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Tito Impossible. Man cannot draw water from an empty well, 1 Nor trace the stories that gossips tell, j Nor gather the sounds of a pealing belL Man never can stop the billow's roar, ! Nor change the winds till they blow no more, 1 Nor drive true lovo from a maiden's door. t Man cannot o'ertake a fleeting lie, ] Change his wheat to a field of rye, ( Nor call back years that have long gone by. Man cannot a cruel word recall, Fetter a thought, be it great or small, , Nor honey extract from a drop of gall. Man never can bribe old Father Time, , Gain the peak that ho cannot climb, j Nor trust the hand that hath done a crime. , Man never can backward turn the tide, j Nor count the stars that are scattered wide, < Nor find in a fool a trusty guide. Man cannot reap fruit from worthless seed, ( Rely for strength on a broken reed, , Nor gain a heart he hath caused to bleed. Man never can hope true peace to win, j Pleasure without and joy within, Living a thoughtless life of sin. JIM CHURCHILL. ! It was dusty, hot and badly ventilated j indoors, although out of doors a cold rain j was beating clieerlcssly against the car j windows, and the damp, raw wind was j as fresh ns the brown hills and ice cov- j cred marshes it blew over. It was an ac- ? commodation train on one of the trunk g lines in the central part of this State and 8 therefore a better condition of affairs j could not have been expected. No matter how cold the weather or wet, it is al- . ways hot and dusty on an accommodation train. The colder and wetter it is outside, the hotter and dustier inside, and the more unpleasant it is the slower the train bumps over the rails, the more 1 frequent the stops it makes, the larger the crowd of on-coming passengers, and the greater the throng of goers-out. At f Palatine Bridge the train came to another 8 stop. On the uncovered platform of the c railway station there were gathered a few shivering would-be-passengers, eager to barter one condition of discomfort for another almost equally as disagreeable and impatient at the delay, for whoever Jtnew an accommodation train to be on s time? Among them were a man dressed . like a farmer and two little girls?the el- 1 der less than six years old and the younger her junior a year or so?with fresh, smiling, dimpled faces and sweet, prattling voices, which even the rumbling of * the train, the sticky dust, the plashing ( rain, the smoke, the heat'and the crowd- ^ ed load of ill-tempered passengers could not cloud or silence. They came into C the car where I sat. The farmer and the V younger child found a vacant seat in J, front of me. I moved nearer the aisle to let the other climb over the parcels by ^ my side next, to the window, out of which she gazed into the rain and * through thft blinflinrr r\t cm/il/n t v?v/v?v?m VI OAUV1VU o o which covered the soggy fields with an 5 intensity of delight that was so unaffect- 1 ed that the train ought to have felt flat- u tered, had it had sense enough to feel 0 anything. * "I dess love to ride on the cars, don't 11 you?" she asked after the train had re- I Burned its tiresome journey. 1 "Sometimes," I replied. c 4'I do all the time. My papa is an en- ^ gineer." * "Then you ride a good deal?" I ven- a tured. ^ "Not very much," she answered with c a little sigh of discontent; "not as much 11 as I want to. Since Mamma went away, A Papa won't let me and Grandma always r cries when I go on the cars." A "Ah?" 1 "Didn't you know that? You know * my Papa?" she remarked with such con- 11 Science in my knowledge that I was al- ' most ashamed to say that I didn't: * "Don't bother the gentleman," inter- ^ rupted the farmer as he turned half c around in his scat and faced me. "She ^ is a big talker. 1 "She doesn't bother mo in the least," I J made haste to say. So, reassured, the 1 little maiden turned her face to the win- 4 dow, and in a moment was too much ab- * sorbed in the fleeting panorama to re- 1 member anything but the passing pleas- A ure. ? "Her father was an engineer on this l voad?Jim Churchill. Ever heard of 1 him?" continued the fanner after a short 1 pause. "No. Well, I ain't surprised. 1 Yet he deserved to be known more'n lots 1 of men that gets their names before the * public. Jim and I was schoolboys to- 1 gether up country near Palmyra. We was both raised in the same township, < and we used to think when we was men ? we'd be partners, and so we was?almost. Jim was biggcr'n me, stronger and a year ' or so older. I was always a runt among the boys, and if it hadn't been for Jim . I'd probably been licked every day in my life. But Jim wouldn' stand nothing of that sort. lie was as brave as a giant and he never allowed anyone to be imposed upon while ho could prevent it, and when the boys learned that he meant what he said thoy let me alone. So we grew up together like two brothers. He loved me because 1 was weaker then he was, just as a father loves a baby, and I just worshipped him. I'd a' died for ./ him, stranger, ju*t ? ?if ho'd only r said the vrord. tnio {it to have know V ed Jim Thu wil; One Jim Churchill S w' would mat., io- , half a million such w?,\ fellow* *8 tn? and th? ordi->?ry run of iolkB. . .'.'-v ; v' . p . >> . "When we were about sixteen years we hud our first trouble. Slie was tho prettiest girl in the county, and she was m just as sweet and good as she was pretty, sa She was the dominie's daughter, and cc when she came to school Jim and I both ni set our cups for her at the same time, lie Funny, stranger, how a pretty girl will so :ome between old friends. Two men Ei ;an live like twins a whole lifetime, but st just let a pretty woman eoine in and they th vill fight like brothers-in-law over a will, or When little Phillis came to school, and m Jim and I ran races to ask to see her Oi ionic or to fetch her to singing school or se sunday night meeting, then, stranger, wc va cnowed the first trouble of our lives, cc somehow wc grew cold like, and before w hat year was ended avc did not speak. tr< Jnc niglit Jim and I met at licr house, cr ! was seventeen then, apd Jim was over cii sigliteen and as big as a man. He had a jh ,>eard, almost, and he was as handsome or is a picture. He didn't know that I was ??? here, or I don't think he'd a called. I ar lad been there about an hour, and just be jefore the knocker sounded Phillis had th old mc the old story we all of us love to br lear so well, and I felt as happy and ni] ight-liearted as Ti lark. When Jim came of n and saw us sitting in the little old par- w] or he seemed to know just what had pi lappencd like a flash. For a moment I 0n bought he'd do something he'd regret CG ometime. His face got so black and m ;ullen and his eyes got ugly. Phillis saw Ce t, too, soon as I did. he 44 'Jim,' said she, her voice trembling M ust a little. 'Jim, I want you and Iiob tu 0 shake hands and be friends.' co "Then I got up and held out my hand ; hough, to tell the truth, I felt sort of icrvous. liri 44 'Jim,' she went, on, her voice get- ^c iing stronger and her face getting sweet- 05 :r and sweeter. 'I want you to love Bob *"? igain just as you used to, because?be:ausc?I love him so much. Won't you, (im? for?my sake.' so 4'I wish you could have seen Jim just hen, stranger. I never saw the good in ^ 1 man fight so hard with the bad and c^" :ome out ahead in all my life before or ln incc and never expect to ng*in. He tood there by the epen window just as ru f he'd been carved out of stone. I didn't c^' ;now whether he'd heard what she said ?r not, lie was so still. Then just as I vas about to take back my hand Jim ook it in both of his so hard I almost Iropped. Then lie threw his arms round my neck, kissed me on my lips, j lopped down on a chair, stranger, and ^ . ricd like a baby. Phillis, the little roman, cried too, and there we all were vritla our arms around each other crying j ike women and not any of us knowing j phat we was crying about. J Sll "That settled things with us. After aj( hat we was brothers just like we used to W( >c. Well, it's a long story, and I guess c(] ou won't care to hear it all. So I'll cut hc t short. "NVhen I was twenty-one I was jn aarried. Jim was our best man, and my c0 ldest boy is named James Churchill so irown. About a year or so later Jim fi, narried. She was a cripple and sup- gr lorted lier mother doing sewing. But nv f she had been a royal princess Jim ouldn't have treated her any better. ^ftcr he got on the road he built her a ittle house near us and there they lived no nd there these little tots came into the ^ vorld. About a year ago a little boy ^ ame to their cottage, but he only stayed ^ . day or so, and when he went back to vhere he came from he took the little notlier back too, and these little ones j vere left behind. Jim never lost heart mj hough, but the blow nearly killed him. ^ le stood up under it as brave as a lion, ind you'd never have known from his ta ace, except that he didn't smile the way ^ le used to, that he knew what sorrow vas. One evening last week?it was an ^ >ff-day with Jim?he and Phillis was out w valking by the creek that runs through ny meadow by the red barn. It was ust dusk and my little boy was running >n ahead playing iu the snow when they :ame to the railroad crossing. Just as ;he? got there Jim heard a whistle. It so vasn't time for the regular train, so he er wasn't watching for danger. It was a lo special and it was coming 'round the w :urve like lightning. My little Jim was e\ >laying on the culvert. Phillis heard the w whistle, she saw the boy on the track, p\ ind heard the rattle of the engine just as hi f it was a dream. Then she gave a little N icream and fell down on the road in a cc faint? *' cc "East Creek 1" called out the conduct- tt Dr, as the train stopped again in the II itonn. m "Ohl Unclc Bob I" cried tlio little U maiden by my side. "Look out the m window. There's Aunt Phillis and cous- h< in Jim and there's grandpa and grandma y< and what a funny long black whgon that tli is 1 Look! Look I" she continued as the in farmer gathered together his charges and tc started for the door. 4'They are putting a black box in the wagon, and Aunt n< Phillis is crying awful hard." tt "Yes," replied the farmer as he brush- tc ed away a tear from his eyes. "Yes, g< that's Jim Churchill, stranger, in that T i ? ?-- ? ? uva. ?jjcmjut/n/t sivrmrap xn UrapklC. tl E The failure of eyesight among the ir young in Denmark is something astound- E ing. In the* chwsicnl department of the 8] large scho< 11 in Copenhagen 45.5 per pi cent, of th* scholars in the upper classes tl were found short-sighted. tc ??? ? , Anclont Wrltiug Material. "When the Prophet Ezekiel was comanded to write about the city of Jerulem, ho was compelled to write his aciunt on smooth tiles, and we find fragents of such tiles to this day. The saps of broken pots and crockery of all its, which are .?ow so abundant in all istern towns, prove that bits of smooth one or tiles were constantly used for is purpose. The Island of Elephantine, i the Nile, is said to have furnished ore than a hundred such snecimens. no of these is n soldier's leave of abnce, scribbled on a fragment of an old tse. IIow little those scribes and ac untants imagined the interest with hich their descendants would one day ensure their rough notes 1 Still quaintwere the writing materials of those ancnt Arabs who, before the time of ohammed, used to carve their annals t the shoulder-blades of sheep. The shcep-chroniclcs" were strung together, id thus preserved. After awhile sheep's >nes were replaced by sheep's skin, and c manufacture of parchment was ought to such perfection as to place it uong the refinements of art. "VVe hear vellums that were tinted yellow, others liite. Others were dyed of a rich pure; and the writing thereon was in goldi ink, with gold borders and muny>lored decorations. These precious unuscripts were anointed With the oil of dar to preserve them from moths. We :ar of one such in which the name of ohammed is adorned with garlands of lips and carnations painted in vived lors. Still more precious was the sij^cy iper of the Persians, powdered with >ld and silver dust, whereon were liuted rare illuminations; while the >ok was perfumed with atter of roses or sencc of sandalwood. Of the demand r writing materials, one may form some nit notion irotn tlie vast manuscript >rnrics of which records have been prci ved, as having been collected by the iliphs both of the East and the West, c former in Bagdad, the latter in Anilusia, where there were eighty great, iblic libraries, besides that vast one at )rdova. "We also hear of private libra;s, such as that of a physician who deined an invitation from the Sultan of )khara, because the carriage of his ioks would have required 400 camels. A Noble Brute. J. E. Walter, master of train services the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, .s a dog he values highly. The dog is Newfoundland, and has been raised by s owner from a small puppy. Mr. alter has a little girl who is fond of e animal, and the affection between e two is ihteresting. A few mornings ice the little girl was left in the room iue by a large fire in the grate. She snt to near the blaze, and the dog open[ the door and entered. He went to :r and began to pull her away by catchg her clothing in his teeth. The two mpanions played about the room for me time, until the little child grew cd and sleepy. She went to near the e again, and the dog could not get her vny. lie pulled at lier clothes for some ne, but could not arouse her. He then hurried to lier mother's room id began to act strangely by rubbing ;ainst her hand and catching her dress, llling her toward the door. She caressl lnm and told him to go away and find ;tle Nellie. He made a strange wliing noise with his mouth and then slowly alked back to where the little one was icping, unconscious of her danger, lie dog made another attempt to rouse ?r and failed. He then crouched down side her, between lier and the fire, king care to protect her well. Mrs. ralter entered the room a few minutes ter and found the noble dog in this po l ?:? v nvii nuiiimg auu WU11U LUC nair as being singed from his back. Little ellie was sleeping sweetly.?Birmingtm (Ala.) Age. Theodore Tho inns. Theodore Thomas, whose name sounds i Anglo-Saxonisli, is a native of Hanov, the son of a noted musician, and bengs to a numerous musical family. He as a child prodigy, and astonished reiybody by his violin playing when he as only 7 years old. At 8 he gave a iblic concert at the capital, and was ghly praised by the most careful critics, ot long after he was brought to this mntry. His whole life has been devotl to the cause of music, and his devoon has borne good and abundant fruit, c has unquestionably done more for usical culture and advancement in the nited States than an^ 20 men who ight be named. The orchestra which 3 carefully selected and has drilled for ;ars is not only the best, by all odds, in le country, hut is not surpassed by any i Europe." Competent critics who atnded the Bayrcuth festivals during Taflrner's life, where evcrvthinrr was ns w r - - - ?tf O '" ' jarly complete as possible, declare that ic famous orchestra was not a whit bet* x than, and some think it was not so aod as, the orchestra of Theodore homas. He has made New York one of ic great musical centres of the world, very new composition of any value ho ttroduces to us as early as practicable, nthusiastic admirers of music who have jent years in Qcrmany arc often surrised to hear in New York compositions ley have never heard in any of its capitis.?New York Commercial Advertiser. .v ;_ ; . FOR THE FARM AND HOME* -i i To Trap Knta. j The editor of tlio liural New Torhtr has discovered a new method for catch- ( ing rats in u steel trap. After setting it ] so it will spring easily, in any convenient place where the rodents "most do congregate," a picce of thin white muslin about two feet square, more or less, is 6pread over the trap and over this arc scattered carelessly a few cookey, cake J or cheese crumbs. Having no fear of evil from a white cloth, in eating the crumbs, the rats are sure to get into the trap, and the cloth does not prevent the trap from holding them. "When the cloth becomes soiled or bloody it should be chanced for a fresh one. The editor says tlic oldest and wisest rats are caught us easily as the jrounger ones, and several are often caught in quick succession in the same trap set in the same place. The method is certainly worthy of trial. l'otatocs an I*Ik Food. Much of the value of potatoes as a hog food depends upon the cooking. If fed largely raw they produce scouring and do not all digest, thinks a writer in the National Lite Slock Journal. This is clue to the fact that the potato is composed so largely of starch as to make cooking an almost indispensable aid to digestion. A little raw potato is beneficial to the hog's stomach, when fed largely upon corn. It is laxntivc and cooling, allaying the feverish tendency arising from the heating effects of corn. When fed to realize the most benefit from them for fattening, they should be boiled soft, and if grain be fed with them, they should be boiled together. Potatoes and corn go well together, the former giving bulk and the latter concentrated nutriment. The potatoes have more value, judiciously fed, as promoting health than for nutriment. Although more nutritious than other roots, the potato, nevertheless, is 75 per cent. Water. 80 that its mitrimnnt. vnliiA ic fur below that of corn. In fact, it takes 383 pounds of potatoes to ba equivalent in nutriment to 100 pounds of dry corn. Location of Farm Bukldlngti and Orchards. The plan adopted by some farmers of building upon the line of the highway is in bad taste, as the road is used somewhat for barnyard, and in some instances amounts to a nuisance and obstruction. Having thus expressed disapproval of the prevailing style, or want of style, the reader uo donbt will look for some plan or suggestion that may be an improvement. The best location for a farm is on the north side of the highway; as all work seems to come right-handed as it were, also receiving the direct rays of the sun upon the fronts of the buildings. Where the land is hilly and broken, we must make the best of the situation, but : as most farms arc level, or nearly so, sonic general plan can be adopted. I)o not build west or southwest of the residence, for sanitary reasons, as the prevailing winds come from these directions. Build residences as central along the highway as possible, and from four to six rods back from the line; this will be far enough to escape the dust from the street, and make ample space for ornamental purposes. Eroct all outbuildings in rear of residence, and in a line, on one or both sides of a lane, being of sufficient width for the easy turning of teams; those in constant use first in line, the larger hay and grain barns at farther end of row, as their more central location will shorten the haul at the ingathering Df crops. Another convenient plan is to build along the sides of a square, said square forming a general purpo.se barnyard. Care should be taken not to obstruct direct view from residence into it. The ancicnt custom of planting the orchard along the highway should be abandoned in the future, as it greatly detracts from a pleasing front view of the farm, and obstructs a clear view of the road, which is often desirable. .The early pioneer in his haste to raise fruit generally used the fiiot improvement made for this purpose, planting along the roadside, very close to his dwelling, and in some instances surrounding it. This he regretted afterwards, for when about to erect permanent buildings he not infrequently found the orchard encumbering the coveted ground. Would it not be a better jplan to postpone planting orchards until more improvements are made, then plant in the rear of buildings, which in time will form a beautiful background to them.? Michigan. Farmer. Farm and <?ar?len Notes. There i9 no better fodder crop than clover hay as food for sheep. Do not keep different breeds of sheep together. Tho conditions best suited to Bome are not the best for others, and when mixed, the result will bo that all will como short. Cane sugar, or saccharose, occurs rhipflv in suffar cane, sortrlium. the suirar beet and from the sap of the sugar maple; it also occurs in corn-stalks and in small quantities in the grasses. Grain-raising and pasturing may bo made mutually profitable for a time without a rotation of crops, but the time is certain to come when the grain farming needs to be alternated with grass. '<1 ' ' y > ' ' "* I Chloride of lime in the runaway of n rats will both drive them away and serve j us an excellent disinfectant. j L Sorghum makes an excellent fodder, either when used green or cut and cured t like common grass and then fed out as c wanted. ; I Watch the potatoes. If tlicy arc 1 spouting rub off the spouts and reduce * the temperature of the cellar as much as ' you safely can. < He is rated the best farmer who cuts * Ml? irmnf.iuf ?fi -r 1- 1 I . v?v jiiv.lltr.t IIUIIIUCI VJ1 IUU> U1 Illiy illlU can keep a corresponding number of eat- ; * tie to the hundred acres throughout the : . i year without the aid of foreign supplies, j 1 A hill of raspberry plants, after being trimmed in the spring, should only have ( three or four canes, about three and a ' ^ half feet high and nearly one jnch in ! diameter at the base, each cane having a few side spurs about ten inches long. It will not do to run a plough through ' ( an orchard, as the roots of the trees j may be cut and hacked to pieces so j greatly as to do injury. A light cultiva- ] tor may be of service, however, as by its use weeds and rank grass may be kept ^ down. ,, Sickly looking plants may be taken out -i of their old pots, the roots washed, and ] weaker branches trimmed and placed i into as small pots as the roots can be 1 placed into. Let such a plant remain 5 there until by good growth it shows its ] healthy roots, then it may have more 1 earth in a little larger pot. t There is a great difference in the value 1 of barnyard manure, and much of it, if 1 analized, would show t'lat the quantities < usually applied per acrc contain really > less plant food than the common dress- 1 ings of commercial fertilizers. But the < rotting of manure in the soil helps to de- i compose the latter and is thus a double { help. i A successful grower of carnations has 1 found lime to be a good fertilizer for ? them. They will be much liner grown 1 in soil containing lime than in anv other. 1 It also prevents the attack of worms. * The reel spider and green fly may be * overcome by the application of tobacco ( water, although many tourists prefer 1 fumigation with tobacco smoke. * J In planting a new bed of asparagus . the first and most requisite thing is the selection of suitable soil, which should be a light, sandy loam or clear sand, without stones or gravel. Seed should be carefully selected from the largest and most productive roots, and planted as ( early in the spring as possible, in heavily manured, clean land, in drills about one foot apart and eight or ten seeds to the 1 foot. * 1 The natural course of any stream j of water is crooked and interferes i with profitable cultivation even of grass, as in these days all the mowing ( has to be done by horse power and ma- j chine. It is a great advantage to open a straight open ditch through a meadow ^ where the brook runs. The fall will be better in a straight line, and if tile or , ? ' t stone drains are ruu into this open ditch from all the low places the land thus recovered will almost certainly be the most productive on the farm. . The peelings and refuse cut away from potatoes in preparing for cooking are usually thrown in the swill barrel and fed to the pigs. This is iyit the best use that can be made of them, especially 1 when green food is scarce. If the small i amount thrown out every day is saved 1 fo^ the horse or the milch cow, it will in- ? crease the appetite and help keep the 1 animal iu better health. Fed to a cow * it will increase the milk supply, and thus ( feed the pig nearly or quite as well as 1 raw potato parings would do. 1 i House bold Hints. t Tin ware washed in soda water will < look like new. t To keep postage stamp's from sticking * together, rub over the head; the natural 1 oil on the hair oils them. ? Salt extracts the juices from meat in 1 cooking. Steaks ought not therefore to \ be salted until they have been broiled. In darning woolen socks, make the first layer of stout thread, and the cross threads of woolen yarn. It makes a firm, smooth dam, which wears well. Try one of the smallest coal oil lamps. It looks like a toy, but for a hand lamp it will make as much light as a good tallow candle, and will not drop sparks. Finger marks may be removed from varnished furniture by the use of a little sweet oil upon a soft rag. Patient rubbing with chloroform will remove paint from black silk or any other material. Baked Tomatoes.?Cut half a dozen tomatoes in halves, remove the pips, and fill the inside with a mixture of bread crumbs, pepper and salt in due proportions ; place a small jjieee of butter on ^ each half tomato, and then lay them close together in a well-buttered tin. Bake in ^ a slow oven about half an hour and serve. ^ Farmer# Cookies.?One coffee cup but- ] A _ * it -*_ .... u:r, one ui iuick. sour cream, two of wbite i sugar, threo eggs, one small teaspoonful , of soda, one nutmeg or one tablespoon ful ] of lemon extract; do not roll too thin; bake in a quick oven; for extra occasions c when you get them rolled out cover lightly with granulated sugar, roll it in, c ./ i c \y.r to ,nd when baked, cool separately, and ou have cookies you need not fear to lave criticised. Jellied Chicken.?Boil a chicken until he meat slips easily from the bones, relucing the water to about one pint in the )oiling. Pick oil the meat in ujood sized )iec.cs, taking out all the fnt and bones. ?kini the fat from the liquor, add a little mtter, pepper and salt to taste, and add >ne-half an ounce of gelatine. 'When his dissolves pour it hot over the elm-ken. rhe li?juor should be seasoned highly, as lie chicken absorbs much of the flavor. JHain Pantry for Family Use.?Plain >astry, quite palatable (indeed preferred )y some to the richer sort), is made very nueh as you do soda biscuits, viz., to :\vo quarts of flour allow half a pound of jutter and lard, made up into a moderitely stiff dough with a pint of sour :ream or buttermilk, in which has been lissolved half a teaspoonful of carbonate if soda; knead only enough to mix well, 'oil out, and with it line your pie plates. Itaell's Meeting with Uraut at Shiloli. From General D. C. Buell's article in ;he Century, entitled "Shiloh Reviewed,"' ive quote the following: "About halfway up we met a stream of fugitives that f ooured in a constantly swelling current llong the west bank of the river. The nouth of Snake Creek was full of them swimming across. "We arrived at the Landing about one o'clock. I inquired 'or General Grant, and was informed hat he was on his headquarters boat, learly against which we had landed. I ,vent on board, aad was met by him at the loor of the ladies' cabin, in which there vere besides himself two or three mem iers of his staff. Other officers may have mtercd afterward. He appeared to realze that he was beset by a pressing danger, and manifested by manner more than n words that he was relieved by my arrival as indicating the near approach ot luccor; but there was nothing in his delortment that the circumstances would lot have justified without disparagement ;o the character of a courageous soldier. 2ertainly^here was none of that masterly confidence which lias since been assumed svith reference to tho occasion. Aftei ^ ;lie first salutation, and as I walked to a*. icat, lie remarked that he had just come n from the iront, and held up his sword .o call my attention to an indentation, which he said the scabbard had received 'rom a shot. I did not particularly no;ice it, and after inquiring about the progress of the battle aud requesting liim to lend steamers to bring up Crittenden's livision, which was coining into Savanlali as I left, I proposed that we should ro ashore. As wc reached the f?an<nvnv / ? . [ noticed that the horses of himself anty S lis .staff were being taken ashore. 11/ f nounted and rode away, while I walked ''f ip the hill; so that I saw hitn no more^Ji^ intil the attack occurred at the Landing ate in the evening. I state these particulars of our meeting with so much de;ail because a totally incorrect version )f the place, manner,* and substance of :hc interview has been used to give a ialse impression of the state of the battle, md a false coloring to personal traits. ^ .vhicb arc assumed to have had the issue n control." Nostalgia. Nostalgia, home-sickness, "heim weh" ?no matter what you call it?"arose by uiy other namo would smell as sweet"? s an unmistakable fact, though philosophers may sneer and callous-hearted persons laugh. It is a disease, as much asleuralgia or fcvor are diseases; it bafllcs ho cleverest doctors' skill, and admits ot >nly one complete cure, and that is by emoving its cause. Sheer strength of vill may keep it in abeyance; hard work nay turn aside its course for a while; but lometimes, at odd moments, in unexpect ;<1 places, it asserts itself with an uncontrollable longing, a sickening thirst fox lome, which will neither be repressed 01 ippeased. A floating scent in the air?a< scent laden with the memory of a bygone lay, a sunset flush in the sky, an old mcloly borne on the breeze, have been known> ;o bring on an attack of this strange illness, tlmost unbearable in degree. Reason- 1 ias little or no effect in subduing its fevsrish excitement; friendship the closest,, ove the tenderest, cannot turn aside its lurrent; music has no power to soothe its bitterness, nor the distractions of gayety o rouse it from its melancholy. It is .omcthing qjitside the sufferer's body,. >utside himself, his feelings, his reason j. t is sickness of the soul, a longing to jutstrip time and space, to leave the laggard body behind and fly to the native lir, the loved associations and early Frienrls nf rliilfllinnd.?All tha Ypn% Round. He was Too tienerous. ? Old Gent (firmly)?Pardon me, but ) cannot permit such noble self-sacrifice. Young Gent (verj' much flurried)?I ?ras speaking about marrying Agnes?I know her Old Gent (much affected)?My poot l)?y, you do not know her appetite. The butcher's bills alone arc simply colossal. [f you take her, in simple justice I must nake you an allowance of one hundred i year. It will partly pay the annual >ill for pies. Young Gent (agonized)?Thank your >ir, I will?er?I will see you later. (Dashes madly out, while old gent re. sumes paper with strange smile.?Cad. v'v ^w