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Eaton’s $1.50 and $2 sell at sight. People are actually buying lace cur- tains at $1.25 cash at Eaton’s for which they used to pay $1.60 at credit stores. Eaton's White honeycomb quilts sell at: 75, 90c. $1 up. ' T. EATON &' 00., 190 to 196 Yonge Street A better quality, 22 inches long, reduc- ed from $2.75 to $1.95 ; 24 inches long, from 83 to $2.25; 27 inches long. from 83.25 to 82.45 ; 30 inches long, from $3.50 to $2.90. Eaton’s sell a. 3 yd. long curtain for 85c. Eaton’s sell a 2% yd. long lace curtain for 500. “P The important question now with the housewife isâ€"Where canI buy the cheapest carpet when my house is clean- ed? Remember, Eaton’s carpet depart- ment has many superior advantages, having a. beautifully lighted place to see the goods. Having an immense variety to select from. Two great essentials in buying lace curtainsâ€" lst. A good selection to choose from. Eaton’s show over 150 different pat- terns. 2nd. A good set of curtains for little money. Eaton’s white Marseilles quilts, crib size, 900. $1. Full size, $1.15, $1.50 Eaton sells English white bedstead $5, $6, $7 up. The cheapest, nicest bed to be had for the money. Buying and Eaton to far 11‘ have to credit months. Children’s Mantles reduced away down ; child’s jacket with cape, 22 inches long, reduced from $1.50 to $1 ; 24 inch jacket from $2 to $1.50. SEEâ€"Ladies’ black Ottoman M'antlea reduced from $8.50 to $6, trimmed with braid $10. Ottoman Jackets reduced to $8. The full line of ladies' black and white check, all-wool, fine tweed Dolmans reduced from $11 to $8. Eaton’s Mantle Sale. LOOKâ€"150 ladies' spring, Tweed Jackets, close fitting, reduced from $5 and 86 to $3.75. All goods marked in plain figures. Eaton’s crumb cloths in grey and white linen, $1.38, $1.75 up. Letter orders promptly attended to. sale for Cash or C. O People buying Spring Mantles general- ly want something cheap as the season is short. T. Eaton & Co. meet this de- mand by putting the whole mantle stock at prices to meet the wants of everybody. A fox hound which had been brought to Halifax in a. close cu from a town 105 miles distant recently disappeared, and two days afterwards his arrival at his old home was reported. One sing {act is the infinite diversity flanguag at only every tribe, but every )and. of which there are sometimes fifty in ingle tribe, has its own dialect 0r jargon, riectly unintelligible to all who do not ’ ng to the band. Li all times the In- dians have (lietained t; lrarn even 3 few words of an enemy's language. Ssranger yet, the Cheyennes nnd Arrap rhoes for three quarters of a century have ber-n firm firiends. camping and hunting tr gather and making war upon the same enemies at the some time. The children constantly romp and play together in the common camp. Yet no one in ten of ext ier tribe can hold the most ordinary conversation in the language oi the other. Unable to speak each other’s lan- guage. the Indians of the W'est have con- strur tad a wonderful sign language by which they hold in euourse. Gestures, s'gm are more (1' less natural to every one. Among the plains in ‘ans alone have they reached their in: st 11 erful development. So com. plicatcd and l borate is the sign language, consisting of cbnntless gestures and move- ments,the slightest variuiion in which marks wide differences m meaning, that only a few Indians in s tribe are complete masters of ir, and the maéses can only use it slightly. The signs do not indicate letters, nor words as with the (leaf and dumb‘ but ideas. There is one sign to indicale hunger. another for "stop talking," another lo: Summer, and so on infinitely. Yet an expert sign talker will either make or interpret a. long speech, which consists ofan infinite number of signs, following each other with lightning like I'd.- pidlty. Two strange Indians will meet on horseback, each unable to understand a. spoken word of the other, and while hold- ing the reins with the left hand, will con- verse for hours with their right, telling stories or ri lating their experience without a single misunderstanding. Eaton’s Mantle Sale. Eaton‘s Mantle Sale. Mantle Department. The Language of the Red Indians. EATON’S. Lace Curtains. and selling for cash enables .r undersell credit stores,I who edit goods for three and six The prevailing style in ladies’ hats this season is the high square crown, with straight and roll brims, a very pretty shape, easily and cheaply trimmed. Ladies find it very difficult to get a. good assortment of small goods, their at- tention is drawn to the fact that Eaton has a. separate department for these goods, where you will find leather hand satchels, plush satchels, purses, gilt pens, brooches, jewellery, brushes, jet orna- ments, for the neck, wrists, and ears, and a thousand and one things that every lady wants. Full lines of Cufi's and Collars in stock, braces, etc. For ahandy glove, get the laced kid gloves, to be had in all shades, 75c, $1; the mousquetaire glove has the long gauntlet wrist, very easily adjusted, fits the hand and arm to perfection, to be had in colored kid, $1, $1 25, and in silk, at 30, 35, and 40c, all other popular makes in kid, silk and thread. About 34,000,000 herring are shipped yea.er from Ezstport. Me.. to Portland, Gloucester. Boston, and other places. Of these, 16,000 are brought from Newfound- land. They are worth about $225,000 to the fishermen who catch them. A large por- tion of the fish sent to Gloucester and B05- ton is used for bait. In ties, Eaton has a very nice . stock, you can buy a nice silk Tie for 25¢, you can buy them in all the newest patterns from 350 to $1 each. Eaton has a very nice stock of white Shirts. Just see_ the shirt you can buy for 31. Best white cotton, the‘ front and cufl’s pure Irish linen. These Shirts are really cheap at $1.25. A special line of white Shirts selling now at 75c, regular price 81. We show the above shape in all difl'erent makes. ' a ' Fine satin straw, 30, 36, and 400. Russets, 50, 75, 90. Milan straw, 75, 900, and $1. Fine tape, 900 and $1, worth $1.25. Fine chip and straw, $1 up to $3.75. The colors are : Black, white, brown, blue, Garnet, Beige, Fawn, drab. Another pretty shape for a. street hat is the military hat, to be had in same colors and prices. Eaton is selling merino under-shirts from 25c up, they are splendid value, it’s a special line and gents wanting to invest will save money by purchasing their un- derwear at Eaton’s. You can buy a nice print Shirt with collar for 35¢ worth 50, better quality 50c, 175c and $1 each. Eaton keeps a very nice line of Hosiery in merino, cotton and wool from 50 to 31 pair. Millinery Department. Threading the maze of islands and pene- truting the fjords of the West Coast in the small coasting steamers that ply regularly betWeen Christiansand and Bergen, and between Bergen and Trondhjem, is delight- full and even luxurious travelling. It reduces the dolce far niente of touring to a system. You have no trouble, no cares which are not. of your own making. no anxities about baggage, or routes, or correspondences. You have committed yourself to a travelling hotel, which glides easily and comfortably from station to station; There is nothing 1;) be done but to give yourself up to the en- joyment of the mnetant and constantly varied succession of grand scenes through which you are carried hcur after hour and day after day. You can read or write, or you can sleep and dream as the spirit moves you. You can pass a plewant hour in com versation with the captain or the mate ; for the captains and the mates on these steamers as a rule weak English tolerahly well, and are very intelligent fellows. When there is nothing more laborious to be done, you can lie on deck with a cigar in your mouth and gum upward ; for that is the most con- venient and most approved method of ad- miring the scenery of the narrow fjords, flanked by atupen lous clifis which are seamed with picturesque waterfalls. At the many stations at which the steamer calls there is no lack of diversion. You see farm~ ing operations in progress. You see pleasant villages. You see boat building going 01. You sea fishing and merchandise. Above all, you see the people of the country, and you have golden chances of observing their costumes and their manners and cus- toms. Notion Department. Gent’s Furnishings. Norway for Tourists. Gloves. T- EATON 8:. CO. The Cafe Voltaire, Paris. Any man who knew the Cafe Voltaire knew he was going to (line, not only on the fat of the land, but on the best morsels of that fat, at any of the three-wore tables hidden away in the'r boxes like cabinets. Suggestive thing could be seen in every nook and corner of tie glorious old place- from the remarkable personaga with pink ribbons and fluffy lace who sat at the ccmp ptoir, as one passed up the grand escalier, to the unobtrusive gargon-in-chief, whose pride it was to know every client entering the savory penetraliaâ€"a servant who grades the guests by the quality of the wine they drink. The privacy of e duke or a Vander~ bilt could net exceed the impressive seclu- sion of the favored clientele, for whose com‘ ing certain cabinets always seemed in wait- ing. When seated therein, the solemn state of a prince could not he more perfect in the anctstral hall. Candelabra light the com‘ pact rooms ; the centre of the shining mar- quetry flcoc is covered with a rug adjusted to the size of the table; a square window, draped with thick stufl' curtains, gives airâ€" lightâ€"to the 500168. The chairs, high-back- ed and carved. suggest the spoil of luckless grands seigneura, Victims of the teachings of the patron saint, M. Arouet de Voltaire. Repose and luxury are the surroundings,and the faint insensihly takes the same tone. Th¢ re are many instances where persons are entir:ly cheerful. and in this sense con- tented, who nevertheless energetically urge the plans of life. Nor is this inconsistent. Present satisfaction does not militate against the seeking after larger benefits in the fu- ture. Nor does energy in itself imply dis- content. Henlthful energy is simply force put into Ethe duties of life, and represents a. restless activity that finds rpleasure in work. An energetic man is usually possess- ed of ideas. He is ready to grasp a problem or to compass a. result, and is restless to reach it. All intervening toil is noth- ing 0 lmpared with the desiie to retail the end. And this result may only.he the gratifimtiofl of a sentiment, or the realiz :- tion of an ideal. Tueinventor rarely think4 as much of the financial outcome of he in vention us of the achievement of a. result in mechanics. And this energy is consistent with contentment. A royal elephant‘fight in Burmah, is thus described; There are fifteen elephants on a side. A pair of them are never started alone at a. fight. The fights are always arranged for the amusement of the Nobles. and me grunt eVents. The battle is tu‘rific. Tue elephants are given toddy, ma. 1e out of the fermented juice of the palm, which they drink out of buckets. Jersey lightning is like water compared to the stuff. It makes the elephants reel and tumble about like drunken men. They snort and trumpet, and create 8. terrible racket. In the fight at Theyntmo, the mahouts or drivers straddled tneir necks and urged them on. The beasts had to be maddened by prodding and beating, and rushed at each otherlike mad. There were some that wheeled around and ran away, but those that kept on made the earth shake. when they came together. They ran right into each other. They looked tusks, and gored and lashed one another with their trunks. Tusks Wll‘: run int) elephant shoulders six- or eight inches. The fights in India. are the same, of course. In Burmah fiehts take place between elephants and tigers. The Burmese in power. are cruel. One hing u. ed to make the people lie down for his pony to walk over. The utility of pain is seen in the mem base which sweeps the surface of the eyes for instance, ‘11 several animals, Whenever any irritant particla is brough t int) contam- with these delicate struct iras. The pain caused by the foreign body Set! up refl -xly a muscular cout'actirvu in this mem'mue, 9111 thus it is hrmght across the eye. sweep- ing the surface an 1 E0 the ofl'euvlmg matter is r moved. When tle foreign body is too fix :d to he so remcwd. dro gauization of t in eye lollovvs, and amid a. g nel'al desti'uc Iion of the organ the ll'fl‘l mun manner is got r d of. D street on in the eye In these ani- mztls uoull be a common occurrence if it were net 101‘ this muscuqu arrangement, and pain is the (xcltunt; it is, as it th‘e, the tinge: which pulls tie trigger, and so the machinery ulna. {y p owded and prepared is S! t in iLBDIO-J thereby. In man tile suffering caused by a .‘o eigu body mt 1e eye Cells the u, be! L on to a. p11, t that lea. is to ics removal. I! it were not for the pain so produced 11 1-:- mediabla mischief would ofbin be p‘ rxnivted 10,59 0 I unchecked. beuwse uni oziced. Not only (10"3 the pain so dafuni the eye from the injurious effects of foreign bodies, but it; often StI‘VOS to protect the delicate organ fiom overwork; and where painis so produc- ed rest is gven to the part, uni recovxry is initltutad. A Big Tree. In 1842 there stood, and there is every reason to believe still stands, at Vostiza. on the Gulf of Lepanto, Greece, an oriental plme tree, Whose girth was, in 1842, at five feet from the ground. thirty-seven feet. This tree, situated in the middle of the vil- lage, on a. gradual slope, standing on a. rrised platform of flat stones, evidently for protection to the roots. is a striking object on entering the village, and especially note- worthy as existing in the days of Pausanias, the Greek historian, who, living in the se- cond centvry, makes mention of it in his travels; and the tree must hnve been of considerable size and age at that time to have made it worthy of remark, its age prob‘ ably dating considerably before the Christ- ian era, making it more than two thousand years old. It was in full vigor in 1842 The villagers hold it in high respect. There are curiohs} problems in human na- cure. Often contradic'ory qualities appear in the same person. There are indivxduals parsimonious along given lines and liberal in others. There are others who can spread sunshine or gloom. as one mood or the other controls. Tt has been questioned, however. whether qualities that reach clown into the character can be of a contradictory nature. Yet there are such instances. As a rule, a. perfectly contented spirit is allied to a neg- ative, or at least unenergetic character. Eu- ergy, on the contrary, is usually regarded as restless and pushing. Thus itis supposed to be discontented. as to pu-h afu r more 1'" r0 evidence discontent with what We have. Yet this does not follow. Energy and Contentment. An Elephant Fight, The Utility of Pain. u<~O~>M «40>u1 \«<-> «‘ 'lhe more a. man does for Christ’s sake, the more he can do ; the more he gw'es, the mare he can give; the more he bears. the more he can hear. The world is to be re- deemed by introducing the life of his re- deemed ones into its life ; as Christ’s life ha: been introducmi into them. It is to be made me in Christ Jesus, by the solvent of the Ctoss. . It is pleasant to feel impelled to continue one's work by growing conviction of its im- portance and value ; more happy still to be constrained to go on by love of the service ils elf ; but hest of all to he so blensedly cer- tain of the Lord‘s Wlll and helpin the matter that 0L6 dare not give it up. “ T in gentleness,” said the Psalmist, “has made great.” There is true greatness in gentleness. Little minds, with little grace, cannot hear contradiction. But he whoee heart is filled with love to God and to‘ nian can bear with the weakness, the imperfec- tions, and even the pervereeness of others. Devoute thought, a. pious desire, a h.1y purpvse, is better than a great estate or an earthly kingdom. In eternity it will amount to more to have given a. cup of cold water, with right motives, to an humble servant of God, than to have been flattered by a whole generation. Never rest satisfied full you can say. “ My Lord, my God.” “ He loved me, and gave himself 101' me." “ My beloved is mine, and I am his.” “ He hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, uni sure." C rld, worthless rcligian, if I cmnot use such language. NOTE THIS â€"Al| Street Cars pass our Stores, ask the Con- ductcr to let you off at Christian life is not all contemplation and prayer ; it is not all muscle and amew. It is a perfect, practical union of the two. I believe in joyful emotions if they result in self denying, patient work for CJristâ€"I believe in work if it is winged by with and pmyer. Good resolutions are often like a. loosely tied cordâ€"on the first; strain of temptation they slip. They should be tied in a hard knot of prayer. And they should be kept tight and firm by conntaut stretching God. ward. If they slip or break, tie them again. PETLEY & PETLEYS’ INTERIOR VIEW PET Great Dry-Goods â€"ANI)â€" CLOTHING HOUSE TORONTO. I28 to I32 King St, East, PEARLS 0F TRUTH. OF THE FIRST FLOOR OF Six‘_doors East of St. James’ Cathedral Two ladies while out riding came to atoll bridge in Polk country, Wi cmsin. 0a be- inz applie'i to for toll one of tham asked the tall-keep”: ‘ H )w much is it ‘3" Tue reply was : T'For a wan and horse ihis 50 cents.” “Well, get up, Jenny, we are two 'gals’pnd piece. Tue graphite costs about twenty-five cent; a. pound, and the clay Ilttle more than the freight. The more clay is used in the leads the harder they W11 be. The cedar is cut mostly from (a. Ian tree: In Florida swamps “ HJW fresh aml gre’n evuything looks,” mur nured Claribel, as they wandered along the mad. “Everything I" questioned Adol- phua, lacking down int) nar violet eyes. “ Yes. everything ” she replied abstractadly. He wanders with another girl now. a mare.” Eh.- kinds .xre rasp -d chev are run between grooved wheels as considerable pressure for He only finish they get. This burnishes them, and they are tied in dozens and boxed for sale. mostly in plan wood, and of three degrees of hardness The grap‘iite used c: mas in a fine black powder, an 1 is mixed with German white clay. about half and half, and then ground with moisture, form- ing a. paste. This is pressed in dies into lengths of four leads, which are cut and than baked at a. very high temperature. These sell at 85 cents, $1 50 and $2 a. gross, and are very good art cles, writing smoothly and evenly. The manufacturer makes about one hundred per cent, selling the pencils at eighty-five 'cents 2» firms. and the retailer makes a good thing selling them at a cent a. With the improved machinery now used, ten hands will make about four thousand lead pencils of the cheaper grade 3. day. The cedar comes chiefly from Florida, and it is received in slabs of pexcl length, one for the lead to go in and the other to cover it, as may be seen by examining the end of any lead pencil. Four little grooves are sawed in the thicker tabs, for the leais, which are kept in hot glue and tukm one by one and inserted in the grooves. Then the thin slab is glued to the leaded Slab, and, thus united, they are run through a molding machine, four p‘ncfls coming from each slab, After Lend Pencils.