RAMBLES ROUND THE WORLD.-V.

[1)7 OUR TBAVELLIKO CORRESPONDENT.]

Montreal.

XHO3E of your readers who have followed me in my ramblings will remember that in my last letter 1 brought them to Montreal, and I presume they will expect me to give them some information about the city that claims to bo tho commercial capital of Cmada. It U by no means a mushroom settlement. No history dates back to the vcarlC42. Originally, it was called Ville Mario. The river of Ottawa, debouching into the St, Liwrenco, forms an island, and on this island Montreal is built. Jacques Cnrticr has the honour of being its founder. He fi:Btvi-i!cd the locality in 1535, landing a t a point called by the Indian-, Hochclaga, and a village in the vicinity of the city still retains the name. Cartier was con ducted by a friendly chief, called Donne coma to an eminence that form? a pro minent back-ground of the modern city; and the frenchman was so delighted with the view he obtained fiom the spot, that he called it "Mount Koyal." Hence the nomenclature of the city—Montreal, Pome of the streets are narrow, and the buildings quaint a d primitive But this only applies to the more arcient quarters of the city. St, Vanl-strcet is the great com mercial contie, and it extends along the river side. St. James's-street appeared to me the principal thoroughfare, and it con tains some fine buildiug?. The fashionable promenados aro Gi eat St. James's street and jtfotre Dame-street. 1 would occupy too much space were I too desc ibe the various industries and public buildings that in terests a visitor. I can but mention Nel son's monument, tho Court-house, the City Hall, Bonsecour's Marker, Place do Aimes, and the New Poit-oftico. These are all imposing edifices. But I must make an exception in favour of the Church of Notre Dame. It is worthy of more particu lar description. The early French Colonists did not, neglect to provide temporary building 3 for the worship of God. But it was not until the year 1823 that the foundation stone of the present church of Notre Dame was laid, and in 1829 it was completed. Two lofty towers form promi nent features in the front elevation. These are connect* d by a handsome portico sixty feet in height, and adorned by colossal statues of the Virgin, St. John the Baptist, and St Joseph. In technical language, I presume an architect wou'd say that ftotre Dame belongs to the Gothic pointed-arch school—a style hallowed by time, as host adapton" for ecclesiastical purposes, and not only calculated to elevate the mind, but also as being in harmony with Christian thought and Biblical tradition. I ascended ono of the towors, and from its summit, 227 feet above tho level, obtained a bird's eye view of the city and its surroundings. In a chamber, about mid-way, hangs "Le Groa Bourbon," the great boll of Montreal. It weigh} 24,780 pounds, and is six feet high, and eight fo«t seven inches across its mouth, It bears a Latin inscription, which reads as follows i —

"I was cast in the roar of tho Chriailan era 1847 the 202 nd sinoe tho foundation of Mont real tho first of Pius tho Ninth's Pontifloate, and tho 10th of the reign of Victoria, Queen of England. lam tho gift of the Merohants, the Farmers, and the Mcohanics of 'Ville Marie.' I was cast in London by Charlos and George- Mears."

Images of ths Virgin and St, John the Baptist, and emblems of Agriculture, Com merce, aDd Industry adorn the body of the hall. Its sonorous voice is only heard on great occasions, and its tone is worthy of its size, grand and musical. A peal of teD smaller bells are hung in the eastern towers, and when "Le Groa Bourbon" adds its tonguo to those of its juniors on festival days, the effect is very striking. The decorations of the interior ot the church are extremely rich, although not yet complete in oery detail. Visitors are reminded that contributions towards the completion of the various shrines will be thankfully received. As I stood and gazed upon the scene I seemed to sympathise in some degree with those who think that decorative art is an aid to devotion. I coald easily understand that the vast nave of Wotre Dame, its spacions two-storied galleries, the paintings, and sculptures, richly-stained windows, admitting a "dim religious light," and lavish embellishments, might have the effect of impressing certain orders of mind, and tend to lift the thoughts of some men from earthly to heavenly things. Whilo I was in the church many" devotees came in and with real reverence bowed before the altar, or made obeisance at the sbrine of the Virgio, repeatiog their prayers, altogether uncon scious of, or utterly disregarding the presence of those who came merely to gratify curiosity. I could not help saying to myself, " There may be ignorant super stiiion connected ■with this devotional fer vour, but still the fact remains; these people, unlike the masses outside, who are absorbed in the pursuits of the hour, have witul, awn from the world iufluenced by a desite (o wor-hip. Who dare cay that their motives are not understood and ap preciattd by vim who knows the secrets of all hearts." In the western aisle is a white marble baptismal font of elaborate workmanship and design, the prominent feature being the figures ef fonr angels, who, in graceful attitudes, support the font. Close by is a painting representing the Baptism of Onr Saviour, copied fiom the origioal picture of Maratta that adorns the baptismal chapel of St. Peter's at Rome. Further on are tho chapels of St. Amable, ft. Joseph, and the Blessed Virgin, all highly ornamental. In the eastern aisle ia the chapel of the Sacred Heart, of St. Ann, and of the Souls in Purgatory. Every morning during the month of November, and occasionally at other times, misses are celebrated here, for the purpose, as is supposed, of obtaining the pat don end release of suffering souls. The walls over the second gallery are adorned with twelve exquisitively wrought frescoes, illustrative of as many incidents in the life of the Virgin Mary. The main altar and sanctuary are very grand. Groups of sculpture represent the atoning work of tfie Lord Jesus Christ, as foreshadowed in the prophecies of the Old Testament: Abraham ready to sacrifice his son Isaac, Aaron in the act of offering a lamb, Mel chisedec offering bread and wine, Moses before the Ark of ths Covenant, Christ hanging on the cross. In the centre is the altar and tabernacle, ■ and a crucifix sur xoundedbya multitude of adoring angels, and above all a representation of the Coro nation of Mary as Queen of Heaven. The tout ensemble is very grand. Notre Dame presents to the visitor a spectacle of solemn magnificence not often to be seen.

The commerce of Montreal is extensive. Though the Gity is five hundred miles from the sea, yet its advantageous position at the head of the navigable water of the Sr. Lawrence, and at the foot of the chain of improved inland water communication, ex tending to Lake Superior, entitles it to the charaerer it claim?, and the privileges it en joys as the principal sbippiDgpoit of the .Dominion of Canada. , Ottawa. From Montreal I inadc an excursion to Ottawa, tho teat of government. The rou!e lay along a cultivated country, but devoid of fcatnres of special interest, readers may be sure that Ottawa was selected by Her Majesty Queen Victoria to be the Capital of the i'pniiuion. Piior to this selection the function of government were carried on alternately at Montreal. Toronto, and Qubec. Endless rivalries and jealousies grew out of this itinerant system. Xo put an end to all thi?, it was necessary to choose some permanent site for the gover mental establishments, and Ottawa was fixed upon as in every respect a suitable locality, originally the settlement was called By town, after the surveyor who laid it out. As yet if; cannot compare with Montreal or Toronto, in size or population, or commer cial impojtance, but being the seat oi Governmeut, it is rapidly progressing. The public buildings are exceptionally superior and costly. The Houses of Parliament and departmental offices, occupy three sides ot a square, on an eminence overlooking the river. The Senate House was closed and I could not sec it; but judging fiom the Hall in which the Commons meet, if it be Bnperior, it must be grand indeed For the Chamber of the lower House of Parliament is very elegant; the floor is composed of inlaid ornamental woods of different grain and highly polished. A wide space divides tho ministerial from the opposition benches. Each member's seat is provided with a con venient deik with drawer; a gallery for ladies, the Speaker's gallery, galleries for the press and for the public, run round the sides of the chamber. It is lighted from the roof at night, and by day from a row of gorgeousiy stained windows. The library is a splendid aparlment, circular in shape, with two tiers of gallaries, and eight pro jecting alcoves, all filled with books. Up wards of 80,000 volumes are here collected, compiising almost every branch of litera ture and science. The floor of tbe library is occupied by a variety of ornamental

tables, on which are displayed natural curiosities and articles of value, busta of eminent men, and in the centre is a large statue of the Queen. The exterior oi tho buildings is iv every way worthy of the in terior. They aro eq'ial in size, and in many respects are similar ia design to tho Imperial Houses of Parliament at .West minster. The grounds around are beauti fully laid out in lawns and patches of flowerf, and afford a fins view of the river and surrounding country. Ottawa is the centre of a large nuinbar trade. Theie are several sawmills, sonic of them on a vast scale. Logs of timber, lviug on the river by thousand?, are drawn up to the mills on an inclinedulane by machinery working on endless chain armed with timber hooks, and are brought into contact with saws that cut each log into the square form. They then go on until they meet revolving "circular saws, set according to the size of timber lequired, and in a sur prising short Bpacc of-time the logs are cut into scantliDg or boards or hattcus, as the caso may be. Tho work goes on without cessation day and night; electric lamps il lumine tho premises when the light ot the sun has dlsappenred. It is a common prac tice at one establishment to turn out six millions of feet of sawn timber in twenty four houis !

Jfroin Ottawa I returned to Montreal by steamer. The scenery ou tho river, above its junction with the St. Lawrence, reminds me, in places, ot the (-cencry on the Wairoa, Kaipa'a, abrut Tokotoko, On this trip 1 enjoyed the feat of shooting the rapids. The first of these is at a part of the St. Lawrence called " Long Sault," For neaily nine miles tho steamer dashes through broken water at a rate of speed of which one is scarcely con scious, It is an exciting sceno, but the risky, racing navigation culminates when the Rapids of La Chine are reached. Here the channel is scarcely broader than twice ha breadth of tho ship. Rocks aro visible on both sides when the twirling waves that foam around them every now and then retire and leavo their threatening iides all bare, fcteani ia shut off, and under the silent but significant gestures of the pilot, and the watchful manipulations of the four skilful hands at tho wheel, the vessel's head is kept fair with the resistless current, and careers along at the rate of tiro and twenty cniles an hour. Though the waves in the rapid "roar and aro troubled," the steamer does not pitch and toss as in a boisterous sea, but there ia a peculiar motion, causing you to feel as if t>hs wore about to settle down in the seething waters. The unaccus tomed passenger almost involuntarily holds his breath, expecting every moment either to bo dtuhed against the rocks or engslphed by the boiling current. But loig practice has givon such skill to tho commanders of the ateamers navigating tho livers and shooting these rapids that accidents ate very rare. Quebec.

I did not remain at Montreal this time, but jumped into a cab, intending, if possible, to overtake another steamor that was about to stnrt for Quibec. I was just in time. It waa growing dark, At short intervals of timo we stop ped at settlements, to land or taka la cargo. The rattle of tha steam winches, and the discordant shouts and songs of the lumpers, created a din sufficient to keap any one aw»ke, if not to arouse the seven sleepers themselves. At early dawn 1 aacandei! the deck. Aa we neared the city the banks of the river I noticed became higher and more abrupt. Villages and hamlet 3 came more into view. The housis are painted whits, whits in most cases ; the roofs are con structed of somo material of bright red colour: this gives a pleasing uud pic tiirtsquo appearmce to the settlements ns seen nginet a baok-gound of bright grten foliage. Tin-covered spirea of churches, rising above the level, also add a peculiar appearance when wo left the wharf. I could obtain but a very general and im perfect idea of tha scenery on the river be tween Montreal and Quebec. It was quite diuk when we reached the place whero the river widins into a lake called St. Peter's— shallow on all sides oxept in tho chauncl, which has been excavated ior tho plying steamers and sailing ves'els. When ths wind is strong a nasty cross sea'is raised on the shallow waters, and the lake is dreaded by the lumber men, as t ie scene of many disasters to their cumbrous lafte. I had engaged a cabin for the night, but I might have saved myself tho trouble and ray packet the extra expense, for 1 could not venture to the scene. As we ad vanced tho the river becamn cvtwiord by numerous rafts of timber, being towed by small steamers to their respective points of d'S'.ination. Kot unfruquently several rafts were liuked together firmly, as it were, quite a floating itlaud of logs. A. kind of tent or shed occupied the centro of each raft, intended for the acco modation of the lumber men, and from the tops of the pole* flags and streamers flutSered in the wind. Occasionally the voices of the hardy sons o! the forest were borne on tho morning breeze, and wa caught the refrain of some wild song. All the surroundings combined to deepen tho interest and enjoyment. We touched first at Poiat Levi, on the opposito shcre, to land some pasaerjgers, and thencossed over, and were soon alongside of tee wharves of the quaint old Gity of Q«ebec, Quebec haa been called the Gibraltar of North America. Anciently the Indian •village of Stadacona occupied ths eito. Tho city is divided into the upper and lower towns. The former is fortified, and the citadel, on Cape Diamond, is one of the places of interest visited by tourists. The lower town, occupies a narrow strip of land that runs at the base of the elevated range, and the mburbs of St. Roch and St. John extend alosg the River St. Charles to tie Pl&ins of Abraham, whore stands the monument of tho gallant Wolfe. The terrace at the foot of the citadel commands a fine view, and is a fivoutite promenade, It woald be tedious, and take up too mnch of your space, If I attempted to describe all the wildings and turnings, and steep ascents: and descents of this unique oity. It has a character a^d history peculiar to itself. I shall best convey a general idea of Qaebsctothemindsofyourroadersbysaying that it is a city, tho principal portions of whiob. crown tho summit of a lofty capo, and are somewhat difficult of acctss, aid as the primitive paths of the Indians who walked about Stadacona have now become, without much chango or improvement in width and direction, streets and thorough fares, it will at once be understood, that the visitor may look in vain tor the ro gularity, breadth, and beauty, which usually meet his view in modern cities It must not be supposed, however, that Quebec is without buildings of imposing and handsome appearance. There are many such, both private and public. I can only make particular mention of one—the French Cathedral—l single this out, not so much on account of its architectural pro tentfons, but because of the interest attach ing to come of its belongings. It is neither so ornate, nor so grand as Notre Dame at Monti eal. but it contains many fine paint ings, mostly originals, with one or two copies, of the old master?. And besides these, sets ot vestments not only excep tionally splendid iv fabric, but histoncally interesting. The paintings are the Holy Family by Blanchard; Our Saviour in sulted hy the Soldiers, by Flemet; Biith of Christ, by Annibal Goirache; Tun Flight into Ejypt by Vanloo ; Aft-r the 'Icropta tion, by Kestorct; The Tmmaiulafe Con ception, by I ebrun ; St. Paul, sesticy, by Carlo Marratti; Miracles of St. Ann, by Plamindon ;Un the Cross, by Van Dick ; The Pentecost, by Vipnon ; The Annuncia tion, by Kestoret; The Interment after Huten; and the Baptism ot Jesm, by Claude Gny Hal Id Roun Ai he lateral eh spels of the cathedral arc aseiies of smaller paint ings representing fourteen stations of ihu Saviour's passion. By special rfquctt tha sexton showed me the vestments. lam not sufficicDtly well versed in "church millinery" to describe them artistxally. 1 can only give a general idea of these gorge ous robes. There ha suit in silver and gold material composed of twenty-niic different pieces, It was manufactured at Lyons in 1850. Another of purple, ex'remcly rich, of twenty-six separate pieces, from the same celebrated loom?. A black set of twenty pieces; and ..vet another, the chef d'auvre, of cloth of gold, thickly be studded with precious t tones. Thu last was presented to the bishop of the period by Louis XIV*., upwards of two hundred years ago These splendid ecclesiastical garments are kept.under lock and key, only used on special occasions, and exhibited to s'.rangers as a special favour. Within easy distance tf Quebec there ars several fine lakes where ii-h are plentiful. It is no uncommon thing for trout, weigh big from 121b to 201b, to be caught in Snow take and Lake St. Joseph. I drove <-vi; to the Falls of Montmorency, -The body oi water that rolls over the rocky nook which forms the locality of this cascade is vastly inferior to Niagara, but the height of the fall is greater; In the winter season the spray fcom the falls forms frozen cones, the nearer one reaching an altitude of 80ft. The small one is called the '•' Ladies' Cone." Hither, in fine frosty weather, ladiQ3 as. well of gentlemen bring their " Toboggina"

aud indulge in the somewhat dangerous, but exciting, game of eliding fiom the top to tho bottom of the icy couo. On my way to the falls I saw the Parish Church, in which Father Chioiquy miniotortd before bt: abjured the Roman Cutholic Faith, His name will be familiar to many of your readers, as his visit to Australia and New Zealand created sonic stir. I found opinions in Canada much divided ou the question of the ut'lity of his labours, and the genuine ness of his aims. I venture no opinion myself, I merely say that ia Canada and the United Sta'ea Father Chiniquy is not universally regarded with almiration, nor considered worthy of unlimited confidence.

Returning from Quebec, I took the op portunity of driving out ta Mount Rojal. The top of tho Tower of JVotrs Dame af forded me a fine prospect; but when I tell you that on the summit of Mount Royal I was four hundred and twenty-tix foot higher than when on the Tower, you may imagino thti extensive view I enjoyed. It was indeed a glorious panorama ; a verbal description would be vain.

(Jn the 220 d 1 bade farewell to Montreal and resumed my journey, crossing the stupcadous bridge that spans the river St. Lawrence, This structure ia a marvel of engineering skill. It rests on 23 piers of solid masonry and is nearly two miles long. The trains pop through on iron tube 22 feet in height and 16 feet in width, 1 was told that this great bridge cost G,300,000d015. It was opened, with great pomp and ceremony, by the Prince of Wales during his visit to America in 1860.

On arriving at Rouse Point, tho dividing line between Canada and the United states, my bagpnge was overhauled by Custom Bouse oilicers. But they wore very consi derate, and gavo but little trouble. After a brief detention the train started again, aud I arrived at Platsburgb, on the borders of Lake ÜbamfUin, juat before dark. 1 fouud my way to Wetherill Houao, a quiot comfortable hotel, and aftor supper very soon retired to rest. And so, for the pre sent, "Go»d night." The lUmbleb,

Ho Wasn't Her Father

A YOUNCI lady, says the "Hotel World," went to tho depot to meet her father. As the train came in she saw a middle-aged man who resembled her paternal relative, and slio rushed into his arms, cuddled down in his bosom kitsed him ia the mouth, on the ear, on tho cheek, on the chin, on the eyes, and almoit everywhere, it was not her father, but it was a middle-aged drummer for a tobacco house. He took a long breath and looked at some other drummers, and winked, as much as to say, "Oh, I'm such a duck!" U course this scene could not last always, tlungh he wUhod that it could. After an unusually ablobodiid hug tho looked up in the drummer's faco and said: "You are not my pa ?' He said probably she was right, as he had only been on thtt route eleven years, iilio aaked his pardon, and he told her not to mention it; we public men should itlwajs hold ourselves in readiness t» hold up thoso who aro weak.

She smiled a iweot and,-blushing smile, and wont out into tho wide world, and the drummer walked to the hotel with the other drummers, twenty six kisies and six hugs ahotd of thagame. Thiy asked him if it didn't n,ako him ficl ashamed to lnive made such a mistakp, and he said no, it was all right. He said, of course, itrnlßht.look queer, buk these things ocouned very otten with him, as they would occur with every fin«-looking man. Besides, the girl pro bably enjoyed it. Then they asked liim WUy he d d fot wear his diamond breast-pin on such trj ing occasiot.s. He looked at hia shirt front and it was gone. While ho had oeen nllowing bar to chewj around his face the bad burgled his pin, He fainted, tud when they brought him to ho said : Toil my family that I diod with my face to the foe ! Tuc girl, oh, whero was she? Sbo wai at a pawn-shop with the diamond. There thould be a law pasflod to protect this vcy ti 6 o(ul clsss of people from tho mistakes oi deigning girls.

Mace had the best of it.

Tnß following amusing incident, in which Jem Maca took a prominent part, must prove interesting to aucklaudcrs who have seen and heard ot his performances while in our midst: — Oi.co when a travelling

compauy was playing iv New York, Mace was engagod for one of the characters in ord r to secire as much realism ns possible. When the compiny visited Washington, Cbnndler, tho man ager, unfolded to him a plot to "put up a job" on Lord Roscoe. If successfully curried out, Mace would receive a substan tial reward. Mace consented. That even ing Conkling dropped in, as was his wout Chandler introduced tho pugilist as one ol bis constituents, a lumberman fiom Michi gan. It required but little manauivcring to arraegs a set-to between the >c\v York senator and ihe "lumberman," The latter with a blunt candour disclaimed any kuow ledgo of science, but added that ho was uaed to " rough-aud-tumble fights, and could give and tako some powerful blow*.' C»nkling smiled serenely. Htra was a foeman worthy of his steel—-a veritable pugilistic diamond in the rough. He would thow tho assembled spectators how science could conquer brute s'rength. Ho removed his coat and vest and tied his suspender* around his waist. They took their place. Mace's position was ono of studied awk wardnfss. He held both hands iv front of him, and instead of bracing himself witb one leg bohind the other both feet wore wide apart and nearly on a parallel lioe. C-nkling's movements wore tho perfection of grace. Ho nourished his lists rapidly for a moment before Maco's face, and then with a "Look out (or jourselt I" ho strnck a blow saraight from the should-r. But fomohow it fell short. The lumberman in his heavy, awkward fashio»Jiad, by good luck, it seemed, just moved back far entugh to escape it. Conklinz laughod and said, in a patronising tono, "You did that very cleverly." A few moments of sparring fol lowed. Conkling saw a good opening and made for it, but the lumberman clumsily avoided it, and countered so heavily that Conkling measured his length on the floor. He came up smiling, however, and compli mented the lumberman on his extraordinary luck. Not a suspicion emored his mind fn the next round Conkling succeeded in planting a tew light blows onlisn opponent's chett, but was knocked down at the conclu sion with so much force that ho was unable to line for an instant, When he rose to hie feet It was plain to bo seen he was very angry, but he struggled hard to control bis emttions. He was badly used up. His "hyperion curl" h&d lost its enrve and huug limp and soggy ou his forehead. Hi* clothes were torn, while gr?at beads of sweat rolled dowu his face. Tho spectators wore rf ady to shriek with laughter. Mace then " went in." Ho pushed Ko»coe. He crowded him ;he pounded him. He wor ried him so that at last Conkling dropped into a chair so weak and exhausted that he could no longer retain hia legs. Thon the pent up merriment of tha spectators broke forth. They howled and yelled. You could have heard them a block. Slowly the tsuth dawned upou Koseoe that he had been made tho victim of a ridiculous prac tical joke. Calmly ho drew off'his gloves ; quietly he arranged his disordered attiro Me in whilo tho laughter continued, He cast a withering g'anca of scorn and defi ance at hi> tormentors, and then, with the dignity of a prince, marched down the stairs.

A Horse's Revenge.

The following instance, for which wo have a crctlitabla voucher, will serve to show the impolicy of the wickedness too often prac tised toward animals. 4l hack driver, familiarly known to many of our citizens, waited daily for custom at one of the prin cipal depots of Philadelphia, He was of a bard, cruel indisposition, the effects of which were painfully felt by the dumb, but not senseless, creatuica upoa whom he de pended for Ms daily bread. When the newly-arrived travellers had all passen from the train without securirg " a job," his dis appointment irritated his temper, and he would vent his rage liy beating his borses in the public street, responding only by oaths to the rcmons'rances of hurrwndspec tators. Cur informant, a respectable citi z n, before whose phco of business these re volting scenes occurred, having for a con siderable time lnhsed this driver from hie usual stand, found after inquires, that he went at eight into his stable and one of the horses who had so often felt his unmerited cruelty, seized him with his mouth by hi 6 long, bare nrck. and Hils held him till he was choked to deatb. Thus did justice a dapt the punishment to the crime. As he bad sown, he reaped. Tbe name we 6up press —the anecdote we tell for tbe lesson it conveys. This horse wag susceptible of gratitude and love. Ho was capable, also, of memory and revenge. By many deeds of gpntle obedience ho had served his reason ing but unreasonable master- but receiving ao. good requital, he was at length actuated .by despair and the instinct of self-preserva 'tign,—Friend's Review, ■ ?-

An Interesting Experiment.

A FftiTTY girl, Bcarco numbering 20 sum ineis, in a dainty room, surrounded by all her own dainty bciuugings, is the scene on which our curtain risos.

The small, jewelled fingers hold a card on which ...are pencilled these words, " In troducing my friend, Jack Desmond," Below is the writer's own name -Frank Milton, this iv tbe engraver's be t form ; but tho latter name is writt.n elsewhere as well, on no less a spot than Sydney Cole's heart, for she is Frank Milton's betrothed wife. '

How often had she heard him speak ot his friend who now awaited her coming in her father's drawing-rcom ! "A royal fellow among men, but utterly impregnable among women—carrying dan ger always ; always escaping himself." This so often had been the burden of her loYcr'd starin, n»d now she was ready to see and iudgo for herself. What v/on«icr that her heart beat a little faster, or that, snatching up a fragrant bunch of red roses from her toilet, blio fastened them at her waist, making the only spot of colour on her white cashmere gowD, and giving the onn finishing touch needed to make her look as though she had fltopped out of a picture frame. Evidontly some such thought as this crosicd the man's mind, who started to his feet as the radiant vision met his view.

"Yo?, ho is dangerous," was Sydney's inward comment, us oho glanced up into the handsome, bearded faco, and recognised the power which might lie in thoso laugh ing brown eyes, thould their laughter turn to earnest tardornoss.

Danger ? Yes ; but not to her. Wrapped in Frank s lovo, surely sbe was invincible. Suppose-suppose tha tried tho experiment of makiug him feel. End ttio th>tight roally given itself definite shape ? She hardly recognised it; yet with lior hand clanped ono raument iv a strong, warm grasp, her ear c itching a few murmured wurdu of courteous pleasure at the meeting, tho felt as does the war-horse, sniffing the scent of battle from afar, and eager for the fray.

"Do you know," her visitor eaid as ho roio he roie to tike his leavo, at tbe end of an hour, as marked by tho clock—scare half that tims, Sydney would have said bad sho Iseon asked—"do you know I no longer wonder at Milton's anxiety to turn Bene dict? Will you pardon mo when 1 add that a littlo curio.liy prompted my desire to soa yoti to-day, and to learn how strong must ho tho temptation to torego bachelor hood ?''

"We mast tempt you to follow Frank's example," sho aisworcd with a blush.

" Had ho not «i:t it, I should have been more tompttd," w»s the reply.

Five minutes laier she was alone. Mr Ddtmond was to be a guest in tho city a fortnight; during that time sho should see him often. Already she anticipated it with pleasure. '1 hat night she wroto to her be trothed :

"I have teen your friend ; ho presented yiur card to-day. I wonder did you paint me to hiui in the Blowing colors you have sj often painted his portrait to me, and if he, tie I, laughing at your enthusiasm, f «und the reality brightjr than the picture ? I fear not. 1 four in me ho must have been diiappointed ; but in him I am not only not so, bat I no longar wondsr at your straiga luvo for him But one thing it wanting; his heart is sleoping. All women aro to him alike. Do you know I foil tempted to tnako him singlo roc out? I feel tempted to rouse tho sleeping liou from ht4 liar. Shall I try Frank? It would bo an interesting experiment." Thrco days later she wrote again : " You w»ro quite light, dear, in yonr de lineation of your friend's character. Do you know I f«nciod that I had made upon him a slightly favourable imprcssian, sulli cieni for him to return and havo it deep oaed—at lea»t, sufficient foe me to have the opportunity to test the interesting expert meut of wtjich I la*t wro'.c you ? But evi dently hi« latent distrust of tho sex has awakened. I ha»o uot se?n him since hU first call, which could not, I am sure, have exceeded twenty minutes in length. All my hopes of causing yon to sutler from the pangi of the green-oyed monster have fled, He refused to b3 cliarmod—charm 1 never so wisely."

They were liclit words, lightly written, but, none the less, Sydcey felt .1 deep dis appointment that sho would not acknow ledge to herself even as tho wroto them. It left no outward ti-jco, howevrr, a^ a i> w miantc< later tslie siood beforo her minor dressed for Mrs Crosbys German, which she wa« engaged to lead with Guy liailing*, tliu best duueer in all her set. -

Sho need not fear to-night that sho would not hcarswret things whispered in her e.\r Guy Railings had been one of hor sulurer since he hid dolled his roundabout!l, and never failed to show himself openly discon that a hero from auother city should h»ve off the coveted pnzo. But even this balm to her wouinltd vanity was not to bo forth to-night.

Boforo leaving tho bouse, a nota was brought her.iv which Mr Eailiuja's greatest regrets, for a sudden »pr*in of his ancle, arose from tho fact that bo must hi dc prived of a pleasuro which ho had so long been cajorly anticipating,in feeling himself for odd night, at least, the envy oE all the men in the room, etc.. to tho end of the chapter.

But, catering Mrs Crosby's dressing room, her vexation vanished as hor hostess, raptnrou»l» greeting her, having followod her hurriedly up tho stairs, met her with the announcement that, having heard of Mr lioiling'a accident, she had supplied a substitute—one sho was quite Bare woild do equal'y well, and would possess the charm of novelty— a friend of her kutband, Mr Jack Desmond.

Then she retreated to her gueats, leaving Sydney tc follow, not noticing the quick, crimson stain on the lovgjy cheek which had flaunted itself at her word?.

" I might havo spared him," thought the girl. " Now to do so, only o»o thing will be Wanting, and that is my power." And, taking a last glance in the mirror at the charming viaion it reflected, at the face men called beautiful, at the exquisite figure whose every carve was delineated by the Parisian toilet doened to-night in all its first freshness, it was small wondor that, at tho improbability of tha latter, and in credulous smile touched the red lips.

It still rested there when Mr Desmond relieved her father of hie charge, and drew her »rm within his own.

"We hare not had much practice to gether, Miss Cole," he said, as ho led her to the further end of the room ; " but I rather think no ona will do ths wiser save ourselves."

" I should imagine you danced well," «ho replied iudifferently; " and I can family giva you tbo figures Mr Railing aud I bad decided up*n; or I should be happy t» ro ceivo in truction in any new ones at your hands,"

" You have not asked me why I have not been to joe you," bo said, a little later, a9 they kept timo to a charming waltz. His arm wis about her slender waist; her little hand res-ted on his sleeve; his eyes for a moment met hers bit their laughter hai goae, and ia it* slead w.is a new-born tenderness.

She strove ti answer lightly but the words refused to come.

" I dared not come," he whispered. A little late, she could have laughed at the singular influence the simple utterance hag possessed over her. Was not this man acting a part, nnd did she not know it ? It was she who must hold sway, not he ; but even as she thus decided, she felt that she was toying with a flame which might scorch all who approached it, and yet burn on calmly and undimmed

" I have a message for you from Frank," she said, as ho bade her good night. " Will you come to-morrow to hear it ?"

He bowed assent. She had put his coming in such form that refa-al was im possible. The next day he was in her presence. It wai but a forerunner of many days to follow. But they uo longer spoke or hinted ot danger to either. They talked uf themselves, the past, the present. On the future they rarely touched, and then with but the passing lightness of a bird's wing.

Three weeks had passed, and Mr Des mond sp-.ke of leaving them. On the evening of the day fixed for bis departure he came to bid Sydney good-bye. " You have made mo break the first promise I've ever brokeo, Miss Cole." he said to her. " I had promised Frank to be best man at his wedding; but t telegraphed ye terday t3 have passiigc taken for me in the steamer which sails for Europe a fort night from to-diy,"

"You are going to Europe?" she said. "Forhow long?"

" Until I have conquered myself," he answered. He sprang to bis feet and said lightly, "Good-by, Miss Sydney. God bless you and dear old Frank in jour new life"

She, too, stood up and strove to make reply. Tears were not common visitors to the deep blue eyes; but now-now that she would fain drive them back—they came welling up from some Eecret foun

tain, falling so thick and fast she could not wipe them away as Uiey fell, nor check tbe sobs which racked tho slender frame.

Instinctively ho opsned his arms and drew her to his heart. Sbe felt it madly boat as in hoarse tones, bat in very fond, endear ing accents he murmured her name. Sud denly she wrenched herself away. The tears were checked. She stood pale and trembling before lrm, but with the fixed light of resolve in her beautiful eyes. "I heard tbac no woman had ever touched your heart," she said. "Ide teimined to try—you see tbe result. For you is scored auother victory — for me defeat. I wish my humiliation to be complete, therefore I make unnecessary contessioo. Now good-by; but do not add the blessing; I do not deserve that—ah, no 1"

"You tried to touch my heart?" he answered, "For one?, Sydney, let me apeak the truth. The first hour I saw you it passed for ever into your keeping. Honour, loyalty to my absent friend, have led me to play my poor part at disguise ; but you have wrung my pitifully kept secret. Sydney, is it our fault that we have thus learned love's lesson ? My dar ling, my love, what U all the world if it debars us from each other?"

"It is not of the world we have to think," she said. "Itis of Frank. Shall ho bo mado the sacrifice upon our altar? No, no, Jack! Let us be true to him, and so true to ourselves. We will utter no sophistries. The way is clear. Life will novcr he quite- dark, denr, now I know that you, too, have loved and lost. But Frank shall not be the one to suffor from a girl's wanton oxperiinent. This I swear." On the girl's pale faco ai she spoke was something of tbe expression wnicji tho ancient martyrs might have worn.

"Go!" she added. "I am not very strong," Leava ma my tilth in my self, and that in you that wooed arid won me. Should you stay, you would no', bo the man to whom I gave my heart, hut an other, base and ignoble, from whom I would withdraw it. Hush !do not speak a singlo word 1 Leave me my dream 1 she entreat ed.

A shudder shook his frame; ho stooped from his groat height and let his lips a moment touch her uplifted brow.

Tho next minute she was alone—alone henceforth', through the long, weary time to come- alone even as, three months later, on the eve preceding her wedding, she sat by her lover's side and listened while he told her ot the morrow, and tho bright future of which it wjb to bo tho threshold.

"Too bad, Jack disappointed me," he added presently. "Do you know, I fancied you and he did not quite hit it together? You wroto me something about an interest ing experiment, but you forgot to tell mo the result."

"It is not worth the telling," she answered with a little laugb,which sounded strangely to the man's keen car, as though it hell in it the ring of unshed teais. "Or - perhaps I was worsted in tho fray. Will you promiio to heal my broken heart, Frank, dear ?'' He-thought she jested as ho bant and hushed tho red lips to silence with his kities; but ebo ksiew that the jest was sorry earnest, nnd that in its answer lay the happiness of the life she had so nearly wrecked, tho experiment the future only might solve.

Hot and Cold Drinks.

'• KNOwtiEDGH " does not always know, it seems, and notnt statements made recently by that periodical respecting hot and cold drinks are thua contiovorted by a physician in tho New York "Tiibuno." Dytpjpsia can be alleviated by tho use of simple food and drinkißg frequently of hot water. This should be accompanied by a careful avoid ance of all cold food or drink*. Tho heat thus described draws the blood to the stouach, and invigorates it. Warm water nauseates and cold water decidodly aggra vates tho trouble, Stomach inflammation does occur, but compared with tho above condition it is rare.

Tho writer in "Knowledgo" makes the astounding statement that diarrhea is in cased by hot drinks and lessened by cold ours. Nothing more dangerous could be promulgated, The statement is precisely the reverso o£ tho truth. The Summor complaint which makes such havoc among tho children in our cities is sectioned mainly by the action of the intense heat oi Ihn sun on tho spine, producing hyper.-cmia of the nerve centre 0, which onuses a con traction of tho b'ood vessels supplying the stomach and bnwels. Tho discharges of cholera nro fouud to bo below the tempera ture of the bealtby bode, and the quickest W.iy to moet all these fluxes is to give the patient hot drinks, hot application over the •uormich and bowefs, such implications to the spine as will stimulato the flow of bleod to the digestive organ?, and a scrupuloDS avoidance of cold drink in any form.

the statement is made in tho article quoted from that " in cold weather tha aii coi. taius moo moisturo than in hot." Id fact, no amount of warmth ia the attnos phcro will dispel its raoisMirr, and the ► implest way to obtain dry air is by mean* of cold. Tho moisture can be entirely froxrn oat of ih« atmosphere, «nd that if ths only way it can be fully removed.

Tho writer apparently approves cf ab staining from the use of most alt fluids, but adds that "pleasant drinks, like tca,coff-e, etc., may be taken lukewarm for a long time with littlo apparent damngc." He seems to forgrt that the blood has a{ tern peraturo of 981 Falnoiieit, and if any food or driuk ia taken at a lower temperature it mnst draw upon the vital economy to make up the deficiency and thus become a drain upon tho system. Whereas, moderately hot food saves such waste and helps, as do warm hous's an 4 warm clothing, to kcop up the animal he.it. The " plea«ant tea and coffee " are good insomuch as they are hot, bnt ac bad because they not only attack tho nervous system, but because they aro strong as'rinponts, and actually produce an antemicconritionoftbestotuacb, leaving that organ so bloodless and de bilitated as to cause some of tho soverest discomforts to whioh tho human race is subject.

The Finest Roses.

The London " Journal of Horticu lturo " gives in some of its recent numbers the votes of tho sixty six olectors for the beat Hybrid Perpetual roses, residing in twenty four counties, and sixty-four electors for the Teas and Boissettes. The liat of Hy brid Perpetuals which receired a greater or less number of votes contained eighty-four torts, and it may be interesting to onr readers to giro Ihe numes of a few which j?tood highest •• to show which aro the favourites of rose growers at present. Marie Baumann stood at the head, having received as such tho votes for the forty amateurs and of the twenty-six nnnery-men; this was followed in the order named, by A. K. Williams, Alfred Colomb, La France, Baron do Rotbfchi'd, Charlo' Lcfcbvre, Marquise da Castellaoe, Duke of Edinbnrgh, Etienne Je Leuet, Maiio ltady, and Louis Van Eloutto. Such old favourite? as John Hop per, Marguerite de St. Amande, Victor Verdier, General Jacqueminctp, etc , were lower down on the li>t,

■ Among the Teas and Noisettes the fol lowing are named in the order of preference given them : Catharine Mcrmct, Marcchal Neil, Souvonir dun Ami, Marie Van Houttee, Souvenir d'Eliso, Devonosis, Madame Lambard and Nlphetos. After giving the result ot this election,the writer of the articles compares the list thus made with one received from our correspon dent, H. B. Ellwanger, of Rochester, N.Y., whom he terms "the first rosarian in America," and for filling up deficiences in the English catalogues he states by way of acknowledgment, " I have learnt more on these points from him than from any of our English growers." In one column are given the names of the roses voted for at the recent election, and in one side the names selected by Mr .Ellwanger, before he knew the result of the English election. When it is borne in mind that the chosen sorts are selected from named ond described varieties, which are numbered by the thou sand, it is interesting to observe that among the twelve first-named there are do less than seven in both lists, showing most distinctly that the selection in both caso3 is not made from arbitrary fancy, but with a foil knowledge of the real merits of the roses cho«en, These seven sorts, thus re ceiving the suffrages of cu'tivatora on both sides of the water are ta France, Alfred Colomb, Marie Baumann, Baron de Roths child, Marie Rady, Louis Van Houtts, and Captain Christy. Tbe whole of the remain, ing five are found in both lists a little lower down. In the li>ts of twenty Tea 3 and Noisettes, the first five,with two exceptions are alike, the first three being Marechal Neai, Catharine Mermet, and Marie Van Hontte. Among others found in both lists farther down, are Devoniensis, Madame Lambard, Kubens, Counters de Nadaillac, Souvenird,un Ami, and JNiphotos,

Japanese Ethics.

THERE is one cuatom practised in Japau that isffull of poetry and utility—when a daughter is bom to the family a tree is planted—one of ra t >id growth and making wo id of fine texture. At the time of tbe girl's betrothal the tree is cut and made into articles of furniture suitable for house keeping and of ornamental value. In the place of the tree thus used another is plan ted to commemorate the celebration of the nuptial period. Veneration for parents is held to be one-of the cardinal virtues in Japan, and in fact reverence in that direc tion is the epitome of excellence. It is considered a fault to place one's self voluntarily in peril of death before the de mise of the patents, as thereby they are de prived of the usual honors conferred upon the dead by the children. In case the child is taken before the parent a petition for pardon is made for the child tor the un intentional fault. The fidelity of families from all the members thereof is sublime, the will and deaire of th« p .rent biing absolute law in tho guidiQC! if the conduct of the child. To succour tho parent in need the daughter is practiciMug a virtu « to sell her self to the embraces of the man who will afford tho means i.t living to the parent. Thus it is that, mothe s anil fathers among the iudigent oka; often placo their daugh ters in houses of ill-repu'.c.

THE GREATEST SACRIFICE,

Being sold for a number of years for a certain sum down, tha daughter goes to her life with resignation because of the relief she is the means of obtaining for those who are the objects of her worship. Filial de votion can know no greater sacrifice. Throughout the scope of all religious teachings of the people of the far Ea»t it is inculcated that aucestral worship aud devo tion to filial duties are at tha back of all virtues, and that in default thereof all the pains and penalties are to be encountered that may become the portion of the de praved (after death.. The worship of Fuji Yama is ono that is vary widely spread throughout the land. Pilgrims arc con stantly nsoanding the sacred mountain. At tbe propitious season thousands make the ascent. 'Jhe mountain is only open to travel during the months of July, August and September, because of.the accumula tion of snow all tho other months in tho year. In white the pilgrimage is made, and ot all the number each curies his bell;_ so on all 'the roads, paths and ways leading to Fuji tho tinkle, tinkle, tinkle of the helh of the dovont travellers is heard from early morn'to tha Betting of tbe sun. Some travel in numbers, with banners and sacred scrolls, chanting a sort of liturgy as they RO.

WHAT STRONG FAITH DOES,

To see theso men as they return from the weary tramp they have made from retnoto distances to toil up tho rugged sidei of Fuji is a revelation of what a strong faith will enable a man to do. Footsore and weary, bedraggled and worn out apparently, they pats along tbo road on their return from the holy shrine they havo overcome distance and fatigue to visit; but they have obeyed the injunction of thoir teachers and guides spiritual and aro content. With a look of satisfaction they glance upon those they Sass, for they have accomplished a religious uty, and aro tho favourad of the deity who siti enthroned upon the bsau'.iful mountain that 13 tho prido and boast of Japan, and honored ot the gods. Fuji is said to have arisen in its place in a night, and it is the popular belief that the sands that the feet of the pilgrims send down duiing the day as they toil upward to tho top, during the night are taken up again to thoir place. I once heard a Japanese woman who was enthusiastic in her notions of Fuji Yama assert that it was higher thau the sun.

THE HOLY MOUNT IN ART.

No work of art is complete, where land scape is allowed to appear, that does not havo Fuji for a background -aud it is wrought in crystal and stone for the con templation of those who worship it aa a holy thing, The religious votary docs Fuji as a penance or means of grace only. To the pilgrim tho mountain is a means only for communion with the gods he worships. Sunshine or rain, cloudy or clear skies are of minor importanco to him; fine views or cxtendod prospects ho does not make tho journey to sec or onjoy. As Fuji is geno rally enveloped in cloud, it is nowiso certain that the man who ascends to the top will be recompensed by any extended view, though, of course, there is a chance that such good fortune may favour him—but for a cloud view there ss nothing winting, and for rain, while going up, there is no lack; but when the air is clear and tho clouds rolled up and out of sight the view is magnificent, taking ia a wide range of ocoan and the towering peaks of the distant mountains encircling this king of elevations.

ONCE FOB ALU

To tho ordinary traveler to havo done Fuji is to have done it for all time. He is glad ho has done it, :u he now knows enough not to do it again. Though it \yill pay to do this thing saco, there Is no profit in doing it tho second time. The authorities vary in the height of Fuji. Stewart of the Japanese Survey gives his findings as 12,865 feet; Knipping gives his calculation as 12, 234 feet, whiloDr. Rein makes it 12,287. Gnroniclfls of Japan stato that erupt'ona of Fuji have taken placß a numbsr of timfs, in tho years answering to A, D. 799, 864, 993, 1032, 1649 and 1707. As early as 806 a temple was built on the summit of Fuji, dedicated to the Goddess Ko-no ha»a Sakyu-ya-Hime. The pilgrims who make the ascent make it a point to bo en tho top at the hour of sunrise, that they may( if possible, view tha rising sun At all events they worship towards the East in honor of the god of the day. The devo tions of this people are first to ancestry, then to the gods of selection, the sun >beina chief with [many, there being gods for all occasions. There is no occasion for one making a miss and not invoking one, and it seems very much better than depending upon one. The greater the number of chances one takos in tho lottery of the gods the better off he should be. The poor devil who has no selection, but has to hang ou to ono hope only, has cause to tremble.

Obliging a Preacher.

Just back of Missionary Ridge, Chatta uooga, while following the highway to reach Tunnel Bill, I came across a little church half hidden in the woods. The iuilding was primitivo, and the old darky who sat on a log by the door was more so. After I had nrsde enquiries about the route, and was rotdy togo on, be said : " Better come down, boss, an1 come in to mcetin.'."

"Do you hold service this afternoon, my friend ?"

" Yes, sab,, Wo am gwine to open in about fivo (muit", an' 1 'spects de sermon will bo a po«'orfnl one,"

It dtdn't seem right to be riding around the country on Sunday, and so I got down and took a scat bosido the old man. After a few minutes fpent in general talk, he said it was time to go in. I followed after him, and found myself tho sole audience. I next found that he was the preacher who wa? to deliver tho powerful sermon. He opened services in regular form, and with all due solemnity, and then announced his text and commenced preaching.

I s-tood it for fifty-five minutes, and then, as he had only leached "second G," I waited until he had closed his eyes, and then made a dive for the door. It was no KO. I hadn't gone fix feet before he stopped his sermon and asked :

" Stranger, mnst you be gwine ?" " Yes, 1 feol that I must." " An1 you can't stop and heah de rest ob tho discord ?" •i » „,>' •'Den I'll chop off right1 whar I is." " Oh, don't do that. You can go on with your sermon just the same."

" But you see dar mus' be a colleckshun tooken up after de sermon," he said in anxious tones. "If you'll oblige me by takin'a seat, I'll eing a hymn an1 passde hat."

I sat down, and when he had read and sung a hymn he passed his hat, trans ferred the quarter to his vest pocket, and slid :

"I didn't get down to de most powerful part of de sermon, but if you happen 'long dis way nex' 8 unday I'll giv' you de odder half. Dat quarter comes jist in time to encourage me to keep dc good work bilin'." — Detroit Free Press.

ODDS AND ENDS.

If sixteen diaebnia makes one ounce, how many drams will destroy all scruples ?

The proprietor of a bone manure factcy announces that persons leaving their bones with him can have them ground at short notice,

There are sixty-eight different sewing machine stitches, but not one of them will sew on a shirt button for a man when he's in a hurry to catch the train.

A Jersey man has invented a cigar holder by means of which a man cua smoke three cigars at one time; but, alas !no man can invent a three-barrelled beer glass."

'■Can you tell me," asked a Sunday school teacher of a little girl, " why the Israelites made a goldcucalf ? " " Because they hadn't gold enough to make a cow," wii9 the reply. in receiving the prize in a foot racs, the successful competitor said, "Gentlemen, i have won this cup by the use" of my legs ; I trust I may never lose the use of my legs by the use of this cup." Ample room : "It was terribly oppressive at tbe theatre last nieht," said Brown; " it was so hot that the blood all rushed to my head." " Well, it found plenty of room there, didn't it?" replied the unsympathetic Fogg. Sportsman (cheerily): " Catching many, 'Pat?" Pat: "tivil a one, sir." Sports man : "Strange ! They say the stream is well stocked." Pat: " Bedad, so it ought to be, since none of the varmints will allow themselves to be taken out of it."

A husband recently cured his wife of divers ills by kissing the servant girl and letting his wife catch him at it. He says she was up in an instant, forgetting all her complaints, while he has never had to pay a penny for " help " since. a young fellow asked another at a ball if his girl was there. "Yes," said he. "Do yon see that girl, dressed in pink?" "What, that splendid woman with such magnificent eyea ? You don't cay. How lucky you are 1" "Just so. Of course I am. Well, my girl is the one next to her."

A writer in a magazine says the earth would be heated more than a hundred and ninety thousand degrees by Being suddenly stopped -that is, " it would at once become mure than sixty times as hot as melted iron." Any man who, knowing these facts, attempts to stop the earth, ought to be severely dealt with.

When a young lady tripped into a music chop the other day, and asked the bashful shopman for " Xwo Kissep," he seized his bat and rushed out of the back door. Never having heard the piece of music, he thought he was to ba made the victim of a leup year proposal, and his salary was not large enough to support two. A lecturer who stuck a tewn in Illinois with " A Lecture to Men Only," is In a way to make his fortune. He had an audience of about fifty men, and those fifty have since received so much attention from women anxioas to find out what was said, that if the lecturer visits that place again every man in town will go to hear him.

" Mother, may I get up at daybreak and go out to look at the comet with Charley ?" " 'No, my daughter, but you may go into the kitchen and peel those potatoes. It is in this way that many a youthful and soar ing mind is condemned to limit; the realm of its knowledge to the narrow borders of our insignificant planet, " Have you ever before been punished by the law?" asked an Austin -justice of a colored culprit. "Yes; I called a man a liar, and I hud to pay a fine." la that the only time you have come in conflict with the law?"," No v dat yer speaks ob hit, jetlge, 1 b'leeyes I was in de penitentiary for tenycahs, if I disremembars myself." Extract from a letter written by one of the pupils a 5 a yi.ung ladies' boarding school io her father:—" And lastly, dear pa, I must tell you that the young fellows in this neighbourhood ueo bear's grease op fheir hair to such an extent that all the girls wear oil-siik capos. I vti*h you W'>uld tell ma to buy me one as toon as she can " " Will you havo a glass of wine, by-the by ?" said a local tradesman to a young man who had called fi>r payment t'f an account. Kather surprised at tliG unusual invitation from an individual not remark able for geniality, he modestly replied, " Well, thank you, I don't mind if I do." " Ah, then,1' was the inhuman rv:ply, which raised a laugh in the BJiop, " the next place you go to, just ask them to give you one."

"■Say, Thompson," said Pete Bigelow to a Mend last Tuesday, " don't it lock as though Sile Difendcrfer was kinder sub dued like?" "Subdusd?" replied Thomp son. " Well, I should Bay yes. That's a very quiot family just now, that of Defen derfer's." "How so?" "Why, you see, Sile kissed his mother-in-law on the back stairs the other evening, mistaking her for the hired girl."

" Waiter," said an elegantly dressed gen tleman in a Texas restaurant, " this plate is very dirty." " Why the mischief, then, don't you wipe it on the table cloth ?" re plied tho waiter, peevishly, who was a new hand at tho business. "But the table cloth is dirtier than the plate." " Well, you need not wait for my pocket handker chief. lam not going to lend it to you. You might go off with it."

Two countrymen from Union creek came to (m Austin lawyer to consult about bring ing a joint suit against a neighbour. The firnt Uranger began to tell the lawyer the canse of the trouble, embellishing it lather liberally. "Don't tell him any lies, BilJ," interrupted the other. "It's his business to put in the lies. You will get him con fused if you go to mixing yonr lies with hta,"

".Now, the beauty of a paper c .liar," re marked the honorable member, coaxing a refractory pin "is its economy. You wear oce a week, then you turn it and wear it another week. Then you split it and yon have two no w collars, with one clean side good for another week, each of 'em." And adjusting the flat Bcarf over the red flannel shirt he went down to d'nner.

■» An Irishman who had hitched a mule in the neighbourhood of a spot where some men were engaged in b!a«ting, was cau tioned by one ot them to take the animal away. "Never moind me," replied Pat; " I'm contint if yez are." " Yes, but don't you. know that the can by the post there codtaius dynamite!" "Dynamite, is it? Well, thin, if its got faylins yez had better remove it where it won't be harrumed, for if that mewel gets the foorst kick I wouldn't eive much for it."

An Indiana youth with the suggestive name of Gosling saw a girl at church, couttcd her there for two hours, aud at the end of the next hoar was married to her. AnJowa editress says of the affair: "A man who does all of bis courting in two hours ami then maorirs, miseea lots of fail. It's like stuffing himself with peaches and cream in five minutes, and then having djspep>ia the rest of the year."

A story is told of a German who, while shaving, accidentally cut off his nose. In his excitement he dropped the razor and decapitated one of his toes. Hastily pick ing up the dismembered portions of his anatomy ho capped them to the bleeding wounds and bound tbem on tightly, Atter the flo?h bad grown fast and healed up he removed the bandages, and was filled with honor when he found a well-developed toe in 3ieu of a nasil organ, and vice versa Ko\V, whenever he gets a cold he has to remove bis shoe and stocking in order to blow his nose.

An Austin business man was cleaning out hisdesk the other day, and tearing up his old' letterp, when the coloured porter, who was in the office, fpoke up and said : "Boss, gimme one of dem letters." " What do irou want it for?'1 " I promised to write a letter to nty ol' mammy in JXorf Car'lina, bat as I hasn't lamed to write yet, I can jess send her one dem letters you haint got no use for. Bit will make her feel good, bit will." The gentleman gave the af tionate son a patent medicine anti-fat circular, which was duly mailed and ad dressed.

An Illinois girl lately called at a coroner's office, and, addressing the solitary occupant of the apartment, said—" Be you the coroner 1 ' "I guess you'd think so if you ever caw an undertaker shake hands with me." blandly answered the official. " You ain't going anywheres for a day or two, are you?" "Not that I klow of." "Well, I'm glad to hear it," continued the maiden, with an air of much encouragement. "Johnnie Bowles has been keepin' com pany with me since Christmas, but I hear that he's going to take another giil to the circus to-night, and if he does I'll swaller poi;39n,"

Tbe California small boy is a hard one to fool. The other day in San. Francisco a lank six-iootcr who was " got up " after the style of Bufl'a'o Bill, was parading the streets when two street garaios exposed him in thia manner : " Bill, this ere bloke is a fraud, he is ; he aint no scout or Injun fighter; he is one of them fellows as sells patent soap to clean ycr clothes." "How do yer know that he's a fraud?" asked the other. " 'Cos I seed him a wiping his nose with his handkerchief instead of with his fingers, as all real scouts does/*

- There's no more cordial, good-hearted man oh earth than Major (j., arid he would not do a mean trick for the world, but it happened this way : XLe major was just coming in from the bam wita a couple of eggs, one in eacli h:ind, when he caught sight of his old and dear friend, Col." X,, whom he hadn't seen for six months. They rushed to meet each other, and, wholly for getting about the eggs in the ecstacy of the moment, the major clapped his hand into the colonel's for a hearty shake, and not only their hands, but their cuffs and coat sleeve?, were a perfect sight. And the colonel wasn't saiisfied with the explana tion, and they're not such good friends as they were. An old pioneer, who liyed in the days of the early colonist", was boasting of the good old times. " Why, sir," said he, "I was once offered a league of land for a pair of old boots." " Didn't you take it ?" was asked. "No, sir, I didn't." "No account land, I reckon ?" " Why, bless your heart, sir, it was the best piece of laud outdoors. Grass five feet high, a clear stream of water running through it, and an undeveloped gold mine in one corner." " Then why in thunder didn't you maKe the trade?" "Because," said the old man, in a sad and regretful tone of voice, "tecause I—l didn't have the boots."

Away on the extreme Western frontier, in the foothills along Green Kiver, General Forsythe, of Sheridan's staff, found a humourist during an inspection tour, He came upon a solitary station-keeper, who lived in a hot containing four stalls for animals and a combination parlour, kitchen and sleeping apartment six by ten feet in sizs, Uver the door outside was in large tetters, " Hotel de starvation; one thousand miles from hay and grain, seventy miles from wood, and fifteen miles from water." The walls of the room were decorated with pictures cut from police publications. Uvcr the door, inside, in charcoal letters a foot iniengtb, were the word', "God bless pur home," and in another place the notica, " Wanted, a nice young girl for general housework. Apply within." |jA clergyman was recently annoyed by people talking and giggling. He paused, looked at the disturbers, and said, <:lam always afraid to reprove those who misbe have—and for this reason. Some years since, as I was preaching, a young man who sat before me was constantly laughing, talking, and making uncouth grimaces. I paused, and administered a severe rebuke. After the close of the service a gentleman said to me, ' Sir, you have made a great mistake, That young man whom you re proved is an idiot.' Since that time 1 have always been afraid to reprove those who misbehave themselves in chapellest I should repeat that mistake, and reprove another idiot." During the rest of the service at least there was good order.

Many Mansions. - Ayoung Scotch clergy man, having occasion to preach in a church a few miles distant from hu native place, an old woman who had known him in his infancy went to hear him. The text was, " In my Father's house are many mansions;" which phrase he repeated very often in the course of bis sermon. '1 he old woman, ignorant of (he allegorical meaning of the expression, was quite indignant at what the considered the vainglory of the young man; and at length, unable to sit longer, rose up, and exclaimed, " My.troth, lad, ye're no blate (modest) to come here and tell the like o' that? D'ye think I dinna ken the Braehead House?—a butt and a ban, a storey and a half high, wi' a garret aboon. That's mony mansions for ye ! I think 'ye've a quid stock o' impu dence !"

JIM'S Education.—Old Ned's son re turned from college the other day. The old man had looked forward to the event, and had arranged a dinner, to which he invited a large number of acquaintances. The young pan was modest, and, to the great humiliation of his father, made do attempt to display his learning. The o!d man waited several days, and when at last he saw no evidence of his ton's education, he approached him and said : " Jim, it do seem tor me dat yer'a putting yer edycation ter a mighty po' use. I ain't heard a big word from yer yet. I" can understan1 yer gist us well as I did 'fore yer went ter dat school. Ef a man's edycated I wants him ter talk bo as I can't un'erstan' him. Me an' yer mudder hab been talkin' 'bout dia matter, an' we'se grieved way down in de flesb. Jim, what's de bfg word for grass hopper?" " Otthopterous insect of the genus gryllus, according to Webster," re plied the young man, " But de tuther day when dem folks was heah yer spoke oba grasshopper jest de same as de ignorestest nigger in de country, an' brought shame down on de heads ob yer mudder an' my self. What's de big word fur goat?" " Mnmmiferous quadruped of the genus capra," answered the young man. ''But why didn't yer say so, stead of saying goat like a nigger, and bringin' de tingle ob embarrassment ter yer fader's face ? What din I gin yer dat schoolin' far' to talk like a unedycated son ob a po' white man? Think dat I'se gwine ter keep yer heah in idleness 'lessen yer ken refleck credic od de family ? Jim, what is de big woids for blaimed fool?' "I don't know, sir." "Yer doau'? Den yer ain't 'quainted wid yersef, Yer doan'recognise whar yer stands, Go out dar in de field wid a mule an' identify yourself."— "Arkansaw Traveler."

The Use of Tobacco Upheld.

Abstinence from the use of tobacco is one of the forms of abstaining wJreh ate being pressed on the public with the energy of an active and full-blown fanaticism, We do not share the strong prejudice which finds its expression, in tins counterblast, We have condemned, and shall continue to de nounce the abuse of tobacco, by its exces sive, untimely, or inappropriate use. Many smokers smoke too much and take in too much of the smoke they make; others abuse tobacco by using it at wrong times and seasons, while to a third class, com prising the young and persona with special susceptibilities tobacco is injurious in any f rm or quantity and at all times, because owing to the stage of developement or same idiosyncracy of the organism, the nicotine—which It is impossible to prevent passing off with the smoke - is in all doses hurtful and even poisonous. We cannot, however, join to the outcry against tobacco In its modern and appropriate use. Our reasons for maintaining this position in a controversy which would seem to be recur rent will be most readily made evident by a short review of the physiological effects of tobacco as that commodity is known to the smoker. There_ is very little, if any thing to be said against the moderate use of tobacco in an average state of tbe organism.' ! hose who are unfavourably affected by it should abstain, and it U wholly inadmis sible in youth. We would go so far as to say that no young man should smoke before be has attained his majority, and it would be well if he deferred the use of tobacco, altogether and in every form, unt:l the extreme limit of developemc-nt, which may be placed at tbe age cf 26. It is impossible to giva any precept as to the time and mode of smoking. Personal sensibilities differ so widely that no common premise can be laid down. Speaking generally, the points of caution should be to avoid—initation of the mucous membrane of the month and fauces, loss of the salvary secretion, and super-excitement of the nervos and netve centres. Cigars arcs better than pipes, and far better than cigarettes; but no cigar should be smosed for more than three fourths its length, even with a mouth-piece. The smoke should be taken iuto the front of the mouth and.ejected as rapidly as pos sible. Properly and moderately employed, tobacco is not a baneful habit, but one that may be reasonably enjoyed.

The Bishop of Melbourne on Eternal Punisoment.

Ie a recent lecture the Bis-hop of Melbourne said :—" I have repeatedly given my rcasom> for believin3 (and I think it will be difficult for any reasonable Christian to read Canon Farrar's last reply lo Dr. Pusey without agreeing) that the language and symbolism of the Bibleare too vagueto form the founda tion or a dogma of unending woe. But then, I cannot conceal from myself that a state of endless banishment from God, though ndl necessitated by the language of the Bible, is still too dreadfully possible. Physical science, with her laws of heredity and continuity, and mental science, with her laws of asseciation, and of the persis tence of habits, maka it all too possible that the will of m&D, opposing itself to a divine goodness seen and hated, may harden itself into animmovable moralebduracy. When I survey these possibilities as they stand out in the necessities of thought, and the luiid light of abandoned lives, they shake my heart wiih a great terror, and may well make the impious tremble. What is your outlook, th,en, I may be asked? Is evil, in th,e case of multitudes to conquer after all ? My mind, I acknow ledge, is too weak to grasp the tremendous issues of that problem. I will not pretend to seejwhat is dark to mo,'

An American Ghost Story.

A most circumstantial ghost story, which may interest the Paychial Society, is disturb ing the miutl i-f New York. The editor of ihe " New York World " vouches for the good faith of his informant—a professional man of high repute. The house is a new one, and is let out in. fiats. The following are a few manifestations as told by an eye witness who went sceptical, but soon found that something more than ordinary was up. Kirst of all there was much knocking at the front door. It was watched open and closed, before and behind, but the knocking still came, always in four strokes, sounding like blowa struck with billets of wood. Then came bell riogingß in all parts of the lioubo. Tappings were hoard on the glass of the windows, the coats of the boarders fell down from the hat-rack, each falling a yard apart. The plush cover of a round table standing in the hall gracefully started on the floor. A. clothes^)rop was hurled over the top of a portiere; the walkiDg sticks standing in the hall were flung up in different directions, and before the scared residents had recovered a leaf of au oak dioing-tablc was hurled through the hall for 20 feet, striking the wall and coming to the gronnd with a fearful crash. Another table took a series of somersaults. Such violent " goings-on " hsd such a bad effect upon some of the family that they began to think of retiring, when a frightful thriek echoed throughout the whole dwelling, pitrcing, and evidently coming from no human throat, followed by " sett, insinua ting " whistles. In the evening, " it" tiicd a few notes in arpregfiio, and was successful in keeping time and tune with the piano. The tone of the whistle was sometimes that of a fog-horn; at other times like the "blowing in the neck of a bottle," All this is said to bo a "plain, truthful statement of facts," substantiated by five witnesses. Beyics of policemen have sp.aiched in vain, and a curious English I detective has been buttled.

Peculiarities of Public Men.

What public men think regarding news- j paper attacks upon them is a question no man can answer satisfactorily, We know how it is just before election—candidates ; display the liveliest interest in the news paper fraternity. Many also keep regular • | political scrap-books. One of the strongest points of the late President .Garfield'a studious life was his systematic compila tion of newspaper facts, which were duly arranged, indorsed and filed for future use. On this account his opponents often found him formidable. Some public men (but they are the exception) do not read what is said of them in the paper?. General Butler evidently does. Dickens, I was once told by a person who should know,.had, in his later days, the habit of skipping articles that alluded to him, Near the close of his life Web3ter did not desire his secretary to read to him even eulogistic articles, con cerning himself, as they were "not at all interesting to him;" and he had done his best through life.' and this consciousness was more eomfortiog to him than the good opinion of those who kaew him not.

STAR SATURDAY SUPPEMENT,, JANUARY 80, 1883.



Sir Edward Wilmot, the physician, was, when a youth, sofargone in consumpiion that Dr. RaddiJFe, whom h» had consulted, gave his friends no hope of his recovery. Yethe lived to the ago of ninety three 1 upon which Dr He berdon nolcs : " This hns been the case with some others who had ninny symptoms of con sumption in youth." Modern research in medi cine liaa now provided many invaluable reme dies for consumption, bronchial and chest com plaints. Tho combination of Hypophosphite of Lime and Quinine with the healing Eucalyptus (or blue gum) hag been the means of relieving and permanently curingsuch diseases. Possess ing thus a peculiarly roparattve nutritive notion, Aickin'a Syrup of Eucalyptus with Hypophosphito of Lime and Quinine, i 3 a phar maceutical preparation specially invented for the relief of suu'orersfrom chest aftections, .Agent.l —The Mew Zealand Drug Company.



Auckland Annual jr,egatta, Flagship : Boeder Chief, Captain D. Schierloe. forty-third anniversary op the COLONY. MONDAY, 29th JANUARY, 1883. : PROGRAMME. Ist Race, 0 a^i. CHAMPION- TRADING RACE, for vessels 59 tons register and upwards t any rig, ex cepting cutters. Ist prize, £75 and Cup, presented by Messrs Wilspna and Horton, valued' at £10; tod prize, £35; 3rd prize, £10. Course: From Flagship through Kangitoto Channel, round Tiritiri, otttsido Shag Rook, back through Rangitoto Channel, coming in on south side of Flagship. 2nd Race, 9 a.m. TRADING CUTTERS, 25 tons register ana upwards. Ist prize, £25 and Cup, presented by F. H. Lo wisson, valued at £10; 2nd prize, £25? 3rd prizo, £5 (no timo allowance). Course: Same as first race. 3rd Rage, 9.39 a.m. TRADING VESSELS (excepting cutters),' 25 tons, register and under 50 tons. Ist prize, £25 arid Cup, presented by Mr. H. Brett, valued at £10; 2nd prize, £15; 3rd prize, £5. Course: Same as first race. ■I'm Race, 10 a.m. SCOWS. Ist prize, £20; 2nd prize, £10; 3rd Erize, £5. Course: From Flagship round irunken Bay Buoy, thence round nag Boat oft Kauri Point, coining in on sontn side of Flagahip. stii Race, 10.30 a.m. TRADING VESSELS (any rig) under 25 long which have not been built for yachts. Ist prize, £20; 2nd prize, £10; 3rd prize, £5. Course: From Flagship round. Chequered Buoy In Kangitoto Chanel, thenco round Mark Boat off Judge's Bay, thence round Mark Boat off Kauri Point Twice round. 6th Race, 11 a.m. * YA.CHTS over 6 tons. Ist prize, £10 and Cup, presented by E. Mitchelson, Ksq., M.H.R., valued at £10, and Champion Flag, presented by Misses Isaacs; 2nd prize, Cup. Course: : From Flagship round Mark Boat off Rangi toto Reef, thenco round Mark Boat off Judge's Bay, thence round Mark Boat off Kauri Point. Twice round. 7th Race, 11.80 a.m. YACHTS and FISHING BOATS, i tons to 6 tons. Ist prize, £10; 2nd prize, £5. Course: . Same as sth .Race. ;: ; • ; : , '■..-,: - -..-', Bth Race, 12 noon. . --_~" BONA FIDE FISHING BOATS under 4 tons. Ist prize, £6; 2nd prize, £3. Course: From Flagship round buoy off North Head, thence round mark-boat off Judge's Bay, thenco round mark-fcoat off Kauri Point,—Twice .* round. • , [ ..-.,..,,.; : . :,;,•.; 9tb Race, 12.30 p.m. ; . . YACHTS under i tons. Ist prize, £5 and Cup, presented by Mr C. H. Street, valued at £5; 2nd prize, £3. Course: Sai?ic as Bth race.i' , 10th Race, 1 v.ii. OPEN SAILING BOATS, 2nd Class, as per Regulation 31. Ist prizo, £10 2nd prize, £5 3rd prize, £3. Course: Same as Bth race. 11th Race, 2 p.m. . •■.-■■ OPEN SAILING BOATS, 3rd Class, as per Regulation 31. Ist prizo, £8! 2nd prize, &iz 3rd prize, £2. Course: FroinFlagship round marfc-bpat off Kauri Point, thence round Sandspit buoy, thonce round Mark Boat oft Judge s Bay and into Flagship. 12th Race, 2.30 p.m.: OPEN SAILING BOATS 13 feet and under. Ist prizo, £6; 2nd prize, £3; 3rd prize, OX. Course: Same as 11thrace. 13th Race, 3 p.m. STEAMERS' GIGS, i oars and coxswain. Ist prize, £10; 2nd prize, £5. Course: From Flagahip round red buoy oft Railway Wharf, thenco round hulk Cantcro, finishing be twoon Mark Boat off Queon-street Wharf, and Flagship. 11th Race, 3.30 p.m. MERCHANT SAILING VESSELS' GIGS, 4 oars and coxswain. Ist prize, £10; 2nd prize, ' £9. Course: Same as 13th Race. 15m Race, 4 p.m. MAN-O'-WAR BOATS. Course Samo as 13th Race. f . 16th Race, 4.15 p.m. FIVE - OARED WHALEBOATS (to be steered with steer oar). Boat not to ex ceed thjrty-two feet in length overall, beam not leas than 5 feet 8 inches, and planking not less than 7-10ths of an inch in thickness. Depth to bo not less than two foot from gunwalos to top of keel at mid ship section. Boat to be fit for whaling pur poses. Ist prize. £20. Courso Same as 13th Raco; twice round. 17th Race, 4.30 p.m. ROB ROY CANOES. Ist prize, Cup, presented by Mr. H. Kohn, valued a! £4. Couso: From Flagship round red buoy off Railway Wharf and back to Flagship. • 18th Race, 4.45 p.m. DINGIES, under 12 feet overall. Rowed by boys under 16 years of age. Ist prize, £3; 2nd prize, £L Course: From. Flagship round hulk Cantcro and back to Flagship. 19th Race, 5 p.m. FIVE-OARED WHALEBOATS, rowed by Youths under 21 years of age. Ist prizq, £16. Conditions: Same as ICth Race. Course: Samo as 13th Race. • 20th Race, 5,15 p.m. BONA FIDE BOATS OE" COASTING VESSELS under 50 tons. Pair-oared, to be rowed by two of vessel's crew. Ist prize. £5: 2nd prize, £2: 3rd prize, £1. Course: From Flagship round Hulk Cantero and back, coming in between boat moored off Queen-street Wharf and Flagship. Entrance Fee, 5 % en value of first prize, Entry Night, THURSDAY, 25{U JannarT. from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. All Raeeß wIU start punctually to time. Com potitora not at the starting post at the timo snncunoed for the race will ha disqualified. AH Races finish oa eoath eiae of Jflagshlr. All Vessels to enter ai grass tonnage, and registered rig. xxtract from Reßu'at'oa 6:—Each vessel In the va'Hiig races to oarrj c tiiKiß^niahtng Flag, net 10-,a that 2 fest in the fly, and 18 Inches In the hoitt, which mast bit kept fljing at the malll, nnd shall, in addition have fawn on SACH tIOE OV THK MAINsaII* AT TBE PKAK a aid Black Number on WhltaQroond, not lea* than IS inches Jt,ng and 3 Inchf s wide In tb.3 palut'rg denoii: i,- &o sumbsr of tha raoo eho Is engogad in. ' ■>.< In all itaces 3 vessels,mtwt ssarr, or no raco. Copies of Regulations to be had from y. ROBT. E. ISAACS,: - Hon. Sec. Club Room, Waitomata Hotel, Auckland, N.Z., January, 1883.