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No Time Like the Old Time. BY 0. W. “\JIJH’S. There is no time Xike the old time, “hen you and l were _\ (mug, When the buds of April ansmm-d an} the birds of springtimu sung '. The gardcn's brightest giories hysummer suns are nursed, But oh. the sweet, sweet \iolets, the 110wcmthat There is no >1)‘,a(‘e like the old place where you and I Where we lifted first our eyelids on the splendors of the mom From the milk-white breast that warmed 11.4, from the clinging arms that bore, Where the deal- eyes glisnencd o‘er us that will look There is no lovc like the old love that we (-ourte‘l in our pride ; Though our leaves are falling, falling, and we‘re {ml- ing side by side, There um: blossoms all around us with the colors of our down, And we live in borrowed sunshine when the light of day is gone. There is no friend like the old friend who has shared our inorninq (la) a, No greeting like his welcome, no homage like his praise ; Fame is the scentless sunflower, with gaudy crown of gold, But. friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in There are no times like (he old times ithey shall never be forgot ! There is no place like the old p'uce ikocp green the dear old spot! There are no friends like our old irienrlsflmay heaven prolong their lives ‘. There are no lows like our old loves vGod bless our During the hottest part of the last Amer- ican war, I was stationed at Dunn’s Fort, one of the longe line of military posts seat. tered at distant intervals near the southern shores of Lake Erie. Unr fort was unusual- strong in position, occupying the sum- mit of a conical hill, surrounded by a table- land ; and though many a fierce assult had been made against it ; though our enter steekatle had been a ringor of flame; though thousands of Indians had leaped, and yelled, and raged against our ramparts, and the sharp-shooters sent a bullet through each head which showed above its shelter, our walls were still intact, nay, stronger than at the first ; for after each attack we were sure e , to perceive some weak point, which even our limited means enabled us to strengthen, until at length Dunn's Fort stood upon its hill as complete a fortification in its way as t was possible to see. Gradually all the neighbouring posts fell beneath the overwhelming numbers the enemy were able to bring:r against then ; the remnants of their little gtrrisons either fighting their way through their assailants, or departingr under the terms of a enpituln- tien, all found a refuge with us, until our garrison was tolerubly numerous, and the brave old bunting above our heads, the only British flag that floated on the breeze for more than a hundred miles. However, this latter eireumstanee brought on us an evil we had not foreseen. The enemy, no longer engaged in lutrassing a. dozen posts, gradual- ‘ n - nwi ..._.:l. m. w w _ a . ,v lyzoziieentrated round Dunn's Fort, untilvre found ourselves within a complete cordon of foes, who watched us so closely, night and day, that it seemed seuree a pigeon could lly through the air or a mole make its under- ground \ 'ay without their knowledge. It soon appeared their intention was rather to cut otf our supplies, and reduce us, than hazard another assault, though we were almost nightly disturbed by feigned attacks, which the least disregard might have converted into real ones, and which compelled 11s to burn our powder in a way we could little uiford. Fortunately, a deep well within our defences furnished us with water, of which our 0110111le could not de- prive us, but we soon begun to feel the of the supplies they so rigorously intercept- ed. There was plenty of jesting on the sulr ject at first, for hunger and hardship are evils the British soldier bears with a light heart. But soon we had more serious anxiety â€"â€"our powder \i‘es‘getting lox‘v, and we begz‘u‘r r o be nothnwbutbavoncts \\ herewu‘u to re M1150 o a I an assault. T 11gs of our condition had twice been sent to head-quarters by the only two friend 1y Indians we had, who undertook soparetcly to “ run thuhlockado”established around us. Anxiously we looked for the aid we hml re- quested, butit never came ; and the persist» eucc of the enemy in endeavouring to draw our fire, convinced us thth our messengers with their dispatches hml fallen into their hands. It was evident some one clso must carry the news, or try to do 50, and I was delighted when, out of the six young subnl- terns who voluntucred, the lot fell to me. heart. But soon we had more serious anxiéty â€"â€"our powder was gettlng low, and we began to fear a time might come when there would It was a. little past midnight when I shook hands with my friends, and stole out of the fort to commence what all knew to be a. hazardous undertaking. The night was in- tcnscly (lurk ; there was no moon, and a cloudy veil shrouded thu Nun's am} (10111111ch- ed my Clth‘l‘PI'laU. My first (llliiuulty was how to descend the hill, for a human form shcwing against even that dark sky would have called forth a dozen shots. However, I safely ell'ccted it by creeping Indianvlike at full length down it hollow, until at the foot I paused in the lee vi a huge pudding- stone to recover breath, and decide how l had hest proceed. Another moment, and I lizard the tread of an approaching patrol. I lay still as death, While they passed within a yard of me, jesting coarsely in their nasal tunes on the sti‘ its to which they were reducng the “ Britishcrs,” who, as they truly observed, have no Indians left, must run their errands themselves if they wanted them carried. r" WWW“ . .c ,,,,_J After the patrol had past, I spent a full hour in dodging along from one tree or stump to (mother, still advancing on my way, though slowly, while I watched intently for some gap in the livinggirdle through which I might glide unpereeived ; but every thicket was in possession of the enemy, while the open spaces between could be scanned at a glance by a ring of sentinels, who held their posts with a. vigilance not a little stimulated by their hatred of the British foe. [A fur- long off was a. second armed circle, and he- Voml, a third, so that we were shut Within a triple belt of enemies. " "‘ H 1 "1 1._,1 ..'l w; va UV.“ Meanwhile, the clmnls lnul Vzuiishml from the sky, giving place to ten thousand stars, which flushed down through the sum» mer night, rendering it scar 'u (lzu'km‘ than twilight, and doubling the risk of (liscovcsy, At lenth the nearest sentinel hugth to whistle Yaw/m; Hood/s1 {LS he steadily trod his beat; 1 tool: it for a good 0111011, and when he turned the tune and his back, .[ «lurth on to the shelter of a. stump, and hence to that of a knot of prairie-grass, and so was past him. The second row of guards olpcncd first. were horn, On US no IIAOI‘U (TiRRYISG lilSl’A'l‘CllEC. cverv {61d loving mvc (he old times ithey shall next engaged my attention ; the individual among them it was my aim to pass, was staring earnestly enough about him with his grcot lacklustre eyes ; but suddenly a scremning and scl‘eevhlllg, and a fierce flut- ter of feathers, broke the silence ; two night- hnwks had attacked the same titmonso, and they were doing battle in the air over their prey. The American looked overhead to watch the combatants, and quick as thought, I crept along: the ground to a neighbofing gully, in “his”. depths I sped down safely to the precimfim of the third and lastmilimry Argus 1 expected to encounter. But here the shelter of the hollow failed me, and I was glad to crouch beside an adjoining bush to await the next opportunity. 'l‘lzis (lid not seem likely to arrive very Spa-(lily. My new opponent neither whistl- ed nor noticed anything in heaven or earth save his duty, and about that he appeared Very wide awake indeed, looking beligerent- ly under every stone‘ and almost into every stump, as if he thought Britisliers were no bigger than tree-frogs. ()n he came, treadâ€" ing heavily on the parched grass. and turn- ing right and left to inspect every object in l ‘ ‘ progress. . .x .‘ xx u 0 There was little hope that he would omit my refuge, but in my desire to keep a watch on him, I slightly shook a spray ; the sharp eye of the American at once perceived the vihrrntiun, and he bounded towards the bush; but at the same moment I started to my feet, and closed with him, seizing his musket before he was prepared for such an encoun» ter. For a moment there was a fierce strug- gle. and then 1 s11 Eceedetl in wrestino the 01 1,. weapon from him, a victory he avenggd by a loud cry, which was in fact the alarm. In my turn, I avenged the cry by a. blow with the butt-0nd of his musket, which laid him stunned and harmless 0n the ground ; then throwing the gun beside him, I started ofiC at full speed across the plain. . 1.. w - Vi . As I filed, I could hear the alarm pass like a longr reverberating echo round the out» posts of the enemy, followed by the rapid tread of the men who were already hurrying in pursuit. It needed but the remembrance of the importance of my mission to add wings to my steps, and I made an arrowy flight of it towards the Rashdai Rivenwhose wooded hanks promised to afi‘ord me shelter. But my pursuers had almost as urgent a motive as myself, since on my capture might depend the possession of the fort ; and with swift and untiring footsteps they hastened after me. It was a breathless chase, over hills, across valleys, and past patches of bush, where I (hm-ed not seek shelter ; every now and then an eager shout, or the sharp crack ~ 77 r u . - of a. musket), breakmg the Sllence, wlnle the succeeding whiz of a bullet near me, showed my enemies were straight upon my track. Day at; length broke, and still that fear- ful mco continued, though each moment I thought it must end, and that I must creep beneath some bush, and die. But the thought of my suifering comrades upheld me, and I still pressed on, and the {loot-foot- ed 111ml behind me pressed on also. At last, crossing a rising-ground, they sighted me ; what a. shout of savage triumph they sent echoing through the wilds IAit was like the howl of a. wild beast, and gave fresh impetus to my flagging footsteps. A dozen muskets sent their leuden mvsscngcrs after me, but, uhnnst by ab miracle, I (-SL-uped unhm‘t, and the next moment washing the Rashzuli hush, I plunged into its cover. The foe still followed. I could hear them 1 divide, and beat the bush in every direction, i in quest of the human game they had almost ‘ driven to buy. Closer and closer they came, until I had but one resource left, and that a. desperate onesâ€" to dash for the nearest bend of the river, and endeavor to swim across. 5 At the Spot I gained7 the bank was high‘ and hare, and as l leaped from it, I felt there l was little hope for one so breathless and ex- hausted as I was. But my plunge into the waterviwhich was unusually deep iii-shore â€"sug;ested an expedient, and wading rapid- ‘ ly along close under the bank, I dived be- neath the fringing hemlock houghs which dipped into the river a. little further down, ‘ standing there up to my neck in water, with l the clustering foliage sheltering my head from hostile eyes, 1 zuvuited the result. Scarcely was I posted, when my pursuch were at the river’s side in eager quest of me, wandering whether I lay like a stone at the bottom of the stream, or was darting like a fish through its waters ; and muskets were levelled at every unfortunate (luck which showed dark on its glancing surface. They searched, too7 along the ‘hank, beating the hush right and left, and lightened the labor by jouulur allusions to the reward I should have for the trouble I 11ml given them. For three mortal hours lustood there, lis- tenin'r to the movements of my fees, and to their 11 rue repinings over lcheir disappoint- ment. At length, they slnwly and regret- fully retired, and I was again free to move. The rl'Ly was intensely hot, but I was cool enough : and when I emerged from the water, I was so still I could scarcely crawl. There wm: «me coinr'eit, hmveverin’iy disâ€" patches Were not injured, since they were but verbal ones, that the enemy might learn no more secrets by killing or capturing me. ) v '. VD '7 ' l The exertion of walking rendered 111571ng8 more usable, and following the course of the river, I went on diligently. But, after a. time, the wind rose, and rushing through my saturated clothes, made me shiver as in an agile-fit. I was really ill, and so utter- ly “caricd (uul exhausted, that; 1 con] 4 go no further. I must find some nook to rest in, though the prospect of lying down in my wot clothes \ *st far from pleasant. Looking round, I caught sight of a little cottage under the trees #0110 of the smallest of buclnvoods slmnties, built of the still round trunk of trees plasterutl with clay, and with EL» short clay chimney like a stm-k’s nest perched at one end. I at once resolved on seeking zulmittauce ; but ere I could H U , reach the door, it opened, (uni an old woâ€" man in a short gown and sun-bonnet appear- ed in it. She stai‘tml at Sight of me. “ Eh, lad, but yo’ frighth mo 1” she ex- claimed, in the nortlnconntry dialect of my own land. “ A1111 how bad thee look’st, as if thech been swimmng t" river. But coon] in, lad. coon] in, and dry thee ; for t’ sake 0 t’ 011d lzunl at hozun thce’ll be kindly wol- nmnc,” she swirl, looking at my British uni form. She led the way into the hut, where u brightlire was blazing on the he-rth, and summoned her“01ulin:rn” from his work in some unseen garden, to find me 11 change of clothes, while mine should be dried. Never were people more delighted than the simple ouple, who, so far away from their own 1d, and dwellng in another whieh, since ,heir settlement, had changed its allegiance) 11nd rarely a chance of seeing a. native of their still nnforgottcn country. Every kindness in their power was eager 1y lavished on me ; and when I was drny clad in a suit of Adam Burtlon’s gray h0me~ spun, and had eaten and drunk, the wooden settle was drawn at one side the fire, that I might sleep, and the good dame ranged my wet garments on the other. Meanwhile Adam himself dried and burnished my drip- ping sword, and replacing it in the scabbard put it in a corner. The restoration of my pistols to usefulness would be a more tedious process, and it was for the present defer- red. How long I had slept, I knew not, when I was awakened by a. loud voice exclaiming with a Yankee ‘drawl : “ Mother, mother, win-re are you ‘1” “ Why, here, to he sureâ€"where eke should'st be 2'” ans“ cred the 01d dame I'huer- ily as she came from the inner mom. “But we hwd no thought to sue thee, Jam.” u “ 'l lJcIl It is an unexpected pleasure,” was smuewlmt grudly replied ; and 1 open- ed my sleepy eyes u) see a tall, powerful young man, attired in some dark uniform, and with a bugle slung over one shoulder. To my infinite astonishment, he held 11 } sword in his hand, I at «mee started up to repossess myself of if. “ But who have you here, mother ?” he added ahrupely, and glaneln‘g {xem‘ me toimy unifm 111‘. c' u . “ A 1M1 fm’ L' and counh'y ; he was wet and weary, zmd I asked 1m in. He‘s an officer 0’ King George, but that’s naught to thee.” “ No." he said rougth ; “ but he is a. spy of King George, and that is.” I indignantly denied the accusation, point in: out to the new~c0mor (whose last mnds 1â€"; , had, to my surprise, announced him a parti- san of the United States) the scarlet coat which had only been removed to be dried, and the same time striving In regain my sword. Let it alone,” he cried in a voice of thunder; then wresting it from me with herculezm strength, he dashed it through the window, scarce a. foot square. Luv: \Huuuw, Dvwxup w 1u\l\4 u\1\|lv1v. Ispmug forward to go in quest of it, while the tones of the bugle rung deafening- Iy through the room ; and when I opened the (1001‘, a band of armed men, similarly attired to my host’s sou, rushed in. “ Stop, him I” cried young Burden, “ he is ispy The next moment, twenty arms were thrown around me, and I stood as if shacklâ€" cd within their iron pressure. Never shall I forget the scene that followedâ€"how, earn» estly I disclaimed the character they thrust upon me, pointing again to the uniform I had so lately defied. Young Burdou and his fellow Riflerangers would listen to no explanation; loudly and hlusteringly. they exclaimed that they had found me, a British officer, in colored clothes, and that I must abide the result ; and without delay my arms were bound across my breast, and I was held close ward between two guards. “'ith teats his mother entreixted my rc~ lease, or that my blood would rest upon her head. Sadly and solemnly the father beg» ged his son not to (lishonour his humble roof; but the patriotic zeal of the young American soared high above all such filial weaknesses, and he laughed the suppliants to scorn. “ It was“ bad enough to have traitorous parents,” he said, “without their making their house a nest for other traitors ; and if he heard of more of this, he would fire the roof above their heads.” And there was :1. from n on his brow, and a ficndis hilash in his eye, which convinced us his words were meant. He then gave orders to his men to close round the prisoner, and march to he: (1- quartcrs. Thus I was again in motion, but turning my back on my former route7 with a sad and heavy heart, for my mission had utterly failed, and I was 2!. prisoner under a fearful though false charge. If I met with no more scrupulous men than my present captors, Iwas sure of a. horrible an igno- minious death. It was a sud end to all the high hopes and lofty aspirations with which ulmOSt unconsciously my thoughts wandered hack to the home of my youth, and to those I loved, and l fervently prayed that they never might hear by how terrible a. path the one so dour to them had passed out of the world. nght at length fell on cur dreary march ; soon after the roll glow of a fire flashed above the trees, and we innnediutely made towards the spot. It proved to be the biv- ouac of a considerable body of Rifle-rangers, with whom my captors joined company. 1 \o I, vatchcd them through my hmlflclosod 1 eyes, and 2L throb of hope houndan through Emy heart. As I lay, [ had non hum idle, ‘{ hut with pati ,nt teeth haul gnawed in two 1 the rope which hound my arms ; and I now paused unly to consider whether I had host «vent, until my juilers slept. 7131111 the 1‘0- mmnhruncc thatl knew not how soon they might be changed, brought me to my feet in a. moment. The next, with long leaps “" ' A d A v VS 1th a, shoht of mingled exccmtion and delight, the other party heard the tidings that a. British spy had been taken, and dur- ing the wild caronsul which followed, in- mnncmble were the insults and coarse sar- casms showered on me, as I sat powerless near the fire, between the guards, who never left me. As the night wnre on, higher and louder grew the enthusiasm of the Rangers in their country’s cause ; they drunk to her in fierce- ly worded toasts, and sang in 1101‘ honour long snuifing ballads, brimful of rancour to- words her foes. At length their exnlmtion rnsc to the pitch of resolving, amid deafening cheers, that, as there could he no doubt of their prisoner’s guilt, they should execute him Without delay ; and dark as was the night, a dozen ready volunteers ranged round the camp seeking two fitting trees, between which to erect the gibbet on which I should expiate the crime of British line-age and by alty. . ‘ i v It was horrible to sit there and watch their glee over their self-set task, horrible to think that probably within an hourl must know that my dying agonics would re~ jOiUO my executiuners. u. ‘ A ‘,,,,1 _. J , J At last all was completed : a stout sapling was laid between the branches of two neigh- hunring trees, and even the fatal noose was dangling in my View, when, lry a, sudden whim, my captors resolved to delay my doom until m'vrning. Again song, and toast, and gihe was, resumed ; but gradually the tumult settled down, until all were sleeping soundly on the grassy- all save me and my warders, who sat watching me with staring eyes. I afl'eeted sleep also. As I lay, I could hear them discussing, in low tones. the particulars of the coming event ; hut after a time, that interesting subject failed, and no other Sui eded it. Gradual- ly, the silence, the hour, and the fatigue they had undergone, did their work. and despite their best intentions. my guards he- gau to nod and doze. like a. panther, I was bounding over the lumbering soldiers; and by the time the shouts of my startled war-:1ch had aroused them, I had gamed the shelter of the bush. ..., - ...._ D. _,, With a roar like a. sudden tempest, the Rangers rushed into the forest. after me. But in the darkness of night, they could not truce me; moreover, fleeing from such adeath, my speed exceeded theirs; and though for more than an hour I could (lis- tinguish voices, and hear them breaking the branches on my track, the sounds gradually (lied away, and before dawn, I was in the solitary wilderness. ,. .. 1 n1,» Nevér before had the rising sun and all he looked on appeared so lovely in my eyes, and with a glad and grateful heart, Ire- sumed my interrupted journey. Without further accident, I arrived at Fort George ; and within a week, I had the happiness of returning to Dunn’s Fort with the relief it so greatly needed, by which we were en- abled to hold the post until the end of the war, when it was ceded to the Americans. TAX menu Y. In skinning a bird always keep the head of the bird toward you, lying on its back. Insert in its mouth a little cotton wool, to keep the blood back, (be sure to fill the ‘ mouth well,) then part the feathers carefully with your knife and index-finger from the breast bone down to the tail. Then make an incision through the skin commencing from the breast and ending at the vent, working the blade sideways to keep it from going too deep into thellesh. Now take the skin on one side of this incision in your finâ€" ger and thumb and separate from body with aid of your knife blade. Now you will find the feathers have a tendency to turn in on the flesh and get gummy and sticky; to pre- vent this, apply a little of the soap with a small brush, or, with small birds, powdered ‘ alum rubbed well in, and then dust over ‘ with plaster of Paris. This will keep the skin nice and clean and stop the flow of blood. Separating the skin well down, you come to the thigh joint, (there are two joints, one at the back, which is not removed) the next is the thigh, which becomes prominent as you shove the leg up through the incision you made by taking hold ol' the foot ; push it well through down to the third joint, and out off with scissors and carefully remove all the fat and the flesh from the thigh bone. Clean it carefully and soap the thigh, wrap it with cotton batting and re-1 place it ; this finishes one side and leg. Now, turn your bird end for end and do the same with the other thigh. Separate well down to the tail and back of the tail. Keep the feathers well back with your fin» ; gers, that is the principal point in skinning. Scrape oii all fat. Don’t be disheartened be- cause you spoil a few birds, that is nothing. 1 Every one must have practice, and the com- monest birds are the ones to practice on, You now come to the rump of the tail. Take thebird up by the tailbetween the fingorand thumb, insert the point of the scissors be- tween the rump and the skin of the tail, and sever it from the body. Brush the soap on, then take the body of the bird in your right hand and carefully work the skin oil" the back ; this is in small birds. For large birds you have to use a string and a hook fastened to the ceiling to hang the biid to. Skin away down the back, untll you conic to a projecting point on each side ; these are the wingjoints. Cut with scissors the bones : of both wings near the body, then catch the 1 Wing bone and pull it through until you press the flight feathers down to the pinion joint. In large birds you can do this very easily, so, in them make an incision on the inside of the wing from the front joint down to the pinion and remove all the flesh. Remove all the flesh from it as on the thigh, do the same with the other wing, brush on the soap, then continue skinning down the neck until you come to the skull. After getting over the skull, you come to the ears ; insert the knife blade well into the skull behind the ear and lift it out with your knife blade, then you come to the eyes, draw the skin very carefully over them, remove the eyelid from the eye and then . gouge the eyes out. You have now removed all down to the beak. The skull is always retained in stuffing birds to get their form. New cut oil" the body at the back end of the skull, removing enough of the back of the skull to allow the brains to be easily removed. Now remove the brains with the knife-blade ; in large birds use a spoon, clean out the skull well, put the soap well in the inside, remove all fat and flesh, fill up with cotton wool, also fill the eye seekots with wool, then place the artificial eyes in this wool ; then turn the skin back with your finger, push the skull back through the neck with your thumb until you can see the beak, (don’t get the skin twisted), then take hold of the beak and pull very carefully until the head comes thronghflthen draw the Wings down, then the legs, and fill the body with Wine cotton wool and wipe the feathers down from the beak to the tail with a little bit of wool. Arrange them nicely and smoothly, hold it up by the beak when smoothing, and then your bird is fit for mounting. Don’t mind if your first bird doesn’t look very much; persevere, it will all come right. The Wonderful Eel-re! Possessed by [Multisqu Ricqnar. Not long)r sineea man known as Baptiste liic» quar, of creole-French des::ent,(lie(l on his farm nearKaskaskla Fornearly ahalf century previous to his death he was credited with the remarkable gift of healing snake bites, and of being on familiar terms with the most venomous reptiles this country afforded. It was said this power had been given him by a Canadian on his death bed in return for some important service, or by an act of friendship. The conditions or circumstances attending the transfer of this curious know- ledge never were learned with certainty, as its possessor was extremely jealous of it, guarding it with the greatest care, and re» vealed to no one until the hour of his death, when he imparted the gift to his eldest son, who can not be induced to speak of it in the presence of strangers. V 1 ri- There is, however, an abundance of living evidence of Riequur’s power to Hire the bites of snakes Without the use of any kind of medicine, and oi his apparent love or fel- lowship with and control over all kinds of snakes. He would never consent to their being killed or injured, and it is said thth he kept the largest and most venomous speei- niens about his place, and that they would approach him to be caressed, or disappeer into their hiding place at his “ill. A SN ARE-BITE IKEALER. FOR THE BOYS. \Vheuever a- person within reach of old Baptiste was bitten, he was usually sent for to relieve the pains and render the posion innocuous. In this he \ 'us never known to fail. He simply placed his hands upon the wound and cautioned the sufferer not to take any medicine offered by others. It would insult him highly if asked ho“ much he charged for his services, and would only accept something, whatever it might be, if offered use present upon some other oc- casion. Being a devout Catholic, his gift brought him into bail repute with the parish priest, who, as the story goes, forbade him par- taking of the holy sarcament unless he foreswore the exercise of his black art. The Bishop, however, during one of his periodi- cal visits to the parish, is said to have had an interview with the offending parishioner. He inquired of Riequur how he came by the gift, and why he. did not, at the command of the priest, alujure such uncanny practices. Riequar responded that he had no compact with the evil one, nor was there anything wicked about it. How could them be any harm, he argued, in saving the life of a fel~ low cremure, when it was so easily done. He had n solved many times to give up the use of in but when an excited neighbor came hogging him to come and save a little child, or the wife who had been bitten, he could not refuse, even at the risk of losing favor in the Church. He was granted a dis- pensation by the Bishop to participate in the comforts of the coimnuniou without reveal- ing his art at confession, and when he died he was honored with a perpetual resting place in St. Mary of Help Cemetery. And yet about 120,000 lives are sacrificed yezn'ly by the drinking habits (if society in Urea: Britain. The ‘ ulleville \Vomen’s Ch: isthn TCIYIPCT- ancc Union have cmmneuced a series of popu- lar Temperance meetings, to be held in dif~ crent wmrds of the city. The incorporation of the Ontario \V. L. T. U. has been cti'uctml under the Act res- pecting benevolent, um] other societies, and was filwl in the Provincial Registrar‘s office on the 15th of this month. Miss Charlotte (iruy, Organizing Secretary of the World’s \V. C. 'l‘. U., has finished her wolk in Belgium and gone to Switzerland, where the most liquor is consumed per capita of {my country on the globe. A Mohan'mwdun prince of Africh has written a letter to the English authorities begging them not to seml liquor to his commy. It is safe to predict that his reâ€" quest will not be complied with. The \V.C.T.U., of l’eterlmro’, have pledg- ed themselves not to purchase goods after seven o’clock on Saturday evenings, with a \‘iCW of assl ‘ting clerks and other employees to shorter serucc on those evenings. The different Temperance organizations in England have publisheri resolutions which suggest the erection of drinking maintains and Temperance inetiiufions as the ln st way in which to celebrate Queen Victoria‘s jubi» lee year. The prospects are that the (-nfurccment of the DOW law will (close up 400 saloons in this county, and thcsc ofthe worst and most dangerous charactcr. The closing of 400 saloons and the paymcnt ofalmut $250,000 a year into the county trc wry are certainly very gratifying and subsmmial results of the law, and \1 ill rccmnmcml it to some who were inclined to look upon it \‘.itll disfavor. The results shuw the law to he a practical temperance measure, and will do more in that direction in one year in this county alone than the third part}; l’ruhihitionists have been able to zlccnlllpllfill in the whole ‘Statc since their party \‘v‘crc organized. Practical temperance is a grout deal bet- ter than pcliticui prohibition.-~~C’Zm~gzmzd Lomlo George \Vashington was abo \‘c the neceBA sity of spelling correctly. But it is interest ing to observe that he defied orthography with the same calm courage with which he opposed the troops of l‘lngland. He once wrote to the congregation of the. Dutch Re- formed Church of Schenectady : “ I siueearly‘ thank you for your congratulations on my arrival in this place. Whilst I join in ador- ing that now Supreme Being, to whom alone can be attrebuted the signel successess of our arms, I cannot but express my gratitude to you gontlmncn,” etc. “ But, father,” she protested as the good man ceased speaking, “ you do not seem to understand the case.” “ ()h, but I do. You shall never marry William, even if he is my confidential clerk.” “Father, you "‘ “ That is all, l{elen‘â€"say no more." Four days later she wrote him from Toron‘. 0, says in": “ \Vill and I arrived here Safely, and were married at once. “We have $60,000 of yourmoney. Is all forgiven, or shall We settle down here ‘2” He telegraphed his forgiveness. A party of Sulvutinnists, which had gone to moot general Booth 11pm his arrival at Nul'tlnu'nptml on Simtlav was mobbed by the populace. Missiles of all kinds were thrown by the mob, and the General him» self was made the target for lumps of ice. The policy were powerless. Our (‘ofi‘urs fill with sordid Lrold. N0 mutter what. islmnght or sold, We’ll rob the many, bless tlw few All this, and mow, for revenue. I saw a. Voter 'mkod him why He‘d (net 11' V m 101' men to die, And thus this deadly (mm-Se purme? He answered, " jusx, 1m“ Icvcnuc.“ The uldcrmcn in canncil moot, To raiwe more hmtl repair the 91‘: at. Thefvc struck a plain~ though fiendish \‘inw, W011 tax 311100115 fur rev ee fathers reeling o'u‘ me jzmve, And mathers sinkinxinwusht 0:er Rave; But. what can: \VL' \w want our duo, Though thousands (lip for rem-111m. I saw the bride “ith rosy thek, Horaction gnu-me manners mock Later behold the pullid hue» The flower w )lur'kell fur 1m (-n'u' Tho babe upon in mother's hm , Its innocence llnmandn swuet raw More (‘011105 (,5 «Min, when)», but new, The (-hild was slain for I'CVL‘UHC. Oh. bullied hopes and fullng tears, Millions of souls. millions of years; mt what (tarp we. .‘L drunken me“ “'0' I sell you ull for rcxcnue. TEMPERANCE ITEMS. NEVER KNOWN T0 FAIL. Revenue on Rum.