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. BEAC.ON.!RICHAND BEACON
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Iis facellaneous Selections
THE CUCKOO.
Forth I wan:md"rld, years ago,
S When the slnuler nun wels low,
SAnd lbhe fol'.t all alow
With his light
l't:' s a It d 0t ofcl ,h!... -ki,
-hn. ll the, trillt 'h clint h . r sg
lt I"or a it1 .
I , I 'I I .-"I hi- -,t h, ll ay.
11"" 1 t lip ItI 1 - -i t - -11 sofM y,
,. 1 It flat !
..* tlay w:I- l .r, nIi of course
l,.t 1 waII s Wwa ju1 - l little hoarsae,
A Aind, a -....re. .d to Tle to force
since ll.it-A.1pril. en naverrel,
" People',l p itIes, tll -tirr,,I
Bly the n'u i of th obird,
I. lis t uAa 'I .; I ." u
It Was now l ih, ei,,-," of.fithce;
I I' refle.t..i Itha hr !.'ton s
Fing t'le t"'r l uit .f tiunte,
Looking up, I mar kt I la 1tid
F aut l:tllu.on-like 41' r the glad.,
_'Ca ting , t.rmlor.l it ."1 ul
t ltan,',' :fro ln i
1,1t. I th all.ir wi h i t . ;rlri -e
S 1% 1 it l, ,h, dr-pt, itl r mll, -w r s(,
Fiiht Ia eourltei- , then lIr I ev i
S"u I lit gr ,llu ,id .
(lh".r,,' is; e. h lve sl'ras to you J
, ela, * ]iierJiii'h t lly 1111'e,
lint yoI vi)i %1111 iln Ver knew
i t. J llst ltir.
h'at a 1Il in w hsl utltl h Icr hat
With whit diglity it sat
t il te mllitV.,tler, or ml:it,
I i" iher hair
We W, r. neighbor-i . I had doff'd
liap andt hat to her ,so f.f
That thei lar lar h grown soft
In tlh .ril :
I hat goni' out oi aaf 'my wa~a
'1io thilt ,'un ler sire goold lay,
1L'h'lug51 I wa n't i llaly -hy,
lFund of hitn -
Ac,. we'ld i., in .treets anid shops,,
1 tU I y ril l r iiwrZV tol'i.
Whesrie l our 1,e.ic abruptly stops
And y, Ia gt
Inl,.'o,.re;it , r,. ion know it
eirit, ihe,l t ilh Iluothing of a llIl 
T'rt tiltfliutit.l." mi it
.5 er .t.
SIl Inl li htqau ne.'r teen Itbl!
'1 ilill th l.i v whien fortlih I strolled
Arnu the i.;l . ruckos, trolled
dfit hiTs wnEr,
N tul it 1ot lgm-a#-t betwixt us two
"aiv," a l:tl-ul l 'llow d've ilo'
. And a n Ilnh ng 'llow do you
Get along ?'
lint that ('Ve-how swift it pn.ssl -i
'i Wordsi tih lt rnedil flew ftrom l ftat
For the fIirlt tin lli and the last
in may latF :
1. *W and Ilo-r dr'ºipe her chin,
S.1 I muturl.rd hlow iad skihn
oI r ta.whedi li in.If to win
sluch wile.
'I hern' we in ft The squirrel leaped
4 Iverhean d: t11'" iro ltie pi swl
STh'lrough the li'ates-,all unutsline-stt.elled,
o itf theiJlltme.
'tihere We stuen alone: a thitrI
Woublt have maide the thing ahttardl:
And tshe soarcely spoke a iwordl
All thet time. .
We're a little Kate, a dei'ar a
liet' attained her thirte yh y4A;
Andi he.lrela ht falr s h fe a tqueer
ort of shock
Not unpleasant ihough lt all- ' -
Whlen she haeairs t cul.k, rcail :
NI i I'vte Iiurchal, her a small l
Cuckoo-cluck.
-Janiuary Scribner.
A GHOST STORY.
I had sat for hourt i the nny, brown
't-room of the Fou Swvans. NIrham.
had ordered nothing, not even a kd
nit or a cup of c. ffree. All in vain had
Ihonest olt wai tr bt:.tled in and out,
'ingu thte tir and flicking crumbs from
table, lie hadl only brought himself
io conclusion that this strange guest
"a quoer sort," especially for a
istinias Eve.
i fact, they of the Fcnr i:e.s were
unich used to strangers of any sort.
l had a quiet, st(eady-gong connection
'orhanl itselt. Three or four trade
>s held their meetin er there, and the
or seven bedrooms of the establish
it were kept in just the state of order
comfort which suited the Individuali
4) the six or seven " comtercial gen
oen" who, when on Norhannrbushiess,.
I patronized the Four Swais for the
; twenty or thirty years. If ever a
'nuer appeared, it was generally with
.le such introduction as this: "Land
d, Mr. Dash, of Blank, told me you
uld give me good qarters foraday, or
a week," as the case might be. In
,d, the Four Swans, had, as it were,
Iden itself froum all chance , for
was situated in a quiet corner ofL wary
let street, down which nobody would
.nk of turning unless he knew som
ing of it beforehand; and altogether,
th its interior of brown pannellag, its
lath of quaint aidi grotesque orna
rats. its red-ti!d verandah, and it coom
nicative coLlldelntlal old servant, the
mr Swans was an excellent type of
oe honest, homely hotels wheich are
ot being "lamproved" from the fe of
e earth.
The gentleman in the eolle-roohIdl
at notice that he had doune an odd L
Scoming in without. a word, . -
alning without .an order._ P Sat
ad other things to lthik ab nd sae
tali, middle-aed man, wl
' halr bup es face' and, grew
as l well dres on
iat Indefllate air which ms
at any p piod el their low fe
nocked ltabo h M ,on le
He had come in about ave o'ellm
x o'clock struck, and seven, aM £
ithla two mlnutes o@eight, when an old
orham townsman eae la t look over
a c papers. To the lntense stlai tl' -
to waiier, that efieetullv rmmmie
wager. But so u iOVJtket
ulag froma long, enchanted slep. And
SIth d been a enchanted sleep nt'
y a dream of fveand-twenty yes ago
S"I want to stay lerefor thim nght, wat
" he said, abruptly. "Any cobeta
Ssort of bed-room will suit me. And
S du e some ter and teost.
waiter we alert. "There's a little
t- rootle ahere, sir." heai ns, throw
open the door. "I'll set your tray
Th im gentlemen lowedt as nllted. It
Ia sore closet , wm two or
-)atul. That was all that would
and p at it. Under the
loration and many washings
time, there was stl visIble a
- ed d thnk sketch or an
bt that out directly, 55Ipwbit'h -
a, ter. " Clever, is,'" otte
- e d ld eou l, wea a
le about young Bogeo,
(did not listen a bit, did not even ask if hle
was hanged or anythink. It's like takingr
a meal to a ghost. thatt it is."
" You might do better than poke up ohll
stories about as bad a young scamp as
ever live,! to d(i-grace a honest family',"
retorted the old cook, who was sharpl in
Ith temler: ," er as to gheo;t, thir.e'r
pI lenty o'ghosts everywhere. for thiem :I
I has senlri toee s a,. e",t, Peter, let I d, '.t
think ,,Iu need be afeare.el."
.MN":uwlile Lnother N'rham trad..ut:,
hoel dropped into the' eo'lete'-reoeLm, acnd I
P'ete.r, in the' itervals of his atteellatce'.
eane out 'andl echatteld with themil inl a elaeer
fill eqlality, whe'rein the ole line of -,
eial dlitinctin .:4ay in hit remainini -t:*t.l
ing while' they we.re se'ated.
"Hebal (' hrestimas weather this." said
31r. Tohn-ton.
"Bent Norh:aun's. very dull." an-were:d
.lr. Lee.
"Theey're a dead-andl-alive set of peo.
ple, now.,-the Norlh:urites.." said 3Mr.
0ehcnseton ,,who was int hiacielf. antl woeile
allow rlobh,-ly el-e to ablels-' thetlln. "It
used to tbe dilfere'nt ir n my vyltng days. I
rellunnbelr it qulite ;Lgay, what withe ex, n
roca-tirll to, ise given's in char:ity. aned lithe
lpuhlings boiling for the same, and every
bolv that was rnvwaev.s coslee.te.d wiihI
the 'Ihureh-andl evervhsody seemedl to he
iln tlhose "t -ys-inrvitedl t to te in the iTownll
hall. And usred'nt there to be line earol
inuging through tile street! And rare
('hristerl: sermons h.ll e ! u-tl to Ipreach.
thee oll rector that 'wa' in laiy youlng
days."
" Ah. that was Mr. Rogerson," put in
Peter directing hi. thumb toward the
open dloor. "" I've jiust been showing that
geuent tharrt bit of an old sketc.h up ag',rn the
wall. 1He broke the. good old gentleman',
heart. that young1' s.allmr d(lie."
'"Al.. ves, aertl did a de'al of harmi to
Norhaun every way," pnursurld Mr. Jollns
teol: "we've never hIlad a lively Chleritmas
-inee; I remeat.l.r the first after his go
ing off. .What could people do when they
knew there was neotheing but misery ill
the rectory house? The town just kept
as quie't as ever It could, anld it coulln't
dol' 1.s every ('hristln.s after, during the'
eold rector's days. Aend so it got out of
the good cl wav'-''
"Pl'or young lRoge'rson," said old Mr.
Lr'e. "I used to thillnk theIre was soeure'
thing goo I in the- young fi'llow for all his
wiltne-., and I always hloped he'd rigrht
lilenrlf, till Ie went and did that wicke'd.l
nre. that -et mean against himr. as well :as
Go I."
"I don't know aebot food or not," per
;isted IMr. .tohnston, "but I knlow that it <
took years and yea-rs before his sister 1
Mary looked fp again. Only at la-t, ris
time began to thicken over thie tnlenr I
spots o' grief and shamwe. she kind of took 1
heart. Says she onllce' to my dear wifil
that's d"ra;l, '1Mrs. Johlntoll. our poor
I)i..k was the chid of many prayers, and I
I've faith God will keep hold of him.'
Andce then she took fanleles that he was
deeacd. And I noticed site was happier- t
like after that--Just as one breathe. freer i
in a house after tire dearest corpse is i
bhriedl. As for poor Tom lRogerson, his
brother ruined him for this life. anyway.
Mslhe he needn't, but poor Mr. Tonm was
awhl proud and sensitive. MIi.ss Mary, i
shetold mny wife that her brother Tom s
said he'd never ask people to trust him. r
because he couldn't expect they would, n
after his brother's ways, and he wouldn't
lay himself open to be half-trusted, t
sad watched, and suspected all thie time. 1I
And so. he that was so clever stayed a tl
poor under-clerk all the rest of his dlays, o
and has left his poor widow just to strug- I
gle on and get what places she can for her
bos. Snch a pretty, daInty miss as sire
used to be, and now she's wearing an old c
rusty silk that's been turned and turned c'
till she's forgotten which Is its real a
right side. 'I should think ithat their e
uncle did won't go against my sons, Mr.
Johnston,' she said only the other day.
S'Bless you, Mrs. Tom,' says I, ' half tile a
town-people are new since then.' 'I'm si
always so afraid he'll n'onle back,' says si
lie; ' I'm sure I don't wi-h him not to a
repent,' sa) a she, " I always hoped he '
would-but I can't help thinking of nmy v
own, ancd for their sakes, I'd rather ihe a
never came back.' 'The more peni- ti
tent he is, the more he'll stay away, ma'- e
am,' says I. 'It isn't as if the whole o
story was above ground still, and he'd tl
only got to be forgiven and all would go y
well,but there's some that's dead that ft
died in wrath and bitterness with others a
for his sake. Look at poor old Mrs. Itog- n
erson-how she turned against Mr. Tomn. v
good dutiful son as he was, because he It
wouldn't stay by Mr. Dick through thick a
and thin, and defend him as if he were in- n
nocent. Poor dear old lady, she knows n
better where she's been this many a day. 14
But Mr. Dick had better wait to ask yoy r h
forgiveness till he can ask hers too. You (
forgive him, ma'am.' says I, 'and that's tl
enough for you, but I maintain that he'd 0
have no right to come disturbing your h
mind to ease his own.' " ti
"There was one that would have been
glad to see him, had he returned in ever b
such shame and ctisery," said kindly old t
-r. Lee. h
"Aye, aye," chimed Peter "I know ti
who you mean. You know she was on f
the charity school committee, and when v
the 'lection board met here, she always e
just stepped in yonder and took a look at
that rum picture on the wall. She never b
thought I saw her. She never thought
nobody was looking at her. My old
woman says she always walked reg
ulsa Imer them green avenues by I
the old bbev where she used to t
walk with Mr, ick when he was court- a
lag y her. ay beshe thoughthe'dbe I
sure to go there,l ever he'd come back." (
At that Instant the stranger came sd- g
denly out of the browneloset, ersed the t
corfee-room, left the house, and walked a
up the street towards the main quarter of a
the town.
That stranger knew a little boy who
had attended many a service in that cathe
dral-awed by its sweet musice, wonder
ing at its white-robed ehoristers. The g
little boy had known every face on the
quaint gargoyles of the aneient chapter- I
house, wd-with child-like familiarity he I
had given a name to each one of those on- I
tortd countenances. That little boy, !
muffled in black weeers, had stood be- a
side a open grave dright uder thegreat I
west window, ad listened to a funeral It
service over a little sister. The stranger t
went to seek that little grave-went (
straight to it without one mistaken step. t
Bat it is not a little grave any more, for
underthe name of "Amy Rgerson, aged i i
four," Is written "Also the Rev. Richard g
Rogerson, fatherof the above, aged seven- e
ty. Als his w fe Amela, aged sixty- e
alne. Also their son Thomas, aged for- i
Olk Uttle mt ter, who went so long be
ore how muhb did yo know of earth
whiie you were s owing up in heavere ?,
Was not your fa ver ry ga on the day ,
when he enteed rest and oned the fold-,
ed lamb of happiaer tiues Oh,littlesis- -
terl is thesre any look on thes face on an c
el, whose haman heart was broken?
e stranger stood still by that house- C
hold tomb, and looked around. There ,
was another grave which that little boy e
had known-the family grave of that lit- o
tie boy's playfellow, thle lleront. But:
the stranger knew that he coulll
not find that grave in the tw,
lght, though he could have found the I
way to their house in the utter darkness li
AL V A EiALAAq lAis
lie eri',ed' tae ('athiidral Sqiuare, and
istied ,uit on No'rlh.iin Iiiih Street. The
sliop; wei.r, briltit with ('hri-tn.Ls good.,
and buI- wih I b'ri-tim i tra le.
'l'her wa a little, thi:n. -hIarp-lookiit
widow, %. i:h a h,~v on olne. -il," a:il a girl
(lon tih otlh.r. g,.atil iItIntently o ntoe ihli. e.t
drape:r'.1 l hop. 'lh. tr.tinrr -tool till
1whfli hite tirht Saw th: ,l. ::.n! then. he went
!o -lowly:i l 11141 stood e b,.inrd thil rie.
I" i'. n? go lo wI'-I lg nir tilEi.,, M::r
.E.-" ,.i:l thie mothller. "t'r we't" ai't ia
tiErl tEo boy anythilng."
" B:it I l ikin dotlii't Ilil ti tamil ta."
pillI.d 31.rge. "anti I'd lake to phln
what l'd giv Vyou it I rotlhl, ll maIiai;. llIand
to dci. te w'halit I lllll i like Vlli to give
lle'. Tlhere.. . u .-lhu':il hiave that aull ti
itil lhick ,l lk -ilk. and it shoulbt be iiatle
with it iE p il t I liltn e like' t' sat'olitr'
wil:e. trol (tu -,fIlld hal' that .oft gsraV
lhawl t. \ wiear with it. And I would havei'
two olf thlot" IMerinoltE-a I l ark brown for
very--lay, aln-! an ollive -reen tlir Sun
dv.tl. ai onie of lthoie i"at. plllilai Elck
cloth Ajl kt.. All! ho"i' Tom ton. off"
to IEk tit thli' I' thI s. Tula iis goingli to
-lave -AXIXplnlee weet'; to bhlV EoIe, mIanimii.
biut Wo Iit it take a tIlln 8io'e?"
"' Ah. Ii wisIh I coult give you children
pleatsat -liurpri- ." -ai1 tnliatnma wittIul
y.. "In a E fwII ttl lf that kitn of
i" lI uso ',o are still, nlammy dear,"
.,iarg"ey repliehd, liprotsing fondll to her.
I" In't it alwayv :, pl-;tl t suirlprie wheni
otll mliai:ke I -. a tlliuliTn? l'i -tire wei
are very hiiappy. aid I won't talk aniii
mInure f Elny noneEt'ilSE if It worries vou.l
Th theII,' little groap paieOt'i o' ianid
the tall straniiger followed thm outil of the
glare of the gaslighlt into a small by,-wav,
wi lsre thy tenteredl a holue with " Mrs.
T. ltogEr-n .li lay-school for Voltngl l I
dies.'' writtein on the door. * Then hei
w.it haI k to tlhe Iigh Street. ald that
sa;nle liilit a large pairEl frol the dlra
e"r'. Ea. it" For Mrs. ltogersoon aind lMi~s
rMargery." an,1 a little packet fronti the
j,.w,,hr'l , for "" Master Tom Iogerson."
"'"Everytiihing we wanited," sighed Mar
gervy :pll ly. "I onit hope they are
real. Hlow eouldL they have come? The
shop-pt.oplle :ay they were orderled by a
tail. Ilrk genitleaiiniii. very lpaile. I wish
mliiaiaili wouldl let I believe in hiiosts,
aiid tlhen we c'.lld undeIiltrstand it easily,
tir that d.lecriptionl is likel dealer papa. But
Sliever did hlear of any ghost thait had
lmoneyltV. I wondier what Aunt Mary will
say whei shite comei to-morrow !"
The stranger Welnt back to ilhe Four
Swanl . Next miorling he went to the
Ecathedtral. nI1dt stole into a sh:ady corner
to take part in the serviee. The -harp lit
tle widow e'tme in, looking sweeter and
happier than would have seenied possibih
the night before. Bekside Margery and
Tom. she had a lady with her-an elderly.
fragile-looking lady. with one of those
pale, lair face., that look as if perfect re
pose wasl their only remaining atmos
phere of lifte, and any jarrilw deement,
even ol f jyv. would shake ani renild the
tender spirit from its feeble dwelling. A
face brlght with splliritual joy, ind tipleas
alit filancies and sentimehts. God often
se'ilnds plesait fancies to tlhose pure but
weaklV souls that could never ripe to cre
ate and grasp pleasant facts. What are
such faiiese but the dainty aroma of the
royal feast awaitiig them in their Father's
miianion ?
Lowly kneeled time stranger through
the old familiar prayers. He sat leaning I
forwards with his face in his hand, wh ille
the white-stoled choir chanted the glori
rits athemu: "'tlorv be to God in the
lighest, and on earth peace, good will to- t
wards meit."
Then be came out, silently, among the
rowd of worshippers. People were w ex
!hanging good wishes with each other
tctually Peter, the old waiter, saluted
IVen Ilm with "A merry Christnas."
A merry Christmas! t
The stranger staved and wandered e
umong the graves. There was'a world of e
silent memory seething in his heart. Be- r
ide that vision of the little boy, listening
we - struck to the choir, there w
rain. extravaga it, selfish, counting I
ta of nought, or of little value, all t
the love ani pride and household joy t
which looked so very fair from this point a
f view, this lonely wanderine among
the dead! More pictures stir. Of a
young iwan, reckless and cruel in his sins, t
full of that bravado which dares God and c
onod men out of fear of the devil and his V
minions; of the ghastly horrors of a con- a
vict ship; of a shunned man on a wild, a
lawless shore-the prodigal feeding on the
twine's husks. Then of a little rough,
miscellaneous group, listening to a simple t
mission sermon, which even "black tel
lows" could understand, and which, per- 1i
haps. was the more likely to touch the
white men, because it was so like what i
theyr had heard at their mother's knee,
tr in their Sabbath-schools; of a hard d
heart broken, of a sinner seeking salva
tion, as men dying with thirst seek for t
water-springs. And then the sweet 1
household instincts, drie i and deaid under
the forgetfulness of God. stirring again
In the remembrance of Him, an the re
turn to his ways. O God! such longinga '
for a comforting word in the old familiar
voices-such dreams of atonement and re I
oncillation ! a
All theise memories between that little
boy and this strange, silent man, whom t
nobody knew. e
Was there any long-tried servant of
tod in Norham that afternoon, poor,i
bumble, stricken, and tempted to think
that God itn his mercy forgets his justie,
and tears the moral from the which
lle purlfles with his pardon bloodi?
Dr was there any heedless young sinner,
iattering himself that he will repent in '
time, and that then all will be aslf he had a
never sinned? Could either have read the
ste~rta of that silent wanderer, each
would havegota lon never teo he for
" Howcan I bear it?he aid to hlmelf. I
" I wanted to hear the divine love and for
iveness in a dear human voleoe; but I I
must not tear open old wounds that are
healed as much as such wounds can ever
heal. It is just. They cannot forget
My life tlies among theirs like a waste
Ield, whence lnolxious weeds creep into
other people's gardens. Will God '
eis forgt? How can I bear even I
he pardon, hiL eyel is xe.l on the sins
that hang about my neck ? And yet, O
iod, thogThou slayest me, yet will I
trust in Te"
And so he made his way amlong the I
long grass to a square, old-fashioned
grave-with all the names on it very old, I
except one, wlhich, with its remarkable
epitaph, had only been written the very I
To the memory ot
BARBARA HERON,
Aged 47,
who expressly desirett that these words of God
piouldbe written on her grave for the comfort of I
whoever should eome here, repentant and sorrow I
"Who itaGodilke uanto Thee?....Thou wilt
'For the Lord shall comfort Zion: He will
comfort all her waste jlaces, and He will make •
her Wvlderness like EIlen, and her desert like the
garlen of the Lori: jr and gladness shall be I
PSttndI therin: thaaksgiviing .mnI th. voice 01 mel
oiy."'
And the strailer h,,wed himself to the I
groitiiall. as if lie la1d hear.! an angel's
soce. Perhaps lit' ilHl, here was the
love-type of that heavenly love that he I
wes wildly clutching In a faith that was
h:alf despair !-the- love that survived sin
and sutteri::a and death. antd stretchedI a
hand to save and soothe from the very
grave itself,
Oh. liarbari., 8l:irhara, your tendernesl
haul taught you to l;y sweet lsnare- for
every po'sit'le Ipportunitvy! Oh. Btarba
ra, luarbara! surely God muist hatvet conm
fortel you in your lo-nly walkinu in
tho-e "rieen avenues by t ihe ruined albbey.
11e. dlieiot empty your lfroe heart of its
earthly love-, but hel4 drepl)peel into it a
hailm which chaeutg I its litternw-s to ce
lestial nectar. 1p in heaven. where you
are. li1rbara, there is only joy over the
ret lrnli g .-inner !
And still the stranger sat on the' d:lampl'
winter sodt, with his face between hlis
handl. lie was nut wishing her back. th'e
clear love of his youth. Better where silhe
was. where no mortal soil could ever
toel·h that great love, which was
long enough, and strong enough, toi
stretch from heaven to earth. Only thcer
lie sat. shutting out from his eyes the
sweet;' pi)eaclul scene'C around hint, even
a- they must be' -hut fruom his lifte, and
se'eig far b.'yonl the '" waste places" and
" a ihllrness" that his own sins had made.
into that joyfill country where "" the ran
,urnled of the Lord shall return," wher-e I
"" they shall obtain joy and gl:tinees, and ,
corrow and sighing shall flee away."
That night the- stranuger walkdI a:i in i1
front of that lowly house in the quitet he
way. I'hritmlna- savors catile tir.lu.a;l
the kitchen window, bright light gle'antl,
beteeen the turt:tin. e,even sound. of ,glht
youIngI laughter and mUerry song reachedl
the lonely watcher without. All lit
could thank Gtod for tlhem now. lhe
could even sauile in sympathy withl thi
joy he eninht not share lie 1hai lhi. own.
In thatiowly lihmuet, after supper. wh.en
the young ones we-re quliet roull the t ire
'rackinig nuts and a.-king riddle-, Aunt
M!ary I-il into a soft .-,-p in the sofa.
l'lhey- saw helr smile in her slumnber, alil
when she awoke sic told theni in liher ub
dued, pathetic little voice, that she hal
leesn dreaminig of poor UIcle DIick: sil
saw him with dear :arbara lleroit. and
II.trbara looked so hl:ippv . " And eventi
in mny .sleep, dears." -'e said., I won
dered within mryself, wire we all ein
earth still, or alt safte together in hi'av
cit?"
It Inust have he-n :about thalt tinlh that
the , tranger lelt Norhanm by thle lidtnightl
mltail-train. lie stoodl up in the carriage.
and strethe,! out his head till the last
lspire of Norhalm Cathedra:l was lowt in thee
dl:arknlcss. Bt evein he had gotten hi
('hristemlas blessintl ere he departed--the
pirodigal son hlad fountd his royal feiast-
heave-tlyv peace and humlan love.
l" le came and lie welnt like a glhost !"
saNl old Peter, at the Four Swalls.-S'n- i
day M.Iyu i;ite.
Cinchona.
It ic doubtful whether the aboriginal in
lhabitaeat- of Peru, lolivia and Ecuador,
were acquainteJ with the virtues of the
einchona plant as a febrifuge. It senems
Srobable, nevertheless, that the Indiansol
.oxa, two hundred and thirty wiles south
of Peru. were aware of the qualities of
the bark, for there its Ilue was first Ina !e
known to Eurotpenuls. It was forty years I
afte'r the Ilwcicl.ation of Peru, however. I
btfore any comrnunication of the remedial I
secret was made to the Spanliards. Joseph I
de Jussieu re-ports that in 1600 a Jesuit.
who lead a: f.ver at Malacotas, was cured
by Peruvian bark. In 1638 the coutess t
Ana of Chinchon was suffering from ter
tian fever anlI ague at Lima, whither she
had accomnpanied the viceroy, her hus
band. The eorregillor of Loxa, Don Juan
Lopez de Canizazes, sent a parcel of pow
tired quinquina bark to her physician. I
Juan de Vega, assuring him that It was as
sovereign and inftllible remedy for "ter- a
tiana." It was adminiatered to the count
ess, who was sixty-two years of age, and a
ellected a complete cure. This countess, t
returning withi her husband to Spain in
I640, brought with her a quantity of the
healing bark. Hence it was sometimes
called "coun'ess' bark" and "countess' o
powder." Her famous cure inducee. Lin- i
nteus. long after, to name the whole ge- 1
tus of quinine-bearing trees, in her hon- t
r, "Cinchona." By modsrn writers the u
irast h has usually been droiped, and the I
word is now almost invariably spelled in
that way, insteadl of the more etymoloii- ii
?al " Jhinchona." The Jesuits after- 1i
ward made great and effective use ii
f It in their missionary expeditions, n
mad it was a ludicrous resulit of their c
patronage that its use should have
Keen for a long time opposed by Protes- it
tants and favored by Catcolics. r 1679. c
Louis XIV. bought the secret of ppar
ig quinquina from Sir Robert Tal boy, an 1I
lnflish Doctor, for two thousand t
Iouisd'or, a large pension and a title.
Under the Grand Monarch it was usel at
Sensert, mingled with Spanish wine. The
relay of its discovery until the severn- u
teenth century has probably lost to the
world numbers of valuable lives, Had s
Alexander the Great, who died of the
ommon remittent fever of Babylon, been P
iequaainted with cinehola bark, his death c
would have been averted and the partition ,
of the Macedonian empire indefinitely a
potpolntd. Oliver Cromwell was carried s
It by an ague, which the adulministration
f quinine would easily have cured. The
bigotry of medical science, even after its u
Iuicacy was known and proved, fr along ii
time retarded its dissemminatlon. In 1721, :1
La Fontaine, at the instance of the lady
who owed her life to it, the countess of t
Bullion, composed a poem in two cantos
to celebrate its virtues; but the remarka
bIe beauty of the leaves of the cinchona i
uad the dellcious fragrance of Its flowers c
with allusions with which he might have a
adorned his verses, were still unknown in o
ThIe clcbonas under favorable eircam
tances become large trees : at present,
however, in any of the explored and ex
plolted regions of their growth, the shoots
or suckers of the plats are all that re
main. Wherever they abound they form
the handsomest foliage of the forest. The e
leaves are lanceolate, glossy and vividly t
green, traversed by rich crimson veins:
the flowers hang in clus'ering pellicles, b
like lilacs, or deep roseolor, and fill the a
vicinity with rich perfume.-January Lip- (
piceott. t
Hint. fr eYong oethers.
The three requisites for babies are plen- c
ty of sleep, plenty of food, plenty of flan
rel. The saying that man is a bundle of c
babits is as true of babies as it is of grown c
children. If an infant is cenustomedfrom a
Its birth to sleep from 6 o'clock at night i
until daylight, the habit of early sleep will
be formed, and the mother may have all
her evenings to herself. If the baby sleept
all night, a long morning nmp will natur
ally come about dinner time, after which c
the child, except when veryyoung, should r
be kept awaLkeuntll6 olock. Perserver- r
ance in this routine will soon result in a- I
curing quiet evenings for both the child -
and parent. Some mothers have a long
season every morning and every night in r
getting the baby asleep. They rock them t
and sing them till Morpheus enfoldsr
them. With most chiltlires this is entire- a
ly unnecessary. An infant can be accus- t
tomed. by a few days training, to go to :
sleepl it-self for a morning nap as well as t
for the longer rest at nlght.-Juurnal (J i
Chemkistry. I
The 'Popular Ca('pacity for Scandal.
(itne of the mo-t sa' liening :ndl hlumiili
:•ting" a xhilhitisnu lih w leuIIii:mtc l l natutere
eve'r Iul.ke'- ,f itf in it i. cfredly ere
dtiyitV to 'hie;,.l all re!)or:; of tihe tatl-it
Ie' ne"':or; of ge lul l enl . If '., i'n -:'1,t!
iig : a I ,'i':i tfhrlel. it,, t. i',ei!tnlLiellt V :
it h.e t 6 ll a  tit-' r- licker :ul !ie.enouie,'r
of s-e til a:lld pj ,lihi ':il -ili; ithe he 1o:.. ,
ip to l by ally ' idiitlert 'l' i milt r rl!of pi o
jple a"i an exatlpll ' llr ttllirti.: iif tile, wieli'l
ireil ! iani puer of hi< li. e. ii a hli-h
SI, ltpure directlio it hi: liter i.tal:ctyv a ;
intiloiet'e retiu..r lnt ay:li'r ie eti :.a:tlu-It ll
'ch:atrtt"ter must imier lbalileh., C ':i imo-t
re 1tily doi's -i hi :lie .ai iii eeithd e'.ic r lre
lih vert. It mliltterlllr, t tIram whli.t!t - res'
Ithe -ll der wleay Colitn '. .ithili t .les- will
et ini"l'nenc'ted by a ri' jureIteatrint it oitl
man' ch:cral'tt r fromli o.t we. W. ei!lt not
he believel tid.c r o:th in an:Uy matter in
volvilhg tilt" leti'llni'i try i e re.L ofl th ilty
centli . Thi <:latielher: may bl liCe lntor:l'ti- ly
bas'*--l1 V tie pa itlbe'-r te ti0. we r-t pai
ion andi the L lowe-t vi e ,. -IlicV e a
e'hamele-s . ineer .agtin t -ee..cl virtue
maiy lite a tih.I; a : tioirioj:i liar, a dlrunik
ard. a liherlhir, orit h:ulnt-all thll In:it
ties nothing' .i' e_ fr inie thlli.t throwet
the miuti i. iit re'iar.e"I. 'Tl'.e whiter ' otl
,4'ct at which the tletiol di. ('li:ire" :are' ailm
ell ci  ni "v -?els : :ltl tilef eligih iof thell y 1V
cLittle r.; andI lioekil'--one i; 'iaL-Itired by
h -le - 'e.-~ t t" . -tail. cligel lt to( be le
ili ,1 ile
A- tlt wep..n thei worldliit:l and tie man
who profelli .. tole. gilhtel atnl c'nitrolle'hi
l)vy n 'r-tianlr t tiv .., all this c4 i= leuiral
enoulgh. ie litani i)riiitl lip in his l Mll-h1
and -eii-iL.tl hetligt , whnl( ce'-i t hrli-ti:it
fall. r helars tle report that hle h li hllen,
i< naitirllv ca.'oIli;rte.l in the btlief that.
ariter al!. liut a"'' :IkeL-t hat i  olle of
thl Ill, ihuwever' Iuielih lite' IliV lpr.otet,. is
better ithan aeoethler. It i qllite' e-,enti:al
himiuqlf il thliis eonvilt' oion he. o whe i"
gre:at -caudal at'ri-b iin qliert ers where he
liLs t.,ntd hlmit i flttl lii eoour-e of life
c' il thtili . ie, liet 'ii- s with reat.l ear.r
utdl is uninit-akahlv glad. We ;:Isy thi. i"
natural. lowveetr batc' ial Iinlligenalit it
iuay be btit when leIopleh repuitesi geeºl
aiv. le ile pro ii--tiei lto b. t'ri-titini
ilie ru tlheilr virtulon hele'rs arl hiake
Ilair i eb li.e heads, e wail'e a i fouil 'ie:lt
toih'ilies vitally the charmlier of one of
their ow uir aend ilnenaces! the ex
tileat.iiheiinUt of an inllueneet hig,.her
lieniial r, by which the worll is iteei' ltwt
ter, we halinlg our eaeie, with shamlne. or
iaii-e their with iclieuation. It sell
thing s this is natural, it pro ves jtist one
thiling, viz t that :he men are hypocrites.
Tl'here i no mant, Christian or Plgan. whoi
eeal It ejOiee in the faintie-t degree oter tilh
relputed fill of any other ti.t an fromi r'ctt
titde', without beiigit heart heart amp. All
this readiness to believe evil of others, a -
l.ceially of those who have beeil reputed
to be eminently good, is an evidencei of
consetioes weakltws ewiile'r temptation, eor
of conscious proclivity to vice tha t ills
comfort in e'inetit compaiiioeshiip.
Scri6ner's.
Do Cats Kill Babies I
The old superstition that cats sometines
kill inflnts bly siekine their tereat leat
hi-'1n late'ly revive-d by a story in i P'ort
l:Hid paper, iit which it ir stated that a
babe was receintly fund deal iu that city.
with a large cat hying upon its brea-t. A
writer for lhe New York Tribu,ee shows,
that it would be almo-t intpossible for a
c't to kill a child by stking, its breath.
Alluding to the Portland case he says
"1 do not doubt the death of the child,
or that the animal was present at the time.
tbut that a cat "sucked its breath,"or
would or could do so. must be regarded as
a piece of gross superstitious ignorance ;
as such it ic hurtful and ought not to
pass unchallen:gedl. Death is a serious
nmatter, and thr threore ths subject nmust
be treated seriously, otherwise it were
ecm to ridclule the as.utmption made,
which I do not now meet for t le first time.
Let me say. then, that a cat could have
no possible motive for sucking a child's
breath, even if it were possible to do so.
The breath of any animal after it has en
tered the lungs Is disagreeable and poison
ous, and we know of no creature withi a
liking for such air.
Are we to suppose that the cat appliede
its lips closely to tihose of the child,and ex
hausted the lungs of the latter by filling
its own? If so, what next? The cat
must breathe or die. If It breathes, the
chId will breathe also and live.
But it may be said that the cat places
its mouth in such proximity to that of the
child, as to Istercept the pure air an, I so
"suic" in that which the child required.
This would involve the death of the cat
first. for it Is the smaller animal ; and the
child's mouth must also be in the proper i
position to iutercept~ the pure air required
l the eit. That the latter, either fromn
,-alignity or affection, would voluetaerily
suffer semi-suffocation, i.s of course ab
surd.
In fact, the statem nt is absurd alto
-erther, and it woule require the ciearestt
cIreumstantial descrilltion of the way in
which thie act was pgerformed, and thai by
a diinterested observer, to entitle the as
sertion even to the ton~leration hL're
-tiven. The true explanation of c ease
cc doubtless very simple. The cat lay
upon the child's moueth, and sosmootherl
it, or upon itl stomach and hest, andl by
:ts weight tired the respiratory musclesi
so that they gradually ceased to act, and
the poor little infant to breathe. lt me
say. in conciluion, that such accidents are
frequently facilitated by the senseless way
in which mothers and nurses place their
children, deeply imbedded in sornt clothes
ad pillows, depriving them, by soi doing,
l a full ,upply of the fresh, pure ai r,
which Is their very life."
caat lis laldpeeallce.
In discussing th question of colonial
Independence the St. John (N. B.) Glboe re
marks that there is no doubt that if Cana
da made up her mind to dissever her rela
tions with England no Englishman would
do anything to stop her, and many would
be glad to let her go; but, significantly
alcsl the Globe, "'the present leaders in
Canada will not take any stelps to make
the Dominion independent so long as they
can persuade England to guarantee hr I
loans and to create baronets atd knights
of themselves and their friends." These
consideratlons should not have much
weight in discussing the question whether
or not the Dominion of C anada shall be
come a free and independent republic,
and, like the United States. take care of
her own loans and titles of nobility. It
may be here mentioned t'at at the time
of the American Revolution a small par
ty wished to retain titles of rank and the
prerogatives of aristocratic and privileged I
classes, beet the plain republican senti
meat overwhelmed the adherents of al
mock nobility, and they finally dwindled
into country squires and Georgia majors
-an aristocracy that exists to this day. 1
When the Dominion of Canada becomes a
republic, as in proper time it surely will,
the " almighty dollar" is as likely to be
the ruling elment of' her le'otle as It is
a.serte' lee be thlat of leer cou.its a'ro.s
the St. Lawten'ce ,.t thlii tite. awl all
thoughts ol a Ibtue-blotle.' nobiiitv will
be sunk Into insignifi.auce when wa.iglhed
in the scale against dollars and cents. or
pounds. shillings and pence.--E&.
The Wealith! of our President.
%"a'ihillt.tonl l:tI aill cat, ;to' Vai'II' M!i
.Iitlir,.. die, d l,,oor. :lit1 h:al i-t I "',,1
.r, -- l'c"" h -tl hi. li',rtry i.i. r-t.t,.
11,","1.1I ,t-' I ., -4-:1 unable to p]ty h - .,l, h .
.11 li-,o n .vt .'l h ei- ,,!1 V .1 11l ,. I o: nll.
':Xr:t i, - t.y 1,'i. .Th . ,rline o hi- wi4l
'4t w\ l- e , "riN It- l . th14 iturtch.i .,of hil.
tiel -.. l. .r. th, ,,e ta. btr. I at till
."xp,,l-e tit his It!:iv.- in a ct1 niIltl"y
mit',.q ar t ',e il :ind Third strv'.et , ,^tir
the Itu rv. in N, w Yirk t'ity.
J4h1}u, *e;i n At.. 14a1- left ; .ill 80,0it0.
tht. r-. ult (it inlu-tr . lr4l,,-n .. :24,I
2a stmtl ilnhlril:1ar . 1 1. H, -- 4411 2t4 li al
4l.4i 4' .414 a i i 111 eIP'il.
.\ulrh'w ,Ja'k-t h'f a vI\aht shl, entairl
knol 'nlaw thit' "- ,rit:,.." ut tw elve
mnile+ trim \a-hvilhl. T,.h in.
.11 'tin V'::u ltnr'n diit, i . III. , ,.
t't' 1 .-' :1 ,'=titia t ". t :! n ';riV' I'" 1.11I- .
.1a1,. K. l'ilk h ft :2.hut1 i L #1.:11,1::.
Iliohn i ' ' .r ws,;l. t i,4trult whenl he'
h i.44 '!l lrt -I !.i nt. Il, lh .-;:ti ,'. hi
ml':u4:- wh ile i4 4.|i|',. Mill 4a44 rit-I a ri,-h
wit,-. and di,.l \w,,..l, :v iln w,,rhllc l;rtu el.'.
ZI"'',,,:ti' 1 T.1,vho" hfi til,,,4t $1 ,AIni. .
Mill:r It, illimore i a2 w;Ealtlhy in44'1.
FI'r:tinkli1 l'i.r-- .-:tvt. dl.4 i , d rinll'i 1 r
hii to.ril f i* rvi.0e ,t 1'r:"-ite-'ut.
.tani .s it'i,.h.tn:i n di+l 2i l,:1.114,4'h r, . 44,41
14ft au4 t.-t2:4 , vial d.t l .t $'21U.1l.'. .at lta
Iv -t.
It' '".
Atr, ih:tni Lin4 l:I hlft aib, olt $7i.11.00.
.Iobsion~ i- >aidl Dto t wort'h aitolit $.'/!
Pre-bl" ,it (:rant wai poor 1bfore the
tar. It- a '.Ir.i"tuil hi1.i-adrv of Li; sala
ryv Mi4l tihroll"lh the14 ge1'ner4lsl giltst ofi
frien-d; htfltore he tla:i.e Pre-,ident. hi'
f ort u i a, it - bI l:l 1 : O.t"e- 1 4 4l-,'t'iene'.- .l t., r.
('Corn aI Fuel.
A c'iri4,ti4- ta-s t.4 , 1l:t!r.s cxiar in somsi'
portionns t l" illi'- e-t. Famirlr4 alre, not4
oeily b4lrnii4g ,','4 t fiiel 21at the pretsetiit
Ii4i, 11it l1ai',2 il h -uppliei , to sI vi. for
ths Winltle-r. It i- ::- .rss] tht: I'lorn giv'es
a l.-ttt-r h41at tfr 'iakiiil lug lipElt,-' than
it'i\ wP.'~1.1 pirin, {hife hickory. while, for
e4'4on.yIlV ' i*t"--unptionli ,li it is chehopt'r.
iI['.d n.1no I on the "piot cu,<t . .Al pi r
,or.l, -r+ . .1.10. A; co4m4tljare' with
coal, it !<" tm.- ,i4tt2,l tha1t th1?4e ton1 of corn1
will ;.ice hi at : dlual to (1v toll of coal.
while in e(n4t41m tI"f t i'. it 1; equal to (one
anl a 1half tin; of thte Litter.
Tlhat t1 <1 i- :n uilli n-l 1t eo-4com menn'itary
updIi 2ilr 1:tilitih' for tr4":nlportation (ails- I
not t deniisi.. .The t'ost of 0ood1 hi r4 in
the 1i'-t i4 no4ori4ili-ly large, :anil1 it i.
eqilUally true tihat liviu. ! expense,'' have in
but a s4d1! 4h gree it ar 4ras'-1 since the'
dlar4est pl'riod of the war. Yett. sitch are
the rat'es of frt-ight or the fewne--s of 1ar
rviilIg li:ls that it s-enm-: a better h LVing
operatiion t4o ih'lirn food than to --41i' it to
l2att'rn :markelt for -a:ile.
A cont2,mlo-aryr aptly .suggests that evi
detli.e i' hti-re atliirh,-l iof the grat1ldal di
'iinutiion of our tore4ts, a seriott+ fiact to
1which we have frequecntly a Iverte4d.
There are' stronllg eflbrt.s being made. byi
th44 Na'tional Bure.u of Agrlirlture, at3
-.eill i4 .y Sit:a:' seh-tieis, to plrottec't the
growing ti lhber, and suggeistions from
these sources should be heeded and acted
on. It. is tlhe burniing of grain Il
plIes, the w.14oolhiutd in the neitighlboMrhl l
,4f (rnn-pr0oduini dihstricts in the West
has: b'co4me so sadly depleted, it is time
that protective meal'ns were adopted and
'efletive mleans ilnauguratled which will at
tleast suppltV the deficit to future inhabit
ants of the country. ('urn may make ex
,'.lent fuil for future generations, but it
will sciar-c'ly answer as a material from
which housles or flurniture can be con
structed.-Seid,-e ic A 'rican.
Making Raisins from Grapes.
It seems very remarkable that no sue
cessful attempt has been made to dry our
Ame'ricanu gralpes. With thousands of
tons alinnually iprodlued--many hundre.ls
of which in :seasonsi of great abundance.
the owners wouhl gladly take two cents a
pounid t or-there seems to be no way toi
ilispos.- of them butll the wine-tub ; andu
even then, uileas doctored with alcoholic It
elem- nts, so repulsive to a larg'e and conl
tinualily rowinllc portion of the communi
ty, it is almost like throwing the grapes ,
atway.
Thle chief trouble with the Amerian n
grape is said to be that the skin is so "wa
ter-tight" that it will rather rot than dry
ulp; and it is supposed that the thin-skin
ned European crape is free from this de
fect, and thus iaffords the raisin-maker a
bwtter reason for his efforts. But those
w1ho have tried the grape as grown in our
hut-houses report that it is just as dial- h
cult to dry thoseof the American variety.
Ac we undlel'stand it, there is a process pe
cuiar to the raisin-making countries
which the gr.pe goes ihrough before It
will dry. This Is chiefly the dipping of
each bunch in a weak lye. The effect Is
to open the pores of the fruit, or to make
pores. and in tids way the surface mols
ture readily ec'apes under the proper di s
sicating trietment. In California, where
th. grape 4f Europe thrives In the open
air, as it will not do for us. they have ue
c4edeJd in making raisins equtal to thebest
of the Old World. These are sell in 
the San Francisco market at ten ty-four
cents per pound, which, alter deducting I
all the expensesof preparation and mane
facture.is said to leave eight cents per
,n')d for the grower of the gr pes. Now,
f we did inot know that in this region,
by the ordinary methods of drying, were
is no more success with the oe than
with the native grape, one migh say that
it was because they have the European
variety that they are sueessful; but as it
Is, it is evident that the whole secret is in
the manner of preparation, and it offers
encouragement to those who complain of
an overstock of fruit here in the Fast, to
ry over again what can be done In the
risin line.--Forney's Press.
Twa glass-blowers in thne vicinity of
Boston are making quite a profitable job
out of the great fire in the shape of curl
ous relies. Their plan of operation is to
blow bottles and other vessels into all sorts
of shape., resembling the result of Intense
h, at. while the inside is ingeniously filled
with liquids, from cheap wilsky to castor
oil. Corks are inserted showing every
degree of burning, from a slight scorcIi
to half consumption, while the contents
have the appearance of having remained
intact. These relies sell readily for from
22. c.nts upward.
A Ms who snoreIs was described by his
friend the other day as follows: *-Snores? .
Oh no, I guess not-nonamefor it! When
you wake up in the morning, and find
that the hciioe you lodge in has been moved
half a mile during the night by the respi- I
ratory vehemence of a fellow-lodger, you 1
may get som0 . idea of that fellow's per
fornmance. Ills landlady gets her house
moved back by turning "hi bed around."
-Japan is to !1; relprerent.d in the Vi
en.ia EXlltlitioln ot 1 7.1. (Jommis.!on
o'ri. who were, alpint4-d :4 year liro. have :
bl4-It bu.-y e'4h1t14ing : 41iip.,.45 of her veg
e-tahle an)d 41i44'ral prod'tctionl mid arti
cles of native llmlanutlture. The uncle of
the mikado will represent Japan In Vi
cant.
Learn to Litale.
lhit fir- t harn what li-tttint i --t'r it
i- hit ti.er!']% the extral'',i*" 41 the .1"1-t ." "t
th,'.i:!'!tli. 'r1'h.'"lliilitl."-1 "1t !3- :111 1":111 k "''i
1' ri g T11 4* p d t-tt: .1 11 -us1!1l -111 . To It-11.1
i'rl" t'op':' as!l mlit'tlh i ~IiUt. lT, li-ta.ti
,",1' r l lt :tile t" t 1 k1 ' ,,th1 ' r p '.,it l
:. Ik pr, ,,r'y. 'l'hI tl i- t ,h h: itiit . it it i
. :l,il :i ii'tt'lh-lt ll;iii 11:!.. 'l'h11" ,"1,,111 li-t,'iw r
- 1 )-, t tI.!'l ii ii tT hi, r-. :oll l a. :i
11,'.1"I r cxt'n'i:." of thi- ':11:th1:1, 11 I D t
r' .ilt. nl.i"', ý the Iliai 1,,! -av wh at
tihe thint k. :a'aIl !,." v',rIit"" tthinlk w :at
lh",n ua%. Faor the r,.ati ' -i l l,,j a :Iris
euritul when tilhv tinal 'h,. hiv, t h.iem t,,,
li'itener. Theyv iaw that 11:. y 1:.v t not
'11ii4 lit- -o t "lrtnlat.,:.i'. .ilt titv t,:l th. ir
I I I '- I . T i t1 : 1 t1! ' l) ; i n li - t , ,n i n l , 1 'xy .+ m -li " -
tita, - littar lmore tra ting titan hli t I l - t .. thil
it " , h ,. . .k litail th i- w ill ::1) t 1f ,l' 't h1 :1 , I .
Wlhen it i- im:,po,-ibi' to ,.at a!y;. hiulk ill
to'- g or ti-i-fia tp Tal i tlt of a i1. lit, Itte if
"'" li-lte ' l tI o It o ll i :ts* r. li-:t t altl ite '
enme will _rere to thia. lntl it i= aiot.
i-hixa lhow ittany goou chiiig- -oet' try
Iinlpr,,mi.i-in, Ipr- Ii- will -:IV ift they hr
lropl.rly uald ctnt i1t'6lioti-lv li-t ii.l Ito.
To tº. ..-1r' it i- ye. y 1611"11for ow.,in pr
-,:- to li-tn. They 'h:iv,: : :iiil 1",r ,:ilk
in: .. atlnd tllhey lik 1, t, ,x , .i- . it. lunt
th,',-,, :irt lilt ve.ry l),.r:ol:s wIl,) 1h, l d1
:r trat t.: I t I -tl :tait. Tl''heyv know
wihat a: luxury it i- to talk. aid the'v
-hoIld givr' tt'air ;amai iy .1it tritndi a
tchace to laearl the al i t.alta IL -h.. lttike
lIri'nr", tlhey will often indnl mulc :aidv:Ui
1il-e in a rota!ioi) of crop-. .1 -ea-onº 1tf
Ii t'iiting I- tattta aa IiInt-I ext llt-tt prepar
atlive ir a s'laton oft talk.
It i" "t.-It .ulp',-'"1d that if :1 mltln ha' a
gotald thinig tao iy, hI' will -av it, but
thiia 'o lt ia 1'-, arily the ciat ., 'ert'v ot-ll
tell he 'ever .iys it, tle'anlse lIo tull"e will
give hill it h !lt't'. II,' doi't wailt lto
wa:-tt' lhi "ptt''ch ot t)ol-. lat the sai:art
folk- watt l aili to col',t'ti hiltR-elf with
hatrini whatiii the'y have tio ,iay. "Thi hv;at
I'nli--ott ill Comllio. n _ wli t \'ilh Ve'l y it. gooI
thintgs. la'ritala-,. but with thinii - ithat
mighlt la-al to very go~wl ithin- -every
daly aitl eveiry hour. iIt tlhouandl- ofl Ifnll
lit'-. ill ovetr the lauid-to ay a' i.oihii
of ociety'.
T'hlire are thos-e who so shliliul hav'e a
chancelii' to a teak to intert',l earh that
they gra-aialliy withdraw tli,-'a ea-v iito
themselvell's, iwhlit re, not giteneral'ly litling
m11a Ii. the'y lintellect'utluly pi'61" iaway.
To bI, srt'. we l-hotillI nt thil to itlecotie
gaoo! talk, rs., if we c'an ; luit. ) viatl:t wie
naiV. we ':liiult imlo ake onea talker lofouir
.-lv-s, where.,. by pille-r li-tening, w"1
mly make ia ditiei talkers of otli,,r jto'.
pie.-- lº,. If ",!''-,l.
Mlarshal Illazaine.
The Frenclh havei' an inageniotu system
far e.iapt'lling a lpri-itn:r, by a proc'ess
akin to that where'by a stone i gralually
worn away lby the eontaat dlrippllint ft
water lupon it, to prove himself guilty It
fore trial. Their criminal proceyluire In'
gilit with anl iltaisition, of which the ili
uj sitor Isa taI allicial called thei ;-" /'; ,.
<true'ina. This personage; is ullownt toi
othier than Freinchl jurisl'rudet'ice, and is
only to be a'ompartd with thei litIen who,
altltt the solitude of dungeonil-walll. atd
aliniistered the rack andl thi' tlithumb-'erew
in olden Spain. A ma :. a-'tili, of any
oflense, however linoeant he lmay be, is
asubjs'tetlo tto mtle 'tal tacrtilr" itatlicttld
lby the jugst ' 'injituti".n, and is not .el
hdotu worriejd. out of intre r 'eariil '-s ndlt
pain, into slatements which alterwward alp
pear to .,et'tt himi on ti - publia,; trial.
lits inquisition it of so dem'criatie a a
tutre that it is uIndergone by disi.gui-hlit i
and ohlcure prisoniers alike. For thepa-t
touir or five months Malrslhal Ittzaine has4
iaten the victima of lthil aersi-tent, tinl-I.e,
pitile-s dripping of close iate'rrotga:ory
and vigilant cros-examinattiona and it is
_o wonder that, as those whlo have been
admittedl to sre him allega, his hair has
thinned and whitened, his color htas gowne,
and It' has thel aspect of a febl.ie and dis
heart".ned hi ol Ian. Day after day be
takes li i seat at a itdesk in his prison
house; thie cod aitind stern minister of the
law confrontis lhim; no one else is by ex
cept the judge's clerk, not even the plriso
ner'ts counsel; and, amid the solitude of
locked doors andl earefully-guarded ctlrrn
tiors, .question after question, searching
into the minutest events of his life, into
lte iiit'rnnermost .parings of motive, and the
laot lhidden implulses of the Ileart, falls
!ap'ati him until the passage of hiours thus
tlU'ployedl forces him to sink back hdulib
ahtl exhausted. Every answer is notedl,
word for word; a mis-statenent, all ta.s
sertion made when off hitaguard, a feetly
aiterle "no" or "yes," when he is so
wearied that lhe knows not what Is asked.
re placed on irrevocable recoird. and will
-nter into the Indictment when the judg
mnent-day arrives. Otherwise, the lot of
the eapitulator of Metz, even supposing
him guilty of the worst that is charged
agalust him, Is deserving of coinmisara
Jion. Few crlminal'aare the victims of
more severtty.-Aplapeton's Joeurnal.
Sure Test of Death.
To learn with absolute certainty wheth
e a person is dead or not, Dr. Hitago Ma -
nus sutugests the following simple metlh
od. Tle a strong ligature tightly around
a finger or toe of the supposel corpe,
nd if life is still present a reddening
which grows gradually darker until_ It
becomes a blulsh rad, will occur in that
prtion of the member beyond the con
strictad point. Where from exposure or
toll the skin of the finger has become very
watch thiekened, a toe may be slected.
)Oa the other hand, if life is extinct no
change in color will ensue. "'he bluish
oloration of the nails so often seen on the
lead body, and also In certain came ol
blood dis e. .d not be regardedmany
mource of fallacy; for alter the
ion of the i gature, lm lon _ re
mains in the body the whole of the limb,
from the plact of constrletIon to the ex
tremity, will be uniformly blue-red; but
If the coloration do not take place, or
oilay o.acers at a circumascribed spot, it
man with certainty be coneluded that the
spark of life has vanished.
The deep-seated arteries carry blood to
the extremities; the veins, which are
more superficial, return the blood toward
the heart. By the ligature the backward
flow of blood is arreated, when, If still
cireulating, it continues to pass into the
constrleted extremity through the at to
ries, and there aecumulating gives rise to
the peculiar color detacrbed. The object
of the above proceeding Is simple to as
certain whether the blood still circulates,
as the complete stoppage of this function,
acording to Dr. Magnus, is positive
proof of death.
It is recommended In the application of
thIs method that the large Iimbs, such an
the arms or thigh, be not chosen, because
the necessary amount of eorstrictlon can
not be so readily obtained, the numeroues
large, deep-lying veins of the museles not
being mifficiently compressed by the liga
litre. In case tine fngers or toes are aott
available, the lobe of the ear may be em
iiloyed.-(;calry.
"l'au question of Athure punishment l.4
getting to be quite an interesting o(te
amnolag M-lhodi-ts, several proatinint
aininters of that denaomination hteing
known and others susiicted of hohlhitg
views on the subject which, according to
tlhe orthodoxy of the majority of tl'e
Chaurch, are heretical.