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TOGETHER. vvnen two folks are side by s!de. The world is gav; SueAtly do the moments gi.de And fade away. When two folks are far apart, Their hives estranged Sorrow surges In the heart. The world is changed Eut whs:en twohbearts meet (n Sunimer day, Fadeth then the mist of pta Waer e those two stray. T1lE MOON AND TH E TOAD oP The Creation of Man. As To 'M i''j One of rhs Basolko* Trihr, . Henry 1. Stanlet. PArT 1. In the old, old times, all this land, and indeed, all the whole earth was covered with sweet water. But the water dried up or disappeared some. where, and the grasses, herbs and plants began to spring up above the ground, and some grew, in course of many moons, into trees, great and small, and the water was confined into streams and rivLr3, lakes and pools, and as the rain fei it kept the streams and rivers runniag, and the lakes and pools always fresh. There was no l!v ing thing moving upon the earth, until one day there sat by one of the pools a large Toad. Row long he had lived is not known, or how he. came -to be is not known; :t is suspected, however, that the water brought him forth out of some virtue that was in it. In the sky there was only the Moon glowing aund shining-on the earth there was but th-2 one Toid. It is siid that they conversed togother, and one day the Moon said to him: "I have an idea. I propose to mako a man and a woman to live on the fruits of the earth, for I believe that there is rinh abundance of food on i: fit for such creatures.' "Nay," said the Toad, "lot me make them, for 1 can make them fitter for the use of the earth than thou canst, for I belong to the earth while thou belongest to the sky. "Verily," replied the Moon, "thou hast the power to create creatures, which shall have but a brief existence, whereas, if I make them, chey will have something of my own natare; and it is a pity that the creatures of one's own making should suffer and die. Therefore, oh Toad, I propose to ro serve the power of creation for myself, that the creatures may be endo wed with perfection and enduring life." : "Al, Moon, be not envious of the power which I share with thee, but let me have my way. I will give tiem forms such as I have often dreamel of. The thought is big within me, an I in sist upon realiziu my ideas." "And thou be so resolved, observe my words, both thou and they shall die. Thee I sball slay myself and en i ut terly; and thy creatures can but follow thee, being of such frail material as thou canst give tham." "Ah, thou art angry now, b it I heed thee not. I am resolved that the creatures to inhabit this earth shil be of my own creating. Attend thou to thine own empire in the sky." Then the Moon rose sund soared up ward where its big shining face shone upon all the world. The Toad grew great with his con ception, until it ripened and issued onit in the shaps of twin beings, full-grown male and female. These were the first of our hind that ever trod the earth. The Moon beheld the event w'th. rage, an-i left its place in the sky to punish the Toad, who had infringed the privilege that he had thought to re serve for himself. He came direct to the Toad's 1'.01 and stood blazing y bright over it. "Miserab~le," he cried, ".vhait hast thou done?" "Patience, Moon; I but exercised my right and power. .It was within me to do it, anid lo, the deed is done.'' "Thou hast exalted thyself to be my~ equal in thine own esteem. Thy con - ceit hast clouded thy wi: and obscured thy memory of the warning I gave thee. Evdn hadist thou obtained a char ter from me to attempt the task, thou couldst have done no better than thoa hast done. Even as thou art inferior to me, so they will be inferior to those I could have endowed this earth with. Thy creatures are pitiful things, mere animals without sense, without the gift of perception, or self protection. They see3, they breathe, they exist; their lives can be measured by one round journey of mine. Were it not out of pity for them, I would even let them die. For pity's sake I propose to improve somewhat on what thou has done: their lives shall be lengtheced, and such intelligence as malformed beings as these can contain will I endow them with, for their guid'tnce thro,. A' a life that with all my p~ower must be t'roubled and sore. .But as for thee, whils: thou exist, my rage is perilons to them, therefore to save thy kin I end thee." Saving which the Moon advanced - upon Toad, and the fierce sparks from his burning face were shot forth and fell upon the Toad until he was con-, samed. The Moon then l athed in the pool, that the heat of his auger might be mod: erated, and the water became so heated that it was like that which is in a pot over a fire, and be stayed in it until the hissing rnd bubbling had subside i Then the Moon rose out of the pol and sought the creatures of Toad; and when he had found them, he caled them unto him, but they were afraidandi hid themselves. At this sight the Noon smiled ,as you sometimes see him~ <.n tio'~night-:, w ben he is a clear white, and fr-c from staio or blur, and be was pleased that Toad's creatures were afraid of him. "'Toor things," said he, "Toad has left me much to do yet before I can make them tit to be the first of earthly creatures." Saying which he laid hold :>n them, and bore them to the pool where.in he had bathe.1, ond which had been the home of Toad. .1-e held them in the water for some time, tenderly * bathing them, and stroking them here and there as a ;otter with his earthen ware, until bec had moulded them into somewhat of the shape we men and women possess now. The male becamne iistinguished by breadth of shoulderI :lepth of chest, larger bones and more substantial form; the female was slight sr in chest, slimmer of waist, and the breadth and fullness of the woman was :nidmost of the body at the hips. Then the Moon gave them names, the mnan, be called Eateta, the woman Hna and lie addressed them and said: *The Basoko are ir be ocupg'r lh.errnt WIth the C-'no to wi1thini a short distane f hbe rapids of Yawuuya, aind inland for a feW "Bateta, see this earth and the trees, and herbs and plants au,t grasses; the whole is for thee and thy wife Hanna, and for thy children whomn Hanna tay wife shall bear unto thee. I have re made thee greatly that thou and thine may enjoy such things as thou mayest find needful and fit. In order 1hat thou discover what things are iot noxious but beneficial for thee, I have placed the faculty of discernment within thy heal, which thou must ever exercise before thou canst become wise. The more thou prove this the more wilt thou be able to perceive the abundance of good things the earth possesses for the creatures which are to inhabit it. I have made thee and thy wife as perfect as is necesbary for the preservation and enjoyment of the term of life which by nature of the materials the Toad made thee of must needs be short. It is in thy power to prolong and shorten it. Some things I must teach thee. I give thee first an axe. I make fire for thee, which thon must feed from to time with wood, and the first and most necessary utensil for daily use Oioserve me while I make it for thee." The Moon took som3 dark clay by the pool, mixed it with water, kneaded it, and twisted it around until its shape was round and hollowed within, and h covered it with the embers of the fire, and bakedit; and when it was ready he handed it to them. "This vessel," continued the Moon. "is for the cooking of food. Thou wilt put water into it and place what soever edible thoa desirest to eat in the water. Th u wilt then place the vessel on the fire, which in time will boil the water and cook the edible. All vegetables, such as roots and bulbs,are improved in flavor and give superior noarishment by being thus cooked. It will become a serious matter for thee to know which of all the things pleas ant in appearance are also pleasant for tne parate. Bat shouldst thou be long in doubt and fearful of harm, ask, and I will answer thee." Having given the man and woman their first lesson, the Moon ascended to the sky, and from his lofty place shone upon them, and upon all the earth, with a pleased expressioa which com forted groatiy the lonely pair. Having watched the ascending Moon until he had ret ched his place in the sky Bateta and Hanna rose and tray elled on by the beautiful light which he gave them, until they came to a very large tree that bad fallen. The thickness of the prostrate trunk was about twice the height of their height. At the greater end there was a hole, into which they could walk without bending. Feeling a desire for sleep, Bateta laid his fire down outside near the hollowed entrance, cut up dry fuel, and his wife piled it on the fir?, while the flames grew brighter and lit the in terior. Bateta took Hanna by the hand and entered within the tree, and the two lay down together. Bat pres ently both complained of the hardness of their bed, and Bateta, after ponder ing awhile, rose, and going out plucked some freah large leaves of a plant that rew near the fallen tree, and returned laden1 with it. He spread it abontl thicklvan d Hanna rolle.l herself or it, and laughed gleefally as she said to Bat eta that it was soft and smooth and nce, and opening her arms she cried, --Com. Uateta, and rest by my side.'' rART II. Thaugh this waS the first day o! t irlvs the Moon had so per'fect" i*e untined and poor work of thc Toa:d that they were both mature imai :mad v oman. Within a month Hlanuali i'e twins, but one was male and thE 'dther female, and they were tiny dou hies of BattetaL and Hlanna, which st pleased Bateta that he mlinisteredl kind ly to his wife, who through her do'ubk1 charge wa prevenited froml doing anyv t ing else. T Jhus it wats that Bat''t:i, anxious foi the comfort of his wife and for thc nouishmient of his children. sought t( fiud choice things, but coQuld find( little to pleas the dainity taste whichi hi: wife hadl contrac'ted. WVhereupona looking up to the Mfoon with his ha nds ulifted. he cried out: --O)h Moon. list to thy creature ate a M wie lies languishing, and she hsataste strange to me which I can noi t sattisfy, and the children that have been horn unto us feed upon her body, nd~ her strength decreases fast. Come~ down, oh Mloon, and show me what fruit or herbs will cure her longing.'' The MIoon heard Bateta's voice, and coming out from behind the cloud with a white smiling face, said, ''It is well, Batta; io I comire to help thee." When the 3Ioon had app:'oached Bateta he showed the go~ 'en fruit 01 ~the nana-v~hich was the same plant wh' set leaves had formed the first bed of! himnself and wife. --Oth Jfaittz' mel this fruit. Ihow likest thou its fra gra nce-?" --It is beautiful and sweet. Oh Moon, if it lhe as who'lesomne for the boyv a it. is sv."'et to nell, my wife wil rejoice-in it.'' Thcn the Moon peled the banana and offered it to Bateta, upon which he' boldly ate' it, an'd the flavor was so peasant that lIE' -'"ught p('rmfission~ to tae one to hi wife W\hen H anna had tasted it -he also appea':red to en oy it; but she said -il M:.:n that I nee'd somuething,' eli fo i hace no0 strenti, anil I 0.1 thinidtng th-t thlis fruit will nIot"\ give toI mewhat I lose by. these ebildre.u.' to i ten to linnt's w.>' d-.bc whien he had heard. he said It wOm known to me that this shouild be. wherfore look round Datet, an.td tell ~e what thou seest m''ving yode "Whv-, that is a -buffal. "Rightly named. replied Moon. 'And what follows~ it? "A goat." "Good again. And whait next?" "An antelo pe. ''E'xcellent, obi Balta; anid what rnav the next lei 'A sheep." 'Sheep it isL truy Now look up ibove the trees ind teli mue what thou sees sailng over them. I see fowls anid ligeons1i." '-ery well died, inideed," said \foon. 'These I g iunto) "thee for nat.' The buffah> is -trong andl tierce, eave him' for thy lc-iure: b~ut the goat. hep and fowls .,ball live' near thee and hlall par'take of thy' bounty. There 'are mmbrs n he wi 'ds whichh will come i Thee wh''en tter ar'e tilled with their razig and their pee'king. TaIke any litem--et her go' at,- sheep or f iwl ind it. and chopi its hi'ad off with thy~ xatcht. The blood illj sink into the oil; the meat underneath the outer orroasted over tie are. jIas-, now Bateta; it is meat thy wife crave4. she needs naught but 1 to r her strength. So prepare iatly an: eat." The Moon floated ulwrd. sal and benignant, and Baieta h.tend t bind a goat, and made it ready as th' Moon had advised. Mnn:i, aft eating of the meat which was 1rep~s by boiling, soon recovered her strength and the children throve, and gre marvelously. One morning Datetw:W:ed out n his hollowed house., ani l' a chang. had come over the earth. Right ove the tcps of the trees :a great globe c shining, dazzlin.t; l:o loked out fror the sky, and blazed wh*. and brigh ove!r all.. Things that ;e: hal steei diily before were now wreat. B the ieans of this strange light hun up in the sky he saw the difierene betwieen that which the Moon gave an that new brightness which now shon out. For, without, the trees and thei leaves seemed clad in a luminous coa of light, while underneath it was but dim retlection of that which was witl: out, and to the sight it seemed like th colder light of the Moon. And in the colder light that prevaile below the foliage on the trees ther were gathered hosts of new and strang creatures; some large, others of n dium, and others of small size. Astonished at these changes, h cried, "Come out, oh Hanna, and se the strange sights without the dwe ling, for verily I am amazed, and kno not what has happended." Obedient, Hanna came out with th children and stood by his side, and wo equally astonished at the brightness ( the light and at the numbers of cref tures in all manner of sizes and forim which stood in the shade range around them, with their faces toward the place where they stood. -What may this change portend, o Bateta?" asked his wife. "Nay, Hanna, I know not. All th has transpired since the moon departe from me." "Thou must perforce call hir again. Bateta, and demand the mear ing of it, else I shall fear harm unt thee, and unto these children." ''Thou art right, my wife, for to di cover the meaning of all this withou other aid than my own wits woul keep us here until we perished." Then lie lifted his voice and crie out aloud upward, and at the sound c his voice all the creatures gathered i the shade looked upward, and crie with their voices; but the meaning their cry, though there was an infinit variety of sound, from the round be lowing voice of the lion to the shri squeak of the mouse, was: "Come down unto us, oh Moon, an explain the meaning of this gre: change unto us; for thou only wh madest us can guide our sense into th right understanding of it." When they had ended their entreat unto the 3Moon, there came a 'voic from above, which sounded like di tant thunder, saying, 'Rest ye, wher ye stand, until the brightness of th new light shall have fade.d. and ye di: tinguish my milder light and thatc the many children which have bee born unto me, when I shall come unt ye and explain." Thiereu.pon they rested each creatm iits own place, until the great brigh ness and the warmth which the strang light gave faded and lessened~and. it wa observed that it disappeared from vie, on the opposite side to that where it ha tirst been seen, and also imnmediate] after, at the place of its disappearanet the Mfoon was seen, and all over th' sky were visible the countless littl lights which the children of the 3Mo gave. Presently, after Ulateta had pomzte' these out to Hlanna and thle children the M1oon shone out bland, and its fae was covered with gladness, and he le the sky smiling, and floated downt the earth, and stood not far off fror Bateta, in view of him and his famil and of all the creatures under the shadi "Hearken, oh Bateta, and ye cal ures of prey and pasture. A littl while ago ye have seen the beginnin of ie measurement of time, whic s. -'ll be divided hereafter into day an night. The time that lapses betwee the Sun's rnsing and its setting shall b called day, that which shall lapse bc tween its setting and re-rising shz~l b called night. The light of day prc ceeds from the Sun, so the light of th night proceeds from me and from m; children, the stars; and as ye are all in creatures, the restful time wherein v sleep to recover the strength lost durn the waking time, I have chosen that m softer light shall shine, and during th working time, wherewith ye shall b daily waked by the stronger light, th Sun shall shine. This rule never-end ing shall remain. '"And whereas Bateta and his wif, are the first of creatures, to them ant their famities, and kind that shall b< born unto them, shall be given preem inence over all creatures made, no that they are stronger and swifter. lu because to them only have I given un derstanding and a gift of speech t Itransmit it. Perfection and- everlastin life had also been given. but the tain of Toad remains ie the system, and thi nfsult will be dleathi. Deaith to all liv i1g tiig, Batota and Hlanna ex Icepted. In the fulness of time. wvher Itheir limzbs refuse to bear the burden ol their bodies and their marrow has be come dry. my first-born shall rcturn tc me, and'I sh'all absorb them. Chiildn;a: shall be born innumerable unto them, until families shall expand into tribes, and from here, as from a spring, man kind will outlow arnd overspread all lands, which are now but wild and 'sold, atv, even to thet farthest &.dg. o. the earth. Trouble Ahead. He was from New Haven anid she rom Providence, which is in the State of Rhode Island, and proud of it. "Providence is growing," she ~ubbled. ''They are putting up the hghest building in the State there eight stories." ''Is it possitle? But (gras eyi tha t i likely to mrake trouble ibetween your State and mine." "I don't see how." " Why, all the forenoon. when the sun is shining the shad'w of liC building will be In Connectiet, amil 'ur folks will want to tax it o. make DELAY-NOT 0)l'2UAL. 0; ill the eager sightseers who daily aId annually stream in admiring cro-Ls thronuth the magui-ifcent pile of Cologne Cathedral, how many are there who ealize how slowly it grew to per fection, or are aware of its pathetic storr ! His name was Albertus Magnus that monk who more than 6W0 years aao first conceived the grand design. Perhaps the Archbishop Engelbert, %ho cierished the idea of building a new cathedral on the site of the old one. recently burnt down, may have contided his wish to him. as they two walked tog etber, little dreaming of the outc3me of that momentous talk. And so, in the silent watches of the n- ght, the inspiration came to this monk in his lonely cell-for it was nothing less than an inspiration All the most lofty ideas and conceptioas of c the beautiful are an inspiration d:rect I from Him who is a source of all beauty t and truth. Albertus would design a temple more marvelous and glorious than all the E temples in Christendom. And through its wide western portals! men from all the known lands of the earth shoild pour, drawn thither by the fame of its exceeding magnificence. Or perhaps the vision came to him aq he paced beside the stately-Rhine, flowing all those long centuries ago as grandly as it does now. E We can picture him in his monk's [. garb as, with bet bead and glowing a eyes, he follows the course of the noble river, seeing before nis soul the details of the splendid strneture which shall in the dim distance be the land mark for miles around. Against tl.e crimson glow of the evening sky he could see ihe crocheted towers of the mighty DomI stind out with startling d 1istinctness. And then lie returned to his cel!, and began to trace on the im nerishable parcuiment the never to be b effaced outlines of t he grand Gothic design burning in his fervid brain. We may be sure it was a labor of love. I No fatigue or weariness did this zeal ons artist know as day by day he worked on at his congeni l task. And at length the plan was finished, perfect in every detail. It wait submitted to the Archbibhop, and, being approved of by hin:, arrangements were made for commencing the building. But J those Middle Agcs wer.n dark and d troublesome times. Archbishop En zelbert wrs kilied by an assassin's 6 band before he had time to see even the first stone laid. Here was a death 1 blow to the monk's hopes! .Now the idea would probably be abandoned, and the cherished creation of his brain would never be wrought out in stone. 1 But "Patienco is powerful." The Archbishop's succes-sor, Conrad von Hockstanden, undertook the erection of the cathedral. Twenty-three years is a good s:ice out of tLe life of any J man or woman, yet twenty-three years c past betwecn the time the monk first I began to draw the plans and that day in 1248, memorable for ever in the life -f this unknown man, on which the Sfoundation stone of Cologne Catho dral was laid. He must now have been in middle _life. If ho ever had dreamed of seeing his hope realized, his great design worked out, he must long since have 'given it up. Ble died without the sight! r hat matter? lHe had wrought for pos C terity and his work would remain for endless times. Hie only lived to see i some of the chancel built. Like . David of old, he would never behold ~the temple rise in its beauty. He .bad made the preparations, but generations yet unborn must carry out his plans. IThe monk was laid to sleep in a side chapel under the very floor of his loved cathedral, and it seemed as if with his death there would be a stoi, to further progress. A sluggishness fell on men, e and during that first century only a Spart of the choir was completed and consecrated, after which idle nort .ern d transept was began, and then the foundation stone laid of the south transent. So much was accomplishedl by the munificence of Bishop Conrad and the gifts of pious men. Dat at the end of the fourteenth century the cnthusiasm of the people of Cologne lied down altogether. The west freat -had been begun, and just enough of o tower had been built to huid the bells. The whole having been roofed in, services could now be read in the b inconmpleted cathedral. d And tuen for four long centuries e nothing more was d'.ae. Funds were e not forthcoming. And faith and hope .burned low in men's breasts. Kings and potentates busied themselves with wars and the gaining of earthly lands and territories, and had no thought to give to the unfinished temple of their God. Generatis came and went. M Nen passed by and wagged their heads e jeering at the sorry outcome of the Sbrilliant dreams of the poor monk. H le had aimed too high, they said. In their arrogance and pride they de :lared Cologne Cathedral would not be finished before the end cf the world . same. And this was repeated from >ne to another, till at length it passed nto a proverb. But I In that great cloister's st~liness and By guarulan ansels ted. Safe from tempt ation, safe from t ein's pol lution. Hie lived whomu umen cailed dead. -As he marked the centuries rolling by, did the time of waiting seem long to that translated monk~? Still the faithful parchment preserved intact his carefully traced design. Bat thi ime came when even that no !onger exsted in its entirety. In 17%W the French a->diers entered tie city. They pillaged the cathedral and tunend it into a magazine for stores. They stripped the leak off its roofs and melted down the bronze tombs of the Archbishons. With ruthless hands they cut thie parchment desien in two n-1 carried one half back with them to Paris. No fear now of Cologue Cathe da1 ever being finished. But time is large. A great French man once fi nely said, the secret of sue ess is to know how to wait. The :iapidated cathedral remained a b eken monument-the laughing stock of all beholders. But at length, in 18.33, one patriotic citizen-Salpice Bowseri persuaded the cathedral chapter to ndertake some much needed repzairs. So once more, after the lapse of cen uies, the claing of the workman's b ammer was agatin heard in Cologne!: Cathedral. The stolen half of parch ent was recovered from a Paris < ibary, and the original design was i sarefultv pieced together, framed and !azed,- and hung up in a side chapel i here it may be seen to this day. Enthusiasm and zeal once more rentred ronI the catnedral. Otfer -i igfoed into the emptied coffers. Terinof spathy and languor was ver. In 1842 the work once more be an in earnest, and amid solemn pompj REVENGE OF FAT& [tcf That Wen Who Write Bad Verser Come toGrief. "Here is a letter from a friend of mine .n Lansas," said a guest at a Detroit hotel the other evening, as he held the epistle in his hand, "and it relates to a very serious c.rcum stance. Without the litter here to back me up I should not have dared to tell the story." He was asked to drive ahead. says the Detroit Free Press, and after another giance at the letter he con tiued: "From my earliest recoll'cton I love the patter of raindrops on the roof at night. Many and many a night I've rubbed snuff in my eyes that I might keep awake the longer to hear the patter. "Five years ag- I built me a house ,n a certain part ot Kansas. It cost ne $600 extra to get things so ar ranged that I could hear the ra n 5rops patter as I lay in my bed. 'For two weeks before I moved in it rained every n ght. I lived in that house three years, and what do youl suppose happened, or rather, d'dn't hiappen?" ,It burned down and there was no lnsurance," answered one of tin r-rowd. "No, sir. It never rained one sin gle night in all those three years, un less I happened to be away from home. If there were showers they'd nass away before bedtime. "It I happened to be away it woild our all night. I got so mad about it that I went to bed in the daytino several times, and I pledge you myi word if it didn't stop raining before I got fairly between the sheets." "What about the letter?' "It .s from the man who bough? my house. Ile bought because he wanted to hear the raindrops patter, and he says: 'What in blazes is the matter with your old shanty, any 'how? It hasn't rained here but one night since I bought you out, and, then not a blamed drop fell on the roof of th s house.' Isn't it cur. ous?" ,-Have you any theory about it?" "Well, yes, I have. I think it's retribution." "Ilow retribution?" "Why, I am the author of that old song entitlel 'lkaindrops On th.: 1"oof.' Write it when 1 was only 14 vears of age. I was innocent of any wrong, but fate-" Then everybody got up in the most solemn manner and walked away and lert h im to pursue his downward pIath which leads to destruction. A Two-Headed Lizard. Some years a-o Prof. Cop3 caused I sensat:ou arong scientific men by innouncing the discovery of a to*sil 'uiiOian, tlhe brain of which, lie :Mimeiv, was located in the tail. Ilis anaounced discovery was pretty gen erally discieditedi. lRecently Mr. Charles E.. I-ite, taxidermist of the Peary Rtelief Expedition. and at pres ent teacher in ob.,ects of natural his tcry at the summer .school at Avalon, .ew Jersey, was rnore fortunate than Proi'. Cope1 for he was able to exhib.t in this osice and other places a strange lizard, having, Desides a per feezt head in the place where it ought to be, a rudimentary head, though perfectly formed outwardiy, in the place where it, tail ought to be. It .s. to all intents and purp'oses, a Liz ard with two heads, one at each end :s its bod y-a'.thou.th the one at the~ tai is useless for any purpose as far us known, it remaining inactive. The little saurian is a freak, the sec unid head not teing the usual accomn paiiment of lizards of that species. it was found in some rocks in South western Kansas by Mr. lite duiring a recent lecture In that locality. Whether~ or not the rudimentary head :>ntains a brain can only be deter -ained after its death, which, from :resent indications, is in the distant .'ture, for the little freak is quite as inely and healthy as lizards of its iz. usualiy are, -- Philadelphki r.dger. The Canadian Exodlus. The exodus from Canada to the muted States increases. Already there are a million or Canadians on the south of the line. Some villages in Quebec have lost a greait part of their popuit~on. In Ontario almnost all the towns and villages are station ary or gomng backward. The Ameri can Consulate in'Toronto :ja; hadlit te to do duringr the pait year than disnatch immigrants to the Unit d States. -In the city 5,000 houses are vacant, and thouahb this is partly due to overspeculationl in land and over building, it is also partly cdue to emi ~ration. It va the President of a Cnservative associat ion who said the other day that soon "the Americ mns wuld have all the men, and we should have all the mud." Toronto is the stronghold ot British etimernt and of the Canad-an pro tectionism~ which tinds fervent love of the mother country available as a safeguard against Amercan comgeti tini. Englishmen who visit Canada form their notions of Canadian senti ment from what they hear at Toronto Ior at Ottawa. which, as the olmcial city, is, of course, the center of at tachment to the existing system. If they went among the farmers, es pecially in the border counties, they ight form a different estimate. Coming Language of the Globe. In 1800 English speaking people numbered :20,000,000, now they nuin ier 125,000,000, while the German speaking people have increased from 3,00u0, 000 to 70, 000,00),. the Russians about the same, and the French from 31,00,000 to 50,0.10,000. The im mense preponderance of gain among the English shows that the use of the English as a business language is gr-wiing in popult. ity over aniy other. - -.be-1. eincarat. TITAT'S WHAT IT WAs FOR. "My dear little wife!" cried the hor. rited ~young husband, "You don't maa to tell me that you went and spent the whole of your allowanee on that dia mond pin?" "Well, I'm sure, Fred," sobbed the wife, "whea you gave me the purse you told me there was my pia money." -ea-nr is ,. na mnw;alip isiwide1 Reading in !oeMad. One naturally expects the Clergi to be more or la educated, and to have books as a neoessary accompanie ment, but one hardly dares to expect much of the ordinary farmers. of s4 poor a land as Iceland; yet In spite of all drawbacks the Icelandic farm manages to have at least a few and sometimes a remarkable U ber. On my trip to Hecla and avik I omitted no opportunity looking over the books in the houses. Sometimes I found nothing but the Bible and the psalm-book. o an old treatise on farming, or som practical religious work, but a littl Inquiry usually brought out a few volumes of the old sagas. At a farm house almost under the shadow of Heela, I found, on the chest of draw ers in my bed-room, several school books-one for learning Danish, a volume of tales, and the usual psalm, book. Against the wall hung a port folio partly fled with Icelandic newspapers. The members at the family appeared to be Tery Intelli gent, and by no means to hare Ulm ited their reading to the few books in sight. A day or two later we were a t Skumstathir, on the southern coast. As we had just come from some of the places most famous In Icelandic story, I asked of our host it he had a copy of the Nijalsaga. He was a tall, shrewd-looking man of over 60, wItb a strong face, a mighty, haw-like nose, a little fringe of beard under his chin, and sharp, penetrating eyes. He thought there was a copy In the house, and pres ently returned with a well-worn volume published in Copenhagen in 1772, having a part of the title-page printed In vermilion. Other books nere lying about the room. A bunch of newspapers published at Reykjavik hung against the wall, and the frat number of a new religious newspaper was handed about as a specimeo copy. Books turn up in unexpected cor - ners. While we waited for the wind to subside, so that our horses could safely swim the Olnfsa, we stayed at the house of the ferryman. He opened a bottle of port wine for us; and when asked for a book to while away the time he brought a small arnfu for me to choose from. Liquid Oxygen. Professor Dewar, who has lIquefie4 oxygen and air, and succeeded in ex hibiting those Interesting liquids a roomful of spectators in Engl has also shown that liquefied o is strongly magnetic. When placed a quantity of it in a dish beneath the poles of an electro-m the oxygen rose out of the dis frrmed itself into a liquid necting the magnetic poles. Then it began to boil unti the circuit being broken, it fe into the dish lILe drops of wa When he experimented In a manner with liquefied air It, from the dish and attached the poles of the magnet,t gen-afr is formed of oxyge trogen-rising with the ox showing no tendency to from it. Cotton-wool, when da liquefied oxygen, was I attracted to and held byt and the liquid was even the wool by the mag tion, and left depositd poles. It Is evident that a tiew field of scientific wonders has been opened up by the recent expiiments witi' A clergyman who was settled some years ago in a Southern town, was in great favor with the colored brethren, and was frequentgly called upon ti "sit in council" wih the members of one of their chu es in a neighboi lng town. Among these 4iembers was one old darky, with grifed4 hair, who had In a high degree the gifr"e sponseS' so much cultivated by the people of his color. He was always ready with "Amen!" and more than ready with "Glory!" but his particuila' fondness was for the fervent ejacula tion, "De Lord gib us more faith!"3 On one occasion when the clergy man In question had been called upon to discourse to this congregation, he tllustrated his "practical talk" with the story of an occurrence which he ad himself witnessed not long be fore. As be dinished It, he said ea nestly: "Now, my brethren, you would hardly believe, would you, that any man could have witnessed that, al most at your very doors?' As he paused, there came a tre medous groan from the old darky, and with great fervor he ejaculated The Form or the Eoa Serpent. As the sea serpent season has now fully opened, it may be interesting to nte that Mr. Gosse, a famous natura list, sums up the evidence in favor of the serpent as follows: "Carefully comparing the indeenent narratives - of witnesses of kn ea contains a creature possessing the following characteristics: First, the general form of a serpent; second, great length,an average of sixty feet; third, head resembling that of a ser pent; fourth, neck from twelve to eighteen Inches In diameter; fifth; appendages on the head, neck, and back, resembling a crest of hair or mane; sixtfi, color dark-brown or green, streaked or spotted with white; seventh, power to swim at the sur ace, with rapid or slow movement, and with head and neck well ele vated above th2 surface; pigilth, the body capable of being thrown inte Washing Liquor. The following is a good laundry reparation, and is sold In some quar ~rs at a fancy price per gallon: Soda. h, in fine powder, four ounces; oil . citronel~a, one fluid ounce; par itin oil, one gallon. Shake the cit onella with the parattn oil, then ad.i hef soda ash and dissolve; add two ablesp:onfuls of this mixture, and ne pound of soap to each boilerfui of lothes. ______ ___ TaE way to suCceed can be boiled. own to one rule: make a specialty .f our buses. of the building was laid. Then the walls began to rise rap.Ai.y, graceful e )lamns and lofty arches sprang into b:n g. Throui h "storied windows, r.chly dight," streamed the dim relig ijus light. The towers were carried heavenward,and the spiendid structure grew apace. So quickly did the woik progre-s, that twenty-one years later the restored and richly-adorned cathe dral was re-opened for Divine service. And seventeen years after that, one autumn day, Ot. 15, 1880, the Em peror William I., surrounded by all the Royal family. and many of the sovereign princes of Germany, laid the last stone of this grand and noble work, which had been slowly growing for six bundred and thirty-two years. That was the coronation day of Pa tience! And now to day, in all its beauty, Cologne Cathedral stands completed according to the original design of that poor, al!-but-forgotten monk, perhaps the most pathetic monument to Pa tience the world has ever seen raised. Delay is not necessarily denia. B:it we, in the rush and hurry of this fin cte siecle civilization, think scorn of slow growth. We Bing up our lament to Heaven over each retarded result. In our petulant impatience we cal each unewarded effort a dismal failure. Unless we can have a bright succeis within a given time, we are piungad in the depths of despair. Six hunidred ard thirty-two years was Cologne Cathedral in building; six hundred and thirty-twvo years before the fair ideal of a monk's brain found its consummation. Does he know in that far country that his dream is realized at last? I think he does. A SCIENTIFIC FLYING MA CHINE. Professor S. P. Langhy, of the Smithsonian institution, is all ready to try t e flSIrg machime upon which lie and other scientists have been secretly at work for seven years. The aerodrome is not designel to rise through the a'r as a cork rises on the water, bit rather to run over the air as a flat stone thrown edgewise will skip over the sur tace of water without sinking. Fur thermore, it is not helpless in the pow er of the wind, as is the balloon, but within certain limitations, is directly aided by an opposing wind. The all important e'ements of the new machine are its artiGha propelling power and its aeroplans. T1;e prope!1er moves it ft r .rd, and the aes o! 1nes sustain it as the reSisinE air sustaIns a kite. It looks not trlke a huge flying fih. The body of the machine is fifteen f et in length', fashion-d Clos ly after the shape of the mackerel. The fatric is constrncted chi-fly of aluminium, the lightost of toetals. Tha back or the . ti f-om head to tall is covered wtit a thin j icket of asbestos, wnich is quite lig at ond an excellent no:-conductor. Inside the holloav shell are pictd the works that s'upply it with energy and motion. At tu.e hoa'l arc two steam ngintes of the double-osci'lating type, VWeighing only fie 1'o inds, and capable of exeiting one-!iorse power. They are tie lighht-st hiorss power steam engines ever made for actual use. Then in that piortion correspondir.g to the mid dle of t he 1Ish are four little oblont olers, fabricated or thinly-hammered copper, an.d weighing seven pounds each. They arc suppi id, ir'stead of water, with a volat ile hypoc ,rbon, -which vaparizes at a compain'tm 12w t Lam erature. In the extreme end, or tal of the (I h, is a tank or receptacle, wi.Th a capacity of ena quar', for the storat:-e of fuel-in this case highly -reliue.; casoline. At. the sides of the li h are paddle-shape-d twin screw propeller~A. or wind fans, or pure aluminium, thinly rl'ed. To i hese screws the !l~Lle en gnas imp utt a speed of 1500 revolutions per mi: ute. Through the centro of the fbib's body a t ub'ular mi st of aluminu~n proj cts upw:'rd and downward, for the eupport of th~e aeroplanes, corzesponiing to wings or sails. There are two of these p~l:'es-one in front and the other be nd. They are kite shaped, delicately and accurately made and a'djusteJ. Etch consIsts o' a frame of a'unr m umn, covered ith China silk, presanting a s mooth. flat surface to the air. REMEM1BER In SPEA.KING To speak in chest tones. T'i' .ronounce vowel Bounds cor rectly. TCo say, 'It was I" and "He went with me.' To speak distinctly, but softly and slowly. To give each syllable its proper value or length. To say "waistcoat" and "trousers," and not "vest" and "pants." For an inferior to say '-sir" or "madam" in speaking to a superior. To 5ay "memorandum" in the sin glar anid "memoranda" in the plural. To pronounce the letter "r" in words where it occurs in "arm," "girl," "rub ber." To avoid coarsonoss and rudeness of speech and language and harsh laugh ter. To lower the voice and speak slowly when one wishes to enforce one's au thority. To train children carefully to read ioud, both for the sake of the voice nd the pronunciation. To avoid tho overdelicacy of .lan gnage and aitectation of precision hich belong to r3>ns of narrow cul ture. To pronounce in English fashion the names of foreign places and persons which have become Anglicized, as Paris, Vienna, .Napoleon. To say "sir" or "madam" if one have 2csion to addresa a itranger, using he word "madani" for a single as weli is for a married lay. To pronounce correctly, studying ot only the dictionary, bnt ths Ian ~uge of living speakers who are en ied to spt.ak witth authority. The first canal hoar 'rom t1:e F Janal arrIved in New York harb ovember, 1825, and was an c >f great rejoiin . To teach children to say, "Yes, noter" (or father), and "No,mother," id to say "O s, sir" (otr madim), to >d people or to thone who adhere to he old way's of speech. To remember that slang is unmean g as well as inelegant- and that words ige "jolby," "beastly," etc., nsed in ason and out of season coon lose all cir meaning. To u~se words of Saxon rather than >f .batin origi:n whenever it is possible o do so, thus gaining terseness and rigor rather than a large number of .1hie with rdiminishedi 4'ne,