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 ^hite Danish kidTlTvi* « ^th are worn by bridetonaid,." -^ pd dispense With any ^J^^^Jj., kantles next Fall will aJl be .• le bright color, gold, blue J*** d will be preferred. ' ' le ready-made light wool«« I Junm uear are veV Tt^. "***«»^ ity and m price. •'^^tive. ^J] le new colo's show many fa2^ iea, and it is the capnWnfT^^ *•« 1 these new shadeHlj °' *^« mbroidery Mill to a certain .»* omincnt place in the higher^"*-* itures imported for next s^S"" â- inohne is gradually beconvnT â- les are worn auKeLge^X^ led expression to the enti.fa^S k'orhats. trimme-lwith a widlL ' Ion, uith some unric»ht loo«o " the latest ^-'va1'f^5^,J*^on72 I sini'ular fashion is tJiat of weArii colars and culF. of red el^u\- I go d over walki, g jacke !, oTehS^ T stockinet. " '"th, n kw Tarisiaii corsages show th^ r a.,«e continued fnto long p^'e^'^t* fi nearly to the foot o; the n„ ' " I .s a fa^ orite style at preser.t"""" [raw fans brouglit from Tuscanv lianied by a parasol of stravT^^ "® I Avhitr musl „ .Iresses that have" or broM-n velvet ribbon oi-iamenS" .0. foular,! or p,V,„e „e Z^t^^ hresent season. "tea fa hitewill be worn loch fordavan.J kess for many weeks to ' hh.s.Mnielc:shue'la^p;ro;;!L4^ [the arrangcn.cnt of (he coitfu.e, hL K "Montagues,' or thick iini arc now considered "^Ud onu ""blf nj fe^r,f^l« people, and only the M pa "' "' '" "^^ «^ali:3 tl^ liies wl.o hax e small shawls of Fren.J Ian sh lace can utilize them as fi.t °?l .igh tl,e popubrilyof the jersey bodi- be o'^i^!i,irra3 I desirable qualities. ^^* tive^rt rj'r" "â„¢ »â- '" iS,. n paienc, beaiied sleevns whi/-N r«« u i^ I [oves that quite cover thfclbowr^ 1 '""f «'^Saut collars are of sheer linen i'-aight band, with a pattern of drir near one cd.ixe and cnetianlac3 ?,^1 tetttV^^'^- Wh^ii \\^: ti- le I bvn^'" Mothered very f^ lesa. sa.she.,,lat-bo«s lor diapTngsc^^ lun.os, papillonbows scattered om [es and puthngs, and loops pend^t f tings, peeping from amid H^ves^ 'onmugtheCgetobodica^dtSxic wifh'tncri'^r-^^""*^ polonaises a« ir ori?o 'H'""" '^i"'-« or heart. ptitod^th?ng""o; ZTfi «.y '•.lue bands of fcaX.^;o^^*^u°;fd:7 this opening is worn a plast;on of vel" k-hemisette of lace. "«iâ„¢n oi \el- newest fashion in I'l.-.a +i r prtlfnrrpU'n.'i'fii?';?" ptem o.Ialisques air ^^V '^°^® °^ I rillea arouuTH iP^"'" «°^ black â- 0 ba!"' """'" H-ithastitf 01 black illusion oi net. ' Dp« Valley 5,„ry E^p,„i,a. 'ler romantic tradiMoM hoc i it-s of l' .? "'^^-^^ '^y tliat the iethJ cath Vair.?.""' '^•' '•^"^^^'"ed Ja- Xor e'^:a '•k:S" ""••^'y fabulous '°'" Kiadiiii or Kicharrl of iter hump, it i^ ,„» i^. '"aj^." oj ' l»elieve th-iA' " longPr permitted â- son "ive, • ^•'"' ""'^ts of the sub- "" r'»«-n ou uv the •' n«« 71 TT "•*« in t a\ellorattemptin" to cro«:8 I'lwunc l.crman oxn orer ha« l°n â- ], ,; "" "' "" »t|..er part He dosiHl.^ •; wjthin its pre- iraverspfl Poi.„ .y ^orce, and, ";tieTirl.;^l;7£""r;"^K"'"' birds ffv,-,^ !k "*°"^. as even the -e-de,^ \»jf-e It would drop •^- In vain, however ^^'IT^I ^X r a sinule K,UI " ^^^' he look t«npIet«Tdor"""'Dri'„" '•«'«» ,Pakamara..o,,l-„^;^",«^:P- not Z"lrt 'J^IS^Y^' "' •" Brlg»B Advwature, o'clock p.m. after ohnut seven ts^ar^no Sad left, that at ' "^S^ vanJs from the lit ' ,.;iceive«l on the right-hand eite a distance of the little station of 1° LE' 'very'well dressed, standing per- leman, J.^^ ^.^j^ ^^^ ^^^ j^j^^^^ sheet ot pper, and by his side m I still holding LTcheet of P P* Mith his two hands a a r "was his horse, which was beiiig held child. As the pl»ce where this gen- n wasstanJing was isolated, and a fong from any habitation. I naturaUy felt fv interested about hun. Oa loDking dow» ' ' I saw on the left in a deep ditch ready to road, ,r mounted pol cemen ready to jump /the roa.l at the first signal. On airivmg the stetion where the train stopped, but \ynro/o/-ma.asnopa3£tnger c.ther got out I inquired of the porters employed Vre if they had noticed anything mrosu»\ le on near there. They all made me a sign Lmvsterious manner, placing the«anger on â-  mouth that I was to ask ilo questions and Isilent. i soon plainly understood there was le ruse going on to arrest some brigands. ^.„.^or^^9 aiscovcred that some banditti leir in fterwards discovered 1 bv a threatening letter demanded a of 70,000 lire of the unfort^nate indi- ual whom I had eeen holding the paper. St as I was thinking it all over, I perceived ree beautiful horses further oflFin another tch in charge of a peasant, and near them o gentlemen elegantly dressed wa king to d fro in a large tield of clover, smoking cigars as quietly as if they were walk- some fashionable promenade on a velv evening. Naturally what I had just en maile me feel eure that I was witnesemg ,e of those infamous and cowardly in, ieues -=0 common in Sicily, acd which often cur near large towns I was not mis- ken. I soon aiscovered the intended vic- m was a f^entleman of immense wealth and large Isuidowner, who had received a reatening letter demanding 70,000 lire, alf in gold, the rest in paper. The entire mount was to be delivered at 8 p. m. recisely to the person who would go to im and say in Italian, "Buona sera, rfct- which means " Good evening, eventy." He with all necessary precau- ion informed the police, who managed latters so well that they succeeded in ar- esting the peasant sent to receive the mount just as he was (Jounting the gold. Muding himself a prisoner, surrounded by Jaribineers, he made a clean breast of it by enouncing the two brigands who were uietly smoking in the field awaiting t.ieir oty. Tney finding their man did not return, hastily sped across the field to the nearest station, and arrived at Palermo the uext morning, little suspecting they would bo arrested. The next day was Saturday in Holy Week, and they were taken prison- at their lodgings, which were kept by who little thought who his lod- were. His consternation on dis- coveiiiig the fact may be batter imagined than described. In his evidence he said they wtre brothers, and very quie^ and reli- gious that they had been to confession and received absolution in the morninsr, and that they intended the next day to go and receive the Holy Communion. On them were found fifteen images of different saints, a fine portrait ot Pope Pius IX., TOGO lire in banks notes, and in a back room at their lodgings two terribly fierce dogs. These men are still undergoing the penalty of the well deserved. lers la tailor, gcrs iw- •»-•♦â-  Revenge I Some yeai's ago a man named Wines l.ved in a certain New England town, his profes- sion being that of a school teacher. His residence was a large, old-fashioned house, upon the front door of which appeared a door plate of considerable size, bearing his .lanie, without prefatory initials, as follows WINES One clay, ia the course of his pedagogical •lutes, it became necessary to the maiuten- ance of order that he should chastise a re- fractory youth, Avhich feat he accomplished to the full conviction of the offender. Smart- ing with the discipline he had received, this malevolent small boy pondered upon revenge, and at length arranged a plot which he be- lieved would result in confusion of face and liitterness of spirit to the teacher. According- ly, the first convenient night he went to the master's house, and arranged tlie conspicu- ous plate on the front door so that it read as follows WINES and other lickers I J -^ Whether the youth intended to perpetrate a pun, or was as illiterate as he was ob- streperous, is unknown, but the latter opinion is t»aid to have generally prevailed in tlie con.munity which claimed the honor of his residence. â€" Boston Journal. ODDB AirO SNIMI. Submarine Telephones. The otiicer who has conducted the recent experiments at Havre, with a view to estab- lir^hmg telephonic communication between vessels and the shore, has addressed an in- teresting report to the National Telephone Company, from which it appears that the operations have been attended with complete success. In spite of roug^i weather, the cables wtre easily laid, and various persons and offices in the town were placed in com- munication with a vessel anchored at n«'arly a mile distance from the premises of the Marie Christine Club. Th:i conversation, it appears, was very distinctly maintained, whether by the aid of an Ader or a Cropley^ apparatus. Some time later, it is btated, ** the wind gained strength, and the vessel rolled considerably but the voices of the parties in communication were noyerthelesa distinctly heard. The new ap^cation of talephony is expected to render important services to maritime commerce-, since it will allow Vessels arriving off a iort to place themselves immedia' ely in' direct com- munication with their owners or agents Ashore. A cerrespondent asks " Whajf tiw© of; the year do the days begin. to^'#hoi^n " There are onljlie,370 Ireland, of whicR but SWaredonbijpmes. Why should tBe letter "a" be fooA fori deaf woman ?â€" Because it makes her hear. The net prodnce of the dog-tax in the year ending the 31ss of March^ was £342.. 836 7«. 6d. -^ ^r^ The Avenure life of a aovereun ia, it seems, â- eyenteen years, and of the b^lf -sovereign eleven yean. How Â¥ery iottnnate il is tiMit everyone ta able to believe that he has more than his share of brains. Sweet \SreIina, ftom thfe sBSooating sm brace of her lover, criwi out, ' Give me liberty or give me breath." "A pr^entman," pi^ a witty Frenoh- man, " i^ like a luir-pin. His he d pre- vents hiin fiom going to6 far." The hardest rocks are made of the softest mud just so the biggest swells are made from the em lleat men. He'p otherr, and yon relieve vourself. Go out and drive away the cloud from a dis- tressed friend's brow, and you will return with a lighter heart. In Greece the common people eat enor- mously of cheese, which can be bought in the form of a goat, the coagulated milk be- ing formed in the skin. A man is said to be absent-minded when he thinks he has left his watch at home, and takes it out of his pocket to see if he has time to return home to get it. Words of praise are almost as necessary to warm a child into a genial life as acts of kindness and affection. Judicious praise is to children what the sun is to flowers. During the season 1881-82 there were planted throughout Enaland, Scotland, Ire- land, and Wales, on i^arious estates, no fewer than 3,156,820 tre^. It is a grand good thing when a man jrives up his course of dissipation and seriously settles down, but it is an equally grand thing when a man has a stroke of conscientious- ness and honestly settles up. California supplies more than half of the quicksilver consumed in the world. Only two countries of Europe produce quicksilver in sufiScient quantities to deserve mention in a commercial resjpect â€" Spain and Austria. Among the not. s to the third chapter of his " History of England," Lord Macaulay alludes to the vulgar proverb that " the grey mare is the better horse," attributing its rise to the preference given in the 17th century to the grey mares of Flanders over the finest coach-horses of England. Mrs. M 'Coble, an Austin lady, rebuked hef colored cook, Matilda Snowball, in the following words "When I hired you, you said you didn't have any mala friends, and now I find a man in the kitchen half the time." "Lo'blss yon, he ain't no ma'e friend of mine." " VVho is he, then ' " He an only my husband." " Is Mr. Polyglot in " inquired a collector with a look on his face which would remind a person of "dun" every time he glanced at it. ' He is not, sur," replied the newly- engaged footman of Hibernian descent. " About what time will he be back " said the man persistently. " Indade, sur, when he sends me down steers to say he's out, I can nivertell for surtin." He that does not fill a place at home can- not abroad. He goes there only to hide his insignificance in a larger crowd. You do not think you wiil find anything there which you have LOt seen at home. The stuff of all countries is the same. What is true any- where is true every wht re. And, let a man go where he will, he can find only so much beauty or worth as he carries. One of the most exciting sports in Bombay is hunting the peacock, which is found in great numbers ia the jungles. Peacock's eggs form a staple article of commerce in India. Curiously enongh. the natives have an old proverb which they quote to peacock- hunters â€" " When you see the peacock, look out for the tiger " for they declare that these two incongruous beings live in perfect harmony together. President Washington never went to Con- gress on public business except in a stage- coach drawn by six cream-coloured horses. The coach was an object which would excite the admiration ot the throng even now in the streets c f London. It was built in the shape of a hemisphere, and its panels were adorned with Cupids surrounded wuh flow- ers worthy ot Florida, and of frnit not to be equalled out of California. The c6achinaa and postilions were arrayed in gorgeous liveries of white and scarlet. Steam Wboels. A new kind of steam engine has been re- cently patented in Austria by Professor Wellner, of Crunn. The so-called "steam wheel" (according to the account in the Polytechnincher Journal) consists of a sim- ple water wheel, mostly immersed in hot water in a closed vessel. Steam is admitted at the lower part, and forces the cells of the wheet upward, jroducing rotation. The steam fills more and more of the cells on the rising side, and at length begins to es6ape into the steam space above the water. Steam may either be pooduced directly at the lower part, or conducted to the vessel from elsewhere. The upper tube for outlet of steam may lead either into the open air or into a condenser. The mechanical work consists in the ascent of tha specifically l^hter stealn in the heatvier liquid. These steam wheels may either be used as inde- pendent motors, or in connection with ordi- nary steam-engines in the latter case the esedpe steam of one kind of machine is util- ized for the other. Meat. Old Scotch gentleman sitting in a Torodto ttrtfet oar' a young lady enters and makes a rush lor the topmost seat. The car starts rather suddenly the young lady lands on the cldrientleman^knee, btnshing, and ex- afa^ming, ' 't)h 1 beg yonr parMn. ' Ohl G. «*XgAdi mentifOn it, lamie I'd rather hae ye WhenTou"have%notiirbk'^kVtlieVe»t^|fi^^ thin sttodin' on cere- annihilator of time. The days are crowded " together in thin layers, and the nights are like a smear from a blacking bftl^r. '"' There are two thinga which oQj^t ^equally to excite our gratitude. The thing that hap mony. v* We aw ttJldrtto!H*/f Ciiicimiati ^osiety tepoiter hap myst^ioW J* y«»ifrP«»wdjj and foul pKy b snspecfed.^ The suspicion is ' Yon can bet on a Cincinnati pens to us and from which we have a lucky J'**"^. k«;«„ ^nlu^ nf foni nlav six dava escap., and the thin^ from which we luckily «P«^5_l^"*« "^^ ^^ escape because it don't happen t* ns. justifiable, Iter's in a week. tf de Leaaepa ia vanonring aboat the canal aa if the latter had been made entirely vTith the money of hia ahareholdera, it may be ol 9tomt interest to aak, " What hH»rthe Cana^ 00* Egypt?" The figures are ^n belo#. and the following are a few renMma abonfe tiMBn 1. The anm of £16,000,000 ^na the #1- oolntion of a French banker in 1^2^ ^at it^a Bbc than cmaidered in Alexandria MM only lait J^^v very moderate, but aa mnch below the " mark, becanae account had n'..t been kept of the enormous extra intereatâ€" or rather dia^ omtiUlwfd by JsktiliMHk ^m^iSSf' opinion waa that 20 milliona would not cover the outlay. 2. Intereata at 42 per cent, for three yaars ia below €h» mark, as fihe dli count »t which moat of like bcmda negoifa^etf ' throogh the lathmp Oan4^ Company were cedea waa at and oVerl4per cent, perui- nnm. 3. The conversion of bonda into loan in 1873 gave the Egyptian Government cer- tainly less than 65 per cent.^the nominal figure. It was pinh«bly lesslhan 63 per cent. 4. The interest on the l6an since 1873 can, of course, Be easily vea£bd, but the 1873 loan did not clear th« position, aa money waa taken up at 12 per cent, per an- num â€" and more â€" aa late as 1875 and running into 1876 and 1877. ^or is any allowance made for loss of time â€" for the enormoaa rates paid for occasional acoHnmodation, for extravagant financing by sales of produce and storing of the same, which were the natural consequences of the embarrassment to which the Canal expenses had led. The account then stands thus, viz. ^â€" Shares, in- demnity; repurchase of land, festivities, 1869, interest thereon to the 1st of January, 1871, £16,000,000; three years' interest, 1871, 1872, 1873, at 4aj)er cent,, £6,720,000 â€"£22,720,000. Converted into loan in 1873, at certainly not over 65 per cent., £35,000,000; interest thereon 1874-7, four years at 7 per cent., and compound interest thereon, but say 28 per cent., £9,800,000â€" £44,800,000. Interest 1878, 5 per cent. ditto, 1879, 4 per cent. ditto, 1880, 4 per cent. ditto, 1881, 4 per cent., wiih compound interest, but say 17 per cent.â€" £7,616,000. A very moderate estimate thus comes to 52^ tnillions sterling but others â€" carefuHtnd'weA-informed people â€"making, allowances as mentioned above, bring the oost to 70 millions. Perhaps some one will sum up the advantages, direct or indirect, of the Canal to Egypt. Would it amount to more than an increase in political importance and â€" the present war Another interesting subject woidd be, " What Turkey has cost Egypt," say from the time of Said Pa^ha. If even half the probable amount could be arrived at, it would be more than enough to explain the horror with which those acquainted with Egypt view the occu- pation of that country by Turkish troops even for a limited period, and even if in co- operation with, and under the guidance of this country. Pltny DOMESTIC. The Thunder Bay branch of the Canadian Pacific r»il«ay is now open^ for traffic Th^ are generally round Miewsjand r, â- Â» '^y â„¢* ^* othar. When they axe oat It is foreshadowed that an early genwal election in the Province of Manitoba will Action has been taken against Mr. Hun- ter, the defaulting Montreal notary, who is now m the Ignited States. Whik baggpKeman Joh^ c^plii^% cQj^ a kttoinoitive «k Burlin|^n he was oadly crushed. Two men were arrested on Main street, Winnipeg, suspected of being the culprits in the Mflcelants' Bank robbeiy. .^^,. Great df mace waa committed throughout the Province, by the wind atonn and light- ning. H. M. aerew gun vesael Phoenix, one of the North American squadron, is ashore on the cast cost of Prince Eklward's Ldand. Acting on the decision of His bishop an Anglican Church minkter-of Quebec lefuaed to unite a resident with the sister of his de ceased wife. A young woman of 21, named Julia LetelHer,' of Levis, jumped from a third story wuadow while in a fit of epilepsy and has sustained injuries likely to prove ratal. UNITED STATES. BT A SMALL BOT. A pie as a part ol apeeeh ia a pronoun, aa It standa in the i^ace of a ncun, but very objective, moit always neuter, nnleaa too old, and agrees with any person who ia not eiok. ahapfiEey ha^c^^hey m aBi KIBw only three-cmnered articlea of food we have â€" ex- cept beech-nnta. A three-oomered piece of pie ia about aa convenient athms to eat aa one ev«r doaed teeth on, and licked one'a Una afterwarda. That ia sharp end foremost. The only trou- W«-^«,n-: ^^v W« f you^^bn% knn ar when to bite it off; fvT* ^â- * *« thesiouth latuiAy widens as the wedg^ Baptist church was recently and badly Ttie Grateful Clam. Newspapers in the west and south have ot late enjoyed a monopoly of remarkable stories of snakes and other desirable speci- mens of natural history. That the north may not be left behind in this respect let us consider the moral teachings which are pre- sented by the summer boarder and the fresh- water clam. Three years ago the boarder in question, while straying along the bed of a stream that had been left partially bare by excessive drought, discovered lying upon the sand, a conchiferous bivalvular mollusk â€" valg. clam â€" which seemed to be in the last gasp from exhaustion and thirst. The kind-hearted stranger, pitying the sore strait of the unhappy bivalve, at once took it up and cast it into a deep part of the stream, and then went his way, speedily ^or^ettine .the incident. A week ago, however, as he was enjoying bis vacation, and, sitting near the spot where the above-described event took place, he perceived a clam laboriously climbing out of the water and dragging itself over the sand. Arrived, with much exertion, at the feet of the amazed observer, the clam opened its shell and disclosed a pearl as large as a hazelnut, which the gentleman did not hesitate to appropriate. Thereupon the clam, smiling clear way round to its back binge, etnmed to the water and disappear- ed "with a gurgle of satisfaction. This af- fecting incident, besides showing that even the humblest works of creation are capable of noble emotions, teaches us the fine moral that we should always be kinc to animals, in which respect it is much to be preferred to the southern and western yarns, re- ferred to, which seem devised simply to entertain the minds of the frivolous, and convey no edifying lesson to tM.â€" Boston Journal. !*•-' At Rochester the struck by lightning wrecked. Prof. Barnard discovered a bright come, the other morning near the star Lambdat Gemini constellation. Engineer Melville, Moroa and Ninder- man, of the Jeannette, and Lieutenant Berry, of the Hodgers, have arrived in New York. Engineer Melville received a grand ova- tion at the City Hall, New York, the other day, 2,000 citizens paying their respects to him. At Pittsburg, puddlers and muck rollers decided to offer the manufacturers to com- promise at $5.75 per ton for puddling. If refused the strike will continue. During the Star Route trial, affidavits were found in the Department of Justice as- serting that Wm. Brown, the colored man wl(o held out for the acquittal of Brady and Dorsey, received a bribe in the three card monte case tried just before the Star Route case. Congratulatory despatches from her Ma- jesty upon her safe arrival, and the British victory at Tel-el-Kabir awaited the Princess Louise at San Francisco. An address of welcome from the British societies at San Francisco was presented to the Governor- General. IS GENERAL. Emil Plantamour, a Swiss astronomer, dead at Geneva, aged 67. Tie report of the death of Finegan, late member of Parliament for Ennis, was uu; t.ue. An attempt has been made to murder two Irish farmers who purchased hay from the holding of an evicted tenant. A hur^cane recently, destroyed the iron pavilion connected ' with the Exhibition building at Trieste. Many exhibits were damaged. The Duke of Westminister, Archbishop of Dublin, Archbishop of York, Holman Hunt, R. A. James Anthony, French histor- ian Sir John Gilbert, A. R. A. General Rawlinson, Sir. E. J. Reed, M. P. Edmund Yates, and Thomas Hughes have joined the committee on the Longfellow memorial. VolKar HabltB. Abont Spectacles. Those who are compelled to wear spec- tacles are often the victims of a good deal of personal ridicule nowadays but time was when it was considered fashionable to wear them, by people who were not in the least near-sighted. In Spain th^y formed part of the c^stume of every we^^bl•ed person. Tliis absurd use of glasses was mtan^ %o in- crease the gravity of the appearance,' and consequently the veneration with which the wearer of them was regarded. Ayoune monk having throtigh the assist ince ef-his ftwi ly, caused his convent te succeed in an import- ant lawsuit, thought himself lib€rally re- wurtied when the prior, having embfaced him, said, to testify his gratitude "Brother, put on spectacles.^' The glassea,^^ spec- tacles Were properloooed ^t size tq^e rank of the wearer; thope worn by tb* SpaiUah nobles were nearly f- r^ inches in diameter. The Marquis of Astorga, Viceroy of Naples, after having his bust sculptured ia'tnarble, particniarly enjoined theartiat not to forget his beautiful spectacles. ,*.â-  4 ?." The Rotliecliad*' Poey-Belattpnei^ ... Baron Wilhel^ Rothscfa4dJb^_£ran^fo^ J returned his last ytiu^slncofflCafYT, 197^000, while his brother. Baron Meyer Carl, re- turned 11,140,000. They are the "poor reUticms" of the Paris Rothschilds. Asking questions private and personal is a vulgar habit and telling your own busi- ness, which CO one wants to hear, is anoth- er. Asking the cost of a present that has been made to you, loud talking in public, hard staring at table, insolent disrespect to husband, wife, sister, or brother, showing temper in trifles, and making scenes in pub- lic, showing an embari'assing amount of fondness or making love in public, covert sneers of which people can see the animus if they do not always understand the drift persistent egotism which talks forever of it- self and cannot even tefgn thR most passing interest in another, detraction of friends and it -may ba of relatives, a huEband telling of his unpleasantness, a wife ccimplaining ot her husband's faults, the bold assumptions of superiority and the servile confession of infimte unworthiness â€" all these are signs andfyidences of vulgarity â€" vulg^ity of a tar woi^e typie thalor'niat which e4ts iis fish with a steel knife, and says "You waf," and " Each of the men were." A Haauin Beanetalk. Jean Condoist has been brought to Paris as medial, curiosity from the I^uteCaoce. According to a medical contributor to a P«ri#kk^ contemporary, this youth, Itged 10, took a start, on the 17th of May, W9l^ being then bix feet three inches high, and founu one morning that h^ had grown an inch. Every week ahice thw hQ registered hihielf, and on the 14th of September this human 'beanstalk had gained nvariy itre inohe» he ftew five in:Hies more before the iZOth ef Jauu ry, 1^82, and s«sven more be- ii^rs'ttareh 15th, -and he new ' sthnds 7 feet 10 inches. All this has been accompanied by great j^ains in |;he bac^» ^and he stoops A Poeafble TJilng. y r An eccentric Scotch Laird has left his roperty, worth $500,000 to his servants. ^^^^ ^e tover hear of a servant l«^mg $5f|ro00j ^^deralhT but Since -liiV' June *it is Im tohnAmployer, but «r this â€" ^-" â€" »-•- -^- thing Wfeld possible, if th# gagc^ cue season at a stiinmer-risso' ^isionly tba* hpe grpjin, and his feet iirciiy MtentySmr ooenas long. â€" lYom are the PaUMaU GazeUe. Mighet report^ freihTl^ntsk, q, J h at he hoped to .reieh^ a hat fear Tne centre Lena delta on ihe "Srd of July,^tablish a provision depot thwe, and immediately commence the searpjr for Lfeut. Chipps^B pifty. il\ "• edge Jpes IB./ The IBtopoaition of piea is dough and something else â€" what that something else is or should be has never been defini te- ly settled. "^nnkin" pie had a great run. Probably ftt one time they were the most popular pie afloat. It is saidâ€" and we can't doubt Uie veracity of the statement â€" that Robinson Qrusoe made the first punkin pies. Don't know what he made them of, bat will write aiid ask him. It is taken for granted that Friday made them out of cocoanuts and eel-graaa, aa that waa quite a favorite dish with his f')refatherB bnt^ey have given it up since they took to eating the mission- aries. I have seen punkin pies made out of apples that I liked very ihnch. I remember one I saw once it was not a very large pie, but it was got up in great style. It was made on a white plate with a blue edge. The un- der-crust was made of dough, and was very thin the inwards were just lovely. .They were made of what is called mincemeat and a little sugar sprinkled over it The top or upper crust was made out of dough rope- yarn, laid across like the slats of a bed. Oh, it looked lovely. Around the edge was a hoop of dough laid partly over the edge of the piiate, and about an inch on the frag- mentary meat. It was ornamented around the outer part of the hoop with an impres- sion made by pressing it all over with a set of false teeth before it was baked. It was a great appetizer, you better believe They sacrificed it at a tea-shine, and it sold readily at four cents a triangle, cash on delivery. There are a great many people who like pies, but seldom eat them, unless 'tis be- cause they can't get them. I don't think the common apple pie is very hard to make; for I made one once out of cranberries, and all who tasted it said it was very nice. I tasted the most of it myself. I know one boy who was very fond of pies, in fact rath- er than do without them he would hook them from his mother-in-law, if he had one, but he hadn't. Anyway he was awful fond of them he was very apt to take a bite out of one if it was in his way. One day there was a pie made on purposs for him, and put in his waj' and he put it out of his own way and everybody else's. I never liked cayenne pepper since it's too warm. Tarts are pies* children, and I'm fond of children, that is tart children. I can eat tarts with my eyes shut, and never wink half an eye full. It is said that mince pica made out of rhubarb will give you the night-mare, but if anybodj' will pro- vide the minces, I will willingly risk the mares, Once I read of a pie that had two dozen dark colored birds in ir, and after it was baked and opened the birds .were not dead hardly a little bit, for they began to sing melodiously. It was set before the King. Histo: y does not say whether he ate the pie or not, af tier the birds flew away into the next yard but I suppose he did, if he was hungry. I would have eaten it. ♦â-ºâ€¢*i A Boy on Bankruptcy. Says the London Telegraph â€" While one of the Bosnian delegates who waited on the Emperor Franz Josef at the Hofburg a few weeks ago was staying in Vienna, the owner of the hotel in whi.h he lodged became a bankrupt. Hearing of his host's mishap, the worthy ,Bey sought aa explanation of the term "bankruptcy," and having thoroughly mastered its meaning, proceeded on his rctam to his native vil age, to impart his information to his near relatives and close family connectiots, " This, O my brothers, he observed, "is the true and proper way to become a bankrupt. First you must hire a shop, then you write to rich merchants in far-distant cities, inviting them Ui forward their wares to you for sale and pledging yourself to pay for them within afew months. As soon as you shall have received sufficient merchandise you must sell it for.cash or hide it carefully away. Then must you go xo the judge and say to him, 'Beloved of Allah! I am a bankrupt. Here are five pounds Tfcey are all I have in the world ' the judge will keep four of the five pounds and pro- claim your bankruptcy the other pound will be divided among those who supplied you with goods. Latter on you will remove te another town and be^in this good and easy bueineas over again. Thus may the passinc: bitterness of inso vency be converted into the abiding sweetness of a comfortable independence. Be chesm Upon my head be it " Meaning of tbe Word " Cottage." To most persons the word " cottage" car- ries merely the idea of a small house, as dis- ttngaished from a large one. But, legally, a very clearly-defined meaning attaches to the expression. In the 4 Edward I., cap. 1, a cot^tage is described as a house without land belonging to it. By the latM* statute 31 Elizabeth, cjp; 7, her Majesty's lieges were fodaiddea to build houses nnlesa they were surrounded by at least four acres of l^d hence, properly spea^^ig,. a Qottage is any small house without tour^uu-es, or with- out any laid at all. Armed bands Arabians attacked the Montenegrins nea.. Podgoritza on the 3rd, 5th and 8th instant. The Mon^'enegilns ad- dressed a protest to the Porte and requested the inter\-ention of the'Powers which signed the Berlin treaty. The Emperor William attended the parade ef the Sixth Army Corps in Breslan recently, fn4 t^i^annod iQ^e^feU$nt he^l^ after: three r y-^