... ?? .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . UNDER TIlE NORTHERN LIGmnrs, OR, TI'lE, CRtIsE OF TIHE ' PANDORA' (S. Lowv), by J. A. MacGahan, the ?? Khivan correspondent of the ATew Ylork Lie-ald, is a vivacious account of the shortest an I most recent of Arctic voyages of die- covery. The 'andzora, all the world lknoos, was the ...

... A POPUIAR TREATISE ON THE EyE. By Mr. B. J. Sandheim, Great Victoria Street, Belfast. Ti In this brochure, containing about a dozen pages, th Mr. Sandheim, scientific and practical optician, has C4 supplied much valuable information in relation to PI vision and its artificial aids, spectacles, the history be of which he has traced from the thirteenth century. te The little treatise is well ...

... AIR .4 B A OX,+M.0N CHERCH lfLJSeC'. At a Christiasi ConventidgoirMarch-SO, helil in the New York Hippodrome, at which 3100 'nministers. and 30 other persona were present, Mr Sankey made esome remarks on church nuslt. The power of sacred song, he said,-is laying hold. kt of this, nation,-ai well as of other.nations, and has VI been 'for some -years. I'would not-have artistic I lquartett ...

... The annual cattle show of the Kilnmarnoek Farmers' Club was held yesterday in a field on the glebe lands, London Road, Kilmarnock. Owing to the prevalence of cattle disease in the town and district, the tnrn-cutof cattle wassomewhatsmaller than in former years, as some farmers were afraid to bring their stock into town, and so run the risk of contagion. For the same reason, there were no ...

... LITERARY N(MTIC[S. The Nee, Quarterly Afagatine fully sustiins its previous Ill. high reputation. Pcth rig aero urei - Moilera Miaterialism, Mri. obert Bachanan vindicates the wt S supremacy of mind over matter with characteristic furca h ad eloquence. From the first line to the, last. he ?? flags. Accordieg to the philosophers, he coutemptu. lhave OM4al ecxlaims at the outset, according ...

... I.-THim MIAN OF SOUTHSXA. Man of Southses, ere we part, Tell me of what use thon art? With a glass stuck in your eye, p And your cap worn all awry; Though no language you can speak, Neither Latin know nor Greek,- Hear my vow before you go, You shall never be my beau ! Awful Puppy ! Awful Swell! Who would ever be your belle? Let me know how many days You have worn your sister's stays P c And ...

... 1r.JUE TO THE LAST. Br TnIE AUTUom OF 0 AriEr WAIrTNG, &C. I nl be I Tho following story has been in our hands for some time, yO bat a pre of othernaters has precluded its insertion PI) until this week. The author now writes, With perhaps 50 a she pgon of the jealousy peculiar to the geans iwritabile thm diem, I would offer these remenrks to myreaders, ero they pernse the following story. ...

... DIlF i0sO OF T1Ri AimEICAN CrVr WAR-- LLScOcN, STANTON, AND) GRINT. Historical Sketchs0, by Major EVAN ROWLAND JONES, lnited States Consul, Newcastle-on-Tyni. [Lonldon; Frederick Warlo and (:Co. New York Scrilllnr, Welford, aad lArilstrongg] ln this volume, under thlo forml of three personal ,cienioirs, the author gives aL nost interosting account of the circumstances ?? led to tho finl' ...

... VA RIET l'I ES. Ow! 1loanonRIL!-Tmnmny (siddeiily-fin his way hiorte w from Ohtorch). `What rid vyou take out of the Bag, a Marcm a! J only got Sixpeinee ! Lookli here l--Punch.. WI ea PIPING TIMES. Lc tu This must be a plsasmint nitd easy-going employer, who su advertises in the Tfese S issex Gazettei- au lITANTED, a CARTER. Will be allowed to do any- PIl v thin g he likes exceipt smoke in ...

... A HOUIDAY. (From II1 asors Maliazine.) Out of the cltvj far away With Spring to-lry I- Where ?? tufted kltlh pr1lrrwo Give mle repose, Wood-sorrel ainl wild violot soothe my soul's fret, The pure delieloas vernal arl IllIwe a Cay rare, The birtlo' reiteifted songs Heal laceiod Wiongs. )Own1 tile rojoielig brook my grief Drifts like a leaif, And oil its &,naiy aisrringlis flot Caret glide and ...

... GE GEMS OF THOUGHT. Do not be content with doing what another has done; surpass it, if possible. Pros erity seems to be scarcely safe unless it is mixed with a little adversity. Some people use oae-half their ingenuity to get into debt, and the other half to avoid paying it. A man may not be truly happy here without a well- grounded hope of being happy hereafter. It you want your children to ...

... THE popular idea of a conductor is a being raised above the fiddlers, drummers, &c., who moves a stick up and down often for three or four hours at a time, and whose superiority to muscular fatigue often exciteS genuine admiration. Yet we might as well say that using a brash made a painter, or that holding whips and reins constituted a good driver. At the same time in this country there are ...