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............ SONG OF THE GRASS.

Boep 1-peop-1 peop peep; Hoan Now I break my winter's sleep;

Now for silenos in my way y Upward to the light of day.

Through the dead yet fragrant mass Of the last year's tangled grass, Up by every random stone,

Up, by every tree o'erblown,

By the brunby fence's side, Where young violots lurk and hide, “Tiảm coming everywhere,

er the earth all brown and bare.

* Greet me gladly, gratefully];. F90 Summer'a faithful herald 1,

Kindly to my tender speara Bend, and lead attentive eats, While I whisper aweet of flowers Dea șird While I tell of summer showers,

Prophesy of gooden grain, And of loaded autumn wain. Orsat me gladly, for In mo Prophet true of good yon zee, Coming, comlug, everywhere, Making all the brown ourth fair, New York Féning Post.

THE CLOSING SCENE. The following is pronounced by the West minster Review to be augustionably the finest American poem ever written. The author's same, ad far no we know, has never been made public.jpg

Within the sober realm of lenfess treea, 310barquet, year inhaled the dreamy air,

Like soma tanned reaper in his hour of case,

:

When all the fields are lying brown and bare,

The grey barus, looking from the hazy hills “191ŋan the dim waters widening in the vales,

Bent down the air a greeting to the mila

•BOn the dull thunder of alternate flails.

low:

All rights ware mellowed and all sounds subdued, The hills seemed further and the streamte sang As in a dream, the distant woodman hewed Elis winter log with many a muffled blow, The embattled forests, arewhile armed in gold

Their banners bright with every martial hue, Now stood, like some sad bosten host of old, Withdrawn nfer in Time's remotost bine.

On sinberous wings the volture tried his fight, The dove scarce heard his sighing mate's comi

plaint,

And, like a star slow drowning in the light,

The village church-vans seemed to pala and

faint.

The sentinel cook upon the hillside craw—

Crew thrice, and all was stiller than before... Bent till some replying wanderer blow

His kiion horn, and then was heard no more.

Where at the Jay within the elia's tall orast

Made gairtlone trouble round the unfledged

ydung;

And where the oriolo hang ber swaying nest, By every light wind like a censor swung;

Where sang the noisy mansons of the ervar, The busy swallows circling ever meer, Foreboding, as the rustic mind beliovos,.

An early harvest and a plantsous year; Where every bird which charmed the vernal feast Shook the sweet slumber from its wings at

morn,

To warm the roapors of the rosy east---

All now was congless, empty, and forlorn.

Alone, from eat the clubble, piped the quail,

And croaked the crow through all the dreary

glan

Alous the phontant, drumming in the vale,

Made ocho to the distant cottage loom.

There was no bud, no bloom, upon the bowers;

The spiders, wove their thin shrouds night by

night;

The thistle-down, the only ghost of flowers,

Bailed slowly by-passed noiseless out of sight. Amid all this, in this most cheerless air,

And where the woodbine sheds upon the porch Its eritasou loaves, as if the years stood there

Firing the floor with his inverted torch

Ania'

THE CHINA MAIL.

No. 4736-SEPTEMBER 7, 1878.

Congo.Na transzetions have been to some extent continue to be made reported hero, but, from Macao, shipments

Scented Teas.--A much imore mioderate enquiry has existed for Capers, and the buainess recorded the smallest that has taken plass during any previous fortnight of the present season. Fine and finest toas are still wanted, and prices, for these show no change, medium tous have, however, boon less sought after, and a rather ossier tone is prevalent, though no doline cas yet be made in anotations. Common kinda only form a small proportion of the settle- mente

Indian traveller, Ibn Batuta (the Moham- by an optical deception, apparently doing and maluted us, holding out her hand for and the like. The misery Inflicted upon

bdan Marco Polo), who writes they way with both supports this ho styled our donations, whloh wo bestowed with the poorerature MESSES, DEACON & Co.'s Canton, Market

COMMERCIAL the Chinese jugglers. If pruduood va ichain "The Last Iduk sovered."

hearty goodwill She received them dreamt of by the public. They are packed! Alisy enlits in length, and in my pression Many of the tricks now given by the with a most graceful spiam, and the in apparently impossible, space and have to Report, dated Canton, 8th Sept, saya p threw one end of it towards the sky where Indian, jugglers am very poor, and have party left us, well satisfied with the more remain cramped and Almont wathons All for There has been a quieter tone falour Tes it remained, as if fastened to something in little besides age to recommend them. than expected gratuity, What rendered a weary time ble the professor develops market during the past two weeks but the air. A dog was then brought forward, Thus the fest of the "Magte Water-bottle," the deception the more extraordinary was, his fick and dollvera kimkelf of his pattes prices have been fairly maintained for most and, being plobed at the lower end of the which may be one moment empty and the that the man stood aloof from the crowd before they are liberated and allowed

classes of ficerited team. chain, immediately ran up and reaching next, full of "Adam's ale" (as the total during the whole performance there was limp, of hop, away. Besutiful Hide birds, the other hand Immediately disappeared in obstainers" call it), is nothing madre than not a single person within several fact of usually the note of ahlidren, are made to the air. Til the same manner, s hog, a pan- the "Double-fannel Trick," whereby, as him.”

speak and bow to the audience by the non- ther, a lion, and a tiger, were alternately Chaucer says, juggler oven is his day

jaror," whoy to accomplish this at the right set up the chalo, and all equally disappear chasted the ever with blaar Illusion,

moment, pincher the poor thing leg until ed at the upper end of the chain. At last and which is capitally described in Ady's

it bends in pain and squeake, not chirps. they took down the obalo, and put it into a Candle in the Dark" (1656)"The

But the climax in ordeity was introduced bag, no one over discerning in what way uggler calleth to his boy and biddeth him

by a French artist, who invented a vanish the different animals were made to vanish aring him a glass of claret wine, which he

ing cage. This he took down amongst the Into the air la the mysterious manner above taketh in his hand and drinketh, and then

audiences to show them his phat bird, and described. This, I may venture to affirm, be taketh out of his bag a fonnel, made of

while they looked at 1-Holbratos was-bezond measure strange and surpris tin or latine, donble, in which double device

bird and age had gone, none know whither. Ing." These apparent effects were, doubt he hath formerly put as much laret wine

The fast was the whole structure collapsed les, due to the aid of concave mirrors the will, almost fill the glass again and

with great force and was drawi finder the use of which was known to the ancients, stopping this fonnel at the little end with

performer's slove by a strong elastie pand. especially in the East, but they could not his finger, turneth it up that all may behold

That poor bird was lucky if no bones wore have been produced in the open air. it to be empty, and then setteth it to hle

broken; but it had to run the same che, forehead, and taketh away his finger, and

gain, and nothing short of a miracle could letteth the wine run into the glass, the silly

save it from, being maimed at last. Happy spectators thinking it to be the same wine

indeed are such poor sufferers to be killed that he drank coming again out of his

qutright, fastead of having broken log forehead.”

bound up roughly, so that it may last for: another performance. This trick is quite common in the conjuring shops now, but I trust it may never und favour with English Hour andateurs John Nevil Mantelyng, in Leere

power fa ridicule 1

Just poo what a great light a little knowledge of jagglery would have let in for this tender-hearted alergyman 1 This is how it was all done. Thate were two little girls, as like sa two peas," and none are found with, such a strong family like near as these dusky Hindoos. One girl passed out of the bottom of the basket into a hole in the ground, rafixing the trapdoor after herself and while the juggler stamped about in a fury, there was method in his madness," for he thus got an opportunity of spreading the loose, dusty earth over the trap. This accomplished, and at a given igual, the duplicate girl advanced from the mowit and completed the trick.

Sometimes this fest is performed with a trap-door, and without a duplicate child. It was so managed by a troupe of Hindoos, not long ago, in London, the boy reappear ing from behind, the spectators. The fest has been presented, though, upon an could not be a trap door available. To English resident's own lawn, where there manage this a narrow-mouthed oval basket, broad at the bottom, is used, and from this the child never escapes, but les concealed may now pass a sword through the basket

a

Pekoos have been in fair demand good and fine “long leaf" teas are rather tiebrer, but other sorts have ruled much as before. The following is a summary of the fort- night's business *--**

Boented Caper, 12,000 boxes at Tis. 13 28 per pioul; Scented Orange Pakos, 4,300 boxes at Tis. 18) a 20 per ploul.

Tsaties zeel of these 85 were taken for lat Settlements are said to be 880 bafer af French mail,

Export of the various descriptions of Teas shipped from Canton Waters, (long- kong, Canton and Moose) to Great Britain to date: August 10, 8. S, Surat, Dongon 29,119 lbs., S. Caper 448,388 lb, 8. O, Pekoe 188,949 Iba, total 883,449 Ibe; 20, LONDON'S RIVAL DELLES.

8.8. Teucer, Congau 180,064 lbs., 8. O. Pekoe 16,800 1ha total 146,864 lbs; 23, (From Vanity Fair.)

9.8. Bentedi Congou 111,466 1b, 8. Caper at carefully arranged places, so that it goes of Jersey, an island which is famous for 201,504 lbs.; 24, 68. Pekin, Gongon 118,985 Mrs Langtry is the daughter of the Dean 87 158 1b, 8. O. Pekoe 52, 890 iba., total between the limbs of the child; or he may pretty people, although it had not yet attain Iba, 8. Caper 423,776 lbs. 50. Pakoo step into the middle of it, or even hold deed the distinction of furnishing London with 67,218 lbe, total 600 970 lbs 129,-8.6 up, but he cannot allow the basket to be the beauty oficially nogepted as such Her Nestor, Congou 100,976 Tbs. 8. Caper examined. In the English form of the early life was entirely passed in the island 189,892 16., S. O. Pekoe 43,237 1bs., Sorts trick two baskets are employed. Both are of her birth, and chore, seemed no reason 910 lbs, total 238,286 lba; 81, 8.3. Djemask, placed upon trestles and tilted over, that why she should ever leave it, until one 8. Caper 67,494 The Making, with previous little boy or girl has crept behind the already taken one wife from Jerupy osme 11,369,149 lbs. ; against 9,859,028 for baasta the audience may see they are empty but day an adventurous widower, who had shipments, a total for the season of false bottom of one of the bankete pro- thither again, and carried off Miss Le Breton 1877.78. viously. A daplaats in appearance and as his second. They lived at first at BILE-Another fortnight of quistoss dress to the boy or girl now comon upon Noirmont, and came to London without has intervened since the date of our last the stage, and, seen but a moment by the exalting any great enthusiasm, or becoming reports the tone of the market has been spectators, enters the empty basket and known to many members of somety, until pathetic throughout, and although at the when the lid is closed immediately creeps last year, when, through a fortuitous, con- close there is rather more enquiry, it seem behind the false bottom, while the donble currence of fortunate cironmstances, Mire Improbable that much business will be in the other basket creeps out of the hiding Langtry was seen, edmired and invested as mindasted at present quotations. There Is place, no that when both baskets are opened a beauty by certain well-known ametoure, now in Canton an unusually large monic the problems is presented of solid matter who Immediately sounded her praises for this period of the season, and arrivele passing invisibly from one to the other.

Others besides English professors of to lous at her it found that she was indeed unless more satisfactory accounts are re- throughout the town. When the town came continue to come forward regularly, so legendemain have taken a hint from Indian beautiful. She possesses the most wonder-ceived of the portion of the hamn market, fuglers, who should give's little for all fal Weyes, of & limpid, transparenthine, the presumption is that holders, here w they borrow from the West. Thus the which always wear a winning expression have to accept lower paldea Davenport Brothers got the nucleas of she was observed to be extremely modest in their rope-tying feats from this source, and her dress, very quiet and unassuming in her very wonderful they were a tricks, but actions. Jealousy was disarmed, admiration disgraceful impositions when affirmed to be increased, and this year Mrs Langury is one the work of the spirits. Is is quite a of those nights of the town which the Spring the Indian market have been bought to a Long-rials. The usual kinds wanted for common thing in India to escaps from Captain yearns to see, and for which country limited extent by Parsees Settlemansa many yards of rope tied tightly round the cousins make dispendions railway journeyées 60 piculi. body, in an incredibly short space of time. Mire Langtry has indeed somewhat changed Whare the American rope trickster eclipsed her style. their dusky brethren was in, their ability demands, far more splendidly dressed, than realers, new contracts are unimportant, She as her high portion these descriptions are now in the hands of Re-reels.A considerable quantity of

to perform apparently impossible tests when she first appeared: 88 while still bound fast, band and foot, Jersey Beauty" she has a house in Norfolk grade

The Little amounting to about 800 boxes of various though they always guaranteed to loose street, and she rides in the Park on a themselves from bandage at the end of the highly-trained, walking chestnut, on which, séance, a foolish condition, as it afterwards indeed, she looke admirable, having turned out, for they were several times splendid figure well, sot off by a habit secured beyond even the help of their without a fold. The chorus of praise that spirit friends. Some years back an old surrounds her name wherever it is mentioned "ndian colonet described to me one of the has still gone on inoressing, and, although rope tricks of which he had been an eye having recovered from the first surprise witness. He had seen a native, with only which forced from them a candid admiration, a cummerbund (waist-cloth), tightly bound mothers and daughters have occasionally with a long, thin cord. The man was ventured upon depreciatory remarks, there afterwarde placed in a sack. The mouth is no father, husband, or son, but still of this was sewn up, and the sack, with its remains true to the first opinion expressed, helpless contents, thrown into the Ganges that Mrs Langtry is one of the most My military friend maryelled much when, beautiful women that has for a long time in a few seconds; the expert juggler came been seen in London. to the top of the water perfectly free from bondage. Of course the colonel was bothered, but there is nothing very puzzling in it after all. There a little diffoulty in loosening ropes placed round the body while the muscles are distended-we see it done by jugglers' In the bye-streets of London every day and once the hands free, the conjuror, taking a concealed knife from his loiu-cloth, would out the sack, make short work of the cords, and swim to the surface, while bag and rope, loaded with some heavy weight, sank to the bot tom:

100 bales Kowkong, 150 a 200, bales Cum

Stack is estimated at 8,000 bales Teation, husk and Lucklow, and about 800 bales of inferior kinds.

Waste Settlements 800 bales.11 no-fa London, 2026 bales; to Continent, 1973 Export of Silk-Export to date To bales; to America, 1386 boxes; to Bombay, 1168 pionis; total, 3998 bales, 1238 bozes and 1166 picu is. Of Waste, 2023 bales and Plesced Cocoons 299 bales for Europe.

QUOTATIONS. Tralles,....................................... Ourlo,. $480 ....No. 1, $438 +44 2 2, $415

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3,$395 **** 11.4, 9880 Camohuet Lucklow, -$400 Re-teeled Cumahuck Į

and Lucklow Best $520

Japan has given as the beautiful butter By faaning feat (not the trick usually going by that name), and bas illustrated some of the most curious of the phenomena of cotation in top-spinning achievements. In balancing, the Japanese are unrivalled ; in Suspended animation is one of the sealed feats of strength-mainly depending upon wonders of nature. Dormant life, while a knowledge of mechanics they are re shut out from light and air, may certainly witoons their latest exponent of the acro- man's, as the toad which has undoubtedly markably clever, and as autobats, supreme: be noticed in lower organisations than batio Art, Pongo Rodwivu," who acts a been rescued from the living rock. Kx monkey to the life, with all the fan, the traordinary cases of vitality. enshrined in antics, and Agility of that most mischievous the aspect of death are on record concern biped, If an animal with four hands can being humanity; but, though these are un-curled round the broad part. The juggler called by such a name. He can run up a doubted, we yet cannot accept the stories of rope like a lamplighter" (not that they self-induced coma In which Indian fakira favour ropes much, unless it be rope-ladare said to be buried alive and taken from der), and is as much at home head down the earth again after long periods, appar wards as though it were the natural pedition ently none the worse for their entombment: We have had performers who would walk The statements in these cases are quite across a selling, but never,aught like this unreliable. In Home Instances imposture One of these gentry, the Man Fly need has been proved to demonstration, and we ceiling, while all eyes were fixed upon him against deception ware taken in the up to "atrut and fret bis hour upon the are not aware that any sufficient precautions but there were two oyes not belonging exposed asses, The Indian juggler is, in to the spectators, Bred to the soles of the deed, quite at home in this burrowing style inverted walker's tightly-isced boots, and of conjuring, and introduoss it into his these " eyes," were carefully fixed in hooke, basket-tricks with great success, as we shall placed at equal distances by the "Man-Fly.” Lnee. He had to fly from that profession, for he

"One of the fakies of Surat boasted that got cognomenised as "Hookey Walker be could allow himself to be buried ten feet when the trick got wind. What a potent doop for Efteen days, and that while lying in his living tomb he would miraculously Indis, one of the cradles of magle and appear at Amadabant, two hundred milles -divination, retalna trickery as part of its distant. "The governor of the province mendisants, the fakte, whose odour of plishment of this marvel divested it of much religion to this day, › Some of those ofly | notfood that the time named for the secon sanctity" is not by any means of the sweet of the supernatural, se, supposing that by seat, have deluded innocent Englishmen into any trickery he could exoay from the grave, writing of their jugglery as though it had he could undertakes journey to Amadabant an element of the miraculous in it. They and back before the expiration of the term could never have fallen into such an error of his supposed incarceration. It would und they but understood even the rudiments certainly have been much more convincing of the conjuror's art.

had he appeared to noms one who know The fact is, these easy-going people took him well at such a distant spot upon the a good deal on hearsay, marvellous stories day following his being placed in the earth. baing current among the wonder-loving Again, the man had stipulated as those populace; and what they did see they do who practice this triak ever do that a layer oribed in style exaggerated and tinged by of reeds should be place at a height of two the romance cilaging to all things Oriental feet above, his body, to support the Those Indian jugglers, who have performed soll and prevent it suffocating him. The in this country have scarcely given us stayman descended into the hole prepar at-home people an overpowering ides of ed for his reception, and was covered the abilities of their class; and the in in the usual manner. The governor, reception accorded by Indians to second wishing to fail the trickster, and so dis rata English prestidigitateurs lead us to abuse the minds of the oredulous country suppose that even they recognise the folk of a belief in the fellow's supernatural superiority of the Western magician. These power, set a guard of soldiers to watch the miracle-workers, indeed, are remarkable place, and the officer in command, seeing for their poverty, though they do profess several fakirs sitting mutely round large taznake femon-irees grow. out of quartern earthenware jar containing water be losves and rupees dance jus. They are neath a tree at some distance from the polat reported to make serial voyages from place where the burled juggler lay, had it remov- to place, like some of our spirit media," ed, when immediately beneath, a shaft was though in either case sceptics declare it to discovered, at the bottom of which was a he merely an optical illusion, if not "a subterranean passage to within a few feet of flight of imagination,"

the entombed fakir's lodgment, and the What is known among us as the aerial wily man was heard rapidly cutting away at suspension trick is said to have been intro the wall for dear life! Once escaped from

gratitude of London society for introducing Lady Virginia Sanders is entitled to the duced at Madras early in the present the grave, when night foll, his companions

to it her niece, Miss Fitzpatrick, who century by an old Brahmin. His atook-in above, who had left the top ajar, could

subsequently married Mr Cornwallis West, trade, was an oblong stool with four legs; easily drop a rope to the imprisoned one,

of Ruthin Castle. Ruthin Castle is some- into a brass socket in this a bamboo was and drag him out. He would then have

where in Wales, and therefore evidently not placed perpendicularly, with a kind of hurried upon bis journey to Amadabant,

a fitting abiding place for a beauty whose crutch on the top covered with hide, thus where his advent would have been regard

duty it is to be every where in London. To effectually hiding the nascent mechanical ed as a miracle, speeded back, descended

London, accordingly, Mre Cornwallis West ability displayed in the onstruction of the into his tomb, carefully closing the passage

bas, come, and she has been greeted by an apparatus, Round this structure and the by which he entered and been discovered

admiration almost sufficient to console her juggler's blanket was held, and when his in a state of insultion, which he might

for the almost prolonged absence from her arrangements were completed the screen well simulate after a journey of four hun

Wolah, castle; while the consolation of her was removed and the aged man discovered, dred miles, upon the fifteenth day.

husband's society, which forms the chief apparently aitelagtapon nothing, his legs As I have said, the wonderful Indian Like the Chinese, the jugglers of India charm of Ruthin, is not withdrawn from crossed about four fost from the ground basket feat partakes somewhat of the oba-seem to have lost the knowledge of optical her in town, Hor face is of that charming,

be hand of his outstretched right arm racter of the entombatent. It is a clever deceptions once practised. Jebangbice, reguliar atsle of beauty which has always For touched the crutch, and the finger of his trick when well performed. The Rev. Emperor of Hindostan, recounting in his moved mankind, more than the most regular other hand wore diligently engaged oonat Herbert. Caunter, who saw it at a village autobiography the feats of sotos Bengalese features. She has a very rich complexion, Ber country summoned, and she gave her all

ing his beada. This venerable specimen of twelve miles from Madras, says :-

performers, mentions ons of the above on which an ecossional freckle stamps a And twice War bowed to her his sable plumte.....

cunning is said to have died in 1830 without "A stout, ferocious-looking fellow step- class in which a man was cut to pieces, and certificate of fineness, and thereby adds to Re-gaya the swords to rast upon hor wall,

imparting ble secret to any one, but two ped forward with a common wlaker basket presently brought back in a perfect state of the charm of the general effect. A splendid years later, in the same city, one Sheahal, of the country, which he begged we would preservation, as ploture-restorers bring our head of rippling hair, which was very long Be-gave the swords--but not the band that drew, the Brahmin of the Air," performed a carefully examine. This we nooordingly lashed and mutilated portraits to their until this year, when she cut it into boxe quoted at $9.70 in mate, and $9.94 in hoxes. Drugs and Spione-Cassia Lignes, is And struck for liberty the dying blow;

similar feat.

did. It was of the alightest texture, and pristine loveliness. This I have already like gurls, olusters framewise around her Sales; 700 picols, Stock 9,500 piopis Nar him who, to his sire and country true, This trick was first arranged for admitted the light through a thousand described, in its modern form (under the face, producing an effect which many ladies Cassia Buds, $13 50 per picuí Salon nii. Fell 'mid the ranks of the invading foe. Western audience by Houdin, in 1847. apartures. Under this frail covering he title of Palingenesia), in the. January part have sought to imitate, but which none have Stoak 100 picals. Alum, $1.50 a $1.00 per Long, but not lond, the droning wheel went on,

Taking advantage of the messerie crage of placed a child about eight years old, an in- of "The Leisure Hour” Eke the low murmur-of-a-hive at noon

the period, he announced that he would teresting little. When the was, propar- trioke are still practised, raab as passing daring, and says upon occasions the most packed.

Other cutting approached. She is impulsive, original and i pioni. Camphor, $17.50 a $18.00 per pioul, Long, but not lond, the memory of the gone

place his son, Eugene Robor, in auspenly secured, the sun, with a lowering aspect, kalfe through boy's, throat, when the delightful things in the most delightful SUNDRIES-Fire Crackers, 65 a 72 centa Breathed through her lips sad and tremu-alon in equilibrium by atmosph-zie air asked, her some question, which the ins- formidable-looking weapon is only for the way; and to her it was given this year to per box, for Gowqua's No. 1, gold shop. through the sation of concentrated other tantly answered and as the thing was eyes of the spectators, and the trick knife, throw the whole of a royal hall into disarray Vermilion: $58,50 a $84.00 per hor. Mat- or some such nonsensical verbiage. This done, within a few feet from the spot & quickly substituted for it, has a handle and by an untoward fainting fit, which was at ting: Fine contract, White 4/4, 10% couts, was a great success, helped greatly by the which we were seated, the roles appeared point connected by a bickle-shaped middle, once elavated to the rank of a social svept. 5/4, 12 conte, 64, 142 oant per toy raised by correspondents in the news to come so distingly from the basket that which passes behind the lad's neck. That she, is most sympathetic, full of fun, gard; Red Check, 4/4, 11g cente, 6/4 papara, who protected against the cruelly 1 felt at once satisfied there was no de- the instrument apparently passes, through great favorite, with all who know her, and a 18 cente, 6/4, 101 canta; Double Extra of the proceeding, much to Houdin's profit, option.

the victim's throat, portions of it being seen subject of admiration to those who do not. Imperial, white 4/6, 121 ponte, 5/4, 10 cents, Ra avery une rushed as they do to some They held a conversation for some on both sides, and with the addition of a She dresses generally in careless, and some 64, 19 cents; Red Check, 6/4, 15 cents, perilous feat.

minutes, when the juggler, almost with a sponge to squeeze copious floods, of times, in startling, foshion ; but, being small 54, 177 conta, 6/4 201 cents per yard. However, in this case, little Exigese's rosy scream of passion, threatened to kill her. (dragon's) blood upon the neck It is in stature, and of es admirable figure, the argo, Ginger new, in syrup. (Chyloong) cheeks, sparkling eyes, and plump ap There was a stern reality in the whole scene sufficiently horrifying even for Oriental always looks well, however, the may be $8:26 y Mandarin, $4.36 Young Brom, pearance quite belied the suspicion of which was perfectly dismaying; it was acted tastes. Some of the faldira also pass a dressed. She rides with a certain dash $6.00 per case of 6 jare Joy+ 84.50 per cruelty. Anderson, the Wizard of the to the life, but terrible to ase and hear, word between a false stomach and thale which is very charming, and in the Winter pleul North, so he called himself, used to show The child was beard to beg for muroy, when own real one, the latter being compressed she is often seen in the hunting field, brown- The East has ever been the favourite the same trick, a young lady in his per the juggler seized sword, pased his foot and drawn in as only those half starved habited, and excellently mounted. home of magia s not the funocent conjuringformance giving additional desh to the upon the frail wicker covering under which professore know how to do it. The sword- we give that name to in England, where marvel The way of socomplishing the his supposed, victim was so piteously pups, swallowing of the Indian jugglers is to be serial suspension was very soon desa plicating ht forbearance, and, to my socomplished by a trick-sword, the blade In being cheated as to cheat,"

Ehrough, and is now no serret. It is absolute consternation and horror, plunged of which slides foto the bandle i but it but the crafty and sometimes sudacious im. ascomplished by attaobing an iron fram-It through, withdrawing it several times. Bertouren en tout token by posture in which the magician pretends to work atting closs to the boy's body under By this time his countenance exhibited an come performers with leather thesats and dear, why do you wear another da poteza nuparnatural powers, and so bagulies the loove to the elbow. Through a hola in frantie human panicus. The shrieks of throw their bands back so si to make a way do you wear calf's skin, on your

his dress, an arm from which passes down expression fearfully indicative of the most an abnormal appetite for steel. The Wople people,

China and Japan seem to have been fres the sleeve this iron stm is fastened on to the child were so real and distracting, that straight pasange for the blade, and actually from any talut of this kind, however, while upright is placed under the other albow monster, and fell him to the earth, but he | sword to the kilt, Thng this can be done / me of Shakespeare, Milton, Bacon, and an uptight fixed in a stand, and another my first impulse to rush upon the thrust down a came to the Handia, or a A TRULY GEFAT MAN Don's talk to they have nist been behindhand in prodeo. ing some skilful tricks. Neltber of these while the boy atands upon s stool This was around and I defenceless, I looked at without injury every one knows who has them fellera What was they wuth Why zations are good at sleight of band, but, latter and one upright being removed, the my companions--they appeared to be pale beard of a stomach pump, where a tube is could have bought up the lot of em. with the patience so pre-eminently distin. or is apparently alesping, in a perpendi- and paralysed with terror; and yet these passed down the gullet in order to remove Melbourne Fanch. guishing both, they are facile in the accom. dimlar position, in the sir, bis right elbow | feelings were somewhat neutralised by the | poison from the stomach. By practice the

BERKELEY, Sept. 1868-Gentlemen, I pishment of such fents as require nice ifgg upon the tres shipport, sad his head consciousness that the man could not dare throat may be inured to voluntary trast feel it a duty owe to you to express my

chanism and long practice. Chios has redilang dan bir band. The body may to commit deliberate murder in the bread ment of the same sort, without danger, a gratitude for the grast bonest I have do given us knife-throwers sharp of eye, and now be rated to any angle, oren sutil it ops of day, and before so many witnesson she sword swallower, It is, to say the rived by taking Norton's Camomilla Pula, plate-spinners delicate of touch; but in become horisontal, "Zor & estöb attached still the whole thing was appalling, and facit, a very disgusting feath conjuring pure and simple it has never to the fronari Immelletale bolds the "The blood ran in strooms from the

I spplied to your agent He Ball, Berkeley, risen above the height of obtaining alz shoulder joint falls into dogs the frame basket; her groans fell horribly upon the it is as well to say that the Indians are stomach from which I suffered extrudia While mentioning such sensational triaks for the above-named Pill, for wind in the dober of various kinds of cooked food from work, fastened by strage to the body, an ear her struggles enote painfully upon the saldom really estal, though, to please their ling pain for a length of time, having tried on of raw rice, or changing an empty bowl retain the figure in the petition to which heart. The former store gradually subdued audiences they make much of the tragic nearly every remedy prescribed, but with. to one with water and fish in. It both of

it is lifted:

into a faint moan, and the latter into a aspect of the illusions, and have an out deriving any beneft at all. After which marvels were much ansiated by a In the apparatus of the Indian juggler faint rustling sound. We seemed to hear doubtedly too much in the way of blood, taking two bottles of your vainable Pilla, I "Heathen Chinee" underneath the stage, a steel rod was doubles inserted in the the last convulsive gasp which was to set contortions, and screams, to suit the ideas was quite restored to my usual state of who "rang the changes," admirably.

hollow bamboo to strengthen it A her innocent soul free from the gory body, of the West. These jugglers, however, are health. Please give this publicity for the In Himes past the Celestials must have Silvester, generally known as The Fair when, to pts inexpressible astonishment generally free from a blot attaching to some benefit of those who may thus be afflicted. shan rayond this, for we have record of of Oolu," made improvements upon this and relief, after muttering a few dabalistis Buropean conjurors to whose tricks I would i am, dir, yours truly, Errar Augrass Optical illusions of no common shersster dosing in the sin causing the body to wards, the juggler: took us the basket, but desire to pull attention with a view to thely To the Proprietord of Noston's CAMCI pidated in the fourteenth century by the revolve on the top of the upright, and glas, no child was to be seen. She soon advanced repression. Then era with birds, rabbite, wILE FILES DEPTO.

this, the centre of the scene The white-haired matron, with monotonons;

tread, Plied her swift wheel, and with her joyless mien Bat like a Fate, and watched the Aying thread. She bat known Borrow He had walked with

lier,

crust;

Oft dipped, and broke with her the asher

And in the dead leaves still she heard the atir"

Of his black mantle trailing in the dust, While yet her cheek was bright with summer Bad bloom,

tous feina,

At last the thread was snapped her head was

bowed; Life dropped the distal through his hands And loving neighbors smoothed her careful While Death and Wlates closed the antum

serene,

shroud,

ORIENTAL JUGGLERÝ,

"The pleasure antaly is as great

They

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19

Cote-ng-own,

Waste Silk,

+

No. 1, $495

2, $475

» 3, $165

11, $600

2, 5510 No. 1, $ 80 Cocoons Pierced $80

KETTLEMENTS FOR THE FORTNIGHT.

1878-79. 1877-78.

Europe,

330 blo. United States, &., Re-reels,.. $00 bxn. Bombay, 60 pla, &70 bla.

670

690 bas, 30 plis.

IMPORTE. Linað,--Oar market han advanced during the fortuight, and quotations are now $8:10 ̈a $6.20 for mixed brands, and $6,25 ₫ 8.30

COIOZAIZVER, is quoted $62 - 169 par are reported. for Hole chop and W.B.; only smail sales

Gussler Lizele, darling, why do you wear OME Reason as GOOD AS ANOTHER another woman's hat Libales Gusale,pical

bands ?"—Zum.

BRIFFING.

The rate of Freight to London, per steamer ton of 40 and 50 cable feet respectively, in 21.17 and per salling vessel, ££:10 pm

teamer, is 88.2/, and per saling vessel, The rate of Freight to New York, per 21.5/per ton of 40 quble feet,

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