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Tho pooulm aha-curtain o! the mm flu In W“ you we your finger on him and be It". won. The mull" ohunokmuo o! the Baum Nihilist to am you put you: Inn: on hill And you no no! “mo. ‘ Thurston. w. lagged um every tumor, mid“ nllhll other dance. seen th» an Inn: nation is not .ltoguhn neglected and fill» ho don ”nothing in u himself, And not have is wholly to the 1mm of the Mahala. use. They heve. everything but flowers. who fields lengh with their 'burden of greln. end the gerden is rich in everything but lowers. And yet the owners end oconpents ‘of these flowerless homes often love flowers. Ifthey see e neighbor's erden rich in bloom endperlnme, they sdm re it. If they wslk user the window of e city florist, they pence lo edmlre the heenty of the flowers. And yet no flowers et home! Osn the reeson be given 7 Oerteinly; end the reasons which ere nsnelly given for such neglect have frequently been eteted in these columns. Itis went of time â€"-’flower culture is not dignified, or some. thin of thet cherecter. These ere no reesons et . Every men should teke time to make likes eemforte‘ble end pleesent es he can. i and so fer es flowers cen mske it so, every‘ tamer hes e good opportunity. Thet the onltivetfon of flowers is beneeth dignity is not has either. It is worthy of the highest ty. for it shows nobility of soul. at flowers ere useful. They ere softening In their influence. end every men or women needs ell the softening influence thet he or she cen commend. The influences of the world genereliy ere not softening. They ere herdening. While the wheet field or corn field oonteins much that study end epprecie. tlon would mshe naeful in devel0ping the Ion]. these influences ere too deep for general ttilisetlon. But the flower is elweys smiling end elweys gentle. It is ever ready, as it were. with e kind word. ,V, _,_.__. V_ ..-.4 18m. While the oceans of grain ere weving o'er the breed eoree. end the flooke ere ‘ melns end Meeting on the plains; while the men Ire busy in the fields. end the women in the house. the blushes oi the lower gerden should tinge the scene with loveliness, end its smiles should keeh the monotony. On the desert there ere no flowers. It the weary trsveller h the midst of the see of send. fer ”hon humen hebitstion end the besuty ol wegetetion, should find e single rose bloom- hg elons his treehless wey, he would die- mount lrom his osmel and worshipâ€"ntuelly worship the sweet emblem ol purity end gentleneu. And it would make little diflera nee who the trevsller was. His soul might be eble to feed upon the deiioste exhibitione‘ of netnre,or it might usuelly be blind toi their beeutles und dots! to their silent elo-l quenoe,hnt where such exhibitions were so are the eppreeistive soul would appreciate them more then ever, end the usually dull Ibul would he struek with splendor. And yet on Oh: Exit]: fifii'nâ€"I md prairies, whom iho flowcn love to bloom, there are my home! thut are no_t_ grace}! by 5 single ”A- ll“.-_ L-__ A-” Henna. N. 8.â€" The wrecking of the fieemer Burgois et Newfoundiend creetee nonetdrrebie diecueeion in the looel pepere. rho Newfoundland”, daily paper, sessâ€" “ The Burgoie etruck on the rocks et Merin- C‘I Cove. on the evening of the 14th July. in e dense fog. During the night rockets were fired with the hope oi obteining help, Int without eveii. Before deybreek on the 15th July the oeptein end four hends left in . n beet to seek eome essistence. end about ix o'clock returned with e number of fish- " men in their beets. The ceptein entered into e written egreement with these men to ; under him eesietence, end they worked well and nnmoleeted with the ' rew until ten‘ .p’elock thet forenoon. At t time there1 find over forty lerge end several smell ' . with between three end four hundred Ilia. some of whom boarded the ship in ’ of the remonetrence end ordere of eeptein, end begen throwing the whset, ”“ng if:1 begs. 10:4!) theirhboetthsi. The 0 ere them e vege, at s they "dieregerded end persisted in their work 'ith threets of violence. sweeping the decks dell the meteriale, ete., et hand. There were lame four hundred sheep on board. Ind these the ceptein agreed with one man to lethim heve on the helvee. but es soon ea in men begen to teke poeeeseion of them 3 number of men rushed forwerd end seized the sheep. end in e the time they were ell put on boerd their boe elongeide. Through 'thejudieious end energetic efl'orte of Judge Piowse end Inspector Oerty. with their police jetty, three smelt echooner loede of the mrty ebstrected, including ebont hell the number of sheep. heve been recovered. end will eoon errive here. We must eey thet in 'flny ineteneee those who had held the goods 'eeeu volunteriiy before the euthorities “howledging end giving up their posses: .2___ _I, A lion. while in other: they were discovered surrendered only under 001:: pnlnion. Only e pert of :he calm tnmiture, :10th m hemp natured I! there wore nothing in the flower 31:60:: mm m bounty, it {yonld _be fqnnd on evgry I..._ an- AL _ ,V ._ - _ â€"- v-uv. nun: nu uluucu luuuxuuu. "It-73.0113; the map shuts In n aweoloned a. ll ' I mole hills. lets to grow. will soon be mountain-3 Mum untrained In time lake hold on hell- Give wrong nn luck: and n will take 3n ell. Ken’l libertie- nxe lent when foul ooxmptlon 0a: mute the body mm m prev : [mm towels Ibo c lld at m ndcptlon 1: [mm the beaten path m {ootslepu «my; who would llve must. wuch as well u PI”. I'M only mum free and Independent hm. in the nutc- mat bind and hedge m eouree: Yeti: the centre! enn become: Mundane. I old “Undone weeken e! the source. . And towud the centre tends luminous course. W the beginnlnnl Fund. no nerdy creeping. m join um Force and soon secure control. 0!. 1! I! find: the eon- o! inedom eieeptng. . thl affine :1ny here and there 3 poll. Until! "more or absorbs the whole. We beginning: I Let us well remember e sleepleee “silence is treedoxn'e coat. lo vlenet 1mm the sun may date to sever. Not my the ewe be by tho nun engrossed. In“ Inn end planet: all alike be loot. M ad , b may: beginning: . 1:71 ‘11qu! ton may break the dun . crunc- plowed tron unconudoxed am- 'on“ I], uppronohol seeks an lamb. ~ on 5 pound wheuo' or we give a .umnln crumm- ot error flu‘iq hidden fountuun. k-M__A_- ‘,,, ‘ Milled-l Wrecking by Newfound- landen. gramme. The Worth cl Flowen. Apia“... of Freedom. [KRAMER BUBGOISo unmmmd om... mmé'afiéé': Seventeen Obinamon. dues-ed with tap tony, were shipped back to Hong Kong reoontly from 8m Francisco. Now the Ban Francisco 0a“ am thot five more hove been discovered. and wish.- to know whothor some of tho Eastern houpltlu will not voluntoorto toko one of them. since thin put of tho country ll_lo {all of minute. 0! n-“-A.I-A-_i IIL a _ A, Of all the amusements which can poeeibiy be imagined for a hardworking man after his daily toil. or in its intervals, there is nothing like reading an entertaining bookâ€"supposing him to have a taste for it. and supposing him to have a book to read. It calls for no bodily exertion, of which he has had enough or too much. It relieves his home of its dullness and sameness which, in nine cases out of ten. is what drives him to the ale house, to his own ruin and his family's. It transports him to a livelier and gayer and more diversified and interesting scene; and while he enjoys himself there, he may forget the ‘ evils of the present moment fully as much as if he were ever so drunk. with the great ads vantages of finding himself next day with his money in his pocket. or at least laid out in real necessaries and comforts for himself and his family, and without a headache. Nay, it accompanies him to his next day‘s work; and if the book he has been reading be anything above the very idlest and lightest, gives him something to think of besides the mere mechanical drudgery of his everyday occupa~ tionâ€"romething he can enjoy while absent, and look forward with pleasure to return to. But supposing him to have been fortunate in the choice of his book, and to have slighted upon one really good and of a good class. what a source of domestic enjoyment is laid open l what a bond of family union i He may read it aloud, or make his wile read it, i or his eldest boy or girl. or pass it round from hand to hand. All have the benefit of it, all contribute to the gratification of the rest, and a feeling of common interest and pleasure is excited. Nothing unites people like companionship in intellectual enjoy- ment. It does moreâ€"it gives them mutual respect, and to each among them self- respect. that corner stone of all virtue. It furnishes to each the master-key by which he may avail himself of his privilege as an intellectual being. to " Enter the sacred temple of his breast, And gaze and wander wheroa ravlahed guest- Wander through all the glories of the mind, 0s 20 upon all the treasures he shall find." And while thus leading him to look within his own bosom for the ultimate source of his happiness. warns him at the same time to be cautious how he defiles and desecrntes that inward and most glorious of temples.-â€"-£ir John Herschel. A lurid and ghastly light is thrown upon monkish lite in Russia by the Holva, a journal published in St. Petersburg. In a recent issue it printed an article heeded “ Monastery Secrets." whence we extract the following strange story, the details oi which are stated to have been confirmed in every respect by evidence collected in the course oi an oflicisi enquiry, terminated a few weeks ago. The monks of the Lebiadyn Cloister addressed a petition to the Holy Consistory 0! their pro- vince, complaining of the barbarous and inhuman treatment they have undergone at the hands of their Prior. Father Isidore; This ierocious ecclesiastic. ever since his accession to office, has done little else but torture his subordinate brethren, cutting. beating and starting them without mercy, He has thrashed their naked backs with a1 knotted cudgel and with a massive silvern‘ crucifix, and caused them to be flogged with i rode by “lay brothers " until they have be- some insensible from pain and loss of blood. He has shut them up in dark cellars. where they have been left without food or water {or as long as three successive days and Lnights at a stretch. One monk was flayed lto death by his orders. and two more died of starvation. Two hanged themselves. two drowned themselves, and one out his throat. driven to despair by his superior's relentless brutality. All these tortures are alleged in the petition to have been inflicted by Father Isidore upon monks who reinsed to act as panders betWeen him and the lemale men» hers oi the congregation attending service in the church 0! the monastery. The Prior spent the revenues of the brotherhood in every description of debauchery, and any remonstrance upon the part 01 the monks drew down upon them the most horrible punishments. The attention 01 the Czar is said to have been called to the tragedy of Lebiadyn. and it is expected that His Majesty will order a searching and exhaustive investi- gation into the actual state oi Russian monastic establishments to be instituted as soon as the repressive measures now being enforced to put down the revolutionary movement shall have metered order and tranquility tohis Empire. beinfi usually those attending aflections oi the liver and kidneys. She was treated time and again by leading physicians. and lately. we believe. had sufiered severely. A certain doctor of this city, noted for his skill in all puzzling cases. sometime ego took the matter in hand. and being surprised that the sup- posed disease did not yield to his treatment, resolved that there must be some ioreign substance in the woman's body. a supposition which on Saturday proved correct. The doctor made an in- cision on the left side below the heart. the region which pained Mrs. Reed moat. and inaertlefi a roll. Subsequently he inserted a probe w eh touched some hard substance. and Mrs. Reed instantly said “‘That‘sit." and on introducing the (creeps [the doctor pulled out a large darning ‘needie. iully ionr inches and a hell in length. and held it up to thel astonished gaie at those in .the room. In it ievs minutes aiterwards Mrs. Reed was sitting up in bed. chatting with her iriends. Thisis the most extraordinary case which has ever' come under the notice at the medical {acuity in this city. Mrs. Reed is torty- seven years old ; she does not recollect in her life ever having had a needle run into any part other body, but has some remembrance of what she thought was a splinter in her heel when a very little girl. The chair has created con- siderable comment in the east end.â€"-flamil- ton Times. Mr. Jumu' Reed . {residing u the «Sum 02 Wolltystognd nnnon 3mg“. hu coo. glqngfli fel_t_ vgry unwellt‘tho'hiymptomq A Four and I-huu Inch Barnum Needle 'l‘ukcu from u lady'- Ndo-Ovor Forty Years In ller Body. For many yen. pan Mn. Bud (wile to grunge- Regal. residing M the com" o! AN EXTRAORDINARY CAII. Advantages of a Book. "lonklah Life In Bus-la. A grocer, ndvotmlng lo: a clerk. inform: those who might apply for the pomlon um " Iho proptlotor will put on enough fin to loop up the dignity of tho homo." The lute excitement In the hop matkot hu ambled 3 law country holders to dispose of their hot year's growth at 5o And 6c. A {cw Isle. have occurred at 7c Ind 750. but to man In: round lots Ga would hove to be Iccoptcd. ' A young Indy being taken to lack for tight lacing, acid thin she resorted to the pncllce on purely economical groundl. “How Is that 7" asked her reprover. "Why," she replied, "I lace tightly simply to prevent alumnus.” ”core one more {or a modest minister who hails this time from the West and refuses tho degree of DB. irom Harlaville University on the ground that his literary attainments and Biblical learning (all so far below his own ideal oi whal a man should possess to bear worthily so high a title than his sense of duty to himself compels him to decline the honor. His name Is William J. Sbuoy. and he is a minister belonging to the Uniled Brethren Union. The joking at the expense of the large feet of the women of Kentucky is carried on with e ferocity of exaggeration that ie astounding. Hero is the latest: " A young lady trom Truckee, who in visiting in Reno. met with an annoying accident this morning. In coming. out of the store she turned to make a ieughing remark, and. unthinkingiy, got her foot sideways in the doorway, which in only at; feet wide. There it etuek.end not until a crowber had been vigorously need wee the foot removed." Tn: Benn or Enema. - The annual return tarnished by the Bank of England has been published. but [or some mysterious reason all the information that used to give it value has been omitted. The inlormation respecting the discounts and advances was first suppressed. and now the amount of the banker's balances is lumped with the Exchequer and other deposits. This is; much to be regretted. It is very desirable to know whether the other banks have taken to heart tho lesson of last autumn, and whether ‘the Bank of England ltssli keeps a reserve independent 0! the bankers' balance adequate to the strain that is upon it. The refusal of information on the subject, we (car, will lead ill natured and timid people to suspect that the Bank is not as irre- proachable in this matter as its great posi- tion requires it to be. Not less instructive would it be to learn how the business of the Bank was effected by the crises of the autumn; whether its discounts increased in the proportion that was supposed, and at what precise periods the demand to: assist- ance was grantedâ€"Stall“. They occupied a rustic eeet ’neeth the spreading elm the other evening, the pale moonbeune tell gently through the leafy boughe, and ebed o'er their not: end silvery radiance :â€"-" Darling,” whispered the poetic jeweller, “ thou art like the matchleee die- rnond. you are brilliant and so pure, and what gem do I remind you most of, dearie 7" “ The emerald," ehe softly murmured, " because you are so green." a wow upon my cheek; ohioh mâ€"oat havo assured him thin I cared for him. Navenhe- lean he preserved a {rigid demeanor and sppronohed me always coldly. He was our ice man." A Colborne street lover received the following note, accompanied by a beautilul bouquet: “Dear â€"-â€"-, I send hi the boy a bucket of flours. They in like my luv for u. The nite lhaid mane-a keep dark. The dog fenil menen I em ure‘eleiv. Rosie red and penis palef my luv for a shell never tale." “ I saw him that in early summer.” she said. " There was something about him that attracted me from the first. I soon felt a warm mtexeet in him, and met him with Why is it that a human being. in the (nu possession of his reasoning faculties, know- ing that he has no knowledge of the rules of composition and of punctuation. and who ought to know that he has not the slightest idea. of poetry, will persecute honest edstoxs with his hali-rhymed nonsense 7 An Irishman was accused of stealing a handkerchief from a follow-traveller, but the owner, on finding it, apologized to Pat, and said it was a mistake. “Arrah. my jewel," retorted Pat. “It was a two- ided mistake: you took me for a thaii, and took you for a gentleman.” A correspondent. with an eye to the beautiful and attractive. complsins because burdock: and weeds are allowed to grow in the boulevards. If he could suggest means to force the owners to cut them and keep the grass nee: lie yank! do the oily} service. I'W'hy, me, the Indieâ€"a who ooni'e herb his always talking about getting married; the men don't." “ Ms,” said I little-3M. " did? He; ‘want to get married I: much u the women do?" “Pahuwl whut no you talking aboun” "th ma Q‘I. I-fl‘nn â€"‘\n Annâ€"n 1.....- ..._- That was a triumphal appeal of the lover of antiquity. who, in arguing the superiority of old architecture over the new, call! : “ Where will you find any modern building thet_hae.lute_d as‘ long as; the ancient? " or. It in u and commentary upon the course of instruction panned in young ladies’ zohools, that the gruduates seldom know how :o (1691an m allot of murgiago. â€" B's ik over .0 humble, there’s no plane like your but 3121': house when' the old folks are "Lay. Tfie nice young lady who goes to a pic-nio in a whim dress and sits down on fine moist gnu. gets up wiser but considerably green- When the woodman shoulders his axe and mm for the woody, he does 30 lot a toll pugpopo. visit. Doctors msiai'aéi is 16 'ihé’ziith‘rb‘ Bi 3 dfsgue, and yet name as to the pxioo o! a Peuonn who mi buouinbéfi do' inot have thgir labor {or their patina, but the reverse. " Orally lo hi- erodll "â€"I bank deposit. Dos: should travel on lhoir mn‘zzle now. The dun no growling poroopllbly Iborlor. '1“: nuke I Inc on wnlor~8llek an onion on . Now we have ll. A panel In but a non umbrella. , Letters must be wicked things. They're nlwayo ludlled. Gnu got: its dowâ€"nbonl the onEy thing in lhln world (nut doel. The boy lonnd bslhing at Burllnglon 013}! wt} dgloonded tramp pier. The “ Msnitobs 'wsvo ” struck this vicinity lsVersly lost night. The speculum in mining lands may be aid '0 be in the hols-sale business. This in 3129 season of the your to to]! negate”; 3n!) b_ody willflkeep qhudy. Ila-avian. A Conunncm. 'l'mvennen Vrcrnuznn.â€"A commercial traveller named Morrison, and hailing irom this city, wee victimized the ‘ other day at Genanoque by what to known es the look trick. While etrolling through the etreete ho wee eceoeted by a men who en- gaged him in conversation. A few minutes after a pedier came along and handed the ‘ traveller a lock. which he laid had a eeeret way of operating. The pedlar then leit the ‘ two ior a few minutes and while he wee away the lock wae examined and ionnd to work very eaeiiy. 0n the owner'e return the men who had firet ecooeted the traveller remarked ‘that anybody could open the lock.wherenpon the anppoaed pediar altered to bet 020 that neither 0! the two could open it. 0! eonree, ‘ eharper No. 1 had no money. and the remit wae that the traveller wee induced to bet 0‘. The lock wee then tried but the Torontonian could now do nothing with it. and he dieeo- vered that he had been viotimired by We eeeompiiehed roam.-- Hail. A Want. Burn-r or Brennaâ€"Two striking instances of the wanton destruction 0! works 01 art alter the {all 01 the Empire have been obtained in the last days. A tew yards lrom the so-ealled Temple 0! Minerva Medics, in Rome, a wall was discovered built with statues. Seven have already been put together, as I mentioned in my last letter. Not far lrom the same place we are exploring eloundation wall, eight lest square, built with the same materials. The upper strata contain slabs of marble, stripped lrom pavements and lrom walls, steps, lintels, thresholds, etc. The middle strata contain columns, pedestals, capitals, all split into lragments. Finally, at the bottom of the wall, statues begin to appear of exquisite workmanship, together with busts, hermlb has-relish, etc. The ‘ stratifisation of these marbles shows that at i the time when the foundation wall was being constructed there was in the neighborhood a shrine, a temple. is tountaln, or some such monument, in good preservation and prolusely ornamented. The masons first took advan~ tags of whatever was movable without dill}- euity. and accordingly we find the statues at the bottom of the trench. Then they put their hands on what was hell movabler, and this is the reason why columns, capitals, etc., are lound in the middle strata. A further want at materials obliged them to attack at last the building itself. its steps, thresholds, stowâ€"The Athemmim. The interesting sketch oi the “History oi My Parrot,” which Dr. Wilkes contributes to the current number of the Journal of Mental Science, deserves apaseing notice. The com- parative study at the facts oi intercominuni- cation among men and among animals necessitates the admission that animals possess language; and the mechanism and apparatus tor articulate speech in those animals which possess it do not differ (rem those of man. A bird learns to speak by imitation, through the organs 01 hearing, and in a manner very similar to that in which children learn words end sentences, and the bird speaks on special occasions in conse- quence 0! some association or suggestion, “ the usual provocative tor set speeches at all periods of human lilo.” A new expression, alter having been repeatedly uttered beiors the parrot, is practiced by it spontaneously. i indeiatigably working at the sentence by itseli. At first it is only able to get out the first word or two, then more and more, until it has the power 0! uttering the whole. Irr just the same way a child will learn a French sentence. A sentence is soon lost by tie parrot it not frequently uttered, and the last Words are lost first ; the first wordsâ€"those meet readily acquiredâ€"are lost last. Speech at the bird on any given occasion is due to suggestionâ€"the presence of the person _or object with which the words were first associ- ated. Of this Dr. 'Wilkes gives several striking instances as " hall-past two" when- ever the ooaohman comes (or orders, “ go to sleep" when approached after dark, " give me a bit ”when dinner appears, and .“cheese " when the cheese is putu n the table, a sound like water being pe red out when- ever a jug 0! water is brought in. Thus the bird associates words or sounds with objects, and, where the right names have been taughtit. may bech to know their names; more, the bud invents names. making a particular sound, which had never been taught, whenever nuts were brought upon the Ltable. The sight oi acat makes the parrot say “ mew," as the sight at a train makes a child say “ pail. pun." Dr. Wilkes concludes by remarking that the diflerence between animals and children are much slighter than are the explanations which, on t assump- tion oi instinct in the one case d reason inthc other, we put upon them, and suggests that the chief diii'erenoe between man and animals is to be found in the smallness of knowledge of the fine arts possessed by the latter.-London Lancet. The Pcrpetrator Ilsustcd Down and Shot. Funnnicrou. N. B.â€"A moot daring outrage in reported Irom Caribou. On Wednesday morning a girl named Kearney" aged ten years, was picking berries about a mile irom Ueriboo village. when the wee approached and outraged by a Frenchman in the employ of Collins 6: Porto". named Jerry Bouiilier. The girl's tether. getting a description of Bummer. set ct! to where he was employed and recognized in him the perpetrator of the deed. Kearney intended arresting the man himself. but was advised by anotuer party to get out a summons. He took the advice and started lor the warrant. but beiore be had proceeded [or word was sent that Bonillier had escaped to the woods. She-rm Barker and aasirtantstarted in pursuit and soon came up with the fugitive. but were unable to capture him. Meanwhile the whole neighborhood become aroused. and uband o! titty men scoured the woods in every direction. A sentry consisting of three young men named Ulerlw. Collins and Irvine l was posted near Bouiiliur'e house, and about Lfive p. m. he was seen to emerge from ‘the forest and run towarce the ‘ house. His body wee covered ‘ by the revolvers of the sentry. end he turned to run Irom them. at the some time telling them they dared not shoot. Clarke levelled hie revolver and fired at him, the bullet striking him in the lower part of the abdo. men. The wounded man remained standing for a moment and then dropped apparently dead. He was carried to the Gariboo Renee and his wounde were dressed. He now lies in a moat precarious condition and is not expected to recover. The excitement is inueneo. If Bouillier had been captured by the crowd he would have been lynched. now Parrot-I Learn to Talk. BAKING OUTBAGB. A Btu-inn phyalclan. M. Mnlmnky. ltmok b the prov-lance ol ahortalghtedn‘en among item, men. propoul thnt book- ahonld be printed in white Ink on black paper. nnd he has undo experiment! with a!” potion; which tend to oonlm hu- A 01.1mm Duranâ€"As traine peas through Louisville, Ky., irom the South, oflioisls pose through the care armed with “ squirt Ismps," with the contents of which they liberally sprinkle the pssewgere. It is the same apparatus that is used in European hospitals for disinfecting purposes. It consists of e lamp heating reservoir of water. producing steam. The latter causes a vacuum in a. tube leading to the cerbolic said, which jeeccmle, and by the jet of steam is thrown out in very fine spray-like log. The spray is so fine that no clothing is injured. and the same eflect is produced in one hour as by any other known method could he produced in twelve or filteen hours. No one in Louisville who has been subjected to this process has ‘been attacked by the yellow fever. Dr. Ormieton. who is now in Massachusetts, tells the folk there that he never furnishes abstracts or copies 0! his sermons to report- ers, not that he is unfriendly to them, because it a public men undertakes to do it down in New York he can get time for nothing else. and that his delivery is so changeableâ€"first slow and than rapidâ€"â€" that the stcnogrephers are not able to "take ” him. On going round the garden this morning Iperceived what seemed to be a small piece 0! cheese. apparently floating in the air straight before me. On coming up to it I found that it was suspended from a spider‘s web, which was spun right across the path. Ono’s first hasty thought was that this spider had iound a piece at cheese below. and. takingalancy to it. was then drawing it up into its web to eat it. Further examination. however. showed that the substance was not cheese. but a small pebble much resembling that edible. evidently taken from the gravel walk beneath. There was nothing for the spider to attachhis web to on the walk. so he had selected a suitable stone to balance his web. which. indeed, it did admirably. the web being attached to trees on either side 0! the walk and weighed below by the stone, so as to be in nearly a perpendicular position. The stone was connected with the web by a threefold cord, the strands oi which were' attached to diflerent parts oi the stone. I visited the web two or three hours after the spider had finished it and found that his ingenuity had been rewarded, as the web contained. besides a large fly. off which he was dining, more tiles than Ihave eVer beiore seen in a web. Neither myself nor those of my friends to whom I showed the web have ‘ever seen anything of the kind be fore. Per- haps your readers will be interested in such an example oi high instinct in a spider. and those who are more versed in natural history than myseli may be able to remember other examples oi the same kind. That the sta- bility of the Web depended upon the weight of the stone was shown when I put my hand under the latter. The result was that as I raised my hand the lower part of the Web gradually collapsed. but when the stone was suflered again to tail gently the web resumed its proper shape. The web was about five feet from the groundâ€"Land and Water. The first confirmation service in Father Hyuinlhe’s congregation in Paris is to be administered by the Old Catholic Blzhop of Switzerland, Bishop 1101203. The Pete ap- plied to the Primus 0! Scotland. who had promised episcopal supervision: the Primus applied to the Swiss Federel Council for permission. The Council told him he was at liberty to do what he liked, as he was not tonot independently, but as a substitute for a brother bishop. ’ Mr. Ira D. Bmkey arrived on Saturday from Europe, where he spent some months ranting and singing. Mr. Moody was in New York to welcome his allooinwa return. and on Sunday the evangelists accepted Mr. Buwyer‘e invitation to his charge of the services in Cooper Union. The large room was orowded. Mr. Bankey sang, assisted by a chorus of 300 voices, and Mr. Moody prefaobed a short sermon. A deputation from the London and Belfast Aceocietlone o! Graduates of the Queen's University in Ireland had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer end the Chief Secretary {or Irelcnd on the 25th alt. The members of the deputeflon spoke strongly in opposition to the proponed dissolution of the Queen’s: Unijergity. The J eeuite are laid to be quite prepared to be turned out of the colleges and even out of France, and they have in anticipation pur- chased three eetebliebmenteâ€"one at Jersey, another at Fribourg and a third at Monaco” where they will have 3 wide field for religious operations; The average annualinooma of Presbyterian ministers in Ireland is now 8950. This is admitted to be above the avenge for the United States and we are way to say that it is also abovp the avenge for Canada. The New Testament Company 0! Bevims held their ninety-first session in the Jeru- salem Chamber. London. on July 8th. sud proceeded with the review of their second and final revision. taking under consideration the suggestions transmitted by the American Committee. ' The monnmonl to John Knox. to be erected in Edinburgh. will boln the shape of a bronze name on a granite pedestal, Ind will coat 815.000. The lubuoriptlon lint: are to be cir- oulated throughoul rho British dominion, at home and abrond. The Mormon, n upponra (mm their statistical topnn. in“ published, number in all 80,619. 0! these. 8,278 stein Europe, 6.705 In Glen Bxitain. and 16,236 in the Unitad Staten, halide: 400 minionuion and their childxen. The Rlvlngton Street Flower Mission bu ulteady distributed over 50.000 noaegayl and growing plants among the nick and poor In. :he tenement houses on the can side 01 New York. , Anita hu been chouon in the north pun of Berlin. where a new church is needed. on which to erect a church as umemorinl of cho prancrvuflon o! the life 0! Emperor Willium. Gov. Talbot. 0! Manchu-em. {otbidl the running of excursion tninl cn mo Bcbbuh through the Hoouc Tunnel and in nib road connections, which are owned by “:0 sun. Mr Gltdstouo ll expected to tend a paper on theObuxohin Wuleu u we Englinh Canton Oongrou next tall. Spider. an Engineers. THE CHURCH.