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VWAxAa Or VOIXK ^•rfc « coe the rey few waited ictrm fo. ■Dglaad which retain their line of circuinvi^atiea • complete. This, indeed, i* not so perish as ii ««8tcr, for there are one or two gape, j. 6" always been interrupted by the riMr; but fbe wwrnnnnjotioa is cut but seldom, aad in WMPtxroaation the original ga £ ?ways a in a far yre perfent state than at Chester, ^heie thej been replaced by ^mpa-iliv^ly modern bridges 4 1m material emp*o.yed throughout the <*• ■RMM is the pale cream-wlonred masrcesian liisj* Ante from th.- western ç the Val.. of Y ork- ow of the best in MA .J-:>n the right bed it selected. In York, as a nute, this has beer. done. AM the,mamynrv in consequence is in excellent condition. Occasional portions of the walls arp of Norman work, others of Early English, but the valk of the older part dafrs from the reign of Edward TII. The siege of York, in 1644, injured them severely. and extensive repairs were after. ward tmd-wtaken. Early in the eighteenth century they were msda fcatr promenade, hut becoming aptn dihpia, received another restoration, at a eoet of £ 3,3G0, m the year 1833. The battlement* hvre been modernised, the footway is flagged, and ia generally approached by ebspa. The wall* ■ifaotjwCltef mewxre in extent about two and three- quarter viiiep, bit ar» in a few places built up into homes 4k private grounds, and are usually cofc aff from the gatea.-From Our Own Oountry."
A DINNER-PARTY AT MADAME MOfiL'S.
A DINNER-PARTY AT MADAME MOfiL'S. The dinner-party preceding her Friday eveniirf TtoepttXBt was limited to seven, Lady August* %ooe (afterwards the wife of Dean Stanley} being prorented by the illnese of her mother, ati intimate friend of Mr. Mohl's took her place; Ladv William Ro»ell and her two ybns, Mr. Odo Hussell (after- wards Ixird Amp4Li3(5 and his brother, thea Mr. Art? eff Russell, made up the number. We sat at r mW table, the conversation, in deference to the fsna W»«t. being in ncl1. I was placed between the brothers Russell, and blundered on in very Scottish French, until with a quiet smil. Mr. Odo Russell suggested. Had we not bettei speak in English?" The dinner was served a la RUMS, a fashion which was at that date by no meanw usual in England; and the dishes, which were few in number, were the best of their kind, gmd such as only a French chef could send te table. It was a lively little party, and our hostess indtdged in occasional witty and merry sallies. Lady William Russell had great conversational powers, and we were charmed with her. The ease with which she expressed herseH in French, and her clear ermnciation, were admirable. She was fltite like what Lord Howrhton described her, a "gfwde dame to the tips of her fingers." Across Vse fror-and-thirty years even the little items of drees cone to one's reme the dark "inured silk, the cape of ft" old lace on hei "ffld the flashing of gents on her fingers, with Madame Mohl," in Blackwoodi
THE CLOSE OF HIS LIFE
THE CLOSE OF HIS LIFE Tson's deepest feelings were eternal. He made three Reynolds—that he would a debt of 230, and nevet mi death, of which he -is fear, with ib* oalmnesc A-ian. He had desired the of God, 8IIId with charac- d the fom of ministration earioim sense of his own with the reverence with which gate of immortality. "Pray ad to the alergyman, "prsy in vain:" and shortly after ht last words. God bless you, my ighter of an old friend who kneio They were a touching and appro A) a life based upon religious principlet ondiijg in human sympathies. He mal oeen, as Boswell says, "a majestick teachn It moral and religious wisdom;" but it is not from us writings, nor even from his authoritative speech tpdn such subjects, that we have most to learn, jet rather from those chance revelations of i true tod noble nature which are so thickly scattered JPOD the pag-A of his biography.—" The Religion if Letters, 1750-1850," in Blackwood's Magazine.*
SKETCHING "FROM NATURE.
SKETCHING "FROM NATURE. The practice of sketching from nature has grown lIP oat of an ever-increasing love of inanimate «storre, which, as I imagine, is stronger now thai vrer it saw before. Of all the great artists of the wat, Albrecht Durer alone possessed it in equa* Jegree. In his hours of serious work liis mind penetrated into remote regions of my philo øplùml inquiry, or he probed the secrets of the Vintaa heart, and repealed •> depth of pathos nevet Awpeoted before. But in his hours of relaxatinr i& wu hie joy to draw natural objects: a plant » feather, or a dead bird. it mattered net wfikt alø-bed his whole mind. and became under his Uitd an object of undying admiration. He must lave know- by sight every tree and plant that grew, every bird that sung around the moat of well walled Nuremberg; he muet have known and loved them, too, and we are still his debtors for that teeson in affection. Wliat we now call courtrv jjfe and --nsl -9-heitr existed not in his c!aT. We xm towns ftjr Easiness and for social » 'VI •*?* did the aarae m his day for safety. lp at that time ..næot a peculiar liabilitv A in a MLOTIMOV to be strangled by the and the fate of Masaccio, who lode forth s gates of Tlerenoe and never was heard of was probably net an uncommon one in the lib century. In our days the country flow sswn and ba town ebbs back into the counts Ottmeit vomoduff io our uo"-k ibe loTMiar ty ^reual ef Imxd .øW.
MAfHl A-T^LLTS MODEL PRINCE.
MAfHl A-T^LLTS MODEL PRINCE. Caesar Borgia was bold, ambitious, crafty, able, iandsome, and remarkable for his physical strength. .30$ he was as false and cruel as his father. He mrlj formed large schemes for the extension of Jiit dominiMM, and his plans be might have carried tot had he not been arrested at a critical moment yj the death of the Pepe and his own illness. He A)ad indeed foreseen the death of his father, and so >rraoged matters as te establish the State of Itoaaayaa and overcome his enemies, notwithstanding such an event. But he had not foreseen his own illness, which incapacitated him from all action. "He told me himself," says Machiavelli, "that he had anticipated everything, and provided for every- thing save for being aidt untt, death at the time of the Pope's decease." In Machiaveili's own treatise on The Prince," Caesar Borgia was his model and hero, and all that can be suggested in justification of his character and copdnct may there be read. But it mast be confessed that Machiaveili's own prineipke of life and conduct, as therein eet forth, are Hot-of a high moral cast, and in that remarkable book he upholds, or seems to uphold, acts of cruelty and bad faith which are ordinarily considered to have the stain of dishonour. Experience," he says, has pmwed Iin our -own times that the Princes who have ai liiiwul great deeds are thoee who have held good bit&af seaaii account, have known how to bewilder ,=&!a brains by canning, and have succeeded better tbuk those whose aetiona have been ruled by honour." And in another passage he says of Caesar Borgia: "Patting together all the actions of the Duke. I frald not biame him. On the contrary, it seems good to me to propose him as an example to be mutated by all who through good fortune and &e arms of others have attained to supreme com" Stand." To which statements we can only hold up &at- ands in snrprise. W. w. Story, in "Black- Wood's Magazine."
IN THEIR OWN TRAP.
IN THEIR OWN TRAP. Power was a well-known Australian robber, bushranger," as such outlaws are called at the antipodes. He bad made himself the terror of all the settlement, and defiant did he become that the meot offered a thousand pounds for his cap- tare or proof of hiadeath. Stimulated by this hope so reward, three young men, clerks in a Sydney bank, jStamed to spend their vacations in capturing the outlaw with a view-to the reward. Before starting 08 they provided tbemseivee with three good saddle WWB and as many rifles and pistols as they could hanilk In addition to these preparations the clerks had also with then an accurate description of Power, no that tbey weve-entirely sure that they would recog- nise him on sfe&t. They wwe looking for a heavily- bearded, rou^ly-attired man, who rode a roan Itorsei They, therefore, had no suspicion when, on entering the forest near the BkIe Mountains, they wwe joined by a good-looking, smoothly-sbaved man, who rods a thorough-bred bay. The stranger made biumn so agreeable as to gain the confidence of the jminf. men, who told him of their purpose and of tfeair certainty of capturing Power and taking him hade to Sydney tied to his horse like a pack of wool. That night after they had encamped and eaten suppei the r* stranger suddenly assumed a new role. With a voweifer in each hand he faced the dam4 moujg mb and said: Gentlemen, I am iPowei; V—,°b«yme er I will shoot fastand sure." What Mart we do r asked one of the young meil First y<cm year rifles and pistols into the firc Tnia was apmfihr complied with. "Now, throw tttdi el eiethas you have with you after ^naa." Seen the clothes were burning, and tfcrae tsaaablin^ wretches stood before the im Ma dtk the pistols. When this was done id thorn, wo,as a time, on their own horses, tks% Uthu off the bridled, he sent them, hen to 8ydoey. On the pommel ol mm m the SMWM was found pinned a bit of papd Aoao o"Passer sends with thesa thing) > ooaapflanssls to the feernor and suggests more .& Se bai qawng or vice carries its appropriate dahnsaa* afcag with it more surely than heart- a is -only four letters b im a lie v asd btll af t. I
.InE INJURED IqIGGICtL
InE INJURED IqIGGICtL HE HAD QUIT. I was riding into Tascumbia, Ala., on horseback Md was within three miles of the town when I met a coloured man carrying a bundle under his arm and getting over the road at a lively gait. He seemed to be labouring under considerable excitement, and I asked Anything happened, Moses ?" White man, is yo' tamiliar wid de Bible?" he queried, in re- ply, as he halted. Yes, tolerably so." "Does de Bible tell of a pusson named Ananias f" It does." What sort of a pusson was he ?" "He was a liar." Was he a liar from 'way back ?" I guess he was." Couldn't tell the trQOf to fave his neckf" "No but why do you ask I" Why, sah, fo'teen y'ars ftgr I dun went to a^k for Mars Jackson up in the brick yard at Tuscumbia. He sot right out and caijed me Ananias, an'dats the name I'ze gone by eber since. I'ze been proud of it right along since dis mawnrn, when a St. Louis man cum aleng and axe me who I was. When I dun told him he jet slapped his lee and hollered and said: I Boy, doan' yo know who dat Ananias was! He was de champion liar from de headquarters ef Lyin Creek. He could dun outlie all de odder liars in de hull world put togesher. One time he dun told 10,000 lies in one day and didn't hurt hisself a bit.' Well f' I asked, as he paused. Waal, I didn't dun wait five minutes, I nebber went to see Mars Jackson, I didn't say goodby to nobody. I jest packed up these clothes and set out for Deoatur. I'ze quit de job. I'ze frowed up my hands. I'ze so broken up an 'shamed o' myself dat I'ze gwine down to Decatur an' mix up wid common niggers an' call myself George Wash- ington."
SLAVERY IN CALCUTTA.
SLAVERY IN CALCUTTA. There is a curious old-world "Gazette" that tells 03 cf slave life at Calcutta, and gives us strange glimpses of a time that is no more. To make up for the lack of "khitmudr and cook," our subaltern provided himself with a slave, and dire was his anger if his human chattel attempted to change his con- dition. He advertised in hot haste, stating that for the greater security of his rights the slave had his master's initials branded on his arm. Would anyone to whom the lad might apply for employment send him back to his owner ? Luckless lad and basely- defrauded owner Surely human merchandise must have been cheap to come within the means of scanty 95 It was but natural that the subaltern should follow where his superior officers led the way, and those higher in the service kept not one, but several slaves, to do their bidding. Lien tenant-Colonel Call, stationed at Fort William in 1786, advertises for a slave boy who has dared to leave him, and says he will esteem himself particularly obliged" if any gentleman will enable him to recover his lost pro- perty. A few years later the East India Company had recognised that slavery was a blot on our social system, end issued a notice that anyone found dealing in this "detestable traffic," "so shocking to humanity," would be punished with the utmost severity." This notice, however, seems rather to apply to those who were exporting slaves than to those VI ho kept them for their own use.—" The Subaltern in India a Hundred Years Ago," in the Cornhill Magazine."
A SURGEON'S NERVE.
A SURGEON'S NERVE. It is the common belief that a surgeon must posses. what is spoken of as an extraordinarily good nerve, and you may perhaps doubt if you possess this. At the same time you must bear in mind that in the case of a snrgeon the coolness, or calmness, which is so ad- mirable d necessary in an operation does not imply the sion of any remarkable personal quality, blt; but it iathe simplest.re ult of a complete knowledge of what he is doing. It is rather th' natural outcome of his accurate familiarify of anatomy, and his daily habit. A trooper would require a very fine nerve to go to a masthead, or a sailor to ride an unmanageable horse across a country, but a caller's confidence aloft is due P-we to a matter of habit than to any partic- ular account of courage. In sayicp Miis, I do not wish to depreciate the c&Jowisss of the rirgeon in the face of difficulties, but I WJt;-( tell you quite plainly that if if you haven't enough courage to be a surgeon I should be very much ashamed of you, and you would turn out to be a very poor creatul o, whatever Occupa- tion you might follow. Still this fact remains, and you may, perhaps, be interested to hear that I, who have known a good many surgeons, have never seen one who has not posse-ved a very fine courage. In short, a very good surgeon is, in my humble opinion, < very fine tellow, and when I see (as I do see) the extraordinary achievements of modern surgery, I am very proud of belonging to a profession which bas made life so much more endurable and protonged to the human race. So, possibly, the great fascination which surgery no doubt possesses to many appeals more strongly to men of coursge and determination chan to those of more weakly LoriititutM minds, or to those who are less vertebrate ^together.—" Loag- aean's Magazine."
MY FIRST COUNT T MATCR
MY FIRST COUNT T MATCR As a boy I, of coarse, '.bought tfcat great cricketer* frere persona of far BWre consideration than dukef .md field-marshals, and "bat I also should like to b? a great cricketer. Then a titat came when I wa* lucky enough to bowl oat a county player with shooter, and at oncecame be themnciaxion tha t.Lrrimt eriket,ers were decidedly owerratel, though I altered that opiniou when two or three of them treated my bowling with no consideration for my feelinp. Our school had been very successful for two or three seasons. We had run up souse immense scores on our own ground against all sorts of adversaries, and had in particular made a fearful example of an MLC.C. eleven, including a couple of the heot Notta bowlers sent down fro,u town for the annual natch. Two or three of us had besu invited to piaciise during the vacation on the cohnty grouud, an-i nuk to n1;] surprise and joy, I was at last asked to play iu t'fef eleven. A few days before ti.e gre&t event, one p) my companions who had not baxii choena came ao j told me that he had overheard a conversation in it-r, pavilion between the captain of the eleven artd one of the oldest members of the committee. Well," said -0 the latter (according to my informant), "I hope young Slasher [your humble servant] will turn out well. Hi ;ns to t-imik a good deal of himself, an t he has cheek enough for anything. But I am afraid that he will be just a little too Cf)'¡ider..t, and. try to make all his runs at once." I need scaroely add that the memory of thw speech did not exactly comfort csein the hour of trial. The match took place aw of from hoob^,and some of the committee took me tirle, their wing, in order to make me feel 'ess nervom than I mig.T. have been if I had gone ilono amunt trangers. But they told me such wonderful talC'}, < the great thing-: they had themse'ves done, and proved so clearly that nobody could play the gama properly now, that I be;an to think I Had better have o'yed at home. We went in first, and the bowlinf ef our opponents was terrible to look at. It seemed 10 straight and so fast, and the brit seemed to break back so much every time, that f hen I went to tho wickets I fully expected to be bowled at en e. WfeaS became of the first bali I never quite knew, becattse I believe I shut my eyes. All events, it did not bowl me, and I had a good look at the second, finding it to be reasonably harmless. In course of tim6 made two or three singles, and then a slow bowler pitched en. up on the off stump. In jwagernewi to take advantage of such a golden opportunity I bit it as bacd aa possible, and was more h m delighted to sea it,soar right out of the ground to square leg. Thfe sixer was very welcome, but it was my undoing for 86 MnfidflBt had I suddenly become, that when the nest ball proved to be a full pitch to leg, I saw another (Bsflr in my mind's eye at once. But in my excitemoo'. I feted to judge the flight of the ball, so that it wal adedto a fielder on the boundary, and I retired sadlJ to the pavilion to thitik over the hundreds that I tsSflki have made. When our turn came to field my goSariogs were great, for the ground was fiery, and is 0 very bad state for a county ground. When a haM Ma hit with any force it was as likely to raise 8p Jrom the ground into one's facias to shoot between aiwg leys for four. My position in the field was covel point on both sides, where the turf happened to ir WorSS than anywhere else, and the batsmen sooff foond out that I was the weak spot of the team. They raa every time that they hit a ball in my direction, aad some of them smiled sarcastically at Biy efforts. The newspapers on the next morning were agreed that such disgraceful fielding had nevea before been soen, (I had a sweet revenge in the return match, when the result of the first attempt at the usual run was so unsatisfactory to the man who kried it that tho rest of the eleven were amusingly cautious.) The mere inability to stop hard hits, and to save runs, was not the only way ia which I dis- tinguished myself in the field during ray fisat match. I went en to bowl, and was twice hit out of the ground, while I aleo succeeded in some way or other ia missing two remarkably easy catches. Wo were hopelessly behind when we went in to bet a second time, and X statermioed to play a steady innings, and try to pull the match out of the fire. I did not succeed in doing this, because the bowler ga*e SBO A yorker to start with, and my good intentions ended in an ignommous retreat to the pavilion. !V> Wf great surprise I found that the kindly members 81 the committee who had taken me in tow were net at all disgusted with my wretched performances. On the contrary, they seemed a good deal UMM4 saying that it was the vwy best thing for my futart erieket that oouid have happened. A ad I MJh belief* they wore right, far the lessees whidk I hM wantd fnitP «y airafortsnes proved to bo of tka lErcatwfr to on afterwards.-FrOn OfeaSSt*
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VARIETIES.
VARIETIES. sx>Te tne Destf, and sorrow tae commonest e! tft* various cures for the oompsion eorse of selfishness. It is easier for some men to adjust the finances of the cation than to manage their own. Teacher: "Define memory." Dull Boy: "It's what we always has till we come to speaka piece." "Here, I've been waiting half-an-honr for the turtle soup!" "Wdl, sir, you know how slow turtles are." "How many foreign languages can your wife speak?" "Three—French, German, and the one she taiks to the baby." Sister-in-law "Ah, there is Harry. I hear him at the dcor." Young Wife "Dear me, I did not think it was so late as that." "Why do you think he is in his second childhood?" "Three reasons. He's hard to manage, saucy, and his teeth are cutting him." Miss Antique: "How mean these newspapers are I Her? is a column headed Troposals,' and it is all about public improvements and such nonsense." ft i3 a recognised custom nowadays fcr a girl to buy a pair of sleeves that please her, and get the rest of the garment with what money she has left. Mr. Sappy: "Smsrt? Why, she has hwains enough for two, Miss Mawv." She: "Has nlie ? Then she is just the girl you ought to marry, Mr. Sappy." Novelist: "I'd like to have mv heroine do something absolutely unique!" Friend: "Yes? Why don't you have her faint when there's no one looking." Boy (with feeling): "I'm an orphan, and father's broke his legs and is in gaol, and mother's in an insane asylum, and if I go home without money they'll lick me." Patient old lady (to elevator boy reading novel): How often does the elevator go up, boy?" Elevator Boy: "It goes up at the end of every chapter, ma'am." Lady: "If you really icve me, prove it." He: "Willingly. This water here beside us is both trld and deep. Jump in and see how quickly I'll bring you out." Husband: "Which shall it be, Beatrice—the diamonds or a brougham? I can't give you both. Wife (hesitatingly): I think I'd like—well, one bracelet and a dog-cart. Deacon Jones: Do you think it sinful to marry for money?" Parson Tium: "It never occurred to me so; on the contrary, sometimes I have thought the fee was too small." Bashful Suitor: What would vou consider an engaging conversation?" Quick-witted Maiden: Well, if you said to me, Be mine,' and I re- plied, 'Why, certainly. Ethel: "Isn't your friend Sculliski a Russian?" Amy: "Y,-s, how did you know?" Ethel: "While I was in the conservatory with him last night he acted like a bear." Mrs. Younghusband: Why can't you stay at home this evening, George? Your employer can get along without you." George: "I know it, but I don't want him to find it out." Mrs. Plutus: "John, I want you to take Fido for a walk on the parade." John If you please, mum, Fido won't fellow me." Mrs. Plutus: Well, then, you must follow Fido." Small Boy: Mother please give me another lump of sugar for my coffee. I've dropped the one you gave me." Mother: "Where have you drnnped it?" Small Boy: "In the coffee." ■yi ullo, Bobbetter! IIow is Literature?" "Oh, I've given it up." "Indeed? Writing too laborious?" "No. The writing was easy enough; but reading it over afterwards got to be a borfe." In nine cases out of ten the better course is if a man cheats you cease to deal with him. If lie is abusive quit his company; and if he slanders you take care to live so that nobody will believe him. School teacher (trying to explain what a brother- in-law is): "Now look here, my boy. have you a sister?" Tommy: Ah, sir. it's no good; she has three young men already. You wouldn't be in it." Mrs. ScoldweC: "I wouldn't allow my husband to drink as' some men do. My husband always comes home sober." Mrs. Kute (sotto voce) Sober ? I should think dejected a better word to express it." He read the letter twice, and thens aid "This is one of the most moving pieces of literature I ever saw." "Is it an appeal for a.id?" asked his wife. "No. It's a note from the landlord saying he has raised the renr." A lady, applying for admission to the junior class of an American seminary, on being ques- tioned by tc president as to her u cation replied, I ain't much on arithmeticker; but I aiii an elegant graanmerist." Stern Parent Mr. Stavlnte,, I cannot T)ermit you to keep my daughter sitting up in the dew. You must depart." Mr. Staylate: "Beg nardon. but there crn be no dew here in the parlour." Stern Parent: "I know my business, sir The gas bills fall due this evening. Go I" An enterprising phrenologist once wrote a note to the late Charles Dickens, asking permission to make an examination of Lis cranium. Dickens replied—" Dear sir,—At this time I reauire the use of my skull, but as soon as it shall be at leisure I will willingly place it at your disposal." An Irish journal has this gem in answer to a correspondent—" We decline to acknowledge the receipt of your post-card.' This is very much like the remark of the Corkonian who travelled into Kerry to an insulting enemy to tell him to his face that he would treat him with silent con- tempt." A temperance lecturer (referring to the parable of Dives and Lazarus)-" But when the rich man was in torments, what did he cry for ? Was it for brandy ? Was it for wine ? Was it for beer ? An no, my dear friends, he cried for water. Now Trn_ ^ls 113 Voice from gkllery: Why, where you teetollars go to T A teacher wishing to impress upon the minds of her pupils the full nature of faith, took them one day to the riverside, and seeing a boat in the middle of the stream, said, "Now my little dears, if I were to tell you that there was a leg of mutton in that boat would vou believe me 1" "Yes Well then," she said, "that is faith." Some time after the same children were going through an examination when the question was asked, What is faith?" and hll the class, as with one voice shouted out: A leg of mutton in a boat." Asked to deliver over his orders to the new relief :t sentry replied that his duties were to Safely guard shot and shell, And all the water in the well." The corporal of the guard being a matter-of-fact un romantic individual, with no more taste for poetry than is possessed by a tadpole, sternly bade him be careful who he was a-foolin' of," and deliver over his orders in a proper manner and with iess levity. He was an unconscious poet, this sentry and so he complacently retorted that "Them's the orders I received from the cove what I relieved." The unlucky wight was incontinently placed under arrest, and was later on informed that poetry and sentry duty did not run well together. On the evening before the list solar eclipse in Germany, the colonel of a regiment of infantry sent for all the sergeants, and said to them: "There will be an eclipse of the sun to-morrow. The regiment will meet on the parade-ground in undress. I will come and explain the eclipse before drill. If the day is cloudy the men will meet in the drill-shed as usual." Whereupon the sergeants drew up the following order of the day: "To-morrow morning, by order of the colonel, there will be an eclipse of the sun. The regiment will assemble on the parade-ground, where the colonel will come and superintend the eclipse in person. If the sky ie cloudy the eclipse will take place in the drill-shed." In a church in Ireland a young priest took for hi, text, "The feeding of the multitude." But he said And they fed ten people with ten thousand loaves of bread and ten thousand fishes." Thereat an old Irishman said "That's no miracle; begorra I could do that myself," which the priest overheard. The next Sunday the priest announced the same text, but hs had it right this time: And thev fed ten thousand people on ten loaves of bread and ten fishes." He waited a second, and then leaned over the pulpit and said: And could you do that Mr. Murphy?" Murphv replied: Siim your reverence, I could." "And how could you do it?" said the priest. Sure, your reverence, I could do it with what was left over from last Sunday." "Mary," said her mistress, "I understand vou had two visitors last night." "Yes, mum," replied Mary, with an upward inflection and a smile. Was either of them the young man who called last week. Marv 7" Oh. no, mum." Or the one that came> last Sunday ?" Oh, no, mum nor him neither." Well, who was it' Marv ?" Just two boys from home, mum—Tommy Ken- Just two boys from home, mum-Tommy Ken- nedy and Willie Murphy." "It seems to me on have a gre&t many beaux, Mary severelv." Sure thim's not me beaux at all mum." reolied Mary, with dignity. "What do you call them, Mary ?" "Jes' boys, mum. Sure, if they was beaux, mum, would I be havin' thim come two at a time ?" At this evidence of Mary's sagacity her mistress retired from the field. Richard Tangye, the great engineer, in his auto- biography gives some curious examples of the econ- omy of the Cornish miners. Compared with those thrifty folk, Scotch peasants and farmers of New England are extravagant. His grandfather was a miner, and when once aeked what his daily work was, he replied: "Ten hours at the engine ADd eight at digging. The rest of the day I have to waste." Tangye states that he once "saw the same old man fall into a fuiy of rage because a, boy whom he had hired threw away a match after lighting a candle with it D've waste my property, ye loon ? Then yell never be worth sax- pence of yer own he shrieked. A careful old woman lamented a stolen pie for more than forty years. The tears would come to her eyes when- ever she talked about the lost dainty. George I. liked to temper the cares of Royaltv with the pleasures of private life, and commonly invited six or eight friends to pass the evenieg with him. His Majesty seeing Dr. Lockier one day at Court, desired the Duchess of Ancaster, who was almost always of the party, to ask the Doctor to come that evening. When the com- pany met in the evening Dr. Lockier was not there; and the King inquired of the Duchess if sha had invited him.Yee," she said; "but bha Doctor presents hio humble duty to your Majesty, and hopes your Majesty will have the goodness to excuse Mm at present; be is solicit- 1ng some preferment from your Majesty's Minis- tM-s, and fears it may be gome obstacle to him if a should be known that he had the honour of •oc^uig such good company." The King laughed very heartily, and said ho cslieved he waa in tho lig"
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT. The District Auditors Act, 1879 (42 VkL, a, 4L) Statement of Receipts and Expenditure by the Oystennouth School Board for the Year ended the 29th day of September, 1693. RLCB el's. y.. a. a. r- s. d. To Annual Grant from the Education Department 256 13 11 „ Annual Grant from the Science and Art De- partment (excluding Grants made under the Technical Institution Act, 1889) 6 16 6 j, Fee Grant from the Education Department under the Elementary Education Act. 1891 125 16 8 339 r 1 „ Income arising from other sources—Sewing Materials sold 1 9 11 From the Rating Authorities at 9d. per pound 520 0 0 Costs of Summonses received from Magis- trates' Clerk. 3 12 0 —————— 525 1 11 E914 9 0 EXPENDITURE. £ 6. d. £ a. d. By Balance on 29th Sep- tember, 1892 52 3 5 EXPENSES OF ADMINISTRATION: By Salaries to Officers of the Board 56 13 8 Legal and other Expenses of Administration 13 17 7 ————— 70 11 3 EXPENSES OF MAINTENAKCB OF PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS Salaries of Teachers 418 2 9 „ Books, Apparatus and Stationery 86 16 4 „ Fuel,Light, and Cleaning and Replacement of Furniture, and Repairs to Buildings and Fur- niture 76 13 7 „ Rents, Rates, Taxes, and Insurance. 7 18 6 „ Other Expenses of Main- tenance 0 15 0 -590 6 2 LOANS; „ Repayment of Principal of Loans. 64 13 5 „ Interest on Loans. 81 9 7 146 3 0 „ Balance in hand of Treasurer 29th Sept, 1893 81 10 9 „ Less Orders ef the Board not paid by Treasurer 26 5 7 Net Balance 55 5 2 E914 9 0 OUTSTANDING LIABILITIES OF THE BOARD AT THE END OF THE YEAR. £ a. d. Loans from Public Works Loan Com- missioners outstanding 2263 6 2 Other Liabilities.- 45 10 0 E2308 16 2 I certify that this Aeeount has been examined and passed by the School Board as provided by Sec. 17 of the Act 36 and 37 Vict., e. 86. D. R. STEPHEN, Chairman. J. AERON THOMAS, Clerk to the School Board, The 27th day of November, 1893. I hereby certify that 1 have compared the entries in the above Statement with the ouebers and other Documents relating thereto, and that the regulations with regpeet to such Statement have been doly complied with. I hereby further eertify that I have ascertained by Audit the correctness of such Statement, and that the Expenditure of the S hool Board during the year ended the 29th day of September, 1893, i, eluded in such Statement, and allowed by me at the Audit, is Eight hundred and seven pounds and five pence. As witness my hand this 18th day of April, 1894 —EDWARD J ON as, District Auditor.
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PHYSICAL EXERCISES FOR THE…
PHYSICAL EXERCISES FOR THE YOUNG. Captain Hutton, late of the King'% Dragoon Guards, has been advocating the teaching of fencing *o schoolboys instead of, or as well as, tLe ordinary school games. There would1 be two dangers, if not more, attached to such a ODUMO--ee some think- namely, those of mental strain, and lateral curva- ture of the spine. A medical contemporary opines as follows: "As regards the aasertion that 1 pricing taxes the brain and nervous system more than any other form of exencsise, to such an extent indeed, that it becomes an almost unbeai mental ')ld aervous strain. should say that there is probably a certain amount of truth in this. Much will ap. pend upon temperament. A boy of nervo&s ter^ner- anwnt who ia eager and ambitions to excel in$J1 f,e attempts would probably feel the nervous sfc&in fencing, especially if his brain had been aheadt exercised and possibly fatigued by his studies Stii for the educaaon and co-ordination of the eye huad and muscular sense, and the development of aotivit* and prompt muscular action, there ia probaWv no better exercise than that of fencing. From an anatomical and physiological Standpoint, however, regular systematised exreroises which produce a symmetrical development of the body are undoubt- edly those best adapts for that period of life when »t !S aotiveiy growing and developing, but we do not believe that lateral curvature of the spine and other deformities would be induced in those who nad not rJieadjr a tendency to them, especially if tfie fencmp »xaar?ea wwra limited to throe hours a -It.
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