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I UK L.BIIBND 9V I K ll. %Mi. , Ik. I fc. liil. K.lri.d *>l During tba troublesome I* J.fcn Mlb P.. honl... limes before and tabaequett to the revolution tne Isle* of Hboalg, off the ooaat of New Hampshire, were the retort aud hiding pUMMa of the freebooters who haunted the northern OOMI, and these silent rooks, if they could apeak, would tell maty a Ule of bloody cruelty and gloomy wrong. The piratet need to oome here to divide aud bide their booty, and melt up the silver plat* they oi tared from the oulouuti along the ooai. For a lung time it w* supponed that butbeli of doubloons were buried in the gaping orevioee of the rookn, or tbe little oaves that have beeu eaten out of the ledge* by tbe retlea tide ; but tbe place WM thoroughly iiearobed by several genet aliens of fishermen, and nothing more vain able tbaa a rusty outlaw or a bareted blanderbuas wa ever foui.d. Tbe grand damee tall bow <)pt Kydd ome bere often, " ae be tailed, as be NI!.< 1, L J there are icgendi of other pirate* quite aa fieroe * and free ae be. Tbe Star UUnd oaed to be haunted by beautiful spectre witb loot white robee and golden treiuu. reaching to bar heels, who utad to oome out of aomt unditoovered cavern at dawn, and *hdiu> her eyee with a band that wai ae white ant beautiful M a lily'e boeom, ga*e of upon MM aea In bopateea expectancy ol tbe return of a elipper tbut Bailee away aod never came back again. Tbi tory gOM that a bloody-hearted old pirate, being purnued by a cruiser, broutft. tut beautiful mietreee bere aod toft he while be weot out to battle, telling her tba by dawn be would be back again, bat b< oame not, not eveu till now. BBC died o tarvatioD, but her faithful epirit null oomee to tne summit cf the wlaid ai the un rite* eaoh morning, to meet tbe oonai who never returned. There are eight of the ulai.de, tbe emalleet being ae large, 01 rather a* unall, ae a eity bunding lot, ani the largeet eootaining only a couple o hundred acres nothiLg but bare, hfeles* rockn, carved by the innieeant wave* infc irange grotevqueneee, and ooverec by DO v Detail .(i except low, cling- ing vinee and tbe New England blueberry. Four nf tbe talaodi are in habited, tbe largeet. tbe A p, More, bean a hotel and a few cottage* Bear ialand ha* another hotel and a small aeltlement Of fishermen ; a third hae a few flebtrmen'i hole, and the fourth baa a bold, white lighthouse epnniuug oat cf iti erect. They w*re discovered by Capl. -Toon Bmitb, the friend of Vooaboutan, who in 1614 explored the New England coast iu an open boat, and s|>snt come lime here making repair* and reeling. On Blar uland utaode tbe only monument erected iu America to Capt. John S.LI ill. It is a rude affair a pill- malic shaped abaft of marble, opon a pedeetal of iand*tone, inaeribed at lengtb with tbe record of bin valorem deeda, and aome cyclopedia* My be la buried bere, but that la a mistake. tUlKl. I IKM l> V\ 4 lfr.K'll-1 0> Fl-..,. .1 M llh V .!!>. tlH.lt- In,. iMrt HBd fr-ulro 1 It'. .Iruno. " There's no fear of a watermelon. furniue bit IIMOO." laid a dealer at Arch street vharf to a I'huadelpbia Prei* reporter, aa ic gazed upon a pile c f the luscious, green- ooated fruit. " They are coming in by tbe KJSI load. They eome mottly from Jersey and Maryland just uow. Early io tbe season they com* at tar tooth a* Oeorgia aod Florida. They range iu price from til to 115 a hundred." Where do they go mottly ?" To hotels aud boarding hounen : to eummei reaoit hotels io paitieular. A ow ar* bought fur private families. But they can't be relied ou to make an every- day trade. The poor ptrule bay them a good deal on Saturday* lor danday dinners. Youog pet pi j buy them for what they call water melu.i pATUea. Alter they eat oat tbe red pan they ecjoy themselves by banging Uie rinds on one another's heada. A good uiauy time* they iu[ plemeut tbe rinde with their fist*. Tbe txmrdiug bouse and hotel trade la a pretty steady on*. Yon ee, twenty oeutt' worth ot melon will make a big anow and go a grea way at deaaert." " Any new varieties tbii year ? " " Well, we bave the vanilla aod the Issoou. flavored watermelon. They are got by injecting the vanilla flavor or inserting a bil of lecuou mlo tue item while tbe meloo i growing. The flavor ia taken up by the puip aod make* a delicious oom- binauou. Only epieoret know of this wrinkle and wa therefore have f*w of th* doctored species oo aal*. Yoa can gat a tobtbtom* dub by plugging a melon, in- jecting a little t:uo claret, restoring tbo plug aud allowing th* win* to b* taken up by the fruit. But, beware, tbe com- biuation u aa tedaetive M Roman punch." " Any uew ways of preparing tbe melou for table " Wall, I've been eatiog melon* for forty years, and 1 still prefer 'em plain. Bom* of my oustomeiB, uowever, like 'em mixed. Ooe of my beet boardiog-bona* outtouiers lias watermelon salad every Sunday iu tb* season. Bhe prepare* it, the Bays, a* an* ,O*B lelluov oau tue red part of th* melon ip iolo li'-a, adds pepper, salt, viocgar aud n. It ought io mak* 'em aiok, but be IOM say her boarders just fight for it uothu family that 1 know ot pour fiiiltnii on their melons. A good luaoy iex pie, I believe, always add a squeeze of muo to tb* fruit. A Botton family that deal with me ar* always particular to bave heir melon* firm aud just rip* aod dou'i haggle about pnoe wbeo they gel em to uit. Ihey have the melooe oat into little tnp< and eat ein with cold baked baan*. ui . M I Baid before, for my part 1 hue 'em 4am." THE DAKK CO.VTINCNT. W I 1 - W > l > I III t I ..... ... i. i.tuii. .. -in. ilatriasawU . li.lrullon- Daaial F. Bbugonr, the farmer who DM pent considerable time aud money in bu cfljrte to fra* Ella Larabee. tb* pretty young fe'iiale bursar of Brooklyn, tor the purpose ol making her bia wife, ha* ap pareutly given up all hope* of suoaea*. II* enured tne Labor Burt-an in Cantle Gar- den yeater lay murning, aud approaching Manager Connolly be aaid abruptly : " I want a wife. May I speak to tome of the immigrant girls her* and see it any of them would like to get married T I am not a poor man. I bav* *x>t a snug little farm on tbe outskirts of Boston, and oan aupport a wife comfortably." Mr. Connolly gave him permiMion to plead bia oauae with the girlt prrntot. They all laughed at him. No on* appre mated tb* offer of hie band and heart. He then took a teat on a bench aod wailed patiaatly notil another ship cam* in aod a treah lot of young girls entered the Labor Bureau. U* met witb no SUCCIBI, how About 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon Journal reporter entered tbe bureau ace mMting Buugone aaked : " Have yoa broken with Ndlie?" " Well, ye* ; I gaee* I havi. I think be i* a little too uaoghty for me." While th* reporter wa* null *p*akmg with Sbogoo* a thin, nervou looking man stored tbe bureau, and, eliding ap tc Matron Boyle, Mk*d : " Have you got a wit* for me yet ?" No, Mr. Martin, I bave not," she re plied. Tb* new-comer said bu name WM Michael Martin. He u 52 yeart tf age, an wa married onoe, and had a family c even children six tons and a daughter His wife died about five yean ago, an ince then be bae been travelling abou earohing for another wife, How bave yoa laooeeded BO far ? aaked tb* reporter. " Well. I have ad .so or three ladies at my booae on trill, but Done ot them cited." " Did yoa marry them ? " - Oh. no. Just hired them first, to see if they could work. II they raited me would bave married a-jy one of then)." Where do yoa live ?" " I've got a fin* farm oat in Trenton, 1 J. When I leave here I am going to matrimonial bureaa at the corner o Kleventh sired and Bixtb avenue." " Oan any on* go ther* and get a wife ? aaked tbe reporter. " Ob, no. Yon mutt be vooobed lor b; aome one who is known there. They rui it M an employment agency." "Are then maoy soon place* in tb ityJ" " I only know of one more, aod that's in Naaaau *treet. Well, good-day," and th loquaoioai old wife hunter started op town lor tbi matrimonial bureau. Mr. Buugoo left thortly afterward, Baying he would oall again to day. fine York Journal. * I* Vlnl l'i In. l|>lr.. Fashionable infferer " Doctor, wbt 1 1 do to whiten my hands ? I have bee to every manicure in Detroit." " What have you tried '.'" "Oh, everything. Olyoeriot, lotioot waahe* and every tum ; but they still pit I io remaining browa and spotted." ' Have you tried water I" What an idea!" l.i.nl l'..lblllll>' *>f Ibr .l I -u- ib..i sjlvtUaatl** I. arlrlsHI nir.,1 The great Dark Continent eontiooee tu ttiraoi the attention of toe aatiouu and Cfaurohee in an iuoroaaiug degree. Oar readers will b* interested in tbe following brief account ot iti territory and people. Africa ia almoat an island, being unned to Asia by tbe uarrow iatbmui of Sues; in fact, the Suez Canal makee it now an iklaud. Iu length ia about 5,000 miles, and it* greatest breadth 4 000. It contains an area ot uearly 11.000 fxjoare milee and its sea coast i so nxteunive that to sail around it would be equal to two third* tbe oiroutuaavigation of the globe, ll lice in turee BOOM ; it* grand oeutcal belt if 3.000 aiilen is iu tbe torrid ; and toil u daoked north aud south by about 1,000 miiea on escb aide lying 10 the tem- perate zouea. It ibus present* within it* vast aca th* most delightful variety of olmiaie. Tbe central belt of thu great laud oould feed half tbe world. Tbe tea- sjns are so favorable that crop* may be grown throughout th* year, and already jou nod bere the Quest rice, Indian corn, swett potatoes, beau*, ptacut*, melons, iqoaabe*, tomatoee, giogM, pepper, arrow rout.ootton.tugar cane, yams, eoeoa.oeesaila etc., while Liberian ooflee earriat off the palm. " Africa will yet be tbe greatest oottoL, ooflee and sugar country " ou wniab tbe sun shine* ; tbe world's market. Atrioa u one ot the nobeat oouolrice o* tbe glob*, in vegetable and mineral resources. There are indication* that u ia yet to prove the world's granary and treasury. Already wheat, sugar oaoe, cotton, silk. wool, olives, dates and other tropical Iruiu may be found than, and tbsr* IB no variety of truit or vegetable wbicu could not bv grown aomewBere 10 it* vast area. Copper, lead, iron, coal, gold aud diamond* abound . aud at to it* umber land, it* forest* are so thick with all kiuds ot tree* that they ere now an imptaaabl* jungle. Fifty Ibouaand elepbaiita are su|p~j*ed to be slain annually for their ivory took* ; India rubber, bidaa aud gonta aboond. aod at to ostrich (.lumee, the profit of on* grown uetrioh u 155 a year. More than one buudred and fifty book* have beeu written ia deeonpUoB of thi* grand conti- nent ; bat the half ha* uot been told, aud in fact not yet known, lor Ood's providence ha* for torn* wise reason kept ibis continent veiled for thousands of years, and evon now it u only the corner of the i .. i vii \ AN* l.aBVK. wash them. My fee will b* 13." W*rk l'r..f ... ib. u. .un. W*e>a**M 11 ErriOBBon, the veteran inventor, wae si rears old recently. Hi I* in eiealleul lealtb, and works, it U said, sixteen hours day, tba* proving an exception to th* general rule, like maoy other* that ar* eoeired without a <w**Uoo, that lard work kills is a fauaoy. Perhaps t might b* fairly ****rted that ouay m*n Uv loug*r loan idle men . that work u, alter au, the tru* elixir of lit*. tfauy noteworthy luttanoes where longav- ty ooiuoide* witb nmarkaoJ* mental activity will easily occur to tb* reader. Wa* not Baphoel** more than ninety whan, to prov* that he ws* not io hit dot- age as hi* helm claimed, in order to get bu money a* wrote one of bu greatest tragediM .' Did not Homboldl do more wo* k at tour score than many bright men do at forty 1 Uoelbe, M every on* knows, died wnn [ *B 10 baud at the age ot aigoty- two. You Kanke, tbe toreiuoel ol nviug butorian*, ha* )B*t publlab*d another volume ot hia Uuiv*r*al liietory ; he will be eighty-nine years old next D*o*mb*r. Carlyl* and Em*raon lost none ol their ;or until taey reached three More years aod ten. Aod, to-day, who imagine* tbat Oliver Wendell Holmes, already on tbe verge of seventy tlv*, u old / Longfellow did aome of hu beat work shortly before DM d*atb, at seventy five, and Whittiar is oow two yean older than that. Tne va*t ensrgi**, wbos* tarn in many direction* ar* known a* Victor ilugo, show DC sign* ol deor*| i- tnde, altbougb it l* mori in. ^ eighty-two years since Victor Hugo WM born. Uisto- naoi, it may be remarked, bave uaually been loog lived. Voliair* Jieu tt "t. Thiaray and Mich- l*t at 76 ; Mign*t and Ooiiot at 7. Qorg* Bauorolt IB now V4, aod Osorg* Tiohuor lived to b* HO. In public lit* w* bav* had several reoeul exaoipl** ol great menwbo** power lor taMmananip did not diminiah through ag*. Qladatons u nearly 75, aud Palm*ntou wii Prim* Minuter M the tim* of hi* detn, two day* before b* had completed hi* Slat year. Benjamin Frank Un, in th* last oratury, lived to b* 84. These lustaooei luffios to show that there are oooililutioni whioh not only uau baar, hue which actually ueed th* ttimulut of hard work up to a vary advanced period- Uf course, on the other hand, might b* cued the remarkable men who died young. bat even from their experience tb* fitot might b* brought out, not that they were killed by overwork, but by irrational work. Utnally, a* in tb* caw ot Keate, early death I* the molt oi ohrouio aiseaae. Shelley, who i* always mentioned among those whoa* liristlretohed bat a tpao, was drowned accidentally, and there u good reason to believe tbat but for thu be would have lived to old age, beoaUM he WM phy- sically ttroog. Raphael, Mozart, Boron, Buros aud Schubert tuooumbed juat at an ag* wben most men reach their prime, bat it mutt not be forgotten that tue IM! threw under- mined their health by exoeMee. Shake- speare, Napoltoa, Cottar and Beethoven recognized a* the unrivalled gianta iu their reapective department*, died at between fifty and sixty. But on the other baud Miobsl Angelo, tkan whom no man ever expanded more *n*rgy opon hu va*t aobievem*nt*, lived to b* uiuet>, aod Titian was ninety nine. It is evident, therefor*, tbat white no strict law oan b* established, there i* a relationship between longevity aud labor. Work pr***rvee th* health, while idlenets teodi to wcakeo it I'hiladtlphia HuIIttin. f Low tied A married oouple.of abort itature. veil that is yet ulted. Wben we think what historic svetit* wsre wailing to find lu America tbe theatre of their trauaacliou, and what wonders of development followed Ibe diaoovery of this bidden continent tojr csuiurie* ago. who oao tell what may )tt be ilia giory of the otTilizatioo that thai! rub* me l>rh Continent in tb* lustrous *Muioui ft Mterpti**, education, aod, ouv all, Curwuanny ? Her* ar* mixed pecplee, Arab* and Turks, Moon aud J.. i various religions Mohammedan, Papal, Jswiah. The) population is estioiaud at HOO.OOO.OOO. Atrioa's sable SOLI have a peculiar religious aptitude, that make* thu land a very nupeful, fruitful soil in which tuoowth* seed of the gospel. And then we muat remem- ber that tbe typical Afncou la not to be fuuod ID tbe class that ha* kj*en reatwad to slavery and broogfct to oth*r olimst. Tb* or*di* of tbe grandest civiJia*iioo of to* agat patl wss in tow valley ot lb* Nile ; and tb* heart of Ibe Dark Uoutinant to-day bold* some of the manlieM speoiuiene ot tbe human race. And then tbe African u naturally aesthetic. The negro," says Mrs. Siowe, " il aa ajxolio ot th* mot gorgnoua aud soperb ooontrie* of the world, and b* has deep in hi* heart a pasaion for all that i* tyleudid. rich and tauoilul , a paatioo whioh, rud*ly ludulged an untrained taste, draws on them tie ridicule of th* colder and more correct white race." If ever Africa shall show an elevated aad cultivated race aud eome it muat, some time, her torn to figure in the great drama o( bumao improvement -life will awake there with a gorgeouanaai aod tpleudor of which our oold we*t*rn tribes faintly conceived. In that far-off mystic laad of gold, and g*m*, aad epieer, and waving palm*, and wondrous flower*, and mraci Joui fertility, will awake new forms ot art, uew styles of splendor , aod tbe negro race, uo longer despised aod troddeu down, will perbap* show forth some of tb* latent and moat magnificent revelatioun *f bomao life. Certainly they will, io their gentle- ne**, their lowly docility of heart, their aptitude to repots on a tupenor autud and rest on a higher power, their childlike sim- plicity ot affection and facility of forgivc- uesa. In all these they will exhibit tb* bigh**t form ot the peculiarly Christian life, and perbape, as God ohs*t*a*tb whom He lov*tb, He bath oboaec pcx>r Africa in the furnace of affliction to mak* her tbe bigbe*t and nobleat in that kingdom which He will set up, wben every other kingdom baa been tried and failed ; for " the first shall be last, and tbe la*t &n\."Jtecord. Admiral MoCliutook, th* Arctic explorer, all tbe allegations of Dr. RM regard mg the eanuibausoi of the members ot tbe Pranklio expedition. Admiral MoCliutock and Dr. RM are oot frieads. ai.i.iji You Mol.tr, say* a French paper, u said to be aerioutly ill. Ha ba* OMebral paralysis aod ia hardly at.e to wall. When b* *att hil servant is obliged to perform the most ordinary cffioa* for him. He in gradually falling into a coma- tone slate. Two Foreign O$o* clerki paseiag along Whitehall : Very aid, isn't u .' i ** by this morning's ptuers tne Duke of Wt-liu g- lou is dead." Yon don't aay ao ; hy, h matt have been very old indeed it n nearly a century enioe the bailie of Wateruo MM fought. A correspondent of the Louden Litneit tayitbat he has praotled lor euibl years on steamers ronoing between Liverpool aud American ports. During thu time be ba* bad charge of 50,000 people, and ta* deaths were leas than one per 1,000. Five of three were suiciJt* aod the remainder mottly occurred amoLgcbildren. Tbe 1'aris paper*, tboogb doll, under standajok*. They aay The American kuiboruia* most mated be frightened about the cholera. They threateo, accord ing io the oewtpapert, which always tell the troth, that if Bartboldi's Liberty arrive* Ibis summer tc* shall be quaraii lined aod ke[ t iu ibe lower bay oo the grouud that she o u.t from au infected cholera district. ' Ten daye axo oners ran tbrougb the slreouoi Btthuoe, France, Ml.iug a oews paper extra which gave a detailed account of au Orleanist coup .1 rial aod a revolution at Paru. Ueueral d* Oalliffat, according to th* dMpatobet, tad surrounded tbe Elytee, tbe Faubourg Saul Ilonurv wa* a soeu* of tb* greatest exeiteoient aud violence aud tbe Come de Pan* WM about to pat himself at tb* head of ou troop*. it WM at Aabiers, elo*e t j the mar K iu ol tbe virgual, tti. imruaouJat* Boloe. " Aogastu*," the exclaimed, darling Augustus, do not venture into tbat boat. You know you might drown, my dear, aud then and then " On I pahaw, Clemen tine, 1 in used to it. I ibao'l drown." Well, anyhow, leave me your watch aod chain, that's a dear. 1 * A aad tragedy hapr<coed at Betilaeh io Aliao. A farmer had returned from tbe fields with a load of dried clover. Ills Uttie son fell asleep among tb* bay, which cov- ered him from tight. Tbe father did uot know of hi* presecee aod proceeded to onload He plunged his pitchfork with great force into the bay and was horrified by the terrible cry which followed tbe act. fit. i-ii 1 1 A firm l*r falalaalr Puirv Tfc Wrl*Ua r a >!..! Pie ,h. r .. Io this soblonary tiiiteno* it i* not good enough simply to live, pull through life a* tired horse pull* a load ap bill. Life is the bent thing we've got, and it behoove* IB to n. eke tha beat of it in the few year* that ar* allotted to u*. How are w* to go about doing ttiis .' "Eat p.e" it tbe quiet admoLi'.iou that coma* back to a* like ao echo from torn* far beyond, and in tboae two word w* may find all tbat M needed to produce in humanity tboae t*odr jua.. ti*k so oioob ID d*maud, because > ncare*. They eay, Ihfy, that pie meant !Ldi**tico. Who are " iu*y .' ' A dyspeptic do** uot etj > life to aoy great extent, and wber* is tue gromhUr who lave* pi* / Mirthful is the adjective that should .[Jalify our existence, tor in the joHy compound of fat men and laughter do we find the sonnieet side of what many chooa* to call a bard and cruel world. A HlBTHjrCL K1X LOVM HB, a lover of pi* lovei mirth, and the mirthful man noes through lit* to gat all tb* good out ol it be can. Life is not a serious luiag tbat we should bang out btads aod loop*. We ar* oot to blame for exiitibtf. We did not un ouneUen here, aod we i **d not bjtber our brains about g*ttingairay. That will be all attended to at th* pr j r time. All last 19 expected if us it that w* bave a gjod time, and by our daily lilt show that w* tiack tb* l.jrd for giving as vh* cbaLO* to glorify Him iu our bappmes*. But what ban t hit to do wiu |i? Pi* u to* iub- ttratum of oar average sweetness of dispo- sition, and if you were a* grast a p^ilao- ibropisl M yoa should b*, if you rti y tad tb* good of tb* nauoo at heart, u would b* yoar telf-ioitituted task to astabuab pi* factories ID every city in the laud, and you would tell |-.dt by retail at wboleaal* pnoew to men, women and babiM . in lact yoa woold give them away -tbat it if people couldu i boy them , aoy way, tu*y abould all eat pie. Wbo koowt of a mty mat love* pi* better than New York, unhts it i* liottoo ? Ther*, w* ar* told, they bave pi* for brrkkfast , pie for dinner, pie for tupp*r, and sir cr maun TO BAT MB. B)tb ar* gooi cities, in their way. ar* eome chronic peeaioiuu in Tber* but . Tbe unfortunate cLild was pierced through and through, and died almost immediately. Tbe father's despairing agony can ouly b* magiuad. ha* bet o, since the ooi..(uest, oetilr* of government, ol the London tbe real thought, tbe grow to, ibe culture aod tbe life ot tbe nation, sayi Uatmtllan't tlaga- lint. No other city iu Europe baa kept thai prerogative unbroken lor eight centu rut until our own da). At th* vary at- tost, Paris ban pmaoraed It for not more than four oeoturiv*, and in aa looouiplet* maooer lor at leaet half of Ibeee four. Tbs capital* of Pruiwa, Auattia, Ra>> are merely tbe artificial work of aod reooni eg**, aod Ibe eapitals of Italy aud Greece ar* mere antiquarian revivals. Kugland was Osntraliasd earlier than by any other European nation ; and tbut the ooogerieH of town* that ws uow call London has formed front the early dayi of our monarchy, tbe essential seat of Uovern meut, th* military beadqoartart, tb* per- manent home nf th* law, tb* connecting link between England aod tbe continent, and ooe of th* <ij*at oentrea of th* oom- meroe of Europe. Hi uce it haa oome about that the life of England has b**o oouoeu traled on tbe banks of tbe Thane*, more oouuletely aud for a longer period than th* life of any great nation ha* beeo con- centrated iu any sicgle modern c:ty. When we add to that fact toe happy arcumtitcoe that at leatt down I > the memory of living mec, London rttuoed a more complete eeriee of public BODUUMOM, a more varied eet of local associations, more noble build ing< bound up with :b* memory of more great events and more great men thao any tingle oity in Europe (exoept perbtp n Rome itself), we oome to lb* oonoloaioo that London U a oily uosurpasssd in historic toUresl. inveatigalioa prove* thai they do not eat pi*. No i le eater oao be truly wicked in dwpoaitien. bbow us a city that eau pi* auu we will show you a cuy w, tj a happy population. Away down oo lue eatteru end of L?og Itiaod forty yean ago, a boy was dropping uvtatoa* for hu nuol*. U* got tired of dropping potato**, and oo* morning b* fouud bimaelf at Catharine sire*t ferry with oo* out in bin pxjket. Tb* ftrry matter took th* oue caul axel trusted th* boy for the rest of bu tar* across tbe Ea*t Kiver. He found a job mith a baker for bis board aod ololb** b*tor* night, aod tbst boy ba* b*u baking ever eino*. He U tc lav the Preaidtot of a New York Pie Bakiag Company and claim* tbe dietinotien of having baked aad sold tnora pie* than any man .in America. He bat educated the i>*ople op to tLe r pr*a*nt fondLou for pies, and ihemn b* ttmm built lot aiBDaalf a nonumaai. He told pica io Mr. aod Mrs. Niblo, wbeo tba " Oardeo " waa a vacant lol turroouded by a higb board feuos, and t je aimple *oapl* stood day a; t-r day in toeir cap* and wbit*) apruus aod reo>d theui at a big prcflt. Wbeo I' T. luruuiu wa* bw own tioket- tcilsr aud doorkeeper at his museum, tteo situated where toe Herald building now ttauoV. his amuer every day wa* oo* of Thompson's pits and a place of Tuit oooipuiy uow tells 'JOU p -s every day, aud iti buaitiean is rapidly inrreaeiog with the appetite of tbe cummut.ity. It uses .tCu barn U of fl >ur a w*ek, i_d > very day worki into pi* tu barrein r a|>pt**, other fruits in proportion, ij.OOO p^uuus of sugar, "40 doMU tggs, 2.640 puuuj*i.f lard, 1,400 .|uarts ot milk aod 100 bjah*U ot terries. Th* lot* in pi* plat** alooe ut 16,000 a ysar. Tbe buaiuas. is **tabli*b*d on a strict cash bsau, aud uuder u<j circum - ua tines are its prioeiplw departed from. IB the face of tuob lacu a* tbe-*, who dare* to say that u I* not good to eat pie 7 When a man reacbee that point where be turne up bit no** at sweet tbio0. be i* r rett; tar goo*. Nt<e lark Ivy I Mn. Ivy lawns ar* known to bat few among tbe many who are interested in gardening economy. Th* oonsitt, at the name impli**, of ivy only, aod they offer tone peculiar advantage* in oatea where grail lawni ar* apt to oeeasioc more trouble than they ar* woith. An ivy lawn may be well made in one s*a*on. aad if tb* primary operation of planting b* properly performed th* lawn will mak* itself ; it will want no cutting, no sweeping, no watering, DO protection from th* birds that eat tbe grans seeds to-day and to morrow scratch up th* teodsr plant* a* though it WM their miation to make grata lawni impossible. And wben made, being, ai it wire, If made, an ivy lawn will take care ot iteelf for any number ol yean ; bat if io need of repair or trimming, the knife, tbe bears or the tpade may be aeed with unskilful hand*, and with tbe least imaginable cent of time, for it u not an easy thing to kill, or ivea to seriously injure, a lawn ooutistiLg of ivy eolely. Boob lawni are unfit for game*, and indeed ihould not be trodden on. They will nol, therefore, supersede gran in a country garden, which, perhap*, ii a matter for congratulation ; but they will give 01 tbe moat delightful breadth ot verdure in tbouiandi of place* where gra* IB more plague than profit, aod, at tbe very bett, tends rather to diegraoe than adorn th* position. way tbat separates me from tb* rustic, ivy covered church. - II..*.. ( nit. . i:,. li lli.u Hen* I bin Walks Jai el the frairal 'r i.. u A prisoner named Hugo Clme, under s*nteooe of 23 months in the Central Prison for horse stealing in Hamilton, escaped from tbe Cenlral 1'riaou between 12 aud 1 o'clock yesterday. Us had beeu iu th* prison hospital for som* time pa*t uuder treatmeni for diseai* of tb* heart. lie bad been in the prison about a year, and some time ago made an adroit attempt to esoape by *awmg a hole in the ujor of a carpenter shop. A guard happened to kick away aome ot the shavings with which he had covered the place of hia concealment, and seeing tbe mark* of tbe saw, lifted th* piec* and discovered Ulioe lying face op in tbe lining of tbe door. Since that time be ba* evidently been watching hi* ebaoo* to escape. Yeeterday a guard bappeoed to leave the grated doon of the hospital unlocked aod Clioe coolly walked out, and by tbe aasistanoe cf a board scaled th* fence and cleared off towards tbe weet. He 1* German, about . J y*an of ag*, tr**h oompleiioded, with brown hair, weight about 150 pounds, and height 5 feet U inches. He ba* been a thief from hi* infancy, and hat been in maoy of tb* prisons of th* Doited SUIes. 1'aplt I I r, .U " What are you going to do with tb* dog ? " asked a gentleman on the ttreet of a friend who wai carrying a small poodle uuder hit arm ; " tak* him dowo to the river aod drown him I " " I with I might," wat tb* sad response , " bat he belong* to my wit*. I am taking him over to the barber's to bave hit hair eat. High lea 'Which part ot th* oak* will yoa take, Johnny ?" " Ob, 111 tak* tbe soprano, I got**." " Th* soprano Wbat{do yoa mean I ' " Th* upper part, of course, ma." I bav* satn th* sx-lCmpr*** EugeLM at table perhaps a doMn timea, and I oev*r saw ai.y cue eat so little that seem> d to ba- in a* good health a* she did. Utr SOD (poor boy ). however, made ip for ber, for n* bad a very healthy appetite. Wtile at Hhoaooryoett Military Bohool be bad teve- ral photograpbi taken by on* of th* tol- dien, who hid some talent tbat way, aod be gave me a copy with hi* aatograp h oa it. Another embryo artitt at Hboebury- oeti wished to mike a plaster bust of tb* young Prioor, and aooordingjy th*y arranged tbe sand and mud to tak* tb* mould, and b* go* down oo hi* kaee* and bravaly puiihed bii greased fao* into tbe mod, but act far enough to soil tbe artlit, who pat bis bauds on tbi young NapoUoot neck and pothed it still further ID. When tb* plaatar oaite wa* taken out there wai a DOM Ilk* a gourd i iua*h about a toot loog, M th* platter bad somehow forced a chan- nel for ilMlf. Tbia remarkable stande en a pedestal in the mew-room at Sbo*buryn**s. aod u marked NapoUoo IV. To thick ot tb* brave, bright young man a* I knew him, full of life and boy lab earnest- ocas, M having died M be died, make* my heart ache for him, and more for the) mother who loved him so. After my visit to Cbitlebunt, I never eaw either of them again. O.'nr llarprr'i Remittitcrnefi. l ,... 11.11. i., ih. Ml. A Winnipeg despatch sayi tb* full com. piemen t of toyay<ur> for th* Kgyptiau campaign baa been lecared. Tuere wera 200 application*. They leave on BaMucday. Lord Wolaeley baa telegraphed to Col. Kennedy, of Winnipeg, for a canoe similar to tbe ooe be uaed daring the Red Hiver expedition. Capt. Aumood.of the Governor -General'* Foot Guard", and Capt. Mo KM, of No. 7 Company 7th Batt., Loudoo, bave been appointed at Lieutenant* under Major Uenisau, in command of th* Canadian toy *y< un for th* Nile. Several French papert announce that tbe real object of the Kiug ot Sweden t visit to England wa* to Mttl* th* pnliminarie* of a marrisge between hie second ion, 1'r n - Oacar, aod the PnocM* Lou.te of Wales. , .