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Luttrell first put in an appearance 111 this house. Now, I don’t wish to seem inhospit- ableâ€"far be it from me; a. thirst for know- ledge alone induces me to put the questionâ€" but do you think he means to reside here per- manently ?” “ It is certainly very strange,” says Letitia, unmoved by his eloquence to even the faint- est glimmer of a smile. so deep is her interest in the subjectâ€"“ lie very oddest thing. If, now, it were a place where a young man could find any amusement, I would say nothing; but here 1 Do you know, John”â€"mysterious- lyâ€"“ I have my suspicions." “ No I” exclaims Mr. Mnssereene, betraying the wildest curiosity in voice and gestureâ€"so Wild as to hint at the possibility of its not be- ing genuine. “ You don’t say so !" ” It has once or twice occurred to meâ€"â€"â€"” “ Yes .9" “ I have certainly thoughtâ€"â€"" “ Letitia”â€"with autherityâ€"“ don’t think, or suspect, or let it occur to you any more ; say it.” “Well, then, I think he is in love with Molly.” John breaks into a hearty laugh. ” What it is to be a. woman of penetration,” says he. ” So you have found that out? Now that is where we men fail. But are you cer- tain ? Why do you think it ?” “Oh, Letitia! let us have the marriage ceremony first. Why on earth will you sad- dle the miserable man with a, large family so soon? And wouldn’t a small one do? Of what use 'to pile up the agony to such a height 2” “I think of no one but Molly. There is nothing so terrible as a long engagement, and that is what it will‘come to. Do you remem- ber Sarah Annealey ?' She grew thinner and thinner day by day, and her complexion be- came positively yellow when Percival went away. And her mother said it was suspense preying ppon her.” - “' So'th-ey said, my dear; but we all know it was _in_digestion.” “ I am almost convinced of it," Letitia says, with much aolemnity. “ Last night I happened to be looking out of one of the win- dows that overhang the garden, and there in the moonlight (it was quite ten o’clock) I saw Molly give him a red rose ; and he took it, and gazed at it as though he were going to devour it; and then he kissed it ; and after that he kissed Molly’s hand! Now, I don’t think, John, unless ayoung man wasâ€"you knowâ€"eh ‘2” “But what of that? And a. poor man would be wretched for Molly. Remember what an expensive regiment he is in. Why, I suppose as it is he can hardly ke p himself. And how would it be with a wife and a large family ?” 7 ” John”â€"austerelyâ€"-“ what is the exact amount of Mr. Luttrell’s income?” “ About six hundred a year, I think.” “ As much as that? slightly relieved. “ And will his father allow him anything more ?” “ I altogether agree with you. Unless a young man was, you know, Why, he wouldn’t â€"that’s all. I am glad, however, he had the gmce to stop at the handâ€"that it was not Molly’s lips he chose instead.” “ My dear John I" “ My darling Letty! have I said anything so very outre .2 Were you never kissed by a young man ?” “Only by you," returns Mrs. Massereene, laughing apologetically, and blushing a rare delicate pink that would not have disgraced her at eighteen. “ Ah, you may well be excused, considering how you were tempted. It is not every day one meetsâ€"â€" By the bye, Letty, did you cease eavesdropping at that point 1’” “ Yes ; I did not like to remain longer.” “ Then depend upon it, my dear, you did not see the last act in that drama.” “ You surely do not think Mollyâ€"” “ I seldom trouble to think. I only know Luttrell is an uncommonly good-looking fel- low, and that the moon is a White Witch.”. “He has sorhethifig roore thafi "that, I know, but not much. The Luttrells have a good deal of spare cash throwing about among them." “ Unless you insist upon my writing to Sir William I could not tell you that.” “ Six hundred a year is far too little.” “It is almost as much as we have.” “ But you are not in the army, and you are not a fashionable young mail.”__ “If you say that again I shall sue for a, di- vorce. But seriously, Letty, perhaps you are exciting yourself about nothing. Who knows but they are indifferent to each other?” “He is good-looking,” says Letitia, rising and growing troubled; “ he is more than that â€"he is charming. 0h, John ! if our Molly were to fall in love with him, and grow un- happy about it, what should we do? I don’t believe he has anything beyond his pay.” “ I fénr they are not. And I will not have poor_Molly made ugllappy:” - “ Why hot poor LutEr-éll? It is far mere likelAyLas I see it.” “Exactly.” After a pause, with ill-con- cealed cowardice ; “will you do it ‘2” “ Do what 7” “ That awful ‘something’ that is to be done.” “ Certainly not. It is your duty toâ€"toâ€" find out everything, and ask them both What they _mean;” “ i don’t want any one to be unhappy. And somgthing mustrbre done." “ Then I won‘t," declares John, throwing out his arms decisively. “I would not be bribed to do it. What I ask a man his inten- tions! I couldn’t bring myself to do such a. thing. How could I look him in the face again? They must fight the best battle they can for themselves, like every one else. I won’t interfere.” “ Very good. I shall speak to Molly. And I really think we ought to go and look them up. I have seen neither of them since break- fast-time.” “The rain has ceased. Let us go by the balcony,” says Mr. Massereene, stepping through the open Window. “I heard them in the schoolâ€"room as I passed.” Now, this balcony, as I have told you, runs along all one side of the house, and on it the drawing-room, school-room, and one of the parlor windows opens. Thick curtains hang from them and conceal in part the outer world; so that When John and Letty stand before the school-room window to look in they do so without being themselves seen. An_d this, I regret tosay, is what they see_:A In the centre of the room a. square table, and flying round and round it, with the tail of her white gown twisted over her right arm, is Miss Massereene, with Mr. Luttrell in full chase after her. “Well, upon my Word 1” says Mr. Masse- reene, unable through bewilderment to think of guy rgmarfi more; brilfiapt. W Round and round goes Molly, round and round follows her pursuer ; until Luttrell, find- ing his prey to be quite as fleet if not fleeter than himself, resorts to a mean expedient, and, catching hold of one side of the table, pushes it, and Molly behind it, slowly but surely into the opposite corner. There is no hope. Steadily, certainly, she approaches her doom, and, with flushed cheeks andeyes gleaming with laughter, makes a vain prgtegst. “ Now I have you,” says Luttrell, drawing an elaborate penkmfe from his pocket, in which all the tools that usually go to adorn a carpenter’s shop fight for room. “ Prepare for death, orâ€"I give you your choice ; 1 shall either cut your jugular vein orkiss you. Don’t hurry. Say which you prefer. It is a matter of indifference to me.” â€"St. Catharines Journal: " The editor of the SPECTATOR has been presented with a piece of the first rod iron made at the Hamil- ton rolling mills. Opponents of the N.P. baâ€" ware.” “ Cut every vein in my body first," cries Moll], breathlqss but geifiantu V “ Letitia,”whispers J ohu, “ I feel that I am going to laugh. What shall I do?” “ Don’t,” says Letitia, with stem prompti- tude. “ That is what you will do. It is no laughing-matter. I hope you are not going to make a jest of it, John.” r.“ -_ ..___ ._____-. [CONTINUED FROM rum: mam] [TO BE CONTINUED 1 Poisonous Cheese. Editor of the American Cultivator : There can be no doubt that poisonous cheese is fre- quently caused by the use of zinc vessels in the dairy ; and I am fully convinced that dishes of this metal ought never to be used, either for culinary or dairy purposes. When milk is allowed to stand in zinc vessels, a lactate of zinc is formed, as well as at comâ€" pound of caseine and oxide of zinc, both" of which would give rise to nausea “and vomiting if taken into the system. A solution of sugar left to stand a few hours in a zinc vessel, in the heat, will contain a considerable quantity of the salts of the metal. Milk, as it is well known, will become much sooner acid than a solution of sugar ; consequently, if zinc is employed either in-churns or dairy utensils, some of it will be dissolved, and thus a dis- agreeable taste will be imparted to the milk, butter or cheese ; moreover, its use should be prohibited, as a small amount of lactate of zinc will cause violent spasmodic vomiting. Milk being so delicate a fluid, and so easily affected by deleterious substances. great cau- tion ought to be exercised in using in the dairy any metallic utensil which might injure its quality.â€"A.H.W. Ball Poisonous to Poultry. I have experimented with salt in feeding poultry, and have come to the conclusion that the notion that salted food is poisonous to them is mere nonsense. I have fed it in every formâ€"salt soup from boiled ham, or salt beef, in which I mixed corn meal and other food, and allowed the poultry to eat all they pleased, 1 have mixed salt many times (always once a week) with corn meal, mid~ dlings, etc., for old and young alike, which they all seem to crave, and which they eat voraciously, and instead of any of them being sick or dying they are much the better for it, and I am convinced from experience that they need such food, just as do nearly all other animals. I make the food fully as strong of salt as we do our own food gen- erally. Farmers who produce milk for the city market should raise the crops, so far as possible, upon which their cows are to be fed, such as hay, made of early cut grass, early cut cats or barley, fodder corn with matured grain, to be fed on the ear or to be ground and fed as meal ; also some parsnips or man- gold, to be fed one mess a day. Fodder corn, well cured, or corn grown for the grain, and out up when glazed and cured, makes excellent feed for milch cows, and costs less than good English hay per ton. The art of feeding cows has much to do with the profits 'of making milk to sell by the can. Better grow your corn for your cows both for forage and meal than to buy Western corn or corn- meal. The cow must be wisely selected and cared for, as she must be looked upon as a machine to convert farm forage into milk, from the sale of which comes your profit for money, labor and skill invested. 'l‘nr on Trees. To the injuiry of one of our subscribers as to the effect of common tar applied to the trunks of trees as a wash, we may state that, when applied in small quantities, and only upon narrow strips for the purpose of check- ing the ascent of canker worm moths, it is always considered injurious and liable to kill the tree or at least destroy its usefulness. We never heard of its being applied as a wash, and can cee no way in which such an appli- cation could do any good. Breaking in Heifers. There are oftentimes trouble in getting young heifers to take kindly to their first milking. A correspondent of The Rural Home tells as follows how he manages them : As the time of the year has come when heifers are coming in that nsver have been broken to milk, I will send the readers of The Rural Home my way to break them : Tie them up, and ,, give them a mess to eat while milking, and if they are nervous, take a common sur- oingle, and put it around the body just be- fore the hips, and in front of the udder, buckle it tight, sit down close to boss, and go to milking, be careful not to hurt the teats by hard squeezing. At first be gentle, and in a few weeks boss wrll stand still to be milked. One cultivator likes to know the practice of another cultivator, not so much for imitation as to compare it with his own. He can see better in thie way how improvemente may be made, than when he endeavors wholly to copy after what he reads. Inthis View the following experience of a large Illonis potato grower, as detailed .in the Prairie Farmer, have an interest : I discard the seed ends, and then cut the potato in as many pieces as the size of it will admit, each piece not small- er than a hen’s egg. If there there are more than two eyes in a piece, cut them out. Let them wilt a few days, and plant in roWs three feet apart and fifteen inches in the row. In this way I can raise more marketable potatoes than in any way I have ever tried. I have for the last two years planted early Vertnont for early use, as I find them to out-yield the early rose, and come in from eight to ten days earlier. In planting I plow a straight furrow and drop the potatoes half way on the furrow side, and let the next furrow cover them, and so dropping in every third furrow. I then plank the ground, over, the driver standing on the plank. When the weeds begin to start, I harrow at intervals until the crop is four inches high. After that the cul- tivator is run close to the rows until it is time to lay by. Items in Brief. The crow destroys more grasshoppers than any other bird: ' A farmer who 5has tried it speaks in the highest praiSe of gas tat for painting wagon wheels, stating that it tightens tires and spokes better than anything else that can be tried. A little dry sand covered over potatoes when they at first put into the ‘cellar will defit‘roy‘any unpleasant odor they may hiw’e. A sprinkling of dry, air-slacked lime wil, mitigate a. tendency to rot; Oil cake mils: nofi be fed to cows aloné. For cows that are dry feed two pounds of oil with four or six pounds of cornmeal per day. Avoid sameness indict. Corn meal alone is 11ker to put the coy’s system in a, feverish condition. - Stale bread moistened with sweet milk is recommended very highly as a~ good .ieed for young chickens the first few days. When a week old they may be fed on cracked grain scalded. When old enough to swallow grain give them plenty of it. Hens should not be allowed to disturb the setters by laying in their nests. Broken eggs and a bad hatch will result. If the setting hen cannot be insolated in any way, cover her over with an empty coop, basket or box, being careful to have her come off every day for feed, water, exercise and dust bath. Turnips are healthy for horses. They should be cut into thin slices, or, what is: better, pulped finely and mixed wlth a little} meal and some salt. Rutabegas are better than white turnips. One quart of oil-cake meal daily will be useful, especially in the spring when the coat is shedding. This may be given with some corn-meal or other ground feed. Directions for Reheeling Stockings. Cut the heel out within about a. quarter of an inch from the top of the gore, and about the same distance from the sole, then rip it ‘up altogether ofl’ the sole ; pick up on one needle the stitches across the heel ; on the second the stitches along one side of the sole and on the third the stitches along the other side of the sole ; knit one round plain, then your heel, only taking the last stitch of the heel with the first stitch of the solo at each side alternately at the end of every row. Continue in this way till all the stitches ere msdebut fourteen,then turn your heel as usual, making your band fourteen stitches wide; sew with a needle the fourteen you have left after making your heel and the fourteen on the other needles ; it is now completed. Cure of the Eyes. The following rules are given by a dis- FARM AND GARDEN . Planting Potatoes Milk for Cities. tinguished New York teacher to each of her pupils in printed form : “Things I must re- member about my eyes. 1. Not to read or work by all by twilight or by any dim light. 2. Not to read or work in the evening by a flickering _gasf1ight, but by a perfectly steady flame ;‘ either an ar- gand burner, if gas, or a German student lamp. 3. Not to sit facing the light, either in the day or evening, but to sit so that the light shall fall over my left shoulder on my book or work, and never on my eyes. 4. Not to bend down over my book or work, but ,to hold up it up to my eyes, and not my eyes down on it. 5. Not to read or work imme- diately on rising in the morning, or before breakfast. 6. Never to do fine drawing or lfine fancy-work in the evening. 7. Not to be careless of my health, because whatever hurts my general health and strength weakens my eyes. Therefore I must: Sleep enough. 2. Eat proper food at pro- per times. 3. Wear warm clothing and thick shoes. 4. Take a good long walk in the fresh air every day." Efl'ec! of Quinlne. Many people have a prejudice against tak- ing quinine, believing that it affects the hearing, and, to use the common expression, “ gets into the bones.” As regards the former belief, Dr. Roosa of New York has lately collected facts bearing on this point, and it appears that there is a permanent nervous affection of the ear produced which justifies the opinion of the laity. Hitherto physicians have generally disbelieved this, and ascribed the notion to prejudice. Bone and Muscle. It has long been noted that in countries where oatmeal. and not fine flour, is in eral use, children and adults will be found with the best developed teeth and jaws ; and so well recognized is the influence of oatmeal upon the teeth that many practitioners order its use as an article of daily diet for children in cases where the dentition is likely to be retarded or imperfect. Hints tor the Housekeeper. Use kerosene to clean unvarnished furni- 1-1 Many gardeners already appreciate the valu- able services of the common toad, and afford them protection for their insect destroying propensities, while as many more, perhaps. are ignorant of their usefulness. To the lat- ter class it may be interesting to know that toads live almost wholly upon slugs, cater- pillars, beetles and other insects, making their rounds at night when the farmer is a- sleepâ€"and the birds tooâ€"and the insects are supposed to be having it all their own way. Euglish farmers understand these facts so well that toads are purchased at so much a dozen and turned loose, and the best of it is the toads generally stay at home, so the gar- dener is not troubled with buying his own toads over again every few days. Pure Water and National Health. The annual conference on National Water Supply, Sewage, and Health is being held in the hall of the Society of Arts, the Right Hon. James Stensfeld presiding. On the motion of Mr. Ernest Hart, the following resolution was adopted :â€"“ That since a comparatively minute quantity of the poison contained in the evacuations of the patients of enteric fever may, it is believed, when sub- jected to conditions favorable to the develop- ment of that poison, lead to the specific infec- tion of very large volumes of water to which it has gained access, all sources of excremen- _ta1 contamination in the vicinity 'i'ef water smurces should be rigidly dealt with during their construction‘or repair. and in their use.” â€"When Shakespeare wrote " I am never merry when I hear sweet music,” he prob- _ably lived nextdoor to an amagetrr orchespra. " -â€"The daughter of a hatel-kéeeper at Dela- ware, 0., rubbed red pepper in the eyes of a boarder as he sat at dinner, because he winked at her. Sweet oil is recommended for polishing pianos. Apply with a chamois skin and rub with different skins as they become saturated with the oil. It requires one or two hours of hard rubbing to restore an instrument to its original lustre. ture. Try benzine for removing paint apatters on wigglevg glass. Blank‘éts, and indeed flannels of any kind, should not be washed with soap which has rosin in it. An excellent wax varnish for furniture is made by dissolving over a gentle heat three ounces of wax in one quart of oil of turpentine. Use waste paper for cleaning stoves, tin- ware, knives, spoons, windows,mirrors, lamp- chimneys, qto. Dissolve four or five pounds of washing soda in boiling water and throw down the kitchen sink to prevent the pipes stopping up with grease. etc. Do this every few weeks. â€"If the girl is pretty, even a good gram- marian will find it difficult to decline a kiss. If cheese gets too dry to eat, grate it, pour on brandy qu pack in jars._ «Age does not always indicate ability ; many a man of thirty can lie at sixty. â€"-A knee-motional play â€"When an angry mother lays her offspring across her knee. - --â€"An experienced sausage-maker stufls all the chopped flannel in the middle 50 as to make both ends meat. â€"The man who wrote that “ nothing was impossible" never tried to find the pocket in his wife’s dress when it was hanging in a. clothes-press. ' â€"-Young 'poeta are said; to be‘ alwaysni love with some ideal female. 110937.30 2 We trow not. '1he female must bares], else how can they meter ? â€"-It has been said that every man has his pfice. A We go 'still further and say that there ‘isn’t a man living that hasn’t been sold at some time or other. â€"-The man who “ launched on the sea of matrimony” took passage on a. court ship. We hope he-won’t find it a hard-ship before the vo‘yage is over. " ‘ ‘ â€"German papers say that the sting of the bee cures gout. A correspondent of the Aus- burg‘Gazette was curefl by three. bees. Now, oldnfellovy, get stung. , - â€";â€"Occa.sionally you find a mafi that claims to be sinless. Deal with him if you can't avoid it ; but be sure you count your change over carefully when you do. â€"It is because he heard that close atten- tion to httle things makes the successful busi- ness man that the young dry goods clerk takes care 0 his moustache.: â€"-It has been observed that young men are more bashful in summer than in winter. You can’t get some chaps within fifty yards of a girl during the ice-cream season. â€"Said Miss Dotonart at the Art Museum: “ Yes, I am so delighted Chawles; and Whit a, beeâ€"utiful burst is that opposite 1”. Money couldn’t force her into saying " bust.” â€"An exchange says women never think. Perhaps the man who penned that statement thinks those spring hats and bewitching spring suits plan themselves, but we don’t be- lieve it. â€"Lots of mothers who complain that they haven’t strength to comb their hair will hold a seven-year-old boy over their knees and slipper his pulse up to 149 without feeling a bit tired. â€"â€"How is this for twins ? According to a Western paper “four pairs of twin lambs, a. pair of twin calves and a pair of twin babies were one day’s product of George W. Young’s farm at Aquebogue recently.” -â€"A Cincinnati woman told Miss Dodds, the cooking tencher,that she considers that it is as important to teach cooking as to preach the gospel. This shows of how much value souls are esteemed in Cincinnati. â€"â€"A Pennsylvania. girl, who says she pos- sesses considerable money, has written to John Triplett. of the Thomnsville Times, making him a square offer of marriage. This \is the way we like to see the girls talk. WORLD WIDE NEWS. Do not Kill the Toad â€"Scene in a narrow lane. ‘Footpad: “Say,farmer, your ox won’tlet me pass.” Rustic: “Well, ’spose you let him pass.” Footpad: “There isn’t room.” Rustic: “ Well, perhaps he'll toss you for it.” ~â€"They sent a, boy to the Philadelphia House of Refuge because they could not find where his parents lived. When the boy was punished and he hung himself, the officials found his parents inside of two hours. â€"â€"-The idea. that you can read a man’s thoughts in his face is all bosh. Look the man in the face who borrowed $10 of you a year ago “ for a day or two,” and it expresses nothing but blanknessâ€"the blankest kind. â€"â€"It is said that the croak of the raven is equivalent to the B flat of a. trumpet, and that the growl of a dog corresponds to the same note of a, bassoon, while the bark of :1 our is exactly the B natural of the hautboy. â€"A subscriber writes to know if we think it is wrong to think cider. Well, yes, in these hard times, when beer is so much cheaper, we should think it was very wrong. However, if you know Where you can steal the cider, we suppose it will be all right. â€"â€"Pansies are the favorite flowers for bon- nets and bouquets; they come in all the varieties which are raised by gardeners; but the deep purple ones and those of violet blue are most used. They do not imitate nature i1; size, for some of them are as large as pop- plea. â€"-A schOOImietress, While taking down the name and ages of her pupils and the names of their parents at the beginning of the term, asked one little fellow, “ What’s your father’s name '2" “ 0 you needn’t take down his name; he’s too old to go to school to 9. W0- man,” was the reply. â€"â€"From the Doctor.â€"The following episitle was sent by a. prominent physician to the mother of one of his patients, with a present of a pair of ducks: 1 send, my dear madam, this Hemp of [1. letter, To say that your daughter is very much better. A regular doctor no longer she lacks, I therefore have sent her a. couple of quacks. â€"It is with pain that we observe an article in the Popular Science Monthly on “ The Condition of Women from a Zoological Point of View.” Now, what has she done that she must be clossed with the elephant. She doesn’t carry her trunk with her ; but perâ€" haps it is because she shows her ivories. Well, they do look nice. â€"The exploit of good old Sir Roger Throk- marten has been repeated. in Austria. That worthy Catholic baronet wagered that be- tween sunrise and sunset 3. coat could be made for him out of Wool from the back of a sheep. They accordingly sheared the sheep at dawn, the wool was dressed and dyed, woven into cloth, out and made to fit before night-fall. An Austrian clothier has done all this in eleven hours, so that he really has outstripped theBerkshire baronet, who allowed himself from 4 a. m. to 9 p. m. â€"A monster bicycle procession has just opened the bicycle campaign in England. The bicyclists were massed in the neighbor- hood of Hampton Court, and at a. given signal set out on a grand promenade through Bushy Park to Hampton Green, where they were dismissed. The bicyclists mustered in thousands, the ciubmen alone who t00k part in the excursion numbering over 1,400, Whilst hundreds of individual bicyclistswere “ unat- tached.” One hundred and four “clubs con- tributed to make the aggregate number. Of these clubs 78 were metropolitan and 26 were classed as provincial. â€"-0ne may carry even grave matters too far. We have advocated the propriety of distributing one’s property before death in order to save the peril of a will, and the prob- able verdict that you have been a. raving maniac ever since youwere put in your pants; but we can hardly approve the course of a gentleman in Vermont, who seems determined to better the instruction. ‘ He had his coflin made, and his grave clothes, and then called in the village clergyman and insisted on his preaching a funeral sermon. He gave as a. reason for the strange proceeding that ‘he wanted to attend to all these little mat- ;ters himself. â€"The best and truest things are not always cbnfined to clergyman. Sometimes a layman has serious thoughts and thoughts worth re- membering. The rector was looking at some fine pigs, and ventured the secular remark. “ Jarvis, those pigs are in fine condition.” The proprietor of prospective ham replied in serious and ecclesiastical phrase. “ Yes, sur, they be. Ah, sur, if we was all on us as fit to die as them pigs is, we‘d do.” â€"Russia seems to have the highest death rate of any country that collects mortality statistics. The report of the Medical Bureau “for the year 1877 has but recently been pub- lished, and it sh'oWs that in “a. population of eighty millions, the deaths of the year were ‘ at the rate of from thirty to fifty per thous< land. The ravages of diphtheria put it first in the list of diseases; next comes typhoid fever and next small-pox. There are about 14,000,000 sectarians in Russia who do not allow vaccination, and this accounts for the large mortality from Small-pox. As to the typhoid. it is called in Russia “hunger typhus,” for its greatestravages are always in the famine stricken districts; 3 â€"John Mill’s stepdaughter, Miss Helen Taylor, writes, “Domestic life can never have all the elements of happiness it is capable of giving while women are careless of one large branch of men’s interests in the world, and men’s interests can never receive all the de- velopment of which they are susceptible un- til women share with men in all the tasks of life.” THE St. Petersburg Gazette points out that during the last fifty years all the vacant thrones have been given to German princes. In 1831 a prince of Ssxe-Coburg was elected king of the Belgians. A few years later the Greekâ€"regempetentes-whose Prince 0tho of Bavaria for the thrOne of Greece. Prince George of Landerburg-Gluaksburg succeeded the Bavarian Prince. A member of the Ho- henzollern family now reigns in Roumania. And, finally, the Hessian Prince of Batten- berg is called to preside over the destinies of Bulgaria. Thisshw the remarkable capa- bilitiegfof the German character in wmarked degree. â€"London Truth :â€"“ Those Who say the the days of chivalrous manners are past and those of bad taste have come in would have been puzzled to know which was in the ascen- dant at the last Aldershot ball. when a young cavalry officer tore some of the gold cord from the edge of a lady‘s dress. first kissed it and then carried it in his mouth during the rest of the waltz. Peculiar people some of those cavalry-men !" â€"-In New Zealand, as in California, the Chinaman abounds, and there he has to re- sort to strategy to make good his position. It is related that in Otago, where Scotchmen are a majority of the colonists, a contract for grading a road was to be let, and the lowest bid was signed "‘ M’Pherson.” Notice was sent to the said M’Pherson to meet the Board and complete the contract. In due time they met, but behold I M’Pherson was yellow in hue and had an unmistakable pig-tail. “But,” gasped the President, “ your name can’t be M’Pherson ?” ” Allelightee,” cheer- fully answered John; “ nobody catch um contlact in Otago ’less he named Mac." The contract was signed, and the Mongolian M’Pherson did his work as well as if he had :really hailed from Glasgow. â€"The blue glass mania, which has now almost disappeared, was not destitute of good results. It led to a. great deal of scientific study of the influence of certain rays of light on animal and vegetable life. There is a paper on the subject in the Comptes Rendus by a. French experimenter. He found that the blue rays are least necessary in spring and winter ; while the red rays are more requisite to sustain life and prevent too rapid development. He notices the fact that most leaf buds have a brown or reddish covering. Red glass, by withdrawing the blue rays, sustains while it enfeebles life ; green glass, by intercepting the red rays, causes most plants to become weak and ultimately to perish. drink was a. cup 'composed of a. Quart? of lemonade to one glass of wine. Like Na.- poleon, he ate with fierce rapidity. The favor- ite dish of George IV was a thiek soup of crayfish. He liked, occasibnally, as does Mr. Samuel Ward, liver and bacon, and tripe and onions. He latterly drank» great quanti- ties of liquors, especially black cherry brandy, which he took as a tonic for digestion, weak- ened by years of Curacoa punch. Roast fowl and roast beef were the delicacies of William IV, and sherry his wine, which he drank from a black bottle. Queen Victoria likes cock-a- leekie soup, 9. rich entree often cooked for her by her daughter, Princess Christian, who is a most admirable cook, and loves port wine. â€"Ge’orge III was fond of boiled mutton 991511 .turnips and apple dun‘Iplijgg. ‘ {fig 2311195 â€"Whenever anybody is arrested in aBus- sinn city the fact is kept secret and everybody who calls at the arrested person’s house is also put under arrest. One of the persons recently arrested at St. Petersburg was a physician in good practice; and it so hap- pened that at the time he was captured afihild‘was taken ill in a family ‘Whieh he was attending. r During the night the child’s illnessbecame so alarming that the istherwent to fetch the doctor ; but 011 arriving at the house he was seized by the police and car- ried off, in spite of his protests. The mother waited an hour or more, and finding that her husband did not return, went herself to the physician’s house, when she too was arrested. Meanwhile the child remained alone in the house, and on the following morning it was dead. ~England has one great place of agricul- tural educationâ€"Cheneester College. It is erected in an elevated spot, facing Lord Bathurst’s immense and splendid park in Glostershire, while its south front has a wide View of Wilts. It contains accommodation for eighty-five students, a museum rich in specimens of geology, botany, etc., and near by is one of the best laboratories in England formed out of an old barn. The farm build- ings are on a. very extensive scale. Gentle- man distinguished in sciences connected with agriculture. in addition to the regular staff. give lectures, The college is now thirty years old. >Mr.lP'ilsev,a leading agriculturist (elder brother of the doctor), was one of its ‘main promoters, and the undertaking was carried out at the instance of the Royal Agricultural Society of England. â€"An extraordinary army joke has found its way into the columns of the Court Jour- nal. The dirtiness of the Afghan is pro- verbial, and it is said that upon one occasion General Roberts captured a Mongol, who was so preternatumlly dirty that it was thought necessary, for the safety of the whole camp, that he should be washed. Two genuine Tommy Atkinses were told off for this pur- pose. They stripped him, and scrubbed him with formidable brushes and a large quantity of black soap for two hours, at the end of which they threw down their brushes in dis- gust and went to their Colonel. “What is ii, men 17” “Well, sir, we’ve washed that Afghan for two hours. but its wasn’t no good. After scrubbing him, sir, till our arms were like to break, blest if we didn’t come upon another suit of clothes.” â€"â€"An action of Padwick against Thistle- waite is exciting much sensation in England. Padwick is a noted usurer, who has had the Dukes of Newcastle and Hamilton, and the late Marquis of Hastings.besides any number of smaller aristocratic birds in his claws, and plucked them well. He is now over 80, and has run some good horses on the turf under the name of “Mr. Howard.” Mrs. Thistle- waite was a noted star of the demi mzmde named Laura Bell, who, born in Belfast, Ire- land, transferred her attractions successively to Dublin and London, where she married Mr. Thistlewaite, a wealthy young guardsman, became religious, and held prayer meetings at her house near Park lane. She has fallen from grace and into the hands of Padwick, who sues her for money loaned, on the ground that she has a. separate estate. This is not the case, but he hopes to “frighten her into payment by eubpoenaing all the eminent nobles who have ever dined; at her house; â€"The Prince of Wales lately presided at the annual meeting of the London Cabmen’s Benevolent Association. The Prince declared, the London cabmen to be “honest, persever- ‘ ing and enduring,” and “thoroughly deserv- ing of sympathy.” “As a proof of that,” the Prince said, “I have statistics here before me which state that last year there Were between sixteen thousand and seventeen thousand articles left in cabs, amounting in value to about £20,000, which have been punctually returned. I believeâ€"at least, it is the popular beliefâ€"that there is only one article a cabman neverreturns, and that is an umbrella, and that is, we may consider, quite fair. A gentle- man having an umbrella may not want a cab, but Without an umbrella he will be compelled to take a cab if the rain comes on. (Laugh- ter.) There are now between eleven thousand and twelve thousand cabmen, and the amount, of the expense in cab fares comes to a most colossal sum, something between £4,000,000 and £5,000,000. ' â€"â€"A clergyman of the English Church‘at Bristol, having a small congregation, inter- prets literally the command to go out into the highway after men. About service time he marches through the streets dressed in a white surplice and ecclesiastical hat. In one hand he carries a book marked with a large red cross, and in the other a. bell, which he rings as he walks. He continually cries, “Come to church,” and has with him a boy carrying a lantern. Naturally enough he is followed by a crowd, and the number of his hearers has increased. It would seem, how- ever, that his sensationalism is confined to the street and is dropped when he enters the pulpit. In this part of the _,world, says ,the Examiner and Chronicle, ministers conduct themselves properly in thestreets and reserve their antics for the pulpit. We prefer the English method. - ' This is a scientific age. The microscope is used to determine whether people should be allowed to marry. Dr. C.Heitzman (“Ar- chives. of Medicine,") tells us that marriages should be allowed in doubtful cases only upon the permit of a reliable microscopist. “ Last season,” he says, “ a young physician asked me whether I believed in the marriage among kindred. He had fallen in love with his cousin and his cousin with him.“ I ekamined his blood, and told him that he was a nervous man, passing sleepless nights and having a. moderately good constitution. The similar condition being suspected in the lady, mar< riage was not advised, for fear of degenerate offspring. So great was his faith in my as- sertions that he gave up the idea of marrying his cousin, offering her the last. chanceâ€"viz., the examination of her blood. This beautiful girl came to my laboratory and, very much to my surprise, I found, on examination, her blood of first-class constitution. The next day I told the gentleman, ‘You had better marry her.’ " â€"-â€"Young housewife : “ What miserable little eggs again ! You really must tell them, Jane,to let the hens set on them an‘little longer!" â€"" How can I leave thee ‘2” said Adam to Eve. She made no reply but pointed calmly to a fig tree in the distance. â€"Elder sister (to little one, who appears to aka a great interest in Mr. Skibbens) : “Come, little pet. it is time your eyes were shut in sleep.” Little pet : “ I think not. Mother told me to keep my eyes open when you and Mr. Skibbens were together.” â€"To, make a. fine eye waterâ€" Stick an onion on it. MILWAUKEE, May 26.-â€"â€"This evening Miss M. E. Buddington and her friends assembled in the telegraph oflice here, and. the groom, Lou is W. Walker, of Beaver Dam. Wis., and friends assembled in the ofiice in 0mm- tonna, Mich, and the two were married. MARRIED BY TELEGRAPH. “0W TOCIIOOSE A WIFE BURGLARY. PARIS, May 30.â€"â€"â€"The residence of Charles Whitlaw was entered by burglars this morn- ihg, betwéen the hburs of 2 and 3. They ef- fected an entrance by a window and carried off silver plateto the value of 3200. They escaged with their treasure Without being cap- tfire . ‘ ‘ ‘ ' ) A SAD SUICIDE. , ST. JOHN: N: B., may 30.;Au ‘in‘quest was held this afternoon on the body of James Kiggan, who committed suicide this morning 'by cutting his throat. The evidence showed that he had been drinking heavily, 'Brooding over the disgrace brought upon him by his wife being placed on trial for receiving stolen property; The jury returned a verdict that deceased committed suicide while temporarily insane. Kiggan was a pensioner and was 50 years old. BLEEDING To DEATH. Apanda. Reynolds, aged 15, is bleeding to death at Paterson. from «ears, throat gnd' nostrils, the resui‘t at having 9. thh' pulkfifiv THROW {FROM A CARRIAGE. - At Trenfoh ,yesterday Geo. L. Titus and family were thrown from a. carriage By a run- away. One of his twin daughters, aged 15 years; was killed. RALEIGH, N. 0., May 30.â€"Excitement pre- vails here over the reported arrest in Florida of General Littlefield, charged with com- plicity in misappropriating thirty million worth of bonds voted by the Republican Le- gislature ten years ago to aid the Western North Carolina. Railway. V THE POISONED BROOK. ISLAND POND, Vt., May 30.â€"â€"There have been nine deaths so far of children who drank from the poisoned brook, others cannot live. Potatoe- tops peisonedhby Paris green were also thrown in the brook, causing the belief that the latter was the prime cause of the mortality. There is terrible distress here; work is suspended and there is great excitement. Another report states that 27 «children were 7 poisoned.- The farmer who allowed a carcass to be thrown in the brook will be arrested. SHOT BY A DIBCHARGED EMPLOYEE. CINCINNATI, May 30.â€"Villie Black, of Villie Black & 00., wholesale tobacco dealers, was shot fatally this morning by a discharged negro, through revenge. FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION . LINDSAY, May 31.â€"â€"â€"A terrible boiler explo- sion occurred here this morning at six o’clock, in J. Thurston‘s steam saw-mill, by which a man named King was instantly killed. The engineer, Walker, and a. man named Young are so seriously injured that their recovery is doubtful. The cause of the explosion has not yet been ascertained. LATER. LINDSAY, May 31,â€"A terrible explosion oc- curred this morning in Thurston’s saw mill, which was attended with the loss of life. There were two boilers in the mill, one tubular twelve feet long and four feet in dia- meter, and the other a two-flue boiler about the same dimensions. The mill was started at six o’clock, and had been running half an hour when one of the fines in the two-fined boiler collapsed perfectly flat, breaking off at both ends. The steam escaping made a ter- rific rumbling noise, and was heard four miles. Mr. King who was unloading a wheelbarrow of shingle bolts at the time, was directly in front of the flue and was instantly killed, his head having been smashed in with a flying brick. His body presents a horrible sight. He was married and leaves a widow and one child. Samli'el Young, a single man, stood on the platform three , feet higher than King, @180 in a direct line with the escaping steam, and is so seriously sealded that but little hopes are entertained of his recovery. John Walker the engineer is seriously hurt~ on the side of thehead and somewhat scolded, but may recover. A few others were more or less hurt but not seriously. The boiler had been repaired yesterday, and pronounced safe. but the men did notieel satisfied and could, hardly be induced to go to work this morning. The office belonging to the mill, about sixty feet away, was partly demolished but there was no one in the building at the time. An inquest has been called for at 2 o’clock. A CHILD r-orsormn WITH AMMONIA. CORNWALL, May 31.â€"Ernest Dustan, a 3- year‘old son of Wm. Dustan, of this place, got possession of a. bottle of ammonia while the family were in another part of the house and swallowedga portion of it,causing death in a few hours. A WOULD-BE ASSASSIN. NEW ORLEANS, May 31,â€"The Sub-Prioress of St. Mary‘s Dominican Convent recently re- ceived a. letter from her brother, W. T. Cor- bet, stating that he would shortly arrive I New Orleans and threatening to as- sassinate several heads of» the ,Cath- olic Church. The police were notified and Corbet was arrested while at. the Gathe- dral inquiring for Fatheg 1-Beuxel'. He was born in Ireland, and hmreer sisters whq are nuns. His brother, he says, was hm. ged for attempting to kill the Duke of Edinburgh. Corbet says he became incensed because his parents willed all their property to the Church. It is believed he is insane. SUDDEN DEATH. WASHINGTON, May 31.â€"Eban C. Ingersoll, ex-Representative to Congress from Illinois, and brother of Robert Ingersoll, died in‘ this city early this morning of apoplexy. He was in usual good health yesterday evening. SUICXDE. TEENTON, N. J., May 31.â€"â€"Jonathan Wet- son, a. prominent and influential resident, of Edinburg. near this citi‘, suicided by drowning yesterday while laboring} under temporary aberration: of mind. , Taking an occasional day in bed, simply on account of indisposition, is, however, a very simple and rudimentary notion of this glorious institution. Bed is the natural domicile of every mamâ€":- , THE ADVANTAGES 0F STAYING IN BED. " In bed we laughfln bed we cry; And born in bed, in bed we die.” Bavard, the French physiologist, maintain- ed that man is an animal who exercises the thinking faculty best in a horizontal position. Thus, therein high artistic, social, and" in- tellectual uses connected with an occasional day in bed, which imperatively claim discus- sion. Brinley the great engineer, when he was fairly bothered and puzzled by some tough problem, always betookhimself to bed until he had'solved it.“ vMost‘peopIe- have > a great kindnéss for Lord Melbourne. \ who. under the aflecta‘tion of frivolity, used 'to get up Hebrew and the Fathers and imperturb- able good humor to bear with his wife, Lady Caroline, while the pretty Byron-struck used to smash the drawing-mom furniture, His intimate friends w0uld find" the Premier calmly taking breakfast in. bed, with fitters and dsipatches strewed‘a’ll over the counter- pane. The poets have been terrible fellows to get out of bed. 'I' suppose it is be- cause the visions of the day and of the night sw‘eetly intermingle. The poet Thomson cultivated laziness as a fine art and thought out his poems in bed. Pope was a still worse fellow. When he had a fit of in- spiration on him; he would keep'the servants running about for him all through the night. He made amends to them by the plenteous- ness of his “ veils.” We take a later instance. Bismarck says, according to Dr. Busch, “ I was troubled with varicose veins in 1866. I lay full length on the bedY and had to answer letters of a very desperate sort with a pencil.” He’has given us one of his experiencesfwhen lying in bed. “ I used to lie awake 'full of all sorts of thoughts and troubles. Then‘Varzin would suddenly come up before me, perfectly distinct in the minutest particulars, like a great picture, with even all its colors fresh- the green trees, the sunshine on the stems, the blue sky above. I saw every individual there. I struggled to shake the thing off; and when at last Ive-eased to see it,' othér tidings came illâ€"reports, notes, dispatches and so DISASTERS AND CRIMES; WHOLESALE STEALING. on; but I fell‘ over about morning.” Big-3 “ marck at Versailles used to lie ’in bed a. great‘ deal, “ because he cannot keep himself rea- sonsblywarmuin any othen ways" Ireympaeq: thize with Bismarck; Accept, Prince, the marks of my most digtjpguished considera- tionâ€"London Society. There ere few pleasanter places‘in" sfimmer ‘ than the great square of Et-Meidaun at' Cont" stantinople. The tall gray pointed monu~ ment in the middle, like a sentry wausel ' ing over the whole place. the white hotchsf-w‘ along either side, the polished pavement, the high white walls and rounded domes, and talt slender towers and cool shadowy gateways of Turkish mosques make» a very pretty pic- ture indeed. Halting to-look round I suddenly espy a pair of yellow Turkish slippers, a good deal worn, laying at the foot of a huge tree which stands alone in the midst of the open space. They are not flung carelessly down, either, as if their owner had thrown them away, but placed neatly side by side; just as an ordinary old gentlemen might put his slippers beside the fire before going out. And, stranger still, although at least half a dozen bare-footed Turks (who might think even an old shoe worth picking up) have passed by and seen them, not one of them has ventured to disturb then in any way. My Greek companion notices my surprise. “Aha, Efiendi! Don’t you think he must have been a careless fellow who left his slip- pers there 7 See anything odd about this tree ?" “ Peace be with you i” says the old gentle- man in a deep hoarse voice, nodding to my companion, Whom he seems to know. " With you be peace,” answers the Greek. “You didn’t expect that, did you, effendi? It’s not every day that'- you find a. man living inside a tree l” “ Does he live here, then :7” “ To be sure he does. Didn’t you see his slippers at the door? Nobody would touch the slippers for any money. They all know old Selim. He has a. snug house, after all ; and don’t pay rent either." He taps thrice upon the “piece of board,” which suddenly swings back like a. door, dis- clmsing to my astonished eyes, in the dark hollow, the long blue robe, white turban,» and flowing beard of an old Turk. There was some correspondence ashort while since in the Daily News on the loss of ships, writes a correspondent, and various reasons were assigned, among them being the disproportion of the length to the beam of vessels, the insufficiency of propelling power, and the clumsy stowage of cargo; But another cause was overlooked-the collision of vessels with icebergs. Let me relate an incident. A magnificent full-rigged mer- chantman of 1.650 tons burden was running under a close reeled mainatopsail ofi Cape?“ Horn, when a heavy snow-storm Overtook and enshrouded her. The fall was so dense that the figures of the men on the lookout on the forecastle were scarcely distinguishable. Suddenly from forward came a sharp cry: “ Ice right ahead 1” The helm was put hard down: the noble vessel yielding, ewe .t“ swiftly round, scraping with her flying ji '5 5' boom end the projecting ledge of a huge“? iceberg that seemed to leap out of the snowâ€" a gigantic ponderous shape with the sea. birds screaming around its pinnacles and the thunder of beating waves echoing among its ravines. Another second or two and the pelting ship would have ground her nose upon the ice, and sunk like lead with her freight of three hundred and eighty souls. _ I happened to be on board that vessel, and from that day to this Ihave always reckoned the iceberg as. one of “the most prolific causes of the black shipping lists. â€"Yonr next-door neighbor meets .you_.now, “and gasps for breath, and mopes his brow, and shuts his eyesnmd ambles slow, and fans himself with his chapeau, then groans, with melancholy phiz, " My eyes ! now awfully hot it is 1” ' ‘ “ Nothing but that piece of board on it which I sunpose covers a hollow.” “ lezxt':, just it I" chuckles the Greek. “It covers a hollow, sure enoughâ€"look here, Effendi l" In truth, the little place is snug enough, and certainly holds a. good deal for its size. 011 one side is an earthen water-jar, on the other a huge blanket-like cloak, which prob- ably represents Mr. Selim’s Whole stock of bedding. A copper stew-pan is fixed to a spike driven into the wood, while just above it a. small iron funnel, neatly fitted into a. knot-hole of the trunk, does duty as a chim- ney. Around the sides of the hollow hang a long pipe, 11 tobacco-pouch, a lethern wallet, and some other articles, all bearing marks of long service; whlle to crown all, my guide shows me, triumphantly, just outside the door, a wooden shelf with several pots of flowersâ€"e garden that just matches the house. - Having given us this sight of his house- keeping, the old gentlemen (who has been standing like a stake during the whole in- spection) silently holds out his hand. I drop into it a double piastre (ten cents), and take my 1eave,reflecting that if it is good to be content with little, this old hermit is cer- tainly abit of ahero in his wayâ€"David Ker, in June Wide Awake. Mr. Justice Jette, of Montreal, has given an important decision to all Presbyterians, at least in the suit Dobie vs. The Board of Management of the Temporalities Fund . of the Presbyterian Church of Canada. He says :â€"â€"The plaintiff, a minister of the Pres- byterian church _ of Canada in connection with the Church of Scotland, had obtained an injunction against the defendants, enjoining them iron“ continuing the administration of the fund. The circumstances which gave rise to the litigation are too well known to require repetition, the plaintiff being one of'- those who did not assent to the union of the Presbyterian bodies which took place some years ago. The defendants moved to dissolve the writ of injunction. Judge Jette, after rc- ferringto the legislation and other proceed- ings, ‘said he had come to the conclusion not to grant the motion. Although the Quebec' Act, 38 Vict., cap. 64Y established in favor of the defendants, a presumption that could only be destroyed by a judicial assertion of thc'unconstitutionality of the Act in question;- his Honor said that it nevertheless resulted from the circumstances of the case, from the facts established by the affidavits and set forth in the pleadings of the parties, that the petitioner has an undoubted right to watch, over the administration of the fund, of which defendants have the management. The petitioner, moreover, has a real and acknow- ledged interest in the conservation of the fund. Now, it was established and admitted that since the passing of 38 Vict., chap. 64, the Board of Management had diminished- the capital of the fund entrusted to its ad- minstration in a sum of $40,000. It was contended that this could not afiect or en- danger in any respect the interest of the petition or of others similarly situated,~_ be: cause their rights were amply guarded. But the court considered that in view of the fact that the diminution had taken place, the petitioner was well founded in contending that the continuance of theadminstratian of the fund by the Board jeopardized his inter- ests. The suspension of the writ of injunc- tion issued in the case might inflict on the petitioner, by a new diminution of the capital of the fund, an irreparable loss ; While on the other hand, the maintenance of, the writ, though a serious inconvenience to the defend- ants, did'n'ot endangemyinterest,’ but on the contrary protected allthe rights in litiga- tion between the parties. The motion of the defendants, fer the squashing or suspension of the injunction, must be rejected. Important Action in Reference to the Tempornlilim Fund. The Colonial Committee in Scotland have made a, second donation of £300 stg. to the Presbyterian Church of Canada inlconnection with the church of Scotland in Cahada. THE CHURCH UNloN DISPUTE A VERY QUEER HOUSE. LOSS OF SHIPS AT SEA.