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There’s coming up the path of Time a. gracious epochwhen The better motives 01 the heart shall rule the nituenta; When every one shall have the thought to watch the word they say; When 37.11 9113' deeds and motives shall be open as Heads of man; When pmit-{cians cease with lies to mend their pirly fence, And oflice-hqldera heed the wish of their con- hifié day; When ‘tlggeymg. jrickery, deceit and fraud we “'ahixi’ha'vé'doné,’ " In tint uncertun period when Johnny gets his _ 7 mid rudely swear. And gfirlg be tqygyp‘tggyake and mend and cause "â€" "EB'BEfigEE’eir'hAir; _ And h_e_who paddles milk will put no water 111 his 09.nâ€"l Whilg then-the haokmnn, even, may become an " fhonest man. ' ' 7 How glgdly we aha}! ggqgg the day when these thin 5 come to pass! But there 15 still one cloud 0! doubt in bope’s fair ak , alas! New York wxll still be found with all her monu- mw Eights undone, They’ll still be just as they are now, when Johnny gets his gun. “ 0! course, it was very little,” hesitated Miss Belinda ; “butâ€"but I could not help seeing that he was drawing comparisons, as it were. Octavia was teaching Mr. Poppleton to play croquet, and she was rather exhilarated, and perhaps exhibited moreâ€"freedom of manner. in an innocent wayâ€"quite in an innocent, thoughtless wayâ€"than is exactly customary. and I saw Mr. Barold glance from her to Lucia, who stood near; and when I said, ‘ You are thinking of the contrast between them,’ he answered, ‘ Yes, they differ very greatly, it is true'; and of course I knew that my poor Octavia could not have the advantage in his eyes. She feels this her- self, I know. She shocked me, the other day, beyond expression by telling me that she had asked him if he thought she was really fast, and that she was sure he did. Poor child ; she evidently did not compre- hend the dreadful significance of such terms." “A man like Francis Barold does understand their significance," said Lady Theobald, " and it is to be deplored that your niece cannot be taught what her position in society will be it such a. reputation attaches itself to her. The men of the present day fight shy of such characters." '7'“ny dear," she said, “don't say ‘you always have’; itâ€"it really seems to make it go par_sopal.” - -. 1n 1‘ Octavia turned around and fixed her eyes wonderingly upon her blushing countenance. For a moment she made no remark, a marvellous thought shaping itself slowly in her mind. “ Well, I must say,” she observed, “ that if some men fought a little ahyer than they do.I shouldn't mind it. You always do have about half a dozen dangling around, who only bore, and who will keep asking you to go to places, and sending you bouquets, and asking you to dance, when they can't dance at all, and tear your dress, and stand on your feet. If they would ‘_f_ight shy,’ it would be splendid.” 1 To M153 Belinda, who certainly had never been guilty of the indeoorum of hav- ing any member of the stronger sex “ dangling about" at all, this was very trying. The men will qease to smoke and chew and drink This dread clause so impressed poor Miss Belinda by its solemnity that she could not forbenr repeating it to Octavia afterwards. though it is to be regretted that it did not prod_u_oe the effect that she had hoped. 11 n,A. i‘r‘Aunt Belinda,” she said, as length, did qubody ever‘â€"â€"~.” -- v "Ah, no, my dear. No, no, I assure you ! " cried Miss Belinda, in the greatest poasible trepldarion. “Ah, dear, n01 Suchâ€"such things rarelyâ€"very rarely happen inâ€"in Slowbridgeâ€"and besides, I couldn't possibly have thought of it. I couldn’t, indeed I" She was so overwhelmed with maidenly confusion at the appalling thought, that she did not recover herself for half an hem: at least. Octavia. feeling that it would not be safe to pursue the subject, only uttered one word of comment : “ Gracious l” AN AMERICAN GIRL. AN EXPERIMENT. Much to her own atonishment, Lucia found herself allowed new liberty. She was permitted to spend the afternoon fre- quently with Octavia, and, on several occasions, that young lady and Miss Bassett were invited to partake of tea. at Oldolough in company with no other guest than Francis Barold. “I don’t know what it means, and I think it must mean something,” said Lucia. to Octavia, “ but it is very pleasant. I never was allowed to be so intimate with any one before." .-. n. - ,‘,I,, â€"'115;r31;pa;" suggested Octavia, sagely, " she thinks that, if you see me often enough, you will get sick of me, and it will be a lesson to yell." “ The more I see of you,” answered Lucia. with a serious little air, “ the fender I am of you. I understand you better. You are not at 311 like what I thought you at first, Oofavin._" -“7173Vu't 1 Vdon't know that there's much to understand in me." “ There is a great deal to understand in you," she replied. “ You are a puzzle to me often. You seem so frank, and yet one knows so little about you, after all. For instance,” Lucia went on, “ who would imagine that you are so affectionate ? " “ Am I affectionate ?” she asked. " Yes,” answered Lucia, “ I am sure you are very affectionate. I have found it out gradually. You would suffer things for any one you loved." Octavia thought the matter over. “ Yes," she said at length, ” I would." "You are very fond of Miss Bassett," proceeded Lucia, as if arraigning her at the bar of justice. You are very fond of your father, and I am sure there are other people you are very fond otâ€"very fond of, Indeed.” Octavia pondered seriously again. " Yes, there are," she remarked ; “ but no one would care about them hereâ€"and so I’m not going to make a fuss. You don't want, to make a fuss over people you 1â€"â€" like. “ You don’t," said Lucia. “You are like Francis Barold, in one Wayâ€"but you are altogether different, in another. Francis Barold does not wish to show emotion, and he is so determined to hedge himself around that one can‘t help suspecting that he is always guarding himself against one. He always seems to be resenting inter- ference ; but you don’t appear to care at all, and so it is not natural that one should suspect you. I did not suspect you.” “ What do suspect me of new ‘I " " O! thinking a great deal." answered Lucia affectionately. “ And of being very clever and very good." Octavia was silent for s few moments. “ I think," she said, after the pause “ I think you'll find that’s its a mistake.” w‘7‘"71‘10", I shall not,” returned Lucia, quite glowing with enthusiasm. “ And I know I ah§{l_learn a gregt deallqup} you.” “i'fhia was Euoh a startling proposition that Octavia. felt decidedly uncomfortable. She flushed rosy rod. v ” Octavia," said Lucia, very naively indeed, “ suppose we try to help each other. If you will tell me when I am wrong, I will try toâ€"to have the courage to tell you. That will be good practice for me. What I most want is courage and frankness, and I am sure it will take courage to make up “ I’m the one who ought to learn things. I think." she said. “ I’m always doing things that frighten Aunt Belinda, and you know hqw thejregt regard me.” When Johnny Gets His Gun. CHAPTER XIX. mistake." my_q1in_r_l to tell you of yourâ€"of your -Bbwtfih regarded her With mingled admirnpion an_d rgspeot. 1T- ;Hi‘nwk-Ifiruvé .u splendid idea." she said. ” Are you sure,” {altered Lucia, “ are you sure you won't mind the things I mny have to any ‘I Really, they are quite little things in themselvesâ€"hardly worth mentioning “Teu'me one of them, right now," saidiootaviqtpoint:b}nnk. -.-.‘ . ...A “Well,” commented Octavia, E‘that sounds as if they must be pretty unpleasant. Why don‘t you want to? They will be quite as bad to-morrow. And to refuse to tell me one iea. bad beginning. It looks as if you were fright- ened, and it isn’t good practice for you to be frightened at anal} a. little thing.” “ Oh, no 1"" werxclaimed Lucia, starting. ” I‘d rather notâ€"just upwi' I Lugfivfélt convicted. She Vmade an efiort to Vreguin 1191' qompqs‘uretl ” No, it is not,” she said. “But that is always the way. I am continually telling myself that I will be courageous and candid. and the first time anything happens, I fail. I will tell you one thing." 1 I,A1_AJ _L “ It is somethingâ€"I think I would do if â€"if I were in your place,” Lucia. stammered. “A very little thing indeed.” “ Well ? ” remarked Octavis, anxiously. Lucia loat her breath, caught it again, and proceeded caufioualy. and with blushes at her gwn daring. .. .1..v “Isn’t it becoming ?" she asked breath- lessly. “ Oh, yes 1" Lucia answered. “Very.” Octavia started. “ Then why wouldn’t you wear it ? " she cried. “ What do you mean ‘2 ” Lucia felt her position truly a delicate one. She looked her hands. and braced herselt ; but she blushed vividly. “ It may sound rather silly, when I tell you why. Octavia.” she said ; " but I really do think it is a sort of reason. You know, in those absurb pictures of actresses, bangs always seem to be the principal feature. I saw some in the shop windows, when I went to Herriford with grandmamma. And they were such dreadful womenâ€"some of themâ€"and had so very few clothes on, that I can’t help thinking I shouldn't like to look like them. andâ€"” “ Does it make me look like them ?” ” Oh, very little I” answered Lucia ; “ very little indeed, of course: butâ€"â€"" “But it’s the same thing, after all," put in Octavia. “That's what you mean." “It is so very little,” {Altered Lucia. thatâ€"that perhaps it isn‘t a reaeon.” Octavia looked at herself in the glass again. “ I did not mean to say so," cried Lucia, filled with the most poignant distress. “ I beg your pardon, indeedâ€"Iâ€"oh dear! I was afraid you wouldn't like it. I felt that it wgajakiqg a. grgnt libertyfifln I “ I don’t like it,” answered Octavia; “ but that can’t be helped. I didn’t exactly sup- pose I should. But I wasn’t going to say anything about your hair when I began,” glancing at poor Lucia coifi‘ure, ” though I suppose I might.” . , u 1... ._...rr-._~ She s'thfiEé afiort hereiand looked “at Ootgviq guiltily: . -..-.-r 111,51 “ It I were in your place,” she said, ” I thinkâ€"that, perhapsâ€"only perhaps, you know-I would not wearâ€"my hairâ€"quite so low downâ€"oval: my forehead.” Octavia sprang from her seat, and ran to the pier glass over the mantel. She glanced at the reflection of her own startled, pretty face. and then, putting her hand to the soft blonde “ bang " which met her brows, turned to Lucia.‘ “ It isn’t a. very good reason,” she re- marked, “ but I suppose it will do.” She paused, and looked Lucia in the face. “ I don’t think that's a little thing,” she said. To be told you look like an opera boufie actress.” ” You might say about a. thousand things about it I " cried Lucia, piteously. “ I know that mine is not only in bad taste, but it is ugly and unbecoming.” “ Yea,” said Octavia, cruelly, “ it is.” “ And yours is neither the one nor the other,” protested Lucia. ” You know I 1:013} you it was pretty, Octavia.” Octavia walk‘ed over to the table, upon which stood Miss Belinda's work-basket, and took therefrom a. small and gleaming pan- of scissors, retuning to the mantel glnsi with them. . .. .. . um. . 1 “How short shall I out it?" she de- mended. “ Oh I” exclaimed Lucia, “ don'tâ€"don’t." For answer, Octavia raised the scissors, and gave a. snip. It was a savage snip. and half the length and width of her love-looks tell on the mantel ; then she gave another snip, and the other half fell. Lucia scarcely dared to breathe. For a moment, Octavia stood gazing at herself, with pale face and dilated eyes. Then suddenly the folly of the deed she had done seem to reveal itself to her. “ 0h 1 ” she cried out, “ Oh, how diaboliosl it looks!" She turned upon Lucia. ” Why did you make me do it ‘2” she exclaimed. “ It's all your faultâ€"every bit of it ” ; and flinging the scissors to the other and of the room, she threw herself into a. chair, and burst into tears. Lucia‘s anguish of mind was almost more than she could bear. For at least three minutes, she felt herself a. criminal of the deepest dye ; after the three minutes had elapsed, however, she began to reason, and culled to mind the fact that she was failigg as usual under her crisis. “ This is being a coward again.” she said to herself. “ It is worse than to have said nothing. It is true that she will look more refined. now one can see a little of her forehead, and it is cowardly to be airsia to stand firm when I really think so. Iâ€"yes, I will say something to her." “Octa'vis,” she bégan, aloud. “ I am sure you are making a mistake again.” This as decidedly as possible, which was not very decidely. “Youâ€"you look very muchâ€" nicely”? “I' look ghastly!” said Octavia, who begs}; to feel :nthgr absprd: a You do not. Your foreheadâ€"you have the prettiest forehead I ever saw, Octavia," said Lucia, eagerly, “and your eyebrows are perfect. Iâ€"wieh you would look at yourself agai_n." Rather to her surprise. Octavia began to laugh under cover of her handerchiei; reaction had set in, and, though the laugh was a. trifle hysterical, it was still a. laugh. Next she gave her eyes a. final little dub, and rose to go to the glass again. She looked at herself, touched up the short, waving fringe left on her forehead, and turned to Lucia, with a resigned express- ion. “ They; would think you prettierâ€"a great deal." Lucia answered, earnestly. “Don't you know, Octavia, that nothing could be really unbecoming to you? You have that kind of face." “ Do you think that any one who was used to seeing it the other way wouldâ€" would think I looked horrid ?” she inquired, anxiously. .For a few seconfis, Octavia seem to lose herself in thought of a. speculative nature. “ Jack always said so," she remarked, at length. “ Jack ‘2” repeated Lucia, timidly. Octavia roused herself, and smiled with candid sweetness. “ He is some one I knew in Nevada." she explained. “He worked in father‘s) mine once." She tucked away her pocket»handketohief in the jaunty pocket at the back of her basque, ana returned to her chair. Then she turned again tq _Lucia.. _ “ Well,” she said, “ I think you have found out that you were mistaken, haven’t you, dear? Suppose you tell me of some- thing 915le “ You must have known him very well," suggesgeg {may}, somgyvlfat ayes]. 5i did," she replied calmly. “Very well." Livia. colored. ” No," she answered, “ that is enough for today." A." . nmwn 17v, PECULIAB T0 NEVADA. Whether or not Lucia was right in accusing Octavia’s Bassett of being clever, and thinking a great deal. is a riddle which those who are interested in her must unravel as they read : but whether the sur- mise was correct or incorrect, it seemed pos- sible that she had thought a little after the interview. When Bsrold saw her next, he was struck by a slight but distinctly definable change he recognized in her dress and coifiure. Her pretty heir had a rather less “ professional ” appearance ; he had the pleasure of observing, for the first time, how very white her forehead was, and how delicate the arch of her eyebrows ; her dress had a novel air of simplicity, and the diamond rings were nowhere to be seen. .u u “ She‘s better dressed than usual,” he said to himself. " And she‘s always well dresaeaâ€"mther too well dressed, fact is, for a. place like this. This sort of thing is in better form, under the circumamncesf’ It was so much ” better form.“ and he so for approved of it, that be quite thawed, and was very amiable and very enter- taining indeed. nu, , “ Do you think," she inquired. " that it is bad taste to wear diamonds ‘2" “My mother wears themâ€"occasionally.” "Have you any sisters 7" “ No." “Any cousinsâ€"ms young as I am?” “ Ya-ae." “ Do they wear them ?” “I must admit." he replied, “ that they don’t. In the first place, you know, they haven’t any, and,in the second, I am under the impression that Lady Beauehampâ€" their mamma, you knowâ€"wouldn't permit it if they had." dint -, "7 Ootgv-igwggs entertaining. too. She asked several most interersting qqostigns. " Wouldn't permit it 1" said Octavia. “ I suppose they always do as she tells them ?” He smiled a little. “ They would be very courageous young women it they_ @idp’t,’_’ he remarked. .i nu‘ ' “What wofild she'doit they tried it?” she inquiret‘i; “ She equldp‘t beat them." .1 -u- _._\,-.--_. .-, 7 ,, “ They will never try it,” he answered. dryly. “ And, though I htwe never seen her beat them, or heard their: lamentations under chastiment, I should not like to say that Lady Beauchamp could not do any- thing. She is a very determined parsonâ€" for a gentlewoman.” Octavia laughed. " You are joking,” ahasaid. “ Ludy Beauohamp is a. serious subject for jokes." he responded. “ my cousins think so, at lanst.” ... .. v1ml ‘1'2‘EVV-V1'ngtiér if she is as bad as Lady Theo- bald,” Ootavfiq reflected algpd. “fine says I have no right to wear diamonds at all, until I am married. Bus Idon’t mind Lady Theobald," she added, as a cheerful after- thought. “ I am not fond enough of her to care about what she says.” “ Lucia says I am,” she returned, with the calmness of a young person who wished to regard the matter from an unembarrassed point of view. “ Lucia. says I am affection- ate." " Ah 1" deliberately. “ Are you ‘2” She turned and looked at him serenely. “ Should you think so ‘2” she asked. This was making such a personal matter of the question that he did not exactly enjoy it. It was certainly not “good form ” to pull q._ma.n up in_such cool style. , 1,,J He had not the slightest intention or being amusingbut to his infinite disgust he discovered as soon as he spoke that she was amused. She laughed outright, and evidently only checked herself because he looked so furious. In consideration for his feelings she assumed an air of mild but preternstuml seriousness. L :, i,,,,_ __-_ Vâ€"fiigfifie 0! this, she suddenly assumed a comparatively cheerful aspect. A happy thogghtpocnrrgsl t9 her. “ Lucia would beg your pardon.” she said. " I am learning good manners from Lucia. Suppose I beg your pardon." “ It is quite unnecessary,” he replied. “ Lucia. wouldn‘t think so," she said. “And Why shouldn't I be as well behaved nsguqig ‘2 I peg ypnr Eardoy." . “ Are you fond of any one ‘I" Barold inquired, gpeaking with a. languid air, but, at the same time glancing at her with some slight interest, from under his eyelids. :n, u, A "'fftgnfill;’â€"’“hé *replieli, “ Iâ€"aHâ€"have had nogpporfunity ofi‘judgj_n.g.f’ ‘ - A 1-, ,n “.Are you.” she asked, " really ?”â€"letbing her eyes rest upon him anxiously for a. moment. Then she aotnallyguve vent to a. little sigh. “We look at things so dif- ferently, that‘s it," she said. “I suppose it. is," he tisponded, still chillingly. .._. . ~1 . 1 He felt rather absurd, and yet somewhat mollified. She had a way of looking at him, sometimes, when she had been un- pleasant, which rather soothed him. In fact. he had found of late, a little to his private annoyance, that it was very easy for he: either to soothe or disturb him. j‘rirééhféés I am 8.75 a loss to know why you {aughedfj h_e said. 1 u all I,“- And now, just as Octavia had settled down into one of the prettiest and least diflioult of her moods, there came a knock at the front door, which. being answered by Mary Anne, was found to announce the curate of St. James. ‘ ‘7‘ No,” she remarked, “that is trueâ€"you halen’t, of gourse.“ .. 1- v. . . 1 He was silent. He did not enjoy being amusing at all, and he made no pretence of appearing to submit to the indignity calmly. She bent forward a little. “ Ah 1” she exclaimed, “ you are mad again~I mean you are vex-3d. I am always veiing you.” .-__-° _, ,, There Was a hint of appeal in her voice, which rather pleased him, but he had no intention of rglenting at 9nce._ Enter, oonacquently, the Rev. Arthur Poppleton,-â€"blushing, a trifle timorous, perhaps, but happy beyond measure to find himself in Miss Belinda’a parlor again, with Miss Belinda’a niece. Perhaps the least possible shade of his joyousness died out when he caught eight of Mr. Francis Barold, and certainly Mr. Francis Barold was not at all delightea to see him. “ What does that fellow want ‘2” that gentleman was saying, inwardly. “What does he come aimpering and turning pink here for? Why doesn’t he go and see some of his old women, and read tracts to them ? That‘s his business.” Octavia'e manner towards her visitor formed a fresh grievance for Berold. She treated the curate very well indeed. She seemed glad to see him, she was wholly at her ease with him, she made no trying re- marks to him, she never stopped to fix her eyes upon him in that inexplicable style, and she did not laugh when there seemed nothing to laugh at. She was so gay and goodhumored that the Reverend Arthur Poppleton beamed and flourished under her treatment, and forgot to change color, and even ventured to talk a good deal and make divers quite presentable little jokes. It was hardly fair, however, that he should complain; for, at times, he was treated extremely well; and his intimacy Wilh Octavia progressed quite Iapidly. Perhaps, if the truth were told, it was always himself who was the first mums of checking it,by some sudden prudent instinct which led him to feel that perhaps he was in rather a delicate position, and had better not indulge in too much of a. good thing. He bed not been an eligible and unim- peachably desirable parti for ten years without acquiring some of that discretion which is said to be the better part of valor. The matter-of-fuet air with which Octavia accepted his attentions caused him to pull himself up sometimes. If he had been “ I should liketo know," thought Barold, growing sulkier as the others grew merrier â€"“ I should like to know what she finds so interesting in him, and why she chooses to treat him better than she treats meâ€"for she celtainly does treat him better.” CHAPTER XX' Brown, 01' Jones, or even Robinson, she could not have appeared to regard them as more entirely natural. Whenâ€"he had gone so for, once or twiceâ€"he had deigned to make a. more then usually agreeable speech to her, it was received with none of that charming sensitive tremor to which he had been accustomed. Octavia neither blushed nor dropped her eyes. .. .o ‘A It did not add to Barold’e satisfaction to find her as cheerful and ready to be amused by a mild lime curate, who blushed and stammered, and was neither brillant, grace- ful, nor distinguished. Could not Octavia see the wide difference between the two? Regarding the matter in this light, and watching Octavia as she encouraged her visitor, and laughed at his jokes, and never once tripped him up by asking him a startling question, did not, as already has been said, improve Mr. Francis Barold's temper, and by the time his visit was over, he had lapsed into his coldest and most haughty manner. As soon as Miss Belinda entered, and engaged Mr. Poppleton for a moment, he rose and crossed the little room to Ootuvia‘e aide. " I must bid you good-afternoon,” he said. ‘ Octavia did not rise. “ Sit down a. minute, While Aunt Belinda is talking about red flannel night-caps and iumbago,” she said. " I want to ask you something. By the way, what is lumbago ?" nu ":iéitfia iwihat you'évished to ask 1136?” he ipguirgd! stimy. “ No. I just thought of that. Have you ever had it, and what is it like? All the old people in Slowbridge have it, and they tell you all about it, When you see them. Aunt Belinda says so. What I wanted to ask you was different~â€".” “ :Pbgsibls' Miss Basaett might be able to tell yqu,"_hgrep1a{ked. A "v u 1 ,,,_.LA .--- __., “ JAboutfitiléviuhfibagb? Well, perhaps she might. I’ll 58k her. Do you think it bad taste in me to wear diamonds ‘2" She said this with the most delightful seriousness. fixing her eyes upon him with her very prettiest look of candid appeal, as If it was the most natural thing in the world that she should apply to him for information. He felt himself faltering again. How white that bit of forehead was! How soft that blonde, waving fringe of hair 1 What a lovely shape her eyes were, and how large and clear, as she raised them! " Why do you ask me .2" he inquired. “Because I think you are an unprejudiced person. Lady Theobald is not. I have confidence in you, Tell me.” There was a slight pause. “Really,” he said, after it, “I can scarcely believe that my opinion can be of any value in your eyes. I am~cen only tell you that it is hardly customary inâ€"an â€"in England for young people to wear a profusion of ornament." “ I wonder if I wear a profusion.” “ You don't need any.” he oondescendea. “ You are too young, andâ€"all that sort of thing." .. .. .. 1~ - U3 -â€"S_Ifé glanced down as her slim, unringed hands for a moment, her expression quite thoqghtgnl. .. . , ‘ 1 n ,n,,_. “ Lucia and I almost quarreled the other day," she eaid,â€"“ at least, 1 almost quarrel- ed. It isn't so nice to be told of things, after all. 1 must say I don’t like it as much as I thought I should.” u .-.11 He kept his seat longer than he intended, and when he rose to go, the Reverend Arthur Poppleton was shaking hands with sts Belinda1 and so it fell out that they left the house together. “ No.” with much spirit, “ not at all, air, but what, as I said, they liked much better. It is not often they meet a beautiful creature who comes among them with open hands, and the natural, ungrudging way of giving which she has. Sometimes they are at a loss to understand, as well as the rest. They have been used to what is narrower and moreâ€"more exacting." _ “ 'ihéy have been used to Laay Theo- bald." observed Barold, with a faint smfile. “ It would not become me toâ€"to mention Lady Theobald in any disparaging manner,“ replied the curate, “ but the best and most charitable among us do not always carry out our good intentions in the best way. I dare say Lady Theobald would consider Miss Octavia Bassett too readily influenced, and too lavish;I Master Ned (to the Rev. Dr. Trehern)-â€" Wished I had been here last night when yol_1 bapjizeg t.h_e comgpy. 7‘ No? Well, mamfnu eaidvthag when you came in last night you threw cold water on everybody.” - “ You know M133 Octavia Baasett Well, I suppose,” remarked Barold, with condes- cension, as they passed through the gate. “ You clergyman are fortunate fellows." “ Ah I" commented Mr. Barold, twisting his mustachewith somewhat of an incredu- lous air. This was not at all the sort of thing he had expected to hun‘. For his own part, it would now have occurred to him to suspect her of the possession of such desirable and orthodox qualities. ” lhere are those wnoâ€"misunflerstand her," cried the curate, Warming with his subject,“who misunderstand. andâ€"yes, and apply harsh terms to her innocent gayety and freedom of speech ; if they knew he: as I do, they would cease to do so.” “ There are many who scarcely think itâ€" if you will pardon my interrupting you,” said the curate. “ I think they would scarcely believe it if I felt at liberty to tell them, which I regret to say I do not. I am almost breaking my word in saying what I cannot help saying to yourself. The poor under my care are better off since she came, and there are some who have seen her more than once, though she did not go as a teacher or to reprove them for faults, and her way of doing What she aid was new to them, and perhaps much less serious than they were accustomed to, and they liked it all the better." 7777“A717117” Vadmmented Barold again. “ Flan- nel-undergarments, andâ€"4119.15 sort of thing!” “She is as generous with her money as with her diamonds, perhaps,” said Harold. “ Possibly the quality is peculiar to Nevada. We part here Mr. Poppleton, I believe. Good-morning.” Railway travelling should be charged for on a basis of two cents a mile. Every rail- way in the country has been assisted by public funds, and railroad fares are the same now as they were twenty-five years ago, namely, arranged on a basis of three cents a mile. There are special rates by which some people travel cheaper than others. Why should not all be treated alike ‘? ’l‘hen why is it that the railways do not charge in the same way for carrying passengers as they do for carrying freight, that is to say, so much a pound ? Why should thin men have to pay the same fate as fat men when it takes less engine power to haul them ?â€"Dundas Banner. The following decisions were rendered by the Board of Customs during September and October: Condensed milk, sweetened, a. cent and a. quarter per 11). and 3,) per cent. Condensed milk, unsweetened, 20 per cent. Murray’s fluid magnesia, 50 per cent. Fusil oil, $1.90 per imperial gallon. Ground turmeric, 20 per cent. Sulphate of Sodium, 20 per Cent. Jallyina, a. preparation of corn starch, sugar, etc., a. cam and a quarter per lb. and 35 per cent. ‘ Rhubarb plants (roots), 20 per c‘ent. ' Remâ€"Dr. Trehemâ€"Whit do you mean, my son? iii-{d not baptize gyybpdy. _ “I wish others knew her as well, sir,” said the lime gentleman, kindling. “I wish they knew herâ€"her generosity and kindness of heart and ready sympathy with misfortune I" . "77"17 sbofild gosrcely have thought~â€"-â€"‘ bega_n_ Barold. What is Your Fighting Weight ? Impartial Baptism. Customs Decisions. (To be Continued). That Was the Sentence Imposed on Harry Splesz for Murdering Ruby Nelson. The Buffalo News has the following about a case which created considerable talk in this city at the time: The last set in the Ruby Nelson murder case was seen by many people in the Supreme Court room yesterday morning. Judge Corlett sen- tenced Harry Spiesz, who escaped with the light verdict. of manslaughter, to 12 yesrs‘ imprisonment. Good behavior will reduce his actual term of penal servitude to 7 2-3 years. I - ...-.. up Great desire was manifested by Mr. Hatch, representing Spiesz‘e family, to have the young man allowed to expiate his crime in the penitentiary of this county, and a. law was found which allowed of this being done. 0. S. Hatch read affidavits of Dr. Baething, John Spieaz, W. J. Wiegle and Rose Bpiesz attesting the prisoner’s weak mind. “ John Jacob Henry Spiesz, stand up,” said the clerk. The prisoner arose looking pale, but answered in a. firm voice that he had no reason to urge why sentence should not lge pronounced against: him. “I Em 21 yearauof age," said he in further reply, “ and born right here in Buifieilo. 71 gm a partender by gccugatiogf’ 7 Silage Cofiettwtben arose Sud spéke with gregLsolqmity‘and imprggggvenegg. H “'You have been tried,” he said, “ on an indictment for murder by a very intelli- gent jury who took your case under con- sideration after much effort by intelligent counsel. They took great pains in debat- ing thecase and gave you the benefit of every reasonable doubt; they turned in each instance on the side of mercy. Ordinarily, remarks made to a prisoner after conviction are not productive of much good, and are usually unheeded. Your habits of life have been dissolute and loose and your situation recalls the words of the wise'man spoken 3,000 years ago ofjust such people as you have partially eon- sorted with. ‘ Remove thy way for from her, come not near to her house ; her house is the way of hell leading down to the Chamber of Death.’ If you had listened to the eupplications of your mother, if you had obeyed the orders of your father, you would not have been here today. The affidavits read show that you have con- tracteda loathsome disease as a conse- quence of your sin. and it may be that that has much to do with your weakness of in- tellect. At your time of life, if you are subjected to rigid discipline, if you are truly penitent, it may be that you may yet become an industrious, quiet and sober man. The sentence of the court in your case is that you be confined in the Erie County Penitentiary for the term of 12 years.” â€"A woman of great weight died last week. She was Mm. Price, Barnum'a fat woman. ' There is always: room at the top. Some men drudga along as college president-s on 34,000 or $5,000 a year, but Anthony Ham- ilton, who was the most successful jockey in the past season, has just accepted an offer to ride for Mr. August Belmont in the coming year for a salary of $10,000, which is as much as Mr. Vanderbilt paid his im- ported French cook, or as a crack baseball player can make by earnest and conscien- tious attention to his professionâ€"Boston Pilot. ” The only place in Manitoba. where a. man w1thout brains can make a good living at farm- ing is on the Portage Plains." So said Mr.Wa.ugh, of the Northwest Farmer, to a Review repreâ€" sentative the other day. Mr. Waugh is the best authority on the Northwest fanning in the Dominionâ€"Yours very sincerely. of N0. 1 hard. Weather keeping very mild. Mr. J. T. Smith, who formerly did business in the red front atom, does farming in Manifohn on an extensive scale. This year’s stock at Griswold averaged ten bushels. and the yield on this Portage plains farmâ€"500 acresâ€"was thirty-two pushng tolthg gem. I The following are extracts from a letter received by Senator Sanford from Mani- toba : ‘1 Emma: 0t sympathy ran over the courtroom, for the sentence was more sevege than [uni b_een_exp§acted. Fred. Westgate, of i section 24, 12, 7. between Portage _and_Weatb9prn9, “11:68th 4,100__lgushels of_I:Io.U1 hard. .‘Wetherfieeping v9.11} " By good behavior,” concluded the Judge, “four years and four months may be deducted from your sentence." Then the crowd surged to the door. There will be no appeal and Spiesz’s friends express themselves well satisfied with the results of the trial and with his being allowed to expiate his crime in the penitentiary in his native city, Where they can visit him. Principal Grant says that the Chinese idea of courteous treatment is carried into every walk and phase 0! life. He would rather travel in a third class car in China or Japan than in a second class here, because therea traveller is never, never annoyed by tobacco chewers, smokers, swearers or other coarse and offensive habits. He was introduced at certain places as the head of a university, with ever so many scholastic degrees attached to him, and thus received a personal applica- tion of their reverence for learned men. The profoundest salaams were made to him, the choicest tea was brewed for his refreshment, and he was honored in other ways. He described the tea as something delicious and exhilarating, not at all like what is in use here. Nothing is put in to flavor or modify it. But it is very dear, being worth there 35 a poundâ€"Kingston Whig. 7 Boston unions intend to make the eight- hgur day a political issue, which candidates mgat re_apect_. James P. Archibald, Master Workman of the Paper Hangers’ and Decorators’ National Assembly K. of L., has just re- turned from an extended tour through Eng- land, Scotland and Ireland, where he was delegated by the general executive Board of the Order. Regarding his work he reports that he organized 19 local assemblies in England and Scotland and two in Ire- lnn . Samuel Gompers, President of the American Federation of Labor, has issued the call for the fourth annual convention in Boston on the 10th of December. The chief business to be taken up is thus an- nounced: “The St. Louis convention re- solved upon a general agitation for the establishment of the eight-hour work day upon May 1st, 1890, and it now becomes the mission of the Boston convention to transform, it in the wisdom of the dele- gates there assembled it may be deemed advisable, the agitation, which has now be- come world-wide, into an organized move- ment for its realization.” All of the musicians of Pittsburg arenow members of the Musicians‘ Union. irLancashire (Eng) Operatives’ Union has recently given $100,000 toidle mem- bers. San Ffanoieoo has a white labor league. Fifteen hundred cigar dealers have prom- ised to sell no Chitrxre‘sa-mafle cigars.’ The Farmern‘ Alliance is only 2 years old in North Carolina. but it has already 85,000 membera, including nearly 10,000 women, and there is also a colored branch. In France the average wages received by head farmers last year were $81 for the year 3nd found ; herdemen and shepherds, $56 ; workmen and oheesemakers, $56 ; ordinary farm hands, $59, and women ser- vanty, $47. The Boot and Shoe Manufacturers’ As- sociation. of Cincinnmi, 0., have forbidden any of its members from knowingly em- ploying any paxson who is a. member of the Boot and Shoe Workers’ International Union. WM. GARLAND Portage la. Prairie, Oct. 28th, 1889. The Wheat Growers’ Paradise. GO'J.l TWELVE YEARS. Courteous Chinese. Room at the Top. \Vork and Wages. Singulariy Impressive and Winning Pulpit Manners of Dr. Newman Hall. This tall, broad-shouldered man. who stands in the pulpit of Christ Church, Lambeth, says a London letter to the New Orleans Times, is Newman Hall. To my mind he is as good an actor as there is on the English stage, and an orator who would make himself iamd’us in the Commons in a ‘night. The church is crowded. It is ‘always so. It is a rather imposing-looking, structure, to which a great many Ameri- ‘cans go, and they are always repaid for their trouble. Unlike the experience at Spurgeon's or at the City Temple. the visitor is always pro- vided with a. seat. There is nothing espe- cially noteworthy about the Service or the people who attend it, or the location of the church, to draw visitors over Westminster bridge; but those who like a clear, simple, ringing sermon from the lips of an orstor who knows how to use his voice and his arms as well, go there often. and are never die- appointee. It makes little difference what text he selects or what the subject, there is always a. vigorous handling of it and a Niagara. of thought that will take the average man the remainder of the week to digest. The Usual Way. “ Shall we sit on the sofa, George darling, or would you rather have the big chair ? " The budget was presented in the Swiss National Council to-day. Among the ex- penditures is an item of 9,000,000!. for re- newing the rifles of the army. In manner he recalls Depew. He is quite as graceful, and his words flow as easily as do those from the lips of that charming orator. Now he speaks in an entreating. fatherly way, then when he comes to some important point in his discourse he raises his voice, bends over his pulpit,looks steadily at his people, and shakes his long, bony finger for a. minute or two at them and re- peats the sentence over and over again. There will be a. pause of an instant and then he will jump back a foot or two, draw himself up to his full height and shake the rafters of the church by his denunciations of sin and the devil. “I’ll take an easy chair, my charmer, and you shall have your own kneesy seat, as usual." Th eory and Condition, Doctorâ€"Take these powders as directed, and your cold will be gone in two or three days. Patientâ€"You scem quite hoarse, doctor ? Doctorâ€"Yes; I’ve had a bad cold for four weeks. Dr. Hell uses no notes and never refers to his Bible. He has everything at his fingers’ ends. There is no hesitation for a. word. They flow as freely as a running stream. Twenty-five minutes are consumed by the sermon, and then when he comes to his lest prayer he throws himself on his knees, holds his face in his hands and sobs like a. child as he pleads 'for mercy for his people. There is a tear in his eye, and among the audience men and women are using their hendkerehiefs freely. His voice rises and falls in agony of grief, and every one within sound of it is moved by his earnestness. “Oh, I had my fortune told, and Miss Larkins, broke off the engagement." “ Why, is she as superstitious as that ‘2" “ Oh, no; but my fortune was told by Bradstreet, and that settled me." The actions entered on trial in the higher courts are nowadays much diminished in number, owing, no doubt, to the whole- some changes made in the administration of justice by the Ontario Judicature Act. By the provisions of this Act, legal busi- ness has been much decentralized. and many cases of a character which were required heretofore to be entered for trial are now disposed of by local officers. DR. TALMAGB'S ENGLISH OOUNTEEPABT: When the prayer is over the organ peels forth, the choir boys sing and the preacher steps forward to deliver his benediction. He raises his hands and holds them in the air as he tells his people that upon the conclusion of the service there will be an outdoor meeting, which all are invited to attend. New York Man (to an acquaintance)â€" I understand that your daughter is married. (4 Yam" “ Do well ’2” “ Oh.yes : surpassed her mother’s fond- eat dreams.” “ I am pleased to hear it. (After a short silence) So she has a good hgebanq, ab ‘2” “ 05, she has no Husband at 311. She married an Italian Prince.” “ Yes," 'sighed'Bagley, “but I’ll kill them." Those who wait to see will find the tall figure of the great preacher standing in the midst of three or four hundred men and women in the evening twilight as they are singing and praying. There is a crowd in the streets, and few persona seem to be afraid to venture near enough to hear the service. Those Mr. Hall goes to him- self, takes them kindly by the hand, speaks a. word or two of encouragement and brings them over to the meeting. Bugley had called on fifteen landlords, all of whom objected to leasing him their houses because he had children. At last he became desperate and resolved to have “hOEBPNDYO‘PE‘t- . -_ _-_ A- _ ‘-‘ Well,” he said to landlord No. 16, “ I guess I’ll take this place." ‘ “ Pardon me, sir," said the landlord, “ bnt_have you any ehildren ‘2" And the old clock on the wall that had been in the dentist‘s family for 80 years wit-h never a. stop, held its hands before its face as a dull thud announced that a. cord had broken and a 10-pound weight had dropped.â€"-Timc. Dentist (to patient)â€"This laughing gas does’t seem to have much effect on you, sir? Patientâ€"No. I’m a professional humor- ist. The action of a neighboring Episcopal congregation in reducing the salary offered their minister to $1 per annum, and the tactics adopted by the Anti-Federationiste in the Methodist Church, as well as a good deal that takes place in many other quar- ters may tempt people to ask Whether pro- fessing Christians can afford to denounce politicians in the savage terms in which they are often denounced by many who lay claim to very superior piety. Supposing a lively politician should present the world with a graphic account of all the church quarrels, clerical scandals, cases of disci- pline, clerical suspensions. depositions and other matters of that kind that have taken place in Canada during the last year 1â€" Canada Presbyterian. Make anioe dough for sweet tasks, as they are known in New England. or buns, as they are known elsewhere. When this dough is very light, roll it out Into two good-sized cakes about half an inch thick, and spread one with stewed apples, place the other over it, and let it rise for half an hour, then bake it in a good oven. As soon as it is done spread some stewed apples over the top, add plenty of sugar, bite of butter and nutmeg, and set the cake beekin the oven {or the sugar to form a coating. Serve hot or cold. Behold How They Love One Another. Less Litigation Than Usual. Baltimore Apple Bread. She Got the Facts. Had No Husband. Stopped the Clock. A Desperate Man. Robert Gertie, the proprietor of tho Grand Union hotel. in evicting a man from his place was nssulted,and received injuries which may lose him the sight of his right eye. The Sun publishes the opinions of the editors of Manitoba on the subject of the abolition of the dual language and Separate schools. With the exception of the organs of the Catholic Church and of the Fne Press, they unamiously support the Government 901295“. - Charles Beelsen and John Hubbard were indicted for having in their ossession in Canada a chestnut mare an‘ a bay horse which they had stolen from Wm. McCarthy, in Ramsay County, Dakota, and brought them into Canada. The prisoners had been confined in jail on the other side of the boundary line for horse-stealing. but they broke jail and escaped to Canada, stealing the horses in question on their way here. They were captured in the neighbor- hood oi Crystal City by the deputy sheriff and his bailiff, assisted by the Mounted Police and some farmers, and were brought into Winnipeg. They both pleaded guilty and were sentenced to two years’ imprison- ment. A with us. Sand 20c. for terms. Aoolored rug pattern and 50 colored designs. W. an BU SH. St. Thomas, Out. At Fort Saskatchewan, Constable Graham, of the police force, while handling a revolver, accidentally shot Constable Mansfield, who was standing near, in the thigh. Fatal results are not expected. Mr. Costigan, Deputy Collectatol Inland Revenue, has returned from Calgary, where he was looking into the recent spilling of 7,400 gallons of whiskey, shipped in beer barrels by a. well-known city grocery firm, with a view of defrauding the department. Mr. Costigan says the matter is not yet ended, but Riley, the hot-elkeeper, is to be punished. In Manitoba yesterday the Real Property Act of 1889 went into force, placing the registration of land sales in the hands of three officers, located at Winnipeg, Portage 3 Prairie and Brandon. The richest woman in Wisconsin is Mrs Alexander Mitchell, whose husbnnd left he: an estate worth many millions. She is the Widow of the late President of the Mil- waukee & St. Paul Road. Mrs. Leland Stanford is said to have the most valuable private collection of diamonds in the world. One of the necklaces is worth $600,000. Two E's and an I, an R and a. P, Pun Lhem together and then you will see The name or the maker or of “ G. M. D." The letters spell Pierce, of courseâ€"Dr. Pierce, of Buffalo. G. M. D. means “ Gol- den Medical Discovery," Dr. Pieroe’: guaranteed cure for Consumption, if taken in time, and for all bilious derangementa, skin, scalp and scrofnlous diseases. Have you a hacking cough, laaeitude, low spiriia, and other kindred symptoms. Take this remedy now, before it is too late. It is guaranteed to benefit or cure,or money paid for it will be iesurned. ” But I don’u kno§v ‘when my month's open. What do you do when you wake up and find yoqr nloqthppgng?” _ “ Whai do I do ’2 ' Why, I get up and shut it.” “ Don’t sleep with your mouth open,’ said Fred to his younger brother. " You should brgmpe _th_rough yep): nose." The judge in the New York Evening World contest for beauty among infants has finally, after heroic efforts, picked out the three prettiest of the lot. The winner of the gold double eagle is 9 months' old August Ricardo Gatti; the winner of the second prize is John Benjamin Harrison Gazzo; the winner of the third is Lillie Foster. Baby Gatti and Baby Gazzo hate women and do not like to be kissed. Little Miss Foster is more naturally constructed. She is fond of gentlemen and shows already symptoms of coquetry. But the little boys will probably improve. They often change their views about kissing. Dunn»When can you settle this too aunt Mr. Short? '\ ‘ ’ ‘ Shortâ€"Oh, come around next week. " Will you pay me then ‘2" ' ” I can't promise that exactly; but I can tell you than when to come again." ' Mm“. Elfâ€"Upon reflection, I thought I would better not. THECUDK'S BEST FRIEND Everard Uppmanâ€"You shall have it promptly next Saturday. Mr. Scadds l I gig; yong word 9f honor fl Mr. H. (la-ughinglyyâ€"Why don’t you go thggughLmy gear? An old salt had just heard of the death of a captain under Whom he had made many vpngea.“ _ _ ' To'm SoaHdsâ€"All right ! Drop it into this phonograph here I ’ Dr. Pierce’s Pellets cure constipation, biliousness. sick headache, bilious headache, and all derangements of the stomach, liver and bowels. One a dose. $500, 0A? a Euro. For many years the manufacturers of Dr. Sage‘s Oatarrh Remedy, who are thoroughly responsible financially, as any one can easily ascertain by enquiry, have offered, through nearly every newspaper in the land, a standing reward of $500 for a case of chronic nasal catarrh, no matter how bad. or of how long standing, which they cannot cure. The Remedy is mild, soothing, cleansing, antiseptic, and healing. Sold by all druggista, at 50 cents. “ And Mint did he die of ‘2” asked the old salt. “ 0f the rupture of a vessel." _ “And the right kind of death for a sailor, I tell youâ€"at the postof duty,” commented the old salt thh much emphasis. “Mr. Skimpy,” said the Chairman of the Committee, “anumber of gentlemen have subscribed five hundred apiece for the World’s Fair Fund. Can we count on you for aid ?” “ Why. oer’minly. When you get your Fair going 1 shall be very glad to buy a couple of tickets. Don’t forget it, gent-le- men." Mrs. H., mistaking a. mirror for a door an‘d_ sugdeyly qtgrting back. Chap. Chap. Chap. Chap. Chap. Chap. GENTS MAKE $100 A MONTH now He Kept His Mouth Shut, Prudence Followed Reflectign. “When Love Grows Cold." Generous-Hearted Skimpy. NORTHWEST NOTES. (Story in six chapters.) lâ€"First letterâ€"Dear Miss Jinks. 2â€"Seoond letterâ€"Des: friend. 3â€"Third letterâ€"Darling. 4â€"Fourth letterâ€"Miss Jinks. 5 â€"Fifth letterâ€"Madame. 6â€"Breach of promise suit. All Hg Could Bromine. ii Vessel All the Same. Three Baby Winnexs. Can You Guess It ‘2 BOEI- 4689‘ o More Phrase.