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t â€" Anions thnFlower*. OiiC", In tliii Moruiiic (llory, 1 llftd an cKld cnllrcit , Hwoul Wlllikiu wBH a brKli'ijroou, I'liu brido i>t Mariiuerilu. Anil VIdliitwaH tiKi liri(1i<Hniai<l, Hliuconib«il till] M&iilun'i tlair Wiih a lUmly bit of CockHcouib, Kouuil in Ibu KlLrd<^n tuir. \\> 'r)if)|>rl<«Ht.KOf>d .loVmny Juuii* A tkttJiiKMoitk's Ho <1 wore. A(.d Haul Lhu rilo iit uiluticc. Am uti'or wan ttiul l>i>toru. up. ' Now. lufty yoii Live for iver." Tti<< KUOBlH uijiuxl Hnul ; K^ir Lily, tail aii<l nlatt^ly, JuHl bt)Wod tit-r <jii(3Uii1y huad. ]!(!'. KoAo went up witb hluHlidK, Autl kiHHiHl the winHoiiio hrliiu ; llurr. iuii, wuu Itarholor Jluttoii, Willi Uainy l>y his hiIu. Wheo HI uu 1)1)11 raii^ for hrt-akfaiit. Thuy wnut Hi two l)y two ; )I(iw Hoi tiriiiK Jt*'Uy liurriud. Him haa 6o tiiucti to do. 'I hoy ate Itiu IhitUtr uud-thu-I'.^gfl, Tiio Muiioy Hticklt'K. too, Aiiil tbvo. frctii (foiaun Ituttorcuiu. Thuy Blppud lhu iiioruing Uuw. They (anno<l with I'riticua' FoatUors, Aud all wcro gay, I wnuo : ' No r i:)iii iri horo for HlooJiu'-; H'-irta.' (Juutli Lady lu lliu (ircuQ. Ami Hoiiia wort* Ijady Hlippers. Aiiil ilaiK-otl ir) uiu«ii ilau, Of Lily-tHjlls a iwiiiKhiij, All lu tliu Kl&d uuiJHtaou. B<». frnui thu Mnnilng (ilury Till Four O ('In. k thi>y biuyud ; Di'ar flowiTH of thti uplaii'l, hWMt bluesuiiiH uf the glade. â€" I'uk's M'lj'iziiie f-n Aujuat AN AMERICAN GIRL. CUAl'TEK III. I,'AU'irSTVIU,K. Mils Belinda sat lookia*; at her neioe, with a aenue of bein»; at ooco etanaed aad faBoiiiatod. To see a creature eo youiif{, 80 protty, HO laxuriouBly B(ileD<iid, and at the samo time so Bimply and completely at ease with hurself and her earroundin^B, waa a rfVfllationiiaite beyond her comprelienBion. The boat-bred and nioeat girla Blowbridge ooald produoti were apt to look a triile con- â- oiouB anil timid whtm they found them- â- elv'uti attired in the white mualin and floral deourationa; bntthia alondor creature aat in h«r Kor^eoaa attire, her train tlowiiiK over the modoat oarput. her ringa tlashio);, her «ar [wndanta twinkling, apparently entirely oblivioua of, or indifferent to, the faot Ihat^ •II hor beloni>int;a were BuDioiently oat of [ilaoe to bo atartlin^ beyond meaaare. Her ohiof charaoteriatio, however, Hueiiiad to be her ex3osaive frankoeaa. Bhe did not heaitato at all to make the moat remarkable atatementa oonoerninx her own • nd hor tathor'a past career. Bhe made them, too, aa if there were nothing unaaaal kbout them. Twice, in her childhood a luckloaa H[)eoalation had left her father nunnileaa, and on(!e ho had taken her to a California golil diggera' camp, whero â- he had been the only female member of the aumewhat reokleex oommanity. " Kill they wore pretty good natureil, and mad<t a put of me,' ahe aaid. " Aua we did not atay very long. Father had a Btroke of luck, and we went away. 1 waa sorry when wo had to go, and so were tho iiion. Th<>y made mo a prnaent of a aot of jewelry made out of tho gold they had got them- selveH. There is a bruaotpin like a broat- iilate, and a neoklaoo like a dog-collar ; the braoolett tiro my armn, and tliu uarriugs pull myeara; but 1 wear tlioin Hsmotimes ({old girdle and all." " Did I," in<|uirod Miaa iidiiida, timidly " Did 1 unduratand you to Hay, my dear, that* your fathor'H IjiiuiiuBa wan in some way connected with ailvar mining 7" " It in ailver mining," waa tlio ruaponao. •' 11« owna some minus, you know " "Ownal" aaid Miaa Hulinda, raiioh lluttired. " Owna Boine ailver minus ? lie muHt be a very rich man â€" a very rich man t I daolara, it <|uite takes my breath away." ••Oh, he ia rioh," aaid Oatavia. "Aw fully rich â€"sometimes. Ami then again he lan'i. Bharea go np, you know, and tliny (•() down, and you don't Hsem to havo any thing ; but father generally oomoaout right, txioaiiBO he ia lucky and knowa how to manage." " Hut but how uncurtain 1" gaapod Miss rtxlinda. " 1 ahonid be perfectly miserable. I'oor, dear Marâ€"" •' Oil, no, you wouldn't," said Ooiavia. You'd get used to it, and wouldn't mind much -particularly if you were lucky as father la. There in uverything in being lucky and knowing how to manage. When wo llrat wi'ut to IJloody Uulch -" •• Mydearl" oried Miaa lielinda, aghast. " 1 I hm of yoQ â€" " Ootavia ato(>p"d short. S-'lio ga/.od at Miss Kulinda, in Iwwilderment, aa she had 4luno aeveral times bufore. " Is anything the matter 'Z" sliein<iuirod, f lauidly. " My dear love," explained Miuii Uelinda, innocently, dotormined at least to do her duty, " it is not customary inâ€" in Blow bridgeâ€" in fact, 1 think 1 may say in Kng. land -to ose auob such exceedingly -I don't want to wound your foulingu, my dear, -but such oioeodingly strong I'-^proa- «ion8. I refer, my dear, to the one which hiigau with a It. It ia really considered profane, as well •â-  dreadful beyond moa- «urii." â- â€¢ ' The one which began with a 11," ' r« |i latod Ootavia, still staring at hor. " That It the name of a plaou ; but I didn't name it, you know. It waa called that, in thu iirat plane, booanse a party of men wore Aiirpriaeil and luurdorod tlioro, while they wurii aaliiop in their camp at night. It iiin't tk vnry nlou name, of coHrati, but I'm not r<i»pon«iblB for it ; ami buBidoa, now llio placii ia growing, tliuv are going to call it Atlwiiiaor Magnolia Valti. 'I'liny Irio.l L'Ar- ((iiiitvlllii fur a whilu ; but puople would call it liiidginvlllu, and nobody likud it." " I trust you never liviid there," said Miss lliilinda. "1 beg your partion for lining so horrilled, but ! rnally oould not rtitrain from starting wlnui you apoke; and I oaiinot help hoping you never livnd tlipra." " 1 llvu there now, wlnm 1 am at homo," Ootavia replied. "Thu ininus are there, »nd father has built a houso, and had the furniture brought on from Now York." Miaa lielinda tried nut to shudder, but Almost failml. Won't yon take another inuinn, it mast be oontessed that she looked a little bored as she leaned back in her chair, and glanood down at the train of her dress. It seemed to her that her simplest statement or remark created a sunsatioc. Uaving at last risen from the tea-table, she wandered to the window, and stood there, l<joking out at Miss Uelinda'a liowcr garden. It was quite a pretty llowor- garden, and a good-aii^ed one, oooaidering the diinenaions of the hoaae. There waa liu oval gruM plot, divera gravul patha, heart and and diamond abaiied beds, aglow with brilliant aonuala, a great many roHv. bushes, Hevcral laburnama and lilacs, and a trim hedge of holly Hurrounding it. " I think I Hhoald liketo go oat and walk around there," remarked Uctavia, smother- in a litttlo yawn behind hor hand. " Bap- poHe we goâ€" if you don't oare." " Certainly, my dear," SHsented Miss Bolinda. "But purhaps," with a delicately dobioua glance at her attire, "you would like to make Sf m i littlo alteration in your dress â€"to put aomething a little â€" dark over it." Ootavia glauoed down, also. " (Jh, no," aho replied ; "it will do well onoagh. 1 will throw a scarf over my head, thoQgh . iiotbocauaul Doedit,"anbliiahingly, " but because I have a lace one that is very becoming." Bhe went up to her room for tho article in ijucation, aud in three mioutea was down again. Wiieii she tirat caught sight of her, Miaa Belinda founil bornelf obliged to clear berthroat ijaitoHuddonly. What Blowbridgo would think of seeing such a toilette in her front garden, upon an ordinary occasion, she could not imagine. The scarf truly was bcuoming. It wait a long affair of rich white lace, and watt thrown over the girl's head, wound around hor throat, and tho ends tossed over her shoulders, witb the moat pictareei|ue air of careleaaness in the world. " You look quite like a bride, my dear Octavia," said Miss Belinda. "We are uoarcely used to auoh things in Klow- bridge." But Uctavia only laughed a little. " I am going to get aome pink ruscn, and fasten the unda with them, when we get into the garden," shu said. Blie etopiMid for this purpose at the Urst roao bush they rca<^hod. Sbo gathered half a dozen Blunder stemmed, heavy headed bads, and having fastened tho laoe with some, was carolesuly placing the rest at her wtviut, when Miss Uclinda starte violently. CHAl'TKUIV. my love 7" she said, with a sigh. " Do take jknother moflln." " No, thank yon," answered Ootavia, and > \.kl>'i TllKiilULU. Oh dear!" Hho exclaimed nervously, there is Lady Theobald." Lady Theobald, having been making calls of state, was returning home rather later than aaual, when, in driving up Iligh street, her eye fell upon Miss Bassott's garden. Bhe put up her eyeglastics.and ga/.ed through them, sevuruly : then she isaned a mandate to her ooauhman. "Oobson," she said, "drive more slowly." Bhe c-x)uld not Ix-liuve the evidence of hor eyef^asses. In Mias Bassett's garden she saw a tall girl •' dressed," aa she put it, "Ilka an aclruas, ' her dulicate drcas trail- ing upon tho grass, a white laoo scarf about her head and uhouldura, roaun in that aoarf, roses at hor waist. " (lood hoavuna!" nhu exolaimeil ; 'is Belinda lia.sautl giving a party, without ho much aa muntioniiig it tj ino?" Then aho isiiiio<l another mandate. " Uobaou," bIiu Haid, " drive faster, and drive me to Miaa Bassutt's." Miss Buliada came out to the gate to meet lier, quaking inwardly. Ootavia simply turned aliglilly where »hu stood, and lookod at her ladyHhip, without any pretenoo of concoaliiig liur ciiriosiiy. Lady Theobald bent forward in her lan- dau. " Uelinda," she aaid, " how do you do? I did not know you intended to introducu gardun partiuB into Blowbridgo." 'â-  Dear Lady Theobald " began Miaa Belinda. " Who ia that young person I" demanded her ladyship. " Bhe is pour dear Martina daughter," answered Miss lielinda. " Bhe arrived to day from Nevada, whore where it appears Miirtin liaa boen very ftirtannte, and owns a great many Hilver iniiios " ".V •groat many' silver mines I" cried Lady 'i'huobald. " Are you mad, Belinda Itaaaott? I am aahaniud of you. At your time of life, too!" Mild Belinda almost shod tears. â- ' Bhe uaid ' some Bilvor mines," I uni suru," she faltured . "for 1 romi'nibor how aBtonislied anil liewildered 1 was. Tho fact in that shu in iiueh a very Hiiigiilar girl, and has told me so many wonderful thingri, in tlie Btrangeal, euol way, that 1 am quite uiK ;)rtain uf myaolf. Murilorurs, and gold diggerH, and ailver mines, an 1 oampa full of men without women, making preaenta of gold girdled anil ilog oollara, and ear-rings that drag your ears down. It ia enough to iipaut anyone." " 1 sliou'.il think so," responded hor lady- ship. •'Open the carriage door, Belinda, aii>l let mu get nut." Bhe felt th«t this matter maut be in- quired into at unce, and not allowed to go too tar. Bhe had ruled Blowbridgo too long to allow enoh iiinovationa to remain nnin- veiligatcd. Hho would not be likely to bo " upset," at IflSHt. Bho deuoonded from her landau, with her most rigorous air. ller stout, rioh, black meirc unriiyin' gown ruatled Beverly, the yellow oatri.ih feather in hor bonnet waved inajeNtically. (Being a brun- ette, anil Lady Theobald, ahe wore yellow). As she tramped up tho gravel walk, she hold III) her droas with both hanila, aH an example to vulgar and rookloaa young puople who wore traiiiu and left tliom to lake oarn of thumsulvea. Ootavia waa aaranging afruah thu bunch of long atoinmen, Hwaying buds at her waist, and nhe was giving all liar attention to hor task when hur vlailor llrst a^ldressed hor. " How do yon do?" remarked ber lady- ship, ill a tlno, linen voioo. Miss Belinda followed her meekly. " Ootavia," alio oxplainnd, " this is l,ady Theobald, whuiii you will bo very glad to know. Hhe know your father." " Yes," returned my lady, " years ago. Ho has had time to improve uinoe then. How do you dn?" Ootavia'ii limpid eyes rested serenely up. on her. " Mow do you do?" she aaid, rathar in- ditlnrontly. "Yon are (rom Nevada?" Atked Lady Theobald. " Ye«.'" " It is not long «ince yoa left there ?" Octavia smiled faintly. " Do I look like that?" she imjaired. " Like what? ' said my lady. " As if I had not loni^ lived in a civilizad plaoe. I dare say I do, booause it in trae I haven't." "Yoa don't look like an Eaglisb girl," remarked her ladyship. Octavia smiled again. Bhe looked at the yellow feather and stoat miire antinae dress, but quite aa if by aocideot, and without any mental dediistion; then Hhe glanced at the roae-buda in her band. " I sappose I oaght to be sorry for that," she observe"!. " I dare say I Hhall be in timeâ€" when I have boon longer away from Nevada." " I must nonfesB," admitted her ladyship, and evidently without the least regret or embarrassment, " I mast confess tliat I don't knowwhere Nevada la." " It isn't in Enrope," replied Ootavia, with a soft, light laagh. " Yoa know that, don't yoQ ."' The words themselves sounded to Lidy Theobald like the most oulrageoaa impu- dence, bat when she looked at the pretty, lovulooitshaded face, she was staggered - - the look it wore was such a very innocent and undisturbed one. At the moment, the only solution to be reached seemed to be that this was tho style of young people in Nevada, and that it was ignorance an<l not insolence she had to do battle with â€" which, indeed, was partially trae. " I have not had any oooasion to inquire where it iasitaatod, so far," she responded, firmly. It is not so necessary for English people to know America as it is for Ameri. cans to know Kngland. ' "Isn't it?" said Ootavia, without any great show of interest. " Why not .' ' • For â€" for a great many roaBonsit would be fatiguing to explain," she answered, courageously. " How is your father? " Ue is very eea-sick now," waa the smiling answer,-" deadly sea-sick. Ue has just been out '24 hoars." Out ? What does that mean?" "Oat on the Atlantic. lie was called back aaddeoly, and obliged to leave me. That is why I oame here alone." " I'ray do come into the parlor and ait down, dear Lady Iheobald," ventured Miss Belinda. "Ootavia-" " Don't you think it is nicer out here?" said Ootavia. "My dear," answered Misi Belinda. " Lady Theobaldâ€"" She was really quite shocked. "Ah I" interposed Ootavia. "I only thought it was cooler." Bhe preceded them, without seeming at all conacioua that she was taking the leaa. "Y'oa had better pick op your dress. Miss Octavia," said Lady Theobald, rather acidly. The girl glanoed over her aboaldcr at the length of train sweeping the path, but she made no movement toward picking it up. •' It IS too mucn trouble, and one has to duck down so, ' ahe said. " It ia bad enough to huve to keep doing it when one la on the street. Boaides, they would never wear nut if one took too much care of them." When they went into the parlor and sat down. Lady Theobald made excellent use of ber time, and managed to hear again all that tried and bewildered Misri Belinda. Bho had no hesitation in asking quoationa boldly; Bho considered il her privilege to do so ; she had catechised Blowbridgo for forty years, aud meant to maiutain her rights until timo played her the kuave'e trick of didabliiig her. In half an hour ahe had heard about tho ailver minus, thu gold-diggers, aud L'Ar- goutville ; she knew that Martin Basaett wad a millionaire, if the newa he had heard had not left him peiiailesa; that he would return to England, aud viait Blowbridgo, as soon as his altairs were settled. The pre- carious condition of his liuanoes did not seem to cauae Ojtavia much oonoern. Bhe had asked no queationa when be went away, and seemed quite at rase regarding the future. • I'eoplo will alwaya lend him money. and then ho is lucky with it," aho aaid. She bore the catechising very well. Her repliea were freijueutly rather trying to her interlocutor, but ahe never aeemed troubled, or ashamed of anything she had to say ; and aho wore, from tirat to laat, that inscrut. ably innocent and indilTorent little air. She had not even shown oonfusion when Lady Theobald, on going away, made her farewell commont : " You are a very fortanate girl to own such jewels," nhe said, glancing critically at the diamonds in her ears; " but, if you take my advice, my dear, you will put them away, i>nd savethem until you are a married woman. It la not customary on this nido of the water, for young girla to wear such thiiigd particularly on ordinary oooasiona. I'eople will think you are odd." " Itid not exactly cuatomary in America," replied Ootavia. with her undiaturbed smile. "Thoru are not many girls who havo such thin^H. furhaps they would wear them if they had thum. 1 don't oare a very great deal about them, but I mean to wear them." Laily Theobald went away in a dud goon. " Vou will have toexerciseyouraathority, Belinda, and make her put them away," sho aaid to Miaa Baasett. " It is absurd - besides being atrocious." " Make her I" faltered Misd Hassott. "Yes, •make hor' -though 1 sou you will have your handn full. I never heard auoh romancing stories in my life. It is just what one might ex^Hiot from your brother Martin." When Mids Baasett roturne.l.O.aavia waa standing before the window, watching tho carriage drive away, and playing absently with one of her ear rings as she did bo. "What an old fright ahsial" washer first guilelosd roniark. Miaa Belinda quite bridled. " My dear," alio aaid, with dignity, ' no onu in Blowbridijo would think of applying saoh a phrase to Lady Theobald." Octavia turneti around, aud lookixl at hur. " Bat don't you think she ia one 7' sho exclaimed. " rorhapa I oughtn't to havo said it ; but you know we havun'l anything as bad aa that, oven out in Nevadaâ€" really I" " My .kiar, ' aaid Miss Bnlinda, " dilTuront eouulries contain dilToroul lieoplo, and in Blowbridgo we havo our standards," hor best cap trembling a lilllu with her represand exoitumont. But Ootavia did not appear ovurwhuliiie.l by tho existuiioe of the standards in ques lion. Bhe turned to tho window again. " Well, any way," the aaid, " 1 think it was pretty cool in her to order ms to take off my diamond!, and savetiMm until I waa married. How doea she know whether I mean to be married or not ? I don't know that I care aboat it." CHAPTER V. LCCU. In this manner Slowbridge received the abock which shook it to its toondations, and it was a shock from which it did not re- cover for some time. Before ten o'clock the next raorniag, everybody knew of the arrival of Martin Dassett'a daughter. The very boarding-school (Miss I'ilcber's select seminary for young ladies, " oombin- ing the comforts of a home," as thecircalar said, " with all the advantages of genleel edacation") was on lire with it, highly colored verbiona of the storicb told btiag circulated from the '• tirBt-class ' down- ward, even taking the form of an Indian princess, tattooed blae, and with difliculty rextrained from indulging in war-whoope, â€"which last featare bo alarmed little .Mis^ Bigbee, aged seven, that ahe retired in fear and trembling, and shed tears under the bedclotbs ; ber terror and angnish being mu';h increased by the stirring recitals of scalping stories by pretty Misa Phippa, of the first classâ€" a young person who possessed a vivid imagination, and delighted in ro- mances of a tragic turn. " I have not the slightest doubt," said Mias I'hippa, " that when she ia at home ahe lived in a wampum." " What ia a wampum? ' inq aired one of ber admiring audience. "A tent, " replied Miss Phipps, with aome impatience. " I should think any goose would know that. It is a kind of lent bung with scalps and â€" and â€" moccaains, and â€" lariatsâ€" and things of that sort." " I don't bt-lieve that is the right name for it," put in Miss Bmith, who was a perl member of the third class. " Ah :" commented Miss Phipps, " that was Miss Smith who spoke, of course. We may always expect information from Mias Smith. I trust that 1 may be allowed to say that 1 think I have a brotherâ€"" ' Ue doedn't know much about it if he calls a wigwam a waiupum," interposed Mias Smith, with still greater pertness. " I have a brother who knows bettor than that, if I am only in the third class." For a moment Misa Phipps appeared to be meditating. Perhaps she waa a trifie discomfited, but she recovered herself after a brief pause, and returned to the charge. " Well," she remarked, "perhapd it is a wigwam. Who cares if it id .' And at any rate, whatever il is, I haven't the sliglesl doubt that she lives in one." iTo l>e Con:iu'jedi. " facial P»-rcrpiii»D." Mr. W. H. Levy, wno is blind, says in bis book, " Blindness aud the Blind," that he can tell when he is opposite an object, and can perceive whether it is tall or short, slender or bulky. Ue can also determine whether it be solitary object or a con- tinuoas feooe ; whether a close fence ur an open one, and, sometimes whether a wooden fence, a .stone wall or a hedge. None of the five senses have anything to do with tbid perceptive power but the impressions are made on the akin of the face, and by il transmitted to the brain. He therefore names this unrecognised sense facial per- ception. The presence of a fOi! interferes with facial perception and makes the imprcsaiona faint and uatrasiworthy ; but darkness is no impediment. A noise which didtracts the altenlioa iulerferea with the impreaaiona. In paaaing along the street ho can diatinguidh stares from private houses and doors from windows, if the windows considi of a cumber of panes and not of a single sheet of glass. A remarkable fact, bearing on the subject of an unrecogni/.ed sense, is mentioned by Mr. Levy. A natnraliat extracted the eyes of several bats and covered tho empty sockets with leather. In this condition the bats dew about the room, avoiding the sides and fiew out of the door without touobing the door case. In tlying through a sewer which made a ri,'>ht angle they turned at the prop«-r point. They fiew through threads saspended from the ceiling without touching them, though they were only far enough apart to admit the pasdage of the bats' extended wingsâ€" lnul'i'* iiiin- ^.iriiun. Shrmeia Workmen. Mr. Julian Hawthorne, correspondent to the American workingmen's expedition to Kngland, id reported to have said : '• Our party has been immensely impressed with tho solidity and subslanoe of Kngland; it has been .|aile a revelation to them. The skill of the Knglish workiugman, too, acquired in each trade by hereditary trans- midsion from generation to generation, has struck them very much. Wo were particu- larly interested at BhetVield to notice how little ol the excellence of English catlery v,%i due to any secret process, aud how much to manual skill. ' In reply to fur. ther .luealioud, Mr. Hawthorne stated that "the American workingmen had found the dwellings of our (Britiah) workiogmou very comfortable, and had alaj been much struck by the sobriety of the people." HOW SOMK OIBLS tVAi:.K. Awkwardness Due U> Liick uf Tbuneht aad Lack of Tralulug, Why ia it oar young ladies do rot know how to walk ? Look I here comes one with her head pitched forward, her hands swing- ing ungraoef ally by her aide, her feet scaf- tiing the walk, and altogether presenting an appearance qaite anbeooming one a£ America's lovely daaghtera, charming in all else, perhaps, but oh, each a gait ! Tba next one walks with a jerk, her feet and lower part of her body having started on a race with ber head to see which will gel there first. The cocdequence ia for every step forward she oomes part way back with a jerk. Her sister follows twitching angracefally from aide to side, rolling from one foot to the other like a sailor io midoceau, only he has some excuse and abe has not. The arms usaally follow, bat in opposite direo- tioDd. The body of the next one makea a perfect bow, back bent, head forward and feet trying to catch up. Not one with the firm, graceful step, erect head, straight ehoalders, easy arma and hands to be acqaired by salficieni ambiiion acd deter- mination to prevent a dignified carriage. When will daportmtut be taught in our Bchools. â€" S.irat'jja Utter inthc Kingston iN. Y.I Freeman. Hvvr MuuDlaiu Bailwaya. One used to think a great deal, write* • correspondent cf the Independanoe helge, of the Kigi Hallway, with ltd gradients ot from H to 2o per cent., those vt the Uetli- berg of 30 peroent .of the Bargenatock and of Territat Glion of 40 per cent., of tlie Gaelsch of 50 per cent., and cf the Gieea- bach cf 30. All this id cow only child'i play. Now one can ascend the Bealenberg, from the station cf Beatenbach, on the Lake of Than, by a f auicular railway at an imline of '2i'> degrees, and Monut I'.latos ie olimbed b/ a gradient which ia o&cially stated to b« 4s per cent., but which some- limes attains to 75 per cent. The start is made from Alpnach, on the Lake cf La- crene, and in '.<0 miuates the cummit ia reached, the traveller being comfortably dragged in bis carriage up the precipitooa peaKd of this celebrated mcuulam, which ia more than J.OOO meters high. Xhey assart yoa that the ascent id perfectly safe, and tbid is quite possible , but the fact remaiaa that travellers are often much alarmed, and that many of them ascend only with their eyes closed and their bands lightly clenched. Kailways are also in course Of construction fiom Interlaken to Laater- brunuen, to Cirindelwald and to Murren. From Interlaken to Zweilatchinen this rail- way will have a gradient of 15 pvr cent.; thence to Uricdelwald 30 to 40 per cent.; up to Murren the incline wUl be 50 60, a e^iecies ot lift a ocuple of thousand feet in height ! Crowds of Italian workmen will be set to work on is, and the new lines will be ell ready next seaton. FI\l-Li-KKml rif«. Harvest goes on apaoe oc all the eom- pany'a farms. The crops with one or two exceptions are fair, keepiug in view a sea- sou of unasaal, if ool uupreoedenled drought. The crops on the Duamore are all safely in stack Tuesday of last week, aud a long array of stacks are to be seen (rom the railway cars. It may be nolioed ad no small evidence of the fertility of the soil and climate of the Northwedi, if not of the rare variety of pedigree pigs imported last fail by the above company, to state that the cilspring cf this rare stream ot the porcine race are not anfrequently poe- sessed of five distinct legs each. No won- der the company talkt of opening a boai- neaa : five exoellen: hams from every pig id doublleaa an encouraging faot. â€" Cj'.jury lltrald. tVhat Are " UorKauatlc " Marrtac^e? The term " morganatic ' applied to marriages, had its origin in an ancient ctis- tom by which the bridegroom on the day after the wedding gave his bride a morniog gift â€" morganabe. In she case of a noble- man wedde^l to a wife of low estate thia morning gift cocstituted the wife's portion endowment, and from this gift such mar- riages took the name morganatica. The German law, continaing this tradition, allows tho members of the reigning hoaae and certain noble families to contract mar- riages in all respect legal and valid, except thai il gives to the partner o( lower birtti and to the children no share in the rank, titles and distinctions of the privileiged house. Bach marriages have often been eminently happy ones. â€" 1. 'idi-n LtrV. SiR.i. i;i:\. Wooi'w.mi', V. 8. Army, saya of the results ol chronic malarial poison- I ing : " lUeorderof tho kidneys frtviuently oomplicales the condition under considera- tion. Scanty, more or less albuminous urine id often observed, aud Ihoae oases not iu(re>iuenlly lermitate in chronic Bright's Disease, with confirmed albuminuria, oedema or general anasarca." What at first is rooogni/.sd as malaria ia subse- quontly found to be Bright's Disease, which Warner's Bafo Cure cures. I>ralulu( the I'liltMl Slate*. .\ San I'ranoisoo newspaiwr thinks that Sl'J.tHW.OOO id yearly "drained" by the Chinese through various otiannels from a oily of :)00,000 iahabitauts. Il figures this way : There are 40,000 Chinese in San I'ranoiacvi. rhoae psraons earn at least ?l a day each over and above their board. That ia S40,000 a day, Sl.OtO.OOO a month ot '.>(°> days and $l'J,iX)0,000 a year. Moat ot thia money it thinks goes direotly or in directly to China never to return. DylDK auil l>«a*t Hual.^. Speaking of London, Cardinal Manning says: "There are four millions of living aud dying and dead scula. And if every churoh or cha^l or place of worship ot every sort and kind wete filled three time* to tho fall on every Lord's Day. they could not contain more than 1.500,000. There uiaat be, therefore, '-'.500,000 who never can physically set their feel iu any plaoe ot Divine worship or any plaoe where the name and existence of God are reoogniiied." ♦ Th» riau Canieroa. Il ia a curious fact thai the fine old 79th regiment of Cameron Highlanders which ia stationed at Balmoral during Queen Yio- loria's residence in Soolland. does not ooo- tain a single man in the corps whoet< name ia (.'amoron. On the other hand ihore are no less than ,St<0 Maodonalds in the ranlok It should be added that the Highland olaa of Cameron and Maodonald have been on terms ot bitter enmity for ssveral oenturiea. Mil. Giai'sroNs's library at Uawarden is one of tho finest private libraries iu Kng- land. Il has more than JO.OOO volames. Mr. Gladatone loans his lK>oks oul to any one in the neighborhood who wants to read them. Formerly people oould keep them aa long as they liked, bul a few years ago the rule waa made that a book oould be kept (or one month only. Il ia the regular r«* library ot the district. Orating In Futur<>«. "Yourbrolber ought to marry. Ue is loo good a man to be wasted." " But he thinks he oughtn't Io, yon knoir, booause he'a a minister." ".\nd why shouldn't a minister marry it he wants to .' " " I suppose it id because he may havo a son, and you know what a minister's son usually it." â€" Uachel Da Willis, a colored woman at Yamoaw, (.;a., ij gradually turning while. The akin of her face began to change color Ihrue weeks ago, and at present nearly her entire body has ohanguvl its hue. â€"The Qaef>n ot tirt<eoe is a blonde, with brown hair, regular features and a beauti- ful neck and shoalders. Bhe dresses very simply, ftxoept on state oooaaions, and often goes aboat .\lhen8 without even a maid to attend her. V«v M