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THE GAZETTE MONTREAL SATURDAY 22j 1879. her, Bachel was hardly th? superior of Mod- the subject, and call it cne of her crowning charms. No matter what other attractions th outcome of one individual, the responsibility is shared by three. We consiJjr that theie is force in the arguments of those who advocate undivided responsibility in the but she sat there onber cricket, thinking and thinkirg. At latt, after everybody had left the room, she weDt to look up Jimmy.

He was on'y have been tbe p-n stales tbat the an'maVs body left almost tairlees AltV ogb there in thtre is ncn3 of tbe itching which characterises some of the other kin eruptions of or see neither, in ordinary 4 'l The Bisx or thi Dskb. It is a most eur- WALL STREET ere fortunes are made everr dav ttrtthov cases, is there much fe.tr. impairment of The Aftlzans" ifiuhial BuildinO SOCV appetite, nor change in tbe secretion of mine. The Annual General Meetinj of Share- Professor Axe records that a similar com-plaint has recently been met with smongst the Fifteenth d-iv or iwtii. niei The oft-repeated story that the Quakers are decaying body does not seem to be true, for Englisa joarnal asserts positively that toot unly has the tailing; off in the number of sarin ber of the rociety checked fjr rosny years, bat a com parati vvly rapid growl lias also oecarrwd during the last few years.

TLia is marked by the increase of some tae older meetinga" of the body bo'h in Ea-3and aat sad by tte spread nt' trie iVBomiaation into uth'T coontrres, if even on a tmait scale. Notwithstanding emigration, intra is an addition to tee. small number of Quakers in Xorway and Denmark, and a sconthly" meeting baa been established in iyria. borne time aco a mission was begun at Mocnt Lebanon, and there are score of members there. The Ckruthn at Work says Dr.

jeska in stage skill. According to Mr. Lewes, she was wanting in qualities in which the Polish actresss is pre-eminent. Madame Modjeska is full of gayety, not violent or riotous, but well-controlled, aid her womanly manner is winning her admiiers in this country almost as warm as those in Poland. Unlike so many women who have reached high levels in the dramatic art, she has lost nothing ot her womanliness.

Men, who are more sensitive than women to that lack, nnd her personality feminine, and women have no charge of masculinity to bring against her. But paiticularly does she not possess tne slightest wickedness. So far is she from such a character that in her hands roles which ex hibit depraved women are elevated and puri fied by her management of them, uooaness, rather than wickedness, is the suggestion flowing from Madame Modjessa tneory ana practice. Her tendency is upward, and the influence she carries with her before the toot-lights is highly moral as well as In this she is the suoerior of Sarah Bernhardt the actrees of the present with whom she is most likely to be compared. Moreover, she is a most conscientious artist, and in that like Ristori.

while in other respects greater. Bhe does not, like Rachel in her later days and like Sirrah Bernhardt already, play indifferently at times almost carelessly until the moment comes for a telling point, In order to flash out then into action of the highest strain. Madame Modjeska gives suf ficient attention to all parts of a role, and modifies and subordinates the part in such a manner that the play becomes a finely mould- ed, organic whole. Of course so thorough a worman leaves none of the minor things undone, those minor things which it is the tendency in all the arts to raise to the dignity of majar questions. Thus she studies her costumes for Cleopatra or Juliet, looks up Greek bas-reliefs for Medea, and tries to bring realism into strong play without letting it usurp the interest of an audience.

Modjeska may have her equal, possibly her superior in certain directions, but it is doubtful if Europe possess so well rounded a genius for the stage as she. Madame Walter of Berlin is said to be unrivaled in heavy tragedy Janauschek has proved in America her marked tragic'genius Bernhardt has her roles in which she is unsurpassed but none of those who can run the gamut of the emo tions like Modjeska. It i noticeable that al- 1 though the lack of DUblic taste forces her to nlnv tliA litrhtor tmcrpHv nf thA French EmDira. she improves in her acting exactly 1 in proportion to the beauty and depth of the Dlav. Having seen her Juliet one ot Medea.

How she would throw fire and terror into that wonderful drama I And her Cfro- patra 1 No living actress, unless it ba Bern hardt, could enact with equal power tne serpent of old It is a pity that such a rare bird of passage could not be caught and persuaded to stay with us. She alone would form a powerful school for the education of our youthful actors and actresses. Siribner. German Masle. The current number of the Eetme De Deux Jlondei contains a very interesting notice of music in Germany.

The superiority which France can claim in the arts of design, Germany, says the writer, unquestionably asserts in the ait of music. The love of it extends to all classes and conditions. The meanest towns and villages have their choral and or chestral societies, and at Salzungen, a little town of 4,000 souls in the depths of tbe ducby of Saie Meiningen, you may hear a choir of young children sing in delightful concert the choral works of Bach, Scarlatti, and Mendelssohn. Long before Bismarck had united the various parts of Get many, music had done much to weld them together. Una of Germany's special points of operatic superiority lies in tbe extraordinary wealth of her repertoire.

In a period of six months. 25 to 30 different works are played on the stage ot Vienna, Dresden, Berlin, and Munich. Thus, in a single week, the Berlin house gava Jb reisohutz 'La Croix Or, (iiruli,) 'Guillaume Tell, Lt Gounod's and (Mehul while the Munich bousa gave and Tbe great contrast between opera management tnere and elsewhere is that in Germany it is connded to a most accomlisbed artist whose choice is uninfluenced by pecuniary motives, instead of to an impresario intent on gain. When a new piece is proposed, it is submitted by the Director-io-Chief to two high musical authorities, each of whom sends in a written opinion concerning it. If they agree, their decision is ratified by tbe Director.

If they disagree, he decides, and if he concludes to accept the gentleman who has been in favor of the piece is appoint- ed to preside (with the composer) at the re hearsals. The subventions given to the opera-houses are liberal. At Aix-la-Chapelle the city defrays the cost of house and orches tra- At Cassel and Wiesbaden $45,000 are given at Hanover and Brunswick, $60.000 Coburg, Wiemar, Gotha, Darmstadt, and Schwerin the theatres are carried on with the understanding that deficiencies will be provided for by tbe purse of the reigning Prince. In addition to the house and the orchestra, the opera at Dresden receives $135,000, and Berlin $90,000, with a guarantee against de ficiencies. The German Princes usually evince the utmost interest in the matter, and are present quite en bourgeois, nearly evety evening at the opera, which in Germany is a most agreeable resort, and an untold boon to strangers.

There is no finery or fuss involved in going to it. Toilets are simple, and adapted to those who can't afford carriages. Young ladies even go alone, a servant attending them to the door, and returning to fetch them when tha performance is over. Above all, the entertainment is within the reach cf persons of very moderate means. The Road to Slamber-laad.

What is the road to Slumber-Land and where does the baby go The road lies straight tnrongh mother's arm wnen tne sun is sinxing low. He goes by the drowsy land of nod" to the land or" miiany." When all wee babes are safe in the fold, under the evening sky. A soft little nightgown, clean and white a face washed sweet and fair, A mother brushing the tangles out of the aiikea golden hair Two little tired, satiny feet, from the shoe and the stocking tree Twolitte palms, together clapped at the mo tber's patient knee Eomo baby-words that are drowsily lisped to the tender shepherd's ear And a kiss that only a mother can place on the brow of her baby dear A little round head which nestles at last close to the mother's breast And then the lullaby soft and low, singing the song of rest And close and closer the blue-veined lids are hiding the baby-eyes. As over the road to 1-lumber-land the dear little traveller hlea. For thi Is the way, through mother's arms, all little babies go To the beautiful city of Slumber-Land when the suu is sinking low.

The To See a Ilole Tnroac-ti tbe Hand. Roll up a piece of paper, a pamphlet, to make a tube about nine to twelve inches long and an inch or so across. Put this tube to your right eye, and look through at some object, attentively keeping both eyes open. Now hold up your left hand with its bacV toward you, and bring it near the lower end of the tube, looking at your hand with the left while the right eye is fixed on something through the tube. If you hit the right position, which you can do, putting the edge of the hand against, not over, the lower end of the tube, you will be surprised to see very clearly tbe things beyond.

It is a very easy, but most surprising experiment, and will please old as well as young people. You will, of course, wish to know why this is so why there seems to be a hole where there is none. The scientific journals are talking about this, but their explanations would hardly suit youngsters. We usually look at the same thing with two eyes, and tha two image one in our mind. Here we separate the two eyes in an unusual manner, and the mind brings together tbe circle made by the tube for one eye, and tha hand seen by the other, makes one of them.

You can vary this in several ways. If when looking through the hole in the hand, you stretch out the left thumb, so that it will be seen by tbe right eye through the tube, the thumb will appear to be directly across tbe hole in your band. Instead of looking at your hand, use a card make a black spot on the card as big as a half dime, and look at it as before the black spot will appear to be floating in the center of the bole, with nothing to hold it there. Another variation is to make a round hole in the card of the size of the half-dime look at this hole with the left eye, so that the real hole will be withinha imaginary hole the hole will appear exceedingly bright, and surrounded by a ring of shadow. American Toung Folks.

A LilUe Sinner. BT MRS. X. F. BCTTS.

Little Goldlocks sat on a cricket at her mamma's feet, hearing papa read in the Bible. He read all about the flood, and tha ark, and Noab, and the animals. When she my have, she may be fair as the Trojan Helen, and as learned as the fimon Hypatia of ancient times she may have all the ac complishments considered requisite at tbe present day, and every advantage that wealth can procure and yet, if she a low, soft voice, she can never bs really fascinating. flow often the spell of beiuty is broken by coarse, lond talking. How often are you irresistibly drawn to a plain, unassuming woman whose soft, silver tones render her positively attractive.

Betide, we fancy we can judge of the character by tha voice the bland, smooth, uwning tours seem to betoken deceit and hypocrisy invariably as the musical, snbdned voice indicates genuine refinement In the social circle how plea- sent it is to hear a woman talk in that low key. which always characterizes the true lady. In the sanctuary at home how such a voice soothes the fretful child and cheers the weary husband. How sweet its cadence Heats through the sick chamber and aroana the dying-bed With what solemn melody does it breathe a prayer for the departed soul 1 "Ah, yes, a low, soft voice is certainly an excellent thing in woman A Girl's Lots or Ksowlidoi Young ladies in Boston are, of course, nothing if not intellectual, and the latest demonstration 01 this Is the device of a maiden of that city who fs still in her Her plan, which is already thoroughly under way, was to form a female society of eompanions ot aoout ner own age, and with this backing she has in duced Mr. Ralph Waldo Emerson, Mr.

Alcott, and other distinguished sages of Concord and Bam bridge to agree to enlighten the association by familiar discourses on religion, scienca, and philosophy. Mr. Emerson is down for four engagements, and others, of perhaps lesser note, for a smaller number. It is understood that the subject to be taken np at each meeting is to be at the discretion of the teacher for the time biug. He is to talk upon it and then throw tha field open to general discussion, or, if he prefers it, he may adopt the Sccratic method of imparting knowledge by asking rather than answering questions the young ladie, iu either case, holding themselves bound to fait her hi-; pnr-posa to the best of their ability.

The benefit to be derived by the several participants in in these mental encounters is a problem which we do not care to grapple with in the absence of more detailed information but if tne young women ct 20 years of age or thereabouts, to be Coned in a mixed gathering, are not wholly different from their sisters in other American cities, it would be interesting to know what Mr. Emeison's opinion was, at the end of his fourth philosophic dialogue, of their collective in telligence, Tattleks. Every community is cursed by the presence of a class of people who make it their business to attend to everybody's business bat their own. Such people are the meanest specimens of depraved humanity which an All-wise Providence permits to exist on this earth. It is well known that almost every person is sometimes disposed to speak evil of others, and tattling is a sin from which every few can claim to be entirely exempt Tatlers are confined to no particular class of society.

They belong to all clases and operate in all. We find them among the rich and the poor' upper ten'Jand lower million' in the shurch and out of it They are people who have no higher ambition than to be well informed in regard to other people's private retail scandal to their neighbors, and exult in fiendish triumDh over the wounded feelings and bruised hearts of their innocent victims. Beaulees old maiis and childless matrons make the most accom plished scandalmongers in the world. They seem to take to tattling from the prompting of a natural instinct, and they roeecute it with an energy that would do infernal honor to the great leader the prince of darkness cimseii. nur contempt for such grace less creatures knows no bounds, and we can find no woriis in which to express their lnumy.

Fish a Braia, Md. Since during the acts oT sensation and intellection, phosphorus is consumed in the brain and nervous system, there arises a necessity to restore the portions so consumed, or, as tne popular expression is, to use brain food. Now, as everyone knows, it is the pro perty of phosphorus to shine in the dark and as fish in a certain stage cf putrefactive decay often emit light or become phosphores cent, it has been thought that this is due to tne abundance of phosphorus their flesh con tains, and hence that they are eminently suitable for the nourishment of the nervous system, and are an invaluable brain food. Under that idea many persons resort to a diet of fish, and persuade themselves that they derive advantage from it in an increased vi vidness of thought, a signal ixprovment in the reasoning powers. But tbe flesh of fish contains no excess of phosphorus, nor does its shining depend on that element Decay ing willow wood shines evta more brilliantly than decaying fish it may sometimes be discerned afar off at night Tbe shining in the two cases is doe to the same cause the oxidation of carbon, not of phosphorus, in orginic substances containing, perhaps, not a perceptible trace of the latter element.

Yet surely no one fonnd himself rising to a poetical fervor by tasting decaying wiiiow wooa, tnough it ought, on thess principles, to ba a better brain food than a much larger quantity of fish. XV. J. W. Draper.

Keep saw Dwelling- Bry. A warm and dry atmosphere is not oil wnuiesome, but when cloudy or rainy weather brings a sultry air which dampens everything around us, tha atmosphere, may oe ioaaen with the germs of disease, and are is needed to destroy them. The walls, the ceiling and tha flwrs of apartments should never ba allowed to becom? damp. aomeiimas, when the warmth of the air is oppressive, fire is more necessary to preserve health it is at another season to pro tect as rrora tne cold of winter and the rooms of a dwelling should never be left without the means of warming and drying. Investigations have shown that many it the most fatal diseases are era wd by the germs of vegetable and animal life, and tbat a humid atmosphere is most favorable for their propagation.

It is, therefore, neglecting to avail ourselves of the great discoveries of the age, and tailing to protect ourselves from scourges which so -aifully afflict families, when we ignore the dangers which surround as. Apsitaunis exnosed to the full action of the sun may be less comfortable in hot weather than those from which the sun's rays are excluded, but they are more wholesome, and when contagious diseases prevail in closely-built cities it is found that the inmates of houses on that side of the street exposed to the sun are less liable to be attacked, while the greatest number of sick are al ways found where there is the least exposure to the rays of the great disinfector -the sun. Cincinnati ArtUan. Evewlwsra at lime It is a bid sign when a husband does not spend bis evenings at home. Som; men's bugim as duties will not permit them to do so, and they are able, but are nevertheless most unfortunately piacea in lire for eDjoying the sweett-st and best part of home happiness.

It is even a worse whea the wife, and mother prefers to spend her evenings elsewhere than in the home circle of which she should be the centre ani the light Bid, likewise, is it when the young folks fin 1 their enjoyment away from home, or are kept in at night only by an authority from which they long to be free. twet a lawless freedom and a stern restraint, for children there is not much to choose. Each course rends thousands to their ruin every year. It is a pity there can't be a playroom in every housi where there are young children, fitted up with gymnastic apparatus kept clear of furniture. mat all sorts of lively games and indoor sports may be indulged in, and open to tbe boisterous littl folks whenever they want a But it is not much to give up an early evening hour in the sitting room fjr same one of tha many pleasant ways in which opln can entertain each other when they set about it.

Don't ave all cf your 'good any more of your good manners, for There are two months more of 'evenings at the reading hs flogged, or the old games grown stale, devise new methods of amusement. What would you do if a dozen friends were coming in for an evening Can't you do as much for the children Don't be afraid of fun, good people, even it be a little noisy, and prize it enough to plan for it Golden Rule. A merrier liitie song, and one that American children have long been familiar with, is Hannah Gould's It It miows it snows From ont the sky The f.alhered flakes how fast trjey fly Like Iillle birds that don't know why They're on thecoae from place to pl9ce, Will ie neither can the other trace, 11 snows II snows A merry play Is o'er us in the air to-day "As dances in an airy ball That hasn't room to bold them all. While some keeps up, nd other fall. The atoms shift, then, thick and swil They drive along to form the drift, Tuat waving up, so dazzling white.

But now the wind comes whistling load. To snalen and watt it as a cloud, Or giaut phantom in a shroud. It spreads, it curia, it mounts and whirls At length a mighty wing unfurls, And men away but where. xone knows, Greverwill. it snows I it snows!" To-morrow will the storm be done; Then it ill eouie the den sun, Ani we Kh-ill opon the rim.

1-ciure bi- tiea-tts. In sparksingstreams. 11 11 1 nil ill LIU I I 1. Ill txlUB. Aua ibud with lite it ever guefe! 'lis shade and shine It snows it euoirs INOTICE.

past Ses-en -'eiock p.m.. In the Hall of tne MMnet de Parolsstal," Ko. 827 NtV-e Dame stteet, of this city, for theeleo- lion of a new Board of Lilrectora and the transact ion of the affairs of tbe Society gene- Dinmreai, istn Marcn, 1K79. C. H.

A. OIJIMOND, A.M.B.S. N. Shareholders SDN vlna at th nm nt the i-oeletv shall be n-unnllml wire, on analytical svnopolHof theatTalrsof the society from Its foundation to the 31st 67 H. A.

UUIMOSD, Sec-Treaa A.M.B.S. Sun Mutual life Insurance Co', ri HE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING i- ot the Shareholders of this Company will be held at IU Omces, IS I ST. JAMES street, at ONE o'clock of WEDNE SDAY, the ma. aay or ai-hil. next.

R. MACAULAY, Secretary. March 3rd, 68 La Banque do Peuple. XTOTICK is hereby given that CHAS, -Ll JOSEPH COUKSOL, Esquire, Advocate of the City of Montreal, In tha District of Mon treat, has retired from the Corporation of said La Banque du Peuple," and has ceased to be a member of the same from the Eleventh day of starch instant. A.

A. TROTTIEB, Cashier. Montreal, March 14, 187. a 19th Annual Statement ef th EQUITABLE, Ufa Assurance Society ef the U. S.

HLNRY P. HYDE. President. For the Year ending Dec. 31.

1878- AnotraT OF Lkdgzb Assets, JA(. 1, 1S7S. 87 Less Depreciation In Government ronas, ana appropriation to meet any depreciation in other assets 12,108,438 60 INCOME. Premiums Interest and $8,53,750 S8 1,574,192 71 81 DISBURSEMENTS. Claims by Death an I Matured 23 Dividends Surrender Values and Annuities 07 Discounted Endowments 188,773 IS Total Paid Policy II Id era Dividend on Capital 7,000 00 Agencies and Commissions.

434.ii84 20 Expenses and Extinguishment of future Commissions 61 State, County and City 83Jis 17 Total Diebcr.skxkxt?.. Norr Cash Assets, Dee. 31, 78. si ASSETS- Bonds and Mortgages 93 Kel Esta'e In New York and Boston, and purchased under foreclosure Fnited States Stocks Blocks, City Stocks and Stocks authorized by the Laws of the State of New York Loans secured hviTniejui RtniM frt ,201,678 IS and State and Municipal Bonds and t-tocks authorized by the Laws of the State of New York. Cssh on hand, in banks and other depositories on interest and In transit (since received).

Commuted Commissions Due from Agents on Account of (28.0M 00 l.iMS.ftra 51 85 217,513 58 S3 Market value of Stocks and Bonds over cost Interests and Rents due anel ac 13 793 41 Premiums due and In process of collection 51313 00 Deferred Premiums 602.S23 00 Total AlHIf, Ire 31, 1878. Total Liabilities, Including legal reserve for reinsurance of all existing policies Total radlvldrd Snrvlms. S3 Of which belongs (as eomouted) to Policies In general class. $3,741,562 S3 Of which belongs (aa compute:) to Policies in Tontine class 3,19,463 00 Bisks assumed in 1878, 6,115 Policies, assanrjg From the undivided surplus reversionary dividends will be declared available on settle-meat of next annual premium, to participating policies The valuation of the policies outstanding h4s been made oa tbe American Exparlenee i u-e, tne legai sutnuara oi ine male or New xora. G.

V. PHILLIPS, I J. G. VAN CI3E, i Actuaries. We.

the underrfgned. have. In neraon fully examined tbe account, and counted and and certify tbat the foregoing statement auereoi is correct. BEmcrxGTOH F. Rakcolpbt.

Jaxes is. Halsteo, Kimr S. Terbell, 1 r. t-lJUf IHS, ZtOBEJlT 1SJL1SS, Special Committee of the Board of Directors, appointed October 23, to examine the assets and accounts at the close of tbe year. JASE9 W.

ALEX3IBH-, Vice-President. SAwrr.1. Host BOW a. Secretary. MedietU Xramtnen E.

W. La 3i BEirr M.D. Edward Cuarrs, M.D E. W. Scott, Superintendent of Agencies, 31.

W. CALF. General Manager for Dominion of Canada. 198 St. James street, S3 Montreal.

GUARDIAN FIEE ABD LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF LONDON. ESTABLISHED 1821. Subscribed Capital. 000,004 utr Capital Paid Up-. Total Invested wards Funds FIKi: BISK8 Accepted at equitable rates, and Claims paid as soon as established.

ROBERT -SIMMS A OEOKGB DEKHOLM, General Agents for Canada, NO. 13 St. Sacrament Street. Sale Bf Authority of Justice. ON WEDNESDAY, 2XB APRIL, 1879, tea o'clock In the forenoon, will be sold on the spot, by public auction, to the iff best bidder the following immoveables belonging Lo the ucceRlon o( the late MR.

IXC1KN GIROUX, la his life-time trader of the Parish of Kault-au-Reeollet. An emplacement situated at Cote Ft. lfle hel, Parish of Sault-au-Recolletr known and ileMtfnated as Lot No, 38, (three hundred and fnrtv-Hixi on the olan and In the book of of flelal returns or the ftalH Parish of eault-au-Recollet, containing half an arpent In front by an arpent tu lent th. with a a-ood stone house, stables, sheds tifiriwin Afntttruett. ana otner uauaings The contMttons will be made known at tha time of sale or previously by addressing the persons hereinafter named or the undersigned Notary.

Py or.er of JOSEPH GIROUX, tutor, and FA Bl EN lilUOUX, major Inheritor. M. CONTENT, wt. James street Montreal, March 12th, 1578. The New City Gas Co.

OF MONTREAL. The Annual General Mcetlnjr it the Shareholders of the New City (as Company of Montreal, ill be held at the offlre of the Works, tawa street, en TUESDAY, tbe FIRS I day of April next, at ONE o'clock P.M. By order of the Board I. F. SCPIVIR.

Secretary. Montreal, 17th March, 1873 X. B. Shareholders are r. minded that all Proxies must be lodged with the Secretary for registration, at If aat two a rs prevlona to tii Ai nual Meeting.

31 ttcnfe Wanted TENDERS addressed to the undersigned. In a sealed envelope, marked TVnders for Printing, Paper, or Binding (as the case may be will be received nntll THURSDAY, the loth day of April next, after which day no Tender will be received, for the Printing, furnishing the Printing Paper, and the Binding required for the Parliament of tlie Dominion of Canada. No tender will bs received except on the bank form, which can be had on application to the undersigned, and from whom all Information can be obtained. Ihe Committee do not bind thsmcelres to accept the lowest or any tender. By order, HENRT HABTKKY, Clerk, Joint Committee, of Doin nguHBDD rriniing DEPASTXgST OF PBtWTlSQ or PARLlAMKHT, four years old, and UoldlocM was six.

1 ou cha -a-na torn Tears older than her little brother, and ought to have led him into mischief. Want to nuke a flood Jimmy, asxea troldlocks. Whatkindofafud Whv. like Noahs' 1 We'll play that all the folks in the house are naughty, and we are good and I 'sposo we might have the canary for a dove, ana tne geranium ior an to light on. Come up here in the bath-room, and I'll snow you.

So off trotted that little mlschietot a uoia- locks, up to the bath-room, as fast as her short, fat legs would carry her, and Jimmy trotted after her. "Now I'll show she said. 1 hen Bne got into the bath-tub. But she soon saw that- 0V1A -arnan't. in ttlA risfht Piece.

The wicked folks ought to be in here," she said. 'cause the good ones didn't get wet. We'll have the clothes-basket lor the artr So Jimmy climbed Into the basket, and Goldlocks turned on tne snower-uam. 11 Whom am the bad ones asked Jimmy wni hnva the tT cat for' one," said ii 'cause she scratched me t'other She scatched me two, free, six times," said Jimmy. Thn (Inldloeks cauxht the gray cat and took her oldest dollies and put them in the flood.

Jimmy sat in his ark, and laughed and clsDDed his hands. Kitty didn't like hpino. a sinner in the flood, and she struggled hard to get out: but the little girl held her ujnmn out of the ark, Jimmy," she said, 1 and open the bird-cage door we must have a dove. Ton can climb on the sewing-machine. Mamma lets Dick out quite Jimmy obeyed and then ran back to bis refuge.

But just as he was safely seated in hia ark. there was a splash and a cry, and nothing left of Miss Goldlocks but her feet sticking no in the air. She had fallen into the flood. Jimmy screamed as hard as he could, and mamma came in a great fright. The poor, half-drowned cat rushed out as mamma open- going tOOl "What's all asked the mother, as she pulled poor, streaming Goldlocks from me mm.

It's the fud, and I'm Noab," said Jimmy. And I meant to be Noah's wife," said Goldlocks, and the cat was one of tbe sinners." And you got in the sinner 1 place slid mamma. Yes," sobbed the child. Well," said mamma, as she put the birdie back into bis cage, "you were doing just as tbe people did in Noah's time. They dis.

obeyed God, and you have disobeyed me so you got in the right place, after all." Well, I dess I'm swed, anyhow," said Jimmy, scrambling out of his ark. THE GABBEX. Seeds to Sow 1b Bot-hed. What shall we sow in our hot-bed will ba the question when the hot-bed is ready for tha seed, 'that will depend upon your tastes. As soon rs yen have decided upon what you want to grow, the question will be, How much of each kind Of seed should be sown 7 or, How much space can we allow to each? Let ns help you.

in a bed twelve feet long, at six inches apart, there will be twenty-three rows and If the frame is five feet wide, the rows will be hve leet long. Rows of that length will give one hundred cababges, csuliflowers or tomatoes, and about hundred and fifty celery cr lettuce, and about the some number of flower plants gen erally. Now you may easily calculate how much space you can afford to each sort of vegetable and fiawer. If you wisa to sow a dozen different kind; of vegetable, and fifty sorts of fi-iwers. vou might sow one wbol row each of early cabbages, cauliflowers, cel ery and lettuce half a row of tomatos, a quarter cf a row each of gz-piants ana pep pers a quarter of a row each cf sage, sweet- mi joram, thyme and sweet-basil a row of white Swedish turnip and a third ot a row each ct cucumbers, squashes, melons.

There will be fifteen rows left for flowers. A row will be enough for those you require most of, the others may be sown, from two to four cr five sorts to the row, according to the num ber of plants you may desire ot each. Now as to the best sorts of vegetables and flowers sow. Of early cabbages, early and large York are both so well known that they only need to be mentioned. Early Paris, and early Erfurt caulidowers, are both good, the latter specially adapted for forcing.

Celery tbe dwarf sorts are the best for all purposes Turner's white, and Carter's dark crimson. Lettuce: Victoria and Boston market are both fine sorts. Tomatos Canada Victor and General Grant are among the best Egg-plant: long purple is the most useful sort Peppers large red and sweet Spanish, are the best for private gardens. Cucumbers white spine is easily grown, very productive and well flavored. Squash, early golden bush, and vegetable marrow are useful early sorts.

Melons Nutmeg and Evans superb, are good sorts. If there is only one hot-bed, melons, cucumbers and squashes should not be sown till the end of April'. If a row each of Swedish turnip and winter cabbages were sewn, they might be sown towards tbe end of April. Flower seeds. We shall egin with the most useful in order.

Chinese asters, lrul- faut's perfection and Victoria, are large, and Boltz and Shakspeare low growing sorts, the latter a lovely miniature bush. Phlox Drum-mondi, is unequalled for steady, continuous flowering and a beautiful oonquet nower. Dianthus Hedwigu one of the best Chinese kinds. Ten-week stocks, Petunia, Pansies, Portnlaca, Sweet Scabious, Sweet Alyssum, Schizanthus Grahami, Erysimum, Verbena, Balsams, Calliihoe pedata, Campanula Lor- cyi white and blue, Feveifijw, Forget-me-not, Godetia Whitneyi, Salvia coccinea, Salpi glossis, Saponaria Calabrica, Tagetes signata pumila, all easily grown and continuous flow ers. Of plants with hne foliage, canna, Palma Christl, Zea Japonica, Onopordon Amaranthus Henderi and others.

Ever lastings Acroclinium, Elicbrysum, Globe amaranth, Celosia crimson feathered. Rhc-danthe and Zerinthemum. Of climbing plants, we name a few of the most easily cultivated. Cot ma Scandeos, Maurandya Barclayana, Tropaeolum Peregrinum. Plants for baskets Ice plant, Lobelia, Nemophila msignis, iNierembergia uraciitB, uxans rosea Silene pendala, Thunbergia alata.

The flow ers in this list will keep the garden bright during the whole summer, and will supply flowers tor bouquets in abundance, as well as for all the other purposes for which flow ers are generally used Liter we shall give a list of seeds to be sown in tbe open ground where they are to flower. KOTES AID JOrTIatiM. A German agriculturist has calculated that the droppings from 1,000 sheep during a single night would manure an acre of land sufficiently. What can be done to remedy the exist lug state of things. The true only remeiy for hard times, may be condensed into 1 very short sentence, namely Good Man sgement and Strict Economy.

The first should be practiced at all limes, and the latter should be only relaxed as the circumstances of the individual may justify, from increased income the result of good management The farmers of New Hamburg, Ont, emboldened by tbe so-far successful issue of the experiment in Maine, have subscribed dollars towards the erection of bset sugar factory. An American farmer recommends red clover as the best and cheapest fertilizer for soils a distance from towns, and which have been Impoverished by excessive and injudicious cropping. The following outburst from an old lady who keeps poultry was called forth by the intelligence of the manufacture of artificial eggs in America being conveyed to her Well, yes Sir 1 these 'Mericans may be clever but they do iile folks' stomachs. First of all they rile the parsons wi' their organs then they iile the fishmongers wi' their cheap oysters to say nothing of potted salmon and lobsters. Next coma the farmers, who is awful riled about, the beef and corn and them ladies as haven't got one is riled about the sewing machines.

Bat them eggs as they're making now, wi' their hands and wi' blowpipes, instead of laying them like Christian cocks and hens, is enough to rile the stomachs of all creation in general, and poultry keepers in A NovziTTT rs Cattij! Showtaud Judging. For some time back there has been a growing feeling in certain quarters in favour of a change iu the system of judgiDg live stock in the showyard. Several people who have given tne subject consideration main tain that the services of one good man would in many cases be better than those of three the cumber usually appointed. It is true doubtless the aim and object of society's who nominate three men for the work. While theoretically this is the case, it is well kaown thst practically the decisions of a trio are often Kftcr all traceable to one meuilie of the adjudicating body.

At present, therifure, though the work is sometimes practically of a matter of making award, and so we approve giving a fair and full trial to tbe system of appointing only one good man. We hear therefore with pleasure that the new arrangement is to be put to a practical test by an energetic Dumfriesshire Society next April. At the annual meeting of the banquhar Farmers' Society, held on Friday last, it was moved that only one gentleman should be invited to act as judge in each class or section of stock, instead of three as formerly. The previous question having been also moved, good deal of discussion took place, with the result that the motion for the single judge was carried by a considerable majority. The new system is to be applied to the jucglog cattle, horses, and sheep and its operation will doubtless be watched with mucn inter est.

At a meeting of the Cork Farmers Club tbe other week, Alderman Keller said their few remaining industries were threatened with a turther decline, kverv pound ot oat meal now sold in the city of Cork was manu factured in Canada. That oatmeal could be sold in Cork for i a ton under Irish oatmeal. In the report given by the Cultivator and Country Gentleman of the "American Ayrshire Dairymen's Association it was stated, as an instance of the appreciation of Ayrshire animals, tbat one bull and six cows nan been seat to the Sapporo Agricultural College in Japan, to bo used as the foundation of a dairy herd. Farmers might do worse than act, this year at least, on the advice of a shrewd, successful farmer of the old rcbool Make as much dung and as many lime compounds as you can spend as little as possible on light manures, which raise np a flut-h of straw and inferior grain and give the land plenty of cold taon, or, in other words, clean thoroughly, and bring the land into as fine a tilth as possible beiore cropping. Fifteen Jersey cows and heifers exported by Mr.

E. P. Fowler to Philadelphia sold at from 150 to 390 dollars, the total sum realized being 3,610 dollars two bulls made an average of 220 dollars, nine Guernsey cows made 240 dollars, two bulls 510 dollars, and two Hampshire Down sheep 65 and 50 dollars. DsmnTiONs. The School Board is responsible for the diffusion of much useless know ledge.

A board examiner performing his functions in a purely agricultural parish re cently asked a mixed class, What is a hus No answer given for some time, till at last a little girl ventured, 'Please sir, a man as has got a Tha examiner became thoughtful, and sorrowfully took bis wav to a parish owned by a duke, and over awed by ducal establishments Here he said. Tell me what is meant by a nobleman 7 There was silenca for a time at last one smart little boy replied, 'Plese, sir, it's a gentleman as gains his livelihood by riotous living American farmers arc, as might be ex pected, advised to give up growing so much com and to cultivate and improve pasture with a view to tbe production of cattle. Mr. C. F.

Clarkson, in a paper read recently before the Iowa Breeders' Association, says The same policy which has rendered almost barren the fairest portions of the earth in other places is as ceitainly being done in Iowa. Skimming the soil of Iowx of its cream by shipping away millions of bn6hels of unprofitable wheat, and covering our l.rmi with ten per cent, mortgsges, have already brought our people lo the door of brankruptcy. It is cited by English journals, as a rather rcma-kable cirrumstince, that in 1852 the price of English wheat wa about equal to the present prices. Thirtei-n ears elapsed before such low prices were again seen, 1865, and a period ot thirteen years more brings ns to 1878, when prices are lower than any year since 1865. Millet Peniciliaria spicata.) This new forage plant on land manured sufficit nt-ly rich to grow a crop of beets or turnips, yielded per acre last season as follows At first cutting 45 days after planting, when 7 feet high, 30 tons of greern and 6i tons of dry forage.

A secDnd cutting 45 days later, when 9 ft. high, 55 tons green and 8 tons dry forage. At third cutting, O.t. 1st. 10 tons green and 1 tons dry forage, the aggregate being 95 tons green or IS tons dry fodder within 13 days.

Tsosisti (Reana luxurians This gigantic is a native ef Central Asia. It is perennial in bot climates. It somewhat res, rabies Indian Corn in aspect and habit of growth, but the leaves are much longer and broader and the stock filled with sweeter sap. In its perfection it produces a great number et shoots, growing 3 or 4 yards high, very thickly covered with leaves, yielding such an abundance of forage that one plant is estimated to be sufficient to feed a pair of cattle for twenty-fonr hours. In the extreme South Teosinte would be a perenniaL In the north a single seed will make from 13 to IS stalks, wben "planted in the open ground, and from 25 to 30 if first started in a hot bed, attaining to the height of five and six feet with a vast mass of long broad leaves.

Hon. Hayden Brown, writes tbat he fed it to hogs and cows, and they both seemed to like it very welL Mr. Darwin has furnished the Agricultural Gazette with an account, recorded in an Australian newspaper, of a or accidental new variety, suddenly occurring in a flock af Merino sheep belonging to Mr. Currie, of Larra, Victoria. It appears that Mr.

Currie purchased some Merino rams from Mr. Mac-Arthur's Camden flock, in South Wales, the origin of which was a few Spanish sheep from tbe private flock of King George III! Afcer the Camden rams were taken to Victoria, lambs appeared at intervals having fleeces of a peculiar character. And in other flocks the use of Camden rams caused the occasional appearance of lambs with fleeces 'i peculiarly flue, long, straight, and lustrous fibre but this silky character of the wool gave the owners the impression that it indicated weakness of constitution, and tbe animals were discarded. However, about 10 years ago Mr. Currie saved a ram lamb showing these characteristics in a marked degree, and selected a few ewes als having similar fleeces io a lees marked degree tbe result, after much care and attention, being the new variety called Larro of which great things are expected.

The flock now numbers about 100 ewes, two thirds of them having had lambs last year. This is said to be the third instance on record of a disti ct ty of steep making a sudden appearance. Hossis at tbs Paris Exhiritio. France stands relatively highest for its Horses, when compared with other countries. For the requirements oi the country they are evidently well adapted, and are favourites beyond France.

The supply of light legged horses in England being unequal to the good demand, considerable numbers are annually imported from France, and give general satisfaction, though they are not used in agricultural work, strictly speaking. For firm work it did not seem to us that Continental rs could be imported to Britain with great advantage, nor did any of the many varieties represented appear likely to effect material improvement by crossing with the leading agricultural breeds of British horses. If we mistake not, tbe beet class of light-legged horses in France are the bays of Normandy. They are well made-up rrosses, between ancient Norman mares and English sires, and are active, useful animals. In regard to draught horses, French and British, more especially Scotch, ideas are widely different.

British heavy draught horses were, as noticed at the time, very creditably represented and yet Frenchmen could see no great merit in them. They on the contrary, appeared to have many faults to find with them. Tbe animals were too heavy, too slow and elephantine in action, and could not trot away fast enough. The French ideal draught horse is an animal of considerably larger build than the average British farm horse. The former is an animal tbat could run, with a moderate load, at the ra of from 6 to 8 miles an hour.

Tliu Percherons, the breed of which France is most proud, average from 15 to 16 hands In height, are powerfully built in front, not so nice aft, rather light in the limbs, and rcund in the bone. Where speej is the most important element, at lights wagon work for instance, they bave no superiors perhaps no equals, in this country but for ordinary faim work and for heavy waggons they are inferior to our own Shires, Clydesdales, and Suffolks. Ski. Diseases Amonicat Horses. A trou'-Usome skin disease has for some months prevailed amongst noises in various parts of the country.

It has been more common in towns tbau in the countiy. There has been le 5 of it iu Scotland than in London, Ba Bristol, and other English cities. It has been most frequent in dealers' stables. Foreign hordes have suffered first and most seriously. Indeed, mott of the German horses imported bave been attacked, and are thought to have brought it into England, erythema or mud-fever, it occurs in-differently in clipped and nnclipped horses.

Tha complaint was brought under the notice of the Central Veterinary Medical Associ-aticn by Trofessor Axe of the Koyal Veterinary College, Londou, who describes it as ecthyma a popular and pustular eruption. From its having attacked numbers of American horses, it has been called Canadian boi Is, An eruption of pimples appears about tbe witners, b3ck loins, and sides cousecutire crops of pimples follow during several as the pimpl mature they contain pus, and in ordinary cases dry up, acd the scab separates, leaving more or less temporary baldness. Protracted cases, however, occur where the eruption has continued for several weeks. Occasionally, when the skin in the early stfres has been bruised by the collar, saddle, or harness, the pustules run tocretber, and poitious c-f skin slough, lesvirg scare. la ecme cages, so numerous aui dee Drisinz thing to see a deer get up on its legs, at home, I mean, and when he would prefer to ba alone.

Watch a cow at the same operation. Laborious elevation of one end, then of the other tnen a greaiv yarn, anu a cracking of joints, and a laiy twist of the tail and a mighty snort of bovine satisf tction, and she is ready to go to pail or pasture. But she don't budge, mind without the regular formula. How does a buck start for pasture when yon drive him np in the morning Why, he lies with his four feet under htm, and when he is ready to go, it is like Jack getting out of the box The tremendous extensor muscles contract with all the power and facility rest and warmth have given them, and the plump body like a well-inrlated rubber ball propelled by a vigorous kick, nies lightly into the air. The simile is borne out as it seems about to descend light as thistle.

down it nears the earth another giant im pulse from an unseen power crash and again it describes its light parabola crack-bump thud thud thud- each time fainter than the last and your surprise is all that remains. J. Harrison Mills. Thi Arris. The great egg bird of the fioith bea is the arne, while its soutnem cousin supplies the people of San Francisco with a liberal number of its gayly colored eggs taken from the Farallons indeed, the arrie is the only sea-bird of real economic value to man throughout our whole noitn west and north.

It is probably safe to say that the numbers of these birds which assem- ble at St. George are vastly greater than else where on the globe. As a taint out truiniui statement of the existing fact the following may be said When the females begin to sauat continuously over their eggs, along by the end of June and the first of July, the male regularly relieves them, taking turns in keeping the eggs warm. Thus tney leea ai ternately, going out to sea for that purpose. This constant going oat and coming during the day, gives rise, at regular hours in the morning and evening, to a dark girdle ot these birds flying just above tha water around and around the island, in an endles chain more than a quarter of a mile broad and thirty miles in length This great belt of flying arrieg represents just one-half of the number of these birds breeding on the cliffs, for only those arries are in the circling column that are off, or relieved by their mates for the day from the duty of incubation, Harper Magaime.

Prairie-Boca. Among the contributions mentioned in the second ammarreport are twenty-eight prairie-dogs. In time these enterprising little creatures burrowed out of their inclosure under a wall fourteen feet deep, and took possession of a fine slope of lawn near the superintendent's office in the old Penn mansion called and they bravely held it until last fail, when the old inclosure was dug out and paved with flags, and now it once more con fines them. To catch them tha holes were flooded, and the poorvittle creatures taken as they came up, half drowned. Their colony Is on of the most interesting things in the garden.

At any time almost yon might see dozans of these active little animals popping in and out of their holes, uttering their peculiar cry to which probably they owe their name. Their increase begins to alarm the society. Something must be done, and it is very diffiuclt to catch them. Some newly forming Zoological garedn applied to the Fair- mountfark institution for prairie-dogs, lnis was while they held possession of the lawn. The request was most willingly granted, and the catching required four men and about as many davB, and then only three or four were secured.

There is a popular belief in the West that the borrowing owl, the prairie-dog, and the rattlesnake live together in great harmony. It is probable that the snake 'invades the home of the dog for the purpose of feeding upon the young, while the owl, to save itself the trouble ol digging its own Habitation, takes possession of the deserted burrows which are left in the gradual change of location continually going on among the Two burrowing owls were once introduced into the inclosure of the dog at the fmladel phia garden, and the result was a desperate fight in which the owls were finally killed, their wings having been clipped so that they could not fly away. This hardly shows har mony between the two. The prairie-dog and the porcupine are among the animals that re quire no water. Jt.

Mowlam. Tbe Philadelphia Son. The splended Zoological Garden at Fair-mount Park, Philadelphia, was opened to tha public in July, 1874, yet it has the air and general appearance of the famous long-estab lished like institutions in Europe. Its col lection of animals is already very extensive, lacking hardly any thing of grand impor tance to the mass of patrons, unless we might mention the hippopotamus. At the last animal meeting the superintendent reported 434 mammals, 453 birds, 58 batrachians, and 63 reptiles and every visitor can testify to tbe exceedingly hne condition of most of the am- mala.

The seals and sea-lions disport themselves in the water or sun themselves upon their island structures, sleek, fat, apparently as napDy as seals can be. Una of them mam tested his vigor not long since by climbing over the railing around his pond four feet high, I should say and taking a promenade over to a neighboring seal pond, whose inclosure he also scaled, I envy the visitors present at the moment It would certainly be interesting to know how a seal could climb a fence. I was told of this feat by the superintendent himself a gentleman of dis tinguished manners by-the-way, and a scientist of note. The collection of seals in this garden is more extensive, I think, than that of any other than that of the London Zoo, certainly and seals are very expensive luxuries. tha superintendent ot the London Zoo says that fourteen hundred-weight of fish per an num is no more than is absolutely necessary to keep a seal in condition Of course seals are accustomed to eating their food alive, and so difficult is the task of teaching them te eat dead that thirteen out of fifteen seals received at the Philadelphia garden died under the discipline.

The general mortality among the seals, indeed, appears to be greater than any where else in the garden. Una died in 1876 from peritonitis, and anoth er under very distressing circumstances this was a young female who had the habit of generally staying in the water at night Cor ing a very cold night, early in the winter, she lost the air-hole she had kept open to breathe through, and not having strength to break the ice which formed over her, she was found tu uiotuiuiaiug urowneo. Among the rare animals may be mentioned two black leopards, a splendid rhinoceros weighing over three tons, three fine girjffss, and a large number of kangaroos. The kangaroos appear in most vigorous condition, and almost any time the visitor may see the little ones protiuding from the maemal pouch the distinctive characteristic of the maisupial family. There are, however, some fish that have a pouch for their young.

The hippo campus, or sea-horse, is an example. No one, it seems, ever witnessed the birth ot the Kangaroo; but it Is certain tbat wnen nrst found in the pouch it is not much more than an inch in length, and looss exceedingly like the common garden grub' warm. Structurally, indeed, tha kangaroo is the most wonderful of animals. The collection of camels, deer, buffaloes, and zebus Is very large. The black ztibu (sacred bull of India) Is a splendid animal, presented so the society by the Commis sioners of Prospect Park, Brooklyn.

Its color is very rare. Besides this one, there is another bull, four cows, and a little calf born in the garden. It is said that they can ba easily acclimated here. If so, there may come to be a rage' for zebus, and the milk of the sacred cow may yet be considered indispensable to all first-class hotels and re staurants -Harper Magazine. $titu and tt According to Galignani, M.

Beclard. in the course of some experiments with differ ent parts of the spectrum on the eggs of the fly, found that they hatched much more quickly under the violet and bine rays than nnder the green. M. Yung, who has for three years been investigating this subject at the Zoological laboratory at Boscoff (Brittany), has come to the following confirmatory conclusions from experiments on eggs of the frog and trout (1) The violet light hastens the hatching very remarkably, and is closely followed in that respect by the blue, then the yellow and the white (2) under the red and green rays complete development of the eggs was never obtained (3) darkness dclat development considerably (4) the tadpoles of frogs died much quicker of inanition in the violet and and blue rays than the others, because they consumed more rapidly their accumulated alimentary stores (5) the mortality appeared greater in the colored lights than in white Modjeetus as mm Actress. In the late Mr.

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ITUO.1, Jt.U. -me t'c: h4 St. James HESBT LTE Secretary. Agents throughout lbs Dominion. 33 In consequence of spurious imitations of LEA PERRINS SAUCE, which are calculated to deceive the Public, Lea end Pcrrins hare adopted A New Label, bearing their Signature, thu which is placed on evay bottU Worcestershire Sauce, and which none is gi'tiuine.

As fir LEA rEFKlXS' Sauce, ani te Same ot Wrapper, Jt. and AV.A-r. trhSSei.tle ani for Export hy the Pro, frietors, Worcester; Cruse "jctavU, London, 5-V. irrd r-v Grom and Mmen throughout the orU. XTo be of Messrs.

UF'JUH R1 end 1 lvruLAS 4 l'a, Moutieal ED timm sheep that he has chiefly seen it in borres between tlm hkhi nf thr-o nt aovpn that It 1 between tbe ages of three and seven tbat It i seldom occurs in aged animals tbat it vie timises alike carriage and saddle horses, 1 thoroughbred and half-bred animals, bnt it is not so common amongst cart borscs. lie believes that it depends upon constitutional rather than local causes, and tbat it is connected with gastric derangement. He ascribes it to the use of maize but more extended enquiry prove that it has appeared in stables where maize has not been used. Much difference of opinion obtains as to whether it is contagious dealers generally aver that it is so and state that they never.saw it until a particular horse, often a foreigner, has been introduced into their yard, when it extended amongst their studs. Some veterinarians declare that they have carried it borne to their own stables by incautiously allowing their negs, when out on their rounds, to stand for a short while covered by a suspicions rug.

On the other hand, Professor Axe has failed te produce tbe disease artificially by rubbing the matter and scabs from an infected subject into the skin of a horse whose withers were purposely clipped. Irritation was hence produced, but neither pimples nor pustules. AgainBt the contagious nature of the complaint it-also urged that even in studs closely pecked, and where little pains are taken to isolate infected subjects, or to keep their clothing and harness separate, the seizures have been partial and irregular nnlike a contagious fever, or a tarasitic disease like mange, it has not gone through the stud. Further investigations are requisite to elucidate the exact pathology of the disease, and especially to discover whether it depends on sccidental constitutional causes, or is propagated by contagion by some vegetable fungus, or by an animal raastte. The treatment is simple consisting mainly in a laxative diet dusting the tender eruption with fuller's earth, or moistening it with glycerine and sugar ot lead lotion washing the pustular turfaces with mild astringents and in protracted cases adminis- tung arsenic, alkalies, and tonics.

3L Enrico Pandiani, one of the oldest Milauese sculptors of the Cauova school, has just died at Milan, aged 80. The Manchester unamoer ot uommerce recently considered a project for opening up trade with Central Atrica. Mr. Goode, a promising young sculptor of Loudon, recently committed suicide in his studio in the Fulham-roid avenue. The three Liverpool policemen concerned in robberies upon the docks have been sentenced to seven years' penal servitude.

Mr Homer Bass, M. one ol the famous brewers of that name, was recently married to Hon. Lou'sa Bigot, daughter of Lord Bigot. Mr. P.

Le Neve Foster, who had been Sec retary of the -Society of Ar for 25 years, died at Wandsworth, England, on the 21st of February. The Duke of Newcastle, who died on the 22d of February, was only 45 years of r-ge, and succeeded to tbe Dukedom in lcbl. bis successor is Heury Pelham Archibald Douglass, formerly Earl of Lincoln. James Hog in, who is said to have been the greatest pugilist in tbe north of England has been killed by walking over a cliff near Sunderland while drunk. Count E--U Szechenji, who proposes to search out the orginri seats of tbe Magyars in Central Asia has been furnished with a Chinese passport enabling him to travel in Tibet.

There has been a remarkable case ef constancy in England. A man who separated from Lis wife thirty-fire years ago brs just returned and offered to kisi and miks up A few days prior to the offer, the wife bul inherited a iaige estate. Tbe marriage of Jules Simon's son to Sarah Souneis, a Jewess, at P.ari., was a most triiliant affair. All the prominent men and women of the day were present, and it was especially noticed tbat tte tride, who is immensely rich, did not wear a sirgle jewel. The only memorial in England of Cat t.

Cook, the centenary of whose death Wis widely celebrated on St Valentine's Day, is a mural tablet in the Church of St. Andrew's the Great, at Camt-ridge, erected by his widow, who survived him 56. The Captain of an Eogiish vefsel lying in tha dock at Dunkirk, France, attempted to evade port regulations against kindling fires on boari, by having a charcoal fire made in irs cabin, which wool 1 not give forth aiy smoke to betrsy him. It gave forth gas enough, however, to iffocate him, and his life paid the penalty of hit petty ell art at evasion. Duke Fczzd di Borgo, who died recently in Paris, at the age of 87, and one of the most magnificent residences in France, the Chateau and Park of Montretoul, which was destroyed in the war of 1870-71, but since restored.

His annual income was about 500-000 fiaics. A Marseilles newspaper, having accused the Tax Receiver at St. Etienne of embezzle ment, was surprised, at having suits brought against it by the Tax Beceivers of 69 different towns and communes bearing the name of St. Etienne, to each of wnom it had to pay 100 francs damages in addition to a fine of 200 francs. The Glasgow Berall tells of a wonderful dog in that city, which has adopted the practice of collecting pennies frcm tbe spectators of his clevel tricks, and lately made a contribution from his own earnings of to the Koyal Infirmary.

He ived his pennies for the purpose, instead of spending them at a pastry shep, ai he had been in the habit of doing, and seemed to take a teal pleasure in the benevolent object. The Emperor of Germany has no imperial crown, and Dresden and some other important towns propose to get up with the accompanying insignia, as a present on the occasion of his golden wedding, hoping that, as it will be a ft to the sovereign rather than the man, it will be accepted, cotwith-standing the announced determination of the Emperor to receive no presents on tbe coming anniversary. There are many strange anomalies in French laws and French customs. A young girl who recently shot her seducer because he refused to keep his promise of marriage has just been acquitted, at Bordeaux and yet French law takes into no account breach of promise nor has a girl who has been seduced any claim- on her lover even for the support of a child. The mutdered man, the refore, committed no illegal act and the girl who took the law into her own hands is acquitted, to the great delight of a crowded court.

The St. Petersburg correspondent of th National Zeitung states that tha Czarewitch recently issued invitations for a ball, bnt emitted to invite the Grand Duke Nicholas, who is understood, the correspondent asserts, to be implicated in the frauds practiced by Russian Generals and Army contractors. The Ci-r is reported to have remonstrated and Insisted that the Grand Duke must be asked, or els) he (theCzir) woull not be present. Iu consequence of that threat, the correspondent says, the ball was put off. A French lawyer Is reported in a separation case to have pleaded very warmly for his client, who, he said was literally dyicg of hunger, and who bad two small children.

He demanded the immediate aid of 2,000 francs, in the name of humanity anil the name of justice, and, full of confidence, he threw himself on the equity of the court. A few days later his client received the following letter Madame I am happy to say we have succeeded in obtaining the provision of 2,000 francs. I have handed 1,000 francs to your attorney, who has given me a receipt, and I am much obliged to you for tbe surplus in settlement of The Chateau of Montsigne, where M. Msgne, the French statesnun recently died, was the birthplace of the celebrated writer acd philosopher of Ihe s'xteenth century from whose feniily it derived its name. It has at different times received many illustrious guests within its walls Henry of Navarre dined and slept there after tha battle of Coutras Uaspard de Schomberg passed some days there in 15S9, and the Abbe Kay-nil visited the place in 1783.

The library tower, with its escutcheons, bearing Greek and Latin itscriptions, attracted many savants and tourists who always met with a cheerful hospitslity from the late distinguished owner. CAUTlOft. TT HAVING COME THE NOTICE of the undersigned that certain parties In Montreal and elsewhere in the Dominion of C4iuada are manufacturing tor account of others or for sale the UNIVERSAL GRINDER, which is a direct Infringement on our Patent, we hereby WARN all Mill men and others against using the same, as we shall protect our rights, and will all who use the said "TJNtVKKSAL GRINDER" responsible for damaores. The Patent and License to build the Machine are located at ROBERT UARDNER SON, Novelty Works, Nazareth street, Bole tu the Dominion. NEWELL CrfAFIN, Proprietors and Patentees.

losepa Parker, of London who is nothing if mot sensational recently km up a pvuuga the Lord Do not disgrace the throne of Thy glory remember, and forget not Thy csvenant with ns. This brought the critics to the front, thereupon the doctor triumphantly prints a public Utter and Tjointa to Jeremiah xiv. 21, where the prayer Is found. Bat is the doctor justified Is every Oriental hyperbole and trope, with its narked tendency to the extravagant, to be available to-day, and may any and every Protestant minister, if he has enemies, qiote against them the imprecatory psalms because they were written by David No one be lieves this less than Dr. Parker: and as the whole thing was clearly a put-up piece of sensationalism, it is as unjustifiable as dis-boncring.

Because Jeremiah used certain extravagant expressions current in his day, mad adapted to the peculiar type and limited development of the Oriental mind, it by no aneans follows teat sacn language is adapted to public utterances now, simply because Jeremiah was a prophet and the Bible an in spired bcos A country pastor sends to the Christian Intelligencer an account of the working of the envelope plan of regular contributions (very Sunday in a congregation of three hun dred and sixty-five The account far one year stands as follows Ko. of 'Weekly persons. It lit. Annual amount. S52B 00 1.

JUU uu. 1 00 136 00 3. 4 09 208 60 100 20 00 5 2 19 3 S3. i 8 1 2 07 68 71) 72 so 40 30. S.

10 13 10. 07 06 05 0.. oa. 0L. 494 00 104 01 31 20 ft 00 1S4 80 7800 6 21 462 80 5 6 24 1T4 20 IS 72 SO 28 a 12 28 08 865 $342 24 A meeting was "held recently in the Broadway Tabernacle at which the Rev.

Ab-4oino Arrighi delivered art address on the religions movement in Italy. The rather of the movement, it appears, was the celebrated father Cravaxzi. At a convention held in Flor ence in 1870 Gavazzi presented a code of doctiine and a plan of government which were ananimously adopted. The new congre-gatien called itself the Free Christian Cbarrch of Italy It now possesses twenty-rea establish meets in different Italian cities. Ninety preachets sow the seed, and their harvest so tr amounts to two thousand five handled communicants, and three thou sand cnuarea who attend then- day schools They possess a fine establishment in Bom just by the Vatican, where sixteen topological students are preparing tor the, niinis-try.

and considerable property in 'Florence, Lilian, and other large cities. I'henumbers of the new denomination are rapidly increasing, and various towns ar, appealing to the governing council for toothers. The King and Queen of I tali' hare also expressed friendly sentiment', towards the reformers and converts. The jjr. Walker's introduction as Ticr '-O the troublesome parish of St June's, lIjcbaTn, London, has been a sot altogether peasant one There is trouble at the church BsgtBarly every Sunday, and the poyulace are scarcely restrained from acts of violence by the police.

Mr. Walker has writt to his bishop an account of a resent Sunday's battle: as soon as tne aoot bad been opened sir. attended by two other persons, "rushed by me, preceded me into the church. Turning round, as he went, he said, I see those things are there. I shall go and remove Without waiting for the re- mansrnce attempted to make, ne homed into the chance), and, assisted by two other persons, took the cross and candlesticks off sthe ledge on the east wall and Carried them rmto the vestry.

1 waited in the middle aisle 11 his return, and inforrood him that I regarded his action as a defiance of my author- "Ji gross inienerer.ee with my liberty, and an outrage opon ae whole church con- 0t.4ucu1.y, a srronid, in the race ot such an instili, refuge to conduct service, and ordered the. church to be closed. Bjfore afternoon service the legal ornaments were restored by any ecuer 10 me ledge; and in my presence Mr. Sanders again removed them, after I had solemnly protested against this illegal action. 3 then left the church.

After I had gone away some of the mob, in the presence of Mr. Sanders, broke into the Sunday-school and maltreated the teachers. I enclose a copy of a handbill which has been circulated daring the past week is the parish, with the object as it appears to me, of exciting a riot. I am. certain that a riot was intended, from information received from the police also from the statement of the church warden, who said Jra eoold not control the mob.

1 was, therefore justified in closing tha church." The Christian at ITerissys: "la there such a thing as duty the presence of danger, and is it a duty for the minister in the midst of a pligu like the cholera or yellow fcver to sbnd at his post and da all in his power 6u the alleviation of suffering and the onsfo.ft ot the dying It would seem as if conll 08 but one answer to such in-'jO'tries, and yet so excellent a journal as the Htligiout Herald, of Richmond, Ya, counsels ministers to abandon their posts in times cf danger. But it excepts the Bomaa Catholic: pnetts who, as they believe that the salvation of sinners is committed to their A and, may act consistently in exposing their Jiv-s to pail, or in sacrificing them to execute ttsir But we are told that ministers ao lay no claim to this soul siring Fd are under no obligation to follow their And is it so that the Christian amawsidor has no oil of duty at the deathbed to pay, simply because he has not the power of shriving guiltf Are there no enduring words of comfort no precious promises to be whispered into the ear of the dying, no prayer to be offered for the fleeing souL n- chenin? words of soul-comfort for him who 's passing through the dark valley 1 An may the dying man or woman not send 'h9 pistor bring under no obligation to" (emtio, went North, to escape the contagion, ana is now at Saratoga Sonne Bat tbe JlcUsiMu Uereli adds Fr be it from us to rpra lightly of those ministers who, from a enns of dotr, bare sacrificed their lives in epidemics. With tbe light they had, they fell at 'tbVir posts, and fell nobly. Let their names be held in everlasting remembrance. It is the loss to their families and the cause of Cbriet lesniting, ss we think, from a misguided public sentiment, wa deplore.

Let ns record tiusr names bih on the roll cf Christian h.rots; bat lot at, la the future, guard snvh costly and unproductive sacti-fi rSoujscltoW. As Isdgstbiocs FmtLT. Mr. James Savage of Ki goe River, Oregon, has raised a family of thirteen children, four of whom are fcojs between 14 and 13, who have manufactured, by their own unaided labor, says a Portland paper, three violins and a brass viol of excellent tune and finish, on which they execute difncnlt music, though they have never had instruction. Recently one of them was offered $40 for bis violin, bnt refused it The boys can make a rifle or a wagon, shoe a horse, mend a clock or watch, work oat an algebraic problem, swing a pick in the mines or follow a reaper with equal soccss.

The. girls ef tha family, nine in nuacer, have tbe same musical talent, and are ashamed to wrestle with kitchen work, afraid to mount a backing horse, or row their skiff across the river, even when it is dangerously swollen. Scdldiso. With some, scolding is chronic Life is one long fret The flesh is feverish, the nerves unstrn ig, the spirit per. turbed and in a state of unrest The physical condition and tha mot- rial surroundings may have a strong tendency to disturb our equanimity and to exasperate our feelings but we are apt to bear in mind that the avoiding never did anybody any good, and withal grows to be very uncomfortable to the party who indulges in it Inappropriate to anybody, scoldings appear most hateful in parents and ministers.

Set to be dispensers ef kindness and love to those with whom they are more especially associated, it is horrible to see gall distilled instead of charity that blesses both parties. Scolding turns a household into a pandemonium, and a church into an inquisition. Bear in mind that kindness and gentle speech are a great deal easier to practice than their opposites. Why practice the worm thirg when harder Arrest yourself in tbe indulgence of this bad habit right her-. Begin now, and put your self under bonds to be good natured.

Ziant II en Id. A Low is IV .111. es, we agree with Shaken -ire tat a low, sott voice in an 1 excali-jiit tiling in worn -n. Indeed, we iee'. inclined to much farther than be has 01 papa shut up tbe book, Uoldlo.ks sat with that with only one man In omce the awards her chubby hands folded, thinkibg very hard, would not be the result of that happy blend-" Tbe rain fell and she said to her- inf? ef ideas and opinions, to secure which is self, and then the ark went into the deep water, and Noah and his folks and all his catties and sheeps went too.

If Jimmy will be Noah I will be Nosh's wife, and we can have tliti bath-tub for the ai and the shower bith will mkc ruin 'noogh, I guess." diilu say one word out loud f-w Ycrk, foot of West 19lh Oct. 17. 7 Ottawa, ljlu ilai ib,.