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Tke Old M.1,,,1,.,,1,. WIIIIN mother married father, thirty flTc sbor yeWf SCO, "Tnur the dayi when dreese* sartor aafgod, they cut 'in tout 10 low . An' hair wui parted uiictity prim an' loopoj up on each eat, An' t.ie ulna folk* won long beauty locki. to thick they couldn I hear ; Au' folki wui mighty keerful then. wtrfdlD fliin'sabows- Kvery thread WUB spaced an' counted an' the Uohln Mt in ruw. Wai aunonfit tblr weddin' prewnu thiiold m lotooa stood, All i:llu with 1U Wain 1 keyi an' oaie o brlKbtroaewood. Ef y worked the pedal stlddy an' still con trivexl t*r play, Boeh tune* ci those uisandared an' neatly rlz away: " 1. r 1 Lovel" an' " Lonsj, loug ago" an " Roll on, tilver moan." A i Iliun tin-re were,' an' "old Tom lloore" bis war. the kind er tunel Them wui tin ilayi o' sealituent an' " Boses o Lucerne," " Old mUtletoe l>onglii" an' " Buy a broom" an' "Jamie's return" But by an' by a carter march come iteaUn' jaowu the keyi, Wi\" 1 up with cad, heart- bruakiu' tunei that orter went like thete : " Daowo wber' the patriot army," wmttheear Ueet tune that crow, - Oh. Willie, we iball mlaf you" an' " The ragged coat o' bine," " Wbm this cruel war li orat" an' the " Tramp, up, tramp" The >?nn o' lonesome women an' the ihoutiu t o' the camp ; But tneaotMan'ftruanigrewfaiutttranditwaza t very lonj{ Before the old uielodeon sartor hummel a era dle-*ong ; Au tbe yean wa'n't Tery many when ye'd bear it no. by chance. Jeet U>r play "U fashioued lancori for tbe little feet tar danoe. By.a bjr thtres just one tun* It'i juit a-achiu fer tar play, An' then 1 gneat iU muilc day* If sorter pined away; It 11 brace fer on* more effort like It knew old memorial, When tb* weldin'-uiarch '11 oehudownlu yel ler, wheeiy kyi. 1'lurenet B. Pratt, in Ju Ly. WON 6! AN ENGLISHMAN : A LOVE STORY. When ha bad left tbe room I read ai fallows: "MoNsiEt/u" (she might have called ma Cher monmeur," I thought ; bat this did not troable ine tnaob, (or knowing French we MI, I reil.-eitd I would have been rathei hocked than otherwise had she addressee .uo differently), " Al I feared, my father xaw Iha Count da Maupert tbii morning, battled matters with him, and without even Diking me any question, limply oongratul- ted me on having found favor with to Honorable and worthy a gentleman. I wai called to the drawing-room by my mother, .here tho cjunt, In a very polite manner, . nftriii-'d me ot hit delight at being per nutted by my parents to pay bit addreseai to me ; and taking my oonatut for granted, never condescended to aak me whether 1 lib a rod rny parent*' wiihee. " I owe 11 to your generality to inform you of this, although you may blame me a Moond time for acting unlike a French girl , tout I will not have yea reproach me again for doing that which is wrong, and I there- fore aak you to see my governeae, who takes thii letter to you. bat who i* not *ware that oar friendship -for I cannot call it acquaintance, that being too oold a *ord to ua under the circumstance* dates only from yesterday. " You may speak to her freely, for I be- lieve her to be devoted to I)UN UK UllKIErtl.LI. P. 8." Look at tbe favor, and tell Mademoiselle Ciaroai whether it ii not i tded. Tba /.ure of my sky is, tlas t very I'Mily. 1'ily uif." Here was a blow, and bow to parry it without mixing myself up in tbe intimate .Ifirs of an honorable French family, who probably knew what they were about in the luterest of their daughter'! happiness, and tirinifiog apon myself a load ot rusponiibil- ity, I uuither had the right nor a legitimate xouse to bear, I could not tell. At any rate, I woald see tbe governess and find oot bow the ground lay. I told the servant accordingly to show her in, and reflected meanwhile that I would ascertain all I oould from her s to Diane's sentiments in my regard, something at to the nature of the girl her elf in her on home, and whether I oould inlisl tbii governess on my aide, if rt<juislt*. At ihis jaootura a prim little woman, with tbe tiniest specks of eye* imaginable, entered the room. Her eye* were only dis- oernable, because her face being small and her features thin and diatinot, anything black woaH have shown on her pallid com- nlexion ; V 1 bad she been stoat, I was convinced i<h* woald have proved a phe- nomenon of nature, and have presented a face withoot eyes. Thin wan not enoonrag- ing; for when we prepare for an encounter, we rely upon our reading what in in nor opponent'* eye before we settle on a line of action. Mademoiselle Carom's eyes, however, opened oat a little more after awhile when the novelty of visiting a young man's r ram* had somewhat worn off, and iho had warmed to the conversation. It was trying undertaking for a woman in her responsible position and th* sense of this responsibility weighed upon her , but in her little prim body the French governtif* treasured a Frenchwoman's ten derness of bear! for tbe girl *he had ander her rtre, and however distestful any tank might have been to her, she would have undertaken it for her sake. Withal, ah* preserved thoae stereotyped way* of a Frenchwoman when addreiniog a man, and constantly looked to what iha deemed " lea convenances," a* if, poor *onl, any one filled a* I wa* with thoughts of lovely girl, or indeed any one not so tilled, would hav.t had time and will to notice whether h had aat upright or coirteaied low, whether her dress bid her feel, or whether her veil was down. It so happens that I did notice the veil down, and this only becaum I wa* so anxious to hear what ehu bad to say that I thouKlit it* removal would have been an improvement ; but when I indiscreetly ing- geeted its being lifted, she gave so decided a look of horror that I reooiled from any farther attempt. " Sir," ahe began. " I have come on a painful errand, which you may readily believe I would never have undertaken had I not seen my poor Diane in tear*, and known you to be a friend of tbe family." I was rather confused by this speech, for I knew myself lo be unacquainted with Diane's fathir, and acquainted only with her mother since a few boars, while, at the saint time, the mention of Diane's tears set me into fury against these unnatiral and cruel parents ; bni I had to bear Diane'* letter and caution in mind, and I merely replied that I well understood her painful position, begging ot her to take a chair. This at first the governess woald not do, bat she finally accepted a most uncomfort- able, high-backed, olJ fashioned, oak chair, whereon it was rather amusing, in the midst of oar mutual sorrowing redactions, to aee her endeivor to preaerva her ankles from the profane look ot a man, and at tbe same tima sit gracefully on a aeat evidently too bigb for her. ' You have read tbe letter she has sent yon through me, and you know tbe cause of hi r grief. Bhe tells me yon are her friend, and implore* you to see her aunt as loon a* possible. She believes Madame la Comtesse de Ohantalli to be omnipotent with her brother, and fanoie* that you have great inlluenoe with her aunt." "I kno.v," she continued, "that Moni if le Mar juis is vary much ett ;had to hi* *i*ter, and I have often be . I ot you from Madame la Oomtoaae, i-. I wa* not awa- until yesterday fiat i had ever met M lemoiselle Diane. " iu sly rogue ! I mougbt. Ah ! you w .at to :iid oat, do y>u'.' bat you shall not that I swear. Whereupon I asked, as if she had not spoken, " And who is M. de Mao. pert? " He i* a college friend of Monsieur le Marquis." " Has he ever seen Mademoiselle Diane ? " Not till a couple of day* ago." " How i* that ? ' " He belongs to ' la noblesse de province,' and seldom ojmea to ParU." " What part of France does he come from T " " Da Daaphine." " Ha* the marqui* any property in that department ?" I believe so." "Then it ha* been arranged between them." - Bo I fancy." I oared not in the least for these detail*, bat it served my purpom of patting Mademoiselle Garoox off th* dangerous topic she wanted to touch on, and to place a* on a conversational footing. " Mademoifelle Diane tell* me in this letter that tbe fears she was good enough to confide to me yesterday have been realiz- ed thii morning ; and without being aiked whether she wa* willing or not by either her parents or M. de Maupert, she is at present a* good as engaged to that gentle man." " 80 I understand," *aid the demure governess. " Under these circumstance*, mademoi- selle," I said, "it aeoms to me very difficult for you and me to interfere with the decision of her parents." " Bo I told mademoiselle." " And though difficult for you, it seems almost impossible for me, does it not ?" " I made tbe same remark to mademoi- selle." " And what did she reply ?" " 'No, no nothing n impossible for M. Verve, for I am sure be lakes too real an Interest in me to mind obstacles.' " I looked hard at the governess. " Mademoiselle Oaronx," I said, " are these tbe very words used by Diana ?" She looked up surprised, both at my calling Diane by her Christian name only and at my tone of voice. " Certainly," she replied, " thoee were tier words ; and if monsieur allows me to say so, judging by hi* last remark, I would <uess Mademoiselle Diane to be right in tier surmise." This was artful, and I had half a doubt whether I should expose my real sentiments 10 soon ; but the doubt was soon dismissed, tor the |uur governess, sobbing aloud, implored of me in acoents ot desperation to save her dear charge from this miserable litostion if, as jhe fell I did, I Icved Diane enough to do her bidding. I tried, however, one more prudent jae*tion, and asked Mademoiselle Oaronx whether she had weighed all that her pleading on behalf of Diane entailed. " Have yon measured," 1 asked, " the consequence* of my interference ? Have yon foreseen the duties ol honor which mob Interference would impose upon me duties toward* Mademoiselle Diana herself , maybe, God knows, I woald fill with alacrity, bat which might require from her a response she may not ba altogether dis- posed to give 7 " Mademoiselle Garoui dried her tears, and holding oat her hand to me, said, " Men- iear, voas etes an gentilbonim*. Yon are juile right, we must think these matter* over. I am bound to tell yon that Madem- oiaelle Diane ha* not spoken to me iu the light which corresponds to your evident attachment for her; and though it may be she returns your affection, I have no right to apeak on that point, as I am wholly in the dark." " I will see her this evening," I said, " at dinner at her aunt's ; and I will endeavor tor myself to make her understand tbe feelings that animate me." 4 No, monsieur, do not do that , our French girls cannot comprehend these matters except through the intervention of a third party." " Pardon me, mademoiselle," I replied, 1 It is tbe love of interferenca on tbe part of the third party that prevents French girls appearing to understand what in common nature they comprehend quite as well as anybody else throughout the world." " Diane is very self-willed," observed iladamouelle Garonx, " bat," she quickly added, " she ha* an angel's bean." "Bo I believe; a>nd as evidently, made- moiselle, you and I admire and ovn that heart, respect and wish to ollow that will, let me tell you that ler will will be my law whatever be the onsequsnoe, just as my heart belongs to ler whatever may be the reaalt." I 1 will console the poor girl by those iind words," said tbe governess. And I added, " Come sometimes and con- ole me witb a message from her, whether if confidence or of hope or of sorrow or of xpeotation ; it will always be a boon to he second being M. Mtipert is making miserable, though probably without know- ug it." "I think," observed tbe governess, with little mystery, " that he suspect* soms- bing , for he has aiked to be excused from lining with the countess this evening, and (quested that Dians should likewise be abwmt." " ImpoMibU," I Mid. " On this point, however,' added Madem oitelle Gsroaz, " Mademoiselle Diane hai been obdurate, and has pleaded that the events that have taken plaoe are so fresh and so sadden that she wants a little diver- Dion to her thought*. Her parent* have naturally not been able to deny Ihis request, and she has told me that I was to lei you know." "Mademoiselle Garoax," I answered, " may I make a friend of you ? May I ask you to be my friend and to answer me truly ?" " Certainly, monsieur." " Then you will find out tor me whether, in the struggle which is impoiad upja ma, I may hope for tbe return o' that love which impels me to undertake it ? I waot no absolute promise any mare than a con- ditional one. I know Diane to be a mera girl, ou whom, bsfore her time, have fallen some of life's greatest difficulties. I want to help h ;r thrpogh these ; bat with what a different feeling woald I undertake the task were hope of. winning bar at stake, I leave you to guosi. I simply adore her very uams, let alone the person herself Think, then, what love would achieve where friendship is ready to do so m:uh 1 " The poor governess took to her tears again. "How well, monsieur, I enter into yoor feelings, and hew justified are you in enter taining them ! If you only knew Diane ae I do, >ou woald worship her very tiead ; for I, as woman, havs never known any- thing so adorable. She is loyalty itself. Uer sense of duty and justice is beyond her years ; and her loving heart, where it yields, is so gentle, so feminine, so pore, so good, that the reward ot lie bestowal ii a prize noble men woald have every right to pride in." I roM a hundred per oent. in my estima- tion after this ; for bad I not been selected as tbe chosen COLII iant of this lovely para gon ot beauty and virtue ? "As I told you before," the governees wont on, " I wa* not aware that you bad laid any claim to Mademoiselle Diane's affections, and as she told me nothing on the subject, I oan give yon no encourage ment whatever ; bat it i* fair that you should know bow you stand, and I will let you know, if I oan, how matters are." " I thank you with ail my heart," ; I said; though believe me, friend or lover, Diane has an ally in me." Bhe was just going to leave the room, when, remembering the postscript in Plane's letter, I said to Mademoiselle Garoax, " Will yon kinkly give Diane a dirrct msssige from me, which though erhais enigmatical to you, will, I think, B undiirstood by her, a* it refer* to a little oooversttioo we had last night, and aay that the ty i* always blue for me while I deserve her favor T " " I will," said the governess, and let I the room, out of which I accompanied ber. On my return I had scarcely time to reflect upon tbe extraordinary position which in twenty four hoars I had created for myself, when the servant again came in, and in an airy way said, " Monsieur ha* many visitors this morning." II Who wants to sea me now ? " " A gentleman this time," he said, with a smile. " Give mshls card.'' Here it is." 11 TjeComte de Maupert, Benatear," was what I read. Good heavens ! has he met the governcsi ? That was my first thought. I do not care, wa* the second. 11 Alk him to com* up," I said. I was too astonished to think of anything, or determine on any notion, before the door opened, and there entered a handeoma, gentleman-like person, witb the red rosette of a Commander ot the Legion of Honor at his button -hole, and a very long ebony lick in hi* hand. B* wa* plainly dressed in a tightly fitting frock-ooat buttoned up to tbe collar, and wore a black necktie In the shape of a bow, with the end* showing on each side of the coat. llis hair had a touch of gray, and a small Imperial gave bis fane a longer it then perhaps his square chin would otherwise bave allowed ; and altogether his expression was, if not positively amiable, that rather of a good-natured than ot a bid-tempered man. 1 felt rather as if I were In the presence of some kind male relative abort to rebuke me than in that of a rival, and the person I at that moment hated more cordially than ny other in the world. Standing at the door, bat in hand, he said, " It is very good of you to receive ms, monsieur, though I was sore you would not refuse me an interview, seeing that your intimacy with several members ot tbe Family of Mademoiselle d Breteoille ha* probtby suggested to yon already the motive* of my visit to you this morning." I made up my mind on hearing this to listen rather to the end than to make any premature remark*, and begged the count lo take a chair. When he had Mated himialf, and finding I preserved a discreet slienoe, he went on : "I have the bonor of being engaged to marry Mademoiselle de Bretenille. Happening to hear that a family dinner to which I was bidden, but oannot unfortu- nately attend this svening at that young lady's aunt's, is to have the addition of your presence, I have oome perfectly Frankly, and, a* yon aee, with absolute con- fidence in an English gentleman's honor and high breeding to request a favor from you." " Bat, sir," I quickly remarked, " this dinner was arranged before your engage- ment, which you now announce to me, was even thought of , I beg that yon bear that in mind." " I am aware ot it," he replied ; " but the young lady whoui I hope to marry " At thi* word I gav* a f re- irn ; the oount looked at me, squared his chin, and re :>eated, " - whom I hope to marry does not find it in her power to forego the pleasure she anticipates of dining there ; ind as your acquaintance with our country may have told yon, it is not usual for nng persons who are affianced to go out where their betrothed is not one of the company." I remained stolidly silent. " As, of course, I oonld not say as much 10 Mademoiselle de Breleaille, I have oome, very simply, as yon see, to ask yon to make ihe sacrifice which It would ba wrong to urge on my tiimcu, seeing how much she lad set hsr heart on this outing." " Monsieur Is Comte," I obesrvsd, " your visit does ms great honor, and I assure yon I appreciate the candor of your request as moon M I do your generosity, in not de priving a young girl of so uiodast a re- creation as a family dinner at her aunt's." I oould not help this somewhat sarcastic thrust ; for indeed I felt disgusted with the cunning Mlnihnees of this old sinner, ss I considered him, wi thing to deprive Diane of her evening's amusement, an 1 miybb her last chance of seeing m. " Ton mistake me," said the oount, "nothing is farther from my thoaqhta. I bave told you exactly what I mean, and I mean every word I btve aaid, neither more nor less." "And bave yon considered hew rode my behavior would appear to Madame de Cbsntalis, who has purposely atkwl me to meet Mademoiselle Diane ? " " Do you know MadamoUslle de Bret- euille so well," asked tha count, " as to call her by her Christian name ? Her father tells me he has never met you. Her mother made your acquaintance last night, and, it I remember well. Mademoiselle de Bret- euille made ber entree dan* U wide yeiler- day for the firat time." This piqued me, for I certainly was not in the humor to stand lecturing, but I slid nothing. "I thought, monsieur," be continued, " that I bad oome here to aak a favor of a gentleman and a friend of my tuncte't relatives no more. If yon have another title, I mast make my bow and retire." (To be Continued! She W Crazy. New York Weekly : Hoaseketpar (to pleasant -faced girl at employment agency) Have you any objections to the country ? Girl (politely) Nons at all. madam. Housekeeper 1 have quite a large family. Girl The more tbe merrier. Housekeeper Seven children, two of them quite young. Girl I love little children. Housekeeper It will be necessary for yon to bake bread, wash and get tbe meals. I attend to the pastry and chambar work myself. Oirl I will also make the pastry and do the rest, if you will allow me. Housekeeper I cannot give yon more than three afternoons off. Oirl Two will be sufficient, perhaps more than I will want, as my plan is to give strict attention to my household duties and thus get the work done up promptly every day so as to have plenty ot opportu- nities to rest between limes. Housekeeper I am delighted Stranger (suddenly entering) Sorry to interrupt you, madam, bat yoa are con- vening with one of mv patients who has juit escaped from the Hopelessly Incurable Lunatic Asylum. AD Everlasting- Chlnmry. To build a chimney that will draw for- ever and cot fill up with soot you must build it large enough, sixteen inohe* square ; use good brick and clay. instead of lime, up to the comb ; plaster it inside with clay mixed witb salt ; for chimney tops use tbe very best ot brick, wet them and lay them in cement mortar. The chimney should not be built tight to beams and rafters there is where the cracks in your chimneys come, and where most of tbe fire* original*, a* the chimney sometimes get* red hot. A chimney boil! from the cellar op is belter and less dangerou* than one hung on the wall. Do not get your itovepipe hole too close to the ceiling, bat about eighteen inches from it. New YorkJ"urnal. Dr. Wild and the Knl-whUkered Man. In his sermon last evening Rev. Dr. Wild dwelt at length on the Oka Indians question, and criticized the letter of Hon. Mr. Dewdney very harshly. Part of the audience applauded. A comical incident occur r nd. While the doctor was in the midst ot his exordium Ihe door next to the pulpit opened, a face turrounded witb red hair and red whiskers appeared, a man's voice shouted, " How about the Jss-a-ites?" th* face disappeared and tbe door shut. The audience was electrified. Empire. Th* Proper Notlea. Dr. Thirdly (of Chicago) Brother Laker, I have jaat married two oooples who have been divorced and then fell in love with each other again. Laker Why don't you hang out a sign, ' Repairing Done"T Recently very trustworthy calculation* ot tbe population of the Chinese Empire by Russian aatborities reckon it at 382,- 000,000, and the annual increase at 4,000,- 000. Not one in 10.000 ever heard of the religion of Jesus Christ. DR. PABSABHO'H dea:ription of the horrors of London slums is doubtless not over- drawn. His work is beneficial to the thouianda of children whom he picks up from the streets and sends to Canada, whether it is good for Canada or not. But i* ths remedy adequate to tb* disease, or u bis mheme like trying to empty Lake Ontario with a tin dipper ? England is not regarded a* a poor country. Wealth is produced there in abundance, and a great deal more might be produced it labor oould get at tbe land now reserved by the nobility for parks, pastures and shooting grounds. The statisticians sav that, of the 1,300 million pounds worth annually produced, tbe landlords and capitalist* tske MOO millions and the other people scramble f fir tbe remaining 400 millions, llndsr th* oircumitanoes, it aeems tbat there is missionary work to be done In KngUnd. A change of laws is required kbal would turn all the ground rent in for public revenue, woald permit ths repeal ot the heavy taxes now paid on bouses and good*, woald set the noble* and prince* at '?m productive labor, and would Increase tbe supply ol general employment. Lack of opportunity to work oauHt* poverty and poverty cause* crime and drunkenness. A change that woald oanse a better distribution of the product! of labor giving to toilers all they earn and leaving to idlers no more than they earn would soon make Dr. Barnardo'i philanthropic affort* unnecessary. The inaasts oan take care of themselves if th* olasaei will get oil their backs. Charles Dickens, son ot ths great novel- ist, is now on hi* way across the United Slates, ooming from Australia to his home in London. Hs i* travelling with hi* wit* nd child. In connection with ths ramortd division of the diocese of Montreal, it is said to bs intended to have only ths Island of Mon- treal in the diooass ol Montreal, and to place the remainder under the charge of Ugr. Labelle H Biihop of Bt. Jerom*. LOVR TCKMKII BIS BIAD. A. Toaoc Farmer. Utraek BT Pretty Vane Goa Orur. Frank Evan*, a young farmer from tbe township of Osgoode, while iu the city ot Ottawa about a month ago, saw a girl drive by in a vehicle who at onot took bis; fancy. He declared to his brother, who wa* witb him, that shews* the handsomest woman he had ever saen. Tbe brother aaid h* knew the girl's face and tbat she lived in the township of Osgoode. Wben Evans- returned homo he evinced no desire to work, and took tj wandering about the township in the hope of a<ain seeing the lady who had so completely taken posses sion of his youn.; heart. ADoat a week ago be showed unmistakable symptoms of in- sanity. Ha grew rapidly worse, and was at length put under restraint. He was taken to Manoli :k to ba arraigned before a Justice of the Peaoe.bat man aged to escape from the oonitablae. Being pursued he swam tbe river and escaped into the bush. He is still at large, and moon trepidation is fell by the people in the neighborhood, as bis aberrations hve taken a via* form. lluliful Kpltaph*. Kingston ll'hij . A mi Tiber of men \ sitting in a *hop the other night and conversation turned to epitaph*. " I i never forget one," aaid a citizen. " It U grand and was recited to me by the late William Martin, ship carpenter. He copied it from the tombstone over the grave of a British admiral at Aberdeen, B Jutland : " Though Boreas' blasts and Neptune's waves Bath to.st>J me to and fro, Yet spit* of all, by Ood decree, I'm anchored bore bolow. Here, at an anchor I do lie, With many of my fleet. And hupt* uooe more for to set eail our admiral, Cbrut. to meet." Another man, in a quiet way, said his sympathies were never so stirred as whan he read apon a little clone, in a quiet in a graveyard, tbeae words : " Mother, tibe made home happy." There used to be this verse over the i ing place of a soldier in the old English burying ground : " Billeted her* bv death. And here 1 mutt remain. L'n til th lait trumpet found* When I'll rite and march again." The Ohlnaa* In Aiutimlla, Some interesting figures relating to tbe number ot Chinese in Australia have been published by the Government statist of Victoria. In 1881 there were 43,700 Chinese in the different colonie* ; the number now i* 47,423, or an increase of 3,727. The Chinee* population in Victoria during that period decreased from 12 '.'is to 11.2'JJ, in gaeenslind from 11.230 to 7.691, and in New Zealand from 5,004 to 4,515. On tbe other band tbe number of Chinese in New Sooth Wales has increased from 10,036 to 10.521. in Bonth Australia from 4,151 to 6,t>60, in Western Australia from 145 to O'JJ, and in Tasmania from 844 to 1,000. Had to b STatlnf All th. Tim*. America* Qroctr : 'Hallo, Jim, how an yon coming on with your naw diet scheme ? ' Oh, I've quit. I was doing first rate until I cam* to that part of the book which says 'never eat on an empty stomach,' and (sorrow(ully) I had to give up." ' A Rl Dlireraae*. " There i* very little difference betv. you and tbe old hen, Scribbler. Yon scratch for a living." " Yea, but the old hen scratches for i and gats it "New York Wurld. THE United States crop of young appear* to be deteriorating. During the laat ten days of August sixty-eight young men applied to enlist in the Marines as the New York recruiting depot, of whom only eight were eoosptea, and oat of forty- five who presented themselves during the tirst ten dayti ot this month only three pasted. Thoee refused did not come up to tbe physical standard. EBisTm WIMIX has bad a Bill introduced into the United btites Congress and Benaie to authorise ths construction ol a tunnel under New York Bay, between Slates Inland and Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Accord- ing to Mr. Wiman, tbe cost of the tunnel proper which will be two and a half miles long will be about 1,250,000 a mile, according to an estimate made by Heman Clark, or about SO. 000,000 iu all , and tbe capital will be forthcoming when necessary, and in three years after beginning opera- tion* the tunnel will be ready for nw. He IWores the interest on Ihe investment to be 300,000 a year, and say* that, as 2,000,000 tons of coal are delivered in Brooklyn each year, and all of it hoisted in backets, at least 50 cents a ton on half ot the coal will be aaved. Ir there were many Mayors in Canada like the Mayor of Leavenworth, Kansas; perhaps the Methodist Conference would not have to grieve over tbe popularity ol progressive euchre in Toronto and Mon- treal. He has announced that h* win arrest all persons in that city who attend progressive euchre parties and play for priaes. Henry Oeorge got around Immediately on his return to the office of his journal, thn .Standard. He took a gooi look at tbe circulation figuaes and seemed a great deal surprised at what he saw there. The figures' had climbed up 3.000 while be was) at tbe other eu.t ot tbe world. H* aay* he has readers In every country on the globe. He ban several readers in Africa and half a v. -n in India, his publisher says. It was Hir Robert Peel who instituted the British Police system -hence the popular term*, " bobby " and " peeler." "Can yoa decline love?" he asked the pretty little school mistress. " N-no," she whispered, hiding ber head apon hi* shoulder. Th* editor of the Pan* Coearde, the Bou- laugiat organ, has been imprisoned for in- fringing oa the preig law. Oambetta's heart is missing. When he died it was taken out and preserved by Paid Bert Now Paul Bert U dead and the heart cannot be found. Miia Barruadia who triad lo kill Minister Mianer ha* been exiled and an evohango Invites her to oom* to this country and lecture.