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N VA'xilr gut \utrh happy mnris that lack No ‘oveliness of Summer's crown. ' 7h“) ghâ€"rgéélié éhfihéé, hhd liruyers that gild The simple hopes and lives of 11.11. Winter is mocked by gm-bs of green, Wurn by the copses flaked with snow,â€" White spikes and balls of blumn, that blow In hadgerows deep; and cattle seen In meadows spunglmg thick with gold. And globes where lovers‘ fates are told Around the red-domed houses 10w ; A Quaint hamlc tâ€"ulleys, border-filled With purple lilacs, poplars tall, Whom Hits the yellow bird, and full The deep exwe ~1mdows. There when tilled’ The peasunh'n field or garden bred, He rests content 1' o’er his head From silver spires the ()hgrch bells 90.11 While {isingl} 6f tlieifi, fold on fold, The distant hills in azure glow. Oil; in the woods we long delayed. When hours were Illillllves all to brief, For nature knnw no sound of grief ; But overhead the breezes played, And in the lulk grass at our knee, Shane pearls of our green forest sea, The star-whlta flowers of triple 10qu “Whoa-1 arguna i‘ho broka to be, Within the birch and manle shade. At times we passed some fairy more Enlhosomed in the. leafy screen, And streaked with tints of heaven’s sheen; Where'er the water's surface clear Bore not the hues of verdant light From myriad boughn on mountain height, Or near the shadowed hunks: \Vljl‘e isan ()“f ldufreiltsuwberw the ships exitwine Them spurs. 0r laden pass away. As we who joyously once rode So often forth to trumth sound Past guarded gates, by ways that wound O‘or druwbrnlgos. through uwnts, and showed The vast Sb. Lmvmuue 110 mg belt The Orleans Isle, and Henâ€"mud melt; Tigen )msfloldhwnlls by cunnou‘ (~ruwned,‘ Do» 11 stzliir-Vlikcrntrcyets, to where We félt The salt winds blown o’er meadow ground. ‘Vhoro flows the Charles pmt wharf and dock, And Learning from Laval 10 k3 down, And quit-t convents grace the town. There swift to meet the battle shock Montcalm rushed onnmd eddying hack, Red slaughter murked the bridge's truck : See now the shores with lumber brown, V _T7171}ahéprt;rklrés that in circlcta bright Told where the fishes’ {cash had been And when afar the forests flushed In falling swuthes of fire, there soared Dark clouds where muttering thunder roared, lnd mounting vapors lurid rushed, \Vhile n. metallic lustre flew, Upon the vivid vordure’s hue, Before the blusts mud mip fngbh poured, ' Knit slew o’er mighty landscuiies drew The grandest pageant vi the Lord 2 The threatening march of flashing cloud. With tumults 0f embattled air, Blast conflicts for the good they bear ! A century 11st God allowed None other, since the days He gave Unequal fortune to the brave. Comrades in (l: nth ! you live to share A11 eqqu honor. for your grave Bade Enmity take Love as hair I We watched, when gone day's quivering haze, The 100114 of plunging foam that Dent The rocks at Montnmraner’s feet Stub the drep gloom with moonlit mvs ; Or from the fortress saw the streams Sweep swiftly o’er the pillured beams ; White shone the ruof um anther fleet, Willi“) thyrmp, till more and more Thy praise in distant worlds mmke. For 9.)] must drink delight whose feet Have paced thy streets, or termv-e way , From mmth sad, or has ipn grey, IIuve nmrked thy sea like river man The bright n. d paeopévd buuks t at shine In front of mo fur mountmiw's line; Th): glittering rnnfs below, ‘119 pluy "And gr éé}fi$1§e§§vliere nod in dreams Pale hosts of sleeping Marguerite. Or when the dazzling Frost King mailed, . Would clasp thu wistful Waterfall, Fast leaping to her snowy hull She fled; and where her rainbows hailed Her freedom. painting all her home. We climbed her spray-built palace dome, Shot down the radiant; glassy wgll‘ And huppine s in thee abide, Fair Canada’s strong tower and gate! May Envy, that against thy might Dashed hostile hosts to surge; and break, Bring Commerce, emulous tn make Thy pc-nple share her fruitful fight, In filli :g argnsim with store 01‘ grain and timbur. and each ore, And all n. Continent. can shake New Poem by the Marquis of Lorne. The following poem. on Quebec, by his Excellency the Governor General, and illus- trated by H. R. H. the Princess Louise, is published : O fortress city, bathed by streams Majestic as thy memories great, Where mountains, floods, and forests mate The grandeur of the glorious dreams, Born of the hero hearts, who died In foundng here an Empire's pride ; Prpsnerity attendthyz fete,‘ I 1 Mum, “w... w” . 6,, Nu Until we 1'0ch 6 snowdrift foam, As shoots to w was some meteor 113.11. Then homeward, hearing song or tule, Wich chimera \ f hum. Si hells we sped Above the f1‘1 .zen river bed. The city, through a. musty veil, Glenmed from her cape, \vuem sunset fire Touched Louvre and c thedrul spire, Butheu ice and snow 11. rqsy red, N.) v euum‘l‘ul tl)_nt uuen’ "dealt-é For May-mum’s nvul wonders fled ; The glory of IL gracious land. Fit home fur many {Lhnrdy race ; Whrre liberty hug brand: st base, And labur honors awry ha, (1. Throughout her trlply thousand miles The sun upon each seiLaon smiles, And qvery {mm has Boone and space, all“ A Egljllfillesa, eruiEh‘and (0 “fund, Alone is born to right of place 1 Such were our memories. May they yet Be 511m“ d by others sent to be Signs of the union of the free And kindred peoples God huth sot O’er fmuuus ISL-s mm fertile zones 0f continvmsl Hr if new thrones And mighty States mists, may He \Vhosu potent, lmud \ on river owns, Smooth their great future's shrouded Sea! -â€"The mortality in Paris in 1880 was equal to 128 demhs in that city to each 100 1e».th in London. I â€"Tobacco killed a boy of 15, at Blair, Neb, ie not only chewed great quantities of the weed. but anllowed the juigg.‘ 4 â€"Tbe Conservatives in Flintshire, Wales, are making a great ado about; that county having to pay the extra. police required to guard Hawarden castle. They claim that the treasury ought to defray the cost, but the Home Secretary does not see it. â€"â€"It is said that Mr. Bradlaugh’s support:~ ere, knowing mat the Northampton election would depend on the action of the Nonoenn iotmiats, dressed up a. number of men in black clothes and white ties,and paraded them as Bradlaugh’s religious supporters. -â€"Of the 108 dead bodies picked up in the River Thames last year, 94 were males and 14 were females. and in most cases _they v7.81? 33;) ‘ ecovereafiurr'nril so long after death that itheu“ identification was difficult, it not imâ€" possible. â€"-The importation of eggs into Great Brit- ain last year was 750,000,000, or about two dozen for each man, woman and cblld in the country. Their money value was over #510,- 000,000. â€"â€"In the far north of Europe spring has been unusually early this year. Primulas and rosebuda were gathered in Danish gardens in January, and the sterling. the first harbin- ger of spring, had arrived from the south in zflocks. â€"â€"â€"A Dublin comic paper says that «he Gov- ernment are about to prohibit The Meeting of the Waters at Avooa, and that the growmg ~of potataea is to be interdicted because the Government objects to drilling for Irish chain pious. - 1 1 , L., .2. 1>L_ L2,. “(Nâ€":11: Iowa man crowded a turnip into his mouth to show what sleight-ofâ€"hand could do, and a doctor cut at ii for two hours to Show What surgery could accomplish. That chap will keep his mouth shut for two weeks to come. -â€"The Russian Prince Erisiofi, who was fientenced a few months ago in Berlin to two years’ imprisonment for defrauding a jeweler has just been pardoned by the German Em- peror. on condition of his at once leavmg Prussia and never returning. ~â€"The Lutheran church. to which Princess Helen of Waldeck belongs, does not sanction the celebration of marriages between Ash Wednesday and Easter Monday. Hence the Duke of Albany’s marriage will not take place until the last week in April. â€"On Feb. 28. in broad day, a man asked the janitor of a. fully occupied house in Paris an which floor Mme. Galsterrer lived, and was told. He went up. Presently three men followed him. A little later they all went AROUND THE WORLD. QUEBEC. â€"Whole communities in the west are sign- ing petitions for the pardon of Mason, me afisassin of Guit'eau. Because the Rev. 5. S. McMahon of Busing Sun. 1nd,. was the only man 111 the place who refused to Sign, the sen- nmem against. him is so strong that. he may have to give up his church. â€"The warden of the Illinois penitentiary says thut James Burke died in that prison of grief and remorse. He slew his brother, and a court and jury viewsd the crime so lenienfiy that he was semeuoe-d to only five years‘ im pnsonmem. But his own estimate of his guilt; was much higher. â€"-Hoge. on trial for his life at Bellefnn‘ taine, Ohio, was a handsome fellow. and wo- men of the place made much of him, crowd- mrz round hm: 1n the (:01er room. piling hi8 table with flmvers. and Home at them though only slight acquaintances, kifising him when a. verdict of acquital was rendered. â€"-An eagle, Whose wings measured seven feet from tip to up. attempted to steal a goose on a farm in Jutland, Denmark, not long ago. The cxies of the guoee awoke farmer Jensen, who caught the eagle, and, with the aid of his servant girl. out. its throat before It could ex‘ricate its t-alons from the goose’s mack. -â€"'Ihere’s nothing like versatility. A manufacturer of chemical manurea at Bimb- ingham, England has writtqn a novel which is the most successful of any in many years, While Horatio James Huggins. formerly Chief Justice of Sierra Leone, more recentlya manu- facturer of bonnie Washing machlnes in Lon- don, ia published as a bankrupt. -â€"The large eata‘ea in the province of Posen are passing from the human of their IPoIish owners into those of Germans. Last year twentyâ€"nine estates with 89,500 acres of land had thus changed hunda,and many large estates are now in aha market. The Polish puss lifpa its warning voice in vain againss these transfers of property. â€"â€"Some months ago Mrs. Parker took an express train on a Massachusetts railroad which advertised not to shop ac Newton, her place of residence. For some reason it did stop that. day and she got off. The train started and she was badly injured. A jury gave her $13,000 damages, which the judge set aside as excessive. The case was again tried, and on Monday she recovered $15,000. It seems to be a bonanza. for her. away. They had murdered her and ransack. ed her apartment. â€"Cows on the prairies get accustomed to the noise of locomotive bells and whistles, and do not always clear the track until thrown by the cowcatcher. A patent device is described in the Scientific American for squirting hot water twenty~five yards ahead. It. is calculated that this would stimulate the laziest into action. â€"At an agricultural meeting last December an Ease-x County English gentleman said: “ I know ofthree owners of land in this coun- try who have now no lessâ€"I am speaking carefullyâ€"than 5,000 acres for which they can find no tenants.” Common laborers are geiting from $2 75 to $3.25 a week. Essex is one of the “home” countries, as counties round London are called. â€"-I‘wo convicts in the California. State prison took delight in torturing a timid fellow whose cell was between their own, by pre- tending at nights that they saw ghosts They talked to each other about it, describing the most awful sights. and counterfeiting excess: sive fright. A week or two of this treatment drove the victim crazy, and be imagined that he was haunted by the creatures which they conjured up. â€"Whenever a member of the British royal family receives an English order, the coat of the “insxgnia" and the fees are paid by me nation. The Duke of Cambridge has bee made 9. Knight of the Thishle. No one woul‘ grudge him his thistle, but when it comes to the country having to pay about £500 for the weed bping conferred upon him it is a very diflerent matter. â€"The Charley Ross business is evidently carried on at n. considerable risk and under many diflicultiea in Switzerland The ofler of a reward for the kidnapped child of Bernewas instant ; the search was prompt, and within 24 hours the child was discovered in a aubur- ban house, and the villains who abducted him were arrested. The obvious lesson is that the first few hours’ work in such cases, may be more fruitful than months at labor after a. little delay.~â€"N. Y Sun. â€"It is stated by a French journal. and affirmed in London, that the Prince of Wnles paid a visit of eight and forty hours to Paris the other day for'the purpose of regulating some financial matters, and that in that time he raised B. loan of a million francs. The existence of certain skeletons in the Prince’s cupboard, which this loan is intended to cover. is hinted at. A loan of 340,000, however, is but a paltry one alongside what other English princes have done. â€"-Another Pruassien see, Osnabruck, has been filled up by the Pope, with the consent of the Government, by the nomination of Dr. Honing. As Breslant is already as good as filled up, there thus remains one vncem see, Pederborn, of which there is no Bishop living. The great dificulty which has yet to be met, as far as the catholic episcopate is con- cerncd. is whel to do with regard to the four sees, the Bishops of which have been de- posed but are still living. â€"â€"The recent trial of the young Socialist weaver. Alorion, in Paris elicited that, though he had shot at Dr, Meymar, thegmnn he really wanted to kill was Gambetta, whom he regarded as the chief of bourgeois feudalism, whaterer that may be. As he could not get at Gambetta. and was determined to shoot some one, he popped at poor Dr. Meymar (who was not killed) because he wore a large foreign order. The exploic has entailed 20 years to reflect on the crime in prison. -â€"â€"Twe1ve boxes of young monkeys arrived at New York ihis week. They were sea-sick all the way over; howled and coughed like babies. Among them were two holy monn keys, worshipped by certain African tribes. Theyâ€"the monkeys, not the tribesâ€"are covered with long, sofm, white hair. The importer Bald there weren‘t monkeys enough in this country to supply the demand. They die of consumption at the rate 0! 500 annu- ally. -Mayor Harrison of Chicago is a. thought- ful and coneideraie civic magistrate. He wrote as follows on the commitment of a wo- man to the city prison : “ The city physician reports that the prisoner is about to beaom a mother. It may be 9. boy. The boy mum: be president of the United States. Most he be born in the Bridewoll? Her name in Bar. risonw Mary Harrison. The boy might be mayor. He must not be born in the Bridewell. Never 1 Never 1 Never 1” The woman was te~ leased. The child is a girl. â€"â€"Mrs. Haggart is an Indiana women’s rights agitator. She recently headed a dele- gation to urge the passage by the Legislature of a message favorable to her sex. She says : “ Twenty or thlrty women left everything to anyend the legistamre ; they might have been called the thud House. It a man had any doubts, we made him the object of spe- oxal attention. Two or three sisters were de- cmled to look after the donblmg. We had nice cakes and ices and evaning entertainments. ‘ to which we invited the members of the Leg- llislature. The desired legislation was obtain- ed. VOL. XXIV. â€" Jacob Brblo was murdered in a Wiscon- sin forest last January. He was a lumberâ€" man, and worked with a single companion. This person disappeared immediately after the deed. and was regarded as guilty of it, but could nowhere be found. Not even a. trace of the fugitive was discovered, and \he search was at; length given up. A few days ago the widow of Beble fell dangerously ill at Neils~ ville. the nearest village to the place Where he had been shot. and in expectation of death, she confessed that she was his slayer. He had compelled her to dress as a man and work with him in fhe woods. Worn out bythe heavy labor, and driven desperate by his cruelty, she murdered him. Then she hurried home, put on her own clothing. and nobody identified her as the fellow who had been her husband’s assistant. â€"â€"The Duke of Edinburgh 18 not popular among the Engliah people. He is thought, to be haughty and 111m). conservative, and his connection with Russia excites suspicion of his tendency to administrative saverity. It: is certain that in the preaant case Charles II.’s observation to his brother. when the Inner declared that he would one day be beheaded like his father for his wenknees in governing an unruly people, might be repeated With great aptness by fine Prince of Wales : “Nay, nay, I am safe for they would never behead me to make you king.” â€"â€"â€"“Yes," Athelwald replied, speaking in low, impressive tones ; “ yes. I do like dogs; I am fond of them. But I like a shy, coy, shrinking dog. who flies away to the shadowy receasea of the wood ahad when he hears the fontfall of the stranger, and can only be won to sociability by love and kindness and patient pleading. I do not love the bold, forward. unquestioning mass of canine inaolence and oheurusivoness that; canes sneaking out from behind a lilac bush when one is half way between the gate and the piazza, end nesiles up to a stranger like an old acquaintance, and dreqa one all around che yard in a backâ€" ward attitude, with no thought of one‘s dignity and comfort” And with a dry, convulsive sol) he turned away, and, as he walked toward the neokwear department. the bookkeeper noticed that. his fawn-colored trousers had been patchvd in the postern gate with a. nine- corneied mil-piece of olive grownâ€"Burning ton Hawkeye. â€"From records in the States archives of Heese-Darmetadt, dating back to the thir- ieenth century, it appears that the public executioner‘ys fee for boiling a criminal in oil was 24 florina; lot decapitating with the sword, 15 florina and a. huif; for quartering, the same; for breaking on the wheel, five florina thirty kreuzers ; for tearing a man 10 pieces, eighteen floriné. Ten florins per head was his charge for hanging. and he burned delinquents alive at the rate of14 florins apiece. For applying the Spanish boots his fee was only two florinsi Five florins were paid to him every time he subjected refracâ€" tory witnesses: to the torture of the trick. The name amount was his due fur branding the sign of the gallows with a red hot iron upon the back. forehead or cheek of a. thief, as well as for cutting 03 the noeu and ears of a slanderer or blasphemer. Flogging with rods was a cheap punishment, its remun- nemtion being fixed at three florins thircy kreuzers. â€"The ingenuity of flame of the Pacific coast Mongolmns has lately been misdirected. It is claimed that; half the spurious half dol- lar's now in Montana were made by San Francisco Chinese. who coat a piece of metal with 16 cente’ worth of silver, so that it is exactly equal in Weight to the silver half dollar. This industry should bu checked promptly, as the well known imimtiVu powers of John Chin-imam would make trouble in debasing the coinage, if rewarded with much succvss He should he taught not to take too literally the maxim of modern financial life. that the oliief aim of man is to make moneyâ€"N. Y. Sun. â€"-Lord Salisbury is the descendant of the second son of the famous Lord Treasurer Barghley. Queen Ellzubflth made but Raven peers in her fifty years’ reign. Buruhley was one. June‘s I, mused Burghley’s two sons to earldoms on the same day, but he made the younger an earl in the morning and the elder in lhe afternoon. so that the younger had the precedence. Sn rinequenlly the younger got a marquiiaateI in 1789, while the elder did not gm one until 1801. and now it is on the cards that the younger will still further keep the lead by a duhedom some day. â€"Tbe King family were unpopular in Montgomery county, Mo., being drunknrds, brztwlers and thieves. Last Christmas the three men go: into a burroom fight. and killed a very popular young man. 011 the following light a mob of masked men fired into the King home, killing a son and daughter, and wounding the mother and a second son. This dastardly and murderous deed excited much comment abroad, but at home it was F0 {at condoned, and the lynch- era were so influential, that no eflort was made at a. prosecution. But the sufierings of the wounded King boy seem to have wrought a. change in local sennment. He lost an eye and an arm by L116 bullets, and was terribly frozen while crawling through the snow to escape. He is a deformed, help less cripple for life. Lately some residents mustered sufiiciem courage to hold meetings for dlscussmg the subject. and now money has been subscribed to enable him to sue several of the assassins for damages. â€"The Rev. D. L. Hayward was the Math odist Episcopal pastor at North Lewisburg. Ohio. In order to raise the money for it new church, he took charge of the boarding tent at a cemp meeting, and, conducted the busL ness so well that 61,800 were realized. But in purely religious matters he has proved less rational. While the new house was being built he held revival services in the Towu Bell, and from the start h s conduct was so strange that crowds attended. He shouted. ran to and fro, sang wildlv, and threw him self prostrate on the platform. A number of women of the congregation fell into his ex- travagant way 3, and the meetings grew more and more exciting. L116 sister threw her fashionable bonnet on the floor and rolled on it. Another hugged and kissed a male sin. nor whom she was laboring to convert The pastor held a third up in his arms and blessed her. Trances and paroxysms were common. At length it was announced that Christ, in visible person, would be present on a certain evening. The community was by this time wrought up to a high pitch of ex- citement, and tne hall was crowded. while qru'nnd it agrest multitude gathered. Several .4“ mn zealous declared that Christ did appear 1.» lllk‘Ul, and described the vision minutely. Next. Hayward appointed a time for his sick wife to die. He said that he had decided to make her a sacrifice, and that the Lord would . raise her from the grave after three deys' l burial. There was a. concourse in and around i the house lwhen Presiding Elder Brewster ar- l rived on the scene. He denounced the pro- ceedings as wicked, deposed Hay ward, and put another minister in charge of the church. â€"~ Mr, and Mrs. Macdonald bad a street fight wixh piptols at New Lexington. Ohio, over the possession of their child. Tney had agreed to separate, but neither wished to give up the little one. â€"The Fert Battalion of the Coldstraum Guards have returned to London from he land. They say they would rather be sent to India or Soum Africa. than go back to the Emerald isle. RICHMOND HILL, THURSDAY, APRIL 6 1882. As for strippers, anoiher dam: «in cards, a. gambler says: The benefit 0' Mesa cards cannot be estimated only in 1 way, and that is by the‘ amount of mon ' nent has got, for you me can whetherib is $10 or $10.0UU; the stakes the sooner you break him, knows what hurt: him. The lug is a device for withdrawing from the pack “number of cards from which the player can m‘gake a. hand to suit. Tricky Devices in Gambling. One of the newest tools is the poker ring, an ingenious little contrivance for marking the cards while playing. in a systematic man- ner. so that in half an hour one can tell each card as well by the back as by the face. A1- thongh it is not generally known, it is now in use by a few of the oldest and best protes eional players in the country. It is no secret that in the gaming houses marked bank playing cards are used. The pattern on the hack seems innocent enoush until held at a certain angle under the light and then the difierence between the cards may be seen. The preenhorn cannot tell the pack from lair cards in common use, but the professional can tell precisely the cards that his opponent holds. There ars loaded dice, which are made in exact imitation of ordinary dice. Then there is the spy, a reflector about) the size of a. half dollar, which. it is said, can be used with perfect safety either on t table or on the knee. The life swanâ€"Forester: “ Unthankful. ness is of the world pay. 806 you, of this man thete have I the life saved. and he bids me the time not once." Forester : “ No ; by one hunt shot I him a whole load duckshon in the fur cap. had I a. little deeper shot, it would out with him have been." Captain : “ Look you once. under officer. what the Meyer for gigtmtic strides makes 1“ Under ofiicer : “ Excuse Mt. Captain, that does he only out of avarice." Captain : " Out of avarice ! How so that I" Paved with Extinct Stars. In a race nt scientific paper Sir John Lub- book says : “ Like the sand of the sea. the stars of heaven hsve ever been used as effec- tive symbols of number, and the improve. ments in our methods of observation have added fresh force to our origin-1i impressions We now know that our earth is but a fraction of one out of at least 75,000,000 worlds. But this is not all. In addition to the lnminons heavenly bodies, we cannot doubt that there are countless others, invisible to us from their great distance. smaller size, or feebler light ; indeed we know that there are many dark bodies which now emit no light or comparatively little. Thus in the ease of Procyon, the existence of an invisxble body is proved by the movement of the visible stsr. Again I may refer to the curious phenomena presented by A1301, a bright star in the head i I Medusa. This star shines without change for two days and thirteen hours ; then, in three hours and a half, dwindlee from s star of the second to one of the fourth magnitude, and then. in another three and a hull hours, reassumee its original brillianoy. These changes seem certsinly to indicate the pres- ence of an Opaque body which intercepts at regular intervals part of the light emitted by Algol. Thus the floor of Heaven is not only ‘ thick inlaid with petines of bright gold,‘ but studded also with extinct starsâ€"once probably as brilliant as our own sun, but now dead cold, as Helmholtz tells us that our sun itself will be some seventeen millions of years hence.” Hardly are the first notes whistled, so opens itself the winduwand the aongbrother rrceives on the head the contents of a wash basin. At the same tune resounds a shriek~ ing woman’s voice : 7‘ There, hast, thou late to home coming ? Second humaman : “ How, on what way may have you him the life saved? Have you hi3) out of the wgter pulled ?‘_’ Under ofi‘icer : “ So that be his boots less wear out.” German Fun in Literal Translations. On one day of the carnival week at; New Orleans, was Mr. M., a jolly songbrother, on the to home going occupied. He was on the mask bull been and found himself in happy mood. On the way was be from somebody in the following wayepoken m : “ Excuse me. Can you whistle 2” “ Oh, yea i" “ Therefore qan youâ€"to meâ€"a great set- vice-make.~l live namely (hic)â€"there up two stairs highâ€"and when l luteâ€"lo home comeâ€"\hen whistle I ‘ du hint verrueokt mein kind’-aud my wife throws to me the (mo) key down. This evening but â€"-it i-J a little much become â€"the tongue will not well -I cannot Whistle I" “ Oh,“ it further nothing is,” said the singer, “ the melody know I.”_ With that steps 119 under the window and whistles. An Australian Ohinsman, when anxious to ‘ have a. wife of his own nation. sends a letter to an agent in Hong Kong. The following is a condensed translation of one of these epis- tles: “.I want a wife. She must be a maid- en under 20 years of age, and must not have left her father’s house. She must have never read a book, and her eyelashes must be half so inch in length. Her teeth must be as sparkling as the pearls of Ceylon. Ber breath must be like unto the scents of the magnificent odorous groves of Java, and her attire must be from the silken weavers of the K9. Li Ching, which are on the banks of the greatest river in the worldnâ€"thc overflowing Yang-tse-Kisng.” The price of a. Chinese women delivered in Sydney is £38; but two Chinese women only cost £52 3 therefore the heathen Chinese import women in couples. The importer never sees his women before they arrive, and then he generally selects the best-looking one. The other is shown around to a number of well to do Chinnmsn, and, et- tcr they have inspected her. she is submitted to what may he called a. public auction. At a recent sale at Sydney a. young girl, aged about 19, was offered, and, after some spirit- ed bidding, she was purchased by a wealthy Chinese storekeeper. whose place of business is m one of the leading towns of New South Wales. for £120. The melancholy aspect of the Celestial girl, as she went away in company with the man who purchased her, was de- plorable to the last degreeâ€"From the North China Herald. ‘ From the London Daily News, A letter has been receivol by Mr. Guild- ford Onalow from the claimant, who writes as, uaual from her Majesty's convict prison. Portsmouth. In it he rays he hopes Mr. Onslow is now convinced as to what likelihood there is of obtaining justic‘a in any form from the present Government. " As he (the claima ant) told him and his other kind friends be- fore the petitions went in. “ II was not likely they will do anythirg to expose their own villainy. and they now wellenough m liberate me they would I n the risk of doing so. They know well enough I am not the man to give up my just, inheritance so long as blood runs through my veins. It is my The Tichbome Claimant Heard From. How Chinamen Bargain for Wives. BRIO A-BRAC. it, vagabond, for thy qflihese cardé [11551 is a Idevicg Curious. Deception Practiced for Three Months by a Convict. Joliet Cor. Chicago Heiald. Thos. F. Jones, a horse thief trom Quin~ cy, put up a queer j »b on himself while in jail at Quincy. l‘he day after he had been sentenced by the Court to a three years‘ term at Juliet, he managed to take a fall from one of the jail corridors to the stone floor ion feet below, and was picked up by his felt. w prisoners and placed in bed. A physician was sent for and pronounced him afflicted with paralysis of the spine. caused by the fall. Joni-s pretended he could not move any part of his body but his arms and head. He lay in this condition for two weeks. The Sheriff, being compelled by law to deliver his prisoner to the Warden at Joliet within a certain number of days after sentence had been passed, had to carry Jones in a chair all the way to Joliet, where the sick man was placed in the prison hospital. The sheriff brought a letter with him from the anthor~ ities at Quincy setting forth the man’s case. and stating that he was paralyzed. The prison physician at Joliet, taking it for grant- ed that it was so, did not give the convict as close an examination as he otherwise would have done. Jones remained in his bed in the prison hospital for over three months, except for a short period each day, when he was lifted into a chair while an attendant made up ,his bed. One morning as the physician was pass-1 ing through the hospital he saw a movement made by Jones that caused him some surprise. A person afllicted with spinal paralysis could not possibly move his body in the manner Jones had just done. A close examination failed to show anything further to excite the doctor‘s suspicions. The man appeared to be perfectly helpless. To test the matter more satisfactorily the doctor procured a sponge saturated with ether, which he applied to the patient’s nose, under the influence of which Jones soon began to draw up his legs and stretch himself. As soon as the effects of ether began to disappear the doctor began shoving a small needle into the various parts of Jones’ body. The man stood the pain a moment only, then sprang from the bed clear across the room. He confessed to the decep- tion he had so successfully carried out for three months, and said he was ready to go to work. His object in claiming to be paralyzed was for the purpose of getting rid of work, and work on the sympathies of the prison authorities in order to obtain a pardon. He told the doctor that if he had known what torture it was to lay on his back, week after wee ,he Maggi never have tried the dodge. bus aving ommenced it he had to carry out the deception, until he was finally discovered. Hie Kindness of Heart-Protest Aquinet Mileage on His Speech in Congress, In the year 1840 B. R. Randall. now a vet- eran in the land department of the Burling- ton and Missouri River railroad, located in Lincoln, Neb., commenced learning the print- ing business in the Springfield, 11].. Journal oifice. then managed by the Francis brothers. He arrived in town in the morning. and was taken to the printing ofiicethis clothing packed in a small sized trunk. It was a time of great political excitement. The log cabin enthusiasm was at its height. The day of his arrival the Whigs of Chicago came in, bringing With them a full rigged schooner on wheels and made their headquarters at the Journal oflioe. When the great convention adjourned, the Chicago delegation loaded their ship and returned home, carrying with them, by mistake the little trunk of the new appren- tice boy. He was not long in discoving his loss. It was his first great misfortune. A good many miles from his Schuyler county home, and among strangers, the poor lad sat on the sidewalk and bewailed his loss. A benevolent looking gentleman came alone while the boy’s grief was at its height. Plac- ing his hand on Dick‘s head, he said : “ What's the matter, my son '2" ” Matter enough 1" said the boy ; “ I’ve lost my trunk and all my clothing." “ How did you lose it ?" again queried the kind hearted stranger. “ I put it in the front office. and them Chicago fellows must a took it.” “ Well,” continued the tall gentleman. “ don’t cry. I’ll see if i can get it back for you." Taking the name of the boy and a description of the little trunk. the stranger deiarted. Within ten days the missing pro- perty was returned, and Dick Randall’s heart made happy. The stronger was Abraham Lincoln In speaking of this incident of long ago, Mr, Randall says : “ My love and veri oration for Mr. Lincoln have never faltered. The man who would thus interest himself in the affairs oi a strange child must huvea heart in the right place, and Abraham Lin oolii’s whole life proved that it was thus lo- cated." I would state in this connection that, during Mr. Lincoln’s occupancy of the Presidental chair, Mr. Randall served faith- fully as Assessor of Internal Revenue in one of the central Illinois districts. duty lo my God. to my friends. to my dear children and to myself not to do so. You must ‘tIEO bear in mind that :here is in tha prurient Gomrnmem that same gentleman who. notwithstanding his position as 9. Gabi net Minister, came forward and volunteer- ed his evidence to contradict mine as to the mane Mrlbhurne was in in 1854. I will make no comments on his evidence, for every old colouist knows its pseudology.” As to a new trial. that,in his opinion, would be a. sheer waaie of money, " while my Lord Coleridge fulfils the seat of junioei al‘huugh I should hone, now that he has risen to such an ex. 111th and high position‘ he would think twice before he disgrmed it.” During Mr. Lincoln‘s only term in Con- gress he made but one set speech, and in that efiort he displayed great logical powers, and the exposure of the President‘s pretense that “ American blood had been shed on Ameri- can soil" by the Mexicans was overwhelmâ€" ing. It oommandzd the wrapt attention of the house. When he concluded his brother members gathered about him and tendered hearty congratulations. In the heat of the argument he had moved up and down the aisle several times. Finding himself in the vicinity of the clerk's desk he would retire and again talk himself to the front, One Ohio member, nicknamed ” Sausage" Saw- yer, didn’t want to enthuse at all, probably owing to a Want of sympathy with Lincoln’s politics, and to an eastern member’s ques~ non, “ Sawyer, how did you like the lanky Illinoisian‘s speech ? Very able wasn't it 7” “ Well," said Sawyer. “ the speech was pretty good, but I hope he won’t charge mile- age on it." ~~The Courier-Journal knows of forty-four cases where people who smoked after going to bed awoke in a brighter laud. â€"â€"Cam.ela are said to thrive in Arizona, where they must create much astonishment, on account of being able to go so long with- out drinking. -A dog owned in Bethlehem, Pm. carried the smallpox into seven inmilies. and (lied feeling that he had accomplished his wholu dog-gonad duty. â€"Thexe are some men in our town, And they are wondrouswise, They promptly pay their paper bills And also» advexti 5. And while they rent) a. thousand fold, The fooli-Hh ones stand y And say, " We, too, might win the gold, But We're afraid to my." ANEODOTES OF LINCOLN. FEIGNING PARA LYSIS. M 'l‘eefv In view of his last sermon the New York Times says Mr. Beecher can have no dlfli culty in exchanging pulpits with Mr. Bob Ingeraoll. Rev. 8. S. McMahon of Rising Sun, 1nd,. deblined te Sign a pmition for Mason and is likely to have to leave his church in conse- quonce. The Rev. F. R. Beattie, M. A., of Baltin more, has accepted the call from the first Presbyterian church at Brantford, and will be inducted soon. The Right Rev. Dr. French. bishop of Lahore, has been awarded the war medal for Afghanistan. having ministered under fire to dying soldiers in the campaign of 1879 81. The Rev. Mr. Allen, of Bombay. reaeived a. war medal for similar services in 1840-41, In the notorious ecclesiastical trial of Hare against Hinman there has been a good deal of uneleanuesa and some fun. Perhaps the beat mm; was the remmk of Deacon Clark that a certain woman was not a real Christian wo- man, but a. Presbyterian. On a recent Sunday John B. Gough refused to occupy pnlpits in the lending churches in Chicago, but accepted an invitation to lec- ture to the poor people of the Railroad chapel. The pastor and members of a Brooklyn church, last Sunday, offered prayers for a. de- faulting member and his family. Queer place. Ella: Brooklyn ; queerer still ibs people. A boy who was caught in the New York cathedral on Sunday last picking pockets,said he dxd it to earn money to learn to read and write so he could commit forgery. A new ball, bearing the inscription, “ Sin- ners. this bell calls you to the worship of Christ and nothing more,” has been presented to the Baptist church of Dedham. A ,flubuudltsla clelgywun who had been as- signed to a congregation that began to oriti~ owe his preaching, said that they only ridi- culed them-“elves. “ Because. beloved friends, f I could preach well du you think I would have been arm out here to mrnister to a 105 of lankheaded iguorumuses lxke you ?" A women went into a Philadelphia church and took a pew. Another woman, she hays. came to the pew door and l< oked and locked. I stepped out, and she stepped in, and sat at the door of the pew. Thenupun I left. In Home prayer books of that church is wrxtten : This pew holds eix persons. Strangers are requested not to sit here. A Maryland mun who wanted to do some thing in memory of his wife has erected a church spire and put four big hens in it. The. people in that locality will keep that woman‘s mgmory green for yeara to come. The wary elnmnntfi of juatice and eqnity are threatened when a. Canadim clergyman, in a sermon received with plaudits by his congreâ€" gation, declares that it was a disgrace to punish Mason for his attempt on Guineau’s life. Dr. Em; and Dr. O‘Roilly are the Protes- tant and Human Catholic Bishops (of Inver- pool. and letters addn-saed to the Bushop of Liverpoiul are constantly gutting "no wrong hands. Recently Dr. 0 Reilly got. one contain- ing a large subscription L r a religious purpose in which Dr. 3er was interested, and Dr.R§lO got. a minuive congratulating him on the zml be was displaying in converting England to Catholicism! Dr. Rer is ared‘hot Probes. taut. The best 009.1 mine in Iowa was discovered by a man who was fishing on Sunday, has it was en‘smonher man‘s land and all the disv coverer got. was a ducking. “ What kind of little boys go to Heaven ?" A lively four year old boy, with kicking boots, flourished his hat. “ Well, you may answer,” said the) teacher. “Dead ones," the little fellow shouted to the full extent of 1113 lungs. Lung after the Reformation. Protestant inâ€" dulgences were granted in England. On the fly leaf of the first volume of the register of Pljmpton, is written : “ Whereas I certainly know that the wife of Edmund Parker of Bovington, in parish of Plvmpton, is under such a distemper of bodie that she is not fit to eat any salt flash or fish Whatever. there- fore I think fit, as minister of said parish, to license her to eat flesh during the time of her sicknsss according to the laws and statutes of the realme in that behalf. Given under my hand March 4, 1600. Semen, D. 0." Another entry. dated two years later, and signed by smother clergyman. gives 8. similar indul. genes to John Slanning. A lime girl read a composition before thr minister. The subject was A Cow. She wove in this complimentary semence : “ A cow is bhe mert useful animal in the world, except religion.” It is ndd that there are proffisaors nf reli- gion who are betwaeu 8L! and 90 years of am who are “ nut afraid to die if 1 was only pru- pamd for in." The Methodist; church, both in Canada. and the United States, is on the verge of a rebel- lion against fihe itinerant system for the min istry. It is often the case that clergyman of great merit and peculiar adaptability to a given field, are compelled to remove to some place Where the conditions are such as to ren- der them practically useless. Both clergyand laity are beginning to understand that all men are not suited to all fields of work, and to ap- preciate the advantages of a. syatem that shall permit the permanent location of a minister in a church to which he may be adapted by nature and education. ’1'Hereis a gradual rise being made in the salaries of firs; class New York City clergy. men. Pope Leo XIII‘ 13 very methodical in hm habits. flu uses inVarixhly at 6 in the mom-- um and retirea at 11 o‘clock at mghb. Th0 French Government hsm purchased Munkacry’a picture of Christ Before Pniaw, which will probably be placed in the Luxem bouvg. A young couple were baptized together at Tvousdaie, Tenn.. and immediataly uiterwam were married, and in their dripping garments, by the same clergyman. The Wife of Mr. Bianchina, the restaurant keeper of San Antoine, Texas, formerly a Methodist, renounced her Christian faith and joined the Jewish church. Though legally married, they were still not religiously so. ac- cording to the demands of the Jewish law. The Rev. Dr. Lowenthall read the 11th and 12th verses of a chapter from the book of Ruth, and also the 118th l’salm. Mrs Blan~ china made a confession of faith before the ark of the covenant, and was received into the faith. An appropriate and eloquent ad« dress by the Rabbi followed, in which be ad- manished her as to the due observance of the Sabbath and appointed festivals. He said her change of faith should in no way separate her from her former iriends, as the principles of the Jewish faith were charity, goodness and humanity. In New York one of the handsomest churches adjoins the finest beer garden in Amarica. ABOUT PREACHERS, CHURCHES AND RELIGION. wolded‘intn one : 0n fiis holy hill of Zion the rightful Sovereign Mine eye can see in vision the meridian of the sun On that day when earth’s dominions shall be be From pole to pole victoriousâ€"from the river to the sea. It is J oy’s ecstatic hour, and the triumph is com- plete ; By decree from all eternity the Son assumes the seat ; While the royal proclamation from the mighty retinue, WHOLE N0. 1,240 â€"â€"NO, 44, THE COMING DAY. “ I’ll mach ‘em I ” she punter], grasping the urchin by the ear and leading hzm ofl‘. “ I‘ll teach ’em to make it good or dance. Want to go fight Indians any more? Want to stand proudly upon the pinnacle of the mountain and scatter the plain beneath with the bleed- ing bodies of uncounted slain 7 Wam to say 'bisb !‘ in a tone thin brooks no conn adictiou? Propose to spring upon the tafirail and with a ringing word of cnmmand send a. broadside into me richly ludem galley, and then merci‘ fully spare the beautiful maiden in the cabin. that. she may bucnmu your bride? Eh ? Going to do it. any more? ” “ I wan to know if these are the premises on which the daring lad springs upon his fiery mustang and. (letting through the circle of Lhundersumck savages, cuts the ouptive’e cords and beers him away before the wonder- ing Indians have recovered from their aston- ishment? Thafa the information I’m after. I want. to know if that sort of thing is per- pen-Med here 1” and she swung the umbrella around her head. “I thinkâ€"l” commenced the dodging victim. “ I’m in search of the ahop in which the boy road agent holds the quivering stage driver powerless With his glittering eye, while he rohs the male passengers with an adroih nnes born of long and tried experience. and. kiSSeH the hands of the lady plssengeru wimh agallantry of bearing thm bespeaks noble birth and a. chivalrous nature I" screamed the woman. driving the young man into the corner. “ I‘m looking for the apartment in which that business is transacted l" and down came the umbrella wixh trip hammer (0:06 on the young man’s bead. " Iwam to be introduced to the jars in which you 1“ ep the boy scouts of :he bierras I Show me the bins full of the boy detectives of xhe pmlrie l PDix-t out to me tne barrels full of buy pirates of the Spunirh main 1 “ and with each demand she (ll'<’-pped the umbrella on the young man’s skull until be skipped over the dw-k and sought safety in 8. noxgh- boring canyon. “ I want to know if thus is the precinct where the adventurous boy jumps on the back of a buffalo and with unerrmg aim picks off one by one the bloodmhirsty pursuers who bite the dust at every cmck of his faithful rifle 7 I‘m looking for the place where that sort of thing happens I" and this time she brought the unlucky young man a. tremen- dous whack across the back. “ We publish stodes for boys," replied the yeugg man eyaeively. “I don’t remember those specific acts," protested the young mgp._ After the discharge of S. F. Payton, the man arreeted at Windsor and positively iden- tified by County Treasurer Crosby as he of the “cold” the day the treasurer'a office was robbed. the Canadian officers tracked him to Fort Erie, Ont., opposite Bufialo. Thinking he would go across to commit some deprecia- tions in the latter place, Acting Superintend- ent Girnrdin procured extradition papers to bring him from the state of New York, and sent to Fort Erie an ofiicer not generally known to the thieving fraternity, to lie in wait for Payton until he should cross the river. Payton was found with a gang of other thieves making their headquarters there. but was extremely cautious about getting into the jurisdiction of the United States. The aervicm; oi E. J. Luddington, constable of Welland county, were procured, and he on- gaged a saloon keeper named Donohoo. who agreed to induce Payton to cross the river. Donohoo, however, must have given the thing away to the gang, for soon after a notice was posted on the door of the hotel where the Detroit officer was stopping, and also on that of Constable Luddington. to tho efiect that if the kidnapper did not leave soon his body would be found some fine morning with a bullet hole in it floating down the Niagara river towards the falls; also that they were “ dead on to his racket” and meant business. and that there were plenty in the gang who would be glad of the chance to give him adofie. “ Upon this hint,” utter communicating with Acting Superintendent Girardin by telegraph, he left, knowing that there would be no chance to capture his man while the latter was aware of his object. Girardin to-day received a letter from (lon- stable Luddington stating that Payton and some more of the gang had been arrested there for smashing windows ; but as he can» not be extradited for this it will be of no avail in getting him here to answer for the county treasury robberyâ€"Detroit News. The other day a. stout woman, armed with an umbrella and leading a small ulctxin, called at the 011109 01 a New York buvs’ story paper. “ Is this the place where they fight Indiâ€" ans 7” she inquired of the meniin charge. “13 this the localny where the brave boy charges up the canyon and speeds a. bullet to the heart of the dusky redskin ?" and she jerked the urchin around by the ear and brought her umbrella down on the desk. With each question she hammered the yelpinp; urchin until his bones were sore and ha protested the permanent abandonment of all the glories enumerated. “ Then come along,” said she. taking him by the cullar. " Let me catch you around with any more ramroda and carving knives. and you’ll think the leaping, curling, resist- let-us prairie fire had swept with a ferocious roar of triumph across the trembling plains and lodged in your paumloons to may I “â€" Brooklyn Eagle. “ Upon flay soul, mu’amâ€"I” gasped the wretched youth. Some thirty years ago Mr. Green. an amiab e Englishman. seeing a rather shabby old man looking for a seat in church opened his pew duct, brvukoned to him. and placed him in a cumiorlable corner, with prmer and hymn bvuks The oldgentlemunyhocurefully noted the name 111 these latter. expressed his thanks warmlv at the close otthe services. ‘ I'ime had eff-cod the incident from Mr. ;Gruen’s recollect-inn. when he one day re- ceived an intimation that by the death of a gentleman named \Vilkmsun he had become entitled to $35.0(IO a year. Mr. Wilkinson wasa solitary old man without relatives. Green’s act prepoaseaeed him in his favor; he inquired about him.nud found that he bore lha highest character. There Was a. marvellous); courteous hospitality in the matter of pews for some time after that be- quest, but nobody else has yet got 335,000 a year for a Seat. ANGING A BLOOD AND THUNDER NOVELIST. A Boston paper says: The great Methodist Episcopal machine is n. marvel, and works marvelously free from friction. When it is considered that the relations between pastor and people in nearly a thousand churches are each year here in New England alone reviewed, and in at least a third of the cases changed, from three to five hundred oleigy- mun going to new fields eflnbor.and as many churches receiving new pastors. all wuhin aperlod of thirty days, with but a- eingle Subbalh’s interruption of the Work, and all. too, noiseleesly and quietly. in ifl not to be wondered at that, with all its intricate machinery. the mansee of its minirture and members are opposed to change and Isaiah innovations. Meqhodiem as n system has its hAl'dShlpH and lid disadvantages. but it has also its advantagrs. and must. be reckoned when taking account. of the moral forms of New England. â€"There is more happiness in an ounce of contentment than them is in a. ton of gold.â€" Oil Uity Drrrick. Send on your ton of gold; we have forwarded our ounce of contenh mom. Summons all who shared the labor, and the weary watching too. O, my soul r what is thy station, as that Blessed One appears ‘? Was the path Where strayed thy fellow ever Spangled by thy teams ‘2 Is that joyful heart responsive ‘9 List the beutific wardâ€" “ Immuuch as ye have done this, share the glory of thy Lord 1” WHY HE DIDN'T GET PAYTON. â€"Chriatian at Work.