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What a nuisance nature is, ospecia‘ly the word “na‘ure” in the hands people who pass the'r lives in doubting the value of all improvemements! One man would like to steam food for his stock if he could be sure it did not “clash with nature ;” another wants to try soiling, but thinks pasturing ,, more in accordance with nature,” and so on, ad infinitum. Is the natural stmdard, then, to be the one by which we are to shape our farming? Shall we burn our barns, neg- lect to awe our hay, and drive our herds to the South as winter comes on, 21111 to the North when spring opens? Shall we dress ourselves in the skins 0" beasts, and Iive by fishing and himting? What an Area. lia our world would become un ‘zer Allis rule ! e The natural cow is a lean, raw-boned, suf- fering ruminant, chased up and down the earth i y the changing seasons, giving scanty nourish-Lent to a small calf, and struggling lor bone existence and the perpetuation of her species. A hundred such would be 1y rth to us about the value of their hides. The rtilio'al cowâ€"the farmer’s cowâ€"is a roduct of the widest possible departure r0.n natural conditions. Larger, in better flesh, with immensely increased tendency to produce milk, less able to contend against revere cold, less fitted to light the flies of summer, taught to thrive in the most quiet life, and made capable of assimilating far more than nature’s scanty simply of food. Within ceriain limits, she is still a. “ child 01 nature ;” she will not eat meat nor will she drink wine, but the more valuable she is for man’s uses, the more she is benefitted by man’s artificial treatment, provided it be at the same time wise and judicious treatment. What treatment is judicious, experience has taught us and is teabhing us. In winter we house hep snugly,.give her water not too cold, out her hay and grind her grain, and cook them both, give her a warm bed to lie on, and a daily grooming, and she thrives Nature is ve"y well as fa." as ~he goes, but she stops far short of the poi It whe e civi- lized humanity begins, or rather the nature of civilized humanity goes farther than that which knows no law if improvement save the law of natural selection. The all-con- (1 uring nature of mankind, that to which the fields and the furists bow in submission, is :he one by which the fa‘mer should guide his course. Man works, of course, by the side of natural laWs, and acmmplishes his results with the help of n dumal tendenries. His life is passed in subduing nature and elevating art. His processes and his re- sul‘s are artificial, and although he can not change fixed princip e< and immutable laws, 1 e es'ablishes condltions which are as far as possible removed from those of nature. as no now ever aid thrive unaided by.the husbandman’s are. 111' summer we shelter her faom the sun 5 rays, shut her away from the swarms of gnats, and bring her more and be‘ter food from an acre of ground than she could browse fram a whole mountain-side. The cow is an ’illustratiou of the whole list of farm stock and farm products. The farmer’s life is passed in overcoming the uni- versal tendency to revert to the wild type, and to produce a mme and more improved or artificial type. No unimproved child of na- ture can hold place with the product of nature improved and modified by art. The natural horse would be of liLtle service to “society. The‘ fi'atural grasses produce far less than the im roved ones. Dogberry said t_l}fit wailing a_n _writing Acome l);~ nqfiure: Tfié Moder; Dogberrys-of bur agicultural community are as Wise as he in ascribing 25; tons of hay per acre or 250 lhs. of. butter per per ng go the same fertile source of modern giflhfition. i Thé question for the ‘armer is not what is na'uml, Lut rath. r what further deviation from naturalfcqndltions willbe judicious and profitable. When nature proddcc-s a Jersey CQW or an Essex pig, it Will be time for farmers to square their operations by the 5‘ natural ” rule. Uf céurse itis understood that only failure can result from an effort to oppose nature, and that beneficial art consisys only onus- ing natural )rcoesses to produce Better r0 sults‘thun‘fi ex _cqul(_i do without .mz‘mp’g Ia‘.id We do not heéitate to assert our belief that both steaming food for cattle and soiling them are in entire conformity with this re- quirement. “ \Vhat’s the woman charged with ‘3 ” sail the court. “ She’s a deadbeat and vagrant, er honour," said the officer who arrested er. Then the woman spoke up and said : “If I .can prove ihat I’m all right, will your honour let me go?” “Of course,” said the court. “ Then,” said the prisoner, “hexe’s the family Bib‘e, by which you’ll see that I’m M011 Wright ‘ ” “ Saw my leg off,” shouted the officer, who saw the point,'“if 'she hasn‘t beat the court tow.” And the court rubhxd its nose with its fore- finger, and gently murmured: “ Discharge the prisoner.” THE receipt of a. telegram announcing the illness of a. near relation, l-r yught a wealthy citizen of Sevres to Paris three months ago, only to discover that his relative was never better; but returning to Sevres he found the telegram amply accounted for by the fact of his house having been robbed during his absence of many thousand dollars’ worth of property. No clue could be obtained until three wenks ago, when some of the purloined decanters being offered for sale in the neigh- bourhood of Paris led to the discovery of the thief. The gluteel tramp mounted the landing and rang the front door bell. “ \Vould you be so kim ,” said he, as the mistress of the house appeared at the door, “to exchange this piece of pie for a ‘couple of hard boiled eggs and a cup of coffee? I' am of a dyspeptic turn, and this is the ninth quarter of mince pie that I have tried to go through this morning. I can’t stand it; it’s tao much of a sameness. If you accept my proposition, you can also have the satisfac< tion of telling the neighbours that M's. Robinson, across the street, uses allspice in- stead of clovea, and that the unrlerorust is very slack baked.” The temptition “its great, and the' genteel tramp h‘ad his' eggs and 'cnifee and a large triangle of 1 trashed cake as a. bonus. A SUCCES$FUL diamond-digger, utm- dug from the Cape, wés‘overheard holding l'm th to the passengers on the delights and mnrils Of his native Kilkenny. ” Shurc,” said he, ‘fin the part of the country ‘whme I come from there’s the grandest families in the kingdom." His Wlfeht‘l‘d cut in: “ Well, Mike, I don’t think much of your grand fa,- milies. When we are at Kilkcnny Castlg; blessed if. I didn’t; see him )ozlng ladies playing on the same pinnnei‘, [as though with all the money there they couldn't have one apiece. Mean things I call them.” Tllis Russian Government is mang pre- parations for trying 840 Nihilists who are now.confined in prison at Oilcssn. Many of them have been 111 prison since 1876, and of Lhasa six will be tried sepmatcly for at- tempting to murder one of their associaiea, whom they suspccted being in the pay of the polig‘e. _ Duging the course of the exam- inatldn lhe garrisofi will. be increased, and the police supplied with revolvers. THE shortest way to be rich 13 not by en- larging our estates, but by contracting our desires. VOL. XXI. NO. 24.â€"~NEW SERIES Nature. The man thus addressed, and who turned out to be an excellent Specimen of a race now rapidly dying out, very leisurely finish- ed the Oleander lim‘) he had then in hand, and replied : “ “7621, I’m come to talk the place 0’ head-gairdner that ye has adver- tised.” An advertisement for headâ€"gardener by a gentleman occupying a. handsome villa rcsi- deuce at St. Kilua in Victoria, brought a response of not less than one hundred and ninety-seven applicants for the situation, most of whom represented every position and calling but that advertised for. But while this interviewing was going on, a strange man made his appearance, and with- out further aio bet to work in t'ie garden, reducing to something like ord(r some ole- anders that previous neglect had suffered to run wild. The owner of the premises and a. friend kept an eye on the intruder for some time, admiring his dexterous handling of the pruning-knife, and the excellent effects spredily produced by it; and when they reached the border, the former addressed him thus: “And who may you be, my friend, that’s slashing away among my trees as if they were your own ‘2” The following amusing piece of barg Lin- making between a Scotch gardener and a gen- tleman in Australia ; togefihcr with the touching sequel, reaches us from a. corres- pondent_in Australia. “Cool that,” said the employer; “you hayie‘yot applieg fury; yeti” For the earth and the stars remained as of 0]", But the love flint Ind been m warm grew cold. Was it, she? Was IL I'! I don’a remember ; Tncn it was Juneâ€"it isnuw December. mu again I dream the 01d dream over; My Annie is young, and I am her lover. When 1 look in this Annie’s gentle eyes, And seethe old smile L0 the young lips rise. “ No matter,” replied the stranger indif- ferently, while he examined critically the tree Lefore him. “ There wasna a gairdner amang a’ the folk that was applyin’, as ye ca’ it, an’ I wadna meddle between you an’ thcm.” ,..“ But I may have engaged one of them all the same,” said his interrogator, “ anl then you would have been out of the place.” THE SCOTCH GARDENERe I remember the pledge of the red young lips, And the shy soft, touch of the finger-tips, And the kisses I stole, and the words we spoke, And who ring I gave, and the coin we broke, And the love that never should change or fail, Though the earth stood still, or the sum turnel ‘ pale ; And again I stand, when I ace those eyes. A glad young fool, in my Parudise. i “ Nae doot,” replied Sandy Feflectively, tapping the lid of his snuff-box, “ ye micht ; thcle’s nae leemit to human folly ; but I didua like to speak befure, because I’d be. 11:1“ illiu’ to let on that I_ thochb ye a. fool.” ‘ GJOd-naturedly entering into the “pawky” humour of the Oiledonian, whose straight- forward hits might have been less favour- ably received by many another employer, the master of the Mount there and then engaged Sandy; but there were a few fw- malities to be gone through, for appearance sake, I remember the lilacs, all purple and white. And the turf at the feet of my heart’s (lqlight, Spangled with daisies and violets swamâ€"- Duiubicst floor for the duintiust feet- Aml the face that was fund, and foolish, and I Lil‘, And thegnldeu gmcc of the floating hair, And the lips when: the gual smiles came and wuub, And the lashes that shaded the tyes‘ content. “I think I’ll 1ry ye for a. month,” said Sandy; “for I suppose you’re the master himsel’? But mind, I’ll stand no interfeh ence. 1 know my business, and must guide a’ thing my own way. And I’m very par- teee’lar about the Sabbath-day, an’ couluna think of hiding wi’ ye unless there’s an earnest gospel minister near-hand None 0’ your fusionless good-works men or preachers 0' cauld morality, but a speerih-rousing preacher that’l] hold the Dell under the noses 0’ his congregation, an’ mak’ theirllesl) creep.” “But,” said the master, vainly endea- vouring to keep the control of the business in his own hand, and though quite willing,r to engage Sau‘dy, reluctant to let his friend see that Smdy was engaging him, “ what reference have you, or certificltes of charac- ter anll efficiency ‘3" The lingeringr charm of a dream that has fled, The echo that. lives when the tune is dead, The sunset glories thth follow the sun, ’I‘h \ taste that remains when the wine is dune, Everythingv tender and everything fair That was, and is not, and yet is therew I think of them all when I look in these Gyms Ami see the 01d smile to the young: lile rise. “ My character's in my fagz," he answgr ed ; “‘an’ my ouxnpetenqa is in my head un’ at the ends 0’ my mn lingers ! If thatdisna saiisfy ye, ye 111 um fiud a gairdm-r Wham ye can. BJsidts,” he went on, “ I hm been brought up to gleas, :»n' surely that’s (11 )ugh qualification for a paltry bit yluce like yours. When 1 gae 1 gairduer to the E'n'l 0’ Stair at Culhoru, he never demeaned himsel’ to ask for certificates as ye ca’ them." And in this stmnge rencontre an engage- ment was cunficted which exttnlled itself over nnuy yeals, with much alvanta;e to both parties, and as will be shown in the se- quel, [0 the employer's family. “ Brought up to gless” settled. the question, though what the phrase meant was a mystery to the family, who uudestood it somehow to have a jest mysteriously underlyng it ; unless it indicated that Sand had " been familiar with green:house worn, and was therefore entitled to aristocratic rank in the garJening profession. Sandy proved most cifiuienb in his new situaziou, and the effects of his wise and vingous managcmmt were so >11 apparent in the imoroved appearame of the grounds and gardens, which became the 111mb beauti- ful and productive of any in the district ; and to any commth on the supeliority of the fruit, Sandy’s invariable repiy was: “‘Vcel, they should be guir], or wheie's the use 0’ haviu’ a gairluer ‘bl‘odghi up to gless ‘2'” V Never very ready to grant propositions, as age increased, Sandy3s idiosynerusy grew upon him to such an extent, that at length he would admit nothing. Late one autumn, when the neighbouring gardens could not show a. single bloom, he had a. sple )- did display of antirrhinums; and to a. vis’- tor’s complimenting him on his we was, he replied with his native brusqnerie : “ VVeel, the floors is guid 0’ their kin”, nae (loot; but ye dinna. ken whether they are guid or no.” " Sandy was a very reliDrious man after a sort. It was not apparent, huwever, that in one respect his stmugly held‘ religious view'si kept him in the strailght path, for at times he indulged ovenan 1 in strong waters ; nor was he always behind-hand in using strong language when excited. His religion Vials kept for higher uses than the common and prosaic one of regulating his lifeâ€"namely, for the purposes of contention and argument tative strike. 'He had a. rich vocabulary of Scripture phrases, \ihieh he employed with great effect in all suehcases. V Sandy’s gravcr studies generally came on the back of a protracted sprce, when it; was an amusing sight to sm him seated in his sanc- tum, amidst seed packets, labo‘s, and dried bulbs, pouring over Boston’s Faurfold State, The Hind lct Loose, or One Word with the Un- regemrate, in seven octave volumes, One of his master's favourite amusements was to involve some uususpcotmg visitor in a, theo- logical argument with Sandy, and particular- ly a certain young person who was inclined ANNIE’S DAUGHTER “ But there me and the apostle differs.” One of his modes of ajgravation was to eavil at words; thus when arguing with the same clerg3m-Ln at another time, when the word “ .'~in ” was used, Surly immedi- ately came down upon him with the ques- tion : “ \Vhen you speik of sin, sir, do you refer to legal accountability (r 111 nal blrnnewonthiness ‘2" Next to drinking whi:ky, Sandy’s great pleasure was to offer up a. word in season at weddings and other similar festivities, when the Scrvims of a regular celebrant were not available; and (his he (lid wcl‘, his main (it)th in devo- tional exercises being that he prayel at his congregation, or any one he deemed in need of a litile wholesome advice from one in every way qualified to give it. He would soineiimes aLt-ick own his employer in this manner, and depict his character in a way that was the reverse of flattering; indetd tl 6 odd things that entered into the held of this strange old man to (10, Were a source of amusement to his master and friends, who found it impossible to trace his pranks to any comprehensible reason. For instance, on a terrace walk in Mount Ophir garden 11 ee two ornamental tool-houses, one at each end. On opening one of these, the owner found one of his sons inside, doing pen‘l servitude. 011 enquiry, he found the boy had been guilty of svealiug unripe fruit, and unless the punishment were carried out in‘ its integrity Sandy would wash his hands of ‘ the whole concern. Soon after, Mr. M ‘ found another prisoner in the other tool- house, An amusing instance of Sandy’s unwil- lingness to admit oropositions occurred on the return of the mistress and family from a. visit of some weeks from Queenscliff, durng which time their own residence had been re-painted and otherwise renovated. On the morning of the day of their expected return, the master and head-gardener were making a tour-of inspection through house and grounds. Everything was in perfect order, and the owner rubbed his hands in satisfaction, and in anticipation of the happy re-union then imminent. But Sandy was perfectly unsympathetic. No muscle of his sour pragmatical countenance relaxedâ€"110- thing but the most rigorous tacitnrnity; and when remonstrated with by his mas- ter (,n his silence, he so far relaxed as to remark that; “The grounds locket wecl enough ;” but added that “he was no judge 0' painters’ wark, an’ could say noth- ing about the house.” “ N0,” repIied Sandy ; “ but I put him in them for the sake o’ uniformity.” “ And what’s amiss with the house 1?" de- manded his master impatiently. “ You doite’d‘oldA fgllow,- nofihipg pleasgs you.’_’_ “ What I has he been stewling unripe fruit too ‘3" demande l the master. When chaffed by his friends about Sandy and his assumed airs of intellectual superi- 0vity, Mr. M would laughingly explain that he kept his head-gardener for the good of his health; for his aggravating ways acted upon his liver, and stimulated the se- cretion of bile, and saved him expense in doctor’s and Chemist’s billsâ€"being a perpetu~ a1 tonic and blister, so that at any time if his circulation became languid, he had only to have a rouse with Sandy, and the cur- rent soon ran fast enough. Tom Pnrdie, Sir Walter Scott’s factotnm in the happy old Abbotsford days, could never he got to make any further concession to his employ- er’s will than to say he Would “tak’ his honour’s advice for this ti e.” Sandy never got S) far; he would take no man’s ad. vice, and least of all his master’s. It was one of that master’s jokes to say that his servitwr never dill condescend to obey or- dersâ€"he only gave a kind of “pragmatic sanction.” Yet there was a mysterious bond of union ‘ between master and man, and each had a regard for the other, strenuously as they strove to conceal it. Were the master ab- sent for a few days, the gardener was more uneasy and querulous than usual ; and after the greeting of wife and bairns,the first busi- ness of the master was to have a flare-up with Sandy. An efficient manager, it was against Sandy’s principles to perform hard work with his own hands. Grafting, bud- ding, aud pruning he would do, for that was high skilled labour; but to walk between the shafts of a manure-laden barrow, he re- garded as degrading to a “knowledgeable manâ€"a man that hal been brought up to gloss ;” and added: “ He had no time to work except with his head.” To induce him to put a little more of his own labour on the ground under his oire, his master would take up the hoe and operate vigorously among some French beans, remarking to. Sandy, that work added zest to. food and rest, &0. Sandy looked ' avely on for a time, and then, tapping re ,ectively the lid of his snuffâ€"box, a sure sign that something was coming, observed: “ Wei-l, some sma' exeroeese will do ve nae harm. Ye lead but an idle life, and ye eat far owre much. and ruin yer digestion wi‘ that sour trash 0‘ Rhine wine, as ye ca't. But I’m no sue clear that it's safe to lippen (trust) my beans to ye. If yoo’d gae oot to the roadside an’ kick doon a wheen thristles, ye would be workin’ to some effect.” Fairly taken 'to task: .Sandy.’ replied: “ chl, the house is just chock fu' 0’ mice.” His lapses in the direction of overmuch use of mountain-dew were only occasional, and did not interfere much with the duties of his ofiioe; without this, he would have occupied such an exalted platform, intellec~ tunlly and morally, that he would have been altogether too much for ordinary mortals. The whiskey-bottle was the one agency by which he was retained in the ranks of falli- ble beings ; besides which Sandy, habitually sober, would not have been, by any means, so amusing a character a; he rea‘ly was. The tenor of his way would have been too proinically even. to modern ideas, and suspected of being ra- ther weak on futur: punishments. Tho abilities and principles of this opponent, were he] 1 in the greatest respect by Svindy, as being those of a. “ weak-kneeed ” Chris- ti In at the host, lit only to nourish babes in grace ; whersas he, Sardy, iequined the strong meats of the Word for h 3 spiritual 511 tcnance. In a discussi m upon the (ax- (ent of the atonement, the reverend gon'l :- nnn rashly quoted “ Sb. JJlm ” to his zin- tngnnist, who ashmnded him by 111: remark, The reverend gentleman once took Sandy in hand, and graphically described for his benefit the evil effects of over-indulgence, adding: “Think bf what physical pain a m 111 suffers after a, booseâ€"the aching brow, the parched throat, the trembling nerves.” \Vher‘iup‘on Sandy interrupfed him with: ‘,‘ lie's yer han’, docto", man; ye de-crihe the sensations so wecl, that; 1 ettle (think) it’s no’ the first time yc've been fqu yersel’. ” A change however came o’er the scene. Mr: M ’s affairs were not looking very bright: The family was numerous and cost- ly, and no particular care had been taken to keep down expenses. But it is not moessary to trace the career of a free-handed man from comparative wealth to ruin, A friend of the family dropped in upon Sandy, and oommisorating the posi'ion of his msster : “ Hoo could it. be otherwise? ’ Sandy asked. “A parcel of lazy servants robbiu’ the puir man richt and left, and fine friends to sorn on him. Grand friends he’ll find them n00, I’se warrant.” But the other replied : “ You have made a good deal of money yourself; you have been as wasteful yourself as any one about the house.” A CONSERVATIVE JOURNAL. BRADFORD, ONTARIO, CANADA, NOVEMBER 21, 1878 In Boloxi, Mass, as in many other small places, the Citizens formed a Board of Health, armed with the privilege of enter- ing the house of death and snatching away the corpse on the instant the pulse had ceased t') beat. Miss D , a beautiful young lady (whose father, it is said, is worth his thousands at the north), was thus torn from the arms of her aunt, anl without waiting for the doctor’s certificate, without even being shrouded, was rolled in the sheet on which she had lain and consigned to the earth within two or three hours after her death. Another beautiful young girl, a belle and the daughter of wealth, died at midnight and before the dawn a cart backed up to the door with a rude coffin. and through the drizzling rain two of her young lady friends, wrapped in cloaks and carrying lanterns, jumpel int) the cart beside her, and held the lights in the graveyard while the sexton did his work. There are so was of instances of this nature and there are many who feel confident that during of panic and contusion at the South many persons have been buried alive. It could not possibly have been otherwise, with such terror, scarcity of doctors and muses, arr-1&- an overwhelming number of cases, as demo- ralized the inhabitants of many of the plague-stricken Ldistricts where the fever was comparatively an unknown visitant. The story of one woman alone i enough to show what basis there is for the apprehen- sion. The woman, Mrs. Lâ€"â€", died (appa- rently), having had black vomit, and was hurriedly washed and shrouded. The hearse backed up to the door and the coffin was placed on the bed beside her. The friends, afraid to go to the infected dwelling, were crowded around the grave in the cemetery, when a rumour reached them from the house that the horrid pit would not receive that tenant, as the supposed de.1.d woman had returned to life. With one accord the crowd made for the house and there the rumour was verified. When the attendants were about to place the body in the coffin, the woman had turned over, and striking her hand against the awful object on the bed, asked : So great is the panic and dread of contagi- on in the smaller places thre the fever has broken out, and so intense is the desire of preventing the spread of the disease by putting the victims under gxonnd as speedi- ly as possible, that many incidents have oc- curred oI Strange to my, she appeared better after her reawakeniug, the black vomit did not reappear, and she is now in a fair way of recovery. The death-like swooning andinsensible condition are attributed to exhaustion, and the large quantity of champagne given to check black vomit. But one shudders to think of the fate which had been hers had the torpor continued but a. few moments longer. How a. Woman N arrowly Escaped Burial Before Death. “unnuvu .w Hm...“ quuuuu wmvcn, uiauaé- O ing the garden and orchard solely with a view to profit, and selling the pruduce. His suggestions were acted upon, and thus the family was pulled through its difficulties. Sandy himself working in good earnest. And when at length the Mount Ophir estate was sold, to start the l‘oys in business Witl‘ the proceeds, its present owner did not scru- pnle to give a handsome price for it. So after all, Sandy, with all his (eeentricities, was the humble means of rescuing from pe- nury the descendants of his kindly employ- er. He has long since been gathered to his fathers. “Peace be to his ashes I ’ The oilice of a prosecuting attorney can scarcely seem, to ordinary eyes, a very deâ€" sirable position. It is 10 be snpposul that almost any lawyer would rather endeavour to establish a man’s innocence than his guilt. It certainly ought to be more pleasant to ad- mire and support than to abhor and con- demn ; and although the latter is too often an imperative duty, there is no good reason why people should like it. But they do. Nothing is more common than to see men and women constitute themselves prosecuting attorneys, and spend a valuable portion of their time in bringing a great part of the rest of the world to the bar of their own opinion. And they are remarkably success- ful in their prosecutions, for the accusers are nearly always condemned. Some of the hardest workers among these seekers after the great “ought not to be” are people who travel in foreign lands ;_ who. actually leave their homes and pay money that they may see things which will excite their high-mind- ed pity or will make their blood boil with indignation. What grim delight they take in moralizing on the vanity and the delusions of the foreign man ! How they toil and la- bour for a view of the ridiculous results of long ages of mistaken enthusiasm ! How they climb up into grand old towers and wearin ascend to the summit of lofty domes, that they may say, “Well, what of it? ’ How they laugh at castles because they are c istellated, at palaces because they are pa- latial, at royalty because it is regal l How they pity kings and queens and dukes and counts! People who devote the best ener- gies of their lives to the pusuit of money and a high social position will actually pity a king! If a man does not know that line about uneasy heads and crowns, he had be;- ter learn it, if he “ishes to sing the song of those who travel in kingdoms. Things of this kind are even carried so far that the extreme absurdity of wearing wigs by grave judges I in high courts is ridiciiled and moralized upon ‘ by‘girls who carry. _el1ign_ons on their heads. There was nothing saved out of the estate but Mount 0phir,which had fortunately been settled 011 Mrs. M ; and the master him- self did not long survive his losses, dying in a few weeks of a broken heart. And now Sandy putting aside his oddities, shewed himself in his true colours. The few hun- dred pounds he possessed he proposed to use for the benefit of the family. He induced his mistress to keep on the house with the furniture, letting a. portion of it as opportu- nity offered, and remained himself in his situation at greatly reduced wages, manag- “ Ay,” he admitted, “ I tak’ som blame mv=e1’ on that head; but; if the siller has gun: 011 the ground, there’s guid value to show for it.” Now, what possible advantage is there in hunting up a king or a queen to say these things to? Presidents and secretaries and governors and judges of supreme courts will do very well if we will only cont nt eur- selvxs with what is around us. If we must condemn and pity deluded people of power and position, we might as well be as econo- mical as possible about it and cave our tra- velling money, which is certainly wasied if its expenditure produces in us no sensations but those of pity and disgust. Now is the time to get measured fqr an oystgr'stew, THESE TERRIBLE “HUNDRED DAYS” (Fro‘n the Graphic Correspondent.) One Horror in the South. A H0 RRIFYING NATURE. “ WHAT BOX IS THIS ‘3” Nil Admirari. HERALD. DIFFERENT 0P1NION.â€"“Madam,” Siid a cross-tempered physician to his patient, “ if women were admitted into paradise, their tongues would make it purgatory.”-â€"“ And some physicians, if allowed to practise there,” replied the lady, “ would make it a desert.” W A WORD. or ADYICE.â€"A fathcr whodid not oath? to have his son waste :50 much time in developing his muscle upon the water, said to him. “ John, if you ever expect to be a successful business mm, just remember that you can never ‘ set the river on fire ’ with a rowing match.” THIRTY-SIX years ago the Island of Sa- moa. had a. population of 34,000, all ofwhom were barbarians. The population now num- bers 80,000, the majority of whom are Christians. In the theological seminary, are sixty students, and 20 missionaries are sent out every year to the neighbouring is- lands, A LADY Whose family was very much in the habit of making conundrums was one evening asked by her husband, in an ex- cited tone: “ Why are all these doors left open ?"â€"â€"“I give it up l" instantly replied the lady. “ AGREAT deal of comfort is to be got out of the recollection of old things,” said an old epicure, rubbing his hands. “ I lux- uriate over the memory of many a. good (lin- ner WhichI ate years ago. Besides, none of thqse dinners can give me the night- mare now.” A WIDOW whose husband’s artistic per- ception had caused his house to be elegantly furnished, married his brother. When her visitors, after the second marriage, compli- mented her upon the beauty of her house- furuishing, she answered : “ Uh, yes, my dear brother-in-law had such exquisite taste !” A SON of ex-Mayor Stevens of Cambridge wae engaged to marry one of the belles of that city, but on the day appointed for the wedding, after extensive preparations had been made, and many guests had already arrived, he declared that he had changed his mind. HIS wife has a weakness for scouring over the face or the city in hacks. Says a. friend unto him: “ She always seems to be out. Is there no way of catching her '2” “Tell you What,” says the Sapient husband, "if you want to find her just go out and hail a hack. She may be in it. It’s your only chance.” RUSSIA is compelled to economize in many quarters, as a. result of the late war. Among other retrenchments the funds annually al- lotted for the construction of the Universiiy of Siberia, and for the repair of Siberian post roads are withheld. THE Holly system of heating houses with steam sent through street mains has just been established in Springfield, Ma.ss., where a gas company has bought the right. Spring- field is the second city to try it, Lockport, N. Y., having been the first. AT a. recent marriage in a suburban town the bridegroom, when asked the important question if he would take the lady for bet- ter or for worse, replied in a hesitating manner, “ Well, I think I will.” Upon be- ing told that he must he more positive in his declaration, he answered, “Well, I don’t care if I do.” The intellig-nt Mr. James Wilson, of Bruce, went to shoot crows, and placed his left hand over the muzzle of his gun so as “ to keep the crows from smelling the pow- der” till the last moment. He has more sense now, but lesa lunds. A MINER was riding up on an elevator in a Nevada shaft. One of his hands caught in the framework of the side, and he was left dangling 1,000 feet from the bottom. His plight was not discovered until the eleva- tor reached the surface without him. He was so weak, after being rescued, that he coqu not stand. A l’ANORAMA of heaven wm exhibited in a Lutheran church in I’hiladelghia, and it is charged that some of the pictures were old views of the internationa} exhibition build- ings, altered by the addition of angels, ha- los and clouds. THE Count of Bismarck Bohlen, cousin of Prince Bismarck, committed suicide lately in Venice. He seemed determined that his work should be thorough, as ten razor cuts were found upon his limbs, two upon his arms, and two upon his throat. Covered with blood, and leaving a. trail of it upon the floor, he dragged himself to his bed, and, after lying down, shot himself in the head. His age was fortysix. A disease with which he was afflicted caused him great suffering, and it is thought that he killed himself in a frenzy of pain. A YOUNG fliend of ours declines to do his Latin composition on the ground that he can not find out any put of the twenty-four hours which is not; after some meal or other, and he has heard that exermse after meals is unwholeaome. IT is said that attempts to raise $300,000 for the purpose of erecting a John Knox memorial church and institute on the Thames embankment, London, in connection with the Scottish establishment, has entire- ly fallen through. GOOD-BYE archers ! Some will practise in the garret this winter. RUSSIAN soldiers are sorted, as far as practicable, according to their size and complexion. The late Emperor Nicholas was especially exact in this. He had a. huz- zar reglment entirely composed of dark- haired men pitted with the small-p .x, and another of light hair, similarly scarred. The soldiers of one regiment all had fair hair. blue eyes and slight figures, and of another swarthy figures ani hooked noses. Assort- ments are less exact at present, but care is taken to bring men together speaking different dialects in order to guard against mutiny. THEY asked of Miss X. which she preferred of the two brothers L. She rc- sponded : “ When I am with either of them I prefer the other.” THAT was a bright old salt who, when he was asked to take a. fellow to ride on shore hi the capfain’s gig, said, “ I will, if you get; the ship’s horse, sir.” THE revision of the New Testament is al- most completed, and will probably be pre- sented to Convocation in England next year. Already it is nearly all printed, the two universities have given £20,000 for the pri- Vielege of printingr it, of which they pay £2,000 yearly. Bishop Ellicott, the chair- man of the revisers who has presided for six hours daily or four days every three weeks, is said never to have once lost his temper or failed to carry his colleagues with him. The revision of the ()1 l Tetament will require about thee years longer. SCIENCE AND MAT ER 01“ B‘ACT._~At a I‘ailuay station recently an eublius'ustic gentlumun, who had just began to dabble 1n scientific matters a. litalc, took up a. handful of snow, and gazing admirmgly at it a. moment 01' two, turned with a patroniz- ing air to a miner who stood by, saying: “ Beautiful snow, beautiful snow ; [wonder what snow really is now: Can you tell me?" He thought that he had fairly puzzled the man, and was rather taken aback at the answer. “ Yes, ” said Geordie, “ it’s cauld l” MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. IN reply to a. Chicago newspaper man, Mr. Moody says that his present weight is 240 pounds. \Vhen he first went to Europe, five years ago, his weight was 185, and he has gained steadily ever since. Being asked if he missed Mr, Saukey, the revivalist an- swered :â€"“Of course; but we have parted for a. yearâ€"until I get some new sermons. My old ones have been published and re ub: lished so many times that I am We to deliver them. This is the condition I gun in, and I couldn’t come back here, because I have no sermons. We have had five meetings a. day, and I have had no time for study or meditation. Everything I had was really worn out ; but I am all right physi- callyâ€"never felt better in my life than now. I don’t need any rest ; but in order to keep at the'work, I must study. That is harder than preaching.” VERY sad circumstances surround the re- cent death of the eminent geographer Dr. August Heinrich Peterman. His untiriug industry and enthusiasm in investigating and collecting materials from geographical fields have been of immense service to the public. Perhaps no one has done more than he to popularize the science t) which he had devoted his life, He had for some time suf- fered acutely from repeated attacks of bron- chitis and nervous headaches. Moreover, peculiar domestic troubles has caused great mental sufieri ‘g. During his illness he was tenderly nursed by his daughters and his second wife, he having been divorded from hin first wife some time ago. While his nurses were absent from his bedside for a few moments, at his urgent request, the un- fortunate scholar madly put an end to his own life. He was fifty-six years old. THE demands of prime donne in these days are somewhat astounding. In the last num- ber of the London Whitehall Review it is stated that Madame Nilsson demanded five thousand dollars a night to sing at St. Peters- herg this winter. The Russians offered her three thousand, wh‘ch is five hundred more than Pat-ti gets for singing this winter in Berlin, but she refused to cross the frontier for less. After much negotiation her offer was declined, and a contract was closed with Albani at two thousand dollars a night. Fa’ sol, 1a, at even two thousand dollars for three hours’ singing is quite mountainous. The ancient sumptuary laws of republi- can and imperial Rome, as well as the nu- merous statutes and edicts of the same character in England and France, were di- rected chiefly against excesses in diet and dress. Such legislation has been advocated as particularly needful in republics, to which luxury was formerly deemed full of peril, if not absolutely fatal ; but in modern times it finds few apologists in any civilized coun- try. Lawmakers perceive it to be most ac- cordant with freedom to insist only on such apparel and diet as shall suffice to maintain decency and prevent public drunkenness and the legislation whereby these ends are sought proceeds from the exercise of the po- lice powers inherent in nearly all Govern- ments. SHERE ALI, the Emir of Cabul, is repre- sented in the pictorials as a. good looking man under 40. He is really 65, with a 1011 gray beu‘d, white eyebrows, a. large hooke nos), and broad shoulders. His face is of the Jewish type. He is short in stature, and in addition to his Astrakhan hat wears a green silk waistcoat and a. brown cloak embroidered with gold. His trousers are white, and his boots of patent leather. SIGNOR FOLI, one of the chief singers of the Mapleson troupe, was formerly a. resi- dent of Hartford, Connecticut, where he ursued the even tenor and basso 'of his way y working at his trade as carpenter anul builder. He found out that his rich bass voice sould be utilized for coin, so setting himself to practice, he soon won his way to position, and is now one of the best and best-paid basses on the operatic stage. A contemplation of some forms of apparel for woman, however, has doubtless often provoked in man an ardent wish for the restoration of snmptuary laws. No sort of attire has offended him more than the long dresses with which too many woman of'the nineteenth century apparently delght to sweep the sidewalks and crossings of the public streets and thoroughfares in cities. The persistence with which woman have clung to these dresses has almost dispelled any hope of their ultimate rejection, and wearied man has ceased to argue or rail against what he cannot help. VIt is with great pleasure, therefore, that we hail a ray of promised reform in this re- spect, which comes to us across the sea from two cities of Germany. Women have been forbidden by public ordinance to wear dresses which touch the ground in the streets of Prague and Leipsic. The munici- pal authorities do not assert any power to pass sumptuary laws. They justify the measure on sanitary grounds alone. Their right to promote the preservation of the health of the community by suitable police regulations is conceded; and in exercise of this right they have prohibited long dresses for the express reason that the dust raised by the trains is unquestionably in- jurious to the health of persons who are ex- posed to EMMA of Pyrmont, the young princess who is to become the wife of the old King of Holland, is through her mother allied to the elder branch of the house of Nassau, the king being the head of the younger branch. Princess Emma. is the third of the six chil- dren of Prince George Victor of VValdcck- Pyrmont, who resigned his sovereignty to Prussia. IT may interest fond mothers to know that Mr. Frank Buckland, the eminent English naturalist, declares that babies swim natur- ally. A friend put one into warm water,a.nd it took to it like a duck, swimming briskly. The Polynesians, it is known, find that their children can swim and enjoy the exercise at a very early age. PRINCESS HELEN DEMII)OFF has eatablish- ed in Florence for the Winter, at her own expense an “economical kitchen ” for issu- ing to the poor as much brcld, meat, and soup as they can consume in a. day, at the trifling charge of four cents to every appliâ€" cant. Such prices would be ruinous to the lazzaroni of Naples. ‘ This VlAV of the detrimental nature of dust is entertained by many sanitarians. The late Dr. Griseom of this city used to favour stone pavement in preference to any other kind, chiefly because it was less pro- ductive of dust, and therefore, in his opin- ion, less deleterious to the public health. The ‘eéislators of Prague and Leipsie have not based their prohib tion on utter'y un- tenable grounds. They will home the warm sympathy of that potion of civilized man- kind tlmt loves cleanliness ; and they can at least s.xy of their novel edict, as Froude says of the English sumptuury legislation, that it constitutes an authoritative declara- tion of what wise and good men consider to be right, It is repored that Germany is delighted with the piano p‘aying of Miss Anna. Bock a. young Americm girl of German descent, who ha; 1) en taught by Liszt, and has as- tonished critical audiences in Cologne and VViesbaden. A brilliant future is predicted for her. A Law Against Long Dresses PERSONAL. - SNVOY Biscu' Tâ€"Beat up twelve eggs with three ' sful of water, adding gradu- ally one p‘ou‘ Vfinely-powdered loaf-sugar. When the mixture becomes of the consist- ency of thick cream, mix with it 1 1b fine flour previously dried, and mould it into long cakes, which are to be baked in a. slow oven. Savoy biscuits may also be prepared in the following way : Take about six eggs and weigh them, and afterwards$eat them into froth, anl mix with them some fresh-grated lemon-peel, beaten with alittle sugar in a. moxtar into powder. Then beat up with them the same weight of sugar, as of the eggs employed, and also the same quantity of flour. When the materials are made into a paste, mould it into biscuits, sprinkle white sugar on them, and bake them on pa- per at a mo.leratc heat. PASTE FOR 1’ATTIES,â€"Take 1 1b fine flour pass it through a. wire sieve on to a pastry- slab : add a pinch of salt, and. two or three drops of lemon-juice ; wet it with cold wa- ter into a paste about the same consistence as the butter about to be used ; flatten the paste with the hands ; place on it 1 lb but- ter that hast been Worked well in a dry cloth ; fold up the sides and ends of the paste, and roll it out the length of half a yard; fold it in three, turn it round, and roll it the other way ; leave it twenty min- utes, then roll it-twice more, and so on until it has has been rblled six times ; this done, roll the paste t0' the thickness of an inch ; cut it with aplain‘ggund cutter dipped in boiling water, turn each patty over, place them on a baking-tin; egg the top, and with a small cutter form the r cover. Bake in a. quick overl,‘ k i,“ TRANSPARENT CRUST.â€"Take 1 lb flour, 1 lb butter, the yolk of one egg ; wash the butter dry and then melt it in a vessel, set in another vessel of boiling water, stirring gently all the while to prevent oiling. Take off the salty scum from the top, and when almost cold beat up the butter little by lit- tle, with the egg, which should be previous- ly whipped light. When all is thoroughly mixed work in the flour, roll it out twice, sprinkling lightly with flour before folding it up ; let it stand folded five minutes in a cold place and cut out for tartlets or tarts ; if a tartletoutter should be used, let it be diied and floured before using it, to prevent the paste from sticking. Bake before filling the tartlets which are for immediate use, and brush over with beaten egg while hot. The paste which is left should be kept in a. cool place. COLD MINCED MEAT AND Reesâ€"Take some fragments of any cold roast meat, trim off all the fat parts and mince it very finely. Fry 3. a. shallot chopped small in plenty of butter ; when it is a light brown add a large pinch of flour and a little stock, then the minced meat, with chopped parsley, pepper, salt, and nutmeg to taste. Mix well, add a. little more stock, if necessary, and let the mince gradually get hot by the side of the fire ; lastly, drop in a. few drops of lemon juice; serve with sippets of bread fried in butter, and place the poached egg on the top. POTTED MACKEREL.â€"Have the heads ta.- ken off and the backbone cut, and the fish out. in four pieces; wash well; lay in a stone jar enough pieces to cover the bot- tom ; sprinkle over a little salt, a. few whole peppercorns, Whole cloves, and Whole all- spice, and a blade of mace, and one small stick of cinnamon, then another layer of fish, etc., until you have used up the fish. Cover with cold vinegar, cover tightly, and set in the cool part of the range, where it will get gradually hot. Let it stand twenty-four hours. It must not come near boiling. ITALIAN MUTTON CUTLETs.â€"About 3 1‘6 nc ;k of mutton, clarified butter, the yolk of one egg, four tablespoonsful of bread crumbs, one tablespoonful of minced savoury herbs, one tablespoonful of minced parsley, one tablespoonful of minced shallot, one salt- spoonful of finely-chopped lemon-peel ; pep- per, salt, and pounded mace to taste : flour, half a. pint of hot broth or water, two tea- spoonsful of sharp sauce, one teaspoonful of soy, two teaspoonsful of tarragen vinegar, one tablespoouful of port wine. Cut the mutton into nicely-shaped cutlets, flatten them, and trim off some of the fat, di them in clarified butter, and then into the roken yolk of an egg. Mix Well together bread. crumbs, herbs, parsley, shallot, lemon-peel, and so isouing in the above proportion, and cover the cutlets with these ingredients. Melt some butter in a frying-pan, lay in the cutlets, and fry them a nice brown; take them out, and keep them but before the fire. Dredge some flour into the pan, and, if there is not sulli :ient butter, add a little more ; stir till it looks brown, then put in the hot broth or water and the remaining ingredi- ents, give one boil and pour around the cut- lets. 1f the gravy should not be thick enough, add a little more flour. Mush- rooms, when obtainable, are a great im- provement in this dish, and when not in sea.- son, mushroom-powder may be substituted for them. YORKSHIRE PUDDING.â€"â€"Break an egg into a, basin, with three tableapoonsful of flour; mix well, add milk by degrees ; the batter must be well blended, and about the thick- ness of rich cream ; have a tin ready with a. little warm dripping in it from the joint that is misting; pour in the batter, then put it into the oven for a. quarter of an hour to set; take it out and lay it slanting towards the fire under the joint for half an hour; pour off the dripping and serve. None of us can know how we would act in a moment of re vealed fate. Edgar Poe or Victor Hugo could not have imagined a form of death more completely calculated to test the victim’s fortitude than the terrible scene which tenninated the life of one John (Ionian, at Norwich, last Friday night. Conlan, who was a pistol-maker in that city, was walking on the railway track at Norwich Falls, at a point where there is a double switch and accidentally had one foot caught in a. “frog” in such a way that he was unable to extricate it. A northern bound train was coming at full speed, and Uonlan iinding himself unable to escape his doom, half turned in his chained position, and faced the engine (literally the engine of death) in a defiant way, and almost smiled as it struck him. His body was frightfully mangledâ€"«almost literally torn to pieces un- der the remorseless wheelsmand when pick- ed up it presented a horrible sight. A part of his clothing, in which was his revolver, was torn from him by the engine and car- ried to Wllimantic before it was discov- cred. SHORT CAKES.â€"l fl) sifted flour, i lb but- ter, and half as much lard, very little salt, a pinch of soda, well dissolved in just vine- gar enough to cover it; work all well toge- t..c:‘ with lee-cold water enough to make a. still‘ (luugh ; roll it into paste half an inch thick ; cut; it into round cakes; prick the top \VltJ a. fork, bake in a. quick oven. BAKED LEMON PUDDING.â€" Beat the yolks of four eggs to a froth, mix with them 4 oz. pounded sugar and :1; 1b warmed butter, stir well, and add grated rind and juice of one lemon ; line a dish with puff-paste, put in the mixture, and bake forty minutes. VVIucN an artist; climbs over a. fence to get a. nearer view of a handsome bull-dog, he must take the chances of his sketching the dog or the dog’s ketching him. Fastened to a Railroad Track. WHOLE NO. 1064. USEFUL RECIPES.