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I'oi.nii. The i i CM. lie ii Haunt and Ibln, wltb a ragged c.t. A aoraggy uil. aud a hunUxl luok ; Ho song* i if uieliKiy bum frou hislbroal Ai he Mwki re|Min in aoiue >|uiet nook A late retreat from this world uf tin, An.t all of Ha boou aud itouea aud thai For the life of a oat u a 1 Jo of dm, If be I. a city oat. Be ii grumpy and stnnjpv and old aod gray. With a alixjpy look in on lonely eye (The other he loal at a matinee Knocked out by a hoot from a window high I ; Wherever ho goes he never knowa (Quarter or uauae in tua uidnijiht luree For the life of a oat U a lUe of blown, If be It a city eat. He U pelted by boy* if he itira abroad. He in cha*e<l by dog* if be .lares to roam. Bin xriuled uueoni ban never thawed 'Nealh the klnnly blare of the light of borne. Hi* lifti'i a inTpetual wmfare wautnl Oo baloony, lack yard (euoe, and flat : For the life of a cat la a life outraged, If be U a city oat. The country cat IB a different be*t. IVItetl, well houaad, demure and uleek ; Three tlmee a day be in called to feait, And why tthould be not be quiet and tueek ? No ilreaiim of urchin*, tin cai.a and war Lhiuirb hu neu.u .u. aleeu on the mat. Ah I cat life is a chi UK worm living fur, If be Un't a city cat. And even when dead, tbe cat With evident ueuiben uneasy liee la iome allevwav. auU teems atariug at A coming foe with ble wild wide eye* ; nobody o n him and nobody cam Another dead "Tom." undwho wouroi for that, If b't only a city eat ? A Makject ior ,,,,. t Ho you wnb a ttiiy lonnet. Ladr fair ' - Hhall it be upon your bonnet, Tbie in. ml rnmiiliiiii ntt-,1 aoanet, Or your captivating whirl) and twirl, of hair, Lady fair f Or your eyes of greyiib-blne, Or your u tin f.. tit and ahoe, Or tbe airy, fairy dretiaea that you wear. Lady fair? Or ahall my vereei tetbrr, Uady falrT buinck fruck and uiaid together. Happy lover* in tbt heather, When tbe hot love tun of June ia aettiog there Lady fair? While uioatkiudof ,-lvip*nmtt. The ralui cown retl their booea, Ad the bees'lnf-" Love, Love. Love?* through tbe air, Lady fair? l<et him know your will aud pleasure, Lady fair, And your rbvuieater'a lazy leiaorv, Wltb no mint of toil or measure, ball be given day and night with ceaaeleaa care, Lady fair. But a mouth like Cnpiil'i bow, With pearls aet all a-row. Or great eye* of gruyiah blue, Or a something th.t in UOH. Latly fair. Should you cbooee thi> for your Bonnet, Be could write a book upon It, Lady fan . EftQUSH 8058IP IT CABLE. FrotBMor Bain u preparing a volume of ,y with letters. George Augustus Hala baa arranmri a eelurmg tour next autuinu in the Unite! States. Frank Hugh O'Donuell, M.I 1 ., begins a *nes cf leoturee npou seoial subjects at lostou at tbe eod o( tbe Parliamentary OVT OF LOV A1TD OCT 0. . I T. Of happy men. the bappieet yet la be that i ut i f love and debt, Whoowtm no kle> to w. mankind, Who ban LO dune to crate h ia mind ; With htart and thought and lonatienee free Where ia there man more blent than he .' " Out of love aud out of debt," Motto none will e'tr regret. To all aurronodmga reconciled. He aleeto aa aweetiy aa a child ; Hy neither kive uor ilebtdietraaa'd. Hia urvaiua tut glorify bla reel. He never ilroada the inorn to *ae, For tlaya with day In peace agree, " Out of love and out of debt," afotto noue will e'er regret. Who 1 1, bad biaabare cf debt and love know* what the peace tbey rub him of ; And, oiiCf relieved of love and deb', Hla Hlavery nev. r can forget. No longer will be bend tbe knee, But KIIIK the |>ii uij . 'I Hie free. " Out of love and out of debt," Motto none will e er regret. Kor all the lillaa that love oao givi>, Tbere'i niuie of wne with love to live . He pluckH the perfect, thornleaa roae, Wh<e honoring manhood, mi man owea. No love, uo debt, all I there H the key Of life for him who'd happy b. " Out of love u l ml cf debt," Motto none will e'er n^ret. ! >!!< in i- "I Hi. ! luai There m a moo u tain in North Walee called Moel Tryfan, wbieh U part of tbe Bnowdon range, aud upuu wbiob there ia a Tery valuable elate quarry at a height o 1.3'JO (eet above the praannl level o( the sea. In opening that (flurry au iuimeoM bed o gravel wae found upon the top. Thia grave" o mid not have been formed by mere disin tegrstion of the aoil, because It ia full o! ea ibelU aa perfect ai tiny can be found on the aea abore, dead (.bells, that ii, not ahelU wbiob appareutly ever livad there, bu aiiellH both of tbe abore and the deep aea which had been drifted tbere in the middli gravel. Thene ebelU are heaped' pell mel on (be gravel on the top of this mountain .ml I believe that every geologiat admite that HUH ii marine r vci I take it tha it is quite a sound ounolunion that the bad bf n up to tbe top of that mountain in very recent timee, or that the mountain had been down to tbe level of the sea. draw a second conclusion from tbia fact That the sea wan not a permanent aea. I wae not the case that tbe mountain forme< tbe bottom of the ooean for many yearn because we should then nave bad depoeils with shells living and dying, aa in the oaae of the sea terraced described by Mr. Brnilh of Jordanhill. The eea hat been essential] traiimtory in ite operation. Tbe second o the oouditions of the Deluge is in this way fulfilled. Thirdly, it was tumul tnoui. It has no marks ef qnie bedding. These being the (acts, wba sire the conclusions that follow T I it probable that the mountains o Wales alone were 1,400 fet lower than they are now ? Tbere might be very local very partial submergence of volcanic noun tstins under the Hea. But what I have des eribed happened not In a vulcanic district said Moel Tryfan is not a volcanic moon tain But we are not left altogether tc presumptive evidence upon thin subject We have similar gravele all over tbe coun- ties o! Lancashire, Cuoiihire, Stuff, irdnliire and Worcestershire. In Cheshire they are found near the towns of Maoelefleld at 1,900 test above the level of tbe sea, and very much under the ssme conditions. I think, therefore, that there is fair evidence that tbe submergence of the laud, which in North Wales amounted to about 1.400 feet, ezteuded over tbe whole uf the Britiab le- Uods. Dukt of Argyll in Good II ,<( A wife- murderer released alter twenty ear. 1 penal servitude met with an snthusi- ,stic reception from thousands at Birming lam, and tbe St. Jams*' Qattttt suggests, by way ot showing oar sdvana* in leniency to assailants ot women, that the ex-convict should receive a pair cf silver bob-nsil boots with a suitable intoripuon. Catholic circles are excited by tbe report bat Dr. Herbert Vangban, Biahop of Sal- ord, has been appointed ooadjutor to Car- linal Manning with right of succession. Che appointment meets with general pproval among tbe Cat holio clergy of Eog- and and Iraland. Tbs Kingot Bavatia is in trouble with lis Ministers, wbo cannot give him any mote money, and tbe workmen have had to discharged from the Alpine Verailles, whiob was bis latest erase. Cremation reappears as a topic for dis- cussion. It* advocates are fortified by the opinion of Justice Stephen that it is legally permissible. Tbe Timet urges that it la desirable to try the experiment. Strong efforts are being made in the frets and elsewhere to secure the restora lion of Baker Pasha to his rank in the English army. Sneoees is impossible unless the Queen, wbo intisted oo the forfeiture of his commission, is converted. The fierce passions excited by the Con servative regime in Spain has led to violent personal attacks on the King, against which Castellar is vigorously protesting. All Europe has been busy with tbe con- tending claims of tbe world aod the Church u the Lenten eeason. Tbe carnival has M*n a miserable tailors in u early all tbs Continental capitals. Social London has made s fool of itself by trying to give birth oo English soil to an institution which is n the throe* of death in its native land. Ths masked ball was an abject piece of dullness, though tbe Prince of Wales gave t countenance. Tbere was but cue lady to three gentlemen, and ths chroniclers observe that tbe only attempt at a graceful observance of the masked ball ceremonial was by some daughters of America. Tbe violent searches after novelty give point to an article in a Conaervative maga- zine by Lady John Manners, tbe wife of a leading Conservative stateeman, on the prodigality if the rich, in which an ap- palling picture is given of the amount eaten and drank by tbe upper classes. Tbe Duke ot Marlboro' has withdrawn from candidature for admission to tbe Carl- ton Club under ths advios that many of the members of li.e club did not want him It has been discovered tbat Prince Albert, besides bis income of 30000. drew 1.100 yearly as Governor of Windsor Castle to the da) of hi* death. N oc I ..1 . ton I ..,,< II . I . . . This is a very common expression, and yet its true source ban been almost wholly overlooked. It has figured as au epitaph upon gravestones, and ban be*u utilised by tbe poets and other writers. No doubt everybody is acquainted with it, and it may therefore be worth while to point out where it in all probability ootnes from. The writer of an interesting article in a recent number of the Hiuar gives various instances of its occurrence, and concludes s* follows : " Tbe thought is indeed a Christian thought, but the words are the words of a pagan. It was tbs stoic Seneca wbo said, Not lost, but gone before ;' .Vim umiffunfur, ltd prr mttlunlur. ' No reference to any place in Seneca la given, and tt may fairly be quee tioned whether Ibat author nsee the aotua, words ascribed to him. Tbere is in bis 36th Epistle a remarkable sentence ir wbioh we read, " 1 >eatli which we dread and shun interrupts life, due* not take i away ; ths day will oome again winch shal restore us to the light, aud which many would ahun unless it brougb back those wbo are forgotten.' Tbe meaning of this is not that of the Christian, and nothing else in Seneca, so far as we oan discover, oan be compare* with tbs phrase under con side rat ion. Bu Cyprian, the martyr, who wrote in tbe thin century, supplies as wltb somethini very definite. ID bis discourse " Ol Mortality," Cyprian speaks in ibis Ian guage : " Our brethren should not be bewailed wben by the summons of ths Lon they are delivered from this world . for know that tbey are not lost but sent before i nn eot amitti, ttd pr<*swMi ;, tbat wben the] retire they precede (<>r,go before) .HO tbat tbe; oughtto be longed after as those who go on a joorney or a voyage, and not lamented.' U* adds what might serve as a motto for tbe Funeral Reform Association, "thai black garments should not be put on ben wben they already put on white robes tbere." It will be seen at a glance that on oo. union saying is almost an exact render ing of the words of Cyprian, and to him should not hesitate to ascribe the expree ISW U|.li .r mm<llHu Te>WSM itnO (III... Ths Kingston Gas Company, at their cent meeting, submitted an interesting eport giving the price of gas in the several ities and towns of the Province, quantity irodnoed, etc. It is as follows : Kingston. Last year tbe cost of maou aoture was 91.6K per thousand, and by the time the gas reached tbe metiee of the con- cmers, leakages, etc., bad increaoed that dgure to $2 Tbe gas supplied in Kingston s away above the Government standard, rhioh is 12 candle power. Kingston gas is "1 candle power, aud therefore just as cheap at 18 per thousand as the 12 caudle power at tl 60. In Belleville tbe price of gas is 92 50 per bonsand, aud tbe oily pays 920 each for 58 lamps ; 6,500.000 feet per year is made. Braniford, 12.50 ; 190 each for 101 lamps ; quantity made, 8,000,000 feet Brookulle. 13 ; 194 eacu for iX> lamps quantity, 4.000,000 feet. Dnndas, 92 50 to 13 ; 120 each for 30 amps ; quantity, 2,600 000 feet. Uuslpb, 13 ; 122 each for 105 lamps ; quantity. 5.000 000 fast. Hamilton, 11.87} ; for stove*, 11.60 ; I1H each for 430 lamps ; quantity, 30000 - 000 feet. Ingersoll. 3 , 122 50 each for 95 lamps ; quantity, 2,000,000 feet. Kingston, 13 ; 113 eaoh for lit lamps till 12 o'clock ; quantity, 6,000,000 feet. Listowsll, 12 50, same for lamps ; quan- tity. 1,000,000 feel. Napanes, |3 ; (600 per year for 30 amps ; quantity, 2 000.000 feet. Ottawa, IS ; 122 eaoh for S5H lamps ; juantity, 25.000.000 feet. Port Hope, 13.50 ; 20eacb for C51smri; quantity, 2,600.000 feet. St. Catharines, 9250; 92250 each for .70 lamps ; quantity, 10.000 000 feel. Stratford, 92 50 ; same fur lamps ; quau- ily, 4,000,000 fsel. Toronto, 11.60 to 91 76 ; 92) 75 eaoh for .U'.iH lamps ; quantity. 176.0UO 000 feet. Montreal. 91 50 . 922 each foe 1,700 lamps (uantiiy, 180 COO 000. Windsor. 99 2.'. ; 915 each for 75 lamps ; juantlty, 4 OOO.OOO test. Woodstock. 92 50 ; 923 each for 33 lamps; juantity, 3.000.000 feet. Quebec, 92 ; for cooking 91 50 ; 920 for 33.) lamps ; quantity, 30.000.000 feet. In a sparring nmtoh at Winnipeg on Saturday Johnston faced Prof. Donaldson, and after receiving sever* punishment N elinrbed the professor, wbo choked him off, - and hs wae led from tbe stage completely A Nertfcwrettllrl. Miss 1' aimer, a courageous and self relian young lady, has a tree claim and homeetesx near White Lake. Tbe Mitchell Afaii say that last week she paid the commutation tee to the United State*. 9200, and it lef her penniless. That means everything cruel on the cold prairies in winter. I means no fire, no soup bones in tbe cup board, no light, no warmth, no life. Soab climbed on her pony and cantered off tc Mitohell to obtain employment. Once there she had no difficulty in finding work Tbe self-denisl and banishment of Miss Palmer arc well rewarded with 92,000 wortl of farming land. St. I'aul Ulobt. v H 1 MAS) .!-. A whits marble tablet over tbe door ot a cottage st Clifton, 8. I., inseribsd, " Hsn ived in exile, from 1851 to 1863, the hero o two worlds, Ciuiseppe Garibaldi," was un vsilsd yesterday by a deputation of Italian from New York. The pasaags in (Juesn Victoria's book respecting Dr. Norman Msdeod's sermon on tbe war in October, 1870, wben he ob- liquely applied to France tbe denunciations of Isaiah, is not pleasing to French readers. On* Paris n*wspap*r says : " Hsr Most Gracious Majesty has revealed her political sympathies, and shown that shs is still a German by birth and breeding." I h. M Mil. U.I, . Who is this hard-working man ? This is the millionaire, the man who wanted to be rich aud has got rich, and is getting richer every day. Is be tbe happier for it? H(pv ' Bleaa your soul, be s more miser able, fuller n' cares and anxieties and harder work uian ever. He is th* veriest ilavv of them all. Be is pushed with Quaiueas aud ousinees is pushing him. He las so many irons in tbe Are that some of them are burning bis liugera while others are getting cold, llm present life ia a rush from tbe meeting of this board to that board and thence to some other board. He is director of this company and trustee m that and silent partner in another, world witnout end, aud more coming, lie hasn't lime to eat and hardly to sleep, and when be dors lay bis poor bead on tbe pillow be can't stop buaioeea plans and schemes. Dopes and fears from whirling aud wbirriui through it. Us can't take a day to spend in quiet out of town, and if he o mid be would take all of bis buiuesa with him into the wood*. He is a slave and a viol im His millions in bank don't bring him so much enjoyment aa does a new ten cent [iieoe givsn to a boy 10 years old. He a infected with the mania for getting and tbe more be gets the more he wants. If >ou could eee him just as be is and wbsre he is inevitably gtiug, and bow be is going there, you wjuld only pity him. lie is one of the eomlug victims of dementia paraly tioa, tbe prevalent ailment among so many Wall street men. Graf hie. " f u, c r l>u. h. " Newspaper men are queer duoka," said a local politician, wbo was uneof IheCommit- tee of Arrangement* for tbe National Kt publican Convention in 18HO, as we turned and walked out of the theatre. " Tbey remember well when tbey want to and are close as oysters wbsu tbey don't aut to remember. Tbere is one of them in tow who played a tnok on our ooinsalttee in 1H80 that upseta me whenever I think ol it. Tickets, you know, were very scarce and we were driven nearly orasy by per sistent applioatioue from distinguished visitor*. The man I speak of made no ap plication for tickets, lie went to a regalia store and pnrobsMd the most striking sue elaborate badge be oould find. lie took Ibis to a printing office and printed on ii ' Grand Marsbal of tbe Convention,' ant with that worn conspicuously on bis coal he sailed by the door-keepers without beio) challenged, and passed and repaeeed, re oeiviug from ushers, detectives aud guards the most reepeetful ojnsideration. He grew bolder tbe second day aud pasted in probably a dozen people. The next day be took in twice aa many, and in the enc panned in to the exposition build iug probably a hundred people. All this was done with tbe flourish of certainty, courage and con viotion, and tbe fun of the thing was that none of tbe committee thought at tbe time of inquiring into tbe matter." CAiraao Initr-Ocea*. JONOO> t Ul <. tl I I t I'B* I >rr .1 ISM .I,U.U . Ul.r. *. , d . I ftllSIV I in r. Whsn the letter of the King of tbe Belgians reached Gordon, inviting him to take charge of the Upper Congo and to en leaver to exttrpats slavery there, the General was living on tbe Mount of Olives, itudyiug day by day the topography of tbe ly Sepulchre. People may wonder how, laving made preparations for his Western African expedition , and being on the point of starting for tbe Congo, be oould 10 sod leuly alter bis plans and set forth for tbe ile. Tbe fact is that Gordon deepises preparations " and dispenses with them. ATbeo. being returned to London from iiruaseU, he had an interview before de parting for Eg) pi with a friend interested n bis mission, a conversation o' tiia lullo*- ing nature d not in tbess precise words- took place : " Have yon got jour kit ready, General?" " I have got what I always have. Tbis aat M good enough, and so are these clothes." I shall start as I am ; my boots aie quite strong." ' And. how are yon off for cash ? You must have some ready money." Ah ! I forgot it. Yes. I forgot that ! I bail to borrow five and twenty pounds, by the by, from the King ot the Belgians, to get over here. O( course I must pay this, and I shall want a little more." ' How moob ? Would one or two thou- sand pounds do, in notes and bills ?" " Ob, dear, no t A hundred pounds spieoe for m>seif and Stewart will be enough. What on earth do we want more tor?" Thus the frugal hero departed, we believe, with no more than 00 in ready money, but meeting au old and valued Soudanese acquaintance in Cairo, wbo was very poorly off, Gordon *culd not resist tbe claims of " auld lang iyne" even wben played on the black leys and lent or gave his old African friend tbe greater part ot his travelling money. He has always shown a similar contempt for that which is tbe object ol so many devirea. At one time in his chequered life be possessed, we believe, a sum of 8,- 000. and an intimate friend pressed him to place it ia safety at proper interest. (tordon replied be himself oould take all due care ol it, but the sum became reduced to 2,000 by secret obaritiee and benefac- tions wilhiu a year, and six months sfter that bis friend discovered that only 130 remained of the original aiuoont Tbe rest had gone to " the poor and him that hath no helper. ' It oiigbt be thought that this generous naturs bad for its background of support a robust and almost rude good health. Tbe contrary is strangely the ease. Gen Gjrdon U a martyr to sosas obscure form of heart disease, which ha* compelled him to relinqniab (he solace of smoking, and ofttimes almost prostrate* him. London Ttltgrapk. ..nir K ma-- There arrived in Chicago yesterday three representativee of a cattle company which if not tbe largest in the United States, is a least tbe largest in the northern half o tbi country. Theee gentlemen are A. H Swan, Henry Hwau and Joseph Swan, o Cheyecne, W. T. Tbey are members of tbe Bwau Laud A Cattle Company, ths Genera Manager of which is Mr. A. H. Swan whose arrival is here noted. Started in 1879, the company has grown and passed through numerous changes until now the capital employed is 93,000 000. Mr. Bwau is on his way to Ediubuigb, Scotland, witl Henry Swan, to attend the annual meet in* of ths Board of Directors, when tin advisability will be considered of increasin) tbe capital to 1,000,000. Ths number o oat tie now owned by tbo company is 1 15,000, length of rangs, 150 miles, with averagi width of 60, making about 35,000 ucres o cattle lands ; 8,000 to 10,000 beeves ar shipped annually. Chicago Inter-Oetan. Mr. Matthew ArnolJ sailed from Ntw York Saturday on his return to Europe. A I .rrfl. 11 ml. The Earl of Abingdou, wbo has just died, was In his youth a wonderful mimic, and oould personate Dr. Keate, tbe brad master of Eton, in a marvellous manner. He did this on one coeaaiou wben at school, sum moiling tbs boys at a tutor's boose to prayers, having first donned a master's H'IWU. and in the dusk of a summer eveuinf his identity was uot dmoovered. Ooee IB tbe House of Comment*, a member oonk not find some papers to which be wished to refer, aud kept on fumbling among a mass n( tbeui. 1 he House grew a l.ttle 101 I'atitut, and suddenly a voice ia Keate s tones well known at that date to half the House was beard to say, " Never uiiud. stay afu rward," which was Kea e a way cl intimating to a delinquent that bei would be tt gited for ignorance or careleetnes*. Uaoe at Nuuebatu, Lord Abingdou wan drented op as a girl, and made desperate love to au elderly gentleman, who gsnu iuely reciprocated, and wanted to follow up his suit with a> view to matrimony. Tbe tbii n was for >ome time kept going by letter, and tbe would be suitor was terribly chagrined win n be learned tbe truth l -.. i.r.,,i MSmvhasj .1 < A barber n so distinctly a luxury that a pair of cities wbioh boast ol 4,000 barbers must be very luxurious indeed. New York has 2.600 shavers am. Brooklyn 1,500. Tbsy are au army in tberutelveti sufficient if armed with nothing but tbeirown rsaore to overawe all tbe uegioss in the South in oase of a colored revolt. To live, these 4.UOO must shave 100,000 men a day. Leav ing out, therefore, the beardle*a, who lou for tbe snowy brush, and tbe full-bearded wbo laugh lather to sooro. it follows that oas shaveable person in every three is the slave ot tbe barber's chair. The influence of the barber Is tremendous. Tbe man who ia being shaved must listen. Into bis sar political doctrine may be poured that he abhor r To listen is often to be convinced Hence it becomes a grave question for tbe ambitious in public lifs to know wbo con trols the greatest number of barbers. Tbey are a power, aud nothing but their native modesty keeps them from ruling the cities that tbey shave. Nm York Journal Net q.ui. I i. .h It is a remarkable characteristic of the waiters in Paris restaurants that no mattei what yon miy ask for, even if it be a friec piece of tbe moon, tbey will invariably reply " Yes," and either bring it to you, or on returning, assert with sorrow that un fortunately tbere is no more left. It is told of Mery, the author, that by way o trying this as a joke, he peremptorily ordered ot ths waiter a Sphinx, s la Slartngo. " I am sorry to say we have no more," replied the waiter. " What, no more Sphinx?" exclaimed Mery, feigning astonishment. The waiter lowered his voice and murmured in a confidential whis per " We have some more, monsieur, bu the truth is, I would not oars to give them to you, SB they are not quit* fresh." AVTMat A ' M9ftm\. I b. aUsauUr VMISI ' . . -|.iua I " I Yeauag HcetckssaB. (S. Y. World.) William Maekie, a Scotch lad, hired a small room in a bonss on Nostrandavsnut, Brooklyn, about 50 years ago. He was about JO years old and a good mason. Us was a saving and industrious youth and made DO acquaintances except in bis buniness. After five years of residence in Kings county Maekie went to New Jersey and boarded with Htzekiah Trimmer, a farmer. Tbera he studied civil engineering and in a abort time became one of tbe most reliable builders ot railroads in the State. For years be lived with the Jersey far:, t, adding to bis money day by day, and U(u us departure to tbe Went, about 25 yearn he was reputed to b* worth 60,000. Maekie went into tbe mining business, sud subsequently made tbe acquaintance of Sidney )illou aud other geutlemtn. Bis whole ife was bound up in tbs one purpose of making and saving mousy. Two years ago bs proprietor of a frontier betel received Maekie a* a guest of tbe house. Tbe icotoh lad had turned into a gray headed, Unveiled old man, wearing ragged oloibes and denying himself tbe necessaries of life. Je lived alone in bis room and. though >oss eased of 9150,000, starved himself to Leatb But one txeentor to the estate oould b* found, Julius Davenport, if Brooklyn. Tb* particulars of the leatb of Maokie were published n English and Scotch papers, and ilr. Davenport finally went to Scotland to ook up tbs beiri. He travelled through Vigtoushire, Scotland, and tbere heard a romantic tale of ths Maokie family . An old w oman, with eyes almost dim and hair pet- eotly white, wept when ike beard bow Mao- Lie had died. Sbe asked for some souvenir >y which to remember him , but tbe executor isd none, and then the said she would go to America and see his grav*. Ths psopst of the village aaid that half a century Mfore Maekie and tbe while-headed old woman were lovers, and she bad refuted all cflers of marriage through her life, bop- ng for the return of Maekie. When the uewa. however, had become fully known that there were 9150000 to be divided among the heirs, tbeu every hamlet in ths country gave birth to an heir, and Surro- gate Borgen. ol Brooklyn, wbo ha* control of tb% estate, has received hundreds of juesliocs in regard to it. Ht^ekiab Trim- mer, tbe Jersey farmer, eent in a bill of 10.000 for boarding Maokie for nineteen yean. Hs aaid be had lived along fsr twenty years in tbe hope that Maokie would remember him in bis will Maekie did not, however, but divided bis estate between his brother Alexander and Mary, bis niece. Tbe former can- oo be fonud, and tbe girl Mary is said to b* an illegitimate child Tbe nearest relative, according to ths laws of this State, who oan inherit, is a maternal cousin, s man ninety years old named ALdrsw Gordon, a farmer of Wigtouahire. Messrs. Alexander A Green have been retained by a dozen other heirs, wbo claim that Maekie had an intention to return to Scotland again, and hscee the personal property must be placed in the Scottish oouru, wbiob would give the doaen other heirs a chance. Farmer Trimmer says tbat Maekie promised to buy him a farm for 97,000 aod to alock It with horses and cows. The Court awarded him 94.600. and the executor of the ratafr baa carried the cane to tbe General '1 ers People are also cowing from tbe west, aud it is said a w MI. an claim* that she was inarm. 1 to Maokie twenty years sgo, auil that bs deserted ber because of the eipaus* of tbs domestic establishment Ths smecotor [eels certain, however, tbat all suob claims will be set aside aud the old man Gordon will alone inherit. I*IM i Heap. A man in a hurry, wbo slipped on a muddy crossing on upper Sixth avenue yesterday, and soiled bis bauds in saving lutnrelf from sprawling full length on ths roadway, went into a drug store to wash his hands. " Got any spare soap 7" be aked. Tbe druggist drew a tiny book from bis coat pocket, and, tearing out a tbeet ot paper about three mobee square, handed it to the man. The latter wet bia hands, and, rubbing them with the paper, found, to bis (>riee, tbat tbe paper made a fine lather and thoroughly cleaned bis bands. Paper soa| .' aaid the drungist with a laugh ; " a novslty mainly intended for tbe use of travellers. Tbe paper i- coaled with soap aud is just as good as tbe regular article, in addition to being much handier. Tbsre are fifty aoap sheets in one of these books. Tbey ocst about as muoh as an ordinary oake of soap." H. Y. Sun. The man whoa* soul is in his work finds his best reward in tbe work itself, Tbs jo] of achievements is vastly beyond tbs joy c Mward. Matrimonial difficulties of a psooliar kin( have been attracting tbe attention ol the I .ondon Pol ice Courts. Oos bigamist ga.ve an bis apology tbat bis first marriage wtl illegal because performed with a brass ring whils a Polish Jew wbo was sought by two contending ladies asked a magistrate if he oould not marry both. Thsis are 00 English eieetrie light com pauies, with a total capital of 920,000,000. i . . i mm -. i. el II. Kev. W. B. Raineford, the revivalist, preached on " Signs of the Times in I'D fashionable Life," in St. George's Cbureb, New York, on Sunday. Us said : " Peop's are getting sick of tbe Christianity tha huts up the manufactory and throws 50 hungry souls, or thrice that number, into tbe streets without work, because h balance in the ledger foots up on tbe wrong side this year instead of showing the big profit ot tbe year before. I don't pretend to suggest the absolute remedy for this con- lition. Tbe crisis demands something mote than tbe best preaching and open ehurcbet, for our best preaebsrs do o<>t reach tbe people, and many pewbolders merely struggle for the possession of pews for tbe social caste it gives them." Tbe U. S. National Horse Show IH to be held at Msdison Square Garden, New Yoik, on May 27lb to Slat. Tbertgular premium Mat foots up 917,460, ss agaioet the 91U.470 of last year's show, aud the trotters are well provided for this time, a grand prize of 9500 being offered for the best stallion over 15 years of sge, tbe speed of bis get, their number aud records bring considered in deciding the JTM-I. Kntriee will oli peon May 1st. Other than strictly business idsas some- times control the actions of t ven a bosinees nan. A mill man recently said hs did not us* an inserted tooth saw because it went through the log with suob a dull sound. Wbeu be followed ths oeovpalion of a sawysr the ling of tbs solid saw was chest- ing tn him, and up to dats a saw mill is not ranch of a place for him unless he oan hear ths old time mniio.