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Love me' not beet, 0- tend er 41eart and true -
.• Tata nOttood- or great enough to be
-G-otrg ultimate and Perfeet gilt to: thee;
Yet thine I am, thns-sealtd_ through anktl.irtingh,
- And I will love thee ill& way: halt new :
To, this poor -yrnild;:_whOrelnye is. seldom free; -
Not with a Rive which thou must !drake 'with, met
▪ But as the raimsteringanzela o.
Love Ma not hest, for I am. not thy mate,
• Ye. I am alias -rich with.lesier gain ;
Thou eanst not give niei :dear; a gift so.snia
'lint that niy glory in it shall be great. - -
`01)`„ -never be it said that love was vatut
What if it hah . not, when itself is all .
—Harper's Attfit'
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Aif,V11-14. - AT WAL-
MR -CA§TXL,
Erronl, the iondon'WOrIcLI .
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FrOgat izO4,ffeites- is at sight astrange,
-- banghty nabt - . for the elegant aiideCoein;
a_
hed-noblera - :who makeirthebest bow-ht7-
. England; wha-: - . inherited all the 04:41'
traditionsi,oCthe most ,piiliShed Aagioti- of
manuerwLdiploniacy, and imbibedthe_,iievir.„
est 'triitht.,-of" advanced_ philosophers and eeO_-_
nomists-.,:- In his case -native -kinfIliffefli has
Nen nurtured : ins Ilie most agreeable. .of --ati,
. inoapherea*Taild life passed in congenial .-piir-•:,'
Wit& ,- "AS. a mat possibly of his -diplomatic '
,,trainingilhere lurksbeneath hie suavity po-
litical .,sagapity--Of the keenest kind. .,1118;0.,
' cessible to clamor, and 09:Ugh pOpiila_fi the _
last manin the -world tosahrifice conviction
- poiularitYitlieLord;Warden_of the,Qinclue -
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Ports : probably enipys'A. larger ineasnre of-
person4Affection and ,of .personal influence
than most public, irien._., Courtly in, his inati-i
net he affects in his costume at Walmei-the
.• 'aspect -Of -the Country gentleman of sperting„
. tendencies.. There is an undeniable cross.;
- :conntry_lOok about the thick white- Woollen
cravat, -the capaciou&Waistcoat, and the Salte
•. bot poeliet&ot. a.coat Clearly built for riding
iii.- • Lord (i_lraWiex:_deipite the influence of.
rdiploniatic,traim*,, is 46-.ohestofiod, SOlar.
•: as lintning is _edneerned, but has retained in
itsrentir'ety the taste- Of an English 'gentle.*
. man for fieli.t.spertg ; While -with his own a4-,.;
• inira.bly kept , pack he i oecaSiOnally -follOws,
.the fox: -- ifituting,over*:the drawing -roan it „
-.Wainer Castle lights np. Cheerfully with its
' .•--:'-- wealth .of blne,and4hite china, its choice
engravings, itspen•and-ink-sketChelii an , ,th
_ cfnaini caricatute-• of the chess -players ---in .
7, four sectnes—drawnby-the late Lord4Herbert •
of Lea,. This, delightful apartment, like the
- -,ineit of these at. Warner, is of • no shape .ixt.
• ,, particular, and and- conVeYs the idea that it has
, WOrked:out its own destiniea. indePaidently
*of = architectural supervision:It flieSI off in
- - angles and -ianialies in curves. - _Wil.met ba&'.
tli. is One; _Of three built- by Henry.VIIL '
hat'at Peaf is yetettants,, and inhabited! by
Lord CIanwilllia,ni ;theSister SandoWn who
_.. _ - )
. witnessed the long agony of .Colonel linfA. 7
liiioai has recently been pulled ' down. . _ .'„The-
• belief in- the; defensiVepoVierS of these caSties-
existed to -the time. a the late-Diike of Wel-,, -
_lingtOnf- with Whom it iri7...: a-conitsat maxim
-fo, do- nothing- that ' would tend ".iii! the
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smallest „ degree; or even iit appeararieek.to-
• weaken_ the defence Of the Castle- -- 116-44r- -
• .. --ried ont thistesoivelo*mly that lie_actlially
- ' refused to have the :TilOA'' OTOS4ea by a per, .
' ' nrianent bridge* 64 had been done in the Totse
• of Veal -Castle._ aVer Wainer yet hangs:the _
shadow Of tlie;GrOeSeapt_4,111;-whOlovedr the
- ' Castle,dearIy as---aciweIligplace,..and dliting_
' his last Iait illness -won '', thither, because liefbe-
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eve_a. that•-"nobsi ' could die die there." : .
_felearks. ak. lair ha cliwork are yet to be
z --, .,found, "Conveying a distinct_ ideiIhat utility
- should -never ' be siacrificed.. to architectural
beiaity.:- .A. few of the rooMS. still -Naze -With -
'yellow, the; DAIWA favorite color,, A1141'00_
-- -Perhaps, hardly apprediated, at its true-Vabie.
•„inthis eOuntry Yellow 'curtains yet aderi..
the wont in:whiell'he yielded up his stead-
fast sour ;: It is an odd roam* large and oon:.!
_ .--Arertient* but full of angles.On.the-side!op--
op-
posite to that formerly occupied bithe- little
movable -camp bedstead car.which the: _DOW
- of Wellington slept. -z --for he abhorred: theitta•..
c.litionalt-foUr•pitsterstill-.--bangs the Portrait
of his geclsont” the DakeofConnaught- - on
. whose -birth the- warrior reemve&an .0c1c1.=re•----
-iifi frau- the - nurse. :- He. asked Simply
enouglik-: "Is it .-a; boy or ,a, girInAnd_. tda_
- OeiVecrtheerushing.reply, '''!It, is A piOide,:.
your grace.' grace:7i. There hangs the picture of
- 4)abyprince.iit.capr and frill, bib_ and-tneker,..-
- ' over th&-fireplacein- his godfather's favorite
Ireath, ;, On turning. out. in the morning,' the
Duke, attired: in the,.Qinque. Pert uniferitr: .-cif,
bl.uewith.red collar And 404:would-Pace;
up and clownthe;rnia4iii,arts,:'. inhalingj:th_e.'
fresh 'ea -breeze, and r_. '-reading his
- at :the SalhO7:ttAIS,: . . tA9k hispostof Lard
. Warden of the OimpiePOrtii-quite asserious4:
- IyaS the defences of INAlmer Castle;. going,
-' over frequently to inSpect the harbor -100a
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at.Dover, Mut holding n regular course -,t 4,
' Courta of Loadmanage "for the.governthent
'of pilots:" - ' -- . - - - ', ' --'' ' ' -
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- .This de1ebrat4-0-facei Of : which:I it: iie:tili4
inined, that Lord Granvillei,Will be the;lAst-
holdif- -includes brit; roll many' Rini -trims*
..naines., . In the days. when the%pos't Of _Lard
Warden—Or as it WAS: at first called Admiral
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—of the Chinciiie Ports-, was iheld :bY :brave,
-,G.erVase Alard; who _sleeps peacefully in -the_
- :-church at WinehilsOa* the ditties attaching:
- to : itt were Very grave.-- There:was, during
- that hickless war Of a hundred years—which
ended by leaving Rttglancliwith Only ,Calait:
, of 41 het former pessessiOns on the',..-Gentil-:
- nent—neither Royal Navy; Lord: Higli..ktil
miral ,of England,: Mi-," My -kids -"itheir
ei-
platbeing- supplied. by the Adiniraf of the
Cirque Ports and the slips and -sail* of
these towns, ok._Whiejk--extraordinary privi•
gervici.. in...time-0. . war. : There is very:little
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- lege& were Co : -ilk exchange for,theif
doubt that a„-tleclaration- Ofwar dicInotinake
mUch differencee'-to: the doughty inaiiii-era
Of the south-eastern coast,inssinnoli as they
were in -the h4bit, like the'CaptaI de Buck
Of, ".fighting for their-.' own . hands," in. fact .
• followed regularly the noble.. profession of "
at -piracy. ,-. As the 40y4 Navy grew, and the.-
* Yildne trade Went • out . of fashion, there.
was net flinch; for a 'Lord. Warden' to Watch
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over, save idtten-botoughs. and -corrupt cor• •
itporations. - Nevertheless, thi yearly:salary-
-at the Lord'Warden, up to the death of the
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arI Of Liverpool, was 3000/: a year. Even-:
er its cessation there ' still- remained cer--
' fees; and dues amounting - perhaps to
a year-;. but &incetheldeatliof the Mike' -
Wellington, theoffice, held- -successively
'Lima . Palmerston* Lord- Dalhousie, and
' Granville, has been purely hanogary
present incumbent - has fenrid- Mileh."
ureiti:- collecting portraits of the former
Wardens„. among 'wherciare three
what-diSsiMilar .kings --,Richard I/1-.;.
VIA - anajaines_ PII.- As Lord Gran-
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Imiewnparticular 7teleollectthese particulen--
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_gravings, some curious, specimens areocca,:-• .'
sienally sent.: to .A few months age he
was -vastly amused at receiving an old print
---And-a. very good one—purporting to repre-
sent - Harold; the son of Godwin,: Lord. War-
den- of the Cinque,. Ports -'under -gclWard the
Confessor—a-gentleman with:very' iong-hair;
- and wearing the many -jointed plate -armour
of the end of the Sixteenth- and. the com-
mencement of the seventeenth century.:
- When the if-Heaven-sentMinister"..was
Lord. Warden, he lived as Much at Walther:
as he possibly could; but, atir Lord Granville
remarks,- :Pitt's.: room is . strangely
It -looks_ neither to the sem& nor to
: the Sear' and *hat' little view -there -might..-
.hive been to the landward 'is Skit out by
--Lady Hester :-Stardicipaplantations." Pitt
-Always Spoke:in the moat raptiroui terms of -
'Weimer, and delighted in filling -it with cam-,
-pithy to sucli...an extent_ that he wasobliged
to rent an additional house for his. guests- to.
- "toterflow" into. - When he wishedfora few _
hours_ of peace, it was his: humor to go to 'a -
firm Where. hay -and corn were kept for the
horses. :::Itere he had -a room fitted up with
a table and two or- three chairs, and would
Etit and. write while some plainfood-was_ being
--cooked for him. :At other _timetr-he..was
content. with very refreshments
"0," said hia_neice,- Lady-- Hester Stanhope,
whit sliceS- Of.: bread•and,butter 1 have .
-seen...him Sat theT6; and hunches �f bread-
: And-Clieeee big:. enough for_a ploughman I"-
Pitt's- 'tele& apparently enjoyed. Wahl:ter as
Much asher nude. • They worked -hard at
reviewing'Volunteemand receiving -.Company,
and it is curious to note that the -than who
diedyoung, worn. out in the service of his
country, Whose. enemies taunted him with his -
want of devotion to the fairs;Seir, 1,,as a tre..-
• Mendou§ Critic of feniinine costume, gifted
with an eye not *only to "threaten and-eam--
mand," but to distinguish and decide on the
depth ota fold or he hang of iiyetticoat.. It
to 'Lady Hester, Stanhope'si energy that
-Waling- OW6 the magnificent :_-.grOve; "'un-
eqialled for hundreds- Of Miles .,along the
coast.. - Not. Oftenfcan grandtrees be :per-
: snadecl-greti-i-. on the . sea -beach. . Lady
• Hester did not piirenade ; she commanded_
and. compelled. happened. - One 'day-
-,:femark • that Waiver only .*ant-
edi -trees:- . to make it : No
No sooner heal:. he left Leaden than; his niece
riallopped -Over to.,Doier 'got the three- regi-
ments that were in quarters -there, .fand -em-
ployedthem in levelling;Atehing turf, - and
transplanting_ Shrubs' and flowers. - -When.
Pitt returned she had. her relyard. in 1 the ex- .
clamationi; Why„. Hester,. this is a iniracle.r
and an *eloquenteulogium upon her good
taste in keeping- to the . style- suited to an
antique Castle.. 7he. • trees planted.:Pitt• .
being Consul -I -a -renew kitatelrveterint, and
Lord: Granville- is growing shrubs almost ti-
the waters' edge. This room has A curious
history,' the present.Lord -Warden Ulla -11s ;
for Many years it remained -gxactly as :Mi% :-
-Pittleft it, with the walls.-
Butwhen castle was lent to the Qiieen
and Prince Consortafter thair marriage; . the
Walt of :Mr. -Pitt'icrooth was pulled. down - .ie
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as
to -join it to another apartment and make
A new dining -room. .0a -the Queens departonre, however, the Wall was rebuilt inth.e old
.place.. When Prince falleyrand, during his
einbassyiii:Efiglanci,Licanie- here on a visit to
the -Mike Of Wellington, :- he asked.
• fd occupy Mr. room, and seemed
te'livi€: there- with -Some: sense of triumph. -
His idea was that he had_beentrerted-rather
'slightingly by Mr. Pitt- when - he cable over
as secretary to M. Chauvelinin- 1-179,:: and
that to sleep in his. rival's -bed= was like talti--,
ing a Species of revenge!. Recollecting. the
Carefullparrangeclivittidisinaof the ex -Bishop
of Antiin„-ciilled-most -from the...Impreetscitour
Francais,- and in' particular - his -trenchant .
remark to the Yeung--Man:,-:-who. Could not
play _Whist, -'-we enquire of Lord Granville
whether the great - diplomatist played Well
hinting that possibly his. whist Was.;
like his master -NapoleOn's,Tchess. - '
Probably Napoleon would have played -
Cheg& well if he had. - thought it worth -SO
Much attention- as, /he- art Of War," replies
Lord- GeanVille, awe -pass on tithe rampart,.
*here floWersady. pets—
nestle under the -lee "Of, the .:cannon, like
-Beauty --seeking safety from Valor; but
your rethark. that great .men play .. pines
badly ii nearly true: - Tellyrand, Who wasMi
enthusiastic lover of whist, was -a Very. bad
-partner; and:when plaYingAt the- Travellers'
- came in for endless abuse_ from. Lord Maus -
field. Hetook it all in; geod,part=Paid his
and went on playing; if
possible, *One than ever. - :Ghastly is the.
exact word to deseribe. his appearance is an
, _
old marn;. it was: the most unearthly face. I
--ever saw; -But' hisinfluence con pebple was
.. Very great. You .will recollect his -simulated :
lameness to avoid riling the..presence.of
the King, and his eitraction, from him of the
threat to Sit- on the Pont de Jena lest Blucher
Should, bloWit. up.- -nearly alWays.
had his wayitis diffi-eilt. to tell; blithe did -
haVe. it.'- We .obserire,that the late Lord.
Clarendon -did much as he liked_ with -every-,
"One of the cleverest" things Lord -
Clarendon did," remarks Lord- Granville,
"was to Not in the coin --
Mon .styie of imitation which . batches the
mere voice and kalect, butin.' that higher-:
species -of parody whiCh"inntatestne
This mimetic-giftqifeasaatieLioi_h in a coun-
try house, pproved.,
ment itt the House of LorJs. t was alMost:
s:linpossible for Clarendoil,..when. quoting the
, worth's- of another : peer; to AvOict giving . an -
imitation of. his manner.: For:the moment
rhe- became -.the man he quoted: It was a
wonderful' but awkward _we
-stroll through theancient moat ,ConVerted
into' a flower-garden,_Lord Granville .
kaleidoscopically upon.- -Men- and
things -i: the -color - of fiewerg ; the art-educa
.tion Of Modern -England ;--the reason why the-.
..inhabitents: 'of ..the northern -Part Of any
European country are thrifty and. energetic,
while those of the south are mniable and
witty, but Comparatively indolent -J. the
in-
exhausib1e treagures of Roinei ;reqniring-
yearate see and to- understand; the recent-
ly talked -of -' talking -machine, - and the
writinvnitchin-e-, on which Lady Granville
plays as7Well as she plays at chess which Is I
saying a. great deal. -
. The Puke Of Wellington said that -London-
derry was the 'braved:: than he ever-- knew,
and_lie-might have added. the most eccentric.
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enormous; it is true, but they were not paid.,
Reterringto the Ruisian influence supposed
_to .be. brought to bear on Lord Aberdeen' be-
fore the Crimean war, Lord Granville' ob-
serves; "I could never understand why he
took these accusations so seriously.: It is
,unnecessary_to say they were ; but
they were so absurd - that Lord Palmerston;
When attacked in a similar way,- actually -
enjeyed- -the whole -thing thoroughly,
No detail. was Wanting. - The SCiVereiglIS
bought up abroad were packed itt barrels and
delivered. inPiceadilly.-_ The precise amount'
was - known, .and- the= . precise service. for
which -Russia paid so _handsomely. Lord'
Palniersten was delighted,, And reared --with
laughter- atthe barrels which were suppois:
ed to tell no tales. All this makes it -more -
strange . that Lord Aberdeen should _have
taken the --ravings of - madman seriously to
, :heart.' • -
this, amidst pleasant converse concerning
men of the past-and.things of the present—
for at Walmer the intellectual -level is -above ',-
mere :personal •contemporary: g_oisip—the
afternoonspeedsrapidly away, till the lamps
shed a soft lightpver the flowers with which
Lady .Granville's quaint and pretty drawing -
room is profusely _decorated ; a scene ren-
dered doubly charming- by the roar of the .
tempest ontsde. 7-
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. The Amusements of the Rich. •
The amusement is of two kinds viz., active,-
-and passive. The active and weary man and
- woman—those whoexhaust:every. day . their
vital, energies in', worktake.-.take to
passive amusement. A lady of our acquaint-
ance, engaged. -', daily • -in, severe intellectual .
, tasks; says that nothing rests her like seeing
other people work. :For thisshe goes to the
theatre and the play upon her emotions
there rests, and "recreate her, Indeed; it is.
the emotional sideofthe nature,andnot the
active, which. furnishes play to those. who are
Weary with the -use of their faCulties. This
fact covers i the secret of the popular Success
of what is called emotional preaching. People
who -have been engaged all;:the-:week ikex-
hanstive-labor of any kind do not take kind-
ly to a high- intellectual feast on Sunday.:
They Want to. be moved And played upon.
This rests ahd interests. them, - while the
profound discussion of *great problems- in - life
and religion wearies and bores them.. They
are not Up to it. They are weary and jaded
iin-that_part Of -their nature which such a dis-
cuision. engages. The emotions which have
: been blunted and -suppressed bytheir pursuits
'Are hungry. So every forni: of aniusement.
that truly nieets. their wants' -must
tive, and must 'leave them •free to rest . in
those facilities which are weary,
On: the other hand; the.yming, who are
brimming with animal life. and who fail to
-exhaust it in study; call ?or active . amuse-
ments, and they mita have them. And here
. the parent le_ in danger of making a great
,tmistake..., -Unless -a boy is a- Milk -sop, he -
must do something -or die. . -If he cannot do
`.something in.hishmhe; or in the homes Of his
- eon4anions; he will do Something elsewhere.
It is only within 'a -few- years that parents
-"have.begiin to besensible_upon this -matter.
The, billiard-table'which a few years, Ai):
-was only: 4ssociated with dissipation; now "
has-ati honored place and the largest room itt:-
. every rich, man's honse... The card -table,
that once was a iiiyrionyreof wickedness; is _a
Part of the :rich man's furniture, Which _his.
children May use at WilLinr.the. pursuit of a
harmless. game.' A geodsnianyinanufaetured
. sins have been dethroned from their
fictiti-
ous life,ancli eminence, and tnit to benificent.
family 'service ' behalf Of ..the - young.
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Athletic sports, such as skating, -. boating,
I shooting,..ball=pleying; tnnning, and leaping,
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_have - Sixtus, into great- prominence within
• the past few years—amusements of just the
• chaxaeter for -working -off the excessive
vital-
ity of .young men; and developing their phy-
sical poWer.1 :This is all reform in
the -right direction.- Much: of this is done .
before theiliblic eye,. and in the presence of •
young •women, - Which :-heiP$ . to; restrain all .
, tendeneieS to excess and t� dissipation.
• The activities Of young weinert takes -an;
other direction, and nothing -seems: to us
'more hopeful than the pursuits itt which they .
_ engage.- The rich :young women in these
days, who does net marry, busies - herself 'in.:
'tasteful anclfintellectial pursuits. The The read-
ing-chib, the Shakespeare -club; the drawing
class, the kindred associatiolik, employ her
sparetime and now there is hardly a person
living more hoq than the rich young woman -
Who. 18 through: with her lOardingiechool. *
'The poor, who suppose that the rich young,
-Woman leads-.- an _easy lite - are very. niubh.-
inistakeiL the habits of voluntary industry
now eadopted and. practised by the young
women . of:' America, in good. circumstances,
are most gratefully surprising. _One of them .
who is not so- busy during the winter that
shereally needs a recuperating iiimmier, is
An -exCeptielk. = Our old ;ideas of the ':-.1asy,.
fashionable- girl -must be set aside. They
are Ian- at work it. itemething,_ : It May not
bring them 1. money, - but it. brings what is -
--nnioh-better to them—the Content that comes
. of an earnest and fruitful pursuit. It may
take the form of amusement, but it results
Tin.a training -for: self -helpfulness and mdus
Se, While:ha pinch can be done. far:the
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.BLideit4- ae,'...-a Belli)), igerliirti
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--The temperature ' varies frini an -Ave ige
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saninier heat of :72°- to a -winter of 60., gi
an Linn:nal-mean of -66°.„-which has,
- the favorite resort. Of consumptive in
t 1
froall parts Eurepe. Whether it is he.
-best in the world will appear When Teile ife
i-
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is considered: - : It. s enough to say at pres mt.
• that the. hmtitility of the Madeira Winter. ' ue..
ctoei*s.aivieondistgeor thf'PfeortvalocenchaeSioenterir liaanthderti-Itie: exs-
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by the dry, noxious, and---ahnosIlinisuffer le :
. rate; or east 'wind,' Whiali -.blows from the
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coast of Aif Africa, ---where -it is known as e -
harttaiOiii. and equally dreaded; re .not
perienced on the Spanish island;ibit are, in
a measure, coinpen-Sated- for - by the,.grea ,_
ir
Comforts. that. are et the command of h
• - i
i - - , r -
Wealthy-nvalid jn -.Madeira: - ..Thel sland is .
easily reached in four. or five daysbystea
ers from EnglandandPortugal. - The E
filth language is .46 -ken as commonly as
vernacular, and . private - hoteli are mini e o
where extensive snits of apartments; ex
lent attendance; and the most deliea•tete.
, • - ..
inerie are'ebtainabler HaniMoelti-bearers.
custemed.-to the business ' tenderly cary tiie
-Conslurnptive for .daily exercise, and the nu
lier of these -during the ,sejOiMi when tlie
island is most .frequented is net al pleAs' t
-speitade for Ow robust ' and. healthy "lorik4 r. -
..At every Step are met slowly passing haIn
mocks - with their. pale -faced burdens ; but lill
the .. hammocks do not _captain linvalkts.
Some are•istretched- to their Atthost by t
- .t i.
portly forms of residents of the is_land, W
partieuIrrly ithe ladies,: find this it- not . n
coinfortablei" and in certain . cases the 'o
possible, means of progression.
.. -Besides -comfortable hotel, boading7h01 ei
and hospital accommodations forfelierY cfa s,
more - numerous . . than on :any other of.-
_ . - I 1 t
tie
islands; there are reading -rooms and prp_. e
mides open to the'sea, - Which guile tiie
:fienrs of the invalid. Visitor; Seated un er
thelofty trees of the Ilaga lAcademi a, -
.watching..! the ceaseless roll of the .�cein, .
-_ breathing ' the balmy air of this Char g...
climate; -and soothed by -a 2thoimand et er
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delightful influences, mind': as .W.elli -es body
- at rest, he &condoms himself to that self- e-
nial So difficult amidst the bustlelincl tiirintml
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Surrounding and tempting him 1 hil hiisie. rn
northern home ;And -often forgetting t t e
. is ill, he gains that . cheerfulnesslandani it
- tion Which -sometimes. prelude his coin 1 te
recovery. Often the invalid comes'bit er.
ao late that no restoration is possible.--
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:thilita*e Dore.
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- In engraving, the highest:place can n t at ,.
. present be assigned to the „French,. except in
etching; in which they excel.... In- Weed- :.
-graving they are certainly itquallect:ij ijot
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surpassed, by some of our own engraVatii... In.-.
designing illuStrationi. the. French- yield t -
thelEnglialii and to same Of our OWii desiine . .
. Gavarni, Who was great in this line; is_clea .
•<Dore, who Perhaps- holds' the ' forenibst tra ' di
for certain class of illustrationsi. Stands o
entirely by himself that he forms a disti ot.
school so different in Scope and ., treAtin t
from anything Of the sort before seen in
France that he can hardly. be ,c10Sed -Un , er
the headof French art. He isiby- dittecti on
--fromiAliace a province Which --Iiiil furnished
.... many of . the most prominent artists Fran e;.
He
- and is nowabout forty-three years - of a e.:
differs . three important reSpo'.ots..- fr in
his leading: - French: Conteniparariel Iii -a b;
he lays great stress on light, and Shade_ ;,_ as •
very little notion of color,. although .iMpr r v -
int in that-reSpectby practice; lani he j
. great moralist. .Those who _judge .Iiim ior
-:hy.iii6 wonderful mid:: versatile illnstratio
.inthe Wandering- .70o,.1 DO* QuOok.kincrot er
,
Works can forth but a partial conception - of -
the power of. such magnificent : canvases as
his "Martyrs in the CeliSeure;".'-' The Dre
, m.-
: of Pilate"tis . Wife," "Christ : leaving '• he .
Prattorium,". "Christ entering the Tempi ."..
.and-numereits other paintings, in which i're...
. gienpeit scores of figures the inle Oflife.!-
nnagniation. displayed: • theniasaing of Chia
oseurb, themph and movement ar
Of vast multitudes, and the morallinprerisi_ e, :
., - ... , group
nese Of the ideas :conveyed; have. not be a
surpasded- : Since: the days of ..Tintereto. or
-Michael Angelo ;_:- While the -MajetitY; It e
-, divine' character, of the figure of Ither-S4i
as He descends from the ,P.mtornini.-Sta id
nearlyalone in niedern art, '. But the :- di
sing is often defective; -Vali . naturally •-.
.. •f
is, with enormous variety, .much_niaiine s
-and it Must be admitted that these paint gs...
would, --With two or tkrke. ekeePttenk : a P at
, .,
quite : as effective in. black and white; ELis
.."Neophyte," , . ;. . r r
' -. for - ekaniple - exiente
monochrome; does not sewn to treqiiire -
: aid of color to make if What it is—one of t e
- • .. -. -I • . ri t
. thost-treinendona invectiVes -against the
: - • I - I .
i ventnal . systemWhiCh has been seen • Et ce
. the days of $evonarellfitri*'s • Hagan
• - II -4WD, . ' - Ili.
The Food Of the'''. Russian Peasan 4..
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Practice and native shrewdness had. le g• _-
ago taught the Enssiati,"peasint the -*lir) t- :
. . P
ance cif large quantities of soft,carbon e* g:-,
1 i
;taken into . his aiiireAl: syiitein.;;: :iniport t
against the - Cold of that 'cliinate; ,itaid is ill-
mere-iniportant as Ai. Corrective of the 10', ,cie
'uantlt . of plain bread he delights to cci
w
:
1 11 .. r- , 11 1 ' 11 ;11 n. • •
dene for -the -you
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to give Us a generation of older men and we-
-men, 'who Will'not be content with the peer
business of killing time. For it must be re -
Membered that -while.: tile' young= woMen.
"assist" at the athietie games :of, the '-young
-
men, the young meu are -indispensible to the.
_
,:intellectuat associations of the young women.
-They. meet together, and stimulate' ancthelp
each other • and it does not seem possible
_ •
that - either ,purty should ever -subside into
these time -killers wilehaunt the. ---Chibis es-
tablished for Men; or those jaded women yils4
dragthemselvesaroundtodinnera and. lunchee
and thronged assemblies..
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A .rikAsks-i: little Story °ernes to is from
Sweden: --The. church Of WeXio, the prmelr
pal town of the -province in which Christine
Nilsson was born, has long been . disfigured: .
• by seine yen) insufficient but shabby lamps,
haying all the failings, but none of • the
terest of antiquity. When the the.great songs-
treas was there lest autumn, she asked*he-
He was always doing'odd-things, . He dined tiler the town ethild not afford_ Some, new
Once_ with Baron -Rothschild at Boulogne, t ones; but she Was told thatits finanees-were
near Paris, Paris, and--- WAS so- delighted With„ his by no means- equal to the necessary .expend-,
-dinner that nettday heoffered the Baron's iture. At Ohristmas":three large "_,_gilded .
-gebhs and servants double _ wages -to:forsake chandeliers arrived .anOnymously at . the --
their master and Serie They were church. Where :they Came- from nobodY.
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dazzled. at the offer,, and jumped :at-. it; but lingaeoswe.,.;...:.,:t".80,33ie People think' they .044
!theyhad their reward. Their-WagesWere
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• five pounds -"during harvest- over and ab
.: his -'kaslia, or boiled millet? eggs, Milk Salt'
cucumber, ineshreens,; Cabbage, and: .not 7 •
-freqUently_. suppliesof beef... .-. Thep:Sort-. of
bread he prefers is /*Yet, and prefers itfortie '
same -.reason that the _acute:. Scottish pion
man clingi, to his oaten . Cake, and discer
logbefore the days; Of Leibig that..it-
chemically -more strengthening. t 13 in4 u
, fibre than expensive ',- wheaten -Nur, -
having his hiii dear black bread; aa -Well as .tiii
other artiblS of his food, fried up in sh
:mice of rich linseed °ill or on high' days "
.holidaya wiih&unfloWer,oil, the hardy de
zen of the weeds of Aritiliangels or the r a
over the steppes of TaMboy, is able to
elite his Work thriniglilall• seasons .o 'th-
In:sPite of even- Siberian Weather -
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y.
DIWNGI. the Past six: Years several Germ n
colonies have settled in Palestine, antif-1
successfully Carrying on various branches of
business. Near Jaffa the vine and mul er ry '
are extensively cultivated; the; slopes of
Mount Carmel are, planted with, vmeya
and olive groves; - an . oil and a M k
factory are in successful operation;
active trade -is carried 1 on in building ti
ber • and ihe general success of the e te -
prising settlers is attra tingmanyiminigra ts
thither.
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ADVICE to topa•ri.ents-4.-1t'7iei:-a!lY
e.lr -btY
creifrtstikofcan,i„tte_astick
toiim.:
is .aid Of a certain isciy that her temper .
is s, ch that she Wonldfight_acirbitlar -7,
saw—
and:that in motion.: .- , 1 --
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.,AN--IrisliloVer remarks, "It's 'avery great
pleasure„ to be Alone, - especially'. when " yer-
. sweetheart is wid ye -r' .1-.• ''
'• 1 Eoi. r.nulims. -
dable_avalanc_of.snow have been-
:CoMnion ;this . winter : On the l Western -
mouzitains. and often have canied4serious 'loss
of life.- . ' -
.21TnicaT. . It itaneat treat to wear one of
, , ,
• . , ..
TTreeiltiole's.'7-:: perfect__. -fitting, ; shirts. . Made:to
nie+re at Treble's, ,.53..',King Street .West,
r . '
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GE says, "the tendency of clubs
demoralize society. They are a
uraging thing to hold, if a reit trump is
AY,-nuster,", said a newsboy to a man :
sytt_ a- high -_shirt Collar4esterdaY, , "how do
_ -
anage to spit ..over. -that collar? :Do -
. you use a -ladder V" . . 1- k -
--143ti-isnn.-.7.7-10 :1-'s detest makiieradee--
..
Said -is: beautiful lady to a .gallant officer.,
"No'. wOnder,:.•madam,''..he. ro.plieit, ,"since
you Oso inuCh.eXeCutiou,unthaskeil.'-?- .
THE ruling passion str'ong-iii debt.—One of ...
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the-. - discoveries .:Tinade-.14; the latest, -arctic
explorers is that the length of the .polar' -
nigh is one hundred :And . forty-two days.
-;"w.,i-- 'at a. glorious '.place :. that -would be,"
• &pi- firo*ni: "in. which to lAi. a *Ian with a
bill tocall 0114 'the day to -morrow
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get-ItS-Money r'=.- - --' 1 ' - : ! ' - • : -
7. :-A- ,oAcrt passing along a country .read had, -
-. nearly . ran over , a SerVAJlt :girk when- the .:- •
coachman cried cried" out,: ;4.' Take- care, -i, Sally 17
.She girl, without attempting to scape the
• danger, looked. up at the i- coachman: with An • '
air of Ofended'Pride, and said, :"It isn't.SallY,
:or an y&uChlo*; 'Vulgar:, and oniiinoirstuff,...:
; it's Amelia Ann."
-- A . 04/4.7114itAiSiti. San : Francisco; -Whose -.
-chi iese-cOOk:left him, was unabli.e to retain
-any f.the'nuMerouS " Jana'? for Over i day,. "*: .
. -- .
_ _uonatti rshotlei74.1aupopeadr.-0.-nontiey -tfmethanemliteosexsptlrilpins .
Of -red.,. ,
Paper - on the. litchent-Wall. •con' •
-tained the . Chinese . i.scriptioi? - : • _ "'Boss
1 . 1 • , .
woMen :long. tithe, tepee... i -Mnehee `jaw, .
7 - I. I_---- - - . -, -
- their -Con-
:• -est consult the interests et -I.
NOW that the annual election' of :School --
.Trustees. ii.pait;:thoie-Who have been chosen
will- .
con-
stituents by sending to the Oshawa Cabinet
-.Cabinet. Company, No. 1.97 Ythige St., . for
• pric4 list.and photos of a new sChoOlidesk with
. 'j - r'-
foldi -- Seat; which they -tare- manufacturing _.
and..-.• elling-at A price much less than-it -
usu-
ally charged for this class of desk. Samples
may the warerooms, -9...7.1Yonge 8t. - .
TaE is 'novi- no :indiscretion in Stating
that the, " eminerksurgejan,' recently alluded:: -
to in this column as having taken -.ati himself :. •-- '
- the charges ofethiveyind the obelisk- known
..
as .0,1eopatra'S. Needle from - Alexandria - to -,
:Landon, is -..1kle ' Enna -Mil :Wilson. .- _He has - . s•
• made the necessary arrangements fWitli Mr.,-
DieklsOn, the Well- known civil engineer, at :
'. an estimated - cost of -g16,0000. The :obelisk
-I Will be -surrounded With water -tight and air-: .
-- tight eaSing. of boiler plates,- . will have a .
WooSii-keel. antian irondeck, and will be
. towedl .:through I the Mediterranean by a - •
:. powerful steamer. . . .. I.:
• T E, late .SinoBlitz—so well so el..--knOwn for
. . . ii gr - -- :-. ' 1: -:- - ---
his:Omaikkble-conjuring" and sleight-of-hand .-
perforinances-was a.. refined. and.- pleasant .
.:.
gentleman, and yery:cheritaMe.th the, poor. .
On o e pccasiorra.Oomny -clergyman - Of the
mos, i rigid,school- remonatiatedi with him;
taxinghim with inCulatingin the popular
'mind a proneneSS.telleoeptiOn. . The Ingtor. .
politely heard him through, and did not ex.
owe himself inithe-slighteist partieular ; .t!tit- ‘..
.ho .cinietlyextMeted a pack "iilayingroixds. -
from his coat. pocket, muttlierradice-
-.15ox and dice froinithe- crown Of his clerical
' hat. The giver of good'ii advice. ,tdeparted . in-
*thiiii14 astonishment. . -: '.' " - I ' : . *.
-,„:41,-,,, , .r., - ' --- , - ...,'.. , :
:.ZIA JIORACE pi'. .1--Avil?, ;WAO 111lASt not be .
confounded with the two .other ibaronets of
-that name Who are not .Saints, ' has elicited
-hitinoir. frOin citheri,:itnet himself Inunorona,-
, abontivirhich we are iticitin a position to speak
.
with 'certainty. By -,-"giving one . hundred
--
loaves _ for distribution., an-uin4iry_ large
, congregation was last Wednesday attracted .
to an early serViee in Lower -Gorhal -church,
when I the.- vicar, probably thinking of past
*empty pews; launched forth the the Sarcastic ..-.
thiiiiderbolt.of:_a..text,.-" ye. - seek .mei.not
because - Of ,.. the miracles,, : but ..: *atm of the -
-loai.esir - ".Apr4os'! is not strong enough to
indicate the : Witty: appositeness of this;
MI164-
I even if • Sydney ',,, Smith - = = 4
1 . . - - had been the -
preacher; would have been -difficult to cap.
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-- sTif.E new scheme for :-heating '-railWay car-.
riageslidees not Meet with my warmest appro-
bation. . Heated vapour 1-:':Ity pipes; from :. -the
- engtheis allyery well.; but the 'index -handle
thsideleach-compartment; by which travellers -
will be able.-tii regulate- the temperature,' is .-
-Oniinons; -•Vaney travelling on a lengjoiirney
in.,-.4.,-.0empartment s with, gay, 1: -an Indian:
colonel; in---, Arctic hero, a muscular Chris,..
:Han *he:believes- with Voer_',Tiiiissly in 'the -,
east-Wind,:and aldeliCatewoman,:and imagine
1.youreelf. _nearest -to the index -handle! ---Yen'•-:
obtain a hundred for the-',flrat,, are requested.
toto lower- the:tetinperatiire to: Aero for the .
second, i -tG TitiSeagain- to freezing -point for
_'
. the third, and maintain it at a ;nee equable.
_heat :I r the fourth. The reault;II Am afraid,
Would- be; -afteranlictur's travellinedertainly
total annihilation of the index -handle,. And ,,
r:prObally of Yourself. : 'No ; let the railway : -
- 'Companies be despotic on this Point.---War4V .-
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Cover -ring Enough.
He had made his wife a present of a nice
tkistraemet-e71-Tudar,i'hring,
noticed
' ai
a at htFat.trodeh141°augdupon
whichwhich be ring sat Was kept hare '
- "Aren't you afraid- your hand will get
cold ?leaked he. --II
" Cold!" exclaimed- she; 'fl you don't.
know much -about a women if you think
' thhearthltud: could get
get cold
with a rihgl on
it like
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And, he adroitly smoothed downier dress,
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With the jeweled hand in full view of every
Passenger.
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