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Idon’t know what we‘ll (10, Jim; coming fast. I haven’t got no money, and it’s twelve o‘clock and past. Let’s sit down in a. doorway, the first as we can see We 538.1; maybe get to sleep there, if the “ copper " n 7 16!; us He. ' Here, come a. little closer, Jim, you're youngest, d’ye see, And the rgiu won’t get so near you if you shelter wfibéhind me ; Put. the umtcheg in phat corner. lad, and then _ wtrhievyrwon’t get wet, The” plight be spme cove come along as wants $0 bu§ one yet. Does the rain come nigh you there, Jim ? It doesn't ? That's all right. I wish we had a. crust of bread to eat this cold, wet night; I don't care much about myself, but I must keep "you alive, And _11' I can go without ‘at ten, you can't at only fwe. D’yeiee?tha.t star up there, Jim, a-shining in the 5 Y I wonder yvhat the people does as lives up there "‘Eé'high. ‘ ' D‘ye; think qur r{nether went up there to live â€" ' inéidé & star ? V I wish we could go too, lad, but it looks so far. I'm afraidyvg’ll 110p get there,Jim ; but there, we > #:7922530er know 1 V Ton}, what lived in Seven Dials, died not very long ago, And ha and, when he was dying, than; he saw a lace all light, An ‘hem'd ’em_s§pging, and saw folks all dressed ""iJ éu’dfivg} white". Do you feel the cold 3 deal, Jim ? your hands are jusn like lewd, And_ atififfwlgy {in} 1 poor little Jimâ€"ah, what Iâ€" he xsn't déad ? Oh,_J_ix:q, it can't‘beâ€"nay, he's goneâ€"Jim's seen "his 11m wet day, And his soul's gone flying upward to the star- light far away. m1” n..;..,... Fluff did not wait for his answer ; she changed on V'qu much 33.1: 11531: 95576. SIR HUGH’S LOVES. “ Mother and Fern only think I am tnkv ing a walk, but I always meant to come and see grandpapa on my birthday. I should think he ought to be very glad to see me; and if he is not,” here her lip quivered a. little, “ I should tell him he is very naughty to live in this beautiful house while poo: mother is so poor, and goes out teaching.” But, as she spoke, the door had opened softly, and a. tall grey-haired man, with a. thin erect figure, walked slowly into the room, leaning on Erle‘s arm, while Percy followed him. Fluff gave a little exclamation at the sight of the two young men, and then ran towards~ Mr. Huntingdon, her broad- brimmed hat falling on her neck, and her dark eyes all aglow with excitement. “I have come to see you, grandpapa.” she a“, holding out her hand with the air of a little princess ; and then, as he did not; take it, she continued rather piteously, “please, dear grandpapa, don’t be angry with me, for I have come all this way of my own accord, andI am so tired and hungry.” “ SinEe he kfiew I had â€"a. pretty sister,” regliqd Percy) carelgssly._ __ “ I was not speaking to you, Percy,” he observed, curtly ; ” I should have thought it was your place to take your mother’s part, but you choose to be silent. Well, it is no affair of mine. Erle, will you be good enough to answer me a. question or two. and then I will trouble you to send the child home. How often have you visited at my daughter’s house ?” “VI can hardly answer that question, sir; I have been several times.” “ Did Percy take you ‘2" “ In the first instance. yes ; but I have been there alone too," for Erle’s truthful nature scorned subterfuge. The crisis he had dreaded had come on him at last ; but Percy should not see that he was afraid. He might be weak and vacillating, but he was a. gentlemen, and a. lie was abhorrent to him. Percy‘s innuendo might work deadly mischief, but all the same he would not shelter himself behind a falsehood. Mr. Huntingdon’s hard look involuntarily softened. This show of manlineas on his nephgyv’s part pleased hign. Iiuavthunderbolt had fallen in the midst of that stately room it could not have oregfied _s. gyeaiter gapsqtign. Erle flushed and looked uncomfortable, a. dark frown crossed her brother’s face ; Mr. Huntingdon’s was inscrutable as usual, only a. grey tint seemed to spread over his features, and there was a. slight trembling in the hand that held Erle‘e arm. “ Do ask grandpapa to be kind to me, Mr. Erle,” she pleaded. “ Percy is always cross, but you have been so good to me and Fern.” But a stern voice interrupted her. Erle turned round and their eyes met, but Percy’s fell before that glance of utter contempt ; Mr. Huntingdon intercepted the look between the young men. “ Of course you went there knowing that I should disapprove of such visits. Tell me. is this Fern of whom my grandson speaks so very attractive ‘2” “ She is very pretty." “ That is all I want to know. Now will Fluff looked from one to the other, and then she touchedfilrle coaxingly: “ Do you know this child, Erle? she :39qu to rqoqgnize you." “ That’s right, grandpnpa. I have not spoken to you yet, have I ? and I have so much to say, I was that little baby you know whom mother carried through the snow that night. “ Yes,” as Mr. Hunting- don shuddered, “ I heard mother tell Fern all about it one night when they thought I was asleepâ€"only I got sleepy and lost half; but I said to myself, ‘ I shall go and tell gmndpapa that poor mother is very miser- able and unhappy. and that he must come and take care of her.’ ” “ Oh, sir, db not think so badly of your daughter. She has not sent the child on this errand. I would stake my life on it.” “ And how long have you taken upon yourself to defend my daughter, Mrs. Trafford ‘1" asked his uncle coldly. Erle almost repented of his generous impluse when he heard that hard relentless voice. They had not noticed their v‘sitor, and Baby, at the other end of the great room, lost much of what was passing. he was so absorbed with his own bitter disappoint- ment. As Erle was silent a moment, Mr. Huntingdon repeated his question. “ Yes, sir.” stammered Erle, losing color now as fast as he had gained it ; his embarrassment was not lessened by the look on Percy'sface. 1 have seen her when I have been with Percy. She is Florence Trafiord, Mrs. Trat‘ford’s youngest child, and I expect what she says is quite true, and that she has come of her own accord, though I have no idea how she found her Way here.” “I think you had better hold your tongue, Fluff,” replied her brother ; but he evidently enjoyed the sight of Erle’s dis comfiture. “ I don‘t see why you are to be troubled with this sort of scene,”he con: tinued, addressing Mr. Huntingdon, who was eyeing Fluff gloomin all this time. “ If you wish it I will ring for Roger to take her home.” “ No, no, let her be for a. moment," he replied, quickly ; and Fluff who had looked terrified at Percy’sproposition, came closer and rubbed her curls delightedly against his coatsleeve. " How should you, Mr. Erle,” returned Fluff, nestling up to her favorite, “ when I never told you a word about it, or any of them either ? Why, bless me, the stupidest of all those stupid owls in the Zoological Gardens, that we laughed at so much, knew more about it than you did. Oh, you need not frown, Percy, you do not come half so often to see poor mother as Mr. Erle does, and he is far kinder to Fern.” “ There, there, you have said your lesson very prettily,” observed Mr. Huntingdon with a. sneer. “ Children are apt parrots ;” but Erle saw that his sneer was forced, and that he sat down like an old man, and he said, earnestly : Alone in London. â€"-The Quiver. the rain's a. you order the carriage to take the child home? No, stop, I think Rodger had bet- ter fetch a. cab. ” But at this point Fluff begag to_cry. 1 1 de 4.“. n .JLA vvbw‘. .v v - J . “Oh, I am so tired and hungry,” she sobbed, ” “ and all those dreadful bones in my legs, and the crier not come yet. What is the good of a. grandpupa if he has no cakes and things, and on my birthday tan 1” too Mr. Huntingdon smiled grimly. “ Very well, order the child some refresh- ment, Erle. After all she is but a. starved bit of a thing ; see she has what children like best. Percy, come with me a. moment, I want to speak to you.” 1 an -_.\1-.‘MAJ mm. w elm... w J“. “ Oh, thank you, grandpapa’” exclaimed Fluff, cheering up at this; and as the door ‘ closed on Mr. Huntingdon, Erle knelt down by the child, and wiped the tears from the tired dirty little face that had brought such trouble to him. i And the heart of Fluff was glad Within her, for they brought her fruit and cakes and sweet wine on a gold salver, so that she feasted like a. king’s daughter, or like the Princess Dove herself; and Erle I sat by and watched her all the time, though he looked rather grave and unhappy, Fluff thgught. Both of them were rather startled when Mr. Ferrets groped his way towards them. He had been hidden by the curtain, and Erle had not noticed him. yum -0“. “V. N- u“ M Mr. Erle, if you’rvrvill allow me, 1 should like to take the child home.” “ Of course," rousing himself, and look- ing a little bewildered, “we were both to have gone this evening. I had ordered the brougham, but I am afraid now that I must ask you to excuse me. There are circum- stancesâ€"and,” here Erle paused and hit his lip. “ There is no need for you to go,” returned Raby, sorrowfully ;” the bird has flown. This child,” putting his hand lightly on Flufl’s curly head, “ told me before you came in that Crystal had gone to Americaâ€"she started this morning.” “To America?” exclaimed Erle, in an incredulous voice. “ Yes, but she has told me no particulars. It is hard, very hard, is it not? I find one does not get used to disappointment. It is a. heavy blow to my faith. I thought that to night we should certainly have met. )9 Raby himself had been much mystified â€"he had known nothing of his host’s past history; he had thought that the child was only paying an impromptu visit until she mentioned her name. Erle had told him that Mrs. Traflord was Mr. Huntingdon’s daughter, and that he had never seen her since her marriage. This clue guided him “ I am awfully sorry, Mr. Ferrers, I am indeed. I wish I could have come with you.” .-. .. u 'r 5" LJ“ LL- “ You could not help me. I will take the child home, and talk to those kind friends who have sheltered Crystal; at least I shall hear about her and know her future move- menus.” “ Ithink I hear the cab, Mr. Ferrers, and Fluff is fast asleep.” “We will not wake her, poor little thing,” returned Ruby, lifting her up as he spoke. Fluff granted contentedly as her head dropped on his broad shoulder. Erle watched them as Roger guided them to the cab. How he longed to accompany them. The next moment he turned with a. start, as his uncle’s slow footstep paused beside him. “And she really found her v‘vay to Bel- grave House,” asked Fern, in a. voice between laughing and crying; “oh, what will mother say,” and she listened with eagerness to Mr. Ferrets account of how the child had accosted him, and of her meeting with Mr. Huntingdon. “ It; is all right, Fern, so don’t scold me. Grandpapa. was not so very angryâ€"atleast, only just at first ; but he sent me in the beautifullest supper, such nice things on a big gold plate-really gold you know, like Princess Dove’s; and Mr. Erle was there, and Percyâ€"and oh ! I forgot the poor man in the cab, who is blindwquite blind, but he is very nice too.” “Will you let me explain about your little sister, Miss Traflord,” said Raby in his pleasant voice; and Fern, turning in some surprise, saw a very tall man in clerical dress standing beside her, as she afterwards expressed it to her mother, “with the very nicest face she had ever seen.” “I do not know if you have ever heard my name; I am Mr. Ferrere, and your friend Miss Davenport, as she calls herself, is my sister's cousin.” “ Oh yes, i know,” and Fern’s voice grew pitiful all at once; “and you have come just as Crystal has left ‘15; did Florence tell you? Oh, I am so sorry, so very “ Yes, the child told me; but there is much that I want to ask you. May I come in? the cab will wait for me.” And then, as Fern guided him up the narrow stair- case, she told him that her mother was out â€"an evening class had detained her; and she had been thankful that this had been the case, and that she should have been spared the anxiety about Find. Mrs. Wat- kins’ boy was scouring the neighborhood, making inquiries of every one he met; and she had made up her mind to send for her mother when the cab drove up. ‘ ” Erle,” he said, “ look at this," and he held out a. costly ring, a half hoop of diamonds. “ 1 have heard all I wish from Percy. His sense of honor is none of the finest, but he is useful to me. You and I need not heat ourselves in a. perfectly use- less discussion. Miss Selby has a. right to expect this ring. You are treating her very shabbily, Erle. Come to me to-morrow and tell me you have placed it on her finger.”_ ..- . n~anIi ‘1â€" ,1) Fluff woke up before they reached their destination, very much refreshed by her brief Imp. When the cab stopped before the side door of Mrs. Wat- kins’, and she caught sight of Fern standing on the threshold, as though she had been Waiting there some time, she gave a. little cry, and literally jumped into her sister’s arms. “ Oh, Fluff, Fluff! what does this mean?” exclaimed poor Fern, who had passed a most miserable afternoon, picturing Fluff being borne in a policeman’s arms to the nearest hospital; but Fluff silenced her by an embrace so vehement that it nearly produced strangulation. “ And if I refuse ‘2" Erle’s pale lipa could hardly frame the question. Mr. Huntingdon smiled ironically. “I do not think you will refuse, Erle. You are too much a. gentleman to treat a. woman badly. All the world is saying you and Miss Selby are engaged. You can hardly allow a. girl to be talked about.” Erle. “ Tut, tut, boy, you will soon get over your fancy,” returned Mr. Huntingdon, impatiently. “ Most young men have half- avdozen flirtatious before they settle down. I suppose I need not tell you that I strictly prohibit any visits to Mrs. Trafiord for the future. If you infringe this rule it will be at your own risk;” and then he continued more earnestlyâ€"“ Erle, I am determined you shall not disappoint me. You are my adopted son, and, I trust, my future heir. I have a right to count on your obedience. Come to me to-morrow, and tell me you and Miss Selby are engaged, and all will be well between us.” Then, pressing his shoulder gently, and in a voice no one had heard since his daughter’s lossâ€"“ I am an old man, and my life has not peen a happy one. Do not let me feel that you have dis- appointed me too.” But if I prefervanother “ I WANT HIM so." No shade has come between Thee and the sun; Like some Iongchildish dream ’l‘hy life has run ; But now the stream has reached A dark deep sea, And sorrow,dim and crowned, Is waning thee. CHAPTER XXVIII Adelaide Anne Proctor. stammered to the meaning of the sternness in Mr. Huntingdon’s voice; but he had hardly understood in what way Erie was impli- cated, or why the child should receive so little notice from her brother. When Raby had finished his account, which was annotated in a rambling and far from lucid manner by Fluff, Fern sentthe child away to change her frock and make herself tidy, and whispered in i her ear that she might stay with Mrs. Wat- kins for a little; and when Fluff had left them she began to speak of Crystal, and to answer the many questions he put to her without stint or reserve ; she even told ’ that Crystal had left them on account of Percy's mad infatuation. “ It was very wrong of Percy to take advantage of her unprotected situation, and I am sure she went to put a stop to it, and because it was so awkward for us. Crystal ; is not like other girlsâ€"she does not care for admiration; people turn round and look after her in the street because she is Vso beautiful, but she never seems to , notice it.” t “ No ; you are right,” he returned, with evident emotion. As Fern spoke, a scene rose to his memoryâ€"a fresh young voice I behind his chair seemed to whisper in his ' ear, “Oh king, live for ever!” and there ‘ she stood, his darkeyed Esther in her girl- ish loveliness. her white neck and arms l gleaming through lace, a ruby pendant on the slender round threat, the small head g looking so queenly with its coils of smooth ' black hair; and he had turned coldly from her, and she never knew that his was the soul of a lover. “No; you are right,” he answered, gently ; “ she was as guileless and innocent as a child.” Fern looked at him Wistfully; all her heart: seemed to go out to this sad, noble- looking man. Crystal had not said too much in his praise; but he looked older than she had imaginedâ€"for pain and the knowledge of his shorn and wasted powers had aged him, and there was certainly no youth in his aspect. 1,, 1A.. 4.- 1A..,..\J “ Oh,” she said, eagerly, for she longed to say something that would comfort him, “ I think sometimes that there is no one so good as Crystalâ€"we have all grown to love her so. She has such high‘spiritedmrouble- some pupils ; but she is so patient with them. When they are ill, she nurses them, and she has more influence over them than the mother ; and she is always so kind and thoughtful, and no one ever sees her cross. She is angry with Percy sometimes; but then he deserves it ; and she will not take any pleasure, but all she thinks about is to do little kindnesses for people ; and though she is so unhappy that she has grown quite thin from fretting, she tries not to let us see it.” He had been in Lady Ma travers train for months; he had suffered her to treat him as a son of the house. He had ridden with Evelyn in the Row : she had been his favorite partner in the ballroom. When they had gone to the opera, Erle had been their escort. It was perfectly true, as Mr. Huntingdon said, that she had a right to expect an offer from him; their names had long been coupled together, and Erle’s weakness and love of pretty faces had drawn the net round him. And there were other considerations that moved himâ€"his dread of poverty ; the luxurious habits that had become a second nature ; and, above all, reluctance to disappoint the old man who, in his own way, had been good to him. Erle knew that in spite of his hard- ness and severity his uncle clung to him as the Benjamin _of his old age. There were restless sleepers that night in Belgrave House. Baby was revolving his plans and wondering what Margaret would say; and on the other side of the wall Erle tossed wakeful and wretched, knowing that his fate was sealed‘ and that Evelyn Selby and not Fern Trafiord was to be his future Wife. And now, as he lay in the darkness, he told himself that in spite of her goodness and beauty he could never love her as he loved Fern. He knew at the moment he asked her to marry him, and when she put her hand in his and told him frankly that he had long won her heart. He had thought ever it all until his head was dizzy; but his conscience had told him that his sin against Fern had been light in comparison with that against Evelyn; What were those few evenâ€" ings in Beulah Place compared to the hours he had passed in Lvelyn’s society? “ You are too much a. gentleman to treat a. woman badly,” Mr. Huntingdon had said to him well knowing the softness of Erle‘s nature ; and yet, was he not treating Fern badly? “ Good-bye, Miss Trafford,” he said. “ I shall come and see you and your mother again before I leave. I shall go back to Sandyoliffe next week, and set my house in order, and talk to my sister. I do not doubt for a. moment that she will offer to accom- pany me. I shall not some back until I bring Crystal with me.” And Fern quite believed him. “ Has wshe field you about herself?” he asked, in a. yepy >10VV‘ voicfa. I . “ Yes, and it is that that makes her so unhappy. Oh, she told me all about it. and I thought she would never, never stop cry, ingâ€"it preys upon her mind, and her remorse will not let her be happy; she seems to dread even forgiveness. ‘ I go back to him when I have blighted his life, and darkened his days?’ oh! you should have heard the despair in her voice when she said that, Mr, Ferrers.” and here Fern’s sweet tones trembled. “ Mother and I sometimes think it will kill her in time, unless she has help and comfort." But he would not speak of this to Fern; his darling’s secret should be kept b him ; he would hide these sweet proofs of er love and devotion in his own breast. Fern wondered why the miserable harassed look left his face. He looked quite youngâ€"a. different manâ€"as he bade her good-bye; his shoulders were no longer stooping, his head was erect. “ Do not fear, Miss Trafiord, she shall have both soon ; it will not be long before I find her,” “But she is in Americaâ€"at least she is on her way there.” “ There are other steamers than the one in which she has crossed,” returned Baby, with a. smile. “ I suppose she means to write to you ?” “ The tall young lady in brown, who seemed to notice you Wanted help ;" he remembered the words of Miss Men-imam. Good Heavens ! it must have been she ; it must have been her little hand that guided him so gently ; oh, his miserable blindness. Of course she had neen this Percy Trafford, and he had told her all about thé guest they expected, and she had come to the station jusj toisee hing pnce agair}, V ” Oh yéstslle will write from every place â€"-she has promised me long letters, and of course Mrs, Norton will hear from Miss Campion; do you really mean to follow her, Mr. Ferrers ‘2" “ Yes, to the world’s end if it beneaeasary. Ihave a. strong will, and even blindness will not hinder me. Tell me how did she seem lent night; did she leave cheerfully 7" N l. 1‘ 1 1 ~11" A sudden, wila idea. flashed into Baby’s mind. “How was she dressed, Miss Traflordâ€"I mean What colored gown did she went ‘2” “ Well: no, Crystal puzzled us last night,” returned Fern, quickly; she went out to bid good-bye to her pupils, and Percy way- laid her as usual, but she got rid of him somehow but she was out a long time, and she would not give us any reason; but; when she came back her eyes were swollen, and she had a dreadful headache, and yet she said Percy had nothing to do with it.” - Fern seemed surprised at the question. “ Oh, her old brown gownâ€"she was all in brown, I think ; ” but she did not under- stand why Mr. Ferrets seemed so strangely agitated at her answer. No, hé could notlgelp hifimelf, he thought, bitterly. And yet how dreary the prospect seemed. He had given up the first young love of his life; and now the barren splendors of Belgrave House seemed to oppress himâ€"the walls closed round him like the walls of a prison. .-. .. 1 And yet other men would envy him, and Wonder at his luck. Evelyn had many admirersâ€"many a. one 110ny born and nobly gifted would grudge him his prize; though he knew, 'and hated himself for the knowledge, that they envied him in vmn. Erle found it difficult to play his part well ; but his young fiancee was too unsus- pecting in her happiness to guess at her lover’s secret trouble. His slight: gmvmy spoke well for him,shethonght; moan likely a. greater sense of the responsibility oppressed him. She was too much in love herself to notice how often he relapsed into silence. ' Every one thought him a. most devoted lover; he was always at his postâ€"always ready to escort them to picture galleries and flower shows, or to stand sentinel at the back of Lady Meltmvers’ box. His uncle’s generosity enabled him to load his betrothed with gifts. Evelyn used to remon- strate with him for his lavishness, not knowing that Mr. Huntingdon had prompted the gift. 7 . 1 I,,:, “ Of course I love you to bring me things," she would say, looking up in his face with her clear candid eyes; “but indeed, deer Erle, I do not need so many proofs 9f your affection.” ,‘,,,,11 _ ..... J- r‘vv’“ V' J "_ "â€""""’ “ I feel as though I should never do enough for you, Eva,” he answered, hur- riedly ; “ you must not refuse to let me give you things. I am always thinking how I am to please you ;” and as he clasped the diamond bracelet on the slender wrist, he suddenly remembered what a pretty hand Fern had, 50 White and dimpled, and a vivid longing came over him, turning him nearly sick with pain, to see that sweet face again, and to hear from those frank beautiful lips that she was glad to see him ; but he never yielded to the temp. tation. Some do not know that a. tablespoonful of baking soda in a. quart of boiling water, thrown into the sink and left to run out, is a disinfectant ; and the same put into a pork barrel and thoroughly washed round it will cleanse it and make it as sweet as when new. Manitoba’s surplus wheat has been car- rived out of the Province at the rate of five train loads a day, and all fears of 9. blockade are dispelled. On the contrary, he had put all such visits out of his power ; for he had written to Mrs. Trafford within a. few days of his engagement, telling her that his uncle had interdicted them, and that he dare not risk his displeasure, deeply as he regretted such a. break in their intercourse; and he told her that he and Miss Selby were engaged and would probably be married in the autumn; and then he sent his kind remem- brances to her daughter. Good Fishing. “ I’ve just returned from a fishing excur- sion in the Adirondacks. I had a lovely time 1” “ You had good luck, then ?” “ Oh my, yes. I caught a. Chicago millionaire l”â€"Life. \Vild Rice for Manitoba. Mr. John Gunn, who has a. stock and dairy farm near Gonor Station, has suc- ceeded in growing Wild rice, the seed of which was taken up from Ontario. Boatmanâ€"“ Not ter my knowledge. There was three men drownedfrom har last Thursday, but we found them all the next high tide.”â€"Life. Mrs. Trafford thought it a. very manly and straightforward letter. He had not acted so very badly after all, she thought ; her father’s strong will had evidently coerced him, and she knew how strong that will could be. He had meant no harm; he had only said pleasant things because it was his nature to say them; if only it had not gone very deep with Fern. . 1n ,1 , A. __ No Cause for Aim-In. Timid Touristâ€"“ Say Cap’n, this boat seems very shaky ; was anybody ever lost in her ?“ ' “ I have lied a letter from Mr. Erie, my darling," she said, quietly, as she noticed that the girl had turned a. little paler, 9.: though she had recognized the handwriting; but she had not spoken, only bent lower over her work. If thé girl (hooped it wasn’t perceptible. “ I would say, Mr. Sampson,” she replied, “ Ta, ta..”â€"Harp£r's Bazar. “ If I were to tell you, Miss Smith,” he said, in a. low, earnest tone, "that I am about to start on ,a. long journey, even across the sea, and that it may be months, and possibly yearss em I return, what would you say?” As a result of the New York Anti- Poverty movement, branch societies have been formed in many places in the United States. The parent society has aby-law providing that twenty members of the society residing in any town or district outside of New York City may form a branch by adopting the constitution and agreeing to afliliate with the parent society. The condition of afliliation shall be the payment to the parent society of a fee of 25 cents for each member admitted to the branch, in consideration of which the parent society shall furnish for each branch member a certificate of member- ship bearing the autograph signature of the President and Vice-President. It is recommended that the initiation fee of branch members be the same as that of members of the parent society, viz.: $1. The following is the constitution; The time having come for an active warfare against conditions that, in spite of the advance in the powers of production, con- demn so many to degrading poverty, and foster vice, crime and greed, the Anti- Poverty Society has been formed. The object of the society is to spread, by such peaceable and lawful means as may be found most desirable and eflicient, a knowledge of the truth that God has made ample provision for the needs of all men during their residence upon earth, and that involuntary poverty is the result of the human laws that allow individuals to claim as private property that which the Greator has provided for the use of all. Church diseatablishment in Wales is foreseen by many of the strong friends of the Establishment. Bishop Brumby told the Church conference a few days ago that he could see the wave of disesteblishment coming nearer and nearer to the shore, and he added. “ If the Church has maintained her hold on only 25 per cent. of the popu- lation she has no claim to 75 per cent. of the endewments.” This sentiment was not applauded. Occasionally the servant has really reason to find fault. A man appeared at an intelligence office the other day and engaged a girl for general housework. “Have you any children ‘2” asked the maid before she closed the bargain. “Only afew,” he replied, and she took this to mean two or three, She arrived at the house just at breakfast time the next morning and was surprised to see nine little ones filing into the dining-room. “Are there any more fr‘” she gasped. “ Well, yes,” answered the proud‘father, “there are the twins, who cannot walk yet, and the baby." The girl did not stop to unpack her trunk, Mr. Sampson Concluded to Go. Diseatablishment in Wales. Good Cause for Alarm. Antiâ€"Poverty Society. (To be continued.) The Latest Fashions at Home and Abroad. (Aunt Kate's Weekly Budget.) A Baby Among the Strong-Minded. The Vermont W. C. T. U., at its thir- teenth annual meeting, witnessed a pretty incident. Mrs. Phoebe Stone Beeman I came into the meeting while the votes were taking, with her 16-months-old baby. Every mother of them welcomed the baby, little Lelia Stone Beeman. An escort was sent. The baby was brought to the plat- , form. She looked smilingly over the Con- ' vention. Miss Willard took her in her arms, and moved that “ the white-ribbon ' baby be made a delegate to this Conven- I tion.” She passed to Mrs. Greene’s arms, I who said : “My department of kindergarten has received a baptism.” Forthwith they elected Mrs. Beeman Secretary. Who fears that women who vote will cease to care for children ?â€"Womcm’s Journal. - The Jersey Come to Stay. l I expressed some weeks ago my fondness for the jersey, and my hope that all per- sons of the worthy sex who know that they have fine figures, or fear that they are too j lumpy for gracefulness, will go on patroniz- ; ing it. I am glad to find that the Grand Duchess Vladimir thinks as I do. Her feel- ing on the subject is that the jersey is the , highest effort of the dressmaking art. She 1_ has it thin, and she has it thick, with a l plushy inside ; she has, it high, and she has ' it low. Of the low kindI have this week been shown a specimen. It is in salmon silk. The upper edge is trimmed with a ruche of raveled silk set on an elastic band, which is fastened on at short distances. Nothing can be softer or more fluffy. One would think that with the first zephyr the whole thing would fly off like thistle- down, which in texture it resembles. There are no sleeves, but the ruche forms a shoulder band, and a pair of downy tassels falls from the middle of this part. The meagre-chested should not wear the low jersey; but the plump, or too plump, should adopt and cling to it obstinately. What, you see, is so objectionable to modest persons in a ball-room, is not the stripping of busts, but the forcing up of roundness toward the neck. That frontier line which Miss Rose Cleveland spoke of in her letter about low-cut waists, and which, unfor- tunately, she did not define, is displaced in the sense of upheaval. This is done not by the corset if it be all well made, but by the corsage. A jersey, low or high, forces nothing, and lends itself to every undula- tion. For this reason the stout and un- statue-like should wear it both in and out of the ball-room.â€"Landcn Truth. The Fashionable Girl’s New Walk. The new walk is neither graceful nor pretty. It is a kind of a waddle. The would-be fashionable young lady now walks as if she had no joints nor firmness to her. Every part of her anatomy seems to shake and wiggle as she goes. She comes down hard first on one foot and then on the other, seeming to rest her body alternately on each of her nether limbs. Her cheeks wobble. and so do her arms. I don't know any better way to describe it than to say she waddles like a fat duck. I don’t know who is the originator of this fashion, but it is evidently going to be the thing this win- ter. All the girls put it on with their fall bonnets, and all over the streets you can see the little dears trying their best to be ungraceful in their efforts to be up to the latest “ fad.”â€"N. _Y. Evening Sun. Fin: ry Harmful to Children. Children are overloaded with finery, de- stroying utterly their childish charm and grace ; for they are either pertly conscious of ” my best clothes ” or they are rendered miserable by the necessity of so compart- ing themselves as not to rumple, tear or soil their fripperiesâ€"this being, with some mothers, the unpardonable sin. New French Fancies in Feminine Attire. Coat: for girls are made of rough-finished check goods having the Newmarket pleats, a. belt clasped with metal Clasps and a silk- lined hood. These are made either long or short and have also metal clasps at the throat. A new fancy for trimming for girls‘ coats, and even for the entire gar. ment, is astrakhan cloth of rich dark red. Fashion Notes. School dresses for girls are made with a. belted waist gathered to a yoke and a full gathered skirt. Serge, homespun, cheviots or gay plaid woollens are used for these dresses. Revival of the Reticule. It is understood that opera-glass bags and the dainty little plush pockets for handkerchiefs that our belles have for the ,ast year been wont to carry about with {hem are to be superseded this season by the regular old-fashioned reticules that our grandmothers used to delight in. And, ‘ indeed, this fashion will certainly rove a ‘charming one in many way§_. A Million- able woman nowadays is obliged to take so many indispensable articles about with her that it is absolutely necessary to 11MB some convenient receptacle in which to stow them, so that they shall be near at hand. Ordinary dress pockets are becoming almost obsolete, principally because mod- istes will persist in putting” them in such eut-of-the-way places that it is impossible to gain access to them. Everybody will surely welcome our grandmothers’ reticules as a pleasing change. Of course, ene must possess as many reticules as gowns, satin and silk ones to match evening toilets, and others of more sober cast for shopping pur- poses. They may be ornamented with lace and flowers or fur and feathers, and they may contain anything. from abatiste hand- kerchief to the latest design in enamel bon. ‘ bon boxes. At any rate, every woman of taste will admitith'atirom an aesthetic point of View, any kind of reticule~even one of the plainest patternvwill be preferable to those monstrosities in leather called shop- ping bags, and whichare tobe placed in the same category as ulsters and rubber cloaks. -â€"â€""’ll~9}ll‘7b{]lo7l Post. Mrs. Crawford writes from Paris to Lon- don Truth as follows: “ The ladies’ tailors are all busy at costumes de chasse, by which they don’t exclusively mean riding habits. ‘ Mobilization and autumn manoeuvres being on their brain, the costumes have a military savor. Wraps to be worn in going to or returning thence are like hussars’ jackets, but of soft flannel. The body of the shooting costume is a la fantassin and the skirt a la cantiniere. Dull colors are used, unless just in the taoings. A shew of bright red or blue would frighten the birds, who are apt to fly off whenever they see blues, purples or strong greens. Rus’sets are the hues least alarming to the denizens of the forest. But they are not military. However, the ladies' tailors seem to think that they ought tobe. The grays and browns and unbleached flax, and, indeed, neutral hues and coleurs rompues in gen- eral, have had their day, and a revival is showing itself of the bright, decided tones which were in favor up to 1870. Attempts are being made to adopt the swallow-tailed coat, waistcoat and shirt front to the femi- nine attire, Those who go in for this adaptation must drop the bustle, Now, I don’t object to the bustle being shed; but what I tremble at is the probable lengthen- ing of the skirt. Dress a lay figure with a gentleman’s evening coat and short peti- coat, and it will at once set you laughing. You will either have to reduce the swallow. tail to the “postilion” size or let down the skirt. The hat to harmonize with this style of garmentâ€"and play-goers may rejoice thereatwâ€"is to be a crush one, either low and flat, like a sailor’s, or three- cornered and feathered, like a French General’s. This headgear will, at the theatre, take the place of a fan. It won’t last, but don’t be surprised if it's the rage for a few seasons. THE LADIES’ COLUMN. . There will be an effort made to revive a modification of the Highland costumes for little boys as a relief from the long regime of the sailor. The pretty plaid velvets being introduced this season have given the I idea impetus and one or two very pretty ' ones have been made. One of them has a kilt of grey velvet plaided in fine lines of ' red, buttoned upon a white shirt waist. A 5 coat and Waistcoat of gray cloth form the | upper part of the dress; a. red scarf is knotted under a wide white collar, plaid stockings, alittle fillibeg and a Glengarry cap complete the costume. I L. M. Chase, of Boston, ioundapear tree I in his garden which the mice had girdled ! by eating the bark of the trunk, and it Was dying. Mr. Chase planted four small trees around this tree and close to it, out off the , tops, pointed the ends, and, making in- cisions in the bark, bent the small trees and l grafted them above the dead trunk. They all grew, and the tree draws itsnourishment from the small ones and “ still lives,” for a bushel of nice pears has just been taken from it. When the entire jacket is made of this cloth, which almost perfectly imitates the real article, it is cut in plain jacket shape, with black frogs buttoning it down the front and trimming the sleeves. Dresses for girls from 7 to 10 will show the nailnical designs that have been so popular for the past two or three seasons. Chlldren of that age will wear peaâ€"jackets and kill: skirts of serge trimmed with v ide Hercules braid. The wide felt hats still popular for every-day wear for children are trimmed with voluminous bunches of ribbons of all shades. Frequently single quills are stuck through these ribbon clusters and some- times two or three of them. Little close bonnets, without strings of course, and with a decided poke, are worn for dress occa- sions. These are trimmed with thick folds and poufs of velvet, with breasts of birds or little thick clusters of ostrich feathers. Some of these little bonnets are trimmed with unlimited yards of the narrowest width of point-edged ribbon made into pom- pons. Miss Annie Chastaine died of broken heart at Birmingham, Ala.., last week. Her betrothed broke their engagement last July and her grief provedfatal. Weights in the Kitchen. Ten common-sized eggs weigh one pound. Soft butter the size of an egg weighs one ounce. One pint of coffee A sugar weighs twelve ounces. One quart of sifted flour (well heaped) ong pougdf Ofie pint of best brown sugar weighs thir teen ounces. Don’t disgust everybody by hawking, blowing and spitting, but use Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy and be cured. Two teacups (well heaped) of coffee A weigh one pounq. vao teaéups (level) of granulated sugar weigh one pound: 7 Tim teaéups of soft butter, well packed, weigh ong pounfiz Resolve not to be poor. Whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is agreed; enemy to human happiness. It certainly destroys liberty, and it makes some virtues imprac- ticable, and others extremely difficultâ€"Dr. Johnson. 0:18 and fine-third pints of powdered sugar weigh ong pound. Tuwo tabiespoona of powdered sugar or flogr weigh one oupce_._ One tamespoon (well rounded)of soft but- ter‘weigbs 0136 oungg. He may be, but if he tells you that any preparation in the world is as good as Putnam’s Painless Corn Extractor distrust the advice. Imitations only prove the value of Putnam's PainlessCorn Extractor, See signature on each bottle of Polsondz Co. Get “ Putnam’g." One Eint (heaped) of granulated sugar weighs fou_rteen_ oqpqes. leo and one-half teacups (level) of best brgwn aug§r_weig1_1 one_ pound. 7 Two anud threefifourthhs teacups (level) of pogvderet_1_suga.r weigh_px}e pougd. ‘ One tablesfioon ($5611 heaped) of granuâ€" lated coffee A or best brown sugar equals one ounce. 7 As a. help in the absence of any handy means of weighing, the following rules for mgqgurilig will be found very conve.ni.ent: Miss Paraol says one generous pint; 'of liquid or one pint of finely-chopped meat packed solidly weighs one pound, which it would be very convenient to remember. Teaspoons vary in size, and the new ones hold about twice as much as an old- fashioned spoon of thirty years ago. A mediumâ€"sized teaspoon contains about a drum. » Lively Canadian Horses. An English paper gives the following account of an occurrence mentioned in our special cables: On Wednesday afternoon an extraordinary scene occurred at Wool- wich. Between 30 and 40 Canadian horses arrived at the T Pier, Royal Arsenal, in the steamship Thorndale, from Montreal, to be broken in for military purposes. They had been a fortnight on board in stable fittings, and the scene on arrival at the arsenal being evidently difierent to any- thing they had previously experienced they became frightened and uncontrollable. Forty horse artillerymen had been sent down from the barracks for the purpose of leading them to the remount establishment, Woolwich Common, but they could do nothing with them, One of the animals jumped overboard from the vessel and alighted on the pier! causin a panic to seize the whole herd. T e infuriated animals broke loose and galloped about the arsenal in the wildest manner. They were ultimately driven to the main gates, where they were stopped. Another at- tempt was made to capture them; but they kicked and resisted with all their He was too Popular. " My dear boy,” he remarked with a. sigh, ." yo; ' don’t, kngw half the trials of a. popu ur man. J ust look at this pile oi invitations.” “ From whom f!” f‘ My creditorsâ€"invitations to come down and séttle up." “ As glares the tiger on his foes, Hemmed in by hunters, spears and bows, 5nd. ere he bounds upon the ring, Selects the object a! his spring," Se disease, in myraid forms, fastens its fangs upon the human race. Ladies who suffer from distressing ailments peculiar to their sex should use Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. It is a positive cure for the most complicated and obstinate cases of leucorrhea, excessxve flowing, painful men- struation, unnatural suppressions, proâ€" lapsus, or falling of the wOmb. weak back, «‘9 female weakness," anteversion, retrover- gion, bearing-down sensations, chronic congestion, inflammation and ulceration of the womb, inflammation, pain and tender- neaa in ovaries, accompanied with “ interâ€" nal heat." strength, and the attem 1: had to be aban- doned. Passing throng the arsenal gates the horses rushed into the streets, where it was feared they would create a. general panic. With some determination and presence of mind, the artillerymen made an attempt, which hep ily succeeded, to turn the afirighted animals into the road leading towards the barracks and thus confined them to one thorough are, limit- ing the terror of the foot passengers to the one street. On reaching Woolwich com- mon (la. square mile of grass land) they were a. lowed to gallop, find they gradually tamed down. A sufilcient force of artillery- men turned out, and they were ultimately secured and taken to the Remount, from whence they will in the course of afew week! be turned out perfectly (190119 {and tractable. ' A ring Fellow Possibility of an Increase of a Dollar Per Ton in the Price of Coal. _ Circulars from the Delaware, Laalni'wwa & W. R R, Delaware & .Hudson, {Lehigh Valley & Pennsylvania. Central Coal Co - panies have been received by; all the local dealers to-day from headquarters, can- celling all existing contracts and with- drawing recent circular quotations. Copies of the same circular have been issued to every dealer in Canada and the United States simultaneously. In Montrefll” (1 Toronto stocks are fast running out, t 11 little or no shipments are being made, pending the action of the New York coal barons. Ottawa dealers have a moderate supply of their winter stock in store and but twelve cars of nut are now on track here. It is likely there will be an imme- diate advance of 50 cents or $1 per .ton throughout both countries. Ottawa dealers are short about 10,000 tons to complete orders already booked and for winter trade. The immediate causes of the famine are strikes in the coal regions, limited output, and increased consumption over that of last yeahâ€"Ottawa Journal. When I say cure I do not moan merer cu stop them for n time and than 11mm then) return “gum. I menn a radial] cure. [have made the (“sense ul‘FI'l'S, EPILEPSY or PA Ll.- ING SICKNESS n life-10m: Study. I “ax-ram my remedy to cure the worst cases. Because others hwe failed is no reason for not now receiving a cure. Send at nncu for I treatise and a Free Battle at my lnfnmble remedy. Give Express and Past (mice. It cost: you unlth for a trig), 31d I will you. A reu DR. H. G. ROOT, fiffifiéfififihfi, 3‘7'Yhfiié‘fit2’i‘firnnm. Everybody has heard of a ” horse laugh,” but who has ever seen an equine gifted with the power of speech ? Such an animal would be pronounced a. miracle ; but so would the telegraph and the telephone have been a hundred years ago. Why, even very recently a cure for consumption would have been looked upon as miraculous, ‘ but now people are beginning to realize-that athe disease is not incurable. Dr. ” Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery will cure it, if taken; in time. The world re-nowned remedy will not make new lungs, but it will restore diseased ones to a healthy state when all other means have failed. ThOus- ands can gratefully testify to this. All druggists. THE cmzi’é’; :42???” Aunt Kateâ€"“ My dear, don’t you think if it had been the Lord’s wish that you should have had curling hair He would have curled it for you ?” Jessie-“ And so he did, Aunt Kate, when I was a. baby. He probably thinks I am old enough now to do it myself.”â€"Life. y [BEBE WW! I have a prmimu remedy for Hm above disease ; b) "I use Ihnuannds ufmmes of tho worst kind and of long Handing have been cured. Indeed, so strong *Iy faith In In efficacy, that I wi’! Bend TWO BOTTLES Ax "5 other with a VALUABLE 'I‘REATISE on this dileu,‘ to In, lufi'erer. Giva expNfi! and P‘ O. Addrels. 7 DR. LOCUM, For 115. Cash furnished on satisfactory guaranty Address 0. S. PAGE, Hyde Park, Vermont, U. S Branch omé’éLé7‘Y33éSSt.,wmto BeinfiI entirely vegetable, tfléy op- erate wit out disturbance to ,thagiqstem, diet. or occupation. Put up‘ in glasa vi , hermeti- cally sealed. Always flush and reliable. As a laxative, alterative, or purgatlve, these little Pellets give the most perfect satisfaction. SM HEMBHE, ‘ Bill 0115 Ileadache, Dizziness, Constipaâ€" tion, I indigestion]. Bilious Attacks,and all derangements of the atom- ach and bowels. are promptâ€" ly relieved and permanently cured by the use of Dr. 4 Pierce 5 Pleasant Purgative Pellets. In explanation of the remedial power of these Pellets ever so great a. variety of diseases, it may truthfully be said that; their action upon the system is universal. npt a gland or t' sue escaping their sanative influence. ’Sdl’ by druggists. 25 cents a. vial. Manufactured the Chemical Laboratory of WORLD'S DISPENSARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, Buffalo, N. Y. \, :12: III! FELLEH BEWARE OF 1311 TA}! 1031 . ALWAYS ASII FOR DR. PIEL'C IT'S PELLETS, OR LITTLE SUGARâ€" 00m ED PILL8._ AND TRADERS GENERALLY, We want a GOOD MAN in your locality to yipk Bll‘lrlUJVla VI: vfl-AJ‘I‘FI_.!IHLI hmvy headache. obstruction of the nasa passages. discharges falling from the head into the throat, sometimes profuse, watery. and acrid, at others, thick. tenaciou , mucous, 1)ur1‘110nt.lbloo(1yiqnq putrid]; th _ey(;s gre weak, watery, and inflmnod; there is ringing in the ears, deafness. hacking or coughing to clear the throat, expectomtion of oll‘unsive matter, together with scabs from ulcers; the voice is changed and has a nasal twang; the breath is offensive; umle and taste are im~ paired; there is a. sensation of dizziness, with mental depression. a. hacking cough and genâ€" eral debility. Only a few 01‘ the aboveâ€"named symptoms are likely to be prosent in any one casea Thousands of casos annually, with,ng mamfesting hqu of the above aymlitmns, re]: sult in consumption, and end in he grave, N0 disease is so common, more deceptive and daiiggr0113,_ (31‘ loss‘u11(l(:1'stgncl by physiuiung. By its mild, soothing, and healing properties. Dr. Snge’s Uaturrh Rcmod cures the worst (‘8808 of Catarrh, “ col» in the head,” Coryza, a11d~'()atarrlaal Headache. Sold by druggists everywhere; 50 ccntg‘,‘ Prof. W. HAUSNER, the famous xm-smerist. 0f Ithaca, N. Y.. writes: “ Some ton years ago I summed untold agony from chronic nasal (filtfll‘l'll. My family physician gave 1110 up as incurablev and. said i must 19: My 9880 was such a bad one, tha every ay tox‘vards aun- Bet, my voice would become so libarse I could barely speak above a whisper. In the morning my coughing and clearing of my throat, would almost strangle me. By the use of Dr. Sgge‘é Camrrh Kennedy in itlii‘ee mnnths, I was 8. well man, and the clue has been permanent." “Constantly Hawking and Spitting.” THOMAS J. RUSHING, Vb... 2902 Pine Street. St. Louis, MIL, writes: “I was a great sufferer from catarrh for three years, At times 1 could hardly breathe. and was constantl ' hawking and spitting, and for the lust (\ig t months could not hrvmhr» Himugh the nostril I thbught nothing could no done for me. L ‘â€" Ily, l was :ulvisml to try Dr. Sage’s Catm‘rli Remedy. and l am now a well man. I believe it to he the only sure remedy for catarrh now Inanufuctumd, nmi one has only to give it a fiiir trial to experience astounding rcsulpg and a permanent cum.“ ” ELI ROBBINS. Rum/an P. 0.. Columbia 00.. Pa.. says: “My daughter had catm‘rh when she was five years old. very badly. 1 saw Dr. Sage’s Cumrrh Remody advertised, and pro- cured a bottle for her, and soon saw that it helped her; a third bottle effected a perma- nent cure. She is now eighteen years old and sound and hearty.” Helping Those Who Help Themselves. SYMPTOMS 0F CATARRH.â€"Dull navy headache. obstruotlon of the nasa Merchants, Butchers, “Untold Agony irom Catal'rh.” ALLEGED COAL FAMINE. Three Botties Cure Camry-ll. A Horse \le0 Can Talk ! m: Q‘V‘. \‘fiafim LIVER \ e\\em§ PILLS. CALFSKINS DONL.44 87. is offered by the manufactur- ers of Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy, for a case of Chronic N asal Catarrh which they cannot cure. Ni: