THE BAD BOY AS A FREEMASON.

HB GIVES HIS FATHER THE BUMPER 1 EGKBE^

"Say «re y°u a Ma9on or a ttodfellow, of -anything ?" asked the Milwaukee bud boy of the grocery man, as he went to the cinnamon bag on the shelf aud took out a lo'tig stick of cinnamon bark to chew,

,i y> yes, of course I am. Bat what get you thinking of that!" asked the grocery BPn, as he went to the desk and charged 'the boy's father with a half a pound of cinnamon. • . i , . "Well, do the goats bunt when you nishiate a fresh candidate !' "JNo, of cuur c not. The goats are cheap ones, they have no life, and we muzzle them and put pillows over thtir haads, so they can't hurt anybody, sjid the «rocery man, as he winked at a brother UddJM'ow who was seated on a sugar barrel, loaning mysterious. " But why do J " Oh, ntt'hin1, only I wished me and my chum had muzzled our goat with a pillow. Pa would have enjoyed becoming a member of our lodge better. You see, pa had teen t-llin" us niw much god the Masons and Oddfellow-i did, and said we ought to try and grow up good so we could j'ioe the lodges when we got big, and I asked pa if it would do any hurt for us to have a pla> JoaVe in my room, and purtend to nißhiate.. afldpa said it wouldn't do any hurt. He said it would improve our minds and learn hb to be men. So mj chum and me borried a goat that lives in a livery stable and carried him up to my room when pa and ma were out liding, but the goat blatted so we had to tie a handkerchief around his noae, and his feet made such a noise on tho floor that we put somß baby socks on his feet. Well, sir.my chum and me practi-ed with that goai until he could buntapicture of ag>>at every dine. We borried a buck beer sign from a saloon man and hung it on the back of a chair, and the goat would hit it every time. That night jia wanted to know what we we wtre doing up in my room and I told him we were playing lodge and improving our minds and pa said that wasrifeht, there was nothing that did boys of our age half so much good as to imitate men, and store by useful nollidge. Then my chum asked p.i if he didn't want to come up and take the grand bumper dearee, and pa hffed and said ho didn't care if ho did, just to encourage us hoys in innocent pastime, that was so improving to our lntcllex. We had shut the goat up in a closet in my room, and he had>got over blattiog, so we took off the handkerchief, and he was eating some of my paper collars and skate straps.

"We went upstairs and told pa to come up pretty soon and give three distinct raps, and when we asked him who comes there he must say ' a pilgarie who wants to join your ancient order and ride the goat.' Ma wanted to come up, too, but wo told her if she came in it would break up the loJge, 'cause a woman couldn't keep a secret, and we didn't have any sidesaddle t-r the goat. Say, if you never tried ir, the next time younitiutea man in your Mason's lodge, you sprinkle a little kyau pepper on the (pat's beard afore you turn him loose. You can get three limes as much to the square Inch of goat. You wouldn't think it was the same goat Well, we got fixed and pa rapped, and let him in and told him he mast be blindfolded, and he got on his knees a laffing, and I tied a towel around his eyes, and then I turned him round andjraade him get down on his hands also, and then his back was right to varda the cloiet door, and I put the buck beer sign right against pa's clothes. He was a latfing ail the time, and said we boys were full of fnu as we made 'em, and we tuld him it was a solemn occasion, and we woLldn't permit any levity, and if he didn't stop laffing we couldn't give him the grand bumper degree. Then everything wm ready, and my chum had his nand on the clos«t door, aud some kyau pepper iv the other hand, and I asked pa in low bass tones if he felt as though he wanted to turn back, or if he had neive enough to go ahead and take the degree. I war led him that it was full of danger, as the goat was loaded for bear, and told him he yet had time to retrace his stupe if he wanted to. He said he wanted the whole biziness, and we could go ahead with the menagerie. Then I said to pa if he decided to go ahetd, and not blame us for the conseqm aces, to repeat after me the following: 'Briug forth the Ko>al Bumper, ar.d let him Bump 1' Pa repeated the words, aad my chum spriuk'ed the kyan pepper ou the gout's moustache, and he sneezed once and looked sassy, and then be bh the lager be.r goat rearing np, and he started for it just like a cow catcher, and blatted. "Pa is real fat, bat he knew he had got hit, and he g noted and said, ' Hell's-firel what yon bo) 8 doin'7" and then the goat gave him amther degree, and pa pulled off the towel and got up atd star ltd for tho stairs,aue so did the goat, and ma was it the bottom of the fctairs listening, and when I looked over the banisters pa and ma and the goat were all in a heap, and pa was jelling murder, and ma was screaming firr, and the goat was Matting idL sneezing, and bunting, and the hire't girl came into the hall aud the goat took after her, and she. crossed herself just as the goat struck her and said, 'Holy mother, protect me 1' and went downstairs the way wo boys side down hill, with both hands on herself, and the goat reared up and blatted, and pa and ma went into their room and shut the door, and then my chum and me opened the front door and drove the goat out. The minister, who comes to see ma eveiy three times a week was just ringing the bell, and the goat thought he wanted to bs nishiated, too, and gave him one for luck, anri then went down the sibewalk Watting and sneezing, and the minister came in the parlour and said be was stabbed, and then pa came ont of his room with his suspenders hang ing down, and as he didn't know the minister was there he said cuss-words, and ma cried and told him he would go to hell, sure, and pa said he didn't care, he would ki'l that blessod goat afore he went, and T. told pa the minister was m the parkur, and he and ma went down and Slid the weather was propitious for a revival, and it seemed aB though an ont pouring of tbe spirit was about to be Touschafed to His people, and none of them sot down bat ma, 'cause the giat did not bit her, and while they was talkiu' reliaion With their mouths, snd enssin' the goat inwardly, my chum and me adjourned the lodge, and I went and stayed with him all night, and I hain't been home since; but 1 don't believe pa »ill lick me, 'cause he sa! .d he would not hold us refponsible for the consequences. He ordered the goat hiaself, arid we filled tbe order, don't you see? Well, I Buess I will go and sneak in tbe lack way and find out from the hired girl how the land lays. She won't go back on me, "cause the goat was not loaded for hired girls. Bhe just happened to get in at he wioDg time. Good-bye sir. Remember and give your goat kyan pepper in your lodge,"

An Episode in the Life of Garibaldi

ISY SIR RANDAL 11. KODEVTS, BART.

A WILD stormy November night ia the suburbs of the great me'ropolia. The sparsely scattered gas lamps throwing their Ilickering and uncertain light across a tonaolesa road. The distant murmur ot waters tolling that the spot i* not f'l' re" movod from tlie Tliaines, wh»so vi-lame of w .it era is checked by sonic luck. Staudiug under one if the lamps is a slight girlisu figure, clinging to the lamppost with one hand, whilst with tlia oilier she holds a shawl that protects her from damp, angry blasts as ihey coma biuliug aloDg from tho north-west. , .v nigtii that no one would choose for a promenade; a night that even the sturdy suardiaua of the pc ice seem careless about E>cing, as they criugo and cower under seme protecting doorway; and yet tins frail figure clings to a lamppost aud watchts, her g.ize eagerly rivitcd along the Diuon road. As she turns her face towards tho light, the Ilickering lamp plays upou pale and re gular features Tho face of a Madonna, in which there is an expression half of tear, half of. anxiety- fchc stoops her head to listen, and as she heara the far-off sound of wheels grating upon the road, tho slender white hand clutches the lamp-post with a nervous grasp. Louder aud louder comes the'sound; then two lampa flash up in the wei'd distance, aud a dog-cait, drawn by a fast trotting lnrse, in which are seated two men, is seen approaching. It dashes up to the lamp-post; the reins are tossed to one of its occupants, whilst the other springs to The'cirl lets go her hold of the lamp-post and falls into his arms, whilst the voice ef the stranger bids his compauion, who wear* the dress of groom, drive on for a hundred yaTds and wait. . . " Agnes, my own darling, what a night to ask you to come to mo; I scarcely ex pected you, but-" " Oh, Edwaid ! I could endure my an guish no longer. Mother suspects-and I, God help me, I am almost mad. The man thus addressad was tall and dis tinguMied-lookiug. A young, carele s fac •, with the marks of early dissipation strongly imprinted. Asshespoke he folded the slight ii.^ure in his anna, aud imprinted a kiss upon her upturned lips, " Agnes, darling, all grief and pain will now be over. Everything is prepared, aud you have met me to-night to ro with mo to the home I have prepared for you. Is it not so?" „•, . " Edward, I have met you, replied the f'rl, in faltering accents, " to tell you that have decided. My mother—" " Is provided for," impetuously broke in the young man. • " Listen, Edward. When my father died he bade me promise never to leave my moth er's side Why will you not consent to her coming with us? Why should she not bo present at our marriage ? I fear—l think —I do not know what to think " " And is this wha-, you have come to tell me,—after all I have promised-after ex plaining to you my position after your own plighted word to meet me here to-ntght and to &y wi.h me ?" . "It was wrong of me, replied the girl, in a moaning voice. " I was so confused, yoa wrung the promise from me, Edward ; but sines then my mother has been failing. To-day she was so very ill, and as she lay back in my arms she whispered :' Do not leave me till all ia over," as if she knew that—that-Oh ! I cannot! I cannot! Aud she burst into tears. ' You should have thought of all this be fore," said the man, in an altered voice. "I hive made all arrangements— ■ aken a house, furnished it, tngaged ser vants—they are n>w waiting for us. Thu is all maudlin folly. I tell you, Agnes, you mist come with me ; I will uot be put off any longer 1" His tone was so menacing that the young girl shrank from his embrace ; bat he held her firmly in his arms, whilst calling to his companion: • "Bring the trap, Ktchard 1 " ► dward ! Kdwatd !"' cried the girl, " what are you going to do 1" " I am going to take you with me, so be q "Ne»er !"she oried, struggling to get free. " Mother was right i H^lp ! h.lp !' " Curse the girl 1" muttered the man, endeavouring to stifle her c ie-, whi-.li rung out now and again m piercing ac " There's some one coming up the road, sir " said the nioom, who upou hear:nn his master ca'l, had driven up t» bis asaist- U" tfelp I help I" still screamed the girl, in choking accints, as the man she had called Edward dragged hor towards the A. noise of hurrying footsteps, a tall form, cl»d in a rough pea-jacket, with a mufl'cr round histace, a blow, aud the manEdwa<d releases h>s hold, staggering backwards geveral paces. . A second blow and the groom is sent al most under the wheels of the dog-c*rt. -the Birl is free, and taking advantage ot the situation, she flies up the road and is soon lnt in the mist of the nteht. The man Edward, h*d lisen evidently with thu intension of following thefljing fuure when the tffll form of the man in pea-jacket, gracing a stout slick in bia right h.nd, blocks the way. " i_ ut off my way or it will be the worse for yon," »noals Edward, rushing towards his Adversary. " Bas'a I not a step," replied the man, in a foreign accent, standing lirmly in the path, flouri.hing his stick. "It is enough that I find a woman in distress, struggling with a man at this time of the night. I thall cover ber retreat." Atthi3 poiut thegoom had enough to do to hold the horse, which terrified at the tenrflp had become restive, and was there fore unable to give aay assistance to his m^ I tell you you are interfering in what does not concern you.. Toe woman who has gone up the road is my wife, said the man we have called Edward. _ "Possibly," replied he of the pea jacket, "but that does not alter the fact that you were abusing her, otherwises-he would hive been here to own the relationship. •' This interference is beyond endaraneo. Stand aside I" .., " Sorry, but I can't oblige you ; besides, if that young woman is your wife—which Ido not believe-you can see her to morrow." . , " And who the deuce are you, sir, who commits an assault in the first place, and prevents a hnsband from following his "Oh ! aB to that, I am not ashamed of my name; possibly you may have heard it before. lam Guiseppe Garibaldi, and if you have any further communication to make to me, you will find me at the ' Swan, at Ditton, until the day after to-morrow. In the meantime," added the ceneral, planting himself in the middle of the road, •' I shall cover the retreat of the young person you are pleased to call your wife— about which I have my own opinion-and if you attempt to follow her you will take the consequences." " Confound the fellow 1 oried the man Edward, springing inlo his dog-cart, quick

ly followed by his servant. " You shall hoar from me to-morrowr." Aiid striking his horse viciously with his whip, he soon disappeared in tho diree ion of London. The heio of A?prcmonte stooi gazmg after the vehicle until it had disappeared, aud theu, with v shrug of his shoulder*, he pursuod hi i way up the lane in tho direc ioa tikeu by the young gitl. He had proceeded some quarter of a mile up this line when the sounds of sobs and lamentations caught his ear, and hurrying fo.ward, ho beheld a female form, which ho at oucc rce ignised as belonging to the girl he had just rescued. She was ou her kueos ut tho garden gate of a small cotia'4o, which was situatod some distance back from the lane. Hurrying forward, he pe. ceiyod that she was leaniug over another form which lay stretched, oppaiently life less, on the em»U gravel walk, rtpprouch ing the girl, who was sobbing violently, he respectfully raised his hat, aud inquired if he could be of any fuither assistance to her,

" Oh, sir, lam in great distress. Somo thiog has happened to my mother. I fouud her here as 1 came running back, fcho has faiutcd. She will not sp«ak to me, she is so ill. Oh, heavens? what can be tho matter ? She is so cold 1 What shall I do?"

"Oalm yourself, young lady." And raising tho form in his anna, preceded by tho girl, Guiseppe Garibaldi carried it into tho cottage. He who had stood face to face with death so often, failed not to perceive that, us he laid the form of tha young girl's mother upou the couch, life was cxiincr. In the right hand tho corpe held tightly cleuched a paper, which thu poor girl in her intense excitement had failed to perceive. Seeini; this, and hoping that this paper might elucidato the fctrau.e (recurrences of the night, Garib-ildi raised the gill, who was on her knees at her mother's side, and led her to the opposite side of tboroo.ii and seated her on a chair.

" My dear young lady," he said, ■' 1 do not wish to be obtrusive ; but I peroeivc you are in great trouble. I have children of my own, far away from here, and I feel for you. A sad mfsfortuno has befallen you. Will you trust me! My naruo is Guiseppa Garibaldi; perhaps you have heard it before: trust me."

" Uh, sir, will you not go for a doctor ? My mother will die j she will-" '•Bo calm, my poor child. No doctor could help her ; she is past all such help "

"What do you mean? Oh, tir, some thing terrible has happened. My mother is—"

" Dead," roplied tho genoral, hiding hla face, ovor which tears wore fast falling. "My God 1" cried tho girl, "it oannot be 1 it cannot bo 1" and sho rushod to the side of the corpse, burying her face in the folds of the dro.'S.

After some time tho poor girl bocame calmer, and with gentle aud fatherly toudcr nes*, the great Italian sought to comfort and encourage her ; pointing to the paper still clutchul iv thu lingers of the dead woman, he desired hor to see what it con tained; but tho momoat that the pcor girl, having possessed herself of it, per ceived its contents, with a wild, despairing cry she threw herself upon the corpse, cr> ing out:

" I have killed her ! 1 have killed her !"

The paper so ti mly held in that death grasp was tho letter appointing the rendea vout fur that evening. The poor mother had found it, and t>ummouiug the littie strength left hor, she hud gone to protect her daughter's honour. She diod by the way. Alone, friendless, an orphan. Garibaldi's great hoart went out to this young and suffering child. With tender eire and delicacy he arrangoiherfewwo Idly affair*. Wiih the devotion of a second father ho watched at her bedside during a long aud trdiom illness, and when i.ualth returned, aud his country called aloud for Garibaldi, the nob'e Italian left his almost adopiod daughter in charge of Sisters of Mutoy, at C r, near Windsor, there to pass the rest of hr life in poace, if not in happi ness

Years rolled on, The name of Garibaldi ecboel from pole to polo His noble a:.d pairiotic deeds had freed his country; his namii was in overy one's month; but no where was it whispered with more intense affection than by the lips of the gentle, sorrowing giil, whose sad young life passed away where he had left her, amongst the Sis-its of Mercy, at C— - r.

She-died mingling his name with that of her dead mother, a. simple tomb-stone in the church of Culer, bearing the in cription : " Agues. Aged 23 years. Gone to rest," is all ihnt marks tho spot where rest the re mains of one of the nobl.st deeds of Italy's hero,

Origi of " Stars and Stripes."

The following is taken from Rear Admiral Preblo's " History of the Flag of the United States of America," and shews that the origin of tho " Stara and Stripo3 " is full of curious interest. The writer says;— Hub symibil dates from 1777 i and bo ante-daws tho present flags; Great Britain, 1801 ; Spain, 178S ; France, 1794; Portugal, .1830; German Empire, 1S70; and Italy, 18-48. Even the Chinese and Japaneso national flags are more recent. The flags of Turkey and >■ us ia ante-date the American. But though the " tHars and Stripes " are only a century old, their author ia unknown. The first official establishment of the national ensign was by this resolution of the Ame.icao Congress, June 14, 1777 : " Be s»lved,-Tnat. the flag of the thirteen United States be thir.een stripes, alternate red and white : that the union ba thirtoen stars white, iv a blue field, representing a new constellation." There is no record ot any antecedent debate, or report of com mittee, and none of the au'lior of this resolution. The Hag seems to have sprung up almost fall grown, like the magic trees which the Oriental conjurors produce before one's eyes from the ground. The precedent flagß gave but little prophecy of what was coming. Ttiere were, indoid, stiipidflags, but no hint of Btara and stripes. The rattlesnake was a favourite device, some times across the stripes, sometimes in one corner, where the stars are now found. With it was frequently found the motto, " Pon't tread on 'ne." Prior to any national flag was a colonial flag, with tho union Jack of Great Britain in the c- rnor, and the groundwork of the flag 13 strip as to represent the 13 colonies. This was the fla" that floated over Washington's little army at Cambridge, Mass., in the early put of 1776. The raising of this new flag waa curiously misunderstood bjr the English at first to be a token of submission, The meaning of the stars is dear enough ; it is officially indicated in the resolution cited above, "a new constellation.' Tho one grand and ioyful fact to the American people in 1777 was that they were a new nation; and the very language of th;s resolution, and the very existence of this flag, is an indication that the old conception of thirteen separate States combinirg iv a confederacy had given placd to that of thirteen States united in a Sovereign nation,

The Wonders of Clairvoyancy.

A ooruksposdENT, who givca his narao and address for publication, writes to a Man ! Chester paper as follows : A circumstance occurred 33 yoarj ago at Bolsou, which, with jourpormis.ioa, I will relate. Mthat timo there was a ' doctor' in the towa who kept a small draguUt's shop. He was also a mosmeri-t aud clairvoyant Seeing some account of his doiujja in the journals of that day, I determined to consult him about a broilicr I had ;n America, and from whom I had not heaid for some time, aud about whom I was uncertain wnother he was alive or dt:ad. I thoivforo waited upon the doctor and acquainted him with my wiskts. He Siid my request was a very peculiar one, and he was afraid ho could not give mo the information I sought, l>ut he would try. He inquired If I had anything upon me which my brother had possessed, or which had passed through his hauds — a letter, lock of hair, or oven anything. Unfortuuately I had not a siuglo thing upon me which had ever boou in my brother's possession. The doctor thought under tho circumstances he could not serve mo, and was about to dismiss me to fetch a lettsr or souiching of my brother's, when he said, ' Wait, let m tee what poraonal connection will do.1 Ho therefore invited me into a small back parlour, mid presently brousht into the room a young woman who acted as general 6ervanr, mid who coukl neither read nor wiite. Ho immediately threw her iuto a mesmeric stuto, and then he instructed me to tako tho girl's hands in mine, that he tiii^lit establish through me a link by which my long-lost b other might; bj traced. I had no sooner taken hold of the girl's hand than she exclaimed, 'Oh, doctor, this geutlemau has such a strange hook in his pocket; it is not printed like any of yours, aad it's about' spirits.' Well, the fact was I had a small phonographic migazineiu my pocket, published by laaac Pituuu, and printed in photographic characters, and in ihiM magazine was an article on mesmeiism and spirit intercourse. Now, I had not shown this hook to tha doctor (ho could not read phonography), nor said anything to him about it, and it was hidden away out of sight. How was it that a completely isnor aut girl, who could not roid tbo simplest r pel ing-book, should bo able to see, hidden down in my pocket, a book invisible even to my own eyes, and be able to tell its natures aud contents, although printed in characters which the doctor could not read, and ■which, even very few of our most learned and scientific men could read at that time. Having so clearly and power folly demonstrated hot powers, all sceptic ism was banished from my mind. Toe doctor then briefly told hor my business— that I wanted to know whether my long lost brother iv America was alivo or dead, and if alivo where living and what doing. For a quarter of au hour she was silent, all whiah timo 1 held her hands in rnino. Sho then began to complain of excessive hoat, although comparatively cool in tha room. She said sho had passad over a vast expanse of wattr, and had seen a lot of ships which were very nice, but now sho hud come to a country which was very hot (it was July), and the clocks seemed to bo all wrong, for they woro about 4J hours lato. (Of course sho know nothing about tho dillorence in time between koro and America ) Presently she exelaimel, " I have found him, but he is very sickly. He is jnst recovering fora v thno months' sickness, and is having a short walk." Shi described his peisonal appearancn so accurately that I did not doubt the- had discovered my long-lost brothor. She told mo ho wa« married and had a little girl, and described his wife and child to me. Sho said ho was not a house holder, but lived with his wife's parents. She ovon desciibed his library, and told me which were his favourite books, all which statements I afterwards found to bo as true as the gospel.

Walter Savage Landor.

UK Sydney Colvin in Iris rcoently pub lished Life ot Landor (Men of letter series) thin describes the author of " ima giaury Conversations ["—Wherever Landor went, he made the same impression, which was that ufa king and a lion among men In appearance ho had gained greatly with age. As sturdy and a< florid as over, ho was dow in addition beautifully venerable, his bold and keen grey eyes retained all - their power, fais tceih rqmaioed perfectly strong and white, but his fort-head had be come bald and singularly impo:io», high vaulted, ben.fath its thick white fringe of baekward-fl iwing hair. Every man's face, a< has been truly said, is in groat part hii own making ; and the I characters which time had irmpriutcd on Landor's were not those of hia transient bu-sts of fury, but those of his habitual moods of lofty thought and tender feeling. All the lines of his countenanco wore large, and except whan the fit was upon him, full of beuignity, his smilo especinlly being ef an inexpressible sweetne-s. His movements were coires pondingly massive, but at the tame time clumsy; not, of course, with the clumsiness of ill-broedimg, but rather with that of aim lessnes and inefficiency. The phyMcd eigna ot the unpractical man were, indeed, all of thorn written upon Landor. He had short arms, with constrained movements of the elbows, and even whea.his fists wore clenched in wrath, there was a noticeable relaxation about iho thumbs, a thing never yet seen to ..accompany tenacity of practical dealings. He wonld pat his spectacles up over his forehead, and, after oversetting everything in the wildest seaich for them submit himself with dcsperatereaigna tion to their loss>, In travelling he would eive himself worlds of trouble ti remember the key of hispoitmanteau, but utterly for eet the portmanteau itself; and when he discovered that ho had lott it he would launch out Into an appalling picture of tna treachery and depravity of the railway officals concerned, and of their fathers and grandfathers to the remote-t generation. Next, after v moment's silence, ihe^ humor ous view of the case would present itself to him aad he would begin to laugh, quietly at first, and then in louder and even louder volley?, until Uio room shook again, and ttao commotion seemed as if it would never stop. Thesis tempests of hilarity seemed to some of Landor's friends almost as for midable as the tempests of anger to which he continued to be subject at the suspicion of a contradiction or a flight. But both were well worth undergoing for the sake of such noble and winning company as was that of Landor in his ordinary moods. Then not only was his talk incomparably rich and full; It was delivered with such a, courtly charm of manner and address, such a rotundity', mellowness, and old worM grace of utterance as were irresistible. His voice, especially in reading aloud, was a? sympathetic as it was powerful; "fibrous in all its tone, whether gentle or hjroe, says Lord Hnughton ; deep, rich, and like the noblest lmvic, "with a small inartificial quiver striking to the heart," adds another witness, who by-and-by attached himself to the grand old man with a filial devotion, and who has left ns the most lifelike as well as the most afteclionate portrait of him during these years. Bis pronunciation of certain words was that traditional in many old English families—"yaller" and "laylock" for yellow and lilac; "goold, " Room," and ""wonderful, lot gold, florae, and wonderful.—

A Forest Scene Beside the Amazon.

On the third evening after our departure from Bogota, we encamped on the banks of tho itio Patamaya (a tributory of iha Amazon), in a grove of majestic adansoniac, or monkey fig tries. High over our heart wo heard an incessant grunting and chatter ing, but the eveuing was too far advanced for U3 to distinguish the little creature* that moved ill the top branches of the tall tree. The next morning, however, the noise recommenced, and we saw that the gruntera Wutc a sort of simll raccoons, and th.c chatterers a troop of inonos, or capuchin monkeys. After a oonaulttiiion with tho ludiaus, we fastened our moukey, IMIy, to a string, and made him go up the trie as hiyh as we could drive him without betray ing onr piesouce to hu relativis. We had no traps tor catching them, but our plan was to let them coma near enough for us to shoot oue of the mothers without hurtiog her babies. Billy's ropo, as we had ex pected, got entanglodb.fore long, and, imd ing himself at the end ot his tdher, he bc gau to squeal, and his cries soou atlracted the attention of his friends in the tree-lop. We heard a rustling in the brunches, aud presently an old ringtail made his appear ance, and, seeing a stranger, his chattering at once brought dowu a troop of his com panions, mostly old males, though. Mother monkeys witti babios are veiy shy, and those in the troo-t-jp scorned to have somo idea that all wa3 not right. Their hus bands, though, came nearer and nearer, and had almost roached Billy'a peich, wubn all ut once their lead.r slipped behind the tree like a dodging squincl, and at tho same moment we heard from above a fierce, long drawn scream ; a harp-ea-jto was circling arouod a tree-top, and coming dowu with a sudden swoop, he sized onu lucklcsi mother monkey that had not found time to reach a hiding-place. Tho poor thing held on to her branch with all her might, kno.v ing that her life and her baby "a were at stake, but the eagle caught her by the throat, and his throttling clutch at last made her relax;hcr grip, and with a single ilop of his mighty wings, the harpy raised himself some twenty feet, mother, baby and all. Then we witnessed a mo.t cuiious instance of maternal devotion aud animal instinct—tinier I should call it presence of mind ; whin branch after branch slipped Irom her grip und all hoco was over, the mother with her own hands tore her baby from her neck and Hung it down iuto the tree, rather than have it share the same fate which Bho knew t« bo in Aoxe foa her self- I stood up and lired both carrels of my guns aftor the robber, but without cli'ect; the rascal had alieady ascended to the height of at least two hundred foet, and he flaw oh", with his victim daugliug be tween his claws.

A Parisian Swindle.

A SHORT timo uro an elegantly-dressed lady called 0:1 one ot the best known mad doc, ors iv Pari», and in a voice broken with sobs, exclaimed—"Doctor, you are my only hope now. My poor sou is a mono maniac; he is quite harmless : his idee fixe is that lio is a cashier in a lank and to everyDodyhe meots he presents a bill or account nnd demands payment. Hu has alicady got himself into serums dilliculties and I don't know what to do." And here the tears began to course each other down the fair plea dir's chci'ks, The ductor did bis best t) choer the unhappy mother, as-ked her vaiious qnestions, and finally gave eoine hope of curing the bjy. She 3iiod her teara, and said that she would leave lit-r son in his bauds, "I will bring him to.you lo moriow ; but, oh doctor, the separation will be cruel." Next morning Bhe appeared with the boy. " Tol your master," she said to the servant who opened thn door, " that tho person he expects is here," and, taking a parcel fiom her son's lunds, she told him to wait a few minute 3, She then retired by a aide entrance which tho doctor bad shown her, and had ndvi-ed her to pass in ordtr to avoid a, mournful and, p rhaps, exciting farewell with her son. Quarter of an hour passed, the doctor cntereu the waiting room, aud the young mm presented his account. "Quito light, my lad. I will settle with you directly," and he felt the young man's pulse. ''Nor mal pulse," says the man of science. "My account," says the youug man, ''My master will bi uneasy ; please,give me tho money at ouce." But the doctor gazed fixedly at him and tried to feel his pulse. " Let go !" exclaimed the mono maniac, getting into a passion, " Pay me at once, and do it make a fool of yourse'f," " Violent attjek," says the doctor, calm y, and he pulled bis btlu'opo rather violently. "The shower bath," he explained^ to his two attendants; and in a twinkling toe young man was stripped, and a (.trcuin of ice cold water was. pouring over him. He howled, he kicked, but uselessly. When tho doctor camo to see the effect of the operation he was much surprised to find his patient madder thauevor, vowing vengeance at one moment aud tho next imploring his torturers to eend to a jewellor in the Rue delaPaix, and ask him to come and io lease him. When tho doctor henrd the word "jeweller" a light broko upon him, Ho despatched an attendant to the Hue de la Paix, and iv n few minutes the jeweller appeared upon the scene, He turmd somewhat pale when matters were explained to him, for ho saw hinißclf robbed of 25,000 francs by a most ingenious c/tevalielc el'in dttstrU. She had chosen jewellery to that amount, but not having tho money with her, she had B aid-"Lot yonr clerk come with me ; I live in the Avenue d'fiylau, and my husband will pay the account.

A " Tick"-lish Lesson.

A COUNTRY schoolmaster, who found it rather difficult to matte his pupils observe the difference in reading betweeu a comma and a full point, adopted a plau of his own, which he flattered himself would make thorn proficients in tbe ait of punctuation ; thus, in rtadinß, when they came to a comma, they were to say tick, and read ou ; to a colon or semicolon, lick, tick ; and when a full Doint, tick, tick, tick. Now it so happened that the worthy douume receive'! notice that tho parish minis'cr was to pay a visit of examioaion to his tchool, and as he waa desirous that the pupils should show to the best advantage, he fjave them an extra drill the day before tho examination, "Now" said ho, addressing his pupils, "when" you read before the minister to morrow, you leave out the ticks, though you must think them ?s you g-i along, for the sake of elocution." So tar so Rood. Next day came, and with it the minister, ushered into the schoolroom by the dominie, who, with smiles and bows, hoped that tho tra n. me of the scholars would meet his approva'. Now i. so happened that the first boy called ud by the minister had been absent the pre ceding day, and in the hurry the master had loreot to kive him bis instructions how to act The minister asked the boy to read it chapter in the Old Testament which he pointed ouc. The boy complied, and in his best accent began to read - " And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,tick,_ speak unto the children of Israel saying tick, tick.and. thus shalt thou say unto them, tick, tick, tick " This unfortunate sally, in his own style, acted like a showerbath on the poor dominie, whilst the minister and his founds Almost died of laughter,

Going to Sea.

The great mysteiiovia ocean p-sicssoe for most boys a peculiar and irrosUtable charm which Oils the n with au euthußßimi ou all tbiogs nautili, that uotbLgsliTtpf actual oxperiGuee can damp. A boy dwells wth wi h delLht o.i tha notions krmud from 'he radc aud imperfect ideas of popular tal: wriiers, who, by ilis'/a-ting fact aait manu facturing adveutuie, invest life on the oocau wave with a romance as absurd as it is uutrue.

The truth if, boys, that £oa-goiug is tonibly mitrcpresoiitid by mott unit iosil wrilow. For ouo bouk like Dunn's ''Two Yeaw Before the Mait," there ate a tbou saudof the " B aye Bill the Boy Bucc inecr" order, books which leprcseut sca-Hoing as an adventurousl, ronnntic, and j >lly sort of life, ahoundin); in marvellous incidents by eea and land Nothing is said of the weary ing round of unpleasant tasks, of hardships most tetrible, sufferings almost incredible, danga-a without number, shipwreck— dentil. Ido not wonder that hoys who read these books get false views of sea life, as well a.* falso views of life in gcncial. The deluded youn»stcrr, with, his head full of adventure and siftht-sociti;* in foreign lands, iuvaiiably thinks of bcoomiug a sailor. He longs to partake of the deeds of daring of which ho reads such plowing ac counts ; to ouj jy life on the ''free open sea," where boysarj taught to splice, ttj\v suila, mount rigging, listen to yarn?, and liavc a gocd tune generally. When once at sea he soon finds out hia mistake. In pluco of tho adventures he jtnticip.itedj he soon finds that a Bailor's life is the most monotouous one imaginable; his only ro muiicu is such as he cau find in severe, aud often dangerous, labour. A popular idea is that Jack is allowed to take his pleasure ashore ai much as he likes. In roality, he often mukos long voyages, and remains soinetimei for weeks, in foreign poits, ge tia(> no nearer than a mile or nvo lum land. The pleasures of tbe shore OX4 forbidden him, «nd he must content him self with a distant view it what he has "travelled so far to re.cli. Boys Bometimoj get asLore for an hour in the ooat«, but uxc expected to stay ut the landing-place If a lad a ks ltave of an odiccr, he will bo told tint boys come to sta to work, not to be gallivauting a-shore. As a matter of fact, ais life is very uneventful ; his hardships severe and prosaic; his pleasures few and depraved I do not toll you all this to deter you from choosing rhe sea as your prtfcsMon, but So that j on nu> deliberately m.nkc your choice with your eyes wide open. When ovcr, wherever, aud however you choose, or are compelled to begin the battle of life, hardships and diflicult-es ore sure to besot you. It is not by thirking them that they cm be oveicumc ; jou must attack them bravely, boldly, persistently, if you would have them vanish bdoti you; and a boy who i;1"^ to sea resolved to do ttis wiL succeed there as elsewhoiv, But do not think to escape trials and diilicnltits by run: ing away to s a, ot you may indeed lind that you have jumped from the frying pan into the fire.

Alleged cruelty of English Soldiers.

The cruelty{o£ English soldiers tv wounded Kg)ptiens apptarH to be a well established fact. The Cairo correspoudeut of the Cologne " Gazette" writes that Hcrr JLusou, tho correspondent of the Stock holm "Dagblat," saw wita his own eyes how the ttgyptianswuundtd in tho trenchoa of Tel-cl-ticbir, half an hour after the attack, were killed by English soldiers. He counted eight woundtd, incapable of offering aay re.istance, who wero shot in his presence, aid one who wa* stabbed. Lieutenant-Colontl 1 hurneisen, a native of Auatri.i, and ono of those oilicors iv the Egyptian service who, by thojway of taking part in tho operations, were attached to the English head-quarters, also witnessed the slaughtor of tho wounded in alielplees condition. He saved the lives of several. Two other persons have told me tho eatne story, butb gged me for foar of jeopardiz ing tnuir livelihood by conflict with the English, to witlibold their name/. By none tf the numcious English oißceis with whom I have spoken on tho subject has the killing of the wounded been contradicted. Many ad mitted it, saying, however, that they could do nothing to preiout it. Cdonel Methi.cn. to whom I spoke yesterday at headquarters, uduiitt d it, but strove to tone it down, aud frowued when 1 spoke of < murder.' He iiouically remarked tliat the soldieis could not ask every wounded man whether he could parhapa tire at a better opportunity. Tho soldiers wero carried away by tho heat of the fight, aud spared nobody. This oxplanatiou is only partly conect, for only a sma'l portion of the wounded, judging fruni what I have hoard, wero killed in the heat of the battle, the greater pait beiug murdered lons afterward by plundering English fcoldiors."

The Religious Drama.

ENOU3HMEN are accustomed to those censorial prohibitions whicb taboo our theatrical stngo to operas or dramas founded upon any Biblical subject, and, as a rule, more or lcs* cheerfully acquiesce iv ordinance-* which practically hinder tbo playwright or actor from touching upon persons and events.narrativesandtncideufa, unversally rogarded as sacred. It is curious aud interesting to observe how dramotrically oppo Ite a view to the above of tho drama's mission on earth is taken by oilicial perceptions in China. Some of the Canton magnates hove recently raised objections to the mundane aud even frivolom characters of the pieces performed at the locnl theatres; and their re monstranceshftvc elicited a very remarkable decree, from Provincial Treasurer Wong, chief censor of plays, iv the following terms --"The population of Ca>.ion, as 1 aware," delight in drarnat'C representations, And why? Because those who worship the "ods know full well that it is necessary to pay tho:.. especial honour through the medium of theatrical performance*. Thus does tbo theatre become a pure source of eni >vmcot for the people ; and there exut no laws that could or should restrain it in that direction. But, on the other hand, it is absolutely requisite that the pioces per formed should bo animated by a tendency to stimulate their audiences to fear of the cods attachment to tho throne, and venera tion of ihcir parents. The performance of frivolous plays cannot but lead to the annihilation of morality. I therefore, hereby command all theatrical lessees and manner* to forbear the production of such abominations for the future, under penalty, not only of imprisonment, but of extremely severe corporeal punishment. Given on the seventh day of the tenth month of the eiybth year of the reign of the iSmperor Tune-Obi." Judging by this specimen of Chinese censorship, we are entitled to assume that, were China a Christian country, its operatic impresarfi would have no difficulty iv b inying out such works as Rossini's " Mose," Rubinstein a " Macca bier," Goldmark'a " Koenigin yon t-'aba,'' or Massenet's " Herodiade," the plots of which lyric dramas have Deen culled irom the pages of the Apocrypha and the Old Testament.—" London Telegraph,

STAR SATURDAY SXJPPEMENT, FEBRUARY 10, 1883.



D* ***• Evans,' KBTATM, RGUdE, AND LAND AGBNT,



PITT-STRTCKT, corner of Cross-street—Hand some Villa of 5 rooms, verandah, bow win dow, gaMo nn'l, gas and \v;iter laid in Prira>, only £370. MAIiY-ffPREKT, Mount Men (near Toll Bar)- Now Six roomed (limso, re<;i3'ei-ud Wiite, oven \vanh-liimsu. &c. Price. £150. SPIMXU-STUiaOT.-A Rut-gain.— i Building Allotments. No.'s: 12, IS, 11, and 15. 15s MOUNT AIiBJERT—Now House oE 5 rooms, stable, piggery, &c., together with about; 1} jjoup good volcanic land; situated clo3t> to Mount Albert Hall. Price, only £275. GEORGK AND WILLIAM STREETS, POX SONHY—Briok House of four rooms and scullery, outhouse, &c; allotment. 33 x :132; BROWN - STREET, PONSONB V - Verandah Cottage of o rooms, n-.gis'ur tfrate, colonial oven dresser, &c; two tanks; allotment, ■10x109. Price, £310. Kimytornu. GU A.CB STREET, PONSONBY—New and well finished Villa of 5 rooms, pantry, wash house. &o.; register grates, colonial oven, COO gallon tank. To be had a bargain. ItAVSOItBACK—IB Acres Good Land, 2li acres In grass; cottage of three rooms, cow-sled, piggery, &c.; never-failing supply o£ water. Price, only £:!«>. TE 11 ATA, B.AG UA.N — 280 Acres Splendid Land, lovel and well watered; situated between Whaitißaroa and Aotea Harbour. For absolute nale. PAf A.K.UHA VsiL^Y-30 aoraa good blaolc loam una oby ' and nil under cutlvatlon, subdivided Into pß<ldoolis and orchard; unlendld oruek runs thiouj(h tho pri)D«Tty; Hanao of 7 uoven rooms and out ofllcos; within 2 miles ot Railway HUilon; «ood roads. < bout 200 aoioa good land najoinlng oan bfl either lausad or lU'-ohaped. (MS) MAUKU- A Bargain- A nice HUlo farm at 30 scran all cultivated, toother with New 7 roomed Uousa «nd atl necessary ont offices; a constant Hitoam rnon through the pro perty; situated about 200jardu from Manku Ohurob. Price, only £380. («3?) MATAKOHE-Part Lot 42-10 »croß fcmh, principally kar.rl; b"U>rit.d on ojw stfo byn deep o'BPb; Bl'uatad 1} mll<w (rom town- Bbip of Matukohe. Prioe, fil 10s <;er Bore. (6il) O'NK'L-STRKBT, Pom oibj—Verandah Cot tttge, 4 roonOH, 80llll'-rj, and cellar; cup board, realntarnd ovon. eto Only J33CO I(io2,- KINR- wT."E'iT. oil Great North Bi-ftrt—"hirtoa Hu ld'nn Allituienis *03. 7V 7", 77, nud pare 73, 100 x 162 feist frnotak ■ to Kita-Htrent and Huwe- -trtet; eu'U wed. i rice for tb« lot, £160. (8511 WAiTAKKRSI—'..ot 78-I^3 sores good ioixed bwh (i* oonß'derablo quantity of totarai. £1 per acre. (652* K&U vf-GA-tAPE BOiD. near Sinionds etrpet very dtßirablo iouso, B rooms: Rood wall, tank, onti-honsn. &o T otiold allot ment abrat 30 x 132, The ho.iße 1b well built, and In Q;Bt-oUi« order. (595) KING-dfKlCrcT, PuNsONBY — New and «Vell-Bnl»hed Oable-endaa VUla, 5 rnnms anc? soutlerj-, fltte l vlih cainn<al otbh, rechtor gra'eu, capbiaidf, &o ; good we:l; crounrt nicely laid. ouf.: brick oatbß; &c; Booi view; a. really protty place. Hiioe, £400. ""' BOND-STREET, NRWTON. —A BurgaiD.— l-iotfoof 7 ronmi', &o. Allotment, CC x ICS. Price, onlf £2(15. OARLICTOM G')it.K RO&.D —ITandsomo Villa contalalni? 7 rooms, bathroom, largs at llr-r, waabhonao, fie, &c, fitted with copper, oupboarda, and many other ootnforta, BHneite crnerof. Carlaton (3ore Koad nndHeaflJd View Koad; giand allotment: pp'endld llttje g&rden: In all a very doairibl^ Rid pretty plaop. _ (°391 RUSS-ciX-dTKBUr (nffGre»t North Roadl-3 AUotmonti. etoh 33 x 101). Prize, £?0 for tha CODRINGTOK ■ STBEtCT (off Gate North. Rnad)-2 Allotments, each 5" x 116 wkh frontages to 3 ntreet*. Price, £80 for the lot NORffOLiK-STRKKT — Verandah Cottage, i room*. oupbOflJd, oven, Rrateß, &o. vnee, only £230. (sf> 9> FRANKIjIN ROAT) (near Collegeßoad)-New anrt well-finlOied Shop and nwelllug of T rooms; water laid in. Gnod boßluesß posi tion. Tennße3By. Hrlco. «60«. <£BOr OTAUUHO —Verandah Uottaoe, 4 rooms allotment 85 x VI. near Pu bllo School. Prlco. £190 Terms: £50 ea.h; balance on Baltd- InaSiooietyprinciples. „„ , v <™> KLLEaaLlß—ffew and well-finished Hand same Villa, containing 7 rooms, with stable and ont-h'mseei; BPlnndld corner allotment, 05 x U5. Price, only £160, ..._..»: BLLKRBLIE-SnlandW VUla Site, planted with ornamenf.nl treos, and partly fenoed. ■ WKLUNQTON-STKICKT — New and Well finlubod House,- gable ond, bow window, verandah, &0., 0 rooms, nicely fitted np, very oonvenlant; allotment, 33 x IJO. £160, i3B4* HOWK-BTRKET—Avew pretty and oompaot little viu* ot 5 roims, pantry, &o.; nice garden; allotment, 30 x 100; water laid in, &0. £380. <**» PONanNBY-House. 7 rooms, pantryj stow room, &c, a0,,, together with 6 acres, laid ont in orchard, garden, padrtook, So I BDlondld sea vlaw. toll IJNCOLN-BTRK XT—Very Comfortable Honne 7 rooms, bathroomi pantry, stable, fowl honse. &0., &o.: about half an aoro laid out In llaworgirdon,oroharil,&o.,wlth entrance to Uraoe-Btrowt; could be subdlviaoo to ad van tago £500,, ÜBol WOOD-STHffiKT—Comfortable Residence of 7 rooms, fitted with gas and almOßt evory oonv«nlonoe; pplendld allotment, anotit 140 x 150 all tmitofally laid out with flowers, fruit-trees, &o.; grand view of harbour, too U7o) AVONDAI,K (Wnan)-Nioe little Lpt of B*owia near tho SUtioa. good land. Price, onlr *IS GRWA!T°NbRTH ROAD (oomer of .Brisbane andStanley-stieets)-Two good Verandah Cottages, with nuthouse, well, &o.; allot, roont to each 81 x 110. Prioo £3*o for the lot, (101 l KDKN PLAC!B, otfKyber Pass-Donble Home of 6 roorats and cellar, goodwill. PHoe, £26D. BHEBHAN-STRRItT, PONSONBY-NlceCot tnco ■ i rooms verandah In front, and very wmfortablT near the HalL £230. (300) BAILKY'3 PADDOCK (Newton)-New f!o1> tago of three rooms; Rood well; froshold allotment 33 x 100; only *l 30; easy terms. (s:ij) PONBONBY TERBACK - New House ; 7 rooms (not quite finished); good well, tank. woodshed, isro.; good allotment. 80 x 100. all fenced and planted. £450. ' (117) JOHN-STRKKT, Pdnsonby — Cheap Cottage, i rooms and scullery, freehold allotment, iO x 80, prloa nnly 8120. (472) HAOKEr-BTREET, rear Btops to neaoh, foot of St. Mary's Road—Handanme Villa, gable ends, bow-windows, and fitted with regis ter grate, oven, oaubnards, eto. ; allotment 83 x 99; Prioa oul" £280. ■ HOII OLAHKNDK-HTKEET — a New and Well flntnhed Verandah Cottage, i rooms *»d Boullery ; fitted with register grate, oven, cupboards, tanks, eto.; price £250, «asy terms 'iSSi PRUSPKOT TKRRACK—Handsome and very desirable House, 6 rooms, sonllery, etc,; register grate, oven, cupboard, shelves, g»s and water laid In, eto.; allotment 83 x 100: splendid little pardon, choice trooe, etc. PROSPKOT-STKH'.KT.near the Ponsonby Hall, new and well-flniehed Houee, fi roomn, register, oven, rank, eto., eto.; allotment 33 x 100. fenoed, prloo £325. ISU) PAPAKURA—Now Hojbo and outbuildings, and 37 aores reeil gnoi land In orohard, etc., In vnluabla nwltlon 1 jut at ratlwnv station TUR4.NWA iHfKKt (iiosr Howii*)—A very ahtau llit'« H"<ir!u nf 105 aorr-r:.. p«t oaltl vaii>d, n(eiH'.' oi' tlmbei' cni- wafev; $;CO''. Uouf" -to. (ivj.iui: 17 mi>«i 'mm Auctelaml}, null £225. (43?) KAZOU maOK— f'piencldlittleKaiujj 82 aotes, large Homnet«nd, and every oonvenienou •, abont 3 miles from Pokono Station, (181) OBALMEHSI'ON—Oompaot Uttie Farm of ICO uuron; p&rt in cultivation; ftplondicl orohard; good pieoo ot bu°b.; creek, &o, Honao and outbaildingo almost new. £600. PA^AKUBA—A rkßirablo Farm of 360aor«D, part In onlttvatlon, plenty of water, timber, and beautifully sheltered; good Qomeßtead, 7 rooms, and necessary ontbnildingp.ojardeii, orohard, Sec, and stook at valuation, it de sired. m« TUAKAU— Splendid little Lot of sflaoreß, nlo« piece bush, p^oiuy of water; near station. (IH) BOMB AY—Nice little Farm of 20 aorea, good Homestead. &o. Price only £220. TK AKAl—Farm 6139 oores, witn nonse and ali imorovements for £1000. MOUNT JiD»N.—Handeome Villa Residence contalnluy 5 Houais. besides Fantrr, Sonliery, &o.; all in first-class order, witn Stable, Buggy-house. Cowahed, &c, &c, together with i) acres Volounlo Land, sub divided, and a jiortion planted. T«rm» eiihy if desired. 604 WAJKivTO—Nice little Farm of 27 aores. Im proved ; good position; nice house of fl»e rooaia aud out-bouses. Onl> &UO. (231) ■WH'iKiHINK—ISO acres of very vuluablu Bush- totara, pnriri, kauri. &c—in good position, ohoap. <6211' WAllAltttiitSl -S3 tiorfia good Land, partly Improved; plenty of water, corner lon, (July £30. (5U>



D, F. EVANS, HOPSK, LiHD> AND EKTATU AGKHT, a»KSN-9XBsiliX (KBCS "Hl«*t.O"),