The Adventures Of Don Pasquale.

' ¦ cloAve covet your gold and'silver , and olive-yards and vineyards . No , caro Paesiello , it is because I see in you qualities of the highest order , Avhich are sure to be lost , throivn aAvay in the baneful vortex of corrupted society . " But Paesiello had no taste that Avay

, and I am afraid was also both mundane and shaky in his VIBAVS . That is to say , though orthodox and religious , and Avell beliaved , he had a liberal and humanitarian spirit , Avhich revolted from -the extremes of anything . He did not like

' -faggots , " he had a great detestation of the Inquisition , —he thought people might live and die in peace , and that aH violent denunciations of everybody else were detestable . Some may think him a doubtful member of his Church ,

I do not , but only that he AA'as , Avhat many others are , far better and more tolerant than the loud-mouthed teaching of intolerance Avould lead you to believe .

And so Pantaleoni failed Avith him . Antonio , Avhen he heard , got frightened and angry at the same time . "What does the Abhate mean ? " he said to Bartolo , " mio padre , by putting such ideas into my young master ' s head 1 A Jesuitindeed ! Ah I Don Paesiello has

, something better to do than that ; and , to tell you the truth , in my humble opinion , those enlightened folks do more harm than good . " Happily for Antonio the Inquisition was then in its last throes of decadence ancl

dissolution , or there is no knoAving Avhat mi ght have happened to him for so indiscreet and daring a speech . But this mental struggle had a great effect upon Paesiello ; it rendered him more friendlylarge-heartedand

-, , sympa thetic than over ; and to the latest hour of his life , though he never joined in the outcries against them , he learned to retain * wholesome dislike of Jesuitism and J esuits I

The Other Side.

THE OTHER SIDE .

t . ° Ul ways ln ^ to ° muc' 1 a'one > We hold ourselves too far from all our ,, kind ; - " often we are deaf to sigh and moan ,

The Other Side.

Too often to the Aveak and helpless blind ; Too often , when distress and want abide , We turn and pass upon the other side . The other side is trodden smooth , and worn Bfootsteps passing idly all the day ;

y Where lie the bruised ones who faint and mourn , Is seldom more than an untrodden way . Our selfish hearts are for our feet the guide , They lead us all too oft upon the other side .

It should be ours the oil and Avine to pour Into the bleeding wounds of stricken ones ; To take the smitten , ancl the sick and sore , And bear them where the stream of blessing runs ;

Instead , Ave look about—the Avay is wide , And so we pass upon the other side . Oh , friends and brothers , gliding down the years , Humanity is calling each and all

, In tender accents , born of grief and tears ' ; I pray you listen to the thrilling call—You cannot , in your selfish pride , Pass guiltless upon the other side .

The Work Of Nature In The Months.

THE WORK OF NATURE IN THE MONTHS .

BY BRO . REV . AT . TEBBS . V . —NOVEMBER . " Not in an hour are leaf and flower Stricken in freshness , and swept to decay ; By gentle approaches , the frost and the shoAver Make read

y the sap-veins for faffing away ! And so is man made to as peacefully fade , By the tear that ho sheds , and the sigh that he heaves ; For he ' s loosened from earth by each trialcloud ' s shade , Till he ' s Avffling to go , as the Autumn leaves !' ,

How vividly Ave can picture to ourselves the last feAV faded leaves still clinging by their almost-severed foot-stalk to the support Avhich renders them sustenance no