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POETRY. Shunter 8o*f> Huh. hu-h. baby Qladf Hu-h darling, be (till. and look pretty ; it ill'. Clos*. eloae them mj beauty. Closs both your brown eye* f Tti'-u father will rock yon , little lady. Not quite so roach play \V* ran t "coj" you ana "boo you All nlsTht and all day ' While Diir.ie mind* mother. Papa mint mind you : PD lumber, weel. clumber Wti.iu.-ver you do. Ren. rwt. litUe budlct, For itorm wiads untold Tane many a p*tal Waen flowers unfold. Ilwt.re*t, little bli*-beaa, Rest, ray o( star : Life * hadow* nav eroex yom Wherever you are. Rest, net. UUle breather. For many a mart May barn it to cha*ten God'-, sold ! yaar heart Ret. rart. little pibrrim. Keit. rmt and grow irong ; The wy to the Home-land Is upward and long- Be bra re. then, my darhng- Uve life without fear* . God nun bow* eternal Are glorified tew* ! E. Leigh. When Ur&nd mother Wu a Little Girl Like Me- She aid there wai a grea big lovely orchard. An' everywhere, as far a* yen rould eee. Juxt grai* an' tree* all fuli of fruit a growia' When Grandnu wa* a UUle girl like me. She *aid there wa* a lot of little bunnies. An ihe telled us just bow tame they u-ed to ha Fatin lettuce leave* aad clover from h<-r finger* When (iran.lma was a little girl Uke m*. An pig* the *ald .an eats, an' little chicken*. An' a Borful dog 'at barked tormeniomlj An' a .-uaaiajf little calf down in th* pasture When Grandma was a little girl like me. She ha>l -nme gia big Drawer* an a An a babv. jnt a teunty tonty wee. A tttUe bit o . bit o . bit o baky. Cause Grandma wa'n't a only child like me. An' >n -hr telled n all about e attic When all e little children ued to play. An lou o room to run aronnd an holler When it rained ouuide the whole long living day. It mut been ,tu lovely there to Grand- ma'* The ,-ity'ru*t a* different ae oaa be : It WM a good demJ mere Uke Heave*. M a UtUe girl like me. (Grace Dnffleld Uoodwm. t*re*u of Canada are jut now giving tan- gible iMtimony that they an progreoeive. Complainu continue about to* extraor- jmary rate* .-barged for everything at Chi- eugo. In tbe city from tire to tix dollar* day i* a*ked for an ordinary roooi without board, and tboae who dine at the Pair ground* muit fuel they are eating gold. The Chicago paper* describe the) food a* poor, and denounce the rate* a* extortionate. The Journal advises it* reader* to take their Inane. with then., and the Mail quote* MOM price* likely to have the lame effect' A reporter of the latter paper who took three modest meal* on the ground* figured up that they oo*t him about in dollar*. The dinner, which consisted of fi*h, mutton, potato**, bread, salad, coffee an<t beer, cam* to 93.06. It i* impoMible to get anything to eat for l*M '.ban a dollar, while for an ordinary twenty -five cent meal a dollar and a half IB charged. The Chicago pre* call* upon the management to interfere, but a* the Fair receive* a Urge ihare of the profit it U thought to be hardly likely the mana- ger* will come to tne reicue ot the public. A* a matter of fact everything point* to a gigantic tmuh in connection with the ill devi**] and more illy carried out World's Fair, t'p to the day of opening tbe fair over thirty-three million dollars had gene into the enterprise. Of thi* amount about fifteen million i* represented by bond* and Hock subscription*, constituting an m- debtednee* that muit be met. It i* a live topic with the directorate jut now how the gate receipt* are going to pan out to liqui- date this indebtedneu. On the opening day of the fair, according to the official count, 155,36.5 person, paid to enter the gate. During the remaining five day* of la*t w*ck the paid admissions averaged about 16,000 a day. The weather Ha* b*en nnpropiuou, and reports of unreadiness* in tbe various department! have operated to delay the tide of travel that sooner or later must set in Chioagoward. Yet to pay expense* the city receipt* from admission* ran*t average M3,- 000 with Sunday closing, or taVOOO if the Fair be opened oa Sunday*. Thii means an average daily attendance in the one cae* of ltil.000 in the other of 195.000. Whence is this vast and constant army of lighteeen to be drasro* Light attendance during ' the present month, moreover, mean* that ' during the lummer months the paying vis- iton m j*t number from 300,000 to 400,- 000 daily a thing not impossible, yet en- tirely beyond precedent, and far ex'jeediog th* must (anguine preliminary *U- of th* Directoiy. THE WILD-CAT FEIGHTENEE You remember that trip I nvtde out through Michigan over a year ago, doebt leee," *aid Jackson Pe^r*. I never told you of the odd genius I met at 1'octia. , who was going to do away with carpet* on floor* by (ticking little piece* o( carpeting on the feet with mncilage " .lone* looked at th* younger man with e verity. " Jackeon, I wa* ]ust oa of my own when I lived in Iowa several yean ago. Enrich n* with th* tale of your bright young friend some other time." " Ye*." returned Peter*, " it doee very well for you c* lay that, bat my story wa* going to be a true one." "Young man," anrrered Jooae, "you seem to forget that I am your former teach- er. The memonee of the Dulnet School at Hemlock Hollow appear to be deeming yon." a great many case*. also, thi* crop ha* been pet in at th* expeae* ot a previous oae, and so, if a roll crop ha* to be plowed up in the spring, two crop* have been 'oet, ae far a* the wheat ie ooocerned, although a w.bsti- lute spring (owing may be had. In order to insure a good crop of wheat on our older land* summer-fallowing and manuring ha* to be reeorted to, and by the Urn* the extra labor of working up a fallow and the out of manure is considered, the fall wheat point'of telling e'.tory "about a htUe idee r 5ro P a * '* k * w be a goo 1 one. is not very profitable, .specially when wheat ells for only 66 cent, a bushel And if it turn* out only average or a poor crop tbe farmer has lost money. Farmers in Ontario cannot produce wheat to pay any profit under f 1. whatever they may do in '.he fertile virgin soil ef the North west, where summer-fallowing aad manuring ar unknown. This summer-fal- lowing is a weak point in our farming, and how* that there is somctbiag wrong m th* rotative system, and cleaning the land of weeds, and also toe audition of tbe soil " Give n* your story, Jonee, give us your tory," said Smith, encouragingly. "I wae going to." replied Jonee. " It wa* a number of yean a;o. I wae living out in Iowa, near Dee Moines. My place wa* on the Dei Moine* Bivor bottom, and with regard to p. ant food. So much wheat glowing m the** old district* not only lose* money to farmers, but irapovenahee the (oi L The exportation of grain from a the blufia wen literally aliv, with wild I country which receive* nothiagu exobaage -.1. Th. wtM.*.*. hm ll arar Ji MM. that can be turned into manor* mmn ex- that can be turned into manor* mmn sx the (oil in th* lung run. To this may be ascribed the present sterility of tbe abandoned farm, in many of the New cat*. The wild-cat* from all over the coun- try seemed to be in th* neighborhood that year holding a wild-cat \N orld's Fair a fat, gentlemen. I had a fancy stock farm, and between the resident aad the visiting wild-cats they played the very deuce with my blooded chicken*. I don't need to tell ell a* of Sicily, which for a _ yon, gentlemen, that I am mortally afraid of ytan^wa^the granary of Italy of a gun. " " Menu to me that's a pretty serious ad- mission for a man to make who only last night wa* telling how, down in Arkansas, he used to spring up bean with a a four-inch hickory plank and shoot them on the wing, Ilk* clay pigeons," (aid Jackson Peter*. " An idle tale. Jackson, an idle tale. A must relax a little sometime*. As I Tr*m*tormr4 I ! a trmlllml By no on*, perhaps, have the impreaeions produced by the various phaeee of the river been so poetically described as by Oebnrs, who thai iliieiirihse toe Kile: "The Nile has shrunk within its bank, until its stream is contracted to half iu ordinary Hiineneineie aad its turbid, elimy, rtrfsr waun scarcely eae*n te flow ia any direction. Broad flat* or steep bank, of black, sun-baked Nil. mud form both the shone of the river. All beyond than fa and and sterility, for the hem.iri or sand- ' wind for fifty day* duration has scarcsry yet oeieed to blow. Th* trunks aad branch- es of treee may be Men hare sad then through th* du*ty. hacy, burning atmos- phere, bat so entirely an their leaven coat- ed with dost, that at a distance they are *t distinguishable 'torn the denert mod that surrounds them. It only by the most painful and laborious speration oi waberiag that auy tint approxunalice; t* greenness oan be preserved at thu season even in vt* p.'eunn gardens of the Paeha. The tint symptom of the termination ef this most tarnble *eaeoo is the rising of th* north wind (the Kteaian wind of the GroeksK blowing briakly, often neroelv during the whole of the day . The foliage of the gro vs. that cover Lower Egypt i* soon l:*encmn and resumes iu If v feet are wearied, aad my hand* arc tired My soul eopre**d. And with desire have I long deelred Reet -only reet. TU hard to toil when toil balmost vain In barren way* ; TH hard -a tour aad never garner train In harvest days. he burden of my day* Li hard to bear. But Go.1 known bent : And I sav* prayed, but vain ha< been my pnier. For rest tweet nut. TU hanl to plant in Spring and never nap The Autumn yield : TU bar.) to till, and when 'Us tilled to weep y - fruiilen* Held. And *o I cry. a weak aad human cry. 80 heart oppreeood : And so I sigh.a weak and human *igh. Forrert for res*. My way ha* wound across the desert year*. And cares infiv-t My path, and through the flowing ef hot tear* I pine for rest. Twa* always so. When till a child. 1 laid On mother's breast ky weaned little head. sTm then I prayed. A* now. for rest. Aad I am rentlcee still. Twill soon be over. For down the west Life mn IK netting, and I **e tbe chore When I shall reel. -I Fat her Ryan. sly Baby Boy no More Where In my baby boy t" you auk. That I am here alone So sadl) quiet .it my taok. Well. dear, the (ah* K -gone : done from my life from day to day, (lone from my tender rule- No, not to heaven, not yet. I pray. But merely gone to srbool. His little kilt* an laid away. Within my bureau drawer. I! smudly hod them yesterday. My baby hny no morv. Uil night th.- barber rut bin hair, He thought I wa* a fool. To cry ib.iv* thone ringlet* fair. But- bnby'x gone to -vhool. And I -if I'd been brave and wise I ohould not thu* have cried. Biit (Mill th.' <vr* -pring to my eyenj Laet aioht - m y baby died . And in his place is my " bin boy , ' 80 manly, brave, aad cool. Hut life ha* kt lt purest ,oy. Sura he has gene to school. Fhe time when be will be * man Seem* now no very aoitr. Trie?im when I mut triv* and plan Te keep m y boy dear From all the finking aml of life, Kroni being bad men'* tool : I feel Ihe Hhiuiowof that lrife Now he h.is noes to school. Oh heavenly Father. Then who gave My preoloun child to mn. I pray Theo. through ;he \er, to save Ami keep him clove to Theo. Thai ronotcnce. heart, ant) eye*, may stay All clear *H sunlit |v>l. Th.it he may be iw pu re nlwa> , A* when he went to school. HKthet M Colnon. E\BI WK A 1* IsUI rslafess>4 af 1 CaHeas fteeae In the rawrra In Ki A recent controversy among th* anti- qusriee and literati of Hirmmghan. say. the Birmingham Mail, regarding the final net- ing place ef the body of the celebrated John BaekerviUe, and the cut of the clothe* in which it was buried I'.l) yean ago, ha* led to an investigation in th* catacombs of Christ Church. Then was a curious scene at th* opening of the Mayor, the vicar officer, the Chief of Police, and other gentle- ten of the town. Among them wae Mr. T. H. Kvlan.l. a wondertuTlyiwell-preeerved octogenarian, who was safe in venturing to remark that he was the only person present who <aw rUskerville in hi* coffin sixty five yean ago. " I well remember him as be lay then." said Mr. Ryland. " Be looked a *mart little gentleman in old ooert ' But yon offered to bet fifty dollars that" "I couldn't shoot those wild cats, yon se*. so what could I do? Night alter night they walked off with my choicest fowls. On* day a bright idea occurred to me. It was thing mon nor lea. than every time I heard any disturbance among th* chickens to put my head out of the window and call out ' Scat '.' in a loud voice." Th* narrator paused, and looked at .lack- son Peten defiantly. But Pet*n only blew a cloud of smoke ceilmgward and arched hi* eyebrow* slightly. " That wa* a clever notion," observed Robtcaon. " Very clever notion. Worthy to rank with your plan for extracting the latent energy from tramp*." "No, Robinson, no," answered Jones Farmers have been drawing upon their plant-food account in the soil and returning little until their checks are partially dishonored and soil bankruptcy is imminent. To obviate thu farmen will have to go mon extensively into dairying, aad stop se nvich grain growing aad selling it off the farm, and nturning nothing bat straw and hay back M the *oiL London m irket has been stocked thi* wir'er with hay, and at a poor price. How can soil be kept up m mitigated by tbe same poweifel agjsaay, which prevails for this and the three follow- nsg vonths throughout th* enure land ef ^Tnea at last oomes the inundation : "Perhaps then is not in nature a mon exhilarating sight, or on* mon strongly exciting to confidence in Ood, than the nas of the Nile. Day by day aad aiffht by night its turbid tide sweeps onward majes- tically over the parched sande oi tbe waste, bowlicg wiidereea*. Almost hourly as we py teution to the production of animal., a* they will make mon money and will not ex bauatth* fertility of the eoiL Then, be- side* pay lug mon attention to dairying, I and raising first class stock, mon attention ; should be paid to th* nee of commercial fertilizers and a rotation of crops. One of the best farmen in the United State* has a farm of ninety acre* in New Jereey, and it ie conducted on a five years' rotation, with ' corn, potatoes, wheat and gran for crops. All th* (table manun made on the place is spread on Uiegra** (od. This n plowed in prirg and planted to corn. The follow- ' ing spring potato** an planted on the corn ground, and from 1,300 to 1,500 pounds of grade potato fertilizer used per acre. smiling, and evidently much gratified. "No. you an too kind. My tramp idea After th* potatoes an dun, wheat is plant- showed geoiu. : each things come to a man ed with t.mothy *sed. In the tpring clover but once in a lifetime ; this was limply an >wn on th* wheat. The grant is cut indication of a special talent for dealing two yean, when it is again plowed for corn, with wild -cats. Still, if you weald believe The theory of this rotation is that the 'va'uU mThTpree^ceof t'h'.' ~ W^*^?"^ i^1^ihfi^~EZ LT, the Coroner, th- medical * 'eca'ted my**lf hoar*, .very night for a that 'he grass sod and mnun supplies all fof Police, and other gentle- ' "" *}< want f right on | the needed humus. carrying away my poultry, out I felt that the principle was a sound one, aad I looked about for th* w*ak point in th* application of it. I soon found it. I wa* employing th* same volume of seat for wild-cats which is need in the case of tame cats, and wiM cat* are three timee bigger that tame cats. ' My tint thought was of a speaking i ii lr, a Aetsutca. cloth-." A hait'was soon mad* before tbe i tpe. b" 1 I decided agauut it. 1 sealed catacomb, which wa. luppoaed to , Jetermmeu to make a clean sweep of the contain the remain* of the great printer. > whole n " lt */' } * nt to "* *d got The .lab was lighted by a couple of lamps. " ""pred Edion phonoriph with in Deft workmen plying chieeland saw and teiuifytng attachment. I wtthe inteositisr hammer wen won busily engaged on at the ratio of three to one. I then shouted a battery of scats into the receiver in my natural tame-cat driving voice. I wound up the clock-work, and Mt th* phonograph near ray hen house, so that a cat on enter- ing the door would set th* it to speak once. A Si. John's. N.K , despatch (ays : Tbe Newfound :*jd seal fishery for 1803 has just ended, and ha* resulted most unfavorably, not for yean having been so unsuccessful. The industry i* prosecuted yearly by a number of steamers specia'.ly fnuit and equipped for that purpoee, and occnpie* about six weeks. Thi* year there were twenty-two steamers with about 3,OOU men employed. When the ships sail from h*n they pro- ceod north along th* coast for about 200 miles, searching for th* ice where the seal, aru breeding, and slaughter thousands of tte young once. This year the meet un Rxlortteoalr Kale*. appean to be a thriving in- eTustry just now. Owen Soucd. following the example of Hamilton, has given to the waters a splusjdul specimen of naval archi- tecture. The launching of the iTiippewa and the City of Oollingwootl >* a sure indi- cation of the gradual improvement of the lake rteet. In like manner the ocean venels an moving on toward* perfecuou. A few day* ajro great interest wa. aroused by the completion, of tK< rssnpauia, which is th* largest steamship n;li;, and m length within uxty reet of tho Unat Ka*tern. The mammoth palace, propelled by engine* of I.V'HA> horse power, U somewhat of an < Pfrimeot, but no on* doubt* it* ucceee. In boatbuilding, a* in everything else, pro- green i* ta* watchword. *nd the marina w- f> other stone, sad it wa* curious" to watch th* eager lamp-lit face* of th* expectant (pectaton. Very eoon the tint solid slab. which seemed to be mad* of some tort of concrete, was remove.!, and disclosed an inner wall of brick* and mortar. A* this was dislodged the excitement became in- i feaUamen. and slept I morning. ., young onee. rnis year in* meet un- ter-se, but it was soon relieved by the an ] A ' t< dmeth*tat f^,^,,,.,. condition oi : thing' fnvailed. For nounc-aaent by one of the workmen. ; bout midnight, when the tint wiM-cat ,<,,, two week* befon March 11. wl en There a coffin inside." And the end of ! etarted to inter my chicken-coop to felon- lh ^j^ Bort h wett win d,, had bora coo- this la-len casket was exposed, and all . "J betract my poultry, that phono- doubt was at rest, for on it. m some of the 8$> ,* ' c )^^ ' throat and re- handeome type that had been st once tbe (narked. ' Scat ! in a voice whwh rattle.1 the window*, uentlemen. my foreman was a man in whom I had the utmost confidence and be told me that after the phonograph poke he observed a long gray streak of wild-cat reaching from my hen-house door to the underbrush about two hundred yard* distant. The same phenomenon was noted pleasure and the work of his ^life was in- scribed. "John Kaskerville." Then arose the question whether the coffin should be opened. There was no proof positive of iDiUnt i Deal ion unless the unrea isteted vault wa* found to contain a body a* well a* a cornn. The medical officer of health and th* Coroner both agreed that there would he no danger to health in open- ing '.he coffin, and so th* vicar gave the word for it* reoioval to the cuter air and bright sun of th* adjacent yard. There up- on tbe (ton* flags vbe coffin we* placed upon a bier, and th* plumber wee called forth to ply Wh hi* sharp blade upon the leaden lid. by oiy foreman in the case of mibseuuent cat*. I lost no more chickens through the depredation* of thn obnoxious form of v*nnin." Jonea pan**d aad lit his cigar, which had gone out. He blew an aggreeniv* cloud at the lamp, elevated hi* chin, and looked at Jitckcon 1'eten. ?*ten reeled hie cheek in hi* hand and would e*m that there was another obstacle ! ee">ed thoughtful After some seconds he cover, but ' Jr * w too breath, and said. "Jonea, may I trouble von to toll us when this inter eel to be encountered in an oaken thi* wa* soon removed, and then the specta- cle for which everybody wa* waiting with inwsrd perturbation prevented itself. Poor Baskervill* no longer " the smart little man with his court dress," bat a hideous, musty skeleton, or rather part of one, wrapped up m what seemed at tint sight to be a bundle of (having* and an old window blind. On cloea examination it appeared that the dead man had boen wrapped in coeoannt matting and an ornamental shroud. Tbe part of th* shroud crumpled up at the feet wa* well preeerved, and it is quit* clear that it was of an ornamental kind. The skeleton itself had in part* perished. To those whe witneen*d the opening of the coffin it was a puxzle to find something more than dust. The grinning head had loet half iu teeth they were vti.i to have been stolen during .he itay of th* body in Monmouth street and the front of the ribs had >li appeared, leaving only a few withered bone* slickmgout from the vertebral column. Some idea from th* strength of the vertebri. could be gained of the physical obaraotr of the man, th* little stiff-set fellow who used to strut about in the finest clothes. Th* color of the bone* was grayish black, eepecially the head, almost as though they had been partly burned. It was a curious spectacle to witnees thu dieentombing of a man who had been dead so long, under the shadow of the shops of one of the busiest tree is of the .own. The remains were sealed up again, and reintemd without delay. Ancient haltering rama were manned by 100 or 150 men, generally captive*. The double- hasxied swords of medieval tin** often weighed thirty pounds. In naval warfare th* ancients used grap- pling hooks and boarding bridges. ing aad valuable incident took place T " Certainly, .Isckson, certainly. In the summer of 1ST1." 1'eiers smiled. Theu he said: " Th phonograph, Jooee, is given a later date by more advanced historians and arch.*olegiat* Yon are, Jonee, guilty of an anachronism. ' Mo doubt, Jackson, no doubt. " answer ed .lone*. " Moot men who tell the truth are. I shall not li* to avoid an anachronism no, not if I am guilty of an anachronism with every word I utter, if my whole life becomee one va*t anachronism. Truth. Jackson, truth first always. We will now listen to the important and educational account of your uncle in Michigan, that brainy and scholarly gentleman who pro poses to do away with floors by having every body wear wooden shoes. Proceed Jackson." Peten looked at Jones with a weary air, toeeed tbe (tub of his cigar into the fire, and anewered : " It'* ef no importance. Some future day will do a* well a year from now two yean any time." [Harp- r'l Weekly Cre*> PreepecO la Aaslralla. Tht propect fnr a good crop of fall wheat are not so promising as the public wen led to believe m the ton part of this teaeon, and through the correspondence from different parts of the Province by the Bunau of Industrie* in Toronto. From re- cent report* which have been received from several section* in the north and weat of thu peninaula ou heavy undrainsd soil* the crop is being plowed up and spring grain own. Taking one war with another there is a large aggregate loss to the country on this crop or account of winter killing. In tin nous, and th* seals had all been driven off the land. Tbenfon. what never happened before occurred. All the steamers but one. the r,.ij,e, missed tbe gnat body of them snd had to secure cargoes ae IwM they -'ould from among t>e scattered bodiee of ire floating about iu all directions over the ocean. The average duration of the voy- age ha* consequently hewn much grester than in ordinary years, and the reeulte al- most nil. Following an the ship*, with tbe number of Mall brought m : Kagle. I&UOO : New- foundland, 10,009 : Labrador, 9,000 : Leop- ard. ilOO : Hope. '-'.riOO : Nimrod, I'J.MM ; Mastiff. 3,000 : \Valnis. .\ODO ; Iceland, 2,300 : (inenland, o.OUO : Diana, T.'.W ; Aurora. 10,000 ; Algeria*, li.osj : Ranger, I. V00 : Kaqaimaux. 3,300: Xeptnne, d.jOO; Terra Nov*. 11.000; \\olf. 13,000 ; Vsn guard, lO.iUO : Panther, 6.0110 ; Neptune, 8,000, The total catch for this year is about 130.000, against 343.000 last year. The price of seal oil ia also very low. and even this number will not prove ae remu- nerative as it would in other yean, and a targe proportion of th* seals an old rinsl, which are also less valuable than young Th* result will be a ssrion* blow to the whole island of NewfouaHland.and eepecial- ly to th* city of St. John's, which is Ihe headquarters of the industry. The ship* are owne I and fitted out lien, and the merchant* engaged in it are the chief busi- ness men of tbe colony. Most of them had their premise* deetroyed in th* great fin last July, and were looking to a lacceashil fishery to recoup them somewhat for their lease* and enable them to rebuild their establishments. The whole population is .\lso interested In an important degree in the results of the industry, and its failure will not alone af- fect the capitalists, but also tke artisans and labonn and the people generally. The " ti nek" or supply tyitem axiitaat it* worst in this country, and a bad seal fishery mean* considerable curtailment of supplies, and a consequent deprivation of tbe means of prosecuting the cod fishery by a great many fishermen. On the nbuildiag of St. John'* it will exercise a prejudical effort and will cramp industrial development tor many ysars. It is all the mon to be regretted, as the pres- ent aspect point* to great improvement* and beneficial changes iu the construction of tbe new city, which would have brought it properlv ia line with modern idea*. The 'iiilovk for the tutun i* a grave oae and canees much anxiety among besin so* men, with gloomy forebodings for the future. hank, and saw by the rush of all animated nature to the spot that the Nile had over- leaped another obstruction, and that its hsjaniling waters wen diffusing life *nd joy through another desert. Then are few impression* I ever received upon the re- memberaoce of which I dwell with mon pleasun than that of swing the first bunt of the Nile into one of tbe great channels of its annual overflow. AU natoie heat* lor joy. The men, the children, the KusTaiossk gambol in its refreshing waters : tbe treoad waves sparkle with (boils of fish, sod few! of every wing flutter over them in clouds. Nor i. thu jubilee of nature orafined to tke higher orden of creation. The moment the *and bscesn** moistened by the ap- proach of th* fertilizing water* it is literal ly aliv. with ineecta innumerable. It is impossible to stand by the aide ef MM W these nolle streams, to see it every moment sweeping away sorre obstruction to it. msjesuc course and widening as it flows, without feeling tbe heait to *xpand wtth love and joy and confidence in the great Anther of thi* annual miracle of mercy. " The effects ef the inundation, a* Oelrani hows in another place, "exhibit tbemoelv*. in a scene of fertility and beauty such a. will scarcely be found in soother country st any Mason of the year the vivid green of the springing ocro. the groves of pomefrsa ate trees ablaze with the rich scarlet of their blossoms, the fresh breus laden with tke perfn.net of garden* ef ranee and oranp thick sts, every tree and (very shrub ooW- ed with sweet-scented flowers. Theee MVS few of the natural beantie* that welcome the stranger to the land of Ham. Tlicr* is considerable samenee* in them, il is true, for he would observe little variety in the tree* and plants, whether he first eater** Egypt by the gardens of Alexandria or the plain of As* man. Yet a i* the same ovary when, only because it would be imp*eihii to make any addition to tbe swettnesB of th* odors or th* brilliancy of tbe colon, or the exquisite beauty of the many forms ef vegetable life in the mid.t of which ha wee- den. It is monotonous, but it s the mono- tony of paradise. " [Nature. CTwaneel ine Allaalle *a the MeasBhl - amarvatala The firs*, batch af stowaway* for the *ea- eon arrived at Montreal the o>h*r day and wen registered in the Police Weart next morning. There were eleven member*. Thli ie the largeat party of secret voyagen that ha* been received for three yean wbeo. it ia said, that the came vessel, the Dooaldeu line steamer " Amarynthia, ' brought vat twe v* stowaways. Th* steamer left (ilai- gow on th* !nd of April and on th* even ing of to* same day a noise wu beard in th* lower hold, and wh*n the office of th* hip opened up '.he hatch.** th>v found a colony of itowaways imprieoned there. There wen eleven of them, and they thoagkt they wen safe in announcmg their are*) cue* as the veasel wa so far from land. As then wen *o many, the tint officer, Mr. Scott, would not allow them to wor,k, (o kept thn under guard in a small room, where they wen fed oa bread and water. When the vessel reached Montreal the nn*nn*n wer* marched over to the Harbor Police Station where they spent the night. They lined up befon Judge l>esnoyen in the Police Court next morn- ing and pleaded guilty to the charge of crating themselves in a sea- going vessel. The maximum penalty for thi* offence is a fin* of twenty pound* and one month's imprisonment with hard labor. The men had practically uo money whatever. *o it ts useless to fine them. Hi* Uonor sontenied them to two weeks' imprisonment each, in which time, he hoped, they would gat a wash, which would improve their ap- pearance considerably. Tbe judge said that they would bave to go back a* soon as they wen liberated, for loafers uch th* sh'ps hand* said they wen, re wot wanted in* Canada. Mr. Scott said that it was impossible to keep stowaway* from getting on board. When the vessel was (earobed before leav- ing, four wen found ml turned ashore. The men who stayed w*n crouched in be- tween a cargo of iron platen. Th* pneonen described themselves at follows : James WileoD. laborer, aged 23 : Jane* Smith helper. .'*> : .Villiam Weir carter. .11 ; .tames Brown, Boilermaker, ; Wtlliaa McCruul. hackmai.. -M : .loJin Boyle, botl- ermakor. 16 : John McNeil, helper. M ; Andrew Hunter, bonermaker. .fc.' ; .lame* Hamilton, laborer. :W John I'm'.l. hak*r, 3S, and John ilibi'in, boiler u-aket, ia.