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2 0 i I '. l ' his love fofiiliisi gkahdparents,‘2 and would _ happy. She had, pretty blue eyes addtlark ' harr,’w'hich made her more interesting than om? ll will. , no Lâ€" .vwr e mW,, Will was a handsome young man and his people were wallthyâ€"s“ aristocrats,” Iome called themâ€"'vand we, could, hardly blame Maude for falling in love with him. He had loved her since they were children together. His grandfather lived just a the road from, Lla‘gdefsf ho:ie,,39 her herf’quite ofteu,’f6r.~berwas always“; 'â€"to «see his, "door grandpa." _ , - .Wo, used toma‘hin! a great deal about _ 43;.» . I always ask lulu how they were gettiu along. He never failed to give us a g answer, for he was as sharp as tack. Will was sharp. His father was one of our ablest lawyers and could think of more sharp things to say than any one I know of,‘ andwe all s oke of Will ass. “ achip from. the old bloc ."l ' 1 " ‘4 ' ' Maude was a lovely girl and always so ever. She had a sister Nell, and tlxcy’used to be inseparable. It made no difference where one was; the other was sure to be there too, but Nell fell in love with a nice ‘7'"‘1119‘.’ and was now out on his farm as his wife. _ ‘ _..aude seemed so lonesome when Nell left, and it was no wonder she got more attached to “fill, for he made it a; point to be a great sympathizer‘atthis time ; not a. day went by that he did not call to take her forlo (lriVe' or a walk. ‘ ‘ ' Her parents were not wealthy, but were comfortably well off, and we thou ht it would be'such a good match for VVil and Maude to marry, for it would bring two nice families into closer friendship. " , About'thc time we thought the happy day was set, a young man named Len Allen, who had been out West for some time, returned home. , He had not had an extra. good name before he left, but he came back so fashionably dressed and out such a dash that the boys took right up with him. I could not help feelirg sorry when I saw Will 'oin around with him somucb. Some- how con .1 not feel that Allen was as good as he might be, and I was afraid he would lead Will astray, for he was young and full of life and I thought easy to fall in with the ways of any one he was in company with. ‘ , It was but a shut time until we noticed lVill did not go to see Maude as often as he used to, but that he seemed infatuated with Allen and was with him all the time. I noticed Maude began to look troubled but when Will would come to see her she would seem brighter for awhile, so Isuppose. he told her he had” good excuses for not oing to seeker oftcnerâ€"tlxat work or usiness matters .kept him awayâ€"and, of course, she believed him. In a few weeks. more I noticed that he did not call to see her anymore, and that she was looking so pale and sad, and one day 1 just could not stand it any longer, so I asked her to tea and thou ht I could find out the trouble and do the est I could for her. ' She said she would come and seemed pleased to do so, as it was a change and it took her thoughts Ofl' allittle from “my Will "’ as she used to‘ call him. . After tea was over we were sitting by the door when who should pass but \Vill and Allen. ,, ‘ g “ Hello, Maude, fine evening,” cried \Vill in a rather thick voice,- and I saw she but barely nodded to him, and stepped back into the room and burst out crying. I went to her putting my arms aroun her and asked her to tell me her trouble W .aniinfluence ever hilnlhndhit didn’t Zun- ‘mm'mm nm- ‘ '3‘ courthouse when the trial came amend} I never heard encirclapping of hands, sfinp [Of-ifs“. fit.“ We; ‘ “went”; , nd '8 khis hand, can gibjwdu 'ilc him good. _ ,_ l at to talk to him a little b himself, so» were “T 0‘. Maude said not saymschs .. - ‘ The next day’I meta the‘pdsbofice and [saw Mandp talkiii" So 8 estly t9 'ill. 'She‘ Wishing?- too, bud’i‘t seems ve a great effect on him. I saw her father Amine. dosnthessees- amid W389!!!“ for he was :0]; sed to Will and forbade M:ng to span liti‘hin'i.z ‘ ' ‘ ‘_ .‘ “E‘fIv‘efiE”flioxue"With " "e."'asd"asws ’were ,sbissgfshmold cottages»: Wine town, and thatshe hadhopes for Will now. She gstayed to tea .with me, andafter it was over who should come in but I went on attending to.,my housework, and let Ehe young people have a, good talk, to- get er. . u - , . After, that Maude seemed so happy. She would tell me nothing but-that Will Was doâ€" ingso much better. L j " '. She commenced keeping com any with Dee Reid, a young man. whose other was a merchant of ‘our'place. - I wondered, as did everyone, at this, for she wOuld not listen before of going with any other young man but Will. Of course we Wendered how himself, as he was taking Mina Hood every- where. Not a (lay passed but what we saw them together, either buggy riding or walk- ing. ‘ e Will commenced studying law with his fathers, Hemoldmc, how sorry. he w for how hé'Tha'd acted,§ but said Allen hifimmh til' Allen bids robbed: him of ever‘yt lug, money, name, friends and all. But now he was trying to make amends. It was whispered around that Maude and a story like'that gets started. I ‘would not believe it, for Iknew she thoughtztoo much of Will, hutI icouldâ€"not understand what what was going on. I knew Maude’s father was so against Will, and he threatened to put him out of the house if he ever came near. I beleive he would as soon kill Will as not, if he saw him going with Maude. A few weeks after 'Maude went to_ visit Nell. She often went out to help her with sewing. I met them as they were going out and asked her how long she intended to stay, etc.“ ‘ , ‘ The Simday after sheleft Will'pas’sed my house in a. buggy. Helwus dressediin tip- top style, and when he shouted good morn- ing and bowed so nice to me, he put me in mind of the \Vill that used to be. That afternoon I was so surprised. One of my neighbors told me that she had heard that -Will anthaude hadvgone to Berryvillc and were'married, and that her father'was terribly excited, and had just gone to town to et a revolver, saying he was going to ill Will. He ran around like . a mad man all the afternoon. When he " got angry-he never had any sense, but he was always sorry in a. little while, and I was in hopes some one would tell Will and Maude to stay out. of town for that evening. He went to \Vill’s home, where a crowd had gathered to receive the bride and groom, and stayed around the gate waiting for them. Some one did go and tell them, and they stopped at the first house they came to and d ! staid until the next day. Maude’s father found out it would dono saying that I would be a true friend and l 800d t0 make “Ch a fuss “130115”, and h‘W‘ perhaps I could hcl her. “ Oh, dear,” sob (1 she, “ its just does not seem possible that he can be my \Vill of whom I was so proud, and to think how happ we were until that Allen came.” “ int what is 'the matter with \Vill and what has Allen done '2" I asked. “ You know how intimate \Vill has been with Allen lately. He stopped coming to see me, and oh, how I worried about him but never suspected anything wrong until one day my father said he had heard that Allen was a gambler and drinker and that he was taking \Vill with him as fast-as he could and said-that he wanted the engage- ment broken between us for he could not allow his daughter to keep company with any such person. “ I asked him if I could not try and get Will to stopâ€"that perhaps he would for my sake. I could not believe that it was so and wanted to ask Will. Father saw it made me feel so bad so be said if he saw \Vill he would tell him to call and that I was to tell him if he did not reform right away that he would have to stop coming to his house and our engagement cease. “ You know when father makes up his mind to any thin it is hard to make him change it, and if is got right angry at any one he would as soon kill him as not. I was afraid of father and thought stran e that he would even glib Will a trial, but guess he was sorry for me and Will’s folks. “ When \“ ill came that evening I asked him if it Was so. He flew u in a minute and talked so terribly about other, me, and every one, and said he could attend to his own business and wanted me to attend to my own. I tried to hush him u and lead with him but it did no good, an I to] him our engagement would have to be broken. He did not seem to care and I actually think he was lad. I knew the drinking story was so, or I could smell whiskey on his breath, and oh, it seemed my heart would break, for I had been so proud of him. He ing got over his mad spell, he sent word for them to come and spend Tuesday with him, when he gave them a. grand welcome. He thinks now that Will is just splendid, ' and since the baby boy came and calls him grandpa, he wonders why’he was so iig'ainst the marriage.‘ ,. “ '-‘ ‘ ‘ “"Will has a. lovely home, mid with his clear Maude and the sweetest, bestest and most precious baby .in the world,’he is‘a very l happy man. He is now one of our best lawyers, and lwasnominatcd last week for mayor. \Ve are sure he will be elected. Although he is young, I think he will make a. good officer. Oh, yes; I come near forgetting to tell you of Mr. Reid and Mina Hood. They were married last week, with Will and Maude standing up with them. It was a. big affair. So you see no hearts were broken, and I think it is a good time to stop. Don’t you? l 3.-.-»W Squirrels in Winter. Some interesting remark on squirrels are made by various writers in the Zoologist. It is often said that squirrels are torpid during winter, but there is no really sound evi- dence for this view. Mr. M ascfield, writing from Cheadle, Stafford, Eng., says (Nature, March 12) : I have seen squirrels abroad on fine days in, I think I may say,"every one of the winter mouths ; and while pheasant- shootin * near here on a sunny day (Jan. 6 last), w rich was about the middle of the most severe frost we have had for many years, with several inches of snow on the ground, I Sawa squirrel jumping from tree to tree, before the heaters, in the must live- ly condition.” Mr. Blngg, also writing from Cheadle, has “ frequently seen squirrels abroad in the middle of the winter, when there has been deep snow on the ground I and a keen frost in the ~ air. l remember,” l uirrcl .abroad during a severe storm ' o sleet and rain in winter-time, and he ap- ’ peared to be not .at all inconvenienced by when the ‘ broughtfna'verdict of not guilty. shines whim m N l8 1. e ed ,1, V ,gfiaa they‘re eggs to in!) ,3, n 3% u _ I slowly until the sugar is melted. Now, he .uil‘lsv once seems 3 2 boil for five minutes, then add the cocoanut, (91:5 warm weather is her‘e, let me .. . . ‘1‘ fig? , er; refine a“? meek; gag xfilled ‘ resource: lie‘toodong‘sfidgrow‘ st-y or dam . , I iron what ' to and no ‘ .efilld ' " ' «my: a» m ,1: a.” - nitris justitwslt‘ Kin w . . ., L. 3‘3 .5. “P. ., .t’ w. . v at." i. .ev 9.9. wit. . t oug’h "lhcyfiere ’l'roned yall’over. 13a tiny; a~ in gr" _' g~' e gumflngfgfll' k Alvin?! sier. Keep windows, cupboards, beds and floors 019311, and put away all ornaments that did duty in winter; that is, woolly~ stuffs or heavy brie-name. Put up. jcheegsasth curtains, pull up the carpets, stain or paint the floors. Al’uf linen covers, over the furniture, ' and try and rest and take what comfort you can, for life is shdrt‘. , . . Of all things; don’t get hot meals three times atilde. . thn’s se and 1gltiyi'ifc yopf’thdg 15;,“ I 'on’rf'ro ‘ fto’: f m _e an gififmygohnyiahanbe page other gworiian. cf'unus‘e'ry selfish as to “that, 'for after twelve years of married life, and six babies, we love each other? still. I know it is tfrribly old-fashioned, but I like the sty e. Will would take it, but he was enjoying jupon’hhfo 'et to keep the' babin healthy an‘ well bathed in hot Weather. Let them make. mud. pies, and have apesy garden of their" own, or give them posies from your own garden. Don’t forget what comfort we took with rag babies who had blonde locks made of corn silk. and black head eyes and red yarn lips, and how we did love them and our little wooden pail and broken dishes picked up from many back yards. Oh, we were all babies once l ANNA L. CLARK. Reid'were'to bemarried'; You know how . Care of Bread. ‘When the loaves of bread are taken from the oven, stand them on their sides on the bread-board and cover with a clean bread- cloth. A yard of heavy, unbleached table- cloth will make two bread-cloths. They may also be made of the best parts of a table-cloth that is worn too much to use on the table, but these do not last very long. Never use a bread-cloth for any other pur- pose, and see that it is frequently washed. A tin box with a. close-fitting cover is the best to keep bread in, but the bread must not be put away until it is entirely cold. Do not put fresh bread into the box with stale, but clean the box, out and wipe it well be- fore putting in the bread. It slices of bread are left from the table, lay them together evenly and slip them into apaper bag before putting them into the bread-box. . Keep the bread-box in a cool, dry place. All bits of stale bread should be thoroughly dried, then rolled, sifted and stored in a tin box for use in breeding chops, fish, oysters, etc., and for puddings. 1f the bread is toasted brown before rolling, it is nice in soup. Sow What You Would Keep The one unpleasant thing about life on too many forms is that the work is never done. There'is no vacation, no time for reorcation. This is hard enough for any one, but it is doubly hard for the boys and girls. If they could have a. half day often to go fishing, nutting‘, riding or visiting, life would be niuch brighter for them, and they would not be in such haste to leave the farm and crowd into the cities, leaving father and mother alone on the farm in their old age; I have heard parents say, with pride, of a. boy fourteen or fifteen years old : “ He does a man’s work one the farm,” never thinking that this meant that he was doing too much work for a boy, and that by the time he was twenty-one he would be stoop-shouldered and still-knead instead of strong and vigor- one for his life work, which ought then to be only earnestly begun. I have seen some parents who seemed to think that the sole object of their children's existence was to wait on them, and did not consider that a. child can grow weary as well as themselves. The farmer would, know better than to put a. young colt to as steady and hard work as he does his horses, but he is careless with his boys. Of course, every child owes a duty to his parents, but. parents also owe a duty to their children. While children ought to work according to their age 0nd strength, thoughtful care should be taken that they are not overworked, and that they have the needed time and oppor- tunity for play and rest. Their life is all before them, and if overworked now it will affect all their after lives. If the qualities of love and tenderness, of thoughtful care and unselfishness are lacking in the parent’s treatment of his children, these qualities will not be apt to spring spontaneously into the hearts of the chil- dren when that parent is old and dependent upon them for care. Reliable Recipes. Cocoxxu'r CA:<1>r.-â€"-Take onclnrge grated cocoanut and one and one-half pounds granu- lated sugar. Put the milk of the cocoanut together with the sugar’ into a basin (adding a little water if the milk bc scant) and heat which has been finely grated, and boil ten minutes longer, stirring the candy coasts nt- ly to keep from scorching. Pour on butter- is drinking this evening, forI can tell by the l the rough Weather." Mr. Blagg's idea. is ' ed ppm” and cut in squares when dam, and way he looked and acted.” Poor girl, I did not know what to do for her. I wanted to advise her but did not know how, but I told her she must not worry so. that she was looking sick and it would make her parents feel so bad and told her to try to be her old self againâ€"that I thought a few weeks in the country with her sister would do her good. ‘ She went out to Nell’s the next day and I was so glad. for “’ill was getting deeper in trouble. His Mother was near! crazed atthe chan 43. “His , i“ “an. ,to him but all or no to be better, then whsit‘h‘d‘wculd'get‘flt’ith Allen he seemed to forget all promises. Allen and Will attwdcd a spell' school a few miles from town onenig tahncflgness they were both intoxicated, for the next day the were arrested for disturbing the peace. - ow bad we all folk-and I just' made a my mind I would and talk to Will an perhaps if I told him how Maud was wor- rying herself to death about him he would try to do better. Alla. pleaded guilty to the char , but “'ill said he was not going to for he id not that the squirrel probably does sleep a g , deal more in winter-time than in summer, 3 as do many other wild animals, but that he has to be continually waking up and taking nourishment. The riod of reproduction is unfavourable to t c notion of an almost a corn she state. of torpidity. The editor of the oologist records that he has notes of “ finding uewlyborn squirrels on march 2, (three young), April 9 (three young), April 26 (four young), and April 29 (two young). Those found at the end of March andbeginn- ing of April were naked and“ blind; those were about three-parts grown.” According to the editor, the old squirrels, in case of danger, remove the young from'the nest, or 9‘ droy," to some hole in a tree, whither they carry them one by one in the mouth, just as a cat carries her kitten One of the pret- tiest sights in the world is to see an old squirrel teaching a young one to jump.” â€"Scicnee. : ‘ ‘ -â€"-â€"â€"â€"-<>â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"- In the city of St. Peters-burg it begins to freeze at the end of October. and a general thaw rarer takes place before the beginning lot April. iallow it to dry and harden for, a couple of ' days. > ' 1 Bones. Sensesâ€"Dissolve one pound of sugar in one-half pint of cold .water. Rub one pound of butter into three pounds of flour, mix with the sugar and water and add -.one teaspoonnt of dissolved soda and three eggs. Roll out, out in small cakes and bake. Cons CAKEâ€"vSlft two cupsof corn meal; one‘cnp‘ "of wheat flour, tWo tablesponnfuls of sugar, two teaspoonnts of cream of tartar. \Vith milk dissolve one teaspoonful of soda, and add this together with two well beaten e v A. 5, Make just 1. in enough with, milk flats farewell glared pans; and like; in briskove‘n. ‘ <4 1; ‘ “Bussâ€"Break one egg into’ soup “and fill up with motmilk. ,“Add one-half cup of yeast, oneâ€"fourth of a cup of butter, three- qurtars of a cup of sugar, and flour enough to’raake a soft_dough'; let rise until light; mould into biscuits, let rise asecond time: then bake. ' Czl:v':ill¢s‘.â€"â€"'I'WO cups of sugar, one cup of butt-.1 , three eggs, not quite ateaapoonful of soda, dissolved in two tablespoonfuls of mxawwh-v-nwauwomm I*K~.‘.£’£-m m rows . 1.1mm. hto “penguin a 9 in o: 1 .‘ u , * massage”: m apoundV o m ed' butter, and flour enoughrto makea thick batter; Add $111286 tablespoonfuls of yeast, and set in a warm place to rise When light beat two gigs with half a and of roéle‘iilBf an r, add ,_ on g ‘ man, out“ Let; than) .97 w «w rise and bake in a on quarter «it an hour. Buss Socr.-â€"'I‘ak_e four pounds of the skin of beef, four quarts of water,rix onions, four carrots,-two turnips, all-cho ped fine. Pe per and salt to taste. Pnt t e meat to boi , end ctgtghe and of four hours add the. Vega. piles on wcvok for 'onshouilrhserc ' ‘g A} ‘BAK'ED‘ Dl-‘ISH.â€";Boil fish in” cleifr water. until tender. Add to it an equal quantity of mashed potatoes, one tablespwu- ful of butter, one egg, pepper and salt. Put it in a baking dish, brush over with beaten egg and bake a lightJJrown. ' * $321035 Saves soanAxisn PUDDISGS.â€"â€" Bod one cup of sugar in two cups of hot water for five minutes; add three table- spoonfuls of cornstarch set in a little cold water. Boil allf ton “antes, then add thejuice and’grat' “rindlfff'one'lemon and onetablespponfnl ofvbuttsr. Stir until the butter is melted and serve at once. ‘ ’ chr. Warmesâ€"Oue cup of boiled rice, one pint of milk,'two eggs, butter the size of a walnut, half a teaspoonful of soda, one teaspoonful of cream of tartar, one teaspoon- ful of salt, flour sufficient to make a thin batter. Bake in waffle irons. Cocoaxu'r Cakesâ€"Two eggs, one cup of white sugar, one-half cup of sweet milk, quarterof‘a éup~of butter, one and a half cups of-‘flb‘llj‘, one and ahalfteaspoonfuls of baking powderr Bakéin‘ a’nioderater oven in pans about: one inch* deep. To: repare the"dessica£ted"cocoaiint, beat the .w ites of two eggsvtoa “stiffhfroth, add one cupfiqof pulverized sugar and the cocoanut after soaking it «in boilin milk. Spread the mixture between the Iayers of the cake and over the top. , ' L CREAM BISCUInâ€"Two cups of cream (sour), one teaspoonful of saleratus, pinch of salt and pinch of sugar, flour enough to" mix quite soft. - FRUIT-CAKE.â€"One cup of molasses, one cup of brown sugar, one cup of shortening, two eggs, twd teaspoonfuls of soda, three cups of flour, two cups of dried apples (be- fore soaking). Beat and, stir in oneegg‘, and add raisins and‘spices to suit. Sea the apples over night. ~In the morning put in molasses and sugar, boiling down until quite thick. ‘ . 0â€"â€" THE OLD TOWER or TEWKESBURY A. Famous Relic or the Middle Ages. If to one who follows the windings of Avon the recurrent suggestion of its scenery be that of permanence, here fitly, in the old tower of Tewkesbury, he finds that pers mauencc embodied monumentally in stone. No building thatI know in Englandâ€"mot Westminster Abbey, with all its sleeping generationsâ€"conveys the impression of dur» ability in the same degree as does this Nor- man tower, which, for eight centuries, has stood foursquare to the storms of heaven and the frenzy of men. Though it rises 132 feet from the ground to the coping of its battlemcnts, and though "its upper stages contain much exquisite carving, there is no lightness on its scarred indomitable face, but only stren th. The same strength is repeated within t e church by the four- teen hugc cylindrical columns from which the arches 3 ring to bear the heavy roof of the nave. n spite of the groining' and elaborate trace’rics above, the rich eastern window_s,..the' luxurant decoration of .the chantry chapels and their monuments, these fourteen columns give the note of the edifice. To them We return, and standing besidelthcm are able to ignore the mutilation of years, and see the old church as it was on acertainspring day in 1471, when its paint- ed windows colorcdthe white faces, and its ceiling echoed the cries, of the beaten Lan- castrians that clung to its altar for sanct- uary. ' ‘ For “ in the field by Tewkesbury,” a little to the south, beside‘the highway thatruns to Gloucester and Cheltenham, the crown of England has been won and lost. There, on the 4th of May, 1471, the troops of Queen Margaretand the young Prince Edward, led by theDuke of Somerset from Exeter to join another army that the Earl of Pembroke was raisin in Wales, were overtaken by Edward I ., who had hurried out from \Yindsorto intercept them. Footsorc and bedraggled they had reached Tcwkcsbury on the 3d, and “ pight their field in a close cucnhard at the towne’s end, hauing the towns and abbeie at their backcs ; and di- rectlie before them, and upon each side of them, they were defended with cumbersome lanes, deepe ditches,- and manic hedges, be- sides hils and (rules, so as the place seemed as noisome as might be to approach unto." From this secure position they were drawn by a. ruse r-f the'Crookback’s, and slaughter- ed like sheep. Many, We know, fled to the abbey, were seized there and executed by dozens at Tewkesbury Cross, where High Street and Burton Street divide. Others were chased into the river by the Abby Mill and drowned. A. house in Church Street is pointed out as the place where Edward, Prince of Wales, was slain, and some stains in the floor boards of one of the upper rooms are still held to be his blood marks. Tradition has melted his burial- placc in the Abbey 'Church, and written above it, “ I‘lheu, homiuum fuxor : matrix tu solar lux cs, ct gregis nltima apes." l : The dust of his enemy glaleiicc~“falsc, iii-etc ing, perjurcd' Clarence"â€"-l1c5’buta little way off, behind the altar screen. ’ There isa narrow field, one of the last thatAvon “washes, down thecentrc of which runs a narrow witby‘bordercd watercourse. It is called the “ Bloody Meadow," after the carniwe of that day, when, as the story goes, load enough la at its foot to float a boat; and 'ustbeyon , our river ihgather- cd"into~ t ewgrcater Severn.--[ arpeg’s Magazine] ‘ " The greater part of the ocean bed is pitch dark. ' It has been estimated that one ton of coal gives enou h ammonia to furnish about301bs of crndésu hate, the present value of which is about £1 pertain, and there being ten million tons of coals annually distilled for gas, no less than 133, 9‘29 tons of sulphate, of the money value of £1,607,148, are pro- (laced. aha-“mu. SMI».V-.““ ununs - wn. , .. - Imusorztrszm. LBombay has a. palatlou of nearly 900.000. , ‘ ~ fl, ., . ‘ A fool’s cap and a cox'comb were the in~ signia of the omen of the professional fool of earlyages. , 3. . _. - M. Eiffel. of tower celebrity, having achieved high honours as an engineer, is now ambitious o becoming a legislator. With an army numberin less than the- populatiou of Plymouth, Eng and maintain: her sway over the dusky millions of India. Germany publishes the~ greatest number of periodicals in all Europe;,-it reduces 0,500 eriodiculs, of which 800m ( allies It ms been estimated that the total amount of coal annually wasted by‘,‘imper- feet combustion in England is 45,000,000 tons, corresponding to £12,M,000.' w - Eugene Sun, of the most iftcd and fertile of the novelists who ilouiis ed‘ during the reign of Louis Philippe, spent‘thelast’few years of- his-life in comparative seclusion, impoed upon- him by sorely straitcned cir- cumstances. _ I A gargle of vinegar will dissolve mall bones quickly. Where alargc bone happens to lie across the windpipe or’throat,a dexter- ous use of the finger will dislodge it when other means are lacking, provided both the operator and patient keep calm. ' Inveterate carelessness in money matters was a salient characteristic of the loading fictional writers of France from forty to fifty years ago. The actual strength of the British troops in India is rather over 71,000 men, the total population of the dependency being 286,- 000,000. The Duke of Beaufort upon one occasion picked up a brace, of grouse which had canoned and killed each other in mid air. This colliding is not an infrequent occur. rence. Charles de Bernard, the French Dickens, Frederic Soulie, Hen Murger, Alfred dc Musset, and Gerard e Nerval, all made considerable fortunes by their works, and all died poor men. ‘ It is almost impossible to “ break the bank" at Monte Carlo ; that is to say, ren- der the bank incapable of paying the stakes lost, or of forcing it to confess its inability to play any longer. The Emperor has given permission for three of the finest military bands in the service to visit London this season to play in the rounds of the German Exhibition at Earl’s curt. Each band will remain about a fortnight or three Weeks. Anew mineral named sauguinitc, dis- covered in South America, has recently exacted much interest. ~ The present rate of consumption of coal in London is 9,709,000 tons per annum, which corresponds to 26,600 tons per diem. The most expensive street car in the world is owned by the Troy Electric Railway Car Company of Cleveland, Ohio, U. S. It cost 10,000 dollars, or £2,000. The Emperor of Germany has given £4,500 for the celebrated yacht Thistle, and His Majesty intends to enterhcr for competition in some of the English regattas this season. The gains of literary men are very com- monly overrated. It has over and over again been assumed, for instance, that the most popular novelists of one and another period have amassed enormous fortunes; and, when their time has come, the balance to the credit side of their worldly accounts has been found scarcely sufficient to defray their funeral expenses. Hogarth had- a notable passage of arms with a. fastidious nobleman who absolutely refused to receive the full-length which the great English master had cxccutcd, and actually returned it on his hands, where- upon sturdy Will Hogarth wrote to his high-born patron threatening that if a. draft for the amount due to him was not at once forwarded he would send his lordshi ’s portrait, with the addition of horns, hoo s, and a tail, to Mr. Here, a well-known wild- bcast tamer of the period. The cash was immediately forthcoming. ‘ Experiment has shown that when coal is burnt in an open grate from 1 to per cent. of the coal escapes in the form of unburnt solid particles, or “ soot” and about 10 per cent. is lost in the form of volatile compounds of carbon. About the your 1783, a Bristol plumber named Watts dreamed that he was out in a shower of molten lead. He observed that the metal came down in s herical drops, and afterwards, to find whet lcr it would be so, he went to the top of a church and cured melted metal into a vessel of water low. To his great delight he found that the lead had gathered into beautifully-formed globu- lar balls, and he at once took out a patent. The art of ship-building was first invented by the Egyptians 3 the first ship (probably a galley) being brought from Egypt by Darius, 148:") n. c. The first ship of 800 tons . was built,in England, 1509. The first double- deckcd one built in England was of l,000 tonsburthen, by order of Henry VII. ; it cost £14,000, and was called the Great Harv ry. Before this, twenty-frmr gun ships were the largest in our navy. Port holes and other imprn'cmcnts were first invented by Dcschargm, a. French builder at Brest, in the reign oi Louis XII , 1500. The dcccascd'wife’s sister has fallen on hard times in England. For years her- _fricnds-â€"for she is not absolutely friendch â€"havc been seeking to have the terrible dismbility removed under which she exists, and to make it legal for her to assume the name and place of her sister now no more, but all without avail. Nor was the effort in her behalf any more successful last week, notwithstanding the fact that it was made at a time when the ranks of her opponents were greatly thinned owing to members of parliameptbgipg absent at the races. Ono consolation to. the poor sisters remains however, while they are not free to marry their brothers-in-lnw they are not solel ndcntu n these to put an end to the spinswrh . They are at liberty to capture somebody else’s sister’s brotheroin-law. All the same the law which is based upon a false interpretation of Scripture, isan anachronism and ought to be annulled. It has no sup- port cithcr in nature or in reason. A Helpful Girl. “Soggins is engaged to Maud Pottleton. 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