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A good many fables begin, “ Once on a time.” Oddly enough, too, when married men have been once on a time they are apt to invent mbles It is easier to lug a heavy shotgun ten hours through an impenetrable swamp than to put up a clothes-line.â€"11artford Sunday Journal. Sometimes when mother or sister comes into the room where you are sitting on the most comfortable chair you do not jump up and say, “ Take this seat, mother,” or ” Sit here, Annie,” but you sit still and en- joy it yourself. Sometimes you push past your mother or sister in the doorway from one room to another, instead of stepping aside politely for them to pass first. Per- haps you say “ the governor” in speaking of your father, and when he comes in at night you forget to say “ Good evening, sir.” Sometimes when mother has been shopping and passes you on the corner carrying a parcel you do not step up and say, “Let me carry that for you, mother,” but keep on playing with the other boys. Some- times when mothcr or sister is doing some thing for you you call out “Come, hurry up !” just as if you were speaking to one of your boy companions. Sometimes when you are rushing out to play and meet a lady friend of mother’s just coming in at the door you do not lift your cap from your head nor wait a. moment until she has pass- ed in. Such “little” things, do you say? Yes, tobe sure; but it is these very little acts.â€" these gentle actswwhich make gentlemen. I think the word gentleman is a beautful word. First, manâ€"and that means every thing strong and brave and noble, and then gentle. And that means full of these little kind, thoughtful acts of which I have been speaking. A gentleman! Every boy may be one if he will. \Vhenever I see a gen~ tlemanly boy I feel so glad and proud. I met one the other day and I have been hap- pier ever since. But very often I find one great thing lacking in you. You are not quite gentle- manly enough. There are so many little actions which help to make a true gentle» man and which 1 do not see in you. \Vhen I meet you everywhere, boys~ on the street, in the cars, on the boat, at your homes, or at schoolâ€"«I see a great many things in you to admire. You are earnest, you are merry, you are full of happy life, you are quick at your lessons, you are pa- triotic, you are brave. and you are ready to study out all the great un‘l curious things in this wonderful world of ours. - He said the stove~door must have come Open and let some coals out; and most likely the house would have burned if it hadn’t been for Christopher. ' Then mmmlm grabbed a. curtain-stick and went into the entry and sung out. “ If you don’t stop ringng that bell, I’ll give you a whipping 1” And somebody laughed, and mamma. opened the door, and there stood the minister ! ' In the night she waked papa, scratching and clawing on the bed. And as soon as papa. was awake he smelled smoke. He hopped up and ram out into the sitting-room. The floor was afire all round the stove, but papa. put itout. A little while afterwards the bell rang, and because Chris wasn’t under the stove, mamma. was sure it; was she. So she dldu’b go till, pretty soon, the bell mug again. mL4_. _»0..,,.,A ,h.,,l,1,, , ,, 4 , A. I 1 On baking-day she run it, and mzmmm took her hands out of the ( ough and washed them, and put on a. clean apron and went to the door ;' and there was Chris ! And may. Inn. was provoked as anything, and said she wouldn’t open the door for her again. ' Blitz Chris never put thixidgs in his cdee unless \Villic}pri<}d. _V\7.:§s.11‘t t]}gxt funny 1/» Mamma. told him about Chris ringing the bell, and he said he wouldn't take a hundred dollars for her if she were his cat. Now mamma opcns the door every time. Christopher goes fishing. What do you think of that? Iwouldn‘t believe it, if pasz hadn’t seen her, himself. There‘s a. brobk runs through our hay-field It’§ a little brook {1nd not deep. One morning when papa wins going to his Work, he saw Chris sitting on the bank, looking in. She kept twitching her tail faster and faster. Papa stood still and watched. Pretty soon Chris made a jump, quick as a. cut, into the brook. She hardly got her $363 wet, but she caught the fish. Papa said it was quite a large oneâ€"for such a. small brook. And Chris ate it. I’ve kept the best for the last ; that’s the way Aunt Esther does when she has com- pagly to supper.“ Last winter Christopher saved our house from burning up. Now how (lid Chris 'knowVI wanted to go out and see the birds ‘3 I’d like to have )ou tell me. That's one thing. When my brother \Villie was a. little hit; of a. baby, Chris used to put mice in the cradle, with him. A good many of them were live ones. Once she put a toad, and th it scared Miss Petal-kin almost to death. She went to take up Willie, and out hopped the toad. I tell you, she SCI‘ECChCIl like a. good fellow ! Wouldn’t you like such a. cat? She rings the door-bell just like anyBody "pin-istpphepdoes: I forgot to cry, I was so pleased. And Chris sat there, washing her face and WfltUhA ing. And after a while mammzm opened the door and let the bird fly away. It was the measles I had. Sometimes I cried about it, because I couldn’t go out and see the birds and everything. And one day in popped Chris, with a yellow-bird in her mouth. She didn’t so much as try to eat it. She let it go, and it flew round and round and round the room like a streak of sum- shine. Now I’ll tell about her. It‘s every word true, and I’ll leave it to anybody if she isn’t prgtty smut â€"f(_)r_ a, 0251;. CHRISTOPHER. This story is about my cat. Aunt Esther says boys shouldn't like cats, and she calls me a girl-boy because I do. But I don’t care. 1 don’t like any cat but Christopher. Once l was sick. It was in the spring- time, and the birds sung mornings. 1 could hear them, butl couldn’t see them, for they kept the blinds all shut. I don’t mean the birds, but mamma and the folks. Christopher is my cat’s nameâ€"Christopher Columbus. That’s because she’s always try- ing to find out about things. I call her‘ Chris for short. A LITTLE TALK WITH BOY YOUNG FOLKS. think~ any boy ought to THE LOADING OF THE REPEATER can be done in four movements, the fourth being the turn of a lever which stops the repeating action. The loading for single- shot firing is done in three movements, and the action for re-loading throws out the empty cartridge-case. Single shots are fired by a trigger, while the repeating action is worked by a knob handle. All the mechan- ism of the breech can be taken to pieces without the use of a screw driver. The cartridges, which are shaped like small claret bottles, are of 7% millimetres diameter, instead of ]] millimetres, as in the Martini-Henry. The weight of 130 of them equals that of 70 of the Martiniâ€"Henry cartridges, which is the charge usually carried bya. soldier. The rifle is to cost 60f., which is about 155 less than the Martini-Henry.â€"Vienna, Despatch to the London Times. Not long ago a. house was burned down in consequence of sprinkling paraffin freely about to kill moths. The moths were killed. I saw the rifle tried this morning, and to an unprofessional eye it certainly looks as if it could not be excelled for simplicity and effectiveness. Without describing its me- chanism, it may be said that it combines the two requisites essential for such weapons, for it can be used as an ordinary rifle as well as a repeater. The receptacle for the repeating action holds ten cartridges, which can be poured in With one turn of the hand from a cardboard ease. ' Herr Joseph Sehulhof, the inventor of a new repeating rifle which was tried recent- ly at Enfield, leaves for England tonight for some final experiments with his rifle, which he believes may be adopted by the British Government. The rifle was intro- duced to the notice of Mr. W. H. Smith and Lord Randolph Churchill while they were in Vienna, and Herr Schulhof was sub- sequently invited to go to England. The experiments at Enfield were judged to be most satisfactory, but some modifications were suggested in the calibre of the cart- ridge, and these have now been eifected. l‘rccure an eight ounce bottle into which . drop about an ounce of zinc in small pieces. Now fill to within an inch of the neck with water. Next take the stem of a common clay pipe and bind it round with string un~ til it fits tig tly into the neck of the bottle. \Vhen this is ready fill the bottle to within half an inch of the neck with oil of vitriol, replace the cork and await results In a, few mo- ments, bubbles of air will rise from the zinc and in n few minutes a peculiar smell will be noticed coming from the pipe stem. Wait a. few minutes for the gas to expel what little air remains in the bottle, other- ; wise you will have an explosion. Then ap- ply u match to the pipe stem. The gas will burn with a. pale blue flame until the acid or zinc is exhausted. INK AND WATER TmcK. Procure from the drug store half an ounce sulphate of iron, pulverized; one. drachm ltannin and half an ounce of oxalic acid pulverized. Have each ingredient placed in a packet by itself and number them one, two and three, beginning with the sulphate Of iron. Now take two de cantch (preferably different shapes, so as to avoid suspicion of changing) and fill them both with water. introduce into one of them a small portion of No. 1 powder and the some of No. 2. This will 1form a. black compound resembling ink. ‘ Into the other put another portion of No. 1 only, and shake till dissolved. This liquid will be clear like water. Now wmp up a pinch of No. 3 and the same of No. 2, each in a. small piece of blotting paper (different colors, so as to prevent mistake), and con- ceal these in the palm of your hand. You are now ready for the trick. Step among the audience and explain that you have two bottles, one containing ink and the other water. This they may see for themselves. Now place the ink bottle at one end of the room, cover with a. borrowed handkerchief, and while doing so, contrive to slip in thc‘ blotting paper containing No.3. Shake‘ well, and let it stand covered. G0 to the other end of the room and do the same with the “ water” bottle, slipping in No. 2 packet. 0n removing the cover, chemical action will have taken place in the bottle, and the two liquids will appear to have changed places, the ink bottle containing water and the water one ink. It is well to practice this trick several times in private before showing to an audience. Another and very inexpensive mnuaement is the practice of experimental chemistry. \Vith your young friends you may have any amount of fun during the winter evenings, besides improving your own mind and ac- quiring n taste for scientific research. First, then, we will tell you how to make hydrogen gasâ€"~the substance employed for inflating buloons and for bul ning in street lamps. 4.... S)..â€" 5 . . . . . 0‘” Each pointor dot is made by raising the lev- er 01‘ shutter, and without pausing dropping it again. Each dash is made by raising the shutter pausing for about a second and then dropping it again. In other words the time occupied in making a dash is about eqqu to three dots. First learn the Alpha.- hut thoroughly and then practice short words and sentences. A week’s work should make any intelligent boy fairly finniliar with it. “ The Army Code of signals has been drawn up with the view of facilitating communi~ cation between stationary military posts, between military bodies in motion, and, when at a. distance from each other, also for supplying a. means of communication by signal between Her Majesty’s land and sea forces, when engaged in combined opera- tions, and between coast batteries and Her Majesty’s ships.” FolAlotwing fs the Alphabgf :â€" mug»...«.m\~~ a pm». Another New Repeater. SIMPLE CHEMICAL EXPERIMENTS. FOR THE BOYS. CALrEs AND Cowsâ€"Henry Stewart, the great authority on cattle, believes that a calf should never be permitted to suck the cow. This enforced habit changes in time the disposition of young cows, which never have sucklcd a calf and never have been nursed by a dam themselves. They never hold up their milk, and are rarely troubled with garget, or have the common vices of cows which grow out of their natural affec- tion for the calf after they have been habit» noted to its company and have nursed it. My practice has always been to remove the calf as soon as it is dropped, watching the cow until she has been safely delivered. The calf is taken to a. pen provided for it at a distance from the cow stable, where it is out of sight and hearing. The calf is rubb- ed dry, and is comfortably bedded in this sheltered pen. The cow is tied in the stable, given a mess of warm bran and linseed meal sop, and is milked. The milk is then given to the calf, which is taught to drink it by giving it two lingers, separated about an inch, through which the milk is easily suck- ed. Three meals a day are given. This is continued until the fourth day, when the milk is fit for use in the dairy. After this, skimmed milk, warmed to 90 degrees, is given three times a. day. and no more than three quarts to a meal during the first month. The calves are kept alone; a. small bundle of clean, fine hay may be hung to the pen, The character of a. person is developed llargely by his reading, if he reads at all. i If he has an aptitude in any special direc- : tion, quite naturally his readng will be of ‘ the kind most suited to his peculiar bent of mind. Every parent should study the char- acteristics of his children, and help them to such reading as will most practically assist them in developing their capabilities. The farmer should put before such of his boys as are inclined to work on the farm, good lo< al newspapersâ€"not those with theories which he knows to be impracticnhle, but common-sense papers which are edited from a practical standpoii f and are for practieal men. The boy who reads such a paper will become interested in it, because it treats of the work and the daily life going on about himâ€"â€"the work and the life he knowsmost about. \Vhenever he reads of new methods of doing things he will compare them with the method with which he is familiar. and the best method is the one he will follow, be it the new or the old. The paper will sow seed for thought in his mind, and what a boy needs, is to be set to thinking. He does not require to have his ideas thought out for him by some one else, if you encour- age him to be his own thinker. A good paper, which deals with the problems, most familiar to him, is the best stimulus for thought. There {ire many things to he learned from such a paper thus doing away with the necessity for experiment and personal experience, shortening the road to that general knowledge to which the farin- er should attain. It is not necessary to do everything yourself in order to know how, or when, or why, to do it. Good roads not only save horseflesh, but vehicles. Take what are ordinarily called “good roads” and “bad roads,” and a. vehi- cle used on the first only Will last twice as long, at least, as one used on the latter only. No one can doubt that country roads would be fifty per cent. better than they now are, if the labor and money put upon them were properly applied. How to have that work and money properly applied is the matter to be discussed now, that the best methods may be ready for adoption when the season for road-making comes. Whether or not the roadâ€"bed should be only surface-drained, or underdreined with tile, or by putting in a corduroy foundation ; whet-her or not gravel or plank should be used ; how best to use gravel, or plank, or tileâ€"these are points to be decided before spring. The farmers’ club should also discuss specifically the repair of each highway in the nei 'hbor» hood. This will lead, among other t rings, to an understanding Whether or not it will be proper to shorten a. highway by straight- ening it ; whether a. road that ‘ now goes around a hill should be carried over it by grading down the hill, or whether making a. road longer by carrying it around a hill will be compensated for by the less trade ; how to keep weeds from growing in the highways, to seed the adjacent land, and many other points which, thus being Settled, would greatly add to the improvement of the roads. How to get good roads’ may Well be dis- cussed by farmers’ clubs during the winter, and should be thought about by every far- mer. How important this matter is, is uhown by the following statement made by Mr. Rudolph Haring: A load which one horse can draw on level iron mils will re- quire, on smooth, level asphalt road, one and two-third hores ; on bad Belgian pave- ment, three and one-eighth horses ; on good cobble-stone road, seven horses ; on bad cobble‘ntone road, thirteen horses ; on ordi- nary earth road, twenty horses 3 on sand road, forty horses. In the \Vest the object is to feed one-third of the straw-stack, and convert the balance into manure as rapidly as possible. The straw trampled under foot by the cattle' will not thoroughly rot within a year if left to itself. To rot and fine it, it must be stirred about, and the swine can be nundc to do this work. If the hogs are fed on the straw once a. week they will move the entire mass, unless quite deep, rooting after stray grains If their noses do not get to the bottom of the heap, sharpen a. heavy stake and prod it through the straw; then withdraw it and drop shelled corn 01‘ outs into the hole. In this way a. hole can be made every few feet over the pile, and the hogs will turn the manure thoroughly. A hog’s snout is u very cheap and efieetivemonurc hook, The hogs must not be allowed to lie on the rotting straw, as this is almost sure to produce dis- ease among them. They become too warm, and then when they come into the Cpen air they contract colds, ceterrhal or pulmonary diseases. If the hogs are used 8.3 above recommended, straw can be converted into well-rotted and fined manure within six months ; and it the straw-stack is put on level ground, not much will be lost during this rapid conversion. “"hcu from‘twelve to eighteen months are required for the rotting of the manul e (and this time will he required when deep nmsses are not disturb- ed), and the straw is on a side hill, not a, little of the value of the manure is lost by being washed down hill. A MATTER FOR THOUGHT.â€"â€"ROADS. CONVERTING STRA\V INTO MANURE. READING FOR FARMERS BOYS. FARM. Ross Saw Mill, Duggan’s Siding, B. C. C. H. VVaterous, J r., \VatcrousEng. \V. 00., Brantford. Dear Sir,â€"As I have now finished here cutting with the mill, I thought that you would be pleased to know how it worked and what amount this mill is able to cut when run with proper care. As it is the ' first of this particular style of mill, 25 H. 1’. portable, you have sent to the Rockies, and as I have kept an account of all [expenses of running this mill and the amount it cut, I am able to give you a correct statement of ’ what it cost to handle lumber in this part. Any of your customers may rely upon the truth of my statements. As you are aware, I left Brantford on the 26th May, the mill being shipped at the same time. I arrived at the Rockies on the 8th of June by way of the Canadian Pacific Railway. The mill ar- rived on the 12th and on the 21st we started to saw, and by the 8th of November we had cut 3,500,800 feet. The last month's cutting was the largest, amounting to 817,000 feet. These are the figures of the measurer em- ployed by the C. P. 11., and are correct, making an average of 31,423 feet per day of not more than running hours per day. This was all cut into inch boards and 3 and i 4 inch planks, and all sized to 8, 10, 12, and l 14 wide. All the cutting and edging had to , be done with the large saw as we had no‘ edger. The timber was spruce, pine, fir, cedar, and hemlock. I see in some of your circulars that you give the amount of what has been cut per hour and per day. but I thought it would be more satisfactory to you i and to your customers to know what ‘ such a mill could do in the season, and you may rely upon this statement as being absolutely correct. During this ‘ time, the expenses for repairs only amount- ‘ ed to $1.50, viz., for one bolt in friction lever, 1 bolt in saw lever, and repairs on timber gauge, This mill was never stopped one workii‘ig hour during the whole season. 1 The new perl dogs are a complete success, they are quick and sure to hold every time. I am satisfied that there need be no trouble 1 or delay in running,r these mills if they are l properly looked after. There was no extra 1 chance to make this mill run any better than ' any other. The men were all picked up as 1 they came along. The only man that had ' any experience in a mill was the sawyer. I filed the saws myself and kept all other things right. It might be interesting for you 3 to know how much timber it takes to build ' one of these snow-slide sheds per mile. It takes over 6,461,800 ft. of timber and 62,080 bolts 36 in. long, and 200,000 spikes 10 in. long. I do not refer above to the ordinary snow sheds such as used on the Intercolonial Railway, these are used he e also where snow is likely to drift in, but in speaking above I refer to what might more properly I be called snow-slides. They are built at a point where snowrslides are apt to occur al- ways in the face of steep and high mountains. 1 One side (the high side of the shed) is built up into the side of the mountain and has a , slant over the track something like a shed roof. They are wonderfully strong and you may be sure none too much so as the accumulated snow of many years may start from the top of these lofty hills and come thundering down in masses :70 to 100 or 200 ‘ feet thick, with a force that nothing can ‘ resist unless it is the mountain on the other side of the valley from which the slide takes place. The snow in passing down slides over the top of the snow slide and passes on down into the valley and on up, may be several hundred feet up, the side of the mountain opposite. One can imagine what would be the result of such a slide striking a passing train. Certainly nothing but pieces of the smashed up wreck, that would be unrecognizable, would ever be found. Near where I am one of these slides hap- pened. The snow came down the mountain in a body estimated to be 175 feet thick. It struck the track and carried it bodily down the mountain to the valley across the river that flowed through the valley, and up the opposite side to about the same height. It was there the railway track was found after the snow melted. Some cars were wreck- ed at the same time, and were never found, probably the remains were carried down by the melting snow to the Columbia. Railroading Acuss “no lockingâ€"Natural Obntaclen, and New “My um (Overcome ~â€"A Stanfield Flrm'l (‘ontrlbnllons to the Work. The V'Vaterous Company, of Brantford, have received the following interesting let- ter :â€" DECORATING NURSERY WALLs.â€"An inv genious way of decorating nursery walls and which gave eminent satisfaction to the children was devised by a. thoughtful mother. She made panels of unbleached cotton 3, yard long by eighteen inches in width, and mounted them upon tailor’s paper, finishing them upon round sticks at either end. On these panels she pasted colored pictures, or prints which she paint- ed, and bordered the panels with gold paper. These were hung up about the room and changed from time to time. Whenever it was possible verses or descrip- tive texts were appended. The child- ren were devoted to their panels and often asked for a. special selection to be hung. As there was a goodly number of these deco”),~ tions, the change could be made as fre- quently as desired. as well as novices do not seem to, as they do not practice it. Our method is to warm all the food, “hether mixed or eraekedur- fed whole. In feeding whole corn, Warm it thoroughly in the oven, nearly parehing it. and then let it cool off suflieienlly to ml- mit of the feels eating); it without discom‘ fort. The cooked food which is fed from time to time should be given warm, and, when necessary, warmed over from time to time. It is surprising what a difference warm food will make in the supply of eggs during the continuance of cold weather, and especially so if the fowls are well sheltered and properly cared for otherwise. There is even more in the care and food than there is in the mere breed, and if this fact were borne in mind there would be less dissatis~ faction with the results from the poultry in winter. It will take but a. few minutes to do this warming of the feed before each feeding time, and it is time well spent, and it repays Inanyfold for the trouble. \VARMING POULTRY FOOD.» Experienced poultry brccdcrs appreciate the importance of warming the food givcn to the. poultry during the cold weather, but many farmers and they will soon begin to out it. By per- severance in thus weaning the calf, not only from its dam, but from its natural in- clination to suck, much future trouble will be avoided.” BRITISH COLUMBIA. An exhibition of telephony is to be held in Brussels next inonth under the auspices of the Societe llelge (les Industries. It will be international and will embrace all manner of apparatus for the transmission of the voice toa. distance years, and there are still at work men who commenced before I did, and I want you to let them know what this mill has done up here, for I know they will be glad to hear from it, and that their work is a success. As I am writing, my mind turns back to a l time when we were having one of our {mm}. 211 Shop picnics about the time the Canada Pacific was first being talked about. Mr. Robertson, of the Bank of British North America, was making a. few remarks and spoke about the great railway, and said it was sure to be built, and would carry from 1 ocean to ocean the Brentford saw-mills. We ‘have Seen that now all come to pass, and ‘ that his forecast of the future was correct. ‘ I have seen the Bratford sewniills go ahead ‘ and cut the timber to build the railway bed, . the station, and the fences, and now we have ‘ turned back and are cutting Hm, timber and i plank to cover the road where it isnoeessary to protect it from the snow. I hum made ‘ this letter too long, but there is so n-‘mh here to be seen and to write about that ~ * on you start to write you do not know when to stop. But I know you take an interest in such things as are to be seen here. And I would say come along and see for yourself, and I am sure you will be well satisfied and paid for your trip. \Vith no more at present, I am, your old fellowâ€"traveller, J OHN LYLE. Mr. Lyle enclosed to the company at the some time the following letter from the pro- prietors of the mill, which speaks for itself : NOVEMBER 10th, 1886. \VéTERous Erggixn Worms 00., Brantford, Ontario. .. uuu [4;an "mum pm, nlauuunu, Uuhm'iu. Dear Sir~We got good satisfaction from the little 25 Horse Power Saw Mill we got, from you in the Spring: She has cut $508,000 ft. in four months and fourteen days. We call this a little the best work we ever knew for the power. Yours truly, I have been up the Roumaniun, Bulgarian and Thurin ion mountains, but the moun- tains here, ' think, are much grander. It in not possible to picture them. However, as you have been on the Andes and Alps, you can think back a, few years to the time we were in Santiago, Chili (I now see by the papers you are the Hon. Vice- Uonsul of that progressive republic), and used together take a. walk to the top of Santa Lucia and look off to the snow-cupped Andes, it will give you an idea of this place. Only I am here in the very midst of them ; then we were at a. distance. Should you or any of the Brantford people be taking a trip over the Canada Pacific to British Columbia they can remember when passing through these sheds that Brantford saw mills with Brantford brains and muscle cut the. six million or more feet of lumber that is required to build each milll For this is not the only one of your mills here ; there are a. number of them, and I can tell you it does me good to know that no other mill, American or Canadian (and there are a. good many, especially of the former, scattered around the mountains) have done as much or as good work as our own mills. I naturalâ€" ly feel :1 hide in the old shop and what it does. I ave been with you now some 30 River, and then out to the Pacific Ocean. The location here is a. very beautiful one. A photographer who is. out among the mountains taking views for the Canadian Li'acilic, came-along one day and took a ipiotureof the mill, and I send you one l which will give you a very fair idea of what ltheplaee looks like. The mountain that you see to the left is over 5,000 feet high from the railway track. The white spot between the higher and lower peak is snow, and lies in that hollow place all the year around, and that snow is supposed to be 250 feet deep, and is a glacier, it is full of numerous cracks. The men have dropped lines down some of these cracks for over 100 feet without reaching the bottom. The sharp high peak seen on the picture is rough and rugged and difficult to climb. There was a rain cloud floated up against this peak once and burst, letting out a. flood of water that brought everything down the mountain with it. Enormous rocks and trees were apparently no obstruction whatever. The course of the water made a clear sweep, and its track is easily seen yet. As it came down the rocks and trees (hat it bore up would sometimes lodge in narrow places on the sides of the mountain and he piled up 150 or 200 feet high, but the weight of water behind would soon he so great that the dam would give way, and down would come the water again, and rocks, trees, etc., and so kept on until it reached the river, which was raised by this flood until the water stood 20 feet over the track. This cloud-burst did a great deal towards preparing the millsite. Level places large enough to build a mill on are hard to gel: up here in the mountains. There are some Very intercinng things up here, and one need not get very lonesome if he has any taste for curious nature. A little way from the mill are soda- springs and hot springs, so you can have both, a plain soda and a hot bath, one or both, as you choose, and no thanks to anyone. Soda plain, however. No liquor is allowed up here, which is a. good thing, where so many and such differ- ent kinds of men are employed away from all law and order. The gay Christmas bells rang out “ Move 01 As she pass’d by homes of state, The hahyish lips echoed ” Move on I" As she neared a churchyard gate. “ Oh, mother where shall I go ‘1” she cried, Clasping a grave in the. snow, “I am so sleepy and cold and sad, There‘s nowhere for me to go 1” Then her voice in murmur died away Her spirit to llama had gone, Borne llcawnward by angelic wings Where no harsh voice says " Move On I’ Wearily she pass’d the joyous crowd, Heart-broken, alone. forlorn, No one to pity the orphan waif, They heeded her rags with scorn. On through the pitiless blast of hail, Tllro’ the drifting, blinding snow, While tears fell from the Heaven mis’d eyes “ 0h, mother, where shall I go ‘1" But as if in answer to the cal Of that homeless, little one, The dreaded voice again she heard, “Move on 1" it said, “ Move on 5" Move 0n 1 BY NORA LAUGHER, TORONTO. Twas Christmas Eve, and the happy bells Rang out, o’er the glistening snow, And the north wind Mew the golden curls Which fell o’er a fort-head low ; And the flickering lamps lit up a face So haggard and pinch'd and white. And childish, pleadng tones were heard By the passers of the night~ : " Oh, Iain so cold and hungry, sir, My mother is dead and gone I“ But a voice, so harsh and deep, replied “ Move on !”â€"~â€"The child moved onl (Signed) MCDERMID 83 R088 Move on 1”