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PEARLS 0P TRUTH. Wm s cheerful countenance. minor won't smile on y expect anybody will 1 He who seldom spakl, sud with one calm, well-timed word can strike dumb [he lcquncious, is a genius or a hero. The hypocrite who cloaks his knaveryj is la. dsu emus to the commonwegltbg than he w o transgreucs iii the {the}. day. ' fut wealth may If your on, how can you be repth by indusâ€" i ~â€"-.~,.~. fl b l ,1. th lrh’ ' try. lost knowledge rm”. ' a ’ VOL. vII. by medicine , but lost time is gone fur-2 ever. It is much safer to reconcile an enemy l . than to conquer him ; victory inaydcprive V him of his poison, but reconciliation of his i will. llintzry needs distance, t-s‘ul cease, in some sort, to be malle‘ able. ()nr Mrlcrstai dings are always liable to error; nature and certainty is very hard tocorne at, and infallibility is mere vanity and pretense. 'I'lzere cunni t live a more unhappy creature than an ill-natured old mun, who is neither capable of receiving plea- sures, or sensible of doing them mothers. In the lottery of life there are more prizes drawn than blanks, and to one mis- fortune there are fifty advantages. De- spondency is the most unprofitable feel- ing a man can indulge in. The only way to shine, cvcnnin TIDE false World, is to be modestand unassum- mg. _ - . 2""P‘ialwt Facts and events which are too well at: [stays FOLLY . CHAIER Ill. “Mr. Siephen Dauut," announced Dr. L Arnold's grey-haired old mauservant, opening the drawing-room door ; and the announcement was immediately followed by the l ntrance of Stephen Dauut, tall and grave and languid in his gray tweed clothes, the rose in his button-hole show- ing ndly sgainx-t the dark grey ground. l Three hours had elapsed since Frank Greville had left the Gray House, after a. very prolonged visit; and Sidney was alone in the drswing-room, sitting in a low chair near the open window, a volume of her favorite poet open on her knee and IIUI‘ brown eyes fixed 11; on the page ; but she was not reading, for she had been sit- -_ l ting there for two long hours, and she had not turned over the page. . i As the servant’s gmve voics broke upon Filllehw’d may be 3 thll-‘k cm“; the stillness, she started and turned her bl” in the 001"“ 0f “"19, {ml-h Win find, head, a. gleam of impatient annoyance a place to break through. Let no man complain of the shortness of life until he has measured the full ca- pacity of is day. Discontent with one’s gifts destroys the power of those that one has and brings no others. He that hath pity on another man's sor- row shall be free from it himself ; and he that delightctli in and sconn ththo misery of another, shall at one time or another fall into the same gulf. If there be uny one principle more widely than another confessed by every utterance, or more firmly than another imprinted on every atom of the visible creation, that principle is not liberty, but law. rarely intimate or permanent. It is a lloswell that most appreciates a Johnson. Genius has no brother, no co-matc; the love it inspires is that of a pupil or a son. Show me the man you honor. I know by that symptom, better than any other, what you are yourself ; for you show me then wlmt youridcul of manhood is, what kind of man you long iiioxpressibly to be. The pith of conversation does not con- sist in exhibiting our own superior knowledge on matters of small conse- quence, but in enlarging, improving, und correcting the information you possess by the iiuthority of others. How much plczisuutcr this world would be to live in were it as easy to go to bed at night as it is to remain there in the morning, nndns easy to get up in the morning as it is to tilk of getting up when you go to bed. Good manners declare that their possessor is a person of superior quality, no matter what his garb, or however slender his purse. ’I‘hcy prove his rc~l ; flashing into her brown eyes; then she ruse , and went forward slowly, not holding out ' her hand, for both her hands clasped the l book she held, which was large and ’ heavy. _ I “ l was to meet Dolly here," said Ste- phen, after the first greetings were over. “ She had some shopping to do in the town, and said she would meet me here ' and drive me home. May I take the book, i Sidney ‘l " ! They were still standing in the centre j I: the room, where they had met, and 5 there was just a shade of anxiety in Ste~ i pheu Daunt's dark grey eyes as they rested on Sidncy's face for a moment, and he took the Shakespeare from her and put it . . . ‘J on: table. The friendship betwaeugrcut men isi p . Sidncy's face had flushed suddenly and 5 vividly on his entrance ; but now the ! colour had faded, leaving her terribly whiteâ€"even her lips were colourless ;still islthough she herself knew that she had grown so pale, she resolutely suppressed all other signs of agitation, and her voice - was quite calinas she answered him. “ Dolly hiss not been here ; but I dare say she will not be long now,” she said quietly. “ Will you not sit down? ” “ I hope I am not disturbing you,” he , answered gently. “ Are you quite well 1 this afternoon, Sidney “I ” he added, fol- flowing her to the window as she moved 'slowlv across the room. “ You look so pale." : Siduoy’s pretty eyebrows were lifted a little. j “ One would think that I was usually of the colour of a peony ! " she said light- ly. “ I mu quite well, even if I huve less l color than usual, although I used to think 3 l was iilwnys pale.” “ You gcnurully grow white roses,” he remarked smiling, “ but not quite so colourless as yours of to-day. The Doctor spuct for himself, and they ulso prove his . 11M gone m Strum], I understand 7” respect for those whom he addresses. The road to success is not to be run upon by serendcngucd boots. Stop by ' stop, little by little, bit by bit, that is the ' way to wealth, that is the way to wisdom, . that is the way to glory. I’ounds are the sons, not of pounds, but of pence. (loud-temper is the philosophy of thoI heart, is gem in the treasury within, wlioso rnys are reflected on all outward objects , u perpetual sunshine, imparting warmth, light, und life to all within the Avuricc often produces opposite of- " Yrs. Mr. Lanthoiiy is very ill. Papa is very uuxious about him.” “ llo has long since passed the limit of thrccscoro yours and ten," Stephen re- l marked. “ That fact will not make his loss less felt,” rejoined Sidney, with a. sudden anger ’ which brought it smile to his lips. “Did I say that it would ’I " he asked, looking down at her, smiling. “It only prepares us for what is to be expected. How pleasuntit l'l here I” he added, lean- ing against the open French window and den and fields to the hills beyond. split-w ul’ its influence. ‘ looking away over the old-fashioned gsr- l feels: there is an infinite uumberof pen-1 ple who sucrilicuull their property to very ' doubtful and distant expectations ; others, despise great future, udvuutagcs to obtain ' present interests of n trifling unturu. - SCIENTIFIC. There are different grades of oil-stones, lmrdund soft. The best oil to use on on oilrstouo is paraffin ; writer is better on a hard stone. The sawdust and refuse of the sawmill i . is now made to yield fourteen gallons of ‘ turpentine, three or four gallons of min and a quantity of for per cord. The blue color of pieces of Starsfurt rock salt is not duo to soy coloring mut- ter, but is an optiml phenomenon. It has been mismkuily ascribed to the pre- srucc of n sulphur compound. ton sodium subchlorute, and to gasses. Illuttiug pnpcr, saturated with u solu- tion of oxalic acid and dried, will not on- ly absorb the ink of u blot, but will re- movu the blot itself if the ink is unmixed with indigo oruuzline color. It might be dangerous in removing signatures from important pnpeis, but a trace of the writing will rennin, and can be made lugiblu by adding icrrocysiu'de of pouissi- um or gulric acid. A perfect imitation of blka walnut or [oak can be obtained by using a prepara- lion of Brunswick blsck, llllllllml 'down with turpentine until it has attained the proper tune and Color. A little varnish should be sddsdosnd sbout one. twentieth of the bqu of the black and turpentine. Tln-ro is no trouble in get- ting the mixture to dry hard, and it will take very kindly to a cost of varnish. A pint of linseed (not linseed oil) used weekly in connection with a thorough washing with hose, has been found to be mm of the but substances to prevent scale in steam boilers. The linseed soil.- ens ihv scales so much that it comes away like sludge. (hound slippery elm bark also gins good results. Potatoes hove slso been found useful for the purpose. They surround the psi-tides of lime m the water with starch and })W\'rut them form- ing in a mus. Mr. llichxnl A. l‘mczsr hub“ that if the full poIcr of the nuns and legs can be so applied In ingeniously arranged mcchsiucum as tn work wings won.- or loss resembling those of n bird these is little reason of doubting man's power of sustaining himself in the air. sud even travelling with gnu llpldll)‘ thmugh u. l'robsbly. he odds, it will be much easier for lum to sustain himself while "arching npidly onward than while hovering our the same spot. The Lamina Mde Tina believes that lbs I mpsthy expressed for crimiusluup pinned lo sulfur pun on account of the «lotions-d action of the hurt after the neck is bmksn is hanging is misplaced. It cites the triple execution at Fugue to show that the hunt my pulsars for 1 quarter of an hour ska deaths which are shown to be unanimous. Msny asses no mended when the heart's action has muan 1 long time after commons do. I t was very pleasant. in the old-fashioned gal-don, pleasant and still and quiet. The room was of the back of the house, and ,opcnod on to the lawn with long French windows, and it had such a fine view of tho country that it wns dillicult to believe that one was in the centre of n. bustling little town. Dolly Daunt was Wont to say that there was no room at Lambswold so charming as Siduey‘s drawing-room, with its curious antique furniture and rare old china and its faded harmonious colouring. For a. few minutes there was silence. . Stephen's gray eyes rcsteddrcamily on the hills which the sunlight was touching tenderly ; then they mine back slowly and lingered on the fair pale face of the girl who sto )(l, n slender, graceful figure, by his side. Sidney had gone to her room after ank Groville’s departure, and changed the soft brown dress for one of dark blue velveteen with yellowish rufilcs at her throat and wrists. and abroad silver collor clasping her white throat tightly. She was looking very lovely with the favored light in her eyes and the strange excite- ment in lur face. “ Have you been out to-day l " he asks presently. “ Nu." “ You are getting a sad stay-ot-home," li‘e remarked, smiling down at her. “ You never go for any long walks now. Did you get lsry in town, Sidney ‘l " “ l’i rhaps," she answered carelessly. “I think I will ring for some tea ; Dolly will be born shortly, l dare say." “ l was to meat her at five o'clock," said Stephen, crossing the room to ring the bell. “ ll is almost that now." ” Yes ; it wants only a few minutes to live." “ What have you been doing with your- self sll day l" Stephcn resumed, going back In the Window ; and at the sudden question the colour leaped up into Sid- lwy's four, and her eyes met his for s mo~ mcnl ii sudden frnr, then almost directly the white lids sank and the colour faded sgnin. “ 1â€"! do not know,"she {altered :and Sn phcu looked at her wouderingly ; but before he could ask any other question, the servant appeared with the ten-equip- sg. , and Sidney hastened sway from the window with a little sigh of relief. But, as she prepared to make the ten. measuring it Into the ten-pot with her liula lingers very unsteady, the question he had asked her scorned to flash before her eyes in letters of line. What hsd she done! What had she donel “’m it possible that only a few hours be- fore she had given a promise which would influence all but future life I ll leaned Sidney, leaving the too-table and follow- ‘ doubt. 0‘ suffering. 0‘ anguish. hid '0 be like a sumigc incomprehensible drum that in her um simulation and weakness she has! yielded-st s word of county. and had and to herself that, since love was not for her, she would take the friendship Maxed as I substitute, and build up otlur edition on the ruined castle which is one part I moot quite make out." 'hsd crumbled so soon. She felt dazed and bewildered and wretched; but all her bewilderment she did not lose sight of one thought.“ least Sicphc not guess. would not even suspect that. “ Are you outputting in too much in, ' gcncmll y called in Ashford. l u would Stephen l" she said, hughing, :- she shot ! FENELON FALLS, ONTARIO, said suddenly. “I am afraid to state thel against it, his face pale andgrsve, even number of spoonsful you have put in." ’ to sadness. Dolly’s pretty voice, not very “ Have I ‘l ” she questioned, with' a powerful, but very sweet. rose softlyâ€" a little forced laugh. :‘ I did not notice. s.s1vhmm‘ deep, cum am“, the Home“ Never mind ; we all like our_ tea strong. n'rlmugh the zmnipghwgihz‘eas figh, By'lhgd’y e, 17§uddenly gmcmg “mm at lli‘uniieefic:fiid’dienful Err. Pa '1'. lum wltll shining feverish brown eyesâ€" “I had forgotten to ask you, how is Miss Neil I" . "She is better this afternoon, thank you,” he answered rather absently. “ I am very glad. I was surprised to hear of her illness. Doctor Eliot was telling me that she was frightened at â€"-soniething." “ Yes, I think that caused it,” Stephen said rather gravely. “She had been greatly terrified, for she fainted away when we spoke to her, and seems quite afraid to be alone.” “ l have not heard ofâ€"of any suspicious clmracters- having been seen about,” Sid- ney said rather hesitatingly, her brown eyes intent upon the tea-pot, for she dared not look up and meet the grave question- ing 10ok of the gray eyes which were watching her so anxiously, wondering ‘ ' Ah me. my love, ihst oloudlcsslove, Not less sweet furits blttcrstsin! Isit fair that a love so pleasant prove Only to cad in pain! " ‘There was hollow roll Ofâ€"’ Sidney l ” Dolly broke off suddenly with a little excited cry. Stephen glanced over in some surprise at the two girls, and saw that Dolly had caught Sidney’s hand as she was turning over the music-page, and was looking at it eagerly, while Sidnoy's face was as white and colourless as that of a little marble statuettc behind her ; but she was smiling. “ Sidney, oh, Sidney, what does it mean? " Dolly said eagerly and excitedly, her blue eyes full of questioning and do- light. " Does it meanâ€" Oh, Stephen!” The young man had joined them now, . . and saw what had startled his sister. On “’1‘)’ 5h” “‘33 3° changea» ans g’rli Who the fourth finger of Sidney’s left hand was had been all sweet and frank and true. . a thick gold ring set with three brilliants “ N‘“ 1'" he “"Bwered‘ smiling " l’ltle' There was a minute’s silence ; the do: “Bu” I 8"" “mull ’t was no: ,‘I‘ 'uspm’ous light was fading slowly from Dolly's blue chf‘fuc,wr,w"° “lightened her' ,, eyes, and a look of incredulity and sor- ‘." “'5 It a dog them do you suppose 2 row came in its place. Stephen’s face was the girl asked, able to speak 311°” calmly set and stern. Sidney was very pale ; but "9"“ almw'a'h 5”" dreade‘l hm “an words she was still smiling, a strange fixed smile “"tll "" tend)!" fen" which moved her lips but did not reach . v 1) , _ . .‘ bl" ’.’° a”.5w°red 6"“ e’y’ and. some her eyes, which were downcust and fixed thing in his voice forced her to raise her upon her ring eyes: , “ I meant to tell you,” she said slowly. His were grave, tenderrcompassionate it But them_thom has been no opp“- _yes, there was surely compassion in his tunity’ and nâ€"with a lime lau"h__u my K329 l H” P‘tled.her,_h° guessed the’l ! engagement is only a. few hoursoold. Lct Aha She WOUM “how hlm lb“? he was "’13' me tell you now, Dollyâ€"I meant that you tulffm, that She "89‘189 no Int? 1 n should hear it first from myself. I have . Th?” Wm.“ could 1” have been ? “he promised to marry Frank Groville in the said, With a. little laugh. “ A 21105,t P81” springn h"PBâ€"4he 3h?“ Offme Of her 1'91“de “Frank Grevillo ! ” Dolly echoed, with 10V9T3.1’Wl|0 13 film)“ at her engage' an irrepressible accentof pain inhorbriglit mfg?” . , , ,, voice. “ Frank Greville l” ‘ That 15 a “I?” likely conl‘lcmwi Sidney tried to speak again ; but the Stephen Daunt “End Ve’y’ “mung. tho words died away upon her lips. \Vhat ppom and standing y the mantelpiece. had she done, She wondered vaguely, to N‘YUU hejrd, the“: Of her engagenwnt’ bring that look of incredulous pain into Sidpey f w ' d u Dolly’s bright blue eyes, to chase the “ 0h, 5’93, - Sldney WSW”? ga 3" pretty pink color from her cheek? DOCtOP Eliot t°1d “10 thls momulgi and In the silence which followed, Dolly I “'35 80mg to congmmhte She loosed her hand, and it fell heavily upon bmke 01f wadein and turned to tho the keys of the piano, making a long dis- dUOI‘; “Ah! there is Douy ! n “he, added, cordsnt sound which seemed to shiver “liming forward to meet her W’th two through the silent room. little eugcr hands outstretched. “ Justin u Are you not going to conomtulate z: ‘ ' time, dear, for tea. and congratulations l ” n V “Tea first, then, please,” Dolly ssid flel’astuy 7 Sldney forced herselftouk laugliingly, “and con tulations after, it To many Flank Grevme :n Dolly although I don ’9 39° Why you Bho’fld con' said unsteadily, without Iieediiig the omtulate me. Stephen, I hope you are “cation u 0] -d . - - __ adot tired of waiting,” she added, with an gm you 'not 2 ’3’ Si nu” you m“ Jesmlg arch glance at him, which 113 met with a u Your news has taken Dolly so much hall'sormwml smile- ,” by surprise that can" \mnot find her con- ‘ l have nubbeen here long, he gmtuliitions,Sidty Valid Stephen-Donut answer-3d. “It is not much past five, gentlyâ€"so gently r-u'stho very gentle. Dolly.” iicss of his voice in'adei‘vfiss Arnold shiver. “ I hoped to be here sooner, but I had “But; you know, dour, do you not, that to go to so many places before I could no one can wish you all happiness more match my silk. Sidney, how are you '2 I truly and earnestly than we do i " have not seen you for day 8. Why have you “ Yes,” Sidney answered softly ; but; not been to see me l" she did not look at him as she spoke. She Ilild thrown her lull: and gloves “ Dolly, won’t, you speak to me? \Von’t talking eagerly the while, and glancing you say that you are glad i” from one to the other with a questioning ” How can I say it when it would be a, look in her bright eVes. Something W83 falsehood l ” the girl said passionately. “I wrong, she saw. \Vhat was itl am not glad, Sidney l ” To Sidney, although she had always . “ Then I must be content with your lOWd Dolly Dilunt dearly, the flight Of her congratulations,” Sidney said, filming to blue eyes and golden head ‘ sunning over Stephen, and speaking with a proud with curls ’ had never been so. welcome as pained calmness. “I ought to hch offered it was to-day. The fcte-a-fctc With Stephen ‘ you mine before now,” shoadded. " I had cmbsrraSsed her terribly ; more than ought, to have told you that», your wishes once she had feared; that her calmness for my happiness are notâ€"for they could would give way, and thstsho would break not beâ€"truer or more earnest than mine down ; but Dolly’s welcome presence had for yours, Stephen.” . removed all her embarrass, and she could “ Thank you, Sidney,” he responded have hugged her warmly in her delight- gently, inking the little unsteady handâ€" Dvlly chattercd gaily 35 Sidney Poured Sidney could steady her voice, but not out the ten. She had had one or two little the little trembling fingers ; “ I know adventures during her shopping, which that, dear, But .why do you congmtu. she told them comically, and she had met . . late me now? Is there any special roa- Mr. (hurdleâ€"Lawyer Graville, as he was son 2 " "Is there not i ” she said, suddenly raising her eyes to his. “ Are you not engaged also? Ah, believe me, I hope you will be happy 1 Andâ€"andâ€"she is so beautiful that she cannot but be good.” “ Do you mean Miss Neil 7 " he asked, with a. slight smile. " She is very beauti- ful, and I dove say very good ; but that is Rutledge's business, not mine ; for she is engaged to him, you know, not to me.” “ To Mr. Rutled e‘l ” For a moment t e handsome kindly face bending over Sidney faded from be~ fore her, the room whirled round, there was a strange singing noise in her earsâ€"- but fora moment only. The next was calm again ;but some furious words of Frank Greville's seemed to ring a sin and again through her brain. Iii had threatened toâ€" She lifted her hand and pushed back her hair from her fore- head with a little laugh. “I have made a stupid mistake,” she said tremulously. “ I thought-I under- stoodâ€"You must forgive my too early congratulations, Stephen," she added more firmly. " When you want them, they will be as sincere as now." a» s «s «s “Stephen,” Dolly whispered, as they drove homcwnrds togetherâ€"and, as she spoke, the girl kept her eyes steadily sveyted from her brother's foce, for with- out looking, she could see the pain there â€"-“ what made Sidney do it, I wonderl She is not happy ; no one could look into her face and think she was happy." “ I always thought she cared for Gre- ville, Dolly." Dolly shook her bright hcsd emphatic- “ He told me Chrissie was coming home in u few days, Sidney,” she said laughinghly. “And, when I asked him what had become of (e beau Francois, he growled out something about neither knowing nor caring.” Sidney’schoeks were not white now, as she bent her head over the cups and saucers. “He is such a grumpy old fellow,” Dolly went on, sip- ping her tea. “ Just fancy having such a. father I I do not wonder that Chrissie and Frank are afraid of him. Sidney, did Stephen tell you about Sibyl's fright yes- terdsy. “ Doctor Eliot told me this morning," Sidney answered quietly. “ She has been quite ill and hysterical ever since, and that tiresome fiance of hers has been worrying me all day long," Dolly remarked. with a laughing glance at her brother. “ Were you surprised to hear of the engagement 7 " “ Not at all. I had been expecting it. Oh, how awkward !" She hsd been handing Dolly her cup refilled, and indoing so hsd upset it ovsr the pretty sftomoon tos~cloth. “ \Vhsta pity ! " Dolly said. “ Will it wuh, Sidney? Yes 7 Oh, then, it does not so much matter! 80 we are to have a wed. ding st Lambswold ! ” she went on mer rily. “ It will bequito on event. Of course as Sibyl has no home of her own, it will take place from there.” “ I supposed it would." Sidney ssid slowly ; her lips seemed dry and stiff, and would not answer readily at her will. " When is it to be, Dolly l " “ Soon. The bridcgmomolcct is imo patient ; is he not, Stephen? Msmms was ally. ' _ _ so pleased," continued Dolly ; “ she pre- “ She liked him, but not in that way. dictcd it from the first, you know, Sidney; , Stephen 2" she sddcd, after a little pause. she thinks Sibyl's beauty would excuse “ Wlut dear?" ‘ any infatuation, as indeed it wouldâ€"don't “ Do you know. I mml‘ Sidney lr'Olfl you think so l" as if she had been forced into something Without waiting for an answer, Dolly ‘ against her willâ€"frightened into it, as it fiitted scross the room to the piano, and 1 were i" began turning over some of the music. "Your fancy, Dolly," he answered sadly. “ Any new songs, Sidney 1" she sskai. “ If it is not forlove of Frank that shshss “ Ah, hereis 'Guiuovero' 2 What-lovely engaged herself to him, why should she thing it is 2" have done so i " " Yes. Do you know it, Dullyl" naked Ah, why indeed l Many months of ms Dally, Miomuly longing to be out . puuzd through before thst question was of tho tench of the grave gay eyes which I “tutored. wens following her so inquiringly. “ Sihyl has it, and I lumt it, ’ answer- ed Dolly. ' " W lyou sing it then, Dollyl There; _ , j \\ e sleep, but the loom of life never Den, .3; do", u m. pm“), ma nu.ptopo;and the pattern whichnvns wesv- hsr little fingers over the keys. img when the sun went down is wearing “I un't sing it u Sibyl does, can I -'l|¢n “ 00m“ "P mmGW‘V- Love does not also simply st the con- iscious good of the beloved object : it is made no answer; he was not niisfied without perfect loyslty of [to us (‘oSTlSl‘llLJ __._.__...¢-.>« buck s merry glance at her brother. But Stoplsen SATURDAY, JULY 1884 m;me or BRITISH REGI- imsrs. -- The Piccsdmy Butchers, Baker's Light Bobs. the Cherry Pickers. res-mus ms ote's Body Guards, Kent's Lucky Devlin. tho Cheshire Cats, and How they Got. their Names. “ Nearly all the regiments in the British army have nicknames,” said a. Colonel re- cently. “ The nicknames were given either for some local circumstance, or from some marked-peculiarity. The Life Guards, for instance, are called ‘Piccudil- ly Butchers,’ because at, one time they charged down Piccadilly and killed some innocent spectators of a riot. The Horse Guards are known as ‘ Oxford Blues,’ and the First Dragoons as ‘ Trades Unions.’ The Fifth Dragoon Guards are called ‘ The Green Horse,’ and the Seventh Hussars ‘ the Black Horse,’ while the Eighth are nicknamed ‘St. Geo u's,’ and the Tenth ‘Bakor’s Li ht Bo s,’ after their late Colonel, now sker Pasha of the Turkish service. The crack Eleventh are known as ‘Clierry Pickers,’or ‘Cherry- buns,’ from the color of their trousers, and the Fourteenth are called ‘ Hamilton Runaways,’ owing to an event in the Pen- insula when the re iment, then under command of Col. I amilton, m away without, it is said, any justifiable cause. The Seventeenth Lancers are dubbed ‘ the Death or Glory Boys,’ after the do- vice of a death’s head and cross bones with the legend, ‘ Or‘ Glory,‘ which they wear on their headdress. “The aristocratic Grenadier Guards,” the Colonel continued, “ are known as ‘ Towrows ’ and ‘ Snndyboys,’ and the equally aristocratic Coldstroam Guards as ‘ Dirty Shirts.’ The First Foot is dubbed ‘Pontius Pilate’s Body Guard,’ and the Second the ‘ Queen’s Own,’ or the ‘ Sleepy Queens ’ or ‘ Paschal Lumbs.’ The Third is known as ‘ Old Bufi‘s,’ from the color of its facings, but it is also call- ed ‘Nutcrackers ’ and ‘ The Resurrec- tionists,’ the latter name having been given to them because some of their men were at one time caught in the act of sell- ing the dead for medical dissection. The Fourth is distinguished as ‘ Barrels Blues,’ the Fifth as ‘ Old and Bold,’ and the Sixth as ‘ Gure’s Geese ’ or ‘ Short Sixes.’ The Seventh is happy in the nickname of ‘Kent’s Lucky Devils.’ It won the title by its wonderful good for- tune in losing fewer men and doing more hard fighting than any other regiment in the service. The N intli ’is called ‘ Holy Boys,’ and the Eleventh ‘ The Bloody Eleventb,’ but quite as often the ‘ Onety- oneth.’ I‘lie Fourteenth passes as ‘ Cal- vart’s Entire,’ while the Sixteenth is siiocred at as ‘ Pcnccmakors ’ and ‘ Blood- less inmbs.’ It is the only regiment in the British service without the names of battles inscribed on its flags. The Seven- teenth is scowled at as ‘ The Tigers,’ and the Eighteenth us ‘Pnddics Royal ’ or ‘Thc Royal Irish.’ Tho Nineteenth is called ‘Grecn Howards,’ after the color of their facings and one of their Colonels. “The Twentieth is known as ‘Tho Minden Boys,’ because of its gallantry at the battle of Minden. It is also known 1L8 ‘Ki‘ngsley’s Sland.’ The Twenty-first North British Fusiliers is called ‘Tlie Earl of Mars’ Grey Breeks,’ while the Twenty-second is known as ‘The Clie~ shire Cats.’ The Twenty-third Welsh Fusiliers smile at the name of ‘Nanny Gosts,’ from the fact that a goat always marches at the head of the regiment, 11. new one being presented every year in the name of the Queen. The Twenty- fourth is known as ‘Howard’s Greens,’ and the Twenty-fifth King's Own Bor- dorcrs as ‘ The Botliorcrs,’ .memorable of the way the Scotchinan in the regiment pronounce the word ‘Borderers.’ The Twenty-eighth is called ‘Slashers’ and ‘ Old Brags,’ because of the habit offlits men in repeating the story of deeds of their predecessors. The Twenty-ninth sets the caps to the home of ‘ Saucy Wor- cesters,’ and the Thirty-first is called ‘l'oung Buffs.’ The Thirty-third, the Duke of Wellington's Own, is also known as the ‘ Havel-cake Lads,’ and the Thirty- fourth as tho ‘ Orange Lilies.’ The Thirty~sixth are nicknamed ‘ Saucy Greens,’ andthe Thirty-eighth ‘ Tho Pomp and Tortoiso.’ The Thirty-ninth is called ‘ Ssnkey's Horse,’ because at one time Col. Ssrikey mounted his men on horses. It is also known as ‘Green Linnets,’ while the Fortieth is dubbed ‘ XLers,’ and the Forty-first is referred to as ‘Inva- lids' and ‘Wardrow’s Regiment.’ The Forty-second is the ‘ Black Watch,’ and the Forty-fourth East Essex Regiment is called ‘ The Young Thicves.’ The Forty- fifth is ‘ Old Stubborn,’ while the Forty- sixth is dubbed ‘ Surprisers,’ because one of their commanders was always trying to steal a march on the enemy. The F arty- seventh is knowns as ‘ The Cauliflowers " and the ‘Ismcashiro Lsds,’ while the Fiftieth is half-sneeringly nicknamed ‘ The Dirty Holy Hundred,’ ‘Blind Half Hundred,’ and ‘ The Devil's Royals.’ “ The Fifty~first King's Own Light In- fantry is known as the ‘Kolis,’ and the Fifty-third pass as ‘ Briokdusts,’ while the F ifty-sixth is jauntingly called ‘ The Porn- padours ' or ‘ Saucy I'ompcys.’ The Fifty- seventh is remembered as tho ‘ Diehards,’ a nickname they won in tho seven years' war. The Fifty-eighth is known as the ‘ Steolbacks ’ and ‘ Black Cullis.’ The Fifty-ninth rejoices in the name of ‘ Lily- whitcs, and the Sixtieth Rifles ‘ Tho Convicts,‘ because of the dirty color of its uniform. It. might be difficult to tell how the Sixty-second got the name of ‘Sprin - ers,’ but it is known that the Sixty-fifth got the name of ‘ Royal Tigers ’ in India. TheSixty-sixtharecalled‘BerkshireHogs,’ because the regiment was principslly re- cruited. in that county of prize porr, an the Sixty-seventh is known as ‘L'rlye's Own,’ offer the young General who beat Montmlm on the Plains of Abrshsm and won Canada for E ml. The Seventy- f'irst is called the ‘ inns Kens,’ and the Seventy-fourth is called ‘ the Assays Regi- ment.‘ The Seventy-sixth has a monetary significance, sad is called the ‘ Seven and Six Pennies.’ from the two figures which make their number. The Seventy-seventh is dubbed ‘ Pothooks,’ after the likeness of the two sevens to the thank and hangers of s copybook. eight is known as 'I'ho Kin J 8 d I he seventy. l boil three or four onions in I aim. of water: cn,’ and the Eighty-third u ‘ Fitcho's 'rciiadiem- The Eightvdourth have the lingo lar cogâ€" nomen of ’Bubbly Cufl's," and the Eighty’ fifth pm as ‘The The Eightchventh is E I KIWI" d or ‘Fsugh-salhllsghs,’ sn Irish word which means ‘ clear the wsy,’ and which their enemy in action. Ths'Eigh'tyZeighth is ‘ The Devil's Own ' and the ‘Connsught Rangers.’ The Eighty-ninth is called ‘ The Rollickers ’ sud ‘ Blsney’s Blood- hounds,’ or ‘ Blsokguudsfi sndtlieNinety- seventh ‘ Celestisls,’ frbm their long ex» perience ,in Chins. The Ninety-eighth rejoice in the stirring’name’ of ‘ Tipper- ary,’ won in India when an English Gen- eral seeing the regiment go jauntiugly to the charge, said, ‘ magniflaput Tipperary." The 100th Royal Canadian Regiment is called ‘ The Old Hundred,‘ although the regiment is by no means an old one. The Rifle Bri e is known as ‘ the Bullfrogs.’ ' “ Tho ' tory of these nicknames," said the Colonel, ffis, an interesting study. .Muny recall heroic and amusing incidents in the records of the army." ’ - The Sand Stqrm‘v in, Africa Lster in the day the sky assumed a grayish tint, then a deep yellow, and the sun became darkened and appeared as a blood-red disc. I perceived as cloud of sand rolling up from the west. With a roar it was upon us, and I had to bury my face in my bar-nous to shield it from the cutting psrticles of sand. ' The camels floundered about blind and helpless ; the Arabs howled and cried “ Ada-s-nlsh ;" the whole caravan was in a state of con- fusion, What track there had been previously was obliterated. The drivers had lost their way, and there was the ugly fact. of our water being very limited in quantity ; and water in the do- sert means life. Moreover, my augarcb (litter) slid off, and I was precipsted to the earth, miraculously escaping anything worse than a more shaking. The distance between a camel’s hump and his feet is a respectable one. Afterward I was placed for additional security between two camels, slung athwsrt ; but. one was rather smaller than the otherâ€"they, therefore, did not, strictly speaking, keep stop. The result was the most excruciating movement: ever experienced, which, com- bined with the bruises and abrasions frorn the recent fall and a frame weakened by dysentry and an African climate, together with forebodin as to our probable fate if we did not at e the track again, produc- ed a frame of mind far removed from that of Job’s. We rested for the night or rather a. portion of it, in the midst of these unstable sands, and I was devoutly thankful to find my camel treading on firmer ground next day when we came to a plain of similar nature to that we had passed previous to wading through mounds of sand. But at length the track is hit. off and at. last O.Bsk is reached. This small oasis has about 30 wells. The water is brackish and barely drinkable. The ’wells are small shafts sunk in the sand, with wooden curbing. ' The wells are con- stantly filling and new ones being sunk. Before reaching this station we passed many graves of those who had perished in the desert. They were marked by borders of stones-simple memorials of simple lives and lonely deaths. Before reaching O-Bak we passed a strange block of granite, the base of which is worn by the sand so that it is pear-shaped. This well known land-mark is known as Aboo-Odfu. Some few miles further on we passed an- othcr mass weird and solitary. .p-q- A Countess and Her Pots. Recently at tho Kensiugton special sessions, before Mr. W. Bird and a bench of magistrates, the Countess do ls Torre, residing at No. 38 Pembroke Square, Kensington, appeared to snswer a sum- mons for keeping animals in such a way as to be a nuisance, and injurious to health. Mr. G. G. Harding, clerk of the Ken: sington vestry, supported the summons, and said the countess had been previous- ly fined for ii similar offence, and it pro- hibitory order nntcd in respect to an- other house w iero the animals were formerly kept. There were no less than thirty-three cats and dogs in the residence of the defendant in Pembroke Square. When the sanitary inspector visited the house he found six cats, five dogs, and three puppies in the basement, and eleven cats and six kittens on the first floor. [Laughter]. There was also a cat on the stairs, and the countess had a d in her arms. He (Mr. Harding) no hardly refer to the nuisance which was caused. The smell was most offensive and objectionable. The eleven cats on the first floor were not allowed to go out, and when the windows were open the oc- cupiers of the adjoining houses were seri- ously affected. Inspector Whitemsn was called and confirmed the opening statement. Mr. Wane, a gentleman residing at No. 40 Pembroke Square, said that latterly his health had suffered, and he had been put to a considerable annoyance by the smells arising from No. 38. He was compelled to keep his windows closed. His family had also complained of the smells. On one occasion he saw as many as eluvcn cats on the cistern. The Countessâ€"It is my cistern. Mr. Whitehead, of Np. 39 Pembroke Square, also gave evidence. Mr. Nettlewn, who defended, main- tained that the act required the prosecu- tor to show beyond doubt that the sub. 'ect of oomplsint was a nuisance injuri- ous to health. The bench thought the case proved. Mr. Harding uked fors prohibilory order. The bench imposed s nominsl penalty of 5 shillings. with 2 shillings costs, and granted 3 prohibitory order. The count- ess bowed and retired from the court. â€"-‘»<-.->“ Caring for Picture Prunes. There are two kinds of gilt picture frames. One is real gold sud will not wash off with wster. These may be closu- od by dusting them well with s soft brush and applying s little alcohol or ' to the spots, and they will disappear thrust in:- modistely. If to the more common or wuhsblo kind s little wster is spplisd carefully with s soft span a, it will have the desir- ed effect. But very careful not to ro- verse these directions. To prevent flies from injuring frames brush the frames once with a liquid. possible a copy of with the same provision for ceremonial. Immediately facing the throne is a. court- yard, access to which is gained by 18 steps. 1'- . ley's observation on m“..â€" cantons mars. Itisnid flint the composition culled Corinthisn brass was discovered when Lucius Hummus burned ths' - of i, 1.46 B. 0., and large quantities of mo melted ; and run together. The Chines‘pe lights“;h thstdusty shoes mustnmr~ .mu t into my place where silkinrins sre, nor can they” besr nous; no sick or old must coins near them; rats and mice must not be named before them. Strictly English titles of honor have no feminine form, and in the early Sum times when women were of small account, to wife like the spouse of the historic Y . hoe squire was the “suns fool she slwsys was." Even the queen was but cm or woman. ‘ Aniudustry lately discovered consists in the bleaching of wheat by means of sulphurous acid. The whom thus trest- ed on: those whicli‘hsvo 3. very dark ool~ our, and find on this account a difiicult sale. The wheat after treatment has no perceptible taste or odour, but has lost its dirk colour. The Spanish Government recently at. restcd‘tho mansgfii; of a newspspcr in Madrid for publis ' ‘ aseditious article. The ma Inn in in his sleeves and went to prison. In a few days tho gov- ernment discovered that the offensive sh ticle was an extract from Miles '3 History, and tho newspaper mun wars of out. In one branch of , the animal kingdom female rights are to be found in rfoc~ tiouâ€"that is, the spider family. he fe- male is larger and fiercor than the male-â€" in one tribe 1,300 times larger. Her tom- por is in proportion. She would as soon kill her other hslf, or tear his legs off, us look at him. This is her way of giving him a hint. to keep his distance. 3‘“- Tho oriental custom of crawling on the hands and knees in the presence of superi- ors is still kept up at the Siamese court, although not with the old rigor. Foreign- ers, at least, are exempted from the necessity of grovellng on all fours in the presence of the “lord of the white clo- plmiit.” Thu natives are mostly com- pelled to do it, however, sndlin the royal pulses at Bangkok one may at. any time see half a dozen maids of honor on their hands and knees outside the queen’s apart- ment, as if scrubbing the floor. Cornelius Drobbcl, who died in London in 1634, having placed in his window an extract of cocliinsnl, made with boiling water, for the purpose of filling n thor- mometor, some squzi-regiii dropped into if. from a phisl, broken by accident, which stood above it, and converted the purple dye into a most. beautiful scarlet. After some conjectures and experiments, he discrivere that the tin by which the win- dow frame was divided into squares had been dissolved by the squa-regin, and was the cause of tho clmngo. Giles Gobu- lin, o d or iii. Paris, used it for dying cloth. (2 become known as l’arisizui scur- lct dye, and rose into such great; roputo that the populace declared that. Goboliu had ucquxred his art from the devil. W. The Palace of the Mlksdos. Unlike the residences of some sover- eigns which the public are privileged to gaze upon, here are no mighty four-post bedstemls, no full-bottomed clinirs, no tapestry, no cur-pots norliimgings, no por- traits of ancestors, nothing but the blue room, with its thickly matted floor, its artistically decorated walls, and its coil- ings always of bountiful wood. The ub- senco of paint in their dwelling-houses compels the Japanese to seek color and variety in the grain of various woods, and within their own country they find a rich field. The throne-room, reached from the waiting rooms by a. corridor, isu long, bare apartment, with n cunopicd chair sut near the centre. The chair is lacquered and richly inlaid with motlncr-ochurl. Tho canopy consists of white silk trimmed with a. deep border of reddish brown. At first sight itlooksjikc chintz. As the ab tcndsnts entered, they all bowed low to the empty thronc, repeating the obesiuuco whenever they passed or approached it. In this room the new Mikado is solemnly enthroned, and here, through successivo New Year’s Days, a long lino of Mikados, now sleeping in the dust, have given an- dienco to peers of the realm. It is not actually the some room, since tho palace humor-c than once been destroyed by fire. But it is built up ngsinas nearly as the old i one, Those correspond with the grades into which the imperial officials are di- vided. Those who have not. reached the dignity of being sllowed to stand on the lowest step are known as fi-gc, or “down on the earth.” throne is divided into panels, each con- taining four portraits of Chinese sages Above these luing two excellent oil»pot~ A wall at the back of tho traitsof the Mikado and the Empress. It must not be supposed that either sacred personage went through the process of "sitting" for the vulgar artist. But "on sMiksdo may without suffering in his dignity, hold communication with the sun. This conceded the illustrious pair were photographed, and from the p iotq mph an able artist in Milan evolved .ho oil- psintings. We hsd been permitted to walk at will over the tbro.ne room, but when we camo to a suit. of private spart- nicnts, called tho Ko-go-sllo, one of the attendants was found to have sufllciont energy to forbid entrance. 4-500 LordlByron and the Abbey. A‘propos of n roost decision of the dean of estminswr, the popular notion that the remains of Byron were refused a test ing place in the Abbey requires some qualification. The precise facts are given in the appendix to Lord Broughlmi's “Tourin Albumin." (edition of 1855). It would seem first the body was brought to London in J uly, 1824, “and s rumor ro- vsilod at the time that s formal app ica- tlon had been made by his executors w the dam and chapter of Westminster for rmisslon to bury him in Poet’s corner. ut no such formal sppliation was made. An inquiry was made of Dr. Ireland, dean of Wutmlmwr, without instruction from the executors, whether the lwfll‘lllllofl, if asked for, would be muted, sad so answer was given in tho negative.” By- ron was accordingly buried in lfucknsll church, near Now-toad Abbey. Ton your: later Dr. Ireland refused to allow the statue of the poet Thonsldson s plses in the Abbey. “ do, indeed," he said, “greatly wish for A figure by Tharc wsldscn here, but no taste ought to be in- dulged to the pro'udioo of s duty." It should be sddsd t t Dr. lrelsnd evident- ly considered first Authority in those lust~ tars ‘lm vested, not in himself slow, but in the whole chapter, sud it was in their name thst he I Are. Deon Btu:- s incident is char- will not injure the frames, sad thsfliss mm; “Had trial to the guardians will not touch them. H C. - D. ~â€"~ Aruficnl' ' cork has been invented. of the Abbey st that juncture ; lot us not condemn either him or them too harshly, but tuber ponder his own description of It is said that when s monkey looks into himself in the speech of Msnfred’s sh- the mirror ho immedistclygoesmd poop. but." The reference is doubtless to the behind it. Be evidently wnnfs to kick fins «puma. lier girl i " Stephen’s laughing voice ‘ standing by the mmtclpiece. leaning I hurt ; it aims at its own completeness. the regiment once shouted when clubbing himself for being so ugly. have been I noble creature.” o . I ' “’I'lus' should 0 oommsucm' g: wot-pt