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‘v‘v‘fiid If.” repeaféd the melancholy man in a tone of sarcasm ; "Well, I should say I did! Why, I've been married fourteen years.” Two Hamilton citizens were toddling up street the other day, and the close and earn- est manner with which they were seen to be in conversation clearly betokened that they were exchanging their experience with dis. P‘PPP'. .. . we-.- r__ LL- L; m.-- In the literary as well as‘ military world, most powerful ability will often be found concealed under a rustic garb. r T‘Khd did you ever try the hot water cure?" asked the thin man. as they paused at the melanchgly“ man’s gape: ' and I did not lose one bulb, and in ipring they grew firstrate. Many of them tnrew up flower-heads, but these were removed every week. By the end of June they had made splendid bulbs, and showed an incli- nation to ripen. 0n the 9th of July I had them all pulled up. and laid on their sides in rows to ripen ; on the 15th I topped them all, and brought them inside. Potato onion sets I treated in the same way and with equal results, except that they do not throw up any flower-heads. Another thing about otato onions is, that the large sets do not ear large onions, but, instead, a bunch of small ones ; it is the small sets that bear the large onions. Onions from sets. if need be, can be harvested about the first of July, md sold at a profit you cannot realize lLr seed onions, and you have the ground for early strawberry planting. late peas, snap beans, beets, turnips, cauliflowers or euer celery. Onions from sets are poor keepers in winter ; they are apt to sprout, hence should be disposed of or used up eaxly. Let seed and potato onions be the mainstay for winter.â€"Rural New Yorker. It is impossible to be a hero in anything unless one is first a‘hero in faith. 'I‘HE VEGETABLE GARDEN FOR SEP- TEMBEB. SAVING SEEDs.â€"Save what seeds you can conveniently. Your own saved SPedB are just as good as what you can buy. Peppers, cucumbers, melons, tomatoes, beans, and many other things may be saved with very little troubfe. But if your time and space for gardening are limited, it may not pay you to save onions, carrots, parsley, tur- nips and other bienniala. Seeds are so cheap that it does not pay to go to much bother in saving our own if our demand is lmall. 0N10Ns.â€"-Iu the last we¢ k of last Septem- ber, I planted a. lot of yellow Danvers Onion nets in rich ground, in rows a foot apart, three to four inches between the sets, and four inches deep. They grew 8. little in the tall ; I did not cqver thein _at all in winter, SPINACH.â€"Put in a goodly sowing oi the prickly-seeded for next apring's use. In win- ter a thin mulching of clean sedge or thatch helps It ; but do not put it on thick, as it is apt to harbcr field mice. Round spinach put in now will give a good crop beiore winter sets in. If you have New Zealand Spinach, put a. box frame ovu it to keep it from frost. It keeps in good condition as long as you keep frost from it. ONIONS.â€"Plant out sets in rows a. foot apart, three to four inches asunder, and four inches deep. Examine the ripe onions oc- casionally, remove the spelling ones, and break the sprouts from others. OYSTER PLANTS AND PARSNIPS need no care for a. few weeks yet. GERMAN Gammaâ€"Sow about the middle of the month in rows 3. foot apart. In win- ter cover with a. tin mulching, which remove Carly in spring. Pusanâ€"L ft and plant some in a cold- frame 101' winter and early spring use. Thin those sown last month. CABBAGEâ€"By clesnl‘meas and good culti- vation get vigorous, firm headed Drumheads and Savoy: ready for winter. Sow Jersey Wakefield out-of-doors, and, later. prick them into a. cold-frame to winter over for lpring planting. CAULIFLOWEB.â€"Keep it growing. Should front come on before you use it all. heel tho-e remaining thickly in a cold I: ame ; they will keep and heart well on this side of Christ- mu. Sow and treat as cabbage for spring me, only they require more protection in winter than do cabbagee. LETTUCE.â€"Bef0re frost comes, get all your hearting lettucee together, so that you can protect them with a frame if necessary. Sow Curled Slleaia and Tennis Ball in the third week of the month, and, latu. prick them thlcky into a coldJrame to winter over for planting in hot-beds in early spring. MUSTARD makes a capxtal salad. Cut it for use when it is only four (1' six days old. RADISEES.â€"SOW a. few out-of-doors, and after this in a. gentle bot-bed. Buys â€" If too late to ripen unassisted, a frlme of boards at the back and front, and banking around with hot manure. and cover- ing with sashes, will secure a crop as late as November. Save ripe beans for seed for next year. and remember that ripe Lima beans are excellent eating in Winter. BEETs.â€"Thin out aowings put in last month, and transplant thinnings if neces- lary ; if not beet greens are good eating. LEEKs.â€"Cultiva’w and keep clean. For winter use, mulch among them with dry leaves, or lift and heel them in thickly in a. cold -fx nme, pit. or cellar. Cnnms.-Plant some in boxes. and by keeping them warm, you can have green chives all through the winter. Coin! SALAD.;SOW some on light, shel- tered ground. It is perfectly hardy. and will nfl'ord you greens in early spring. CUCUMBEBS.â€"SOW tome seeds or set out some young plants in a frame; as cold weather comes on, line the heme with hot manure. ENDIVE.â€"Tie up a few at a. time of that which is nearly full grown. Plant out thick- ly that which you intend wintering over, and before hard frost sets in, put a. frame, well banked. around it, and keep the endive dry overhead. fiRU‘iSEL SPROUTS.â€"-lf they are late. pinch out the tops; it will make them sprout. Gauntâ€"Bank up for early use, and a little at a. time, according to demand. But do not earth up the winter stock before Octo- ber. Never earth up except when the celery in quite dry, eke damp and rust are liable to occur. AGRICULTURAL. He Had Tried It. Billy Clark the town criar at Nantucket. is credited with a. recent sharp answer. A young lady who had made some remarks about him which he did not like asked him where he got his bell. “ I got my bell, young lady, where you got your manners â€"â€" at the bran foundry," Narrow Escape o! a Boy From a Terrible Fate. A l'\ cent New York telegramsays : Johnnie MacIntover, 7 years of age, “out on the moi of his father's house, in Heater street, to-day to fly his big kite. It flew so vrell that he did not realize that he was approach- ing the edge of the roof, so intently was the little fellow watching the huge toy. Sud- denlv a. strong gust of wind caught the site and l.t3rally lifted him from his feet, sus- pending him fully 65 feet above the pave- ment. The lad swung against a telephone wire about on a level with the top of the building, when. loosing his hold upon his spool of string, he grasped the wire and hung directly above the street. There was great excitement in the street. when Franz New- man, a lad of fourteen, darted up the stair- way and went upon the roof. He made his way to the edge, and, leaning over, caught young MacIntover by his coat collar, and lifting him off the wire, swung him to a place of safety. But the advocate of this work to-day must come before the people having his mouth filled with the soundest arguments, and his mind stored with statistics, facts and law, in short, possessed of the ability to educate and lead the people. So effective has been the results of the agitation upon this question that the great mass of the people have themselves become fully awake to the demands of the hour, and the call is for something substantial and tangibleâ€"not the froth and foam of that agitation which only weakens and enervates public senti- ment. And all over the land such men, and women too, are coming to the front. No reform ever had more ardent or able advo- cates. The grtatest minds of the country are giving thoughtful consideration to this problem, which to-day, despite the efforts of politicians to smother it. is the most import- ant. and only really prominent issue before the nation. With singularly few exceptions the old anti-slavery leaders are among the hosts of freeman in the present movement against the iniquity which curses the nation, the state and the individual. Unlike the movement against slavery, however, the good people of every section are united. There might be slight difl'erence as to methods. but these diflerences only lead to agiiation and to thought which profit both the individual and the cause itself. ’1 here never was a time in the history of this great national, moral reform when sentiment was growing so rapidly, and in the right direc- tion, as at the present. Again we say, the most assurin evidence is in the character of public a dress required to satisfy the people. Some people, especially if they marry young and on the impulse of some taking fancy. without a due consideration oi the very grave nature of the state they are en- tering, discover afterward that his or her mate does not come up to the expectations which had been formed. The light and laughing love of the marriage and the early periods of married life are succeeded by a sense of disappointment. Then comes do- mestic indifference, perhaps recrimination. Both man and wife are deceived and un- deceived. Unintentionally perhaps, but really. Both feel, as it were, entangled. They have married in haste, and repent too often, not at leisure, but with mutual bitter- ness and ill~concealed unconcern for one another. Each generally thinks the other most to blame. And I do not believe that I am oversteppin the limits of appropriate language when say that the idea of being caught in a. net represents their secret con- victions. Here is a disastrous state of affairs. In this country such a net cannot be easily broken. The pair have married for worse, in a more serious sense than these words are intended to bear in the marriage vows. What is t) be done? I should very imper- fectly express my advice if I simply said, " Make the best of it." For though this is a rude rendering of the advice needed, much might be said to show how this can be done after a Christian way. It is a great Chris- tian rule that, to be loved, we must show kindness and consideration, and not expect to receive what we do not grant ourselves. “ Give,” says Christ, " and it shall be given unto you. Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned." And if this applies any- where, it applies most in the case of those who are in the c103e relationship of husband and wife. Clouds sometimes come over the married life because too much considera- tion is expected. Show it, I would say rather than demand it, if it has seemed to come short. Do not think to mend matters by a half-grudgins endurance, but ask God to give His sacred help to the keep ing of the rule, " Bear and forbear." So may a hasty marriage, the beauty of which has been spoiled by some misunderstand- ings, ripen into the true afl'ection which should mark this holy estate, and the cloud of disappointment give place to a love which rests upon no passing fancy, but upon an honest Christian observance between man and wife of the vow between them made. So may the miserable afterthought of having been entangled in a relationship be blotted out and succeeded, as years go on, by a love cemented With the desire to do right before God, in whose presence and with prayer for whose blessing the relationship was begun. â€"-Sunday at Home. Among the many indications of a. marked advance in temperance sentimmt, there is none more satisfactory and assuring than the demand of the public for sound speech from the platform, and of logic and practical com- mon sense, rather than sentimtntalism and twaddle. The time was, when to be a suc- cessful temperance advcmte it was only ne- cessary to have a fund of comic stories, and be able to mimic in word and act the drunk- ard's reelings and gibberings, and possibly picture the sufferings of his family, and shed a few tears over the “ scene “ just before the curtain fell. The audience then went heme feeling that the entertainment had been quite agreeable ; that intemperance was indeed an evil, but with not the re- motest idea that any effort could or should be made to contest the evil. The Net of Marriage. Satisfactory Evidence JOHNNIE’S KITE »»<->o« Coming down the first Cataract of the Nile. At first we went very well. and were beautifule steered first from one rock, then from another, until we came to the Gate. The crew raised their oars, and the dishes»- beah pitched straight down. The rush and power of the water was awful; the only sound, for every one held his breath for a moment. All would have been well had the cataract tolk stuck to their oars and rowed on the left to get the better of the water the: instant the boat regained its level, for there is only just enough to clear Snylla and Uharybdis and all depends upon the work of a minute. But the pilot steered badly, the crew saw it, lost their presence of mind, and dropped their oars, and scampererl like monkeys up the rigging as the water dashed over us, and bump we went against one rock, then bump against another; despair- ing shrieks re-echoed thrOugh the boat, and all flew to the hows, the gentlemen, both passengers and visitors from another daha- eah who had come to see the fun all help- ing to bale. We womankind, thinking this was a temporary deliy. an ordinary bump- ing, took our pain‘s and began sketching the wrrck of the "Sultans," as it lay before us. I had just scrawled "7.30. We have bumped," under mine, when up came one of the gentlemen, with gun-case in hand say- ing, “Get anything you really care for, we any have to leave the boat." A few seconds after up rushed the gentleman, cry- ing, "The water is gaining rapidly: come instantly I” We shall never forget the scene. 0h 1 the yells, the screams, the con- fusion! The one thought of our crew proper was to save themselves and their goods. The dragoman turned out the sailors from the felucca (small boats) to make room for us, and in we scrambled. and in a few m0- ments we were all landed, and the gentle- men returuel to the Bessie Camuc for the crew, and then went to and fro as salvage corps. They worked splendidly, in and out of water, undera very hot sun, and with everything against them. No one was in command. The dragomriu had completely lost his head, the dahalwah was rapidly tilting over, natives swarmed the felucuas and crowded the cabins, the water rushel in, and but for indiVidual efforts, none of our things would have been saved. It was really distracting to see the gilt ccrnices, pillows, soap~dishes, and curtains being handed out instead of our pricious lares and penates. However, two of our salvage corps climbed in up the windows, and handed or threw out our treasures just as they had caught the swimming mattresses which were blocking up the way, The Arabs were worse than Useless. and the dragoman beside himself, poor fellow. shak- allover and doing nothingâ€"Lady Sophia Palmer in the Quiver. The rough door was pushed open and the jossmakerâ€"for such the man wasâ€"plied his peculiar vocation. Here were seen unsub- stantial idols of all descriptions, ranged around the room in a promiscuous fashion and with what seemed a. lack of reverence on the {art of the manufacturer. Then there was the raw materialâ€"gilded and colored paper. rough frame work and other accessoriesâ€"strewn about the place, odds and ends, dirt and disorder being every- where visible. “You paintee man 1" asked the joss~mak- er, as he picked ups. scrap of blue paper, probably intended for the robe of a god, and which the reporter had aacrilegiously trodden upon. “Some paintee man buy just: : mgkee pictua.” “Twent‘fi dolla,” was the reply. Assuming that the price was satisfactory, and pending an imaginary transfer of the property, it was found by putting a few questions to the Mongolian that quite a trade in these idols is carried on the city, though of course the chief buyers are wor- shippers of joss. \Vhen finished, the joss, if it is one which has been made to order for a wealthy Celestial, or which is to take its place in a temple, must first be consecrat- ed by a high priest, who with his acolytes goes throng a prolonged and apparently re- condite ceremonial, winding it up by daub. ing a little red paint in each of the black eyes of the joss, who is then enabled to see into the mysteries of this world and the hereafter. It is the dying wish of every Chinaman who can afford it that a joss may be burned for him after his death, and this proceeding forms a part of all well-regulated funeral ceremoniesâ€"another cause for the great demand on the effigy manufacturer and a constant source of revenue to him. The head being of wood or pliable card- board and the body of cheap though gaudy material, there is nothing about one of these images which may be considered of value; the ingenious workmanship, in which such a. display of detail is made, may be noted as of far more consequence than the useful or extrantous stuff which goes to make up the potent and mystic joss. Even the paper finger-nails, of extraordinary length are finely curved, and the thickâ€"soled shoes and fan are not omitted. A half completed joss is one of the ueerest looking sights to be seen in the guinese quarter. work being commenced from the feet, ani the inside portion of the body being plainly visible.â€" San Francisco Chronicle. “No, I’m not an artist but I wish to price the goods. \Vhat is this one worth 7" and a. blue, yellow and red idol. with a staring countenance and with the conventional Chinese head dress, together with paper robes, stnfied with cotton, was pointed out. The fact must be learned sooner or later, that it is an utter impossibility to oblige everyone. No matter how a person chooses to conduct himself he will find that his con- duct will not meet the approbation of all who are cognizant of his actions. The tem- peraments of men are so variously con- structed that no particular disposition will be acceptable to all. The practice of a cer- tain set of virtues will find admirers in a portion of mankind, while another and large portion Will be antagonistic or indiff- erent. More than half of the world cannot be pleased with a particular line of conduct, for all experience has indisputably demon- strated and confirmed the fact. a square {aperture in the (1051' of'a. dirty and rickgt‘y ngldjng on‘chkaoy street._ “It’s all rigEt, John; I want to buy a. jossi’ “Come in," said the Chiuamen, in modifi- ed tones. “Me no wantee you come lound hea. Stay away," and a Celestial frown was be- stowed upon the .unheed‘ing rgpor‘fier from Visst to a Jossmuker. It is the many lesser men, growing slowly but steadily. in thought and strength, the: make the advent of every great man poa- Bible. Lord Brougham once facetiously defined a lawyer as “a. learned gentlemen who res- cues your estate from your enemies and keeps It himself." To prevent patent leather from cracking. always warm the leather before inserting the foot in the shoe. Heat renders patent leather soft and pliable. A New Gas-Light. For the past three weeks the York de- parture platform at Euston Station has been lighted upon a novel principleâ€"namely, with an incandescent gas-light. The light was invented by Mr. Lewis some two years since, but the present is its first pub lic application on a. commercial scale. Be- fore, however, it was applied at Boston the system underwent careful trial at the com- pany’s works at Crewe, and it it answars ex- pectation at Eustonâ€"which so far it hasâ€"it will no doubt be widley adopted by the Lon- don and Northwastern Company. The principle of the burner is the mixing of air under pressure with common gas, the light being produced by the incandescence of a platinum-wire gauze cap which forms the apex of the burner, The air and gas are mingled at the burner in such proportions that ptrfect combustion taket place. so that it is impossible for any unconsumed carbon to escape. The p3wer used at Euston for compressing the air is simply that of a Bish- op gas-engine of two-man power, wh ch is sufficient to supply the air to a much greater number of burners than are at present in use there. The platform is 900 feet long, and it is very affectiver lighted by 20 Lewis burners. which have taken the place of 50 ordinary burners previously in use. Marriage always begins. and sometimes ends in a "Union." In love the heart is the pupil of the ey_e._ The heart thnt beats for no woman, the Otfice Boy compares to a. niche without a statue. Whatever be its inspiriting motive, not is in its outward features a sort of charity; it is impossible to be tactful, however eelfi<h- 1y, Without making life pass mere pleasant- ly for our neighbor. No lanterns or glasses are used, and the light is perfectly steady. there being no flame. It is, moreover, quite unsffacted by wind or rain. The burners are constructed to consume 18 feet of gas per hour, but they are actually consuming only 125 feet. so that if necessary a very much more briliant light could be given than this. It is stated that the quantity of gas consumed is 17 per cent. less than With the ordinzry system, but that fully double the candle pOWer is obts‘ned. Then, again the expense of the glass lan- terns is obviated, as well as the labor of keep ing them in order. An arrangement of this system has also been perfected for house- lighting which gives the same results with- out the necessity of using power to com- press the air. 0n the whole, the invention seems to be a practical success, and in View of its value as avonding the formation of noxious vapors by combustion, and not less of its apparent economy, it would seem to have a good future belore it now that“; has been practically started.â€"London Times. Don’t reckon too much on the honeymoon; it may turn out all moonshine l * 1, Girls who “fly into a passion,” ought to have their wings olipped.â€"Judy. MQWH A Strange Indian Habit. It is a fact not generally known, says the St. Themes Times. that the Indians on the Thames River reserves chew the leaves of the ivy as a remedy and protection against the poisonous effects of the plant. We have the authority of an old resident in cor- roboration of the statement that the poison ivy leaf can be chewed and eaten with im- punity. He heard of its elficacy as a. cure for the troublesome cutaneous disease re- sulting from contact with the vine, and saw it eaten in proof of its harmless qualities. He also ate it himself without suffering any inconvenience. It may be as well to know that the plant is not poisonous when taken into the stomach, and that there may be some truth in the opinion that it furnishes an antidote for its own poison. The Indians in Oregon hold that it is a violation of their religion to deal in land ; that the Great Chief made them from the dust oi the urth, and, after they wander on its surface fora. certan length of time, they return to it; bosom, and again become put of the elements of the earth. Dealing m land thoy regard as dealing in their own flesh and blood. \Vben lovely woman makes you a pair of slippers, the Otfice Boy says you be.” up“ your foot in it.” The height and velocity of clouds have been determined by means of photography. Two cameras, placed about six hundred feet apart. are provided with instantaneous shutters simultaneously released by electri- city. The observer measures the angle of inclination of the cameras and the pesition of the cloud as photographed on the two plates. and (mm these data a trigonometric Calculation gives areal: accuracy. \Voman is said to be a. mere delusion, but the Office Boy has heard that It is a. pretty thing to hug deluah m. Keep up in spirit and earnestness. Hope. believe. tryâ€"ii need be, struggle. Never let things drift. It is ruinous when a young man begins to allow the world to move without his having a ccxnmon share in its progress. Sometimes we who have had longer experience in life wonder how the new-comers in the arena. can evince so much enthusiam as they do. We forget what we ourselves once felt, and, looking on with dimmed eyesâ€"more far-sighted perhaps, but not half so keen and bright as those of younger menâ€"marvel to observe the energy of our juniors. Let nothing be said or done to discourage them. It is cruelty to check their ardonr. By so doing we shall not only detract from their power, but increase the toil and difliculty of the task which lies be- fore them. Let us urge them to “keep up ” rather than sink into an apathetic mood and mode of action. It is well for the interests of progress that the prominent places in the working world are occupied by young men. The loveliest lining for a bonnet, accord ing to the Odice Bay, is a. pretty face. Blushes, eays the Office Boy, are colours which maidens carry becommgly. The Office Bov's Concelts About Women ODDS AND ENDS. “ In 1859, when I was a young man I was employed in an office in Mon- ilri 3.1. One night I retired early to my , bed, but in the course of the night I sudden- , lyawoke, and lay quietly musing on my ‘ bed. XVhile engaged in the delightful pas- time of building castles in the air, the door ’vhic'ri I had securely locked and fastened, suddenly opened, and one of our clerks, Mr.â€"â€", who lived several miles away, stepped in, dressed exactly asIhad seen him leave the ofice (n the previous evening, apparently in perfect health and strength. He advanced to a. large mirror that hung ‘ over the washstand near my bedside, looked 3 into it despondioglyfitook up a. brush, strok- ed down his long side whiskers and mous- tache, as was his custom, to do. adjusted his coat collar. wiped the dust off his clothes, gazed steadily for a moment into my face, and suddenly vanishad from my sight with- out uttering a word. 1 was thoroughly sur~ prised, although I was not frightened in the least. Of the reality of the apparition there was not the slightest doubt, as I was wide awake at the time. After thinking over it for some time I arose, looked at my watch, and found that it was 12.15. The rest of the night pasted without any further disturbance. When I arrived at the olfice next morning the first news that I heard was that my fellow clerk was dead. Enquiry elicited the fact that he had dropped dead from heart disease at 12 o'clock on the previous nightâ€"about the very time that I had had my nocturnal Visitor. Why he appeared to me I cannot tell, unless it was from the fact that he and I had some unpleasant words on the pre- vious evening in the wash room. Generally speaking, marriages pass ’ very smoothly, and frequently withv pretty effects. The brides are credited with careful study and perusal of the service for many days beforehand. Sometimes there has been a rehearsal. I have known brides, when the grooms have failed to take the proper responses, prompt then immediately and with the greatest facility. The most common mistake of the bride is to take 03 only one of her gloves, whereas both hands are brqught into requisition in the service. As for the men they commit all kinds of blunders and bunglings. Ihave known a man at that very nervous and trying moment," follow a clergyman within the communion mils, nnd prepare to tske a» place opposite him. I have known a man, when the minister stretched out his band to unite tnose of the couple, take it vigorously in his own and give it a hearty shake. Some- times more serious difficulties occur. Some ladies have had an almost unconquersble re- luctance to use the word "obey ;" one or two, if their own statements are to be ac- cepted. have ingeniously constructed the word “nobey.” The word. however, has still to be formslly admitted into the lan- guage. There was one girl. who was being married by a very kindly old clergyman, who absolutely refused to utter the word “ obey." The minister suggested that, if she were unwilling to utter the word aloud, she should whisper it to him; but the young lady refused to accept even this kind of compromise. Further, however, than this the clergymm refused to accommodate her ; but when he was forced to dismiss them all without proceeding any further, the recal- citrant young person consented to “ obey." In a recent; Fortnightly Review there is an article on Ghana. in which a remarkable story of the appearance of a reporter to a judge at the time of his death is told. A gentieman at medon who read the article informs us that a similar occurrence fell under hlfi own observation tome years ago. He a_ays ' The difficulty. however is not always made on the side of the lady. On one oc- casion the bridegroom wished to deliver a little oration qualifying his vow and des- cribing in what sense and to what extent be was using the words of the formula. He was, of course, given to understand that nothing of this kind could be permitted. There was one man who accompanied the formula with aotto voice remarks,whioh must have been exceedingly disagreeable to the officiating minister. He interpolated re- marks after the fashion of Burchell’l " Fudge l" “With this ring I thee wed; that’s superstition." ” With mv body I thee worship; that's idolatry,” “ With all my worldly goods I thee endow ; that’s a lie." It is a wonder that such a being was not con- ducted out of church by the handle. This put: one in mind of an anecdote that is told ofaman who in his time was a Cabinet Minister. There was a. great discuSEion on the question whether a. man can marry on three huudredayear. “All I om say," said the great man, “is that when I said, ‘ With all thy worldly goods I thee endow.‘ so far from having three hundred pounds, I question whether, when all my debts were paid. I had three hundred pence." “ Yes, my love,” said his wife: "but then you. had your splendid intellect.” “ I didn’t en- dow you with that, ma'am,” sharply re- torted the right honorable husband. A short time ago there was discovered in a marsh at Schnssenried, in Wurtemburg. a well-preserved but of the age of stone. The flooring and a. part of the walls were intact, and, as appeared from a careful admeasure- ment, had formed when complete, 5 rec- tangle, 10 metres long and 7 metres wide. The but was divided into two compartments oommunicatin with each other by a foot. bridge, made 0 three girders. The single door, looking t awards the south, was a metre wide, and opzning into a room 6:50 metres long and 4 metres wide. In one cor- ner lay a heap of stones which had apparent. ly formed the fireplace. This room was the kitchen, “the living room," and probably a night refuge for cattle in cold weather. The second room, which had no opening outside measured 6:50 metres long and 5 metres wide, and was no doubt used as the family bedchamber. The floors of both rooms were formed of round logs and walls of split logs. This, be it remembered, was a but of the Stone Age. It may be safely presumed that the lake dwellings of the Bronze Age were larger in size and less primitive in their ar- rangements. At both periods the platform supporting the houses communicated with the shore by means of a bridge (probably removelble at pleasure) and with the water by ladders. These ladders, as appears from an example found at Chavannes. were made of a single stang with holes {or the staves, which protruded on either side] A A I’M-son’s Experience of Weddings. An Aboriginal Dwelling Ghostly Apparition.