ELECTRICAL RECREATIONS, The marvellous Fountain.-Suspend a vessel of water from the arch, and place in the vessel a capillary syphon. The water will at first issue by drops only; but when the wheel is put in motion, there will be one continual stream of water; and if the electrification be strong, a number of streams will issue in the form of a cone. The stream will appear quite luminous in the dark. ENGLISH COUNTIES; HISTORICAL Ir any love the pensive sigh, O charm us with his presence here, 6. Complete, Celina makes me her prime pet; Nor do I cause the poetess regret: Transposed, I am a pet consider'd still; This garden-seated, that enjoying hill. CHARADE. ; CELINA, by admirers styled divine, Sat in her bower of fragrant eglantine; She studied Tasso's most applauded tome, Then cast a bright glance on her castle-home She saw then, clearly, far above her bower, My first part move above the tallest tower. An olden tenant of the broad domain. The lady noticed, moving o'er the plain; Her arbour stood, on elevated spot, Whence was perceived, such tenant's tiny cot. While viewing scene, now set before her eyes, My second part she saw without surprise : Such part obtains the esteem of swain or cit; 'Tis early noticed in Mosaic writ. 'Twas deem'd of value by the early sage, Who ruled as patriarch in a simple age; 'Tis prized at present, I do simply sing, By peasant, peer, philosopher, or king. My whole is noticed on the land or sea; Sometimes sustaining the first part of ine; At other times, without such decking plume, 'Tis seen exalted in the tempest gloom. RIDDLES, 1. To various use my genius I expand, I move in various ways, but seldom stand; I'm never known to go beyond my station; 2. Be my first of my second, and you will be my whole. 3. My first from coy and cruel maids you fear, ANSWERS TO FAMILY PASTIME. TRANSPOSITION-Pap-Papa. RIDDLES 1. The king's highway. 2. Mo-no-syllable. 3. A shadow. 4. There are no vices (novices) in them. 5. By adding D to position you make a deposition. 6. A corkscrew. 7. Plea-sure. S. Car-pet. CHARADE-Carpet, the common luxury of the abodes of men. EDITED BY HERR HARRWITZ. PROBLEM No. X.-By A. G. M'COMBE, Esq.-White to move, and mate in five moves. 1. K. P. 2. 2. K. Kt. to B. 3. 3. Q. P. 2. 4. Q. P. takes P. 5. Kt. to K. Kt. 5. 6. K. P. 1. 7. Q. Kt. to B. 3. (a) 8. Q. takes P. 9. K. to Q. 10. Q. Kt. to K. 4. 21. Q. takes Q. Kt. 1. K. P. 2. 2. Q. P. 1. 3. K. B. P. 2. 4. B. P. takes P. 5. Q. P. 1. 6. K. B. to Q. B. 4. 7. Q. to K. B. 3. 8. B. takes P.ch. 9. K. P. 1. 10. Q. to K. 2. 11. Q. B. P. 1. 12. K. to B. 13. Kt. to B. 3. 14. Q. to Q. ch. 15. Q. takes Kt. 16. R. takes Kt. 17. Q. takes P. 18. Kt. to Q. 2. 19. Q. Kt. to K. 4. 20. Kt. takes B. (c) 21. Q. to K. Kt. 5. ch. 22. R. to K. 23. Q. to K. B. 4. 24. K. Kt. P. 2. 25. K. to Kt. 2. 26. R. to Q. (d) 27. Q. Kt. P. 1. 28. K. to R. 29. K. takes Kt. . 24. Kt. takes P. 25. R. to K. 5. 26. Kt. takes R. P. 27. R. to Kt. 5. ch. 28. Q. to K. 5. ch. 29. Q.to K. R. 2. Mate. THE house in which Dr. Montague resided, stood at the corner of one of the fashionable squares at the west end of the metropolis. But it was not alone the noble and the rich that sought the aid of his skill. Many a poor widow in faded mourning, found ready admission to his house. And others who bore marks of decline from a happier position, might also be observed to enter frequently. Doctor Montague was known throughout a large eircle as a benevolent man, ever ready to sympathize with the fallen and the needy. He exercised the great functions of his science, not merely as a seeker of wealth and fame, but as a Christian, accounting to God for the proper use of the faculties with which he was endowed. We have already said that his family consisted of five children, of whom three were daughters, and two of them sons. One of the latter enjoyed the confidence of the government, in an appointment abroad; the other had recently taken holy orders. Of the daughters, Charlotte, the second, had married a merchant settled in the city of Edinburgh; the others, Mary, the elder, and Louisa, the younger, resided at home. Mrs. Montague had been dead about five years, and since that time the management of domestic affairs had been undertaken by Miss Montague, a lady of great intellectual acquirements. Louisa was young person of elegant appearance, exceedingly cheerful and warm-hearted, and, as well as being liberally educated, she was highly intelligent. She was not, however, one of those fastidiously sentimental young ladies who see vulgarity in every kind of useful employment, and waste their time away in fashionable frivolities, but being sufficiently accomplished and graceful to move in any circle, she never despised or neglected those substantial duties of life upon which domestic comfort so materially depends, but shared the household duties with her sister, and thus the good a VOL. VIII. NO. XCIV. sense and industry of the daughter, made the home of Dr. Montague a happy and well-ordered one. Dr. Montague's profession rendering his own movements at all times uncertain, the domesticity of his children was all the more important. They would rise at any hour of the night, to attend their father when called to some case of extreme danger, or would minister to his wants upon his return. Although these duties might have been delegated to the servants, the daughters chose to divide between them the personal services rendered to their father. Dr. Montague was, therefore, happy in the enjoyment of the love and duty of his children. They would listen with the greatest interest to narratives of his bedside experiences, and would often shed tears of sympathy for the sufferings of his patients, even though personally unknown to them. Upon one occasion, about ten o'clock in the morning, the Doctor returned from a case to which he had been called about four hours previously. The daughters heard their father's well-known knock, and ran to meet him in the hall. Louisa, as active as a fawn, sprang towards him, and stole the first kiss from his cold cheek,-for the morning was an inclement one. Then she took his hat and stick, while Mary assisted him to untie the wrapper around his mouth, and then to remove the ample coat which enveloped him. The things were then handed to the man-servant; and the daughters clasping their father on either side, led him into the parlour, wheeled forward his arm-chair, and set him down before a cheering fire. Louisa kissed her father again and again, and warming her hands patted his cold cheeks with them, until the old gentleman began to smile, and a glow of comfortable warmth set a healthy bloom upon his countenance. Mary busied herself in the preparation of her father's breakfast, while Louisa, who was always a pet, and according to the ideas of some persons, a spoiled child, knelt by his side, and questioned him about the case to which he had been attending. "Yes, dead," resumed Mr. Montague, and a horrible death, too. Another warning-if mankind will but hear its voice." "What did he die of, papa?" asked Louisa. "Delirium tremens, my child, that horrid malady which so frequently overtakes the victims of intemperance. When I first saw him this morning insanity was fast setting in, and before I had been with him an hour, the paroxysm was so violent, that four persons could scarcely hold him down. I knew that either this case, or the chronic disease of the heart from which he has long suffered would take him off so I stayed to the last, and did my best, but all to no purpose." "Poor Kate," said Louisa, alluding to a daughter of the deceased, "she was a school-fellow of mine. A dear, kindhearted girl. All the school loved her. I have felt bitterly for her since I found that her father was going to ruin. She had one fault-she was a little proudvain of her father's wealth, and fond of talking of his carriages, and horses, and the favourite one she used to ride. But then he was fond of her, and spoiled her. Poor girl, she must feel this terrible re verse." "I believe," said the Doctor," that all his property is heavily mortgaged. In fact he has been occupying his house for a long time upon sufferance. Kate will be houseless now, no doubt." “And to think that once they were so rich, and lived so luxuriously," said Mary; "it is, indeed, a warning." Katy, when I saw her blush at her father' failing, whenever she thought that I nc ticed it." "It is men of his ability and temperament who very frequently fall under the influence of this vice," said the Doctor; "they are free and affable, society courts them; they have sanguine dispositions, and see no danger in eir festivity; the generosity of the hear. overpowers the judgment of the mind, and they fall before they are aware of it. Thus intemperance ensnares our noblest minds, and our most generous spirits. It is a false argument that such men are clever by virtue of their excesses; the truth is, that they are so in spite of them. If Belgrave had been a sober man, he would have lived to be a great genius, an ornament and a benefactor to society; as it is he has dishonoured the name of man, and has broken the heart of a loving wife, and left a helpless child alone in the world, to struggle with its cares and temptations." In this way the father and the daughters would discuss the experiences of every day; and would endeavour to gather instructions therefrom. The conversation had scarcely terminated, when the postman's loud knock was heard, and soon afterwards the servant entered the room, and presented a letter to the Doctor. "It is from William," said Mary, as she caught a glance of the handwriting. So it is," exclaimed Louisa, clapping her hands with joy. "Oh, papa! do let me read it, while you take your breakfast." "Belgrave was a clever fellow, there's She took the letter from her father's no denying that," said Mr. Montague; | hand, and opening it, kissed it, exclaim"his work upon Mental Philosophy,' ing joyfully, “Yes, it is from the dear argues a peculiarly powerful mind. But boy!" She then proceeded to read a what is philosophy to man, if he cannot long and loving letter, which told that he save himself from ruin ?" had in view an appointment to an excel"He was a good-natured, good-tem-lent living, and that, before he entered pered gentleman," said Louisa. “When upon the duties thereof, he intended Kate and I were playing in his garden, spending a few weeks with his family, and only about two years ago, he climbed up to see as much as possible of the Instituthe trees, and gathering the ripe fruit. tions and society of London. Papa was tossed them down to us as we scampered to kiss each of the girls for him—and about after them upon the grass. He really if William had not made this always had some cheerful thing to say, request, the Doctor would have been or some acceptable gift to present. I can't greeted with an endless number of these tell you how I grieved when I found him affectionate salutations, for the two taking to drink; and how I felt for poor daughters embraced him in their exulta tions in such a manner, that their papa almost wished that William was present, to relieve him from the effects of their enthusiasm. In the midst of this outburst of feeling, Alfred Beresford entered from the surgery. He looked exceedingly pale and dejected. Louisa ran towards him, exclaiming, “Oh, Alfred, we have had such good news. Our brother William is coming home immediately to stay several weeks with us! I am so glad! You will like him so much, and I know that he will like you!" Alfred made little reply, but looked completely dejected. 66 Why, Alfred," said Louisa, "what is the matter with you? Always when I have spoken of my brother's coming home, you have expressed much interest, and a longing desire to see them." "I am glad your brother is coming, Miss Louisa," said Alfred, "and I hope his doing so will afford you much joy; but I have at present a cause of much anxiety, and am come to ask Mr. Montague to relieve me from my duties for a short time, that I may visit my uncle at Windmere." "Miss Louisa," said Louisa, repeating Alfred's words. "He calls me Miss Louisa, and has a cause of much anxiety, and wishes to leave for Windmere. hope Mr. Alfred that I have given you no cause of pain?" I "Oh dear, no!" said Alfred, anxiously, "quite the contrary. You have always treated me with much kindness, but matters in connection with my family, call me away, and I hope Mr. Montague may be able to spare me for a few days." The daughters both looked anxiously into Alfred's face, and were alarmed at the sadness of his looks. He had been their companion almost from the first time he entered the house. On Sundays he escorted them to Church; upon other occasions, when his duties permitted, he attended with them at evening parties, and friendly visits-and they had almost become to regard him as a brother. Hence the familiarity of the terms in which Louisa addressed him. Alfred had, moreover, completely gained the respect and confidence of Dr. Montague, who treated him as a son. The Doctor looked around, and said, "I can ill spare you Alfred, you are now so useful to me; but if matters of importance call you away, I will not object. When do you wish to leave?" "To-night, sir,--this very night!" said Alfred, with much earnestness. "To-night?" exclaimed Louisa. "Yes, to-night. The call upon me is a very serious one, and I must not neglect it." "But you will return soon-and in time to see my brother?" asked Louisa. 66 'Oh, certainly," said Alfred "I shall be away only a few days." 66 'Well, Alfred," said Dr. Montague, "with that promise, I will manage to spare you." "Thank you, sir," said Alfred, "I will not unduly trespass upon your indulgence." He then left the room to prepare for his departure. So much was Alfred beloved by the family, that for some moments the pleasure afforded by William's letter, was forgotten in the regret occasioned by Alfred's departure. Presently the conversation was resumed, and some speculations arose as to the cause of his anxiety; but no solution of the problem could be found. CHAPTER XVI. FURTHER ILLUSTRATIONS OF LIBERTINISM. CHARLES LANGFORD, enveloped in a loose dressing - gown, tied around the waist with crimson cord, terminating in two large tassels, which hung down in front, sat before a richly inlaid writingdesk, in the elegant apartment in which we first made his acquaintance. Stretching forth his hand, he rang a bell, and his valet instantly waited upon him. "John," said the gentleman, "light the taper." "Yes, sir," and John proceeded to fulfil the command while his master sealed a letter with perfumed wax, which diffused an agreeable odour throughout the room. "There!" said he, as he wrote the address upon it, "that will set the heart of my guardian angel at rest. Some one has been talking to her, no doubt, or why would she express such doubts of our happiness, and of her suitableness to my tastes, when, but a short time ago, all |