... POBTRY. _ THE AUTUMN OF THE WORLD. The last wan petals leave the toee, The latest swallows preen for flight, The seummer's gone where no one knows, With dead men's love, and spent years' lght, And warm hearts buried out of eight, Red rosas are the orown of youth; Tbe warm light falls on lovers' lips; LauRb, then, and fondle, happy mouth, But yet, remember, sweet time slips, Death hurries on ...

... A STORY OF DETEOTION. - my. employment is that of a carver in atone. Many yer gsoon after. I had Iertm aanes.h imi I wa set t' eecut th oramlt al work.h would keep me from home several weesagdloin wars amoot desirable thing - but althog I tiedt e accommodation in a private Louse, I fieadwsfre to lodge in the village lion, the Lord Admrl Amoogat those who were in the habit of frequenting the ...

... BIRUINGBIEA CATTLE SHOW. Ah .S-l | AP AA$AA* ..A A- A1 AI The thirty-fli annual exbibition of cattle and poultry was opened in BIngley HEll on Saturday, and will be con- tinued until to-marrowr night. Comparing this year with last the total number of entries in the prize-taking classes is 3,472, against 3,471 in 1878. The amount offered In prizes it £2,700,.oi which £61,200 is awarded to ...

... Cld a tmheen., Slain to be eaved, with much ado and pain - vork Scattered and diapersed, to be gatbered up again work Dry, yet full of nutriment,eweet, yet ?? er ofe Carefully laid up, to be at last couiurued. most II large A dieh behead, and then you'll see work That second rtuch behind will be; do. Behead me once again, I prey, You all did this but yesterday I of For next you'll plesee ...

... - THE, OCHISTMAS SHOW. It has been Well taid that i lelar measure of human happiness is derived from the antillpalion of pleasures to comue, and indisputsble -evidence dt'the truth of this may d now be seen on every side in the preparations which are t being made for the approaching festival. Old and young, t rich and poor, are all looking forward to Christmas for a. share in the social ...

... Not a Bad Bargain is one of the most attractive and entertaining of the season's stories. The author is Mr. R. RE Francillon. end it is published by Messrs. Giant and Co., Turnmill-street. as their Christmas number. The story is illuotrated with several well-finished chromo-litho- graphs. The Works of Josephw.-The last number of a cheap and excellnt setil editiom of this famous and meet ...

... gHRISTMAS READINGS.1 CHRISTMA.S EVE. b One hour In all the year is sweet. n And passing sweet the rest beside; tl When loving friends long parted, meet, eo And hearts with wealth of welcome beat 0 At Christmas-tide, u DearChristmas Eve I When love is strong, n And strife and falsehood pass away, t And kindly actions round us throng, b And memories of ancient wrong o Die out for aye ! tl And ...

... - THE DANCE OF THE 8NOW. Falling, falling, softly faUlung, i Folding all 'be world in white, With a silence quite apPsalling- Bnowflakes delicately light I Airy light things, Fairy white things. Falling, falling, softly falling, Silent ?? weird and white, Fallingaflling, Through the night Stealing, stealing, slowly stealing Into every tiny chink; Feeling, feeling, faintly feeling r Pityinp ...

... SMITHlFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW, - . .. - - lr The eighty-second show under the auspices of the Smith- field Club wae opened on Monday at the Agricultural Hell, Islicgton, and will continue one of the great attractions of the Metropolis throughout the week. The prizes offered amount to over £3,000, and the show is one of the largest of recent years. The number of entries in cattle classee are 239 ...

... HOW TO LENGTHEN ONE'S DAYS. be To accomplish this feat you may, if you please, a Repudiate work and cultivate ease; Ak But, to have no engagement becomes very weary, Be And the days appear long and undoubtedly dreary. )u VERBAL DEFINITIONS. ar To re-mark a thing, we surely opine, ?? Is to mark the said thing a second time. Id Remark-able, we may correctly say, IV Is able for remark on any day. ...

... PAT STOCK SHOW AT BARNSTAPLE. I The second annual Christmas show of fat cattle, sheep,tr pi poultry, root., butter, and cream, was held on Wed- o nooday usd Thursday, in the Maketr-plooe, under the i 2itrOnugs of the Earl of Portsmouth, Lord Lymington, I ora Polltimore, Lord Clinton, and the Ron. Mark Rolle. The Abow of live stock was hardly equal to that of list yeoar, but there was an ...

... TAL38 YitOM BLACKWOOD.-Another volume of this cheap and entertaining aeries-the twentieth of the new isue-han just appeared, and is quite equal to any of its predecessors. The contents are-a study called Lady Adelaide, by L. B. Walford ; a Chrietmaetalo,entitled Witoberley Ways ; one of Bob Coneidine's pleasant ?? telling How Frank Thornton wes Cured ; a page of family history, ...