SOFTEST cadence, lightly falling, Tears from hardened hearts of men, At their saddest, sweetest then. With harmonious strange contending Voice-entreating voice replying, Now with wedded purpose blending, From the heart's secretest dwelling, From a sacred shrine out-welling, Like a flood of waters swelling, High, and grand, and solemn thunder, Every passion 'neath thee quelling, Crushing all emotion under, Moving with imperious brow, Soul of music, what art thou? Soul of music, fill me now. Reed, that singeth by the river, River babbling on the stone, Winds that in the aspen shiver, Or, to greater anger grown, Make the rooted forests quiverMusic these thy varied tone, With mingled mirth and moan Of the ocean breaking ever, Matchless in its song alone, Unto these thy heart is known. Bells upon the night air stealing, Sweet as sleep to long unrest, Through the outer senses feeling For the sense within the breast; Gentle fingers full of healing On the painèd temples prest, Many since your faint beginning, Many miles have ye been winning, For the weary in their waking, For the sad heart in its aching. Literary Extracts. GENIUS FOR BEGGING.-It is in Washington alone that our native but elsewhere latent talent for beggary has found the conditions of development; and the result is such as a patriotic American must ever view with feelings of pride. It may at first sight seem a rather extreme case of extracting sunshine from cucumbers; but herein is genius. To be first in war, first in peace, and the rest, is easy enough; but to be first in begging requires a rare combination of qualities; and nowhere does the ingenuity, the high spirit, the creative power, the fertility of resources characteristic of our countrymen, show more clearly than in the manner in which they have lifted beggary out of the gutters of Washington, and set it among the high and fine arts. Some in rags, and some in tags? Not a bit of it. The rags and tags, the bandaged arms and blinded eyes, the shipwrecked sailors, and all the hackneyed machinery of the professional beggar, are haughtily and completely abandoned. They may well enough serve the purposes of the effete despotisms of Europe; but America plants herself on the rights of man! Rags for the peasant, tags for the serf; but for the free American citizen black coat and clean dickey for ever! And, if your American woman takes to begging, be sure no one hair of her chignon shall fail, nor shall her overskirt miss a single puff, or the regulation ruffle be wanting from her walking-suit, with gloves and parasol to match!-Old and New Magazine. WEATHERING THE DELUGE.-"Don't yer suppose, sir, that there was uncomfortability of temper enough in Noah's ark, with all them odds and ends of creation, creeters that wasn't noways agreeable to one another's feelings all messed in together there?- dogs and cats, sheep and wolves, foxes and geese, chickens and weasels (and skunks I'll bet)-and mighty small stable-room accommodations, I tell you! How was it 'bout uncomfortability of temper there, do you s'pose? Why, don't you see, they hed to 'commodate all of 'em? jest luff and bear away,' as the sailors say; the lion, I s'pose he roared kinder soft like, so as not to skeer the turtle-doves; and the hyenay, she did not laugh out as loud as she wanted to, I dare say; the big bear, he kinder shut up growling; and the kang'roo took care not to leap on other folkses toes; the horse was keerful not to kick up his heels; and if the dog felt as mad as fire he didn't bite nobody. That was the way they done it, no doubt on't; stands to reason they did; 'cause, don't you see, sir, if they hed all on um given way to their uncomfortability of temper, and each on um acted out their own onregenerate natur, why in course they'd hev stove the bottom out of that thundering old tub of his in less than no time, and she'd a' foundered, and they'd all gone to the bottom, and there wouldn't hev been no call for any more wedding rings, that's sartin; and where you and I would be now, it's a mighty hard thing to say. But, as I was saying, they didn't; they behaved beautiful! I don't see how it was seems it couldn't have been Noah's doings, for, between you and I, I guess he wasn't much; an onsteady, drinking man he allers was, you know; wasn't he, sir? and not used to navigating, by no means. But I will say for't, he managed that cruise remarkably well, considering what his cargo was, and that his crew was half womankind; he sartinly made a saving v'yage of it, which was a good thing, all things considered.- -"Archie Hutchington," in Harper's New Monthly Magazine. AN ADVENTURE IN AUSTRALIA.-I remember on one occasion, several years ago, when I was driving fat cattle to the boiling-down pots, passing a blacks' camp just at sunrise one morning. The cattle all suddenly stopped, and throwing up their heads into the air, bolted past the camp, overturning everything. As soon as the cattle started I put spurs to my horse, and headed and steadied them. In passing through the camp I perceived that the whole tribe was in mourning. They sat with their heads plastered with clay, and with clay stripes all over them. Presently a hideous old gin appeared with a number following her, the whole party having evidently come a journey that morning. The leading gin went straight up to a pretty young girl; with one hand she parted her beautiful hair, and with the other cruelly dug into her head with a sharp flint until the blood poured in streams; the rest of the tribe commenced cutting themselves, and joined in a funeral dirge. No doubt the appearance of the gin told all present of the death of him whose end they knew was nigh. I shall never forget the young gin's look of grief and horror as she knelt before the hideous old hag, and, with her arms uplifted, supplicated for mercy; nor yet the ruthlessly grim aspect of the old woman, whose face seemed to say, "My cup of grief is filled to overflowing, and others shall share it with me."-From Cassel's Illustrated Travels. - When a TO CLEAN DECANTERS AND WATER-BOTTLES. water-bottle has contained hard water for a considerable time, it becomes coated in the interior with a deposit of carbonate of lime, mixed with any other matters that the water may have contained. The easiest way of removing this is to add about a tea-spoonful of hydrochloric acid (spint of salt), and rinse round the bottle with it. It will then be found that the instant the acid comes in contact with the deposit it immediately removes it, and forms a clear solution of chloride of calcium. The bottle should then be rinsed in plenty of clean water. After a decanter has held port or other wines for a long period, a deposit of colouring matter will be thrown down on the surface of the glass. This may easily be cleaned off by a little sulphuric acid (oil of vitriol). A solution of caustic potash, prepared by acting on pearlash by quicklime, is sometimes directed to be used for this purpose, but it is not to be recommended, as it has a tendency to corrode the glass.- From Casselit Household Guide. SEEING A FECK. My late esteemed friend Mr. John Machie, M.P. for Kirkcudbrightshire, used 66 66 Noo, to describe an extensive view which one of a friend's hills commanded. This he never failed to call to the attention of his English visitors when the weather was clear. Willie the shepherd was always the guide on such occasions, as he knew precisely the weather that would suit. One forenoon, an English friend was placed under Willie's charge to mount the hill, in order to enjoy the glorious view. "I am told, shepherd, you are going to show me a wonderful view." "That's quite true, sir." "What shall I see!" Weel, ye'll see a feck (many) o' kingdoms, the best part o' sax, sir." "What the deuce do you mean, shepherd "Weel sir, I mean what I say." "But tell me all about it." "I'll tell ye naething mair, sir, until we're at the tap o' the hill." The top reached, Willie found everything he could desire in regard to a clear atmosphere. sir, I hope you've got good een." "Oh, my eyes are excellent." "Then that's a' recht (right), sir." Noo, dir ye see yon hills awa yonder?" "Yes, I do." Weel, sir, those are the hills o Cumberland, and Cumberland's in the kingdom o' England; that's ae kingdom. Noo, sir, please keep coont. Then, sir, I must noo trouble you to look ower (over) yonder. Div ye see what I mean?" "Yes, I do." "That's a' recht. That's the Isle o' Man, and that was a kingdom and a sovereignty in the families of the Earls of Derby and the Dukes o' Athol frae the days o' Kind David o' Scotland, if ye ken onything o' Scotch history." "You are quite right, shepherd." "Quite recht, div ye say? I wouldna hae brocht ye here, sir, if I wus to be wrang. Weel, that's twa kingdom Be sure, sir, to keep coont. Noo, turn a wee about. Div ye see yon land yonder? It's a bit farder, but never mind that, sae lang as ye see it." "I see it distinctly." "Weel, that's a' I care aboot. Noo, sir, keep coont, for that's Ireland, and maks three kingdoms; but there's noo trouble aboot the niest (next) for ye're stannen on'tI mean Scoteland. Weel, that maks four kingdoms; div ye admit that, sir?" Yes, that makes four, and you have two more to show me." "That's true, sir, but don't be in sic (such) a hurry. Weel, sir, just look up aboon (above) yer head, and this is by far the best of a' the kingdoms; that, sir, aboon, is Heeven. That's five; and the saxth kingdom is that doon below yer feet, to which, sir, I hope you'll never gang; but that's a point on which 1 cannot speak with ony certainty." - Reminiscences of Fifty Years, by Mark Boyd. 66 MILVERTON ON WOMEN.-"But let us hear," says Lady Ellesmere, "about those things in which we are superior."Milverton: You know them, my dear, as well as I do. Everybody knows them. It is talking commonplace to talk about them. You are superior in quiet endurance, in niceness of demeanour, in proprieties of all kinds, in delicate perceptions of all kinds-especially of character; in domestic prudence, in constancy; and, what is greatest of all, in not allowing your affections, or your admirations, to be dulled or diminished by familiarity. Really I do not think there is anybody who admires women more than I do.-Lady Ellesmere: That is a prelude, Blanche, I have no doubt, to his commencing the chapter on our inferiorities.-Milverton: Yes, it is, my dear. You are inferior to us in the sense of justice, in daring, in originality, and, generally, in greatness. You have minor defects too. You are not so pleasant to one another as men are. The arts of nagging, and of being generally disagreeable, when you choose, are yours in perfection. Decidedly you are more unforgiving than we are.→Conversations on War and General Culture, by the Author of "Friends in Council," The Garden. THE SALVIA, OR SAGE. VERY few people, when they eat their goose at Michaelmas, flavoured by sage, which, at best, is an ugly, shrubby herb, think or know that some of the sages or salvias have conspicuous flowers of the most brilliant colours. The Salvia Patens is an intense and lively blue, and Salvia Fulgens a srlendid red; while Salvia Gesneriflora is a brighter scarlet than the scarlet geranium; there are many others, but we shall confine our notice to the three we think the best. Salvia Patens will grow from seed or cuttings; it is com. monly treated like an ordinary bedding-plant, and is called "half hardy." Cuttings strike freely under a bell-glass, the glass being wiped dry every morning, and the soil kept moist. As soon as they have struck root, put them into three-inch pots, and when they are well established, pinch out the tops, that they may push out side shoots; when these have grown three inches, pinch out their tops also. As soon as they have filled the first pot with roots, change them to those of a size larger. In May they may be turned out into the beds and borders, and will be one mass of bloom. In the autumn, take off the side shoots and strike them. They may be continued as a pot plant, and in that case they may be repeatedly checked and shifted, until they form a noble shrubby specimen, when they may be allowed to flower. Fulgens and all the greenhouse perennials may be similarly treated, though they are more hardy. Saivia Gesneriflora is a most brilliant plant, when cuttings are struck and well established, and stopped, as before directed for Patens; they may be bedded out, but as they will not bloom, they are turned out, to get for them a neat shrubby growth. These must be potted up in the autumn, in pots large enough to take in the roots, but no more; they do not want to make more roots, nor, in fact, do we want growth. They may be kept in the store or greenhouse until they flower, which they will most profusely. As a conservatory plant, it is not to be surpassed when in bloom, for it is for months literally covered with its bright scarlet spikes of flowers; some find a difficulty in making them flower, but it is only through giving them too much pot room, which sets them growing instead of blooming-they only want enough room to keep them alive. The Salvia Patens and Fulgens may be had at the nurseries in pots, but they should be selected before they are in bloom, and, if the spike is rising, it is better to cut it off and inducé side shoots, which will all flower. But, as these plants are generally tall, and not bushy, they would exhaust all their strength in the single spike of flowers, and scarcely move at the bottom, whereas, if cut down, side shoots will come, and, it you are later, you are repaid by the increased beauty. SEASONABLE HINTS. We are how in the midst of summer flowers, with nothing but weeds to interrupt them, and these must be vigorously hoed out and raked off once a week. Dahlias and hollyhocks now require fastening to their stakes by loops of hast matting tied to the centre stake, and tied under the branches, so as to bear their weight, but not to draw them up, for they should be sustained in their natural places, and not be strained nor constrained; any imperfect flowers that come should be removed. In the house, the plants may want shifting into larger pots, and if you cannot give them the benefit of a shower of rain, now and then water them overhead with a fine rose, or syringe them. In the kitchen garden our worst enemies are the caterpillars. If a cabbage or cauliflower shows a hole, it is worth hunting directly for the offender, because we are sure there is one; and if a cabbage is generally attacked, cut it at once, even if you throw it away and cut all the leaves off. In all cases, when you cut cabbages, make clean work of it; do not leave a leaf on the stump, nor on the ground, for they harbour vermin and keep the place untidy. Where the peas have been gathered, clear away the haulm, and plant out winter greens or cabbages; or after wet sow turnips, or plant out more celery. Hoe between all the crops, and draw earth to the stems of cauliflowers; and if you have plants, put out a few more. Wit and Humour. TRANSPORTED FOR LIFE.-The man who marries happily. A MAN is obliged to keep his word when nobody will take it. PROBABLY the reason why so little was written in the dark ages was that the people could not see to write. A DRUMMER is the fastest man in the world, because time beats all men, but the drummer beats time. DEMOSTHENES used pebbles to help his speech; our spectaclemakers use them to help the sight. WHAT relation is the door-mat to the scraper?-A stepfarther. IT is very well for little children to be like lambs, but a very bad thing for them to grow up sheepish. WHY is the practice of praising children like opium?--Because it is laudanum (lauding 'em). AN eminent teetotaller would only consent to sit for his portrait on condition that he should be taken in water-colours. AN Irish judge said, when addressing a prisoner, "You are to be hanged, and I hope it will prove a warning to you." WHAT is the difference between an auction and sea-sickness? -One is the sale of effects-the other the effects of a sail. A ROUGE-POT often blushes for those who can't blush for themselves. SHALLOW brooks and shallow old men and women pass their whole time in babbling. WHY is the world like a piano?-Because it is full of sharps and flats. THE grandest of heroic deeds are those which are performed within four walls and in domestic privacy. THE stupid son of a stupid father is a chip of the old blockhead. THE coat of a horse is the gift of nature. That of an ass is often the work of a tailor. As a man drinks, he generally grows reckless. In his case, the more drams the fewer scruples. AT what time of day was Adam created?-A little before Eve. SHE that marries a man because he is a "good match" must not be surprised if he turns out a "Lucifer." THE young woman who was "driven to distraction" now fears she will have to walk back. "You seem to walk more erect than usual, my friend.' "Yes, I have been straitened by circumstances.' A CORRESPONDENT wants to know whether, considering the great utility of the ocean, poets are not wrong in calling it a "waste of water." A SHORT time ago a man became so completely "wrapped in thought" that he was tied up, labelled, and sent off on the "train of ideas." WHEN we read the almost interminable sentences of some writers, we cannot help thinking that their readers are in dan ger of being sentenced to death. A WEST-COUNTRY editor asserts that he was "born a gentleman." The utmost that any ordinary person can claim is that he was born a gentle baby. "DEAR Laura, when we were courting, you were very dear to me; but now you are my wife, and I am paying your bills, you seem to get dearer and dearer!" AN English missionary now in Sumatra lately wrote home that he had had the "satisfaction" of examining the oven in which his predecessor was baked. JEREMY TAYLOR says that "a good wife should be a lookingglass to her husband." But we think she might and should make him see in her something better than himself. "My son," said an affectionate mother to her son (who resided at a distance, and expected in a short time to be married), you are getting very thin." "Yes, mother," he replied, "I when I come next I think you may see my rib.' 66 am; A LECTURER was once warning a class of collegians against the formation of bad habits. Gentlemen," said he, "close your ears against bad discourses." The students immediately clapped their hands to their ears. ONE person abusing another in the presence of Churchill, the poet, said, "He was so extremely stupid, that, if you said a good thing, he could not understand it." "Pray, sir," said Churchill, "did you ever try him?" A DOCTOR and a military officer became enamoured of the same lady. A friend asked her which of the two suitors she intended to favour. She replied that "it was difficult for her to determine, as they were such killing creatures." A SCHOOLMASTER, who had an inveterate habit of talking to himself, was asked what motive he could have in doing so. He replied that he had two good and substantial reasons. "In the first place, he liked to talk to a sensible man; in the next place, he liked to hear a sensible man talk." "ANTI-LANCET" Nearly thirty years ago. Of this work core than half a million copies have been pub lished. Respecting it the late distinguished author, Sheridan Knowles, observed, "It will be an incalculable boon to every person who can read and think." 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