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j 1, f Ir.l Pair ol Hrr , . h. .. Bow dear to my heart were my ftrit pair of breeoha*. Although DOW worn oat 1 remember them Mill ; They d been in tbe houM a y.ar or two prevloui, 9 And were fonuerlv owned by iny big brother bill. How uiy O)OB opened while lu great exjjeotation. When told that new breeches for me wtuld be ui.<lo ; Bow 1 (alt in uiy buart a itrange agitation. And laugned when I thought now I looked to arrayed. They were not cut u|> intanbiun.ot that manure yon ; Tbeyeauie to the kuti-t, no lueptnden were worn ; A patch In those ilayn would excite no great notice. If I climbed a fence uiy new breecbe* were torn. When 1 nret put them on a peculiar leniatlOD Aioee in oiy boeom *.hai gave me great joy. For now all ibe neighbor* >io waut luforuia- tion. Ooul.1 tee that uo girl 1 wa. but a big buy. And tbe pookete, bow large, bow deep and bow roomy ; I had a place for my uiarblx my top and my ball. 1 found one behind why 'twae nothing but pockeu I There were three that were large and one thai wu small. When IktruttodoutproudlT an audible titter Proui one of tbe Doy* gave me tome little pain ; When be laid : " (Jan your mother make pent* fit no better :'" I Mtl<l naught for aniwer, but looked with Ui i roin tboee dayi of our childhood ales I w*'ve oow parted , Doe* your ftrui pair of breechee ne'er giTe you a tfcougbt " Uul Uiey not fit you better, at leut yon did ktuakio. The>u tbote from tbe tailor tbat since you hare bo ugh I. Bat now wben you tee that new breechee are A tailor you'll find you uiuil drat Interview, And your purchase of uents will perhapi be itupedeu, Be 1 * not like your mother, he will not trait you. -at. - 1 . .. mid I ,.u, ii Hmootblag *ii tbe oettliuij bead Of a mai.leu lanci led, Tbui a grave) eyed woman laid : " Hlcbett gif U are those we make, Dearer tliau tbe love we take That we give for love'i owu ask*. " Well I know the heart's uueet ; Miue ban been tbe common queet To be loved and therefore bleet. ' Kavon uudewrved were uiue ; At my feet a* on a ibrine Ixive bat laid 1U gifte divine. " Hwet tbe offering* *ouieil, and yet With tbeir weetnme eaiue regret. And MUSS of unpaid debt. "Heart of uiineunsatlined, Wan H vanity ur pride Tbat a deeper joy denied ' " Hnudfe tbat ope but to receive Knj|ity cloee ; Ibey only life ' Illrlilj tu> can iichly give ' Hull,' tin etKbed oith uiuirteuiug eyee, - 1. <ve In >tM>t in any KUUW; Hut lube tie ancriltce! ' H* whu, diving, il<". u.it crave Lilknat I. I" HIII wll gave Lit* iuelf tb loved lu aave. " Ixi ve tbat M- ' f f <ri)tl ul KIVM liowe surprise ripen*.! abeavee t I Air ur ou ilHuwu iwvlvel." J:.hn tl. ir/liffir. in Iht [txitpntdtnt 'I lU. I I, .1.11, .....I ,.,,, W ail not till tbe little imi., i> are at reel Kre yon DM tbem full of flowers; Wait nu't fur tbe mm mug ttilieroee To make iweet tnu laat nd hourb . while. in ilw i.Mnjr riounubold band. .larlaiK* -till nel vmir guiiilng baoil h. nil tbelr HVM with ewwtneam Walt not tiH Ibe In lie Imaru are nll, For tbe loving U <>b ond pliraee. Hut wbile you gently e.bida a fault, ' Tbe gout! deed kiudly |*rai*e. Tbe word you would i|xtk beeltlo Ibe bier Kalli iweeter far on tbu living ear ; Ob, nil young livm witb nweuiuee*. Abl what are kiinee on clay cold li|>e To tbe roy uioutb we preee, When odr wee one film tn her motber'l aruit For luve'n temlere*t eara** ! l.et uever a wurl ily tmiiulf* aee|> . . Your heart from tbe joy uach day ihould reap, Circling yuur young live* with,iweeltieu. tiivr thank* each tuorn for the aturdy bovs, dive thanli for the fairy girln. With a dower of wnaltb like tbii at borne, Would vu rifle the earth for pear Ii ' Wait i ot for ilealb to gaiu love'i crown, Hut daily abower life'i blee*luijx down And nil youog bemrt* wltli tweeuaea. Itemeinber tie biimee when the lltiht beu fled. Wbere tbe row nan faded away : And tbti love tbat glowii in youthful heurt oh, chrriih it while you may! And make yonr borne a garden of flower*. Wbere joy aball bloom through ehlMbooti'i hour*. And All young live* with aweetnew. M < ... U. Ill* ii. ... . . .1 *>lrr*>.' Sleep well, boluve.l - rent tbnu in peaoe Thy imiient life-work tUine, Ood t'iuche.1 tbee. gave thee HWeet releaw And crowu otglury won. Bleep well, beloved. HioK low, IWMI bird, thy evening tone, Kor ahe wbu lovexl tbee alee pa Among Uiatailent waning taioni An angel vuill keep*, Hmg low, tweet bird. How |, en II y, wind, over her bed; O aun, ebiue warm, abiae low ; And maT tbe night ner dew-lean ibed, May aoftly fall tbe mow. Hlow gently, wind. Hloom fair, tbou Illy of tbe vale, While tbe green Ivy creep* , Arbntue. in tby beauty, trail. O'er her wbo aweetly Deep* Her lonR lait ileep. The tledrna fcBird" Wlrl. In the old timei a betrothal rice had a good dej of liguiflokhoa. Ii we* tbe fine ring tliat a maiden wore Al preeent, wheu every youuK lady were one or more riLh, and may wear a* many ae iba I'lean'-i, a K>rl '" f n^tmemeut ring IN no ODD- piauoa* adornment, aud ii not remarked by i. ii.. in every buudred of her beholder*, uuli in it in a handsome diamond and attract* attention by ite beauty. But ft betrothal ring WM almost a* uored a* a wedding ring, and tbe girl wbo wore one wae a*, good an married. The maiden of the preeent day enjoys a much larger liberty and often makeigood use of it. She may re- tract in many matrimonial promises as ibe makes ; may jilt six lovers and return their rings, marry a seventh, and invite tbe six jilted lovers to tbe marriage fraet. Tbe auoient ec gaged K'rl had to walk a rather narrow pain : but tbe modern engaged girl ! well, she in a trump, and I rather like ber. She livts in " liberty ball," and "does ae she pleaae*." Chicago lltrald. E. A. MoDowtll, formerly well known in Canada, bat now a member of tbe Madison Square Theatre, New York, is seriously ill. i-ii i><. nit HW HO..M. . .ur.l U Irrelnl od el I ouu. I IlliU.rll. The dull, regular, uninteraniing routine o( Her Mnjetiv Queen Victoria's daily lite, so try ing even to tbe enduring patieuoe of ber iani reuuoiaiug daughter, ha* ui.oo more begun, unrelievea save by the li.nueiy, almust lowly, iuoideule recorded daily, aud which constitute tbe only oommuuiun be- tween tbs nation and bcreolf. Time was, even alter the oantle bad been virtually oloeed for all fentivitie*, tbat guetU were bidden to tt for tbe tbte days' visit i o dear to tbe British heart, and during tbeir stay enjoyed tbe privilege of revelling in tbe priceless aoeamulittion uf piotaren, (* trteii, pbjeoti of art, rare books, rarer tugraviags and unrivalled speoimeos of china -one little te>ble itb rose Dubarry medallions alone being eaumaled at 125,000. Now the invitation* rarely extend over 01 e eveMing aud night, and, although they are to all intente and purpose* command*, sometimes only reach tbe recipients a few hours before their attendaLoe : required. A last train brings you down from Paddington station in forty minutee. A* no carriages are habitually sent to meet yon, you have to trust yourself aud ser- vant* to flies aud oa.be to reaoh the oaetle. Page* of tbe Queen, lad* belonging to tbe best familiee in tbe kitgiom, take charge of you and, consulting a written list, con- duct yon to tbe apartments set aside for yonr use. They consul of a oomplste eel of room*, tbe only fault.bein^ tbat in winter they are apt to oe insufficiently warmed, a* the Queen is constitutionally averse to heal. Hboitly after tb* ariivaJ of a guest, be receive* tbe visit ot the Matter of tbe Household, Sir J. C. Cowell, who brings him an invitation to have tea with one or other ot tbe ladies in waiting. Fall court drees wde rigoeor for tbe din ner. A* early as 'J o clock tbe guoate as>srnble in tbe great gallery wbich runs around tbe quadrangle, and which forma an immense 1'io.ure gallery, never opened to tbs gene- ral public even at those periods wben admittance to tbe Bute ttpaxtmsDts is llowed during the Queen's absence from Windsor. At halt pat 8, accompanied by the Princess Be*tr:ce, Her Majesty makes ber appearaco*, aud, witb a few brief uords to tbe company, leads tbe way to tbe dining-room. If there an sixteen to dinner ii i Carved in thai apartment, one side of wbioh is a broad window, opening on tbe Mitral court Tbe walls are hung witb ttpettry, and two piaiutn g only adorn tbe apartment a portrait of Ibe Queen, by Augrli, and one of tbe Ouobeas cf Edin- burgh. When tn familU the t^necn dine* ID one cf tbe octagonal towers, wbere each of tbe eight windows frames a perfect view of tbe pswk. Tbere is little or uo conversation at thene state rwpaeta. Tbe Queen not infrequently lean* forward to whiaper a lemark to ber daughter in a lasbiou which, to say tbe Icakb. is dcoompo*iui( to tbe uninitiated. The menu, besides Ibe names of the dishes, give* that ol the chef who UHM couooctd tuem. Tbe innumerable footmen are all lu *nla livery, butlers aud p>ge* lu costume, and the so called " clerks of tbe kitchen," in black coats itcdknee breeches, stand at tbe md*board to er*e. Aftrr tbe dinner, which is short, tbs yueeu retiree witb tbe ladies- a mere formality, for tbe men follow three minutes later. Tbe members of tbe noun aud household bave alway* bnikbed their meal, taken in tb* great ball opening out of the first of tbe three greet saloons, s>ud wbicb is used by Ibe Queeu only when her party ixct>cdn thirty. Sir J. C. Cowell presided at Ibe table. Tbe poet-prandial cere- monies are promptly gone through, Her Mtjesty exchanges a few leniences witb each ol her gue>ts, wbo remain i-Caudiun the whole time, and at the end of half an hour, at tbe outside, withdraw* to brr pri- vate rooms, which are always brilliantly lighted, and wbere she finishes tbe evening .Conversing with her daughter, reading, writing or being read to. Meanwhile her visitors aru at liberty to play wblxtor listen to munic in tbe red and grre:i drawing- room*. The gentlemen can betake them self** to tilliaidaor to tbe smoking rooms. Tbe latter are provided even for tbe s*r vaute, bat it is *triotly forbidden to smoke iu sny other apartment, public or private. Every visitor knows tbat he will cee bis royal hostess no mote, and that be is expected to leave tbe castle by 11 next morning. He can lake bis breakfast in bia rooms or down- stairs, a* be prefers. Her Majeety has her very early meal either alone or with some prince of bleed roval. At '.) she drivee through tbe ground*, which are of great extent and beauty and strictly private, to Frogmen, when ebe alight*, and, weather permitting;, enters a tent spread on tbe lawn for bsr uae. Tbere she read* her letters aud osw*ps>per*. Tbe latter have been previously carefully canned by one of her ladirs in waiting, and tbe pae*age which sbonld meet bsr eye marked in ml pencil. She scrupulously abstains from glancing st any others. Under a second tent abe then attends to business, and bulky paokagee ot oor respoudenoe are opened before her. A mounted groom constantly rides backward and forward, carrying ber instructions to ber private secretary at tbs castle. Bbe herself returns thither for lunob, after wbioh the afternoon is tilled up with walk- ing and driving with 1'rinoeas Beatrice until tbe evening again begins. Mil Ik fr Ih. K .. . Mfilieal and Surgical Journal : Many persons are soffsrlng pain from weakness ol tbe eye*. This, sometimes, proceeds from local inflammation, sometimee from other causes. Bevoral persons who bave thus been effliotcd inform us that they bave dirivsd almost immediate, and in some oases permanent, relist from tbs application of salt water a* a bath ; and, wben tbe pein has been aggravated, from a com- press saturated witb salt water laid on tbe eyes, and renewed at frequent interval*. Opening the eye* and submerging tbim in clean salt water has been found beneficial to those whoee eyesight begin to fail. Behind the curtain of a barber shop, in tbe secluded apartment sacred to the appli- cation of dye to gray hair, a sharp observer declares that he saw tb* barber clipping tbe look* from a man's bead in order to make him bald. The explanation is tbat be remarkably, resembled tbs Prices of Wale*, and was so proud ot the likeness that be wished to perfect it by partially denuding bis scalp. * I Hk-l-MOO* IMM 4 >- fl. mr..qur 4,1.01 I .M-"*- <-> ">ug Ike *. ulh.ru HrH.UIu. Mr. John B. Sweet, wbo has recently been travelling in New Meiioo and Arizons, gave an iiitsresiingaud graphic *ketob to a Denver Tribune reporter of tbe ' Haabkawu oai cv," wnioh he had witsiiesed at one ol tbe Navsjd agencies. It took place in a large corral, or inoloaun of an irregular circular form, about forty paces in diame- ter. Itt fence, about eight feel higb, was oouKtrucUd ot (rush juniper aud pmou bough*. In the centre ws a conical pile of dry wood, about twelve feet high, which waa to make tbe greet central fire. Around to u>, a taw feet from tbe leucr, a dozen smaller fires were burning for tbe comfort aud convenience of tbe i-puotators, wbo numbered about five hundred men, women aud children, guthered here from various parts of tbe Navsjo country Tbe fire dance we* tbe most pioturetqoe and fetart- llug of all. Boms time before lb dancers entered, 1 beard strange sound* mingled witb the blowing of tbe buffalo born. Tbe sounds were much like the call of tbe eaudbill erace, and may, perhaps, be properly called " trumpeting," and they were made by tbe dancers constantly during tb* cxereisee. Tbe noise* cjutiuued to grow louder and come nearer, until we beard them at tbs opening in the east, and in a moment after men having no more clothing on than a breeobolout entered. Every man bore a long, thick bundle ot shredded cedar betrk in eaob baud.exoept tbe l*ader,wbuoarri*d four smaller fagot* ot tbe same material. Four times thsy all danood round tbe ore, waving their bundles of bark toward tbs flame ; then they balled in tbe eaat, tbe leader advanced toward the central fire, lit one of bis little fagots, and, trumpeting loudly, threw it over tbe fence of tbe corral in tbe east. He \ erformsd a similar act at tbe Boutb, tbe we-i and ibe nortb, but before i he northern brand was thrown be lit witb it tbe fagot* of bis comrade* As eaob brand disappeared over Ibe fence, some of tbe speotatore blew into tbeir bauds, aud made a motion as if toasiug some uostai.co after tbe departing flame. When tbe fagom were all lit, the whole band txgau a wild race around tbe fire. At first they kepi close together and rpat upon one another some sub lance of supposed medicinal virtus. Boon they noalw-reu auu ran, apparnnuy wunuut concert, tbe rapid racing canning Ibe brands to throw out long, brilliant streamers ol flame over tbe nsked bauds and arm* of tbe dancer*. Tbsy then proceeded to apply the brands to tbeir own nude bodies, and the bodies of their comrades in front of tbem LO man ever once turning around. At timee tbe dancer struck tbe victim vig orous blows with bis flaming wand . again be seized tbe Hams a* U it were a |xiug*. at J. creeping close to tbe one | un-Uf J. rubbed the back of tbe latter for eeveral moments as if be were bathing him. In ibe meantime tbe tufferer would catob up witb aomeooe in from < f biin, and. iu turn, bathe him in flame. At times wnen a dan ot r fLUnd no one in front of him bs pro reeded to " sponge " bis uwn back, and might keep this up wbile making two or three cuouito around tbe fire, or until be overtook some one else. At each *| plica tiou of the blaze tbe loud trumpeting waa beaid, and U of tun seemed as if a nook ol a buudred cranes were winging tbeir way overhead, southward through tbt dark net-*. If a brand became extinguished, it wi lit again in tbu central fire ; but wbt u it wa* so far oouscined as to be no longer held OOL \eoieutly in tbe hand tbe dauoer dropped II and rushed trumpeting out of tbe corral. Thus one by one Ibey all dsparted, and tbe spectators ctepi ni into Ibe area, picked up the faooioies of me (alien frsgineu'N of bark, lit them, and baibod tneir bauds in tbe flames as a ubariii agkiuHt ths evil effect* of fin. ' Were they not bliatend ? " akel tbe reporter. " Tney were not butt in tbe least, wa* the answer. I believe they wen pro- ti t"d hy a nntii.g nf earth ur oUy paint That, bowsver, did not make the effect any le* strange. I bave beheld many fire aeene* on tbe stage, many act* cf ur* eating and fire handling by otvilizod jugglers, aud mau% tire dancer* by other Indian tribe*, but nothing juite comparable to thie. Tbe scenic aooeeeoriee were unique Demons scourging lot souls with tbe eternal fire could scarcely be pieturkd to look more awful ' III.. - ! II ...... 1. , .|...- Glass tubes ol largs size oan be evenly bent over an ordinary blast lamp by filling them with dry Band. People who dislike to bave tbeir window trusted in cold weather oau prevent il by rubbing the glaee icside and uutaid* with glyoenue. In London an electric light ba* been used to illuminate Ibe interior of an oven. Tbe door was of plate glaes. and ever) part of tbe process of baking could be distinctly eeen. Carpet*, when a thin layer of hard-wood awduet thai ba* been well damped with a solution ot common call t* thoroughly bru*bed off, are found 10 bave their fresh- USHS greatly reetored. To clean silver or plated ware wel a loft olotb in kerosene, dip il in whiting, and rub tbe article all over witta Ibi* ; tben wash in *nd* mad* of home-made soft oap . wipe dry and polish witn a chamois kin. A delicious apple custard is made witb two eggs, six taUmpoou fuls of sugar and uue cup of cream, Savored with lemon and beaten thoroughly. Add a teaoupfnl of trained (tewed apple. Baku with ouly an ondircruet. Crease* in drawing paper in engravings may be removed by laying tbe paper face downward upon a sheet of smoott, unsized while paper, covering U with another ibeet of the same, slightly dampened, and then ironing it witb a warm flat-iron. In cleaning oilcloths never uae either oap or hot water, soap causing the paint to come off, by dissolving tbe oil witb which it was made. If very soiled rub briskly with lukewarm water and a soft ololh. Wben only slightly dirty a damp cloth should be rubbed over, followed by a dry one. Nurture your mind with great thought*, to believe in tbe heroic makes heroes. Pleasure is tbe business of the young . business tbe pleasure of the old. I h. < u-. . Thai f,,.d.i. . n..iu .....!,>.. Balduea* i* produced by a failure of normal nalritiou in the pa( il'te al the baes of eaob bair follicle. Imperfect work being done iu the capillaries, wbiob are ben nobly JiBlributed, the cell* wb tot) eontitute a bair-ibafl an not farmed in tueir i<n* proportion, tbe old ehalt thu feebly i-ui laauad becomes loose and drops away, leaving ootbiug iu its place. This failure ol nutrition luay bave a sudden Oauee, of wbiob the effect will be bat tempora y. For iubtanoe, an attack of typioid fe sr often leaves the papil e of the toalp T *o much enfeebled fiat rapid bal JueMieu-ue*. Toe papil'eu, however, still retain tneir vitality, aud, a* the system regaiu* it* rei.gib, tbey quickly recover tbeir (oteo- Uality, nd the bair coma* attain, perbapn thicker than before. In tbe name manner certain cutaneous affections may oau** tbe bair to fall by an action on the papilla* wbioh u bat temporary ; in such cases reoov ery, psrhap* witb aasiitanoe, perbap* wub- oat u, is poeeibl*. In the great majority of inatanors, however, where tbe bead I* bald the failure ot nutrition of eaob papilla has 00:111 on ao gradually and ba* continued so long thai tbe papilla no longer exieta , il baa passsd awy by atrophy ; it* capil- laries bave become obliterated, and even tbe lolliule no longer oooititute* a depres- sion iu the outis, and tb* *oalp ba* tb* smooib and kiniog appearance which we o w*ll reoogniu It is eaey, therefore, to I thai in mob a condition as this no renewed growth of ib* bair u to be xpeoied, for tb* anatomic*! structure which naured its development aad continued it ban oeatwd lo 1x1*1. and tbe counties* remedies which an no freely adverimud as being able to rejuvenate bald bead* are utterly of no avail. They serve only to illustrate the greed and tbs impudence of Ibe inventor*, a* well a* tb* credulity of tbe purchaser*. Bat snob 11 tbe dwire to eeoape the appearance of " growing old " thai uodoobttbey will hold their ground tor all lime to eorne. But now arise* tb* question, dan uot tbe appuaiatlou ol tb* various ageuta to the aoalp l tbe time wben tbe hair la beginning lo koew its bold be of aervioe in itimnlalicg tbe follicle* and ppill& into s*n*w*d aud perujaucnt vigor? To this quefc'inn il i- DO! possible, on theoretic* I ( .rvuu It, lo *ay no. absolutely ; but iu i roticj) fact tbtl is tbe ouly tcoe auswi . ... give lu tbe vast majority ot case* Tbe oaune of tbe falling of) ot tbe hair ba* been already teted, and safe reasoning tell* us tbat our only hope oan tie ID Ibai which oan restore tbe failing vitality, and w* well know that we iboold not upeot to secure this on any other part of tbe skin by filthy oil* and waabes. Proper cleaoeing of Ibe scalp i* as important a* it i* of all other part* ; nothing else bonld be applied iu it but oouimuu sense. There cn be little question bnt the continued close covering ol ibe head with hat* aud cap* us ons very constant eatue of baldnu**. Women, iu our own oommanitieo. seldom lo.c tnvir bair, except from anddin OUSM . and among those) nations when the bead i* habitually left bare or but ilightly covered beldnees is practically unknown. At the aine time tbe beard, which is of Ib* same clan-, of bair MI tha; ot tbe noalp, but wbiob u alway* uncovered, doe* uot fail wiih age A reform in oar style of headgear u very deeirable, but it is not at all likely to be ao oompliebed. Tbe Ruygmtion was sjme time ago made tbat bald heads might pur bape becovjrt-d anew with hair by " *kin grafting." No doubt ouch bite u.i-,ni be attached, but tba whole matter i* me nly a wild fancy without practical vmlue. We oau make sklu grafu take bold, but it ouly wlnre the skin is destroyed aud tbe urfaoe raw and ex poeed, commonly ren- dered HO by disease Aeeuiuiug that si me person would O"n- sent to bavs UIB scalp peeled away iu pre- paration for tb* operation, and tben sstnrn ing tba' ftome <ither person could b* fouud wbo would c >U8enl tu appropriate bis owu ealp to cutting out the proper bit* for the work, yet then the very best pumikle fie oe- iuu>tavoJLtr*uily imperfect. Tbeite- uuded xjrfiOe wuuld beai to rpli)lv b* tweeu tbe " graft* " thai no exteniioo on their part could take place, and a head witb Hiuall *peoks of bair hire and there; would be Ibe only attainable remit*. "Oraiy palobwork " i* f**hioiiablc, but perlu|i< not many would care to wear it in tbat way. The result of all seems lo be tbat wheu baldu* baa come nlowly and naturally il ha* com* to stay, and our only wisdom is to be> eon lent. Sprinytirld Matt. Republic**. ^ T*>r Vena-rr ml Wheat. Dieouviug tbe future of the wheat trail", in view if Indian competition, lltrapalh'' JounuJsays: " The oue eao>e wbicb glut ted the Indian wheat trade if 18*4 was ib* low prevailing prio* in British market*. Bui is that low price likely to continue We nhoull stay uot. To keep wheat at 30. w,- should bave a oombiuatiuu of oirouumlanoee. toe abaonoe uf any on* of wbiob would send tbe price up. First of all, our fanner* could uot grow u al tbat price. Nor could Canadian* or Auiericai.*. A bountiful harvest at home and abroad led tu *uoh a low price, but a *ene* of uob harvest* woul i uot perpetuate that price. Things soon find their level, and o would wheat. Tbe point i*. oan India compete witb Canada, tb* I'uited ftlate* and America? W* oonfldsutly say thai it oau. It bat good soil, good oliuia.i. and obek p labor. The Uftt factor ie wanting in America, and tbat will eventually turn tbe ioale in favor (f India." Itestwcu 1. the Duke of 81. Alb*>ns' seat in Notu, was bought by Cbarlen II. for 15 000 and tsttled it upon tbe flrat Duke, bin son, by Nell Gwynne. Tbe Keauolerks bave never been a* well to do as the other illegitimate offshoots of Charts*. Tbe late Oaks got only a life annuity ot 1 10,000 a year by marrying Mrs. Uoutts, but ths pre- <>'iit 1 >uke bad a fine estate in Ireland witb Miss Osborne. Tbe wine product ot California is increas- ing faster than the consumption, and 'hough wice. unlike other products, does uot deteriorate, but improves with age, says the Alta California, the disproportion cannot continue a great many year* with- out exciting serious fean. The benevolent person wbo lent yiar gavs anonymously the editor of London Truth 6,000 sixpences tor distribution among workhouse children on Christinas Day this year donated ((,000 ilxpeooM tor tbe sam* noble purpose. 'I ti 1 110 II- Of \ H I I I- K The no. i .. r.. . lu Wrllcra IK... Wai* ! ! J Ibe . . -r. .1 I .k.r Pniladclphia Preii Alexander Hamil- ton, on a certain oooa*ioc, remarked to ao mtitu.ie frieud : "Pio|le are all aocus- toined to speak to me ae a man of genius. Now, call ii, if you will, genius ; ii i*, In truth, only tbe ability to do well what come* before me to perform.'' And tbe oornotLeu of Hamilton'* deflbitiou of the term I* fully suetaiued by the exam| I* of o many eminent intellect* whom tb* world lake* pleasnrs in referring to as men ot geuio*." Tbe great I'.ato, who** ihouubui * .'Hied to have OOJQ* so ea*y, i* Maid Iw LIA'.C t ' ItaU OVi*r bin U,l, U'Ori LM, working with slow and tediou* elabora- tion. The opening sentence of Tbe Kepub- i* " on the author'* tablet* were found to be written in sums thirteen different ver- sions. Coming to lue gifted Addisoo, whoa* die- lion 14 full of each grace aud simplicity, *o much bo ias to create *nvy, yet admiration, a Ib* mind of every writer wbo bae flour- ished Muoe bis day, we find that the great autbor wrote with tbe most painful delibe- ration. Tbe historian Oibboo, in speaking of the monntr 10 which he wrote hi* " Decline and I ail of tbe Human Empire," said : ' Many experiment were mad* before I could hit the middle touo between a dull tone aud a rhetorical acclamation. Three time* did I compose the nrel obap er. and twice the aeooud and third, before I wa* tolerably satisfied with their i fleet" Lauin lolled mu*t laboriously over hi* .y*. Tbee* papers, wbieh long ago beooiue a* clawioe in tb* Euglisb language, wLiub are replete wiih the moet d*Jjcate fanoie*, were oumpoeed with the most exquisite nicety. Kocbefouoauld wa* oocnpi.d for about ibe space of fifteen yean to prepar- ing for publication hi* little work called Maxim*, ' rewruiug many of tbem more than thirty timee. It took Itufluu fifty yean to writ* hi* ' Biudie* ul Nature." After tbe tir-t draft waa made he would rewrite it some eighteen time* before be deemed it ready vo g.j to the printer. Ibe celebrated French critic Baiule- Btuve wa* aoouatoined lo devote six day* to me preparation of a single one of hi* PC Kly ariielea. In tbe early career ot Hnlwer be found IKI seventeen lines in a single day was all be was able to write. A* be became experienced, however, in autbonhip be aoquirtd such facility that b* w>* easily abi to write sevsral (age- every day. Our own mawblee* Hawthorne w** alow ID composing. Sometime* he could write only wual would ainoui t to ball a doitn !*." a week, uflen only few hues in tb* name ipaoe of urns, and, alai, h* would frequently go to bi chamber aud take up bis pen, oolv to find himself wholly unable i . | -rfon . literary Work. I fancy tbl* trail of oriarar er a peculiarity ot gemux I'ounyr onV *ong, Come Into Ibe Garden, il .ud,' was nwrituu some fill) time* bsf .re it nave complete saii-factiou lo the lauieate, while be spent eight boun a day lo MX weeks in rewriting and giving finish 10 Lookaley Hall. ' though the first draft of iuii exqoisite poem "ooupied two days iu ra iioi u position. Tom Moore, witb all bis wonderful bril nancy, considered it doing very well if be wri.to fifty lines <>t bis " Lalla Ro..kh " in a w a. The gret Ba c, after be had made a plau of a novel, <>uvi bad, after tbe most laborious renearche*, gathered together the materials which bu was to eruh U in it, would look him wir in in* privM apart- ment, -but out all tbl light of day. and thru, by tbe aid of hi* study I >mp. hi wi. bid toil day a d nit bt over tbe work before uiin Hi* -. rvaut*. knowing *o well hi* peouliar habile, would attend w. hi* every waut, fetching him the ntc-oaary fooii and drink with which to sustain bis (b)sical needs, aud Ihu* he would toil on and on ui til dually, with hi* tusk com pidisd, ac b* thougbt. he otoiv forth from b.s re'iti tnent ln> Kirg ronr* ditad iha> alive. U .1 invariably ul l- w^uiU not be altogi itr eati-fwii ry to him. alter all, for agaii. 'is would seek tbe seclusion of hie cbaui'ier, re. arrange, and make men perfect ll l which he bad before supposed wholly oi uplete. Th*n. leu, wheu in tbs bind* ol the primer (Kd pity tbe poor piiutere- be would be a* *pt as not to altar, iu cue *i- ^ aud n 'tber the mauoscript, ui.'il boli printer and pdbliabsr were on tb' ver(*i if despair. i r*s>l*> 91 ibe t .uii. The i urtxhip aud marriage ol tb* , K-.kimo. -According to a traveller in that alait region, i* very ui.i Ie. Parent* 1 get.eralh agree a* t -.be marriage of their ohildren bile tbe latter are yet very young and as soon a tbey grow np to realization, they fli.rl h*> thir , >terii>* are made for tb*m. Iney bave uuiy lo J *. ovrtain amount of aourtiui:. aid at a ver> earlv age *y 10 or II for tbe girl and \-l or 1:< for the buy- -tbey dwell together as man and wife Then i neither marriagi nor burial ceremony Nothing. All ie aim- plicily. and very uuromauti . Bometimee tb* nitcbe* . a,ie between ohildreu bv their parent* will not hold good. Tbe children tbu* betrothed may grow up to ditlike each other, and in that ease lb*re i* n.i marriage. It, However, tb* girl dislike* tb* boy, and tbs boy i* loud of tbe girl, sb* will bave to aubuul and bee > me his wile. Ths whols Eikimo population ot tbe world is pat down at 40,000. It is probably I***. Tben arn probably nol more than 10,000 between Cape Chidly on the north Atlantic and Alaeka; certainly uot over 15,000. Student life in Germany ie no longer what it wa*. In small tuwns the stadent* arsslill more or lass lords of the situation . but in Berlin, wbiob has now Ibe greatest number of students, they disappear among tbe multitude, and tbe select brotherhoods and rurp* have no longer their claimed pre-eminence. Many people have become proeaio enough to regard duels as a crime ratbsr than an honor, and the combatant* are liable to arrest, tboutli. to judge by the seamed, scarred and disfigured physiog- nomies to be seen in tbe streets, the favorite custom of sword fencing Ii by no means extinct among tbe rising generation lo Germany. Paper wheel -lpke* an coming uato. najyt Ths paper pu]p is forced Into iron mokV undsr heavy pressure, wbere it dries and harden*.