A Boujonniere. A dewy fragrance drifis at times Across uy willing senses and leads the rillet of my rhymes from city gutters, gusts and grimes To lowland fields and fences. seem to sce, as I inhale This perfume faint and fleeting, Green hillsides sloping to a vale, Whose leafy shadows screen the pale Wood flowers from moonday’s greeting. I Lear the song—the sweet heartache— Just a pair of thrushes; Aud near, half dreaming, half swake, The ripple of the streamlet bread Their momentary hushes, yi 1 And why, dear heart, do 1 to-day, Hetamed in by court and alley, Seer lost in haunts of faud and fay ? Look |—on my coat I've pinned your spray Qf lillies-of-the-valley. TIERS HE. JOSEPH CHILBLUD Mt. Joseph Chilblud—Mr. Joseph ‘hilbind you will understand, not John, happy, good-hearted ne’er-do-well entered the breakfast-room on a chilly Lhe Pl ally at the table laid for the nd as Mr. Chilblud always expected t—spotless cloth and china, urn bubbling and steaming, wapkins prop- ie newspaper Spr receive the eggs, 1 and finally, tl and aired, and his easy-chair. tisfactory, Mr. Chilblud cros: tha fire, and, his position on ead across Tr io ie t henaturally g t A long, broad face, with very erein hide the wide, thin lips; light, pene- Yating lly-brushed dark hair, formed a t nsemble which, to one person at least, was altogether pleasing, and that person was Joseph Chilblud. Ww + very high opinion of himself, bot hysically and morally, and it is equall that he had grounds for in a somewhat humble loin GOIN 54 tion. raised himself until he age of 42, the post of £400 and £500 per annum, hood his life I temptations wd power to move him from : Whether this was hig d REET: ran 8 i $ : 8 § viet i virtue, 1 ri rit § ft OINeSS Od $34 and extreme recti s hard to say, but ce Mr. Joseph Chi “ # oid it y souare, was deemed character of and had been I rect business and a proof of whom he wl was pretty, rich and, moreover, she years of matn respect for her husban tha i hor ¢ quadrupie i eholder inspect 100, lady aller seven no i i stupendous talents, t sl ? " trike } OOK | inizi vey his wife’ £ was in | » y feverish. has bes raed Aan, « . + which was a natu slg per ning TOM ii Te with exel v that, I am afraid it is She will try to learn i though Dr. Sinclau strictly forbade her for another year at ‘ive her plenty of exer play, but no lessons until she is 5.’ yet she knows the whole alphabet an read little words!’ Mrs, Clul {a face was a mixture of dismay anc naturnal pride in her child's capacity, “Do you vour authority in the natter, my dear?’ 4 touch- 3 ieast, 4a 18 i+ 1150 I endeavor ell how or when she picks up her knowl- dge. And she asks me some strange jestions some times; I scarcely know how to answer her.’ Mr. Chilblud pushed back his chair, and took up his former position on the hearth rug—only with his back fo the fire this time. A little frown of uneasi- nese marred the customary serenity of + aspect, ‘Marian, he sald, after a lengthened pause, ‘we shall bave tc be extremely careful with Ethel, The child is pre- ternaturally quick, her brain power pre- ponderates unduly over the fragility of her body. She must be kept back; as Sinclair says, nothing must be allowed to excite the activity of the mind, but overy aid given to strengthening the delicate little frame. How is her appe- tite now?’ “Wonderfully good; in fact, as a rule, she appears to be in very fair health, 1 sometimes wonder if the constant sur. veillance we exert is not as harmful as allowng hor to learn what she can by herself.’ “My desnr Marian, in » case of this description a medical man mast be the judge, and my own opinion entirely coincides with that ex by Sine clair. ‘We must not allow Ethel’s intel- lect to be forced, or grave consequences may ensue, With Arthur it is entirely different. He is of a quiet, unexcitable somewhat phlegmatic temperament, and will plod steadily on without making a particularly brilliant show. I think the wisest course we can take is to send Fthel into the country. It is, of course, fmpossible for me to leave London just now, so that we cannot remove the household, but we can send the child to your sister's, The place is. extremely pleasant and healthy, there are little aries near her own age, the would be ont »f doors the greater part of the day, and Ge food fresh milk, eggs, and frait--. it ah is highly desirable. What do you say? can talk the matter over this evening.” “But Joseph,’ interposed Mrs, Chil- blud, anxiously, ‘‘you do not think she is going to be 111?" ates AS Now. children, attention! Wait, | Do 1 see a boy asleep?” Miss Burton once more roused Tom- band in his smooth precise tone, “only ‘Prevention is better than cure,’ with a child of Ethel's caliber one can not be too vigilant and careful. Now, my dear, we will have our plans; in the mean time le a truce to all lessons to-day; and could vou not invite the little Howlands over, and let them all have a good romp to- gether in the nursery? It would do Ethel good.” % i * to the uplifted hand, “Please, teacher, asleep.” . Brought thus plainly under hex notice, the teacher was compelled to see what she did not wish to observe at the mo- ment,’ “Tommy Carter, come here!” at the sound of his name the boy sat up “Why, Tommy! Tommy Carter's what is the meaning of this?"’ Burton in a kind voicef for the boy was of her pupils, and home lif age, a Hl under 7.—all the children in Miss Bu im’s room were under 7, yi on brightest about his een some, ht have 3 grimnes Bai lease, teacher, I didn’t mean ] 1 I wor so tired!” to sleep, bul “How is that?” “Yes, ves,” he said, in his lofty but polite voice: ‘‘one hears so many of | these kind of stories—generally excuses | for idleness, you know." | “But, 1 believe, I am almost positive, | 53 rents are both ee “Pardon me, but I should never get through my duties if I staid to listen to all the stories the children bring. The | way to do the work in a place of this | “But we are bound, in fairnegs, to have to account for their absence, late because she had had no food “f am really afraid, Miss Burton,” said Mr. Chilblud, impressively, “that you ire a little too sensitive for your post. Think of the cause in which you are he workers, the edu- a truly you, sharpen woes. real of of the masses! noble Do not, I pray feelings on the work. your i in ill “But.” said the teacher, bravely, “it t deal. | How can I compel a child to work woke me at b | § fred ght, and father he he fire. ‘cos mother couls ni erat tf AS up, ’cos she ant well.” “What kept you up so late?”’ “I had to mind the baby.”’ “Where was your mother?”’ “Please, teacher, mother went Dolphin to fetch father, and they « it till they turned out, * had a row, 1m id ome oO he knocked olay. i And he baby “Is your { ut of work?" “Yes. teacher, he's got a bad fool.” Miss Burton led child into head mistress’ room and gave her a roll out of the bag that contained her own lunch. ‘Nit down and eat that, and if [ can manage it I will go round and see ir mother after school.” The teacher's heart ached as she turned to the school-room. It wasl little more breakfastless to the the Ie- WOr- baby, sent i | ! i She knew well the extreme destitution there was amon poor neighberhood. cases in her own room, but it was only tress. Many a parcel of old clothes and boots she collected among her friends and distributed to the children, but nourish- want of rest and proper What can one expect from the exhausted systems of these babies?!’ | “Madam, you know theschedule, It was arranged with a pr knowledge . ‘ Opel under 7. **Yes, but h from these ill NANY cases, them bring You id is provided for them. 1 would venture to assert that are pretty well twen- ty.children with the same fare to-day ice of bres gd. with a dis . and, Many diseased children? ners U their S101 iw stl y ” black compoun ping, but grease | delicate ones fron ti foin il irintio EaAMInation, manner one fs YI00LF { ing s ih the 8 glone’s ng her through gro ing women an ren playing rarbage of all until she ittle Ann id's tale i wi with her and went den thought nearin } she rv at 4 uf raced] the door of i i it { by ¢ woman with a baby in her anms, “Good afternoon, Mrs, Collier; 1 just called to ask why Bobby has not been to idle, depraved parents, whe would strip every tidy article of apparel off their own and their children’s backs and more than decency or natural affection to them--drink. cases, “Now, Mary,” she would say, fastening a warm petticoat on a little girl, *‘tell your mother if you come to school without this to-morrow that I shall send you back. it every day.” Occasionally the hint had the desired effect, but not often. Returning to the school room, Miss Burtop stood still for a moment av vhe open door. The children had taken ad- vantage of her temporary absence to vacate their places, and were amusing themselves in various ways. And, worse than all, at the other door, leading from the main corridor, stood the inspector, the man whom they all dreaded because of his influence in high quarters, and because of his cold calculating nature, which regarded the maintenance of dis- cipline as the first law of the universe, There he stood, his light, inquiring eyes calmly taking in the whole scene, “tiood morning, Miss Burton. Um afraid my call is rather mopportune, May I ask do the children often disport themselves in this manner?’ Miss Burton colored at the sarcastic tone, but replied, quietly: “It is very unusual, 1 had occasion to take a child away who felt ill, and [ am sorry to see that the others have behaved badly during my absence.'’ “Hum! Perhaps it would have been better if you had sent a monitor, instead of leaving the room yourself. Kindly place the chuldren: I wish to exatnine rent Rel “1 am sorry, miss, but I could not him to come." “Why?” “He would not go without his boots, “Is your husband still cut of work?"’ | “Yes, miss, said the woman sadly; | it's over three months now since he “But you get help from the parish?” i “Not a farthing—they say we must | go into the house, they will not give | outdoor relief; and Jim, he's set against | that. He can’t bear the idea of break- | ing up the home, poor as it is; besides, There was quite a flash of pride in the spoke, “But you can not go out like this!” “Jim's got hopes of a job in a week or two--he has been half-promised, and it may lead to something constant, I go out washing and charing four days a week. so if we can only hold out a little longer things may get a bit brighter soon. If it wasn’t for the little ones 1 should not mind, but it’s hard to see them hungry and the cupboard empty.’ The mute sufferings in the woman's face was far more painful to witness than a demonstrative grief, Miss Burton laid her hand on her arm and said: ““T'ry and bear up, Mrs, Coltler; you have at least the consolation of knowing you do your best. As to Bobby, tell him he’s to come to school to-morrow. 1 will arrange about some new boots, 1 mean we will see te it amongst us.’ Not waiting to hear the woman's thanks, the teacher hurried away. w * ® - “ ® Dinner was over in Propriety square, The children who always camg down to dessert, had been ured and carried off by their nurse, r. und Mrs, Chil. bind indulged in a quiet conversa- tion about the arran mts for Ethel’s departure; for Mr. Chilblud bad mana. ged to see the doctor, who highly ao. proved of the country plan. Conse- | quently, it was to be put into executdon without loss of time, “We shall miss her dreadfully,’ said Mrs, Chilblud, with tears in her eyes. | “Of course we shall,” assented her | husband, ‘but it’s a case in which we | must make our feelings subservient to the child’s benefit.” and. with what lets to look over some memoranda pen- | ciled on them, Mrs, Chilblud bent over her work and | of the fire and the subdued ticking of the timepiece, It was a cold, dull evening. and the | room looked very comtoruable with its handsome furmture rich soft carpet, | and heavy plush curtams, on all of | which the firelight threw a thousand | dancing gleams, “Joseph said Mrs. Chilblud, suddenly | “1 want to | replied her lord | i “I am all attention,” “1 was reading in the paper this | morning about a child dying from over- [sit true? Do they really | make them work so hard | ard scl Mrs. Chilblud’s eves were {ull of pitying wonder, which her husband’s cold orbs quickly quenched. “My dear, pray do not you indu he absurd, mock sentimentality th iach in vogue at the present time. pressure, Nn these b oe aes W0OGIS the parents, ren can for a excellent educs from their wretched ness and 4 } t1 thems in vice and darkness ey would re: offspring the / forward ever hild ron’ ¢ nidren’'s att Grn vr $f ir thelr way. They put to prevent the ¢ } 1 when forced to se omplaints about the ame "hose cases of Nuptial Castoms Abroad In Bavaria the peasant girl telis he love, and after the engagement dance her mother relieves her ot all he work and about fattening ber up for the wedding day. igh relieved of domestic cares, she is by no idle, and finds the day and long nights too short for finishing her sewing, which ludes dresses, underciothes, sheels, pillow-slips, quilts, mats, tidies, table linen and stockings enough to last her for a dozen years. Any fantastic go will make her toilet, but be the color or fabric what it will a veil is indispensa.- ble, with a wreath of orange blossoms and a little satin pillow on which the wedding ring is carried. The cus! is usually about eight inches and radiantly decorated with ery or bead-work, in which all lage maldens have a finger, if but to d« a single stitch, The Russian bride wears a trousseau of blue, with a short, full veil fastened on to the bair with a wreath of silver ieaves, which may be made of solid sil- ver or fine wire, but where this extrav- agance is beyond the means of the bride, silver paper or tin-foil tuted, unless a coronet is plaited with silver ribbon. n the ceremony two rings are used, the bride decorating ! husband atter accepting his rin An Australian groom has to face the village maidens, who force him to run a UL sels "hot means py Ty Yad fon square embroid- *h ysl Lue Yiie is substi. ie In farther India the couple are mar- ried while seated on a circular matting placed In the sun. All the girls in the place constitute the bride maids. Each carries a staff bound with blue and finished at the end with a bunch of flery-red feathers. They dance around to rise till the girls have exausted their vocal selecticus and are too tired LW vary thelr graceful motions. An Egyptian bride wears a gorgeous embroidered with roses, birds of gay plumage, and graceful little Cupids, thrown out into | broad relief by outlines of silver thread | or gold lace, The veil is carelessly draped over the left shoulder, so as to partially obscure her face from the view of the groom, and fastened with a dia dem of ghittering gems. In Natal the bride wears a dress of | feathers, with metallic flowers in her | hair. She kneeis on a brass wire mat, with a shield in one hand and a knife | in the other. Her attendants, who are | selected because of strong lung power, | dance around her in circles, stamping, jumping, kicking any impediment that comes in their way, and making he air | resound with their hideous screams, i i i ss AI AIA The Alphabet in Japan. i There is a society lately formed in | Japan called the “Roman Alphabet Association,” and already it numbers. many thousand persons. The Chinese alphabet, composed of about 40,000 characters, had been discarded, and the Roman alfhabet, with some changes, substituted. As adapted by the Japan- ese, the alphabet consists of twenty-two letters. The consonants are taken at thelr Eoglish sounds, while the vowels are pronounced with their Italian ac- cent. The laborious study required to become proficient in the Japanese lang- uage proves it to be too slow a medium for the smcquisition of kmowledge for this awakened and progressive people, ————— A HI WS It is good to overcome evil with good, and it is evil to resist evil by evil. There is no sweeter than a WEALTH OF THE PRESIDENTS. Washington's Riches «- Jefferson's Losscs-Lincoln's Estate(ien. Grant's Salary. : Of the earlier presidents Washington When he died his estate at a moderate valuation was worth $300,000, Adams was a poor man, but independent in his last years, thanks to the good management of his wife, and died insolvent. His home was sold, and his daughter was saved from by the generosity of gave her $30,000, his library, and with the pro- his debts were paid, All of his descendants are poor. Madison left a handsome property, and was wealthy when president. Congress bought his manuscripts papers, paying $30,000 for then. Mrs, Madison's son, Payne Todd, squandered her property, and in a few years after her husband’s death she was poor. Hise was valued at $250 O00 in 1816, Monroe died insol sold his Virginia estate after the death and died in New York. John Quincy Adams left $50,000, His rew Jackson, was The Congress bought ceeds tale vy # ven He Jame i a Tica} x? yi erin Pes aikd He had a larg ¥313 + in puoi O52 11 WARS worth $200,» his nephews and A Japanese Superstition GOAaIY DPE Maly § ii people year aft cumulated wi if 1 tL Dil Bia i we shall exact life or the 80.000 of u that 1 an equal of my rad friends? ter does yOt f and 1 ] cholera will Kk ‘herefore be Cease from abstain from affected by the slaunghterman aside his ax, { the animal back to stall. and he and his comrades worship her as a divinity. Bigoted an- ti-flesh eaters are solemnly retailing the story and urging every one io give up meat, but for ourselves we cannot find words to fitly characterize such gross ignorance and credulity. mssinsso AAAI TI Antiguity of the Muff Yritiy mul 4 COASe & fr ifn 207 dian have {alles number, too late, and henceforth onl, Deeply iV admonitions he I warmed ere your cruelts animal in cow's threw a How 3 Jim The first appearance of the muff dates from the end of the sixteenth century. In the inventory of effects left Ly the widow of Nicolai, we read, “Item : one velvet muff lined with sable.” At Ven. joe we find a trace of the muff toward the end of the fifteenth century, Cele- brated court ladies and women of noble carried them, The most cele- brated and charming picture in which a muff is shown is that exquisite painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds, entitled “The Young Girl with a Muff,” which forms a part of the fine collection of the Mar- quis of Hertford. Nothing could be more delicate than this work, ‘ passing upon it, so which the artist has depicted the walk- ing motion—the body inclined a little forward, and the head to one side. This woman's bust, cut off at the muff, 1s so fine and fresh in tone, so radiantly orig. inal in design, that it would suffice alone to establish the immortal renown of Reynolds, for into this work the artist has put the quintessence of womanli- the ideal of the most exquisit En- glish loveliness, and has rendered it a | memorable type of chilly beauty. ANI I 50 5 Severe droughts and excessive mols. eld irit, submitting to God and Jleidine Pay will tw dana DEALING IN DEAD HORSFE Shoes, Fertilizers, Ladies’ Switches Buttons and Glue Made Out oi Defunct Equines, a—— — A crowd bad gathered on a South $ide street corner, where a horse with a broken leg had been shot. As the owner stood ruefully surveying his lose a fat, dark-complexioned man elbowed his way up and said, as he smiled grimly: “Say mister, if you will give it to me, gain?” The owner pondered a moment, looked around at the crowd, and re- marked “The animal is no use to me, and I guess you can huve it, but I’m blessed if'I know what you want with it You can have it if you will tell me.” “All right. You see a dead horse represents considerable money to me, and when I can get one, 1 am golog to drop onto 1t every time, 1'll haul the animal out to my place, where I will skinit and tan the hide, or else sell it raw to one of the tanners, I will then £0 to some boot and shoe firm, who will proceed to make it up into shoes, The leather, being soft and waterproof, makes up nicely and commands a fancy price. Yahoes "1 cart that horse away Is it a bas- the made leather is cared. ar ( sidered t proper ting The tail, can be made in gswileh for switch, tail and and ther AB BOON 4s “But, what mainder flesh?’ *O. they lie nes and come in handy, I raise lots iunsing = Ise f were to buy beef for them it would cost me a small fortune, When I get or buy dead horses 1 save some feeding the dogs on that. on it, and it don’t cost much, “The hoots I sell to some glue fac- tery, where they boiled down aud made int make use of Lhe Sometimes | i them as ferti stuff ] f vou want U ns. When 1 am busy and » of them 1 sell them tory. They make bat out of bones, 1 knife handles made cracks easily and is ONS are more gen. Ff 3 . t i GOR, Cou . 1 & 4% ot OL We eas, They thri ve are Dao o glue, the ths ny VAD any- . bones 3 : y meat for your ne know, ar i supply former possessor of Lhe ot seen Lo relish the idea of s being fed on horseflesh, and de clized the offer with thanks. - of Girls The Clothes Ja panos Japanese soumg men of fashion visit the girls just as they do in 1h t to restaurants and take them out to thems up with ream. They have ¢ wallzing is in o balls and parties wher i dulged in ad lintum. The wails, how- ever, wm, but Is liked by the Japanese excesdingly. The cos- tumes of Japan are more reform is country, is a recent innovatid Ta] the the lad) consonance with vement than those of European girls, First of The long e of steel and whaleb sash is wrapped around and around waist is hang down behind, elaborate bow panned again like those Seen n the reg of the ‘Mikado’ on ot of the ultra-fashionable girls Toko, how ever, have adopled a me 1 making their waists look smaller, according t the European modes, but no corse is ad simply a belt buckled around the waist, The lad fond of picking the strings of their banjo, and are up U the ti a fashion which has bee greatly in vogue among Americar gitls, Japanese giris at themselves in pretly much the same underwen: as American women, but their stockings ars built more on the order of a mitten for the hand, there being 8 separate récepiacie for A very cu- rious fact the reporter gleaned from the imerpreter was this: The Japanese think thet all Eurepeans have very old types of faces, dress American and all, no corset gash supplies ne, his mn silk th 1841 1 1x the FOOSE] Y and the en T™ 1 * Ls arge, 2 s Jala, re 18 DO nst Lhe sresenialion ir stage. Soe Nl 3 hod of £5 Ale mes in tig it eo the Vig toe, The Deepest A communication from Dr. Bailey | of the New Brunswick University, re | lative to the great depth of Lake Tem- isspuata, which empties by the Mada- waska into the St. John. Dr. Bailey | spent some time about the lake during {the past Summer in connection wih | the work of the Canadian Geological | Survey, and from three soundings made | near its southern extremity, depths of | 225, 400 and 500 feet were reached, and {it seems probable, adds Dr. Bailey, | from the statements of reliable parties, | that even this depth 's al Some places | considerably exceeded. The surface ol | the lake 1g, by the measurement of tos | anerold barometer, 400 feet above Lhe | tide level in the Bay of Funday, so [that it has a depth fully below tide- level. Dr. Bailey's communication [1s called forth by a report of the re of Urater lake in which depth, to judge from the | name, is no more than one might ex- pect from its voleanic origin But in Lake Temscouata there is a vdleanic character, and is evidently the If this should | Oregon, | the case of | nothing of | the whole depression | result of simple erosion | prove to be the deepest fresh waler lake in America, Dr. Bailey's contribution | to jeal science is a most ime portant one. ——— Sue: “The So weather always puckers u 5" i He Bhning up: “You don’t mean it?" “" . Ido” “wil go sleighing to-night?” “Yes: but why do you ask me to go he Sect it will be very ocoid to (} ni
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