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morn. 'l'ns Prince of \VTes won some fifteen :1 pounds lately en the turf. 8n: Enwann Tnoums and his family; return to “'ubington this mmth. 111:. “Conn says that Dean Stanley was the original of T- in Brown. Mn. Minus returns his income to thsi Gimmiuioner at seven thousand pounds. Tn: Dean of Wisdom is the confidential adviser of the Queen in all matters belonging ‘0 Church patronage. _ Guests, the artist, is now not far from l l l l l i sixty yarn old, and is said to be one of the i V , VOL, V 111. handsomest men in France. Mn. Win BLACK and )Ir. Bret Harte 11ch been jomneying in each other’s com- pany among the “'estem Islands. Tun Dan of Carlisle is about tom the widow of the late David Hodsonm (EIECTPOOI. The dean is eighty-three Year! Loan Hoods-rents tenants late} ' iresented in bu new daughter-in-law, Sire), glilncs, a fine bracelet of pearls, diamonds, and rubies as a wedding gift. Tu! Empress Eugenie telegraphed to a gentleman on the staff of Figaro who recent. ly lost his daughter, a message begging leave to associate herself with his grief. Jens Barcur, despite all of his naker antecedents, was beheld a fortnigEt ago moved to tears by Mudjeska's impersonation axillary Stuart at the Court theatre, Lon- _ Tun marriage of Prince William of Prus- :;a Will take face in. Berlin on the 26th of bruary. be prince and princess of e Welcp will represent Queen Victoria on the occasion. Mus, Onassis Cnocxm, the wife of the president of the Southwrn Pacific Rsilway, us cxpcndcd three thousand dollars in bringing the young aclress )lizs Calhoun be- low the public. “Mu. Tunervsox has spent the autumn at his place on the Hampshire Downs, but he passes the coming Winter in London, and docs not leave for the Isle of “Fight until Illluu'icil'. BISHOP Causso is a man nearly seven feet tall, and of n macs-Ive frame. He is sixty-six years old, and " regarded by the natives with awe and reverence, and they salute him as a great chief. . Mn. Cumronn having been asked, some little time ago, if he did not consider ’l‘en- nyson the greatest genius of the age. replied in the negative, and addad that without a doubt Disraeli merited that title. IN I ite of the fact that Prince Edward of Sam-l eimar is a German, and so not prop- erly in command at all in the British army, he is idolized throughout his military dis- trict, and the object of universal respect in the army. Tin: widower of the Princess Alice, the Grand Duke of Hesse-Darmstadt, is describ- ed as looking every inch a prince ; he is tall and ruddy, has a pleasant and intelligent expression, with keen eyes, and a frank and ouurtly manner. Prunes Juneau: Boxsrams is a remark- ably line talker, but when he wearies of his interlocutor he stands erect directly before him, and ynwns in the middle of one of his sentencesâ€"which answers for B-iuspnrtcs, if not for princes. ‘VHEN the Crown Prince visited Nurem- berg, the burghers presented him with a costly album. and at the same time declared their loyalty to be as firm as the walls of their cityâ€"4hr: walls, however, an: prescut‘ v to be entirely demolished. Tin-z Sultan seems to have more diamonds than ducats. A cigarette that he offered some one at a supper which he gave being declined, he produced a snuff-box set with superb brillinots, and bade the person use that instead, and keep it. CARVED on an old stone in a little Mary- land grave-yard, after the name of the dead and the custcmnr formula, may be read the words, " llc helif’ the pall at the funeral of Shskspcarc." The late Fred Luring wrote some fine verses on the discovery. OLivr: LOGAN has a friend who lived in Cubs, and used to observe some wood ladies driving out every afternoon with flowers in their hair, diamonds on their rocks, and tho volsntc full of the flounccs of ,hcir gay silks. 4” redny the carriage upset and spilled out me high-imghtincssos. nnv’ it was seen that they had on neither shoes nor stockings. Oss of the Lindon papers recently reâ€" marked that Lord Dufl'crin’s life at St. Petersburg was made insupportablc by his l nominee of French. The fact is, however, flint Lord Dutfcrin is one of the most ac- complished French linguists living, and residing once at a banquet to tho Comedic ' raucnisc, was culogizod by .\I. Got on the fluency and felicity of his French. Mini. ELer li‘osrsn, of Iowa, is a partner with her husband, at whose urgency she studied law, in the iaw firm of Foster 5', Foster. She has ractiscd before the Su. premo Court, and a though at first strongly oppoaed to public speaking I)" women. has become a brilliant and pow. speak". Her father was a clergyman "aha has a happy family. Miss SCHOONMAKEIK, of Kcrhooeson, New York, at the age of twonfy‘four inherited a lugs farming property vcry llt'lbvll)‘ mort- ed, and had at cm time five helpless people dependent on her. In tho fourtctn an that have since elapsed she has taught school, managed the farm, going into the field herself out of school hours, has paid off the mortgage, improved the. property, and become an extensive stock-raiser. Tm: Intercolonial Literary and Anthropo- jozical societies, which number among their members such men as llcuri Martin, (lapel. “3i, Delgado, and hlr. John Evans, of the British Museum. °pcncd thle congresses nt when last month: the lung, Dom Luis, "a ihc ex-King, Dom Fernando, with the Ministry and all the notables of Portugal, present. The savanfs were the guests 01 the city and of the cx-Kinp. and the King “a Queen gave a ball in their honour. 3min MAllll, who plays the part of Christ in the [bum Play at Oberammergnn, de- hiniielf spiritually united by the act. “I feel the agony in the garden," be ex- chimgd to some oneâ€"“l feel the sweat on my forehead." All the players are proud of their performance. “ My triumph."asid tho Jud“, “ is the kiss of betrayal. I mug my whole soul into that mrment." He II rs... led by the audience as the " comic man. ,, M‘sdnlen says that her best bit of “ring is the anointing of the feet of the saviour. ‘ Augusosu GRAHAM BILL is a tall and |.pm;-.ortioned man, with black hair and w“! .hining blacks 1s, a genial smile, and - gentle and court y manners. llis wife, a exceedingly pretty woman, was a Miss Inward, nod although she ll what is called : “inflame, she both talks and understands ‘- " W intuit-cuter as well as those who have rs," a“), Lard and spoken. Her mother, 1 my dis by the difference between 7 v 2: child's future and that of more fortunate diam. but her whole energies to the 11;” or discovering me of communica- by the use and observation of the .. Me. of the lips and throat. and was , instrumental in dayeloplng and per~ "Cm; us. “can by which the «located my; ml themselves and understand my: skirts: was given: borne. on Asmwgip Illinois, which was then in be: ‘ _ w in “movers. When the steamer “n.1,”! recently for bone. it pus ,, _ )3 mus. tittenhad rigs lsftbubind. H , “austere were much grieved, g mfg.” tnmheragun. mfldmb Luminanm 3...“... use to sail IET‘DNW. With tail about the (loch. showing Vimflyurdumb naturswouldallcw " l FENELON FALLS, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1880. NO. 40. WOMAN GOSSIP. â€"A post and a partiugof lips as they touch-â€" That’s a kiss in the abstract. It does not seem much; But where is the language can rightly ex- press it? What simile suggest, or what fancy reveal, The mysterious bliss it can cause you to feel 3 Here nature assuredly won a diploma For fragrance of flavor and perfect aroma. A kiss is electricalâ€"comes with a start That tingle: a delicate shock to the heart, And sets the eyes twinkling with rapturous delight, Like stars in the sky of a clear frosty night. When ’ris over the ecstasyclings to you yet; ‘Tis joy to remember and never forget, All pleasure condensed in an instant of bliss. Can but partly describe what's contained in a kiss. Fashion Notes. Bossm‘ strings are immensely wide. Unsung of seal are shown by funicrs. Buns!) bonnet crowns are all the rage. Lzorsnn 3: ts are worn by young ladies. Pwsu flowers grow more and more popu- lar. QLD-rssnronzo mink-tail sacqucs are revrvcd. SnALsKIN sacqucs remain the popular for wrap. QUiL'rsn satin muffs edged with fur will be used. Wiii'rs toilets are in best taste for even- ing dress. FUR collars and capes have taken the place of boss. Ilussux and Lapland furs are to be worn this winter. SILVER and blue fox are among the fa- vourite fancy furs. HEAVY satin de Lyon is the best material for a fur-lined circular. A nasnsons “ mllliuery set" consists of 4 bonnet and muff to match. Lose gloves, reaching above the elbow. are de rigueur, wrth short sleevss. HUNGARIAN plush is the ,name given to that with the longest, richest pile. BLACK fox and black Russian hare peler- iues and collars are worn in mourning. Till-z 012a is a. pretty new muff of plush or silk or satin, with rcticule attachment. Tun Princess racquc form for children’s dresses remains the preferred style. Tun fashionable sr alskin sncquc is shorter by two inches all around than that of last year. Luzon fur pelerines, covering the shoul- ders and reaching almost to the waist, have been revived. THE Albsni is along cloak with dolman sleeves, set in far back, so .13th give a nar- row cfl‘ect in the bank. Gnscrss lynx and chinchilla remain the fashionable fursjfor young ladies and misses in their teens. New English driving coats, with capes and l100(l5,\a|‘8 long, loosc, comfortable gar- mcnls, intended to take the place of ulsters and Waterproofs. ' THE Young Ladics‘ Journal for December, with handsome Christmas part, supplemen- tary churadc and juvenile tableaux for Christmas is just out. ' 'l‘iii: “American frock” is the favourite dress of little London girls. It is is one- picce garment in sscque style, trimmed to simulate a kilt skirt and jacket. THE “ Mother Hubbard” is a new English cloak, much Shirred about the neck, back, and front, and with elbow sleeves, also shirrcd, the skirt long, plain, and close. CinchAn fur-lined cloaks continue in vague, but are not in as high fashion as the fancy fur visites sold under the new names of the Mandarin, Richelieu, Mother Hub- bard, Lahore, Rajah, and Medici. ARTIFKCIAL flower house decorations in the form of rare leaf plants, ferns, and flowers, placed in jardinicrcs, baskets,vases, pots, and fancy receivers, will be much used for the holiday season festivities. Funxrrrnr: tidics are things of fine art at the present time. They are of silk, satin, plush, and lace, and (nrichcd with hand- printed designs, onibroidcrics of chenille and tinsel, and trimmed with ribbons, laces, balls, and tassels. Oxr. of the prettiest “ millincry sets” seen this winter is n. bonnet or focquc of marcon plush with a garnet sntin quillcd border in place of a brim, and a long ostrich plume fastened on one side and waving down the back; on the opposite side of the no are some red lush roscbuds. The mull" of maroon plnsli is trimmed ut the ends with garnet satin quillin and red silk lacs. On the front of the mo! instead of a how a red paroquet is placed flat, its head covering the steel clasp of a concealed portmonuaic. The cord which suspends the mufi‘ is of heavy garnet chenille. Walls. OLD maids are dcscribcd as “embers from which the sparks have fled." 11' is said that it is shout as hard to hide your love as it is to hides snecso ; neither of them can be repressed. “Grate seize her 2" was the exclamation of an unkind husband on seeing his wife's new silk dress entangled in the hrs-place. Wnss the doctor tells you to takecire, why take air. I? is said that Clara Louise Kellogg never appears without diamonds. Undoubtedly her popularity is due to her precious tones. " DARLING, this potato is only half dour." " 'l‘ncn cat the half done, love." As old farmer who has an over gallant boy, says that it is his lot to make hay while the son shinesâ€"around the girls. Ar tho Social Science Cm in Klin- burgh. ,“Mrs. Duncan McLircn protested against the custody of children being con- fldmd a minor matter." Pray, what is it than ! .‘I-‘zrntric bridegroom (scrutinizing a "airmark" teapot shown him by his wife) â€"-It is quite canaummaie,.is it not! In- tense brideâ€"It is indeed! 0h, Algernon, let us live up to it l No mothers were boasting of the smart- neu of their babies. “ Why," said one, "when my baby cries it puts the telephone to his mouth, and I can hear it away down in the parlor.” A (isomers your: man asked his sweet- heart whether she ever read “ Romeo and Juliet 2" She replied that she had read Romeo. but she did not think she had ever read Juliet. Guru the stunâ€"those beacons that de~ class when morning is and nightâ€"their hamlets fair dropped down; and, as be chewed her dolmsn fringe, the guts fell in and lost it. leather binge. ” BI Jove f" exclaimed Ha ; "look at that 'l! “'hateelourf Shosthepicturu Said Dick, who has learned to Q. A pictured health: Apsintiug, yum" There was a young man in Elmira W'ho courted the lovely Elvira ; But her father was rash, And out through the sash The youth made a certain begin. Nzcmsn'v is the mother of invention, and a newly-married Philadelphia man is experi- menting with an electrical apparatus by which a party on an upper floor can light the fire in the kitchen without coming down stairs or getting out of bed. Tm: elder of two sisters, admiring 3 ben- net she saw in a shop window. expressed a wish she were able to purchase it, whereat the younger (13 years old) cried : ” Well, send round a bat to your friends, and say its for a new roof to a lunatic asylum.” “ \VKAT do you eat those horrid mush- reoms for, Matilda f" asked the dainty Augustus: “They’re nothing but a nasty fungus, anyway." “ That's just it," replied the fair Matilda, balancing a bit of the libelcd food on the end of her fork ; “I eat them for fun, Gus.” YOUNG ladyâ€"~" Very changeable weather, Mrs. Wiggins, isn't it ‘2" Mrs. lVigginsâ€" “ ’Ees, miss, it be. Fust ’ot, yer see ; then cold, then ’ot ag’in ; but it’s a blessin’, ’cos if the weather was n’t alittle wariable there would n’t be no wariety in some folk’s con- versation.” A Darinan man has a Boston lady visit- ing him. Sunday evening, on coming out of church with her, be extended his arm, and, with a delicate deference to her prejudices, said ! “ Will you accept my upper limb 2" With a grateful look from her glassy eyes she accepted. A vonxc lady artist married a young gentleman artist. The uncle of the bride made a call upon them and found them sit- ting in op osite corners of their joint studio, in the su ks, the husband saying that his wife’s waist was out of proportion, and the wifeusaying that her husband’s nose was too sma . AND now doth the amateur fever beset the young of both sexes, and Claude Melnottes and Paulines are as plenty as buckleberries in July. A great deal of histrionic talent that has lain fallow appears before the foot- lights, and personal friends are positively sure that somebody made a great mistake in not being a “star” of the first magnitude. \Vrisx a young man at a West End board- ing-house found the girl he adored was flirting with another man he didn’t try to make either believe the other false. He hired the waiter to bowl out in the kitchen, loud enough to be heard in the dining-room: “ Second plate 0’ pork. an’ another helping 0’ onions, nn’ some more pertutars, on’ a fresh plate 0’ bread for Miss Blank.” And the other fellow, of course, heard it and dropped her. ' HE stood twirling his but in his hand in the hallway. It was about time for the morning-stars to begin their song together. “ Well," and he moved one step nearer the door. “ Well,” she replied, as she stepped to the door also. “Well, Iâ€"I must be going. Ifâ€"” “That’s right, John, if,” and she leaned her head on his shoulder. “ Ifâ€"you â€"â€" haveâ€"any â€"vconundrurnsâ€"tc-- askâ€"ask--themâ€"now." He was measured for a new but and a pair of kid gloves on that: same day. A FRISKY old widow, by the name of Butler, who had been married several times, usually with disastrous results to her hus- bands, having obtained 9. divorce from her last husband, who was a Republican, imme- diately married a new husband, who was a rising young man and a Democrat. The friends of the widow congratulated her upon the acquisition of a new husband. The widow blushed violently, and, chewing the seam of her apron, replied : “ \Vhy, he is not a new husband at all. He is the same one I used to have before the war.” I! is absolutely necessary to look carefully after the education of your boys. They are apt to get wrong notions into their heads, and unless watched to make use of them to their detriment. A Sunday school teacher was examining her class on the parable of the wheat and tares. “ And what is a tare ‘l” she asked impressively. “ I know,” said a little fellow, who had watched his parent’s course to some purpose, “it is a high old time; that’s what it is.” \Vhen asked by the astonished teacher to explain himself he said, “Last week father was gone three days, and I know just where he went and what he did, and the mother told me that the gnv’nor was off on an old-fashioned tear. ” The'btory of the Shoe. The modern shoe has been evolved by a succession of slight modifications and en- largements out of a very simple rimitive covering. In the ages of stone an bronze, man appears to have protected his foot by a piece of bark or leather laid under the sole and fastened in a very simple manner about the foot with straps. Out of this grew the sandal with its broader and more elaborate bands, reaching above the ankles, such as we see it re resented in the art of ancient Egypt and star. From the sandal, again, was developed, by the addition of a fine leather below the straps, as well as the broadening of the straps, the germ of the shoe proper, an arrangement illustrated by the Greek half-boot. The completion of this process of development was the domg away with the band, and the making of the upper leather firmer. .â€".â€".â€" A Half Tahitian Beauty. The hnlf‘caate women are lovelyâ€"bru- nettes, of course ; but such eyes, such teeth, such hair, such figures, such complexxonsl They are indefatigable as dancers. A 20- minutes' spin of galop or waltz without stop ing is nothing to them, and this with the t ermometer at 90 3 ! Thev dance very well. but after an exaggerated Valentino or blabille manner, evidently learned from the French officers. No flattery is too plainly expressed for them. One young lady, the daughter of an American trader and 1: Ta- hitian chiefcss, I particularly remember. She was very tall, with a figure absolutely perfect, and a face that would 'nstvfy a dream of Semiramis A young English ofiicer was ” trotting her out" for the amusement of his comrades. “'hen be told her that she should go to Paris, where her beauty would create a furore, she was greatly delighted ; but she replied with a laugh: “But you know I am a Tahitian, and very proud of it. If I went to Paris I should want to eat raw fish, as we do here." This was quite no- true. but the answerwas very characteristic of Tahitian half-csatu. Household 'Adornmente. These pleasin preparations for household ndernment may made as follows r There is a slow and quick method ; the former is by procnri the natural decomposition of the pulpy an tens of the leaf by exposure to light in adish of water, the quick method is by the use of a weak alkaline destructive solution. of which soda and bins are the active agenta. By the slow methoe one may proceed as follows : The lave: are laid out supethlyinapanordishandeoveredwith runvwater to or three inches deep, and are helddownby meanscf abnhofghsarmtin ansmallstcuuatthneeraenby wbi thcymprsveuudfmmpr-ningteoclosely autoclave; Thsyureexpoeedtothe three weeks they are examined, and all those that have become soft and pulpy are removed to another dish to be cleaned. The rest are left until they, too, become soft. The softened leaves are carefully removed one by one by being floated on to a small sheet of glass; the pulp is pressed out by means of a small stifi' painter’s bsush or a tooth-brush, used by tapping up and down and not by a sweeping motion. This breaks up th'pulp only, which is washed away by pouring water upon it from a small pitcher. To make this convenient, the glass may be placed on two wooden bars resting on the edges of a deep dish with a towel under it to catch the splashings. The quick method is as follows: Four ounces of cal-soda are dissolved in a quart of hot water, two ounces of quicklime are added. and the whole boiled for 20 minutes. The solution is cooled and strained. The leaves are then boiled in this for one hour, or until the pulp is easily reâ€" moved, when it is washed off as already mentiened. The fibres remain, leaving a perfect skeleton or frame-work of the leaf. This is bleached by exposure to a solution of one tnblespoonful of chloride of lime in a quart of water, strained clear from sediment. he skeletons are placed in a dish, covered with this solution, and kept in a dark closet for two days, watching in the meantime that the fibres are not softened too much and thus injured. After bleaching, the leaves are steeped in clear soft water for a day, and then floated ofi' upon a card and placed be- tween soft napkins until dry. They are then ready to be finally pressed, bent,curled, or arranged in bouquets or groups. Cry- stalized grasses and sprays are made as fol- lows : The bunches are first arranged in a suitable manner, tied and. secured ; a solu- ution of four ounces of alum to a quart of boiling water is made, and when this has cooled to about 90°, or blood heat, the bunch of grass and leaves is suspended in it, in a deep jar, from a rod placed across the mouth of it; as the liquid cools crystals of alum are deposited upon every spray, the finer and smaller the weaker the solution is made. This deposit of crystals occurs in the cooling liquid, because hot water dissolves more alum than cold water, and as the water cools the excess of alum forms crystals which attach themselves to any fibrous mat- ter in contact with it more readily than to anything else. These crystals enlarge by accretion constantly, as long as there is an excess of alum in the solution. When the supply is exhausted the solution is warmed and more alum is dissolved in it; it is re- tnrned to the jar and the bunch oi grasses is replaced. When sufiiciently covered with crystals it is taken out and dried and is finished. The Ilmpreiis’ New House. SIIE AND THE QUEEN TO BE NEIGHBOURSâ€"W'KY SHE REMAINS IN ENGLAND. I hear that it was the Queen who prevailed upon the Empress Eugenie to give up her in- tention of going to renenberg and taking with her the mortal remains of the late Em- peror and of the Prince Imperial. One of the chief reasons for leaving Uhislehurst, but not the only one, was the impoasibility of erect- ing a mausoleum there to those whom the Empress bad loved and lost. The prime difficulty was getting a. site. There is, it is true, to the westward of the little Church of St. Mary a. field which would have done ; but it is the property of a rich city firm, who, for some reason or another, would not, or could not, listen to any terms of pur- chase. It was then suggested that the Memorial Chapel might be built on the north side of the church, but here a difllculty of another kind arose. t is a superstition among the RomanCatho as of some countries that the sun never shines,. pon graves placed to the north of a church. The plan had, therefore, to be abandoned, and it was then that the Empress’ solicitor bethought him- self of Farnborough Hill, the estate of the late Mr. Longmnu. One of the great attrac- tions of the place for the Empress is natural- ly its proximity to \Vindsor, of which it is within an easy drive. It is a cross between a French chateau and an English country house, picturesque and comfortable. The gardens are extensive, with graperies, lernery. greenhouse and orchidhouses. The grounds, which cover about eighty acres, have artificial lakes; with small, wooded islands. The estate com- prises, bcsides, nine cottages and a farm, which is at present unletâ€"a hint to those who wish to have an Empress for the land- lady. The Empress will take possession in the early part of next year, the tenancy of Camden House expiring in March. I hear the owner will not be sorry to return to his home again. \thn he let it to the fugitive Emperor ten years ago, he certainly did not think that he would have been kept out of it so long. ornamental H. Mistakes in Teaching Music. At a recent weird science in Edinburgh Sig. Alberto Bach read a paper on improve- ments in musical education. In the teach- ing of singing, he said, the first injury to the taste of the people is done in the ele- mentary classes. The “unisons” scream- ing in schools is ruinous to the delicate instincts of the young. Individual treat- ment and correct classification of voices oughtto be adopted, with the compass of exercises and songs confined to one octave. Afterw’hrd a gradual development of the sense of harmony will be requisite. In so- called choral unisons the ordinary abuses were the receiving of all corners without re- gard to fitness or experience, the endeavour of the weaker voicu to cope with the stronger ones, and the consequent ruin of value le voices. In former times, when there were not so many associations, there were more good singers, because voices were then thoroughly trained for the services of the church and by accomplished singers. Only artists can educate artists, as the history of music abundantly proves. Singers who have a high reputation as 0 rs and concert singers would be Wellqnuli ed toteach, even though their voices were failing, provided they were cultivated in the asthetics and philoso by of their art. The imperfect taste 0 the public is the result of mediocre and bad, inartistic compouitions and per formances, for which both executants and profasors of the art are to blame. The art itself is losing by the su rficislitv of this general music-making. o the artists them- selves the most modern so-called “ dram tic" style of singing the high keys with overpowering instrumentation is doin the greatest harm. The artof singing is sable to be injured bytbis modern tendency to extravagant instrumentation, physical pow- er being substituted for artistic refinement. In seekin for remedies against the deterior- ationof t cart, thesemustbefoundln the mode of teaching. The true teacher must make special study of the formation of the voice, and for thisandother ends of musical culture the establishment of conservatories or academies of music is n desideratum. The freedom with which any one is allowed to teach, irrespective of qualification, might becounteracted by some provision by the state or otherwise for the appointment of competent professors of art. Mn. Faiiucn, the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury,“ a son who is rinnginto sunlightinawarmwmdew. Iutwoev [seminarians-sculptor. as' Holmes, Howells, Celebrated Book Stealers. m mum “110 (.‘OKXI'I'IKD KANT KURDRBS BECAUSB 0! 1113 PASSION FOR BOOKS. (From the London Spectator.) Many eminent characters have been bibli~ okleps. \Vhen Innocent X. was still Mon- signor Pamphilio he stole a bookâ€"so says 'l'aileman des Rouxâ€"from Dn Monstier, the ainter. The amusin thing is that Du Ionstier himself wasa k thief. He used to tell how be prigged a book, of which he had long been in search, from a stall on the Pont Neuf ; “but,” says Talle- man (whom Janin does not seem to have consulted), “there are many people who don’t think it stealing to steal a book, un- less you sell it afterward." But Du Monstier inclined to a less liberal viewwherehis own bookswere concerned. The Cardinal Barberini came to Paris as Legato, and brought in his suite Monsignor Pam- philio, who afterward became Innooent X. The Cardinal paid a visit to Du Monstier in his studio, where Monsignor Pamphilio spied, on a table, “L’Historie nu Concile do Trento”â€"-tbe good edition, the London one. “What a pity," thought the young ecclesiastic, “that such a. man should be, by some accident. the possessor of so valu- able a book." \Vith these sentiments Mon- signor Pampbilio slipped the work under his soutine. But little Du Monstier observed him, and said furiously to the Cardinal that a holy man should not bring thieves and rob- bers in his company. With these words, and with others of a violent and libellons character, he recovered the History of the Council of Trent, and kicked out the future Pope. Amelot de la. Houssaie traces to this incident the hatred borne by Innocent X. to France. Another Pope while only 3. Cardinal, stole a book from Monagkso M. Janin reportsâ€"but we have not been able to dis- cover Monage’s own account of the larceny. The anecdotist is not so truthful that Car- dinal need flush a deeper scarlet, like the roses in Bions “Lament for Adonis," on account of a scandal restin on the authority of Menage. Among roya ersons, Cather- ine de Medici, according to rantome, wasa biblioklept. "The Marshal Strozzi had a very fine library, and after his death the Queen-Mother seized it, promising some day to pay the value to his son, who never got a furtbing of the money." The Ptolemies, too, were thieves on a. large scale. A de- partment of the Alexandrina Library was called “The Books from the Ships,” and was filled with rare volumes stolen from passengers in vessels that touched that port. True, the owners were given copies of their ancient MSS.,but the exchange, as Aristotle says, was an “involuntary” one, and not distinct from robbery. The great pattern of biblioklepts, a man who carried his passion to the most regret- table excesses, was a Spanish priest, Don Vincents of the Convent of Pobla in Arra- gon. When the Spanish revolution de- spoiled the convent libraries, Don Vincents established himself at Barcelona, under the pillars of Los Eucantes, where are the stalls of the merchants of bric-a~brac and the seats of them that sell books. In a gloomy den the Don stored up treasures that he hated to sell. Once he was present at; an auction where he was outbid in the compe- tition for a rare, perhaps a unique, volume. Three nights after that the people of Barce- lona were awakened by cries of “ Fire l" The house and shop of the man who had bought “Ordinscions per 103 Gloriosos Rays de Arago,” were blazing. \thn the fire was extinguished the body of the owner of the house was found with a pipe in his blackened hand and some money beside him.~ Every one said: “He must have set the house on fire with a spark from his pipe.” Time went on, and weekby week the olice found the bodies of slain mep,now in t 8 street, now in a ditch, now in the river. There were young men and old, all had been harmless and inoffensive citizens in their lives, and-11! had been bibliopliiles. A dagger in an invisible hand had reached their hearts; but the assassin had spared their urses, money, and rings. .An or- ganize aearch was made in the oityh and the shop of Don Vincents was examined. There, in a. recess, the police discovered the copy of “ Ordinacions per 103 Gloriosos Reys do Arugo,” which ought by rights to have been burned with the house of its purchaser. Don Vincents was asked how_ he got the book. He replied in a quiet voxce, demand- ed that his collection should be made over to the Barcelona Library, and then confessed along array of crimes. He had strangled his rival, stolen the “Ordinacions,” and burned the house. The slain men were people who had bought from him books which be really couldnot bear to part Wltll. Al: his trial his counsel tried to prove that his confession was false, and that he might have got his books by honest means. It was objected that there was in the world only one book printed by Lambert Palmart in 1482, and that tbe‘prisoncr must have stolen this, the only copy from the library where it was treasured. The deendant's counsel proved that there was another copy, in the Louvre ; that, therefore, there might be more, and that the defendant's might have been honestly procured. Here Don Vincente, previously callous, uttered an hysterical cry. Said the Alcalde: “At last, Vincente, you begin to understand the enormity of your offence 2" “Ah, Signor Alcalde, my error was clumsy. indeed. If you only knew how miserable I am I" “ If human justice prove inflexible, there is an?- ther justice whose pity is inexhaustible. Repentance is never too late." “Ah, Sig- nor Alcaldc, my copy was not unique l" With the story of this impenitent thief, we may closo the roll of biblioklepts. â€"â€"â€".o The Music of Ireland. Moore, in his essay on the music of Ire- land, says: “It has often been remarked and oftener felt, that our music is the trucst of all comments upon our history. The tone of defiance, succeeded by the langunr. of despondency (a burst of turbulence dying away into softnrss) the sorrows of one mo- ment lost in the levity of the next, and all that romantic mixture of mirth and sadntu which is naturally prodnczd by the efforts of a lively temperament to shake OE or forget the wrongs which lie upon it. Such are the features and character,which we find strong- 1 and faithfully reflected in our music: and era are many airs which I think it u difiio cult to listen to without recalling some per- iod or event to which their expression seams peculiarly up lieable. The plaintive melodies of Carolan t ens back to the times in which he lived, when our poor countrymen were driven to worship their God in caves, or to quit for ever the land of their birth (like the bird that abandons the nest which human touch has violated); and in man a song do we hear the last farewell c the exile mingling regrets for the ties he l'avea at home.” W Tun drawback on tobacco must refer to pipe-smoking. To the truth of the saying that the sins of the soul has nothing to do with the sins of the body, no stronger testimony is needed than the small physical stature of such men Cable, Whipple, Al- Stedman. and a host of others. How Long will the Sun Last ? PROFESOR C. A. YOUNG GIVES I113 Vlst OR THE FUTURR OF THE USIVIRSI. (From the Popular Science Monthly). How is the heat of the sun maintained! How long as it lasted already 3 How long wrll it continue? After affirming that, in the present state of science, only somewhat vague and unsatisfactory replies are possi- ble, Prpf. Young holds that, so far as ob- servation goes, we can only say that the out- pouring of the solar‘hsar, amazin as it is, appears to have gone on unchang through a the centuries of human history. 'lhe su- thor thinks that there is some truth in each of the two theories which have been pro- posed to account for the sun‘s fire. As to the first, thsimpact of meteoric mat- ter, it is quite certain that solar heat is thus produced ; but the question is whether the supply of meteoric matter is sufficient to ac- count for any great proportion of the whole. After giving Sir William Thompson’s cal- culation of the amount of heat which would be produced by each of the planets fallin into the sun from its present orbit, by whic it appears that Jupiter would maintain the sun’s present expenditure of energy for 32.- 254 years, and Mercury for six ears and 219 days, and that the collapse of a l the planets upon the son would generate sufficient heat to maintain its supply for nearly 46,000 years; and after estimating that matter equal to only about one-hundreth part of the mass of the earth, falling annually u on the sol 2', surface, would maintain its ra. iation indefi. nitcly, Prof. Young thinks it improbable, from astronomical reasons, that any such quantity of matter can be supposed to reach the sun. So large a quantity of matter would necessitate a vastly greater quantity circulating around the sun, between it and the planet Mercury. But if there were near the sun meteoric mutter equalling, for exam- ple, the mass of the earth, it ought to pro~ does an observable effect on the motions of Mercury, and no such effect has yet been de- tented. Astronomers, therefore, failing to find a full explanation of the cause of solar energy iii this hypothesis, have adopted a second one, which is, that the sun’s diameter is slowly contracting, and that the gaseous mass is gradually liquefying and becoming solid. The conclusion is drawn that, if this theory be correct, there must come a time when there will be no solar heat, as there has also been a. time when it began. How far for- ward is the end, how far backward the be- ginning? Newcomb is authority for the statement that, with its present radiation, the sun will shrink to half its present diam- eter in about five million years. Reduced to this sins, and eight times as dense as now, it would cease to be mainly gaseous, and its temperature would begin to fall. Hence Ne“ comb assigns as the term during which the sun can supply heal: enough to support life on the earth, as we know life, aperiod of ten million years. The writer somewhat more confidently casts his eye backward, and concludes that the sun cannot have been emitting heat at the present rate for more than eighteen mil- lion years if its heat has been generated in the manner described. If the sun has con- tracted from a diameter even many times larger that that of No tune’s orbit, to its present dimensions, asi probablytruein the main, “ we are inexorably shut up to the conclusion that the total life of the solar sys- tem, from its birth to its death, is included in some such space of time as thirt mdliuna of years ; no reasonable allowance or the fall of meteoric matter.” to” “ could raise it to sixty millions.” The possibility of collision with wandering stars, and the suggestion of ways as yet unconccived of for restoring wasted energy, are followed by the state- ment that ” the present order of'things ap- pears to be limited in either direction by terminal catastrophes which are veiled in clouds as yet impenetrable.” 0 Early Rising. (From the Lancet.) Of course the majority of the busy mem- bers of the community have been “away for change of air and scene," and, equally, of course, the majority have derived substan- tial benefitsâ€"not at the moment apparent, perhaps, but to be evidonced, in better health or more energy, presently. This is, there- fore, it good time to speak of such reforms in the management of self as may be expedient. We venture to suggest that those who have not yet made a fair trial of the practice of early rising should do so. \Vith a cup of tea, and perhaps a. single slice of bread-and- bnttcr, to wake him at G or 6:30 in the morning, a fairly healthy mm may go to his study, and enjoy the priceless luxury of two or three hours of work, when his brain is clear and the distractions of the day’s ordi- nary business have not be no to assail him. The practitioner of an app icd science, such as medicine, is especially in need of time for reading and quiet thought. In the active hou-s of the day this is denied him. At night. he is, or ought to bcâ€"but for the bad habit of reading by night, probably formed in student daysâ€"400 weary in mind and body to do good work. In the early mom- ing, with his brain recu cratcd by slocp,snd his whole system rcstc , he is especially fit for labour. Those who do not fuel thus on awakening are either the subjects of some morbid state, or the slaves of a habit which, however common, is essentially unnatural. Some of the difficulties which beset the task of early rising are due to want of method in the act of “getting u ." It in comparative- ly easy to route ones self instantly, but to not a few of us it is extremely irkrminn, and almost impracticable, to rise slowly, that is, taking time to think about it. The man who really wishes to rise early should get up the instant he wakes, and, if weakly or over forty years of age, instead of plunging into cold water or applying cold to the head to route himself, he should, as we have said, take a cup of tea or milk to stimulate the Organism before expecting to elicit a rose. tron bya powerful depressant such as the cold bath or douche. Man persons make a mistake in this matter, not by taking their bath immediately after getting out of bed, lower the vitalit instead of raisin it. In certain cases it is betterto leave t a bath until after a walk ora spell of. work has thoroughly awakened the organism and call- ed out its energies. Experiences in rslatirn to this and other matters must differ as widely as constitutional peculiarities di- verge; but, speaking generally, the early morning is the time for serious work, and those who do not so useit find a poor sub- stitute, and me which is by no means by- 'enic, in the late hours forced upon them. man cannot get up early if he goes to bed late: but u batman the two extremities of the day, the morning is, on all accounts, the best for brain usercxae. «a hr the revised code of hissiuippi, wives and husbands inherit the whole of each other's property if there are no children, and a child’s portion if there are, and a wife can will her own property as freely as an un- married woman can. A 061.1. old lady, being told that a certain lawyer was lying at_ the paint of death, ex- claimed : " M l won’t even death stop that man’s lying t" LIFE IN m ANIMAL WORLD. ACEURCE-GOIKO 000â€"3le0‘.“ rum-m â€"XOISB m1- camou‘nâ€"nxowxxo urn-name. Buss are destro 'ng the orchards in Maine. In Kingficl , in sale leyou or- chard, twenty-three tress wureinoksn own in their sfi‘orts to get the apples. 'lVro flocks of semi-domesticated qli’iail are regzlarly found on the farm of Dr. on ter,w lives near Harrisbu Pa. He feeds :3 regularly and protects em from hun- . Amt intelligent and gentlemauly dog is the £roÂ¥rty of a tlsman of Napa street, n rancisoo. Vhen on the street ineom y with other dogs, upon arriving at their destination, he trots in advance to the gate, which he opens, and waits until the other do has gone throu b, then passing in himself, c oses the gate be on! him. In a ssine, caught by a fisherman at Mom terey,Cal., was a fish, the first half of which was a mountain brook trout. having the eye, head, scales, s ts, and shape or the fish. It had a pair 0 fins at the usual place be- hind tbe ills: an inch or two back of this it sudden y changed into a silver eel, the shape, color, and absence of scales being perfect. Warm moccasins use their body a: asort of solve for estebin small fish. In a Texas pond one was briskly turning and twisting in all directions, forcing minnows int/o spaces between him and the bank. The fish cu- deavoured to escape by leaping over the snake's body into the water beyond, while the moccasin, with elevated head, caught tge fish in his mouth as they passed through t 0 air. J on outside the prison walls at Agra is a tank of water in whicharea large number of fresh water turtles. This prison is also the wasting place of n grout number of blue pigeons. These pigeons must drink of the tank, but every attempt incurs the risk of losing their head, for the turtles lie in wait just under the surfhoe of the water, and at its ed e. Many headless bodies have been picks up near the water, showing the fate of some of them. Axxm'rso shotguns are a favourite pet fish of the Chinese. They look very much like perch, only more beautiful. They are of a vroenish colour above and silvervgriiy be- ow. Across the back are four short dark- brown stripes shaded with green. As they flash through the water they are a series of lovely and ever changing lines. The Chin- ese keep them in jars as we do gold fish It is said- that their aim is so accurate that they can bring down an insect from the height of three or four feet above the water. A DRIVER on one of the Fourteenth street, Washington, cars is strongly of the opinion that horses count. Each car, he says, makes nineteen trips a day. There are four horses used, three making live trips and one four trips. After those stated trips, if for any reason it is necessary to send the car back, it is almost impossible. to get the borne out of the stable. \Vith the drivers and stablemcn, who frequently witness such ex- hibitions, there isa firm belief of the mathe- matical abilities of the horse, Anoc's idea of value was exhibited in Rapid City, Dakota. At a dinner at the Building ranch last Sunday, Joe l’ipor was there witha fine pointer dog. All hands were seated at the tablo when the dog went to his master and commenced whining. The master asked what he wanted. The dog reached up and dropped a gold badge in his hand that he had picked up somewhere. Dr. Meyer recognized it as one that he had dropped from his vest, but knew nothing of the loss until the dog found it. RALPH was a raven belonging to the Red Lion Inn, Hungoi-ford. A Newfoundland dog that had receiVed severe bruises by be- ing run over was dnily visited by ltslph,who brought him bones and attended hiui with particular marks of kindness. One night, by accident, the stable door had been shut, and Ralph had been deprived of his friend's company all night; but the linstler found, in the morning. the door so peckcd away that, lind it not been opened, in another hour Ralph Would have made his own entrance. The landlord not only confirmed the liostlcr's account, but mentioned many other acts of kindness shown by this bird to all dogs in general, but more particularly to maimed or wounded ones. Oâ€"quw A Russian Explorei; in Thlbet. THE SUCCESSva PROGRESS 01’ Till! lN'I‘l'flfl'lD PREJEVALSKY AND HIS COMPANIONH. (From tho London Academy.) Im ortnnt news hasjustbcen received from Col. ’rcjcvalsky, who, having fin shed his business at Siniiig-fu, at the end of Mni‘ch started for the Iln'nng-Hc, which he struck at the small valley of Gonii, the furthest iii- liabilcd district on the river. The llwnng- Ho, winch there has a breadth of about 150 yards and a rapid current, at this point mnkes a sudden bend from northeast to cost, How- ing at an elevation of 8,000 feet between fairly well wooded bands. After spending ten days in tho Gomi vnllc , the expedition proceeded up the river, but ound its irogrcss much im is led by ravines, running down to the river bank, which, from the precipitous nature of their sides, were cros ed with diffi- culty. In one of llicsc vast crovnsses, some eighty. seven miles beyond Gomi, there were forests abounding With birds, among which Were nun merous blue pheasants. Of those Col l'reje- vnlsky secured several specimens for his col- lcctions. Rhubarb was also met with here in largcquantit es, and it was noted that the old roots were extraordinarily large. After crossing a numb. r of the ravines and a unruly plain bcsidv s, the party arrived at tli conflu- ence of the (.‘hnrinysh, in re about a hundred yards broad. This proved to be tho furthest imit to which lli y could push their explor- ations. For I nving no means ofc instructing a raft, they found it impossible to cross :lio Churmysli, and, had they been ab 0 to do :0, Col. l’rojcvalsky, after mrcful and extended I'CGODHOIHMH‘ZGB, rclnc'nntly came to llm co .- clus on that he would to nimble to get his camels, inu'cs, and horses over the hu “5 mountzin ran e which stretches along t 10 course of the {wring-lie. He therefore rc- tnrncd to the (lorni Valley, from whlc v, after a march of forty miles, he rt-ac led a p'scc on tho llwsnzdlo (nil ed in his letter llui~dc. Here he intended to spend part of July and Augustin natural history investigations, and then logo n rtbwsrd to Clicibscn to finish his former explorations there. Col. l’rcjeialsky i. of the opinion that the sources of the II I ang-llo can only be rcachel through ’l‘i ibeLsn territory, l e czpr sees strong doubt slicther the ri\ cr makes such a decided curve in its upper course as has corri- monly been assigned to it by tsrtograpbers. lie is able, howev. r,to affirm jmsitit'cl that such a curved line does not exist in t is 170 miles which he has lately explored. At the end of his letter been on can lils intention of reaching Alsatian about Sept. l. 0’“ You Will Not be Sorry ._._ For being courteous to all. For doin good to all men. For a in evd of no one. For hearing ‘ are judging. For holding an angry tongue. For thinking before speaking. For being kind to the distrawd. For asking pardon for all wrongs. For being patient toward every idly. For stopping tips can of a tale-beam. Par dis lieving most of the ill-reports. Tris suit instituted to administer the prop- erty of the late Miss Adelaide Nelson, in the English Court of Coanoery, will be heard this week. Legal qu-stioos u t» the right of Miss Neilsoo to will away her pro rty have arisen, and with a view to a final ter- mination of the whole matter, it has been thought best to take the opinion of the Court. A very handsome monument will shortly be erected in memory of )liu Neil- son in Brampton-Cemetery, at a cost of