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 FofittTtVtedM. H THX IVKAU la mid-ocean laiU • vessel With a golden freigutmge ladan PoeU Mt to matcblen metinrea, ' And a moit delightful maiden. Bat opoD iU ipotltas pennant In tbia sad inscription, " Ntrer " Aid thoagh coantleaa porta it pasfea, It aaila on forever, ever I n. A PAIR. All silent lier needle and thread On the tipa of her delicate fingers She mosiDgly posea her head, And thinks of the days that are dead. .She's with her rimt fond lo' er now, By the moon- varnished river she liogere, Aid listens again to his vow .See pity steals over her brow HI. toR A nrsi' Near daik and stagnant pool Where the »ir is ileathly cool Tiiere bi» cctlio hewn shall be From the poison upas tree. Snaki;8 «nd lizards shall aurroaod His ro:il weel-eDcomya£sed moand. And a shaft of greenfsh tint, Cnist-lled (rum theh;irdeU flint, Shall alKve that mound appear, Kash'ooed like a stony sneer. IV. titristruis. What IB tlic soul, my learned love? Indeed. I cannot say, CerbajM 'tM like the fra.;ment of The distant milky Way. Or aoniethiDg l:ke a i^erfect tune, T swtetly â-ºccnted sir, • The pale bfain of the N')ith*-rn moon, Orbreith 'f viri{in fair. Hut what ii it? Alas, my dear, I am not over wise I cannot make the matter clear As }our pellucid ty. s. But many a grave phliosophT, Killing his solemn scroll With dusty lore of varniah- d year.' Siya that the soul's â€" the soul. ONLY A WOMAN'S HAIR. B) iho \ullr.r o( " A s;rin,'i: KiiciiUhip," en HAITKUI-X. How lonx I riniaiaed hililen there I never '^j " knew. Ai the tune f;hil. d ly, all my terror ' gradually |ia.i8ed away, and I fc.t calm and coolideut ouce more. My joiiviction grew and strengthened that I'ynl woull i:ot sue cewl ID discovering my hidin;^-ula' e. The moon rose but her light did not pi n- •trate the ileep ol«i;urity if the nfugu .Mr. Rrreaford had reli ctcd for inu and, though I could see the house periictly well, ami the lights lu Its windows, no one ciuld have dieremod me, evrn if standing witbiu a few yarila of nie, no deep was the shadjW in which I lay cipiiceali.'l. Ths long ferns al- mont eluded over my head the branches of the tries liuiig low and deepened the ob- scurity. I Krirjthiiij^ v«'aH veiy still and peaceful on that colli cli'ur H inters night, with the stais sparkling down from their lofty heights whole attitada. I ooold bear ii bo loMer j I stepped up to him, and I Uid my kaad ap- on hta ahoDuler. " Yon may go away for one w^ek," I •aid. " When yon come back 1 iball not be bare any longer. I see it all now, ana that 1 ought never to have come here, eveu for a day. Hash " â€" for be had raised his head and seemed aboat to speak. " Don't try to defend me. 1 matt do all I can now to repair the mischief I have canaed. Yoo mutt eome back here, for yon have to man- age your property, and yon cannot sta) away it is I who ought to go. Don't tty to prevent me, and do not fancy that I can ever forget all that von have done for me, and " â€" here a sob nearly choked my voice â€" "Heaven be with you always I" I With the last woids I fairly ran oat of ' the room and, before dawn next morning, Noel Bcreaford had left Ravelston. I How well I rememb^r my miserable awak- ening to all my troubles in the morning During the eirly part of the night I slept from sheer exhaustion after all I bad gone tbrua^h during the last few hoars bnt io the gray dawn I awoke, and my tint reool- I lection was that Noel Berrsfoid had gone, I and that I should never, never see him any I more I hid my face in the pillow and cried I many bitter te^rs. I felt aa if I had come at ' last to the very darktst hoar of all my lite. i Ir I had only known it, I might have taken I courage the darkest hour was the one be- lore the dawn. la the course of thu day which followed, I made auch plans as I was able for the fa- ture which lay before me. I meint to leave Rtv.Uton at once on this point my mind was perfejtly cleir and resolved all other proj^cti still remained vague and half formed in my mind. 1 had deiermined that 1 would be driven to the railway station the n;xt morning, and that 1 would leave by the first train for town, where I meant to take lolgings for I tlie present. I had still a little money left, ' an I I hoped before that was finished to have ft curtd a situation as governess. I think had grown very reckless aud very indiSer- I eat as to what further became of me. It happened o.i this same day that Mrs. lidlaud receive 1 a letter from a trund of i hers who lived in the neighbourh'iod of my old home and I found, irom a casuil men- I lion of myself in this letter, that people kii w as yet absolutely nothing of mydisap- ptarancu from my huabaod'a roof. It wa^ ' supposed that Cyiil and I were still absent I upon our wedding toiir we had or.t:in dly intended to be a'«ay for two or three mouths. Krom this 1 inferred that Cyril had not beeu living on his own estate since my de- ' parture. Probably he had been tryinit evciy means he could think of to stek me out without bringing hs family affairs too prominently bjfore the public. The .--am: evening I wis alone in the din- ing room at Kivelston. I was feeliug un- 8|iekab y Io lely 1 had packed up the few pus8t8aioni I had with me, and there was nothing t "prevent me leaving Kavdstonthe next moruin.' Had I not fully determined upon gang awav at once But 1 loved the place so much, I had been so happy there, that it hall broke uiy heart to leave it and to ' give up all hope of seeing it or its master thrown myself down upon the couch at one side ot t!ie lirep'aoe, and «.•» crying bitterly, w.th my face buried in the cushions, when suldenly, through a pause in my sobs. I felt instiuuitively that I was no- longer a'one in the room. I b:U:ihtd away my tears, and rais d my head sharply, and the next moment I start- ed to my teer, f.ir 1 saw, stauling in the re- crsi of the large window, my hushand Cy- ril Vane, The window was not fasti jed, and lie bad cnter*'il i|uitc noislessly whi'e I had b..-en too much absorb d in my own tho.juhta to no- tice his approach. I'rohably he had found out the day b f re that I wa:4 in the house, and hii ;.ret' uded departure had b^in only a blind in order tu throw ni off my guard. However this may have btcn, there he cjr- " " " tainly wnf. He was intensely pale, aud his eyes were very bright aud tierce. As they met mine, I recoiled a step or two, and. glanced involuntarily towards the door. He laughed â€" a little cruel laugh. " Dint try to go," he sad " it would be of no u-c. You tee, Catbic, you arc hunted down at la.st 1' CH.\PTEU X. I A lulling of doa lly terror crept over me, and, for a few m imcnts, I ijtiailed b.f re ' him. 1 caui.ot tell .1 he k'lew bow fnght- ene 1 1 was. We were now standing opiosite tu each oth'jiii tlic rug before the fire, and we eyed each other stea lHy, each waiting for the ot icr to make the hrst move. Fright- ened aa I was, 1 think I could scarcely have looked asp de as Cyril; the pallor of his face struck me as txceedingly ghastly and tcrriiile, Tlic silence between, us lasted unbroken f r many minutes. It ecaiue unnatural, ' awful, and oppicssivc. '\t lait I said, very slowly, each word clear and sharp in the utter stillness of the room â€" "You â€" murdered â€" my sister 1" " Yes," he s.iid coolly, â- ' I did. You knew that long ago." ' 1 male no answer. The boldness of his confession and the cold cruel glance with which it was ace iinplishid deprived mvolall words. After a moment, he wcut onâ€" " You found me out from the fir.it â€" I felt sure of it. I saw yoa watching me in t.^e mirror one day when you thought 1 did not obervc you, and I Uctermiued from that ' moiiieiit to marry you and t get you in my |K»wer. " After a moment he added with another sneering langh, " Hdw do you know I have not come here to murder you as well ?â- ' 1 My terror had now reached its climax. 1 was shivering and trembling from head to fo.t. 1 felt persuaded that he had really come to doas he 'hrtatciied, to put an ind to my life, as he had dope to my sister's yet I still managed tu confront hiinsteanily. .Some instinct taught me that the least sign of fear would be fatal, aud I coutrived ride past yiu, and you know that he has gone to show none yet, in my secret li'jart, I at last. rie asked nic no questions aboat had giviu myself up for l-st. yon, as I had cxixctcd that he woulil but In that most terrible moment however a be noticed your slip(iera,: you had left them doorslauimid in the distance, and immedia i lying ly ibu lire." tely afturwaras came a step in the hall with- j Sure enou,ih there tliey lay â€" little blue out that I knewâ€" a firm, strong, steady tlippery, wr.h brii^ht steel buckles and blue tread, which brought hope and comfort with j latin boAS. it to my sinking heart. " I saw hull Iwiking at them," continued "Do you think I am afraid '" I cried brave- Noel, " And lie hal a sneer on his face ;« ly now. " Not 1 ' You are only wasting I said ' TrrbapR you are not aware that oartiine if you have come here to threaten this house is let. i have only the use of this me " his tig- " on orbed maiden. With white tire laden. Whom iiiorlals call the moon, ' liiked down uiHn iiie with calm serenity as I lay hidden. At la it 1 heard voices on the carriage drive i|uite close to nie, aud 1 discerned two figures approaeliing through the gloom. Cy- ril -how Weil I knew his voice â€" said â€" " Tliej you'll meet me this day weik in town, Ueresford, and we'll square up re lh sheep?' To this Notl ainwered "All right. I will not fail, (old, isn't if?" he added. .And yiil .sail " Kalhir. ' Then one of them s'.nick a match, aud they lighted their pipes. I'restntly I heard Cyril M»j "Wh.it was that' .Smietliip,' moved over there." I could discern tlie dark outline of lire from while I l.iy, t-eircely daring tu breathi' and I lelt sine that he was looking ' full. at my hi-tin^-plac" as he spoke. j " I'rohably a r.dibit or a plieisant. I have both III my pi iiitationN " Niel auswrn d. 1 waited aniiou-ly Io- ' ril's next wonis but they diil not e»iii' The two men had walked on tnuetlii r tnwards the irtahle-' I hoped that yril \va^ about to ^ct bis horse and by-and-liy the dull thud of a horse's hool on the drive I. d lue to believe that he wa.s at lait riding away ami, when once more Noel Itereafiiril's step erti-*liid the fern and dead leaves near iiie, I knew that I was not mis- taken. Mr. ISerestoid did not touch me this time he only beckoned ti me to follow him and in silenci' we emssed the lawn and re enter- ed the house by the large diniag-room win- dow, in the same manner that we nail left it, I ran at once tu the tire, aud, crouching down by it, began to warm my hinds. Noel followeil lue to the tireplaee, and stood look- ing down at me .is I knelt there. Kvery- thing in the nioin was just the same the tea-things still stood on the table. " You do nota'-k me any (piestions," said Mr. Keresford. I suppose you heard him room oceiisionally for bu^iiieS4 purjiosea, as to-night.' " â-  Y' iir tenant is a lady then,' " he said, with his cyta still on the slippers. " Yes,' 1 answered for 1 was not going to lie til him if I could help it. " ' She has very pretty little feet," 'he said, with another sncir. " There was a pause after this. I could not have spoki n to save my life something in Mr.rll resford'a manner had set my heart beating fast. Hu took up one of the little slippers aud laid it for a moment on his large strong brown hanil. "Su^'h pretty little things '" he said. " I wonder who could have helped noticing them I 1 know I c.iuldn't." jf He laid the slipper down again, and I felt aa if I dared not look at him. I tixad my eyrs upon the glowing wood embers on the hearth instead. When 1 at last ventured to glance up to him he was spoakiag rapidly, with his ^.ray eyes dark and deep. Looking down into mine. " I see it-all row," he was saying. " Tim Almost as I uttered the words the door of the dning-room epeoed, and Noel Beresford maiiea third at our interview. Noel came in quietly and closed the door behind him. He must already have learned who was there, for he expressed no surprise at the sight of his unexpected visitor. 1 remember that he bad in one hand a large tquare envelope with a deep black border, Noel put the letter into the hreast-pouket of his coat as he eame forward but be did not oCTer to shake hands with Cril be did not wish him " good evening, " The two men stood and eytd each other with i^n intense deadly aversion in their glances. Instinctively I moved forward a few steps, so as to place myself between them. Cyril was the first to speak. He took no notice of Mr. Bdre:ford he did no evea look towards him. He addressed himself point- edly at me. " Yes, It .s quite trae that I murdered Rose Belbam," ne said, with a second os^n- tatious confession of his guilt "but she de- will not do any longer. 1 must go away. I served her fate. She led me oa and enconr' ought to have known better from the hrat. i sged me all the time I w.is staying in town, You are oot to blame in the least. You are till 1 was half mad about her. She asked only a girl bat I am a man, tea years old- J me to come down and tee her in the cooKtry, ertban you, with all that kaowledge of the and, when I came, ahe laughed in my face world which you have not, and I ought to and she told me she was going to be married have s.'en from the first that it would not in a month. She turned away, aud left me do." His voice broke for a moment but he maatered himself by a strong eflTurt and went on. " I admired you vheni taw yon first; bat I fancied I was not rich enough to marry. I am only a younger son and I let yoa slip through my tingers. Oh, fool that I was I Aud BOW It is too late " There was a whole world of passion, re- gret, and tendrmeH io hii voice and in his woids. I was staading before him by this time but I could not have spoken, however I hard I had tried. Qaite suddenly, and wheu I waa not ex- ish tr.ck of Hirting had come that summer pecting it in the least, Nuel caught me iu hia i afternoon to eo terrible and tragic a coocla- arms. He held me so for one momeift, i (ion. lying face dowuwards amongst the fern in the plantation, a broken-hearted man bat 1 bad oiy gua in my band, for I bad been shuoting anil, before '^he bad gone twenty yards, 1 sprang up and shot ber down like a dog. Strange that no one saw me there that day." He was gradually working himself op, aa he uttered bit confession, into a tierce nt of passion. Ijooking at h'm as he stood there, with bis black eyea wild aud aavage as a wolf's aud his lips compreised, 1 could quite real- ise how it all happened, aud how R jae's fool- tightly clasped, with a strength that made me feel aa p iwerleas as a child. Tcea just as suddenly he released me again. " No," be said I won't toil yonr whits- neas even for a moment Cathi white snowdrop " 1 itood and looked at Cyril in mate hor- ror while be ip-ike, wondering what mew form this strange audacity of guilt wonldaa- snme, and what fresh crime he would next my little j coufeis to. Noel too was silent he waa watihing intently every look and moveaient He turned away and dropped down upon of the man before him. Hia eyea never Wav. a chair by the table his croaaad arms were i ered for a moment his straight brows were retting upon it, and hia face was bidden contracted with the keenest of his gaze, for a moment or two I beard nothing bnt his ' Suddenly Cyril pat one band to tbe breast- hard breathing. Then, withont raising his i pocket of his coat, and Noel's scrutiny of hit head, be tsid m a whiaper â€" "Oh Cathie, remember me tometimet in yoor prayera ' Tb* praietic appeal of thoie werdt almost bnk* my kewt. Tkere waa detpair in bit every gesture because, if poeajb'e, evenmore inteote and vigilant. " When Icamehereto-day,"Cyrilreaom- ed, speaking aomewhat dreamily now, and in a softer tone tiua he had oaad b«iot«, I aaid to aiyerif Mm* I wmM MKl CatUa â- ftar her tiater; bat I have changwl my â- ind. Cathie does not deserve sach a fate the wonld never have treated me aa Bote did, the it a girl of a different tort but in- ttead of that, I will " The aenteooe wai never finished. In that tame moment Noel, with one moveiAaat of bit itroog arm, h d flnog me bekiad him. There was a loud report, and Cyril dropped upon the rug before ut, the revolver be had taken from hia pocket tlippiog from hii fing- er* at he tank down prone at Noel Berea- furdtfeet. The first thing I waa«ntcioat of watthat Noel was trying to lead me from the room bat I reaiiteid, with a great retolution, to *hii^h he g»ve way. " Ob, no, no " I taid. " I mutt do all I can for bim now. Do y-u think that he is dead I' " I am not tare," he answered "1 most tee." Cyril was not dead; and one of Mr. Beret- ford's men was despatched at once on the fleetest horse in the stables to fetch the nearest doctor. Mrs. Holland, who waa an excellent nurse, waa tummoned to assist in tbia emergency. We lifted him on to the couch by the fire, and N .el namined his iojuriet. Cyril waa quite uucontciout, and waa bleeding from a wound in the cheat. " I thought It would have been you Cathie," Noel taid, looking up suddenly, with atigh of intense relief. "That was why 1 put you b.-hind me. 1 knew be bad ihit thing in hie pock.^t all the time I aaw the muzzle of it quite plaiuly, aud he raised his hand to it several times. 1 was watch- ing f.ir the right moment to get iu front of you if 1 had asked you to leave the room, he wou d have shot vou dowu on your wa to the door I coald aee it in his eyes." At last Cril recovered consciousness ;the remedies » chad tried brrught him tlowly back to life ouca more. He looked roun i him, at tiist vaguely, then with some anxie- ty in his eye "Is it you that he wants, Cathie " said Nod, drawing lack a step or two. I came cios.r to Cyril's tide, and he made au effort to spek. " Kueel down," he taid at last. I did so, an i he appeared tatisfied. All thr.iugh the 1 'Ug boars of that teriilde night I knelt by his side be wou'.d not let me leave him tor a mom- nt. If 1 moved ever so slightly, the feeble pressure of his hand brcught me back again to my old posiiiou. Noel fetched a warm cloak lined with fur and wrapped me in it, tor 1 became very c dd as the hours dragged by s.owly. " Put 'mta cu.'pa' over my grave," he said, " and noiuiug else, save my name mine has been a wasted life." A little after he aided, speaking slowly and With difficulty â€" "Ihaveiakrn the greatest care of your hor=e, Cathie he is eating his head off in uiystib es aud all your \iule possessions are quite sale. I have looked after them all for ^our sake." " His face was growing very pile, and the shallows deepened uuder his eyes. "Cyril"" I said, with sorrowful earnest- ness, trying to rouse his att.ntion, " 1 am piAjiu^ fjr you." A faint dicker of a smile passed over hit f ice. "No one, save you, woulddo that for me, Cathie," he whispered. "On, Cyril," 1 8. id once more, "try to follow what lam saying; try to pray for yi uisi If." But be did not respond to my appeal he li (juite stdl, with his eyes closed. Tlie room scened to have grown very chillv. Noel heaped wood upon the tire, and Mrs. Holland made eome hot coffee and broug t a cup of it to me. But I could not raisuiny bead to takeit the dying man's haLd siill hcl 1 me hr.nly to my place. At last h. opeued his eyes once mo e. " Ki-s me, Cathie," he whispered, " at a prcuf that ou forgive me all the injury I have done you.' All through the days of hit courtship I had never given Cyril one kiss now, in the piesenceof N.el and Mrs. Holland, I press- ed luy lips for the lirst aud last time on his forehead. When I rased my head, I saw that the look of pain had passed from his face, and there was uow an expression of peace. Yeiy slowly, very reluctantly his hand re- laxed rs grasp on mine his eyes seemed to Seek for my tace once more, but they did not see me and, when Noel lifted me up and pi ccd me in an easy-chair by the tire, I knew that the guilty soul of Cyril Vane had passed away. CHAl'TEU XI., .«..M. L.\sT. I was obliged to remain at lUvelston un- til after Cyril's funeral had taken place. It was suppjsed by all our acquaintances that we had stopped for a day or two at Mr. Birebfird's house on our return from our Wedding tour, and that Cyril in a fit of de- pression, had put an end to his life. He was known to have lived a very wild and unsteady lite for some years past, and no one was surprised at his sudden tragic end. " Do you know what I came baok for Cathie?" said Noel to me the day after Cy- nl's death. " I suddenly remembered that perhaps you had no money, and I came back to give }ou this cheque. Was it nut a lucky thing that 1 did so " It was indeed for me, at any rate but for Noel's return 1 truly believe that I should not have lived to write this story. 1 have mentioned before that when Noel came into the room on that most memorable evening he held in one hand a letter with a black-bordered envelope. He had heard, he told me afterwards, by the Koglish mail that his elder brother was just dead, aa.i that he had come into posses- sion of one of the handsomest estates and largest fortunes in Blankshire. " I beg that you will re-nain my tenant, Mrs. Vaue, ' sai i Mr. Beresford to me with extreme formality, " Not here, of course. I see in the paper that your father's estate is to be put up fur sale next week 1 intend to seciire it if possible, aud I trust that you will cousent to return again to your old home." I gladly agreed to this arrangement but, shocking to relate, I have never paid m landlord one farthing of rent to this day. After I had been I ack for some little time in the house where Hose and I had lived ev er since we were children, I received a letter from Mr. Beresford. "I must go back to Englaad soon," he he wrote. "Tuc propeity at home wants onking after. M ly I come and see you he fore I go " I wrote back at once â€" "No, no, no; you are not -to come at present." He waited a little while then he wrote againâ€" " Don't you think this has now gone on long enough 7 My patience is getting worn out. Don't be cruel, Cathie, but let me come." To this letter I vouchsafed no reply. Of coarse after this I was not very much sur- priited when, a few days afterwards, on coming in from a long ride on Gladiator, I found Noel standing waiting fur me befere the fire. I took off my gauntlet gloves, and we shook hands with extreme formality and decoium. "You have come about the rent?" I taid, with a saucy toss of my head. "It is of no use. I haven't got it, and I can't pay you." Whereupon be first laughed, and then suddenly caught me in his arms and cover- ed my face with kisses. "1 have miticd yon dreadfully, Cathie," he whispered. "And now I can't have enough of yon. Of coarse yoa know what I came for " He wanted me to marry him and go home to England with him at once but I stipu- lated for another month's delay, and at last I carried my point. He bad brought me made me take it out of the breastpocket of bis coat with my own hands. I found a jeweller't caae, containing a brooch and locket to match of gold, witlt a snowdrop on each of pearls and emeralds. " Da you remember that evening," aaked Noel, ttill holding me at if he would never let me go, "and how infamopsly I beh/.ved? How I admired yoa for your inaocenr:e and fearlessness of all evil It was marvellout to roe. I have alwayt thought of you aa a little while snowdrop, Cathie and, when I saw these things in a shop window, I took a fancy to them at once for your sakei" Mrri^(* wilk Cyril Vm*; M «ap I«dd thirt th* tnn aerer •kene apM • kappiergirl than the one who ii at iMt Nod Bwwfcrd â-  wife. W« are liTing m hia beaatifol eatato in Blankahire, and we are both exoeediagly ^L long Wely look of Rom's g iUnAm liea before me oo the table as I wrika, I« the daya to ooae, when I too hsva folb^rad my titter to the better land, it will ba tend among my piper*, and then I hope, that thoae who diac^ver it will ny to one uio- tberâ€" "The eye* that lored it oao* m kmger Wake, So lay it by with reverent care Toncbing it tenderly for aorrow't take. Only a woman't hair." " Stolen Watoi." There is an old proverb of which the above are the opening wordtu "They are familiar to all, for they have their m»M« J'ttr*, deep down in the natnre of our com- moa hamanity, and therefore, commend themselves to us all as true. Indeed this is the ultimate test of all troth, the acceptance of a statement by that mysterious inner con- tcionsnest wh ch is before and above, aa it it the test of, all experience. It can hardly have fallen to strike moat of at who have used our nflective facultie* iu any meature at they were inteuded to be used that we have bad in tbit world of ourt a great many philosophers whose names d not figure on the honour-roll of the world, but who, nevertheless, have deaerved wed of their race. We mean those who have contributed to the wonderfully lich store- house of our proverbial phiiosuhy. Th )te "mute, ingloriout"â€" Tuppers have not left their names to us, but they have Uft us " the concentra'/ed esaeuce of c immon sense embalmed in the comnon sayings of the common people, and -we veunure to say that a great deal of the so-called philosophy will die and be forgotten when the philosophy of c.immon sense â€" a greater and higher and dc' per than thatof Reid and hisschoo!â€" will have melted into Tiudall't " infinite azure of the past." " S olen waters are swi et." Not taaUrM, but Holen waters. Tnere it a charm that we cannot define, but which is neveitheUtt real in "forbidden fruit." That pippin in Eden might have bung until it beciuie a wiudtall and never tempted Eve bad it not beLn sur- rounded by the attractive halo of a prohibi- tion, and therefore coveted. "The com- maudinent came and I died," says Paul. That is exactly where the trouble is. Had ihe fence not been there I would never have over-leaped it. Is there to be no law then Let us see. There cm be no question that the mere fact of jirijhtbition increases the tendency to imugglt. And there is no doubt that human natuie has a direct and natural tendency to vmuggling. This too, whatever the law may be to the Contrary. What then is the best method for legislation to tac'rtle the dilh.ul- ty, and virtually to rob smuggling of iis at- traciiun Not by more stringeit repressive law-making can this be done, that is, as we shdl show, to use a vulgar phrase, " p'ayed our." It bos bad its day aud fai:ed.| For it has b^en tried, notably, in the way of closing saloons on Satai4a8 at seven o'clock p.m. and for the whide dafy Sunday, an 1 what has been the lesult? It has beea two-fold. In the first place and chieHy there has appeared ou the social system an eruption which takea the shape of "shebeens.' In the more obscure and (so-called) lew partd ot the city we find any number of " amateur " grog shops, which, during the forbidden hours, drive uroanng, and scarce concealed trade in "distilled damnation." This is a notorious fact. And it is well knowu that crowds dock -to those placs, not lo much because of the " thirst " that it to persistirnt in their natures, as because of the fact that the "scarce mitigated blue stone " that is vended in those dens is "/orbiddfn." The other result is that, in regularly li- censed huusLS, where decent or " Macdonell- ed " liquor is sold, some privileged persons who are "knowu" get their moilicum of more drinkable stuff, and in their case also the element of the "forbidden waters " his its weight. They dr.nk far more fnquently and more deeply than if thiy eould get it, and knew they cjuld get it, ad libitum. The same objection, and we bold it to be a ra li cal one holds good with the Sc.tc and Dankin Acts' They are rather inducemen s than biudraucea to the drinking evil. Re- pi ession must, in other words, be perfect and absolute, or eUe utterly futile. There is no middle course. If you make it peual servitude for a year to allow a man to sell liquor daring certain hours, you mske it worth his while to refrain if you only hue bim a certain turn, he knows that he can easily make it good i i the future, if he has not already done so in the past, and he, I naturally enough, cares nothing about it. i And the other alternative is, what? Sim- ply, as it se ms to us, tu m ike the penal law more stringent iu the case of inebriates- ' For a man to get drunk is for that nun to i be a criminal against all the laws of society, religion and humanity. L t the crime be punished accordingly, l.et the offender be subjected to such a punishment as shall ' teach him, effectually, the s;i mate right ' thinking men have of bis offence. Then be may come, when in his right mind, to regard the crime in a proper light. It is the merest folly to establish aslums for ineliti- ates, unless we place thiin and theotrnce for which they are intended to be the remedy on the same level with the crimes for the extinction of which we establish re- formatories. But let us not, in the name of common sense erect a quasi-repressive system which.ha8 only the effect of making the sin more attractive by the alluriog iff ct of the principle embodied- in the proverb, "stolen waters are sweet. " A SicM IB Ik* en Ofla» in tooh a The Gymnasium at Athens- I have not mentioned that Cyril Vaue bad made a will jast before I married him, and had left all he potietted to me. But I could not bear to touch his money, nor would Noel have allowed me to do so. We fonnd out that be had a titter, a wid- ow with a large family, in very poor circnm- ttancet, and I made over the property to her. It wat heavily mortgaged, and not! nearly of to mnch valne ut my father bad I tuppoted bat it wat tafficient to place her in a more eomfortaU* petition for the rest of ber life. Once before I wrote that never wat there a more forioi n and miserable bride than the one who wwt throngh the ceremony of I had heard imieli of he national institu- tion, and w-as glad to .see it under good escort. We turned our steps toward tlic l.yieum, our slaves, of course, in attendance. 1 need not describe ihc building, a.s we all read Vitni- vius. But I wish 1 could so dc.scribi the scene within iliat my readers might see it as distinctly .^s I can recall it. We Englishmen can understand well enough the interes of watching games in which we once excelled, and of looking on at feats of strength or skill which wc used to practice. It come* nat ir- al, therefore, to us to imagine l e middle ageil and elders ot At' en.s ofti.n looking into sec their youngsters trained to m.-mly vigor and activity. L p to 18 years of age t ley them- selves h.id wrestled, and run, and boxed, and leaped, and thrown quoits, with as much en- ergy, I suppose, as we give to cricket, and racket.s, aud foot-ball. We do not all of us care to watch the feats of the gj-ninasium, for 'he re sou that some of us were bom in the pie-gymnastic age in E gland, and so can- not truly criticise tliein or enter into their spirit. Indeed, we do not all set a high val- ue on them and many of us would prefer to See our sons handle a bat or an oar well, or ride Well to hounds, or excel in skating, shooting, or any of our oh n sports. But giv- en that we had all been traintd in a regular course n athletics, and all our lives catlerl them " thoroughly English, ' and that we were accustomed to tliink our national super- iority due to our pre eiuine 'ce in such train- I°fi' i "1'P°"« We might if time had to be killedâ€" a-s it always had to be at Athens in tne afterno nâ€" frequent a gymnasium daily, even Wi eu there was no uiatcn on. 1 was not surprised, t.ierefore, to see groups of men all over the grounds, eagerly watcning the ^nmpin.! or tt e quoit play, or the tpea' hurling. Here and there two or three young- sters were practicing by them.'telves apart, under no instructor. Where a crowd wan, you knew t a a contest of more than usual in erest waa goinz on. That t le lads were stnpped for t eir «xercbe scemerl suitable with the conditions, but the »i.ht of them prejent, abd he' •*" °^^ "^d sanded made a strani'c imprea- • • sion, as of animated terracotta statues. Col onna le* for the acoomadation of spectators were an obvious necessity when few j.eutle- men wore hats of any kind and the sun wat strong. Gtonc or marble seats were ranged a'oout, in the open air or under cover, in one of the many rooms, large and small, which ojiened out of t e co onnades. Some of these bene let were oft at semi-circular form with a talkative people would naturally bit upon, and wnich wp see among ourselvea in viUa^e inns, survivals of a lime ivt en the villager* mettotalk,and "newsmuch olderthan t eale went rotind," liefore men ^ad invented the tociable custom of retirin.' apart each behind his newipaper. I waa certainly stirprised at first to find so ma y people assembled there, and thought it must be a held day or a fes tival. But I soon fonnd t.at all Athens men turned out in the afternoon aa regularly as Oxford or Cambridge men. Inioed, the most ttnkmg feature of Athenian life was itt leisure. It teems poaaibie to have a good many acre* in Cinnty Kerry without much income for them. L^rd Lansdowne't 94,544 acretare valued at £8,643 a year. Lord Ventry't 91,- 505 at £15,283, Mr. Bland' » 540 at £2,638, the O'Dunoghae'i 10,405 at £887. ToK trottinghorae St. Jalien hta made a proftt of 128,000 for hi* owner ttaw mmob. THX STBIBM nUT STBUOK AS tJkrWM tUM At TSRT Iina*RI9i • (maUMLo^vntroM.) Th* Swm newspaper i* iqiiai* inch.*, but aT.ry »oh la «»-*•*»• Uon. The*be«ti*nota*Urg**«th«Lo«»- TiUe PMt, but a oompviaoo ci the papur on any day with either o i«t grert New York cJittmfonnm will pror. that l« oontoin. every iUm of valuable ourrwit newa, looal, nMioBiJ, or foreign, and hardly a boe of trash. Notwithatanding the oondenaaUon nae**ary to *eonre mob re«ili*, the paper It written with tinjsular clearaet-, aud is de- servedly noted for literary grace. And far- ther, along with aU the news, it floda room lor poiated editorialtâ€" pebbles of hard Eng- lith well flungâ€" and aa mnch of misoellane- out and interetung matter as any reaaonable re»der would care to have. In abort, the Sun it the moet complete uewtptper America, supplying everything lu thape that every thiMToan be road. With such charocteiittio* it it oo wonder that it i* the most widely read paper in New York where nearly everybody is baty and to long at it is con.incted with the pres- ent Uberaliiy, energy, and care, lU continu- ed growth is atsurea 127,000 copies are now sold daily, which i* one paper to every ten people in New York o.ty. a proportion that is likely to bold in the iatnre, if, indeed, it it not improved with the increase of the pro- portion of busy people. A majoiity ot ihe newspaper men who aie fa-nUiar with the Sum at au exohmnge, and who know of its gr.afprosptniy, have lon^ .go re olved that, if they ever sUrt a paper .,f their own, the Sun shall be their moiol. Many euch attempu have been made and have failed. The C.ncinnati Sun, a me- chanical imiU'.iou, a perfect ooanterfiit, wnen too far off to read, wat the moat nota- ble insUnce. Tno trouble with all tuch attempts was that the projectors did not know the NeW York Sun aud its syttem. They imagined that by imit t ng its size and outward appearance they would save white paper and type totting tnd stid make a bright and succetsful journal, wh' n in fact the size of the Sun is nxed, not to ave white paper and type settiog,though it does this incidentally, I ut becaute it it the â- mallett size into which all the news c.n be put and tiill preserve a clear tnd plea ant shape. The i'un is really run on very ex- pensive principles. The cost of i s news, cumiiig through men who are able to coa- dtnse, it as great as tnat of any of tlie mon- ater papers which emp oy diffuse, ill-paid fellows, and meet their heaviett ezpeuie iu telegraph billt, p»per b lit, and the wage- oi their able-bodied compositors. The Sun pays aa much lor editors to cut out words and leave tangible fai-ta and ideas as the blunderbuss papers pay for wnters to com sentences. It IS only after some study that one can reaiiz'j what an enormous amuuot of i.ewt a great metropolitan paper must handle before It can be said to "have it all," and it it a matter of real wonder that a little paper like the Sun contrives to bold so much. It is a case of the learned man't small head; it it the result of a complete tystem carried out daily under able management, by the bard work of many bright ni.nds. Just think ot the materials that come to the office every day. Though the hundreds of m?n who gather the news know that their positions depeud on their being as b'ief as is con»ist- elit With completene^8, they still furnish, at a small estimate, mr^re than ten timet as much copy at can issibly be printed. Ttie issue dally of reading matter averages about twenty-two columns it contains alt of value in two hundred columns of copy sent in, from which it hat to be extracted and tet uu witbiu the ihort space of eleven hours, the greater portion within bdf that time. I spent yeiterday and last night iu the Sun oSice to observe the process. Outside of the editoral A'oik of condensa- tion, the caiiacity of the paper is enhanced by several mechanical devices. For inst- ance The type, while clear, is compact and small, being mos ly nonpareil and agate iheu the headlines, while nicely guaged to suggest the importance of the matter to follow, will be found oa measurement, in any case, to occupy vi ry similr.om. Tnere are other ways in which the types are compress- ed, but I will proceed now to give an lut- line sketch of what I saw of the work of the editors and reporters. Mr. Dana maintains the cloaett pertonal supervision of the whose establishment. In the editorial department, which c imes pcr- lected from his hands, be is assisted by seven writers. When he goes home, Mr. John Swinton is le;t in charge. The city editoi has iuimed ate commaad of forty-two reporters, aud his territory em- braces New "urkiiid the surrounding cities, aud a half day's journey into the country in any direction. All the reporters and many of the uther writers come to the editural rooms (a small suite fur Mr. Dana and a lar^^e hall for all the rest) at 1 1 o'clock iu the morning. Mr. Dana learns the plans of the other* for the day, and makes his suggestions or gives his ordersi writes a leider and a paragraph or two and assigns specified sub- jicts to be discussed by members of his staff: Before he leaves he reads a revised proof of all the .;hief editorials. Distant correspondents are at liberty to send at first imly a short message by tele- graph, staling the character of the news they have and a.-hing instructions, which are promptly returned to them by telegraph, unless tlie news comes late at night and is of great importance, when the matter if left to their discretion. The selection and control of correspondents is a viul matter in the Sun system. The city editor and his four ass'stants keep a very complete assignment book, in which are enterel memoranda of every point that oug'it to be worked on each day, entries being fiequently made three months in ad- vance. Besides this bo k, reporters are kept on duty constant y at the rolice headquarters in New York, Brook. yn, Jersey City, and neighbouring towns, and immediately ou the receipt oi a piece of news from any police station it is telephoned to the city editor. L'sing the book of assignments, the papers of the day, and any hints he may have had from other sources, the city editor directs each reporter as to what he must do, exerci»- ing his best care in selecting the men with reference to their peculiar talents for the particular style Or kind of work be desires. About 5 o'clock Mr. Dana steps from his rooms to go home, first stopping to consult with Mr. Swinton and to leave with bim a ichedule of the tditorial matter he wishes to have appear. A calculation is now made to determine bow much space Mr, Dana baa left, and then the managing and city editors make up their schedules. On a comparison of these i* is gcner dly found that each has been too liberal with himself, and both sche- dule* have to be cut to leave a sufficient margin for the certain and probable newa, local and telegraphic, that is to jome. When the schedule matter it finally made np, it is given to the cjmpoaitors, who are row all at work. Once on the printers' hooks the sobedules, in their outline if apace, not in their contents, are abitolute. They represent what the paper will hold, and on the receipt of any unexpected matter, either the articles embrtcid in the ichedulet or the later newa, or both, must suffer condensation or slaught- er. It happens occaainnally that, piece by piece, the whole of the schedule lists it tet aside to make room for more importaat newt, and tometimet a hundred column* of copy very late is reduced to two column* be- fore it I caches the printers. A few week* ago fifty columus of Washington matter was iKJiled down to one, and not an important fact « ai tost. Before the conference as to the schedules, the city editor hss received returns from most of the morning assignments, and has started many of the reporters on new errands. At 6 o'clock the night city editor arrive*, who, astitted 'oy the three other city editors, from thi-i time forward directs the reporters and edits their copy, the manag- ing editor keeping him informed as to the necessary condensation. It matter* not how great the rush of matter and the conacquent roodentation may have been, nor how much of type may have been tet itide. The Sun tormt are locked up at the stroke of a certain hour every morning, and at 3 o'clock the p»per may be brought anywhere in New York city. Thit It one hour ahead of any other New York morning daily, and a aeoond editon u Irarely needed to mainUin the «im' repnUtion for pnntiog alt the new*. It will be seen, I think, that while the ««i* extremely economical of apace, and therefore of the time of it* bnty reader*, and thoDgh it pays as seldom aa possible for redundant words, it it exoeedingly liberal in gett ng the absolute newt. Ambltioaa aawt- paper men with tmall capital ahonld not undertake to ran a pi^iw en the 8m' tyttem, but nob a paper ia aaadad ia all of oar large, buay dtie*, and the day i* not far ditUnt, probably, wheo the Am will no loimrT Btand naiqaeaad ahaM, iaTUtot. Ovlfaa rssr-: wm^m i Th* cidtared way to tpmk of a boritaqi aotreti dreat u to aay that th* akirta • T«ry daooUeta at the bottom. a* are â- ;• OroiBlh* btadoa Ai i l n )•) faa^BMa at ftftji^r**. tttlw aad of Mardi •tattad for the Hwaag-H«, which ha atntk at th* MMll valley oT Oomi, th* faith**- ia- hahitad dittrict on the river. The Hwang- Ho, wh ch there ha* a breadth of about ISO yard* and a apid etirrent, at thi* point makei a tudden bend from northeaat to caat, flow- ing at an elevation of 8,000 f*et between ftSly wtjjl wooded bond*. After cpendinK ten days in the Uomi vallev, the expedition proceeded up the river, bat foand iU progrea* n.uch impe ed by ravine*, ninning down to the river bank, w lich. from the precipitou* nature of their aidea, ware ciaa^ed with diffi- cnl'y. In one of iheee va*t creva****, tome e ghty- seven miles beyond Qomi, there were fore*t* abounding with birds, among which wsre nu- merous blue pheasan's. Of these Col Preje- valeky secured teveral specimen* for hit col laotiona. Rhubarb w. s alao met with here la large qtiantit ea, and i wa* noted that the o d roota were extraordinarily laige. After crosting a namb r of the ravinet and a aandy plain besid s, the party arri* ed at th_. conflu- ence of the Churmyah, th re abo t a hundred yards broad. This proved to be the f nrtheet limit to which 'h y cou d puab their explor- ationa. For ' av ngno means of o nstructing raft, they found it iinpo-'sible to cross he Churmysb, and, bad ibey bee i ab e to lo ax Col. Prejevalsky, after careful and extended reoonuoissaa s, raloc aatly oame to ihe co clot on that he wo Id ' e unable to get h»s c.mels, mnet, and horse* over the huge mount in range which stretchej along the course of the Hwang Ho. He therefore re- turned to the GomI v-IIey, from whic i, after a m rch of forty miles, he reac ed a p ace on the Hwan Ho cal e I iu '.is letter Hui-de. Here he intended to spend part of July and August in natural history investigations, and then to go n rthward to Cheibsen to finish his former explorations there Coi. Prejeialskyi of the opinion that t*.e sources of the H ang-Ho can ouly be reache 1 t rough T ibetan territory le expr sues trong doubt » hethe the river makes sucn a decided curve in its nppef course a* ha* com- monly been assigned to it by t artograpbers. He is able, bowev r,to affirm poeitively that such a curved line does not exist in th 170 mileswiichhe hat lately explored. At th. end of his etter be an ou cet his intention of mic:iiug Alashan about Stpt. 1. â€" â€" â€" .m' *»» â-  »â-  The Empress' New House- SUB ABD THE (JUKKN 'It) BE NKIOHBOBRSâ€" WHY SUE REMAIKS I.S ESOLASD. I hear that it was the Queen who prevailed apin the Empress Eugenie to give up her in- tention of going to Arenenberg and tak ng with her the mortal remaina of the late Em- peror and cf the Prince Imperial. O je of tht chief reasons for leaving Chisleburst, but not the ouly one, was the impossibility of erect- ing a mausoleum there to those whom the Empress bad loved and lost. The prime difficulty was getting a site. There is, it is true, to the westward of the little Church of St. Mary a field which would have done but it IS the property of a rich city firm, who, for -ome reason or another, ivouid n t, or could not, listen to any terms of pur- chase. It was then suggested that the Memorial Chapel might be built on the north Side of the church, but here a d lUculty of another kind arose. Lt is a superstition among the RomanCatholA* of some countries that the sun never shines upon graves pla -ed to the north of a church. Tne plan haal-, therefore, to be abaudoned, and it was then that the E'upress' solicitor bethought him- self of Farnborough Hill, the estate of toe late Ml. Lo'iginan. One of the great attiac- tious of the place for the Empress is natural- ly its proximity to Windsor, of which it is within an easy drive. It is a cross between a French chateau aud an Eniilish country house, picturefquu and comfortable. The gardens are extensive, with graperies, teroery. greenhouse and orcbidhouses. The ornamental grounds, which cover about eighty kcrei, have artificial lakes, with small, woo led islands. The estate com- prise" besides, nine cottages and a farm, which is at present unlet â€" a hint te those who wish to have an Empress f«r the land- lady. Tne E npress will ttke possession in the early pirt of next year, the tenancy oi Camden Hou^e expiring in March. I bear the owner will not be so;ry to return te his home again. When he let it to the fugitive Emperor ten years a-^o, he certainly did not thiuk that ho would have been kept out of it so long. The Music of Ireland. Moore, in his essay on the music of Ire- land, says "It has often been remarked and oftener felt, that our music is the truest of all comments upon our history. The tone of defiance, succeeded by the languor of despondency (a burst of turbulence dying away into sofiutss) the sorrows of one mo- ment lost in the levity of the next, and all that romantic mixture of mirth and sadness which is naturally produced by the efforts cf a lively temperaui. ut to shake off or forget the wrongs which lie upon it. Such are the features aud character, which we find strong- ly aud faithfully r fl ctetl in our music and there are many airs which I think it is ditfi- cult to listen to without recalling some per- iod or event to w-hich ther expression seems p-culiarly applicable. The plaintive melid es of Car.dan take us back to the times in which he lived, when our poor countrymen were driven to worship their God in caves, or to quit for ever the land of their birth (like the bird that abandons the nest which human touch has violated) and in many a song do we hear the last farewell of the exile mingling regrets for the ties he leaves at home. " After all, those two men that at present lead the people of England, are though of Very d fferent typct, tough and tried old fellows both. The world will very likely go crazy over this new novel of Beaconsfield's, and if Gladstone does not get in itt pages a good many digs in the ribs, or wherever his lenderest parts are supposed to be, it will be a wonder. Ten thousand pounds for a novel,â€" fifty thousand dollars â€" and 20,000 copies sold before the book is published Is that not something for a man of 75? And he'll be at biting and tpiteful aa ever, of course. What would the whole thing be worth, if it had neither the wormwood nor the gall? It will be fuu if that man is again Prime Minister of England. But why not? He is the most magniticent charlatan that this century has produced, and, after all the average E'lglishman dearly loves fanfarade and cheap jewellery to say nothing of sound- ing periods, bitter invective and unadulter- ated Jingoism. It waa not with Jingoism in itself, that they were disgusted and scandal- ized, but at Jingoism unsuccessful, with I ingoism iu a peck of trouble*, with Jingoism next door to being ridiculous, with, in short. Jingoism awfully expensive, and nothing, not even a poor httle bit of glory aod succett to show, a* a set off agaiast all the treaanie watted and all the blood shed. But diagutts are soon gotover, and the magnificent Cheap John is not long discredited. And ta it may be, that the old atuff, near about octogenarian, may be the figure bead of another ministry, and go off to Westminister Abbey, amid a shower of rockets, blue lights and Koman candles. So dear is humbug to the average human heart. A STRANOE kitten was given a home, on the tteamKhip Illinois, which was then in her dock in Philadelphia. When the steamer left Liverpool recently for home, it waa found that the kitten bad been left behind. The capUiu and tailor* were much grieved, because they never expected to *ee ber again. When the Briti»h Crown, the next eteamer of the American line to tail from Liverpool arrived in Philadelphia, the firtt patauiger to creep athore wss pntty. With tail and mane erected ahe flew on board the Hlinoi*, and began to race about the deck*, showing in every way ber dumb natnre would allow the joy that wa* in her heart at getting back to her old home. Tui *nit instituted to admini*ter the prop- erty of the late Mi** Adelaide Neilton, in the Englith Court of Chancery, will be heard thi* Week. Legal queationa a* to the right of Mitt Neilton to will away her property have arisen, and with a view to a final deter- nunatton of the whole matter, it baa hem tboogbt beat to take the opinion of the Coart. A very handsome monnment will shortly be erected in memory of Mia* Neil- eon in Brompton Cemetery, at a oo*t of £600. To the tmth of the saying that th* aia* of the aoul has nothing to do with the aiae of the body, no atronger tetiimoay it needed than tha tmail phytioal tUtare of cnoh man a* Helmet, Howell*, CaWe, Whipple, Al- drioh, Stedmaa. and a hoat of other*. Thm drawback on tobtooo miut refer to p« p a e m oking. (Rrea thaTMTtalo Xratk. lQaTarthaudatiMra.wa*aoMnah pmt gtiag till I MimfMU to gather it, »Bt, bJwii yov h*aa«Cwn «• lata and lotoaf it that oaaaot b* t«N*«l aoUnBO* »*•â- Â«*» foUowiag. With l«a£dMddle TitOTH with â- â€¢ mmnj Ub4-mit» m wm Obaru* Barr of tha liadaay Poat rejoioad m, and that not froon any malfe* or im ag inat i o a, but timply by repeating WHAT I HKAK AT RalCF OOWIKKS, aad what ia often whiapered at eoontiag hua*e* aud at Innch tablea. I ahoald hop* tbere are a good many lie* gbitag. and that a good deal of what i* tauL u more froaa thoaghtle** love of aawt, thaa froa* aay deliberate intention to hurt either oharaetor or credit. And yet the effect it the tame. Aa nDouofortaM* faaliog u ezetted. Oae geu into the idaa that there t* soaaetbiag wrong, though a thrug of the aboulder or a wiuk of ttte eye ia aboat the whole, and what aotioaable matter it thera io that T It it ttrauge, beaidet, how tpetddy uiipleaaaot news and tutpiciont get auroad. Now it it a man't pecuniary afiairt, now his personal habits, uow hit domestic relations, now on ihing, nuw ajioiher. But it ia all aa a iuuaI thing on the aua.ly tide, all tending to make the object of remark lea*, to lo«er hi» poaiiiou and di^qnl«t bit frieadt. You will bear that une man, who ha* been making a great ado, and tilling qoite a prumiueot ploee in the world of faiuion or politioa, or both, is iu difficuliiet, whence the rumour ojone. No one can tay. Bat there it very tpcedily aeen method :n the ILADNXS8, IT NOT MALICK, IN THE 8T0RT, " Want* to tell bit hoiue? " " You don't aay I Tuai fine houie be bat to lately fiuiah- ed?" Jutt to. "On, I don't believe it. Toe atory ba* nothing to itand upon I " " Way man alive ibe' houae it not even mortgaged 1" " lac't it? Fbat ia all yoa anow.' "Mortgaged? Aye, up to nearly full value. It would not bring more Were the mortgage foreclosed to-day.*' "Oal i thought to. It does oot turprite me, not one bit." And s the thing goes oo, and that which started with, "I shouldu'i wonder it," ends with the moet tolemn aster- tiou that tuch it tue tact. My 1 But won't things go lively when the Municipal elections come i ff? Po itics areget- ting more and mure into them, and both aide* are equally gniUy aud eqitady hypocritical. The Uioie always deprecates the lutroduct ou ot politic* iutu such conttstt, but tome how or other it alwaya diacovers the superiur merita uf goud touud Grita.. The Matl is nut a whii belter. The gieat safeguard of the World and the Telegram is that they know little or notbing abouc tne local men and their past uiitories, aud can't manage to be partizan even though they were trying. They would like though, a 1 the same. JOH.N.ME HALLA.M HAD A LITTLE BLOW OFF the other night at toe Council against the coal tax, though bow that lay in the way of tuete civic dignitaries except as citizens, it would be difficult to aee or say. A gentle- man of the name of Swan is out bright and early, and others wiU'tollow in. due course, though, upon the whoje, most of people are not anxious about the honour, except they have some axes to grind. The .Mayoralty is differeut for to it there is A VEKV FAIR SA1.ARY AITAL'UKD, its duties are not burdensome, and there IS always coming Up the opportunity of spr. adiug one's self in speech or hospitality. Wm.B.'t card is out,and it is grand. I am not BUre that I make out the grounds upon whioh be bases bis cliiiiu, but it is all written and every one can judge for him- self. Some folks are saying that W' P. Howlaiid, the late Lieut. -Governor, is going to be brought out. If to, a few will need to retire. He it not a great man ia nut Wm. P. But he it highly respectable, and in my estimation wortn half a dozen of his son. Ii be come out I incline to the idea that be will win, though I would not.be tijo sure, for he has his draw-backs, and theiie are easily laid bold of abd made the most ot. I., any case he will be the strongest man witi whom Mr. Manning will have to con- tend. I oltcn wonder bow I should do supposing the city should deleg..te all its e.ecting power to your humbie servant. I nave no duuut I snuuld choose the Lieai mau, but tnere would be a puzzle sometimes about now he was to be lound out. The fact u things are not very pleasant municipal. y with Tor u to, but the difficu.ty is abou. makiug them better. Again an I again in days gone by, new blood was thought iudis peusable, new blood was tried and it did make much difference. Everybody remem- beis what was expe6ted when WILLIE THOSISOK AMi JOHN TIRSEC ASK WARB1*"(: KE.VSEDY and others got into the C 'Uocil. Things were to be ail serene and affairs were to he managed in quite a tip-top fashion. \\ a" tbere really such an awful difference? Scarcely, and even during the present yeai has the tone very much improved Pertiaps some, but it could stand a good deal of im- provement yet. My own notion would be to get Mr. Go'ldwiu Smith into the Council. He would do first rate, -and if he was made mayor that would be all the better. What a biow in the face that would be to Gordou Brown, if bis great bete noox, in spite .f ali bis annexation view's, were, to lie cho en chiet official of the Queen City I ' I' »oi.d be enough to make every Grit ston..- â-  it i ;he corporatrou ris« and mutiny) 111. liwin would but " thiuk ou" to it, it might be managed. Then from the Council after, he had put it ill right and tuperintended it for a year or so to see how it worked, be could go into the local parliament to coach Crooks, mentor, (if one might venture on a carriage) Mo wat, and Twin Wood to better and more economical ways. -After that, he could go to Ottawa, and repeat the opera- tion there. It would be tine. I shall take an early opportunity of suggesting the courte to Mr. Smith personally, and I have no doubt it can be managed. The hard weataer has brought out the curlers and skaters. Tne new granite rink is something "immense," and it is having distinguished patronage. Tire Mutual will be sure to suffer. ' • ' IT IS SOT "TOlfEv' ENOl'UH. Besides, it is an undoubted fact that diacip- line and good behaviour are n«t ^what they ought to be there. Our rinks should be so conducted that ladies 'both old and young could frequent them witn tha greatest con- fidence. As things staud they can't do thi* There is far too much coarse horse play and crowding and uonec^aary j^istling.. It may be very jolly for vulgar hali-growna or whole grown lads, but it does not pay, for it draws away the very peraoii* it ia all important to retain. A skauug rink ought to have as good and as gentlemanly behaviour as a drawing-room, and ii tne Granite can secure thu, it will be a success. I hear of i[Uite a number going in lor ice sports this winter, staid men of business, and even those reck- oned firmly pious. Why not A man might both read nis bilde and pray all the letter alter an hour or two at the sioues, it betting and whiekey were str:ctly tabooed. By tne way what does the ST. AKDKEW'g SOCIETY DO W1T« ALL THK crtAPLAiira? ' Think of four to keep these drontby church Scota in order. They must need a good deal ot looking after and no mitts ke. What about the whiakey at their meeting* I* it the duty of the Cbaplaina to taate and testify that it it good? O course the meetings of good true Scots without the " niouaUin dew " is not to be thought of. Would it not be nice to count up all the cost of these "refreshments " and eive it to the poor in addition to the other bene- factiao It is an awfully fine thing bow- ever, to get creoit for benevulenoe and pa- triotism,and have a regularly good jollifica- tion at Icbe same time. I know right well who says, " Freedom and wbUsky gahg the either Tak aff yer dram.' Aad 1 would be torry to do anything to in- duce Scotchmen to stop their drinking, when I am so well aware as I sm, of the extent of their drouth. Aod whole FOUR CUArL4INtl TO ASK A BLESSING on a tass o' whiskey I Oh it's fine I Noth- ing can be done withont the liqnor, and everybody kaow*,that to drink moderately, is far more meritorious than to abstain steady Scotchmen all, obey your pastor* and masters, and time your drinking so that you may get ali you want,and yet go home, If not as sober a* judge*, yet, quite able to follow in the lootatep* of divioe*. Scuanlated to enterpriee by the energy of the TeUfrtp and iu graphio d»criptiona, I w*nt to â- Â«* the lady •aperintendent of tbe Baren. I tell yoti, it i* a mighty ticklish htisiaeat to go to snob places. Bat I went, and foaad that Jack* agaot had apon the whole beea faithiuL Thar* must be .soMc Awrm. " tan " Atama tm bittsr CLA8SKS in Toronto, bnt â- ureiy it oaa't be trna, that aom* who fa** aboat religion, taking op ooppen of a Sunday, aud even apeaking at maftkemtJi, fi aniather** aod hii«eri...«Ml. by aU Silt^Jfe? â- ake It pretty hut for u!,?7J for thoZ'/l* acainp*, whether they pUy ^^ It I* perf*edy a4^^*l rcf «o«..»tfc.ei*r-^ u oiaLs 8CCH rooui Oh pper thiaga, nuoy of th.« l. ' oaly a ohaao*. Aad a raw iaio..^*! e* of thoae in higher,*tatioDs who SmM by talking of love, when they injto le**. I* it always to be thmt ' thin ' 1-1 weak always to be pushed to th,' V oa tbe aide of the oppre*!or aQj '"i- thare alwaja to be power It *o, at laaat cnoh is th* oaa« « Toronto, thongh I don't belie,. ^^-^ a bit woiae hare than in countrJN The high toned tinner* witij th ^«Balf iMoaM henevolenoe and prsr,, *t Qaartor loag to crucify aome of them, ll'i i Kght itkeUtaBtl MaMere and aa linadvanoe. |1 50 in thr^ p^d tiU end ot **•• yjTLâ€" liUnned antU •" â- !4J%|ili,her| ,pt at the option M m^Z.. pmymJ refusing P»I!*^the tubtcripj the rulet. SINO: *% 'j»e eilamn, oaa d* be held retpontibia 'mntil they complyj ilATES OF -•50 27 15 8 I ahall aome "of these daylj" a'^S turn over a new leaf and to toir* what they are anxioa* to have iT' they are. There now A whole column, Word about Sara, or on toe »t»g, ulmirable tcnool for moral ^j ing So it it. a* trne aa that I aoi ' â-ºâ€¢â€¢.-♦ ALL SORTS. -^^ I '„»jF. I aaw tome catsup on a (tra A fence rail at a sheil, A man who thot up m the »,, A hat tttnd on its head. " :;.;-â-  -A Practical Question Darkly the humorist Mutet on fate Gbattly experiment I fe ttema to him, Subject for meirin;cnt Sumbre and grjni I* It bit doom or is it Something he ate Tbe William Goat Mary had a William yf:i\ And he wat black as j t He followed Mary round all ia, Aod liked her yuu jut e' Card* Six do under, tir*t mteriion.. bteqnent intertion toienliaet, fir*tin«ertion.. tubteqaeot inttrtion. n line*, fir*t intertion per line subeequent insertion number of line* to be reckoucd bj he'sptoe occupied mettured by a scale '^-^^vier Advertitemenit withou directions wUl te publishrd till i. charged aooordingly. Am Uausitorl enw mutt be in the offi e ot pnl| J Jl o'clock o^ the I'huis la reo-^ing their public.ition. W. nUTLEIX.i;. I'l prieti ESSIMUL BUSINESS DIRECTORY. lic^tral. rs. Kproulc A Carter, ians, Surgeoni-, Accouchev C. CK Medical Hall; residence e Hou-e. dale, Sept. 17. 18X0. 1 â-¼ DR. PI'RDV, BICIAX, SI'IWVF.OX. ACCof( Efi-.ENH !â-  'I Ctssl. He went with her to echo il r.^, j^ The teacher kicked bim out -^^^^^ ' â€" It made tbe children gi in, yc'^. Clia«« R ^^iHi***- To have the goat about. " gj^p^ter at Law, Ower. S ButthougholdWhackenikici,,,. 0'W^"E'T^""r"£tV,"' '"" "â-  ' Yet still he lingered n^T^^' -tore. I'oulet Str.n-t He waited jast outside Ut d» Till Wbackemdid ajij car. B' TI, Frost 4c lo«l. AlKlSTEBS, A.VIi ATTuUNl V- Tnen Willi.m rsa to me i the na- -U I*' Solicitor. ,i, 1.,..,. v. i He ran his level best *ane*r^ Ac, Owen S. uml, l.av.- â-  And met him just behind, yon ,.. M fheet on. Oraco ..i- Down just below the vest. leii^etore. ^jif â- â- Â« Fbost. j. W. I'l; Old Whacktn turned a tomerssu.. Ooonty Crown A«t"»T*-V. The goat stood on his lit a i, z~ __- ^~ Aud Mary Isugbed herse f u a.i Jam*** 'na*.oil. She bad to go to be,l. ' OABBISTKUnni .\rToliNK • • ._i^ J D lltstir 111 li.-iiK-i-rv, Uwi-i: -â- -.-"==• " 8«^ 17, l»m. PoKer. â€" *f â€" ... a ,1... 1 Jameti l..iiin«M. To draw, or not to draw, thst/i.th. ttOKNEY-AT-L.AW. .,J.,. j, Whether 'tis safer ia the player to tu^^LCLanrery.Not.trv I'l.l.!..-, .i,.. The awful risk of skinning fi r a etr»v • T*^-" '•"""â- " "' 'â- â- â- %" '•'•' 1- Or, standing pat, to raise em .lUt,«i%" "â- *' ""*â-  '--ii'd- I..i luiit ujil I And thus, bybuilding. g.t it. To '..,. "f^ '" '^*^' iutrudtie.-i f ekin '»*• No moreâ€" and by that ekin l.ie-.aia: DUN DAL K Or two pair, or the fattest b aii-.m tn; Siffcrnbcr "il^t. I--" Tha*. luck is heir to â€" 'tis a e .naammK ^^â€" ^s ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ DevoulAy to be wished. Tu dnr. To skin I perchance to bu-tâ€" »y€, the rub ' For in that draw of t'-.ree «hat ;irj come When wo have ahufllid ofl t .c unct-. pack. Must give us pauae, Taere\ tiie my Which make* calamity of ii-ni-taiied :j €»mmt$sittrm H i^nb A^initJ Wni. Ki-oun. Ror M.\ui;i.\(.i:i.ii i;: mmissiouer III 15. l!..Vi-. iveyaneiiig in all ,i, l,).iu.-iii to and carefiiljy t-M-i-n!. d. For who would,bear the overahelunni-Jir" Money to 1.1 iid mi 1;. i; I..; Markdnle. .Ki The reckless straddle, the weij;' onth The insolence of pat hau i-, .lod the L- I'hat patieut ment of the bluff rtike- r-v-i-i. When he himself might b -m.; :. b*r.^•^I.".^f-â- â€¢-^' "'.. I" Wuat w -.;!i tra-, i: .\.i..M .\Si l-l. V .StorJ Wii!i;iin-f..i.i By simply passing r „ bold, ?ll" And go out on a small pr i.Tes^:vc iiie But that the drea " The undiscovere Such hamls mus And ma'Aea nt rati Tbaobe carious alKjut hails weknu. ctiont .r furtlo i i-niii^ Thus buffing doth make cowar i. .,*«h;iiit-. mid I. iiid Sin! And-thus the nat ve hue of a t. i;r-i;e.rdei !â- â€¢ mid rliai.j .- mii-i is sickened with lome dark ami ,i? 'ik-.mII. Si pt. 17. I-~" Aud apeculaturs in a jack-pot vtix: With this regard, their intcr-5; :urr. .A.nd l-ise the right to open. \FI t:il. a small pr .^Tes,:vc i.* l AUxaild*! Uruw il. ead ot sOin'-*h:u.- af.etA- edacc fu.l, »• nil,,.,. s-i^BLl.!. i.f Marriage Lio^iu. ^, |^, st b w, vuiil'-a »»«« •• jrjr" Iâ€" v.mliee .» • i; ..|ini, rat»;erk epT\» chijuv TJ. U- Ac. .-.nv. ui,.-,.,-'..-,!,,/ /.,, 1 alKjut hails weknii.ctioDter for tlo i 'i:itii\ ..lii-.y I o'.h make cowar is ..*«h;iiit-. niid I. itid Sin!--. I"i4.i-ii. U«or((r 'orb«'i. Jr. AND. LOAN AND .l.Ni;i;.\l. .\(.! .\1 J Ov.en S'lUiid -Moifiv t,, I,,,,;, ;,; es of iuti 1. t. l'niici|ial i-.ual.h at 1 of a term .if yi:ir,aud iiitert -t bal! or yearly. .. I (iriiu-ipal and iiit e in ni-tiiliin iitH. ^PAiiuiiiUT of doiiiibli' Iiuia 1. -I II :iu^ y An arms house â€" the arsenal. The Widow Olive has adjournej It is a poor speller who does n i to bnsines*. The man who missed bis fo had bis boots stolen. MR:i. LAN'iiTKy is BO beautit'ii' ihi' more than bead and shoulders y adornments of dress. Trader:^ interested in the tard are reminded that the duty ou'cii:i:potti, Iii-tfiK'i.i.ii.. .v,'..ir.dJ i..- iii full weight to tbe ton. ne within tin- ia-t lifty !i\f :ii-. j It's probably true that the aurc: '"â- â- â€¢d tu make Siir\.-\- .i, ~i,..-. ,.. pew-rest place on earth, s-.nc:- so hi* theii with. l'ijii;k- aiid l,t;n the congregation sleep. Otaiiiii;.' HilN, I'laii- |iiid S|..- .;:.• ij Every maiden can have a felkr ifi.,^^'"*-' 15"'W '^. liiT.i.-i:.-.! n a|-i money enough to buy a ge.inj.mi^L."" '"'"""•'" ""I"' 'â- ""â- ""â-  ' with all the modem attachiU'.u:i J. Cii. Sittfs. ,OMINIiN .\ND IKOVlNi \A'.. onive,\i.r. I'niupiit-iiiau iii,.i ., •*fcrd and M.-irkiUlr. H:uij.f (111! tnriaeiHl l.an.l Suiv. v..r i baiU â-  1; tin WiK-k if ijit-iiLi'l Fi. id Nm.' will 1 1,. 17. iNsii. |iioniptly att. 'ill IlcttttstrH. " There is no place like home Mr. Henpeck, looking at a !:!•â- â- :! a heartily added " I'm glad ti-teiuxv. The ancieat maiden who "u :er« her aition of marriage much longer «iU««; Mr. chances for this leap year. I HAVE no knowledge of nioneta.' i save in the abstract, as the tiiiefa:. while depleting the money-drawrr. Mr. Jain« J. WItitt* Otu Lady (to modest Curat. "I' Issistant tu Dr. Canierou dw,!, I do not like to 'ear you preach er ci^^-ill m: AT TH UKVUM' 1 Your language is that won erful liu.. Markdal. ,„ the la -, \V, .i, The Dean of Carlisle is *l â- Â»' ^di mouth, wli.n ]„. »iii 1,1..,,.^^ the widow of the late David H" pall o|m rations r.-.iuin I •11.0,1 tj, IlI.V it. Liverpool. Tbe dean is eightvlb' old. W0ME.N don't toke to tcle.;r»i mnch. Lots of dis|^iatches have tc ' on manifold, and tbe sex don't cw if old. If a madman bitten be By a bitiern bitterly. Better had that bittern be«: Bitten than the man, I weet S.iKAii Bekmiarut's first w.i;. landing in America were "If Hri:' â- be inot â- onable t- -iiti-fHctoiy man. nii MARKDALE. Beecber or RosOoe Conkling I'll scream." laviup ka d tho ftU.ve|,„t, I ;hly ri fiiri,i~li.d and r. littisl ,1 ag I al.:.. will iiii.J-cverv ,„.,., )nly tlieU-i ..f liijii.,,; „„,, .m«tod stablin.:. « .11. ful hi.-itl«. 1.1 til III! tf iUllJiKi.lIll A DULL old lady, being tol i tb*' » Sept. 17,1- JOHN \.\N ilO^lX. IVopr.e,. MEAFOKD, Oi;t lawyer wa* lying at tbe p tut 'f dei-^^-^..- j. .,»,•,. claimed: " ftytracious wvn'c ev?C -Vl. HtP'^ViZi â- top that man • lying " TncK, 2 a. m. "My dear, ini all right. I've been dowu gtttis; turn*. There's no use raisin' a r.'» my ftnlt. What you want tnms " A J. MtdlKU, farf'T"' accommudati.in bha. Til. 1 i, ll.ILtol til. 1. HOT Oi:;. bar o»o*et Wiuc, aim At BuUong -Mr. Belleville he »ng ef Cigar-. air his French before bis frien.i!- ' â- ' ^^^ "bus to aud fr^im .ill Parfume duâ€" erâ€" du Jockey claV oJllV, 1880. Perfumer â€" "O ves, sare Vc â- "' " Aai ti ~r~w\~^ .^ Kngliah amell* " • 'WIMERCIAL A riilLt) of "1 wat being Ukcn to ' I*RICEVIL1jE, in a close carriage, and » hile 1 .i8iiy.T ^^^ a plantation he suddenly e\ UiB*' ^5^1??*"' ""nuodiiii.s S;»ni|.li- 1 great satisfaction " lyjok 1 k â-  ' " Wooui-., .ve. I'li. |:;.i :,.,.| out to tea; but all the t. s «rt J 'nKPlied with tlu- 1.. M tli. iji:. home 1" The richest men in iJorininy ••' Rothtchildt of Frankfort, Krj|P" and Bleicbbloder of Berlin tne l"" mark is also reckoned anion^ tse aires. The namber of Prussita lO' is only 1, 195. Si'EAKiNHrofMr. Forbes" lectiri'ip I Have Met," a western ncws|ff*i' some day he will come across th' and a pair of *event, and then he "j. Is good Stabling and alteiitiv, Ik'stl THO^i. AfKIXSON, I'mir^ ber .Him. 1 â- rest â- oaiething aboat the really of thia oeuutry. Kino Luiiwro, ot Bavaria, who"' •ite aad makea hi* ministers stts' wake* bit old chamberlain at ' •â- 'â- ' morning to play billardt, au.l ' ' yawa he it toon made to feci the «*| the Toyal ditpleasore. " My cate it jutt here, " sai.l » cit -^ Uwyer the other day, "the pl»"" •wear that I hit bim. 1 f'"'*!!,, did not. Now what can your l»^r â-  out of that if we go to trial- ' dollar* apiece," was the pioinpt rr Tu* other day a mUd little ni»»J invalid wife and seven childrer, hiack bear at a raffle in Mempk», bear waa rafUed off because it ai owner, and the little man who laoky throw i* Ja*t wild to know TCjH E SUikdalc, uc\t diKsr 1. i: "delivei^-i- ^. 1880. -ep and XI oi ;y Uoii ill tJ Cm 111- Slie^lJ « bavrng good fat .-.iief] 'nere namet and ad.li. ss at ,^°*«1. Keyere Hou»e, Markd persigned are stUl on the war p sitively pay the highest ricoa rth.iaeo.