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Ht in I rrf. Tbe reunited moon wu shining bright I'Tis so the btory K"tfc l'l r, a chilly int. i uight. When ell the neldn and lanes wen whila With uinnny .Irnteil ioow. The winter wind! were piping thrill (Tin 10 the fury reads) When boniMt Simon PetlinRlll nil cutter drovr arms* the hill To visit Betty Leeds. Now Simon was likely lad l'Tis 10 the story Koesl And could the choi.-e u( girl* have ha.1, Bo Betty I.*K wu proud and glad To be the cue he chose. he somehow knew thai winter eve (Til eo the story goe * oaJI from Hlmon khe'd receive, Nor would her trusting huart believe He'd stay lor drifting HUUWH. And to the donned her ribbon* bright (Til so the etorv reads! Filed on the logs and trimmed the light. Ad wailed through the wmter uight TLn trusting UettT Leeds. All night she waited bat in Tain (Tia eo the story goesi, And ne'er taw she hi. face again. For white and froien, in the laue, It lay beneath the wows. A smile if rare and perfect jjra.-e CTis so the story reads. Lay like a bleiuiDt: on his face, A* some sweet thought had left Its Uiue- A thought 1 1 Betty Leeds. A woman, ol 1. with hair grown white I'Tts eo the story goe*l, Mill piles the logs and trims toe light. ASM! waiu for some one in the night Who sleeps beneath the snows. r roses fade and die, fettered wide U eir petals lie HeiltrT beat of saouy days BeoKbeu them 'noun 1U bnrulng blare Bet in lake*, both cool and deep, Pore wbt'e lilies wake from sleep ; And upon the ambieul air, Waft their fragrance, passing: fair. Churned within their circle, I lot the song binls' melody, Floating dioamlly, I bold la my bands their iwtals cold ; Toeuulni; for the slillntss deep, Where the water-lilies sleep , Looting for some cool retreat, Where the sky and waters meet. Kver ai I dual 1 dream, Until heaven and ocean seem In the deepening twilight gray. Blended with the dyiun day. Hoses, lilies lotus-bloom, Faintly mingle their peifume. And in. >tillueee .weetand deep (barms me lightly Into sleep. o I float, and floating fold weetest fancies, which 1 hold Cloeelr gallieretl to my breast, While I dream of viMleti rest. Twiiinht fadts Ihe day is done. Htarn gleam tutward, one by one, While I slowly float in snore, Wrapped in haze i f cue onee more. I ii i I. I. u ! Tbicagh a garden of greenery glanced the stream. In the glow of the bright June weather, A*, deep In the glen in a happy dream, they sat. he and the together I Tbs cushat was eoolog uu beeehen ipray ; The mavis, through abiue and shower, A SMdrigal >aui, as the lovers lay Below In their leafy bower. flairs deJIied over theirdlm retreat, The woodbine wouuil fair above ; Hu eyte were glad, and her siulle was tweet, As the light wiuds lisped of love : Yoeag vioi.u gleamed mid the ttolden moo, And the byac uthe's purple bell The rhythmical rlllel leant across, ! the depth! of that dreamy dell ! They stii: tat on, whilst the day declined, aydtbe west took a glow of glory , Knead ui fairy waist wae hie strong arm twined. Art he murmured the old old story I The stars looae.1 down from the solemn skies. As they roev from their dainty bower, Weejdering home ith luve-nl eyee, ID the bosh of the twilight hour I * nreirh Him h el Pr "I" < .'- ID the 1'orfar Sheriff Court recently Hhsriff Kobertsou issued au interlocutor ID ao action for brmob of promise of marriage. The petition was at the instance ol Mary Thornton, housekeeper, Urlow Batik, Kirriemuir, against John, Kcdger, black mitb, Dykebead of Cortaoby, and eon- concluded for 100 M damage!. 11m pursuer U 23 and the defendant U SH yean of age, and became acquainted io Kirrie- mtur io July, 1881, and were engaged to be married at the New Year in I *-'.' Defender, who gave paraoer an engagement ring, informed the oouit that he would have earned oat the engagement had Ihe pur- oer remained faithful to him. Numerous letters passed between the parties, and the**) from the defender were exceedingly amorous, even op to the end of the oorrei- londtDce. Here le a oboioe ept oimen : " Is e man far happier to live single, with no one to love or be loved in return ? a thing that money eannot boy nor water quench. The lime wae when I loved nobody more tbau another. Thai time ie gene, and my love now U like a temper aaee pledge lifelong in its duration. Look over my fault*, and think of me ae your am Jock, although I am not beaide yon, until we meet again, and then the kieeee I forgot will all be made op- 66 already. I am your ain true boy." Again" What a night it will be when we meet 7 There ie for certain .%00 kisses in tore (or me. To think of them is but temptation." Mary had toothache, and John writes . " If I wae beside you the toothache would coon go away. YOD would get a rub of my wbieken ;" and again " My dear Mary, I am eorry to hear that yon are troubled with your head and teetb, bat einee It ii out, perhape yon will get peace. It muet have been eore. 1'oor body, had I been there I would have held your head tor you, and given you a drop of Ike creature to keep up your oonrage." Towarde the oloae of the oorreepondenoe, be laye, " Write eoon, and you will get 10000 kieeee." The sheriff found that the breach of promise of marriage had been proved the defender having failed to prove that the pursuer wae unfaithful to him and assessed thedamagee at i 10, and found the defender liable in expenses. Hr Daearel It Ow. " Is tw editor in?" Tee, sir." " Here U a little poem I dashed off this morning." " Dashed it off, did yon ? Well, take it hack and write it carefully. Young man, you'll have plenty of time to write it before we shall need it." A gold watch was found in a hollow slump n Oamden, 8. 0., several days ago. It had been bidden there when Bhermen's strag- glers passed through that pltoe twenty years ago. CURRENT TOPIC*. THE (act of there being three ex Giver- nors Oeneral of India living is thought to point to a marked improvement in the healthiness of the poet of late yeen, due probably to i he fact of the V ceroys now upending so much of their time at Simla. An they do not receive pensions, the public iest no expense by reason of their longer lease of life. STATS YKTIRI.NAXIAN Rowlacd, of Wil- mington, Dei, repcru that the inoculation of oattle as a safeguard against contagious [ leuro ['ueuLLOum has thus far proved encouragingly suooesaful. The fifty cows wbioh were inoculated two weeks ago after exposure to infection psseed in a few days, and with safety, through a mild type of the disease, and are now regarded ai in excel- lent condition. A Bot TON congregation was mysteriously seised, in the midst of a service of song, with a paroxysm of uncontrollable snees ing. First the children, then the choir, and at length nearly the whole assembly, the preaoher included, broke out into invol- untary convulsion. When the premisee wsrs searched by the astounded sexton, amid the oachiraations of the boys, the oanie of the ridiculous catastrophe wae found to be a cargo of pepper, which, dur- ing the previous week, had been stored in the cellar. The enterpruiog trustees bad rented the place to a wholesale grocer. A * grammar bat just been published in England which has some new feature*, among them a Bound Alphabet. The author gives the following ixample of its use, wbioh will be of interest to the students of phonetics in this country : Swete Auburn ! luvliest vilsie ove dbe plane : Whare beltb and plenti chords dbe uhi^n* ewane ; Whare smiling spring its srlieet viill pade. An. I partiug turners lingering bloomt delade : Dere luvh banoe of inoesoi and eae, Sen ov ml youths, wteu uri eport eood plese, Huu ofen hav I loitered ore thi grene Wbaru bumbil hapluee tuderde ecbe sene! A i MiiiiEaui.E pail of the American petroleum shipped to Europe is, after being deodorized, made into butter and suet, which are used by Ihe poorer classes to some extent, but very largely by bakers in the large cities, who use it in making cake. The oobfeotioners also smploy it. It has a great advantage over butter in that in store cakes or in candy the petroleum not only doee not become rancid and betray the age of the article, but tote as a preserva- tive in keeping the other ingredients of the cake or candy from spoi'iog. A recent hygienic council, situ UK in Paris, protested against this use of our oil, but it is not thought its consumption in this way will be lessened. EVSRTBCDY remembers the alleged dis- coveries of Dr. Koch, the renowned German savant, in relation to the cause or germ of cholera. lie attributed the terrible eji demio to the presence of the microbe, or comma-bacillus. It now appears that the ferocious little creature is not ae bad as represented ; that it has nothing to do with the cholera at all. It exieU in the health- iest kind of drinking water, and Or. Hen court has found it in abundance all over Frauoe in place* whtre the cholera has never appeared. Dre. Rioati and Hieucb have found the baoillui lu pertons who were never attacked by cholera. The bacillus is vindicated, and the terrible Asiatic scourge is as much a pottle as ever. A* article OB orange peel in the Gardec era' Chronical shows that this product is a more important article of commerce than moet people suppose. The quantity im ported into New York annually is valued at 112.000, " In Amsterdam," says ths writer, " Ihsre is a regular orange peel mart, whsrs lancers full of peels are set out upon long table*, and teeters go among them selecting for purchasers. Such expe rienoe have these men that they can tell simply by breaking and smelling a bit of peel just what part of the world it comes from, and that from Curaooa always com mauds a higher price than any other. This bitter orange peel, which is produced in Curaooa, makes the aromatic liquor which bean the name ol that island, but which is rsally made by tbs Dutch in Holland. WHO shall say that ths army is not popn lar with ladies ? asks the Si. Jtmti' Oauttt. There is a private stationed at the Cape who has convincing proof that tbs fair still love the brave, or at any rate wish to be married to them. This war nor some little time ago found himself " in want of a wife ;" and, not being smitten with the charms of the Afrikander ladies, took ths bold oourss of writing to ths Kingston Board of Ouardians to request them to nod a suitable helpmeet for him. The letter was published by the Kingston official and no fewer than 192 applicants for Ihe " situation " have been forthcoming. This is rather a sad story. It IB sad because, polygamy being not vet lawful, I'.'l ladies must necessarily be disappointed. More over, the moel cynical bachelor must pity the position of this Paris, obliged to award the apple to one among anon a galaxy of goddessee. The oonrage and judgment of the gallant private will evidently be severely tried. Dm. J. M. H.WE, a leading dsntist in Nsw Jersey, disd recently, leaving a will which had a curious ola use in It relating to his health. A considerable portion is, In fact, a treatise on tho cure of oonenmption. He introduces the subject by saying that in 1838 his life wae preserved by the free inhalation of pure, fresh air, after which time, in deep gratitude to God, he made the subject of " correct breathing of com- mon air" a study. He had been impressed by observing the result of a sigh on the in- terior meohanitm, the normal action of the organs being reversed thereby and everything being disarranged, while toll, deep breathing led to a healthy develop- ment of all these organs. He came to the belief that by adoption of the mods of breathing referred to tubercular disease and all pulmonary consumption could be forever annihilated. He closes tbs treatise with the exclamation, " Ood hasten the day !" DR POOR* delivered s lecture on "Climate in its delation to Health " before tbs Society of Arts, London, the other Monday evening, and made special reference to the experiments of Prof. Michel, of Paris, on tbe presence of baoteris, or disease germs, in Ike air. That scientist from bis experi- ments found that in ths High Alps there were no bacteria in the air, whereas in tbe Rue de Rivou, in Paris, there were as many as 55,000 bacteria in ten cubic metree of air. He found the absence or dimmnt'oo of bacteria was due to two causes : (1) to the air beicg leee dense, and consequently less able to tupport fleeting matter ; (t) to the progressive disappearance of the putre- laetivefoei of bacteria. Great cold does not kill bacteriB, hut ooiy causes suspen- sion of animation. In the wards of the hospitals they were far more numerous than in the streets of a crowded city. In toepiuls, with closed window*, bacteria were found to the number of UM.OOO per cubic metre of air. Tbe results of the experiments demonstrated tbe fact thai the best cure for bacteria was proper ven- tilation, and that the weather bad li.Ue or nothing to do with their presence or absence. Tbe Art el OHI -b. . A one-armed bootblack having taken the contract to oil the shoes of a rspoiter, after the preliminary brushing, began by rubbing the leather with a wet cloth. When aeked what il wae for be explained " When 1 began this business," saia the operator, pausing a moment to oast an admiring glance at tbs high, aristocratic arch of ths oewsgatherer'einsjtep, " I used to keep on rubbing the oil into the leather until a man told me ttop. I thought they'd know when they had enough and I wanted to give satisfaction. Borne of my custom ere complained that tbe oil soaked through their boots and saturated their socks. I thought perhaps I was putting on too much oil, but tbe same fault was found in several oases where I bad been more careful. Finslly an old shoemaker whom I knew came along and I asked him what I ought to do to save say trade. He told me never to oil a shoe until I wet il nrsl. Tne reason was that tbe water would penetrate tbe leather and, remaining there, keep tbe oil from soaking through. Benidee the water would soften the leather and open il so that ths oil would do the leather more good. My trade has prospered sver since. " I was oiling a man up one day and he asked the same question ycu did. When I explained tbe reason he said that was on the same principle as paiating kerosene oil- barrels. I told him thai I thought they were painted blue just to look nice. He said il was to prevent the barrels from leaking During a long vojrage or a long journey by rail sometimes half a barrel of oil wculd leak through tbe pone of the wood and evaporate. Some tharp fellow began to study soms way of preventing such lost. Hs first painted ths barrel blue on tbe outside and then filled il with water and allowed it to stand until it bad soaked up all it would. Then the cil was put in. Tbs water kspt the oi from soaking into ths woad, and Ihs paint on ths outside kept tbe water coming out Us got a patent ou his discovery at J now he has bis office and draws his royally of 1 cent on every barrel made to hold keroeens oil for shipment, lie t got a mighty soft thing on oil barrels. ' By this time the master of tbe art of oil ing shoes, having rubbed Sijaart bottle of neatsfuol oil into the repoTswVs 115 gaiter* rested from bis labors and grscsfully accepted the half-dollar which wae droppec into bis palm. Hbr Drepsxsl II ! 01 tar Wlejdew. Mits Parloa, a well known teacher ol cooking, is accustomed to take with hsr to distant classes soms nn raised dough in a strong leather satchel. One day i lie was going to attend a class at Rochester, and as usual, packed some dough in her hag, expecting to develop il into brsad when she got to her pupils, liul the ear was veri warm and the yeast started. Tbs breac began M rise and swell. There was no stopping it whsn it bad once started. It grew and grew and finally burst ths clasp off. She tried to oovtr it culb newspapers but tbe stud still grew. Ths lady thought of making up ths surplus into biscuits, but whsn the other passe ogers observed her motiobe shs found herself in danger of being eel down as a dynamiter, and dropped thi whole bundle out of the window. Then al was peace again. Onugo Palladium. Bramkl frssfse>s. " Doctor, how am I coming on ? Do yon think there is any hope t ' said a very sick man to Dr. Blister. " Your chances are Ihs beet in Ihe world Tbs statistics show that one person in ton recovers," replied ths doctor. " Then there U not much hope for me " Ob, yes, there is. You are ths tenth ease that I have treated with this disease and the other nine are dead. I don't see how yon can help gelling well if the stalis tics are to be relied on." A M " Why, wfcal's the matter, Bnsie ? You look as if you had been crying all night." " Ob, Nellie, I fear George no longer care* for me. " Nonsense I What make* yon think SO?" " Why. I tried every way to get up a quarrel with him last evening, but he boo he boo boo he let me have my own way every time." Hew Talk te> 4 hiidrm. Apostle Teardel. in an addrese to tfce Mormons al Nephi, Utah, counselled the children as follow! : " I want to caution the children. There's men around asking the children how many wives their fathers have. If they ask yon, tsll them yon don'l know. I'd rather yon tell a lie to defend your friende and parents than tell the truili that will bring trouble upon them. Salt Lalu Triton*. II is said negotiations are completed so that the Lackawaona Railway will establish a line of steamers between Chicago and Buffalo. A number of the steamers which traded through the Welland Canal on ths Orfdenaburg route are included in the Laokawanna fleet. Deer are alaoghtsrtd in great numbers on Tyee mountain, southern Oregon, for their bides, tbe carcasses being left for tbs bnizards. A blind piano tuner keeps 130 pianos in order si Jamestown, Fa, m oi r esar Vans Akeal Fre>sB * >>! that are feetrary le the Uesiera Ma. r ' If your garret or loft IB only cold enough, there isn't any reason in tbs world why yon shouldn't treat your friends with >lump. All-flavored Unode Inland green - ng*, Baldwins or any other choice sppler, ust as well next June as yon did last Christmas," said a WaabirgtoD street com- nivBion merchant. " I'll bsvs laat year's Baldwins, and I don't know but last year's [reenings, as sound as a knot, in my bouse summer, in the same dish with Ibis harvest apples, yet nine oat of ten ie would have thought these tame apples were ruined two months ago, and ould have treated then sooordiugly . Why ? Simply beeauss they were trcatn." Dceen'l tbe frecsing of apples spoil them then ?" asked tbe reporter. The general cpiuton U," replied tbe merchant, " that alter an apple freest t its vslue is gone , but Ihe fact u that just the contrary is the truth. Let a barrel of spples freeze in tbe fall, and keep them trtiep. or, rather, do not disturb them, and in tbe spring they will be ID the very con- dition they were when taken (r m the tree. Baldwins, and in tact all favorite eating apples, do not have their full flavor nor mellowness whsn first packed in tbs fall They ripes in the barrel, and are at their beat in January. After that they begin to decay, and when March ocmse they are few and far between, those that are left being tbe result of especial good oare and attention. If they are fnzn in ths (all. however, tbe ripenitg process is checked. To* vitality of ths apt le is simply suspended, and it only needs propr treatment to restore it to its natural ao uu. The trouble has always been that when a barrel of apples was found io be Ire /.en il was rolled c f! al once to a warm place, and subjected to a r. pid tbawii g. Borne people take tbe aiple* out of the barrel and plunge them lu n.ld water to draw the f.O'toui. Tbe result is a flabby, flavor Use fruit, really not woitb tbe room it occupies, aod subject to speedy decay all because ol pcpular iKucrenoe. A friieo apple is OLSof toe oioet sensitivs things IL the world Toucu >our finger upon it, and when tbe froet is thawed from ths api Is tbe spct loaobed wi i be a mark of decay hied spreads rapidly over tbe fruit. " Therefore, if you sver find that your barrel of Baldwins is frozen, beat it gently. If tbe apples are thoroughly frc/.en the barrel will not be full by nearly a peck, so much has the fruit contracted with the froel. Il would be impossible, now, to move the barrel without mining tverv apple in it Bo, if il stands where U will not be subjected to sudden warmth, and thus thawed out rapidly, lit it stand. Cover tbe apples up so they will be kept dark. Then go away and lei them alone until spring comes and drawt tbe froel out of everything. Thin uncover your arplse. Il may startle vou, but yon will find tbe barrel full to tbs bead with the plump fellows thai wsrs rolled into jour bouse in Ihe fall, aod wbiel were a sorry-looking lot of wrinkled, shrunk- up fruit ths last tims you taw them. " If they were assorted apples whsn packed yon need not pick them over, for thsy will be just as sound and bard as tbsy were in November. By the middle cf May or 1st of June they will be in tbe fragrant, mellow condition Ibal they would have been in five months before if tbe froet hadn't stepped in and held it back. I ve bad apples froxen and thawed out tnree times in one winter, owing to sudden ebanget in ths weather, but they were all right when tbe flcal drawing of the frost took plaee. A barrel of spplse might be kept frosen a thousand yean, I believe, and tbe fruit would be jutt ae sound and fine flavored when thawed out and ripened as it was the day il was packed." Ne a York Sun. i 111 Hi . H WATVI A M.I. f lli.i.t. .1 r el the BagUskj Arssy. Tbs " Blsok Watch," to whom the holiest part of ths battle of Birti teeme to have fallen, may properly be called tbe most historic rriimett in the British army. Originating in six ooapaniat of Highland ere organised fcr guard duty in Scotland in tbe early yean of Ihe laet century, it was formed into a regimen I io 1738, and then known, from the name of its commander, as "Lord Semphill's Uighlandera." The popular designation, black Watch," which it received from the Aral and has always retained, is derived from the dark colored tartan of tbe urn form and tbe character of Ihe earliest services. UD the army register it stands as tbe Forty -second Icelanders. When, shortly after regimental organisa- tion, it was ordered to London, great dis- satisfaction was felt by tbe msn, who had understood that they were never to be taken out of Scttland. This dissatisfaction sol- mtnated in open mutiny after arrival in London, and a considerable portion of tbs regiment, under tbe leadership of a corporal named MacPberaon, left camp and started homeward. The march was conducted with much strategic ability by the corporal general, but Dually ended in unconditional surrender. MacPherson, his brother, and two others were tried by conn- msr.ua! and hot ; but public sympathy was strongly on the mde of tbe mutineers, and tbe regiment lost no favor by its first and last act of insubordination. Soon afterwards, at Footer oj, Ihe Black Watch received its " baptism of fire," forming part of tbe British column which, under Lord Charles Hay, pieretd Ihe French centre and misaed uoeory only through lack of support due to bad general- ship. Ths Highlanders covered them- stives with glory on this occasion, and many stories are told of personal prowess displayed. A sergeant named Campbell killed nine of the enemy with hie broad- sword, s>nd tbe chaplain, a genuine clip of the toogh BooMh 1'reabyteriao block, insisted contrary to orders upon taking a band in tbe bloody teams, flung hie Bible into tbe Freuob racks and then toughl hu way to it in gallant style, and lived to preach the gpel of peace from the sacred volume thus utilized m Ihe service of war. From Fonteuoy to Birti the Black Watch has rarely failed to be at the front of Eng- land's battlts. In Europe, Asia, Africa and America it baa done bercie work ; never flinching in the face of heaviest odds, and ready either to swsll tbe e: ream of victory or stem the tide of defeat. Uu scores of doubtful fields the dark tartans have been seen in the thickest of Ihe fight, aad the fierce scream of the be* pipes baa been beard amid the rush and rur of desperate combat. I'ulike other " crack " regiments, it has never been spared by Ihe military authorities, and has probably worked harder, fought oftener and tuffered more than any other regiment in the army. Tbe history of its hundred and forty-six years would be a history of tbs period in which England has grown trim an insignifi- cant island kingdom to a urld-wids empire , and certainly no equal number ol bayouete has outtrisuted ae much to that mighty growth a. those of tbe incomparable infantry which stormed Birti tort last lueeday.-A'l. Lmm t n.. r a gsteeeMe el the Well-tevDe. We have then confessedly to face tbe fact that oauesr is increasing in our midst at a rate which bide fair to become more and more serious with tbs advance of time. In an article entitled "An Inquiry into the Causes of the Increase of Cancer," pub lished in tbs llntiih UtJical Journal a year ago, I drew attention to Ihe observations which bad been made upon tbe subject by the late Charles Moore, whose investiga- tions into ths pathology of cancer had brought under his notice the incontroverti- ble evidence of tbe increase of tbe disease. In the year 1H>5 he published a small book called the " Antecedents of Cancer," the contents of which chiefly consist in au attempt to txplain in what msnner tbe augmentation of cancer is influenced by tbe circumstances of life prevailing in this country. For in- stance, hs held thai tbe introduction of corn laws, ths discover lee of gold and sani- tary improvementr, whereby Ihe well-being of the nation wae conspicuously established, affected cancer indirectly by bringing into prominence tbe predisposing oaneee of ite occurrence ; and good living, II is thought, which follows as a corollary of eommtroial prosperity, is intimately associated with the manifestation of cancer. Again, inas- much as cancer U characteristic of Ihe healthy, it may be expected to abound amid the conditions of health. The greater pre- valence of the dieease among the rich than among the poor can probably be explained in this manner. According to a French observer, the proportion of cancer in tbe wealthy classes is about 100 in 1,000, in the poor classes It is 71 in 1,000 . or at a rate in the former case of 10 per cent., and in ths latter of 7 per cent. Now, curious as it may seem, cancer it met with in the lower animals , and it has been tsid to prevail more frequently among tboti which are flesh-eaters than those which are herb- eatere. It has been stated by tbe late Dr. Crisp, who had good opportunities of judging, that cancer is by DO meant an uncommon disease among the domesticated animals, while in wild animals and un- civilized man it Is rare. from " Knghth BxptritHct tfith Cancer." Some years ago Professor Hlackie deliv- ered a lecture in a certain village in Perth- shire, wherein he showed many of bis bsraotertslie antics. When Ihe proceed togs wsre over a mall group of villtgers gathered out of doors to dUense the lecturer and lecture. One rustic inno- cently remarked, What a pity that man'e Profeesor, for he would make a grand auctioneer I " A H.. Kaaswrer'e Ciresmeta. Wonderful icgtonuy was displayed in so placing the Chinees Emperor's palace as to secure the greatest variety of tiiuat.ua and to command Ihe most varied views. Every natural feature of Ihs ground has been elaborated to ae to produce charming land- scapes, which could scarcely be recognised M artificial . bills of fnm ten Io sixty feel in height were oooetruoted, divided by little valleys and watered by clear streams form- ing cascades and lakes, one of which was five miles in circumference. Ua ite calm waters floated beautiful pleasure boast, including one magmlioeut house-boat tor the amusement of tbe ladies of tbe palace. In every direction winding paths led to I'-iainl little pavilions and charming grot- tots, while artificial rock -work was made tbs nursery for all manner of beautiful flower*, much oars being bestowed on securing a treat variety for every season of tbe year. Flowering trees were scat- tered over the grassy bills, and their bios soms perfumed tbe air. Each stream was crosesd at frequent intervals by most picture*. |ue snd highly ornamental bridge* of wood, Mick or freestone, adorned with fanciful kiosks, in which to repoae while admiring the view. The triumph of art was to make these bridges twist about io snsh an extraordinary manner tbas they were often three times ae long ae if they bad been led in a direct line. Near some of them were placed some very remarkable triumphal arohesj either of elaborately- carved wood or i icbee. eithi ornArble. -. . . !U I k. n. Off Mr. Winks Goodness me ! There is a young looking couple st Ibat vacant house next door, and they've got a baby looks awful cross, too. Mrs. Winks Horror* ! What shall we do .' Can't we soars them c II some way i Oo tell them the roof leaks and tbe waist are damp and tell them the la. t tenant died of smallpox. " I'd like to, dear, but it wouldn't do. The landlord would tne for damage*." " Oh ! mercy ; but something mnsl be dons, Mr. Wibks, before they decide to lake it. Oh I do think of eomethiog." " I have U. Run. down to the piano and sing Bweel Violets.' " PHilidtlphi* CeU. A nsw reading : Where there's a willj The grindstone of there's a bill. 'wile. Tew leihrr el l " Johnnie, is your fatbsr an inventor?" " You're right he is , a pretty good onr, too, I'll tell you." " And does be give himself to different channels of this Gns of art ?" "O, no I Hs cant devote himself to more than one kind. He's kspt so busy inventing yarns about his slaying out late al night that be doesn't K*t e ohaooe to invent anything else." Ytmktri Qattttt. A New York judge recently gave a lesson in independence to a school teacher. " 1 bad the pleasure of your acquaintance when we were equals," said tbe teacher. 'It is tbe same still," replied tbe judi(* " a school teacher holds ae nigh a position M any man m ths country.' poverty sharpen >