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JOHN M. REID, M. 1).. £03. 0F YONGE AND COLBURNE 8qu THORNHILL. comssmNER [N THE QUEEN’S BENCH, CO’NVEYANCER. AND DIâ€"‘VISION COURT AGENT, GREEMENTS, Bonds, Deeds, Mongages. Wills, &c., &c., drawn wflh attention Ind-promplitude. Terms umderale. Richmond Hill. June 9. leS. 1 Wuhafiom in the ofiice on tha mornings of Tawny Thuledaya and Saturdays, 8 to [0.9. m. D’All consultations in the office. Duds; Morléaqes, &c.. drawn up with neat~ noni‘hhd daspntch. in Chancery. Conveyancer. 850. Office in Victdria Buildings. over the Chronicle office. Brock Street. Whitby. Also a Branch Office in the village of Ben- vorton, Township of Thoruh, and County of Ontario, masonic army mom, I‘ll’l‘UHEL 1100515 : TABLING for Six 3' Horses Good Pas- turago. Loose Boxes for Race Horses and Skids. DAVID McLEOD begs to announce that ' he has Leased the above Hutel and fined it “pin a manner second to none on Yonge St who 6 he wili keep constantly on hand a guod lupp‘y of first-'class Liquors, &c. This house pout!st every accommodation 'l‘mveflers can (lo-ire, those who wish to stay where they can find minty comfort ’nre respectftu invited to pm up n this establishment. Aumn'. June. 1&5. 1-tf JAMES M. LAWRENCE, (.1953 ofthe 3rd Division Court, CONVEYANCER, AND COMMISSIONER IN .T HE QUEEN’S BENCH Ofigggpposige a. RAYMOND'S H01 EL. Richmond Hju. MS. TEEFY, ESQ, Notary Public, The Division Courisin Ontario, Richmond Him-I151 Markham Village regularly attended. Mmghly' Fair held on the premises. fi"st Wading-Any in each month. Agency as usual. Richmond Hill. June 9, 1865. AURORA. AVID McLEOD begs to ' he has Leased therahove UNDERTAKER fidpqper discontinued until all arrow-ages are pIid : and parties refusing papers without fusing upg'will‘be held accountable for the Infleription. Carriage and Waggon ; . MAKER, [$33! of the Royal College of Surgeons x , England, ‘ I‘bbgqnorafly be found at home before fhn‘lf-past 7 mm. and from 1 to 2 pm. mama.“ mu, June. was 1 Km. 6: c. &c. Mitfoncéâ€"Nonrly oppositn ‘th'e Post Office, ' Richmond Hill. A‘II advertisements published for a less pefiod thin one month. must be paid for in advance. DR.- JAS. LANGSTAFF, Iii)in and under. first inmrtiunn ..$00 50 EM mitigating“! insertion .. . . . . . . . . . . ()0 l3 Tonia” mid under. first insertion. . . . 00 75 EMI’MUOHI insertion. . .'. . . . . . . . . 00 2“ AW (en'lines. first insertion. per line. 00 07 In" subsequent insertion. per line. . . . 00 02 OMECulum‘n per lWelve months. . . .... 50 00 I‘d! tculumn do do . . . . ... 30 00 Qldneriof'n'column per twelve months. 90 GO 0“ mkimgn [is] six months.... .. . .. . 4f) 00 nmnwxumn do 2500 Quarte‘r ofn coiumn per six months. . . . l8 0!] A urd‘of ten finus,-Tor one year. . . . .. 4 ()0 Ana: sffifloe'n'lhies. d3 5 25 A “rqi-taftwle‘nly lines, do . . . . . . . 6 50 “havertis‘e;nents t'vithuutwrilten directions inflrled'till'forbid. anfl charged accordineg All thusilory advertisements, from slrangers Io'ung'ular castomers. must he paid for when hqlli- dviu for inser'ion. “Tailpnlchedrlle hubscribers h) the earliest ~I'Ilill. or, other conveyance, when so desired. The You: HERALD will always be found to «mum thelatest and most important I"oreign hid Provincial News and Markets, and the whitest one will be taken tu render it ac- neplnble to the man of business, and a valu- uhle Family Newspaper. TERMS:â€"0ne Dollar per annum. In AD- Vu’tcn if nnt'pnid within Two Months, One Doll“ nn‘d‘ Finycents will be charged. Rienmond Hill, June 9. 1865. Whiiby June 2. [865. GEORGE SIMSON, Proprietor. EVERY FRIDAY MORNING, 'flébrnfii’n. Juno 9, 1865 June. 1865. Jain 9, 186‘ fillfleuora addressed lo the Editor must be Oppouile the Elgin Miils. 41mins OF ADVERTISING. mustangs Bindery. "3'93. HOSTETTER, 3mm mark . 5mm TTORNEY - A‘l' - LAW. SOLICJTOR L» . RICHMOND HILL POST OFFICE. CHAS. C. KELLER, ‘, THOMAS SEDMAN, mat for the Proprietor. by Scott a: LAW CARDS. IS PUBXJSH ED IRICHMOND:H1LL. yeah... .. [a ....... ‘o June 9. 1865. COMMISSIONER 1N QUEEN’S BENCH CONVEYANCER AND AUCTIONEER; CANADIAN SWING PUMPS! Richmond H ill Hotel} THOMAS COOK, Proprietor- LARGE HALL is connected'with this’ 1 Hutel for Assemblies. Halls, Concuns, Mueliugs, &c. Every attention paid to the conveuleuce and eomfort of 'l‘ravellers. The Best is Always the Cheapest. P o w} L L’ s Good Smblmé and a cueful Hosfler always 111 auendauce. June 7, 1865. HE Subscriber begs to inform the Public that he has leased the above Hotel. where he willkeepconslumly on hand a good snpplv of first-class Liquors. &c. As this house possesses every ucconnnodation Tra- vel ere can desire. those who wish loslay where they can find every comfort are respectfully in- vited (0 give him a call. C. VAN NOSTRAND. A Stage leaves this Hotel every morning for Toronto, at 7, 3.111.; returning, leaves Toronto {it half-pas‘ p.m. Richmond Hill. June. 1865‘ GEO. MCPHILLIPS &. SUN, CKNOWLEDGED by 800 Farmers. Pro- 7 - fessional Gentlemen and (HhFl‘S (who have them working in Wells. varying in depth from m to 13:: {av-I). m be [he EASIES'I’ WORKED. MUST DURABIJE. and EFFla ClEN‘l‘ ever offered to the Public. (I? Price 60 cents per foot. Noextra charge for Top. TORONTO. John Mills, Proprietor. alwayé in attendance. Toronto. June. 1865. DAVID EYER, Jun., Stave’ & Shingle Manufacturer This machine will b; sold cheap for cnsh. or short credit wiil be given by lumibhing approved joint notes. and Um public generally, that he has opened an HOTEL in the Village of Maple. 4th Con. Vaughan. where he hupvs, by nuan- |ion 10 the omnibus of (he travelling commu- nity. to merit a share of their patronage and «upport. Good Slabling. 6w, . u n». “v . man-Y 'l‘HE Subscriber begs to inform his friends Richmond Hill. June, 1865. Good Stabling attached and attentive Hostlsrs Every Pump IVarranted, Orders for these Pumps addresased to C. PO WELL. Newton Brook, C.W. Will receive prompt attention. ' on the Elgin Mills Plank Road. A large Smck of’ STAVES and Summits kept canstnmly on lmnd.a11d sbld uHhe lawes’l Prices. [3’ Ca" and examine Slack before purchas'é Eng elsefvhere. I ESIDENCEâ€"Lot 96. 2nd ConA Markham, I White Hart In, women: HILL. Maple. June [865. CLYDE HOTEL HE Subscriber ofl‘ers for saYe. one of John Abel’s superior Slumping Machines The machme has couplings enough to stump an acre without moving. Maple Hotel 2 STUMPING MACHINE FOR SALE! At the lowest possible rates. Saw Mi“ on lol 25, 2nd Con. Markham. 9} mlllos euslof Richmond Hill by the Plank Road Kept on hand. SAWING none promptly ; also Richmond Hill, June ‘26, I855. E’ost Oflice Addressâ€"Richmond H.111- Jun61665. - ~ ~ . ' - * Planed Lumber, Flooring, &c. All persons are hereby notified not to pur- chase any 0: the Mortgages. Nutes. or wedmies of the said John Langslafi', from any person or persons whomsuéver. v Lumber Tongued & Groved LUMBEBING! LL PEP SONS indebted to the Estate of the late John Lailgsthff. of the township ofMarkham. are notified to pay their debts to the underxigued unly. And all persons having debts or claims against the said Estate are no- tifie d to plesont the same to the undersigned forthwith. ' PLANEING To ORDER, Provincial Land Surveyors, RICHMOND HILL. C. W. June7,1855. 1 Markham. Juno 9, 1865‘ King St... [555%. near the Market Square. GEORGE McPHILLIPS, GEJURUE WELDRICK. Execulqgrs ot' the late John Langst'afl'. Richmond Hill. Juno 1‘). i865. l-tf NEW SERIES. Vol. VI. N0. 14. EGS respectinuy to iuform his customers and the public that he is preparud xo_ do In any quantity. and on short notice. Lor 3i, 4m Con. MARKHAM, J. GORMLEY, RICHMOND HILL/AND YONGE ST. GENERAL-ADVERTISER NOTICE. ABAHAM EYER Anplv to EDWARD SANDERSON. JAMES WATSON. 1.1: Lot 20, 41h Con.. l-Im film Ht l-Lf l-lf l-lf Xvi! Hitherto we had lived in Wales, and had never dreamed of any ‘greater change than a visit to the jcountry for its season. In those ‘days people very seldom went to London, except on business, unless they were of the highest rank. The country towns were filled at the assize time with all the better classes oflanded gentrv, who en- joyed the, gathering, balls‘ &c., and then turned to their old halls to pass the remainder ofthe year in the quiet rural avocations, hunting and shooting. My ialher looked every morning lhrough lhe advertisements of the Morning Herald (of the last date we received) and one day announc- ed that he had found a house ad- vertised in lhe previous day’s paper which appeared to be exactly that which he required. ‘ But,’ he added to my mother. ‘I must firstgo up and see. it; then, if it suits and theprice is not so ex- orbitant, you shall have it.’ When old nurse heard of my father‘s in- tentions, she burst forth into lamen- tations about the risk he ran, de- claring that it was {rightfully dan- gerous. to go to London all alone, and that she believed he would never return. It is possible that these diatribes, being uttered in my hearing. were partially the cause 01' the dream I had that night, although alter events seem to mark it with a most prophetic character. I dreamed that my father was in London. and that I saw him alone in a large roomieading over some papers, when-a man armed with a. glittering knile-, stole softly behmd him and was about to plunge i1 imo the back 0. his neck. The knife was made of glass! l was 'hen a boy about ten years old; a dreamy child, preferring books to play, precocious from hav- ing no child associate: and highly imaginative, probably from the wild scenery and the seclusion in which i had been reared. I made a desperate effort to call out and wam my father of his danger, but l'ruillessly; I could not utter a sound, and I awoke with the agony of my struggle with the nightmare. The next morning at breakaat I told- my dream and my father laughed at me. I .‘ If the weapon was only a glass knife I shouldn’t think it would be very dangerous,’ he replied; ‘but George, I am not going to London alonc.’ ‘ Not aione, iather ?’ said I. f No,’ he replied. ‘ I shall take you with me; your mother. thinks you require a good dentist, and it is a- capital opportunity to have your teeth eXamined; she has no faith in Mr. Martin's successor.‘ Shorl'Zy after the peace of 1815, my mother had a nolion of possess- ing a town house; my father, who never, within mv memory, refused anylhing, at once busied himself in procuring one for her. "I wnsin a qtate [of rapture}. To See London,~ to take suchTa jOurney; Cometh a Blessing Down. But to the one whose spirit Yearns for the great and good; Unto the one whose storehouse Yields the hungry food; Unto the one who labors, Fearless of foe or frown; Unto the kindly hearted, Cometh a blessing: down. Not to the folly blinded, Not to the steeped in shame, Not to the carnal minded, Not- to unholy fame ; Not in neglect of duty, Not in the monarch’s crown, Not at the smile of beauty Cometh a. blessing down. ‘ Not‘ unto the land’s expansion, Not to the miser’s chest, Not to the princely mansion, Not to the blazoned crest, Not to the sordid wax-Idling, Not to a knavish clown, Not to the haughty tyrant, Cometh a blessing down. Not to the man of dollars, Not to the man of deeds, Not to the man of cunning, . Not to the man of creeds, Not to the one whose passion Is for the Wofld’s 'renown, Not in aéform of fashion' The Glass Knife Cometh a blessing down. f3” fir)“, £itemture. 310111110371) HILL, FRIIM'Y, ‘fsiagifiriiMBm: a, 1865. 1mm). “ Let Sound Reason weigh moré with us than Popular Opinion.” I did not know what to say when my faiher appealed to me. 1 disâ€" liked leaving him with Mr. Brown in that dismal room, so like my dream, and yet i «could not refuse to go, for I was painfullv shy. ‘ Are. vou sorry to go away from. Ibis house?’ I asked, just to make something to say to her, as she sat hugging her do“. ’ ‘ Yes you are,’ sad I, ‘ my papa has bought this house. Didn’t you know it! The gentleman who came 10 see it with me the other day. he has bought il.‘ She laughed a foolish and yet a cunning laugh, and replied. ‘ Oh many people come to see the home, but nobody buys it. Papa says it shall be Mary‘s house.’ I obeyed. and found Mary at. the [Op ()flhc house, alone in a large garrel, which was her nursery. She seemed surprised to See me, but she was a very sclfposseswd little girl, much older than myselfm manner. lhough not in mind, fur I soon perceived that she was very simple, almost wanting in intellect. ‘Mary isn’t going away,’ she said. It was with diflicully I kept from crying out as I heard this confirma- tion of my dream; I jumped up, and wishing Mary hurriedly good- bye. ran to the door. It was lock- «1'! ‘How silly she is !’ l thong“ thenâ€"I cannot tell what ma utter the wardsâ€"I added, your papa got a glass knife ?’ ‘Yes,’ she added, nodding re- peatedly, ‘Mary’s papa has got a sharp glass knife. Mary must not touch it; it would cut her.’ I! seemed that there was some delay in the business; the deeds of the house and the deed of trans- fer, or something, (I never knew what it was,) was not ready, or had not arrived, and we had to wait. ' ‘ Perhaps your son would like to go and play With my little girl while we settle our business,’ said Mr. Brown glancmg at me. My hesnaiion ended in my father’s desiring me to go, and Mr. Brown escorting me up one flighl of stairs. and from thence pointing up another, bade me go (m upwards and find Mary in her nursery. All my fears became certaimies the moment I knew we were lock- ed in ; but I had been in too many imaginary perils to be unerly terri- fied and desparing. I made no noise at the door; I returned to Mary, told her I would catch her a bird, and. opened the window, l Mr. Brown the present owner, lwas at home and receiVed my father very courteOUsly. He was a most respectable looking old gentle man' with a grave formal demean- or. He told my father that he Was going to America, and he wished to sell his house as speedily as pos- sible, even ifit were a liltle below its real value- He took my lather over it (I accompying him), and certainly it was a palatialresidence in point of size, but it was badly furnished, and the houshold was evidently much too small to keep it in proper order and cleanliness. In one room, up stairs we. saw a little girl playing-with a kitten ; she was a thin, pale child. with large dark eyes, long hands and lingers. My father Just spoke to her, but 'I was shy and said nothing. The next day »we went to the house of the person who advertised. It was a very large and handsmne mansion in a then fashionable squale, and my father was greaily pleased with its appearance. We started next morning by the mail, and after a very long and tiresome journey in which not the shadow ol'an adventure enlivened the long and dreary way, we en- tered London late in_ the evening ofthe following day. My father took me to an hotel in the Strand, where he usually staid whenever he visited town, and I' gained my first idea of the grandeur and bustle of London from [he number of carriages and ltackney.-coaches which I counted, without ever com- ing to attend, from the window. to get such a hhance’oi adVen’mres --â€"for which i was as eager as'Don Quixote; abova all. U) be a pi'olec- tor 10 my fatherâ€"for such, in my childish folly. [believed I should be.â€";;icligh1ed me; I forgot my dream in my joy at such a 'subjL-CI. what made me I added, ‘Has I thought; and The window presented the. pro- bable egress by which the assassin had escaped from the room, but it opened into a closed-in court-yard. from which there was no visible outlet. Someone, however, shrewd er than the rest, observed the scatter“ ed coal dust,and examiningthe now shut grating over the coaldoor aper- ture. detected the mark of blood stain fingers on it. They at once pro ceeded to examine the cellar. (me. or Ithjumped fearlessly down the aperture, the others descending the stairs in a regular way ; and below a very singular discovery was made. In one of the cellars= which was not paved, an open grave was foundâ€"~destined, no doubt, for the victim who had so narrowly escaped being murdered. Meantime i watched beside my father. Alter Dr. Houghton had bound up his wounds and administered swme brandy, he opened his eyes and spoke. Dr. Houghlon and his servam lified him on a sofa near, and the former, after feeling his pulse, pro- nounced him still living, end sent his servant for restoralivvs and some bandages. Mean lime sew-r- al passers hy had dropped in, and the conslables arrived with Iurther succor, and Ihev began at once a search Ior the murderer, Bye-and-bye a man opened the door, and enquired sulvlvnlv what was wanted. In answer, Dr.Hnugh- ton and his man pushed past hm] into the passage, saving , ‘ Where is this child's father ?’ The man turned pale,and stam- mered out something abnut calling the gentleman, rvtreating down Ihe passage as he spoke. I flew to the door of the back room, where 1 had left my' father, and tried to open it, crying ‘ pa, pa l" My father‘s voice. responded from wuhin,» crying ‘ Help! help !’ and then came a dull sound as of a fall. Dr. lloughlon and his man fol- lowed me ; lliev at once forced open the door between them.. and a hor- rid scene presented iismf. On 1119 floor lay my poor falher covered with blood; the furniture was all in disorder and lhe room bore 1951i- mony ofa fearful struggle having taken place. I ran to his side and kneeled down, and called to him, In an agony of grief and fear, to speek 10 me, but he had lost con- selousnvss. ' Is that you George ?’ God bless you my dear boy ; you came only just in time,’ said he. There was some slight delay in answering the dom‘mnd Dr. Hnughs Ion (my new friend) hid the maid, who smod trembling (m the door- steps of the house, 10 run for a con- stable. ‘ Little Mary sat lookingr with stu- pid wonder at me as I climbed on a chair, got out on the narrow edge and then sprang full on the parapet at the side. I reached it safety.â€" A great window stood open on it. where sat a maid. busy making a ’new cap ; she looked out just as! ,alighted- (m the stone, and uttered a scream of alarm. I ran up to her. Dr. Houghlon seeing my father so much relieved, imisied on hav- ing him removed 10 his own house. where, in short, he remained until his perfect recovery. As soon as he was able. he gave the [allowing account of the outrage perpetrated on him; ‘Soon after you left 111}? room George,’ he said, ‘ Brown relurned wilh papers, which he begged me to 100k at,’ adding ‘ Shall I make you out a receipt ?~do you pay at once 2”. I replied inih’e affirmative. She helped me atonce. ran down stairs wilh me, called a man- servant and told him wua! I sald.~ The man believed me. Who could have doubled Ihe earnestness Of my conviction? He went In his master and they both at once' walked to the next dour anJ knocked. ‘ 0, pray,’ I cried, ‘ let me come in, and gudowu below; my father is being mmdered iu the house.’ At what a heing it was from‘lhe around, and how the roof shelvod beneath the lillle window. ‘ An English Boy’s head would have turned dizzy as he lacked down; bull was a mountaineer, and it was a peril [could and must dare. forihe next house had a parapet. which opened only at a spring from lhe outer window sill. and ifl could getnn it, I could doubtless obla‘in help. from the neighbors. The mansion ilsoii beionged to a gentleman who resided on Ihe con- linem, and to whom Brown “1" s agent. He was allou'ed to occupy it till it should be sold, an event of not very probable occuronce, consi. dering the use the infamous SUIICI- lor made of his trade. He never ventured to present or use in any way my finher’s cheque, and my mother was so shocked at! Ihe deadly peril to which her husband had been exposed, that she gave up he! wish for a town house, and the pro- ject was anaudoned. I need scarcely say how it pleas- ed them to think that their son had been so heroic; and there: was never a gathering round the hearth ‘ When rain and wind beat dark December,’ without the stnry ofmv dream, and the brave_use I made of it, being told ; and amongst the legends of an old family there is certainly scarce- ly one stranger than that of THE GLASS KNIFE. ' ‘ A sensitle person in this city is like a man tied up among a drove of mules in a stable.’ l0n0e heard from a respectable stranger in the Syrian tmxn of Horns, a lo- calin proverbial for the sullen stupidity of its denizens. But among the Bedonins in the desert. where the advantages uf the stable are wanting, the guest rather reâ€" sembles a man in the middle of a field with united mules frisking and kicking their heels in all‘diree- tions around him. Here you may see human nature at its lowest stage. or very nearly ; one sprawls stretched out on the sand, another (Iran's nnmeaning lines with the. lend ufhis stick, a third grins, a 1fourth asks pnrporlless or ’ iinperti nent questions,'0r cuts jokes 'meant for witty, but in fact only coarse in the extreme. Meanwhile the boys ttht themselves forward without restraint. and interrupt their e‘durs â€"their betters I can hardly sayâ€" with‘uut the smallest respect or del- erence. And yet in all- their, Was no real intention at" LrndenesS, no desire to annoy ; quite,.the~reverse. , T.le sincerlyr wish to matte them- The ,ceiimiin wth the open grave was discovered was dug over and iwo bodies were discovered beneath its damp surface; one not recognizable, the other idenli fivd as that of a gentleman who. like my Miler, had been in treaty for lhe house. i 2 He wrote the receipt. I gave the I mone’y,’ or rather a cheque for the ' money. and 'he begged me to ex- ’ amine whether lhad the transfer % right or not. I \'as just bending down, glancing at it, when a sud- den gleam felt on the old mirror which you may remember faces thr- window, and happened to be ap- posite to me. I don’t think I should have remarked it; ifI had ‘not been warned by my poor bo_\’s appre- hension of a glass knife ; as it was with a sudden start I turned and thus escaped receiving a stab in the back of my throat from an actual glass knife, which passed before- my eyes at that moment, I sei2ed the villain’s arm instantly, but he was a strong man in spite of his apparent age. He drew the knife through my hand, cutting it with the sharp edge. but I succeeded in breaking it Then he drew out a poinard. and the struggle began again. I fought hard for my life. â€"- 'l‘here earne a knock at the door. which evidently startled mv anta- gbnist; he relaxed his hold for an instant. and I disarmed him of the poinard. Then I heard my boy‘s voice. and shouted for help. But the effort of calling out gave my Inc the momentary advantage over me; he released his arm from my grasp and struck me heavily on the he 1d. ‘1 fell, and remembered nothing more. till I saw your kind faces bending over me.’ The monster who thus made ofa' noble dweling a shamble, was never found; he had escaped in some wonderful manner from the Cellar, into which he had dccended â€"â€"pcssibly the ordinary staircase. during the confusion. before the. constables arrived. His manâ€"ser vant had also effected his escape, and the only person found in the house was little Mary. She was conveyed to the work-house till her friends "’or‘conneetions should be C found. ‘ TERMS $1 00 In Advance. Bedouin Stupidity. \Vhole ho. 2"?4. NEVER "KNOCK UNuEn.”â€"-No, never. Always rally your forces for another and more desperate. as- sault upon adversity. ll' calumny assuil you, and the worldâ€"as it is apt to do in such mewâ€"lakes part with your traducers, don"t tum moody and misamhrouic‘ or, worse still, seek to drown your unhappi- ness in dissip-uion. Bide your time. Disprove the slander if you can; if not. live it down. If poo verly come upon you like a thiel'in the nightâ€"what then? Let it rouse you. as the presence of a real thief would do. to energetic action. No matter how deeply you may have got mto hot waterâ€"always provided that you did not helplhe Father ol Lies to heat itâ€"your case, if you are madeof the right sort of stuff. is not desperate; for it is not in ucoord with the divine order and swoop of things. that lite should have _no difiiculties which an honest, determined man, with Heaven’s help, cahnot sur~ mount. HUMOR AND SAltCASM.â€"lt is not everybodv who knows where to joke, or when. or how; and who- ever is ignorant of these conditions had better not joke at all. A gent- leman never attempts to be humer- ous at the expence ol people with. whom he is but slightly acquainted. He would as soon board at their. cost or request them to frank him at their tailo:s. In fact it is neitho 1or good mannnrs nor wise policy to joke at. anybody’s expenec ; that is to say, to make anybody uncom- forluhle tneroly to raise a laugh. Old jEsop who was doubtless the subject ol many a jibe on account at his humped buck, tells the \vllolo story in his fable of " The Boys and the Frogs.” What \vas'g'olty“: for the youngsters was death to the croakers.‘ A jest may cut deeper.- than a curse. Some men are so constituted that they cannot take even a lriondly joke in good part, and instead of repaying it in the same light coin. will rcqnite it with contumely and insult. Never bull‘- ter one ol this class, {'or'hc will brood over your badinage long af- ter you have forgotten it. and it is not prudent to incur any onc’s en- mity for the sake of uttering a smart double entendrc or a’ tart rcpartee. Ridicule. at best, is a perilous weapon. Satire. how.- cVer, when levelled at social lollies and po'itioal (’VlIS, is not only le- gitimate, but commendable. It has shamed down murerabuses than were ever abolished Liv force of logic. EXTRAORDXNARY CA LCULATION.-â€"- The number of human beings living at the eml of the hund'eth gcnvra- Lion, cm‘nmenclng from Valzlsingle pair, doubling at each generation (gay in thirty years), and allowing for each man. woman. and child an average space of four feet in hetght,‘ and one {not square, would form a. vertic 6 column. having for its base the whole surface oi the Ninth and sea spread out into a plain. and. for 115 height 3674 times the sun's distance from the caith. Thé mini- ber of human strata thus piled one? ion the other would amount to_ 460.- 790.000.001) 000,â€"Sir John Her~ chell. in the Fortnightly Remew. A coxwmumv, speaking of the ‘pr‘ofio's? éd (Sesame télegra- 'h. wopders whether the news transmitted t. rough saltwater will be frésh. 'catiotts of considerable innate the!" and shrewdness; while through all the ticltleneSS proper to men accuse: tomed to no moral. or physical ire- straint, there appears the ground' work ot a manly and generous charm, acters, such asa Persian or a Turk seldom ifever offers. Their defects} are inherent to their conditionâ€"Jheir redeeming qualities are their own“ What better. in fact, can be expected? of men whose whole 1in s havepass '- ed in driving camels about open’ wastes, without law, without reli- ‘ gion,‘ without instruction, withoutvlr' example? And instead ofull these ' amid extreme want, unceasing pri- vatton, frequent danger, and seem ; rity never. it is the education ofa ~ savage; and that such a. schoole should send out such pupils is.”_per-,x lectly natural. I only wish that _ those who indulge their imagina- 1‘ tion in ideal portraits of desert life, and conceive the Bedouins and their condition to be worthy of 311-] miration or envy, would pass but three days in a Sherarat encamps” ment, and see, not through the me- dium ol'romancingr narratives, write. ten a jn'rort, as they say, for ready ‘ currency. but with their own bylas, to what a depth of degredation one ofthe noblest races earth affords can descend under the secular in. fluettees of no made liter-“Pelt gratc‘s “ Central and Eastern Arabia.” ' WU» . bf selves agreeable to the neW-cdtfié'ré; to put them at their case; nay to do what good service they can, only. they do not exactly know how to set about it. if they violate all laws of decorum or court‘esy, it is out oi sheer ignorance, not malice- prepense; and amid the aimless- noss of an utterly uncultivated? mind, “my occasionally show indi-