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‘<2 Y } nes a >| ‘ n . 7 ' ’ 3 . sun shines out beiweo to speak eloquently, you would drink of the

1it of the vine

John,

* , |

From the clouds that 0% ee

Showers of mercy on us fa ‘Yes, yes that’s all true. I've |

tried it for fifty years, and I ought to know.

But the sou That it fails to s t!

11 so hugs the shadow

And 1 have tried it for half that time,

But we note a few most g ' | and, to my sorrow, and I know that wine Of the falling drops of gra } is a mocker. Please not to interrupt me,’ AS ie Rent of love | errs said the speaker, observing that his father ~ en ee eee | was about to offer a dissent to this assertion

| * Three months ago I lost an important case

And when lif It made

And iis sun is sinking ncourt because I was intoxicated. May the beauty of its settin ad

difference to my client of twenty thousand And the brightness of its :

jollars, and justice was on his side. Wine and I disgraced myself. ]

Shed o'er the dark way ! fit Was 01 ine, Such a ray of glory bright wished to do my best, and I had not then As sha!! gu grim onward ‘ to distrust the syren of the cup.’

earn ‘I won't believe it, John!’

old man I won't believe that a

5 s | mine has been intoxicated !

Like the sun's last rays poin | «Butit is true, father. If 1 had been a oe sts eae | poor man, just commencing the practice cf . eee It oar people would have said that I was — ee . ek But thatisnot all. My oldest boys

have been lovers of wine, quoting your ex-

la the narrow path of rig exclaimed the

3 e And the /ast faint rays that ¢ son of

From thy soul th

40S SIT

e iast

ee ample and my own as a proof that this ap You would laugh at [ know petite could be safely indulged. One mid- os ae nn b aaa a night they were brought home to me in a All day long beneath the sun — niga y ’ he eo is os bs at hee, with hor vk siate of beastly intoxication, that I, their Prim, F any {ua own father, turned from them in disgust. ORG © ae ke her,— nger, mortification and grief all struggled aed the - rar for the mastery in my breast. I did not é { 16 Ire se h Dis hose j - : « ; : ; : : And a cheek more brown thanfrose | sleep that night, for it seemed to me that Like a pie that's over-done;— | myself and my entire family were fast sink- And for me—I've found a hat | ing into a bottomless pit. The next morning Don't you know that sea flat ty ee vs to an interview, which Old style flapping like a ba were tet “ate Well, when I'm arrayed in that lasted for hours; and when that I'm the jolliest cfthet closed, we had pledged ourselves never egain | ae eur jeily company | to taste of wine.. But it has been a hard

oving round in sea f fun Roving roun s Pe cs tn

1 we are not so strong as

When the eastis all abius | be above temptation. 1 believe I can trust

With the comin

}

And the n 2 a nyself ¢ sist, even her but for my boys, While nha a a f tten ta ‘ j fia I g, I pray that ) 1 will not offer Burns a star quick lost in vay ithem wine. If they drink, they will be Then my lambs begin to cape ruined, sou! and body; and the sin will lie oe sewen weeeEs my Croan it vour door. 1 could indemnify my client As with shout and merry scream bape J ak es a Pour black ey: ! his loss; but you could mever give m

Bidding me and m | back my boys as strong in noble purpose as

No more rest or sleep for mé

FETT ve eer Er ee aes a ee: on * lvertise they k a ~ id ' ' "A an ‘When people see a man advertise they know | € Tera aa ‘ a i an thera will be| THE KING AND THE SOLDIER. RANDOW READENGS. lhe is a busings man, and his advertizing pro- | rOLletown sl gorilla iseelnurtiie rime that he is nots business, but anxious . ji , rr, myvistinl (Cl a aera eee - cam : : Tr 7 AT F sp i 1 I : Pred PP; ae it man for \ in ON “a Keep so. © do it ( wena I’; ee if \ * e Es p 2 A = lw } t { \ A , : : i ; ; a Lane did not l and flock where the y see 0 weg x 1 7, te , fe «6G CURED a” # : . e g ) ni tne ff i | ! 10 ¢ in j el e were engaged ihe same Y it wo ° " ay r ; } oe te ! : be im} nt to ty a ind rs to ads Pick Pine Ce 0 \ ( ig N ' — : ‘ ' 1 i te ti per \ ! wes BUILDING, , Iri +} «) k . a , ‘ 1 i } y i band. ‘I ib they re ire eng my ‘ , ’ ay ' { int yeed Pp! for n the same busir nd ever vy do >t R Bre t t : 4 \ : " \ j ‘ { the body ai the best ee a tb testi al wine ; : t } hd de W 1 rr ty a , | trave Phe two wrist | to « »; if they do be cana w } ip aS feet high, ' 1 him in En . , Can ¥ ret n } learest Julia? loul ny tant I | v1 , RIBER in r turning th . ~ , | proposed that h ould enlist The idea Certaii 1 don’t ntit, m= sure | i { . respec y intima ve a i@! 4 : ) at) : ; pe ee ae | A eo teas He was young 1,W und | Military life and a} 'y Mee) Ladiea who p well at night-~i nos THE ATTENTION OF 1 he pag, : | Patrick that he immediately consen a ni \ | ~ j ins la | I ali 1 ] 1 a : P ae ; a rt «But unless you can speak German tl “\ sister Con iung inthe} {mporters and Dealers | soils’. eae S tn | k Ce i og a “tat { | eBay DREAD | g Wilh n - sy . 1s : IS RESPECTFULLY DIRECTED TO ‘ »> a Oh, b the Irishman } ; } . has discovered that in the In Ae teh I VP DD WD 2 Ne Cubin I ut I that ' “ : j N nantamm nt nunonsh 7 tet vs towiek Us i ss i Ey 3 ™ ° . No. 1 Peg ; I ( ual Rn pee : ies fe Dr. J. Walker’s California Yin- No.2 ‘ \ ri t i ‘ " , . ir 4 . 1 , 4 tet t] BROW SHG Pepe se 8? ff with flying colors.’ as the gar Bitters are a purely Vegetabie : Pilot, | Fancy } : ’ : ‘ a rest s, and th pcan learn in a short) | ainter said when he fell froma ladder with - | preparation, made chieily from the na- BISCUIT & CRACKRERe wie the chelonet. oF tie Blessings. time. The king knows every man in the a palette on his thumb, MERCHANTS tive herbs found on the lower ranges of Ne . ; . & TA HERS. People wondered that Jndge Warren guards. As soon as he sees you he will ride While sunlight is the most favorable for WILL FIND CUSTOMERS FOR THEIR the Sierra Nevada mountains of alifor- ag maout, Dyspepsia Cr sheuld become a teetotaler; but not one oT : oe regia aks a , are: you will | baymaking, it it is a wellsknown fact that nia, the medicinal properties of which ee ecu, Joffee Cracker, eer re ee SPRING GOODS are extracted therefrom without the use — vn Ginger Crackers.

who beard him speak upon the great quess tion of temperance doubted that his whole heart was enlisted in labored so earnestly.

the cause for which he

HEALTH AND COMFORT IN HOUSE BUILDING.

There are eighteen conditions in house building absolutely necessary in a sanitary and medical point of view. Some of the more important are:

Due exposure to fresh air and sunlight, pesilive freedom from damp, a large cubic space for air. should be warmed previous to admission. Indeed, ventilation is the great and main necessity of house building; whatever be left undone that should be specially attended to as to the temperature of the admilted air, no contrivance that communicates directly with out-door air can answer in winter. This is especially the case as respects bed~ rooms, which are often very improperly con- structed and arranged, so that the sick occu. pant has to be in @ current of air passing between the doorway and the tireplace, from 28° to 33° in temperature, while the temper- ature of his body is 98° or 99°. To this, in many cases, patients are exposed, and the evil intensitied when the bed has to stand

the windew, and the with the out-door

bedrooms may be

between the fire and

beating draught is air. To these unpropitious

traced many cases of consumption, bronichi-

} tis and asthma.

It is essential that the air |

Ip fever cases much fresh air is required,

and sometimes is made to obs} ’

by opening the doors and wins

an endeavor

tain it even dows, so that many typhus fever patients die rheumatic fever

| | | i of pneumonia, and xd and complicated; and | |

many

cases are proion

with all their knowledge and care medical

t these evils, because o ct And itis not only patients in acute diseases who

men cannot prever

the defective constri

ion of bedrooms.

suffer from these imperfect architectural ar. rangements. Most persons occasionally take cold, and in the majority of instances the

cold falls on the respiratory organs, as in-

fluenza,

sore throat, or bronichitis, when the temperat!

materially the progr

' : reofthe air respired affects v

‘ess of the

ery

whether

now When the shades of darkness flee il een Uiaetiewen The hanks of And the bird stirs in the t There was a iong siien¢ Ly Manas Pouring forth in n ly the clock seemed to move slowly as they All his gay heart's ha I : the passing moments. Judge t Warren was proud of hts name. He had re- t I ed it unta i, and he leoked for- oe 2 f descendents who should ee t John's boys were, | “a 7 Pall ™ K r. Pe one And the questions that come flocking. | if possible, dearer to him than John himself ~ What is that?” and “ te!] me why— He thought of all this as he rested his head | Wherefore this until I sig ipon his hand, meditating a reply | For some brain more leart than I- , : : | ak a ' he had hea Facts were stubl Simple souls that think me wis : We know where the strawberries b! ments, and his son must have | And when July's suns shail glow h. What ld he do? he | In the tall gras stooping ‘ enties und acknowledce that beer They will find us no mear — ; tis cae teat he f Hasten, hasten fervid sk wromg tase vig aty . should he take from his head the crown, and When we tire of feld and } trample t! y 1 the dust? | ie has Giaeds Vent clednes af mp the du And the ! 5 cis ane ale ‘John, call your brothers and sisters,’ he | Al @ LiadCAR barn Sscee f While the three-legged stool I'm sitting, | Said, without looking up. They were sum- Drea faster than I'm k g In ‘Call your mother, too.’ She came Fatching «wr we dart » i : . Watching swallows darting 1g, ‘Now, tell them what request you have | Harry makes his lowest bow ! a a i , , w made. Tell them all you have told me, if

To some grave-eyed, though!!ul

And politely asks her bow Seems her frisky calf so sleek

Or they tumble on the hay, }

} you wish them to know Glances of surprise were exchanged, as | rothers and sisters waited silently for what

it shall be mild or severe, ° ther it shall | be curable or fatal. In acuic! hitis the temperature of the air she he lower | than 65°; but how is it px ble to obtain this temperature in ordinary bedrooms in winter, when bronichitis is most prevalent? | And even when it is obtained by well-titting windows and doors and large fires, matters are not much better, for the very means | taken to obtain warmth exclude fresh air, | and subject the patient and his attendants to the evils of foul air. And draughts are| equally pernicious in sitling-rooms, where |

persons may be roasted on one sideand frozen on the other, resulting in

matism

neuralgia, rheu- colds, coughs, asthma, consumption, anda long train of cognate human evils; and the chilly lobby contributes materially to these evil results.

: b Hunt for eggs sly hidaway, aa : Watch the lambs in gleesome play might. be said. In some cases the supply of fresh air toa Happy with the happy day The mother, clasping the hand of her first- | house is ebtained principally through the ee | born, asked,‘ What is it, my son? I @m) water-closet. This is one of the evils that os ne father car ny ni onab! } When the sun begins to dip | sure your father can deny no reasonable re-} certain improved architecture and building | To night's wave his thirsty ‘ip juestatthis time, Let us hear it. | have increased. Tho wator-closet opens into | the shadows’ ¢ ee a eeonne ; a . | And the shad we Bag eee. John Warren looked around, and, realizing } the lobby; the front door is made to fit as am ee es how much was at stake, repeated the story | tightly as possible to prevent cold draughts, | ire g ga teady a : : } < ” Th t cht g ad ah ily intended his father should hear. | and this prevents fresh air coming from the Harry’ y tong “ w |He was a neble man—a Christian man. } front; while, with well-fitting intermediate | = ad j ; sn't seem to knot Never had he given stronger proof of this | doors to shut off kitchen smells, the admiss bether | say yes oF ion wan 3 ‘enowledgad hia i ields | : ask tite lens are weak than when he acknowledged his sin 18 ye! | sion of fresh sir from the back of the house oe eas > to the facinations of th ne cup. ‘ Go 7. Alice dreops her tired head; ig to the facinations of the wine cup. ‘God | ;. prevented. These arrangements make the | Seon - sleepy meal i ; knows how bitterly I deplore my gt a ” j lobby into a chamber, with the termination S he sleenvy pravers are sa aid. with t hing rnestness An his | . s an a came the Jha Said, opeoiee ats sin oe e e - : | of the main drain opening into it through the | They lie wrapped in restful sie} | 20) was hard to expose their Weakness | water-closet. In winter time the fires in the —s a es a i ite Saw ot e bunt tl rood « tthers d | . | — - = fand am I he 1 of other “es | living rooms suck in the poisonous gases and | LITER ATURE | mar t 4 eded no borrowed in- | ¢iseasa germs through the closetspan out « | 4 i ae ' eo } : -ith ic 5 spira cing eloquent with his theme | tno drain } i =} > i |} (h@ drains. ! red such a plea for total abstinenceas} The general and complete remedy fer the |

THE BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION. |

3 se rd. No one of his audience | ee 4 would " shimof kness or want of | wt west useless te with /UCge | erdinary self-control. Was he a fanatic? | Warren. Hew ; x ine and brand) He sj -e the words ef truth and soberness— | =e wee tee iby one words wrung from in by experience as | thereby. <A classical sc! r, he talk 4 hee a ee Po | Mien ked at him lovingly, while | Ronen, ape Gem pare OFF Re-eHNNe, e | er ised with tears and her lips | Se age. | sig ines juivered. ‘God bless you, and give grace quent as he descar ted nee ‘ ;w os Fes unk venien 4a keep your pledge invie!- inspiring influence we, OS v oe he | te quoted the phrase, Wine m a heart | + felt 1t was the old-time neme Judge i or a a — Warren had learned when he was a school —. | boy, and Nellie Barnard was the merriest eee ; a ese eee girl that ever woke the mountain eeho with os ee h laugh Nellie, should I have been a in danger of yielding to ex ve indulgence ae a yet uve were m any who had listened to his ~ - : . and, hi - _ . r tasted wine } whan { oe aah was no response “— eer si apie i ae ae a ‘Should I have been a better man, @ more ee r sonsistent Christian, living more as God | ee eS co wot have me live? Would my influence | ns ve . pan ee a i told more for the good of humanity, sensitive nerves betrayed ft ee de i ee had tarried long att : | , ys : a Ss . teh ’ ea ge rm a . a [ ce John. you have been a good husband; | pana ° h : fs ¥ | ened ‘i . the | 04! ti 6 you would have been better, fruition of his must i pe His | * : y! . n : ie rn ~— die a a . i -A pole, haggard face confronted her. | oe oer : si | | She did not need to complete the sentenca. a ey el .) : . i } ‘Should I have been a better father to you, is sons, four in num ‘ ail] iid epg A: : wes Idren desire, while his > ¥ r example and influence would have | soe — ; stheawees- 1" n the safe side,’ answered John. is oars ptieth birthua v i i i f a gad sonata, al | oes i i PI m and daughter came a reply of | a ‘ ot had port. It was an honest hour, when, | - _ i co at sind mae sai : : a with bated breath and wildly throbbing | —.. ' 2 a = - e e ve a ne hearts, father, mother, brothers, and sisters | this anticipated lion. It ii id | took counsel together as the old |! na . and | One more question: Have you ever seen another, the mas! ngratu i himself | ™e S¢ much under the influence of wine that that nothing was wanting w could add | my brain hed lost its balance? te the festivity of the asic! After much hesitation and misgiving, this, | Lato in the evening preced ; births | 190, Was answered in the affirmative. day his eldest som joined hin the library| ‘I have told my experience; I wish ethers to which he had retired | would relate theirs, said the oldest son * Father, is thore to be wine nner to-| now, hoping thus to cover his father's cons morrow?’ was asked abruptiy. | fusion. ¢Of course, John : some of the very best 1 It was strange; yet those men, who, an

sly for t4-| heur before, would have scerned to acknow-~ merrow. You see! calculate! on a long| ledge any weaknees, now confessed that life, and now I expect my children and | wine and kindred drinks had often mastered grandchildren to pledge me in a drink fit for| their nerves and beclouded their brains. the gods. The old man had te:ted the qual-| The daughters, too, lovely and accomplished ity of this drink, and was therefore te be} though they were, were not wholly guiltless

bought twenty years ago ex}

| closet, and from every gasalier in the house, | ently

| and must beso proportioned to the size of

| of tho comfort and advantage of living ina

| of living

| leaves a stain which no one after refutation

ventilation with warm power. The first | requirement of a healthy and comfortable house, ig an ample supply of fresh and | agreeavle warm air in the lobbies, corridors, or spaces out of which the rooms of the house open or draw their sup- ply. This is provided for by a tubular pipe at the entrance opening, or somewhere in the ] The next thing is the admission of this alr into the room, for which special out- lets are provided, controlled by valves to accommodate the supply to the partial occu- pation of the room. The abstraction of the vitiated air is managed by a separate flue from tbe ceiling of every room and water-

evils enumerated is

air by self-acting suction

other central

1 terminating in a common chamber permans | and shaft, which may be letinto the kitchen flue,

heated, communicating with a}

the house as to empty it of air three times every hour, and as often will the whole house bereplenished wiih fresh air. proved

and very cheap.

This plan has been tried, completely It is the warmest house in winter and coolest the most ftesh, and at the same time the house that is most free from cold draughts in the world; and from personal experience

successful, | |

in summer ; viry and

house built to live in, and of the discomfort in houses built for gain, I do not in reference to ordinary houses, to well-known epigram, and say that, * Knaves build houses and fools livein them.’ —Masufacturer and Builder.

hesitata, vary the

—_—_-_—-—-- << oo GD -¢ @. — ainsi Fasty Stainep.—A man's reputation ts not in his own keeping, but Jics at the mercy ofthe profligacy ofothers. Calumny requires no proof. The throwing out of malicious imputations against any character

can wipe out. To create an unfavourable impression, itis not necessary that certain things should be true—they have been said. The reputation is so delicate in texture that even words wound it.

A despatch from Rome to the St. John Telegraph (June 9) says: ‘The pilgrims | from the United States, accompanied by one hundred American residents of Rome, pro- | ceeded to the Vatican to-day and were re- ceived by the Pope. Bishop DeVerge in- troduced them, and expatiated upon the unalterable devotion of the Catholics of the United States to the Holy Father. Hon- estly loving liberty, they heartly condemn the tyrannical presecution of the church by

perdoned for some extravagance of lan- | in this matter, as they admitted with depres | cating humility.

‘And your boys”

| Not oneof all but would have counted it

3. * But father—- ¢ Well, my son’

*} wish you would dis} e with wine, los| a priceless blessing lo be assured, beyond merrow.” | the possibility of a doubt, that their boys ¢ Dispense with wine!’ « Judge War-| would be total abstainers from a!l intoxicat- ren. What!a dinner wit { zest er piqus| ing liquors; not one but shrank from the ancy, the crownin f life ?—Why, | thought of trusting the happiness of their Jebn, you aston'sh m is! | expect re-| girls in the hands of men who quaffed the bellion at once among the juveniles, to say | maddening drink. uothing oi the fathers and mother s.' The Nellie, shall we have wine at dmner to- speaker passed his hand act iis forehead, | morrow ? ead after a moment's thought «aid | ‘flow can we, alter what wa have now *Tell me why you «x; “ol this wish, | heard ?’ debn?’ | ‘John, shall we have wine?’ * Because, father, | innot drink wine,| ‘No, sir. A thousand times, no! gad my boys must not drink it. | would There was not a dissenting voice.

braggarts false to liberty and estranged from God. Dr. Theand spoke briefly and in the | same spirit. The Pope replied that amid | the darkpess which encompassed the world | this manifetation was a ray of light. The | enemies of the holy church were numerous | It was a great consolation to look upon the | new world, where the true faith had so

marvellously developed as to require the

frequent creation of new dioceses. Still | false religions prevails oma large part of that | continent, and we must constantly pray for | the restoration of all tothetrue faith. ‘The

pilgrims then advanced one by one and kiss-

ed the Pope’s hand, and presented the gifts they had brought from America. After the | most interesting interview. the pilgrims withdrew, deeply impressed. They pro- pose,ona future occasion, to present an aibum containing the signature of each member ofthe pilgrimage. On Thursday next the entire party will receive the Com-

| and

| it is by making the ends flotable under any

| success, the age of armor~plating is certainly

| adequate to the relief of the sufferers iu

say lwenty-seven;,’ next, how long you have been in the service 7 you must reply, three finally, if u are provided with

weeks ; yo y

clothes and rations? you answer ‘ both.’

Pat soon learned to pronounce his answers, but never dreamed of learning the questions. In three weeks he appeared before the king in interview. His majesty rode up to him Paddy stepped forward with ‘ present arms.’

‘How cld are you ?’ said the king.

‘ Three weeks,’ said the Irishman.

‘ How long have you been in the service?’ asked his majesty.

* Twenls- seven years

‘Am Lor you a fool?’

‘ Both,’ replied Patrick, who was instantly taken to the guard room, but pardoned by the king after he understood the facts of the

roared the king

case

————__——__ +--+ mem «

THE NEW BRITISH WAR VESSEL.

[From the London Telegraph.)

Mention was made on Monday in the House of Commons of the Inflexible, the latest pattern of war-ship built for our navy. The belief of Admiral Elliot that the days of armor-plating are nearly over, is certainly not justified by this extraordinary The exact drawings and particulars of her build are very naturally kept from

vessel.

public knowledge, but we may, without any breach of patriotism, give a general concep~ tion of the design adopted in this the youn-

est of ourironclads. What may be called

the distinguishing characteristic in the In- flexible

vulnerabili

is that she will have, in the sense of

al | Everyone must no that the vitals of a

ty, no ‘wind and water line all man-o'-war lie along the belt of her flotation —a breach of her sides In that region lets in The Inflexible car- ries all her side armor upen a central space 110 feet in length. I[t is twenty-four inches thick, and with that monstrous wall of sclid iron, her engines, her erew, and her battery of four eightyston guns.

the sea and swamps her

protects,

Along the rest of Her—fore and aN—there is no vertical armor, but a thick inside cushion of cork of enormous buoyaney, more than sixty

rounding bunkers

feet square in seetion, su full d horizontal deck of thick metal extending fore |

the citadel, at a depth of

feet from the water line,

of coal for the supply of the ship.

aft from

Six or seren

will | portion from Thus if the

shell through

cut off all this unarmored upper the real hold of the vessel. enemy should send shot or

every coal bunker and corner of the Inflex-

ible, forward and aft, letting in the water could tha design |

expectation—-lower her a

everywhera, he only—if

answers

foot in the sea.

single Her citadei, it may be con-

fidently expected, he could not pierce; at any rate with guns at presentin use. In a

word, the constructors of the Inflexible give an enemy the upper slices of the ship, ex» cept her citadel, to do as he likes with; and

circumstaneesa that the iron work ef the ponderous citadel, with its turrets and free board, can be carried. The ram and the torpedo are therefore the only perils which threaten this forthcoming fighting ship; but perhaps these also might be provided against

if her bottom under the water deck were constructed in many compartments. Enough,

however, has been already hinted about our |

newest Behemoth to show that whatever her

not ended yt.

MISCELLANEOUS.

OO NIN I PRA AIEEE RAIN

The use of tobacco Is falling off In England. | Bancroft Davis has been nominated by President Grantas Minister to Germany. | The Chinese Government, not to be be- hind the age, is said to be preparing a fleet, | to be sent on a vuyage to Europe. Mitchell, the great wheat-grower of the Merced region,California,sowed this spring, in all, about 50,000 acres of wheat. Governor Kellogg telegraphs te Washing- | ton that the means at his disposal are in- |

Louisiana by the overflow.

The King of Denmark ts about to visit Iceland—is probably on his way thither now. It is expected that important changes in the Government of the country will be inaugur- ated on the eecasion.

The Times in an editorial commenting on a communication recently sent to thevarious powers by the Spansih government says: | ‘Tt isa hint that the time approaches when | the Spanish government must be received | within the pale of nations on terms of | equality.”

A sensation has been created In the French Assembly by the discovery of a supposed | Bonapartist plot. The Left claim that 303 | members are pledged to vote fora desolu- tion of the assmbly, and they only require 30 | more votes tocarry the motion, which they intend to introduce ot the earliest day pos- sible.

A Government organ at the capital an- nounces that as British Columbia has not accepted the proposal from the Dominion Government fora relaxatien of the terms of union, although it has been before the Government of that Province for several weeks, the proposal has been with- drawn.

The crops in the Upper Provinces are re- ported as presenting a splendid appearance. Though the spring was very late, it has been since the middle of May uncommonly favor- able to farming operations. A _ presperous harvest is the mainstay of Ontarlo, and is of immense impertance in all the Pro- vinces.

According to the Russian military peri- odical, the regular army of Russia number- ed on the 1st of January,1872, 28,076 officers of all ranks, and 732,068 non-commissioned officers and soldiers; on the lst of January, 1873, the etfective force coasisted of 28,394 officers. and 726,903 soldiers, of whom 569.,- 475 belouged to the infantry, 62,682 to the cavalry, 75,208 to the artillery, and 16,922 to the engineers. Out of 519,852 men on active service, 265,445 were In Government barracks, aud the others quarteredin pri- vate houses.

Nothing can convey a more impressive idea of the power of water as a general agent than the canons of Mexico,Texas and the Rocky Mountains, where the torrent may be seen rushing along, through the in- cision it has cut for itself in the hard rock, at a depth of several thousand feet, between perpendicular walls. The greatest of these canons, that of Colorado, is 298 miles In length, and its sides rise perpendicularly to a height of 5,000 or 6,000 feet.

The British House of Commons has, by a vote of 161 against 126, adopted the propo- sition of the Gavernment that public houses in that city shall be kept open from seven in the morning until 12.30 at night. The House also, by a vote of 382 against 42,ap- proved of the Goverument’s proposal that such houses shall be open the same day tn tewns having over 2,500 pepulation from 7, a. m., to 1l p. m., and towns with a less number of people, from6 a.m, to 10 p.m.

The most cheering news brought across the Atlantic is the announcement that the crop prospects in Bengal are good, and that there are but few deaths from hunger. In the battle with the dreadful visitation, the Government hus succeeded as it never did befere. Ifthe worst is over, this has been the least destructive famine to human life of any visitation of the same extent, on record. Were it not for the forecast,energy and wealth of the British in India, the fa- mine would have caused the death of mil-

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wild oats are best sown by moonlight.

A Western paper announces that board for the summer can be obtained at ‘a large and shady brick gentleman's residence.’

A prisoner, when asked what trade he would like to learn, said, ‘If there be no ob- jection, | would like to be a sailor.’

‘ Birdie’ is what a ,oung husband fondly calls his wife, because, as he says, she is al- ways associated in his mind with a bill.

Among the conditions of sale of an Irish auction, was the following: the highest bid- der to be the buyer, unless some one bids more.’

Sam Jones, being told that he looked seedy, and asked what business he was in, replied, ‘The hard wear business—look al my clothes.’

A New Englander, on being told that a certain kind of stove would save half the coal, said, ‘ Then I'll take two of them, and save itall.’

It frequently happens that the prettiest girls find it difficult to get husbands. It was $0 In ancient times, for it is well known that the three Graces remained old maids.

A Chinaman thus describes a trial in our courts: ‘ One man is silent, another talks all the time, and twelve wise men condemn the man who has not said a word.’

An Irishman seeing a vessel very heavily laden, and scarcely above the water's edge, exclaimed, ‘ Cpon my sowl, if the river was but a little higher, the ship would go to the bottom ! .

He that marries is like the Dodge of Venice who wedded the Adriatic. He knows not what there is in that which he marries, pro-~ bably treasures and pearls; but possibly, tempests and moneters await him. ie si'n and the poet;

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‘You seem to be a iittle hoarse, my love,’ remarked Simkins to his spouse when she had acold. ‘A little horse, indeed! she re- plied, mistaking the personal allusion; ‘ bet- ter be that than a big mule.’

A lady consulted St. Francis of Salon on the lawfulness of using rouge. ‘ Why, said he, ‘ some pious men object to it; others see no harm init; I will hold a middle course, and allow you to use iton one cheek.’

The latest fashion Out West.—The ‘ set-up- Mary-Jane-and-show-your-breast-pin ° tude in pedestrianizing is the agony with the fashionable of Memphis, having

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A Military Ball.— Did you ever go toa} military ball?’ asked a lisping maid of an | old veteran. ‘No, my dear,’ growled the | old soldier; ‘in those days, I once had a} miltary bal! come tome. And what do you | think it did? It took my leg off.’

Chicago people are racking their brains in | analtempt to discover the relationship in-

volved in the following :—Two widowers married each other’s daughter's ; both have children ; what relationship do they bear to each other?

‘There is one good thing about babies. said a recent traveller: ‘ they never change, We have girls of the period, men of the world ; but the baby is the same seif<pos- sessed, fearless, laughing, voracious little heathen in all ages andin all countriss.”

At a wedding, whon the officiating clergy- man put to the lady the question, ‘ Wilt thou have this man to be thy wedded hus- band?’ she dropped the prettiest curtsay, and with a modesty which lent her beauty an additional grace, replied, ‘ If you please.’