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one lccord Famleigh fell foul of the unfortu- nete Mr. Stracey. This gentleman (smarting under the knowledge that if he wished to loop some proof engravings of which he had been extremely proud, he must pay for them) became quite apoplectio at last every time his late guest's name was mentioned. All the: nybody managed to elicit from him was that he had met Ford in a theatre in Paris. Be- tween the acts, and as a consequence some interchange of programmes and opera-glasses, the two had fallen talking; and Mr. Stracey hlving mentioned “old Starolyl" as a former friend of his, his new acquaintance declared himself to stand to that defunct nobleman in the relation of a sen. "Moat imprudent of Mr. Stracey, I must lay I” remarked, to Mrs. Damer, an elderly hliden, who, never having had any bouquets, was rather inclined to enjoy the donouement. “ Myseli,1 was always con- firmed that this man was an impostor, were not you 2" “ Honestly, I cannot say that my auspi- donl went so far as that. And Miss Tilney, I Ihonld think even yours were of re- unt origin,” said Mrs. Damer, remember- in. how her visitor had moved heaven and urth to have the Straceys’ friend introduced b her. â€"“Well. how do you like the looks of this firmini P " laid a south-waster to a. down‘ ”It”, who was gazing with round-eyed won- Ln individual at the races was staggering “out the track with more liquor than he mull curry. “ Hallo, what’s the matter now ? " laid s chap whom theinebriated man had run against. “Why â€"hicâ€"why the fact hâ€"hicâ€"n lot of my friends have been betting figuor on the race to-day, and they have got an to hold the stakes.” "Not a”! allâ€"not at all I I suspected him from the first. They say he will have twemy- Ive yesrs penal servitudeâ€"Bless me ! Dora, how pale you look. One would almost think â€"-hl.vo you heard about Clarice h'errere ‘2 round out in s clandestine correspondence dth this wretch. Madly in love with him, my don Mrs. Dame! 1 What the girls of flu present. day are coming to 1 They will be falling in love with murderers next. 1 slvoys told Mrs. Ferrers that she should look Ilille more sharply after that pert. minx, Miss Clarice. I am assured she used to meet Ohilâ€"ho lâ€"he lâ€"forger, every night at the entrance gate of the Straceys’ paddock, end in s month she was to have joined him in Glsrnny. You have heard, of course, he left so suddenly because some grand swindling onhrprise in Paris collapsed. No 7 then you have not read the papers ? I will send them to you. They will amuse Dora. Good by, child. You are losing all your roses, and your complexion is everything to you. I should prescribe change olâ€"hel he Iâ€" "no." Pm the next two years Leatrnnge, working 5rd It Institute in London. came but little to Innleigh. His aunt and uncle, though kl? of pride in their tardilyvborn heir, were as find of him an ever, and he was as glad as our to In with them. But he was reedute to win hi. own way to fortune, and his efforts I.“ him Inn: leisure for a country life. Thin in I Ipecimen of what poor Dora had is endure, while the leaden weeks crawled on before Ford's trinlâ€" each hour in them being naked by some new agony in her long tor- ture. How Iho lived through the pain, the infinite humiliation, she never knew. But Ike eemo out of the ordeal with a strengthened Ibuneter Ind nobler aims. And, at last, her [rented lorrow was caused, not by the recol- lection o! the love she had lavished on an im- paltor, but of the injuries of which she had MI guilty toward a friend. â€"-â€""A woman needs a few thumps once in a while,” emdidly remarks :1 man suspected of murdering his wife to a coroner‘s jury in New York. “A little thumping will hurt no wo- mn." We hall suspect this man is going to 50 hand , and that will do him good, too. ~Beenoâ€"Glasgow : A Tory and a Radical no engaged in a political discussion : Tory : “ W011, Bob. whit’s your opeenion 0‘ Gladstin, loo 9" Radical (scratching his head) : " Well, Tam, the man hisna gotten muckle in. yet the pit 8' things richt, bit a’ the In". I thocht that I wid 3 been I gentleman Wm this.” “ Shy just one moment, Mr. Lestrange. I any not ngain have In opportunity ; and I luv. Io longed tifiie able to speak to you. One, in that dreadful time, you were very, very good to me ; and I was unjust and in- lilting to you. No, don’t imerrupt me. ’10.”. I must say it. I don’t suppose you will euro Ibout my being sorry; that is not Inch good to you ; but 1 am sorry, andI was to five minutes after I spoke those horrible 76:60. And ever since I have wanted to tell you lo, Ind to ask you to forgive me. Andâ€" do you think you ever can ?" Dom, feeling fut lhe 1nd made the most idiotic speech pouiblo, blushing and mortified at herself, pl! 0.1.1.? two eager little hands. " I congratulate you. my dear," some uonthl later mid Miss Tilney when Dora was ongggod. “For do you know, I feared once tilt you were fretting for 'that Charming met' P"â€"â€"-The Argosy. Don and he met finally at a dinner-party It the Stnceys'. They sat next to one 110th" M table, but did not find very much to fly .She noted with a remorseful pleasure hey gentle his manner was to her. He felt In emotion that surprised himself on observ- ing the! she was paler and graver, if lovelier then of old. After dinner, by accident they found themselves alone in the conservatory â€"thet conservatory so odious to Dore be- anie connected in her mind with “ Starolyi.” Ll she stood there a whirl of recolâ€" lections assailed her. Lestrange was speaking. She did not heed him. A little disnppointad, perhaps he was moving nwsywhon the girl, desperately collecting her Ionnao, laid eagerly, “Please, stay 7" Hoviurned, wirpri'aed at the'ngit'ation other tom. - " Whut weuid I not forgive you I” said holtnnge; and taking her hands kissed thorn. â€"- Who would long for sport when he can .0 lahing in n sardine can ? â€"I{ I man sitting on a chest is shot a in would prefer, if hit at all, to be hit on the Chen. â€"â€"Ia$urday Review: “ We divide cooks into .70 «buckâ€"those who cook carefully but modontely well every day. but cannot cook Iriiltionlly when there is a party, and those who. cooking is all that can be wished on .31 special occasion, but. careless when the rum: and mistress are alone.” â€"Dr. Bundenell Carter speaks of several Children who were sent into a garden to work during one-half of the school hours and who ontltripped those who studied during all the haul. He nya also that some men die of ltlpidiiy artificially produced by neglect of idea“ with which they are endowed. â€"â€"London Punch: “Emily (playing at hvn- tannin wi’lh the new curate)â€"‘What’s tho (am. now, Mr. Minivar?’ Curateâ€"â€"- ‘Poztyâ€"lovo.’ Irreverent Gardener (over- huring)â€"â€"~‘ Did y‘ever hear such impartin- Ouel "Love," indeed! And him not been in the parish above a week! Just like them ”no” 1' " â€"A horse dealer selling a nag frequently Ibiorvad with much earnestness, that he was on bone“ horse. After the purchase the gen- flomn asked him What he meant by an koaut hone. “ Why, I’ll tell you," replied the jockey ; “ whenever I rode him he always lire-toned to ‘hrow me, and hang me if he Cur deceived me.” â€"â€"Mnk Twain makes an excellent sugges- Si’ol for the safety of steamboat passengers. It would have every steamboat compelled to any in a conspicuous place the following nation “In case of disaster. do not waste pneiou- time in meddling with the life-boats â€"-thoy are out of order." *The girl who caught cold by drinking ”tor from I damp tumbler is convalescent. [CONTINUED Fnou FIRST run]! COMIC BUDGET. der. and evidently for the first time, at a huge alligator, with open jaws. on the muddy banks of the Mississippi. “ Wal," replied the Yun- kee, “he ain’t what yeow call a. handsome criteer, but he’s got a. great deal of openness when he smiles.” â€"At two or three of the first class «oda water stands the syrups most frequently called for are, first, vanilla ; second, lemon ; third, sarsagsrilla ; fourth, Coi'fuu. A great many people who do not like swcot syrups do not know that by asking emphati- cally for “sour" lemon they may obtain an improvement. â€"â€"A married man committed suicide in his room at a popular summer resort a few (1‘ rs ago. The provocation is not known, but it is supposed that. his wife was unexpectedly sum- moned home, and left her husband behind to pack her trunk. There are some things a man can do as well as a Woman, but packing a woman’s trunk is not one of them. â€"â€"-A corporal of a British regiment died suddenly the other day, and was forthwith carried to the hospital for the doctor to report on and verify the cause of death. This beimr done, the regimental orderly-sergeant ap- peared at the anteâ€"room door, and standing; strictly at “attention,” repented it thus to the adjutaut, “Corporal Williams properly dead, air, and all correct.” â€"â€"They were very fond of each other, and had been engaged ; but they quarrelled, and were too proud to make it up. He called a few days ago at her father’s house, to see the -â€"~“ Estheticism and ten,” says the London World. “ sound innocent enough, yet a subtle kind of spirit seems to permeate society, :11) enervating lotus-eating sort of 11111310111" â€":1 langour that leads us to prefer beauty to vir- tue. and the extravagant indulgence of the senses, worshipped with wondrous refinement and installed on the pedestal of art, to the calm counsels of common sense." â€"A country chap came into an office 11];- town the other day, and looking at 2L tole- phone arrangement said, “Ah ! I see you have a hello machine there 1” He was told it was a telephone, and note, “hello machine,” and he was very much vexed to think he haul made a mistake. saymg : "Well, I thought ii, was a hello machine because you always say so when you 1'ing."â€"K£ngston Freeman. â€"â€"â€"“How did you like the hymns ?” asked Charles of his cousin, as they left the church on Sunday. “One of them was just splenâ€" did,”replied she, with enthusiasm}. “ Ah ! which one ?” “The one in the next pew with curly black hair and such killing black eyes. Oh! I think he was the most fascinating ‘ him’ of all.” Charley became too much confused to pursue the conversation any further. As I went in the garden I saw five brave maids. Sitting on five broad beds, braiding hrmld braids I suidfo 13110550 {five brave maids, sitting; on five broad beds, Braiding broad braids: “Braid broad hrnids, bmve maids." â€"“ It is unmistakable,” says Dr. Holland. “ that the tendency of modern criticism upon novels has been to make them petty and trifling to e. nauseating degree. It is a laâ€" mentable consideration that the swing of a petticeat or the turn of an ankle. or the vnpid utterance of a dandy. or oven the delineation of s. harlot and a harlot’s disgusting lift», shall be counted quite legitimate material for a novel, when the great questions which con. oern the life and prosperity of the soul and the state are held in dishonor and forbidden to the novelist as material of art.” â€"â€"A man appealed befoxe Judge Hâ€"â€"â€"â€"â€" as witness. “Your name. 9” asked the judge. “Vell I calls myself FIiLZ, but may be so I don’ t know, it is Yawctip. You see, Mr. Chudge, (lat mine moder have two little pays, one of dem was me, and the one was mine proder, and t’oder was myself; I ton’t know which. and my moder she ton’t know too, and one of us was named Fritz. and t’oder Yaw- cup, or one Yawcup and t’oder Fritz ; I tou‘t know which it was and one of us got died but my muder she could never tell which it was me, or mine prodel, who not died. So, Mr. Chndge, I ton t know whether I am 3 {ma cup or Fritz ; and mine mods-m. she ton’t. know.” â€"It must have been tremendously omlmrâ€" mssing to that nice young man out at the Bowling Green, who escorted the preachcr’s fair daughter to church on Sunday night, and arrived late, to hear the reverend gentleman read from the Bible as the couple marched up the aisle, “My daughter is grievously vexed with a. devil:” It would be hard to tell which felt the worst, the preacher, his daughter, or her escort. â€"â€"A little urchin of two and mhalf years old was visiting at a friend’s house, where ho. sometimes got a half-penny to spend on sweets, and attracted the attention of the i11> mates by putting the simple question ”What’ll I buy 9” One of the family itskvd where he intended to make his pumlmso, when he gave the name of the grocer next door. Then, thinking to bring him to the point at once. she asked where the halfâ€"penny was. and received the suggestive answer. “I haena gotten ’t yet.” The hint had its effect. The Kington Freeman says there was an entertainment given up-town one evening not long since, which was voted “splendit ,” with “heaps of fun," “delightful time,” “0): quiaite.” etc., and it seems their principal amusement was repeating very fast the fol- lowing : â€"â€"A mother once sent her son, who was afflicted with a pair of “ gleed cm,” into Edinburgh to get them straight. On coming home his mother said to him, “ Jackie, my man, What did they do to your eyes 7" “Look, see! mother,” said thohopoful, “ thoy took them oot after they gied me chloroform.” ” Now, how did ye ken they were out ‘2” asknd his mother. “ Oot,” says Jockie. not to 1w done, " didn’t I see them baith lying on the table.” ~A llttle five-year-old friend, who was :11 ways allowed to choose the prettiest kitten for his pet and his playmate, before the othei' nurslings were drowned. was taken to his mother’s sick room the other morning to sou two tiny, new, twin babies. He looked rcflco tively from one to the other for a minute or two, then poking his chubby finger into the cheek of the plumpost baby, he said decidedly. “ Save this one.” â€"At a billiar} match : A delicate position presents itself, and the player essays to bring the balls into ponition by a tremendous six, cushion shot. D., who is 21 deeply interested spectator, leans forward to see the play, and receives the butt of the one with great force on the end of his nose. He makes a horrible outcry, but the player turns to him and says, in a. reassuring tone: “ Never mind, it made, no diflerence, I counted." â€"Life : “There is a movement projr‘cml for abolishing a certain type of social advertise ment, which of late has been cheapenmi rather too ridiculously. Our old nobility, in short, have begun to recognize that a corov net on a carriage savors of snobbislmess, and if good tests should get the upper hand ovm- mere demonstrativeness the cquipagcs of the aristocracy will be undistinguishcd by any significant symbol whatever, even the crest and arms being taboced.” â€"â€"A gentleman lately kept the following meteorological journal of his wife‘s temper : Monday, rather cloudy ; in the afternoon, rainy. Tuesday, vaporish; brightened up a little towards evening. Wednesday, change- able, gloomy, inclined to rain. Thursday. high Wind, and some poalsz of thunder. Fll day, fair in the morning, variable till after noon, cloudy all night. Saturday. :1 gentle breeze, hazy, a thick fog. and a few flashes of lightning. Sunday, tempestuous and rainy; towards evening somewhat calmer. â€"â€"When young Jeff first came to town his: father told him that it would be polite, whun being helped at dinner, to say to the host, “Half that, if you please.” It so happened that at the first dinner to which he was in- vited a suckingâ€"pig was one of the dishes. The host, pointing with the knife at the young porker, asked, “Well. Mr. Jeff, will you have this, our favorite dish, or a haunch of mutton ‘2" Upon which, rocollocting his first lesson, he replied, “Half that. if you please,” to the consternation of all present. old gentlvnmn on business, of course. She} REfllNl’CENCES 0!“ NIAGARA. A (,‘rle Struggle in Rnritnu Buyâ€"The Animal “'nnlouly \Vouudfll. [From the NewBrunSWick Times, July ‘26.] On Saturday iorenoon last, as a party of amateur fishermen, quietly sealed in a small boat which was anchored 011‘ the tail end of thebvd in Raritan Bay, were individually cursing their luck they were startled by the appearance of a strange animal, which raised its head out of the water, about. twenty feet from thebout, and gazed intently at the occupants, as if meditating which one of them he would choose for a dinner. At first it was thought to be a sea-serpent; its. head, winch west covered apparently with black, glossy hair. was larger than a mas- till’s, which it somewhat resembled. The animal’s large black eyes roamed from one to another, and it did not leave until one of the party, made hold by fright, picked up an our and splashed it into the water. It then, with £1 roar, disappeared, swimming apparently toward South Amboy. Not a grunt while after this the same animal Ami: seen in the lm‘itan River, opposite Florâ€" â€"Fredcrick, Prince of Wales, once honored Pope with a. visit at Twickenham, who, ex- prcssing the most dutiful professions of at- tachment, gave his Royal Highness an oppor- tunity of observing very shrewdly that Pope’s love for princess was inconsistent with his dislike of kings. since princes may in time be kings. “Sir," replied Pope, “I consider roy- alty under that noble and authorized type of a lion. While he is young, and before his nails are grown, he may be approached and caressed with safety and pleasure.” “Sandy" Block, who is employed as a car driver on the Third Avenue (Brooklyn) rail» road, was fishing in company with a friend, of? Bay Ridge, when he encountered stray portions of the school of sharks. They had then advanced a mile above the Narrows. His fish-line was Violently snapped, the bait, hook and all, being carried away. The second line thrown out caught a. young shark about; four mid a halffL-otlong. After a struggle he landed his prize. Again and again his lines were broken, but he replaced them with the stout lines of the rigging, and caught four of the fish. I‘ln‘y are all about the game Isngth. Three “bites" got away, and one nearly dragged him overboard. The captured sharks were viewed yesterday by scores of South Brooklyn pcoplo. â€"A singular dxseovery was made in Paris during the alterations which are now being carried out at the general Post Office. In a panel near (me of the boxes was found a letter, which had been posted exactly fifty years ago, and which by some mischzmce had got stuck in the panel instead of finding its way into the box. The letter wan duly forwarded to the party to whom it was addressed, who, still more strangely, was alive and who received it safely. The writer, however, had been dead many years. Mr. Richard WVelsh. formerly harbor muster, audnow in charge of these locks, and who remdcs immediately alongside of themuvus notxfled that they had caught “something.” He immediately went to £110 plncc, and then, from all we can learn, Thv prvsenco of the sharks created a flurry of exciwnmnt in the flotilla of small boats that may be seen every Sunday, filled with expectant fishermen, mound the ruined Fort Milk-gene. The sharks passed these on their way up the harbor at half past two o’clock. There was a scamper to the other side of the fort, and a few came ashore. idn Grove, and on Saturday night last, about six o'clock, it swam into flu.» outnide outlet lock of the cznml fronting this place. As soon as this was purccivcd by the man in charge the lower gates were immediately closed and she animal was a prisoner, with no hope of arcane. It soon upward to realize this fact, and with graceful curves and sweeps darted almost quicker than the eye could follow his movuinents {mm end to end of the lock. “something.” He immediately went to the place, and then, from all we can learn, eun’nnenced 21 scene that, if it had not been painful, would have been lndicrous.‘ I‘hose who assumed the direction of affairs seemed to be imbued with the idea that it was a fero- ClOUSiLIIlmle, perhaps a Bengal tiger, who might possibly get out of the water and eat up all the children in New Brunswick. Long poles with sharp spikes were brought into re- quisition, and at every omioniniity were, stuck into the animal. A rifle Wes brought out and severel bullets fired into it, until finally, after a series of exciting struggles on the part of Mr. \Velsh and his assistants to kill und the poor animal to escape, it finally, as if con- vinced that it was useless to continue the fight, threw up, so to speak, the sponge, and swinnning to (he lower end of the lock and raisingits head and part of its body out of the water, looked up with imploring eyes at its flSitllliLlltS, as if begging them to do. sist. While in this position one of the puity raised a pike pole and with all his strength jubbed it into his body, after which Capt. “ Alcek” Robertson, a fishermen who is well known to frequenters of Fort Hamil- ton. L. 1., had a, hand-todiand fight with a school of sharks yesterday afternoon. He hadbeen outwith two friends in his sail- boat drifting about the Narrows, and at 3 o’elucl: in the afternoon had just tacked for the Bay Ridge shore. when his attention he- came attracted to a dark spot in the water of the upper bay. He said that the black object expanded rapidly while it moved toward the Long Island shore. irritating the water mean- time and tossing it into miniature bits of foznn that flocked an acre of the water‘s sur- face. He sailed rapidly towards the spot, and almost the instant that he saw that the disturbance was caused by sharks his skill ran into the school. The sharks snapped angrily at the boat’s sides, and lashed the water into a foam. One fish, larger and uglier than the rest, leaped toward the stern and crushed the back strip and rudder between its jaws. It appeared to be fully ten feet in length. The water seemed alive with black fins, which darted in all directions. George Morris and John Hailey. tho companions of Robertson, rushed to the forward part of the boat. Morris had been sitting on the stern seat and nar. rowly escaped the bite of the infuriated fish. {oboitson tore up one of the seats, with which the little craft was 1it’ud,and used it ei‘fi ctively on the haul black snouts of more than one of the sharks. lhe breeze filled the sails and carried the boat steadily through the danger. Not until Bay Cliff was reached did the boat get clear of its pursuers and rest safely on the l)l::l(‘ll. sist. While in this position one of the pmty misnd a pike pole and with all his strength jablmd it into his body, after which a boat was lowered and a rope. passed around she now passive and trembling creature, and he, wns dragged triumphantly out of the water. The whole struggle occupied over half an hour. and had attracted hundreds of spec- tators, who nearly all protested against the IDYUHM)!‘ in which the men were proceeding. As he lay on the ground it was seen thatit was an immense sea lion, weighing at least three hundred pounds. He was badlyhul't, one of his eyes hcing nearly knocked from its socket, while various wounds covered his body. He was nfuxmnu‘ds dragged into a shed, in the rear of Mr. \Velsh’s residence, where he still re- mains. The wonder is generally expressed that the captors should have tried so earnestly to kill such :1 valuable creature, as he was in a trap from whence he could not possibly escape, and whence his removal was cemparatively easy. Fuflr‘lfilifl IN NEWV "(DIRK HARBIDB (From the New York Sun) An accident with very dramatic accompan- iments occurred seine few years after the sad event that cost Charley Addington and Eva Do Forrest their lives. One morning soon after daybreak, the early risers at the Falls discovered something moving on a huge old log or trunk of a tree which for years had shown itself about the boiling rapids on the American side, having been caught by and become firmly wedged into the rocks on its way towards the Falls. Looking downward from the bridge, this leg was and still is in full sight, in the fiercest part of the rapids, considerably nearer to the small island on the American side of Goat Island than to the American shore. The moving object was soon found to be a man, and it was evident that his boat had been carried over the Falls during the nightmhilc he himself had miracu- lously been cast against the log, by which he had managed to stop his fearful rush towari death. Despatches were immediately sent to Buffalo, to the Coast Life Saving Station, and Captain Dorr hastened to Niagara by a special train, carrying with him two metallic life- boats ; and plans to save the man were con» certed. But, before the arrangements were completed, the news had been spread abroad and many thousands of persons had reached the Falls by special trains. Goat Island, the bridge, the American shore, the roofs and windows of all adjacent buildings and the branches of trees were covered with anxious and horrified spectators. The first attempt at rescue was by means of a Francis metallic lifeboat, attached to a cable which was slacked off from the bridge opposite the log, and guided by strong ropes. The boat had not got far from the bridge when the fierce rapids seized t, turned it round and round, and ap- peared to be cndeavoring to crush in its sides. The strong cable snapped like a whipcord, and the poor fellow who had been watching the effort made for his rescue saw the boat whirled past him and carried over the Falls, as if in mockery of his would-be rescuers. Consider- able time was then consumed in deliberating on a new plan, and it was proposed to fasten a cable to some building on the American side, to carry it over to the island until it would sag near the log, and then to rescue the man by means of a basket hung on the cable by rings, and to be let down and pulled in by means of smaller ropes. The materials for this experience could not be procured, so at last it was decided to send down a strongly constructed raft in the same manner as the life boat had been launched, and if it reached the man in safety, to ease it over toward the small island, from whence his rescue would be comparatively easy. The raft was built, but it 'was four o’clock in the afternoon before all was ready. The day had passed without the flight of time being heeded. The excitement was intense. Meir and women, who had stood for hours without food, were painfully agitated. The raft moved. It withstood bravely the wild as- saults of the angry rapids. It neared the log. The man stood up and waved his arms. The raft came within his reach and he got on it, eat the food, drank the small quantity of weak brandy and water that had been put aboard, and fastened himself by the lashings which had been prepared and the intent of which he understood. Then the raft was cau- tiously and steadily moved toward the island, with its precious freight. The people shouted and many wept from over wrought feeling. Suddenly the raft came to a stand. The rope was taut 1 It had caught in a rock. T0 at- tempt to force it was to risk its parting, and the fatal consequences could not be under~ stood. The poor victim semed to take in the situation and to grow desperate. He unfast- ened the lashings, stood up, made a spring from the raft in the direction of the island, and was in the foaming waters. Instantly he struck out for the island. He seemed to be a powerful swimmer, and thousands of men and women hold their breath in horrified sus- pense. He appeared to near the island in his desperate effort. Then arose the cry, “He’s saved! he’s saved!” But suddenly those on the bridge, who could see more distinctly from their location, became aware that the space between the island and the swimmer’s head was gradually widening. There was another dreadful moment of suspense, and then the unpitying rapids seized their pray apparently making sport of the efforts that had been resorted to, to snatch him from their grasp, twisted him round and whirled him along until they hurried him over the fearful precipice, As the poor fel- low went over a singular effect was observ- able. ’l‘he vast body of falling water curves over the edge of the Falls like a huge wheel; and as the body was shot forward by the force of the current, it seemed to leap com- pletely out of the water, the feet being visible before it took the terrible plunge. The death-like silence that had fallen on the crowd was broken by a fearful cryâ€"a sound mingling a wail, a howl and a shriek in one. 2 Many strong men as well as women fainted. ; They had Witnessed a tragedy more intense ' in its painfulness than any the drama could . present and one not likely to be soon for- gotten. wo 'l‘rngodlen 0! Years Ago at the Great Lalnrncl. â€"Olive oil is adulterated with the oil of cotton seed in Southern Europe. When Darwin visited the Galapagos Islandsl he saw the relics, as it were, of a family of huge tortoises, which lived therein abundance a few years ago, and was able to verify many interesting facts which had been recorded by Porter in his “Journal of a Cruise made to the Pacific Ocean in 1813,” Porter noticed the deafness of the huge creatures, and like former voyagers, was impressed with their enormous size. with the long necks of some. and with their quick slght and ponderous ,movement. He said that some of the ter- toises captured by him weighed from 300 to 1 400 lbs., and that on one island they were 5% ift. long, 4% ft. wide and 3 ft. thick in the lbody. They walked with the body about a foot from the ground, and the females seemed to preponderate. It is quite evident fromi Porter 5 narrative that several kinds lived 111 1the islands, those of one island difi‘uing from those of another, but all being of the same group of tortoises. He expatiates on the luscious and delicate food that the long-necked and small headed and other kinds produce, and notices their ability to last long without food. After Mr. Darwin’s visit the progress of extirpation went on, and in eleven years Mr. Seeman, naturalist on board H. M. S. Herald, found that on one island there were no longer any tortoises, and that everywhere they had diminished in numâ€" ber. At the present time it is most probable that the gigantic tortoises are very rare where they were formerly so abundant. There were five species there a few years since. . Mosely states that some of these to1t01ses we1e on board the Challenger, and were fed on pineapples, a number of which were hung in the paymaster’s office. The animals used to prop themselves up against a board put across the door to keep out dogs, and, unable to‘surmount the obstacle, used to glare and snifi longingly at the fruit. They moreover used to make their way along the deck to the captain’s own cabin, where there was a store of the same fruit. The great tortoises are very fond ofwater, drinking large quantities, and wallowing in themud. The large islands alone possess springs. and these are always situated towards the centre parts, and at a considera- ble elevation. Near the springs it was a curious spectacle to behold many of these great monsters ; one set eagerly travelling onward with outstretched necks, and another set returning, after having drunk their fill. When the tortoise arrives at the spring, quite regardless of any spectator, it buries its head in the water above its eyes, and greedily swallows great mouthfuls, at the rate of about ten in a minute. The inhabitants say that each animal stays three or four days in the neighborhood of the water, and then returns to the lower country ; but they difier in their accounts respecting the frequency of these visits. The animal probably regulates them according to the nature of the food which it has consumed. It is, however, certain that tortoises can subsist even on these islands where there is no other water than what falls during a few rainy days in the year. Wickets were pitched twenty-two yards apart, but were only a foot in height. and. ac. cording to some writers two feet in wfdth. Between the Itumps a hole was made in the ground large enough to contain the ball and the butt end of the bat. If in play the wicket- The origin of cricket is hardly as clear as those of its votaries who rejoice in ancient lore and traditions could wish. Those who have dipped deep into the records of the past are yet unable to prove from what germ the game of cricket has been evolved, some holdâ€" ing that it was a gradual improvement on trap-ball, others on handy, others again on club-ball. At the commencement of the last century, it is recorded the game was played as follows :â€" Cricket is by far the most favored of Eng- lish games; it is the game of all others in which all English boys are, as a rule. eager to excel from the date of their first donning trousers. It is at once the most healthful,the most generally attractive ; and those who have thoroughly studied it contend that there is no out-door pastime in the whole category of British sports which combines more science, head-work and energy. It has been written of by a hundred authors, and always in terms of praise. Lord Byron speaks of it as “crick- et’s manly toil ;” Pope, as a game even for senators; and other authors state that “Na- ture designed us to sport and play at cricket as well as to eat and drink ;” that “cricket is the game of least vicious propensity; it is economical, it is spirited, it is gentlemanly, and it is social ;” that “cricket is, in fact, a pastime for allâ€"peer, patriot, and peasnt ; for the first its inducements are elegance, grace and dexterity ; for the patriot, it is one of the few legacies left by our forefathers, still free and untaxed; and for the peasant it possesses all the charms that rustic emulation and hilar- ity can desire." Enough as to its character, which is universally admitted to be unim- peachable ; let me now probeed briefly to trace its origin. Dark papers, inks that show little color on first writing, faint lead-pencil marks that can be read only by straining the eyes, are fruit- ful sources of mischief. So is bad writing. The bad paper, ink and pen- cils most of ur readers will have too good sense to use. The type writer, which is coming into use so fast, is doing wonders in saving eyesight, both to writers and readers, and deserves all true praise. The intelligent public should so clearly show its disgust at the fine type, solid matter, poor paper, and poor printing which some book publishers and most periodicals, except the best, are guilty of offering, that no publisher would dare at- tempt the experiment a second time. The modern newspaper, which so many read in the cars and by gaslight, is one ef the most fruitful causes of poor eyesight. We cannot control this at once, but owe it as a duty to protest stoutly against such printed matter, and, if possible, to refuse to'tolerate it in any form more than absolutely necessary. Printed matter ought to be leaded. A size smaller type, with an extra space between the lines, is easier read than the size larger with» out it. As the leaded smaller size will con- tain fully as much matter to a. given space, there is no reason why publishers should not adopt it, because it is quite as cheap.â€" Library Journal, The most serious trouble with readers and writers is, as might be predicted from their peculiar work, weak eyes We find that en- gravers, watchma‘kers, and all others who use their eyes constantly in their work, take extra. care to preserve them by getting the best posâ€" sible light by day, and using the best artificial light at night. The great army of readers and writers are careless. and most of them‘ sooner or later, pay the penalty by being forced to give up night work entirely, some to give up reading, except at short intervals un- der the best conditions, and now and then : ne loses the eyesight entirely after it is too late to take warning. Greek, German, short- hand. or any characters differing from the plain Roman type, make a double danger. The custom is to laugh at all warnings till pain or weakness makes attention imperative, and then it is often too late to avert the mis- chief. Few comprehend the vast number we flip- pantly call a million, but it takes a, million letters to make up a fairâ€"sized volume of 500 pages, forty lines to the page, fifty letters to the line. A reader makes an easy day of reading this, but his eye must go over a thou- sand thousand letters ! We can do no better service to readers and writers than to call at- tention to this great danger of failing to take the best of care, which is none too good for the eyes. Every tyro knows that he should have the best light for reading, should shun carefully early dawn or twilight ; should al- ways stop at the first signs of pain or weari- ness, etc., etc. Most know that the glare Tram a plain, white surface is very trying and that the eye is relieved by a tint. Recent ex- periments in Germany are reported to indi- cate some yellowish tint as easiest for the eyes. 'I‘IIE GA‘VIE 0F CRIUICE'I‘. GIGAN'I‘IU T0 R'l‘fllSES. CAKE 0F ’I‘IIE EIEN‘ keeper could receive the ball from the field and place it in the hole before the striker, in running home, could place his but there, the striker was out. The frequent collision of the but with the wicket~keeper’s hands, the latter of which must have suflered severly in cases of a, near thing, led to the drawing a. line nearly four feet in advance of the stumps, over which the bat had to be grounded. This is the popping-crease, and when this came into vogue the stumps were raised to the height of twentytwo inches, and limited to six inches in breadth, and the hole was aban- doned, the wicket keeper having to put the wicket down, ball in hand. as momâ€"Young Englvnd. â€"It is said that Sir James Mackintosh and Dr. Parr were one day riding together, when for some reason the horse became very restive, threatening to overturn the carriage. Dr. Parr was quite timid and said : “Handle him gently, Jammy ; don’t irritate him ; always soothe your horse, Jemmy. Just let me down ; I am in your way, I fear.” When safely on torra 'firlna, however, the case seemed to assume different proportions. “Now, then,” cried the Doctor, “now, then, Jemmy. touch him up. Never let a. horse get the better of you. Touch him up, Jammy, and I’ll walk home.” [low 1] Little Child \Vns Bun (Iver by a C. 8. ll. 'l‘rniu uml Escaped Death. An eighteen months old child of Mr. Harper, Essex Centre, was marvellously near being killed the other day. As Engineer Whit- combe. of the G. S. It, was approaching the Istntion at Essex Centre with his train he no- ticed a child upon the track. He could per- ‘ccive the little one. as he drew closer, clap ping its tiny hands with glee to see the iron monster approaching. At once he sisnalled to put on the breaks, but he saw that the train could not be brought to a stand-still in time to save the life of the child. Quick as thought he mounted to the railing round the engine, and was speedily on top of the cow- cetcher. There he met with an obstacle which frustrated his humane intention ; the burs of the cow-catcher were not wide enough to admit of standing room. The train had almost come up to the smiling child, and the engin- eer sorrowfully averted his eyes. knowing that his efforts had been fruitless. Next moment the child was struck, and propelled forward for a distance of about eight feet. The train then went on and did not stop till the whole length had passed over the spot. Then the engineer and train hands hurried back. expec- iing every instant to see the mangled remains of the little victim. But to their surprise and delight they found that the child had been thrown into one of the cattle guards. which contained about eighteen inches of water, and they picked the little one out, half suffocated, but still alive. Dr. W. E. Smith, was sumâ€" moned, and upon examimation found that no bones were broken. The front teeth were knocked out, a. severe bruise was inflicted on the head, and several scratches on the lace and body. But none of the injuries were of a fatal character, and the little one is now getting on all rightâ€"Exchange. 'l‘lm Conical-ion of n Reformed Gambler-â€" A Sight that Made lllm Swear olf For- ever. “I never dealt again.” These words fell from the lips of a gentle- man well-known in Leadville, yet few recog- nize in the elegant, easyâ€"going man who now commands the respect of his fellow-citizens, the once cool-headed. imperturbuble gambler, who in his day, figured prominently along the Pacific Coast, and was almost universally recognized as the sln‘ewdest fare dealer in the West. “As for the game’s morality, that's neither here and there. When dealt upon the square it is much like any other game. It is not to be thought that the law will hinder men a bit if they want to play, and often they are forever cured. of playing when they find it doesn’t pay. I dealt the game for twenty years, but I’ve quit now. I made nothing nor lost anything, and, but for a. sight I once saw, I should probably be a, gambler still. Hereby hangs a tale. Let me tell it : “Some three years ago I ran a highâ€"toned game at I,» certain place you probably know. for it strikes me I saw you there. It was a. square game, as I will leave anyone to sayâ€" a thriving game, for I dealt for half the bloods in town, and often I had as many as five lay-outs at a time, with too much business on hand to even get time to rest. One evening a young chap strolled in. with a sort of curious stare on his face, find I concluded right there that he was green. He was feir~headed, and had a pair of blue eyes and clear-cut featuresâ€"â€"an innocent look- ing young fellow if ever I saw one. It only required a glance to convince you that he was a stranger in the gambling-room. He soon yes at home, though, for I saw in his blue eves the love of plav, and after that evening I : was a constant visitor. Heplayed his pile right up and up and never growled if his luck was hard, and on every and he‘d stack the limits up in blue. Take it altogether, his luck was hardâ€"sometimes the hardest, I think, I ever saw. I’ve known him to lose at a single deal seven double shots. “ I’ve often wondered to myself since that night what thoughts went flitting:> through his brain as he bowed his head and hid his face from our Sight, whet pledges of a better life, regrets for a fortune he had thrown away with a lavish hand. and loathing of his irre- vocable course. Who can tell ? We can but guess at them. but may never feel. His face showed years of hell endured in that brief game. but it was not until the coroner's jury eat thatI learned all. Before them was developed the fact that the ring which had changed his luck as it did his existence, was one given him by his dear dead mother years before Poor boy ! I never dealt. again] Leadville Chronicle. “His coin gave out in a deal or two, and he put up a diamond ring just to see his ill luck out, you know. The chip soon went. He had a pin, a flaming stone in massive metal. He passed that in without a word and drew 3500 gold. So help me God l I wished him luck as heartily as any player there; but no, his last stack went my way on a losing ace. He drew $300 more, I think. on his watch and chain. and tried his line of bets again, but his luck was gone. My God ! I’ll never forget the pale, haggard look that crossed his face, but he was game. He never uttered a word, and kept his chair like a pillar of stone. For a moment he seemed dazed at his reverses, but suddenly his eye caught the thin, worn circlet of dull gold on his little finger. He looked atit a little while. and a dark wave of hot, crimson blood passed over his face, for this circlet seemed to cling even faster than the flashing gem he had passed in before. He at last stripped it off his finger and passed it to me. It came re- luctantly, this worn. old ring. 1What can Iget on this ‘3" he asked. ‘I don’t know What it’s value is, but I’ll redeem it first of all.’ It might have cost five dollars new, but it was worthless then. Still I passed out a fifty stack in return, just to Ilet him try again. He planked it down in the pot, and then low upon the table he had his face upon his folded arms. \Vell, for 3. won- der his luck cl)anged,and he won three times. He took no notice of me as I told him when the limit barred, and so we played two fifty on each card. \Vould you believe it ? In the deal the pot won out and never lost ! And still he lay with his face hid in his arms. The deal was out and l shook him up, but not a muscle moved, and, raising: his face started back in horror at the glassy expression of his eyes, for the boy was dead ! “ Business for me, of course, but somehow it almost seemed too b11011 couldn’t say a WOId, thou gh and yet I liked the boy. He had lots of the filthy. I think from the day he began he must have dropped a cool $100,- 000 in the game, and he never growled. “ We bof'h quit gambling thefisume nightâ€"â€" be, poor lad, for sufficient reasons, and I. be- cause I loathed the game. It was in this W189 : NIIRAQ‘UIAIUS E§CAPE THE LAST DEAL For those who go to the seashore there can be no pleasanter reminder of their summer’s work than a pretty collection of shells or peb- bles or mosses and seaweeds. For the first two you must provide yourself with all the card board boxes that you can get together, and divide their interiors into counterparts of various sizes and depth ready to receive the different varieties of shells or stones. Then you will need a book on the subject, from which you may learn the names of your specii mens, in order that you may label them as soon as they are stowed into their respective compartments. You will soon find beauty and intelest in the commonest shell and get i to look upon them as friends, if you learn gall about the names and ways of the little ani- mals who lived in them. HAVE you heard of the success of Edison’s Electri(3;Belts ? If not, call on your druggist for pamphlets with testimonials. They are as food to the hungry, as water to the growing plant and as sunlight to nature. â€"In Florence the royal lottery and the supreme court occupy rooms on the same floor. SIXTY YEARS A MASON.â€"l\h'. Thos. Harley, of this village. is, probably, the oldest memâ€" ber of the fraternity in this Province. being now eighty-two years of age, and received his first degree in 1820, No. 36 Newport, Nova, Seolia. He says, “in company with eleven others I walked 12 miles through the woods, during an intensely dark and rainy Winter’s night, to the Lodge in which we were initi- ated. We twelve afterwards formed a. new Lodge under a. charter from the Grand Lodge of Nova Scotia. Afterward I went to Phile- delphia and joined Lodge No. 9; returned to Esquesing in the year 1839, and became a Charter Member of Credit Lodge No. 219, and hope to live and' die a Mason in connec- tion with that Lodge.” Mr. Hartley is still ahale and vigorous old gentleman for his years and bids fair to be long one of those who assemble at the sound of the gavpl in theeaet. Mr. Harley has been for yearn and still is Tyler of Credit Lodgeâ€"George- town Herald. â€"“Has the Cooking Book any pictures ‘2” asked a young lady of a bookseller. “Not one.” replied the dealer in books. “Why,” exclaimed the witty miss, “what is the use of telling us how to make a dinner if you give us no plates ?" -â€"Henri Rochefort’s new paper is termed L’Intramiycant, which is the equivalent for ” No Surrender.” For your mosses and seavweeds you will need a book such as that used for an herbar- ium, in which you may gum your specimens as you would the pressed flower. Of course you know that if you pick up in your fingers one of the feathery, beautiful weeds which you have admired as it floats gracefully on the water, the delicate Weed, so beautiful a mo- ment before, will be but a shapeless, clinging mass in your hand. The way to preserve them in all their beauty is to put them into a pan of water, where they will soon expand again, spreading out their delicate feathery arms on the surface. You must then slip a. piece of oiled paper into the water, and hold- ing it under the floating surface, where the moss will he stranded upon it, and may be thus taken out and dried without altering its appearance. Useful Ilinls to Young null ma “'hich Should be Remembers-d, Another terrible steamboat accident 1 Pre- sence of mind and a slight knowledge of the specific gravity of the human body would have saved much of this frightful loss of life. There was loose wgod enough about the boat to have floated ten times the number of passengers on the ill-fated vessel if it had been used with judgment. The human body weighs about a pound in the water. and a single chair would carry two grown persons. That is it would keep theirheads above water, which is all that is necessary when it is a question of life and death. The burning vessel was close to shore, the water was calm. warm, and all these passengers might easily have jumped overboard and paddled laughing ashore, if they had only possessed and used the simple knowledge that one finger placed upon a stool, or a chair. or a small box. or a piece of board would easily keep the head above water, while the feet and the other hand might be used as paddles to propel to- ‘wards the shore. It is not at all necessary to know how to swim to be able to keep from drowning this way. A little experience of the buoyant power of water, and faith in it, is all that is required. We have seen a small boy. who could not swimastroke, propel him- self back and forth across a deep wide pond by means of a board that would not sustain five pounds. In fact, that sometime small boy is now writing this. Children and all others should have practice in the sustaining power of water. In nine cases out of ten the knowledge that what will sustain a pound weight is all that is necessary to keep one‘s head above water will serve better in emer- gencies than the greatness as a swimmer. A person unfamiliar with the buoyant power at water will naturally try to climb on top of the floating object on which he tries to save himself. If it is large enough that is all right. But it is generally not large enough, and half of a struggling group are often drowned in the desperate scramble of a life and death strug- gle to climb on top of a piece of a wreck or other floating object, not large enough to keep them all entirely above water. This often happens when pleasure boats capsize. All immediately want to get out of the water on top of the overturned or half filled boat, and all are drowned except those whom the wrecked craft will wholly bear up. If they would simply trust the water to sustain ninety-nine hundredths of the weight of their bodies, and the disabled boat the other hun- dredth, they might all be saved under most circumstances. An overturned or water- filled wooden boat will sustain more people in this way than it will carry. It would keep the heads above water of as many people as could get they hands on the gun- wale. Those are simple facts, easily learned. and may some day save your lifeâ€"Trenton (N. J,) Gazette. There are, besides these, other kinds of col- lections to be made in the summerâ€"among them, collections of insects. I cannot say that I have much sympathy in this kind of own: pation, for I cannot take pleasure in a work which causes painâ€"«however littleâ€"to even the least of living creatures. There are, how- ever, many for whom the hunting and col- lecting of insects has a peculiar fascination, and to them this is the most interesting of all collections. They reason that the amount of pain which the insect suffers is so small compared to the amount of pleasure which the entomologist takes in his collection, that they are quite justified in becoming youthful entomologists, This being so, I would like to tell you of the methods for killing the in- sects employed by some of the most skilled entomologists. In the first place, pinning the insect is not only cruel, but silly, as a. moth or butterfly so treated would be of little use see specimen, after almost battering itself to pieces in its efforts to escape. There are many poisons about, but these are dangerous to have about, besides which many of them merely stupify instead of kill- ing. Benzine is the substance most highly recommended for killing, and is harmless to the student, while it most effectually puts an end to the insect. As soon as trapped. put the insect into a, little box, paint a streak of benzine inside the cover and shut it up. This stupifies the insect so that it remains insensible while being pinned ; it should then have the entire body painted over with ben- zine. which will prevent it from returning to life. At first this takes out the color of the moth, but when the benzine evaporates the colors will return as bright as ever. Moths which have the body covered with downy feathers should be dried in a current of air blowing from tail to head, so that their feath- ery coats may not suffer from their wetting. â€"M. G. Hubert. inN. Y. Post. \VHAT 1'0 [10 IN VAGA I‘ION. BUOYANC" OF WATER.