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THREE moons BELOW, With a lamp shining in 1115 face and a man staring at him. The doctor examined him carefully. but found no bones broken, and O‘Connor’s only complaint is of pains in the abdomen and small of the back. indicating possible internal injuries. of which the doctor is somewhat afraid. An examination of the shop showed that the tumbling sleep-walker had struck square on the skylight, smashing wood and glass to little bits. struck on the top of a. showcase, twelve feet high, immediately below. and bounded off to the floor, where Conway found him. The fall is a terrible one, and that the victim was not crushed to a jelly can only be accounted for by the providential theury advsneed shove. O‘Connor is not a diinking man. and though slightly affected With somnambulistic tendencies has never got into trouble before. While he may escape with the few scratches that his passage through the skylighcgave himyyet as his injuries are internal, more serious results may possibly ensue. O’Connor is an assayer by profession. and was formerly employed in the Bonanza refinery.-â€"San Francisco Chronicle. Mr' Conway was aided in answering it by a majority of lodgers in the house, including D1. Manning, all of whom had been awakened by the crash. Their astonishment verged on actual disbelief of their senses when O‘Connm: the cause of it. all, who rapidly regained his senses, got up on his feet. and declared that HE WAS UNEUBT. He bore out his declaration by walking up stairs with Dr. Manning and getting into bed without asaistance. An examination of his room revealed the fact that his escape from death was as about as near a miracle as these- letter days have produced. A window of his room, which is on the fourth floor. opens on a. small court about six feet by three in dimen- sions, which runs from the top of the sad‘ dlé‘r’s store up to the roof. {1 skylight being constructed both at the bottom and top. The four walls of the court are rlastered, and save the Bills of the windows of the rooms. which open on it, there is nothing to arrest the fall or break the descent or any person unfortunate enough to tumble down the sixty-foot shaft. O‘Connor, who is about 30 years old and weighs 130 pounds, stated that all he could recollect was going to his room, taking 05 his boots and clothes and smoking a portion of a cigar. The next thing he knew was lying on his back Did She Receive an ("hr 0! Marriage From the Duke of \Vellinuluu f (From the London Truth.) Any person who has had the honor of con- , verging with the most munificent lady in the land, must have been pleased and refreshed by her extremely sharp common sense. She does not waste words, and has no sentimental fripperies in her talk. Not even an Irishman, and St. Patrick knows how hard he tried, could ruffle the serene calm of manner which distinguished the great heiress, though she was but just entering public life, when Mr. Dunn desired to make himself happy with more gallantry and perseverance than delicacy or discretion. As for the title Baroness which this great lady has consented to adorn, she is under stood to have had no other reason for desir- ing it than a sense of the incongruity which attaches to a. person being called “ Miss ” who has gone out of hail to her teens. Many a. higher title has been within her reach. At one time the gossips set about an absurd story that she was going to be married to the Iron Duke of Wellington. The late Sir Rob- ert Inglis, wondering much at such a rumor, bluntly asked the Duke if he had really- oflered to marry her. on which there came out a story not unlike the three black crows of the monkish legend. “ I said,” growled his Grace, and his Grace growled awfully in his last decade, “ I said that she deserved to be a Duchess. I did not say I would make her one.” “The Duke should have said “could,” not “would," “ remarked the Baron- ess, drily, when the queer story was repeated to her, and it is the only epigram attributcd to her ladyship in circulation, She is not a. Bayer of sayings, but a. somewhat tacituin woman of business “WHAT DO YOU WANT?" By the light of the lamp fragments of the broken glass and window frame of a skylight in the ceiling of the shop. immediately ovu a harness case became visible. and it flashed on Conway that the man had fallen dowu through anl he queried, “Are you hurt ?” There was still no answer. For some minutes Conway stOod staring at his strange visitor, until the latter changed his expression a trifle and looking about him asked the iu~ variable question, “Where am I ‘2” ‘ rm: CHIEF ACTOR in the present drama was one. About a quarter to 1 o'clock on Wednesday morning Mr. Conway. who oeenpies a room in the rear of his store, was awakened by a. thunder ing credit in his store, followed by a dull thub, such as would be caused by the fall of 2] heavy body, and the irregului'jingle of falling fragments of glass. Under the impreasmn that burglars were the cause he lighted a lamp, and opening the door could see nothin; eave the flicker of the street lamp opposite, while the long rows of harness in the glass cases gave forth no sound. Walking into the store he came suddenly upon the body of a man lying on his back in the middle of the floor and clad only in a. red flannel shirt and drawers. The man's eyes were open, but he gave no sign of intelligence as Conway ex- citedly demanded, John 0'Connor, While Walking in Ilia Sleep in Sun Franc-hen, lfnlls lrom n Fourth-Story “’indpw Inlo n Sun-r, On Tuesday evening last wias performed, at 695 Mission meet, ‘San Francisco, the most remarkable somnambulistic feat on record, and one whose recital seems almostiucredibio, considering the circumstances. The build- ing. is four stories in height, the first flour being occupied by the harness and saddle factory of M. J. Conway and the upper three by lodgers, of yvhom She came on board as pretty as a. daisy and as sweet and fresh as an elegant make up could make her. There was a chattering aft, on the yacht, as to what they would have ior dinner, and it was agreed for fun. that it was chowder, each one to do something for the same. “You have got to peel and chop the onions,“ says a dandy kind of a fellow to the pretty girl. ”Agreed,” said she not wincing a bit, and they all laughed and pitied her. When the time came for fixing up things, kind of urged, I bought that pretty girl a. pack of the fiercest of onions â€" real red skin ones â€"â€"you ever smelled. “There is going to be a lot of crying,” thinks I ; “If that would be the only sorrow in her life 1” Says she to me. “Mr. Roberts, do you haul me a bucket of water,” and I did. Then she took off her white fingers a lot of rings, and put them in her pocket, and asked for a knife and, the onions being in the water she peeled and sliced them under water, and nary a tear came, nor nothing. “New,” says she, holding out the tips of her pretty fingers, “who will he gallant enough to kiss these 17” Seeing I was cook, I dldn’t like to be so bold but there was a half dozen of the men who rushed forward,and of course I had no chance, That’s the way I learned how ladies can peel onions and not cry.over them. â€"â€"A correspondent of the Boston Herald visited Atlanta, Ga.., recently and created a good deal of excitement by going to 9. store to buy. I night-shirt. The idea that a. newspaper man should wear such a. thing shocked the store~keeper. and in a short time he had fold all his acquaintances. Everybody down there takes a night-cap, but a night-shirtâ€"whew ! â€"-Mumps are so common as to be quite fashionable among Boston young: ladies. In {wot they are declared by some to be “very swell ” â€"Three elephants have lately been landed in America for menageries. Each one will start out as “ the only elephant ever born on this continent." BARONEHS BURDE'I‘T-COUI‘TS. IIO‘V ’1‘0 PEEL ONIUNS. CIDN WAY'S CALLER. DOMESTIC LIFE. , I will skip through the pages and note var- ious illustrations of the domestic life of the Queen during the last two years of her mer- ried life. The volume opens in 1860. The Princess Royal was married and living in Berlin. The Prince Consort, writing on New Year‘s Day to the Princess-mother far away, makes delicate allusion to an event that was afterward to give great joy to the royal house, the birth of the Queen’s first granddaughter. Macaulay has just died, and we find the Prince mourning for him as “a great loss." The second anniversaryofthe Princess Royal's wedding was made the occasion of a pretty letter, in which the Prince Consort reminds his daughter that "it is twoyears to-day since the wedding ring was placed upon your finger and Fritz became your lord.” "Very soon. in two days, the first birthday will be here of the deer little boy. Accept. both of you. for both dear festivals, the warmest good wishes of my heart.” The twentieth anniversary of his own wedding came, and the Prince, refer- ring to it, writes to his old friend Stockmar : “ It is twenty (! ! !) years to-day since our troth plight took place in St. James’.” “We have gone through much since then and tried hard after much that is good. The children are giving me a surprise, which is to remain a profound secret until half-past six." To this letter of the Prince’s is added a postscript in the handwriting of the Queen :â€"“One little word I must add on this blessed day. Words cannot express my gratitude and hap- piness. I wish I could think I had made one as happy as he has made me. But it is not for want of love and devotion. Victoria.” 'rns rnrnca’s HABITS or LIFE. We have glimpses of the way of life of the Prince, and learn that he was an early riser and had made good progress at his work be- fore people were generally rising. Summer and winter he rose at seven. dressed and went to his sitting room, “ where a. green German lamp was ready lit.” He read letters, never allowing his correspondence to fall into ar- rears, prepared dratts of answers to Ministers for her Majesty‘s consideration. “Not feel- ing sure,” says Mr. Martin, “ of his idiomatic accuracy of his English, he would continually bring his English letters to the Queen to read through, saying, “Head carefully and tell if there be any faults in these.” The Queen's custom was to arrange on his table despatchcs or official papers for his consideration. Then came the reading of the newspapers, “ read ing aloud,” says the Queen, “ good or im- portant articles.” A good article gave him sincere pleasure, and no article coming in the loading journals of real value for its facts or arguments escaped his notice.” During the shooting season he was fond of sport, but if not shooting as the morning advanced it was his custom to walk with the Queen. From his shooting parties he would return about two in the afternoon. “I," says the Qneen, "treasured up everything I heard, kept every letter or dispatch to show him and was al~ ways affected and nervous if I had a foolish dispatch or draft to put before him, as I knew it was distressing and irritated him and af- fected his delicate stomach.” “He always walked very fast when out shooting, and got very quickly through with it.” He was a man of great activity, full of interesting con- versation, of charming anecdotes, of droll stories, without end, of his childhood. of peo- ple of Coburg, and of our good people of Scot- land, which he would repeat with a wonderful power of mimicry, and at which he would himself 15. ‘gh most heartily. In these win- ter weeks there were comedies at Windsor Castle,"Masks and Faces,” "Richelieu," “The Contested Election.”with Phelps and Mathews, Buckstone and Compton as performers. It was intended to purchase Newstead Abbey as a home for the Prince of Wales, but Lord Byron‘s seat was taken out of the market be- fore the Prince could carry out his purpose. Sydney Herbert was made a Peer because his failing health was no longer equal to the 3 fatigue of the Lower House. “I am afraid death has him in his grasp." said the Prince. ” To-morrow," writes the Prince, “ our marriage will be twenty-one years old. How many a storm has swept over it, and still it continues green and fresh and throws out vigorous roots, from which I can, with gratitude to God. acknowledge that much good will yet be in store for the world." This twenty-first anniversary of the royal marriage, the last which the Prince was to. know on the earth, was kept quiet]y-â€"“ the event being only marked by some sacred music performed before the royal circle by the ‘iQueen's band.” 011 that day Albert wrote to Victoria's mother, the Duchess of Kent, “We have both kept our pledge for better and for worse and have only to thank God that he has vouchsafed so much happi- ness to us. May He have us in keeping for the days to come. You have. I trust, found good and loving children in us, and we have experienced nothing but love and kindness from you." The Queen writing to her uncle, the King of Belgium, on the same anniver- sary. says :â€"â€"“Vsry few can. say with me that their husbands at the end of twenty-one years are not only full of the friendship, kindness and affection with a truly happy marriage brings with it, but of the same tender love as in the very first days of our marriage." Iiosnon, March 17. ~Mr. Theodore Martin has finished his “Life of the Prince Consort.” and although the journals are full of extracts. it is possible that a summary of the incidents contained in Mr. Martin’s interesting pages may not be without value in America. The author’s estimate of the Prince Corsort must, ofcourse, be understood as that of a fond and bereaved wife. Mr. Murtin has written his work under the eye of the Queen and from materials placed at his disposal by Her Majesty. He opens his fifth volume with a letter addressed to the Queen. expressing his thanks for the generosity and forbearance she has shown to him for his encouragement " in accepting with anprovul the successive volumes in which I have endeavored to mark a prince known to the Worldâ€"a prince of whom Your Majesty in the first days of supremegrief wrote to his oldest and dearest friend that he was your husband. father, lover, master, friend. adviser and guide.” A book written under this inspiration would naturilly be. a eulogium, and yet. making allowances for the temper of eulogy. there are many features in the character of the Prince Consort whichjustify even Mr. Martin's en- comiums. and many incidents in the secret political history of England that throw fresh light upon the workings of a great constitu- tional government. ‘LIPE UP THE PRINCE UUNSDBT." Although the happiness of their domestic life was a subject of constant gratitude to the Queen and the Prince, there are indications that the Prince, although a young man. was showing signs of weakened constitution. He had toothacheâ€"“his sufferings were fright- ful"â€"inflammation of the nerves, 9. general lowering of the Vital powers. sleepless nights and pain. “Excessive pains,” he writes. “have pulled me down very much.” In March the Prince found a cough giving way before the sea air. Early in March the Queen was to undergo a great sorrow in the death of her mother. the Duchess of Kent. That vener- able lady had been suffering from general debility, and on the 15th the news from her physician was so alarming that the Queen land Prince went to Frogmore. “With 3 VOL XXII. DEATH OF THE QUEEN’S MOTHER. trembling heart," says the Queen, “I went up the staircase and entered the bedroom, and here on the sofa, supported by cushions, the room much darkened, set leaning back my beloved mamma. breathing rather heav» fly, in her silk dressing gown. with her cap on, looking quite like herself.” “Seeing that our presence did not disturb her I knelt before her, kissed her hand and placed it next my chest. but though she opened her eyes she did not, I think, know me. She brushed my hand off, and the dreadful reality was before me that for the first time she did not know the child she had! ever re- ceived with such tender smiles. I went out sobbing.” Hours passed, the Queen finally endexvoring to find “oblivion in sleep.” “I lay down on the sofa on the foot of my bed."h “I heard each hour strike, the cock crow, the dogs barking in the distance; every sound seemed to strike into one‘s inmost soul ” “At four I went down again, but still there was nothing to be heard but the heavy breathing and the striking at every quarter of the 'old repeater-the old watch with the tortoise- l shell case which had belonged to my poor l father~the sound of which lrought back all the recollections of my childhiod, for I always used to hear it at night, but had not heard it now for twenty~three years. I remained kneeling and standing by the beloved parent, whom it seemed too awful to see hopelessly leaving me till half- past four, when, feeling faint and exhausted, I went up stairs again and lay down in silent misery, during which I went through in thought the past tunes and the fearful coining ones, with the awful blank which would make such an inroad into happy family life.” The Duchess lingered for hours. The day came again, the Queen and the Prince hovering at her bedside. “I fell on my knees. holding her beloved hand. which was still warm and soft, though heavier. in mine. I felt the end was fast approaching as Glark went out to call Albert andAlice." “I felt as if my heart would break. It was a solemn, sacred, never to be forgottenscene. Faiuterand fainter grew the breathing ; at last it ceased; but there was no change of countenanceâ€" nothingâ€"the eyes closed as they had been for the last half hour. The clock struck half past nine at the very moment. Convulsed with sobs, I bent over her hand and covered it with kisses. Albert lifted me up and took me into the next room, himself entirely melted into tears, which is unusual for him, deep as his feelings are, and clasped me in his arms. I asked him if all was over, and he said "Year” Albert said it was best to go at once into her dear sitting-room. where we so constantly saw her. We did so, but oh 1 the agony of it! All unchangedâ€" chairs, cushions, everything about on thctubleswher very work basket, with her work ; the little canary bird she was so fond of, singing. In these two dear rooms, where we had so eon- stantly seen her. where everything spoke of life, we remained a little While and wept and prayed, I kneeling down at her chair.” All through 1861 the Prince never seems to have been thoroughly well. In November the Queen noticed in her diary that he was “ ill and sad." He had no Wish to die‘ but did not care for living.” 'Not long before his ill‘ ness he said to the Queen, “ I do not cling to life; you do; but I set no store by it." . “ I am sure if I have. a severe illness I should give up at once. I should not struggle for life.” The immediate cause of the Prince’s lust illness has never been useertnined. The medical authorities trace it back with some precision to a day» the 22nd of November'â€" wlxen the Prince Consort inspected the Royal Military Academy at Sandhnrst in a terrific rain. He came home from this visit “ weak and tired out.” Then came rheumatic pains and a. “ feeling of being thoroughly unwell.” “ Have scarcely closed my eyes at night for the last fortnight.” The next day, “ Still greatly out of sorts" “ Am very wretched ; Could not join the Queen as usual in her walk,” feeling that he must rest. and “ very uncomfortable from pains in the back and legs.” “ Although able to move about he had frequently to rest himself, as he was-not strong enough to go out.” Then came news of the Trent affair, the capture of Mason and Blidell by the American man ofq'ar, which added greatly to the depression “ which had been one of the most distressing symptoms of the Prince’s illness.” 0n the 22nd of Novem- ber we find the Prince still ill. “ He could eat no breakfast and looked very wretched.“ 0n the 29th of November the Prince dragged himself through a. review of the Eton College Volunteers. looking very unwell and walking slow. Though wrapped in a coat lined with fur he “felt as though coldnwnter were being poured down his back.” “Un- happily I must be present,“ he wrote in his diary, and these are the last words he ever wrote. Nights of shivering and sleeplessness, the Prince lying on the sofa and the Queen reading to him; visits from the Ministers, from foreign Ambassadors. Lord Palmerston especially became uneasy about the symptoms of the Prince’s indispositien. Sir James Clerk and Dr. Jenner assured her Majesty on the 3rd of December that there was no cause for alarm. Still further nights of wakel'ul rest- lessness and distaste for food. “He would take nothing." says the Queen ; “hardly any broth. no rusk, no bread or anything. My anxiety is great and I feel utterly lost.” The Prince liked to be read to. but hardly any books suited him. They tried him with the “Dodrl Family," but he did not like it. One of Sir Walter Scott’s, “The Talisman," was substituted. It was read by the Princess Alice, “the Prince listening in a very uncom- fortable, panting state, which frightened us.” On the night of the 5th of December Dr. Jenner sat up with the Prince, who com- plained of his wretched conditionâ€"“weak and irritable and unlike himself.” In the evening the Queen found Albert most deer and affec- tionate and “quite himself when I went in with little Beat-rice, whom he kissed. He quite laughed at some of her 'new French verses which I made her repeat. Then he held her little hand in his for some time and she sat looking at him." December passed to the 6th. the Prince still looking weak and exhausted, his Wife thinking it overwork and worry. "It is too much,“ he said. "You must speak to the Ministers.” “Then he said," says the Queen, "when he lay awake there he heard the little birds and thought- of those he had heard at the Rosenham in his childhood. I felt quite upset.” Dr. Jenner on December 6 informed the l Queen in “the kindest, clearest manner”that the Prince’s disease had now assumed its office and was gastric or low fever, and must have its course a month, which dated from the 22nd of November. “ Albert," says the Queen. “ was not to know it as he had un fortunately a horror of fever l What an awful trial is thisâ€"to be deprived of my guide. my support, my all. My heart was ready to burst. But I cheered up, remembering how many people had fever." When the Prince retired for that night his pulse was good. Next mornâ€" ing the symptoms seemed to be improving, and the Prince desired to be removed to a larger room. “ When I returned from break- fast," said the Queen, “ I found him lying in the new blue room, and much pleased. The sun was shining brightly, the room was fine. large and cheerful, and he said. ‘It is so fine.’ For the first time since his illness he asked for some music, and said : ‘ I should like to hear a fine Chorale played in the distance.’ THE SHADOWS DEEPEN SHADOWS OF THE EUD THE END RICHMOND HILL, THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1880, " 0n the 13th of December the fever devel. oped a tendency to congestion of the lungsfit symptom which gave alarm to the physicians. It was noticed that on this day for the first time the Prince took no notice of his favorite Madonna picture on being wheeled from his room. He would not be turned as he ,had Drevinusly been with his back to the light, and remained with his hands clasped looking silently out of the window at the sky. The Prince of Wales was sent forby the physicians and while the doctors endeavored to reassure the Queen they all felt it was a struggle for life. Every hour. every minute was a gain, and Sir James Clark was very hopeful, only the breathing was alarming and about the face and hands was a dusky hue." Albert folded his arms and began arranging his hair just as he used to do when well and he was dressing. These were said to be bad signs. While the doctors continually reassured 8the Queen it was evident the life of her husband was ebbing away “At half-past five,” her Majesty writes, “ in the afternoon. I went in and sat down beside his bed, which had been wheeled to the middle of the room. He called me ‘ Guttes Fraulein ’ and kissed me and then gave a sort of piteous moan.” Later in the day she found the Prince bathed in perspiration, which the doctors said might be an eflort of nature to' throw 05 the fever. Bending over him, she said. ‘Es ist kleiner fraulm'n’ (it is your little wife). and he bent his head and kissed her." “At this time he seemed quite calm, and only wished to be left quite alone, as he used to be when tired and not well.” As evening advanced her Majesty retired to give way to her grief in the adjoining room. She had not been long gone when a. rapid change set in. and the Princess Alice was requested by Sir James ( lark to ask the Queen to return. oThe im- port of the summons was too plain. When the Queen entered she took thep Prince’ 3 left hand which was very cold, and knelt down by his stde. On the other side the bed was the Princess Alice, while at i 8 tot knelt the Prince of Wales and Prin anon. Not far from the foot of the on we ' , .r‘rince Ernest of Leiningen and the Prince’s valet. Loblein. General the Hon. Robert Bruce knelt beside the Queen, and the Dean of Windsor, Sir Charles Phipps and General Gray were also in the room. “ In the solemn hush of that mourniul chamber there was such grief as has rarely held any deathbed. “ The cas- tle clock chimed the third quarter after ten Calm and peaceful grew the beloved form the features settled into the beauty of a perfectly serene repose ; two or three long but gentle breaths were drawn, and that great soul had fled to seek for a nobler scope for its aspire. tions in the world within the veil for which he had yearned, where there is rest for the worn and weary. and the spirits of the just are made perfect. ” Peace, peace! He is not dead, he doth not sleep. He 1mm awakened from the dream of life! He has outsonred the shadow of our night. Envy 11nd culumny, and hate and pad 1. And t11at_unrest which_me1_1 miscall dt'light, ‘. an touch him not and torture not 9.3355. From the vontagion of the world's slow stain He 1s secure, and now can never mourn A heme nmwu cold, 21 head grown gray in vain. Not when the sphit‘s self has ceased to burn, With spznkless ashes load an unlamgpted urn An exchange which devotes special atten- tion to sanitary affairs suggests that the several hundred young physicians just gradu- ated should supplement their studies by a course in hygiene. The advice 1s eminently g 0d, but many a man Will open his eyes in astonishment when he realizes that physici- ans need any such counsel ; it seems as strange as to advise business men to study arithmetic or preachers to peruse the Bible. The plain truth is, however, that while the medical schools teach young men how to al- le \"ate pain and heal the sick the greater art of preventing disease is in its infancy. How many physicians are competent to discover whethei the atmosphere of a residence is pure or poisonous by reason of imperfect drain- age ? How many can detect impurities in drinking water one of the most prolific causes of death in country homes ? Have death- dealing hot air furnaces been banished from any considerable number of homes by medical advice ? Have many families been instructed by their respective physicians upon the necessity and methods of home ventila. tion ‘2 Is the family food supply and the manner of preparing it a frequent subject of professional advice ? All these are matters of the gravest importance as affecting human life, yet nine familes' in ten are continually violating sanitary rules regarding one or the othei v. 1thcut a word of remonstrance from their medical adviser. and there is good ground for belief that physicians’ own fami- lies suffer as much as any others from neglect of these and kindred hygienic requirements. Until the days of this ignorance are gone medical attentions will not rise above the level of mere pottering. Let the new gener- ation of physicians regard these things if ‘ they would secure and retain a good class of patients. To attend a family of children through, diphtheria without lyosing any is quite a success, but a greater one would be to discover and abolish the cause when the mal- ady first manifests itself, and the same is true of the many other diseases that are due to local conditions. â€"â€"New York Herald. We had a piano brought into the text room, and Alice played “ Ein feste Burg ist unser Gait." and another, and he listened looking up ward with. such sweet expression and 11119168“ in_ his eyes. He then said, "Das nchte bin" (That is enough). '-‘ It was Sundoy. The Rev. Charles Kingsley preached. but I hesrd nothing.‘ says the Queen. There were fits of listlessness and irritability of mind when‘the Quei-n read -‘ Peveril of the Peak," which the Prince followed with interest. When the Queen came in from dinner one day, the Prince “ was so pleased to see me. stroked my face and smiledhand called me ‘ Liebes fraulein l ’ (Dear little wife 1) ' Precious love i ’ His tenderness this evening when he held my hand and stroked my face touched me so much and made me so grateful. " 0n the 9th two other doctnrs cemein. Sir Henry- Holland and Sir James Watson. The sympv toms seemed to be the same, the Prince’s mind occasionally wandering, the strong eon- stitution struggling with the fever. 0n the 11th there was no improvement, and the Prince was changed into another room. v “ Go- ‘ ing through the door he turned and looked at i a beautiful picture on china of the Midunna. i a copy of the Madonna. and childby Raphael,” known as the Colonna Madonna, " Which he have me three years ago, and asked to stop and look at it, ever loving what is beautiful.” " It helps me through half the day.” he‘said. “’IIAI‘ YUUNG DOCTORS SHOULD K‘Iiw. â€"â€"Said a Frenchman to his friend, as the two sat sipping absinthe on the sidewalk of one of the great boulevards : “ You should have been at the concert last night. The music was so charming that I was quite car- ried away by it." " Indeed I replied the other. “ quite carried away. did you say 7" ” Yes. indeed," continued the enthusiast. “ I felt for a. time as though I were in heaven. Won‘t you go to-night 2'" “ Well.” answered his friend. "’ I hardly think I shall be able to, but if, as you say, the music can carry one away, even to heaven. I will go home at once and try to persuade my wife to go." THE Tamasâ€"It is assumed that trees were ordered some time ago ; they should be at hand ready for planting. It is the custom at nurseries to take up and heel-in a large stock of the kind of trees most called for ; this re- tards the growth. and allows them to fill late orders. If there is a nursery near at hand it will pay to make a bargain, if possible, to help to dig the trees yourself, and thus secure a larger share of the roots that belong to them. If trees, in a long journey become dry and shriveled, bury them root and branch in mellow earth'for a few days, when they become plump again. in unpacking the trees, look to the labels, as some may become de- tached and would otherwise be lost. PREPARING THE '1‘BEEs.â€"-Everybody wishes to get all he can for the money, and the nurserymen send much larger tops to the trees than the pruned roots in their new po- sitions can support. It is safe to shorten the branches one-third or one-half, but it should be done with judgment and reference to the condition of the roots. At the same time pare smgoth any broken or mangled roots. . PLANTING. â€"-In setting a tree take time to do it prope1ly . spread the roots evenly and to their full length, and so work in the soil among them that there will be no hollow places Water may be used to carry the soil among the motsâ€" not dashed 1n by the pail- ful, but showered from a watering-pot. Do not stamp the soil down around the roots, but firm it carefully with the foot. The tree should be set no deeper than it stood in the nursery. “ Whoever sets out an orchard of course does it with the expectation of a. return in fruit. No one plants corn or potatoes ' with- out first considering if the land will give him acrop ; if the soil is not in proper condition he knows that he must make it so, or lose his seed and his labor. Much less than corn and potatoes can fruit trees make a crop on nothing. The trees will struggle along, do the best they can, but such orrhards do not pay, and ‘run out’ early. Unless the land is sufficiently fertile fur an ordinary farm crop, it should be made so, no soil too wet for such crops will answer for fru't trees, which, to succeed, need well drained land. The plow- ing should he as dkep as the character of the soil will allow. and the sub-soil plow Ifinay generally follow the other with btne- t.)1 CROPS.â€"The soil of a young orchard may be kept in cultivation until the trees begin to bear ; grain should never be grown, except In- gian corn, but potatoes and root-crops are the est. Insureâ€"Destroy the eggs of the Tent Caterpillar, which are to be found in small. closelyâ€"fitting rings or hands near the ends of the smaller twigs, and may be cut away. Many insects halbor beneath the loose bark of trees, and by scraping this off and washing the trunk and limbs with a solution of soft soap, much good may be done. To prevent the ascent of the Wingless females of the Canker Worm, use heavy brown paper bound closely around the tree’s trunk. and then smear with cheap printer‘s ink or tar. The bands will have to be recoated at frequent in- tervals through the season. A u Anpnl'nguâ€" “HI. He who lives in the country and has no asparagus bed has at least one sin of omis- sion on his conscience, forwhich he can never give an adequate excuse. Some are under the delusion that an asparagus bed is an ab- struse garden problem and an expensive luxury. Far from it. The plants can be ob tamed from any seedsman at slight cost. I have one large bed that almost yields a daily supply from the middle of April till late in Jun e, and I shall make another bed next spring: in this simple way: As early as the ground is dry enough â€" the sooner the better â€"[ shall choose some warm, early, but deep soil, enrich it well, and then on one side of the plot open a furrow or trench eight inches deep. Down this lurrow I shall scatter a heavy coat of rotted compost and then run a plough or pointed hoe through it again. By this process the earth and compost are minglrd and the earth rendered about six inches deep. Along its side, one foot apart, I will place one-year-old plants, spreading out the roots and taking care to keep the crown or top of the plant five inches below the sur’ face when level; then half fill the furrows over the plants, and when the young shoots are well up, fill the furrow even. I shall make the furrows two feet apart, and after planting as much space as I wish, the bed is made for the next fifty years. In my father’s garden there was a good bed over fifty years old. The young shoots should not be cut for the first two years, and only sparingly the third year, on the same principle that we do not put young colts at work. The asparagus is a marine plant, and dustings of salt suffi- cient to kill the weeds will promoteits growth. â€"Ha1per‘s Magazine. Soot in the Garden. Those who have soot. either of wood or bituminous coal, should carefully save it for use in the garden. It is valuable for the ammonia. it contains, and also for its power of reabsorbing ammonia. It is simply char- coal (carbon) 1n an extremely. divided state, but from the creosote it contains, is useful in destroying insects. and is at the same time valuable as a fertilizer for all garden crops. It must not be mixed with lime, else its am- monia, would be dissipated. but if the soil is dry and hungry a little salt may be used with it. Soot steeped in water and allowed to stand and settle for a day or two is also a most excellent fertilizer for house plants, possessing precisely the same qualities that the paring of horses’ hoofs do. For flowers out of doors it is especially valuable, since it may be easily applied. and tends to increase the vividness of the bloom. and mixed with salt it is a most excellent fertilizer for asparr agus, onions cabbage. etc.. in connection with compost, in the proportion of one quart of salt to six quarts of soot. For two bushels of compost this quantity makes a heavy dressing for each square rod, to be worked in next the surface of the soil. A Jersey Cou‘ u Record. It is not rare to find a heavy milker among Jersey cows. yet the average weight is by no means extraordinary. Possibly a true record of a whole herd of Jerseys as to weight of milk would fall below that ofa herd of natives even, and greatly below that of an Ayrshire ‘ herd. A notable record of an English Jersey ‘ cow, however, is worth recording. The cow is “Luna.” owned by Mr. Simpson. In 1876 she gave 8,985 lbs. ; in 1877, 8.202 lbs. ; in 1878, 8,368 lbs. ; an average of 8,518 lbs. per year, or equal to a daily average of more than 23 lbs, or 11 quarts. One of the most con- spicuous characteristics of a. Jersey cow is her persistence in milking, and although she. may not give so great a yield, yet by hanging on during 300 or 330 days she makes 11p by perseverance what others doby more copious, but less continuous milking. If there were only more Jerseys like this one. [luvs-.You u lenwberry Bed ? This question is put to every reader who has the land, and especially to every farmer, who, having the land, is very apt to not.hsve Seasonable Information for Tillers 9f the Soil- ‘ orchard and Nuravry. Farmers, especially those in the hilly coun- try, are annually setting out new orchards, some of which contain from one to two thou- sand trees, and for the benefit of such we ap- pénd the {allowing :â€" F‘ARM AND GARDEN- WHAT KINDS ? «If restricted to one kind, we have no hesitation in. saying Charles Downing. If there are successful strawberry growers in the vicinity, find what does best with them and plant the same kind. If 400 plants are set there may safely be four kinds. Charles Downing, Monarch of the West, Champion and fiharpless would bea good selection, but it may be varied and not go amiss. How To PLANT.â€"â€"Se1ect a good bit of soil all the better it it was in potatoes last year and if practicable within sight of the house, and prepare it just as you would for a. good crop of cabbages; this means an abundance of the best manure well worked in. Mark out the rows two feet apart, three if a. culti- vator is to be used, and set the plants one foot apart in the row, using a trowel to open the ground, and when the plant is put in, crowd the soil down firmly over the roots with both hands. " hereafter run the culti- vator, hoe or rake often enough to make the soil mellow and keep down the weeds. The plants will by and by throw out runners ; turn them into the row and let them take root. For the after treatment of the bed, consult “Notes about Work” at the proper season. (From the London World.) The rumor chronicled last Week of the ap- proaching contract of marriage between Prince Leopold and Miss Maynard is said to be un- founded. Such an alliance would have been popular, and a beauty who has £30,000 ayear is not a bad match, even for a prince of the blood royal. The Maynards have always been a popular family in Essex, and the bright presence and winning smile of the heiress of that ancient house are ever welcome at Dun- mnw. Easton Lodge, near to Dunmow. which is Miss Maynard’s property in her own right. is one of the finest mansions in the county. and is no mean rival of Audley End â€"but without its wealth of artistic treasures â€"or Down Hall. The late Viscountess May- nard, the grandmother of the new beauty, for many years distributed £2,000 ‘ per annum among the poor in the neighborhood of Easton. Miss Maynard attained her eighteenth birthday last December, and itwil] be remembered that the occasion was cele. brated by a magnificent entertainment. which cost an enormous sum, and was one of the most brilliant aflairs which has been known in Essex for ageneration. Flowers were brought from Nice and a suite of temporary reception rooms was erected for the occasion. “ How. MANY SHALL I PLANT ‘2" will be one of the first questions to decide. An ordinary family should have at least 200 plants, and generally 400 will not be found too many if the fruit is used freely. It is better to pro- vide for an abundance. now a Lawyer Hhowed Illa Contempt, for n I‘ourl of Revision. (St. Catharines Journal.) _ 1 The abnormal quiet of the proceedings of the Court of Revision was somewhat rudely interrupted on Wednesday night, by a stirring episode, in which Mr. Richard Miller ap- peared as the central figure. It seems Mr. Peter McCallum appealed against the income of Messrs. Miller & Cox, barristers, etc., as being assessed too low. Mr. McOallum, through his legal adviser, Mr. J. G. Currie, caused a subpoena to be issued for the attend- ance before the Court of Mr. Richard Miller, the senior member of the firm, the sub- poena being accompanied by the legal fee of fifty cents. Mr. Miller presented him- self, but refused to enter the witness box on the ground that he was not subpoenaed on the firm account, but on his av 11 personal one. Mr. Currie then. on behalf of Mr. McCallum. issued another subpoena and served it upon Mr. Miller. together with the fee, but he still persisted in his refusal to enter the Witness box and give evidence. The court, through Mr. McCarthy, expressed its surprise and-re gret at Mr. Miller's disrespect to the court, treating it with contempt. Mr. Miller replied in rather strong language both towards the court and Mr. Currie. The court decided to increase the assessment to the amount asked for by the appellant, viz.. $10,000. strawberries. Without taking space to in- quire why the farmer, who of all others should have an abundance, so generally has no strawberries. we put in our plea for his family, and insist that he shall provide them with this excellent fruitâ€"not only a few as 11 luxury, but an abundance. There is just on: time to make a strawberry bed. and that tinm is now I Under any circumstances a straw berry plant must grow a season before it will give a crop; there 15 no way in which plant maybe set this snrmg and give fruit tht same season. If any “nursery agent" 0361‘s such don’t buy them. Muoh that has bee)! said about strawberry culture has conveyso the impression that it is a. great deal 0: trouble ; that runners have to be cut off and much care given otherwise, while in fact it in» no more trouble to raise strawberries, than it is to grow carrots. But the cost 7 Is very littleâ€"nothing compared with the result 1'11 fruit. One can begin as small as he pleases ; if he cannot afford the outlay for a largr bed. let him buy enough for a. start and raise his own plants. Rnsma PLANTS. â€"If it is preferred to buy a few plants to start with and raise a stock to put out next year, set these ltwo feet apart each way, and let runners form. Ashes are very useful to promote a large growth of run- ners. Finally, plant strawberriesâ€"and do it this springâ€"American Agriculturist. Home-Nlade Slump Puller. A farmer writes to the Ohio Farmer :â€"â€"I give a brief description of a. cheap stump pul- ler that I have used and found to work to my entire satisfaction :â€" Procure three car coupling links of the same size ; out one side of one of the links and insert the other two links, and Weld to- gether again, and you have .three links. Now bore a hole six inches deep in the side of the stump with an inch and a. half auger ; insert in this hole a. very large crowbar ; put your link on the crowbar, and put a long seasoned elm lever in the other end link. Now bitch on two steady horses or mules and let them go around the stump until it is twisted out, having previously cut all the top bracing roots with an axe. There should be a claw on one side of the three links, which is driven into the stump to prevent breaking or bending the crowbar, With the help one hand I had twisted out from fifteen to twenty stumps a day, that would have taken us three or four days to grub out. The whole outfit, blacksmith’s bill and all, did not cost over three dollars. To those who have a few acres of stumps to pull, and do not feel like buying a ninetyâ€" dollar machine, I would recommend this plan. Of course it is not ' intended to be claimed that this would be an economical stump puller where a. great quantity of land had to be gone over. ENGLAND’S GREAI‘ BELLE AND HEIRESQ. â€"â€"-Baron Minckmtz, a hungarian, was last year caught poaching by the head gamekeep‘ er of the King of the Belgians on the royal preserves at the Chateau of Ardenne, and he was tried and punished. Recently the head gamekeeper was found dead, and the Baron has been charged with the murder. â€"A Down East circus has a cannibal among its attractions, but the foolish reluctance of women to give up their babies deprives him a; many opporbumtiea to show off. WHOLE NO. 1,127.-â€"â€"N0.44; be", A “"2151 SLENE. A Lady’s Description oi the Chen"...â€" An lnleresling New lurk Window. (From the Cincinnati Enquirer.)~ There is a show window on- one ofthe avenues full of reform undergarments of mysterious shapes. Various ideas in corsets are realized. and suspenders for skirts and stockings are numerously displayed, but the general tendency of the reforms there iliuh trated is towards combining 'two articles in one. An undershirt ands corset cover be- come a single garment, and so do anight- gown and a nightcap. The most strikin thing in the window is of white muslin an has both arms and legs. It is, to speak with- out equivocation, a chemise as far down as the waist, and drawers below that dividing line. The utility of it is not very apparent. though the dealer declared that it saves time and trouble, and is more comfortable. It certainly is rather a startling object, as it hangs at ful length and breadth in the window; yet I imagine that it is mysterious to most of the men‘who throw sly glances at it as they pass by. Why women‘s underwear should be a delicate subject is to me. a wo- man. most wonderful; but so it is. Even the two girls who were looking at some re- form goods as I entered the store seemed de- sirous of escaping. But there was a strong- mannered woman there who did not shrink; ind I observed that she bought several of the curious combinations. while the comely girls want \Illt without making any purchase. I talked with the old, one for the sake of finding out her motive for decreasing the number and increasing the comprehensiveness of her undergarments, and was astonished whenI heard it. There sre,I am told, some ladies andgenfllo men who. not content with cutting I. figure in fashionable society, aspire to the literery reputation as well, and to that and employ some clever hack to vamp up a novel or e book of travels, to which they append their names as the authors. It is but seldom tint these jackdaws are stripped of their borrowed peacock’s plumes and held up in their own poor draggled feathers to the ridicule which they derseve. Yet I note that when a. novel or book of travel is announced ”forthcoming from the pen of some considerable personage in the bean monde, there is a more general disposition then ever before to remark. with an air of confident ill-nature, “I wonder who Lady So-snd-So has got to write that new novel of hers ?” or, “I suppose young Thing- umbob is doing that new book of travel for Mrs. Whet-d'yecell-her.” The latest quel- tion of this sort I have heard asked is, “Who writes the Shah’s diaries for him ?" “Kicked the hired man, eh? Well, howm you pa positivp that thepe are {he bagel"; V “Greet snakes ! aren’t you done yet! You I am positive.” “How can you be 1’" “I don’t want to tell." “But you must.” “Well. if I must; I must, though I’m Inn I shall faint away. That night I boxed Molina again.” “Yes.” “And husband boxed me." “Yes.” “And we both boxed the hired man. and we were all so mad we sot up all night in out cheers and have had chill-blains and cuturh ever since I Do you suppese we'd have mad. fools of ourselve . over fourteen grain bags bo- lonaing to a man living three miles away!" Thai settled the caseâ€"with the jury, nn'd tho verdict was in favor of the defendantâ€"Do- roit Free Press. The other day there was a suit in Justice alley between two Wayne County farmers re- garding the ownership of fourteen unmarked grain bags. Each side was prepared to stout- ly swear that the bags were his. and each had witnesses to back his testimony. The com- plainant swore to buying the bags at a certain store on a certain time, and his hired man swore to handling them as they were taken from the wagon. The defendant swore that he purchased them at a. certain place on a cer- tain time, and his wife was called to the stand to tell what she knew about it. She was a large, fleshy woman, and very much bewil- dered. Vi‘imnd save me! but I was never in mob a crowd before. and I feel as I should taint 1" she gasped asr she pqok_the fitnegg yang: “0h! land! but I know all about 'em I We bought ’em on the 10th of November.” “How are you sure it was the 10th f" “Sakea alive! but I know it was.for I boxed Melissa‘s ears that. morning for leaving a. spoon in the dish-water, and she was married on the 15th.” “Who asked for the bags at the store?" “0b! stars and garters! but Ididx I remain her it as plain as day." . “What did the clerk say?" "Oh! stars! but he said, ‘certninly.’ and M went and got. ’em.” "What else do you remember?" “Oh, lands! but I wanted a. calico dreul" “And you didn’ I: get it?” “Bless ygrennyyl I didn' t, and we jawed all the way home." "My husband boxed my ears for throwing em out. 0h! stars! I didn’tmeun to all that 1” “He did. eh? Well. what else?” ”Oh! dear! but When we got home I kicked the hired man?" “13573 7 mind fainting, Mrs. X.” said the lawyer. "Tell the jury what you know about thoserbags.”_ A “Oh! deir, oh! but while we were jawing I threw ’em out into the road. Some one lend me a fan, for I’m most dead!” “ 'Tisn’t so much that they’re hundier to get on and ofi,” she said, though that’l «omethina ; but the fact is my washerwomm charges by the dozen. A shirt in one piece ind a. pair of drawers is another, which make! two ; but shirt and drawers in one count bu‘ one. These washerwemen, bless you. are no grasping.” The young woman defied her skirts of novel shapes, and stood revealed in this chemiloon. There was plenty of simplicity and nothing very interesting about the ger- ment. Bathing dresses for children ore sometimes out in about the same fashion. Any ordinary ingenious laly could make it without a. pattern. The model was well nigh faultless of figure. and so, of course, looked Well in it. The cloth was fine bleached mus- lin ; the neck was moderately low, and edged with dainty lace ; the sleeves were short, showing the wearer's shapely arms nearly to r‘1e shoulder ; the waist was half-fitting. and there was an inset bosom of embroidery ; the legs reached to just below the knees. In pnt~ ting on the chemiloon the legs are drawn .on first, trousers like ; then the arms are thrust through, and finally the garment fastened by its row of buttons behind. “Ami now why are you positive that than are the bags?"A , _ “Nevei mind being mosi dead. Mn. X. What else about the bqge?” The garment to which she referred in culled a chemiloon. I looked carelessly at the n- rious styles, for I had no intention of buying any, and the salesgirl grew persuasive. “ You can hardly appreciate how becoming they are, ” she said, in reply to my remark as to their appearance, unless you see them worn. Please step this way and see a model." She conducted me into arear apartment â€"â€"u sort of dressing room for the trying on of garmentsâ€" â€"and called out, “Lizzie! Lizzie I ” In response a handseme young woman came in. Removing a loose wrapper. she uucoucernedly displayed several 0! the establishment’ 5 devices. “ The lady wishes to see the chemiloon." the salesgirl said. â€"Down East. the other day they fined I man 810 im attempting to commit auic'lde The cx’xme oi the nutter is in the flute. I he man had been successful he would no 11 ave been fined; GABRIENTS OF M! STE BY. LADY SO-AND go's NOVEL. (From the London Society.) WHY SHE KNEW.