... A . ?? LIFEES PETTY ILLS. N )t in tbo long hard pull up some steop bighway D)o wo most need our courage or our strength; It is the buzzing insects in the by-vway, Tbe tShorm, tho heal, thatwear us out at length. Not for some mighty woo, some awful sorrow, Is our endurance nceded, or our trust; Tbose little ills that ?? to-day, to-nmorrow, Are wh'st drag down our spirits to the dust. Those ...

... rOETRY. - ONE DAY'S FlSIIING. olle morning, wvien Spring was in ber tcens- A morn to sa poet's wishing, All tinted in delicate pinks and greens- blijis Bessie and I weut fishing. I in my roupli and easy elothes, Withl mv fce at the sunshine's mercy; She With her hhat tipped down to her noso, And her nIoSC tipped-viec versa. I withi my rod, my reel, and my hooks, And a hminper for lunlicon ...

... T|E FYLDE FOX TERRIER CLUB'S I S:HOW. The third annual show of the Fylde Fox Terrier Club was hielu in the skating rink of the Winter (iardins, Blackpool, on Wednesday and Thursday. Tile entris numbered no less than 362, and there wvere about 18; dogs actually staged-nambers whichl place the shtat bigb in tho li8t of fox terrier shows-eveln if tliey do n.ot Rtamp it as the largest of its kind ...

... I _ _, _ ?? TfHE WORLD WOULD BE THE BETTER FOR IT' f men cared less for wealth and fame, And lesI for battlefields and glory; If writ in human hearts, a name Seemed better than In song and story; If men instead of unrsing pride Wouid learn to bate it and abhor it- If more rolled On Love to guide, The world would be the better for it. If men dealt leas in stocks and lands, And more In bonds and ...

... GOOSNARGE AGRICULTURAL SHOW. FOURTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION. The fourth annoal show hold under the auspices of the Gnosnargh and District Agricultural Society took place in amost suitable fdeld adjoininr the Bushells Arms, on Thuraday, and was a most docidedsucceas. Principally owing to the never-tiring and arduous efforts of W. Charnley, Esq., of Highfield, Fuliwood, that gentleman, seeing that an ...

... THE ROYAL AGRInLTURAL SOOIETY'SI ?? -, ,, U-AA.t This great sbow wte opened to the public on Monday, in the Great Park at Windsor, and has been contioned during the week. The followingf were the entiesn- Horss, 91; cttle, 1,1'44; sheep, 1,109; pics. 265 poultry, 861. Implements (feet): Odnr.138 maehinery in motion. 2496; special shedding (seeds, to ), 2,728; total, 18 602. In addition to these ...

... 'WONDBRO FtOM AN EatrtAx Tolm.-To see a ?? worn, straw-bottomed chair, and to be jr4d that it waas in use six thousand years ago, is 5jsrtling and alatost incredible; and yet its age is a WIeinl.uthenticated fact. Enclosed in the same wcs ith the chair ara earthenware pots, contain. *n corn, datest and filg, mummified ducks, legs of mnutton, and various other edibles, intended as oferie-s to ...

... i A DETECTIVE'S STOBY. IAmong the many cabs rushing down to thle Waverley IStation, one busy Saturday in .June, was one bearing ILM common brown painted wooden trunk., The box was not W`E big, but it was heavy, ae the railway porters found When ICU Ithey hastened to help the talimann to put it on the luegege uP truck in wvaiting. The cob itself contained only a young tol girl, having that ...

... I I A- lAIinMIMED Ariu'STr.--A naturalist in -bi.- | gives an account of an expedition which he made to one of the islands of the Amazon to shoot spoon- bills, ihises, and other of the magnificent birds which are mnost abundant there. Ris design was completely baffled however by a little sandpiper that preceded him continunlly uttering his tell-tale cry, -which at once aroused all the birds ...

... , NEW YEAR'S EVE. Sighing and dying, Departs the old year, Groaning and moaning, Half joy and half fear. Winding and blending; The old and the. now Mourning, yet scorning *Vhat 't is nseless to rue. Yearning and burning, WVe see the past die: Saving and craving, we watch it floa by Grieving and breathing, In sighs and in tears- The failing and wailing, of dead bygone years. A HYMN FOR NEW ...

... pOETRY. I NIGHT. lo adlls 1u1 dilaik ? For do I not display t olilere that e1l0 MRan's eye would never sec a soe inr tile blank and blinding glare of day, TIe skics bud forth their glories but to me. it aot njioc to pila beavon's crystal cup- plvuineil by the thirsty Nun, aud void by day- * -flol of ivhinpr gems. profuse, )leaped up. li e bounteous largesse of nmy royal way ! * to call o'er at ...

... e On Wednesday afternoon, the senior member for Preston opened a Grand Fancy Fair in the Public Hall, i Preston, in the interests of the Congregational Chapel in lt Cannon-street; and with respect thereto, it may be said, ia short, that the Dissenting body of Preston have toepped right to the front in a most unanimous and e pleasing manner, with the view of helping to place on its feet again ...