ERKELEY] had no ear for music himself, but music was an enthusiasm in the family, and he retained the well-known Signor Pasquilino for years to teach his children. It was then that the Signor, who had been learning English from a dictionary, exclaimed in an outbreak of gratitude, "May God pickle your lordship!"

A. C. Fraser, Berkeley.

OMEN always did, from the first, make a muss in a garden.

C. D. Warner, My Summer in a Garden.

GOOD ADVICE.

HIS gardener's rule applies to youth and age:
When young "sow wild oats," but when old "grow sage."