HELEN LAKEMAN; on, The- Story of a Youngr Girl's Strug gle With Advorslty. BY JOICf R. MUSIOK, Author or "The Uankkh or Bed ford," "Waltku BKOwyrisU)," Etc Copyright, isse, by A. X. Kdlflgg Xeat paper Co. Helen paused a momem, while a look of pain overspread lilr face, then, struggling to keep back tiw tears, she said: "No! no! I havo been very wicked to think so much about him it has caused this trouble already." Turning about she started down the road, accompanied by the little cripple. Iloae stood and watched them as they passed over the hill moving very slowly, for little Amos was unable to go fast, and then she sobbed: "Oh, Jod ! will rather and mother over be forgiven for this wrung?" Duruting into a fresh flood of weep ing, the kind-hearted Roso threw her self down in a fence corner, to bo aroused a moment later by a thunder peal which seemed to shake the earth to its very center. chapter virr. , BUKI.TKU WITH AN ENEMY. Helen Lnkcman watched with pnnc iiii.iet. ti.osc great llack clouda rapidly spreading over the horizon. Little Amos hurried along as fast as lie cottlil ; the terror of being out in a thunder storm made him tax his strength to the utmost. Struggling and panting up the hill, lie looked his sister in the face with an anxious look, and said : "Sister, do you reckon it will catch us?" "I hope not, brother. Let me carry you on my back, will you not ? " No! no! no!" said the cripple; "you have that big carpet-bag with all our vlothcs in it that's enough for you without carrying me." "But you can carry the carpet-bag and I carry you." "That won't make it any better," go-spud the boy, panting from his exer tion. The sun, which had shown through a rift In tho cloud, was soon obscured, nnd a heavy peal of thunder rolled along tho western horizon, mak ing the earth tremble. "Oh, sister," cried tho despairing child, "it will catch ua it's coinin'." "Wa will as fast as wo can." said ITelen, her face white with terror aa she beheld the black cloud. "Sister," little Amos panted, "don't jou think tho Day of Judgment is omin'?" "No, brother dear, only a heavy thunder-storm." Wild and angry darts of lightning shot athwart the sky in almost every direction and the thunder became in cessant. Great drops of rain began to fall, striking the road "spat-spat," and sending the dust in little clouds with ouch fall. "Wo can't get nowhere, sister," pleaded little Amos, in despair. "That large oak at tho sido of tho lane will shelter us," cried Helen, seiz ing her brother in her arms. The rain hail now Umin to fall in torrents' while tho heavens were lurid with lightning Hashes followed by deaf ening thunder peals. Helen, bearing tho boy, his crutches and tho heavy carpet-bag, ran tho gauntlet of tire-darting lightning to tho tree, where they wcro only partially sheltered from the rain and in constant peril from the lightniug. A tree not a lozen rods away was shivered from its branches to its roots, and both Helen and the child so shocked they fell to the ground. "Oh! sister, wo will be killed, we will bo killed," cried Amos. "Then we will go to Hoaven, brother dear," said the brave girl, smiling in tho midst of the storm, "you want to go there, don't you ? " "But I don't want to go this way." "Don't bo alarmed, little brother. God is near. He rides on tho tempest and can shield ns from harm." "Oh ! sister, pray fpr us." Helen prayed fervently for God to spare thum not only from the dangers of this tempest, but from greater storms of sin and temptation. Tho tree afforded them but a poor shelter, and I hey were soon soaking wet. The storm abated. Tho rain still fell, though not in such torrents, and it had grown considerably cooler after tho storm. Both Helen and tho little crip ple were shivering with cold. "It has almost stopped now, let us go on," said Helen. "Whcro will wo go?" asked tho trembling boy. "I do not know; we must not stay licro at tho roadside, we must find a shelter somo where" "I am ready, sister, to go anywhero with you." "Let mo carry you." "No! no! I can walk." "But see tho road is muddy now fron tho rain, and you can. not go fast on your crutches. Flense let sister carry you." At this moment a merry voice was heard singing: "Come all you darllnR ladle, Remember what my trada is To please you I will try, I have ribbons and I've laces V To adorn your pretty faces, Soot Peto, tho peddler, buy, Although I come nearer, You see I'm no dearer Than the man who keeps the store. I can Mil a dress and tnmmin' With a costly Ublo linen Cheaper than ever before." The song and voice were both fnmll iar to Helen. Tho song was Fete the peddler 'sown composition, whether it was original or moroly a parody fixed up to fit Pete, no ono knew, but it suited bh business, and he sans it PETK, H1K PEDDLER. Sho knew it was Pete beforo he enmo in sight around the bine with his largo pack on his back, and an oil cloth spread over it to keep it dry. Ho paused a moment when ho saw Helen and her littlo brother and gazed at them in wonder. "Well, say, now, what in the name o' common sense are ye doin' out hero in tho rain?" he stammered, removing his pipe from his mouth. "We are going somewhere," Helen answered. "Ye are, well where are you coin' ?" oming from the muddy lane to the tree where they were standing. "I don't know," Helen said, sadly. "we are hunting a new situation." "A new situation," and Peto knocked the ashes from his pipe " wan't tho old one good enough ?" "Yes, good enough for me, but 1 was not good enough for it," said Helen, sadly. "Oh yes, I understand now," said Pete, removing his cap and scratching his iron gray head, " I can sco through it just like it were five-cent calico. Umph Umph ! They didn't tell ye back to the farm house why ye were discharged r "No except they did not want a girl." "Well, perhaps they didn't ; and so ye don t know where yer goiu ? "No sir." "Well, if ye'll come with mo I'll seo that vc hev a night's lodgin'. I'm a goin' to Mr. Arnold's to stay all night, an1 it's the n euros t place for ye." "Bnt Peto, 1 do not want to go there. He. is the man who ruined us and and took away our home. Oh, I iioyoi want to get in his power again." "I know ho's shoddy, he's a lazy piece o' goods at best, filled up with stareh an' colors not fast by any means. but then, when he's paid for a night's lodgin' I don't know any other house yo could reach afore dark." "Would it bo right for me to go there ?" t'Sartinly, this child would die aforo morning out o' doors, an' yo must either go there or back to Mr. Stu arts." Helen had determined not to go back to Mr. Stuarts, be tho consequences as they might, and was forced to seek lodging under the roof of an enemy. Better, perhaps, would it havo been to havo died in the woods, than for that poor girl to have gone near, the house of James Arnold. "Well, boy, mount up hero on my pack an' I'll carry ye," said Pete, in a voice so cheerful that little Amos laughed in spite of his suffering. Helen helped him on the pack, which tho peddler had not unslung, and then gave him his crutches while she took up the heavy carpet-bag. MTTLE AMOS ON THE PEDDLlt'S PACK. "They'll think I'm tho organ-grinder man, little boy, and yer my monkey," said Pete, with a laugh so hearty that Amos joined him, and a smile flitted over the sad face of Helen. The road was very muddy, and trav eling difficulty It was fully three fourths of a mile to the house of Mr. Arnold, and tho roads were in such a ter rible condition that Helen Lakcman, with the largo carpet-bag, was almost exhausted when she reached it. Pete, the peddler, never seemed to tire, but sung snatches of comic songs as he plodded along, for tho amuse ment of tho boy. Helen was very much afraid that ho was tiring Pete out, and begged tho peddler to let him walk, but tho good-hearted fellow de clared ho was "as fresh as tho colors on his new bit calico, and clear through without fadin1 or ravelin'." Tho houso was reached at last, and Mrs. Arnold, with her glasses on and nose high in tho air, met them at tho door. chapter rx. 6!ir IS THK TIMET. "Why, who aro these, anyway?" the portly Mrs. Arnold asked, giving her head a supercilious toss. Helen, muddy and bedraggled, was hardly recognizable, while tho misorablo child on tho peddler's pack scarcely looked liko a human. "Don't yo know me, Missos Arnold?" Potu asked. "Yos, this is Pote. tho peddlor, an' lemnio see; why, ain't this Holuu Lako man?" "It lu." said Helen, with all the spirit she hid at command, for some how sho regarded Mrs. Arnold in somo way as the author of her present mis erable condition. "Why, yea, it is. Poor child! what in the world brought you out in the rain?" saitl Mrs. Arnold, looking first down and then tossing her head high in the air. "I started out to find a new situation, and we were caught in the rain. Pete came along and kindly offered to assist us this far." "Well, now, Helen, I just need a girl the worst kind for a few weeks, and if you will stay here I will give you good wages," said the artful woman, who, even then, was revolving n plan in her mind by which Helen could be "shipped out of the country." She knew it would not do to let her go to Jonathan Evans', across Sandy Fork creek, for they wanted gtrl the worst kind. By some means she mus, be detained a few days until a situation could be found for her where Warren would never dis cover her again. "Why, bless mo ! child, you aro just as wet as you can bev .nnd all bedrag gled, too. Won't you go in to the fire ? 1 here a a good one in the kitchen, and this poor, little, half-frozen child with vou," said Mrs. Arnold, in her assumed sympathetic manner, while sho kept her head well elevated in the air, to peep under her spectacles. "By your leave, Mrs. Arnold," said Pete, " I'll put down my pack in the hall and go in the kitchen, too." "Of course, Pete, tlo so ; you know enough to make yourself at homo here." "Yes, an' a most anvwhero clso," placing his pack of goods in the hall. Helen sat by tho kitchen stove hold ing her shivering brother on her lap. There was a struggle going on in her breast. Ought she to stay at the house of Mrs. Arnold ? Her pride revolted at tho idea, for she knew sho would be subjected to every humiliation. The proud Hallie despised her as she did the worm that crawled beneath her feet. But then, where else would she get employment by which to sustain herself and brother ? This feeble little fellow could not go far, and ho was not capable of enduring any hardships. Already ho had a dry, hard cough, and his checks burned with an unnatural heat. Still he shivered, until his clothes were dried through. Then Maggie, a cross servant girl, gavo him somo sap per and showed Helen a misorablo room over tho kitchen with a miserable bed in it. She went to bed supperless, for she was almost ovcrcomo by her anxieties nnd humiliations. She slept that dream less, yet unhoalthful sleep which some times come to disturbed minds, and seems to leave them at morning in a worse condition than they were the night before. She found her brother somowhat refreshed by his slumbers, though his little cheeks looked palo and wan. His bright blue eyes had lost somothing of their luster. It was with considerable anxiety that she noticed tho chango in her brother. Poor littlo cripple, al though a clojr to hold her down to slavery and drudgery, she loved him, oh, how dearly sho loved him! Sho would enslave herself, suffer all man ner of insults for that deformed boy who had been a cripple from infancy. "Aro you going to stay hero?" Pete asked her after breakfast, as ho was getting his pack ready. "Yes, Pete, I can do no better," the girl said. "You've got a hard row to hoe now, or I don't kuow picayuno calico when lsee it." "I know it," answered Helen, her head bowed in her hands; "but God will give mo strength to onduro it, and poor little brother is not able to travel." "Well, gal, when I was in Chicago, I met Warren Stuart and promised him to kind a look after yo. Ho didn't imagine it would conio to this, I know. Now, of yo over need a friend I'm tho man for yo to call on." "I will not hesitate to inform you when it is necessary for ono to befriend me," said Helen, sadly. "No one, however, can help mo now. I must earn my own way." "Oh yes, I know. I know," said Pete. Then, in an undertone, ho added : "Don't let 'cm get any advantago o'ye, or thoy'll givo cotton for woolen fillin' evory time, an' ye watch that gal, Miss Hallie. She's a tiger cat, and mad as get out because ye stole her beau." Helen hardly blushed at this for sho felt too sad. Sho had mado no effort to capture tho man on whom Miss Hallie had set her heart, and regarded her victory as a calamity. When Pete was gono and she alone, sho said: "Oh, why was I not born hideous? Why am I so unfortunate." Maggie was allowed a week's vaca tion to visit her friomls in Newton, and Helen allowed to take her place. "At the end of that time I'll havo you a good permanent place," said Mrs. Arnold. Helen was soon busy in tho kitchen, and her mind so engrossed that she al most forgot n part of her misery. Lit tle Amos sat in a largo chair near the kitchen stove, his littlo cheeks red, whilo ho coughed adry, bucking cough. Helen had wrapped her faded shawl about his shoulders, and talked as cheerfully to him as she could. "I don't like this as good as I did at Mr. Stuart's," said tho littlo fellow, "there's no angels here, sister." "You will come to like, this better whon you are hero longer, littlo bnther." "I don't think I will; there's no angels hero." "There are no angels anywjioro savo in Heavon," said Helen, cheerfully, iui she pinched tho pie dough around tho edge of a fresh-mado pie. GIVING UP DESERTERS. rtrprrcnlitlvp of Two Xntinn Demon olrutp 1 1 inr Not to th It. "A few years ago tho flagship of tho European squadron put into Malta for repairs, llio Mediterranean is a do lightful sea in ordinary weather, tho cities are attractive, their authorities are hospitable, and ships on that sta tion ftaud in need of a good dual of repairing. Our stay at Malta was not as agreeable as usual' this time. Half a dozen of our men deserted. They were seen on tho streets, their hiding places ascertained, and tho Admiral wrote a polite request to tho Governor that they be arrested and returned to tne ship. In duo time a reply was re ceived. The Governor regretted that his interpretation of treaties and inter national law would not justify him In making the arrests. He found no men t ion in the treaties botwepn Great Brit am and the United States of any return of deserters from tho public service of either, anil therefore was unable to lend any assistance to tho re capture of the men, nor to arrest, nor consent to their arrest in Malta. We- sailed in a huff. No sooner had wo got into blno water than commo tion was observed in the forecastle. This commotion extended to the quarter-deck, whon eight British soldiers in undress uniform marched aft. making their way through tho staring erew, halted before the officer of the deck, saluted, ami stood at atten tion in the regular Tommy Atkins style The astonished olllcer asked who they were and what they wanted. With the utino-t coolness the loader replied: " 'Deserters, if you please, sir; from Malta, sir; want to go to tho States, sir, to settle there." "Do vou know that wo do not enlist deserters?' " 'Yes, sir; but we hoard that thoro was "no treaty provision for the return of deserters from the public service of either." ' This was an exact quotation from the Governor's letter, and an audible smile tan round the group of otlieers. Nobody knew exactly what to do with the desortors. Ihey were sent forward and shifted for themselves. Tho sailors somehow providod them with naval clothing. After a short passago undor sail wo reached Alexandria, whoro we found a dispatcli from tho Governor of Malta, sent by a swift steamer, request ing tho roturn of tho dosortors. The Admiral at onco replied that, there being no treaty provision for tho return of deserters from tho public service of either country, ho must decline to com ply. The deserters wore sent out of the ship, but wo enlisted eight men at Alexandria who boro a striking resem blance to tho English soldiers. They proved excellent men, and wore lost sight of in tho rest." Boston 'Iran script. EFFECT OF COLORS. A Theory That They Affect the Ilutnao jiiinu as tven nil me iiuimtn Hichl. There aro somo curious thinm in re o criml to tho wav in whioh tho Immun C7 - mind is atl'eetcd by colors as woll as the Human signt. we are all lamiliar with what is termed color-blindness, nnd the unexpected results that sometime: attend it; but color-sound is some thing which has received much less in vestigation. How much, or in what wav. animnls ' ' nro allected by colors, is not very well understood; but the subject has been investigated enough to know that they aro Influenced by them, and tho future win proimuiy nnng out some surpiis ing results to the one who shall thor oughly cultivate this compariitively un explored field or- resoarch. Some peo nle can select and appreciate thn color' of sounds; and to them tho speaking of a name presents, mentally, a well defined color, or combination ot colors different names having ditlorout shades or combinations. The samo iiamo should, of course, al ways present tho samo color, or combi- i .i ... nation, wnen sookcii, aitnougii, to dif ferent people, possessing tho faenltv. a given name or sound does not present the same characteristics. Toprovothe first of theso two facts, u list of immnx was prepared, and tho shade or color given ny a nuiy wno nas tins power, marked nirainst each ono of thn Hkl After several weeks tho names were again road to her, and tho colors desig nated by her marked. This course was pursued several times during a year or more, tho lady not being allowed to see the results at that time. Dtirlnn- tln.n sovorul experiments tho only variations in tho answers given were such as wouiu no natural wiicro tliere was somo uncertainty in rocrard to terms: for ex ample, tho answer to a given namo at one time mlrht be "bluish." ami m another "lead-color;" so, what was called "straw-color" might bo after ward called "buff." Tho nniirnimh in bi mi larky in tho shade shows that tho same mental picture was present ami only languago was at fault Willi ono or two exceptions thn were the only chanires noted in tho hhv. oral trials, and the extent to which the experiments were carried warrants the belief that there was a well defined Idea of tho color of words. Ponular Science Monthly. An English physician who has in vestigated tho characteristic and sur roundings of centenarians says that ho finds that the average qualities were a good family history, a well-made framo of average stature, spare rallier than stout robust, with good health, uppo tile ami digestion, capable oi exertion, good sleepers, of plaWd temperament and good Intelligence, very lit'ln need for and littlo consumption of idcliohol and animal food. The man who aspires to lie u centenarian should therefore fit himself out with these quullflcatlous. FISH OUT OF WATER. member of the Finny Tribe Who Cllmh Trees and Walk on I.nnil. Many kinds of fish build nests in tho water for tho protection of their eggs, hut the dorns m.iko theirs upon the beach. This thoy do at tho beginning of tho rainy season. Tho nest is formed very nearly liko that of a bird and is built of dry leaves, which the littlo creature goes inland to fetch. hen it is finished tho eggs aro de posited within, and theso small fish parents cover up their embryo offspring most carefully and watch over them with great solKtude. The common eel Is known to havo a similar habit of moving about on tho land, and will even live several days out of water. When an col is drawn from tho water and laid upon tho earth it at once puffs out its cheeks In a very noticeable manner. Theso cheeks aro formed of distensible pouches or sacs covering tho gills, which tho eel fills with wnter in order that tho gill-tibors ma be kept moist, by which means ho is enabled to romain upon the dry land for a considerable tlmo without coming to serious harm. So, when the pond where tho col makes his homo begins to get dry, ho takes in a good supply of water and starts oft' to find another; moving liko a snako in an apparently sinuous course, but really in a surpris ingly straight line, for tho piece of water ho wishes to reach, wln.xo direc tion ho seems, by some curious instinct, to know. Tho Annbas Scandons, or climbing porch of India, is, perhaps, tho most celebrated of any fish which voluntarily conies on shore, as ho certainly is the most accomplished in terrestrial feats. He is a little fellow, very liko a porch In tho general form, with largo scales and spiny dorsal fin, and is to bo found in rivers and ponds in most parts of tho East Indies. Whon the waters which ho inhabits seom in danger ol being dried up, ho loaves thom nnd travels oft' In search of othors. Though ho prefers to inaRo theso journeys al night, or in tho early morning, while the dew still lies upon tho grass, he ofton travels by da nnd ltas even boon met tolling along a hot, dusty gravel-road, undor tho full glare of an Indian mid-day sun. It is, however, for his climbing powers that this ex traordinary fish is famed abovo all others that frequont the land. By the aid of his spiny gill-covers and tail fin, whiei he pushes into tho crevices in the bark, ho manages to climb tree.11 and even tall palm-trees. That he does it awkwardly is truo, moving somewhat after tho manner of a measuring or looping caterpiller; but tho fact that he can accomplish it nt all is as marvelous as his object in at tempting tho feat is inexplicable Boat men upon the Ganges and other rivers where those climbing porch abound catch thorn and put thom in earthen pois, keep thorn alive without any water often for as many as six days, killing them as they wish to use them, and find them during tho whole time as lively as whon newly caught The common porch of our own wators, while unablo to climb trees or even to walk about tho (iolds, Is possessed ol groat tenacity of lifo after bcjng taken from tho water. When given a blanket of wet moss it can bo carried in ap parent comfort for long distances, and in some parts of Europe the iishermon will offer these perch for sale during the day, and if not successful in dis posing of thom will replace thom at night in tho ponds from which thoy were taken in tho morning, seemingly nono the worse for their outing. Swiss Cross. WOOD AS A FUEL. The Value of Different Kinds as Coinparsc! to Ordinary Soft Coal. in comparing wooa with coal ns u fuel it is sitfo to assumo that 2 pounds of dry wood aro equal to one pound ol average quality soft coal, and that the fuel value of different woods is vory nearly the samo. That is to say, a pound of hickory is worth no more as a fuel than a pound of pine, assuming both to bo dry. If the valuo be measured by weight, it is important that the wood bo thoroughly dry, as each ton per cont of water or moisture will extract about twelve per cont from its valuo as fuel. It may bo interesting in this connec tion to give the weight of ono cord of different woods which aro thoroughly dry. Theso weights aro about as fol lows: Hickory, or hard maple, 4,500; white oak, 3,850; beenh, rod oak and black oak, 2,250; poplar, chestnut and elm, 2,350; nvcrugo of pine, 2,000 pounds. Tho fuel valuo of theso different kinds of wood, as compared with coal, is about as follows: One cord of hickory, or hard maple, is equal to 2,000 pounds of coal; one cord of white oak, to 1,715 pounds of coal; one cord beech, red ink or black oak, to 1, 110 pounds; one cord poplar, chestnut or elm, to 1,050 pounds; and one cord average pino Id equal to 025 pounds of coal. It is sup posed, of course, in both tables, that all the wood has been alr-drled. Tho comparative values of woods not men tioned may readily bo approximated by tho reader. Cincinnati Commercial Oazette. It is estimated that3G.G75.000 vards of silk ribbon, equivalent to about 22, 700 mllos, have boon mado in Paterson, N, J., during the past -yeiw.Uoston uuugct. Tho axiom that "heat expands nnd cold contracts" does not nnnlv to enui deulers bills. Philadelphia Inquirer, A new undertaking In tho fruit linn . Is the shipment of Florida oranges to Kuroua. CANADIAN POLITICS The Alm, Principles anit traders of th Dominion' Two Great Parties. Canada is a British possession, bnt yet it possesses almost complete politi cal independence. Tho tie between Canada and the mother country mainly appears in tho fact that Canada is pre sided over by n Governor-General, wba is appointed by the homo Government, and who represents the Queen In tho Dominion. Tho Canadian Government U formed on tho model of that of En gland. It has its Farllamont, compris ing an uppr and lower House, nnd its ministry, at tho bond of which is ths Prime Minister, which is dependent on tho support of Parliament for its power and existence The upper house, or Son ate, consists of members nominated for life by tho Governor-Gonoral, but In reality by tht government of tho day. Tho lower house, or Houso of Commons, is chosen by tho people, tho right of suffrage, however, being restricted by a property qualification. Tho Canadian Parliament has tho full right to mako all laws for the Dominion, ami practically has com plete control of tho govornmont, whilo tho Governor-General, sont ovor by En gland, has tho nominal right to veto bills. Tho Governor-Gonoral, however, novor does veto bills on his own judg ment Ifdn doubt, ho sonds a copy of tho proposed law to tho Colonial De partment in Loudon, and the bill is oc casionally, though very rarely, disal lowed. Of courso, the Canadian foreign rela tions aro under tho undivided authority of tho British Government. There aro two great political parties in Canada, corresponding in namo, and in somo respects in principles, to the two great English parties. They aro tho Conservatives and tho Liberals, or, as thoy aro sometimes palled, the "Ite formers." For many years tho Consorvatlvo party In Canada has been in the as cendant and tho goneral elections, which took place last February, re turned a new Farllamont with a do elded Conservative majority. At the nuiul of tho party is the prcsont Prirao Minister, Sir John Mncdoualtl, who has been for a quarter of a oontury tho most prominent, popular and poworful Canadian statesman. Tho leader of the Liberals is Mr. Edward Blake. Tho main Issuo between tho two Can adian parties has long boon tho tariff. The Conservatives havo advocated, and. havo imposed, high protectivo duties upon articles that compute with the products of Canadian industry. This policy has proved vory popular In Can ada, and has boon tho chief strength of tho ruling party. Tho Liberals havo hithorto favored a lowor tariff; but in tho election of February declared that, if thoy came Into powor, they would not disturb the tariff as established by thoir opponents. Tho next most important diffcronca between the two parties has boon la regard to tho railroad policy, tor in tho building of tho great Canadian lines tho largest part of tho debt of tho Do minion was incurred. Tho partios dif fer also In detail, but not in principle, on tho fishery question. Thoro Is no doubt that in some of tho provincos of Canada thoro is a desire,, mora or less strong, that tho Dominion should sunder altogothor tho tio with. Great Britain, and bo nnnoxod to tho United States. Those who favor this belong, almost exclusively, to the ox tremo wing of tho Liberals. Tho Con servatives aro firmly set upon main taining tho connection with tho old, country. In twonty yoars, the dobt of Canada, has increased from ninoty-threo million dollars to nearly three times that sum; and is Inrger, compared to tho popula tion, than was that of tho United States, at its highest point, nt tho close of th civil, war. Perhaps outsldo observers sco mora causes of disintegration in tho Domin ion than Canadians thomsolvos can dis cern. It is moro than possible that tho union may last in spite of a burdensome: nnd growing dobt, the Jealousies be tween citizens of English and those ot French descent, and other difficulties that might be montionod. On tho other hand, it may fly into pieces; or it may gain strength nnd unity by becoming; wholly independent; or, In tho courso of yenrs, Canada may think Its surest way to prosperity to bo a union with, this country. Youth's Companion. Roman Catholic Missions. Somo of tho Protestant papers aro calling attention to tho fact that, while Protestants are appealing and coaxing; men to go to the heathen as mission aries, the Iloman Catholic Church is hard at work and her missionaries ara abroad in all lands. In China there are 483,403 baptized convorts, 47 Euro pean missionaries, 281 native priests, 2,429 churches and chnpols, 1,779 col leges and schools with 25,219 scholars, and 33 seminaries with G51 seminarists. In Corea. Japan, Mnnchoorla and Thibet, the church has 130 European and 15 native priests, 227 churches anl chnpols, and 77,254 baptized Christians In tho'Indo-Chlna peninsula, there ara reported 69 1, 286 Catholics, and in India, 1,185,538 Catholics. The grand total of tho working forces in theso countries is 2,440,481 baptized Catholics, 2.630 missionaries and native priests, 7,293 churches and ehapels, 4.4G9 colleges and schools with 112,359 scholars, and 7G seminaries with 2,740 stfininarisU. N. V. Sun. TIvj man who absconded with a red-hot stove has been eclipsed by a Denver IndivhluiU who jumped a cemetery. I ho citizens are talking nt compromising with him by giving hiw a burial (flat ami planting him iu IL -Sun Jr'ranciseo Alia. aVMTlXVZD.