THE HOUR GUSS. Kparkling, dancing downward. Merrily drop the aanda. While the golden honn> o gaily paee, Amid roee, and lily, and soft green graft* ; Wherefore ao eager to turn the glee*. Oh ! dimpled baby -hand* Glittering. flashing downward. In the glow of the April eun. Ah ! aweet white linger*, and sky-blue eye*. And eheeka aa nosy aa weatem akiee . "Tia pity in Youth'* flrat Paradiae That the aanda ao swiftly run' Stealing foreTer downward. Gray tinging their virgin gold. Pi,lore aull quiver, and heart* still heat. But the road grow* hard for the urrd feel; Surely Uu> eky had more warmth and heal. And the aanda allowed brighter of old Drooping dreanly downward. The evening u well nigh o'er. The bnghteet and beet the nver have rroaaed, The holt ie allot and the venture lost , The hark on the last long wave ta loaned. The glae* need* to tnnt no more. .IB U. I'*ir RienwA A Novel LeUer-Box. In the tow n of \V , M issnohlisctfs. In live triiuming halt of a large hat manufactory, sat flftv tirvd-lmking but nimble-Angered sewing girls, the .tir was close in the heated room, for it we June, but through the window * wistful eyes could catch glimpses of fair broad fields, green trees, and aiuve skies bathed in golden sunshine. At table No. Sti two girls sat vis-a-vis, one a tall, liaudsomo hruuette, whose warmly-tinted cheeks betokened this couflutng occupation new to her, while her tasteful dress and general appoar ance proclaimed her a lady to the very tips ol her while taper lingers—one w ho could carry herself right queenly in the moat rerined circles of society—-sew ing girl notw ithstandiug. "Ihv you know, Jennie," to her oppo site, as she takes her seventh Milan hat, and adjusts the jviper Up in the crow n. "I have a great mind to w rite something on tiie Inside of this white Up. S'tne New York gentleman is destined to wear it very likely, for most of these hats go there, and you know when the lace li uing gets soiled they are apt to tear it out. With that comet the tip, also, and who knows how distiuguished a jierson may read it?" "But you'll never know if" "Perhaps 1 shall, who kuows* There are very singular coincidences in these lives of ours. We, for Instance, w lieu we met last at a fashionable watering place, Uvree years ago. among the most Setted of Fortunes favorites, little reamed of meeting next in this obscure shop to earn our living. However, here goes." And she wrote: "Kias me softly ami speak to me low . Enrv. too. has a watchful ear; What if Easy should chance to hear ? Kiss me dear. Kirn me softly and speak to me low." Ftrmurni Hn.u V . done . 137 i "There," a- she held it up for inspec tion. "isn't that bold? But not likely 1 shall ever know who reads it. If any one does, he will wonder If she who wrote it is young and pretty, and worth kissing." "Whoever wears the hat. I'm sure he would not object to kiss the lips of Fred Hill, the former belle and beauty, if he had a chance," said Jennie. "Which wouldn't retain friends after fortune had flown for ever." •••••• Two gentlemen from the Empire City, having for their starting point the Glen House. White Mountains, were out on a Ashing excursion on a fair moraine in August. They were moderately sue cessftil, and were just thinking of start ing for home with keen appetites, un known elsewhere except the mountains, when, by some unlucky movement, one of them lost his hat in the water and barely rescued it from being borne be yond reach. "I say, Ralph, I'm going to hurry outside of this inside lugging in a tw ink ling." said Charles Acton, as he seated himself under the shade of some trees and contemplated the water-*oaked lace and tip rather ruefully, and taking out his pocket knife be cut the stitches, allowing the inside to go free. "Look! what is that writing you are throwing away?" and hi' companion reached for the' white paper tip which had caught on some ferns, read it to himself and gaTe a low whistle. "A banter, by Jove! Charlie, what a pity you couldn't find the on- who wrote that," and he passed it to liitn. "A lady's handwriting—poetry—let me see." ** Kim me softly and speak to me low ; Envy. too. has a watchful ear ; What if Envy should chance to hear ? Kiss me. dear. Rise me softly and speak to me low.* "Fredreetta Hill—Fredreetta—singu- lar name. By Jupiter, Charlie, that was the name on a trunk I saw ou the piazza last evening; belonged ton new arrival, a lady tall and elegant, dre.*ed in black. But of crmree it cannot be the name, for thi* was evidently written by the one who did the work on the hat, and IU wager that girl 1 -aw last night with such au air, such *tyle, w.t* never a tewing girl." ne folded up the paper carefully and put R in his jsK'ket,aiKl for the time the subject was forgotten. Judge of the surprise of Acton when the next morning in the breakfast room he espied am<>ng the waib-rs the girl of whom he had been stieaking, making herself useful,but still here, as else where, evincing to an observer the dis tinctive air of a well-bred lady. "What, the deuce! Ralph, as true as you live, there is that Miss Hill among the waiters. She must be doing it for a wager, or an experiment, or something of that. Why, she is the finest looking girl in the house! Compare her with some of the more wealthy ladies here — there is no comparison !"* "The name in the hat," suggested his companion, "I belieTe it is the same one. If she would be a waiter she would trim hats. Reverse of fortune perliu|>s. I'll find out, if possible." But it did not seem so easy to find out. No one seemed to know her, and the lady wa* unapproachable, by virtue of the quiet dignity which enfolded her. At length Acton determined to make a bold push. He loitered around one day and fortunately found a chance to speak unobserved. She was sorting napkins. "I beg your pardon—but— Miss Hill, did jrou ever see this writ- ing?" She started with surprise that he should know her name, and then, as her eyes fell on the writing, a vivid crimson suffused her faee, as she recognized the lines written In girlish fun. He was answered before he spoke. "Yes, that is my writing. I was trim ming hats last spring and thought I would write something on the inside of that tip, never thinking to meet it here." "I dropped my hat in the water when I was fishing a few days ago, and, as the lining was all wet, I tore it out, when this came to light. Hingular that I should find it and then meet you here." "Silly quotation. I might at least have written something sensible. Iet me destroy it now," and she extended her hand for the paper. "With your leave I will keep it as a memento;" and he stood a moment wish ing he dared fulfill the entreaty con tained in the poetry, ami thinking how sweetly it would sound from her scarlet lips. But her air forbade any familiarity such as might be taken with some in her position, and she went on with her work in a manner that seemed to dis miss him. He walked off thinking, "I'll win that girl if she is poor, if it is possi ble. I believe she is a jewel— •• And when I wear it on my brow, The world may wonder, but it will not laugh." He was rich, handsome and above the average in character. She continued to be the one attraction for him, and going to his room one day lie penned the fol lowing note: Miss HILL : Will von favor me with an inter view ? I have felt interested in you ever since 1 first Baw yon, and it increases daily. My posi tion and character are good, as 1 can prove to yon, and I trust yon will acquit me of any but honorable intentions. You are evidently in a position beneath me, but when I see yon dig nify even that my respect and admiration in crease. Please do not say me nay, CHABI.IE ACTON. Fredreetta read the note and appreci- FRED. KURTZ, Editor and Proprietor VOL. MIL a ted tlio tutilth tone, hut concluded -lie litid lietter refuse this request tit present. Tin* next day he received thh note from her I*4*it: Mk \i-rox I think it Ivwt to t*fu* your request .t present My |sw>iUon ha* tweu dif ferent as you sup|se and I presume I was onee vour equal sis-tally . hut should it h* known that 1. ill my present capacity. had an interview with tlx- wealthy Mr. Acton. it might cause un pleasant rentalW*. After 1 leave here, if you suit wish it, you can call at - - afreet and I shall t>e happy to meet you. Thanking you for your iuud iutr rest in un welfore. 1 remain, etc., f'si.OKKcrrv 111 la. And with this lie was obliged to (*■ satisfied. **ix weeks later we tiud him ringing the bell of tile bouse in the street she had mentioned. During the weeks that had intervened he hail grow n more and more infatuated, and she could not mis interpret the tender look in Ids eye whenever it chained to meet hers. She met him w itli a frank, pleasant vvclcoine and a ie-- dignified manner tliaii vv lien In' liad seu licr ttel'ore. siie looked more beautiful than ever, in hi* eye, in black silk, with rose color at her throat, lighting up her somber dress and rendering more vivid and striking her rich, dark beauty. Charlie felt euough in love vv hen he hok<*d at her to then and there clasp her in his arms and give licr the request in the lines she tiad written, lint there was a woman to lie won, and lie could not take any stiolt inet)od at tlrst, or he might lose her. "Miss Hill, I thank vou for granting me this interview ami for tin* evideut confidence you have In me. Will you lardoti my curiositv and toll me why 1 found you in an iuterlor posltiou?" "The old story. My father died ami left my mother ami me pennlle**, ami then we fouml our summer triend* had down. She only lived a few months after that, ami 1. an only ehlM. petted, flattered, had to faee the world alone. 1 have not found any situation, such as 1 with my education might till, so 1 have taken w hat offered, hoping for better times in the future. 1 have found some noble friend' true as steel. 1 went to the mountains, for a change, as waiter, because 1 could go in no other capacity. Wasn't it strange that we should meet there*" "It was strange; but there 1 met my fate. Miss llill, won't you allow me now to lift the burden from tluse 'len der shoulders ami call you all my own. 1 admire you, love vou, as 1 never loved woman l>efore. and the brave manner lu which you have taken up the burden of life, all unused as you were, increa se' my regard tenfold." She looked, was surprised, and. as once before In his presence, a deep crim son dved her face. "I thought you eame in the role of friend, not of lover, but 1 cannot answer you yet. Ido not know my own heart. Of your character 1 knew ere 1 left the mountains, or I should never have j-r --mitted you to visit me herein New York. This much I tell you now—l esteem you very highly." "Vou w ill allow me to continue my visits?" he asked. "Yes, I feel honored by the senti ments you have just expressed, and shall be happy to meet you often." So ardent a suitor as Acton could j hardly fail of success. Fredreetta found [ her heart was becoming entangled la-- ' vond extrication, a- she was thrown in liis society, and became the recipient ot many lover-like attentions. They had returned from a concert one evening, and as thev sat a short time in the parlor of their lodging-house, with tlie sweet strains of the singer 'till lin gering hi their ears, he suddenly pro duced the piece of paper which had been tin prime agent in their acquaintance. "Isn't it time 1 fulfilled this request, Fredreetta ?" "No request, onlv a quotation from j Saxe. You cannot possibly attribute it to me." "I think 1 can." He was sitting beside her, his arm stole around her and drew her cloae to his heart. "Now, darling, may I have the kiss | j have been longing for ever since I first j knew vou; but you have been <> cold I dared not ask." She did not resist, for with that pas- , sinuate clasp came the tide of love surg- j ing through her veins. He took not one, but many, ami \\ tii-- j pered, "Yon will In- mine soon, won't I you, my pe rh-ss one, my queen?" For answer Iter arm stole around his neck trustingly, lovingly. The wo-j man's heart sjidke in that caress. And this was how Charlie Acton's hat j found his wife. Old Trnpsrssrr Noddies. The various laws which were fre quently enacted iu Germany in the fif teenth and sixteenth centuries, to check the immoderate drinking of wine and spirits, proved utterly niwr tive, owing to the social life of the middle age. which was chiefly based upon qiuifing. Charlemagne himself was obliged to order that the counts and margraves should at least W solier when sittiug in courts of justice, while the German emperor* were, at their coronation ceremony, asked "whether they promise, by the help of Provi dence, to lead a sober life. Indeed, all the laws and regulations of the six teenth century were mainly directed against Jennie*new. hut not against drinking. Even Luther was no enemy to wine—witness the large goblet (still extant at Nurcmbeig) which he pre sented to his friend Jonas. A temper ance society was at last formed by the aristocracy of the sixteeuth century, and the following were among the rule* : "To drink daily only fourteen cups of wine. Italian, Spanish, or hot •piced wines aie prohibited beyond 1 one cup a day, which must lie deducted from the daily allowance. For the further quenching of thirst beer is al lowed. These fourteen cups must not le drunk at once, but after at least three intervals.'' Mahomet ■ Tomb. A wealthy Arabian merchant has furnished a German journal some inter esting information about Mecca. The Grand .Sheriff, he says, is richer than his master, the Sultan; he speak* French, and has French dishes at hi table, and eats on the finest china, but never uses a knife, fork or spoon. The furniture of his hou*e is made In the European style, and comes from Con stantinople. Life in Mecca during the pilgrim season,, when there are about 100,000 pilgrims in town, Is much more expensive than at other times; l>eef is Bd. a pound and bread is l, 2 jd. a pound. The streets are lighted up with pe troleum, and the ex|tense of lighting is borne not by the municipality (which, however, provides the lantern), but by each householder. The streets are all paved, and many of the houses are seven stories high. There is a I'ostoftloe in the town, which sends letters once a day to the harbor of lijeddah. letters are brought to the houses to which they are addressed, and it is customary to give the postman a piaster (3d) for his trouble. There is also a photographer in the town; but no Christian book* are to lie found in the booksellers' shops as their -ale is not |>ermitted. "Take care of your health. Keen this wonderful machine which we call the body—this mechanism which is at once the domicile and the servant, the transporter and the feeder, of the soul and of the mind—in the highest state of efficiency. Study the laws of health, and obey them as conscientiously as the laws of morals or of civil and social duty. A mind diseased is often hut the exponent of a body diseased. Restore the iwidy to health, and the mind will often lie restored to its activ ity and its intellectual and even moral strength. MKMORY. —If you asked the average mail what time ii is throe seconds after he lias restored ids watcli to his pocket ho can't tell you. THE CENTRE REPORTER. CENTRE IIALL, CENTRE CO.. I'A.. TiII'RSI>AY, DECEMRER ). 1N75. Humors ol Ihmra. iVU *IM> IMtlHilts 11l IHIMI PISiN * \ IKI HKKtOPS NI'IUI.i'I . \t hen the collector of rare ami curious specimens of Insects, ami flowers, ami minerals, And* new ulijerli of Interest, he sticks a pin In Client, or put* them in alcohol, or lalads them, ml then sits down to count his collections, and see hat he has aetually gathered, In the same wax we mat stick plus in tin* various experiences of life, and thus collect a museum of rare specimen*. The present collection of wvd,ling-anec dotes are specimens of eccentricities at this trying hour that have mine across the writer's path. We see plenty of curious epitaphs tu cemeteries; let US liS'W at some wetlding-s. euea as strange as am of these. Ay oung clergyman, at the tli-t wed ding he ever had, thought it w us u v et i good time to impress u|aii the couple Is-fore liim the Solemnitv of the act. "1 hot*c, lif 11nis," he said to the coach man, with his license in his hand, "you have well considered this solemn step In life." "I hope so, your riverence," answered I tennis. "It's a verv iiii|>rtant step you're taking, Mary." said the minister. "Yes, sir, 1 know it is," replied Mary, whimpering. "Perhaps we had belter vv ait aw bile." "Perhaps we had, your riverence chimed in I tenuis. The minister, hardly expecting such a personal application of his exhorta tion. and seeing the live-dollar note vanishing liefore his eyes, betook him self to a more cheerful aspect of the situation, ami said: "Yes, of course it's solemn and itn jioriatit, you know, but it's a very happy time, after aH, when fieople love each Other, ""hall we goon w itli the service/' "Yes, your riicrettec," they both re plied, anil they w ere stnui made one in the bonds of matrimony, and that young minister is now very careful how he bring* on the solemn view of marriage to timid couples. A party eaute to a clergyman's house one evening to lie married. Kvervthing went ou harmoniously until the woman came to the word "oley" In the service, llere a balky scene ensued. "Never—never!" '.aid she. "I did not know that word was in the service, and I will never sav it!" "Oh, dear," remonstrated her partner, "do not make trouble now . Just >iy it —say it, even it you don't mean it. *>• It for my sake—for your dear John's sake!" "Never—never!" insisted the high spirited datue. "1 will not say what 1 do not mean, and 1 do not mean to obey. You must go on, sir," she added to the clergyman, "without that word." "That is impossible, madam," replied the minister. "1 cannot marry you unless you promise 'to love, cherish and obev' vour husband." "Won't vou leave us for a little while tiyether?'* Interceded the young man. "I think Lean manage her after a while.' So the minister went luu k into hi* study, and wrote on his sermon for an hour and a half, and finally, at a quarter l>efore ten o'clock, there •* . . rarnr a UpH&ir A vtr rmj; la*." and the mild-mannered benedict in formed the parson that at last, after a long wrestling of spirit, hi' 'dear Jane' consented to say "obey." But how that Compromise was brought aUnit. no one ever knew. I have often heard this anic clergy man relate how . after a wedding cere mony, which occurred in his own par lor, the hustiaud w hlspered to his brand new bride, a they approached ihe door, "Mary, have you got any small change ?" The old Sedi' church in Philadel phia was the famous marrylng-ground for nearly two hundred year* to all the neighborhood ami the churches in that vicinity. The record book of that vener able pariah is teeming with marriage*. There has to la* an "extension" made to that dejiartmint in every new regi-- ter. Notes ami memoranda adorn the pages of the "wislding column*" expla uatory of the different couples. One clergyman kept a list of foreign sailor* (with a wife very probably In every large jort) and runaway country girls whom he had refuseo to unite in matri mony l>ecau*e of his suspicious, or le --causc of tint lateness of the hour, or of the absence of wituc-*e>. Colored wel dings have always a richly humorous side. The colored race is a su-ceptihli', imitative one, ami w hen they arc flue, x* at weddings, they are generally sujer flne. A clergyman was called on tijion one Occasion to officiate at a colored wedding. "We assure you,salt," said the gentle manly darkey, "that this yen* wedding, sah, is to lie very 'apro|ma'—quite • Jo wunlr, sah." "Very well," replied tin* clergyman. "I w ill try to do everything in inv power to gratify the wishes ot the parties." So, after the dinner and dancing and supping was over, the groom's "best man" called again on the minister and left him a ten-uollar fee. "1 hope everything was a* your friends desired ft," -aid the ur'hane clergyman. "Well, sah, to tell the truth, Mr. John son was a little disapiMMiited," answered the groomsman. "Why, I took my rolies," snid the minister. "Yes, sah—it wasn't that." "I adhered to the rubrics of the church." "Yes, sah. that was all right." "I was punctual, ami shook hands with the couple. What more could 1 do?" "Well, sah, Mr. Johnson he kind o' felt hurt, you see, liecause you didn't salute the bride I" I remember a friend w ho, in the early davs of his ministry, was met by a couple as he came out of church, who w anted to he married. He turned hack to oblige the party, and found at the last that they made up their minds to drive off In their buggy to some otlier church. "But may I ask," he inquired of the man, "why you tlrst ask me to marry you and then change your mimls in this way?" No answer eame from tin* grootn, but the young woman, lifting tip the hack curtalnof the buggy,called out: "Well, yon see, I hadn't got a look at the min ister afore, and, to tell the truth, you're so young ami innocent like that I'm kind of feared you won't marry us right, and so I'd rather trust mcself to some one who's done It it good many times, and is sure he knows how." A look lias been recently published in Kngland, which, if it fall into the hands of American readers, will in form them upon a subject almost en tirely unknown on this side of the At lantic. The work is n compendium of the historv and literature of "Golf: A Royal and Ancient Game." The sport, played with halls something in the, of croquet, isnamed from the dub with which the stroke is given. The pas time is pursued noon a large, level an-a of ground, in which round holes are cat for receiving the balls, at dis tances of fro in I'll to RoO yards from each other, so as to form a circuit. The game consists in driving the halls frotn one hole to another with the fewest possible strokes. Like croquet, it may lie played by two, four, or more per sons,—the opposing sides Wing bal anced in nuniWrs. To acquire dex terity in the game demands long prac tice, and few become export who have not played from childhood, "('rack'' players will drive a hall above :JOO yards with accuracy of aim. Golf is a national sport in Scotland, and has been pursued by all classees for many centuries. Yet the birth place of the game is uncertain. It is pretty well established that, in ancient times, it was practiced in Germany and the Netherlands, and also in Kngland. At any rate, there is no doubt that it is j ouo of the oldotd of the Innumerable I KMIIWI U( hull. The Scottish lUlUlwt : f the fifteenth century abouud in en actment* prohibiting or regulating the j practice nt "Holt mill other air unprof ! liable spoitis." \ut that there wra* J anything tmriiitul mil moderate (ir niiit nt the game, hut because th Ho* ■ l eminent tailed to realrain the yeo iiiitury, with whom the |Hirt wa* im lttetiscli popular, from expending the energy which should la- lined in the practice of the bow upon a mere amu meut. The game ha* liceu followed with <uke of lie Kimitcd, iu honor of a v ictory on the green, a coal ot aims to his partner, a . shoemaker and mi ex|Hrt golfer. The lau- King William is the OM) MMareh comma after James 11. who evinced any fondues* tor golf ; hut it is stated that the I'rince of Wales occasionally practices it. The BlackheatJi Club, instituted in the time ot* James 1., is uot only the oldest fro)f club in existence, but is <>uc of the oldest of sportina societies. The records iu its luinute-Usiks attest the |K>ptilsiity with which the game it pat ron Lies has been ifclwistently regarded by the wealthier c laser*. In Lualamt. tfie sport has la-en rapidly reviviuif in favor of late years; w lnle, on the Scot ttsh links (tracts of level, sandy soil , it is played on every holiday liy the athletic youth of the country. Kuiiulnr s Vr a|ns|>er. ■' Kniininfr s newspaper i* like lighting a Are ill had weather. Every one think-, he can do it better than the one who' lis- his hand* in. Through some mis j apprehension of facts a large cits* of 1 jieoplc have come to the Idea that li 1 costs little or nothiiifr to conduct a newpajs-r. and that n>-t every one can do It a* well. If not ls-tter than the one that publishes the imprr. It ha* Is-- ' vouie a general fashion for joint# ami the bail, and to see whether It will Is- to your' Interest to publish It. Most every one who can w rite at all think-, he under stand* the whole profession letb-r than the one who has his hand iu. It is a fact that most |s-r*oii* who can w rite at all, have some thoughts which they can put on pa[>er. but what of them The readers of the paper will not I*- in terested in them, and If the plan Is kept , tip, the reader* will lose Interest In the paper, and by and by drop off, leaving the concern in a pitiful w reck, 'lbcon duct a newspaper -<> that it will Is- read with uo-rv inU-tesl ea. li week, is what every one who ha* an idea of publish ing a p.ijw-r must do. An editor must be untircd, if he wishes to make his |w|s.-r Interesting. lie mu*t never !*• content with tilling his columns each ' week, hilt tllllst try to till ttiein with the news in as oondencd ami aveptable * manner as j*iihle. To do all the , above thing*, do them well iu each : and every week iu the year I* what ft* have an idea of doing, ami what few have an idea of having Ui Is- done, un less they know something of the lul- ! ties*. It require# a Ceadv ami sensible |M-rsoii to conduct a ttewsjfajier that it •aay I*- financially profitable. It I* not the writing alone.hut putting it up in a tasteful style that every one will like to read it. and make It Attain ialtv prob able. Snnlilnr From an arorn weighing a few grains a (n-e w ill grow for a hundred vears or more, not only throwing olt mam (tonnds of leaves every year, but Itself weighing several ton*. If an orange twig Is put in a large !*>X of earth, and that earth i* weighed w hen the twig becomes a tree, bearing luscious fruit, there w ill lie very neat ly the same amount of earth. From careful oxjieriineut# made by different scientific men, it Is an a-ccr lained fact that a very large part of the grow tli of a tree is derived from the i sun, from the air and from the water, and very little from the enrth; and no tably, all vegetation la-ooiitc# sickly, unless it I* frevlr cx|*>eortant to many of the tissues. Thus it is that the more persons are out of door*, the more healthy, the more vigorous they are, and the longer they will live. Every human Is-ing ought to have an hour or two of sunshine at noon In whiter, and In the early fore noon in summer. Don't Hollit Ur> Hewer# Sewers choke and overflow during heavy storms mainly because they are too Hirre for the work they are called to perform. If a sewer Is so small that its usual flow Is concentrated to a sulll clent depth to carry la-fore It any ordi nary olMrtnictlon, it will keep itself clean. Hut if, a* Is most always the cate where the engineer lacks -x|eri c-nce or where he defers to the igno rance of the local authorities, It I* so large that it# ordinary flow is hardly more than a film, with 110 power even to remove sand, we may la- quite sure that its refuse solid matters w ill gradu ally accumulate until they leave, near the crown of the arch, only the space needed fur the smallest constant stream. And, In order to make mom for a rain fall flow*, the w hole sew er w ill have to Is- cleared by the cosily and offensive process of removal hv manual labor. A smaller sewer would have been kept clear by Its own flow. The tirrrn of the Wave#. Nothing ean be more superb than the green of the Atlantic waves w hen the circumstances arc favorable to the ex hibition of the color. As long as a wave remains unbroken no color appears, but when the foam just doubles over the crestlike an Alpine snow -cornice,under t he cornice we often see a display of the must exquisite green. It is metallic in its brilliancy, but the foam i* necessary to its production. The foam is first Il luminated, and it scatters the light in all directions: the light, which passes through the higher portion of the wave alone reaches the eye, ami gives to that portion its matchless color. The fold ing of the wave, producing as it does, a series of longitudinal protuberance* and furrows which act like cylindrical lenses, introduces variations in the In tensity of the light and materially en hances its beauty. SIM r llttitilti* In I'rssrr I Rile of the forest* of France, when I large game of evei \ kind I- most ahiltl ilsnl, I- that of the Ardennes, on the j frontier between France and ltlgium ' i and the forest extend# Into the I >tt• ■ couutrv for a coioddcrablc di-tauci-. HigliU of hunting and ►hunting c in In obtained In fhl* district for a -mall an | total *lllll, Mild ail volu* w ho W mild deslie , siMtil with large game might do worse, ' than to seek it in a couiilrv *o near ' home, and so readily accessible; indeed ' a Helgisn gentleman of my acquaintance 1 resident iu London, ha* mal<- a rKatf there fur the la-t two vear*, ami wa*ex (rcim-h pleased with the ajtort afforded. W ihl boat at < especially nuuicmn*, and 1 shall HOW proceed to give some eXpe -1 rletiee* about it of *ome year* ago, the 1 scene of which, however, wa* not iu : i the Ardennes, though in a ri-t in Fratus- not very far from then-. Alsmi nine o'clock, one tlio- iiiorniug iu tlu- , month of i # tolter (tlu- l*-*t mouth In the I year for thi* Kind of dbi. .we foun.l ; utirse|\es ri-ling quietly -low o the a\ eniie ' of a certain chateau, which shall ta | iiumcle-s, iu the direclloit of the lorest, in company with our host and his friends : j and followed at a few varil# di>Um e by , ' some thirty couple# ot' houiidn iu coup les, on our wav to an en* -ah of wood, j i where the rolri ,/<- limit r had marked a i great, old Military, or, a* called In the; , language of French, *wiV, "n u the damp ground, ! and c-jM-clally v* thcd us to remark ami | I reinemt*-r the |n-culiariile of til# f<#it- I mark, in order that we might wum, in case any of the hound* took a "change'' , ii|*>u some other of the same kpecies, ! Six couple of the IM-t hoillol* were then j j detached UJHUI the track to attack tllc IM-XSI iu hi* harltor and force him to i break; and, a **>u as Ihey had caught ! the scent and gouc in, the r—t of the i |iack were uncoupled ami put on, and j then we all di*!ted after them into the j covert, which wa#, however, uncom fortably thick. lint the oht l*>ar wa-' j t*i savage to la- made to break, and, on arriving at hi* harbor, we found him protected, upott Id* flank- ami rear, by I an Impenetrable thicket of briars, from I which lit* bead and shoulder# protru ded, and the pack, in a seuil-* in ular crowd in front of him. making a tre i tueudou*row. TIOJ boar,every now and then, made a charge, arid had already | ripped a oouple of hound*, w hen our ar- i rival appeared to alter hi* delcriulna i tton, and he ton* through the brake with i . Ute liound after blm; however, the | thick news of the underwood, with the cloM- proximity of the pack *cened to disgust him, a* he could not mak<- his ' |ace sufficiently fast to get away from ; i the hounds, and therefore he made a , 1 j*>l tit for the nearest open, and from thence in the plain on the l*rder of j < the fore#t, where he soon iucrea#Hi hi# i J distance, a* it vv.-t# cut up on the verge j of the wood will* sundry thick and high hedge#, which the great weight ami! impetus of the hoar etisbled lorn to go through like |>a|wr, but retarded tsilh ' ; the riiler# and the hounds; but once | clear from this, the hounds hunted hitn , at view, and we nam jutlleil up the Ji tauce aiut went for about two miles at a tniw-t tremendous ia-e, all the ]-s>nl> working In the fields throw lug down 1 their Implements ami running up to - see the s|#>rt. Hut the first great eltorl* | the Itoar had made in the thick covert seemed to have taken a frt! deal out oj him, and so, turning to tin- north, ' where the verge of the for*-t Inclined! i toward* the open ground, he - soon i Under the protection of the covert, and j making a sharp double in the thick UU- i derwi**l, the hound* overran the neiis ' 1 and were at fault, but only for a mo ' meut, for one of the company coming up an ullee in the wood on our right, came upon the #h-t of tin) ohl s-litarv . i ami the |a-i k being w hip|#-*l on hi* track wercM*m off again: alter a short run i ' In our II-W direction th<- trees t*-gan to ' get thinner, then we came U|*m -mnr { ! -mall openings In the frci. and the i ground lu-gau to in* ome marshy, ami ' preweiiUy w aw the frliUer ol watTj through tlu- trees, tlur lost warm*! us to I*- c ireful, a we wight get our hor- i 1 !■-• Ilogged at any moment. ■> we went ; ' slow Iv, gut del hy the cry of only an odd hound heard irom time to time, un- I til sudd-iilv about a hiuniretl yr-l* in ' front a general C bun or burst frl I# from the entire pack, broken by a yell o near, a* three or four ap ' |M-arcdto have tiffer#t hv tln-lr atidac-1 ! Ity, and were bow ling lamentably on] i the ground In front ofhlnv. There wa* ! i no time to h- lo*t. *o the piipu-iirs di#- j mounted, togetiier witliour host, ami i | proceeded to whip off the more advoo- j i lurous of the pack, ami kuudd out I of the jiool and chargetl straight at the shooter, who never stirrecd upon om- side and fired hi* second Imrrel nearly into > the ear of the Isiar. and laid him dead on the ground. Hy thi* time nearly everyone WA* assembled on the spot, and the piquetir# sounded the "Ilallali" . on their horn*. They next proceeded to make what i* called the "fouall" of the Iwvar; that i#, to take out the en trails and garbage, with which the hounds wen- regaled. The huge tieaat wa* then sustM-nded hy hi* four feet to a stout pol p ' uecorated with garland# of foliage carried hy four stout ix-asants; and we all set forth In a sort of proces sion to return home, the piqiieura ex ecuting, from time to time, a lively fan fare on the "cor tie chasse." The only drawback to the day's sport was the number of casualties amongst the hounds, two of whom expired from the wound* inflleted on them by the enor mous tusks theohi solitary, anil thiee other# were seriously Injured. We were Informed that the solitary 1* more sav age, and usually shows more light than the ordinary Invar, but that the most dangerous of all to dogs and men Is an oh! sow with "marca*#lns. "or half grown pig*, a* #he give* most terrible bite*, whereas the laiar often misses hi* stroke with his tush, and can In- more L easily avoided, as he malic* blind and I furious rushes straight ahead. In Brittany, it may be mentioned that ft Is still thought tiie proper thing to slav the Invar at hay, with the eotlteau de chasse. Whilst he is occupied by the - hounds In front, the huntsman come# . up lH>hlnd with his arm ami hamstring* . him, and then, having thus rendered • him Incapable of charging, iilungcs the t coutcan ie cha#se Into hi* IMMIV behind i. tbc shoulder; hut I think thej-caxc few r people nowaday- who would like to L - tackle un ohl solitary iu that way. I i recollect myself, some years ago, at a ,• Ivour hunt in Brittany, a certain gcntle . man of my acquaintance wished to serve I the hoar with the rouleau de chasse, in s the good old style, out of bravado; hut, r as it was his first attempt, w itli dls t astrous, though ludicrous consequences, - as, when he made his stroke, he was u seen to fly Into the air to some three I yards distance; his hunting cap flew I one way, himself the other, hut the boar, - luckily tor him, made his second charge . at the hunting cap, and disappeared in to the depths of the forest, with the cap ap|ietidad to one of Id# tusk#, and nei ther limiting cap nor Ivoar wa* #ecu again that llav f hur i indefinitely. It faced hy an enemy Inca pable ol accomplishing equally lapld coin hi natlou*. I• in - it le> ,imc*ur #'ipreii|e military authorities should deiit of the / ~s*■ point# out that during Ihe i raticulierniau war, when the quick march pace of the trench infantry wa# only twenty-five and one-half inches, with a cadence of 110 to tin* minute, these armUv* alto gether failed to perforin either long <>i rapid marches. For iiiltuiire, when everything de|ieiiileeri meuted w itli during the recent Autumn man,envre* iu France, and, according to the opinion of many eminent autho rities. the benefit already gained hy the alteration i almost marreUftt*. Such, then, being the result of practical ex tverieitoe aero** the t hauuel, it cotne* to !*• aqoc-lioii whether the ordinary |vace of Hiitish infantry on the line of march i* the uio-t suitable to our tr<#ip. Com paring the prlnelpat armies of Euro|ie, we find the Herman with a stride ot ■II inches, and a cadence of 113 j to thi* latter jKfint that we would direct the attention of the military authorities. According t> our own ex|verieti-e. gaitn*! during marches In India ngeiegatiiig several thousand miles, a stmrl, jerkv |aee i inliuitely more tiring than a long, measured stride. fji the first regiment in which the writer had the liulfOT to M-rve. 'stepping out" vie the order of the day. and the men made nothing of rattling off tlvelr twelve or fifteen miles. But in lit* second etirjM a cramjwd, (lancing sort of gait had come into vogue, to the gr< at ilistn—* of every liuhvldua), officer or private, who j*i*- M -s<-d the ordinary length of leg. •if eonrc, thi* I# the main factor to l considered w 10-n dealing with the ques tion. the same length of jwes l-eilig clearly impmJblr for a regiment of duck* and a hatallinu of -lork*. Hut It having Is-en Just proved that French oldh-r*. who are notoriously slmrt h-gfrcd. i-jin step twenty-nine and a half iiichc* at a cadeuee of lift to tin- minute, (here -cent valid grounds lor lellevlng that something lietter than a |int might aid the authorities in dealing with the mat ter, we venture the alovo remark* In the hope of eliciting opinion irom thoac qnalitlcd to sjveak on the -nbj.ct.—l.e amarerl hy the detail.* of the scientific device*, liapjtily of a past age. planned for the cure of the unsound, (hie of these wa- to entice the sufferer to walk across a floor, which suddenly giving away, dropjred him into a liath, where he wa* half drowned. Anollr.-r mode of torture was to let the patients down a well, in which the water, made grarlually to ri', frightened them with the jiro*j*H-t of an awful death. Within the memory of men still living the patient* of Beth lehem Hospital, Bedlam,J chained to the w ull like wild l-a#L*, were show n to the public on certain day- of the week at a charge of twopence A visitor; and here were to lie found in their cells crouching on straw , women with noth ing but a blanket for clothing. Ueorge 111. in ITiVs w a# subjected to A U#elcs-Ty severe treatment. Is-ing constantly tor tured with the straight-waistcoat, and denied rhc aoelety of Ids wife and chil dren. He recovered a few week# alter the substitution of kimlues* for severity. A Parliamentary committee, which elicited the horrors of marl-house* In IfllS, struck the first blow against the system of mechanical restraint of the Insane, but It was not before the early year* of the |iresett reign that the old order of things finally yielded to the benevolent treatment set on fot by l>r*. e/lory," ami, a lew yeais inter, the publication of lilaekhiiru'a tht < which was In effect an attack on tfie stibsrrip floti of cretsls ami article*, excited a Itet feet roituietlioo, tlioogli by no means one of general hostility. The matter Was li| ought la-fol'C the |lol|se of f.'otll inoii* by means of a {N'tilloii tliawuup against the article* ami signed by Iftaj clergymen. The observation oftiihlmn concerning tiie Thirty-nine Articles, "whirls Ut'N C sultftcribe to llutti lead,ami more mad than understand," is familiar toe very bodv. But It Is not. |terhaj* f so widely known that Ihwy were de miuuced in equally vigorous, If le*a epigrammatic, language, bv per sou* eon sjdertni orthodox, in I'arliamcut ltelf, at the same epoch. Ko proml newt a uveiiilter as Mr. Dunning pm tiouneed litem "palpably lidietllotla-" Aliolhcl memln-r dcM't't I tt}l IlielU a strikingly absurd. "In my apprehen sion,"said laird tirtirgrtb-i mailt, "sotne of tlte Articles am int'oiiiprcbensible ami some self-coutnulkUtryand Mr lYilliatu Meroilith, while rtigtuali/ing thent with like distiiictneas, strove Ut aeeoont tor their almiirtllty by remind ing tlte liotiae that Itiey were framed w ben the spirit of free inquiry, whtfu iliteral am! eulatg>vd notion*, wem yet in their infancy/Vwtp/e Air. I ke opera t atfer Sapoleaa IK. Writing of the Paris tiraml Opera, a correspondent says; lxui* I'Mlipi*'* <<>rerntnriit restored the o]-ra to the Fine Arts Ministry, aud endeavored to jrie its managers fair plat—that I*. |tald tin-in their grants ami allowed tiiem to cany on tlieir aduiiuistraUon as they tliouglU ia-sl; but Xapolcnti 111., with ills proi*n|ty |o Imitate the proceed ing* of liis tliiele, decreed that the opera should be included anew aimmg de|art uw-iils of the ituiw-rial lion *r hold. and for some years the Academy of Music became a focus ofjob!lutinenta intirh as other ministers did Slate offices, In recompense for party services. Auy Seuator or Deputy who despatch**! him a winsome singer with a letter of recom mendation was sore to obtain an en gagement for his yfiAt-tf*, aud the run sequence w aa tiiat the opera soon had a company three or four time* greater than It required. Comely young ladies drew due salaries without ever singing; tenors and baritauaa Innumerable wen* hi the same case, having bvou iwwn mended by the young ladle- or their (silltical friends; and tlie orchestra was AIM with undlscfplitieil tiddlers, whom it wan impossible to punish or eveo re buke, lareaitse they plied their bow • licks under llie patronage of divers loyal gentlemen who voted straight at the Luxembourg or the Palais llourhon. NI long an i Until Walewski remained in otdoe no harm came of tills disorder, for the t ounl bad a tart all hi- own for al laiing the fiercest di-putes with a Utile joke and a compliment; but when he wan lUittsaM by that gruff old soldier. Marshal \ aillaitt. the iea*t jocular of men, titaopcra became wholly unman ag< able, ami the Emperor etideil it by impatiently rutting It adrift IVom bis lieuseliold and decreeing that it should l- governed again by tlie Fine Art* Ministers, who, however, ravlvwl in struction- to mnldle with the numigcr as little as jtosslhle. Kutsiaa and lormaa nitinns. There Is a custom, more or Jes- t scrvrsl, in Ku-ia, once a year, at Easter tide. After fasting the whole forty day of 1-ent, which the Kussian professes to do, he naturally halls with uo -inali amount of pleasure the day sneceeiling that abstemious period, and "goo* In" for a few mifiro. He get* up earlv In tlie morning, and, putting a colored egg in lil- jiockot and a pleasing smile on bis face, sallies forth, lie offers tlie egg to the tlrst pci sou he meets, who accept* it. and gives hlinanother in return, ami then the two exchange kiss,--; on tiiis day, the Kussian Is privileged to stop oxjt oae, ami offer liim or her the cx eliangv of an egg with the festal greet ing: ami so a young, good-looking fel low lias a go that two per-ons of the -Jim- M-X rarely happen to meet on such a day? It is the custom in liermaav for a man who is engaged to a girl to salute, upon making his adieu for the evening, the whole ei tin-family, Ix-glnning with the mother. Thus, in a family circle embracing halt a dor.cn girls, each having a lover, no h--- than forty-eight kimes would have to lie given on the oc casion of a uii its--1 meeting; and when we consider that each lover would give hi* own sweetheart ten times a* many kisses a* he gave her sisters, the grand total would ontuninher a hundred' llrfnnltms In tke Almssphrrr. A brief record of tlie studies of Mr. C. 11. ltlacklev on the connection tx'twecn the pollen of grasses and hay asthma Is given in the Quarterly Journal of Mu rfoCN>if rncr. The observations were eontinueu from April to the end of July. Ky mean* of a slip of glass coated with a non-dying iiipiid, ami ex posed horizontally. the quantity of |H)11OII grains present in the air of a meadow at the breathing level was daily estimated. The greatest number wa* obtained June 'it*, when Akt grains settled upon a swrfaee of a square centimeter in twcuty-lour hour*. Sudden dltnlint tlons in the quantity of pollen were oe rasinned by rain, together with a full iu the temperature. By the use of a kite strata or atmosphere were examined to the height of i ,000 feet. Pollen was found to lie much mors abundant in the upper levels than at the breathing level, the proportion being 111 to 1. Fungoid spore* were found in the air In large quantities. In one ex)>eriineiit tlie spores of n cryptogam were too numerous at I lie height of 1.000 leet to lie counted, but were reckoned at a rough estimate to lie not less than JO—lo,ooo to the square inch. By a series of experiments it was proved that these organisms travel considerable distances through the air. Mortality ami ftenally of Population. The British Registrar General has published his annual r-jtort of hirtlis, deaths, and causes of deaths, iu I/>udou and twenty other large cities, for the past year. Of these, London ap|x-nrs to Ix- the most healthy, the death-rate Ixdng only twenty-two jx-r tliou-itud, and the excess of hlrths over deaths 14,"XH. According to the showing of till* report the death rate advances in almost every ease as the density of (x>pu latiou Increases. Thus in lamdon there are 4ft persons to each acre of space; in Edinburgh, 47; in Manchester, H2; in Liverjxxd, 9H; in Glasgow, 100. The respective rates of mortality in the-sc places are given as follows iu this rc lort: liOndon,22; Edinhurgh,2S; Man chester, :t(>; Liverpool, 32; Glasgow, 31. NO. 50. torn* eoirs. "I *JiouUI kt*p Mm.'*— ! ! was very much struck with an answer! received the other day from a little hoy who was visit hi a me. fie had lieen playing it long while, and w* very tired. One of his playmates, I am sorry to say, was not a very good boy ; he did tort IHIIMI Ins mother, and sometime# ut lered words I do uot wish ever to heat from children's lips, hut he was a gen erous, merry kind or a Itoy for all that, and was quite a favorite. "I am afraid. Charlie,' r I said, "that Willie Ray is naughty: lie is a very trou blesome ehild. Sow if you were his; mother, what would yoa do with 111(0?" "1 should kerp htm!" answered Char lie, tooting up in my face fearlessly. "Would you keeps naught* •*>', I • hailie t I toes tie deserve bis mother* kindness V' "Yes. I should keep Into f said Char lie again, shotting bis lips liriuly to gctiier as if that was all he had to say. "Hut, Charlie/' t persisted, "do von think a naughty hoy like Willie flay ought to tie kept by a good kind mo ther T lie is disobedient and unruly MI every way." "Now, auntie," replied tfcc llule boy —"now auntie, do you think he no ald Is- good if bts mother did not keep htm f / should keep him and try to uiake him better." Here was hia answer. How many mothers art tipow little Charlie's reao lute reply, "I should keep him.*' "He is my Isiy , God gave him to me He may is- iiudutiful and disobedient souiet lines; IMII I k-iU Lerp htm -Work with Into and for him, may with him and for him, still hoping and never, quite despairing." Yes, children, the mntliot is the laal to give up her child; ibiough evil ami goouk report, IU time* of sickness I and sorrow and trial, and even in crime, she will shield, she will love . him. and pray tar him. and keep him ] always in her heart And doe* not the blessed Saviour j show the same patience sod love to us all, Hia children, for whom He diod f Dors He not wait "that they may bring forth fruit f He intercedes for na. send blessing* and merries and trial*, all to bring us back to Him. He will uot let us go until we prove wholly recreant. I-et us pray that, •* little t'haiiie said, "He will keep us/* and at last receive us into Hi* Heavenly habitations. // 1 roulJ omly IN my mother. —"lf I could only see ray mother P Again aud again was that yearning cry repeated— "lf I could only ace my mother!* The vessel rocked, nod the watiir*. chased by a fresh wind, played (Basi cally against tlie side of the ship. The sailor, a m-cornl mate, quite youthful, lav In his narrow lied, his eyes glaring, bis limbs attflening. bis breath tailing, i It w a* not pleasant to die thus, in thin shaking, plunging ship; bit he seemed not to mind bis bodily onmfort; his eyes looked far away, and ever aud anon broke forth that grieving cry— "lf 1 could only see my Brother J" 1 An old sailor rat by, the Bible in his hand, from which he had been read Uig. He bent above the young nan, and asked him why he was so anxious to see the mother lie had so w iitolly left "O! that's the reason," he cried in anguish; 'Tre nearly broken her heart .and I can't die in peace. She was a good mother to me—4l so good a mother! She bore every thing from her wild boy, aud ones she a*id. 'Hy son, w hen vou comb to die you will re member this.' 0! if 1 could only aee my toother P lie never saw his mother. lie died with lire yearning upon his lips, as many a one hs* died who slighted the mother who loved him. Boys* be good to rour mother*. gkifi Ike mniter tr itJ) fkis K/ory. A rite suite little buoy, ttie on of a grstc kernel, with a rough about bis neck, due np the rode swift as eb dear. After a thvwe. he had stopped, at a gnu house and wrong the belle. His low hurt hymn, and he knt-adml wrest. He was two tired too rare his fare pail face. A feint mown of pane rows front his li|-. The made who herd the belle was al>out to pair a pare, but she through it down and with awl her mite, four tier gne**ed would knot weight. Butt when she saw the little won. tier* stood in her eyes at the stte. Kw p
you guml. and your friends good. There is a Liad of an inspiration in every "good morning'" heartily and smilingly spfdtou- that hcllM to make hope tieaher aud work lighter. It seems, rsi/l# *-eitis tit make the morning good, and to 1m a proph ecy of a good day to come aftwr it. And if this lie true of the "good morn ings," it is so also of all kind, heart some greetings. They clteer the dis eotirnged. rest the tired one, and, somehow, make the whorls of life run more smoothly Bo liberal with theoi, then, and let no morning pass, how ever dark and gloomy It may be, that you will mu help at least to brighten by your smiles aud cheerful words. Keep to poor 1 ocofioa.—"l'tckle," said Tifk. the bull-terrier, to the pretty little Skye, "as long as you keep to > our tricks and winning playful ways you are charutiug ; hut when you come to the gate after me, putting in your shrill, sharp pipe, nttd spoiling my deep hoarse bark, you Urn* posi tively silly; excuse me, but true friends must be faithful." "Dick, dear," said Pickle. "tht re minds me ot something I have often thought of telling you ,- as long as yog keep to guarding tbe house, ami fright ening the beggars, ynu are highly re xpeetable ; but w lion yon tiry #o come sprawling on my ladv's lap. in imita tion of me, you have no idea how foo lish you look. Excuse me, but ooe good tttru deserves another, and'tfue friends tunst be faithfuL' " i Kent Internal It y. Sentimentality is an element of dis integration In every work ot' an Into w liirli It i permitted to enter. If the 1 txxk# of the Bible had not been free from it, they would not hate lasted till this day. No piece of sentimental writing has come down to us Iroiu the far (iast; and no work of literary or other art of our own day, |lO matter how wide its preaeut vogue, cau exist long if It has this poison In Its blood. It Is truth that lives, not falsehood. We may look with keen regret upon the fading away of reputation# dear to us; we ntnv deprecate the lessening acceptance, hotli w itli ourselves and others, of some con temporaneous hook which had a lesson for us—that once held us by a charm not altogether sentimental; but the law is inexorable. The instances which will OCcnrto the reader of works in which there is the sentimental quality, but which .-till have held their own quite well, and promise a longer life than is consistent with the foregoing remarks— these apparent exceptions may (Kwslbly prove the rule, for it may be iu spite of their sentimentality, ana by reason of other vital and overpowering qualities, that they retain the consideration of mankind. The (mison, then, is a mere surface matter —it has not entered the blood.— fr-rihuer for XortMhrx, gome uten noted for their means are also noted for their meanness. < FOOD FOR TIODOHT, Eternity-the endless chasm compos ing h# life of Cod f < .iw*ilMMs abonnoeof heat and heat* 1 ndlcate Ifhe qualities.-Emerson. Hone preaches if tier than the ant, and fte Iny* hotblhg,— Franklin. Sentiments of friendship which flow from the heart cannot be froxen In atl rerslty. U your wife la rood, kIM her for reward. If ahe hurt kiss her for ptin lahmant. There i dancer that Iba spell lug dis order will break wit aJI over the land with tlie. return of onld weather. He ian never speak wall that can nrwrheM Wttnnpte. He who can talk only on one *ubje<-t ie seldom wanted. Strauss composed his Ant wilts when he was seven y*%r* old. and his father iwjsed hi* ear* for fooling away hi* time. r *a ill deriding question* of truth and duty, retnemfiar that the wrong side ha* a crafty and powerful advocate In our own heart. A vslu watt can evr he altogether rude. In-lrou* as be 1* of pleasing, he fashions his manner* after those of others.—{ G'tth*. Cowardice atk*, is it safe? Expedi ency ask*, is It politic f Vanity asks, is It popular* but Conscience asks, is It right?— fsaskwi. KtwwUti husbands live up to the err: "The mpce you pound vptir wife the tuore she w ft! love yon a* soon as she gets over aching." ft i* sid lightning never strike* tw tee In the same plane, and a man who has been hit fairly by it once may rest tw ever after. The man who can kill a fly or mos quito at the first dap may well feel himself above *och preuv personage* a* the statesman and |g>litk-ian. Wit Is brushwood, judgment Umber; the one give* the greatest flame, ami the other yield* the most durable best; and both wonting make the best Are. Tlie stair of literature nourishes yon lit, entertain* oM age., adorn* pros perity, wda-e adversity. It Is delight- Inl at home and miobu-uoire ahroail. Ejltig jt trying to hide In a fog; If Ku move about, yon are in dauger of uipiijg your head against the truUi; a* anon a the fog blows up you are gone anyhow. Sow person- are capable of making gnat •< rim .•, but fear *r* rualilr of concealing bow in ncti the effort ha* cost them, and l l tbl concealment that eonwttittiw their value. Be always frank and true; spurn every sort of affectation and disguise. Have the eeurage to coat e#a vour igno rance aud awkwardness, Comlde your fault* and foilie* to but few. Madame Stoe] wrote on au album, reccntiy delivered: When two beiuga truly love each other', thay obey with out knowing, and that state of'mutual dependent* coin* Unto* the warmest and mildest of tyrannic*." A good test Tor gold or stiver is a piece of lunar caustic, fixed with a pointed stick of ooll her ehahw. sofa.-. and even tier carriage, stuffed with aromatic herbs- whisk dlt the air with an agree able, but not too |>owerful perfume. The fashion It derived from the East- ern nations, and prevails extensively < -vet ( oun*lderabh- part of Asia. The w hole number of locomotives in the world Is estimated at fifty thousand of which nearly fifteen thousand are in the United (hates. and nearly eleven thousand in tiros; Britain- Hie aggre gate horto power Is estimated at ten in 0 lions, auid all the engines in the United State* locomotive*, marine and stationary—are suppose! to foot up fburteen million* h6re-power. In matter# of great importance, and which must be done, there Is no surer argyipieMt of a weak mind than irreso lution. To be undetermined where the case Is so plain, and the necessity so urgent; to be always Intending to lead a wew tifr. but never to find time to art about it: this is as if a man should put off eating and drinking and sleeping from one day and uigbt to another, till he 1* tarv#M and destroyed. A very itigeniou- method of making Inlaid or mosaic work In the wood ha* Isteh been Introduced. Two contrast ing kind* of wutwi ■ say bird's-eye maple aud black walnut— -ire laid one on the other and confined between the cover*' <>f white wood or something *lm fhtr. The desired design is then cut through tins whole by a fine jig ssir."" hardly larger than a lwr*c-hair. The pari lli.it Is cht out of the light-colored vfiio-r it t Ital -ot luto tbe pla-e of the enrre- ponding part In the dark veneer, and vkx- versa, ami glued firmly upon the article to he ornamented, in the usual manner of veneering. Traveling is the interior of Brazil a pent lonian put up for a night at a farm house furnished in the primitive style of the country; but on the table in com pany with a long-tallow candle, were placed .1 handsome pair of plated snuf fers ami its stand, which the owners hffl newtnl as a preseut from Bio Janeiro. "What eottvenlences vou in vent In Bumpe!" saW the Brazilian to his guest. "Before I rereived tliis prose iiL I used, ou taking off the caudle -nuff, to throw it about the floor—jer chance on the bench where I was sit ting, or owrr mv clothe*: but now mark the difference-'* So saying, he pinched off tha long snuff between his thumb and finger, put it carefully into the snuffer®, ami held thctn up with a look of triumph • bis highly amused spec tator. , The banishment of lepers Is rigo rously carried ottt In the Sandwich island*. There was a recent official search for persons affected with the in curable malady. many having been se creted by their relatives. Hundreds were found and put itltu a vessel for traiis| H >ruUn.to the leper village, u> be kept there , ufttlt they die. Their famines gathered on the beach and ex pressed their grief in loud lamentations. A talented baU-breed, called Bill Rags dale, has long held a high place in the regajrd of Skndwhlch IsTanders. He is an orator of great natural power, a leader in tw district of Hillo and a man of notoriously bad morale. He discov ered that he was leprous, although the .indications were so slight that he had eeajvNl official not Ire, and at once gave hiimolf.upto the authorities. A pro ceasiou of uatiTg*, siuging and carry ing flu wars, escorted hiui pi the vessel wljlch was to jttnl the others to their livhtfc fjrttve*. lie made a speech to the adseffibly,/.urging sub mission to lite measures tor eradicating leprosy by, majunioeiit. and expressing his hatred of mftstuHme*. 'H)ne who gathers samphire—dread ful trade." Pewltnbwtn what Shaks l>eare refers. We And that this peril ous trade is still "exWsueively practiced iu the hde of Wight; itk ,a small suc culent plant, fbiiiidjn abundance in the hollow of the eliflV, ahu is much used throughout England as a*- pickle. The chief itulucaMnein IJJ coiieotors have to follow the risky calling Is, we are told, the hope Of at the *atij> tfme securing the*ggs and feather* of the various sea birds which build their nests on the ledges and in tho crevices of the cliffs, from tin* sale of whieff a gpod profit Is derived, Iu order fo get at either sam phire or eggs, the' men fasten a rope to an ire* liar, which they have driven firmly into the ground, and then plac ing themselves ou a rude seat formed of two pieces of wood placed one across the other, they lower themselves by means of a second rope down the face of the cliff. Thy practice seems to be extremely dangerous, and many per sons have lost tneir lives while engaged in it. Myriad® of elder ducks, gulls cormorants, I A r !i 1 ' ) u* ■ ■ H p* 1 C '■ m - ,rr * •(!