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Crystal did not answer; perhaps she could not. He was coming up to London, actually to Belgrave House, and on this very evening. Erle must have got scent of her secretâ€"how or in what manner she could non guess; but all the same, it must be Erle who had betrayed her. She had thought him a little odd and constrained the last few times she had seen him; she had noticed more than once that his eyes had been fixed thoughtfully on her face as though he had been watching her, and he had seemed somewhat confused when he had found himself detected. What did it all mean? but never mind that now. Raby would be coming to Beulah Place, but she would be hundreds of miles away before that; she was safe, quite safe; but if only she could see him before she went. If she could only get rid of this tiresome Percy, who would stay, perhaps, for hours. Could she give him the slip? She could never remain in his company through along even~ ing ;‘it would drive her trauma to listen to him, and to know all the time that Baby was near, and she could not see him. And then all at once a wild idea came to her, and her pale cheeks flushed, and her eyes grew bright, and she began to talk rather quickly and in an excited manner. SIR HUGH’S LOVES. “ Yo l would hate me all the more, I sup- posel” I at defiant voice. - “ Indced I do not hate you, my poor pay; but you make me very angry sometimes. Do you know me so little as to think I “ What, hnve you done him misch of already? Whyâ€"why are you not more generous to the poor boy ? Why do you encourage these visits that you know will anger Mr. Huntingdon? Why do you tempt him from his duty ‘7 Percy, I implore you to be true to yourselfand him. Look into yogr own heart and aeeii you are acting an honorable part.” “Yvon are always hard on me,” he returned, Bullenly. “ Who has been black- eniufi my name torryoru?" “ No one, no one, ” she answered, quickly ; “ but you are a. reckless talker, and I have gathered much from my own observation. You have told me more than once that you are in debt ; sometimes I fear you gamble. Oh I” as a dark flush mounted to his fore- head, “I should be grieved to think that this is true.” “ It, could never be yours,” she returned, quickly ; “ a. Tmfl’ord will never be Mr. Huntington’s heir.” “ I would change my name.” “ That; would avail you little,” with a. touch of her old scorn. for the speech dis- pleased her. " Mr. Hundindgon would never lea-Va his money to the son of me man he hated, and of the daughter whose disobed- ience embittered his life. Mr. Erle has to answer for no sins but his own.” ‘ “0h! do you know, Mr. ’l‘rafford,” she said, gvaIy, " I think it is very wrong of you to encourage Mr. Erle to come so often to Beulah Place. Fem is prettyâ€"wary pretty, and Mr. Erie is fond of saying pleas. am things to her, and all the time he Knows Mr. Huntington wishes him to marry Miss Selby. He has no right no make himself so agreeable to your sister; and I think you ough} to keep him in haste; order.” “ Oh! I dou'n pretend to be Erie’s manner,” he returned, a little suikily; for he thought he saw her drlin to keep him from talking of his own feelings. “I. never interfere wuh other fellows.” “Yes, but Fem is your sister," in a reproachtul voice; “and I do think you are to blame in this. Why do you not tell him that he must. leave your sister alone,a.ud keep to Miss Selby. Your grandfather would be very angry if he knew of these visits to Beulah Place, and than Mr. Erle would get into trouble.” “ He had better be careful though,” was the ggick rqsponse. “ You know you may say what you like to me," he returned moved by the gentle- ness of her speech, for she had never been so gracious to him before. “ You have more influence over me than any one else in the world. If you could make me a. better msn, Miss Davenport.” "1 can't help that," was the indifferent answer. “ Erle must take his chance with the rest of us ; he Knows as well as I do the risk he runs." And in spite of her preoccu- pauon, Crystal noticed a. curious change in Percy’s tone. “ Mr. Trafford,” she said, trying to con- trol her impatience, “ I wish you would let me speak to you for once, as though I were your friend.” she would have substituted the word sister. but she feared to provoke one of his outbursts of indignant pleading. “1 would give much to do it,” she answered in a. low voice that thrilled him strangely. “Mr. Tmflord, you will be angry with me if I speak to you very frankly, and earnestlyâ€"as earnestly,” here she paused, “as though we were bidding each other good-bye to-night for along time.” “ Very well,” she answered, with a. faint smile at his boyish insistence, “ it shall be Percy thenâ€"no, do not interrupt me,” as he seemed about to npeak. “ I am very troubled and unhappy about Mr. Erle‘s visits ; they are doing harm to Fern, and I must tell you, once for all, that you are not doing your duty either to your sister or cousin.” “Erie again,” he muttered moodily. “ Yes, because the matter lies very close to my heart, for I dearly love your sister. Mr. Traffordâ€"Percy, I meanâ€"you have youth, health, talentsâ€"41m whole world lies before you; why do you envy your cousin, because he is likely to be a richer man than you ?" “ I don’t see that I need trouble myself about another fellow’s love affair; I have too much in my own mind. Of course you look impatient, Miss Davenport, it is a crime to speak of my own feelings; but how can you expect me to take interest in another fellow when I am so utterly miser- ableflysglt ?_’_’ ' “ He has robbed me of my rightful inhefitanqey” was t_he mood): npswer. “ Do you mean that he would get into serious trouble? is that what you would imply? I do not think you are doing your duty, Mr. Tmfiord,if you do not warn him of Mr. Huntington’s displeasure. Mr. Erie is weak, he is easily guided, but he has good principles; you could soon induce him to break 011‘ his visits.” ” If you will 03.11 me Percy," he replied, with sudden vehemence, " you shall say wha_t_you likg to qua.” But give me smiles," the maiden said, “ I like not tears and aobs and sighs; T1}ey_silqug all lifg’g' OQieB, Au'd'fill 60d 5 sunshine froni our ey'es Smiles wake the soul to love dnvine, And make the heart leap like old Wine." “4179, manila} are_ best," girlierrxrnatron said, V770” (If. iomping girls and'boys. And when with Bwuet words they are given, They blessing straighnway brmg from heaven Then thgugh. you hgye naught else to give, I‘M; icihiliirén love them more than toys; Tp‘ey 14:11) the mama. ol_ the days _?}E§Ei§: thverwurld a smfling face; Itjill forgive your gmvgs‘g faults For thlsvune happy act: 0! grace. It needs no head with world-lore wise To sunshine make With lips and eyes. Bess went to church one sultry day; Sue kept awake, I'm glad to say, Till “fourthly” started on its way. Then the moments into hours grew; on dearl oh dear! what should she do? Unseen, she glided from the pew. And up the aislr demurely went, On some absorbing mission bent, Her 9, es filled with a look intent. She stopped and said, in plaintive tone, With hand uplifted toward the dome, “ Pleasr, preacher‘man, can I go home?" The treble voice, belHike in sound, Disturbed a sermon most. prufuuud, A titter swelled as it went round. A smile the pastor's face o’erspreadâ€" He paused and bent his stately head; “ Yes, little dear,’ he gently said. A Scene in Church. Smiles. â€"Haryer’s Baza'r. “1am not your judge,” was the cold reply ; and then. as she saw the misery of his face, she relented. “ Indeed it is not too late to retrieve the past. If you have debts, if you are in trouble, own it frankly to your grandfather.” could ever bring myself to love a gambler, or one who tried to rob another of hi> inheritanceâ€"one who was so afraid of poverty that he deserted his mother for the loaves and fishes of the man who was her worst enemy.” “ The oldwstory," in a. despairing voice; “ will you never give me the benefit. of an excuseâ€" will you never allow me to defend mysglf ‘2” -. .. .1 ‘1 “ What of that ” she replied, cheerfully; “ you have nprofession; every one says how clever you areâ€"what a. splendid barrister you will make. You can take pupils; success and money will come to you in time.” 7‘1Andube turned out of the house a. begging?” . n: 1 I11 “ Too late," he muttered ; “I cannot free myself.” Then, with a sudden change of tone, “ Crystal, if I do thisâ€"if I leave Bel- grave House, will you give me a. hope of winning you in the future ‘2” She Sbbok her head ; " I cannot give you that hope.” “ Why not?" he demanded, fiercely. “ Because I belong to another," she answered, slowly, ulldnllera camea wonder- ful light; in her eyes; “ and for his sake I will live as 1 am to my life's end.” They had reached Beulah Place by this time, and Mrs. Wamkins’ shop was in sight. There were few passers-by, so no one noticed why Percy stood still and seized hls compamon’s hands. “ 1 tell you this for your own good, and that you may never speak to me again as you have done. You must not; be angry with me for telling you the truth; and now will you ring the bell, for there is no need to go through the shop?” ’ “Then we will say goodbye here,” was the quiet answer, and she pressed his hands kindly. “ Forgive me if 1 have made you unhappy, but indeed it is your fault, and I thought it better to tell you the truth. Good-bye, my poor boy ;” but though her vome was full of gentleness and pity, he scarcely heard it. He had wrung her hands, almost throwing them from him and had turned away without a word. “ I am 11;: coming in,” he said hoarsely. I cannot trust myself.” Crystal had looked after him rather wist- fully; her heart felu strangely soft, to him to-night. “ Was it wrong to tell him, I wonder ‘2” she said to herself, as she quickly tetra.ch her steps. “He is terribly reckâ€" less, one never knows how he may take things. It was good of him to listen to me so patiently; and now he has gone away sore and angry.” “ I really think you do, Fluff, though you remember her dress was a curious em broid- ery of rainbow: and dewdrops sewn all over with peacocks’ eyes; but I assure you I like your white frouk much better; and the new but is very pretty.” " But Fern! ” “ But Fluff 1â€"" “If I were to be lostâ€"really and truly lost, you knowâ€"would the funny old town- ” me love another man? tell me this ‘2” Claude Lake. “ And now, I lookalmost as smart as the Princess Dove herself.” Crystal was walking very fast now, as though she had suddenly remembered some errand. As an empty lmnsom passed her she hailed it. “ Will you drive me to Vic. toria Station,” she said to the man in a. business-like tone; “ I want to meet the 6.30 train from Singleton. Ithink there is time.” “ I think all young ladies are good tome," returned Baby with grave courtesy, hold- ing out his hand. “ I know I have met with a. very kind fellow-passenger;” and then, as he took the foqtmun’s arm and entered the carriage, Miss Merriman saw the tall young lady in brown walk quickly out of the station, and as she passed her there Were tears running down her cheeks. “ None too much,” was the somewhat gruff answer, “ but my horse is fresh ;” and Cr) sml drew into a corner and tried to curb her impatience by watching the passers by; but her few of being too lube kept her reun- less and miserable. There were two passengers in this com- partment; a young lady, with a good- natured freckled face, was speaking to a. very tall man who was standing in the centre of the carriage. “ You must let me help you out,” Crystal heard her say in a pleasant; countryfied voice, “ and wait with you until your friends find you ;” and then came the answer in the deep tones Crystal knew 50 well. As they drove into Victoria. Station a handsome barouche, with a pair of fine bays, attracted Crystal’s attention. The foonman had got down and was making inquiries of a. porter. “Bingbter. just due,” Erystul heard the man say, as she handed the osbumn his fare; and as she quickly purified through the station, the brain slowly drew up am the platform. “Thank you, you are very kind. My unfortunate infirmity gains new friends for me everywhere; BO after all, you see, even blindness has its alleviation, Miss Merriman.” " Oh, I will be sure to tell papa 'what you say; it will be such a. comfort to him. Now, will you put your hand on my shoulderâ€"it is a. deep stepâ€"take care ;” but as Raby tried to follow these instructions a little gloved hand, that certainly did not belong to Miss Merriman, gently guided him and placed him in safety. “ I thought some one touched me,” he returned, with a. puzzled look, “and you were on my other side, so I suppose it was some kind stranger.” Once he looked up as hasty footsteps brushed him, as though he would move aside, but; a. girlish figure interposed between him and the loaded truck, and again the little hand guided him to safety. Onl)l just. jun timel- Crystul- pressed eagerly forward, scanning the occupants of all the carriages until she came to the last. A Miss Merriman xfodded and smiled her thanks. “There, you are all right now. Wham is the matter, Mr. Ferrers?” “ Yes, a young lady,” as Crystal moved away rather suddenly. “ Ah, there is a. footman ; he seems in search oi some one. I will ask him if he be looking for you,” and Miss Merriman darted away. Many people turned to look after the tall, striking-looking man in clerical dress. The felt has just shaded the pale, massively out features. He looked older, Crystal thought, and a. little sadder, but; the mouth was as beautiful as men Ruby stood quietly waiting, but he little knew that the girl he had come to London to seek was standing a. few yards from him, trying to see him through the tears that blinded her. “ It, is all rightâ€"the mam Suva he is wait- ing for Mr. Ferrers,” observed Miss Merri- man briskly at this moment. “ What horrid things those trucks are; I was afraid one would have knouked you, only the young lady led you away.” "â€"Whail a. yohng Indy i” asked Ruby, quicl}!y. â€" “05, only a. tall young lady in brown, Who seemed to notice 3ou wanted help. She has gone novarobably a. passenger for the down-train.” And with many questions. ever Rippling liku u. {Duties}! river. Puzz ivg many an older brain, Dust nnuu hour b hour Increase thy store of marvellous lure. Thus a squirrel, darting deftly, Up and dawn autumnal trees, Sees its hoard of chestnut») growing swiftly In a. heap upon the leaf-strewn 1333.3. FLUFF GOES TO SEE GBANDPAPA. Thou, Ike 8, little curi -u=. fly Than lurses through the air. Dost, pry and pry Wiuh Lhy keen inquisitive eye. CHAPTER XXVII You dare to c 'ier tell a long story about me, as he did about the dog when We were down by the sea last summer?” “ Of course he would, and mother and I would stand and listen to him and try not to laugh. ‘Losb, stolen, or strayed, a little witchgirl in a clean white frock, rather too muuh marched; a frilled cape that crackles when she moves, and a. pretty bread- brimmed has! Well, Fluffy, what does that mysterious look mean ? you are very rude to interrupt the old Grier,” and Fern tried to frown, while Flufl nodded her head sagaoiouslxz l. .. IA'A ,I1 “ It would not be stolen or lost, it would be strayed, like the 'sheep'in the turnip- field, when the shepherd turned them all l out because they had no business there. Supposing I strayed on purpose, Fern, you mush send a crier covered allover with gold lace to find me.” ‘ “Indeed! have you lost your senses, Fluff?” “Never mind the senses; I saw them all five in china in Mrs} Watkins’ left hand corner cupboard, china. images she called them, and I thought them so pretty. Give me the four pence half-penny for buns, Fern â€"one Bath, two plain, and a. half-penny to the sweeper that takes me best over the crossing.” _._....... .. i .1 “ OhOFluff. Flufi, do be careful, and mind you do not go too far: come back soon, like a. goodthild.” - 1 1-.11,, “Okficréfirse I am good on my birthday. What did they do to Ananias and Sapphim, Fern ‘2“ 7“Dear me, what an odd question, Fluffy!” . ... . . .. m 1 1 1 “ Never mind that; in the Sunday school the teacher always answers the children’s questions directly; she is a very nice teacher though she has red hair, but she cannot help that.” - ..n u V What a grand place it wasâ€"finer than the Crystal Ball Palace where Princes- But she felt as though her troubles were over when she stood in front of Bel- grave House, in many windows shining like gold._ “Oh, inaeedl so Imust tell you about Anmlius and Sapphire. What: is the mat- ter? how pale you look, my pet. . . . . Well, they fell down dead because they had told a lie.” Fluff shifted her pence uneasxly. "That was the lie they told about the land and money that they wanted to keep themselves. I think they were greedy people; one Bath, two plain, and a half- penny for the sweeper. Here is the four- pence, Fern; Idon’nhink I shall be hungry until tea-time. Now, good-bye, I must go.” “ No," he said, eyeing her wondering, “that was not Belgmve House, is was in the next: square ;” and when she heard that she clapped her hands joyfully, and went and drunk out of 9. libble iron bowl in com- pany With a. sweep. She asked him if she might drink first, and he said, “ 0h, laws, yes I you mint near so smutty as me,” which speech Fluff took as a compliment. But she had fallen down twice, and her nice white frock had got unsightly patches of green on it. “ Why, Fluff, what nonsense! Here, F1uff;” but Flufl was scuttling downstairs as fast as she could go, and Fern was only in time to see her little feet whisking through the shop door. ” 1 don’t; believe there is such another child in the United Kingdom,” she said to herself, laughing. “She is terribly young for her age, and so amusing; how dull It will be without her this afternoon, and poor Crystal so far away, I wish mother had not let her go, or that she were safe home again ;" and Fern sighed as she looked round the empty room. It was nearly tea-lime now, she thought: in another hour or so Fern would be send- ing the old crier after her. She wondered how she was to get back. She was very thirsty, and felt half inclined to cry; and then it struuk her that the large splendid- looking building opposite might be Belgmve House, and she ran up to a. workman just. passing and asked him. Now it so happened that Fluff had coaxed her mother to let her take a. walk alone on her birthday ; this was the treat she had selected for the occasion. She was to wear her best frock and her new but that Crystal had trimmed for her as a. parting present; and she had promised to be very careful. and not go tootar. The fourpence was to be expended in bunsâ€"so she and her mother hudnrrunged, but Flufi' had secretly intended to put it to another purpose, until her conscientious samples had obliged her to leave it at home instead of paying the omnibus fare that was to save her poor little legs; they would get sorely tired before they reached their des- tinmion. Fluff began to feel rather lonely after this. It was getting late, she was afraid, and those little legs of hers ached dread- fully; but she fell in at the park gates with a playful flower-girl, who ran a race with her, basket and all, and then stood and jeered in broad Irish brcsuse she was beaten, while Fluff sat down, sulky and exhausted, on a. bench under the trees. And; she looked such a little lady as she spoke, and held her little head up so proudly, that most of them answered her with civxlity ; and one big baker's boy, just starting on his afternoon round, said he would see her past the dangerous creasing in the next street, and put her a little on her way. Fluff said she was very much obliged to him, and trotted con fidingl) at his side, adapting her conversation to her hearer as she thought best, for she enlarged in a rambling way on the Miracle of the Loaves, and told him what her teacher said on the subject of the fishes; and then she became confidential, and explained to him that she bore an innocent partiality for the moist peely bits of soft crusts that one could pare off a loaf without showing a sad deficiency, and how she always liked to take in the bread at Mrs. Watkins’ for the purpose; and lastly, she told him in a weary little voice that she was going to see grandpapa, who liVed in a big house in Bel- gravia, but that she was getting very tired, for she had a bone in her legâ€"two bones, she thoughtâ€"and might she sit please on the top of his little cart to rest her poor legs when he went into the next house ? ‘ Flufi ran down several streets, till she was'out or ‘breuthyand then she fell into a little trot ; but first she gave the humpenny to a rugged boy, and begged him esruestly never to tell stories; and after that she asked him the wsy‘to Belgravia. Not get- ting a. lucid anBWer from him, as he only told her that he had been a. cripple from his birth and had sold lucifers ever since, which, being brimstone, was bad for rheum- atics, Flufif told him she would have repeated the whole story of Ananias and Sapphire. to him, only she had no time,and then she resumed her walk with much dignity. And the method of it wasthisfiif method it could be called which had in its sidelong movements the similitude of a. crab. First she went; into every baker’s shop she passed, and, shaking her head sorrowfully at the fresh entrant buns on the counters, asked in a. confidential whisper the quickest and shortest way to Belgravia; and when they wished to know what part, or asked her business, she pursed up her mouth and said that was not the question, and would they please confine themselves to facts, or some such speech. in her odd abrupt; way. After that they gotfacetious,and admired a. Punch and Judy show together, and parted with deep regret, when a policeman desired them to move on. The baker’s boy was a good-natured fellow, but, as he expressed it afterwards, he thought she was the rummiestlittle lady he had ever met ; indeed, he confided his suspicions to a. grocer’s lad that she ” was a bit cruelty ;” but he let her sit on his cart f 11' all that, and trundled her the length of two or three streets ; and further he revived her drooping spirit:. by a dab of hot brown bread, scooped skilfully out of the side of a loaf which, as he said, would never show. “ If you please, sir, will you tell me where I can find grandpapa.” The gentleman raised his eyesâ€"as Fluff I told her mother afterwards, “ he looked at me without seeing me ;" and then his hand closed quietly over the child’s. Nothing ever seemed to startle Ruby Ferrets in that L strange dreamy life of his. Dove and Prince Merrydew lived; and, oh dear, What joy. the door was opepl The foouman had just run out to the pillar box, and another footman Was fast asleep in a. chair that: looked like a baby’s on. Is turned upslde down. uff ran up the steps and looked in. There was a. beautilul scent of flowers as she crept timidly imo the hull, such sleepy Warm flowers Fluff mhought, only they made her head drowsy; and there was a. great staircase with carved balustrades and dark slippery stairs, and the doors were all shut, and there was not a. sound in the house, except the singing of some birds. Flufi began to feel giddy. ..... 1. But itowas bubyish to feel frightened in her own grandpaps’s house, so she took courage, and passing the sleepy footman on tiptoe. crept softly up stairs, holding very tightly to the balustrades, for she felt as though she were slipping every step, and presently she came to a. sunny landing- plsce with a conservatory, where some Canaries were singing. Here she saw a. half- open dJOI', and pushed it open, .md then she thought she was in fairy-land. It was such a. large beautiful room, with marble ladies standing in the corners, with wonderful green plants growing in gilded baskets, and satin couches, and lace drap- eries, and lovely china; and in an arm- chaira gentlemen asleep, for he had his eyes shut. The temperance people of the County of Renfrew have subscribed $1,000 with which to fight the repeal of the Scott Act. Fluff stole in and looked at him; no, he was not asleep, for his eyes opened, and yet he did not seem to see her, perhaps he was thinking. His face looked very nice and kind, and with the unerring instinct of childhood she laid her hand on his knee. No Chinaman would ever have been betrayed into the ridiculous plight of a. Venerable Japanese whom a. friend of mine once saw parading the streets of Tokio, soberly dressed as to coat and trousers, but his white head surmounted by a. child’s Sailor hat with floating blue streamers.â€" Taverner in Boston Post. One of the attractions at the Boston baby‘ show is a. red‘haired negro infant. “ Who are yéu’ my child. and who is your grangpapu ?” 1 “ My grandpapa’s name is Mr. Hunting- don, and he lives in this houseâ€"Belgrave House it is called, and I am Florence Trafford, but they call me Fluff at home.” The name aroused him eflectually ; ah, he was startled now. “ Florence Trafiord, did you say ; do you mean that you live at Beulah Place in the Elysian Fields ‘2” E. H. MoAlpine. referee in equity at St. John, N, B., was publicly thrashed the other day by Captain Peters, of Quebec, brother-in-law of Miss Beatrice Hathaway, of St. John. for persisting in annoying attentions to that young lady after he had been asked to stop them. “ Yes, at Mrs. Watvkins’â€"mother, and Fern, and I, and Crystal too, only she went away this mowing.” “ Awe.) -â€"What (To you mean?” and Fluff’s poor little hands were held so tightly that theynvyerqqqite red and gore afterward-3‘. “ 0h, she has gone to America. with that horrid Miss Campion ; yes, and she is horrid to take our dear Cries-crass away. Fern cried so this morning, and Crystal cried too. but she had to go, she end, so it was no use making a. fuss about it ; and she does not mean to come back for a. long time. What is the matter ?” peering urious in his face, “ does your head ache ?"â€"for Ruby had uttered a. low groan, and had dropped Flufl‘s hands, and he was pushing back the heavy dead-brown hair as though he were suddenly oppressed. (To be continued.) In his report of his mission to the Lena Delta, Lieut. William H. Schultz says : As we approached Verchoyansk (Northern Siberia), the cold was almost unbearable, compelling a stop at nearly every inhabited yourtu, (native hut), not only on account of ourselves. but more owing to the reindeer, which suffered visibly during the low tem- peratures. Fortunately these inhabited yourtas are not far apart as one approaches the village. Breathing was at times difli. cult, and on January 10th and 11th (1886) the temperature sank to 66 ° Celsius, cor- responding to 86.80 ° Fahrenheit below zero. This is the coldest temperature ever observed, and I afterward had the satisfac- tion of establishing it beyond a doubt by the agreement of the thermometers at Verchoyansk, observed by exiles who were furnished with instruments by the Central Meteorological Observatory at Pavlovsk, near St. Petersburg. Verchoyansk thus maintained its reputation of being the pole of the greatest known cold, although its latitude is only 68 ° north. T. A wet s'oil, or ohe that from any cause holds water around the roots of the tree, whether the In.an is‘rgituageg high or low. The conditions of failure in peach-grow ing, cpnoiselygtated, are? : 2. Excessive fertility while the trees are young. whether it be secured in the natural conditions of the soil or by the ingenuity of man. 3. Severe cutting back of the young growth each year, thus dwarfing the tree and rpybing it of much natural vipnlity. 4. Allowing the tree to overhear and thus exhaust the vitality by a single crop of fruit. 5. By deficient and improper cultivation. On the other hand the conditions of suc- cess in peach-grpwing are: 1. An‘ elevafed locality that is not subject to late fronts in the spring or late fronts in the fall. 3. Thorough cultivation,without manure, until the trees mine into bearing, then com- bine the two so as to supply all the deple~ tion produced in the soil by growth of trees and fruit. . 4. Never let a. tree overhear. 5. Continue cultivation until the close of the dry season every summer, even if it continues until September. I well remember one fellow, a fine soldier, too, who scorned the burden of even a blanket on a march, and so at night, when he failed to steal one (which was seldom), he sat up by a fire and made night hideous with mock sermons of wonderful theology and doubtful morality. Strange to say, he survived the war, and is now enlisted in the army of the Lord. At Vicksburg this same preacher was responsible for a ready retort under trying circumstances. He was then a firm Calvinist, and was always ready to do battle in defence of his creed. One day he was sitting With a group in an angle of the works, discussing his favorite dogma of predestination. Just then a shell exploded among them and knocked the predestinarian over without hurting him. When he recovered his breath and legs he darted ofi forthe shelter of a traverse just in front of us. His an- tagonist yelled at him and twitted him for want of faith in his own doctrine. He did not pause in the order of his going, but stuttered back :“ Ca-ca-can‘t stop; its preâ€" predestination that I must get on the other side of the traverse l” and he fulfilled the decree to the letter and with commendable alacrity.â€"Philadelphia Times. 2. A warm and moderately fertile soil that is well drained by nature. Artificia drainage may prove successful, but its utility has not; yet been fully demonstmted. A Clear Case of Predestlnation. The Greatest Known Cold. A Deserved Thrashlng. Peach Culture. Of a Little Child, an August Rose and an Answered Prayer. The following literary sunbeam is from thgpen of Cayrig MgAyvql ip good: C’_hee7' ' Flirting with the girls, sir ? No, indeed l That’s something I never do; and as to that; lily of a. girl just throwing kisses to me, why, bless you, that’s my daughter May. And she’s thedearest thing on earth to me. Something special about her makes me have a. diflerem feeling toward her from anybody else I ever knew,a.nd if you‘d like, sir, I’ll tell you about something that hap- pened when she was a. wee baby, twelve years ago. Murat Halstead’s mother-in-law, Mrs. Banks, says: “ Mr. Halstead is a good man, for he is good to his monhenin-law, and when a man is good to his mother-in- law he is good to every one else.” Mr. Halstead is the veteran editor of the Cin- cinnati Commercial. It; hquened right along this very road between Newburyport and Byfield, and I was then the engineer instead of conductor, and was younger looking than I am now with this white head of mine. Only 36 years old, air, and you seeI haven’t a black hair in my head. That be- longs to my story, too. as you will find. You remember that hill with the cottage at the foot of it, and golden rod and wild clematis growing along the stone wall? That’s where I‘ve lived ever since I was married, and it was on that embankment around the bend that the most terrible event of my life occurred. It was one day in August, in the first of the month, and I will never forget how the sky looked, as deep and blue as my baby’s eyes, nor how sweet and still the air was that morning as I walked over to the station. The golden rod and ferns hung heavy with dew, and there were clusters of purple grapes on the vines along the hedge. The roses were unusually late that year, and as the fall came on they were deep crimson instead of pink, as they are earlier in the season. I had one in my buttonhole thgt morning. One of the latest achielvements of science is the measurement of a. snail‘s pace. Ithas just been demonstrated that nsnailcan go a. mile in fourteen days. Science should now attempt to discover how long it takes the average messenger- boy to go the same distance in marble- playmg season. Baby had‘imt it there when she kissed me gpod-by. “ Pitty ’ose, papa, for ’00. D06 madeit, mamma tell me so. Dod live up in ’ky.” My wife was a. Christian, and although I did not believe in her religion then, I have learned to put my trust in God since baby lisped to me about the rose that morning. Every pleasant day when I made my down run at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, my wife and baby used to be sitting out there on the hill and they would wave their hands at me, and the baby would look so sweet and innouent, waving her little fat arm, I used to have a great longing in my heart that no harm should ever come to her; and I was such a strong healthy young fellow I felt that I should be able to protect and guard her always. There has just died at Kendal, Eng., an old pensioner named Wm Lindsay, from whose neck has been abstracted a. bullet which he received during the Crimean war. The bullet is the size of a marble, and had been in deceased’s neck for 33 years. ' I do not know, children; I do not know. â€"â€"Burdctte. Almost 3 o’clock and the old forty-nine was puffing and steaming fit to burst as we neared the bend. I was already looking to- ward the hill and sure enough there was the baby’s white dress; no, I was mis- taken; it was only a. piece of newspaper. They were not there. Why, I wondered. Perhaps they would bethere beforeI turned the curve. Somehow it seemed to me I never so longed to have them there as I did that day, and I kept anxiously looking un. til away in the distance on the track I saw something that made every pulse in my body give a great leap and then stand still. 01d Truths Newlv Told. How many readers of the Canada Presby- terian see the Standard, the new organ of Henry George ? Those who do not miss a good deal, whether they sympathize with Henry George’s theories or not. In an age, when many shrewd practical men seem drifting away from Christianity altogether, and when the gulf between the rich and the poor seems to be growing more and more impassable, it is refreshing to read such addresses as are weekly reported in that paperâ€"addresses spoken to crowded audi- ences of workingmen in the city of New York, by such speakers as Dr. Pentecost and the great-hearted Dr. McGlynnâ€"an Ameri- can Pere Hyacintheâ€"who has sacrificed his ecclesiastical prospects that he might preach, according to his conscience, the old truths of the Sermon on the Mount. It is this and no wild socialism that he and others are preaching to the crowds Sun- day after Sunday, and that the crowds,too. listen to, even as the common people did long ago, when the " Galilean Gospel ” was first preached. It is an instance also of the uniting power of the great practical verities of Christianity that Dr. McGlynn has been listened to with earnest and sympathetic attention by an assembly of Methodist ministers, as he explained the platform of the Anti-Poverty Society. Has not the Church allowed questions theoretical too much to interfere with herpractical unity ? and has she been as fathful to her “ mes- sage to men of wealth” as she should have been ?â€"C’(mada Presbyterian. u But why should mhh'make him mnd‘at yell t2” How to Make a. Man Your Enemy. I have often thought that people hadn’t got borrowing down to an exact science when Solomon wrote, and that when Poor Richard said, “ He that goes a. borrowing goes a. sorrowing,” he must have meant that one fellow did the borrowing and the lender did the sorrowing. I am older now, my’ children, than I was when I was younger, and I have learned that there is nothing in the world that will make a. man hate you so bitterly as to owe you borrowed money that he cannot pay. There, just ahead of me, toddling along, with her yellow hair flying and her little arms stretched out to balance herself, was my baby ! A moment more and the wheels would be grinding her body and her precious blood would stain the track. I lived ages in that moment of agony. I waved my arms, shouted, rang the bell like a madman, and as I was pulling the rope the rose fell from my buttonhole on to the seat. and baby’s words, “ Dod made it. Dod live up in ’ky," came to me. For the first time in my life I poured out my soul in prayer. “ God save my child.” At that moment she stumbled and fell down the grassy embankment. As soon as I could I ran back to find her, and there she sat in the grass, lifting her blue eyes and dimpled mouth to me, and as I hugged her to my heart she lisped : For I was hrying and thanking God at the same time, and when I came alongside of the train, carrying baby on my shoulder, all the men threw up their hats and cheered and most of the women were sob- bing. That r0se is in the locket with one of her baby curls, and I have never failed to pray for her safety and happiness, as well as for many other things since that day. Isn’t she a beauty, too? And you can’t blame me for liking this time of year best, and for always wearing an August rose whenever my darling girl pins one in my buttouhole, as she did this one two hours ago. ” I tied boAulimb on cars, papa, but some- body pushed me over and I fell down here. Dgn’t 15y, papa lj’ A coming manâ€"The man for his rent. A SKETCH Spurgeon's Orthodoxyâ€"The Pope’s Jubilee â€"-A Little Moi-man’s Hymn. Though Mr. Spurgeon has denied the story of his probable withdrawal if the Biptist Union failed to punish certain heterodox ministers, the Scotsman returns t) the charge with the accusation that Mr. Spu’rgeon changed his mind. It justifies its statement by quotations from Mr. Spurgeon's magazine. The address of the President of the Union was a reply to Mr. Spurgeon. Though no direct notice was taken of Mr. Spurgeon’s attitude, his recent writings are the main topics of conversa- tion among ministers. At a. meeting last night of the Toronto branch of the Irish National League a cam- mittee was appointed to telegraph to Arthur O'Connor, M. P., and Sir ThomasEsmonde, asking when it would be convenient for them to visit Toronto. The treasurer was instructed to send $200 to the treasurer of the American Length. The Pan-Presbyterian Council meets in June next. The American Executive Com- mittee has been called to meet; on Wednes- day, 26th inst, at New York. At the meeting will be representatives from all parts of North America. Among the dele- gates will be Rev. Principal Cavern, of Toronto ; Rev. Dr. McVicar, of Montreal ; Rev. Dr. Cochrane, of Brantford, and others. A Sunday school hymn book recently issued at Salt Lake City, “ to fill along felt want " (as the preface declares) in the instruction of good little Mormon children, contains the following edifying stanza. : The name of Sir William Meredith, exChief Justice of the Supreme Court of Lower Canada, is now mentioned in con- nection with the Lieutenant-Governorship of Quebec. It is also reported that a. new Governor for Manitoba and the Northwest Territories will be appointed within a few days. With J esus for the standard. A sure and perfect guide, And Joseph's wise example, What can I need beside '2 I'll strive from every evil To keep mv heart and tongue, I'll be a. little Mormon I And follow Brigham Young. The Pope has intrusted all arrangements in connection with his jubilee celebration to a commission of four cardinals. The Empress of Austria’s commemorative gift is a. magnificent tiara valued at 70,000 francs. A pilgrimage of French workmen, to the number of 1,200. will shortly set out for Rome for the purpose of offering hom- age to the Pope. Rev. Mr. Robertson, Superintendent of Missions for the Northwest, is expected to return to Ontario during the winter months and will visit any congregations desiring his services at missionary meet- ings or otherwise. Those desiring his services should correspond with the con- vener of the committee, Rev.Dr. Cochrsne, of Brantford. The proof of the pudding is the eating, and the proof of the extraordinary power over pain of Polson’e Nerviline is the using it. Polson’e Nerviline never fails to perform wonders in every case of pain. It cannot; fail, for it 18 composed of powerful pain subduing remedies. It goes right to the bottom, and pain is banished at once. Nerviline cures all kind of pain, internal or external. Go to any drug store and get a. 10 or 25 cent bottle, and b: delighted by its promptitude in doing its work. Folks often excuse themselves saying they can’t afford to give ; but if they saw things in a. truer light they’d say that they couldn’t afiord to keepâ€"Mark Guy Peurse. The annual meeting of the Methodist General Conference Sabbath School Board will be held in the parlor of the Elm Street Methodist Church, Toronto, on Tuesday, October 18m, at 2 p. m. Rev. Dr. MncGregor, of St. Cnthbert‘s, Edinburgh, preached at Balmoral on a. recent: Sunday morning, and had the honor, along with the Empress Eugenie, of dining with the Queen in the evening. The tenth annual convention of the Ontario Women’s Christian Temperance Union concluded its business yesterday and adjourned, to meet next year in Surnia. Mrs. Addie Chisholm was X's-elected Presi- dent. and was presented with $150. Prof. Foster was in attendance, and received a great setting out from Mrs. Youmans. Dr. Alexander Paterson, who has been appointed medical missionary to South Arabia, is grandson of Dr. Chalmers’ “ Missionary of Kilmany " and son of the Churph’s first medical missionary to Madras. To the men or woman who has never been ill, the word “ health "is meaningless. But to the one who has suffered and de- spaired, health appears as a priceless boon. To the thousands of unfortunate women who are suffering from some of the many forms of weaknesses or irregularities pecu- liar to their sex, Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Pre- scription holds forth the promise of a speedy restoration of this " priceless boon.” I was told the richest thing about a Min- neapolis girl. A certain Swedish baron of fine family and education came to this country and, the old story, found himself obliged to obtain any situation to‘ keep from absolute want, so he entered the clothing store of Mâ€" as clerk. Well, this young lady, hearing he was a noble, must have his autograph, so she came into the store one day and requested it, leaving her album. It puzzled him greatly. Why should she want his autograph. a complete stranger ? Suddenly the truth struck him and he wrote his name, and beneath, "Clerk in Mâ€"‘s store.” “ 0,” said he to me, you should have seen her face lengthen, and she said, ‘ I didn’t want that. I wanted your name and your title.’ ‘ There it is,’ I answered ; ‘ there’s the name and clerk at M ’s is the only title I wear in this country.’ "â€"St. Paul Pioneer Press. Miss Anna Whitney, the proprietor of the Chequesset kennels, isone of the most successful breeders of the St. Bernard dogs in America. She spent years in Switzer- land studying the dog, and is an authority on the subJect. .â€".â€"â€"â€". The spooks and goblins that delight To fill with terror all the night ; That stalk abroad in hideous dreams With which dyspepsia‘s fancy teams. Will never trouble wiLh their ills The man who trust in Plercu’s Pills. Dr. l’leree’s BlensantBurgutive Pellets: “ Why, Mame, is it really you ‘2” “ Yes, indeed, Sadie; when did you get home ?” “ Only yesterday. andâ€"” “ Where were you ?” “ Oh, every placeâ€"Newport, Bar Harbor, Long Branch andâ€"but where were you ?” “Oh, we went to ” “ Did you have a. good time?” “Perfecny lovely; didâ€"” “ Oh. perfectly lovely; I declare, Meme, 1â€"” “So did I, and â€"â€"” “I had the bestâ€"” “So did I, and oh, Mameâ€"” “ Do tell me all abLul; it, for Iâ€"â€"," “I will, some time; I just had a. perfectly splendid time every minute, andâ€"” “ So did I; but; isn’t it lovely to be at home again ?” “ Perfectly lovely." “ I think so. too; I’ve had a. lovely season of it, but thenâ€"” “ So have I, but, as you sayâ€"” “ There’s no place like home, after all.” “No, indeed; do come soon and tell me all about your season, and 1â€"” “I will, for I have had the loveliestâ€"” “ So have Iâ€"perfectly splendid I” They separate.â€"Tid-Bits. vegetable, harmless, painlesg, sure I AMONG THE CHURCHES. They Told Each Other All. Properly Rebuked. What it Means. Resultl Tell. 01d moneybags mopes in his ofiice all day, As snappisu and cross as a bear ; The works know enough to keep out of his way, bust the 1m r. haut should grumble and swear Eveu Tabby, the cat,is in fear u] a cutf, Or a. kick, n she veuturus mu urar; They all know the master is apt to be rough, And his freaks unexyected and queer. What makes the old fellow so surly and grim, And behave so confouudedly u elm ? Theresa certainly sometniug the matter with imâ€" Is it stomach, or liver, or spleen ‘2 We‘ve guessed it ~his liver is sluggish and bad, His blood is disordered and foul. Its enough to make any one hopelessly mad, And greet his best friends with a. grow]. The world-wide remedy, Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery, will correct; a disordered liver and purify the blood. tone your system and build up your flesh and strength. “You complain of having to pay your pastor’s salary,” said an old miller. “ I will pay is for you and you shall not feel it.” At the end of the year he brought in a. receipt in full for the salary from the pastor, and then he explained: “ I did it by taking a little toll when you sent your grain to my mill, and I took so little that none of you felt it. You see how easily the pastor can be paid.”â€"Richmond Religious Herald. I huve a'poulnve remedy for the abovedlsme, - In an thousands ofcasea of the worn kind an ' oflong Ihndinx have been cured. Indeed so atron ‘w mm. In “I amt-Icy, that I w! lsend TWO BUTT ES r. " mother Wlth I VALUABLE TREATIBE on thil dill.) ‘0 I” lnflorer. Give “pig‘s! Enq Branch om?§;§7‘f?§?§§t‘.wm Messrs. Foster, Clarke & Bowes, solici- tors, of Toronto, give notice that applica- tion will be made to Parliament next session on behalf of Andrew Maxwell Irving. of Toronto, clerk, for a bill of divorce from his wife, Marie Louise Irving, formerly of Toronto, now of Buffalo. on the ground of adultery. This is the fourth divorce case which the Senate will have to deal with next session. THF cannot: Mair szffim DUNN’S BAKING GDNSUMPTUN. A Furgetful Boy. Bobby was spending the afternoon at his aunt’s, and for some moments had been gazing out of the window in a. painfully thoughtful sort of way. ” What makes you'so serious, Bobby ? ” asked his aunt. “ Why, ma told me that I must remem- ber not; to ask for anything to eat, and I'm trying to remember it.” Hidemaro Namboo, of J apan, was graduated at Princeton in 1878. He is now Courts astronomer at; Tokio. When be ac- cepted the court appointment his name was changed to Hidemaro Okenne. Seeing stars reminds him of the old college days when he took part in cane rushes. Joseph Clark, a. boy sent from Kingston to Penemnguishene some yen-s ago, escaped (and aggiveg ajt his ho ne yesterday, having footed it all the way. When! say cure I do not menu merely to stop them for 1 “me sad then have them return again. I mean I rsdlul cure. I have made the disease of 1711's, EPILEPSY or FALL- ING SIOKNESSs Ufa-long study. I warrant my re ad! ‘0 cure the worst cases. Bacausa others h We failed I no reason for not now recsivlng I cure. Ssnd It once for I Ira-flu and a. Free Bottle of my Inrulllble remedy. GI" lxpreu and Post 0mm. It can- yan nothing {or A Md, and I villainâ€"you. Address DB. H. G 3021‘, ff on have all, or any considerable number of t ese symptoms, you are suffer-in from that most common of American ma amenâ€"~- Bilious Dyspepsia. or Torpid Liver. associated with Dyspepsia. or Indigestion. The more complicated your disease has become. the greater the number and diversity of symp~ toms. No matter What sta e it has reached. Dr. Pierce’s Golden Me ical Discovery will subdue it. if taken according to direc- tions for a reasonable length of time. If not cured, com lications multiply and Consump- tion of the un 5. Skin Diseases. Heart DiSease. Rheumatism, idue Disease. or other grave maladies are quite I able to set in and. sooner or Jute; induce a. fiatqucrmiggtign. Brancnnm, 37‘Yhilié'StQ'Tfirnnm. 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Especially has it mani- fested its potency in curing Tetter. Eczmna, Erysipelas, Boils. Carbuncles. Sore Eyes. Soror- ulous Sores and Swellings, Hipâ€"joint Disvnsn, “ White Swellintrs," Goitre, 0r Thick Neck. and Enlgrged filands; Send ten” cents in Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Dis- covery acts powerfully upon the Liver, and through that great blood-purifying organ, cleanses the system of all blood-mints and im- purities. from whatever causo nrisin . It is equally efficacious in acting upon 1; (3 Kid- neys. and other excretory organs, cleansin . strengthening, and healing their diseases. 8 an appetizing. restorative tonic. it promotes digestion an nutrition. thereb building up both flesh and strength. In ma arinl districts. this wonderful medicine has gained great, celebrity in curing Fever and Agile, Chills and Fe_ver,l)i1mb Aging1 ar_1d_ kindred giseasgs._ éiémfié’fdi’ a lhige Treatise. 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Short- ness of Breath, Chronic Nasal Catal'rh, Bron- chitis, Asthma, Severe Coughs, and kindred ageqtgqus. it. is up effiqiegy gamed“. “Ebili'fié'firifgéiénfifht §i.66;‘6“r' Six Bottle: for $5.00. Kg" Send ten cents in stamps for Dr. Pierce’a book on Consumption. Address, Vhil'fii'er’cé’é déidch 'Mééi’éfii‘hls. covery AGUBES ALL Humans, “FOR THE BLOOD IS THE LiFE.” IWEE FTS! World’s Dispensary Medical Association, A Prominent Merchant in Trouble. 99AN§UÂ¥RUQN An Accommodating Miller. 663 Main St" BUFFALO, N. Y. A Toronto Divorce Case. HAI ' DCNL.43 87. MS' Y0 U1