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MANTELPIECE.”

Of all the ships upon the blue, No ship contained a better crew Than that of worthy Captain Recco Commanding of the Mantelpiece.

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He was adored by all his men, For worthy Captain Reece, R. N., Did all that lay within him to Promote the comfort of his crew.

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If over they were dull or sad The Captain danced to them like mad, Or told, to make the time pass by, Dull legends of his infancy.

A foather-bed had every man, Warm slippers and hot water-can Brown Windsor from the Captain's store, A valet, too, to every four.

Did they with thirst in eaminer burn, Lo! seltzogenes at every turn; And on all very sultry days, Cream fees handed round on trays.

Thon currant wines and ginger pops Stood handily on all the tops; And also, with amusement rife, A Zoetrope, or Wheel of Life.

New volumos came across the sea From Mr Mudie's libraret: The Times and Saturday Review Beguiled the leisure of the crew.

Kind-hearted Captain Recce, R. N., Was quite devoted to bis meu; In point of fact, good Captain Reece Beatified the Mantelpiece.

One summer evo at half-past ten. He said (addressing all his men): "Come, tell me please, what can I do

To please and gratify my crew?

"By any reasonable plan

I'll make you happy if I can; My own convenience counts as nil, It is my duty, and I will."

Then up and answered William Lee: (The kindly Captain's coxswain lie, A norvous, shy, low-spoken man), He cleared his throat, and thus began:

"You have a daughter, Captain Reeds,

Ten female cousins and a niece, A ma (if what I'm told is true), Bix sisters and an anut or two.

"Now, somehow, sir, it seems to me

More friendly like we all should be If you united of 'em to Unmarried members of the crew,

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"If you'd ameliorate our life,

Let each select from them a wife; And as for nervous me, old pal, Give me your own enchanting gal!"

Good Captain Reece, that worthy man, Debated on his ooxswain's plan. "I quite agree," he said; “oh, Bill,

It is my duty, and I will.

"My daughter, that enchanting girl,

Has just been promised to an Earl, And all my other familes

To peers of various high degree.

"But what are Dukes and Viscounts to

The happiness of all my crew?

The word I gave you I'll fulfil;

It is my duty, and I will.

"As you desire it shall befall;

I'll settle thousands on you all, a

And I shall be, despite my hoard,

The only bachelor on board."

The boatswain of the Mantelpiece,

He blushed, and spoke to Captain Roess: "I beg your Honor's leave," he said, **If you should wish to go and wed,

"I have a widowed mother, who

Would be the very thing for you. She long has loved you from afar- She washes for you, Captain R,”

The Captain saw the dame that day- Addressed her in a playful way: "And did it want a wedding-ring?

It was a tempting ickle sing!

"Well, well, the chaplain I will seek,

We'll all be married this day week, At yonder church upon the bill;

It is my duty, and I will !”

A TRIP AUROSS COUNTRY FROM CANTON TO KIUKIANG.

(By a3 Correspondent } It may not be uninteresting to your readers, if I forward you a few particulars of a journey across the country from Can- ton to Kiukiang,

THE GRINA MAIL.

coming up with it, and immediately we got on board we had breakfast, and went to bed. After a few hours' sleep we arose, posure. feeling very little the worse for our ex-

Monday, the 24th, brought us to Shau Chat about noon. "I will not weary your readers by attempting a doscription of the On the 16th of February last a party of city. It is cut and dried according to three, consisting of two Missionaries and a pattern. The population is estimated at Hongkong merchant, left Cauton for Shan 100,000. The people were quiet, several Chau Fu, prefectural city situate on the receiving us very kindly, especially the North River, distant from Canton about native preacher and colporteur. 280 milos, where a Mission station is est-

The following day we walked some four blished in connection with the Wesleyan or five miles to set some Coal mines. Of Miss. Socioty.

course they have not yet got shufts sunk, bat run into the sides of the hills, using bamboo props to support the earth. In some places the descent is very rapid,

Our Hongkong friend stayed with us some five days, and then left us to our preaching and studying, which wore con- tinued more or less until we started across the country for our holidays. I must hore make a desperate leap of some months, leaving your readers to fill up the interval as romantically as they please.

The-boat, of which wo had hired a part. had left some days previous, as there is a large bond in the river, and also somo places of delay called, customs stations.. We followed in a slipper boat, cutting cross by-a-smaller stream, and then walking some 16 or 18 miles through the country to Lo Pun, where we had arranged to meet our boat. It was evening when we reached Lo Pax, and feeling tired we performed our ablutions and turned in. "The Sabbath quiet being an unknown quantity in China we were aroused at daybreak by the yeiling and screaming of the boatmen," We reached Shek Kok in the afternoon, and saw thousands of Chinese working at the new embankment which is intended to prevent a repetition of the disastrous floods of two years ago.

The Senior Member of our party, who was both-Joses and Aaron, preached in the American Baptist Mission room.

The next day brought us to Tsing Un Paes. About half way through the pass is situate a monastery, nestling most cosily in a small depression in the hill. We got off our boat to visit it, and found the spot most charming. Parsing through the monastery we came to some steps which wind their way up the side of the hill. Beautiful shrubs and trees surrounded us on every side, and over and anon as wo ascended we caught glimpses of the opposite hills, and the river moving along in its serpentine course. Here and there could be soon the faberman on his small raft with a few cormorants at his side. As we stood and viewed the scenery around, and listened to the silvery music of the cascado as it rushed down the mountain side, one could imagine he had found his way to the sylvan abades of the Dryads. We came away pro- mising ourselves another visit and a longer stay.

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On Wednesday we walked a few miles into the country to a curious cave called Pik Lok Ngara, which runs through the bill. The cave is really lovely. A small stream flows through it, by the side of which runs a path, thus enabling us to pass to the other side, where a small tract of flat country stretches away to the distant bills. The whole reminded me of the fairy pictures had seen in my boyish days, and it was no difficult matter to imagine one or two of those ethereal creatures with gossamer wing flitting from rock to rock. Night came on, and we had to find our way back to the boat, which we did with difficulty.

Thursday, 20th, brought us to the small district city of Ting Tak, where there is a proaching room. We went to the room, when a crowd soon coliestod, and after disturbing the even tenor of their way, tho aforementioned individual preached, and we

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turbance.

Sunday came, which passed as profitably as possible. Being infested with a species of very small lies which bolted at the lightest puff of smoke, smoking was the order of the day.

(To be Continued.)

[No. 5088-AUGUST 30, 1879.

the city we had to call at a Customs Station. NOTES ON FREEMASONRY,

MARK TWAINE APOLOGY Hero was anchored a boat with five or six There was a time when Shanghai was an Mark Twain was recently at a dinner of convicts on board. They had come from important centre of Freemasonry, and when the Stanley Club, in Paris, and, being the Canton province, and were being taken a large proportion of the residents took an | esiled upon for a speech, is thus reported into Hapeh. We enquired the reason of active part in the discharge of Masonie by the Continental Gazette:-" Mr Ryan their transportation, and learned that two obligations and gave much pains, and said to me just now that I'd got to make a of them had killed a man in a clan fight, thou ht to the exact and punctual perspeech. I said to Mr Ryan, The nows, The remainder wore exiled for other formance of Masonic ritual. While writing came too late to save Roger M'Pherson.' crimes. They asked for opium, but we had the sentence we fear misconstruction, and It is sad to know that some things always not any; then for cigars, but we could'nt fancy that we are wrong in speaking of came too late, and when I look around see it. My companion told one of our boys Shanghal Masonry in the past tense, or in upon this brilliant assembly I feel disap- to give them some books, to which ho intiuating, even indirectly, that the Settle pointed to think what a nice speech I might replied "It's no use giving those fellows ment is cooling in its attachment to the have made, what fine topics I might have any books. One of the convicts hoard principles of the Craft and that wo cannot found la Paris to speak about, among these the remark, and was terribly enraged. bring ourselves to think so is proved by historic monuments, the architecture of Our boy was going out to fight, but wo our trying to enlist the interest of our Paris, the towers of Notre Dame, the caves, pulled him into the boat. In a short time readers in some Masonic statistics and and other ancient things. Then I might we get away. We passed some splendid speculations. Concerning Freemasonry, as have said something about the objects of econory ero wo anchored for the night, every reader of the works of Findel and which Paris folks are fond-literature, art, The hills towered high above our beads. Olliver is aware, there are two distinct medicine (then taking a card from his vest Gorges and passce were presented to view opinions. One school of thought regards pocket as if to take a glance at his notes) IN in a swiftly moving panoramic scene,overy syllable of the traditional history as and adultery. But the news came too late Thero being many rapids in the river, and accurate, The personages concerned in the to save Roger M'Pherson! Perhaps you the boatmen rowing with might and main legenda around which the ritual circles, are are not as well acquainted with M'Pherson away we sped. A slight storm came on, not only real personages but the transse as I am? Well, I'll explain who MTher the rain continuing to fall the greater portions in which they are represented as son was. When we sailed from New York tion of the night. When we anchored we taking part are real transactions, The there came on board, a man all haggard—a bathed in the deliciously cool river. signs and symbols come down to, us from more skeleton. He wasn't much of a man, boar antiquity. The Scriptures themselves and on the voyage 1 heard him say to him- have new sidelights cast upon the events self, "The newa came too late to save Roger they record when we place them beside the M'Pherson,' 'How too late?' I asked. observances and the pass-words of the Aboat three weeks too late,” he replied; A TRUTHFUL TRIO.

myatio lodges. The most subtle secrets of *I'll tell you how it happened: A friend of While strolling around Oshkosh recently, nature find a clew when we catal hold of mine died, and they told me I must take bis I was surprised to meet two very distin- the thread of explanations that Masonry body on the cars to his parents in Illinois. guished and truthful individuals, Sur places lu our hands. Among the Harlefan I said I'd do it, and they gave me a card - prised I say, because I supposed these manuscripts is a copy of the constitution with the address, and told me to go down gentlemen thousands of miles away.. These of an ancient body of Freemasons, prefaced to the dopôt and put it on a box I'd find men were Mark Twain--sometimes called by a sbort history, commencing as follows: there, have the box put on the beggage the Great Truthtellor of the Sierras-and-"If you ask me how this selence was car, and go right along with it to Illinois. P. V. Naaby-generally known as the Great first invented, my answer la this: that I found the box all right, and nalled the International Truthteller at Large from the before the general deluge, which is com-card on it, and put it on the car; then I State of Ohio.

monly called Noah's flood, there was a man called Lomech as you may read in the 4th of Genesis, whoa hnd two wives, the one called Adab, the other Zills: by Adah bee begot two sonsa Jabell and Juball, by Zillah bee had a sonne called Tuball and a daughter named Nashinsh, there fower children found ye beginning of ye Craft in the world; Jabell found out geometry and hoe divided flocks of sheep and lands; he first built a house of stone and timber Jaball found out musick; Tuball found out the amyth's trade or craft alsoo of gold, silver, copper, iron, and steele, etc." To those who take what we may call the bigh view of the origin of Masonry, It is only in the Interpretation of this symbol and its connection in Genesis that we can ever hope to discover the beginning of the ancient mysteries and of that system of religion and philosophy that overspread Asia and Greece. To the mystical school of interpretera, "the tower children" will be so many successive manifestations of the spirit in man.

After we had talked a spell, Mr Twain laid down his cigar and told me about a fast horse he once owned in Virginia city. He said:-

"Gentlemen, this horse of mine was tough bitted; and he went so fast that I had to guide him by electricity--had to have wire lines and keep a battery in the waggon all the time in order to stop him."

"Why didn't you stop him by hollering

It was arranged that I should leave Shou Chau early on Saturday morning June 28th, and that my companion, who was anxious to stay for the Sunday service, shonid fol- low me on the Tuesday; and that we should meet at Nan Hiung. Accordingly I left by native boat about 5.30 a.m. The river presented a noble appearance owing to the recent and heavy raing. The day proved most propitious and the country wore a charming aspect. Nature seemed in her gladdest and happiest mood. The rills, sparkling in the sunlight, dunced down the rocky sides of the bills on their way to join the brimming river. Threading our way amidst the romantic scenery to be

went into the depot and got a sandwich, I found in the North of the Canton province

was walking round eating my sandwich, and was delightful. In the evening wo passed

I passed the beggage-room, and there was a range of high rocks. The sun had just

may box, with a young man walking around, sunk behind them, so their dark sides were

looking at it, and he had a card in his presented to view. Some appeared like

band. I felt like going up to that young monstrous towers, their steep sides and

man and saying, Stranger, that's my rounded formis almost causing one to

corpse." But I didn't. I walked on, ats imagine the chisel had been at work.

my sandwich, and when I looked in again Others wore a likeness to huge castlos,

the young man was gone, but there was the their tree crowned tops resembling the em

card nailed right on the box. I went and bragure work. The whole had the appear-whoa?" I asked,

looked on that card. It was directed to ance of a buge citadel, with domos, steeples, "Stop him by hollering whoa!" ex-

Colonel Jenks, Cleveland, Ohio. So I minarete and watch-towers. The sight was claimed Mr Twain. "Why, I could not

looked in the car, and there was my box all magnificent. Here and there large keeps heller loud enough to make that horse hear

right. Just before the train started, & man are built on the tops of high hills, into me. He travelled so fast that no sound ever

came into the baggage car and laid a lot of which the people can flee in times of dis. reached him from behind. He went faster

limberger choose down on my box. He than the sound, sir. Holler whoo, and

didn't know what was in my box and I he'd be in the next town before the sound

didn't know what was in bla paper, but I of your voice could reach the dashboard.

found out later. It was an awful cold. Travel fast! I should say he could. Why,

night, and after we started the baggage- I once started from Virginin eity for Meadow

master came in. He was a nice fellow, creek right in front of one of the most

Jackson was; he said: "A man would dreadful rain-storms wo ever had on the

freeze to death out there; I'll make it all Pacific coast. Wind and rain, Why, the

In violent opposition to the opinions of right." So he shut all the doors and wind blew eighty miles an hour, and the these advocates of mystic meanings and windows, built a rousing coal fire in the rain foli in sheets. I drove right before a prebistoric origin, we find a school of stove, then he took turns fixing the car and that storm for three hours-just on the edge thought which brings the whole thing down poking the fire, till 1 began to smell some- of that hurricane and rain for forty miles," to modern times. The sceptical sobool thing and felt uncomfortable; so I moved

Didn't you get drenched ???

declare that the founders of Masonry were as far away from my corpse as I could, änd "Drenched? No, sir! What did I keep not King Solomon and Hiram of Tyre, but Johnson says to me: A friend of yours? that fast horse for? Why, I tell you, I Charles IT and Sir Christopher Wren. Did he die lately? This year I mean.” drove right in front of that rain storm. I Even if one possessed Dr Johnson's high Says I, "I'll fix it" so I opened a window, I could lean forward and let the sun shine opinion of Charles, one would hardly con- and we took turns breathing the fresh air. on me, or lean backward and feel rain and sider bim so respectable a parent for a After a while Johnson said: "Let's smoke; outch hailstones. When the hurricane seal-religious society as the scepired Ho I think that'll fix it." So we lit our cigars slacked up the horse slacked up too, and brew sage, whom he resembled only in and puffed a bit, but we got so sick that we when it blow faster i just said, Gl the least estimable points of his character. let 'em go out again--It didn't do any good. to the horse and touched the battery, and It seems probable that the truth about We tried the air again. Says Jobusou: away we went. Now I don't want to lie Freomasonry lies in the middle between "He's in no trance, is he? There's doubt about my horse, Mr Perkins, and I don't these two theories, We may venture with about some people being dead, but there's ask you to believe what I say; but I tell out incurring the animadversion of the no doubt about him, is there! What did he you truthfully that when I got to Meadow Brethren to describe the history with die of "We stopped at a station, and when ereek my linen duster was dry as powder. which we are familiar as legendary, but we we started off again Johnson had a bottle of Not a drop of rain on the waggon seat either, cannot descend ao low or take so wide a disinfector, and says: I've got something while the waggon box was level full of lailleap as to deny all the mediaval evidence now that'll fix it." So he sprinkled it stones and water, or I'm a

and fly per saltum from Zion to Ludgate all around over the box, the limeberger, Look here, gentlemen," interrupted Mr Hill. King Solomon may have had very and over everything; but it wouldn't do, Johnson Nasby; "speaking of the truth, did you little to do with Masonry, but certainly it the smells wouldn't mix well.

We're all got to ever hear about my striking that man in existed in Europe long before the seven-said: "Just think of it. Toledo ?"

teenth century, and a writer in the Times die, all got to come to this." Then we We said we had not.

says "that Freemasonry, substantially the thought we'd move the box to one end of "Well, sir, it was this way: There was a

same in kind as that which now exista, was the car; so we stooped over it; I took one man there one of those worldly sceptical In this country as far back as the time of end and he took the other, but we couldn't follows who questioned my veracity one Henry VI, is by no means improbable. It get it far. Johnson says, "We'll freeze day, He said he had doubts about the has been surmised that the King himself to death if we stay out on the plat truthfulness of one of my cross-read ineid- was a member of the Order, though nothing form; we'll die if we stay in here." So we ents. I didn't want to strike this man, be- mora is proved in support of this than that took hold of it again; but Johnson, he cause its a bad habit to get into this mak- he left behind him a manuscript containing couldn't stand it; be foll right over. I ing a human chaos out of a fellow man. certain parts of Masonte ritual. The same dragged him out on the platform, and the But he questioned my veracity, and the paper gives us some statistics of Masonry cold air soon brought him to, and we went earthquake came. I struck him once-just all over the world, which are not devoid of into the car to get warm. What are we once. I remember ho was putting down a interest. In France, there are 287 lodges; going to do ?" asked Johnson, and he looked carpet at the time, and he had his mouth full in Spain, 300; in Portugal, 22; in Italy, ill. We are sure to have typhoid fever of carpet tacks. But a man can't stop to dis- 110; in Belgium, 15; in Mexico, 13; and and a half dozen other fevers, conat carpet tacks in a man's mouth, when in Brazil, 256. Thus the Craft flourished, pizened, we are!" At last, we thought it the questions your veracity, can be? I never even in countries where its great opponent was better to go out on the platform: In

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the Church of Rome has a firm seat. an hour and a half I was taken off that

By six o'clock on Sunday ovening wo roached Chi Ning, situate about half-way hotween Shan Chau and Nan Hiang. As the boat was likely to stay here a short time got off and walked on. Having walked some distance, I came to a junction of two rivera. I enquired from a ferryman which branch my boat would take, and was told the one on the left. I was on the right hand side of the main river, and therefore putting off my shoes and socks, waded to the boat and got in. Old Charon demanded his faro before starting. Unfortunately I had left all my money on my boat. Telling him that I had not a single obol, he gave us to understand that I had better get out again, This I practically refused to do, telling him Of course in going up the river but slow

that when my boat came up I would pay progrese can be made, so that we were afforded ample time for making small ex-

to the nttermost cash. Hearing that I had cursions into the country, and striking the taining, and permitted me to crose.

a boat coming up, he became more enter Hav river at a higher point thus gain our boating crossed I saw the mast of my boat in Would that we had always done so After the distance; I know that an hour or more breakfast on Friday morning (February 21) must elapse before it came up. The ferry wo started off for a walk. The day was man now was as loth to part company with clondy, rather inclined to rain, We struck out for the hills immediately, and soon lost, as he was at first to make my acquaint sight of the river, and our boat. We but as I could find little amusement in ance. He invited me to sit in the beat, wandered about for some hours amongst crossing and recrossing the ferry, I gave the hills, and towards four o'clock, fooling him my socke, and went on my way rejoic- somewhat hungry and tired, we determined ing. to make for the river. After winding and

Tuesday afternoon brought me to Nan turning for some time we found it. A boat Hiung. I sent on my card to the native was passing at the time, and we enquired if pastor in connection with the German Mis they had heard, or seen, anything of our sion, who-kindly invited me to stay with beat. We were informed that it must be his until my companion should arrive. I ahead of us. rost ourselves a little, when Aaren eagaired, German and English.

We got on board thinking to found him very intelligent; speaking both "What place is that?" meaning a small

On Wednesday evening my companion village just below. "Kun Yam Ngam," was arrived, and wo prepared for a start early the reply given. The very place where we the next morning. Leaving Nan Hinng had anchored the night before. We too little before san riso we turned our faces concluded that our boat must be ahead of towards the Kiang Si province. The road us. We had a good laugh, and that over asked What must we do? we all agreed to get off upon which we travelled is the old road and make another attempt. Having no

from Canton to Pekin. Much of the traffic do. I simply struck the blow." on this road has fallen off since the deve- "Did it hurt the man much?". I asked. Freemasonry is undoubtedly a plant of platform stiff, nearly frozen to death. They sun to guide us, we carefully marked out lopement of the coasting trade, but it still

"I don't think it did. It was too sud-hardy growth, and has extended itself far put me to bed, and I had all them fevers some high hille towards which we were to presents a lively appearance. The principal den. The bystanders said if I was going to and wide with results that persons who that Johnson spoke about. You see the make. After walking some distance, we commodity sected to be paper, which was

strike a second blow they wanted to move examine ite principles and its working must thing worked on my mind. It didn't do enquired how far it was to the next an-being brought into the Canton provinco.

out of the state. I squashed that man right admire and approve. In Shanghai, it is me no good to learn, three weeks later, chorage. Nine miles, was the reply. We

there had beon a mistake-that my corpse walked, and walked, and asked, and asked,

As we walked along the road our minds down into a doormat, and his own wife, perhaps to be deplored that too much bat still the folks would have their will, went back hundreds and thousands of years, who was tacking down one edge of the money was spent and too much respon had gone to Colonel Jenkins, Cleveland, and say "Nine miles." I expect it is and we thought of the numbers of officials carpet at the time, came right along and sibility incurred in the erection of a Hall, and that I had taken his box of rifles for as the charities have suffered thereby, but decent burial to Illinois. The news came took him for a gutta perche rug, and ac- nine miles yet. At length wo began to and people that had traversed that same tually tasked him down in front of the door, there are signs that a new spirit animates too late to save Roger M'Pherson-about despair of reaching our boat, and feeling road when China was closed to the civilising Foor woman, she never knew she was tack the body, and the Distrlat Grand Master is three weeks too late. Amid roars of ap- pretty well worn ont we made for the river The scenery was very pretty. The tobacco of the tacks in his mouth? you ask. Well, principies which underlie the institution I'm not prepared to speak, I always influences of Western religion and science. ing down her own husband. What became never likely to lose sight of the sterling plause, Twain closed by asying, "When

kong sampan was going up, and we made a again. A anal boat, the size of a Houg plant seems to be extensively cultivated in the next day the boys pulled them out of and are the guarantees of its permanence apologize, and that's the reason I've told of sunshine on the sad heart-and who has bargain with the man that he was to catch this part, and occasionally as you pass the bottoms of his overshoes, and———” and utility.-N. 0. D. News.

you so much about Roger M Pherson.'” not seen its effects? A smile is like the our boat before he stopped. We got into along you catch a whiff of the fragrant "Gentlemen!" I interrupted, "it does bursting out of the sun from behind a cloud the smail craft and found the boatman's weed. Four o'clock brought us to the me good to hear auch truths. I believe wife, and his nephew, and two children, boundary line on the top of the Mi Ling every word you say, and I feel that I ought The boat was so narrow that it was in mountains. We rested here for an hour or WHEN I ocnsider the boundless activity possible for the three of as te lie on our two, and had dinner in a Buddhist Temple, to exchange truths with you. Now, did you

THERE is a pair of Dwarfs, called "The of our minds, the remembranes we have of backs. We had therefore to lio on our The priest was very affable and kind. We ever hear how I went to prayer meeting at

New London, Connecticut, in a rain-storm?" Midgels," now exhibiting in New York. things past, our foresight of what is to come aides. The lady generously offered us some here sent on our servants to Nan Ngan, t

They said they had not. when I reflect on the noble discoveries rice, which we declined with thanks, but city distant about 6 miles from the Mi Ling

Well, gentlemen," I said, "one day I They are about 22 inches bigh; the boy, and vast improvements by which those feeling the pangs of hunger asked for yams. Paas, to hire a boat for us.

ote started for the New London prayer meeting 14 years, weighs 9 pounds, and the girl, 16 minds have advanced arts and sciences I These we demolished and made ourselves passed through the gate-way which marks on horseback. When I got about half way latter say that when she was born the years, 4 pounds. The parents of the am entirely persuaded, and out of all doubt, as comfortable as possible. About 10 the boundary, a magnificent sight was there, a fearful storm came up. The wind

presented to our view. Almost at the foot that a nature which has in itself a fund of o'clock a bitterly cold North wind sprang of the hill lay the city of Nan Ngan. On blew a hurricane, the 'rain fell in torrents, weighed only`s of a pound.

"MISTAKEN in Courtship," was the sub ap, and blew through the beat, and

the lightning gleamed through the sky, and through as, The rain came down in tor- our right and left towered the steep and I went and crouched down behind a large ject of a clergyman's discourse in this city rents, and we had to enclose ourselves in rugged heights of the Mi Ling range, barn. But pretty soon the lightning struck on Sunday. It seems to us that it isn't so as well as possiblo. Presently the boatman away beyond the city stretched, an undu the bars, knocked it into a thousand splin-mack in courtship that people make mala one subject may be efficient in their lino, turned in, promising to start again as soon lating plain; and then away in the misty ters, and sent my horse whirling over into takes. Goutting's all right. It's the sad but they are not agrecable members of so- as the rain ceased, but he fell asleep. Just distanco rose mountains tier on tier. Seema

a neighboring corn patoh."

awakening from the rosy dream that hurts, ciety in any of its departments. Neither before going asleep be kindly offered us a ing. to flow through the middle of the Did it kill you, Mr Perkins ?" asked Mr Moral-Keep on courting.-New York Com have they made the most of themselves. bed-cover, but fearing the cover was not city was the river, winding in and out Twain, the tears rolling down his cheeks.

mercial They become one-sided and narrow in their the only thing he was giving us, we declined, until lost to view by intervening hills. The

"No, it didn't kill me," I said, "but I views, and are reduced to a humiliating debut on a second invitation accepted it. Wo descent from the pass was very rapid and

TIE Figaro's correspondent in Zululand, THE following unusual incident was wit pendence on one branch of industry. It

was a good deal discouraged."

M. Paul Deloage, telegraphs, under date nessed by those on board a ship bound from Well, what did you do, Mr Perkins?"

June 2, some particulars of the recovery of England to Madras when about five degress costs nothing to carry knowledge; and, in pat it over our feet only, but as the night cireuitous, and soon we found ourselves on times like these, to be able to put the hand colder the cover got higher; until we wore to the city, having walked thirty-six miles. advanced we got colder, and as we get the plain below. It was dark when we got

the body of Prince Louis Napoleon; but north of the equator." On the evening of a What did I do? Well, gentlemen, to to more than one branch of industry often pretty well covored up. Still we shivered Our servants had been unable to hire a toll the honest Connecticut, sun, they are less fall than those in the English lovely day large numbers of flying fan had serves a man a good tażu.

papers. He says he was one of the first to been playing round the vessel, when their on. Between three and four o'clock we boat; however, they had collected together right out into the pasture, took off my coat, and the body, quite naked, in the ravine deadly enemy the bonito appeared. In DURING the slow process of finding one's determined to put an end to our miserias, a number of persons amongst whom were bumped up my bare back, and took eleven where the party had been surprised and turn, the bonitos were attacked by the level, there is not only mortification but be- and called for a fire. A small earthen two or three boatmen. After some bar clips of lightning right on my bare back-attacked by the Zulas. The breast of the barracouts, which leaped high out of the wilderment in the discovery that the highest grate containing fire was placed in our gaining we got a boat, and got our luggage bone, drew the electricity all out of the sky, Prince was pierced by assegais, the right water as they caught their victims. Four gifts are by no means the most acceptable, midat, and we sat tailor fashion around it, in and made ourselves comfortable for the and then got on to my horse and rede inte eye was cut out, and the stomach cut open. large barragonta came dashing along, at least not the most readily acceptable. bat-Oh! the smoke. With tears stream night. On the morning we went into the New London in time to lead at the evening The face expressed little suffering. Death seemingly all in chase of one bonito. When No doubt unusual gifts excite immediate ing down our faces, we sought some open-city and sold some books readily. Our prayer-meeting."-American Paper, admiration, but that very admiration tenda ing through which to thrust our heads. bostman had promised the previous night to to keep its object at arm's length, for a We endured the changes from heat, to cold start immediately after breakfest, but came while at any rate. And, if the superiority and vice versa, antil the boatman started. to as just before we went into the city and be at all real and extensive, it does neces- We were not very long before we came up said he could not start. We threatened to THE Treasury have directed the Com-I vaiuly tried," says the Figaro's Corres and falling crash on the poop deck within sarily prove, even in the long ran, more or to the place where our boat had suchored deduct a dollar for every day he delayed. missioners of Her Majesty's Customs to pondent, to close his remaining ego, three feet of the man at the wheel. The less isolating. An exceptionally gifted per- for the night, but it had again gone on a hand was anxious to get rid of us. oept cigars, to be sent to Natal for the use ness. The correspondent proceeds to give hole in the deck half an inch deep, severed

He began to imagine he had caught some allow all seized tobacco now available, ex- which yet reflected gentleness and good force with which it fall, besides making son will perhaps have many points of without us. sympathy with a large number of other Our Commissary bought some eggs He then refused to take us, but we refused of the soldiers, marines, and sailors engaged accounts of the embalming of the body, the its head from the snout eighteen inches The last cocamion on funeral service, and other detalls. He man inwards on the body. The fish measures. minds; but the people with whom such a which we got boiled. After eating them, to leave unless he would find as another in the Zala war, one can be altogether at home will be very we got off to walk, and before long caught boat. Late in the afternoon he did so, which the Government inued a similar tions that the Prince's sword, which the five feet long, and weighed about forty

Zulus took, belonged to Napoleon. I pounds.➡Chambers' Journal, sight of our boat. We were not long in and we got easy. Whilst within sight of order was during the Criman war,

The sisters, cousins, aunts and niece, And widowed ma of Captain Beece, Attended there, as they were bid; It was their duty, and they did. ---W. S. Gilbert.

A WORD spoken pleasantly is a large spot

te him who thinks he has no friend in the

wide world.

so many excellent things cannot possibly be mortal-Xenophon,

Those who can thank and talk only on

Mas. Hayes has a Siamese cat which was sent to her by an admirer in Asia.

ONE of the Russian official organza states that during the month of May there were 1,790 conflagrations in Russia; the damage done being reckoned at over two million roubles. Irkutsk, the latest noone of incendiariam, in far away in Siberis, near lake Baikal.

THE City Directory contains some 8,000 more names than last year's. This is sup posed to represent an increase of about this rate it won't take us long to catch up 40,000 in the population. If we keep on at with Paris. In 1875 we had a total of nearly 1,100,000. Next year's census will probably give us fully 1.250,00 Counting Brooklyn and Jersey City as a part of New

now must be very close on 2,000,000- York, as they really are, the total population New York Paper.

must have been instantaneous. All the within a few yards of the ship, all four wounds were in front, not one behind. made a leap; the successful esptor spring. The Prince died with his face to the enemy.ing high out of the water, prey in mouth,