A second time now came the fiddler forth, and soon methought I stood within a surgeon's operating hall. The player drew his bow as though it were a knife, gliding over the limb of a subject in a sleep. So keen the blade, so soft the touch, the sleeper did not wake! I clutched my knees—my breath did cease! The skin divides! And still he sleeps. The muscles and the tendons fall apart! He moves not. Oh! That glittering blade It deeper goes! A—Ah! He wakes! He yells! Horror! And now, through flesh and bones that vengeful weapon grinds! 'Mid screams and oaths! Down falls the leg... I staggered forward. My hat, which much clamor in the rear had not made me remove, fell over the iron rail and plunged, resounding ike a sinful drum, upon the head of a painted Jersey belle below. I heeded not, but groped me to the door. And now I write to thee, friend PUNCHINELLO. Can thee buy me such a fiddle in New-York? Thy friend, VENTER CLUPLE. A Puzzler. The Belgians, it is said, are anxious to have the letter _h_ dropped from the French alphabet. As that contains no _w_, how, in the event of a new elision, will the Parisians, who are so fond of English words, manage to spell _wheelwright_? A Blow that Hurteth not. The Blow of a flower. A Pleasant Prospect. If the new Superintendent of the New-York Police Force is to be as severely tried as was his predecessor, then, surely, JOURDAN will have a hard road to travel." "OUT OF THE STREETS." GEORGE W. MCLEAN am I, And potent was my name, Till TWEED and SWEENEY crossed my path And spoiled my little game. Our city roads I supervised, Long time, with pious care, The people's "Ways I strictly watched— Street, Avenue, and Square But now, from office rudely swept By Legislative BILL, The crossing-sweeper's broom I ply, My empty pouch, to fill. Honeymoons in the Air The rage for passing the honeymoon in a balloon appears to be on the wane in this country. The reason for this may be that a majority of those who enter wedlock find they "go up" soon enough without the aid of a balloon. Motto for Unsuccessful Croquet-Players. "Hoops deferred make the heart sick." A. T. STEWART & CO. Have made large additions to their very popular stock of ENGLISH BODY BRUSSELS, At $1.75, $2, and $2.25 per yard. BEST QUALITY VELVETS, At $2.50 per yard. ROYAL WILTONS, At $2.50 and $3 per yard, MOQUETTES AND AXMINSTERS, At $3.50 and $4 per yard, ALSO, Will offer a choice assortment of Ingrains, Three-Ply, Cocoa, AND CANTON MATTINGS, ENGLISH AND DOMESTIC. OIL-CLOTHS, etc., Of the Best Quality and Newest Designs. Novelties in Carpets In one piece, with MEDALLIONS AND BORDERS, And also by the yard. Received by each and every steamer. BROADWAY, 4th Ave., 9th and 10th Sts.