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Ht-r tambourine feels as heavy as lead; lu wettrily shifts It from slile to sidu; iier piMtr little kuuekles are lriiisd ami red: Her iali, sunken eyes show bow much she bus cried. But she must keep step with the irayest tunes. With merry, tiuiek ninga of her tambour ine: And wateh for the crowds, in the late after noons. How soon they forget the sad f aee they have seen I Oh, how do you think she feels when she sees. In the pleasant parks on a sunny day. The rovs of nurses, all takiuir their ease. With children who've nothing to do but play if "Who have nothing to do but play 1" The thought! Sheeau not imagine It, if she tries; Nor how such wonderful playthings are bought, The dolls that can walk and open their eyes! "Who have nothing to do but play!" It seems To her that such children In Heaven live. Not all Her wllisast, most beautiful dreams A happiness greater than that could give. Oh. children, who've nothing to do but play. And am always happy, do not forget The poor little children who work all day. Ana are tireu, ana nungry, anu com, ana wet I H. II., in the Christmas St. Nicholas. THE ARTIST'S ROMANCE. Alfred Hart was an artist, as yet un known to fame. He had sent a picture to the Acadumy; and it had been re fused. Nowise cast down by this fail ure, he resolved to try again. He called himself persevering; his friends called him obstinate; and his enemies said that he had mistaken his vocation, and ought to have been a house painter. Our hero had his fair share of con ceit, and, believing in himself, laughed at his friends aud dispiscd his enemies. It must be confessed that as far as outward appearance went. Alfred Hart looked evov inch an artist that- is. the popular idea of one with his long hair, soft hat and velvet coat. Disgusted with the bad taste of the Academy," Alfred Hart betook him self to the seaside, after writing a furi ous article on favoritism to the news paper, which was not inserted. Some day, Alfred Hart felt, he would be appreciated; but, in the meantime, he would have probably starved, had it not been for a maiden aunt who allow ed him so much a month in order that he might pursue his studies. He had been pursuing his stodic3 a very long time being now, when our story opens, thirty-seven. Alfred Hart, on arriving at the sea side, went immediately in search of a lodging, his artistic paraphernalia un-. der his arm. At the first house he presented him self he had a very un;leasent rebuff. "You're an arti?t! No, thank you!" said the landlady, "I couldn't take you in." "Why not?" asked our hero. "Because," said the landlady, put ting her arms akimbo, "I've heard that artists don't pay." "Yi.u are very insulting, madam!" crid Alfred Hart, indignant iyr Who made such a scnndalous libel honorable profession?" "I'm a plain-spoken woman," went on the landlady, "and I speak out straight. My sister onco let her rooms to an artist. "And the result?" "Was that he never paid! I'd much rather take a pork-butcher than an ar tist, and that's the tmtli!" "There is a black sheep in every flock," observed Alfred Hart. "1 can assure yon that I always pay my way." 'if that's the case," said the sharp sea-side landlady, "you'll have no ob jection to paying in advence." "Nono at all!" said Alfred grandly, for he had just received a remittance from the aunt before mentioned. "I'll pay you in advance if the apartments suit. Let u,e see them." "This way, sir," observed Mrs. Law, a little more civilly. "Mind the steps, the passage is rather dark." The rooms suited Alfred Hart very well, and he took them there and then. "Being an artist," said Mrs. Law, as she stood in the parlor by the window, "you will enjoy the view." The view consisted of a long line of mud. for the tide had run out. "Ves! I shall lie very comfortable here, no doubt," said Alfred, sinking into an arm-chair that had a brokeu spring. "I suppose you have been here too long to enjoy the prospect." Mrs. Law confessed that she didn't see much in it herself, as she rattled the "two weeks in advance" in her pocket. When alone, when Mrs. Law had left the apartment, Alfred took the wrapper from the rejected picture, and gazed upon it. He was looking at it still when Mrs. Law entered the room bringing in the tea things. Now, Mrs. Law was a woman of the world, aud understood people's weaknesses." "Why, what a beautiful picture!" she cried, lifting up her hands in af fected admiration. "Did you draw that, sir?" "Yes!" said Alfred, with a pardona ble glow of pride. "I painted that picture." "It's just lovely!" crid Mrs. Law. "Mrs. Law," cried the gratified ar tist, "you are a woman of sound dis cernment! You have a soul! You can appreciate art! Shake hands with me, madam." Mrs. Law readily acquiesced; the artist looking very happy indeed. "Never saw such a daub in my life," observed Mrs. Law, when in the pass age; "but it don't do no harm to flat ter lodgers up. I'll charge him some thins for extras." That night Alfred Hart had happy dreams, despite the hardness of his bed. He dreamed that lie was rresideut ol the Royal Acatflhny, and that he would allow no pictures there but his own. He awoke too soon to the hard reali ty, and went down to his breakfast, which cousisted of weak tea, aud a few diminutive shrimps, and not very in viting bread aud butter. After breakfast our hero went for a stroll by the ever-restless sea, the wind blowing his long hair over his head. A few excursionists made sonic un complimentary remarks about Alfred Hart: but he, beinir used to them, took no notice, beyond casting disdainful glances at the low creaf.ures. He had proceeded on bis way about half-a-mile, when he came upon a young laity who, not knowing that anyoue was in sight, was seated on a rock busily engaged iu taking some stones out of her sand shoe, and, in so doing, revealing a charming ankle. Now, our hero was, as we know, a man of artistic taste, and, therefore, gazed upon the girl with ad miring eyes, thinking that he would much like to paint her in that very attitude. That afternoon, as he was having his dinner, the same young lady passed his window. "Do you know her?" asked Alfred abruntlv. looking at his landlady who I was pouring him out a glass of ale. "Who?" "That young lady who hat just pass- ; ed the window"; the young tatty wno i wears red stockings." "Why, Mr. Hart, bow observant you ,ire!" observed Mrs. Law. going to 'the window. "Oh! that's Miss Daffodil ! Nixon. Her father is something in the I city; very well-to-do indeed, they say. She is his only daughter. The man who marries her will be a lucky fellow. , Kxcuse me for saying it Mr. llart, but i a good-liMiking fellow like vou miht h.ive a chance. "So I might." said Alfred, much ' pleased; "lint how am 1 to get intro duced ?" "Ah! that's the difficulty," remarked Mrs. Law. Then she addad, after a moments reflection: "Her father ul ways goes every evening to the parlor of "The l'irate and Admiral.'" and takes a glass; you might get into con- I versatioit with "him." I "You've hit it!" said Hart delight fully; he felt that the fair Daffodil was already his. We have already told the ' reader that Mr. Alfred Hart had a very good opinion of himself. "If I win her," thought Alfred, ' I'll put such handsome frames to my pic tures." Delay is always dangerous. Our he ro did not allow the grass to grow un der his feet. No, he knew better. That very evening, dressed in his best, he showed himself at the park-rof "The Pirate and Admiral." John Nixon was seated at the end of the table, with a long pipe in his mouth evidently he thought a great deal of lnnisclf. But our hero did not find it so easy as he thought it would be to make John Nixon's acquaintance. Ho was a gTiimpv, surly fellow, and hardly answered Alfred when he spoke. After three evenings spent in vainly trying to make friends, Alfred Hart rruvo ir mi in jlficrifiii HntvnvAr ohnnral Sid for our hero what scheming could not do. One afternoon Miss Daffodil, happening to fall asleep, was caught by the tide. She awoke to lind herself on a little is land of sand surrounded by water. Now, the probability is that had there uot been a young man present. Miss Daffodil would have rushed through the water, which was not quite two feet in depth; but a gentle man being in the way, she gave vent to a little shriek, saying: "Save me! Save me!" The gentleman was no other than Albert Hart, and without the least hesi tation, after casting a glance at the familiar red stockings for Miss Daffo dil had gathered her skirts round her plunged iuto the -water like the hero he was. "I will save you!" ho cried. "You are brave, noble!" she cried, and the fair Daffodil threw her arms round his neck. Once more he plunged through the rising water, and they were soon on dry land. "I am saved!" said the girl, still en twining her arms round Alfred's neck, fair llower as she was. "How can I ever thank you sufficiently for your gallant conduct?" 'Don't mention it," said Alfred half choked by the girl's fair arms. "It's a pleasure to risk one's life for one so beautiful." Now it must be confessed that Miss Daffodil was not what might be called beautiful, tlimitrli a tine-looking girl of Tabont live-aiul-l weuty summers. I ho next day, and the next, aud af ter that they met on the beach, walking side by side, the pleasant sound of the restless waters in their ears. She told him everything about her self, for Miss Daffodil was very frank how she had money in her own right, and how her father did not wish her to many, because he would loose it. At length, one lovely evening, our hero asked the all-important question. "Daffodil, dearest Daffodil!" he said. "I have lovert yon " "Oh, Alfred!" hiding her blushing face iu her hands. "I have loved you," went on Alfred, "ever since I first saw those yellow sand-boots and re.l stockings." "You wicked Alfred!" said Miss Daf fodil, pinching him. "Darling, will you be mine?" Of course she said yes, aud the artist was rendered the happiest of men, looking forward to the time when he could touch her money. On meeting her on the following evening, Alfred suggested that they should elope. "Where to?" asked Daliodil. "I'll take you to my aunt's," replied Alfred. "We will remain with her un til our marriage. " "Will she like me?" asked Daffodil. "Kveryone who sees you must like you," said Alfred. He knew only too well that his aunt would be glad to hear that he had married a fortune. 'Everybody don't see me with your lyes," remarked Daffodil. "Confound his insolence!" cried a loud voice, and turning round, Alfred, saw Daffodil's father tucking up his sleeves. "Did you address such language to me, sir?" asked Alfred trying lo look lierce but trembling in his shoes. "Yes, sir!" "Then I think I'd better go. Fire well, dearest!" looking at Daliodil, but not forever." And, with these parting words, he fled leaving father and daughter to gether. It was not forever. He met Daffodil on the following night, and, taking her to the station, took the train for Lon don. Alfred's aunt received his future bride with enthusiasm, thinking that through her she would be relieved of her nephew's keep. Three weeks afterwards they were married, and the artist felt that his triumph was complete. A few days after their marriage Al fred wrote to his father-in-law to tell him what had happened. The answer that came back by return of post aston ished him. "Sir, I am glad to get her off' my hands. I wish yon luck. You'll find that she has a deuce of a temper. Yours faithfully, "John Nixox." Her father only spoke the truth Daffodil had a deuce of a temper; but Alfred would not have cared for that, had she possessed money. She had not a farthing in the world, and Alfred found that he had been thoroughly duped. But a worse misfortuue a waited him. His aunt, thoroughly dis gusted, refused to do anything more for him. Thus, left to his Own resources, our hero saw that he would have to say farewell to art forever, for now he had to keep himself and a wife. He tried another walk in life, and, when we last heard of him, was a com mercial traveller, doing well. Is he happy with his wife? We believe quite as happy as most husbands are, for Daffodil, with all her faults, is very fond of her Alfred. The davs of the crazy quilt are nuui- j bered. An American manufacturer has ' just composed a new style of silk quilt called the "Queen Aune." It is made of quarters and diamonds of silk hand kerchiefs, so arranged as to form a most elegant piece of patchwork. The . inventor intends, however, to monopo lize this peculiar silk business, and kaa ' pplie4 for a patent. - Kvils of Deforesting. But there is further mischief, which, as being more widely diffused, is less sure to be assigned to the true eause the stripping steep lanirof its covering of trees: There is the failure of springs, be cause water of precipitation, which should have liccn delayed upon the hill sides by the roots, sprouts, mosses, fallen leaves, etc.. which fill and cover the surface of the ground under a for est, till it could find the underground spring-sources, runs oil' the slopes in a few hours. 1 ry springs mean parched pasture, small crops, aud unprofitable husbandry. The increased cost of buildings, bridges, furniture, aud implements of all sorts, which are, in whole or in part, made of wood. A large item in the current expeuses of railroads is the outlay forties, which must be frequently replaced. Wood for fuel or struct ural uses a prime necessity of civilized life; and, as it is bulky, its cost increases rapidly with the distance it must be carried to reach the consumer. Many countries have no stores of coal or peat, and must- have wood, or be sorely stinted for fuel; that stinting is a waste of time, health, and vitality. Floods make the maintenance of roads difficult and costly, and so, of course, increase the expense of whatever must be haul ed over them, especially anything so bulky as wood. Further, scarcity of timber means the cessation of many lucrative industries which use wood for their raw material, and which are es pecially desirable as affording employ ments during portions of the year, when agriculture or the care of docks does not call for all of the farmer's time. There is the derangement of climate and rainfall. It is by no means certain that at least in some situations, more rain will not fall in a year upon a well wooded than upon a bare region. Cer tainly what doesfall will not evaporate, aud be carried away by the winds as quickly. Sudden changes of tempera ture, and the resulting violent winds arc also less liable to occur where woods abound. A forest is a better barrier against wind than a stonewall of equal height, because it divides its force, and does not stop it all at once, causing ed dies and rebounds which may do dam age elsewhere. W. Powell, in Popu lar Science Mwitlily for November. The Chinese Theatre. From an article nnder the above title, by Henry Burden McDowell, in the November Century, we quote the following: "The Chinese theater, how ever, is perhaps seen at its best in thr evening. What pushing and chatter ing and quarreling there is, to be sure, as you make your way through the celestials who throng the box-office! The box-office, too, with its little pigeon-holes, seems rather small for the purpose. But, tft the Chinese 'always bring the exact sum, no change is nec essary, and everything moves with ad mirable dispatch. You have probably engaged a box, or 'room,' as the Chin ese call it. and as your name has been posted conspicuously upon it, there is no chance for mistake. "The stage is ablaze with brilliant cosi nines of red and gold. The lights from the iron chandeliers flare heavily iu the draught. Processions of armies, em jwror.a, statesmen, and generals en ter in rapid suecessiou through a red curtained door on one side and pass out through a red-curtained door on the other. Now the enqieror is hold ing an audience. The next moment his troops are engaged in bitter com bat with the retainers of some unruly vassal. Everj' species of crime, every form of human passion is crowded into the brief moment of the fleeting scene. A messenger from heaven, standing on a chair, delivering his high summons to a fairv fish, is next presented to your confused imagination. Then, whirling in angiy passion, a painted-face king, pullin-r his feathers liefbelv, and loudly threatening all manner of dreadful things. The ' orchestra keeps up its infernal din. In shrill falsetto the characters sing through a sort of high pitched recitative. "Presently you pass down behind the stage, through the paint-room, where an actor is making himself as ugly as vermilion and umlier can well do it; then by means of a narrow stairway down to the dressing room, rich in its very confusion, and strewn around with costly brocades and satins wher ever the convenience of the last actor had left them. It is not long before you nuu yourseii standing on me stage, so near the actors, too, that the emper or's robes touch you as be sweeps su perbly by. men you are nurnea oacK to your box again, where it is explained to you that the lighting is still going on, and that So-and-So has killed So- and-So and is off on horseback. You leave the theater of the oldest neoDle in the world with a confused idea of the plot, burlesqued by your interpret er and still more highly colored by vour heated imagination, with the blare of the trumpet and the strident wail of the liddle in your ears, with the smell of all Chinatown in your nostrils. with a headache, . perhaps, but with little added to your stock of informa tion. Metal in the Blood. Generally stated, blood is not a red fluid coursing through the arteries and veins, but consists of a fluid known as plasma, which contains infiuitesimally small, yellow discs, which are called blood corpuscules, cells, discs or glo bules. In main their diameler varies between 1-4000 and 1-23X) of an inch, and their average thickness is 1-12400 of an inch. These tiny cells are by ome thought to be organic entities. Twenty millions die at every heart beat, and are replaced by as many more. The fluid knowu as blood con tains a variety of substances salts, gore, metals, soap. Prof. Bernard de clares it contains iron enough to - make a coin from, and soapenough to cleanse the hands of the dirtiest child. Ciit iimiali Enquirer. And She Wasn't Afraid. "Do vou know, Mary," said Laura, "that 1 think Mr. Thompson is one of the most amusing ot incur "Whv. Laura," said the other, "I have always thought him rather dull. and I tlnuk 1 have lieara you say as much voursclf. What do you see in him that is interesting?" "Well, do vou know," said Laura, "that he offered to see me home from the church sociable last Wednesday uiHit? I accepted his escort and he offered his arm ami we started out. Wo walked along dialling for quite a loiiir -distance. Father and mother were a little way ahead of us. After a time Mr. Thonipsoti said, suddenly: "Now. Miss Bennett, it is a great deal nearer for me to turn off here and go home, ami I guess you won't be afraid to go the rest of the way alone. You can overtake your father and mother very easy, at all events,' and before I coiild say a word he dropped my arm and dodged oft' through a cross street aud was lost in the. darkness." "Do vou call that amusing? I should have been angry." "I never was so amused at anything in my life. I think he is too delicioU3fy , tunuY for anything- Boston Ulote. SCIKXCH OF AVOIROUl'OIS. How to Rernmc Corpulent and How to Urt Kid of Mesh Artificial Plumpness. Om of the most important questions now agitating the mind of San Fran cisco, particularly tlfe. feminine portion, is how to lose or "gain flesh. Unfortu nately a peculiarity of our climate is an extreme one way or the other, a person becoming too fat or too thin. It is almost impossible to strike the happy medium, and. even when once struck, to keep it. When a man makes up his mind that he is growing too large he goes to work systematically, swathes himself in wet bandages, takes long walks, perspires freely, bathes often, eats no bread and buttey nor potatoes, nor anything dainty or luscious, drinks nothing but hot water, and reduces himself at once. Some of our promi nent citizens have reduced their flesh in this way twenty, thirty, or even forty j pounds, ana aeserve great credit lor their sacrifices. Albeit ail human hlstorv attests: That happiness for man the hungry sinner! ci nee eve ate apples, mucn uepenus on innner. tv omen are not so successful. ihey can not diet when they walk, because' walking gives them an abnormal appe tite; and they can not walk when they diet, because lack of proper food makes' tnem correspondingly weaK. .Ihore is one wealthy lady in our city who weighs upward of three hundred pounds, and she wants to get thin. She is not able to walk much, as she is too heavy for her ankles to endure the strain, but she takes steam baths three times a week. She can not lie on the champoo table to be rubbed, for she could never get up again. The attend ant is obliged to perform that office for her standing, and an exhausting job it is, too. One of her breasts is as large as an ordinary fat woman's stomach, and her arm would match a good-sized leg. The garment in which she bathes would make a comfortable night shirt for Capt. Kentzell, and yet it fits her like a jersey. The bath gives her such ' an appetite that she always comes pre pared with a lunch of chicken, pate do ioie gras sandwiches, and beer, enough for four people, but which she thor oughly enjoys and finishes each time, and yet she expects to get thin. ftow, no woman likes to be called fat Fat, according to Webster, means "fleshy, plump, corpulent; abounding with an oilv concrete substance." Fleshy, as a descriptive adjective, is not so bail. . Plump is just the thing, and suggests a woman as Being somewhat large, and languishing, and lazy. Yet of a beauty that would drive you crazy. Few angels (are) there in her form 'tis true. Thinner she might have been, aud yet 6caree lose; Yet after all 'twould puzzle to say where It would not spoil some separate charm to pare. That is being plump, but when it comes to "corpulent, abounding with an oily, concrete substance, no wo man wants to be spoken of as "that fat lady;" and yet, what is she to do? home few have solved the problem One of our prominent society ladies lost thirty pounds by hvingon tea alone for three weeks, and though she. now eats all she wishes she has never re gained her flesh. Imagine the strength of her will, and let others emulate her who can. Another well-known lady among us has fattened steadily for years on a course of gymnastics, dlet inr. and gallons of hot water taken daily. Fat consists of two substances, stearin and elain, the former -of which is solid, the latter liquid, at different temperatures, and on the different pro portions of which its degree of con sistence depends. Now there is a sti erstition that very hot water, taken in ternally the'first thing in the morning an hour before meals, and the last thing at night, increases the portion of claiu over stearin, and a great quantity of fat in the stomach and bowels, becom ing liquid, passes away; hence the hot water cure. We don't say that this aforesaid lady imbibed the superstition with the water, but she fretted over her increasing size till she was almost sick. At last she decided to give up the struggle and be happy. Strauge to say, she is growing thin. She is the tirwt instance on record of a woman who fretted herself fat Very few ladies of any size at all will tell how much they weigh, and she who does excites the enmity of the rest, for she is such a "give-away" by compari son. One honest lady, not so . very large looking, confessed before a num ber of friends to 11M) pounds. The looks directed toward her bv others equally well proportioned were simply murderous. , Men are almost as bad as the weaker sex in this respect They will acknow ledge two hundred pounds with good grace, but after that it is well they are not under oath. One handsome six foot bachelor (married men do not care so much) varies from 212 to 21o never more, and yet his best friends would call 250 a light guess. Such is vanity: Talking of comparisons in weight, however, it is hardly fair to judge one woman by another; they .carry their fat so differently. A woman with fleshy neck, arms, and bus', often has smaller extremities than her thinner sister, and weighs less. A too large bust is a great annoyance, hence the practice adopted by many of bathing in diluted vinegar. There are many ways to get thin, all involving more or less work and acnoy ance, and constant watchfulness to keep off the flesh when once lost How much pleasanter it is to try to get fat, and yet how difficult for a thin pel son to accomplish. There is no necessity to curb the appetite in this endeavor. On the contrary, it is given full sway, and increased by every means possible. An indulgence in palatable things to eat and drink is permitted, and a culti vation of cheerful feelings and happy indolence is absolutely imperative, and yet the poor, thin creature gets thinner still, probably, as one afflicted remark ed, from the effort of carrying around good dinners. What a sad picture is conjured by the expression, a lean woman. Referring once more to Webster, lean means "wanting flesh, meager, not fat; that part of flesh wnich consists of muscles without fat." Imagine a woman all lean, meager. To call 'her thin is not quite so awful, and yet thin means, "having little thickness or extent from one surface to the opposite." Picture her back and chest between your two hands and feel her of "little thickness." Slim and slender are better terms. No lady objects lo being called slim, and slender brings to mind A lovely being scarcely fonniMl or moulded. But it won't do for old maids or shriv eled matrons. However, thin women have got the best of fat ones in many ways. They have such a great advan tage in walking; no weak ankles, no shortness of wind. Then their clothes wear so much longer, and their figures, with a little tilling, are so much young er looking. A thin girl does not de plore a lack of bust, for it is so easily supplied. Her greatest anxiety is about her calves. If she can ouly cul tivate a good-sized leg she is happy, and for this reason she frequents the skating rink, as skating is splendid for. the development of the legs. One slim lady confided to a friend that after a season of the exercise she was obliged to lav in a new supply of stockings, as I her old ones were far too small. To eat supper just before going to bed g a aid toward .getting ftaeby. The food so taken goes all lo fat. A uap after each meal is also conducive! to the same great end. but gentle exer-i eise should le taken between meals to promote appetite. Large doses of fresh air, avoidance of envious thoughts, entire contentment wiilt one's lot in life, one's children, husband, relatives and friends complete the same great ?nd. There is one great advantage de rived from the era.:; on fat or no ,fat. It is a poor rule that don't work both ways, and many of the laws for gain ing or losing flesh are the same, and 'ne great health-promoters. The for mation of tennis, skating, swimming, and walking clubs, and the patronizing if them by both stout and thin alike, U adding greatly to the health of our wo men. The role of invalid is no longer fashionable, and it is considered rather a reproach to le delicate. San Fran ciscans are rivaling English women in their physique and powers of endur ance. Small waists and feet, or rather shoes, arc going out of style, and phy sicians who make female complaints a specialty are losing money. Our grow ing girls arc well developed for their age, and following the examples of their mothers, are devoted to all man ner of physical exercises. Pretty girla naturally, perfect health, will make them beautiful, and strong enough to stand any amount of mental culture. What may we not predict for the future of San Francisco, ruled by the sons of such women, for after all, a boy is lika his mother. A Call on the Family of Lieut. Grecly.' A pleasant call o;i Lieut Greely and family at the house of a relative has beguiled the darkness of an autumn storm. The gentleman, so famous, was silting as restfnlly at a window over looking Summer street as if his eyes had never been darkened by the polar night Mrs. Grecly, the "Henrietta", for whom the explorer named his new glacier in Grinnell Land, is a lady of tall and graceful mien, with black eye3 and raven hair. Her voice is musical and low, as is that of herhusband when he discourses in an informal way on thq scenes of the high latitudes. Their lit tle girls, Antoinette and Adola, adorn this home picture of the reunited fam ily. His explanation of the spiral mo-' ton of the -mnimgnt sun soivea a problem that imagination could not picture, nor the artist hand of Bradford, trace, in his paintings of polar regions. In speaking of the colors that adorn the long day, he described the appear-' ance of the glacier and the snowfields,; when in Nature's rarest moments she strews them with colors of every gem and jewel. Sometimes the snow scenes are lit by "diamond dust" when tha air seems filled with powdered gold, lit; by rainbows. The grandest effect of the aurora borealis belong to the mora' southern regions of the arctic lands.! Not always can these brilliant lights cheer the .forlorn baud, but Fancy will often picture a shrine where Nature lights the crystal day and the slowly varying seasons with strong hues. The midnight sun will seem to light tha transparent polar day, moving along above the horizon line, mounting slow--ly with spiral motion, higher and higher, to the zenith of the polar day. In thai same strange procession we shall see,, aided by the enraptured imagination,; the inarch of the stars, not rising and! setting as from ourown skies,, but .cir cling around the northern heavens,! mounting slowly through the lingering hours, till they reach the noon of tha' polar night. Silence, eternal silence reigns alone ' In cold, cold splendor on that solemn shore! ; No chanting billows break wit hsounding roar. No winds in wild :eolitiu measure moan To wake the echoes of that frozen zone. The phantom birds that haunt the sunless day Wave their white wings, anil soutf less Hy away. A wtil by 1 he splendor of that shining throne Where far-otf seas unknown breathe not their undertone. Julia Noyes Stickney in the Boston Transcript. A Chinese Liannch. . It is amusing to watch the ceremonies at the launching of a Chinese war ves sel. It is always customary before a. junk sails on any voyage to sacrifice a cock and sprinkle its blood on the bows of the vessel, amid much beating of gongs. But on this occasion a very AL'iuwtUl lilnccitirr la i n -i i L-1 u I nn t It .1 ri u ,ir .... ..j;, ........... U. T, undertaking, and the Court at Pekin fsends its Imperial Commission to offer sacrifice, as the representative of the Emperor. Two altars arc,"" therefore, ' erected on board the new ship, one to the Goddess of the River, the other to the Goddess of Heaven. Tothe former, are sacriliced two goats and two pigs, and to the latter, who has less to-do with the shipping, only the heads of one pig and one goat. But quantities of joss paper, inscribed with prayers for good luck, are burned on each altar, and showers of prayer on gilt paper are thrown into the sea to propitiate the Sea Dragon. Then, amid deafen ing beating of gongs, tiring of guns, shouting and general uproar, the ves sel glides into the river. Philadelphia. Press. The Last lluelist of the North. "3B Hon. James Watson Webb, who was for many years editor of the New York Courier and Enquirer, was the last avowed duelist at the North. His last meeting was tt Wilmington, Delaware, with Tom Marshall, of Kentucky. Ha was not only wounded in the left knee, but on his return to New York he was . tried and sentenced to two years' hard labor in the penitentiary. Governor Seward pardoned him and he renounc ed duelling; but when he was at Wash--ington, at the time, of the assault on Sumner, he was challenged again, and he thus told the story: "1 was at Washington at the time of Brooks' assault on Sumner. The Cour ier ami Eiiiuircr came out denouncing Brooks as a 'coward.' Gen. Quitman, a northern man and an old and inti mate friend, waited on me and said. General, I am sorry to see yon.' I knew what it meant and handed him a chair. '1 have a message for you,' he continued, 'and 1 am ashamed to bear it, but if I refused I couldn't live in the South.' " 'About the Courier-Enquirer para graph?' I asked. 'Yes!" he said. 'Well, said I, 'just keep it in your pocket un til to-night. That paragraph was writ ten in the office. 1 am responsible for it, and will fight for it, but I prefer to fight for what 1 have written my self. 1 sent a letter two days ago, published in the paper this morning. It will be here to-night. It is four times as severe as that paragraph: but when that gets here you can lake yourclioiea and we will light to-morrow afternoon at five o'clock!' I added to Quitman: 'I am now a church communicant, and have changed my views regarding du- . . 1 : I ,.1.1 .. . . ....... ;i.t . V'llll. X II 111,1 IIU llglll d jrt-louu- al duel a duel for a personal affront. Moreover, I have no personal quarrel with Brooks. He anil. I dined together at Governor Atkins only three days ago. But I will light -for my country and its institutions and principles in private combat the same as armies do, and ask the blessing of God on the is sue. 1 will light Brooks to-morrow. Come to me in the morning.' 'My offensive letter arrived. Next morning General Quitman waited on me, and said the boutli Carolinian, al ter a two hours' session over my letter, had withdrawn the challenge! I never was so astonished in my life." Bent Per ley Poorc, ta tto Boston Budget, , .