Oft at night I hear him whisper,
As I'm dreaming in my bed;
Then I know your father's praying
Midst the dying and the dead:
Traying ever for his darlings,
Calmly sleeping far away,
With his eyes upon the heavens,
Till the breaking of the day.

Through the cruel nights of winter,
Through the summer days of sun-
From the cheerless chill of daybreak,
Till the weary day is done-
Faithful watch for ever keeping,
Soldiers whisper 'neath their breath,
Sitting sadly in the trenches,
By the iron gate of death.

We must cling, my boy, together,

For the time we're left alone: You for me, and I for you, love,

Left to love and not to moan. We must fight with grief. nor falter, Till its weary course is run; I a soldier's wife, and mother, You a gallant soldier's son.

For the ringing cheers we'll listen, When the happy time has come-When the eyes of women glisten

At the brave men marching home. In the happy summer weather,

When they tramp along the street, Hearts will sing and cling together,

When the men and women meet.

Literary Extracts.

The

MEETING OF NAPOLEON AND CHANGARNIER.-The Paris Figaro gives an amusing account-a little coloured, perhaps, after the French fashion-of the General's arrival. Changarnier is a dandy of the old school, and, on reaching the city in the midst of a heavy rain, he appeared to the few lookers-on as an old man dressed in grey trousers, tightly strapped, and a closely-buttoned great coat, his head sunk in his shoulders. "On arriving at the Prefecture," says Figaro, "he entered the courtyard, ascended the steps, and found himself before a Cent Garde, of whom he inquired for the usher. The soldier looked at the old man so wet and muddy. Perhaps he would have refused him admittance, had he not experienced that impression well-known to soldiers, by which those who are accustomed to obey recognise those accustomed to command. usher was now sent for by the orderly, who, when he saw the visitor, obeyed him with even greater readiness, so that in a few seconds General Reille was informed that General Changarnier wished to speak to the Emperor. His name had a magical effect: the Emperor, who was alone, ordered the General to be immediately admitted. These two men, who had not spoken to each other for nineteen years, were now face to face. 'Sire,' said the General, France is in danger; I am an old soldier; I come to offer you my experience and my sword. My sword is, perhaps, not worth much, for I am seventy-eight years of age; but I think my head is still good.' The door was shut, and the interview lasted two hours. When it again opened, the Emperor spoke. 'Get dinner for the General,' said he; he has not eaten since this morning. Also tell the Count d'Aure to choose horses for the General: he belongs to us, gentlemen; let his apartment be prepared.' Since then, the Emperor and the General have been inseparable. The old soldier, having come straight off on hearing of the disaster, had nothing with him: linen and clothes had to be found for him. The Emperor is delighted; and the presence of this glory of the past has had a good effect upon the officers who saw Changarnier with the Emperor at Falquemont." Changarnier's day, however, had passed. The stage awaited younger and fresher men.-"Cassell's Illustrated History of

the War."

AN ODORIFEROUS CITY.-There is one serious drawback to the enjoyment of the beauties of the Japanese country, and that is the intolerable affront which is continually offered to one's sense of smell. The whole of what should form the sewage of the city is carried out on the backs of men and horses, to be thrown upon the fields; and, if you would avoid the overpowering nuisance, you must walk handkerchief in hand, ready to shut out the stench which assails you at every moment..-" Tales of Old Japan." By A. B. Mitford.

THIRSTY SOULS.-Every morning we shoot grouse, hares, snipes, and deer till five o'clock, then eat the most luxurious dinners of game and fish, drinking claret, champagne, hermitage, and hock at night we are uniformly and universally dead (drunk). Your humble servant being in the chair (ex officio) does his best; and having a good capacity enough for wine, does odd enough things. Yesterday our mess fell off. Campbell and I and two natives set in to it, and among four had twelve port bottles: the natives and Bob being stowed away, I finished another bottle and a half of port with an old exciseman, major of the volunteers. This morning I went out and found all Stornoway in full tongue at my astonishing feat; went to the moors, walked it off, and killed a brace of hares at one discharge (keeping their skins for shoes) above a hundred yards off, and a grouse soon after still farther; and to-night we give a ball.-"The Life and Times of Henry, Lord Brougham," written by himself.

PITT'S JOCULARITY.-Mr. Pitt liked practical fun, and used to encourage it. One instance, which Napier gives, shows Pitt in a point of view singular, and little to be anticipated of so generally solemn a personage. They-Lady Hester, James Stanhope, and Napier--had resolved to blacken his face with burnt cork, which he most strenuously resisted. Early in the fray, a servant announced that Lord Castlereagh and Lord Liverpool had called, desiring to see him on important business. "Let them wait in the outer room," said the great minister, instantly returning to the battle, catching up a cushion and belabouring his attackers, who proved too many for him, and, after a prolonged struggle, got him down and began daubing his face-when, with a look of well-assumed confidence in his powers of still resisting, he said: "Stopthis won't do I could easily beat you all, but we must not keep these grandees waiting any longer;" so they were obliged to get a towel and a basin of water to wash him clean before he received the grandees. Being thus made decent, the basin was hid behind the sofa, and the two lords ushered in. Then a sudden and entirely new phase of manner appeared, to Napier's great surprise and admiration. Lord Liverpool's manner was, as usual, mean-looking, bending, nervous, and altogether pitiful. Lord Castlereagh, Napier said, he had well known from his childhood; had often been engaged with him in such athletic sports as pitching the stone, bar, and so on; and he had looked upon him as a model of calm grace combined with great strength. What, then, was his surprise when he saw both him and Lord Liverpool humbly bending as they approached the man who had so recently been maltreated with such an excess of fun! But it was Mr. Pitt's sudden change of marner and look which most entirely fixed his attention. His tall, ungainly, bony figure seemed to grow up to the ceiling his head thrown back, his eyes fixed immovably in one position as if gazing into the heavens, and totally regardless of the two bending figures before him. For some time they spoke, and he made now and then a short observation; but finally, with an abrupt, stiff inclination of his body, but without casting his eyes down, dismissed them. And then, turning round with a laugh, caught up his cushion and renewed the fight." The Life and Times of Henry, Lord Brougham," written by himself.

WHAT BECOMES OF THE SWALLOW DURING THE WINTER.— The power of flight possessed by these birds is truly wonderful, and the distance to which they can travel through the air, without the possibility of rest, is almost incredible. Nevertheless, at one time, and that not many years ago, it was believed that on the approach of cold weather swallows plunged to the bottom of some pond, in the mud of which they passed the winter, and revived again in spring. So long ago as the year 1849 this subject was brought before the Academy of Sciences at Stockholm, and the following document, which, coming from the quarter it did, was by some looked upon as an irrefragable proof of the truth of this strange story, was submitted to and gravely discussed by that learned body:"Near to the estate of Kafvelas, in the province of West Gothland, there is a little lake called Djpasjon, where on several occasions in the winter time, when the ice-net has been drawn, stelnade, or stiffened swallows, have been brought up in my presence. My father, then Inspector at Kafvelas, who place them in a chair at some little distance from the fire. was also present, directed me to take some of them home, and This I did, and, to my great astonishment, I soon observed the birds to draw their heads from under their wings, where they had been previously placed, and in a few moments to fly about the room. But as this was not the proper season for their quickening, they lived but a short time afterwards." often has this statement been repeated, that even Wilson felt himself called upon to confute it. "The swallow," says that graphic writer, flies in his usual way at the rate of one mile in a minute, and he is so engaged for ten hours every day: his active life is extended on an average for ten years, which gives us two million one hundred and ninety thousand miles -upwards of eighty-seven times the circumference of the globe. And yet this little winged seraph, if I may so speak, who in a few days can pass from the arctic regions to the torrid zone, is forced when winter approaches to descend to the bottom of lakes, rivers, and mill-ponds, to bury itself in the mud with eels and snapping turtles, or to creep ingloriously into a cavern, a rat-hole, or a hollow tree, with snakes, toads, and other reptiles, till the return of spring! Is not this true, ye wise men of Europe and America, who have published so many credible narratives upon this subject? The geese, the ducks, the cat-bird, and even the wren, which creeps about our houses like a mouse, are all declared to he migratory, and to pass to Southern regions on the approach of winter. The swallow alone, on whom Heaven has conferred superior powers of wing, must sink in torpidity to the bottom of some pond, to pass the winter in the mud!"

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The Garden.

Mit and

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THE PANSY, OR HEARTSEASE.

HIS now spendid border and show flower may be cultivated in a small space of ground, for they may be planted as near as nine inches apart, and have plenty of room to grow and bloom.

Plants are sent out at this period of the year in pots, or even without pots, and we must bear in mind that, fine as they grow in pots, they bloom larger and finer in the open border or bed.

The ground should be dug, and a good coating of dung placed at the bottom. If the plants are in pots, turn out the ball whole, and sink it even with the surface; cover in close all round.

Press the earth to the ball, so that the fibres, that are always outside, may meet immediately with good solid earth, and at once commence their growth.

Water till the liquid soaks down to the bottom of the roots, and shade at first, to prevent them from flagging, for the sun is now powerful when shining.

The plants will soon begin to grow and spread, so that if we wish to increase their number, we have only to take off the side shoots, and they will readily strike root in the common border under a glass.

Some prefer raising their own plants from seed, which they may sow thinly in the border, or, which is better, in a pan, or in wide-mouthed pots, and cover them slightly with fine soil through a sieve.

As soon as they are up, and large enough to take hold of, prepare other pots or pans, and prick them out, say an inch and a half apart; water them in, and shade them from the mid-day sun.

They will soon be large enough to plant out in a properlyprepared bed, such as we directed for plants. Let the bed, for this purpose, be trodden or rolled solid, and plant them carefully with a very smooth dibble.

Make the hole just deep enough to let the roots hang down straight; close the hole upon the plant by making another an inch off, and bearing in upon the root, by which the soil will close upon all the fibres; whereas, if the ground is loose and not well closed upon the roots, some of the fibres will be deprived of nourishment.

In this bed they will grow till they bloom, and as there will be a great variety, those which are most esteemed may be increased by means of their side shoots, and inferior ones can be thrown away.

Sixpennyworth of seed will give more than a hundred

plants.

SEASONABLE HINTS.

If we are growing ferns, we should remove very carefully all the dead leaves, cutting them off close to the crown, for if we attempt to pull them off, it sometimes disturbs the roots. Whether they are in pots in the house, or among rock-work out of doors, this is a very interesting period.

The new fronds are unrolling themselves and exhibiting to great advantage those peculiarities which belong to no other tribe of plants.

It is not too late to take cuttings from geraniums, verbenas, and other soft-wooded plants; those which were struck in the autumn will be all the better for losing their heads, for they have a good six weeks to throw out side shoots, and grow in their pots. The tops may be struck in light soil in pots under a bell glass, or, if you have bottom heat in a common hot-bed, the pot may be placed there, but must be shaded from the sun, which would make them flag.

Cuttings of all juicy plants will be all the better for lying in the shade long enough to dry the wound before they are put to strike, for, if set to work directly, the wound will sometimes bleed itself to death.

Seed may still be sown on the borders and beds; but if any of the early sown patches are up, thin the plants out as soon as you can, leaving plenty of room for the proper growth.

It is scarcely ever worth while to sow those things of which but few are wanted; but peas, beans, and spinach are rarely too plentiful. In some little gardens, a hundred cabbage plants and as many lettuces may be bought for planting out, but by-and-by we may recommend sowing a pinch of all the garden greens.

HOW TO LEARN all your deFECTS.-Quarrel with your best friend.

HE is a first-rate collector who can, upon all occasions, collect his wits.

MARRIAGE is a feast, where the grace is sometimes better than the dinner.

A PIN has as much head as a good many authors, and a great deal more point.

WE think that a man carries the borrowing principle a trifle too far when he asks us to lend him our ears.

CUPID can get over a snub nose, though it has no bridge, and jumps through a wall-eye like a harlequin.

THE longest bridge in the world is considered peerless, for the reason that it has more piers than any other.

IT would be hard to convince the magnetic needle that a loadstone isn't the most diverting thing in the world.

MANY persons admire the lightning. It is very grand and very beautiful, but we were never personally struck by it. "WILL you marry me, miss?" "No, indeed, you are too funny for my taste; I can take a jest, but not a jester."

A MAN, on being upbraided for his cowardice, said he had as bold a heart as any one, but his cowardly legs ran away with him.

A CHAP who tells falsehoods so habitually as never to be able to deceive anybody, may think he has some excuse for the habit.

A MAN, being commiserated with on account of his wife's running away, said, "Don't pity me till she comes back again.'

THEY call sleep "death's counterfeit," and this is a case in which the counterfeit is generally preferred to the genuine article.

MANY a farmer trims up a little pet of a tree until it is nothing but a broom-handle, and then complains that it does not do well.

THE mother of Achilles showed her maternal regard for him by taking him out at a very early age and applying the Styx to him.

THE Duke of Wellington's saying connected with early rising was not a bad one: "Let the first turn in the morning be a turn out."

A DANDY'S occupation is to show his clothes; and, if they could but walk themselves, they would save him the labour, and do his work as well as himself.

A YOUNG man advertises for a wife who is pretty and doesn't know it. If he wanted one who is homely and doesn't know it, he would find no trouble in getting suited.

"Boy," said an ill-tempered old fellow to a noisy lad, "what are you hollering for when I go by?" "Humph!" returned the pert boy, "what are you going by for when I am hollering?"

A POOR Irishman was about to sell his saucepan, when his children remonstrated. "Ah, my honeys, I would not be afther parting with it, but for want of a little money to buy something to put in it."

THE question as to the comparative pleasures of taste and smell has, perhaps, never been settled. We think there is no doubt, however, that most men would rather taste a haunch of venison than smell it.

THE Arab has invariably been ready to fight for his burning sands, and the Scythian for his snows, and the Switzer for his rocks, not because they over-valued their country, but because they appreciated the blessings of independence.

A CROOKED gentleman, on his arrival at Bath, was asked by another what place he had travelled from. "I came straight from London," replied he. "Did you so?" said the other; "then you have been terribly warped by the way!

TENNYSON describes a lover clinging to the lips of his mistress in a passionate kiss, till he draws her whole soul through it. Those who make a mistress of the bottle often cling to her mouth till they draw her whole spirit through them.

A YOUNG apprentice to the shoemaking business asked his master what answer he should give to the oft-repeated question, "Does your master warrant his shoes?"" "Answer, Thomas," said the master, "that I warrant them to prove good; and, if they don't, I'll make them good for nothing."

AN American paper tells a pretty good story concerning the post-office in a country town. A letter was put into the box, the appearance of which denoted that the writer was unaccustomed to the use of stamps, and had failed to make one stick at all. He had tried, and vainly tried, but the inveterate portrait of Benjamin Franklin would curl up. last, in despair, he pinned it to the envelope, and wrote just under it, "Paid, if the thing sticks!"

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