I HARVEST BOSQ. CcB(iMtrT.b.owth.bl,U. rer.-.Koa.raa.l i:,lSiW.'Pi art U barrwt appU Bl M.rr. blow the born! For ths moon I. In ffiu'.. al ,hD TOaf ' WM ,10T,,' wjZmJ"M 001 ,be flM 11610114 tha 1 Mry. come and blow lb. bom! O. Mrr. blow the hwnl Fur the hane.l U TMinuwIuketbroith aud be out Into U.o gnc'l'. M-ry.conn-oJ blow lb. htm! Cone. Mary, blow tb j horu! rortiiebo.t U very ,kD'!TitlTth bllnklnit un, the twitting of JlUbodryand the men will tbint for Com WW MolhihowJ Oo rT. Wo lbe hornl Th0 "lml U la ,he qdoTh upon tbe bill where the echo will be TMnK'i rln.lnit blast from a full red mouth I W,Mry. go blow Ihe born! Oo.W.ry. blow ih'ehornl Far tho moa arertlll li.'rtl'ettr In the yellow rje end Dlnnii In tho J(WhltheUWefprelnl the buvo: rple. Ah. gfM ry, to blow th horn! LOVE IX A SHOWER. "I don't tin nk I caro about the nutting picnic," said the rector's daughter. "Nut care about it?" said Horatia palo, "Why, I thought you always went every year." "So I bavo always done, but I dou t think I shall go tb is your." "Ah! I seo jealous!" cried Iloratia. "I aru not!" oried Fanny Forrester, 'and no one shall dare say such a thing of wol" "Nevertheless, it is truo," said Miss pulo, "you are not going to tuo nutting arty because uarvey uarrou pas uriana 'an Velsor to accompany him. Now, onvitif vondarel What a goose you are to go pining after a man that doesn't aire for you I" "I don't pino," said Fanny. "To break your heart because Harvey Carroll prefers tho gaudy city tulip to our littlo wild rose of tho woodsl" ' I don't break my.hoart!" persisted Finny. "Come, choer up," said Iloratia, laughing. "Miss Van Velsor returns to town to morrow. The ward schools be gin next week, and she must tnke her place as second assistant schoolma'am in Peake street. Anil even if she should tako Harvey Carroll's recreant heart with hor, why there's this consolation there's as good fish iu the sea as over came out of it." "I hate vulgar proverbs," said the rec tor's daughter. "You hato Oriana Van Velsor, you mean," said Miss Dale, shrewdly. "Iloratia," cried Fanny, "if you say another hatoful word, I'll" "Como, now, Fanny," said Horatia, putting her arms acouud tho waist of tho sobbing girl, "I'm only trying to raise your dormant spirit. Don't let th s con ceited city girl think she's breaking your heart; and don't lot Uarvey Carroll suppose ho is the only man in tho world. Hush there they cumo up tho garden path! "Not here," cried Fanny. "Yes, hero. Why -houldn't Mips Oriana vauut her conquest hero as well an elsewhore?" "I won't soo tliern," cried Fanny. "But you must," commanded Miss Dale. "Do you want her to think you're a blighted blossom? Brush those big drops off your eyelushes at onco and couio into the parlor." And Fanny Forrester decided that it was beat to obey her friend's counsel. Miss OrianaVan Velsor was a tall, brilliant ly-complexioncd young lady who called herself five and twenty, who wore her hair banged, and generally woro a white laco veil drawn tightly over tho face, after the most approved style. Earvoy Carroll, the- handsome village lawyer, was well-nigh infatuated by her metropolitan airs and graces, to tho grief of littlo Fanny Forrestor who, up to this time, had been his fav,orito com panion. To lose tho rich gnerdoa of Harvey Carroll's love bowed our country girl's heart to tho very ground, and made her think vaguely " that it could not bo so very wrong to commit suicido after all. t ur Fauny had no mother, and the rector, l i iicst man, lived iu a world of books a..-l manuscripts, f rora which he emerged j. l:u'tuntly, three times a day, to eat his abstracted meals. Miss Van Velsor giggled, flirted her fan, as Fauny Forrester greeted her in a low voice, Bearcoly even glancing at Harvey Carroll. "You're going to the nutting party, to morrow, of course, Miss Forrestor,' said she. Fanny was about to say no,' but iho caught Horatia Dale's warning eye. and changed her answer to: "Yes; I suppose so." "We are going," said Miss Van Velsor "Mr. Carroll and I. He has depicted the delights of a nutting party in such vivid colors that I really am quite anxious to participate in one. I do hopo it won't rain." "Oh, it won't rain," said Mr. Carroll. "I don't think it will rain," said Fanny feeling she ought to say some thing. "And," Harvey added, "if you are not provided with an escort, I am sure Miss Van Velsor will be very glad to have you join our party." "Delighted," chimed in Oriana. "I thank you," interposed Miss Dale before Fanny could reply; "but Fanny is to go with my brother Lemuel." (Now Lemuel was an old bachelor, re garded as tho common property of all the girls in town.) "Yes," said Fanny, clutching at the straw of escape, "I am to go with Lem uel Dale." And Harvey Carroll's con science did sting him a little as he met the glance of unconscious reproach in poor Fanny's eyes. "She's a little jewel," he confessed to himself. "But then she is only a pearl and Oriana is a diamond of the first water; and there can be lo better chance for mo to propose than to morrow." And morning came one of those bril liant. Bumnier-like davs that seem to have been plucked out of the golden dia- Cem of Angost itaelf. "How delightful nipped Misa Oriana, i the sat eracefolly on a twisted tree- top, and drank champagne out of a sil ver eup. "Ah, how indescribably -1 : .' 1 1 . , "Could you be contented to livo hero nlwnviiV'' nutirwl ITArvov fVirrnll. a ha lav stretched on tho green turf at her feet. "1 could desiro no Happier late, said Oriana, lifting hor eyes heavenward. "Then" Harvey was beginning, when honest Lemuel Dale camo stumbling over the uneven ground toward him. "I say, Carroll, what arc you dream ing about?" criod he, "Don't you seo tho thundor clouds piling up iu tho west? Don't you feol tho sudden chill in tho air? Everybody nlso is seeking shelter from the storm, while you stay bore, ap parently blind, deaf and dumb! Luck ily for you ihat I came back for Miss Forrester's shawl and rousod you from your dream!" And Fanny, louninz on Dale's arm scarcely looked up whilo he spoko. Miss Van Velsor caught up hor laee parasol with a shriok. "Is it going to rain?" sho cried. "Oh, I have such a dislike of thunder-showers! Oh, do let us go to a place of shelter, some nice old farmhouse, or dear old dame's honey-sueklo-covorod cottage." "Tho nearest place is the rectory at the foot of the hill, half a milo off," said Carroll, doubtfully. "Wo shall bo happy to welcorno you thore."fpoke up Funny, unconsciously heaping coals of Are on her rival's head. "Oh, do let us hurry," cried Mis3 Van Vekor, catching at Carroll's arm, as the thunder broko in low, rumbling tones and tho first big drops began to fall. But Miss Forrester and Mr. Dulo reachod the rectory by a short cut across tho meadows, and were at the door to re ceive their dripping guests when at last they reached the haven of refngo. Carroll surrendered Miss Van Velsor at once into Fanny's care. "Take her up stairs, ploaso, Miss Forrester," said he, iu a startlod tone. "I think thore's something the matter with hor." "Oh, I am all right," said Miss Van Velsor, with a simper. "Only a littlo tirpd with the baste wo have made." But Fanny started back with dismay, quite comprehending Mr. Carroll's dis comfiture when she caught a glimpse of her rival's face. It was striped like a zebra whoro the streams of raiu had run down hor brow and cheeks, tho streaks of red and white paint blending curious ly trvtrnttmr- ilia ucncilinff was washed entirely from ono eye brow; tho other, shielded by a lold oi me lace veil, wa totally unohanged. "Tanny was silent, but Lemuel Dalo, honest old bachelor that he was, proved less discreet. "Excuse me, Miss," said ho, with his eye-glasses at bis eye, "but I rather think your paint is washing off." "My paint?" repealed Miss Van Vel sor. Ami then haiineuinir to see the reflec tion of her fa :e in the opposite mirror, 1 1 1 1 L 1V ska uttered a wild Burma, auu a em, uu into good old-fashioned hysterics. Wlion nho came out of them again Mr. Carroll had vanishod from tho scene. Miss Oriaua Van Volsor went baclt to tho school in Feake street quite uufot tnrr.,1 hv rim rrnldnn clasu of au enence- ment ring, and they say there is to be a wedding at the rcotory, in whioh pretty Fanny Forrester and Harvoy Carroll are to play tho principal parts. Strango how slender a straw will suf fice to turn tho current of the stream of life! If it had not been for that thunder storm in tho woods, the whole aspect of Miss Oriuna Van Velaor's existence might have been different. llnf lior enmnlexion. unlike tho roses and lilies of Fauny Forrester's faco, was uot watorprooi. Ma!cli Jinking. Ampvienn mothers havo acauired somo reputation for skill and energy in connu bial management on behalf of theirdaugh tora, eays a writer in Chambers' Journal, A Parisian newspaper some ume ago re corded an exceedingly clever bit of raateh-muking.executed by an American lady of this order in brilliant stylo. Her oi.iout. ii.niirlit.nr hud sailed from New York with some friends for a tour of Europe, and after "doing" the continent had returned to tho capital for sevoral months of rest and pleasuring. Attrac tive and clover, bho had man suitors, some more, somo less desirable. She could not marry them all, so ehe adroit ly reduced the number to two the host of tho lot, of course. Timn ulio wrntn home to her mamma. explaining the exact situation of affairs, adding that they were uoiu so uanu some, agreeable, well connected and rich, that she could not decide between them, and clo3ed with tho question, "What shall I do?" Ten days later she received a cablegram from mamma: "I sail to morrow; hold both till I come." The next transatlantic steamer brought Mrs. Blank with her sboond daughter, just turned eighteen, and fresh from school. On her arrival the old lady at once took the helm of affairs, and steered go deftly through the dangerous waters that in a few weeks she had reachod port with all colors flying. To drop metaphor, she attended tho wedding of her two daughters at the American chapel on the same morning. After due examination she dooided that neither of the nice fel lows should go out of the family. Here is an illustration of a much less skillful attoropt at match making, with a very different denouement. A certain member of Parliament, who owned ex tensive estates, was spending a few days at tho residence of a noble family. Thero were several interesting and accom plished young ladies in the family, to whom the honorable member showed every attention. Just as he was about to take leave, tho nobleman's wife pro ceeded to consult him upon a matter which, she declared, was causing her no little distress. "It is reported," said the countess, "that you are to marry my daughter Lucy, and what shall we do? What shall we say abont it?" ;Oh," re plied the connidorate M. P., with much adroitness, "just say she relused me." We have said that men do not, as a rule, figure conspicuously as match makers; nor do they; but the judgment and policy exhibited in this connec tion by a knowing old gentleman of our acquaintance could hardly besnr passed by the most accomplished tacti cian of either sex. "Brown," said a neighbor to him one day, "I don't see how it is that your girls all marry offr soon as they get old enough, while none of mine can marry." "Oh I that's simple enough," he re plied; "I marry my girla off on the buckwheat atraw principle." "But what principle is that? Never heard of it before." "Well, luftedto raise a good deal of buckwheat, and it puzzled me to know how to get rid of tho straw. Nothing would eat it, and it was a great b.Uhor to mo. At lat I thought of a plan. I stacked my buckwheat Btraw nicely aud built a high rail fonce around it. My cattlo, of course, concluded that it must be something good, and at once tore down the fence and began to eat the btraw. I drov9 them away and built up tho fence a few times, but the morel hunted them off, the more anxious they becamo to eat tho straw; and cat it they did, every bit of it. As I said, 1 marry my girls on the same principle. When a youug man that I don't like begins to call o;i my girU, I encourage him iu every way I can. I tell him to d me often aud fctay as late as he pleases; and I take pains to hint to the girls that I think they'd better set their caps for him. It works first rate. Ho don't make many calls, for the girls treat him as coolly as they cau. But when a young fellow that I like comes around, a mau that I think would suit mo for a son-in-law, I don't let him make many calls before I give him to understand that ho isn't wantod about my house. I tell tho girls, too, that they shall have nothing to do with him, and give them orders never to speak to him nf;ain. The plan always works exactly as I wish. Tho young folks begin to pity aud sympa thize with each oilier; aud tho next thing I kuow is thoy aro engaged to bo mar ried. When I see that thoy aro deter mined to marry, I of course givo in, and pretend to make tho best of it. That's the way I manage it." An old lady who had several unmar ried daughters fed them largely on a fish diet, beeauso, as she ingeniously ob served, the fish is rioh iu phosphorous, and phosphorous is the essential thing in making matches. If the phosphoric diet caused the young ladies to shine in society, thoy in all probability did not adopt it in vain; for, just as fish are easily attraoted in the night by any bright light thrown upon tho water, so young men are invariably found to flock after any girl who "shines," even though hor accomplishments may be of a very shallow, superficial, or phosphorescent character. No experienced match making mamma requires to be taught tho value of display as an almost certain means of attraction. Thnt is the 6ecrct of the ball suppers and iced champngne, the heavy dicssmakors's bills, and tho thousand and one other items of ex travagance that have to be met in order that the young ladies may make a "respectablo" appearance, and may finish with a successful match. And that is why so many of these match making ventures have so often resulted in the moBt deplorablo sequels. Dis play is met with display the one fre quently ts hollow and falso as the other. Tho distinguished foreigner or tho fasci nating young nobleman is discovered when it is too lato, to be nothing more nor less than an unprincipled adveutur er; and tho merchant, who was supposed to bo littlo if anything short of a million aire, is found also when it is late, to bo on the verge of bankruptcy. Very often in such matches both parties ore sold, and then the universal verdict is, "served thom right" Mixed Accomplishments. Miss Tvosalind II. Young is a resident of Pitcairn Island, bho is a descendant of one of tho mutineers of tho British ship Bounty, tho crow of which founded a colony on Pitcairn Island in 1790, con sisting of nine British sailors, six native Tahitiah men aud twelve women, which has sinco grown into a moderately populous villago, with comfortable cot tages, a ohnrch and a school house. Tho residents all road, write and speak tho English language. Miss Young, how ever, is a prodigy of scholarship in the colony. Some of our readers will rcmom ber that two years ago sho wrote an article, descriptive of the island, for Scribnor's Magazine A retired sea cap tain, who visited tho island not long ago, draws this picture of Miss YouDg. Hor futhor is' pastor of tho island church and teacher of tho school, and sho i3 organist and assis'snt teacher. Sho is about twenty-six years old and weighs two hundred pounds, never had a shoo on herWoot, and if necessary could swim off to a ship four miles from the island and back again to ehoro, and then go into the little church and play the orean nearly as well as any young lady in the states. An Archbishop's Funeral Pomp. The churoh of Home delights in august pageantry in the ceremonies of great occasions, and tho funeral of Arch bishop Wood in Philadelphia to-day will be remembered as the most pompous of the obsequies in the history of that city. The body of the dead prelate was yester day removed from his residence, where it had lain since bin death a week ago to morrow, and placed on a catafalque in front of the altar of the cathedral, cov ered with royal purple velvet, en shrouded in the full vestments of his high office, a white mitre upon the head and a crucifix clasped in the hands. Tho sol emn procession of chanting priests and the stately ritual of the funeral services of to day recall the pageantry of tbe in terment of the remains of Archbishop Hughes in the Fifth avenue cathedral last January, after his dust had remained twenty years in the vaults of St. Pat rick's. Tho pompous ceremonies of the church of Borne profoundly affect the im agination of its devotees, and the impos ing services over the remains of a worthy prelate will make a deep impression upon a multitude. N. Y. Mail and Express. Inhalation op Aib Exhaled bt Com bcmptives. Fresh proof of the danger of inhaling air exhaled by persons hav ing lung disease! has been given by a characteristic French experiment. M. Giboux took four young, healthy rab bits from the same litter and kept them for 105 days in cage as follows : Two were placed in a cage where thay were obligod to breathe tbe air expired from animals with consumption, twice a day for two hours; in a short time thoy be came sickly, and on killing them, they were found to have tubercle in the lungs. The other two breathed twice a day tbe tame air, but disinfected by be ing passed through cotton wadding im pregnated with carbolio acid ; these rab biU remained in good health, and were finally eaten by the experimenter. Tilt) IESM0X OF LOUISIANA. Eveuts beyond tho ocean were work ing moro rapidly for tho interest of tho United States than any influences the government itself could exert. Buforo Mr. Monroe reached Fruoco, in the spring of 1803, um-tlier war eloud of porteiitioiiH magnitude was hanging over Europo. Tho treaty of Amiens, which proved only a truce, miscouHtrued aud violated by both parties, was about to bo formally broken. Feariug that in tho conflict to come England, by her super ior uavul force, would deprive him of his tiuwly-acqmred colonial empire, and greatly enhance hor own prestigo by so c.inng all tliu American poHst-ssious which Franeo had ownod prior to 17th), Bonaparte, by a dash in diplomacy as quick aud as brilliant as his tactics on the field of battle, placed Louisiana bo yond tho roach of British power. After returning from St. Cloud from the re ligious services of Easter Sunday, April 10, 1S03, ho called two of his most trusted advisers, and iu a tone of to hemenco and passion said: "I kuow the full value of Louisiana, and havo been desirous of repairing tho fault of the French nrgotiators who lost it in 17(J:i. A few lines of a treaty havo restored it to me, anil now I must ex pect to loso it. " Tho English wish to tuko possession of it, and it is thus they will begin the war. They have twenty ships of war iu tho Oalf of Mexico. Tho con quest of Louisiana would bo eay. I have not a moment to loso in pulling it out of their reach. Tho Eng lish have successively Inkon from France the Canada, Cape Breton, Nowfouud liUid, Nova Sootia and tho richest por tions of Asia. But they shall not havo tho Mississippi, which thoy covet." The discutsion went far into the night. Tuo two ministers differed widely in tho ailvico which they gavo tho first consul. Ono was in favor of holding Louisiana at all hazards; tho other nrged its pru dent cession rather than its inevitable loss by war. Tho ministers both re mained at St. Cloud for the night. At daybreak the minister who had advised tho cession was summoned by Bonaparto to read dispatches from London, that moment receivod, aud which certainly foreshadowed war, as the English were muking military and naval preparations with extraordinary rapidity. After read ing the dispatches tho first consul said : "Irresolution and deliberation aro no longer in season. I renonnoe Louisiana. It is not only New Orleans that I will code: it is tho wbolo colony, without any reservation. I know the value of what I abandon. I renounce it with the gravest regret. To attempt obstinately to retain it would be folly: I direct yon to negotiate this affair with the envoys of tho United States. Do not even await the arrival of Mr. Mouroo. Havo au in terview this very day with Mr. Living ston But I require a great deal of money for this war. I will be modorato. I want $50,000,000 for Lou isiaua." The minister who was opposed to tho sale interposed, in a subsequent inter view, some observations "upon what tho Gorman call tho souls, as to whetlior they could bo the subject of a contract for sale." Bonaparte replied with un disguised sarcasm: "You are giving mo the ideology of tho law of natuto. But I requiro money to mako war on tho richest nation in tho world. Send your maxims to London. I om sure thoy will be greatly admired there." The first consnl ulterward addod: "Perhaps it will bo objected that tho Amorioans will be f i. mid too powerful for Europe in two or three cotiluries; but my foresight does cot embrace such remote fears. Besides, wo may hereafter expect rival ries among tho mombors of the union. The oenfederutions, which aro called perpetual, only hist till -one of tho con trading parties finds it to his interest to break them." Louis Napoleon embodied the Htib stanoo of these views in his "Idecs Na poloonncs," and sixty years utter the first cousnl spoke tho words quoted his ncphow believed the time had come; and tho Mexican invaiiion, based on tho as sumed destruction of the American union, was undortakon. The destruction which followed was not of tho union, but of tho unhappy Austrian nriuoe who represented his policy, and lator of tho Emperor himself. Two dayB after this conversation Mr. Monroe opportunely arrived, and oa the 30th of April tho treaty coding Louisi ana to the United States was formally signed and sealod. Mr. Monroe and Mr. Livingston had no authority to negotiute for so vast an extent oi lorruory, uui uie former was fully possessed of President Jefferson's views, and felt ofsurad that his instructions would have been ample if tho condition of France had been fore seen when he sailed from America Communication with Washington was impossiblo. Under the mOBt favorable circumstances an answer could not be expected in le-a than throe months; and by that time British ships would prob ably hold tho months of tho Misbisaippi and the flag of St. George would wave over New Orleans. Messrs. Monroe and Livingston realized that hesitation would be fatal, and they boldly took the re sponsibility of purchasing a territory of unknown and i Imost unlimited dimcn eions, and of pledging the credit of Ibe government for a sum which, rated by the ability to py, was larger than a sim ilar plodge to day for 8500,000,000. The price agreed upon was $11,250,000 in six per cent. United States bonds, the inter est of which was made payablo in Lon don, Amsterdam and Paris.and tho prin cipal at tho treasury in Washington, in Bums of $3,000,000 per annum, begin ning fifteen yean alter the bonds were issued. In a sepai ate treaty, made the same day, the United Stutes agreed to pay 20,000,000 francs additional, to be ap plied by Franco to the satisfaction of certain claims owed to American citi zens. Thus the total cot of Louisiana was 80,000,000 francs, or, in round num bers, $15,000,000. It seems at .this day scarcely credible that the acquisition of Louisiana by Jefferson was denounced with a bitter ness surpassing the partian rancor with which this feneration is familiar. No abnse was too malignant, no epithet too cuarse. no imorecations too lavage lor the great philosophic statesman, who laid tbe foundations ro broad and deep for the country's growth and grandeur. President of a feeble republic, contend ing for a prize which waa held by the greattht military power of Europ:', and coveted by tho gn-atest naval power of tho world, Mr. Jefferson, through his chosen anil trusted agent, so conducted hi important negotiations that the am bition of tho United States was success fully interposed between tho uocoHxities of the ono power and the aggressive do di sigiu of tho other. Beady to sido with cither of these grout powurs against the otlur for tho advantage of his own couu try; not underrating tuo daugers of war, nu.l yet retdy to engago in it for the control of tho great water way to tho gulf tho president made tho greatest conquest ever achieved without anteced ent war, und at a cost so small that the total until expended for the entiro terri tory does not equal tho revenue which has oiuce been collected on its soil in a single month in timo of great public peril. The country thus acquired forms to day the states of Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Min nesota wet.t of tho Mississippi; Color ado north of tho Arkansas, and Oiegon, kesides Indiati territory, and the terri tories of Dakota, Wyoming, Moutanu, Idaho and Washington. This coup d'etat of tho flrht consul was an overwhelming surpriu and dis appointment to the English government. Bonaparte was right in assuming that prompt notion on his part was necessary to sive Louihimn from the hands of the Eulish. Twelve days after tho Iroaty ceding Louisiana to tho United Stales v,:r sigued tho British ambassador at Puris, Lord Whilwottu demanded his passports. At Dover ho met tho French ambassador to England, General Andreassy, who bad luewiso demanded his passports. Lord Whitworth loaded General Andreassy with tokensof esteem, and conducted him to tho ship which was to bear him back to France. According to an eminout historian, "tho two am bassadors in tho prosenco of a great cou courso of pooplo, were agitutod, uneasy, sorrowful. At the moment of so im portant a dctcrmiuation tho warlike passion subsided, and tho men were seized with a dread of tho oousequences of a desperato conflict. At this solemn moment tho two nations scorned to bid oaoh other adieu, not to moet again till after a tremendous war and the convul sion of tho world." The consequenon that would have fol lowed England's acquisition of Louis iana must have proved in tho highest degree embarrassing, if not disastrous to the union. Had England seized Louisiana, as Bonaparto feared, tho Floridas, cut off from tho other colouiespf Spain, would probably havo fallen into her hands by easy and prompt negotiation, as thoy did, a few years alter, into tho bauds of tho United States. Eoglaud would thus havo planted her colonies on the three land aides of tho union, and on tho ocean sido her formidable navy confronted the young republic. No oolonial acquisition ovor made by England oa auy continent would have proved bo profitable to her commerce and so strengthening to hor military position as that of Louisiana. Thin fact was clearly seen by Bonaparto when ho hastily mado the treaty ceding it to tho UniU'd States. That England did not attempt ut onco to soizo it, in disregard of Bonaparte's cession, has boen a souroe of surprise to many historians. Tho obvious reason was that sho dreaded tho complication of a war in America when sho was about to assume so heavy a bur- don iu tho imp.ndiug European con test, Tho inhabitants of tho Union in 1803 wero six millions in number, of.great energy and confidence, a largo portion accustomed to the sea aud ablo to Bend swarms of privateers to prey on British commerce Citizens of un independent government would bo even moe formidable than wore rebellious colon ists in tho earlior struglo with tho mo ther country, aud, aotiug in conjunction with Frauce, could havo effectively maintained the contost. Considerations of this nature doubtless induoed tho Addiugton Ministry to nequiosoe quietly in a treaty whose origin and whoso assured results wore in every way distasteful and evon offensive to tho British govern ment. Bmine's Forthcoming Book. Chinese Fishing. Among their fishing appliances are dip-nets, largo squares of nutting ex tended on a frame work of bamboo, which is weighed and suspouded from a polo, Unit has to bo alternately raised and lowered either from a bank or a boat and brings up each time all the fish that may be passing over it at tho time, ilio casting not is very laminar, but China is a peculiar homo, and it is there used in varying sizes by men and children of all ages. A moro origiual method of capturing fish is that pnrsuod by what are known in Swatow as "slip-por-boate." These craft, aro gonerally 25 feet long und 18 inches yido, and they fish in couples, moored side by sido, on bright moonlight nights, their only im plements of capture being a white board f.mlnnml filnn7 the onter sido of each. This board cutches the bright rays of Ihe moon, aud tho Hsu, wno woum seem 10 le of a oonfiding nature in this portion of the empire, are said to mistake it for water.and leap from their native element in the slipper boats in largo numbers. Innumerable devices of this charactor, peculiar to the country, are here on show in the Chinese annex. This would seem to be a branch of industry natu rally commending itsolf to the miuds of a pooplo who liaya always been universally credited with a more than ordinary amount of cunning. Their fish trap aro, moreovor, manifold and varied, and of the highont workman ship and utility. In the British Isles this is a mean of taking fldi practically unknown and nnpraeticed, with the ex ception of our stereotyped eel and lob ster poti. but the Chinese devote them selves largely to these strategic methods of fishing, and with an unvarying sno cess that nothing but the boundlei, for tuity of their rivers and seas could ex plain or withstand. The day will per haps come when western idoas will pene trate sufllciently there to insure the sup pression of wholesale fish poisoning and such like fatal poaching arrangement for the capture of small fry as are rather too candidly exhibited here; but at pres ent we can only admire, perhaps with a tinge of dejection, the hunlrcd and one devices employed in a land where, of nnsDorUmanlike destruction is rampant, the fish supply eem to remain as abundant and aeeet- aibleatever. Cormorants are another means em ployed by tho Chinese on lake and the shallower sheets of water for taking llnh. This aqoatio specie of hawking it of very old dalo, and was known and practiced iu England, whither it doubt less was imported from the cast, two conturies ago, But it is followed with success only by the painstaking celes tials. The birJs, which havo to undorgo a regular training, aro taken out in a boat, und before work commences a strap or ring i placed round each cormorant turout, sufficiently tight to prevout it swallowing any fish it may catch in its Btrougly-booked beak, but uot so tight as to prevent respiration. Tho dark winged fishermon then go off and cater for their master with success and regu larity, being rewarded with an occasional fish, which they aro permitted to swallow when tho strap ha been ro moved. Above all things the Chinese are a frugal nation, making use of substances that would meet with culinary contempt in any otliercountry. Tho discarded shark represents to thtm a vuluablo supply of food. Tho fins go to form the well nuowu soup, or uro used in tho prepara tion of gelatine; whilo Iho skin, after being cleaned und prepared, serves for covering bword haudles, and for various otiier orn imcntal purposes. Evon tho en tile-fish, a crew uro repulsive to fish ermen of most other uations, is tho object of careful pursuit villi nets and lines by tho Chinaman, at a time when other work is slack; and, carefully dried and packed in bales, commands a ready sale ull through t!io Flowery land. Tho nv.slor, also, and it pearl bearing kin dred, iho Chinese mussel, aro not merely looked upon as dainties. Though culti vated with skill aud soienco as such in tho first placo, their refuse shells are burnt for lime, and, whilo still living, they are induced to secrete tho hard white substance which is so highly valuod for its beauty aud scarcity all ovor tho world. Loudon Telograph. ALL SOKTS. A friend cannot be known iu pros perity, and an enemy cannot be hid iu adversity. We caunot bo too much on our guard against reactions, lest we rush from one fault into a contrary fault. Asparagus is a diuretic, and forms part of the cure for rheumatic patieuts at some of the loading health resorts. "A fair court record," rcmaited a co quetto as she wrote the name of her sixteenth rejected lover in her diary. Only that is truly boautiful which either has within it the clement of growth, or suggest vital energy as its cause. If wo did but know bow littlo some enjoy the great things they posses, thero would not be much envy in tha world. He who swims securely down the stream of self oontldeueo is in danger or being drownod in tho whirlpool of pre sumption. Tho pleasantost things iu tho world are pleasant thoughts, and the greatest art in life is to have as inuny of them as pos sible. We must distinguish botwecn felicity and prosperity, for prosperity leads ofton to ambition, and ambition to disappointment. It is not until we have passod through tliafurnaoo that we are mado to know how much dros thero is in our compo sition. Coltou. A man may bo too well learned for niactioal usefulness in life, us a soldier may bo too well armod for usefulness in t io field. Uerron. , Savs tho Philadelphia Tress: "the editor of the Moraphiu Appeal call Chalmors of Mississippi, a liar, and both gentlemen aro still alivo. lesi uopior ablo, isn't it? Bos. Post. "Where did yon eet your wonderful nower of lancuapte? ' askol on admiring auditor at the closo of a looture. "Oh," replied the lecturor, with a laugh, " I used to worn tn a oaruor Buop. Lot na bowaro of losiuir our ehthusi- asms. Let us ever glory in eomothing, and Btrive to retain our admiration for all that would onoblo, aud our interest in all that wouid onrioUand boautily our life. Phillip Brooks. Sixteen members of the common ooun- oil of Now Orleans have pledgod them solves to go to jail rather than obey the mandate of the Unitod State Cirouit Judgo Billings to provide for an extra tax levy this year to pay tho judgment for 81,890,000 obtained by Mr. Myra Clark Oaius. The rato of taxation in that city year bids fair to exceed five per cont. Mr TnrM Tho nristinz oodar of Lebanon are only 000 yeersold. The cypress trees nt Montezuma, Mexico, according to a French botanist, are 6,000 years old, and oonsequeutly he make them out coeval with the croation of the world. Still, that is only estimate Tho Aarlh. ro fur aa absolutely known, i the "Bo" tree, in the aorod city of Amaradoora, Burmah, It was 2.171 years old. It great age is proved by nistorio aocumeuis, ccruiu$ w James EmeTtion Tcnnon., who rays : "Tn it king have even dedicated their domin ion, in testimony of the bolief that it is a branch of the identical fig treo under whioh Buddha roolined at Urnrelya, when he underwent nia apomeoaiB. i,,.a nrairiBil iwiTii streamer by tun. wo - - - j - - pilgrims, but it i too aacrod to touch with a kniie, and luereiore mey r.r vuij gathered when they fall . r.-... rir, St-iu'i'd- -Vmv.h1 a Citv Lint v . - 1 - r:. r'nmimnv Imvn discovered U6W chute of ore, the point of development being the GOO foot level north. Within two or three day tliey nave iaon omaa tl.nimanrt ilnllarii' worth of VOrV rich free gold quattz, and it is possibla the buncu may prove an immenij pro ductive one, as there is snore of the ume kind in sight, besides what may bo hid above aod bolow on the new ohute.which was by ome kind of luck mseparaoie from mining missed on the higher levels. Tender. "Young clover," ayWm. S. Fowler, "i so tender a plant that the tmmninff of hoofs, however light, will destroy or seriously injure it. At any period of it existence a man or onuu cannot put a foot on a clover plant with out materially injuring it. Any kind of tock will trample down and iojnre twioa or thrica aa many olover plant a ata."