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Christmas. With heart and mind we hail the, past And grwi Die primal CliiLstinastide, Illumed HI' h I -lit ,>f t.lcssings vast That balos Uctblohem's mountainside. Mirk fthetihT.lii. chosen first to sew k'lft <>f heaven's wondrous grace, icy we bend the knee Itcforo the Shepherd of the raoe. Judaea, favored of the earth. Ah, sacred U thine eve.ry sod. Land glorified as place of birth And cradle of the Son >'<** A CHRISTMAS CAROL From a window out of a crowded partment bouse situated in the buni- nesa district of a great city a woman witb a pale, wistful face was looking down into the street below. In spite of the shabby black dress, there was an aristocratic air about the tall figure which impressed one that he was a lady born, and in the face BOW worn with years of sorrow could be detected traces of what must once have been a radiant beauty. It was Christmas eve. snd the street was filled with persons hurrying to their various homes after the last day of holiday shopping. Heavily laden ex- press carts were rattling noisily over the cobblestones, and groups of small urchins were adding to the festive din by tooting lustily on their ear splitting Christmas horns. But the pals woman at the window neither saw nor beard all this confu- sion. Her thoughts were hi the far- away past, when Christmas eve in the luxurious home of her childhood used to be the gladdest time of the whole year. Rut now she glanced hastily round the small bare room and shud- dered to think of the terrible change. It only she could have bought a few trifling gifts for the cbildien i But she had not been able to spares penny from her small earnings, and this year dear, faithful Tony must go unreward- ed and 6-year-old Katbie's strong con- fidence in Santa Claus be shaken for ever. Just then the door was pushed open, and her sad reverie was interrupted by the entrance of two children, a tiny girl with a mans of golden hair fram- ing a very excited little face and a dark eyed boy about two years her senior. " Mamma, mamma," the fairy cried, rushing to her mother sad throwing both arms about her neck. "Tony and me have a be-yu-ti-ful plan, just be-yn- li-ful I Tony read about it in a book, and we want to do it to sing carols to-mpbt under people's windows." The mother drew a quick breath. " And then when they open the door to find us we'll run away. ju*>. like the children in the story." Ah. then, her children had not yet thought of begging at strange doors, and they wanted to follow out the beau- tiful old Kntrlisb custom simply for the fun -ml noveity I " And, mother," Tony was saying in his grave way, " perhaps they'll think It's an angel when Kathie sings, she can make her voice so soft." The mother smiled Her little daugh- ter's truly wonderful voice was a great eleluihf to her, and she hoped some dsy to have it carefully trained. Yen. she would give her consent to the frolic, and all through the scanty evening meal the children chatted like veritable magpie* Then, clad in tbeir iil.iin. warm wraps, they net cut after bidding their mother a merry good-liy. Hand in hand tU-y hurried through the crowded streets, pant tbt rows of brilliantly lighted nliof>.<t. gay with hol- ly ami evergreens, not making a stop until they reached a wide avenue, where the shops gave way to handsome private bouses. "Now. Kathie." Ton> whispered by way of a signal. ' While Shepherd* Watched llieii I locks.'" And a mo- ment later the childish voice* were ring- ing on the frosty air in clear, sweet trelde. llcfore they could run away, as the story had said was the proper thing to lie done, a group of children appeared at one of the richly curtained windows, and catching sight of the lit- tle sinrcrn IMII in the enow lierkoned In them to ooine in Tony shook his bnad and called out gayly that they w. u CliM.st m IM children and didn't mind the o-l.l Then, clasping their hands more tightly, they ran on. House after house was roused by the clear little voices, and coins were of fared. l>ul Tony always refused the money. Maying that they were Christ mas children, and that swmcd to ex- plain their situation perfectly, for no one pressed them further. " I/et' don't sing any more after this one," Kathie naid as they paused he- fore a laii/e iiii|Nminf( house of number brown stone, "'cause I'm very tii.,1 "All right. Kit. so brace up for Die last and do your best. Let's sing 'Hark the Herald Angelal " " You U KIII it. yon know." And Tony, who acted in the double capacity of business manager and choir rr.aater, (eve ihr note, and Kathie ltran. In the handsomely furnished library of tbe house before u hich the children stood an old man was sitting alone be- fore a great open fire. He knew that U was Christmas eve. hut tbe fact did not seem to make him particularly bnppy, for his face was drawn and hag- gard an thouuli In- were lieing tormenU d by his own thoughts. Some one bad wished him a " Merry Christmas" that evening, and the old man laughed bitterly. "Merrv Christmas," he half mutter- ed. " When have I seen a Christmas that was anything hut a torment since" And hU mind went back to a ChrisU mas eve just ten years ago. Ah. those were merry Chrutmases in the old vears when Katherine was a ohiid with long golden hair I What was it that she aajtg every time before she ex plored the mysterious stacking f Oh yes, be remembered it well "Hark tbe herald angels sing I" Was he dreaming, or was it really hit. VIMM that broke tbe stillness sang it "Did of tbe winter night! lie li.tcneil in- tently. Faintly tun air of the old an- :b*m came t.> him. Then, as bis ear 'ied to the voice, he cmigbt each w<>rH liUttinctly. "Ulory to be newborn King " The ~mnd came 'rom the street and t h >dit man ne> r r..m his arm chair and walked noise- ily to toe window. Hiding himself ( the he, ivy folds of the bang- ngs. he Raced eagerly out into the snowy avenue. Two tote of children were standing directly in front of the house. One. the smaller of the two. a girl with >right curls, as he saw by the frie.ndly Will of the street lamp, was singing with all her small might. And sucba \. '. ! 1 1 made him think of tbe " her- ald angels." about whom she sang, or 'Miter still, of Katherine. He waited until the carol was ended, and then raising tbe sash called oat in a persuasive tone. " Little ones, will ion come here." and as tbe children aenitatod he added : " Don't be afraid. I only wont to speak to you a moment." And A In He later Tony and his sister were standing before tbe old man in he great wide hall. " I want to tell you bow much I Have en joyed the anthem that you have 'wen singing out there in tbe cold and o ask you it you won't come to-mor- row and sing it for me again. I used i> have a little girl like you," touching " 'ie's hair softly as he spoke, "who it every Christmas day." she f " Kathie asked, looking np at the grim old man witb a genuine ntersest in her big blue eyes. "Why. hat'fl just what my mamma used to do when she was a little girl, isn't it. Tony f " Tony. who. unlike his sister, disliked .o apeak of what be termed family ' 'fairs " before strangers, simply nod- ded and was about to say that they would be very glad to come in the morning, when their host of five min- utes, leaning eagerly forward, exclaim- ed in a hoar.se voice: "Tour mother, children? Who is she I Who are you I" Half frightened by the change that lad come over the old man's face. Tony answered wonderingly, " We are mam- ma's children. Kaibie and Tony, and mamma is Mrs. Anthony Girvin." Tbe suddenness ot tbe discovery was too great to be borne calmly, and the old nan trembled like a palsied person an M rang the bell for a servant. " Tell John." be said when the domestic ap- Mared. "to have tbe carriage ready im- mediatelv." Then, turning to the pu*- iled children, he said in a voice that tried in vain to steady : " Little >nes. your mother was the little girl who used to sing for me years ago. Will you take me to her. for I want to go to-night f " It was years before that bis daughter Katherine had come up behind him one tvening. and nutting her arms about his neck told him with an unwonted shyness that she had that day promised be Antlumy Girvin 's wife, and be, enraged that his idol should he willing to marry a poor musician, who. though irood and talented, was guilty of being in moderate oircumatanoes he, the Food, affectionate father had broken From the fond embrfw and commanded ber yes, be had used that very word to break ber promise or to leave his house forever. And how proudly she bad lowered a'>v<> him m her tall iwauty as she utterly refused to com- ply with his commands, because and the words were galling to her father- use she loved Anthony Girvin more than the whole world. " Then show your devotion to this pauper and got" be had shouted, little dreaming that be would lie w> promptly obeyed, for. with a slight bending of her beautiful head, she had gone from the mom. and when with a half formed fear be went to Find her a note on her dressing table told him that " her ' devotion to this i-' was proved, for she had left her NitbVr's bouse forever." The torturing remorse that followed almost drove him iruuuie. and when he was convinced that all search for his daughter's where- abouts was vain be settled down to an almost entirely secluded life, which was in its very nature a living death. Tony always persists that they owe heir present hap|iy life to Kathie's (ondne/w for discussing family affairs, but Kathie beiself and Kathie's idol- izing grandfather l.iy it all to the old Christmas carol. MICA IS TRANSFORMED THE CONTINENT OPENED UP WITH IN A FEW YEARS. .r NUM. | '! I 1. r|rr ! orl -mll-hur, 14-Thr .1.1.1' lllllTMblw Ulll V a ll'ib It teerna but yesterday tbit Stanley merged from the heart of the Dark Ointment and told of his year-long vranderinars and perilous descent of toe Congo. Now the trader rides by rail- nearly hl( the distance between at of and Stanley Pool, and * h place buy > ticket by ei'her wo lines of ateimboata to stations 1.500 disUa-nt from the Atlantic. Fur t-ber south tb Portuguese are working diligently, though with limited means, sat the trajinooBtinental road by wbicb proposed to connect their pos- on either ocean, and the plan- t-en MO milea from the coast tend tbeir t-ubher, augar and coffee by ril to St. At IxMuida. Tbe miner seeking t b (told fields of Hashonaland ha* the <=boir ot two routes. He may take the twin it Cape Town, and from the pres- nt terminus ot tut, northern road, al- mojt 1.000 miles distant, go by coach to -nj of the great mining center*. Or te may porter the shorter land route From the east cowl, and be carried by - IB- Beira railroad to the very edjre ot t he auriferous pUteau. In his mining "*r ago waa practically inaccessible the white man, he reads the London FMptn only five weeks old. The Hindoo merchant ereiun has fortune In tbe ritish Central Africa Protectorate is t-rsagferreci from the Bombay steamer a t the mouth of the y--"ihfi to one o-t the fleet of tbe African Lakes Com r*nj's itesuuera. which, witb 100 miles ' *rry" around the Shire rapids, lands hi im on tbe abort of Lsvke Nyaaa. If f ar<Kn thence be travels 900 miles i to t h* remote Lake Mweru, where I -iTio((ston's wanderings ceased, even pout man will bring him letters fwom hie home in far-off India, RAPID TRANSIT into the interior has not made so great p-srogrega oo the east cueist. Only some t toirty mita* of the German railway f sr-om Tangst to the Victoria Nyanza are completed, and tbe money for tbe par a I Id Kngliah road to Uganda has but ia-ut hern appropriated. Tbe Italians n-smv built twenty .nltan of s projected lijne from Maoawwah on tbe Red Sea to 1C a*.ila on the north-western frontier f Hair colony ut Kritrea. The . or tl Mab.<lists on the middle Nile has n l<uien(l. and any day we may r that the wtter route from Egypt to the greeftt lakes baa been reopened. " IM other northern routiw. frum the Mediterranean ports into the Soudan. are still cloaeU to white men; but the rvanMtharaa Railroad. by which it is psmpned to canned the Algerian system w itli the Krench lutes pushing eastward fr->iij Senotral and nort h ward from the (i jiiiM coast. bat almost passed out of ir* realm of mr visionary schemes in (othst of panaibillt ies. "II* tdranon of civilisation. then, into John Smith the World Over The well-known name, John Smith, a irood. strong, and honest Rnglish name. is sometimes transformed into .lohn Smyth, Sin vi he. and even Smijtbe, but transformed into other languages it seems to climb the ladder of reapnrt ability, thus: In I. aim it ut Johannes Smithus; tbe Italians smooth it off into Giovanni Smitlii, tin- Spaniards rentier it Juan Smithus; the Dutchman adopts it as Hans Schmidt; the Krench flatter it into Jean Sineets, and the Russian iineezes and barlu Juuloff Smitiowski In n John Smith gets into tbe tea trade at Canton he lircoiue.* Jabon Sliiinmit If he clambers about Ml. llekla. the Ice- landers says he U Julme, Smith-ten If he trades among tbe 1 iLv-arorss. be be- . ome.s Toin Qa Smiths. In Poland he is known as Ivan Bchtnlttlwelskt. Shi mid tie wander among the \\ehli mountains they talk of Jihom s. i.mi M When he goes to Mexico he is Ux.ked as Jouth K'Srnitr. If, of rlafuic turn, he lingera among Grnnk ruins, bo turns to Ton Siniklon. and in Turkey he is utterly disguised as Yoe Seef. Wonderful Power of Frost Speaking of the wonderful powers of nat lire , a well-known architect cays that the frost is one of the most power- ful forces in the whole category. Elec- tricity has great and peculiar power, gravity Is hi immense evidence, the wind and tbe sun and the rain and tbe clouds have tbeir respective forces to command, but be had found that the frost, when once it got Inlow a build- ing, was more powerful than could be well estimated. A whole, building, in one case, a large and sulistantial brirk structure, was raised several inches by the powerful expanding force of tbe con- fined frost. Foundation walls suppos- ed to be strong enough to last a cen- tury, and certainly as strong as all or- dinary demands would call for, have been known to tie thrown far out of plumb tttcauae they were too near the frost of the ground which, in Its invis- ible and silent might, would piutb the massive masonry out of place inordn i . give Jack frost a little more elbow room. . , A Oifa u from erery quarter, and in m an; place.* the goal is already reach.-.] A t the praMent rate of progress, in a fe-w years the whole continent will of- fesr no more difficulties to the traveler thvan India doe* now. It Is not incon- ceivable navy, more.it ia probable that in 1906 the Cook tourist on the Nile will nt be ohujred to turn l>eu-k. as now. at lh) Hcond ratarart. but may keep up thxi river to I^ake Albert, and thenoe bv 1 ternati- rail and water to the mouth of the Zambezi or to Cape Town. Then tb> traveler around the world will not be confinm! to the Suez Canal or the pei mniie round the Cape, but will have 1 1 cook* of SEVKRAI. ROUTES a<- rcwithe oontinent. Ue may take the anoe every traveler tentifiea. Of great- er importance, however, than the.** material advantages ia the fact that the sum of human happiness will be im- measurably increased. Theme railways, with the stable government which U the eanential eon<lition of their exist- ence mean the abnolute suppression of the greatest curse which has ever blighted man's growth, the s!av.i trade. They mean the raining of the standard of living, the creation of a knowledge of the righU of property, of the pro- fitableness of lalior, the dignity and value of human life to 50.000.0UO of our fellow-being*. They mean the finding t< vet her by common interests nations, tribes, and villagea now mutually hos- tile. They mean the indefinite multi- plication of such oaaes (even now hap- pily numerous in the great wilderness) a the wttlerneint of which we read in a British official report, that here "will be en clean, broad, level roads, bord- ered by handsome avenues of trees, and comely red brick boiuei with rose-cov- ered verandas peeping out behind clumps of ornamental shrubs. The na- tives who pasa along are clothed in white calico, with aome gaudy touch of color auperadded. A bell ia ringing to call the children to the mission school." ABOUT THE PUB TRADE. The r.rmo. rriee Which (he Barer I Mr. l>inr lit the l,,.l.ii Market. Under the title "The Rarer Pure," tbe London Spectator has an interesting article on some of those skins used in the manufacture of wearing apparel which are becoming scarcer year by year. It appears that al. otter. silver fox, blue fox, and beaver are the furs whose costliness seems to chow that thay are destined to disappear earliest. H Is a surprising statement, bat it is DO doubt true, that a single skin of tbe silver fox fetched at the spring sales in London last year no less a price than 9850. The silver fox has always been esteemed on account of its ex- treme rarity and beauty, and the fact U quoted that two sportsmen, in their journey on foot across the Hudson's Bay territory, only succeeded in trap- ping one of these seldom-seen animals. The sea otter's fur U very beautiful, but it is said that tbe sea otter is becoming so scarce that the light of one of them swimming out at sea Is the signal for a fleet of Aleutian boats to start and attempt its capture. The skin of tbe Antarctic seal, tbe richest and thickest of all seal fur. is even rarer than the sea otter, while tbe finest Russian cables, with tbe per- fect " a/then" lustre, are now offered at 5 " in the rough." While admitting that there is no pruspect at present of the useful less ruKtly furs becoming scarce, the Spec- tator enlarges on the sumptuous and amthetic qualities of the rarer furs, and derlarw that if they were not perishable they would be as PRECIOUS AS GEMS. This arises not only from their rarity, but from their intrinsic qualities. The wonderful fineness of their under-fur ns uses them to hold minute quantities of air in the infinitely small interstices between the hairs ; and while the air en- cloned ia warmed by contact with the body, the fur is a non-condurtnr to the oolil from without. The Spectator makea a suggestion which may ponaibly be ot use in Canada. It says that the sable, which is as prolific as the fer- ret, might be bred for fur-bearing in Siberia. If in Siberia why A sTri,-an Uiiev- route f n mi Chinde to NysM, and ernes by coach or rail the Hi iHili protectorate, connecting at tbe iik'uKsr frontier w ith the trains on tri<> Compenhla Real fur the Atlantic sasabuanl Or be may choose either of thxree narla to the Congo the tier OLsan Central, now being aurveyml. from JJtm rw-Salaa 1 1 1 <tir-Hi- /m/iliar. to Tanganyika; the Cermau Nort Ii i ii u> lake Victoria, or sraowt-ald Ruweuori range. At Stan I'nul he will be el>le to take the i ".i. I to the head of .t Maladi, or. if he perfers. ill-rail route through Krench .'n- go to tbe port of Ixungti. n "HUM \\ or,!*, the barrier of deaert an l fater-haunted coasts belt whirti not in certain parts of Canada t Bear farms are already an institution in certain parts of Russia, and it seems potuible that if t ! skins become a ,.,,.', -,i object nl trade. nomelhinK oight be dune towards establishing tear ranches in tbe lV>minion. Mean- while it is instructive to learn that n London, now tbe depot for the en- ,ire fur trade, the snaUkius in sight 'or this month's sales will be less in number than those of a year ago by KM). This may mean that the nu-a lurm taken to protect the seal may be laving a temporary effect in rediu in .he number of victims of the hunters, and that a dinuiiutiiNi of wholesale slaughter may postpone, the extinction of the tribe. There seems no doubt. liuwever, that with the vast incretue of the number of people willing to buy fun* a time will coiue in the not distant future when there will not be enough of the rarer furs to go round. Will Sell Cuitomert Cold Air. A company has been incorporated in New York City for tbe purpose of sup- plying cold air for refrigerating pur- poses to hotels, restaurants, meat shops, and households, through a pipe service. similar to that employed in the distribu- tion of Hte.iiu. The oold air is to lie ca -n of ilu> naa. vigatimi irar*led tViitral Afrii-a from reusit of the world iiiic creation. i In- ' i- hetn finally and |rrnaiienlly broken .!<-%vn And hut u the water brought in artifioi.il rhiinnels from the eternal enc >ol th AUUu Mountains is tranav- fir-iuing th arid deHert of Turkeatan t^o i reiiion of auiliiiK villagea anil cultivated fielils lined with shade and fruit trees. K> then wagon roads, steaui- ! K> **ts. and railways are just so many irr-igiting streajus which will fertilize th*s menial and moral wilderness in wasaUl the netfro liTes. For that which ha^ kept him in a state but a remove above the wild beasts who share with hu i his forosta and grasay pUins chiefly his uulation. With has . the ina~iuh of the whit man into his soli- iii. let, intent on piin though he be., and In a iipn{! with bun the oountleos evils of civilization, but at the same time ttvsp<ir intitlotns. anew era has opened fox- Africa sund the African. The full im i >rt U> t lie world of this great fact it u impoanible to grasp. This huw I'vtsr. may Ixi said with confidence it ho- increaaed the available cultivable land of the globe b; a fifth, and DOUHLKD TI1K AHKA wit Inn the tropics. That Is, thesourcea (i. m which man ran draw his food sup- |ili-.- in the future have been almost 1 m< iefinilely e\ti<ni<-.l l<> \shgt extent i ' i -. will add t<> lii- IIIIIM-. r.l wealth in stiJll i matter of ooajsoture. but that t|i^ African hiublaniU ix.iit.nn tnn pre- i . iL- metal ajul uKful metals in abuud- manufa.' ' m I ILK. Ill I pi,.,... by the anh.vilrou* .un t a central plant, in |iil.'d into mains which are laid lie.neath the trH't. and the lum-w MMteMStlaBI art- in.ule hv --[-,i,-c |iip.vH, which are carried int i> t h" n-frigcralor or cold --i, t'i>nii>arliiirnt. I'he degree of refrigera- tinn in muter perfect i.uiirul. anil any nunilwr of varying terui>eraturiw may Iv H.',-un-,l in Hit>>iniiv coiii|iartinent. For is4>l itfl nisiiiiiiHrt in ilb<t ricts re- moved from the pipe service the rrf it- erating material U delivered in a teel cylinder, similar to those in which soda water is delivered to drug stores. Born In the Tower of London. Mrs. John Heaton, historical person- age of the old world, and a highly res- pected and early settler of Virginia. Ill died the other morning, aged 76 years. Her maiden name wan Mary J. Fuller- ton, and she was born in the tower of London, England. Feb. !, 1820. when her father. Major .I.-IUHM Kullorton, was in command of the tower. All vUitors to tins famous prison of the ol.l world were .shown the room and especial at- tention waa called to the fact by the guides that Mary J. Kullerton Heaton was the only female ever born in the tower. She leaves a husband. Captain .lohn Heaton. aged 85. and nine chil- dren. _ Orten Old Age. Caliiiaux and Guibollard, who are of the sarae age, conclude, to bet on their longevity. I ahall go to your funeral, t hall (jo to viiuro. What is your bet 1 A champagne .sui>|>cr. The Salisbury government wfll sooa be compelled to deal with the liquor licensing system. There are demands on all sides that reforms shall be made, and the Church of England Temperance Society is once more pressing forward its scheme for dealing with the ques- tion. Tbe principal points of that scheme are few in number. In the first place, the bill so diuu^ ; -bes the num- ber of public houses that in tbe cities there would not he more than one pub- lic house for every thousand inhabit- ants, while in the smaller towns a*4 in the rural districts, there would be only one pulilic bouse for every six hun- dred inhabitants. Any public boases ia excess of this number are to be closed; but in no case is a house to be cloned unless its owners or oecupiers , penaated out of puhlic funds, the two most important proposals ei a bill which in its compensation features is much on the lines of a ball Introdao- ed into Parliament in 1888, aaet intend- ed to give the county conncais power to suppress public houses, but which failed, owing to the hostility of tem- perance reformers to tbe proposals far compensation. In the next place, the Church of England bill re-opena the question of Sunday closing. In Bng- tand. at present, public bouses are dee- Mi during the morning and afternoon service in the Established church, sead opened for a couple of hours after mid- day, and from four or five o'clock in the afternoon until ten or eleven o'clock at night. The hours of opening and closing vary in tbe larger and the smaller towns; but in all places the houses are closed for the greater part of tbe day, and tbe law ia most rigidly enforced. It a license holder offends. his license is indorsed by the magis- trates, and after three indorsements the offender forfeits his licence, and is incapacitated from keeping a pub- lic house for some years to come. In tbe opinion of tbe Bishop of Lon- don and his associates of the Chun h of England Temperance Society tbe hours of opening on Sunday are too long. Their aim is to curtail tbem.and make changes in the law which shall check tbe Sunday frequenting of pub- lic houses, and their use on that day for convivial purposes. The last clause of tbe bill is aimed at clubs, the bishop s idea l*ing to bring them under the licensing law. In this be will have the support of tbe licens- ed publicans, who have long com- plained that the clubs were open at times when publicans were compelled to clone tbeir bouses, and that, in every large town, bogus clubs were organ- ized solely to defeat the licensing laws. Compared with tbe various measures which have been introduced into the House of Commons, the Church of Eng- land Society's bill is a moderate meas- ure indeed, and is skilfully framed so as to arouse tbe least opposition on the part ot the liquor trade. If tbe Church of England is really in earnest, it ought to have no difficulty in getting it through Parliament. Tbe Bishops in the House of Lords are ot course in fa- vor of the proposals; while as to tbe House of Commons. It is thirty years since tbe Church of England had as many professed friends in that cham- ber as it has at the present time. BNOLANDS CATHEDRALS. irrknxtunil ir<-liarn< b* * in SataU TWM. It was my privilege to see ten of the cathedrals of Kngland, and situat- ed, as some of them are. in small towns, one comes on vi.siimg them to know more of the life of the people than the) tourist can attain who flies from one great city to another, says a writer in the Springfield Republican. Bach tra- veler will have but favorite among them, and all have excellencies and defects. Some ot them are partially spoiled by the sinoke of the town, and any restor- ation ought to he welcome that will clean it off. Such Li the case with York and Lincoln, and, to a greater extent, wilh Peterborough, whose, magnificent facade, or rather architect's conception of it. is best appreciated by the study of a photograph. As the Kngluih are r..i inclined to apotheosis of dirt, they have in many cases removed the duv grace in recent years, and Peter1x>rough it. self in now made glorious within, in ill the iiiTirvi-liHM Iranty of its cream- white stono. When these buildings are not in sin, iky towns the atmosph--"- after the Up.se of ages, has sometimes heightened the architectural effect, so that II* KTOW.S old gracefully, and Sal islniry even lienul ifully. Salisbury and Canterbury seem well-nUfh perfect. In Durham the marble columns are) mar- ii-. I i.y a puerile fluting; the towers of York are not all finished. Tbe wonder- ful central tower of Lincoln has lost its pinnacles ; the great facade of Peter- Uirougb is out of proportion to the building; the external effect of Ely is too much like a fortress; the spire* of l.itchfii-ld are not mates iu color and are somewhat ornate ; but upon Can- terbury and Salisbury the eye reals roiitni! And yet he, is little to be envied who would not find intoxicating joy in every one of these, so great are tln-v in their varied power, so lifting the beholder above and beyond all in- cidental defects, and it is quite to the credit of the younK woman from Spi inif- ficlil who is said to have ourst into tears at the sight of Westminster A>>- bey. There ia not the least flower hut seems to Ii "Id up its tuv-td, and to look pleas- ant Iv, in the aecict sense of ot its heavenly maker.