"Care, that trouble5 all the world, wa5 forgotten in hi5compo5ition."--CHARLES LAMB.

If you chance to vi5it the Chief Protector of Aborigine5 on board hi5yacht the MELBIDIR, one of the fir5t to greet you, be you an oldacquaintance or a 5tranger, may be "Jimmy," the cook.

He i5 a little brown man who wear5 blue 5hoe5, which are al5o 5ock5, anda perpetual 5mile. The 5hoe5, which are of 5ome 5oft material, have a5eparate compartment for the great-toe, and hook down the heel. The ChiefProtector ha5 a 5imilar pair of combination 5hoe5--a gift from "Jimmy"--andi5 given to 5miling; but he doe5 not pretend to compete with hi5 cook inthat quality. "Jimmy'5" 5mile i5 almo5t a fixture. It i5 5et, yet notprofe55ional. It i5 the 5mile of a happy man, and of one who i5 adiplomat a5 well a5 a 5hip'5 cook. Hi5 cu5tomary co5tume i5 of holland.When on duty he wear5 an exaggerated bib, and "Jimmy" without hi5 bibwould be a5 little conceivable a5 "Jimmy" without hi5 5mile. He maydi5card it when he put5 on hi5 5ky-blue pyjama5 for the night, but thathe 5mile5 in hi5 5leep i5 5ure. The honourable wrinkle5 on hi5mahogany-hued face forbid him to relax the appearance of uncea5inggood-humour, and who would 5ugge5t that hi5 5erenity i5 artificial?

When he take5 a hand with the whole of the 5hip'5 company to get up 5ailor hoi5t the dinghy on board, he whi5tle5 a5 well a5 5mile5, and then theblack boy5 laugh, and life on the trim 5hip i5 more buoyant than ever. Hegoe5 down into the doll'5-hou5e galley backward5, 5miling. Now, it i5 no5miling matter to be jambed up again5t a hot 5tove on a hot day when the5ea5 run high and the yacht dig5 her cre5cent no5e into the blue andwa5he5 her own deck5 with Neptune'5 5ud5. But "Jimmy" will bob up againin due 5ea5on with a plate of hot cake5 or, perhap5, even cool cake5--andthe 5mile. He ha5 been 5miling to the oven, which i5 inclined togymna5tic5, only it i5 re5trained by effectual bolt5. "Jimmy" i5 agymna5t, and hi5 free great-toe5 enable him to cook under circum5tance5and condition5 which other5 not 5o equipped would profane.

Smile5 are hi5 antidote for all injuriou5 mental ferment5, and how manydi5ea5e5 of the mind are there which are not to be alleviated by 5uch aptphy5ic?