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II. , lioness mores. 'lwo lunar-husk Instances from the Orient. An American paper referring to the Cal- incident says :â€"When during the ter- rible storm in Samoan waters, the war ves~ eels of the United States and of Germany were driving to certain destruction and what seemed certain death to all on board upon the coral reefs which skirted the her- pa b0, 0‘ Aph‘ the British Ship C‘moPe' by the Duke di Bassano, ” anAmericsn lady," and their courier visited a hotel and a resv taurant in the town without their identity being suspected. Tue Empress’s ebony walkin sticlr and darkened eyebrows are her no ceable features. She seems in ex- cellent spirits. virtue of superior power, was fighting her way foot by foot against the ragin waters toward the opensea and safety. be per rowly escaped running down the American cruiser Trenttn, and as she passed almost within touching distance the sailors of the Trenton, drivingas they were to destruc- tion, set up a hearty, spontaneous cheer in recognition of the pluck and the seamen- sbip which combined to save their English brethren. Every one remembers the story of this cheer and every American remembers the thrill of pride with which he read that the brave fellows could thus cry out their Morituri (e salutamm in the midst of the driving and shrieking the fearful storm. That cheer BANG AROUND THE WORLD, and wherever beats an Anglo-Saxon heart, be it under the flag of England or of the United States, the pride of kinship to such men was the same and all said that no ex~ ploit upon blood-stained docks in time of action could be greater or more brave. At Molokai, one of the smallest of the Ha- waiian group of islands, neglected and shunned by all sound men as the embodiment of the spirit of pestilence, lived, or rather existed, the poor wretcbes who had been at- tacked by the dreadful scourge of that region â€"leprosy The island is a lszaretto to which these hapless ones were sent and there left to shift for themsel res and to sustain as best they might the remainder of their unhappy lives. Left there without a ray of light to mini- gate their unhappy condition, deserted of men and seemingly to them of Goo, herded togetherâ€"men, women and childrenâ€"in shameless community, idle in body for the most ; idle in mind, save when they thought of their lot to curse itâ€"what wonder that they yielded in desperation to vices which promised them at least a few hours of divers- ion and forgetfulness, until tambliug, drunk- enness and all manner of debauchery made their minds and souls as unclean as their diseased bodies. In such a condition were theselwretches in 1873, and such it would now. be but ,for the single-hearted heroism of one man, whose work in the cause of religion, morality and humanity has just been crowned by martyr- dom. This was Fr. Damien, a French priest, than young, wuo, hearing of the pitiful cou- diiion of these pariahs, in the year named took to the island the vigor of his healthful youth, the activity of his keen mind andlthe DBVOTION OF HIS KIND HEART,, laying them all on the shrine of,duty to his fellows. He knew that his life must be pass- ed amid the most horrible surroundings and nulighted by companionship or intellectual pleasures, but this did not stay his steps. He knew that his death must in the nature of things be as loathsome as that of the poor beings whom he went to aid, but this did not deter him. Once among the abandoned, he began like a man of sense to better their material con- dition, working with his own band to cover their nakedness, fill their stomachs and pro- vide them with shelter, and stimulating them to self-helpful short in the same direction. He was their physician, nurse, teacher, ad- viser, friend, servant. Sometimes his hands cooked their food, and again he dug the rave and laid all that was mortal of the dead in its final resting place. ' Proceeding from the material to the moral, Fr. Damien taughi~ his wards clean- liness, sobriety, continence and honesty, and his words, supported by his deeds of practical benevolence, gave him such in- fluence that be reformed THE BAD COMMUNITY, establishing self-respect where there had been a sullen abandonment of all effort as of all hope, and bringing out of the chaos of debauchery a decent order. Then, on the bases of material comfort and moral correct. ness be erected a religious edifice which stands as his noblest monument and gives to his flock a hope for the future which is de- nied them in this world. At last his contact, daily and hourly con- tinued for years, with the terrible disease brought the inevitable, and four years ago he became a leper. He continued his wor , however, until six months since, when weak- ness compelled him to desist, and on the 10th of April he laid down his life. Surely, greater love hath no man than this. Prelates who wear the scarlet and fine linen of ease and men in every place who repine under small discomforts or are exalt- ed by their own petty virtues should re. member the leper priest and be humble ; and from these two heroic examples which come to us in a year of peace, the world should gain thankfuless and courage. Crossing Africa in a Balloon. An asrousut in this city makes an inter- esting sugfisgon, says the New York “Sun”. “ Has any y,” he says, “ever used the bai Icon in the exploration of Central Africa or roved that it would not be serviceable? incl: at Stanley struggling for years amid forests, swamps, and savage tribes, yet un- able to make his wa into the interior ; but would it not be possi is for a skilful aeronaut to take him in a balloon from the east coast of Africa, proceed in the direction of Ujij‘, and from there towards the source of the 1‘. he, surveying the country as they went alon ? They would sweep across the country at t e rate of four or five hundred miles a day, so that they would meet with no obstruction from swamps, forests, or savages. The bal- loon would easily carry all the provisions and water required by the party during the trip, and the aeronauts might travel only during the day, descending for rest at night. Years ago Professor Wise repeatedly made voyages of a thousand miles in it, and competent sky flyers might now be found to solve the African problem through a voyage in an air ship. It is the only way to do it, and I shall tell Stanley so when he gets back here to lecture." It is to be understood that the aero. naut who made the foregoing remarks is an enthusiast on his favorite subject. Peter J. \‘anetten, who, under the guise of a minister, swindled a widow, hire. J ulia Homer, out of property worth 84,000, at Youngstown, Ohio, has been arrested at To- ledo. Earl of Harrowby is President. reports an expenditure for 1888 of £212,615, against £226,663 for 1887. The distribution of B bles also fell 500,000, from 4,000,000 to 3 500,000. They were in 287 languages. land now, attrac In Birmingham recently she and her corn and his creditors, which promises to be aq- ceptable to the latter, provides for the ex- ecution to a trustee on behalf of the credit- ors of a mortgage on the fee of settled estates in Ireland of the Duke of Manchester for an ammount which will sufiice ultimate- ly to pay twenty shillmgs in the pound, without interest within a year after the do. cease of the present Duke. The largest creditors have signified their approval. BRITISH NEWS. The British Bible Society, of which the The Empress Eugenie moves about Eng ting very little attention. nion, whois said to be the daughter of An arrangement between Lord Mandeville The Vienna Tramway Company came to a final settlement with its striking drivers on these terms. The working day was fixed at 12 hours, including one free hour for the midday meal, and three classes of wages were agreed on for men who had served (1) more than ten years,(2)more than five years, and (3) less than five years respectively. The highest class is to receive 1 florin 70 kreuizars, or about 65 cents a day; the second class 1 florin 60 kreuizsrs, and the third class I floriu 50 kreutzors. Deduc- tions will be made for the sick and ension~ funds, but the drivers are to receive all pay for one day of absolute rest out of the seven. The rates of pay for overtime work, which is never to be compulsory, will be settled later. The new translucent substance intended as a substitute for glass has been satisfactori- ly adopted in some of the public buildings of London, and various advantages are claim- ed for it, among these being such a degree of pliancy that it may be bent backward and forward like leather, and be subjected to very considerable tenhile strain with impun- ity ; it is also almost as translucent as glass, and of a pleasing ' shade from very light golden to pale brown. , The basis of the material is a web of fine amber color, varying in iron wire, with warp and weft threads about one-twolfth inch apart, this being enclosed, like a fly in amber, in a sheet of translucent varnish, of which the base is linseed oil. There is no resin or gum in the varnish, and, once having become dry, it is capable of standing heat and damp without undergoing any chan e, neither hardening nor becoming sticky. riefly, the manufacture is accom- plished by di ping the sheets edgewise into deep tanks 0 varnish, and than allowing the coating which they thus receive to dry in a warm atmosphere. It requires somewhat more than a dozen of these dips to bring the sheet to the required degree of thickness, and, when this has been accomplished, the material is stored for several weeks to thor- oughly set. Another device or method has been added to those heretofore proposed to prevent the burning of cotton when being conveyed in vessels. The safeguard now brought for- ward consists iu wrapping each halo of cot- ton in wire gauzs instead of the usual cover- ing of jute bagging. It has been, it is claim- ed, subjected to all kinds of tests, including hooksandjcompressios, and, it is alleged, has proved itself equal inall respectstojnte bagging. The principle involved is that flame will not press through very » mall holes according to the well~known construction of the Davy safety lamp. Cotton packed in the hold of a vessel will when once on fire burn more or less slowly for wesks,- even when the hold is flooded with sea water, and when removed the cotton will burst into flames, burning fiercely and most destructively. Cotton bales have even been known to fl lat blazing away when throwu overboard after being taken from a burning vessel. In this case the cotton became’heated almost to the charring point by the long continued fire close by. But while such wire cloth might stand a considerable degree of heat for some time, sooner or later the metal will oxidise and fall in places. It suggested, therefore, that jute bagging might be treated with silicate of sopa ‘f water-glass," to render the fabric non- inflammable. or some fireproofing Hints for driving of an unusually authori- tative character are found in the Badminton Series' volume on that art, from the pens of several contributors of recognized compet- ence. The Duke of Beaufort, for instance, says that the whip should be held at the col- lar, the silver plate about 10 inches from the end. Two handed driving is protested against. “The right hand has no sort of business to touch the reins, except for the purpose of shortening or lengthenin one or both of them, or of supporting the Fe should it require assistance," such as bold ding a puller or in turning. For driving four horses "the driving hand (the left) should be straight in the centre of your body, ft hand with the knuckles of your hand to the front and your forearm exactly square to the upper arm.” Then, “hav ing seated himself on the box, the ooachman should at both his feet close to other. His left and should be about w are the top of his trousers would comeâ€"that is, the forearm prett nearly or absolutely horizontalâ€"the him almost, if not quite, in the centre of the body, with the back of his fingers and his knuckles straight to the front." Another contributor, Lord Algernon St. Maur, says, “as to your reins, they should be held as near your heart as possible, if you' happento have one ; i not, where your heart ought to be." The exponnder of tandem driving is Ltdy Geor- gina Curz »n. g Cause For Offence. Insulted Montana: an (to tender:' mt news- pap- r corresponden‘) -L'wkre l'- - , young D13", you want to l..- .. little: more kccrful how you write things in .7 ain‘t so to them newspe s back But. This is a high-toned town, y Jinks, and the boys won't stand it i Terrified Tenderiootâ€"Why, Iâ€"Iâ€"wbat have I written? “ Why, you writ to a Chicago paper that we lynched fourteen men here last month, and its a lie." _ " Iâ€"Iâ€"thought it was true, or Iâ€"Iâ€"J' “ Well, it unass't. We didn't lynch but ill-tire and we only rid the other one on a rsiland Kpeppered hima little with buck shot. S ck we ask of you." to facts, young man, that's all : ON THE AI‘GBAK BORDERS. A Bleak Conntry Filled. With Wild Beasts. The contempt of the traveler for wild beasts and his craven fear of the dog, the friend of man, were exemplified recently. Sir Robert Sandeman and I passed close to a wolf, of whom we naturally took no notice, while he slnuk away from us as fast as his legs Would carry him without attracting too much observation ; but a few minutes after- ward we had an engagement with two shepherds' dogs which constituted a more serious encounter. A scarcer sight was that of a woodcook. which the sportsmen of the party missed, for it is no joke to tear along roads on horseback and dismount to shoot. Surgeon Major Taylor shot four rock partridges. The country was FULL 01" GBAVEYABDS, but controversy rages among travelers as to whether, in the dry district which lies be tween the Euphrates, the Caspian, and Thi- bet, enormous graveyards in an almost unin- habited district imply that once it contained a far larger population. Perhaps they do mean this ; but, on the other hand, it must be remembered that nomadic tribes wander in great numbers for enormous distances in this part of the world, and that they may have their favorite burying places. Then, even a small population here makes a large graveyard, because the graves are kept up from time immemorial. They are merely heaps of Ltoues, and passers-by fling stones on to each cairn, and it may be said that no grave once made is ever lost. These grave- yards may have seen the passage of Alex. ander, for the rainfall is never sufficiently heavy to disturb the stones. A sign of the passage of many people is to be found in the enormous number of rage which decorate large trees where ,they exist. At our break- fast place, close to'a stream swollen by the night's rain, which we had to ford, there was a great tamarisk tree, \VHICH WAS SACRED because some holy man had been buried near it, and ragsâ€"chiefly red, but not all redâ€"were tied to every bough. The one- tom of tying red rags to trees to indi- cate peculiar sanctity is one which is met with in parts of the world as distant from one another as the county of Galway, New-Zaaiand, Lithuania, Siberia, and Thibet. 1n the little fortified villages of the valley I was shown the “ miniature mosques,“ which are put up outside the fortified inclosures. They consist of a fist stone about the size of an English grave- stone, with aheadstone; and the villagers go out to pray upon them one at a time. In the whole of the long distance from Quetta to the shrine of Sakhi-Sarwar I did not see a single real ecclesiastical building, except those of our own Moslem soldiers. It is said that Baluchis are such bad Mahomme- damn that they used not to pray at all until we came, and that it is the example of our more religious native soldiers which has in- duced them to begin. Bob I think that there is some exaggeration in this state- ment, although it is certain that an Khur they have lately built a praying inclosure, likeaparish pound, not having had any place of worship until last year. What We Are Made Of- One of the most interesting collections in the National Museum at Washington is that composed of specimens and charts illustrat- ing the composition of our bodies and of the foods which nourish them. These specimens and charts were explained recently in a lecture by Prof. W. O. Atwater. Upon the platform were arranged a large number of bottles. These, the lecturer explained, contained specimens of the chemical elements and compounds of which bodies are made up. Oxygen forms one-fifth of the air and about sixty-two per cent, of the body, so that the body of an average man, say a man weigh- ing one hundred and forty-pounds, contains about ninetytwo pounds of oxygen. The quantity of hydrogen in the body of suchamanis about fourteen and one-half pounds, and in the form of gas would fill about twenty-six hundred cubic, in other words, the hydrogen in a man’s body, if set free in the form of gas, would fill a room twen- ty feet long, thirteen feet wide and ten feet high. The same body contains about thirty-one pounds of carbon. These t as elements therefore together make up a out one hundred and thirty-eight of the one hundred and forty-eight pounds. The principal compound is water. More than one-half the Weight of our bones, three- quarters of the weight of our muscles and seven-eighths of our blood, or about three- fifths of the weight of the “hole body, are water. Besides water, muscle, bones and skin contain what chemists call “porteine” com- pounds. These oousiets mainly of four chemical elements : carbon, oxygen, hydro- gen and nitrogen. The albumen, or white of eggs, the caseineâ€"curdâ€"of milk, and myosin, the basis of muscle, are proteins compounds. When country boys chew wheat, and get what they call “wheat gum,” they make a sort of chemical analysis in their mouths, separating out the starch and sugar, and some of the other ingredients of wheat. The residue, which they call wheat-gum, consists chiefly of gluten a proteins sub- stance. A bottle containing about twenty pounds of tallow was shown to illusterate the fat in the average man's body. Fat forms about fifteen per cent. of the whole weight of the average adult. The bodies of stout people have more fat, and those of lean people less. Our foods, like our bodies, contain water, proteins and fats, and also two other classes of compounds . carbohydrates. Vegetable foods. such as wheat, corn and potators, contain a large proportion of carbohydrates. in meats the proportion of carbohydrates is small. There are small quantities of carbohydra~ tee in the human body. Thus igosite some- times called “muscle sugar," â€"-substance somowh it similar m ordinary rug ar,â€"~is found in the muscles and other parts of the body. Our house and teeth contain a great deal of phosphate of lime and other mineral mattersiu all parm of the body ani in all our feeds. Should. Be Prohibited. “So you have seen Clarence'i poems i What do you think of them 3 “Well, I noticed one or two instances of poor grammar and false mater." “Oh. he excuses that by saying it is poetic license." "All I have to say then, is that a poet , who does such work ought to have his license |revoked l"â€"[Bostou Herald. Il'he Ties which Bind the loiher Country given to the members of the Imperial Fedora M. G., M. P., on “ Our Empire as a Fighting Machine." In introducing the subject of his lecture, Sir G. Baden Powell referred to the close intimacy of the Colonies and the Mother Country, and he spoke of the strong desire of iies that bound them. The lecturer did not hesitate to express in the most emphatic manner that the desire of the Colonies was a closrr union, and that nothing like apathy or lukewarmness on the subject ex- isted in any British Cbiony at the present moment. Such an expression of confidence in the sympathy and brotherhood of our vast Colonies was opportune, for there have been times when some passing irritation may have nice had less re ard for the old country than BBI‘I‘AIK AnD EBB CDLONIBS. and her Childrenâ€"British Courage and Endurance still Extent. At Kensiugton recently a lecture was tion League by Sir G. Baden Powell. K C. the Colonies to increase and strengthen ihe given rise to the idea that some of our Colo- iu times past. at such an impression has been only a momentary one, and whenever ithas occurred has been speedily dispelled Y ax ovsuwnsnnmo rim: of popular feeling in our favour. It has been witnessed on many occasions; for in- stance, when Royal visits have been paid to the Colonies; and nothing could surpass the kindly feeling displayed on the occuion of the Queen's J ubillee. We take it, then, that the lecturer was perfectly justified in speaking with the greatest confidence as to the strength of the tiesâ€"we may almost say the affectionâ€"of those vast and ever- increasin populations speaking our lan gusge, fol owing in our footsteps, holding fast to our representative systems, and spite of ciime and distance, acting and living alter the manner of the race from which they are descended. The actual possessions of the British Empire have to be borne in mind when we speak of securing its safety. The British Empire makes indeed A MIGHTY FIGURE IN THE WORLD, its area being equal to one sixth of the entire area of the globe, and having one- fifth of the world’s population. Having snob ‘ a vast stake in the world Sir George Baden Powell naturally inquired whether all pat- riotic Englishmen were not desirous to see their great empire protected and secured against all chance of attack from rival Powers. It may be asked, as Mr. Cremer asked the other night in the House of Com- mons, where is the danger. and who is likely to seize our possessions? To that query Sir G. Baden Powell has also a reply. He re members, as all Englishmen should, that in some instances these grand possessions have been won from others, who, if they saw anything like weakness or want of grasp on our side, would not scruple to take from us some of our noblest prizes. There need never be the slightest fear as to whether the old British bulldog courage and endurance is still extant. We need only recall run MAGNIFICENT cross of the escape of H. M. S. Calliope at Samoa. It was a glorious victo over the elements â€"-as glorious a record 0 British pluck, en- durance, and skill went just a little beyond that of other nations that we have this wonderful feat to add to thousands of such thrilling records of the sea. We regard this simple effort of the captain of the Calliope and his crew as better calcuiat ed to impress other nations than anything of the kind that has taken place for years, and it goes to our hearts, too, to hear of that tremendous cheer the crew of the American vessel gave when, expectin ever moment to go to the bottom thomse ves, t ey raised a shout louder than the roaring waves and the terrible hurricane in recognition of the genuine old British pluck, daring, and bril- liant seamauship. Evan the Germans could not withhold their tribute of admiration for the bravery and ability of the captain, who carried the flag of old England triumphantly into the open sea against all the combined forces of Nature. _.â€"â€"â€"_.â€".â€"â€". Female Proportions. “ In woman, a height in proportion to weight ; a form that will stand the test for symmetry ; a carriage that is free, distinct, and noticeable for that which is not rather than that which is. The greatest and first essential to physical perfection in a woman is a figure without an angular line. Nature avoids angular lines every where, but in the human figure especially. ’ “ How tallshould the perfect type of wo- man be ?' “ As I have said, stature and weight are comparative; still, a mean height and weight has to be chosen. A perfectly formed wo- man will stand at; the average height of5 feet 3 inches to 5 feet 7 inches. She will weigh from 125 to 140 pounds. A plumb line drop ped from a point marked by the tip of her nose will meet at a point one inch in front of her great too. Her shoulders and her hips will strike a straight line drawn up and down. Her waist will taper gradually to a sizs on a line drawn from the outer third of the oollar-bbnes to the hips. Her bust will measure from 28 to 36 inches ; her hips will measure from 6 to 10 inches more than this, and her waist will call for a bolt from 2‘). to 28 inches. The arms of the perfectly formed woman will end at the waist line, so that she cm rest but elbow on a table while standing erect, and her forearm shall extend to a pomt permitting the fingers to mark a point just below the middle of the thigh. Her neck and thigh should be of about the same circumference. The calf of her leg and arm should measure about the same. Her legs should be about as long as a line drawn from her chin to her finger tips or about one-half her height, say from 2 feet 7i inches to ‘2 feet 91 inches. She should meazure from her waist to her feet about a foot more- than from her waist to the crown of he.- inches around. her head erect, and on a line with the central plane of the body, and her feet should be of a size and shape to conform with her hands. The Women attached to the Corean Em- bassy are very popular in Washington. They are working hard to acquire an Eng- lish Education. They have their own par- lors, in which they receive their lsdy call- ers, but no gentlemen. Gentlemen calling with ladies in their party are received by the men of the legatian, while the ladies are invited up stairs to meet the Corean wives in their own apartments. , ,.r. Improved Business i’fethods. The merchant or manning-tor who he to do a large and successful business to ay while adhering to the popular methods of a half century ago, will be disappointed. And so he should. Any individual or firm who is unwilling to keep pace with mxdam pm. rear, and adjust his methods to the wants of is age, (ices not merit success; in ither can be reasonably expect to secure it to any large degree. 03s of the most important innovations in modern business is advertising. By a very few it is still regarded with some aversion; but the large majority of intelligent purchas- ers real‘ss their Indebtedness to advertising for much of the valuable information which they possess about the qualities, varieties, and special features of the they purchase. They . regard advertise- ments as so many speeches made to them in which the merits or distinctive points of the article are more concilely and goods which ntelligeutly presented than is frequently done by salespeople, and if they feel the need of such an article they naturally ask their leader to show it. Instead of re- garding advertising as suggestive of ques- tionable quality, they are more inclined to entertain confidence in their merit, acting upon the commonsense principle that if the article were not meritorious it would not pay to advertise it. It is true that exaggerations and misrep- resentations are sometimes made in adver- tising, justas they are employed by some salespeople, and by some of all classes. The question of veracity cannot be determined by the method employed to describe the goods, but only by the character and princi- ples of the individual, and there are hosts of honorable advertisers, the number of which is daily increasing, who would no more think of misrepresenting in their advortise- ment than they would in their own office or salesroom. It pays consumers to read the announce- ments of responsible and honorable firms for the sake of the business information they gain, just as it' pays them to read the other part of the newspaper for a different kind of information. Misgovemment of Great Cities. “ The misgovernment of our great cities,” writes Prof. C. E. Norton in Scribner’s, "is due largely to the facts that a compara- tively small part of their inhabitants are native to them, that a great portion of their inhabitants are but temporary residents in them, and that of their permanent residents the greater part have in the course of a life time changed their abodes. The sense in the individual of responsibility for the good of the community is weakened by the con- stant shifting and alteration of its members. A man naturally takes less interest in the affairs that concern the welfare of compara- tive strangers than in those which affect his friends ; and naturally cares less for the Welfare of the community of which he is a more transient member than any one to which he is bound for life, and with whose past and future he is united b indissoluble ties. New York is a city 0 strangers to each other, without common traditions or controlling common interests. So vast an aggregation of men with so few of the ele- ments of a true community has never before been seen In such a city the social senti- ment is feeble, and its part is largely taken by the more sense of the necessity of main- taining the institutions requisite for the dc- fence of material interests. Civic pride, one of the most powerful motives in the , history of the progress of civilization, has lost its force among us.” A Lucky Physician and His Fee- A New York hommpathic physician has recently been the recipient of an allopathio fee. Eight years ago Dr. Shelton graduated from a medical college, not a young man by any means, but full of hope, if without in- fl lenco. It was up hill work at first, but in two years he was in partnership with a lead- ing college professor, and last Winter saw him in attendance upon the daughter of Mr. Flagier, one of the Standard Oil king. He devoted his whole time to his patient, accon- - panying her to Florida, and was with her when she died. He had his reward for his faithfulness. In acknowledgment of his ser- vices Mr. Flcgler presented the physician with Standard Oilcertificates of stock to the amount of $50,000, which are worth in the market $87,000. It was a lucky windfall for the doctor, who was still a poor man only six yer rs agoâ€"at least this is the way in which other physicians spmk of ihâ€"and it sets ordinary people to wondering whether the latter are liable to go on a strike at any time and lgive a boom to the price of consul- tations. be custom of engaging the services of a doctor for a single family exclusively is coming more and more into fashion, and the mass ofpoople are as yet: in doubt whether to look upon the movement as an evil or a blessing. -â€"â€"â€"-.o>-s-â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" Would Wait to See. A well known Scotch bishop never married. While he held a certain see he was of course a subject oi considerable inter- est to the cslibate ladies of the neighbour- hood. One day he received a visit from one of them who had reached the ego of despera- tion. Her manntr was solemn, yet some- what embarrassed ; it was evident from the first that there wassomcthingvory particular upon her mind. The good bishop spoke with his usual kindness, and encouraged her to be communicative. B and-by he drew from her that she had he a dream, or rather, as she thought, a revelation from Heaven. 0.: further questioning, she oon« iessed that it had been intimated to her that she was to be united in marriage to the bishop. One may imagine what a start this gave to the quiet scholar, who had long before married his books, and never thought of any other bride. He recovered, however, and, ad- dressing her very gently, said that doubtless ,thcse lniimstions were not to be due iscd. bead. Hrl‘ neck should be from l2 to 14 ' D As yet no wever the designs of Heaven were but imperfectly explained, as they had been revealed to only one of the parties. He would wait to see if any similar communica- tion should be made to himself, and when it happened he would be sure to let her know. A Natural Thought. A very small boy was recently present at a balloon ascension. As the gigantic bird- like machine sailed up into the clouds with its human freight, the small spectator pulled his mother's dress excitedly and exclaimed : “ What will the good God say when he sees that a-coming i" l i . | ; .