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THE SOUTHERN WORLD, NOVEMBER 1,1882.
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blows so; Just as it did that night. Sing,
Henri, sing.”
" ‘Who comes so late through the wind and rain,
And er e* with the voice or Jolle Coeur?’
'Ah. mother mine, I cried In vain,
Whilst the red wolves mangled Jolle Conr.
“ ‘Why did yon drive me all alone
To the gloomy woods, poor Jolle Coear T
I ran and wept at yoor cruel words;
Mow you shall weep for Jolle Coeur.'
“ The mother wept till her eyes fell out,
But st It—"
‘‘Holy saints I what is that?” Henri cried,
breaking off the song and springing to his
A terrible crash, and a wrench, and
the house shook to its foundations. He Tan
to the window and looked out in the stormy
dusk.
‘‘The tree has fallen!" he cried. “We are
tied to nothing, and the cabin is drifting to
the lake.”
The children did not cry out aloud, but
little Margot ran to Henri, as well as to the
tossing of the house would allow her, and
buried her face on his arm.' Even then his
courage did not desert him.
“The raft is very strong,” he said. “I
beard papa say he built it so for any acci
dent. The wind may change and blow us
back."
But as he spoke, he remembered that bis
father had never dreamed of such an acci
dent as that the house might be swept to the
lake. It might float safely in a sheltered,
shallow spot; but what would the clumsy
structure do on waves rolling and tossing
in their madness? It would either go down
or be dashed to pieces.
“Don’t be frightened, children,” he said;
“ I’m going on the roof to see if the neigh
bors have seen us, and where we are.”
Before he climbed into the loft, be went to
the chest and taking out his father’s bag of
money, recured it around his waist.
“ What do you do that for?” said Claude,
in a trembling voice.
“ Well, if I’m lost—drowned, you know ”
—he whispered, “ the money would go down
in the boat if it was in the chest. But a dead
body floats, and poor papa would at least
have his money.”
Claude shuddered, and hid his face in his
hands. Henri climbed into the loft opened
a little trap-door in the roof,which had been
constructed by Louis Baptiste to watch his
rafts when they were floating down the lake,
and looked out. Too dark and stormy to see
anything but mere outlines. They were
passing some trees, and Henri, catching at
the branches, strove to stay their swift prog
ress ; but they were torn from bis bands,
leaving them bloody and lacerated.
He might have saved himself by swinging
himself in the trees, for he was a stout, ac
tive boy, but the thought of deserting bis
helpless charge never entered his mind
The last tree was reached, and he knew they
were tossing on the lake. The house careen
ed on one side, and thinking it was going to
capsize, he hurried down. A candle was
throwing its feeble beams from a table held
tightly by the children.
“We have lighted the ‘consecrated can
dle,’ ” sobbed poor little Margot. “ 0 Pierre!
can we drown while it is burning?”
It is one of the superstitions of these ignor
ant folk, that a candle blessed by bishop or
priest will save from peril, and thepoorestof
them have their “ chandelle lainte."
Henri took his little sister in his arms and
tried to soothe her. He had great faith in
the candle himself, but he knew it could
hardly burn long in all this shaking and
tossing.
But this superstition gave some hope and
courage to these poor terrified children,thus
brought face to face with a sudden death, so
welvnll not criticise it.
Never before in his young life nad Henri
realized the meaning of death. Dreadful as
it was to him he put aside alt personal fears
in trying to quiet Claude and Margot. They
said their prayers, and in the midst of her
terror, the exhausted little girl fell asleep in
her brother's arms.
“Light the lantern, Claude,” said Henri,
“ and hang it up in the south window, so
that if they come to look for us, they will
see the light.”
Claude obeyed, but as he stepped down
from the window a sudden lurch of the cabin
threw him violently to the floor.
He struck his head against the table, and
lay there motionless. Before Henri could
reach him, there was a crash above, and he
guessed the frail roof of the cabin had blown
off.
“ We are gone now 1" he cried, dropping
oi(t his knees. ” God have mercy on us, and
comfort our poor parents!”
8urely the tossing had ceased. Was the
cabin settling and going down ? That must
be it The wind still blew, but they did not
spem to move an inch. By degrees hope
came to him. Perhaps they had been driven
into one of the coves and were aground there.
He busied himself about Claude, who at last
opened his eyes. His first words were,—
“ We are not drowned, Henri, for behold
the candle still burning.”
I will not detain you by a history of the
weary hours of that terrible night. With
the gray light of morning, Henri saw that
the wind had changed, and that the cabin
had been driven on shore, or what was once
a shore, though now a sea of water.
It was all unfamiliar to him, the trees and
everything, nor wus there a single cabin in
sight. As the morning advanced, he saw
several skiffs pulling toward them, and as
they drew nearer, he recognized his father
standing in the boat and waving like a mad
man.
“ Are you all safe, Henri ?” he shouted,
and when the answer came back, “All safe,”
the poor man fell in the bottom of the skiff
and cried like a little child.
“Ail safe," he sobbed, and the house
blown clean across the lake, and not a hnjr
of my little ones harmed! 0 my Father,
how shall I thank Thee?"
It was almost a miracle, and as it happened
only the other day, there is no doubt of the
correctness of these details. It was a heavy
mass to have been hurled through the lake
without having been destroyed, as by all
known laws it ought to have been; but as
old Baptiste only recognizes i Divine Hand
in the the matter, I think we are safe in
leaving it there.—Mbs. Mabie B. Williams
in Youth’s Companion.
It has been suggested as the reason why
girls do not, as a rule, acquire greater pro
ficiency in many of the lighter mechanical
industries, for which they would seem to be
well adapted, is that they do not, for obvi
ous and natural reasons, enter upon such
pursuits with the intention of making them
the business of their life. It is more than I
probable the same causes operate, to a great |
extent, to impair the proficiency of boys en
gaged in mechanical pursuits. While it is
not necessary for a young man, when work
ing at some trade as an apprentice or jour
neyman, to believe that he is never to better
his condition by leaving entirely his present
occupation, it is necessary that he should
put the same energy into his work that he
would if he knew it was to be the business
of his life. As a rule, advances are made in
the direction of previous education and
training; and, in any event, the habit of
putting all one’s energy into present busi
ness, fits the individual to apply the neces
sary force in now directions.
lloor to liny floods.
It will be seen by the peculiar and attrac
tive advertisement in another column that
the Co-operative Dress Association in New
York continues to extend its prosperous and
popular methods of supplying the public
with dry goods. By reading what is said
about its “Order Bureau” it will be discov
ered that even an inexperienced patron in
the country can consult the catalogue and
be reasonably sure of getting fashionable
articles at the lowest New York prices. In
fact, one may be sure of securing the best
goods in the metropolis at exactly the same
figures that are paid by city customers. This
is certainly a great improvement on the old
method of making purchases in bulk once or
twice a year.
Bldlejr’a fashion Magazine.
A no more complete index is to be found
probably, of the magnitude and variety of
New York’sshoppingtrade, than is presented
in the quarterly Fashion Magazine of Messrs.
E. Ridley & Sons, of this city, the autumn
number of which has just been issued. It
is a veritable shopper’s guide and encyclo
pedia, comprising in its 130 pagesandhund
reds of illustrations, full descriptions of cur
rent styles with prices, etc., of articles in
every department of household need—dry
goods, fancy goods, millinery, ready-made
clothing and furnishing goods for men, wo
men and children, jewelry, furniture, house
furnishing goods, bric-a-brac, in fact, every
thing required for use or adornment for the
person or home.—N. Y. Tribune.
Weeds In the Garden.
Every one has a garden called Conversa
tion. If the unpleasant words which blos
som into thoughts are kept out, the garden
becomes beautiful and interesting. There
are a few kinds of weeds, which unconsci
ously creep into this garden, and unless they
are put down, or better, pulled out, they in
jure and spoil the good flowers.
1. Untruth. This la dark-leaved, and so
small at first that it is scarcely noticed. In
its early stages it is called exaggeration. You
are not sure whether you saw three or four
things and you say four. The next time the
number becomes larger, and so the weed
grows until it is strong and hardy. Be sure
and pull it up.
2. Slang. This spoils many a garden of
choice flowers. It is sometimes overlooked
among boys, but is not considered to have
any beauty.
3. Bad grammar. This is a common weed
found in the gardens of uneducated and
careless persons. It grows slowly but steadi
ly, and finds a place beside the nicest look
ing flowers. There are a number of varieties
and among them are “ I seen,” which chokes
up “ I saw," or “I have seen;” “ “it’s her'n,”
which crowds out “ it is hers,” “ it is me,”
which grows close to the little plant “ is is
I.”
4. Gotsip. Every one knows this ugly
weed which works mischief wherever it ap
pears. It is one of the worst varieties, and
has been known to completely over-run and
spoil the gardens in which it was allowed to
grow.
These are the principal weeds which find
their way into the garden of conversation.
Examine the one belonging to you and see
whal weeds are gaining headway.—Scholars'
Companion.
A man without eyes
Saw plums on a tree;
Neither took plums, nor left plums;
Bray, how could that be?
-TuTi-
AMONG THE BUSINESS ENTERPRI
SES INNEW YORKCITY NONE ARE AT
TRACTING MORE INTERESTTIIAN THE
COOPERATIVE DRESS ASSOCIATION,
(LIMITED.) FOUNDED A YEAR AGO.
IT WAS THOUGHT BY 80ME PERSONS
TO BE ONLY AN EXPERIMENT, BUT
THE FACT THAT 6.000 LEADING MEN
AND WOMEN THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTRY WERE THE HOLDERS OF IT8
C A7ARRfj
, jsjjifjnws, heitojn,.
CAPITAL. AND THAT THE PRINCIPLE
OF CO OPER ATION APPEALED TO COM
MON HUMANITY, ENLISTED THE IN
TEREST OF THOSE WHO RARELY GIVE
MORE THAN A PASSING THOUGHT TO
TRADE. THE ASSOCIATION ESTAB-
LISHED A REPUTATION IN THE DE
PARTMENTS OF COSTUMES. SUITS AND
GARMENTS FOR LADIES AND CHILD
REN ; 8INCE THEN II’HAS MADE ITS
MANY OTHER DEPARTMENTS IN GEN
ERAL DRY GOODS AND MEN’S FURN
ISHINGS, OF EQUAL EXCELLENCE.
THE RECENT AUTUMN AND WINTER
OPENING OF 1882. FAR EXCEEDS IN
STYLE AND MODERATE PRICES THAT
OF 1881. BUYERS OF GREAT EXPERI-
ENCE WERE SENT TO EUROPE, AND
THE RESULT IS A DISPLAY WORTHY
OF THE AMERICAN METROPOLIS.
THE PUBLIC SHOULD KNOW THAT
T. C. ItVXTIXOTOX, Chicago.—“ I hare received permanent
rollof from ueo of tho Extract." (Inflammatorydleeaso.)
Biuret, n. JAJIBS, Schoncctady, N. V.—"A household
noccsslty In my family."
JUSTIX D. FIXTOX, D. O., Brooklyn, N. Y—“Proving
l tee If to bo a ueccsalty In my home."
Caution.—POND'8 EXTRACT Is sold only In
bottles with tho namo blown In tho glass.
HBf It Is uusafo to uso othor artlclea with onr
'directions. Insist on having POND’S EXTRACTS
Refuse all imitations and substitutes.
QUAI.ITY TJNIITORR1.
Prices, BOc„ 81-00, 81-75
at all rospoctablo Druggists,
Prepared by POND’S EXTRACT CO.,
14 Wc»t Fourteenth Street. Now York.
DO YOUR SHOPPING
IN NEW YORK 1IY LETTER, AND ENJOY THE HAKE
ADVANTAOEA AA GIVEN TO CITY REAIPENTS. .
SHE PRICES AND ATTENTION
TO ORDERA BY MAIL AS GIVEN TO CUSTOMERS
CALLINO IN PERSON.
EVERYTHING
CAN BE FOUND IN OUB ESTABLISHMENT IN
SUBSTANTIAL DR V GOODS.
LADIES', MISAKS' AND CHILDREN'S SUITS.
BOYS' SUITS.
MILLINERY GOODS.
DRESS SILKS, TRIMMING SILKS, VELVETS, LACES,
WHITE GOODS, DRESS TRIMMINGS, HOSIERY,
OLOVES, MITTS, GENTS' FURNISHING,
PARASOLS, STATIONERY.
PAKTOY GOODS.
HOUSEFIIKNIMK1ING WOODS
WHATEVER ELSE
EDW. RIDLEY & SONS,
300, 311, 311)4, 313, 313)4, 310, 315)4, 317
Grand Street,
58, 00, 02, fll, 00,68 and 70 Allen Street,
50, 61 and 03 Orchard St.,
KT DEPOT
THE STOCK OF GOODS COMPKISES
EVERY CONCEIVABLE ARTICLE USU
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ITAN DRY GOODS HOUSE-SUCH A8
SILKS. LADIES’ GARMENTS AND UN
DERWEAR OF ALL KINDS. INFANTS’
WEAR, LACES. HOUSEKEEPING GOODS,
MEN’S FURN18HING8, UMBRELLAS
AND PARASOLS. LADIES’ SUITS BOYS’
SUITS, MILLINERY GOODS, BOOTS,
SHOES, UPHOLSTERY, ETC.
SEND FOR A CATALOGUE. ORDERS
BY MAIL PROMPTLY FILLED.
ADDRESS
CO-OPERATIVE
DRESS ASSOCIATION,
(LIMITED.)
31 and 33 West 23d Street.
LITTLE WONDER
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RELIABLE SEEDS
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Wholesale and Retail.
Cfioleeit Cabbage and Onion
Seeds a Specialty. Everything la
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IMAAC F. TILLINGHAMT,
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A REMARKABLE OFFER.
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