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Perhaps the omfly inhabitants to Whom this looming choice of the Scotch- mam's gave unmixed satisfaction were the members of the philosophic party. Mrs. Stamnidge, having rolled into' the large parlour one evening. and said that it was a Wonder such a man as Mr. Fair- tme, "a pillow of the. town," who might have chosen one of the daughters of the professional men. or private resid- ents, should stoop so low, Coney ven- tured to disagree with her. "No, ma’am, no wonder at‘ all. 'Tis dhe that's a. stoopimg to ryeâ€"that's my opinion. A widowâ€"manâ€"whose first wife was no credit to h-imrâ€"what is it for a. young perusing Woman. that's bar own mistress and we‘llâ€"liked? But as What Henchard saw thus early was, natural-1y enough, seen at a. little later date by other people. That Mr. Far- frae ‘wuhked with that bimkrupt‘ Hen- oham‘d's stepdaughter, of all women,’ be- came a. common topic in't‘he town. Par'ham the candy inhabitants to Elizabeth often todk her walks on the Budmo-uth Road, and Farfrae as often made it convenient to create an accidental meeting with her there. One day Henchard was at this spot when a masculine figure came along the road from Budmouth and lingered. Applying his telescope to ‘his eye, Henâ€" chard expected that Farfrae's features would be disclosed as usual. But the lenses revealed that toâ€"day the man was not Elizabeth-Jane's lover. The face was Newson's. (Henohard dropped the-glass and for some seconds made no other movement. Newson waited, and Henchard waitedâ€"if that could be call- ed a waiting which was a transfixture. But Elizabeth-Jame did not come. Neweon did not see anything of her that morning. Waiting in vain he\ at last retraced this steps, and Henchard felt like a condemned man What has a few hours' respite. When he reached [his own house he found her there. "0h. father,” she said innocently, “I have had a. letterâ€"a. strange oneâ€"not signed. -Somebody has asked me to meet him, either on the Budmouth Road at noon to-day, or in the evening at Mr. Farfra's. He says he camq to see me some time ago but missed me. ll: don't understand it; but between yoii and me I think Dona‘ld is at the bottom of the mystery, and that it is a relation of [his who wants to pass an opinion OEDâ€"hi5 choice. {But I did not like to go till I had seen you. Shall I go?” flenchard repli'ed heavily, "Yes; go." 'He surprised the young woman, whom he had looked upon as. his all in this world. by saying to her, as if he did not care about her more, "I am going to leave Ca/sterbridge, Elizabeth-Jane." a. neat patching up of things I see much good in it. [When a man’ have) put up a tomb of best marble-stone to the other one, as he've done. and weepâ€" ed [his fill, and thought it all over. and said to himself, "T’other took me in; I knew this one first; she's a sensible piece for a partner. and there‘s no tait'hfull women in high life now;"â€"- well, he may do worse- than not take her, if she's tender-inclined.“ Not a hint of the matter was thrown out to her stepâ€"father by Elizabeth her- self or by Farfrae either. 'Reasoning on film 03.1.1158 of their reticence he con- cluded that, estimating him by his past, the throbbing pair were afraid to broadh the subject, and looked upon [him as a lion in the! path whom they would be heartily glad to get out of the way. Embi’ttered as he was against society, this'moody view of | himself took deeper and deeper hold: of Hen- ohard, till the daily net/why of facing mankind, and of them particularly Eliz- abethâ€"Jane became well-nigh more than he could endure. But what if he were mistaken in his views, and\ there were “Leave Casterbridge !" she cried, “and leaveâ€"{me '0' , "Yes, this lttle shop cam be managed by you alone as well as by us both; I don't care about shops and streets and folkâ€"I would rather get into the coun- try by myself, out of sight, and follow mydown ways, and leave you to youljs." "Iamsorry you have decided on this, she said with difficult firmness. “For I thought it probaUIKeâ€"possibleâ€"that I might marry Mr. Farirae some little time hence, and I did not know that yqu_ disapprovegi of clip step!" _‘ v "I approve of anything you desire to do. Izzy," said Henchard huskiiy. "If I did not approve, it would be no mat- ter. I wish to go away. My pres- ence might make things awkward in Elie future; and, in short, it is best that so... "Then," she said at last, “you will not be able to come to my wedding; and that is not as it ought to be." “1 don't want to :see itâ€"l don't want to see it!" he exclaimed; adding more softly. "but think of me sometimes in {our future lifeâ€"you'll do that. Izzy? hink of me when you are living as the wife of the richest, the foremost man in the town, and don’t let my sins. when on ’know them all. cause ye to quiie orget that though I loved 'ee late I loved ’69 well." She promised mechanically, in her ag- itation; and the same evening at dusk Ham:th left the town, to whose de- velopment ‘he had been one of the chief stimulants for many years. "I don't forbixd you to marry him” said Henchard evasively. “Promise not to quite forget me whenâ€""He meant when Newson should come. 1 'He went secretly'an'd alone. not a soul of the» many}th ‘had known him bejg'g aware of__h_ms_ departure. r H ‘ no necessity that his‘own absolute sep- aration from her should be involved in the incident of her marriage? ’He went on till he: came to the first 1 Elizabeth mirlestonxe, which stood in the bank, never forget halfâ€"way up a. steep bill. He rested his ought to for baaket on the top of- the stone. placed “Weil. 'tw: “It is becamsa of Donald CHAPTER XLIII GOOD she sob- “'hen they had gone a little. farther iln these particuflars, Newson, leaning 1 book in his chair and smiling reflective:- ‘ly at the ceiling said. "I’ve never told ye, or have I, Mr.- Farfrae, how Hen- ‘churd put me off» the scent that time ’1’" He expressed ignorance of what the Captain ailuded to. v “Am, I thought I hadn't. I resolved that I woudd not, I remember; not to ‘hurt the man's name. :But now. he's gone I can tell ye. “Why. learns to ‘Cmsterbridge nine or ten months he- ‘Ifore that day that I found ye out. I had been here twice before then. The first time I passed through the town i on my way westward. not knowing Elizâ€" abethrl ived here. Then hearing at some 'piwceâ€"J forget whereâ€"that ’a man of the name of Hench‘ard had been Mayor :here, I canne back, and called at his {house one morning. The joker Iâ€"he {said Elizabeth-Jane had died years @395" his elbows on it, and; gave way to a convulsive twitch, which was worse than) a sob, because it was so hard and so dry. "If I had only got her with meâ€"if I only had!" he said. “Hard wonk would be nothing to me thenl But that was not to be. Iâ€"Cainâ€"go. alone as I deservelan outcast and a vaga- bornd. Burt my punishment is not great- er than I can bear!" He sternly subdued his anguish, shouldered his basket, and went on. Elizabeth, in the meantime, had brea- thed, him a sigh, recovered her equan- imity and turned her face to Caster- bridge. Before she had reached. the first house she was met in her walk by Donald Farfrae. This was evidently not their first meeting that day; they ‘oined hands without ceremony, and i‘arfrae anxiously asked, “And is he goneâ€"and did you tell him 2â€"I I mean of the other matter-not of ours." “He is gone; and I told him all I know of your friend. ’DonaJd who is AS GOLD. know he ‘1" "\Vell, well, dearie; you will know soon about that. And Mr. Henohard will hear of it if ’he goes not go far." "He will go farâ€"he's bean't <11an get- ting out. of sight and' sound!" She walked beside her lover. and when they reached the town pump turned with him into Corn' Street, in- stead of going straight on to her own door. AL Farfrae's ‘house they stopped and went in. 1 Farfrae flung open the door of the groundâ€"floor sittingâ€"room, saying, “There he is waiting for you." and Elizabeth entered. In the arm-chair sat the broadâ€"faced genial man who had called on Heno'hard on a. memorable morning between one wad two years be- fore this time, and Whom the latter had seen mount the coach and depart within balfâ€"an-hcmr of his arrival. lb was Richard Newmn. D "Donald and you must settle i‘t mured Elizabeth. still {keeping scrutinizing gaze at some smalll in the street. "\VeJl, threw." continued IV Newscm's pride in What she had grown up to be was motel than he could e_xâ€" pr_e§s. He kjssed her again and; agam. "I‘ve saved you the trouble to come and meet meâ€"ha-hal" said Newson. “The fact is that 'Mr. Farfrae here, he said, "Come up and stop, with me for a day or two, Captain Newson, and I'll bring her round," "Faith, says L 80 I will;" and here I am.” _ "Well, Hemclhard is gone.” said Far- frae, shutting the door. "He has done it all voluntarily, and, as I gather from Elizabethâ€"Janie, he has been very nice with her. I was got rather un- easy; but all is as it should be, and we will have no more difficulties. at all." "Now, that's very much asIthought," said Newson, looking into the: face of each by turns. "I said to myself, ay, a hundred times, while. I've been living on in my Budmovutib: lodging, and Isaid it when I sent her without signature a. ten-pound note to buy. books and clothes; and I have said it when I have tried to get a peep at \her unknown to herselfâ€"“Depend upon it, 'tis best that I should live on quiet like this till some- thing turns up for the better." I now know you are all right, and what can I wish for more? I should not be hap- pier if I were residing with ye public- ly; and Henohard, after all,; has more legal claim upon ye." , “You sent that ten pounds ?" said she sleing. "We-ll, I [kept it secret, as you requested. [But Mr. Henchard wonder- ed‘a'ho‘ut any purdh‘aselsu'" "With: all my heart," said Captain Newson; “since, as ye say, Lit can do no harm, now 001‘ Henobard's gone; though I won dn't have done it- other- wise, or put mysedf in «his‘ way at all; for I've already hm my lifetime been an intruder into his family quite as far as polivleness can be expected to put up wirth. But what do the young woman say herself about it? \Elizabeth, my obi-Id, comma and haearken to what we be “talking about, and not hide staring oufcvg' thge.wirn_dow as if ye digin’t hear." "\VeJl, threw." continued Newson, turning anew to Farfrae with a face expressing thorough entry mto the sub- ject, “tlhat’s how we’l’l have. And Mr. Farfrave, as you provide so Ilmuoh, and house room, and all that, I'll do my pargiiln the drinkabl‘eis." “Oh, noneâ€"we shan't want much of t’hatâ€"oh no!" said Farfrae, shaking his head with respectable gravity. "Do you Leave all to me." ' I "wen, Capiaim Newson. I will be glad to see ye here every day now, since it cam do no harm". said Farfrae. intelligence. "A joke 21â€"011,, no cried. "Then he kept you fr( farther, all those months, w} might have bean here 'I" The father admitted that su‘ the case. “He ought not to‘ have done it Farfrae. "And wlh-wt I've been thinking. is, that the wedding my as well be kept under my own roof, the house being large, and you being in lodgings yourselfâ€"so that a great deal of trouble and expense would be saved yeâ€"amd 'tis a conveni- ence when a. couple's married not to has far to go Q9 get home!" Elizabeth now gave earnest heed to his Story. “Now, it never crossed my \mind that the mam was selling me a packet," con- tinued Newson. “And, if you’ll be- lieve me, I was {that upset. that I went back to the coach that had brought me. and took passage onward without lying iln (he town havII-an-hour. . Haâ€"haâ€" ’twas a good joke and we‘ll carried out, amd Iglve the man credit for’tl" Elizabeth-Jane was amazed at the intelligence. "A joke ?â€"0'h,, no!" Ishe cried. “Then he kept you from me, faIthr, all _thlose rmunths, when you Signed. "I said I would But. oh! I think I 'get; him now!" as not ten words that he such was ' mur- up 3. object said said, after how could fell "No." said Elizabeth-Jane firmly, in her revulsion of feeling. "He knew your dispositionâ€"you always were so trusting. father; I‘ve heard my mo- ther say so hundreds of timesâ€"and he did it to Wrong you. 'After weaning me from you these five ears by $yiug he was my father. he s omd not have dome this." "Well, wellâ€"never mindâ€"it: is all over and past," said Newson good-na- burqdly. "NOW. about (his wedding agaml.” CHAPTER XLIV4 (Meanwhile, the man of their talk had pursued his solitary way eastward till weariness overtook him. and he looked about for a. pdaoe of rest. The bright autumn sun shining into his eyes across the stubble awoke him the next mornâ€" lng early. He opened his basket. and. ate for his breakfast what he had packed for his supper; and in doing so overhaufled the remainder of his kit. Although everything he brought ne- cessitated carriage at his own back, he had secreted among his tools a few; of Elizabeth-Jane's cast-off belongings, in the shape of gloves, shoes. a scra of her handwriting, and the like; an in his ket‘ he carried a curl of her hair. aving looked at these things he closed them up again, and went on- ward. It now became apparem that. the direction of his journey was Wey- doln Priors, which he reached on the afternoon of the sixth day. ' The renanned hi‘ll, whereon the an- nluad faicr had been held for so many emeratiocns. was now bare of human eings, and almost of alight besides. He deposited his basket; upon the turf. and looked about with sad curiosity; till he discovered the road by which his Wife and himself and entered on the upland so memorable to both, two or three-and-twenty years before. "Yes, We came up that way." he said. after ascertainin his bearings. "She was carrying the by, and I was reading a. ballet-sheet. Then we crossed about hereâ€"she so sad and weary, and I speaking to her hardly at all, because of my cursed pride. and mortification at being poor. Then we saw the tentâ€"that must have stood more this way." He walked to anoth- ar spot; it was not rea/Ily where the tent had stood. but it seemed so to him. "Here we went in, and here we sat down. I faced this way. Then I drank, and committed my crime. It must have been just on that very pix_y- And thus BJencharrd found himself again on the precise standing which he had occu ied five-andâ€"twenty years be- fore. ‘xternally there was nothing to hinder hi'srmakimgt another start on the upward slope. and by his new lights achieving higher things than his soul in its hair-formed state had been able to.accon1p;lish. But the ingenious ma- chinery contrived by the gods for re- ducing human possibilities of ameliora- tiom to a minimumâ€"which arranges that wisdom to do shall come pari passia With the departure of zest for doing â€"stood in the way of all that. He had no wish to make an arena 3. second time of a world that had become a mere painted scene to him. Had he been able to extend his vision through the night shades as far as Casterbridge that evening. Henchard would have seen that the door of his odd house was wide open. that the hall was lighted extravagantly, and that. people were going up and down the stairs. It was the wedding-day of Elizabeth and Farfrae. Such an in- novation on Casyterbridge customs as a flitting of bride and bridegroom from the totwn immediately after the cere- mone had not been thought of, and at that our Mr. and Mrs. Farfrae were entertaining a houseful of guests at. their home in Qorn Street. She was in a dress of white silk or satinâ€"the observers were not nean enchigh to say whichâ€"snowy white. without a. tinge of milk or cream; and] the expression of her face was one 06 nervous pfleasure rather than of gaiety. Presently Furfrae came round. his ex-1 uberumt mowement making him conn spicuous in a moment. The pair were not dancing together this time, but it was apparent that there was a word- less speech between them; and that whenever the interchanges of the fig< ure made them the partners of a mo- ment their emotions breathed a much‘ subtler essence than at other times; rin that she was standing when she sai her last words to me before going off with him: I can. hear their sound now, and the sohnd of hear sobs: 'Oh, Mike. I've lived with thee all this while, and had northlng but temper. Now. I’m no more ‘to ’eeâ€"I'll try my luck elsewhere! " ,Very often, as he wandered on, he would survey mankind, and say to himself, “Here and everywhere are folk dying before their time like frostâ€" ed leaves. though wanted by the world. the country. and their own families. as badly as can be; while I, an out- cast: and am incumbrance, wanted by Eobody. Ilive on. and can't die if I try." Donald himself was taking a leading part in the festivity, his voice being distinctly audible in the street. giving expression to a song of his native counâ€" try. Idlers were standing on the pave- ment in front, and presently it could be perceived that a dance was prpposed Mr. and Mrs. Farfrae joining in the figure, ‘ . JBy degrees the idlers became aware that the measure was also trod by some one who out-Fariraed Farfrae in sal- tetory intenseness. This was strange, and it was stranger to find that the eclipsing personage was Elizabeth- Jane's partner. The first time that: they saw him he was sweeping grandly round. his head quivering and low down. his legs in the form of an X. and his back towards the door. -The next time he came round in the direction, his white waist- coat preceding his face. and his toes preceding his white waistcoat. That: happy form was Captain Newson's. It was about a month after the dayx which closed as in' mm last chapter. Elizabethâ€"Jane had grown accustomed to the novelty of her situation, and the only difference between Donald's movements now and formerdy was that; he hastened indoors rather more quick- ]y after business hours than he had Been in the habit. of doing for some . 11116. I Newsom had stayed in Casterbridge; three days after the wedding party» and was stared at and honored as beâ€" cam the returned Crusoe of the hour. 011 the fourrih morning. he was discov- )W mpletorn a much my C'HlAlP’I‘ER XLV ' Newsorn ple know that I fau’Lt‘ as h. Jane firmly, in .113. "He knew always were so heard my mo- aded. ‘ should lieve ] him ‘2 poor to be such a new that he preferred of residence. no‘ ciety of his dang] Thither he wen-t ings in 0. gm which had a box sufficiently to vertical strip of opening the sash far enough to 1: lane uf tall- inte sufficiently ~to afford glimpses of a) vertical strip of blue sea. to any one; opening the sash. and leaning forward far enough to look through a narrow‘ lane of tall’ intervening houses. In exploring her new domain during the first week of residence. Mrs. Eliza- beth Farfrae had been reminded often of her Slte father. whose house this of. hers had ormerly been. ‘He was now- homelessâ€"possibly penniless. From that hour her heart softened. From that hour her heart softened. towards the self-alienated man; till at lent th she begged Frah‘ae to help her‘ in finding out as soon as possible. whether Henchard had banished himâ€" self, that she mi ht try to do some- thing to make hiv life less that of an. dwtsact, and. more tdlerable to him. 'Allthuugh Fa'rfrae had never so pas- sionately liked Henchard as Henchard ha dliked him, he had, on the other hand, never so passionately hated in1 the same direction as his former friend had done; and he was therefore not the leash indisposed to assist. Elizabeth- Jane in her laudable plan. , These Few Paragraphs May Prove Inter- esting Reading. Unlicensed dogs are put to death in Larned. Kan.. and the ownerr is fined. Eating matches are common among the villages of Alaska. He who eats the most is considered the most accomâ€" plished man. i The air is so clear and dry in the arctic regions that conversation can be carried on when the speakers are two miles apart. Excessive tea. drinking shatters the nervous system, weakens the brain. in- jures the appetite, disturbs the diges- tive organs. and causes cold feet. So says a. New York physician. A man in Kansas City makes himself square with the world once a. year. He burns his account books on the first of January, pays none of his debts due and refuses to collect those that are due him. Spain’s agricultural implements are the same as those used in] the time of Caesar. This is one reason to 8.000th for that country’s wretched condition. An open-top thimble containing awet sponge, to be used in moistening en- velope flaps. and thus facilitating the sealing of letters, is the invention of an Oregonian. Hunters in Kansas earn about $2 a. day _slaying jackâ€"rabbits. The skins are sold for three cents each to Eastern batters. who use the hair in the manu- facture of soft hats. A handsome man in Vanoeburg. Ky., thirty-five years of age, has four wives and three families. He was lately di- vorced from his third spouse, and the next morning was married to the fourth. After forty years of constant court- ship a worthy couple in Trenton. Mo., agreed that it was about time to wed. and they were accordingly made man and wife. They are both over seventy years of age. A revolving palace. 362 feet high, is planned for the Paris Exposition of 1900. It will be divided into several floors, to be used as restaurants, theatres, etc.. and will revolve continuously on acenâ€" trul pivot. [Nicola Tesla. the famous electrician. says that nearly all long-lived people have been great sleepers. He believes that if a. man could sleep eighteen hours a. day. without the aid of narcotics, he might. live 200 years. Patrick Alliger, an old bachelor, sup- ported himself chiefly by begging in the streets of Dublin. He became ill, and insisted on wearing his wig and It is said that W'illiam Waldorf As- tor owns 4,000 houses in New York City, and that his annual income is nearly $6,000,000. ' At Jasper, Fla... 3. dog chased a. rab- bit, which dashed into a. gopher hole. The dog followed, and a. rattlesnake killed both of them. A musician in Hermon, Mo., wanted a tip top zither, and he sent to Europe for one. He was disgusted when he re- ge'njted one that had been in his own ta. e. A New York barber advertises to teach the tonsorial art Ln five weeks. He permits the novices to practice on his own face, and is frequently lath- ered and shaved twenty times a. day. a. nightcap. After his Heath the: sum of 151.035 in bankâ€"notes was found unâ€" der his wig. Coffee derives its name from Kaffa. East Africa. where the berry was first raised. Mocha coffee is so named from a. port on the Red Sea, in Arabia,where it was collected and shipped. The first coffee house in England was opened in Oxford in 1651‘ In San Francisco there are two rival druggists Who occupy opposite cor- ners. Their rivalry is shown even in the sale of postage stamps. One of them has this sign displayed: “ Thirteen two- cent stamps for a cent and a. quarter." The purchaser soon discovers that the quarter must be of silver. VENEER USED FOR WRAPPING PURPOSES. \Vood veneer is used to some extent for doing up bundles, instead of paper.- Curtain polls manufacturers, for ins- tance. when shipping or delivering pales in small lots wrap them up inI veneer. It costs alittle more than paper. but no¢ much. and it is much better {or the purpose. Poles thus wrapped up are less likely to be creased by the cords tied around them, and the veneer is a better rotection from bruises in handling. T e veneer used for this purpose is usually of elm wood and made in- the same factories where the pofles are made. »Veneer is also used for wrapping up picture mould- lugs. Tumblers of nearly,‘ the same shape and dimensions as those employed to- day have been found in great numbers in Pompeii. They were of gold, silver, glass, agate, marble and other semi- precious stones. ITEMS OF INTEREST. ANCIENT TUMZBLERS (To Be Continued.) n-sh'utrt‘ window 1 cottage Ltti‘ng out (‘an You Tell a Person‘s (‘haracler by the Shape of Ills Lower Jaw. mecrudirn‘ and women oessful peopi thrust foriw Tlhiis ohm. i and swellim A retreating c1h1i:n shows lack at fomce, mentally. morally, and physi- cally; usually of t‘hle. yielding sort; soon discouraged; desires protection: small executive force. The develop!- menk of emblem“ fachtiss often makes up for 'tLhfis defect. . ing A smaJll. well-rammed chfin, w'flh mo- bile and red crushfiJon of fleéh: upon in- dicates a pleasure-104vng owner. I! dimpfled, all time more so, for dimpled chins belong to coquletteq. People with dimples love be be patted and loved; [like admizratiovn. amd praise. Generally; fickle. Usually ch‘jm- la healthy. mguperp‘tiyg aml Ilogqgâ€"lnqu. Broad. whims signify nobleness and large ngnfiJty. unless vertically thln. when, it with it there be thin lips o! bfloodless kind yq‘q filnq cguelty: Square (man's {mum =1ittle flesh'd nota' firmness and exeowfive abhlity. .- mgke good_ humans: Sflovvems hn;é_WFinides about; them chins. Lung Wain cmhims are poetical. muta- me amd delicate in constitution. Sudh people are subg'edt to bo’wal derange- ment's. If tihiiln through the angles at the mouth. (500‘. they are pron'p to tuâ€" berculosis. Ge‘merally short-lived. Medium china with a suggestive bi- furcation in the center, wrthv small! mounds of flash) on either side. char- acterize generosity, ximpu‘lsivenesa; oheery natures. (Tfhe same-sized chins. with a dab of fledh just under the center of the {lower lip, indicate meant- nesq. selfishness. brmalityf.) â€"b}1m‘kirasid§fiafl1y have a. circulan line about their DUCHESS 0F MARLBOROUGH. The Duchess of Marlborough is sel- dom seen at any great function with» out her jeweled belt. At a. very swell affair recently, the beauteous girdle glistened around the bodice of her white velvet gown, sable trimmed, a spray of mauve orchids across the ahoul~ ders. \Vith those magnificent ropes of pearls and collar, as well as the diam;- ond "crown" so much admired. the reg- al parure was completed to a charm. An American lady who has just return- ed from the old country had a. peep at fine old Blenheim. She states that there is an exquisitely equipped chap- el and chime of bells. Among, the rooms in modern furnishings is a. lovely "plant room." three lounging rooms. fitted up by Duchess Lin in Moorish, Indian and Japanese fashion. The suite occupied by the young Duch- ess comprises eight apartments, each‘ most luxuriously fitted; I » The "courtingâ€"chair," at Blenheim. was some days ago removed to the big conservatory. It was a birthday gift. from Queen Anne to the great beta, the first Duke of Marlbopomgh. Over the water on the grounds in built a. facsimile of London Bridgeâ€" strange and fantastic; and in the arch are a. number of small summer rooms, one of which is decorated with frescer and commanding a. lovely view. In this one the Duchess spends most of her time on fine days. The youmg Duke, speaking of his home not long ago. described it as a building "so large, so homely, 5b irregullu and so little imposing." No 01113 feature can 'be taken in judg-i intg character. Often development 01 other faculties of miénd or feature our tirely governs. In each1 case take the "totality of inflications" beforae judgfl CONSOLATION FOR PLAIN GIRLS. I may say. in defense of my own con- stant praise of beauty. that I do not at- tach half the real importance to it which isnssumed in ordinary fiction, above all in the pages of the periodical which best represents as a. whole the public mind of England. As a. rule, throughout the whole seventyâ€"volume series of Punchâ€"first by Leech and then by Du Maurierâ€"aJl nice girls are represented as pretty; all nice women as both pretty and well dressed; and if the reader will compare a. sufficient number of examples extending over a. series of years, he will find the moral lesson more and more enforced b this most popular authority. that 31 real ugliness in either sex means some kind of hardness of heart or vulgarity of education." The girl who is not flattered by her looking-glass should read the follow- ing from the pen of MI. Ruskin, and take heart of grace:â€"" No girl who is well bred. kind and modest is ever of- fensively plain; all real deformity means want of manners, or of heart. Very many of the sweetest. joys of Christian hearts are songs which have been learned in the bitterness of trial. It is said of a. little bird that he will never learn to sing the song- his mas- ter will have him sing while. it is light in his cage. I-Ie learns a. snatch of every song he hears, but wiill not learn a full separate melody of his own. And the master covers the cage and makes it dark all about the bird, and then he listens and learns the one song that is taught him. until his heart is full of it. Then, ever after. he sings the song in the light. With many of us it is as with the bird. The master has about us, till we learn the sweet mel- otnly he would teach us. Many of the loveliest songs of peace and trust sung by God’s children in this world have been taught in the darkened chamber of sorrowâ€"Ex. of it. Then, ever a1 song in the light. ' it is as with the bird 8. song he wishes to learn only a. strain and there. while we of the world‘s song, a. it. Then he comes a blood THE CHXN AS AN INDEX SONGS IN THE NIGHT‘ m of tlhle getâ€"there type. Sno- wple usually carry their chin! award, with compressed lips. , if heavy, with broad. ram! lug masseters, indicates fight»- wishes to teach us, but we a. strain of it, a note here while we catch up snatches 1‘s song, and sing them with 2 comes and makes it dark ill we learn the sweet melâ€" uld teach us. Many of the ugs of peaceend tru_s_t sung med