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“ But, my dear fellow, it I may say so, surely it is madness»; to give up such a chance as this. Coffee-planting is the best thing going now ; you will not hear of such an opening every day. Besides, have you " The Worthinétona mighrtfllvrxgye heard of it through your sister, perhaps; certainly Sir Henry mentioned it to me this very day. But you have changed your mind, you gay ? "k “ Ye's ; I must wait till something turn: up in England," replied Gaspard, trying to stifle a sigh oi desgujy. " Indeed! oh, Iuam satiric-yr that. I thought everything was settled ; Sir Henry Woriyinfiton ceitainjy: led me to think so.” " So I_hea.r you “‘5 going out to Ceylon next month 1 " “ Yeaâ€"noâ€"â€"ut least I was going, but I be_lfeye} h‘aye ghngged me mind.” “ Sir fienry Worthinéébgf he has had nothing to do with it. It was through De_y._n__Oolli1_Jsm_1 got the situation." Gaspard brightened a little at fife sight of his visitor, for he had a great liking for Claude, and during the winter had seen a good deal of him. the only check to their intercourse being that Claude was a little too pressing in his hospitalities, and Gus- pard too anxious too elude civilities which he could not return. They were quite inti- mate enough to discuss Gsspurd’s present difficulties, and, indeed, Claude’s very first remark led to the topic. “ May I come in ‘I ” he asked. " Your landlady told me you were at home, but there were so many customers below that she allowed Bismarck to show me up." n-_____:| I__,Z LA, -. The little children of to-dsy never heard it, and it had pretty well gone out of fashion when the new voters of the last election were in petticoats, but all who were old enough to play, to sing or to whistle twenty-eight years ago will remem- ber what was the popular tune in those days. Have you forgotten the words of the original “ Dixie?” Here they are: 1 wish I was in de land of cotton, Old times dar am not forgotten ; In Dixie land what 1 was bawu in, Early on a frosty mawnin’. Ole missus marry Will do weaber, Will he was a gay deoeaber ; When he put; his arm around her He look as fierce as a. forty»p0under. His face was sharp as a butcher's cleaber, But dat didn’t seem a bit to grieb ’er; ill run away, missus took a decline, er face was de color oh (la bacon rine While missus libed she libed in clober, When she died she died all ober ; How could she act do foolish part An’ marry a man to broke her heart ? Buckwheat cakes an' cawn meal batter Make you fat or a little fatter ; Here’s a. health to de nex' olo misses, An' all do gals (lat wants to kiss us. Now if you want to dribe away sorrow Come an’ hear dis song to-morrow ; Den hoe it down an’ scratch de grabble, To Dixie land I'm bound to trabble. The privations which he was hearing so patiently seemed unbearable for the future, now that he had had a hope of release. He laced all the trials his poverty had brought him, as he had never allowed.himself to do before, and saw all too plainly how much his bodily strength was beginning to tail ; he remembered the days of ceaseless toil he had borne during the siege, and thought how a walk of two or three miles would exhaust him now. and loathed the thought. Then he grew angry with himself for not having remembered the expenses of the voyage during his interview with Mr. Sey- mour, and wondered with a vague misery if his senses were deserting him, as well as his strength, turning sick at the thought of this failing of his powers. What would the end be it he waited much longer ? There could be only one answer to that question, and Gaspard could not repress a shudder. He was so young, and clung to life with such ardor l moreover, he was so accustomed to think of death as swift and sudden, and sweetened by patriotism like that of his father, that the idea of this slow. dreary starvation seemed all the more terrible. He was in the very depths of misery, when his solitude was suddenly invaded. There was 5 brin knock at his door, and before his dejected response could have been heard, Claude Magnny entered. The practical difi‘iculties cf the present were first suggested to him by Eeperance’s reply to his letter, in which she scouted his notion of getting on with no outfit, and told him of her preparations. Then, when brought face to face with money matters, he began to think of his passage, and resorting to an old Bradshaw was dismayed to find that at the lowest computation it would cost him forty pounds. Such a sum was, of course, utterly beyond his means, and for one miserable day he gave himself up to despair. To lose such a situation seemed impossibleâ€"intolerable. Yet what could he do ‘2 To ask help of any one was out of the question. He had, indeed. been reduced to actual begging once, but that had been for Esperance, and under the conviction that she w0uld die if he did not force himself to do it ; in this case she was not so greatly affected, and for himself he could not beg. What had he done for a year he could go on with, he argued with himself. The semi-starvation had not killed him yet, he would struggle on, and wait in the hope that some other work might be found which would not require such an outlay. Poor Gaspard! how many times that day he arrived at the same con- clusion, and how he fought against it I Meanwhile Gaspard, in his dreary lodging at 1’entouville,was looking forward almost with impatience to the time when he should leave England. To be freed from the life of almost unbearable privation which he had been living so long, to be working for Espernnoe. seemed to him all that heart could wish ; and though he did shrink from leaving her alone in a strange country, this could not mar his happiness, for he was full of plans for the future, in which he was to make a. home for her in Ceylon, and end her exile at the deanery~ an exile, the bitterness of which. after all. he little understoood. “ Oh, that would be delightful,” cried Lady Worthington. " I dare say the dean has not thought of it. It would please Esperanoe, too. Poor child, Claude’s picture will not be exaggerated now; I could fancy her with just such a look on her face. I assure you, Henry, I fairly cried over that picture, when I saw it the other day in the Aqademy." ADOPTED BY THE DEAN: And thereupon Lady Worthington become engrossed in nnother subject. and did not revert again to the De Mobillons. They were not forgotten, however; the next morning Esperanee received one of Frances Neville’s most comforting letters, and Sir Henry, in spite of a busy day, found time to call on Mr. Seymour. " I hoim you won't find it depressing in the house," said Sir Henry, laughing, “ for I bogghgjtyeafiegduy." “ It 13 one of his finest pictures, in my opinion," amid Sir Henry, “and it has raised him immensely in the public esti- mation, according to all accounts." “ Réally It oh, I 381 so glad. Clauae will be pleased that we should hnve it ; he was always very temjeg‘ pve} his ‘ Marianar.’ " " Yes, everyone is talking of it.. I find it hard work sometimes not to tell the true story of the real ‘ Mariana) Welll I am very glad we shall have it. Claude must dine with us soon. and we will consult him as to the hanging ; I suppose he will wish it to be in the Hall at Worthington.” CHORUS. I wish I was in Dixie, hooray, hooray I In Dixie‘s land We’ll take our stand, To live an' die in Dixie ; Away, away, away down Souf 1n Dixie; Away. away, away down Souf in Dixie! When You and I Were Young. A TALE OF TWO COUNTRIES. “ Don't talk of business in my studio," said Claude, pretending to take up his palette and brushes. “It defiles the air, and jesting spurt. De Mubillon, I cannot take it back again. Give me the pleasure of making it really useful to yourself; there must be hundreds of things you want “ But, indueed, Muénny, 'I cannot take it now; there is no need; I have no right to it." ” Was ever anything so neatly managed ! Three cheers for Sir Henry Worthington ! If he had breathed 3. word of it to me this morning I should not have caught you so nioer I Was ever the pride of independence so sold 1 Take it back? No, indeed; I don‘t unmake bargsins so quickly." " No, not about Ceylon,” panted Gae- pard. “ But the most extraordinary thing has happened. I went to Mr. Seymour to make arrangements. and, to my astonish- ment. he has told me that my passage is taken-mtaken for me, you understandâ€" paid for. Of course I made inquiries, and after some hesitation, he tells me that it was Sir Henry Worthmgton who took it ; that he Wished me not to knowâ€"such con- sideration I Of course I immediately hurried back to you to return the money you lent, me with such kindnessâ€"you will~â€"â€".' Glaufle leaned back laughgd heartily. » > not spent this whole year in Mr. Mioawber'e {ashlar-waiting for something to turn up I? ll Gaspard smiled a little. “Yes, it is true. But there must be work, you know ; I never will believe that I shall not find it in time. It the worst came to the worst, I would swallow my pridq and turn into a French waiter l ” . n “3... “ De Mabillon I why this hot pursuit ? " asked Claude, with a gesture of feigned despair as he caught sight of his blue envelope. “ It you change your mind again about that ridiculous thing. you are only fit for Colney Hatch I "__ ' He was not vet quit of the subject, how- ever, for he had scarcely been home an hour when there wna a. hasty ring at his door, and Gaspard, flushed and breathless, was shown up to his room. The two parted at the door, Gaspard making all speed to Mr. Seymour’s rooms in Portland Place, Claude retui‘ning to his studio. musing on the specimen of inde- pendent pride ha had met him, and con- gratulating himself up his gonquest. “ Ah, yes ; I can picture you at Gatti’s, for instance, with a napkin tucked under your arm, scolding the cook down the lift ! " and Claude laughed heartily. Then, and- denly'growing grave, “ But, seriously, De Mnbillon, this is all very absurd ; you must not giye up Ceylon." .-. . ..-. I11 “ Let me know when you sail, and come when you can to my rooms,” said Claude, rising to go, and hurrying himself rather more than usual as Gaspard began to reit- erate his thanks. “ Of course I should not, if it could be helped, but it cannot be,” said Gaspard, decisively ; “ so help me by considering my other capabilities." “ Well, the lightness of my heart, then," said Gaspnd. “ I must see Mr. Seymour this very day, and find out about the pas- sage, or I shallnot feel that this is really true.” ’ u Welljfimt. I hope ma think you me capable of uoufiding to me the reason of this amide}: ohgnge,” anid‘ O)_nu_de, _qu‘iet‘1y. Gaspara laughed. " I wish you could feel the weight you have taken off my shoulders." “ Charitable wish, certainly,” said Claude. “ No, no," interposed Claude. “ I’ll have no hand in lending and borrowing ; a loan is a. bad thing to begin life with; but if you like, we will make it a bargain, that when you are a thriving coffee-planter und I a spendthriit artist with popularity on the wane, I may throw myself on your mercy, and you will not turn your back on me. Trust me to ask you for a favor when I want it. In the meantime I shall study soqialism; I think it would agree with mer‘j Gaspard. a little surprised, hesitated a moment, then answered, “ Well, as you can probably guess, the expenses are too great, and I, like a fool, did not think of that at first.” Claude, who had suspected this, gave an exclamation of relief. “There! now we have come to the bottom of the matter. Why on earth did you not tell me at once? It shall be arranged as easily as possible. By good luck, too, I have it with meâ€"it will be quite a coup de theatre " ; and taking a blue envelope from his pocket handed it to Gas- pard. “ There, De Mabillon, you will do me a great favor by taking that. Noâ€" don’t_9pen it‘now. [wept to talk t9 you.” Gaspard took four or five turns up and down the room, then stopped abruptly before Claude, his decision made. “ You are right, Magnsy ; I must think of her. How to thank you for your gener- osity I do not know. You will not think me ungrateful because I have withstood it so long 7 You understand, I am sure, how it was, and I do not now yield as to the duty of independence. only, as you say, I believe I am beginning to fail, and I must live to tree Esperance. Of course I take this fifty pounds as a loan." ” This is impossible ! " exclaimed Gas- pard. disregarding his last words. “ It is very good of you to think of it, but I could not dream of accepting such a sum. Thank you a. thousand times for the thought, however." “ Excuse me," said Claude. breaking in ; “ if I may speak very plainly with you, I think you will own that this mode of living is really killing you by inches. Now. I maintain that a men has no more right to do that than to commit suicide outrightâ€" when he has the chance of avoiding it. that is. Besides, you are not independent ; you have your sister to think of. For her sake, at least. not for your own. you will tnke this help now, will you not ‘2 What right have you to sudden her life by wilfully starving yourself and throwing away this first-class opportunity in Ceylon ‘1’ ” “ You see,” he began, after a pause, “ it is not as if this were a matter of necessity. If I were ill or helpless it might be right to accept it ; but I can live as I have lived ; there is no immediateâ€"â€"." “ You insist on turning into a waiter l ” asked Claude, laughingly. " Then I shall make a point of dining every day at your restaurant, and tipping you with threepenny bits." Viidaapard laughed, but resoltfiely pushed back the envelope. Claude then began mom: aeriguslyl _ “ But, De Mabillon, why will you not accept this? Surely we are sufficiently intimate to be of some use to each other. Why not let me have this pleasure ? ” Gaspard paced up and down the room thinking. Claude's arguments did not at all coincide with the dictates of his pride of independence- ‘ " Claim ? stuff and nonsense ; every one ought to have a claim on every one, only the world is so eaten up with selfishness and pride thgt it won’t_ see it." “ I don’t understand anything about that nonsense," Enid Claude, half impatiently. “ All I know is that things must be very wrong indeed if one friend can’t help another. What's the use of a friend if, when trouble comes, one must draw back into one’a shell of pride, and refuse to take the hand that’s offered ‘1’” “ 'Iou are very good, bui I cannot accept it. What claimrhavq I on you ? ” “ It may be pride in a manure," said Gaspard, " but I cannot think it is right to sacrifice one‘s independence, therefore I must decline your kindness. “ You aristocrats are terrible people to deal with. Are we not fellow-men? Why should you be hard up for fifty pounds. and yet refuse to relieve me of it when I have no use for it ? The early Christiana got on very well that way, wl_1y not you and I.” “'You believe iii éooiilismfaud I do not ; I heard too much of it from Lemeruier at Paris.” in his chair and Cornelia hated this meanness with her whole soul, and almost shrunk from meetâ€" ing Gaspard after it. This made her seem more stiff and cold than ever, and Esper- unoe, who had relied a. good deal upon her cordial behavior to Gaspard. when she had met him before in London. was dismayed to find her manner altered. The dean was not pleased when he heard that Gaspard was coming to Riloheeter. He had grown accustomed to Esperanoe’s face, and was even in his way rather fond of her, but Gaspard had reminded him painfully of M. de Mabillon, and he shrunk from seeing him. Cornelia’s proposal of asking him to stay at the deanery, instead of the hotel, met with approval from no one. The dean immediately thought of other visitors whom he wished to ask. Mrs. Mortlake talked of house-cleaning, and finally George Palgtave was pressed to pro- long hie visit, while the other guest-rooms were destined for the wife and danghteraof the bishop of a neighboring diooeee, who were coming to Rilchester for a ball in the following week. There was no particular reason why they should be asked to the deanery, but Mrs. Mortlake remembered them in a lucky moment, and felt that it would be a more dignified excuse than house-cleaning. for Ceylon, and when you are there you won’t live upon air for the first six months. Besides, you will be wanting to go up to Rilcheater before you sailâ€"why not take a. week at the Spread Eagle 7 Confess now, that you are longing to do 30.”. 1 1 I But the day was not at all to be dark. The last post brought a. letter from Gna- pnre, containing his good news of yesterday, and proposing to come to Riloheater in a week's time, and this was such joy to Esperanoe that for a little while she forgot het troubles, and grew so lively nnd cheerful that Cornelia. was half inclined to retract her opinion, and agree with Mrs. Mortlake that, after all, Esperanoe‘a ill health was only a. fancy. " T'o‘ EéérEépecfan‘he? Yes, indeed I you ahoqld not put such temptations before “ No temptation, but a duty," said Claude, who saw this wa the only way to win his pomt. “ I should think you culpablv neglectiui if you did not see your sister firstâ€"why, you are her guardian, are you not 7 " _ -- - -n,u,,,._<r “ Oh, well, if you like to be so foolish, you can,” said Cornelia, vexed that Mrs. Mortlake should conquer. " You know quite well that you would be better at home. However, it you like to spend your morning over dresses and bonnets, I’m sure I don't wish to hinder you.” And she swept out of the room, leaving Espersnoe to reflect sorrowfully that she had offended the person who had wished to befriend her, and earned the credit of being desirous of that which in reality she most disliked. “ Yes, with poor Lemercier. Perhaps I ought to see her, as you Buy ; and it would be hard work to go without. I will then accept yqur generosity, on the understand- “ That I ask a favor st the next oppor- tunity," interrupted Claude ; “ to which I pledge you my word of honor. There I a trace to business. I am going to hear 'Don Giovanni' to-night ;\Qome with me ? " Poor Espernnoe I The “ chattering " had been such hard work. She gave n little sigh as she heard it brought up against her. but anxious to put an end to the argu- ment, she said in as bright a. voice as she could command, “ I think I can go, thank you, Cornelia; don’t firouble about it." This, however. Gaspard declined without hesitation. not would he even accept A proffered cigar ; to be under an obligation was to him only bearable when Esperanoe was in some way concerned. The two parted with the greatest oordiality, Gas- pard more light-hearted than he had been for months, and feeling that the sense of obligation was not too crushing with so frank and genial a helper; Claude more than ever convinced that life was, and ought to be, thoroughly enjoyable, and heartily glad that he had overcome Gna- pnrd‘s samples. . n,, 1. ",A.‘ n-..-..__.... “ I shall do no such thing. You make the most absurd fuss about Esperanoe. She is quite Well, and only mopes when there is no one to talk to. Don't tell me that any one can chatter away at a party one evening, and net up for an invalid the next day." a“: Cili‘Haith you, I agree with your last remark,” sail Cornelia, dryly. “ If Bella is not fit, I should advisa you to go alone, then." “ Really, Cornelia. when you leave your vantage-ground 0t book-learning, I never met any one so wanting in common sense. Take poor little delicate Bella for n tiring expedition, when she is only just recovering from that illness! I can’t think what would become of a. child if you had the manage- ment of it. It really is a providence that you are not married." u . L All this time, at the deanery, Esperanoe was toiling on, with a fixed resolve not to break down till everything was made ready for Gaspard. Her powers of physical endurance had been well trained in the siege, and she bore pain and fatigue bravely and patiently, only the dull gnawing pain at the heart overmastered her sometimes. This very evening, which had been so momentous to Gaspard, found her more exhausted than usual. There had been a dinner-party, and it was almost twelve o’clock before she wearin mounted the stairs to her attic room, her flushed cheeks and weary, yet too brilliant eyes, betraying her fatigue. .-. 1.,Qa ” No, no, Christubel ; I know what your shopping mornings are. Esperauce does not look fit for it to-dayâ€"why not take Bella. ? " .. ...... a--. The rooms had been very hot sud crowded, and the constant standing had left/her tired out. Wearin she set down her candle, and throwing open the window, leaned out into the cool air, resting her aching head against the open lattice, and looking very much like Claude’s “Mariana.” She began to count the days ; it was the 30th of May, and Gaepsrd’s ship was to sail the second week in June; there was but little time, and her head felt so heavy that she knew she could get on but slowly with the last 0! the shirts which she had resolved to finish that night. With a. long- drswn sigh she closed the window, and, taking her work, set down to the table, stitching away at her wristband at first very quickly, but gradually with more and more difficulty. The clock struck one, but she toiled en; then two, but she was only beginning her first button-hole, so that faint glimmerings of dawn were beginning to show themselves before the shirt was reslly finished ; two candles were burned down to their sockets, and the poor little worker was slmost too tired to cross the room to her bed. So the night wore away, and, after wearily tossing to and fro, she fell into a restless sleep just as the sun rose. The morning call roused her before she seemed to have had any rest at all, and, stiff and unfreshed, she uame down to the breakfast table, to the paraphernalia of silver dishes and smoking viands, which was her daily bugpear. No one bufi Cornelia. not-iced how very pills and ill she looked, and Mrs. Mortlake made plans for a morning shopping expedit- ion, in which Esperance was to be he: com- panion. Cornelia tried to interfere. But with test come no relief to her; indeed, she looked upon this time as the very worst of all, when, her work being done, she had nothing to divert her mind from the coming trouble. She threw her» Self on her bed, moaning for Gaspnrd, now that there was no fear of being overheard, and longing-~with affilmost intolerable longingâ€"tor the relief of tears. But Cor‘ nelin’s stern exhortation seemed to have set up a. barrier against these, and nothing would come but long tearleas sobs, which hurt instead of relieving her. Mrs. MOI-fluke, on the contrary, did her CHAPTER XXIII. A well-meaning but misinformea lady inquired at down-town music store for “ the Song That Breaks Your Heart." She was justly indignant when the frivolous clerk placed before her with a flourish of smartness the song in reference to petite Miss Rooney. Calves brains nicely fried are tasty for bereukfnst. Brooklyn's estimated population is 807,- 000. V Husband (ex-ultingly)â€"It is a hailstone which just fell in our front yard, and we can pay off our mortgcge with it. Wife (delighted)-What 1 home through the summer shower? But where did you get-tth loyel‘y pipqe of fee! _ Effieâ€"Is Mr. Dnbney going to call this evening. Hermiaâ€"I expect him. Why ? Eflieâ€"I’ve got to study. and the gas always burn so much brighter in my room when you two are in the pmrlor. very best to be polite when his name was mentioned in Esperanoe’s presence, and even spoke of driving him back from the station on the day when he was expected ; and though the carriage did not appear, still there was courtesy in the suggestion, and, as Mrs. Mot-fluke remarked afterward to Cornelia, “ Politeness is worth so much, and cost-a so little.” Let the material for your steamer dress be of serge, with a. blouse tucked waist, nvoid hooks and eyes and fancy fasteninge, remember that much of the time your head will be describing the are of a. circle and the less toilets you have to make the better. For a change a black anrah with a. few fancy fixings of lace will do for demi toilette and table d’hote. ” I don‘t see any politeness if you don’t mean to carry out the suggestion,” said Oorqqliu1 bluntly. ” My dear, you are so literal 1 Of course I can‘t really spare the cnrringe than, the Lowdells must have a drive this afternoon. But it pleased Esperance, and she can quite well imagine that I forgot it.” u A fiuuetisaueofliesvl That child is a. great deal too sharp not to find you out? Besigestwhxoau’gyoqpe honest it" What you really need reauoed to the lowest terms is a. loose blanket, a flannel wrapper in which you may sleep, winter flannels, kniokerboekere made of flannel, merino stockings, warm gloves. a pretty hood, 3. long woolen ulster to cover the whole of the gown, some pretty silk hand- kerchiefe and a moderately thick veil. “ Really, Cornelia, if you employ such offensive words I will not argue with you I ‘ Lies,’ and ‘ honesty,’ indeed I I don’t know what you mean." A few hints are here thrown out for Cnnadian women who intend visiting Europe. First am} foremost make up your mind as early as possible before anilingâ€" plan your wardrobe with reference to your tripâ€"make up your mind to travel with the leagipqssible baggage. “ I like to call a. spade a spade,” said Cornelia, shortly. “ But it you preterit, what is your object in this politic polite- ness? ” “ Did you not see that Mrs. Lowdell was in the room ? ” said Mrs. Mortlake. “ You know how observant she is. and Doctor Lowdell is such a. particular man, I would not for the world have them guess that we are not perfectly iriendly with the De Mabiflons. One must be careful, you know, :96. father is so unguarded.” “ I want to give you a tip on dancing," said a flashily dressed men about town yesterday afternoon, says the North American. “ What is it ‘2" he was asked. “ Simply this: There is hope for poor dancers. As poor dancers are legion this is important." “Well, what is the tip ‘2" “ Nothing more or less than this: I! you are a poor dancerâ€" and of course you areâ€"get a heavy partner who is a good dancer." “ What good will that do ?" “ All the good in the world. You are a. light menâ€"I mean as far as physical weight is concerned. The girl is a. good dancer. You go swinging around with her You are in doubt. You waver just a little bit. Do'es a break occur? Not at all. The momentum keeps you moving. The heavy girlâ€"bless her heartâ€"swings you right around at the proper time and place. The result is that spectators imagine you are a tip-top dancer, when if it hadn’t been for the heavy girl your waltz would have ended disastrouely.” “ My father is no hypocrite. at lenefi,” said Cornelia. angrily. “ Why did you ask the Lowdella here it you are so afraid they may guess 7â€"why not have asked Gaspard de Mabillon ? “ We are just now wondering what steps the Treasurer intends finally to take towards suppressing the taste for gambling that newspaper competitions undoubtedly excite. For the public, especially the little boys and girls whose youthful minds should he devoted to their elementary studies, they are anything but a blessing. For journal- ists they are something more than a nuis« ance, and, it permitted to develop, would greatly degrade what ought to be a very honorable calling. There is little capital needed for starting one of those journalistic enterprises beyond a pot of paste, a pair of scissors and a few evening and morning papersâ€"although an old jest-hook will be found useful. The printer and papenmaker can often be induced to give credit, for the sake of favors to come. By dint of offering valuable prizes for idiotic guesses, a tem- porary circulation is easily obtained. But from the gusessing competition to the State lottery is only a step, andthe instinct many weekly papers of the baser sort are now stimulating is a very dangerous one. end alreadyâ€"in London, at leastâ€"suffici- ently active without a tonic. At the present moment uneasiness reigns in the bosoms of not a few enterprising gentlemen who have been earning large incomes by artfully en- couraging gambling. If similar methois of earning money are denied hospitals, why should they be permitted to the proprietor of “ Paste Pot and Scissors 7"â€"â€"â€"European Mail. Somé Timely Suggestions. Gambling in Newspapers. A Heavenly Visitanf. A Pointer on Waltzing. Those Tell-tale Pipes. (To be continued). The sheep that has been sheared will now be more thrifty than the one heavily covered with wool. The heat is very injurious to sheep unless they can have a. cool place to which to resort, with plenty of ,Is Ensllage a Luxury? It was never intended that enailnge should be used as food for stock to the ex- clusion of grain or buy. The ensilage is to supply the place of grass in the win- ter season. Sow your com now, and it will provide you with an excellent addiâ€" tion to the regular food at the propar time. The importance of washing or ourrying the cow for the purpose of preventing disease may be shown by the {not that while a cow may discharge 20 pounds of water through the kidneys she may drink 100 pounds. the 80 pounds passing off through the skin, carrying with it matter that should be eliminated from the body. Un- less the water passes off freely the milk will be more or less contaminated. VVssh the cow. curry or brush her, and remove the dried matter and sourf on the skin in order to promote free perspiration. Smut on Oats. Smut on oats is now easily destroyed in a very simple manner. The Department of Agriculture, in its “ Journal of Mycology," states that if the seed be treated with scalding water, which is poured over the seed. and the seed immersed in the hot water for a. few minutes, he irjury will be done the seed, while the spores from which the fungus is propagated are de- stroyod. How to Get Rid of Parasites and Insects. As the time has arrived for beginning the work of preventing the loss of potatoes. grapes, apples, plums, etc , a few references to work done at the several experiment stations throughout the United States may prove oi valuable aid to those inter- ested. The grape rot, black knot, woody aphis, quince leaf spot, brown rot, cabbage worm, and other enemies must now be looked after. At the Delaware Experiment Farm gratifying results were obtained from spraying the vines with the Bordeaux mix- ture. sprayed vines averaging over fifty-four pounds of marketable grapes on a row, while the unsprayed vines yielded only a fraction over seven pounds per row. or about seven times as much from the sprayed rows as from the others. The fruit upon the sprayed vines also ripened much earlier because the foliage was better. The Bordeaux mixtures adheres to the grapes, but the coating is easily removed by placing the grapes in wire baskets and dipping them in vinegar water. rinsing twice after dipping. At Ccrnell University sulphide of potassium and oarbonate of copper, applied early in the season. in solu- tion, are recommended for leaf blight in strawberries, and in the fall burning of the leaves to be practiced. At the Oregon station a mixture of six ounces of London purple to 100 gallons of water proved better than a stronger solution for the destruction of the codling mot-h on apples and pears. 1 l‘he mixture should be kept constantly stirred while being used. Spraying tre- iquently, and as late as September. is recommended, but it is suggested that there may be danger from poison by late spraying. Woody aphis was destroyed by lye water (one pound of lye to three gallons of water), the hero- sene emulsion not being satisfactory. At the Ohio Experiment Station the Bordeaux mixture destroyed the grape rot and checked the quince leaf spot, and was apparently successful with brown rot of plums and cherries. It is feared by grow- ers that the arsenical solutions are too weak, but in all cases the weaker solutions have been more tfiective. About half a pound of Landon purple with 100 gallons of water is the proper proportion The Bordeaux mixture is prepared by adding six pounds of sulphate of copper and four pounds of lime with 50 gallons of water at the Ohio Station, instead of 22 gallons of Water, as called for in the original formula. The experiments mentioned are conclusive evidences that the grape Orlp may be saved by beginning early in the season to spray the vines, and repeating three or four times during the year until the crop ripens. ‘ Tearing up the subsoil with the subsoil plough, and thus giving the water some sort of channels underneath the topsoil and the reservoir greater depth, is often of great help in undrained lands ; but it will not do much good where such fields are now and then turned into swamps. with water standing on the surface. There should be at least some effective surface drainage, and an outlet sufl‘iciently deep to carry off the surplus water both from the surface and from the lacerated portion of the subsoil. If this is properly attended to there is no reason why the land should not bear good crops, and respond freely to manure application. When to Cut Clover. Clover should be out just before the heads begin to turn brown. To cut it sooner is to lose a portion of the nutritious matter, while to out it after the blossoms turn brown is to permit it to become more woody and less succulent. An Egg Pro incer. As egg producers the Houdans claim their place among the first ;they are non- sitters, and if not equaling in the number of eggs the Leghorns and Hamburgs, they out-strip them all in weight, as two of theirlarge, white eggs will turn the scale with three Leghorn or Hamburg eggs. The eggs of Houdsns are usually very fruitful. The chickens are very healthy and fast growers, and not subject to mcst of the diseases which attack young chickens; both chickens and old fowls are very meatyn tender and fine in flavor, and valuable as table fowls. Don't Work With Poor Toolsâ€"-The Benefit of Bubsoilingwfloudans as Egg-Proâ€" ducersâ€"Keep the {Cow Cleanâ€"Ship Your Poultry Deadâ€"0th" Farm Notes. Good farming is incompatible with the many wastes going on all the time on aver- age farms. One of the greatest of these common wastes is the labor thrown away on the use of poor tools. It should be known by all that, in this country, service- able machinery and good tools are much cheaper than labor. This is especially true of the smaller and inexpensive tools A dull, clumsy hoe or a poor axe often consume in a single day such an extra amount of labor above what a bright, sharp hoe or axe would require, that thenew tools could be paid for by the savmg of that one day's excess. Some very intelligent farmers think lightly of a good hand saw, hammer and similar implements, and will let their hired help worry along with a rickety old thing, and on numerous occasions, while repairing tools, or fixing little con- veniences in ham or shop, on rainy days, eto., waste a large amount of time that the keeping of good implements would save. Thus it is with cultivators, and barrows, etc. A good modern cultivator is more easily handled. works closer to the rows than the clumsy, old-fashioned oultivators. and consequently saves a great deal. if not all,of the hand hoeing that was required in old-style farming. Here are a large number and variety of wastes which good farming cannot allow; in many cases large enough to make the difference between profitable and unprofitable husbandry. “ Stop the wastes and let the profits go on " is a good motto. FOOD FOR THE FARMER Killing Insects and Parasites. Shorn Sheep Thrifty. Keep the Cow Clean. I’onr Tools. Subsolung. . van uulLC- Al Lust) yull HUI!)ng IUY EL Ll'lfll, {Lhfl 1C WI‘J (tun-.- yUll. flllUrCS M. .. Branch Office. use WEST ADELAIDE STREET, murmur-ts. Tomdikâ€"The marriage of young Rooney and Miss Bleaaer was quite a. surprise to me. I never saw them together. Mrs, Tomdik~0, they have played tennis 3 great deal with each other. Tomdikâ€"It was a tennis court, then, was it ? a E a a WhenlsayCureldonotmeafl merely to stbp them {or a time, and then 23v}: them return again? i M EAN A RA DICAL c U R E. I have made the disease of Fits. .pllcpsy or Falling Sickness a fife-lung study. l warrant my remedy to cure the worst cases. Because others have failed is no reason for not now receiving a cure. Send at gnce fora treatise and a Free Bettie of ply .Irgfaqgjble Remegly‘. Give_ :Exygi §n_d __._ nn- , TO 'I‘IV'IE EDITORzâ€"Please inform your readers that I have a. positive remedy for t above named disease. By its timely use thousands ofhopcless cases haye been permanently cqrg . I shall be glad to send two bottles of my remedy FREE 10 any of your readers who have con sumption if they will send me their Express and Post Office Addl'gss. Respectfully, T, A. SL'OGHH‘ M.c.. IBB West Adolalde Stu TORONTO. QNTARIQ, ' , A vessel sailed into the port of 039955 the other day manned by monks. Captain. mate, second mate, boatawain, suck and sailors all were the dress of the monaatnry of Mount Amos. The name of the ship is the Pxophete-Elie. ‘ Cedric-’9 mother was a New Yorker. but Cedric was born in Boston. “ Cedric, you area naughty boy; you want a licking.” said she. " Nay. mater,” returned the child, bravely. “ I may need ohaatisement, but I do not want it."â€"Harper‘s Bazar. fresh water. They seek their food early, rest during the day, and graze again late in the afternoon. Miss Dolores Marbourg. the author of one of last year‘s popular novels, has gone to Europe for a prolonged residence and literary work. She has just finished a. new novel written in collaboration with George Cary Eggleston. Ship Dead Poultry. Never ship poultry to market alive in summer-,1“ they eufier severely on the journey. Kill all kinds of poultry. dry pick them and pack the carcasses in ice. The extra price obtained will pay for the labor of dressing, while has loss will result from shipment to market. ” 0 kn poe iwniha in gkn ni ialakou kn mulama an: i ke 019. 0 kn Lahui, us mnknala. no lakou,nnn. holopoun no ka Iakou ham. mu ka homo any. a hoemi maii kn mui nui e labs. nei iwnena o kakon."~â€" Port Hope Guide. Keep a sharp lookout for the peach tree borer at this season. A dead limb is an incumbranoe to a tree and should be removed. Whenever you see a tat-hole pour I. little tar in it. Late potatoes will do well on a piece of land from which a crop of clover-hay has been out. ‘ To secure a growth of white clover on a. grass plot use Plenty of wood ashes as a. top dressing. During the warm days of summers. fat hog suffers severely. Avoid grain. and feed on grass or succulent food of any kind. The surest way to remove paint is by the use of turpentine. If used immediately the paint will never fail to be erased. His excellenoy Clarence W. Aahfcrd, AttorneyGeneral of Hawaii, as meat; of our readers are aware, is a native of Port Hope. and his brother Volney is com- mander of the forces of the kingdom. His exoeileucy has sent us a copy of the King’s speech at the opening of the Legislature, on the 2131; nit. From it we make the fol- lowing extract. which will be read with interest. The King no doubt_ if; right; If you have no time to plow the weeds in mow them down. Treat them in any man- ner you prefer, so you prevent them from seeding. It the land for the turnip crop is not ready there is no time to lose. It should be well worked and made fine. As soon as the new crop of seed comes in is the time to sow. Lsnd phater will often cause a. field of grass to show growth after it is apparently exhausted from frequent cropping. Plaster and ashes make an excellent combination. Young strawberry beds will quickly be overrun wilh crab grass at this season. the best preventive being to cultivate the rows after every rain, which will push the straw- berry plants ahead. Almost all of us have heard the above quotation and know that oil poured on troubled or angry waters will reduce the violence of their motion, but not many of us are familiar with the origin of the phrase. For their benefit the following is given. The venerable Bede says: “A priest called Utta was sent into Kent to fetch Lanplede, King Edwine’s daughter, who was to be married to King Oswin, AD. 617. Before his departure Utta visited Bishop Sida and besought his prayers for a prosperous journey. The bishop blessed him and gave him a pot of oil, saying : ' Remember that you cast into the sea this oyle that I Will give you, and the wynde laid comfortable, fayre weather shall ensue on the sea.’ " As the roots of red clover equal two- thirds the weight of the stalks the plowing in of a. clover sod leaves in the soil 3 large amount of valuable nitrogenous matter which cannot be so cheaply produced in any other manner. There are 1,000 farmers working like slaves and competing with each other to make low priced butter where there is one who has become intelligent on this ques- tion, so that he can make a better aniolo and get better pay for his time and labor. Take no head to those who tell you that fruit trees,plants and vines will beat as well without cultivation as with. but re. member that cultivation should be given early, and that ill-timed, injudicioue unki- vstion is worse than none. Professor E. F. Lndd said. at the last meeting of the New York State Dairymen’e Association, that, taking the results of the Dairy Conference of last year, he finds that in some owes less than thirteen pounds of of milk were required to produce a pound of butter; at other conference: as high as thirty-two or thirty-three pounds were required. Clara (meditatively) ~How can I be quite certain that Augustus loves me for my wealth alone? H31 a sudden thought strikes me. Augustus! Augustus (tenderly)-My own I Claraâ€"Between two who love there should be perfect frankness, should there not 7 Clan. (slowly)â€"Then listen. My hair grow upon other heads, and my teeth are the boss money could buy. My eyebrqows are false, my lips are painted, my cheeks are ranged, end my dressmaket makes me as well as my dresses. Say. Augustus, can you love me after these disclosures? Augustus (faintly)â€"Iâ€"I can 1 Clara (satto voce)â€"â€"Ye gods, how deeply in debt must this young man be lâ€"-Judy. H. P. Hopkins, of New York, avers that every time he churns unripe cream he loses. He says : ” When cream is a trifle acid in is auflioiently ripened. I prefer a concussion churn to the friction churn. White speaks in butter come from coagula- tion of the milk, which settles to the bottom of the cane. They should be washed out properly." Augustusâ€"My angel. I thousand times. yea. (Aside) What the deuce dues she want to know? ’ost Office: y u Eta [ind 331.11. nah-res; Ln“ Runnnh run..- Inn lllr‘)’ Ann. Linn éurnEc-r vnnmllltm One Way 0! Finding Out. Oil on Troubled Water. What the King Said. Other Faun Notes. _ A railway smash-up is bad enough at any time, but when the fire in the car stove adds risk of cremation the passengers' chances are poor indeed. In the neighbor- ing country gratifying progress has been made in doing away with the car stove. There are 166,000 miles of railroad in the United States, and eighty-six companies operating 91,443 miles have made some use of steam for warming passenger cars. On 8,465 miles of road all cars are heated by steam from the locomotive; on 10,912 miles of road more than half the cars are equipped for steam heat ; on 17,516 miles from one-tenth to one-half the cars are equipped, and on 54,530 miles experiments are being made. A good share of the mileage where steam heat is used is in New York State, where a statute compels the companies to heat their cars by steam. A feature 0! this infor- mation, which has been gathered by one of the most reputable engineering journals, relates to the use of steam from the locomotive. Forty-one railroad companies replied that there was no increase in the amount of fuel used in locomotives because of supplying steam to warm the train. and all the other com- panies said the increase was “ impercepti- ble'or “ slight.” It will be remembered that when compulsory steam heating was first proposed in the legislature of New York State it was vehemently opposed by the railroad companies in united front, with every objection that could be thought of. Among the first and strongest was the contention that there was no surplus steam and that drawing on the boiler for steam to heat the passenger cars would so cripple the locomotive that it could not haul a heavy train and make time. .To the credit of the N.Y. Central be it said that as soon as the bill became a law it set to work cheerfully and in good spirits to select a system and apply itâ€"a system which now has been in use two winters. Most of the difficulties which the companies prephesied vanished in practice. A few were realized, and others have been encountered. The only difficulties now enumerated are in regu- lating temperature, leaky couplings, frozen traps, and warming cars at terminals. The last named difliculty cannot apply to lines like the Central, and common sense teaches that the temperature of cars can be regulated; it is for the companies to insist that it shall be done. It is only through neglect of trainmen that it is neglected. Invention will have to supply the perfect coupling andsa trap that Will not freeze. Taken altogether the car stove is departing with all the rapidity that could be expected. is ii {whirlaym Flesh Prtfifiam' ' Best Rmnody for CONSUMPTION, Scrofula, Bronchitis,Wasting Dis- eases, Chronic Coughs and Golds. f, ' Liver on and HYPBPHGSPHITES f, " g of Lime and 1%" SOda , cofl's Emulsion 3:1..J;,:§::‘{f"fi 1 1s a wrmrlm'fill Flesh Producer. It is the The baaeballiat‘s business: is! picking 4 up. the football player’s is rushing, the advertising agent’s is booming, the aero- naut’s is in the air, the dry goods seller's is ripotearing, the haokman’e is driving. tbs washerwoman munsgea to scrub along. and the bunko mun finds plenty to “ do.” Still, as a. business administration, this is got to, be bragged of. “That fellow‘s a dude,” said the sod- olerk of an east side druggery to 3. Tribune; regaytel‘uhpoipg _to_ an outgoing ogatonger. " Why 1”“ aakéd the reporfiar. V“ He allua leaves with ‘ r‘ in ohotoolate.”â€"â€"â€"New York Tribune. ' The full edition of Marshal MaoMahon’s memoirs, six copies, have been distributed among his nenrest relatives, with the in- junction of secrecy. with the motto, “ For God and home Ind native land.” fifth district Will entertnm here for two or three weeks this summer twenty or thirty working girls from some of the large cities. Nearly all of the necessary buildings are on the grounds, and ladies from different unions will provide proviaicns. hammocks. games, etc. It i intended to give these weary' young girls a complete and delight- ful rest. V _ She wanted a. cottage. He wanted an apartment. “Suites to the sweet," he said, with a tender glance. ” Flats to the flat,” she retorted with n soomful smile, (They took a. cottage.) A new church at Seattle, Wash, has a“ W. O. T. U. memorial window adorned A movement is on foot among Wyoming white ribbonera to establish a. home for friendless women at Cheyenne, the home to be known as the “ White Shield Cottage; Freetown, Sierra Leone, has a. W. O. T. U. of ninety members, lately organized by Mary C. Leavitt, and a. White Cross society of more than one hundred young men. Miss Frances E. Willard and Mrs. Caro- line Bnell, as President and Corresponding Secretary of the National W. O. T. U.. and in behalf of that organization, have sent an official letter to the Louisiana Legislature. urging the abolition of the gambling curse, and begging that no mercenary considera- tions may prevail in the treatment 0! this enormous evil. They have also sent a letter to Governor Nicholls expressing their pro- found appreciation of his patriotic and Christian attitude in condemnation of the lottery system. Etiquette does not demand that calls by telephone should be retu- ned. th0 Park, at Wrightstown, Wis , was formerly a. beer garden, but has been put- ohnsed by a philmthropic lady, Mrs. Knowles, who déeired to rescue it from evil hands. It his lovely place on the banks of Fox River. By invitntion of the owner, the W. C. T.'U. and the Y. W. G. T. U. of the , W. V r. ung Scott'sEmulsiun is only put up u} salmon Cult; wrapper. Avoid a” imitationsor snbstitquna. Sold by all Druggists at 50c. and $1.00. SCOTT Sb BOWNE. Ballevillo. musms 0F BOTTLE§ GIVEN AWAY YEARLY. HEATING RAILWAY DARE. [‘ALAfiI‘a‘B up As Ml‘lfg' D. 0. N. L. 28. 90. Temperance Notes. SWREM 3%; SHRED