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Pale little sister of rich red roses, Wild little sister of garden queens, Art thou content that thy flower uncloses Here where the 13nd to the ocean leans? They, where the lawns are soft and shar‘ed, Hold their court amid eyes that aze ; Th_r_)u__b3f thp lone lsea_ _liv’st.,_and fa ed Smitten of ever storm that blusters, Crushed by tKe mimic avalanche, Bravely still thy delicate clusters Laugh from thicket and thorny branch. Naught may be know of all thou knowest, All that the soft wind brings to thee? Under the cliff-top where thou growest Sail the ships to the open sea ; Art not thou and thy flowers clinging Ghosts of many a and farewell, Flattering home from the ships, and bring- In! Tidings for loving hearts to tell? 0r art thou, rather, a blithe fore-comer, Blown by winds from the homewnrd ships, A kiss, turned flower in the breath of Sum- mer A word that has quickened from eager lips? Nay, though sweet as the longed for hour, Fair as the face that we yearn to see, Nothing thou_ art llutfisimplle flower, Ethel would first notice poor mother’s tired look if they stayed so long, and pleas- antly chiding them would drive them 05 to the sitting room. Clay Whittle used often to come in with Hal to the mother’s room, and these little visits were seasons of delight to him. His mother had passed the portals over into the other side. How he missed ‘hel’ room and her counsel, and the time sfwet over at the Bruces, were choice min- utes and great helps to him. How Clay Whittle’s Manhood Was Crowned. Athel Bruce sat on a low rocker in the re- cess of the bay windows, apparently in deep thought. A very pretty picture she made, so her brother Hal thought as he passed along the street in company with Clay Whittle. Ivies were creeping above and around her head reaching after the sunlight, while lilies, eramums and hyacinths were blooming at er feet. The gentleman passed on, as also did the hands of the clock, but still Ethel sat in ev- ident study. The room was furnished with cultured taste, and skillful hands kept it looking very inviting to the family, and their friends. iIt was library, and‘sitting Ethal’a pa'r'enta had at: ways striven to have their home attractive, even if other expenses had to be curtailed veg closely. i118 mother was an invalid and had been for several weeks, and the willing hands and thoughtful heart of mother were sadly wished by the daughter. The rest of the fumin said “ that Ethel took mother’s place to them all so well, that for the time they were not great losers,” and the mother con- fined to her room for lack of strength to he elsewhere, rather than from actual pain said “ that she was having a rest in mind and body, for Ethel did not neglect anything ” and she kept the little mother fresh and dainty, and the room so bright and cheery, that all the family would gather around her in aogial glee._ .n . .. n y His father was a leading politician, his sister a fuhionsble woman, while he himself was a law student. "Eli-eEVening before Clay and Ethel had attgnded an entartainmenfi together and on Mi out from it, 'she stopped a moment t9 : . to a friend and Clay was joined by r. v MUWG " Why‘didnfi; you brfifg' Eva Drayton this evening." ' 7 “ I prefer the company I have," he an- awered. " Company good enough I dare say, but I like to see a girl with some style in dress. Everything sh? worst: is a year old." , _-.. W a- _£ ‘L- aka. Fall {by leaves in the sait sea. spray a. "V‘ZAWl-{i-gfi 5. came of the first degree in the fashionable world,” he an- swered ; jojnefi Et_h§_l an}! passed 9n. “.1, ,I So on this the following morning, ELhel was trying to study out some plans for new clothes. Of course she was indignant over the remark, but it was true that all she had, was a year old, but she had felt that they were good enough, until now. She knew too, that all they had to live upon was her father’s salary, which might have seemed large to many, but their expenses were cor- respondingly large, and with mother’s sick- ness and Tom’il college bills, or a part of them, somebody had to economize and real- ly deny themselves, and she had 'felt will- ing, and even anxious, to do her share; but after overheating the remark of the night before, denying herself had not been so sweet. wv u u -v" She examined the closets to see if there was anything available to be made over, but returned to her low rocker disheartened. Her father came in, and seeing something amiss, asked, “What are your thoughts like, daughter, and what are your wishes? Speak, and if half of the kingdom is desired, it shell he yonrs !” a .1 , “_A\_A dfow'ing where God has filanted thee. - l . "I thought I was queen of the realm, and mlstress of all I survay. I desire no more than the home kingdom, with a robe of ro_yal purple.:’ ; 1‘ n ,\,,J_n L» “ ‘rarmsgrxer-Siher fashionable shade,” he said. “Frankly, Ethel, what were you thiplfing about-3”- " Iriwcés wondering if there was any aur- plus money in the family treasury, that I could ugefor»mysqlf,f’ she said. . .. 11v 1- v. help you 2” “ Yes, indeed. Just the sum I want.” The father seemed to hesitate. Ethel spoke quick] , “ I do not. want it if it is needed elsew ere.” l-lvvu u v-Nv .. ..-. - “ I’ll let you know at tea-Lime,” he said. " Will balance account for the month, and rest assured, you shall have it daughter, if father can spare it,” and seated on one knee with her arm twinei around his neck, she stroked his manly beard, caress- ingly. --- . . u nu, ,1 n L- _-:_1 uL..L Q‘JVVe are not rich, Ethel,” he said, “but this home is ours, and is a very pleasant, and an attractive one, and I have a famil of whom I am both proud and thankfu . There is one thing upon which I con ratu‘ late myself every week of my life, an it is thisâ€" that there are no unexpected bills com- ing in for payment contracted by my family. I know that they never buy without my ad- vice and counsel, and then order bill sent home. At the end of the month I come out . even, at least. Here is an incident which struck me‘forcibly. but is only one amon the many of»: my experience. As I passe through the store one day, 1 saw Mrs. Drayton and Eva. buying goods. The bill was bron ht to my desk, copied and ‘please remit’ a ded, as is our custom, and placed in an envelope to be handed to parties or mailed. Opportunity for giving it to Mr. Drsyton occurred on my way to dinner. He opened it, glanced at the total, and looked very much disturbed.” " \Vas it large 2" asked Ethel. “ Something over an hundred dollars." “Inside of thirty days will answer 7” he asked. “ Yea," I answered and passed an. “ The time has expired and no payment yet.” "He is very able' to pay it,” exclaimed Ethel. .uvuv” ” Perhaps no more than your father, Ethel ; and several such bills coming in un- expectedly soon seriously embarrass a man who cannot always spare such sums from his business without: injgry." “V W,» . “ Father. I have to have ten dollars Worth worth more of books than I have money to cover, and I cannot look scarcely decent without a new overcoat. If you remember mine you will agree with me, especially MK; 'Brilce said : “ There is just one thing to kee that money from you, and it is Tom’s etter just received. He Va_a._y_s_ : u- u . I ,,,, L“. J_II-__-..-_LL “I think £66.15 ibésy dollars. Would it Clifi' Roses. when I tell you it has worn threadbare won- drous fast. Thirty dollars will get one to suit me. Hoping mother is better, and that Ethel and Clay are as friendly as ever, I am as of old, Poon TOM.” “The money is his, father,” said Euhel ; “ and now for mother’s tea.” As she assed the window she caught a glimpse 0 Clay and Eva Drayton riding together, and he wag fliiving his sister’s span} of greys. I “ What obeauties thes‘e horses are," ex- claimed Hal ; “ and how stylish Eva looks. But why are they riding together? Is be taking his sister’s advice as soon as this ‘2” asked Ethel. “ ‘ Little pitchers have big ears,’ and the Bruce cars are far too quick for their own good. I stood by the door and heard what she said, and I knew that you heard by the linps around your youth.” “ \Vell, I cannot have any better to wear, and I am almost glad I cannot, for what I have is good enough,” and Eshel entered her mother’s room humming a type. “I wish 1 could do sBmething,” Hal thought; “but my money goes to Tom,” and he must not feel that we are sacrificing particularly for him, for he is very sensitive. Mother must not be troubled, and father does his best for us all ; but Ethel deserves more than she gets, but she leaks well in what she has. Confound that Mrs. Stratbon anyway ll’ “What about the money, Ethel? 1’11 send Tom enough for his books, and you may take the balance,” said Mr. Bruce la- her. “ No, indeed, father 1 He is away from home and needs it more than I.” “ What will you do 7" he asked. “I’ll wait until I write my novel,” she said, laughing. “Truly, father,” she added earnestly, “ if I could earn money for my own wants and make it easier for you it would give me great joy.” Hal and hisufathér walked down town that evening and met Eva. and Clay. Hal never could keep a. secret very well, and he told his father what Mrs. Stratton had said to her broth}; the evening befgre. “ I wish I had the money for her,” said Mr. Bruce, " but I cannot get it without breaking a rule of ours to which we have al- ways strictly adhered. She says ‘ she will wait until she writes her novel.’ ” “ Perhaps it is written,” said Hal. “ What do you mean?" asked his father. “ Ethel has a drawer pretty well filled with manuscripts, many of them nicely copied all ready for the pressâ€"short stories and longer ones, and bits of poetry, etc.” “ Drawer locked T” the father asked. “No; it is the left hand blind one.” Late that ni ht Mr. Bruce sat up reading his daughter’s iteraryfi work. when a check for $100 was handed to him “asking if it would be satisfactory,” and ‘alsg ugliest;in more from the same soul-ye. On entering his office next morning the senior member of his firm entrusted him with some important business to go to the city to transact, saying, “ It will probably detain you several days.” That night he started on his journey and in one side of his valise were a. number of Ethel’s manuscripts. Heriwork struck him as remarkably good, but “ I am not an unbiased judge,” he said of himself. When his business for the house was well under way, he visited some editorial friends and told his errand. ” Not to my knowledge. She was very quiet over her work, and told her brother that she feared she never could offer any of her pet pieces for publication, for she felt as if she could not bear a refusal. I am not sure that I am treating her fairly, for she does not dream of these being in my possession. ” . .. . -‘ ‘1 I " I think your daughter has considerable talent. In fact some of her pieces are very fine while others We will cut up unmerci- fully. which will be hard on her feelings, but as good for her as medicine,” said the editor, after an examination of the manu- scripts. W"; Has she ever had anything published 1” was asked. Busifiess detained Mr. Bruce in the city longer than was anticipated, while the home ones anxiously awaited his return. Mrs. Bruce slowly but surely grew worse and Ethel hovered over her forgetting everything in her anxiety about] her. ClayVWlxritléle made his morning call in the sick room regularly, and just as regularly would ride out with Miss_ lava ]_)rayton. The days came when Mrs. Bruce was al- armingly worse, and telegram after telegram was sent to the husband without avail. Hal, Ethel and Clay watched and waited, joined by‘:1"o‘m in their unceasing vigils. , an ‘AA_ NJ“ If? only my husband :10qu come !" Mrs. Bruce would say, while the hearts of the others echoed the wish with great earnest- ness . Night; came on, and Clay said, “ If Mr. Bruce is not here at nine o’clock, I will start after him at ten. The wires are cut at a certain point and communication is not to be depended upon,” and kneeling at Mrs Bruce’s bedside he said, " I may never see you again my friend on earth : can I not have your blessings ere I go, and consent to my asking Ethel to be my Wife. She need not answer now unless she wishes but if she can love me, will you'hlessus. ?” king his sister's advice as soon as tips 2'" _“ ngt (_io you know about his advmors T” “I know not Ethel’s heart, settle it be. tween yourselves my children,” and after waiting for Ethel to join them if she would, although she did not, the mother with her hands on the bowed head, pronounced a silent blessing upon him, and an audible amen. He arose and turned to go, and found Mr. Bruce standipg if: the dqprway: ~ Daysvfiaased End themother giined strength very slowly. Mr. Bruce gave his daughter theAmoney saying “ it wag all her own, but nothing more. One evening some com any gathered in, and among them Clay an his sister, and they fell to discussing some articles in one of the late monthly periodi- cals. “I read one,” said, Mrs. Stratton, that struck me forcibly. There was so much principle, and heart in it. I’m sure the writer must have a beautiful soul as well as a sensible body. It reminded me very much of my dear mofiher’s ideas oi right.” i‘ Was it written by a lady 17" asked some- one. ‘1 I think so,” she answered. “ About such an one as you would choose for me fqr_ life’e pilgrimage ?‘_’ asked Clay. “ My ideal for you is not a common one but my dear ambitious brother, I fancy this this one is entirely too high for you in your present spate." n. 1.- .u .u- ,',.,,n r “ Eva. is all furs and feathers this winter ” said Prof. French. Do not imagine for a moment that while you are illustrious in your profession that she will be a. star of greater magnitude in the literary world. " How about the tableaux you are practic- ing for, daily? I hear you want them to come off before Lent. There is talk too of Mr. Drayton failingâ€"better hasten them or Eva will not look very angelic or feel so either; I believe she is to personate some such a scene. Some say that much of her father’s pecuniary trouble lies in her own and her mother’s extravagancg.” "Why Prof. French,” exclaimed one. “ How dare you talk so. Mr. Whittle and Miss Drayton are very intimate, and ride together every day. late y. r .u‘ It takes a long time to prepare for tableaux especially when Mrs. S‘rattou is commander in chief, but she makes it pleasant, for the grays and coachman are ever ready to serve the; 1011p; lad-leaf “dBut Eva is afraid of the coachman, and would rather walk than ride with him,” said Jennie Miller. “ And the snow is too deep for pedestrians this winter,” remarked the professor. “ You are sadly degmerating, Professor French,” said Mrs. Stratton. ” I'll cease to recommend you as an instructor on the groiiyd‘of yourmbeing a. gossip.” 11- ,,1 a “I have often thought ‘that ladies and bachelors are good gossipersâ€"married men never are ; but, Clay, I want to congratulate you on being a good horseman. May you hold the reins of law and state as firmly and truly in the future. I understand all about this tableau affair, else I would not have Hwars still to _be in _the c_it_y,_ apd was spoken as I have. I have read that article, Mrs. Sbrattou, and I think it good. It gave me a high opinion of the author. Am sure it never emanated from the brains. of a but?<:lflY.-’i n. “~1- 7‘ Reid it for us, Professor,” said Clay, “if it i; got too long.”_ _7 .... .-.. . 1 n 7‘; it, Ethel I” asked Pro- fessor French. “No,” she answered; “ I have not had time or inclination to look at the last number. Mother has taken every moment and absorbed every thought until within a. few days, and since then I have slept when I could. Would enjoy hearing you read it,” she said. “You told me once, I believe, that you are not fond of reading, Ethel,” said Mrs. Stratton. She looked up puzzled. “I think you must have misunderstood Ethel,” said Professor French. “ She reads a good deal, but not everything. She was one of my pupils that adopted a. course of readipgf" .... _. o .. .. . 1 "WAâ€"3d still adheres to it,” she answered qu’i-gtly.” 1 The Professor and Ethel had long been warm friends, and Clay was really afraid sometimes it might prove to be something more. He blt-ssed him in his heart to-night for speaking of the tableaux. He felt that in some way Ethel did not favour him alto- gether, and it flashed through his mind that perhaps she knew nothing about them as she had been confined closely at home and noth~ ing had been said of them in her 1 reeence or of the absence of his brother-in-law. which made it necessary for him to stay at his sister’s house, and thus he was subject in many ways to her orders. Her will was a. strong one, and it was often easier to acquiese than to oppose her. He felt sometimes that she had planned the tableaux on purpose to bring him in Eva's company. She was wary enough not to pre- tend to do so. But for the reading, Professor French’s voice was a wondrous clear one, and words dropping from his lips always sounded music- ally. A better one could not have been chosen to do an article justice. E‘hel drew an ottoman up to her father’s side and sat down. He held one of her hands firmly in his, while the reading progressed. She never dreamed of hearing, her own pro- duction. When she sat down, the father felt her tremble and saw the lips pale while she_ listened breathlesqu to every word. Just as it was finished Hal rising said “Please excuse sister. Mother sent me after her sometime a o,” and slipping her arm through his, bore er away but not far before she sank fainting at his side. He carried her to her own room and when she revived a little he said, “Praise enough to turn your head. and no one but her father and your brother knows you deserve it! Shall I tell them '1” “No indeed not for the world.” “Shall I ask them to excuse you for the rest of the evening. It is most over, and father can attent to them.” ” Yes you dear thoughtful brother, I need rest,” she answered. She did go down to the parlour again however and heard Prof. French say “ that he accused one of his pupils for writing the article,” whereupon the rest laughed at higcouceit. ‘ _ “.v 1 1 Clay onoticed him watching Ethel, and promised himself that not another day should pass without. knowing if Ethel loved him. If she did not, he felt the future would be a weary wasteâ€"that his would be a crippled manhhood and a one sided life. Ethel was the one thing he needed to make his life a perfect unit and develop his character into what God created him to he. " 'fii'shiérfiifig call was on Ethel and he told her of his whole heart’s love, and asked her if she could be his wife. “Some things are now explained which I did not before understand. Your sister does not like me, but I ho e she will when she knows me better, and am sure my heart’s love is yoprs.”_ __ _ " "IT’hiu’k God " he said kissing her, “My manhood is crowned with the purest and best of His fitsâ€"love and I can 0 into lite WWW hear? by the side of mine to strengthen Mr. Brno", Joined them and aid “ Clay do you think wifely duties and literary work will assimilate well enough to make you happy 1'” .~. . u u: 1 ,,,,.1 u.) "firllem sure that she will do me good and not evil all the days of her life, and that the heart of her husband shall safely trust in her. Was it true that one of Prof. French’s pupils was the author of that excellent article '2" “ B'e'warned in time ” said Mr. Bruce “ and with this I bid you God speed and good morning,” and We will do the same. Their BreakneckRun under the Guidance of a. Driver 70 Years Old. FLORENCE, Italy.â€"â€"The fashionable world, and for that matter the common one, too, has had a first-class sensationâ€"in- deed, scal‘eâ€"of late of American origin. Every visitor here has remarked, and com- mented on, according to his particular hu- mor, the team of sixteen horses, attached to a. London drag, with which for many years Mr. Livingston of New York has been ac- customed to take his daily airings, handling the ribbons and iding the animals with a masterly circus exterity. Indeed, his novel turnout has become one of the staple sights of Florence. Whether his country men could feel flattered by the national distinction in European eyes thus conferred on them or ‘not, all could not fail to admire the sang 1frot'd with which a man of 70 could control [st-Hindi}; horses and take them through the narrow, crowded streets, without acci dent. Three days ago, coming from the Cascine, while near the city gates, the horses did take into their heads that they had done the triumphal procession on their driver’s ac- count in his way long enough, and that they would set u a little exhibition on their own account. he idea no sooner struck one horse than it was unanimously adopted, and they started on a. dead run down the Lung Arno t3ward the bridges at the hour when it was crowded with fashionable vehicles, and and was the most favourable for the equine interview and a general smash. In a second there was a universal “ Sauce qui pent ”â€" clear the wayâ€"panic ; carriages and foot passengers making for side streets and put- ting themselves out of the course of the ex- cited animals, as they came furiously on, in a dead run, bounding and hanging over the ‘ smooth pavement, Mr. Livingston erect and cool, but utterly powerless to stop them, and expectin every second either to kill somebody or e killed in the midst of a crash of colliding vehicles. On they went. fortu- nately clearing everything, until they had passed Ponte Carraia, Ponte Santa Trinita, Ponto Vecchioâ€"nobody hurt, but awfully frightened, the police shouting like mad to clear the way, and every Florentine much disposed for once to obey, until one horse fell, and it looked as if the climax had come. But such was the impetus of the others they pulled him on to his legs almost before he knew he was off them, and on they went for another race, until, exhausted and panting, and thinking they had had enough fun for this time, they came t ) a stop, nobody hurt, and Mr. Livingston more of a hero, centaur factual, than even he had ever anticipated, but with his occupation gone ; ior, it is said, the City Fathers have now resoived to do what they should have done long since, i.e., foabid any such amateur opportunities for breaking people’s necks, at least within the limits of the town, by limiting Mr. Living- ston’s equestrian feats to the regulation complement of horses for a decently behav- ed cirriage. It was next to a miracle that no one was injured this time. None could be certain that at a repetition of the specta- cle several lives might not be sacrificed, and the city mulcted in damages for allowing so perilous a show in its confines, for the grati- fication, too, of a foreigner. THE Presbyterian church in England has 10 Preabyterians, 249 ministers, and 54,259 commumcants. The receipts for .all pur- poses the past year were $900,000. Mr. Livingston’s 16 in Hand The Great Increase in Private Por- tunes. Doubtless the labouring classes of this 1 day in all civilizad communi'ios are better housed, fed, clad and paid than the same class at any other time in the history of the human race, yet there never was a time of greater dissatisfaction among workingmen. During the magnificent reign of Louis XIV. there was more extreme poverty in France than there is now in all Europe, Ireland in- cluded. The condition of the emancipated Russian self is far better than that of the French or German peasant two centuries ago, and within the historical era there is no record of a time when 50,000,000 of the com mon people and poor were so situated as the } 50,000,000 who now inhabit the United 1 States. But if the condition of the poor has im- proved, the private fortunes of the rich have so increased as to utterly confound all at- tempts at comparison with the rich men of past ages. “ As rich as Croesus ” has stood for an adage these twenty-three centuries. Yet Croesus was a king who devoted his whole energies to the aquisition of gold, and there is good reason to believe that we have not less than half a dozen men and women in this State who are richer in gold and its equivalents than this Lydian monarch. The richest man in Rome at the time of Caesar was Crassus. His fottune has been care- fully estimated by several historians, but never above $8,500,000 of our money. This is not much more than William H. Vander- bilt’s yearly income, and it is more than l $1,000,000 below the appraisment of the fortune of the late William S. O‘Brien, of this city. The Astor estate was valued at ten years ago $40,000,000. At a moderate rate of accretion, say live per cent., it must now amount to $60,000,000. The yearly in- come at the same rate is $3,000,(‘ 00. This is a third mor : than the entire income of the monarch of the British Empire, and a. good deal more than the entire revenues of the English Government 250 years ago. It is asserted that there are eight or ten English peers whose income each exceed the allow- ancee of Parliament to the Queen, and yet the richest men in England are commoners. Half a century ago the reputed wealthiest man in America was old Stephen Girard of Philadelphia. His estate was appraised be- low $15,000, 000. There are now probably a 100 private fortunes in the Unith States each greater than Girard’s, and half a dozen more than twice as great. In the purchas- ing power of money the ancients had the advantage. A dollar would buy more 1,000 years ago than five will now. Forty years back a man who had a $100,000 was rated as quite rich, and one of $500,000 phenomenal. The latter class was not as numerous in this country as those of $5,000,000 are now. Of course there is not gold and silver enough in the world to represent the aggre- gate of these little private fortunes, nor a tithe of them. They are invested in lands, houses, government, )ailway, bank, mining and other stocks. The national bonds of England, France and the United States cover nearly ten thousand millions, and the railway securities of the United States alone cover nearly five thousand millions. The largest private landed estates are held in Spanish America, Mexico, Russia, England and the United States, but the largest of all in the latter country and by corporations. It is thought, and justly, a great hardship to the common people of England and Scot- land that the Duke of Sutherland should own orer 1,200,000 acres, and many other prominent nobles more than 100,000 each. But there is one corporat'on in this country that has been granted 49 000,000 acres, and one 48,000,000, and two others, lepresented by less then ten men, 25,000,000 acres.â€" San Francisco Uhrom'ck. We frequently hear protests made against the cold mechanical mode of dealing With aesthetic_phen_9men‘at employgd by scientific light to which the world owes all Its VlSlBle beauty and splendor seemed to Goethe a desecration. We find, even in our own day, the endeavour of Helmholtz to arrive at the principles of harmony and discord in music resented as an intrusion of the scientific intellect into a region which ought to be sacred to the human heart. But all this opposition and antagonism has for its essential cause the incompleteness of those with whom it originates. The feelings and aims with which Newton and Goethe respectively ap- proached Nature were radically different, but they had an equal warrant in the constitution of man. As regards our tastes 1and tendencies, our pleasures and pains, ‘ physical and mental, our action and passion, our sorrows, sympathies, and joys, we are the heirs of all the ages that preceded us ; and, of the human nature thus handed down, poetry is an element just as much as soil-nee. The emotions of man are older than his understanding, and the poet who brightens, purifies, and exalts these emotions, may claim a position in the world at least as high and as well-assured as that of the man of science. They minister to different but to equally permanent needs of human nature ; and the incompleteness of which I complain consists in the endeavour on the part of either to exclude the other. There is no fear that the man of science can ever destroy the glory of the lilies of the field; there is no hope that the poet can ever successfully contend against our right to examine, in accordance with scientific method, the agent to which the lily owes its glory. There is no neccssary encroachment of the one field upon the other. Nature embraces them both, and man, when he is complete, will exhibit as large a toleration. On Saturday afternoon last, whi.e Rev. J. H. McGahen was driving on his way to Fulton, as he reached a small stream of water which crosses the road, he was per- mitted to witness a scene both novel and exciting. Two large water-snakes were con- tending for the possession of a small fish which had been captured (the fish being about eight inches in length), while two smaller snakes. one on each side of the con- testants, with heads slightly raised above the water, were apparently interested spectators of the struggle, but neither inter- fered. One of the larger snakes had seized the fish by the head, while the other grasped him by the tail, the former, of course, hav- ing much the better hold, on account of the taperin form of the fish ; but it was a long pull an a strong pull ; the water was lashed into quite a fury ; the snake with the tail- hold wound himself twice around a small stick fastened near him, given him quite an advantage over his antagonist. But after a desperate struggle of about five minutes, the snake having the head-hold wrested the contested prey from his opponent, and bore it rapidly away up the szream in triumph, while his vanquished snakeship, crestiallen, supperless, and subdued, slunk away out of sight. It was an intensely exciting perfor- mance, but robably not a very pleasing one to the poor sh. SAID Angelina, suddenly breaking the op- pressive silence, “ Don’t you feel afraid of the army worms, Theodore, that are coming so“ rapidly this way ?” The question was such a strange one that Theodore’s surprise caused him to look right at Angelina for the first time in his life. Why did she ask that, he wanted to know. “0h, nothing,” she replied. as she toyed with her fan, “ only the papers say they eat every green thing wherever they go." CHARLES READE made $30,000 from “ Drink.” SJme men have lost as much from the same cause. A CURIOUS coincidence has been noticed in London, where three men well known in fimncial and social circlesâ€"L‘oncl Lawson, M. J. Ponso, and Julius Beer, all of enor- mous fortune and all great friendsâ€"â€"died suddenly Within a. space of little more than six months. More odd still is it that each of the three possessed a corner house on the left-hand side of Portland Place, each cor- ner in succession to the other. Scientific and Poetical Views of Nature A Snake Fight. BY betting in gloves ladies have a great advantage. If they lose, they pay in one- button pairs; if they win, they are paid in eight to eighteenbuttou pairs, according to the gemrosity of the male victim. THERE are families who endure mieries untold because they live beyond their means, because they wish to dress at (1 visit and en- tertain as neighbours do who have tenfold thtir income. If this narrow and vulgar ain- bition a brood of sordid and unwholesome things are born. It is impossible that child~ ren shall develop symmetry of character in houses where life is a frantic struggle to ap- pear as grandly as the occupants of the next one appear, the grandeur being all tin- sel and vain show. THEY HANDLED IT GENTLY.â€"The Liver- pool inspectors of explosives report that a quantity of honey recently came into that port with a label well calculated to secure proper handling for the package. In well displayed and large letters the cautions to porters and others ram thus “ Handle gently as dynamite. A drop of one inch will cause certain destruction to the contents.” The words “handle gently,” “dynamite” and “certain destruction ” were, of course, printed in more prominent type than the rest, and one can well understand that little damage was done to the contents of that package. THE habit of exaggeration grows almost imperceptibly on one by use. “ I’m tired to death, ” says one So you have said a thou- sand times, and you’ll say so a thousand times more before you die. “I had not a wink of sleep all night, ” says another. And yet your bed’ellow heard you snore many times. “ Iwould not do it for all the world,” says a third, and yet you have done it and many things equally as bad again and again “ we were up to our knees in mud, " says a fourth, when you know very well that the mud was not over your shoes. Be, correct, truthful and moderate in your speech. The law of the harvest is to reap more than you sow. SJ an act and you reap a habit ; sow a habit and you reap a character ; sow a character and you reap a destiny. THERE’S an old Baptist darky in Hart 0a., Ky., known as Tom Wood. A Methodist D. D. also lives near Tom, and when the two meet the former twits Tom about his close communion. On a recent occasion they met, and the Doctor thought he’d put old Tom in a. tight place ; so he said, “ Uncle Tom, we may as well settle that communion question now as at any other time. As you won’t commune with us here I want to know wh at you Baptists are going to do with the Meth- odists, Presbytenans and the rest of us when we all go to heaven ?” Uncle Tom scratched his head a while and then, looking the Doc- tor in the eye, said firmly, but deliberately I â€"-“ I tell you what it is,Doctor, theyse not gwilée there.” The Methodist dominie sub- side . It is natural for people sufl'erlng with Dyspepsia. and Livur Complaint or any de- rangement of the digestive organs, such as Sour Stomach, Sick Headache, Habitual Costiveness, palpitation of the Heart, Heart burn, Water-brash, gnawing and burning at the pit of the Stomach, Yellow Skin, Coated Tongue and dlsbgreeable taste in the mouth, coming up of food after eating, low spirits, &c., to put off from day to day buy- ing an article that they know has cured their cured their neighbour, friend, or rela- tive, yet they have no faith in it until it is late. But if you will go to your druggist and get a bottle of GREEN’s AUGUST FLOWER your immediate cure is certain as you live. Simple Bottles of this medicine can be ob- tained for 10 cents, to try its superior vir- tue. Regular size 75 cents. Try it, two doses will relieve any case. “THEY ALL no IT.”â€"â€"For beautifying the teeth and preserving, for sweetening and giving fragrance to the Breath use “Tea- berry ” the new Toilet gem deXightfully A Posmvm FAcr.â€"It is now established beyond controversy that Dr. Fowler‘s Extract, of Wild Strawberry is the most perfect cure lot all forms at bowel complaints, mcluding cholera morbus, dysen- tery. colic, cholln infamum, nausea, canker of the stomach and bowels, piles, etc. Beware of opimes and poisoning.r drugs, that only chcc‘: for a lime and produce inflammation. WILD STRAWBERRY is safe and certain in its effects. No man ever smokrd “ Myrtle Navy ” to- bacco for a fortnight and then took any other brand in preference to it. It bears its own testimony which is always convincing. The smoker who uses it is never annoyed by get- ting it sometimes of good quality and some- times of bad. The arrangements of the man- ufacturers for keeping its quality equal are very elaborate and complete, and the results of many years of experience and close obser- vation. Danger! Beware! As you value your life, beware of opiates in diarrhea; mixtures. Thcv qu'all pain, but Checking too suddenly. Ihe result in in- flammation. Dr. Fowler's Extract of Wild Straw- berry, made from the Wild Strawberry plant and other healing vcgetables, is nature's own cure for all forms of bowel cumpla‘m. Burdock Blood Bitters cures all diseases of the blood, liver and kidneys, female complaints, newcus and general (liability, and build-5 up the on- tile 33 stem when broken down by disease, REV. D. BARKER, Uhatham, writes under date of April 13, 1880 : "The one box of “ Dobyn’s Sure Cure ” has benefittcd my daughter so much that I feel warranted in ordering one dozen boxes for others similar- ly afll cted in my district. Enclosed find price. " There are nowfupwards of one thou- sand Ministers of the Gospel in the United States and Canada either acting as agents for this great Catarrh remedy or recommending it. C. Pomeroy & 00., 85 King st. west, Toronto, general agents for Canada. Dr. Fowler's Extract; of Wild Strawberry cures all forms of bowel complaints in infants or adults. The most safe, pleasant, and perfect remedy known. Purely vegetable and free from oplntes or poisonous drugs. DR. Fowmgn’s EXTRACT or WILD STRAWBERRY cures summer complaints. diarrhcnn, dysemry, cholera morhus, cholera infantum, sour stomach. colic, nau- sea, vomiting, canker, piles, leucon-hoa I, and all manner of fluxes. COLLARS and Cufis, new styles, Kid Gloves, new shades, one and two-buttoned, Silk Handkerchiefs, new patterns, Silk Umbrellas, new and cheap, at Cooper’s, 109 Yonge street, Toronto. Burdock Blood Bitters cures scrorula. ery- Bipelas, salt rheum, piles, and all human; of the blood. Cures dyspepsia, liver complaint, billious- ness, constipation. dropsy, kidney complaints, head- gghe, nervouamss, female weakness, and genemlde- Brush Manufacturer. Machine Brushes, Jas. Wzlson, 56 Sherbourqeit. ICTURE MOULDINGS, FRAMES, CHROMOS, Mott/005, Mirrors, etc. Dealers send for whole- saleliat. H. J. MATTHEWS & Enos" Toronto. SHEEP MARKS ANNDNA. ARTI FICIAL LIMBS %E£.‘é£f’fi§fi£ fiflé‘fifh Cheap. First Prize M, Provincial Exhlbitiou, Lon- don. Testimoqigis on application. Satisfaction gua- Emmett Slur Au or for well Ebrifigâ€"best in the nor d for quicksand, hard pan . clay, etc. Never was heat; try it Send for circular to mant, 68 Mary gt, Hamilton. and confidential VPAMI‘IILET to mung and middle~aged men on Important Medical M alters. P1 at free. Nervous Dobility Institute, Box 639, Toronto BRICK MAKERS, It you want one of the best and cheapest Brick Machines, or a. firs 43le Tile Mwhine, send for descriptive circular, price list, and testimonial as to their superior qualifies to JOS. CLOSE 85 SON, WOODSTOCK, ONT. Barrister 7&7 Attorney, Geo. H. Watson, 30 Adelaide East. Furniture Oshawa Cabinet 00., 97Xonge atreet. Rossifi House. Palace Hotel Qf Canada: Mark. H. Irish. Prop. Green’s August Flower. MISCELLANEOUS. LOOK HERE! Addgesg, I330AN ason. Dravton. om ngenm', e substitute for Cofi'ee. Try it Supplied by H. I Your“) & 00., 64 King St. East. Toronto. AS GOOD AS NEW. 4§-il ch 11 uldsaw File, 6; ctr 10-inch Flat, and Min Bastard, 17 cts. 14-inch Flat and Mill Bas'ard, 31 cents. Other sizes pro ram. THOS GRAHAM, 35 Sherhonrne BL, ’l‘oroptj. The untold miseries which result from indiscretion in early life may be ,a ‘LHcviatod and cur d. EXthsWd vi- " valivy, Nervous and Physical Debili‘y, wil become a dream of the pay, and \‘igzurous manhood may be re~t red and reg-ined. lndublta'vle evidence is afâ€" mvd d of the truth of these statements. Pdmpmeu 111 am ed wrappers post free. Addrees N. D. Institute, King-3L, Toronto. FILES RE-GUT 7 Silver and Nickle Plat- ing, in carriage or other work. Knives, Forks, I Spoons. Castings, etc., REPLATED TO ORDER. (Established 1859. All best wurk warranted. H $100 It EWARD We offer the above reward to any person who will furnish us with suffi- cient evidence to convict the arties who are selling,or offering to 531 other 9118 under our Trade Mark, “ dastor- me.” We are sole Manufacturers and Prpprietors of the “ Gastorine” Ma- chme 011s. and every barrel is branded “ Castorine 5’ WFor Sale by Dealers. TORONTO OIL OOMPANY, DIARRHGA, DYSENTERY and 2,11 , SUMMER COMPLAINTS. 1t soothers. heals and strengthens, and cah 71k relied on as a specific. A Lria! wim-mm‘lli Lyon & Alexander, IMPORTERS AND MANUFACTUR“ RS OF Photographic Goods, Mouldings Frames, Ohromos, Mottoes, Plcture Matts, 850. 128 Bay Street, THE AMERIGAN HOTEL, This popular hotel is now open in r the reception of guc be; the house has been renovated, improved, and decorated in the most modern style. It is fitted with Electric Bells, Billiard Room, The furnishing is of heat black walnut; the mat- tresses are emirer of curled hair, with swing lxda, and the carpeting is of the best Brussels and tapes- try. THE TABLE WILL BE UNEURPASbED. The undersigned huvinq had large experience in New York, Philadelphia, and elsewhere in conduci- inL' firstâ€"class houses, hope to conduct the American Hotel at Toronto in a manner that. will secure lhe patro mum of thecravelling public, and 3% at, moder- ate charges. & co. National Pills, snperiqr to all other purga- gajives in st‘rgngth and vxrtuo. m satety and nulde of action. Cheap Homes in Southeast Missouri and Arkansas. The St. Louis Iron Mountain and southern Rail- way Company have a Land Grant of nearly 2,0 0,000 acres in the two above-named States, which com- prise lhe following advantages. These lands are be- mg sold at low prices and on 1« ng times. Good Climma. Good People‘ Varied Soils. Fue Range. Many Products. Rich Mmes. Fine Timber. High Lands. Choi‘e Fruits‘ Bottom Lands. Good Water. Easy Transport. Choice Markets. Water Power. Healthy Country. GREAT SOUIHWESTI Good Climate. Good People Varied Soils. Fue Range. Many Products. Rich Mmes. Fine Timber. High Lands. Choile Fruits. Bottom Lands. Good Water. Easy Transport. Choice Markets. Water Power. Healthy Country. Two crops may be grown on the same ground in one year. Wheat, Corn, and Cotton fluurish in the same field. Six navigable rivers arms the Land Grant. Prices Low. Eleven Years” credit if desired. For iniurmation apply to THOS. ESSEX, Land Com- miisioner, at the Depot, Little Rue '. W. A KEN- DALL, Ass‘t Com‘r, Cor. 5th & Markel, 8rd Floor, St. Louis: or__ c. LAVEN, Agent for “Clgnsfilvu, fiafililfixféfii: The above are the portraits of T. S. Chessman, Esq, 32 Bay Street north, Hamillon, the first gentle- man in the Dominiol d his hah' by ,. -v..n “n using 'Q'vIKEEEEORBXFN5SEC'IJAVOKfC "H'Am RE STORER in 1876, after a baldness of nine years. For testimonials address, 250 GHAMPIUN ENGINES Send for Record. Licensed by Eleven Leading Insurance Companies to be used within 20 feet of burns or stacks. â€"â€"â€":o:-â€" We are testing and finishing Six Champion Engines per week. Farmers and Thrashers should call and investigaie for themselves. Suitable (.0 drive anything r Quiring 6 to 16 Horse Power. Farm Engines, Portable Saw and Gust Mills, OUR SPECIALTIES. We fearhssiy publish full lisc of all the pnrch-Isex-s of the 250 Champion Engines. Send for it and in- spect the nearest one to you, and write to any of the others for information. We court cuquirey‘ RE-OPENED. George Book wxibeu, St. Anna, Ontario, June 17 1879, regmflng Ma 16- hone pow" Chnmpion Sawmill: “Last week, on Monday nwminy mm mm of us cummenwd tn tear 111) will to more it. W: tun up valved three mm, m it up and on Tweak! .2 mm a‘cluck mm a log with it. Not quite two days. In (me wee we nun-ed «mum: uy au‘menti- (mad, and named twn-ry thnusaml feet. I wilt write full particular! won. We sawed dz hundrcdfut in "Jenn/mine minutesâ€"mph lum- bar." 3 sizes builtâ€"12 H. 1". using 441m snw, Cu unity 3 to 4,000 p2]: flu . 16 1!. P. using 48 in‘ an. Cnpmit , 4 to 6‘000 per 1. 20 H. P. lung in. anw, No a Environs, c. Ry, to 81000 t a". Most Ihnpla, efieianzm pomble mi 1 of ca line in the Wofld. ADDRESS wATznous ENGINE worms co..anAn1ronSvoA0AZ 29 ‘3'17. 33 and 35 A'timmd 1. 87.. Emit, Truman: Charles Maitland Wintercorbyn, Jag. NTFO RD. CANADA. ép‘ai WATEROUB ENGINE WORKS 00.. BRA SOLD IN THREE SEASONS ! w. ’MiiZL'IGHAMP 89 Co , AND OTHER REQUISITES. CHEAP HOMES IN THE 25 Sherbourne Street. Toronto. B ALDNESS 144 King Street. West, Toronto. Ont. TORON'I O TORONTO Wlhb GUM The Toronto Carriage-Body Works 77, 79 and 81 Richmond Street West. Toronto, manufactured superior quality of Carriage Bodies 1nd Seats. cheaper and better than can possibly be! built In tl_xe ordinary way. Send for plies list, or sample 01119:. HURRAH FDR MANITOBA! The 11th Excursion Train for Manitoba WILL START 0N Wednesday, 2151'. July, 1880. 64 KING ST- EAST. TORONTO- DIARRHGA. fiYSEfiTERY and m SUMMER, COMPLAINTS“, u..m...-- . v..__ _____V ._.V . - lt, soothes. heals and strengthens, and can be relied on as a specific. A trial will convinco. R. W~ PRITTIE. BUTTER U TUBSI We supply “ outsides" and “ insides," on first-class paper, with or without news matter, at a very low rate. Our prices are so low that no publisher can afford to print his “ first side“ at home. Samples and prices on applica- tion. 8. FRANK WILSON, PUBLISHERS 0F NEWSPAPERS Office of Auiliary Publishing 00., Toronto, Canada. THE 11th FAST FREIGHT, 17th JULY. For particulars app! y, enclosing 3 cent stamp, to WILL OUT. AND THE ImprovedDiamond andthe Hanlan Cross-Cut Saws will out faster and stay in order long- er than any other arm in the world. They are manu- factured only by R. E. SMITH 85 00., St. Gatharmes, um} sold by the Afiardygarg Trqdq‘ev'ery- whe'r'e." '1"ng hziotfiéir. r also )nakejllg LmiL-e DIAMONDS provéd Champion “ St. Gathaflnes Saw Works.” ALI. GENUINE LEATHER BELTINE! 011 head of rivets 81 COLBORNE STREET, TORONTO. Destroys Insects, Grubs, and Cater- pillars on Plants, Shrub Currant and Gooseberry Bushes. CHINESE GARDEN POWDER IN THE MARKET Toronto Nursericfi, Leslie P. 0‘ DEAR Sm, -~Wc use your “Chmese Garden Powder," and can confidently rec mmend it as a first~rate arti- cle for the dosimeuon of grubs and caterpillars on curmnb, gooseberry bushes. plants, &0. USE IT EARLY, AND SAVE YOUR FRUIT. HUGH MILLER. 85 00., This year's Amerlcan designs. Also Bab‘es‘ Cradles, 650. Factory and Show roomsâ€"No 110 dz 112 Rich- mond at. west. Toronto. EDWIN WILBY. UNE THOUSAND IN STUUK. A N E N G L I S H BREECH-LOADING $60.00 CAS H I nut-doc]! Healing Olnvmenl. carbo- latnd, should he used in connection with Bur- dock Blood Bitters for curing ulcers. ,bcesses. fever, sores. etc. SHOT GUN ! Wlth Case, and all attachments complete. WCOST $125 00% “The New Dominion” Ufline. A pp] y to HAS A BEST SPRUCE WOOD, 20, 30 8b 50 LBS. WALTER WOODS, Liyhm’ 33 Adelaide-st. West, Toronto. .E. DIXON & (30., MANUFACTURERS, MANITORA LAND OFFICE, Yours, &c. , THE BEST HAMILTON, ONT. ng._jmprnved TORONTO Wlbh CUR- CERTIFICATE. (mum MARK.) Will be sold for GEO. LESLIE & SONS- Ellamniqm Eclipse; in PRICE LIST SEND FOR CATALOGUE Manager.