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You may cell it foolish and romantic. it like. but I repeat that I could more ly forgive one great fault. committed tr strong temptetion and foreign to the Ireldlsposition, then a series of petty Insoles springing from and belonging to character." busepohe Helen Travers to her eister. . Cunningham, and the thread of their curse is teken up where first it was heard. It was e strange spot for any- is like e "confidential" or “ sentimen- eonvsrsetion to have teken place; every one must have observed that [sets of interest often arise in the most posted manner. The two ladies had the hour at which a morning con- ..wee to commence, had arrived some. too eerly, and consequently taken ‘ eeete before any others were occupied. V ps. warming with the subject under melon. they had not observed the few “I.” who from time to time drOpped in, lcertetnly had not heard the footfall of finuemsn who entered. and seated himself Iieditttelr behind them. just at thet silent when some of the attendants were king e prodigious din in their re-errenge~ it of the benches near the orchestra. :I could not have married a men in whom id not take pride.” replied Mrs. Cunning- n; “ I em very sorry for people who have when: led away to do anything wrong. ”hey must take the consequences of their It conduct; certainly anything like dis- ufl'lllluuwu "'â€"uv .W, â€" lend the sweetest solsoe for her own esrly ‘ evement in the ertiess neture oi her young reletive. Although by no meens e stunner to the metropolis. or to society. the .eo‘untry hed been Helen's home. Her young {hurt hed expended beneeth the influences oi netnre ; her teete hed been re fined. her iency quickened by it; end though she hed reed guineh, she bed time end leisure to think i i ‘ short. she wee it fine nsturel ehnrscter. little Werpod es possible by the prejudices ,9! the selfish end the conventionelities oi loeiety. Deeth hed, e yeer bsiore. deprived * hero! her more then mother, end the inde- ‘. dence which this beloved reietive hed ueethed to her. while it rendered her an F-object oi envy to her nnmerried sisters, ‘- seemed to her own heert no oonsoletion ior ‘ her irrepereble loss. But the stranger who hed overheard those i i few sentences which. to e thoughtiul mind. i. meeled e world oi knowledge. whet oi him 2 1’ Be lied come to that morning concert simply F to enjoy music in which he delighted; yet so i ehsorbed did he become in some ell on- i grossing thoughts. that the sweet sounds T which he hed sought to beer, iell upon his > (soul only, irom time to time. as chimes that hermomzed with his reflections. whetever 1 they might be. end were only remembered reiterwerds by the power oi sssocietion which linked some pecniler cadence with e thought, .. -ru. . mnmnn. A STAR IN THE DARK. huh I!» I ”faith! wn’tohlnx his Ihecp. L or :- .hlklnfl the drum-Inna tree. db 3 um. drum on mu. no». baby. slow! It“. “fill an the “map. I. link on“ In (no. 911171351333". p ounuuoei emu-u.” __,-_-,u H 77 I00. or the world's censure. felling upon‘ rhnlbend would crush me to the earth." i‘Not it his lenlt were the one bolt 0! e i." 'runmed Helen; “ not i! you loved him I, dearly. Nay. I think. his very suffering nld drew you more together. I have a jot] thet the very happy do not love hell Ldeeply on those who have known sorrow." ," I all Iuoh ldeee perfect nonsense." "1 how you do." replied her sister with e lnt Imiletend playing on she spoke with m Ion). e'rsneen! you know there in nothing of the In: You know, I heve never ieit any- a more letting then a pausing feney. blah one ehekel ofl, just on waking up irom e M. ‘9 How ehonld I know . "Then believeâ€"I would not deceive you. housh threeend-twenty, indeed I dreed :0me in: ion then en iiiueorted n." rfieien Trevere turned her heed es ehe . end though ehe did not perceive the met. he eeught the profile of her eni- Med oonntenenee. But the endience were [this time erriving. end the eietere drew enter toaether to make room for new more. There we: en end to their eonveree- [on of course. Kotwithetending e certein family likeneu, .look thet wee ceught now end then. the lltere were very diflercnt. The elder, Mu. honinshem. wee hr the more bountiful, if aquieitely chieelled fortune and e brilliant amplexion could moire her I0. But though [nick and clover. even witty end accomplish- ld, ehe wee deficient in sentiment and the powerl of imeginetion; wu e lover of de. toil ; end therefore deepleed.beceueo it wee to to: incomprehensible, the higher end pnereiieing mind. A thoroughly worldly Iducetiou bed completed her cherecter and rendered her e cold.heerted. eelfleh women a! the world; without enough of heert to the neceeeity of efleotion. and yet por- ing on ineetiuble unity thet fed nnivereel ndmiretion! Her sister ed e perfect contreet. With lecturer lees rcguler, her countenence wee u chenseiul u the can; for it mirrored every thought end feeling, so they welled up from her woman'e heart. Ecriy removed from the influence of worldly-minded parents. Ch. hed been reered by e widowed cunt. e thigh-minded being. who had sought and ”ring“! he: Ihswl. "Any 0 would think. to hair you talk. n you had fallen in love wi‘h Iome nonpa- Iu or unothot. and were seeking to excuse u: lolly.” , - . , , _ LL‘_- :â€" _-n.:nn nl Hm Mby. doc I :pénvtonr long m: Iboep; LI gho Lamp 01601 on hub. 7- â€"-_- ‘nmn in. Fifi can no I tho alo moon p, In 1. shop! coveted with sheep. I and down the field :0 might. a I p and shepherds" roam all Lubt. 0. baby. flap 1 bub .Iloo ! a, in, P I “I. you“: v- uv- v- __‘, 0 for our :1 I «no down collie. hp. baby. I up ! bub Iloo I pawn 1'; one ‘1’)! His sheep. I my nngols guard my bed. u {my "gas dyuma around my brad. lutnw "a“ (II pp. ruby. Hoop! all!“ Iva-v Inna-u...â€" "WV,” , O atom, 3 memory; or with a momeni who" hll utenuon had bean tamed by name “mutton o! plenum or admirnflon in the Iwouut voice he had over hardâ€"tho voice 0! Helen Tun". Ho use no‘ whnt handma- uhool III find you“): In unh- mn- «ll m. or m mun ham rewind flu or It: A I... ol the 0nd“. '1'; lpooq 1. the ahéfib‘uxdoae. From the Germ an. ’03“ one. â€"vâ€"â€"â€"â€"- Il loomed.too, thet lorlnne wee to {ever hlmJor lrlende come up. and eddreued Mrs. Cunningham by none; mutnel inho- duellone elicited thel 0! Helen. He bed but to lollow them lo their door; and now he know who ehe wee, end where she lived. This he did will: wonderlul oelmneu. People elweyl are eelm on really greel oceulone; except. indeed. people who ere ‘lhemeelvee loo emell ever to make or under- etend them. .1 n-.._L I III!“ "Iva-u Wellâ€"the pigmy oi soul escape through the entangling meshes which Fate weaves for mankind. into the outer void oi mere animal existence ; they are the strong of heart and quick oi sense who are retained to play great parts in the struggle ol iiie and the war oi the passions. And yet, and yet. oh mystery of humanity l who that has suffered deeply has not felt that in the deep. est depths of anguish there is a pulse which vibrates not with pain! Feebly. and rather as the first taint promise'o! a future joy than the flicker ol an expiring power. but still to console. still to whisper. “ Peace, peace; better thus than not to feel i" ‘ 80 felt William Johnsonâ€"for by that com. mon name must the stranger he knownâ€"so felt he in the hour of endurance. when that strong man writhed in silent lonely agony on the floor of the gorgeous apartment at which he was master. Lite is either one long chapter of accidents, or there is no such thing as an accident in the world. Three days afterwards 'the stranger oi the concert-room was iormaliy introduced to Helen Travers at the house at a mutual iriend. Three months irom that day let us listen to their words; they had been betrothed for weeks. The code was a drawing-room in an antique country house. Both were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Cun- ningham. , A . . ,___ _-..- Wfllinm mm all": uul vuv ....- aorrow in this world." exclaimed Helen. pressing the hand which had fondly clasped here between both her own. “0h, why this concealment? You are free to do as you will and so am I. Though good and generous and true and rich," she added with a smile. " as you are. my family, you well know. would receive you with open arms.” __ ‘ ' A . L- ”mend " harnnlind Know. woulu xcuvnu JV... u..- -,_, , " The time ii come; he leuted," he replied in e tremulous voice. and releasing hie hand with n geeture that might have been. but was not. mistaken for coldness. And while Helen mantel-piano. Hie countenance we! pale u ashes, but his voice grow more steady, as he proeeeded. " The first time I new you." he continued. ” I heard you any you could more readily forgive the one great innit of a life, then \ Lamaâ€".1 mnnnn-ll n! chereeter. I hOVO two ” I heard you any you could forgive the one great huh of habitml meanness o!_ chuuoter. W11 _, uuuuuu lavas-guy..â€" v- -_,. nine to confess ere I would wed you-es I might do. end you never know them; you eee ii I am my own accuser, I elso make the most of my virtues ; therefore dolteke some credit for enforcing secresy till I had sum- moned strength for the confession. For it you reject me, and sorrow in the ect, I be. lieve you would rether not take the cold world into your confidence. And yet, Helen. it there be eolece in revealing whet I tell you, be iree as air to do so i! you will. Lile would be so worthless, the betrayal of my secret would be but as e ieether, weighed egeinet the sweet thought oi eseueging your eorrow." “ You {righten me," murmured Helen, struggling with emotion. ___I-x...-.1 II tent insert Iliuyguug nun ........ " In mercy." he exclaimed. “not tears. -â€"yot. 1 will be brief. Onto! my aim has been wooing you with_ the dark knowledge in , n _.-_ ---‘n liln nnt‘ OI been woosux ’vu v"... ...- _-___ 7, _ my breast that a crime of my only life and he consequences might well be considered an insupersble obstscte to our union. 0b! lor- glve me tbfisâ€"shis st least." And he flung himsel! on hts knees before her. and buried his face in her gsrmsnts. u What terror is to come 7 Q rickâ€"quick LII! ulw u. my. " Whel lorror is to come 7 Q lickâ€"quick ln plly tell me." “ No; forgive me this lost hull first." “ You. you." ehe murmured, and her hand leaned heavily on his shoulder. The act unnerved him. and a shower 0! tom rained from hie oven. “ Tell me,” again she whis- pom}. - #4 u... ...an. m. n V“. “ I olnnol yet. Bear with me.” “ Then I will gnaw." “ Ah, do." Wllh n. shudder as she put each lenrlul quullon, she beganâ€"“ Have you shed hu- mon blood, protected by the low of honor, and feel that npw_you are u murderer 7" , 1- --â€"â€"‘_ ---I-.4 nuu Avis. .__-._- .. “ I never rniaod'my arm in anger angh‘ than has breath ; I never no I: kicked s anulifig cur f-rqm mg with." “ Have you been a lelee friend, deceiving where you were trusted 7” “ I cannot rec-ll to mind 3 lie I ever told." Once more Helen's hend eought that of her lover ; but she withdrew it M u terrible thought ruehedto her mind. She pauled ere she could give it worth. At last she said. i " Have you been guided by the code of men's morelitiee and won a heart only to fling it from you ? orâ€"or been guilty of the deeper. dnrker wrong etill 2" “ My conscience in elngueriy free from all Iuch etnine. They who do these things speak not of them In crimes." And he looked up and met the teeriul gaze of Helen Travers, without hie oyn lid: drooping. A ,__I-!..._.l -'.A- ‘1“:qu nun Vvvâ€" .._- __--,_, “ Then I will wed you." shouexclaimed. alter a moment's puma, " and only as your wile will loom this; gin-01361311 secret." ....... 14.---.. -1-..|-.1 WI” IUDIM qu- vu-n-uu“- â€"--_-_V “ You will ?” and William J ohnlon stoned to his 100% as one who had received an olecmc shook. "u 1 will." For a moment elm yielded to his embrace. but he released her quickly. " You would so wed me." he exclaimed. "bul you shell A ' â€"-â€"â€" â€"--..1- I- - IU WV“ luv. luv â€"_-..._._-, not. The deer memory oi your words ie 3‘ heppineea Fete cannot take irom me; it givee me etrength to complete the tragedy. Listen. These limbs have borne the mane. clee the low lurniehee to the convicted thiei; thle iorm has qneiled in the ieion‘e dock beneath the ceiloue etere oi the etrenger multitude; but even then I did not lie. I owned thet 1 bed etolen the menu to pur- cheee food for c {enriching mother. The tune which I here dered to nit you to hear. in for ever enrolled in_th_e chronicle: 2! crime have bu‘ IUI vvw- V-uv-uvâ€" -.. -â€" -'1‘ho comm around “16 nu. and no a one care, AWilligmr.’ 9m Hie-ad, deceiving anger against 1 so much u elue for the seven brighten yeeu ot hie youthâ€"Helenâ€"Mlu Tavern. you do not norm. or hint. or wither me with a look. 0011“!“- quiet. common tel"! Axe you‘ women or angel 2 " “ Be calm. and tell me Ill.” “ You will hellevo I mount to repleoo the note I--Iâ€"â€"Itole. though the judge would not credit my etory. Thin is all 1 have to tell ; (or why should I ploture the hunting pre- eenoe o! a memory. sad the worthleuneee of oweolth which descended to me (tom the relotlve who expoeed my youth to tempt:- I tlone end lelt my mother to plerleh ? " .‘A.._- ‘f-- ‘Q nous Ian “I" nu; “Iv-“v. -- "“â€" “ The future ; mo happy rimuro. Mu it make you target the put. iâ€"Wlmun ! " " Helen I " _ u _m_ Am ' ' llUl'I-l O M her feel one more ; bul now wllh child- like ache. and breelhlng peeelonate exclama- tion, and lexvem blessings. It wee the non day; end that burnt o! wlld tumultuous joy had elven place to a serene: hepplneu on the part 0! William Johnson. while I eoflor end znoxe thought- It was the next day; and that Durst or wild tumultuous joy had given place to a seroner happiness on the part oi William Johnson, while a eoiter and more thought- iul expression reigned on the face 0! Helen. “ I have a compact to propose." said she, laying her hand upon his arm. and looking up calmly. yet afiectionately in his face; " let us for the future speak not 01 this dark thing. except indeed there be just no- cessity and occasion ior renewing the sub- ject. Let it be a sacred deposit, 0! which each has the key. but do not suffer it to be- long to our lives by frequent discourse or thought oi it. Thus may time heap bright realities to hide and stifle these smouldering ashes. You tell me that your common name ‘ has been to you a shelter irom suspicionfl that your secret rests with one tried and trusted iriend; and that the world, among its common blunders. deems your love oi retirement the spirit of pride and exclusive. nose. I will but look at the result of the leisure that retirement has affordedâ€"the cultivated intellectand the habits oi simple A__- _-.._ -nI-on-s‘ culuv-wu luuvucv- u."- .._- __.V , enjoyment Yet whence came your enlnréod eympe‘hiea with humanity? These are not. toetezed by hermjtfiike retirement." .1 # __- ..:I.._6 T nag-1‘ [Olwruu uy nuns-rs.-- .-.____-,, ,, ‘ “ Can you ask 1 You are silent. I need not tell you how much is known intuitively by one who has erred and sufiered." “ And expiated 1" Ah. deep the meaning 0! that word which burst spontaneously (mm the heart which felt aright I Deeper and higher, more world-embracing such Wisdom than aught that was ever extracted by the oasuistry oi the schools. The merciful God by His in- struments. the mysteries oi inexhaustible nature, heals the wounds and lesser ills of the body until it becomes whole again. And must the wounds of the soul tester ior ever? What is man that he dares pluck Hope irom the breast of his isllow? And is not the punishment he inflicts for crime but Satan’s works on earth. except so far as it prevents. amendsâ€"and through the suflerings and amendments expiates? The poet paints what should be. rather than is, when he declares. “ There is a tuture for all who have the virtue to repent and the energy to atone." May he prove the poet prophet! 0! the myriad real tragedies which are hidden behind the veil of conventional life, not a law are there in which women plays a ministering angel and builds, amid the wreck of happiness. a saving ark by the spell of her __r-.r-_. aunt in n! “1: ttuni'n'g hith head ! Brewereand dealers in beer. ale and eimi- ‘ lat quore well know nthe difficulty exper- ienced in the transporttion of barrels and kege of such liquors in warm weather. To avoid the use of relrigeretora. either in trentporting or retailing the liquors. Mr. John Hour. of Denieon, Texas. has devised and patented a cooling attachment for barrels. kegs. eto., by which. with a email amount 0! I». Hm .mntnnt- mnv he he!“ 0001 {01' a 0011- nuu yuwuwvu .- ‘1'"â€" kegu. eto., by which. W1; 3 small nmonnt ice, the contents may be kept cool (or a o siderable length of tin_la_. 7-- _-_--I A. . lluunsusu III-Jail.- v. u...â€"-. The invention consists of a vessel of gaM vsnized or enemelled iron secured to a cast metal neck, which is screwed permanently into one 0! the staves or heads of the barrel. This vessel is filled with ice and salt. and closed by a screw plug. As the ice vessel has no connection with the interior of the barrel. the ice and salt can be replenished as required without disturbing the contents 0! the barrel. . A‘ n j-_!_- _-â€" Ln auv unucu The inventor etatee that the device may he need to prevent freezing ae well an to main- tain a low temperature. and sends us the particulere of an experiment tried by him to teat the eificienoy ol the cooler: " On October 23rd I had one keg of beer chipped to me by express irom 8t. Louie, Mo , the keg being provided with one of my cool- ing attechmente. On November 3rd I tapped ‘ the keg at 8 o'clock a. m., at 80 ° in the ehede. and found the beer to stand 63 ° . I poured one quart oi boiling water into the cooler, turning the keg upeide down; in fifteen minutee it had reached the tempera- ture of 74 ° . I then emptied the cooler and charged it with 2 pounds 0! ice and a email ‘ handful of eait. bringing the temperature of the beer to 66 0 in thirty minutes, and five houre alter it etood at 65 ° . the external temperature being 82 ° in the ehade. I then recharged the cooler with ice and salt ae be- fore, and thirty-eight minutes alter the beer stood at 58 ° ." The Epoca.| of Madrid, “Mes that the Cadiz Custom-House people have recently cap . tnred a flock of turkeys engaged in business quite unworthy oi that eeiimable bird. which as the eindents of tho liforlg’: questions know, - ”A -1 -II 1-..! On 55 out: Iluuwuu: v- ‘uv .. Dr. Franklin thought the fittest of all fowl to be the emblem of our country. For some- time part a flock oi eome thirty turkeys had been daily driven twice a day to and lro over the road between the blue aentryboxea oi the English at Gibraltar and the white sentry- boxee of Spain at El Itocadiilo. The attention of the local Wm. Henry Smith having been attracted to this circumstance he ordered the oliicere to watch the bird! narrowiy. Shortiy‘ aitervvarda a Bpanieh eentry observed as one of the turkey: passed near him that its lelt wing seemed to be coneiderabiy higher than its right wing, upon which he halted, the {lock and their guardian. Upon a clone examina- tion it was diacovered that every blessed turkey in the flock was carrying a quarter of a pound of tobacco irorn Gibraltar into Spain tucked up under each 0! hi: wings.â€"-Ncw York up under World. Ncnnnn "mes.”-â€"Madamo 0- calls at a friend’s house on out day. and her loot being damp. any: to hot lrlondâ€"“ My door. will you lo: your mold btlng mo opal: 0! your slippers ?“ "My love." replies her lrlend (there‘ were aevonl people in the parlor), "do you think my slipper: will fit you ?" “ 0, I lhlnk no. my dnrllng. ll you will tell her to put n cork Iolo inside of them‘.‘ â€"French paper. Smuggling by ”In“. A Novel toalcr. 'JJd'fiEEoE “In.“ of the The following letter, written by Mr. Donald “chroma! Parry Sound. first uppoued ln lho Mouton! Monitor; A .1 .AI, l_-A .l-IV uv-ev-u uâ€" vvvvvvv . “ I em in receipt 0! yours 0! the 5th lnet., asking for lnlounetlon obout the Nipllelng country. Although there is a certain amount of reeponeihlllty attached for tear of mie- leedlng. I will endeevor to glve you a {elthtul description. tether keeping below the feet: then exceeding then). - n .u ,,,,I_ IA.- III-M Unvvvu-ua vâ€"vâ€"â€"- “ I have travelled 423 miles through Mus- koka and Parry Sound District. and more or less through twenty-one townships. and some of the ' unsurvey.’ By going the north road I found only scattered lots of good land till I get near the Maganetawan Iiiver. when I tound much less rock and a good clay loam extending some miles ; but for the next tif- teen there is but scattered lots of good land till within four miles of Commands village. where ‘I crossed lees broken landâ€"a good clay loam. By the Rosseau d: Nipissing Road from Spencer. three miles north at Maganetawan Village. a distance of ten miles; it is very fair farming land. and well settled; then there is seven miles of almost unbroken rocks. I come to Bummer‘s Roost. where I found first-rate accommodations, and for the next ten miles to Commands it is fair farm- ing land, and is settling fast; from thence to Nipissing. a distance of twelve miles the first mile is hilly. but after that it is very even for nine miles. with a good clay loam. but many bouldersâ€"in some places almost paved with them; about four miles is well settled. Here I came to the brink of a very heavy descent to South River and Lake Nipissing; here is a fine view of the country to the north for twenty-five or thirty miles over a level country. From this point of observation to Mr. Beatty‘s on the South River is two miles; first mile, although a good soil. is very stony. but not rockyâ€"in fact. there is but little rock for the last twenty miles I came over; the as end mile is quitelevel, with first-class sol without stone or rock, and on looking at the sur- veyor's field maps, on which is shown both brook and swamp where they occur, I find there is about 2,500 acres in this tract with- out roek or stone. South River runs through a level country, with banks only a few ieet wider than the stream, and from six to thirty feet high of clay soil on the north side of the river. The river is about eighty feet wide. average depth of twenty feet; there is a strip of rock about half a mile wide. about four in length, but does not rise more than ten feet above the surface in any place that I saw. Immediately north of this place I travelled the 10th line to Nipissing and the town line of Hemsworth. being a continuation of the same line on the north. I examined 1.300 acres in rotation, and for quality I could not say which I would pre- ter. but on the south side of the line there is only 800 acres that will make good farms, being broken by the abovementioned strip of rock; atter crossing the 1.300 acres in succession I came to rock again for three lots. then good land again; on this side of the river there is seldom any rolling stone found. As tar as I have seen north of .the river the good land is about four-fifths, rock one- filth; the soil is almost invariably clay loam or clay. there is no flatrock here. I have collected all the information as to the extent oi this tract irom hunters, lumbermen. explorers and railway engineers. and their testimony shows that it is not less than thirty miles square. The railway contractors tell me that they will have the works commenced all along the line next spring. At present they have only 50 men on the west end and 600 on the east end. where they have 80 miles graded and the rails on 40 miles ; their aup- plies ior Nipissing section are here now. There is plenty ol good laud vacant yet. but there has been about ten thousand acres taken up this tall, and there will be a rush in the spring. “ Bear in mind that a wilderness does not look like a clear country; don't expect to find a nice bush here; timber is no test oi land here." â€"___â€"_â€".â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"‘ DEATH! IN THE ROYAL FAMILY Many of our readers may have read Wal. pole‘s account of how the Prince of Wales' death was brokento his lather, George 11. The King was playing cards at St. Jamse' that night. as was His Majesty's wont. when ' the Walmoden or Lady Yarmouth came be- hind his chair and exclaimed. “ Fritz let ' “ todt.” The King continued to ehuflla the cards and no doubt won the rubber. That little scene of court lite happened scarcelv more than a century ago, and the That little scene of court lite happened Icarcoly more than a century ago, and the people were as callous to poor “Fritz'e” death as hll Royal Fathet. The well-known lino: commencingâ€" " Here lies Frednvho was alive and is dead." which obtained such general applause. need little or no comment and confirm our ap- plication of the word callous to King and people. Since that time. however, the Royal Family have much gained in the regard 'and esteem oi the English race. When Princess ‘ Charlotte died there was a universal wail oi sorrow throughout the land. That lair star of the “Listed House 0! Brunswick was deeply lamented by the people. She had been the hope 0! the nation. which. sick and dis- gusted by the conduct of her lather. looked iorward to the next reign with trust that their King would he succeeded on the throne by a perfect lady, a true wile, accomplished and welloiitted to rule the state. "Ull'l-Ii‘v. -w -â€"-- -__ ._,,, When the Prince Oonrorr died, again Englend eeemed as one hmllv mourning n dearly loved relerion. end who can forget rhe dark days of that December when every hope wee lost of the life of the Prince of Wales being eperedl And now egein'Eng- lend and her ooloniete mourn the lane of one who wee as widely loved and reapeeted ee ehe was known. A _I,‘_IJ “Ill ‘11ku- Foreigners may enquire why there should be such aflectionate sympathy [or the be. reeved Royal Family. The question is readily answered. It is simply because Her Majesty has. during her long and glorious reign. not only given proof of her ability in the trying task oi ruling in a constitutional manner. but has, by hundreds of other channels and in thousands of instances, shown her subjects ‘what a noble mind and tender heart she has. *No sovereign was ever more beloved than Queen Victoria. and it is because oi this that her sorrows are her people’s, and her joye their joys. a “AAâ€"â€" The New York Herald any: :-â€"'1‘ho lawyers are beginning to wcommoda‘o themselves to the times. According to our law report: the cont 0! a unit_no_w no only a trifle Inger thun the pflnolpul. DITA!” 0' I'll IIIOUBOIIa Tho Mplulnu Dulrlcl. Not only. however. are the roceuee at nature followed and natural pear I produced by artificial means. but pearls are now menu- iactured on a large scale without the aid oi any shellfish whatever. About two hundred and twenty-two years ago Molee Id. Jaqnin. a citizen of Paris, a bead manufac- turer. one oi those inventive geniuses who are not above taking a hint or suggestion from the most casual circumstance. happened to be walking in the garden of his country. house near Paris. when his attention was attracted by a remarkable silvery luetre on n baein of water. We can imagine M. Jaquin at once all interest and attention at what almoet any other man would pass. and which undoubtedly thousands on thousands had passed. without giving the matter a thought. “Ah. oiei i" murmurs the Frenchman. it I could but give my heads such a lustre! Pray ‘ what has produced this afieot upon the basin of wa‘er 2" " any. a The old servant, who he: regarded the sudden interest displayed in each a. tulle. we can well imagine. with some contempt as well as carpi-lee, anewen his mentor. speaking lor the whole world: “ Mentor, it in but the fish; some ablettl happened to be crushed in the water; it in nothiqg." . ,,,vl _-_ Nothing! you. noihing to the eiupid let- vnnimoihing to the rest of the world; bni io a practical inventive genius like that 0! M. Juquin is in adilcovery, ii in a fortune, it is on opening up of a new branch of comment thai leads, oloihel. lupporu whole oom- munitiea, and keep! them puny. a ~l-_.. L- u-vu, u-uâ€" _â€"- _ M. Jaquin saw that the lustrous sheen he so much admired was indeed produced by the countless scales 0! the little fish called the bleakâ€"Leucircus alburnus. He at once began experimenting. The scales be dried and reduced to powder and this he used or enamel. with which small beads 01 we: alabaster were coated externally. These though beautiful. were unsatisfactory, and he econ began to use hollow glass beads. He now took the scales oi the fish, thoroughly washed and rubbed them successively several times. The difierent portions of water used in these washings he suflered to settle. The water being oareiully drawn 01! by siphons. our pearl-maker iouuda lustrous matter 0! the consistency oi oil remaining at the bottom. This substance is called by the French "es. sence d'Orient.” or essence of pearl. Our pearl- maker, alter sundry ineffectual attempts to preserve it from soon becoming putrid. at last succeeded by keeping it in volatile alkali. The further process of pearl making consists in blowing the essence of pearl combined with isinglaee into hollow beads made of a peculiar kind of fine glue. oi abluieh tint. These having received an even and periect inerue- tatlon on their inner surfaces, are filled with a mucilsge oi fine gum-arable, and havingbeen perforated with a needle and threaded on a _ string, are ready for sale. For one ounce , of the lustrous material used in ex- , cavating the inside oi the shells, no less than a thousand - iish_ are. requir- ed. Fortunately this kind of fish in very abundant. or there might havo been some probability that the bleak. becoming extinct as a fish, would only continue to exist in the form of artificial pearls.â€" Harper's Magazine for February. In an account 0! the part pluyol by Gene- nl Gordon, of the Confederate Army. at thc Battle 01 Bhupaburg, V... wharo be In wounded five times. the hints Constitution nan; ,. . t "We hear from General Gordon's on lips a story that, in a metenhyelcal point. la exceedingly interesting. He says that when he fell (etruck by a rifle ball in the iece) he was utterly incapable of moving. He gradually began to think oi his condition. and thia ie the half dream and halt aoliloqny that he carried on: ‘I have been etruck in the head with a six pound eolid ehot. It he: carried away my head. On the left aide there ie a little piece of akull left. But the brain is gone entirely. Therefore I am dead. And yet I am thinking. How can a men think with hie head shot off? And if I am thinking. I cannot be dead. And yet no man can live alter hie head in shot 01!. I may have oonacloueneea while dead, but not motion. Ii Ican lilt my leg then I am alive. I will try that. Um I? Yes, there it is. lilted up! I'm all right; “as". “ The General says that every stage of this soliloquy is indelibly stamped on his mind. and that in this exhausted state the reasoning was carried on as logic 0 as ever man reasoned at his desk. t snnoeeded argument and argument d laeed doubt just as logically as could be. He says he will never forget with what anxiety he made the test of lifting his legâ€" with what agony he waited to see whether or not it would move in response to his effort. ‘ and how he hesitated before trying it for fear lthat it mlghtlail and his death be thereby demonauEtad." nu nyâ€"n-.â€"_ v- man of remarkablé fillâ€"thilq- nnmpd Boned I t ._L--j Ax Antwan _o_n my Tuscanâ€"A young _ k-_A Annual Penna. ‘1 "Wm A CIII'IOIII Experience. i. d" $3"-