THE STRANGER'S GRAVE. H •!<*( within a nameless grave. Whore spring's luxuriant blossoms wire. For HiimmerV reign ia nigh. The solitude around hi* tomb la beautiful a* Eden's bloom Ere beauty learned to die. Her faireet and moat fragrant flower* Kind Mar in bright profusion ahoweni t T pon that lorely a|X)t Where the sick heart and wearv head Kent in their last dark, narrow bed Forgetting and forgot No drooping atoametw kneel beatde That lonely grave at even-tele. And bathe it wtth their tears , Hut oft the balmy dewa of night lave it in pity, when the light Of kindling atara appear*. No lore.l one* breathe the holv prayer. Hut natore'a (noanse fllla the air, And aeeka the dtatanl aky. Her artleaa hymn the eong-btrd atuga . The dreamy hum of insect wiuga . Are prayers that never die Chambers' J\mrn*l APPLE BLOSSOMS. From white ees-foem Tieaih summer akiee A lovelier heaven lu her eyes. The auuahine captive in her hair. Her body then the foam more fair. Taay aay laivo's mother did arise' Now frayrant aeaa of blossoms bright FKvsi all the hill* with wave* of white . And once arain has Beauty Inrth. Springing immortal from the earth. Mother of ever fresh delight 1 And wakened by the eweet eurpnas. In the still heaven of Ihuie eyaa - Of that immortal beauty born. And bright with rose-nuts of the mora— I see a batiy Love anae 1 The Owiszy Seeing Belter Days. The widow Minton had soon lietter day*. How far Iwck wasn't exactly certified; but she had aeon them. Bet ter days hitni: moldily about her. tike the defaced shred* of antiquated em broidery . The sturdy gossips of the sea-side village, who went about with their skirls tucked up and their bare brow n arms ready aud able for any work, looked askance at the widow Milium, with her pitiful meager lies* of aspect, her dickering black eye. ami her trail ing old gown, They uudged each other and said, "Better days—Lord save us!" But the widow did not trouble the neighbor* much, nor they her. A hodv who couldu't do a hearlsotne hand's stirring w as bo.t left alone to iter brood ing. and ihe w idovv's smoky little cabin, solitarily apart on the sea-shore, was left preltv much to herself aud her IH>V Tom. Tom was a sturvly, brown-faced lad. who picked up a living by doing odd johs for the boatmen, and now and then taking a day for fishing. Tom had probably never seen twiter days. The widow shook her head over him—so stupidly coutent, |oor Tom! v> beaming aud good-natured over and hopelessness. A tall, well-grown fel low, with bare feet, a lorn straw bat, and a red shirt. Tom took the work! easily, looking with reverent eyes on his mother's by-gone gentility, but by uo means seeming to covet it for him self. The widow deemed it due to her past respectability to be seen at church of a Sunday evening, and you could *cc the two walking at twilight along the sand together, she with her clean pocket handkerchief folded over her old hjtun book and a certain doubtful hesitancy of gait, as if heaven itselt might be looking down critically on her shabby black gown and rusty bonnet. A for Tom, patient Tom, he went plodding slowly after her, with his smiling face, whistling to hints- If as he went. Al ways patient, always plodding, poor Tom! Patiently falling asleep during the Sfrtnon, and patiently listening, open mouthed, to the closing hymn, his careless, bright face, contrasting so oddly with his mother's querulous and tear-worn visage, woo for him the sou briquet of Widow Minton'* rainbow. The miuister of the parish, mistaken soul, deemed it incumbent to make a call on the widow; and, on charity bent, it is said he unwarily offered to employ her services iu his household for a season. He deemed it his duty to rouse the old woman to activity. He did rouse her; and it is averred that he never found time to call at the cabin again. Did he take her for a common household drudge, or a low born field band? She thanked God she had too much spirit left yet to put her self under anybody's teet. He hadn't far to go to find scores of drudges and diggers, but he might go further before he knew a lady w hen he saw her. It might have been the afternoon after the good man's visit that the widow sat idly orooding at her cabin door. Her eyes had a wandering, far-away look, and her face was keener and thinner than ever. Beyond the blufl" which sheltered her cabin, stretched a far line of sea-coast, the white sand gleaming silvery in the sun. Far off a group of bathers, In bright dresses, frolicked between shore and water. They came from the great hotel down beyond; she could almost catch the sound of their voices as she sat slowly rocking in her doorway. It was a quiet afternoon; the air was soft and soothing, and the widow's heart so full of bitterness, felt itself sweeten and soften in the still ness. This part of the shore, sheltered by iu overhanging rock. Was seldom disturbed by intruders, but presently tbe watcher's eye caught sight of a young girl splashing and frolicking in the water Just beyond the rocks. It was a pretty sight, the rounded arms, the curving shoulder*, the swaying, float ing figure. And perhaps the old wo man recalled with a sigh the time w lien she was young and blithe too, and had as cheery a voice as that with which the fair swimmer hailed her companion* In the distance. Gazing absently on the smiling scene a reverie fell upon her, and when she looked again, the young water-nymph had disappeared. She had probablv swuni ashore behind the rock*. "Hie widow turned away, hugged her thin shawl over her shoulders, and thought that the sea-wind was chiily. Hark! What was that? Surely she heard a cry. No merry shout or ringing laugh this; it might be the cry of a wild bird on its way to its mate. She couldn't have got beyond her depth, that young creature, surely! But, la! what of it if she had? Dying young, a body gets quit of a deal of trouble. And—Yes, surely, that was a scream. The widow looked sharply out. Would Tom never come? The tide was rising, and—ami something certainly was the matter. She called— she beckoned frantically to the bathers beyond—they seemed both blind and deaf. No one, not one soul, at hand, and that young thing in peril of life! A minute she stood still, listening—a fee ble old woman with a haggard, scared face, to whom no one would hare dreamed of looking for help. "I can't stand this," she said, "Seems 1 might pull out that old scow myself. Tom !" she screamed, with a yell that held the concentrated energy of ten years. But no Torn appeared. And it was the widow herself, with those with ered old hands that disdained the min ister's kitchen-work—it was the widow herself, who, straining, tugging, and with her gray hair fluttering in the wind, unloosed the old dug-out from its moorings, and trembling, unskilful, armed with a rude paddle, went spin ning out dizzily over the water. It leaked, the old scow; it scorned Un broken paddle and the heavy oars, but finally it came drifting out blindly and dizzily to the object of her search. A plump hand, with a glittering ring upon it, clutched the edge of the boat, nearly oversetting it. A young, eager face, with streaming hair, looked up from the water, and gasping, shudder ing, half drowned, and wholly scared, the young water-nymph was presently aboard the old craft. "Oh, how frightened I was!" she cried. "I felt sure I was losing all my strength, and would go to the bottom. Oh, you good soul I you dear soul! how ever did you get to me in this water logged craft?" "It has seen its best days, certain," said the widow, tugging at the oars. FRED. KURTZ, Editor and Proprietoi vol, l\. "You don't look hlc for such work," said the girl. "I Aitee seen lietter days," was the quiet answer. And then—oh, *u the lent rew *rl of all her effortsS—this real lady, this fair young girl with the -oil hands and the pretty bathing dress, actually replied, "I thought so." "Here, give me an oar," she added, still panting, "lint, my dear soul, we'll never In' alile to row down to thai point, w here I left my clothes, and I can't walk to the hotel; I'm aw tilth tired. I an't you put me ashore at your place, ami -cud word for me down venderf" I'he little dark eabiti on the shore brightened up with an unwonted luster a* the widow sheltered her young charge, and changed her wet garments for some off her ow u. "It my Coin would only coute, I'd send him for vour things." "Oh, no matter! I'll wrap your .-haw 1 about me anil w aik tlow u tn> self after I've rested * bit. I'm not hurt, vou know, only scared. IK-ar ue, how Ikm * scareii! My old nurse used to teach me not to scream! but If 1 hadn't screamed, w here should 1 have been now, 1 wonder?" Mr-. Million would gladly have parted w irh the la-t shred she possessed, and gone shivering the rest of her day -. to sec her WOTII-oUI gown donned so baud acutely hv tlie bright lassie. "They have seen better days, the clothe*, mi**, and I'll not deny that they've la-en in good company iu their time; hut tliey 're not fit for a ladv now ." Her companion laughed, a prvuy, mischievous laugh. She read the weak ness of her rescuer, and tr*-atevl it ten derlv. "Whatever a lady has worn i* fit for a lady to wear," she said ami forthwith vvrapjied herself, stuillug. in the old gray shawl. And at that moment Tom, with hi red shirt gleaming iu the setting sun, and a string of fi-h ou his shoulder, stood in the doorway. He stormed when he saw the guest standing upon tlie hearth-stone, a bright tire behind her, ami the kettle boiling cheerily. She nodded to him familiarly. Tom thought he mut be dreaming. "Tom and 1 are acquainted," said she. "Are you?" respouded tho astonished widow. "Yes," said the girl. "I've watched Tom many a time walking along shore with his red shirt, and once he took nie aud father out rowing. Tom. your mother saved niv life." "Saved your life!" echoed Torn, who never in all his life had heard of his mother's doing anything before. Tom. stupid and staring, wa* hurried off iu search of the mi-sing garment*. And meanwhile his mother betook her self to making a cup of tea for her pro tege. It was wonderful how a littie warmth of human feeling had roused this woman to life and activity again. When Tom returned, laden with va rious articles of apparel, the two were quietly sipping their tea together at the old round table. He did not return alone, however. Following him came a tall gray-headed gentleman. "Here's father!" cried the girl springing forward. "Oh, father, this good lady ha* saved my life!" Ladv! The widow Mintoit wanted to kiss the beautiful rosy lip* that pro nounced the words. "Well, ray dear," said the old gen tleman. good-humored ly pinching the plump cheek, "she ha* done it very thoroughly. You certainly don't look very near death just now " Whereat the story, with due enlarge ment and variation, was told him with a pretty pout. The father smiled, hut also he fur tively wiped away a tear. "Well, madam," said lie courteously, "accept inv cordial thank- for looking after my little tuadcap Belle. She's my only child, you see, and a- full of prank* a* any dozen." Belle playfully put her baud over her mouth, "I won't tiave my character traduced where they've been so good to me," she cried. "And oh, father, isn't this a beautiful place—such a view of the water! I mean to come down here every day and do my sketching." "I'm afraid," -aid the sire, shaking hi* head, "that this gn>d lady w ill have cause to wish she had thrown yon over board." "Oil, no, father; she likes me ami I like tier. And I've fallen in love with Torn long ago, vou know." Tom blushed painfully. Something strange and new stirred in his mind. Campiiuients did not sweeten his thoughts as they did his mother's, for Tom had never seen better days, and felt as If he were being made a jest of. A week passed, during which the young girl strolled almost daily to the cabin. When she was there Tom sel dom entered the house. He had grown shy and sulky; he sat on the shore darkly brooding, or went off silently to his fishing. One morning Belle and her father de parted. Belle kissed the withered cheek of her filend, and that was all. For when mention had been made of helping her substantially, the widow bud drawn herself sharply up, all the lady shining in her eye. "I may have seen my best days," she said, "hut 1 haven't come down to that yet. And if 1 needed any reward, I've had It now," she added, as she felt the soft blood mantling in the cheek that Belle had kissed. I/ong after the two had left, Tom went about with a cloud on his face, and in his ears were ringing tho-a* mocking words; "I'm in love with Tom." A disgust for his fishing life ami for himself and for all their miser able surroundings of |ioverty filled the ladV heart with an unwonted bitterness. "Mother," said lie one day, a* he sat darkly brooding over the hearth, "you said you were a born lady; why didn't you make a gentleman of me?" "1 hadn't any money left when you came," said the widow briefly. "Then it's money that makes jieople gentlemen and ladies?" "1 don't know," said the widow, puzzled; "they somehow mostly have One day Turn came and told her he was going to sea. There had been a man down looking for hands, and he had taken Torn gladly, for Tom was a hand)* fellow at almost any kind of sea craft, and would wain make a good sea man. "And you must just bide here pa tiently till I come hack, mother; for if thefe's better days anywhere, 1 shall bring 'em with me, tola* sure." After that the sea l(M,ked bluer and colder than ever, and the solitary wo man lived a sort of hermit's life. No cheery voice of gossiping neighlior lightened the dreary cabin, no children prattled about her; and only Belle, the bright, blithe-hearted lassie, seemed to remember to cheer Iter with u letter now and then. Belle was away now visiting some distant friends, hut in her kindly heart she kept a corner, it seemed, for the poor old woman who had saved her life. Three years—four—passed away, and daily of a summer afternoon you might have seen the widow sitting in her doorway, eager and hollow-eyed, look ing out for some jMissihle ship that might be Tom's. Tom was not a good correspondent, but occasionally up at the little Post-office a wandering epistle waited her trembling hand. She was growing very old and feeble now ; but Tom was getting up in the world, Tom was first mate of his ship, Torn was a success, Tom was a gentleman, and oh, above all things, Tom was coming home! Not every one watches In vain, though we may not always be looking in the right direction. It was so with the THE CENTRE REPORTER, widow. A* sill* vit Ollt) tin) Wit It *ll alii l'>£ *y* gazing on far-off iin-lit sails. Slid seeing how MUIIC ol IhiMll hovon'.l nearer mitl nearer, and Mime, .tin*! look 'wiiii; farther and farther away, the doorway darkened -uddeuh ; there came ru-hlng upon her, a* It' drop|H-d from |h clouds, n |iluui|i. lUrk-eyed, ro-y -cheeked lady, who flung herself into Iho arm- of the watcliei with a cry i of joy. "Rli, mother!" she exclaimed, half sobbing, hall laughing -"oh, mother! don't you know me? IVliy, I'm Tom's wife, and I've brought the captain with me!" "Mother," said t'aptaiu Tom, that night, "you've seen Iteller days, per | baps, but 1 never have." "For didn't I tell you," said Mrs. Tom, archly, "that 1 was in love with I Tom ? Aud father ow us half his shin, you know ; so if font's captain, I'm second mate, you see. And we're going to take you away to w here tee found our : better liavs." l*raHlll ol Itsllrt Oenrlu* The decline of the tiallct is an mi - questionable fact, til cause of which we can not prctcml to fathom. Judging however, from some revela tion* made by l>r. Schultz, an Austrian phvsiciau. we sliould ho inclined to at tribute it to the circumstance that the greater the attaitiuients of the danseuse the more irksome Iteeoine* a t'eltaitl li ability attending the profession. Tina diawhack consists of a (eculiar cramp to which all other crauips are jokes. ltlfi(inaiu the soles of tmth feet, lu creaaiug tu intensity till the whole i body IS implicated >u the contraction, atul palpitatiouof (he heart is pioduct-d. ending in iuseusihilty. l>r. Schulu ha ving discovered tins malady—or, at any rale, the extreme form of it- occurred : —ouly in the case of the l>ei dancers, those Intrusted with the performance jof the j*u csi, hunted it thruugh ail i ; the most complicated movements 1 known to th profession, and at last | found a sufficient cause for its appeal - auee in that lieautiful step now so ! rarely seen, to execute which tiie dan i cer poise* herself on the eitreuie jmiut ) of her ihiiuumre. This step, any a Dr. ■ Schultz. telling tales out of school, cannot, iudeed, be produced without the help of shoes made expressly for ; the purpose, strengthened at the tip j aud turmished with a support ranniug j up the inner side of the toe, on which : the whole weight of the IHHIV rests. The ; doctor adds that he was able, by the employment of electricity, to overcome the more serious results of the- "dan- I j cer's cramp." but could devise uo I I means of reuioviug the muscular pains which render what looks like fairy pas- i time some of the hardest aud most harassing work to which the human; frame is subjected. Canine t hruulrlrt A Manchester market-roan undertook j to fool "Horace Greeley," a watch dog . of the L'titled State.- and Canada Kx- j press Company, in Manchester, last j week, by taking his dime am! neglect- | ing to give limi some meat. Horace evl- , dently didn't understand why hisgoods j were not forthcoming, l>ut waited pa- ; tienily, keeping a sharp eye on the young uiau alt the while and following his every movement. After a few min- j Ulr- sjieut in this way lie began to com j prebend, aud decided to play a little j joke in return. So he coolly walked up , to tlie bench, seized a <|tiarter of lamb, | and waltzed away with indignation and j triumph depicted in every wag of lil j tail, while the practical joker was left 1 to reflect sadly upon the uncertainty of • all things human and canine. A gentleman on a visit to Scotland j came across some men who were wash ing aheep. Close to the water trtierr j the operation was being carried on wa a -until pen, in which a detatchiueul of i ten sheep were placed handy to the i men for washing. While watching the j performance his attention was called j to a sheep dog lying down close by, This auiiuaJ, oil the pen becoming j nearly empty, without* word from any '< one, started off for the main boriv of ■ the flock and brought back ten of their j number, ami drove them into the empty washing pens. The fact of the tiring- j ing exactly the same number of sheep I as had vacated it lie looked upon at tirst j as a strange coincidence, a chance. But ! lie continued looking on. and, much to i his surprise, as soon as the men had | reduced the numt>er to three sheep, the dog started off again and brought luo-k ten more; and so he con tinned through out the afternoon, never bringing one j more nor less, and always going for a fresh lot when only three were left in • tlie pen, evidently being aware thai j during the time the la-t three welt: ms-Ii j ing he would be able to bring up a i fresh dcntchuient.—{ Land and W\itrr. The tirnuna Woman's Pride of Hlrfh. It lias somewhere been rashly asser ted by some one that every woman not boru an Knglishwoman,could she have had a choice in the matter, would have chosen to be so born. No greater error could lie made as regards the German woman. She, taking her all round, is absolutely contented with her lot. and supremely disregardful of the estate of other women. The day of small things not only suffices for her, luit is to her as a crown of glory ; she dispiwes the frivolity of the French, the fiecdomuf the English, the fearless strides and absolute independence of the Ameiicau woman. Do not believe that you will Is* able to sit long in the seat of the scornful; you will have to come down Mid go out. for towering high alMive you, on her pedestal of home-liaked virtues, and looking down ti|>on your ornameotalness and useleaaneas with the fear and dislike virtue assumes in ga/.ing upon vice, stands the traditional Hnunfrau. That she should have anything to learn of her neighbors [outside the Fatherland ] is impossible; there is only one country in the world, and that is Germany ; there is only one woman, and that is the German woman. In the face of such convictions as these, it would IM* darinir to hint at the state of mind that has IM-CII characterized as a mean satisfaction with a mean posi tion. The "coming" woman, as yet, casts no shadow across the dead level of German home life. The "platform woman" and the "medical woman" are still only known by evil report ; U-ings that cause the virtuous matron todraw her imaginary skirts shudileriugly around her ample form, and to pass by, with mentally averted eyes, on the other side.— Frasfr't Mtmnzine. The Mfn tbe London /* nip I'tliyraph aays ; Tlie chief feature of tbe entertainment pre pare,l at this return call was an ele phant fight, tor w hlcli sort of exhibi tion the Court ot Itaroda, has alwavs been (anions. Native Indian I'rinces have, iudeed, a remarkable passion for such display*, hill Khillldcrao aud Ill sue,essor, the laic Guioowar, were par tlcularlv devote,! to tiie dubious amuse ment ut' w atcliiiig the contests of ani mals, so (bat at liiiv-la there lias *l - * Ihh-ii kept up a large supply ot elephants, rhinoceroses, buffaloes ,Ugrrs rams, and camels, trained to tight for the pleasure of tiie court, i'ombats •till more cruet, such as the shocking muAAi matches—w herein naked athletes tore each other to pieces with iron claws title,l U|H>II the palm—used to disgrace the leisure of tlie Guicowars; but we trust that such sights are now abolished there. The savage struggles of Iwats, starved or excited Into feroc : Ity, are bad enough, lu all conscience, j to witness; but these are so very com mon at Indian entertainments that, ' like a hull-light in Spain, one sees them once or twice as part of the fashion of j the country. Nor, to tell the truth, is • there wanting an elemeiilofexcitement j in watching the tiger and buflalo hull . mamcuvrr agaiu-t each other, salwriike ; horn against dagger like tooth; or two well-fed rains come thundering brow I against brow with a -h.s k that rattles I far and near. The Prince was Intro-| I ducevi to certain of these comhats, and j saw , ts-sides the curious duel of rhilioc- I erissses, w here, despite their unwieldy hulk and awkward weapons, there is really almo-t as much science displayed ; as Captain Burton has elaborated in his recent wonderful treatise on a sword- | play, w Ith ail its deadly mysteries of j mouiliiet and the like. These cunning j behemoths fence aud feint to get the a,L vantage of the telling thrust under tlie J jaw with their horn, aud over aud over I again they will close, aud press, and 1 butt one another tiackwards and for wards iu clouds of du-t, -uorting and grunting ami champing foam, while , the attendants rrfr,ili them with copi- j 011, chatties of water, neither obtaining , the fatal opportunity. By-aud-by ■ one j of tlie two oinitiatauts grows weary, 1 allow ing his monstrous jowls to be ! thrust shlewav aor upwards; ami im mediately with ntarvelou- ,elerity the •mx-e*sful ta-ast drives his armed snout ; under the jaw of his adversary, produc ing a wound which is acknowledge,!; with a frightful aquesl and an Inglori-1 ous retreat ou the part of the vanquishes! 1 monster. For the elephant fight proper the contending pair- are carefully trained an.l prepared tiefnrehatid with stimula ting lo.nl and drug*, and advantage is | alw taken of that periodical fretiav dis played In the male elephant which 1* known a* must. At such a time of natural excttenirut the elephant lie iximes fierce and formidable even to hi* keeper, and only to lead twosuch t>ea*U forth into the arena and ahow thetu for a manic til llie waving trunk of the dis tant female, pro.lu.Hw a degree of pug nacity which want* little additional encouragement. It was one of the favor ite pleasure* of the unfeeling Roman populace to watch elephant fight* in the amphitheatre. Auguatua who gave the people 430 (anther*, and hunpey who let loose 000 liona Into the arena, w ere thought to I* outdone bv Trajan w hen he produced twenty elephant* in a *tate of must, and pitted them In deatliy combat against AOOGetullaucap tives. That wa* one elephant to thirty men, nor would the edda aeeui di*pn>- portiouate to those who have witnessed the Indian huttl in hi* w rath, trurapet- Ing hla*t* of rage and defiance from hla uplifted trunk, *traigtiteulng hia tall, dropping his great under-hung lip to give fair play in hia ivory twyonet* and hla little eyes glaring ail the w idle like fireball* "from the shadow of the hup* ear a. Yet there are mahoula who w ill sit on their deck* and push In the thickest of the fight brute# a* mad even a* this—digging at their nape, this side and that with the anku* or hook, though hardly more secure than would I** the captains of two iron-ciadt com ing inb> collision, with their #0 ton cannon discharging. If they perched themselves upon the bowsprit ends. Rut only the lieat trained animal* would lie tru*t.-d thus to respect man amid their wildest rage; ordinary fight ing elephant* cannot be ridden to the combat; the mahout* excite aud cheer them, and then s.ip off before the en counter begins. V, hen it due* begin, such a* can look with pleasure on these things behold a colossal duello. The enormous creatures charge like moun tain* rolling together, their tusks clash an.l clatter, their huge feel delve chasm* in the dust and •. alter It In clouds, and I hey rear up on their hind leg* aud wrestle for mastery with an agility a* astonishing a* is their senaeleaa fury. The trunk, ear, and fiank are the weak place*a* the wlaebeast know* ; ami what with each keeping Ids own clear and seeking to setae that of his opponent so that he may force him aside and drive an ivory swonl-tip under the elMtw or hock, or wring off Id* leathern ear, one ami the other pr*busols fly about bv get her In the air like arms of an Infu riated windmill. Shrill signals of fear or rage, of victory or defeat accompany thc rounds, for die wrathful elephant blows his own battle music continually and screams with tremendous anxiety when lie is getting the worst of |{. Presently some advantage Is gained, nn.i a blow or dig which would annihi late anything but leviathan I* dealt, whereupon, ordinarily, the sagacious brute who has fo.tght In vain knows that he is defeated, and quite decline* to stand up to any needless punishment, lie turns tail and trots off, ungainly an.l discomfited, covered with dust anil blood, and pursued a little while by the victor, who soon, however, is con tent to truni|>et out an insulting blast and arrange the arena for another foe. it wants considerable skill at such a moment to slip the foot-ropes on the triumphant monster and get liitn out of the way; but this is managed by the adroit mahouts, either by cunning ajv proache* or by bringing in a couple of females. Sometime* a weak elephant is fore.nl to the earth ami gor.nl or stain(M-.i so that lie dies, but generally they "live to fight another day," pro vided that the tusks have not been fitted with steel ixiiiit* whlbh I* occa sionally practised. Orrm I'orlnnM. Recent events in this country call to mind the fact tiiat in JH72 there appeared in ttie I/ondon .Spectator a lift of almost every one who had died in England t>e tween 1802 and 1872 leaving a jiersonal pro|rty over twelve hundred hikl fifty thousand dollara. It appeared by thia that ten persona had died within the decade in Oreat Britain leaving more than a million sterling, fifty-three leav ing more than a half million, and a hundred and sixty-one leaving more, than a quarter of a million. These ra tirnaU'R, he it itorne in tnlnd, referred OlllV to personal property, and in no rot* included real estate. It may lie added that in appraising for probate duty the estimate Is very low. The Hat contained only the following jteers and peeresaes, much of whose por sonalty was In pictures, plate, ami costly furniture: The Marquis of Lansdowne, revenue principally drawn from Ire land, where he did not reside, £3110,000; the Duke of Cleveland, revenue draw n from great English estates, £800.000: 1 hike of Newcastle, £200,000; Duke of Northumberland, vast estates and col lieries, £.100,000; Marchioness of Lon donderry, principally collieries. £4ergaveiiiiy, real estate, clergy man of retired ami saving habits, CJuo.uoo, Karl of h'ormaunui, •on of an Irish Arvhhlaiiop, much of tlie money orlginallv came from the Irish Church, A'7oU,doo; Lord Aslihur ton, .Baring,) X'i6n,OUo; laird la-oon- Iteld, Immense real ealale In Knglalid ami Ireland, x'J'si.tso , Marquis of Weat lUluster, greatest landlord iu IAMIIIOII, XMUi.IHMI; laird Foley, money chiefly derived from sale of family estates to laird Dudley for XinrO.OOO. AttO.UOU; laird Ierby, real estate which through rise of property around Liverpool lias become worth X.T50.000 a year; Ixird ilotham, a twnuriou* bachelor, with great Yorksliire estates, XftOO.OOO; Mar quis of Hertford, income of X'JUU.OIiO a year, from real estate, England and Ireland, always resided in I'aris, abai-h --elor,.Xhuo,UlMi; Karl of Isiuadale, owned great part of Cumberland aud Weat more land, • bachelor, XTUO.UUO; Duke of Bedford, immense mineral and lau ded estate, a hypochondriac bachelor, XtJOO.OOO. in personally, Uierefore, Uie (leeragr ; has leas than ten per cent, of Uie wh as fatal as raking was with the old wooden vaaael, ami frequently more so, because being rammed by a power ful Iron-clad will simply mean annihi lation. Our magnificent and costly ship*. If Improperly handled, mav fall to sudden ruin under the well-delfvered blow of a puny enemy. 1 have long held the opinion that all fighting ships should be fitted with a system of tem porary fenders, In order to deaden the blow of an antagonist. Some future genius will carry this suggestion Into effect, and Its influence will be as ben eficial to his ship as the fakes of the chain-cable were to the sides of the Kearsarge In her action with the Ala bama, the shells from the guns of the latter vessel failing to penetrate the rudely-Improvised cuirass of her an tagonist. It was one of those simple contrivances which mark the man of original thought, and douhtiesa had a great Influence on the result of the action, If it did not w holly decide It.— Fritter*'* May at in*. How Mnrta Is Eat. In order to keep the system In good order, food should be Judiciously con sumed. The harder a man works the more nutriment he requires,—While a working man would need dally five pound* of solid, mixed food, two and a half would be enough for persons who lounge and sleep much. Life can be sustained two or three weeks on two ounces a day. A change of diet should follow a change of seasons—ln winter, fats and sweets; in summer, fish, and lighter meats. Milk and eggs, a blood food; steak, a flesh food; potatoes and w lie at, which being heatod material, are fuel; and coffee a stimulant. It Is Im portant that the workman should eat mixed food, which, partaken of at regu lar seasons, stimulates tba system and keeps it In working order. )AY, JANVAKY 20, IS7<>. s.lrlt er Sysrslsllss la former fltue* It Is the element of chance— the gam bling fibre In the trutler- -which lends to financial s|ieeula(|ima an invincible attraction, lu tiie Middle Ages It was \ uuiioccessajy to step beyond legitimate j trade to enjoy all the emotions of tlie gamester. I'here was plenty of excite ment in Ihe ordinary eoursr of liuslneas. Every venture was a d,*|ierate ,-*ai. It was long odds against the arrival of any cargo anywhere. If Ills* was unsafe, property in transit was worth very lit - , tie indeed On leaving the liartmr of j Constantinople or Trel.izond the argo- I sles bad not very far to travel to Venice, ; Genoa or Marseilles; but the vessels | were crazy, the mariners of the true Mediterranean breed, and the sea was : thick with pirates of all sorts aud na tional tlt*a. lu the laud Journey across the < outiiieut almost equal dangers were eucouuU-red. Emperors aud kings, dukeaaud princes taxed aud tolled with out mercy, and lesser |Mitoulatos eke,l out their mors slender rights by the strong hand, and either plundered mer chants outright or levied liravy black mail ou thciu. Added to these forseen dangers were tlie chances of war break ing out suddenly and stopping o|iera lloiis altogether ; of tbe imposition of embargoes to prevent the wan-itjf of certain com m, all ties, and tlie plunder of authorised and unautliori/ed Taking all these risks together the won- der is not that commerce was restricted, but that any existed at all; and the fact (hat bales of sweet almomls, I una of ; Bordeaux wine, and silks from the far i j East reached this country, reflc-ts lot ! wieuse credit upon the enterprise of the i I commercial world of that day. The ! : profits of Uie olden Uui must hsve been j enormous to cover the risk, and proba bly this wide margin of profit explains ' Uie Immense fortune* realized by | Jai-ques Cfieur. the Kuggers, and the ; great lamtlios of Venice and Genoa. A voyage was, as it was called, a "ven ture, which would make elUier "men 1 or mice" of the adventurers. During the speculative and exciUug times, Uie Invention of hills of exchaug-- and lite . establishment of the two great hank#— j that of fit. George, at lienoa, and the Bank of Amsterdam—had, to a certain degree, spoiled brigandage as a regular , profession, by rendering the frrqtu-ul transfer of bard cash lea* uecewaar) , but, , by the Introduction of pa|w>r money, ; provided a great opportunity for tlie daring spirits of the future. The great batiks of Genoa and Amsterdam were founded on the confidence of merchants ! in each other, and their dread of other members of the community. The hanks of England aud of France were called Into existence by the wants of the Gov ernment, and In the latter case supplied an extraordinary medium for *!ecula- II on.—AH tin Ynsr Rottmd. Marvel* ml lalMr Think of the sown, of the earth, and of the eolar light and beat—was ever such necromancy dreamt of a* the pro duction of that massive trunk, the sway ing boughs and whispering leave# from the interaction of those throe factors? In this interaction, moreover, consists what we call life. Consider it for a moment. There la an experiment, first made by Wheatstone, where the music of a piano la transferred from it* sound hard, through a thin woodeu rod, acroaa several aileni room* in succession, and poured out at a distance from the in strument. The strings of the piano vibrate, not aingly. but ten at a lime. Every string subdivide*, vieiding not one note, but a duten. All these vibra tions and aubvlbrations are crowded to gether Into a bit of deal not more than a quarter of a square Inch in sections. Yet no note Is lost. Each Tibration assert* lis Individual rights, and all are. at la*t. shaken forth Into the air by a second sound-board, against which the distant end of the rod presses. Thought ends In amusement when It seek* to realise the motion* of that rod as the music flow* through It. 1 turn to my tree and observe it* root*, its trunk. It* branches and Its leaves. As the rod conveys the mualc, and yields it up to the distant air, so does the trunk couvey the matter and the motion—the shock* and pulse* and other vital action*— which eventually emerge in the um hrageoai foliage of the tree. 1 went some time ago through the greeti-himae of a friend. He bad ferns Irora Ceylon, the branches of which were in wmr cases not much thicker than an ordtnaiy pin—hard, smooth and cylindrical— often leafless for a foot or more. But at the end of every one of tliem the un sightly twig unlocked the exuberant beauty hidden within It and broke forth into a mas* of fronds, almost large enough to fill the arms. We stand here upon a higher level of the wonderful; we are consrioua of a music subtler than that of the piano, passing unheard through these tinv boughs, and issuing In what Mr. Martineau would opulently call the "clustered magnificence" of the leaves. Doe* It lessen my smsxeuient to know that every cluster and every leaf—their form and texture —lie, like the music In the rod, in the molecular structure of those apparently Insignifi cant stem*?— Prof. Timdall. Bllllwgsgaf# Tfc# Urewt t l*h Market •f L**d*n. The Fishmongers" Company—despite the heavy fines occasionally inflicted on iu members—became a power In the cltv, and after various free-fight* with other companies—notably the Skinner* —took up It* |io*ition after the great companies of the Goldsmiths. Grocers, and Draper*. William Walworth, who was Mayor in 1370, aud knocked Wat Tyler on the head, was a member of the Fishmongers' Company, a* was l.ovekin, four times Lord Mayor of loudon. It would seem that the flh trade, like the coal trade of our own day, gradu ally worked down stream, till It drifted below the bridge, and Billingsgate, long a port of departure for Grsveaend and other places down stream, hy degree* merged Into a fish market. A large portion of Its early business was com posed of river tish, salmon and smelts being taken in Immense numbers a* high up the river as Wandsworth; but for all that, the most convenient snot, Immediately below old Ixuidon Bridge was selected by popular consent as the proper site of a fish market. In 1009 Billingsgate w as made a free market for the sale of fish, and soon ttecame famous for that vivid Interchange of vernacular pleasantry which will engraft Its name In the Knglish language for ages after Billingsgate Itself, and perhaps I- I gt-Uier, like a clap of thunder, aud there was never such ooli fusion of j tongues since ltaliel"—a joke stolen from i Baron Munchausen. The s|iecial cor respondent of the day slept in a room stinking ol pitch, tar, and tallow, and : was up at three in tiie morning, to breakfast off a "penny wortli of burnt bread, softened In a mug of (sifters' guzzle, improved with a slice of Ches hire cheese," ami on reaching Uie water j side wa deafened with the roar of the water jsiurlng through old laiiidon bridge, was beaelged by watormeu, and ; abashed by the clatter of the "fiat caps,' : ( or fish fags, there asw-mbled. As 1 stand on llial part of tlie Custom , j House w hsrf yieldev! for aw title to HU- i | lingsgate, |sending the cousiructiou of : Hie new market, T wonder what King i ; Edward l.would have thought of raliuoo at three -hillings a pound, and oysters at ten guineas a bu-het? H'nst has be 'time of \sl Ward's "dark houses," the ru-hiiig water, and the pasaeugers for Graveseitd hv suiaek or "lo> ?" The lodgiugs of Mr. Ward have vanished ; the river rolls noiselessly through new lax.don Bridge; lie,.p|ego to Graveaend without caring for ihe tide, by steam b>al or railway, at a comfortable hour 1 of the morning, w lieu Nature has fin- ! 1-lied her ablutions, and Uie world Is - properly aired. There are no water men now to pull you limb from lktub in | the struggle for a fare; the famous flsb | ordinary Ts in temporary quarters; and I look round in vain for .the "fiat-caps" before mentioned—the redouhtable fish fags of rough tongue and ready repar toe, flavored with marine instead of At- ; tic salt. There are no fishfagt to"be j found W' 1 thl 11 the precincts of Bllliugs- ■ gate—the sole representatives of the i sutierior sex beipg a trim datasel, with i hair cut a la Gainsborough, engaged in the ba-ket business, and a couple of el- i dertv Ladles, who came from afar off to ' buy -tock for their fish shop*. 1 sup- Jssk" the extension of woman's sphere in other directions has withdrawn the fish-fag fhnn her coarse work, and ele- j vatod her to a position more becoming ; to her sex ; but be this as it mar, she | now ranks among the extinct btmana. j Male porters do tbe hard work of Bil- , lingsgate. w hich, although a fixture by the water aide, yet draws v early mormj and more of iu supplies from the rail- ] way stations.— AU ikt J'oor Ruwnd. Lsvs'l fsssf Dresa Two brothers of Pittsburg, aged re spectively 17 and IV, and consequently at Uie age when a young man's fancy lighUy turns to itaHiffhl* of love, bad sw oethearu aud they loved harder than a 16-horee power steam engine, and about every other night they visited the domiciles containing the light of their iovee. One night, when this sort of thing had been going on for six weeks —six weeks is az long as a youth of 19 was ever known to worship Uie same idol—the elder of the two, William, had evidently brought thing* to aerials. He came home at 13 o'clock and lay him down beside his brother Frank, and they were both soon In tbe arms of Morpheus. But that celebrated god was of too immaterial a texture to satisfy the lore-sick William, aud he, dreaming the while of his Amelia, clasped nu brother In his embrace and imprinted a paroxysmal kiason his lips. The affec- Uouate caress struck asytnpathetic chord In Frank's breast, which vlbrsted and caused him to reciprocate, and It is safe to say Uiat never did brothers kiss each other and show the symptoms of pas sionate ardor as those two brothers did. But this could no* last forever. They opened their eyes sloiuitaueously. "Ah.phew!" exclaimed Bill, jumping up and spitting and wiping bis Urn, as though be had tasted poison. "What the devil are you about r" "Oh, horrible!" said Frank, equally disgusted. "What have you been ktse jng me for?" An explanation was Impossible, but an eteruai treaty of secrecy was then and there entered Into by Uie young men. The story leaked out, however— l>oaslbly because tbe bovs would never sleep together afterward. "An Inrldrnl fml Iml 1.1f1f." TMterdir aftermioo a very well-bred •nd cx<-eeflngly dignified young lady of t hi* city entered a florist's to male a purchase, when the vu accosted as fol low • by a ahrill voice resembling that of an aged lady: "Shut the door: don't you know any better? lt> cold outside." Very much overcome with mortlflca tlon ami embarrassment. ahe looked about for the speaker. saying, "Pardon me, madam, but Ute wind blew no, 1 could hardly close the door." "Well, mind Tour eye. Miss. and don't do It again,repeated the rolee. when to her (treat astonishment and amusement. the youn)t lady discovered that ahe had been converting with a well educated and certain It very fa miliar poll-parrot. Evidently annoyed at the btrd for deceiving her so. the young lady turned her hack to the cage and wa* intent upon examining aome flower*. Suddenly the same voice, or what seemed to be. said to her, "What can 1 do for vou Ml**?" "If you hold vonr tongue ! shall he gratified above a)l things." replied the young Miss, turning around as she *poke. and discovering the lady propri etor standing in her presence. The denouement was all that might he imagined.— Jbijfhla Courier. 1 m In* m lib lumlsllsd of Ideas. In Illustration of the extremely close resemblance tietween certain twins is the association of their ideas. No less than eleven out of thirty-five cases tes tify to tills. They make the same re marks on the sameoccaaiou, begin sing ing (he same song at the same moment, and so on; or one would commence a sentence and the other| would finish It. Ait observant friend graphically de scribed to me the effect produced upon her by two such twins whom she uict casually. She said : "Their teeth grew alike, lliey *|M>ke alike and together, and said the same things, and seemed just like one person." One of the most curious anecdote* that 1 have received concerning this similarity of ideas was that one twin A, w ho happened to he at a town In Scotland, bought a set of champagne glasses which caught his attention, as a surprise for his brother II; while, at the same time, B, being iu Ktiglaml, bought a similar set of pre cisely the same pattern as a surprise for A. Other anecdotes of a like kind have reached me aliout these twins.—Eraser's Motfazin*. Me* sad Womra Man relies far inore than he is aware for comfort and happiness on woman's tact ami management, lie is so accus tomed to these that he is uuconscious of their worth. They are so delicately concealed, and yet so ceaselessly exer cised, that he enjoys their effect as he enjoys the light and atmosphere. He seldom thinks how- it would be with him were they withdrawn. He fails to appreciate what is so freely given. He may la- reminded of them now and then; may complain of intrusion and interference; but the frown is swept away by a gentle hand, the murmuring lips stopped with a caress, and the man agement goes ou. NO. 3. ion**- (ou n. A Hmaatum A mo*Q th FUMMTB.— "Gear Jack," write# a little maid, who signs herself "Kiderbood',' "may f toll what I aiu almost aure happened laat Summer f" "Certainly you may," aaawera your JftCfce Hut the little maid, witlM>ot waiting to hear the gracious permission, goes on : The rosea In the pretty acbuolmia i t teas'* garden blushed deeply at their own insignificance; the violets, sorrow ing. hung tlieii beads; and theaoow white lilies trembled with despair on the day the gardener sowed toe new seed with the trig names. "Oh, dear, dear!" amid the roae, "the gentle school mistress will not care for us plain, old-fashioned flowers any more, after the agiostemma rocli- rosea atid the mriabiUa jalspa bloom." "The gardener often writes their name# with capitals, while he begins mine with a I title 1," aald the lily. "He might at least Frenchify your# with an w," replied the wall flower; "bat 1 suppose we moat just be pre pared to accept the unenviable position of ueglected flowers; no doubt we shall henceforth .waste our sweetness on the desert air." Hut .>umiuer came, and with it th* blossoms of the fearfully and wonder ful!} named agrosUtuma coeli-roaea and tiie miraMlia jalaps grandifiora. And when the school mistress walked in the garden, she said : "These Weeds are so troublesome. I * ill pull Uii'in up, 10 thai my dear V loir la may have more room to grow." and she threw the agroatemma rueii rusra stiperbam over the fence! Next aba saw the mirabtlia jalapa grandifiora in full bloom "Dear me." she exclaimed. "I wonder what Hans planted more four o'clock# for. I had pleoty in the back garden already. Hut they are sweet, old fashtoued flowers, and 1 will let them grow here, if they dooH overrun v jewels—the roses, lilies, violets and the dear old wail-flowers." Then the roae smiled, and the wall flower sent forth its sweetest fragrance, the violet peeped out shyly from its grown leaves, and the snow white lily shone like silver in the setting sua.— St. .N'irWiu. Peter P%tof.—\ know a little boy wboar real name we will say is i'etrr Panama; but the boy a eallbim Peter l atoff. because he baa such a Wgy of putting off both buaineaa and pleasure. H - ton learn hia lessons wall, but be ta almost alwaya at the liottom of hia rlass, i-eeausc be haa put off learning his task from one boar to another until it ia too late. He can walk or run aa faotaa aay boy ia town; but if be ia ana t on an errand the errand never gets done in aeaaon. becanae be peu off start tug from one annate to another; and for the name reason be is almost always late at school, liwau* be can never be made to see that it is drawing near to 9 o'clock. If letters are given him to post they I never get in in time for tbe mail; and i by tbe boat or tram, the * hole family has to exert itaelf to burtv I eter oat of the hoot*, lest he 1 should defer naming until tbe hour be past. He procrastinates in his play as ia his work. He pats off reading bis li i braiy book uatil it is time to send it back , be waita to join the gaine all it is too late, and generally cornea up a little behindhand for everr thing, from Monday morning till Haturday night, and then begins tbe ner week by be ing mo late for Church sad Sunday School. Peter is qaite conscious of hn own fault, and means to reform scare time; but be puts off the date of refor mation so constantly that I fear man hood and old age. which do not know how to put off their seasons, will over take this boy and find him still only too worthy of the name ol Peter Patoff.— Child's World. A Hamming- Bird Story—Summer before last, a humming-bird Hew into the siuingroom of a lady who loves birds and flowers very much. She talked to it io a gentle, pleasant tone ; but, after a abort call, it flew away. Soon, aler, it came again for another fashionable call. Tbe third time it came, it brought its mate; and they were so well pleased with their kind reception, that they continued their visits all through tbe summer. How do you tliiok the lady fed them 7 With sweetened water from a petunia blossom. which abe held io her band. They would sip from it again nod again, and aeemed to reliab it jtreatly. Paring the winter, of oourae their nulla ceased; but. io the spring. the , birds again appeared at the window. ; The lady raised it, and in they dew; ' allowing a* ranch delight aa it waa poa itihle for anch little tiling* to show. A f • w days since, there were no leaa ; tl aa rive humming-bird# in tlie room at on i time. So, it seems, the bird# thai came find told their frieoda where they would be welcomed, and enter tained with "refreshments at all hour#." The A //"#c Horn.— The Alpine horn i an inoirutnent made of the bark of a cherry tree, and, like a speaking trum pet, ia uaed to convey aounda to a great distance. W hen the last rays of the sun gild the summit of the Alps, the shep herd who inhabits the higheat peak of these mountains take# liis born, and rries with a loud voice, "Praised be the Lord." A# soon aa the neighboring shepherd# h"*r him. they leave their hat*, and repeat these words. The sounds are prolonged many minutes, while the echoes of the rocks repeat the uame of God. Imagination cannot picture anything more solemn and su blime than such a scene. Dunne the silence that succeeds, the shepfierds I tend their knees, and pray in the open air, then repair to their huts to rest. The sunlight gilding the tops of these stupendous mountains, upon which the vanlt of heaTen seems to rest, the mag nificent scenery aronnd, and the voices of the shepherds sounding from rock to rock the praise of the Almighty, fill the mind of every traveller with en thusiasm and awe. '"floeas ll't Sunday"— This same lady was entertaining the Bishop of the State at tier house as he was an old and val ued friend of the family and was al ways their gueat on the occasion of his visitations to the parish. On Sumlav morning after his arrival the lady's little son sidled up to him lust after breakfast, "Bishop" said he, "would you like to look at my piggie book f n "Why, yes, replied the church dig nitary, anxious to please the little fel low. "Well." whispered the child, "I*ll ; show it to yon, but you'll have to look at it on the sly,'cause it's Sunday." The idea of the "venr reverend father in God" aiding and abetting one of his dock in a breach of the Sabuath was so amnsing to the good prelate that, of course he could not keep the joke to himself.—A or York Mail. All tor Fifteen USIBMM. A good ileal was expected of a man servant in the olden time. The follow ing is a copy of a hand-bill circulated in Peterborough, Kng., in 1784: "Wanted for a sober family, a man of light weight who fears the Lord and can drive a pair of horses. He must occasionally wait at table, Join in household prayer, look after the horses, and read a chapter In the Bible. He must, God willing, rise at 7 iu the morning, and obey bis mas ter and mistross in all lawful commands. If lie can dress hair, slag psalms, and play at orlbbage the more agreeable. N. B.—He must not be too familiar with the maid-servants of the house, lest the flesh should rebel against the spirit and be induced to walk in the | thorny path# of the wicked. Wages, 15 I guineas a year." Mankind like and respect men of de cision—border men, neutral men, are detected. FOOD FOR THODOHT. Your btudnew will aurely be attended to If ynu do It yourself. Noft won!* and aoft water should be abundant in cvary home. There are two kind* of geniuses, the rlever and (tie too clever. With moat men life la like twekgam mon—half aklll and half tuck. God gives every htrff It* food, but doe* not throw It Into the neat. IX) not give to thy friend* the moat agreeable counsel#, but the rao*t advan tageous. Hnoeeaa haa a great tomlcnrv to con ceal and throw a veil over the evil deed* ot men. Zoroaater says; "When you doubt abstain." lioyle aaya; "Trump and take the trick/' He auhtnfta himself to be through a mlcroaonfe who suffer a hi modi to be caught in a passion. Carlyle aaya there may be a courage which I* the total abaence of fear. That la wlien the fence la between you and the dog. It I* only by labor, that thought can be made healthy, and only by thought that labor can be mad- happy; and the two cannot bcaeparau-d with Impunitr. —Jlmtkin. It U curioua to note th bid sea-mar - gina ol human thought; each aubaldlng century reveals Ai<- new mystery; we build where monsters IIMM! to hide tbeinsel va,— l*,suj!lUnr. The atihserraiieati gallery of the new St. Gothard tunnel wIU be 15.U00 me tres long. It I* not ex|M-n*! rhat the opening will take place before 18M0, as the drift advances but ' Voo metres per day. Two opinion*. Jjt Rochefoucauld •ay*: "The bell of women old age." Holtneaaays: "A good and true wo man la raid to resemble a Cremona Ad dle—age but Increases It* worth and •weeten* It# tone." If you love otb<-r they will love you. If you rpeak kindly to thero they will •peak kindly to you. Love U repaid with love, sod hatred with hatred. Would you hear a a went and pleasant echo, speak sweetly and pleasantly yourself. An old preacher, who hail several calls to take a parish, asked his servant where he should go, and the servant •aid: "On where there is most sin, air." The preacher concluded that waa good advice, and went wbere there waa mo*t money. There WnMumi wants only * trff. This is said to be not the only act of randaiim committed in tin- Abbey the head of Major Andre bating beeu removed not less than three lime*. The most trilling actions that affect a man's credit are to be regarded. The sou id of a hammer at five iu the morn ing, or nine at uight, heard by a credi tor, makes him easy six months longer, but If be sees you at a billiard table, or hears your voice at a tavern, when you should be at work, he sends for his money next day—demands it before he can receive lr iu a lump. Dr. Holland says of the two noble sciences of killing and curing; "Take the human system, and in any of tbe organs there are more mysteries that: can be comprehended iu a thousand years; yet,ibis complex organisation is trusted to the country dorter, while it requires twenty-Arc men to make a musket. The study of a single branch of surgery is more than enough to oc copy the whole Usne of tbe greatest rolnd." It is a popular belief that lightning haa never been know n to strike a beech tree. In a recent thunder shower in Goaheo. a beech awl a maple "landing near together, with branches Interlock ing each other, received an electric bolt from a passing cloud which -battered the maple and paused into the earth through a prostrate hemlock tree tying near, which was stripped of iu berk nearly tbe whole length. So trace of the lightning was left upon the beech. There is one noble means of aveng ing ourselves for unjust criticism; it Is by doing still better, and sikun-iug it solely bv tht increasing excellence of our works. If instead of this yon un dertake to dispute, to defend or criticise byway of reprisal, you in vol W your self in endieaa disuuietudes, disturb that tranquility which to ncre aarv to the successful exercise of yoar . ursuit, and waate in harassing' oontoir.i that precious time which you should conse crate to your art,—[ Camvca. The continued abstraction ol manu scripts, books and works of art from Roman monasteries ha Hrtmoted the attention of the Italian IHnbttrr, and energetic measures are to be taken to put an end to a profitable traffic. Not only smaller works, twit large altar pieces and entire libraries flml their way to the room# of Paris and Londou dealers. The rumor is bcightr: