THE WINTER STARS. Oh. mtrnW dancs the Ur* to-night, Oh. meml? dance the stars . Aud th moon look* down in silver light, Through the bin* enameled l*r Tlifre ia no sound in the forest round. No voice from dower hi tree , And the winter rhyme, with its sparkling chine. As it* taek goes eilently. Merrily over the fleecy enow, We glide With spirits light . The moon look* down with it yellow glow. And the sUr* ere gemmed wiUi light. Oh, memly licet our beetle to night. Oh, merrily beet our In-art* ; The winter ha* for ita e delight, Thet summer ne'er impart*. Our eve* ere bright Willi the warui hive light, Thet winter may not chill: And the |vaikltng snow. with ita silver glow. In joy gleam* rouud u ellll, Memly dance the *lar* to-night. With their eyee of gohleu hue ; Atnl with young ho|we tu jovanoe bright. 1 Kir heart* are latiu n lo>v One Right of a Wife. ••John," said 1. one night to my hus band, as 1 put my basket of sew lug aw ay prejiaratory to retiring, "John, as you go down to-uiorrow morning, I wi*h von would stop at Mrs. W est'* door ami leave her s."< for me. "Five dollars!" And my lord looked up unite astonished. "For what?" •'Why, she is collecting money to aid that society she is secretary of. ami as I always fell interested tu it, I told her I would give her f& 1 said this with quite a show of as- suranee, though 1 really felt quite uu easy as to the reception of my request, for John is rather notional in some of his ways; however, 1 had been cogitat ing some matter* lately in my own mind, aud determined to make a hold staud. "Well, Sarah." at length came the reply, "you need not count on uiy doing any such thing. 1 don't approve of that society at all, and not one cent of iny money shall go to help it." "I give it oi| of my tuouey," said 1, ([rowing bolder; "1 only asked you to eave it at her door for uie." "Tour money ! W hat do you mean ?" "1 mean what 1 say—my money. Have Ino richi to spend money a> well as von? I don't approve of the Masons, but that does not hinder you from spending; money and time for theut as rnuoh as you have a mind." John looked at me quite amared at my suddeu outbreak. You see 1 had always been the most amiahle of wives. I'hen he broke out quite triumphantly. Home now, who earns the money that main tains this family?" "You and 1 together," said I. "Together! W ell, 1 should like to see the first eeut you have earned in the seven years we have been married. Together: Well, 1 call that pretty rich.' My spirits were visibly declining under his ridicule, but 1 kept on as boldly as I could. "When we were married you thought, or pretended to think, yourself very happy In assuming the care of l>oard bills and wardrobe. 1 didn't ask it of you. You asked me to bo your wife, knowing well all that meant." "As nearly as 1 remember," Inter rujted John, "you were mighty ready to accept ilie." "Granted, to save argument," said 1, coloring. "Well,we stood up iu church together, aud you promised to love, cherish, Ac., ami so did I." "Aud obey, too," said I; "but you in return endowed me with your worldly goods, and the minister pronounced us man ami wife; and so we have lived." "Yes," said John, complacently; and as 1 look hack over the tiuie, 1 think 1 have done what i agreed ami made a pretty good husband. I really think you ought to be thankful when you ss-o how some wives live." "Well," said I, "I think I have lsvn a domestic, prudent wife, and I don't feel one atom more of gratitude to you for being a decent husiaiul than you ought to feel to ine for being a decent wife. Is it any more merit that you keep your marriage promises than that 1 keep mine?" '•Sarah, you positively are very acrl mouious i< —llliClit. Ihm't you think we had lietter go to led f" "No, sir. Well, meantime, we have laid by money enough to buy this house and still have some in the hank." "Thanks to my hard work," chimed in John. '"More thanks," said I, "to the perfect good health we have always had. We made all those promises 'for better or for worse.' Now, it has been for the lietter with us all the time. Had you been siek or honest misfortune In-fallen you, 1 should have managed some way to reduce our expenses to uiat you would feel the burden as little as might be. Hail 1 been slek, more care would have fallen on you. But we helped each other save" and now I claim an equal right with you in -{tending money.' "Whew ! Why, that is treason. But go on." "It we occupied the respective posi tions of superior and subordinate, 1 should do what 1 do for you lor a fixed stipend and no questions should lie asked as to the use made of it. Being equals, 1 w ill not ask compensation as a servant; but because the contract we have made is lifelong and not easily broken, I do uot, therefore, call it very magnanimous in a prosiierous man to accept these services ami render In re turn only my tw ard and the least amount that would creditably clothe ore." You see I was growing irate. John's temper, too. was evidently on the rise. "What do you mean by services?— Housework? I am sure a home Is as much for your satisfaction as it is for mine; and"l am sure the tailor does not leave much of my sew ing for you to do.' "I don't complain of housework nor of doing your sewing; but i do think the burden of little Johnny has fallen on me." "It strikes me," said he, with a pro voking complacency of tone, "that if you earned his living you would have less to say about the burden falling on you." "John£" said I, "answer me honestly. Do you work any harder or any longer than you did before he was born?" "I don't know as I do," said he; "I always worked hard enough." "Well, so do I. But now as to little Jekany. I presume you will allow your self an owner of him, as tiie law allows you entire control over htm. How much do you do for him?" "I maintain him. Ido my part." "No, John, you are wrong; you don't do your part. From the first you never have. Did not weary months go by in which you bore uo part whatever of the burden ?" "Well, that is curious complaining; what would you have me do?" "You might have got a servant, in stead of letting all the housework fall on me; or you might have kept a horse, go that 1 could ride out and enjoy the fine weather; hut that is all past now." "I should say that it cost me enough for the doctor, nurse. Ac., without talk ing about keeping a horse." "True, it cost enough; but I am talk ing about the division of the burden. Was the part you bore in the payment of those bills equal to my jiart in the mat ter? Would you have taken my place for that money if it were to have been paid you instead of those who eared for you ? 1 think not." "Didn't I have all the clothes to buy ?' "No, sir. 1 went without new clothes of any sort for a season, and the money saved from my wardrobe supplied all that was needed; and 1 might add that all his other clothes have been got in the same way." "Well, really, I had no idea how much of a martyr you were. Next you will be clothing me in the same way. How thankful 1 ought to lie for so cal culating a wife!" "Now, in these two years," said I, continuing ID the face of his sneer, "all of the care and on attending the child have fallen on me! 1 have managed some way to ae cyutplish my house-work and sewing as •fused to do. lean hardly think how it has been done. Did it ever occur to you to think how many times 1 have been to church since lie was born?" "You wouldn't expect a man to take care of a baby, would you? That isn't a man's work." "Isn't it?" said I, bitterly; "then I wouldn't have a baby. I have been to FRED. KURTZ, Editor mul I Yoprietoi VOL. I\. church jit i four thin"*, ,'i 11 * I then Mime vl*itutha* slaved with Johnny. llow many lime* did you ever m l up In the Itiglll to OOtllO ililll w lien lie li;i* Iwh-ii sick iui night'* sleep ?' x '•.lii*t the name way th.it I dtiwlicii my mght i* hnvken, c\ totly "Wet!, Sarah, whit i- tin' ill Ifl of all tlii* talk, anyhow? for I don't sec an) ue in iirukiugiiu; it." "Will, then, ill* my original *tate went—thai aa 1 did uiy jvtart of the fam ily lalor and took all (lie care of John, and you arc a man in prusperou* clrvnui lUliiv.l, I aui cntithil to a* much money for that a* if I were employed and |utid by the mouth for the -aim* work, aud 1 hate a right to *prnd money for thing* that don't Mill toil if 1 please to do *>■; and 1 may add," -aid I, with a Midden vehemence, "tliat it i* mean and con temptible in you to opi">-o or forbid my doing go." John ulil no more. I -aw by the look In lit* eve that he wa- unite angry; and o w it.- i. That wa- the flr*t time in our married life thai we failed to kl*s each other g-vod night: Indeed, 1 felt guilty, though I hardly knew why, hut it waa late tie fore 1 tell asleep. The next morning all wa- serene. No trace remained of the evening's * tor m, hut nothing more was said aUmt the obnoxious subscription. Next day 1 met Mr*. West, and she thanked me very heartily for doubting my money. Ivar John! lie didn't mean to 1M unkind, hut lie had never stopped to think al>cut such things. W lien his next settlement came and he -lip|M-d a ♦'JO hill into my hand, and said, "That is for your private purse." I really thought he was the Iwst hu-band in the wor lil.— A*anii „Wg ForAer. A t urlwus Courtship In the February -t. into, Mr*. Kcinhh relates this odd anecdote ot Mr*. Itasil Montagu's second marriage: Her marriage with Mr. Montagu wa attended with sixue singular circum stance-, the know ledge of which iowe to herself. She was a Yorkshire widow lady, of the name of Skeppei, ami came with her only child a little girl to visit some friends in Loudon, with wlioui Basil Montagu was intimate. Mrs. Skepper had probably occasionally Is-en the subject of conversation between iiim and her hosts, when they were ex;s-ct ing her; for one evening soon alter her arrival, as she was sitting jtartly con cealed by one of the curtains in the drawing-room. Basil Montagu came rapidly into the room, exclaiming evi dently not perceiving her), "Come, where is your wonderful Mrs. Skep|ier ? I want to see her." Luring the whole evening he engrossed her attention ami talked to her, ami the next morning at breakfast she laughingly complained to her hosts that he had not been content with tliat. but hail tormented tier in dreams all night. "For,"-aid she, "I dreamt 1 was going to be married to him, ami the day before the wedding he came to me w itli a couple ot boxes, ami -aid solemnly,'My dear Anne, 1 want to confide lht*-e relics to your keeping; in this casket are contained the lames of my dear fir-l wife, and iu this those of inv dear second wile; do lue Ihe favor to take charge of them for me." " The odd circumstance was that Basil Montagu hail In-en married twice, and tliat when In- made his third matriiiio nial venture ami was accepteil ty Mrs. Skepjier, lie apjieared la-fore her one day and with much solemnity begged her to take charge of two ca-kels. in which were re|Metively trea-ured, not the bones, hut the letters of her two predee's-ors. It is quite possible that lie might have heard of her dream on the first night of their acquaintance, ami amused him-clf with carrying it out when he was almtil to marry her; lnit when Mrs. Montagu told me tin story I do not think -lie suggested any such rationali-tic solution ot the mys- |>t Two St.iil;rsitioii as consumers of tea ami coffee. There is a statistician who 1I:LS compiled exactly such truths for us, showing the proportion* of the con sumption of lea and eoflee jw-r head of jiopiilalion in Europe. The tatde i- an uncommonly eloquent one. Belgium consumes the most—l6 7 , pounds j*-r head, ami Kttssia 1.32 pounds. Great Britain uses 6k pounds per heiui; Frauce 4\, Italy l. I*, 1 *, and Spain but one-quarter of a pound tor each indi vidual. This shows almost at a glance that those countries where industry is the most thriving con-time the nio-t tea and coffee. By oar own estimates of consumption, taking our population to be 44,<**0,000, we u-e 4 5 a pounds of coffee, and H* pounds of tea, as a yearly allowance for every man, woman and child in toe United ."-utes. We are about on a par with the Netherlands as tea consumers. Invoking, then, at the Immense advan tages u> be derived from these mild stimulants (and some kind of a stimulant is a necessity of human life), may we not dread any financial measure which may force our js-ople to seek other sub stances, and supplant with alcohol our tea and coffee. Such questions are grave ones, and are worthy of the attention, not only ot our manufacturer*, hut of the workmen themselves. Better defer those happy times of S|M-CM- payment (and there are no stronger advocates of the hard dollar to Is- found than ourselves), than force upon a people the alternative of either abandoning their tea ami eoflee, or tak ing to those deleterious stimulants which are the bane and ruin of our country. The V<>ii ii* staple's friend. At the best, love is fatal to friend ship; the most that friendship can do is to listen to love's bilk of itself and Is the confidant of its rapturous joys, it* transport* of despair. The lover fan cies himself all the fonder of his friend because of his pa-sion for his mistress, but iu reality be has no longer any need of the old comrade. They cannot talk sanely and frankly together any more; there is something now that they cannot share; even if the lover desired to main tain the old affectionate relation, the mistre-s could not suffer it. The spectre of friendship is sometimes invited to haunt the home of the lovers after mar riage; Lot when their happiness has been flaunted in its face, w hen it has been shown the new house, the n<-w china, the new carpets, the new garden, it is tacitly exorcised, and is not always called hack again except to Is- shown tin- new baby. The young spouses are ever so willing to have the |>oor ghost remain ; the wife learns whether it Lukes two or three lumps of sugar in Its tea; the husband bids it smoke anywhere it likes, and the wife smiles a menacing acquiescence; but all the same they turn it out-of-doors. Tliey praise it when it i* gone, and they feel so much more comfortable to he alone.— Atlantic Monthly. A'nr Invettignlion* in Maynrtfam.— MM. Treves arid Durassicr have re cently investigated the question of whether, and how. in a sleel magnet, the known portative force varies when the weight and section arc a fleeted by the gradual dissolution of the magnet in an arid. The result is that the force is always proportional to the section and to the weight, so that a curve re presenting the variation of weight and section would be parallel to one indicating the diminution of intensity. AM the dissolution progresses, the me tal shows serrated inequalities perpen dicular to the axis of the bar; and if a horseshoe magnet be treated, the curved part is found to dissolve incom parably quicker than the straight por tions. THE CENT HE REPORTER Imprwi tilsHi-s si Urrnl Mew I hi" folly ot some men renowned Idi great wisdom Is conspicuous ill ellll mutiny. This fooliahuc.** I* mule in uiilest ill UMitlliou alt.drs ot private ilile, even when the World I* ringing withpuhlit applause lot the exhibition of profound wisdom lit public attatr*. The proverbial uiUliriftines* ami folly in ex|ieinllture characteristic ot our liauiel \\ eh-ler ts welt known. Ite wa* alway * receiving larg> *um* a* Income, and \et always involved in debt. He cotihi lake eare ot the affairs of the nation, but not of Ids own, laird iiacou Wa* auothei Instance ot similar Improvidence, liacou hlin-ell did not follow hi* own advlee, but wu rillned by hi* ituprovtdeuce. He was in strait* and dltttcultles w lieu ,t youth, and in "till greater "trails anddilti.nl tles when a utali. Hi" lite was splendid, hut his excessive expenditure involved him in debts w hich created a perpetual craving for money. liacou took brit*-, ' ami was therein*.!! ta-sei bv lii- encode-, convicted, degraded and ruined. l'ill managed the iiutlouai finance during a period of uttexatuplcd dilti eulty, yet was hlui-elf always plunged in lieh't. la>rd t'arrington, ex-hanker, once or tvv Ice, at Mr, Fitt's request, ex amine,l Ids hoti-ehold accounts, ami found the quantity of butchers' meat charged ill the hill* at one hundred weight a week. The charge tor ser vant*' wages, t>oard wag,-, living and household hill* exceeded i J,Too ay ear. At I'm - death the nation Voted l 10,000 to satisfy the demands of Ills creditors; yet his iticoiue had never been le.-s than ib.OtHt a year, and at one time, with the wardeuship of the t'lni|tie Forts, it w a nearly AM.IMi a yeat more. M.tcauley truly -ay- tliat "tlie character ot Fitt would have -tood higher if, with the disinterestedness of I'eiide- and IV lit, he had united their digullled frugality." But Fitt by no tneaus -t.**! alone, l.ord Melville wa-a- unthrifty in the management of hi- own aflair- a-he was of the money of the public. Fox was an enoruiou* owcr, his financial maxim !oiiig that a man need never want money if he wa- able to pay enough for it. Fox called the outer room at Almack'-, whore he Jsirrow rd ou occasion- from Jew lenders at ex orbitant premiums, his "Jerusalem Chamber. l'assion for plav < hi great v Ice, and at a very early age it in vol veil him in debt to an enorniou auiount. It i- stated lu tiibson that on one occasion lux sal pla\ ing at ha/aid for twenty hours lu *u--oe--ioii, losing i-'II.OUO. But deep play was the \ Ice ol high life in those days, and cheating wa- not unknown. Selwvn, alluding to lux's losses at play, called him Charles the martyr. -sheridan w.is the hero of debt, lie lived oil it. Though he received large sums of money iu one way or another, no one knew wh it became of it. tor he paiii nobody, it seemed to melt away iu his h mis like snow in Summer. lb s|M-ut his first wife's fortune of £l(l,out in a -ix weeks'jaunt at Bath. Necessity drove him to literature, ami porliap-, to the stimulus of (Miverty we owe "The Kivals" ami the dramas which follow rv the -ale of I'rury I .am- shares, lo- tHiilght an estate iu Surrey, froui which he was driven by debts ami tiuns. The remainder of his life w a a scrie ofshifts, -oinetime- brilliant, hut ofienet degrading, to raise money and c\ ade creditor-. Taylor of the i|-ra llou-e Hti to Ml that if lie took (I hi- hat to , Sheridan in the street it would oust liiin fifty pounds; hut if he stop|n-.l to s|M-ak to hill! it w ollld laist a hundred, lie Was ill ih-ht all round—to his milkman, his groeer, hi- baker ami his butcher. Sometimes Mrs.Sheridan would Is- kept waiting for an hour or more, while the : servants were lieatlng up tin- ticlglilsir liixsl for cofii-e, butter, egg- ami roil-. While Slo-ridaii w a- |>aymaster ol the navy a butcher on® day brought a leg of mutton to the kitchen. The rook took it and cl.ip|-d it in tin- |st to Is-il, i and went tip -tair- for the money ; but not returning, the butcher madly re limveii the jHit lid, tiMik out the nniUoii and walked away with it ill hi- tiav. Yet, while living ill these straits. Sheridan, when Invited with his -on into the country, usually went iu ; chaises a,l< ' f'Htr—he in one, and Ids sou - Tom following m the other. The end of all was very sad. For some weeks la-fore his death he w as nearly destitute of the means of subsistence. His noble ami royal friends had en tirely ih-ertisl him. Executions for ■ leht were in his house, and he pwussl Ids last days in the custody of sheriff's , j officers, who abstaimsi from convoying him to prison merely la-caiise tliey were , ; assured that to remove him wouhi caute ! hi- hiiim-diale death*— Stimutl Smilt*. A Narrow Caw-ape of * tlllnni IV. One cannot but wonder w hcther Wil . liatu the Fourtli of England ever learned | that a plot was laid for hi- abduction : during hi- visit to New York in the : spring of 17*'.!. The I'rlnce was a young and reckless midshipman, given to flirtation, and to the Inebriation i which found vent iu wrenching oil door-knobs; and it probably never oc curred to him that in his person the "rebels" would find a hostage worth having. The project originated with Colonel Matthias Ogden of the Jersey line, ami tin- intention was to sorpri-c the i'riuce ami hi- coiumissloned guar dian, Admiral Ligby, at their quarters in the city mansion of Gerardue Beck inati on Hanover Square. Two officers and thlrty-iiiue men were to aid Col onel Ogden iu his enterprise. Embark ing on a rainy night in whale-boats, they were to laud to New York near the Beeknian mansion, foree the doors of the house, capture the Admiral and I'rlnce, and convey them to tlo-ir boat*. The plan was approved by Washington, tint it does not ap|iear that any decided attempt was made to carry It out. lu j some manner, the apprehensions of tin- British leaders were excited for tin safety of the I'rlnce, and every precau tion was taken against a surprise. Had it not been for this warning, the Im>lAY, MARCH H>, VO It llcil It* tllUllk* lltOHl h'KlKl'l I llllV . hit v<| done a dilliritlt piece MI shall leal; HIKIVI the ladies how l<> iinvko a <"< IKIV, Hint lion 111 111 how. It made ou< directly, iiii-ltniiiK ii* head, itml M'laplllg with It# feet. I 1,,' caiinty's lICXt tliiU wo* to play Willi M llliolt' l'l fttllWV, which It l*llll|M <1 11ki it Mililii't'ii gun. IIU have ilolio 111 l I tolil .Mill tvi 11, mini tin- bitdcalchci . "now i:II in sleep vv litlc I ink,' torn place " Tin- IMIIIIIJ till'lt pretended In full asleep, tllht chut tltig one rye, tin Ii tin- other, tin It Inn! • lihi," itml sinking so uiilch lo one side til At limit) ll.lllllh Mill' oUtstll idled In mtvi* it flout lulling, win ii'U|4ti It hiii nll attain iliu * tlv a nil sank ilmi ti tv* tai mi the othei hiitl*. At laht it ii iiiaini'il MI long in otif |K>hiiiini that tin- loan took hi* liitntl aa> ami lanl it ou tin* table, assured it would sleep lln-1* quietly. Scarcely had lie legau to din plat M iiitt' tin tii nt liln own than a Itti'iil black iat splaug U|ttn tin- talili hi*i;ill tltf Iniil Willi Ini tilth, al.il hi'ill- nt all li'hlhtmni' dashed with It through the w iiiilow. I lii' bmhatcliei wa* ilii'iUiilrtlli* fot tun loss, an hi' hait trained Inn living many ycai* thunitth tin- |HMII little cleat lite. II OH LO HTTL DM* \U\ tu LIIVC I tO Willi lit llt* matU*t>. mid to it olio**. No one ®vt*r mudt* hi® \\\ frtui |H*vt*n\ to rii'hi h who scorned ivonoinv in sinalJ things, and could not *>tii|>t-li<*ttl tin' Valili' nt a single I'i'iit. l ln- j'i'!' in.ill who would |(i-l ahead |Mn-uolarily mut learn that to ave cent a!t i cent one at a time, it lie mil do no utoti- till he gel* a hundreil of them, and MI IIMa dollar, ih aw i*- and noble thing for him to do. IlaVlllg tii us actually -lied hin fir*l dollar, lie will have to-ipmcd with it a power of sell denial and a tenacity ol PUR|NIM- which will enable lit in to have one dollar after another until lie get# a liuiulred; and then he can save on Indefinitely, ami Isiome inde|M'iident in fortune. "ilul," hay s noine one w ho lias lived alt his life without saving, "How am 1 to Mle. My liabith are llxed. How •an 1 learn to lay by something for obi age?" Yon mu-t do a- to money uial tern what a certain ancient sdi<#l ol philosophers did as to morals. Tin c old sage-used, every night, to review their actions for the day, and -*e what they ought not to have done that they had done, and what they might have done better of the thing- vv hiert it had been uece--ary for thein to do. .-v too, iuut you every night review the ac tion* of the day , and see wti.it you have -|*nt that v "it ought not to have spent, aud how you might have got more eco nomically what it was neces-ary for you to obtain. Any one who faithfully make- -ucb i review of hi- f\|M-mli lures wilt IN- apt to di-cover many op portunities ftu retrenehiuent and re form; and then, if lie will, he can at once l*-i;iii to save, and many acquire economical habit* which will inin* his future prosperity. I tlr Vi Irlirr l % |*|ile Intlog The Imy i- indeed the true apple eater, and I- liot to Is* questioned lioVV he came hv the 11 nit with whieh hi* |HH'ket- are tilled. It belong* to him ami he in iv steal it. it cannot I"' had ill any other way. Hi* own Juicy tlc-li craves the Julev tlc-li of apple*. *-.ip draw* *ap. 111-fruit < iting Im* little reference to the state of his appetite, tt lirili.-r he I** full "t meat or euiptv "I meat he w ant* the apjde ju-t tin* - line, Hi-fiin- meal or after nn d It never conn-* amis-. 'Jin- farm Imy muiu lies apph-s all day* hmg. lie has nest* of Iheiu in the haymow, mellowing, to vv liieh he make- fr>-<|Uettt visit.-, Notue tiue -oh I Itriudie, liav ing ae> * through theo|M-n door, smells them out and makes short Work of tlient. The apple I- iiiiln-l (lie fruit of youth. \s we grow old we crave tppl- - le- . It I* an nuiluoit* sign. When you are a-haun'd In IK* seen eating th*ui oil the street,w hen you carry them in y our |*H*- ket and your hand doe* not constantly til id it- vvav to them; vv lieu your neigh l*ir ha- apple- and you have none, and you make no noetural visit* to hi- or ehard; when your is wUh nut thvin and you can ,m— a winter's night hythe lireside with no thought •>( the fruit at your ellmw . then I*' as-ure.l you are no longer a lioy, either in heart or years. The genuine apple eater comforts himself willi an apple in their - a-<>n .is other* witli a pi|e or cigar, W hen he has nothing else to do, or i bored, he eats an apple. While he l waiting for the train, lie • at- an apple, sometime several of them. When lie takes a walk he arm* himself with apples. Hi* traveling hag is full of apples, ilc offer* an apple to hi* companion and take* one himself. They are his chief solace while on the road lie sow* their need all along the road, lie t<>--< - the core from the ear window and from the t>p of tue -tag.- coach. He would in time, make the land one vast or chard. He di-is-nScd with a knife, He prefers that hi- teeth shall have the first taste. Then he knows the U-t flavor is immediately below the skin and liiat in a pared apple thi- is )ot. If you w ill stew the apple, he says, in stead ol baking it, by all means leave the skin on. It Improves the color and vastly heightens tin- flavor of the dish. The apple i- a masculine fruit, hence women are poor apple eaters. It In long* to t IK* OJH'II air taste and reli-li.— •lohii Burroughs in II". liter o.m-'.ni.. Hull l.rrul H t-ii Ifescartes, lie fatuous mathematician Mini philosopher, I.a Fontaine, celebra ted for hi- witty fables, ami Ituflon, the naturalist, won- all singularly l-tt< i-ii in tin* of conversation. Mor iiioutcl, ihi' novelist, wan -""lull in -o~ eiety that hi- friend said of him, after the interview, f must gn ami read his tale-, in reeiitii|M'ii-e to myself for the wearincs- of hearing him. As to Cor neille, the groat dramatist "f France, lie wan completely lost in society—-■> ab sent and enilwrran-eti that he wrote of himself a witty eouplet, importing that he wan never intelligible hut through the mouth of another. Mit on |>f fan cy or ehs|iienec in his -peeeli. Milton was unsocial and sarcastic wlicn much pressed hy strangers. niitrlMimir nod VIl-torliine. A married man tailing Intomisfortune is more apt to retrieve Ids situation in the world tlian a single one, chiefly l>e causc his spirits are soothed and re trieved hy domestic endearments, and his self-respect kept alive hy lliidiug that although all abroad Is* darkness and humiliation, yet there is a little world of love at home over which he is monarch.— [Jeremy Taylor. | I in k lilt Hole* ol IIU rrsiilloH. t Oliver-tllou in Ihirope let IHH'II ilc I I ilii il as a duello in tin o|s*i a, in w Itli-li tin- two | H -1 uiih engaged In It me talk ing In an imaginary third |M IOII, each 11 * "Hilling a tale of Ills own. "I #a> something ami you -ay something else, out wi w ill agree to call it convelha linn." Now in lui k<- \ there are cer tain fin ins or canon* of converhatlot), any violation of wlib It is considered in outrage, and the Mint of which con stitute* tlielr code of pollteiieh" a* a|s piled to conversation. 1 Will I'llUUiei ate tlii-M' one by one: I. Never to Interrupt the speaker while he is talking. However long winded or uninteresting Ids conversa tion may lie to voll, politeness require* that von should wait for his conclusion. N oit are not under any obligation to en ter into conversation with him at all; hilt it you iln, it is an UlldershHsi COll dllioii of your conversational treaty that von should Urt liim have his say ■ J. Ni-vei to ilherge. ill the lulildli- ol a * olivet -alioll, from the main thread .>1 a ilisi iiiir-i' Into a collateral i-nir. Ihe hreai'h of this rule Is considered by a link as an unpardonable rudeness. lo drive a red lierrlug, as It vven-, across the scent of con vcrsat ion is, in his opin ion, lo confound nil thought and ren * lei all profitable rollM-eulive coliVer sa tion iin js'--ihle. This b-ails, as a corol lary, lo d. lo allow a short but Mitflcdeut pause lietweell tin' ooiiclusiou ola *lts i iis.-ion on one subject and the entering oil a llew subject. I. Never tell a |icrsoii a thing lie knows already. Not to excuse oneself when con victed of U-ing in the w roug. How very seldom you hear In Kurope, "Vis, I was in the wrong. lam sorry lor it. Hut in I urkcy it is considered a viola tii'ii ol principle and a breach ol |si|in tic-- to retiiM' to U* c*Hivi I'IISI ot error. The cause ol this dlHerence lies deep in the character ol the two race*; in the absence on tln*"part ol the Turk of petty v an it v and distracting self-e-teetn. The proutiesi in the world, they are entirely exempt from vanity. • W hen you have tiollling to s;\ to hold your tongue. Kuipty,ldleJabler iug |s a Frank hut not tut • Mtoman prac tice. 11l Kliro|ie it is considered < lt tij~ IIRU to "say souteihliig," whether that •OMlllluf is worth aaylng or not. Not so in Turkey ; to say something w hen you have nothing to say worth saying l- OMishlercd there a degradation lo yourself and a rudeness to your neigh bor.— J'tili Mull (iiurllr. In.Mails A Iter an llonrsl Mu. Indians may be treacherous, hut they call !•<• hottest ; am) Who shall .y how tar the dishonesty of others has led to their treachery ? They know when they are cheated, as our Government ha* found to its cost. An old trader, who had established himself at what huppcucd to la* a favor able h rlity among the Northern In dian*, tell* a good story of his first trials with Ids riil customers, tuher traders had hs ated tu that same place ts-fori-, hut had not remained long. The In dians vv tin evidently wanted gkl for blanket. ■ml otic for calico. I gli ? pay you by "lli by—tomorrow." lie received Ids g,ssl- ami left, ffi* the next day lie returned with a large I tart ot his hand. Ills blanket well stuf lisl with shin* of various kinds," uovv . "John I pay." Ami with lids he drew an otter skin from Ids blanket and laid it on the coun ter. Then he drew a eoud, a llitrd, and a fourth. A luoiiu iil's In—ilatlmi i though eahntlaUng, and he drew out a tilth -kin —a very rich ami rare one— j and pas-e*! It over. "That** right, John." The trader instantly pushed hark the . la.t skin, w Ith— "Von owe in*' hut four. 1 want only my Just dues." The chief refiiMsl to take it, and they j |Hl* *<*d it several times lia< k and forth, each one asserting that It liclotiged to j the other. At length the dusky chief tain appeared to he saltll< il. lie gave j the tia ier aseriitlnUiug look, ami then put tli*--kin back into liT* blanket. Then lie stcp|'d to the iloor and gave a yell. ' ami cried out to hi* followers: *-( nine; come ami trade with the pale > face, John, He no cheat Indian; hi* heart big." Then turning back to the trader, lie ' said: "Jnp|ioso yon take last skin. I tell my |H*o|i|e no trade with J'OH. We drive vou offlikea dog, a# we drive off other*; Init now you Indian's friend, and we Is ; yours." Before dark the trader w a waist deep HI furs, and loaded down witli cah. He ' found that honesty had a commercial value witli tliesc Indian-. Horrible llNllitrlnnlloit* Some antipathies are so Irrational that they look very tmieh Ilki-a moms j mania. Mr. Wlllinm Matthew, *on of a governor of Barbados-*, was troubled with an unreasonable di-llke ol spiders w liich some of bis friend* thought was more affected tlian rval. tine of the doubter*, Mr. John Murray, afteiward I hike of A tliol, meeting Mr. Matthews in company, and, desiring to raise a ! laugh at liis ex|iense, left tlie- room for a few minutes. On returning he walked up to hi- victim, with one hand Believing the clenched lingers held a spider. Mr. Matthew ticca me fu ! lions, drew hi* -word, and hut for timely inler|Misition, w.-uld have dune j a iiii-chicf to himself or his tormentor, lie was only quit-ted on being satisfied that .Murray's hand was empty. A prisoner in tin- Bastile, who detes ted mice and hated spiders, had his teelings under tx-ttcr control. Having obtained jiermi-sion to have a lute, lo wa* horrified to find hi# music attrac ted crowds of long-legged spinners and bl ight eyed mice. faith to deprive 111III sell of Id* amusement, hut not enjoying it in tin- presence of such ail audience, tin- musician borrowed the keeper's cat whieli he put ill a cage, and let loose upon his uninvited visitors when the) were most entranced with tin- lute. The rat went in for the mice, the spi ilurs stai.l not lor ceremonial leave-tak ing, and the soloist's future audiences w ere as select a- lie could wish. I.ord Lauderdale vowed he had rather hear a cat mew than listen to the be-t music in llie world; that the Ix-tter the music the more sick It made him. I'ctcr the Great, a man ol very differ ent mettle had at one time sucli a ter ror ol water I liat he could not cross a brook without being taken with strong convulsions; but ashamed of Ix-iug the stave of an unmanly weakness, he de termined to conquer it, nod ultimately became a* loud of water, as In- had la-i-u averse to It. fount, d' Arm-holt never failed to go ol) in a lit it lie know iugly or unknow ingly partiaik of any ilisii coiilaiiiliig llie -liglite-t modi. 11 in of olive oil. A -till worse penalty alt ache. I to lob-tcr -alad in the case ola lady; lor il she ventured to taste it at a dancing party Iter neck, la-fore she returned to the hall loom, would lie covered with ugly blotches, ami her peace of mind la- de stroyed for that evening. James I never overcame his horror of cold Htii-1. When lie knighted kciiclm 1 ligby, Ids hand shook so that, bad not Buckingham guided the royal blade, the new knight would have paid for tin- handle to Ids name with the loss of an eye. An antipathy must lie such a trouble sonic possession that one must Is* onitugh' lor auvlssly. Kxetcr, however oner counted among Its natives a young lady who not only had a mortal aver sion to all colors, save green, yellow 111, 1 white, lint was thrown Into a j-r --spiratioii by every funeral*tliat passed her way; aud, more wonderful still, h. , IIIII' till, OIIS. lon* immediately she set >y, upon a uniform. llS|,lls truth aud love, and honwi aud cuurteay flow into all ihnls." The most old line must see in this quotation tlie whole philosophy of hos pitality. tint) of the greatest delights of httv ing a Inline ot our w u is to have a place In it tor friends ami strangers. We do not t >ii I lit a house simple to meet ttie wants of our own families. We have one or more guest chambers, and tin extension table, to which we may welcome our fiieuds. The larger our means, tin more lilieral provision we make for hospitality. They are greatly to ts- pitied who cau han-ly supply their own physical wants, who 'twill tt)wm in uaitow ijuarter*, who have no pillow or plate for fro ml or stranger. Tbirr ail- some homes (hat wwnt of, thai have room enough for uli, ami an iiideliutlr powet of rxpati i-ioil. 1 hi-ti' la always looui lor ou< more, ami where tin- welconio N> MI hearty, (to* utii- in on* sends iiia rcfirt* lor absence anil iiinii* next time. I ln-it- an otln ta with bouM-a roomjr enough, but imbltwt with friend* the >i ai louuil. No otic hi eat bra the frag ratici* ot tin tr M*e*,ot WI|H*S tin- titiMini from tin* cluster* that an- i>up|Kiwy| to grace their table*. i'lirj live to tllem- M'hn vi ry oleirautl.v am! comfortably, it may li*. lint very uarruwfjr ami *cV tishly. I ln- ilooi-atep ik alw av> rlean ami tin* law ti alwayii shorn. ft i* kept tot tin- rm ami not the feet. No clill ilteli play there, and the doga an* Uot at home \\ i hope the lolks ate happy auil enjoy it. I here are other* th.it would like to make their frieiida welcome, but •pml their plntnurv b]r over-exertion. The gUcst* Mil- made to feel Ulieasv by the v noble i Hurt put forth to entertaiu them. The whole M-< ret of puttiutf our ftu-mla at their latr, into lie at raw ourselves , ami IU order to lie thus we uimt not miniuierpn t their visit. I hey haven t come to nee our f uruiture, our nut tou ml in tr*. oar dreaa, but our selves. t'ourteaj. tto-ii, rather ile iiiamU our society and eon vet nation than our ailverwate and rnnkety. I hete In no objection, of rout nr. to the lieM ti .i urii, and eupn atul naueera to mateli, tint they nhoilld be net ujsm the lable anil they were cveiy-dav ware. lJy all mean* kill the tin hi y if that i* youi huumr, bu'. ilo nut till your guct that the bird han lieeli W altilitf bin Mini - m** a month. la-t the rare dtnh tn Ml veil up Willi an mneh raw* an if It j weie always II|.II JfoUf talde. Keep I yout ait. whatever tt may In, out of sight. Ihi Uot let yoilt guests siin|H*c( that you an uiakiui! an effort to enu-i tain him. lent he go aw av puin-eep If I eoliM," lie -aid, "Into the ipialnt but agreeable surrounding* of your Home In Calcutta Itn LMiuraiiitnllah strs*t; for although a* a tnun I would not gain an inside v iew of X'-iiaua life and work.yet I could MH (tie way the hiilln had of doing thing*, and the clock like regularity with whichtheirdulie*wore|rrformed. ) arrived there in the hot aeason, and at time* when the thermometer remain* Stubbornly At 190 Id the shade. It l calculated to throw everything else into the shade. It 1* calculated to throw every tiling else Into the shade, too. <*\- cept'the ditliciilt Ijueslion of keeping i.il! Hut the ladies only got up tie* earlier for all that, and drove out two bv two 111 their gharles, or little cahs, visiting their zenana* between six and nine In the morning instead of staving Indoors, as some of us would have l**en ti'iuj'ted to do. When I tllst drove through the gateway* of the Calcutta Home I MIW before me a substantially built house of very different style from what i had seen in China or Japan; h.it on allglitlng at the vine-covered ei trance. and sl< pplng Into the open aud aJry hall, there seemed souielhliig fa mlflar alsiiit it to verthele-s, although I wondered how |mople made their pres ence known in Calcutta houses, for no body was to la* wen. While reading some chroinu texts ill the hall, such a '<;*! hlcss our home,'* Ac.. I—Ting In at the dining-room with its long table, a pleasant young Hindoo appeared who -aid hi- name was Tommy, and whose bright, intelligent face told me at mice that he had Christian sunshine within him. Tommy led me upstairs and seated me In a large,carpeted and nicely furnished hall, which was square, hav ing two rows ot pillars in it, and tak ing up nuiet of the second story while various rooms were ranged around three sides. Mi-s Kultan soon came forth from one room and some other Indies from others, and the welcome was so warm that we had to sit down under the punkahs, ami !• fanned all the time we were talking. After a while i was sealed with the seventeen ladic- ot (he Home at their large tea table, and for lite time being 1 almost Imagined myself in a /enana, although rather a civ ilir.cd one. I attended Mi lt aril's .Sunday-school of al-nit tilty girl-, all black as ctauiy, hut rotted in w bite. Tlicy -aiig and recited in llcn galesc, liH'keil a little strange ranged on IHMICIII-, with w Idle sheets draw it over their heads, and their wri-l-. ankles, cars ami noses ornamented with rather more prolusion than ta-le. i at tended service lour lime- the lirsl Sunday, once at the < aleiitla cathedral, where a fashionable Kugllsli audience was as sembled, and long punkah fans were kept.-winging aero--the whole width of the church, ei Jolted titty utiles in aw agon. They then ascended M-VCII ihouaud feet tbrougli the luountaius to MuMOuni, riding in dandie* or jaui| sjs nk seriously ; the man of special information wuuid not have his pel subject snatched out of his mouth ; the tender points of the irritable man were tlioioughly undei stei sense of the wont, talkers. I |H-rlratrr In Hall I • I Irlii rp IKi IWO gvaal wldfcm will wI.U-lr iHMpiN" a* in their ncu*alk>o* Hnriii); a lutille. I take il to I* a piece •>f IMIIIHIII in a uinti to axwrl that he had no fear during the progress of a long ami severe nipgiim-lit. A liatllr i a veritable hell ii|ani earth. Not to la* 111 -rlout apprehension while Blast* i- to la- cither drunk. craay or insensible. The highest type of hraverv i that of the man who realize* the full extent of the jieril hilt Mick* resolutely to hi* duty. It wa* my experience, and ttiat of all those about me, repealed a dozen time*, that shell firing I* not ordinarily nearly no demoralizing n that of mua ketry. It I* not often that shell* are thrown so that their fragment* scatter death and wound*, and their loud hum ming over head doe* not cau*e that ner vous tingling which always follow* the •harp tip of the rifle-bullet, The |iecu liar cutting of the air made hv half a dozen of these at onoe U apt to give the soldier the idea tli.it the whole air I* tilled with them, and that he I* certain tots- struck with one of them. AH, I believe, will agree a* to the sensation first caused by the iui|>actof a bullet. It is a stunning, numbing feeling, which for a time overpower* die local nam of the wound. In my own experience a single buckshot near the hip knocked me flat, and for two day* alter gave me such acute pains and such muscular dis turbance from knee to shoulder that I could not stand erect. Soldiers have frequently been prostrated by spent halls A curious i-flect of shell wounds Is that they do not bleed; the hot frag ment se*r* the torn blood vessels and top* the effusion. A nilnle lall ex tracted from the human I**l v present* a remarkable sight. 1 have men them where the resistance of the flesh bed turned hack the pointed end on ail side# with such regularity that the I will re s' mbled a saucer or a flower. Mortal Idle In Berlin The Ilcrlin Opera House is not so large as that in Munich, but it i* an exceed ingly cheerful and agreeable one. The Kinpcror's box, which i* op|wsite the stage, occupies a considerable part of tin* house, and the house is usually well filled with an audience exceedingly re spectable and brilliant. The noticeable thing in the audience was the promi nence of military uniforms. YOII would think the town was in a state of siege, fining ill undress seems not to is- al lowed, and swords clatter and brass tinsel dazzle you In all assemblies. For the rest, there i* not much drew. The Germans do not dress for the opera. They go there out of love for the music, at an early hour and in costume which is miist comfortable. A few Indie* in the dress-circle ap|M*ar In full toilet, but no one need lie surprised to see every lady pull her knitting out of her pocket. There is a homely simplicity In the au dience which Is thoroughly German. It Is apparently no more sin to go to the opera ill Iterlin than it is to go to a Thursday evening prayer meeting in America. The Germans are a frugal |M-ople. You see no signs of dissipation or of the rapid life of a city. The Uer innii society may Is* as dissolute as any in lliw world, Iterlin may Is* as immoral as Paris, hut it lluds it very ditllcult to iqqiear so. V eartnhlc llrotrsllnns. No one knows, says a writer describ ing a German agricultural fair, who lias not seen it worked Into an archi tectural design, how beautiful a string of onions can I**, how gorgeous a row of vegetable-marrows, how delicate a cluster of turnips. It sounds puerile, tint it was lovely nevertheless. Imag ine a temple-like construction all cotn- Isited of odorous pine, with an arched portal on either hand, and then every line and curve, every niche and pillar and balustrade defined with glowing fruit. It was looiied in festoon*, ami hung in tassels of red and white and gold; the arms of Wurtemlierg, even were traced in yellow corn, while above it all rose a graceful column, a mosaic from base to summit, of every fruit that aiitnniß *aa briag te perfection. NO. 11. varrar retrii. H'Auf's IJ me V said the mssiiff. angrily. "1 htu hi leas that's your view ; but, you see, it wasn't his." There's no ac rouutiug for the different opinion* of |ieople ; if you, for instance, were to inquire of swsllowsaud dies, you might hear that they were a>i necessary lu the places they orrupy as you would find your ears at this present moment." —lnterior. veer (\>mj M iniomhip. —At different times I aaw a mouse running round my room. Alwaya my canary would "••fin delighted. and would nr after hiui. 1 waa DO re that he visited "I'ar ■oo'a cage every night; for the seed in the tuoriiiug would lie almoat gone. Hut 1 dul not know how very intimate the bird and the tnouae were. One evening I returned home late, Aa I lighted my lamp, 1 heard a noiao in the rage. I waa very quiet ao aa to aee what waa going on. The mouae waa there! "Parson" waa faat aaleep on bia perch, with ina little head Lurked up under hia wing, and one leg drawn op under hia feather*. The mouae ate and drank all be wanted, not aeeming to care at ail for me. Then be ran up the aide of the cage, and along the perch on which "Parwoo" waa aleeping and then with bia noae pokrd the btrd in the aide: and then looked at him out of hia two liule ahintng eyre. It waa iuat aa much aa to aay, ' Wake, lit tle sleepy, and we will play." "Parson" did not awn a bit afraid. He took bia head out from ouder hia wing, looked at Mr. Mouae. and then put it back again, lie seemed to aay. "I am too alerpy to play. Go to bed!" Tben the mouae jumped to the bottom of the cage, neat led into a corner and went to aleep. 1 waa very much aurpriaed at Ihta, and very much amuaed. Had I not aeen it all it would have been al most too strange to believe. Bat the little reader* of the nuraery may reel assured it ia all true.—A'arser*. Tnarkinc at Home.— Mr*. l>odd con trived a queer occupation for the Imyi when they began English history. For Joe, who has a passion for drawiug and daubing in paint*. abr provided a mammoth blank book, each enormous page lalwled a century. On these Joe drew figures, giving his idea of the people, houses, and stale of civilisation in that century. Von may be sure that Druids and oaka: Boadtrea, with her spear and yellow hair; wolves, Alfred and hia burned rake*. filled up the first pages with magnificent blotches of co lor. We R< HI fees that his real slackened as be came down to civilised times; there were but two or three figure* in a century, hut their histories were aa Used in liis bead by his mother's repe tition aa those of Cinderella, or the great Jack himself. For Will, who had an odd skill iti costume and dramatic effort. Mrs. Dodd contrived paper Unra with the name of the century in great gilt letters. There, by the help of little tigurcw.tbe Black I'riuce played Ina pari, and Kichatd waa himself again. 'lke plan, with Mrs. Dodd'a other plans, may seetu trivial to our readers, as they did to the teacher. "Your facts are nails," she used to say. "lion nails. I ouly stiver them over, and drive theut in."— Scriborr, Child JAJ*. —Celts Burleurb say* in one of her lecture* that, "Calling on a friend one dav, I found the usually sunny faced pet of the household con vulsed with sobs. A glance into the playroom, where I had had many a ■rood frolic with the small mamiua and tier large fatnilv of dolls, showed what was amiss. 'The destroyer,' in the shape of a big brother, had 'come down like the wolf on the fold," and all the dollies were doing duty as Klne Beard's slaughtered wives. Same were aus- I*ended by their hair, other* by their necks, wlnle several had been behead ed, and were scattered in ghastly con fusion about the floor, 'Never mind, darling,' said the mother.'never mind ; brother Will has only riptted off their heads. I can easily mend them, and make tiicm just as pretty as they were liefore.' "Yea mamma,' sobbed the little one, 'but you can't mend llieir feelings.' And just here is the trouble; a child's feelings, wounded by injus tice, are difficult to mend." Mr. Jhtrtrim tells a story, as an ex ample of the reaaouing powers of a monkey that was scratched by a pet kitten. At first Jocko was immensely aiua/ed. Recovering from his surprise, he set to work to discover the loca tion of the claws. After a aevere tussle he got the fore feet of the kitten within his clutches, saw the nails thrust from their guards, and with the broad est grin of satisfaction he proces-ded deliberately to bite the points off of each one. Thr ote*er of a pair of bright eyes says that the prettiest compliment she ever received came from a child of 4 years. The little fellow, after looking intently at ber for a moment, inquired naively, "Are your eyes new ones f The Ksr *1 ttlnnysla*. lii the neighborhood of Syracuse, In Sicily, is a cave of great depth, which is said to have been built by Dionyaius the Elder, a lyraut, or usurper, who was born ab>>ut B. C. 430, and died B. C. 30", in the sixty-third year of his age, and the thirty-uinlh of his rule, lliis cave was two hundred and fifty feet long and eighty feet high. It was fashioned in the form of a human ear, and the faintest sounds were carried from all parts to a central chamber w hlch corres|H>mled to the tympanum or drum of thenar. In this remarkable whis|>eriug gallery I'louysius impris oned all who were the objects of his suspicions, while he himself was in the habit of iMssing entire daya in the in nermost chamber, listening to the con versation of ids victims, in order that lie might ascertain for himself who were really his enemies. Ancient writers tell us tiiat tlie workmen who con structed the cavern were put to death to prevent them from divulging the use to which it was to be put, and that whole families were sometimes confined in it at once. Modern travelers relate that even at the present day, notwith standing the changes which tiave been wrought by time, the echo is such that tiie tearing of a sheet of pajier at the entrance can be distinctly heard in the remotest part. Pieces of iron and lead have been found in making excava tions, and they are thought to lie tlie remains of the chains and staples by which the prisoners were confined.— j Cheer tic's Magatliu, FOOD WE THOUGHT. Tight boot* show a narrow under standing. The ripest fruit will not fall Into your mouth. True affection grow* stronger as It growa older. When la a clock on the stairs danger ous f When it rune down. Everv being that can Uye can do something; this let him do. Men who flah for compliments don't care how dirty Die water la. The pleasure of doing good la the ouly one that dona not wear out Observed duties maintain our credit, but ant-ret dutlna maintain our Ufa. Two vane birds—The weathercock and the peacock.-—.Y. }'. Cumtmwrtai Ad rrrtirer. The supreme aelf-indulgem-n is to submit the will to a spiritual"director. —Hrtmes. None are more hopelessly enslaved than thoss who falsely laslievu they are Age Is to the work of contesting hu man hands a wonderful liarmonixer of differences. The kiss of etiquette Thackeray de scribes as "a kiss which is like the con tact of oysters." If parents were repaid for all thev do for their children, parents would not din as poor as they geoeralty do. If children were well paid for all the work they do from the Instant they be gn going alone, they might accumulate rge wealth before the age of ten. The Supreme Court of Texas has Just dadded that contract* for On federate money are not void, but the party can recover the real consideration for the contract. Saturn's rings are conceived U> be com nosed, not of fluid or gaseous mat ter, but of separate particles, and it la suggested that they are probably draw ing In upon the planet. The vslue of New Zealand Umber for shipbuilding purpose* lias been acknow ledged by the Lsard* of the Admiralty, who have entered Into a contract with Mr. J. Kussell, of Auckland, to supply the department with 2,900,000 feet of spars and bulk timber annually for a term of years. In Uif- reconstruction of the Hotel de Vlll®, I'arU, a ina< blue )• used for cut ting atone, which does hi oue day the work of fifteen men. It la composed of two revolving cylinders furnished with marble hammer*, by meana of which the tuu la separated with groat rapid ity and precision. In Paris and other rttlea of the Con tinent, it ia llie custom of the authori ties to allow venders of toys and other seasons Me objects to erect Christmas booths along the outer side of the side walks In some of the principal streets. These are permitted to remain for two or three days, or rather eveaioga. Disaiqioiniment it the lot of mortal ity. This is an oid aaying, and to some extent it expresae# the expert* ore of every human bring. There is no one in whose life some morning of aunshine and brightness has not proved the open ing of e day overcast with clouds, and perhaps made gloomy and terrific with storms. In case of sudden jar, knock, or jam on the hand or fingers, immediately after the Mow, press the Inlered part with the uninjured hand, say between the thumb and fore-Anger, and gradn aJly let up on it. It wfli nearly always remove the pain, and generally aay •welling, that might occur under the circumstance. The use of the "Carbemere shawl" was first introduced in Paris by a young Greek, the wife of a Frenchman. She was very beautiful, and it was the fash ion for *everai seasons. Her exquisite loveliness enhanced the beauty of the garment, and all the grand dames w rapped themselves in what to-day is called the Indian camel's hair shawl. Tupper has been passing of other men's wares a* his own ail this time, and now, marvellous to relate, some body has been passing himself off as Tupper. At hotels the name of Tupper is inscribed, a lien the great poet baa never been there, and in divers other directions and inconvenient ways does this false Tupper make his appearance. Abe rue thy, ihe great physician, said thai a glass of ale before bed time la a cure of sleeplessness. Another author ity says that holding the hands in wa ter w ill bring a slumber to the eyelius. Now arrives s writer in Moon'i Burai Xm Yorker, who recommends a heart felt prayer as a remedy for those to w bum Morpheus does nut easily come. Thank you. It Is said that about 15,000 bunches of violets are sold jwr day in I'aris. Their sale amounts to 500,000 francs a year. They are not in so much favor now as they were during the Empire, for the viofet is looked upon as an Imperial flower. It is, therefore, a political flower, and some people fear to be thought Imperialists if they wear a vio let in their button-bole. Social opinion ia like a sharp knife. There are foolish people who regard it ! only with terror, and dare not touch or ■ueddle with it; there are more foolish jieoplc w too, In rashness or defiance, •eire it by the blade, sod get cut and mangled for their pains; and there are wise |.cople who grasp it discreetly and bodily by the handle, and use It to carve out their own purposes. It was like the song of some wonder ful bird, ami it made the air abine after the sound had died away; and yet it was just the remark of a brave young man who walked past rue one d|jr, arm in-arm with a companion: * "Depend upon It, Tom, St Edmund, of Canter bury, was right w ben he said to some body, 'Work as though you would live forever; live as though you would die to-day. And, which Is yet worse, let everyone but dive into his own bosom, and h will find his private wishes spring out and his sacred hones grow up at an other's expense. L pou which conside ration, it comes into my head that Na ture does not in this swerve from her general polity; for physiciaus bold that the birth, nourishment and increase of everything is the corruption and disso lution of another.— Slontaii/ne. Of the origin of tire term "Hoosier" it Is related that on a certain occasion a Mr. Short, who bad heard old Colonel Letnouosky lecture ou the wars of Na poleon, In which he related the battle of the Cossacks and Hussars (the Colo nel pronounced the last word Hoosara), was in Louisville, and got Into a row, when he jumped up aud swore he was a Hoosier -, since which time the term has been applied to ludianlans. According to Dr. Hoffman, a fluid called "liquid parchment," consisting of gulta perch* softened and soaked in ether, is especially adapted tor forming a coating for pictures and cards, as It permit* the removal of dirt with a moist rag. Pencil and crayon drawing may be reudered ineffaceable by sprinkling them with the liquid by means of an atomizer, an exceedingly delicate film remaining after the evaporation of the ether. There is a gigantic ice-house in Brus sels, Belgium, whose roof covers an area of sixteen hundred square metres. The walls are double and filled with moss and sawdust. There are nine sep arate loe-chambers, each of one thous sand cubic metres capacity. The tem pcrature never exceeds degress Fahrenheit. There are galleries set apart for the storing of meat in hot w eather, capable of hanging two thous and quarters, and having them per fectly Isolated. A million tons of ice have been stored iu the building at one lime. Mslf Help. A doctrine that cannot be too forcib ly announced in these days was taught in his vigorous way by Horace Greeley, accordiug to an incident going round the papers concerning him. A young uieu's club is said to have written him asking hiin for a free copy of the Tri bune for its use. The sensible old phi losopher replied, declining and saying that one of the worst ideas for a young man to get into bis head was that he could get something for nothing. Thev needed to remember that what was too easily got was not valued, and also that life was no lottery, and there were no prizes but those that men work for.