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 in tli« CtioST. From Puck. 8h« lat on the step, of ttewn .loft Jiti^ZS'S.Vr^^'^iS^' the cool ^J Afl the parson took his text. .1 I marked the tender flush of her check, W iSe Kleam of her golden h^. The an Wl^erchief 'rotrnd her neck. And her throat all white andhare ^H^f Lr^te that indeed it might An anchorite entice _^ .-a And I faintly heard the parson s wora 5i he preached of Paradise. My arm stole gently around her waist 5dnH^SJnfSh32«.e under A3 the parson spoke of love. Ah who is wise, when deep blue eyes fieJthULanJtook coyly down? V^^wSKtSrink, nor care to think As the pa rson said A men. THE FiSHiaiOIM OP lOHFLEBll. A TALE OF THE FKENCH COMMXJXK. CHAPTER I. There was an unusual stir and bustle in tbJ o?J fXned and gen^^lyduU town o^ Honfleur, oppoeite the port of Havre, in F^ce The^d weather-worn, worm-eat- Sr^o;den wharfs and jetties were throng. !d i^thfisherwomen and girls aU clad m SeiT gala attire, whose number increased M the? were joined by fresh amvals from Se neighbouring sea-coast, mMy having ^me from distent ^villages and hamlets. ?h^re was such eager, lively, and contm- noua chattering, that a stranger might have Ti^dned th"re^bad occurred a second con- f^on of tongues-confined on this occasion to ihe gentle? sex. The eyes of aU present were d^ected seawards, and from time to Sme, some one would mount one of the wSSen piles to which smaU vessels that fre- qu^ntedlhe harbour were »noored. and pomt- ?ng to aspeck on the water visible in the fa? distance, would cry ;^ Us viennent lis vl^X^! Je lea vois ' (They come They c^\ I see them!) And for a few mo- ments the clamour of voices would be hush- only to break forth again with expres- sfo'ns of disappointment for these fasher. women and gids had assembled to greet the return of husbands, brothers, sons, and lov- ers wbo had long been absent, engaged the cod-tishery in the stormy orth Sea, weeks past, the weather and those who had m had Kor many been tempestuous friends and relations at s^-and these com prised every inhabitant of the town and the ueighlounng sea-coast-had pa«ed many a sleepless night, listenmg to the fierce gusts of wind that swept around their humble and often exposed dweUings or had started out of their troubled slumber to breathe a short but earnest prayer for the safety of the ab- sent ones lor there had come ^lom time to time .ad stories of fishing-vessels that had toundcrcdat sea with all hands and all who heard these dismal stones dreaded lest the lost vessels might be those which had sail- ed a lew months before with their dearest relations and friends on board. On the previous night, however, a steam- packet hlid arrived at Honfleur. and her captain had repeated the glad tidings that he had that day passed the homeward-bound Honfleur fishing-fleet off Dieppe, a 1 safe, and that, as the wind was favourable, the vessels might be expected to arrive iq port next mormng. Hence the va^t and eager concourse of fisheiwomen from the town and the adjacent coast. u At length there was a general hush. A speck that to a landsmen would have ap- r^ared like a bird hovering over the water, was discerned in the far distance then another, and yet anodier became visible. There was no longer any doubt that the fleet was approaching. Nearer and nearer the vessels drew the cut oLtheir sails could be discerned, theu their low black huils appeared, and the experienced eyes of the fi^herwomen recognised the vessels m which their husbands, lovers, and sons had sailed. The women counted the approachme lug- car- Not one vessel of the little fleet was misVmg. But it yet remained to be seen whether all the crews had returned safe and we'l • and the hearts of the anxious watch ers'heat quickly, with hopes, doubts, fears commingled. Another weary hour passed away, vessels were off the port. Then arose cheer which brought relief to the anxious women. Well they knew its meaning. It announced that all who had sailed ^th the fleet had returned safe and well The cheer was answered with a gener- al shrill cry of j y. The vessels entered the harbour and ranged up alongside- of the wharf and amidst cries of welceme. bursts of hysteric laughter, and tears of ]oy and gladness, the hardy, weather-beaten fisher- men leaped on shore to greet their impatient loved ones. It was a strange yet pleasing sight to see these stalwart, weather- brown- ed whiskered and bearded seamen, clad in their coarse pilot jackets, terry petticoat- trousers, heavy sea-boots, and oilskm sou' wester capsâ€" their garments still damp, and glistening with the spray which had fallen in showers over the vessels' decks, even to the moment when they entered the shelter- ed harbourâ€" clasped in the loving embraces of the women and girls the instant their feet touched the wharf. The elder women, though brown and wrinkled, were ytt ro- bust and healthy the young women and girls fresh and comely, with pleasant pretty faces, fair complexions, blue eyes, and glos- sy brown hair. All alike, old and young. Were neatly and smartly attired in their pic- turesque fisherwoBien's costume, with high, wide-trilled caps, white as snow, short, fall petticoats, creaseless blue or gray stockings, and nesfly budded shoes, which set off their well-formed lower Ihnbs to great advantage; while many of them wore large earrings of real gold, nanded down as heirloons frcm ffranamothers and great-grandmothers. Amongst the fint to leave their craft was ft tall, handsome, yooog man, with laagh ing bine eyes, and early, dark-brown hair, who leaped to the wharf into the extended arms of a pretty girl, apparently not more than Mghteen years of age who, as she em bncedher lover, seemed pwfectly regard- lees of the sarronnding crowd. " Welcomeâ€" weloome hoase,ny Antoiner cried the girl as she kissed her lover's whis« keied cheek. ' Ab, how I hare prayed and sighed for thy return f The storma hare been so serere sad we heard such bad news that my heart was troubled. But tiie blessed Madonna hearkened to my prayers, and again I behold thee safe and welL The sight repays me for all my sufferings." The youthful pair released each other,and forcing a passage through the thick of the crowd, strolled away side by side in the di- rection of their native village, each with an arm twined round the other's waist. There was silence for a few minutes. Both were happy with their own thoughts. Madeleine at leoffth broke the silence. " Thou hast not told me about thy voyage, Antoine. Has it been successful." " Successful as I could desire, my Ma- deleine," replied the young mar. " If the gales have blown somewhat fiercely, it is what we fishermen must look for and we care little for the weather if other things favor us. The good St. Antoine [St. An- toine is regarded by the French fishermen as their patron saint] has watched over us, and guided our vessel safe home. â€" And now, hearken, Madeleine Tell me, dearest, is it not time that we possessed a luggar of our own ' glancing over his shoulder towards the vessel he had just quitted, whose mast could be seen amidst those of the other craft in the port. "Will not the gains of this voyage make up the necessary amount, Ma- deleine?' It is customary among the fishermen of the northern and western coast of France, on their betrothalâ€" which usually takes place at an early age â€" ^to some young maiden of their class, to place the wages at the end of each voyage in the hands of their fiancees, for safe keeping, reserving only what is suf- ficient for their necessary expenditure, and for the renewal of their outfits before they sail again, with a tride beyond this amount, to pay for their small indulgences and harm- less recreations. The young women having attended school when children, are general* ly possessed of ome little education while the boys go to sea with their relatives or friends as soon as they are of the slightest service on shipboard. Thus few among the latter know how to read or write. It is cus- tomary also with the young woman, after betrothal, to stipulate with their lover, that, previous to their marriage, some object for their mutual benefit shall be attained, such as the purchase of a fishingluggar, or a share in such a vessel, or at least the means of purchasing the needful furmture, c., for a humble household â€" according to their po- sition. Antoine and Madeleine belonged to what may be termed the superior class of fisher- folk. Both had been left orphans at an early age, and each had inherited a few thousand francs on the death of their pa- rents. This money had been carefully set aside â€" but not in a bank. The French fish- er-folk, in the days of which we write, had faith in banks, and preferred to keep and and the from them a no their savings where they might be secure, and ready to hand when required. To these joint bequeste, Antoine's wages, and Madeleine's earnings from knitting and fancy-netting in her leisure hours, had been added from time to time, until, when An- toine sailed on his last voyage, but a small addition to the savings already accumulated was needed for the accomplishment of t^e desired object. Madelfeme â€" although she had been firm in her resolve not to wed her lover until the object of their mutual ambition was secured â€" was no coquette. " It is now three years ago, my Antoine," she replied to her lover's question, " since we betrothed ourselves to each other in the chapel of ^Our Lady of Lo- rette. I Mas then but sixteen, you were nineteen years of age. I shall be twenty years old on my next birthday, three weeks hence. We have more than sufficient, An- toine, for tne purchase of a luggar with everything on board complete, without counting thy profits on this last voyage. My poor old uncle, Pierre le Blanc, died soon after you sailed the last time, and left me a handsome legacy. The profits of your last voyage will be so much extra, which we can lay by, or expend on furniture and such other things as may be necessary. Perhaps. Antoine. if thou wilt, my approaching birthday may be our wedding-day " It is needless to stete that the young fish- erman was more than â- willing that the wed- ding should take j^cc at the timo men- tioned by his fiancee. In due course the bans V ere published in the little village church, and on the anniversary of her birth- day, Madeleine Letour and Antoine Duroc were united. A new fishing-] uggai" with masts ond spars and sails and rigging all complete, was purchased and Antoine remained at home for some months after his marriage, leisurely preparing his vessel for sea, but chiefly pass- ing his time with his young wife. Occa- sionally, with the object of testing the quali- ties of the tew vessel, which was called l^he Madeleine, the young fellow sailed for a day's fishing along the coast but, for the first time since be was old enough to go to sea, the Honfleur fleet of luggars sailed for the far distant cod-fishery without him. It has been hinted that when the meeting took place between the returned fishermen and their wives, sisters, and sweethearts, all present on the occasion were too full of joy to care to conceal their happiness. There was, nevertheless, one individual pre- 83nt who had no share in the general feeling of gladness, whose heart was, on the con- trary, full of surpressed passion, hatred, and jealousy. This individual, howev^, was hot a member of the fisher community. He was one Lucien Pierrot, the son of a rich buorgeois of Paris, who owned considerable property in Honfleur and its vicmity. Lu- cien was accuBtomed freqa«ntly to vidf the town to ijeoeiTe the rents from .his father's tenants, and on other matters of business for though he was a gambler and spendthrift, and addicted to many other vices, he was an only son, .and his father, thou^ often deceived, continued to place confidence in iiim. Durin^^ one .of tkes^ visiM. at the date of the aannal Honfkor fair, Lucien met with Madeleine â€" ^who was visiting the fair with a party of female friends â€" and was struck ^th the grace andl)eauty of the fish- er-girL He sought to introduce himself to ho* by offering her trifling presents as " fair- ings " but the fisher*f are an exdosive class,^ho hold themselves aloof from strang- ers. Madeleine declined, bashfully, yet de- cidedly, to accept the proffared gifts, and atrove to avoid the young man's attantMina. In nowise di8Con;«rted, howeve^Lnaeo, ti^n«^ advantage « the license mawta at ^ir-time, attached himself to tha party, in the hope of inducing Madeleine to look more ^vonrably upon him, by infnw* ting himself with her companions. All Ims gallantry was, however, thrown away. The young women took no heed erf him and se- paimted for their respectivw abodes without bestowing one parting word or glance upon him. Unaccustomed to be thus cavalierly treat- ed by young women whom he honoured willi his attentions, Lucien had been in the habit of using every eflort to win Madeleine's ai- fectaons. He dared not visit her at home in the village, for he was well aware of the pride and independence of the fisher-folk, who would stsnd on little ceremony with him if it became known to them that he was intruding his attentions upon one of their young people. But he contrived to meet her whenever she strolled beyond the village; and when, twice a week, she attended the market at Honfluer, he was i^ways present, and was a frequent and liberal purchaser of the fancy wares she offered for sale. Always civil, and even polite in his manner towards her, he gave her no opportunity to com- plain of his conduct to her friends yet, though she strove in every way to make it apparent to him that his presence was dis- agreeable to her, she was unable to shake him off. At length he grew more bold, and ventured to spei^ of his affection for her, and entreated her to accompany him to Paris, premising to make her his wife im- mediately on their arrival in that city. But he met with such a withering repulse, that he instantly regretted his temerity. The look of anger and scorn in the eyes of the young girl and the tone of her voice.told plainly that she was in earnest and from that time, he had ceased his open persecu- tions. But he nevertheless resolved to gwn his end by some other means. He had dis- covered that Madeleine was betrothed to a young fisherman and though Antoine was personally unknown to him, Lucien con- ceived a mortal hatred for him, and vowed that if he failed in his object, he would find some way ot revenging himself both on the young girl and her lover. On the day when the fleet arrived in port, and the fisherwomen and girls were assem- bled on the wharfs, as already described, to freet their long absent husbands and lovers. (Ucien also might hight have been seen skulking in the background, wrapped in a cloak, drawn up so as to conceal his features, eagerly watching the fishermen as they leap- ed on shore. He saw Madeleine on the wharf and then he saw a handsome young fisherman, who. the moment he landed. was clasped in the young girl's embrace. He ground his teeth with impotent rage, and in his eagerness to get a good view oi Antoine, stepped a few paces forward, and allowed the cape of his cloak to fall back. As Antoine and Madeleine were forcing a passage through the crowd, Madeleine caught a momentery glimpse of her detested persecutor. The young girl shuddered in- voluntarily and Antoine tenderly inquired whether she felt cold. Madeleine was al- most inclined to acquaint her lover with the cause of her alarm but she dreaded the immediate consequences of such a disclosure, and feeling secure in her lover's protection, she deemed it advisible to keep her secret. "Now that Antoine has returned, and our marriage will soon take place, "she thought, " that bad man will see that it will be use- less to trouble me any longer, and will no doubt return to Paris." Lucien continued to follow the younc couple at a distance, midway to the village. Had he dared, he would have interposed himself between the lovers but Lucien was naturally a coward he knew that the stal- wart young fisherman would have crushed him as easUy as he could have flung a child from him, and he was forced to content him- self with brooding over plans of vengeance. He could do nothing just now but he thought it probable that after her lover had gone to sea, Madeleine would be more amenable to his advances and persuasions. And if such were not the case, he believed ill his power to find some means of wrecking his vengeance upon both. So he turned aside from following them further that day. and left the happy and youthful couph the enjoyment of each other's society. (TO BE CONTINUED.) to !♦♦- Brave Boys at Niagara. Last week a party of Germans stopping at the Frontier House, Suspension Bridge, among whom was Morits Witmer, a wealthy brewer from Sexton, Germany, visited the " Maid of the Mist " landing* for the pur- pose of taking a bath. At this point, it will be remembered, the current is very rapid, and to one not accustomed to the place it is perilous to venture in. Mr. Witmer, knowing nothing of the water's depth,' or the swiftness of the current, got out too far, and would have been carried down the rapids but for the timely assis- tance rendered by two iads named Henry and William Kodgers, sons of Mr. Henry Rodgers of the Canadian Castoms House at Clifton, who arrived upon the scene as the man was sinking for the thirtl time ' the boys. Seeing the man in danger, at once jumped into the water, and, after a hard struggle, succeeded in rescuing him. William was the first to raaefa the drowning man, who grasped him by»the neck with a death grip and drew him under, Henry had by this time reached the scene, and, diving managed ta relfpise the drowning man's hold of his brother, after, whic'a the boys Kucceeded, in. getting him ashor6, the Whole party being "thoroughly exhausted. Witnesses of the sSfair says it was one of the most gallant rescues ev\ r performed on the Niagara Biver. An account is given in English journals of the performante of a locomotive on the Great Korthem Railroad, which recently carried the Duke of Edinburgh from Leeds to London, 186f miles, in three hours, or at the rate of sixty-two miles per hour. This speed has frequently been equalled, and sometimes passed for short distances, but is remarkaUe as the avtoi^ rate for such a long journey. The engine had driving wheels eight feet in diameter, or two feet larger than the wheels of American engines. To accomplish the tripin the time given,the wheel must have made 1219 revolutions per minute, or more than 39,000 in three hours. ' ~^ TOPXi^S FOK WOMKK. WHSK TO PBOJpSB. A wMi»n mnst have gifctbfied her h twice Wore she U ready to ra»rd love ing with any satisfaction. Baore breakfast h« system ia chilled and her blood dispersed^ through her b«iy After breakfast it con- centrates itief in the digestiTe f onctions, and it is not until a^ter lunch thft she is prepared to abandon bnainess activity for the reiOization of the ideaL Even then a proposition is unsafe, unless you are able to detect the instant when digestion termin- ated and discontent supervenes. Studrats if the fair sex asreethat at thia moment the conditions are favorable, but nothing is more diflicult to others than medical men than to recognize the change, "and if the dircontcnt wh ch seizes npon every woman at some time ia thenftemoou is permitted to assume sway before the declaration is made, the in- evitafalejesnlt is disappoin,tment. There is but one way to overcome these conditions, and that is to project swne excursion for the afternoon if business or other untoward ob- stacles make an afternoon declaration a necessity. But even this plan is open to serious objections. The average girl natural- ly shrinks from al/rexo embraces, and stes an incongruity in daylight and love-making. Still, if tbe excursion be sufficiently roman- tic, she may excuse her preferences, for as there is no reason whatev r in the love of a woman, there is no selfishness, and she is consequently prepared to make sacrifices. Marvell us successes have been atUined at such time, though many a pleasant drive- way has been strewn with pitiful failures, and the waves of thousands of lovely Jakes show the wreck of full many a hope shining through. COMFOKTS. Sooner or later, friends, the time for fold- ed hands will come to us all. Whether or not we cease from hurry and worry now, we shall one day shut our eyeii upon it, and iie still untroubled by the stir and fret of things about as. Why not take comfort as we go? I You, proud mother of a beautiful, active boy, of what use will it be to you to remem- ber how exquisitely fine was his raiment, how daintily spread his bed, and how pro- fuse his costly toys? What the child needs is mothering brooding, tender restiotr on your heart; and he needs it every step of the way from baby- hood to manhood. The comfort of your opportunities. Never mind though the dress be coarse, and the food plain, and the playthings few, but answer the 'questions, tell the stories, spare tbe half hour at bed time, and be merry and gay, confidential and sympathetic with your boy. And you, whose gr'ceful young daughter is just blushing out iuto the bloom and freshness of a wondrously fair womanliness, do not be so occupied with your ambition for her advancement in life that you let her ways and your own fall apart. Why are her friends, her interests, and her engage- ments so wholly distinct from yours Why does she visit here and there and receive visitors from this and that home, and you scarcely know the people by sight? You are losing precious hours, and the comfort you ought to take is flying fast away on those wings of time that are never over- token. «»- â€" « â-  â-  The Cost or Dead Relatives in China. In an entertaining, illustrated article in the September Century on " Ningpo and the Buddhist Temples," Miss Constance F. Gor- don Gumming describes as follows the great expense to which the living are put to in China on account of the dead Great indeed are the expenses entailed on the living by the dead. In no land can the loss of a kinsman be more seriously felt. To begin with, there are heavy funeral ex- penses. The body must be dressed in fine new clothes, and another good suit must be burnt, as also the boots and shoes, most of his wardrobe, his bed and bedding, and the things most essential to his comfort when living, for he is supposed to require all these in the unseen world and though paper re- presentetions are useful later, the real ar:icles are needed for the original outfit. Then a handsome coflin is essential, and the priests must be largely paid for funeral ser- vices at the house of the deceased, and again for their services in ascertaining the lucky day for burial â€" while a professor of fung shui must also be paia, to choose the exact spot where they may safely prepare the grave so that the dead may be shielded from the evil influences which proceea from the north, and encompassed by all the good which breathes from the south. From the 10th to the 17th day after death, the priest, whether Taoist or Buddhist, hold services in the house, to protect the living from the inroads of hosts of spirits who are supposed to crowd in, in the wake of their new friend, and ai^ all the relatives and friends of the family roust be entertained as well as the prieste, this is another heavy item of ex- pense. In short, many families are often permanently impoveriahcd by the drain to which they are thus subjected, and which, in the form of masses, for the departed and offerings at his grave or before his teblet, are certain to recur again and again. To omit them would be to incur the anger o: the spiteful dead, who are now in a position to avenge themselves on the living, by in- flicting all manner of sickness and suffering, Besides, if the prieste know that there is any possibility of extaacting money from a family by playing on their feelings, they pretend to have had revelations from the spirit world. «howihg the unfortunate dead to De tortured in purgatory, and that the only means by which he can be extricated is by a fresh course of costly services in the hou3e. The price to b paid for these is fixed at the hiirhest sum which 1 hey j adge it possible to ei^tractâ€" rsay a thousand dol- lars, aad thpu^ the f^ily may remon- strate and endeavor to make k better bar- gain, iy^i^dff^ )i||dt#i their raising every possiUeeofar. and "even selling their jewels to procure the necessary sum which shall free theirdead^ frOm suffaing, «tid also se- cure his protection and go(xl-wiU. The sums thus expended in connection with the worship of the dead are almoet incredible. I heard a calcnlation once made by one well entitled to know what he spoke of, to the 2St eijJEadil tar'^cSMlt thethJJ^ great festivals is hoiM of the dead while, in addition to the above, by calculating the averaosexpeMditandf sMh lamiiy at a dol- lar and a half a Tear» he oosipated Ch^tJally a hnndred and fifty million dollars are an- niutly 4pent in quieting the spirits. He that wanJd goirarn others, fiM, The master of himself. " The man that dares traduce becao*.] With safe^ to himself is not a msaT Better to be despised for too prehensions than rained by too coo seoority. â€" Bttrtt. Deference is the most complicate, l indirect and the most elegant of all ments. â€" Shenttone. A good woi-d is on easy obligation; L to si^ak ill requires only our silence 1 coete us nothint;. â€" TUioUon. Conceit is to nature what paint it ty it is not only needless, but im it woidd improve. â€" Pope4 To smile at the jest which plants )1 in another's breast, is to become a in the mischief. â€" Sherulan. Trust him little who praises all, who censures all, and him least who^ ferent about alL â€" Lavaler. Lamentetion ia ^the only musician always, like a screech-owl, aligh site on the roof of an angry PltUarch. The covetous person lives as if the were icade altogether for him and not world to take in everything and part^ nothing. â€" South. I think the first virtue is to rcstrai tongue he approaches nearest tbe who knows how to be silent, eventhoi^' is in the right. â€" Cato. the Cincif^naH Enquirer. no! *5'2!^and presence to my Uic. i^/jsaif ti^St-she is jojr :^ig-- I have found contei • •- â€" lent life. w^ 8am »^JfJ^, delicioun cbeat. at to«X,t b7Ii»A •«« her look. itoV»^_°Ll^ Blyly from her book,] 24?M^pdevotion on your face. rtwithoeepuc ^^ ^*i^SkSJ^"d?and even take "•*»*?iwid88 him for her sake. •lin« ?P *f i« ^mA No vain regret! •t!?^.^^SeAlcouldforKct te "^»if she haTtold you all. fthlSk; 'twM in the earl J- fall est. 1 to make me iAj-rouchifehc arthlnk;;tw«i8 y woman-w"f '.^ematter ^egt. jo^ '^t^ wld aidusse.t. and the leave* rSJiSttened light in eyes 'flSv^hSldfcolrt. We wandered the lane, ^^e^^hen^vas Florence V wife •^.^ilSuptly stops the way ^bero a "^^^J^ before that very dav. Vad ?®eSl\*Sk'^d iiPon the scene and| Itood and Io^k^ »^^ woods, and s iJftSJw Tthe c^ucis burned cr fir**,' .s^Tcnkelove-impassiont scented winds ^^Je^^ .^iie d.e drows ^in thcKTOVCT^ y^spoke we not a Tt slowly nfâ„¢^.j't£ his bleeding br |-^®*r ^lle 1^ ffis downy nest ;. by to n®"He in "' .^ ^^ the si^jn .1 all the landscape faa^ ^^^^^^ ^^ ,. Ing the cr«ek a-^^h the nj^ „usJ gfimmerlng throu«n v^ evening stil 'nl and spiendid rose "if ^^ ^^j â- ^'^^riittle bSd%^K^\" n^tP«- le me a i"tie oniWc • then I look !Sd7ouS^i' '^«^^ ^^^^ '° ^^hell if most Bbefrowncd^or^bJ aU suffic^ T ^uld net tell â€" Power and liberty are like heat and Bft " J^bSu *^° tare, where tkey are well mixed, every^ '" prospers where they arc single, tlici deatructivc. â€" Sacille. Einployment, which Galcu calls jia idle tnou8uv-| prove the provei ture's physician," is so essential to L'^Bn evil wmaP ^^^^^^ you. happiness that indolence is justly coasif*"" â-  â€" " ^^ ""^^ "' as the mother of misery. â€" Burton. Run not into debt, either for waresi or money borrowed be content to things that are' not of absolute nece$^ rather than to run up the score. Hale. TBB SUl^TAN'S^SEKAGLIO^ the Great Establishment y ^rruluJ h^miS eyes tfvetSy^nee\il That comes of cj Pi*^' V* «f that autumnal day. i idle^thought^f th Jt a .^^^ P evU wmd --1 Proj ^^^^ you ^ing her 1 ye lairi^ ^^ j^^^^ game is mine, i nc k ^^^^^ ^^ onldn°i?f^f!s^roKen. You mayl at be d me fast ^|j?\^nknown to „,«. fi^'/eV'th^^e^^ ^^'""^^"'"' '"'^^ neces J vain -g and recalls my t ._.*)• tSis boasted cowncss. u ^. ^.j^j.^. Can wealth give happiness Look rount see What gay distress what splendid miser Whatever fortune lavishly can pour. The mind annihilates, and calls for more. 'Sospnorousls conducted^ T'.. SulUn's Seraglio, whose b rfr Jchto the length of a mile an.: In private conversation between intr ^^fjiin a mile from Therapia, conta friends, the wisest men very often talk 2^„ 3 OOO inmates, and i^s a ci y the weakest for indeed the talking v. ^^-iiâ„¢?""' trsn 2.ie^^d mtoiswrsare but the] H^^ _^.i»ded creatures, and altll friend is nothing ebe but thinking alou chiefly by women Addison. ' --â€" '^° The ordinary employment of artifice ii mark of a petty mind, and it almost alf happens that he who uses it to cover hin in one place, uncovers himself in anothc La Rochefoucauld, It is with antiquity as with ancestry tions are proud of the oce, and indivic these secluded creatur r statesman, supported !• e clique, may ^vield real po^^. rdo^soforlone. norishispoN S.t From the moment when ^I'he is secretly assailed by emies whom he does not see. ai of the otheTr but if they are nothing in ti Ije cannot disarm o^ propi ^^ • selves, that which is their pride ought t Jlinister their humiliation. Colton. who is advued to begii all that an ambasa I do hot mean to expose my ideas t genious ridicule by maintainibg that ev thing happens to every man for the best; I ^iil contend that he \(ho makes the use of it fulfills the part of a iit ise and man â€" Cumberla a d. Bow FasUons ore Started. ^y ^^"w'he well knows that ani •lands, but ne ^^ " â- , ion he atttempted would disur which might happen to Ion tereste by some Circassian s, or by some th| eir The Austrian Empress, while on a I. country excursion with hir usual reti: stopped at an inn for refreshments. B: heated, she took off her bonnet and hun: on the bacx of a chair,^ where a playful pu; made sucn mischief with it before anyboc attention was attracted as to render it i: for further wear. Of course, every ladj the party offered her own hat in the plac; the one that was damaged, but the Empr took the whim to finish the excursion w; out any other head covering than that s plied by nature. Being observed in t fashion by some ladies of the stylish wor who are eager to imitate anything t. royalty does, the practice of appearing public without hat or bonnet came into g-,j eral vogue. The morning promenades came marked by the presence of numerc elegantly arranged heads of hair devoid any covering, and on Sunday the same shion was followed in church. To such tent was this becoming the rage, says t Vienna Tagehlatt, that milliners gn alarmed, and clamored at court about: whereupon an explanation of the cause the Empress's hatless excursion was iss: from official sources, and published to t social world. This put an end to the v fashion. hatmakers were happy once m: and fashionable circles were again at pe. lavonte ol insolent I'alt fi^den^tiaTsen-ant.for the tune the Sultena \alide. As K !« a rule he is as much at txs Ministers. A puppet in the women, he never knows exact.j him bit is obliged, for peace «. s^ "' mother, sister, kadines or| alore than one feultan. Seraglio intrigues, w| as his order, -death of been glad to make a clean sweep ofl A Discreet Young Laly on hsr Travel; " May I open the window for you, Mis: politely inquired a gentleman of a'yoc lady on the Northern Pacific road, as saw her tns'ging at a sash that had not covered from the preceding winter. She glared at him a moment, and gave reluctant consent. "Folks can't be too careful who tk speak to or accept favors from," she rema: ed, after a long patise. "That's very true," replied the gent man quietly. "Are you a Boston drummer?" she i quired,' " No, I am not," he answered. " A hotel clerk " "No, not a hotel clerk." " I am glad of that," said she, " I ncvt let a drummer or a hotel clerk speak to m Maybe you're an actor " " No, nor an actor." •^That's first-class," sheex laimed, shov ing her dimples and becuming more as more confidential. "If an actor shoii speak to me,I'(\ die.. ^,WJW,^ ^s your bus UGSo â-  " Vm a barkeeper, iind I'm travellit West to get a Territorial divorce from it wife," explained the gentleman. "Oh, I'm so glad!" giggled the gir "Reach down my satehel there's a bottle; whiskey and a pack of cards in it. I'll pl^ you an old «une of California Jack for $5^ corner I ^Iike to meet gentlsmen, and know 'em w:hen I see 'em. Aak that ba iieaded duffer across there if he'« got s cori, screw, will you " Some hotel c^erk mtist have have origiii t^ expression " There is«lways rod «t«»0-top.'i â-  ' ^-J V i'i -5* c^^^rtrbutanf Step in this duecj ^°^ e led to conspiracy and depo J The loyalty of the people vnI i| toward the office of the lbsUah| S as regards the "^^^^^f ^^ heoffice, so that, provided that ulten, tbe people care »ttk h ould they be disposed to take any Padishah who had been de iTsalace plot. ^, The SeraglioB-for there aict, one, where the court of the m- resides, and tbe old one to whu ites of departed Sultans are harbour between them s-»me -t,U and are a source of ruinous expi treasury. Not only are the alll the sultans, kadines, ikbals (ta^| jmieuzdes (aspirant favorites), Jhewaysof the palace are ej Each of the imperial ladies lis or retinue of companions, male servants and all these people sj ' about without cnuntmt: whenevt a whim to satisfy. Sultans do not contract regula and the reigning lady at the era the Sultan's wife, but his n\ ' bears the title of Sultana all the inmates ot the Seraglio ow( obedience. Her household coii£ 200 servants and guards. .Ne] rank comes the hasuadar oustaj ' of the treasury, who is geueraf •4 old women, promoted from U H domesticity tor her talents 11 ' housekeeping. If the SultanaJ the basnader succeeds her as â- ' SeragUo; and this arrangemei lead to strange consequences. Under Abdul Medjid thel si ruled for years by a harsna^ been a washerwoman, and adviser was a churlish balta wood) who could not read, bull power of dimissing viziers. 1^ the baltadji who ruled Turkcj After the hasnader comes semi-lawful wives and f-vc following order: First, tbe who rank as spouses, until divorces them and gives ^eir to tome pasha, which he «oes then the ikbals or favorites, ' of five or six, and then the ites, whose number is unlimit^ A girl in the Seraglio, eveii| eimpfe cavedji or coffee beare guieuzdes or aspirant.favorite fact of the Sultan's making a cj remark on her. The word isf guieuz, eye. and it means a attracted the master's glance stance, his Majesty, while ' his relatives, remarks carelea pretty girl that is who brj coffee," the damsel is at oncej further parley promoted tc" guieuzdi, which gives her a ments, a daira and a claim 01 exchequer the remainder of he snoh ^e as the Sultan finds 1