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TAKE ATrT . BUT LOVE.

How Bwcct is love, if \?liat w» lovo bo gweet ;• How pure is Ioto, if vbat we love be pwa;

How fair.ia lore , if what wa Ioto be meat ;How tender , strong and patient to endure.

Is is a draught to embalm a, bitter world ;I t is a flame to light a darkened way ; -

Il ia a gem within the heart impearled ;It is divinity 's divincst ray.

Let but love of such complexion be! [cravesSweet, pure and fair , and take the reat who

Fame, wealth and power are bubbles of tha sea,But love the deep sea is and al! its waves.

In sooth, in sooth, were I in true faith told,- Tak o all tha Teat but love, ! would cry, nay ;But proffer love and all the rest withhold , ["yea"And I would answer with my whole soul.

GLEANINGS.He who says nothing never lies.

Think mocbCspeab little, and write leas

Light burdens borne far become heavy.

He who fears lo suffer , suffers fromfear.

There is uo such thing as an insignifi-can t enemy.

Fools invent fashions and wise menfollow them.

The richest man carries nothing awaywith him but a shroud.

Who goes softly goes safely, and hethat goes safely goes far.

A farmer may become a great fool isnever a great farmer.

If we still love those we lose, can weaHogether lose, those we love?"

No matter how hard the times may bebees al ways cell all the honey they make.

If you want to get rich mount a mule,because when you are on a mule you arebetter off.

"^. bam in de hands is wuff two on thehog ! as the fellow said when ho wasrobbing a smoke-house.

A clergyman recentl y made the follow-ing assertion : "A young woman died lathe neighborhood yesterday, while I waspreachi ng in a beastl y state of intoxica- ,lion."

A schoolmaster thus describes a money-lender. He serves you in the presenttense ; he lends in the conditional mood,keeps you in the subjectiee, and ruinsyou in the future.

As a gentleman was nearl y run overin a narrow street by a dray, ho shoutedto the driver : "Do you want to kill me VWhereupon the intelli gent driver replied :"If Td a knowed you. wuz comin' thisway, Boss, I'd a sent you a postal card I"

Washing ton Girl (to bor cousin whomshe is visiting in Chicago)—Who atethose men , Belle, comiug toward thehouse with survey ing instruments Intheir hands T Chica go Girl—Oh , I or-dore i a pair of shoes the other day andthey are the shoemaker md his assistantscoming to take my measure

"It 'o a boy 1" young Mr. Happidaygleefully shouted , as ho rushes in and

Clanked a ton-dollar note down on (holink counter ; "the- daisest little follow

you ever saw. Here , just put this ondeposit in his name , will you 1 I'm goingto add to it every year anil call it thefresh heir fund. " It is apt to bo thatway with the first.

Ao.thoy wore about to quaff , one oftho party suddenl y called out to another i•'Hollo , Doughert y I You drinkin g whisky TSure it was only yisterday ye towld moyo was a taytotalor. " "Wel l," baid Mr.Dougherty, evidentl y somewhat diooon-covnod, "you're right , Misthor Kelly,It' o quite right yo are. I'm a taytotlor ,'it's tfuuo ; but I—I—I' m. not a bigetodono I"

.Little Horry, ngnd foui 1, who had beenpr esented with a toy monkey, very muphastonished his young and greatl y admir -ed aunt tho other evening, bj ending hisSray cro with "a-monkuy " instead of "amon"

lis aunt was greatly shocked , and ex-claimed : "Why, Harry I what made yousay that 1" TUo youn g philosop her an-swered : "I say "a-moiikoy," "boca'nno Ilike monkeys boot j you nay ('amen '' be-oauuo you like men boot."

A certain eminent lawyer in colobratodat tho bar for tho following mode of ex-amining a witness : •' Now, pray listen totho question I am goinflr, to ask you. Doattentive. Ilomomt ioi1, you will answernil you planao i and , romombor , I don 'toiivo a rush what you answer ," etc. Oneof tho jud ges, iiomowhut lirod of the mo-noton y of hiu sty lo, ono day accosted lilmin tho utrnot : " Hu 1 In it 'you ' Now,piny liiiton to tho question I am going loask you. Uo a ttentive. Itomomb. 'r, youwill answer a-J you plmwo f and , romnm -her , I don 't euro a rush wh'it , you umwor.How are you 1"

At a nioini dinner the conversationturned ori uiiimal trainin g. '• Ah 1" saidJluior Dinliti, •' I romomlinv , when I wan«t lloggloy will lull , I tamed an oyster.Ho uiieii to follow ihi> all over tho liomiolike a dog. Tho Kitmn ghuri < mind tobring liitn in to demiert , lilce u child , andho would ait. on the table , at my. nido ,with bin iihcll open , and criiok lilWtii—moiitiiffoolionato littl e creature. " " Haveyou got him iilill. Major t" nnkci l aduobt-ing auditor. " No, nir i ho riuuo to anuntimel y end. A friuud of miiio camu in-to llw iU»m|(-*oom in my nbiiunco , nawtho oyiil.or with hiu nholl open , and iiwnl-lowea him. I nlml l never liavo anothermioh put r exclaimed tlio Miijo >', with anigh. " No doubt your friend swallowedtho oyntur ," mud tho president , " hut I' m»>fraiil wo can 't inviillow tho utoiy. "

The Wife's Secret." How on earth could we love her ?

She had caused such bitter disappoint-ment. "

" And how could Gerald care for a pale,strange-looking little witoh , with herqueer name after her French mother ?For which , of course , she mast be to havefascinated our fastidious brother to theextent of marry ing her. "

Gerald was our only brother , twent y-six years of age, tall end handsome , andthe idol of his sisters—two of ub—onewidowed , and the other s- myself, an oldmaid.

Few sisters are perfectly satisfied , as alule, when their brother has found someone dearer to him than those who haveloved him and administered to his com-fort all their lives. Yet I really think weshould have been moderatel y content ifhis choice had been to oar own taste.

Why it had not been eo was just amystery. Edith Falconer , whom we hadset our hearts on seeing Mrs. GeraldFane, was a " daug hter of the" gods "—tall, and divinel y fair , and it puzzled ushow his heart or his fancy could havetraveled towards a daug hter of a FrenchCanadian , when our letters were constant-ly full of Edith' s beaut y and Edith' sgoodness , and when we had made a pointof dilating on her attractions from morn-ing till evening whenever he was at home.

Edith was with us when the lettercame bidding us welcome his wife, and Isaw the surprise and disappoint men t leg-ibly written in her beautiful blue eyes.

Not that Edith was really in love withhim, but she had si ways felt an enormousinterest in the brother of her deares tfriends—au interest which we had fullythoug ht would ri pen into love.

And this is what Gerald wrote :

" I hholl bring her to you, my poor ,stricken little Step hanie She would bequite ftlone in. the worl d now i{ if, was not ,for me! We vrere married beside thadeathbed of her father , and she wasscarcel y a wife before she was wholly anorphan , with never a relative on earth.I have promised her so much love fromyou both that she will not , I know, feelthe logs of mother and uiatey tha t weredrowned on their way to America—whileI shall fill the place of all others—father ,brother , husband. "

As we read this we felt convinced howit was that Gerald had married her. Itwas from shper pity. Wo fully decidedthis point and it did not make ub feelmore pleasantl y on tho subject for wowere sure that poor Gerald had been vic-timized , sacrificed , etc., etc.

We went about our preparations , how-ever , for their coming ( furnished therooms newly and prettil y, and did ourbest to insure comfort to the bride , butit must bo confessed our hearts were notin our work.

On the evening thoy were expected wehad no one at tho house, thinking Ste-phanie would prefer it bo.

That is, we had only Ellon Falconer—but then uho was only one ol oursel ves.

Gerald looked handsomer than over usho sprang out of tho carriage and rushedup the stops, and with a radiant facekissed us both.

Thftn ho ran down again and lifted outn tiny figure , whlph ho b,oro in his armsno if it had boon a child , and , placing itbefore ua , said :

" Here 's my darling— .tho sweetest littlodarlin g that over trod tho earth. "

Ho wont away then to attend to tholuggage , and she made a sort of movemeat nil if to rush after him , but stoppedabruptly.

Then with quivering lips oho lifted herglance to us, with a helpless, wistful look ;but presentl y a sober light crept into hergroat , dark , wild-looking oyos, and sheclasped our hands , and bent and kissedthera.

After that wo'took her into tho draw-ing-room, and introduced her to Edith ,and I saw her quoor , dark littl e facebrighten up stran gely as Edith greetedlior nffoctionntol y',

"Please call mo Bio find not Mrs,Fane, " she whisper ed in a low, fri ghtenedvoicoj " my heart yoarno to bo called bythat name. Papa loved it sol" and turn-ing her face away oho nobbed once ortwice.

Gerald came in just then , and shakinghands with J$dith , wont over to Liu wifeat once.

" Como, my bird. You had better lotmy nistora show you to your room , ooyou nan trim your.foathnru u littlo ," hosaid , lovingly stroking buck tho softfluffy dark hair gently from her brow.

lily sinter carried her ofl' at onnu , and ,of course , Gerald followed. Ho did notatinin ablo to take hid oyoa off' her for amoment.

" What a queer littlo fri ght oho in—shelooks like an olf I Ho must only havemarried her from pity, I suppose ," Jcould not hel p say ing.

•'Nott '. fr ight , unrul y |" Edith answered ,quiok 'y j " we son her in ni. unfa/arablemoment. Her grief bun told on her faco ,hut nhn him gloriouu eyes, and I can noowhat took Ciurnhl. It in her winningmilliner , juat like a potted child's."

I glniinud at Edith admiring ly, think-ing what an nngiil of forgivonou n nhowiiu ,and when tho bride onrac down ngnlu 1took a maliciou s pleasure in comparinghoi- with Edith.

ICdiMi , no fair and no lovely, with hairliko spun gold and a wild-rouo bloom onher chocks , and with a grac eful , willowyfigure. And Hlo—to ouli her by tho our-ions abbreviation ulio wiulmil—no tnnulland dusk y, with a nolorl oiiu Hkin , andnothing to voc'ornniouil hnr but two iin-luon iio bliiok oyou, wliinh certainl y woreun lustrous uu twin uturu and as uoft uuvelvet.

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over, and Edith lad drawn her away tolook at Gerald' s drawings , he como npand eat d6wii"by me. " ; ' ::

"Ellen, you must not form an opinionof Ste'o attractions not?," he whisperedearnestly ; " Bha ia not herself;, naturallyshe is bri ght and happy as a bird, andaltogether charming. Yon must help moto chase away her trouble and bring backher smiles. And then you don't knowhow pretty, my little one is when shosmiles," ho went on, enthusiasticall y.

And*wonderin g how she could ever bepretty, I-for got to answer. So, after , amomentary pause , he said :

"Edith is more beautiful than ever, Isee." . -• ¦ '

.'-'Ah ," I thou ght , "he could not help

comparing these twe^—the girl he hadneedlessly thrown aside and the girl hehad linked himself to for life."

It won not long before Ste " was morelike herself ," as Gerald said. Her sorrowhad been so wild and bo passionate thatnaturally it soon wore itself out Thecolor soon came bnok to her dark cheeks,an additional lnstre to her eyes, and Icould often hear hor carolling snatchesof songs.

They were mostly French ones—somewith a wonderful pathos ringi ng throug hthem ; and her pronunciation of her ma-ternal tongue was the prettiest thingimaginable. . Yes, ehe was growin g mer-ry enough.

Gerald' s lovo was bo perfect , and hefilled the place of father , brother andhusband so entirel y, as he had said, thathe left her nothin g.to wish for. ' -

My sister was growing very fond ofher , and declared her to be remarkabl ypretty, but I oould see no beau ty in her ,neither could I love her I' niy devotion toEdith utterly precluded it.

Ste grew to be popular with Gerald' smale friends , too. They thought horcharming and his espeoial friend, a youngfellow, who was a doctor rap idly risingJ B his profession, anc} who had been anadmirer of Edith 's, oarae more frequentl ythan the rest.

Before Gerald' s marriage , Dr. Percivalbad made small progress in his wooing,but since, Edith had seemed more favor-ably inclined towards him.

He was passionately fond of singing,and had a superb voice. Edith ooald notsing a note , but Ste's and Mark Poroival' svoices blended splendidly together.Thus hours were spent—every hour , Ithought , that he could spare from hispractice—in these duets.

And Gerald , who wag also passionatelyfond of music, never Baomed to tire oflistening to the two,

I woe very wicked, I know. I reallybelieved Ste to be artful and designing ;hor child-like blithe xnanner, J fanpiedwas assumed ; I saw how happ y sho wasin the hours spent in Hark Percival' s so-ciety, and it -made mo dislike her ' tentimes more for finding pleasure anywhorobut with her husband.. I consoled myself with believing thatshe was trying to bewitch poor Edith 'olover as she bad bewitched my brother ,and listened indignantly whon sho Hold,in hor pretty childish fashion :

" I wish Edith and Dr. Percival wouldcomo ; it' s getting quite lato and thoy orenot here yet. And I miss them no. Isn'tDr. Percival handsome and accomplished ,Goro -ldt"

I don't think a doubt of hor over en-tered into his mind until I put it there.

I began with a look, or a littlo wordopportunely dropped ,

•Then I rushed into tho thin g suddenly,and shall never forgot tho expression ofpain on his faco whon I said ,

(> Ma rk Percival admjroaSto very much ,Gerald. How well tholr voices suit j Ithink if ho had ohnncod to moot hor be-fore hor marringo yon woqld bavo had avery formidable rival, "

Ho did not answer ; ho crew deathl ywhite and , biting his lips, turned away.

B.it I had not dono,.Thoro was no oxcuoo for mo, for 1 lovod

my brother with all my hoart , and I wasjealous of him.

' iHncn 't Uto a wonderfully powerfulveins for such a littlo creature?"

" That is a lovely ti ling oho is ' flingingnow. It is Boothovon'a 'Adelaide ,' ian tit V ho answered quietly ,

" Yon ; hor favorite song, or rathorMark Porolvul' u, which is about thesame 1"

Ho looked at ma sternl y for ; tho firsttinio In hja life, qii(Vtl |on uaid | '

" You havo never ro idly loved any one,Ellon. But bo careful that you don 'tplant thorn s that may priolr. you morethan ar ty ono chip.'' <

Ilin wovda wore prop luLlo. How deep-ly I ropont od my wickedness no onoknows. Yot at thio-tl ino I bitted Sto forlining tho ciuiEio of tho Atst rebu ke thatGorald hud given mo, imd in Edith 's earI rut u v/oru now and then that built upa wall of loo between her and my broth-er 's wlfo.'

Gorald gro w nlloiit and oven a littloinoroiio.

"And Btn fult it and wan hurt that hodid not toll hor tho cuuuo of Ida ohauga,BUo became rrouorvod , : cru iJM j ig back he*loving impulooi i i ' and. ou Work Pcrciva l'aviniln had suddenl y grown loan froqupiit ,Gorald thoug ht file w«u grieving ovwthin.

Gerald , who wim not a rioli man , midoil urliut by profu sion, -worked by nightuo w«U lui'by day—worked to koop him-nol f from thinking.

And no uoiun montlm v/onl by. Howan looking miuoiublo at lout , mid Bto,declaring that ho wiiii real ly ill, Imagedliim to liikfl . rout. Xh>v nuttct y chuohiguwny hor latter reun lvo , uliu inuintcd onhiu oooing a phyoioiati , but Iio .utnadily ro-fuuod.

B!m hogged Uum thai uhn might' u;'ndfor Mark i'or«iv«h

When oho said that I looked at Gerald—o look that apot o volamoi . .~'.'Shd'' jttti7wttu iBd~&^again near her, I thought, end my glaiaeotold that and mors.':: Then thera ' came into Gerald 's blue

©yos an expression thai defied my under-sUnding. . I could not tell if it -Trail a de-fiance of mo or a curious sort of resigna-tion to the will of a woman whom heworshi pped with a: : ' 19 soul.

«fYeai"he saad : languidly, " sand forPercival if it^wili relieve your mind. "

The next, day Mark Perci ral came, andfor a long while he and Gerald were .oloo-etcd together; while Sto and ; my sistarand myself "were told not to go near thoroom, but when Mark Percival came outinto, tho hall Ste spied him from the lawn,end in a moment she was by his side,speaking intentl y—so intently that • ahanever saw my eyes watch ing from a baywindow in-the morning-room that jottedout, giving-a view of the rest of the build- ,ing.

By and by they went down the steps,side by side, into the garden , and I heardhim say-in a father low voice:

"He must stop work and rest a little,Mrs. Fane. He complains of a prickingsensation, in his left side and shoulder. Ido not like that- It is rather unfavorable.Still, with our united care , and rest, Ithink we aboil bring him round. "

And Ste answered him with a amile. • Icould not see that and believed that shewas young and sanguine and that shenever realized her husband 's danger. *

How could I give • her credit for thiswhen I suspected her—suspected as foul-ly as I oosild—that il was not Geraldwhom she loved* but Mark Perci val?

Gerald was. resolved to work on inspite of everything. We wero not rich ,he said, and .work was necessary for sev-eral weeks. . .

Ste, instead of passing tho hours in hisstudio, as she used to do, would remainin her own room with her door locked—Hulking, J told my sister .

At last, one dny a blow fell on uu all—a dre odfal blow, and harder to mesince I believed I had helped to bring it—that perhaps I was really the instru-ment that had dealt it. Had I not mademy brother nnba ppy, perlra ps he wouldnot have worked so incessantl y in thevain hope of banishing thoug ht.

She found him one bright summer 'sday, apparentl y lifeless, beside his easel—and for weeks he lingered, hoverin g,as it were, between us and eternit y.

And his wife, remorseful of her treach-ery and want of faith , seemed to have nothou ght b«v him,

She nbver 16ft him for a moment , andif she slept it was by snatches only, withhor hoad against his pillow, whon thoslightest movement would awoken her.

After what ooomod an age of anxietyto us, tho doctor said ho would .live, butnever more to work , ior Gerald's rightnrmwon paral yzed.

I had been growing loss bitter in myfeelings towards Ste during my brotbor 'ailJ nooB—she seemed to ho really devotedto him. But whon thoy said he was notto work any moro with his brush , a lookof trium pn came into hor oyoa which puz-zled mo, and again I began to doubt nor ,and tho doubt grow stron ger whon I bowher moot Mark Poroiv ol in tho porch , andstand for many minutes in earn est, whjt i-porod oonYcrsa t> Qni

Onco—.from behind a laurostl nus bnah—I saw her place hor hand on bis armand look up into his faco, her groat wilddark eyes full of glittering tears , whileoho said, with quivering lips:

"How much longer? Oh, those lastwooka bavo boon contur ios to mo—oh , ifyou havo not boon deceiving mo—I maybapo"- "

'.'Ever y thing!" ho answered , interrupting hor, and takin g tho might of hand inhis. "I toll you you havo not many morodays to wait, and thon wo shall both bevery happy. "

Upon this Ste omllod into his hand-some oyoo with a, stran ge, wiotful , yearn-ing look that drovo mo almost wild withtho bitt erest nngor and, nuopioiort.

Now ; do.ro not er on look bock lo thohorrible foeUngo that filled ray hoart withMgard to tho woman whom my brotherhad made hla wlfo, and In whom he hadplaced hia happlnouo , his infinite faith ,and , more than all , hla .honor.

But Gorald was in a weak and criticalntfitn, and I did not dare to warn lilm ofwhat I feared. Ho woo -very loving and(flnclor to hor t owl. I couirt cop Wo oyoofollow hor wight flguro -wherever Bhomoyod , .with au oppression of mingledoffoction and doubt Mint wnu Odd to lookupon.

Whon ono day. slut hoard Mark Poroi-vol'o voioo at tho .door , nho darted out oftho room to want him, forgetful of aniftsii of rouou on hor lap, with -which aliewiiii making n bouquet , and - hoodloua oftho lovely, fragile flowera in hor hautennd 'ovidont agitation , oho trod out theirbeauty with hor feet. '

Thon I heard. GomliJ murmur to liim-nolfi

"Poor littlo ono 1 Sho ia no young ! Xhoped to inatio hor huppy, but X am 00(jriavo ami quint Unit uno cannot lovo mo.God give wo utwmigth to boar it I"

I told my muter of thlu, but oho wouldhurdly Union. Oho had botwltohod • hor ,donlurod that toy brolhor 'u wifo v/an aIhoiightlotiu child , nothing woruo., Tho death of the mimmor had comotuul atttun.il brought ita wailin g wind ,and tho loavon died in company with tholontf bri ght olayn, wrap ped in uplondldevoroM iiutu of rain bow buoy. And Gorald(jr iM tio 'hottw,

Tho truth w.iu that ho did not euro tolive.¦¦- Wo waii in a eifu to of fovcriuh wilo-nioiit , which ua^i , ' l .to grow Wru a oaol ihour. , , ¦ ' " ' i vv .:' " ¦' •,

Ono day I tiuow iho ^ululu who neon

\T . >ieeiii'.bOTti ,«pfi»'., two red spota ;lier ewfl had la wilder look, Mid I fenpwiatatrher ear woa eJafaine ti -to^catoh everyspiffid of obming" footstep s.V At last she hcar d- .tho . waleome strandof' :iffa>k ''

.-?er i6i«lV--lBngh; r^'h«t4;a«*been nearu s for n whole week, and re-gardlesd of ua she dw down " the stairoto him.• Ihsard him exolaiin .

<»Hurraa! it'a:a U right."And her answe r was:"God bless y©a 1 how good yon are 1"In another moment or two rhe ran np-

atairs again and I iollowod- her , but ifehe was aware of my supervision aha did•not care.

Gerald was reclining is an easy chair ;his face was ashy pale, and ho looked ashadow of his old cell ; bat his - face : wasbeautiful in ils classical -features and itslarge, deep-blue eyes, over which a fondlook always crept when his wife camenear. " ¦' . . - ' . '

She throw herself on hor knees beforehim, and catching his thin, white handshe kissed it passionatel y.. "At lest I can tell you," she gasped,between tears and smiles ; "yon willdoubt me no longer , Gerald , and forgiveme for having had a secret from you ; Idared not tell it I was so fearf ul of a fail-ure. See, Gerald, my darling,"there is noneed for you to paint any mora I shallwork for you, for us all 1 Oh, Gerald ,won't it be b labor of love ?" " ¦

And sho held before him a letter from 'one of the . best firms of publishers in Lon-don. .

He looked at it, then .at hor , as if justawakening from a strange , wild dream.Before he could speak, however, ehe div-ed into her pocket and drew oat a roll ofbank notes, : and thrust them , into bishand.

"This is yours, Gerald, all yours ; I amall yours , am I not ? And I shall havemore—much more , I hope. Oh, do speakto me, Gerald. Say one little -word,pleafce "

Gerald drew her to him with all thelittle strength left to him, and kissed herfondly. Oh, the radiant joy that beamedover his poor wan face es he murmured:

"That God—thank God, you are allmy own, my Ste 1"

I stole away then. I wanted to hidemyself from their sight. How dreadfull yI had wronged her. Could she ever for-give me ?

Well, I did the most sensible thin g Icould. I made a clean breast of every-thing, and Ste forgave me, fully aad freelywith her slender arms- around my nock ,and in her groat block eyes au honest af-fection, and she laughed in hor own elfishmerry fashion , as oho Bald :

"So you thought I could look at any-thing else in the world, when I had Gorald—my own, own Gerald to look at andlove, with all my might and main ?" '

Gorald is quite resigned to the will ofHeaven now. True , ho cannot put histhoug hts on canvana, but . ho tolls themto Ste, and she, In her ' charming manner ,weaves thorn into romances that win herfame, and gives us luxuries in our homothat wo never had before.

How much sho gives no, does littlo Stoand tho best gift of all is her lovo—it isso truo , so unsolfioh.

Sho has given na ' something eleo, too,to brighten tho . old house. It is a tinyboy with goldon curls , and lar go seriousbluo oyoa, like Gerald 's, and tho oweotostemilo, liko his mother.

Thoy havo christened him Raymond ,after Ste'o father , but ho is a onatoh ofaunohino to ua all , so wo call him ''Hay. "

My life in devoted to him, I lovo himwith a lovo devoid of s«lflahnoao—a lovepuri fied. \sy experi ence, and Bufferin g andromorso. — Concord (N. H ) 1'eoph andPatriot.

Will Blood Stains Wash Out

To tho prouont day the euporat ition i«rifo that blood stains cannot be washedout , Days tho Cincinnati Enquirer. Dur-ing the French revolution 80 prieata weremasaaorod in tho Carmelite chapel atParis, and the utaino (colled) of theirblood aro pointed out to day. Sir WalterSoott , in bin " Talon of a Grandfather ,"declares that tha blood stains of DavidBizzio, the - Italian private uoorotnr y ofMary Queen of Soots, who was slabb edin Holyrood palace by certain Protesta ntloadom of hor court , aided by her hus-band , Darnlo y. nro utill to bo noon. ' InLancnohire , Uio natives ohow a otono call -cd tho •' bloody otono," which van nomarked to uhov/ Hcavon 't dlanlocouro atsome of GronwoH' A soldiers ' atrocities atGallows Croft In " Macbeth ," net five,iicono ono, Shakcapo&ro alluded to thoidea : "Yot horo 'o o upol."

Tho truth about blood notw &uhin g outcan easily bo explained. In the Urc itplace, il that of a murdoro il^oraou , it lonot often attemp ted. In tho next place,blood contalus oxUlo of iron , which ainkudeep (nta tho fibre of wood , nud • provouindoliblo to ordinary waul iing. Tiiubj ^itia trito that atona of c pordua nature , andwood not of U10 hardest kind , aro uuu-ooptiblo to tho ulain of blood producedb tho oxido of iron v/hioh tho blood con-taiiio. Bat tho blood of a pig iu au goodas that of a mut'dor ed man.

A Uorupuloiui Wltnos vi. • • ¦'

Soino ycaru ninoo, in tho Tomhil 1'oHrJ )Court , a man v/no nriral gnod for usi/isiaU-ing, Uichliiff, wul othorvrliio . inueh mol-trf tttiii f/ wiothor individual. At Una tria lthoro ' v/aii pioaont a vory iior tBoIftiit iuiiowiliious for tiio nljtatiiTt ' wJuo , att^t hav-int< mvoru that ho " vvouht lull lhu ^utilli ,tho vidiola lituth , mid notSiiuft lM?t- t.iatruth ," \«ui edcml . if 1m ti: mf..a'.ifw»&[4Wok pMut itf. . . « \y«ii/' uah 'H tar ), iDiwiatilfi frvwy ul ffiw^y and cnuliownty, .«¦][ cjj i'fc jjftvthat li dii) j but , I aw bii^ iatio: Li ti loiiiaway throi i llroija.. " . '¦ ' , ¦ ' : " ' -;. ¦ : • '; ;

¦¦¦ IComtrilod for tha Bag-Harbor ExproaalBoim'Jiieio wBqEj sL&sr?.

The lowest l'scoru ^dtom por ature -SOSdegrees below, zero Ffthr—-has been pro-docsd by OlszewsH by vapo rising hqnidnitrogen under low- presBur o. Liquidcarbon monoxid a gave .865 balow zero,and liquid oxygon 248J.

Several pota of hyaoinths having beenplaced in a circle arou nd the pipe of astove, MohB. 0.- Barthelemy found thatthe roots were draw n to, the source ofheat, taking an almbi rt • horizontal direc-tion .toward the pipe as a common centreof attraction. . _ •

Di. A, Hughos Bennett ntftta s thatiheine, caffeine, thoobromi no ; and guara -nine, when adlminiBtered 'hypoderm ically,appea red to hira in 187216 have thesam ephysiological prop erties as cocaine. Hethinks , therefore , that one of .them mayfurnish a comparative ly cheap substit utefor the extremel y costly local anae sthetic.

The Chinese regard an attack of epilep-sy as the occupancy of a man's body bythe spirit of an anim al, usually a pig_ or asheep. They try to keep such spirit bystuffing the patient 's month with gra sp,for if it leaves before the return of theman's own spirit—which must be absentduring the fit—the man will die.

A Liverpool dealer has received anorder for 100 electric eels, which are de-sired for tho purpose of a soientifio in-vestigation of the peculia r power of thesecreatures. Good reasons have been no-ticed, it is stated , for doubting that theshock given by them is really producedby electricity.

Among the many prize offers of tbaFrench Academy of Sciences, is a sumequivalent to about §20,000 which waslaft by Brennt in 1849, and ia etill una-warded. It is to be given to the ' personwho shall find an effective remedy forAsiatic cholera , or shall indica te withabsolute certainty its causes.

In recent experiments Mens. .- Beinaufound that iron reache s, its greateststrength at a temperatur e of 564 degre es.Fohr., when it is thirty per cent stronge rthan at 68 degrees. Beyond 626 degreesthe strength rapidly diminishes , and at806 degrees is only thirty per cent asgreat as at 68 degrees.

A French botanist , Mono. Fonssog rivesasserts that poisonous gases, are givenoff by both grow ing and harvested fruits—such as apricots , oranges and quin ces—and death by poisoning has respited fromsleeping in rooms exposed to such eman-ations. A similar deadly gas—avidontlyconnected in some way tfrith vegetableodors—is given off By. eweot-soontodflowers and odoriferous leaves.

lHBrMr-ltoiuirKo Bmi>s.- -Mr. Wm. David-son has reported to* the Governor of Mad-ras that thore aro in India two species ofwoodpeckers and two of Mngfisherowhich breed in the nests of ants. It isnot known whether the inaocta ultimat elydisappear oo a result of tho invasion , bntthey have boon found still in the nests aconsiderable time after tho laying of thobirds ' eggs. In ono instance tho king-fishers wore noon inhabiting a hornets 'nost, and appearin g to be on good termswith tha hornets.

The Trnu tB-HonHBB Ox —Dr. A. T. deRochebruno has described to the ParisAcadem y of Sciences a woll-uatribli shadvariety of domoot io ox, which ' ia poculiarto Sonegambin , and in characterized by athird horn growi ng from the noao andidentical in constitution and developmentto the two frontal horns. ' , Tho animalsare vory liable to opizootib 'peripneumo-nia, and from time immemorial the' Moorsand FuUh o of Sonogombia havo practisedupon tho ereaturea prev entive inoculationwith the virus of that dittorm *. ¦

Itoo K-IuvniaoHiao Toads. —-A Fronohwriter given si long list of apparentlywell authenticated TnatancoD pf the find-ing of live toads in solid maMas of etor jc,referrin g in particular to ;auolra diaoovor rrnado iu 18G1 by thr oo workmen of Blow 'on brookin g opon a krjjo ploco of flint.Tho olronn tb of tho eyidonoo thqo pro-sontod loads him to iimiot ' thbt ' it io nn-wiae to pronounoo tho ph'iiiiomcribn &b-Kolutoly impoa slble, uUhou gh none of thotoportod ooboo aro qaito boyohd tho Bna-pioion of fraud. To <wp]idu tho-occur-rence , if genuine, it ofloma . .Jiccta fiai-y toouppoao that tho.crer tturoo havci existed „ia their oloao pr foona dur iuj} the unnum-boiod yoara in which tlio plastio materialhas boon , hardoi iing ^bto ' rook. ¦•. , Thatthoy may ondur 'o a uoimowhat prolo tigodconflumao ot woo oliovm by tfojjuln, who,iu 1622, enclosed aj ^ud in a ploator cov-ering, and foun t) tho rohtik nlivo and ingood condition on breakin g tlio (dioll touyoaro lfttcr , ' - ¦,

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