... at hide-and-seek in the sky all night, must surely be the children of the stars, and they would all be grieved to see their playmates, the children of men, no more. There was one clear shining star that used to come out in the sky before the rest, near ...

... with awe tho brilliant lightening. and he thrilled by the rolling peals of thunder. an well as he entrnered hr the starry sky at night. We mar rev-I in the beanties of hied and beast and flowers on n thoisand hills and deka. without say feeling of ignment ...

... the ordinary observer : he looks at the clouds or listens to the rustle of the leaves on the trees, or he sees the red sky of night said to be the shepherd's de;ight, or lie observes the cat laid upon her back—aure sign of rain—and so onad iwinitunt. ...

... spite of sun being visible the whole of the time it was above the horizon, the air was not warm degrees, and as a clear sky at night is more favour- able to radiation than when it is , the minimum thermometer went down to 47.2, while the grass tem- perature ...

... company of performers they are. They make all sorts of figures and shades in the sky, and they cut strange capers too. 1 shall never forget the beantv of the sky one night last year. Many people looked for the shooting of the stars, bat they were disappointed ...

... clouds, when for the third time that night, Gervais Bouchard issued from his door, and after a cautious look round, concluded his survey with a scowl at the moon, now shining dear as day in the deep blue sky. To-night Bouchard would have so infinitely preferred ...

... was change in the weather: the vapoury mist cleared away from tlie vdleys awl hills, and keen frost set in. with starry sky at night. It was cold, but excellent weather for travelling. They reached ** proud Preston without delay owl accident. The journey ...

... MOTHER. One old man in Pondoland, when told of the death of the Queen, thought for a moment, then said, “I shall in the sky to-night for a new star.” Another old chief said, “We are men who have lost our mother.” THE KAISER TO STAY FOR THE FUNERAL. Té ...

... the awl d Tr OYAL FUNER ore with great w e AL old was is Padden/. whim told. thee& • moment them mid: I Roil leak the sky to- night for • tare heather old thief sod: We mem else have led mother. A TOUCHING STORY. IBEOF A MILITARY mok*, drip.tory Guthrie ...

... ne bi = a at An old head-man in Pondoland, t l the Queen's death, vhought fer a moment. ...

... chief in Pondsland, when acquainted with the sad tidings of the demise of our sovereign lady, said, * I shall look in the sky to-night for a new star.” Another old chio:uclninod, ‘We are men who have loat our mother,”” The prescher in the evening was the ...

... tidines of the beloved Sovereign’s passing away he ex- pressed in the folowing poetical words: “ When I look up into the sky to-night I shail see another star.” A TAX UPON INSURANCE POLICIES. Among the many rumours afloat concerning the new means of taxation ...