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A correspondent writes :â€"'l‘he growth of straw this season throughout the Dominion and the greater part of the United States is Simply enormous, and if so much straw is annually wasted on very many homesteads, even when fodder is rather scarce, What may _we not expect to be done in the way of wasting straw when there is so much of it that people hardly know how to get rid of it It is an old adage that ‘ a wilful waste leads to a woful want,‘ and very many farmers linow the truth of it by experience, I be- lieve that many Canadian iarmers who were at no pains to save their straw last season would have been glad of a portion of it to keen the life in their cattle last spring. I Wish that our farmers would learn the Way that straw is saved in Britain, and could see the prize cattle that are to be seen there which never eat a bundle of hay in their lives, but are raised on straw and turnips as } heirwinter rations. But if you have no Tim ups to “ kitchen” the straw, leave some of the oats on them, and if the whole has been cm on the green side and well saved even mac 00:78 will do well on such feed. ‘ I once knew A armer who thought it a great waste to feed in. v‘to gry stock, and one year when hay WM 6 L 1g price, he gave direc- tions that the cah‘aflr whmh were somermt lass than a year mid" SEA \ld get no more hay but be fed exclusively 5m oaf ath' His wife had very little faith in mmw alone as calf food, and privately Wd‘ the bays to put a good, large sheaf of unthreahelj 08178 in the centre of each bundle of straw given to the calves. In the spring the calves looked remarkably well, and the farmer thought that he had made a discovery that Straw was before hay as calf food, for “I i ever had cleaner skinned calves in any spring before " Although the hay crop just saved is on the whole more than an avert-ge onev yet in many sections it has turned out much less than wasexpected at thebeginnlng of haying and I have heard farmers say that the yield .1, u- _-:,.L uuu .l llavu “nu-n“ P-vwn» .7, , J _ of hey this ee sson was not, in their neigh- borhood. over twoâ€"thirds of what it was lest ‘ year. Now as the crops of cats and Indian corn are likely to be unprecedentedly large and the prices of coarse grains very lgw, would it not be wise for such farmers as have not too much hsy to cut a part of their out crop while the grain was in milk and save it as hay. If it was cut with a reaper and bound and stocked it would save In bet ter condition than if left spread on the grounfl, us is generally done with newly cut grain in this part of the country. Should the straw be too much lodged for the reaper to work successfully it might be mown like hay, and cooked soon afterwards, and if the cocks were covered with a cotton cloth the feed would be greatly improved. Feeding Pigsâ€"The Swill Barrel. There is no better food for young pigs af- ter weaning, than good skimmed milk with a little sweet moderatelv fine Wheat bran and corn meal stirred into it. There should not be a large proportion of meal in the mix- t‘zr 3 at first, nor so long as the pig is mak in growth, though corn meal is excellent to finish off letting with. Many a young pig has been spoiled by overfeeding with corn or corn meal. It is impossible to get a good growth on such food alone. (‘lear milk would be better, but milk will pay a larger profit when given in connection with some grain. Milk alone is rather too bulky for a. sole diet ; it distends the stomach too much. and gives the animal too much to get rid of the surplus water. Many young pigs are spoiled bv overfeeding. When first weaned they should be given 9. little at a time and often. They always will put a foot in the trough, and food left before them a. long time gets so dirty that it may be enti r LL, 1y dnfit to be eaten. But one of the worst methods of feeding milk to pigs is to have it stand in a sour swill barrel, mixed in along with cucumber parings, sweet corn cube and other kitchen wastes, till the Whole mass is far advanced in the fermentation stage. Sweet milk is good,and milk that is slightly sour may be better, it may be even more easily digested, but milk that has soured till it bubbles, till the sugar in it has turned in. to alcohol or into vinegar, is not a fit food for swine of any age, and certainly not for young pigs that have just been taken from their mother. A hog will endure considerâ€" able abuse, will live in wet and filthy pens, will eat almost every sort of food, and often thrive fairly well, but a pig that is kept in comfortable quarters and fed upon whole- some food will pay much better profit to the owner, and furnish much sweeter pork for the barrel. Nearly all the diseases which hogs are subject to are caused by cold, wet p‘ us, or by sour, inferior swill. Better throw surplus milk away, than keep it till it rots, and then force it down the throats of swine. Farmers should keep swine enough to take all the waste of the farm while in a fresh condition, and then supplement it with good wheat middlings and cornmeal. Our own practice has been to keep pigs enough to take the skimmed milk each day direct from the dairy room without the use of a swill barrel to store and sour in. A swill barrel in summer is a nuisance on any form. We could never find a good place to keep it, where it would not draw flies or breed flies, In winter it would be less objectionable, but it is a nuisance at all times,and in all places. A correspondent of the London ’I‘z‘mm says that notwithstanding the cholera»stricken condition of Spain, the next few months will sre several thousand puckages of fruit con- signed from that country to the United Kingdom every wee k, notably nuts from ihrcelona, lemons from Valencia, and grapes from Almeria, these last being packed in barrels filled with cork dust. .'l‘houaands of p ickagca of Spmish fruits and nuts will atlso reach our parts during the next few months, and there is no way of discovering how many cholera germs may come here in this manner. Don’t Waste The Straw. Le‘a all the mod thou doest to man A gift be, not a debt; And he will more remember thee The more thou dost forget. Do it as one who knows it not, But rather like a vine. That year by you brings forth its grapes, And cures not for the wine! A home when he has run his race, A dogI when aral‘ked the game, A bee when it has honey made” Do not their deeds proclaim. Be silent than, and like the vine, Brim: forth what is in thee; It is thy fiuty to he zoo/1, , And mum: to honor thee. THB FARM- Thy Duty. A man died at Montrouge, in France, after a strange reverse of fortune. He was known in the humble society among which he ended his days as Le l’ere Fellaia, but under the empire, less than twenty yeera ago, he lived in greatluxury. He was the contractor who undertook the work for opening the Boulevard St. Michael, in which millions passed through his hands. He afterward became utterly ruined in unfor- tunate speculations. and lived for a time on the charity of an aid beggar woman, Whom he had promised to remunerate when he came into a. fortune he expected, but as the fortune did not come she lost patience and turned him into the streets, where he was found lying dead on a. heap of rubbish. The Kohti-noor, the Queen’s Celebrated diamond, was committed by the 163st India. Board to the care of John, afterward Lord, Lawrence. He dropped it into his Waist- coat pocket and thought no more about it. He went home, changed his clothes for din- ner, and threw the waistcoat aside. Some time after a message came from the Q ueen to the Governorâ€"General, Lord ])Alhousie, ordering the diamond to be at once sent home. Lawrence turned to his brother Henry at the Board and said, “Send it at once.” “ V’Vhy, you have it,” said his brother. Lawrence was terrorstricken. ‘ It was fortunately found still in the pocket. It is now preserved in Windsor Castle, but a. model of the gem is kept in the jewel room of the Tom r. For several successive days visitors at Block Island, R. 1., had numerous examples of the phenomena of refraction. Vessels have seemed to sail in the sir, headlands have appeared to float above the ocean, which could apparently be seen (xtending directly under them, glassy rivers seemingly ran seawiird through the solid Wall of the mainland horizon, clusters of small buildings have been magnified into large villages with stately blocks, and all other distant objects have been seen distorted and unreal. At night the lighthouse fires along the coast have seemed to blaza from points far above their true position. Shares in the Manchester(ling.)canal pro- ject are in great demand. They are put at £10,000 worth of atcuk. The expectation is that as soon as the cmai is open it will ob- tain a. fourth of the tonnage now entering Liverpoolâ€"4,000,000 tonsâ€"which, at the low profits of 2s. per ton, would give an annual revenue of £100,000, or 5 per cent. on the capital. The enterprise, therefore, has a very enthusias ic Inching. They talk of corruption in our institutions, but the revplations at the great Eastern Hospital in lnndon throw them in the shade. Wines of the finest vintage for sick paupe' s, banquets on the most luxurious scale for the committee, an enormous liquor bill for the ‘200 oiiicials of the establishment, of Whom only three were entitled to such mtionsâ€" these are not the most amazing features of the record. The sums paid to laborers for fuel, for unif rule and the like, compel re- luctant admiration. It was magnificent, if it was not exactly on the square, and such a time as they had of it"wtiicials, Board of Administration, patients and all ! They Wallowed in luxury, for otherwise the $300,- 000 expended in one year could not be so counted for. Young Duval, who squandered 3. f0 tune on Cora Pearl, is a son of the founder of favorite cheap Paris restaurants, and is now settled down, prosperous, and happily married; He long since recovered from his passion for Cora, Whose present deplorable state has furnished the occasion for so many sympathetic articles in the Paris press. She became years ago a hideous wreck, and has now fallen into utter poverty. Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Bavaria, 80n- in-law of Queen Isabella of Spain, is practis- ing medicine at Nymphenburg. E Colpitts Robinson, in his new work, “ The Geology of Genesis," referring to the creation, speaks of the great deep “ hitherto wrapped in total darkness." “ Dirkness upon the face of the deep !" exclaims Kn' 2w- badge. “ \Vhy, the whole surface (sunh as it was) of the earth under the conditions postulated must have shone with an effulg~ ence in some sort comparable with that of the sun himself.” At Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, the sewage of 40,000 people passes from the town, three miles distant, by the action of gravitation. On its way it passes or flows through a straining tank filled with refuse slag from the iron works, by which the coarse parts are intercepted, and it is finally distributed through covered earthmware pipes upon a field of twenty acres, divided into four plots of equal size, each of which is used six hours at a time, with eighteen hours of rest for aeration. The sewage flows unifonnlv over each plot, With a fall of one foot in 150 from the conduit to the main under drain, where it is arrested by an embankment. This main under drain is six feet deep, and serves to carry off the ellluent to the river;the lateral deep drains are of the same depth. and placed oniy twelve feet apart. The s i1 is well adapted to the system, being a light loam with a deep, gravelly subsoil, and the effluent is quite pure. Entvrmittent down- ward filtration is also said to be successfully resorted to in other tawns. Some peculiar instances of spontaneous ignition of various substances, with attend- ant losses of property, would appear to have been due to simple ignorance of the relations of animal, vegetable, and mineral oils to combustion. l’rof. Attfield points out that the two former are much safer than the latter, since they do not ignite at low temperatures nor give off vapor which, when mixed with a cestuin portion of air, explodes in contact with flame ; on the other hand, in their li- ability to spontaneous ignition, when ire: 1y exposed to the air, under certain conditions, they possess a dangerous property from which the nliIlCX'ELl oils are free. Then, too, the animal and vegetable oils differ consider- ably awong themselves, in the rate at which they cause the generation of heat on being exposed to air, upon the surface of fabrics, shavings, or other materials, though ell are more or less liable to this result when spread out in thin films, or in any other state of minute division. What are known as dry- ing oils are particularly susceptible to such atmospheric influences, the drying itself con- sisting in the conversion of the oil into a kind of rosin by the action of the air. “ Well, my little man,” said the Bishop to Bobby, “do you remember me?" “0 yes, sir," replied Bobby. “Y(u stopped with us when you were here before. Pa thinks it can’t cost you much for hotel bills.” NEWS ITEMS. 7 if you see clouds going cross wind, there is a storm in the air. When the wind is in the south It is in the raln’s mouth. The proverbs that signify rain are netâ€" urslly more numerous than those which mean pleasant weather, becauee they are warnings and suggest preparation. “In it going to rain? ’ is always an anxious qnes- tion, and especially in the spring when the clouds are most capricious. Although. When the wind is in the east ‘Tis neither good ior man 03 beast, rain clouds are by no means unwelsomed. It is good for man and the earth to receive the water from the clouds frequently and a. rainy day in four is the Canadian supply Which mellows man’s nature and makes him less sharp. But when one wishes to start on an excursion or on travels, the fair Weather may be studied from the elonds. See clouds look as if scratched by a hen Get ready to reef vour bopqails then. These common proverbs M3 to be depend- ed upon Red clouds at sunrise indicate a storm. If long stripes of clouds drive at a slow rate high in the air. and gradually become lurger, the sky having been previously clear expect rain. _. . --..v This “ veering with the sun” is often ob- vious and scientifically explained “in an- ticyclones, :local currents of ‘air, probably due to unequal heating of sea: and land, can override the general circulation of the at» mosphere in this country.” If we 2 en fleeces spread the heavenly way He sure n J rain disturbs the summer day. is a. poetically expressed Sign of the weather. It the sky beyond the clouds is blue, Be glad. there 13 a picnic for you. When there is enough clear sky to patch a Dutchman’s breeches, expect fair Weather. A very common sign is : Aireview of Home of the weather proverbs is a useful preparation for spring and sum» mer. The most; reliable 0f the cloud pro. verbs is the 01d Mackerel scales and mare‘e‘ tails Make lofhy ships carry low sails. If when looking at the soft; cirrocumulus clouds you H Qiaéifgilmorvgwtfiéfsiurn’s VcourSe, expeat fair weather. [low to Forecast Storm or Sunshine. Studying the weather is an occupation of which mankind never tires. In the spring, th> importance of knowing what the wea- thar may bring forth is of serious interest. The weather is the farmer's stock in trade He estimates it carefully and invests in as full 9. supply of prognostics as his shrewd- ness can provide. He plants and sows with an anxious look at the clouds rolling by ; he plowswith an eye upon the weather signals and he takes his chances with frost as spec‘- ulators do with reports of a European war. Frequently the farmer who has pinned his hopes on a certain phase of the weather be» Comes alarmeti and immediately the whole country is agitated bscsuse the peach buds are frozen, the young Wheat is killed by drouth or the “ crops” have all been blight- ed by combination of all sorts (if weather. It is of no use for the farmer to try to change the subject of the weather, because he has hitched his wagon to a cloud. And it is almost as difficult for less interested men to keep their minds off the weather in 3. var- iable climate. Before the age ef a scientific study of the weather, all the men were more or less seers and prophets of the cloud Changes, but since the establishment of wea- ther bureaus the unjority have become sur pine, depending upon the Weather clerk for information. Evening red and morning gmy Will set the traveller on his way. Clouds in the east, obscuring the sun, in- dicates fair weather. Soâ€"ft, undefiaéa 5nd feathery clouds ind! cute fair weather. The preverbs on Wind may be regarded as a. corrollamy to the cloudproverbs, and there are many energnth sayings from all sources, making a choice dificult. If the Mud Is Darth em (1 three days without rain, Eight clays w111pasa before south wind again. The sharper the blast The sooner ’tis past, gives consolation and hope to the sufferers in a. squalll. " . n . V Alduu. l North and south sign 0’ drouth, East and west sign 0’ blust. If the Wind ba hushed with sudden heat expect heavy rain, is of similar import with the proverb which is oftm applied to affairs of men: Always a. calm b'sfore a storm. 1 . “ Do business with men when the Wind is in the northwest” contains a. fund of earth- ly wisdom, because men‘s tempers are sup- posed to be beat on a. clear day unless the number of clear days has become a drouth. ]f the wind increases during a. rain, fair weather may be expected soon. Northwast wind hrlngs a ahart storm ; Anortheast wind brlngs a. long storm, Besides theolouds, the sun, moon, stars, mists and fogs exert their influence upon the Weather, 30 that if one kind of signs fails another can be the exception. Some of these proverbs are very expressive. \Vhat can be more apt than the phrase : " A red sun has water in his eye.” Some well known sayings can be review- As the days begin to shorten. The heat begins to scorch them. If the sun burn more than usual, or there, be a halo around the sun “in fine weather “wet” This is akin to the saying -. “hen the sun burns more than usual, rain may be expected. And the meaning that a day is too fine to last is directly sup- ported by scientific observation, which finds that in the rear of the ret'eating depression the weather is to beautiful to endure. Dur- ing this weather there is often great visibil- ity with a cloudless sky. The further the sight the nearer the ruin. It is well known that a solar halo indicates bad weather, that sun drawing water indicates rain, that Between the hours of ten and two, Will show you wth the day will (10.1: Although the appearance of the sun indi- catesmany portcnts, and scientific men of today are endeavoring to discover the influ- ence of the sun spots and sun changes upon the weather, the mysterious moon has al- ways had the confidence of the world in re- gard to her inlluence upon the climate. Sav- age tribes sang their song-a and danced their dance to this divinity, and believed she ex- erted powerful effects upon their actions. With this ancient deVJtiOD it is natural that many superstitious beliefs abounded, some of which have come down to these scientific times. The prognostics regard- ing the moon on Saturday or any other day, or those about different changes in a certain ‘ month, have a. tinge of superstition that SIGNS OF THE “WEATHER. The convict fairly cried as he begged to be allowed to bathe hia eye, or return tcuhis cell for an hour : but he was sternly Bent back to his work, as pitiful, bloody, and unfortunate a specimen of mankind as I have ever yet seen. The abuses of Sing Sing have often been exposed and investigated, but there: is still room for improvement. While I was there, a poor, round-shouldered, eallow, and un- healthy looking convict, was brought in from the iron foundry. He held a cloth, which was liberally stained with blood, to his left eye. The doctor pushed him over by the window, opened the eye, wiped out the spark with a. steel instrument, and sent the man out into the yard again. His keep» er ordered him off to the foundry. One old man, with grey hair, bony arms and about head, who Wis carrying some stove patterns from one shop to another, looked familiar. It was Brockway, the king ofcount-erfeitera. He is the very elegant specimen of a. crook who lived at the boat; hotels in New York, While floating his thousand dollar notes. The oounteifeiter was only discovered because his work was superior to that of the government It is enougn to sadden any man to look at the fifteen hundred disparate looking wretches at Sing Sing. [hey are close ahaven, down-trodden, apparently hopeiess, and utterly discouraged. They are not alâ€" lowed to speak a word to one anmher under the severest penalties, and they Work away with a dogged discontent that a man who has once seen them never forgetsy It was rather impressive in itryelf to be among fif- teen hundred men for hours, and not hear a single one of their voices. lehlllng lncldvnls ofnl'e 111:: Great l'rl; son. Men Who have not visited great peniten- tiaries have little idea. of the horrors of pri- san life, A short time agoa party of men, more or less known in New York, ran up to Sing Sing, for a visit to the famous prison. As an instance of the entire ignor awe of the excursionists, it m~y be studied that every member of the little party thought that women as well as men, were confined “ up the river. ” makes them unreliable. Some of the prog- nogpics have a. squudet: ring: _ If the fu‘l moon rises pale, expect; min. When the moon runs 10W, expwt warm Weather. Beaides utilizing the planets and the ele- ments for his continuous quest of what the weather will be to-morrow, man has turned plants, animals, birds and inst;ch to the purgxose of his inquiring mind. i‘he most astonishing change I had ever seen in any man, was that in Allen. He is the festive young clerk who spent fifteen thousmd a year on a two thousand dollar salary, for some ten years, while in the employ of a dry goods house here, Without exciting suspicion. He would probably be doing it yet, if it had not been for a. blunder on his part. The moon with a circle" brings water in her beak. lie was a. placid and easy-going ymmg swell, who drove a dog cart on: the avenue, was invariably attired in an evening dress, after six o'clock. had a. box at the opera, and was altogether one of the most popular men in town. He hada. small, blonde beard, parted in the middle, and his taste in the matter of gloves and handkerchieffl was universally admired . To men who had been used to seeing him for years, and always in the most fashionable attire, his present appearance was warding. Clean shaven, dirty and dejected, he was the exact. opposite of his former self. He was much cash down. It was very different with the other young swindler of the same age, who was in the room with him. They say that hungry Joe never changes, and he certainly [33 man of extraordinary cheerluluess. Even when he was being Whiple by (luptain \Viiliams, he is reported to have made the Captain smile between his blows; and his demean 31‘ at “ing Sing is no less joyous than on Broadway. A cheerful manner is so rare at Sing Sing, that Hungry Joe has established himself a. universal favorite. “ Moth ~~re stand by the prisoners thebest,” said the Warden in a desultory talk. “ No matter What the son has been, the mother never forgets him, and every two months, when he is allowed to see her for a little While, she is sure to be here with some fruit, or delicacy, to remind him of her love. Wives are usually devoted for a short time, but if they are young and pretty. and their husbands are in for long terms, they usually drift away after a, few visits. Fathers Bel- dom or never come here, for a father is the last one to forgive the disgrace which the son has brought upon him. This is but another illustration of the undying nature of a mother’s love.” The Good Old Winters. In 401, the Black Sea. was entirely frozen over. In 763 not only the Black Sea, butl the Straits of Dardanelles were frozen over, and ln‘somn places the snow rose fifty feet} high. In 322, the great rivers of Eurppeâ€"| the Danube, the Elbe and others were so‘ hard frOZen as to bear heavy wagons for a; month. In 860, the Adriatic was frozen. 1 In 991, everything W‘LS frozen, the cropsi to‘eliy failed, and famine and pestilence! closed the year. In .1067. most of the} travelers in Germany were frozen to death '11 the roads. In 1134, the Po was frozwnl from Cremona to the sea. ; the wine snake Were burst, and the trees split, by the: notion of the frost, with immense noise. In‘ 1236, he Danube was frozen to the bottom, and remained long in that state. In 1316 the crops wholly failed in Germmy. \Vheat, which some yearn before sold art 63. per quarter, rose to .112. In 13:08, the crops failed in Scotland, and such a famine en- sued that the poor were reduced to feed on grass, and many perished lnisemhly in the fields. The successive winters of 1432, 3, and 4, were uncommonly severe. In 1363 the wine distributed to the soldier‘s, was cut with hatehete. In 1683, it was excessively cold. Most of the hollys were killed, coaches drove along the Thames, the ice of which was 11 inches thick. In 1809, occur~ red the cold winter; the frost penetrated the earth three yards into the ground. In 1716, booths were erected on the Temnes in 1744, and 1745, the strongest ole in Eng- land, exposed to the air, was covered, in less than fifteen minutes, with ice an eighth of an inch thick. 1809, and again in 1812, the Winters were remarkably cold. In ‘ 1814, there was a fair on the frozen Thames. I saw the new moon late yestreen, Wi' the old moon in her arm; A111 if we gang to se I., mas er, I '03: we’ll coma to harm. BEHIND TH E BA RS. Behind the wanes, a few hours later, he was listening to the " Swedish Nightingale,” nor in the vast audience was any one more appreciative than he. \Vhen, responsive to an cmcwe, she sang Sweet Home,” he was unâ€" able to repress his subs, so lotxl'aas to be over- heard by her. Inquiring whence the sounds prOCUeded, Mr. Kyle narrated the history of her unseen auditor, and in it she was great- iy interested. “ Pleaae attend him to my room toâ€"morrow at eleven,” she said, “ and have him bring his flute.” One afternoon, toward the close of the year 1851, a gentleman occupying a room in a ho- tel at New Orleans had his attention arrest- ed by the tones of a. flute, not far away, played sweetly, but evidently by a. novice. Taking a. like inutrument from its; box on a. table near him, he executed the “ Last Rose of Summer,” with variations. Presently there came a faint tip upon 1he door, and responsive to his “ Come in !” a lad of per: haps fourteen entered his presence. “ Well, my boy, what do you Wish ‘2” the gentleman asked, in a kindly tone. “ 'While I was playing my flute a few moments ago, I heard you play, as I never heard any one play be- fore. 1 am blind, but managed to find my way here, hoping to hear more of your mu- sic,” timidly. “ I shall be pleased to accom- modate you, Take a seat ; there is a chair close beside you, at your right hand.” The boy sat down, and the gentleman played several pieces exquisitely. “ You aie ‘2" earnestly. “ I am very fond of music, and when I learned that she was to sing in this city, I Wanted so much to- hear her that I cried. But my mother is a. widow and poor, and we live ’wuy up the Mississippi ; so I didn’t cry much, because I knew it wouldn’t do any good. Then my friends took up a. collection, and gave me a~ small sum of money. enough, they thought, to pay all expenses into one of her concerts. The price of a. ticket is so high, though, that I cannot buy one.” “ You shall hear her this evening,” return- ed Mr. Kyle, his feelings touched by the boy’s story, “ and it shall not coo-t you anything, either.” The next morning, just before the appoint- ed hour, M r. Kyle went to the boy’s room, and informed him that Jenny. Lind desired to see him. “ My nume is Kyle, and I am travelling withj enny hind." “ To see me ‘3” was the reply, in a surpris- ed tone. “ Yes. And she wishes you to take your fluge with yog.” “ Whlo are yeti ‘2" inciuired the lad, in a. husk): voice. To amazed-to speak,the lad: took his flute and went with Mr. Kyle. Bleaching the songatress’s room, she exsended her hand to him, and cordially said,â€" “ I am glad to see you,â€"â€"mcre sorry than I can tell that you cannot see me. Mr. Kyle informs me that you came a. long distance expressly to hear me sing.” " Yes’m, I did,” tremuloualy. “He also informs me that, you play the flute quite nicely." “ I thought 1 could play pretty well until â€"until I heard him,” modestly. “ I mould like to hear you.” “ I’m afraid I mm’t play so well as you think," and his face crimsonad as he spake. “I Lhall be able tojudge of that be..t}er after having heard you,” she abserved, cheex“ fully. “ You play for me, and thenlwil} sing for you. Thaw is fair, is it not?” “ Have you ever had My instructions ‘2” she asked. When he removed the instrument from his lips. “ No, ma’am.” “ You do excellently, considering all things, and I believe, in time, notwithstand- ing the great alfliiction that is yours, with practice you may become a very akilful flutiat.” W "‘JYes'h ;” and placing tire flute to his lips, with evident reluctance, be played a simpbe- air. “ No one ever said. w much as that to me before,” he articulated, with difficultv, ow- ing fit: the ichnking‘ lumps in his throat. “Now I will sing t6 you and she did, as admirably as she would have sung if in the presence of thousands. “ God bless you 2" he returned, fervently. “ Please also take this,” placing in his hands a roll of bills. “It will pvovide you and your mother with some of the comforts of life ;,“Do not try to thank me,"as his lips moved ; “ only remember me in your prayers. Hoping to see you again, I must now bifl you good-by," andwith a clasp of the hands, they separated-"forever. 111' Tube ‘L‘ r011" contained three hundred dol- lars, a. larger sum of money than ever had been in the boy's family at one time. The story about the desth of Olivier Pain, which has furnished the less reputable por» timl (If the Paris press with an excuse for the sore of writing it loves, is of a. kind which always proves more or less embarras- sing. The natural impulse of lionA-st and honour-able men When charged with dis‘ gmcefnl conduct is to treat the matter with indill‘en ncc, or to content themselves with callirg upon their columniutors to furnish proof of th ir assertions. Tth rightly judge that people who think them capable of base actims Will not hesitate also to charge them with mondu')ity, and that it is consequently little more than waste of breath to deny the accusations brought :ngiinst them. When any kind of serious evidence is brought forw and they are ready to sift and examine it, to cleir away miscon- ceptions and to place facts in their true light. But there is something inconsistent with personal dignity in bundying assertions with any chance :issoilint, and issuing general disclziin’iers in answer to unsup- ported accusations. In some cases, how- ever, it seems necessary to depart from this natural and proper attitude. The old calcul ition that if mud enough be thrown some of it Will stick is still suilieieutly sound for the purpise of persons like M. Rochifortc osptoieliy when their scurrilous ‘ charges are brought :1gui113t men of another nation and dexteromly" made to appezl to patriotic jealousy. ,l‘be dilli- iculty of getting persmnl character fair- ! ly appraised in such cases, and the evil that may be done by stirring up popular resent- lments in Franceugainst our supposed mis- l deerls, constitute reasons for departing from i the sonnil rule of p yiug no attention to ac- ‘ Cusatlollfi, until at least a good prima facic case has been made out by appeal 10 facts or alleged facts It is probably on grounds 10f this kind that the British Government ihas taken the trouble to deny the wild "charges brought against it and English lolficrrs in Egypt. Z'l‘im olivu-r Pain Epis‘mlo. A Song from the Heart