Disperee l" commanded Ulrich, and, obedient to the order, the crowd dispersed- anh took his miner’s lamp, which he had jufllaid guide. "-i‘i'I‘hâ€"emâ€"tfiéigééirul’r'r interrupted several voices. while all eyes turned to the door. ‘ The young man's glance and tone were so wild. so filled with the deepest hatred, that his far more moderate companion was driven to silence; and for a time the con- vereation ended. There was a. long pause. Hutmenn hed stepped to a window, and was gazing out impatiently, when all at once he felt a hand on his shoulder, and Lorenz stood at his side. “ I wish to ask you something, Ulrich." he began heaitatingly. “You will tell me, it I beg you to. How do you stand with Martha?" Somé' momenta passed before Ulrich answered. “ I with Martha? Must you know that ?” E‘V'vlrifiirim'w fibers is no time 'to discuss mat- ters."1‘hia evening_ye_wjll"â€" The chief overseer, who raiher unex- pectedly entered.must have seen the hastily dispersing throng; perhaps he had heard the cgmmand, for he gazed searchineg aroun . “ You seem to hold your comrades under excellent control, Hartmenn,” he said coolly. “ Rather so, Herr Overseer in chiel." reglierl Ulr_ioh_ in the same bone_._ To the chief overseer, as well as to the other officers, the plots of the workmen were no longer a secret; but he pretended no have seen and heard nothing. and con- tinued indifierently-T " Herr Berkow is coming with the engineer to inspect the elevator. You and Lorenz are to remain at the tool: way shaft until thegentlemen again emerge to the light at day. Steiger Wilm can attend to your meg until they return.” Ulrich laughed bitterly. " What are you thinking of? We must daily rink our lives down there ; it is well enough for us, but the chief remains in the tootwsy shaft. I wish I could have him once alone with me, eye to eye; he should teach me that trembling we must no otten go through with below." Ulrich gave a quiet acquiescence to the Order, and remained bank with Lorenz; while the others, under the lead of the chief overseer, went down. But as the last at his comrades vanished, the young miner turned resenttplly away. An expression of undisguised oontempi played around Ulrioh’a month, as he scorn- lully replied. “ He counts to: nothing. At the very first alarm. he will run back to the city for safely. It we had to do with him, it would be soon over. He says yesto all, it one threafiens not to let him sleep on. The lethal-yin give us t_nore_to do." _ fi'r'ifirévivill ingpect the elevator,” said Lorenz thoughtfully. “ Will he also go into the mine 2" “ Cowards they are, the whole of them I" he muttered fiercely. “ who cannot stir from their place by reason of their irresolu- tion and timidity. They know, as well as I, that we ought to avail ourselves of this very hour ; and yet they will not go for- ward because they are aloneâ€"because the others will not stand by them. It is a lucky thing that we have Berkow against us, and no other. It he were a politic man, who at the right time showed us his teeth, and at the right time gave us good words. we could bring nothing _to_p_ass.’j__ “ No; he is cowardly like all tyrants. He swaggers and threatens while he has the upper hand; but it his skin or his gold sacks were in danger, he would crawl on his hands and knees. He has made himself so thoroughly detested. he has no goaded the miners to extremities, that at last not one will remain behind. Then it will be well; then we shall have him in our hands.” " And the young gentleman ‘1’ Do you think he will take no part when the riot breaks loose ‘1" 7 “ 50 you u‘fiinlfhe will do nothing. than ‘I" asked Lorenz somewth dilitrusqflully. than the others. Now that we are about to go into the fight. your head is full of your love afleire; when every man should be glad he has neither wife nor child, you think of marrying l I am out of patience withyou e_ll l" “ But I must ask Marthe,” declared Lorenz apologeticelly; “and, it she really says yes. it will still be a. long while before our marriage. Hertmenn, you do not know how in is with one who loves that he cannoh possessâ€"how it wrings his heart day by day to see another with his chosen oneâ€" enother, who has only to reach forth his hand after that for which he would give his life, 3nd yet connot grasp. Yog’jâ€"_ “Stop, Carl!" interrupted Ulrich. with trembling lips, while he let hieplinohed hand tell no violently that it threatened the wood work of the window. " Go to Martha; marry her it you will ; but speak to me no more of such things. I will not, I cannot hear it I" The young miner gazed in astonishment at his friend; he could not understand this agitationâ€"this wild renunciationâ€"as he must have given up the girl of his own free will. But there was no time to'ponder over the matter; for, at this moment. Berkow’s sharp voice was heard outside. In a most ungraoious voice he said to the oflioers who accompanied him : " I beg most emphatically to hear no more of this. The old ventilators have done service for a long time, and no accident has happened ; they must still answer. I will have nothing to do with these costly repairs you are pleased to declare necessary because they do not come out of your pockets. Do you think I wish to iound here a model philanthropic institution ? The working capabilities must be increased. and the sum required for that will be grantedâ€"«nothing more. It the miners are in danger. I cannot help it; they earn their bread in this way. I cannot throw away money to secure a few miners and upstarts from accident that may possibly happen to them, but which up to this time has not happened. The repairs in the mines will be limited to things absolutely needed to increase their capabilities; and this I tell yogonee for all.’j_ - lsI .,s,,s He flung open the door of the shed, and seemed unpleusntly surprised to find the two miners. whom he had not supposed to be here. and who' must have heard his last words ; still more unplenssnh seemed their presence to the chief enginee‘r.‘ ,,u ,,,,m. I fannfifimnnmhat are‘fion doing up here ?” be aged rqqglgly as he enfier‘efi. “ The chief overseer told us we must accompany the gentlemen into the foot way shalt,” answered Ulrich. without turginghis glowing ey_ee trougfierkow‘.‘ In medieeval times, when one of the fashionable follies was neglect of education, rulers and other gentlemen, instead of mak- ing their mark or endeavoring to sign their names, dipped one of their thumbs in ink and blotted their mark on documents in that way. In some respects it marks the distinction between two signatures even better than {he writin employed by civilized peep e, since t e latter may be perfectly imitated. and the thumb im rint cannot be oounterfeited. On account 0 the difliculties which it places in the way of deception. it is probable that the thumb system will be taken advantage of by the new Custom House officials so as to make it impossible for a return certificate to be used by any Chinese except the one to whom it was regularly issued. No two thumb signatures are alike. Even the imprint of cue's right thumb does not correspond with that of the left, and when the two are had together no Mongol can palm himself ed for the real holder of a certificate. The complete difference between the arrange- ment of the grain of various thumbs has been demonstrated in enlarged photogracghs 0! such signatures taken l‘y Taber. he lines of the grain are all that are left on the paper. The photographs were shown to Mint Superintendent Lawton, and he wrote to Secretary Manning advising the adoption of the plan they afiorded with regard to marking Chinese certificates. If this be done, the description of a departing Chine- man, which, as has been found, applies in most or all particulars to other Mongols,oan- not be mistaken.â€"Son Francisco Chronicle. The ohiet engineer shrugged his shoulders. and turned to Berkcw with an air which plainly said, " He might have chosen another for this service.” But he made no remark. The richest man in Jamaica, George Stibel, is almost black. Originally a pedlsr of salt fish, this lucky individual stole a voyage to Peru, and there by some means became possessed of e. gold mine which has mode him tabulatist wealthy. _‘TVeiy well I" said Berkow unruly. “ G . ahead, and we will follow: 7‘ thck auf1_’ ’1 Bosh miners obeyed; but. when out of sight of the gentlemen, Lorenz paused for a moment. “ Ulrich l” “ What do you wish ?" " Did you hear ‘I “ That he cannot throw away a few thousands to secure the lives of his miners; but that the working capacity of the mines shall be increased by hundreds of thous- ands '2 Well, no one is safe here in flhese depths, and he goes down Ito-day. We will wait and see whose turn comes first I Go on, Carl 1" _ It seemed as it. with the storm of the day before, the long awaited spring had won by force her kingdom. There had been a magic change in the weather during the night. Fog and clouds had vanished, leaving no trace, and with them wind and cold. The hills. now clearly visible, were flooded with sunshine, and around them floated the breath of the warm delicious air. One could at last indulge in ahope that the incessant rain and tempest ot the last few weeMes over, and would be followed by a long, bright spring and golden summer. ' Eugenie had stepped to the balcony, and was gazing out into the now, at last, unveiled landscape. Her eyes thoughtful y and dreamily rested upon the,hills yonder. Perhaps she thought of that dark hour yes- terday upon the height; perhaps there yet toned in her ears the rustling and sighing of the green fir boughs; but the remem- brance was quickly and forcibly broken by the sound of a post horn very near. Imme- diately after, an extra post chaise halted below the terrace; and with a cry of joy and surprise the young woman flew from the balcony. " My father I" It was indeed Baron Windeg who quickly stepped from the coach, and entered the house. His daughter was already upon the steps to receive him. It was their first meeting since her marriage; and in spite of the presence of the two servants, who came rushing in to receive the distin- guished guest. the father clasped his child in his arms just as passionately as on the evening of her wedding day, when, in her riding dress. she had hidden him adieu. The young woman at length gently loosed herself from his embrace, and withdrew with him into her tavor_it_e apartment, the little blue ialon. . “ A journey ?" Eugenia. gazed quee- tioningly into her father’s face ; and his eyes rested searchineg upon her features, as it he would there read the history of the weeks since she left him ; but now, as her glance fell upon the but he still held in his left hand, she turned pole with terror. " It was not: contemplated. my child. A journey led me into this region 5 and I could and would not shun the circuitous route of a few hours. which would bring me to yqufi’ _"'-!VWHaf‘disur ris'e, papa !" said Eugenie, still beaming w th joy and excitement. “ I had 110 presenbim'ent 9}! this visit from yogi" ' i'i‘he baron. his arm still around hex, sat down with hot on the soft. ‘ Reviving the Thumb Signature. (To be continued). A Family Physician’s Rules for the Sc!!- Cure 0! Ills Patients. Ennuiâ€"I speak advisedly and from ex- perienceâ€"is a disease of the temperate zones and of civilized peoples. says Carrell‘a Magazine. Among the languid, idle inhab- itants of the torrid zone it is unknown. Among the hardier and harder inhabitants of the far north it does not exist. And why ? Because the latter, although they may live as high as we do, take more ex- ercise and breathe a stronger air, while the former are free irom it owing to the ab- stemious nature of their diet. These factsâ€"and facts they areâ€"almost alone suggest a cure for this peculiar ailment cf “ advanced civilization." And I might add that the simple natives of the torrids do not drink tea or coflee, or smoke to the extent we do. And now, what am I to say about the treatment of this complaint? Nothing individually, that is obvious. Shall we seek for a panacea in the pharmacopceia? Alas I there is none. And yet I do not bid the ‘ sufierer despair. On the contrary, I preach hope. At present he may see all things dark and dim, “ as through a glass ;" it is in the very nature of his complaint to to look at matters. He must take heart of grace. Shall he make an attempt to shake off his trouble 7 No; the effort would end in failure and further exhaustion. But I will not have him sit indoors gazing out- wards at the gloomy weather. and inwards at the gloom on his own mind. Without actually forcing himself to any great exer- ‘ tions, either mentally or bodily, he must not sit idle and worry. He cannot force a cure ; he may induce one, though, by degrees. If he believes that the ailment from which he is suflering is to a great extent a blood disease, he will have a start toward recovery. He must get his blood purified. He must live abstemicusly; eat but little, especially if weak. The mistake weakly people constantly make is forcing in their systems food which cannot be digested and continues to poison the blood; or they drench themselves with tonics, in doing which they are but breeding heat and fever; or they take stimulants. This last is almost a fatal mistake, for the brain of one sufiering from ennui is far too weak to bear stimulation. By-and-by, when the sufferer feels lighter. happier and more hopeful.then tonics may be begun most cautiouslyâ€"mild vegetable tonics first, with cod-liver oil. The cure will be complete only after months of living by rule, the daily use of the bath, and all the healthful exercise. withâ€"this is a rim qua non- somsthieg to may, Without harassing the min . pus-anon Mcje‘llkl‘iruble 1mm Expedi- Iioh.” " = ' We learn from General Sherman and other high authorities on such matters that the way to kiss a woman, with profit to yourselt and comfort to her. is not to go about is as you would scald hogs, but to take your time and be in no hurry. Don’t grab for the ears or back hair in the wild insanity of celerity so necessary at meal time on the railroad, but go about it as though you had ten thousand years to live and had nothing else to do, Light. ning work in photography and travelling for Canada is getting to be all the rage, but in kissing duration is more desirable than expedition, Some men. we are told. have the faculty 0! kissing faster than an alarm clock can strike, and making more noise in doing it.but that sort of kissing only disturbs the neighborhood and does nobody any good. The kiss that lingers 11 memory and makes the hair curl in old age is the one that sealed the betrothsl, and that seemed to last forever. Perhaps the only reason why it didn’t was because your breath gave out. Noth- ing but ateam of horses could part the It s of plighted love at a jewellsd moment 0 that sort. it lovers had only been so‘ formed by nature as to breathe through their feet on occasions so precious.â€"j Chicago Ledger. Preventive Medicine. smnrox. With smallpox threatening another epidemic outbreak in Chicago, the results of a recent investigation in Germany are of timely interest. A commission ap- pointed by the German Government last fall on the subject of vaccination and its efleots as a preventive oi smallpox reports that since 1874. when revaoeiuatlon began to be strictly and generally enforced, not one death from smallpox has occurred in the German army, while those of Austria and France, where revauoination is neglected,_and where the Boldltl‘! mix with an imperfectly protected population, the mortality has been high, ranging from ten to twenty-five per 100,000 in the Austrian army and from seventeen to twenty-nine in the French. Comparison of the ravages of the disease in the large cities of Europe is also made. in all cases the results being largely in favor of Germany. These facts are held to show that revaccination confers almost complete immunity from smallpox, and justify the enforcement of the ordinance by the German health authorities. This testi- mony accords with the thin proposition of the Illinois State Board of Health in its exhaustive report on this subject, to wit: “That not only may epidemic outbreaks be prevented with absolute certainty by vaccination universally and properly per- formed, but the disease itself may be entirely eradicated and its reproduction be rendered practically impossible if every individual were efficiently vaccinated in infancy and the operation repeated at pro- per intervals of time. This is one 0! such proper times for all who have not been recently revaccinated." MEDICAL DBUNKENNE ES. An English doctor, illustrating the risk of establishing a taste for intoxicating drinks by prescribing alcoholic liquors as medicinal agents, tells of a favorite dog which, falling sick, was treated by the veterinary surgeon with brandy. “ Ever since, if he hears any one speak of brandy. he is up in a moment on his hind legs beg- ging for the seductive physio." Though cases of what may be called “medical drunkenness ” are not so numerous as it is popularly supposed, instances are, unfor- tuuately, too common where the medical prescription of strong drinks has been the beginning of a career of excess. Alcoholic liquors should be the last. and not the first, resort. Especially should such “tricksy spirits ” never be administered to reformed inebriates or to persons under suspicion of atransmitted alcoholic taint. The whole system of such is ever ready to respond to the lightest touch of the poison. and the smallest slip will often light up an uncon- trollable confiagration. TBIOHINA . M. pupren, veterinary inspector of the butpher-sho sin‘l?aris,’ has been making some exper ments with tricbina-infebted pork, from the results of which he argues that the deleterious influence popularly ascribed to such meat is not so great as has been claimed. He fed rats on this meat for three weeks, but without reducing any symptoms of trichiniasis. he American method of preventing any possibility of harm from this cause by thoroughly cooking all forms of pork is not likely to be aban- doned on such evidence. FOOD VALUE OF BEEF TEA. Chemistry has decided that the food value of beef tea is so small that it can scarcely be classed as a food. Physicians have for some time taught that to give a convalescent beef teaueven “ the very strength of the meat "â€"is to give him a stone when he asks for bread. What is needed is to add some one of the prepared foodsâ€"the so-called " baby foods,” grape sugar or malt extract. This fact is not sufl‘iciently well known to nurses, and hence convalescence is often needlessly prolonged. ENN III. Old Uses and AMI-es o! the Termsâ€"A “in! to Some Fa-hlonnbles. Writing on the uses and abuses of the words " lady " and " gentleman," Charles Forster Smith says in the Current: One would have supposed that this misuse would not have obtained in the South at a time when people Were practically divided into two classes, gentlemen and slaves; but that it is no new thing proves the anec- dote which Professor Bchele De Vere tells in his “ Americanisms.” The Duke of Baxe-Weimar, when in Alabama, was asked : “ Are you the man that wants to go to Selma ?" "Yes." " Then I'm the gentleman that’s going to drive you." Again ‘ of Sir Charles Lyell he tells this: “ The landlord or the inn called out in his bar - room, seeking Sir Charles’ coaehman, ‘ Where’s the gentleman that brought this man here ?” And the Kentuckian was not more exact in his use of the word who naively showed his preference for his native State by speaking , of a company as consisting of " one scrub \ lrom New England, a fellow from New York, a 1mm from Virginia, and two gentle- men irom Kentucky.” According to the Nashville Union. a recent excursion from Hopkinsville, Kentucky, consisting of one hundred and seventy-three persons, “ was composed entirely of gentlemen and boys " â€"a most remarkable Sunday railway ex- cursion, surely. But the dime-museum lecturer, mentioned in the Atlantic recently, surpassed all others in a ludicrous misuse of the term when he referred to the Zulu on Exhibition as _“ this gentleman." Fur mule from feathers is a product of recent years. In many respects it is e no] or even superior to genuine fur. be material is used for the borders of ladies’ cloaks, dresses. em, and evan reelsld- cloaks have been successfully imiusued with it. The Somerville Journal says that “ a this season of the year lovely women pre serves everything but he: equanimity. Yes, she even gets he: nerves jarred. The English laugh at Americans for writing themselves in hotel registers as “ A. B. and Lady.” and it is ridiculous enough. Perhaps if such over-nice people know that even hotel-keepers look upon such entries with suspicion the custom would soon die out. That is a capital story withagood point that Mr. Benet ("Essay on Americanisms”) tells ot the sentry who halted the wife or the general as» she was crossing torhidden ground: “ The General‘s orders. me’am; no one can pass.” “ But I’m the General’s lady." “ You couldn’t pass,ma'am, it you were his wife.” however large, epeedily and painlessly cured without knife. caugbic, powder or ointment. Consultation tree, Write for pamphlet and references, enclosing two letter stamps for reply. World’s Dispen- sary Medical Association, 662 Main Street Bufielo. N. Y. The first impulse is to say that well-bred people do not misuse the term; but per- haps the very next thing you will receive a nerd directed to “ Mr. A. B. and Lady," from people who would be very angry at the thought of not being considered well- bred. The newspaper must help to correct the fault, but how much the newspaper, in some quarters at least, has to learn, see from this. The Southern newspaper. giving a list of press exeursioniets, men- tioned “ John Jones and lady." I'Williimn Brown and wife " and “ Richard Smith and ladies " But certainly it there is any logic in the situation. and if John Jonee’ “ lady " was his wile, then Richard Smith must be sMormon ; and, it nothing else is wrong, certainly William Brown’s wife has a. right to feel hurt an not being called a lady. One some“ times sees a drunken msn pitched violently from a. horse, and when the bystanders rush to the spot, expecting to find him dead, they are astonished to discover that he has been little injured. In his “ Scrambles Among the High Alps,” Leslie Stephen tells the story ofs. guide, who, while drunk, fell over a precipice so deep that s. {all over it seemed almost certain death, and who yet sustained little injury. Ste hen accordingly gave his readers the a vice either not to fall over a precipice, or to get thoroughly dru‘nk before doing so. The reason of this immunity is that the nerve centres are so much pars- lyz‘ed in the drunken men as not to be sfiected by the shock of the tell; which, in a." sober man, would have acted upon them so violently sis to stop'the heart, arrest the circulation, and cause instant depth. London Truth quotes she following as ” the notion of domestic happiness ” of an “ American lady who recently lectured in St. James' Hall on the subjects of love, courtship and marriage:" “A pleasant room, a bright fire. a comfortable cat and dog. rosy-checked children, and a prettily- dressed mother, with sewing in hand. To these enters the husband. tired with his day’s work. and happy to he at home. He throws himself in a comfortable armchair, in an attitude of careless repose, which he completes by placing his feet upon his wife‘s knees.” Now, If calling the author of that an American lady be not a conces- sion to what London Truth conceives to be American taste. then the word must be thrown about quite as loosely in England as here. And the following sentence from Humphrey Clicker shows that the misuse in England is an old one : “ Mr. Dennison insisted upon Liddy’s accepting two bank notes of one hundred pounds each as pocket money, and his lady gave her a diamond necklace of double that value" A recently returned misiionary gives the following novel and interesting description of Palestine : “ Jerusalem has 18,000 people, and you can walk across it, describ- ing its diameter, in fifteen minutes. You go upon the wall and walk around the city in one and a half hours. The streets are very narrow and filled with sleepy shopkeepers, who have only energy enough to charge double price for everything they sell. and are so sleepy and indolent that they are very likely to tell the customer to call and make his purchase on some other day. The place where the Temple stood is still to be seen. You may go out at the ruin of the ‘ Gate called Beautiful] and pass on to the Garden of Gethsemane. Then you can go to the top of the Mount 0! Olives, from which you can see the Dead Sea and the windings ol'. the Jordan. The Jordan is a very narrow river and a boy could toss an apple from one hanh‘to the other, if there were any apples to be" found in Falestine. The Sea of Galilee is about ten miles long, and from there you reach Mount Hermon and then Damascus on the borders of the Arabian desert. The minarets can be seen five hours before the city is reached. Damasous is the oldest city in the world ;it was a city in the time of Abraham. It is a beautiful city and is filled with fountains, and I was lulled to sleep with the fragrance of the jessamine and the ceaseless music of the waters. Palestine is 160 miles long and 120 miles broad, and to that land the Metho- dist Ohurch must send a missionary." Whether the misuse be American, or English, or both, it is very certain that it really well-bred and cultured people do not; take up and foster the words man and woman, their use, in any proper and noble sense, is in danger of dying out in some parts of this country. It the South is worse off in this respect than any other section, in is perhaps a judgment 0n the idea some people used to hold that we once had somewhat o! a monopoly of that sort of thing. “LADY” AND “GENTLEMM.” The Holy Land As [I Is Elle Tun:ng " It has become so common to begin an argin in an elgggn‘t, intereazigg able. “ And simply call attention to the merits of an Bitters in as plain, honest terms as possible. “ To induce pecple “ To give them one trial, which so proves their value that they will never use any- thing else.” “ Then run ii'iuté some adserfise'menb. than we avoid all such. medil " In cgmfiofiifdihrgiéfifigfiaEâ€"éufihou virtue are so palpable to every one's observation." “ No I " She lingezed and suffered along, pining away all the time for years." “ The doctors doing her no good ;”‘ “ And at last was cured by this Hop Bitters the papers say so much about." ” Indeed 1 Indeed I" " How thankful we should be tor that medicine." “ Eleven years our daughter anfiered on abed_ol misery. “ From a complication of kidney, liVer, rheumatic trouble and Nervous debiliny, “ Under the care of the bean physicians, " Who gave her disease various names, “ Bull no relief. “ And now, she is restored to us in ood health by as simple a. remedy as op Bitters, than we had shunned for yearn before using it." Tun PARENTS. W nearing}; red tin tag; that Lorlllard‘: c, degfegemmgwm n’nvy i p 11 man a a '5 mu m the beat ans chegpest. quality considered ? " J_.. COMPLETE Ladlu’ Callegc in the Dominion; haso er 190 graduates; 113.5 «in on.th owe; 9,90 yogn ludiep; has over 150 rooms and every convex; arms (or column and health. Unusual advantages in Music and An open: Sept. 1". Address the Principal. A. BURNS. DJ) [414.3, (Mention this paper.) fi'None genuine without I. bunch 0! green Hops on the white label. Shun all the vile poiaonous atnfl with "Bop" or "Eopa' in their name. Polson's Nnnvmmn, the new and certain pain cure. is used With satisfaction in every instance. There is abundant reasons for this, for ill performs all that is claimed {or in. Nerviline is a. never-tailing cure (or cramps, pains in the Bldg?! heck, lnmhsgo, sore throat, ohilhlmns, toothache. Nervi- line is in {not a sure remedy for all pains, both internal and uternal. Try a 10 cent: sample bottle. Large bottles only 25 cents, by all druggists. THE 0' DEBT AND THE MOST COMPLETE Ladle.’ College in the A thing to boast of in Maine is a horse upon which ten govemora have rid den. 13611516; NfYI wmm mums‘mougaaifi gages; 'BR’YA‘N’T'S' ‘ Bfiéfims'é'fi‘éiibfié'fii it??? REMEDY so favorably noticed in 3.1 the That many with the glad consent praise new-born remedies, especially if they pay a larger profit, no one conversant with ihe substitution practiced in this respect wul deny, and when you are told by inu meted parties that such and such a preparation is as " good or better” than the great sure pop corn cureâ€"Putnam’s Painless Corn Extractorâ€" just for a moment consider it your benefit prompts the sdvxce, or it the smell additional profit secured by the sale of inferior or poisonous substitutes lies at the bottom at the suggestion. We set “Jen. buy only Putnam's Painless Corn Eursc- tor; the sale. sure and tested remedy tor corns will be lound in Putnam's Painless Corn Extractor. N. O. Pollen J: 00.. Ki:.g- ston, proprietors. STUDY, Bb'ok-kéeping'; Bdsfnesfl Fol-mi. Writing, Shorthmd. * eta; thorough]!1 taught bynggi'l‘._“grcglrg.gs_ Jig}, A 3.1“... “w. “nun It the whole world were put into one male. and my mother into the other, the whole world would kick the beam. Among other valuable lessons imperrug by nhis teacher is the fem: that for a vex long time Dr. Pierce’s " Golden Medina. Dieoovery" has been prince of liver porxuy hives and blood purifiers. being the house: hold physician of the poor man, and the able eoneulaing physician to the rich patient, and praised by all tor its magnifi- cent service and efficacy in ulldieeaeee of a chronic nature, as malarial powering, ailments oi the respiratory and dignng systems, liver disease and in all one: where the use of an alterahive remedy 36 indicated. PURE GROUND SHOES in all sized packages. W. G. DUNN & CO., £100,000.000 m um Bnmsn Cover c-r CHANGER! l-A large part of this vast sum belongs to the people of America. Cox & 00., 41, Southampton Buildings, Holhom. London. Eng., have just published nLlsr at the heirs to this enormous wealth. Reader, send sdollsr and they will forward you this valuable LIST; and it you find by it that you are entitled to any money or pro- perty, claim your own. Cox & Co. will show you the way. T116 ‘I‘mde ;V)p1ied with whole Roasto 2g Ground Coffees in Am- JACKS; or 25 1b. tins. Our 100. tins of PURE 8mm are perfectisn; all our goods branded “r ure’“ 2 e guarantwd free from adui . L;;tlon. DU"“‘:"3 VBA KING- PpWDER, 1s “Tia” net/5’s Rest Fmend.” u '**"*-*" 2i ” w '-'-v~ “777" :"v £1733" Our DuENDED Comm, my! grougd and unground 1n 1 11). 131113le a, perfect luxury: “ Change for the better," said the cashier of the pool-room as he paid out the cash to nhe winner. of either sex, however induced, promptly, thoroughly and permanently cured. Bend uhree letter stamps for large illustrated treatise. World’s Dispensary Method Association. Buffalo, N. Y, Trash not a. womzm when she weeps, in: i1) is he: nature to weep when she want: her will. We import only the fig; qualitiespf Coffee and $151( TO DEALER AND CONSUMER. CANADA MILLS, HAMIL'i ON. Years Teach More Than Books. IE-IIIAAJIIL'I‘OJS'2 CANADA. Advertising cheat- X I X 'l‘no Way (It the World. A Daughter’s (Ill-cry. I) OH. L. 42 85. THAT Lorillard’s Climax Plug Will- Smut-(Mon. Did She Die ‘f Deflcnle Disease- .I’LAUI Io noun a Basin. Mummy Ezeusmwsg _-.__kl_‘ R. U. AWARE ihe grams: ll DODth