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M. A. FOX ft CO^ Propritton, -t BRKVSTBIUI. K. T. T* an Ervnlutf lUhC. Tonr team, my ovminff rnnn, <:--0pMli fur jNtUi i o*u ftlmost betr them say : DtT comPtli nil too noon into Ihn clnsn— dy Hwouthnart mnkcth lionto to )«> nwtty; Ah I nut for «U m; wfHiplng will ho nifty. ThU bloMod mom of grarn— liio mitmnry HUU my nuiii almoxt <lootrfve(i— Ho lapiMHl liiH yt-lliiw liH^KM alKHit my fncr, Mr*—* fciiiiBd MKI kiaMd me doei* ftuoug m^ lOBTCB, -t \ ta it R wDiider nnoh foraakiug griom? May. my lanontlng flower; *\' Bat fttr nad Rolarc h«^r mo IcU yoa this: After tlio Ispno ot JHHI a litLlu liuor, Tbero ctimeth c-utUiig uf all i^rlhly l>lin% No ^\tt^r bow8ooT(ir iloar It In. 1 I had a iwcotheart, too, And lovvJ him with a tm'o Rtiri>Rfliritiii thlon ; ^ \Bat when mr Ufn wan gotin oiitof tho dew. kU a. ^d 1\*^ too bhiahuM that did iiiako mo nno, . f*i^ mouth with ttmilca for me <Ud coMe to '••'*'* BlUD«. • ; ' •;.''. '( -! I- \/< And whnn my ponr. Hole hparf Had biirncd iiuclf to ankeo, and waa deftd, 80 that no ruddy dnip miglit evor ttturt And run Into my chooks and maku them rod, _^MT TOul and I took eonDiiel and we Baid : If .lift on thia low earth, Thim fwimowhere—in tho heavma and in Ibe aky- Tala hfv-long travail nnrcly must giro birth . To loTO too vital, with Qud'ii grace, to die : And wo got oumfort «o, mv aoul and I. X LAXE CONCLUSION!. {-. I was on my way lioine from a *' Monday pop,\ or a Haturaay afternoon ronwrt. when my heart was (liK>iulvcd, audmy foot- •teps were arrestud by thefligbtof a female in dtsiTtiss. iShe was yuuug, she was nttrac- tive in face and figure, aiid bho atuod irrc- ' ' ulute in Portland Place, crying. X-io/; i( I bad time for ruflectian, T .should I- ' oortainly have paKsedon withoutfnkingany '' notice, tor 1(1 ciicak to a young lady witii- out an intnxluction h a very rash act. To bo convicted of doing Eueh a tl.ing, befoce a London mogiHtrate, would otain une^s character very eonBiderably, and there is no knowing wliat course uyGtcria might dictoto and an active policeman adopt; It is impoMiibIc to be too cautious. But 1 did not take time to reflect. I acted on the impulse of <he moment, and inquired, lais- ing my bat, if I could ho oi any atwidtance. ' Oh!' cried the youug lady, '1 have lost my aunt.* •'iut,lut!' I murmured Ryniinthetic- tlly. •She was to bare met me a t Regent Circus, and the omnibus man wan told to put me down jn the right hund Kidc, wlieru bbe said that she would he' continued the young lady. * J waited for nearly two Doum, and then I—1 git frightened, and came up here, whiirc it la quieter.' * Anr) do you not know where your aunt livotT * Homcwbere la a place railed Clapbom, not in London. She was comiug up ex- prewly to meet me, and todd iu her letter that (ihe had boolten met my ooiuinK in the same place, by tbu hall-iiast three o'clock omtdbUB, tliat we could not fioiisi- bly miaa.' * May I ask vbere you have come from?' I inquired. I ,, * Calcutta,'replied she. ***\' '\ * Good gi-acious !' Huid I, for I had been Ml the point of lec^-nuneuding Iier return. It waf) a lung nmnibuf ride, not to mention geographical dilllcultieH. \Oh how stupid !\ fahe added prcteutly. ' 01 course you mean to-day. 1 have come from Acton to-day. I went there from BouthamptoD, and have 6taid a woelt.' * Uad you not better go back to Actou V ' I bbould have done tio ulR-udy, if my friends bud bi'cn etill there, bat they were to iio away an hour after 1 started.* •''fCuw for fear you should deem thiti damsel over-coniiding, 1 mu&t be egotisti- cal, aud dniw my jurtrait. Know, then, that 1 am clu^sicutly mubical, and tut- faet oi my aavuge l>reui<t having iH-en Kootbed i> written on my feutureii. 1 wear my hair longer than is Lbu fabhion now-a-days, and keop ic well brutthed olf my iotere>lu)g brow; spectacles leud au sir ul'res(>ectuble liudateiienii to my face. I dresft sobertjk, and generally carry a roll of muxic in ujy band, Le4»u»e doing ao once caukud me to be poiuted uut ati a famuutj computter. And then, the youug lady waa to xery jouug, almost a child, aud so reiy ingen- ious aud inexperieucud. She trusted me bv in-tinct, which in not a bad guide — •emetiaaa. * And iiave you uo idea where yoor aunt intended to take you wheu yuu met T 1 asLed presently. 'O yes!' she replied—* to the railway vUtiom.* * Which r * Are there moiti than one V ^ Several. Do you uot know when* the train wat> to go to V * yes ; t o Ifubliu; aud Iroui Dublin we were going ou to VV'iukiuw, where pujia's ue^iiueut is.' Uere was a fudden clearing up of dlfii- ctdties. I pointi-d uut that she wuuld E robjibly tlud ber aunt waiting for be;- ai •Mt-XMUx tiquare; ur tiial, at auy rate, her beot plan wob to take the irish mail ut a (^uartiT ptiNt seven. She bad plenty oi tnue, as it was not more than six o'clock. |>ii-ectJy »-be begun to spe dsjijght tbrougb iuY tjoubles, the dauisel cLei-ied Vph and told uie iliut her luj^^^e had been sent on t o the railway stutiuii by canier. Could 1 tell her how the wan tugut it / IShe looked up at me aa t^he spoke witli •uch big, rouuo, innocent, truhifiU eyes, thatl quiteforgot all about the priuuiftiet', caUud a eab, tuld the man lu drive ti> Kustou Square, put the girl in aud fUlumd You may blauie me as much as yuu pkase; I au oe.tun thatl was r\^\ the puAitiuL was a very exceptional one. U U quiu bettide the luaik to ask me wlM^ber 1 abouJd ^^'*i token m much tn;ul4» >> tht child iiad IKH'U plain aud uuiuteit4Btu)[, loi under thoee rueumaianeeo tihe w4M)ld not have bad tbe same uued yA pivAecUun SUil, 1 couiUM tiiat X U:ll- ei.Ui.qiif ly bul wui unciouluitable, and did ui^t duMi U-i th< converMitiuu iiag lur a momeut,^t ab* abould be suddenly seised with a Miuk ui •onse of awfearauoui. However,0 ui-ic. aeeuied tu occur tu Utf that t.Le 4id nui Inow my «iuue m obaraeiu', upd bh< chutttNl on quite i:aaily aud plttu^iuitl.v about iMifi)}-ii and ber U;iuti£,n^. iidid uu catch all kbu 4aid,lur iii^ Iwur^'heiiKi nearly dis'ociited uiie'» liiuL(», v^x'S ^mileuu.-. were quite disjuiutedj but lixiui what I gatnen-d, it aeoued that her laiber ua Uiajor m au iulautry ivgimeiit, uud iiej j aj —, A t-,i •h* had ftnr bititberB and tfciite siiterB, all Teij mtMili younKer tbanhetrclf; that ahe alone Mid been with ber parent* in India; thtt thtec last bad gone to the regimental batdqatrten, to nrange for the accomodn- tion ofwk Ud^ a family ; and that there WM to bo a general meotinfp, now all was ready. At this point, we reached the atatien. I w4< then very glad I bad come, for eTerything wan an ntrange nnd bewilderinp to her, as you might PUI.I>O».C it would In- to one who hod imnjiinefl tliat I^ndon bad but a fiinglv railway terminus, t found lier luggage, and MW it duly labeled. 1 hcl)ied her to search for her aunt, and made inqui- riee allor that lady «f all (he available olTlcialfl, but without rc«iiU. Then I per- suaded my char(>e to take bonie rtdrenb- ment, and by that time the ticket-windows weie openod. ' O dear!* ahe cried, turning drendAilly pale, < I ttcrer thought of that; I linve no money.' Nov it happened, for a wonder, that tber? woa a cnsp new flve-pound note in my iKKket-book. What could I do but cnliRt it in the cause? * Oh, thank you—what ahonld I have done but for yoiu- great kindness?* nhe laid, when the guard had Ijangcd tho car- riage door to. * Please, where i^ papa to •end the five pounds V I gave her my cnr<I; tdie held out her hbnd to be shaken; there wait a shrill whistle, a pufiing, a roar, and of ttic two human straws which had been caught fttr a moment in an eddy of life's stream, one was swept away again by the current, while tlie other—well, the other tbund lie was late for dmner, and KO determined In bare a cut out ol the joint at his club, and then turn into the pit of some theatre at half, price. I walked back tti the we«t end, nnd pa<»tng the top of the Hayinarkit, my at- tention was arrested by certain words which 1 heardat the entrance of the coacb- ofllco stationed there. 'You are the man M'ho comes up withtlio three o'clock omnibus from Acton, and to whom 1 spoke alwut that young lady V * Yes, ma'am.' ' Well, you have Ijcen there, and ivtuni- ed since ?'.. * Yes, ma'am; and I made inquiric*. as ynti told me. They've all left Ruacville Cut (age, and the servant in charno said as a young ludy did come up by our 'bus.' * And yet you did not observe her V 'Well, ma'am, wcdid nut take up at the door, you see, and an there were several young ladies got in and out, I could uot pick Iipr exactly.' * Hut if she came by the three o'clock omnibus, how was It that I did not Und her in tvlien the train arrived ?' * Can't nay, Fro sure, nia'am.' * Wan the young laJy going by the Iriwh mail /* 1 SRked, pushing up to the elderly lady, who seeincd to be in a state of great distress. ' Yea, tjir; O yes I' and she turned to me eagerly. ' Tlien I think I can tell you bow you missed her,' said I. ' You told her to iniet you at Itegent Circus, did yuu not? Well. tdie got out at the other lU-gent Circus, by Oxfurd Ftrect, while you widtcd for her at thlK. Itut do not be alarmed; 1 saw her uti' by t lie Irisli mail myself.' As I suspected, this was the aunt, who had made the identical blunder suggested ; und now 1 bad a secund diKtrcssed lemale on my hands, nut so interesting as the other, and ooniing at a more inomvenient season. The last i 'int would be out of the room if 1 delayed long; so I gave her as cuncisc an account of what bad hopjiencd UK |K»>»viI>le, pleade<l business of the utmost importance, which I realty felt dinner to be, and hurried away like a cat from a schoolboy. In a few days, I received a letter from Major Uuckliug. acknowledging my great kiudncHs to hi« daughter, boiiing to have the pleasui-c of thanking me in person, and enclosing the live pounds be owed me. 1 wrote buck, suying that the money had cuine safety, that it bad Ijcen an honor und a bliss to be of use to Misa Duckling, aud that 1 would certainly took iu if 1 happeuetl to be passing. A year afterwards some house property was left uie ut Cohbteston, and I had to gu and luuk after it. II you hapjien to be thinkingot'jiayiiiga visit to that s|Kit, take my advice and don'L This sounds disin tereatid, but the fact is 1 have found a liuiutic to purchase those four desolate tenements, and am theivlore free to cun- fe>a that they are Kituated in British Sahara, 'iliere are about twenty houses in the pla<«, built iu a single row, witli a very good road in fruut. Beyond the road is sbiiigle, and beyond the shingle is the sea, which has ret nod as far as it could from thepluce, leaving miles of margin. t>hingle, indeed, it the previiiliiig characteristic of Cobblc^toll. llieix- aiv uo clillli or rucks ; to right, to left, in fixjut, there is noihiug but shingle, wearyiig the eyes, and wear- ing out the boots. When, after a terribly long trautp, iivery step of which tlirealfiiK dislocation of the ankles, yuu at lur^t get t-o the sa<l seu-wave«, you lind them repeal- mg nulling but 'Sh-sh-shiugle!* 'J'liis burieu de^latiun makes the place admiiably adapted for rifle practice, \\liieh is |ter!.aps the reason why a depot buttal- iuii is stutioned in ioulatod buiracks in the utigbl>orhoud. The lecruiUt aiv iutiit uul ofmischiel, and they are taught to shout V-ju niuybeet>quadsof them plungiugubuiit in the tthifly soil at *judging-distanu.' drill; aiid U the Jiurae C^uards, or tlie War OUice, or whoevel'^s buhiness it i^^, ' ' - \ '• '•• • • ofbuuts i\g duis uut providetheni with iiluuly ofbui five of charge, all I cau say is, it's a cryi ^hame. But suiely the visitor can walk inland, aud hu tvach the downs ? He can; the laitueiv have a iashion of u>ong flsh- uuuiut« in thobc parts, but if he likes that soit of odur, thecustou will not annoy him. Personally, 1 very much preler asalojtida. The visitor, lUen, witb a delicate ujui. curus, and a ouu^litutiou lequiriug exer- cise, would be wiM- iu keeping to tine road. Lf be tuined to llie U'tt, aud walked sljaigbt on, be Mould come, at the end of H cuuple uf mik'H, to a niartelie tower, aud then, two uiiltis again further on, to Por- utUle, u'here is a amaU harbor with occa* ^iuual yacht* iu ii, a good hoti-l, a blltiai-d I'uuui—in a word a Civilixatioiti If h e t.umed to the hf^iU tim uinutW walk Wuuld bring him to the barrackti. U wasuu thekcuojud day uf m/arrival idiat 1 ni'ule tiii« last discuverv, nvd us 1 4.uod gating witb awe upon the ban-aok /ntiiince, tliiukiiig how very muoh it Ft' luibled a pi-ibuB, uud uoudeiiug what the •i'liU'v, who ta,uud )uftt iutide, looking jriukJ>, uould <lo to u>v if 1 aU«m>ti»d to 'Iter, the boldicj-1 thus ount«uip||ited be- uiue suodeuly rigid, bis uiuidei'ous'luok iig woai on flew up to bis shoulder, aud be uude a surt ul military point. Then, iu a htfl mi t alapi and held it in fttmt of him, and^l^ • tall, cMerty man in R|mrrt, Rtt^iH tttniMn, and ffock-cuat leHtooned with bi^oid Mioc-fttring, sccmcil to take as n peiMmal compliment, for he touched his forai!e-cap, an absurd Utile head ornament, which did not quite cover the bald patch on the top. A young lady accompanied tho elderly officer, and a young man accompanied the younf; ladf. The youth must have been fund, for he wan got up M il for vVscot; and his nhming hat, delicate bootp, laveiider gloves, and button-hotc flower, looked very incongruous in that lonely ^Mt. Jtut the poacock Kpreads his dazztinjt tnil just as readily intlie dcptliaof thehmcly forest as on the lordly tcrrare; nnd he h right. I tfft not supiKtse that an Adonis wnnte to faaciiiatoniore than one at a time with hiit apparel; and if that one is present., what does the alwence of the twenty thousand others matter. IVhen the two emct^ed from the barrack ftqnnrc, the young lady stopped short, looked hard at roe, bowed, and then Miokc eagerly to tho old genttciuan in uniform, wlio at once advanced towards me, and held out his band. ' My daughter tclts me that_you are Mr. Tweedie, who so kindly came to her anslfit- ance when she was lost in London,' said he, nnd was very civil. 80 wax Miss Duck- ling. Tho young man to whom I n-a«t in- troduced tried to follow suit, but tailed; it wns easy to see that lie hated me. lie was but an ingenuous eiisign, and had not yet learned hew to conceal Irs feelings. The cause of his cmnity, 1 need hanlly say, was the cordiality of the yoimg lady's manner towanls myf*eir. 'So you have loft Ireland,' I unnecefiHarily observed, * Yea; papa got his step, and was put in command of this depot.' * By-the by, colonel,* said I, ' what fc a depot? Stores, tthadcs aud depots have lieen mysteries to mc from my youth.' The t-oiidity of my ignorance excited a smile ujwn the face of the ensign, but the old Roldier sougtit to enlighten mc. *A depot? Well, you know—aeveral regiments have their depots at it..' ' I see,' I falsely asHerted. We had a pleasant walk to Nome now butts which werebeii.g set up; and on our return the colonel and l:w daughter both declared tbat I must come and eoe Mrs. Duckling. So I passed through the bnr- rack-gntes with tho rest, u>eling taller when the sentry presented arms. The calonel took the ensign's arm, and stroke to him aside; the )>oor youth nodded, and presently allerwaids nsked me to dine at t he meaa tbat evening. I am sure, from tho forced character of bis smile, tiiat lie fett feeding me to be pushing Christianity too far. Then ho had to bow himself olT, leaving me to enter the home of the beautiful Emmn. Neither the beautllul Emma nor her mamma could have beengood house- wivec, for the quarters of the chief were in a terrible moss; and hie little ones, who came swarming over us, were a sad contrast to the clean, tidy, otrspring of tlie non-commissioned oflicers that I had noticed playing about. As fur the youngest Duckling, a tot that lettered about, drug- ging a fresh herring tied to a bit of string alter it as a toy, he was so sticky tbat 1 am ccnvinced that a fly allighting on him wuuld have been limeo. The furniture was scanty aud common, and no attempt bad lieen made to set thintpt off. We found Mis. Duckling tying on a sofa reading a novel. Sliij had been a liHiidHime woman in her time, there could \w nu doubt of that, and hbe had the liCFt part of beauty, a kind, feminine, good- tempered expressiun, left. Ijhe gii-eted lae with much cordiality, and evidently thought a great deal of my having jtaid ber daughter's fare. ' (Civility 1 have met with myself, over and over again,*said she;' but Ave pounds, from au utter stranger— never!' - 1 liked her, she was so thoroughly un- attected; tbey were puor, but she seemed to think that ratlier a joke*t.liun other- wise. * I will not ask you to dinner,' said she ; ' we dine early, because of the children. It you arc hun/ry ut any time atxiut one o'clock, and can eat cold meat and rice puddhig, we fhall b>! glad to see you; but do not vxitvcl to be asked. When the colonel cannot stand our fare auy longer he goes to the mess.\ It is very pleasant to be made much of, and the DuctclingK were K> agreeable thai J stop|ted at Cobbleston a few days longer than was strictly neceshary. I must cou- h-ss that I took a iniscliievuus pleasiue in exciting the Jealous uruth of tbe ensign, und thiti ap|K'aied iu bo shared by the fair Ktnma. At kust she certaiidy acted in a munniT which was likely to pique bim, paid mure alieiiliun to what J said when we were togelher, and stti'incd to jnelcr walking with lue; but 1 eoniiut put into woj-d-s tbe many little |>er('cptiblc though luidefinublc shades of conduct which Kftv culculatod to dejiress him aud Lncourugc been; tM the ensign drove mo over t o the station ta,a brathrr officcr'AdoKrcart, nnd tliat lievninK' my hand ftt parting-with Hiiclt rordtnlity that his signet ring hearty drew bipod. The Hca of Galilee. 'Wbnt tbo tmvelet' will Rce when be cfttcIicH bin fii-st engor glinipio of the limpid nbeet of water will be a omull ovol-slmped lake, thirteen miles long and six liroaa. It ia evidently of volcanic origin, and the cnrth-quaken wtiicli linvc rnnt tho wnlla of Tilierins, as well ns tbe hot springs nt iMiveral places in the vicin- ity of the hike, show tlmt volcanic agen- cies nro Rtill at work. All niong tho eant- crn sida tuun a green jilnin. which, ex- cept nt one flfMit (the probable Kcene of tbo destructidu of tho Rwine nfter the healing of tlie Gadarene demoniac) is every where aliout a qunrter to half a mite iu width. Beyonti tliis rises, to tbe height of a1>out 2,'0(KI feol, an eeoarp- meut of dcsolnte-IiH)king billB, scorod by various ravines, nnd bavins a plateau nt tbo top. As thoro nre neither trees n^r villages to lie seen on that side, nnd no signs of cultivation, tbe view fii that di- rection has a certain monotony, but, this is atoned for b y tbo air ot mystery de- rived from its very denolntion, nnd from tbe fact that even in our Lord's time it was BO unfrequented that Ho hnd but to visit it wbon no required tborefrcHlimont of Holitudc. It was of this lovely sboro that we are reminded in tho liuea of tho beuutiful liymu— \ * Ome to a dnsort place apart. And rest a littto while,* 8u ppake the Lord when mind and boart Win faint aud aiok thruugh toil.*' It was nomcwbero among these fentnre- IcM hills—prolwtily toward thetbunortb- (tastem comer of tho h'Le—that ho fed tbe 5,000 who hnd flocked after him on fout; it wuKHomewIiere about tbost^ grey ravines that lie spent tbe night in prayer. Aud bow many times must His eye have rested with plcuaure on tho dimpling surface of tho inland tea I a sight du- liglitfttl in any region of tho wurld,'lHit tloiibly rol'reahlul aud dolicioua in tliis uultry hind. How the Poor Exlnt. Stya a New York CorrcHpoiidcnt: I ftood in front of a small lot, 24U by 15U feet, upon wliich were twenty tenant liouseH. I saw through buitilingH an if they had been but pbontiiHUiH, and count- ed 111 fnmiliofl, (>(jO |>eniouB in nil ; uud from half a dozi'n stables ri'cked fetid viipors ; and hero wiw a soap fiictory whenoe radiated a thin, offensive nuKt; there a caudle fat;tory ; and beyond a tan yard. It was a still, sultry, breath- less, Auffust day, with that pecuhir tremor of sunsbme that comes only in August. I stood in front of another block hard by, and ci>unted then; also over 3.000 jienftm 1 disiiosed in InyurH, story upon stnry. In ouo building ahmel n^gister- ed a thouaaud, witb u ruliou of 200 feet (euliic) of air per capita—h^sa than the ration at tho penitontiury. The block IH tbe projierty of a wealthy genttetnau, uud the rcut of i t euUHtitntes his Baratoga money. The rent of the room I have just looked into is 914 per month ; aud so witb all tbo rooms on that floor. Booms on tbu next floor are ^12 per mouth, on tbo next 811, on tbe next SlO. on the at^ventb 8!t. The totui per month for tlie front building id S20U, f-jr the rear 8IS0—tbe owner's incom<- from these rookeries, $.^50 u month, or )M,2i>0aycar.\ 1 itiH>m to stand in front of a hhcU of a building labelled with fournumbers— 03, 35. a?, »U. It is still Baxter Street, and the shell I am examining is a Biixt«>r street shell, 100 fe(*t bv 30, uud two sturiet high. Uootand floors have sagg- ed down six feet out of level, and tbe old shell cracks us I look at it. Split nnd ntttuu sliinglos admit long blades of day- light, luicieut aud powder-pi>»t<^d timbers ti'eiulilo u rvously nt every footfall of tlie pallid host that revel within. Three dingy halls, with men and women danc- ing u jig t<i tbe qna%'er of a fifty coiit fid. lie and a battered harp. i»uy tbo pro- prietor a hundred dollar--u mouth. In tbe rear stands another buddiiiu nf the sume geuerul form and loui eu8emUi\ even to the saggirg of the rickety roof. There ur*? ereatures moving uliout with- in, which 1 at llmt taku for insoots of Homc sort, but \('hich Meutor, seeing my qtmudary, corrects with tbe single wortl, \Bag-pickers.\ These two sheila rcut for 32,000 u yniiT- \Look!\ ej:iculated Mentor, \nnd you shuU SOD how tUey sleep iu Malthu- sia.\ It was iiight, and I Bceiuud to bo stand- ing iu fi-ont of No. 11 New Worih 6tr<.'ol, a tiuuble-duwji old wooden edifice, •*-^m—fJ!>t, KIckH by • Kato* Jake Johnoon bad a ravin. There waa notbinp remnritabto in tbe mnro laot of his Imng tlie possessor of such an aiii mal. but there WAB something pconlinr about tho mule. Hc—thc unimai—could kick higher, hit bardor, on the slightest provocation, and net uglier tlian any mule on record. One morning riding his property to nulcet, Jake met Jim Boggs,. against whom he had an old, but concealed grudge. He knew Bogga* weakness lay in braffgiug and betting; therefore, he aalnteu htm ncconlingly. •* How nro you, Jim ? Fine morning ?\ \ Hearty squire,\reiilitnl ,Titn. \ Fine weather. NiM mnle that yon have. Wm ho do to bet on?\ ** Bet on ? Guess ho will that I tell you Jim Boggs, he's tho best mulo iu this country. PnidS 500 for him.\ \ Groat Btnonh ? Is that so ?\ ejacu- lated Jim. \ (Solid tnith, cvei^ word of it. Toll you con Adentinlly, Jim, I'm taking him down for betting purtioses. I iH't ho can kick a fly ofT from auy man without hurting him.\ \ \Now look here, squire,\ says Jim, \I am not a betting character, liut ni bet you something on tbat myself.\ \Jim there's n o use ; don't bet, I don't want to win your mont^.\ \Don't bo alarmed, squire, I'll take such beta as them every time.\ \Well if you are determined to iMit, I wilt risk a small stake—say five dollars.\ \ AU right, squire, you'rp my man. But who'll lie kick tlio fly off ? There is no ono hero but yen aud I. You try it\ \ No,\ says Johnson ; \ I hnvo to b e by the mule's head to order him.\ \Obi yasR,\ says Jim, \Then prob- ably I'm tbe man. AVu'uU, I'U tlo it; but you are t o bet ten against my flvo, if I risk it\ \ AU right,\ quoth thosquire. \Now there is a fly on your shoulder. Stand stub\ And Johnatm adjusted the mule. \ Wliist, Jervey.\ said ho. The mnle raised his'lipela with such velocity uud force that Boggs rose in the air like a bird, aud uligbtoid on all-fours iu a muddy ditch, bung u p against a rail fence. Bising, in a towering rage, ho ex- claimed : \ Yass, that is smart 1 I knew f'our darned tnido cunldu't d o it You lad that all put up. I wouldn't bo kick- ed like that for fifty dolhu-s. You can just fork over tbeiu are stakes for it auy way,\ \Isot so fast, Jim ; Jervey did just what I said be could ; thiiti>i, kick a fly ofl'a man without its hurting bim. Yon see tho mule is not injured by the opera- tion. However, if ^'ou are not satialif-d, wo wiU try i t agaui, as often as you wish.\ \Tho deuce take von,\ growled Jim. \I'd rather have a liaru fall on meat once than bav(^ that critter kick me again. Keep tbo stakes, but don't say unytliiug about it\ And Boggs trudged on in bitterness of soul, murmuring to himself, \ Hold, by thunder I nnd kicked by a luulo 1\ uotUcr was with him at Wicklow; that'audawi, auatchy, 4;a]\auii»d w»y, L« gave lly uitlicult to get a dinner at Cobblestuu. At the end uf the week, hjweiu-. 1 wwi lui<ced to gu, aud wheu 1 aiiiiouiiced the tad to (be Luckliuga, they were so dnmbfuunditd that it wa< more Ibau flattei-big—jt was quite touching. The time wusjuft uttei' muruing pajnc'.e, and the family party waj> complete.- The colonel was writing an ottlcial letter to squash a coiu'l-maitial, lelling the membu's they must find something tu say more in accordance with his own jirivaLe opinion; Mrs. Duekliiig was reposing on the sola, rumpling the hair of oue of lierlitlleft ouen who sat 00 t^e floor Wbide her; £uuuu WUB winding wuul; and tbe eii.-.igu who hud not changed his uniform, iat bolt up- right iu I'rout of her, holding the skeui, his .egs under fUe chair, his eyes luukuig un- utterable tbiiigx ut bib charmer, who was oppunite, aud so close. Her hand touched liih occahiunalJy, aud iheu he piMUtivcly colored. ' And why ug^ust you go V aukad Mis. iJuckliug wiih bar voice, and MiA £uimi witb ber eyes. The colonel, too, was irrui'od, pen 10 air; the cunt's Ijps parted. - Well, the ft-Jt ia, my fourth olMld has :ut a ruah,aud my vile is ratbur anoasy,' said I. * FuurUi diild V 'Wiit\ ' V«ii. Did you not know that I was a uiuriied mau '* 1 woiidtu- whether'be Duckbi^ really 'uok me fur a ba<-belur with iutSatiuus? I only know that their uuuuier wheu 1 U)'.ik k-Kve wa» uot su ourUial as i t had aguiust tbe leur waU. und i>eeia into face after £IUMJ ua ahe iMi-ssea, Ail fuU—twen- ty lodgers ut tiiu oouts apiece, uud her crockery store iu the front room aU day long. The old croon wiU turn out u milliouuire one of these days, i>r would if she di'lu't have to puy her landluid tifteeu duUars a mouth out of tbe x'rotits. The iMXJund floor is oecupi>^ by twice us miuiy lodifoi's, but huH another pru{>rie- tor, and ri'uts for twel ve dolbir:« u mouth. Tbe thii'd utlucutes mo.'.tly little LtiliuJis by day, and iudges mostly liuiiuu adults ut night—rent, nine dol'urs a mouth. J'be wuJls are cra<-ked, the casings out of joint, the floor augs here and there, the tiiubt'irs aie too ruLten to eieuk even, aud simiHy sway to and fru or up and dowu, with tbe kiud oi noise tliat a ship luakuu eruwhng through the wniei. A GOOD MEUOHV.—An old-foKhioucd woman remarks, with jialbi^lic j-ctroM|>iH;t- iveue.as: \I cau remeiuber wheu eight yards of print und ten ur twtdve iiuairs' work tvitbuut a sewing'UJuchine would muke a dress, which roquirod oujy u luetty ooUar, a black silk ajirou and a U'oociito arruiige iutu a very neat little toliut But tbat wus «Leu ludiea did From I'ule tu Pole* A mercbant going homo elevated, stiggered aguiuHt a telegniph jioh'. \Beg your jjurdon,\ said he, \I hopn no oA'euco. It's rather durk, aud the street is so narrow, you see.\ In a few miuntes no ciime iu contact with another pole. \Couldn't helii it sir,\ said he, lifting his hat; \I never saw such crooked luues as we have i n this city !\ Again ho ran against a pole, this time witli a force that sent uim back- words to tho ground. \ Look here, neighbor, you needn't push a fellow dowu b(<cause ho happens to touch you ; the road is a s much miuo us yours, and I have as mu<*li right to he here as you have, you old stick-iu-thu-mud 1\ Ho picked liimHclf up. aud maile unotlicr eflurt to reach home, but h e soon came plumi} against another jxile. *'I sbau't make any more apologies,\ said he ; \if you get into the middle of the street and stduid in my way, that's your look out not mine\ i:'ro30odiug ou hU journey ugitin, and becoming dii'.zy, bo heiuit'il tu be en- tangled in uu inex'rieable labyrinth of telegruph poles, which led bim t u make u geneial sjietHih. \Cieutlemeu you ai-o not doing the lair tbin^. Ytfu d o not give a man a chance. You run from one side of thj street to the othei', right iu my way.\ Just then he met a friend, and taking hint by the bund, he auid : \ There is a procession going along the street uud every muu is druuk ; they have biion ruuning against me all tbe way. 1 kuoekt^l one of the feUows down, and one of the fellows knocked me down, und then a lot of tln-ni got around me, and I believe tbey would huve wbipiw-d m e within an inch of uy life if you liad uot oome to my rescue. Le t us get out of tho street before the proee.-sion comes back, for they aie all tfriiuk.\ CkMtngBtMkfafe. ^ Tho fithcrmon on the point dineovores a cchool of blackflsh—a very largA school of tbeiln—tiporting and feeding in th« bay, nnd so set out t o capture them. They rowed out round them ia their boats, and begiinto shout and strike tho water with their ours, and make all th« wild hisses tbey could, nnd started tho fish up tbe bay, when the whole school darted olT at full ni)eed went for tbo big wnt«r, HI! they ntmok tbe ehoal-water made by the point; then they rushed off east and struck tho main land. |^ this time lUl the fishermen on the poiW and along the Eiistbam shore hod got wind of what was in the baVi and put in imt a shore. Tho pa^et Nclbr Buker. <m her way to Boston, saw them too, dropped anchor, nnd all hands pitched into the fishing Iracna, so that by this time sixty or seventy persons, with all the boats they can muster were in Une, 1^ S rcvent their going south into tbo biq^ ,'ow tho fish bontlod for the south, a^ tbey coubl not get out cost or west atfl mitdo a nixh for open water ; and the livtiest time you over dreamed of out- sitle a buttle with firearms cnmo oil. Every mau and boy shouted bis loudest and with lance, spear, ax, oar, or any- thing else, they smote the huge mon- sters on tbe hondn, confmid them, turned back tliTo first line, and tinged the waters with blood. By this time the whole school was so harried or confused tbat tbey did not know which way to go, or care much, only to keep together. Now they rushed easterly, aud for half a mile the water boiled with excitcme|^ ftud rage—the shore stopped them—th^9 were quiet for a while—then another surge to the west followed by nil hands cheerio^; nnd beating the water, and i t being high tide, they drove the wb<)Ie tribo on the shore, where they Iny to- day. When they struck the shore, the calves began to ciy with a lodg, pathetic wail, like a hurt baby, which would set iho old ones in a rage, for they ore ver^ fond and constnntin affection for their little ones, never leaving tbcm tiU they arc dead, Wliou the calves struck tho shore anil set up tneir (try, the huge old mothers und bulls would rush u p to their rescue, and with hideous roars that would sliako the air like thunders, jiluuge ou the shore over aud under each other, tiU some of tbcm would stand o^ their bemis, and shako their flukes, ^^ if determined to knock s«niething to pieces, if they could only reach their puniuers. In chiu'ing them up, they run againht tho boats many times, but did not sink them; und one smaUish cliap, seeing what an easy time the men in tbo boats were having, jumped plump into one of the dories. The men i n i t dis covered that they had business some where else just then, and did not g o back to asej>rtain what biihiuesa be had iu their boat, tiU he drifted ashore ua quiet as u lumb in the dory. At length, they drove them all oshiire. and there they lay, seven hundred and twenty of theiu, from three to twenty-two feet long, and weighing from two hundred to four or five thousand iiounds. Lik^ whales, tbey arc bhu'k aud shuiy fellow^P and are coVi^red with a layer of fat or blubber, which is cut into slices and stripped off for ils oil. The boht of my nUtry is that the lucky flsliermen sold tlicir )>rizeH to tho oil meufor^il'Ju pic<!c ; and so some iiinu or ten thousand doUars will be distrihu- ted among tho poor und worthy fb>her- lueu, who do a great deal of hard work for smaU jiay. But I'm glud tlicy hud such good fortune, for tliey do tio^^ drink much litpior, but sjiend ttiei^P money to tnaintuu good lionicK, fnU of comforti4 for their familicH. But next time tbey drive such u school ashoie, may yuu and I be there Ut st«. Iron and Nit el. According to tbe rxi>priments made by Mr. tichutt, the ciniiu-ut chemist, tho ditt'erent quiilities of iion und steel cau seudily be disUuguiAhud by uiuuus of the micro.-iCt.pe . TTius tbe er^atids of iron ure doulilu pyiuinids, in which the pro- l>ortion of axes to the basis varies with the (luolity uf ibe iron. The suniJlues.-> uf the ciybtuls and the height of the pyrauiid-i compotiing e^icli element ure iu proportion tu the qiiuUty uud duusitv ul' the metul, which ure aeeu ulsu in the fln.-uossof the suiiuoi'. As tbe pirupor- tiuu of carbou dimijuibhes in ibe steel, the pyramids hare so much the lea^ beigbt. lii pig iron aud tbe lower (quali- ties of hufd uLiKiil, ibe crystals appruui-b uure cluHuly the cul^ic form. Forged iron Las ita pyramids flallAiucd aud je- dueled to huperiJosed jiuridlei hiuviis, wbuHC structure con.stituii-s nhut ia culled tbe juerve of tbe stoel. The bc«t quality uf yteeJ has uU its cr^-ataht di»l>o>'ed to paiidlel lines, each u-ystAl flUing tbe interstiu-s btttweeii tbe uugles of tboM' ailjoiuing. These crystals have their axus in the direction of tbe pecousbion tbey undergo in the working, i'lacticully good utoi'l examined undi-r the micro- work iu the furenouu, diued iu the mid- j scope ba« the appeurunuc of large f^uups ^ Vf t^v d\y. uouupiod thewHulves in ! of beautiful crystftls, aiuiilur to poims uf •^wiuif u) the aXii;ruoon, aud had tej at uoedles, uXI panJltd aud dispoaod in Uie aix o'clock.' A majority oi the clk.ir^y uioi of tjbe Church of Eu^^hoid now acM^pt the doc- triues oi tujilivn gooU^y without .4 vation. I name direction. 'Sax. Order uf Odd-luUows, nov niuu- ber 3.b&7 iud^e.^ uitb uu a gr^ate of lMt,tt37 uiombeis. 'ihe Mas uic fntietr- iity cauu i7t>,bU^ F^-wmmw-a. Fetch on Tour Itata* Adam Bepler keeps a tavern in AUe- ghany. Now Y'ork. Ono gloomy even- ing, a stranger presented ttimst'ir about bedtime, uud asked to stay all night \ Certainly,\ huid Adam, eyeing tho s(>cdv-looldng stmnger, \If yon tike bruakfust it will be youst one dollar.\ \But I have uo money,\ said tlie man. \I'm dead broke, but if you will only trust me \ \Ah Mr. Bepler, \Idou'tlik^ tliat kind of ciuitomer. I could till inin^ house every night luit dat kiud, but dut won't help me run dia hr>iise.\ \WcU said tiio stranger, a'ter a pause \ have you got any rats Iiere V\ \Yes.\ said Adam, \you'd better be- Ueve we have. Why, ihe plaoc is alive mit dem.\ \Well.\ rejoinod the man. \I'll teU { 'OU, what to do. If you lei mo have odging aud breakfast, I'll kill uU tho rati to-morruw.\ \Done said Bepler, who hud long be^'U desperatelyuuuuyrd by tbcniimber of old Norauy's tliut infested his pn-mi- sea. So tho stranger, a gimut, KUUOW, melancholy lookiug muu, was shown to bod, aud uo doubt hud a good sle^*}). After breakfast tbe uext morning, >lr. Belx>er took occasion iu a very gentl^^ niuiiuer to remind his guejst of the cuu^^ tract mude tbe pru>ioUH uight \What kUI rats ! t'ei-tuuly,\ said iho luelanchrjy sfiiinger, \where are they the thickest?'' \U«y uru pretty dick iu the barn- yard,\ anKwered Adam. \ \\ell , lets g o out there,\ said tin- stranger. \ But stop 1 Have you got u. piuuit of hoop iron V A piece ub.jut liftta-u feet lou'^ WM given bim, und he exujuiucd it ourefuJly from one end to the otbt-r. Expressing himsuif entirely sulinfled, fiuully, with it« lengtli uud streugtb, he proemtd<id t<* the burn uccumpanie4 by Mr. Bejderauc^^ quite a purty of idlers, who were vi'i-,^B auxious to see in M'hat manner tho great rat-killer was guiog to work. Arriving there the stranger looked around a little, then pluiMid his back against tbe buiu- dour, uud raised his VCI^KIU. \Now aaid he to Adam, \ I'm ready. h^idt on your rata.\ TBS Gonnectiout Fisk Couuu'asiu have caused to be hatcbeJ, at Hu( Mass., ibis Summer, abjut (^,0 lO^TlDlt yuuug shad. Five iniUiun have bt^'ii plaoed in the Kuugutuck Biver, ut We.4- port ; 300,000 iu the Tuq .inock Bivej ut UruluB, aud the rest ba>e been turned iuto the Cuuueuticut Biv.'r. Tax population of Japauis 3i,781i,- 951, about throe millions more than tbe United Kiugdum uf Great Britain and Ireland, aud ubuut the uuuti hiss tl^a^ — the Uiulbd titttlua. A
