The Cambrian

Poetry. GOLDEN HARVEST. Clad in its mantle of purple and gøld. Autumn comes smiling, its lap to unfold; Bathed in the sunshine, and pearly with dew, Priceless the treasure displayed to our view Decked with rich blossom, and laden J^th gram, Fruit f lonrthe garden, and fish from the main Food for thertoiling ones, seed for the store- Horn filled with plenty, and cup running o er; laughing the valleys, and cheering each dale, Yielding rich fruitage which never shall fail; Spring, with its buds and its leaflet to cheer, Dawned in its glory the morn of the year; Lands assumed verdue, and forests their pride, And copse-wood in glory reached down to the tide Lakes glistened mirror like, silvery the stream, Golden the sunlight, and cheering its beam Then the glad sower on furrow and sod J Scattered hishandfnls and trusted his God; Then in the vineyard and garden were seen Plants in their beauty and leaves in their green! Now the rich blades their verdure disclose, And summer comes blushing with bloom of the rose, Dews fresh distilling like pearls in the morn, Decking with plory the grass and the corn Bathing in splendour the plant and the flower, Genial the sunshine, gentle the shower; Promise of plenty to gladden the heart, God giving freely, man doing his part; All glnd preparing his labour to own, Ripening for season to garland and crown I Hail to thef, autumn, thy glory is here, Fraught with its welcome, thou gem of the year; Softer the sunlight, but gladsome the hour, Mellow the fruitage and perfect the flower Laughing the .valleys and singing the plains, Yielding abundance refreshed by the rains; Forests, in russet, instead of their green, Blushing with beauty, though changing the scene Orchard and vineyvrd and meadow and wood Teeming with plenty and preguaDt with good Come to the harvest glade; saunter awhile See the glad golden fields, slow as they smile Bending their earb 'ueath the weight of their load, Welcome to creatures and guteful to God Cheering the husbandman, glad in his toil, Binding his sheaves on the bountiful soil; Once on the furrow, when casting his seed, Cold was the winter blast pressing his heed Now on the fruitful lan-ls, mellow and fair, See how he gathers his hundred-fold there. Grateful the increase, and welcome the grain, Nor is the husbandm&o's culture in vain God giveth blessing to labour below, Lightening man's burden and easing his woe Famishing loved ones are futiy supplied, Bread fiom the com-lanus and fish from the tide Filled is ths garner, and 1 >den the tree, 1 Plenty for seed time and guerdon for me Now to the Giver fr.mi heartsevir true, Be honour and blessing and glory as due Wise are the lessons which autumn may seal Firm on the memory our sorrows to heal Sow in the morning the good seed with care; Nourish with tear drops and water with pI ayer i Work in the sunlight, and watch in the morn Grow like the sap'ing, and spread like the corn Bud in thy youth, like each early spring flower, Crowning each day, and crowding each hour Autumn is hasting, and harvest is here, Pearl of the season and crown of the year Clad in its mantle of purple and gold, Autumn comes Lasting man's doom to unfold Darnel now showing on fair golden gra n Farmer inv,ting or tempting disdain Clouds shed their lustre, and Heaven its pure light, Judge swift descending in vesture so white As a man soweth, his reaping shall be, Fruit into holiness, deep misery; Death to the sinner, with trwal and sfrife Life to the ransomed host, Heaven's own life JOHN PASCOE Castle Rise. Truro, August 1887.

larieti&s, ■& £ Why is a lover popping the question like a tailor running a hot iron over a suit of clothes ?—Because he is pressing a suit. Tramp- I nave lost an arm, sir; will- Passer-by (in great hurry) —" Surry, but I haven't seen anything of it." What an anomaly we perpetrate when we speak of the "waist of time," tince time nsver stays." When a tramp is fortunate enough to get hold of the upper portion of a roastel fowl he generally makes a cleaa breast of it. Teacher-" What is a sheperd?" The class did not respond. Teacher-Of Suppose you are all lllmbs-tbat is, little sheep- what am 1 ?" Tommy —" The biggest sheep." Have you a fire escape in this house ?" Landlord-" Two et 'em sir i" Guest-" I thought so The fire all escaped from my room last nil(ht, and I came ne .r freezing." In one year (lb2o) no fewer than 46 persons" ere hanged for forging Bank of England notes, but as some of the notes were afterwards asserted to be good, juries refused to hang any more. A minister having, as his custom was, preached a very long sermon, some hours after asked a gentleman his opinion of it. He replied that it was very guod, bnt it spoilt a dinner worth two of it." A lady who had had her photograph taken was showing it to her husband. Do you think it looks like me?" she asked. Yes," he said, after critical examination. It looks like you only it seems very q 'iet." Wife, to sick husband-" A gentleman down stairs, John, wishes to see you." Sick husband I am too ill to see any one." 11 It's the minister, John." Well, I'm not ill enough to see him yet." Two well-dressed shoemakers being in the company of some gentlemen weie a.->ke<l their profession. Says one of them-- •*I practise in the heeling art." ''And I," says the other, "labour for the good of men's soles!" Employer (to clerk)Can't you get around a little earlier in the morning, James?' James (doubtfully)—" N-no, I don't believe I can, sir." (itruck with a bright idea.) But I'll tell you what 1 can do, sir I can leave a little earlier in the evening." Gentleman—" But I'm afraid that he wouldn't make a good watch-dog." Man with pup—" Not a good watch-dug I Why, lor bless your 'art, it was only last week that this 'ere wery animal held a burglar down by the throat and beat his brains out with his tail A gentleman, observing an Irish servant girl who was feft- handed placing the knives and forks on the dinner table in a left handed position, remarked to her that she was so laying them. "Oh indade," remarked she, so I have. Be pleased, c left handed position, remarked to her that she was so laying them. "Oh indade," remarked she, so I have. Be pleased, sir, to help me to turn the table round," Will you trust me, Fanny?" he cried passionately, grasping her hand. "With all my heart. Augustus, with all my soul, with all myself," she wkispered, nestling on his manly Would to goodness y u were my tailor," he murmured to himself, and tenderly h; took her in Ilia arms. "Blobson—"I declare! This shirt has got a broken buttonhole, and I'll have to pull it off again. (Bushing into the hall ) Mrs. B obson, what have you been doing all this week?" Mrs. Hlobson-" Sewing for the heathen." Blobson (indignantly)—"Well, yowd better begin at home." What shall we name our baby sister?" asked a mother of her little four- ear-old daughter. •« Call h r Early, mamma that's a pretty name." Early That is not a little girls name." "Oh, yes it is. Don't you remember you read to me about a little girl who was to be the May Queen, and who wanted her mother to call her Early P" The late Rev. William Adams, D.D., when attending a Pan- Presbyterian Council in Edinburgh, rebuked his British Presby. terian brethern for the almost numberless divisons and sub divisons, and this is how he did it Brethren, you are R.P.'s and I.P.'s and U.P.'s. Why don't you call yourst-lves splitpeas and be done with it?" Pompous Highland Laird (to strange policeman, who has dared to pass the great man without touching his hat)-" A constable ought to be the very pink of politeness, and should touch his hat to his superior. I am tte Mactartan of Mac- tirtan, ;<nd all these mountains belong to me, sir." Policeman —"They're nae in my beat, though." £ We don't believe this anecdote, for no Scotchman ever made a joke in his life.] "I under si ood, deac n, that the church carpet is being ruined by the water from dripping umbrellas." Deacon-" It is so, parson, and something has got to be duue," Why not have a rack in the vestibule, and leave the umbrellas there instead of carrying them to the scats?" I'm afraid it would spoil the solemnity of the benediction." "You think so?" "Yes; everybody would be first out to get the best ones." Mrs. Blobson was mixing some medicine for Mr. Blobson. who was sick, when she was astonished to see her husband wink at her in a very emphatic manner. What do you mean by winking at me in that manner, Mr. Blobson ?" she demanded. F-frce of habit," stammered Mr. Blobson; "No, no -I don't meia that t mean I have got something in my eye." Well, I haven't," responded Mrs. B. with asperity. Mr. Lecount," wrote a gamekeeper to his master, to whom he was sending a pair of rabbits, "I have the honour to ¡"e"d you a pair of-" "Tell me." said he to a companion, "how many b's there are in rabbits ?" That depends upon eireutu- stances," replied the rustic oracle how many rabbits are you sending?" "Two." "Then four b's. of course-two to each one." And the gameke :per continued, well pleased with the assistance, a pair of rabbbbits A young farmer in Oregon of scholarly tastes determined to go east and get an education. He re olved to enter the Harvard Law School. He was speaking of his purpose one day to a minister, who endeavoured to dissuade him by sawing- My boy, the apostle Paul has taught us that iu whats .ever state we are we should therewith be content." t know that, ?lr> replied the youth respectfully, but if the apostle Paul naa lived in the state of Oregon he wouldn't have lived up to ni» principles as long as I have." RritK^fexV c°untrynian was recently seen standing in the ,1« Inn tv^leU?\vKuzing at the bones of a mastodon. vVhat •ountrvmim-a v!i. ft,luric(l a gentleman, who observed the •ountrynian a pre occupied air. •< Waal said the <'reenv wuTef STez S\t £ P°r' 1 jist a thiaki ef my teeth SS KVAow™ tV'\hSve 'em pul'ed-, f. You did. eh ? Well y z teeth wuz so sound. preservation of the animal's teeth »*CC?«Uw f(?r remarkable s'pose he jist kep' his mouth shet ami jij f dunno, but 1 Speaking of volunteer lady nurses in fi? ,lw questions." says Some of the nurs«s are wise »na "e o £ ™ar,' a soldier few CJreless mo;t over-anxious that th^ir ? ,sh *ome —should rouse themselves when letharjric t f", should eat elined to look about and talk and all of «« w,1en in- patient should be constantly bathed with wawm that the •Poor fellowone lady was heard to compassion stood in her e^s, • poor fdio.v. y„u ™° It will relieve you if I wash your face.' The you"e f(o £ enn? nottog until his aursc had spnnged his turned to the wall with a gr^an^and mutterod: rhat-a ninfh 1&flv 8S lift? ciOH6 it tO-U&y. Speaking Eng ish is, all the world oyer a matter which varies according to the region. The story is still commonly told of toe doctor who told the I ug.ish country boy to "show his jae oouMji mother called with hnn to see what miirtit Km The b^y looked blank, and evidently did not kn^ u Show your tongue, I say. the doctor what the doctorna •. ( c,or'- said the mother, sharply repeated. Spe; .<Hoppea thy gobbler and pop and then tin, understood, and thrust out his out thy lolhper ^he st01.y 0f a member of Parlia- tengue. ]Sot unlike tin j a very eloyueut man at home, ment from Cumberland, esteeineu a «c i shoes for his who went to a London shoemaker to get a pair of i»hoes for bn little daughter, which were to have P^ik hc^s, P-i^ed^toes, and cropped straps for clasps, this is the w y them "I pray ye, noo, hr.n yegaiten any neetly feetly shoon, poainted toen, pinked heel, and crapped atiops fo (PVVh* Sir, answeivd the shoemaker, what s that you say I pray, noo," and he repeated the question as before. i«c latnily who speak French," said the shoemaker, live next door." Public analysts have submitted CAOBURT'S COCOA to close tests, and the result has always proved its gTe::t value as a sustaining and nourishing beverage. Ltrvare of iraitailoj [060

j portfolio. Sindness has converted more sinners than either zeal, eloquence or learning.-F. W. Faber. A man's sweetest pleasures will be wrought out of his -sharpest pains, and hardships will pioneer his richer har- Tests. As this world is only a training school for a better world, God's discipline commonly rnDS along these same lines.—Rev. Dt. Cuyltr. The world has never known the equal of the character of Jesus Christ. It is far above the sweep even of the I imagination of those who deal in fiction and who create ideals. Like the rainbow, which is the blending of all trthecolors of light. His character is the blending of all moral and spiritual virtues.— Rev. David Gregg. I will tell you what is slavery, and slavery of the most crushing kind, a slavery, which, if they get it, some English clergymen will most bitterly rue and that is the slavery of the minister to the people on whom he depends for bread. How is the ordinary man to speak -the truth that is in him if his very bread is to depend upon the petty, heresy-hunting interference, not only, which is quite bad enough, of synods and presbyteries, and elders and consistory courts, and convocations, with their oppressive and stereotyped theology, but also on the approval of the local squire, of the local tradesman nay, even, it may be, on some rich and vulgar woman, who hires the chief pew, and who may have nothing in her head but some wildly interpreted shibboleth whereby to understand God and man. 0 the misery of that man who is utterly dependent upon them, afraid to dispel their u tottering walls with his untempered mortar.—Archdeacon Farrar.

THE EARNEST MAN.—The man not in earnest seldom accomplishes much in this world. Bulw.er. onee said Nothing is so conttgious M enthusiasm it is the allegory of the tale of Orpheus it moves stones, it chains brutes. Enthusiasm is the genius of sincerity, and truth accom- plishes no victories without it." SUMMER IRRITABILITY.—There is no use in disguising the fact that there is vastly more ill-humour going in summer than in winter. Vexations that in December, January, February, or some of the other months that are windy or snow-clad, would scarcely cause a wrinkle in the brow, in June, July, August and a goodly portion of September cause much more demonstration. The pre- vailing heat is often added to, in fact, by the warmth of those who are in any way harassed. Yes, the truth of it cannot be denied, there is much more wickedness of this kind abroad in summer than in winter. WOITEN MUST WORK.—Unfortunately a great number of women must work for their own subsistence. Whether the men are growing in worthlessness or whether the women are growing in numbers beyond the ability of these men to care for them the fact eiists that the proportion of women compelled to work is yearly on the increase. The only hope then is b educate the sex to fill every p;ace proper for it and thus to create an influen- tial body of intelligent and skilled working women who ¡ will exert an influence on the body politic necessaiy to establish and maintain their rights. FIXEDNESS OF CHABAOTER.—About the most serious thing in life is the fact that character, in vice or virtue, is coming into a state which is fixed and abiding. As the result of repeated choices, it comes to be a babit >n which at last one is inflexibly held to what he choose". In his self-deterinioatiou a. man determines himself, and that. beyond any disposition, and 'virtually beyond any power, to be other than he is. His shaping amounts to destiny in which, if through the grace of God it has been a shaping in holiness and virtue, they will probably continue his possession forever. If on the other hand it has been a shaping in the opposite of holiness and virtue, that, too, will probably continue a possession for ever. LIVING ON A WAGON POLE.—When Emerson said Hitch your wagon to a star," he meant, of cour.-p, that the wheels of the wagon should roll on earth, but that the forces which pulled it along should be higher and nobler than mere worldliness. It wad a g"d thought excellently expressed, and when carried out it leads to success. There are some people, howeve-, wiio in their efforts to hitch their wagon to stars, elevate themselves on the wagon poles until they reach conve- nient clouds, upon which they crawl, and spend the rr-st of their fifes ni dway between bpaven and earth. A man who passes away his life in this suspended condition is a very curious character He is just bigh enough up to lo;k down with a co;d, aristocratic condescension on the rest of mankind, and he is just low enough down for mandkind to see that he is only an ordinary member of the buman racp. It is not a very graceful position, and the people ganerally are disposed to criticise the man oceupjing K but the duspeuded genius, propped up by his inordinate vanity, and blinded by the haziness of bis surrounding, sees only himself, and imagines that, like Alexander Seikirk, he is monarch of all he surveys. All the time the people below laugh at his an'ics, nnd the angels above, doubtless, weep. THE PADRE'S PARADISE.—The devotion of Mexican people to their priests is well known. But Morelia has the reputation of being the most Catholic city in the republic. Here will be seen in a day more reverence for the priest than will be observed in a month at say Puebla for example. Devout women meeting a priest in such a public place as a railway station will seize his hand and raised to their lips with a joyous expression. Boys passing along the street aud seeing a priest will dart after him and kiss his hand. When the carriage of the Archbishop rolls along people of all ages and conditions go down on their knees in the street. An American walking along leisurely and looking into the t-hop windows saw men and women crooking their limbs about him. In a moment there came three or four warning "hists" to the foreigner, and as many Mexicans pointed up the street and motioned earnestly. The American, not fancying the posture of reverence to a human being, hesitated. The hists changed to loud hisses, and the American found half a hundred pairs of eyes shooting angry glances in his direction. Fortunately a shop door stood open, and into this the American moved, and the disagreeable situation was relieved. This same American had another experience in Morelia, which emphasized the impression he had received of the intensely religious character of the place. He was in a shop, and the old proprietor was climbing about to reach some goods on a high shelf. Suddenly a clerk, who was assisting at the prospective trade, dropped on his knees and began to pray. With a show of agility not to be expected from him, the old man hopped from his perch, grabbed the American by the shoulder and pulled him down beside him on his knees. Then for the first time the stranger observed that a church bell was ringing. As soon as the tolling ceased the proprietor released his hold on the involuntary wor- shipper, all three arose on their feet and the bargaining was resumed. STRANGE BURIALS OF MILITARY HEROES. — The funerals of milit.ry heroes are always peculiarly impressive. It is said that the conqueror Alaric, after having captured Rome, died while under march for Sicily. His army buried their chieftain by turning the river Businto from its bed, in which his grave was dug. After placing the King and his treasures there, the water was turned upon its former course, this having been done in order that the Romans should never find the grave of their conqueror. The task was performed by the captives taken in war, who were afterwards slain in ordtr to prevent disclosures of so important a secret. At.lla, who led the Huns to many a field of slaughter, reached at last the most murderous scene ever known in European history, which took place near Chalons, A.D. 401. This was Atilla's last battle, and two years after- wards he died in his own capital of apoplexy. Three coffins were made, as it is said — one being of iron to inclose the corpse this was placed in another of silver, while the outside coffin was of gold. He was buried at midnight, in secret, with much treasure, and as at the funeral of Alaric, the prisoners who dug the grave were slain. This took place near Buda in Hungry. Charlemagne was buried at Aix-la-Chapelle where his throne may still be seen in the Cathedral It is one of the oldest in Europe, having stood ten centuries. Many years after his death, when the Cathedral was built, the tomb was opened, and his body was found seated on the throne and clothed in the imperial robes. The latter are still preserved at Vienna, and are the oldest garments in the world. A VERY CRUSTY OLD BACHELOR. — In A. I. Robert. son's clever novel, Myself and my Relatives," (of which a new edition, illustrated by the celebrated artist, Sir John Millais, is announced by Messrs. Sampson Low and Co.,) there is a description of a cynical old miser, named Birmingham Newdegate, who is perhaps the most amusing character in the book. He was a thorough woman-hater —in fact, a general misanthrope, owing to his experiences as both a poor and a rich man and his account of how match-making mothers courted him for their daughters after he came unexpectedly into a large fortune, is full of pungency. He thus writes: After getting all this money I became a regular cynic and misanthrope, especially as regards women. Their conduct was odious to me I could not beat them. Instead of treating me as they had done in ihe days of my dependence and poverty, they all immediately began to fawn upon me with honeyed speeches, and the most bare-faced flitterv. The very same women who had turned up their noses at me when I was trying to make myself agreeable, had now the brazenness to commence a regular system of open attentions to me. Mothers who had scowled at me a year a?o, cane up to me with grins and smiles, wondering that I never was so friendly as to call at their homes occasion. ally, and make use of their hospitality. Women, who I knew were as stingy as misers, offered me dinuers any time I choose to "drop in" in a sociable way. Daughters were cried up to me on all sides as everything that was charming. If I said that I did not like clever women, there wasn't a woman for miles round that cared for reading, or who would permit their daughters to read. If I hinted that I had changed my mind, and thought intellectual women superior, then they were all intellect on the spot. I took delight in making fun of them to their very faces. I dare say they found it out. but they dared not let me know it, for fear they would have to resent it, and cut me; and I was too rich a man for that. I could make the most glaringly rude speeches unheeded I could almost venture to state my opinions of what they were all about, as to their designs on my Property, without apparently awakening their wrath. I mp n° P^ins with my dross, yet everybody was civil to worl i < J°^es were considered the funniest things in the eirl« no one would even smile at them. The to dan! -j11 k,ea,ls witb pride wbea I led them out young Mt<eJlden*ly Preferring me to any fine-looking sceptical without fortune. All this made me very hadn't alw^LW0tnan\ heart- 1 th»nked God that I have known ri? man« for then I should never Well, I kept of. the femaIe se*- • • • lost my sharpness wlles °* wHy» I never ugly to win the love nfeIn°rg0t time when I was too be far better for women t/ w?men- God knows it would useful in some rational r_e T0U,r to make themselves trying to get good matches?0 Thev^ln their ti™e tuat they must marry orstarve- Vy0U* may be> I, rather than make a prey of them starve say biting tach other to gain their ends 011"8 meD' back*

THE WORLD'S UNREST.—Whenever I see a little marble ball tossed up on the jet of a fountain, and as often as it drops caught up again and tossed anew, I say to myself, There is the picture of the life of a money- worshipper or a greedy place-hunter. Never at rest one moment. In one hour up, in the nex« one down, and at his highest point never secure from another tumble. Yet tens of thousands are choosing just such a restless wretched life, and wondering all the while why they cannot succeed in being happy. DAUGHTERS.—When a young woman behaves to her parents in a manner particularly tender and respectful— I mean from principle as well as from nature —there is nothing good and gentle that may not be expected from her, in whatever conditioa she is placed. Of this I am so thoroughly persuaded, that were I to advise any friend of mine as to his chose of a wife, I know not whether my first counsel would not be: 'Look out for one distinguished by her attention and sweetness to her parents." The fund of her worth and affection indicated i by such a behaviour, joined to the habits of duty and consideration thereby contracted, being transferred to the mai riage state, will not fail to render her a mild and obliging companion. MAN'S WEIGHT. — According to Professor Huxley's table, a full-grown man should weigh 154 pounds, made up thus: Muscles and tbeir apurtenances, 68 pounds* bony skeleton., 24 pounds; integument, 10 £ pounds; fat' 26 pounds; brain, 3 pounds; viscera of thorax, pounds abdominal viscera. 11 pounds blood, which Would drain the body, 7 pounds. In 24 hours he should vitiate 1,750 cubic feet of air to the extent or oue per cent. He should throw off by the 1" ounces of water, 400 graieis of solid matter, and 400 grains of carbonic acid every 24 hours, the total loss in that period of time amounting to sis pounds of water, and over two pounds of other matters. BACHELOR'S BREAKFAST there are few breakfast tables more neglected tlian the bachelor's. I do not speak of tbe rich wno lives at his club and whose appe^e is tempted by every delicacy of the season for such I need not write, they are only too well looked after. It is the solitary man who lives alone with a housekeeper whose °* a breakfast dainty is a fried rasher of bacon that deserves to be thought of • for the monotony and dulness of his morning meal roust deprive him of a pleasure which he should enjoy iu his breakfast that would go far to relieve the tedium and cares of the afterpart of the day. if a man thoroughly enjoys his breakfast and recognises m the carefully planned meal and well served spotlessly clean appoint- ment of the table a care for his comfort and a consideration for his health, he starts out for the day with very different spirits to one who gets his breakfast how he can without anyone to trouble whether he is pleased or not with what is set before him, 0r jf #afc8 it or leaves it in disgust at the sameness of the food and the ill-arranged and genera ly half washed l00k both of the linen and china In the first case a man feels he leaves a home behind him, but in the second he has no such comfort within him, to lighten the labour before him, with the anticipation of a joyful return. WHY BACHELORS ABOUND IN MEXICO When a Mexican lady is widowed, a cor,[t6po:ident of the Kansas Citv Journal, a lamily council i8 immediately called, her* male relatives and tbo>e of her husband charging themselves with the education of her eons, and the cire of herself and daughters quite a of course. Though the window and her grown-up daughters may be accomplished as wellagp00r^ n0jjo(5y dreams of the possibility of their do"ig anything toward supporting themselves, and the proffered aid is calmly accepted as an hereditary right. Even if the widowed mother is wealthy, she can by no means be independent. Custom which here rules with iron hand, prescribes that the entire superintendence ot her property and the education of her chrildren shall be delegated to her male kindred, and unless she is really an aged woman, she must reside with ber rela lves. g.j thoroughly are Mexican gentlemen imbued with this 0f womil(1]y dependence that they do not regard the care of a< y number of bereaved famuies as an unjust burden, but on the contrary, when a man marries ho virtually con- tracts to befriend all the female kindred of his ladv love, and to provide tor them if need be. This 8ort D'f knightly courtesy makes matrimony a serious matt r, and perhaps accounts for the number 0f tligibi bachelors with which.Mexico abounds; buti b,dint.ae apart, it is a beautiful custom, and a strong proof of tl.e innate chivalry of Mexican gentlemen i8 folmd in fact that the estates of widows and orphans are invari- ably administered with scrupulous honesty. LESS FOOD NEEDED IN SUMMER —Growth and waste and repair go on in a nearly unUorm way the whole year through, but the amount of food necessary for these operations or purposes is surprisingly gtnaii. n,e generation of bodily beat requires a more variable quantity of food. In winter, with the tempera(;Ure 0f the external air at zero, the temperature of the bloo(1 in healthy persons is 98 3 degrees, and when the heats of summer drive the mercury of the thermonieirter near to or above that mark, the blood still regi8(;er8 93.3 degrees. The marvelous mechanism by which this uniform blood temperature is maintained at fe gon8 it is not necessary to consider, but it must beev'd nt fo every one that the force needed to raise the tamrUat of the whole body to nearly 10CI degree, £ er no longer needed in summer. Ihe total amnnnt nt food needed for repair, for growth, and for heating physiology teaches us, is much less than i8 ffenerallv imagined, and it impresses us with the truth of the greatsurgean Abernethys saving that «'0ae.foorth of what we eat keeps us, the other three fourths we keen at the peril of our lives. In winter we burn up tbe surplus food with a litmte amount> of extra exertion. In summer we ridL °f lk Literally at some extra risk to health and, of course, to life. We cannot burn it. Our vital furnaces ar# banked, and we worry tbe most important working organg wjt^ (jje extra exertion of removing what had better never have been taken into the stomach. THE TBICKS OF MISERS. About forty yearg tlje custom of concealing money w an °ut-of-the-Way puCe unknown tc all but its possessor was greatl Tni..t um. h, ,h. condition of the saving banks. Although the danger of tailing banks is, to a larg » a thing 0f the past, tbe practice of biding y P' vails. Onen if the owner of the bidden treasu die without reveal- ing the whereabouts of • y. it woulfl be likely to occasion great anxie y -frnhtioI» among expectant relatives. Ia north.e«,tern part of tL| city a case of this nature o not many years ago. An old man who lived in » very frugal .ninner, but who was reputed to be of money, was run oyer at ailroad ciossine and killed instantly. He had several relat,^ though they were somew^ha about acknow- ledging the tie previous >0 t man s death, were very eager to proclaim it as so mias,;hey heird left behind him a considerable store of Rold> The house in which tbe old nun ha a large, shakv old stmcture full of nooks and^ crevices, which would «eem to be the very place Would select as a hoarding place for bis money, xne hou8e Wftg ran_ sacked from cellar to garret, crack and crevice was explored, and tbe furiu u e as taken to pieces, but all in vain, for at the end two Weeks. ?| t search they were no nearer t ji ,1ct of th;ir search than when they began.. A consultation Wa8 he'd, and after some discussion it was dec ed to continue the work by proxy, and a detective was engaged. This person 10°^° t!premises, and found everything that would be ely to contain the money turned inside out, so bad the anxious relatives done their work. tDe question for the detective to decide was wbetber the deceased would have been likely to bury wealth. It was necessary to ascertain the habits of the old man, and to find in what part of the grounds .TA.111 the habit of walking, for it is an established fact that a person who has every thought toncentrated upon certain place will be very likely to visit it as otten as possible. The deceased had kept one servant, a very deaf old woman, who had been with him for a n"nnbep years, and she was questioned about the habits ol her late m t She said he rarely left tbe house, but would sit all dav long in his library. This upset the theory of the monev being buried, and the detective returned to take a fresh inventory of tbe library. The re atives had given their attention to this room at an early stage of the search The bookcases had been moved out from the wall every volume had been opened an every drawer in- spected, so that no fresh place o concealment sug- gested itself. Pondering upon t e mysterious matter he fixed his eyes abstractedly "P°" ceiling, where he Haw st> uething that made his heart thonip, jfie ceiling \< of the usual height, but was *i*de 0f wood put in iung strips about eight me ie& wide. Itevidentlv bad not been swept off for a layer of grimy dirt clung to tbe boards. what attracted the detective's attention was a spot near the centre of the ceiling, on which the duet did to be as thick as on the rest of the hoards. Ihe difference in the colour of this spot was so slight that only an experienced eye could have detected it, and on getting under tbiB particular spot the detective noticed marks in the du9t as though made by the tips of human fingers, There was a solid old table in one corner of the room, which though used pretty roughly in the general ransacking was still able to bear the officer s weight. Drawing this to the middle of the room, he .ound a slight abra- sion of the veneering near the ° £ the table, like tbe marks that would he left, by the feet of a chair. This additional proof was strengthened when the de- tective put a chair upon the table, aud the feet exactly fitted the scratches on the surface of it. Getting up on tbe chair, thesesreber pressed the tips of-his fingers in the faint tracks in the dust, and a part of a board yielded to tbe touch like magic, leaving a hole about eight inches square. Inserting his hand through the opening the detective felt around aud drew forth a long, narrow thin hox. In this was discovered many thousands of pounds, The detective pocketed a sung reward, SOUL.—Either we have an immortal soul or we have not. If we have not, we are beasts,—the first and wisest of beasts, it may be, but still true beasts. We shall only differ in degree, and not in kind, just as the elephant differs from the slug. But by the concession of all the materialists of all the schools, or almost all, we are not of the same kind as beasts, and this also we say from our own consciousness. Therefore, methinks, it must be the possession of a soul within us that makes the difference. Do not let any perplexities about the dawn of revela- tion hide from you its daylight sun. This earth itself was once a chaos of fiery elements, but it became the glorious and wondrous globe we dwell on, with its infi- nite harmonies and beauties in sky, aud earth, and sea. Evetl man himself may once have risen from lower forms, and at any rate from savage life; but now intellect, con- science, and love stamp him as divine—as made in the image of God and we rank him as he is, not as he was in a bygone age. In like manner judge of revelation by its end, not its beginning. To Christ it all pointed, and in Him it culminated, and from Him still flows a power that shall mould the world.— J. M. Wilson. ADVICE TO SICK-NuR8ES.-To those who are called upon to nurse the sick through a long and severe illness it is of the utmost importance, not only to themselves but to their patient, that their own health should be preserved and their own strength maintained, not only throughout the critical stage, but during the period of convalesence, sometimes so tediously prolonged. If the malady of the patient be such as to cause any marked odour of the breath or noticeable exhalations from the skin, take care always to sit on that side of the bed or sick person which is opposite to or away from the direction which the effluvia takes towards the windows or draught of a fireplace. Sit so that the breath is carried away from you. To keep one's strength in a case of prolonged care, and particularly if obliged to sit up all night for many nights in succession, great benefit will be derived from taking a warm bath early in the morning, and putting on fresh under-garments every second morning; or if the disease be paiticularly infectious in its nature, it is best to change the under-clothing every morning. It will be found that the warm bath, followed by brisk rubbing of the whole body with a course Turkish towel or flesh brush, will refresh the wearied body almost as much as sleep. PUNCTUALITY.—On one occasion Mr Palmer, Town Clerk of Preston, and County Coroner, summoned a meeting of the Commissioners of Pon worth tn Bridge for 10 o'clock in the morning. It was half-past ten before Mr Palmer turned up, and as soon as he appeared Mr Horrocks astonished him with this query, Palmer, have you a watch?" "Yes," was the reply, "and a very good one too. I'll show it to you." "Well,' said Horrocks, "and what time is it?" Half-past ten," answered the Town Clerk. '"Just so," said Horrocks, but this meeting was called for 10 o'clock, and you are not here till half-past. Remember that servants should be punctual whether their masters are or not." Aft »r the meeting Hoirocks took young Palmer by the hand, and earnestly but kindly told him that he could mis* his meal, his rest, or his pleasures, but never ought to miss an engagement. This so affected Mr Palmer that he never again was known to fail to keep an appointment, and came to be looked upon as one of tbe most regular and most methodical of men in the town. IN CREASE OF CIGARETTE SMOKING.—The habit ol smoking cigarett's among public officials is alarmingly on tbe increase. It is due, no doubt, to the fact that the cigarette affords a means of s»tisfying an appetite or craving for tobacco and affords enough pleasure to the smoker to last for tbe time it is Wit. t^d. A cigar or a pipe is tow much of a smoke," said an officii talking "bout the matter, "in the office, where you are liable to be called on at a momen'p notice by a lady summoned into the presence of a superior. In an emergency of the kind the little thing can be thrown aside. The cigarette, you see, is cheap." Army officers as a rule were noticed to be addicted largely to the lubit of using the cigarette. They find it cheaper in the long run than cigars. Nearly nil the young men and, in fact, not a few of the old men in high social life can be seen smoking them. CHARACTER TOLD BY THE EYE.—Blue eyes signify contancy and devotion. Black eyes denote a sensuous character and fickle dispositio I. There are some noted exception!. The violet eye, called the woman's eye, denotes affection and purity, chivblric belief, and limited or deficient intellectuality. Gray eyes are the most expressive of all and denote strong qualities of mind and soul, with usually a grest deal of patriotism. The very light blue eye is characteristic of the northern races In a woman it suggests constancy and truth, steadfastness, simplicity, courage and purpose; in a man a phlegmatic disposition. Self-satisfaction and conceit are the characteristic traits represented by the green eye. Brown eyes denofe passion and lack of originality. In women they mean j. alouey And cruelty in men courage, superstition and mild recklessness. HnZ'il eyes suggest strength of character, and generally a sense of mischief and trickery. A CHAPTER ON KISSES.—A kiss is a little thing, and evanescent, but the potent influence. A lingering, tender kiss will flood the heart with joyous emotions when a volume of words might fail. It bindetb up the sore spirit, and, oft given, covereth a multitude of shortcomings. None of Ui5 can forgeb that it was the panacea of childhood. To women it is as necessary as the sunshine and dew to the rose. We refer not to the strong-minded of the sex, who, in their boasted independence, find all that is needful to existence within themselves, but to those gentle, domestic beings who make glad homes. A frequent, heart—given kiss will keep fresh the sweetness which otberwi-e would turn to coldness and indifference. The lover bestows them prefusely on bis sweetheart, and marvels at ber loveliness &s she bounds to meet him. She is beautiful, for joy has made ber so. The husband gives them not, and soon is wondering at the change so brief a period has wrought in his wife. Although she listens anxiously for his footpall, her face does not brighten as the yore, nor does she spring to meet him for the caress she yearns for, but knows will not be given. She becomes exacting, and if he is belated, asks reproachfully bow he can stay away so long from his family, which meets with an acrid reply. They preside silently at the meal, tying apparent unconsciousness of each other's prepence, the silence only disturbed by the crowing blue-eytd baby in the mother's arm?. With the first unkind word a charm bad been broken, and imperfections have been exhumed which the soil of love had covered. PULPIT ELOQUEKCK.—Whitfield was once preaching in Boston, on the wonders of creation, providence, aud redemption, when a violent tempest of thunder and lightning came on. In the midst of the sermon it attained to so alarming a height that the congregation sat in almost breathless awe. The preacher closed bis note-book, and stepping into one of the wings of the desk, fell on his knees, and with much feeling and fine taste repeated:— Of Hark I the Eternal rends the sky I A mighty voice before Him goes— A voice of music to His friends. But threatening thunder to His foes: Come, children, to your father's arms Hide in the chambers of My trace. Till the fleroe storm be overblown, And My avenging fury cease.' Let us devoutly sing, to the praise and glory of God, this hymn: Old Hundred." The whole congregation instantly rose, and poured forth the sacred song. in which they were nobly accompanied by the organ, in a style of pious grandeur and heartfelt devotion that was probably never surpassed. By the time that hymn was finished the storm was bushed, and the sun, bursting forth, showed through the windows, to the enraptured assembly, a magnificent and brilliant arch of peace. The preacher resumed the desk and his discourse, with this apposite quotation;—"Look upon the rainbow; praise Him that made it. Very beautiful it is in the brightness thereof. It compasseth the heaven about with a glorious circle and the bands of the Most High have bended it." The remainder of the service was calculated to sustain that elevated feeling which had been produced; and the beneiliction, with which tbe good man dismissed the flock, was universally received with streaming eyes, nnd hearts overflowing with tender- ness and gratitade. RosEa IN BULGARIA.—Bulgaria, tbe little country in Europe which we hear so much about of late, is a veritable rose garden in itself. In copart of the world bas the cultivation of the rose come so near perfection as in this small State, and although the soil and atmo phere of the couutry have much to do with the success of the work, the native inhabitants have made such a long and careful study of the plant and its needs that they have created wonders out of their fields of blooming roeee. A" is well known, tbe flowers are grown there for the purpose of extracting the precious aroma known as "Otto of Rose," but this circumstance does not de- tract in the least from the appearance of the rosee. The bushes require considerable care and attention, and they are seldom allowed to attain a height of over six feet. In the gre :t rose gardens, where the flowers are raised for manufacturing fie "Otto of Rose, the bushes are seldom grafted or budded. The roots forming the bushes of a young rose garden are taken from the old bushes and carefully buried with plenty of manure, where they send up young Buoots. lhese reach their full growth in about five years, and f .r fifteen years will yield large crops of roses. When an old bed begins to fail the bushes are cut away and new shoots allowed to spring up, or the whole field plowed up and roots from another bed set out in their place. A successfnl rose grower keeps several rose gardens at all times in different stages of development, so tbat when one garden begins to be unproductive another one is about ready to come in. The roses blossom in the latter patt of May, when all the neighborhood is employed in pickling them and getting them to the distillery. In addition to the great indus- try of extracting the precious aroma from the roses, the inhabitants of Bulgaria make quite a business of exporting rcse slips and roots to different countries. The facility with which tbe roses grow in the fertile valleys of that country makes it a profitable business to ra;se the bushes for market. The cuttings for buds are sent hundreds of miles packed in long grass and surrounded with straw disposed longitudinally. But the particular rose, from which the Otto of Rose is made, the rosa inoschata, cannot be grown with much success in any other part of Europe. Attempts bav« been made frequently to cultivate it in tbe south of France, but all such experiments have proved a failure. The slips and roots of the bushes are sent to different parts of Europe, where the rose is grown in some of the principal public gardens. The aroma is fo sweet that it will scent up the whole room if kept in doors, and will even impragnate tbe outside atmosphere of a j garden with its penetrating odour. A GREAT COUNTRY.—An Irishman, writing to his I wife, who has still in uld Ireland, began his letter by making the following surprising statement: "It's a foiue countbry, Bridgey, and no mistake. I've this day put phwat they c III an inshoorance on me loife an' if I'd fall down a ladder wid me hod an break me neck tomorry, begorra an, I'd get twenty-five dollars a wake as long as I'm dead. It's a foine country; that's phwat it is." CHAEACTEB TESTED BY A MUSICAL NOTE. Now it is a fact, well known and beyond dispute, that every animate or inanimate structure responds to some chord or note of music, called, I believe, the dominant. We have all felt some building vibrate in unison with the pulsation of some note of a musical instrument; we have felt creepy" shivers run througti us as some musical chord is sounded. It is well known that animals are strangely affected by certain harmonies. Some day, when civilization has advanced, I believe that these evidences of psychological structure will be better understood. It will be recognized that vice and virtue are in accord with different harmonies, and yield to the power of different dominants; and, when once the classification is made, and the disclosures of tbe dominant understood, then the extent and influence of the dominant will be a psychological test to define the character and ruling passions of men's nature, and to decide the fitness of men for the various pursuits of life, and even for life itself.—Arthur Dudley Vinton. THE PLEASURES OF POVEETY.—When husband and wife are true-hearted, there is no greater aid to happi- ness than a few deprivations and hardships in the com- mencement of their married life. It is a great thing for each to realise that be or she is sacrificing something for the other. The wife came with empty bands to a husband who had no rich gifts to bestow but while she is struggling and saving, and he is toiling and denying bimsell, the consciousness of d nng it for theother's sake confers a happiness nothing can equal. It will be in more prosperous days alone, perhaps; that both will realize the pleasures of the poverty they endured in youth. In that grand new house there is nothing lacking that taste can devise or wealth procure. Yet anJjdst the splendours and delights, the heart of both —the wife's oftenest, without doubt—will turn with wistful affection to the lutte home of old times, poverty and inconvenient as it was. The hardships and discomforts endured within its walls have passed rZ,Ji '.u ^ore the sunshine, and memory only ;n ST, e cpel'ghts of contriving, managing, ft-<d arrang- n't • 6 e over amateur attempts at car- T rUrpriaeH 1,1 cookery. The brief, sweet S 1 W6eks of toi>. 8avcd for so anxiously and looked for so eagerly. These and a lmndrtd other simple joys are the pleasures of poverty, in fact un- dreamt 01 by the rub and worldly. THE ART or CoNVERSATION. The fine art of cover- sation is little euLivat.d Yet how much of positive value it lends to life Of all the means by which one can give pleasure to another this is the very best; yet although it would seem to be within the reach of every one, there are few of us, indeed, who have ever taken part in a really good conversation. Such an art is worth cultivating; but how ? There is no text book of conveisa.ion, no method of talking prescribed in the schools, it is one of the things that must be learned by doing it. To go out one's self to meet those with whom one talks, not half way, but clear upon their own giound to lift the veil from their best thought—this is tbe secret of good conversation. It is talking, as Bacon tells us, which makes the ready man but not all talking makes the ready conversationist. Not mono- logue, nor talk in whcih the centre of interest is in the talker. There must be the clash of counter-interest, tbe friction of mind and quickly to and fro. Short sentences, unencumbered by parenthesis or explanatory clauses, are absolutely essential to conversation. Con- versation ceases the moment talk becomes a monologue. Agieat man now and then, like Coleridge, might be permitted to do all the talking; but that is not conversation which he does, but something duite different however valuable. THE EIDER-DUCK.—The eider-duck constitutes the wealth, and may be said t) be the providence, of the Icelanders. To study this bird in its native haunts, it is only necessary to take a boat at Retkjavik and pay a visit to three islands situated in front of the harbour. They are named Videy, Engey, Akrey. Here the ducks pair and make their nests every year about tbe beginning of June. When the female has chosen the place where she wishes to lay her eggs, she plucks from her plumage the feithers which she uses to line the bottom and side* of her nest; then she generally lays six eggs, rarely more. During this time the drake, more jealous of her marital prerogatives, than was Casar, like tLe good father of a family that he is, ceases not for a moment to keep a watchful eye on his spouse, and fetches her back instantly if she gives tbe slightest indication of wishing to take a walk. This curious phenomenon of a IUjle more careful of his offspring than a female has been confirmed by numerous observations. But perhaps his motive in thia is simply jealousy. The next day tbe owner of the land comes and carries away at the same time both the down and eggs. The unfortunate couple, which sometimes make a stout resistance, clinging to the clothes of ths robber with their beiks, go off a short distance and begin again; but the bondi (far- mer) comes once more and takes the precious deposit. The indefatigable mother goes to work anew, and this time only a part of the eggs are taken; for if all were re- moved the depredator in desiring too much wuuld lose all. But this reserve is made solely as regards the eggs, for the down is removed once every week, and tbe poor mother continues to strip herself until she finds herself so bare that she has no longer wherewithal to line the moist-hole that contains her eggs. The male, squatted near ber, then comes to her itesistance, and be too strips himself of his plumage, a qu ility of down that the Icelanders distinguish easily from that of the female, because it is white and is taken from the creature's side. A MAN'S THOUGHTS ABOUT WOMAK.-— Those who are kO zealous to break down the wall of partition that, by the precedent of ages, has established itself between tue sexes, should observe, in the first place, that Nature seems to be of a different opinion forsbe has certainly, in the physical presentation of the two creature s, taken care to make them look as distinctively different as a birch tree is from an oak. The structure of a woman is altogether more slender, her stature as a rule less, her tissue more fine, her nerve more delicate, ber muscular strength and capacity for hard work less. Let a young man and a young woman of average fibre set out for a pedestrian expedition, and it will be found, in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, that the lady will be more f .tigued afer walking ten miles than the gentleman after walking twenty; and the lady who, in despite of this fatigue, out of a pure spirit of ambitious rivalry, perseveres in vying with the more robust animal in his proper domain, will be sure to pay the penalty of her abnormal ambition, if she life a few yeare, in more ways than one. In close connection with this more delicate physical constitution of the woman is tbe fact that her emotional nature is more kaen, her sensibility more quick, her passions more violent, her instincts more imperious, and less submis- sive to necessary limitations, than in the man. This strongly-rooted sensibility in women is the cause of their characteristic persistency in all matters that depend in any considerable degree on sentiment. It is in vain to combat sentiment with reus ms. A woman of strong passion and fine sensibitity will bold by her instincts, and leive your arguments to float, and in so doing may, in not a few casej, be right; but if the caee is one in which cool judgment, and not keen feeling, is to decide, she will probably be wrong. Arguments in such cases are stronger with a man, because be is either naturally less richlv furnished with sentiment, or bas trained himself to keep his sentiment in subjection; but with the woman it is emnipotent, as belonging radically to the constitution of her nature. You may bend the branches of a tree, and force them to grow, as we sometimes see, contrary to nature, downwards. but if you tug at the roots, you kill it.—Professor Blackie. THE FOOD OF THE TURKS.-As to Turkish cuisi. e, it must be tasted to be appreciated; it is such that I cUre not recommend it to anyone. The basis of all culinary operations in Stamboul is a certain kind of tallow ex- tracted from the broad and thick extremity of the Cara- man sheep. This tallow has an odour so po'.ent that we would not use it even for candles Tbe Turks are essentially vegetarians- They eat beef very rarely, at d never pork or veal. They indulge in drinks, lean fowls, and nndly sheep, the flesh of which they cut off in small pieces. These pieces are strung upon long splits, which are held and turned for some minutes over hot coa's, vfhere they arc sl.«wly roasted, retaining all their I juices. This is what is called kebab, a healthful and nutritious food, which Europeans find delicious. Turk- ish pastry is quite varied and would not be disagreeable if honey and sugar were not used so abundantly and if the taste of tallow could be excluded- Bakalava and ekinek kataif (thick cakes cooked in honey, perfumed with rose- water and covered with caimak, a kind of cream) in particular recall very savory m monea. Pdchas and rich Turks always have at their repasts a great number of dishes, which the servants bring in on bras^jplatters and place on the mat on the floor or sometimes on small, low tables, around which the guests squat themselves. They eat in silence and in a grave manner, and serve themselves generally with their fingers as well as with their forks, and with their teeth as well as with tbeir knives. Nevertheless they de.gn to use a spoon to convey to tbeir mouths food that is not very solid, like stewed rice malebi, a kind of cooked cream, and iaourt, thick andbntensh milk, all of which they are very fond. Tbeir drink consists of clear wat-r • but this does not prevent them from imbibing before'their repast a white liquor, raki, which is made of the gum of the mastic-tree mixed with alcohol. It is an agreeable drink, but it is used like absinthe, the taste and properties of which it possnsses. Its use. and even its abuse, does not bring remorse to the conscience of the Turks, for if Mohummed has forbidden them to use wine, he forgot, prophet though be was, to foresee the manufacture 0ff raki, an invention more modern I than his own. THE "LAWS" or NATURE.—The Rev. Charlet Kingsley, a man of very broad and "liberal" vie** wrote to a friend: You are a sanguine man, 1*3 dear sir, who ask me to solve for you the riddle 0: existence, since the days of Job and Solomon, siØca tbe days of Socrates and Buddha; the especial ridd'Q too, of our time, with its increased knowledge of phys*" science. But what I seem to know I will tell Knowing and believing a great deal of the advattfi physical science of Darwin's school, I still can saj ] ? do not believe in the existence of law.. Laws Nature,' • laws impressed,' or properties impressed a matter,' are to me, after careful analysis of their meØ.g ing, mere jargon. Nothing exists but will. All physic" laws and phenomena are but the manifestations of till Will—one orderly, utterly wise, utterly benevolo* In Him,' the father,' I can trust, in spite of the things 166e, in spite of tbe fact that my own are not answered- I believe that He makes all thiHgf work together for the good of the human race, and°*f? me among the r, s', as long as I obey His will. Ie believe that He will answer my prayer, not accordiØtu to the letter but according to tbe spirit of it; that if lci desire good I 8hall find good, though not the which I longed for." rt WOMAN'S SELF-SACRIFICE.—The heart of a tfu^ woman is like a plicid lake which reflects sun, mOPnJ«,< and stars. She reveals the heart of God in her notf^tn characterise, self-sacrifice. H?r whole life is one self offering on love's altar. She begins as a bride Mfo tears on the wedding morning, for when she enters iOtatb her new lire of joy she cuts asunder all the ties bound her to the old honqe and the old lores her name she surrenders 01 that day when her life begird* its mingling with ber husbind's life. MotherhH brings her new joys; but there are the joys of a self-sacrifice. She ht zirds her own life in giving bifH to a new life; she gives up society, frit-ndf. literate art, music, everything that stnnds between herself sod the highest, bes% most perfect devotion to the dawnil# life that is entrusted to her. She bears her sorrows and carries bis sins. She is wounded for pIli hi transgressions, and by her stripes he is healed. WK" he comes to an age in which he could begin to refl^i her service with service of his own, si e sends him *»» «i with a baptism of tears and an ordination of H and kisses, to school, or college, or business; tiØ tl whether ever a loving letttr, or a grateful word, or unselfish service, or even a warm kiss or a tender glaH^jh; of the eye, shall serve to repay her for a s• rvice 8°' simply and unostentatiously rend^ied th.\t the V>1\ never comprehends either its value to himself or cost to her, she knows not—nay, h .rdly s 0:j8 to ask' w From the very first day when, with tearful trembling bi joy, she rests her arm Oil the arm of him to whom slle ft gives herself, down to thehour when children aud grand- at children gather about her bed of d<ath, to bear her|hi through the portal on their winged prayers, she l^6'0l down her life for her sbeep. Thauks be tj God for *1^ pure and noble womanhood; for all its purity, its t1; sympathy, its tendem ss, its long suffering, its joyful self-sacrifice; but most of all for its pathetic mieP J pretation of the incomparable and for ever incouiptf" „ hensible Life. SEEING B4By.-If you desire to drain to the the fullest cup of corn and hatred that a fellow hum#0 creature can ponr out for ymj, U t a young mother het1' It you call dear baby II it." Your best plan is to addr4!f8,¡d' the little article as « little angel." The noun angel" being of common gender, suits the case admirably, a^ ,!l the epithet is sure of being favourably received. "Pet" or "beauty are useful for variety's sake, but angels jS, the term that brings you the great, at credit for fen" and good feliing. The word should be preceded by short giggle, and accompanied by as much smile" possible. Aud, whatever you do. don't forget to 81' that the child has got his father's nose. This "fetched e: the parents (if I may be allowed a vulgarism) more thai u anything. They will pretend to laugh at the idea" 101 first, and will say J. Ob, nonsense!" You mnst thlØ, get excited, and insist that it is a fact. You need haf" 9 no conscientious scruples on the subject, because tf V thing's nose really does resemble its father's—at$ £ events quite as much as it does anything else in natur8 ? -teing, as it ia, a mere smudge. Do notdespise thee" hints, my friende. There may come a time when, wit& tJ mamma on one side and grandmamma on the other, 1 group of admiring young ladies (not admiring yoil' u though) behind, and a bald-headed dap of humanitj i, in front, you will be extremely thankful for some ide* x of wbat to say. A man—an unmarried man, that i* 1. —is never seen to such disadvantage as when uudef going the ordeal of seeing baby." A cold shudd,t runs down his back at the bare proposal, and the sickty J smile with which he s^ys how delighted he shall b«r ought surely to move even a mother's heart, unless, a1 J I am inclined to believe, the whole proceeding is a mef* |: device adopted by wives to discourage the visits lit. bachelor friends. 1 SPIRITUAL HEROES.—Strength of character consist 4 of two things—power of will, and power of self-restraint' ¡a It requires two things, therefore, existence—stroor^ feelings, and strong command over them. Now it here we innke a great mistake; we mistake strong i' feelings for strong character. A man who bears !? before him, before whose frown domestics tremble, an^ J quake, because be has his will obeyedfand his own waf in all things, we call him a strong man. The trui& t is that he is a weak man; it is his passions that al* 4 strong be, mastered by them, is weak. You mul t, measure tbe strength of a man by the power of t1\O feelings he subdues, not by the power of those whicl1 It subdue him. And, bence, compoeure is ve y often til' highest result of strength. Did we never see a receH* || a flagrant insult, and only grow a little pale, and th«* |J reply quietly ? That is a man spiritually strong. (K j' did we never see a man in anguish stand, as if carvtf* > out of solid rock, mastering himself f Or one bearing a hopeless daily trial remain silent, and never tell tl>f I' world what cankered his home peace ? That is strength He who, with strong passions, remained chaste; U»'j who, keenly sensitive, with manly powers of indignatio* li in him, can be provoked, and yet restrain himself, aflJ It forgive-these are the strong men, the spiritual heroe* AN INVALTD'S VOYAGE TO TKE ANTIPODES.—Life sea during such a voyage necessarily involves manf 1 points of contrast with ordinary life on land. Fo* nearly three months tbe invalid is shut in upon ) floating house, perhaps 250 feet long by 50 feet broai and all intercourse with the outer world is absolutely ( impracticable. Tbis only amounts to a revolution the daily habits of the individual. There is no morning Jiaper, no postman's knock, no telegrams, no rushing or train or tramcar, no daily confinement in close office court, or consulting room. If the daily pleasures ai* few, tbe daily caree are fewer still. The passenger h«* only to eat, sleep, and live. His most pressing dut1 is to attend the summons of the dinner bell, his chiP interest to watch the changing humours of sea and sk/> or lean over the bulwarks and conjecture the rate fl( | the vessel's speed, or awnit the daily announcement fr ( the log. The strain of life is withdrawn the wbeeP of existence move easily and with lessened frictiofl' ( The voyager yields to the soft influences operating upoP jl him he is no longer ashamed to be lazy he gradnallf I) rt signs all his good intentions of turning the long houJ* |* at sea to good account for purposes of intellectual cubY J vation he becomes a lotus eater for the nonce. Sud* luxurious indolence, which at other times and in otb«f II places would be contemptible, IS here perfec-lv rigb< because perfectly natural. The Neapolitan lazzarortlr 'II the Hindoo, the Tongan, the Tahitian, are constitution' indolent, because climate and conditions of lif prohibit energy. Ihe traveller by sea has no motive for activity 'i andj naturally refrains from an expenditure of vigotf^ for which there is no demand. In the case of tW J invalid, this restfulness. this intense indisposition í(1 mental or physical exertion, this careless insouciancfa have a profound explanation. During three long hotltf ) and days of calm inactivity, na'ure is busily at worfr repairing the waste of years of toil or the ravages i tedious disease. Unseen hands are silently engage^ in building up again the broken cells; unseen fi^ur*' are busily rearranging the disordered machinery of lift" He will be wisest who will let Nature wo: k on. yielding him sell to an instinct which he only half comprehend* To the consumptive the most important features of self life are the pure tonio atmosphere and the long houf* of uninterrupted enjoyment of sunshine and freeh Bif. In the warm latitudes the passengers live on decfo going below only to eat and sleep, and frequentlf spend as much as fifteen hours daily in the open ait- To those who adopt the modern view»: of the etiological relations of consumption, the immense advantage of such a mode of life will be evident. Pure air m iy be obtained in the desert, among the mountain, or at seal but for absolute purity the last must bt-or away the p^lm. All the ordinary sources of atmospheric con- tamination are absent, and, granting a healthy hygienC ot the ship, the air at sea approaches !I!1 nearlv as maf be to ideal purity. There can h* liHle druh't .h it id this fact hes a large part of the secret of th remarkable utility of the Be 1 voyage to the con?umpth-e, .0 whom pure air is, in tue m.st literal sense, the very breath ot life. J IN?B0FRClx"pltsKH bvE»r £ 'J WlTH0U* -MEDICINE. PUR* ARABICA FOOD, which repairs the^mnr DELICIOl's 1.EVALEST> achand Bowels, the Blood'emneous membrane of Stom> Voire and Breath—e Nerves. 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