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“ Oh, yes," put in Mrs. Trnccle quickly, " I met him once at a Primrose League meeting.” “ Ah," said Mr. Burke with satisfaction, “ then we are nntquite such strangers nfter all. When I called at your door 1 little “ Certainly, madam,” answered Mr. Burke with a sigh, “ although the subject to me is a most painful one. I belong to that most unfortunate class of men, Irish lundlorda. I still nominally posses; a. con- Hidereblo estate near Ballymulwacking, and i am cousin to Lord Grabmore of that neighborhood, of whom, perhaps, you have heard.” "Indeed," said Mrs. Truccle. still more favorably impressed. “May I ask for a little information as to your antecedents and claims ‘2 ” " I walk with a lm'ch on the solid earth Though when J am on the sea. Not a single skip is made by the ship That isn't as well by me. “ I know it, madam,” replied Mr. Burke, “ but the assistance I want from you is not pecuniary assistance ; I merely want your help to put me into a position where I can earn my bread.” ” Oh, I mm a jolly old tar," he said, “ And I've gut my sea. legs on; And they call me Jack as the slap my back, Though I was christened Jo n. " Oh, yes! it's funny as such fun goes ; 1mm don’t laugh, ‘ Haw, haw !’ Au much as you old 1mm lubbers do, 'J'Lmt‘s right lâ€"give me your paw. “ And you want to know why I walk straight 0n the ship, and not. on shore ‘r‘ ' It’s because on the ship I’m o'er each tnp, While on laud I'm but half-seas o‘er. " And you want to know how I got my name 1‘ And he gave his Mourners a hitch, ” We don’t go far for the nilhle Jack Tar; It comes from the venera pitch." “I am always ready, sir,” she said, “ to aasist, as far as my means allow, persona deserving my sympathy.” Mr. Eustace Burke said this in such a nice, flattering way that Mrs. Truccle's already good opinion of him was consider- ably enhancad. And that was the grufi‘ 01a Feilor‘s Sake, Which he muda as he luffed aboard, _ And which steadied his jog and sweetened hxs HYDE When the wind through the rigging roared. â€"Earl Marble in Texas Sailings, Her political ideas acted on her charita- ble feelings in this way. They made her very careless about the sorrows and miser- ies of the teal poor. and very attentive to every cry of distress raised by the unhappy wealthy classes. Reports of destitution m the east of London, or of famine among the cotters of the west of Ireland, moved her very little; but when she heard Lord This or Lady That dilating on the woes of the money lenders and exploiters of Egypt, or of the rack-renters and extortionists of Ireland, she was quite overcome with sym- pathy and sorrow for their troubles, and ready to subscribe any amount to assist them in their cause. Mrs. Jane Maria Trucole was a most charitable lady. Out of the very consider- able wealth which the late lamented Sam Truccle had left her she contrived to spare a good deal for what she considered deserv- ing objects. Unfortunately, however, the direction of her charity was largely influ- enced by feelings other than those of pure benevolence, and consequently, what she considered deserving objects were often hardly those thst excited the sympathy of the unbiased philanthropist. ” I trust, Mrs. Trucole,” he said, “ that you will forgive the liberty that I, a com- plete stranger to you, have taken in daring to cell on you. I assure you that nothing but your reputation for kindness to the unfortunate is to blame. It you will be benevolent and generous to those who have had disasters in the world’s struggle. you must expect, Mrs. Trucele, occasionally to have a. miserable beinglike myself appeal- ing to you for assistance." Oh, IL queer little chap is the honest old teadvrl A funny old fellow is he. Living under a stone by the side of the road, 'Nentll the shade of the old willow tree. Ueis dressed all in brown from his tool to his crown, Have his vest, that is silvery white, Hc takes a long nap in the heat of the day And walks in me 0001, dewy night. “ Ramp, youp I" says the frog From his home in the bog, Run the toad he says never a word. MRS. TRUCCLE’S CHARITY. The feelings which had most influence in directing or misdirecting her charity were those she was pleased to entertain on poli- tics. To be sure, she knew nothing in the world about politics. That, however, did not preventâ€"perhaps, indeed, it rather a’s- sistedâ€"her, being a tremendous Tory. She was a Primrose dame of high degree, a liberal subscriber to every antivLiber a1 undertaking, a bitter despiser of all parties and persons Whom smart people oonsid at “low,” and a profound and ecstatic adâ€" mirer of that fashionable society about the pnrlieus of which she was delighted to move. It was the morning following the final meeting for tho season of one of these oommitteesâ€"â€"one for the protection of lrish landownersâ€"and Mrs. Truccle was seated at her breakfast reading the annual report. In it her name was several times mentionedâ€"st mentioned, too, in connec- tion with those of two duohesses, one marchioness, three countesses and variogs other ladies of lesser title. As the widow read she could not help feeling, with ‘a. benevolent glow on her face, that, after all, virtue is its own reward. ' She had just finished the report, and was sitting reflecting how she could further show her devotion to so deserving a. cause, when her meditations were uninterrupted by the advent of the butler. He brought her a gentleman’s card. Aetonished at such a very early visit, Mrs. Truoolehaatily took the card, and, putting on her specta- cles, rend the name on it. A FASHIONABLE PHILANTHROPIBT. “ Mt. Eustace Burke," she said. “ Who is this person, Baker? I never heard of him before.” How She Assisted a Broken-Down Landlord. “ Don’t know, ma’am,”'replied Soker. “He says he wants to see you on very impgrtgnfi bpainqssfi “ Indeed,” and Mrs. Trucole. That’s Very strange. What doas he look like ?" “ Oh, very genteel, ma’am. Look like a gentleman a little bit down in the world.” LL‘he amiable Soker was a. shrewd judge of character, and his mietrees put great reli- ance upon the estimate he formed of strangers and acquaintances. ” Well, I‘ll see him. He 5 in the library, I suppose ‘2” “ Yes, ma'am.” When Mrs. 'l‘ruccle entered the library she found that Mr. Eustace Burke an- swered very well to her butler‘s description of him. He was a tall, rather handsome man, with, in spite of a threadbare coat and an appearance of poverty. a certain air of distinction about him. His man- ners, too, were refined and high-bred. The bow he gave Mrs. Truccle as she entered the room was so dignified, and at the same time so pathetic, that the good lady’s heart quite melted toward him. She saw at once that he was just the sort of person she always pitiedâ€"the person who, after hav- ing lived for years on other people's labor, is now reduced to the sad necessity of trying to live by his own. After -a formal greeting, the stranger apolge. Jack’s Jolly Joke. Honest Old Toad. â€"'1'}z,e Presb yteriam 'knew that you and my distinguished rela- tive were friends.” “ He knows that his poor cousin is in difficulties," thought Mrs. Truccle, “ and I suppose he knows, too, that he has been applying to me for assistance. He should be ashamed of himselfâ€"a. rich man like “ By the way, Lord Grabmore, I met your cousin, Mr. Burke, lately." “ What, Eustace ?" asked Hie Lordship. “ Yea. Mr. Eustace Burke.” “ In Paris?” “ No; in London.” “ What on earth was he doing in Lon- don ‘2" said His Lordship, in an) thing but a pleased tone. Mrs Truccle went very red and hesi- tated. “Ah! I see," said Lora Grabmore, drilyLnxgd he at_once_ phangad the_aubjeqt. "Well," said Mrs.Truccle, blushing a. little at the idea of being thought a friend 01 the great Lord Grabmore. “ Well, we’re hardly friends." “At least acquaintances,” said Mr. Burke. “But to resume, madam. Some years ago my income from that estate was counted in thousands ; to-dayI don’t receive from it a penny. My wife, who once had her carriage and her footman, is now actually in want of bread ! " Still she kept her promise, difficult though the task was. Once only did she in the slightest degree infringe it, and then the temptation was enough to excuse anybody, for whom did she meet but her caretaker’s cousin, Lord Grnbmore? She met him at a Primrose League reunion at Lady Swaren’e house, and had a short chat with him. Then all she said was this : “ You may Well say so, madam. We have neither bread to eat not a roof to cover us. “is in this fearful state that as a last resort I have come to you to ask you to assist me to obtain a. place where I can earn enough to keep body and soul together." And Mr. Burke, as he spoke, nearly sobbed with emo- tion. 7 A Mrs. Truccle was happy and contented. She felt that she had really and truly done a good work. She had assisted a lady and gentleman who had been rich and were poor, who were well born and very smart, and who were nearly related to the peer- age. Only one thing detracted from her satisfaction. That was her promise of secrecy. Mrs. Truccle was not one of those who love to hide their light under a bushel. When she did a good work she thought half its moral effect was lost if all the world did not know of it. "‘I‘Vbiéfidful, dreadful!” exclaimed Mrs Truocle. “ Mr. Burka, you may rely on me,” cried Mrs.’1‘ruocle. " What sort of a place would you like? ” “ Madame, your kindness overpowere me." said Mr. Burke in a broken voice, “ and yet it ie what I should have expected. Madame. I was brought up a gentleman, and so know none of the vulgar ways of earning a livelihood. The places I am capable of filling are only humble ones. I can think of one only. Many people of fashionâ€"yourself probably among the num- berâ€"will soon be leaving town. Caretakers will be wanted to look after the houses. Do you think you could get any of the nobility or gentry of your acquaintance to accept the services of mySelf and wife in this direction? " He took a number of letters from "his pocket, and, selecting two from among them handed them to Mrs. Tucele. One was from Rev. Mr. Mortmain, vicar of Suobton, and Knight Almoner of the Primrose League. It ran as follows : Gurzon and Sweren Habitation, P. L., Snobton. Rev. Mr. Mortmain, vicar oi Snobton, and Knight Almoner of the Primrose League, is deeply grieved to learn how the perfidious policy of the murder league in Ireland has reduced Mr. Eustace Burke from affluence to poverty, and strongly recommends the case of this unfortunate scion of a noble house, ruined by the die- honesty and covetousness of the lower or- ders, to the benevolent consideration of the happier members of his own class. “ Certainly, Mr. Burke, most certainly," said Mrs. Truoole. “ As you guess, I'm leaving town myselfâ€"tor my house at Hastingsâ€"and taking my servants with me. I usually get a policeman to live here when I’m away, but I shall only be too happy to have you and your wife in- stead." Mr. Eustace Burke overpowered the good lady with fervent thanks He assured her over and over again that she had saved him and his poor wife from absolute star- vation, and that he never could, should or would forget her kindness to him. Then at last he rose to go. It was only now that he was about to leave that it occurred to Mrs. Truocle that she was acting with hardly her usual pruv deuce. In her charitable haste to help the distinguished pauper she had quite for- gotten to ask him for references to show that he was as distinguished as he said. She had heard a good deal in her length- ened experience of the world of rogues who were very clever at passing themselves off as gentlemen, and, in spite of her own and her butler’s opinion to the contrary, Mr. Burke might not be the broken down aris- tocrat he seemed to be and said he was. Now, however, that she and he had, as it were, become acquainted, she felt rather embarrassed about asking him for refer- ences of character; it seemed like throwing doubt on his truthfulness and honor. Still she felt that it must be done. As, there- fore, he moved to ward the door, she said,. in a hesitating way 2 "Oh, I understand, madam,” he said, with a smile. “ How stupid of me, to be sure, not to have thought of it before! 0! course, you want references to prove to you that I am who I represent myself to be, and that my end story’s true. I think I have letters with me that will satisfy you on both points.” The other was from the grant Marquis of Gooseberry himselfâ€"or rather from his private S_e_ore_t_ary. _It 1:511 as {ollowsi - Sm,â€"â€"The Marquis of Gooseberry directs me to return you the enclosed letter of rec- ommendation, and to forward you a check for two guineaa. Yours obediently, S. SPANIEL. “ I can produce many others,” said Mr.‘ Burke, when Mrs. Truoole had finished readigg these “ These are quite sufficient,” replied Mrs. Trnodle. “ Where the Marquis of Goose- berry sees‘good to assist, it does not become a. humble person like myself to raise diffi- culties;” Mr. Eustace Burke bowed. “ Now, madam,” he said, “ that you are satisfied with my bone fides, may I ask one slight concession from you ‘2" “ Most certainly, Mr. Burke.” “Madam,” said Mr. Burke. with digni- fied humility, “ I have fallen low, but my pride is still as high as ever. May I im- plore you, then, to spare it by keeping secret the fact that I am forced to earn a livelihood in this menial way ‘7” The next day Mr. Eustace Burke brought round his wifeâ€"a most ludylike person, Mrs. Truoole could not but confess to her- selfâ€"and introduced her to Mrs. Trueole, and then the three of them settled the terms on which Mr. Burke and his wife were to become caretakers. A week or so later Mrs. Truccle, after sending all her superfluous jewels to her banker for safe keeping, left for Hastings, and the Burkes were duly installed in charge of her town house. “ But, Mr. Burie. perhaps you would be so kindâ€"â€"-â€"” And with this she came to a. twisting. Mr. Burke. in a. moment, perceived what she meant, and cameito hte relief._ " Decidedly," replied Mrs. Truoole, with a. generous air. ” It is not my nature to trample on the fallen. No, Mr. Burke; I regret deeply that you are towed to earn your living, and I will not add to your humiliation by any act, or behavior, or word of mine.” Mrs. Truccle was just being carried off screammq when Mr. Guiles rushed into court. Reaching his office, and finding that his client had gone alone to her house, he followed her. She had, however, by that time been arrested and taken off to Grape street. When after some difficulty, Mt. Guiles discovered this, he followed post haste to explain the blunder. Mrs. Trficole was liberated, of course, with many apologies; but her jewels, and “ Remove her at once,” said the magis- (irate. " I think the doctor had perhaps better see her." “ But, air, for goodness‘ sakeâ€"â€",” cried Mrs, Truccle. hia; to lgt hia‘pqor‘rqlativg go. n-lzeggiqgf.’ “I don’t; know, your worship,” replied the detective dubious‘y. “ But she has kept on saying the xme thing ever since I arrested her.” Mrs. Truocle had been about a fortnight or so in Hastings when she received a. tele- gram from her solicitor that startled her. It said: “ Come to town at once. Want to see you on most important business.” “ What can it mean ‘2" Mrs. Truccle asked herself. “ Cam any of my invest- ments have gone wrong ? I hope not. Mr. Guiles is such a oarelnl man that that isn’t at all likely. But what can it be, I won- der ? At any rate, I must go. Soker, when is the next train to London ? I want to run up there for an hour or two." “ She says; she is Mrs. Truccle, your wor- shipl” gnswered the detective. “HIS she quite right in her head 7 ” asked the _m_agi§trqte. The moment Mrs. Truccle reached town she drove over to he: solicitor. Mr. Guilea was engaged in court, but; he had left orders that he was to be sent for when Mrs. Trncole arrived. But she was so eager to know at once why she had been telegraphed for that she asked the managing olérk what was the matter. “ But. sir,’ cried Mrs. Trucole desper- ately, “ I am Mrs. Trucole ! " “ What does she say ? " asked the magis- trate. “ WellI madam, I don't know that any- thing is wrong." replied that gentleman with legal cam-i'm. “ But may I ask who the caretakers are that you have in your house? ” “ Mr. and Mrs. Eustace Burke,” replied Mrs. Trucole, with a start. “ They are cousins of Lord Grabmore‘s. Why do you want to know ‘2 ” “ Oh, cousins of Lord Grabmore’a; are they l ” said the clerk reflectively. “ Per- haps there is homing wrong, then, after all. It only seemed to us that they were behav- ing very queerly for caretakers.” The detective stated the charge against herâ€"â€"that she and another person not in custody, by falsely representing them- selves to be Mr. and Mrs. Eustace Burke. had get themselves appointed caretakers of Mrs. Truccle's to wn residence, and that while there they did, by means of a forged order, purporting to be written by Mrs. Truccle, induce Messrs. Clinker & 00., her bankers, to send her Jewels to the house, where they made away with them. The detective pledged himself to prove not only this charge, but quite a multitude of othersI nearly as grave. Among these latter were several bad cases of defrauding tradesmen and jewellers, by the prisoner driving to them in a carriage, and by representing herself to be Mre.Truocle, and getting them to forward valuable goods to the house for approval, none of which goods were ever returned. There were also charges of obtaining money from numbers of public personsâ€"from the Marquis of Gooseberry downâ€"by means of begging letters. In conclusion, the detective asked the Magistrate for a day’s remand, until he could collect his witnesses and communicate with Mrs. Trucele, who, he understood, was at present living at Hastings. _ “ Ceifninly, sergeant.” replied the magis trate. " Remanded till fo-morrow." 7‘ Wfiaf are' they doing? ” asked Mrs. Truocle. “ Well, in a few Words, happening to pass your house yesterday, I observed with sur- prise that it seemed to be occupied as usual. All the blinds and curtains were up and the Windows clean. I knocked at the door, and it was opened by a. footman.” “ 1"rln quite able to take care of myself, thanks,” cried Mrs. Truccle, thereby doing herself lit.th more than justic_e._ ‘ “ A fobtman! ” exciaimed 'Mrs. Truccle in amazament‘ “ What was he like? ” “A tall, rather distinguished-looking man, with handsome features and dark eyes:' “ Well, his answersâ€"let him be what he mayâ€"«were so unsetiefactory that when I reported them to Mr. Guilea he sent one of our clerk; to keep a. look out on the place. He reported that a. lady, dressed in great style, drove up to the house and went in, and the servant next door told him that tradeepeople were continually calling. So, thinking the whoie affair looked auspicious, Mr. Guilea this morning, Without waiting for instructions, asked the poiioe to look into the affair.” “ He was quite right,"cried Mra.Truocle, much excited. “ And I‘llgo offthia minute 39d hqve the Burke»? v.8zgésteds4 t,th éi'e eViaently a couple of résonl‘ny swindlers l” Bug," madmh, Mr. Guile‘s told me to ask'y’ou: to wait until heretumed,” said the mangging qlerki Accordingly away the good lady drove to her house to bring the Burkea to book. When she reached it she found it as the managing clerk had described. Foaming with rage, Mu. Trucole jumped out of the cab and rnahed up the steps. She rang the bell violehtly~; there was no response. She rangit again ; still there was no answer. She was about to pull it a third time, when a. hand was placed on her shoulder. She turned round indign- antlv. “ What do you mean, sir ? " she said to the gerson who had tgken {he jibgrty: __ “ I mean, ma’am,” replied the fellow with mock deference, “ that the old man has bolted. He got wind that we were on his truck, and cut his stick. It was mean of him to snvq his own _skin and leave you." "“ Burke, as I’m a woman!” exclaimed Mrs. Truoole. . “Leave me! ” exclaimm “ I don‘t understand you.” “ I mean, ma'am,” said the man, “ that the cove you call your husband has bolted, but that; you won’t get the chance of doing the same. 1 arrest you for obtaining from Messrs. Glinker & C0 , bankers, possession of Mrs. Truccle's jewels by means of a forged letter. And before Mrs. Truocle knew what was happening she was hurried back to the cab she had just left and driven off to Grape street police court. There, in spite of all her remonetrances, she was placed in a cell among a number of women of queer char- acter and queerer manners until the magis- trate could hear the charge against her, and by the time she was brought into court the poor lady was so overcome that she could scarcely speak. “No, I don’t," said the detective, “ but I know that you have been passing yourself off as her, and that you’ve contrived to swindle a good many folks in that way. You‘d better come along quietly now that the gameiis up."_ “ But I came up ffom there this ing li’_ple_agledrrMrssATArupclg. “But: I and Mrs. Trucolal" cried the p00{}ady, _desperately. 7‘ Ali right," replied the detective. “ You can tell the magistrate that, but, mean- whil_e, _yoglgmet_ pome ajoqg w_i§h me.” “I shall be disgraced f5: lite," sobbed Mrs. Truccle. “Very likelyâ€"not to sayimpriaoned," replie§_th_e caljgus gonstsjblq. Mrs. Trucole stead dumbfounded for a moment or two. “ Do you know, sir," she then said, “ thy.) Ifmyself 79m Mtg. Titucole ? ” _ “Now: theré'a no dae making a disturb- ance. We know what we're about. Mrs. Trugcle i} at Haetigga.” exclaimed Mrs. Trhcele. morn- Shirt to Wristsâ€"~60 you are in trouble 1 again with the cuffs on? i Wxiets to Shirtâ€"Well, you are Well‘ ironed.â€"N. Y. Sun. Eastmanâ€"Sail a bout? Why, it’s easy as awimmin‘. Jest grep the main sheet with one hand an’ the tiller with the other, an’ if a flaw strikes, ease up or bring ’er to, an' loose the halyards ; look out fer the gaff nn’ boom, or the hull thing ‘11 be in the water, 511' ye‘ll be upset; but 1f the wind is steady y'r all right, onless y’r tm slow in lutfiu’ m; ’cnnse then y'll upeaot sure. ‘Jump right in am‘ try it ; but, remember, whatever ye do, don’t jibeâ€"New York Weekly. the rogues who stole them, have been seen no more. It turned out that they were a pair of well-known sharpere and begging letter writers, for whom the police had been on the lookaut for some time. The real Eustace Burke, Mrs. Truocle has since been disgusted to discover, is s. penniless drunkard, who, after spending all he poss- essed, now lives on a small pension which Lord Grabmore allows him on condition that he never comes to England â€"London Truth. Culminatlon of a Mania {or Railw ey Specu- lation in England, Nov. 30th, 184 5. November 30th, 1845, is known in Eng- land as the great railway mania day. Speculation in joint stock enterprise reached its height on that day, soon to be followed by a collapse that proved ruinous to thou- sands of people. Railways had become profitable, and hundreds of plans for new lines were brought forward by capitalists, engineers, contractors, and people in almost every walk of life. Some were honest, but many the reverse. A law was then in force requiring that a mass of documents be filed in the Board of Trade in London on or be- fore Nov. 30th in the preceding year, be- fore any railway scheme could be pushed in Parliament. There were so many of these schemes in 1845 that surveyors enough could not be found to to prepare the plans and sections in time. Anybody under- standing this kind of work could command an enormous salary. Nov. 30th, 1845, fell on Sunday, but it was no Sunday near the Board of Trade in London. Vehicles were driving up during the whole day with agents and clerks bringing plans and sec- tions. In the country districts coaches were in greater demand than on Derby day. On the Great Western Railway an express train was hired by the agznts of one scheme ; the engine broke down and the train came to a standstill at Maiden- head, and was run into by another express train hired by the agents of a rival scheme. The opposite parties barely escaped with their lives, but managed to reach London in time. On this eventful Sunday there were no less than ten of these express trains on the Great Western Railroad, and eighteen on other lines. One express train steamed up to London at a speed of eighty miles an hour. An established company having refused an express train to the pro- moters of a rival scheme, the latter (me ployed persons to get up a mock funeral cortege and engage an express train to con- vey it to London; they did so, and the plans and sections came in the hearse, with solicitors and surveyors as mourners. At 'the Board of Trade extra clerks were employed, but they had great difliculty in keeping up with the work. In all, 1,263 of these railway schemes were filed, involving an estimated expenditure of about £1,000,â€" 000 sterling. Bayville Visitorâ€"I would like to get you to teach me to sail a boat. Scotch Church Moderators. The new moierators for the Scottish Church assemblies have been nominated. and both are in their way well-known men. The Church of Scotland will have Rev. A. K. E. Boyd, D.D , LL D., who is per- haps more familiar to the reader of British literature for his articles signed “ A. K. H. B.” then for his clerical position. The Free Church moderator will be Rev. Dr. Brown, of Edinburgh. one of the ministers who “ went out ” at the disruption in 1843, and who has written the "Annals of the Disruption,” an historical account of the troubles of those times. If you don’t know what ensilage is you might as Well be told now and have it done with. Ensilage is winter food for the patient and nutritious cow. The exhibitor explains all about it. It is really prepared corn. The corn not planted in the usual “ hills,” but in rowsâ€"drills is the technical term. This gives more of it to the store, but it knocks poetry out of the cornfield ; it doesn't leave any room for pumpkins, and a field without yellow pumpkins is a pretty poor affair. Just before the ears of corn harden and begin to whisper ofhusking bees, and going home with the girls‘ after they are over, the ruthless hand of the modern improved farmer cuts the stalks ofif close to the ground, and the whole crop is carried to the barn on a patent waggon and run thronghthe latest eneilage machine. which chops upstelks, leaves, husks, ears of corn, and sometimes the hired man’s fingers. There is no husking, no finding red ears ; no pumpkins, no jiok-lanterns ; nothing but the steady hum of the steam ensilage machine, and, perhaps, sometimes, afew earnest remarks by the hired man. After the corn is chopped up it is put in the silo, where it remains like canned fruit in a glass jil‘ till it is taken out and introduced to the now. There is no silo exhibition, but the man says that the farmer buys the ensilage and makes his own silo. Cows are very fond of ensilage, and it is said to be a rare and beautiful sight to see a cow hold up her plate for more. The man says that one farmer near Albany keeps his cows in the barnyard and feeds them ensilage and nothing else. He predicts that everybody will do this in a few years, so it seems that the pasture with the daisys and lazy bumble-bees will have to "go ” with the genuine cornfield. Pretty soon a farm will consist of one machine painted red. white and blue, and a small box of chemicals. Between scien- tific farming and India-rubber flowers the soil is fast becoming superfluous, and in a few years we can lay out the surface of the earth into baseball grounds and two-mile tracksâ€"N. Y. Tribune. Questions as to the candle power of elec- tric lights of the are system have been raised in Berlin, as in this country. The lamps used in Unter den Linden are re- quired to give a light of from 2,000 to 5,000 candles. It is asserted that they did not actually exceed 500 candle- power, so an elaborate series of photometric tests were made. The results varied with direction from which the candle power was mea- sured. The naked light gave Very little light in a horizontal direction (106 candles); at an angle of 20 degrees about 1,150 candles, and at an angle of 42 degress 2,014 candles. From that point the candle power sinks rapidly, and at 60 degrees there is no light, but shadow. The average without globes is about 1,228 candles. When globes are used the intensity of the light is more evenly distributed at the diffierent angles, but is greatly reduced, the loss amounting to from 40 to 53 per cent., and even with the use of reflectors the loss by the globes is 32 per cent. The ultimate result of the experiments is the estimate thatthe lamps, instead of being either of 5,000 or 2,000 candle power,give an average lighting power of 834 candles. Stated in a more under- standable way, when the lights are 26 feet 8 inches above the pavement, the light necessary for reading is obtained at the height of a man’s head, and at a distance of 53 feet.â€"Philadelphia Ledger. Candle Power of Electric Light. A STORY OF THE DAY. Easy as Swimmin’. What Ens'llage Is. Flat Irony. Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain, nee Endicoit has: left London with her hnabanrl am? afep children for a winter in Egypt. Christmas will be spent at Luxor on the Nile. Has a man a ri :ht to kiss his wife in a. theatre? This is the burning question of the hour in K ll-‘flb‘ C ty, thre, we author. itim have decided in Hie negative Dr. A. M. Goldsteiu and his with pmpuei a test case, and after some controversy were es- corted outside by s policeman. The sub- .eot is a. delicate one, but we are inclined to think the Kansas City decision is right. Johnnyâ€"Say, pa, are you in favor of thp Bible in the public sohoois‘? Fatherâ€"Of course. Why do you ask 7 " Nothini. Only I ngtioe you never have one in the house." ' It Lies as Much In Manners as In Features. What has beauty to do with love? Here is a question that is harder to answer than to ask. We all-have known that there is some sort of connection between them, but it is hard to define. Poets have often tried to define it, but, like other mortals, have failed. John Keats comes as near it, perhaps, as any of them when he says : Beauty is truth, truth beautyv-thnt is all Ye know on earth, and 9.1] ya need to know. That which we know to be true is more beautiful than that which we know or sus- pec_t of being false. Haven’t you known persons who seemed beautiful in your eyes until you discovered that they were not what they seemed? As long as they impressed you as being true they were beautiful, but the first line of mistrust made them ugly. You cannot love the fal=e in nature. You may admire it, and you may be fascinated by it, but you cannot love it. A millimet- made, hand-painted woman may win your admiration, and she may fascinate you, but she can never win your true love. This is true, because nature has made it; so. The true and the false go side by side, but never hand in hand. The man who mistakes fascination for love is in great danger of being led into a. path of misery. His affections will not be returned, neither will his kindness nor gen- tleness be appreciated. Maâ€"y the sallow not uae a little powder, or the pale-cheeked indulge in a. tinge of roqge ? _ > IE is the dlity of every girl, young lady. married woman and old maid to be just as handsome as she can. To do this she need not resort to exces- sive padding, extensive dyeing, or lavish painting. Indeed, she need not resort to padding at all, because fashion is so very liberal that the thin are allowed to wear loose, flowing gowns, while the stout may wear theirs as tight as the skin. Tan and sunburn are also fashionable, as that dark, and even tawny complexion are not only allowable, but quite the thing. Beauty lies is much in inanners as in features. If our girls and young women keep this in mind, and strive to be well-mannered, they would not be so much inclined to paint, powder, and dress in a fussy fashion. In is the well-mannered lady who feels most at ease in public, and attracts the most respectful avnention. She may not excite as much comment as her more flashy and highly colored eis’ter, but he: chances for happiness and prosperity are much better. If you have goods to sell advertise the fact. If any advertising canvasser wants to advertise your busincsa in a fancy frame at a depot pay him 200 per cent. more than it is worth, and let him put it there. When a man has three quarters of a second in which to catch a train, he invariably stops to read depot advertisements,and your card might take his eye. Patronize every cau- vasser that shows you an advertising tablet, card, directory, dictionary or even an ad- vertising Bible. if one is off :red. But don’t think of advertising in a wellâ€"established, legitimate newspaper. Your advertise- ment would find its way into all the thrifty households of the region where the farmer, the mechanic, the tradesmen and others live, and into the homes of the wealthy and refinedâ€"all of whom need articles and have the money with which to buy them ; and in the quiet of the evening, after the news of the day had been digested, it would be read and pondered upon, and the next day people would come down to your store and patronize you, and keep‘coming in increas- ing numbers, and you might have to hire an extra clerk or two, move into a larger block and more favorable location and do a big business; but, of course, it would be more expensive.~Ncu‘ Havun Register. She alone is truly beautiful who is true. Her face may not be pretty, nor her form exactly sylph-like, yet she is beuubifui in the eyes of him who believes in bar. Certainly they may, because it is the dujy_of_eve.ry woman to look wall. Bome ladies feel flattered to have gentle- men turn and look after them on‘the street, to gaze at them in public and make remarks about their shape. Could they hear the side remarks that are made they might not feel as highly flattered. Neatneas in dress and quietness in man- ners are two things that never fail to win the honest admiratim of respectable, vir- tuous men. Many a woman has won the affection of a good man'l'by the neatness and tidinesa of her ‘dress, n‘nd lost is by becoming negli- gent‘und sloyenly after m “tingeâ€"Putnam] Commercial ' Gazette. all been popular combinations and have been worn at Goodwood, the garden party at Marlborough House and at entertain- ments on board the ships and yachts off Portsmouth. The fashion of piping shoes with color comes to us from the commence- ment of the 18th century. The blick patent leather shoe, with colored satin heel, is another fashionable style, and is a copy of French court shoes worn very many years ago, the shape and general fashion being adhered to. though the patent leather is an invention of modern days. Those withered heels and handsome gold buckles are extremely smart, and most becoming to the foot. For the evening, brocade shoes, made with the contrasting heel and rand, with dainty .bows, lined with the color of the heel, or with out buckles, are in the height of fashion. Some of the bows are smartly set up, each one lined with color, drawn together at the base, in form somewhat resemblinga mouse’s ear, while others are laid over, upon the shoe, some- times with three pearl or orytal studs placed down the centre. The brocade is usually that of the gown the shoe is to be worn With, and the heel and rand that of the color in it, such as gold and white brocade, with a gold satin heel and piping, and so on. For ordinary evening wear, kid shoes are more fashionable than satin. For afternoon wear, colored and embossed morocco shoes, after the Louis XV. period, with high pointed instep flaps and hand- some buukles, are much worn. These shoes are often worn With historical cos- tomes. Wliat the Fashlmmhm London I) zmes Are “‘earing on Different Occasions. The most fashionable London shoes, for very smart occasions, are in silk, Suede, or morocco, corresponding with the gown, with concmeting heels, tends, and either ribbon tying the side laps togefiher on the instep or a handsome buckle, says the Home Journal. Grey silk or morocao, with white heels, tends and a silver buckle, darkâ€" greou with white, reseda With pale-pink, black with red, goli color with grey have THE SECRET OF BEAUTY. Hints as to Advertising. Flooring His 1’ SWELL SH 0 E5. There is a clock in Hazelton, Pa., which shows forty-right moving figures. It gives all the planetary movements. the moon‘s phases, Youth, Manhood. Old Age, Time and Death, each performing a part. Christ and Apostles, the three Marys, Satan, sentinels, and figures which play on the harp {ind organ, the battle of Monmouth, and Molly Bitcher and her water-keg, These figures perform almost incredible move“ ments, among them being the Temptation and Peter‘s denial of the Saviour, the latter act being marked by the crowing of a cock while Satan appears at an open window, rubs his hands and smiles gleefully. THE RITTENHOL‘SE CLOCK. “ T113 Rittenhouse Clock," owned by a Wellvknown Philadelphia editor, who has a taste for curiositiea and the wealth to indulge it, i: perhaps a moreingenious work than some I have mentioned. It has six dials. 01s shows seconds, hours, minutes, days of week and month, cwrocting itself for leap year variations and giving the moon's phases; the Second shows the movements of the planets, each being represented by a golden ball; the third shows the moon revolving round the earth ; the fourth shows Saturn on his 29-year orbit ; the fifth keeps sun time comparcd with meridian time; the sixth regulates the chimes and gives the choice of ten tunes The astronomical clock of Strasburg is probably the most famous of the world‘s great timepieces. The present clock was begun is -o47 and finished in 1574. Its original designers died while it was build- ing and Prof. Dasypodius iurnishoi plans for its completion, and the work was done under David Walkenstein. It is in perfect order today. In Size it is 30 feet high and 15 feet wide at the base. On one side is a winding stair, topped by five Corin- thian columns ; {on the other side is a gothic pillar, pinealled, each panel filled with paintings oi‘lluman figures. In front of the base is a huge globe, showing the equinoxus and relative positions of the sun and moon, while another arrange- ment shows the movements of the planets, fast days, holy days and feast days. Above the base is a stage on which figures repreâ€" senting the days of the week pass in order. On each side of the dial sits a cupid. One strikes the hours and quarters on a bell. while the other reverses an hour glass at the "roper moment. Above is the dial w: h the zodiacal signs and which shows the men’s phases, and surmounting that a on “net of automate that appear at noon. At 11.15 a cupid taps the bell, and from the upper cabinet a l.ttle child toddles out with a wand and strikes one on a bell and retires. At the secOnd quarter Youth comes out, and with a shepherd’s staff twined with flowers, strikes two. At the third quarter Manhood strides forth, strikes the 'bell three heavy blows with his mace and leaves. Twelve o‘clo:k sees a tottering The ordinary, everyday tower clock is not a very complicated piece of machinery. It is in fact an ordinary house clock on [L big scale, and its multiplication of dials i5 merely a. matter of pinions and adjustment of weights. But: there are clocks into which much ingenuity and years of labor hme been put and a. description, however briefY of some of them may be of interest. I think it 13 in St. Mark’s Cathedral, Venice, that & peculiarly designed clock is yet to be seen. The dialplate hour-marks are the signs of the zodiac and the phases of the moon. The Madonna. is seated on a. stage over the dial, and on religious festi- vals an an; " cones out, salutes, and blows a trumpet ; then the Magi come out and offer salumtiona and retire ; than two giants appnnr. Innk "p at the winged lion of St. Mark, mu. emke the hour 'on a huge bell. The “Columbus Clock," made in Co!â€" umbus, Ohio, occupied eight years of its builder’s life. It is eighteen feet high by eleven long at its base. It shows the earth in its diurnal and annual movements, and the poeithn of the planets in their orbits, together with miniature models of the signing of the declaration of independ- ence, Lincoln emancipating the Blaveu, a. walking man, etc, The old clock of Prague, built by one Hanusch about 1470, is one of the wonders of clock making ingenuity. The dial was eggâ€"shaped and nearly eight feet across. It was covered with hands, each hand having its particular duty to perform. 80 intri« oate was its mechanism, and so fearful were the citizens of Prague that some other city might have a similar, or better one, they declared poor Hanusch insane and put out his eyes. This wonderful clock told the centuries, years, months, days, hours, minutes and seconds. The hours were tolled on a bell by a skeleton, who, as he pulled the rope. nodded to a figure beside him as if to intimate that his last moment had come ; while the figure shrugged his shoulders and looked up piti- fully as if begging 8' other hour's respite. The clock was provided with figures of the twelve Apostles, and at intervals of an hour they appeared to l J6 spectators, “ in tunics and tights," and )ertorrned a kind of drill for the benefit of ;he citizens of Prague. Wonderful Ingenuity of Ancient and Modern Olockmakers, There are some very beautiful and inge- niously constructed clocks made in Paris and Vienna. I saw one it few years ago in which the only ev1denoe of motion, ssve the movement of the hands, was the per- formance ofa cat that at intervals cau- tiously extended her head and snatched with her paw at an almost-todventunsame mouse, whose tail always disappeared just in the nick of time down a holeiu a corner of the structure. Another clock presented avery rotund man eating potatoes with evident gusto, but, judging from the man- neri'i which he rolled his eyes, he had some difficulty in swallowing them. THE wonnb’s GREATEST CLOCK. The largest clock in the world is in the British House of Parliament, the train being fifteen feet long and five feet wide. The dials are 180 feet from the ground, and are 225 feet in diameter. The Cathedral at Maliues has a larger dial, but has only one hour hand. The minute hand of the Westminster olcck does not proceed regu- larly, but at its point jumps nearly seven inches every half minute. It telegraphs its time twice daily to Greenwich Observatory. The dial train is wound weekly; the strik- ing train twice a week. The hour bell is nine feet in diameter and weighs fifteen tons. It is distinctly heard at ten miles distance. The quarter hour bells weigh 8.000, 3,700, 2,800 and 2,300 pounds respectively. The clock has been running since 1859, and cost, with the bells, 0110.000. ’lhe striking movement cost 020,000y and that of the hands and dials, $26,500. i.__,'ureâ€"Old Ageâ€"bobble out, give the hell {out clumsy taps with its crotch and stagger off the stage. Then the skeleton Dmth, which has l);en looking on all the time, raises his betonâ€"n human femurâ€"and slowly strikes the hour of 12, While this goes on the twelve Apostles pass in order before the Saviour, who blessas each ; and a. cock, perched on the Gothic pillar, crows lustin three times, one cupid strikes the bell and the other reverses his hour glass This is probably the most complicated and wonderful clack in existence. There is a. clock in Paris which consists of a glass dial and two hands. The hands are balanced by a ball on the short end of each, and in these halls, which are only about an inch in diameter, is contained the mechanism of the clock. You can turn the hands to any point you like, and on re. leasing them they will swing back, oscillate for a moment. and then Show the correct time just as if they had not been touched. THE “’ORLD‘S BIGGEST CLOCK. SOME LARGE TIMEPIBCBS. AN ASTRDNOMICAL CLOCK. £1 with us. Send 200. for terms. Acolored rug pattern and 50 colored designs. W. 52 B' BUSH, St. Thomas. Ont. THECUDK’SBESTFRIEN‘E Ignatius Donnelly is said to be a dis- appointed man. He had confidently ex- psuied that the world would accept his Baconian cipher at once and shower "upot its discoverer the wealth and fame belongs for. But instead of taking Donnely aeri- ouslv the woxli is inclined to look upqu him as a. brilliant humorist. It ig strange that Douuelly should not be satisfied with this reputation. Lord Wolsr'ey'e Estimate of .he Central Figures 01 the Civil \Var. The perusal of these paper ‘iss revived my remembrance of this great struggle and of the impressions it left upon me at the time. The routine 0' military duty had stationed me in the neighboring Dominion of Canada. while this mighty fight was going on. It is not easy to describe the breathless interest and ex :itement with which from month to month, almost from day to day, we English soldiers read and studied every rep xrt to t could be obtained of the war as it proceeued. No doubt many of our impressions i the facts, as we re- ceived them at tho ru :nent, required to be corrected by subsequent investigation. It takes a. long time before the facts can be thoroughly threshed out from the mass of evidence bee-i ‘5 upon the co npliooted events of a greet war that spread over a. mighty cmtinent. Nevertheless, in one respect, at all events, the broad impr sssions then formed are confirmed by the emolu- sious since arrived at, both from the more elaborate histories and from this most valuable series of papers. I refer to the opinion that, amid the crowds of able man, of gallant so‘diers, and of clever ststesmen whom the epoch of the Americm civil war produced, the two men, Abraham Lincoln and Robert Lee, stand out a head and shoulders above all others. Neither of them were free from human error. Ex- perience and the teaching! of history warn us that perfection iss myth But how great were both of these two great men in their several spheres 1 How modest, how wise, how self-restrained, how generous, how large in their views, and how gmndly petri itic, as each understood patriotism ! â€"Article in North American Review. Mr. Stanley is expected to spend Christ mas exther at, Zanszar or Mombaesa, where he will be welcomed by Colonel Ewan Smith and George Mackenzie. any one of which may be repeated by premijg Q knob on the dial. â€"â€"'1‘h9 Prince of Wales on his present trip. drinks nothing but éerman mineral water; Nowadays We have clocks driven by water, by compressed air, olocka arranged so an to rewind themselves by an air cur- rent carried through a. flue. Reanntly a. Canadian, Mr. George Hess, of 1,. arioh. obtained a. patent for an elcctric cloak. In all probability, however, for some tim ‘0 come the propelling p0 .vnr of our ckgw clocks will be of the kind that “' quires a (hin or weekly expenditure of energy to be stored up in weights and paid out ..y grav- tation, just as in the clocks of the fifteenth century. A Hindoo legend tells us of a clock owned by a. prince of the far away times. A large gong hung by the dial. and before it a great heap of human bones, in all mung]: to make twelve complete ekeletone. “ When the hands oi the clock indicate the hour of one," says the legend, “ out from the pile crawled first the number of parts needed to form the frame of one man, pert coming to part with a quick click; and, when completed, the figure sprang up, seized a malletI and. walking up to the gong, struck one blow. This done, he returned to the pile and fell to pieces again. When 2 o’clock came, two men aroze and did likewise; and at the hours of noon and midnight the entire beep sprang up and, marching to the gong, struck one after another hie blow, making twelve in all; then, returning, fell to pieces as before.” A Little Girl’s Mistake. Little Lizzie may not have made such a mistake after all, when she told her play- mate that mamms was ever so much better since she bigm taking “ Golden Medal Dis- covery.” Lizzie meant Dr. Pierce‘s Golden Meflinsl Discovery, but many a. restored sufferer has felt that the discoverer was worthy of a golden medal. Better than all the medals, is the consciousness that thous- ands of cases of Consumption, “ Liver Com- plaint," Kidney Diseases, and diseases of the blood, have been cured by it. Lizzie's mamme was one of a countless army who haveleemed by experience the virtues of the “Discovery” 101' diseased Livers and consequent impure blood. It cures all Skin, Scalp and Scrofulous Affections, Salt- rheum. Tetter, Erysipelas, Boils and kin- dred ailments. It is the only medicine of its class, sell by druggists, under a positive guvzrnwwe that it will benefit or cure in all cases of disease for which it is recom- mended, or money paid for it will be re- funded. ” Hi. Johnny Henpeck, who wearafl 9 hangers in yoqt bongo ? " Agreat lawyer having died, some one asked Daniel Webyter how much of an estate he left. The anawar came quick: ” Like all great lawyers, he lived well and died poor.“ This was called to our mind by the remarkable statement lately made in a newspaper that all men of intellect accumulate property. Everyboly knows that money sense frequently, although not always, goes with a low order of brain.â€" I)uyton (Ohio) Democrat. Don‘t han, hawk, and blow, blow, dia- gueing everybody, but use Dr. Hugo's Catarrh Remedy and be ourgd. ' When the Forty-Second Highlanders Had the Worst of It. When the Forty-second Highlanders, or Black Watch, landed in Calcutta in the end of 1857, they were marched to the Scotch Kirk on Sunday in their full dress, with kilte and bonnets, to the great admiration of the public. But the mosqui- toes from the large tank near the kirk smelt fresh blood, and invaded the sacred bu‘l ling, and soon found their way to the unprotectei parts of the Highlander‘s legs, especially about their naked knees. For a while the men endured it bravely. Then one soldier and next another began to slap at the mosquitofis, until so many of them were fiercely slapping at their knees that the noise overwhelmed the prescher's voice, and he stopped his discourse, so that the men could be marched away to their berraoks.â€"â€"Longman’a Magazine. Dr. Pierca's Pellets, or Anti-bilious Granules, Laxative or Catharic according to size of 6016. Purely vegetable. “First nie fuder has ’em, ’11 thenIgit GENTS MAKE $100 A MONTH Johnny Doesn’t See the Point! LINCOLN AND BEL. Qi‘fih 6189' Money vs. Brains. MASQUETTE